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>> shepard: our pals at the facebook have disproved the theory of six degrees of separation. apparently the real number is less than six. the idea came from a play in the movie back in the 1990s that claimed six people separate any two of us on earth. you have a friend who knows a friend and so on and so on. of course, it evolved into a game to link random movie stars to kevin bacon. they have finished the biggest social networking study ever. they report we are all friending each other more than ever before. so instead of people having 6 degrees of separation it's now fewer than a. 4.74 to be...

Listen. >> he gets pretty malicious and vindictive and he is a mean person, especially when he has been drinking and he has had the problems we have ever had it's been alcohol-related. he shouldn't have put his hands on me answered shouldn't have put his hands on me prior. >> yeah, but the police have now searched the exfiance's home. they say that he is cooperative and that he is not a suspect. even the family says they do not believe that he is involved in her disappearance at all, shep. >> shepard: all right. well, the mother of this missing woman says she now expects something big to happe...

His phone. then, later, he wrote: six hours atta heir another tear gas for tonight. and then in his last tweet yesterday, he wrote reports of tear gas being fired from amican university cairo campus on tahrir. university officials have started investigating. now, an american university spokeswoman has just said that those three were visited by a prosecutor and questioned today in the presence of an american embassy official. and we understand from the state department, shep, that officials are working for their freedom. they hope to see them again tomorrow. >> shepard: let's hope. jonathan hun...

Happen. so now i'm sure they are acting all weird about it. [ laughter ] >> well, the democratic co-chair of the super committee senator patty murray says she is willing to adjust the cuts as long as there is balance and shared sacrifice. otherwise, she is fine with the cuts going forward. but a republic member of the super committee expressed his concern. take a listen to senator pat toomey. >> leon panetta, the president's own secretary of defense said those cuts are not acceptable. you will see over coming months we will offer proposals that would be alternatives to thes cuts. >> but getng ...

End of the mission. shep? >> shepard: i'm sure a lot of needs for those folks who in some cases lost everything, jonathan. >> yeah. in many cases. and there were tears of joy from one family, in particular that had lost at least all of their material goods. the addams family has nine children. they have been living in a mobile home on their property since april when a tornado tore through their community of cordova and destroyed their home. so you can imagine a mother's reaction to the blue angels showing up with gifts. listen. >> it's awesome. the kids, just to see their eyes when that plane ...