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Courthouse for us in new orleans tonight. Mark. Mark. Reporter scott, this prosecution moves away from the b. P. Spills environmental and economic impacts. Instead, its the preventable deaths of 11 people. Bob kaluza oversaw safety for b. P. Aboard the deepwater horizon when the rig exploded. I did not cause this tragedy. I am innocent. And i put my trust, reputation, and future in the hands of the judge and the jury. Reporter donald vidrine, another b. P. Senior supervisor aboard the rig, also ...

bill. its fully paid for. something that the house republicans seem unable to come close -- close to achieving and the h.r. 14 pay fors are less controversial than the pay fors in the house republican bill. its been sfimented -- estimated that this bill will save $1.-- 1.8 million jobs and create up to one million more jobs. during a weak economic recovery, looking for a jumpstart, why arent we passing this bill? why arent we even debating this bill? why are we 10 days away from the ex...

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at the top. >> if we are going to show stuff, lets show stuff. >> cutting taxes for the wealthy. >> i dont care about that. >> rick perry rp has gone all the way down. >> it was a tax cut for fat cats. >> i consider him to be a fax cut. he says im bald. romney is nibbling. >> nibbling around the edges. >> what do you think when mitt romney -- >> i wasnt giving a lot of thought it to. >> and even herman cains ads cannot convince you hes really running for president. ♪ i am america >> ...

>> enormous tax cut i for people at the top. >> if we are going to show stuff, lets show stuff. >> cutting taxes for the wealthy. >> i dont care about that. >> rick perry rp has gone all the way down. >> it was a tax cut for fat cats. >> i consider him to be a fax cut. he says im bald. romney is nibbling. >> nibbling around the edges. >> what do you think when mitt romney -- >> i wasnt giving a lot of thought it to. >> and even herman cains ads cannot convince you hes really running fo...

>> rick perry rp has gone all the way down. >> it was a tax cut for fat cats. >> i consider him to be a fax cut. he says im bald. romney is nibbling. >> nibbling around the edges. >> what do you think when mitt romney -- >> i wasnt giving a lot of thought it to. >> and even herman cains ads cannot convince you hes really running for president. ♪ i am america >> going to convince people my campaign is credible. >> hold on to the table and check this out. ♪ united we stand >> im goin...

wealthy. >> i dont care about that. >> rick perry rp has gone all the way down. >> it was a tax cut for fat cats. >> i consider him to be a fax cut. he says im bald. romney is nibbling. >> nibbling around lot of thought it to. >> and even herman cains ads cannot convince you hes really running for president. ♪ i am america >> going to convince people my campaign is credible. >> hold on to the table and check this out. ♪ united we stand >> im going to smoke a cigarette and say watch...

we are going to be talking about all this later on with david keating and blanche lincoln, the former arkansas senator. in our final segment this morning, we will learn more about how u.s. students are doing on american history studies. as we began this morning, we are going to look at a provocative ad we saw in usa today. they ask the question "is the american dream dead? kep good friday morning to you. you can also send us a twitter message this morning if you would like to talk abou...

i wanted to know if you have any models for adoption. if so, which ones? >> the cannot win elections on the claims that it could have been worse. it is very hard for most people to understand how perilous the moment was. even with the history of the great depression, that was incredible reality in that moment. even harder is why growth cannot be faster now. why does it look like we will be growing? that is because of course that this is a crisis born bill we are living beyond our means...

they will kill jobs and growth. we want to bring that down to a normal rate. >> my concern about this budget and priorities about bridging and about h.r. 1 and the subsequent compromise and i think that this budget would be the frosting on the cake, the largest redistribution of wealth from the middle class and the poor to the wealthy in american history. >> we agree -- we disagree with that. >> i yield to the gentleman. >> a quick fact. very quick fact. this is why the bipartisan fisc...