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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 and senator browns news conference. howard, good evening. >> hi...

For the political landscape right now? david drucker is staff writing with roll call, and great observer of all things in washington. david, welcome, good to see you. >> good to be here martha. martha: i was pretty surprised when i got this coming across the blackberry yesterday afternoon that he would be sworn in today, it was supposed to be february february 11th. what changed in massachusetts? >> reporter: i think scott brown probably looked the a the fact that there was no reason he shouldnt...

Dealing with the deficit? >> well, the president has 17 republican senators who would vote for that. what i said, chuck, and youre a very astute observer, any president who has an important issue and 60 democratic votes in the senate, if he gets 17 republican senators also, that gives him 77 to work with. he ought to be able to pass it. he didnt come out for this until the weekend before, he didnt mention it by name. it was a halfhearted endorsement. if he really wanted it, he could have got it....

Americans losing faith in his campaign promise of change. ahead of the speech, some headlines pointed to the presidents many challenges. the baltimore sun, for instance, calling attention to his murky message and shrinking public support. the los angeles times pointing to a flawed approach in his handling of a weak economy and the raleigh news and observer on his troubled agenda. after his speech in which he owned up to a few mistakes and took shots at the political process in washington, the he...

Some blame on the media for americans losing faith in his campaign promise of change. ahead of the speech, some headlines pointed to the presidents many challenges. the baltimore sun, for instance, calling attention to his murky message and shrinking public support. the los angeles times pointing to a flawed approach in his handling of a weak economy and the raleigh news and observer on his troubled agenda. after his speech in which he owned up to a few mistakes and took shots at the political p...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are tom newton dunn, whos the chief political commentator at times radio, and sonia sodha, the chief leader writer for the observer. tomorrows front pages, starting with... the ft leads with reports of the prime ministers emergency plans to make some key workers exempt from rules to avoid social and economic disruption. and people partying again — the front of the metro focuses on the reopening of ...

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Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster, lucy beresford, and the property and personal finance commentator, anne ashworth. great to see you both, thank you very much, we will chat and a moment. first, a quick perusalfor some of the front pages. as health secretary sajid javid tests positive for covid, the observer leads on the plea from top scientists to the prime minister, not to "let the virus rip" as england ...

Front page of the "san antonio express news," says 40 ill in assisted living outbreak. also on the front page of the "san antonio express news" at the top, today governor abbott shuns more mask rules. in western pennsylvania heres the front page today of "the tribune" review, covid cases on the rise again in the state. in raleigh, north carolina, the front page of the news and observer, state reports over 1,000 new covid cases, nearly 9% positivity rate in new covid tests. head over to st. louis...