everybody gets to be a free-thinking intellectual. what do you think about putting it all together? women should be punished for endorsing was his impulsive answer with me. this thing about if you gain an extra ten pounds, they ll put you on television and show you sweating it off. some of the treatment he s had, oh, towards rosie o donnell, some of these other public does it add up to you, or not, dana? in terms of, i think these are all such incredible tli different issues. look, i ve been incredibly critical of every particular candidate and i ve caught he double hockey sticks for it too, chris. and with regards to the abortion question, because i thought that was a good discussion that you and he had, granted, as somebody that is pro-life, i don t ever want to punish a woman for a really heart breaking and heart-wrenching decision. if anything, you want to make it known that you re there for a woman and you re there to help out, you re there to support, you re there to help wit
fields of flowers and baseball hats. very moving. little messages, little baseballs, little league baseballs that have kids have signed to martin richard, who played little league. krystle c coworkers, messages to lingzi lu, and messages to sean collier. you come to boston this is a must-see. a busy morning of developments, let s get started. live coverage from boston includes this. this week, a 38-year-old survivor of the bombing had to milwauk make a difficult choice. the choice, keep her foot, mangled by the blast, or have it amputated. a heart wrenching decision. heather abbott was standing outside a bar when the second bomb went off a few feet. she decided to have the left leg amputated below the knee. she explained the decision to
reporting that the materials used in the bombs that went off on tuesday are similar to those that went off in attacks against diplomat diploma diplomats. bangkok says an iranian man threw grenades as he tried to flee only injuring themselves. he is facing criminal charges. the iranian government denies any link to the bombings. china s presumptive leader in waiting says he wants the u.s. and china to work together to find a better trade balance. xi jinping met with president obama in washington. he is expected to succeed hu jintao as china s president next year. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. welcome to world business today. greece gets a slap on the wrist. the government still hasn t done enough to qualify for a new multibillion dollar bailout. the debt crisis dampens s europe s largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. and why twitter won t be going towards an ipo. supposing you re not
a new front in the battle for the republican presidential nomination, nevada, which holds its caucuses this coming saturday. mitt romney is there along with newt gingrich and ron paul. instead of relishing his victory, a huge victory in the florida primary last night, romney and his team are now in full damage control mode after something romney said right here on cnn. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in las vegas with us. she s watching what s going on. what s going on with mitt romney, dana? reporter: well, wolf, i think we ve auld had something like this happen to us. you say something, it doesn t quite come out like you mean it, but when you re the front-runner in a presidential campaign, you can t afford to be the one who trips yourself up. making the morning show rounds, mitt romney inadvertently handed opponents an eight-word give on cnn i m not concerned about the very poor reporter: to be clear that made for a bumper sticker line was only
it s the blind told taste test. i got him for a pepsi man. jim miklaszewski, great reporting as always. thanks so much. appreciate you being with us. up next, politico s top scoops out of washington and mad money s jim cramer will join us and transportation secretary, ray lahood will be here and congressman aaron schock of illinois. if you like great weather, hopefully you live in new england and mid-atlantic. this will be a fantastic week. we will continue the great trend, fantastic mother s day. look at this today, 75 and sunny in d.c., philly, north carolina, harvard, very nice. minneapolis not so nice. where the thunderstorms are a lot of heavy rain moving through. forecast today, hot and steamy in texas, all the way through new orleans. possible travel delays from chicago to the twin cities. you re watching morning joe on