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Custody has been transferred to a lawyer. he has been read his miranda rights. his transfer coming much sooner than expected. senior law enforcement officials telling abc news the transfer was sped up in part due to a serious health condition. a u.s. official confirming reports that al-liby has a severe case of hepatitis c, which is a viral infection that attacks the liver. over the years, al-liby apparently mistakenly assumed the u.s. had stopped looking for him. now finally he is facing justic...

The last couple of days to have some very constructive exchanges. >> i deeply appreciate my friend, the minority leader, for his diligent efforts to come to an agreement. >> reporter: the senate plan is one part of this solving the crisis. the house would still have to agree to the terms. lawmakers there may be persuaded by the latest abc news poll numbers. a new high of 74% of the americans disapprove of the way that the republicans and congress are handling the budget crisis. thats up signific...

Extending the governments ability to borrow money until mid-february. the first sign of hope came when the top democrat and top republican in the senate stopped calling each other names. >> my good friend and majority leader, weve had the opportunity over the last couple of days to have very constructive exchanges. >> i deeply appreciate my friend, the minority leader, for his diligent efforts to come to an agreement. >> reporter: it looked like washington was on the brink of total breakdown. a ...

Brian is like, "no, dad. its really happening." they are like we just broke in to a house and this is amazing. were trashing this place. >> reporter: the mob, while behaving badly did not post the video of this themselves. no, they are too smart for that. they are in college. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> 500 students there. >> you know, we didnt do anything like that. >> no. never. >> we like to sip cold beverages, look at girls, liked music but we didnt take pictures of us rioting in t...

Mosquitoes. >> according to a brand new report, the nsa broke privacy rules, a lot of them, and overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year, more than 2,700. most of those violations involve spying on americans. joining us from washington is elizabeth. >> "the washington post" is publishing that internal audit, which they did receive from edward snowden back in june. to give you an example of some of the findings fishs and foremost there for -- first and foremost, theres been a ...

They have warned of the dangers thinking children might think those pods are candy. they are barking with style. check out the pooch pouch. pouch pooch. this purse is the latest fashion trend to hit the streets. the bags come in a variety of sizes for mostly small breeds. i carry a lot of stuff. they sell for $100. the pooch purse is always sold out. i saw you with the maltease model. once you go there, everybody wants one. >>brian: ill go for my mountain dog sack to the chiropractor. what abo...

Cloth. it would be great if we had a fed chair independent of washington and not beholden to washington. the president gets to make the selection. in that regard if we have someone who occasionally says not afraid to speak out against the white house, remember when president obama threw ben bernanke under the bus, he called him a partner, said hes been a great partner of ours in this recovery. the fed is not supposed to be your partner. >>brian: when we watch varney and company, what should we e...

Good for her. >> and after a few failed attempt, he got the hang of it. now he has something else to dream about. new zealand giving a company permission for manned test flights of its enough jet pack. they can travel over land or sea, though id rather wipe out in the ocean like he did than on land. pilots can fly 20 feet off the ground and 25 feet above the water. the company hope for the military to use them for search and rescue missions. >> i want one of those for d.c. commutes. flying over ...

They say. heres the quote were a human run agency with a number of regulatory regimes so at times we find ourselves on the wrong side of the line. one time, for example, they thought they were tracking egypt which is a 2-0 country code. they were tracking washington at 202 so they looked at a whole bunch of 202 numbers, american numbers. their intention could still have been in the right way but their execution could have ended up violating. >>tucker: even if these were honest mistakes and presu...