author of a great book which is called back to life. she was on our trayvon martin specialist the other day. will cain is a columnist for e theblaze.com. luckily after a lot of dramatic moments it ended very safely. hoping that sully sullenbering is running that plane. who is our pilot this morning. is it sullenberger on the plane? this morning we re also talking about the etan patz case. a fresh search by the fbi and by the new york police department for etan. 6-year-old boy disappeared 33 years ago now. forensic investigators started scouring the basement of a building in the new york city neighborhood where the little boy disappeared. concrete floor was laid by a handyman who had connections with the boy. we re looking for human remains, clothing or other personal effects of etan patz in trying to find out where he disappeared, why he disappeared and where. susan candiotti is live for us this morning right outside that building. susan, good morning. first, te
secret service tonight. he s vowing cooperation. not too dark. an acura ad causing controversy. a casting document coming to light asking for a specific skin toned actor. this morning acura responds. silver spoons and greek columns. the president and mitt romney duking it out at duelling speeches. this morning we ask is it possible to have a civil election? in the pipeline. a new route and chance for the keystone pipeline this morning. a bill fast track that would strip the president of his authority to rule on the pipeline. and keeping up with the mayor? after conquering the reality show, perfume, clothes world, she wants to be mayor. can the world ready for kim? newsroom begins right now. we begin this hour with the sex scandal involving the president s secret service. lawmakers demanding answers and the clock is ticking. in the meantime, time runs out for three secret service employees caught up in the debacle. cnn s brianna keilar is he white house to fill us
where is 23-year-old army private kelli bordeaux. we re learning the agents will take lie detector tests in the secret service investigation. we re live in colombia with that story. ted nugent not backing down after his controversial comments about president obama. new reaction from the rocker himself now calling obama s appointments communist czars. the most influential. time magazine s big left of moguls, pioneers and leaders. brand you this morning. we re talking to the editor. and the new york knicks sensation possibly heading south to the college of women and mary not for basketball but for a date at the senior formal. newsroom begins right now. we begin with breaking news. a new scandal is erupting for the u.s. military in afghanistan. they are photos showing u.s. soldiers posing with and mocking the bodies of suicide bombers. first two disclaimers here. cnn has not independently authenticated the photos and they are graphic and we have blurred them for yo
from the pig i mean, they ll eat anything. the watch dog groups citizens against government waste. what are those dirty spots? something about them is endearing but not endearing about lawmakers. we got the numbers for fiscal year 2012 so we brought some of these friends along from the farm. probably better than a lot of things they usually eat. the good news first, pork is down. since the big push to ban ear marks we have seen a big improvement on capitol hill. some good news. earmark spending down 80% from two years ago. that year there were more than 9,000 earmarks which cost $16.5 milli milli billion. the buffet tax would have raised only $4.7 billion a year. the taxpayers that means you are shoveling out $255 million to upgrade these tanks. the pentagon doesn t want the upgrades and the pentagon is upset about the cuts they are facing. if they say they don t need this they probably don t need it. lawmakers from both parties thought otherwise. pork is bipartisan. $48.5
colombia. we let the boss down because nobody is talking about what went on in colombia other than this incident. that is true. the secret service now yanking security clearances for several agents accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel before the president arrived. a new fallout from the scandal ahead. and a new legal move by george zimmerman s attorney. trayvon martin s accused killer asking for a different judge. plus, new concerns for zimmerman s safety. and watch out. they were just in the onions. a man under arrest after an attempted hold-up with hot dog tongs. seriously, folks. we are not making this stuff up. dumb criminal file. we need one of those and just dump these stories in there for your viewing pleasure. a look at a general election matchup between president obama and mitt romney. a new cnn national poll of registered voters shows the president with a near double-digit lead overall. 52% to romney s 43%. meantime, an abc interview, romney full