if the u.s. knows another massacre may be in the works in syria, what is the administration doing about snit. >> you know, essentially, wolf, what they are doing is bringing it to life. that's the first thing. talking about it. they share the grave concern by the un. they are also warning the president assad not to do it. they're warning the troops they shouldn't do it. after all, remember bosnia. and essentially they're not taking military action. that's the big question. would they actually do something on a military side? a spokesperson says no, that it wouldn't help to save lives. they would argue it would turn into a proxy war. so we're back to pressure, pressure, pressure and trying to peel away people who support the regime. >> increasing the sanctions as well. jill, thanks very much. there are fewer and fewer places syrians can hide from the carnage spreading across their country. we have compelling new video from inside the fighting of the capital of damascus. here's ivan watson. >> this

now, two u.s. congressmen, republican representative christopher smith of new jersey and democratic representative elliot angle of new york are circumstance lalating a letter hill asking the president to commute sentence to time served. what he did was wrong, the two lawmakers write. he has served his crime. served a disproportionate sentence. there's pressure from the u.s. law enforcement, defense and u.s. intelligence community to keep pollard in prison. previous administrations have all refused to release pollard. now the pressure is once again on president obama. but today white house press secretary jay carney offered a blunt message. >> our position has not changed. and will not change today. and i would simply remind you mr. pollard was convicted of extremely serious crimes. >> there are many different takes on whether jonathan pollard should be freed or remain in prison. we are standing by for a serious discussion including one of the u.s. congressmen pushing for his release. we'll be right

u.s. isn't slowing down. it's pulling the emergency brake. >> it wasn't that long ago, alison, that the dow was over 13,000, and now it's getting close to 12,000 and you're saying all of the gains of this year are already lost. what are people on wall street expecting in the weeks and months to come? what are they saying? >> reporter: they don't know what to expect. what they're hoping for maybe the fed steps in and takes a stimulative measure. when you see how quickly the markets lost all of what they gained, talking about the dow especially in just one month's time, the dow has erased all of its gains for the year. this is actually the worst loss of the year. i'm talking about today's performance. it's amazing how quickly are singled out. they are trading on fear especially on the bond markets the ten-year yield hitting below 1.5%. wolf? >> that's what happens, i guess. thanks very much, alison. appreciate it. we'll have more on the economic story, the jobs story. that's coming up. >>> n

the president announced yesterday the u.s. will stop deporting young, law-abiding illegal immigrants who come to the u.s. as children and have lived here for at least five years. he says it's the right thing to do and he explained why. >> i believe that it's the right thing to do because i've been with groups of young people who work so hard and speak with so much heart about what's best in america even though i knew some of them must have lived under the fear of deportation. >>> mitt romney was critical of the changes. he spoke while campaigning in new hampshire. >> believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered and it should be solved on a long-term basis so they know what their future would be in this country. i think the action of the president he took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-term solution because an executive order is a short-term matter that can be reversed by subsequent presidents. >>> what should the reaction be from u.s. c

the u.s. live report from athens is next. >>> and moments from now president obama departs for mexico for the g-20 summit. world leaders meeting there are being urged to stick together t. a live report from mexico is ahead. [ female announcer ] introducing a match made in skin heaven. new venus & olay. olay moisture bars help lock in moisture... while five blades get venus close. revealing smooth and goddess skin begins. only from venus & olay. i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. we're driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now that's personal pricing. >>> much more than usual we're paying attention politics in greece because what's happening there has an enormous impact right here in the states on our economy. it's election day in greece, and, yes, people voted for members of parliament, but they really voted for the future of europe's common currency, the euro. whether to keep it or potentially throw it out. richard quest in athens right now. so, richard, do

. >> well, the u.s. position, it was announced while i was in egypt a few weeks ago, is to recognize the winner of a fair and democratic election. i think that our government will do that. how much power that person will have, at least at the moment, is totally unclear. >> jane, i'll never forget being there during the first -- coming to tahrir square, the beginnings of the revolution and how amazing it was. there was a moment of an 18-year-old girl and the soldiers picked her up and put her on the tank for some pictures. and it showed at that time the military supported the people. but if the people vote for something else and the military doesn't move, the united states has this lever. we can say, look, these f-14s, the f-4s, these tanks, all of this stuff we've sent you, no. and if we say no, can't we force them to respect what the people said? >> well, we have some leverage. we haven't transferred the -- all of the $1.3 billion in military aid which the secretary of state has agreed to transfer this

i am told that u.s. officials do believe that morsi, the muslim brotherhood candidate, most likely did win. >> that's correct. the initial indication is that the muslim brotherhood candidate morsi is ahead in the polls. however, again, shrouded in secrecy, there are some rumors that the presidential election commissions, the final word as to who will win, will not make the announcement on thursday. they could delay the announcement for a few days until the situation becomes more clear. again, that is angering people here and as you mentioned, the u.s. now saying that if there's any attempt by the military to retain powers and not transition to a civilian government, that could jeopardize u.s. relations with egypt. >> thank you so much. >>> joining me now from jerusalem, ambassador dennis ross, former middle east peace negotiator for the bush and clinton administrations and now with the washington institute for policy and also with nbc news and msnbc middle east diplomacy analyst. that is a mouthful. grea

the u.s. has been loudly complaining about this. the u.s. and the whole west did not want this shipment of attack helicopters to go ahead. russia had been planning to do it anyway. president obama and president putin are sitting down in mexico face-to-face in a two-hour meeting. the ship is rounding the united kingdom to come back around the bottom and make its way to the middle east, and what happens? the ship turns back. coincidence with the meeting between president obama and president putin and with a british company saying they were pulling the ship's insurance coverage which have been provided by a british company. that russian ship full of attack rel copters on its way to syria is no longer going to syria. it turns back to russia hours after president obama and president putin's one-on-one meeting. also, michigan is shaped pie a hand. >> is this a race? look at this. slow down. >> okay, he's doing good. he's really thorough there. >> kind of the highs and the lows of being president and campaigning to be president, right? i mean, ther

there are so many now in u.s. universities they're able to stick together and delightinize rather than mix in as they might have done -- >> they stay within their own place and see each other rather than mixing over a wider diverse group of americans. >> yes. but still you can tell the difference between chinese we'll people who have been trained in the western world and the ones hohaven't. >> rose: what's the difference? >> they've been, number one, most of them on balance like the experience. there are things they don't like about america but on balance they like it. there's a different kind of imagination and thinking imprinted on them. this is how a rule of law system would work. this is how actual academic freedom would work. they've seen that and lived through it. >> rose: that's part the hope for china, isn't it? each generation has had more experience in the rest of the world, and as they go to power, they get to the standing committee or get to be president they will be influenced by their own experiences

>> you brought it back to the u.s. so i have to ask you, richard, any bump in u.s. markets after this bond auction? >> i mean, the bond auction, again if there was a bump, yes, it's because things are bad, they could be worse, but it's volatility. thin markets, summertime. i will discount the market on the way down, and i will discount the market on the way up because all bets are off until the greek election in the middle of june and we have a european summit at the end of june. >> appreciate your expertise. richard quest, thank you. always a pleasure, sir. >>> other news to cover here, a new strain, look at that, of gonorrhea scaring health professionals because it's resistant to antibiotics. we'll look at what's being done to stop it. ♪ we all need it. to move. to keep warm. to keep us fed. to make clay piggies. but to keep doing these things in the future... at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also wh

>> i think the u.s. attorneys may be enough as a legal and criminal matter but doesn't answer the question of public interest. it would be nice to know more about before the inquiry is completed. as liz said, what did he authorize it. that story about bob gates it's not been contradicted. the week after the bin laden raid, when stuff came out. navy seal preparations, did bob gates the secretary of defense walks into the security office and says, shut the blank up. >> unless he changed a lot, that is not a normal thing for the secretary of defense and walk into advise's office. it showing how alarmed he was. if you think you should the blank up, do you think he the national security advisor who are or his deputies were responsible. >> chris: are these enough that holder has authorized or do we need an independent council. >> there is no way in the senate to agree, there is no way the white house is going to agree. >> chris: why not, because politically? >> politically. furthermore, these u.s. attorneys ap

and at the u.s., preventing the u.s. arms embargo. the least america could do if it's not going to intervene or arm the rebels is impose arms embargo and prevent. this russia stands in the way. we have zero influence on russia after that reset polic policy. it is an abject failure. >> bret: russia, juan says that the weapons are not used to quell the antigovernment demonstration, but when attack helicopters are shipped, it is fairly obvious they may have some role at some point if they don't right now. >> bret: no question it will have a role. we see a civil war there. the requirement of government is use weapons to quell it and in esense to stop uprising of the people. there is no getting around it or getting away from it. there is not much that the united states can do to russia. the arms embargo would help. would it be provocative act toward russians? the second thing the u.s. could do is end the own deal, the own arms deal with the same company, russian company that is supplying the helicopters. the united states is buying some he

the next mission for the u.s. government as a whole in the international community as a whole was to help the afghans secure their nation so al qaeda and the taliban could not come back. and in that there's been failure. >> rose: we conclude this evening with a conversation with the former president of abc news david westin. >> you get paid everyday to come in and work with really smart people who are passionate and interesting to find out things nobody else knows about things that matter. and then to try your best to explain it to the american people and if you get lucky on a good day-- it doesn't happen everyday-- you have a chance of making the world a bit better place and are aren't many m jobs like that. >> rose: henry crumpton and david westin when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: henry crumpton is here. he spent 24 years as an officer in the c.i.a.'s clandestine service. he began his career at age 23 as a field agent i

should help the u.s. or should help south africa and should help the iraq and the asian countries so we will be able to build up our future. >> thank you very much, south carolina.

the u.s. supreme court and job creation. while campaigning in the old dominion. here is chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> reporter: buoyed by more than 1,000 supporters in salem, outside roanoke, obama offered to take the white house and offered preview of the supreme court ruling on the healthcare law. >> if obamaary is not deemed constitutional then the first three-and-a-half years of the president's term will have been wasted on something that has not helped the american people. if it's not -- if it is deemed to stand, then i'll tell you one thing, we will have to have a president and i'm not one that will get rid of obamacare and we will stop it on day one. >> reporter: also, romney spoke on camera for the first time about the high court ruling monday in which justices struck down some part of the arizona controversial immigration law and demanded the rest to a lower court for further review. >> what we are left with is a bit of a muddle. but but know that the president failed

u.s. when i was 11 years old. i didn't have an option. >> reporter: like colotl hundreds of thousands of children of illegal immigrants are in limbo. president obama issued a policy order friday to stop deportations of young people like colotl. >> they're americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one -- on paper. they were brought to this country by their parents. sometimes even as infants. >> reporter: the policy order would benefit those who came to the u.s. before they were 16, have lived here at least five years, and are in school, have graduated, or served in the armed forces. they can't have a criminal record and they must be no older than 30. legislation to help the group of immigrants has been proposed several times. >> it wasn't their decision to come to this country. but they grew up here. pledging allegiance to our flag and singing our national anthem. >> reporter: conservative republicans called the effort back door amnesty and complained that it's unfa

brought to the u.s. at 4 years old, the only home she knows is the u.s. going back to uruguay isn't an option. >> it is a really bad feeling. i have gone there since i was 4 years old. i don't remember anything i don't know anything, but i have been here my whole life. i've been here 14 of my life. i've given everything to this country that i have. >> good afternoon, everybody. this morning's secretary napolitano announced new actions my administration will take to mend our nation's immigration policy. >> reporter: but a change in immigration policy announced on friday by the obama administration could give people like delima a renewed hope to not be deported. >> if i could do cart wheels i would do cartwheels. >> reporter: she's not sure if it would benefit her client who issing can for a stay on her deportation client, but she believes the latest announcement believes it opens doors many are being comboing on. >> this is unbelievable if are so many young people. people under 30 years of age who were brought here by their parents and who have done the ri

for the u.s. markets and european broader markets, the reason why they opened better but have come back a little sbit the hope we won't see some sort of domino processes going on where debt crisis after debt crisis brings down world trade and withdraws liquidity from financial systems. there are hopes that this coalition will move forward and carry out those much-needed reforms the president has been talking about. ie bringing growth as well as austerity measures. >> it is a bit of a strange bed fellow. conservatives and socialist parties, we'll see if they can work together and get through this. with the future of the eurozone hang manage the balance, mitt romney made it clear that no matter what happens the united states would not pay for a bailout in europe under his presidency. >> we're not going to send checks to europe. we're not going to bail out the european banks. we'll be poised here to support our economy. i'm very much in favor of the fundamental things one does to strengthen the econo

u.s. forest service is using their air assets, staging air fueling here, sending them to the fire lines to battle the blaze. spot fires on the eastern flank have been less this morning than yesterday. that's good news. that's where the most populated areas are for colorado springs. that's what made this fire so remarkable, kyra. colorado springs as you know is the second largest city in the state of colorado, a huge city. the subdivisions bank up against the front range, and that's where all of the damage was. 346 homes and counting. most destructive wildfire in history. and less than 18,000 acres burned. not huge when you look at the rest of the fires burning in the state, but obviously too close to home, coming down the front range, into the highly populated area of colorado springs. >> the president is coming in for a visit. what do you know about the trip? >> he is not going to talk to me, that's for sure. he is going to take a tour of devastated areas. not all of it. some of it is sti

the u.s., jury selection has resumed in the child rape trial of jerry sandusky. now, you may recall he's a former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing ten boys for more than a decade. nine jurors have already been chosen. attorneys are asking them about their ties to penn state and the charity for underprivileged children that sandusky founded. >>> republican scott walker keeping his job as governor of wisconsin. >> the only governor elected twice in one term! >> walker defeated milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a recall race that, of course, has implications for the presidential election. what does it mean in november? it depends on who you ask. dana bash joins us live from milwaukee. dana, i know you have been talking to a lot of folks. republicans saying this is a preview of things to come. how is this playing out where you are? >> reporter: well, you know, let's look at the numbers because they really do tell an interesting and maybe perplexing story about what this

but the u.s. alone has created google, facebook, intel, microsoft, apple, ebay the list goes on and on. >> jon: so is your position that the risk and reward for the investor class is not great enough. >> well, it's pretty-- pretty nice way but i would say this, if we-- i believe that we have more risk-taking it in the u.s. that produces the innovation and the growth rate because the payoffs are better here. now the payoffs are better for lots of reasons. our guys are working at google and facebook. >> jon: what dow mean by risk thenment because i guess i might have a different view here it looks to me like the investor class is coddled and the working class is not necessarily penalized but certainly ignored to the benefit with the idea that the investor class is gain's will i guess the term is trickle down. >> that would be my thought on it. >> tell me why that's wrong. >> first of all i would say the trickle down is something you learned in the 6th grade to make you a democrat, right? even -- >>

he was accused of setting up a phony vaccination program to help the u.s. try to figure out if bin laden was in fact hideling in that compound. he was arrested shortly after bin laden was killed. after he was sentenced court papers reported that he was convicted for ties to an islamic militant group in pakistan or i should say alleged ties, not for helping the cia. the militant group denies any link to him. they call the conviction a sham. congressman dana rohrabacher says there's no question he's being punished for assisting the u.s. >> congressman, you said the fact that pakistan has sentenced the dock for or the 33 years in prison, you said it's decisive evidence that pakistan sees itself at war with the u.s.? >> that's correct. pakistan would not be charging one of its citizens for treason for helping us bring to justice the man who murdered 3,000 of our citizens unless pakistan was on the side of the man who murdered 3,000 of our citizens, and that speaks for itself. >> this was a so-called tribal court which is a different system than the official nat

u.s. anti-doping agency could strip armstrong of one of his seven tour de france victories. and already they are forcing him to the sidelines at his new love, competing in ironman triathal triathalons. joining us now to discuss the case, michael mcmahon, the legal analyst for "sports illustrated." and an associate professor at vermont law school. welcome. >> thank you, carol, for having me. >> armstrong has been down this road before. what makes these charges more serious? >> well, carol, earlier this year, the justice department after a two-year investigation decided to drop its potential charges against armstrong for conspiracy and fraud. a grand jury did not indict him. and i think that's pretty telling, that a grand jury -- it's often said that prosecutors if they want to get an indictment can get one. they didn't get one of armstrong, which would suggest that the evidence perhaps isn't as strong as the u.s. anti-doping agency has made it out to be. but that's a different standard with

this program basically swaps $267 billion in u.s. treasury securities, so basically the fed will sell the short end and buy the long end, trying to bring down long-term rates. it's had this program in place several months now, due to expire at the end of the month, but the fed will keep that in place, almost essentially keeping the status quo. but in expected slightly more than that from the fed. a full blown quantitative easing policy, for instance, which would have been an outright purchase of securities, pumping more money into the economy, expanding the fed's balance sheet. in terms of the effect that operation twist will have so far on the economy is keeping long-term rates low, but rates are really low right now, so you might be asking what is the benefit of this. it might be the reaction that the fed is ready to help out if more need is required, and there might be a case that the growth is weakening by the fed's own estimates. growth will now be lowering to 2.4 range. >> bernanke saying i don't accept the proposition that the

the downgrade that happened to the debt of the u.s. is a really big issue on wall street and really can royal markets. that's what most all of wall street wants happening again. >> what was that two januarys ago? that didn't fully come through. >> right. everyone keeping saying do it, but they can't get the votes together. he's in the group, please, that's a thing that needs to get done. >> what about the term he used, fiscal cliff, what is the feeling overall on wall street? they agree? >> they absolutely agree. as you know, it's not just the bush tax cuts, it's the extension of unemployment benefits that goes away, it's the need to raise the debt ceiling at the end of the year, it's the payroll tax cut that will go away. all of these things are going to happen at the end of the year. they refer to it as a cliff, brooke, because it's a sense that if all of these things happen at once, really, people's tax rates go up, that could send the economy back into a recession, really send us plunging off that cliff. ben bernanke was using the

what could the u.s. be on hold for? the fed is intimately involved in all sorts of ways of providing easy money to europe. but how much money could the u.s. be on the hook for? i know it's a hard question because you don't know how much europe is going to need. but this is the crucial question for taxpayers. >> well, three ways of involvement, really. the u.s. banks and there it's a small proportion. secondly, the imf, we participate significantly in the imf, although i don't expect the u.s. to allow the imf to make loans to spain and to associated countries from this point forward. and third, there are swap lines from the federal reverse that have been used and continue to be used. so there is some liability from the standpoint of the united states. but i don't think it's significant. what's really significant is the effect on u.s. economic growth. we're slowing. we're at 2%. we might move down to 1%. if spain basically continues on its path, then we might approach the 0% level, which ultimately is the worst effect of

the u.s. because their parents have brought them here and it's not something they have done on their own but have reached a certain age and up for potential deportation back to a country that's not their home. especially in the case of young illegal immigrants who are doing fine and doing well in school and are still facing deportation. when you look at this through the political prism. you can see why this is an important signal that president obama is sending. if you look at the states that have growing hispanic populations that are key to his reelection, north carolina, where he just squeaked out a win in 2008, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, iowa, these are growing hispanic populations. then there are states that are solidly hispanic like colorado and new mexico and nevada. because of the hispanic population, you could argue in the 2010 midterm elections, there were, for instance, senator harry reid was able to hold on to his seat and remain senate majority leader in nevada. that's something

in fact, the agreement would require the u.s. as well as other countries involved to, quote, conform their domestic laws, regulation and procedures to all the attached chapters. only two of the 26 have to do with trade. the one that leaked sets up limitations for the u.s. government not to regulate companies operating here and subject disputes between the u.s. government and foreign investors to international tribunals. the foreign investors would not have to meet our laws or go to our courts. while domestic courts were, and this violates a number of obama's pledges agreements like this one would no give greater rights to foreign firms rather than domestic ones. >> eliot: this would allowed companies to circumvent our legal framework and go to a tribunal standards. >> it's even a step worse. the rules in this leaked chapter explicitly for bid certain kinds of government policies. for instance, you're not allowed to use capital controls. very important financial regulation mechanisms, or you're not allowed to band a financial inst

rice is now u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> sometimes you just have to believe a candidate understands what the rest of the country knows for sure, some surrogates are destined to go off the rails. >> there's a lot of questions as to the authenticity of the birth certificate. there are many people that do not believe that birth certificate is authentic. if you're born in a born country, you're not allowed to be president so, you know, this is a minor detail. >> for our machiavellian viewers, some say mitt romney doesn't mind donald trump's obsession with the birth issue because it represents voters who haven't warmed up to mitt romney. finally, the one top level surrogate so prone to meander off the trail, there's a name for it. joe bombs. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying each other are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. >> regardless, almost all surr

taking $4 trillion in u.s. funds. this guy should be going to prison. >> cenk: well, when it came to the senators, he did nothing like the protesters. he basically pampered him. the senators were sickening. we'll get to that in just a bit. then some democrats are in a panic over the obama campaign. >> we want to be reassured that he understands the depth of the problem, and he has the plan to deal with the deterioration of the middle class. >> cenk: well, does he have a plan? he may be in no man's land. we will talk about why politically speaking and why he may be in serious trouble in important swing states. >>> and a cafe owner said that she's going to drop an elbow right out of the sky on mitt romney's head. >> you would think obama is here. open your cafe to mitt romney for a decision on friday morning. it leaves you with a bad taste. >> cenk: a bad taste at a cafe, get it? plus he may not even have known what a donut is. we're coming for you, mitt romney. it's go time. [ music ] >> jamie dimon runs jp morgan, one

u.s. supporters hail the shift in immigration policy as a humanitarian moment in history. but critics call the move outrageous, even arrogant. we put the immigration overhaul in focus. >>> families so devastated by the economy, they are abandoning their children in orphanages. we'll tell you where. it's a real crisis, tearing communities apart. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. it's 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. state tv in saudi arabia says crown prince abdullah aziz of the saudi king has died. he travelled abroad for medical treatment. according to a spokesman died in switzerland, he was 79. the prince had served as interior minister for the saudi government. he was second in line to the throne. the poor health of the aging saudi family raised fears of a power vacuum at a time when anti-regime protests are growing. officials aren't saying how the prince died. >>> southern mexico feeling the fury of tropical storm carlotta. two children were killed. the girl's moth

would you call him u.s. friendly or u.s. skeptical. >> two of his children are u.s. citizens. so he's certainly got some ties. i don't think he's a great supporter, fan of the united states. he came out of the background really in this when the primary brotherhood candidate was disallowed. he's not very charismatic. he is, however, a true believer in the brotherhood's program. and if you go to the program, you can see it has some good points and some bad points. some of the bad points is it's a top-down autocratic leadership. once a decision is made, everyone is supposed to salute and pay attention to it. it has some anti democratic components to it. we haven't seen the last of this particular power play. >> ambassador edward walker, thank you so much for your insights. we'll have more of this on the egyptian election results when we come back. see life in the best light. [music] transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. ttd#: 1-80

everyone should, but the u.s. attorney to his credit has appointed two very excellent u.s. attorneys to investigate this matter. i think it's really important that we allow this investigation to go forward and reach its conclusion and then decide what we need to do. that process is extremely important. it should not be involved in politics and we need to focus on the issues that need to be accomplished in this country today and getting our economy back on track. >> crossroads, the super pac by karl rove is launching a $4.6 million ad buy. the theme is attacking democrats by tying them to the president. are you worried that the president's unpopularity could lose democrats and senate? >> no, absolutely not. every one of our campaigns across the country they know their state and they know their people and they're focused on getting their economy, woing o gen and getting their constituents on the job and feel people feeling secure on sending their kids to college and getting their mortgages and these are issues we all know. what i am concerned about is the fact that one organi

should help the u.s. or should help south africa and should help the iraq and the asian countries so we will be able to build up our future. >> thank you very much, south carolina. >> now, you know it's bad when mario lopez is like i got nothing. i got nothing. he just moves on. that's bad. he always has something to say. there you have it. the greatest moment in beauty pageant history. nothing tops it including last night's miss usa pageant. i'm sorry. maybe before next year organizers will find their inner compass on the ridiculist. >>> outfront next, just hours away from the first real battle in the 2012 election. did democrats misfire big-time in wisconsin? >>> and george zimmerman's lawyer makes a stunning admission. will it cost his client his freedom? >>> and mayor bloomberg's latest stance, pro-pot and anti-munchies. that's just the way that guy kind of rolls. you've got to put a carrot and then a stick. let's go outfront. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, decision ti

u.s. attorneys he'd tapped to investigate the leaks both unanimously confirmed by the senate are scrupulous and apolitical. >> senator, i think you're missing something here. >> i think you're missing something here. i think you're missing the fact that this is a very big deal. and a way that creates suspicions where they should not be. i don't know these people from -- >> i do know these people. and they are good lawyers. >> holder tried to beat back gop charges he has a conflict of interest by revealing he has already been interviewed. >> i can tell you that that interview was not some kind of pro forma take it easy interview. i mean, these were serious interview -- it was done by some serious fbi agents. the same thing happened to the director of the fbi as well. >> now, this whole question about whether there needs to be an independent council has become a real partisan issue despite the fact these leaks caused national security damage. that has been a very bipartisan issue. meanwhile,

>> greta: i would assume that they have powers as u.s. attorneys, one opointed by bush and one by president obama, that they have a power -- >> why two? >> greta: well, i suppose because -- in an effort to make it look bipartisan -- >> without somebody in charge, you tend not to get things done. >> greta: that may be a good point. >> yeah. and look -- i think a lot of people's confidence in the attorney general of the united states has been shaken by the last three and-a-half years. this is a guy who came into office and almost mooled remember the philadelphia voter abuse case where members of the new black panther party were intimidating vote ors videotape and he dismissed it and it caused people to wonder if he was looking out for political allies rather than doing his job. >> greta: a special prosecutor, as opposed to an independent statute, ken starr. but the attorney general, whether you like him or don't like him, he has to have oversight on capitol him. a special prosecutor is a satellite thing, which is why your investigation last

the u.s. claims they are being aided by russian attack helicopters. and moscow accuses the u.s. of arming the rebels. the head of j.p. morgan chase saying senior executives could pay the price for the banks billion-dollar mistake. last month, the bank reported it had lost at least $2 billion on risky trades. diamond saying that management is responsible and some top executives will likely have to pay back their bonuses. now back to "on the record" with greta. abuse. >> a stunner in the ring, outrage in the boxing world. a public outcry leading to the official review of the boxing match. the world boxing organization saying it would look at victory. the shock wave, even reaching capitol hill. harry reed is the chairman of the nevada gaming commission. he spoke with griff jenkins. >> reporter: an an accomplished boxer yourself, what did you make of this fight? >> i was disappointed the fight turned out the way it d. i am a big packio fan. but it's been a troubling few days for me. bob aaron was a very close friend of mine. the judge, dwayne ford, who was one of the judges that rul

u.s. reputation as an energy hog. the director of environmental economics program says the primary reason is plentiful cheap cleaner natural gas allowing some utilities to trade up from coal-fired power plants. the u.s. has cut carbon emissions from its energy sector by 9%. and it's something rarely seen by humans. and catching it on video, well, that's even rarer. take a look here. what you're seeing people in longwood, florida, neighborhood today witnessed this. two young male black bears going at it in someone's yard tearing up a flower bed, rolling over an air-conditioning unit. the brawl eventually ended and the pair, they went on their way. state wildlife officials, they're not exactly sure what was going on here, but they say that it's possible that they were just fighting over territory, wolf. when i first saw that video, i thought it looked a little bit like they were dancing. >> yeah. >> but apparently they're not so happy over there. >> they just disappear. they just walked away

is there any thought in the u.s. administration that perhaps they ought to stop that money given the power grab? >> they have already discussed that. that if they do not go forward, if the egyptian government does not go forward with democracy, then they would have to re-evaluate that money and it definitely could be stopped if they perceive that things are going backwards. but this is so unpredictable, candy. you just -- you have to see what happens next. >> so, jill, along with myself, we will all be awaiting this announcement. again, a very important announcement not just for egypt, maybe mostly for egypt, but certainly for the rest of the world as to who has won the presidential elections, the first democratic vote there in many, many decades. we want to thank you for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. please stay tuned for all of the news and, of course, what we are going to do here is stay abreast of this and come on as soon as we know. right now head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis an

the u.s. in september of 2008. the markets loved it. but i don't think this say long-term solution. i think europe still has really systemic problems. one other point, it was a great day for the market today. but the market just recaptured most of the losses from earlier this week so let's not -- >> there has some bad days. jim, the president had his health care victory. important to him in so many ways. but what's happening in european is out of his control. really might be what really does control re-election. how big was this move in your view in europe? something that's really going to stabilize it and allow economic stability here that will result in job creation and a re-election for him? >> good couple of days for the president no doubt about it. if you remember, a few weeks back, the president did a press conference in the white house. he was talking about europe. i think a lot people were wondering why he was doing that. was he talking about, you know, making some rationalization for

but the u.s. alone has created google, facebook, intel, microsoft, apple, ebay the list goes on and on. >> jon: so is your position that the risk and reward for the investor class is not great enough. >> well, it's pretty-- pretty nice way but i would say this, if we-- i believe that we have more risk-taking it in the u.s. that produces the innovation and the growth rate because the payoffs are better here. now the payoffs are better for lots of reasons. our guys are working at google and facebook. >> jon: what dow mean by risk thenment because i guess i might have a different view here it looks to me like the investor class is coddled and the working class is not necessarily penalized but certainly ignored to the benefit with the idea that the investor class is gain's will i guess the term is trickle down. >> that would be my thought on it. >> tell me why that's wrong. >> first of all i would say the trickle down is something you learned in the 6th grade to make you a democrat, right? even -- >>

in fact, the pace of suicides in the u.s. military for those on duty, it's now becoming that suicide is a higher rate, cause of death, if you will, than actually being this combat. let me start by just showing a couple numbers to help people understand this. active duty suicides in the u.s. military so far this year, 154 across the military. that is a very unexpected jump compared to the previous two years. you see the numbers right there. interestingly, one of the services that has seen an unexpected jump is the u.s. air force. they have had 32 suicides so far this year compared to 23. what on earth is going on? and, of course, that's the problem for the pentagon. defense secretary panetta sending another letter to the chiefs saying redouble the efforts on suicide prevention programs, buddy programs. if you got a buddy out there and they seem to be in trouble, you know, more behavioral health specialists, mental health counseling out in the field, but over the years, fred, what they have really found is that there's no singl

u.s. navy want onto expect its fleet of vacuum cleaners. the portsmouth naval ship yard says the fire that cost $400 million worth of damage to a nuclear sub -- that's right, $400 million, started in a vacuum cleaner stored in an unoccupied space. "uss miami" was in for an overhaul. [ female announcer ] for dry, itchy skin, get lasting relief with gold bond intensive healing cream. it targets the underlying causes of itch and irritation. gold bond. intensive healing for lasting relief. >>> a quick note for those heading out the door. you can watch cnn from your mobile phone. or heading to work you can watch cnn live from your desktop. go to cnn.com/tv. >>> a massachusetts teen is sentenced to a year in prison in the state's first-ever texting while driving case. aaron deveaux was convicted of the homicide of a father last february. 38 states ban text messaging for all drivers and 31 make it illegal for novice drivers. those numbers may soon be rising. last hour the transportation hour anno

u.s. and russia? >> the two leaders met for about two hours. president obama saying the meeting was candid and thorough. i have to tell you, you take a look at the body language, and it gives you a sense of what the meeting was like. they did not sit close together. president obama was leaning towards president putin. president putin was leaning away. you didn't see any smiles at the end of the remarks. they had a quick handshake. sort of half a smile. president obama patting him briefly on the shoulder. it was not the kind of chemistry we saw between president obama and the former president. nevertheless, the two leaders discussed a whole host of issues. perhaps the most important was syria. >> the u.s. reset with russia is heating up with u.s. officials telling cnn russian ships, one allegedly loaded with helicopters and ammunitions could be headed to syria. with that as a backdrop, president obama sat down for his first face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin since the collection. we a

as the u.s. and its middle east allies consider whether to take possible action against the syrian regime and even against iran's nuclear program, they're commando forces are working together like never before. navy seal todd tinsly runs a team out of the persian gulf. the basics he says remain unchanged. >> point, shoot and communicate. >> there are new partners like iraq providing this overhead imagery. >> you get in, you do your job and get out without anybody knowing about it. and if you can do that with your partner force and they are able to do that, that is success. >> even after the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the future of u.s. special forces lies in their ability to do whatever it takes. admiral william mccraven heads all u.s. special operations. >> if this is where things really go bad, what we want to be able to do is engage with the host nation very early on, begin to, you know, build up their capability and allow them to deal with the problem so we don't get to the point where it