bill: the aarp remains the most powerful group. 40 million belong to the aarp. there have been charges that the organization has evolved into left wing concern. a new tv ad speaks to that. my grocery bill isn t wasteful spending. my heart medication isn t some political gain. our retirement isn t a simple budget line item. i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. and i earned my social security. now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washington wants to cut our benefits? that wasn t the agreement. join the members of aarp and tell washington to stop cuts to our medicare and social security benefits. bill: now, earlier this week i talked with aarp president lee hammond. so, mr. hammond, the wrap on the aarp is that it is just too left
bill: the aarp remains the most powerful group. 40 million belong to the aarp. there have been charges that the organization has evolved into left wing concern. a new tv ad speaks to that. my grocery bill isn t wasteful spending. my heart medication isn t some political gain. our retirement isn t a simple budget line item. i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. and i earned my social security. now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washington wants to cut our benefits? that wasn t the agreement. join the members of aarp and tell washington to stop cuts to our medicare and social security benefits. bill: now, earlier this week i talked with aarp president lee hammond. so, mr. hammond, the wrap on the aarp is that it is just too left
bill: the aarp remains the most powerful group. 40 million belong to the aarp. there have been charges that the organization has evolved into left wing concern. a new tv ad speaks to that. my grocery bill isn t wasteful spending. my heart medication isn t some political gain. our retirement isn t a simple budget line item. i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. and i earned my social security. now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washington wants to cut our benefits? that wasn t the agreement. join the members of aarp and tell washington to stop cuts to our medicare and social security benefits. bill: now, earlier this week i talked with aarp president lee hammond. so, mr. hammond, the wrap on the aarp is that it is just too left
pat on the back to president barack obama. well, i think the decision that has been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one, the right thing to do. president obama signed the law repealing, don t ask, don t tell. it went into effect last month. the brooklyn bridge is open today after a group of occupy wall street protesters shut it down saturday. police arrested more than 700 of the protesters. the loosely organized demonstration began three weeks ago today to protest what the group calls corporate greed. it has spread to other cities, seattle, los angeles, boston, san francisco, as well as a few other cities. we will have a live report at the half hour. a live picture of the washington monument in the nation s capital. no word, however, being done today to locate damage caused by that august earthquake. weather is keeping crews away for a second day. these are some spectacular pictures from last week showing just how dangerou
car believed to be carrying al awlaki is targeted. a u.s. drone fires a missile. and one of america s top terror targets is dead. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from home. born in new mexico he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nadal hassan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. home land. we had always had tremendous concern that after getting bin ladin that som