their community and to the future of this country. mrs. powell, you mentioned that america s promise has the 100 best communities, and that s, in fact, being demonstrated down on the plaza. let s talk about those communities because you ve got already, i think, up on your website as well. yes, we have that up on our website. we have some who are continuous winners. we have not announced yet the winners for this year. but in alexandria, virginia, for example, which has been a winner for the past three or four years, they partner with churches and the urban league to provide mentoring for young black men. americorps works in the community, going into the housing projects with parenting classes and tutoring sessions for young people. that s one example of everybody working together. we brought to massachusetts the boys and girls club has a school on wheels that goes, takes school to homeless children. it s efforts like that in communities that will help to
davis got the death penalty for the murder of a savannah police officer back in 1989, no dna evidence ever linked davis to the crime. most of the witnesses who testified against him recanted. but the man who prosecuted davis stands by his case. there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case. the case in court. and the public relations case. we have consistently won the case as it s been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as it s been presented in the public realm on tv and else where. prominent figures from former president jimmy carter to pope benedict have asked georgia to spare davis s life because of doubts about his guilt. president obama and benjamin netanyahu are going to discuss mahmood abbas is set to declare palestine a state. president obama will personally press abbas to work for state hood through negotiations with israel. the two meet later this afternoon, and just a few moments ago, president obama spoke to the general assem
piers: tonight a hollywood star he s the some tough issues. you said that being on my show would make you look smarter. and that you would discuss politics and world affairs. i believe you said that. i might have concurred but i believe you said that. i m not one to argue with you. piers: tonight mario lopez on immigration and the truth about his love life. plus, fox news took him on. now he fires back. anybody who knows, things positive energy that comes out of my lyrics. piers: and serena williams. i wouldn t have a chance. i can beat her in everything else. piers: also, driving fans crazy. christina hendricks. something very naughty about the show and for some reason it is sexy. piers: this is piers morgan tonight. mario lopez has been there and gun. from teen idol to the hottest bachelor to dancing with the stars to anchoring extra. multitalented indeed. i m surprised you could spare the time to join me. i ve had you on my show a couple times.
bachelor to dancing with the stars to anchoring extra. multitalented indeed. i m surprised you could spare the time to join me. i ve had you on my show a couple times. always enjoyed it so thank you for having me. i want to play you a clip. it leads me neatly to where we re going with this. so let s watch this. have you seen the president? yes. what about growing up? who was more boy crazy? this one is always boy crazy. not growing up! now i got an invite for beer for life and to be a guest on your show. what more can a man give you? that s what i m saying. you are of your word. i am here. piers: you ll get the beer. what we cut out of that, rather, you wouldn t let us have, we went on to say, you said, that being on my show would make look smarter and that you would discuss politics and world affairs. i believe you said that. i might have concurred. but i believe you said. that i m not one to argue with you. piers: our on a cnn show. this is n
out. now, despite all that, i m told by my sources there s not a lot of optimism, that this particular negotiating process here at the white house is going to actually end up leading to the real deal, and a lot of effort and attention is now turning to a different process that s happening in the u.s. senate and another alternate deal that s being worked out between the two senate leaders that could instead end up raising the debt ceiling. an optimistic late night view from jessica yellin. today president obama will update the nation with a press conference at 11:00 a.m. eastern time, cnn will carry that live. let s talk about the phone hacking scandal in the united kingdom. it might not be limited to that side of the atlantic. the fbi is now investigating murdoch s news corporation. there s an accusation that his employees may have tried to hack into the phone conversations and voicemails of 9/11 victims and their families. rudy giuliani was mayor of new york during that