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Time. idiotic celebrities gossiping about the most mundane parts of their lives. the moment i joined seemed to be one of those tipping points where everybody seemed to be coming on. and its fascinating to me to see people like nick cristophe and nic robertson, proper correspondents using twitter as a primary news source. and i now do. i get all my news via twitter. did you think that would happen? obviously you knew it would be a media for social networking. did you realize how fundamental and i...

Presidential elections by november at the latest. thats what theyre shooting for. the supreme court of the armed forces saying presidential elections will take place one or two months after septembers parliamentary contests. egypts former president hosni mubarek was toppled by massive protests in february, one of the tipping points of unrest in this entire region. right now, tilikum, the 6-ton orca whale that killed a trainer is back performing at sea world in orlando for the very first time s...

To the congress of the united states. second would require distinguishing this humanitarian mission from others. theres news this morning, and you reported it, that syrian troops are opening fire on peaceful protesters. are they next? how do you distinguish many other areas in the world where theres violence against innocent people and justify the indifference? >> i know the president said apparently there was a block of people being targeted by moammar gadhafi that numbered about 700,000, so th...

Seven states have already jumped on board. youve got 30% of the electoral vote that you need. california, if jerry brown will sign a bill the legislature passed could be next. youd be close to 50%. >> yes. california or states like new york or pennsylvania or whatever could be real tipping points. the thing thats unique about this, first of all, 75% of the voters in america want this. the efforts were putting forth, are just a reflection of that polling. and the fact that 30% of the electoral vo...

Of the world. if it happens wrong, it could create some serious problems for us and for the rest of the world. >> the other thing the cia director said is that they have got to have a better ability to really identify these triggers or these tipping points, which really unleashed the kinds of demonstrations that we have seen over the last six weeks, shep. >> shepard: in the early going, catherine, it was clear that social networking played a part of this uprising. there is a downside here. >> we...

Essentially there was not one particular outcome that seemed predetermined. so what they were doing was looking at a very fluid situation and trying to sort of gain the outcomes. identify possible outcomes. but, more specifically, what some the tipping points may be in the next 72 hours that would indicate which way the situation is going on the ground in egypt. shep. >> shepard: i suppose there is an attempt. robert gibbs said today we have many different sources of information. many different ...

Pretty high for democrats here heading into the midterm elections. >> the democrats already have enough head winds belowing in their direction this cycle. these scandals have a way of becoming you know tipping points, making a bad situation worse. this is the last thing the democrats need right now. >> shepard: lets hear what she did actually have to say. jim angle life in the d.c. newsroom tonight. jim? >> hello, shep. well, maxine waters is accused of intervening to help a bank on whos board h...

Way of becoming tipping points, making a bad situation worse. you saw this in 1994 where the house banking scandal helped give republicans fuel to the takeover then. four years ago, the foley page scandal helped the democrats in taking back congress. this is the last thing democrats need. >> shepard: whats your take on the number right now, john? youre a straight shooter. do you see there being a real chance that republicans could get numbers in either house? >> absolutely. i mean i think you ju...

Destroy our habitat. this is an example. it is god given but god is not keeping it here. its staying in our hands. its in our hands. we can destroy our habitat. >> this is happening in realtime very quickly. some of the biggest dangers climate change and other things happen over a period of time that are slow and gradual and they may lead to what scientists -- just as real -- but they lead to tipping points. not everything thats done can been done. if you pour enough oil into the gulf coast -- >...

This is an example. it is god given but god is not keeping it here. its staying in our hands. its in our hands. we can destroy our habitat. >> this is happening in realtime very quickly. some of the biggest dangers climate change and other things happen over a period of time that are slow and gradual and they may lead to what scientists -- just as real -- but they lead to tipping points. not everything thats done can been done. if you pour enough oil into the gulf coast -- >> where does 13 milli...