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Lets get to our strategy session right now. joining us a democratic strategist and republican strategist. guys, thanks for coming in. rich, lets start with you. the tax cuts, a huge issue right now because theyre going to expire, the bush tax cuts from 2001, 2003, at the end of this year unless action is taken. the president says let them expire for the rich for those making more than 250,000 dollars a year but keep them for everyone else. making less than 250,000. but now even some bush era, re...

The attorney general of the united states, eric holder, says indictments and arrests took place in minnesota, alabama and california. charges of the four unsealed indictments include violations for providing money, personnel and services to the terrorist network. well have a full report from jeanne meserve coming up later in "the situation room." a very disturbing development. social security reaches the final tipping point, paying out more than its taking in. will washington do anything any t...

Naomi campbell took the witness stand in the war crimes trial of former liberian leader charles taylor. campbell testified that after sitting next to taylor at a dinner back in 1997 she received a gift of what she believed were uncut diamonds. she says she assumed they were from taylor but did not know. hes testified hes never handled so-called blood diamonds that fueled the countrys civil war. wolf? >> thanks very much, lisa. well check back with you. the gone heavyweight sarah palin taking t...

Thanks very much. >> sure. >> a new york mosque developer gets the green light near ground zero. was it the right decision? well talk about it in our strategy session. were monitoring breaking news. the static kill is now under way. take a look, what you see is the new capping stack. [ male announcer ] how do you know when somethings good? when somethings safe? you talk to these guys. they go through every car and truck we make with a big fat red pencil. because they know a familys going to ...

Saying, the states in this election are exactly the same as the stakes were in the last election. thats what hes going to try and do to get them out and vote for democrats. theyre disappointed though so well have to see. >> less than a hundred days. there is still some time. >> there is. >> some close races. >> anything can happen. >> of course. thank you very much. thats why we cover politics. are african-americans in congress held to a different standard? ethical questions surrounding some b...

Taxpayers for the damage that they have done. >> senator bill nelson is calling for congressional inquiry. he hopes to close any loopholes in tax law, and he acknowledges that it may be difficult getting any tax changes to apply retroactively to bp, but in his words he wants people to know all about this and he wants to make a big stink about this. suzanne? >> im sure a lot of people will be paying attention to that story. thank you, lisa. >> a hot button issue getting hotner recent days. now pr...

Experts thought the negatives were destroyed in a room back in the 30s. >> thats a great story. love it. thank you, lisa. well, the war in afghanistan just got even more complicated for president obama with the leak of tens of thousands of documents. what should the commander in chief do now? and massive tax cuts set to expire with the potential for huge political and financial fallout. were going to talk about all that in our strategy session. donna brazile and bill bennett are standing by....

Like people voted for them to leave. and we have people telling us day after day theyre just waiting for the police to come and escort them out of freemont. >> reporter: thats not going to happen. >> that is absolutely not going to happen but the hispanic community feels like they are not welcome. >> reporter: ordinance supporters deny race played a role. its not clear how many illegal immigrants live in freemont. what is clear, the battle is headed to the courts with opponents like those critic...

African-american farmers. a new report that one former u.s. senator could be gearing up for a run against the gop party chairman michael steele. are those reports true? ill ask, coming up in our strategy session. ♪ band: this girl i knows so into ♪

The military sent out. equal mix, active duty and reservists. they are asking them questions to gauge exactly, you know, whats going to be the military position. what are they going to recommend coming out of this as to how this could affect the service. some of the questions include, you know, how much did serving with a gay or lesbian service member affect your units morale? if dont ask, dont tell was repealed and were you assigned to an open bay shower, what would you do? so those are some of...