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Department, there is something about an announcement coming down tomorrow morning. what is that about? >> reporter: on monday morning president obama will announce his nomination to replace the current chairman of the joints chief of staff, and he is going to reportedly name general dempsey. if he is confirmed by the senate he will work with the cia director and secretary of defense on pretty serious issues, especially this summer given the troop drawdown that is expected to occur in afghanistan. >> thank you. let's go to joplin now and the desperate search for any sign of 100 people or so s...

Way they chose to. the realistic go point to to support the bill is to pay for it. we spent the last month working very hard. what is the best way to pay for this. unlike a lot of bills in washington, this one is fully paid for. don't lose sight what it's about. this is about the men and women who went to the towers before they fell, running up those towers and then were there after the towers fell to find survivors and do the cleanup. >> gregg: these are true american heroes, i daresay vast majority of people in congress want to help them, but they want to make sure they are doing it correctl...

Next weekend in philadelphia. trying to rally the base, close that enthusiasm gap. but independents are another matter. polls show that they're trending republican and that spells trouble for the president. >> not like the president's resting up there at camp david. isn't the vice president joining him? this is a working weekend, right? >> absolutely. and they always are. the president doesn't have camp david as much as his predecessors. he has his children here. the president stays in town. but it sure looks like a nice day shaping up for the catakin mountains where camp david is located. >> ...

Now to the details. can it be done? who will push what? kevin corke at the white house with more. hi, kevin. >> great summation, neil. the president said he got this idea after speaking with corporate executives. this idea of instead of doing quarterly reports and all the pressure that is associated with that, what if we matched some of our biggest competitors overseas and did it twice a year. once every six months as you said. while we don't flow if the sec will buy into this idea, i can tell you a lot of people in washington are talking about it today. the president made the comments before ...

About whether or not this is purely political is, listen, the list of people could change the depending on circumstance. what that doesn't do is it doesn't answer the question why does it seem like all the people currently listed -- you showed a graphic -- are all critics to some degree of the president of the united states. perhaps with a notable exception of bruce ohr who we have not seen at least publicly, him criticize the president. the president did talk about this before making his way up to the tri-state area for a working weekend in new jersey. he's criticizing not only john brennan b...