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December 14, 2011
house republicans attached unrelated projects to the bill that democrats dont want. the cut expires december 31st and without an extension the typical worker will get hit with $1,000 tax increase in the new year. newt gingrich has lost his iowa campaign director. craig bergman has stepped down over some comments he reportedly made about mormons. the des mois register says he called mormonism a cult. two of gingrichs rivals rather in the republican presidential race, mitt romney and j...
December 9, 2011
>> the petih-hawk, chapman families would like to thank the jury for their very difficult decision on this case. >> cnns deborah feyerick cov offing this case from the beginning. shes in new haven, connecticut. take us inside the courtroom when we get the verdict, death by lethal injection. >> reporter: you know, it was very emotional during the reading of the verdict, death on all six counts, that komisarjevsky was facing. he showed no real emotion. at the enwas led out in handcuffs. ...
December 8, 2011
>> reporter: tsa sent fox this statement flatly denying zimmermans claims based on closed-circuit tv footage of the incident in question. quote, a review of cctv indicates that private screening was requested by the passenger. tsa does not include strip searches as part of our security protocals and one was not conducted in this case. we also expect the head of the tsa to take questions on those full-body scanners and the amount of radiation admitted -- emitted during the scans and whether they ...
December 4, 2011
I mean, cain, to say that he had an unconventional campaign is a bit of an understatement. there were times when you could look at things logically and the office it -- it was hard to read into anything he said, that his advisers said. most of the time you didnt know what was going to happen until it came out of herman cains mouth. it was a tough thing to do. but it was certainly very interesting. >> id say and probably a little bit exciting keeping you on your toes, andrew rafferty. many thanks...
November 30, 2011
he told espn the abuse started in 1994 when he was 12 and continued for more than a decade. he waited until 2002 to phone syracuse city police who told him they couldnt pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the citys police chief admits they could have done a better job. he said that in 2002 that the procedures which are in effect today were not in effect back then, the procedures that would mean an allegation would be logged into a computer database. back then...
November 30, 2011
syracuse city police who told him they couldnt pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the citys police chief admits they could have done better. >> in 2002, it appears as though we could have done more with this case. lets just face it, right? and now in 2011, i want to make sure that whatever it is that were required to do by the victims, the people making allegations i want to make sure the proper thing is done. >> he says new procedures effective today will m...
November 30, 2011
he told espn the abuse started in 1984 when he was 12 and continued for more than a decade. he waited until 2002 to phone syracuse city police who told him they couldnt pursue charges because the statute of limitations had expired. the citys police chief admits they could have done better. >> in 2002, it appears as though we could have done more with this case. lets just face it, right? and now in 2011, i want to make sure that whatever it is that were required to do by the victims, th...
November 29, 2011
Be an easy process. its probably a bit of an understatement. dan springer is live in seattle with more on this story. hi, dan. >> reporter: yeah, definitely, jenna, it could be a long and tense month as protesters are vowing to be back at the capitol today and every day of this 30-day special legislative session. now, the demonstrations were mostly peaceful yesterday throughout the day as several thousand people gathered on the steps of the capitol, some carrying signs for higher taxes on the ri...
November 29, 2011
Air strike killed 24 pakistani soldiers. a pakistani general says the attack wasnt accidental but deliberate. to say this incident is causing a rift between the united states and pakistan is an understatement. but what is going on here? how much of this is the fog of war? how much of this is conspiracy theories? and how are we ever going to know the truth? >> that is actually the big question right now, chuck. no one knows the truth just yet. were hearing different accounts from different sides ...
November 29, 2011
-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com republican presidential candidate herman cain tells his staff he is reassessing the viability of his campaign less than 24 hours after he dropped a political bombshell right here in "the situation room." during my interview with him yesterday, cain revealed that an atlanta woman is claiming she and cain engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair, a claim cain flatly denies. coming on the heels of sexual harassment allegations, this leaves his campa...