putin, and the two are at odds of how to end the bloodshed in syria and the international response to iran s nuclear program. in colorado wildfires are spreading. crews fighting the fire in the pike national forest are getting help now. firefighters from california heading there and the other big fire in colorado has burned more than 58,000 acres. national weather service says that the fire risk in six western states today is critical. i want to get to the big election in greece over the weekend. it looks like crisis averted at least for now, and everybody was holding their breath waiting to see who would win and how it would impact the finances here in the united states. on one side, the conservative party who wants to hang on to the financial bailout of greece being offered by its european partners even if it means greece going through the deep painful cuts. on the other side was a left wing party who wanted a big renegotiation of the terms of the bailout. some said tha
austerity and fears of a meltdown. looking ahead to the rio environmental summit, a sharply contrarian take from someone who says the whole thing is a waste of time. finally i am for free press, fair elections and equal rights for women. i can t say that. what in the world? the dictator might be a fun movie, but dictators in real life are getting smarter, sav savvier and less authoritarian. but first, here s my take. we re now in the general election campaign in the united states. the point at which the candidates are meant to pivot from the primary voters to the general election voters, most of who now are registered independents. but this isn t really happening. the obama campaign started with its attack ads about bain capital which presented a simplistic picture of a complicated reality, although some private equity firms have engaged in some bad practices. on the whole, the industry has grown so large because it performs a useful function. then came mitt romney
they arrived. and they found rodney king at the bottom of his swimming pool. the officers jumped into the pool and removed him and began cpr with mr. king. mr. king was unresponsive. rialto fire department paramedics arrived on scene and immediately transported him to the arrowhead regional medical center where he was later pronounced dead at about 6:11 this morning. we are joined on the phone now by los angeles times columnist pat morrison. pat, thanks for joining us. basically, this was a californian who was clocked by police as speeding. they tried to pull him over. it led to a car chase, topping speeds of over 100 miles an hour. when he was finally stopped, there was a brutal beating, a fight was then tape-recorded by someone who was watching and then led to a year-long tension in los angeles. i wonder if you can put this death and this man s life into perspective as far as history is concerned of race relations. i spent a lot of time with rodney king at the end of
reporter: well, we did talk to police here in rialto. by all accounts this was an accidental drowning. there were no signs of foul play. basically this morning around 5:00 p.m. a 11 call came in from rodney king s fiancee. she heard a splash, went out and rodney king was at the bottom of the pool. police responded. they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead later at a local hospital. rodney king made swimming a daily part of his life. it was a ritual. as we ve been told rodney king was swimming in many ways because of the therapy he sustained during his injuries, physical therapy. this was part of his routine every day. no one at cnn knows rodney king more than stan. when you met up with rodney about a month and a half ago you were in the backyard in the pool. this was part of his life. well, when i asked him how did you manage to survive the beating 20 years ago? he mentioned that was his main objective to get through that terrible phase in his life. the o
for a second term as president. what would obama phase two look like with senior white house adviser david plouffe. and then he has been president for 3 1/2 years, and talk is cheap. sizing up mitt romney with former republican presidential hopeful rick santorum. plus, days away from a supreme court decision which could gut the health care law. is there a plan b? doctor and senator john barrasso and congressman chris van hollen join us. and the cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and matt bayh will join us. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. there was a showdown this week with mitt romney and president obama giving speeches in ohio. an economic growth amid tightening polls, white house advisers said that the president would use the speech to reframe his economic argument. he tied mitt romney tightly to george w. bush and outlined his goals. that is my vision for america. education, energy, innovation, infrastructure. flashback,