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What happened? what changed? thats important for us to know. i mean, theres a scientific curiosity of understanding these things better, but its also, i think, important. because talk about global climate change on mars, wow. there used to be enough atmosphere to support water and there no longer is. that was a very big change. be very interesting, very useful to know what caused that kind of a change to a planet. >> the commander also told us he never expected to ride on a russian rocket to spa...

we have breaking news youll be following and other stuffs. >> thanks so much. see you over the weekend as well. breaking news from studio 7. im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. two explosions have rocked central oslo in the last hour wounding at least eight people. reports from norway say govrt buildings were targeted, one houses the prime ministers office and most of the windows were blown out. reuters reports a mangled car outside one building suggesting a possible car bo...

About these cuts that are some in education, some in health care? >> i dont really have any interest in reassuring anthony wiener. i think what i want to do is reassure the american people. i think the american people think that tax agreement was the absolute right thing to do. its been a huge contributor to the economic growth weve had. this right now is a deal that -- listen, we live in divided government. you have to find common ground and move forward on anything, but the presidents approach...

>> so when you succeed, in my experience working in the senate theres all sorts of tensions and negativity within the party as youre moving toward a goal. and then when you succeed everybody forgets it. they go hey, we did it. >> well, clearly people havent forgotten it because theyre still upset about it. now, with messina as the top liaison dont ask, dont tell was reluctant to make this a priority and really didnt have a strategy for a very long time. and one gay rights activist described it a...

Super majority? they won -- they could make -- >> they had the right to try it but we also have the right and responsibility to try to resist it. i dont think the american people are there. america is center right people. they want government but they dont want it to be excessive. they want it to be affordable. most importantly what americans want is to pass on to their next generation their children a country better stronger and more vibrant, more prosperous. what were looking at now because of...

>> paul: time for our hits and misses of the week. dan first to you. >> tuesday president obama signed the legislation allowing the department of education to take over the student loan program. tuesday when students went into the departments website they got an error message because the website was down suggesting that the government is too big to w. youve got to worry. if the chinese can hack into the pentagons most secret weapons perhaps how hard is it going to be for a mit freshman to hack i...

Really loans, they are grants and it will push the cost of tuition up further by subsidizing the universities and colleges the tuitions keep cruising up. you never see the schools talk about cutting costs, they are talking about raising more money. >> it is one thing to give benefits to veterans who have put their lives on the line to preserve our nation. quite another to subsidize bureaucrats. they dont create jobs. >> a lot of the colleges and universities who have endowments use all the pell ...

Latest from cbs news. the presidents approval rate is at 44%. thats an all-time low. that dropped 24 points from last year. of course the white house is blaming the economy. a.b., what do you blame there? >> well, i think the white house is ignoring the entire picture. the anger that you see in the electorate now, the fact that independent voters that president obama won so well, or the fact that theyre moving now back to the republican coalition is because there is a narrative now thats formed,...

Tomorrow, if a good jobs, improving jobs outlook would help the democrats reverse the talk about healthcare, the trend over so much anger directed toward their record of stimulus, bail-out, of healthcare, of taking the student loan program under the reach of the government, of exploding the government deficit to the debt, that is theer intive right now. if the jobs picture improves, the narrative shifts. that is their only hope. this is only four months away. they will leave in august. they only...

Tomorrow, if a good jobs, improving jobs outlook would help the democrats reverse the talk about healthcare, the trend over so much anger directed toward their record of stimulus, bail-out, of healthcare, of taking the student loan program under the reach of the government, of exploding the government deficit to the debt, that is theer intive right now. if the jobs picture improves, the narrative shifts. that is their only hope. this is only four months away. they will leave in august. they only...