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Minnesota's rir side hospital along the banks of the rising mississippi river. one of the saturated hillsides simply gave way late last night. this after torrential rains thursday. it dumped mud and large trees into the river and left a massive hole inside of the bluff. this mudslide was dangerously close to a hospital building, by nobody was hurt. and engineers determined the hospital structure is still intact and okay. patients and hospital staff were not affected although some staff were briefly e vabback waited. they will begin the cleanup process, but it may take a while as they wait for ...

>> hundreds and maybe thousands of years, so it's probably not going to stop in its entirety, but as far as this particular slide, the longer it stays still and doesn't move, the more likely it's not going to continue. >> reporter: 5.3 million square the feet of land fell. enough to fill 40,000 dump trucks. access to homes is still an issue. people who live on top of the bluff, they can get there. the danger for them is the cliff's edge keeps creeping closer to their homes, but for 17 people down below where we are, the road to their property has been destroyed and we're told most likely will ...

Main combat role in the middle of next year, in the summer of 2013, and then they'll move into a sort of support role, training and partnering with the afghan troops. the idea is to test the basic core idea of this policy, which is that you can transition at the afghan leadership and then u.s. troops will leave in 2014. they did roll that out. and they're going to roll it out again in chicago. but that's the basic policy. >> the harsh rhetoric -- gaifd, good morning, harold ford -- the harsh posture of president karzai the last six months over the accidental mistaken killing of afghan citizens...

Governor loses for the same reason mitt romney will, or it goes away as an issue in the 2012 campaign. joining us now, ezra klein. thanks for your time. >> good evening, rachel. >> it is easier, of course, to criticize policy than it is to compete on policy, to put forward and pass your own alternative ideas. does this move by the president put republican governors on the spot to do their own version of health reform if they are going to complain about the other one? >> they spent a couple years saying it is the most absurd, poorly written, long, complex piece of legislation one could possibly...

If you think you can do it better, don't just complain, show me, and either every governor loses to barack obama for the same reason mitt romney will, or it goes away as an issue in the 2012 campaign. joining us now, ezra klein. thanks for your time. >> good evening, rachel. >> it is easier, of course, to criticize policy than it is to compete on policy, to put forward and pass your own alternative ideas. does this move by the president put republican governors on the spot to do their own version of health reform if they are going to complain about the federal one? >> they spent a couple years...