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GLADSTONE, Illinois (CNN) -- Residents of this small town in Illinois, like many others who live along the banks of the surging Mississippi River, raced against the clock Tuesday to erect a makeshift levee as rising floodwaters threatened.

Residents of Gladstone, Illinois, work with the National Guard to create a makeshift levee.

"I'm not moving, not moving my business," said Byron Sebastian, a longtime resident of Gladstone, Illinois, who also serves on the city council. "We've got a lot of good people here helping to try to save this part of town."

Gladstone is one of many towns under threat Tuesday after rising waters breached a 300-foot area of a levee near Gulf Port, Illinois, before 5 a.m.

Levees all along the mid-Mississippi were being topped with sandbags Tuesday as the river, fed by its flooded tributaries, continued to rise.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called up 1,100 National Guard members to assist in sandbagging efforts, said Patti Thompson of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. She also said inmates are helping on the levees and others are bagging sand in correctional institutions.

"We were very, very disappointed that this levee broke today," said Thompson. "It's a very powerful river, and it can be hard to harness."

With the help of the National Guard, Sebastian and his fellow residents hustled Tuesday to build a barrier between Gladstone and the encroaching floodwaters.

Even though Gladstone is about four miles from the banks of the Mississippi, the rising floodwaters have submerged homes and created rivers where crop fields once stood.

The muddy townspeople worked with anxious resolve, cracking the occasional joke, as they filled bags with sand and dirt and loaded them onto ATVs.

On the receiving end were members of the Illinois National Guard, who piled up the sandbags as the tops of cornstalks rose above the waters behind them.

"Threats can happen in all shapes and forms, so we are trying to help out," said National Guardsman Capt. Lanny Finn, whose unit previously served in Iraq. "We'll be here for as long as we're needed."

Sebastian, who lived through floods in 1993, said he never thought he'd have to experience them again.

"We thought that was bad, but this is a lot worse than it was in '93," said Sebastian. "Now we got some lakefront property."

Elsewhere in Illinois, authorities closed the Great River Bridge on U.S. 34, which connects Illinois to Iowa over the swollen Mississippi, as authorities evacuated about 400 people in Henderson County.

The sheriff of Henderson County, where the Mississippi River borders the entire western edge of the county, said authorities are still concerned about the communities of Gulf Port, Carman, Lomax and Dallas City.  Watch aerial views of the rising Mississippi Â»

"It's been an uphill battle from the start, and the levee just broke loose," he said.

Sheriff John Jefferson of Hancock County, Illinois, said water was "very, very close" to the top of some areas of the county's two levees.

"We've had to evacuate some areas already, but the areas that have not been evacuated yet, we're just keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that the levee will hold," he said.

In two of the county's communities, Rio Vista and Pontoosuc, power has been shut off in all but 20 residences, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office said.

Missouri also began to feel the force of the surging Mississippi Tuesday, as water began to top multiple levees east of Highway 79, forcing authorities to suspend sandbagging efforts at a levee near Foley, officials said Tuesday.

In Northwest Missouri, towns and cities along the Mississippi River were bracing for flooding later this week as swollen waters head downriver.

Communities at high risk of record flooding include Quincy, Illinois, and Hannibal, Missouri, according to National Weather Service modeling. Moderate flooding is possible later in the week in Alton, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri.

The floods began heading downriver Monday to Illinois and Missouri, relieving Iowa somewhat after two weeks of natural disasters that killed 17 people, displaced 38,000 and caused more than $1 billion in crop damages.

"The good news is the floodwater is receding in much of the state," said David Miller, administrator for the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division. "The bad news is we're still in a flood fight."

President Bush said he and a team will travel to Iowa this week. State and federal officials also plan to meet there this week to decide the best way to house displaced residents, said Bill Vogel, a federal coordinator with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

In Washington, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa said the flooding has devastated his state's corn crop. Floods prompted farm-equipment manufacturer John Deere to idle two plants in Waterloo, Iowa, he said.  Watch a farmer boat through his fields Â»

"Across eastern Iowa, the flooding rivers have washed out railroad lines; Mississippi barge traffic has come to a halt and [flooding has] closed major roadways," said Harkin, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "Thousands of Iowa businesses, large and small, have been impacted."

Harkin said Iowans "are a resilient and resourceful people," but will need "generous federal assistance" to recover.

FEMA has set up six disaster recovery centers in Iowa and has provided nearly $4 million in assistance, state and federal officials reported. So far, 24 counties are under federal disaster declarations, making residents eligible for individual aid, Lt. Gov. Patty Judge reported.

By Tuesday afternoon, residents of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the Cedar River inundated more than 400 city blocks, were beginning to return home as the rivers lessened, said Lu Barron, a Linn County supervisor.

"We're doing pretty good," she said. "People are getting into their businesses, and getting into their homes." she said.

She estimated that thousands of people had returned to their homes after authorities inspected them to make sure they were safe.

The death of one woman whose body was found in her car Monday was determined unrelated to the floods, said Courtney Greene, a spokeswoman for the governor's office and the state Emergency Operations Center.

Amtrak service from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Paul, Minnesota, and to Kansas City, Missouri, was disrupted by the flooding.

CNN's Paul Vercammen contributed to this report.

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text: Iowa

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text: news

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text: week

text: to

text: decide

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text: best

text: way

text: to

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text: displaced

text: residents

text: said

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text: federal

text: coordinator

text: with

text: the

text: Federal

text: Emergency

text: Management

text: Agency

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text: Washington

text: Sen.

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text: flooding

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text: flooding

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text: a

text: halt

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text: flooding

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text: roadways

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text: Democratic

text: chairman

text: of

text: the

text: Senate

text: Agriculture

text: Committee

text: Thousands

text: of

text: Iowa

text: businesses

text: large

text: and

text: small

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text: are

text: a

text: resilient

text: and

text: resourceful

text: people

text: but

text: will

text: need

text: generous

text: federal

text: assistance

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text: disaster

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text: Iowa

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text: has

text: provided

text: nearly

text: million

text: in

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text: and

text: federal

text: officials

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text: residents

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text: aid

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text: Cedar

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text: Cedar

text: River

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text: Linn

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text: of

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question: What do towns rush to build?

answer: barrier between Gladstone and the encroaching floodwaters.

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question: What does high water cause officials to close?

answer: Great River Bridge

text: Great River Bridge

question: What towns are building barriers?

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson knew "exactly how his fate would be played out" and feared his death would echo that of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley wrote in an online blog posted Friday morning.

Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley in 1994. Presley says, "I loved him very much" and believes he loved her.

Presley -- the daughter of Elvis, the "King of Rock," and the ex-wife of Jackson, the "King of Pop" -- wrote on her MySpace page that she wanted "to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once." Her publicist confirmed Presley wrote the blog.

She said her short marriage to Jackson -- from May 1994 until January 1996 -- "was not 'a sham' as is being reported in the press," but she divorced him because she was "in over my head in trying" to save Jackson "from the inevitable, which is what has just happened."

Jackson talked with her about his death during "a deep conversation" 14 years ago about "the circumstances of my father's death."  Watch more from Presley on Jackson Â»

"At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, 'I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did,' " Presley wrote.

"I promptly tried to deter him from the idea, at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know, he knew what he knew and that was kind of that."

That conversation haunted Presley as she watched television coverage of Jackson's death Thursday, she said.

"I am sitting here watching on the news [as] an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home, the big gates, the crowds outside the gates, the coverage, the crowds outside the hospital, the cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me, as did the unstoppable tears," she wrote.

"A predicted ending by him, by loved ones and by me, but what I didn't predict was how much it was going to hurt when it finally happened."

Elvis Presley collapsed in the bathroom of his Memphis, Tennessee, mansion -- Graceland -- on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. While his death was ruled the result of an irregular heartbeat, the autopsy report was sealed amid accusations that abuse of prescription drugs caused the problem.

"As I sit here overwhelmed with sadness, reflection and confusion at what was my biggest failure to date, watching on the news almost play by play the exact scenario I saw happen on August 16, 1977, happening again right now with Michael (A sight I never wanted to see again) just as he predicted, I am truly, truly gutted," she wrote.

"I wanted to 'save him'," she wrote. "I wanted to save him from the inevitable, which is what has just happened."

"The hardest decision I have ever had to make, which was to walk away and let his fate have him, even though I desperately loved him and tried to stop or reverse it somehow," Presley wrote.

Their marriage, which some suggested was only to help Jackson's image, was real, she said.

"It was an unusual relationship, yes, where two unusual people who did not live or know a 'normal life' found a connection, perhaps with some suspect timing on his part," she wrote. "Nonetheless, I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much."

Presley called Jackson "an incredibly dynamic force and power that was not to be underestimated."

"When he used it for something good, it was the best and when he used it for something bad, It was really, REALLY bad," she wrote.

Presley's blog entry ended with a thank you to those who would read it.

"I really needed to say this right now, thanks for listening."

Presley's blog can be found online at http://bit.ly/5wR7p

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text: Rock

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text: the

text: ex

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text: Jackson

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text: MySpace

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text: she

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text: now

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text: I

text: have

text: never

text: said

text: before

text: because

text: I

text: want

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text: truth

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text: there

text: for

text: once

text: Her

text: publicist

text: confirmed

text: Presley

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text: the

text: blog

text: She

text: said

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text: short

text: marriage

text: to

text: Jackson

text: from

text: May

text: until

text: January

text: was

text: not

text: a

text: sham

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text: is

text: being

text: reported

text: in

text: the

text: press

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text: divorced

text: him

text: because

text: she

text: was

text: in

text: over

text: my

text: head

text: in

text: trying

text: to

text: save

text: Jackson

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text: the

text: inevitable

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text: is

text: what

text: has

text: just

text: happened

text: Jackson

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text: her

text: about

text: his

text: death

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text: deep

text: conversation

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text: circumstances

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text: more

text: from

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text: point

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text: me

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text: he

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text: an

text: almost

text: calm

text: certainty

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text: am

text: afraid

text: that

text: I

text: am

text: going

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text: him

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text: way

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text: did

text: Presley

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text: idea

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text: fact

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text: if

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text: know

text: he

text: knew

text: what

text: he

text: knew

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text: that

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text: kind

text: of

text: that

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text: she

text: watched

text: television

text: coverage

text: of

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: death

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text: she

text: said

text: I

text: am

text: sitting

text: here

text: watching

text: on

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text: news

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text: ambulance

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text: by

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text: I

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text: autopsy

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text: confusion

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text: news

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text: now

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text: Michael

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text: to

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text: truly

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text: she

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text: I

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text: I

text: wanted

text: to

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text: him

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text: inevitable

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text: hardest

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text: had

text: to

text: make

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text: was

text: to

text: walk

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text: let

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text: fate

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text: tried

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text: part

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text: wrote

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text: he

text: loved

text: me

text: as

text: much

text: as

text: he

text: could

text: love

text: anyone

text: and

text: I

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text: him

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text: Jackson

text: an

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text: dynamic

text: force

text: and

text: power

text: that

text: was

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: underestimated

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text: he

text: used

text: it

text: for

text: something

text: good

text: it

text: was

text: the

text: best

text: and

text: when

text: he

text: used

text: it

text: for

text: something

text: bad

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text: was

text: really

text: REALLY

text: bad

text: she

text: wrote

text: Presley

text: 's

text: blog

text: entry

text: ended

text: with

text: a

text: thank

text: you

text: to

text: those

text: who

text: would

text: read

text: it

text: I

text: really

text: needed

text: to

text: say

text: this

text: right

text: now

text: thanks

text: for

text: listening

text: Presley

text: 's

text: blog

text: can

text: be

text: found

text: online

text: at

question: Who was Jackson's wfe from 1994 to 1996?

answer: Lisa Marie Presley

text: Lisa Marie Presley

question: what She says Jackson feared he would die like?

answer: echo that of Elvis Presley,

text: echo that of Elvis Presley,

question: What did Jackson fear?

answer: his death would echo that of Elvis Presley,

text: his death would echo that of Elvis Presley,

question: Does Lisa-Marie Presley believe her marriage was "a sham"?

answer: "was not 'a sham' as is being reported in the press,"

text: "was not 'a sham' as is being reported in the press,"

question: From what years where Lisa-Marie Presley and Jackson married?

answer: May 1994 until January 1996

text: May 1994 until January 1996

question: What did Presley say about her marriage to Jackson?

answer: "was not 'a sham' as is being reported in the press,"

text: "was not 'a sham' as is being reported in the press,"

question: Who was Lisa-Marie Presley's father?

answer: Elvis, the "King of Rock,"

text: Elvis, the "King of Rock,"

question: when Lisa-Marie Presley, Jackson were married from?

answer: May 1994 until January 1996

text: May 1994 until January 1996


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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- The Supreme Court heard new arguments Wednesday in a dramatic case that started with a movie attacking Hillary Clinton -- but that could have far-reaching implications for U.S. elections.

The campaign finance case before the court stems from a film critical of then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

"If you thought you knew everything about Hillary Clinton, wait till you see the movie," said an ad last year for "Hillary: The Movie," a scorching attack on the woman then running for president.

Citizens United, the conservative group behind the film, promoted it as featuring 40 interviews -- a "cast to end all casts"-- and promised that if "you want to hear about the Clinton scandals of the past and present, you have it here! 'Hillary: The Movie' is the first and last word in what the Clintons want America to forget!"

Few Americans ever saw the ad; a federal court ruled that it broke the law on campaign advertising.

Citizens United argued that the movie was a documentary, not "electioneering communication."

As a result, the group argued, it was not subject to campaign finance rules that require disclosure of the movie's financial backers or restrictions on when the film could air. It was financed with a mix of corporate and individual donations.

Judges disagreed.

Citizens United, a Washington-based nonprofit advocacy group, took its case to the Supreme Court.

Unusually, the top court did not reach a decision on the case after it was first heard and ordered Wednesday's rare September rehearing to consider more aspects of the case. A ruling is expected in a couple of months.

The case hinges on whether corporations can be barred from pouring money into election campaigns or whether they have free-speech rights -- and the right to spend their cash to influence elections, just like individual people do.

"It's about money," said Lawrence Noble, former general counsel of the Federal Election Commission and a national expert on campaign spending. "It's about free speech, and it's about the ability of corporations to influence elections through the direct use of their ... money."

Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 said the courts were right in the first place.

"Allowing corporations to flood our elections and use campaign expenditures to buy influence would fundamentally undermine our democracy," he said. "The little guy would have no role here, because the dominant force in politics -- the dominant force in Washington decision-making -- would become corporations."

But David Bossee of Citizens United doesn't buy that. He argued that groups of people who pool resources, ranging from labor unions to the health industry to advocacy groups like the National Rifle Association, still have the right to free speech.

"I don't believe the federal government should have the right to impede people's entry into the [political] process," he said. "And that's what I believe the Federal Election Commission is doing here: squelch our First Amendment rights."

U.S. courts have consistently ruled that spending money on elections is a form of speech.

The case has made for unusual alliances: the American Civil Liberties Union, for example, sides with Citizens United.

"For many free-speech advocates, this is maybe a case of strange bedfellows, but they agree with Citizens United," said George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley.

"They say, 'If you start to say these types of movies are prohibited speech, it could sweep into things like books.' Indeed, [the first time this case was argued,] the U.S. government said, 'Yes, we could restrict books during these election periods,' " Turley said.

"That sent a chill through the free-speech community. On the other side, people are saying, 'Yeah, campaign finance [reform] is strangling the democratic process,' " he said.

"You have two worthy values and very strong values on both sides," he said on CNN's "American Morning."

"There's a great deal at stake," he said. "If they strike down part of the campaign finance laws, it occurs right before the mid-term [elections], and you would see major amounts of money dumped into the campaign."

The court's rare special session marks the debut of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee.

The original narrow focus of the case was on Section 203 of the comprehensive 2002 McCain-Feingold law, which bans the broadcast of "electioneering communication" by corporations, unions and advocacy groups if such a broadcast would be aired close to election dates and would identify candidates by name or image.

The law also requires an on-screen notice of the groups financing such ads as well as public disclosure of all donors to the sponsoring organizations.

But the scope of the case has now expanded significantly, and justices will ask whether they should re-examine important precedents banning direct corporate spending in campaigns.

The Clinton movie case could launch a range of as-yet unanswered questions about political speech and government regulation.

Since the filmmakers argued that their work was information, not political advocacy, should the government place itself as the ultimate arbiter of what is "news"?

Some media groups say no. " 'Hillary: The Movie' does not differ, in any relevant respect, from the critiques of presidential candidates produced throughout the entirety of American history," said the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in a brief to the high court.

And can distinctions be drawn between regulating quickie 30-second or one-minute "attack ads" and a 90-minute documentary that could be viewed as an ideological "infomercial"?

"McCain-Feingold clearly has an impact on every candidate and everyone that raises or spends campaign dollars," said Edward Lazarus, author of "Closed Chambers," an inside look at the Supreme Court. "And the court has mediated that line between trying to allow Congress to protect against electoral corruption but at the same time protect the right of expression of corporations and individuals."

Movie excerpts and the ads can be seen at www.hillarythemovie.com.

The case is Citizens United v. FEC (08-205).

CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears and Elaine Quijano contributed to this report.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Many fans will always remember where they were when they heard the "King of Pop" had died. The rapper The Game will always remember what he did afterward.

The Game created a tribute to Michael Jackson -- video and all -- within a day of Jackson's death.

That same day, Thursday, June 25, he rounded up some famous friends, recorded a song, shot a music video and got a Michael Jackson tattoo etched on his upper arm. Actually, he got the tattoo while he was in the studio recording the track. Some people know how to multitask.

The tune, "Better on the Other Side," isn't available for sale yet -- although he's hoping it will hit iTunes very soon. Because the record company was caught off guard, it is still playing catch-up. Game says all proceeds from the sale of the single will be donated to Michael Jackson's family.

The companion music video is all over YouTube. In it, the 29-year-old shares the spotlight with Chris Brown, who sings the hook as a counterpoint to Game's rap. It's the first project Brown has appeared in since he pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend, Rihanna.

The video, in various forms, had received more than 750,000 views as of Thursday evening -- not bad for less than a week in release.

In the following interview, The Game (born Jayceon Taylor) recounts how the project came together -- with a little help from Lady Luck and the muse of Michael Jackson.

CNN: You may be the first well-known artist to have a Michael Jackson tribute out there.

The Game: I didn't want to wake up the next morning and have somebody spread a tribute all over the Internet, and I wasn't a part of it. So I decided to take matters into my own hands.

CNN: Did you already have the beats pre-recorded?

The Game: No. The first thing I did was call DJ Khalil ... and I told him, "Yo, I need you in the studio, and by the time I get there, I need a Michael Jackson tribute song made [the music bed]. I need violinists, I need pianists, I need everyone in there for a production."

And then I started reaching out to Diddy. He's on a set 18 hours a day, but he said he'd get it done some way, somehow. Talked to Chris Brown. He and [his manager] Tina Davis said they were on their way to the studio -- so they told me after I do my part, to bring it over and Chris will do the hook. Before I took the beat over to Chris, Boyz II Men walked into the studio randomly -- so they took it to their studio next door, laid down all the background vocals.

Then I took it to Mario [Winans], then I took it to Diddy. In the meantime, me and my boy Taydoe -- we running around to the hospital, to the Jacksons' house, to the star on Hollywood, getting all this [secondary] footage [for the video]. Crazy.

CNN: This was the day he died, on Thursday?

The Game: It was just the day. By Friday, everything was done -- video, everything. We did it in 15 hours.  Watch a report about Jackson's final days Â»

CNN: You made the music video for $500.

The Game: All in tapes, $500 went to tapes, HD high-definition tapes.

CNN: At the end of the video, you reveal a new tattoo.

The Game: Yeah, I'll show you. I thought if I was going to get a Michael Jackson tattoo, I would get a more menacing one. (The tattoo shows the "King of Pop" with a bandanna over the lower half of his face.)

CNN: Had you ever met Michael?

The Game: I never met him in person, but he tried to mediate a truce between myself and Curtis Jackson [aka 50 Cent], and I wasn't having it at that time.

CNN: How did that happen? Did somebody call you and say, "Please hold the line for Michael Jackson?"

The Game: At first my managers called me and they said, "Mike -- Michael Jackson -- is going to want to talk to you in an hour. Exactly an hour." So I waited an hour, and I'm like chewing on my fingers in the hotel room ... and the phone rings and a guy comes on and he's got an English accent. He's like (affects an English accent), "Hello Game, I have Michael Jackson on hold for you." It was just cool.

So Michael comes on, and ... he was like, "Yo, it's Mike, and I'm a big fan of your music," and starts going into my songs, "Hate it or Love It" and "How We Do." And he's like, "I'm a big fan of 50's -- every time I get in the car, I tell my driver to play 'In Da Club.' Would you guys be willing to make a truce, and then put it on my album?"  Listen to Jackson's biggest hits Â»

And then I was like, "Yo Mike, we gotta slow down, man!" This was at the height of me and 50's little beef, or whatever people called it, but I talked to him for another 35 minutes on why I couldn't do it at that time, and at that point in my career, and he was OK with that. He said one day if we decided to do it -- myself and Curtis' camp -- we could reach out to him. We never got a chance to do it.

CNN: So the video also features Chris Brown. It's the first track we've heard him on since the hearing last Monday [June 22].

The Game: They were really edgy about getting on it. I think [his managers] wanted Chris Brown's first look to be kind of strategically thought out, and I came so fast with the Michael Jackson tribute -- but we talked it over, and at the end of the day, they thought it was a good idea, so we went ahead and did it.

CNN: How is Chris? I'm sure you guys talk all the time.

The Game: He's like a little brother to me. I talk to him all the time, and I give him my support. You know, I'm no stranger to trials and tribulations in life, and the court system.

CNN: What are your thoughts about how Michael Jackson died, and how it seems as though prescription drugs may have been involved?

The Game: My thoughts on Michael Jackson are always the same. It doesn't matter, the form or fashion he died in. He's iconic to me, and his untimely demise is felt around the world. You got certain people saying, "Oh everybody's loving Michael now," but that's neither here nor there.

Me, myself -- I loved Michael Jackson to death. My mom sent me a host of pictures with all my "Thriller" shirts on, and the jacket with the zippers and glove -- me, my sisters and brothers -- so I really don't care. I just know he left an impact on the world. I think he's the most cried-for human being since Jesus Christ. It's just my opinion.

CNN: Are you thinking about donating part of the proceeds from the single?

The Game: Oh, all the proceeds of anything that I do that has anything to do with Michael Jackson will go to his family and his children. And that's just the bottom line.

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text: Many

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text: the

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text: former

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text: In

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text: following

text: interview

text: The

text: Game

text: born

text: Jayceon

text: Taylor

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text: project

text: came

text: together

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text: help

text: from

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text: Luck

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text: muse

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text: day

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text: 'd

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text: done

text: some

text: way

text: somehow

text: Talked

text: to

text: Chris

text: Brown

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text: his

text: manager

text: Tina

text: Davis

text: said

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text: were

text: on

text: their

text: way

text: to

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text: studio

text: so

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text: told

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text: my

text: part

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text: over

text: and

text: Chris

text: will

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text: the

text: hook

text: Before

text: I

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text: beat

text: over

text: to

text: Chris

text: Boyz

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text: Men

text: walked

text: into

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text: studio

text: randomly

text: so

text: they

text: took

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text: to

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text: studio

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text: laid

text: down

text: all

text: the

text: background

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text: Then

text: I

text: took

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text: to

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text: Winans

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text: I

text: took

text: it

text: to

text: Diddy

text: In

text: the

text: meantime

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text: and

text: my

text: boy

text: Taydoe

text: we

text: running

text: around

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text: the

text: hospital

text: to

text: the

text: Jacksons

text: house

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text: star

text: on

text: Hollywood

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text: video

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text: tapes

text: CNN

text: At

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text: end

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text: the

text: video

text: you

text: reveal

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text: new

text: tattoo

text: The

text: Game

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text: I

text: 'll

text: show

text: you

text: I

text: thought

text: if

text: I

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: get

text: a

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: tattoo

text: I

text: would

text: get

text: a

text: more

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text: The

text: tattoo

text: shows

text: the

text: King

text: of

text: Pop

text: with

text: a

text: bandanna

text: over

text: the

text: lower

text: half

text: of

text: his

text: face

text: CNN

text: Had

text: you

text: ever

text: met

text: Michael

text: The

text: Game

text: I

text: never

text: met

text: him

text: in

text: person

text: but

text: he

text: tried

text: to

text: mediate

text: a

text: truce

text: between

text: myself

text: and

text: Curtis

text: Jackson

text: aka

text: Cent

text: and

text: I

text: was

text: n't

text: having

text: it

text: at

text: that

text: time

text: CNN

text: How

text: did

text: that

text: happen

text: Did

text: somebody

text: call

text: you

text: and

text: say

text: Please

text: hold

text: the

text: line

text: for

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: The

text: Game

text: At

text: first

text: my

text: managers

text: called

text: me

text: and

text: they

text: said

text: Mike

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: want

text: to

text: talk

text: to

text: you

text: in

text: an

text: hour

text: Exactly

text: an

text: hour

text: So

text: I

text: waited

text: an

text: hour

text: and

text: I

text: 'm

text: like

text: chewing

text: on

text: my

text: fingers

text: in

text: the

text: hotel

text: room

text: and

text: the

text: phone

text: rings

text: and

text: a

text: guy

text: comes

text: on

text: and

text: he

text: 's

text: got

text: an

text: English

text: accent

text: He

text: 's

text: like

text: affects

text: an

text: English

text: accent

text: Hello

text: Game

text: I

text: have

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: on

text: hold

text: for

text: you

text: It

text: was

text: just

text: cool

text: So

text: Michael

text: comes

text: on

text: and

text: he

text: was

text: like

text: Yo

text: it

text: 's

text: Mike

text: and

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: big

text: fan

text: of

text: your

text: music

text: and

text: starts

text: going

text: into

text: my

text: songs

text: Hate

text: it

text: or

text: Love

text: It

text: and

text: How

text: We

text: Do

text: And

text: he

text: 's

text: like

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: big

text: fan

text: of

text: 's

text: every

text: time

text: I

text: get

text: in

text: the

text: car

text: I

text: tell

text: my

text: driver

text: to

text: play

text: In

text: Da

text: Club

text: Would

text: you

text: guys

text: be

text: willing

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: truce

text: and

text: then

text: put

text: it

text: on

text: my

text: album

text: Listen

text: to

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: biggest

text: hits

text: Â

text: And

text: then

text: I

text: was

text: like

text: Yo

text: Mike

text: we

text: got

text: ta

text: slow

text: down

text: man

text: This

text: was

text: at

text: the

text: height

text: of

text: me

text: and

text: 's

text: little

text: beef

text: or

text: whatever

text: people

text: called

text: it

text: but

text: I

text: talked

text: to

text: him

text: for

text: another

text: minutes

text: on

text: why

text: I

text: could

text: n't

text: do

text: it

text: at

text: that

text: time

text: and

text: at

text: that

text: point

text: in

text: my

text: career

text: and

text: he

text: was

text: OK

text: with

text: that

text: He

text: said

text: one

text: day

text: if

text: we

text: decided

text: to

text: do

text: it

text: myself

text: and

text: Curtis

text: camp

text: we

text: could

text: reach

text: out

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question: Jackson tried to mediate between who?

answer: myself and Curtis

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question: what did the game record

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question: who did the rapper admire

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question: Who recorded a tribute to Michael Jackson?

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Singer Chris Brown publicly apologized for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, in a video statement posted on his personal Web site Monday.

Chris Brown, shown here at his June 22 court appearance, has publicly apologized in a video posted Monday.

"I have told Rihanna countless times, and I'm telling you today, that I'm truly, truly sorry in that I wasn't able to handle the situation both differently and better," Brown said.

"What I did was unacceptable, 100 percent. I can only ask and pray that you forgive me. Please."

Brown, 20, was arrested after an early morning argument inside a rented Lamborghini on a Hollywood street in February.

He admitted guilt to a felony assault charge in June in a plea deal under which he will serve five years of probation and do about 1,400 hours of "labor-oriented service." Sentencing is set for August 5.

A publicist for Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, has not responded to CNN requests for comment on the apology.  Watch Brown ask for forgiveness Â»

Brown, in the two-minute video, said he had wanted to "publicly express my deepest regret and accept full responsibility" since February, but he remained silent on the advice of his defense lawyer.

"Although I will do some interviews and answer some questions in the future, I felt it was time you heard directly from me that I am sorry," he said.

"I have tried to live my life in a way which can make those around me proud of me, and until recently, I think I was doing a pretty good job," Brown said. "I wish I had the chance to relive those few moments again, but unfortunately I can't. I cannot go into what happened, and most importantly, I'm not going to sit here and make any excuses."

The incident began when Rihanna, who was riding in the sports car driven by Brown, found a text message on his cell phone from "a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with," according to a sworn statement by Los Angeles Police Detective DeShon Andrews.

"A verbal argument ensued," followed by the physical attack, the statement said. It went on to describe the assault in great detail, saying Brown punched Rihanna numerous times and put her in a headlock, restricting her breathing and causing her to start to lose consciousness. He threatened to beat her and kill her, according to the statement, and he bit her ear and her fingers.

Eventually, "Robyn F. began screaming for help and Brown exited the vehicle and walked away," the statement said. "A resident in the neighborhood heard Robyn F.'s plea for help and called 911, causing a police response. An investigation was conducted and Robyn F. was issued a Domestic Violence Emergency Protective Order."

At the end of his statement, the detective said Brown sent a text message nine days later, apologizing.

"I take great pride in me being able to exercise self-control, and what I did was inexcusable," Brown said in his video apology. "I am very sad and very ashamed of what I've done. My mother and my spiritual teachers have taught me way better than that."

Brown, who lost several product endorsements after his arrest, said he realizes he has "truly been blessed" and he intends "to live my life so that I am truly worthy of the term 'role model.' "

"As many of you know, I grew up in a home where there was domestic violence, and I saw firsthand what uncontrolled rage can do," he said. "I have sought and I am continuing to seek help to ensure that what occurred in February can never happen again. And as I sit here today, I can tell you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that it never happens again. And I promise that."

His probation requires that Brown complete domestic violence counseling. The judge said he cannot have contact with Rihanna again until that is completed.

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question: Who was the woman involved in the incident?

answer: Rihanna,

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question: Was a plea deal struck?

answer: under which he will serve five years of probation and do about 1,400 hours of "labor-oriented service."

text: under which he will serve five years of probation and do about 1,400 hours of "labor-oriented service."

question: Where did Chris Brown apologise?

answer: in a video statement posted on his personal Web site

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question: What does Brown say he isn't going to sit making?

answer: excuses."

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question: What did Chris Brown say?

answer: "I have told Rihanna countless times, and I'm telling you today, that I'm truly, truly sorry in that I wasn't able to handle the situation both differently and better,"

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question: Who struck a plea deal last month?

answer: Chris Brown

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question: Who is his girlfriend?

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question: Who posted an apology on their website?

answer: Chris Brown

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question: Who has posted an apology on his website?

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- London commuters crammed onto buses, scrambled for taxis, cycled or simply walked on Wednesday as a strike by Tube workers shut down most of the subway network.

Commuters queue for packed buses in London on Wednesday morning.

The strike began Tuesday at 7 p.m. (2 p.m. ET) but the first full effects were felt during Wednesday's morning commute. The strike was set to last for 48 hours with a normal service resuming Friday morning, according to Transport for London (TfL), which runs the city's transportation network.

The RMT trade union called the strike after talks with management over pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down.

"RMT doesn't resort to industrial action lightly," General Secretary Bob Crow said in a statement. "The fact is that Tube workers have been driven into walking out today."

Transport Commissioner Peter Hardy said the talks had been making progress on all issues and he urged the RMT to return to the table.

"The RMT leadership says we were close to a deal," Hardy said in a statement. "If that is the case, then they should call off the strike, return to talks ... and resolve this issue without any more disruption to Londoners."

TfL was running extra buses and free shuttle services across the River Thames during the strike. Electronic travel cards used for the TfL network were temporarily being allowed on all train lines in greater London, it said.

While most services on the Tube were shut because of the strike, one line -- the Northern line -- was running normally and five others were running on a reduced schedule, TfL said.

"It's been really good," a girl on Oxford Street told CNN about her commute. "The Northern line is running perfectly."

Still, some bus services were packed with commuters who normally ride the underground trains or who failed to find a taxi.

"I think we'd all like to strike for more money, but unfortunately we can't," said one woman at Oxford Circus, where the Tube is closed.

Others hit the pavement and walked.

"It's OK -- quite refreshing," said a man on Regent Street. He said he had just walked from Liverpool Street Station, a train station as well as a Tube stop that is more than 2.5 miles away.

The RMT represents about half of the 20,000 employees on the Tube, a TfL spokeswoman said. Other unions including Unite and TSSA represent the rest, she said, and were not on strike.

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text: TfL

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question: When will normal service resume?

answer: Friday morning,

text: Friday morning,

question: what caused the strike

answer: talks with management over pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down.

text: talks with management over pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down.

question: what services are offered

answer: extra buses and free shuttle

text: extra buses and free shuttle

question: What did the union call the strike over?

answer: pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down.

text: pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues broke down.

question: What alternatives did commuters use instead?

answer: buses, scrambled for taxis, cycled or simply

text: buses, scrambled for taxis, cycled or simply

question: what was the strike over

answer: pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues

text: pay, job cuts, and disciplinary issues

question: when will it be over

answer: Friday morning,

text: Friday morning,

question: how long will the strike last

answer: for 48 hours

text: for 48 hours

question: when did the strike happen

answer: Tuesday at 7 p.m.

text: Tuesday at 7 p.m.