good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, facebook not making many friends this evening because just a few hours ago, facebook came out with its first earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebook s shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. $26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. it s falling even after the market closed tonight. down about 30% from where it went public. this obviously has hurt a lot of people who struggled to try to get shares of this ipo. why are people so nervous? there s one word and it s money. during tonight s conference call with investors, mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook, made it clear that making money from advertising is a top priority. we know that social ads perform much be
earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebook s shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. it s falling even after the market closed tonight. down about 30% from where it went public. this obviously has hurt a lot of people who struggled to try to get shares of this ipo. why are people so nervous? there s one word and it s money. during tonight s conference call with investors, mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook, made it clear that making money from advertising is a top priority. we know that social ads perform much better than nonsocial ads so our job over the next few years is to increase the percentage of ads that are social and engaging. social and engaging ads. well, you know, advertising a w
there are reports that a letter was found inside of a package apparently sent by holmes. according to the cbs news, the letter talked about shooting people. the package was discovered in the mailroom at the university of colorado. in syria, the city of aleppo is bracing itself for major all out offensive on a rebel strongholstron strongho stronghold, and there are clashes through the country today leaving 91 people dead with 19 of them in aleppo. and then there is lots of excitement as you watch the torch there going through its last route of london. the golden torch making its victory lap so to speak. you are looking here at the millennium bridge. it is one of the iconic sites where the flame is being carried. the torchbearers took a pass through trafalgar square a short time ago and just past the prime min ster s residence at 10 downing street, and then off to big ben and a royal welcome at buckingham palace. mitt romney does damage control after his remarks of the lo
unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. i m wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. you re in the situation room. they re not the headlines mitt romney s campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britain s prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about london s readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. what s going on with the republican candidate? what happened? reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt romney told british leaders he s hoping to take in an olympic swimming event during his time here in london. but with no pool in sight he s making some waves of his own. as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the races with comments the gop contender made about the city s preparations for the games. you know, it s hard to know just
outfront tonight, facebook not making many friends this evening because just a few hours ago, facebook came out with its first earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebook s shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. it s falling even after the market closed tonight. down about 30% from where it went public. this obviously has hurt a lot of people who struggled to try to get shares of this ipo. why are people so nervous? there s one word and it s money. during tonight s conference call with investors, mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook, made it clear that making money from advertising is a top priority. we know that social ads perform much better than nonsocial ads so our job over the next few ye