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us, literally right over us. we had to take cover. so we started to wonder what exactly was going on, if there was some sort of fight that started up again in this town, which is just about 30 miles from tripoli. as it turned out as the night went on, even though that went on about an hour and a half, we finally got in touch with rebel sources who told us, no, actually they are celebrating. yes, theyre blowing off things like mortars but they are celebrating still. what we do know, the...

hermi his son appears to be in tripoli, he claims the city is still under his familys control. he said his father is sacred talk to him in a moment, live. sara, if you can hear me, what is the latest there right now? >> reporter: we were hearing loud booms, loud blasts, a lot of rapid gunfire. we saw tracer rounds coming over our heads very, very close to us, literally right over us. we had to take cover. so we started to wonder what exactly was going on, if there was some sort of figh...

spending cuts in ten years. reid would hike the debt by $2.7 trillion now and mandate an equal amount of cuts. but the congressional budget office says the boehner plan would trim spending by $850 billion, and the reid plan by $2.2 trillion. boehner went back to the board and postponed the vote that was supposed to happen today. reids plan cant pass the house, and not only is boehners plan doomed in the senate, a great many house republicans dont like it either. so what happens now? we...

That. he says, look, it is a state issue. but the fact is the mandate is what is at the center of all of the health care lawsuits and thats something hes still defending. thats a tough sell for conservativer conservatives. he has to win new hampshire, might lose iowa and south carolina and hope to win places like nevada, michigan and elsewhere like florida. >> hes basically arguing a mandate is okay for the states, but not for the federal government. domenico, thanks. side bar now. today all a...

They are trying to put some of this in the rear-view mirror. what are you going to listen for? >> how many times he says the word mandate, if at all. escoriated by "the wall street journal." >> if romney feels really strongly that hes going to make a power point presentation that states can do this you guys pointed this out in the first week. why not sit down with a reporter, the daily rundown and sort through the questions that he will face in a debate or somewhere else. >> what is interesting,...

He earned less than 15 brand. that 77, 30 to $50. the federal department of education costs you $126 a year and you earn 100 to 200,000, about a thousand dollars and if your incomes exceeds $250,000. your cost is more than $9,000. and that of course is on top of what you pay in state and local. >> mike: thank you very much, william la jeunesse from los angeles, ill be honest with you, one of the things that bugs me, what is the federal government doing in this much, funding of education? this is...

One of the reasons we see different gasolines and different prices is different states have different prices. california likes a cleaner blend of gasoline, they have so many drivers. that is a state issue that they put into place for their gasoline. then that leads us to a question about states rights and what rights states have to control commerce within their state. why do you think that the federal government should get involved in this issue. >> its largely not a state issue, its largely a c...

Necessary to put an ad up, however big a buy it is, i dont think it is to be that much of a buy, more to be part of the conversation, that they would need to do something on a state issue in a state place. that means this is a national conversation going on, and i think it shows that the republicans think at least for now that theyre on the wrong side of it. >> howard, is there any tags that the governor may be looking for a way out with these deadlines hes setting? some of these deadlines seem ...

However big a buy it is, i dont think it is to be that much of a buy, more to be part of the conversation, that they would need to do something on a state issue in a state place. that means this is a national conversation going on, and i think it shows that the republicans think at least for now that theyre on the wrong side of it. >> howard, is there any tags that the governor may be looking for a way out with these deadlines hes setting? some of these deadlines seem flexible. we thought we had...

Harder for democrats to communicate directly with workers. >> thats what howard said. thats what howard said. >> do you disagree with that? >> this is a state issue in a state where theyve got serious budget problems. because payroll pensions are such a huge part of the budget. youve got to deal with it and you cant deal with it for one year. >> lets talk about -- you ask about the president. the president is one of the greatest politicians in the history of the united states. and he, hes quiet?...