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Recruits the navy seals are looking for a few good men and women to join the ranks. the navy is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to find young people who can withstand the rigorous program and meet the requirements. the military hoping some adrenaline pumped adventurers will sign up and cue casey live from california. >> good to see you. out of the hundreds and thousands of people in the u.s. navy less than 1% of the men have what it takes to become a navy seal. it is getting tougher a...

Learned to make -- to bring sandra day oconnor around while she was on the court, to bring anthony kennedy around. not all the time. he lost a lot of big case, including citizens united earlier this year, and bush v gore above all. but he really learned to exert influence. who is the next senior-most liberal? ruth bader ginsburg. a very different personality. much quieter. >> does she have the personality to do that? >> it seems unlikely to me. she is not someone who is nearly as outgoing or as ...

Recruits the navy seals are looking for a few good men and women to join the ranks. the navy is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to find young people who can withstand the rigorous program and meet the requirements. the military hoping some adrenaline pumped adventurers will sign up and cue casey live from california. >> good to see you. out of the hundreds and thousands of people in the u.s. navy less than 1% of the men have what it takes to become a navy seal. it is getting tougher a...

It is getting tougher to find the best recruit. >> if we do it properly, we move to something else. >> reporter: the training is tough. >> you got it. >> reporter: may be an understatement. >> a bunch of small events over small time. high intensity and high-impact event you compete in with the other individuals. >> not everybody is cut out for it. the drop-out race is near 80%. >> people dont know what they are getting into. >> one of the grueling aspect of the training is working in the water. ...

Committee vowing that the gop is ready. >> thats not good them and not good for the senate and not good for the country. >> republicans were united on health care and will they be on the supreme court? joining me is charlie from the "new york post". to say this is an important decision by the president is really an understatement, the stakes are high, arent they? >> i think they are very high, possibly higher than they were when he first nominee sonia sotomayor. the dynamics are a lot different ...

It is one of the laboratories in this fascinating political year in which you have all this volatility. you have the tea party. we see them rallying behind you. they tend to be more conservative, they tend to be anti-establishment, they think less of washington. >> reporter: thats an understatement. it really is the whole theme of what were hearing here in the run-up. thats exactly what youre seeing. youre seeing a lot of signs here not just about voting out stupak and voting out obama. the them...

Stuart varney joins us. when you travel throughout europe, theyve got that pesky vat. and in some spots, its huge. its close to 20%. >> actually, you dont see it. its not like a sales tax where youre front up pay $10, thats an extra 6% for you. no, a value added tax is built into the price. >> 20%. 2>> 19% in germany. thats right. if i go out in new york today and buy a series of items, fly to europe and buy exactly the same items on the same day, theyll be about 15%, 20% higher in price over th...

>> yeah. it just seems they dont quite get it. this is from a cardinal, a top aide to the pope. he said, this is a pretext talking about "new york times" pieces. pretext for attacking the church. a well organized plan with a clear clear aim. we should not be scandalized if some priests knew about it and kept it secret. this is what happens in every family. you dont wash your dirty laundry in public. they accuse some accusers of being in it for the money. insensitive is an understatement. >> that...

Only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> julie: to say they are not happy is an understatement. michigan farmers and meat producers have a real beef with their governor who declared today a no meat today. governor granholm says she wasnt trying to offend anyone she says she was working with vegetarians to try and encourage people to eat more vegetables. because of the hoopla the governor is work on a companion resolution making the day about all kinds of agriculture including the ...

Understatement. what about milwaukee? it seems like a nice, calm, midwestern city. why milwaukee in the top five as crazy? >> milwaukee is number one for drinking. thats actually where i was born. so im proud of them for making the top five. >> do you drink? >> theyre tied with las vegas for drinking at number five. >> what about other cities where theres a lot of drinking? >> also austin. austin was number two, i think, but they had very low stress levels. so they didnt make it into the top ten...