proceeded to get in. all i knew, i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless. now he s on the brink of becoming a million-dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. stand by. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. until just a few minutes ago, we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed this weekend in afghanistan. but now it has become all too real as we learn his name and we see his face. he is lieutenant colonel john loftus, a 44-year-old air force officer from paducah, kentucky. loftus died at a kabul ministry saturday along with another u.s. officer who has yet to be identified. loftus, like you and me, has a family, a family, a mother who is mourning tonight. we ll hear from the mother in this broadcast in just a few minutes. colonel loftus died because of this, protests raging in afghanistan over the improper disposal of the burning of the koran at a nato base.
all i knew i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless, now he s on the brink of becoming a million dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. until just a few minutes ago we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed in afghanistan. now it is all too real as we learn his name and see his face. he is luteenant colonel john loften, a 44-year-old officer from kentucky. he died along with another officer. he is like you and me, has a family, a mother, who is mourning tonight. we ll hear from the mother in this broadcast. he died because of this protest raging in afghanistan over the improper disposal of the burning of the quran at apnato base. the unrest took his life and that of his colleague is far from over. this is the province today, a demonstration that turned violent. the mob attacked u.s. the longer this goes on the longer our men and wom
budget and create millions of jobs. president obama disagrees. you can bet that since it s an election year, they re already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i ll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. so how much can the president, for that matter congress, really control? stephen moore is an editorial writer for the wall street journal. kris ya freeland editor of thompson reuters digital. stephen, newt gingrich says $2.50 a gallon. president obama laughs it off as insincere election speak. i guess if the president could do that, he might have done it. we know the problems americans are paying more to fill up their cars and trucks, what part does a president or washington play in the solution? well, ali, i know this is going to absolutely shock you, but i agree with newt gingrich on this one. look, i think look, in the short term the president can t do much about the price of
lot more good for the economy. the energy issue is enormous. an enormous flow which would drive down prices to $2.50 a gallon would help us balance the budget and create millions of jobs. president obama disagrees. you can bet that since it s an election year, they re already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i ll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. so how much can the president, for that matter congress, really control? stephen moore is an editorial writer for the wall street journal. stephen, newt gingrich says $2.50 a gallon. president obama laughs it off as insincere election speak. i guess if the president could do that, he might have done it. americans are paying more to fill up their cars and trucks. what part does a president or washington play in the solution? well, ali, i know this is going to absolutely shock you, but i agree with newt gingrich on this one. look,