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An iranian christian pastor arrested on christmas after serving nearly 3 years in prison now a free man. he is now at home with his family although he initially faced possible execution for refusing to renounce his christian faith. he was freed in november with 45 days left on a downgraded sentence but when he was arrested last month a judge said he must finish his sentence. >>brian: the call to pug a plug on a power company -- the call to pull the plug on a power company in the wake of hurricane sandy. a panel branded lipa broken beyond repair and recommended it be replaced by a company like ...

Has not been destroyed. rick: well that's good to see. that woman was talking about no lights and no gas, no water. what are you hearing and what are people saying about the recovery efforts on the ground? >> well, generally speaking they're pretty happy that con-ed has tried to get in here, tried to do what it can. con edison, which is responsible for the power in this part of new york, says that they have restored it pretty much across the board but there are a few pockets. and as governor andrew cuomo, the democratic governor of new york said, if 99% of people have got power but you're the ...

The author of "what's wrong with white people." what mitt romney wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a pretty tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course it does, ed. i mean this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and really looked like he didn't understand what was at stake or what was going on. mitt romney looked ridiculous at that rally today. i mean he was talking about cleaning up -- one time he had to clean up a football field of rubbis...

And the truth? >> he has no shame and no soul. if you're lying in the beginning you'll be lying in the end and shows a sense of desperation to try invoke fear. they know good and dag gone well that the president threw a life line out to the auto industry whereby one of every eight jobs in ohio over 850,000 jobs aristic willed to that industry and for them to try to scare the citizens is despicable. we won't forget this is the game governor that joined forces prosecutor with the republicans and supported senate bill 5 which would have taken away collective bargaining rights. gm will invest $500...

Very grateful for that and there was some sense of optimism here. you could find that when you talk to people who stayed through the storm. i don't think that people are -- they're going to try not to let them get them down but, of course, it's a very, very difficult thing and just think of the other ways that life has been set back. schools have been closed for a couple of days and maybe closed longer. people haven't gotten to work. all that's been disrupted. the normal rhythms of life have been completely upset and, of course the physical geography has been changed. homes destroyed and there...