tribute. donny osmond, gloria estefan and more. only in america. the legacy of dick clark for the generation of superstars he helped create. good evening. you re looking live at times square where dick clark celebrated new year s eve for 37 glorious years. the big story is the death of dick clark, who died of a massive heart attack today in a santa monica hospital. he was 82 years old. he is being celebrated as a music pioneer. he was a genius behind american bandstand, making scores of some of the biggest names in the business, and the man who rang in america s new year s for decades. listen to his great friend ryan seacrest paying tribute to dick clark on american idol. we cannot begin tonight s show without acknowledging the passing of a television pioneer, my dear friend, dick clark. without dick, a show like this would not be possible. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying, hey, let s
snowstorm barrelling across the northeast bringing heavy winds, rain, and wet heavy snow, up to 16 inches expected in some areas. the storm stretches from west virginia up the coast to western new york. the april storm comes after a mild winter. march was also the warmest on record. and it could bring record snowfall for this time of year. coming up, we ll head to dubois, pennsylvania. the latest on the community and transportation. well, the weapons are new but the battle is as old as human kind. today, the subject of president obama s visit to the holocaust visit. he just signed an executive order signing sanctions against those who commit or facilitate. case in point, we need to be doing everything we can to prevent and respond to these kind of atrocities. because national sovereignty is never a license to slaughter your people. [ applause ] the president is also developing an as tros tea prevention plan. the downfall of john edwards begins today as the jury is being
china have hit a brick wall. why and who will take their place as the next hot emerging markets? then andrew sullivan on why he had to wait almost 20 years to get a green card in the united states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery an
to why they suspended that search? reporter: they ve been very tight-lipped about it, fred. it is a very curious development, however, because after working here all day long, i would say early in the afternoon, all of a sudden we noticed some movement. and one of the crime scene units from the new york police department pulled up in an apparent attempt to block our view from down the street. but we ve been able to look down there. we noticed the fbi was taking down a blue tent that had been covering the entrance to the basement where they had been doing their excavation work. when we peppered them with questions to find out why they were stopping their work, they simply said, we re suspending operations for now, and we will resume them in the morning. but they would tell us nothing more. so we re left to wonder, is there a development? have they found only that suspicious stain that we ll tell you more about? or were they simply knocking off for the day? fred? it s clear
senator marco rubio. and elijah cummings, ranking democrat on the house oversight and reform committee. plus, dana bash and jeff zellny of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is staft of the union. the economic headlines were ominous. retail and car sales are strong. but initial jobless claims falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring mind, bwind we re seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. if, as the economy goes so goes the election, then it was a worrisome week for the president s re-election team. joining me now president obama s senior re-election strategist david axelrod. good to see you. good to be here again. let me show you and our viewers the nbc news/ wall street journal survey