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In florida, three million in ohio, of course, probably the two biggest battleground states, two million in colorado. whats the democrats calculation here? >> well, they want to gain seats. you dont have to take control of one election, you could have a multielection plan for taking control of the house. so you want to at least work on reducing the margin of control for the opposition party. now, obviously, theyve got to convince themselves they can take control in this election in order to raise...

Her amazing career and talked about her next challenge ahead. tennessees pat summitt is a coaching legend. famous for a competitive drive that pushed her to the top of the record books. >> get her! get her! >> reporter: but now after 38 seasons, summitt is stepping down. less than a year after being diagnosed with early onset dementia. >> i have loved my work at the university of tennessee. its been awesome. >> reporter: summitt is the winningest coach, male or female in ncaa college basketball ...

You -- by the way, the d.o.e. investigations, there are thousands and thousands of grants out there. they are investigating 300 of them. >> eric: lets talk about what this is. this is a congressional hearing -- >> bob: tell us what this is. >> eric: stay on the subject, shall we? this is congress and how they spend the money. $60 million of travel within the department itself with the contractors. several hundred million dollars is a gross understatement? >> dana: that is the scale, right? that ...

Laying off the final 12 employees at the delaware plant. dont blame fisker, blame the clowns who gave fisker your hard-earned green. case and point. this clown testifying at a congressional hearing yesterday. >> did you know how much d.o.e. spent on travel last year? >> i dont have the answer. but the amount of money spent by the federal employees is paltry compared to the money spent by the facility management department. >> when you say paltry, that is a general term. >> i have not looked at t...

with diabetes. but the impact his life had on music. >> reading the obituaries what strikes me is that this guy was important not just in the music business, but in the culture. he desegmeregated that show. he was the first show to have black teenagers appear on it. he said the only time he got swe sweaty palms in an interview was when he interviewed a black american youth. >> he talks about that integration, you dont get the sense that this was a big planned out, plotted out strategy....

of the 11 personnel under investigation for soliciting prostitutes and other misconduct while in colombia. my sources say one supervisor, this man with 26 years experience, abruptly filed for retirement after being told the agency was preparing to fire him. a relative newcomer to the secret service resigned after being told he too would be fired otherwise. and the agency is initiating procedures to fire a second supervisor. this an agent with 20 years experience. reviews of the eight o...

the longtime host of "american bandstand" and one of the founding icons of rock n roll. also, a cnn exclusive. wolf interviews the secretary of state and defense. hillary clinton sends a tough new message directly at north koreas young leader and well very hear blunt talk on syria, iran and afghanistan. wolf blitzer is on assignment. im candy crowley and youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are following the breaking news this hour, the death of the...

Who is joining us on the phone. i know your dad is an adventurer, youre used to him setting off on travels, but you must be worried sick about him. >> we are used to him traveling the world. that part is okay. i dont think im worried sick about him. i think they are in a safe place. they broke down near a harbor, are able to take anchor and are safe. i know hes board but thats not really the most of the problem. you know, when you go adventure travel you sometimes run into these things. rick: th...

Aloe cased to different agents, who put this together? its not like one guy got drunk and found himself with someone behaving professionally, it looks like an organized event. >> it looks there is tremendous, and thats an understatement, lapses in judgment. im personally involved with a lot of the agents in this case, i heard what happened over there, i heard the story, and no one is running from this. it is an awful lapse in judgment. their embarrassed, the president of the united states is emb...

Coming up on "happening now" in ten minutes. rick: a team of u.n. observers arriving in syria today, theyre there to look at the country after the ceasefire that was announced and despite their presence government forces are continuing to carry out a new wave of attacks against civilians. they did that over the weekend. whats going on now? leland vitter is live from our middle east bureau. leland. >> reporter: hi rick. the u.n. right now is calling the ceasefire inside syria, quote, very fragile...