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And an[cy)w unflinching voice for tolerance, inclusion and -- >> here in new york city they'll stay atíxlqw half staff for 30 days. >> rick lebenthal in nerk. in a bizarre incident, democratic leader harry reid was injured when a piece of exercise equipment snappedc6&g÷ he received a call from president obama in hawaii wishing him a speedy recovery. reid hayjhr now been released from the hospital. his office says he'll be back in the washington this w50ekd. meanwhile america considers the government as the most important problem facing the country last year. that's according to gallup. i...

Launched several investigations germs police departments. in 2009, holder said the u.s. was a nation of cowards when it comes to race. now he's more optimist tick. >> we have made substantial progress as a nation if we dofbt admit that we do a great service to people who sacrificed, who fought, who gave their lives so i could be the first african-american attorney general serving the first african-american president. >> reporter: and the president's latest move on race, he's assembled a task force for race relations between the police and the people they serve. >> good to see you dan. call i...

35% approve as 56% disapprove. >> this campaign in iraq will take time. but make no mistake, our coalition isn't just going to degrade this terrorist organization, we're going to destroy it. >> reporter: though it was four years ago the president used an oval office address to declare the combat mission in iraq was coming to an end. >> operation iraqi freedom is over and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. >> reporter: that was the summer of 2010, at the end of 2011, the president pulled out all troops declaring he was leaving behind a, quote, stabl...

Island da did not -- and there are more protests already underway tonight across the nation and here in new york, bret, although this rain may keep crowd sizes a little bit smaller tonight. >> rick lebenthal live in new york. thank you. nasa is celebrating a successful test of the spacecraft it hopes will one day take humans to mars. the still unmanned orion lifted off this morning aboard a delta 4 rocket. it reached 3,400 miles, the farthest a slip built for people has traveled in four decades. after four hours and two orbits of earth, orion splashed down. "the wall street journal" report...

Understand. rick lebenthal is in new york for what could be a third night of demonstrations. >> reporter: several thousand people took to the streets of america's largest city thursday night, some carrying cardboard coffins with the names of people killed by police officers. they blocked west side highway, shutting down traffic at times on the manhattan bridges and the tunnel. there were large demonstrations in other cities including boston, san francisco, and washington, d.c. with protesters insisting there's a pattern of abuse by white police offics blacks. including michael brown and fergus...