it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling. because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us. there s lots to distract us. few protesters challenged police but streets in london and other cities were mostly calm overnight. in fact, there was much more action in the courts as judges stayed on the bench. all night to process hundreds arrested in this week s rioting and looting. prime minister cameron told an emergency session of parliament that more arrests are comi
fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that s a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling. because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us. there s lots to distract us. few protesters challenged police but streets in london and other cities were mostly calm overnight. in fact, there was much more action in the courts as judges stayed on the bench. all night to proces
this impacts most generic drugs. you know what? these days, most of us are taking a generic drug at some point in our lives. this involves a woman named gladys mensing from miven minute. we have video of her before she started taking a drug for acid reflux. we can see in the video, she s outside, playing with her grandchildren. she was doing fine. she then took a drug for acid reflux and she developed a severe neurological disorder. she can barely speak. it s a disorder that is similar to alzheimer s or parkinson s. her family then found out that the brand name version of the generic drug that she was taking, they knew that it caused these problems and that warnings were on the label. so the family sued and said, hey, you should have warned us that these problems had been seen in the brapd brand name version of the drug. well, that case went up to the supreme court and today, the justices said mrs. mensing, you have lost your case. generic drugs and brand name drugs are dif
stand by to see the latest and they re very graphic. the lables unveiled today designed to try to save nearly half a million lives in the united states every year. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. right now the republicans hoping to oust president obama from office are making room for one more. john huntsman officially launched his white house bid today. the former u.s. ambassador to china, the form utah governor chose a rather patriotic backdrop to introduce voters to his resume, his family and the broad message of his campaign. cnn s jim acosta was there. jim, the fact of the matter is president obama strongly was very strong and effusive in his praise for the former utah governor when he nominated him to be his ambassador to china. that s right, wolf. that s not all good news for john huntsman. the fact of the matter is john huntsman s speech today was a warning to american voters that future generations are at stake in the 2012 campaign. the trick f
one woman said he coached her to lie to the media. listen to what she said. he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven t met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by his political opponents, but that has not changed my view of him and what he mitfights for. i did not want to say anything further. i refuse to lie so went silent and went into hiding. mary snowe was at the news conference. mary, what was the reaction there when she dropped this bombshell on reporters? reporter: well, you know, randi, there had been reports on tmz that perhaps she had gotten coaching from anthony weiner after the scandal broke. it was there was not a huge surprise that she came out and said this. exactly why she came out and said this today with an attorney, a celebrity attorney, gloria alred, that s un