BLITZER: A showdown over pay equity. Lisa Sylvester is monitoring that and also some of the other top stories in THE SITUATION ROOM right now. What's going on, Lisa?</s>LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Wolf. Well, the Paycheck Fairness Act failed in critical procedural vote in the Senate a short time ago with Republicans blocking it as expected. The bill was designed to help prevent pay discrimination against women. President Obama said it would give them more tools to claim equal pay for equal work. Opponents argue the measure would pose unprecedented government control over how employees are paid. First lady Michelle Obama is praising Disney for a bold advertising move. The company says it's going to stop taking ads for junk food on its channels for children. Disney says it wants to promote healthier eating and it will search nutritional guidelines. Mrs. Obama who has been leading a fight against childhood obesity calls Disney's move a game changer. And in China, the driver of this bus was being called a hero. He was fatally injured when he was struck by a piece of flying sheet metal that crashed through the windshield. But before he died, he managed to safely pull over, possibly saving the lives of the 24 people onboard. Thousands of people turned up for the driver's funeral today and the government honored him with a posthumous award. And it made its name in coffee, but now Starbucks is going to be expanding to bread. The Seattle base company says its buying the San Francisco-based Bay Bread along with its brand -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Good for them. All right, thanks very much. So is the vice president's wife already pushing a presidential run? What Jill Biden maybe saying about 2016. Stand by. As the U.S. confirms that it's killed al Qaeda's number two leader. I'll speak with the author of a brand new book about President Obama's secret wars.
Senate GOP Block Paycheck Fairness Act; Disney Bans Junk Food Ads for Kids; Fatally Injured Driver Saves Passengers