it is occasionally great. and it is, frankly, the kind of online news outlet that occasionally will stop you in your tracks. today gawker stopped me in my tracks when they ran a short feature story, mostly pictures, but a feature story on a statue. a really, really, really big statue in nashville, tennessee. now, i have been to nashville. i ve been to nashville more than a few times. i can never remember seeing this statue, though, or maybe if i did my brain went into save yourself mode and erased it from my memory. this is a terrifying thing. it s 25 feet tall, it s a bunch of different colors. look at the eyes. are terrifying blue marble eyes. and look at the teeth. this thing has a mouth like a circular saw. look at those chompers. terrifying, right? it looks a little bit like i know what you re thinking scary lucy, that bronze statue that was supposed to be lucille ball in her hometown and then the locals asked the nice artist who made it to please take it down beca
out and these photos were posted on gawker at which point they weren t in charge of guarding that embassy anymore. so the web site gawker is often pro fine. it is occasionally great. and it is frankly, the kind of online news outlet that occasionally will stop you in your tracks. today gawker stopped me in my tracks when they ran a short feature story, mostly pictures but a feature story on a statue. a really, really really big statue in nashville, tennessee. now, i have been to nashville. i ve been to nashville more than a few times. i can never remember seeing this statue though or maybe if i did my brain went into save yourself mode and erased it from my memory. this is a terrifying thing. it s 25 feet tall it s a bunch of different colors. look at the eyes. are terrifying blue marble eyes. and look at the teeth. this thing has a mouth like a circular saw. look at those chompers. terrifying, right? it looks a little bit like i know what you re thinking scary lucy, th
black life is cut short, it s a loss. that diminishes all of us. i would love to see a woman become president of the united states. but she would be so wrong. donald trump is a one-man wrecking crew. according to donald trump, my body is probably like a 2. and according to donald trump, i m probably a rapist. but we re not a government where some strong man orders people around, banishes enemies. the things he says make absolutely no sense. it worries me. now, be honest, i specialize in nail-biters. thank you all. i can t wait to join you in philadelphia! thank you! hello, i m wolf blitzer. it s 1:00 p.m. here in philadelphia. wherever you re watching from around the world. thanks very much for joining us. it s day three of the democratic national convention. it kicked off in a few hours with major star power for the democrats tonight. i m talking about the vice president, joe biden. the presumptive vice presidential nominee tim kaine. and president barack o
convention is hoping will be november 8th when the election of hillary rodham clinton as the first woman president. president obama is to cap a night of major heavyweight speakers including, in order of appearance, we ll be looking for vice president joe biden, former new york mayor michael bloomberg, and clinton s running mate, senator tim kaine of virginia. president obama is legislated to speak some time after that 10:00 eastern mark. prime time for him. make no mistake, the president has a lot riding on this, not just for his party but for himself. his legacy. his last eight years. his pitch for hillary clinton is also about preserving just that, his legacy. for more on what the president is expected to say, we ll begin with our white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, how does he walk the line between promoting hillary clinton but also defending his eight years? reporter: right. he is the surrogate in chief, no question about it. what you ll hear from president obama
me, but that nashville doesn t have to. the fire on the passenger plane. authorities pointing to a phone charger. and tomorrow morning s commute. it could be a dangerous one in the northeast. and plummeting temperatures right behind it. rob marciano is standing by. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with those terrifying moments inside a california middle school. students under lockdown, a 12-year-old girl with a gun. at least two students, a boy and a girl shot, rushed to the hospital. the scene from above tonight as police walk students out of the classroom, one at a time, then patting them down. worried parents waiting for their children to be released. tonight, that 12-year-old is in custody, and abc s david kerley leads us off from the scene. reporter: disbelief tonight after police search for a shooter at a los angeles middle school just coming out there. reporter: and say that it may have been a 12-ye