reporter: jon, the reporters were trying to catch our breath. we have been covering this president for four years now and never seen him get personally emotional like that. despite many tragedies. we have seen before, as he himself noted. this one hitting him and the nation perhaps a little bit harder. what you didn t see off-camera jay carney white house spokensman sitting a few feet away from me taking his eye glasses off to wipe his eyes. they have lowered the flag to half staff at the white house and boehner has done it as well. partisan of recent days may be smaller, the fiscal cliff discussions interrupted. the president has now canceled a trip he was planning to maine next wednesday he was going to pressure the republicans to support his plan. also, worth noting when the president talked there about taking meaningful action, he has been criticized from the left, after some of the other tragedies. for not getting specific. not taking action on gun control. he now laid out a pro
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for suzanne malveaux. we are focusing on protests in california, politics and the economy right here at home. straight to it. the mother of baseball hall of famer cal ripken has been found unharmed. ripken seen here with ex-administration, bush administration officials condoleezza rice and karen hughes gained fame as a shortstop with the baltimore orioles. well, the aberdeen police department says that his mother was abducted yesterday after a man with a gun forced her into a car. earlier this morning, ms. ripken was located in her car close to the home, and she was examined by paramedics, and she is not injured. she is resting now with family members. we will get more on this crime from joe johns in d.c. very bizarre. how did this happen? for sure, fred. a strange story developing here. vai ripken is the mother of one of the most famous baseball players ever. police confirming that she was abducted from her home at gunpoint early yesterday morning and police say reports in
boost the economy and win re-election? do business owners, the people who support the bill, supposed to help, do they think it s a good idea. jessica is at the white house. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. let s start with you, jess. er eric cantor expected to attend the jobs signing here. is this one thing congress and the white house can agree on m. yes, and this is being presented as a real bipartisan victory, an accomplishment that will spur job growth and help grow business by reducing the barriers to investment so more businesses can grow and i think crease hiring which means more jobs. so both parties say they like it. you can see why that is a political win for both sides, both on the politics and on the substance if that were the entire bill. but critics are pointing out that there are elements of this bill that in their view will reduce investor protections that will they actually described it as a ticking time bomb. they say it will decrease tran
was a person sending an inmate eye glasses. it s not an eye glass box and when the nurse opened it, she noticed a black substance that could possibly be heroin. we ll nik test, field test to see fit comes back positive. we have them for different types, heroin, methamphetamines, marijuana. if it s positive it s going to turn bright yellow. it s not turning any colors. it s negative. it s not heroin. number one is information gathering. we read mail. we talk to the inmates. we talk to staff. listen to phone calls. they ll schedule a date which they come to visit. so we wait for them, when they come in, serve them the search warrant. most of the time females bringing in drugs, so myself and