A 360 exclusive: New video taken inside a makeshift hospital in Syria where doctors work desperately to save small children who are caught in the crossfire or targeted by Syrian snipers. It’s heartbreaking and difficult to watch, but it’s a story that needs to be told. Anderson speaks with the man who risked his own life to shoot the video.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 360° Interview • Syria |
Anderson puts himself on the RidicuList for an embarrassing moment when he forgot that he was on the air. But then, he’s not the only one with a TV blooper.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: The RidicuList |
Robert King documents the struggle to save Syrian children who have been wounded from intense fighting.
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A Texas man taped a confrontation with a neighbor before killing him. He claims self-defense. CNN's Randi Kaye reports.
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Post by: Randi Kaye Filed under: Crime & Punishment |
Anderson Cooper talks about the importance of reporting the brutal attacks happening in Syria.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Keeping Them Honest • Syria |
Jeffrey Toobin analyzes the case of a man claiming self-defense after killing his neighbor outside their homes.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: Crime & Punishment • Jeffrey Toobin |
Anderson Cooper talks to Jessica Yellin, Paul Begala, and Ari Fleischer about Obama's private sector comment and Romney's firefighter remark.
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Post by: Anderson Cooper Filed under: 2012 Election • Mitt Romney • President Barack Obama • Raw Politics |
Reporter's Note: I write to President Obama every day. It is possible that he reads my letters, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Dear Mr. President,
One of the better characteristics of the 2008 Presidential Election was the way that you and John McCain gave each other passes on simple slips of the tongue. If one of you said, “I wish I were French,” when you obviously meant, “I wish I had some French fries,” you both seemed willing to say, “Hey, we’re tired, the race is long…these things happen. Let’s not get all excited.” By and large your collectively restraint kept the chattering hoards from making too much of such slips much of the time.
As you may have noticed, however, in this round the rules are different. I have the feeling neither you nor Gov. Romney will get away with anything, no matter how unintended. For example, you are currently being thrashed around the head and shoulders for saying this very day, “The private sector is doing fine.”
In deference to your foes, I will concede that maybe, perhaps, there is a slim chance that you meant just that; that you are convinced the economy is roaring along beautifully and no one in all those companies big and small, coast to coast, has a care in the world.
But I strongly suspect that is not the case. In part because you said so, and in part because frankly I don’t think any presidential contender in these times would mean such a thing even if he or she said it. Even before you offered your explanation, I assumed that what you meant was something like “we are making some progress rebuilding jobs, and we can expect to make more.”
However, you can’t entirely fault the Republicans for jumping on you. After all, your Dems went tooth and nail after Mitt Romney when he said he was not worried about the poor. He clearly meant (as he explained) that we have social safety nets to help the poorest among us, while many middle class families fall between the cracks.
Truth be told, you and Gov. Romney have enough legitimate differences of opinion and differing ideas about governance, I don’t think we need these inflated debates over one poorly chosen sentence here or there. Still, the air is so laden with bitterness these days, I suppose a straight discussion of the real issues, is too much for which to hope…and angry opponents will snatch at every dangling phrase they can grab, fairly or not.
Regards,
Tom
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Filed under: Letters to the President • Opinion • President Barack Obama • T1 • Tom Foreman |
In video that Anderson calls "heartbreaking," Robert King documents a medical clinic in the besieged city of Al-Qusayr, in the provence of Homs, Syria. The images are difficult to look at - children's bodies torn apart, caked in blood, some are lifeless.
Doctors and nurses are trying heroically to save the lives of innocent civilians and bring new life into the world, all while their own lives are threatened by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
In the makeshift field hospital, the staff treats hundreds daily, without enough resources and medical supplies to help their fragile patients.
King is risking his safety to tell the story. He's desperate to call attention to the government's massacre. "The world is ignoring these crimes. They’re becoming complacent and history will not forget this," he said.
Watch a preview of Anderson's interview with King, and don't miss the entire conversation tonight on AC360° at 8 and 10 p.m. ET.
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Post by: Ella Chick Filed under: Syria |
Another Keeping Them Honest report: A freshman congressman claims President Obama gives "special waivers" to Muslims during TSA screenings. It’s not true. So why did he say it? Joe Johns tracked him down to ask.
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Post by: Joe Johns Filed under: Keeping Them Honest • President Barack Obama |
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