the band issuing a statement saying the white stripes support this nation s military. we simply don t want to be a gog in the wheel of the current conflict. the air force said there was no intention to utilize any existing music or sound like any music by the band white stripes or any performer. any similarity is completely unintentional. the air force pulled the ad from their website. still ahead in the town square the group that is sticking it to the credit card companies. how they are using grandma to lead the revolution. somebody s got to do it. then on hardball, the president tackles the economy with african-american leaders today. chris welcomes reverend al sharpton and the head of the naacp ben gellis. age. has gingko for memory and concentration.
far. i ll be meeting with my fellow g-7 leaders later today, and we ll continue to coordinate closely with the netherlands and our european partners as we go forward. did you catch what he said there? i will be meeting with my fellow g-7 leaders today. isn t that supposed to be g-8? used to be. the g-7 used to be the group of the world s eight leading industrialized nations, and it was called the g-8 group of 8. the eighth member of that group, the most recent addition, was russia. here s all of them. there s putin circled there. this is all those, the g-8 leaders at the g-8 meeting last year. after what russia just did in ukraine, the white house said that president obama s goal today in this overseas trip meeting with the world leaders was basically to get russia kicked out of the g-8, get them kicked out of the exclusive group as punishment for having invaded another sovereign country. late this afternoon, that is exactly what happened. the g-8 became the g-7 again. russia is ou
we ll continue to coordinate closely with the netherlands and our european partners as we go forward. did you catch what he said there? i will be meeting with my fellow g-7 leaders today. isn t that supposed to be g-8? used to be. the g-7 used to be the group of the world s eight leading industrialized nations, and it was called the g-8 group of 8. the eighth member of that group, the most recent addition, was russia. here s all of them. there s putin circled there. this is all those, the g-8 leaders at the g-8 meeting last year. after what russia just did in ukraine, the white house said that president obama s goal today in this overseas trip meeting with the world leaders was basically to get russia kicked out of the g-8, get them kicked out of the exclusive group as punishment for having invaded another sovereign country.