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Doing this. but it's so typical of her. no matter how bad the situation might be for her, she's looking out for other people. long-time tv host regis philbin says he's leaving "live with regis and kelly" after more than 20 years. regis is retiring te ining from period. >> this will be my last year on this show. there is a time that, you know, everything must come to an end for certain people on camera, especially certain old people. so anyway, folks, i just want you to know that. plenty of room to go. this is going to happen at the end of the summer. it's the fall, whatever it is. we don't k...

Washington. mark, what's crossing now? >> hey, carol. yes, good news from president obama and the white house this morning. the poll shows that president obama's approval rating is at 53% now. that is a 5% increase from back in december when he was at 4%. it begs the question, why did we see this bump? we probably see the bump for a couple of reasons. he had a successful lame-duck sessi session, including getting through the tax cut compromise that helped americans across the board. we helped see him differ a pretty strong teach in tucson after the shooting of gabrielle giffords and the koiflg...

An original use of an icon or a graphic. >> sarah palin made those comments not on msnbc but on fox news. back to our lead story. washington now rolling out the red carpet for china's president hu jintao. the biggest holder of u.s. debt talks with president obama is expected to be tough. a ali velshi is here and we want to dissect the relationship with the united states and china. >> is it good for the u.s. or bad for the u.s.? i think you get a lot mixed views. the fact is it's both. let me start with the bad because that's the stuff we hear about. we hear about that all the time. the first...

His that he never was going to hold a press conference, he was going to issue a statement of solidarity with the people, how everyone since the earthquake had pulled together and it was a nonpolitical statement, i was told the statement would even make a reference to martin luther king, because it was supposed to have been delivered yesterday, his statement, but it difficult not happen. so we don't know what duvalier had planned on doing here, at least not in his own words and not today, as we're following these developments outside the caribbe hotel. no movement now, just that a police vehicl...

Someone who has been in washington for a long time understands the heavy regulation that's come in to business over the years, there are a lot of laws that are simply out there that bureaucrats go at and implement even though they are clearly a waste of time. many are important, child safety and health, but some are ridiculous and it's time they decide to go ahead and get rid of the junk and keep the valuable regulations in place. >> i know there's more buzz out there about sarah palin because she went on fox news last night and addressed her critics once again. what did she have to say? >> sh...