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Unpatriotic in my view to treat a president that way. >> prior to the sit down, o'reilly predicted it would be, quote, the most watched in mankind. it drew 17.3 million viewers. that's a big number, but nowhere near barbara walter's number. 77 million tuned in to watch her interview of monica lewinsky. fighting will likely escalate in afghanistan during that year's spring thaw. in an interview with nato tv general petraeus warned that they will try to return to areas cleared by international forces during the last several months and in the sign of growing tension with the key counterterroris...

It has been a week of confrontation and bitter back and forth in washington and tonight america's frosty political scene shows no signs of a spring thaw. late today president barack obama announced plans to use what's called a recess appointment to bypass senate confirmation votes on 15 of his top nominees. republicans are outraged that the administration is insisting it had no choice. hour national political correspondent jessica yellin joins me. she's been on top of the story. why is this such a big deal? >> reporter: because to republicans in the u.s. senate this is a slap in face by the ob...

City of brotherly love. good evening, everyone. it has been a week of confrontation and bitter back and forth in washington, and tonight america's frosty political scene shows no signs of a spring thaw. late today president barack obama announced plans to use what's called a recess appointment to bypass senate confirmation votes on 15 of his top nominees. republicans are outraged. but the administration insists it had no choice. our national political correspondent jessica yellin joins me now. she has been on top of the story. jessica, why is this such a big deal? >> reporter: because to rep...

They have patience. it's just a work in progress. this is northridgeville, ohio. near cleveland. the family started working two months ago on what they hope will be a two-story snowman. they even built a pulley system to get snow up to the top of this 20-foot mound. we're going to keep checking. maybe we'll see frosty the giant before, you know, the spring thaw. more from the "cnn newsroom" straight ahead.

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