silvio bur lus coerlusconi, his kicked off this morning officially. he wasn t there for the proposal hearing but has an interesting defense. about those accusations that the then 16-year-old girl known at ruby heart stealer is one of just dozens of young women he slept with at so called bunga, bunga parties, the italian leader says at 74 he couldn t have done it. 33 girls in two months is too much for even someone who is 30. if convicted, three years in jail, up to 12 years for abuse of office. now to colorado where a second grader was pepper sprayed by police after he threatened to kill his teachers with a sharp stick. the 8-year-old s mother is not happy. she s calling the police action excessive. nbc s kerry sanders is live in denver with this wild story, and what are police saying about this, kerry? reporter: well, good morning,
bachmann on msnbc s daily rundown moments ago talking about the possibility of a government shutdown and hyche political implications for both parties. i m joined with a democrat from maryland and member of the budget committee. senator good to see you sgrngts to be with you, thanks. i think conventional wisdom has been like in 95 republican inns would be hurt by a government shutdown, but could it backfire on the democrats? well, clearly, the american people are going to be hurt by a government shutdown, and the challenge right now is that the tea party element of the republican caucus really wants a shutdown and it s difficult for speaker boehner. we need to negotiate in good faith. not what the republicans or democrats want if we go into a shutdown. right now if the tea party gets their way and the government shuts down. if that happens, it s bad for the american people and i think bad for the republicans. willing to compromise, although word coming out of that meeting yest
we want to go to people and give them something right now. it s not the total solution, chris, but we think it s part of the solution and we re encouraging others to join us. it s a free effort at makeover mile.com. join us, register for these events. because we re being so successful we have found other cities who want to join the chain. the rest of the year we re adding five more cities around the country where we re going to, walking with people and giving them the tools they need. good to know. dr. ian smith, thank you and good luck going forward. thanks, chris. reminder, all this week taking a look at the black agenda in our special sears, culminated in a town hall sunday april 12th at noon eastern. tomorrow i ll talk with naacp ben jealous and al sharpton. and you don t have to be on the guest list to celebrate the royal wedding. thousands of parties in honor of prince william and kate middleton. even here in the straights,
restaurants are planning royal nuptial viewing parties. with 23 days left before the big day, all the glamorous gossip from our royal watcher in london. 4,000 applications for permits for street parties. you brits will do anything as an excuse to hoist a pint. won t you? reporter: oh, you know i have missed you, chris. we ve been apart too long. yes. right behind me is a glorgous, beautiful, sunny, spring day near london. with this sort of weather, it s brilliant for a street party. and, yes, so many people applied for these. what were the kickstart, really, prime minister david cameron. his wife, samantha, hosting on downy street, an affair, hardly get an invite to that however, i think that s i d love one but i think that s what s kickstarted it off. actually it s bringing about community spirit. we re set for a fantastic day. not have a downer, but this one had american lawyers