poor people. he said, i don t know what they re going to do if these people get into office. that was powerful and resonated with a lot of people beyond just this set. he has a way of doing it. to this love of the stage. brian grim, our reporter, noted he was at a dnc event, bill clinton was at a dnc event after the speech, saw a stage and got up and spoke for 20 more minutes and there are rumors he was on the light rail just sort of a small soap box. he just likes it. he wants to engage the crowd. he feeds off of it. i think john s right. obama is a different type of speaker. he can inspire. bill clinton can tell a story and weave a tale better than anyone else. it gets to a point it s nice to have as a surrogate a former president and mitt romney doesn t have it. they didn t mention george w. bush for a reason. bill clinton is an amazing surrogate. and a guy who still loves the game. we played that footage of them, president obama, president clinton on stage. president clinto
day before the shooting. apparently the second anniversary of his father s death, those blurred words, a racial slur. the police chief says, this may not be enough to add hate crime charges. more details on the shooting and suspects live from tulsa in just ten minutes. for singer, jennifer hudson, a painful 3 1/2 year wait for a trial is over. jury selection begins today in the trial of william balfour, the man charged with killing hudson s mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. it happened after hudson won an academy award and an grammy. she is the estranged husband of hudson s sister. he has denied the charges. he acted in a fit of rage because he believed his wife had a boyfriend. a live report in chicago in just 30 minutes. live pictures now from the white house. president obama hanging out on the south lawn. it is the annual white house easter egg roll. 30,000 people why all 50 states get tickets to come to the party. when he gets back inside, the president is sched
civilians. three members of his unit had already pled guilty. gibbs was accused of cuts off pieces of the corpses to keep as souvenirs and planting weapons to make it look as though the men were taliban fighters. gibbs will be eligible for parole in ten years. in the turkish city, 28 people have been pulled alive from the rubble after a deadly earthquake wednesday night. rescue crews worked throughout the day, thursday, to reach people still trapped. dozens more may still be buried. the government says 260 survivors have been taken to other cities. the death toll stands at 12. the murdoch media empire has been compared to the mafia. he said they adopted a code of silence surrounding the phone hacking scandal. murdoch rejetted the allegation when he appeared before mps thursday. he insists he didn t learn about the scope of the problem until last year. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now
good evening. i m chris matthews in los angeles. leading off tonight, exit stage left. congressman weiner gave way to the pressure on top of him. he s resignedin the end, the drip, drip drip of disclosure. too much. led to x-rated photographs and a major distraction for democrats. can they now get back to the message, pounding republicans for trying to kill medicare or will his hull louisiana lieu haunt them? congressman weiner lied about it at first only to confess with days and then dragged it out in hopes he could somehow survive even as just about everyone on top of him called for his resignation. we ve got the story covered from you all the angles tonight including trying to discern what finally pushed the congressman over the toech resign. he did it today. throughout the day, some of the
but 17-year ban on gay troops serving openly in the military won t end immediately. the law only changes once the pentagon proves to congress that the military has met several requirements including troop education programs. and the pentagon saying only it s moving forward at a deliberate pace. you can catch the president signing the don t ask, don t tell repeal tomorrow morning right here in the cnn newsroom 9:15 eastern time. exit stage left. wikileaks founder julian assange does it again. our jeannie moos takes a look at interview walk-offs to remember. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. [ female announcer ] lactaid®. the original lactose-free milk.