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How many budgets did you balance in vermont? >> a lot. >> i didnt miss one. >> in cuba, for the first time in over four decade, fidel castro will not hold a leadership position in that nations government. castros younger brother, raul, was named the countrys leader ruling the communist party. a lifetime castro confidante will be the second in command. the choice was disappointing to some who hoped the party would tap an outsider like donald trump. >> well see what happens. the "new york times,...

Deadly violence is flaring in ivory coast right now among other places. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room" right now. its an awful world, lisa. >> thats right, wolf. at least 45 people were killed there today. hundreds of thousands have been displaced by unrest thats gripped the country sis disputed election results last november. they are urging the security council to take action. the brother of al qaedas second in command has been free from prison....

Ben wedeman will have a live report. well be checking in with him live from inside libya. moammar gadhafi has blamed the unrest on al qaeda. this morning, the second in command delivered the latest in the series of audio messages concerning the uprisings in the middle east. he saluted those in tunisia and egypt saying the path for freedom is still long. he says america wants a democracy that allows arabs to always be weak next to israel. theres new developments this morning in the labor stan...

>> what do you think is going on there, chris? should we speculate? >> as a journalist, as an anchorwoman? >> yes. >> i will not speculate. i deal with just facts. >> have you ever said something like that? co-anchor? >> no. never. >> cruel. >> mean. heartless. >> didnt smile. turned and went to the next story. theres something going on between those two. one mans guess. >> can i get your reaction to the next story? triple threat. justin bieber made his second highly anticipated appearance as a ...

A question i have. i was just handed part of a statement. secretary of state hillary clinton is about to give a speech, and in part of it she will say that military pressure escalating on taliban is escalating on the taliban to break with al qaeda. what do you think about that? >> well, the operational work thats been done against al qaeda and the taliban has been two pronged. one is to prevent them from being operationally capable of carrying out terrorist attacks. second, to present them frove...

Jamie, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> a name a lot of people know is bin ladens second in command, al zawahri trying to take down egypts government for decades now. are you surprise d you very head from the ubiquitous audio messages? why arent we hearing from al qaeda in all this? >> we have heard -- he issued one written issued statement in the last 24 hours that said, you need to engage in violent jihad. what weve seen i think, the frequency of statements from al qaeda in general is,...

Important statement from the presidents office, randi. >> and the opposition group, the muslim brotherhood, has also releapsed a statement today, calling last nights speeches about the president and his second in command completely unacceptable. that is a direct quote. that was the reaction from protesters in tahrir square as well. well, if mubaraks speech was meant to mollify the crowd, well, it didnt work. and that would be an understatement. in fact, at this hour a protest in egypts second ...

>> home sales have been tumbling since the first-time home credit expire. even so, they wont bring it back. >> bring it back is not as high on the list as many other things are. >> economists say it distorted but did not erase the slump. >> this is you cant fool mother nature lesson. >> meaning it shifted the time of home purchases, not the overall demand. cautionary tale, but the limits of economic intervention from the federal government. bret? >> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. th...

>> home sales have been tumbling since the first-time home credit expire. even so, they wont bring it back. >> bring it back is not as high on the list as many other things are. >> economists say it distorted but did not erase the slump. >> this is you cant fool mother nature lesson. >> meaning it shifted the time of home purchases, not the overall demand. cautionary tale, but the limits of economic intervention from the federal government. bret? >> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. th...

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