Page 18 - David Bender News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

jacki: president obama and the first lady are in senegal. today they visited the presidential palace and a bilateral meeting was held followed by a press conference, then visited what was once a slave trader post. the goal of president obama's trip is to highlight democracy. he is expected to travel next to south africa and tangania. the president is monitoring nelson mandela's position. supporters leaving flowers and messages outside of the building. his family is calling his condition critical, but stable. the south african president changed his schedule. that is seen asen indicati...

a reuters correspondent said was there a person on the plane that was not a reporter? flight attendant said snowden was not on the plane and the seat that had been expected to occupy him was taken by another passenger. boy, do i feel sorry for that guy. snowden was charged with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence to an unauthorized person. which i guess would include the entire earth. said the criminal complaint which was dated june 14th. the latter two offenses ca...

>> are we allowed to ask seinfeldesque questions? >> stephanie: my favorite is when the dinosaur is about to eat him in jurassic park. okay. jacki schechner in the meantime in the current news center. >> good morning, everybody. happy monday. president obama is in northern ireland today for the start of the g8 summit. he's given a speech to an audience of about 1800. he spoke of peace between catholics and protestants and the hopeful goal of tearing down the nation's remaining 100 peace lines, barricades that separate neighborhoods with the goal of doing that within the next decade. ...

school team. >> were you center? >> stephanie: yes, i was. >> i was a guard. >> stephanie: something else you want to tell us this morning? >> no, i was a guard. i played basketball. >> stephanie: jacki schechner has come out as a guard. [ laughter ] >> i was. i wasn't a very good one, but i was a guard. >> stephanie: here i am setting a screen for you in the current room center. >> we just got word that president obama is going to hold a news conference next hour. we'll bring you more information. the president put in a call to jason collins yesterday expressing his support as colli...

they'll get together and ignore jimmy carter. always very awkward i don't know why. he always looks like the odd man out, doesn't he? >> yes. >> stephanie: all right. and in the meantime speaking of exciting here she is jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good morning, all five living presidents will together this morning in dallas for the opening of the george w. bush presidential library. it's on the compass of southern methodist university. in advance of today's ceremony diane sawyer asked president bush on his thoughts of the latest terrorist attacks in boston. >> i wa...