states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery and that the euro zone was at the epicenter of potential risks. borrowing costs for countries like spain, italy, and greece are rising again. what is going on? didn t it look like the europeans ha
man, leon panetta announced a new crackdown. the main change as far as we can tell accusations will be investigated by senior officers. not just unit commanders. the pentagon says last year alone, last year, 19,000 sexual assaults in one year, most of them went unreported and unpunished. there is more to that. we spoke with several former service women, and this one story we found was typical. she was a marine, who reported an attack by a fellow marine but instead of finding help, she was drummed out by the military. doing the right thing was in 21-year-old stephanie schroeder s blood. i joined after 9-11, i thought it was the right thing to do. i come from a military family and i have a great sense of honor and patriotism toward the country. six months she was training at a base in virginia. one saturday she decided to blow off steam with fellow marines. we went out to dinner, i got up to go to the rest room, and my attacker followed me and forced his way in the bathro
took the stand and apologized to trayvon martin s family. cnn martin savidge examining evidence from florida. when is he expected to be released and where is he likely to go? yeah, two very good questions right now we re trying to find answers to. we re standing outside the corrections facility where george zimmerman is being held. this the receiving point. this the way he went in. we re believing this the way he will come out. security is in the minds of the security conscious. if he comes out this door we ll have to wait and see. as to when, his attorney said it would take a couple of days to finance the bond and the way of monitoring george zimmerman while he s out and about. he s going to require electronic monitoring and other means by which the state of florida will remain in contact with him. that s going to take a while. where he will go, that s another big question mark. his attorney requested he be able to leave the state of florida. the judge that granted bond sa
the fbi and new york police are up to their elbows in dirt and dust. meticulously sifting through layers of soil six feet deep below a basement floor recemented in 1979. the same year 6-year-old etan patz disappeared. we re cautiously optimistic as law enforcement always is when it executes search warrants that they will find what they re looking for. reporter: looking for etan s remains who lived a half block from the search scene. his parents still live here. he vanished after his mom kissed him good-bye 33 years ago. he came straight out this door out decked out in a corduroy jacket. he can t wait to get to school. for the first time, his parents allow him to walk two blocks down the street this way to get to the school bus stop all by himself. along his route that basement where a law enforcement source say etan had been the day before with neighborhood carpenter otheneil miller. this author says miller was no stranger to the patz family. they knew him. the family k
shrinking budgets slowed or stopped kindergarten programs. as a result, many 3-year-old and 4-year-olds aren t going to pre-school and they should be. a poor child who hasn t gone to a quality preschool enters kindergarten behind. children of the wealthiest families are at the top. those lines trend down as you go down the economic ladder. what s worse? many never catch up. research shows they need special education services and drop out. science tells us we have to invest in kids early. the math, local and state levels say kurt, cut, cut. a senior associate dean at school of continuing studies, sam is a former new york city schoolteacher. welcome to both of you this morning. thank you. chris, let s start with politics. how would governor romney improve education for those who can t afford preschools to close the gap? i think he would do a couple things. i don t think the issue really is how much money, i think the issue is, is the money being used appropriately? we l