welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, december 10th. if you haven t done your christmas shopping like i have not, it s time to get it under way. hi, boris. how about you? the clock is ticking. i feel a little bit under pressure. some stuff has not been purchased. but we will get online in a few moments when we have an hour break when some more con issue comes on, we will crank out some shopping. prominent journalist grant wahl, a beloved ambassador for soccer, has passed away while covering the tournament. wednesdays say he collapsed during the match between between argentina and the netherlands. he fell ill in the press area and received immediate medical treatment that continued as he was rushed to hospital. at this time we still don t know the exact cause of his death. just a few weeks ago, wahl made
take a deep breath. breathe it in. it is here, it is your weekend. saturday, december 10th. great to be with you. yes, i am so glad the weekend is here and i m breathing it in. breathe it in deep. we do begin on a serious note with tragic news from the world cup. prominent sports writer grant wahl, a beloved ambassador for soccer, has passed away while covering the tournament. witnesses say that wahl collapsed during yesterday s match between argentina and the netherlands. qatari officials say they fell ill in the press area and received immediate medical continue which continued as he was rushed to the hospital. at this time we don t know the exact cause of his death. a cover story of teenager lebron james is one of the many stories wahl has told and covered over
closest wisconsin president election. they claim grave concerns about the integrity of electronic voting machines. but pennsylvania s secretary of state said there is no evidence whatsoever that points to any type of irlregularity in any shape or form. we deserve to have peace of mind. this is a grassroots movement that takes a first step towards elections that we can have confidence in. and which are for us. and vice president elect will be back on the campaign trail this evening, holding a saturday get out to vote rally in new orleans as republicans fight to hold a u.s. senate state in louisiana. early voting has already begun in the state s runoff election which concludes next saturday, december 10th. pence will also hold fund raisers for john kennedy who
one of the men says dod drugged him and offered him $1,000 for oral sex. no comment from dodd who is battling colon cancer. the fight over payroll tax cut is facing a new year s deadline. each party has a different idea on how to achieve it. with an interview with cbs, president barack obama admits there s no quick fix for the american economy. did you over promise? did you underestimate how difficult this was going to be? i didn t over promise and i didn t underestimate how tough this was going to be. i always believed that this was a long term project. this wasn t a short term project. and, you know, for individual americans who are struggling right now, they have every reason to be impatient. reversing structural problems in our economy that had been building up for two decades. that s going to take time. it s going to take more than a year. it s going to take more than two years. it s going to take more than one term. probably takes more than one president. both p
acquaintance but white said they were much more than that, beginning in the late 1990s when cain headed the national restaurant association. unlike the women who accused cain of sexual harassment, white says her relationship with pretty simple and very inappropriate. cain told cnn s wolf blitzer he had no plans to exit the race but today he said he is quote, reassessing. wolf joins me live just moments from now. and moments ago in los angeles, conrad murray was sentenced to four years behind bars for the death of michael jackson, the maximum term and exactly what prosecutors war asking for. convicted of involuntary manslaughter forgiving jackson a anesthetic to sleep. the judge said murray is dangerous and completely without remorse. vice president biden in baghdad this hour. it s his eighth trip to iraq since taking office and almost certainly his last before u.s. forces pull out at the end of the month. he s due to meet with iraq s prime minister and president and commemo