obviously, we screwed it up. the president s troubles have also hurt his approval ratings. cnn political editor paul ste steinhauser is here with a look at those numbers. hey, fred. 14 points. that s how much president obama s approval rating has dropped in cnn polling over the course of an especially tough year. that i will faithfully execute. reporter: at his second inaugural in january, soon after his re-election victory, mr. obama s approval rating stood at 55%. now, after the nsa and irs controversies and the deeply flawed rollout of the health care law, the president has is at 41% in our new cnn/orc poll, which matches the all-time low he fell to just last month. mr. obama s disapproval stands at 56% an all-time high which he first hit last month. while the president says there s been disappointments. if i look at this past year, there are areas where there have
and cnn political editor paul ste steinhauser takes a look at the political week ahead. the supreme kwort issues opinions tomorrow. by the end of june, the high court is expected to rule on such big issues as affirmative action, voting rights, and same-sex marriage. tuesday the first big vote is scheduled by the full senate on an immigration reform bill supported by a bipartisan gang of eight senators. debate is already heating up. it will definitely give amnesty today. they re going to try to torpedo it. they re going to try to put poison pills that are so seductive at amendments that will kill the bill. also tuesday a crucial showdown in the senate contest in massachusetts as the democratic and republican candidates face off with just two weeks to go until election day. wednesday president obama heads to the bay state to lend a hand to the democratic candidate, congressman ed markey. on friday, an odd couple teams
up, new jersey governor chris christie shares the stage with former president clinton at a global event in chicago. and saturday with the hard work and grace of our loving god, we will save our country. sarah palin goes in front of cameras as she speaks here in washington at a key gathering of social conservatives. pamela? paul steinhauser, thank you so much for that. broadway s best take the stage tonight for a special show. it s the tony awards, of course, and a musical by cyndi lauper is leading the pack.
berman. nice to have you. i m zoraida sambolin. up first, the shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, takes a dramatic step this morning. jared lee loughner now facing a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that killed six people and almost killed a former member of congress, gabrielle giffords. under the plea deal loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no parole but will avoid the death penalty. the u.s. attorney prosecuting the case says loughner s mental state was a big factor in this decision. the doctors who have treated and observed mr. loughner since the shooting agree that he suffered from a severe mental illness. that is severe schizophrenia. at the time of the shooting and before the shooting. the fragility of his continued competency to stand trial was taken into account. we re live in tu san. we re used to seeing loughner s picture we just showed on the screen. you saw him in the courtroom yesterday. how did he look to you? report
sandusky founded for troubled kids. susan candiotti is live at courthouse in pennsylvania. as i understand it, there has been a last-minute filing of some information that is a bit of a bombshell with regards to what s happening in the courtroom. somewhat related but somewhat not related, right? that s right. it has to do with two other people who are charged in connection with the case against jerry sandusky. you remember the two former penn state officials are currently charged with perjury in connection with allegedly lying to the grand jury about what they did or didn t know about allegations involving jerry sandusky. that trial has not happened yesterday. but those two former officials are tim curley and gary schultz, a former vice president at penn state in charge of police investigations on campus. cnn obtained court documents filed late yesterday that indicate the possible existence of what you could call a secret file not previously known to anyone until now. now i