president obama on the number one issue facing the country today? that and much more ahead. first our top of the hour look at what you need to know right now. first that breaking news i just mentioned. cnn confirms that jonathan silver, the head of the energy department s controversial loan guarantee program is resigning tonight. dan, what do we know about the particular official and why is he leaving? reporter: well, that official who headed up that controversial program which committed some $38 billion to 40 clean energy projects across the country, he is leaving, cnn has learned, in order to become a fellow over at the think tank third way. but the timing of all of this certainly raising some questions, no doubt, in an effort to blunt some of those questions secretary chu put out a statement saying silver came to him in early july, pointed out he wanted to transition back to the private sector after september 30th and so the secretary explaining that that s what is beh
ten minutes until the top of the hour. tributes pouring in for steve jobs faster than twitker handle this morning. the company announced his death after a long battle with cancer. microsoft chairman bill gates says the impact of jobs work will be felt for many generations to come. steve jobs was just 56 years old. u.s. stock futures trading higher this morning. markets overseas also up as investors grow more confident that european leaders are working to strengthen their banks. of course, the biggest crowd yet at the occupy wall street protests here in new york. thousands marched yesterday against corporate greed, corruption and inequality. police say 28 people were arrested, including one person for assaulting a police officer. a second tape of michael jackson s slurred speech played for jurors at the trial of dr. conrad murray. jackson telling his personal physician he wanted to build the world s largest children s hospital with proceeds from his highly anticipated t
all i can say is, again, thank you. because of the letters and the calls and just amazing support that we received from people all over the world, especially here in seattle, that we ve been able to endure and that we ve been able to, you know, make sure amanda had the support she needed. there there s no way we can thank everybody. so here individually, so here s our way to just say thank you. i d like to add in one more thing. we would also like to send our appreciation to our italian lawyers. they did a fantastic job on that side of the pond and ted was phenomenal on this side of the pond. and obviously we couldn t have done it without you. so appreciate that. do you want to talk? yeah. ed and i will take any questions if anybody has any. there s a couple hands over there. how are you going to hear it? [ inaudible question ] i can t hear. do you want to talk? amanda! they re reminding me to speak in english. because i m having problems with that. i m really overwhe
raffaele as well. knox and her boyfriend are both exonerated on murder charges. the court s upholding knox s slander conviction but sentencing her to time served. the jury, which also included two judges, had powerful incentive to overturn, including evidence casting doubt on the state s dna evidence. and amanda knox s own words earlier today. [ speaking italian ] outside the courtroom competing outcries from onlookers shouting victory, victory as the legal team laughed, others yelling shame, shame. amanda s sister deanna read a brief family statement. we re thankful for the support we have received from all over the world. people who took time to research the case and could see that amanda and raffaele were innocent. and last we are thankful to the court for having the courage to look for the truth and to overturn this conviction. knox said nothing herself after leaving the prison in a two-car convoy after picking up her belongings and saying good-bye. she s in ro
police through a private entrance. her murder conviction overturned yesterday. knox sobbing uncontrollably when this verdict was read. so emotional, she had to be helped from the courtroom. her friends say the first thing she wants to do when she returns home to seattle is lie down on a green field. let s get the latest from becky anderson live in perugia, italy this morning. do we have a timetable for knox departure, becky? reporter: yes. we believe she s gone. it s now mid-day local town, and we believe she left rome, about two hours from here, at 11:00. the family went to london on a regular flight. a possibility knox left on a private jet. they re going to london, we believe. there s a flight about 3:00 local time london out of heathrow to seattle, and so she ll be there with, what, eight, nine hours after she leaves london. this is the front page of the local paper here. innocent. they didn t do it. the court of appeals absolves amanda knox and raffaele sollecito. a