take a look at this mansion, it belonged to candy spelling, the widow of famed producer aaron spelling. five bedrooms. 27 bathrooms. a special room for wrapping presents and storing silver ware. it also has a wind cellar even a building. who bought it? pepper eckelstone. her father the founder of formula one, reportedly bought a mansion supposedly to house his daughter's five dogs. hey, he earned his success. can't take that away from him. still with the housing market in shambles. this story making your head spin. that will do it for me, "cnn newsroom" begins right now with brooke baldwin. brooke baldwin. hello to all of you.

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com new allegations from all people, a stripper. expectations are growing that a resolution could soon come in the anthony weiner/dirty photo texting scandal. these expectations are mainly fueled by the wife of the congressman who is back from a trip from africa with her boss secretary of state hillary clinton. the congressman's friends said he would not quit without speaking first to his wife. very early this morning, she was spotted driving into the garage of their washington apartment building. now, one of the woman caught up in this sexting scandal is calling on congressman weiner to resign. she is ginger lee. she is a former porn star turned feature dancer which apparently means you're a headline stripper studying to be a real estate agents. lee and her lawyer gloria allred

met there to tell her side of the story and tell her relationship with the congressman. here's what lee said. she said it started as a conversation about politics then the conversation took a sexual turn. she said she didn't respond but she did ask for some advice. watch this. >> when the scandal broke and people started e-mailing me, i didn't know what to do. i asked congressman weiner. he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven't met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by his political opponents, but that has not changed my view of him and what he fights for." end quote. i didn't want to say anything further. i refuse to lie so i went silent and went into hiding.

>> let's go to capitol hill to our senior congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, you've been following this thing ever since it really broke last monday. any sign yet today of the congressman of him or even from him? >> none. none at all. in fact, several sources who i have been speaking with who i've spoken to him said he's, quote, gone dark. he's not been in communication with anybody since he said he was go into treatment this past saturday. everybody here, brooke, is holding their breath. really on pins and needles because of the fact that his wife, as you mentioned, human th houma abidine is back is there were those making that decision until he coo look her in the eye and talk theory about his fate. it's a holding pattern, for sure. >> holding pattern there on the hill. i know you've been talking to folks on both sides of the aisle in the last two weeks saying you're calling on hresignation,

we heard from the president saying if this were he, he would resign. and now this former porn star, this dancer, coming forward. does this carry any more weight? >> it's hard to imagine any more pressure that anthony weiner has gotten to resign. i spoke to one democratic congressman calling for weiner to resign and he said this, when everybody from the president of the united states to a porn star says you should resign, you should resign. that pretty much sums it up. we were outside of a meeting of house democrats yesterday. it's just one after the other of the other of his colleagues. saying they want to keep the pressure on him to resign. i want to make sure, not everybody is saying that. some of this colleagues is saying it's up to his constituents and it's not their job to pudge one of their colleagues out. the pressure is absolutely at its highest point right now. really, they're just waiting to hear from anthony weiner on what

his decision is. they're waiting on that to decide whether or not he does stay, there's another punishment they want to pursue. >> well, who knows. now that we know huma is back in washington earlier this morning. we know the congressman wanted to consult with his wife. we could get news any moment. dana bash on the hill. my thanks to you. a white house report on libya about to be delivered to capitol hill. here's the deal. congress is getting antsy. democrats, republicans, both, about united states' involvement in libya without formal congressional approval. in fact, a bipartisan group went to a federal court today alleging that the obama administration is in violation of the war powers act. i want you to listen to congressman dennis kucinich. >> this lawsuit also is challenging a policy that permits the president to commit the united states to a war, under the authority of nato. similarly, we're challenging policies that would allow the

united states to be committed to war under the authority of the united nations. >> in fact, i have a copy of the suit right here. it is about 36 pages. and it mentions all these different plaintiffs. as i said, it's a bipartisan group, kucinich, jones, connors, capuano, burton, duncan. it goes on. as i said, republicans and democrats. we also have house speaker john boehner warning that the white house might be in violation of the war powers act. if it does not seek approval by sunday, sunday marking day 90. i'm going to get a chance to speak live to congressman dennis kucinich. he's going to join me in the "newsroom" here at the top of the hour, 4:00 eastern. do not miss that conversation. now this. government, get the hell out of the way and let the private sector do what the private sector does best. >> whoo, he's not a candidate yet. but, boy, it sure sounds like

rick perry is running for president. and then, flooding along the missouri river now threatening the college world series. live pictures. this stadium, from what i've been told, perched precariously close to the rising waters. we are live in omaha. next. looking good! you lost some weight.

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here we go, talking flooding again. people in the nation's heartland have their hearts in their throats right now. rising anxiety is mirroring the rising floodwaters. look at these pictures here. people trying to beat the clock, on the missouri river. threatening thousands of homes. two levees threatening the town of hamburg, southwest, iowa. in omaha, nebraska, they're worried about the rising river and the college world series which is to begin this week blocks from the rising river. let's go straight to omaha to

casey wian. casey, there's never a good time for a flood but you have all of these people packing into this baseball stadium in the next couple of days. it's tough. >> reporter: yeah, not only that, brooke, this is the debut of this beautiful, new stadium for the college world series. this is the going to be the first time that this big event will be played here. so officials are trying to do what they can to make sure that the fan experience is not impacted. they have brought in massive pumps from as far away as texas and maryland to get water out of low-lying areas. they have signed up volunteers to fill hundreds of thousands of sandbags to protect the low-lying areas from the rising water. and they have also fixed a pipe that was stressed and burst and allowed water to release into one of the parking lots yesterday. so they've got all of those efforts ongoing. why is it so important? well, we're talking $40 million of economic impact from the college world series and the little league games that happen around the same time. so despite the massive floodwaters behind me, officials say that the games will go on.

>> the roads here, 80 is open, of course. there is it some other roads that are closed. but i-80 is east/west. shouldn't be a problem getting here. we've -- all of our hotels in the downtown area have preparation plan, emergency preparation plan. we're checking with them today. we'll continue to do that daily. they'll have excess sandbags if they need them. again, hopefully, they won't need them. so we're very conscientious about what could happen. >> reporter: and brooke, the worst they're planning for is potential heavy rain. it's not in the forecast. there are some scattered thunder showers forecast for the next couple of days. but if they get bad luck and that rain is a lot heavier than they expect that could cause problems on saturday. no one is hoping that. >> casey, i'm trying to look over your right shoulder. is that a statue? can you give us a perspective as

to how high the water is rising? >> reporter: absolutely. well, the water's actually not rising that quickly. it's about 4 feet above foot stage. the statues are chest level on some of them. what's incredible at least to me is how fast the water is going here. they have released from dams upriver. they're at a rate of 1.25 million gallons per second. and you can see this water, as it's rushing by us, all day long, we've seen patio furniture. we've seen big logs. we've seen portions of decks. we've seen trash cans just being carried down by this really fast-moving water. so it's not the fact that it's rising really rapidly. it's the fact there's a massive volume of water going here. if there's more rain it will stress the levees and they've got big problems. brooke. >> looking behind you, we're remarking how fast the water is moving. then we saw the video. let's play the video again. we have all of these folks trying to counteract the

potential flooding and the sandbags. there's a massive sandbagging going on right now. here they are right now. >> reporter: yeah, hundreds of thousands of sandbags. they've had folks volunteering. across the river on the other side, council bluffs, we were there yesterday, businesses are filling up their own sandbags because the terrain on the other side of the river is a lot flatter. and if the water does breach the levees they've got big problems. it's not going to affect as many people but it's big problems in. >> we're thinking about those folks there with the college world series and everybody around nebraska. casey, thank you. top secret forces went into pakistan to take out osama bin laden, they needed a little help on the ground. things like a place to stay. now, we're learning some of the locals there in abbottabad who helped them are under arrest. we are telling you now what we are learning about pakistan's decision to punish these

informants. also, mitt romney cutting up with wait staff there in a new hampshire restaurant. is there a joke ever so funny it bears repeating four years later? jessica yellin next. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket

okay. the republicans had their debates and maintain that romney is the front-runner. and perhaps, tim pawlenty is the number one challenger. the experts tell us both men are electable. and the pundits say neither is generating buzz. enter rick perry, texas tough and potentially buzz-worthy. have a listen. this is rick perry, he wowed republicans in that speech last night in new york. >> government, get the hell out of the way and let the private sector do what the private sector does best! [ applause ] are we going to rely upon that federal government, that one size fits all, all-knowing, all-doing oz, restore the notion of government of the people, by the people, for the people. if we don't do it, who will? if not now, when? are you ready to take this country back?

>> jessica yellin. national political correspondent. jess, you were there last night. kind of sounds like a guy who's running. hmm. >> he sure did, brooke. i thought, is he building up to his own campaign announcement. at the end that, he said support republican governors in the next cycle. i talked to people at the end of that speech in that room, major republican activists in new york. and they liked him and they wanted him to run. i'll fetell you why. he was not afraid of taking his case to president obama. everyone i spoke to thought he was charismatic and gave a good speech. i know it sounds shallow. they all felt there's not one member of the current republican field what has a really strong case for president, necessarily. and has a great delivery style. he certainly has that. and of course, he has that great texas economy story to tell

which is very compelling to many people, that would be a good contrast to president obama with the texas economy doing so well. the one "but" i'd say is the country ready for another cowboy-boot wearing texan? after. two terms of george w. bush -- not sure. >> point noted he was pretty fiery, though. listening to him. here's where, jessica, you'd love to be a fly on the wall. this is the fly on the wall moment. today, we know that rick perry has a meeting with rudy giuliani who is also toying with running. and giuliani has a meeting with new jersey govern chris christie who is emerging as a key maker. who is wooing who here? >> i know. first, we have to take chris christie at his word. he's said so many times he's not running. in so many different ways. as recently to cnn, we have to buy it. this week, he said he's 100% not running. chris christie, as you say, a kingmaker. rudy giuliani, by all accounts

and i've talked to a lot of people close to giuliani and have known his thinking for a long time. he's interested. toying with the idea, would love to be president. in theory, if no one else thinks could beat president obama. and then rick perry sure sounds like a guy who is getting ready to run. rick perry and giuliani, they both have an old relationship but perry is one of the people who have endorsed giuliani back in 2008. no doubt, i'm told by other people if either of them were to become president, the other of them would serve in the cabinet of the other. giuliani is still in debt from his campaign, so he might have trouble raising money than rick perry. bottom line, they could all be useful to each other in the next election, brooke. >> okay. it could play out that way. as you mentioned none of them has a hat in the ring thus far. and who emerges is mitt romney.

let's play this mitt romney movement. >> let's see if i can get my arms around everybody. come on, much closer. much closer. >> so that was mitt romney. that was a diner in new hampshire he's doing a little pretend. you think at first, one of those ladies might have grabbed his -- of all places this is derry, by the way, grabbing his darier. he's darned if he does and darned if he doesn't. he has to show his personality more. here he goes out and he's having fun with the people. he, you know, plays around with some ladies. everybody is like, holy awkward, grandpa, what you doing? >> love it. >> he's trying to have a little fun. i want to point out there isn't

anyone in the field that's just announced who is just totally at ease in these retail settings. and that's why there's so many attention to these kind of incidents. it's a certain kind of gift to be able to do that thing really well. is that what qualifies one most for president, i'm not sure. it makes for good chatter around new hampshire. >> derry, new hampshire. i'm going to leave it there. >> thanks so much. there it is, the mug shot, side-view. john edwards. it was just released. not just the front view. i'll say this, you don't normally see people smiling in a mug shore. also, want to live longer? you can eat right, exercise, turns out you could have less of a chance if you don't live in one specific part of the country. where would that be?

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when john edwards was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month, he had to pose for a mug shot. voila. here they are. look that the smile. edwards pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations. a plan for tax hikes and spending cuts has police and protesters trading molotov cocktails in protest. take a look at this. tens of thousands of protesters

want to keep parliament from debating government job cuts, tax hikes. greece has the lowest credit rating in the world, and is struggling now, just to stay solvent. britain's royal newlyweds getting ready for their first official tour. prince william and catherine middleton, not middleton anymore. so used to saying that. they're going to visit canada at the end of the month. the duke and duchess of cambridge as they are now are going to spend time promoting british interests. the highlight is a black tie for bafta. they will also make stops at inner city schools and prince william will plan a charity polo match in santa barbara. it is stun when you go hear the headline. no access to health care, abundance of food. for many, you could call it the good life. a new report shows the grim

trim, the lifespan of americans. how how long do we live to, dare i ask? >> yeah, it's go in the wrong direction. that's what i can tell you. we want to live longer and longer like in previous generations. but we're living shorter and shorter and shoulder instead. >> so how do we rank compared to other countries. >> all right. take a look at this. according to this new report from the university of washington, we are number 38. that means 37 countries have a longer life expectancy than we do. for example, we do not do as well as the virgin island, martinique and costa rica. those are places that americans think we have better health care. we do better than them. >> pretty decent quality of life. water. >> maybe that's it. >> geographically speaking, i know there are big differences as far as the united states as far as who is living longer. >> right. huge geographical differences.

the southeast, where we are right now, not doing as well as other parts of the country. for example, let's take a look at mississippi. the counties in yellow have a worse life expectancy than honduras, peru, the philippines or brazil. these are places where you just don't live. those yellow counties, you don't live as long as you do as the rest of the united states. >> well, why? why not? >> i'm going to give you visual elements to show you that. i'm going to show you a map of where we have the shortest life expectancy. where people fare the worst. that's where we have the shortest life expectancy. also, the highest obesity. >> the buffets? >> yeah. exactly. the two go hand in hand. in those places in yellow. 1 out of 3 is obese. not overweight. obese. >> and to counter that, it's the good, old-fashioned get out, eat right and exercisy. >> it is. it's tough. whoever figures that out, win a

nobel prize, i suspect. coming up next, they helped the cia find osama bin laden. but now they're not getting medals. they're under arrest in pakistan. also this, we've been telling you a law filed over the u.s. involvement in libya, the white house has just released their own report. brianna keilar got her hands on it. we're going to see what the u.s. role is in libya. be right back. asn't paying atte. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. -my car did. -thankfully, my mercedes did. [ male announcer ] a world you can't predict... demands a car you can trust. the e-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services.

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is the u.s. -- is the white house specifically, in violation of the war powers resolution? there has, first of all, been a lawsuit filed in washington, d.c., in federal court. on behalf of congressman dennis kucinich who i will be talking to at the top of the next hour as to why he's taking this legal route. but we are also now hearing from the white house. they have just now filed this report. basically, talking about the u.s. role, the u.s. involvement in libya. i want to go straight to the white house, straight to brianna keilar who has this report. brianna, i don't know if you have it in your hand, what are you learning? >> reporter: you know, brooke, i'm not sure what has gone up to the hill at this point but i did just get off a call with senior administration officials but the

sort of crux that the president will make for why he's not in violation of war powers act resolution is something that was discussed. and i can talk to you about that. and with argument, this isn't really a surprise to some experts, especially one that i spoke to yesterday. it's basically that they welcome the white house -- the white house welcomes authorization from congress, but doesn't feel that it needed it, to be consistent with the war powers resolution. and to be clear, what that law says, is that the president can commit troops overseas for up to 60 days. and then if he doesn't have authorization, those troops need to be withdrawn, within 30 days. well, that deadline is upon us here in just a few days. that 90-day deadline. so the explanation from the white house, from senior administration officials, is that because they say they're operating in a support role, that they're not operating in a role where there are a lot of, i guess, hostilities in terms of the statute. hostilities is a very important word in the statute.

it's called imminent hostility, troops not subject to harm, that they feel like they are within the realm of it being all right for them to have troops without congressional authorization. but here's the thing if talk to some legal experts, they'll say to you this law that was adopted in 1973, they feel that president obama is in violation of it. if not, in the letter of the law, in the spirit and that congress should have more input on this, and that it is important to get authorization, brooke. >> yeah, i know you mentioned as part of this report and part of this conversation you were just hearing, they argue, the white house says no boots on the ground. but when you hear from folks like dennis kucinich, congressman from ohio, they cite otherwise. specifically, in this 36-page lawsuit. we'll ask him about that. we'll get his reaction to what you're getting there, brianna, from the white house, coming up at the top of the hour there, with regard to the u.s. involvement in libya. brianna, thank you so much. that's libya. but now, let's talk u.s. and

pakistan. because this thing between the u.s. and pakistan just keeps getting deeper. you have heard about this today? pakistan's intelligence agency, they call themselves the isi, they have arrested five people. they're considered cia informants. these are the folks who gave us information that helped lead us to osama bin laden. in fact, one of the people arrest said a guy from whom the cia rented that safe house near the bin laden compound to keep -- you know, to keep apprised of what was happening there with regard to that raid in that town in pakistan. but keep in mind, pakistan is our ally. we've given them billions of dollars to essentially be our friend to help fight the terrorists. now, they've arrested some of the folks who helped us take down osama bin laden. i want to go to mike baker. he's a foreign intelligence officer. i want to begin with isi. what are they hoping to glean

from these informants? >> well, "a," they're going to be looking to find out how they were managed, how they were handled, how they were developed and recruited. then they'll be looking for any operational information that that he, you know, gives them better insight into how this whole raid eventually took place. but, i think it's important to try to put this in context. >> yeah. >> because, you know, on the outset, obviously, we look at this and think, you know, how could they possibly do this, right? but our relationship with the pakistans with the isi with the government. it tends to range from all right, to testy to dysfunctional. we have to remember, we conducted an operational unilateral operation on their turf for perfectly good reason with obviously terrific outcome. but if you reverse this. and you say what if a foreign nation carried out that same type of operation on our turf.

i guarantee you, we would do the same thing, we would try to identify if local citizens had supported that foreign nation in carrying out that aid. >> sure. it's humiliating. and secretary gates kind of described it recently as a bad marriage. we mentioned that the isi probably hopes to get information about the raids specifically. but don't you think they're also talking to these guys trying to get information about covert operations on behalf of the cia or other american forces in their country? >> right. that's where they're eventually going to run up against a brick wall. >> you think so? >> in all honesty, well, i think what will happen is, anytime you're operating in a foreign country, you know, without going into sources and methods. if you've got to recruit the assistance of local citizens, you're going to keep that very compart mintalized. they're not going to have a picture of what's going on. that is true of whether us

working overseas or whether it's some other foreign country service working elsewhere. so they're not going to glean a lot from these individuals. what we have to look for, we have to look for how long this stays, you know, on the front burner for the back sustains. what we want to happen, eventually, to dissipate, at the end of the day we may have this bizarre, untrusting relationship with them but at the end of the day, need to be cooperating back and forth. we cannot reach our objectives, as they're currently set without some type of functioning relationship. >> well, how do we get there? today, specifically, there were two drone strikes in the tribal region there. two people were killed. 9 out of 10 people not favorable to what the u.s. is doing in their own country. what does the future hold for the two entities who, in a sense, very much don't need each

other? >> yeah, well, right now, pakistan is in a hypernationalistic mode. box of, in part, of the bin laden raid and the embarrassment that the military is feeling there. also, we've had recent militant attacks against military installations. that's only deepened their embarrassment. and the distrust that the public has against them. you know, we've got to hope that this period does pass somewhat. we're also taking some logical steps. we're looking at how do we carry out, how do we continue our objectives in pursuing our national best interests, if we don't have the cooperation of the pakistanis, going forward. now, that's not going to happen. we're never going to get to a point where the cia and isi are not cooperating. we're not going to go through that with what's going on on capitol hill right now. but we are looking at smart, very strategic steps that we can take that will allow us to function with less cooperation, from the pakistanis, at least for the short term.

>> we know that current cia chief leon panetta, he's been nominated, the department of secretary made that announcement friday. he told them during the nomination process last week, he said the relationship with pakistan is at a time when it's a critical, one of the most frustrating relationships that we have. the u.s. believes it's not doing enough to go after al qaeda. >> well, absolutely. you know, the pakistanis on the other side, they argue, look, we've lost a lot of people. we worked very hard, you know, to the degree that they are. but we have to remember, our best interests, our national interests are not their national interests and vice versa. so we can give them as much money as we possibly can pull out of our bank book at this point which is a decreasing amount. we can give them party hats and training, but they're going to pursue their own agenda at the end of the day. so, again, you have this government-to-government relationship. and you have the, you know, the fighting that goes on and all

the discussion that goes back and forth that makes it appear as if it's a completely fracturing relationship right now. but then, you know, what happens underneath that and off the radar screen is there's still cooperation. now that cooperation isn't what it needs to be, but it still exists. with the objectives as set currently, we have to hope that continues. >> if and when he's confirmed again, leon panetta has quite a job. mike baker, thank you so much. >> sure. thank you. and she is finally breaking her silence. the housekeeper who had arnold schwarzenegger's love child is now talking about what happened when she told maria shriver about the whole affair. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience

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or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. trending today, arnold schwarzenegger baby mama coming out of hiding. former housekeeper mildred patti baena talks to "hello" magazine. she poses with pictures with schwarzenegger's 13-year-old love child. kareen wynter is live in l.a. from reading this enter interview, it sounds like patty didn't know at first that schwarzenegger was even the father. >> you know, brooke, that's really the crazy twist here. hard to believe, right? according to the "hello" magazine interview with baena, it wasn't until later that she began to suspect something. the former housekeeper told the british publication, quote, it

was as joseph grew and i started to see the resemblance that i worried. but it became more apparent as time went on. i knew arnold was the father and maybe as joseph got older and began to look like him, he, arnold, wondered. but he never said anything to me. so ultimately, it was joseph's resemblance to the former governor that gave it away here, brooke. >> but maybe the most surprising thing, though, about this whole interview, when you learned how maria shriver how compassionate she was in reacting when baena came to her and said, i mothered a child with your husband. >> absolutely, very surprising. and, brooke, i don't know if most people would have been able to handle this type of news well. but maria, she really is a class act. baena told "hello" magazine that when maria asked her point blank if joseph was arnold's son. she, baena, she broke down, dropped to her knees and started crying. baena said that maria was,

quote, so strong, she cried to me and told me to get off my knees. we held each other and i told her it wasn't arnie's fault that it takes two. baena shouldering some of the responsibility. like she said, it takes two to carry this out. >> the onus on her and arnold schwarzenegger as well. >> she worked as a housekeeper for the family for a long time, for 20 years. she told "hello" magazine that last summer, she brought the kid to the house. and it was people around the house began whispering about how much this kid looked like schwarzenegger. finally, shriver knew something was up and she talked to baena and asked her if she needed to talk about anything. it was something how this played

like a movie. but it wasn't. it was real life. >> how does patty baena, how does she feel about arnold and maria as well? >> she also opened up in the interview about this. she said it seems that she has really good intentions for the couple. she told "hello," quote, she's a good man, according to arnold. i know he's suffering too. he loves ma rethat. shriver moved out of the brentwood home and i think they'll be separating for good. >> let's not forget, there's a 10-year-old, obviously, here in the mix of all of this. he finds out -- excuse me, excuse me. 13 years of age. finds out how his father is. how has he been? >> this is one of the most interesting revelations in the interview. it was actually a simple reaction. baena tells "hello" magazine upon hearing arnold was his dad, he said cool. he's taking it well.

you have to wonder, as he gets older, with the intense media pressure. this is something that won't go away. and the striking resemblance, it's going to be hard to handle. >> i still say maria shriver, such grace. now, a call to moms and dads. if you're looking to score points with your kids. clear your calendar, set your dvr. selina gomez here here. she's a singer, an actress. she's got a new movie coming out. we're going to talk all about it. join me 3:00 eastern tomorrow in atlanta in the studio. now, good intention. u.s. spending billions of dollars in afghanistan on places like roads, hospitals. but now it's looking like no one actually thought this one through. coming up next, why it all might have been a huge waste of american dollars. and then, in the mood to

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america has spent billions of dollars in afghanistan giving people hospitals, high-tech power plants, asphalt roads. there's only one problem here, they didn't always plan for how much it would cost to keep them going. meaning, billions of dollars, projects risking being moth balled after nato money dries up. a look at two projects that alone total about the 20th of afghanistan's entire annual budget. >> reporter: a generous state-of-the-art gift. a power plant magnificent in design and in cost. $300 million before anyone had even switched it on. but american planners forgot one thing, could afghanistan afford the fuel to keep it going? you can listen to the answer here. much of the time, the plant

stays silent because the diesel fuel that it runs on is so expensive that to run it at even half capacity could cost the afghan government up to $100 million a year. its high-tech turbines are on about 7% the amount planned. but its sponsors say its occasional backup power is vital. >> what i think the person on the street would probably tell you is that he or she is pretty satisfied by the fact that power, which was available two to four hours a day in 2009 is now largely available 24 hours a day. >> but to many, it's a symbol of the billions america spent here without asking itself, will afghans be able to pay for this once we're gone? same question about this, a huge network of highways built for over $2.5 billion. it's a vast project, money around the country through some of the least safe areas meant to breathe the life of trade between cities. there's a few glitches, though,

much of it's made of asphalt, which some admit is very hard to maintain here. maintaining could cost $117 million every year. the roads here are very broken, this trucker says, because of the large loads they carry. in real terms, the afghans working here, the $3,600 he earns per year is equivalent to the cost of maintaining just 100 meters of road. it's one thing if power plants and roads run out of money when the americans leave, it's another when medical care is affected. people in the hospital will feel it hard. care is free here, but these high-tech devices america paid for and not and without continued huge inputs of cash from donors, they could stay off permanently. america's gifts so costly, afghanistan so broke.

cnn, kabul. >> nic, thank you. and here we go, top of the hour, take a look at this. right now, the obama administration is being sued. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say america's involvement in libya is illegal. one of them is congressman dennis kucinich. he joins me live. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. four, three, two, one -- >> the countdown is on. nasa's final shuttle flight 23 days away. i'll talk live to the man who will command "atlantis" and make history. for the first time since blood began to spill, cnn goes inside syria. >> on the very edge of this makeshift camp -- >> arwa damon talks with a young, pregnant woman who escapes bullets by crawling on her stomach. plus, rick perry lights a

fire. >> we will take america back. >> as the texas governor considers a white house run, find out which star republicans he's meeting with privately in new york. >> if we don't do it, who will? and the royals are coming to america. we now have the itinerary for catherine and william's visit. welcome back to "cnn newsroom." hour two, let's get to this developing story out of washington. here's what we're learning. there is a white house report on libya, we believe, now being sent to capitol hill. in this report, the obama administration argues it is n not -- is not in violation of the law, does not need congressional approval for continued u.s. involvement in libya. and as you've heard, a number of members of congress, including house speaker john boehner have said that this coming sunday,

this is the 90-day mark. the administration is likely to be in violation of the war powers act, which mandates congressional approval for wars overseas. let's go straight to capitol hill. joining me now from washington, dennis kucinich of ohio. good to see you. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> i know you are among this bipartisan group that wants -- you went to federal court. in fact, i have your 36-page suit here. you are listed up here at the top. not often you see a suit that says versus barack obama and robert gates. you filed a suit against these two men over the u.s. involvement in libya. but congressman, first, we did hear a short time ago from brianna keilar that the administration's argument is this. they say, we, the u.s., do not have boots on the ground in libya. u.s. troops are not in imminent danger, they do not need congressional approval for what they're doing now in libya. sir, what say you? >> well, they can tell it to the

judge now. because this is now a matter before the federal court. our position is that they're in clear violation of article one, section eight of the constitution of the united states and in violation of the war powers act, and they can't claim that they got authority from nato or authority from the u.n. to proceed in a war. they can't claim this isn't a war. you know, they can take this case to court as we did and now they're going to have to respond. >> so what the white house is saying no boots on the ground, what do you know? do you know of anything further with regard to our involvement in libya? >> think about this, $750 million -- you know, i have to ask you. they spent $750 million on this war in libya. and what's that? we tell the people of the united states that that's not a war, we can't mince words here.

if it looks like a war, it's a war. and so this administration has a responsibility to abide by the constitution. in the end, this isn't about personalities. because the constitution has a personality all of its own. and article one, section eight, the founders put in the hands of congress the war power. and nothing that this administration says can change that. so they're going to have to go to court now. this is not just a matter of political debate. >> i understand -- >> this is a matter of legal principle. >> and you're pointing specifically to the money. but if i may, i want to back up and go back to my question about boots on the ground. the white house saying today, no boots on the ground. the u.s. playing -- >> this is the constitution. >> let me ask you, though. do you have some information that perhaps the white house doesn't have with regard to u.s. forces in country? >> that's a silly question. this is -- >> why is that a silly question, sir? >> this isn't about footwear, this is about the constitution of the united states. >> sir, i took a look at your -- i took a look at this 36-page suit. and you cite examples of

different members within the u.s. saying -- >> we initiated a war against libya. there's no question about that. and that's indisputable. and to say, well, just because we don't have boots on the ground, it's not a war. huh? i mean, there's bombing that's occurred, we've had planes over there, we've got ships offshore that have been -- that launched attacks. you cannot claim -- you can't claim this isn't a war. >> sir, i'm not claiming that at all. i am reporting what the white house did and getting your perspective. >> well, i hope so. >> congressman kucinich, let me ask you this, we were talking about pakistan. drone strikes number 35 and 36 on the year. to your mind, is the white house then also in violation in those countries? >> listen, i called for a vote last year on issue of pakistan. and you could expect there'll be some further questions raised about yemen. you can't just say because they're robot planes that might be operated from some place in the states that it doesn't mean

there's a war. the fact that there's a separation from the technology and the person doesn't mean that if you took the person out, the robot plane would suddenly work. it doesn't. >> are we in violation there? are we in violation of the war powers right there? >> that's a question we ought to talk to members of congress about. and i'm certainly focusing now on libya. the issues are very powerful, that's the issue that's in court. that's the issue we're proceeding. and frankly, again, for the white house, tell it to the judge at this point because that's where we're at. we're in court. >> well, what is it you are asking the court to do? >> to declare that the war in libya's illegal and order the white house to stop. period. it's in violation of the constitution. and to get an order that says, that article one, section eight clearly has put in the hands of the congress, the determination as to whether or not to take this country into war. it was never intended to be an executive who could make that decision unilaterally.

>> congressman dennis kucinich. sir, i appreciate it very much. >> thank you. if it's interesting, if it's happening right now, you're about to see it rapid-fire. officials in pakistan have arrested a person who rented the safe house to the cia before navy s.e.a.l.s killed osama bin laden in pakistan. the case is just the latest example of a deepening strained relationship between washington and islamabad. alleged racial profiling in a major u.s. airport. have you heard about this? a federal port says screeners singled out mexican and dominican passengers for nearly two years at newark liberty international airport. and screeners referred to some of their colleagues as mexican hunters. the tsa says they do not permit racial profiling, and its policies were overstepped. in wisconsin, the law that curbs the collective bargaining rights of most of the state's

employees are back in action today. the state supreme court ruled 4 to 3 to set aside the lower court ruling which placed a permanent injunction against the law. ♪ you recognize her? most people know joss stone for her songs, right? as seen in this music video. and her acting career, both of which have landed her in the top five biggest earning females in the united kingdom. but today reports say she was the target of an alleged murder/robbery plot. two men reportedly in custody after being arrested near the singer's home. police say they found swords, rope, a body bag, and maps of where stone lives in the men's car. welcome home to the crew of the uss "carl vinson." you remember carl vinson is the ship where the u.s. held the burial at sea for osama bin laden just last month. and just in here, we have the closing numbers on wall

street. alison kosik as we're taking a look at the dow taking a dip. we know the markets were up yesterday, but that got wiped out by negative economic numbers that sent markets tanking today. >> exactly. you said it. those gains from yesterday wiped out all because of worries about greece defaulting on its loan. that sent stocks tumbling. also weak manufacturing numbers, high inflation numbers. plus that inflation heating up, equals a bad combination. but also good news, pandora, the internet radio company made the public debut. its initial offer was at $16 a share. it even jumped as high as $26 this morning, but then investors came back to earth, it ended almost 9% higher. you know, this company didn't make such a showing as linkedin was, but pretty good for a company that has yet to turn a profit. brooke? >> okay. here's a story identify been looking forward to talking to you about. i don't know when you were 22,

when i was in 22 i was living in a tiny studio apartment working my way here in television, not in an $85 million mansion. who is this woman? >> well, that's because she's petra eckelston. i'm not an heiress, so there you go. we didn't get any details on this purchase price, but the $150 million asking price was never lowered. so what does she get for this price? she gets a 57,000 square foot french chateau-style house. and there's a bowling alley, a beauty salon, a flower-cutting room, a dog-grooming room, and even a gift-wrapping room. something every house needs, don't you think, brooke? >> bowling alleys, wine secella 22? can't get over the pictures. now this --

>> if i slip on the ground, i will lose myself and i will die. we all go into the kitchen on our stomach. >> you have to sneak in the kitchen on your stomach? >> yes. >> that is arwa damon inside r syria speaking with a pregnant woman concerned for her life. she is hiding out along the border and says one person could make the massacre stop right now. this is brand new video that has not been shown. arwa damon is live near the border. that is next. also, angelina jolie has now filled out an application hoping to get near syria this week. find out whether it was accepted and who the actress wants to speak with. stay right there. [ waves crashing ] ♪

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in syria, the deadly crackdown by the government has driven thousands of refugees to the turkish border trying to stem the growing tie. turkish officials have also confirmed that they will allow actress angelina jolie to visit those refugee camps this coming friday. jolie will be heading there as a good will ambassador for the united nations. cnn's arwa damon was able to visit some of the camps this week. impressive, impressive reporting from her. she is joining me live. and arwa, we heard a moment ago you were talking with a woman, she didn't want to show her face. she's a pregnant woman who has fled for her life. tell me about her. >> reporter: that's right,

brooke. and she asked that we call her nora. this is not her real name, and she does not want to be identified in any way whatsoever because she was that terrified of retribution. but she was from the coastal city of latakia. and she was telling us that what she witnessed was so horrific that she felt she had to leave where she was from or else she would most certainly die. and here is just one example of what she saw just in front of her house. >> every day when we have a protester in the street, military and the army comes to them and kill them in front of our eyes. >> did you see that? >> our house, we had a window and the window was fire. if i'm sitting under the window, i will lose myself and i will die. we all snake to the kitchen on our stomach. >> you had to sneak into the kitchen on your stomach? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: and, brooke,

following that incident, she was telling us that what she saw was actually even more horrific. a lawyer who she knew, she says, was shot for no apparent reason. she is telling us that she was not partaking in the demonstration, she was simply going to his sister when he was gunned down. and she has a horrific image of the blood seeping out of the side of the vehicle where he was killed in her head. and after all of that, after been having been forced to flee her house, this is the one question she has to ask. >> -- killing our brothers and sisters and take them to the prisons? why? i just want to ask him this question. >> reporter: and that is what she wants to know from the syrian president. and we have heard that same question repeated over and over again from the number of refugees we have been talking to. >> perhaps she's one of those refugees who angelina jolie

hopes to meet. she did get permission to visit some of those camps later in the week. and do we think the fact she is there, will be there, will her exposure help at all? >> reporter: look, brooke, at this stage, any sort of increased exposure to this ongoing crisis in syria is going to most certainly help. the fact that angelina jolie is going to be allowed access to these refugee camps most certainly is going to help them on their plight. because the media has effectively been barred from entering these camps. and speaking to these individuals. an activist will tell you that the more people out there talking to them, the more people that hear about all of the horrors they have suffered inside the country, that is only going to further benefit their cause. activists have been incredibly frustrated by the fact that it most certainly would seem as if the international community is at least divided over what course of action it should be taking when it comes to syria. they're incredibly frustrated by the fact that the united nations

has been imcancapable of passin resolution. the hope is this type of a visit will help shed more light on what they say is most certainly a crisis. >> anything can help. and we appreciate you shedding light on the stories. arwa damon, appreciate it. back here at home, he is getting ready to make history. a front-row seat the to an event future generations will read about. coming up, the man leading the final shuttle into space will join me live. i'll ask him about how he's preparing and what he thinks about the future of nasa and space travel. commander chris ferguson. i'm so excited about this. he's standing by. don't miss this conversation, folks. we'll be right back. purina cat chow helps you well-being. we're all striving for it. nurture it in your cat

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well, nasa is getting ready for the end of an era. the last ever space shuttle mission is set to launch next month, july 8th, 11:26 in the morning. i will be thrilled to be at kennedy space center when that happens. the historic moment they will carry four astronauts to the international space station and supplies and spare parts. and guess who i get to talk to? the commander of the "atlantis" chris ferguson. he's good enough to join me from houston, texas. chris, how in the world does it feel like to be part of history? to be ending this 30-year history of space shuttles?

>> boy, i'll tell you, brooke. every once in a while i'll wake up and pinch myself. i consider myself extraordinarily lucky to be a part of it. as does our entire crew of four. of course, there's plenty of qualified folks in our office who could do something like this, but we're just lucky enough to be the ones involved in this mission. >> now, a lot of kids have big, big dreams of going into space. i was one of them, i was recently at space camp over in huntsville, alabama. and we have a picture. i know you don't have a monitor. they were good enough to give me my own nasa flight suit. and my question to you, chris, is this. with the space shuttle program ending, no specific post spacecraft plans yet. what do you say to a child who says, mr. ferguson, i want to be just like you. what's your answer? >> well, there's going to be plenty of opportunities out there, brooke. you know, just because the space shuttle's ending, doesn't mean the human space flight is ending. we are sending astronauts, four

astronauts -- u.s. astronauts per year go up to the international space station. they go up on russian rockets, but they're still astronauts, they go up there and spend six months in space. and then, of course, we're developing commercial rockets. four commercial partners are working -- they're vying for nasa's business to transport astronauts to lower earth orbit. there's plenty of opportunities out there. >> so tell the kids they can still dream big. let me ask you about the rollout. when you take the shuttle from the vehicle assembly building to the launch pad. at this particular time they allow all the crowds to watch. many, many space shuttle employees in attendance, what was that moment like? >> i'll tell you, brooke, that was the first time i'd ever been there to watch a rollout. and there were thousands of people who had come to watch this vehicle roll out. it was in the evening, so it was dark, spotlights were out. the large doors to the vehicle

assembly building opened. and out just comes this absolutely beautiful vehicle. even though it's 30 years old, it is still absolutely -- it's quite the sight for eyes for anyone. it's stellar, it's multi-colored. and they have a spotlights flashing on it. and not only is it just there, but it's rolling along at about 1 miles per hour heading out to the launch pad. we even had the opportunity to ride onboard what they call the mlp, the mobile launch platform while it made half mile of its journey out to the seaside pad. >> i know i lose you in 40 seconds, tell me about the morning of launch. do you have any rituals? what's for breakfast? >> well, usually the night before, they'll ask us what we want for breakfast. some people have the traditional steak and eggs like astronauts like to have, other people are more health conscious and they'll have yogurt. the mornings are a busy time, we wake up about six hours or seven hours before launch. some get some exercise in, it's

the last opportunity to do that for about two weeks. and also, it gives us a chance to, perhaps, you know, i don't want to say dehiydrate a bit, bt you spend about 2 1/2 hours on your back and it's nice not to have to go to the bathroom. but launch morning is always a very exciting time. and we're looking forward to july 8th. we're rolling out. >> we're looking forward to it right along with you. we'll be thinking of you. my thanks to you. i want to remind everyone watching here. chris tweets his entire crew of four will be tweeting. i'll make sure i tweet there. the twitter handles. parts of the world getting a front-row seat to a gorgeous lunar eclipse. take a look at this. this is from our camera at our abu dhabi bureau. this is the first full eclipse this year. when the earth's shadow completely covers the moon. and it ended a short time ago lasting about 100 minutes. we're told it's the longest one in more than a decade. and obviously, none of us in north america will get to see

it. new jersey governor chris christie talked to piers morgan and said he will not run for president. we've heard that before, right? at least not in 2012. that's what we got out of the interview. and also the republican's family got candid. >> four children at crucial ages in their development. and a lot of moving parts in this family, so i think as a team we all decided it probably wasn't the right time. >> i don't think for us personally as a family and for him it would be the best idea. >> i understand your kids being scared of the white house. you have already measured out the lincoln room. come on. how cool would that be? imagine the chicks. hey, you want to swing by the white house for a cocktail? don't tell me you haven't thought about it. >> i've definitely thought about it. >> piers, asking about chicks, come on. governor chris christie did, however, weigh in on the current race among republicans.

and in fact, he didn't seem too impressed by the current field. >> none of them have emerged, in my mind yet, as the best option. when one of them do, i'll say it publicly, but i'm not ready to do that yet because i don't think any of them have yet distinguished themselves. >> so what does chris christie think of texas governor rick perry who is thinking about making a run for the white house? the two are in new york city. and did you hear about the other high-profile republicans perry is also meeting with today? jessica yellin is standing by. she is next. >> are you ready to take this country back and stand with us over the course of the next 16 months? car connection calls the xf,

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time now for your cnn equals politics update. let's go to jessica yellin. and jess, we know it's been a couple of days since mitt romney scored points in new hampshire for the big gopcnn debate on monday. some are saying he's let his victory go to his head. true? >> yeah, this is not the kind of press a presidential candidate wants to get in new hampshire. after the debate, one of the state's big papers, the "union leader" had an oped that called mitt romney -- it said,

"governor, you waon a debate, nt an election." not because of the debate, but because of what he did after the debate. he did some meet and greet. and while mingling, he said i'll probably be back in about four years, and when i come back, i'll be surrounded by a larger group, including secret service. and then at another event, he asked people to be sure to get out and vote for him in november. obviously they have to do a first vote in the primary before they could vote for him if he's going to be the nominee. the point is, they said granite staters prefer humble to high haughty. we all know huntsman is going to get in the race next week. well, he has released a preannouncement video building up to his announcement, and it's one of those off-the-wall kooky

kind of ads. i think we have some video of it. he looks a little like evel knievel in a random -- >> very evel knievel-ish. >> and it says he did not become famous for his band wizard. he's not your average politician, right? going for a different kind of image and a different kind of message. and what does that make us do? it makes us tune in to see a little more of him. >> it does, indeed. well, maybe not because of these two things or in light of them, maybe it's no surprise then that governor chris christie of new jersey is saying he hasn't quite seen anyone pop as the obvious choice for republican presidential nominee quite yet. you play that sound of him a little bit earlier. he has met today with rudy giuliani, who is another potential contender in this

whole scenario. he has made sounds as though he might privately want to run too. bottom line with chris christie is in this whole scenario, he's a king maker, someone everybody's going to court for an endorsement. he makes it clear to us that he does not plan to endorse, at least in the early days. he will hold that back waiting to see. he might not endorse until a nominee is picked. >> the king maker he is. jessica yellin, thank you so much. brand new evidence suggesting that specific laws in your state could be saving your life, and it involves cancer. that is ahead. plus, it is finally here, the royal couple's itinerary for their official trip to the u.s. catherine has never been here before. so what do you do when you're visiting the red, white, and blue for the first time? we'll find out next. what's this option? that's new.

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more smoke-free laws could save thousands of lives. and the royal couple releases their itinerary. first up is senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. the american cancer society has a new report that says getting some states to toughen anti-smoking laws will save lives. makes sense. >> we're always trying to save lives, right? and this is a relatively easy way to do it. so let me illustrate this for you. there are 22 states that have really tough anti-smoking laws. so we're going to show them to

you in a sec. those have tough anti-smoking laws. the 27 states that don't, if they adopted them save lives, save money. >> that simple. >> that simple. >> how many lives are we talking? >> a lot of lives. talking almost 700,000 lives and over -- not a million, it's more than that. over, yes, over $1 million. over a five-year period. so that is a lot of lives and a lot of money. more than 700,000 lives, more than $1 billion to be saved. >> so given the savings, how do the laws work? >> well, the laws, what they do is put cigarette taxes, you know, higher taxes on cigarettes, and then they also say, all right, no smoking in restaurants, no smoking in workplaces. >> like new york, no smoking in the park. >> exactly, exactly. more safe, lives will be saved. >> thank you, ma'am. next, max foster in london with details on the just released itinerary for the duke and duchess of cambridge's itinerary to the u.s.

>> reporter: this will be a whirlwind weekend for the duke and duchess. they'll take in everything from a big black tie dinner with hollywood a-listers, to a visit to skid row with young homeless people. prince william will also be playing in a charity polo match. and tickets currently on sale, v.i.p. tickets to watch the match for $4,000 in santa barbara. prince william will be making a big keynote speech in front of war veterans from afghanistan and bereaved families, as well. but catherine won't be making any speeches or won't be doing any interviews. she's still not confident at all with public speaking. a small entourage will be traveling with the couple, just seven. catherine will have an assistant to help her with dressing and her hairdresser. we're told this is a visit about promoting uk interests, not about meeting celebrities. brooke? >> max foster for me in london.

thank you, that is your reporter roulette for today. first, now this, many of newt gingrich's advisers abruptly quit his campaign. but now some are questioning his charity and how he's spending money. in fact, many of them say he has crossed the line. well, gingrich is now responding. and can you guess who he's blaming? that's next. cnn has just gotten ahold of john edwards' mug shots a couple weeks after the feds indicated the former presidential candidate -- indicted the former presidential candidate. we're going to show you the second picture, the mug shot in which he's looking straight at the camera. [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen. the 2011 tiguan.

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the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? when john edwards was indicted earlier this month, he had to pose for mug shots. and here they are. we just got these in this afternoon. take a look, the smiling former senator posing for the u.s. marshal service. edwards pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations. and now to some political pop. newt gingrich had a pretty good performance at the republican debate in new hampshire this week here on cnn. now that he's back on the campaign trail, he is back in some political turmoil. let's go to joe johns with the latest news.

and joe, walk me through some of these allegations, and also, how is gingrich responding? >> hey, you know, it feels a lot like when newt gingrich was the speaker of the house. i spoke to one former staffer the other day who said there were three words his communications people absolutely dreaded to hear. newt made news. meaning, they were going to be scrambling around. it could mean anything at all. so check this out. just like the old days, he's got people following him around, shouting questions at him, trying to get a comment. listen to this. >> $200,000 to your for profit company. sir? do you mind answering our questions? sir? >> give me one second. >> all right. so there you go. you heard the question. it's one of the many stories flying around there. the up shot is, the former speaker says he hasn't done anything wrong, obviously.

the biggest hurdle former speaker newt gingrich has is losing a bunch of staffers who left him all at once. this comes right after he and his wife calista returned from a vacation, shall we call it curiously timed to the greek isles. and when he got asked about it on the radio, he made it sound like this breakup with all the staffers was more philosophical than anything else. take a listen. >> well, it's just a falsehood. >> short and sweet. >> i think we got the short version there. i don't know what that was. anyway -- >> paraphrase, my friend. paraphrase. >> bottom line is, he's taken the high road, essentially. he says, look, i wanted to go because my guys, my consultants or whatever were telling me i needed to do attack ads, and the only person i wanted to attack was president obama. so newt gingrich taking the high road. who knew? >> okay. story number two.

we have a little bit of a golf summit. why does everything have to be a summit? we'll finally be seeing speaker boehner and president obama -- >> yeah. >> taking to the -- >> that's not all. for true political junkies, there can't really be any more important golf match than this one. president obama, vice president biden, house speaker john boehner, and ohio governor john kasik. how did he get in there? he was a budget hawk on capitol hill. jay carney says the president is not exactly talking trash about this match. and there's a reason. the reason is, he's not favored to win. so he talked a little bit about this thing at the briefing today with one of our colleagues kind of instigating. >> is he doing any trash talking in advance of sunday? or is he going to let his golf do the talking? >> i have heard no trash talking from the president.

i think it's fair to say that the president enjoys golf and plays it when he can, but i don't think he would say that he is an expert golfer. and i hear the speaker of the house is quite good as well as the governor of ohio. but don't take my word for it. i think there are -- i'm not a golfer, but there are ways to measure this. >> actually, best golf match in the area this weekend is the u.s. open out of potomac, maryland, that's for golf fans. >> ought to be a fly in that golf cart, joe johns. >> yeah. they've got to talk budget. >> we'll talk monday. thank you so much, sir. appreciate it. and do you remember two months ago we told you about how people are planking. some fad on the internet. people posting pictures of themselves lying face down on unusual places, like on top of a car. there's a new craze online. wait until you see what people

are doing at drive-thrus. and here's a hint for you, it involves ice cream. the video is next.

remember when we talked about planking, people posting pictures of themselves lying face down in unusual places? well, now we have a new phrase for you. have you heard of coning? this is the latest fad, it's gone viral. it's when you order an ice cream like this guy just did at the drive-thru, but when you're served, pick it up from the ice cream side instead of the cone end. hey, each to their "cone." we've all had that moment telling a joke that's fallen flat. what i'm about to show you, it illustrates this. this is between an australian television anchor and the tibet exiled spiritual leader the dalai lama, watch. >> i don't mean to be disrespectful in any way, shape, or form. but i have a joke for you that

my son told me that he said you would laugh at. even though it's about you. can i tell it to you? >> huh? >> can i tell you the joke? >> yes. >> i don't want you to feel like i'm disrespecting you. >> no, no, no. >> the dalai lama walks into a pizza shop -- >> pizza shop. >> pizza. yeah, pizza shop. and says, can you make me one with everything? >> oh, yes. >> do you know what i mean? can you make me one with everything? >> ah. >> it's possible. >> i knew that wouldn't work. >> um, awkward.

afterward, the anchor tweeted this. just interviewed the dalai lama, he is one chilled out dude. told him a gag he didn't get, so embarrassed. yeah, just a little bit. let's check in with wolf blitzer who i've been watching out of the corner of my eye shaking his head. >> i don't get the ice cream. why take the ice cream and put the cone -- >> back on the coning. i don't get it either. i'm not hip like that either. it's perfectly good ice cream cone. i'm a huge ice cream fan. why waste it? >> it's gross. really. >> it is gross. what do you have coming up? i loved your interview with dennis kucinich. it got a little lively, didn't it, brooke? >> it did, indeed. >> i say that because i want to set the stage. coming up in the next hour, barney frank, the democratic congressman from massachusetts, he's joining us. we're talking about a whole lot of stuff. but wait, brooke, and i want you to wait because when he starts talking about his former governor, the former governor of

massachusetts, mitt romney, you're going to be surprised. i'll leave it like that. at what he says. barney frank is always, always outspoken, but wait until you hear what he says about arguably the front runner right now in the republican presidential nomination. that's coming up in just a little while in "the situation room." got all the day's news, as well. >> that was a good tease, wolf. i will keep watching. you've piqued my interest. we'll see you in eight minutes, sir. by this time tomorrow, casey anthony's defense will open its case. and we are getting word that a surprise witness may take the stand. also, did you see the look anthony gave to her mother after cindy anthony mouthed the words "i love you?" sunny hostin is on the case. you've got to see this video. that is next.

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call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? quickly here, we've gotten these pictures. this is from our san francisco affiliate kgo. why are they there? well, there's been report of a suspicious package at the federal building in san francisco. so they're getting suited up. the bomb squad going to check it out and see if it is anything harmful or nefarious or none of the above. the prosecution rests in the death penalty trial of casey anthony. that florida mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. the defense starts tomorrow morning. sunny hostin is on the case. and sunny, the defense tried

this morning to get the judge to acquit casey anthony, motion denied. was the motion even worth trying? why do that? >> oh, absolutely. i mean they always are made at the end of a prosecution's case. it's called a motion for judgment of acquittal. if you don't make it, brooke, you sort of leave yourself open to a challenge by the defendant by your client that you were ineffective. and so, no question about it, they should've made it, but it's never ever really granted. because the evidence is looked at in the light most favorable to the government. that's the standard for judging that motion. so we all knew he wasn't going to grant it, but we also all knew the defense was going to make the motion. >> the defense, sunny, also added a witness to their list. who is this vasco thompson? >> this is the big news of the day, brooke. the defense yesterday filed a motion disclosing that they intended to call this new witness. they wanted to depose him. and his name is vascal thompson. i'm looking at his record in my

hand. he's been accused of kidnapping. the defense alleges he spent ten years in prison for that. of course, now that's a big deal because one of the theorys that has always floated around is that caylee anthony was kidnapped. what's also interesting is that they allege that george anthony was in contact with this person four times. four phone calls on july 14th 2008 just two days before caylee anthony was reported as missing. now george anthony's attorney issued a statement. he said mr. anthony does not know mr. thompson, does not recall speaking to him, does not recall ever receiving phone calls from him. so obviously a very big discrepancy when the defense here is saying that they have george anthony's cell phone records. so i think this is going to be one of the big issues we're going to hear about tomorrow in court. >> okay. and then this is something a lot of folks on our team were talking about today. there was this odd exchange

between casey anthony and her mother cindy yesterday. what happened? >> well, if we have the video. we saw cindy anthony on the witness stand after her testimony, which she was a little bit evasive. she mouthed the words "i love you." those words. casey anthony, on the other hand, just sort of, i don't know, her reaction was very odd. she just kind of -- didn't really do much. so yeah, everyone is thinking that was really very interesting. cindy anthony trying to reach out to her daughter. was she trying to help her with her evasive answers? who knows. >> we're midpoint in a trial. as you said, the defense begins tomorrow. 20 seconds, when could the jury decide on this case? >> the judge has instructed the jury, brooke, that this case could be in their hands in two weeks.