harry not going to be able to talk to us at this point, guys. >> well, harry is actually doing well. he said, just said to me, this makes me really happy. >> jimmy: well, why wouldn't it? [ laughter ] cbs made a very big deal out of this procedure. they've been promoting it nonstop for a week, and pardon the expression, but they really pulled out all the stops. >> today on "the early show." for the first time ever, directed by james cameron, in imax 3d, we send a camera into harry smith -- >> it's happening right now.

harris. it goes against jerai grant, his second. >> mike: this is an area where worst made head way. clemson only getting there six times in the first half. from the field and the free-throw line, it's where they built the lead, 0-5 in the first half. >> tim: if wake forest does a little dam there, they have to get more consistent play from the front court guys. they need to stay. that's been the problem in the past. games slow down in the opening rounds for higher seated teams. >> mike: i would say stewart and harris are going to be critical for them. aminu is going to be fine. he'll get back to shooting. mcfarland has been limited. they are not going to change mup. they have to get the freshmen going. >> tim: l.d. williams. solid seniors making good passes. >> mike: it's what dino gaudio wants to see. >> tim: two early fouls. really, it was a nonfactor in the first half. you would think oliver purnell wants to get him on track. potter bumped by l.d. williams. a give away foul gave up by wil

the home of harry reid.ehouse swimming pool. he learned his lesson well as a child because today he is a lifeguard on duty in the biggest for house swimming pool in america, the united states congress. put that on the news. i know you had been here awhile and got uncomfortable, but when we leave today, let's leave this place of little nicer than the way we found it. on like what this government is attempting to do to the next generation. when i look at the comments that were made by some people in search lied about us coming to the area, but thought it was rude for us to come to their neighborhood. let me tell you what is rude. crude is bankrupting the nation. rude is undermining our sovereignty. rude is taking away the right of self-determination. crude is having harry reid say a war is lost when we have men and women serving this country. that is rude. and now we're in tough economic times. you would think it would concentrate on that. but they think we want health care reform. if we fix health care, they

holmes gives it up to harris. dash. dash harris cleaning up the court as he through in the ball. tim: holmes and harris have tremendous quickness. louis johnson undersized as is kramer. but bryan davis and loubeau would seem to be the advantage for texas a&m. especially in the last five minutes. right on queue. mike: he looks very fresh inside. there's not much that johnson physically can do with him. tim: purdue missed eight straight during that period where they could note get a bucket to close out regulation. to kramer and he puts it through. kramer now with 13. mike: good play out of the double team. it allowed kramer to get a look from the weak side. tim: earlier today michigan state winning at the buzzer. korie lucious. it may come down to that again. the winner of this game will advance to take on duke who defeated california out of the pac-10 earlier. sloan on moore with eight to shoot. harris, what a delivery! with flash from dash to davis. mike: he's a pass-first point guard but he drew things in and davis has

i'm harry smith. also tonight, the vatican on the defensive as new questions arise about how much the pope knew about a child abuse case when he was a german archbishop. can women who've had pwrapbser get pregnant without risking their health? what a new study found. and mccain/palin together again on the campaign trail. >> let's send the maverick back to the senate! captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. call it mortgage rescue 2.0. president obama today rolled out a new plan to help americans avoid foreclosure. more than 11 million home over owners are at risk because their homes are what's called underwater, which means they owe more on their mortgage than the house is worth. chief white house correspondent chip reid tells us how the new plan works and who's eligible for help. >> everybody on this street's been affected. >> reporter: the white house hopes the new plan w

our thanks to alour players and to dan harris.ou can find the entire faceoff debate and join the ongoing conversation on the "nightline" page at abcnews.com. >>> and when we come back, a legacy moment for the obama administration, for better or worse? but first, here's jimmy kimmel with what's coming up next on abc. tonight, scott wolf, clark duke, music from neon trees, and me, jim. let's enjoy us together.

senate majority leader harry reid. tea party took the fight to reid's hometown of searchlight, nevada. the rolling caravan is set to cross america and ends 20 days from now on that infamous holiday april 15th, tax day. >>> iraq's former prime minister is declaring victory for his coalition. election results released on friday show ayad allawi blocked one seat in election bs, the most in parliament. his rival nuri el malaki is alleging voter fraud and wants a recount. >>> basketball star gilbert arenas was sentenced to two years of probation in a felony gun case friday. the washington wizards' guard will spend 30 days in a halfway house before serving 400 hours of community service. the judge said he believes at his core arenas is a good, decent man. we'll have another check of the top stories 20 minutes from now. >>> another day, another embarrassing revelation for the catholic church. it latest involves the founder of a religion order in mexico and the vatican's decision not to try him before a church hearing despite

david letterman gave harry a bouquet of roses after harry did the top ten list on the "late show" last i'm not biased. it's true. it was really, really good. in case you missed it, we'll play a little bit of it back. i can't get over how handsome you look. >> well, thank you. in high-def. >> it's a nice thing. so we'll get to that. but first we look at a very old law that's back in the news for 9 million reasons. in a handful of states, you're allowed to sue at person other than your spouse who caused your marriage to fail. last week a north carolina woman used that law to win a big lawsuit. >> reporter: it's a tale as old as time. the husband, the wife, the other woman. except this time a twist. the wife sues not the husband, but the other woman. and wins. big. $9 million. under north carolina law, cynthia shackleford sued ann lund quist chosing she broke up her marriage. the concept dates back to common law when a wife was considered property. property that could be stolen. some attorneys find the law archaic. >> it's ridiculous. absolutely ridiculous. and the trend has been more and

>> reporter: harry, this was an historic win for democrats. just a few weeks ago, it looked like the legislation was dead. now they have pulled off a feat that eluded generations of their predecessors. democratic leaders were still riding high today, signing the sweeping health care reform bill they passed late last night. >> on this vote the yays are 219 the nays are 212. >> reporter: by the narrowest of margins. that victory drew cheers on both ends of pennsylvania avenue. >> when faced with crisis, we did not shrink from our challenge, we overcame it. >> reporter: and it was a challenge, right to the end. just hours before the vote, the president was still negotiating with waivering lawmakers, even issuing this executive order reiterating a ban on federal funding for abortion in order to clinch six crucial votes from anti-abortion democrats led by michigan's bart stupak. >> because all life is precious and all life should be honored. >> reporter: but when stupak went to the floor to hail the compromise, a republican, randy neugerbauer of te

i'm pa fris harris. -- patrice harris.et's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and see what we can expect.

let's talk about the tea party's effect on harry reid. national politics and health reform, we've got it all. here is cnn's deputy political director in washington for us. harry reid is the second most democratic congressman after nancy pelosi. there was a time not long ago where we never thought he would be vulnerable yet here we are. the question is, paul, just how vulnerable is he? >> reporter: he is facing a very, very tough re-election, no doubt about it. his home state of nevada has the highest home foreclosure rate in the united states, the second highest state unemployment level. it's a tough year for any incumbent and harry reid is getting targeted by conservatives, by republicans. sarah palin you just saw her there in jessica yellin's piece. she's got one moraly this morning with john mccain and then she is going to searchlight, nevada to headline that rally today, the kickoff event by the tea party express and, again, why searchlight, why harry reid's hometown? because they are targeting harry reid trying to make sure he does n

from harry truman to lyndon johnson. from bill and hillary clinton to one of the deans who has been fighting this so long, john dingell. to senator ted kennedy. and it is fitting that ted's widow, vicki, is here. i remember seeing ted walk through that door in a summit in this room a year ago, one of his last public appearances. and it was hard for him to make it, but he was confident that we would do the right thing. >> when it came time to talk about the legislation the president said health care reform would soon speak for itself. >> in a few moments when i sign this bill all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform. this year tens of thousands of uninsured americans with pre-existing conditions, the parents of children who have a pre-existing condition will finally be able to purchase the coverage they need. that happens this year. this year insurance companies will no longer be able to drop people's coverage when they get sick. they won't be able to place lifetime limits or

sarah mclachlan and emmylou harris -- together.ts for the lilith tour go on sale this saturday, march 27th. next week, miley cyrus, kevin nealon, elizabeth mitchell, carey mulligan, tom arnold, ok go, erykha badu, matisyahu, and more. so join us next week. our first guest tonight is a former 007 with maybe the best name anyone has ever had. he has two movies -- one called "the ghost writer," which is in theaters now. and next friday, "the greatest" opens in select cities. please say hello to pierce brosnan. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i have to say that i feel like i'm looking in the mirror right now. >> you are quite -- brother from another mother. >> jimmyhow is everything? >> very good. nice to meet you. >> jimmy: you have four movies already this year. that's a lot of movies. we're only in march. >> it's an embarrassment of riches. >> jimmy: you had "percy jackson," "remember me," "the ghost writer" and "the greatest." >> and also "oceans." i did the narration for a beautiful disney nature show. >> jimmy: i heard about th

harry not going to be able to talk to us at this point, guys. >> well, harry is actually doing well.hy wouldn't it? [ laughter ] cbs made a very big deal out of this procedure. they've been promoting it nonstop for a week, and pardon the expression, but they really pulled out all the stops. >> today on "the early show." for the first time ever, directed by james cameron, in imax 3d, we send a camera into harry smith -- >> it's happening right now. [ laughter ] >> and along the way, we make some very good friends. james cameron's harry smith's colonoscopy. followed by kathryn bigelow's mammogram with julie chen. only on the cbs "early show." >> jimmy: well, that's -- [ applause ] it probably cost only $1 billion. there's more trouble for toyota. today, a woman in new york claims her prius accelerated out of control in her driveway and caused her to run into a wall. my aunt fran did that without any accelerator problems, so this could be a great excuse for crappy drivers. this is fresh on the hills of that prius that accelerated in san diego and had to be stopped by highway patrol. i d

harris stayed in the game even though he got hurt. two runs scored. harris bruised an ego.guzman may not be the starting short stop but he is in the line up. his bat is hot. double off the wall that scored harris. nats had 15 hits. >>> last night at verizon center another high scoring loss for the capitals. washington gave up five goals in a 5-4 overtime defeat to the senators. caps have dropped three straight games which prompted the coach to be asked if this season was reminding him of last season when washington finished the regular deal by dropping four of the last ten games? >> the difference between last year and this year, we were playing all teams out of the play-offs. our level of play came way down. i think the teams we are playing, everyone is fighting for something. that was a harfought game. that wasn't go through the motions type game get the season over with. that was two teams wanting it. >> all right. good point. i think e caps will be okay. they play again thursday night. the wizards signed cedric benson a ten day contract. he comes from the d league. they

harris hit a bit of a wall himself. product of smith not getting the open looks he once had. >> mike: your legs going, you are a jump shooter. 11 points out of florida state but did not score in the prior two. >> tim: the double-team. smith gives it up. stewart off the front iron. smith saves it. they are going to say he was on the sidelines. nope. he ran out of bounds. again, the fans enjoyed the effort from the senior. >> mike: with jenn talking about it, that's the effort now that this team needs, just getting that left foot on the line. all-out hustle by the senior. >> tim: he was clearly out of bounds, too. andre young operating at the point. stitt moved to the two with trevor booker along with devin. on the floor as well. noel johnson runs it home. a lot of upside to that young player. he completed by one stop and go. harris to aminu. he gos reversal. >> mike: he let the game, so far, come to him. he's done a nice job shaping up. he's dangerous along the baseline. he's also got a tough match up. he's got to handle

tony harris cnn. here's my twitter address. tony harris cnn. call us. pick up the phone, 1-877-742-5760. let's have more of your thoughts on the program. "cnn newsroom" with tony harris. >>> a lot of controversy over $2 billion in wind energy grants. yeah, wind energy grants. consider that for a moment. part of the stimulus program, the money is going to u.s.-based wind generation projects. but a lot of the equipment for those projects comes from overseas. senator charles schumer of new york says stimulus money should be used to create american jobs, not foreign jobs. here he is earlier this month taking on one particular project. >> in west texas, there is a $1.5 billion wind energy project about to receive $450 million in stimulus grants, even though it's creating 3,000 jobs in china. and a fraction of those jobs, a few hundred in the united states. >> okay. the wind energy industry has been feeling that heat, that pressure, that hot air. t.j. holmes is following this story for us at the stimulus desk. talk to us about this for a second. so this is st

this one here is hard luck harry. now, hard luck harry is underwater.ee here's his house and a glass of water. his house is worth less than the level of the water, so his mortgage is bigger than his house. he's underwater, and see the pink slip? he's unemployed. under the new plan, hard luck harry could see his mortgage payments lowered to no more than one-third of his income for six months, and i'll give you another avatar, struggling sarah, the same thing, her house is underwater. she is, however, working. as you can see. she's a wait fres aress and she one glass on there, and he's just getting by. and she could get new louered payments under the new program, she's not delinquent, and she could get a reduction in the principal, the amount she owes. i'll show you responsible roger, his house is underwater, but he's employed and he's working. and more or less comfortably, he has been making his payments. so do you know what he gets under the government under this new program? he gets the government's best wishes and that's about it. and finally there is

don't do it for nancy pelosi, or harry reid. do it for all those people out there who are struggling. some of you know i get ten letters a day that i read out of the 40,000 that we receive. started reading some of the ones i got this morning. dear president obama, my daughter, wonderful person, lost her job, she has no health insurance, she had a blood clot in her brain, she's now disabled, can't get care. dear president obama, i don't yet qualify for medicare, cobra is about to run out, i am desperate, don't know what to do. do it for them. do it for people who are really scared right now, through no fault of their own who played by the rule, who have done all the right things, and suddenly found out that because of an accident, because of an ailment, they're about to lose their house or they can't provide the help to their kids that they need or they're a small business that up until now has always taken pride in providing care for their workers and it turns out they just can't afford do it anymore and they have to make a deci

thanks. >>> now here's maggie. >> thank you, harry. we have breaking news this morning about a very popular baby product. we first brought you the warning two weeks ago about the dangers of baby slings. this morning, 1 million baby slings are being recalled. they're being taken off store shelves, and they will no longer even be made. "early" show consumer correspondent susan koeppen is here with the latest. good morning, susan. >> good morning, maggie. the popularity of baby slings has been on the rise over the past four years. but according to the consumer product safety commission, two slings are considered so dangerous they are being pulled from the market and parents are being told to stop using them. in early march, "the early show" first broke news of a safety warning about baby slings. >> we're learning, though, this morning that it may be unsafe for their babies. >> reporter: now, the consumer products safety commission has announced a voluntary recall of 1 million baby slings made by infantino. the sling rider and the wendy be

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weigh in, art harris. where do we go? >> well, nancy, you know, he has been so distraught publicly that, you know, he has been also ruled out. so you have to come back, it always comes back to misty. where they go from here, they're frustrated. >> everyone, it's time now for "cnn heroes." >> cnn hero ann malum. >> through decent humanity, kindness, and encouragement and giving people a second chance. >> two years ago ann malum was honored as a cnn hero for helping those who might otherwise be forgotten. the homeless. >> so we're going to go over there and fit you for shorts and fit you for a shirt. >> her back on my feet program inspires homeless men and women to change their own lives, sharing the benefits of running as well as providing job training skills. what started off as a small running club of 300 has expanded to more than 1,500 members with 17 teams running three times a week. spread throughout philadelphia, baltimore, and just this week washington, d.c. >> you're doing great. >> since being a cnn hero, it's bee

soap, he ruined his machine. >> was it harry?retty high ranking and he said what's wrong with my machine. and i said did you use h.e. >> all right. so thighs are bhow much more ar in there? >> the water use is down, the capacity has grown. but when you load the machine, you want to be able to close the door easily. you don't want to try to smash so much in there that you have trouble closing the door. >> what if this gets smelly and mol moldy? >> after every year, you need to take a towel and you need to actually wipe down this plastic ring, pull it back and wipe in there. and wipe this. and then leave it open. leave the door open so it can sort of dry out. also, you can run a cup of bleach by itself once a month to get -- >> bleach in cold water you taught me once. not hot. let's move over to the dryer. >> high efficiency. something that the experts told us which may shock some people when it comes to dryer sheets, just use one. >> people use more than that? >> people take a ton and just throw them in. >> i use one. okay. >>> so

harry reid already in trouble. his poll numbers have been around 40% in terms of a re-elect number, nowhere near 50%. deep, deep trouble for the majority leader. but since the tea party candidate has gotten in, harry reid has done a little bit better tan's looking like maybe the tea party candidate will take away some votes from whoever thublican nominee is. and so a three way race might actually be better for harry reid in the long run. so that's one of the big questions for the tea party moving forward is will they start splintering the republican vote or are they going to be a real force to be reckoned with, t.j.? >> wouldn't that be ironic. they actually help him out by having somebody on the ballot. we shall see. like you said, ed, he is otherwise occupied. not going to be home today. don't look for him there. thanks so much, buddy. we'll talk to you again soon. >> thanks, t.j. >> the former governor of alaska sarah palin is scheduled to kick off that tea party rally with a speech around 3:00 p.m. eastern time

harry reid could say, let's put the whole senate through diversity training. we need to have a conversation. >> what would you like to see the president look to in year two and stay with? job, job, job? >> jobs, jobs, jobs. but i would actually like him to incorporate idea into the jobs. i he don't know that that would happen but i would hope that he will consider it. >> i don't think the ideas on employment are necessarily effective. give that money to stateses -- not to states, but to cities. let's give san francisco, atlanta, greensboro, new york, ex number of dollars and open up our libraries, ed, and have after-school programs for kids. something for women. >> it's about jobs and also about health care and education as well. we have kids who are trapped in a system of education and failing is all of them. the race to the top is a good idea. i think you're going to see a much more forceful, much more vocal, much more out in the streets, much for defiant president obama, the same guy we thought was going to lose in 2007-2008, he's going to turn it around. >

harry reid, that number there -- >> that's bad. >> -- says bye-bye, harry. he's up for re-election and a very tough election. nancy pelosi, tough, got it done, got something done that very few speakers in history have ever gotten done. >> it's true. there is that headline. and we talked about that. this moment when we see the president making -- signing this legislation will be historic no matter how you slice it, no matter what you think of it. and that is the headline that will wash away a little bit of some of the ugliness that we've seen. people will put it in the rearview mirror to an extent. and nancy pelosi will be on the front end of that to an extent as well. but it certainly wasn't what we were promised in terms of the process, and perhaps things -- there will be a learning curve from it. >> but the last thing to remember, though, is national poll numbers on a representative are worthless. >> yeah. >>> all right, president obama, let's move on to foreign news, will meet with benjamin netanyahu in a closed-door session at the white house later today

this is detective harris from the police department. >> how you doing? >> nice to meet you. art or arturo? >> it doesn't matter. >> he seems like a really nice guy. if you were to meet him on the street, you wouldn't think, oh, my god, this guy is a murderer. >> they started with seemingly idle and innocuous conversation friendly, to put gutierrez at ease. >> are you a smoker? >> yeah. no. not anymore. cigarettes? no. >> used to be? >> yeah. >> wised up? >> oh, yeah, a long time ago. >> that's good. >> when he was talking to the detectives, he reminded me of eddie haskell from ""leave it t beaver". >> i don't remember. i was working at a roofer. >> he was, goomorning, my, you look lovely today. is the beaver around? very insincere and appeared to be kissing up and not being his true self. >> then, a few minutes in, detectives asked the crucial question. >> and you had given a statement about -- you had seen her, i think it was several months before? was the last time you saw her several months before the murder? >> i think six to eight months or something like that. >> and t

and harry reid has the votes.going to demonstrate that beginning this week. >> i found it interesting he did release the letter. it's a letter giving the house democrats assurance. and they tell us there are 51 signatures on the letter. but in what's been released, the signatures are left off and it's a blank piece of paper. >> if so much as a comma is changed, its goes back to the house. >> that's true. >> but this is a protected measure. that is, it's an expedited procedure, that allows a majority in the house and the senate. there's no reason why we wouldn't have the votes necessary to pass reconciliation when it happens. >> the bill is going to pass. reconciliation is going to pass. it's becoming the law. and in november, people will argue, as part of the offyear elections, about it. and down the road, they'll keep arguing. and down the road, it will have to be fixed again. if this bill, as i perceive it, were the only thing that was going to pass and would never change, if i were in the senate, i would vote n

. >> tonight we'll talk to representative harry mitchell, a democrat of arizona, a man on sarah palin's target list who is now receiving phone calls like this. >> you are always going to have to look over your [ bleep ] shoulder, because people in your district hate your [ bleep ] face. >> what reactions like that do to our democracy, with melissa harris lacewell. >>> president obama goes to iowa to explain the health reform law and tells the gop, go for it. take the side of the insurance companies. >> if they want to have that fight, we can have it. because i don't believe that the american people are going to putt the insurance industry back in the driver's seat. >> this, as the final votes are cast in the senate and the house. >>> a witness to history. 11-year-old marcelas owens by the president's side for the historic signing. >> he and i made sure to coordinate our ties. yeah, it looks good. >> marcelas joins us to talk about the day he saw history being written. >>> and a dark day for david frum. after saying this about his fellow republicans. >> we went the radical way looking fo

i think harry reidn tu c i really do. once health care passes.now, and people start focusing on the opposition, he's as strong a competitor. he's never -- he lost one election. and i have to tell you. he's a resilient, political leader. >> you have a real headline. >> predicting that harry reid -- >> in the short run, democrats will lose seats in november. in the long run, when people discover there is no death panel, they're not going to cut basic medicare. next year, it will be the same. they're cutting the subsidy for medicare. >> less health care. more taxes. more fees. more government intervention. that's what they're going to experience. >> and there you have it. we're out of time. thank you very much. george will, trent lott, tom daschle, sam donaldson. "the rndtable" will continue in "the green room" on all of the political updates all week long by signing up newslet on .com hurt-a-bit business. because we don't just work here. we live here. these are ur families. and our neighbors. and by changing lives we're in more than the energy busi

harry reid's got to keep his team in tact. >> he does, andrea. i thought it was interesting today when president obama said to harry reid, we have to pass these fixes. it got a loud, standing ovation. the only reason why there is this ceremony today is that house democrats feel confident enough they will alter the bill. so what happens, at 2:15, the senate takes up debate on this bill, 20 hours of debate and within these 20 hours, republicans will try and mount challenges to this bill on whether or not it fits within the realm of reconciliation. republicans are confident they will be able to cut out a few of these things. that would then send the bill back to the house. now, house democrats are confident that this 219 they've had, 220 with the fix bill, will still be there. that being said, it drags out the process another week. they leave for passover and easter on monday. they want to get this done beforehand so they can use the two-week recess to sell the bill and put to rest all the republican opposition against it. republicans want to drag i

did you hear that, art harris? i can't say 100% that she's coming home. see, that's not the attitude that she had at the very beginning when the searches were ongoing and this was all fresh in everyone's mind, the little 5-year-old girl with turner's syndrome was gone. vanished out of her own bed in the middle of the night. art harris, i thought i knew all the updates. i thought i had the bombshell. you're the one digging. you're the investigative journalist. did you know this new revelation from misty croslin she says the cousin, the male cousin was in the home the night haleigh goes missing? >> nancy, this is a cousin, the family has been telling me all along they suspect. the question is, is it a diversion or is it true? i can tell you that law enforcement has interviewed this cousin in tennessee twice. >> who is he? >> he's a cousin. his name is joe. and he was there staying with misty's sister-in-law and brother during this period. the sister-in-law tells me that she got up the next morning. the van that she had was moved and the keys were in a diffe

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jon: harris, thank you., more than a million baby slings are being recalled, there's a slingrider and wendy bellissimo models both made by infantino. they may be linked to three different deaths n. the middle, new numbers on the housing front. sales of new homes fell unexpectedly last month to the lowest on record. and on the bottom, oprah winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit with the head mistress of her south african school for girls. that trial was supposed to start next week. jon: the clock is ticking for senate republicans in their fight against the new health care law. they cannot filibuster, but republicans can introduce as many be amendments as they want to a reconciliation bill of fixes, and if inty of those should -- any of those should pass, it could send the bill back to the house for a new vote. one of the gop's biggest arguments is that the new law's uncertain costs add more uncertainty for the economy. >> businesses aren't hiring. why aren't they hiring? they aren't because they have a fea

voters are a key if harry reid is going to get to 51% in november. so even if just harry reid listens and they keep it on his front burner, then it serves a purpose. >> did either of you learn anything new with the congressman? >> i was surprised to see the congressman was so disenchanted with the obama administration's leadership on the immigration issue. and it struck me that the president has real problems with his liberal and progressive base. and i'm -- he has already lost -- he his support among independent voters have dropped. it shows you the cost of the health care debate and that he has lost, his popularity is down across the board. but he needs to recapture among his liberal base for him to do well in 12i and also in the mid terms -- 2012 in november. >> this indicates disenchantment with the white house staff. and congressman gutierrez knows some of them very well from senator obama's time on capitol hill and i do think that he was sending a very clear message to them that when they speak about issues to make sure they mention this issue,

my twitter address, tony harris, cnn. call us. pick up the phone. 1-877-742-5760.your thoughts on the program. "cnn newsroom" with tony harris. >>> the fight against childhood obesity is gaining traction. now pepsi is going to pull sugary drinks from the schools all around the world? stephanie elam is at the new york stock exchange with details. wow, this is big. is it also a first, stephanie? >> it is big, tony. and it is a first for a major soft drink company. both pepsi and coca-cola pulled their high-calorie drinks from american schools. that happened back in 2006. but now pepsi is going global, hitting 200 countries by 2012. here exactly is the plan. in elementary schools worldwide pepsi will only sell water, fat free or low fat milk and sugar-free juice. high schools will offer those choices, plus low calorie soft drinks like diet pepsi. a big change from when i was in school, tony. >> wow. i love that! >> it is great. >> man. as a guy who is way too jacked up on sugary drinks today, maybe i could take pepsi's lead here. how is this going to affect food compa

harry reid says this appointment is to combat and staal obama's nominees. picture. >> who are some of the other nominees? >> i will mention one. this is an interesting one. i think we have a photo of him as well. this is someone. let me make sure we get this right. alan berson, up for u.s. customs and border protection, u.s. homeland security. when we talk about vacancies that can be filled through recess appointments, it is not something that applies to every single position in the whole government, just highest level vacancies that there are. go to cnn.com. on the main page, you will see this story about recess appointments. we give you a long list of who he is talking about, what their background is and where they come from, all of it. of course, i am just going to say it because it is true, latest and best sort for all your political news. >> i know david axlerod you saw there on the screen who will be with candy crowley at the top of the hour on "state of the union". >>> tomorrow, president obama will be attending a credential meeting and a seder dinne

>> harry reid accused jim bunting of filibustering. >> it is not a filibuster when you object. >> he accused harry reid of hypocrisy. >> people can make other own decisions. >> he is blocking a $10 billion measure that would extend funding for highway projects, small business loans, flood insurance, and medicare reimbursement. he says he does not object to the funding, but he wanted to be paid for up front. he is not getting a lot of backing from his colleagues. >> he is not running for reelection, it does not matter to him, but for his fellow republican senators they are pulling their hair out because he is making a commercial for democrats. >> minority leaders would only say -- >> hopefully it will be resolved in the future. >> jim demand defended bunting on the senate floor today, calling on democrats to stop the hypocrisy. >> next, maryland is still sending aid to haiti. how will the donation help those injured? >> the maryland zoo is set to reopen. we will tell you when. >> focusing on the oldest infielder this spring, the orioles are looking to win. >> of the whether that will

harry reid. >> but democrat harry reid has some political problems back in his home state of nevada.melling blood. let's go to our cnn national political correspondent, jessica yellin, who is working this story. you had a chance to even catch up with him. what's going on here, jessica? >> reporter: hi, wolf, i did. the senate majority leader is facing a bruising re-election battle. the numbers just don't look good for him. and to complicate matters, wolf, right now the tea party is planning a huge rally in his hometown of searchlight, nevada, tomorrow, with keynote speaker sarah palin who will call for reid's defeat in november. in nevada politics, the stakes couldn't be higher for senator harry reid, his big bet on health care reform, turned into a win in washington, but it's not playing as well with voters back at home. >> with the health care thing, he's -- he's screwing up big time, so he's out. >> legislation -- >> reporter: after four terms in the u.s. senate, the majority leader could lose his job this november. polls show a majority of nevadans don't like him, and only a thir

the daughter of senate majority leader harry lead reed is out of the -- harry reid is out of the hospital. the mother is still recovering after they were hurt in a serious crash. the tractor-trailer rear ended their car on i-of 92 in fairfax county yesterday. bob barnard is live outside of inova fairfax hospital where doctors issued an update. what you have learned, bob? >> reporter: will, landra reid ised to number good spirits following surgery today to repair her broken neck and the 69-year-old wife of harry reid broke her back and nose in yesterday's car crash. we're told the senator was here today and has gone back up to alcohol and is expected back shortly. we got an update from the senator's spokesman and the physician here at inova fairfax. >> her -- for recovery is good and she's neurologically in tact, meaning she's able to move her arm and legs as she was able to before the wreck. and her surgery -- to stabilize the risk of paralysis and that is not existing at this point. >> senator reid asked me to read a statement from him to all of you. it said the tremendous concern and su

tony harris cnn. and post your comments here. here's my twitter address, tony harris cnn.ntact us directly. talk to the show. call us. pick up the phone. 1-877-742-5760. let's have more of your views, mof of your thoughts on the program. cnn newsroom with tony harris. >>> we'll get more of your views on that billboard. more than a million americans who receive federal unemployment insurance could see those benefits end soon. an extension expires today. the senate could vote this week. also, also, western europe, a deadly storm swept through at least six countries. look at the water there. france hit the hardest. 50 people were killed. a combination of winds and tie tide swamped parts of the coastal region there. >>> guess what, more delays ahead for folks flying into new york's jfk airport. busiest runway, it will be closing today for four months of reconstructi reconstruction. it is hoped this $376 million project will ease a little bit of the traffic and congestion as one of the world's busiest airports. time to take a look at some of the stories generating a lot of buzz

palin hammer senator harry reid in his hometown. >> so harry reid comes from these parts.ou know, he served on the state's gaming commission and what he is doing now is gambling our future. and somebody needs to tell him, this isn't a crap shoot. this is a lot of this is being crap though. >> bill: obviously the left despises that kind of rhetoric. now charges that sarah palin incites violence and sows discord. some on the left fear tea party movement and there is a media strategy to brand tea party people as racist. right in the miami herald over the weekend leonard pitts says this about the tea party quote: are you can see what's emerging. the most ardent critics of president obama is going to be label racist and extremist. the extremist label is being used by some on the right against the president. last week's awful confrontation outside the capital where charges n word was used by anti-obama demonstrators signals how intense this entire issue has become. as the factor reported there is no proof of any racial inventricle that. we do believe harsh words were spoken by a