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general asked for a cease fire and wants syria to allow relief agencies to access people caught in the fighting, but the violence goes on across syria with at least 25 people killed today. hundreds are gathering in japan today to mark the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. right now to the next big battleground in the presidential race, the deep south, alabama and mississippi hold their primaries the next 48 hours. rick santorum and mitt romney, the latest polling shows an extremely tight race between the three candidates in alabama. and here's the most r...

that's significant. the russians and the americans are at odds over this. the russians are talking about taking countermeasures including deploying missiles. and i think that his support for the administration's willingness to discuss such possible sharing arrangement is significant. >> and this dates back to the bush administration. >> yes, that's apparently the case. the bush administration as well was going down this path. >> right. afghanistan. what did you hear real quickly? >> well, right now, the plan is to remove the surge forces 33,000 by the end of the summer. october 1 tim...

an ncaa basketball tournament and then an official dinner at the white house. we're going to take a look at some of the morning headlines. including, the thoughts of robert keeton on whether or not america's on the decline. our phone lines are open. our question, is america on the decline? we would hear what he has to say on his new book in "the washington post." first, some news from illinois and the latest primary with just about a week and a half away. "gop race tight in illinois " t." newt gingrich at 12%. ron paul at 7%. again, primary's this upcoming tuesday. robert has feature...

in. kofi annan spoke face to face again today in damascus. he the former u.s. secretary general asked for a cease fire and wants syria to allow relief agencies to access people caught in the fighting, but the violence goes on across syria with at least 25 people killed today. hundreds are gathering in japan today to mark the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. right now to the next big battleground in the presidential race, the deep south, alabama and mississippi hold their primaries the next 48 hours. rick santorum and mitt romney, the latest polling sh...

>> senator, this past week there have been reports that israel asked the united states for arms that could help in an attack on iran's protected nuclear sites. can you confirm whether there were such requests? >> i can't. i wouldn't be surprised if there were such a request but i don't know that there was such a request. >> what do you think of that as a possible quid pro quo? it's been portrayed as the possibility for the u.s. to add leverage in its request to israel to hold off for now and give diplomacy a chance. >> for what? >> weapons in exchange for an israeli willingness to ho...