saved lives. e imately essed ta thas jung d erinno the debt ceiling standoff shifts to the white house, where president biden holds a high-level meeting with congressional leaders. we have now just two weeks to go. today, there are new guidelines on breast cancer screenings. how often should we get a mammogram? so, you think every other year is not sufficient? correct. every librarian is asking to have one in their space. norah: our series, moms in focus. what happens when a mother sees a problem? she comes up with an innovative way to help other working parents. lonnie walker gets up. lonnie walker. great effort. walker, pull up. walker hits another one! it s the lonnie walker game. we don t win the game without lonnie walker tonight, that is for sure. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we begin with breaking news. the verdicts in the civil rape and defamation trial of f
also, wow, two more contests within a fortnight. are you kidding? they are heading to florida. it s getting ugly. romney is calling gingrich a failed leader. but why? the mayor of the island where the cruise ship capsized is warning of an ecological time bomb. there may have been more passengers than originally thought that weren t on the roster. head s up football fans, super bowl sequel, giants and patriots meet again at this year s super bowl. we ll begin this hour with powerful and very dangerous weather sweeping across the southeast this morning. and if you didn t see pictures, here is what it looked like in arkansas, listen closely. the sound of really intense wind and rain in the dark, someone had the forethought to get pictures. a hot lot of people were sleepi multiple tornadoes r from illinois to alabama. reports of widespread damage, luckily no deaths. thousands waking up without power, indiana, kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, alabama all in harm s way rig
them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. and last night s debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. we re going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story we ve been watching, the italian cruise ship where the rescue operations have been on and off is teetering eight feet from an underwater ledge that could drop that ship 200 feet down. and rough weather is moving in, so this is a bad combination. the italian authorities are trying to stop any kind of environmental disaster because of the fuel that s on board. an anonymous strikes again. a notorious group is claiming responsibility for shutting down the internet or actually some web sites. what could be the largest coord
political turmoil brings economic hardship in syria. we speak to the people who are feeling the pain. and the captain of the capsized cruise ship in italy reportedly says that he abandoned ship after tripping and falling into a life boat. first up, though, the imf says it needs more money to safeguard the euro zone and the wider global economy. but in order to keep a large chunk of the developed world affront, it seems as though developing world countries will be footing much of the bill here. the imf is hoping to raise an extra $500 million in the short term and may double that over the next few years to come. $200 million has been pledged by eu nations but with washington refusing to prop up the euro zone and, of course, uk wavering on its own contribution, the lenders calls could yet go unanswered and the trouble with europe could potentially deepen, andrew. that s right, nina. the heart of the trouble obviously as we ve been reporting is greece. there s still no res
good morning. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. we ve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we re hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we ll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. they re protesting anti-piracy bills. that s google right there. if you thought that all s fair in love and war and even the fringes of war, the u.s. and pakistan are having trouble right now. pakistan has said to the united states, you know that special envoy you sent us? send them back. we don t want them. weem get to the details. mitt romney reports that he pays about a 15% tax rate. how do you fe