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Passed even though they can't pass anything else. today, speaker boehner met with clay hunt's parents and announced the support for the bill. then the bill hit the house floor and passed by a voice vote. it passed the house. now on to the senate with almost no time yet for the year, for this whole congress. sources in the senate tell us tonight that senate leadership is trying to schedule a vote on the clay hunt bill as soon as they can 37 but again, there isn't much time left to do all the things they have to do. and it's got to be this week or it will be back to square one and they will have...

Efforts for our vets, it has carried broad bipartisan support since it was introduced this summer by congressman tim walls of minnesota. for weeks now, veterans have been pressuring members of congress to get this thing passed even though they can't pass anything else. today, speaker boehner met with clay hunt's parents and announced the support for the bill. then the bill hit the house floor and passed by a voice vote. it passed the house. now on to the senate with almost no time yet for the year, for this whole congress. sources in the senate tell us tonight that senate leadership is trying ...

Final end of this war is finally upon us. the president has said this war ends in 2014. well, 2014 is here and the end of the year is coming, like it or not. time is short and the river rises. it is time to plan now for how we leave because we're leaving. finally. more to come. watch this space.

As chuck hagel flies off to brussels and the chairman of the joint chiefs flies off to bagram and the president calls hamid karzai directly and the statement goes out from the white house today that no agreement between us and afghanistan on troops staying means the zero option is alive and in play. with all of that happening right now, the possibility of the final end of this war is finally upon us. the president has said this war ends in 2014. well, 2014 is here and the end of the year is coming, like it or not. time is short and the river rises. it is time to plan now for how we leave becau...

Are concerned, a little bit more forecasting for you. new crest expected now in morgan city and butte larose, that's not going to happen until next week. so this water that's spilling ferociously out of the morganza spillway is going to take its sweet time as it spreads out across the atchafalaya basin. one other thing to note, to add levity to this, we found a woman yesterday selling t-shirts, 20 bucks a pop to raise some money for her and her neighbors to, you know, help ease the pain as they have to move out of their homes as the river rises. capitalism alive and well, but i want to be in t...