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Much in an interview just over the past day. i think eric holder, you know, for the most part, has been put out there on a limb. this is the presidents effort to say im going to stand up for this issue. i think privately, administration officials acknowledge they may have to back down, and say congress didnt provide us funding, we tried, but lets move on to the next issue. martha: i mean, it appears to me to be a classic case of putting somebody arms length and making it appear that this was the...

The other dogs, its against the breeds standard and what do you think made stump stand out as far as the sussex spaniel? >> hes a great example of the breed. he has a great head and he has a great body and he moves perfect for the breed and holds his tail correctly. >> so hes the best. >> hes the best. >> i have to confess, scott, we were sitting during the commercial break and i was taking a picture with stumpel and he drooled all over. is that part of the breed? >> part of the breed is droolin...

Postponed. but we dont know precisely when she met -- when she learned this information. >> okay. jill, thank you so much. appreciate the update. if have you more information we will get right back to you. i want to bring in our own dr. sanjay gupta who is in haiti and, sanjay, the -- the president was here. he was in haiti at the same time. he was back and forth. hes very, very active. you have had a chance to see what -- see him recently and spoken to him often. what is your sense of how activ...

Seetionly, they are not conservative men. the latest polls come out and we see sarah palin didnt get that big of a bounce. 71% still say she is not qualified to be president. 26% say she is. does that surprise you? >> well, no. i think there is a story line, a narrative thats built up. a single interview. i dont even know if this interview was conducted before or after. and thats not going to have that kind of an impact. this is the first time i had ever met sarah palin. i wasnt going to go easy...

>> im sorry, suzanne, someone is in my ear. i think i caught part of what you said there. you were talking about him in haiti, and i did see him in haiti not long ago and he was traveling around haiti quite a bit. he was walking through a long distance of the airport. it was quite a warm day outside and he was with his daughter, chelsea, at that time. then he traveled to one of the big public hospitals as well. you could see him walking through as well over there. to the casual observer, he did ...

Iraquis to arrive at the political accommodation that every observer believes is the solution to the problems we face there. im going to actively oppose the presidents proposal. i dont doubt his sincerity when he says he thinks this is the best approach but i think hes wrong. i think the american people believe hes wrong and we are looking at -- >> again, the surge is widely credited with decreasing tensions and increasing stability in iraq. so what about joe biden. christina, reporter with talk...

20,000 additional troops in iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. in fact, i think it will do the reverse. i think it takes pressure off the iraqis to arrive at the sort of political accommodation that every observer believes is the ultimate solution to the problems we face there. so, i am going to actively oppose the presidents proposal. i dont doubt his sincerity when he says that he thinks this is the best approach, but i think he is wrong. and i think the american people belie...

Not only does it help the deep bruises, but also it gives your skin a certain glow. a lot of stuff going on. joe biden on "larry king live." >> that was interesting. >> david writing in "the washington post" this morning saying you better take sarah palin seriously. also, speaking of "the washington post," abc/"washington post," a new group of polls. good news for the republicans on many front, and today is the 31st anniversary of the islamic revolution in iran. and well talk to cfr richard haas...

To criticize her, shell be the biggest player on the other side. >> professor, i mean, youre clearly a keen observer of the political scene. i read your piece last night in "the nation." one of governor palins constant critiques of her critics is that they are elitist. so do you think i would be elitist if i termed her in my view as being extremely limited? >> well, i -- i think that its an unhelpful way to frame it, and i wish would you not frame it like that either. >> why? >> i come from the ...

Another al qaeda attack here in the united states in the next three to five months. and obviously this is frightening news. >> obviously director panetta having said three to six months not three to five and far more obviously the cia chief having predicted an attempted attack by al qaeda in no way guaranteeing the certainty of an actual attack. but youll learn. time now to call in our own howard fineman senior washington correspondent for "newsweek" magazine who attended tonights swearing in an...