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Too. >> definitely building. we are actually -- you could call it the midpoint between buckingham palace and where you are at westminster abbey. you can see the preparations. the final preparations are under way. what will happen when the carriage or the cars from buckingham palace come through, theyll go to the horse guards road and parade and then through the guards arch and come around here. moments ago we saw them laying down the sand on the road so that when the carriages and the horse come...

Because there is a federal statute in place that prevents federal funds from being used to provide abortion services. what were havingç a fight ove here is even a second point, which is ensuring that no federal funds go to make it possible for millions of women to access health care, cancer screening and other health services through an organization that with private funds does provide abortion services. i thought this was a spending bill. i thought we were here to focus on creating jobs and r...

Presidents but of democratic presidents like franklin roosevelt and john kennedy of trying to spread freedom of democracy and the world and standing up against totalitarian forces. and within months, after he left office, that berlin wall came down as he asked it to do out there in the brandenberg gate and the soviet union soon ceased to exist. communism lost its hold on eastern europe. so that was a very low blood shed triumph for the united states and for freedom of democracy. thats a pretty s...

He will value every minute of it. >> reporter: bill is the man launching obama 2.0 at the midpoint of his first term. >> a devoted patriot, my friend, bill david, to serve as my chief of staff. >> reporter: daleys first priority to get focused on jobs. >> i think he will help bring real focus to the economy, the issue for the next two years. i think the president has to focus on that. >> reporter: top aides say the theme is creating jobs and promoting american come pettiveness, the point her ham...

>> as the presidents new chief of staff, bill daley has a monumental task, to help fix the economy, end two wars and help republicans from tearing down key accomplishments like health care reform. just minutes before president obama was sworn into office two years ago this month, outgoing president george w. bush pulled a top obama confidant aside. >> president bush said, axelrod you need to enjoy this. this is going to be the ride of your life. it will go by quicker than you imagine. i think bi...

Right and democratic left making all the noise these days, what is the political middle have to say? could there be a movement there as well? midpoint between the tea party and the most activists progressives? well ask two center leaning republicans who were elbowed aside. and finally, some guy at yale has come up with the top five political quotes of the year. theyre all pretty bad. we start with the tax bill. senator michael bennet is a democratic from colorado. youve just been voted in. tel...

Businesses there? >> reporter: weve been watching it hour by hour for the last few hours and people are streaming in here getting their spot. were about four hours from the start of the angels show overall. about six hours from when the blue angels will fly over pensacola. it is one of biggest weekends of the year for pensacola and the blue angels, there is their home turf, they go around and tour the nation. all throughout the year, about 68 shows a year. this is their midpoint and certainly a ...

After comments made to rolling stone magazine regarding the president and his team. and the president says he has full confidence in the man he placed to replace him. >> we are in the midpoint of implementing the strategy that we came up with last year. well do a review at the end of this year. general petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it and my expectation is that he will be outstanding in implementing it and we will not miss a beat. >> joining me now is a man who knows...

Review and well make an assessment. is the strategy working? is it working in part or are there other aspects of it that arent working? hows the coordination between civilian and military? are we doing enough to build afghan security capacity? how are we working effectively with our allies? so we are in the midpoint of implementing the strategy that we came up with last year. well do a review at the end of this year. general petraeus understands that strategy, because he helped shape it. and my ...

Isnt working? are we doing enough to build afghan security capacity, how are we working effectively with our allies? so we are in the midpoint of implementing the strategy that we came up with last year, well do a review at the end of this year. general petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it and my expectation is that he will be outstanding in implementing it and we will not miss a beat because of the change in command in the afghan theater. keep in mind that during this e...