19 people killed in a plane that crashed while trying to land in nepal. the tourism tept department says two americans were on board the plane. the plane was carrying tourists visiting mount everest. in a few hours two american hikers released from an iranian prison will return to the united states. josh fattal and shane bauer were held in tehran more than two years as accused spies. more news coming up, but first let s get you back to lockdown. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. everything that i have, everything that i ever will have is in this cell. i went from having a nice house, in-ground pool, air conditioner in every room, tv in every room, nice car. to this is the rest of my life. look at this.
world, and he think some of the media s coverage is pretty clueless. our conversation with nate silver of the new york times. plus, pulitzer winner connie shultz resigns as a cleveland plain dealer columnist after word that she was favoring her husband, senator sherrod brown. can the wife of a politician have a journalism career? she ll be here. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. the pregame chatter when i was at the fox news debated in orlando this week wasn t about the candidates, it was about the lavish spread put on by the co-sponsor of google. everything from shrimp on a stick to a smoothie bar to a guy mixing root beer floats. but the post-game chatter was about whether rick perry had blown. it politico going so far with their headline texas toast? at least it was a question mark. it was the ankors at cnn who peppered perry with difficult questions and tried to foment a fight with mitt romney. governor perry, governor romney has been hammeri
they say they are americans. we ll have their statements in a few minutes. in saudi arabia, a historic decision expanding women s rights. saudi women will be able to vote and run for office in future municipal elections that doesn t include elections coming up this thursday. a prominent women s rights advocate in saudi arabia says women s voices will finally be heard. she says now it is time to remove other barriers like not allowing women to drive cars. and stay right there, more on this story including reaction in women s rights groups, other ones in saudi arabia. president barack obama is due to arrive at the paramount theater in seattle, washington, this hour. he s visiting the west coast to push his plan for creating more jobs. and to raise money for fellow democrats. we expect to hear from the president before he heads to california later on today. the president also delivered his message personally to the congressional black caucus in washington last night in the
they were released after a brokered deal with oman. all three were accused of being spies. cnn s susan candiotti was there when the hikers spoke a short time ago. susan, what did they have to say apparently we are having trouble with susan candiotti who has been following that story. we will listen to the hikers. we had to go on hunger strike repeatedly to receive letters from our loved ones. many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten, and there was nothing we could do to help them. though we d like to be very clear, this was never about crossing the unmarked border between iran and iraq. we were held because of our nationality. that was josh fattal an shane bauer. they returned to the u.s. today. they were let go on wednesday and they are back on u.s. soil. obviously they are happy. their families are happy. sarah shourd and josh fattal are al actually engaged to be married now. he made her a wedding ring out of a shirt he wore in
have to agree on some type of temporary spending plan to keep the government running. if they don t some federal agencies could shut down. the big sticking point, money for disaster relief and the finger pointing continued this morning on cnn s state of the union. there is a group and i do believe it is mostly centered in the house in terms of some of these it tea party republicans who say on every issue we re going to make this a make or break. we saw it on the faa when they shut down the federal aviation administration, we re seeing it now on this debate about fema, we should be able to have a legitimate debate about emergency aid. why link that into a government shutdown or not. i ll give the senate democratic leader most of the credit. he manufactured a crisis all week. about disaster when there s no crisis. everybody knows we re going to pay for every single penny of disaster aid that the president declares. u.s. lawmakers are supposed to be in recess this week,