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Ive been a conservative 30 years years, i never used to hear racial stuff. but now suddenly its become very hard to be a republican and not somehow be associated with something racially reprehensible. >> i was surprised the secretary did not have some pull back on the presidents tweet on the mayor. >> i think hes managed to please the president gently and deflecting. the problem as david laid it out the question is when do you want to separate yourself from the president? when do you at a certai...

2.5 million people are not counted in this unemployment rate at all. they can work, but they have stopped looking for work. so theyre not counted in the unemployment rate. so its actually higher than 8.2%. also very key here is minorities. we have to look at what has happened to african-americans. their unemployment rate has gone up for the month of may. its now nearly 14.5%. it is pretty much double unemployment for whites, hispanics, 11% unemployment. thats problematic. and this is a...

what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obamas bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemplo...

>> guest: thats an interesting question. as a person, since this is a biography--as a person, a highly intelligent and shrewd, depressive, honorable--deeply honorable, very, very talented. i would say a first-rate artist. i guess i have encompassed both his personality and my--my own judgment of his art. c-span: when did he die and how old was he? >> guest: died in 1978. he was 84. lived a long life and was active in his art and his--and a very active man until maybe two years before h...

the nfl commissioner roger goodell is here tonight with his take on concussions, drug testing and tom bradys decision to give up the justin bieber look. >> his hair is getting a lot of attention. >> yes, were allowed a little fun. first, as we will every night. lets begin with the news you need to know right now. in perugia, italy, a dramatic and emotional verdict tonight. an italian night sets amanda knox free. heres the scene inside the courtroom. >> translator: on behalf of the ital...

>> reporter: you know, one of the interesting things is that algeria still recognizes moammar gadhafi as the leader of libya. they havent yet recognized the transition council, the rebels, as traditional rulers now. so what happened in the early hours of the day is that moammar gadhafis wife, daughter, two sons, showed up at the border and crossed over into algeria. they said theyre taking them in on humanitarian grounds. the national transitional council say they want them back, they ...

moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night in a battle in northwest libya. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafis wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge ...

barack obama. robert gibbs has been with barack obama since his days in the senate in 2004. and so, you do have a bubble within the bubble. and so this may be a moment to bring in some different people. now, david plouffe, as candy pointed out during the break, is not exactly new. he ran barack obamas campaign. bill daley is not new to the political scene, but doesnt really know barack obama very well. so he may be considered as somebody whos have a different point of view. >> bill dal...

room, which is adjacent. he will be announced. he will walk in, go up to the podium. reporters will stand, of course, for the president. he will tell them to sit down and then he will make his opening statement. we assume it will be on whats going on in the world of politics. lets not forget, hes getting ready for a major, major trip to asia later this week. he will be gone at least ten days, including a twice postponed trip to indonesia. a lot of other things on his agenda other than ...

as a matter of fact, we dont know when or if they might resume. what the court is saying is that a trial will take place this december. of course, this was appealed the district court ruled in favor of the same-sex marriage supporters against proposition 8 supporters. now we know that starting this december the court, the ninth circuit court will take this up. got this ruling right here. december is when its going to happen. we should tell you about the makeup of of court. this is a th...