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welcome aboard, folks. it is 7:00 in the east and we start with a fox news alert. west virginia senator robert byrd has passed away at the age of 92. a democrat who served as the longest serve member of congress. a spokesman for the family says he died peacefully 3:00 a.m. at a hospital in fairfax, virginia. he had been in the hospital since late last week for a heat related illness. chris turner is on the phone right now from washington, d.c. with the latest on the senator s passing. good morning to you, trish. i know you ve been covering capitol hill for some time and you were sending out e-mails bright and early this morning after the passing of the senator. good morning, gretchen. sure was. kind of surprised i got up and it was unusual last night, i have to say. senator byrd who, you know, has been ill for quite a long time. his staff has taken to communicating with us solely by e-mail. they would blast out a relief and i was really surprised when they put up they set up re

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