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We are waiting for a confirm eded account from an eyewitness here in the southern part of new york state very close to the pennsylvania border very close to i86 interstate 86. According to the New York Times, this was a woman who was driving through the area who saw two men come out of the woods near some Railroad Tracks. She says one of the men dove back into the woods and the other pulled a hooded sweatshirt over his head. We have not confirmed those details with the new York State Police but ...

Bellwethers in the future . Howard fineman, and the National Politics correspondent with the washington most. First, rand paul is out there explaining the hell out of his moment in the sun on the issue of government surveillance. Yesterday he single handedly brought the Republican Senate to a halt. Forcing the exploration of key elements of the patriot act. Here is paul making his stand. The people who argue that the world will he believed and well be overrun by jihadists tonight are trying to u...

In gridlock on capitol hill. There was a mild selloff in the market across the board yesterday; however, the s p 500 is now up 4 months in a row. Its goodbye to groupon ceo andrew mason. Shortly after reporting another round of disappointing earnings, mason was removed from the daily coupon company he founded. Shares rallied 7 after the close. The search is on for a new ceo. And today could be decision day for detroit. The governor is expected to announce he is taking over mototown by sending in...

Issues facing congress such as the sequester and federal spending. Then a discussion on cybersecurity with larry clinton. And north Koreas Nuclear program and the book bomb scare. Washington journal on cspan. On thursday, defense secretary leon panetta hosted a ceremony at honoring former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This event includes remarks by joint chiefs of staff chairman general Martin Dempsey. This is 45 minutes. Present. [playing star spangled banner ] please be seated. Ladies an...

My loving wife has been a constant source of strength and inspiration. Thank you, tammy. You are my rock. And thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] Defense Department ceremony honoring armor secretary of state Hillary Clinton. After that, the astronaut charles duke. On the next washington journal a political roundtable with David Winston and Steve Mcmahon on issues facing congress, including the sequester and f...

Its high noon in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Lets go to the developing news out of egypt. Gunfire erupted outside a cairo mosque where hundreds of protesters were in a tense stand off. The government now says its considering disbanded the Muslim Brotherhood. Government forces have arrested the brother and al qaeda leader and the Muslim Brotherhood announced the son of its leader was killed in yesterdays clashes. Joining me is iman. Lets get to the situation inside this mosque. Whats going on ...

That letter of solidarity for israel. The same. The same thing as a clearing the rain and revolution guard a terrorist group. He was one of only four who did that. So i would only say, this is not a filibuster. Everybody knows its not a filibuster. I hope the media is listing that they are. This is the same thing required by the democrats and the cases john doe tim steve johnson, the case of rob portman. It is the prerogative of the senate. Its not a filibuster. They nearly won a 60vote margin. ...

Rainfall has hit a record two days running. At least a foot has fallen yesterday on top of the more than 15 inches that fell the day before. The rain there has been so heavy that the Associated Press is reporting that more rain has fallen on pensacola in this one storm than has fallen in los angeles in the past two years. In fact, investigators are assessing whether the flooding is a factor in last nights apparent gas explosion in nearby Escambia County prison. Two inmates are dead and more than...

The country did issue this essential warning, if you will, for politicians to follow the timetable of the constitution for forming a new parliament. Does he mean that that new parliament or that new government shouldnt include maliki . Not clear, but he is telling politicians here to stick to the timetable, thats important. As for the chemical weapons, i visited that site with weapons inspectors 12 years ago. When i saw them, those weapons looked the chemical weapons looked pretty much aging and...

Obama has gotten 300 of his judicial nominees confirmed. 300. At the same point in his presidency, george w. Bush got through 35 fewer confirmations than obama to this point. Progress is being made to clear that. We know what to thank for that, right . In november of last year, harry reid triggered the socalled Nuclear Option. He did away with filibusters on most nominations and made it impossible for members of the Minority Party to block the nominations. No more 60 votes. Thats the idea, anywa...