what we ve been saying for three months, that the economy is head in the wrong direction. these are very high numbers 387,000 new claims for jobless benefits. that is far too high a number three years after a recovery was supposed to begin. the trend is up. it should be down. it is up. what it means, bill, with this sense of the direction for the economy there is very little likelihood of serious improvement in the jobs picture before the november election. bill: that keeps it first and foremost in issues in america. you re 4 1/2 months away. why is there that little chance of improvement? because there is that sense of direction. if we were gradually expanding if the economy were getting more and more strong i would reverse the position and yeah, we have good chance of improvement before the election. that is not the case. we re going in the opposite direction. the economy is weakening as we speak. that s why very little chance with this sense of direction for the overall
southern pennsylvania. the bus driver was killed when the packed bus collided with a semitruck on the highway. 28 students were injured. 6 had to be air lifted to a hospital. two inmates pardoned got driver s licenses and cars while they were still behind bars. all of this courtesy of the governor, his wife and his staff. ed lavendera with a cnn exclusive coming up. up first, with tensions rising in afghanistan meeting in kabul overnight. the u.s. soldier accused in a mass killing of afghan civilians has been moved out of the country to a military base in kuwait. that s angered lawmakers who want the american to be tried on afghan soil. and, this morning, there s word of new protests, as well. there are so many new developments overnight, let s get right to sarah live in kabul. can we first start talking about this conversation that happened between pinetta and karzai and what the outcome was of that? reporter: at this point in time, they haven t released exactly what t
that is the decision of this jury. as you mentioned, that sounded like a very difficult decision for the jury to reach. we will see hemy neuman go to prison but he will get mental illness treatment in prison. this was a case that happened in november of 2010 when hemy neuman admits to pulling the trigger killing rusty schneiderman after he dropped off his child to daycare. hemy neuman alleged he heard voices, that he heard voices from barry white and olivia newton-john encouraging him to pull the trigger. there s one thing that s really interesting. defense attorneys made this case. i ll quote the defense attorneys saying the gun in this case was in hemy s hand but the trigger i suggest was pulled by andrea sneiderma, implicating the wife of the victim and both prosecutors and defense attorneys accused her of having affair with him. she denied that and an has not been charged with anything. could she face charges though? that s a possibility. clearly nothing has happened
urging people to quit smoking. it s the first time that the cdc has ran a paid anti-tobacco effort. they say they need to spend the money to go up against the multimillion dollar campaigns that get people to smoke. here s one of the ads. we warn you, it is quite graphic. i m mary and i want to give you some information how i get ready in the morning. former illinois governor, rod blagojevich, has one more hour before he hags to report to federal prison in chicago. he s serving a 14-year sentence for corruption including trying to sell the senate seat once held by president obama. here he is shaking people s hands at the airport in chicago. last hour i spoke to a former official about what to expect when he goes to prison. when you go to prison, you re not rod blagojevich anymore. when i went, i wasn t jim laski. rod blagojevich will get this in the next few hours. he will get strip searched and they will send his clothes back home and he will get his uniform. we re lo
afghan president meeting overnight in kabul. they were trying to diffuse tensions over the mass killings of those afghan civilian, allegedly by an american army soldier who has now been moved out of afghanistan. a deadly school bus crash in southern pennsylvania. the bus driver was killed when the packed bus collided with a semitruck on the highway. 28 students were injured. 6 had to be air lifted to a hospital. two inmates pardoned got driver s licenses and cars while they were still behind bars. all of this courtesy of the governor, his wife and his staff. ed lavendera with a cnn exclusive coming up. up first, with tensions rising in afghanistan meeting in kabul overnight. the u.s. soldier accused in a mass killing of afghan civilians has been moved out of the country to a military base in kuwait. that s angered lawmakers who want the american to be tried on afghan soil. and, this morning, there s word of new protests, as well. there are so many new developments overn