and sunday night mystery. i m don lemon. we re going to begin tonight with vice president joe biden. he has managed to complicate the official white house line on same-sex marriage, and he did it with an outspoken defense of gay couples who want to get married, even though president barack obama says his view on the issue is, quote, evolving. it sounds like biden s evolution is complete. is that what you believe now? that s what i believe. and you re comfortable with same-sex marriage now? look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying all are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties and, quite frankly, i don t see much of a distinction beyond that. those words sparked a quick response, not from republicans, but from the president s own campaign. what the
former president george w. bush. i want to stay connected to the veteran community. i m not going to be a very public person. this is a rare interview for me. his remarkable mission for wounded warriors and keeping america great. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. two interviews tonight. the first with ted turner, a tv pioneer. also a very outspoken man. he ll let us know what he thinks of television, america and his life today. plus a rare interview for president george w. bush. if anyone knows about keeping america great, the former president tonight talks about the cause close to his heart. counseling veterans. after 9/11 millions volunteered. and they said, i want to serve my country. and i m i don t view it as anything personal. i view it as that we were all serving together. we were all part of a great cause. the cause of securing our country. and the cause of liberty. an exclusive interview with president george w. bush coming later. but first, som
in the last two years, 13 governments in the european union have either collapsed or been voted out of power. today, french president nicolas sarkozy is caught in a runoff with francois hollande that cast him his job. under sarkozy, france s unemployment climbing to 10%, while economic growth ground to a halt. also today, greece, a national election taking place in a society crushed by debt. greek unemployment now at 21%. up from just 9% before bailouts and austerity brought protesters to the streets. and as no other network can, we brought together cnn s best from around the world. veteran business correspondent john defterios from abu dhabi, he ll break down what you need to know. jim bittermann is live from paris at the headquarters of now defeated french president nicolas sarkozy. he just conceded to socialist francois hollande. matthew chance is in athens at the center of an election that also took place today, greek voters deciding whether they are willing to accept tou
i m so proud of him. that s a rare interview with george w. bush. i want to stay connected to the veteran community. this is a rare interview for me. remarkable mission of wounded warriors and keeping america great. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. two big interviews. the first with ted turner, but also a very outspoken man. plus a rare interview with george w. bush. keeping america great as a former president. he talks about the causes closest to his heart. after 9/11, millions volunteered. they said i want to serve my country. and i don t view it as anything personal. i view it as we were all serving together. we were part of a great cause. because of securing our country and the cause of liberty. that interview coming later. but first, someone who i think literally needs no introduction. he s the man who created cnn. the reason i m here and others are here working here, ted turner. welcome back. it s good to be here. how does it feel to be
11 participants, that s one of them with hazing. in convicted the maximum anyone could face would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer says state prosecutors is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. the testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder in that it does not contain the elements of murder. we can prove participation in hazing and a death. we do not have a blow or a shot or a knife thrust that killed mr. champion. it is an aggregation of things which exactly fit the florida statute as written by the legislature. well, that statute was written seven years ago with the best intentions to hold people accountable for hazing deaths. you have to wonder, though, does the very fact that it s on the books allow some people to pay lighter penalties for causing someone s death than would otherwise be the case? the attorney for the champion family says so. he