but an adult can do that to a child, someone who can t even protect themselves, who is not as strong as the adult. it just doesn t make sense, people. well, you re preaching to the choir. there will be people out there who say, spare the rod, spare the child. from now on parents will have to opt into authorized corporal punishment, choose whether they want a male or female staff member to administer the punishment. but what s fascinating is this school district has gotten into trouble in the past for corporal punishment. it clearly has. learned a lesson. in 2007 a middle school coach paddled a 12-year-old boy, so hard it left a large bruise on his thigh, which tells me that it was an assault. and spurring them to restrict paddling to administrators. teachers can t do it. just administrators. and now administrators can do it, female on female violence. and male on male violence. the star telegram paper out of dallas, said this district has more spankings than any other distric
sarah jessica parker and anna wintour take on roles as obama s fundraisers tonight. the price, $40,000 a plate. is hgtv s house hunters a fraud? a blogger on the show claims reality show was anything but. fake houses, made-up storylines. today, the network tells its side of the story. perfect game. a shining moment for matt cain. the pitcher throwing a rare perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters he faced. this morning, the giant is a gem. cnn newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. at one time, lance armstrong towered over the cycling world the way babe ruth was adored by baseball fans. but today, armstrong may be better compared to barry bonds. controversial, polarizing, and tainted anew by doping allegations. the new charges filed by the u.s. anti-doping agency could strip armstrong of one of his seven tour de france victories. and already they are forcing him to the sidelines at his new love, competing in ironman triathal triathalon
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
spring storm that dumped more than a foot of snow. the late season nor easter blew in with wet snow. many schools were closed and pennsylvania s governor did issue a disaster declaration. and the big storm triggered super high waves, some reaching 14 feet. surfers on lake ontario couldn t wait to hang ten in those rough waters. they thought the conditions were ideal to catch a wave even though temps on the lake hovered just around 32 degrees. unbelievable. you got to love surfing to do that. in that kind of cold weather? i always wanted to surf. do you do it? i don t. i m not coordinated. you could do it. you could do it. in that kind of cold weather, the shrinkage factor. it s bad on many levels. it is the man show officially now. i have no idea what you re talking about. willis is back tonight, too. yes, indeed. this might be a good time to do some weather. here s your tuesday forecast. lingering snow in upstate new york, western pennsylvania and northern new engl
who were killed or wounded by homemade bombs or suicide attackers just like the ones they were posing with in the pictures. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. in other news this morning, three secret service agents are now being forced out in the wake of that prostitution scandal. a supervisor is being allowed to retire. one agent resigned and another was given his 30 days notice. we are told the fired agent, though, is now planning to sue. meanwhile, the top republican in the house says he welcomes the steps being taken by the agency, but this, he says, is certainly not over. the faa has just released cockpit recordings of an airline crew member melting down on board. it happened at the dallas-ft. worth airport right before takeoff, when a flight attendant flipped out and had to be forcibly subdued. jason whitely of our dallas station has the story. reporter: american flight 2332 had just pushed back from the gate when pilots first alerted controllers that