so who is this guy, a 27-year-old oakland limo driver booked on charges of possessing stolen property. he reportedly told the cops the computer had been given to him as a gift, but thought it may have been stolen and that he should have known better. >> it was a relief to know that all my effort paid off. i was just excited that it actually worked. >> reporter: it proved that security applications work, and that sometimes a little public shame can work in your favor. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> if your choice did not win or you just want to check out the runners-up, i'll have links on my page at facebook.com/suzannecnn. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with randi kaye in for ali velshi. well, 67 years ago today, the allies landed on the northern coast of france and turned the tide of world war ii. it will always be known as d-day.

we've since been involved in numerous wars and hostilities all over the world but none with such a clear-cut beginning objective and end. that's painfully clear as five u.s. troops are killed in a rocket attack in iraq and as defense secretary gates wraps up an emotional tour of afghanistan. gates is retiring at the end of this month with no end in sight to the afghan war. >> i just want you to know i think about you every day. i feel your hardship and your sacrifice and your burden and that of your families more than you can possibly know. you are, i believe, the best our country has to offer and you will be in my thoughts and prayers every day for the rest of my life. thank you. >> back at the white house, president obama today brought in the rest of his national security team to update the plans to begin. now the key word there is begin

pulling troops out of afghanistan. so let's take a look at this. here is where things stand. okay? technically, the war in iraq is over as far as america's concerned. the last american combat forces departed last august. 46,000 u.s. troops are still there and are all about training and supporting iraqis and they're supposed to be gone by year's end. that is of course subject to change. some 90,000 u.s. troops are in afghanistan. when the white house decided on last year's surge, it also planned to begin drawing down next month. numbers yet to be decided. the bloodshed today in baghdad is the single deadliest attack on u.s. forces in more than two years. my colleague chris lawrence joins me from the pentagon with much more on all of this. chris, combat or no combat, u.s. troops are still targets in iraq. will today's attack you think hasten or hinder the total pull-out set for december? >> it really depends on what else happens between now and then, randi. i think one of the reasons why

this attack stands out is because of the very thing you just mentioned, in that we haven't seen an attack like this in over two years. of violence against american troops is drastically down in iraq. of course there are far fewer numbers of americans there than there were at the height when we had about 170,000 troops. this one is shocking in that it happened while these troops were apparently in their trailers. 5:30 in the morning. some of these american troops were asleep when the rockets and mortars started to hit the trailers from an attack. but in the big picture, what will it mean at the end of the year? defense secretary robert gates has already said he hopes that iraqi officials can find some way to ask the u.s. to stay longer than december and he hopes that the u.s. would say yes to that request. >> yeah. i really -- speaking of robert gates, i'm struck by how emotional secretary gates has been in these recent appearances of his. but as you said, he is still pushing for this modest drawdown

in afghanistan. >> that's right. he would like to see, a, troops stay longer than december in iraq. he feels like the iraqis still can't defend themselves in a number of ways. they don't really have an air force, things like that. in afghanistan, he would like to see a more staggered withdrawal, slower, more spaced out. but of course there are going to be those voices especially in light of the killing of osama bin laden who are going to say, look, we need to draw this down. we need to ramp up and get more of these troops out of there quickly. >> all right, chris lawrence for us at the pentagon. chris, as always, thank you. we've certainly thrown a whole lot of numbers at you, but here are some numbers not to be overlooked with an election coming. by a 2-1 margin, americans are opposed to the war in iraq and only slightly less opposed to the war in afghanistan. that poll is from january, long before the killing of osama bin laden. but take a look at this. check it out. a poll from two weeks ago shows 54% of americans approve of mr. obama's handling of iraq.

55% approve of his handling of afghanistan. ourp "sound effect" today comes straight from the line of fire in arizona. one of the biggest wildfires in that state's history has burn some 200,000 acres and is entirely uncontained. fire crews are hoping to hold a 30-mile line of defense but the weather is not exactly on their side. in the meantime, more than 2,000 homeowners have cleared out, including jesse walker. he and his wife abandoned the house he built with his own hands and it wasn't easy. >> a person don't realize how hard it is to face something like that. you think you're prepared for it. you think you're mentally prepared for it. physically prepared for it. you're not. i cried all the way to town. >> you did? >> hard. i got to go. >> walker says he has a brother who lives nearby and is not leaving. he wants to fight for what's his, walker says, and i don't

blame him. now to the casey anthony murder trial. and day 11 where forensics are front and center. a research scientist testified today that forensic testing on a carpet sample from the trunk of casey anthony's car showed the presence of chloroform that was "shockingly high." he also says the testing seemed to indicate decomposition had occurred in the trunk. take a listen. >> the odor was extremely overwhelmingly strong and i was shocked that that little bitty can could have that much odor associated with it. >> and did you immediately recognize the odor that was emanating from the piece of carpet in the can? >> yes. >> and what did you recognize that odor to be? >> it was -- i recognized it as human decomposition. >> this forensic testing is key to the prosecution's case. casey anthony faces seven counts in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. if convicted, she could face the death penalty. you can of course watch special coverage of the casey anthony trial all day long on

our sister network, hln. that's is the place to catch it. he's accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, but former imf chief dominique strauss-khan says he is not guilty. the plea today came as he was indicted on seven criminal charges stemming from a may 14th incident inside a posh new york hotel. strauss-khan's attorneys formally asked prosecutors to provide scientific reports and formal statements by the housekeeper. information they say has already been leaked to the media. >> shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! >> hotel workers protested outside the courthouse shouting "shame on you" as strauss-khan walked in. strauss-khan remains under house arrest in a luxury new york town house. the former tijuana mayor is in custody in mexico city after soldiers allegedly seized a large cache of illegal weapons and firearms from his home. soldiers burst into his home this weekend and arrested him,

along with ten other people. one of the richest and most controversial politicians in mexico, rome denies any knowledge of the weapons. a judge is expected to rule today whether there is enough evidence to keep him. he has not been formally charged yet with any crime. all eyes are on apple today. ceo steve jobs is taking to a san francisco stage this hour to unveil the very highly anticipated icloud. apple hopes the new software will significantly change the way people listen to digital music. the icloud will allow users to store their music outside their personal computers, then play that music from their personal devices. the service will reportedly cost $25 a year. apple has deals with several top record labels to make downloads easier for users. a texas public high school was allowed to use the "p" word this weekend at the graduation of the class of 2011. we are talking about "prayer." we'll tell you all about it. and we want to know what you think. should public schools be allowed

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last week, prayer was banned at a public high school graduation in texas after an ago nos tick family complained. the graduation was held over the weekend, and this is what happened.

>> whether you would like to join me or not, feel free to do as you see best. god, i thank you for the support of our whole entire community through this case hearing and it is in jesus' name i pray, amen. >> and there you have it. valedictorian angela hildenbrand prayed at graduation for the 2011 class of medina valley high school in castro, texas. ban was imposed last wednesday by a u.s. district court judge. the ban caught the attention of the governor and state attorney general. both men supported an emergency appeal filed by the school district. governor perry issued this statement -- the first amendment prohibits governments from interfering with americans' rights to freely express their religious beliefs and accordingly the u.s. supreme court has maintained that congress may convene every day with a prayer. an attorney for the family who made the initial complaint argued that prayer at the school's graduation ceremonies were not student initiated but

government sponsored and put pressure on audience members to participate against their beliefs. texas state attorney general greg abbott joins us live now on the telephone. greg, first of all of, start with why you supported prayer at a public high school graduation. >> well, first of all, what the trial court did here is it went too far as some courts tend to do in trying to wipe out any reference to god, any reference to prayer, and that is not what the constitution requires. the students do have a first amendment right on their own to feel free to recognize god or to say a prayer at school, and so we stepped in and filed an amicus brief to ensure these students in the school would be allowed to conduct their grad weighing ceremony in a perfectly constitutional fashion by saying a prayer. >> and the family has issued a statement about the graduation ceremony. they said, in part, "our family chose not to attend the ceremony because we did not feel welcome at the event and we even feared for our safety.

in light of how hostile some of the public comments have been. in addition, school officials released the name of our minor son to the media, almost ensuring that he will be a target for abuse." now, greg, seems like a valid complaint. people do get fired up about the separation of church and state. do you think that the school acted accordingly? >> you know, the school acted perfectly consistent with the constitution and that's exactly what the federal court of appeals held. what was going on here was not a school sponsored prayer. in fact, the system was set up in a way that the students were chosen at random and it could have been either an agnostic or a catholic or someone who believed in a faith completely different who had the opportunity to get up there and give those remarks. and so this was done in a fashion where prayer or a particular religion was not being dictated by the school but simply the school allowing the students to say what they want at the conclusion of their high school graduation. >> i want to go back to just a

little bit more that the family had said. quoting again here, "public education is public for a reason. it is supposed to include everyone. the district sponsorship of religious activity owes tra ssts from the school community. >> what the agnostic family was seeking to do was to elevate agnosticism above the beliefs of all others and seeking to alienate and exclude all others. the courts have made clear that agnostics don't have special standing that enables them to drive down the religious beliefs or recognition that others want to uphold. and the courts have agreed with the allowance of prayer and have disagreed with allowing agnostics to force their belief system on others. >> how do you think this family should have handled it? >> the courts have made clear that if there agnostic family did not want to be around anyone

praying, they could have avoided the situation by not engaging in prayer. the same thing that would have happened had an agnostic person been chosen at random to give the closing remarks. everyone there who is christian or jewish or who believes in some other faith would have had to deal with whatever the agnostic chose to do. >> texas state attorney general, greg abbott, thank you for joining the conversation on this. a lot of people are talking about it. appreciate your time. >> thank you. remember, we do want to know what you think about this. join the conversation on our blog. cnn.com/ali. you can also post on either ali's or my facebook and twitter pages as well. we're getting a lot of comments so be sure to send us yours. so, how do you use $10 to create a cutting-edge company shaking up the business world? well, we have the answer. we're going to tell you next. don't go anywhere. where do you go to find a business

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taking a special look at pint-sized entrepreneurs to watch. at 17, my next guest isn't so tiely today but he joined the entrepreneurial ranks four years ago when he borrowed $10 from his parents to build a website devoted to aviation. he later sold the website and used the profits to create rock style media, a multi-faceted marketing and web development company in india. and the teen ceo joins me via skype from mumbai, india. thanks so much for coming on the show. when you borrowed the $10 from

your parents to start this website, did you have the hopes and dreams to one day turning it into this growing empire that it is? >> all right, well i should have known because he wasn't looking at the camera there but is he not hearing us. so let's get some top stories to you right now. 20 minutes past the hour. time to check on these top stories that we've been following for you. five u.s. service members were killed today in central iraq. the u.s. military did not say how or where the five died but iraqi security officials say a mortar attack at a u.s. base in baghdad was responsible. the deaths are the single largest loss of life among u.s. troops in iraq in two years. dominique strauss-khan, the former chief of the international monetary fund, pleaded not guilty today to seven charges involving an alleged sexual assault on a new york hotel maid. his lawyer says he "intends to defend this case and defend it vigorously." airline industry profits are

expected to fall worldwide this year. meeting in singapore, the international air transport association blames rising fuel prices, political unrest and natural disasters. just three months ago, the group predicted an $8.6 billion profit. now it's revised that prediction by more than half down from $4 billion. well, he is one of the biggest boston red sox fans you will ever find. but it's not just baseball that's driving this boy to make things better in the world. i'll tell you what he did that has the red sox team responding. he'll join me live coming up next. (screams) when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing.

welcome back. now back to our special look at pint-sized entrepreneurs to watch. at 17, as i was mentioning before, my next guest isn't so tiny today but he joined the entrepreneurial ranks four years ago when he borrowed $10 from his parents to build a website devoted to aviation. he later sold the website and used the profits to create rock style hemedia, a marketing and development company if india. the teen ceo joins us via skype from india. i hope you're with us this time. thanks for coming on the show. tell me, when you borrowed $10 from your parents to start this website, did you have the hopes and dreams that it would become this growing empire that it is today? >> absolutely not. like at that time i didn't know exactly what i was doing and

it's many luck in helping me that it's turned out this way. i don't think too much about the future. >> what inspired you to create all of this? >> i've always like been interested in a lot of activities, sports and i wanted to do something different. i came across a website. it inspired me. i started it and it turned out to be pretty great. slowly, steadily, step by step, it's just progressed. that's how it all worked out. >> any big obstacles you might have had getting your business started? >> well, the first time i got a check, okay, it was like about i think $1,200. that was my first check. when i went to deposit it at the bank the people couldn't believe it, the clerk was like 30, 40. they were like, no, you have to put this check in your parent's name. basically in india age is a very big obstacle. although i have managed to turn it around now.

but even, you know, it's not that widespread that entrepreneurs can't be young. we're just not accepted. so that's i think a very big obstacle. >> what would you tell other kids who might want to follow in your footsteps to help them out with avoiding obstacles and just finding the same success? >> see, a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. you have to take the first step. if you don't take the first step, you never know how it ends. that first step is the most important. also you have to fail. only if you fail miserably will you achieve greatness. >> my last question -- did you ever repay your parents for that $10 loan? >> absolutely. and i always try to give to my parents something, although like it's not something big or anything but i always try to give to them because honestly without their support i would be absolutely nowhere. like my dad had advised me how to take a business forward, had

he not i'd be absolutely nowhere today. >> oh, i love how you have such an appreciation for how they helped you out. i'm so glad you repaid them. that's very, very nice of you. we wish you the best of luck with your future projects. thank you. well, a 12-year-old new hampshire boy has combined his passion for baseball with his passion against bullying into something pretty amazing. and a major league baseball team has taken notice. the boston red sox announced this weekend the team will be producing a video for the it gets better project, an online campaign aimed at helping gay youth and combating suicide and it is all because of this 12-year-old boy. you can see sam started an online petition last month asking for support in getting his favorite team to produce a video. in just days, really, sam had secured more than 9,000 signatures. >> i figured that since the boston red sox are my favorite team, i really wanted them to do it and i thought it would just help. >> sam's idea was inspired by

his gay uncle, a diehard red sox fan who died unexpectedly this year. with the help of family and friends, his message quickly spread. >> they told their friends and family members and then went on from there and soon i had people from like california, i had one from hawaii and one from puerto rico. there was -- it just started growing. >> well, someone else who knows how fast a powerful message like this can grow is ft. worth city councilman joel burns. in october of last year burns made a heartfelt plea to his fellow council members about the issue of anti-gay bullying. burns, a gay man, talk about the bullying he faced as a young kid. >> one day when i was in the ninth grade just starting high school, i was greeted after school by some older kids who roughed me up. they said that i was a tfaggot

and that i should die and go to hell where i belonged. that was the fear i kept pushed down that what i was beginning to feel on the inside must somehow be showing on the outsid outside. ashamed and confused, i went home. i thought there must be something very wrong with me, something i could never let my family or anyone else know. >> burns' story struck a chord across the country. to date his video has received more hand 3 million views. joining me now from washington, joel burns and 12-year-old sam maiden from manchester, new hampshire. thanks to both of you for coming on the show. sam, i want to start with you first. did you ever imagine that your petition, all your hard work, would get this much attention? >> no, not really. >> how do you feel about it? >> well, it just is just overwhelms me with joy.

it started off small, maybe 100 signatures, and then change.org helped me and it grew wicked fast and never expected it. >> when you heard that the red sox were signing on, how did you feel about that? >> i felt great. they're my favorite team. so when i heard they would help me, i -- it felt good. >> joel, i have to ask you, what is your reaction to sam's petition and the reaction that it's getting? >> well, first off, i'm proud of sam and i think that his bold action is yet another example of people joining in this conversation about teenage bullying and suicide and that all of our kids' lives have worth, and even the children have a role in participating in that conversation and i'm so very glad that he did this. i'm so glad that his uncle chris inspired him to take those actions just like my parents inspired me to get involved in what was happening in my

community which led me to run for office. and it is important for adults and the children to have those conversations about the impact that bullying has on lives across our country. >> that is so well said, joel. but sam, i know that this started as a school project. i imagine that you're getting an "a" for this one. but i want to read what the red sox said about you. they wrote, "we are proud of dedicated red sox fans like 12-year-old sam who have taken the courageous step of publicly standing up against bullying of lgbt youth." what's been the reaction from your school, sam, on this one? >> i had lots of comments from both teachers and my friends and they've all been good. they said that all my teachers said they're really proud of me and my friends said that it was cool and some of them wanted to

help me and i couldn't -- there was -- two of my other friends, we worked on the project together. so people have been approaching all of us and talking to us about how we're doing and how we're doing it and that they want to step in. >> that's great. joel, let's talk a little bit about the importance of the red sox decision. they now follow the giants and cubs becoming the third major league team to record a message. how important do you think it is for the sports world to recognize this and take action? >> well, as the conversation grows, it's grown into state legislatures around the country, congress is currently taking up a safe schools initiative act. one of the hardest places to take this issue on is in locker rooms and athletic teams across the country and the highest level of that is our major league sports. and for major league players, for professional players, sports players, across the country, to

be taking on the issue of bullying in general, but also specifically, lgbt bullying, i think shows that this conversation is a larger national one and i know that nba player recently recorded a psa for the gay-straight student education -- gay-straight student education network. others have come to this conversation, ben cohen who's a famous rugby player, others. and so i think it points to that this -- the need to address bullying transcends just beyond the school playground but goes all the way up to the major league ball fields. >> i've covered so many of these stories and many of them did not end well and i'm just happy to see a young man like sam taking action on behalf of so many. so sam, congratulations to you. sam maden and joel burns, thank you both so much for coming on the show and what you do for this cause. appreciate it. tomorrow night cnn's anderson cooper examines a shockishock ing therapy intended to keep

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they are especially worried about the wallow fire in eastern arizona. windy conditions are threatening to reverse what little progress they've made there. the with a low fire has burned nearly 193,000 acres and has forced more than 2,200 people to leave behind their homes. >> you think you're prepared for it. you think you're mentally prepared for it, physically prepared for it. you're not. i cried all the way to town. >> you did. >> hard. i got to go. >> various fires burning throughout the state have destroyed more than 270,000 acres so far. u.s. troops in iraq today suffered the single largest loss of life in two years. iraqi security officials say five american service members were killed when militants attacked a u.s. military base in baghdad with mortars. the deaths come as iraq debates whether u.s. troops should stay beyond next january's withdrawal

deadline. mortar attacks and roadside bombings against u.s. troops have increased recently ahead of that deadline. the casey anthony murder trial is unfolding today like a real life csi crime drama. the 25 yearly mother is accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter caylee. jurors got a grim lesson on human decomposition as prosecutors tried to build their case around a strand of hair and the smell of death in anthony's car. a research scientist testified that samples taken from anthony's trunk smelled of human decomposition. he also discussed another disturbing observation. >> the reason we progressed is because the chloroform was shockingly high. unusually high. >> lawyers for anthony are attacking the state's forensic evidence. they're calling it junk science. well, abc announced today katie couric will host a syndicated daytime talk show for abc and contribute to the

network's news programming. the announcement comes just hours before scott pelley is set to debut as couric's replacement in the cbs evening news anchor chair. new drugs could be giving new hope to people with melanoma offering up promising results with an eye towards targeting treatments. we'll tell you all about it.

exciting medical news out of chicago this weekend having to do with skin cancer and new drugs used for targeted treatment. the first of these drugs blocks cancer cells from growing. the other boosts a patient's immub system. both can prolong survival in patients with melanoma that's spread to other parts of the body. joining me to talk about this, the head of the melanoma center

at the university of pennsylvania. doctor, this sounds impressive. but how big of a break through are we really talking about here? >> this is a major break-through. so to have two new approaches to treat patients with advanced melanoma is really unprecedented, to have a new immuno therapy drug is important and this new targeted therapy particularly for patients who have melanoma with a broken b-ref gene. >> you mentioned one type of patient there. but who exactly does this help? how much of a -- how large of a group is this? >> so it's a large group of patients. fortunately, most patients who are diagnosed with melanoma are detected early and are cured by early intervention with surgery. but there are about 7 how ,000 8,000 patients each year who die

in the united states from melanoma. these are patients with advanced melanoma, melanoma that is traveled throughout the body. the braf inhibitor is for about 50% of patients with melanoma. these treatments are going to benefit a large proportion of patients with melanoma. >> when you say 7,000 or 8,000 people die from that, those are some pretty big numbers. these are study results though we are talking about. how soon could we see these drugs available for patients outside of the crinkle trials? >> one was fda approved six weeks ago and it was approved because it was shown to improve survival and study results at this year's meeting showed again that drug compared to chemotherapy really benefited patients, they lived longer. the vemurafamed again showed a

huge difference in the response rate using this new agent compared to chemotherapy and based upon these results, it is expected that it is going to receive fda approval later this year. >> so just so i understand this correctly, these aren't cures. right? so -- but they do point us in that direction? >> that's a really important point. so these therapies are not curing patients, although it is possible that a subset of patients are cured. but it really lays the foundation to build upon this. in the past, we really didn't have effective therapies for patients with advanced melanoma. it didn't improve survival. it didn't improve patient symptoms. so these new therapies are huge advance but not a cure, but we believe combining these therapies and ongoing research is going to make a tremendous difference and lead to that cure. importantly, patients can find more information about these new therapies for melanoma at www.cancer.net. this site is sponsored by asco which really has this important

updated information and how this would be helpful for patients. >> all right, doctor, appreciate it. such an important finding there and certainly good news in the fight against skin cancer. thank you for your time. >> great. chaos and uncertainty hang over a key u.s. ally in the fight against al qaeda. a live report on the turmoil in yemen right after this.

welcome back. chaos and uncertainty grip yes, ma'am thn hour. the country's president is in saudi arabia being treated for wounds suffered in an attack on the presidential compound on friday. there are conflicting reports on his condition and whether will he able to allowed to return home once he recovers. in yemen, anti-saleh groups appear to only be offering lukewarm support for the vice president. yemen has been a close ally in the u.s.' fight against al qaeda and the obama administration is watching both in saudi arabia an yemen closely. cnn's nic robertson is following developments from abu dhabi for us. nic, what do you know about saleh's condition and whether he will eventually return home to yemen? >> well, according to his party in yemen that he was only in saudi arabia for some minor medical treatment, according to other sources though he's had two operations to remove splinters of wood that were

embedded in him when he was very close to that explosion last friday in yemen's capital saana. so they vary widely on the one hand that he may take several weeks to recover from these operations, on the other hand that he could be coming back to saana within a matter of days. that's what his vice president said earlier on today, randi. >> nic, what is your sense of the situation in yemen right now? >> well, senior western diplomatic sources i just talk to says that the cease-fire that's in place is, by an large, holding at the moment with a few small exceptions. the tribal forces that had come to the capital to an front saleh's forces the last few weeks are not being seen on the streets. the atmospherics if you will from the people in the city there is very serious anticipate hengs because opposition groups have told the vice president that they're willing to work with him if he agrees to go

through with the reforms that the president was holding back on. he said, well, the president's coming back to the country, which does seem to indicate that he is not about to bow to what the opposition parties are saying right now. so the scene does seem to be being set while it is calm right now for the real potential for confrontation. but these diplomatic western sources do say that if -- if -- ali abdullah saleh can agree to the same transfer of power that he apparently agreed to last week, then there could be a peaceful transfer of power but i don't think a lot of people are holding their breath on that at the moment. there's a lot of apprehension still in yemen right now. >> yes, because even before he was wounded there was a lot of talk that the country was on the verge of civil war and that seems to be the general feeling still, it sounds like. >> there's a window of opportunity. the window is going to close unless this -- unless president

saleh will agree to this transfer of power. will he because he's on his sickbed in saudi arabia agree to it or will he be pressured into it because certainly saudi authorities would very much like him to stay out of the political equation and not go back. but at the same time, you have his son's nephew in charge frt army and security forces. they're very powerful and analysts fear these could be very destructive forces if they decide to fight to the end. that would play to al qaeda's strengths in yemen. yemen is the most operative branch of al qaeda anywhere in the world right now. while the security forces are focusing on the capital and the fight for political power, al qaeda is getting a free run in other parts of the country, randi. >> it certainly sounds that way. nic robertson for us in abu dhabi, nic, thank you as always. you may be aware of the new 3-d film and tv craze, but now there is 3-d printing. we'll tell you about what could

be the next tech craze right after the break. don't go anywhere. and don't buy that new printer, whatever you do, until you see this next story.

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we do a segment called the "big i" which is about new innovations and solutions to big problems. today's big i is about the 3-d printers which allow you to create 3-d objects like this one right here, my mini ali velshi. it sounds like something out of "star trek" but it is not out of this world. you may have one in your home soon. laurie seigel reports. >> reporter: 3d printers and cutting edge 21st century tech, but they have been around since the last century. who used it? >> automobile companies and aerospace companies and companies with the budget to buy expensive printers and c.a.t. systems. >> reporter: now they are moving to the mainstream. doctors use them for microorganisms and artists for making creations of the future,

and now there is a bet they will lie in the hands of everyday folks. >> we have had large systems in place for a long time, and this is our attempt now to get at a consumer level where we make 3d printing available to the mass market. >> reporter: here is how it works. users create a three-dimensional design using computer software and that information is fed to the printer. instead of traditional ink, the syringers may be filled with a consistency like plastic or other materials and they build the image layer by layer. and printers are not the only ones looking to get into the market. hp just launched a maker bot line. >> they want to make it as easys a toaster oven in the kitchen. >> reporter: but the question remains, how do these remain in the future? >> you have a house that needs

objects or if you need a toy for a kid, you can snap them together and they are done. >> reporter: according to the weller and associates the 3d printer market will be a $3 million industry. they say they are at the early stages of what is a 3d printer revolution. at the consumer end, this is just the beginning. >> we are just in the beginning. >> reporter: is this in the daily household in the next three years? >> i surely think so. >> laurie seigel, cnn money, new york. and for more on 3d printing check out the blog at cnn.com/ali and don't forget to tune in tomorrow for the same big i time at the same big i channel. and one day, you can have one of these little guys, a 3d printer image, little ali. good boy.

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guy, an meaning he would not do well in the caucuses there, and now that he has said that assuming he runs for president, he will skip the caucuses, he is hearing back from the people in iowa who don't think much of that decision. the iowa secretary of state matt schultz says that huntsman needs a lesson in iowa politics and may not be ready for the big dance. huntsman has said he is not interested in going to iowa, because he does not believe in subsidies that prop up corn, so i beans and ethanol which is a risky proposition for someone wanting to run in iowa, but they question if huntsman is afraid to defend some of his stances on other issues. we will hear more about that down to road. >> and what is this threat, joe, we are hearing from sarah palin? >> well, this is very much about sarah palin's ability to suck up all of the media attention wherever she goes, really. she showed up in new hampshire as we remember, and looked a bit like she was upstaging mitt

romney on his big day when he was announcing the run, but on fox news now, she actually apologized and said she did not mean to step on anybody's toes, but here is the threat. she essentially said she reserves the right to step on any people's toe's who are quote screwing up and making poor decisions to the nation. so that is a call to action against those other guys, but not mitt romney. >> and yes, some tough talk there. and why, tell me, is the white house communications director making news today? >> well, the white house communications director dan pheifer is going to address the grass roots democratic activist net roots and this conference is going to be many minneapolis, and the question bottom line is how is the obama white house going to energize the left? and dan pheifer is to expect to give us the start of the answer. he is going to be the keynote

speaker at net roots next week and participate in a question and answer session, and we have heard that debbie wassermann schultz, the dnc chairwoman is likely to address the conference as well, randi. >> joe, nice to see you as always. thank you. >> you bet. 67 years ago today the allies landed on the northern coast of france and turned the tide of world war ii. it'll always be known as d-day and we have since been involved in numerous wars and hostilities all over the world, but none such a clear cut objective and end. it is painfully clear as five u.s. troops are killed in an iraq attack and robert gates wraps up an emotional tour in afghanistan. he is retiring at the end of the month with no end in sight of the afghan war. >> i want you to know i think about you everyday. i feel your hardship, and your sacrifice and your burden, and

that of your families. more than you can possibly know. you are, i believe, the best our country has to offer. and you will be in my thoughts and prayers everyday for the rest of my life. thank you. >> ooh-rah! >> and back to the white house, president obama brought in the rest of his national security team to update the plans to begin -- key word begin pulling troops out of afghanistan. here is where things stand. if you take a look, technically the war in iraq is over as far as america is concerned. the last american combat forces departed last august. 46,000 u.s. troops still there are all about training and supporting iraqis, and they are supposed to be gone by year's end. that is of course subject to change. some 90,000 u.s. troops are in afghanistan, and when the white house decided on last year's surge, they decided to withdraw next month and numbers to be

decided. the bloodshed in baghdad today is the single deadliest on our forces in two years. chris lawrence joins me from the pentagon, and with more on this, combat or no combat, u.s. troops are clearly an attack in afghanistan, and will the attacks today hasten the pull-out plans in december? >> well, it depends what happens from here on out. is this an isolated incident or something that will develop into at pa tern. when you say it is the deadliest attack in two years, it means we have not seen an attack like this in two years. definitely the violence is down. i remember in iraq six years ago you could not drive anywhere without the threat of ieds constantly and being there last august and driving across a large part of the country to get to the embed which with security

would have been unthinkable a year ago. so things have changed. the key now is what happens internally in iraq. is there a political will to ask the u.s. to stay? defense secretary robert gates a few weeks ago said he sure hopes so. he wants iraq to ask the u.s. to extend the commitment to keep some troops there to help out past december, and he said he would hope that the united states would say yes to that request. >> and chris, gates pushed hard for the surge last year, but the president's inner circle has changed since then, and an election is coming and the afghan war cost $2 billion a week, so that no doubt the drawdown dates for troops in afghanistan could be changing, right? >> right. even though they say everything is determined by boots on the ground, the reality is that, that is not, or the conditions on the ground. the reality is that is not the only consideration. you know, you do have to look at the pressures to cut the budget. you do have to also look at the

different races that may be sitting around the table in the months to come, and how will leon panetta's dates differ from secretary gates? and tom don lynlan and how will views differ? so there are different people to give the president input on how fast to drawdown in afghanistan. >> thank you, chris lawrence at the pentagon for us. our sound effect today comes from the line of fire in arizona. it has burned more than 200,000 acres and entirely uncontained. the firefighters are hoping to hold the 30-mile line of defense, but the weather is not on their side. more than 2,000 homeowners have cleared out including jesse walker. he and his wife abandoned the house he built with his very own hands, and it was not easy. >> a person does not realize how hard it is to face something like that. you think you are prepared for

it, and mentally and physically prepared for it, but you are not. i cried all of the way down. >> you did? >> it is hard. i have to go. >> walker said he has a brother who lives nearby and is not leaving. he wants to fight for what is his, walker says, and he says he does not blame him. we also have our eyes on apple today which unveiled the mysterious internet service called icloud. steve jobs came back from medical leave to show icloud. lit allow users to store access to itune music to access it without up uploading like google and amazon. but it comes at a cost, reportedly $25 a year.

and the texas high school banned from praying in the graduation ceremony got to thank god on saturday. a federal appeal's court lifted the ban before graduation in time to allow the valedictorian to lead her prayer. >> god, i thank you for the support of our whole entire community through this case hearing and in jesus name i pray, amen. >> a judge initially ruled banning speakers from bowing their heads and also removed words like benediction and invocation from the graduation. but the debate is not over. should prayer be allowed at the school graduations? we will debate it in this hour with the stream team. and we want to know what you think on our blog. go to cnn.com/ali or post on my or ali's facebook and twitter pages as well. important testimony today in

the casey anthony trial. let's take a quick listen to the trial right now. dr. arpad vass is being cross-examined and he was, but now they are at the bench talking about the crime scene tactics in this case. we will have much more on it right after the break. [ woman speaking chinese ]

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all right. so it does not sound like much but chloroform measured in parts per million could add up to trouble for casey anthony. among the evidence at her first-degree murder trial in florida is evidence from the carpet from her car in 2008 when prosecutors said she chloroformed caylee and stashed her in the trunk until she could stash the body. but today, a scientist said he could not believe his nose. >> i was shocked that little can could have so much odor associated with with it? >> and did you recognize the odor emanating from the can? >> yes. >> what did you recognize the odor to be?

>> i recognized it as human composition. >> did the amount of chloroform that you found in the chromatogram surprise you? >> we were shocked. >> why? >> we have never seen chloroform in that level in environmental samples, at least i have not in 20 years of shooting these types of samples. the concentration of chloroform in that sample was in the parts per million range. >> i believe you said that what you have seen in decomposition was parts per trillion? >> right. >> and so right now in the trial taking place and you are watching live and that is again dr. arpad vass, an throw poanth scientist from oakridge, california. let's listen in for a little

while. >> he said the report. >> do you understand the question, doctor? >> no. >> refrain the question, mr. baez. >> in this case did you expose that you had a financial interest with the database? >> my report to the detective and the investigator? >> yes. >> no, i did not disclose it. >> now, the differences between -- and i know we touch odd on this briefly -- but you work at a research lab, correct? >> correct. >> and the difference between a research lab and a forensic lab is a research lab does experiments? >> research data is our department. yes. >> and a research lab is not required to have protocols? >> usually the research labs are the ones who develop the protocols and procedures. >> so the answer is correct,

yes. >> asked and answered. >> i was not sure? >> overruleded. you can get clarification. >> can we get clarification? the answer is yes? it is not required to have protocols? >> sometimes. it depends upon what you are doing. >> in this case there are no protocols? in this case, you can see that attorney jose baez is trying to discredit the expert for the prosecution now on the stand. so, let's get to the law on this and sunny hostin who is a legal analyst and contributor to "in session" on our sister network trutv. sunny, i'm stunned by the amount of evidence and tothe utter futility of the attorney, but casey's lawyer objects and objects and objects, but does not prevail. >> right. well, there are reasons that prosecutors and attorneys do it.

sometimes it is because of the theater of it or you want to throw the opposing counsel off of the track, and you do it because you have to preserve your objection for appeal. if there is a conviction and if she is sentenced to death, this is automatically going to go on appeal and you want the preserve the issues, but what is fascinating, randi, about this witness is that he has been controversial from the beginning. he is a forensic anthropologist, and a research scientist, and he is the only one though in the world that uses science in this way. he has pioneered a novel technique for a detecting of human decomposition from air, from the smell of air. that is why you see and hear so many objections from this defense team, because it is so novel. the defense team thinks it is junk science. >> i'm curious, because now we seem to have entered the scientific phase. last week was really personal. i mean, the tapes that we

watched between a tape that was recorded of casey and the parents at jail and the interrogation with police. can you tell if there is a difference in the jury's reaction between the more personal testimony, and the more scientific testimony? >> well, there is no question that there has been a change in the courtroom and the focus now is all about science. these are jurors allowed to take notes, randi, but they haven't been taking many notes. since dr. vass has gotten on the witness stand, they are leaning forward and taking notes. i like to call it the csi-effects, because with shows like "forensic files" and "csi" jurors are expecting forensic evidence and expecting this type of evidence and that is where this prosecution is going. the hard forensic evidence beginning with an fbi analyst over the weekend that testified about hair banding and a hair she says came from a dead body, potentially caylee anthony, and now with dr. vass who is the first witness on monday, and it

is all about the science. in his case, eye-popping levels of chloroform, and he says in his experience he believes that there was a dead body in casey anthony's car. >> and sunny, if you are casey's lawyer, do you put her on the stand? >> i think that you have to. again, you know, we heard jose baez' opening statement, and it was really shocking. she is saying that little caylee anthony died accidentally by drowning. she is the only witness other than george anthony, she alleges was there as well, and in order to shore up the defense, randi, she has to take the witness stand. we know that the prosecution is going to say they are going to complete their case june 17th, so casey anthony may get on the witness stand as early as thele following week. >> that is only 111 days away. sunny hostin, thank you. thanks. and you can watch special coverage of the casey anthony trial all day long on our sister

network hln. in today's taking the lead, we look at a independent rapper who says that his key to success is embracing piracy, and he let kids steal his music. poppy harlow reports. >> reporter: he does not look, sound or think like your typical rapper. >> hip-hop is poetry, and there is not much difference between edgar allan poe and kanye west. >> reporter: you may beg to differ, but mc lars has figured out how to make it in the rap game at a time when the traditional record labels are seeing the profits dwindle. lars got his start playing in a punk rock band in high school and then moved on to a english lit major in stanford. >> they love the raps. because it is the proletariats speaking their minds and keeping it real and exploiting the machine that exploits so many people.

>> reporter: and in a move he swears is good for business, lars embraces piracy rather than hiding it. >> we are pro-piracy, because if the they have the entire catalog and listen to the show, they will come to the show and listen to the burned cds in the car. >> reporter: and so they then come to your show and buy the t-shirts behind you, and then you profit in the end? >> it is the new media economics. >> as a artist, there are a lot of revenue streams and not just from records. that is the last place you ever expect to make money. >> reporter: roughly 60% of lars' income comes from the merchandise sales, and he says he would never sign with a record label. >> listen, if it is $100,000 and they want five records and a piece of all of this. >> it is better than ever for independent artists, it is, because again, i think that the biggest change that's come about is that the fans have let it be known that we are in control

now. >> reporter: and the fans are speaking. lars has more than 20,000 facebook fans and thus hauled in more than $20,000 on fund-raising website kick starter to fund the new album. would you be where you are today without the social media? >> no. i think that it would be like pretty impossible. ♪ running or not, mum's the word from sarah palin, but we know rick santorum's plans. details after this. [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪

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well, sarah palin seemed to have a lot of fun last week at the expense of the media following her every move, but the question remains, will she run for the white house next year? no answer yet, but we know what couple of other gop hopefuls are planning. here is our chief political correspondent candy crowley. >> reporter: sarah palin capped off the first week of her this is not a campaign tour aboard this is not a campaign bus with a this is not a campaign appearance. >> what president palin would do is to cut the federal budget. >> reporter: unclear is where palin's hide and seek tease will continue this week or not, and

somewhere in pennsylvania rick santorum is hoping not. making his bid official monday, santorum could use some oxygen for his campaign. >> i'm ready to do what has to be done for the next generation. with the courage to fight for freedom. >> reporter: a recent survey by pew researchp says that fewer than half of the voters leaning republican have heard of santorum. counting santorum there are seven people some known and some not so known running for president. tim pawlenty will outline his cure for what ails the economy this week in chicago, illinois, need we say more? >> president obama's policies have failed. >> reporter: in the cycle of presidential elections, this is big dream season. >> i am so delighted to see you involved in our revolution. >> and congressman ron paul is on round three. he first ran for president as a libertarian 23 years ago, preaching lower taxes and less

spending. >> mainstream is moving in the direction that i have been talking about for a long time, and therefore nobody knows what the outcome will be in this election. during the last campaign, i knew what was happening, and they mocked me for my foreign policy and laughed at my monetary policy and no more. >> and finally on capitol hill where the campaign runs through it, this may be big miracle season. >> there is a bipartisan discussion going on that is civil and constructive and that they have come to some areas where they can possibly reach agreement, but that nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. >> reporter: what the house democratic leader will not agree to is cuts in medicare which sounds like square one, except that nancy pelosi is not known for the sunny outlook on bipartisan deals, and time is running out to raise the debt ceiling and throughout capitol hill history, deadline pressure has always outperformed miracles. this could be the week or not.

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severe weather expert chad myers with us now. things are getting hot in arizona. are people in danger at this point? >> yes, and no. people have been evacuated, but the fire line is uncontrolled, which, you know, we say 10% containment or 30% -- but there is no number, because the winds are blowing again today. let's see what they are near the fire. 24 miles per hour, and gusting in some spots to 30. the fire is right under this extremely critical area where the winds are the strongest, and plus later on today, we could get thunderstorms that put down lightning, but not enough rain to stop the fires that the lightning could start. so that is what could happen east of there and parts across texas as well. some parts want tropical moisture there, and we want to get the monsoon going, and i

know it sounds hot and dry in arizona, but no, it is very muggy and humid and humidity from the south comes up, and then you get rain across phoenix and tucson, but we have this box here and that could be the first tropical disturbance in the gulf of mexico, and that one right there is the first one in the eastern part of the pacific, so yes, some things are going on and it is eventually going to get going b right now, hot and dry. >> not looking good. last thing they need. >> let's go "off of the radar." this is something that looks so really cool. people of chile have had a rough couple of years with volcanoes and earthquakes and the like. now, zoom into the volcano that is erupting which is a cool shot from google earth. this thing has erupted in the past, but there are 3,000 volcanoes chile and 60 of them have erupted in the last 100 years or so, but there are volcanoes all up and down. >> is this a big eruption or small eruption?

>> well, let's look at the pictures. >> you see, this is why i ask you these things. >> lightning inside of the dust cloud and the pumice all grinding against each other will make static like a thunderstorm can make static and some spectacular shots there, and i saw a couple coming in on the ireports as well, and you can find them online and see them on ireport.com. right now, ash is going into argentina and other popular areas, but they have moved 3,000 people away from the volcano. >> okay. good the know. cool stuff. thank you, chad. well, moving on now. you may know them from the tlc reality show 19 kids and counting. when that massive tornado ripped through joplin, missouri, last month, members of the dugger family took action and drove through the night. and now josh and jill talk about their experience in this "impact

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let's get to some developments that you may have missed. today, in arizona, one of the state's worst wildfires is burning out of control and could get worse as chad told us. fire crews are battling the extreme conditions fueled by high winds and they are especially worried about the wallla fires. it has burned nearly 193,000 acres and it has forced more than 2,200 people to leave their homes. various fires have destroyed 72,000 acres so far. u.s. troops in iraq today suffered the single loss of life in two years.

iraqi services say that five american service members were killed when a u.s. military base was attacked by mortamortars. that comes amid debate over when to withdraw troops. mortar attacks have historically increased closer to the deadline. and now the 25-year-old mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee, casey anthony is still on trial today. today, the jury got a grim reminder of testimony today from an throw po anthropologist today. >> reason we progressed is because the chloroform was ununusually high, shockingly

high. >> today, the defense is calling this junk science. and today, the departure of yemen's president, and what that could mean for the fight against al qaeda right after this.

a very deadly day in syria, and state television says that 120 security forces were killed in the northern part of the country. jo joining us from washington and much more on that hall a gorani joins us. >> well, this is the series of events that the government has

said that these are not peaceful protesters who want democracy and want their government to change, but these are people who are motivated by armed gangs. the human protesters, themselves, have disputed that version of events and now the syrian state television is saying that more than 80 security forces were killed by quote armed gangs, because we have not been allowed into syria, randi, it is virtually impossible for us to verify the claims of the syrian government, but it would sort of be part of a wider version of event s ths the government has been telling about these anti-government and anti-regime protesters. >> and let's turn to yemen, if we can, hala, because the country seems to be in chaos. we know that the president is in saudi arabia, and we know he is being treated after the attack on his compound, but we don't know whether or not he is coming back. >> well, we don't. we are hearing, again, sar ri g

i ing accounts of whether the president is coming back, and we hear from the vice president that he will be back in a few days. but we hear from others that he is being treated for shrapnel wounds, and that it will be several weeks before he is ready to go. and then those who say that saudi arabia who brokered a peace deal which is holding on the brink of civil war, and they will not going because they are happy with the vice president taking over the country, so it is a wait and see situation in a chaotic country, randi. >> and we know that the u.s. is waiting and watching, because i mean, there is a major concern there, because yemen has been the ally really, a key ally in the fight against al qaeda. >> right. the government with the small portion of the territory that it still controls in yemen, randi, because as you mentioned there, al qaeda and tin the arabian

peninsula is implanted in certain parts of the country where the government has little control, but the united states is extremely interested in what happens in yemen for that reason. if that government crumbled, if the peace deals don't hold, it moons that this becomes a l lawless sort of country with a portion of the territory occupied and controlled by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and it becomes extremely difficult or more difficult than it already is to get a grip on what is going on in that part of the world, especially when al qaeda is using yemen and parts of yemen to plot against western targets. >> and i can't let you go until we also talk about this e. coli outbreak in europe. first, it looked like it was coming from spain. and spain was not happy about that blaming the farmers for cucumbers and now it looks like it started in germany? >> well, now where that theory is thrown into doubt again, because some bean sprouts were

tested near hamburg and a little more than a dozen tested today, they have tested negative, so that means we know it is the not the spanish cucumbers or the bean sprouts in germany. so it is harder and harder as time passes, randi, to pinpoint the outbreak. and so it is two weeks old, and as far as scientists are concerned getting your hands on the possible source of the outbreak is dif ku. it has killed 16 people and sickened thousands, and we still don't know exactly where this all came from. >> i hope they certainly find out soon. hala, great to see you and thank you for coming on the show. all of the files, the music, the pictures and the documents will be a click away anywhere at any time from any device, and no, is it is not the future, it is now in the clouds. what it means for you and me in just a couple of minutes. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.

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and also talking about quite a bit about a single strand of hair that may connect her to the death of her daughter. so, let's listen in for a little bit. >> if you look at the table, and i know it is complicated, but it indicates without a doubt that the point source of the odor was the trunk. now, we did do an analysis using a tst of the trunk. indicating that trace amounts or small amounts of sulfur compounds and chloroform were still detectable in the trunk even though the liner had been completely removed. i did not consider that a valid comparison. >> you don't consider the air in the trunk of the car valid? >> not after the liner had been removed. i didn't say valid, but not a valid comparison. >> now, dr. vass, let's break this down a little bit further for us.

out of the 17, you have found zen to be r-- seven to be relevant to the compounds? >> with the aforementioned caveats, yes. >> and because of some overlap or the trace levels, you only considered five? >> that is true. with weer ve e e e er -- we wer conservative. >> and of the five, there were overlap with two of them, right? >> i am not sure i understand. help me? with respect to the chemicals, there was overlap found on the chemical table that could account for something else, and so that now goes down the three? >> well, again, in most cases what we would call -- there you have what we call a little bit of the latest activity there on the trial for casey anthony, and of course, you can watch all of our special coverage on the sister station all day long. our sister network, hln, if you

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>> prayer at a school function. it is a controversial subject and one that led to a couple of court decisions last week in texas. first, a judge barred the school from using the words benediction and innovation in the program. the valedictorian in medinah high school was not allowed to offer up a prayer in her speech. an agnostic student brought the

suit, but an appeals court overturned the decision shortly before the graduation ceremony. and the valedictorian read her prayer and the agnostic student stayed home. the whole controversy went away, but not really. so we have been burned up on the blog with responses, so we decided to continue to talk about it with our stream team. should prayer be allowed in high school graduations. we have pete dominic from sirius xm, and also the chairman of the tea party. i can't tell you how many responses from the story. mark, let's start with you, what is your take on the court decision and prayer in general at the graj wigs? >> well, i think that relative to the young lady's rights, angela, she is the valedictorian and she is asked to give a speech, and her faith is exhibited in the speech. the court made the right decision to overturn the lower

court. there is exclamation to define what she could say and how to say it and even using the word amen and asking people to bow their head. i support the subsequent decision, and as a christian, i believe you should pray anytime, but having said that, the need to not institutionalize religion to interpret the law at the corporate level at school, one would suggest they should not represent corporate prayer, but in my opinion, this woman's rights were being infringed. >> and so, pete, should this woman be able to say whatever she wanted to in the valedictorian speech? is this a free speech question? >> yes, i support her right to free speech as much as what she says turns me off in a public atmospherings and the problem, even though i'm not a legal scholar or constitutional scholar, but it is whether the school endorsed what she said or chose her to give a prayer, which is unclear in my mind.

that is where the problem occurs, and why this issue and other issues like this might not be resolved. i think that the real issue here is taste. we shouldn't be so divisive in the public realm. and religion is divisive as you have seen on the comments on the blog entry and why not a moment of silence for reflection. if you want to pray, pray, regardless of your religion or meditate or say nothing at all and look up to the sky and smile like i do sometimes. >> and one of the ideas our viewers had was that this country is founded on majority rules and let the school vote and the majority should decide whether prayer is a part of the graduation. mark, how does that sound? is na a gothat is a good plan? >> well, first of all, from the point, from 1690 to 1963 we used a new england primer using christian ideals and faith

elements and there was no problem. this is a new 21st phenomenon. so now, the attack on christianity is steered in the liberal courts, and mob rule is not appropriate either given the facts that we have laws and made those laws and while i oppose certain elements of mitigating an ability to pray in public, certainly in this case, i understand that we are ruled by those laws, but nonetheless, we should not forget the history. >> but we forget our history, and of course, we don't forget our history, but it is called progress. it is not 1690. thank good we are not practicing what we practiced in 1690 or for that matter 1864. it is called progress, and we have moveded on and it is divisive and we should pray in private and do whatever you want, worship a tree, but it should be private. just because mark believes it or anybody else believes it, i

should not have to believe it. but as far as the vote, mark and i agree, do not let high school students vote on what should be done in these situations, randi. >> well, as i said, a lot of people are feeling strongly about this, and as the two of you do as well. appreciate your coming on to talk about this. good discussion. >> thank you, randi. >> thank you. have a great day. another hat in the ring for republicans and what does rick santorum think will set him apart? your cnn political update is straight ahead. my doctor told me calcium

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time now for a cnn political update. cnn senior political editor mark preston joins me now from washington. hi there, mark. rick santorum announce head is running for president and i hear you have insight into the campaign of his? >> yes, randi. rick santorum is a former two-term member of the u.s. senate and served two terms in the house of representatives. he is 53 years old. he has seven children. now, rick santorum is known for speaking his mind, randi, and sometimes to the detriment because he sometimes says things that get him frustrated and angry, but rick santorum as we follow the presidential campaign has a three-pronged strategy to try to win the republican nomination. the first prong of that is to be the most socially conservative candidate in the race for the republican nomination. he is known in those conservative circles and he will try to play that card. secondly, he will talk about being a reformer and try to