at sea pleading for help from a passing cruise ship but allegedly ignored. now the sole survivor of that horrific 28-day ordeal takes matters into his own hands. we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the 2012 campaign ad wars are threatening to take an lig new turn by dredging up the past. so far mitt romney is rejecting a proposed anti-obama advertising offensive that would have brought back a controversial figure from the last presidential campaign. here s jim acosta. it was a pitch to tear down the president laid out in this proposal obtained by the new york times for a multi-media ad campaign that recommends, quote, hitting barack right between the eyes. entitled the defeat of barack hussein obama, it proposes tv spots featuring jeremiah wright in the clips that almost derailed his previous campaign. ending spending says it received the proposal but rejected it. we ve got to
the banks that were too big to fail are bigger than ever and still making multimillion dollar bets. i m wore blitzer, you re in the situation room of . the latest skirmishes are being fought on college campuses with both president obama and mitt romney but neither candidate is saying much not saying much at all about same-sex marriage. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us from new york so. jessica, what exactly did the president say when he addressed the graduates today? reporter: the president had a real message of empowerment and a little bit of politics. from president obama a message to female graduates that equality can be theirs. it is simple math, today women are not just half this country, it s half its workforce. reporter: if they work for it. don t just get involved, fight for your seat at the table. better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table. reporter: wonder if this is part of the campaign s apile to women voter
gomez say? he believed that ivens is distraught and that he s possibly suicidal. what is interesting about that though is that they would not comment on exactly why they believe that to be the case but obviously they have reason to believe that is indeed the case. they did search his home. they looked for his handgun. couldn t find it. at this point they are assuming he took his handgun with him. do they believe he s still in the los angeles area? not sure. we can tell you this is the third day of searching. he was last seen on thursday night by his wife as she was going to bed. when she woke up the next morning he was gone. he just vanished. she called into authorities at about 7:30 in the morning on that friday. the search is the biggest in the burbank area in 20 years. 100 fbi agents. 40 sheriff s deputies and dozens more law enforcement agencies so all hands on deck for this situation. okay. we ll follow it. thanks so much. it may not come as news that if you lo
make facebook worth 100 billion. from a birthday to a blunder. jpmorgan chase taking a bet and losing big time. heads rolling this morning. the ceo saying his bank was sloppy and stupid. manhunt. fbi agents stephen missing in the mountain. bloodhounds sent for the search. newsweek calling president obama the first gay president complete with a rainbow colored halo. so we are asking this morning while social issues are in the headlines, why isn t anyone talking about the number one issue? the economy! newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. he is young, rich, and powerful and this morning some startling reminders of just how high mark zuckerberg towers over mere mortals like you and me. later being week you might be able to buy stock in facebook his college dorm room project that might be worth $100 million. a higher market value than disney or ford. zuckerberg will be meeting with shareholders in chicago in denver starting today. all this