Its robust jobs growth were still waiting for. Are you feeling the recovery . Find us on facebook and twitter, our handle is cnnbottomline, my handle is christineromans. Ill be back at 1 00 with your money and ali will interviewer the House Majority leader about the budget, debt, the way forward in washington. Well discuss why congressman cantor might be the most powerful republican in washington. Cnn saturday morning with around randi kaye continues right now. Flights canceled, hundreds of car wrecks. All the result of an arctic blast along the east coast. Are we close to a thaw or more of the same . A teenager makes a stunning announcement to a high school crowd. Now the video, the admission is viral. Well talk with him live. Its a movie winning acclaim, racking up nominations and now being invoked by the secretary of state s. Ill talk with the writer of argo. Good morning, everyone, im randi kaye. It is 10 00 on the east coast. Thank you very much for starting your morning with us.
Bottom of the hour now. Welcome back, everyone. Im randi kaye. Im victor blackwell, thanks for starting your morning with us. Five stories we think you should know about this morning. Number one, the Hacker Group Anonymous has declared war on the u. S. Government. It took over the website of the United States Sentencing Commission this morning and posted this video. The message demands reforms of the justice system. Hackers threatened chaos if the government doesnt meet their demands. The message says the suicide death of internet activist Aaron Schwartz prompted the threat. He was facing federal Computer Fraud charges and 35 years in jail. Live pictures for you this morning here. Thousands of people expected to march on the National Mall in washington later this morning to support tighter gun control measures, lawmakers, pastors, even some celebrities will be joined by victims of mass shootings, including residents from newtown, connecticut. They Want Congress to enforce a ban on mili
Ive survived so far. Thank you so much. Have a great afternoon. Have a lovely day. Thank you. Well, its 12 00 p. M. In the east, 9 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im Miguel Marquez in for fredricka whitfield. If youre just tuning in, thank you for joining us. These are the top stories were following right now in the cnn newsroom. A secret group has fired a public and embarrassing shot across the bow of the Justice Department. The group hacked into one of dogs sites belonging to the u. S. Sentencing commission. There it posted a threat to release sensitive materials about the Justice Department if prosecutors dont stop going after hackers. Cnns nick valencia is covering this for us in the newsroom. A poke in the eye to the Justice Department. What does the fbi have to say . Good afternoon. This is a poke in the eye of the Justice Department and a slap in the face to the u. S. Government. The Hacker Group Anonymous chose this u. S. Federal sentencing website. They said it was a symbolic move
Are luring our nations veterans away from government retirement plans putting them into broker operated iras that carry higher fees. Rich edson on the story hes been following and working on for several days. Reporter cheryl, it begins with a striking statistic. Within the first year of leaving government jobs, Officials Say 45 of federal employees transfer out all the money they have in government retirement investment accounts striking because the federal Retirement Savings plan is known as incredible value. Government guarantees the investment in government securities and fees are much lower than private competitors, that has analysts asking why nearly half the federal workers leaving jobs are passing on such a solid investment deal . Former Government Employee and director of government Pension Center john turner says private investment firms are luring veteran retirees away from Government Funds which he says is a bad idea. You would be paying a lot more in fees, and then you woul
Also worsening tonight. In iraq, the radical isil has driven one and a half Million People from their homes, leading the United Nations to declare it a level three emergency. That is the highest and worst level. The Obama Administration meanwhile has sent a team of special operations groups to iraq to assess how to evacuate the thousands of refugees trapped there. The troops are on the Mountain Range for roughly 24 hours in a move the critics say seems an awful lot like boots on the ground. Something the administration has insisted we would not see. When asked about that at a brief survey today, the advisor tried to draw an extinction. These are 130 personnel are not going to be in a combat role in iraq. Theyre there on a temporary basis to make assessments about how to get the population off the mountain. This would be a humanitarian effort again to get them to a safe space. There are a range of ways for doing that, we havent made decisions about how to carry out that mission because