[chanting] john: new at 2:00, add this to the countless examples of chaos we have seen on college campuses. students shutting down a conservative speaker with a conga line. but aveiling themselves of the free papa john s pizza given by the speaker s group, turning point u.s.a. and the irony, the speaker was on campus to talk about free speech. anita: can t make this stuff up. at least no one got hurt there. former college swimmer riley gaines posting a firsthand account the aggressive response she received in a school in san francisco. wow, riley has been an advocate for fairness in women s sports which could be in further jeopardy after biden administration guidelines issued last night. shannon bream will react to all of this. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this good friday, i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. good to be with you, john. anita vogel in for sandra smith. we are going to unpack all of that straight ahead
[chanting] john: new at 2:00, add this to the countless examples of chaos we have seen on college campuses. students shutting down a conservative speaker with a conga line. but aveiling themselves of the free papa john s pizza given by the speaker s group, turning point u.s.a. and the irony, the speaker was on campus to talk about free speech. anita: can t make this stuff up. at least no one got hurt there. former college swimmer riley gaines posting a firsthand account the aggressive response she received in a school in san francisco. wow, riley has been an advocate
good morning, everyone. i m in today for carol costello. we begin this morning with disturbing new attacks on american forces in afghanistan and the chilling effect they could have on brings the troops home. the latest ambush just hours ago. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shoots to death three americans in the volatile helmand province. according to reuters, the americans were killed by an afghan police commander and several of his officers. the afghan leader had invited the americans to dinner to discuss security. all three americans were members of special forces. the attack follows wednesday s suicide bombing that killed three u.s. soldiers and an american aid worker. the taliban is claiming reonsibility. chris warrens is at the pentagon. chris, these are troops that are helping in the transition. what are you learning? yeah, deb. our sources are now confirming that these three troops were part of a special forces mission to stabilize that village in helmand ov
we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nation s voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. he s seven points ahead of mitt romney who s at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney s potential vice presidential picks. let s bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he s taking a closer look at all of these numbers. that s right. at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on the veepstakes are even more fascinating. the two men that seem to be the safe
candidates looked to score of course some last-minute points. they took part in two debates in less than 12 hours. the person who should represent our party running against president obama is not someone who called him a remarkable leader and went to be his ambassador in china. this nation is divided, david, because of attitudes like that. [ applause ] we want someone when the time gets tough, and it will in this election, we want someone who is going to stand up and fight for the conservative principles, not bail out and not run, and not run to the left of ted kennedy. can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? you have been running consistently for years and years and years. so this idea that suddenly citizenship showed up in your mind. just level with the american people. you have been running at least since the 1990s. well, mitt romney is trying to seal the deal. he is out rallying supporters in new hampshire, trying to win over last-minute converts. cnn s j