for gas, once again becoming the new normal. what s behind that sharp price hike? wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley, you are in the situation room. an alleged plot for a suicide bomb attack on the u.s. capitol busted today in an undercover operation. officials say a moroccan man is under arrest after accepting a vest he believed was filled with explosives. cnn s brian todd is at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia. what s the latest there? reporter: candy, we re told the suspect has arrived at this federal district court in alexandria, virginia, for a court appearance this afternoon. we re also told that authorities are searching at least two locations in the northern virginia area, including possibly his home. here s what we know about the suspect. he is identified at 29-year-old amin caliphi, we are told he s living in the u.s. illegally. this official said regarding this alleged plot, that mr. kalifi had various targets, settled on the capitol, but prev
sometimes if i have enough energy to. only in america. barbra streisand is having a special grammy moment. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. tonight, politics, pop and barbra streisand. we begin with president obama getting the business from conservatives. listen to mitt romney today, the at the police call action conference. it s been a great conference so far and for that i suppose we should acknowledge president obama. he s the conservative movement s top recruiterment errecruiter. it turns out he really is a good community organizer. i just don t think this is the community he planned on organizing but he did. so how is the president s re-election campaign fighting back? joining me is stephanie cutter. welcome, stephanie. so a bit of an old timing over this. what i can t understand is why nobody saw it coming. nobody saw it coming? the criticism from the catholic church on contraception? peers, let s remember when we started on this debate. the pre
and sharp and sudden turnaround by the obama administration. the white house now says it s tweaking the health care reform provision that sparked a sudden confrontation between church and state as well as republicans and democrats. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here in the situation room watching all of this unfold. it was pretty dramatic what happened. it was, and all of this caught the white house off-guard. there s no sign that the uproar is dying down. the president plays cleanup. they will not have to pay foror provide contraceptive services, but women who work at these institutions will have access to free contraceptive services just like other women. a law that requires prepreventive care will not discriminate against women. the catholic health association says this resolution protects the conscience rights of catholic institutions. e.j. dionne who helped kick up the firestorm now writes president obama did today what he should have done
state legislatures, et cetera. and this is a real message to them. people like senator kyle of arizona who goes to the practice and says 97% planned parent hoods services are abortion, right? then says when called that was than what it is not intended as a factual stateme statement. you go to the well and don t state the facts. i think we should all remember this. one of our staff members reminding us yesterday, the first thing republicanwhen they took over congress was threaten to shut down government over defunding planned parenthood. that was the first battle they picked and lost that battle. they lost a success of these. it is an interesting message. john boehner accused the obama administration of violating the constitution with a new rule about health insurance and contracepti contraception.
chan chances. this has been one of the best things they could do for president obama. you know, the democrats lost certain groups of women in 2010, chris, and they are coming back in drones. we have had had so many great images. first of all, the whole debate over contraception dm the last two weeks t brought home to a lot of women, that wow. the affordable care act really pays for my contraception without a co-pay? that s a great benefit to a lot of women. this is terrifying. i think the terri schiavo moment, the comparison is very apt. president bush had won reelection. the republicans looked strong, and they are march sboog a woman s bedroom and coming back from vacation and passing laws and they make very palpable what democrats complain about. that they want to intrude in our personal lives. suddenly, people really saw what that meant. that s happening again with contraception, with the