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Detainee and my client faces the charge as well as the assault charge. martha: one of the things that came out in the proceedings taking place in baghdad was that the accuser, at first claimed that he was punched in the stomach and now we hear he says he was kicked in the stomach and it could stem from the fact, as i heard you say, he was blind fielded at the time, correct? -- blindfolded at the time, correct. >> yes. and he denies any involvement in the blackwater killings as well and the petty...

Operates in exactly the same way. that he used a labor union official as a cutout, to send word in these negotiations, over who should be picked for the seat, that he was at that moment occupying and getting ready to vacate to take -- and there is nothing wrong with the president saying that, but, if the governor was trying to sell the seat, if there was a transaction going on, then the president can be involved and he cant be saying he has a preference. martha: well hear more and i want to remi...

German shepard on "fox & friends," leads a state trooper to help with the extinguishing of a fire at his home. and well talk to the woman kicked out of disneyland for wearing an inappropriate costume. that is coming up, on "happening now." martha: thank you, jon. well look forward to that. in the meantime, here we go, folks, former illinois governor rod blagojevich is asking a judge to subpoena the president of the united states. in his case. his defense team has filed a motion that looks someth...

Available, it is back up. and, that copy block trick may not work any longer. martha: president-elect obama told the world that he was confident that nobody on his team was in contact with blagojevich and when you look that these and well show everybody a little bit of what is in these documents, in a while, so they can decide for themselves, what did we learn. >> reporter: the unredacted portions so that there is a labor union official, apparently interviewed by federal authorities, who said he...

Instead of -- instead of safeguarding the economy. remember the madoff deal? there are questions on what is next for that agency. well get into that in a moment here. martha: plus, check it out, look at that, straight out of the wizard of oz, tornado seasonings and this time, though, storm chasers are getting closer than ever. you have never seen storm chasing video like the one we are about to show you.

Empower people who are not directly responsible to the people. martha: go ahead, peter, respond. >> theres a lot there. first of all, this happened in 2007-2008, when the previous administration was in power. i dont think it has anything to do with -- >> and you guys were in control of the house and senate. >> it doesnt matter, the fact of the matter is the cops -- we have to put the cops on wall street, which president obama said yesterday, which is what this financial reform bill will do, yes,...

Held at sea, and we have crews and producer in norfolk for the arraignment today but dont expect to see arrives an departures, tight security and there will be a courtroom artist and press conference later today. bill: i have yet to meet a smart one, thanks, brian, brian wilson in washington. martha: the $13 trillion that this nation owes to other folks. okay? it is all -- we have been watching it closely and the president refuses to take the value added tax, a national sales tax off the table a...

Economic climate? >> thats why i think were going to have a group together to be able to defeat the efforts to put a tax on this, but theyre always looking for ways to raise taxes and spend more money, and thats what im opposed to. i think we need to really focus on making the investment in the technology, that we can use here in the united states but also around the world to reduce emissions and make the entire global environment better. bill: that is a bit of a preview for what we expect monda...

Martha: blagojevich says he is totally innocent and he believes having the president testify about what he may or may not have known about the filling of the seat, will exonerate him. i assume and lets look at what is in here. because, keep in mind, everybody, at home, rod blagojevich said all along, there was nothing that was illegal about the back and forth, this is politics and just the way stuff is done and may be. so, lets look at some of what is in here, this is a piece of it and this full...

Will not be paying taxes because you have to do that and have that level and the other piece of the puzzle, you will wipe out several things, as an unintended consequence, charitable giving is gone and taxable investments that have been out there, estate planning, completely wiped off, and youve got a whole infrastructure or ecosystem of things are wrapped around the tax policies we have now that go away and that is something you have to think about before you make a massive change. bill: you ha...