boxing superstar manny pacquiao loose to timothy bradley but no one of the three judges seems to know why. i have never been ashamed much to be associated with the sport of boxing as i am tonight. these people don t know how to score. sports fans screaming for justice. is there any truth to accusations of game tampering? and gaffes aplenty. obama, ramny, we re asking this morning what tees the shelf life of a gaffe? newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. good morning. a key member of possible s economic team is facing felony hit and run-charges this morning, and the details make this story even more odd. witnesses say commerce secretary john bryson hit a parked car, struck it again as he pulled away, app then hit a second car minutes later a few miles down the road. he was found passed out behind the wheel, but police say alcohol or drugs do not appear to be to blame. brianna keilar is at the white house. any comment? reporter: well, the w
economy overall. don t even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress live pictures right now what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? reporter: it s a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve chairman can t come out right and say anything ahead of the federal reserve meeting which takes place at the end of june, june 19th and 20th. so it s interesting that the expectation was that the stock market would actually rally in yesterday s session on the fact they were expecting to hear something. what he s been doing though is basically sort of admitting there has been slower than desirable growth in the marketplace and there could be room and the fed has left the door open for further sti
she has a benign brain tumor. and one win away from the first stanley cup but it s what l.a. kings are doing off the ice that has us talking. they re on a crime fighting mission. good morning to you. i m carol costello. thanks for joining us this morning. the wisconsin recall is over. republican scott walker wins big. who knows. he may be in the running for the new job as mitt romney s running mate. there is still work to be done. wisconsin is still bitterly split. case in point, keep your eye on walker s democratic challenger tom barrett. you saw it there. one supporter reacted to him conceding before last night s votes were counted by slapping him. a reporter with cnn affiliate w wisn was up close and says the milwaukee mayor seemed stunned by the slap and walked away from the woman. she remained scowling because it was walker s night. when there have been leaders of courage what has sustained them is there were good and decent people who stood with them shoulder to shoul
original race in 2010 and his victory speech put a national spin on the local win. tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. cnn s ted rowlands for us this morning is in madison. good morning to you, ted. reporter: good morning, soledad. you see the video of that woman slapping tom barrett, and a lot of talk about that, obviously, this morning. we don t know who that woman is and we ve been trying to find out who she is, and whether or not she was questioned by police or anything, if this was something that did raise the eyebrows of people at the event. barrett did comment to a local reporter about it saying he was shocked about it, claims the woman asked him just before she slapped him, may i slap you in the face for conceding too early, and he said well i d rather get a hug from you so he says he leaned in and she slapped him anyway, so
airport. another work in the dallas-ft. worth airport. cops say they were members of two puerto rico-based drug trafficking operations. that bust after airport officials installed a new system for checking cargo that makes it possible to track more drugs on the island. we re expecting a press conversation this hour. we ll take you there as soon as it happens. all right. day two of jury selection and it s moving quickly. the judge has made it very clear he wants opening statements in the jerry sandusky child rape trial to start next monday. then comes all the witnesses. dozens for each side. but that s not all. the lawyer for the man known as victim four is confirming that sandusky wrote his client letterings and they ll likely be read in court. now, abc news says they were love letters. victim four s lawyer won t confirm that. we do know this accuser is 28 years old and expected to be the first prosecution witness. sara ganim won a pulitzer prize for her coverage of the san