Costello begins now. Well see everyone else back here tomorrow morning. Sorry. Next time, charles. Good morning, carol. Good morning. Thanks a lot. Heres whats happening in the newsroom. A war hero and washington politics. Former senator chuck hagel may need the war survival skills as onetime allies rally against his pending nomination as defense secretary. My wife is a hero. She protected her kids. She did what she was supposed to do as a responsible, prepared gun owner. A georgia man praising his wife after she fought back against an intruder. Gun rights advocates say we told you so. Rg3 down and out. The redskins have replaced their franchise quarterback long before his knee buckled . Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with us. Im carol costello. We begin with a new battle, or should i say another battle thats brewing this morning in washington. At the center, former u. S. Senator chuck hagel. In four hours, president obama is expected to name hage
Get these problems solved so people can go ahead and have a prosperous future. Hallelujah is what im trying to say. Debris with that. Thank you. Nice of you. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello right now. Condition critical, hospitals take emergency measures to deal with a severe strain of flu and overflow of patients. Plus shoot him again, shoot him. Oh, no. Moments of terror, a hero mother on the phone with her husband, while a burglar hunts down her family. Hear the 911 tape as she hides in the attic with her 9yearold twins. Breaking his silence, Lance Armstrong agreeing to sit down with Oprah Winfrey. The downfall and the doping accusations, will we hear a confession from the once cycling great . And he climbed all the way to the top of a stormsoaked roller coaster to plant an american flag. Later youll hear why he did it and what happened to him. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you, thank you so much for being with us. Im carols cou s coulcostello. We begin with a story that mig
In america from the 1960s and 1980s on. New york city was a mess and then all of a sudden it started dropping in the 1990s. People had theories for that, the broken win did hes theory where if you fix the broken window, things get better. Even a small thing leads to finding out about bigger levels of crime. Crime also went down in l. A. And washington that didnt do that. I thought were missing something. Turns out what we were missing was lead. That seems incredibly strange doesnt it . It did to me in the beginning. When you find out more, you gibb to understand why. Look at this presentation. Leaded gasoline was used to improve performance. New research at Case Western Reserve University finds gas introduced a whole new level of lead poisoning in children. There was a peak in the 1960s and 1970s. Leaded paint for the latter part of the 20th century was not the major source of lead poisoning in children in cleveland, leaded gasoline was. The researchers analyzed lead levels in children
Thank you u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u tomorrow. Cenk welcome to the young turks. Weve got a great show ahead for you guys. We have a pastor set to give the ben diction at the inauguration. Tome mow schoolty is less than gods best. Cenk guess what happened . Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. Easy not giving the ben diction. How in the world did that happen . Were going to have that discussion. You saw Bidens Press Conference interrupted by another shooting. Did you see the case of a popular you tube channel about guns. Here we go. [ clicking ] there it is. Shot and killed. Of course. And then speaking of killed, those head injuries are worse than we realize. Its a game that i know he didnt love the end of his life. Now that this condition is diagnosed, what did you think of that . Cenk wait until you see the results. Unbelievable. Obamas press secretary good or bad . What caused the unbelievable spike and decline in crime through the 1960s and the 1990s is a
Did the airline go too far . The passengers actually did that, from what i understand. Wow. And a real Battle Royale between two of americas biggest names, target and amazon. And its going to save all of us money. Okay, looking forward to that. Lets get right now to josh and todays top stories. Were going to begin with this continuing fight against the flu. This morning, dozens of states are in the midst of an epidemic. Look here at illinois, reporting at least five deaths. With at least 150 other patients in intensive care at this hour. Hospitals struggling to keep up there. And abcs alex perez in the middle of it all. Good morning to you in chicago, alex. Reporter good morning, josh. This is one of the hospitals that had so many flu patients they had to turn some away. This is the earliest start to the flu season in a decade. Many hospitals are scrambling to keep up. This morning, Emergency Rooms across the country are being inundated with patients fighting the flu. A whopping 41 sta