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Our flights, without this kind of stuff? you know, that is a great question. i don t think there is, personally. i think that you know, we re not dictating necessarily these events that are occurring, you know, the events are happening across the world, there is intelligence and there is it is driving us to be able us as a society to have to actually go to these measures. i mean, nobody likes having the 4th amendment violated going through a security line but the truth of the matter is, we are going to have to do it. you know, always i think ask this question: if it was your children or your loved one going through there, not you, would you want them to do everything they could to be sure ensure the safety of the aircraft. rick: i think that that is an easy question for all of us to answer. we want our aircraft to be safe, especially when we have loved ones who are flying on it, but, here we are, sir, we are approaching what is the busiest time of the year for travel, ....
However, for the chandlers. just after their release, paul chandler learned of the death of his father. his 99-year-old father, four months prior. also, quickly, bittersweet for the 500 hostages, which still remain in captivity, the pirates still very busy, along that coast, and in somalia. back to you. martha: boy, that situation needs to be stopped. greg, thank you very much. greg palkot reporting from london. rick: we keep hearing the argument, democrats say extending them is an unaffordable tax break for the rich and republicans believe an extension would help to crate jobs and what the white house is saying about the bush era tax cuts. martha: the 9/11 mastermind, khalid sheikh mohammed, will he ever face justice, why a new report says his trial may not come any time soon. i would hope that eric holder will do the right thing and he will say clearly, that the trials will not be head in new york, that they will be held in ....
Huge fire. rick: let s go live to capitol hill now. a rare ethics trial is just getting underway for long time democratic congressman charlie rangel. rangel is representing himself, he has just made his opening statement. let s take a listen: i have no idea, as to the counts, # eight of what could be considered summary judgment i think would indicate that this case may not be prepared for witnesses, that this committee who has asked that a judgment be made based on information that existed. rick: rangel facing a committee made up of four democrats and four ....
If nothing is done everybody gets a tax increase and he came back to the press cabin on air force one and reiterated his position. take a listen: president barack obama: we. pa paefpaef paefpaef reporter: the key word in that is permanent and obviously giving himself wiggle room, negotiations lead to a temporary extension of the bush tax cuts. for higher income folks. than he has gotten himself wiggle room, rick. rick: maybe another couple of years, an extension on the tax cuts, and what are some of the other possible outcomes here? reporter: as you mentioned, ....
Leadership table in the next congress. martha: greg walden, and as i said he s the head of the g.o.p. transition team. you see the bus arriving this morning. bright eyed and bushy tailed, congressmen and congresswomen, as they get ready to do their new job and there is a call upon them to be bold in their actions. that is what they were elected to do. and, moments from now we ll talk to representative greg walden and get his take on it, as he watches them all, get to work. rick: a number of orientation exercises, i guess, meetings, being held in washington, d.c. over the weekend. and, there was a lot of hay made between a couple of different gatherings, the freshmen were pulled in different directions, depending on which gathering they went to, people were paying close attention whether the pea party gather which party you showed up at, right? let s bring in congressman greg walden. he joins me now, good morning, good to have you here. ....