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>> this has been going on for years now, and every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. >> president obama, that was march 15th, mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasnt promising $2 a gallon gas. he wasnt dusting off a three-point plan. he did, however, label a five-point plan for cracking down on speculators. >> we cant afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying...

point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. >> this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. >> president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasnt promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan ...

the white house standing by the men who took a pledge to take a bullet for the president. this morning new details in the secret service prostitution scandal, agents being offered a lie detector test now. she got a ride home from the bar and hasnt been heard from since. the family of a ft. bragg soldier saying she may be in danger this morning. >> shes loved by all of her friends and family, and we all just really want her to come home. >> cnn spoke to her mother and her sister. well...

Incident, but in the process of the incident obsession, we act pervasive that is the soil for the emerged. its the culture of the system. >> like you said, whether its $820,000 for a junket or them spending $3500 on lunch -- >> or accepting $30 trillion from the banks. >> or that. the whole point is, it was within the institution, and its also that institution that people are getting so frustrated with. youre talking about providing less services, paying more in ta taxes, whatever it is, then th...

farewell fly b-by as discovery hitches a ride on the jet and heads for a museum. im wolf blitzer, and youre in im wolf blitzer, and youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this just coming in to "the situation room." we are live here in brussels, belgium. ill have the exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and the defense secretary leon panetta tomorrow from nato headquarters right outside brussels. lots to discuss ...

million miles in 39 missions. well bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. >> president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the presidents policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. >> p...

there in florida? >> yep. im here in florida, yep. >> this is your beat for many, many years as you watch this, as youre kind of going over in your head how many times you have you have interviewed the crews, whens going through your mind? what are you thinking about as we start to watch the craft land? >> you know, i think like so many people here think and of course, you know, my opinion is certainly somewhat skewed that, you know, it had a lot of flights left in them. all of the veh...

Administration growing even more outrageous by the day. employees of that agency were apparently paid bonuses for planning that lavish las vegas trip weve all heard so much about and all paid for through our tax money. those bonuses by the way that the employees got, we also paid for. hearings investigating the whole mess could begin as soon as monday. before that we go to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel who is in washington with more details on this. every day, mike, we hear some...

That head of the gsa has already resigned. following revelations the swankswanky vegas junket featurd mind reader and $7,000 worth of sushi. that was in addition to $147,000 for air fare and lodging and $75,000 for a team-building exercise. late today house oversight committee posted a video from the conference that includes employees joking about never being under investigation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ forget about that award ♪ only my vacation ♪ love to the nation ♪ never be under gsa investigat...

10-foot long tiger shark. the doctors say it is okay. he will surf again. the shark apparently said it tasted like chicken. martha: his foot. bill: that was one of the headlines. martha: i guess he figures chances of happening again are pretty slim, right? this story is developing now on capitol hill. a federal agency accused of spending close to a million dollars on a little junket to las vegas to have a training conference, all kinds of groups do this, right? now under investigation for an emp...