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Promise. president obama calling todays vote historic. opponents including top military officials say the repeal could hurt our troops, especially at a time of war but the militarys leadership including the defense secretary and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff of lobbied in favor of repealing dont tell dont ask. carl cameron is on capitol hill, were on to this vote. how did we get to this point. >> the repeal has been on the democratic agenda for quite some time as you said, rick. the legi...

Unmarked floor inside the hospital, completed since katrina with federal grant money, the room houses a four layer backup communications system including satellite phones, land lines, and cell phones werent reliable during the storm. >> what we wanted to do, if we had cell phones with out of state area codes, 205 or one from arkansas or tennessee, we could get past the logjam. >> reporter: they built a well 750 feet deep and this is the holding tank for it and during katrina, the original 250 fo...

They pulled him out. he became trapped in a grain elevator. in rice county emergency dispatcher said they would do everything they could. he was still breathing and communicating, they continue tell if he was injured, they didnt think so, low and behold they pull him out and he does the one thing jon always talks about, any flight that you can walk away from is a good one. jon: what happens is your diaphragm expands and then you exhail, and with all that pressure it becomes hard to inhale again....

Of the park to fight their way through the bustling logjam on the city streets. >> at a certain time when theres so much traffic its always better to get the pedi cab in the rush hour, instead of staying stuck in the car and you cant even move. >> reporter: if you dont want to shell out all that cash for a pedi cab, what youre looking at now is the best way to experience new york. and thats on foot. this is definitely a walking city. in fact, on a beautiful day like today these streets are liter...

Some-odd days to process a black loan application. it takes less than 30 days to process a white loan application. they went through hell. they went through living hell. we lost land. we lost our livelihoods, our way of life. >> the u.s. government still owes 70,000 farmers more than $1 billion in damages. congress missed a march deadline to pay up. and now an august deadline is looming. and boyd says president obama needs to break the logjam. >> ill be calling on the president to step in, and t...

Living hell. we lost land. we lost our livelihoods, our way of life. >> reporter: the u.s. government still owes 70,000 farmers more than $1 billion in damages. congress missed a march deadline to pay up, and now an august deadline is looming, and boyd says that president obama needs to break the logjam. >> we will be calling on the president to step in, and intervene and take a look at the process. >> reporter: so what is the hold up? lets start at the white house. >> and you should check with ...

Stuff across parts of the stuff. were also tracking very heavy rain across parts of puerto rico. this is a tropical disturbance that has some potential for development in the next couple of days. could be heading towards the gulf. well talk more about that in the next half-hour. back to you guys. >> thats not good news, thanks. still to come on the most news in the morning, relief could soon be on the way for more than 1 million americans, democrats in the senate break a logjam. theyre ready t...

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Out the window early. >> greta: if gibbs is right and they lose the house they are in trouble in terms of their legislative program from now until° 12. >> if it narrows they in deep trouble. they only passed some of these major bills by five or sick votes. what happens if they lose 35, 37, 38 seats. >> greta: logjam. >> they will be forced to go to the middle and start dealing with the republicans or run you against a wall. >> greta: that may help. >> it helped bill clinton get reelected. i don...

Are united states that went out the window early. >> greta: if gibbs is right and they lose the house they are in trouble in terms of their legislative program from now until° 12. >> if it narrows they in deep trouble. they only passed some of these major bills by five or sick votes. what happens if they lose 35, 37, 38 seats. >> greta: logjam. >> they will be forced to go to the middle and start dealing with the republicans or run you against a wall. >> greta: that may help. >> it helped bill ...