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>> the fbi has not talked about the details, but we have learned more details, and in fact, this morning we talked to a young man who works at one of the retail outlets here in the mall, and he talked about those propane tanks that the fbi says that there were two propane tanks and a pipe bomb. i want to show you what the propane tanks are, but they are more like canisters, the small one, and listen to what the individual said ant what he saw near the food court when he noticed the fire and then...

For more than money? >> fairness? >> it is principle. >> can you think of all of the shows that must be having the same argument about this? maybe it is for the future that we are doing this. >> what a reunion there, and poppy harlow is live in new york and i was watching the piece and thinking, where is the fonz? and two of the biggest stars henry winkler and ron howard? >> well, we reached out to both of them. we heard back from ron howards publicist with no comment, and we have not heard back...

Peter johnson jr. joins me now. good to see you. >> good to see you. martha: the obviously is that this administration set in the beginning, were going to be the most transparent administration and tell you who goes in and out. if they havent brought so much attention to that issue, this may not get the attention it is. are they under an obligation to do so? >> yes. theyve done an exhaustive survey showing these troubling results that names are left out, they say people were never there and then...

Peeker boehner was able to do it because a lot of the older republicans, especially a few i talked to -- he spoke to one republican senator who was speaking about the house saying, look, we do not want to get into a idealogical purity test on a spending issue. it will look bad if government shuts down over something contentious as abortion where people fall on the left or the right. theres not a lot of middle ground there. there is a few more billion dollars in terms of spending cuts. an interes...

Fighting for the largest spending cuts possible. were talking about real spending cuts here, no smoke and mirr mirrors. >> for washington, this is high drama. its also a high-stakes battle, and the possibility of a government shutdown is still very real. one of the most hard-liners and slash the spending guys is jason chap its who sits on the house budget committee. i spoke with him just a few moments ago. lets jump right into this. how far apart are the two sides? were just a couple days away f...

Thanks again. well be seeing you and richard tomorrow. a lot of you responding now to our "talk back" question about the republicans proposed federal budget for 2012. is the gop serious about deficit reduction? joe gray writes, obviously, the gop is not serious about reducing the deficit. they have not proposed taking a pay cut. i guess that is too logical. but many of you disagree with this sentiment. your responses, just moments away. it is time now for the help desk, where we get answers ...

United nations troops sent into bosnia. there have been recent humanitarian wars, true? >> except when the united states goes to war for couple reasons, one obviously is self-defense, in the case of bush administration when they went in iraq where they claimed weapons of mass destruction. we have gone to rescue american citizens but the humanitarian intervention, balkans was the first time and we went into that thinking it was going to be easy thinking we could do it just in the air and ultimate...

Its been somewhat overshadowed by obviously whats happening in libya. but today the white house press secretary jay carney was pushed and he still did not explain why there was no post saleh planning that was confirmed by the press secretary wednesday. yemen is planning for more large scale demos like this tomorrow. carney would only say that the must be peaceful and the u.s. government was simply not in the business in choose hog a new leader should be. publicly the state department is insistin...

Notices that are required, they are not putting them out. some of these debt collectors threaten dire consequences if you dont pay and threaten youre going to go to jail or take your property. its getting down right nasty out there. >> isnt it against the law to call people at certain times of the day and harass them? >> it is. youre not supposed to call before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. but it looks like its happening anyway. obviously, the ftc is going to look into this, especially because t...

Is the regime and i sense to regroup to wait for it on that end? >> reporter: what they are trying to figure out at the moment is where does the front line become de facto on the ground? that is how far back is the coalition air force going to push gadhafis army? will they target it past the next town after benghazi or target it after brega or go to the next town which is another important oil town, et cetera, et cetera, going along the coastline. what weve heard from the british prime minister ...