Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 4/11/08
Breaking news from the campaign trail. Sen. Barack Obama is responding tonight to criticism over comments he made days ago. He called some Pennsylvanians who have lost their jobs "bitter." Both Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain pounced on the story calling Obama elitist and condescending. What impact will this have on the Pennsylvania primary? We’ll talk to the best political team on television.
We’ll also have the latest from Eldorado and the investigation into Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect. Investigators removed 292 boxes of documents, personal letters, journals, family photographs and dozens of computers and hard drives from the Yearn For Zion Ranch.
We’ve devoted a lot of time to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints this week but they’re not the only people who practice polygamy. Tonight we’re going to talk to two women who are in a polygamous marriage and they don’t look anything like Jeffs’ followers. They live in the suburbs, wear contemporary clothes and made the choice to have a plural marriage.
Erica Hill is anchoring tonight. Be sure to check her out on our new live web camera from the 360° studio. That’ll start at 945p ET. LINK TO THE BLOG CAMERA
We’ll start posting comments to this blog at 10p ET and stop at 11p ET.
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Have a great weekend, everyone. AC is back next week - see you Monday!
Erica, well done anchoring tonight!!! 360 was awesome tonight
Randi thanks for joining the live blog (you must have been itching to do it everytime you were on the set)
Loved the Shot – New Kids were my first concert and if they come to Toronto....I am so there. The oldest New Kid is a real estate agent and since no one is buying houses he needed money so why not tour right!??!?!?!?
Have a great weekend Erica, Randi and Bloggers!
oh no "NKOTB" as if it wasn't bad enough the 1st time.
I"m gonna get flash backs 🙁
Happy start of the weekend to all. Erica, very good job. Time to dance out with the dancing weatherman..
Nice to see you Randi.
As for the rest I wish you all a happy weekend
P.s. lets see how the obama nation will spin out of this one.
Great great great show tonight Erica! See you next week bloggers, its always fun . Looking forward to seeing the Coop back, although he has nothing on you Erica :D!
Hi Erica...I am a frustrated, gun toting, religious fanatic and lost my job 25 years ago...I am from PA..I like people like me!!!! Yes, Barack has a way with words..so insulting..He just changed my mind when it comes to November...
To you adrain_andrews
Don't forget for a minute that McCain faught for you and was enslaved (for 5 and one half years) for you.
Erica-so glad to see you in the anchor chair!!
Where's Randi's pic?
I hope the 360 crew joins in with the "Dance Friday" theme. Come on...show us what you got!!!
Great show tonight. Have a good weekend everyone!!!
Go Randi and Erica! Friday night's best political team! More news to chew on and think about!
Have a great weekend Mr./Ms. Moderator!
Good night Erica, Randi and Bloggers
Have good weekend! See you next week!
Congrats Charlie and llyold!!!!!!!!!!!
Great to see you in charged.
No way–Cheney would have had a heart attack!!
Sorry Erica, we're not buying it. 😉
Living with that amount of people would annoy me. I can hardly live with myself let alone 40 other people.
sorry i meant ken from michigan
agree'd to ken ellwood.jr
Ken,
I heard you....... I agree with you......
Sharon its not like he needed that $2300. Look people we McCain who is strikingly similar to Bush, we have Clinton and we have Obama. As left as Obama is what is the definition of crazy – doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. So are we going to continue this Bush/Clinton Monarchy of this country.
YAY ERICA!!!!!!!!!!! It’s about time…we were getting really worried…
You are doing a fantastic job…i hope you are the permanent sub-anchor! You were great with Larry too!
We hear ya Ken from Michigan!!
I wonder if Obama thinks Pennsylvanians are typical white people......
Why is it O'K for Obama to generalize rural (whites) communities but no one would do the same with black communities or Hispanic communities, who does he think he is , he doesn't know what's important to them or what they hold true as he keeps telling us he was brought up Indonesia and Hawaii, what a bigot comment to make.
Way to go Ken and Barb!
the 360 crew is so hardwork....Erica tell them we think they are doing a great job
Ken, and you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! It wasnt nice to tease you like that with our "not for air" captions... but they're much less racy, than you'd think 🙂
I think I just watched my husband have a mild stroke when I asked him what he would do if he had multiple wives...hahaha...he said he was just visualizing being nagged at by multiple women. He now says he isn't feeling so well....
I don't think Obama supporters are justifing his remarks or making excuses for him, any more then I think that Hillary supporters are overlook her direct and deliberate lies to decieve ALL american people for a vote.