flirtatious around me. >> no. you're overly flirtatious with her. that is the problem. i don't know how to stop that. in my neighborhood we do things to people who -- >> are you threatening me? threaten me with physical violence, aren't you? >> i am. stop hitting on my wife every time you see her, please. >> a lively encounter with nick cannon. you'll see the rest of that interview on monday. that's it for tonight. >> it is the first sunday since the under it struck. anded to in joplin, missouri the president arrived paying tribute to those who lost their lives and those who survived the killer tornado. there's been a bizarre accident in an atlanta hotel leaving one woman dead. police say she and a friend fell out of a window after what's being called play fighting. >> look at these incredible pictures. this is from yemen. troops opening fire from rooftops. people had been marching to

demand the release of political prisoners when the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c.ed to. but is she ready to roll into the race for president? i'm drew griffin. the news starts now. first tonight, is yemen tipping into civil war? take a look at this. troops and anti-government protesters in the southern city of taiz. tear gas and gunfire. all this increasing fear that turmoil will give al qaeda and other slaul islamic militants breathing room to launch attacks against the u.s. i spoke earlier with cnn's mohammad jamjoom in abu dhabi about that. >> earlier -- today more pictures showing security forces in the city of taiz firing on these protestors from rooftops in nearby buildings. take a listen to some of the shots as you can hear on these

videos. [ gunfire sounding ] >> rocks were being thrown from rooftops, gunfire was ringing out from rooftops. over 90 people were injured, at least three people killed as a result of that gunfire being aimed at host protestors, the members of the peaceful youth revolutionary movement in the city of taiz. now, another worrying development in yemened to happened in the city of jinjabar in the province of abyan. we are told from eyewitnesses there, from residents there and security forces that islamic militants, masked islamic

militants in the past two days seized that city and that they took over the city. they started attacking security forces there, security forces initially withdrew then came back. there were fierce clashes throughout the day. we have some video purporting to show some of those clashes as well. now, one of the reasons this is so worrying is because this province is a real hot bed for extremism, for al qaeda in that country. there's a huge al qaeda problem in yemen. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has been able to try to launch very spectacular attacks against the west, against the u.s. from their base in yemen. you have a peaceful protest movement that's been going on now, people that are emboldnd by the arab spring movement these past few months that have been coming out by the hundreds of thousands in major cities across yemen these past several months. they are committed to trying to make sure that the president of yemen steps aside. there have been times they've been met with violence. ed to peaceful protesters and

eyewitnesses are telling us that security forces have fired upon them in the city of taiz. that's one issue. now, the other issue in jinjabar, you have militants there that say they're taking over this town. people are worried that al qaeda in yemen and militants in yemen will try to make their presence more known. and that will be more of a threat not just to yemen but surrounding countries and the west as well. on the eve of memorial day a moment of silence in joplin, missouri for the victims of last sunday's terrible tornado.

>> that from earlier this evening. at least 142 people died, the number almost certain to go up. another 43 still missing. the service started precise lie at 5:41 p.m. central, the exact moment one week ago the tornado struck. the total destruction almost unfathomable. cnn's casey lion toured the length of the tornado's path. >> reporter: drew, all week long officials were saying that tornado cut a six mile path of destruction through joplin. it seemed to be a little bit of an undercount. so we decided to see for ourselves. >> show us the initial damage from the tornado. >> initially the little trees started through there. and the stuff over here, the trailer was the business there. a working trailer. >> so this is ground zero, joplin tornado. and we're going to drive its entire length from west to east to get a good picture of just

how widespread the damage was. here's the first downed power lines. major electrical transmission lines. one reason much of joplin is without electrical power. so less than a mile into our journey you see the first homes that have lost part of their roofs. you can see over on this house a sign warning "looters will be shot". we can see some of the power company crews who are working on repairing these downed electrical lines. that will be vital to this area's recovery. we're now about three miles into our journey. and you can see behind me that by the time the tornado got here it destroyed almost everything in its path, including one of the iconic images of this disaster, st. john's hospital. now about four miles into the path of the tornado, this is where we first came just hours after it hit and spoke with a family who was trying to salvage what they could despite a driving rain and hail storm. >> it was normally just starting off with hail. i'm used to that. and then it just went insane

afterwards. >> here is the collapsed home depot where we first met 17-year-old andrea osborne who was desperately searching for her father. >> my dad and my uncle are in there. and i just -- i'm hoping and praying to god they're okay. >> reporter: turned out they were buried in that rubble. so we are now about seven miles to the east of where the tornado first touched down. as you can see there's still lots of damage here. so those original estimates of six miles on the ground are way too conservative. this is where jim and stacey richards lived. stacey survived the tornado by hanging onto two dog crates as her home collapsed around and on top of her. >> that was awful. laying there, screaming and screaming and screaming. and -- yeah, it was horrible. >> reporter: this week they got their insurance settlement so they can rebuild. >> how far east did it go? >> i'm not sure. i know there's damage over on the next mile section. >> reporter: we're now almost exactly 12 miles due east of where we started this journey

and where the tornado first touched down. this is the area where locals say the tornado actually lifted off the ground, meaning its path is about twice as long as first estimated. justed to the national weather service updated its estimate of the length of the tornado's path. they now say it was 13 miles long as measured by aerial reconnaissance photos. drew? well, there's been an inspiring sight among the rubble in joplin, missouri this memorial day weekend. one of our eye reporters is a volunteer working on cleanup. her group found an american flag in the debris. one of them climbed a tree and let the stars and stripes fly from a branch. an 81-year-old veteran lived at the home before it was flattened. he reportedly survived the tornado by hiding in his refrigerator. update on something we told you about last night. people who live near a north carolina chemical plant back home tonight after an explosion forced them to evacuate. a huge fire ball erupted saturday from the plant in hudson about 70 miles northwest

of charlotte. the blast ignited a large fire as you can see forcing 750 people who live within a mile of the plant to clear out for several hours before firefighters got it under control. no injuries reported. in atlanta, a model plunged to her death from a high-rise hotel, shauna threat. she was celebrating her birthday with friends late into the night. michelle march from our affiliate wgcl tells us horse play with another guest led to a horrible accident. >> reporter: i actually came downstairs and everybody was looking kind of shocked. >> reporter: atlanta police say two women fell from this 10th floor window at the w mid-town hotel early saturday morning. hotel guest steven bailey says he was inside his room sleeping when it all happened. >> i was wondering how that happened because these windows seem to be pretty thick and sealed up pretty good. so i was kind of wondering what the situation was that caused her to fall out a window. >> reporter: police say lashauna threat and several friends were

partying when threat and another woman began play fighting. they bumped into the window and fell. >> i would think that something would really, really have to go really wrong for somebody to fall out of windows. these windows seemed pretty stirdy. >> reporter: police say threat hit the sidewalk while her friend landed on a balance con any. threat was a popular model. police say threat was celebrating her 30th birthday. many of threat's friends who were also at the hotel for the celebration were visibly shaken. and we're told the other woman who fell from that window is listed in critical condition. well, sarah palin rolled into the nation's capitol with bikers. we'll tell you why and what she had to say today to our cameras. severe weather could hamper your memorial day holiday. tomorrow's forecast is next.

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wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. then the pentagon shifts into business mode for the rest of the week. the week begins an operational update from afghanistan at a very pivotal time as it gets closer and closer, just weeks away now from the possible first withdrawal of american troops. i'm poppy harlow in new york. coming up this week on walt we'll get a couple of economic reports, home prices and new numbers on car sales. prices have gone up after the disaster in japan. also ahead, a look at construction spending in the u.s. and also the latest job numbers. the government's monthly employment report will be released on friday morning. we'll see if the unemployment rate has declined at all. and just a heads up for everyone, financial markets will be closed on monday here in the u.s. for the memorial day holiday. here's what we are watching this week. we're going one-on-one within one of the hottest start on the planet, lady gaga. plus a show biz special report,

we are investigating how all of those bizarre celebrity death rumors get started. show biz tonight is tv's most provocative entertainment news show exclusively at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on hln. well, we've got the memorial day holiday tomorrow. a lot of people want to know what the weather is going to be like in their area for the holiday, jacky. but tonight severe weather in many parts of the country including a dangerous situation in texas. >> we're talking about the amarillo area right now. let's get to the video and tell you about a situation where three homes have burned now and be a 150 to 300 more are being threatened. this is on the northwest side of amarillo. and this is the second major wildfire to break out this week. about 600 acres have been burned. this is in the tuscacita area. we'll continue to follow this situation as it develops. but critical fire conditionses across much of west texas. no rain in the forecast. and exceptional drought conditions are persisting. now, the showers and thunderstorms tonight have been rumbling across parts of the

plains here as well as into parts of the upper midwest. you can see a couple watches still in effect across parts of kansas and into nebraska as well as into parts of pennsylvania and into upstate new york. now, these storms did cause quite a bit of damage in lower parts of michigan, about 100,000 people are without power at this hour. now, let's talk about tomorrow's forecast. the big holiday weekend. have you got barbecue planned you'll have to be alert because severe thunderstorms will be possible. they'll be widely scattered from minnesota stretching down towards texas. but we think our biggest area of concern right in this area here. high pressure controlling the east so it's going to be gorgeous for you here. but the temperatures are really going to be heating up. we're talking about highs potentially into the middle 90s. and heat advisories in effect for you in places like baltimore as well as into philadelphia. let's talk about the worst weather in the country for tomorrow. number three denver, colorado, mostly just due to some really strong gusty winds. if you're driving be aware of that especially on those crossroads.

salt lake city look at wet and slick roads because of rain and snow in the morning, should change to all rain later in the dau. sioux falls, south dakota the number one worst spot in the nation tomorrow, drew, because they have a good threat of see pg thunderstorms as well as tornados. well, the president tours tornado damage in joplin, missouri. that report is next. >> i'm a american. plus this story, sarah palin making an appearance in washington to honor the nation's vets. but is she close to running for president? we're going to ask political contributor erol lewis. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible.

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president obama promised the people of joplin, missouried to the federal government would stand by them as they rebuild from last sunday's f 5 tornado. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian. >> reporter: well, drew, as you last week the president was overseas building relationships with european partners. during that time white house aides said that he was updated frequently on the situation here in joplin. well,ed to the president got to see the devastation up close. >> reporter: before touching down, air force one flew over joplin, missouri, giving the president an aerial view of the devastation. what took months and years to build was destroyed in a few moments. homes, businesses and anything else in the tornado's path. on the ground it was an somber president surveying the breath-taking damage up close, meeting with officials, survivors, and promising not to

abandon the city. >> what i've been telling every family that i've met here is we're going to be here long after the cameras leave. we are not going to stop until joplin's fully back on its feet. >> reporter: there is plenty of pain here, but also plenty of hope. roadways were lined with thousands of people, some waving flags or holding signs with messages like "god bless joplin". at a memorial service on the campus of missouri southern state university, that escaped the tornado's wrath. >> we will be with you every step of the way. we're not going anywhere. >> reporter: president obama thanked the people of joplin for their courage. >> you've banded together. you've come to each other's aid. you've demonstrated a simple truth, that amid heartbreak and tragedy no one is a stranger. everybody is a brother. everybody is a sister.

>> reporter: recovering from one of the worst natural disasters in u.s. history will not happen overnight. but missouri governor jay nixon is optimistic about the future. >> joplin will look different. and more different still in two years. and three. and five. and as the years pass, the moral of our story will be the same. love thy neighbor. god bless. [ applause ] >> reporter: president obama said that when he visited tuscaloosa several weeks ago after that deadly tornado, it was the kind of devastation that he had never seen in his lifetime. well, this, he says, is just as heart-breaking. and in some ways much worse. drew? >> dan lothian with the presidented to. of course, president obama headed to missouri a day after he arrived back in the u.s. from a big trip to europe, a six-day trip including stops in britain, france and poland.

we want to talk about the president's diplomacy and another story, a really interesting political development here at home involving sarah palin. erol lewis is here. he's a cnn contributor, political anchor for new york one. erol, this trip by the president really didn't make a whole lot of news. did it make much progress? >> oh, i this so. there were some very interesting things that went on. i mean, we don't pay much attention to is here but europeans know that he is as leader of the free world the leader of a superpower that has guaranteed the peace in europe for over 60 years. and it's an important role and it's one that requires a little bit of face time, a little bit of attention, a lot of diplomacy. it's the cornerstone of american diplomacy to make sure that europe remains at peace many we back that up with tens of thousand of troops. so he certainly did that. i think also one of the most important things he did, he talked to the g 8 and he convinced some of our european partners to commit as much as $40 billion by one estimate to the nations that are emerging

into dempsey, the nations of the arab spring including egypt and tunisia. that's a huge big deal if it actually comes through. this is the emergence of something entirely new in the world. and here again, the president is leading the way. very important stuff. >> well, let's see if it does come through because a lot of those europeans country as you know are hurting for cash. it will be interesting to see if they can come up with that money. let's talk about politician -- politics here at home. it looked like sarah palin might skip the 2012 white house race. now all of a sudden she is everywhere. hiring staff, launching a bus tour and today riding a harley into d.c. what is going on,errol? is she running? >> reporter: it's very interesting. we don't know and we're not even in a position to know. because apparently she doesn't really have a scheduler. i mean, she's keeping this all very close to the vest. she and her family apparently are making all of her decisions which is why they don't follow the kind of script or pattern that you and i might be used to seeing. and frankly she's got that

luxury. she's got almost 100% name recognition with the public, in particular the republican public. so she can take her time. she's got more time than anybody else. on the other hand, she needs a lot of infrastructure. it's not enough to hire a couple of aides. i mean, she's in a world where a mitt romney can raise $8 million in one afternoon. she's going to have to talk to some major funders. she's going to have to talk to some members of the rnc. apparently that has not happened yet. she has not talked to incumbent gophers apparently to try and line up their support early. she's got some time. she hasn't got forever. >> do you think she could actually run this way, kind of counter media? we tend to puff ourselves up, think we're important. but she's proven that we're not that important in reaching her supporters. >> reporter: well, i don't know if we're not important but we certainly hang on her every word. i mean, you've seen it i'm sure as i have where she'll make a little tweet and yes, i am a follower. and before you know it it's a

news story. so she's got the spotlight on her. she knows that she's got the spotlight on her. and so look, if she waits until the straw poll in aims, iowa in august to make a firm decision, i think she's got that kind of time. has she got much time beyond labor day of this year? probably not. so i think she has a media presence that can be activated when she chooses. >> all right. errol louis, thank you for activating time and coming into our new york studio. appreciate that. take care. now listen to this. that is gunfire ringing out in yemen. security forces opening fire on protesters down below. that report ahead.

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protests tonight. there's tens of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets, demanding the embattled president resign. he shows no sign of going anywhere. at least three people have been injured -- excuse me, kill, 90 injured in a town called taiz. yemeni troops are battling armed islamic militant for control of another coastal city. in atlanta, a model plunges to her death while partying on her birthday. police say lashauna threat was play fighting with another woman at a high-rise hotel early saturday. the preliminary investigation shows they accidentally crashed through a 10-story window and fell. threat died, the other woman listed in critical condition. people who live near a north carolina chemical plant back home tonight after an explosion forced them to evacuate. there was a huge fire ball erupting saturday from the plant in hudson. 70 miles northwest of charlotte. the blast egg nighted a large fire, forcing 70050 people who live within a mile of that plant to clear out. firefighters managed to get

control. no injuries reported. an aye con of healthy eating is being cleared off the dinner table. the obama administration plans to replace the much maligned food pyramid with just a plate. the plate will be divided into wedges to raep different food groups, while millions of us instantly recognize the two decades old pyramid, critics say this was just too confusing. dillon's supermarket was one of the major businesses in joplin, missouri in the path of last sunday's monster tornado. about 35 customers, employees, they all took ref young in the store's produce cooler. one of them was a customer named rick morgan who had gone to the store for milk. he wanted to leave the story and go home but was talked out of it by the assistant store manager, john gallahue. earlier i spoke with both men. listen as gallahue describes what happened as the tornado hit the store. >> people were screaming. people were praying. people were crying. i know it seemed like everybody

was holding onto everybody. so i believe it was just everybody's efforts, the employees as well as the customers, who was holding onto and keeping each other from any more possibility of being hurt or injured. >> you came out of that cooler, what did you see? >> to see this behind you? it's just -- it's like the end of the world. it's devastation. i don't know. it's terrible. we were all in just shock, just shock. just -- i don't know what else to call it. but i came back, walked home. and i came back later that night about midnight to see if my car, which was just completely trashed in the parking lot and see if there's anything left in it worth anything. and there's not. >> that was the car you were going to drive home in? >> that's the car. oh, it's just crushed down.

it's just -- i mean, the roof is completely crushed in. it's just really bad. anyway, when i got there and we talked with people and some of the guards that were there and then i brought my son with me and we were walking away. and john was just coming back. he had walked back from his house. and i told him, i said, "there's the man that saved my life". and we just talked for a little bit. and then the thing he shared with me that i just found so encouraging and profound, he said, "i don't think anyone was left in the store. i think they all lived. " and i was so thankful. that's what leadership is all about. i mean, i was at the thing with president obama where he talked about the manager who actually gave his life to save those customers in a cooler i think in pizza hut. and i don't know. i appreciate this man. because he really did -- i mean,

god spared us. but in the natural, this man saved my life literally. and i thank you. >> well, heroes come in all shapes and sizes, guys. a nice moment there, john. congratulations for stepping up to the plate when your customers really needed you. we found out faith not confined to a building. plenty of proof of that this sunday in joplin, missouri. krn photo journalist chris turner went to serviced to in joplin even though the churches were gone. >> we open this service in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. >> the church was gone which was completely devastating. all of it. i mean, the whole community was gone. it looked like a bomb had exploded here. >> let us sing the opening hymn "joyful joyful we adore thee". >> in less than 20 minutes lives

were changed, some for eternity. people still alive were changed. buildings and houses were changed. joplin was changed. and it will never be quite the same for any of us. ♪ >> our church is our family. we are not just a building. >> so now we know what has happened. the question now is, what will happen? ♪ lord, listen to your children praying ♪ send us love ♪ ♪ >> we talked about people gathering. it didn't say we had to gather in a building. the church is the people. we have no building. the chairs we used were something that was salvaged out of the building. material things, they're gone. but we have the people. ♪ oh, lord, have mercy on me snenlds. >> we can rebuild this church

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this year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the civil war. and in honor of this milestone, brooklyn's historic greenwood cemetery hosting commemorative event including this one tonight, a candlelight sayer main. throughout this memorial day weekend they'll have it. in 2002 greenwood started a project to identify all of the civil war veterans laid it rest there. and our adriana houser found the ongoing initiative has identified more veterans than anyone imagined. >> we knew he was here. >> reporter: this memorial day joe jacobs is honoring a man he never met, his great great grandfather william ogle who fought in the civil war. >> he came here from ireland. he we found out he was injured, he was shot. he had a -- that he was a carpenter. >> reporter: jacobs has always known and ogle and his service but he recently learned he has two more relatives who ser served. >> they were actually william ogle's brother in-laws.

those we didn't know about. >> reporter: discoveries like those are being repeated over and over again at greenwood cemetery in brooklyn. for the past 10 years, cemetery historician jeff richmond has been trying to figure out exactly how many civil war veterans are here and more about who they are. >> these men sacrificed tremendously, some sacrificing their lives, some losing limbs, some sacrificing their health. and so the least we can do is to honor these men who so faithfully served their country. >> reporter: of the 4600 civil war veterans discovered so far, the majority fought with the union. 76 came from the south. there were 18 generals including two confederate generals. but there may still be more discoveries ahead. >> we think that there are at least several thousand more civil war veterans that we've not yet identified out here. >> reporter: it takes tedious research to find civil war veterans among the hundreds of thousands of graves. many were unmarked, but now that their identities are known the

veterans administration has provided headstones. and graves like this one are now marked. the discovery has turned the cemetery into a destination for those who love the civil war, especially this weekend. >> memorial day was started after the civil war. >> now that these people are remembered and found, you'll be able to feel their presence when you walk and visit them and remember them at greenwood. >> reporter: joe jacobs says he brings the flag here every memorial day. but this time he knows a little more about his great great grandfather and the others here who fought in the war between the states. adriana houser, cnn, brooklyn, new york. and this weekend, of course, americans are remembering our fallen heroes. but for thousands of widows across the country, every day is their memorial day. karen davis lost her husband at 21 she went on to build a sisterhood for those like her. and that's why she is this week's cnn hero. >> my husband, corporal michael davis, was killed in baghdad,

iraq. even four years later, people still don't really know how to react when you say, "hi, i'm taryn and i am a widow". after the funeral i felt ostracized. everybody like today write off my grief due to my young age. they'd say you're young. get remarried. i just wanted to talk about it with other widows. they're not going to judge you. they're not going to tell you you're grieving wrong. i just wanted to create what i was searching for and just hope there were others out there that could come and help me build it, too. i'm taryn davis and i invite a new generation of military widows to share their love, their sacrifice, and their survival. >> they step outside of that comfort zone. >> his impact will continue to affect us all for the rest of our lives. >> there are moments where they can all reflect. they'll look back at that time where they feel like they're living life to the fullest.

>> my little sister wrote. she didn't know how to get me through the loss. so she found me other surs. from my first event i went from feeling completely alone to not anymore at all. >> you see the world a different way. i think we see our life a different way when we land too. >> these military widows have given me a life again. they teach me so much and show me how far i've come to know one day another widow's going to come along and they're going to be the ones changing that widow's life. that's pretty amazing. >> taryn's organization has connected nearly 800 widows through her online community and retreat. to honor someone you know who's making a big difference in your community, go to cnn heroes.com. well, it's been one month since that u.s. raid on osama bin laden's compound. listen to this. cnn's stan grant went back there and talked to some kids who may have had play dates inside the

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baud. several childen were living inside bin laden's compound. they like today play and make friends. as our friend stan grant reports they didn't understand who was living behind those walls. >> reporter: one month on, killing osama bin laden has not won america too many friends here. this shopkeeper lives less than 200 meters from were bin laden lived and died. he has more sympathy for the slain al qaeda leader than foreigners, swearing at us, calling us pig. are muslims terrorists everywhere, he says? actually america is the biggest terrorist. others, though, this boy approaches us with a story to tell. he and his sister bee friended bin laden's youngest children and grandchildren. they say there were two boys, one girl, 7, 4, and 3 years old. sarah relives the cricket games he played with them. that's the white bin laden house you can see behind us.

contradicting reports that no outsiders breached the bin laden security, sarah says he actually played inside the compound itself, getting a close look at a secret world. despite being neighbors, the brother and sister didn't know the bin laden children's names. the children told them their father was the family currier they called nadeen. only now do they know who their play mates really were. "my grandmother asked, who is your father? asa says "they said nadeen. they always said nadeen. through this brother and sister we get to piece together a daily life in the bin laden compound. rather than speaking the local language, the bin laden's preferred pashtu, the language of the afghanistan-pakistan border. they were a normal family, friendly, the children say. they never saw osama bin laden. he remained well hidden. they did meet the bin laden wife. "there were two aunties standing in the house, he says.

they asked me how was i, where did live, what did my mother do. i told them my mother was a housewife. they wore ordinary pakistani clothes. zarah says he noticed the women were different from other mothers in the neighborhood. they spoke in a strange language, he says, very poor udu. then i thought, probably they were arabic. and the children were different, too. even in this muslim community, they were especially devout. they were very reledge us, zarah says. whenever i went there to play they asked me to wait until afternoon prayer. then they would stop playing later for evening prayer. asa shows us pet ran bits, a gift from the bin laden family. after everything, she says, she misses her friends. they were young. they were beautiful. i really miss them. they were the only children we played with. zarah and asa's father is a government official in the justice department. yet bin laden lived right next door and no one knew. the bin laden's lived this way

for years in the heart of abadubad. a military city in the mountains, two hours drive north from pakistan's capital, islamabad. now the area is in lockdown. in recent days it's been opened for the cia to collect material and information. but no such access for us. as we try to get close, this is what happens. the police say they're under instructions to smash our camera. we get it back, but we won't be going any further. >> reporter: well, this is clearly as far as we're going to go. we're not going to get any closer to the bin laden compound. here life continues as normal. beyond here, though, 200 meters or so away is the bin laden house, still holding in so many of the secrets of his life here in abadubab. okay. we're finished. >> reporter: stan grant, cnn, pakistan. the president tours tornado damage in joplin, missouri. we're going to have more on that story and other stories next.

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in headlines tonight, proebds went to joplin, missouried to. his first chance to seat damage caused by last sunday's f 5 tornado. he spoke at a memorial service for the 142 known victims. the president promising continued federal assistance as that city rebuilds. former texas governor bill clements has died. in 1978 he became the first republican elected texas governor since reconstructions. former president george w. bush, also a former texas governor, called clements a political pioneer. clements served as a deputy defense secretary under presidents nixon and ford. bill clements, 94 years old. in the texas panhandle about 300 homes are being threatened by rite now. there's a large wildfire in randall, count. the pit fire is south of amarillo and covers about 500

acres. it's just one of a dozen wildfires now burning in that drought-plagued straight. rookie j.r. hildebrand was leaving the indy 500ed to in the final lap when that happened. dan well den sped right past him to fake the checkered flag. hildebrand did slide across the finish line there. check out the reaction of the indiana national guard soldiers watching him, rooting for him and oh, wow says it all, doesn't it? his car sponsored by the national guard. well, this is the most heat we've seen from the los angeles dodgers so far this season. it was a fire that broke out right in the middle of the game versus the marlins. you can see the smoke coming from a small fire in storage area. some fans had to be evacuated. but nobody had to leach the game. the game went on. and in the stands, a dodger fan did something that's going to come back to haunt him on father's day in a few weeks. watch the video. dad trying to get a player to throw him a foul ball? drops his little girl and he drops the ball. then he goes to