for you, that s five times larger than china and japan combined. now a look at the stories that will be topping the news in the week ahead from washington to wall street to hollywood. we start tonight at the white house. i m ed henry at the white house where this week the president will will be kicking his campaign machinery into high gear. i ll be hitting the road with the president as he campaigns and raises money for democrats in wisconsin, california, the state of washington, ohio and florida. before taking the first family to martha s vineyard for a vacation. i m chris lawrence at the pentagon. coming up next week, a briefing from one of the nato commanders in northern afghanistan. not a lot of focus has been in that part of the country recently. but what had been peaceful now violent and the taliban are making a push there. the commander was going to brief reporters on why the situation is changing and what s being done about it. also the pentagon keeping a very close eye o
first time ever. the united states is still the largest global economy with a gross domestic product of roughly $14 trillion. just to keep that in perspective for you. that s five times larger than china and japan combined. now a look at the stories that we will be that will be topping the news in the week ahead from washington to wall street to hollywood. we start tonight at the white house. i m ed henry at the white house where this week the product will be kicking his campaign machinery into high gear. i ll be hitting the road with the president as he campaigns and raises money for democrats in wisconsin, california, the state of washington, ohio and florida. before taking the first family to martha s vineyard for a vacation. i m chris lawrence at the pentagon. coming up next week, a briefing from one of the nato commanders in northern afghanistan. not a lot of focus has been in that part of the country recently. but what had been peace civil now violent and the taliban are
the company is threatening to release another 15,000 documents very, very soon. the pentagon has warned wikileaks not to do it but wikileaks founder says they are going ahead with that release. i m paul steinhausser with a look at a busy week ahead on the campaign trail. on tuesday, competitive primaries in washington state and wyoming. a tough republican gubernatorial fight in wyoming. former president bill clinton is on the campaign trail on monday helping out congressman kendrick meek who is in a tough primary gaerlt the democratic senate nomination with jeff green. and another possible future presidential hopeful will be at the iowa state fair on wednesday. i m poppy harlow in new york. ahead this week on wall street, major retailers, including walmart, target, dell and hewlett-packard all reporting quarterly earnings. and investors are going to be looking for any more information from hp after the ceo of that company mark hurd stepped down in the wake of a scandal earlier thi
the offensive in kandahar in southern afghanistan is going to take longer than anybody expected. some afghans in the region just do not want to see another round of fighting. a lot ahead this week for wall street. investors around the world will watch as bp s ceo and other company executives testify in front of congress on that deepwater horizon disaster. also ahead, house and senate leaders will continue to hash out a final wall street reform bill. and the latest housing data will be released. we ll get a better look at whether that sector is recovering or whether it s not. the market, of course, will be watching it all. we ll track it for you on cnn money. i m showbiz tonight s a.j. hammer. here s what we re watching this week. the court battle over gary coleman s estate is really heating up. his ex-wife, has beshannon pric at war. and the trial of conrad murray, michael jackson s daughter, that starts on monday. he s charged with involuntary manslaughter. it s big breaking n
house. reporter: i m ed henry at the white house, where this week the oil spill catastrophe will yet again be front and center for the president. on monday and tuesday, he s going back to the gulf region for the fourth time. what s different this time is the fact that he s going to florida, alabama, and mississippi. previously, he s only gone to louisiana. and then on wednesday, he has his first face-to-face meeting with tony hayward and other bp officials right here in washington. i m barbara starr at the pentagon. general david petraeus testifies before the senate this week on the war in afghanistan and the news is going to be tough. more than 1,000 u.s. troops have now died in the war. last month, 400 u.s. troops were wounded. general stanley mcchrystal says the offensive in kandahar in southern afghanistan is going to take longer than anybody expected. some afghans in the region just do not want to see another round of fighting. a lot ahead this week for wall street.