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On your couch. you wanted to within other veterans and you could talk about the experience. >> the debate has begun on what do in afghanistan. okay. we got this guy. we got the guy we were after. lets high tail it out of there what is your thought now on what the mission or how this might change the mission in afghanistan and should this speed up with the drawl of u.s. forces from afghanistan? >> we should always be debating. its good to have the american public involved in that. we are coming h...

Afghanistan and pakistan. that is the central front in the war against al-qaeda, thats where we need to put our resources, and thats what we need to focus on. killing bin laden is a crucial step in that. and i think going forward, the presidents plan to build up the afghan government, build up their security forces and their governing capacity so they can stand without us and begin to draw down is the right plan. killing bin laden helps to move that plan forward, helps speed up, i think, the pro...

Work are the fastest. people wearing headphones are the fastest, walking 4.64 feet per second. the lowest, tourists who move ott what must seem like a snail pace for some. but at least one new yorker we spoke to keeps his sidewalk rage in check. >> it can be marginally annoying at times. but i tend to take it into stride. what do you have to say to those slow walkers out there? >> speed up. youre not the only one out there. >> what about you, bill? >> the only thing that really annoys me are the...

Second. people wearing headphones are the fastest 4.6 per second. one new yorker we spoke to keeps his sidewalk rage in check. >> it can be marginally annoying at times but i tend to take it in stride. >> reporter: what do you sty slow walkers out there? >> speed up. youre not the only one out there. >> reporter: there are support groups out there if you need to vent. one facebook group called i secretly want to punch slow walking people in the back of the head. veronica de la cruz, msnbc, new y...

Radical ideology to take control of those governments. and i think thats the real concern of the administration and frankly, all of us on the hill. >> how do you deal with that? is that what worries you about egypt? >> the conversations with the opposition parties, those in the streets, has been under way for weeks. those conversations clearly are going to speed up, so that there can be some orderly transition to a democratic re-elected government in egypt. >> what about democracy, there is no a...

>>neil: not so fast, the white house is pushing a $53 billion high-speed rail plan and john stossel is pushing people around on the ice. >> imagine telling someone would never went to a skating rink you would let all the people speed around a rink even those who never had skateed, you would say no, you need to plan this, you need to direct them. you, speed up. you, slow down. someone pick that person up. >> i am trying. but it is not working. probably because im not good enough skater like that ...

>> glenn: all right, we have to -- the whole world is telling us speed up, speed up. get bigger. get bigger. have more stuff. get more money. quick, make a decision. quick! its insane. its insane what were doing. its insane what i do. you and i respected any different. this is the average -- if you want to work in new york city, they say, you know, the old song, i didnt understand frank sinatras song "new york, new york" until i moved here. if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. you...

>> glenn: all right, we have to -- the whole world is telling us speed up, speed up. get bigger. get bigger. have more stuff. get more money. quick, make a decision. quick! its insane. its insane what were doing. its insane what i do. you and i respected any different. this is the average -- if you want to work in new york city, they say, you know, the old song, i didnt understand frank sinatras song "new york, new york" until i moved here. if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. you...

Paul ryan has become a voice on the budget, but his extreme voice shows how ultraconservative the republicans have come. and last night, ryan served up scary with a smile, delivering to american living rooms that financial apocalypse is upon us. >> we face a crushing burden of debt. the debt there soon eclipse our entire economy and grow to catastrophic levels in the years ahead. no economy can sustain such high levels of debt and taxation. the next generation will get a stagnant economy. >> but...

Day 56. president obama heads to the gulf in just a couple hours. the trip comes as the coast guard demands b.p. speed up containment efforts. oil is now washing up on the shores of al alabama unfortunately. the very latest. >> good morning, steve. about 40,000 barrels of oil a day estimated coming up from that gushing well every day now. here in pensacola beach, b.p. says -- and the coast guard say theyve hired about 6,000 workers who handle cleanup efforts along florida, mississippi and alabam...