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To nominate former bush official, james comey, to lead the fbi. this is not the first republican that hes put in a key position, dana. hes nominated other republicans in key positions. chuck hagel, robert gates as defense secretary, ray lahood as transportation secretary. he even named jon huntsman as ambassador to china. how can republicans claim the president doesnt work across the aisle when hes named all of these republican to key posts? >> its funny, there may be a republican in good standi...

>> now, of course, we have one cardinal who stepped out of the conclave as pope. that means theres 114 who are going back to being cardinals. you of course are particularly close to one of the cardinals who is prominently mentioned as a possible pope, talking about cardinal willette from canada. do you think he is feeling any disappointment or the overwhelming sensation he may be feeling right now not only gratitude for the holy father but relief in a way for himself? >> i talk to most of the so...

The president have a different key position for ambassador susan rice. kimberly has the details coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Had to win a primary against mitch mcconnells hand-picked candidate in kentucky. it was the true believer conservative outsiders against that entrenched washington establishment. now one of the truest of the true believers is moving into a key position on mcconnells campaign. but in some ways the move shouldnt be too much of a surprise. to a degree people i think really dont appreciate, ron pauls dramatically changed the face of the republican party. not on everything, of course. his attitudes o...

So this is a guy who has been as anti-establishment, and as pro-paul as any republican in the country. in fact, for rand paul, the son, to get to the senate, he first had to win a primary against mitch mcconnells hand-picked candidate in kentucky. it was the true believer conservative outsiders against that entrenched washington establishment. now one of the truest of the true believers is moving into a key position on mcconnells campaign. but in some ways the move shouldnt be too much of a surp...

It was the true believer conservative outsiders against that entrenched washington establishment. now one of the truest of the true believers is moving into a key position on mcconnells campaign. but in some ways the move shouldnt be too much of a surprise. to a degree people i think really dont appreciate, ron pauls dramatically changed the face of the republican party. not on everything, of course. his attitudes on foreign policy and on the drug war havent gotten him very far. but his position...

some 400 firefighters battling a huge blaze in colorado. this blaze doubled in size overnight. thousands of people were forced from their homes. i cannot imagine that my house is there as close as the fire was, and now i wont have a home. i have no place to go. >> so far the fires have gone through nearly 37,000 acres, a massive blaze. now the commerce secretary cited in two car accidents over the weekend suffered a seizure. that is the word today from a spokeswoman from the commerce...

north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that dont get a direct hit though, theres the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. youre looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they havent been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the gover...

This kind of savagery without any ands, ifs and buts. i wanted that condemnation but i was glad to see -- >> is that true? does the community really not just condemn that kind of outrage out of hand? because i read that they did. and the point about the settlements is surely that you are trying to get a peace process that works. youre trying to get to some settlement. you know, the middle east quartet only yesterday said theyve almost given up hope that peace is achievable at the moment. you wer...

Crime. but they seldom condone this kind of savagery without ands, ifs, and buts, but i was glad to see -- >> is that true? does the community really not just condemn that kind of outrage out of hand? because i read that they did. are you trying to get a peace process that works, trying to get to some settlement. you know, the middle east quartet only yesterday said theyve almost given up hope that peace is achievable at the moment. you were the first prime minister of israel to be born after 48...