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To clean up, shepard, however, there is a whole batch of people from areas of the deep south stretching all the way into the ohio river valley under the threat all day tomorrow and into tomorrow night by saturday, it's done and then we have a few calmer days but we are going to have a very rough day on our hands tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: rick reichmuth in the extreme weather center in new york. thanks so much. a new twist today in the political slug fest over birth control. the democratic controlled senate today shot down a republic measure that would have left employers and insurers opt out...

Government mandated birth control coverage for all women. watch. >> who will pay for it? there's no such thing as a free service. >> the reduction in a number of pregnancies is -- compensates for the cost of contraception. >> but wi not having babies born we're saving money? i just want to get this on the record ms. chairman, you're saying by not having babies born we're going to save money in health care? >> providing contraception as a critical preventive health benefit for women and for their children reduces health -- >> not having babies born is a critical benefit. this is absolutely amaz...

Docked today in the seychelles island days after a knocked out power. left passengers and crew on board the costa allegra without airconditioning and lights and most importantly without toilets that worked since monday. >> the heat is a mess. we could not stay in our cabins for long periods of time. we are talking about temperatures 110 to 120 degrees. >> shepard: now we have received amateur video that shows how passengers were living in those conditions. you can see people packed on deck while helicopters dropped off food and some flashlights. and while a french ship towed them to shore. a s...

Today to allow employers to deny birth control coverage to their employees. your boss gets to decide whether your health insurance covers contraception. but scott brown, as a state senator, voted for the exact opposite thing. when he was a state senator in massachusetts, scott brown voted for the mitt romney law, mandating that employers have to cover birth control for their employees. so this is an absolute mess for the republicans. regardless of what you think about this issue, this is a mess. this thing that used to be a republican idea, this thing they're all on record as supporting is now...

Massachusetts that health insurance plans have to cover birth control. in doing that, in signing that law, mr. romney signed republicans like arkansas governor mike huckabee, who also signed a law requiring health insurance in his state to cover birth control. romney did this, huckabee did this, a lot of republican governors the did this. this was a republican policy. this obama travesty of justice that would be overturned by the blunt amendment, this was a republican idea, for years! when he said he didn't think employers should be able to deny coverage for birth control. the problem is that ...