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But my heart bleeds for children of famous people politicians. they go out and defend their parents. its like, you know, i cut slack for the children. i know hes not a child. >> i dont disagree with that. im saying, im not for a aid, not for a lawyer, not for anything else. >> hes choosing to be on tv. >> i understand totally. its a part of my -- i have a soft spot for children dealing with special problems. >> can i add, hes said sort of outrageous things about international relations. >> im no...

Inspector general at the department of transportation. david gallo is a director of special problems at the woods hole oceanographic institution, he helped lead the search for air france flight 447. david, i want to start with you, the searchers have had quite a time trying to get into the ocean to look for victims and any debris. what are they confronting? what are the conditions thats making this so tough? >> im sure theyre extremely frustrated as we are sitting on the sidelines, watching. it ...

Feels right to people. but then, its not insurance. they might as well just call it one more welfare program. >> what about, you know, the man or woman who has cancer and they get fired from their job, and all of a sudden, theyre out of work and they go out and get their insurance. you feel for that person. >> you do and most policies, if you get cancer, they dont throw you out. >> no, if you lose your job and you lose that insurance and have to get more insurance, i know a lot of people happen ...

Janice jacobs, assistant secretary for counselor affairs at the state department joining me live. thank you so much for calling me, miss jacobs. safe but trapped is how laura murphy describes her situation. ive got to think for the state department that aint too bad for whats going on in egypt. >> thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to talk to you today. certainly taking care of american citizens in egypt right now is our top priority. and we have tried to get information out about ...

I talked to her today and she had critical inform information citizens trying to evacuate egypt. >> well, thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to talk to you today. certainly taking care of american citizens in egypt right now is our top priority. and we have tried to get information out about the situation there through a variety of means. we understand the frustrations with not being able to get through either by e-mail or by phone. we, as you can imagine, are getting hundreds hund...