mountains. and it s not your father s father s day. discount chains, hotels, even jcpenney bucking the traditional father s day ad and going gay. jcpenney needs to go back and focus on selling knit socks and t-shirts. this morning, the praise and the criticism of the campaign. the rental as relief. industrial lofts, garden apartments, swanky penthouses all making a comeback. why the rising rents are actually good news. plus this. for whatever else i am, a husband, a lawyer, a president, i shall always think of myself first and foremost as a hunter. abe lincoln, you know him as honest. maybe not a vampire hunter. or was he? the skinny on the 16th president. cnn newsroom begins right now. happy friday morning, everyone. i am kate baldwin in today for carol costello. hope you re having a good start to your day. let s begin with the latest unfortunately haunting testimony from the jerry sandusky trial. the words will hang over the proceedings until monday, when
it is a major development from an administration that s been under fire for record deportations. straight to brianna keilar at the white house who has been following this. it s not a stunning reversal of any policy or anything from the obama administration, but it certainly did come as a surprise that the announcement was going to be made today. reporter: this is certainly a very big deal, don, to protect young illegal immigrants. this is something that democrats and some republicans have been calling for in congress for over ten years now and has had a hard time getting through congress. but basically here is what the announcement says. if someone came to the united states as a child, so 16 years or younger, they don t have a criminal record, they don t pose a national security or public safety risk, in school or a high school graduate or have their ged or honor bli discharged former member of the military and not over 30, they would be eligible to defer deportation for a
he goes bonkers doing jim morrison. take a look it s in a book a reading rainbow and in america, homeless, behind bars, but $70,000 richer. this is piers morgan tonight. our big story tonight, america s choice 2012, the race for the white house may come down to the economy and nothing but the economy. if it does, many democrats think that could spell big trouble for president obama. listen to what james carville said on good morning america today. i m worried when the white house and the campaign talk about the progress being made, people take that as a signal that things are fine and people, i feel, don t believe that. so, is the president in trouble over the economy. joining us an economist and author. henry rosen and nicole wallace, former campaign adviser to the mccain palin campaign. i think it does ring a lot of true bells. let s cut to the quick here. this election is going to be about the economy. nicole, there s a lot of argument raising on both sid
in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, we ll bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing doubt about his message and his chances come november. big donors are sitting tight with their money. for mitt romney, several things appear to be going right. he is raising a lot of money and his poll numbers have been getting better. a little more than two hours from now, both men take to the stump in the battleground state of ohio with dueling key economic speeches. they won t be face to face, but you can bet that they won t mince words about each other either. so, cnn s jim acosta joins us
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the largest bank of the united states is called to before congress to explain a $2 billion loss that one lawmaker compared to russian roulette. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon appeared before congress saying he could not defend or justify the trades that ultimately imploeded. liz zi was there watching it all unfold. and it was very dramatic. it was very dramatic. i ve known jamie dimon and covered jamie dimon for a long time, wolf. usually when he comes to washington this is a town where he s received with open arms, even at the white house. this position was a little unusual for him. hi, jamie. how are you? i m good. he usually loves the cameras, but he got more of the rugby scrum. they re the job destroyers. this man is a crook. we ve let a lot of people down. and we are very sorry for it. he apologized for losing billions, took some blame, but embracing more regulation, maybe not. we think don t make sense an