in lower manhattan. they re hoping to find etan patz, america s first milk carton kid, a 6-year-old who disappeared over 30 years ago while walking to the bus stop for the first time alone. more fallout from the secret service prostitution xand wills, the identifies of two supervisors who lost their jobs have been made public. in washington, growing calls for more firings. it s a stunning thing. it s actually disgusting. ahead, why the secret service scandal has sarah palin speaking up. flight fright. a flock of birds forces an emergency landing. we lost our right engine due to the ingestion of birds. a passenger captures that moment of impact that could have turned into a very real disaster. we re going to get some more information on that. definitely. meantime in just a few hours george zimmerman will be in a florida courtroom seeking his freedom at a bond hearing. s been in jail since he was charged with murder in the trayvon martin shooting. today for the
with diabetes. but the impact his life had on music. reading the obituaries what strikes me is that this guy was important not just in the music business, but in the culture. he desegmeregated that show. he was the first show to have black teenagers appear on it. he said the only time he got swe sweaty palms in an interview was when he interviewed a black american youth. he talks about that integration, you don t get the sense that this was a big planned out, plotted out strategy. no. it was just one of those thing that is no. joe levy is with us this morning. it s nice to have you. we ve had lots of conversations and opportunities to talk. of course, the editor of billboard magazine. let s start with the desegregation, when dick clark tells the story of sweating through his first interview because he had invited black teenagers to dance on american bandstand, the show was obviously about young people dancing. how big of an impact was that? it was a big deal
and good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the senate voting right now on the buffett rule. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the president s election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was chick to jump into the debate. target number one, mitt romney. when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax rate like the rest of us, it keeps the american dream alive for everyone. so tell mitt romney are cute. 1% fat cats that won t pay their fair share? not so much. okay. we did the math, though, and the buffett rule doesn t add up to keeping the american dream alive. it would raise about $4.7 billion a year in revenue. one-half of 1% of $901 million. that s the president s forecasted budget deficit for 2013. already those who earn over $1 million in this country pay a greater share of the incom
a threatening message from a new leader in his first public speech north korea s kim jong-un said his nation s time has come. also nick kristof is back live. he s talking about his stunning epidemic among military veterans. today is the 100 year anniversary of the biggest maritime disasters in history. while the titanic remains silent, fascination with the ship is still very much alive. good morning, everyone. it s 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 on the west. we have a lot to tell you about this morning. we start with tragedy in woodward, oklahoma overnight. five people were killed in those storms. i talked to the mayor last hour and he said the town is just flattened and devastated. he said their early morning system failed. take a look at this. our cnn crew shot this video in a different part of oklahoma. storms produced several tornadoes just like that one right there. there were as many as 88 reports of suspected tornado touchdowns. in creston, iowa, a hospital was hit
chosen to work as servants at the governor s mansion for the governor, then they were pardoned. according to a report from the mississippi attorney general s office, two even got car buying help from the governor s wife. governor barbour disputes that. as we said, 360 has uncovered another facet of the story. more evidence that calls the entire process to question and suggests there was a rush to pardon the people before checking the facts. this one concerns the pardon of harry bostick. for his third dui, he was pardoned for his third dui, even though he was suspected of committing a fourth dui at the time. governor barbour s office says they didn t know that fact before they pardoned him on the third dui. tonight we know otherwise and we ll have more on that. another example it seems, the governor or his office, saying one thing and the facts say another. here s how he justified pardoning the killers. for decades our governor s mansion has been served primarily by inmate