The first openly gay player drafted in a major american sport. The big question now, what happens next . Will michael sam make the team . We explore that. I think clearly this is the issue that the democrats have been running away from. Democrats havent missed it. The strategy for 2014 on the sunday morning talkfest. An about will . It could be a landmark move. Others say its a disaster. Reaction ahead. Msnbcs ronan farrow talks about his irish roots and a Famous Family member connected to hollywood ofiesteryear. Hello, everyone, its hoon in the east, 9 00 out west. Heres whats happening right now. 249th pick in the 2014 nfl draft, michael sam, defensive end. Better late than never. In the seventh round with just seven picks left, michael sam became the first openly gay player to be drafted in the nfl. Sam later spoke to knbc affiliate ksdk after getting the big news. I am overwhelmed. Im excited. And im proud to be a ram. As the weekend went by, what were you feeling like as draft pic
About, this guy, rand paul was not on the ballot yesterday, but he had a proxy running with rant pauls backing and who very luckily for rand paul and his president ial aspirations lost badly. That candidate was going to be the tea party darling. He lost last night to stay House Speaker tom tell us by nearly 20 points. He will go up against taken in what will be a Battle Royale in a race that could make or break a republican takeover. If you are a brand called backer or staffer or friend or close associate, you are today wiping the sweat from your brow because you dodged a bullet with that disastrous Great Britain performance. If he hadnt won the republican primary, the full National Spotlight would have focused on the man who ran as paul saw fit not only to indorse but also to campaign for right up until election day. It isnt always about just attacking the other side but about thinking problems through. As a position, great will do that. Im proud to be part of this effort as much as i
Move by the nba to push him out. Is this all the food you will ever need . Whats behind the creation that sounds an awful lot like a 1970s science first movie. And how does it taste . Hey there, everyone. Its high noon in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with al lix witt. Were coming to you from washington, d. C. We begin with politics and the lightning rod issue is emerging as a central gop focus for 2014 and perhaps beyond. Benghazi was front and center this sunday after john boehner announced plans to establish a special committee to further expand the republicans quest for answers but this morning democratic congressman and member of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff encouraged his Party Leadership to flat out boycott speaker boehners special committee. Its a colossal waste of time. With the republican conferences so fractured, theres only two things they agree on. They dont like obamacare, so weve had 50 votes on that. And they do like talking about be
Still alive, even after isis says the american aide worker was killed during attacks against the terror group. Two Police Officers now learning about life on the other side of the law as a video leads to charges against them. Well show you more of that video. But first, want to wish you a good morning. Hope saturday has been good to you. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 out west. You are in the cnn newsroom. Highlevel talks with russian president Vladimir Putin have apparently failed to broker a peace deal and end the bloodshed in ukraine. World leaders are meeting in germany hoping to craft a solution to a crisis really on the verge of chaos. Already the conflict has claimed more than 5,000 lives and forced nearly 1 Million People to flee. Right now, Vice President joe biden is addressing the mounting crisis there. Listen to what he said just moments ago. America and europe are being tested. President putin has to understand that as he has changed, s
Press coverage. Turns out on the first night of that convention, cbs news led its coverage that night, not with the convention itself, but with a whole different political story, with a political dirty tricks story that even now, all these years later, still curls your hair to see it. Watch this. As the democrats open their national convention, cbs news unravels a campaign of dirty tricks, against president ial candidate bill clinton. It was the kind of tragedy a family desperately tries to forget. An emotionally distraught young woman, seven months pregnant, takes her own life. But the family and friends of Susan Coleman have been forced to relive this tragedy as political agents threaten to drag her name through the mud of the president ial campaign. They were victims of an unusually brazen dirty tricks operation run by an independent committee that supports george bush for president. The group seized on an anonymous letter which has been massmailed to news organizations, alleging th