the second anniversary of the uprising that overthrew former president, hosni mubarak. a soldier who lost all four limbs in a roadside bombing in iraq now has two new arms following a double transplant. 26-year-old brendan morocco will show off his arms at a news conference in the next hour. those transplants are only the seventh double hand or double arm transplants ever done in the united states. severe flooding has killed four people and forced thousands of others from their homes in the northeast of australia. all from a tropical cyclone, churning just off the coast. another affect of the storm, the sea is whipping up massive amounts of foam, covering beaches and even streets. in some areas, look at these pictures, the foam is 10 feet deep. more trouble for jailed former football great, jonlg simpson. tmz reports simpson owes more than $500,000 in back taxes. according to the report, the irs has just slapped him with another tax lien. that is the third time in the last 12 mon
up to my waist. the last rain that the farmer here said he had last decent rain, was three months ago, april 14th. the government, the agriculture department says the corn crop nationwide is in its worse shape since 1988, the devastating drought that year. and the government also says 56% of the lower 48 states are in drought condition. it is a difficult, tough, tough year for farmers, already prices for corn on the futures market has shot up 35% in the last three weeks alone. it s a price that we ll all be paying long after the heat s gone. yeah, corn at the very heart of our agriculture industry here in the united states. thank you so much, john yang with the latest. a look at other stories topping the news now. the taliban claiming responsibility today for a roadside bombing that killed six u.s. soldiers in eastern afghanistan on sunday. two other coalition troops were killed in the south.
stays on schedule is set for wednesday. jenna: they are back from break and ready to go. back to work for the lawmakers. shannon thank you very much. another big issue including the healthcare law right now are the state exchanges and the medicaid expansion. as part of the supreme court ruling states can now opt out of new federal funding that would expand their medicaid coverage. of course there is a consequence to that. there is also a consequence to deciding to not set up the state exchanges. texas governor rick perry says he s not going to do either. and he s out with a big announcement today about what his state will do, he s going to join us in an exclusive interview about 20 minutes from now. jon: we are looking forward to that. some new information on the deaths of six american troops in afghanistan. the taliban now claims responsibility for a roadside bombing that killed them. nato confirms the victims nationalities but is not providing other details. our world affairs contri
i could not see going out on stage and having a party without first finding some sort of peace with what took place. he also reveals why he s rapping again. i m a bit of a king in the rap world, sir. you really are. they re talking about you in every club. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, big story tonight. truth, power and the media, colliding like never before in the newsroom. alan sorkin gave us the west wing and social network and now taking on cable news, i ll talk to him in a moment and jeff daniels plays the cynical anchorman and who he based his character on and the hit maker with a hit show, l.l. cool j and opening up about his private life and what it really means to be a role model. first, the big story, hbo s newsroom. now the show s creative writer. alan sorkin and jeff daniels. welcome to you both. i was at the premier of the newsroom in new york, a very gradios affair with all the great of media there, lots of cable news anchors racin
yet to be felt. why you could be a victim just hours from now. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. let s get you up to speed. tonight, more american troops dead in afghanistan. six u.s. service members killed in just one explosion today. it was a bomb that went off in eastern afghanistan. two other nato troops, we don t know their nationalitienational killed in separate attacks over the weekend. that bigger than life image, a hollywood legend died today. you hold it right there. this war was not started for r your private gratification, and you can be damn sure this army isn t being run for your personal convenience either. ernest borgnine got super famous when he starred in mchale s navy in the 1960s. he won an oscar in 1955. remember the classic film marty? he was 95 years old. egypt s military is deciding how to handle a defiant move by the country s new president. mohamed morsi is calling parliament back into session, overriding the army s decision to dis