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age to 62. most oil refineries in france have been hit with strikes causing fuel shortages at airports and gas stations. >> hello, everyone, we begin with the push to get voters out in force for the midterm elections, just 17 days away, president barack obama is expected to speak at any moment now in boston. he wants to help massachusetts governor deval patrick keep his job. we'll bring his comments to you live. dan lothian is standing by in boston traveling with the president, later today, jessica yellin will take you to california for former alaska governor sarah palin's big rally ...

beaten by others in his own platoon. look at the pictures here. they say he was a snitch. the soldier who exposed a rogue killing squad accused of picking off civilians. also, fight night in las vegas, not what you think, not necessarily prize fighters. the prize they're fighting for is a seat in the senate. the senate's top democrat is it tangling with a tea party insurgent. some name-calls went on. she's telling harry reid to man up? he's telling her she's an extremist. and, are you looking for a job out there? what is your ideal job? how about this guy? he gets paid to get hig...

aren't as bad as some people will have you believe. now i want to tell you about four bright spots in the economy right now. one of them, i said we're exporting a lot. one of the things we're exporting a lot of are farming products. things that we farm here in america. and largely that's because there are developing economies like brazil and china, who are buying more of what we export. in fact, china is set now to become the second-biggest buyer of things that produced on american farms. the biggest buyer, he for your information, is canada. number two, mergers and acquisitions, w...

Quote, i think it would be a mistake to wait until january 2012. this is not the kind of job you want to fill in the spring of an election year. retired general jim dubic served under gates during the height of the iraq surge and wonders if the next secretary will keep gates' respect for military leaders in uniform. >> he's a genuinely respectful of the military profession and what we bring to the table. he is also a very good listener and a very good question asker. >> reporter: gates has aggressively cut the defense budget. he stopped the air force from spending $65 billion on f-22 planes an...

flood ravaged pakistan. a fifth of the country is now under water including many children fighting to stay alive. we'll experience the crisis first hand. as president obama hits the campaign trail to try to help democrats his top ally in the u.s. senate is contradicting him. the majority leader harry reid now jumping into the flap over an islamic center planned near ground zero in new york city. the president's remarks on this red hot issue over the weekend have given republicans ammunition. gop candidates are being encouraged right now to talk about it as much as possible. our sen...