grilled and lambasteds by british law makers and now a whistleblower in the growing phone hackl scandal reportedly is dead. and a 77-year-old man defends his home and family from an intruder with a gun. stand by for the dramatic story. that s even more compelling because get this he s a member of the united states congress. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the u.s. defaulting on its debt for the first time in history? we can t state it enough, this has enormous consequences for all of us, and time is quickly running out to prevent what the president calls armageddon. let s check in with kate baldwin. she s standing by with the latest. where do the negotiations stand right now? the two top republicans in the house. no official readout from the white house, but president obama says we are making progress when asked today by reporters how the debt talks were going when he was leaving an event in the rose garden. on the part of speaker boehner, a spokesma
accomplishments have been overshadowed by tabloid headlines and negative stories. that s really true, but again, a sad ending to a life of hardship for the former child star. i got to know him a little built i guess towards the end of his life a few years ago, and he was a complicated guy. but, you know, it has been true that all the accomplishments he had, his great success, and talent was really overshadowed by all the many stories that always surrounded him. just a very sad end. a.j. hammer, thanks, as always. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j. s got it tonight on showbiz tonight at 11:00 p.m. on hln. big oil companies that are making monster profits, well, right now executives are defending the tax breaks they get from uncle sam. senate democrats are asking why do you need any tax breaks? we ll take you to capitol hill. , the rare, the hard to define. to those always searching for what s pure and what s real from we who believe we
the world stopped. it was huge. i think this may be great for the windsors in the long run, but these two kids seem so normal and so steady normal by royal standards that they re not grabbing the tabloid headlines. again, good for the monarchy but not good for tv ratings. this is, i think will be a debacle as far as ratings. a lot of networks going all in on this. if i m running a network, i m questioning it because the reason you talked about. i also think who s going to london? by the way, morning joe will be live from london, april 25th through 29th, doing wall to wall coverage. i also think as a society, if you go back to last week, you think about all the candy we have on television, jersey shore, things like that, there are so many other mindless diversions, this mindless diversion does not have the authenticity or uniqueness it
he kind of muddies the waters with a lot of the other ancillary debates he starts about the origin good word about president obama. trump is a clown and an aristocrat put together, and i don t believe him. it is purely cynical and purely publicity. if you want a liberal world equivalent, it is like kathy griffin running for president and telling all of the liberals that the republicans mulched the poor. it is just publicity and he is telling conservatives what he thinks we want to hear. do you think it is another self-promotional thing for him? it came to light in the fall when we were snickering and looking at the tabloid headlines. but he has traction, and now he is leading the polls for the gop nomination. if this were merely a publicity vehicle he would say things like the republicans are infantile and the democrats are irresponsible. i am the responsible guy who
she is finally in a place where they wants to be. despite what michael lohan says no one knows what lindsay is thinking these days. the 20 something star let never failed to make the tabloid headlines in 2010 from jail time to drugs to controversy over movie roles. to discussion the stories is life and style weekly contributing editor rachel. you are whether you cany you are out there in la you are usually out here in new york with me with the weather disaster. i know. i can t belief it. you need to be in sunny california. exactly. do you think 2011 will be better for lindsay? people are rooting for her at this point. it s so sad everything she has gone through. i believe in personal responsibility but this clearly is a woman who needs a lot of help. absolutely. lists en2010 she went from lindsay lohan to lindsay low