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Wines in long island these days. >> try some. it tastes like -- compared to what we have in knap. >> long island wine tastes like that? that doesn't sound good. in fact, it sounds awful. and the insult is not sitting well with new york congressman tim bishop. the democratic congressman is now making headlines defending the wine made in his long island district. even challenging house of cards creators to visit long island and to sample it. most of you may be thinking can't that congressman find some better way to spend his time than this? well, i have a different take on it you lay the hand th...

Districts to try and embarrass and harass them into voting against health reform. >> corporate lobbyists are organizing far right hooligan tactics to disrupt civic meetings about health care reform. this is the organized use of intimidation as a political tool in the united states, and i don't mean intimidation euphemistically. i mean literal intimidation. new york congressman tim bishop, who we showed you earlier, he ended up having to be escorted to his car by five police officers for his own safety after his town hall event was over. >> meanwhile, the strategy for defeating health reform ba...

Congressman tim pitch open. good morni tim bishop. >> good morning. >> what can you tell us? >> well, it's very devastating. and, you know, it's 5:00 in the morning am i'm not sure how much current information i have. but as of last night, there was significant coastal flooding and coastal erosion. there was significant flooding in port jefferson and downtown riverhead was particularly badly hit. greenport was underwater. the area of the north shore was particularly hard hit. so we have some very serious flooding problems. and as of about 8:00 last night, 600,000 home on long island were out o...

The small business administration and any other federal agency that can be helpful in restoring some sense of normalcy to areas that have been so badly hit. but as i say, the very first priority has to be making sure that people are safe and making sure that we put people in safety and we deal with the devastation. >> congressman tim bishop on long island, thank you so much. good luck. >> thank you. for the second day in a row, super storm sandy is halting trading on wall street. that is the first two-day weather related shutdown in more than a century. unprecedented 13 foot surge of seawate...

But i love gymnastics. i was in awe of what those women could do. that's really a fantasy. if we get to something more realistic, maybe it would be track. i'd like to think i was fast. >> a realistic fantasy, there's a practical first lady. what's this happening? why's a member of the u.s. wrestling team posing with mrs. obama in a body lift. well, according to to her, shefted to be original. i hugged her then i asked if i could pick her up. i think she was nervous. there was security all around and she gave permission. i will only meet her once. i wanted to do something different. at least sh...