liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what s your policy? good thursday morning. i m monica novotny. it s 7:00 a.m. out west and 10:00 a.m. here in new york where president obama will head in just a moment to push for financial reform. but will wall street help the president? two key lawmakers in the fight for reform just ahead. police just tracking down that 31-year-old mom from ohio who s been missing for days. she s okay. so what s the story? searching for survivors. right now crews are still looking for those 11 missing oil rig workers off the louisiana coast. did they survive that explosion? plus, another dramatic rescue in the waters off alaska. vessel northern belle, this is comms station kodiak. request to know if you are in need of assistance. over. absolutely. we are going down! also, a 3-year-old left at st. patrick s cathedral with nothing but a note. his grandmother will give us details. michael jackson s oldest sister talks about life with
until this progress is felt just on wall street but on main street we can t be satisfied. right now on msnbc news live president obama pushes for tighter regulations on wall street. we ll go live to the new york stock exchange to see the reaction there. and developing news from the gulf of mexico. the oil rig that caught fire has now sunk into the sea. meanwhile, the search continues for the 11 people still missing. plus, suing the pope, an illinois man who says he was molested by a priest as a child is filing a federal lawsuit against the vatican and he s naming the pope. later, comedy or colossal mistake? south park draws criticism and sadly also death threats after including a depiction of the prophet mohammed. some are asking, did the show s creators cross the line? good afternoon. i m tamron hall. airforce one is due to touch down at andrews airforce base any minute now bringing president obama back to washington from new york. just blocks from wall street the pres
will the president seal the deal when it comes to sweeping financial reforms? and 11 people are still missing after that oil explosion in the gulf of mexico. it could become one of the nation s deadliest offshore drilling accidents. and vanished, but now she is very much alive and well. an ohio mom missing for five y days turns up in florida. what happened? and just as thousands of travelers start to get back in the air, there are new restrictions for two countries. and president obama, as i mentioned, is due to touch down within minutes at jfk and then head to cooper union college. that s in lower manhattan which is just blocks from wall street. the president will deliver a tough speech outlining the need for new financial regulations to prevent another crisis. he ll also call on wall street to join, not fight, the overhaul. the president will lay out five elements that he says must be included in financial reform bill. a type of protection system the president wants
military jury cleared that navy seal for failing to prevent the beating of an iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding the horrifying attack that killed four contractors in fallujah. the petty officer first class from illinois was found not guilty by that six man jury of attempting to influence the testimony of another service members. these two other sailors are facing court-martial. they could have taken a disciplinary reprimand but insisted on a trial to clear their names. they were part of the navy s elite special forces unit and this trial outraged many, many say these men are heroes. not criminals. the prisoner was a suspect in that attack on u.s. contractors. you remember the contractors burned bodies, were dragged through the streets. two of them were hanged on a bridge over the euphrates river in fallujah in what became a major turning point in the iraq war. he had testified yesterday after he was captured last september he was taken to a camp outside of fallujah, t
latelies to this thing. the president will speak just blocks from wall street today to continue his push for financial reform. will they get the message? off the coast of louisiana this morning, the coast guard continuing a frantic search for 11 oil workers after that massive oil rig explosion. good morning. it s april 22nd, 2010. i m savannah guthrie. i m chuck todd. did you say it s dairt? it s my earth day, too. it s everyone s earth day. happy earth day. in just over an hour, president obama leaves for the heart of the financial industry, to wall street, offering what is essentially a closing argument for his vision on financial reform. he gave a preview of his speech during an interview yesterday with cnbc s john harwood. when things didn t go well and everything crashed, taxpayers were left footing the bill. i and i think the vast majority of americans think it is unacceptable to have a situation which, you know, tails you win and heads i lose. mike vi