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Space within the political system, according to him. we are building the alternative model in tunisia, he told me proudly. tunisia's success story is quite fragile. not quite the fairy tale version that's recounted. they were reluctant to compromise. they left power only because they thought the country would explode if they didn't. key elements of the old guard have returned in force and the place remains fragile with the economy under severe pressure. but most transitions to democracy are marked by bitter struggles. democracy did not come amicably to taiwan or south korea or chile. the dicta...

Was our firm belief from the experience of the last decade that the most effective and sustainable way to deal with this problem was to have people who were willing to fight for their own country, do the work on the ground with our air support, intelligence, weapons, advice. but people taking back their own country. so in the past year, as a result of these efforts and as a result of much greater coherence among the iraqis special the coalition, the territory that isil controls is down 35% from where it was when the coalition was first formed. thousands of isil members have been killed, much o...

Huge numbers of evangelicals, totally unprrepresentative of ts country. why do they go first? >> you can make the argument that iowa is the worst place to start the process except for every place else. the benefit that iowa has is that you can conquer the state. you can't conquer texas. iowa, you can drive up to souix county and meet the people and learn it. you've got to organize people to show up. it really is a test of a campaign's ability to get things done in a way that isn't as true in other states. >> what do you think? what are people focusing on which is the wrong way to think about t...

Warmest march ever. in fact, 15,000 temperature records were broken the entire first quarter of 2012 was also the warmest on record. and that early march tornado outbreak is being called the year's first billion dollar disaster. a special prosecutor could present her findings to a grand jury tomorrow in the case of trayvon martin. lawyers for george zimmerman say he will tell his side of the story once charges are dismissed but if he is charged do not expect to hear anything until the trial. >> he is does straut over the fact that a life was taken. >> ben is the president of the naacp. ben, ...

There are going to be a lot of sporting booths, a healthy eating booth here today, and also a yoga station so kids are going to get to try all of that out. also, arts and crafts. it's going to be a really neat chance for a lot of kids to get out, play with some professional athletes, take lessons from some of the grates. and also have fun. and, of course, the big easter egg roll will be at the center of all of it. >> we're looking at the pichurs here. a booklet, a competition out there for the cover? >> that's right. the first lady basically asked kids all over the country to submit their draw...