had to go back. prescription for cheating. they read our x-rays, but a cnn investigation reveals a disturbing question over the certification of many radiologists. isn t it cheating? revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is cnn presents ith tonight s host randi kaye and drew griffin. tonight, hard hitting investigations involving racism and cheating and injustice. we begin with a murder in mississippi. a brutal killing fueled by race and rage. we broke the shocking story here on cnn of a young, white teenager accused of killing a black man just because of the color of his skin. over our four-month investigation, we found even more disturbing details uncovering how the teenager and some of his friends had a history of violent and racist incidents and raising questions whether authorities turned a blind eye. i ve been following this story from the very beginning. june 26th in mississippi would bring temperatures and humidity into
wait till you hear his story. this is piers morgan tonight. you only have to hear melissa etheridge s voice once and you ll never forget her. also known for being outspoken on all kinds of issues close to her heart. welcome. nice to be here. you re a kind of fiery soulful character, aren t you, on and often stage? i m just trying to live this interesting life we all have in front of us. just making some choices. when you look at your extraordinary life professional and personal, how do you feel now about where you ve arrived, where you are right now? i think at this point, i m 51 now, i ve realized, oh, it s just a journey. you never get there. you never get it done. it s all about how you re doing it. that is so true. i mean, really. you re never actually going to arrive, are you? no. this train never gets to a station. it does not. there is no there there. for myself, i ve achieved some of those markers that you think, oh, the oscar, those things. e
virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he s joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, he s seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be a lightning rod in this campaign. why make the announcement today, saturday morning, olympics going on, he s about to kick off his bus tour. a lot thought he would do this later on. a saturday announcement get us sunday morning air time on the sunday morning talk show, sunday newspapers, and gets you a nice really good ramp up for a full week of coverage in the media. what do you think is going on in the obama white house. how do you think they re reacting to this? you have to imagine
dad suddenly passed away and he matured quickly in a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition, but because of his passion and faith for america and a beef that america needed individuals who would put the country first and who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns and so he went to washington and for 14 years, he s been battling in washington as a leader and he s found some extraordinary capacity there which is one to be an intellectual leader in the pay. he s one of those that understands how government works and how it can be tamed and how we can restore to the people of america the rights and powers of the people and how states are the places where new ideas are developed and tested and grown. he understands the constitution and he s done something that very few people in washington learn how to do
of dollars in some cases, end up paying for candies and other useless knickknacks instead of making a difference in the lives of people who have made incredible sacrifices for us all. tonight they have found another one of these organizations. i ve got to ask you about the money, though. that doesn t answer questions about the money that they are that s it? that s all you re going to say? that s drew trying to get answer from help hospitalized veterans. remember that name. you re going to hear more on that shortly. hhv s mission claims it s helping sick and injured war veterans. sounds good and reputable, right? the men behind the so-called charity have been helping themselves to excessive salaries and lavish lifestyles while using accounting gimmicks to trick the public into giving more money. drew griffin in is california. reporter: they are handing out craft kits by hospitals, trying to challenge the mind and help pass the time while vets recover. but now they are