of conservatives. the star has been falling. the president issues a challenge to all the republican candidates. you want to be commander in chief? you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states. even when it s not politically convenient. a republican who supports the obama position on civil unions for same-sex couples. a republican who may be to the left of the president on gun control and medical marijuana. and a republican who has definitely been to the left of the president on the treatment of undocumented workers. and a republican who completely agrees with the president that climate change is real continues to trick the political media and more importantly wall street billionaires into thinking he can win the republican nomination for president. if he simply makes everything he has previously said about running for president a lie. everyone in the republican party but you is talking about that you should be on the t
christie cannot win the right wing. i wish him luck. his competition is thin. the flavor of the month. the pool is bad. the swimming pool looks better until you jump right in. come on in, let us take a look at you. republicans are going to be all over him. put you to the microscope. conservative aternative to mit romney. saying to michele bachmann he s going to turn off a lot of conservatives. the star has been falling. the president issues a challenge to all the republican candidates. you want to be commander in chief? you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states. even when it s not politically convenient. a republican who supports the obama position on civil unions for same-sex couples. a republican who may be to the left of the president on gun control and medical marijuana. and a republican who has definitely been to the left of the president on the treatment of undocumented workers. and a rep
wicked weather. thunderstorms hit the state this morning. the damage and are more storms on the way. hello, i m don scott. and it s the weather everyone s talking about today. a lot of thunderstorms gave thousand of people a noisy wake up call. we just received this video. an 80-foot tall tree crashed into an apartment complex and between 10 and 12 were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and we ll have the live first wealth coverage and derek valcourt has more on the damage and first, marty bass is tracking things on the radar. reporter: well, right now, it s the calm between the storms. good afternoon, everyone. it will be easiest to tell you this. the onlily counties that didn t have any kind of severe warnings or watches were cecil, harford, baltimore and baltimore city. everyone else had the warnings and severe weather. we took it on the chance. and i want to take you to the first warning doppler. this is a long lupe. we re going to 6:00. watch the thundershowe
parents. the fbi had been watching this group of russian spies for years, and today a white house official confirms president obama was first briefed on the situation at least two weeks before any arrests were made. leslie and anita, back to you. thank you for that. once again we are live crews on the scene at dulles international airport where we expect the plane involved in the spy swap in vienna will be landing in the next half hour. we will monitor the situation and bring you details as they come in. a new development in this yeardley love murder investigation. charlottesville authorities say police do have a t-shirt that had been missing from love s apartment. they say the parents of the university of virginia student turned in the shirt. police believe it could provide evidence in the case against love s exboyfriend george huguely. love died in may after a violent fight with her exboyfriend. george huguely s lawyer said that love s death was an accident. we now mo
continue the conversation on today s stories, go to the blog at cnn.com/amfix. that will rap it up for us this morning. meantime, the news continues with kyra phillips. it s 9:00 a.m. in the east and 6:00 a.m. out west. another hour or so before the sun comes up over mount st. helens. rescue workers need the light to find a hiker deep in the volcano. remember being a senior in high school? stuff memories are made of. why is there talk of killing senior year altogether? if polygamists were planets, he would be jupiter. all that is coming up over the next couple hours, and in a second we will get the latest word on the prize catch in pakistan, the guy said to be the taliban s number two guy. can t talk about that without talking about what u.s. officials hope to learn from him. barbara starr will update us on that. ivan watson will tell us about iran. we are learning a top taliban commander is in custody in pakistan. fred, how did they catch this guy? reporter: wh