Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 06/04/09
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Did you see Pres. Obama's speech to Muslims today? We'll play parts of it for you tonight. And we have reaction to his message from around the world.
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Jack Gray is incredible!
Yeah, we need more posts written by him! 🙂
I'm afraid of that twitter thing. Maybe I'll try it next year.
Good Night ......Fellas
Mike, you mis-read my post.. I said "we should NOT forget" history... of course we shouldn't... I'm the biggest history buff! 🙂
But we should move on from it.. heal, and not hold in the anger
Have a good night – good show.
How did I know that Anderson would be the butt of the joke on the Shot tonight? You always end up there when you fill in for Regis...though I was impressed by the speed at which you can text...
Good night Anderson, Erica and fellow bloggers! Weekend is almost here! Have a good night and a wonderful tomorrow! Enjoy it...its Friday!
Who wouldn't want to follow Jack Gray?...Katie Couric only has 29K followers..Jack has way more than Katie Couric! 🙂
Jack Gray rocks.
hi anderson, great speech by our President. now the follow-through is critical. the israeli-palastinian problem is his greatast challenge. If he can solve that in a balanced manner the rest of the muslim world will
trust him,and a better world for all of us.
The "SPEECH" was great. He is presenting himself as a honest broker. This is what has been needed. The work will be hard but it is the only option we have. The alternative is more of the same or possible worse. Thank you President Obama.
Magical thumbs........
Have a great evening everyone and a fabulous Friday!
Twitter struggles? We see you there but not as much as Jack Gray!! Ask him to give you a lesson : )Goodnight everyone. Peace to all of you and yours..
Jack Grey has so many followers because he tweets often and his tweets are hysterical!!
Thank you Anderson & whole 360 team for another great show.
Good night too.
Good night fellow bloggers, some very excellent remarks about the President's speech.
I too am very proud of our President and his tone.
The shot : Magical thumbs?? As usual Anderson, you are too much.
#3 in the twitter race is pretty good.
Anderson has magical thumbs? Wow – amazing.
Goodnight everyone, from a Two-State loving proud American Muslim chick!!!
It's about that time.....
Good show tonight, Anderson - the big questions - will you be "tweeting" from Regis and Kelly again tomorrow?!
Good night Erica, Team 360 and Fellow Bloggers - interesting chat tonight.
Until tomorrow night ... peace.....
goodnite all! i love you no matter what religion you are! or how many states there are!
Mr. Curry was an outstanding citizen and hero. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
Huh,Sorry to hear of the AC360 New Orleans friends passing. Homeless after Katrina? I'm doing a story on people homeless due to the failing economy. It's running tomorrow and into the weekend.
@mike Syracuse, NY
You are quite right. It is only because the passive majority remains silent that a vitriolic minority manage to get away with murder. Hopefully the times are changing and people are aware of the need to not let
Enjoy the night, everybody!
this picture is hilarious!
twitter can be fun – it is just not very secure – entertaining to read other people's tweets once in a while! so many different types of twitter-ers out there.
Scott Roeder is charged with murder so he's being held in jail.
That does kind of look like President Obama.
I'm sorry to hear about David Carradine. I hope his death is being thoroughly investigated. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.
Following Pres. Obama's speech in Cairo: actions will indeed be needed to fulfill the President's comments but actions must also be carried out by Muslim nations to democratize and to stop the hatred they allow. Actions should not be one-sided.
Wow - Manuel Curry, what an amazing life story. Anderson, thank you for acknowledging these "unsung heroes"
Good night Anderson, Erica, David G, Edurrado (Ed Henry) and my friend twitter/facebook bloggers!!!!!!!
Have a great night and sleep tight everyone!!!! 😀
See you tomorrow night!!!!
Day of the shot with Anderson and Kelly!!!! They were so funny I saw on Regis and Kelly Live!!!!!!! I love your expression face!!!!! Anderson was great job co-host with Kelly! good job!!! Great shot! I love the shot! YES!
Anderson,
Have a great night, good sleep at home after work!!!! See you tomorrow night!!! Have a plenty sleep! 😀
I like the story about the New Orleans police officer. What a life.
As a republican, I thought the speech was great.
I keep hearing from the Muslim world that actions speak louder than words.
I want to know what actions the Muslim world is going to take.
Sometimes it feels like America is the only one doing anything
Wow, now that D-Day vet is a real hero, measured in deeds not speeches.
What an incredible man! My thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones! His life sounds fascinating!
This was certainly an outreach by the President....Barak Obama. it is clear that he is an idividual who is totally commited to peace...at home and abroad.
We are deeply saddened by David Carradine's death.
We All love Kung Fu and enjoyed the shows on the history channel on the the Real West that David & his bother did too.
We send sympathy to his family & many, many friends, he will be missed.
Hahaha! This is so funny, the President found an ancient ancestor 🙂
Those murders are just terrifying. I can't tell you how many times I've forgotten to lock my back door. That sure won't happen again anytime soon.
infact that lokks like him.....right ????
Ha Ha, his ancient twin! true that!
Angelina Jolie is beautiful, talented and so humanitarian
I can't believe how much that relief DOES look like him! LOL!
Sorry, but I disagree with Forbes - Oprah is more powerfull than Angelina - Oprah has a platform 5 days a week with a faithful following - Angelina basically appears in the occasional movie.
Caught you on Regis and Kelly today, Anderson - great job co-hosting!
Forbes is delusional... just because a lot of men think Angelina is pretty does NOT make her the most powerful.... it's obviously still Oprah
This speech is long overdue. Can't have peace unless someone holds out their hand first.
Angelina...ugh, and Anderson I totally agree...Oprah, even though I don't like her, is so much more influential.
I loved David Carradine and his series "Kung Fu." The spiritual conversations between Master Po and student, "grasshopper" seemed to teach me important lessons, as well, for I was young and impressionable at that time. David Carradine put his heart and soul into his acting. I often wondered he he lived his private life with such compassion of spirit. I believe in my heart he did. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends who are left to mourn his passing.
God Bless the Husted children. I pray their parents' and unborn sibling's murderer will be found and brought to justice.
Good night all. See you tomorrow night.
Tonight's guests on Anderson 360 was the most impressive group I've seen to date. Everyone's commentary in response to President Obama's speech was diverse, insightful, intelligent, critical and fair-minded. The host was equally impressive in the way he navagated, managed and moderated the panel. CNN may be based in America, but it belongs to the world.
David Carradine, Kwai Chang Caine, a great loss!
As a lay pastoral minister in a Catholic parish in the deep south, Jackson, Ms., I was overwhelmed by the Gospel message in the 55 minute speech in Cairo. It incorporated all that is best in the Gospel and the American dream and reality when divorced from the divisiveness that confronts us everyday to the detriment of us all. Could we all just stop and carefully listen.
terrifyingly sad story about the little boy whose parent's were so brutally murdered. i hope someone comes forward with some information soon... and that this killer can be caught and brought to justice before another tragedy occurs.
David Carridane was my favorite actor, I watch his show, he was really talent karate! Rest in Peace forever! thanks David!
David G.
Thank you so much for your remarks on the blog. As usual, you make total sense and i agree with you. Pres. Obama's speech has set a new tone that hopefully "will find common ground among civilizations around the world."