but in terms of a president, we need a leader. will this media blitz change the coverage as romney tries to catch gingrich? plus, we ll meet the 22-year-old college student who unearthed a devastating old romney video. it was a risky move when abc hired christiane amanpour from cnn last year for the sunday morning program this week. but now she is out. continuinging as an abc correspondent while launching an evening newscast for cnn international. what went wrong, and is bringing back george stephanopoulos the answer? tim tebow is winning all kinds of praise as the denver broncos quarterback. the entire team believes in him. the city is captivated by him how about the country. the country is coptivated by him. okay, so why are the media harping on his public displays of christianity? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it s been a very long time, more than a year and a half in fact, since mitt romney appeared on a sunday show. he was the republ
the new blackberry playbook. it runs all this at the same time. why can t every tablet do that? it s 28 minutes after the hour. welcome back, jm i m joe johns sitting in for t.j. holmes. thanks for starting your day with us. time for a quick check of the top stories. state department is telling u.s. citizens in yemen to leave now. the country could be in the brink of civil war. violence continues to escalate
recall that could have an effect on your weekend fun. first, the latest on the search and recovery efforts in joplin, missouri. scores of people are still unaccounted for on this memorial day weekend. 156 people are listed as missing and searchers still going through piles of debris and the death toll could rise and the confirmed number of deaths stands at 132 with more than 1,000 injured. more than 2,500 people have applied for federal disaster assistance to help with home repairs and personal losses. fema has approved $2.8 million in aid. president obama is returning from his overseas trip today and he s going to meet with emergency officials and tornado victims in joplin tomorrow. the president is expected to hear stories of sorrow and pain, as well as acts of bravery. cnn paul is standing in the debris of what was once a neighborhood in joplin, missouri. paul, how are the search and recovery efforts going? well, they re going very painstakingly slow. you can imagine