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Around her role as a mom. those girls are always first for her. now she is in a more busy stretch of time. still, shes always planning her life around those girls during the week and of course on the weekend. >> what did she say is next for her. i know she said this campaign for obesity is important but what is her next goal? >> thats a good question. shes going to be fighting for this childhood obesity. shes got kind of a role out of this that will be eight to ten weeks. of course shes going to...

Here. you assume nothing. assume nothing in terms of where you were before and where people may be now. >> and pelosi said that even after the declaration of congressman bart stupak this morning congressman stupak saying that he and 12 other democrats are prepared to bring down the health care bill because the senate version doesnt use the stupak language on banning federal funding of abortion. also today, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius met with top insurance executives to...

Here. you assume nothing. assume nothing in terms of where you were before and where people may be now. >> and pelosi said that even after the declaration of congressman bart stupak this morning, congressman stupak saying that he and 12 other democrats are prepared to bring down the health care bill because the senate version doesnt use the stupak language on banning federal funding of abortion. also today, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius met with top insurance executives t...

Services secretary kathleen sebelius met with top insurance executives to raise concerns about huge rate hikes. president obama actually dropped in on the meeting to show the executives a letter from a woman whose plight was typical of many americans. her insurance rates had gone up 40% in one year. meantime, republican congressman nathan diehl announced today he will not resign until after the health care vote. and over in the senate one of the architects of reconciliation, robert byrd, clearly...

Once a star performer in a texas road show lost his arm in a boxing match with a human, if you believe it. is it fair to compare his plight with killer whales kept it in captivity? jack hanna joins us. sun life financial has never taken government bailout money, yet no one knows our name. ♪ get down tonight thats about to change. so youll pay for the tour, but i have to change my name? no, youre still kc, but from now on, they will be the sun life band. its funky. sooner or later, youll know o...

Job with naomi campbell, you would just say no thank you. >> how does she get people to work for her? i mean its got to be -- that cant be easy. >> cha-ching. >> yeah. brianna, i guess, thanks. well go live to the quake zone in chile for the latest on the rescue and recovery efforts there. and still ahead, wild animals trained to perform like this kangaroo once a star performer in a texas road show lost his arm in a boxing match with a human, if you believe it. is it fair to compare his plig...

He was saying theres $10 billion in that bill to extend unbenefits. he said look if youre going to spend $10 billion then pay for it find a way of revenue or spending cut that will cover that extra $10 billion expenditure. thats a popular view with republicans and theyre continuing to press this idea of pay go. pay-as-you-go but they didnt think it was the right thing to do on unemployment benefits. they felt this made them look heartless. made them look like they were insensitive to the plight ...

Problems facing black males. including black males in prison and low school graduation rate among black males and black on black crime. don lemon is in columbia, south carolina, and he joins us live. don, is this big? successful? we are right in the middle of it, and are they getting some stuff done? >> well, here is the thing. we dont know -- it is big. 5 million members nationwide, but obviously they are not all here, but we will see if they can come up with solutions. they know it is a big pr...

In 4th, 8th and 12th grade cannot read or compute on the level. and if you cannot read or compute in this global economy, you are sentenced to economic global death. >> national security crisis according to dr. colonkocornel . listen, ali. >> we need to cast a limelight on the plight, limelight on the predicament and recognize, it is a state of emergency and a matter of national security. look at the prisoner complex, and look at the feeble families and the weak communities, bullets flowing. >> ...

Being transparent and transformative. we are intentional about addressing the plight of the african-american male in this country. how were going to come together to stem the tide of the incarceration rate and increase the ma trikculation rate in institutions of higher learning. >> youre talking about incarceration. youre talking about drug abuse, unemployme unemployment, high school dropout rates. what influence can the church have in dealing with these issues? what exactly can the church do be...