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CNN coverage: deadly Oklahoma tornado

bridgetleininger — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:30:44 +0000

Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, leveling homes and killing at least 51 people.

CNN's coverage includes correspondents George Howell, Nick Valencia and Gary Tuchman already in the Oklahoma City area, with Chad Myers and Indra Petersons contributing from CNN's Severe Weather Center in Atlanta. Chris Cuomo, John Berman, Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta, Pam Brown, Stephanie Elam, Erin McPike, Brian Todd, Ed Lavandera, Kyung Lah and John King will report and broadcast from the Oklahoma City area.

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

jdargan — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:14:14 +0000

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

jdargan — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:11:35 +0000

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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New CNN/ORC poll finds President's approval rating to be 53 percent, with 45 percent disapproval

jdargan — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:19:35 +0000

In a new CNN/ORC poll, despite this week’s challenges, President Barack Obama’s approval rating is now at 53 percent, with 45 percent disapproving of the job that he is doing as president. However, most Americans also take very seriously all three concerns that were raised last week - Benghazi, the IRS, and the AP subpoenas - and most say that Republicans in Congress are not overreacting to these issues.

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

App- Disapp- No

rove rove opinion

May 17-18, 2013 53% 45% 2%

April 5-7, 2013 51% 47% 3%

March 15-17, 2013 47% 50% 3%

Jan. 14-15, 2013 55% 43% 2%

Dec. 17-18, 2012 52% 43% 4%

Nov. 16-18, 2012 52% 43% 5%

Nov. 2-4, 2012 51% 45% 4%

For additional results of this poll, please visit CNN.com/ticker

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Anderson Cooper Special Report: Back to Boston – Moments of Impact

jdargan — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:06:16 +0000

This week marked one month since the tragic bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon. CNN's Anderson Cooper and Randi Kaye host an evocative documentary look at the iconic still photographs that vividly captured the unexplainable – images that portraying the horror and the heroism of the events.

Kaye meets the photographers of the most memorable images and interviews them about the stories behind the images and the people who they have immortalized on film.

Anderson Cooper Special Report: Back to Boston – Moments of Impact debuts Friday, May 17 at 10:00pm and 1:00am. It encores Saturday, May 18 at 8:00pm and 11:00pm. All times Eastern.

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

laurencone — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:55:25 +0000

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.

***PLEASE CREDIT CNN WORLD SPORT***

FULL TRANSCRIPT:

Pedro Pinto, CNN World Sport anchor: You’ve been here a few months now. Tell me how you feel about being back home.

Mario Balotelli, AC Milan forward: Yeah, I’m really happy now. I have my family near me and my friends. I can relax and find my privacy, more than in England, where I was alone..

PP: You do a lot of things that aren’t so normal for a lot of other football players. You make a lot of headlines with your personal life and your private life……does that get tiring?

MB: 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. But when you create an icon of a person in that kind of way, after everyone thinks you are like this and if you lie about it, everyone just thinks that it is all true. So maybe that’s why they think I’m crazy and do crazy things? Sometimes I dream to be alone and that nobody would talk to me. But I understand that football is really important and that everybody watches it. When you’re famous you have to do photos or autographs, especially for the kids.

PP: Do you think you were unfairly treated in England?

MB: Yes. But I’m not here to talk about if I’m unfairly treated. I don’t care. I’m out from England, I’m happy that I’m out from England. That’s it.

PP: You’ve made the headlines for other things apart from football, do you regret doing anything in your career?

MB: Women, I think is normal. Cars? I like fast cars and I don’t see the problem if I like fast cars. Some things have happened in my life, some stuff unfortunately happen and they went on the newspapers straight away. But I don’t see anything that would make people think that I’m bad or I’m crazy. I’m a normal guy.

PP: Do you think that some people have a bad image of you or a negative image of you and that’s not who you really are?

MB: Of course, even if you’re the best in the world then some people don’t like you and some people like you. It depends. What is important for me is that the people who know me for real know Mario how he really is. People who don’t know me, they read newspapers and they watch TV. TV is made to give a lot of opinions……so I can’t show the real Mario to everybody.

PP: How would you describe yourself then?

MB: Normal! (Laughs)

END

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

laurencone — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:13:27 +0000

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."

Stephanie Elam Joins CNN as Los Angeles based Correspondent

cljones1 — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:20 +0000

Stephanie Elam will join CNN as a correspondent based in Los Angeles, it was announced today by Terence Burke, vice president of newsgathering for CNN/U.S.

Elam returns to CNN from KNBC in Los Angeles where she served as a weekend evening anchor and general assignment reporter. During her tenure at KNBC, her reporting centered around emergency awareness, empowering Southern Californians with information to be earthquake ready, water safety and informed about money matters. She covered the release of John Smith, a man jailed 18 years for a crime he did not commit; the 2012 Golden Globes red carpet; and she anchored KNBC 's breaking news coverage of the Seal Beach murders.

“Stephanie is an excellent communicator and tenacious reporter, and we are pleased to have her back as a part of the CNN family,” said Burke.

Before KNBC, Elam was a business news correspondent for CNN based in New York, where she also reported for HLN and CNN International. Elam covered a myriad of stories from the worst financial period in decades to the death of Michael Jackson during her time at CNN from 2003 to 2011.

Elam is a graduate of Howard University with a degree in broadcast journalism.

CNN Worldwide is a portfolio of two dozen news and information services across cable, satellite, radio, wireless devices and the Internet in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Domestically, CNN reaches more individuals on television, the web and mobile devices than any other cable TV news organization in the United States; internationally, CNN is the most widely distributed news channel reaching more than 271 million households abroad; and CNN Digital is a top network for online news, mobile news and social media. Additionally, CNN Newsource is the world’s most extensively utilized news service partnering with hundreds of local and international news organizations around the world. CNN is division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

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

mgrantcnn — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:17 +0000

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.”

Boston's Adrianne Haslet-Davis on dancing again and giving Anderson Cooper dance lessons

ssheetrit — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:15:00 +0000

Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost her foot in the Boston bombings. A month later, she can envision returning to the dance floor – and having Anderson join her there!