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January 18, 2012
About 7% in california on gray davis. its a monumental effort. i got to tell you, i was in the backyard of a middle-class family today where they were hiding the truck, the u-haul, that had 2 million signatures. armed guards who we were asked not to film because they wanted to make sure the signatures were going to get to the government accountability office. you open up the back and there they are, theres the ransom. it was like were were doing a james bond movie. you were looking over your sho...
January 18, 2012
Understatement. i want to say it wasnt all labor. this was put together by the democratic party and the grass roots organization, they did the legwork. one wisconsin now, a progressive group, the labor folks have kept their powder dry to this point. they are going to engage in the recall effort from this point on. >> let me go to mike tate. do the irish get to be chair of the democratic stories? just kidding. let me ask you think th. why didnt you do so well in 2010? whats the difference between...
January 18, 2012
there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain s...
January 17, 2012
Some see it going up 5 bucks. oil per barrel knocking at 100 bucks per barrel. saudis saying today we like it that way we want to keep it that way. >> shepard: markets closed in the united states for the martin luther king day holiday. overseas they were open really not a lot of movement. >> you would have expected the european market to improve lower on that news. what happens is stocks actually went up. anybodys guess how our markets will react tomorrow when we see the impact of s&p credit age...
January 17, 2012
Breaking in this country. there were enough signatures delivered today to recall the governor, the lieutenant governor, and four sitting republican senators, including the senate majority leader. so to say that this state is energized is an understatement. i want to say it wasnt all labor. this was put together by the democratic party in a grass roots organization. they did the leg work. one wisconsin now. a progressive group. the labor folks have kept their powder dry to this point. they are go...
January 17, 2012
failure. these are infrared images. what youre watching, those are actually people who are scrambling to save their lives on board that ship. now, right now, navy divers are using explosives to blast their way into the ship to search for others victims. perhaps survivors. youre going to want to hear what the captain said on the night of the disaster. weve got that up for you in just a few minutes. and brace yourself. gas prices going through the proof again. thats right. gasmoney.com...
January 17, 2012
middle-class families pay. well explain whats going on. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ships captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. no...
January 17, 2012
least 13 killed on monday including five people shot. five others were soldiers trying to defect. meanwhile, a u.n. spokesman says the arab league has asked for help. and pakistan supreme court has ordered the prime minister to appear at a contempt hearing on thursday. the judges want to know why he hasnt pursued corruption charngs. those are the headlines from cnn, the worlds news later. world business today starts now. >> hello, welcome to "world business today." >> and im andrew ste...
January 16, 2012
And transfer 1.3 million gallons of fuel to the lahr bore. the u.s. coast guard telling the fox news channel they had to wait it out to make sure that the disturbed ice had refrozen and making it safe for the crews. once the hose is down and fuel is flowing, personnel will walk its length every 30 minutes or so to ensure that there are no leaks. and each segment has its own spill containment area as a precaution and the this enter transfer can take from 36 hours to five days and to say this this...
January 16, 2012
>> i just stopped at food mart. >> and what all did you get? >> i got mountain dew and a box of condoms. >> mountain dew and a box of con donees. what did you all talk about, brian, when you were online with this girl? >> we talked about meeting and we did talk about sex a little bit. >> sex. >> yes. >> that may be an understatement. you say, hey, i could have said i was naked with a [ bleep ], and you go on from there. do you think its appropriate for somebody your age to come visit -- >> no, i...