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Theres massive disconnect between the kind of establishment, very conservative position that is the kind of status quo belief of the people in washington, and what people actually feel about social security and medicare. in some ways, this is 2005 all over again. remember, george bush won a very narrow victory, in historical terms, and said himself about thinking he had won a mandate to privatize social security, which is one of the most cherished programs in the history of the american republic...

Understandably, has handed all of this over, brooke, to the houston business department until a criminal investigation has been launched as to how this 6-year-old kindergartner got the gun in the first place. >> its tough for all of us to wrap our heads around 5 and 6-year-olds injured because a kid brought a gun to school. three kids were injured in the feet or legs. how are they doing right now? do we know? >> apparently they are physically fine. the young boy, the 6-year-old boy who brought t...

75. >> we are investigating and it is clear that hue man error was a factor this. >> human error for the pilot or the controller? >> i dont know, chris. i dont really want to speculate on that until we get the interviews and get into the weeds on it. >> while all of this is going on at airports, the transportation security administration decided to pat down a 6-year-old girl in new orleans a few days ago and she got upset understandably and started crying. i know you dont control tsa but as a go...

Ntsb is investigating and well see what they come up with and it is clear, human error was certainly a factor there. >> chris: do you think it was human error at -- of the pilot or the controller. >> i dont want to speculate on that until we get into the interviews and weeds on it. >> chris: while all of this is going on at airports, the tsa, transportation security administration, another piece of tape, decided to pat-down a 6-year-old girl in new orleans, a few days ago and she got very upset,...

75. >> we are investigating and it is clear that hue man error was a factor this. >> human error for the pilot or the controller? >> i dont know, chris. i dont really want to speculate on that until we get the interviews and get into the weeds on it. >> while all of this is going on at airports, the transportation security administration decided to pat down a 6-year-old girl in new orleans a few days ago and she got upset understandably and started crying. i know you dont control tsa but as a go...

Public and the global public. but this is a recognition that this catastrophe is going to be with us for some time. were in for an extended period of uncertainty, seatering on catastrophe so words like stable, or under control or words that you should put aside and we have to hope for best but be ready at any moment for the worst. >> the japanese officials, the officials at tepco, the utility company, and the government itself, have very little credibility now. the japanese people are famously p...

Sims has been trapped for more than an hour when a more experienced rescue pilot moved in. the rescue chopper will have to combat 150-foot flames, blinding smoke and 30-mile-per-hour wind. firefighter matt mosely is the man who swoops down to get sims. >> i knew if i could get my hands on the crane i could get over to him. >> mosely is lowered from the helicopter dangling on the end of the rescue line 2250 feet off the ground. >> you know his heart is pounding. >> as the crowd and thousands of t...

Anyone who should be exempted from this kind of conversation about whether their service is going to be compensated, are people who are serving in the military. especially at a time of war. you got people on the ground in afghanistan and iraq who are putting their lives on the line and not potentially getting a paycheck from the government. while they are certainly happy that those paychecks will start coming again, they are probably going to be some lingering resentment toward politicians in wa...

Theyre livid. theyre furious. >> sure. understandably so. tepco is attempting to make some amends by giving compensation to some of the local communities. how did that go over? >> reporter: well, it went over like a lead balloon really. first of all, this is a first step and its kind of ceremonial in the sense that this was not meant to be a major payout to victims oar those affected by the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. it was a token. many didnt like it because it was so extremely small it a...

Actually doing militarily and what our policy is? so, i think we can expect kind of a stalemate here, and i think the administration would like to see it kind of recede in the headlines, not go away entirely, but i think theyre glad that msnbc and the other cable networks are now moving toward more mixed programming. >> yeah. understandably so. lets talk about the presidential race, because we hear the president may be filing the papers as early as tomorrow for a, you know, re-election efforts. ...