we're going to new mexico." [ laughter ] really, they went to new mexico, which is -- i'm sorry, new ry beige. it's like, 64 colors of the crayon box of beige. it's, like, all different colors of beige. yeah. >> jimmy: really? >> except for, like, four minutes when the sun is setting. and then it's beautifully red and gorgeous. but four minutes. >> jimmy: yeah, i've heard to tell -- i read somewhere that you dad let you know-- because they film a lot of movies there. >> yes, it's a very hip place to film, you know. new mexico. >> jimmy: yeah, they're filming "macgruber" out there. >> yeah, i know, i don't know -- oh, are they really? >> jimmy: yeah. >> oh, see? it's very hip. >> jimmy: it's hip. >> i'm sure i'll have an e-mail or an article fedexed to me immediately. >> jimmy: they send you articles on anything that's happening in new mexico? >> i got a -- i literally got a fedex box of, like, a "hollywood reporter" from new mexico, saying everything that's filming in new mexico. my he dad, he doesn't spend 50 cents on a cup of coffee, fedexed the article. like, "look, what's happenin

by the 1820s and thirties, this tidal wave of buying los were washing into texas and into new mexico and arizona and california. mexico inherited a weakness about being able to control its northern borders remember before 7019 they claim the border ran all the way up into western canada and oregon country. it seems absurd today but spain did not giv that up until 1819. there was not enough military power to control the so you have the legal immigration into the mexican territory month and 18 30's and 40's year mexican politicians raising a ruckus saying this is a prelude to us losing our northern states. turns out there write. we have anglo politicians. [laughter] bill they go mexican immigrants are htic coming here to take it all back. they might do that except for texas this is the agessiveness. this is not a deliberate policy of the united states government. it never was. the problem is the united states government could never control its own citizens. and the at comment to this day, you'll find many people who believe for instance the texas revolution was a deliberate plot enginee

attorney in new mexico. it was clear to me he had a serious problem and that he wanted something done about it. michael isikoff, in the "sopranos" when tony wantses something done about it, we understand it. he doesn't have to be more specific than that. how do you read this. >> exactly the way anybody would read it, that rove was playing a direct role, had taken it upon himself to try to get rid of david iglesias as the u.s. attorney. and what's important to realize here, rove put out a statement last night which is almost as stunning as the testimony in which he says the new material shows politics played no role in the bush administration's removal of the u.s. attorneys and i played no role in deciding which attorneys were retained and which replaced. in the case of iglesias, let's just put this in context, rove when he makes that call has just made a political trip to new mexico where he is consulting and talking to. >> michael, can i just stop you. i just want to take the audience along with us. the imp

others on the list, new mexico governor, bill richardson, and senator john kerry. in july the women called their families and said the north koreans wanted bill clinton. he wasn't even on the white house list. some said for good reasons. after some of his comments about candidate obama during the 2008 campaign. >> give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i have ever seen. >> reporter: al gore told the white house the north koreans wanted clinton. president obama gave the go-ahead. >> the white house reached out as they said to my husband to ask him if he would be willing to do that. >> reporter: now a team of rivals one better, president obama and two clintons. the final step if bill clinton were to go would it be a done deal? the north koreans messaged yes. the wheels were in motion. and those wheels were pretty fancy. a private 737 owned by clinton friend and hollywood producer, and former clinton chief of staff, john podesta went along to file the paperwork of the pardon in a north korean court.

. >>> police in new mexico say a man was arrest for his 22nd dui. officers found the 51-year-old passed out in his car wednesday night. he had 16 out of state dui arrests and five in new mexico. >>> can crew got more than they bargain for. >> don't put that camera in my face. ma'am. >> the woman came out cursing and wielding the garden hoe after they knocked on her door. nobody husband hurt by police are investigating her. >> michael vick takes two more steps on the trail today. the quarterback finished up a court appearance in virginia where a judge approved the plan for bankruptcy. he makes his debut tonight. >>> just a reminder, nfl football friday night here on wjz when the redskins host the patriots here on wjz tv. >>> still ahead, we continue to track the path of tropical storm danny and marty will be back with your updated forecast in about 2 1/2 minutes. >>> here's today's mid-day stocks. >>> now, complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >>> good morning. good afternoon. 18 minutes after the hour. now we're getting closer t

he thought he had become a part of new mexico he found t that the verynd of his life to the mexicans and the nearby indians he was just another green go. in january 141847 bowing to the snow and cold he reached his hometown and confronted a drunken mob and then being held in the jail on tmped up charge it ordered them to go

. >> what are the north koreans doing out in new mexico?ary clinton has maintained the tough policy in north core wry ya, no more concessions for you guys' bad behavior every time they offer something. bill goes there and scoops off this atention with a sort of very ugly opening and now the north koreans reciprocate going to new mexico to see richardson? isn't this the province of the secretary of state and the united states? if she is the first spokesman and the leader in foreign policy? >> well that is the perfect segue. give you a moment to rebut because we are now going to new mexico and we have exclusively an interview with bill richardson who has just come out of that meeting? >> let me just remind everybody here. president clinton went as a private citizen to north korea. he very effectively handled that and able to win the release of those two women from north korea but not the same as their foreign policy. >> he said, they asked me to go. what are you talking about? >> let's try to clear some of this up with who better to go to now

attorney in new mexico david iglesius. we've merely sampled some of this evidence under oath. you think it demonstrates regarding your own dmils? >> well, precisely what i've been descriing for two and a half years that politics was the only reason for removing me and my colleagues. the e-mails and documents are oozing with the pus of politics. >> mr. rove still claims he had no direct involvement, no direct role. he was merely passing along complaints about you. what's your reaction to that rationale? >> completely false and provably false. after stone walling and then trying to tell half truths and untruths the overwhelming evidence beyond any doubt, not a reasonable doubt, but beyond any doubt, shows his active involvement in this process. >> you said provably false. as a u.s. attorney, that's a specific set of instructions and details. tell me what you mean by -- what's in there that is provaby false. >> in terms of rove saying all along he had nothing to do with it, whereas the e-mails, the sworn testimony shows that he was made aware of the voter fraud issue, made aware

joining us now is governor bill richardson of new mexico. governor, thank you very much for your time tonight. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, rachel. >> first of all, you must be delighted with this news today. >> well, i am delighted. i spoke to lisa ling, who's related to one of the two american journalists, and she was ecstatic. and i kind of have been working on this with the state department and with the north koreans and this is great news. north korea, hopefully, now will start talking to the united states. they refused for the last four months. the two journalists are home, and maybe we can start reasoning with the north koreans that it's in their interest to not be so isolated. but they clearly got a lot out of this trip with president clinton, former president coming to their soil and the north koreans, obviously in exchange for that visit have released the two american journalists. so it's basically a win for all sides. >> nbc news did report today that today's outcome is the result of months of secret negotiations. you say

gene grant, of "new mexico in focus" on knme in albuquerque. nell mccormack of "smart talk" on harrisburg, pennsylvania's witf. and from tampa, rob lori, of wedu's "florida this week." we talked earlier on the program about ben bernanke, his recent pronouncement that the economy appeared to be leveling out, eve than as he cautioned about some continuing problems. how does that jive with where you are? >> well, that's what they say kind of on the coast here in the heart land, job loss still really hurts. this week we learned that mercury marine, expects to move 2,000 jobs out of the state of wisconsin, now our unemployment rate is at 8.7. but there are some pockets in this state, particularly in the region where the g. m. plant closed this summer, where the unemployment rate is at 18.5%. so if this recovery is coming, i think we here in wisconsin say bring it on. >> brown: nell abom, what's happening there? >> well, governor rendell this week said that business expansions are growing at a greater rate than business closings. for the first time i

animal control officers in new mexico took these pictures you are seeing here of a german shepherd mix who was shot last week. we do have good news. the dog can still see and have not shown any signs of brain damage. they think there will be no long-term effects. officials say they don't know who shot the dog, which is not up for adoption. they say the dog had a very sweet disposition. of the dog is neutered and all of the shots are up-to-date. a rockslide at yosemite national park forced the evacuation of a popular hotel. this video shows of falling rock, some as big as microwaves, tumbling down from the base of the cliff. many of the rocks landed in the parking lot of the hotel, forcing management to close it down. while a few cars were damaged, no guests were injured and they hope that in a hotel opened by tomorrow. coming up, many patients are now turning to their ob/gyn for general medical care and advice. we will find out the reasons why. >> tropical storm danny continues to churn in the atlantic. find out how it affects our weekend forecast. 80 right now at bwi marshall. >> and

. >> a third man has died of new mexico i can plag in a chinese town which has been under complete quarantine for two days. they are killing rats and fleas trying to stop the plag from spreading. the town is home to 10,000 people. in thailand, a passenger plane has crashed into a disused control tour on a resort town, kill the pilot and injuring 10 people. the bangkok airways flight skidded on a rainy runway just after landing. most on board were tourists. a juvenile court in iraq's dialla province has sentenced a 16-year-old girl to 7 1/2 years in prison for an attempted suicide attack. ronya abraham had been described by the u.s. military as an unwilling suicide bomber in 2008. she was arrested later in bacuba. now it is the first meeting of its kind in 20 years. the main palestinian faction, fat that, is holding its congress in bethlehem, hoping to reinvent itself to appeal to voters once again. but as we report from the west bank, that may not be an easy task. >> jalal atawiel is a taxi driver in hebron. he is paying close attention to the fat that conference -- to the fatta conference, l

. >> and news from an american state governor bill richardson in new mexico. pyongyang walked out of international talks on the nuclear issue earlier this year. john reports. >> centers say new mexico is perhaps an unlikely location for a charmed offensive by one of the world's most secretive states but governor bill richardson an experienced diplomat who has visited pyongyang says he believes north korea is trying to seand clear signal. >> let's take advantage the next step should be a clear dialogue that involves the united states and north korea. >> north korea believes its gesture in releasing two journalists deserves something in return that, something is direct talks. >> that demand may prove problematic. north korea's immediate neighbors, the government here in seoul as well as tokyo, beijing and moscow won't have much truck with attempt to sideline them and washington itself has insisted that when it comes to negotiateing with pyongyang -- >> the death of its former president kim day jeong he's the man who did much to build bridges to the knot and his

now, rove also passed along the new mexico republican's complaints but said hes was just doing his job. >> absolutely. i had a responsibility to take allegations of a misuse of the office by a united states attorney and put them in the hands of the appropriate peel so that those allegations could be reviewed. the charge was that the u.s. attorney in new mexico was treating an indictment in a completely political fashion. >> still, the documents show how the white house struggled to counter-complaints that these highly rated u.s. attorneys were being removed for political reasons. in one of the e-mails, the former press secretary, are dana perino, who was deputy press secretary at the time, said someone give me a double shot of oxygen, as she tried to build a case for removing the u.s. attorney who prosecuted former california congressman duke cunningham for corruption. remember, however, these u.s. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. bret. bret: wendell, thank you. productivity surged by 6.4% in the second quarter. the biggest gain in almost six years. while labor costs p

governor bill richardson of new mexico. governor, thanks so much for talking with us tonight. >> thank you. >> couric: in other news tonight democratic leaders say the senate will join the house in pumping more money into the cash for clunkers program to keep the trade in program running. so far the government says 157,000 people have taken advantage of it at a cost to taxpayers of $664 million. here's more from our transportation correspondent nancy cordes. >> so you come to the back of the vehicle... >> reporter: after warning all week that cash for clunkers was nearly broke, the transportation secretary changed course today. >> we are not discontinuing the program. we have enough money to continue. >> reporter: his about-face was based on a promise by senate leaders that they will vote on an additional $2 billion in funding before their month-long recess starts next week. >> we'll pass cash for clunkers. >> when will you do that? >> before relieve here. >> reporter: it was the news they've been waiting for at maryland's

. >> my exclusive interview with don and deirdre imus at their ranch in new mexico. plus, former speaker of the house newt gingrich. "hannity" starts right now. opposition to the health care plan continues to grow. with their backs to the ropes, liberals have launched desperate attacks on average americans just out there speaking their minds. now, first it was the tea party organizers who were slandered and even labeled racist. now the new public enemy for democrats are opponents of their health care plan. now, rather than listening to their constituents, they have dismissed them, calling them "angry mobs." the white house is also helping to lead this charge and they have asked people to report what they call "fishy behavior" regarding the health care debate. that initiative caused one republican senator to accuse the white house of developing an enemy's list. nancy pelosi recently said americans speaking out at these town halls are nazi sympathizers. >> i think -- you be the judge of carrying swastikas at town meetings. >> and the author of "real change," now availa

he is now of course the democrat of new mexico, the governor of that great state. when you heard, bill, that the former president clinton was going there, did you know they were going to come back? >> yes. i'd been aware of this potential trip. and i knew that if somebody of president clinton's stature was set as a special envoy, that the north koreans would receive him. i knew more or less that it would be good news that we get the release of the two american journalists. you don't send an envoy like bill clinton without some kind of a guarantee of a result. so i felt very good about the potential release of the two american journalists. so i was very pleased when that had happened. >> larry: had the obama administration kept you informed of this? >> yes. yes, i'd been working with them, they consulted me, been working with the north koreans, with the families, but i wasn't involved in the last intricate negotiations that sent president clinton. but i was very pleased when i learned that number one, the word amnesty was being used by both sides. that means that th

state department to travel to new mexico. we don't have diplomatic relations with north korea, of course. so usually when their diplomats come to the united nations headquarters in new york, they are explicitly prohibited from leaving new york city. but over the next two days, two officials from north korea have been granted permission to travel to new mexico in order to meet with new mexico governor bill richardson at the governor's mansion in santa fe. governor richardson, of course, has a history of diplomatic overtures to north korea, many of which have been quite successful. the implication here for the u.s. is that this may represent a really big thaw in the colder than icy relations we have long had with north korea. again, andrea mitchell is breaking this news tonight. we look forward to her followup reporting about this very unexpected santa fe summit. we'll be right back. try clearblue easy digital: no pregnancy test is more accurate, with totally clear results in words. results 5 days sooner. no test is more accurat

towards new mexico, heavy rain out of the south.wo inches of rain possible in western sections of new mexico. flash flood watch is out there in the areas shaded in green. dallas, immediately towards the east, 9 8, the high today. how nice is that? union tower. pretty nice. going to be dry. showers and thunderstorms develop by tomorrow afternoon. there you go. it's going to be hot, though. 98, the high. >> that's beautiful. >> right now, the coolest part of the day. enjoy it. if you have to run, definitely do it now. >> thank you. >>> everything has a price, and the price of spending eternity next to marilyn monroe, $4.6 million, the ebay auction for the crypt above marilyn monroe's wrapped up yesterday afternoon. more than $4 million above the opening bid. selling the crypt of her late husband hoping to make enough money to pay off her $1.6 million mortgage. >>> all right. one woman says insomnia may have saved another person's life. >> i couldn't sleep. so i just got on and started playing cards. >> how an online card game helped s

attorney in new mexico.clear to me that he felt like he had a serious problem and that he wanted something done about it. he was just upset. i remember him being very upset. john, what about that? >> well, you know, i mean -- >> i mean that shows that he was involved, doesn't it? >> i would look at this from a different perspective than you all. i think rove has a perfectly valid right to put out his side of the story and that's what he's doing. i think it's a good strategy on his part. >> you know what, ed? i want to make a quick point. what's interesting about the rove piece, on the iglesius thing, he is really acknowledging he did play a role in that and he's not denying what the democrats were saying. he's just putting an entirely different spin on it to say, i thought i was doing the right thing. but it's right there in the piece that he really was caring a lot about what iglesius was doing. >> stephanie, do you think it's just coming out with the point he's trying to make sure he's got joe the plumber

2007, and new mexico governor bill richardson joins me now live from santa fe.overnor, thank you for being with me this afternoon. >> thank you. >> first of all, sir, let me just ask you, were you approached at all about potentially being an envoy to help these journalists in north korea? >> well, i was consulted. there was some discussion of that, but, obviously, this is a decision not just one party makes. and the north koreans most likely said, we want somebody like president clinton. this has been a goal of theirs for a long time. a president, they're not getting a president, they're getting a former president. they're getting somebody that they like and know, that negotiated with them in 1994 on a nuclear framework agreement. he almost was going to go at the end of his term. so for the north koreans, they get the prestige of a former president coming to their country and this is very good domestic politics for kim jong-il, who's already been photographed with president clinton. >> and a lot of us have been speculating and wondering today whether or not this

if you take the border of new mexico with mexico and if you take the border of taxes from el paso down to big band, no one goes there. that's the first thing if you want to really look, look where no one goes and goes there. i will give you another advice to give a big book with every national park in and make sure you never enter one because it will have signs in people. if you go outside them, you will get the experience. >> process question. do you write and then have the photos taken or are the photos taken and did you write something? neither. >> how is that? >> michael berman is a brilliant photographer. i said what i want you to do, here is what the book is about, like you know the line. you have one instrument and i have another instrument. you can express this melody anyway you want, but if you document what i'm writing, i will refuse to do the book. meaning if i go to normans and there's a shot of a cactus, the hell with the. i want it like rhapsody blue. we have two separate instruments. we agree on the melody and then we ripped. so that's how we do a. >> how about the immig

we've got new signals that the deep freeze may be thawing as north korea sends two diplomats to new mexicobe the biggest news story of this year, the new push to push america's hispanic population ought shadows and engage what is going on in the country. >>> should the government legalize drugs some we talk with two former police officers turned drug warriors who say it's time to wipe the slate comren in the war on drugs. good morning. i'm carlos watson. a tremendous hour this morning. maximum seen waters and california representative linda sanchez and don brown is with us and "the new york times" columnist bob herbert stop by and nbc news rich engel live in afghanistan where the elections going on and savannah guthrie live at the white house. kelly chao is with us this morning and joins us to preview tonight's big finale. >>> as we always do, i want to fast forward through the top three headlines we're following. 75 people killed in a series of baghdad blasts. truck bombing explode inside iraq's foreign ministrministry. it was by far the deadliest day in baghdad since the u.s. troops with

. >> santa fe new mexico is home to pricey shops. there is a bulky space rock that can be yours for $500,000. >> you wonder where it has been. >> it is too heavy for anyone to lift themselves. they brought it in on a forklift. >> waiting at 2.5 tons, this space walk -- weighing 2.5 tons, this space rock can be yours for five moderate thousand dollars. -- for half a million dollars. >> this material is from the core of a large planet or planetary body that was blown apart. >> this is an educational shop. there are small oer astro-rock gragmentfragments. he has been collecting these items for years. he is tese items for years. he is trying to get more people hooked on what falls from the skies and what is found underground. >> having something from outer space, but if you look at the bigger picture, we are in outer space. >> very interesting. i found a rock just like that do in some gardening the other day. let us get to one of your answers to the watercooler question of the day. reggie from baltimore says he would pay that amount of m

trace: off to new mexico and chris appea. border control has a new weapon. >> it is called a fob. it allows agents to respond more quickly to the u.s.-mexico o border. it used to take up to two hours to respond from the closest asian. -- and the closest station tree that was four hours they were wasting. so far, this is working. they have already made six apprehensions and found more than 300 pounds of marijuana. martha: take a look at this. south korea since in the commandos -- foxnesends in the commandos. it was a dramatic day. hundreds of workers have been holed up inside the plant since mid may. they have been inside a very long time. they were protesting layoffs. the workers demanded their jobs back. the workers threatened to set the backdrop on fire. police have taken back all but one building. and this is the scene of another clash between protesters and police. this is in haiti. writers are demanding that the government raise minimum wage -- rioters are demanding the government raised minimum wage to about $5 per day.

the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. udall: madam president, i ask to dispense with the quorum call which is in progress, i believe. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: and i ask unanimous consent to speak for -- in morning business for 12 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: thank you, madam president. i rise today to talk about judge sotomayor's experience and i want to also talk about sympathy. in the period since president obama nominated judge sotomayor, some of her opponents have done their best to give empathy a bad name. i think that is a shame. i think it would be sad for us to confirm sonia sotomayor but allow her empathy to be discredited as a human emotion and a judicial asset. during his confirmation hearings, clarence thomas said, quote, "what i bring to this court, i believe, is an understanding and the ability to stand in the shoes of other people across a broad spectrum of this country." justice thomas's description of empathy captures one thing sotomayor would b

. >> when we are flying out the hinterlands of kansas or new mexico and there is not another airplane within 100 miles, it does not make sense to have that kind of equipment, and the statistics support it. >> i have not seen any air traffic. >> in the uncongested airspace, even close to a metropolitan area, there's not that much. second, you will not see them until they get really close. >> we did not see a single other plane until out -- although it through our 40-minute flight yesterday until nearly landing. there are 225 small planes and helicopters flying every single day over the area, so there are calls for tighter restrictions. not just here but across the nation. shepard: thanks. our money is still at risk. just ahead, a new report that says some banks could yet fail. plus, mexican cartels -- they are not bringing in just drugs these days. how they are actually smuggling in stolen oil. quality and reliability... are more than words here. it's personal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek® aviva meters and test strips... here in

. >>> after a meeting wednesday with north korean diplomats, new mexico governor bill richardson says that country is now ready to have a dialogue with the u.s. richardson told msnbc, quote, that the temperature has really cooled down in the relationship between the two countries since former president bill clinton's visit to pyongyang to release two american journlts. >>> a study finds 40 years after woodstock, middle-aged baby boomers are still turning to illegal drugs. in fact, the rates of people aged 50 to 59 who admit using drugs nearly doubled to 9.4% in 2007. while all other age groups decreased or stayed the same. >>> no surprise, parental contenders, harvard and princeton share the top spot in the latest edition of the u.s. news and world report and ranking. >>> the dow opens at 9,279 after jumping 61 points on thursday. s&p rose 6. and the nasdaq rose 13 points. in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 179 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng surged 374 points. >>> on wall street wednesday, stocks erased early losses after a big drop in oil inventories. fuel hopes means we're on t

former white hou counsel harriet miers say rove was, quote, very disappointed with an attorney in new mexico. in her words, rove, quote, wanted something done bit. >>> in the latest development in the ongoing investigation into michael jackson's death, yesterday police officers and drug enforcement administration agents raided a fire department si in western las vegas. propofol administered by jackson's fekz as a sleep aid came from applied pharmacy services in las vegas. an earlier search at the home of dr. conrad murray reportedly led police to believe that the pharmacy filled the prescription. they would not release details about jackson's death while the investigation continues. >>> a driver in california hit speeds of 100 miles per hour as he attempted to escape a police traffic stop. officials say the suspect ran several stop lights and even drove on the wrong side of the road before being cornered in a residential driveway. no one was hurt but that man is in custody. >>> michigan police are questioning a suspect they believe pulled off a robbery. the robber pointed a gun at a robber's

bbc news, mexico city. >> you can get plenty more on that story and all the rest of the day's news on our website, bbc.com/news. this is "world news today" from bbc world news. the main headlines -- he showed no mercy. relatives reaction to reports that the libyan man jailed for the lockerbie bombing may be released on compassionate grounds. two of europe's biggest economies, germany and france, are growing again but the recession continues across the bureau's own as a whole. -- across the bureau's own as a will. i am joined by international lawyer never presented the libyan government in the lockerbie case and also involved in al-megrahi's quest. " we have not had confirmation yet. can you shed light on the store? >> the situation of al-megrahi is so bad, worsening by the minute, no reason why he should not be the least of a prison for it -- either a prisoner transfer or compassionate grounds. >> that is key, isn't it? because when you are talking about compassionate grounds at least under scottish law, he has to be in imminent danger of death. >> it would serve no purpose to keep th

who is next in line, and senator tom udall of new mexico comes from a family of people who sought and achieved political office, including one run for president and multiple runs for congress. senator udall was 11 years old when his father helped jack kennedy become the president and has been a friend of teddy kennedy ever since. senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, it's great to be with you. >> we talked a lot this past year about you and your brother and the aspirations and the comparisons with the kennedys. when you see this and you hear the talk of legacies and dynasties and knowing your own history, what do you think? >> well, there's such a close relationship between the udalls and the kennedys, and i'm very sad on this occasion of losing ted, but he had such a wonderful life. as you said in your introduction, i remember when i was 11 years old my father was working very hard to get jack as president of the united states, and teddy was assigned what wasn't a really great assignment. it was working the west because there wasn't expected to be much support for

meeting today in new mexico with two north korean diplomats.orth koreans said release of two american journalists entitles them to talks on the nuclear program. white house officials said there is no change in policy towards north korea and governor richardson is not negotiating on behalf of the president, leaving open the question on whose behalf is he negotiating. >>> a series of explosions rocked baghdad today. at least 95 people were killed and deadliest day since the combat troops handed over major cities to iraqi forces two months ago. a truck bomb sent shrapnel and debris flying. six bomb blasts were reported. nearly 560 people were wounded in those attacks. iraqi officials blaming al qaeda and other radical insurgents. in afghanistan, six troops have been killed over the past two days. five killed on enemy action. six of a nonbattle injury. violence in afghanistan is on the rise. country preparing for national elections tomorrow. six election workers were killed yesterday. taliban militants have been carrying out attacks across the coun

attorney in new mexico, mr. iglesias was, quote, a serious problem, and he wanted something done about it. miers told the committee, quote, my best recollection is that he was very agitated about the u.s. attorney in new mexico. why would karl rove be so agitated by david iglesias? why was iglesias such a serious problem, according to karl rove? well, e-mails released today from the committee showed rove's deputy, a man named scott jennings, explicitly saying ig lanous should be fired and complaining that mr. iglesias was, quote, shy about doing his job on madrid. madrid is patricia madrid, a democratic candidate for congress who reasons were hoping the u.s. attorney would target with an election eve voter fraud indictment. iglesias didn't do that to patricia madrid. the bush white house and republicans were apparently furious about that, and then david iglesias got fired. the federal prosecutor, laura dan ahee, continues to work on this case. she will decide ultimately whether criminal charges will be filed. >>

"karl" was agitated about the attorney in new mexico. he may have said, can't we get rid of this guy or something like that?" weeks later, david iglesius found himself on a list of attorneys set to be fired. why was he seen as such a serious problem? karl rove is still making the case in the "wall street journal" today he should have been prosecuting that darn democrat. rove's great defense, quote, despite all their digging, judiciary democrats produced not a shred of evidence that he inkormed mr. iglesias to undertake a prosecution. the idea the press should apologize for making the flood-lit inference here is ridiculous. mr. rove addresses the fact one of his proteges was installed to replace a fired u.s. attorney in arkansas. according to mr. rove, this, too, was entirely proper and his aide was only suggested for the job. quote, after i learned the then u.s. attorney was likely to leave his post." the then-u.s. attorney was a man named bud cummins. while he did speculate leaving that post, his ousting in june 2006 was not at all volu

you've got, gosh, like i sa fore, medicaid is an enormous part of new mexico's health car picture. and senator bingham, a senior senator in new mexico a town hall meeting yesterday, tat was ra00 al and calm, and people had se ieresting questions. d the big push hereow is for details. a lot of t town halls here, we havehree freshman cogressional members, senator udall has his first wn hall tomorrow in theouthern part of the state. but everyone still talng in the broad strokesof it, and fos have been tracki is closely, they get it, they'reot ready for platitudes they're ready for details. so you can imagine what would have been likeo have an actual gangf six member. one of the things that s interesting abt the town hall washe fact that h said a couple of iteresting things. he quite calmly in his o interesting way said he woul be somewhat considert of the idea of gng to reconciliation to get this done. i believe h might be the only gang of six mber to date to go on the record to talk about reconciliation as option. other things thatame up, the senatorade it clear th he would prefeto s

really favorite moments was ted campaigning with my daughter vanessa who is here campaigning in new mexico. they were visiting an indian reservation on the tribal medicine man wanted to bestow a blessing. he took a feather and chanted and asked that ted and vanessa stand side by side and extend their hands and bow their heads. and with a sacred feather he touched their feet and touched their foreheads, and touched their hands. all the while chanting away. and when he finished, ted leaned over to vanessa and whispered, i think we just got married. well, you can imagine. a couple of months later she got a note from teddy which said, no matter what happens, we will always have new mexico. one of the frame notes in ted's senate office was a thank you from a colleague for a gift, a special edition of "profiles and courage." this is what it said. i brought it home and reread it. what an inspiration, thank you, my friend for your many courtesies. if the world only knew. it was signed by trent lott, the republican leader of the senate. indeed, if everyone only knew. when george wallace was wounded

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