did we talk about john kennedy. is that the legacy we talk about? no. politics and scandal. defending what appears to be the indefensible. why not have a dialogue with him. why am i the only person going there to talk to him. only in america. why is this man baned from the oscars? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, the big story, the battle for the gop. rick santorum and mitt romney are fighting for the lead as they head for the contest in michigan and arizona on tuesday. much more on that later. from hollywood to tehran. why he s defending ahmadinejad. he s been vilified. we label him as an extremist. the speeches i heard him say were clear in the sense he preached we are all made in the image of god, all people of all countries, all colors are brothers and sisters. that was his clear message. we begin with the big story, the race for the white house. as far as the gop is concerned, it could come down to the michigan primary on tuesday. form former michi
journalist from the daily telegraph joins us from kabul with the latest. what s happening today, and could this escalate? well, it seems to have already escalated. today s protests seem to be more violent and more furious than yesterday. there are several hundred people on the eastern side of kabul trying to get into the city center. they ve burned shops. there are reports that shots have been fired in the air to try to stop them. there are also protests in the eastern city of jie lal bad, where a dr. told us that one person has been shot dead and ten wounded. so it is escalating already. ben farmer from the uk s daily telegraph. thank you. kevin rudd has resigned as australia s foreign minister. he made the announcement as a hastily convened press conference in washington. he told them he would not be involved in a, quote, stealth attack on a prime minister. there had been speculation that rudd was trying to challenge julia gillard for leadership amid reports she w
but it s been a very violent day. much more violent, much more furious than the protests yesterday. we have a final death toll we believe of six dead and 30 wounded. perhaps six different protests across the country. so it seems to have escalated significantly today. and president karzai actually put out a statement, right? what did he say? reporter: yeah, he put out a statement this afternoon. a lot of people are waiting to see what he ll say. he said he condemned the burning and he ordered an investigation into what had happened and he appointed committee of senior clerics to find out what was going on. i think the key thing was that he condemned the burning. that s actually our ben farmer in kabul there. we apologize. it s not always easy to link up technically, but we will stay with ben on this story. ben, i apologize. we lost your audio. an american woman who reported on the violence in syria has now become a victim of it. marie colvin worked for the sunday times o
reporting that the materials used in the bombs that went off on tuesday are similar to those that went off in attacks against diplomat diploma diplomats. bangkok says an iranian man threw grenades as he tried to flee only injuring themselves. he is facing criminal charges. the iranian government denies any link to the bombings. china s presumptive leader in waiting says he wants the u.s. and china to work together to find a better trade balance. xi jinping met with president obama in washington. he is expected to succeed hu jintao as china s president next year. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. welcome to world business today. greece gets a slap on the wrist. the government still hasn t done enough to qualify for a new multibillion dollar bailout. the debt crisis dampens s europe s largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. and why twitter won t be going towards an ipo. supposing you re not
good-bye, chaka chan, jennifer holiday. the hit making producer that made whitney a star speaks out for the first time since her death. only in america. from an 11-year-old girl singing her idol s songs in the mirror and in front of millions in a farewell. is the piers morgan tonight. good evening. my exclusive with whitney houston s close friend, chaka ch can khan in a moment. the autopsy is being completed and houston s body arrives in new jersey tonight where her funeral is tentatively set for friday. no word on the cause of death. the results of the toxicology test should be available in six to eight weeks. police say there s no indication at the moment of any foul play. as of right now, it s not a criminal investigation. we have concluded our portion of the investigation at the hotel. we have a team of investigators that are specifically assigned to this case. as of right now in this state reporting on the story on saturday night, the world reeled in shock from the