around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. per in this special hour, we are taking a close look at the man mitt romney asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. romney made the big announcement in front of the battleship, the uss wiscons. ryan was chairman of the house budget committee made a name for himself here in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts and spending. listen to highway mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor toannounce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous character shaped in large part in early life. paul s father died when he was in high school and forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should. with the help of his devoted mother, brothers and sister and a supportive community and as he did, he internalized the virtu
deliberating 21 hours. and this was the reaction outside the courthouse. [ applause ] sandusky was placed under arrest and booked into the county jail in bellfont, pennsylvania. he was placed in protective custody away from other inmates and is now on suicide watch. susan candiotti joins us with pennsylvania with reaction from the verdict. one of the jurors spoke out. what did he say? reporter: this one juror said they felt all the victims were credible because of the stories that they told about the abuse that they suffered and certainly all of them talking about very similar things over the course of many years. this juror spoke with nbc s today show. we looked at the inconsistencies and some of the testimony. we wanted to reconcile those and make sure that that was, you know wouldn t discredit the testimony. so we worked through those things systematically as a jury. we worked together very well. reporter: in fact, they worked out apparently any disagreemented th
mitt romney is in maryland today fresh off his decisive win in the illinois primary. halfway to the delegate finish line. hundreds of french police surround an apartment where a gunman remains holed up. he s accused of killing seven people in a series of shootings. authorities say they expect him to give up soon. another strong aftershock in mexico. it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. it s the latest of several aftershocks to follow yesterday s 7.4 magnitude earthquake. 500 homes were damaged and 11 people injured. you won t be able to find that so-called pink slime at safeway anymore. the grocery store chain says it won t sell anymore ground beef made with it. safeway says customer concern drove its decision. you re looking at a picture of atlanta under all that pollen. this is what you need to know about pollen counts. a reading of 120 is considered extremely high. levels above 5,000 have been registered in many parts of the southeast this week and no relief is ex
if that sounds familiar, it s because many call it the model for obama care. although romney himself said he would repeal that law and let each state find its solution. the supreme court is going to hear a case this month on whether the federal law is, in fact, constitutional. if it takes full effect as scheduled in 2014, it might get a sense of how the law might change things if you look at massachusetts. you could do a lot worse if you look at how things have gone there. in her mid 20s jacquelin was working in her parents restaurants, and like a lot of people her age, she really didn t think she needed health insurance, and it was too expensive anyway. it was almost $700 a month, and i couldn t apoured that, so then i said, you know, i m going to have to go woit it. reporter: in 2006 governor mitt romney put his name on a new health care law and faced with a new state requirement to carry insurance or face a fine. jacquelin signed up. how much did that cost you? no
about the shortage of critically important cancer medicine. as a doctor, you never want to deny your patients any sort of treatment, but last year alone doctors here in the united states had to tell more than a half a million cancer patients that one of those medicine was used to treat patients with ovarian cancer like this woman, i met her last november. you feel like you are in a fight with one hand tied behind your back. we said let s go with what we have and see what happens. the cancer rapidly recurred. this week, there s a temporary fix. the fda announced they will allow a replacement drug. it s virtually identical and imported from india. renee will likely be put on this medication. it doesn t solve the larger problem of the shortages. case and point, another trug in short supply is methotrexate. it s used for childhood cancers. they found an additional supplier and various companies agreed to increase production. a family said this may not solve their problems. th