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Frustration mounts in Saddle Brook, NJ over flooding
This week, hundreds of residents gathered to rally in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. They are angry over government inaction to fix persistent flooding even though the Army Corp of Engineers came up with a flood plan in 1980.
Four years ago, the town actually sued the Army Corp of Engineers in an attempt to force the federal government to finally dredge the river.
Christine Romans reports on the holdup in fixing persistent flooding.
Conrad Murray's behavior called into question on the second day of his trial
On day two of the Conrad Murray trial, the jury heard testimony from witnesses who recounted what allegedly happened on the day that Michael Jackson died. Michael's personal assistant and Faheem Muhammed, his head of security, were called to the stand, as well as employees of AEG Live, the company that was promoting his attempted comeback tour.
Muhammed described the chaotic scene he discovered when he entered Michael's bedroom that day, saying that Jackson appeared dead when he arrived. He also told the jury about seeing Michael's children outside of his bedroom door while Dr. Murray tried it resuscitate him.
Today on American Morning, Paul Callan discusses the trial and how the prosecution has attempted to conduct their case so far.
Broken government: What needs to be done to turn it around?
All week, CNN has gone in-depth to look at America's broken government. Political analyst David Gergen believes that the moderate center is being hollowed out, as voters take more extreme stances and old civic ties fade.
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, suggests that Congress should suspend elections for 2 years so members stop thinking about getting re-elected and start working together to find solutions for the country. Navarette uses this as a bouncing point in his CNN.com piece that gives ten reasons as to why our government is broken.
David Gergen and Ruben Navarrette join American Morning today to talk about why they describe the government as broken and what the government and the American people need to do to put it back together again.
Comedian Dean Obeidallah: With politics so hyperpolarized, who would want to be president?
Dean Obeidallah, award-winning comedian, wrote a thought-provoking CNN.com piece yesterday titled, "Why would anyone want to be president?."
Within the article, Obdeillah argues that the American public is increasingly demanding of political candidates due to conditioning to reality show competitions on TV.
"On any number of TV shows each week, we watch, judge and vote on whether a person performs to our liking," he writes. "One week we sing their praises, but the next week, if they misstep, they are dead to us. We now treat our candidates this way."
With politics so hyperpolarized and candidates facing challenges from unreasonable, demanding voters, Obdeillah questions why would anyone want to run for president.
Today on American Morning, Obdeillah sits down with Carol Costello to discuss his opinion piece and the political climate in America.
Terror plot against the Pentagon averted yesterday
Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old man from Massachusetts, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly plotting an attack on the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with a remote-controlled model aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives.
Ferdaus, who has a physics degree from Northeastern University in Boston, was also charged with trying to provide material support and resources to al-Qaeda to help the terrorist organization carry out attacks on U.S. soldiers overseas.
Today on American Morning, CNN national security contributor Fran Townsend explains how serious of a threat Ferdaus was and how the investigation played out.
Man organizes flashmob to propose to his girlfriend at UCLA
Nam Tran and his girlfriend Trang Vu met each other on the campus of UCLA, so he decided to bring her back to the school for a very special surprise proposal. Tran organized a giant flash mob outside UCLA's Ackerman Union, the place they first met.
Tran and a large group of students and friends danced to Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" before he got down and one knee and asked Trang to marry him. She responded, "duh."
Since then, the video of the proposal has gone viral.
Tran and Vu sit down with Christine Romans and Carol Costello on American Morning today to discuss the proposal and what it's like to have their special moment broadcasted to thousands of people online.
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