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countrywides ceo, oversaw the program giving a lot of people on capitol hill this preferential treatment. it was called -- the whole program was called, if you can believe it, the friends of angelo program. now, the report today names a string of lawmakers and regulators from both parties, democrats and republicans, who benefited from this vip treatment. senate budget committee chairman, for instance, democrat kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed se...

choices. almost impossible to overstate how important next hours announcement is. we have complete coverage to break it down for all of you. our crews are covering every angle from coast to coast. lets go to the white house, though, first. theres breaking news coming out. jessica yellin is standing by. what are you learning about the presidents intention today? >> reporter: hi, wolf. well, president obama will be in the oval office receiving his daily briefing when the supreme court ru...

the jury is shown photographs of the victims at the age they say sandusky abused them. a sensitive military drone crashes in maryland during what the pentagon says was a routine training exercise. tonight newt gingrich joins us to share his thoughts on the general election match-up. you. >> childhood photos of eight of jerry sanduskys victims were projected on to a big screen today. its day one in the trial of the former penn state football coach. hes accused of assaulting at least ten...

the triple crown. we start this evening with what you might call president obama stepping into it today. it happened during an appearance. while trying to prod congress into acting on his economic agenda, the present not once but twice referred to the private sector in glowing terms. >> overall, the private sector has been doing a good job creating johns. the private sector is doing fine. >> it was a gift. republicans, including the presidents opponent this november, wasted no time in ...

a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over fridays massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. >> this weekends massacre is a horrifying testament to this regimes depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international communitys absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. >> jessica yellin was among those listening as the p...

>> all right. were going to get back to the political implications of this story in just a moment. and also the -- more from president obamas interview with robin roberts on the emotional side of this. you were at the white house yesterday as this was all going down. >> i was. >> well get some insight from you as well from that perspective. some other headlines, though. when it comes to political fundraisers, this one is going to be a blockbuster tonight. 150 wealthy democrats are paying $40,0...

bales wife. he says her husband would not commit the crimes hes accused of. >> he loves children. hes like a big kid himself. tossed, handcuffed and dragged out. is how a trip to the oklahoma city airport ended for one man and it looks like you can see him there, he is face down. now police are under investigation. campaign ad or horror movie? hard to tell the difference. >> welcome to a place where one presidents failed policies really hit home. welcome to obamaville. >> stephen k...

demonstrators rallied against the health care overhaul today. near the u.s. capitol building. on monday, the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments about whether the health care reform act is constitutional. demonstrators including former presidentialened r candidate herman cain insistent the act is illegal and say it infringes on their freedom. >> freedom to choose our own doctors. freedom to choose our own health providers. freedom to choose our own treatment. freedom to choose our o...

With santorum here in gettysburg last night, analysts say it is clear that he is not planning on taking the keystone state for granted. santorums also expected to speak to the are e -- republic leadership conference this week. he lacks a lot of official support here in his home state. santorum says hes not worried about endorsements from pennsylvania republican vips. >> i dont go out looking -- im not the candidate of endorsement. im the candidate of folks out there, people across this country, ...

The guest list for last nights state dinner at the white house was a whos who of celebrities, obama campaign bund hers and political vips. there were 360 golden tickets george clooney, warren buffett, harvey winestein, rory mcilroy, 30 of obamas tom fund-raisers. those coveted seats where supporters raised $200 or $500 grand or more. and also a lady from ohio who had four children serving in the military. i want to talk about a little style here. it seemed like blue was the color. ive got to go ...