that decision is expected in the coming months. thank you for joining us. we turn our attention to another topic, something that caught our interest when it comes to the world of college sports, which has been looked at by congress in a variety of ways. this comes with the idea of should college players be allowed to unionize? this deals with college players at northwestern, issuing or making plans. northwestern players are beginning the process of forming a labor union. according to espn s outside the lines another reason we caught interest on the story was the reaction of legislatures. the folks at roll call were asking some legislators who sit on a variety of committees about collegetion of whether athletes should be allowed to unionize treat hears from toator john mccain unionize. here is from senator john mccain i don t see unionize nation getting that far but they want to try that is fine. as far as college athletes are concerned, should they be allowed to unioni
chairman and ceo jamie dimon took today. last year a london whale cost the bank $6 billion, more than the bank made last quarter. so today the board decided dimon bears ultimate responsibility. despite the record profit, the board slashed his compensation to $11.5 million, still something almost anyone on the entire planet would be thrilled about. anderson cooper 360 starts now. erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. there is a lot to tell you about tonight. breaking news off the top of the program. americans being held hostage by armed islamic extremists in a remote part of an african country. the hostages were taken when 20 extremists attacked them in a gas field in southern algeria. the count differs to how many are bev being held. algerian media is reporting a british subject was killed in the attack. we re going to be joined with an officer with a lot of experience to the region and a report from the state department. we begin with president obama going big and trying
al roker, a total delight. in one word, what will the weather be like tomorrow? spectacular. fantastic. you are spectacular. you are spectacular. great pleasure to have you. thank you for coming in. that s all for tonight. anderson cooper starts now. 360 whew! we are following two breaking stories. americans held hostage in a remote part of algeria. the hostages were taken when reportedly 20 extremists attacked this petroleum operation.petroleum operation. and notre dame with a story. we have new polling that will explain the political need for speed. today the white house and president obama laid out a number of proposals he s taking. in the room with him were a number of kids of the sandy hook elementary school. president obama spoke about grace mcdonald today. when i visited newtown last month, i spent some private time with many of the families who lost their children that day. one was the family of grace mcdonnell. grace s parents are here. grace was 7 ye
it is great to be here in our friday night studio here in 30 rock. it s been a week of watching a hurricane tear through the atlantic and watching the president lose his mind. both of which have had big consequences. the devastations in the bahamas is truly horrifying. we re going talk about that in a little bit. thankfully the storm seems to be pulling away from the u.s. east coast and go back out to sea. for most parts of the united states we ve been fairly lucky to miss the worst of what could have been. perhaps no place was more lucky than alabama, which was lucky. [ applause ] no effects from the hurricane, none, because it never came anywhere close to alabama. no one thought it ever would, really, except the president of the united states who to this very day, i mean like an hour ago is still trying to convince everyone that when he said on sunday that alabama was going to get, quote, hit much harder than anticipated, that that was actually true. it wasn t true. the nat