Its the top of the hour. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Im Miguel Marquez in for fredricka whitfield. Here are todays stories. The National Rifle association is standing tough in opposition to new gun laws after the newtown massacre. The ceo went on tv today to defend his call for armed guards in every u. S. School. Cnns Barbara Starr tells us what he said and how people in high places of power are reacting to it. Newtown. Newtown. Newtown. Newtown. How many more . Reporter performers and artists now joining with 800 mayors calling for a plan to end gun violence. But Wayne Lapierre, the chief executive officer and public face of the National Rifle association, made clear on nbcs meet the press that his organization will oppose legislation adding new restrictions to the sale of weapons or highcapacity ammunition magazines. Look, i know theres a media machine in this country that wants to blame guns every time something happensism know theres an antisecond amendment industry in this town. I kn
Hang sang up 0. 5 . Modest decline in shanghai. European markets, things have barely budged there. Directionalist at this point. Waiting to see whats coming. Part of thats going to be what we get right here, a packed docket of Economic Data today. Most notably youll be getting jobless claims, that comes out at 8 30 eastern time. Economists are expecting 312,000 firsttime filings, higher than what we saw last week, that was 298,000. Something that a lot of people caught their attention last week, below 300,000. Well also be getting a key update on housing at 10 00 eastern time with existing home Sales Numbers for the month of april. As for corporate names to watch, we have retailers in focus again. Quarterly reports are due from best buy, dollar tree and sears. That all comes before the bell. Then this afternoon well be hearing from hewlettpackard, the gap, fresh market, gamestop and tivo. Andrew, over to you. Good morning. Good morning, becky. Thank you for that. Corporate news this mo
Costello begins now. Well see everyone else back here tomorrow morning. Sorry. Next time, charles. Good morning, carol. Good morning. Thanks a lot. Heres whats happening in the newsroom. A war hero and washington politics. Former senator chuck hagel may need the war survival skills as onetime allies rally against his pending nomination as defense secretary. My wife is a hero. She protected her kids. She did what she was supposed to do as a responsible, prepared gun owner. A georgia man praising his wife after she fought back against an intruder. Gun rights advocates say we told you so. Rg3 down and out. The redskins have replaced their franchise quarterback long before his knee buckled . Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with us. Im carol costello. We begin with a new battle, or should i say another battle thats brewing this morning in washington. At the center, former u. S. Senator chuck hagel. In four hours, president obama is expected to name hage
Siemens. Answers. Welcome back. Youre looking at probably the only graceful thing you can possibly do in a blizzard. A woman Cross Country skiing through the streets of greenwich, connecticut. If you have to get around, please be careful. Stay safe. That does it for this twohour of 360. Our coverage continues with 9 hello, i am broke baldwin. I want to welcome our viewers all around the world as we continue all my long. I am here with you, special live coverage of the blizzard pounding much of the northeast and new england and the problems are beginning to pile up. Take a look at some of these pictures. A state of emergency blankets massachusetts along with a layer of snow back to top two feet in some areas. High wind gusts have toppled trees, causing widespread Power Outages. When they huge concern here in the overnight hours. And across the region, more than half a million homes and businesses have no power. In new york, the worst of the storm is hitting in these hours. Here to a sta
The right hat can Party Anywhere she wants. Thanks for watching state of the union. Im Candy Crowley in washington. Head to cnn. Com sotu for extras and analysis. If you missed any part of todays show find us on itunes, just search state of the union. Fareed zakaria gps is next. This is gps the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. Im fareed zakaria. We v a series of feisty debates on the hot topics of the day. We start with president obamas nomination of senator chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense. We have a clash you will want to watch. Then the relationship between the United States and russia keeps getting worse, whose fault is it . Moscow or washington . A debate. Also, the next fight in washington will be over the debt ceiling. Can president obama end this craziness and bypass congress altogether . Well talk about the out of the Box Solutions and whether they would work. And, finally, this is the signature of the man wh