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Kids and its hard not to answer back. >> we can all relate. the field of study is young and as the extent of our technology use increases patty ann they will do more studies on the impact of our lives and our brain. but a study found only 3 percent of us are really super taskers. the people that can really filter out the information and concentrate on what were doing. so you might want to rethink both at the same time. patti ann: the irony is people who think of themselves as multi taskers are a...

Shannon: a man on a mission to kill osama bin laden now under arrest in pack pakistan armed with little more than a gun and night vision goggles. what is next for the would-be terror hunters. answers just ahead from a cia operative. plus teachers protesting at a high school graduation refusing to honor a student who volunteered to join the military. reaction, angry is an understatement. the whole story just ahead. >> im showing them in a democracy how to exercise decent. it was to show another p...

Beach yesterday where oil has come up and he talked a little bit, actually talked at length about the long road ahead. >> i cant promise folks here in theodore or across the gulf coast that the oil will be cleaned up overnight. it will not be. it will take time for things to return to normal. theres going to be harmful effects on many local businesses. and its gonna be painful for a lot of folks. folks are gonna be frustrated and some folks are going to be angry. but i promise you this. that thi...

As he just told keith. im not sure he knows quite what a rally is. >> he ran a front-porch campaign, peter. >> thats right. a poor guy, living with his dad, trying to take care of his dad whos elderly. and, you know, to call it a fluke is an understatement, i think, alex. >> pat, hes up against senator jim demint. >> i would probably put my money on demint on this one. >> yeah, probably. >> you think? >> yeah, i think. >> all right. you guys, well be chatting some more next hour. thank you so mu...

Immigration law. but three years ago she required all incoming freshman to attend a gay and lesbian orientation where older homosexual students shared their personal experiences. here is what she said back then. >> we certainly embrace the fact that parents have their own religion views, their own family values, et cetera, and we would not want to denigrate those values in any way. >> reporter: oh, yeah, here is the comment from one student who attended that gay orientation. >> i personally disa...

In fact she had not attended classes in a year and did not want to face their disappointment. she could face charges of filing a false police report. the golden state is broke, unable to pay its bills and on the brink of a fiscal melt down. today california governor schwarzenegger is releasing his revised budget for the state and it promises to spread the pain across california. just how bleak is the budget picture? take a look. california now staring at a deficit of more than $20 billion. and t...

Understatement. the minerals management service part of the department of interior. "the new york times" offers a stunning indictment of its performance including past 16 months of the obama administration. 346 drilling plans given the go ahead by this administration, despite not having environmental and other permits required by federal law. yes, the deep water her rison at issue in this spill was among them. james carville and mary matalin know a thing or two about crisis management. they live...

That may be an understatement. listen to this. hes the only survivor of the libyan plane crash that killed 103 people yesterday including his parents and brother. well, today that little dutch boy is said to be in stable condition. and hes reportedly received some special visitors at the hospital in tripoli. nbcs dawna friesen is in london for us with the latest. well, i understand that he was visited by his aunt and uncle and had quite a reaction there. gives you an idea just how lucky he is to...

To graduate from uva this month. martha: weve been bringing you this morning that breaking political news out of west virginia, a democratic veteran, allen mollohan losing his seat after nearly 30 years in the house, he was a very influential democrat in the house, he lost the primary and this shows that voters may be growing unhappy. this may be an understatement, with incumbents. our latest fox poll shows that more than half of americans disapprove of the job that both democrats and republican...

Taxing. plus, are you ready for football? actually, i mean soccer. world cup fever is in the air, the world cup starts a month from now and ill help you catch the fever. im not done with taxes just just yet. i have something to say you to and the tax man, so you are not going to want to miss our "xyz." sparks are flying on capitol hill over the massive gulf oil spill. the major players are blaming each other. theyre pointing fingers at each other as more than 200,000 gallons of oil gush fr...