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Lives of his youngest son and three grandchildren, this according to a government spokesperson. u.s. security officials say they believe such attacks may be the only way to force gadhafi from power. and in rome, the late pope john paul ii moved a step closer to sainthood, as he was celebrated during a joyous ceremony that drew more than a million people to st. peters square. back in washington, the fight over spending will continue in full force as congress returns from a two-week spring rec...

Their new rules about how congress was going to run. one of the new rules was they would take a full week off for every two weeks they worked. sweet. tons of time home in the district, which for a member of congress must be awesome. unless, of course, the last thing you did before heading home to your district for your spring recess was voting to end medicare. voting for the paul ryan budget plan. a budget which is making for lots of very uncomfortable encounters between republican members of co...

Every two weeks they worked. sweet. tons of time home in the district, which for a member of congress must be awesome. unless, of course, the last thing you did before heading home to your district for your spring recess was voting to end medicare. voting for the paul ryan budget plan. a budget which is making for lots of very uncomfortable encounters between republican members of congress and their now very angry constituents. paul ryan himself who represented the district in wisconsin, youll r...

This is what weve seen in spain, in portugal, in greece, and ireland and elsewhere. no one is saying the u.s. is anywhere near that stage at the moment. with the kind of numbers you were talking about earlier, a deficit of nearly 11% this year, debt to gdp ratio, lets get this together and not be a drag on the markets so people can get their confidence back again in the u.s. bond market. lets face it. as long as the treasury is buying on qe2, thats okay. but major international buyers, are they ...

Spring recess. look, there is a statute called the war powers act that lets the president act in an emergency situation when he believes the vital interest of the united states is at stake, it requires that he consults with members of congress. are the vital interests of the united states at stake? no, no one could make the argument that libya is a serious threat to american security. the president believes that hes engaging in a humanitarian mission by getting involved. he still must consult wi...

Dehydration. all of that. again, she was there for four nights by herself in the woods. >> mark potter has been reporting this story all day. thanks so much. well head back down when we get more from the news conference. the other stories we are following today are some key events were watching. in a little more than an hour, the house of representatives will return from its spring recess. the top issues include a jobs bill and financial regulatory reform. in about three and a half hours fro...

Washington for the spring recess. we are told from people close to him that he certainly probably intends to run, but hes also exhausted and the fact that he has, again, as weve been reporting, some pretty tough phone calls to him and his family, thats taken a toll on him. >> dana is in his district in michigan were us. good report, dana. thank you. an in-depth look at the tea party express. cnn political producer shannon travis joins us from new orleans. youve been covering this tea party movem...

Is an overwhelming margin and the economy was in good shape despite trying to pass health care in the early 1990s. i think the economy is huge. when you are talking about things members can something can do, about its the vote and its going to be showed in campaigns all across the country. >> harry reid helped engineer the health care overhaul, he has no plans to speak about it during the spring recess. maybe his best strategy is lay low. are some other democrats doing that? >> i think so. a lot...

Winds caught the two off guard. the climbing partner climbed down the mountain safely, he made it okay but rescue teams found a snow cave and inside was bennetts body. his parents were at the staging area near mount shasta when their sons body was recovered. juliet: democratic lawmakers are back home on their spring recess and theyre not happy about this new poll. well find out. a gallup survey finds the gop would do better than democrats if the mid-term elections were held today. 47 percent of ...

March 31st. >> im john roberts thanks for being with us this morning. here are the big stories well be telling you about. water expected to come up to places we have never seen before in the northeast. back to back storms have the entire area on flood alert this morning. were live along the pawtuxet river, what could be ground zero in the story. lawmakers head for the exits but during a spring recess, democrats are facing a political tsunami back home. we travel with one democrat to hear what ...