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Event many times, dana perino joins us live from the nations capital. good morning. how was your easter weekend? >> it was great. im glad that the white house got a nice, sunny day. i remember a couple of times they had an easter egg roll when it got rained out. good for the kids. >> did you have a chance to take in some of the sunday shows around the dial? over the weekend? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. my favorite sunday morning activity. >> and you know, they were talking a little iraq. the administ...

J.d. hayworth is giving him a run for the money. sarah palin is here to help senator mccain tout his conservative credentials a little bit. >> shepard: all right. anita vogel live on a windy night in tucson, arizona. anita, its great to see you. thank you. after more than two weeks of vote counting, we now have the results of iraqs crucial parliamentary elections. according to the elections commission there is a bit of a surprise. the party led by the former prime minister allawi was the winner....

Bigger lead. they are concerned. because the race is as close as it is, you are going to basically be seeing more and more political blocks, politicians asking for this recount. keet is how does the electoral commission, how are they going to respond and whats going to happen next? >> any idea what we will hear from them, the commission? >> reporter: we know they are meeting right now. we dont know what their response will be. even though the independent high electoral commission, even if they r...

>> reporter: i think everyone always is holding its breath with cbo because you never know. the an independent body. but the other part of this is not only are there members of the house, particularly the blue dog conservative democrats where all the action is in terms of vote-counting are really waiting for that cbo. the seconds piece is over on the senate side theyre supposed to collect 51 signatures to say, yes, we will pass the fixes to assure the house and on the senate side some arent will...

12 noon on sunday as scheduled. and he didnt answer that one. i think there is some concern about the vote counting. and the specific questions that i asked, sometimes didnt come to an answer. we went back at it a couple times. youll see on the interview tonight, we sat down and the interview was taken down in time. we did have some more walk and talk with the president where i asked about israel and iran. its fascinating. i think the big news is he doesnt have a big problem with deem and pass, ...

Lets look now at your top stories. at least 13 people are dead in a suicide bombing in northwest pakistan. dozens more were hurt. the taliban in pakistan is claiming responsibility. the blast happened at a security checkpoint in an area where the military launched an offensive against the taliban last year. this comes a day after a pair of attacks in pakistan killed at least 44 people. the political alliance led by iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki is leading as vote counting in the country...

Im don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. heres whats happening right now, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks indonesia. the epicenter was on indonesias maluku island. a tsunami warning has not been issued. henry kissinger is expected to be released from the hospital on sunday. he was admitted with a stomach virus. kissinger is in seoul for a security forum and a meeting with south koreas president. the political alliance led by nouri al malaki is leading as vote counting continue...

Heres whats happening right now. a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks indonesia, but so far no reports of injuries, deaths, or damage. the epicenter was on indonesias maluku island. officials have not issued a tsunami warning. a doctor in south korea says former secretary of state henry kissinger is expected to be released from a hospital on sunday. kissinger, whos 86, was admitted with a stomach virus. korean media say kissinger is in seoul for a security forum and a meeting with south koreas pre...

When we talk about iraqs elections and counting the votes this weekend, what happens in iraqs national elections could very much so have an impact for us right here in the united states. you see, the vote counting has been going on around the clock ever since last sunday. whos following this for us? cnns arwa damon in baghdad. arwa, i know last hour you told us former prime minister nuri al maliki was leading in several of the baghdad precincts. my question, kind of twofold, one, do we have any ...

Up to a security checkpoint on a motorized rickshaw. security forces then just opened fire, but the man managed to detonate his explosive. a spokesman for the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility in a call to cnn. you may remember pakistan sent its army into swat last year to reverse the talibans grip on that region. the vote counting in iraq going much slower than expected. iraqi officials insist no problem here, though. but almost a week after the election delays, making many iraqis susp...