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
world today is totally worth the wait. and it is coming up. approve thi. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood.
chicky, spring chicky. the muppets are joining the mayor of boston in protesting the chick fill aye view of gay rights. and backlash against the nra grows in the wake of the aurora shooting. the nra is the enabler of death. paranoid, delusional. as venomous as a scorpion. the story of how it went from a sportsman organization that supported gun control to the militant political group it is now. from my cold dead hands. e th. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america,
for suzanne malveaux. we are focusing on protests in california, politics and the economy right here at home. straight to it. the mother of baseball hall of famer cal ripken has been found unharmed. ripken seen here with ex-administration, bush administration officials condoleezza rice and karen hughes gained fame as a shortstop with the baltimore orioles. well, the aberdeen police department says that his mother was abducted yesterday after a man with a gun forced her into a car. earlier this morning, ms. ripken was located in her car close to the home, and she was examined by paramedics, and she is not injured. she is resting now with family members. we will get more on this crime from joe johns in d.c. very bizarre. how did this happen? for sure, fred. a strange story developing here. vai ripken is the mother of one of the most famous baseball players ever. police confirming that she was abducted from her home at gunpoint early yesterday morning and police say reports in
off, a number of puzzling expressions. at times he looked blank. other times groggy. there might have been concern in his eyes. after a couple of minutes he was taken back to solitary confinement without holmes. he s accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a midnight showing of the dark knight rises. police say they caught him outside, without a fight. he was wearing a gas mask and body armor from head to toe. jim spellman in aurora for us. he was inside the courtroom when holmes appeared. jim, it was tough to get read on him during the appearance. i don t know if he was nodding off. i was talking to a guest who wrote the book on columbine who said we shouldn t be talking and reading too much into how he looked but how did he appear to you? reporter: you can t help but have this build up to what this guy will look like. we ve only seen a couple of photos. the big question is would his hair be dyed red. we knew some police sources said that but none of the wit