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About washington, the line between the impossible and the inevitable is very thin. when i worked on the hill, i saw that. campaign finance reform from feingold and mccain was never supposed to pass. lobbyists laughed at it. then something happened. enron and it passed. here we need sadly, we need more ground action in response to whats happened. >> its such a good example. in part because now we live in a citizens united world and you shrug your shoulders. katon, i got to say, what happened in b...

Diplomat. so he grew up as a child of a diplomat. as for president obamas remark there aiming to get congress to find some common ground, the senate last night approved changes to the filibuster rule. the senate adopted modest limits on the partisan obstruction thats ground action in the chamber to a near stand still and "the new york times" found that senators will be able to talk and talk and talk. joining me now live, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. mark, explain the coverage of...

military academies. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? >> women who feel betrayed by the military they committed to serve. and the pentagons battle to do something about it. revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with tonights host, drew griffin. >> tonight, a special look at some of the men and women who have served our country. an eye-opening investigation into the unbelievable injustices ...

reporting on it. >> do the cartels have the ability to silence the press? "saint makers." what does it take to become a saint? ask this baptist who used to be blind. >> thats why its a miracle. >> his unlikely role in an indiana nuns path to sainthood. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with tonights host, randi kaye and dr. sanjay gupta. >> good evening. we begin tonight with this unbelievable story of how u.s. soldiers we...

on what criteria should parents look for in choosing a school? steve perry has some answers in tonights "perry principles." >> hi, dr. perry. my son is 2 1/2 years old and my wife and i are just starting to look into kindergarten programs. sense of duty to my country to go and serve. >> i went straight to ft. bragg. it was just the thing to do. that was my obligation, that was my duty, as an american. >> i was drafted and i was sent to ft. sill and placed in the 85th missile detachment...

saint makers. what does it take to become a saint? ask this baptist who used to be blind. >> thats why its a miracle. his unlikely role in an indiana nuns path to sainthood. revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with tonights hosts, randi kaye and dr. sanjay gupta. >> good evening. we begin tonight with this unbelievable story of how u.s. soldiers were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war, the military embarked on this...

ability to silence the press? >> saint makers. what does it take to be a saint? ask this baptist that used to be lying? his unlikely in a path to sainthood. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with tonights host, randi kay and sanjay gupta. >> good evening. we begin with this unbelievable story of how u.s. soldiers were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war they embarked on the program to test chemical and biological weapons. >> the researchers us...

Once you make that investment you better be committed to going all the way, even if that ultimately leads to some sort of escalation? >> precisely. the fact is a no-fly zone doesnt guarantee anything at all, except that a few aircraft that might be up there in the air might be shot down by our aircraft or allies. we hope without casualties to americans in the process. but having said that, really, the ground action is where the people are being killed. very swiftly, after youre certain the aircr...

Change. difficult to say at this point whether gadhafis forces are targeting civilians or just targeting, and i use the word just loosely, just targeting armed rebels, and that will be important, wont, it as they come to a decision about what the international community does next. >> well, you know, i think thats right, becky. president obama here in washington has made very clear he wants the international community to be able to act very rapidly if you have this nightmare scenario of the gadha...

And well talk with a man in tripoli who says he was unarmed and stabbed by libyan police. joining me now jill dougherty in washington, ben wedeman in benghazi, nic robertson in tripoli and professor fouad ajami of johns hopkins university, school of advanced international studies and the hoover institution. jill, first of all, what are you hearing about this report, this possible request coming from a group calling themselves the revolutionary council? >> we have no confirmation of that, anderso...