• John Fugelsang joins us from the NYC Bureau at 9:05am ET / 6:05am PT for all three hours of “Fridays With Fugelsang”
• President Barack Obama will travel to storm-ravaged Alabama today to meet with victims of the nightmare storms that have killed more than 300 people. Late Thursday he signed a disaster declaration for the state to provide federal aid to those who seek it.
• President Obama yesterday nominated CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates when Gates makes his long-planned retirement this summer, and he proposed sending Iraq and Afghanistan war commander Gen. David Petraeus to head the CIA.
• Exxon made almost $11 billion and practically apologized for it. Sensing public outrage over gasoline prices that have topped $4 in some states, the company struck a defensive posture Thursday after posting some of its best quarterly financial results ever.
• Prince William and Kate Middleton were pronounced husband and wife at Westminster Abbey this morning in a royal occasion of dazzling pomp and pageantry that has attracted a large global audience. They took their vows at about 11:15 a.m. GMT with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, officiating,


