right there means everything to me, man. >> katie ellis has not seen or spoken to her husband, chad whitenths. both have been serving time in the hillsborough county jail. but chad recently had a court date and expected to be released on probation. >> i don't know if he's been released. i put him down for visitation because he told me to put him down for 2:00 today. i'm so excited. >> i know. i'm excited, too. >> i know i'll be so crushed if he doesn't come. i'll probably cry if he doesn't show up. >> aw. >> just because i don't know what happened. you know? >> my palms are sweating for you right now. i'm nervous for you. i'm excited. >> the visit is even more important than katie knows. chad plans on breaking some life-altering news. >> i want to tell her face to face that i came up positive for hepatitis "b" and "c" and that she needs to go to the clinic in jail. >> both chad and katie know that any number of factors could prevent their visit from happening today. >> it could mean he's not released yet or couldn't make it here. i mean, he doesn't have a car, so i mean, if he doesn't sho

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the human rights campaign, chad griffin, very close to this white house, has said that he appreciates the fact that hagel has apologized for what he said 14 years ago about ambassador harman. >> so let's see, head of the uso. fought for the updated g.i. bill after 9/11. as andrea mentioned, wounded in war and would be the first soldier to become secretary of defense. but yet bill kristol, editor of the conservative "weekly standard," said this. "his backers can cite no significant legislation for which hagel was responsible in his two terms in the senate. they can quote no memorable speeches that hagel delivered and can cite no profound passages from the book he authored. they can summarize no perceptive hagelian analysis of defense or foreign policy, and can appeal to no acts of management or leadership by the man they'd have as our next secretary of defense. a long and comprehensive account of american foreign and defense policy in the last 30 years would hardly note his existence." >> this is a battle between, you know, bill who obviously we know and like as well. he's from the neo

. >>> before we talk to chad here and talk about great white sharks, we have new numbers from the new collapse in long island city that happened in the 2:00 eastern hour here. we now know seven people, seven people are injured. we're told three, according to the fire department, three seriously injured. four with minor injuries. but the good news here, this was an active construction scene, everyone is accounted for. >>> and now to sharks. a great white shark that weighs more than 3,000 pounds is just hanging out right now near jacksonville beach in florida. the shark dubbed mary lee was originally tagged near cape cod massachusetts back in september and yesterday it entered the surf zone of jacksonville beach. no surfers were around but mary lee got as close as 200 yards of the beach and that prompted the research group to alert the police. first of all, mary lee, a shark? >> and that's jeannie. >> who named these sharks? >> the ocean research. >> it sounds so sweet. >> well, they really want to know what these things do in the summer, in the winter. >> what's the zigzag? >> every pl

chads scenario. but the final picture, the one that was taken four years ago today is george w. bush, last day as president walking out of the whiteto the right is president-elect obama and what struck me about that moment was that bush never looked back, it's like, he threw the keys to the place over to obama and that was it. >> fascinating. >> it's, to me, a very powerful moment and also, again, goes to the transition of the power of the united states. we have one party going to the next. it's peaceful, you and i have both been in places where the transitions are more difficult. >> that's for sure. it's fascinating. thank you for taking the time to talk about these images. thank you so much. in the last four years, first lady michelle obama's had her picture taken countless times, it goes with the territory. and it comes with the pressure every modern first lady has faced, fair or not, style much waers are always looking. we heard headlines around the world when she had bangs on her 49th birthday. the fashion police are never far away, you can be sure. they're sizing up what she's going to wear tomorrow. and there are a lot of f

white house. [cheering] >> reporter: if my buddy chad pergram couldn't answer the question a few minutes ago i couldn'tically binds the country two month extension of so-called fiscal cliff. the measure raises revenue. as chad points out it contains no spending cuts. that will make it hard sell to house republicans. the all but five senate republicans voted for it may make it easier to swallow. the deal makes the bush administration tax cut permanent for families making less than $450,000 a year. provides another year of extended unemployment benefits, raises value of estates protected from the death tax but payroll taxes are going back up. vice president biden who worked out the deal with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell wouldn't bet on how the house will vote. >> surely shouldn't predict how the house is going to vote though i feel very, very good. happy new year and i will see you all maybe tomorrow. >> reporter: now before the senate vote, president obama had appeared with middle class americans who face a tax hike to pressure house republicans. after the vote he released a statement that s

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chad, thanks very much. >> sure. >>> happening now, flu vaccine and drug shortages. the national rifle association at the white to the nra president this hour. diversity questions about the obama cabinet. where are the women? and growing momentum for a $1 trillion coin. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the virus is spreading, concern is growing about the flu. the current outbreak is impacting the entire united states and is considered widespread in 42 states. and now, there are troubling reports of vaccine shortages, as well as a shortage of children's tamiflu, a precipitation drug used to alleviate symptoms. the center for disease control will issue a new flu report tomorrow. the latest one counts more than 2,000 people hospitalized and dozens of deaths across the country. doctor anthony fauci of the national institutes of health is now calling it an epidemic. listen to what he told me last hour. >> if you look at the charts that the cdc put out on their website, it clearly has gone above that threshold. so we are into what would classically be described as a flu epidemic. it's still on t