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health plans, not so much. that is until catholic leaders and some commentators began sounding off. >> catholics and christians all across america are fired up over president obama's approval of new regulations that require insurance plans of religious organizations to provide contraseptive coverage. >> why did it take news outlets a couple of weeks to catch up with the catholic protests? a former white house intern for president kennedy says she was his mistress 50 years ago. >> did he realize that you were a virgin? >> i think he did because he kept asking me if i was all right and...

Came back today. what do you think the cascade effect of this decision of them is? >> first of all, rating agencies are notorious for telng people what they actually know. so that's one reason why you haven't seen a big market reaction. the second reason is, investors have to sell bonds that they own after they've been downgraded. that's not the case with u.s. treasury bonds. there will be an important result, however, if what standard & poor's has done affects the debate here in washington. >> right. this is all set against the political fight about how to reduce the debt, the republicans are...

Produce this cascade effect of shia unrest that could potentially spread in significant ways to where a lot of the oil is concentrated, where you have significant communities, and that's exactly why the gcc states are so concerned with what happens in bahrain and why they have made an overt and bold move to deploy forces to that island in an effort to counterbalance iran. >> ultimately if saudi arabia -- from looking at the map, it looks almost like a noose. they have the shia force from iran that is intact, the potential amplification in iraq and to the west and to the north and with bahrain ...

Weapons practices. the current situation that most people are worried about is that partially in response to iran's nuclear program you've seen egypt express a new interest in a civilian nuclear power program, the kind of program that could acquire the technologies that could be used for nuclear weapon down the road. jenna: and, joe, real quick just to jump in here, how would that change complete my the dynamic in the region? >> what you're worried about is sort of this cascade effect of other countries acquiring nuclear capabilities as a hedge against iran's nuclear capabilities. so and if th...

Area. the first whale. we've had impacts on dolphins and turtles and obviously the brown pelicans and herons. we just don't know what the cascade effect of having these tense of millions of gallons of oil in the gulf ecosystem. it is a spreading menace. you know, it starts in one place, then it spreads around. the impact there is growing larger which means we have more of a burden to cover more territory as the days pass. that's why we really want to talk to the interior department to expand the corps of people. >> there are some things people are confused about. some critics say that it's act...