in my case it was stories in politics and breakthroughs in the 2008 elections and -- here's mary wolf, our dear friend. come up and join us. yay! [applause] >> anyway, we'll settle that in a moment. >> hi, sweetie. >> i'll dance until you're ready in meschelle's case it was book about her family and her life and ancestry and in the past we talk about how they were received. >> i don't have much to say except that i wanted to introduce you to them but i guess that's already happened. [laughter] >> and i just wanted to say that yes, these are the books. oh, microphone. anyway, we're so happy to have both gwen and meschelle here today. you know, does race still matter? it's an issue that here at key school is an issue that we deal with on a regular basis. it's a dialog that we talk about with our students. and i think it's fair to say that both meschelle and gwen have elevated and amplified this issue with their wonderful book. and i just want to give you a brief -- probably movie you -- most of you don't need this. gwen and meschelle's background. both of them are really what we call th

the plant expansion will be on 150 acres down the street at the corner of prune ridge and wolf. mary ann favro joins us to talk about the plans. all the fruit apple wail bear for all the businesses around it, too. >> reporter: people are excited, jessica. this building will be unique. a circular building in which 12,000 employees will work inside that one building. underground park ing sotrees can cover the entire campus. what most people in coopertino are interested in is how it will impact the local economy. apple has come a long way. >> apple is growing like a weed. as you know we have always been in cooper tino. started in an office park and eventually got the buildings we are in now. >> reporter: in a special presentation last night apple ceo steve jobs told the city council of his vision of the future where he would like apple to land next. >> the campus we would like to build there is one building that holds 12,000 people and it's a pretty amazing building. let me show it to you. it is like a spaceship landed. >> reporter: built on 155 acres. employees here at this opt metrics

wolf? >> mary, have any of his colleagues in new york actually weighed in? >> reporter: you know, besides congressman steve israel who weighed in on saturday asking that weiner resign, there really hasn't been a lot of talk among new york lawmakers, and that includes new york senator chuck schumer, a democrat of new york and anthony weiner had one time worked for him. schumer is seen as his mentor. schumer said he was heartbroken over this, but he has stopped short of calling for his resignation. >> yeah, new york congressman steve israel from long island has called for his resignation, joining nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders. all right. the pressure mounting on congressman weiner. thanks, mary. thanks very much. >>> meanwhile, important new developments in that massive arizona wildfire, the second largest on record in state history. we'll have the latest. plus a home improvement project gone very wrong, and all of it caught on tape. stick around. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. [ ki

mary, what happened here? >> well, wolfa close call on the runway at jfk earlier this week forced a luftanza flight -- just moments after being cleared for takeoff, carrying 286 passengers, speeding down the runway, was forced to come to an abrupt halt to avoid colliding with another plane approaching the runway. >> cancel takeoff. cancel takeoff plans. >> lufthanza 411 heavy is rejecting takeoff. >> all traffic is stopped right now. the flight by some estimates would have been going about 140 miles per hour when the pilot had to slam on the brakes. egypt air flight 986 was taxiing and the faa says the egypt airplane failed to turn as instructed. instead of turning onto another taxiway it went straight but the faa says it didn't enter runway 22-r. at one point the lufthanza pilot even mentions the heat the brakes generated. >> those two are coming together. >> advise if you need any assistance lufthanza. >> maybe we have hot brakes now so maybe we can take a minute. we can tell you in five minutes. >> from a pilot who witne

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wolf? >> thank you. mary snow reporting.role in the anthony weiner story. >> i think that anthony weiner should resign because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week. >>> a new twist to the scandal with congressman anthony weiner. a porn star said he asked her to lie about online communications. mary is in new york with details. what's the latest? >> if ginger lee said after the scandal broke she asked him about what to do. she said he told her to lie about exchanges and provided the words she should say she is a former porn star whose path collided with anthony we were online. ginger lee and gloria allred held a press conference to speak out about the communications with weiner. she claims he coached had he ever about dealing with the press after pictures surfaced about a lewd picture. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication he told me to say. it said "i haven't met representative weiner i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i

wolf? >> thanks very much, mary.e'll check back with you. >>> michele bachmann says she's a voice for the american people. the breakout republican white house contender will join us live here in "the situation room" for an interview. stand by. >>> and greece's economic troubles have that country certainly in turmoil right now. but guess what, it could also have deep financial repercussions for the recession recovery right here in the united states. ...was it something big? thing you ever saw? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe ...it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. >>> new york could be on the verge of becoming the largest state in the united states to legalize same-sex marriage. the bill has already passed the state assembly, but is now being held up in the state senate. mary snow's in new york. she's got the dills for us. a big, big potential development

wolf? >> mary is in brooklyn for us. he is working the story as well.s a rising star in the democratic party. >> he was a rising star both in the congress and some tensions with the leadership because he criticized and he is getting a lot of attention and he is a frequent guest. he took the argument and he was a debater and viewed by many as a favorite if not the favorite to be the next mayor of new york city. finishing up his term and there will be an election for mayor. that's the job he wanted and was preparing for and many gave him a good shot. not now. >> some supporters are angry at democratic leadership for trying to push him out. they succeeded in that as opposed to the republican leadership that never tried to push the senator from louisiana after the d.c. madam's list >> the senator is still there and survived the scandal. he is there. >> just reelected. >> if you contrast that from new york and had a photo on the internet, but they pushed him out and he did resign. not all of these play out the same way. when they play out, they play out in t

wolf. >> all right, mary, thanks very much.snow reporting. >>> and to our viewers, you're in "the situation room." happening now, in a massive sex bias case pitting women against walmart, the u.s. supreme court issues a ruling that could affect nearly every private employer in the united states. why would federal agents just watch as fake buyers bought thousands of guns and then passed them on to mexican drug cartels? a top u.s. official may be about to pay a sirg price for that very misguided and dangerous policy. and the u.s. is in contact with the taliban, but do american officials really know whom they are dealing with? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news. political headlines. jeanne moos all straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." it was the country's largest ever sex discrimination lawsuit against the world's largest retailer, a case that could have pitted more than 1 million women against walmart, but the u.s. supreme court today ruled in favor

mary snow has the latest. >> reporter: well, wolf, still intense negotiations still going on, unclearll will come up for a vote later today. the timing of 9 president's trip is being noted by gay rights activists here, and they want to listen closely to hear if the many is going to acknowledge their fight. as gay rights activists fight for same-sex marriage in albany, new york, brett peterson for one is closely watching what comes from president obama's lgbt fund-raiser in new york city. >> i understand politics, and i understand you just can't walk into office and change everything, but we supported him, and it's time. the time is running out. >> reporter: and the president's views on same-sex marriage are being scrutinized. a 1996 questionnaire published by a local paper recently resurfaced. mr. obama, then running for state senate had responded. fav legalizing same-sex marriages. asked about it at the white house, the spokesman said it was his understanding the president filled out the questionnaire at the time and when asked if the president did in fact support same-sex marriage,

mary? >> reporter: after marathon negotiations throughout the day, wolf, sources familiar with the negotiationsll us that both sides have reached a deal on the language. this is regarding an amendment having to do with protections for religious organizations. according, in terms of this same-sex marriage bill. this was the major holdup for senate republicans and this has been under negotiations for the entire week. so it's still unclear whether or not senate republicans are going to bring the same-sex marriage bill up for a vote. we're still waiting word on that. but supporters and advocates of this bill see this as a positive sign. they say now this is about -- this is not about content right now, but this is about process. what's happening now is there's still some other bills that need to be voted on by lawmakers here. that's expected to happen shortly. about four bills have to go up for a vote. and then it will be decided by republicans whether or not they're going to bring this bill up for a vote. still unclear about that, but this is a development because it has been the main sticking poi

. >> a mistake, wolf blitzer, that just got more and more dramatic. it was several photos. as we saw maryw report yesterday, now it's turned into thinks conversations, one even involving a porn actress. wolf, what do you think will happen today? >> i think it's going to be official. dana's sources are good. it's unclean whether it will be made personally or the form or speaker, nancy pelosi. she has a news conference this hour, maybe she'll make the announcement on his behave. but clearly he made the decision together with his wife hum huma abedin, that it's over. he's giving up his congressional district. supposedly he's in remash right now. do we don't know where he is, but we know that his office for all practical purposes in capitol hill has been shut down. >> as we're getting word through your sources and dana bash's sources, what happens with the house ethics committee and its investigation, does it go away? >> they could still continue. i assume, if they want, but if he's out, the governor of new york will name someone to fill his district. i'm not sure if they'll have a special el

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mary. what was it like in new york, i should say. >> i never really witnessed anything quite like this, wolf.s in advance notice of this press conference. throughout the day there had been photographs posted on biggovernment.com, the conservative website by andrew breitbart. he did show up. it was really a circus-like atmosphere at the time. but then congressman anthony weiner took to the podium about 25 minutes late for this press conference. and you know, at several times along the way, he almost started crying, whenever he started mentioning his wife. he got very emotional. take a listen. >> my wife is a -- my wife is a remarkable woman. she's not responsibility for any of this. this was visited upon her. she's getting back to work. and i apologize to her very deeply. >> and he stood there for about 30 minutes fielding various questions coming from the press, but what really was surreal, before it started andrew breitbart, who is the conservative blogger who had been posting photos of anthony wooener in his website, he showed up about 15 minutes before this press conference was going to st

wolf. she is a serious candidate. if i'm tim paw lendy, i wond wrer she came from. she has a tax degree and went to william and mary.nty smart and understands where the right wing is coming from. she speaks loutly and they love it. all politicians make mistakes barack obama made a mistake last week and george w. bush made a mistake. the question is, can she be credible to enough voters going beyond iowa and that's an open question. >> is she held to a different standard because she is a woman? >> i guess the answer is obviously yes. i don't think chris wallace would have asked a man if he was a flake. i think that the fact that she is constantly compared to sarah palin as opposed to other men in the race clearly would demonstrate that. i think the issue for her is she is a high flying rhetorical politician in part because she was not in a position of power to execute. she was just more trying to create a movement and now i think going forward, it's not that she is not smart or well-educated, does she have the discipline to reign in her rhetoric and know what she's talking about. >> she has a great staff including ed

wolf, came out to more than $3,000. >> all right. so i guess he's doing it to make it look better. thanks very much for that, mary>> three may have been a crowd in new hampshire today. for mitt romney, the newly announced presidential candidate. here's a question. is he being upstaged, though, by sarah palin and rudy giuliani, both of whom are in new hampshire as well? we are standing by for a strategy session. >>> and the shock and damage from the deadly tornadoes in the heart of new england. >>> an outbreak of a rare string of e. coli has killed 16 people in europe and thousands of people are sick. three people have actually been hospitalized in the united states. they are likely to have been stricken by the same strain, according to the cdc. let's go to elizabeth cohen. elizabeth, first of all, what do we know about these three patients here in the united states? >> wolf, what we know is that all three of them have recently traveled to hamburg, germany. and that's the reason why officials think that these are likely cases. they have come down with a syndrome that is the dreaded complication of e. coli. it can