today s top stories. we re getting our first look at the oil spewing 5,000 feet below the surface in the gulf of mexico. this comes as crews start to position its second containment dome this morning in hopes of capping that blown out well. workers are hoping to avoid the icy buildup that ruined their first attempt with the much larger box they tried a few days ago. new york s attorney general is reportedly investigating eight banks to determine if they provided misleading data on mortgage securities. according to the report, ratings agencies overstated the quality of those securities after getting false information. among the probes target, goldman sachs, morgan stanley, citigroup and merrill lynch. peter orzag, the man who runs the white house budget office, sounded the alarm yesterday after some disturbing new figures came out for the month of april. he told reuters, quote, we want to make sure we never wind up facing the sorts of choices that greece now faces. everyone always w
it s 6:30 in the morning in new york, washington, d.c. time for a look at top stories. we re getting a first look at the oil spewing 5,000 feet below the surface in the gulf of mexico. amazing tickets there. comes as crews start to position a second containment dome this morning, one they call a top hat, in hopes of capping the well. workers are hoping to avoid the icy buildup that ruined their first attempt with a much larger box a couple of days ago. this morning s new york city times reports that blacks and latinos were five times more likely to be stopped and frisked by new york police last year but no more likely to be arrested. the most common people said they were stopping people was because they were making suspicious movements, one of the least cited reasons was that the person actually fit the description of a wanted suspect. rights groups say the data show police are being racially driven in fighting crime. and the first man to walk on the moon is renewing his criticis
or robert gibbs does, like cross their fingers or toes, when they stand up and say, hamid karzai, we love this guy, it s overrated? reporter: you weren t convinced? no. reporter: look, there was a period of great tension between our two countries. it had gotten very personal, as you say. i mean, between that wrid karzai and some members of the administration. it actually started, oh, i don t know, early last year when vice president biden went over there and made clear his disgust with karzai and inability to crack down on corruption. things escalated this spring. the president, of course, had gone to afghanistan, met with karzai. subsequent to that, karzai read his clips and saw that jim jones, the national security adviser, had indicated that obama was going over there to lecture karzai on corruption. that led to karzai going on a few anti-west tirades, including a threat reportedly that, well, i might as well join the taliban. the white house fired back,
a record, especially her lack of a judicial record, and the fact that she doesn t have much of a record as a practicing lawyer, either, gives us no way of answering that question at this particular point with any degree of comfort. elena kagan on capitol hill. the man who nominated her, hanging out with afghan president hamid karzai yesterday. the two were downplaying recent tensions and pledging a long-term commitment to afghan peace. during a joint news conference yesterday, president obama said the war in afghanistan will get worse before it gets better. but he says his plan to begin the withdrawal of u.s. forces next year remains on track. both leaders reaffirmed their sometimes shaky relationship, dismissing public reports of hostility between them. with respect to perceived tentions between the u.s. government and afghan government, let me begin by saying a lot of them were simply overstated. there are going to be setbacks. there are going to be times when our governments dis
woods said the injury had been had started to bother him a couple weeks before the masters. oh, yeah, sure. and it was not, mike barna e barnacle, related to the thanksgiving night car accident. he says he hopes to be back in time to defend his title in the memorial tournament, which starts next month. let s get to the story i ve been waiting for, willie. this is the one. it comes out of west texas where a high school sports scandal has blown up. a 22-year-old man, this guy right here, accused of posing as a 16-year-old and becoming a high school basketball star. he posted bond after he was arrested for presenting a false i.d. to a police officer. montimere admitted to police he had been posing as 16-year-old joseph. he led his high school to the state playoffs, permian high school in odessa, made famous, of course, in friday night ligh lights. the scam was revealed when some florida coaches recognized the