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youre looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this years general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nations security council. it could have serious implications for th...

Onboard this summer. heres our alison kosik on "on the go." >> 2011 started out hot for the cruise industry. >> people were going to cruise. the cruise lines were ramping up the prices. and january proved that to be true. >> but then bookings stalled. >> all the turmoil in the mediterranean scared off americans and they stopped booking. and what that means is there are some deals out there. >> but dont go by price alone. >> make sure you are on a ship that fits your personality. if you pick the ...

and mr. obama goes to europe. one irish town prepares for his presidential visit. well have more on the trip and why today he had to explain his recent remarks on the middle east. the best political team live on television live in dublin for you. im don lemon reporting from los angeles. the news starts right now. and in just a short time, i want to tell you the lapd will hold a news conference. a news conference to announce the arrest, to announce the arrest in the horrific beating t...

Lieutenants that are in line just in case a significant player is arrested. >> thats right. you have to make sure they understand that this is a risky business. theyre not going to get away with it. that ultimately theyre going to get caught. when we talked about even the last week, the significant arrest that had been made with the heads of cartels, second in command, that has an impact, theres no question. and its getting better and better. ultimately, the great part would be if we just stoppe...

done. they say they have arrested a powerful drug kingpin. he was reportedly arrested at his own birthday party. he was taken into custody in mexico just across the border from texas. police say he is one of the leaders of the gulf cartel, one of two gangs battling for control of smuggling routes into the united states. the u.s. state department offered a $5 million reward for his capture. bob strang is a former special agent with the drug enforcement administration and the current ceo...

>> let me go back to you, david. i want to dig in a little where krystal brought us. "the new york times" says that romney actually paid more in taxes in 2011 than he needed. taking smaller charity deductions, and im reading from "the times." "mr. romney has said that he has paid at least 13% in federal income taxes in each year of the last ten years. in order for the claim to be true in 2011, mr. romney had to voluntarily take a smaller deduction than he was entitled to for his charitable deduc...

Released saying that 63% of all americans say, yes, when the question was asked whether he should release more tax returns. so i think, when youre dealing with tax rates, when youre dealing with fairness, especially when youre dealing in light of this 47% statement, that this is a sound political question since candidates in the past have had to do this. >> no question. and what mr. johnston said is particularly revealing. lets assume the romneys did pay 14% to 20% that the letter seems to imply...

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Helps employers employ more people. so he pushes that line. there are some cons for him also. hes never held elective office before. hes run before but never won anything. do americans want to elect their next commander in chief whos never held a political job before? the other thing that might hurt him, herman cain admits hes not well-versed on a lot of foreign policy issues. he says, im a ceo-type. ill hire the best minds to advise me. but hes not well h f versed in a lot of areas. >> how does...

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