proceeded to get in. all i knew, i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless. now he s on the brink of becoming a million-dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. stand by. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. until just a few minutes ago, we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed this weekend in afghanistan. but now it has become all too real as we learn his name and we see his face. he is lieutenant colonel john loftus, a 44-year-old air force officer from paducah, kentucky. loftus died at a kabul ministry saturday along with another u.s. officer who has yet to be identified. loftus, like you and me, has a family, a family, a mother who is mourning tonight. we ll hear from the mother in this broadcast in just a few minutes. colonel loftus died because of this, protests raging in afghanistan over the improper disposal of the burning of the koran at a nato base.
the evidence destroyed. all of this has been kept secret now for 18 years. cnn s susan candiotti following the story for us. susan, explain what has been found here. this is potentially very explosive. yes, don. did philadelphia s former roman catholic cardinal anthony bevilaqua order his staff to deep six evidence about abusive priests? a 1994 memo surfaced that appears to make that claim. it s a handwritten note on a memo that, according to court documents, lists the names of 35 priests the church suspected of sex abuse. a bishop writes this, i shredded four copies of these lists from the secret archives and lists four people including his boss, the cardinal adding this action was taken on the basis of a directive i received from cardinal bevilaqua at the directors meeting of 3/15/94. bevilaqua died last night. paul kcallan speaks. it s a shocking indictment of the highest ranking people in the roman catholic church in the united states. that memo is now evidence
it is a disease not in our case. we re blessed, we re really, really blessed. andrew is doing extraordinarily well. i ve seen families that this disease tears them apart. it is a heartbreaking disease. we just don t know a whole lot about it. we ll be following this one for sure. one more news story in the we can. the presidental commission examining the causes of last summer s deadly gulf oil spill, blames, quote, systemic management problems by the companies involved and warns there could be a repeat of the tragedy without significant reform. releasing a key chapter of its final report, the seven-member panel concludes that better decision making by bp and rig owner transocean and contractor halliburton almost certainly would have prevented the accident. the commission also faulted inadequate government regulation and industry oversight. the panelist is set to issue its
the causes of the gulf oil disaster. the company is laying much the blame on rig owner transocean and cementing contractor halliburton. bp also criticizes its own team for misreading a pressure test. an investigation into a threat on a plane is moving forward. someone wrote on a larger to mirror there was a bomb on board. investigators found no bomb. tourists from 36 nations have to pay a travel fee to visit the u.s. most of the $14 fee goes to promoting the u.s.s a a tourist destination. severe floods ravaging pakistan and disease putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk. dr. sanjay gupta just returned from pakistan. angelina jolie says after watching sanjay s reports, she went to pakistan to see things
companies as well as a series of failure for the april 20 deep water horizon rig explosion and the ensuing oil spill in the gulf of mexico. a newly released report says they have not analyzed the blow-out preventer that should have cut off the flow of oil from the busted well. rig owner transocean and halliburton were also cited in the report. the president announces major proposals, tax breaks for businesses and new infrastructure spending. will it put americans back to work? the panel weighs in on that next. [ male announcer ] giving up cigarettes can take more than willpower alone. but today s a new day. for many, smoking is a treatable medical condition. so talk to your doctor about prescription treatment options and support.