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Quickly and without warning and the breaking news is that ten people are now confirmed to have been killed by the storm, two in new jersey, two in maryland, six here in virginia and including right behind me where a 90-year-old woman was fast asleep in her bed at quarter to 11 last night, when a big tree fell on her bedroom, slicing her bedroom in two. she was crushed and the neighbors say that last night's storm here in springfield was really scary. >> the abruptness, i mean, right there behind you, calm, almost eerily calm, humid, probably still around 100 degrees and all of a sudden, i felt...

Going to move rapidly through the floor of the senate, the bill passed by a margin of 18-1. it was adopted, i should say by a margin of 18-1. of the 19 senate democrats, only one voting against and that was senator dale shultz who was long rumored to be a dissending vote among the republicans. you have the protesters now back at the capitol, honking their horns. they are outside the senate chambers saying hell no we won't go. pushing back against the police. all of this happening with the abruptness and chaos we have come to expect here with this bitter wisconsin budget battle. jon? >> jon: so...

Now, it's important to note that this is the president's prerogative. u.s. attorneys are political appointees and many past presidents have taken a similar steps. what is interesting here is that it was the speed and abruptness of those firings that is laysrag a lot of eyebrows. some u.s. attorneys only learned from media reports they were expected to hand in their resignations on friday. meanwhile an important deadline looms today. the house intelligence committee sent a letter to the department of justice last week asking the agency to provide all relevant documents regarding the president's...

Terms of the abruptness but not in terms of the overall plan to transition. >> stewart, it is not unusual for a first-time president -- for a new president i should say to clean house but why the back your bags and get out kind of tactic? is there a message behind the politics here? >> we have a president who has a specific agenda. i think he's made it very clear. and when we just talk about the immigration policy that he is steadfast on implementing, he wants to make sure that the lead federal law enforcement officers, that being each and every u.s. attorney and keep in mind there is 93 of th...

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