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The president personally congratulated leon before the state of the union? >> good job tonight. good job tonight. >> that tipped off our man jim miklaszewski, now with the details, mick, in all honesty, would we have this story yet this morning had it not been for the overheard com from secretary panetta? >> when i started making phone calls -- as a matter of fact, i didn't hear a single word of the speech. after i heard what president obama said, i was working the phones and working them hard. it took several hours to actually get all the information, because the operation was still ongoing. ...

Hour. in the "new york times," there's word that navy s.e.a.l.s have pulled off a daring nighttime mission to free an american and danish relief worker held hostage since october. gunfire broke out as the s.e.a.l.s entered the compound. the s.e.a.l.s grabbed the hostages and flew them to safety. no word if any americans were wounded in the mission. the two hostages, including 32 american jessica buchanan are said to be in relatively good condition. president obama was the first to tip off the rescue mission when he openly congratulated defense secretary leon panetta prior to his state of the u...

also, you may not know the story of the monford point marines. the men who integrated mat reenz yooms. welcome to the men and women serving us in uniform and thank you for being here and what you do. let's talk about three important deadlines that we are keeping an eye on today in this whole debt ceiling debate. a vote is scheduled this afternoon in the senate on majority leader harry reid's plan. that's the vote that was supposed to take place overnight but it was delayed in the evening. the second deadline is at 8:00 eastern time today. why that is important? because that is wh...

There was an earthquake and then a fire and then a tsunami and then it was snowing and the nuclear situation, and, right now, we desperately need help. i mean, no gas, there is no food, there is nothing, and now, if people are afraid to come and help, i mean, it is -- couldn't get worse. we really, really need help here. and, everyone is praying that this will not end up a situation where people are too afraid to come and help us. rick: thank goodness for people like you who are there, putting your own livfe in danger, ken joseph, a relief worker, help is on the way. skyping from sendai, our v...

Country home. thousands upon thousands with nowhere to go, very little food and water and it was legasoline relief worker in sendai, ken you were on the program yesterday and talked about how little there was in terms of supplies. has it gotten any better? >> no, it hasn't. it has gotten worse. we're in one of the centers right now and had dinner a few hours ago, and it was a piece of bread and a banana. rick: what is it like there, as you talk to the people who are living in the shelters, japanese who have been -- lost everything and are staying in these shelters? what are they saying? >> to ...