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Another four years. but the first years didnt go so well. >> shepard: ann romney says, thats mitt romneys wife, says she would tell the obamas its our turn now. house republicans just got a major financial boost from newt gingrichs billionaire donor. sheldon allegedson and his wife donating $5 million to congressional leadership fund. thats a super pac dedicated to making sure the g.o.p. keeps its majority in the house. the add delsons have reportedly given more than $21 million to super pacs th...

I will mourn for the rest of my life the loss of my appointment. >> tomorrow morning first thing, a separate house committee takes over. the second of four hearings on this government agency this week. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill, thanks. the u.s. is now warning the north koreans not to test a nuclear weapon. now that they have admitted last weeks rocket launch was a big bust. the u.s. cancelled the food aid deal after the launch which violated u.n. resolution. state departmen...

Agency in charge of managing government spending. $800,000 on a trip to vegas. complete with a paid mind reader. all on the taxpayers dime. and horror in the heartland. >> tornado after tornado and wave after wave of storms. coming up straight at us. >> shepard: more than 120 twisters ripping across the great plains. >> everything that we have ever worked for is right here. its all gone. >> shepard: tonight, word that danger may not be over. first from fox this monday night, scandal at the agenc...

♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. couldve had a v8. >> shepard: looks like a break through in morning shows abc good morning america has broken "the today show" by win an entire week of ratings. gma has been gaining ground. matt lauer was on vacation last week. final numbers are out on thursday. tom petty and his band are offering a $7,500 reward for

Pilots will have a lot more information in the cockpit. >> theyre all moving along this very precise path. we know where the path is. the controller knows where the path is we have got auto pilots and flight management computers that are guiding the airplane along that path. >> at a cost of $340,000 per plane, alaska airlines equipped its entire fleet, its been using g.p.s. to land in places like juneau for about a decade. starting in june will begin testing it at ctack. if it does well you can ...

Machine guns engaged security forces for 18 hour fire fight. one that killed at least 36 militants. 8 police officers and three civilians. not guilty pleas today from the two men accused of a racially motivated shooting rampage in tulsa. prosecutors say the suspect killed three people and wounded two more. all the victims were black. and investigators have suggested one suspect wanted to avenge the death of his father two years ago in a struggle with a black man. today, that suspect is speaking ...

Essentially saying the word of a convicted terrorist is simply not to be believed. defense attorney robert gottlieb asked one of the convicted plotters on the stand quote: you would be willing to set off a bomb but you wouldnt lie to a jury? the witness said he was telling the truth but did admit he was offering his testimony in exchange for the hope that he would get a reduced sentence. what will be difficult for the defense to do is to explain away the defendants apparent efforts to travel to ...

To las vegas to check out a hotel. do you not see the outrage in that? mr. robertson? do you see it? >> there is also email evidence showing that jeff neeley, the gsa executive sent emails inviting personal friends to come along for a good time on the taxpayer dime. shep. >> shepard: the guy we showed there in the it tub, did he have anything to say today? >>. no he essentially tried to stay out of it. tried to avoid any more trouble. >> mr. neeley, did you approve of the funding for the 2010 we...

Earning 1 million per year. republics called it a show vote staged to score cheap political points in election season and fundamentally bad economic policy. democrats cast the buffet rule as a matter of basic fairness and wondered why the republicans blocked a state up or down vote on it. >> its been said on this floor that this is a tax on investment and that this is a tax on job creation. that is wrong. this is a tax on one thing. income. >> for the president, fairness is about taking from som...

The capital city. >> north korea is increasingly becoming a country of haves and have notes. 3 million people living here in its capitol of pyongyang live a relatively well-provided for life. the 20 million people outside of this capital live a much harder life. that could be the seed of possible problems in this country to come. >> shepard: today the u.n. security council condemned that rocket launch or failed one and warned north korea new financial punishments are in the works. 100 tornadoes ...