ambassador to the u.n. comes out front. and tax increase countdown. republican and democratic proposals to extend the payroll tax cut voted down today. let s go out front. i m erin burnett. out front tonight two people dead after a shooting on the campus of virginia tech. it was a scene that was hauntingly familiar to the tragedy that riveted the nation 33 lives lost on the campus four years ago with a shooter. it began today shortly after noon when a gunman walked up to a campus police car and opened fire, killing the officer. one emotional student witnessed the policeman being gunned down. the police pulled up and they opened his car door. and when they opened it, he just fell out towards the ground. and then they immediately started reviving him. and i guess the officer didn t make it because they just covered him with a sheet. the campus was placed under lockdown as the shooter fled to a nearby parking lot where police later found the body of what appeared to be a s
some pretty deep ties with the white house? and why is it that the company with deep ties to the white house, the company that just got a big contract for a drug that s not been proven yet, why is it going to make an 85% profit on its government contract? coming up we re going to talk with a member of the company s board of directors, a familiar face here at cnn. we first got wind of this story in the los angeles times but since then have learned a lot more. investigator drew griffin is keeping them honest. reporter: it s just another good business deal for billionaire investor and big-time democratic political supporter, ron perlman. this major political contributor to both parties but particular friend of the obama white house owns the controlling shares in a company called siga technologies, and siga this year won a sweet $432 million no-bid contract from the u.s. department of health and human services that even a democrat says is a little bit too sweet to ignore. h
the big contract for a drug that s not been proven yet, why is it going to make an 85% profit on its government contract? coming up, we re going to talk with a member of the company s board of directors, a familiar face here at cnn. we first got wind of this story in the los angeles times but since then, have learned a lot more. investigative correspondent drew griffin is keeping them honest. reporter: it s just another good business deal for billionaire investor and big-time democratic political supporter, ron perlman. this major political contributor to both parties but particular friend of the obama white house, owns the controlling shares in a company called siga technologies, and siga this year won a sweet $432 million no-bid contract from the u.s. department of health and human services that even a democrat says is a little bit too sweet to ignore. how did this become a no-bid contract? was it justified as a no-bid contract? overall, i think we need to begin askin
white house? and why is it that the company with deep ties to the white house, the company that just got the big contract for a drug that s not been proven yet, why is it going to make an 85% profit on its government contract? coming up, we re going to talk with a member of the company s board of directors, a familiar face here at cnn. we first got wind of this story in the los angeles times but since then, have learned a lot more. investigative correspondent drew griffin is keeping them honest. reporter: it s just another good business deal for billionaire investor and big-time democratic political supporter, ron perlman. this major political contributor to both parties but particular friend of the obama white house, owns the controlling shares in a company called siga technologies, and siga this year won a sweet $432 million no-bid contract from the u.s. department of health and human services that even a democrat says is a little bit too sweet to ignore. how did this
so saturday, 5:00 p.m., des moines, family leaders. and hopefully i won t mess it up. megyn: it was good seeing . me. you. you know what? i have got to go back to being 2 years old again. megyn: thanks, frank. it works. yesterday you were only the subway. he said downtown train. i said no we took the downtown train. now we are going, you know, go ahead and say it. moving on. well were first solyndra, now smallpox? new questions over a multi million dollar government contract to develop a smallpox drug some say we don t even need. coming up next in kelly s court, why a loan hole in the pennsylvania legal system may