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>>guest: absolutely. that is why we have rubio on the list other than florida and the fact he excites the republican base, that is the great plus for rubio. the minus is, he is a relatively new figure on the national scene and you know what that means. earthquake i remember a new figure four years ago, and that was president obama. >>guest: well president obama or sarah palin. you will get, well, in obamas case you didnt get that, but in sames case you did, and believe me, for this v.p. candidat...

Welcome back to "morning joe" on this monday morning. youre looking down live at the flame, the olympic flame. what a show it was friday night. most watched every, 40 million people watched that in the united states. even more than the atlanta games itself. look a beautiful game in london. barnicle still mad at me because of the rain in new england. wed love to get some of that in the middle of the country. hasnt happened lately. this map shows you the drought conditions. the brighter the red, t...

It will do it well, in a way that -- >> whats the most important thing for them to get through in the opening ceremony or is it just to get through? >> thats a good question. usually whatever manner in which they plan to get the torch lit is the key. remember in vancouver when there was actually a problem getting the structure raised, it was actually going to house the olympic flame, thats always the biggest fear, somehow they cant get the fire to the torch. >> we have any idea who is going to l...

11:40, live picture of olympic stadium where in a few hours the opening ceremonies will get under way. less than nine hours away. they got the bid seven years ago this month and now the day is here. were told its not going to rain during the ceremony. its gray here, been drizzling a little bit this morning. but most of the people whonow weather including jim canner to at the weather channel say its going to hold off for the ser honeny itself. britains famous couple prince william and the duchess...

its a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning londons readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, whats happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this oversea...

ill have the weather on both sides of the pond. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and good morning to you. happy friday. thank you for joining us. im carol costello. we begin with new details on a man who is accused of being a serial infector of hepatitis c. david kwiatkowsky is accused of infecting many people. one hospital fired him for drug abuse two years ago. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is in boston with more. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: carol, let ...

>> well, soledad, as soon as mitt romney landed here in london for his overseas trip he found the controversy surrounding basically what has been hoped by his campaign as what theyre calling a listen and learn tour. it has been sort of who said what in the last 24 hours as you mentioned that quote that appeared in an article in the london daily telegraph apparently or allegedly we might even want to say from an unnamed romney advisor and even though the international press could not in...

summer olympics. thats not what you want to see just before the games start. >> a bizarre one i never heard about either. the name. plus, a day of reckonning for facebook. we look ahead to the first earnings report as a public company later today with our christine romans. >> interesting. up first, the latest on the aftermath and investigation in aurora, colorado. law enforcement sources say the shooting suspect james holmes mailed a package to the university of colorado campus in auro...

well, and we are keeping an eye on that womens olympic soccer happening right now in london. hello, everyone, im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux, and we are taking you around the world in 60 minutes. this is the scene in aleppo, syria, today. intense fighting between the rebel forces and government troops. the military is sending 2,000 more troops in an effort to retake the city. meanwhile, turkey announced, it is closing the border with syria, and thousands have fled acr...

With the penn state report on the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal set to be released tomorrow, the family of the late penn state coach joe paterno is questioning the integrity of the inquiry. and say paterno did not know sandusky was a pedophile, hes expected to be sentenced in september. attorneys for lance arm stroeng re-filed the lawsuit seeking to stop the u.s. anti-doping agency from stripping the cyclist of his seven tour de france totals. the agency announced yesterday two doctors and ...