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Disturbing. in december there were reports that the white house wanted governor paterson now to step aside in terms of the race. he wasn't doing well in the polls. well today they got their apparent wish. >> shepard: so candidates now cuomo, i'm guessing is the shoe- >> in the state attorney general, the democrat, the son of mario cuomo who is ironically investigating these allegations as the attorney general. on the other side, the republicans, rick lazio, remember him in the former long island congressman he ran against hillary clinton for senate back in 2000. today we interviewed mr. lazio....

To get a permanent court protection against him. it turns out, she says the state police are pressuring her not to do that and she actually talked to the governor on the telephone the day before she was supposed to go to court. and then she didn't show up. well, today paterson said he didn't do anything wrong. >> i am looking forward to a full investigation of actions taken by myself and my administration. but i give you this personal oath. i have never abused my office, not now, not ever. and i believe that when the facts are reviewed, the truth will prevail. >> well, there is an investigatio...

>> shepard: the ethics committee isn't finished with congressman rangel at all. there is a line of things coming, right? >> that's right. a variety of issues still pending, still in the hands of the ethics panel, including allegations that rangel failed to declare rental income on his villa. rental villa in the dominican republic. that he used the to rent stabilized apartments in harlem one for his office. used official stationery to raise funds for public policy school in new york and he stored his broken down mercedes in a house of representatives' parking garage. no word on when the committ...

Coalition troops have been focusing their efforts for a couple of weeks now. officials say the marjah operation will continue for several more weeks. and then some time later this week it's on to kandahar city. mike emanuel with the news at the pentagon. that is a very important and probably a very difficult spot. >> well, you are right, shep. u.s. officials call it the home base, the capital city of the taliban movement. you know, before 9/11, taliban leader mullah omar actually ran the country from kandahar. so the feeling is going in there is the centerpiece of operations in afghanistan thi...

This money to certain investments or money managers that they might have an affiliation with. and they would also have -- or they would only be allowed to do that if they ran their investment advice through an unbiased computer model that was audited by an outside, independent expert. and there are, of course, some other proposals that will require more disclosure and audits of these advisors, shep. >> shepard: that's a mouthful. what are the advisors saying about all of this? >> well, no comment from them yet. but, they can't be happy with this proposed rule. according to the department of la...