outfront tonight, crackdown in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind activist chen guangcheng, the chinese government clamping down, perhaps harder than ever on other voice of descent. communists parties authoritarian rule. we spoke to several on the inside today. the organization human rights in china told us they haven t heard anything from activist and chen confidant zeng chengdang for days. latest tweet two days ago when she announced she was under house arrest. human rights lawyer was also reportedly detained and beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then there s this woman also known by her english name pearl pup see her there. she s the woman we told you about that helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of night. she was detained herself. we are told by human rights groups she was released yesterday. take a look at this man. an unnamed supporter of chen s who actually would not allow cnn to identify hi
attack on women s health like this in the last 40 years. also, jennifer love hewitt s racy new role, a sultry suburban mom. tonight she talks love, fame, her figure and her scandalous billboards. plus anyone for tennis? serena williams like you ve never seen her before in the olympics, her emotions, her men, and heartbreak. i think that s tough to be in love, and then it, you know, it might not work out. and that s life. and talking of heartbreak, only in america special, serena and i hit the court with the wimbledon champ in for a bit of a nasty surprise. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story the race for the white house kicks off probably tomorrow when president obama s re-election campaign launches in ohio. it s a crucial battleground state for him and mitt romney. social issues are front and center in the fight and tonight we have the feisty cynthia nixon as she slams romney on same-sex marriage and abortion. but she also has strong words for t
escort at the center of the secret service scandal. and certain models being banned from the pages of vogue? tyra banks comes outfront. well, good friday night to you. i m erin burnett. crack down in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind chinese activist chen guangcheng the chinese government is clamping down harder on other voice of dissent. there s word of the government cracking down on those who criticized the government s authoritarian role. human rights in china said they haven t heard anything from activist for several days. you re looking at an active tweeter, and she announced she was under house arrest. a human rights lawyer was reportedly detained an beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then that s one known by her english name, pearl. she s the woman who helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of the night, took him to the embassy. she was detained herself. we were told that she was released y
good friday night to all of you. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, crackdown in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind activist chen guangcheng, the chinese government clamping down, perhaps harder than ever on other voice of descent. communists parties authoritarian rule. we spoke to several on the inside today. the organization human rights in china told us they haven t heard anything from activist and chen confidant zeng chengdang for days. latest tweet two days ago when she announced she was under house arrest. human rights lawyer was also reportedly detained and beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then there s this woman also known by her english name pearl pup see her there. she s the woman we told you about that helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of night. she was detained herself. we are told by human rights groups she was released yesterday. take a look at this man. an unnamed supporter of che
huge deal. set the scene. reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. it s been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to talk about the u.s. relationship with afghanistan beyond 2014. that s extraordinary. the last time the president was in afghanistan in december of 2010 he could not make that trip from bagram air force base which is about 30 miles or so north of kabul to the palace because of weather concerns, and certainly security is always a concern as the president is in the comfort of the air force base. if you look at past trip, wolf, the last one only lasted four hours and it s very late at night in afgha