will fast and furious go higher? who knew about it this? how high did it go? did it go to the attorney general or the president of the united states? the man who defended president clinton about that. also a man not afraid to speak his mind. the front man of the smashing pumpkins, billy corgin. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. and our in america. news flash it s summer and it s hot. wait a minute. that s news? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, a little while ago, the house committee voting on partisan lines representing that eric holder be cited for contempt as part of the ongoing battle between congress and the administration of the fast even furious failed weapon sting operation that could end with an unprecedented event the united states congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt. the measure goes to the full house next week. in a statement, the attorney general called the vote, quote, an election year tactic intended to
the front man of the smashing pumpkins, billy corgin. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. and our in america. news flash it s summer and it s hot. wait a minute. that s news? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, a little while ago, the house committee voting on partisan lines representing that eric holder be cited for contempt as part of the ongoing battle between congress and the administration of the fast even furious failed weapon sting operation that could end with an unprecedented event the united states congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt. the measure goes to the full house next week. in a statement, the attorney general called the vote, quote, an election year tactic intended to distract attention. but does this battle come down to simple politics? or is it something more serious? i ll ask the special council lanny davis. we begin with a poll showing president obama with a 13-point lead over mitt romney among likely vot
let s go out front. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, facebook face down. here are some of the headlines. drudge report calls it fadebook. the wall street journal s headline tonight bankers under fire as facebook slips. bloomberg zuckerberg s fortune falls $2.2 billion as facebook drops. to put it mildly, one of the most highly anticipated offerings in american market history hasn t lived up to the hype, at least not yet. but look at this. facebook s stock fell as low as $33 at one point today. that s down 11% in one day. the company has lost $40 billion in market capitalization since it opened. now that sounds like a lot of money. it is. i looked it up. here s the context nap amount of money is the equivalent of losing the entire companies of hewlett-packard and tlor rocclo day. poof, gone. nasdaq s ceo says he s embarrassed by the technical glitches that delayed the stock s debut on friday. the glitches kept some traders in the dark fo
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. good morning. good morning to you, alina. it s monday, october 24th. there s definitely something wrong with my seat. see this? yes, there is. right. christina and carol are off this morning. welcome to american morning. his is a very strange seating situation but we have a lot of news to cover. we will fix that momentarily. a mounting situation in eastern tuck u turkey. a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake, worst to hit the country in a decade killed 260 people, 1,300 hurt and cold temperatures making it hard to find those when the ground began to shake yesterday. diana magnay is with us. reporter: hi, ali. as you shared, freezing temperatures overnight made the search and rescue efforts extremely difficult. we ve just been to hospital across the road and the problem there is, of course, that that building was, it is pretty much impossible to use anymore. they were having to treat all the injured outside y
jose? katy tur in london thank you. and reaction from the white house. nbc s kristen welker joins us from the north lawn. good morning. reporter: jose good morning. president obama cornbobama condemning this attack isn t the strongest terms. they re in touch with counterparts in tunisia and the united states offered full assistance as tunisia conducts a response. a statement we got yesterday from the press secretary that says we do not yet know the identities of the attackers or their motives. we know they re cowardly acts will not intimidate the tunisian people whose storied heritage is showcased at the sight of of the attack at the bardo museum. offering full assistance to tunisia in this incredibly tragic time for that country. talk about the folks in charge of protecting the president and the white house. secret service director joseph clancy is facing another tough day on the hill today? reporter: he is.