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Controversy over textbook could affect you. >> reporter: we are here in the heart of texas s from the state capital at the william b travis building tomorrow at 11 a.m. central time high noon on the east coast the state of educating will convene for a meeting sizing up to a battle in what many are calling the latest frontline in the culture war its outcome could affect millions of students. the focus, history, more specifically what should be in texas students social studies textbooks. many poin...

Elections held in iraq and the polls closed two hours ago. the president just released a statement on todays events. in a minute well be going to the white house with more on that. but first, despite the tight security, insurgents intent on intimidating voters still managed to get off a spate of bombs, rockets and mortar attacks. the vote coming as u.s. troops prepare to leave iraq and it will determine whether the country can overcome the sectarian divisions that have plagued it since the 200...

White house. were keeping a very close eye on the iraqi elections. polls have closed there about an hour ago. theres been a spate of violence. 31 people reported dead across the country as a result of attacks on those who are going to vote. but 19 million people out and about trying to get out and vote. the president will make a statement about the iraqi elections today at 3:00 p.m. from the white house. a new report about sexual attacks on college campuses. earlier in the hour i mentioned how...

We have a comptroller who was appointed a couple years ago because of a resignation. theres been a spate of scandals. its a problem, yeah. in terms of why are people not voting? theyre fed up. its the same situation nationally. its the same situation all over the place. >> well, i dont know if its the same situation nationally. we had a lot of people vote in the national elections that elected president obama. i think some of those things that he did in terms of jobs and education has come now a...

Anything at the time he resigned. there was a case that was building but he never faced any charges and he resigned because he didnt have any support. david paterson, he doesnt have a lot of support. but he was elected. he was elected lieutenant governor. lets remember that. it wasnt like he stepped out of nowhere. richard ravidge would be governor if david paterson resigned, but he said he would not run. we have a comptroller who wasnt elected. a comptroller who was appointed a couple of years ...

Your net is big enough because you dont know if theyre going to take off or go sideways or down, but youre always juggling it in the name of the president. and every time you open your mouth, the voice people hear is not your voice, its the voice of the president of the united states. >> and speaking of opening mouths, what do you think is behind this spate of stories? basically, what you see litigated over the last couple of weeks or so on the pages of various papers is its all rahms fault, ver...

Without justifying terrorism as long as you say that the act of terrorism and violence itself is illegitimate. but what the right tends to do in this country, and this is true historically, at least when theyre out of power -- when theyre in power, they expand government power wildly. but when theyre out of power, they adopt very extremist, anti-government rhetoric that suggests not merely that the government is acting wrongly but that the government is a legitimate target for attack and should ...

Privatizing social security. if republicans get their way, americans will be able to invest a portion of their social security payroll taxes into secure funds consisting of equities and bonds. gamble your life savings on wall street? what could possibly go wrong? oh, is that the safety net? as salon.com pointed out today the only annuity felly exempt from the economic ruin brought on bite investment banks and insurance giants was social security. if thats really what republicans want to talk abo...

Biggest, wettest kiss to wall street yet. privatizing social security. if republicans get their way americans will be able to invest a portion of their social security payroll taxes into secure funds consisting of equities and bonds. gamble your life savings on wall street? what could possibly go wrong? oh, is that the safety net? as salon.com pointed out today the only annuity felly exempt from the economic ruin brought on bite investment banks and insurance giants was social security. if thats...

Driving this road in flint, michigan, lilia alberto is haunted by her mothers last moments, the fear the 76-year-old woman must have felt desperately trying to control her 2005 toyota camry as it barrelled down a quiet street at 80 miles an hour. >> she nicked that tree, and the car went airborne, and it was going 80 miles per hour, and it hit the tree on the top, and it just went down. she died instantly. >> reporter: guadalupe alberto, by all accounts, was an extremely careful driver in good h...