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I-report.cnn.com. you can send in your images. but dont take any risks taking those pictures. thats ireport.cnn.com. this graph shows traffic across a large number of service providers thursday. it was heavy until about 5:30 p.m. then plummets. internet monitoring websites say someone pulled the plug. facebook and twitter have been organizing a leader list movement. despite government attempts to block, it is reported young people across egypt have made the most of the digital age. >> pictures t...

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Students usually end their terms by cramming all their work into the last couple of weeks. ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, confirming judges, passing the food safety and 9/11 first responders bills, repealing dont ask, dont tell, all after reaching a huge tax cut compromise deal that also extended unemployment benefits. some are calling it the most productive congress since the 1960s great society, comparable even to the 1930s new deal congress. so why are others calling it one of the most poli...

Versus the effort of 1981 from that recession from president reagan, you can see at the end, right now the unemployment rate is 9.8%. that graph shows you the difference of the recovery in the two times in our history. with the panel. what about the status of the economy and what this administration has done? charles? >> well, it looks as if were experiencing something that is rare in the history, chronic unemployment which is common in europe around 10%. we have not had the rebound like the one...

Thoughts at the same time? >> i think you can, although id rephrase the latter. >> okay, go ahead. >> its not that theyre getting enough done. the way to look at it is its been a very, very productive congress but its been a productive congress because you saw majorities you have not seen since 1975. this was a moment when everything, every force was aligned. it was as good as it gets for legislating. but youve got to look forward too and ask yourself, okay, coming up are the dangers to the coun...

Consequences will be terrific. so i go back to that graph you showed. i dont think that shows a functional body. and the fact that they were able to get things done at a moment of true sort of -- a moment where they had an enormous number of votes does not mean theyll get it done next time when we need them to. >> norm, no one has a fuller historical perspective of these things than you do. how does this congress compare to these congresses going back historically to the 60s? and then do we need...

The last couple of weeks. ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, confirming judges, passing the food safety and 9/11 first responders bills, repealing dont ask, dont tell, all after reaching a huge tax cut compromise deal that also extended unemployment benefits. some are calling it the most productive congress since the 1960s great society, comparable even to the 1930s new deal congress. so why are others calling it one of the most politically dysfunctional congresses ever in need of rules changes to...

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