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everyone on the john hanson highway. at the american legion bridge, light traffic. back to you. >> thank you. our top story at 6:00 on this monday morning, there is encouraging news today from tucson. congresswoman giffords is breathing without the help of a machine. >> emily schmidt has the latest on and the fallout from the deadly rampage. >> there are more signs of improvement for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her condition is upgraded from critical to serious. she is breathin...

>> well, he was -- he lived in florida. he lived in the united states for 15 years. he trained in various universities. he was engaged in some kind of nuclear technology training at mcmaster university in hamilton, ontario and he is extraordinary traveler. hes kind of this symbol of how al-qaida treats north america. they dont -- theres no borders here as far as al-qaida is concerned. hes been active in canada, mexico, the caribbean and the united states. >> do you think a guy like him is a uniq...

all three of them are wanted in connection with the murder of a couple in new mexico. a lone star snub for president obama today as he heads to texas. the states democratic candidate for governor bill white is making himself scarce. he says he will not change his campaign schedule to make time for the president. instead, the president will be greeted on the tarmac by governor rick perry who once called the president a socialist. president will head to the four seasons in austin to head...

Its global presence and its neighbors like iran, for one? >> well, thats a very good point. iraq now is much more in the iranian sphere of influence than it has ever been in its history. certainly much more in the iranian sphere than in the american sphere. i think what well see over the next few years is iraqs neighbors will be jockeying for influence in iraq. i dont think the saudis are particularly happy that iraq is now in the iranian sphere. civilians want influence. jordan yaian jordanians...

>> jim acosta is live for us in new orleans. back to the static kill. they had a delay but are hoping to begin this operation today. whats the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, kiran, the latest is were going to find out today whether or not this is sf static kill day or ground hog day. we think at this point that that static kill is going to get going. bp is saying that they had a small leak in a hydraulic system inside the containment cap thats on top of the relief well. thats pretty k...

good evening from los angeles. im tavis smiley. tonight a conversation with renowned political thoroughist dr. benjamin barber. they see founder to annual interdependence day conference. this seasonses place in berlin. were glad you have joined us. demos senior fellow dr. benjamin barber coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly were looking forward to helping build stronger communities and re...

we are online 24/7. >> have a great weekend and happy new year. welcome to "the cnn newsroom." im brooke baldwin. want to get to new evidence today of a growing security threat right there in the middle east. the united states closed its embassy in yemen, citing fears in al qaeda might try to stage an attack. also, britain closing its doors at its embassy there as well. theres still no word as to when either will reopen. meanwhile, breaking news on a related security story. the trans...

large extent? >> there is two points to that response. first, in the two largest cases prior to madoff case, the overwhelming majority of investors were in complete control of their accounts within 10 days of the failure. and were very proud of that result at lehman brothers and m.j.k. clearing which collapsed -- >> i understand that. >> in this case the utter lack of records makes it very, very difficult to answer your question. there are still 7,000 boxes of records in the control of...

we want these to be job-creating. so theres a lot of divergence of reasons why that hadnt gotten through. however, this last september in jeddah at one of the quarterly members, they committed $3.8 billion to yemen as of three months ago. i havent yet seen that written up here but $3.8 billion this last september and then saudi arabia alone provides $1 billion a year to yemen. there has been a saudi arabian/yemen joint commission for some time now begun under the chairmanship of saudi ...

that cold. >> shes battled through bravely. >> yes, i am brave like everyone out there buying our treasury auction. rick was telling us earlier he doesnt think thats going to go on. thats going to do it for us. >> have a good afternoon. welcome to "power lunch." we finish higher or lower today? >> less low than we are now. >> nice. >> not quite the conviction of last week. stocks are lower right now, the dow being led lower by boeing and hewlett-packard. >> were awaiting the breaking...