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We’ll have the latest on the heated efforts in the Senate to avert a showdown over President Bush’s judicial nominees (search), as a bipartisan group of twelve senators meet today. Can a deal be reached? We’ll talk with one of the senators, Ben Nelson, a Democrat from Nebraska.

Plus, the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai (search) met with President Bush today. Karzai asked for more Afghan control over U.S. military operations there, but he may not have gotten the answer he wanted. James Rosen will have the details of their meeting.

Then, news from the ongoing battle over abortion as the U.S. Supreme Court (search) announced it would reenter the fight by considering one state's appeal to restore a requirement of parental notification for minors who want an abortion. Megyn Kendall has the latest.

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