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It worked successfully but, you know, i question the timing. jon: well, yeah, the president was heard on a microphone as he was entering the state of the union address last night reaching out to defense secretary leon panetta and saying, good job tonight leon, good job tonight. a lot of people wondered what that was all about, then after the state of the union address we find out about this raid. >> that's right, jon. a raid like this really depends on extremely good intelligence, and sometimes lacking all the intelligence you need you'll make a decision to go ahead and conduct a raid because ...

It, mike, thank you. jon: new information today on the keystone pipeline. a house committee is holding a hearing on a bill that would give a federal commission the power to approve the project, essentially bypassing president obama's authority. chief national correspondent jim angle is in washington. you might call this a bit of turn about. >> reporter: they'd like to take all the authority from the president all together on this. the first thing republicans made clear they will press the case for approval of the keystone pipeline in spite of the president's decision to delay. listen. >> keyst...

The evidence against burkhart includes dna samples, eyewitness news accounts, and there is a picture that was taken from a surveillance camera that evidently captured him as well. his mother is wanted in germany on fraud charges, she has told the judge her son is mentally ill and he was set up by the nazis, she's set to find out whether she'll be deported and that hearing is set to begin in about ten minutes or so. we'll keep you posted jenna. jenna: lots of twists and turns in that, rick, thank you. jon: we are getting new information on a dramatic military raid that rescued two hostages from...

Candidate again. jon: truly newt gingrich has truly done a great job in those debates. that is what has compelled his campaign to this point. charlie hurt we have to say goodbye. the washington times. we'll talk to you soon. jenna: this just in, jon, a spokesman fear democratic house minority leader nancy pelosi explaining a curious remark she made about republican candidate newt gingrich. she made this remark in an interview where she claimed to know, quote, something about the speaker. i'm going to leave that vague and have mike emanuel explain exactly what is going on here. mike. >> reporte...

And looked at the hill to realize the whole hill gave away. >> it's like being in concrete. i guess i always had figured you could move somewhat, you wiggle here and there and create an air pocket, but there was nothing. the snow just filled totally in, filled my mask. >> reporter: jon's friends had a hard time locating him at first but in those critical moments they were able to find him. after ward, swanson said he wasn't sure what had happened but what did he do next? he got on his sled and rode more and he plans to hit the trails this weekend, too. you know what they say? you got to get ri...