new capzasin quick relief gel. (announcer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> we are back with robert caro, walter isaacson, mel painter and peggy noonan. how do you view obama as the sort of symbol -- you know, because in the campaign you're able to maintain this essentially symbolic position. mario cuomo's great line, you campaign in poetry but you have to govern in pros. what's the pros been like? >> yes. well, i'm struck listening to all of you. hearing the undertone of the reality everything we talk about is subject to this partisan drumbeat that's going on. the campaign was so much about bringing us together and we can overcome and we can bridge and do this, we'll turn the corner. the actual governor has been corrupt with a lot of partisan nastiness. >> was that a mistake on his part? he also, you know, he handed over a lot of control to nancy pelosi, to the democratic party. >> he had to. he had to. i think we often want the president to have more power than he really does. or to

for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel.ncer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> welcome back to "state of the union." joining me now ryan lizzo. chris solace sa from "the washington post." republican strategist rich gail len and democratic strategist michael feldman. welcome, gentlemen. so good to be with you this morning. thanks for coming in. i have to tell you when we were broking you guys as the izzas. >> as opposed to the is nots. >> this town isn't big enough for the both of us. we'll have a duel later. >>> talking about the christmas terror plot. obviously the president is taking a lot of hits this week. the administration has this morning on our air, senator demint had this to say. >> no question the president has down played the risk of terror since he took office. he has been completely distracted by other things as has already been mentioned. he's not focused on building security and intelligence apparatus of our country. >

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for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel.n contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >> larry: lawrence silver, the attorney for samantha geimer and debra tate. we're joined by robin sachs. author of "it happens every day inside the world of a sex crimes d.a." and the famed defense attorney mrk mark geragos. what do you want to have happen here? >> i think as a prosecutor, i want to see that this case get resolved and get resolved once and for all. and at this point, it's not about looking what does this say to other rapists who rape young girls? >> they are better off in the '70s than they are today. >> larry: '70s you could get away with it? >> in the '70s, it was a completely different milieu than it is today. >> the law's different now. the same crime under the same circumstances would be a mandatory life sentence. absolutely right. >> in this state recently by initiative, we've passed another victims bill of rights where the victim is to have input through the

for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel.cer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> well, have you ever cuddled up for warmth or maybe you're not the only one if you haven't but people are cuddling up for warmth and so are 100 manatees. they snuggled up in this florida canal. problem is they have been hanging out there about a week and munched away on most of the vegetation. warm-blooded animals like manatees are faring better than florida's cold-blooded critters. iguanas are fall out of trees. carly is a spokeswoman for the florida fish and wildlife commission. how are the manatees doing and which have been hit so far? >> the manatees are faring okay. exposure to water temperatures below 68 degrees for long periods of time can lead to a condition called manatee cold stress syndrome. that can eventually lead to death so manatees will, what they'll do in these type of situations is gather in warm water habitats like the canals and the power

for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel. (announcer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >> larry: president and mrs. obama are donating $15,000 for recovery efforts in haiti. they were inspired by the millions of americans who contributed to this cause. joining us now at the miami international airport is jill wilkins and in haiti is joe wilkins her husband. the quick story is they were in the process of adopting a little haitian boy, samuel. suddenly all the records got lost in the rubble. they were in a dilemma. i think they managed to work it out. jill's waiting at the airport. joe, are you going to bring samuel home? >> i looks that way, larry. everything's not final, of course, until the airplane gets off the ground, of course. we're hoping that happens very soon. >> larry: and i understand you're bringing back other orphans as well who are being adopted? >> that is the case, again, if the flight gets off the ground. it looks like the

for my arthritis, i use new capzasin quick relief gel.nnouncer) starts working on contact and at the nerve level. to block pain for hours. new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> the failed christmas day terror attack was a stark reminder of al qaeda's ultimate goals. that's the word from a top government official who says al qaeda is testing u.s. defenses as they plan to launch an attack on u.s. soil. the director of the national counterterrorism center says u.s. officials know with absolute certainty that would be terrorists are working to refine their methods. >>> after three days of rain and mudslides, rescuers were pulling bodies from beneath huge mountains of mud and dirt in brazil. the coastal city has been especially hit hard. rescue teams are on duty around the clock, but hope is fading for survivors. 64 people have been killed in the southeastern part of that country. >>> the danish cartoonist kurt westergaard whose drawings of the prophet muhammad angered the muslim world attacked in his own home. the suspect an ax w

new capzasin, takes the pain out of arthritis. >>> what a year in real estate. one week you see home sales perking up a little bit and then new data showing new construction is down. foreclosures plague hundreds of thousands of homeowners each month. >> but then there have been low interest rates and this first-time home buyers credit leped people get into the housing market. last year's numbers. home prices down as of october down 6 poirn 8% from a year earlier. check out home sales. now sales. hard to sgish distinguish that line bus but it's actually up 2712 21.4%. >> what can we expect this year? chris is the professor of real estate at columbia business school. he joins us now. thank you for joeng us. >> that doesn't like like columbia. just saying. >> doesn't the all. >> neither here nor there. >> let me ask you if the value of our big et asset, our home if you are a current homeowner, does the value of your asset get better next year and is it easier to sell a house next year in 2010? >> i think it's probably going to be a little easier than it was this ye

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