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Our chief national correspondent, john king, and candy crowley. the state of the union chief here. what does this say, jessica, about the president of the united states? >> he wanted to stick with a team, a foreign policy team hes had a lot of his view, success with. this is a vote for loyalty, familiarity, and stability. both of these people have been in the national security meetings that hes been holding over the last four years so there isnt a change here. they know the policy and they are p...

Venezuelas acting head of sta states hugo chavez will be embalmed in a glass tomb joining those resting in permanent display. >> creepy. >> a state funeral is planned for chavez. more than 30 heads of government are expected to attend including raul castro and mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> who was that? >> ahmadinejad. no one from the u.s. going, i suppose. >> youre not a real dictator until youve been embalmed in glass. >> and displayed permanently. >> with some wax flowers. "the seattle times," ea...

Campaign ads. im pretty sure every single sitting senator in 2004 thought that john kerry was un-american. im also pretty sure that he didnt say nice things about george bush. thats why he ran against him. >> and they had no problem confirming him as secretary of sta state. >> thats why theres a double standard here. the republicans, you guys eat your own. in the democratic circles, we keep our laundry within our own. give him his nominees and stop filibustering these nominees. its un-american t...

So to have these other discussions about likability and whether youre liking the candidate or the candidate is liking you and whose last name is what, this becomes a reflection reflection of what those bold themes were that elected and re-elected president obama. >> but, beth, was not -- i dont disagree with you, but was not part of president obamas appeal before we knew what he stood for was a different face and a break from the first face of the democratic party hillary clinton. what comes as ...

And that is just going straight after the voters who are actually going to cast the ballots. even if you put aside far moment, campaign finance, you can spend as much you want. if the person cant cast a vote, it doesnt matter and that is what is happening across the country. state after state where republican rs in control of sta state -- >> were grateful because as you know, gaffes are made in the political cycle, but actually, its when someones actually telling the truth. weve got republican a...

State officials. newlyin covered memos indicate they ignored warnings about sandusky, because, quote, it would be humane to sandusky not to notify social service agencies. also right now, a florida task force holding its first public meeting to review the sta states stand your ground law. the review follows the shooting of trayvon martin by neighborhood watch leader george zimmerman. that law, of course, allows the use of force in self defense when there is a reasonable belief of a threat. mar...

Winning at all. >> and lets look quickly at your electoral map and tell me if youre an obama supporter or romney supporter inside those campaigns. what do you see here? >> this is kind of a fun electoral map. we squeeze the 48 lower states -- lower continental states into the map of the united states, but we changed their proportions to reflect their population. and therefore, more or less theyre weight in the electoral college. if youre -- if youre romney, you see here the advantage that presid...

thats the driver restraining a passenger after being stabbed in the face with his own pen, but he is the one in trouble with his company. were going to tell you why. and two crashes in three days. that is certainly not the way race car driver danica patrick wanted to start the weekend at daytona. shes upbeat about the big race. well, we start with the search for a gunman in afghanistan blamed for killing two ranking u.s. officers inside the heavily fortfied interior ministry, which...

controversy dogging president obama. did top aides, including the vice president joe biden warn him about it beforehand? new information coming in. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." our national political correspondent jim acosta is following it for us. >> reporter: it sounded like he was referring to mitt romney as mr. burns, the villain from "the simpsons" who once said release the hounds. thats because in the race for the alpha dog, the fangs are out. rick santorum...

really do want to win. >> and that little problem he had with "words with friends." >> we can be playing a smart word game rather than watching reruns of nbc sit-coms all the time. what kris osborn could be more of a waste of our time. >> alec baldwin, unapologetic, and very, very funny. but i must ask you, piers, have you been properly in love? i was instructed by your staff to pose this very question. >>al an lek baldwin, piers morgan interview starts now. if youre alec baldwin, life...