the president was he heading on this, they ve always said, look, we re the ones who got rid of don t ask don t tell. the justice department no longer defends the defense of marriage act. so you knew what direction the president was heading. i think there were conversations about whether this would be good politically or not good politically for the president because this could rally mitt romney s conservative base. this could hurt the president with some voters in battleground states like ohio and iowa, for example. but in the end, the president, i think, the president feels he would have no choice to come out is. saying you re evolving is not a good thing to say during a campaign. some statements have now come out. wolf blitzer, bah tok you. what is he saying? the president is saying bluntly this, i ll read it to you. eh says in this interview with abc s robin roberts, i have to tell you over the course of several years, as i have talked to friends and family and neighbo
sensitive situation, so we want to be careful about what we say. some extraordinary details have already been leaked out to a number of publications. the new york times reports the bomb itself was sewn into underwear so that it would have been difficult to detect even in a patdown and undoubtedly could have brought down a plane, according to a senior american official. congressman peter king of new york is chairman of the house security committee. again, there s a lot that cannot be discussed. so we re leaving it up to the experts to tell us what they can. congressman king joins us now. congressman king, the would be bomber is actually a double agent. what can you tell us about it and about him? i really can t tell you much at all. i ve been briefed on this, and as far as i know, this hasn t been any way declassified by the cia and the administration. it s really to me unfortunate this has gotten out. this could really interfere with operations overseas. i can t comment o
mom. tonight she talks love, fame, her figure and her scandalous billboards. plus anyone for tennis? serena williams like you ve never seen her before in the olympics, her emotions, her men, and heartbreak. i think that s tough to be in love, and then it, you know, it might not work out. and that s life. and talking of heartbreak, only in america special, serena and i hit the court with the wimbledon champ in for a bit of a nasty surprise. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story the race for the white house kicks off probably tomorrow when president obama s re-election campaign launches in ohio. it s a crucial battleground state for him and mitt romney. social issues are front and center in the fight and tonight we have the feisty cynthia nixon as she slams romney on same-sex marriage and abortion. but she also has strong words for the president. also risky business for jennifer love hewitt. the client list offering more than the odd massage to makin
11 participants, that s one of them with hazing. in convicted the maximum anyone could face would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer says state prosecutors is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. the testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder in that it does not contain the elements of murder. we can prove participation in hazing and a death. we do not have a blow or a shot or a knife thrust that killed mr. champion. it is an aggregation of things which exactly fit the florida statute as written by the legislature. well, that statute was written seven years ago with the best intentions to hold people accountable for hazing deaths. you have to wonder, though, does the very fact that it s on the books allow some people to pay lighter penalties for causing someone s death than would otherwise be the case? the attorney for the champion family says so. he
reporter: yeah, you can add to that senior u.s. official, you can also add to that chinese state media. now remember, andrew, that this has befr benever been reported. ever since chen guangcheng fled last week after 18 months on house arrest, that has never been reported in state media. that has all changed in the last few minutes. xinhua, state-run media, is now confirming this. chen has left the embassy of his own volition, and they re demanding the u.s. apologize to china for one of its citizens being allowed to enter the u.s. embassy in beijing. so china taking a tough line here, saying to the u.s. you should never have harbored chen guangche guangcheng, but also confirming that chen guangcheng has left the embassy voluntarily. we re hearing reports that he s been taken to a medical facility in beijing, where he s getting treatment, but also crucially being reunited with his family. remember chen guangcheng has been suffering ill health for some time now. speaking to hi