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>> bret: in world headlines, italian prime minister silvio berlusconi said he will resign after lawmakers pass reforms demanded by the european union. berlusconi won a budget vote earlier today but most lawmakers refrained from voting denying him parliamentary majority. the dow in the u.s. gained 102. the s&p 500 was up 15. the nasdaq finished ahead 32. we learned a short time ago mortgage giant fannie mae wan wants another $7.8 million in federal aid to cover lawsuit. last week freddie mac aske...

Still more of them as the bail-out deal, greeces second, will require. >> the question is, will a national unity government be able to tamper down any of the kind of unrest that weve seen in the past because of the larger sake of consensus in the country and moving forward together as a people. >> papandreou was enthusiastically received at parliament, but rejected the conservatives call for snap election, calling its a catastrophe, and agreed to a coalition government even as he affirmed the la...

Targeting prescription drug prices and supply. is this the anecdote for dealing with a congress that he says wont get anything done? and on line a hacking group known as anonymous. why they are threatening one of the most dangerous drug cartels in mexico. and these world headlines, the fbi has released new surveillance video of russian spy anna chapman meeting with an undercover agent in june last year. chapman was one of those ten spies arrested last year after sneaking into the country assum...

>> in world headlines, a human rights group says at least 17 members of the syrian military and 14 civilians were killed in clashes over the weekend. three died at a shooting during a funeral in damascus. this video was video was provided by an antigovernment group. revolution forces in lib say fierce fighting is still reported in some areas of that city. the cases of the iranian pastor sentenced to death fro after converting to christian, his story has received widespread attention. the white h...

>> bret: in world headlines, battle escalating in libya for the last remaining bastion to muammar gaddafi. civiles are fleeing sirte saying there are critical shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel. undercover israeli police officers arrested a hamas lawmaker who had been hiding in an east jerusalem red cross office for the past year. he did it to avoid expulsion order. the man was among four politicians arrested in 2006 with a hamas connection. we are learning more about the deadly shoot...

we begin with the resignation of a key executive in the rupert murdoch media empire. rebekah brooks is out. many people were outraged when brooks kept her job after the newspaper was shut down for scandalous reporting tactics. and as brooks steps down, the investigations ramp up. the fbi now investigating the murdoch empire right here in the united states. lawmakers demanding the probe amid reports that murdochs journalists hacked the cell phones of 9/11 victims and their families. sus...

The latest on a sex scandal that is dominating world headlines. dom niece strauss-kahn is under a suicide watch at rikers island jail. also new details about the woman who is accusing him of assault. a 32-year-old single mother originally from guinea. deb, did anything specific trigger the suicide watch, or is it a protective measure? >> it is a protective measure. they put him on suicide watch. this is a man used to meeting with presidents and prime ministers and power brokers. hes now isolated...

show you its powerful punch in many forms. right here the pace of change is slow yet certain. last night we showed you the spillway from above a helicopter ride. the gates open toded to the gates open toded t divert wr away from mississippi. now the water is rising slowly as you see it. you see the rails that go up behind my shoulder. nose are normally dry. thats the edge of the river. its rising more slowly than the engineers originally predicted. the folks were told by the mississipp...

Identified as airman zachary cutterback, hes from virginia. and i want to share this piece of sound you. this is coming from bruce snyder, whose son is one of those two survivors -- one of several survivors, i should say. he talks about the last time he spoke with his son before that shooting in frankfurt. >> he just told us he was leaving, how long hed be in germany, and how long hed be in afghanistan. >> germany officials say the man who pulled the trigger on those americans was a recently rad...

Manhattan. in march, attorney general eric holder told congress the final decision was imminent, weeks away. but earlier they said a public announcement is not expected until after the midterm election. at the time, they did not deny the timing. >> no decision has been made with regard to where the trials will be held but the conversations that we are having are ongoing and the political thing that you mentioned, the election is not part of the conversation at all. >> nine years after the attack...