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Wife? for christmas? now with the federal grand jury and theprosecutor investigating, in the midst of daily revelations of other stuff, other stuff bob mcdonnell and his family took for free but did not disclose as gifts like the latest, the stretch hummer limo. in the midst of his daily humiliation in the state of virginia, one virginia state senator is calling on governor bob mcdonnell to resign the governorship. he says the substance of these reports give the strong possession your family was materially and systemically benefited by this person and his company. in return it appears you allo...

Governor's mansion and the governor's office for the purpose of giving unique credibility to his company. the letter then says if the governor cannot clear this matter up, he should resign. governor mcdonnell's beleaguered spokesman has responded to this letter today with a slap saying this blatantly political statement from senator peterson was not unexpected. the spokesman then went on to say, the governor has been diligent over the years in making his financial disclosures. actually governor mcdonnell still hasn't even disclosed the watch. the rules say he has to disclose any gift over 50 b...

Journalists react negatively. if you look it from the other side, if there was a serious leak about an al qaeda operation or whatever, they're trying to fiechbd out who may be leaking this information to the news media, do they occasion ll a have the right 0 to secretly monitor our phone calls? >> that's a matter up for discussion. i remember during the scooter libby stuff during the bush administration, there were phone records, there were e-mails, et cetera, et cetera. soshgs you kn so i think this is chilling for journalists because you have to have that kind of privacy in order to do your ...

hate. the tsa and ticket fees. add them together. >> what is it that's prompting them to ask for more? >> reporter: the agency backed by democrats in the senate wants to increase the security fee everyone pays for the ticket. from $2.50 a flight to $5 per one-way ticket. $10 round trip. >> 10's pushing it to a limit. i guess it's only $5 more but i wonder, you know, how that fits in. they already have a budget. >> reporter: tsa's budget is set to be cut. the agency says boosting this fee would help cover the increasing price of security like the costly scanners. the fee hasn't been h...

Washington, and we need end it now. that's why we're working to resolve last year's budget in a manner that makes real spending cuts possible to help our economy. we're doing our job today. the house is preparing to pass this troop funding bill that makes real funding cuts, and the hope the senate will find a way to support our troops and keep our government open. [ inaudible ] >> on this matter when so many people around the country are most concerned about keeping the government open? >> you know, the house took up the funding for this year's government after the democrats failed to pass a b...