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Explosion. they're doing the integrity tests in six-hour intervals. a senior democratic source says this is the man expected to replace the late senator robbed byrd. carte goodwin. once virginia governor joe manchin will make the decision in the next hour. he was his aide for four years. at cupertino, california, steve jobs is talking to a group of reporters gathered telling them ho on how they plan on fixing the problem with the iphone 4. we'll tell you if he has made it official yet right after the break. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement ins...

16 minutes past the hour. we're continuing to cover breaking news this morning learning of death of west virginia senator robbed byrd. much more on the story throughout the morning but a quick check of the other stories this morning. a judge in peru ruling joran van der sloot's confession is valid. he confessed to murdering stephany flores last month, then changed his mind saying police forced him into that confession but the judge rejected his claim and upheld the confession. van der sloot now faces 35 years in a peruvian prison. he is also still a suspect in natalee holloway's disappearanc...

Leaning against. it's into not clear whether the democrats will bring back wayward senators and get those votes nor is it clear how many republicans who voted for it the first time will vote for it this time. if close, senator byrd's vacancy could be critical for the legislation, at least for passage this week. obviously at some point the governor of west virginia is going to appoint a replacement. at that point you would have a democratic -- a new democratic candidate taking the place of senator byrd and would probably go along with the democratic leadership. >> recently he was wheeled in to ...

I'm drew griffin. here are tonight's headlines. west virginia senator robbed byrd, the longest serving member of dmng history has been admitted to a washington area hospital in serious condition. his office says the 92-year-old democrat was admitted last week. initially it was believed just suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. doctors now say other conditions have developed. he is now described as "seriously ill." first elected to the senate in 1958 after serving six years in the house. the g-20 economic summit wrapping up in toronto. other countries agreeing to cut their deficits...

About changing rules, the presidents is talk about, do we need to address the problem, and does it make sense to have a simple up-or-down vote on whether or not we want to fix the problems. >> white house officials have for several days challenged the idea that the reconciliation process which republicans call the nuclear option, is somehow extraordinary, and point out that the process is used to pass the bush administration's tax cuts, and to pass -- i'm sorry. welfare reforms in the clinton administration, martha. megyn: what are the republicans saying about all of this, wendell? >> reporter...