short-term economic fixes and leaders will have their own summit next week. he explained whi troubles in europe mean trouble for the u.s. europe as a whole is our largest trading partner. if fewer folks are buying stuff in paris or berlin, that means that we re selling less stuff made in pittsburgh or cleveland. all of these issues, economic issues, will potentially have impact on the election. but that s not my biggest concern right now. democratic senator jack reed will join soledad to assess how important europe s future is to president obama s chances of re-election. in three hours, a house committee could hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. a last-ditch meeting between holder and darrel issa failed to resolve a dispute over the botched fast and furious operation. that program allowed weapons to reach mexican drug gangs. he has been demanding holder turn over more documents. in 30 minutes soledad talks with elijah cummings who was at the meeti
women this memorial day. the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and he speaks later this hour at the vietnam veterans memorial. romney taking part in a tribute at the veterans museum and memorial center in san diego. senator john mccain is also appearing with him. i want to bring in dana bash who has more on this live. we expect to hear from mitt romney at this event that s getting under way. what do we think the message is going to be today? reporter: well, according to romney aides, suzanne, he s going to focus as much as he can on the whole concept of the fallen soldiers and people who are still living but veterans of wars that have happened in recent years and long, long ago. and the message, according to a romney aide, is to make sure that going forward we continue to protect the liberties and freedoms that they fought for. so it s not an overt political statement, but certainly there are tinges of politics in there making very clear that he believes t
the safeway where gabrielle giffords was. therer were also the celebrations at buckingham palace to egypt s tahrir square, and it all unfolded before our eyes. we mourned. we marvelled at the moments that defined the year. not guilty. and changed everything. tonight, we look back and outfront. we begin with the saga of amanda knox, the american exchange student convicted in italy ti of murdering her roommate. she was vilified by the press, but insisted she was innocent, and said on appeal that the dna evidence would prove it. and the trial lasted for months as a pale and frail knox waited for her fate, and waited for the verdict to be read. the appeal was successful and the conviction was overturned and she sobbed lighting up the world fly home to start her life over. shortly after, i spoke to her dad, curt knox. reporter: how is amanda doing? well, it she is doing remarkably well, and she has not mized a beat with the family, and that is nice to see. how is she
palace to egypt s tahrir square, and it all unfolded before our eyes. we mourned. we marvelled at the moments that defined the year. not guilty. and changed everything. tonight, we look back and outfront. we begin with the saga of amanda knox, the american exchange student convicted in italy of murdering her roommate. she was vilified by the press, but insisted she was innocent, and said on appeal that the dna evidence would prove it. and the trial lasted for months as a pale and frail knox waited for her fate, and waited for the verdict to be read. the appeal was successful and the conviction was overturned and she sobbed, lighting up the world to fly home to start her life over. shortly after, i spoke to her dad, curt knox. how is amanda doing? well, it she is doing remarkably well, and she has not missed a beat with the family, and that is nice to see. how is she handling her adjustment? well, she is adjusting and reconnecting with the family and friends an
is at the center of it. hear his story for the first time. next up, lots to talk about with our gps panel this week. from to egypt, iran to iraq, and of course asia. finally, why egypt went way retro this week, back to the age of the pharaohs. i ll explain. first, here s my take. you wouldn t have thought anti-americanism in pakistan could get any worse, but last week, nato attacked a pakistani army post, killing 24 pakistani soldiers. even before this episode for which nato expressed deep regret, you couldn t have found a country on the planet that was more anti-american than pakistan. in a pugh survey this year, only 12% of pakistanis expressed a favorable view of the u.s. populist rage and official you do policity have built up even though washington has lavished islamabad with aid totaling $20 billion over the last decade. i think it s time to recognize that the united states pakistan policy is just not working. supporting islamabad has been premised on two argum