those oaks. it is the cultural importance of those trees to auburn university and to alabama as a state that made so surreal this phone call to a local radio show last year. listen. the weekend after the iron bowl, i went to auburn, alabama because i live 30 miles away and poisoned the two toomer s tree, put spike 80 df in them. it did they die? they definitely will die. a man calling in saying he killed the toomer oaks with a tree poison, he did do it or somebody did it. ever since they learned of the poisoning, they are trying to save their beloved trees. we reported on their efforts, they removed the soil from around the roots and added activated liquid charcoal and coated the leaves in an effort
the outside world with william cohen. it is a new day hopefully a far safer one for sunlts at a los angeles school at the center of a shobi ishocking child abu n scandal. they were greeted with an entirely new staff. the whole staff was replaced after the arrest of at least two teachers accused of committing lewd acts with students. eight alleged victims are expected to announce the first lawsuits in that case. president obama is let sing states off the hook when it comes to the no child left behind law. the president is expected to announce this hour that he s freeing ten states from stricter parts of the law in return for a promise to improve how they evaluate and prepare students. those states will no longer be forced to meet the requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. mr. obama s announcement is due to start at 1:55 eastern time and we ll bring it to you live. finally big relief to the tune of 26 billion for distressed homeowners. if y
holloway, of course, famously in aruba. some of that, it looks like she was about to get hit by a car in that footage. a marine springs into action to nab a would be car thief. the sergeant says his training kicked in when he heard a man calling for help, that s when he tackled the suspect. the 48-year-old italian guy, get him! thank you, brian. he managed to hold him until police arrived. certainly heroic actions but not in this marine s mind. i know, you know, buddies who have essentially given their lives to, you know, do more heroic things than i have. the victim and his family are so grateful to him, they have invited him over for a special dinner. why not? no kidding. all right. there he is right there. let s take a look at the weather ahead. look at this, we have a big storm moving through the central and southern plains at this hour. goes back through california and it reaches up through the
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with breaking news on wall street. a dramatic rescue and equally dramatic reaction on wall street. the stock market skyrocketing today on new that is the federal reserve and other central banks are taking direct action to prevent a financial meltdown in the euro zone using the their resources to keep money and credit flowing amid the staggering debt crisis. it s the largest coordinated move of its kind since 2008 when similar action brought u.s. credit markets back from the brink. let s go straight to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. a banner day on wall street today. just a stunning rally. we re ending the day, the dow up 482 points. this is the best point gain for the dow we ve seen in two and a half years, this all coming after the central banks stepping in and meeting this relief rally. investors seeing it finally these monetary policymakers get it. what central
the sickening scene of violence and looting. and one party is paying a bigger price over the showdown over the regular debt. stand by on whether members deserve to even be re-elected. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. wall street following big gains after some of its biggest losses of the year. the s&p and nasdaq also rebounded. the dow on a roller coaster all day after the federal reserve s afternoon announcement about interest rates and future economic conditions. lit s bring in poppy harlow. it was wild. swings of 600 points. some of them hundreds of points within a minute. the dow industrials in the last hour of trading, ridesing more than 300 points. this is a very good sign. it is the exact opposite of the selloff we saw on monday. it s encouraging that we re seeing investors coming in at the end of the trading day, buying up stocks in droves, saying i m willing to hold these stocks overnight. that is a very good sign. and just to give you some indic