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Men endure 17 days of no contact. a federal judge ordered the u.s. military to stop enforcing the don t ask don t tell law that bars openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces. in his injunction of the 17-year-old policy, the judge said it, quote, infor instance the fundamental rights of service members and violates their rights of due process and freedom of speech. u.s. department of justice attorneys have 60 days now to repeal the ruling. the white house lifted its ban on deep water drilling for oil and gas saying it s confident new rules will prevent another disaster like the bp rig explosion. companies will have to show they re prepared for catastrophic oil spills and also have to have their rigs inspected. up next, mr. donny deutsch is in the building, and chuck todd will join us as well. don t forget to sign up for the new morning minutes news letter. niz tease. it includes a daily recap of ....
Shep? shepard: alicia acuna live in denver. thanks. a preliminary report out today suggests the white house tried to suppress information related to the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the white house. according to the national oil spill commission in the weeks after the bp rig explosion, the white house budget office blocked federal scientists from revealing their worst case scenario, estimates to the public. it s important to point out here it was president obama who appointed that commission to investigate the disaster. so far no comment from the white house. but according to the reporting of the associated press, an official from the white house science office says he doubts anyone would have blocked the release of factual information about the spill. a city councilman in washington state says he heard something wrestling in the bushes near his vacation cabin and then the bear was on him. we ll hear from the man who survived injuries, including a bear bite to the head. there are ....
Call this toll-free number now. megyn: the u.s. supreme court is now back in session with new associate justice elena kagan making her debut on the bench. the high court has already turned down hundreds of appeals. the federal investigators meeting for the fifth time to complain what caused bp s gulf of mexico rig explosion. at least one more series of hearings is expected. the april 20th explosion ....
The legislation never passed. tonight come of the accused suggested the indictment is politically motivated. i can t believe it. i hope nobody else believes it. it s out of character for anything she s involved in. outraged. shepard: in addition to the indictment, the lobbyist pleaded guilty to offering $2 million for one accused senator s vote. we have new details about what happened in the hours after the deadly rig explosion that triggered the catastrophic oil spill in the gulf of mexico. contractor whose company was working to save the rig testified today that b.p. interviewed with critical efforts to close the so-called blow-out preventer, a massive device that failed to stop the crude. the contractor says b.p. wasted time discussing concerns about heat build-up from the burning rig. holding a fifth round of hearings to determine what caused explosion. ....
Ahmadinejad was in new york for the u.n. general assembly. bp working on its own estimate of how much oil spilled after the rig explosion. the company s find depends on the amount spill so bp avoided accepting the s estimate. tropical storm lisa is now a hurricane, the 7th of the season maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. hurricane lee is lisa is in the atlantic at the moment no threat to land. i m marianne rafferty now back to on the record. greta: that is former nfl star quarterback kurt warner ....