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Going to seek re-election. he's the second u.s. senator in the last week to announce -- this is the first wave you expect. it's always in the first two months of the beginning of the next senate that you hear about the folks, kay bailey hutchison last week and kent conrad, in november of 2008, the democrats had both senate seats, and house seats, by november 2012, republicans could have all three. >> what a difference a couple years makes. moving on, former vice president dick cheney is speaking out for the first time since undergoing major heart surgery last summer. he's opening up about hi...

Storm is headed in late thursday and friday. it will bring enough snow to plow and shovel late thursday and friday. >> so any chances you're saying it will just be a little bit more, but any chance it could develop into something worse? >> well, yes, that's unfortunately always the case in meteorology. but right now, it does not seem to be a huge storm or a blizzard. we've got varying models. my gut right now is three to six incher. that's just my take here two days out. but don't hold me to it. that's my sense. >> we'll be talking through the mi week. we'll adjust as we need to. dick cheney...

Him darth vader. we started talking about the heart pump that saved his life. >> i wear it on a vest and there's a control element here, and then two batteries, one on each side, good for 12 hours each. and then there's a core that runs inside my chest to the pump on the inside and that's what powers it and keeps it functioning. initially, obviously, it's awkward to walk around. but all of this gear, you quickly get to the point where you've adapted where it's second nature to you. >> are you thinking about a heart transplant? >> i haven't made a decision yet. >> you said you thought president...

This is a little different slant on the story now that we know that he asked over and over and over again. and i think he said i'll get the last word on my book. president obama's book has come out, donald rumsfeld's book is coming out. but former vice president cheney's book is not expected out until the end of the summer, early september. he will have the last word. so on some of these different counts, you'll now get his take on it. >> fascinating stuff. everyone is commenting on how thin he look, but his color looks good, he seems to be functioning right well with this unusual heart pump. ...

Deficit and giving more and more authority and power to the government over the private sector are all weaknesses. as i look at barack obama, and i think he'll be a one-term president. cheney said that president obama learned from experience that some of the bush administration's decisions on terrorism issues were necessary, including not shutting down the prison at guantanamo bay. the vice president said, i think he's learned he's not going to be able to close guantanamo, that is if you didn't have to have it, you'd have to create one like it. you've got to some v some place to put terrorists...