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Tampa, then that is what i will do. >> it is difficult for people who are over 50. >> i i thithink that my age is factor to me. i know that i come with a long history, and i've had many successes in my careers, and so that may be something that they look at more than my age. so my recommendation to anyone is don't give up on yourself, and keep your passion and keep your enthusiasm, even though we are coming up against people who are 20 and 30 years younger than us, that enthusiasm, that sense of purpose is timeless. and time now right now, 20 minutes past the hour and time for top stories. j...

Suspects conspired to support to kill, injure and kidnap people abroad and that they helped fund the pakistani taliban. u.s. officials say the arrests are not linked to osama bin laden's killing. i, rahm emanuel -- >> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is now officially chicago's mayor. you can see there, being sworn in to office earlier there today. the democrat who served two presidents now shifts his attention to the nation's third-largest city promising to cut spending as he tackles the city's $700 million deficit. vice president joe biden and his wife were there for the inau...

Damage. gustav we had ta lot of damage. but we had help. katrina we didn't have that much damage. i believe gustav was the worst one in this area. and the guard was there to help us. i mean they stayed with us for the clean-up. to clear roads. it was very, very helpful. >> what about the decision to open the morganza spillway? do you resent it at all? how do you feel about sacrificing your town to spare the big cities? >> well, it was built for that purpose and the biggest part of krotz springs is thankful that it is inside of a rim levee. people on outside of the time that are getting the lev...

Because north of the spillway, there are millions of acres of flooded communities and farms. in vicksburg, mississippi, the river is 13 feet above flood stage and still rising. my colleague martin savage is there, and martin, i understand that you got off of a boat? >> well, we did, randi. this is a historic town that is now facing a historic flood. they have about 1,700 people area-wide forced out of their homes because of the flood waters continuing to rise and threaten the downtown area. joining me now is the mayor. thank you very much, sir, for being with us today. >> thank you for having ...

Now, not reducing it, just simply keeping it from growing just through spending cuts. we'd have to cut our spending by 35%. that's about $1.2 trillion or basically our government's entire budget for discretionary spending, including defense. now to achieve the same goal of keeping our debt where it is, just through tax increases -- forget about spending cuts -- the government would need to take in 50% more in tax revenue. bottom line is, it seems to me that we have to do both. it is simply not feasible to seriously tackle our debt without both spending cuts an increasing revenue, though you'll...