steve forbes. and the economy is getting stronger. he may be right. but we have passed this way before. sorting it out with alice rivlin, former director of the office and management and budget. steven moore of the wall street journal. dan balz of the washington post. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. presidential campaign and democratic sources confirm members of the president s re-election team told top congressional leaders this week, no re-elect money will go to house or senate democratic election coffers. at least until after the election. although the president and top officials will help in other ways. sounds like every man for himself. joining us this morning, one of the lawmakers who spoke to the president s campaign team, senate democratic leader harry reid. thank you so much, senator, for being with us. my pleasure. i want to start out, though, in an entirely different place in the world. that is in afghanistan where this morning w
member has opened fire on civilians. sarah is in kabul, afghanistan. what can you tell us at this point? reporter: good morning. at this point there s a lot of conflicting information, depending bho you ask, which has been par for the course in this conflict. away we re hearing from the international service assistance force is that they are saying, look, this was one soldier who went off base. it was not a part of any kind of a mission. the soldier left base, walked off the base, and eventually opened fire injuring several civilians. those civilians are being treated at a coalition medical facility. now, that is now being disputed by the taliban and by a villager that we were able to get ahold of in the area. this is happening in an area that has been heavily targeted because it is filled with the taliban, and so it s an area that has seen quite a bit of action, but we need to mention that the taliban is saying that they believe this was many soldiers who attacked one part
that s when everybody started freaking out. i ll at all talk to the passenger who shot this video. and if you re a big fan of apple one probably can t wait to get your hands on the in you i pap pad. our own tech expert weighs in. syrian president al assad says he s reportedly ready to end nearly a year of unrest that s gripped his country. kafi annan met with al assad today. the syrian leader blamed terrorist groups for blocking a peaceful solution. thousands of anti-government demonstrators filled the streets in moscow today. they re furious over russian president elect vladimir putin s polls at the sunday. there are reports of some arrests and scuffles with police. but in a sign the opposition may be losing some of its momentum, today s protest was significantly smaller than previous ones. president obama telephoned russian president putin yesterday to congratulate him. the two discussed how u.s. and russia can cooperate on trade and investment relations. they also to
the national football league is under a scandal for boupttying, we wonder how far down that reaches. some parents this week wonder, hey, does football even belong in school? we asked former new york giants receiver amani toomer. plus, is political rhetoric becoming demeaning, demeaning to women? and four things you can do right now to save hundreds of dollars around the house. but first, that boundy scandal rocking the nfl. players and coaches admit to illegal bonuses for knocking players out of the game. but what about high school players, what kind of message are they getting this week? we re joined by amani tumor, a father and a football lover. at the very highest level of the nfl, we were hoping this is an exception, not the rule. but we know that the competition among kids in high school is incredible. they get stickers on their helmets for sacks, for interceptions, for all kinds of different things. what kind of message are they getting this week? they re getting it
that s when everybody started freaking out. a passenger who shot this video. check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. it s blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. he s meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. he s expected to press the president to step down. the meeting comes as 12 people were killed in syria today. thousands of antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in moscow. it s the first since vladimir putin s victory sunday. they are trying to keep up their momentum despite his victory and the arrest of hundreds of protesters. washington is pushing the reset button. president obama phoned putin to congratulate him. they discussed how the u.s. and russia can cooperate on trade. they touched on syria and missi