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every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. >> president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn't promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher only to flip it for a quick profit. we can't afford a situation where so...

>> good evening. it is 10:00 on the east coast. we begin keeping them honest with president obama doing what presidents do in election years with proposals they know will win votes and don't have the votes to pass in congress. they try to pass them anyway even if they expect them to fail. sometimes, especially, if they expect them to fail to make a point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. >> this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an ele...

>> the protesters who climbed a 70-foot-high sculpture in zuccotti park this morning made his way down safely and when he did, police immediately arrested him. just about an hour ago, the state of nevada announced it was moving back the date of next year's presidential caucus. it was scheduled for january 14th but nevada will now hold the caucus february 4th. new hampshire republican leaders had encouraged nevada republicans to make the change. and rick perry went hunting in iowa this morning. this pheasant hunt was also about politics. he took part in an annual hunt hosted by st...

something because the world went in a way that didn't seem wrong. >> the protesters who climbed a 70-foot-high sculpture in zuccotti park this morning made his way down safely and when he did, police immediately arrested him. just about an hour ago, the state of nevada announced it was moving back the date of next year's presidential caucus. it was scheduled for january 14th but nevada will now hold the caucus february 4th. new hampshire republican leaders had encouraged nevada republicans to make the change. and rick perry went hunting in iowa this morning. this pheasant hunt wa...

run. and it's just been announced that french president nicolas sarkozy, along with british prime minister david cameron, will host a major international conference in paris on september the 1st to discuss the transition from military to civilian cooperation. that's a poignant date as colonel gadhafi came to power september the 1st, 1969. and at this very moment nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the ground in libya with the latest. richard? >> reporter: a degree of chaos is starting to spread in this city. gadhafi gone, his compound taken over, ransacked by rebels. ...