over to carol costello. >> what's in the water up there? >> i don't know, carol. don't come to new york. >> i know! the sunset baby, made me hurt. thanks to all of you. have a great day. >>> "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me primary care. is the tea party staggering into today's elections? voters heading to the polls in six states and big stakes for all the rest of us come november. i think this is the opening act to the 2016 presidential elections. at stake today, control of the senate. republicans have their best chance of winning back the majority since they lost it in 2006. democrats hold a majority and could lose control of the chamber if they drop six seats. the other big story for today, a true test of the tea party. mainstream gop fighting back and launching a strong counteroffensive. our political team is covering all the angles. let's start with dana bash covering today's headline mashup in kentucky, it's an exciting one, dana. >> reporter: right, because mi

i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me.orry if he had just stopped there, well it wouldn't have been a good thing, it would have been a better thing. sterling kept digging the hole. in an exclusive interview with anderson cooper, he bashed magic johnson, minorities and blamed everything on the media and on falling in love with a much younger woman. >> you say to somebody you should have paid v. stiviano off. >> no. >> did she ask you for money? was she trying to extort money from you in any way? >> forgive me for saying this, but she is a good person. she is a beautiful person. there's 15 of her, 15 children, 15 hispanic kids, sisters and brothers, and she supports them all. perhaps she's made some mistakes. i thought she cared for me. i was stupid. how could a girl care for a man 51 years older? she didn't or she wouldn't have released those tapes. but she's not a bad person. you know, she has to survive. she's a street person. but inside she's a good person. >> you still think she's a good person? >> she's not relevant to

. >> carol costello, a little baby talk. i was talking to the baby. >> i'm coming to new york, chris cuomo. you are in trouble. i'm standing up for my kate bolduan. >>> "news room" starts now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. in california every inch of the state is in a period of drought and danger. in san diego county winds whipped up dozens of wild fires. at least one person has died. the "l.a. times" quotes one terrified homeowner saying the approaching wall of flames looks like armageddon and countless residents simply can't believe their eyes. >> there it is right there. [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. [ bleep ]. >> it's right there. >> really frightening. dan simon is in escondido. i understand they have made two arrests, right? >> reporter: that's right. carol, they have made two arrests, two teenagers accused of trying to start some brush fires. because we have seen so many fires at once there has been immediate speculation that perhaps we are looking at arson here. they

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me.ing the malaysian government released new information on the final hours of missing flight 370. the data compiled by a british satellite company explains why its engineers concluded the flight diverted hundreds of miles off course and why the semp was then shifted to the southern indian ocean. today's release comes after two months of angry demands from the families of those aboard. they want their own experts to verify that conclusion, but immediately after the release, critics say the report is incomplete, and missing key information that independent experts would need. chief complaint -- today's release shows the communication logs but does not explain exactly how the british satellite company estimated the plane's last known location. according to inmarsat's ceo, it's malaysia's government keeping those details secret. >> we have absolutely no problem putting our model in the public domain, and that is a decision for the leading country to put out there. it's clearly information an

carol costello. >> thanks so much. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me. plans for american help in nigeria are now in motion. right now the pentagon is working out options on how to help nigeria rescue nearly 300 school girls held hostage by terrorists there. barbara starr has the latest development ts. cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes is on the phone with us. barbara, what are the plans? >> reporter: a senior u.s. military official told me a short time ago, and i want to give everyone the specific wording. here is what the official said. the pentagon has initiated planning efforts to determine how we can offer options for support of the nigerian government in the current situation. so that's a big clue here about what is going on behind the scenes, planning options for support. don't look for boots on the ground, so to speak. don't look for u.s. military operations on the ground. what we are talking about is how to offer the ni

i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. as we get set to fire up the back yard barbecues this holiday weekend, a huge beef recall now expands nationwide. a detroit meat packing company and food safety inspectors say 1.8 million pounds of ground beef could be contaminated with e. coli. already retailers in nine states across the midwest and the south are pulling a tainted meat from store shelves. that number could jump considerably. cnn investigations correspondent chris frates joins us with more on this. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's one of the biggest beef recalls of its kind in years. it's probably not the kind of thing you want to hear ahead of the memorial day weekend cookouts. 1.8 million pounds of ground beef tainted by e. coli is being called nationwide after cirque ening 11 people in four states. now new word from the united states department of agriculture that retailers in nine states including florida, illinois, pennsylvania and kentucky may have receiv

i'm carol costello, thanks so much for joining me. this morning in coffee shops and in college campuses this man's deadly rampage is reviving the debate over gun control. dodged by mental health issues all his life, yet was able to buy three firearms, his murder weapons. the father of one of his victims, chris mrds, is outraged and demanding action this morning. >> i can't tell you how angry i am! it's just awful. no parent should have to go through this, no parent, to have a kid die because -- in this kind of a situation. what has sdmangd have we learned nothing? these things are going to continue until somebody does something. so where the hell is the leadership! >> the killer's parents learned of their son's plans and raced to stop him. on the way there, they learned the massacre had already begun. cnn's kyung lah has more. this is where the rampage began, in the gunman's apartment. three people stabbed to death. detectives describe it as a horrific crime scene. from here investigators say he got into his bmw and just as he predict

i'm carol costello, thank you for joining me. disgraced nba owner donald sterling breaks his silence and pleads for forgiveness. he also found a way to insult a beloved icon of the nba and even shift some of the blame for his racist rants that may cost him his team. here is the exclusive interview, a portion of it, with cnn's anderson cooper. >> i'm a good member who made a mistake. i'm apologizing and i'm asking for forgiveness. am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years? i love my league, i love my partners. am i entitled to one mistake? it's a terrible mistake and i'll never do it again. >> the vice president of the nba players association, roger mason, he said the players won't accept anyone in the sterling family owning the clippers, not you, not your wife, not your son-in-law, not your daughter. do you believe it? >> i really don't know. the people that are going to decide my fate i think are not the media and not the players union, but the nba. >> the owners? >> the owners. if the owners feel i deserve another chance, the

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we start this morning with monica lewinsky, the world's most famous intern breaking her silence after more than a decade, baring her soul in a "vanity fair" article released overnight in its entirety. in this article, details defined by scandal and devastated by fears that any day a long-ag low affair would be once again drudged up as news, like when her name popped up over clinton era letters released calling her a narcissistic looney toon. the paparazzi have returned to the sidewalk outside this restaurant. i know what this means. whatever day i planned has been jettisoned. to leave the house only ensures the story will stay alive. she gives a look into the trouble she's had dating and even making ends meet, having to take out loans from family and friends. national correspondent suzanne malveaux joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it was 16 years ago i covered monica lewinsky. we used to often see her outside the watergate complex. occasionally running into her in

i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. climate change is real, and it's killing the planet, period. in just a few hours president obama will sit down with meteorologists from across the country and talk about that. he's calling it weather from the white house. the interviews come as a stunning national climate assessment is being released by the government, and it does not paint a pretty picture. chad myers has a copy of that report. jim acosta is at the white house, and he can tell us if president obama can actually do anything about climate change. let's begin with chad an that report. >> reporter: it breaks down the united states regions and says here's what's happening and here's what we can do. not just, you're responsible, stop driving bad cars. it actually has response and what's going on, how it's working and what is going to have to happen in the future. the north east will have more heat waves. increased coastal flooding and severe inland flash flooding, because of heavy rainfall. we've already seen that. fresh w

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.n accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her hostage for ten years sits behind bars this morning. his attorney says he didn't do it and the victim is lying. garcia is being held on $1 million bail facing charges of kidnapping and rape but garcia's attorney says the young woman was never held against her will and that the couple was actually in the process of a nasty divorce. we're joined now with more. >> reporter: good morning. the district attorney seems to have seen enough evidence to charge garcia with serious crimes including forceable rape and kidnapping with the intent to commit a sexual offense among other felonies, five in total. but his defense attorney and neighbors and friends who knew this couple say they simply don't believe the entire story that the victim has told police. >> bail in your case is set at $1 million. >> the 42 year old faces 19 years to life charged with rape, kidnapping and lewd acts on a minor. garcia initially arrested for allegedly holding this calif

let's get you to the "newsroom" with carol costello. to all the mothers in your life, carol, we hug them. >> absolutely. happy mother's day everyone, but especially my mom. have a great day. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. just when you thought it could not get any stranger, it does. donald sterling's racist talk came from a jealous man who wanted to have sex with v. stiviano. new audio released by radaronline e plains it all, or rather donald sterling does. i'm talking to a girl, i'm trying to have sex with her, i'm trying to play with her. you know, if you're trying to have sex with a girl and you're talking to her privately, you don't any anybody is there, you may say anything in the world. what difference does it make? if the girl tapes it and releases it, my god, it's awful. >> we're going to have a huge discussion on this in just a few minutes. cnn also spoke to the attorney for shelly sterling, the co-owner of the los angeles clippers. yes, she wa

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. we begin with breaking news. there is a horrifying turn in the case of those 200 nigerian girls abducted from their school last month. a man claiming to lead the terror group that abducted those girls from a rural school has issued a chilling warning. he will sell those girls. the statement issued just minutes ago says, quote, there is a market for selling humans. alla says i should sell. he commands me to sell. i will sell women. i will sell women. unbelievable, right? cnn's slad dutyier with more. it's just mind boggling. >> reporter: it is, carol. but, in fact, this has been what boek aram has since 2009. rights groups say they have killed thousands of people, just this year alone, 1 tlourks 500 people have been killed in violence. this latest atrocity, the abduction, and now as you heard, the leader -- supposed leader of the group, abu backar saying not only has he abducted these girls, he's going to sell them. these parents sent them to school, they were in the dorms sleeping in

carol costello, cnn, new york. >> i want to briting in cnn's chr kristiana amanpour. i want to talk about what they can do in the future, how big they've become, and given the fact it's been a year since they announced thread new strategy, are they now being considered more serious and really a force to be reckoned with? >> firstly, the kidnap of the eight girl has been confirmed. we're waiting to figure out details. in terms of boko haram and what their aims are, they're playing them out. what they need is help, the government needs help, in surveillance, in figures out an actual strategy. because even the u.s. over the last few years, even special representies from the state department, have said while we stand ready to help our ally nigeria fight this threat, what happens is that the nigerian government, according to the united states and according to so many people on the ground, are fanning the flames, if you like, in the way they go after them. it's a scorched earth policy when they do go after them. there have been, you know, homes that have been burned, land t

i'm carol costello.welcome cnn viewers here in the united states and around the world. just minutes from now, president obama discusses the future role of the united states in the world and he'll outline his foreign policy before the next generation of military leaders. let's head to washington now and wolf blitzer. >> thanks very much. the president's commencement speech is at the u.s. military academy at west point but aimed also at a nation that's weary from a decade of war. they will stress the value of international cooperation in dealing with world crises and avoid the open end the conflicts that left american troops bogged down for so many years in iraq and afghanistan. president obama will push back against critics that say he's a weakened president and no longer packing the threat of swift and decisive military action. this will be a major foreign policy address by the president. we have our cnn correspondents covering all the angles and they are spanning the globe. we have live reports from lon

. >>> time for the "newsroom," carol costello. also known as chris. >> what? >> and every show, carol. just take it, please, and run. >> i will, kate. such good advice from you this morning. have a great day, tie goois. "newsroom" starts now. >>> many in a massive worldwide string, hundreds of hackers accused of gaining control of your home computer and secretly snapping pictures of you without your knowledge. you might remember the story of cassidy wolf, ms. teen usa, a hacker got control of her webcam, snapped nude photos of her in her bedroom. she had absolutely no idea this was happening. then the perpetrators threatened to put those photos online. >> i dropped my phone and i was screaming. i was on the phone with my mom and we were both crying. i really -- i couldn't explain the emotion i was going through. it was terrifying, absolutely terrifying. >> it is a story you'll see first on cnn. cnn justice reporter evan perez breaking down the developments. sean hennry, the former assistant director of the fbi will break down the investigation. he's also the pr

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. it's not getting any easier in southern california as firefighters scramble to keep thousands of homes from going up in flames. it's a dangerous combination. record high temperatures hovering around 100 degrees. bone-dry conditions and gusty winds. it's all fueling nine separate wildfires. already there's a state of emergency declared in san diego county. >> oh, my god! oh, my gosh! oh [ bleep ]! >> omg is right. nearly 10,000 acres have already burned. tens of thousands of people have been told to leave. wildfires don't usually hit southern california this badly this early. >> this is something i have not seen in my career. i've been in this fire service for 27 years. i haven't seen it this dry, this hot for this long in may before. and we've had extraordinary numbers of started fires, and each fire will be treated as a crime scene until it's proven tore accidental. >> akiko fujita is in san diego county. you just heard that fire official say, is this a criminal act? is an arsonist t

carol costello. >> thanks, have a great day. "newsroom" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello, thank you for joining me. the tea party may not be over, but this morning the lights are on and the music is off in the biggest contest so far of this year's midterm elections, republican voters rejected the hard right candidates and instead backed those endorsed by the gop's establishment. not a single tea party candidate survived. this morning's headlines say it all. our home page asks "is tea time over?" politico answers that question in saying the tea party uprising is starting to look more like the boston massacre. the "wall street journal" declares primaries taming the tea party. of course, no candidate embodies the gop's power elite more than mitch mcconnell. the senate minority leader from kentucky. he cruised to an easy victory over tea party favorite matt bevin. in georgia, two candidates emerged from a crowded field. they'll go to a runoff. the tea party candidates will

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning with breaking news. a new transparency in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. just minutes ago, finally, malaysia's government made public its first report on the plane's final known moments. the big headline for you, the plane had vanished for a full 17 minutes before officials even took notice. and yet it took a remarkable four hours, four hours, before an official rescue operation was launched. it is the government's most thorough accounting yet of what investigators know or suspect. cnn's will ripley has been sifting through this report. he joins us from malaysia's capital, kuala lumpur. tell us more, will. >> reporter: hey, carol. yeah, this is a five-page report and other supporting documents attached to it. we've been going through them. here are the things that really stand out. you talk about those 17 minutes when nobody even noticed the plane was missing. okay. that said, then we talk about the four hours

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin with stunning news on the health of our economy. a new report from the government shows unemployment hit its lowest levels in 5 1/2 years. and hiring is at its highest level since 2012. 288,000 jobs were added in april which drops the unemployment rate by four notches to 6.3%. so, let's talk about this. our chief business correspondent christine romans is here. also with us chief economist at the heritage foundation stephen moore. welcome to both of you. >> hi, carol. >> glad you're here. christine, i want to start with you. so, tell us the good news. >> well, the good news 288,000 jobs is an improvement and you saw revisions in the prior two months so that that freeze in the winter is thawing and for a broad-based group of industries here you saw gains. i mean, professional and business services, those are accounta accountants, those are lawyers, i.t. professionals, job gains. construction workers, again, job gains. retail and hospitality, job gains there. those tend to be l

i'm carol costello. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> new information from flight 370's last hours out there for the public to see. do all of those pages actually tell us anything? is the data what distraught family members have been pleading for? >> elliott rodgers spent two years thinking about his killing spree. wasn't there something that should have tipped someone off in that time? >>> new revelations from hillary clinton as she talks about her life, her career and some of the mistakes she's made. >>> good morning to you. i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. in the west. those stories and more "@ this hour." analysts are poring over satellite data used to calculate where malaysian airline flight 370 might have landed. they released that information more than two months after the families asked it be made public so other experts could test the data. >> almost a ream of paper. 47 pages of technical information that details communications. so-called handshakes between the planes and the immarsat satellite network. some key i

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. with a horrifying mine disaster unfolding now in western turkey. it's the coal mining town of soma, and it may touch nearly every single family there. overnight, rescue workers managed to haul dozens of survivors from a smoke-filled shaft. but more than 200 -- 200 are confirmed dead, and hope is fading quickly for hundreds more who remain trapped. cnn's ivan watson has the latest on this heart-wrenching drama. tell us more, ivan. >> reporter: that's right, carol. we're overlooking the sprawling mine complex behind me, this gritty coal mine outside the town of soma in turkey, where this race against time is underway. sadly, tragically, the death toll seems to grow every couple of hours with the turkish prime minister who recently visited here, saying it has now been confirmed 232 coal miners killed as a result of what authorities say was an electrical fire that broke out deep below the surface of the mountain here, on tuesday. now rescue workers that i've spoken with that were working

. ♪ i changed my underwear, folks, now shouldn't you ♪ >> i'm carol costello.itting time to throw to "@ this hour" with berman and michaela. it starts now. >>> flight 370 vanished more than 60 days ago but almost 70% of americans want is that search to continue. >>> then, it's not the first time she's talked about it. >> i was a 22-year-old foolish kid. >> monica lewinsky, can she undo the past by talking about her affair with former president bill clinton now? our image experts weigh in. >>> an nfl style draft to pick prom dates? >> organized way of doing it. >> supposed to be like a funny thing that the guys are doing. >> funny? it has parents shaking their heads and ours too. >>> good morning. i'm michaela pereira. john berman is off today. it's 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." after 61 days of searching, it's back to the drawing board in the hunt for flight 370. officials from malaysia, china and australia are due to meet today to plot a long-term strategy for finding that missing jetliner. the aust

i'm carol costello. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> fbi agents kicking down some digital doors this hour busting dozens of alleged cybercriminals accused of invading your home through your computer and using it to steal from you and spy on you. >>> it's not just phoenix. another va hospital is accused of keeping secret wait lists. a whistle blowing doctor says veterans waited months for care. the outrage growing. >>> the virtual king of pop stunned at the billboard awards but five years after his death, did the hologram of michael jackson honor the legend or was it just unsettling? >>> hello, everyone. great to see you. i'm john berman. >> those stories and more right now "@ this hour." two major stories about computer hackers. one involving criminals who can get into your home computer. the other is an historic case of cyberespionage. >> attorney general eric holder announcing for the first time the u.s. filed charges against chinese military officers. they're accused of hacking into several major u.s. companies to steal their secrets. >> this case should serve a

i'm carol costello. "@ this hour" with berman and mick starts now. >> magic responds saying the clipper's owner rant was beyond personal. >> he's a man that's upset and he's reaching. he's reaching. he's trying to find something he can grab onto to help him save his team and it's not going happen. >>> a dangerous deadly virus is spreading. it's now in the united states. airports posting warnings like this one right here. what you need to look out for next. >>> and that is not a balloon you're looking at. that's a bounce house. it broke loose and flew up into the air taking two children with it. our question, are these fun houses safe? >>> good morning. welcome to wednesday. i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." >>> magic speaks. he gave his side of the story after donald sterling made startling allegations this week about the nba legend. once again dragging him into the mess that is swirling around the embattled clippers owner. magic johnson sat down with our anderson cooper. >> a lot of us wer

i'm carol costello. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >> you have absolutely no clue what she went through to say things and say that she was lying or she's doing this. >> michelle knight was held prisoner for almost a decade voicing her support for another girl that allegedly kidnapped and held for years. you'll hear her emotional response. >>> then -- >> we were all prejudice in one way or the other. >> no secret recording. no v. stiff annaian stiviano fo. more debate than outrage over the comments. >> how a climber found himself trapped in the ice. >> it hurt bad. >>> hello, everyone. great to see you this morning. i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. happy friday. we have those stories and more right now "@ this hour." >> a young woman who was held captive and abused for almost ten years has been reunited with her family but questions they continue to swirl this morning. many people wondering why she didn't just run. >> those critics have infuriated another very brave, young woman. michelle knight was held prisoner for a decade and chained to the floor and re

i'm carol costello. "@ this hour with berman and michaela" starts now. >>> raging infernos scorch more than 10,000 acres in california's san diego county. mandatory evacuations are ordered as houses go up in flame. what will the weather hold up for the firefighters? >>. >>> donald sterling has been playing defense since his racist rambling went public, but now may be switching to offense. reports at this hour that he doesn't plan to pay his fine. he might take the nba to court. >>> then, isn't it awful that it's quite evident somebody is lying here? somebody is lying. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> first the plane goes missing and now the data used to find it. where did that data go, and is someone lying? >>> hello, even. i'm john berman. >> and i'm michaela pereira. we begin right now. >> we're going to begin on the front line of the wildfires raging in california. >> wow, there it is right there. there it is right there. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> the sights and sounds simply overwhelming. you can hear the terror in his voice. one person has been killed. e

i'm carol costello. "@this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> a young woman missing for ten years until she found the courage to free herself. why didn't she just run, and what made her finally ask for help? >>> then, where's the action after the outrage? president obama says he will not tolerate deadly delays at v.a. hospitals, but did he already? the president's crisis management skills in question. >>> also, almost 2 million pounds of beef recalled. we know where it was sold, but why don't or can't we know which restaurants served it? >>> hello there, everyone. great to see you today. i'm john berman. >> it's thursday which means it's friday eve. >> almost. >> i'm michaela pereira. those stories and much more "@this hour." imagine this, drugged, kid fanned, locked up and sexually authorities. that is the hell authorities say a young woman in california endured for ten years until finally she found the strength to break free. >> police say the horror started when the girl was just 15 years

i'm carol costello, thank you for joining me.his silence and pleads for forgiveness. he also found a way to insult a beloved icon of the nba and even shift some of the blame for his racist rants that may cost him his team. here is the

i'm carol costello, thanks so much for joining me. is reviving the debate over gun control. dodged by mental health issues all his life, yet was able to buy three firearms, his murder weapons. the father of one of his

let's get you to the "newsroom" with carol costello. tely. happy mother's day everyone, but especially my mom. have a great day. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. just when you thought it could not get any stranger, it does. donald sterling's racist talk came from a jealous man who wanted to have sex with v. stiviano. new audio released by radaronline e plains it all, or rather donald sterling

over to carol costello. >> what's in the water up there? >> i don't know, carol. baby, made me hurt. thanks to all of you. have a great day. >>> "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me primary care. is the tea party staggering into today's elections? voters heading to the polls in six states and big stakes for all the rest of us come november. i think this is the opening act tohe

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me this morning.ls released satellite data from the airliner's final hours. it's the very information that wildly diverted the search to one of the most remote areas on earth. where not a single piece of wreckage has yet been found. today's release comes after two months of angry demands and accusations from families of those aboard. and no sooner did this data go public before even more criticism that key information was being withheld. we'll talk to our own aviation experts in a minute.

i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. president obama will s

carol costello, the human equipment of a chair for everyone to rest while they get the news. >> okay,now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and good morning to all of you, i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. we begin with breaking news. there is a horrifying turn in the case of those 200 nigerian girls abducted from their school last month. a man claiming to lead the terror group that abducted those girls from a rural school has issued a chilling warning. he will sell those girls. the statement issued just minutes ago says, quote, there is a market for selling humans. alla says i should sell. he commands me to sell. i will sell women. i will sell women. unbelievable, right? cnn's slad dutyier with more. it's just mind boggling. >> reporter: it is, carol. but, in fact, this has been what boek aram has since 2009. rights groups say they have killed thousands of people,

. >> carol costello, a little baby talk.ou are in trouble. i'm standing up for my kate bolduan. >>> "news room" starts now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. in california every inch of the state is in a period of drought and danger. in san diego county winds whipped up dozens of wild fires. at least one person has died. the "l.a. times" quotes one

i'm carol costello, thank you so much for joining me.ration of military leaders and outlines his foreign policy for a nation weary from a decade of war. he will deliver the commencement speech just over an hour from now at the u.s. military academy at west point.

get you to carol costello. >> have a great day. thanks so much.. thank you so much for joining me. first came the apology, then the attack. disgraced l.a. clippers owner donald sterling says he made a terrible mistake, and insistence he is not a racist, but in the same exclusive interview with anderson cooper, sterling goes off on magic johnson, and takes shots at the media, who he seems to blame for his problems. here's sterling, in his own words. >> here is a man

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carol costello. >> thanks so much.itac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me. plans for american help in nigeria are now in motion. right now the pentagon is working out options on how to help nigeria rescue nearly 300 school girls held hostage by terrorists there. barbara starr has the latest development ts. cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes is on the phone with us. barbara, what are the plans? >> reporter: a senior u.s. military official told me a short time ago, and i want to give everyone the specific wording. here is what the official said. the pentagon has initiated planning efforts to

olympia dukakis knows all about it, and she revealed some surprises in an interview with carol costello the 1960s. you talk about -- >> i did. >> -- when you got married, you had an open marriage. i don't think many people realize that. >> it didn't seem dramatic or daring or anything. it just felt very much for me like something i wanted to do and try out. >> now, obviously, it's something your husband wanted to do as well because you guys are still married today, right? >> you betcha, right. because it didn't necessarily have to do with love. i mean, the love was strong and firm. you know, a lot of people take vows, and the vows of fidelity. well, those vows we didn't keep, but the ones that we kept, the one that we kept was the vow to help each other's dreams come true. so this open marriage didn't last that long. i mean, with three children, you don't have much time for other stuff. and to be honest with you, i lost interest in it. there were other things that interested me more. starting a theater and the children, our careers. those things began to matter more. >> if there was one

i'm in for carol costello.t minutes anow that veterans affairs secretary will meet behind closed doors with the president. details about this meeting are scarce but few expect shinseki to emerge with his job still intact. a short time ago shinseki appeared before a homeless veterans coalition group that he credits or that credits him with greatly reducing the number of vets on the street and you can see he was greeted with a fairly warm reception. lots of applause. this group also is particularly vulnerable to the medical abuses and delays that we've learned about and disgrace the va and may have cost lives. let's listen to a chunk of what shinseki had to say this morning. >> let me address the elephant in the room today and you all have been very generous and polite in your welcome. after wednesday's release of an interim inspector general report, we now know that the va has a systemic totally unacceptable lack of integrity within some of our veteran health facilities. the lack of trust involved wait time for

. >>> time for the "newsroom," carol costello. also known as chris. >> what? n. >> i will, kate. such good advice from you this morning. have a great day, tie goois. "newsroom" starts now. >>> many in a massive worldwide string, hundreds of hackers accused of gaining control of your home computer and secretly snapping pictures of you without your knowledge. you might remember the story of cassidy wolf, ms. teen usa, a hacker got control of her webcam, snapped nude photos of her in her bedroom. she had absolutely no idea this was happening. then the

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i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.world's most famous intern breaking her silence after more than a decade, baring her soul in a "vanity fair" article released overnight in its entirety. in this article, details defined by scandal and devastated by fears that any day a -a

let's take you to the "newsroom" and miss carol costello, you're a hero, i don't want to hear anything weekend. thanks so much. >>> "newsroom" starts now. >>> happening now in the "newsroom," your job, your money. a major new report just out. on just how healthy our economy really is. >>> i did not kill my friend. >> amanda knox in a cnn exclusive. >> i did not wield a knife. >>

carol costello. bionic in her own way. >> i'll take that. thank you, chris qom ma. now free. >> he tells her her mother doesn't care. they're going to deport her. >> kidnapped, now held hostage, now reunited with her family thanks to facebook. >>> also, the va crisis depends. >> it is dishonorable, disgraceful and i will not tolerate it, period. >> calls foreheads to roll grow louder. >> there was no urgency. mr. president, we need urgency. we need you to roll up our sleeves and get into these hospitals. >> but so far, nothing. >> i want to see what the results of these reports are. there is going to be accountability. >>> plus, what the hail? parts of denver