quickly became the subject of a serious internet war between liberal blogs suggesting it s a right wing conspiracy, and conservative blogs questioning weiner s hacking claim. a conservative blogger whose big government.com first reported the story suggested to cnn there should be a, quote, forensic analysis to determine the veracity of congressman weiner s hacking allegation, which certainly bears criminal implications. dana bash joins us live from capitol hill where congressman weiner spoke just a few minutes ago. dana, you were there in that room. what did he say? did he explain what had actually happened? reporter: well, i should say, our producer, rachel straig straightfeld was there. but the answer is not really. one of the questions we have, why is the police not investigating? according to the capitol police and fbi, they are not investigating. the question is, has he asked the police to look into it. this is what he said. i m going to return to working other things i care
vote for weiner, le relish your votes. reporter: but questions surrounding the lewd photo became a subject of an internet war and big government.com first reported the story suggested to cnn there should be a forensic analysis which bears criminal implications. that report from congressional correspondent dana bash, by the way, congressman tells us that he hired an attorney to face criminal actions. a programming note tonight, paris hilton gives her most emotional and revealing interview to piers morgan tonight. it s no secret that many politicians or businesses will make announcements on friday night so the information gets
we are now hearing from the teacher whose courage under fire we have been telling you about all day. first, though, cnn s nick valencia takes us through the terrifying moments. reporter: listen closely as this story unfolds. [ gunfire ] [ speaking in foreign language ] [ singing ] reporter: this was the scene at a kindergarten school in monterey, mexico on friday afternoon. a teacher calmly instructs her students to take cover and sing songs while suspected cartel members exchange gunfire outside of her classroom. the teacher, who is identified only as martha, tells the students to put their faces on the floor, that nothing is going to happen. as gunfire rages outside the classroom, the teacher asks the kids to sing along to a song by
a campaign trial run? facebook.com/carolcnn. i ll read your responses later this hour. we ll go do an investigation, find out. i m going to open my trench coat, and get my magnifying glass, i m off. i can hardly wait. thank you, carol. here s a rundown of some stories we re covering this hour. first, a stinging feeling in florida. jelly fish invading cocoa beach. and congressman weener wants to know who sent a naughty picture to a 21-year-old woman from his twitter account. and bullets flying from outside a kindergarten in mexico. a teacher s remarkable courage under fire. plus, waterspouts gliding across the water in australia. and this. this is how you lose your life. for me to see this just brings back the ten years of suffering. reporter: what went wrong? she says too many doctors, too much medicine. they re made from whole roasted nuts
taking on islamic militants who have overrun a coastal town. it s a case eerily similar to the one against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. an egyptian businessman could be arraigned in new york today, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel salam omar is accused of groping a maid at the pierre luxury hotel. she says she went to the room at omar s request to drop off tissues. call it a bin laden bounce. strong performances on national security and international relations are driving president obama s overall poll numbers even higher. a new cnn opinion research survey finds that 54% approve of the job he is doing. that is up six percentage points since early april. when are you planning to announce you ll run for president? what do you think the odds are you ll run? are you going to run? that is the question. there is no public schedule, but sarah palin s bus tour seems to be headed for philadelphia today. now palin v