and he just simply didn t have the ammunition to deliver on that tonight. in all these cases, the answer was, well, it s complicated. well, that s not good enough. when you re called for economic confidence and use of political capital is hinging on, when spain clarifies, you have a problem. that statement should not do anything to make people feel economically positive about the future. when spain clarifies, we re going to get some answers, that was rather terrifying. i don t think anybody thinks spain is going to clarify or when they do, it will mean much. that s true. the first thing he said out of the gate was, that most of the eurozone leaders are not part of the g-20, and really, any real action was going to maybe happen at the summit of the eurozone leaders later this month. he led with the fact that nothing is happening here. so it was just interesting. but i mean, you know, i think he fried to communicate that he he heaped praise on europe, on them for seei
at the end of the two day gvernlths-20 sum et, president boim took the stage and gave us this. i don t want to sound polly an naish here. resolving the issues in europe is difficult. it is difficult. and difficult problems call for big ideas and creative solutions. so we listened carefully. our friends in europe clearly grasp the seriousness of the situation and are moving forward with a heightened sense of urgency. all right. we have heard that before. from him and from anybody else talking about the europe crisis. so we kept listening. and after 24 minutes and 43 seconds, we never got the answer to our two burning questions. will europe be saved and what s the effect of the europe freefall on american jobs. now, here s the closest he came. the best thing the united states can do is to create jobs and growth in the short term, even as we continue to put our fiscal house in order over the long term. of course the biggest argument around world right now is how do
good morning, we re happy you re with us this morning. welcome to early start , i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legendary pitching career is not tainted. i hope those in the public that made up their mind before there was a trial will now back up and entertain the possibility of what he has always said, using steroid and hgh is cheating and totally contrary to his entire career. joe johns is live in washington and so, joe, long fight, four years, millions spent. big investigation. big prosecution and i suppose a big headline today a bad two weeks for the doj, first john edwards and now this. it has be
governor walker sparked by his move to cut union rights and benefits that in the midst of a state budget crisis. with potentially national significance. we re going to talk it over with dana bash, ari fleischer, and paul begala. we know this is a big turnout. both sides trying to get out of vote. what are you hearing as we enter the final hour? the turnout across the state of wisconsin is very, very high. at this point it is for the most part anecdotal. we re talking about lines very long pretty much all day in key areas. when you re talking about the republicans, those pushing for the incumbent not to be recalled, i spoke to a senior official in the state who said he s worried. he reason for that is they are hearing anecdotely and also from their political people on the ground there is record turnout in the county of dane. that is where madison is. and that is for the most part pretty liberal. they re worried about that. in fact, one number that he just told me is it s up
balcony. let s get right to cnn s richard quest, live at buckingham palace for us this morning. richard quest, good morning, how has it gone? reporter: good morning to you. it is an overcast but still dry morning. welcome. i m actually up the road from the palace in trafalgar square, where i think you might be able to see there are several hundred people watching what s happening on big screens. the reason we re in tra it ffal square, throughout the day, the queen is literally commuting through the square, backwards and forwards, palace, manchester house, down to westminster for the lunch, and then later this afternoon, soledad, up whitehall and back home to the palace for that royal wave. on the balcony, only six or seven of them. they re limiting the number of people that had be on the balcony. just the queen, the immediate line of succession, charles, camilla, william, catherine and harry. so, up next from the calendar that i ve read, the queen has left st. paul s wher