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Donors can get in. and one of the players from the chicago bulls will be in and a kick-off to raise a billion dollars. money rocks in politics. he will have tons of it and with the exception of romney, i dont know anybody on the other side that can raise that kind of coin. that is a lot of money. >> a lot of money. >> more than your annual salary. >> almost. but more than bush and kerry together raised in 2004. >> again. stunning. >> he has no primary. >> he has no primary. it is stunning thats ...

He did say, okay, im not going to run again for president. but i am going to stay in power until that point. im going to start making changes. now were getting word that egyptian president hosni mubarak could step down as soon as tonight. that statement apparently coming from the military panel that this may take place. so were working this story for you, trying to get our reporters up with as much information as possible, and as you saw, we had live pictures -- we did get fred pleitgen on the l...

Freaking out because theyre going to be across town or nearby where the clintons are having their big wing ding and shes afraid that it will take an hour and a half for her guests to get from the wedding to the reception hall because of all the security. >> right. hopefully the spillover from the chelsea clinton wedding, there will be some wedding crashers into their wedding because they wont to party then. its 27 minutes before the top of the hour. tell us whats happening. >> brian, hes back in...

Paid you? >> nope. well, i could but there is really no point to it. >> this spring in saudi arabia, king abdullah has started making changes. >> in the biggest break with tradition he named a woman as deputy minister for education. the shake up will likely help tone down fundamentalism in the curriculum. >> back in fairfax the county held hearings to zoning to expand the academys campus size. >> next we have captain mohammed was sam. >> called a breeding ground for terrorism. before i could tak...

So theyre going to end up feeding them kind the same diet, the same lifestyle theyre doing. thats really where a lot of it begins. >> an important point you point out with parents and what they feed their children. also as josh was talking about what were feeding our kids in school. if you will, what are some of the bad stuff theyre eating and what should they be eating? >> you know, kids are going to be kids. just as we are. if youre given a choice between a turkey sandwich and a pepperoni pizz...

Creating jobs, and he as well as others making the case to democrats, you have to prove that you can do something here that you can govern, and you voted for this in one way or the other and now is the time to pass the final legislation. >> trying to convince the democrats, but no question he will hear from the republicans as well. thank you, suzanne. >> do the democrats have the votes? there are still some things on which they dont agree. dana bash tells us where we stand right now. >> reporter...

>> reporter: the president said yesterday its time for a simple up or down vote on the health care plan, but for democrats here in congress getting that done is going to be anything but simple. the idea is for house democrats to pass the same bill already approved by the senate in late december. but house democrats dont like some of what is in the senate bill, so they wont do that without making changes, a separate package. those changes are what democrats are planning to push through without re...

Critical steps. good morning, dana. >> reporter: democrats here in congress do have plans in place in motion for the simple up or down vote, but those plans, if you take a look at them, they are anything but simple. the idea is for house democrats to pass the same bill already approved by the senate in late december. house democrats dont like some of what is in the senate bill, so they wont do that without making changes, a separate package. those changes are what democrats are planning to push ...

>> it does. it also causes trouble at home for the boss. to douglas brinkley. it seems to me that the most successful chief of staff in modern history is jim bakker. he was a waspy elitist guy, but he was very good at knowing -- as john just said, hes a staffer, even at a very high level. >> thats right. james baker was terrific. he also had the advantage of nancy reagan trusting him fully. rahm emanuel has that with michelle obama, too. i think we have to remember the chiefs of staff arent just...

Happening? i saw desiree rogers is leaving. that tells me this president is capable of making changes. shes not leaving because she was asked to stay. shes leaving because she wasnt asked to stay, it seems to me. therefore the president, you lost greg craig. now maybe it was rahm emanuel that bounced him as counsel and brought in bob bauer but the fact is that theres movement going on. that tells me the president is open to change. what do you think? >> theres no question about it. rom ahm emanu...