Clinton saying her steadiness makes her the best choice. Trump tried to take clinton and the rest of the current administrations judgment to task. President obama meanwhile striking back at donald trump, speaking from laos this morning. The president repeated his feeling that trump is not qualified to be president. To begin our coverage with sun l reporter what really turned into a small preview of how they could potentially handle themselves, their first real faceoff which will come later this month, both trying to gain the upper hand on the big question, who is ready to be Commander In Chief. Donald trump drumming up more controversy. The man has strong control over a country. Praising Vladimir Putin while trashing our president. Standing by his statement, claiming he knows more about isis than the generals do. Under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country.
boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didn t want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. that s equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles. to give you an idea of just how huge that is, it s roughly the size of delaware and rhode island combined. and then there s the human toll. two crew members are confirmed dead in the weekend crash of an air tanker in south dakota. cnn affiliates say two other firefighters aboard that c-130 were also killed. one family member spoke to wbtv just before the doomed flight. it s very exciting. i mean, you know, adrenalin is flowing. we re ready to go. hopefully when we get there, we ll be ready
they talk in the 12 steps about hitting the bottom. the sad thing about hitting the bottom is there is always another bottom for you. the santorum surge, can it take him all the way? as president of the united states i will have your back. what does he say about ads like this. mitt romney s ugly attacks are going to backfire. and only in america from the school chorus to the brink of stardom. the voice that everyone is talking about. this is piers morgan tonight. news in the whitney houston investigation. the cause of death listed as deferred. whitney houston was seen drinking considerable quantities of alcohol before 10:00 a.m. wednesday and thursday. we ll have more on that in a moment. my interview with rick santorum. why he says the behavior of stars like whitney houston and michael jackson has a harmful affect on america. that s why this is so disturbing. you see the royalty of america setting such a poor example and being troubled by these things that obvi
a handful of people who s been into north korea and very familiar with the region. i am and i have to say quite a shock. he had been sick since 2008 officially. had suffer add stroke there, but i think it came to a shock to a lot of people including south korea and we do begin with this breaking news thinking morning. some hope, some fear and lots of uncertainty. people are reacting worldwide to the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. his 17-year reign of power is over. this came late last night on north korea television. delivered by a weak tv anchor having trouble keeping it together. take a look. [ speaking in foreign language ] now, this, what you re looking at, is the last known image of kim jong-il released by state media, north korea said he dysart of a heart attack. he was on a train when he suffered. only 69 years old. the country announced what it calls a great successor to the so-called dear leader. his son, third son, kim jong un, who is said to be
but there s a real big but does he need bill clinton to win? let s go outfront i m erin burnett. unemployment jumps 8% chblt that s the lowest level for unemployment in about three years. it s a big headline, but a closer look, 120,000 jobs added last month isn t great. that s barely enough to keep up with population growth, let alone put a dent in the 9 million jobs lost in the great recession. still, the president hopes americans will focus on the unemployment rate. and he s also hoping he can get some of what this guy has. oh, that bill. he has the love. he has the love of so many voters. recently some republicans said bill clinton isn t sold on barack obama term two. but the two men appeared together at a green building event in washington today. i am thrilled that president clinton has been willing to take this on. partly thanks to me he s home alone too often. and this has been a passion for him for quite some time. president obama needs all the bill he can ge