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and congressman peter king. im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the presidents congressional to-do list is as broad as it is unlikely to pass. job outsourcing, mortgages, small business tax credits, clean energy, and jobs for vets. the beauty of the presidents to-do list, what doesnt get done becomes campaign fodder. the question is whether congress will be anything more this year than a campaign prop. joining me now from springfield, illinois, the number two democrat...

Fear. but as sendak write, even a ruler needs love -- and dinner. so despite protests, max leaves the forest and returns home to his mom, real life. back at home, he finds that the dinner he was initially denied is waiting for him. and its still hot. maurice sendak said, i dont write books for children, i write them for myself and childrapchildrens books are th les than most of us receive in civic education on how to be a part of democracy and about becoming a fully participating person. he taug...

Serving 25 years to life, under californias three strikes law. >> i almost killed somebody during a burglary back in 1985. if they would have died, i may have been up there. thats pretty heavy right there. ♪ on a cold december morning a million miles out to sea ♪ ♪ stare down at a letter from my wife and kids to me ♪ >> why do you write such sad songs? >> i dont know. i dont know, actually. i really dont have an answer for that. they feel good to write, though. they really do. ♪ and a ...

>> its bizarre. and it doesnt -- its not the sort of thing that crops up in a vacuum. leon panetta doesnt sit down and just sort of write this off the toch his head because he feels like doing it. megyn: thats it, memo -- its a memo for the record. >> why do people draft memos for the record? megyn: generally in litigation its to cover yourself. >> thank you. megyn: well, why would he do it, though? generally you look at this and you think okay, what if the bin laden raid had gone south, could t...

>> leon panetta doesnt sit down and just sort of write this off the top of his head because he feels like doing it. >> a memo for the record? >> why do people draft memos for the record? >> megyn: generally in litigation, its to cover yourself. >> thank you. with progressive mobile. great! tyler here will show you everything. check out our new mobile app. now you can use your phone to scan your cars vin or take a picture of your license. its an easy way to start a quote. watch this -- flo, can i...

Intimate a look does the book offer. >> reporter: you say love letters. just left los angeles, moved to manhattan 1981, harvard law was next. along the way two girlfriends in their 20s then, older and talking about a young barry obama. there is a "vanity fair" article that has excerpts from the new barack obama biography. in it ex-girlfriend genevieve cook shares her journal entries. one of them from 1984. she says, how is he so old already at the age of 22? i have to recognize, despite play of ...

Bring in the panel. senior write for the "weekly standard," and national political count of "national public radio," and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> there is one thing that ought to be the bottom line. when a dissident in a dictatorship who is harassed and beaten and courageous and is under house arrest seeks asylum in a u.s. embassy, you have to guarantee his security after that. the united states embassy is u.s. territory and he landed on the shores of the united states. and y...

>> in pitch black trying to write, sorry, mom, but i couldnt even aim, so i gave up on that one. >> screamed hundreds of times for help. he began to hallucinate. he relates that he began to dig into the walls thinking that he could get water that way. >> reporter: when agents finally discovered him, he was nonresponsive. he spent three days in intensive care, his kidneys nearly failed. the dea, they admit they lost him and theyre investigating them. beyond that, theyve said nothing about this at...

americas longest running war after a trip to afghanistan by president obama. the unannounced visit to kabul was full of secrecy and symbolism, be but not very many specifics. a tough reminder that theres a long way to go in that country. suicide car bomber and taliban militants disguised attacked a housing compound. nick paton walsh is live with us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it appears the suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into whats known as the green villag...

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