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Some of them, brooke, spent 48 hours aboard this vessel after spending days trapped in tripoli and are going to be very relieved, i expect, to set foot on land again and away from the conflict and the chaos in libya. >> sure. im sure that feeling of relief is an understatement. we are not going to move away from these live pictures, ivan. youre doing an amazing job of helping me walk through what were seeing as they move the stairs close to the maria dolores ferry and as we wait and watch for th...

>> reporter: to say the campaign is cautious about too much optimism is an understatement. they have been hitting the pavement all day doing get out the vote at seven different stops in addition to the one you saw him at. you talk to political watchers here and everybody thinks its very, very close. he could get just over 50% of the vote but his number two opponents in his race haran an aggressive campaign after this residency issue was resolved. once the supreme court put that to rest, the camp...

And a hired hit man plotting, stalking, and on the verge of carrying out their elaborate plot. it was july 28th, 2009, the morning the murder was to take place. but the hit man got cold feet and instead pulled into this gas station, picked up his cell phone and dialed 911. and an international assassination plot unravelled. >> this person went on to tell us that for the past four days they together had been scheming how to assassinate, how to kill a glendora resident. >> reporter: to say it was ...

Across the whole north african middle east region. iran says they are heading to syria an alli for a training mission. israel not happy with. this israels prime minister iss denouncing irans move calling it a power play. >> reporter: unhappy would be an understatement for how prime minister benjamin netanyahu views this move. in fact hes now saying its a reason to increase israels defense budget. it looks like those ships may head into the suez canal into the southern entrance there down by the ...

Is he one person fighting against a number of democratic legislators and union leaders. its always easier to command the bully pulpit if youre one person. thats why the president has an advantage as bill clinton did in a potential government shutdown. one guy can drive a message better. >> from a distance we look at wisconsin, we think its a progressive state, yet he won handily. >> republicans won the senate seat. >> they have a senate advantage. >> outside the cities its a rural state with a l...

Beeps and flashes before the patient even experiences symptoms or knows something is wrong. >> heart attacks occur in a stuttering fashion, like a earthquake there are tremors before the major quake. >> reporter: and if the patient gets to the hospital in time, doctors could literally stop the heart attack before it ever begins. >> the "see doctor" light comes on. >> reporter: elizabeth received the pager last month and the peace of mind may be an understatement. >> i go to sleep at night and do...

Some say the presidents budget hit with a thud that is the understatement. the president is abdicating leadership on the spending challenging facing the federal government, some say. and editorial pages that lean left call the presidents approach too timid. he called a news conference today to make his case. >> we will not be adding more to the national debt. so to use a sort of and a nal jie that families are are familiar with, they are not going to be running up the credit card anymore. >> to ...

Retphaoubl by this year, only 9%. while the pledges sound good they often fall well short of the mark. whether its wind, solar or any number of other technologies the race towards clean energy is on. president obama called it this generations sputnik moment while issuing the stiffest challenge yet. jon: by 203580% of american electricity will come from clean energy sources. >> reporter: just like when the say the of oregon set a target to have government buildings using all renewable power by 20...

So john, hes admitting that hes a little nutso. >> yeah, what he said, gretchen, good morning to you. good morning, everyone. by the way is that something -- he said "something is not right with my mind." which, i guess, is the understatement so far of this story. he remains here at bellevue hospital undergoing psychiatric evaluations after his alleged 28 hour crime and murder spree over the weekend which certainly shocked new york and also the nation. now, he gave an interview surprisingly with...

Questioning and then eventually move them probably to guantanamo. >> reporter: now the nations top intelligence official, james clapper, director of national intelligence, came in right after that and said, well, im sure that what to do with someone of such high value would be subject to interagency discussion, and i think was probably the understatement of the hearing. but its interesting. it does suggest that there is no plan apparently for what to do with these detainees if theyre captured. t...