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Penguins on this special day? >> well, penguins awareness day is to generate a lot of information out there so people understand the plight of penguins and penguins are endangered by lots of things that affect other animals. oil spills, overfishing in the seas, habitat destruction, environmental changes. what were trying to do is raise awareness, let people understand these are an animal thats in great risk out there. >> well, they are adorable and we appreciate it so much that you would bring t...

President who knows our particular plight. when you talk about consumer confidence, people buying things, the reality is we have a change in culture and mind-set in america. people realized based upon the last three years that you cannot continue to live the way we have been. we need to stop the whole notion, a new job report is taking out. i know its painful. if you dont have a job its hard to hear that but we have to have small sustainable growth over the next two years so we can change the mi...

Me to remove myself from the hearing room, im theme do so. >> that is correct. >>s that fair enough. >> von, let me start with you. youve been doing this as long as i have. watching the 24/7 news cycle infect congress and now its sort of has gone to a level where an actor or comedian decides to go in character on capitol hill. what did we witness today? >> well, i really think that was the sticking point right there. weve seen celebrities parade up in congress. kevin costner was there recently. ...

Palestinian president mahmoud abbas will get together and meet every two weeks. this was the scene this morning at the state department. these are the first direct israeli-palestinian talks in almost two years. plenty to talk about. primarily borders. im going to have more about that in a minute. and also israeli settlements in the west bank, a very contentious issue and the plight of palestinian refugees, many on the run for decades. the leaders spoke briefly with reporters before they got down...

I i want to give props to carla because she did a wonderful thing calling attention to the plight of the iranian women. number two, this is a perfect example of what iran specializes in which is detracting. that -- the fact that it is the number one state sponsors of terror. so it may work for a day or two, but thats not the real issue. >> you are about to be married and congratulations on that. how would you respond if a country said they wanted your wife dead? >> i dont know. >> if she is watc...

Nobody sells more real estate . visit remax.com today. >> greta: theres much more ahead but first to our new york newsroom with ainsley earhardt. >> reporter: new developments surrounding the plight of those 33 miners. work is finally underway on a rescue shaft. the drilling operation could take months. rescuers have managed to get solid food down to the men through a small hole. nasa team onsite to help the miners cope with isolation similar they say to being in space. >> zsa zsa gabor is back ...

Invariably there but by just a confluence of events they would have succeeded. are we really up to snuff on this? >>guest: i can tell you right now from intelligence source i have talked to they believe something is in the offing, there is a lot of nervousness in intelligence circles in the united states. one day before we had this incident in amsterdam we had an incident less publicized, in tampa, 34-d merchandise, nine men of pakistani descent taken off a flight in tampa. they aroused suspicio...

Governor. clearly he is mississippi. i apologize. a special time in new orleans this past february when the saints won super bowl xliv. the teams first ever championship and now among chants of who dat, the team is gearing up to defend their title. as some of the players remember the difficult journey they took after hurricane katrina in the wake of the storm the superdome was a shamables and the team was forced to shuttle from field to field, stadium to tom and even from state to state for prac...

Its unfortunate that we are selling green cards off to the highest bidder. >> reporter: many have already gained greencards this way. and according to the state few stay in vermont. many are retirement age and go to florida. . >> julie: that is where they go. i live down there. thank you very much. story for family in chile. we have been bringing updates about the plight of the 33 miners trapped underground in chile after a landslide left them with no way out three weeks ago. we have since learn...

And you, the cnn viewer, and cnn.com user, really made the next phase of his life possible. youssifs father called it a journey, from death to life. his mother called it a dream. from baghdad to los angeles, a 24-hour trip, a world away. a new beginning for yousiff and his family. far from iraqs violence and uncertain streets. cnn correspondent arwa damon brought youssifs plight to the worlds attention. she made the trip with the family and served at least for the time being as their translator....