i think you hear the word plague. your mind goes back to the black death where 50 million people died in europe because of that incumbent fekz. we now have antibiotics. this is more cases than normal, isn t it? normally in the u.s. it is three a year and transmission is basically by rodent bites and the fleas that feed on them. there is preventive measures to take using insect repellants and wearing long pants and people susceptible would be outdoor people. and those are our type of people. we like to see the families get out and enjoy the great outdoors. i know the camp site areas have been the areas.
report that there was a drone base in saudi arabia. there s been a huge that is a major problem. i mean, i come from a magazine which reported on preparations for the bay of pigs. the new york times did not at the kennedy administration s request report on it. later the kennedy administration said we wish you had. the trope of national security is too often used as a corps for what people need to know. i think, sam, just politically this is an it s a really interesting issue because there s almost bipart sfwlan agreement about the secrecy. you had lindsey graham yesterday saying i think the president is on solid legal ground. i think he is doing the right thing. i applaud this administration. that is not something lindsey graham usually says about anything relating to the obama white house. true. you know, in addition to the media needing to play the role of accountability, we can extend that through congress. congress has a role in oversight there, and far too often th
outfront tonight, crackdown in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind activist chen guangcheng, the chinese government clamping down, perhaps harder than ever on other voice of descent. communists parties authoritarian rule. we spoke to several on the inside today. the organization human rights in china told us they haven t heard anything from activist and chen confidant zeng chengdang for days. latest tweet two days ago when she announced she was under house arrest. human rights lawyer was also reportedly detained and beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then there s this woman also known by her english name pearl pup see her there. she s the woman we told you about that helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of night. she was detained herself. we are told by human rights groups she was released yesterday. take a look at this man. an unnamed supporter of chen s who actually would not allow cnn to identify hi
good friday night to all of you. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, crackdown in china. just as a breakthrough appears possible in the case of blind activist chen guangcheng, the chinese government clamping down, perhaps harder than ever on other voice of descent. communists parties authoritarian rule. we spoke to several on the inside today. the organization human rights in china told us they haven t heard anything from activist and chen confidant zeng chengdang for days. latest tweet two days ago when she announced she was under house arrest. human rights lawyer was also reportedly detained and beaten. he tried to visit chen in the hospital thursday evening. then there s this woman also known by her english name pearl pup see her there. she s the woman we told you about that helped chen escape his house arrest in the dead of night. she was detained herself. we are told by human rights groups she was released yesterday. take a look at this man. an unnamed supporter of che
been used as journalism. how on earth could this have happened? deja vu on the presidential campaign trail with the pundits again denigrating mitt romney after a pair of victories by rick santorum, and many prodding newt gingrich, again, to quit the race, and what about santorum s charge that fox news is schilling for romney? plus, comedian ali wentworth on her new show. her marriage to george stephanopoulos, and how the president reacted when he heard she would be entertaining at the white house. obama said, ali wentworth, isn t she inappropriate? which in my world is a huge compliment. huge. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it was the most popular episode in the history of this american life. public radio reported on alleged abuses at a chinese factory that makes ipads and iphones. it relied heavily on one-man performance artist mike daisy. hurz hoe ira glass put it. when i saw mike daisy perform this story on stage, when i left the theater, i had a