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Running things. i'm talking about making a life of decency accessible to poor people. >> tavis? >> short answer, ed, is something is wrong with the nation. it is something very damning about this country, the younger you are, the more likely you are to be poor. women and children are falling fast near poverty than anyone else. this did not happen on mr. obama's watch. the truth is that no president, republican or democrat since lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty that we are going to win. the title of the new book has it right. we can all do better. what we're saying in this book is we ca...

so they have averted a government shutdown. the house voted this after into on the megamuss, as they call it around here the massive spending bill to fund the government through the end of september. so, this has been negotiated for months now. and congressional leaders came to an agreement late yesterday evening finalizing this massive spending bill, the house voted on it today so a government shutdown has been averted. the senate is expected, they could still vote on it ostensibly, vote on it today, most likely, the senate will be in working tomorrow and vote on it tomorrow. the bi...

To say. there are new concerns about what moammar gadhafi had to say. he says the protests are not against him. we u.n. ambassador to the united nations called him delusion nall. the u.s. is moving navy ships closer to libya. the mission could include creating safe zones for libyan refugees, but one foe of the united states says that the pentagon is preparing for an invasion. is hugo chavez is a bitter enemy of the united states. is the pentagon taking this seriously? >> reporter: no. short answer, carol. i haven't gotten any sense from anyone here in the building that anyone is talking abou...

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