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And the coming days and at jeopardy is the u.s. aid which is critical to mubaraks government and obviously his defense forces, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel live tonight at the white house where they are keeping close watch. well go back as news develops. with us now from the brookings institutions michael ohanlon a senior fellow at brookings which bills itself as a nonpartisan think tank. good evening. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: in the last 30 years since on war is a -- sadat was assassinated. y...

That briefing which was originally supposed to start at 1:00, pushed back to 2:00, now 3:00, so were running at least a minute or so past that. robert gibbs expected to come out and brief us. initially we were told that he might be bringing someone else along to that briefing so well be watching to see if that does indeed materialize. but, you know, for this white house, theyve been trying to walk a very careful balance, as youve been talking about now all day, between showing support for the pr...

Video. let me ask you this. did you partake in any of the protests? >> what? >> did you participate in any of the protests? >> no, i i was just an observer. >> and why then, why did you want to get in the thick of things? >> well, because at the beginning, i began getting news through facebook and twitter about it. i wasnt sure that the news were true. so i had to go there and see it by myself. >>en an you know, i watched some of your video earlier. you can hear sirens and you hear chanting. wha...

200 people. who can forget the awful carnage from those bombings. bill: prosecutors say that ghailani was a key player in those attacks. what do his attorneys argue? david lee miller, outside the federal courthouse in new york city. whats expected today, david lee? >> reporter: in about two hours time, thats when we expect ahmed ghailani to appear in the federal courthouse before judge lewis kaplan. he was convicted of only one count, although he had been facing 285 charges. the one count he ...

Has to be enormous, about half a football field. that way, even though you cant see it, it can see you. >> reporter: like a satellite but for a fraction of the cost. >> a large satellite, billion-plus. >> reporter: so were talking to buy a plane like this, tens of millions as opposed to hundreds of millions? >> correct. >> reporter: the manufacturer, aerovironment, gave us an exclusive look. during this test it flew at 6,000 feet but on the job it will fly at a stratosphere skimming 65,000 feet,...

Producers to put up some of the great photographs that you have of storms that youve experienced. why is this happening? >> well, ive been documenting our changing climate nor about 20 years. ive kept a journal actually for three decades. and i can tell you just purely from a professional observer point of view, that the storms are becoming more frequent, they are becoming larger, sometimes they surprise us a little bit more. forecasting is becoming much more of a challenge. when someone issues ...

Anti-lame duck thing of congress lasting? the republicans are going to be in power the next lame duck session, at least in the house. do you think theyll follow through or is this grand standery out of kansas? >> i think its mostly grand standery. i dont think its going to get through, number one. i think it may make some headway in the house. but in the senate, its not going to be enthusiastic about this. the senate likes to do business the way the senate likes to do business. theyre not going ...

Talking about essentially the budget. do we keep the lights on in the capitol? keep the government running? this is not a small deal but i have to say, too, it is frustrating because, you know, there are a lot of people pretty happy that we had the bipartisan agreement on the tax deal. the republicans and democrats came together, at least the president and mitch mcconnell came together. >> this wasnt a bipartisan deal. it was president obama caving to the republicans. it was capitulation. but on...

Shy of that magic number democrats stay in the majority in the house. what happens to then speaker pelosi? does she say or does she get booted or what by her party? >> i think there are like nine democrat incumbent members of congress who said they will not vote to reelect her if they are in the majority. i dont know how many get reelected and how many dont. i assume if they keep control of the house some do remain. as a result it is -- pelosi cant get a majority and republicans cant get a major...

Senator and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack. well do everything we can to prevent it, but even the 9-11, even the biggest attack, that ever took place on our soil, we absorbed it and we are stronger. this is a strong, powerful country that we live in and our people are incredibly resilient. >> that quote is contained in the new book and the words have drawn anger from those who dislike the presidents policies. >> i think...