conference, and this will show you how important the latino vote will be in november. the polls show that president obama has a huge lead over mitt romney, and 66% to 24%. but here in florida the president is tight with his lead over romney where he trailed by 12 points. in romney s speech today and i want to bring in the panelists here, jim acosta who is inside, and we will go to him later, and juan carlos and also the executive president of naleo, and i want to start off with u you, juan carlos, first of all, anything surprising with the this speech? a lot of build-up and people want to bring something back home to the constituents. the tone. the tone on immigration, an is a different and different message. he recognizes the importance of latinos in the community, and what they provide to the economy and the businesses they create and the importance of the latino family and he says i do not want to separate the families and i want the u.s. citizens and residents to have t
who knew about it this? how high did it go? did it go to the attorney general or the president of the united states? the man who defended president clinton about that. also a man not afraid to speak his mind. the front man of the smashing pumpkins, billy corgin. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. and our in america. news flash it s summer and it s hot. wait a minute. that s news? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, a big story tonight. just a little while ago a house committee voting on partisan lines recommending that eric holder be cited for contempt as part of the ongoing battle between congress and the administration over the fast and furious failed weapon sting operation. it could end with an unprecedented event. the united states congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt. the measure goes to the full house next week. in a statement, the attorney general called the vote, quote, an election year tactic intended to distract a
plus, why rapists in the military are getting away with it. a bay area congresswoman taking the air force on front and center. jackie spear calling for new hearings on what she calls abuse of power. this morning, she s in the newsroom. and hot, hot, hot. the summer sizzler in full effect this morning. dangerously high heat and humidity making it feel as hot as 110 degrees from virginia all the way to southern maine. so sit back, get out the fan, stay cool. newsroom starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do start with this breaking news. for the first time, we re seeing video of george zimmerman describing the play-by-play of what happened the night he shotted trayvon martin. overnight, his defense attorneys released several police interrogation tapes. in one of them, zimmerman is re-enacting the fight for investigators just a day after the shooting in february showing how he says trayvon martin repeatedly slammed his head into the sidewalk. in one ta
will fast and furious go higher? who knew about it this? how high did it go? did it go to the attorney general or the president of the united states? the man who defended president clinton about that. also a man not afraid to speak his mind. the front man of the smashing pumpkins, billy corgin. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. and our in america. news flash it s summer and it s hot. wait a minute. that s news? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, a little while ago, the house committee voting on partisan lines representing that eric holder be cited for contempt as part of the ongoing battle between congress and the administration of the fast even furious failed weapon sting operation that could end with an unprecedented event the united states congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt. the measure goes to the full house next week. in a statement, the attorney general called the vote, quote, an election year tactic intended to
start. nice to have you with us. i m ashleigh banfield and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. attorney eric holder to be held in contempt in congress. yesterday the members of the government oversight and reform committee voted along party lines to recommend citing him for contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents from the botched fast and furious gun operation, documents that are now off limits to republicans, and everyone else, because the president has invoked executive privilege to keep all of those documents now under wraps. joe johns is live from washington, d.c., this morning. joe, this is the first time that president obama has used the executive privilege. i think it was president clinton that maybe used it 14 times. how rare is this, and what is going to happen next to the attorney general? reporter: it is rare, but on the other hand, presidents do it, and most presidents do it at least once or twice during