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track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> its really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington and theyv...

that bill has been put back on the shelf. till tonight it appeared as if the legislation was on a fast track to passage, a fast track that seemed to have been created a few weeks ago after steve croft on "60 minutes" revealed that congress members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money, something regular people like us would be arrested for. >> why does congress get a pass on this? >> its really the way the ru...

young boys he allegedly targeted over a span of more than 15 years. lets go straight to nancy grace whos been all over this case to try to get a better understanding of all of this. nancy, was this a smart decision by sandusky and his attorney? >> it was a win-win decision. it was a win for the defense joe johns because otherwise they would have had the case laid bear for the public of the granted its a closed courtroom to cameras but there are spectators and reporters that can hear wh...

good evening, everyone. im john king reporting live from the history irk cspc hall in cedar rapids, iowa. breaking political story tonight. exactly three weeks before iowa casts the first vote of the 2012 presidential campaign. iowa conservative act innist who just signed on with the newt gingrich presidential campaign is quoted just before he took that campaign job as calling gingrich rival mitt romneys religion, quote, the cult of mormon. let me read you the quote. quote, theres a na...

Has no clothes and the media provided the wardrobe. you a brainy, chubby kid, newt, against mitt, the teachers pet. >> kimberly: i like that. >> andrea: look at the number of the other candidates. another thing that romney has going for him is ron paul and other candidates are splintering the vote. ron paul, he is going to stay in the race. he wont get out. he is launching attacks against newt gingrich. this is beneficial for romney. it may be romneys secret weapon. >> bob: but these are not tru...

The obamas power, the emperor has no clothes and the media provided the wardrobe. you a brainy, chubby kid, newt, against mitt, the teachers pet. >> kimberly: i like that. >> andrea: look at the number of the other candidates. another thing that romney has going for him is ron paul and other candidates are splintering the vote. ron paul, he is going to stay in the race. he wont get out. he is launching attacks against newt gingch. this is beneficial for romney. it may be romneys secret weapon. >...

The obamas power, the emperor has no clothes and the media provided the wardrobe. you a brainy, chubby kid, newt, against mitt, the teachers pet. >> kimberly: i like that. >> andrea: look at the number of the other candidates. another thing that romney has going for him is ron paul and other candidates are splintering the vote. ron paul, he is going to stay in the race. he wont get out. he is launching attacks against newt gingrich. this is beneficial for romney. it may be romneys secret weapon....

candy crowley. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." when the u.s. invaded iraq back in march 2003, few people imagined it was the start of a nightmare that would last almost nine years, cost more than 4,000 american lives, plus hundred of billions of u.s. taxpayer doll lors. the u.s. mission in iraq which had been gradually drawing down will instead come to an abrupt end in just over two months with all american forces out of iraq by years end. president obama himself anno...

Pakistan, but the words we are hearing out of pakistan are not promising. jon: they have nuclear weapons. there are some who speculate if the united states cracks down too hard on that country, oops, one of their nuclear weapons may find its way into the hands of a terrorist group. >> that is the interesting thing here, january. islamabad is under as much a threat as others are from these islamists group such as the taliban. when will the h ashes qqani network turn on pakistan? if afghanistan fa...

economic forecast. lets get to alison kosik. shes monitoring everything today where at one point today, the dow tanked morning 500 points. whats going on? >> thats right. these worries about a recession were ampfullied today. not just in the u.s., but overseas as well. the federal reserve spooked everybody first. this was yesterday. the fed giving a really bleak assessment of the u.s. economy warning of significant downside risks to the economic outlook. translation there that the econ...