the result: a 13% drop in overweight children in baldwin park. some experts believe that hispanic populations like in baldwin park live longer in part because of their close social networks. >> i think we've been very successful. i think in community where's you don't have many healthy choices you really have to work with what you have and that means working with your little corner stores. >> reporter: it's not just about the food parents buy to bring home and feed their kids. it's also about what their kids are eating while they're at school. this week, los angeles county, which includes baldwin park, banned chicken nuggets, corn dogs, and flavored milk in its public schools. here's why-- just one cup of chocolate low-fat milk has 158 calories and 25 grams of sugar. it's just like drinking a cup of coke. do you feel good about what you've accomplished? >> yes. >> reporter: and now maria gonzalez knows her children have a better diet all day long that will hopefully help them live longer. ben tracy, cbs news, baldwin park, california. >> pelley:

baldwin has been eyeing openings for a while.ep, unfortunately an opportunity for me, may mean bad things for someone else. i don't wish that. "new york" magazine writing about baldwin the potential candidate as far back as 1997. this january on cnn eliot spitzer asked him if he was interested in running for political office. >> the answer is yes, it's something i'm very, very interested in. because, you know, people would say to me all the time, why would you want to do that? and sometimes i don't want to do it because to leave what i'm doing now would be extremely painful because i like what i'm doing. >> you love to act? >> reporter: baldwin's contract with "30 rock" runs out in 2012. but could he really be a mayor? cnn contributor john avalon points to celebrities turned politicians like jesse venturve al franken and arnold schwarzenegger. >> the fact he has high name i.d. associated with new york, if he were to show he was serious and really take the time to learn the issues, you get him in a democratic primary he could get

baldwin: thank you. i rise to urge adoption of the baldwin-sensenbrenner amendment that strikes section 5 in the america invents act. section 5 expands the prior user rights dissentence from his present narrow scope to broadly apply to all patents with minimal exceptions. as we work to rebuild our economy, congress should be doing all that it can to foster small business innovation and investment. i believe that section 5 will do just the opposite. expanding prior user rights will be disastrous for small american innovators as well as university researchers and ultimately slow job creation. despite current challenges, the u.s. patent system remains the envy of the world. since the founding of our nation, inventions have been awarded exclusive rights in exchange for public disclosure. this system also creates incentives for investing in new ideas and fostering new ways of thinking and encouraging further advancements in disclosure. it promotes progress. if proponents have their way with this legislation,

i'm brooke baldwin. former senator and former presidential candidate, john edwards, spoke a short time ago. it was short and sweet after being indicted by a grand jury this morning. look. >> there's no question that i've done wrong and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i've caused but i did not break the law and i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> and edwards is facing six separate counts here. he's accused of conspiracy, making false statements, and violating finance campaign laws. all of this stems from his

baldwin's been announcing opens for a while.e, people misstep, unfortunately an opportunity for me may mean bad things for someone else. i don't wish that. new york magazine was writing about baldwin the potential candidate as far back as 1997. just this january on cnn eliot spitzer asked him if he was interested in running for political office. >> the answer is yes, it's something i'm very, very interested in because people would say to me all the time, why would you want to do that? and sometimes i don't want to do it because to leave what i'm doing now would be extremely painful. >> baldwin's contract with 30 rock runs out in 2012. but could he really be a mayor? cnn contributor john avlon points to celebrities turned politician like jesse ventura, al franken and the former terminator. >> if he was to show she was serious and really take the time to learn the issues and get him in a democratic primary, he could make a credible runoff and he could run as an independent. so no one should count this one out. alec baldwin is -- h

. >>> alec baldwin, taking time off from 30 rock, baldwin is shooting rock of ages, a movie about anging rocker. don't you love it that russell brand does not need to do any wardrobe change to look like a rocker? >> and you think he's in character. >> and this comes to us from joplin, missouri the recent devastating tornado didn't stop the circus's biggest performer from putting on a show of strength. last week's tornado caused the picadelli circus to capsel performances, but the elephant removed debris and cleared cars from the area. the unique cleanup effort had one young joplin girl saying, i haven't smiled like this in a long time. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> one artist's work popped with audiences during a demonstration in china. this bubble artist is able to blow clusters of bubbles filled with smoke, control where they float and can even make them erupt like volcanos. he's won 17 world records for his skills and recreated the stunt by putting up to 150 people inside one single bubble. >>> althoug

baldwin's rep said he wouldn't rule it out. >>> how big is justin bieber right now? country purists were shaking their heads last night after bieber picked up a cmt award for best collaborative video along with rascal flatts. i'm not going to fight that. >>> zach tells "rolling stone" in "hangover 3" his character will end up in a mental hospital with the other guys trying to break him out. >>> e-news reports kim kardashian is finalizing a prenup to her marriage. this after in touch magazine reports she cheated on her fiancee with nfl player brett lockett. he says he has the pictures and text to prove it but she is threatening to sue. >>> finally, actress edie falco summed it up when asked about kim kardashian by saying, who are these people? why are they famous? >> i love edie, but that was the question we were asking like three years ago. >> welcome to the world of reality tv stars. being on every single tabloid magazine. >> i guess we all accept it at a different rate. >> exactly. >> we're shaking our heads in disbelief, but it is what it is. >>> this comes to us

baldwin will have time for politics.said in the past that next season of "30 rock" will be his last, and he might leave acting entirely. >>> drug company pfizer is pulling a product that it manufactures for chicken feed, of all things, off the market because of arsenic concerns. that announcement comes after an fda study shows chicken meat may contain small amounts of the chemical arsenic. it was found in chicken feed made by pfizer and experts say it may make its way into parts of the bird that are eaten. the fda is stressing the amount is tiny and really not dangerous to people who eat it but it's been banned anyway. >>> we all know dogs can become a part of our families, and that's what makes this next story so bothersome. experts say a new strain of heart worm is making some medicines less effective and putting your dog's life at risk. heart worms can grow up to 14 inches and invade a dog's heart. mosquitos can pass on the disease with a single bite. doctors say they're seeing more and more cases of this new strain.

i'm brooke baldwin. seclusion, the president of syria makes a air rare speech. no negotiation, no dialogue, just a warning to the people he says are really behind the bloodshed. >>> she's the american convicted of killing her roommate during a drug fueled sex game, but now as amanda knox appeals the conviction, witnesses come forward saying they have evidence she's innocent. >>> and just minutes from now the astronauts taking the last shuttle into space. >> three, two, one. >> are scheduled to arrive at kennedy space center, and what they do over the next 72 hours will make history. >>> plus she tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband. >> no. >> all that crying, yeah, that was fake. now as she learns her fate, her husband reveals how she tried to take him down many times before. we're on the case. >>> welcome back inside the "cnn newsroom." i'm brooke baldwin. cnn has learned a big head is about to roll over fast and furious. that's the atf gun operation we told you about on friday that allowed crimin

or "3" or alec baldwin for next mayor. winning story airs later this hour.heerios cereal. kissed with real honey. and the 100% natural whole grain oats can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. bee happy. bee healthy. >>> cnn "in-depth" is on a listening tour to hear about your concerns about the economy and how those concerns are shaping your views on the presidential race. our correspondents across the country and cnn's don lemon has been talking to new hampshire students ahead of cnn's debate monday night. >> are you guys ready for the debate? >> yes! >> yes. the most important issue you want to hear from them. >> unemployment. >> unemployment. what about you? >> keeping the arts in school programs. >> really? >> yeah. >> and you? >> the troops' future. when they coming home. >> yeah. no one said social issues. social issues not important? >> they are. >> so is social security. >> no. why do you say that? >> because we're not going to have it when we get older. so -- and we're paying into it but we're not going to get it. >> that concerns y

with him out of the race, out of contention, alec baldwin has stoked some reaction. he put out a tweet saying it is a long way until 2013. it could be jack donahy or alec baldwin. >>> you can always go to our website, 24/7, cnn politics.com. >>> a u.s. military mission you probably don't know about. "the new york times" is reporting that a covert war against al qaeda is intensifying in yemen. the u.s. allies a hot bed of terrorism and growing instability. rebels badly wounded its president. he is now recovering in saudi arabia. the u.s. is taking advantage of the power vacuum by ratcheting up the air strikes. according to "the new york times." >> the newspaper goes on to say. >>> still ahead, we are going to talk to the "new york times" reporter who wrote the story, mark masetti jouns me live in a few minutes. >>> americans are bitterly divided on a lot of issues but this ain't one of them. >> it is unforgivable that delta couldn't make an exception and cut these boys some slack. >> pr nightmare for delta airlines over its treatment of our u.s. soldiers. tells you wh

i'm brooke baldwin.as failed americans. >> a new poll suggests mitt romney is now beating the president. why the race in 2012 could come down to one issue. >> this is it right here on our left. >> a marine is dead after a s.w.a.t. team puts 22 bullets inside of him. officers call it a drug raid. some in the community call it suspicious. and now brand-new pictures inside this crime scene are raising more questions than answers. we have the photos. >>> plus, revelations from the courtroom. witnesses take the stand in the casey anthony murder trial to talk about what was found in her car. >> when you first opened it, what was your reaction? >> one investigator calls the discoveries shocking. >>> and going inside a funnel cloud. stunning new video of a tornado's sudden impact. welcome back. hour two rolling on here on cnn "newsroom." i'm brooke baldwin. i want to begin with moammar gadhafi. alive or dead? a statement from the libyan leader, speculation starts to swirl. and understandably since nato aircraft

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"30 rock" star alec baldwin may take over for anthony weiner.ner was the favorite to replace michael bloomberg. baldwin is going to leave "30 rock" but he says 2013 is awhile away. he certainly has political views. >>> giants have new secrets. see the new waylay di-s can show their team spirit or keep it covered up. >>> bay area day cares could lose their licenses. we'll tell you why. >>> a live look outside. hoping for the june bloom to make way for sunshine. it's 6:44 now. [ male announcer ] yiayia may not approve of an unmarried couple living together. you are going to hell. [ male announcer ] but yiayia approves of them eating athenos greek yogurt. mmmmmm! because athenos is made the greek way, never using preservatives or artificial flavors. athenos. maybe the only thing approved by yiayia. >>> welcome back, everyone. a good thursday morning to you. a live look outside the beautiful golden gate bridge. foggy to start the day. it's 6:47 now. it is a youtube video turning into a public relations nightmare for delta airlines. u.s. soldiers ret

seth baldwin a two - run blast. as carolina takes game one of this series, 5-2. marc jackson insists the warriors will make the playoffs next season and says he wants to keep monta ellis, not trade him. jackson was introduced as the warriors new head coach. he has absolutely no coaching experience but the owner believes he learned more than enough at 17 years as a point guard, he's clearly the best man for the job. >> we aren't going to accept mediocrity. we will hold this team to a different standard. we will be professionals and it will be a lot of fun. things be changing here in the bay area. >> we will find out, starting right now, who really wants to win and who was just acting because the acttors will be exposed. this is going to take a full-time commitment across the board. >> to the ice, vancouver hosting boston in the finals. canucks goalie roberto luongo was she would in two games in boston. terrific in this game. 31 saves for luongo. third period still scoreless. kevin shoots wide but the bounce off goes

. >> i can see kate baldwin there at the news conference getting ready, i understand that nancy pelosi is in the room. >> jon: i wonder if she's going to announce that we killed osama bin laden! (laughter) former speaker of the house will be giving her regularly scheduled press availability. oh [bleep],it's on! >> nancy pelosi now addressing the anthony weiner scandal. >> good morning, as usual we're here to talk about jobs, about protecting medicare, and to protecting the middle class. if you are here to ask a question about congressman weiner, i won't be answering any. (laughter) >> jon: the economy, jobs? no weiner talk? the economy and jobs are important. let's give it a chance. >> i will just tell you that up front. it is day 163, 163 days since the republican -- >> all right, i actually saw john keane sort of grinning maybe because he sort ched much expected that and dana bash, you too on the hill. we thought that possibly nancy pelosi would take questions right away, considering the stories that's been breaking for about 45 minutes now. but it looks like nope, she's going to sta

celebridad en un puesto de gobierno..si hemos tenido a arnold swachteneger como gobernador porque no alec baldwinto es solo un rumor..supuestamente el actor esta considerando postulare para este puesto en el 2 mil 13..pero el no lo ha confirmado.. solo ha dicho que para el 2 mil 13 falta muchhhhhooo o tiempo..y a la diva de la banda le sigue lloviendo sobre mojado ....segun el diari reforma...fue la unica que no recibio un reconocimiento que se les da a los presentes de una famosa feria mexicana en el palenque de abasolo guanajuato.. y es que el pasado 20 de mayo segun medios , el hermano de jenni rivera se agarro a golpes con uno de los asistentes por hacerle consignias a su hermana y la diva de la banda despues se puso al tu por tu con el publico al ser abucheada..segun voceros de ese municipio.. no es seguro que la vuelan a invitar. cu / cesar y blanca hoy a las 11 ---y para hoy a las once?.... blanca ---estaremos hablando sobre la sorpresa que se llevaron las autoridades mexicanas al descubrir a dos hombres heridos en un lugar fuera de lo comun... ---ademas: encuentran nuevas fosas clandestin

just ask roberta baldwin. what has the roller coaster ride been like? >> it's confused buyers across the board. no matter whether they're wealthy buyers who are buying over $1 million or first-time home buyers who have never done it before. they just don't know if they're making a big mistake. they are looking back at 10, 15 years and saying, i don't want to do what other stupid homeowners did. maybe the way to do it is just no to buy. >> reporter: home prices ballooned, doubling even tripping from 1997 to 2006. but when the bubble burst, home prices lost all that value and then some. today's figures show prices down over 33% from its peak. and since the bottom fell out, skittish buyers have been turning into renters. >> reporter: we have a rental desk in my office and we're doing about five times the number of rentals we did three years ago. and not just for one year. maybe two or three. everybody is waiting for that other shoe to drop. >> reporter: some experts believe it's better to rent than to own. that might be true in california, where rents are

seth baldwin, offering over the wall and left, carolina five, stanford two, stanford must win the nexte college world series best of three, carolina wins the opener. >>> the warriors welcome new coach mark jackson publicly for the first time today. joe lacob shaking hands, lacob along with mr. guber, they're putting a new look all around this franchise. 17 seasons he played in the nba did mark jackson, the gm larry riley got in there for the photo op, as well. we talked with jackson earlier tonight, and just talked a little bit about who he's about -- what he's about. >> you were a great player, third all-time in assists, do you think lacob looked at you and said damn, third all-time assists guy, i want to have him out for me, that your playing career got you over on this? >> i believe he looked at me and saw that everywhere i went that i was an leader, that was an extension of the coach on the floor. he looked across the table and saw himself. there are people that look at him and probably say you shouldn't be owner of the team, you have no business oning the team, why are you taking

i'm brooke baldwin.s i'm not weiner. >> there is a lawmaker who allegedly got caught with his pants down literally. they call it dinner time, they call before your alarm clock goes off. they call to demand the money you owe. >> this is an attempt to collect a debt. now debt collectors go on a charm offensive. secret papers shared with cnn. they appear to reveal gadhafi's battle plans and confidential code words like tomato? cnn examines the documents as we wait for the libyan leader's next move. welcome back, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin. the bigamistry today in the casey anthony murder trial is who will prosecutors call as their last witness? prosecutors could wrap up their case as early as tomorrow afternoon. and just this morning a print analyst testified that she saw the outline of a heart on a piece of duct tape apparently put over caylee anthony's mouth. >> if you were to wear a bandaid for an extended period of time and remove the band-aid, a glue surface vournding that band-aid. the heart resembl

our kate baldwin at the supreme court. kate, tell us about the court's decision.hat was the justification for that ruling? >> very interesting and very important ruling, suzanne. a 7-2 decision by the high court. it was really a balancing act before the justices between consumer protection and free speech. this has to do with the california law that would have banned when signed into law in 2005 the sale of excessively violent video games to minors. anyone under the age of 18. in the majority they basically said the law may be well intentioned, that it wept too far. that it crossed the constitutional boundary of free speech. i'll read you in part what the majority opinion said from justice scalia, suzanne. he wrote as a means of assisting concerned parents the law is seriously overinclusive because the bridges the first amendment rights of young people whose parents and aunts and uncles think violent video games are a harmless past time. interesting coming from justice scalia. on the flip side the justices writing in the dissent, this wasn't as much about censorsh

i'm brook baldwin. let's begin.g question, after last night's debate is, are more on the way? will more republicans join the race for the white house? and here's the guy they talk about, folks. new jersey governor chris christie, still insists he will not run. 'h is tonight's guest on piers morgan tonight. guess who we have to talk about this? the man himself, piers morgan. good to see you. >> before you get too excited, i've actually got barry manilow in my studio right now. ♪ i write the songs that make the whole world sing ♪ >> very nice. i might have been playing ko kopa -- copacabana repeatedly and annoying the news room. people meet the governor of new jersey come away impressed and nay say he's the real deal. >> going back to his old school days. he was quite an athlete. they won a big baseball championship and he was a key player in that. let's not exactly a great athlete these days. and that itself is quite a fast nating part of the interview when he said what he feels most guilty about, he openly admitted

i'm brooke baldwin.murder, drugs, cash. secrets of the mob world on bail. out how whitey bulger rule a city and disappeared into thin air. >> he could pin you for good reasons, bad reasons. >> two men wanted to unleash terror. machine guns, grenades, all part of one plot in a major city. >>> plus, more blood, more violence and cnn is not only inside syria, we are getting closer to the chaos. >> we're here in the syrian capital for the first time since the unrest began. >> palive the only way cnn can. >>> and game on. ladies in the media, meet ladies of congress. the annual softball battle included favorite fans, a supreme pitcher and our very own brianna keilar and dana bash. >> you're about to give birth. >> folks, this one turned into a thriller. find out who hit the game winner. >>> got a little bit of everything for you this next hour. welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. as we mentioned, any minute, suspected mob boss whitey bulger is due in court in his old stomping grounds in boston, facing not just

i'm brooke baldwin. break in one of the most dangerous countries in the world. now dozens of suspected al qaeda terrorists are on the loose in yemen. we're going to take you behind the escape. the clock is ticking. thousands of people in one state must leave everything behind. >>> floodwaters in north dakota are being called historic, catastrophic, and they are rising right now. plus snoo pl, booze, hitler, an designer. sunny hostin is on the case. >>> also, can the world get rid of every single nuclear weapon? some people are pushing for it, including her majesty, queen of jordan. i'll speak with her live. welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. four hours and counting. we're four hours away from president obama's primetime speech on america's longest war now, the war in afghanistan. we expect the president to essentially undo the troop surge in 2009. the president plans to have 10,000 fewer troops by the end of this year and then it fall by an additional 20,000 by 2012. we're all waiting and going to be watc

gone ways and acting illegally you know what seek you want to burgle to extend american military baldwin to last in ninety days of the white house however denies it needs permission from council held. under new wave of protests in syria of the tools a third round of sanctions against the country germany and france meanwhile say it will put pressure on russia and china to support a new resolution on syria with critics fearing it's part of a build up for another devious style of the match. as the headlines up next it's how into the show spotlight talks to the project leader stream gas pipeline kramer and will be a new route it may mean for supplies to europe. hello again and welcome to spotlight we share on our take and i'll do another one today my guest is marcel grammer russia isn't the first thing hard into the south stream pipeline a direct and independent gas shipping route to you but as the project is gaining momentum there's criticism in some quarters that south stream is unprofitable then has no future one do the project leaders have to say today here's the c.e.o. of the south stre

that will do it for me, "cnn newsroom" begins right now with brooke baldwin. brooke baldwin. >>> hello to all of you. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> new allegations from all people, a stripper. expectations are growing that a resolution could soon come in the anthony weiner/dirty photo texting scandal. these expectations are mainly fueled by the wife of the congressman who is back from a trip from africa with her boss secretary of state hillary clinton. the congressman's friends said he would not quit without speaking first to his wife. very early this morning, she was spotted driving into the garage of their washington apartment building. now, one of the woman caught up in this sexting scandal is calling on congressman weiner to resign. she is ginger lee. she is a former porn star turned feature dancer which apparently means you're a headline stripper studying to be a real estate agents. lee and her lawyer gloria allred met there to tell her side of the story and tell her relationship with the congressman. here's what lee said. she said it started

i'm brooke baldwin. numbers are going to settle into a terrible week for the economy. unemployment rises, home prices fall, and many americans are simply wondering, what's next? >>> a country on edge. yemen's president is hurt after an attack on his palace. now fears grow over how he'll respond. >>> casey anthony accuses her own father of sex abuse and covering up her daughter's death. today we're hearing their private and emotional jailhouse conversation. >> i have one question and i need to ask you and i know it's going to be a tough one. >>> and clipping coupons online. there's a big battle for your bucks. groupon, living social, which one is best for you? >>> welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. former senator and former presidential candidate, john edwards, spoke a short time ago. it was short and sweet after being indicted by a grand jury this morning. look. >> there's no question that i've done wrong and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the p

equals pro baldwin.how to get them here at the tony's. harry connick jr., he's great. this guy. >> hugh jackman. >> never heard of him. >> just don't like him, do you? >> not so much. >> he said he might heckel you a little bit. >> really? is that right? what, does he think he's going to outhost me? run up on stage? >> one never knows. you know how he likes the spotlight, too. >> that's true. >> what do you have special planned? you said it's tough to do a big opening number because of the limited space, but now that they're playing your song -- >> reporter: this is neil patrick harris's second time hosting the tonies. he has been called the natural, the go-to guy. ♪ the tony's were tonight >> it's is not something you go to school for. baby steps that happen. >> but you do have to do -- >> it went well, and then cbs had the emmys, i think. ♪ put down the remote >> i love doing it. you know. i love game nights at my house with 15 people. and i do the same thing as i do here. i say all right, everybody. g

no that's just a bit another frenchman michael baldwin. and already there is australia's wonderkid done automake made long work exactly in the least the belgian spaniards that would fare and make the honor lopez play just repeat song that you could actually vote respectively on america's number one a lot of fish faces just checked how much could it. have all now in russian champions the needs have signs genoa and italy defended the medico clichy toe and a five year deal the twenty four year old italian style there is a send off but now usually plays at left back nicknamed mimo the versatile defender has played one hundred matches in italy syria scoring five goals he made his senior international debut in august two thousand and nine in a friendly against switzerland in ball and has played fifteen times for his country his transfer fee is reported to be in excess of ten million euros. well on sunday the defending champions were held to a goal a store at home to target just a second in the league behind to scott in the last round of games fo

kate baldwin following the latest developments, thank you. >> okay. ahead of tonight's debate, new polls are just out that show who has the most to gain and lose. joining us now is cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser. paul, what do we know? it shows the republicans want a winner. >> she thur do want a winner. three out of four want somebody who can beat president obama even if they don't agree with him on the issues. look who's on the top, mitt romney, making his second bid for the gop nomination at 24% and just behind him, 20%, sarah palin. the former governor of alaska. look, rudy giuliani in third place. christine, take giuliani and palin out of the equation, they haven't take any concrete steps and look who's on top way ahead of everybody else, mitt romney, 19 points ahead of anybody else. he is the front runner in this race, the perceived frontrunner and the person who will have a bull's eye on his back. >> is it going to be romney care? >> romney care. we heard tim pawlenty going after mitt romney over the weekend calling it obama car

i'm brooke baldwin.uffering from leukemia, forced to remove her adult diaper. >> she said that she could not complete the security check without depends off. >> the elderly passenger's daughter will join me live and hear how the tsa answers to this latest accusation of over the top security screenings. >>> the dodgers are going broke. what does chapter 11 spell for a major league team? >>> plus, al qaeda takes a hit in yemen and cnn is the only american news network that can take you inside that country. we'll go there live. >>> and after a dramatic delay, casey anthony ruled competent to stand trial. >> the court will find that the defendant is competent to continue. >> we're on the case. the news is now. >>> welcome back to you. i'm brooke baldwin. if it is interesting and it is happening right now, you're about to see it. rapid fire. let's go. beginning with this. it is a win for makers and sellers of video games. the u.s. supreme court ruling today that stores in california cannot bar kids from buyin

i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> another republican goes all in.ng for president of the united states. >> the former utah governor says the country faces an un-american future. >> everything is at stake. >> but he's got one thing on his competitors, he's worked for president obama. so does he know the opponent's playbook? >> cigarettes kill and the government hope these new ads will prove it once and for all, but there's something different about these warnings that will be hard to ignore. >> yesterday i was in the desert and now i'm back home. >> a dad's dream becomes one kid's surprise. >> welcome back here. hour two of the cnn "newsroom." i'm brooke baldwin. it sounds a lot like a scene from a martin scorcese movie. the feds plot to get the long-wanted, murderous mobster. the guy they're trying to nab is a role for a scorcese film. remember the mob boss character there? check it out. >> when i was your age they would say we can become cops or criminals. what i'm saying is this, when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference? >> well, the

read quotes dear tracy morgan son if you are gay you can totally come live with me over to james baldwin to watch paris is burning sex and now this is where congressman west comes back into the story scene in turn in his office we did the scissor sisters tweet single reach we wouldn't call that an endorser made it something outrageous that is unless you're a right wing tea party guy job like congressman west to count allow his followers to think that he might be ok with gay people so the reach we quickly deleted and later in the day tweet from west account read very sorry about the unauthorized r.t. we were not hacked and in turn it made an error apologies to all so why do you need to apologize tracy morgan made. i don't think anyone is disputing that but the story isn't over there's now word that the intern was fired from his or her actions and the interns name is not being released now the band later tweeted that west was in fort lauderdale florida with his staff and the interns were running the office that's funny interns are in charge of u.s. congressman's office who knew but west ha

emergency operation began when a person at a ticket desk a data airport and claimed they could bear baldwin for us airways plane heading from there to the u.s. capitol searchers of the plane by x. but have found nothing while the forty four passengers are being interviewed the person who made the threat is in custody. the operators of japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant has had to against the stand decontamination efforts of filter expected to take several weeks to remove radioactive material became overloaded in just five hours in the company to step up recovery efforts remains intense as contaminated water at one of the science is just centimeters away from spilling out of the containment tank engineers have also been forced to open the doors of a reactor building to prevent another explosion meaning however that radiation is leaking out. these latest sound bites come out of the u.n. nuclear agency criticized tepco for its slow response to the disaster and for concealing the true magnitude of radioactive. training school that. socket says despite all the imagine separates the risk

folks that are willing to do some of those jobs that's what we found out about half a dozen south baldwin farms immigrant alabama's law criminalizes not only employing undocumented immigrants but also assisting them providing transportation or housing and renting for the farms may not be alabama's only problem as reconstruction efforts are much needed after tornadoes tore through tuscaloosa just weeks ago and advocates of this bill say that it's meant to put alabamians back to work but will they do that work or is once again show the undocumented immigrants are a backbone of this economy are discuss this with me is immigration attorney eleanor pelter with morgan lewis and an honor thanks so much for being here and i know you're welcome so you and i have spoken about some of these laws before when it first popped up in arizona and of course there was a lot of debate around the country a lot of people were angry there was a you know a lot of opinions that this is prejudice law but now it seems like that fear has actually turned into an action and that populations are fleeing these states as

newsroom i'm brooke baldwin any second now congressman anthony weiner is expected to address members of the media from sheraton hotel in manhattan all of this comes one week after the new york democrat begin to answer some questions about a lewd picture from his twitter account and again following a breaking news that broke right here on studio and the embattled u.s. congressman anthony weiner is such you addressed the media shortly he will address the media in exactly one minute at least that's the plan right there we're looking at a live runs no sign of him but apparently he will be there folks just want to be totally honest it has been a surreal cast fifteen minutes as we have watched. right wing blogger andrew breitbart of big government dot com essentially taking to the stage of congressman anthony weiner's. press conference that was believed that the congressman was going to be there that this wasn't going to be some sort of stunt. or whomever to get publicity about this. he may be leaving the podium. there to be rules of order that my point is the government is the significant

that might not be possible given the latest scandal he is just going through, but now actor alec baldwinto that race. he, though, would not be the first celebrity to run for mayor. in the case, let's continue now of the celebrities turned mayors. cincinnati mayor turned talk show host this time, yes, jerry springer, a prostitution scandal that forced him out of office and he became the kingman of tabloid tv. a hollywood icon, actor and director clint eastwood left his "dirty harry" days behind when he became mayor of the beautiful seaside town of caramel by the sea in california. on the list, may have won over our hearts as one half of sonny and cher and then became the mayor of palm springs california, and became a congressman. sonny bono. >>> well, let's turn to politics where it has been a tough week for newt gingrich. the republican presidential candidate lost key staffers and lost some of them to somebody else, but as cnn reporter paul steinhauser reports, gingrich isn't letting this get in his way. >> reporter: hey, good morning, t.j. newt gingrich says he'll be in california tomor

political in the little so for for see i think you look at the matchup in new york you can see out baldwin might jump in you have these guys he calls his daughter a pig and anthony weiner who shows his wiener on commuters if you are somebody that is new york city or city ten years after the bush tax cuts our economy is in the tank it the rich have never been richer a gang of millionaires or as they call themselves patriotic billionaires have now come forward to talk about what they did with all that excess cash that they got thanks to the bush tax cuts and here's a hint they didn't create any jobs with one million or so they did nothing with the money just put it in the bank another million million or so he traveled more boosting probably outside the united states one million or so he bought a new boat but it was built in italy didn't do anything to the u.s. economy and another millionaire went ahead and build advance for his house some small little job stimulus there so considering that bush only created three million jobs in his tax cuts but bill clinton created twenty six million jobs i

i'm wrook baldwin. after a few weeks, a slow drip, drip, new revelations and increasing pressure from fellow democrats comes the inevitable today and in just the last few minutes congressman anthony weiner resigned from congress over the lewd photos he sent to him to women over the internet. >> i had hoped to be able to continue the work that the citizens of my district elected me to do, to fight for the middle class and those struggling to make it. unfortunately, the distraction that i have created has made that impossible. so today i'm announcing my resignation from congress. >> we also now have just this afternoon the first bits of reaction coming in from the people who sent him to congress in the first place. watch this with me. >> something wrong with him, and i don't think a person who has something wrong with him should represent us. >> he was doing an excellent job as a congressman so whatever he does in his private life really is none of our business. >> i don't think he should retire. i don't