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The gulf oil spill. its directly from health and human service guide on parents and teachers on how they might be affected by the disaster on the coast. the children could feel effects even if they only watched it on television or overheard it discussed by adults. the guide suggests that the adults should temporarily reduce expectation about performance in school or at home, perhaps by substituting less demanding responsibilities. florida democratic candidate isnt feeling love from the former ...

Do the chinese realize how politically fraught the situation is as president hu comes here next week. >> i think so. it was a bipartisan delegation by secretary albright -- it was a really frank and honest discussions with our chinese counterparts. we were surprised at how pleasantly we were received. some previous diplomatic visits in the last year have been kind of tense between the chinese and the americans. we were well received by the chinese. they clearly want an improvement in relations. ...

Governor has been doing, and with -- with the rescue teams standing by, waiting to go down. we know -- >> yes, they are, andrea. >> we know something of the spirit of the people of west virginia. it is remarkable. >> those mine rescuers are champing at the bit to get back in as soon as the methane and dust levels allow them to safely re-enter. these individuals deserve a round of praise. theyre putting their lives on the line to save other lives. >> thank you, congressman. good luck to you. tu...

Trials to go forward. he is the guy who will refer charges that are recommended by military prosecutors to trial. the sources im talking to say they are expecting a flurry of activity over the next few months, and perhaps more. we could be seeing quite a few cases, quite a few significant cases. and whats ironic here is where will these trials be taking place? in guantanamo, the very base that the president said was going to be closed by january of this year. the optics of this are not going to ...

It could have really hurt republicans but i think that well have an energized primary season. i think that republicans, whoever the republican is, either from the tea party wing or from the main stream republican wing, whoever wins that will be in a binary choice against the democrat and the energy that comes from not only the tea party but independent voters and traditional republicans who are fed up with where the democrats are taking the country, i think that theyre going to be energized no m...

President obama will take his sales pitch for the new health care law on to on the ro tomorrow. first stop, iowa city, back where it started. and thats sure to dominate headlines in the next 24 hours, so lets bring in democratic strategist tad devine and republican strategist john feehery. tad, it may be obvious but why back to iowa and apparently according to robert gibbs tweets the ticket sales already 15,000 tickets sold for a field house that seats 3,000. so theyre expecting a big crowd in i...

Back now that hes walked the plank for the party? >> sure. our party is a big tent party. its an inclusive party and there are pro life democrats and theyre welcomed. and hes one of them. >> they werent welcome in 1996 when bob casey -- >> 92. i was there with governor casey so i remember it well. >> i was standing next to him when he wasnt allowed to even speak. >> times have changed. >> this is now. >> right. >> the big tent. thank you very much, tad devine. thank you, john feeherry. that does...

They feel like in some ways there are not enough people to go around, that valerie jarrett is only one person, shes stretched a little thin, the white house said. in that way, some of these lunches that were scheduled had to be canceled. also, i think, theres a sense that rahm isnt necessarily someone they can connect to. they have a history with him. >> quite a history. >> right. people said there are not enough ways into this white house, not enough people there who they think have the preside...

>> we have general odierno on, the ambassador on. quite frankly, afghanistan has gotten a lot of coverage, richard engel. its in the front page. is massa a big story, when that strange story comes out? of course, it is. all these other stories are getting coverage. it looks to me like patrick k kennedy has the issues are giving him real trouble that i think are taking him right out of the congress of the united states. >> its been a very tough year and he has suffered a horrible loss, and is abo...

>> theres no credible evidence of any of that sort. it was brought to the majority leader and he aced on it. >> what did the speaker know according to the reports. >> thats what youve got to find out. >> rumors is what she knew. >> if i were the democrats, i would vote 100% and say go ahead and investigate that. massa is gone. if somebody in here knew and did not report it, then theres a cover-up problem. >> i think republicans will look for a new investigation every day. last thing in the world...