the dazer laser s capable of blocking your vision entirely. it isn t meant to replace guns or pepper spray, intended to give law enforcement more options. if they can take out the vision, take down the criminals, do it less violently, safer, and more effectively. reporter: he says there are plenty of other applications for the device. it can be used for air marsha marshals, in applications of the military, in applications that would even be for park rangers, animal control. it can be used for riots, crowd control, security applications. the makers say the technology they use is safe and effective from just a few feet away to over a mile away. and they say it doesn t cause any permanent damage to the eye. dazer lasers could be in the hands of our u.s. law enforcement agencies soon. gary tuchman, cnn. because of one word,
for behind the scenes photos or if you want to get involved in making a difference around the world, you can go to cnn.com/impact or cnn.com/amfix. all of the interviews, by the way, from big stars, big giving this year will live on impact your world, our partners in the project this year. the interesting thing, i asked ed norton, why do you do it? you ve got a busy job already. and he said, you know, beyond feeling a responsibility to give back because i have a voice, it is fun for me. he said some of the most interesting people i ve met in the world, some of the most incredible adventures i ve had over the years have been through these charitable projects. and so he really does believe in it, but also thinks it s a lot of fun. good for him. who s up tomorrow? tomorrow is julianne moore, and we sat down in new york a couple of weeks ago. it s interesting, it was something about her childhood and the way she was raised, she was an army brat, she moved
overseas and that chang threatened to take scholarship money away if they didn t serve her. nice dean, huh? she s charged with forced labor and forgery and embezzlement from the school. at least she didn t make the students take that for her. all for her. let s push forward, see what is happening in the next hour. checking in with our reporters see what they are working on. let s begin with white house correspondent, ed henry. i m in chicago, because that is rahm emanuel is headed to run for mayor, emmanuel out as white house chief of staff. pete rouse in. who is pete rouse? we will have that story at the top of the hour. i m rob marciano in the cnn severe weather center, the storm rolling across the eastern seaboard starting to press offshore, we have a day left in new england to deal with run down the record rainfall totals and airport delays in the next hour. all right, thanks, guys. also ahead, the economy taking a toll on tying the knot. we are going to talk to couples w
time now for our political update. paul steinhauser in washington at the desk. when s crossing, paul? new stuff for you. let s walk about west virginia. if the republicans take back the senate, still a big if, a place to probably do it is west virginia. this seat is in democratic hands over 50 years. this is robert byrd s all seat. take a look at this. brand new on the cnn political ticker. is west virginia up for grabs? well, one of the top political nonpartisan handicappers said, yes. the state is a toss-up. the race is between the governor, popular democrat joe manchin and joe raci a businessman. when the rating came out yesterday, one of the top republican independent groups called american cross roads announced to put money in the effort there. republicans think this is a place to win where they can grab back big seat. okay. let s move ahead and talk about
reporter: reporter: reem s father and ex-husband didn t return cnn s calls. this attorney is trying to ensure young girls keep her childhood. must live and continue to dream. i think it is not marriage, i think is rape. reporter: in yemen, a deeply tribal associate the issue of child marriages is a complicated one n 2009, yemen s parliament passed legislation raising the minimum aim of marriage to 17, but conservative parliamentarians argue the bill violated islamic law which doesn t stipulate a minimum age of marriage and because of a parliamentary man nifr, the bill was never signed into law. more than 100 leading religious clerics called the attempt to restrict the aim of marriage unislamic. this adviser to the president says the is right fights against child marriage restrictions are a distraction, a way for the parliament to avoid bigger, more sensitive political issues. i think there should be an