clashes in chicago. police in riot gear trying to push back thousands of protesters racing to stop domestic terrorists. three violent plots to use guns and explosives have been uncovered and president obama addresses nato in one hour. time for damage control. newark mayor corey booker defends bain capital and calls the negative tone of president obama s campaign nauseating. then hours later, youtube video pops up with booker explaining. he gave us the soundtrack to the 70s. remembering bee gees cofounder robin gibb who passed away after a long battle with cancer. we have the amazing pictures of that solar eclipse. but we begin in chicago. riot police are bracing for more of this. demonstrators say the havoc they unleashed this weekend is only the beginning and vowing more chaos today outside the summit of the military appliance. president obama is there rallying support for the nation s planned exit from afghanistan. the president due to speak at the top of the
that s a story at least the french prosecutors are investigating, launching an investigation into this. a french newspaper says these allegations came from statements that two escorts made to belgian police. dsk held one of the most powerful positions in the world of course as imf chief. you may also remember he was arrested after a new york hotel maid accused him of sexual assault. he was cleared on that charge after her story fell apart. soledad? all right. christine, thank you for the update. we re watching that story obviously. it has been chaos in chicago as thousands of protesters against the war in afghanistan are at the nato summit. demonstrators were clashing with police who were wearing riot gear yesterday. they were voicing their opposition to the war. police arrested at least 45 people. the protests happened just blocks away from where world leaders are meeting to talk about the end game in afghanistan. this brings us to ted roulands who was in the middle of t
the united states. we talk about his personal relationship with president obama and even his personal relationship with mitt romney. stand by for that as well. and the man sometimes nicknamed america s supermayor, has made a super gaffe. i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. but first, through my exclusive far reaching interview, i just completed only a few minutes ago with the afghan president hamid karzai, it s his only interview while here in the united states. we sat down only moments ago, and he spoke of president obama just minutes before the interview. the three leaders are here for a meeting in chicago. listen to this. no, we didn t have a three-way meeting, we had a three-way photograph taking. just a photo opportunity? why not a meeting? why not have a three-way meeting and discuss the most important issues facing afghanistan, pakistan and the united states. it wasn t for us to decide on the three-way meeting. the united states was
special guest at graduation. president obama will give the commencement speech. the nato conference in chicago ground zero for diplomacy and protests. a fierce confrontation yesterday between protesters and police left dozens of people injured on both sides. today more demonstrations are planned. our ted rowlands has been basically in the thick of all of that. protesters, ted, vowing to shut down, i understand, boeing s chicago headquarters today. what is happening now? is it fairly peaceful here? have they managed to shut down anything? they re just finishing a march, suzanne, arriving at boeing headquarters, and there s a couple hundred people there, so at this point it s been very peaceful. they have just been marching through the streets of chicago, but we ll see what happens in the next hour or two as they entrench themselves at boeing. we ve been hearing some reports that they are possibly shutting down some streets. if they do that, police may be forced to go in an
is to feel compassion and feel for these people. young conservatives of texas member tony mcdonough will get his diploma this weekend. he does not support limited citizenship. it provides incentive for more people to come here illegally and lets people get off the hook for their criminal act. shannon: in 2010 there were an estimated 16,000 illegal immigrants enrolled in u.s. colleges. against a back drop of protests and alleged terror plots the nato summit gets underway in chicago as world leaders try to hammer out an exit strategy for the war and how to pay for it. france says it is getting out early. the diplomat ictusle between beijing and washington is over for now. the chinese activist is beginning his new life and american soil but what becomes