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charlie crist name one of his very close aides in florida to a senate seat that mel martinez resignedber 8s is what to watch for. it doesn't have a big person in it. when we think of massachusetts politics, we think of a kennedy or a big name. there isn't that person. the favorite is the state attorney general simply because it is a very short primary and she has the most name i.d. and the only one with a state organization in place. so i think a lot of us, me included, thought this would be a race with joe kennedy work ed markee in it, with marty, people have been waiting a long time to run. all of them decided not to run. so it is kind of that second tier. but there is still a senate seat up for grabs so you don't down play it. >> i'm going to give you a spring training report. pay attention to the congressman to win the race. summerville, massachusetts. paul kirk goes to the united states senate. 60 votes. let's get back to what chris was talking about in terms of former president clinton. does he have any role to play, do you think, in talking with incumbent senators right now? pe

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the governor, charlie crist, says the girl's safety is the first and only priority for his administrationcan't be safe under its watchful eye. is she in danger? if there's one thing all side as free on -- >> i'm fighting for my life. you guys don't understand. they don't understand. >> reporter: it's that ohio teen runaway rifka barry appears to be one frightened girl. she says her parents want to kill her from converting from islam to christianity. your daughter says at one point you held up a laptop and says i'm going to kill up. >> it's not at all true. it's not at all true. i've never hit my child. >> reporter: her parents say the 17-year-old first talked about being a christian at age 14 to get babysitting jobs. >> there's no fight about this. she just asked and that's it. >> reporter: a couple of years later, she joined internet christian prayer groups, including this one on facebook. >> she shared with me her testimony about how she became a christian. >> reporter: brian williams says he sometimes met the student at a prayer group and baptized her at her request. rifk a's parents s

the case is now being considered by a juvenile court in orlando and florida governor charlie crist sayshis administration. >>> and photographer annie lebowitz says the judge will -- repay a $24 million loan past tuesday which could have meant she would lose legal rights to photographs that she put up as collateral. but according to an agreement announced just a short time ago, she'll be given move time to pay off the debt. >>> to our viewers, you're in "the situation room," happening now, critics are warning that the so-called doomsday plan for congress could leave the country without a functioning government if catastrophe strikes. >>> president obama calls americans into national service. we spoke about that with rick spangle and rick is here to take us inside his joint interview with the president and the first lady. >>> plus, hundreds of bodies allegedly desecrated by the very cemetery entrusted to care for them for eternity. cnn special investigations unit discovered this isn't the first time the cemetery owners have been accused of this. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation

. >> florida governor charlie crist appointed his former chief of staff george lemieu.war zone, our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta flies an afghanistan emergency mission, racing against time with combat medics, this is an incredible story that's just come in. stand by, you're about to see it. >>> right now cnn is in the line of fire in afghanistan. our correspondents are out in the full force bringing you unparalleled coverage from the war zone, as the eighth anniversary of 9/11 approaches coming up this friday. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta, himself a neurosurgeon went on an emergency mission with combat flight physicians in afghanistan. >> reporter: one hour, that's it. minutes began ticking town when word came that two men, both civilians that two men about 40 miles from here were critically wounded, without help they could bleed out and die. >> in an urgent patient, we have timelines where we need to be moving extremely fast. i mean within minutes. we don't mess around. when that bell rings we run. we get out here and we get all gear

a new senator sworn in, george lemieux, appointed by governor charlie crist to finish the term of republican mel martinez who resigned. now live senate coverage on the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we turn to you this moing aware of our insufficiency. we are but burning candles lashed by winds that mock our boasting pride. remind us that human efforts and ingenuity are powerless without you. you alone, o lord, deserve honor and praise for power, glory, and victor belong to you. infuse our lawmakers with your might. be for them as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. give them such wisdom, lord, that their labors will enable america to stand with freedoms lamp aloft as a beacon of hope forur wld. as our senators tackle today's tasks, make them conscience of their -- conscious of their great heritage of liberty and justice for all. may no weapon that is formed be able to defeat this land we love. we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join m

governor charlie crist picked him for republican mel martinez's seat, who left office early.ux as a placeholder until crist runs for the seat himself. >>> a new beach is at the center of a court battle in california. for 30 years, people have been getting naked at san onofre beach. it's also a state park. and now rangers are trying to enforce a ban on nudity. they say complaints are on the rise and the nudists are suing. >> after 30 years, it's completely wrong, unconstitutional, and i'll be here to fight it and protest it. if they say it's illegal, i'm going to be here. >> a state judge will make a final decision soon. >>> all right, some big-name record companies are suing "the ellen degeneres show" for using more than 1,000 shows without permission, you know, on the dancing part. many were played when she dances through the audience. the suit does not involve degeneres personally. the record company says they asked the show's producers why they didn't get licenses and were told "we don't roll that way." a show's spokesperson says they've been working with the record labels

my wife used to work for charlie crist and now works for the new senator for florida.i'm going to be a bit biased here. i do think that he's going to win the primary and the election. i think the democrats sense that too which is why they haven't put up a top tier candidate. to maria's point about reaching out to the hispanic community, obviously it's extraordinarily important that they do so. i actually have great respect and admiration for senator martinez who is a friend of the family and a wonderful guy. i know he was a little bit frustrated with our outreach efforts. when it comes to the immigration debate, for example, we have to be able to make our thoughts completely clear on that in a way that can garner support in all communities, including the hispanic community, and one of the things that chairman steele is trying to do is find ways to get more support in the hispanic community. if we don't, the long-term prospects are not very good. host: another comment now aimed at the democrats saying if congress did have question time, would obama be allowed to bring