8:00 p.m. eastern. a special anderson cooper, 360. i'll see you then. i'm wolf blidser in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. thanks for joining us. i'm gloria borger. john king is off tonight. find out what brought the president and an ally together this afternoon? a new take on "american idol." shows how some government workers idol away their time. >> should this idea be allowed to fly? a special seating area where, get this, children are not allowed. we start with this year's biggest issue, jobs. u.s. businesses added 209,000

jobs in march. unemployment claims are starting to slow down. the all-important unemployment rate comes out tomorrow. on top of that, the president just signed a new law making it easier for small businesses to raise money. >> because of this bill, start-ups and small business will now have access to a big new pool of potential investors. namely, the american people. >> we also saw something really unusual at today's bill signing. the man right over the president's shoulder, circled in red, republican house majority leader, eric cantor. normally, these two don't see eye to eye on anything. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, was there witnessing this unusual event. an alliance between eric cantor and the president. tell us. why are these two men finally working together? >> because they want to show that washington can get

something done. despite all the acrimony here, both parties suffer because of the gridlock in washington. the republican brand, the unfavorable rating for republicans has gone up ten points over the last year. the president was elected promising to get the parties to work together. so both sides have a motivation to show when it comes to the top issue, getting jobs, getting americans back to work, they can cut some deals and that's what today's bill signing ceremony was about, gloria. >> so, jess, this helps some small businesses raise capital, which is important but there are some democrats who have been complaining that there aren't enough investor protections in this measure. so do they have a point? >> they do. there are some protections still in the measure but it is not just partisans who are complaining, gloria, even the head of the s.e.c. has warned that pieces of this bill could lead to abuse. some of the reasons why. there are elements of this bill that mean companies do not have to get outside, independent

audits before they go public with their new investors in a timely way. there is a piece that says that they don't have to offer conflict research to investors before encouraging them to invest in the companies and sometimes they don't have to disclose their financials all together in a timely way. the president said, look, we are going to make sure that regulators oversee these companies to make sure investors are safe. a lot of people are taking a wait and see approach to this one. there is some concern, gloria. >> that way, the president gets to keep the s.e.c. funded as a watchdog. thanks a lot. >> there also are new developments in what started out as a legal fight and turned into an increasingly bitter battle involving president barack obama. many conservatives took some of the comments as an attack on the judicial system. kate bolduan reports, justice department had to do some explaining today.

>> three pages single spaced. that was the unusual order by a federal circuit court. attorney general, eric holder, personally responded, saying nothing has changed. the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute. president obama's top law enforcement officials say, of course, the administration believes that the courts have the power to declare acts of congress unconstitutional. a long accepted pillar of constitutional law. still, this seemingly academic exercise is at the center of a testy political dispute over the supreme court's review of the health care law. >> i am just saying there is a lot of -- it is kind of ridiculous to believe that the president wasn't talking about the context of the case. >> the white house remains on the defensive with the republicans remaining in the

fight. mitch mcconnell telling the president to back off. all stemming from these comments. >> i am confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress. >> remarks some interpreted as challenging the court's authority and fueling the flames. federal judge, jerry smith, tuesday, demanded an explanation. the attorney general in his letter defends the president saying his remarks were fully consistent with the principles of judicial review. though, don't expect this to mark the end of the controversy. he is making it clear to the court that the position of the president of the united states and the executive branches that the courts basically should keep their nose out of the shaping of economic policy, except in the most dire of circumstances. so, you know, i think there is

still quite a bit tension now between the executive and judicial branches of the government and this is rare. >> will passions clearly remain very high? it is all political talk as it is really the reality. the final word is going to come from one place and one place only, the supreme court. you know that, gloria. this public spat, while getting a lot of attention and very interesting, an interesting debate, albeit. it is not likely to have any real impact on the justices and their final decision on the health care case. we will get that in june. >> you can be sure it will be at the center of the presidential election. >> the politics and judiciary, two different debates. the fight to allow women to join the all male augusta national golf club turned political today. listen as white house spokesman, jay carney weighs in on the push to allow the ceo of ibm who

happens to be a woman to wear the green jacket. >> the president's answer to this question is, yes. he believes, his personal opinion is that women should be admitted. i happened to have a discussion with him about this. so i know that's his answer. >> things got pretty interesting after that. some more comments from some more politicians. here is senior politician, joe johns. the candidates are having a ball with this. forget the pun. >> and women are teed off. >> take a look. >> if i were a member and if i could run augusta, which isn't likely to p ha, of course i would have women in augusta. >> even newt gingrich, whose political career is rooted in georgia, has gotten into the act, along with his wife, calista. the former speaker tweeted, i think calista would be a great member of augusta.

maybe she would let me play. she tweeted herself, i'm a golfer and i'd love to belong to augusta. i have reached out to the santorum campaign. so far, nothing from them just yet. >> let me make a redix that rick santorum will also be for women to be admitted to augusta. >> it doesn't take a political scientist to figure this one out. >> let pea tell you why. of course, you already know. there is a new poll out, a g gallup "usa today" poll. if you take a look at these numbers, president obama, 51%. mid romney, 37%. republicans need to get their numbers up there with women. >> big gender gap. i was with mitt romney earlier this week. he said, look, i want everybody's votes, women's votes, men's votes. the fact of the matter is, that is not that good of an answer when you consider the population

problem here. he has decided to get in the game and out front. >> no more puns. thanks a lot, joe johns. still ahead, outrageous videos of u.s. government workers joking about being untouchable big spenders. a former senate colleague has some blunt advice for rick santorum. >> this campaign is over for the nomination. santorum is looking for 2016 or he may want to write a book or sign on to a seekers bureau. there is nothing left of his candidacy. [ male announcer ] this is genco services --

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pennsylvania is the next high stakes test for the presidential candidates. romney promised he can beat president obama there in pennsylvania this fall. >> i am going to win pennsylvania in november. the reason that's going to happen by the way is the people of pennsylvania have taken a

good look at conservative leadership. >> now, someone who knows pennsylvania very well is former u.s. senator, arlen specter. thanks for being with us today, senator. before we get to next november, let's talk about 2.5 weeks or so from now. april 24th, pennsylvania primary. i want you to listen to what rick san forum said yesterday about wiping in pennsylvania. >> we have to win here. we plan on winning here. as i said last night, the people in pennsylvania know me. all of the negative attacks are, i think, going to fall on a lot of deaf ears here. >> senator, is he going to win in pennsylvania and beat mitt romney? >> no. >> definitively. >> listen, this campaign is over for the nomination. santorum is looking for 2016 or

he may want to write a book or he may want to sign on to a seeker's bureau. there is nothing left of his candidacy. >> you are saying he should just hang it up? >> i am not going to tell him what to do but he is beating a dead horse in my opinion. >> you have run for the presidency. it was short-lived, i'll admit. after you had been running for as long as rick santorum has, it is just not easy to take all your chips and say, okay, i'm going to go home. >> when i ran for the presidency, gloria, it was a well-kept secret. >> i remember. >> there is a time not to run anymore. there is no point in santorum continues to run here in pennsylvania for the nomination now. he is doing it for some other reason.

2016, 2020, book, speeches, whatever but not for this nomination. it is over. >> let's go to november then. you just heard mitt romney say that he is going to win your home state of pennsylvania in november. now, you were republican. you are now a democrat but you know the state. tell us, can mitt romney win in pennsylvania? >> well, it all depends on which mitt romney. they are going to reset his campaign. i think bill maher has mitt romney right when he said that romney has taken more positions than a pornographic movie queen. of course, i'm not happy with president obama's afghanistan policy or continuing the tax cuts for the wealthy or disregarding the commission he established on the deficit of debt reduction. so it will be a contest.

i'm no longer senator arlen specter. i'm citizen, arlen specter. i'm going to take a look at both nominees and keep my powder dry and make a decision, informed at that time. >> senator, arlen specter or should i say citizen, arlen specter, thanks a lot for being with us today. >> that's better. that's better, thank you. >> thanks. your favorite chicken recipe may have an ingredient you don't want. arsenic. we will tell you more in a little bit. >> but, next, do you know who this man is? >> stay with us, and we will tell you. no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart ways to sweeten. same great taste. splenda® essentials™. same great taste. 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.

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welcome back. here is kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know now. >> hope you are having a good day. a rupert news admitted to hacking. they said it was editorially justified and in the public interest because the information helped the police. they have been under fire since the phone-hacking scandal last year. you remember the nfl bounty program. players were told, take out an opposing player, get paid. now, a documentaryian has released audio tape of former saints coach, gregg williams, giving his player instructions on who to target and how to hurt him. >> you did the best thing in the

world to make sure he killed frank. we want his running sideways. >> williams is talking about frank gore, the 49ers star rusher. suspended in connection with the scandal. former penn state coach, jerry sandusky, briefly returned to court. he wanted the 52 charges to be dropped. his lawyer argued the allegations are too vague. the judge ruled it is too early to make any decision. a grand jury is still investigating. he will remain under house arrest until his trial begins in june. mass murderer, charles manson, has another patrol hearing at cnn's request. they released these new pictures of him. manson is now 77 years old. he has had a change -- he has changed quite a bit from the 2009 picture we know very well. he has been denied parole 11 times and hasn't attended a

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i'm gloria borger. new worries about what the chicken on your dinner table had to eat before you bought it and ate it. things like caffeine and tylenol and arsenic. they will discuss what happened in today's meeting between conservative leaders and

presidential candidate, rick santorum. a major airlines creating child-free zones. would you pay to sit there? if you are sitting down to a nice, chicken dinner right now, sorry. that bird may have been fed arsenic, benadryl, caffeine and more. that's according to two new studies. researchers say there is no immediate health concern but chicken farmers are fighting back. here is mary snow. >> two recent studies raised questions about what may be in chicken. the findings surprised the john hopkins assistant professor who worked on both studies, studies that were brought to light by new york columnist. the goal was to look for products for growth. >> they were included in part of the chemical panel to test for

antibiotics, which we did expect to find. it was quite shocking to us. >> keith says, in addition to finding four antibiotics banned more than five years ago. he also found the active ingredients of tylenol and benadryl in caffeine and arsenic. he says he has heard from farmers, anecdotes that some over-the-counter medications are given to animals so they won't have tense muscles which can lead to tougher meat. there is no evidence to an immediate danger to people eating chicken. he didn't study chicken meat. you studied feather meal, a byproducts used as a supplement to feed them. >> we can only make inferences of what can be in the meat based on what we find in the feathers. we may need to die more thorough vision of what's left behind in chicken meat. >> they are shooting down the studies saying as the study's authors point out, this study

only looked at feathers, not meat. it adds, chickens produced for meat are not given arsenic as an additive in chicken meat. a product that contained organic arsenic was removed from the market last year. a veterinarian that works closely with the poultry industry also says inorganic arsenic is a common heavy metal found in soil and plants. >> since most of the poultry's feed is either corn, 75% corn with 10 or 15% soybean meal, there is a possibility there could be some low-levels of inorganic arsenic in the corn and soybean made? >> while there may not be an immediate danger, more research is needed. >> it only tells us it would be worth looking at meat, because of some of these residues may also be there. we can't say with any certainty that they are. >> the agency hasn't had enough

time to review the studies in depth. the use of antibiotics mentioned have been prohibited in poultry since 2004. gloria? >> a lot of viewers may be confused by this. the obvious question is, i'll ask it, is chicken safe to eat. >> in short, what we are hearing from a lot of experts, is yes. >> you even heard the person behind the study saying there is no immediate danger. still, the underlying message is, what exactly is in meat. >> thanks a lot, mary. >> now, we have got breaking news about former current tv host, teeth olbermann. he is suing his old network for breach of contract. >> cnn national correspondent, susan candiotti just got her hands on the document. what's in them? >> a 40-page document right

here. as you said, breach of contract. in it, keith olbermann is asking the judge in california for a jury trial, whether he will get it is another question. he is citing a litany of complaints against current tv run by former vice president, al gore, saying there was breach of contract involved, a lack of editorial control that had been promised to him. he said there was increasingly erratic actions on the part of the people that run the place according to him. that they had promised him to put up a website and failed to do so. he talked about significant technical issues that were very hard for him to deal with and overcome. for example, you have heard him complain about this publicly on david letterman earlier this week. the lights going off in the middle of a live broadcast. talking about lost video feeds and teleprompter not working, freezing up. he said at one point, a member of management told him, quote, we are paying for a porsche,

referring to the technical facilities there and getting a ugo. he said he had been promised editorial control of the primary coverage and they didn't deliver. so he called management at one point, no more than dill i tants portraying entertainers. we have not yet had a statement or reaction from current tv, gloria. we asked them for it. they said they are currently working on it. until then, we can tell you or remind you of what current tv said just last week when keith olbermann was fired on friday when they said at the time that current was founded on values of respect and openness. they said those values are no longer reflected in our relationship according to his statement with keith olbermann and we have ended it. >> he says he wants a jury trial. i would have to think that would be pretty odd to get one in what seems to be a case between

management and talent here. >> he wants to keep this public. >> well, sure. it is at the very beginning stages. there are so many options in this civil trial that they will have to go through before he gets to that point. certainly, there will be motions flying left and right to throw this out to perhaps have a ruling from the bench on this before eventually he might get what he is after, which would be a jury trial. wouldn't it be an interesting trial, certainly very colorful figures on both sides. >> sure would be interesting. susan candiotti, thanks so much for that. we have new pictures that are sure to anchor the obama administration and make a scandal that came to light this week even more embarrassing. >> tell us about this video. it is really remarkable. we mentioned this. the week with the gsa administrator. martha johnson resigning after a scathing report detailed excess

spending at a training seminar at a lavish las vegas report back in 2010. we have something you really have to see to believe. it turns out at that conference which costs taxpayers, you and me, 82 $2,000. the gsa picked the winner of a video contest, an employee from a regional office in hawaii. he won and i wanted to take a look at the video that he submitted. he makes fun of excess spending and says he would never be under investigation. ♪ >> the other thing you heard in that wrap is saying that every gs-5 would get a top hat award. a gs-5 is an entry level government employee. the top hat award we learned today is something that the gsa had. the program that they had that

gave $200,000 worth of tax-funded ipods, electronics and gift cards out. they held an award ceremony for that video in las vegas at that conference and what you are about to see is the deputy commissioner of public building service for the federal government giving out the award for that video in which he appears to mock oversight of the gsa. >> there are just a couple small matters. they would like to talk to you about paying for the party held in the commissioner's suite last night. you need to take care of that and eleanor holmes norton, called. she has a couple of questions about the proposed pay increases for executives you mentioned outside. this is going against the obama administration's discussion about executive pay and

incentive. >> now, we got this video from capitol hill today. i'm told that the house oversight chairman's office got it on a disc from the attorney general. they release it to the public. i want to read a response from the gss. they said this video is another example of the complete lack of judgment exhibited at the conference. i went on to say that the agency continues to be appalled by this indefensible behavior, gloria. >> you are also learning that there could be more videos like this that are going to be released that we will be able to see. >> this could be the beginning of the embarrassment. >> our deer dra walshed learned that the agency had an internal website that had video clips like this and that website isn't up anymore. the house transportation committee, which is investigated.

they are demanding more information. the other thing she learned is that the committee had requested information about the gsa budget earlier this year. that's when they noticed other federal budgets were going down. the gsa was going up and they got suspicious. we know the inspector general staff briefed congressional investigators yesterday. they were, pretty astonished at the blatant misuse of funds. we are getting indications that, again, this is the beginning of how bad and embarrassing it continued to be. this is why people are mad at washington. >> right. it is exactly what the president did not want to see on his watch, right? >> that's for sure. >> thanks a lot. >> if you are one of the flyers that plugs your ears when you sit near a crying baby or get annoyed when your seat gets kicked by a kid throwing a temper tantrum, you might want to book your next flight on malaysia airlines. it is created a child-free zone.

no kids under 13 on the upper deck. richard quest couldn't be happier about this. richard, i want to read some things you tweeted. at last! a child-free zone. families down stairs. okay. some of you may think i'm being grumpy but i am tired of entire biz class woken up because of a screaming toddler. >> okay, richard, full disclosure here. he are dealing with a mom of two boys that are grown. i think that lots of grown-ups can be as obnoxious as traveling children. can you figure out a way to ban them too? >> you see, you have missed the point. you have missed the point and chosen to throw up the smoke screen that you people always do. this is not about how obnoxious, smelly, obese, disruptive,

unpleasant other adult passengers can be. of course, they can be. what this is about is really very modern and very modest, not a screaming lunatic. creating an environment where people who have paid a great deal of money for a good night sleep crossing the pa sufficici the atlantic get what they pay for. you are unlikely to wake up in the middle of the night and go -- maybe but unlikely. >> here is the thing, richard. you might have me on the first class argument. if you are buying a first class seat, maybe there ought to be a quiet car for first class. what malaysia airlines is doing is saying that even in a certain section of economy, you can't have children. so maybe the people who have children should get a discount because they are even being banned from some economy seats.

>> no, no, no. good try. get back into economy. >> do you have children? wait a minute. >> no, no. what is amazing, actually, i will come to your answer. what is amazing is the number of freque frequent flyers who have children who agree with my position. what malaysia is saying is this. the upper deck is a kids' free zone. if downstairs is full and they need to put children in the upper deck, they will do so. the general principle is business class is at the front of the upper deck. many problems, require employees on long flights for economic reasons to travel economy. not so much the upper deck is kids-free, which is wonderfully a motive. i can hear you sticking the needle in. they are saying the upper deck is a business segment. >> what about this solution. i am trying to think of a way to

come up with a solution here. as a parent who has traveled with kids who have been sick and who have coughed all night and have cried, i'm more worried about the other people sitting around me, i think, because i don't want to disturb them. what if you had a car just for kids and you had a couple of nannies on it. you let the parents sit wherever they want and we can go back and look at our children once in a while and maybe pay a little extra for that. what about that idea? >> brilliant idea. one airline, gulf, does have something called the sky nanny, which is designed specifically to help parents with children. this is not about me being some miserable old man who doesn't like children. this is just about wanting to get what you pay for. if your company has paid thousands for you to get a good night's sleep, you should get it. now, what i really -- what really enrages me, i don't blame

the kid one little bit. what will send steam out the ears and it has happened to me, are those parents who are oblivious to the child's noise. oblivious. finally, when they are using their frequent flyer miles, anything is fair game. bum the kids in business class. fill up the cabin with noise. if they were paying for a ticket, they would be the first one sitting there like that. >> so on this much, we can agree. >> ban obnoxious fliers and ban oblivious parents. thanks, a lot, richard quest. coming up, a closed door rick santorum meeting with conservative leaders. mitt romney makes a november prediction. will his keystone state wish come true in the fall. what's with you?

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just another day on the campaign trail. mitt romney had a full lunch today, cracker barrel, meatloaf, mac and cheese, carrots, green beans and for dessert, a peanut butter moon pie. he didn't take the media with him but the photo op is a presidential campaign. here is rick santorum bowling in wisconsin. didn't help him much.

look at then senator barack obama showing off his form in 2008. here is senator hillary clinton in ipdianndiana taking shots wh campaigning against president barack obama. there was senator john kerry giving cameras a thumb's up after hunting geese in ohio. here with me to discuss the fine art of campaigning and the state of the race, former bush speech reiter and cnn contributor, david frum, and obama campaign pollster, david frum. let's start with you. why do they do this? does it work? they want to be a man or woman of the people? >> they want to be human. they are so removed. the life of the politician is so different than that of anybody else. it is often tragically so. they want to make a connection. they are looking for that moment to say, i care about you. you can identify with me. i remember -- >> i'm going to go hunt some geese. >> i remember a great movie

actress once saying, people don't go to the movies to see the actor or the actress. they go to the movies to see themselves. something is true about politics as well. >> you know, we want them to be above us somehow but also to be like us. it is hard. >> it is about relating. you want to see them in those acts so they can relate to you at the same time. so in an office when a decision comes up where there is an issue at stake, most don't study these at issue. i can trust them. >> is that why we see mitt romney campaigning in blue jeans. i have to ask this question. i can't remember a presidential candidate who spent as much time in blue jeans as mitt romney. >> mitt romney is a very rich man who is the son of a governor and an auto executive. he has an experience kind of remote for most people. >> mitt romney is never able to

say, hey, look, my father is very rich and influential and despite that handicap, i turned out to be not completely messed up. >> i am wearing blue jeans. >> what would it be like in a woman wore blue jeans campaigning. >> that's another discussion. let's move on to the rest of the race. >> today, mitt romney made a pretty big prediction. >> listen to what he said today in harrisburg. >> look, i need your help you guys. as you know, i want to win pennsylvania in november. i'm going to win pennsylvania in november. >> is he going to win pennsylvania in november? i know you are going to say no. it is going to be close. >> i think democrats can't see anything for granted. your cnn poll shows the president's lead increasing. when he is a nominee or if he becomes a nominee, which is another question, it will be a jump-up. however, toss ball. however, right now typically as a challenger, if you look at

where kerry was over bush and where dole was over clinton in this period, you want the challenger to be leading and to be ahead. the problem is, he is not. his favorables are now under war. it becomes really problem matt tick. i'm very excited to hear t romney say that, because winning pennsylvania, doing well in the northeast, implies a whole set of decisions and choices that i think would be welcome across the country. pennsylvania is a state republicans have not won in a long time, but it's always within reach. if they focus more on states like pennsylvania, like california, too, california may be a little harder to reach, but that would push the republican party toward being a truly national party, not a regional party police. >> this is hilarious because a couple years back, this was the same conversation governor dean was having with the democratic party, being a national party, not a regional party. >> right. let's move to rick santorum. lots of republicans wanted him out of this race.

today he met with conservatives trying to sort of get them jammed up to say, stay with me. his campaign put out a memo saying the race is a lot closer than we think it's going to be. let me read this to you. this race is much closer than the media and establishment republicans would like to report and there and events such aztecs techs are dramatically changing the future landscape in a manner that is positive to rick santorum and negative for mitt romney. >> one of the things that has been damage to go mitt romney in his out reach is he's been telling reporters things that turn out not to be right. they turn out not to be right about the delegate count. that's not the thing that one professional should be misleading another professional about because it damages your ability to have faith in the future. >> it hurts him in 2016, you think?

>> as long as it continues. unlike we saw in '08, this primary has not brought in new people, has not energized new people, and his numbers keep going down. >> and very quickly, i just want to read something to you. rick santorum got into the act and said, i encourage augusta to become a member, but i respect their right to stay with themselves. erin burnett is coming up at the top of the hour. erin, the world is watching nuclear programs. talks are supposed to start one week from tonight, so what are we expecting here? >> supposed to start, gloria, but we're calling this a game of nuclear chicken. this is really significant. whether these talks happen and where they happen could really determine whether the world ends up going down a path that ends in a military strike. this is a crucial issue. we're going to get to the bottom

of some of the key rhetorical battles going on today. prime minister of turkey steps in, gloria, this afternoon and said that iran is losing its international prestige and not using the language of diplomacy. there are some tough words. we'll get to the bottom of that. plus the victor booth trial. back touch you. >> thanks a lot, erin. how do you explain a german ship that sailed all the way to alaska? ready, aim, fire. plus, how the world will look through the new google glasses. one parody proves not everyone dying to try them on for size. cnn politics 2012 brought to you by exxonmobil. go to cnn.com/election for trending political stories and the latest news on the campaigns. and economic growth. north america actually has

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welcome back. here's kate baldwin with the latest news you need to know. >> reporter: a sliver of hope in syria today. the government says it's pulling troops out of three cities hit hard by the regime crackdown. u.s. envoy says it must end next week, 6:00 p.m. local time. but it's one step forward, two steps back, it seems. six people were killed in deadly fights today alone. you probably remember this. the "three cups" author has

agreed to pay back a charity three times of what he owed. you may remember, mortenson is accused of exaggerating key parts of his book involving afghanistan and pakistan. the kony videos are firing back at critics with yet another video. this one called "beyond famous" who says the original simplifies the african warlord kony. they include raping and maiming civilians. torp t . the u.s. coast guard is trying to sink an unmanned fishing boat that blew all the way to the pacific coast of alaska after last year's tsunami. they said they stopped the ghost ship with a cannon because it's a navigational hazard for other

ships in the area. this is part of that massive debris field moving across the pacific after the tsunami. >> they have to destroy it. >> they have to destroy it. they say it's a navigational hazard, but it's amazing it's over a year later and we're still dealing with this debris. >> thanks so much, kate baldwin. and now the moment you missed may be a moment not to miss your step while wearing the new cyber shades google is promoting. the glasses integrate your on-line social life with your real one. i know you've been waiting for this. so check out this promotional video. >> hi. what's up? >> hey. >> hey. >> you want to see something cool? >> yeah. sure. >> is that a ukelele? >> yeah. here goes. >> you cannot get them just yet. the