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kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...

the economy is still weak. its going to help you make ends meet, but its also going to mean more customers for businesses. it will increase demand. its right for the economy, and i would sign that bill today if it came to my desk. [ applause ] tell congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. i mean, think about it. america use...

items to his room. moammar gadhafi is ready for a cease-fire, parentally, according to the south african president trying to broker a truce. gadhafi is not promising to step down, which is the main demand of the rebels. sarah palins one-nation bus tour is in gettysburg, finally. there are times when she sounds like a would-be presidential candidate. she still isnt ready to call her tour anything but a campaign for americas constitution. the tour started in washington wag. then, it ...

This boat tour of a flooded neighborhood near memphis shows just how serious this flooding is. water is up to the roof of some of the homes as you see right there. in memphis, tourists are among those keeping an eye on the water. >> we are very concerned because we realize its all unpredictable. and we do not want to be stuck here in memphis. and we dont want to have to flee in a hurry. we want to return home safely. >> downstream from memphis, the flooded river wont make it to the gulf of mexic...

Noaa, because as soon as they give the warning, you have to head for shelter. otherwise, it is awful, unpredictable, and our hearts go out to all of the families. >> you write in the book about global warming. does that have anything to do with this? >> well, look, the warm waters in the gulf are adding extra fuel to this. and alex, look, may is the big month. were just coming off april. so yeah, absolutely. a warming earth has got more violent storms and dont forget, warm water brings hurricane...

What is absolutely clear is if after the u.n. resolution we in the u.s. had not acted, this would probably be over now and qaddhafi would be back in power, the rebels would be crushed and thousands of people would have died. the decision to go in and prevent that humanitarian catastrophe was really looking at the short term. in the short term we could do this. no guarantee for the long term but there was an absolute guarantee of failure if we didnt act. anyone who says we shouldnt have done this...

Skies. but i love the opposite, storms and light thing. incredible of being on the hawaii. tonight, it was seeing mother nature being born in front of you on the big island in hawaii. 3,000-degree lava right in front of you, incredible. three shots, one from helicopter, one from a boat, i hiked to the edge as well. it was intense. >> when you are thinking about strategies of getting and capturing some of these amazing pictures, how much planning does it take for you? >> well, im dealing with mot...

Calling the situation and i quote, unpredictable. officials saying the effort to bring the plant under control is now at "maximum alert." fresh worries over contaminated water leaking with containment vessels with some of that run off making it too risky for workers to continue their efforts to stabilize the plant. all of this comes as the company at the center of the mess, tepco, comes under fire from the japanese government for wildly inaccurate radiation readings. and officials are calling it...

More breaking news. new and troubling developments to bring the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant under control. new reports tonight that seawater near the plant contains radioactive iodine at more than 3,300 times the legal limit. the government today also calling the situation and i quote, unpredictable. officials saying the effort to bring the plant under control is now at "maximum alert." fresh worries over contaminated water with some of that runoff making it too risky for workers to co...

Exact language to warn the opposition to say if you continue, there will be civil war. >> right. if the great asset, though, of egypt and tunisia is that their homogenous, and others are diverse broken down on tribal or ethnic or religious lines, simply removeation dictator isnt going -- removing a dictator isnt going to change that. one could argue the dictator is helping the country hold together. how are we to be optimist big the prospects of democracy in those countries? >> an oppressive reg...