presidential race. how much will same-sex marriage, private equity, and contraception have to do who is elected in november, or is it all about the economy? i ve got a great panel. the wall street journal s peggy noonan, ross of the new york times , and more. also, moving a capital. to increase your political capital. should russia build a new kremlin 4,000 miles to the east? i ll explain. first, here s my take. there s much speculation these days about the power struggles in china in the wake of the ouster of the powerful party boss. china s political system will surely be tested, but in the short run its leaders may have dodged a bullet. he was a charismatic leader who used pop lichl, money, and power to build a political base. had he not been brought down by a series of mistakes, revelations, and bad luck for him, he might well have altered the nature of the technocratic system that now runs china. in the short run china might well survive its political crisis, but it f
that his story, based on unproven documents was accurate, despite the fact that cbs apologized and retracted the report. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it was inevitable that news organizations would mark and to be honest celebrate the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden s death, and it s hardly shocking that the obama white house would push that storyline. the president s campaign posted a web ad suggesting that mitt romney might not have made the same choice to go after bin laden. commentators, and even a few on the left recoiled in horror. sdhoo is there mr. obama ebbing metro detroiting the death of osama bin laden for political purposes? to run a campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do. after telling the country you don t spike the football, you come off as a hypocrite when you then go out of your way to spike the football. the obama camp has decided to be aggressive on national security and keep telling the story. they
up from just 9% before bailouts and austerity brought protesters to the streets. and as no other network can, we brought together cnn s best from around the world. veteran business correspondent john defterios from abu dhabi, he ll break down what you need to know. jim bittermann is live from paris at the headquarters of now defeated french president nicolas sarkozy. he just conceded to socialist francois hollande. matthew chance is in athens at the center of an election that also took place today, greek voters deciding whether they are willing to accept tough cuts to deal with the country s enormous debt. a greek default could crush america s own slow recovery. al goodman is in madrid, a country closely watching these election results with all of you. the unemployment situation is tough here in the u.s., in spain it s much worse. youth unemployment now above 50%. diana magnay is in berlin, up until now, germany has been the backbone of europe s economy and the main architect
woodward s depiction over deep throat. is that fair after all these years? rupert murdock drawing a major rebuke from a british parliamentary committee. rupert murdock unfit the damning indictment from the mp s report into phone hacking. how will this impact his media empire on both sides of the atlantic? and dan rather still at war with cbs. we reported the truth, and that is that president bush, later president bush, when he was in national guard service, he was at least awol. the ex-anchor still insisting that his story, based on unproven documents was accurate, despite the fact that cbs apologized and retracted the report. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it was inevitable that news organizations would mark and to be honest celebrate the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden s death, and it s hardly shocking that the obama white house would push that storyline. the president s campaign posted a web ad suggesting that mitt romney might not have
char bashar all assad. they are seeing no evidence his powerful inner circle is cracking. and that imagery that has now been declassified and released today is also critical. because what it s providing the u.s. intelligence community is very specific information about where syrian forces are on the move, what they are shelling, the destruction of mosques and hospitals in critical neighborhoods. you have the video on the internet. but this is the kind of key intelligence that they are pouring over right now to get a better idea of what the syrian military s really up, to john. as they try to get more information about that, barbara, tell us is it suspicion or is it evidence iran is now helping the syrian government to try to crush the rebellion? reporter: i have to tell you that senior u.s. intelligence officials are telling us they have evidence they believe iran in the past has supplied unmanned drones, uavs, that syria is now using in these neighborhoods to track peopl