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shepard: catherine herridge live on capitol hill tonight. catherine, thank you. to three politicians who face controversy this evening over their sex lives. first, breaking tonight, south carolina's republican party now reports it will indeed ask the republican governor, mark sanford, to resign. there were questions about his extramarital affair but this particular request for resignation is about the potential ethics violations. it comes one day after 61 state lawmakers from the g.o.p. demanded stanford step down. the governor, of course, admits to cheating on his wife with his soul mate in argentina. and, today, he blasted the news media and legislators, for that matter, over the ethics investigation into whether he took taxpayer dollars to travel there. here's the deal. lawmakers want to release the preliminary report detailing his travel history. but governor sanford says he will take legal action if he must to prevent the release until the investigation is complete. either way, he denies any wrongdoing. >> you again have 30 years of history of people buying

and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> president obama is going to tell congress that the time for bickering over health-care reform is over. 3 afghans and a british soldier died in afghanistan. china becomes the first country in the world to start matt -- a mass vaccination for swine flu. welcome to bbc world news. coming up later, the heaviest rain in years these parts of this temple under water. -- aniston ball -- istanbul under water. >> the next few hours but crucial for barack obama and the serious debate in the u.s. over health care reform. it is a measure of how high the stakes are. a rare event for an american president. he wants to extend health insurance to 46 million who do not have it. their opponents have a bill to a campaign on unease over by government-run health care. this is crunch time.

and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> this is bbc "world news." the death toll keeps rising after the pacific tsunami. devastation in the islands of samoa and american samoa. 6 feet of waves destroyed homes. divisions in the u.s. in afghanistan. the imf says the global economy has turned a corner, but there's a warning. financial reform is still a priority. 60 years of the people's republic will be asking whether a grown up china is changing its role in the world. and by archaeologists are in a spec. got th>> it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midnight in the somali capital, where we're still getting reports after the tsunami. more than 100 people are dead, but that number may rise. waves measuring 6 meters high in some cases. flatten the whole villages on the island of samoa and american samoa. president obama has declared a na

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and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> this is bbc world news. i am jonathan charles. eight years on from some tucker 11th, the world remembers. their vote -- from september 11, the world remembers. how far is the post 9/11 fight against militancy, and? two leading taliban figures have been arrested. the truth about -- the truth about castor semenya. the internet shrove body receive the results of her gender tests. and why is bridgton saying sorry to the family of alan sherry? -- why is britain saying sorry to the family of alan jury. it is 3:30 p.m. in kabul, midday in london and 7:00 a.m. in new york, were the eighth anniversary of the september 11 attacks are about to be commemorated. hijacked planes were flown into the world trade center as well as the pentagon. a fourth aircraft a and crushed it in a field in pennsylva

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and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> general motors sells its european operation. good news for thousands of german car workers, a worry for more in the uk. >> clear and convincing evidence of fraud forces the afghan election watchdog to cancel results from dozens of polling stations. rivals and religion. a special report on the growing influence of rabbis in the once secular israeli army. welcome to "bbc world news." i am mike embley. coming up later 40 -- three months after the election, abandoning efforts to build a government in lebanon. what happened with a pigeon took on south africa's internet. hello to you. the german chancellor had staked her political fortunes. it looks like good news. 20,000 car workers in germany. in europe, car workers are worrying about jobs that their plans. general motors has agreed to sell

catherine herridge live at the capital tonight. is it getting harder for journalists to report this story, catherine. >> the reporters subject matter experts are finding it increasingly difficult to get the full story when we go there. it used to that be when we covered the military commission hearings we could make side trips to the detention camps when court was not in session and all of that has changed. the decision, according to multiple sources is coming out of washington and the defense department. when asked by fox whose decision it was to stop the trips because it is certainly not consistent with the administration's stated goal of transparency, a pentagon spokesman says past experience has led me to believe it is best to keep these visits focused on the purpose of the trip, which, in this case, is military commission motions. so, in other words, the defense department wants the trips and the hearings to be separate in terms of the coverage, shep. shepard: i understand there was one particular incident that led to the defe

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and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> general motors sells its european operation. it is good news for thousands of german car makers, and worrying for many more. in the u.k., spain, and belgium. clear and convincing evidence of fraud in dozens of polling stations. we have a special report of the growing influence of rabbis in the once proudly secular israeli army. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america and on the globe. coming up later for you -- >> in washington, i will have reaction to president obama's big speech on health care reform. how much did he do to win over the skeptics? >> and a sound from more than 500 years ago. the world's oldest church bells rang again. hello to you. it is a deal the german chancellor stakes her political fortunes on two weeks before election. looks like good

. >> reporter: catherine mcdonald came to the health center with an injured foot but she fears leaving here with something much much worse. >> there's swine flu everywhere or flew everywhere. when you're on campus you're exposed do germs 24/7. >> reporter: the health center is staying open 7 days a week after flew symptoms more than doubled in a week. >> one of the girls on our soccer team just got it, her roommate had it so she wasn't able to come. you just keep hearing everything about it. i'm hoping school gets canceled. >> the standing count at college park is 615. officials tell us they feel the worst of the outbreak is over. last week as many as 90 students reported feeling ill on a single day. but that was dropped in the teens over the last few days. >> i think the university is responding appropriately and, last year, they started their big campaign around washing hands and staying healthy so i think that they are doing a great job. >> each if she contracts the virus catherine mcdonald is confident they'll help her get through it. >> as far as being here and being sick they mak

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and catherine t. macarthur foundation and union bank.] >> union bank has put its if many strength to work for a wide rage of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> this week's headlines, guilty, three britans who plotted against airliners changed airport security around the world. president obama takes his push for health care reform to capitol hill to try to win crucial support. raging floodwaters kill at least 32 people after the worst rains in 80 years hit northern turkey. general motors sells its european operations good news for german car workers but worrying for many elsewhere. and first results from the new hubble camera, and the pictures are simply out of this world of >> welcome to "this week," a review of the major stories seen over bbc bo -- world news. three men plotting against airliners. after the case it emerged the plan to detonate homemade bombs on seven transatlantic flights may have been directed from pakistan

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bret: catherine, thank you.hree men suspected of plotting a terror strike somewhere in new york made their initial court appearances today on charges of lying to authorities. zazi and his father were in federal court in denver. the younger zazi reportedly had bomb making notes on his computer. he has denied being involved in the alleged plot a third suspect appeared in a new york courtroom. ahmed a-zfoli. >> new books are giving behind-the-scenes glimpses into three presidencies including a story that a future first lady advised against putting a former first lady on the obama ticket. bret: and now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. there are a number of released book quotes raising eyebrows in washington. the new york daily news reports that excerpts about a book about michelle obama claims she shot down the idea of hillary clinton as a potential vice president, opting instead for joe biden. mrs. obama reportedly asked her husband, do you really want bill and hillary just down the hall from you in the

>> hi, i'm catherine crier. before we start, i want you to take a look at some of these photographs. my guest today, victoria principal, claims that the visible differences you're looking at are the results of a topical skincare system--hers. victoria, welcome. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> now, i want to ask you something. everybody knows you as an actress. what in the world took you into skin care? >> when i was a little girl i was fainated by it. and as a young adult, i had skincare problems, and dermatologists couldn't fix it. they could give me antibiotics, but on i stopped, then i had the problems again. so, eventually i found someone who could help me find a way to address my skincare problems in a more natural form. out of that came three products that i would use, and out of that came my girlfriends borrowing them all the time. girlfriends never borrow skin care--they keep it. >> yes! >> and that's how principal secret began with those three products. >> victoria principal has built her brand on mak

as many of you know, catherine was here and we had a conversation about this film. wanted to know more so we've asked her to come back along with the writer because he had a lot to do with this. thank you very much for coming back >> thank you for having us. >> rose: tell me what happened to you in iraq. >> well, i was there in the end of 2004 and i was embedded with a u.s. army bomb squad and the idea was to write a piece about what was then one of the front line units in the war and continues to be one of the front line units because the war has become largely a tactical battle of i.e.d.s, fought with i.e.d.s, improvised explosive devices. and so the bomb squad.... >> rose: even today? >> still today. still today. and much more so... a little less so in iraq, but much.... >> rose: more so in afghanistan. >> in afghanistan and in some ways afghanistan in terms of the terrain is more naturally suited to that kind of insurgency warfare because the roads in afghanistan are largely dirt roads. so it's even easier to find them. but anyway, i went there to do a piece tha