about something positive on the college level. good job by nebraska. absolutely. i second that. thanks very much, jared. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts now. breaking news right now. former british frm margaret thatcher has died after suffering a stroke. we re live in london with reaction. and the gun control debates in the united states gets personal. wayne reminds me of the clowns at the circus. they get the most attention, and that s what he is paid to do. the nra under fire as president obama meets with sandy hook families to amp up pressure to pass new federal gun laws. and smoking pot for a living and writing about it. we ll talk to america s very first marijuana critic. plus, report cards are out for the airlines. the best and worst of 2012. you re live in the cnn newsroom.
good morning. thank you so much for being with me. i m carol costello. we do begin with breaking news. sad news out of britain. the former british prime minister margaret thatcher has died, known as the iron lady. thatcher was tough and uncompromising. her staunch conservative views made her a natural ally of president ronald reagan. they were kindred spirits believing in smaller government and tough enterprise. we heard from david cameron, the man who now serves as is he she saved our country, and she showed immense courage in doing so, and people will be learning about what she did and her achievements in decades, probably centuries to come. that s her legacy, but today we must also think of her family. thatcher, much like reagan, is likely to invoke strong emotions now as then. cnn s dan rivers looks back at thatcher s bold and controversial leadership.
breaking news this morning. former prime minister margaret thatcher has died. the british prime minister was 87 years old. it s believed she died from a stroke. now, younger americans know about margaret thatcher, not from her role so much as the british prime minister, but how she was portrayed in the movie the iron lady. we will stand on principle or well not stand at all. were margaret, with all due respect, when one has been to war with all due respect, sir, i have done battle every single day of my life. and many men have underestimated me before. cnn s senior political analyst david gergen joins me thousand. she really, meryl streep i m talking about, captured margaret thatcher s personality. i mean, she wasn t a tough lady. reporter: she was a tough lady. she wrote famously back in 1975
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