stop raining outside. i thought the hour by hour was cool. marina molina in our weather center might be put out of business because of it. i hope not. it will enhance what she s doing. after months of heated debate within the obama administration, secretary of state hillary clinton apologizing to pakistan for a nato air strike last year. pakistan now reopening supply routes to afghanistan that were closed after the air strike. the closures cost the u.s. about $100 million extra a month. republicans including mitt romney, though, claim president obama says sorry. call it a major fracking flub. that s a tongue twister, the north carolina state representative becky carney against fracking voted to override a fracking veto. carney claims she accidentally hit the green yes button instead of the no button and became the deciding vote.
ceremony for active duty troops. later in the day, the president and the first lady are holding a fourth of july party for military families. sounds like fun. well, after months of heated debate within the obama administration, secretary of state hillary clinton apologizing to pakistan for a nato air strike last year. the strike, leaving 24 pakistani soldiers dead. pakistan now reopening supply routes to afghanistan which were closed after the air strike. the closures cost the u.s. about $100 million extra a month. well, the federal government sparing no expense to get more people to sign up for food stamps. first, we told you about those radio ads and parties that encourage people to sign up. now, we re learning that the department of agriculture is also offering awards to communities to get morning people to overcome their pride and sign up for food stamps. well, republican senator jeff sessions says that the goal should be to get more people off of food stamps, not increasing
then what if the americas threw a party but didn t invite us? it happened, and i ll explain. next, more than 60% of the vote in egypt this week went to islamists. how worried should we be? then, is shale gas the answer to all america s troubles or at least to many of them? you ve heard about fracking, what is it, is it safe? find out. first, here s my take. president obama gave an important speech in kansas last week. whether you agree with all of it or not, he has begun a national conversation about the economy and the role of government. that s what this election should be about. and in presenting his view, obama shifted the economic conversation from deficits alone to the crucial issue of growth. after all, deficits matter because they could have a harmful effect on growth. so the question we should all ask is what would make this economy grow? what has stopped it from growing over the last few years, indeed, over much of the last decade? one theory heard a lot the
after a shocking tape has come to light. also, the markets getting a bit of a black friday bounce. pakistan puts the u.s. on notice after a deadly nato strike. and a wet, dare i say possibly snowy, day for the southeast. i m going to play reporter roulette here on this monday. ed lavandera, in syracuse where syracuse university fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine, fine is accused of sexually abusing kids. ed, also news fine s termination just hours after the world heard this tape recording of his wife. tell me about it. reporter: well, this was a recording between one of bernie fine s principal accusers, a man by the name of bobby davis. in that phone recording he was talking with bernie fine s wife, and it was a dramatic phone call. these are phone calls that lasted quite some time. we can listen to a little bit of it, and it really seems to bolster what bobby davis has been saying here over the last few weeks accusing bernie fine of molesting him hundreds o
cnn s rez acehal joins me from islamabad. first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? reporter: ted, the most detailed account we re getting is from pakistani officials. it s important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal region right along the afghanistan border. there s a lot of militant activity in this region. what you have often is pakistani troops, nato troops carrying out a lot of operations here but the agreement is for pakistan to stay on its side and fate toe to stay on its side. officials here say that s not what happened. these air strikes hit these two check posts on pakistani soil. not the first time