2018 which was a waive for democrats midterm election during Trump Presidency so will hoping and others an opportunity for republicans to peck up a lot of seats in the . Ats. Senate. All right that sets you up for the calendar over the next couple of months as we head to the big date. Pete it felt so far away and look at this like that this is going to come fast and with this trial too weferg thats going on with sham. It is going to get interesting. Kayleigh over thank you both. Turning now to your Headlines Today show Anchor Al and Production Company are being sued. Accused of failing to follow a dei mandate former Executive Producer says company disregarded the program that was implemented by pbs to include minority writers on Tv Production teams. Theyre commanding Al Roker Entertainment pay 10 Million in damages and lawyer feels neither Al Roker or entertainment have
morning is break nugs. defense secretary leon panetta arrives in afghanistan unannounced. brand new video of the defense secretary s arrival. he stopped in afghanistan for a real-timeup date from nato top commanders on how prepared allied troops and afghan security forces are to confront the taliban as they gear up for the summer fighting season. just yesterday, a twin suicide bombing in a market near kandahar killed 22 people. 50 other people were injured. nato is under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people. that number includes women and children, who were believed to be civilians. the u.s. is also saying that one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire and killed two crew members on board. let s get right to cnn s mohammed jamjoom in kabul for us this morning. reporter: good morning, soledad. surprise visit by secretary of defense leon panetta was his fourth to afghanistan. he met with u.s. troops and u.s. officials. he acknowledged the uptick in vio
went bankrupt. opposition activists said 62,000 people were killed in the country. this video posted on youtube appears to show members of the free syrian army in the back of a pickup truck engaged in a heavy gun fight with government forces in homs. cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of this video. special ensloi, kofi annan, called for an immediate end to the violence. he warned against external military intervention. iran s ambassador said his country is ready to re-engage with the nuclear watchdog agency. his comment comes as western powers say they are ready to resume talks on iran s nuclear program without preconditions, but the ambassador says iran will never give up its nuclear program. those are the headlines from cnn. i m juanita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories
crisis. and a man who has strong opinions on just about everything, from casey anthony to president obama, to harry potter and the space shuttle. what will he say tonight? i ll ask the opinionated new voice of the new york times. this is piers morgan tonight. good morning. time magazine calls prince alwaleed bin talal the arabian warren buffett. when he talks, the business world listens. tonight prince alwaleed bin talal joins me from the four seasons in paris where he s on vacation, to share his unique perspective on america s debt, the middle east, and the news corp. scandal. your highness, thank you for joining me. let me start right from the top by asking you of your impression of america s economy right now. where do you think it is? where can it get to? and what is your advice to the guys in washington about how to get america incorporated back on its feet? it s a pleasure to be on your show, my friend piers. as for the u.s. economy, as we all know, the 2nd of
america s debt rating gets downgraded, every interest rate in america will go up. two senators, democrat and republican, who think they ve found a way out of this country s $14 trillion debt crisis. and a man who has strong opinions on just about everything, from casey anthony to president obama, to harry potter and the space shuttle. what will he say tonight? i ll ask the opinionated new voice of the new york times. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. time magazine calls prince alwaleed bin talal the arabian warren buffett. when he talks, the business world listens. tonight prince alwaleed bin talal joins me from the four seasons in paris where he s on vacation, to share his unique perspective on america s debt, the middle east, and the news corp. scandal. yur royal highness, thank you for joining me. let me start right from the top by asking you of your impression of america s economy right now. where do you think it is? where can it get to? what is your a