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Just passed with flying colors. the 17-year-olds hair clippings have been sold for more than $40,000. bieber chopped his trademark hairstyle and then donated the leftovers to ellen degeneres who sold them on ebay for charity. supermans mom just got a makeover. diane lane will play the usually much more matronly martha kent in the new untitled "man of steel" film scheduled to debut in 2012. angelina jolie wrapped up her second visit to afghanistan yesterday as u.n. goodwill ambassador, bringi...

Whenever you get a camera on the street you "a" attract a crowd. and "b", any police will come and check on you. they have the authority to tell the police, back off, let these guys alone. until we got word of a demonstration. we only got clarification 12 hours later. so there are real limits on what we can do. there are other areas as we find out every day, other lines were not able to cross. >> thank you, nick robert son. thank you for reporting for us from tripoli. and now we turn to the pl...

Actually save half a billion a year if it just tried to update their health care system. lots of recommendations. coming as it does in terms of the context with the debate of keeping the government open, and cutting spending and reducing borrowing do bring down the deficit and debt, members of both sides are saying it is a good idea. >>shepard: and reaction and who has come forward? >>reporter: harry reid said he welcomed the report and tale congratulated senator coburn for asking for it last ye...

Collective bargaining at the state level. in the opening press conference today, none of the governors broached the subject of public service unions. lots of talk, though, about the financial plight of the states. the governors, unlike congress, are required to produce a balanced budget. most are deeply in the hole. and deeply mindful of their relationship with the federal government. >> the states are facing $175 billion shortfall in the next two years. even though congress does that can underm...

>> uma: thank you. many stays are dealing with budget shortfalls sure to be one of the topics in the national governors association meeting. while governors from most states are continuing. a few faces will not be seen. >> reporter: tomorrow the meeting of the national governors association in washington comes at a volatile time as government faces a possible shutdown the end of this week. as many governors wrestle with public service unions. heated protests over those efforts to stop collective...

The giradelli square and fishermens wharf, could there be a few snowflakes with the heavier snow showers. here in the sierra, it is pouring, snow, cant get across the mountain now, theyve shut it down because of very heavy snow, all this excitement to southern california, tomorrow, snow in the grapevine. terrible travel here. martha: mark mancuso, thanks. its one to watch. well keep an eye on it with your help. bill: we mentioned this with michael schoer. now we are seeing pictures of this saudi...

We were the first tv crew to come here, and i can tell you it was a bit like being in the first american jeep arriving in paris in 1944 after the city fell from the nazi occupation. people were clapping and cheering and shaking our hands, throwing candy and dates in the car, thanking us for coming. it was just an incredibly emotional scene and just the demonstrations, there were tens of thousands of people outside this courthouse in benghazi, and, you know, they clearly are seeing the arrival of...

Fell from the nazi occupation. people were clapping and cheering, throwing dates and candies in the car. there were tens of thousands of people outside this courthouse in benghazi. you know, they clearly are seeing the arrival of western journalists as a sign that the is concerned, the west cares about their plight, because of course they are concerned that many libyans will tell you that theyre as by disappointed in the relative silence of president barack obama. we just hard that strong statem...

Benghazi today. we showed up, and i felt like i was driving into entering paris after its liberation in 1944. people were shaking our hands, throwing candy into the car window, thanking us for coming because i think the arrival of journalists here for the people in benghazi is a harbinger of their full liberation. i think theres a feeling that finally the world is paying attention to the plight of the people of libya, and it was just an incredibly mind-blowing scene to watch as thousands of peop...

At nbc news and the former white house correspondent? do you think you could stuff him at presidential trivia? >> yes. >> a challenge to brian williams from jaden. jaden, thank you. once again happy presidents day. >> okay. >> ciao. >> that is going to do it for me. me and jaden. im chris jansing. see you back here tomorrow. follow me on twitter@jansingco. >> electoral college, nancy reagans war on drugs. roughly the same thing. >> if you dont know the answer, go with something else that is true...