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Afternoon. this as they went through their news conference. i'm richard lui along with janet in for melissa today. she is away. we will go straight now to our senior white house correspondent and that's chris jansing who has been there watching this entire thing and chris, both presidents covering a lot of items. some items we may not have expected to hear about and others certainly were on the agenda. >> reporter: well, i have to tell you, richard, i'm surprised. i thought this was a fascinating news conference. it was meaty. there are four areas i would like to touch on. the first is about g...

Fact is that the numbers have greatly exceeded expectations. "the washington post" poll from about a week and a half ago shows for the first time more people like the health care bill than don't like it. so the electoral strategy sort of crumbles if the health care bill is not a detriment to democrats out there. and it's not going to be. so in 2010 when democrats lost the house of representatives and took some hits in the senate, by this time there were a a bunch of democratic incumbent senators down by five or ten points. the fact that mark pryor, mark belle itch are hanging in there and the ...

One on one with our nsschelle turner. let's give you an update on the standoff between kenyan forces and terrorists as it enters day four in nairobi. sustained gunfire erupting from westgate mall. police have called in a bomb unit to clear the scene. several gunman are still believed to be inside that mall. the interior minister says two or three of the al shabaab attackers are american. that has not been confirmed. president obama is expected to face a skeptical audience later this morning. among the topics he's expected to touch on, mideast peace negotiations and syria. an old car foun...

Issue that's coming up, when the u.s. troops withdrawal is going to be. how many troops remain behind. what is the u.s. force? obviously just like with the iraqis the united states will want to have some sort of frankly legal -- they want to know they're going to be protected legally in that country by karzai's government. what did he say to that? >> well, president karzai said that he is willing to talk about immunity with u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. he is aware that the united states wants to keep about 14,000 to 20,000 soldiers in afghanistan after the combat withdrawal to help train and ...

The president also will talk about steps to make the economic recovery last. economic equality in the economy and preserving the middle class is something you'll really hear the president touch on. because the unions are really key to his re-election. >> it's funny how this coincidence happened. and it is interesting talking to voters of the polling places how much this bailout situation and mitt romney, not only speaks so forcefully, but writing the campaign and defending to defend his position and what this will have on the eventual outcome? >> i think in the presidential outcome rick santor...