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Hurts, but it gives them hope, too. >> the team plans to stay in place until at least the end of the year. a piece good news is that many of the veterans who suffer from symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder report not having to take medications while theyre out here serving. if folks would like to donate or get involved, go to deeprubiconusa.com. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> gregg: israel is stepping up air strikes on the gaza strip and calling up tens of thousands of troops, ...

>> heather: plus, outrage and heart break as thousands prepare to spend another night in the dark in the wake of super storm sandy. how seniors are cope be with the disaster in one of new york citys hardest hit neighborhoods. >> no power. no water. no lights. freezing to death

Be the big issue right now. does he understand the charges against him and can he aid his counsel. if he is found incompetent there will not be a trial. that will be the first battle. >> he stays in jail, heather until he is found competent, its not like they send him home and come back later. thats the main point. we have to make sure hes locked up behind bars an cant hurt anybody else. hes found incompetent he stays in jail, if hes found insane he goes to a mental institution which is very sim...

Of the power is back on, a lot of questions are being asked because the capitol of del of deli has had no power for virtually eight hours today. heather: thank you very much. david piper streaming live for us from thailand. thank you. bill: leon panetta our defense secretary could not be more clear on syrias bashar al-assad saying its not a question of if but when the dictator goes. what is the dipping point in syria? analysis on what we can expect there and its impact on the entire middle east ...

Out of there. >> heather: taylor, we are certainly glad you were able to make it out. your friend that you mentioned that was on the ground with you, were they able to make it out as well? >> yeah. i was with three of my friends and all three of them made it out. >> heather: god bless you, taylor. we appreciate you joining us and sharing with us your story. were so glad you made it out okay. thank you. >> gregg: what in the world causes somebody to carry out this kind of heinous attack? were the...

Holders fate will be joining us live for a discussion about that. >> heather: plus, u.n. observers suspending their activities in syria because of escalating violence. what will happen to the syrian people? former ambassador to the u.n. is up next. [ male announcer ] whats in your energy drink? ♪ wer surge, let it blow your mind.

The new year. president obama with what a lot of people are calling a political victoria tree. and well be talking with karl rove coming up live in a couple of minutes about how big of a victory this might be for the president. that is straight ahead. heather: just ahead, we also have new video, this is disturbing. just coming in, the mall violence that apparently is breaking out as new nike sneakers go on sale. three minutes to that. rick: the "wall street journal" raising new questions today a...

Democrats agree with the republican leader of the senate, we should go ahead and get this done. >> reporter: thats the bottom line is that the president is trying to isolate speaker boehner here. they had a phone conversation earlier today, this was the second in two days. yesterday the president called boehner. today boehner called the president. the president says he wants a one year extension down the road. but for now he wants two months. senator mcconnells compromise down the middle seems t...

Some soldiers are not so luck aoefplt many of them are turning to social media to be as close a home as possible. we have the online operations manager for facebook. hes a u.s. marine, iraq and afghanistan veteran. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. heather: tell us about this social media guide for military families that facebook is launching. how does it work? >> yeah, were rile excited to have had the opportunity to partner with blue star families to launch this s...

The first point being that 30% of employees would definitely or probably stop offering insurance to their employees. dr. siegel ill begin with you. not a good thing. >> i think m mckinsey is a very valuable firm that people pay attention to. they looked at 1300 companies. i dont know if that is the exact percentage. i think the point here is that its probably likely that some percentage, a significant percentage of employers are going to dump their employees on to the state exchanges where some ...