first of all we know that the president will be landing at los angeles international airport in about 15 minutes, piers. he will then helicopter over and take the motorcade through the streets in the san fernando valley. i know people are lined up on the streets to get a glance of the presidential motorcade. we know the event starts at 8:00 and is supposed to last a couple hours. a lot of hollywood a-listers. what i love about it. and the details haven t been fully confirmed but it appears of the $9 million raised from the public this is people paying $3 each to enter a raffle and the prize is sitting at the top table with the president of the united states and george clooney all for $3. that was like the most amazing thing about this fundraiser. they put this raffle out there and did raise $9 million from people going online and donating at least $3. $3 was the minimum. they did release the names of the winners who won. i just brought them with me. the first lady is b
resistance is gone. what comes next could be worse. the eye witnesses are gone or dead, meaning government forces now have free reign, and the fear is they ll use it to move in and keep killing while their leaders keep lying. the regime has told lie after lie about what they re doing. we have documented this on the program over the last year. the latest lie, that one of the eye witnesses who just escaped from homs who you re going to hear from on the program tonight, they say he s dead, he s not, and what he s going to tell us could be the last, best account of the destruction in baba amr. opposition fighters in the free syrian army have pulled out of homs, and the army could be poised to go in. the syrian army, after what our sources say were the two bloodiest days of fighting they have ever seen. in the end, light weapons are no match against heavy artillery and forces willing to target apartment buildings, houses, and mosques. you can hear the anguish in that man s voice a
shells into homs have gone quiet, but only because the resistance is gone. what comes next could be worse. the eye witnesses are gone or dead, meaning government forces now have free reign, and the fear is they ll use it to move in and keep killing while their leaders keep lying. the regime has told lie after lie about what they re doing. we have documented this on the program over the last year. the latest lie, that one of the eye witnesses who just escaped from homs who you re going to hear from on the program tonight, they say he s dead, he s not, and what he s going to tell us could be the last, best account of the destruction in baba amr. opposition fighters in the free syrian army have pulled out of homs, and the army could be poised to go in. the syrian army, after what our sources say were the two bloodiest days of fighting they have ever seen. in the end, light weapons are no match against heavy artillery and forces willing to target apartment buildings, houses, and
ne who s next? i ll introduce you to a man famous for predicting political change. and in oslo court, we ll analyze what breivik said. and can europe survive? should the u.s. government slash its budgets the way european governments are? i was in london earlier this week and sat down with a star-studded panel to sort things out. first, here s my take. watching the apec summit in hawaii last week, i had a feeling we were entering a new phase of global geopolitics. for decades now, those summits have been occasions for asean countries to worry and wonder about the u.s. commitment to asia. how strong is it, whom does washington back, will we stay engaged. the obama administration has made clear that the united states is in asia for good and might increase its presence in the region. the real concerns are no longer about washington but rather about beijing. countries in asia and around the world are wondering and worrying about china. watching china s somewhat aggressive di
who has proven prescient in predicting political change. then, what was andres breivik thinking? the oslo killer was in court this week. we ll analyze what he said next. and can europe survive? can the euro survive? should the u.s. government slash its budgets the way european governments are? i was in london earlier this week and sat down with a star-studded panel to sort things out. but first, here s my take. watching the apec summit in hawaii last week, i had a feeling we were entering a new phase of global geopolitics. for decades now, those summits have been occasions for asian countries to worry about and wonder about the u.s. commitment to asia, how strong is it, whom does washington back, will we stay engaged. the obama administration has made clear that america is in asia for good and might increase its presence in the region. but the real concerns are no longer about washington but rather about beijing. countries in asia and around the world are wondering and wor