christian to a competent to a competent nonchristian like mitt romney. that s why i m enthusiastic about rick perry. what do you say that mormonnism shouldn t be an issue in this campaign? he s just as american as everybody else. i agree he s just as american as anyone else. and the article six of the constitution and mormones say they are christians. they believe in jesus christ. a lot of people say they are christians and they are not. they do not embrace historical christianity. i think we have the duty to prefer christians as our leaders. that s what john j., the first justice of the supreme court said. we have a decision between a rick perry and mitt romney, i think evangelicals have to go with rick perry. a spokesman for latter day saints declined to comment on the statement. he said that those who want to understand the centrality of christ to our faith can learn more about us and what we believe by going to mormon.org. joining us is robert jeffers. pasto
remove other barriers like not allowing women to drive cars. and stay right there, more on this story including reaction in women s rights groups, other ones in saudi arabia. president barack obama is due to arrive at the paramount theater in seattle, washington, this hour. he s visiting the west coast to push his plan for creating more jobs. and to raise money for fellow democrats. we expect to hear from the president before he heads to california later on today. the president also delivered his message personally to the congressional black caucus in washington last night in the nation s capital. washington, d.c. that is. it was straight talk. i don t know about you, cbc, but the future rewards those who press on. with patient and firm determination, i m going to press on for jobs. i m going to press on for equality. i m going to press on for the sake of our children. i m going to press on for the sake of all of those families who are struggling right now. i don t ha
it in order to avoid a diplomatic showdown at the u.n. this week. the whole world will be watching. but the question tonight is this. where does all this leave israel? joining me now is ehud barak. thank you for joining me. this seems on the face of it to be a very pivotal moment for israel, palestine, for the peace process. what is your take on what is happening? it s not easy at the moment. i hope and i believe that a way should be found to make it a launching pad for a new momentum to resume negotiations. no conditions in order to strike a deal. i believe that it s possible. both of us are powerful, two states, two people. i think the differences are not insurmountable. the critics argue prime minister netanyahu and yourself, you ve been angling for a peace process, for something to happen, for a treaty for a settlement now for decades. and the promises have kept coming, and nothing has happened. is it really that surprising that the palestinians are now going to the u
thanks for joining us here in the cnn newsroom. i m don lemon. we begin this hour with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, no spectators have been killed. here s what happened. one witness called the sound of the impact unbelievable, and you can certainly see why. veteran pilot and hollywood stuntman jimmy leeward was killed. eight people in the crowd also died. photographs taken right before the crash show a piece of the plane appears to be missing. a piece that would have had a major impact on the pilot s ability to maintain control. cnn s dan simon is in reno, nevada tonight and he has more on the pilot and the investigation into the crash. reporter: he was an aviation all-star, at least here in reno
i think he was trying to do whatever he could right up to the end. i could hear the engine of the plane changing rpms and it just happened so fast. i thought he was coming in on top of us. instead, he missed us by about 100 feet and went out into the box area in front of us. and there was no fireball as a result, right? no. i was sort of surprised p you know, we are all kind of like a deer in the headlights. i have been coming to the air races for over 20 years. as a matter of fact, we stay out here for the entire five days, camping, go to the air races, but there was no fire whatsoever. so the direction of impact, hard to say why there wasn t, but fortunately, there wasn t. did you get a sense of the number of people who have been injured? no it was pretty hard to tell, you know? after thinking back on it, it looked like, you know, he may have done as little damage as possible, the direction he came in. most of the debris went out onto the tarmac and taxi way in fron