Here is what you can buy your husband next valentines day. A bacon sandwich in england that sells for, well, 235. Rare heirloom bacon, saffron and gold dust inspired by the over the top burgers. 235. Thats a pair of shoes. I dont know about that sandwich. America live starts right now. Megyn fox news alert on president obamas pick to lead the Defense Department. We are hearing chuck hagel is in serious trouble in this hour and expecting release of a new video at any time that could make things a whole lot worse for him. Welcome to america live everyone. Im megyn kelly on this special edition of america live on a thursday and well get to that in a bit. Senate republicans appear ready to mount a full scale filibuster looking to hold up former republican senator chuck hagels confirmation as secretary of defense. This at a time when the Defense Department is most in need of strong leadership, but the republicans have real questions whether this is the man to provide it. They accuse mr. Hag
Im suzanne malveaux. Cnn newsroom continues now with Brooke Baldwin. Happy friday. I woke up in mobile, alabama, talking to Cruise Ship Passengers and right now i am back at cnn World Headquarters in atlanta because if you watch the show enough you know i am a space geek and we are minutes away from this flyby that will make space history. This is the first time an asteroid of this size will get this close to earth. So watch the clock with me. Im talking eastern time. It is supposed to happen at 2 25 p. M. To be precise. As we know, scientists are Scientists Say at this time it will be no closer than 17,200 miles from earth. I know, you hear 17,200, yes that is considered close. I know it sounds like a long way away, but in space terms, thats actually a razor thin distance and this video actually shows the asteroid, it is the bright white dot, i know there are a couple on your screen, but the main one moving around in the center, up close. It is actually bigger than a space shuttle, to
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. One of the most notorious drug kingpins in the world could soon be at the center of a tug of war. Today, lawyers for Joaquin Guzman began to try to prevent his extradition from mexico, where he was arrested over the weekend, to the United States where hes wanted on a slew of charges. But mexico is showing no inclination to turn him over. Tomorrow, a mexican judge is expected to start the process of bringing him to trial. Tonight, bob orr has new information about how snitches, wiretaps and intercepted phone calls helped the authorities get shorty. Reporter Joaquin El Chapo guzman the reputed head of the Sinoloa Cartel had eluded capture for 13 years after escaping from prison in a laundry truck in 2001. But his fugitive run ended saturday in this modest hotel on Mexicos Pacific coast. U. S. Law enforcement played a crucial role developing fresh intelligence in t
Lists of the worlds most powerful people, most recently ranked 67 out of 72 on the list and last year was named public enemy number one by the Chicago Crime Commission. Much more on this story in a moment. All right. First, he is poised to be the first openly gay player in the nfl. But first, college star michael sam has to impress the leagues scouts and thats what hes trying to do today. Sam is at the legal scouting camp in indianapolis and just spoke to the media for the First Time Since announcing he is gay. Joe carter is here with more on this. This is the first stop. The first stop, the first step to being that first nfl openly gay player. Okay . The nfl combine lasts about four, five days. A chance for general manager, head coaches, scouters, to evaluate these players both on their talent on the football field and their character in off the football field. They want to get a lot the whole package. They want a lot of information from these guy, both physical aspects and meants asp
We start with big cuts over at the pentagon. Were awaiting the arrival of the defense secretary, chuck hagel, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. Theyll be laying out the details of the new proposed pentagon budget and the cuts. Youre looking at live pictures from the Briefing Room over there at the pentagon. Once they come in, well go there, well hear what chuck hagel has to say. The New York Times is reporting that under this new proposed budget, the u. S. Army will be cut to a level not seen since before world war ii. That means a drop to around 450,000 active duty soldiers. But the new budget is also expected to protect critical programs like cyber warfare. The old strategy was to have enough military strength to fight two ground wars simultaneously. Thats changed with new directives and now with a projected smaller fighting force. Lets discuss whats going on as we await the defense secretary. Joining us, general george joe, former nato ally comma