special guest at graduation. president obama will give the commencement speech. the nato conference in chicago ground zero for diplomacy and protests. a fierce confrontation yesterday between protesters and police left dozens of people injured on both sides. today more demonstrations are planned. our ted rowlands has been basically in the thick of all of that. protesters, ted, vowing to shut down, i understand, boeing s chicago headquarters today. what is happening now? is it fairly peaceful here? have they managed to shut down anything? they re just finishing a march, suzanne, arriving at boeing headquarters, and there s a couple hundred people there, so at this point it s been very peaceful. they have just been marching through the streets of chicago, but we ll see what happens in the next hour or two as they entrench themselves at boeing. we ve been hearing some reports that they are possibly shutting down some streets. if they do that, police may be forced to go in an
years after his release from a scottish prison. al megrahi was let go on compassionate grounds because he had prostate cancer. he was expect to live only a few months. at the time of his release, victims families were outraged after he received a hero s welcome in libya. they believe he was just a small player in the bomb plot. i spoke to a former spokesman for the victims families who lost a brother in the attack. i asked him when he heard about al megrahi s death. i received the phone call about 8:30 this morning. i m pleased he s finally left this earth. it was tempered because of, i was exhilarated when gadhafi was overthrown and killed last year. he was the big fish in ta that story. this is not the last chapter in pan am 103. he and other family members suspect there are people right now in libya, syria and iran who played a part in the bombing. and should be brought to justice. cnn s alison kosik is joining us now. i sat down with one of the victims of the bomb
and that $2 billion mistake. plus only in america, why you should never, ever come between a man and his fish. they refuse to give us any more fish. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin as we do every night with the big story. it s a very real threat of a war between iran and israel, one washington is desperately trying to avoid. no matter who wins the election in november, the president will have to face the reality that this country s closest ally in the middle east may be on the verge of attacking the islamic republic. the consequences could be catastrophic but is it too late to stop? joining me now is defense minister and former prime minister ehud barak. and a friend of the show. thank you for coming back, sir. you re here because tomorrow you go to washington to see defense secretary leon panetta on funding for a missile defense system for israel. this puts the whole atmosphere about israel s security to the central political fore right now and
married but many others side with republicans. here is what he told cnn today. i think it s a matter of whether or not we re going adhere to something that has been historical and religious and legal in this country for many, many years. marriage has to have a definition. and we just happen to believe it s between a man and a woman. civil rights icon, rev rand joseph lowery. we re talking with him in just a moment. black churches have a lot oreconcile over same sex marriage. they are a major source of support. but as jones reports, many just won t follow him down this path. i love the president, but i cannot support what he does. to atlanta. i m not mad with the president. to new york. it s no one s business. only the couples who are involved. it should not be of community concern. tackling the subject of same sex marriage sunday. he and his congregation have been praying for president obama every sunday for years and this day was no different. will this hur
then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their budgets in order, they won t be able to borrow money and will face a fiscal nightmare of ever rising interest rates. the problem is that as governments have cut spending in very depressed economies, it has caused growth to slow even further. do you see government workers who have