during the official campaign, which lasts about four weeks, there is usually one broadcast each day except sunday. the national broadcasters are required by law to provide air time for free. david cameron released this election broadcast on tuesday. . >> alan helps out sometimes. if it is important -- it is important for me to help out because this is where my children are going to grow up. what do you do? i want my children to grow up in a society where people don't have a negative opinion of children misbehaving, to go back to way -- the way it used to be, and i spared society. >> voting for a nation of volunteers. >> i am danielle and i live in britain. i am not always at work during the week. i work with people who've been previously homeless. i help them get back into the mainstream of society. you have to have a lot of empathy and understanding, to be able to convey that to someone else. i'm helping the homeless people in this area, just being there, really. i think my personality helps. i don't see things as a problem with no solution. >> this is even voting to increase employment.

campaign funds. so the elections board is asking the state prosecutor to investigate. state law forbids public official to say use campaign funds to pay for personal expenses. >> it is one of the biggest no, no you cannot use it for any sort of, you know, paying the mortgage, or those types of expenditures. that are outside, completely the political realm. >> currie reported spending campaign money on eye exams, auto body repairs, seem cell phone accessories but $41,000 he spent on legal fees is prompting more questions. money went to attorney that is representing currie in a federal probe. >> investigators are examining currie's ties to shoppers food and pharmacy. the senator once served as a consultant to the grocery store chain but failed to disclose that employment to the state ethics commission. currie lobbied for a bill to transfer the liquor license of one grocery store to another. a possible conflict of interest. state law prohibits public official from using campaign funds to pay legal fees, that is unless the investigation concerns campaigns. >> when i spoke to senator currie by phone today.

during the official campaign, there's usually one broadcast for each day except sunday. here's a look at the liberal democrat election broadcast that aired this week. >> boats and promises, there have been to many in the last few years, to many in the last 30 years. in fact, our nation has seen a trail of broken promises. you remember them, their taxes, a promise broken. better schools for everyone, a promise broken clean up politics. a promise broken. i believe it is time to do things differently. i believe it is time to expand. i believe it is time for promises to be kept. britain is a strong country. despite everything we have going for us, life is still too unfair for too many people. people like you who made as the nation we are today and you deserve fairness more than anything. but in fairness back into office is in my view the single biggest challenge we face. we can do it. if we do it together. and here is how her. fair taxes, no tax for the first 10,000 pounds you earn. it means 700 pounds back in the pockets of almost everyone. it gains tax freedom for millions

even though this campaign officially relaunches today and trying to win the 2010 gubernatorial election, there's still a primary to talk about. both of these guys have to win that first, that is coming up on september 14. live as fells point, joel d smith fox 45 early edition. >>> baltimore's union continues to fight plans on closing city fire houses on a temporary or prermpermanent basis. early dunne sunday morning firefighters rescued four residents from this building but it took twice as long for equipment to arrive. they blame the rotating closures of four fire companies. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake does not want to close the fire houses but that depends on them approving the taxes and fees. >> we keep community libraries open and we reduce the number of closures, the rotating closures that we have currently. >> we cannot continue to protect the people of this city with the amount of companies that they're closing every day. >> a final decision on more cuts to the fire department may not be announced until noon when the city council takes a final vote on the budget. stay tuned to

campaign. he had officially confirmed -- the date of the general election.ordon brown was still on his way back from the palace. >> did we learn anything important today? >> not in terms of policy. we learned the themes the conservatives are going to explore during this campaign. the only bit of policy was nothing new -- they were opposing the national insurance rise. it all boils down to this -- david cameron's message was this -- it is a choice. do you want five more years of gordon brown or do you want change? [applause] from the south bank, david camera has a river to cross to reach downing street. how wide that journey we will see over the next four weeks. the warm sunshine gave the conservative leader of bit of help in his efforts to said an optimistic tone. >> if you vote conservative, you are voting for hope. you are voting for optimism, for change, you are voting for a fresh start this country so badly needs. do not let anybody tell you that there is no real choice at this election. there is a real choice. >> while mrs. cameron has opted for labour

. >>> martin o'malley officially kicked off his election campaign this afternoon.he will begin a statewide tour of prince georges community colleges in largo, maryland. >>> executives from goldman sachs will head to captiol hill to face a drilling by lawmakers today. the financial giant made billions off the housing market colap at the expense of its clients. >>> howard bernstein is here to tell us if we will dry out today. >> yeah. already drying out in many areas. although there are one or two sprinkles through dc, montgomery county, north up 270 and even to the east in anne arundel county approaching 50 light sprinkles. big picture on the weather computer. you will see the shower and the thunderstorms, some were strong last night. those are rotating through over to the other side of the bay and, turn on the weather computer please. there we go. they are going across the delmarva and some clouds around. that's going to clear out the next few hours. temperature-wise, readings in the 50s. upper 50s here in washington. low 40s in oakland and the winds, before i go,

o'malley will officially kick off his campaign with a series of events. >> thank you very much, mike. we'll give you one more set of numbers. the poll also says 50% approve of o'malley's job performance. 58% disapprove. >>> an anne arundel county officer opens fire. attacking a woman, after a stun gun didn't stop him. the officers came across 21- year-old richard malcheski, jumping on a woman's van. after trying to stop him twice, the officer opened fire. he will be charged after being released from the hospital. >>> bail is denied for two young men, accused of killing a 72-year-old vietnam veteran during a robbery. his family is relieved tonight. the suspects are in custody. wjz is live at city police headquarters. gigi barnett with more on the suspects for us. >> reporter: after the police search and now two teens behind -- behind bars. the victim's family says this is just beginning. news of because now, they have to attend not one but two criminal chime trials. >> reporter: 18-year-old troy taylor and 19-year-old michael hunter face a slew of charges. among them, first-degree murd

massa is saying that it was based on misrepresentations to campaign officials. he is among several staffers accusing the former congressman of sexual harassment. >>> wall street powerhouse in legal hot water, sec announcing charges against goldman sachs. they made huge profits by selling mortgage investments they knew would fail. as the president and democrats are making a big push to overhaul the financial system. molly henneberg is live in the d.c. bureau. hello. this is one regulatory giant facing off a huge banking giant. what can you tell us about the accusations? >> molly: the sec is accusing the world's most powerful bank, goldman sachs with fraud. goldman says it is going to fight the charges. it didn't disclose a conflict of interest that bought subprime mortgage securities a few years ago. a hedge fund manager putting together the securities was betting the product would fail and made a profit. financial advisers say it may be hard to get their reputation back if this is true. >> they are being accused of this. we don't know if it actually happened. if

campaign. there were meetings where officials were seen coordinating with the campaign, and nothing was done. so there is a loophole. host: ken vogel? guest: i.e. is independ exp -- independent expenditure, where you have political action committees of unions and interest groups being able to air ads of unlimited amount that mention candidates, and in some cases, in some states, these expenditures are even allowed to explicitly support or oppose candidates. at the state level, the campaigns themselves, the diea -- idea being if they are coordinated, it becomes a de facto contribution, and of course corporations and unions are federally prohibited from direct contribution. so if they could air a 23 million dollar expenditure, it would be coordination. so something that echoes the message without crossing the line into coordinating with the candidate. that's one area we see an appetite for increased regulation where advocates say, hey, one way to prohibit this new spending from having a significant impact is to toughen coordination rules so not only do candidates not talk with each other, they

campaign. this was still a little, we have actually officially confirm the day of the election.gordon brown was still back from the palace at that point. >> did we learn anything important at a? >> i don't think we learned anything important in terms of policy. we learned some of the things that conservatives are going to explore during this campaign. the one that a policy where today was nothing new. it was about their opposing and national insurance rise. the big thing all boils down to this, david cameron's message today that he banged on and on about was this, it is a choice when elected, do you want five more years of gordon brown, or do you want change? >> from london south david cameron has a river to cross a downing street that how wide that jernigan how fast the flow, well, we will see over the next four weeks. the war in april sunshine this morning to give the conservative leader a bit of help in his effort to set the optimistic tone. >> if you vote conservative you are voting for hope. you're voting for optimism. you are voting for change. you are voting for the fresh

campaign. there were meetings where officials were seen coordinating with the campaign, and nothing was done. loophole. host: ken vogel? guest: i.e. is independ exp -- independent expenditure, where you have political action committees of unions and interest groups being able to air ads of unlimited amount that mention candidates, and in some cases, in some states, these expenditures are even allowed to explicitly support or oppose candidates. at the state level, the campaigns themselves, the diea -- idea being if they are coordinated, it becomes a de facto contribution, and of course corporations and unions are federally prohibited from direct contribution. so if they could air a 23 million dollar expenditure, it would be coordination. so something that echoes the message without crossing the line into coordinating with the candidate. that's one area we see an appetite for increased regulation where advocates say, hey, one way to prohibit this new spending from having a significant impact is to toughen coordination rules so not only do candidates not talk with each other, they can't even use

campaign. the governor plans to make the official announcement april 27th, that's a week from tomorrow in baltimore the democratic incumbent plans to stop at a community college in prince georges county and a park in montgomery county. those are the first stops on a three-day state tour. o'malley is expected to face bob ehrlich in a rematch of the 2006 election. >>> officials with the european union are hoping air traffic can return to half of the normal level today. germany has annoyed some flights to resume. however the volcano in iceland has not stopped spewing ash in to the sky. 53,000 flites have been cancelled since last week, costing airlines $1 billion. >>> it is time for another living smart report. jessica doyle is back with a possible mea culpa from toyota. >> toyota may agree to pay the largest civil fine ever imposed on an automaker. the government is hitting the company with $16 million fine. it was levied after toyota allegedly waited four months to tell safety regulators about defective gas pedals they face a deadline of today to accept or fight the fine every evidence it knew about

campaign. the house that. >> downing street officials were interviewed. december 2006, tony blair became the first serving prime minister to be interviewed by police. rolling were making the most of it all. >> given all of the prime minister's revelations about men and women in the last few days, you should be compared to richard nixon. >> we are just about to have a scottish election campaign. why don't you get up and put to meet your case for independence and separation from scotland? >> in the end, the case was dropped. but the men who led the inquiry faced questions of their own. >> the prime minister was interviewed as a witness. why was he interviewed as a witness when it technically he could have been interviewed under caution? do you think that your involvement in this case has advance your career or hindered your career or had absolutely no bearing on your career? it is a personal question. you may not want to answer it pyrrhi,. t. >> we have discovered that no charges were able to be brought. >> i have done my job. i followed the evidence. >> yo

officials. what most of these corporations will do is finance the campaigns of elected officials and then, oncehey get them elected, expect them to appoint c.e.o. or the lobbyists of the corporation to head the same regulatory agency that oversees the company. that's the reverse resolving door. again, it's been effectively stopped under the obama administration. but this is the first time ever we've seen any administration make an effort to try to rein in this type of conflict of interest. host: can you give us a specific example of this reverse revolving door? guest: sure. for instance, jay stephen grouse, under the bush administration, jay stephen grouse was a lobbyist for the mining interest, and bush appointed him as deputy secretary of the interior department. so there you've got the mining interests taking over the interior department. and jay steven grouse delivered what the mining interests expected from interior. i mean, examples are countless, you know, talk about henry paulson being disappointed as treasury secretary. you know, the guy comes from goldman sachs. the examples are unlim

official. governor martin o'malley launches full bore into his re- election campaign, with several stops acrosshe state. o'malley knows he has a to

minnesota where sarah palin is set to take the stage at any moment campaigning for minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann. republican officials say they've handed out more than 10,000 tickets to this rally. bachmann is seeking re-election in november and with the rnc embroiled in bondagegate and no clear cut gop front runner in place for 2012 for some these two women have become the new face of the republican party. stephany miller is a liberal nationally syndicated radio talk show host and mike miller a conservative radio talk show host. mike, you first. could it be palin and bachmann the two front runners for 2012? 10,000 people in the blue state. that's not bad. >> listen, these two women put the underpants in such a bunch it is so much fun to watch. the sooner you understand this stuff, your head will explode, schultz get ready for psycho talk. they are not the leaders of the tea party. we look at the 56 signers of the declaration for our cues and the sooner you understand that the sooner you'll stop foaming at the mouth at every last move of sarah palin and michele bachmann. >> okay. i'll take that as counseling, mike, i

officially file his candidacy papers. critics say the former governor should sign off now since this program provides him with a forum to promote his campaign. coming up next, maryland lottery midday pick 3 and pick 4 >> the pad -- the president was weak meet -- brings a mix of fun and work, starting with the annual easter egg roll. shortly after, he will toss the first pitch at the washington nationals opening game. then it is time to work as new data shows employers are hiring, but a high jobless rate is not budging. on wednesday, mr. obama leaves for prague to sign a new deal with russia. many are finding the key to lose weight, but could be in your dna? find out on today's "dr. oz." it begins at 2:00 here on wbal- tv 11. coming up today on "oprah," a stand up and cheer weight-loss moment. but what happened when one oprah show guest went home? plus, check up on some of the most memorable guests. now you're maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers. >> good afternoon to you. i am angela jackson from wbal radio. here are your pick 3 numbers. first number is four. moving down the line, here is this number. it is a one great final number fo

official before, it is now. former governor bob ehrlich renounced his election bid in rockville and made one of his first campaign stops closer in arbutus. >> all right, enough is enough. we're here, we're now, we're going to compete and maryland's back on the map. we offer hope to taxpayers again. we offer hope to small businesspeople again. we look to small businesspeople as a means of job creation not revenue enhancement or not-- >> yesterday ehrlich rallied a small crowd in rockville's town plaza. current governor martin o'malley addressed the media yesterday. he looks forward to the race. >>> as many as four families have no place to live after fire ripped through their apartment complex. sherrie johnson joins us live in the studio more. >> we have more information on the three victims of the fire we brought as breaking news last night at 11:00. this is new video we have of the scene. an elderly woman in serious condition this morning. a firefighter burned both of his hands and fell out of a second story window while trying to help the elderly woman. the fire started on the third floor of a brick apartment b

officials. he would apply the recall to everybody including the president, even college professors. tr's, the watchword of his campaign was spend and be spent. this was something tr got from paul's second letter to the corinthians and this kind of relationship with public opinion-- lead them but stepped down when they oppose you. this would be the watchword of modern presidential leadership. in the face of this even the great commoner william jennings brian to supported the freedom campaign brushed. populace method such as the recall should not be nationalized. they should be confined to the states. tr's defense of direct democracy very clearly infused his campaign with deep constitutional significance. its ambition to establish a direct relationship between public officials and mass public opinion the progressive movement seem to challenge the very foundation of republican democracy as james madison described it in the federalist papers. the idea underlying the united states constitution that space created by the institutional devices such as the separation of powers and federalism allowed representatives to govern c

gray didn't -- also did not violate campaign finance laws by using official stationary to solicit a donationor the city's democratic party. does this put this issue to rest? >> well, it puts it to rest in the sense there's a headline in the "washington post" that says gray exonerated. he's wasting no time rung around showing that to everybody. and it will be eds for him now to dismiss this during debates and on the campaign trail. the problem that vince gray just does not get about this whole issue is the appearance of impropriety. which he has never acknowledged in getting a huge contractor like chris smith who, while the opinion says doesn't have controversial business before the council, had business before the council that vince gray voted on. that's appearance he did get a deal. he did pay for this but only after the reporter started asking questions. >> jerry, bill, do you agree with that. >> i agree with you whole hartedly but image is everything. you just said it. exonerated. the "washington post" headlines. vincent gray is looked upon as the homey. the homie in the neighborhood >> h

campaign. good to see you. the officials say the situation really is because of inadequate staffing and resources, it comes down to money. is that a valid excuse? >> well, there is a lot to that. the number of inspectors has been declining year after year while at the same time the number of facilities has been going up. so the decline went on until, oh, maybe just the last year or two, and now it's kind of leveled out. but they're still way below the number they should be looking at. a lot of facilities never get inspected by fda for years on end. jane: this is just one statistic. between '04 and '08, the fda inspected fewer than half of the 51,000 facilities it is supposed to regulate according to the inspector general, so how do we fix this? simply ask congress to pump more money in the system? >> well, it isn't just that. actually, there's a bill before the senate that would require the fda to actually inspect every high-risk facility at least once a year which we think is a bare minimum. that bill has been backed up in

official capacity. in 1986, i moved to washington and was able to work for -- for the balance of 1985, i worked as a volunteer in his campaign office in washington. in january, 1986, i was offered a position as a junior staffer on what was then his finance fun dressing -- fund-raising staff. in old town, alexandria, virginia. and i gladly took that job, having no other alternatives. in march of that year, senator dole, having been elected majority leader the price or your, spend his weekends campaigning for others. -- majority leader the prior year. he needed someone available on weekends, would work seven days a week. i had the added advantage of being from kansas. i was asked to go on the campaign trail and went to michigan early in 1986. we hit it off. we had a personal relationship. i proceeded to travel with him a round of the united states and abroad for the next 15 years. during that period, i had a number of roles, all of which work for his campaign committees. i worked as his personal aide or the body boy in his 1988 presidential campaign. in 1989, i came to kansas in managed his senate field office. in 1992, i mana

officials checked his pulse. the pound was up against the dollar. there will not be much room to hide the next month. if we cannot inform those during the election campaign then there is no point at all in the news media existing. watch out. >> as the election plays out, we will be keeping track of the stories behind the slogans and the spin. >> our political team will be on the campaign trail demanding detail on policy and pursuing answers to the questions that candidates may prefer to avoid. >> david. >> the politicians ultimately answer to you. tell us what you think matters. we are on facebook and took care. get in touch. >> you do not believe in politics? >> no. >> if you are lucky, one reporter will pop up in his backyard with a selection of cardboard boxes for memos for incoming ministers. >> [inaudible] >> steve smith checks and to say what this crucial swing vote makes of it. >> our economics editor will be counting days of political promises. we have invited the leaders of the three main parties to face- to-face interviews and we will be live every friday night. if you have still not had your fill, i will be here for a saturday addition to out

the clerk: whereas the standards on official conduct had an investigation into earmarks and campaign contributions in the spring of 2009, whereas on december 2, 2009, reports and findings in seven separate matters regarding the alleged connections between earmarks and campaign contributions from reported to the standards committee. whereas on february 26, 2010, the standards committee made public its report on the matter wherein the committee found that while widespread perception exists that campaign contributions provide a greater chance of obtaining earmarks, there was no evidence that members or their staff considered contributions when requesting earmarks. whereas the committee indicated that with respect to the matters forwarded by the office of congressional ethics, neither the evidence cited in the o.c.e.'s findings nor the evidence in the record before the standards committee provided a substantial reason to believe that violations of applicable standards of conduct occurred. whereas the office of congressional ethics is prohibited from reviewing activities taking place prio

the committee of standards of official conduct related to earmarks and campaign contributions in the spring of 2009, whereas on december 2, 2009, reports and findings in seven separate matters involving the alleged connection between earmarks and campaign contributions were forwarded by the office of congressional ethics to the standards committee, where as on february 26, 2010, the committee made public its report on the matter where the committee found widespread perception exists among corporations and lobbyists that campaign contributions provided a greater chance for obtaining earmarks and no one considered contributions when requesting earmarks. the committee indicated that with respect to the matters forwarded by the office of congressional ethics, never the evidence findings or the record before the standards committee provided a substantial reason to believe that violations occurred. where the committee is prohibited from reviewing activities and lacks the authority to subpoena witnesses and documents. whereas the office of congressional ethics noticed that documents were re

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he is still a republican governor so a republican elected official and will remain so throughout the campaign. all of these supporters, the owners, canting folks who will continue to stick with them are republicans -- supporters, donors, campaign folks who will continue to stick with the republicans. host: what i had been seen yesterday suggest that republican donors, consultants, staff will all have to make big decisions. guest: it is really unprecedented for florida because he is going to have to do a retooling of his campaign. not just changing campaign managers but he is going to have to develop an entirely new donor base because for the most part, all of the money he has had coming in our traditional republican donors. there are movements to try to get them to ask for their money back, but the governor does not have to give the money back. but in terms of raising another 10 million, 15 million, $20 million that he would probably have to do to see it through conclusion, he does not have a donor base he can tap for that so he has to build everything anew. host: what date is the primary? gu

official capacity. in 1986, i moved to washington, i was able to work for several -- well, i'm sorry for the balance of '85, i worked as a volunteer in his campaign office in washington. and then in january of 1986, i was offered a position as the junior staffer on what was then his finance fundraising staff for 1986 reelection campaign in alexandria, virginia. and i gladly took that job, having no other alternative. [laughter] >> so, and in march of that year, senator dole having been elected majority leader the prior year spent a lot of his weekends campaigning for others. and so there was a need identified for someone who was available on weekends, would work 7 days a week, i think i had the added advantage of being a fellow kansan, i was asked to go on the campaign trail in early 1966. -- 1986. we hit it off and had a good personal relationship. i proceeded to travel with him around the united states and abroad for the next 15 years. so during that period, i have a number of roles. all of with the one exception which were for his campaign committees. i worked as his personal aide or as jonathan referred to the body man or body boy in his '88

official what to do is not so fundamental to federalism as you think. was it a fabulous argument? no. it was worth a mention. we have a case in the eu involving campaign finance and whether or not been violated a person's freedom of expression. it was in the strasbourg court. i read that case and i thought it did not support it. it was interesting and i refer to it because i wanted to explain why it did not. it requires what the judges have been paid to do -- to exercise their judgment and try to work out what the answer to difficult questions is, and then try to explain those answers. what is actually moving the judge? you are absolutely right that it has to be done with considerable care. i do not know a set of rules about how to do it. sometimes, you will find things that are relevant to a particular question and i think we should use and mention them. people can think about it. >> thank you. the second question will come from another professor and director of our international development program. >> thank you. that was our real tour de force -- a real tour de force. i have been put on the spot because she could not find another professor. i am in

officials are worried, too. worried bullying is causing a drop in the graduation rate. now the federal government is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a new anti-bullying campaignme up at night and everyone in the u.s. department of education, is the idea that out there, there are children who would rather die than go to school. >> reporter: the desperate choice that's left this massachusetts town grieving. >> i hope people will get a lesson out of it. >> reporter: a lesson that came too late for phoebe prince. jeff rossen, nbc news, south hadley, massachusetts. >>> and when we come back tonight, one american city discovering what it takes to turn a housing bust into a new boom. [ slap! ] ♪ [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums how do we know how big our hospitals need to be?, the census helps us know exactly what we need, so everyone can get their fair share of funding. we can't move forward until you mail it back. 2010 census. ♪ [ male announcer ] try fixodent with the time-released formula. use jus

sunni politicians who went to syria and actually campaigned their one friend of mine said what do you make of the numbers? most of us never believed the official numbers of prominent exiles were in damascus that does not mean it is not a crisis. 100,000 is a crisis outside the country. 42,000 votes did in syria i still don't know what it means about the ultimate number of exiles but what he says i was not there for the run-up to the election but he says so many feel they have been abandoned by their government even the politicians who came to a campaign that they had never seen them before and they want people to come out and do something but the question for the refugees is what have you done for us? nothing at all and you are a part of the government structure a permanent political class that rules baghdad and i suppose what we should say instead is 42,000 came out to about. these are people who are not living a great life in exile since you have people who are invested in the country and i go back to a number, 230,000 refugees registered that is the hardest number that we have got to and does not represent everybody there those of the peopl

. >> the official announcement sets the stage for a likely rematch between the governor and republican bob ehrlich. gov. martin o'malley chose the waterfront to kick off his reelection campaigncity claims -- the city where his mayor turned ou

official what to do is not the fundamental to federalism as you might think. was it a fabulous argument? no. worth a mention, worth a mention. and so we have a case in the e.u. involving campaign finance and whether or not it violated a person's freedom of expression. it's not e.u. it was in the strasburg court, the european charter of rights. while i read that case and i thought it didn't support it but i thought it was interesting and referred to it because i wanted to explain why it didn't. and white it was going to come to a different conclusion. alright, so requires what judges have sort of paid to do which is who exercise their judgment, try to work out what the answer to difficult questions is and then try to explain those answers, what's actually moving the judge. so you're absolutely right that it has to be done with considerable care. i don't know a set of rules about how to do it, but sometimes you will find things that are relevant to a particular question and that i think let use them, mention them, so people can think about it. >> thank you dirt all right, the second question will come her in to burn our low shorts professor of international political economy and

he's not an official tea party candidate although he has said he'd like to run on a tea party ballot. his group has said that andrew cuomo, that his campaignust have leaked this e-mails. which is a way of bringing up his stature. >>> we are breaking new. nadia bloom is now arriving at south seminole hospital. she should be getting there any moment. she is the 11-year-old missing for the last five days, found within the last several hours in the woods not far from her home. she is being taken to the hospital to be treated for dehydration and significant bug bites. she was in an area where the water was six feet deep, mud, five feet deep in places. these are the newest pictures we're getting in. and we did just hear from her father a short time ago. let's take a listen. >> at first, you know, i ran and told my wife and gosh, i just -- just thank god when you get home and just give him the praise for this. thank him for that -- it's just amazing. things don't always turn out this way. you're so blessed. so blessed. >> again, that is the father of nadia bloom. this is been a devastating series of days until now, where there is something to cel

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security officials now telling us this was a target ed attempt to kill americans. look at that. the taliban stepping up their terror campaign with a coordinated assault, using car bombs, rockets, grenades, all on the heavily fortified compound. these pictures show the explosions and the giant cloud of dust. six people were killed, including four of the militants and one member of the pakistani security forces. the identity of the sixth person, not yet known. details are still coming into the newsroom. we're going to have a live report from pakistan a bit later this hour. >>> three, two, one. zero. booster ignition. and liftoff of discovery. blaze ago trail to scientific discoveries aboard the space station. megyn: what a sight to behold, all systems go for the space shuttle discovery, nasa managers giving the green light for the shuttle to plast off early this morning, the 7-member crew on the way to the space igs -- space station. kris gutierrez saw it all happen. a few pieces of foam fell off the external tank when the shuttle launched. are nasa directors worried about that? >> they're not. that's a great point we should

official day for americans to return their census forms. the survey-- conducted every 10 years-- is used to allocate u.s. house seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. and india kicked off a campaign to count its estimated 1.2 billion people. the country's president submitted her household information to a census worker, at a ceremony in new delhi. those are some of the day's main and india kicked off a campaign to count its estimated 1.2 billion people. the country's president submitted her household information to a census worker, at a ceremony in new delhi. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. for now, back to judy. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": state challenges to the health care law; peru leading the way on aids research and poet david mason tells the story of miners' strike nearly 100 years ago >> lehrer: but first, our interview with national security advisor, retired u.s. marine general jim jones. i spoke with him a short time ago. general, welcome. >> thank you. it's good to be here. >> lehrer: thank you. on afghanistan, president karzai said

official believes the missiles flattened a house. the u.s. has frequently targeted the area in its campaign>> a preliminary report on last week's deadly mine explosion in west virginia suggests that the accident may have been preventable. the report says build-up of methane gas mixing with coal dust may have caused that blast. yesterday, president obama blasted the mine owners but he also blamed government regulators and legal loopholes that allow unsafe conditions to continue. the president is ordering top officials to launch a full scale safety review of all coal mines now and today, west virginia's governor joe manchin have asked all mine workers to stop working for a full day. >> president obama is meeting with his financial advisors today. the subject -- financial reform. despite all the partisan arguments, republicans and democrats could be close to finding common ground. "the new york times" says no party leader wants anymore bailouts and they do not believe any company is too big to fail. they're working on a plan that would allow the government to quickly take over a teeterring com

official capacity. in 1986i went to washington and was able to work for the balance of 85i worked as a volunteer in the campaign office and washington and january of '86 i was offered a position as the junior staffer on what was then his finance fund-raising staffer from 1986 reelection campaign and alexandria va. swain march -- and i took the job having no other alternative. [laughter] in march of that year, senator dole having been elected majority leader the prior year spend a lot of his weekend campaigning for others. and so there was this need by identified for someone who was available on weekends, would work seven days a week. i think i added the advantage of being a fellow candidate so i was asked to go on the campaign trail with senator dole and went to michigan with him in 1986 we immediately hit it off and had a good personal relationship and i proceeded to travel with him around the united states and abroad for the next 15 years, during that period i had a number of roles all with one exception all of which were four of his campaign committees. i worked as his personal eight or has jonathan referred

the countless campaigns has empowered those communities impacted by the epidemic to directly engage their elected officials and demand the life-saving services that they need. as a member of congress, i rely on a.f.c. to provide me with policy advice and is important to describe the on-the-ground needs and the needs that must be a-- and the concerns that must be addressed. i want to congratulate the president and c.e.o., board chair and their staff and volunteers for their leadership and dedication in the fight against hiv-aids. thanks to your hard work over the last 25 years we now know that this is a fight in which one day we will be victorious. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 3244, an act to provide the members of congress shall not receive a cost-of-living adjustment pay during fiscal year 2011 in which the concurrence of the house is re

campaigns are now using cloud computing. technology that uses the internet and central remote servers to maintain data and application. officials from microsoft, google and the democratic national committee as well as house minority leader john boehner participates in this hour-long discussion. this is part of the politics online conference hosted by george washington university in washington, d.c.. >> the ceo, we have nick, from the office of the leadership of the house republicans, and he's the director of new media they are and josh was the director of i.t. with dnc. so pretty rowdy group, i think, i hope. the intention here is to talk about computing as a model, what it holds promise for in the public were many, what advantage people are taking, not taking out in that arena. and as well which will sink coming from a vendor our political perspective that i will ask each to give us a minute or two, their perspective on the area, what they think are the trends are key points they want to make about that. that i have a couple of questions to ask them. we will take questions from the audience as well, if you have any. so please

officials at all levels helps fuel this criminal activity. want the strenth deals corruption and inhibit legitimate sustainable economic growth and honest and effective government. the two individuals designated as drug trafficking campaignsthe u.s. government's interagency from in months. the u.s. department of treasury has made this designation because we have reason to believe these individuals are involved in significant international drug trafficking activity that affects the national interest of the u.s. parent. >> it was a meeting recently, totino's discuss? in tokyo? >> how recently? >> i believe it was yesterday or the day before a. >> i don't have a readout. >> can you check by. >> i. but not be surprised among issues discussed was ongoing dialogue with them regarding base realignment activity, but i don't have a specific agenda. if there's anything -- i probably would say i would refer you to the embassy and that has anything in terms of topics discussed. >> back to kyrgystan, yesterday you mentioned that the air bases of an, it has been reduced. there were also the demands of authority is there to close down the base. do you have a reaction on that price. >> might understand from the pentagon is that we have r

campaign. there were meetings where officials were seen coordinating with the campaign, and nothing was done. so there is a loophole. host: ken vogel? guest: i.e. is independ exp -- independent expenditure, where you have political action committees of unions and interest groups being able to air ads of unlimited amount that mention candidates, and in some cases, in some states, these expenditures are even allowed to explicitly support or oppose candidates. at the state level, the campaigns themselves, the diea -- idea being if they are coordinated, it becomes a de facto contribution, and of course corporations and unions are federally prohibited from direct contribution. so if they could air a 23 million dollar expenditure, it would be coordination. so something that echoes the message without crossing the line into coordinating with the candidate. that's one area we see an appetite for increased regulation where advocates say, hey, one way to prohibit this new spending from having a significant impact is to toughen coordination rules so not only do candidates not talk with each other, they