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Politician in our country. megyn: stories of albany politicians in new york the capitol, are legend. im from albany. i grew up hearing them. what are the albany politicians say now? >> theyre saying what they have been saying for years. they blame the other guy. republicans blame democrats. democrats blame republicans. we talked to the state senate president, democrat malcolm smith in new york state the state senate had been in republican hands for decades. assembly in democratic hands for decad...

House, in democratic hands for decades. recently, the state senate switched over to the democrats, and the president malcolm smith told us, no, the state is making progress. >> my goodness, you look at the last year and a half between some of the challenges and the scandals, yeah, have we our challenges? absolutely. i think we have been functioning quite well though. >> reporter: well, the minority leader of the state assembly, the republican, brian cole, told us basically the democrats are bein...

Has been paralyzed dealing with the $9 billion budget gap and other issues. >> face it. its been a crazy year-and-a-half for us. since we took over. but the change comes slow. >> democratic leaders like senate president malcolm smith says there has been progress and points to decade of republican control of the state senate. but the republicans say its not our fault. >> if theyre going to, quote/unquote, do this blame game thing, then they should be calling out the assembly democrats, because th...

if approved, officials plan to dump chemical disbursement on top of the leaking well head some 5,000 feet below the surface. now the chemical could potentially break up that oil before it reaches the top of the water. one coast guard official said this may be the first time this has ever been allowed in u.s. history. the size and the scope of the spill is growing. today, british petroleum admitting another leak has been discovered and later conceded the oil spill is now five times wors...

reach the mississippi delta by tomorrow. whats worse, were hearing it could take up to three months to cap this thing. they can not get it under control. producing one of the worst oil spills in u.s. history. department of homeland security secretary janet napolitano moments ago saying she is heading to the region. >> well be taking a very close look at efforts underway, particularly to minimize the environmental risks in the area affected by the leaking oil. well be meeting with other...

the world. well have it for you. jane: and we start with what is happening off the coast of louisiana this morning where the oil spill is worse than expected, and now the u.s. military may be getting involved at some point. the coast guard says 5,000 barrels a day of oil are spewing from that platform that sunk in the gulf, five times more than previously thought. and a third leak has been found. the guard says a test burn on an isolated area of the spill looks like its working. this i...

>> i have another book called priceless i have a similar book tour at the time and i felt the need to talk about the background of that book because most people were not familiar with what had gone on there and the backdrop what that was i dont think that is necessary to night i think most of you know, about eliot spitzer and the spitzer administration provide think that is a necessary. the subject matter of the book is very well known in the city and state and in the united states. as...

with all the parties there, and we are doing that. i completely disagree that our leverage is down to zero. these are very difficult issues. i can remember when i was having a semi-vacation working on north korea, i would hear my colleagues in the near east bureau to talk about the issue of the high baroque -- hydrocarbon law. they would sit in the staff meetings, and now turn to the person next to me, and ask, why call it a high vote -- a hydrocarbon wall? but we had so much leverage,...

that i can go around the university and talk to students. to go to the university of baghdad and has an english -- and had english language students talking about how the would like to have more distance learning opportunities with american universities, i have seen a few memoranda of understanding with american universities and they have not been implemented and i plan to be in touch with those universities to get them moving. these are not just for signing ceremonies. these are to ge...

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