both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians onnationrati inaugurat. first here s my take. many talk about the absence of leadership, especially those who oppose president obama. many democrats believe that president obama head doneas bee leader. the conventional wisdom is that he doesn t have the leadership he needs to be the leader that we need, the leader that we have had in the past. such as bill clinton, a gifted leader, a legendary player. now, i have a huge admiration for clinton. i think he was a very good president, and he s almost prenaturally a politician. let s recall what his first few years looked like. he began his presidency with the fiasco of gays in the military and moved to two failed nominees for attorney general. remember zoe baird? then went on to try and failed spectacularly to pa
scholar to reporter. this is your am: wakeup call. and good morning to you. this is your am: wakeup call for thursday, december 8th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are the top stories. one of bernie fine s accusers is expected to announce he s filing a lawsuit in civil court. zam tom selly accused the former basketball coach of sexually abusing him in a pittsburgh hotel room in 2002. the fda hearing evidence about whether the birth control pill is dangerous. the government looking at side effects including claims about an increased risk of blood clots. there are allegations the drugmaker bayer hid evident of risk. heavy rain and wet snow coming down in the eastern united states. check on your flights to. let s get a check on today s weather. jacqui jeras is in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. good morning, carol. the good news is, things are looking a lot better in about five hours. so as we progress throughout the day things will
them. that s what the big immigration speech is about. i don t believe there will be a huge concentrated effort to pass anything on comprehensive i will immigration form. i think it was a political speech. he gave one about a year ago to prove about the same thing. it s a huge deal, that s why you see this crowing from the obama election campaign how they may be able to win texas. they are trying to shore that up as best they can. great to see you. bill: what is going on jon scott. jon: in a couple of minutes when happening now now begins the interservices intelligence agency in pakistan has allowed some access from cia representatives to those three rid does of osama bin laden. what might they spill? we ll get into that. more information on the bomb attacks that have killed dozens. the taliban claims responsibility and says it s only the beginning. we ll take a closer look at the
it is easy to say that the interservices intelligence or elements within the dwoft were were in cou kahoots with al-qa. this is a false hypothesis and a false charge. snoo they are embarrassed that osama bin laden was hiding in their country. although pakistanis seem more outraged that the u.s. raids violated their sovereignty. but they are searching for palkotsts now as greg pal cot reports. we spent much of the past week in abbottabad. the scene where osama bin laden was captured and killed. and we have a little bit better of an idea of how this one-time al-qaeda leader was able to hide in plain sight. the walls ofle compound are 18 feet tall, topped with barbed wire. the windows are bricked up or
it is easy to say that the interservices intelligence or elements within the dwoft were were in cou kahoots with al-qa. this is a false hypothesis and a false charge. snoo they are embarrassed that osama bin laden was hiding in their country. although pakistanis seem more outraged that the u.s. raids violated their sovereignty. but they are searching for palkotsts now as greg pal cot reports. we spent much of the past week in abbottabad. the scene where osama bin laden was captured and killed. and we have a little bit better of an idea of how this one-time al-qaeda leader was able to hide in plain sight. the walls ofle compound are 18 feet tall, topped with barbed wire. the windows are bricked up or