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Them, not a single soul calls for help until its too late. and later, what happens if one of those tiny lights in the sky really is e.t. and what if e.t. isnt cuddly, what if hes hungry? or ticked off. one of the smartest men on the earth says if aliens really are out there, we might want to hope that they stay way. first up, wall street bankers keeping them honest and accountable. a big day coming up tomorrow after major developments in the push for tighter regulations tonight. >> three fif...

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Gop on record saying no, promising another test vote later this week. meantime, tomorrow, both democrats and republicans are expected to grill executives from goldman sachs. theyre going to be asking ceo lloyd blankfein about allegations goldman not only bet on people losing their homes, but also that it failed to tell investors about how the bank and a hedge fund billionaire designed products backed by mortgages they cherry-picked to be the worst of the worst. the first part, if its true, nasty...

>> cnbcs chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us now. what happened in the democrats scheduled this vote knowing well it would fail. now what happens? >> part of the point was to get that statement from harry reid and the headlines we see in the newspapers this morning, republicans block wall street reform. democrats love that. thats why theyre not eager to make compromises. heres why i think there is going to be a deal. there will be another test vote. i dont know if the first next...

Very accurate and appropriate in their identification of the fact there was an underwriting fraud going on facilitated by our government to this country where the wealthy of this country were basically lending money to poor people and then gambling on whether they could pay it back. thats not capitalism. fabrice has the opportunity to say we did this. we made this bet. they could see what were betting on, referencing this portfolio. but why is it legal? how does it help our country? fabrice has ...

Prosecutors told the jury that kernell published the information to derail the campaign. live pictures from capitol hill where a senate committee is taking aim at goldman sachs. senators are armed with more than 2 million e-mails and other documents. the companys accused of making big bucks over the collapse of the housing market at the expense of its own investors. moments ago, senator carl levin accused witnesses of being less than forthcoming. >> were going to stay here as long as it takes ...

Ambition is so obvious that some find it off-putting. the truth is, and youve covered a lot of these leadership races, you never really know until the votes are cast behind closed doors because there are so many trade-offs and calculations that individual senators are making. >> thats why we love it so much. thank you so much. chris dodd lost by one vote. and coming up, is the senate any closer to a deal on wall street reform? just hours from now, another test vote on whether to permit debate. p...

Can send us an e-mail on specifically how this would take shape. what the role of the national guard would be. we would love to see that. >> i would be happy to continue to work on this. hopefully its a problem that will go away. >> thank you. it would be up to the illinois governor to deploy national guard troops in chicago. we contacted governor pat quinns office. but they had no comment on the request. we want to hear from you on this one. hot, hot, hot, hot. should the national guard be ca...

The death toll from this weekends southern tornados is now up to 12 including three children. residents in mississippi, louisiana and alabama are starting the cleanup process. rock singer, reality tv personality bret michaels is hospitalized in critical condition. the 47-year-old suffered a massive brain hemorrhage on friday. okay. a test vote is set for this evening on legislation to change the way wall street works. the push for legislation is aimed to stop the kind of melt down that broug...

Economic advisers, both of them seemed pretty optimistic that they can push through the reform. well see harry reid to at least do a test vote to see if they can start the debate on this issue. it is controversial, make no mistake about that. but it does seem members of congress are more concerned they are going to look like they are defending wall street, the big banks, irresponsible behavior against the little guy. that is what president obama is counting on. that is the message he has learned...