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all of the behalf or all for show. the interior green lights a massive new wind farm and new oil refinery in three decades. is president obamas energy push for real or a election day ploy? even when they say its not it is always about money. melissa: first lets take a look at the days market headlines. stocks gave up early session gains despite better than expected u.s. jobless claims data. the s&p 500 posted its fourth straight session loss. the blue-chips fell 18 points. shares of sp...

amidst allegations of profiling. then, killed at home, at a $21 million lawsuit is being fought today against the city of white plains, new york and it police department over the debt of 68- year-old african-american veteran kenneth chamberlain. he was shot dead inside his own home when he accidentally set off his own medical alert pendant. >> it is clear the police department and the city of white plains turned a blind eye to these things. if these officers engaged in the same conduct...

appears to have won the election amidst allegations of profiling. then, killed at home, at a $21 million lawsuit is being fought today against the city of white plains, new york and it police department over the debt of 68- year-old african-american veteran kenneth chamberlain. he was shot dead inside his own home when he accidentally set off his own medical alert pendant. >> it is clear the police department and the city of white plains turned a blind eye to these things. if these off...

department over the debt of 68- year-old african-american veteran kenneth chamberlain. he was shot dead inside his own home when he accidentally set off his own medical alert pendant. >> it is clear the police department and the city of white plains turned a blind eye to these things. if these officers engaged in the same conduct without being able to hide behind the badge and shield, it would be charged with serious felonies and would there will be in jail. >> we will speak to kenneth...

attorney general eric holder faces a contempt vote by house republicans today over his handling of the gun smuggling sting operation. well speak to fortune writer katherine eban about the truth on the fast and furious scandal. as the supreme court issues its landmark decision of president and his health care reform law, we will look at, "escape fire: the fight to rescue american healthcare." >> the american health care system is generating rivers of money flowing into very few pockets....

>> as the drug war rages in mexico, voters head to the polls sunday to choose a new president. will the pri comeback to power or will andrés manuel lópez obrador pull off an upset? we will go to mexico city for the latest. the operation fast and furious. attorney general eric holder faces a contempt vote by house republicans today over his handling of the gun smuggling sting operation. well speak to fortune writer katherine eban about the truth on the fast and furious scandal. as the...

Caught in the cross fire. streets look like a war zone. as you can see from the pictures, cars riddled with bullet holes. in juarez its been one of the front lines against the drug car tells. some americans working in mexico, they can send their families home after the drive-by killings of a consulate employee and her husband. they were found murdered with their 6-month-old baby in the back seat. the baby, by the way, was unharmed. rafael is following in. just a terrible weekend in mexico. >> jo...

Being one of those if it doesnt happen. john. >> you talked about all of that water soaking it up. when i was looking at the trees, huge trees, it was almost like a wed that had been plucked out with the dirt. they were huge massive trees its incredible to think about what that looked like. >> they dont have leaves. some the summertime it acts as a sail catching the wind. it goes to show you how strong the wind was and how saturated the ground was because of the snow and rainfall you have seen a...

Than tripled in the last two years. the problem is that its not a question of getting military police on the streets but performing the justice system in terms of getting the criminals into jail. its not enough to intimidate them on the street, you have to convict them. thats what mexico is not doing very well. >> john, parents and college students are looking at what happened over the weekend and looking at the potential that either they or their children will be about head to mexico on spring ...

Seat. the baby is fine. state department is warning other workers in to get they are families out of there after a weekend of drug-fueled violence across the country. john ackerman. >> a professor at the institute of legal research with the national university of mexico and edit tore in chief of the law review. what do you make of the latest brazen attack on an embassy working and her husband and another attack that killed the husband of a mexican woman who worked at the consulate. is this a new...