hour. is a stuck pedal to blame? the wife of former syracuse basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys goes public this morning addressing claims she knew what was going on with her husband. plus this i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me lee greenwood making a plea for a better america. he s got a new book asking does god still bless the usa? we ll ask him when he stops by later this hour. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. your money front and center from capitol hill to the campaign trail. even a rare lunchtime meeting between president obama and congressional leaders from both parties. the rivals may break bread but don t expect them to make peace. john boehner is warning of another battle brewing over the debt ceiling. last year you remember that ugly standoff. the government flirted with shutdowns and the nation s bond rating was downgraded for the first time ever. now boehner says again that the
deadly fruit. fresh summer cantaloupe. it seemed healthy. but it caused one of the deadliest food outbreaks in u.s. history. if any one of those things would have been prevented, this tragedy probably wouldn t have occurred. how it could have been prevented and could still happen again. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with tonight s host, randi kaye. it is one of the worst atrocities to emerge from the war in afghanistan. in a chilling shooting rampage sergeant robert bales allegedly shot down 17 civilians. his lawyer says he may have had post-traumatic stress disorder. a diagnosis that could be used in his defense. that is a scene playing out more and more in courtrooms around the country. vets charged with violent crimes are saying ptsd made them do it. and juries are having to decide, should ptsd be a defense for murder? chris lawrence investigates. reporter: raymond williams had worked his whole life fo
cry with stories about his dysfunctional childhood. the importance of being thin and running with citizen sorescisso award-winning awer this augusten burroughs with his new book and why his take of same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it s 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 on the west coast. a lot to tell you about this morning, so let s get straight to the news. we re keeping an eye on liberty university this morning. that is because mitt romney is giving the commencement speech at the evangelical school. liberty, of course, is the school founded, of course, by television evangelist jerry f l falwell. romney s camp says there won t be any policy mixed into the speech. instead it will be personal stories and some lessons. rick santorum has a message for mitt romney. use same-sex marriage as a weapon. santorum who just endorsed romney earlier this week spoke at an event last night in arkansas. he s telling romney to, quote, step up
the historic headline from the white house this week, the president of the united states endorses same-sex marriage. but the story behind the headlines may be just as dramatic and it culminated with vice president joe biden apologizing to president obama for forcing his hand on this hot button issue, a sore subject among some white house insiders. our chief whereas correspondent jessica yellen has been working the story for us. tell our viewers what you are hearing right now. i understand the vice president apologized to the president for putting him in a tough position on this situation and the president gave an understanding reply saying he knows that the vice president was speaking from the heart. the vice president s office also issued a statement saying it was the president who has been the leader on this issue since day one and the vice president never intended to distract from that. president obama says he was planning to say this sometime before the democratic conve
older sister, 14-year-old adrienne. mayes was a family friend of the bain s and a relative says he believed he was the girl s biological father. cnn s george haul is live in atlanta with more details for us. okay we re going to mind your business instead this morning. u.s. stock futures are down right now, indicating markets here are expected to open lower this morning. lots of uncertainty in the markets this week over instability in greece and overall concerns about growth of the economy. one stock taking a beating overnight, morgan chase, did you hear about that? it s down about 6% in pre-market trading right now and last night, the bank s ceo announced a $2 billion loss in april over some badly hedged bets. in an apology to the boss from the vice president, senior administration officials say joe biden has apologized to president obama for painting him into a corner on the same-sex marriage issue. cnn s jessica yellin broke that story for us. biden came out in support of