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With this kind of talk. remember, there was just a threat of some loans to israel by the first bush administration, by 41, when there was -- it was seen as unprecedented pressure on israel just to even question an element of american aid to the region. so this question mark, this review about egyptian aid is not to be dismissed. of course, the conversations that we dont know about, the private ones, the kind of pressure thats going on behind the scenes of international friends to egypt, not just...

There to mark this occasion. abc 7s heather ishimaru is with them. >> reporter: todays ruling is a being hailed as a victory for the gay community and the constitution. there are all kinds of people here celebrating, not just from the gay community. the march and rally promises to be quite a party, with supporters making the most of the moment. >> thrilled. a vote for justice. and i want to point out that this is a federal judge appointed by george bush the first, a republican president. so, its...

Who dared to go into the heart of taliban country in pakistan and barely escaped with his life. he was the second u.s. journalist to be abducted in pakistan, the first, daniel perle of "the wall street journal" was beheaded. in his new book, "captive, my time as a prisoner of the kalz," jere van dyk describe howd he survived in captivity with the taliban. >> jere, you decided to head into one of the most dangerous regions, one of the most dangerous areas in all of the world. first, did you know ...

It became clear britain elected the first parliament where no party has power in 30 years. david camerons differences won the most streets in parliament but fell short of the majority cameron needs to govern. >> i believe it is already clear that the labor government has lost its mandate to govern our country. but prime minister gordon brown remained defiant. though his labor party was the big loser in this election, they give the british prime minister the first shot at forming a new government...

Interesting as it unfolds today. a lot of folks are keeping a close watch on this. thank you very much, steve centanni for bringing us up to date. bill: two big stories that werent the attention of the white house, the first, a catastrophe in times square and also the gulf, and already collecting criticism on that. a debate on that in moments. uma: and this could have a damaging fet on the fish i strnd -- fishing industry and it may take decades to repair. well have more on that.

Know. i appreciate the fact that you gave me some time today. it is a frustrating situation. >>s did. >> and both of us know there are more improved solutions to come, we hope from both republicans and democrats. thank you, senator corker. joining us now, gretchen morganson, assistant business and financial editor and columnist of course for "the new york times." gretchen, along with louise story, the first-to-break news of the s.e.c. fraud accusations against goldman sachs. its a pleasure to ...

Its valleys hide the nations enemy, the unmanned vehicle covers caves, going into places soldiers cant. >> there are thousands of caves in afghanistan, it could be treacherous or nasty places and the ability to put a robot in first is a huge benefit to the soldiers. jon: some high-tech stuff on this weeks show, huh? >> there is indeed, jonings and of course, thats a lot of the stuff that these guys are using out here. dont miss it, 9:00 p.m. eastern, sunday night. jon: lieutenant colonel oliver ...

African-american institutions will also have to step up to fill in some of this gap to provide services like the urban league is providing all across the country. >> well continue this conversation. i want to point out roland martin has a brand new book that is now out. its called "the first, president barack obamas road to the white house as originally reported" by none other than roland martin. its a book with a lot of pictures and youve got a dvd in here. the whole nine yards. >> i want to kn...

Already started, and some deadlines and benchmarks that will be met, the first, of course, by the end of august. and today is a key measure and really the success or failure of this election has the potential of effecting how this withdrawal happens for u.s. troops in iraq. so important for the iraqi people, as well as important for u.s. troops and u.s. involvement in iraq today. >> and how important, kate, has it been for the white house to try and distance itself to some degree from the iraqi ...

Everything judy said about the obvious pro emanuel bias in the milbank and horowitz pieces, but david broder, who is probably the best known of my washington pundit says, look, this is obviously cooked up by the pro-emanuel forces to prop him up, but theyre doing it at the expense of the president. not often that a chief of staff gets to dump on his boss and still keep his job. >> illuminate how that works for our viewers. when somebody gets in trouble in washington the first thing you do is run...