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Thats right. >> her achievements have been discredited by a number of different individuals. >> i read a study today in salon.com, not a conservative media outlet, that discussed the value of larger class sizes and in fact, small er classes are expensive and not proven to be the most effective means of improving the education of a child. mitt romney is absolutely right that those studies exist. and at best or minimally that its sort of unclear about the value of small class sizes. >> you agree w...

Youre headed for a great defeat and going to be regrouping in december and january. >> right. lets stick to that point. hes also questioning the gops approach to immigration. he says romney needs to change his tone on the subject matter. now, some of this may be existential given the fact jeb bush is married to a woman of latino descent. which seems to make a difference in his understanding of the problem. will the republican party heed his advice? >> no, not any time soon. it will be interestin...

good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." you dont often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he h...

injuries. but what happened to one lance corporal made my jaw drop. how does anyone survive having a rocket-propelled grenade being shot into their body? heres correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: marine corporal perez know the rocket-propelled grenade was coming right at him. >> all of a sudden, just, i just saw the rpg coming towards me, and it hit me, and you know, i was hit and my boys, they knew exactly what to do and they came down, no hesitation, no nothing, and they picked...

drop. how does something survive having a live rocket propelled grenade shot into their body? here is barbara starr. >> this marine corporal knew the rocket propelled grenade was coming right at him. >> all of a sudden, just, i saw the rpg coming towards me. and it hit me, and you know, i was hit and my boys, they knew exactly what to do, and they came down, no hesitation, no nothing. and they picked me up, got me to safety. >> he had a live foot-long rocket propelled grenade embedded ...

We have got to go d.c. and work with horrible republicans. up next. >> see you at the inauguration. >> laura: we will see you, yeah, we will see you at the romney inauguration. a spate of national security leaks is triggering outrage concern and finger pointing on capitol hill. we have the latest. first lady kicks t up a notch. this is fun on the campaign trail. will her efforts do much to help the presidents re-election bid? well talk to the experts when we come back. >> announcer: meet mary. s...

The law. >> im going to have to hold you there, thomas. were going to have you back. i want to thank you guys for pointing out the problem. were going to talk a lot about how we break through and solve it. thomas mann and norman ornstein, thank you very much for being here. were sitting on a bunch of shale gas. theres natural gas under my town. its a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but weve got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands ...

>> is it upsetting? >> yes, i would say its definitely upsetting. because these teachers, ive been in the school for four years. i know many of the teachers very well. i like to consider some of them as my friends. and the fact that they wont even do stuff for us that they should be doing like pointing out letters of recommendation, they wont do it. >> and thats incredible. lets take a look at what the teachers are earning now and what they want. heres what they want. the district is offering --...

Work with horrible republicans. up next. >> see you at the inauguration. >> laura: we will see you, yeah, we will see you at the romney inauguration. a spate of national security leaks is triggering outrage concern and finger pointing on capitol hill. we have the latest. first lady kicks t up a notch. this is fun on the campaign trail. will her efforts do much to help the presidents re-election bid? well talk to the experts when we come back.

Administration is manipulating jobs numbers for political advantage. pointing to the white house claims that millions of green jobs have been created with the stimulus money. but just listen to this exchange over what the labor department says qualifies as a green job. this is an exchange between oversight committee chair darrell issa and a department of labor official who probably wishes he stayed home. watch this. >> if youre sweeping the floor in a solar panel production facility s that a gre...