Good evening Wolf, Erica and bloggees.

Hope everyone had a great Friday.

Wolf, this is hour #5 for you today. I hope you sleep in tomorrow.

Erica before I forget……Happy Mother’s Day! Hope you have a great day with your little guy

Greetings from America’s Desert Playground! Erica, any chance Anderson is on his way to Myanmar?

Hello Wolf, Erica. and Bloggers!!!
Happy Friday!
Congrats for Jenna and Henry!

Why did the morning buzz say Anderson was trying to go to Burma when it seems he is on vacation?

No Casey,
Anderson is not going to Myanmar yet.

Hillary has the right to end her campaign, all by herself. When and if she ends it, should be on her own terms.

Woah Wolf on 360, this must be a first. Did Anderson get his visa and is on his way to Burma?

Wolf…Please tell me why are the media and all these pundants calling the CAMPAIGN already? He is NOT the winner..

Also, when SEN James Clyborn from SC used racebaiting saying the Clintons need to watch it and “chill” because African-Americans is not voting for the SEN Clinton, NO ONE said that he is using the RACE CARD!… Roland Martin also said that she has to win the “…black votes…” No one said Nothing; why is the RACE CARD being played against SEN Clinton? Now they are Pushing her out…

The cam hasn’t moved an inch since the show started…

Hillary’s comments were not racist….can you say typical white person

Is there a double standard here…

Hillary was merely commenting on an AP story and parroting the words used in the story….the full interview Q and A has not been playing in the media. If heard in its context, it would be better understood and the whole race issue would be far less volatile.

I agree Lorie Ann. After June 3rd Hillary should really think long and hard about what will be best for the party. I am an Obama supporter but I say let her keep going for 3 weeks. Just try hard to not be negative. It does not help anyone

Ya, where is everyone? How come no one is on the cam?

Wolf, why is everyone in this country against Hillary Clinton finishing her campaign, I am a 52 year old white male & I have been a voter since I’ve been 18 & I don’t understand why all the pressure to get out.

I know that it is dangerous in Burma right now, but it would be exciting to see Anderson report from there! I know that he would do a wonderful job.

Jason & Carla>There seems to definitely be a double standard on referring to race in any format thus far.

that right, guys….
I hope that Hillary will stay in race until she nominee.

Carmern>So, the “media” is instigating the conflict once again?!

The negative campaigning you keep attributing to Senator Clinton is actually the media’s negative campaigning. The media shaped the primary votes as white/black in every primary. She restated what the media has said and now the media says she is being negative. Come on, Wolf, you know this is exactly what goes on.

Looks like Gary found the one place in the world that does not know who Britney Spears or Hannah Montana are

Wow, that FLDS woman is really lucky. She’s never heard of Brittany Spears. lol

Hey Wolf…glad you are subbing tonight. Man you work WAY too much! I hope CNN appreciates that!

I am so sick and tired of the media analysts and pundits hounding Hillary for staying in the race until the end. For goodness sakes, let her leave after a few wins and with dignity…which she is due. So, back off media and let the process play out. Stop using her as the story of the day and the easy punching bag…not fair and there are far more interesting things to focus on in the three weeks remaining in the primary. To use a word Clyburn from SC seems to like to use…”Chill”!

Guys, Look up there I said…….. Anderson is not going to Mayanmar yet.

Geez!! Hillary is not a racist, Obama is not a racist! Enough! I’m so sick of hearing about black and white votes!!!! We all bleed the color red, and hopefully as humans we vote for the policies and on the issues, because ultimately thats what matters!

Hi Wolf! It is nice to see you on 360 for once.

While Sen. Clinton is expected to do well in West Virginia and Kentucky, I don’t expect this to change any of the dynamics. It will however be a reminder to Sen. Obama that if he wants to win against John McCain, he has his work cut out for him especially with blue collar older voters.

How nice to live in a filtered world (FDLS). I would like to live in a world where i don’ know about Brittany or Hannah Montana., too. Or Burma either. But I do. We all do. Thes people should get real.

Bev, lol, that was funny

CaseyJPS and Megan that is true, You have SEN Kennedy blasting her saying she is not a real viable candidate for Obama….How Dare him, a BIG Obama supporter…I do not see ANYONE coming out against him for DISSING her supporters along with her as a “PROMINATE CANDIDATE”… Typically Double Standards as well as SEXISM…and for the record I am an African American who supports Hillary Clinton Whole heartedly…blacks are NOT monlithic as MANY in the media are portraying in these POLLS…

Happy Friday, everyone!

Wolf truly is the hardest work man in TV…I dont know how he does it, though we’re all lucky he never seems to run out of steam

Megan Dresslar>Please don;t take this the wrong way but how do you know he is not going to Myanmar yet (I’m just curious. I must of missed something somewhere.)

The CNN energizer bunny-WOLF!

Happy Mother’s Day for Erica ,CNN and Blogger Mothers!

How helpful for US or global world would be if Anderson is reporting from Burma??

Ava, I agree with you…the “black” and “white” commentary is getting old.

Wolf I hope you blog, I always watch all 3 hours of the situtation room!
It’s cool to see you on here. Do you ever get a vacation? Wolfie is everywhere!
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Erica where are you? Why is no one on the web cam? Friday early out? what’s going on?

@Billi: That is exactly right! No one has mentioned race as much as those covering the election. Don’t be fooled the news channels are getting a lot of mileage out of it.

Clinton was only describing a demographic group while Obama’s “typical white person” comment denigrated an entire race. There is obviously a double standard here.

I agree with you Erica, I watch him everyday & look forward to getting the news on his program

While I get angry and frustrated with the media at times, especially regarding its treatment of Hillary…I am so glad and privileged to be able to turn on CNN…uncensored…thank God for America and freedom of the press…and my individual right to speak out when I don’t like something.

Hello Erica,
I am back tonight! I am glad see Wolf Blizter tonight!

The way Hillary has been treated by the Obama campaign, the DNC and media has made me decide to Registar as an Independant in November. I think all these pundits saying the Party will come together are wrong.

Obama need to tell his campaign to stop using the race card and spinning any comments by the Clintons as racist. Run on Policy.

I am proud to have supported Clinton from the beginning even though the rest of my community deserted her. Are the 98% of black voters racist for voting for Obama?

I hope Hillary will decide to run as an independant in the fall, Lieberman did it an won.

wow the video from the tornado is rather scary. Very intense

Megan O: That is the only thing that I envy about their lifestyle!

I hold Barack Obama personally responsible for refusing to re-vote in Florida. I am a liberal Democrate but if Hillary Clinton is not on the ticket this November my vote will stay home. I cannot in good conscience vote for John McCain but I will not vote for Obama. This primary has been such a disappointment that if my vote didn’t count in January it will not be given in November. If your guest thinks that us Dems will come together….she is sadly mistaken

Megan, sure was. I would like to see a camera picked up by a tornado like a cell phone camera to look at it from the inside.

Hillary worked hard for the African Americans over the years. There is no way she is a racist. I would blame the Democratic party leaders and the media including this one, for driving her into desperation to make such statements. Never has there been such a tight primary race, with so little difference between two candidates. In the past, when the party has tried to get a candidate to step down, there has been a very clear difference between the candidates. So what is driving Hillary is not racism, but the sexist attitudes of the media and her own party, who are trying hard to get her out.That is why Hillary supporters are so distanced, that they will not vote for Obama, if he becomes the nomminee

I hope all those kids get deprogrammed so they can chose between their cult and the normal world.

Finally someone from the FLDS is nice and let’s Gary into their house!

Jo Ann, U re Right, How Soon have we forgot the Floydian Slip from SEN Obama, …”Typical White People…” No one wants to talk about that….I really feel this Election has being driven for the Most part by the media and THEIR LOVE and Fawning for SEN Obama and dislike for SEN Clinton… She has an Impressive and longer resume…compared to his in the “DEMOCRATIC Primary”

How come he only has one wife?

I heard that Mayanmar won’t let us or Anderson in Burma……. to help there…….

My God, do these people ever sleep? How many kids can one person crank out? I mean, seriously, I’d really like to understand some of the fundamentals of this religion much better, ’cause I just don;t get it. I truly wonder about the quality of life although it must be wonderful to not be encumbered by modern day conveniences that just add more and more responsibilities.

The FLDS and other religious groups of its kind boggle my mind. I can’t grasp the servitude mentality that seemingly annihilates the human spirit. God help those kids from the Texas ranch.

@Mike from Syracuse NY: The only problem is that those people think that is the “normal world!” I don’t think choice is a part of their religion.

My hats off to Gary Tuchman. He has been on the FLDS story for a long time. Good work Gary. It’s about time the doors stopped slamming in your face and we get to see a glimpse of FLDS.

How many families in the world do have 2, 3, wives? Call them “mixed” families. They don’t live under the same roof but famlies that live with devorce and remarriage are traumatic too!! Are they morally any better? (Yes, I’m ticked about the whole thing!!)

The wife sounded a little hesitant to me when Gary asked her about welcoming another wife into her family.

How can they say that they are not polygamists when they live in their community, practice their religion and say they are open to more wives? What are they then?

Gary is a rebel with a cause. Roll up those sleeves

Jo Ann, that’s why the kids need to be exposed to the outside world, so they know what they are getting into if they stay.

Wow they are living on the edge–shoes untied!!

WOW Gary! I’m truly impressed. Congratulations on the story.

Good story Gary! I don’t think everything about FLDS is as evil as others want us to think. I see the family there is a wholesome one, I wish most families are as wholesome as theirs.

It was fascinating to watch Gary’s story…

People who live in isolated communities lose perspective. By trying to preserve their freedom they lose it.

You know if it was the opposite and Hillary was ahead of Obama the same amount, the DNC and the media would be crying for him to stay until convention. They would never tell him to drop out. In fact they would tell him to fight to the end.

Again a double standard.

Excellent story Gary!

and Military government policy really strict, no one let foreign in Burma to help people…….

Is it just me or does anyone else feel kinda strange seeing stories about how minimally FLDS people live and people struggling to feed themselves here (let alone people struggling to stay alive in Myanmar), and then watching Jaguar and BMW ads?

Great job, Gary! A coup for you to actually get inside an FLDS home. A different perspective, to some degree, than we have been able to see thus far due to their reluctance to speak to the media.

Mike from Syracuse NY: That is what they are afraid of. How do you think they hang on to their church members? I have said it before, but I will say it again, if you have to isolate your members from the outside world it is no longer a religion, it is a cult.

Gary has done an excellent job reporting about the FLDS all of these years! That footnote sounded a little 1984ish to me! Spooky!

On a more serious note. This is not a religion. This is pedophiles @ a buffet. I only want to know when are the rest of these dirt bags going to prison??????

It’s good to see Erica on this story–it’s becoming increasingly difficult to make ends meet, prices are sky high and it’s a constant struggle to keep a roof over your head and bills paid.

The cost of living is jumping faster than we can catch our breath. No one in our country should ever go hungry. Perhaps ethanol is not worth shorting our food supply for.

Biggest problem is all of the children that grow up thinking that wooden toys, bed sheet clothing and 90 brothers and sisters, is normal. Generationally, eventually it has to come to a head and the kid will be exposed to the real world. I really wouldn’t care what adults did if there weren’t kids involved, no brainwashing and nobody got hurt. The kids are being taught a life absent of any judgement.

Hard to believe that this is happening in the USA–

Erica, yes Gary’s story was so interesting. It was nice to see he was able to sit down with the family and not have the door slammed in his face like he has had so many times in the past.

I know people who easily qualify for food stamps or could participate in food banks and they wouldn’t think of showing their face at a food bank nor show food stamps at the poiint of check-out. I think I would have to be extremely desperate to take either of these routes.

It’s possible to hold on to religious beliefs and live with the outside would. The Amish do it, and no one considers them a cult. The FLDS is so secretive only because they want to continue practices that are illegal.

Scary, scary times many are in these days…more hunger issues than ever in America. What is wrong with this picture? I fear we will get so far into national debt (can it really get any worse?), fewer jobs, less and less available for the marginally employed, more hunger and homelessness. My usual optimism in the face of adversity is waning…fast.

She’s lucky she only has 1 more day with that last name. Just think were not related but we have to keep that name until NOV.

Jo Ann and Mike>I have a hard time telling the difference between any religion and any cult. At some point in their rhetoric, they all preach some form of absolution. That is, they are the ONLY religion.

I think Bushs will be private for their daughter Jenna’s wedding tomorrow.

With are the problems around the Globe, we need someone who is stronger in domestic and foreign affairs, and who has character, values and will fight for the people. In my opinion that person is Hillary and she would do a fantastic job.

wow … i didnt realize so many people were in such desperate situations :S

14 attendants……dang that’s alot

The basic right for all people is shelter and food… unless we can meet this criteria, we cannot call ourselves a great country.

Casey, it’s all about keeping up appearances? When you’re hungry and need food…that all goes out the window. Why would you care what other people think at a check out line in a market? That’s like not parking your car in a Sak’s parking lot because you don’t drive a bmw!

Carmen, I agree. The way I deal with our current economic woes is to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Americans need to wake up!!! There is much more to life then fancy cars, plasmas and ipods.

Until the UN food aid workers in Myanmar/Burma can distribute the food, it should be assumed that all food aid is going to the army. I wouldn’t doubt that they are stock piling it for the army’s use. Until the UN can ensure that food aid is actually going to the people, all food shipments should stop. By failing to render aid when needed and available to its people, the leadership of Myanmar/Burma should be tried for crimes against humanity.

attendants are the people who seat guests before the wedding and assist the wedding party with tasks.

Ava>That’s a very good analogy. Thank you.

Glad to hear Myanmar is allowing some US aid in but it is not nearly enough

Dan Rivers did amazing work while in Myanmar before he had to leave but I am glad he did not get caught

Cool! Hot Dog Car! I love hot dog!

Burma needs food aid, but AMAZINGLY it seems like the US does too !!
Time for Bush to divert some of those funds …. perhaps even from some of the pork barrel spending.

Many times I have to choose between food items and my medicines. I’ve had to use food pantries too.

The Papa Johns deal was a large 1 topping pizza for $.23, not a slice.

How disgusting that the police in Burma would waste time chasing out a reporter, rather than help their people.

I would really prefer to see the Myanmar stories at the top of the broadcast. I see this as the real #1 priority at this moment in time. Great job by Dan Rivers.

Attendants vs. bridesmaids? Do we know if all the people standing up for her are women? Could possibly be the reason they are being called “attendants”

CaseyJPS: Yes, but at least legitimate religions give you the choice to leave without being threatened.

Dan Rivers has done some excellent work from Burma and I really appreciate all the risks he has taken to bring us the story. What the Burmese government is allowing to happen to their own citizens is beyond shameful.

Poor. poor pit bull…stuck in the engine mount. Thankfully, the car was not turned on before the dog was discovered.

Shot of the day..Talk about a dog in the hood…Happy Mother’s day and good night all.

The dog in the engine is part of the security system….just joking..I think..yikes!

Great show Wolf and Erica. It has been a long and exciting and frustrating week. Glad it is the weekend.

See everyone on Monday

To all the mothers on the blog….HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!!!

GOODNIGHT to all!!! Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas out there! Have a great weekend!