day. jeannie moosz, new york. love that. 88 years old grandma, keep on dancing. that s it for me. thanks for watching. i am wolf blitz inner washington. the news continues next on cnn. hello, everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. whatever the outcome, it is a trial that stained a teen s reputation and strained friendships in the town of steubenville, ohio, and it is almost over. tomorrow could be the last day of testimony in the case of two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl and a series of alcohol fueled parties back in august. just minutes ago the girl finished testifying against the defendants, trent mays and malique richmond. poppy harlow has been in court all day today and is updating us now. tell us what the girl said.
unfolding diplomatic crisis. and why do women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men? i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. mission that killed osama bin laden and today the terror leader s name is popping up out there on the campaign trail. the romney and obama campaigns are each trying to paint their candidate as the toughest, but for team romney, it s a built of an uphill battle right now. our national political correspondent jim acosta is watching all this unfold. what s going on in this fight? for months, mitt romney has been on offensive. he in this debate over the killing of osama bin laden, romney has been on defense, just the way the president wants it. as mitt romney was shaking hands in new hampshire, he was asked the question, he had given the same order to kill osama bin laden. even jimmy carter would have given that order. cnn breaking news. tonight i can report to the american people a
up first, president obama is imposing new sanctions designed to make it harder for rogue regimes to crack down on their own people. speaking at the holocaust museum he drew on the lessons of history saying it is imperative to never forget and never be silent, he said, when there is evidence of mass killings, human rights abuses and other atrocities. with allies and partners we will keep increasing the pressure of the diplomatic effort to further isolate asad and his regime so those who sack with asad know they are making a losing bet and will keep increasing sanctions to cut off the regime from the money it needs to survive. is it enough? the new steps from the president, syria continues to violate a cease-fire it negotiated with the united nations and as the president spoke so he had sudan attacked south sudan and fred townsend is in new york with us tonight with the external advisory board for the cia and the home atlanta security department. announce the the new boar
on this holocaust remembrance day, the president gave a powerful speech at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum right near in washington, d.c. speaking of government slaughter in syria which has now claimed more than 11,000 lives. jill dougherty is joining us with the latest details. at the museum, president obama referred to the unhappy record of the state department during the holocaust in world war ii. now he says preventing mass atrocities is no only a moral responsibility, it s a key security issue of the united states. reporter: barack obama shook hands with people who survived the death camp more than 60 years ago. he found new meaning in the phrase never again. never again is a challenge to nations. it s a bitter truth. too often the world has failed to prevent the killing of innocents on a massive scale and we are haunted by the lives we did not save. we are seeing the the killings in bosnia, the killings in darfur. they shock our conscience, but they are t