sarah jessica parker and anna wintour take on roles as obama s fundraisers tonight. the price, $40,000 a plate. is hgtv s house hunters a fraud? a blogger on the show claims reality show was anything but. fake houses, made-up storylines. today, the network tells its side of the story. perfect game. a shining moment for matt cain. the pitcher throwing a rare perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters he faced. this morning, the giant is a gem. cnn newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. at one time, lance armstrong towered over the cycling world the way babe ruth was adored by baseball fans. but today, armstrong may be better compared to barry bonds. controversial, polarizing, and tainted anew by doping allegations. the new charges filed by the u.s. anti-doping agency could strip armstrong of one of his seven tour de france victories. and already they are forcing him to the sidelines at his new love, competing in ironman triathal triathalon
the couple used to communicate while he was in jail. dude, relax. rhode island set to become the 15th state to decriminalize marijuana. no big fines, no jailtime, nothing on your record. and other states are noticing. we ll talk with a state representative from rhode island about the growing nationwide movement. plus this. oh, you remember the kid who played darth vader in the volkswagen ad. this week, he goes in to have open heart surgery. 7-year-old max paige. this hour, we ll hear from his parents as we all say may the force be with him. newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning with one of the most respected men on wall street and his bank s jaw-dropping blunder. in 60 minutes, jamie dimon appears on capitol hill to say jp morgan chase s multibillion dollar loss is an isolated event. but those risky investments are reviving the debate over toothless banking regulations and taxp
away the southern vote from president obama. the president this morning struggling and refocusing. security scramble. new information this morning on that u.s. airways plane diverted. you would be surprised how often f-16s are sent up to follow passenger planes. nancy reagan now 90 resting after breaking a number of ribs in a fall. the former first lady recovering. newsroom begins right now. good morning. i m carol costello. high profile investors may have got an insider view of facebook s future before the social network s stock went public. if you didn t have big bucks, you were probably left in the dark. if that is true, it reinforces some of the worst stereotypes about wall street as time magazine put it, it means the entire game is a casino rigged for the house with a sucker played by the average investor. that s the controversy surrounding a name we all know. morgan stanley which served as facebook s lead underwriter and now investigators reportedly want to kn
i would buy me a house and retire tomorrow. not tomorrow. saturday. i feel lucky today. i m going to spend it. buy a house. what would you do with that mountain of cash? some legal and financial advice straight ahead. and remember this image of a tornado slamming into a bus? now we re seeing exactly what happened just minutes before and hearing from the heroic bus driver who saved nearly a dozen children that day. i stopped the bus for a second. put high hands down. i said, dear lord, what do i do? a pilot s meltdown forced tuesday s emergency landing of a jetblue flight. investigators are reviewing flight data recorders to try to figure out exactly what happened. we ll dig in and see what can he wi we can learn from these tickets. down to the final four in college basketball. the battle in new orleans tomorrow with the championship game on monday night. but first this morning, are you just hours away from becoming filthy rich? if you have bought a megamilli
bales wife. he says her husband would not commit the crimes he s accused of. he loves children. he s like a big kid himself. tossed, handcuffed and dragged out. is how a trip to the oklahoma city airport ended for one man and it looks like you can see him there, he is face down. now police are under investigation. campaign ad or horror movie? hard to tell the difference. welcome to a place where one president s failed policies really hit home. welcome to obamaville. stephen king. you got nothing on rick santorum. the candidate s new ad says this grim horror will be reality if the president is reelected. call this a susan boyle moment. only this fintime the voice bels to a 17-year-old boy. you don t have to look like a star to sound like one. he is so good. he took the smirk off simon cowell s face. this morning we start with a monumental legal fight that gets under way at the u.s. supreme court in about an hour. the issue is president obama s health care law