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Test driver takes exclusive ride on freshest electric cars
Are Americans ready to embrace environmentally friendly cars that drive differently?
Two new mass-market electric cars, the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, arrive at dealerships in the next few months.
CNNMoney.com writer Peter Valdes-Dapena got to take an exclusive test trip up the East Coast, and offers his reviews today on American Morning with John Roberts.
Watch to find out which car he thinks is peppier and how it feels to drive one at a high speed.
Ever wonder if Hillary were in the White House?
Ever wonder what it would be like if Hillary Clinton had won the Presidency? Would the country be any better off?
Dana Milbank, political columnist for The Washington Post, raises these questions in his latest column.
This morning, he tells AM’s John Roberts how Hillary Clinton might have fared as President, especially surrounding the health care debate. And, he weighs in on all the chatter about Hillary on the 2012 ticket for Vice President.
Read the full column here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/05/AR2010110505214.html
Never-before-seen JFK photos unveiled
Fifty years ago today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President of the United States. And in celebration, LIFE is unveiling a rare collection of campaign photos.
Ben Cosgrove, deputy editor, Life.com, who wrote many of the photos captions debuts the collection on the American Morning set. He explains the story behind the lost photos.
Kristof: 'We have so much inequality that it suppresses economic growth'
Obama and Congressional Democrats were talking a lot over the weekend about whether to extend the Bush tax cuts for America’s highest earners. Much of the discussion is over the budget and deficit, but New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof says they’re missing something.
Kristof joined Kiran Chetry this morning to talk about what he says the leaders aren’t talking about—the gap between the rich and the poor.
He explains why it’s a crucial part of the discussion.
For more, check out his column from this Sunday's Times.
U.S. Coast Guard rescues family lost at sea
A family of four lost at sea in a 13-foot sailboat for nearly a week are rescued this weekend.
Today, one of the officers who led the rescue mission of the two adults and two children 2,300 miles off the Hawaiian coast joins John Roberts and Kiran Chetry.
Captain James McCauley, commanding officer, USCG Cutter Rush based in Honolulu, describes the helicopter rescue with New Zealand's Air Force and the condition of the family from Kiribati.
Dr. Jeff Gardere offers an apology for comments made on Friday's show
By Dr. Jeff Gardere
On CNN this past Friday morning I participated in a discussion with a mother from Kansas City who was criticized for allowing her five-year-old son to dress as a female character from Scooby-Doo.
During that discussion, I made a comment about the mother “outing” her child. Many viewers objected to that point. In today’s world, though the word “outing” has taken on a significance about sexuality, let me be clear I was not using it in that way. I specifically said, “whether he is straight or gay,” I questioned why she put her son’s photo out on her blog. The fact is that I said and truly believe this mother has been very courageous in supporting her child. Her acceptance and unconditional love is a model for other parents in how to raise happy and healthy children.
Now comes the gem! I articulated that in speaking with straight and even gay parents, some of them consider it their “worst nightmare” to have a child who may be coming to terms with being gay. I have made this same statement before but have always completed the thought with "because they were worried that their child would face, isolation, hostility, emotional and physical bullying from people who are anti-gay.” FULL POST
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