with strays. it s possible it could be a hybrid of some kind. we ll look at that again and figure out if it s a wolf. finally a doss of cable outrage. it s national outrage folks. a new ranking out by a company called mercer of north america s top livable cities. here they are. top five. vancouver, ottawa, toronto, montreal and san francisco. i m sorry. do you notice about the top four there? they re not here. they re in canada. at least one of them, rob ford is the mayor. don t get me wrong, we love gordon. four of the five are in canada? isn t it cold there? are turtle necks that comfortable? north korea is the city that never sleeps. in illinois, sweet home chicago, heart of rock-n-roll in cleveland. no one sings about ottawa do
jokes. tonight we continue a tradition here at the white house by honoring some extraordinary people who no business being on the same stage together. we ve got buddy guy sitting next to dustin hoffman. we ve got dave letterman alongside one of the grittest ballerinas of all time. i don t think dave dances. we ll never forget buddy playing sweet home chicago in this very room back in february and him and a few others forcing me to sing along, which was just okay. i worked with the speechwriters. there s no smooth transition from ballet to led zeppelin. we re trying to work the stairway to heaven metaphor, and it didn t work. of course, these guys also redefined the rock n roll lifestyle. we do not have video of this.
in teens and young adults, and one person dies from melanoma every hour. change your thinking, not your skin. stop tanning. learn more at spotskincancer.org. a message from the american academy of dermatology. tonight you are going to meet the man that could guarantee a second term for barack obama. plus big cities like this what is with all the violence. the mayor of chicago says we have to reason with the gang bangers. i don t know that that is going to work. plus, we got to read between the headlines. welcome. i m from chicago. sweet home chicago. it is a great city. great. except for all of the murders. as if parenting in 2012 wasn t tough enough, try doing it in this violent city.
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew
different suit. i m very proud of myself. reporter: best makeup? whoever does donald trump s hair. it is my hair. see, i can go like that. reporter: best foreign language film [ speaking foreign language ]. reporter: jon huntsman s debate in chinese. but other races much tighter. best costume. is it ron paul s slightly too big suit? romney s blue tie. perry s red tie. newt s red tie. the winner is rick santorum s sweater vest. best song. maybe the year s toughest category. is it president obama s sweet home chicago ? come on baby, don t you wanna go mitt romney singing america the beautiful ? for amber waves of grain the winner is i was born free kid rock with born free. one of mitt romney s campaign theme songs. like an untamed stallion because who is an untamed stallion if not mitt romney?