p.m. and 11:00 p.m., eastern and pacific. i ll give you a preview later in the show. plus, america s amazing energy boom and how it will reshape global politics. and finally, an african success story. i ll talk to rwanda s president, paul kagame. it s been graduation season in the united states and i was honored enough to be asked to provide some words of advice at two universities this year, duke and harvard, where i got my ph.d. many of you have been interested in what i said at those events so i thought i would give you a quick summary. this has been a tough year mostly everywhere, but i am less gloomy than most. i think back on the crises we have already come through. remember the fears after the financial crisis began in late 2007? in the 12 months following, the economic peak in 2008, industrial production fell as much as it did in the first year of the great depression. equity prices and global trade actually fell more. yet, no global depression followed. or reme
deaths. this is the city homs, where heavy artillery exploded in neighborhoods. syrian forces shelled a mosque and church and at least 26 people reported killed, including the mayor of this neighborhood. across the country, at least 96 people were killed in street fighting and artillery fighting. there was even a street clash in damascus where troops killed 17. a california man faces a felony charge of child abuse for spanking his stepson with a belt. a neighbor shot video of the incident that happened wednesday during a backyard game of catch. the accused man is an official with the central california water agency. he s now out on bond. we have a great show tonight. here s what we re working on this hour. fire it up. it s saturday night. another big state easing up on pot laws. i believe that s a good idea. he s not the only one. cheech s pot smoking buddy is here. we guarantee you won t hear it anywhere else. we ve got little people with big problems over snow w
president obama and his 2008 rival are at it again. senator john mccain is here for an exclusive interview. plus, it is lethal and highly effective, but is the president s drone war making more enemies than it kills? congresswoman lynn woolsey and congressman peter king join me. then the shifting campaign terrain with cnn s senior congressional correspondent, dana bash and michael shear of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. to review the bidding, the president s last ten days include a bleak jobs report, off-message surrogates, a shellacking in the wisconsin recall, a $17 million fund-raising gap with mitt romney, and bipartisan outrage over security leaks. friday, the president held a news conference, pressing congress to pass his jobs bill, including more funding to states to ease layoffs of public workers. he noted 27 months of progress on jobs in the private sector. the private sector is doing fine. oops. it s an extra
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew
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