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>> the oil industry had just proven itself in dramatic and deadly fashion to be incapable of drilling for oil safely in the gulf of mexico. the oil industry had assured regulators that this would never happen that, a blowout like this was impossible, that they had failsafe measures to prevent this. they were wrong, and they were woefully unprepared for it when it did happen. so the president said, lets hit the pause button and figure out what went wrong here. no new permits to drill until we fig...

>> the oil industry had just proven itself in dramatic and deadly fashion to be incapable of drilling for oil safely in the gulf of mexico. the oil industry had assured regulators that this would never happen that, a blowout like this was impossible, that they had failsafe measures to prevent this. they were wrong, and they were woefully unprepared for it when it did happen. so the president said, lets hit the pause button and figure out what went wrong here. no new permits to drill until we fig...

If something has to be changed, so be it. we have to protect the people and protect our environment. >> as you know, there was some talk of building some new reactors in the united states. that hasnt been done in more than three decades. 20% of our fuel comes from nuclear. obviously, there will be a bit of a review here. do you think, though, in terms of expanding the role of nuclear in the united states, is this disaster in japan going to be a pause button or a stop button? >> i think it should...

Station. logging many days in space over three decades. the next step of the space program is pushing the pause button. jay, were listening to nasa control there. give us details about discovery coming down. this has to be a little bittersweet. >> the shuttle is about 20 miles out. as everybody said the final touchdown for discovery. this shuttle has been the workhorse of the fleet. it has flown 39 times and marking the end of its mission today of the 26.5 years it has been flying. it has spent ...

Irkbach who thought senators didnt want to leave the state, but that thought that might be the way to hit a pause button on this debate. do you think its time to slow down a bit, bring both sides to the table and discuss things further? actually, we spent a great deal of time dealing with this bill. we had the longest hearing weve been at in the 17 years ive been at the state legislature. as has been mentioned, two years ago when they have a mini budget and the democrats were in control, they pa...

Federal government are specifically limited. the states have the rights to, for instance, mandate kids going to school, mandate auto insurance. states have certain rights they can exercise and the right thing for the president to do now with these decisions saying his bill is unconstitutional, with the house taking action to repeal it, with the senate considering doing so, he should press the pause button and say, you know what, lets hold back on this obama care. >> david corn is the washington ...

Kit not be put together again. unfortunately because hes been a good friend of the united states, but he did not open his political space. he did not allow for the people to express themselves and now hes reaping the consequences and basically nothing that he or we can do about its. >> does this put the pause button on arab-israeli peace for now? >> i think so. this is such a big deal that could it have profound consequences for the peace treaty and the whole process of reconciliation between is...

Unfortunately because hes been a good friend of the united states, but he did not open his political space. he did not allow for the people to express themselves and now hes reaping the consequences and basically nothing that he or we can do about its. >> does this put the pause button on arab-israeli peace for now? >> i think so. this is such a big deal that could it have profound consequences for the peace treaty and the whole process of reconciliation between israel taken raabs if this result...

Impossible for autocratic leaders in the arab world to suppress the views of their people. >> we talked about hosni mubarak as we look at the region. you look at the biography of hosni mubarak. he comes in 81 after the assassination of sadat. hes survived six assassination attempts. hes a survivor. are his days running out? >> hes 80 years old. hes sick and an old man. the compact with his people has been broken. it cannot be put together again. unfortunately, because hes been a good friend of t...

Whether -- you know, we hear about charter schools, but some other way of trying to figure out a way to find more funding for schools because, frankly, if schools being totally tied into these state budgets at this time of crisis it maybe unsustainable and you get forced into a situation where governors have no choice but to cut funding is there another place for a local school system to go for money? >> well this is the problem right now. thats why the governors, mayors, school districts need a...