i could not see going out on stage and having a party without first finding some sort of peace with what took place. he also reveals why he s rapping again. i m a bit of a king in the rap world, sir. you really are. they re talking about you in every club. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, big story tonight. truth, power and the media, colliding like never before in the newsroom. alan sorkin gave us the west wing and social network and now taking on cable news, i ll talk to him in a moment and jeff daniels plays the cynical anchorman and who he based his character on and the hit maker with a hit show, l.l. cool j and opening up about his private life and what it really means to be a role model. first, the big story, hbo s newsroom. now the show s creative writer. alan sorkin and jeff daniels. welcome to you both. i was at the premier of the newsroom in new york, a very gradios affair with all the great of media there, lots of cable news anchors racin
his legacy, birthday, and, of course, his music. it is sunday, july 8. good morning, everyone, i m randi kaye. we start with another day of record temperatures across the country. the triple-digit highs being blamed for at least 30 deaths across seven states. the extreme heat has also led to power problems. more than 300,000 people were without electricity and, more importantly, air conditioning. some relief may be on the way. a cold front is moving down from the great lakes, heading south. a warning the front could bring with it some strong storms with hail, lightning, and damaging winds. extreme heat and more possible storms, of course, seem to be on the way. meteorologist sarah dillinger joins me now. where and when is this cold front going to hit? well, the good news is, we ve seen this drop through chicago already. your temperatures are going to be back into the 80s today. as we looked at the map of the heat advisories, we re already seeing a big chunk of the count
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, summer blues. depression set in early today, and it set in hard. there were only 80,000 jobs added in this country in june, and the 8.2% unemployment rate didn t budge. yep. the stock market plunged, politicians and analysts alike sounded like they were on the edge of a cliff. there s a lot of misery in america today. and these numbers understate what people are feeling, and the amount of pain which is occurring in middle class america. peter buickvar equity strategist tells outfront the jobs numbers are quote, pathetic. chief u.s. economist says another month, another sub par employment report. mitt romney had it right. there is a lot of pain in a lot places, but does all the doom and bloom add up? yes, the jobs numbers weren t great, but this is a glass we re choosing to see a little bit more half full. and most americans agree with us. a new cnn poll shows 60% of people are optimistic and think economic
that s what one olympic coach is doing. is one team s diet behind their losses in key contests? it is saturday, july 7th. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. glad you are waking up with us. chances are after you turned on cnn you logged into your computer to do surfing and check your e-mail. come monday, it may not be possible. it turns out there s a nasty virus out there. hundreds of thousands of computers are affected around the world. that means you may not have internet access monday morning. the fbi plans to shut down services to fix it. the scope doesn t matter if you are one of the unlucky ones. what will you do without your internet if you lose it monday? how will you spend your time? can you remember what life was like without it? tweet me@randykayecnn. tweet me before your internet connection goes down. secretary of state hillary clinton is on her way from afghanistan to tokyo. while in afghanistan, she made an announcement on future relations with that coun
was it emotional? oh, very. very boo hooey. and how she stays so impossibly youthful. you have the high cheekbones everything hangs on. i can get you a guy to do that. i m sure you can. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we ll get to my interview with ll cool j in a moment, but first, listen to what kyra sedgwick, the gorgeous star of the closer told me about the biggest villain in her life, bernie madoff. i see him as a sick man. i see us as adults who made a choice, and i see a lot of people that are so much worse off than we are. and i think that, you know, [ bleep ] happens. can you say that? well, you just did, kyra. a lively conversation. hear more coming up. we begin with ll cool j, the hip-hop legend. more than 15 million americans watched ll cool j in the third season finale of ncis l.a. he joins me, primetime exclusive. welcome back. thank you, piers. i feel like we now know each other so well, i can call you todd. yes you can.