May 19th, 2013
11:14 AM ET

ABC News' Jonathan Karl addresses criticism on reporting of the Benghazi talking points controversy

On the Sunday, May 19 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz read a statement from Jonathan Karl, chief White House Correspondent for ABC News in response to his reporting on altered emails related to the Sunday talk show talking points following the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012.   Karl now expresses regret about his original reporting on May 10th on the Benghazi emails.  The statement reads:

“Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it’s become a distraction from the story, which still entirely stands.  I should have been clearer about the attribution.  We updated our story immediately.”

-Jonathan Karl, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent

Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz airs Sundays on CNN at 11:00am Eastern.

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Topics: CNN • CNN Politics • Reliable Sources
May 19th, 2013
10:11 AM ET

Inside President's 53 percent approval rating...continuing partisan divide

On CNN's STATE OF THE UNION with CANDY CROWLEY, Crowley unpacked the results inside the new CNN/ORC poll results released this morning to reveal a continuing partisan divide in how American's view the President's job performance.  While 87 percent of Democrats approve of how the President is handling his job, 15 percent of Republicans view his job performance favorably, and 47 percent of Independents view the President's job performance favorably.

CNN/ORC POLL

May 17-18

Approve of how Obama is handling His Job as President

Democrats      87%

Independents 47%

Republicans   15%

Sampling error +/- 6.5% points

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May 17th, 2013
12:55 PM ET

CNN Exclusive: Mario Balotelli – I was unfairly treated in England

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Pedro Pinto (@pedrocnn), AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli says he believes he was treated unfairly in England.

Highlights

On England:
“I’m out from England, I’m happy that I’m out from England. That’s it.”

On his lifestyle:
“Women,I think is normal. Cars? I like fast cars and I don’t see the problem if I like fast cars.”

On the UK media:
“The stuff that they said in the newspaper that I did in England in the past, a few of those are real. The others are really just the imagination of the journalists.”

Full transcript after the jump.

FULL POST


Topics: Pedro Pinto • World Sport
May 16th, 2013
02:13 PM ET

Former abductee to Cleveland kidnap victims: "Savor this joyous feeling as long as possible"

Natascha Kampusch, who was just 10 years old when she was abducted while walking to school in Vienna, Austria, speaks exclusively to CNN’s senior international correspondent Matthew Chance (@mchancecnn) about her ordeal, and what advice she has for the Cleveland, Ohio kidnap victims.

Kampusch takes CNN to the place in Vienna where she was held captive for eight years until escaping in 2006 at age 18.

On the three kidnap victims in Cleveland:
“"I thought to myself, I am very happy for the three women, and thank God they had survived their ordeal. And that they are certainly very strong women…they should really try to savor this joyous feeling as long as possible, and to avoid letting themselves be pushed back into everyday life too soon."


Topics: Matthew Chance
May 16th, 2013
01:23 PM ET

'First on CNN' from Jake Tapper: Witness protection program lost two former "known or suspected terrorists"

From Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent:

The U.S. Marshal Service has been “unable to locate” two former participants in the federal Witness Security Program “identified as known or suspected terrorists,” states the public summary of an interim Justice Department Inspector General’s report obtained by CNN.

The Marshals have concluded that “one individual was and the other individual was believed to be residing outside of the United States.”

Read more via CNN.com/TheLead.


Topics: CNN
May 15th, 2013
10:07 PM ET

AC360 – Boston dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis on her road to recovery

A month after Adrianne Haslet-Davis' foot was amputated, the Boston bombing survivor talk to Anderson Cooper and describes the challenges she faces.

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