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generation of radar, one expert calling it a matter of life and death. and a grandmother brutally bullied on a school bus. right now though through the power of social media an unbelievable outpouring of sympathy and cash. well update you on whats going on. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." they were a critical part of his winning coalition in 2008. and this year president obama needs latino voters more than ever as he faces a very tough re-election campaign. just a f...

we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. theres not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. im talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced hell continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. >> monetary policy is not a panacea, its not g...

states where it is not legal or not. we begin this hour with a free speech decision from the highest court in the land. unanimous decision that could make prime time television even less family friendly than it is now. our justice correspondent joe johns joining me now with a pretty -- i guess you could say eye opening details. lets talk about what is at issue here. and how this is a coup for broadcasters. >> thats true. but i caution that we probably shouldnt go too far in calling thi...

that if we take the right policy steps, if were doing the right thing, then the politics will follow. and my mind hasnt changed on that. jeff mason, reuters. wheres jeff? >> right here. thank you, sir. my question is about syria. did president putin of russia indicate any desire on russias part for assad to step down or to leave power? and did you make any tangible progress in your meetings with him or with chinese president hu in finding a way to stop the bloodshed there? thank you. >...

partisan show down between the obama white house and republican controlled house of representatives. the house oversite committee voted to hold the toerp general, eric holder, in contempt, accusing the nations highest ranking law enforcement officer. the committee vote was hours after the democratic administration upped the ante. for months, a stare down between the congress and justice department. this morning, president obama invoked executive privilege, denying the committee the doc...

end run around congress. even though he was asked repeatedly, he refused to say if he would repeal the order if hes elected in november. >> would you repeal this order if you became president? >> well, lets step back and look at the issue. >> what would you do about it? >> as you know, he was president for the last three and a half years, did nothing on immigration. >> but would you repeal this? >> well, it would be overtaken by events by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solut...

you might think that hispanics are the fastest growing immigrant group in the country but youd be wrong. a new pew studies shows that asians have surpassed them. 31% for hispanics. 10 years ago asians made up 19% of new immigrants. the number has almost doubled in just a decade. let me bring in deborah faye err rick. a lot of people are talking in our morning meeting about what this means politically, what it means economically. asian immigration way up. it still only makes up 5% of th...

good morning, were happy youre with us this morning. welcome to "early start", im zoraida sambolin. >> were bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legen...

with news that could furtherer ratchet up the tensions. the pentagon is saying t ining s getting ready to send ships to syria. i want to go straight to the pentagon to barbara starr. i was listening to your exchange there in the pentagon briefing earlier today. you were pressing them a bit. tell me about the exchange. >> reporter: theres been a bit of confusion. theres a urth vessel that turned back to russia. it was a bit of a surprise when the pentagon announced it has information th...

react to what happened overseas? the opening bell just 30 minutes aw away. and life-altering disease. jack osbourne diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. how he is coping. plus -- take a look at that. talk about a tennis tantrum. ow! taking out his frustration on the ad board but hitting the ump in the process. not only does he get kicked out of the tourney but the police are considering charges for that ornery tennis player. good morning, everyone. hi there. im ashley banfield. we wa...