a handful of people who s been into north korea and very familiar with the region. i am and i have to say quite a shock. he had been sick since 2008 officially. had suffer add stroke there, but i think it came to a shock to a lot of people including south korea and we do begin with this breaking news thinking morning. some hope, some fear and lots of uncertainty. people are reacting worldwide to the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. his 17-year reign of power is over. this came late last night on north korea television. delivered by a weak tv anchor having trouble keeping it together. take a look. [ speaking in foreign language ] now, this, what you re looking at, is the last known image of kim jong-il released by state media, north korea said he dysart of a heart attack. he was on a train when he suffered. only 69 years old. the country announced what it calls a great successor to the so-called dear leader. his son, third son, kim jong un, who is said to be
the house takes up the senate bill tomorrow. a major snowstorm is brewing in the southwest. travel will become dangerous if not impossible across much of the region tomorrow. texas and oklahoma are expecting up to 15 inches of snow. so we begin our political hour with some key endorsements for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. the latest comes from former gop presidential nominee bob dole. dole announced his choice in an advertisement in today s des moines register. he says he s the best candidate suited to beat president obama in 2012. dole s public backing comes a day after the des moines paper announced its support for romney. the state s largest newspaper says the former massachusetts governor is the most qualified candidate competing in the caucuses. the conservative christian group the family leader is expected to release its endorsement in the next 24 hours. cnn political reporter shannon travis joins us from des moines. any word on who the family le
speaker john boehner accuses the senate of kicking the can down the road and says he s holding out for a full year extension. the house takes up the senate bill tomorrow. a major snowstorm is brewing in the southwest. travel will become dangerous if not impossible across much of the region tomorrow. texas and oklahoma are expecting up to 15 inches of snow. so we begin our political hour with some key endorsements for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. the latest comes from former gop presidential nominee bob dole. dole announced his choice in an advertisement in today s des moines register. he says he s the best candidate suited to beat president obama in 2012. dole s public backing comes a day after the des moines paper announced its support for romney. the state s largest newspaper says the former massachusetts governor is the most qualified candidate competing in the caucuses. the conservative christian group the family leader is expected to release its e
take care of this crisis. dodd denied the allegations when confronted but the aau saw fit to tell dodd to leave his post and not return. george howe, they must have found something to force dodd out. do we know what that was? reporter: don, at this point that does seem to be the case. in fact, we are learning new details as we examine the time line of events. how long did this group know about these allegations before making the call to contact police? now, what we do know is that two men spoke publicly to espn outside the lines to share their story about the alleged sexual abuse that happened back in the 1980s when the men were teenagers. what we learned is that a third person may have also contacted that group with similar complaints but it all goes back to the timeline. on november 7th and 8th, this group apparently received anonnous e-mails about a source only known as shrimp breath. again, it took a little over a month before the group decided to call the police. we as
that s according to a pr firm hired by the aau firm hired to take care of this crisis. dodd denied the allegations when confronted but the aau saw fit to tell dodd to leave his post and not return. george howe, they must have found something to force dodd out. do we know what that was? reporter: don, at this point that does seem to be the case. in fact, we are learning new details as we examine the time line of events. how long did this group know about these allegations before making the call to contact police? now, what we do know is that two men spoke publicly to espn outside the lines to share their story about the alleged sexual abuse that happened back in the 1980s when the men were teenagers. what we learned is that a third person may have also contacted that group with similar complaints but it all goes back to the timeline. on november 7th and 8th, this group apparently received anonnous e-mails about a source only known as shrimp breath. again, it took a little ov