successful in getting him released, gregg. gregg: kelly wright, live from washington, thanks. martha: a story on the biggest threat the u.s. faces from al qaeda this morning, the cia analysts now see that the yemen-based group, now reporting the yemen-based group is the most urgent threat now the u.s. faces in terms of security here at home and our bases abroad. and, bigger even than usama bin laden s core group. u.s. officials told fox news there is no doubt al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is a mortal threat and the u.s. cannot afford to ignore anyone, anywhere working to attack the u.s., remember, the yemen based group is suspected in last year s plot to bomb a u.s.-bound plane on christmas day. gregg: one crazy class assignment lands a teacher in australia in serious trouble. that assignment that got her into hot water and the school s response to it, coming up next. martha: and, it is something rarely seen, a tornado made of
i want you to leave here and i want you to know what we stand for. now, this election is going to be about where the candidates stand. i am running against two conservative candidates for the united states senate that has similar records. reporter: charlie crist says he does have a similar record because he s an independent and the governor has been courting democrats and the obama administration, the president particularly, for weeks. one of the subtexts to this race as it unfolds now is just how close charlie crist is to trying to get tacit support from the president if meek proves to be a weak democratic nominee. martha: it s going to be interesting. rubio came on this morning and said both of the other two guys are sort of inside the whole washington administration scene, so they re all going to be playing the triangle game in that one, i suppose. talk to me a little about the governor s race in florida. that was an interesting one
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that people think washington and democrats who control washington are the problem, can i just add one point of trivia. the new york times says david paterson is talking to, consulting with ted wells, a well-known attorney who defended none other than scooter libby at his trial a few years ago and lost. so kind of interesting little fact there. no question about it. the rangel thing, paterson, all of this does not enure to the benefit of the democrats or white house it just makes the problem worse. speaking of iraqi elections, front page of the new york times, has a picture of voting beginning in iraq. tom friedman, a few days ago john meacham said victory at last in iraq. a couple of days later, richard haass said not so fast. what is your take as somebody who has followed iraq so closely for so many years? i think this election is important. part of a long-term process
adopted. the republicans made it clear they weren t going to entertain anything on the floor. she hasn t one said if you give me a, b or c, i ll vote for the bill. that s the problem. we ve been negotiating against ourselves most of the time. most americans we can get into the process, and 60 votes are required to do this, but most americans look at this and they say, democrats control washington. they control congress. they control the white house, so understandably, i think a lot of people wonder why more can t get done. how do you answer that, really? first of all, i make a very important distinction between what s going on in the house and the senate. we in the house have passed just about all the important bills the president said he wanted to pass this year. five times in the state of the union address, he urged the senate to follow the house s lead. the senate, unfortunately, we have somehow bought into this idea you do need 60 votes to do anything, which isn t a majority,