government assault in the city of hamas, has risen to more 200 people. united nations stintle syrian government troops have killed at least 5400 people there since march. we can t confirm that the united nations security council still could vote tomorrow on a resolution aimed at putting an end to this blood shed. an estimated 100,000 people in st. louis welcoming home an iraq war veteran in a parade. believe it or not, this was the first major event honoring the end of the iraq war. veterans of other post 9/11 tours of duty. organizers also encourage participation from others who have served in the fight against terrorism. the parade has sparked effort to hold similar parades in at least 10 other cities. st. louis, you go. winter weather pounding parts of the west in february? wow. denver buried in snow more on the way could be a record setter. storm moves east. live coverage ahead. plus the story of a little girl with a very serious
people are an invented people. we re going to have reaction to his controversial remarks. plus, look at this live picture from arlington national cemetery. hundreds of volunteers are laying wreaths on the graves of american s fallen warriors. and if you think it s just too cold to get out of bed and go to work, it may change your mind. a total eclipse of the moon. you re looking at live images there right now. we want to start this hour with controversial comments from a republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich. take a listen to what he said. i believe with the jewish people have the right to have a state. i believe that the commitments that were made at a time, remember, there were there was no palestine as a state. and i think that we ve had an invented palestinian people who are arabs and historically part of the arab community. now he said the palestinians are an invented people. he made those comments during that interview as you saw there on the jewish c
he calls palestinians an invented people. a palestinian leader says the gop front-runner s comments are racist. thousands of white house visitors have done it. now president obama has, too. he sets off a metal detector at a white house security checkpoint. and across russia, angry protesters take to the streets. they say parliamentary elections were rigged. the target of their anger, the prime minister vladimir putin and his party. controversial words from newt gingerich today. he says palestinians are and i m quoting here an invented people. gingerich made the remarks in an interview on the jewish channel. here it is. well, i believe that the jewish people have the right to have a state. and i believe the commitments that were made at a time remember, there were there was no palestine as a state as part of the ottoman empire. i think that we ve had an invented palestinian people who were historically part of the arab community. gingerich went on to say it s
party. we re going to take you live there in just a few moments. also, as though you can take anymore of this. new allegations this morning that the head of the amateur athletic union may have sexually abused two boys decades ago. two men tell espn that robert bobby dodd molested them back in the 19 0s when they were playing on his aau baseball team. there s been no comment from dodd. he s battling colon cancer right now. there was a candlelight vigil last night on the virginia tech campus. they were remembering a police officer that was killed. the officer was killed before the gunman killed himself. he was a part-time student at nearby radford university. they re still searching for a motive. people trying to come together after that. the supreme court has agreed to hear a challenge to texas s congressional redistricting plan. state republicans aren t real happy with the way a federal court redrew the map last month. that court was responding to a lawsuit filed on beh
happy monday. september 12th. this is your wake-up call. thank you for joining us this morning. breaking news on the world markets to tell you about this morning. they re taking quite a hit. investors are worried that greece could default on loan repayments. the nikkei closed at a 2 1/2-year low. the hang seng down over 4%. european markets opened over two hours ago. they re all down. about four hours until the markets open here. but dow futures are down 180 points. the nasdaq and s&p are down, as well. sorry. i had to tell you. congress supposed to get its hands on president obama s jobs bill today. but the president will hold a rose garden ceremony, flanked with teachers and business owners. 40,000 bank of america jobs are reportedly on the chopping block today. and today, we re expected to get details from the ceo at an investor conference at 9:00 p.m. eastern in new york. but the l.a. times are reporting most of the layoffs are supposed to come from consumer banking o