snowstorm barrelling across the northeast bringing heavy winds, rain, and wet heavy snow, up to 16 inches expected in some areas. the storm stretches from west virginia up the coast to western new york. the april storm comes after a mild winter. march was also the warmest on record. and it could bring record snowfall for this time of year. coming up, we ll head to dubois, pennsylvania. the latest on the community and transportation. well, the weapons are new but the battle is as old as human kind. today, the subject of president obama s visit to the holocaust visit. he just signed an executive order signing sanctions against those who commit or facilitate. case in point, we need to be doing everything we can to prevent and respond to these kind of atrocities. because national sovereignty is never a license to slaughter your people. [ applause ] the president is also developing an as tros tea prevention plan. the downfall of john edwards begins today as the jury is being
senator marco rubio. and elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight and reform committee. plus, dana bash and jeff zellny of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is staft of the union. the economic headlines were ominous. retail and car sales are strong. but initial jobless claims falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring mind, bwind we re seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. if, as the economy goes so goes the election, then it was a worrisome week for the president s re-election team. joining me now president obama s senior re-election strategist david axelrod. good to see you. good to be here again. let me show you and our viewers the nbc news/ wall street journal survey
more on the family s infamous car trip. is campaign coverage going to the dogs? a breakthrough in the pulitzer prizes with the huffington price and politico winning the coveted awards. we ll talk about digital journalism with arianna huffington, and behind the scenes with north korea. abc s bob woodruff on reporting in that secretive country under the eye of government minders. wherever you go, they are there with you. you can go 20 yards away, 50 yards away, but not much beyond that. and whether the l.a. times should have published those possibly inflammatory pictures of american soldiers posing with mutilated afghan fighters. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. zimplt mitt romney has done six cable interviews in the last four weeks. five of them with fox news. now he is the unofficial republican nominee, he is still keeping the national media at arm s length, still granting little access to the reporters who cover him, and now in an interview with bright
states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery and that the euro zone was at the epicenter of potential risks. borrowing costs for countries like spain, italy, and greece are rising again. what is going on? didn t it look like the europeans ha
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