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The civil war. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm suzanne malveaux. welcome to our viewers in the united states, and around the world. world. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com they are two men with very different life stories, but each wielding tremendous influence in shaping the future of the united states. one in congress, and one in the supreme court. now, together, they have stolen today the headlines this friday, each announcing his retirement. supreme court justice john paul stevens, and congressman bart stupak. it was not what his constituents expected...

Your pants on. >> reporter: keep barney out of this. ♪ i love you ♪ you love me >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ ♪ we're a happy family >> reporter: new york. >> happening now, president obama and democrats put on their game faces and make their final big play for health care reform. this hour, the arm twisting, the promises going on behind closed doors, and the risks for the president if he comes up short. plus, toyota now is fighting back against one man's claim about his runaway prius. did he try to profit off the carmaker's recall crisis? and an explosion of new drug violence i...

They have looked in the hangars and they can confirm through the airport manager that in fact this plane that hit that building in austin took off from georgetown municipal airport. there are 250 pilots. they have a tower. this is a tiny airport, about it is one that's not a giant one. is there name recognition? have they had face-to-face contact? this airport manager saying not initially. but he says you can bet somebody knew somebody. that's what authorities are trying to determine. what could have been known if anything about the man who took off today. no flight plan information yet. but y...

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That. >> bill: john roberts leading us off today. thank you much there on the north lawn. >> sandra: a lot going on. speaker paul ryan speaking about military readiness. his speech coming as fox news is learning gop leadership will vote this afternoon on a short term spending bill. will it pass? peter doocy is live on capitol hill with the latest on that. peter, good morning. >> good morning. democratic lawmakers are really laying the pressure on the republican colleagues with a reminder that they control both houses of the congress so they should be able to keep the government open if they wa...