cutting edge of technology. our buzz panel tell you all you need to know. if flying in stockton, california over the now air jordan. the nasty brawl over the must have kicks are now going viral. we are told that police were called to the scene and everyone involved had run off. chaos is all over the country. it is repeating itself. it was in 1984, the first jordan sneakers. and brawls everywhere to get their hands on. it who would think 30 years later same thing are happening. sneakers, really? that is bad behavior.
politicians into getting their act together. now, regarding tomorrow s ceremonies, the italian authorities are expecting over a million people to come to st. peter s square in the area around the vatican. they ve declared that public transport will be free, so we re expecting quite a large crowd in addition to a large number of vips, u.s. vice president joe biden will be here, other people on the list of guests. not the so popular, the president of zimbabwe will be here. angela merkel, the chancellor of germany. so lots of vips, lots of ordinary people expected here tomorrow. and you will be right in the middle of it all i m sure. ben wedeman rome. coming up next, republicans getting ready to rumble. at least it seems that way for sarah palin and karl rove. but who will come out on top in a head to head match-up? our political buzz panel weighs in.
mountains. and it s not your father s father s day. discount chains, hotels, even jcpenney bucking the traditional father s day ad and going gay. jcpenney needs to go back and focus on selling knit socks and t-shirts. this morning, the praise and the criticism of the campaign. the rental as relief. industrial lofts, garden apartments, swanky penthouses all making a comeback. why the rising rents are actually good news. plus this. for whatever else i am, a husband, a lawyer, a president, i shall always think of myself first and foremost as a hunter. abe lincoln, you know him as honest. maybe not a vampire hunter. or was he? the skinny on the 16th president. cnn newsroom begins right now. happy friday morning, everyone. i am kate baldwin in today for carol costello. hope you re having a good start to your day. let s begin with the latest unfortunately haunting testimony from the jerry sandusky trial. the words will hang over the proceedings until monday, when
the couple used to communicate while he was in jail. dude, relax. rhode island set to become the 15th state to decriminalize marijuana. no big fines, no jailtime, nothing on your record. and other states are noticing. we ll talk with a state representative from rhode island about the growing nationwide movement. plus this. oh, you remember the kid who played darth vader in the volkswagen ad. this week, he goes in to have open heart surgery. 7-year-old max paige. this hour, we ll hear from his parents as we all say may the force be with him. newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning with one of the most respected men on wall street and his bank s jaw-dropping blunder. in 60 minutes, jamie dimon appears on capitol hill to say jp morgan chase s multibillion dollar loss is an isolated event. but those risky investments are reviving the debate over toothless banking regulations and taxp
and wants to get rid of it. our question of the morning coming your way. goats on a roof. need i say more? news room begins right now. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. this morning we begin with a question both chilling and deadly serious. is someone putting politics ahead of your safety? the fbi is investigating the leaks of classified information and whether the white house is behind them. even leaders of the president s own party are voicing grave concerns about the amount of secret information now being made public. avalanche och leaks and it is very, very disturbing. it has dismayed our allies. it puts american lives in jeopardy and puts our nation s security in jeopardy. if you look at terrorism intelligence is fundamental to knowing what is going to happen and prevent it from happening in the first place. some of the information is coming from recent articles in the new york times which details the drones and cyber attacks. paper is defending itself th