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Here's what's happening right now. venezuela president hugo chaves is said to be fighting for his life. he has not been seen since december. he returned to venezuela on the 18th. back at home, the women's act expired in december, 2011. he did plead guilty to 16 lesser charges. back to "hardball." >> we're back, 85-year-old pope benedict made history today when he left the vatican in helicopter. it's for the first phase of his

The temperature went down to 33 degrees in the cactus-lined course. one top-ranked golfer said he had never seen anything like this on the tour. that looks like a football game in new england and it is a golf game in phoenix. you see the golf ball surrounded by snow. they will reschedule for today. there was no frost delay this morning. that is remarkable, isn't it? bill: they go to hawaii, goto california, to florida for a reason. martha: we knew there was a reason they make sweaters in the ski store. they pull them out for this. bill: we'll see if they get better weather. a more context what...

Territorial animal but him getting this mower, he won. december 2011 at the australian reptile park in australia, handlers are inside elvis the crocodiles enclosure doing routine lawn maintenance when the 50-year-old reptile bites the front of the mower. >> let it go. let it go. >> and does not let go. operations manager tim faulkner has worked with this crocodile since his arrival at the park in 2007. >> elvis has given me a hard time on a number of occasions. the rumble of that mower, it's something that just turns them on. they've got all of these sensitive receptors around their jaws, good...

Senator? >> madam secretary, i also regret our overlap will be so brief. i think the country is at its strongest when we balance military strength with diplomatic strength, economic strength and strength of our moral example. and i can't think of a person that exemplifies that balance in a public service career as well as you do and i appreciate that. a few questions, detailed questions that trouble me. in the unclassified version of the arb, there's a comment, a brief one. in december 2011, the undersecretary for management approved a one-year continuation of the u.s. special mission in bengh...

Did a big comprehensive national poll on how americans viewed this president right now. they asked specifically what was the best thing that president obama got done in the last four years. coming in at number three on the list was preventing middle class tax hikes while raising taxes on the highest levels of income. that was the third greatest accomplishment of the president's first term, according to the latest nbc poll. number two, killing bin laden. killing osama bin laden is what president obama himself refers to as the single most important day of his presidency. for americans at large, ...