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United states senate as we speak. he's standing there and he's preventing the senate from being able to move forward on doing the kind of thing we're doing here today. what's that mean? 400,000 people will be kicked off the roles this month if he has his way. >> big, fat target. not running for re-election, fighting with his own party, fighting with his own fellow kentucky senator, the leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell. >> well, look, this is a disaster for 400,000 people that are going to lose their benefits, also a potential political disaster for the republican party. they know it. that...

republican jim bunning from kentucky force 2,000 workers to take furlough and hold up benefits for millions more? we'll have governor haley barbour. we begin today with the very latest from chile. food and drinking water reportedly in very short supply in concepcion, ground zero for the 8.8 quake. survivors under the rubble, rescuers communicating with victims trapped inside a fallen apartment building in concepcion. mark potter joins us live from the capital of santiago. what's the latest? >> reporter: hi, andrea. that's a little bit of good news in an otherwise bleak environment....

practicing it. people like me, media consultants who made television adds became important as opposed to back room who anointed candidates to represent them. suddenly campaigns who could bring their message to people became powerful force and go yont the structure party. what's happening right now is equivalent. most importantly the -- it's empowering a whole new side of politics. . nobody in the republican congress is supporting what he has done. and somebody -- some of them believe that he should apologize. and he did apologize. there is a lot more civility that will go on in washi...

i do not know if i have ever been the one that has the level of competence, talent, experience that has been put together right here in new orleans. it says something the people of this kind of influence in this kind of experience chose to come to our city. i want to be sure that we put our best foot forward and listen to what they have to say. each one of these people is enormously talented and experienced. i urge everybody to read the biographies and get a sense of who has come. we appreciate you being here. we look forward to hosting you in good time. thank you very much. . it is ...

catholics know how to die. you have something to read to us about how catholics have been doing this for 2,000 years. >> this is a remarkable passage from a book called "the shape of the lit your ji" by dom gregory dicks who simply says reflects ones on the reflection on the room in jerusalem around 33 a.d. which we will see again and again here, why something that started with jesus of nazareth and that band of his followers becomes something that you and i are talking about right now and that the kennedy family will be experiencing shortly. this is from the scholar. whenever anothe...