in toledo. we re never sure what he ll say, but you can pretty much guarantee he ll defend the auto industry s bailout and go after mitt room niece opposition to it. well, it s the burning of the koran by u.s. soldiers and the shooting rampage allegedly carried out by one of our own hasn t carried enough shock in afghanistan, president what please karzai says he wants all nato and u.s. forces back to their military base peps that s the message that he gave today when he met with defense secretary leon panetta. a live report from the pentagon coming up in jut about eight minutes. the killing of innocent civilians by al assad s military continues. opposition fighters say at least 46 people have been killed so far today. the u.n. says more than 8,000 people have died in that conflict. meantime, check out this video that we just posted to youtube. details are constascant, but acg to the post, this shows the citadel building in syria. cnn is working to gather information fr
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
jumped another 1 cent overnight, pushing the national average to a gallon to $3.82. get ready for blunt abide.location? toledo, ohio. this is the vice president s first campaign foreoret in front of a key core group, autoworkers in toledo. we re never sure what he ll say, but you can pretty much guarantee he ll defend the auto industry s bailout and go after mitt room niece opposition to it. well, it s the burning of the koran by u.s. soldiers and the shooting rampage allegedly carried out by one of our own hasn t carried enough shock in afghanistan, president what please karzai says he wants all nato and u.s. forces back to their military base peps that s the message that he gave today when he met with defense secretary leon panetta. a live report from the pentagon coming up in jut about eight minutes. the killing of innocent civilians by al assad s military continues. opposition fighters say at least 46 people have been killed so far today. the u.n. says more than 8,
i don t know if words can articulate how proud we are of our son. this is where he grew up right here in arlington heights and we re thankful we had him. reporter: he tide a long way from arlington heights, killed yesterday by small arms fire in afghanistan s violent hellmanned province. his death is another reminder today of the high price of war. what i think about today is the young kids in afghanistan that are still fighting for our country. i think about the veterans like our fathers and grandfathers that served in the war. but, hey, i came through without a scratch so i got no complaints. i thank you for your service, i thank you for your commitment the united states of america. reporter: the mayor hosting ceremonies for the 21st time today, his last as mayor. he knows firsthand what it is to have a son go off to fight. i want to give a tribute to the mayor for all he has done for the veterans of illinois, chicago and the u.s. reporter: another event hon
eyebrows here at city hall. some aldermen think he should run and alexi ginnaoulias is willing to listen. it is politics, anything is possible i imagine, like i said i was surprised when i heard the news. we ll have to wait and see what is happening with the people involved. nothing surprises me. i have been here 24 years. how will it change? and support rahm emanuel and work hard to get him elected. crane and the sun times say that they are not crazy about the idea of working with rahm emanuel. it is looking for someone who will be a threat to the exwhite house chief of staff. and alexi ginnaoulias said he was shown results of a poll that put him 6 or 7 points ahead of rahm emanuel. he will make the run official after several weeks on a listing tour. he will kick off his campaign on the north side. and danny davis will get into the race on sunday morning downtown. davis, who just won his eighth term in congress, is getting into the game late after a coalition of af