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just days after the death of another enemy of the united states, moammar gadhafi, and ill ask the iranian president for his thoughts on the leaders demise. but we are also witnessing serious internal tensions inside iran as the president appears locked in a power struggle with other powerful forces in the regime, perhaps the most powerful of all, the supreme leader. meanwhile, economic sanctions against iran appear to be having an effect, and the country is dismantling many of its subs...

>> but in a hidden camera investigation chris hansen takes on a different kind of predator to beat these cons at their own game. >> ever get an e-mail like this -- >> my name is mrs. maryam ibrahim. i am suffering from long-time cancer of the breast. before my late husband died, he deposited the sum of $20 million. 20% of this money will be for your time and effort. >> the writer sometimes appears to be a desperate character in a far off land offering millions in reward money if youd only help t...

Facing right now. the city of newark, for example, has really been hurting. their tax base has almost disappeared, and they need help from the federal government to -- >> oh, please. martha: the mayor there walked away from those negotiations because the union would not give them anywhere near a deal on this. chris plante -- >> well, and a democrat mayor, and democrats are bankrupting city after city and state after state because of the corrupt and dirty back room deals with the unions who are l...

Of affirmation. most importantly, he lived on the ground, tied to love, tied to justice, always part of a movement. trying to bring people of all colors, all cultures, all sexual orientations and all religions or agnostic and eighthistic brothers and sisters. that martin luther king knew that he had to connect public interest to the plight of the week and the vulnerable in this society and around the world. >> you went to jail. symbolism? is that what it was? >> symbolic in terms of a gesture. n...

The ground, tied to love, tied to justice, always part of a movement. trying to bring people of all colors, all cultures, all sexual orientations and all religions or agnostic and eighthistic brothers and sisters. that martin luther king knew that he had to connect public interest to the plight of the week and the vulnerable in this society and around the world. >> you went to jail. symbolism? is that what it was? >> symbolic in terms of a gesture. not in terms of the 24 1/2 hours inside the cli...

>> nine years complete withdrawal is in the white houses assessment, is this a victory for the united states and if i could bundle up just -- if you could answer that, then follow up. >> i think one of the more poignant moments in the secure video conference downstairs was when president obama congratulated prime minister maliki and the people of iraq for getting to this momentous moment. and importantly when prime minister maliki congratulated president obama an our troops an our dipl...

and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. frances president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a si...

Are truthful, sweet, idealistic kids who want to see a better country, and i want to support them in their effort. >> one of the things thats been impressive is they have been made the american people discussing the plight of the poor. before, you know, a lot of people would say whats the objective? whats the got, but they have changed the conversation. now theyre talking about jobs, they changed the whole thing, something that you have at wanted -- so if they do nothing else, theyve gotten the ...

Listening live to the president as he fires up americans for the next step he will take with his plans for economic growth. he is in north carolina right now and heads to virginia later today. it looks a lot like 2008. vice president joe biden is in the battleground of pennsylvania also talking jobs. you see him there live on the screen. both he and the vice president hitting on the plight of the middle class, the crisis of unemployment and pressing republicans to pass a critical piece of this j...

Say that this deal strengthens the hand of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who has been criticized for being intransigent when it comes to peace and it strengthens the hands of hamas, thetured gilad . it strengthens their hand, and some say this deal today pushes back the cause of peace. >> john, gilad shalit, he was the focus of a long-term conflict in the middle east and israel. >> thats right. this is a soldier whose plight has touched the heart of the nation in a very real way....