boxing superstar manny pacquiao loose to timothy bradley but no one of the three judges seems to know why. i have never been ashamed much to be associated with the sport of boxing as i am tonight. these people don t know how to score. sports fans screaming for justice. is there any truth to accusations of game tampering? and gaffes aplenty. obama, ramny, we re asking this morning what tees the shelf life of a gaffe? newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. good morning. a key member of possible s economic team is facing felony hit and run-charges this morning, and the details make this story even more odd. witnesses say commerce secretary john bryson hit a parked car, struck it again as he pulled away, app then hit a second car minutes later a few miles down the road. he was found passed out behind the wheel, but police say alcohol or drugs do not appear to be to blame. brianna keilar is at the white house. any comment? reporter: well, the w
he also served at a.l. west xhixer. he died at the age of 82. new york mayor michael bloomberg sharply criticizing occupy wall street. he said the protest over high unemployment and corporate greed could destroy jobs in lower manhattan. national correspondent susan candiotti in new york following this movement. saturdays have seen the most activity. what s going on? reporter: that s right. well, now there is additional activity by way of a second location, because now occupy wall street has set up a second base of operations about two miles north of where they were before. that park is still full with protestors near wall street, but now they re in a historic park called washington square park up in the 1800s. it is home to street performers and street artists and chess players and people who just like to hang out on a beautiful day like this. on this day at this hour there is a rally that just started by occupy wall street. unlike the other location, they are not g
defended a controversial $535 million government loan to a california solar panel company that eventually went belly up. the solyndra drama continues. reporter: continues, and will for some time. the president when asked about that, jonathan silver, the man who has been heading up the loan program, which, of course, is the controversial part of this program, because of a guaranteed loan that was given to that solar panel company that president obama visited, and that went belly up in august, that s really what all of this stems around. well, he has resigned, and to listen to the department of energy we re hearing from secretary steven chu, he s saying jonathan silver, the man who testified before congress about this controversy recently. he was already leaving, had been told in july before news broke of solyndra filing for bankruptcy that he would be going into the private sector. so you re hearing from sort of the executive branch this was already going to happen, but you
clear they oppose everything from bank foreclosures and job shortages to corporate influence and greed. now several labor unions are endorsing the occupy wall street movement and plan to join protesters today. we go live to wall street. susan, what s the latest on the unions getting involved? have you seen any union members there? reporter: yes, some of them are showing up here randi at this public park. this park population has been steadily growing as the morning goes on. and they expect upwards of they re saying tens of thousands of people. of course, they have made many predictions in the past about how quickly and how many people will show up at various marches. this one they insist will be different. they have a permit to march from here over to a park near city hall. they plan to gather there and then come right back here to wall street to this public park. and they chose this spot for a reason. they could have gone down to times square and might have attracted mor
public. is this a referendum on the obama presidency? there had been polling done ahead of this election and it showed that the economic recovery was the number one theme. the fact that bob turner, who was a former cable tv executive, has never been a politician before, although he s run in some other races. the fact that he could beat a democrat in this district where the democrat was really expected to win this race easily until the past few weeks. democrats became increasingly nervous. this is a district where democrats outnumber republicans 3-1. it s not as liberal as many people might think. there are a lot of conservative democrats, that is, and the republican candidate here seized on their frustrations. been asked by the people of this district to send the message to washington and i hope they hear it loud and clear. we have been told this is a referendum and we re ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. you know, kyra, the democrat in this race t