Groups of thugs. i m clear that they are in no way representative of the vast majority of young people in our country who despise them frankly, as much as the rest of us do but there are pockets of our society that are not just broken but frankly sick. when we see children as young as 12 and 13 looting and laughing, when we see the disgusting sight of an injured young man with people pretending to help him while they are robbing him, it is clear there are things that are badly wrong in our society. for me, the root cause of this mindless selfishness is the same thing that i have spoken about for years. it is a complete lack of responsibility in parts of our society. people allowed to feel that the world owes them something, that their rights outweigh their responsibilities and that they have their actions do not have consequences. well, they do have consequences. we need to have a clearer code of values and standards that we expect people to live by and
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. i m carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this american morning. all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today after working i think 15 or 16 straight days covering the markets and all that. more on the markets and the economy in just a moment. you seem a little short today. i know. i have a high chair. i think so. i like that. you re taller than i am, carol. good morning. i m carol costello. actually we have to talk about this first, london is burning a fourth night of looting and violence in the streets, parts of london resemble a war zone with burned out buildings and destruction. 16,000