egypt with an iron fist for 30 years is now in a maximum security prison where he ll spend the rest of his life. earlier today an egyptian court found hosni mubarak guilty of making orders to shoot and kill civilians. the angry mubarak was taken by ambulance to the cairo police academy where the verdict and life sentence was handed down. he was wheeled in on a gurney under heavy guard. six of mubarak s former military men were acquitted. that sparked an uproar inside and outside the courtroom. [ chanting ] . furious protesters called it wrong and want to topple the regime. the security is very tight. 5,000 police have been deployed. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live from tahrir square. what s the scene like? reporter: well, we ve got more people coming in to tahrir square. just a short while ago we watched them bun posters of one of the presidential candidates. he was mubarak s prime minister. the anger seems to be going into the direction o
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, stocks tanked. the dow plunged 2774 points today killing all the gains of this year. it s the biggest drop since november. it was really bad day. the reason was a terrible jobs report. usually using adjectives like this are sometimes much for the markets but it s the way it was today. american employers add add meager 69,000 job, which is about half the number needed just to keep up with current population growth. it was the weakest month of hiring for the year and the unemployment rate went up to 8.2%. it was a grim day for the president. today we re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the economy s growing again, but it s not growing as fast as we want it to grow. now, according to bianco research, no president has been re-elected in this country with an unemployment rate this high since the great depression. that was when fdr won and at that time unemployment was 13.7%. what s happ
battery powered brains. an experimental surgery that can literally change people s minds. it felt fantastic. i didn t care what was doing it. is it a cure for depression? revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with tonight s hosts, randi kaye and drew griffin. 15 years ago congress knew it had a big problem. its military housing was in a desperate state. 180,000 units around the world built cheap and now falling apart. facing a billion dollar repair bill, congress had a big idea. turning the housing over to private companies and let the free market do its work. but as cnn s debra feyerick reports, for many families living in those homes, that big idea has been a disaster. and the men and women who served to protect us are fighting a losing battle at home. reporter: when these sailors and marines left the u.s. to serve their country, no one imagined many would come home to this. so you know people who are a
a threatening message from a new leader in his first public speech north korea s kim jong-un said his nation s time has come. also nick kristof is back live. he s talking about his stunning epidemic among military veterans. today is the 100 year anniversary of the biggest maritime disasters in history. while the titanic remains silent, fascination with the ship is still very much alive. good morning, everyone. it s 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 on the west. we have a lot to tell you about this morning. we start with tragedy in woodward, oklahoma overnight. five people were killed in those storms. i talked to the mayor last hour and he said the town is just flattened and devastated. he said their early morning system failed. take a look at this. our cnn crew shot this video in a different part of oklahoma. storms produced several tornadoes just like that one right there. there were as many as 88 reports of suspected tornado touchdowns. in creston, iowa, a hospital was hit
and our weekend info was today. madam constituent. throughout the morning we take a look at what women want this november and what the candidates must do to win their votes. and a stunning announcement from hollywood s it couple. comedian miami big santee yago joins us to explain. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. a lot to fell you about this morning, so let s get you straight to news. we start with a massive black eye for the secret service. the agency was forced to pull 12 agents out of colombia because of a prostitute. it happened before the president even stepped off the plane yesterday. journalist and author ronald kessler broke the story, and he told me it started with one prostitute who wasn t paid. from there it went to the police and then to the state department. i asked kessler about the real risk in this case. the real risk is, you know, some of these agents were married. they could have been subjected to blackmail by these porosirose prostitutes, and a