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good evening on this friday night. all eyes on the gulf are fixed on that capped well this evening. we were tracking that image all day here. a clear picture of that cap with no oil to be seen. but the focus tonight, those crucial pressure readings now coming from the well. and we put together a gauge of our own to show where it stands. just a short time ago, thad allen said the pressure stands at 6700 psi. to the left, you can see the red area, thats trouble. to the right would be ide...

good evening on this friday night. all eyes on the gulf are fixed on that capped well this evening. we were tracking that image all day here. a clear picture of that cap with no oil to be seen. but the focus tonight, those crucial pressure readings now coming from the well. and we put together a gauge of our own to show where it stands. just a short time ago, thad allen said the pressure stands at 6700 psi. to the left, you can see the red area, thats trouble. to the right would be ide...

>> bp is conducting a critical test of its new cap, which will funnel oil on to waiting ships. live pictures this morning appear to show the oil, though, is still leaking. emily schmidt is joining us now with more on whats ahead. hi, emily. >> reporter: hi, vinita, rob, good morning. bp is remaining publicly cautious right now. saying theres no guarantee the cap is going to prove successful. today, for the first time in more than 12 weeks since the spill began, there is hope this solut...

Smith. we drive in a mine-resistant vehicle through kandahar city to see how the presidents uplift is working out on the ground. a bit of context that is useful, the operation in marja was called and this one in kandahar is operation amkari. >> what separates them is were not trying to invade or go into kandahar. were already here. so that means its xwrimproving security with the existing infrastructure with police. up until now weve only had one and a half companies, about 150 military police t...

lifelong. if if ear going to fight two of the longest wars in american history and fight them simultaneously and have a tiny proportion of the population doing three, four, five combat tours, we owe it to them to understand what theyre lives are like at war. whats being asked to them and whats the strategic justification for putting them through this. thats youre mission here on the trip. were here to figure out as much as we can about these two questions, about this american war. does...

arguments, thinking through the issues from both sides, but i do know that the court needs -- that congress needs very clear guidance in this area. its not fair to congress to keep on moving the goal posts. its not fair to say, oh, well, you know, if you do this, this time, it will be objection but if you do that the next time it wont, so do i think -- >> ms. kagan, this is an issue we discussed weeks ago. this is an issue i raised in a series of letters which ill put into the record. ...

Renewed vigor into these kids. but one of the things thats vitally important is change the rules of engagement. theyve been very frustrating for commanders and troops on the ground. the perception is that decisions on whether or not can you actually fight against the bad guys who are shooting at you have to be made at a very high level. its not necessarily true. but hes got to loosen up restrictions. the concern when mcchrystal was there was collateral damage. killing innocent civilians. there h...

right now on msnbc saturday, mountain mystery. a climber vanishes into the fog 14,000 feet up. he left some traces but why was his rope unclipped? also the new link in the new sketch released in the case of a murder of a virginia tech student. under fire, calls for the head of the gop to resign coming from inside his own party. what michael stihl said about afghanistan and why it generated such anger. plus, its simply huge. were going to show you a massive cruise ship docking for...

to the extent that you can answer them briefly, id appreciate it. we dont have a whole lot of ti time. what is your thinking on the disrespect for the congress when we take a supreme court decision and we structure a law based on those standards with the customary deference due congress on fact-finding. isnt that really what justice stevens calls it, disrespect? >> well, senator specter, as you know, i argued that case. as you know, i filed briefs on behalf of the unid states in that c...

incredible history. they shot all the iraqis which looks like a hair-trigger response. they authorized payments to allow a company to continue in business. the companys under continuing investigation with the foreign corrupt practices act. in 09, blackwater lost its state department contract to provide diplomatic security for officials in iraq because of the nisor square incident in. april 2010, federal prosecutors charged five former senior blackwater officials with weapons violations...