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This is one of my favorite times of year. The Christmas season is filled with laughs, love, time with family and friends. And of course throughout the

This is one of my favorite times of year. The Christmas season is filled with laughs, love, time with family and friends. And of course throughout the

Nuclear plant. and the latest toll, more than 27,000 dead or missing. rob marciano now joins me from our severe weather center. and rob, japan has had literally hundreds of aftershocks in the last, oh, in the last month, its crazy. but this one seems to have caused some damage. you know, that landslide, it caused power outages, so its 6.6 magnitude, so how is that different from last weeks aftershock? >> one of the reasons it caused a lot of damages, this one, the epicenter was actually inland a...

Welcome, general. >> thank you, carol. i think it means this is part of a threefold strategy. first to try to destroy the rebels by military force, subversion, bribes and intimidation. secondly to stall through a peace process. third, to build up strength by bringing in mercenaries and outside support. >> so the africa anne union is offer -- african union is offering this supposed deal. are they like in collusion with moammar gadhafi then? >> theyre not exactly in collusion, but he has given a l...

The record high was hit on july 11 to be exact in 2008. $4.11. as you see, were kind of in spitting distance, getting very close to the all-time record high there. obviously we know a few reasons why. theres the unrest in the middle east and north africa. weve seen that whole issue for the last couple of months now. thats playing into. also youve got the weak dollar and increased demand from other country. all of that is factoring in. now heres the thing. it could actually be worse for us, but b...

Nevertheless, rough storms moving through parts of dallas earlier today. they are now moving through texarkana, north texas, youre pretty much over, but there are still folks without power. memphis seeing some thunderstorms right now that could be rough with some straight-line winds and certainly some frequent hail and lightning and thunder. also, a weak line of thunderstorms that are rolling through the ohio river valley. they may very well intensify as the day rolls along. we start to heat thi...

Supportive of gadhafi and unlikely to mediate fairly between the groups. we have more from zain verjee. tell us why the rebels arent so trustful and how the african union relates to gadhafi. >> reporter: as far as it relates to gadhafi, carol, hes had a very strong leadership with a lot of african leaders. goes back many years. moammar gadhafi has poured so much money into africa to support countries, there are so many investments in countries like chad, zambia, south africa, even kenya, where i...

Our deputy political director, paul steinhowser, has details. >> reporter: wait a minute, you put me after the royal wedding condom story? >> somehow that was fitting, i dont know why. >> reporter: its all right. i dont take it personally, lets move right to the politics. yeah. you know what -- this is florida were talking about. a crucial state, of course, in the race for the white house. you remember what happened in the year 2000 down there. the president won florida by a couple of percentage...

>> reporter: yes, two not so well known, tim pawlenty, most likely jumping into the race for the white house. he made a really big hire. he announced a guy nick ayers, most people dont know him, a top republican strategist. hes going to be running, if pawlenty jumps in, he will be the campaign manager. thats a big effort for pawlenty. and rick san dorm, former senator -- santorum, former senator from pennsylvania, hes been traveling the states and won a crucial straw poll in south carolina over ...

Winner in this. he sounds like a republican. i cant criticize it too much because hes listening to the conservatives. [ buzzer ] >> pete? >> will there be changes in medicare in 2012? carol, of course there will be. was nobody paying attention? why is the media asking this question? the most sweeping health care legislation ever passed. patient and affordable health care act, yes, not enough time to lay out all the change. of course, it will be huge. >> next, president obama and speaker john boe...