live from studio 7. i'm suzanne malveaux. two hours ago georgia's board of pardons and paroled denied clemency for troy davis with no legal appeals left it appears the state will execute davis tomorrow for killing a police officer back in 1989. well, celebrities, politicians, including form president carter, pope benedict xvi urged clemency. that is because seven prosecution witnesses contradicted their testimony. no dna evidence links davis to the murder. amnesty international calls the decision by the board unconscionable. it is a momentous day for libya

leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as don't ask, don't tell has been around for 18 years. it officially ended at midnight. since 1993, more than 14,000 servicemen and women were kicked out of the military after they were outed as gay. some want back in but it is not automatic. >> i have talked to people who wanted to go in and they started to make phone calls to recruiters and found out their set of circumstances wouldn't

allow it. and there's let down. >> pentagon says 97% of the military has had training on the new rules which replace don't ask don't tell. this is constant gun fire and explosions. you can see the chaotic scene on the streets there. that is in yemen. this is for a third straight day. yemeni forces are battling protesters as well as soldiers who defected from the regime. human rights activists say yemen is on a knife's edge. 59 people at least have been killed this week, two of them today. [ chanting ] libyan rebels celebrate after they roll in to sadha. the town was one of the few loyal gadhafi.

rebels are trying to crush gadhafi fighters in several other cities a month after they took tripoli, the capital. a parked car exploded in turkey's capital today killing three people. the blast set off several cars on fire and blew out windows in nearby buildings and authorities say it is possible the gas tank accidentally exploded but they think it is like it will was a terrorist bomb. new york police are trying to jump start the search for the long island serial killer. that is happening this hour. reports say that suffollk county police commissioner richard dormer will go public with sketches based on five unidentified sets of remains. bodies or body parts belonging to ten people have been found along ocean boulevard since december. authorities think a serial killer is behind at least four of those deaths. federal hearing is underway in florida. that's this week. this in to the death of seaworld

trainer dawn branchow back in twen 2010. with guests watching. a killer whale pulled her from the edge of the pool. she drowned. >> he grabbed her by the head and you know, very hard thrust. she went down and i screamed and she screamed and i started to yell to the other trainer because he wasn't looking and i said he took her down, he took her down. >> investigators concluded that that sea world was not doing enough to keep workers safe. sea world is contesting that at a hearing. the look at a case of a death row inmate that attracted worldwide attention. troy davis is set to die by lethal injection tomorrow night. he was convicted of killing police officer mark macphail 22 years ago. the georgia board of pardons and paroles denied clemency for davis. his supporters say there is too much doubt and too little

evidence but the family of officer macphail say it is time for justice to be done. our cnn's david mattingly has been following the case for the us. do we have any information, any insight in to the board's decision how they came up with this decision? >> we know both sides spoke to the board yesterday and both sides came away feeling they had gotten their point across. they saw signs from the board members they were listening intently and they were very familiar with the case. when it came down, they decided not to vote for clemency. we know there are five members on this board. they vote in secret. they deliberate behind closed doors. we don't know what the final vote is, but we know it takes a minimum of three votes to approve or deny clemency but we don't know how the final vote came out. today they produced a one-page simple statement. they didn't acknowledge any arguments they heard yesterday, only to point out what the crime was. they laid it out simply in black and white. officer macphail went went to

the burger king parking lot to assist a beating victim where macphail encounters davis. davis shot officer macphail and continued to shoot him as he lay on the ground killing macphail. davis surrendered on august 23rd, 1989. a very, by the book, by the facts about this case that they are siding with prosecutors, originally in this case, that davis was guilty. >> davis supporters bring up the inconsistencies and talk about the lack of evidence. where does that go now? how do they explain that? >> they went to the board and the board asked a lot of questions. when lawyers argued on his behalf they came away thinking we really got our point acrossed. they talked about the seven of nine witnesses that changed or recanted their statements and other witnesses implicating someone else. they believe the board heard this. but in the end the board did not agree and voted not to allow clemency. we have a reaction from amnesty

international, who's been heading up his support. they called the decision unconscionable. they said allowing a man to be sent to death under an enormous cloud of doubt about his guilt is an afront to justice. we haven't heard the last from his supporters. they are planning organized protests in the city of atlanta and i'm sure that will go up until the execution as it is scheduled right now for wednesday. >> what about the reaction from the family of the police officer, mark macphail? >> they emerged yesterday from the board feeling very comforted they were able to say everything they wanted to say. they were emotional. they had steadfastly stood by prosecutors in this case, believing that davis was guilty. they haven't waivered over the last 20 years and they came away feeling the same way yesterday. this morning, we heard from macphail's mother and sheerz what she had to say. >> the only thing i could think of, well, justice is done. that's the way we look at it. that's what we wanted.

>> so you believe troy davis is guilty of the murder of your son? >> i sure do. after all the facts of what i have seen during the trial, original trial, i am very convinced that he is guilty. >> all comments we heard also yesterday, not just from macphail's mother but from his wife and two children. >> well, david, thank you very much. we hope to hear from troy davis' supporters later this hour. thanks. really appreciate it. president obama revealed his plan to save $3 trillion over the next ten years when he released his plan to reduce the debt. that happened yesterday. having that money will come from higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. republican leaders called it class warfare. so here's your chance to talk back. carol is here with today's question. we know president obama talked about the role of government. how government should be more responsible and take a more

active role and he was in fact believing that fair share meant higher taxes on the wealthy as well. is it class warfare? >> that is today's talk back question. it should generate interesting responses. the question today, is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare? of course that depends. republicans think that president obama is a modern-day robin hood wielding his bully pulpit to put the rich against the poor. >> comes out today, and starts demonizing the very people who are response able for invasion, the very people who are responsible for economic growth, who are responsible for job creation. >> democrats say oh, come on. if there is a war the middle class has already lost. if you need proof, well, the wage gap is growing ever wider. tax rates are the lowest they have been since the '70s and the rich can't aren't exactly creating jobs, at least on american soil. as for president obama, he wants

to tax millionaires more. that is not class warfare, he says, it's math. i reject the idea that asking a hedge fund manager to pay the same tax rate as a plumber or teacher is class warfare. i think it is just the right thing to do. >> what is class warfare any way? it is a term made famous by that influential socialist karl marx. he describes it as when the lowly worker rises up against the wealthy class who exploitded him making the rich people pay. so to top the question this morning, is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare? facebook.com/carolcnn. i will read your responses later this hour. >> want to talk about the proletariat next. here's a rundown on the stories ahead. leaders are meeting in new york including the leader of the libyan national transitional

council. he is meeting with president obama for the first time and a. an a new beginning for the u.s. m. officials saying good-bye to don't ask don't tell. read any good books on politics lately? there are two. here's one, a fisherman shows off this monster catch, 800 pound gator. nancy grace, like you have never seen her before, bustin' a move on her "dancing with the stars" debut. also want to go to president obama speaking at the united nations regarding libya. let's take a listen. >> i'd like to thank president mustafa abdel-jalil for his remarks and all they have done to help libya reach this moment. to all the heads of state and the countries represented here who have done so much over the past several months to ensure this day could come. i want to say thank you, as well.

today the libyan people are writing a new chapter in the life of their nation. after four decades of darkness, they can walk the streets free from a tyrant. they are making their voices heard in newspapers and on radio and television, in public squares and on personal blogs. they are launching political parties and civil groups to shape their own destiny and secure their universal rights. here at the united nations, the new flag of a free libya now flies among the community of nations. make no mistake, credit for the liberation of libya belongs to the people of libya. it was libyan men and women and children who took to the streets in peaceful protest. who faced down the tanks and

endured the snipers' bullets. it was libyan fighters, often outgunned and out numbered two fought pitched battles, town by town, block by block. it was libyan activists in the underground, chat rooms, in mosques, who kept the revolution alive, even after some of the world had given up hope. it was libyan women and girls who hung flags and smuggled weapons to the front. it was libyans from countries around the world, including my own, who rushed home to help, even though they, too, risked brutality and death. it was libyan blood that was spilled, and libya's sons and daughters who gave their lives. and on that august day, after all of that sacrifice, after 42 long years, it was libyans who pushed their dictator from power. at the same time, libya is a lesson in what the international

community can achieve when we stand together as one. i said at the beginning of this process, we cannot and should not intervene every time there is an injustice in the world. yet it is also true that there are times where the world could have and should have summoned the will to prevent the killing of innocence on a horrific scale. we are forever haunted by the atrocities that we did not prevent and the lives that we did not save, but this time was different. this time we, through the united nations, found the courage and the collective will to act. when the old regime unleashed a campaign of terror, threatening to roll back the democratic tide sweeping the region, we acted as united nations and we acted swiftly. broadening sax sanctions,

imposening a arms embargo. the united states led the effort to pass a historic resolution at the security capital authorizing measures to protect the libyan people. and when the civilians of benghazi were threatened with a massacre we exercised that authority. our international coalition stopped the regime in its tracks and saved couldn'tless lives and gave the libyan people the time and space to prevail. important is how the effort suck seeded. thanks to the leadership and contributions of many countries, the united states was proud to play a decisive role especially in the early days, and then a supporting capacity. but let's remember that it was the arab league that appeal for action. it was the world's most effective alliance, alternate that has led a military coalition of nearly 20 nations. it's our european allies,

especially the united kingdom and france and denmark and norway that conducted the vast majority of air strikes protecting rebels on the ground. it was arab states who joined the coalition as equal partners. and it's been the united nations's and neighboring countries, including tunisia and egypt that have cared for the libyans in the urgent humanitarian effort that continues today. this is how the international community should work in the 21st century. more nations bearing the responsibility and the costs of meeting global challenges. in fact, this is the very purpose of this united nations. so every nation represented here today can take pride in the innocent lives we saved and in helping libyans reclaim their country. it was the right thing to do.

now, even as we speak, remnants of the old regime continue to fight. difficult days are still ahead. but one thing is clear -- the future of libya is now in the hands of the libyan people. for just as it was libyans who tore down the old order, it will be libyans who build their new nation. we've come here today to say to the people of libya, just as the world stood by you in your struggle to be free, we will now stand with you in your struggle to realize the peace and prosperity that freedom can bring. in this effort, you will have a friend and partner in the united states of america. today, i can announce that our ambassador is on his way back to tripoli. and this week the american flag, that was lowered before our embassy was attacked, will be raised again over a reopened american embassy. we will work closely with the new u.n. support mission in

libya and with the nations here today to assist the libyan people in the hard work ahead. first and most immediately security. so long as the libyan people are being threatened, the alternate-led mission to protect them will continue. and those still holding out must understand, the old regime is over. it's time to lay down your arms and join the new libya. as this happens, the world must also support efforts to secure dangerous weapons, conventional and otherwise, and bring fighters under central civilian control. for without security, democracy and trade and investment cannot flourish. second, the humanitarian effort. the transitional national council has been working quickly to restore water and electricity and food supplies to tripoli, but for many libyans each day is still a struggle to recover from their wounds, reunite with their

families, and to return to their homes. even after the guns of war fall silent, the ravages of war will continue. so, our efforts to assist its victims must continue. in this, the united states -- the united nations will play a key role. and along with our partners, the united states will do our part to help the hungry and the wounded. third, democratic transition that is peaceful, inclusive and just. president gentleman lil just reaffirmed the transitional national commitment to these principles. and the united nations will play a central role in coordinating international support for this effort. we all know what is needed. a transition that is timely, new laws and a constitution that uphold the rule of law, political parties and a strong civil society.

and for the first time in libyan history, free and fair elections. true democracy, however, must flow from its citizens. so as libyans rightly seek justice for past crimes, let it be done in a spirit of reconciliation and not reprisal and violence. as libyans draw strength from their faith, a religion rooted in peace and tolerance, let there be a rejection of violent extremism that offers nothing but death and destruction. as libyans rebuild, let those efforts tap the experience of all of those with the skills to contribute, including the many africans in libya. as libyans forge a society it will let it include women -- >> this is a different scene than what we saw before the united nations two years ago in

new york. you may recall it was moammar gadhafi who was trying to set up his tent in new york that caused a controversy and ended up giving a 90 minute die tribe before the u.n. general assembly. and now president obama is talking about a new leadership of libya and a new future for the libyan people. we also have information out of afghanistan. a critical person who was leading negotiations between the international community and the taliban assassinated. we will have more on that story after this break. ♪ in here, pets never get lost. ♪ in here, every continent fits in one room. it was fun, we played football outside. why are you sitting in the dark? ♪ [ male announcer ] in here, you're never away from home. it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say.

we are following breaking news. a critical figure in afghanistan, part of the negotiating effort between the international community and the

taliban has been ashas nated. we want to go to nick peyton walsh, who is in neighboring pakistan islamabad. what do we know about this? two blasts in the last two hours caused them to run for cover in their bunkers for 30 minutes until the all-clear was sounded. as they emerged the news came that a man who is famous for being the head of the peace council, trying to find a way of negotiating with the taliban and other insurgents in afghanistan on behalf of alternate. it appears he's been killed by a suicide bomber and another senior negotiator has also been heavily injured. this the striking right at the heart of the most secure part of kabul. just days after that attack, which attacked the u.s., the headquarters in the u.s. embassy, really shining a light

on the access the taliban seemed to get inside the city and showing really how fraj jail the negotiation efforts have become. >> i was there when that attack happened in afghanistaning where the u.s. embassy and alternate compound was under attack. where was this individual? do we know where he was? was he inside that compound? that embassy? >> this appears to be his home which is located near the embassy compound. many buildings in that vicinity are skred to be fairly secure because of the intensity of alternate's presence this. obviously much of the secure is left to afghan security forces. questions will be asked how this bomber managed to get inside. what we believe was his home. let's remember what was symbolic significance. the attack you witnessed, of course, goes to the psychology of people in kabul but imagine if you are an insurgent contemplating speaking to alternate you will have a wakeup

i call to this because a suicide bomber was able to get to the man alternate entrusted to talk to you. showing how rocky much of the campaign is becoming. >> one more question. i had the opportunity to talk to the president, happened karzai. his brother was assassinated, as well one of his closest confidants if not at their homes close to their homes by people they trusted, do we believe because this individual was attacked inside of his home that there really is no safe place for those who are trying to negotiate and move forward? >> obviously there are pockets of safety in afghanistan. i think what this does is begin to help the taliban win the psychological war. it is all about perception at the moment and the perception among many afghans must be if the insurgents can strike at the heart of the alternate secure capital, take out key people to the afghan government and the alternate campaign there that possibly not on the back foot,

as alternate keeps suggesting. >> thank you very much. please be safe. starting today the policy that banned gays from serving openly in the military is history. the official repeal of don't ask, don't tell is a turning point for the pentagon and victory for advocates of gay rights. a group that pushed for the repeal said more than 14,000 people were kicked out of the military under don't ask, don't tell. a lot of them are ready to enlist but it may not be that simple. we want to bring in our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. >> reporter: hundreds of american troops who got kicked out of the military for being gay or lesbian are about to be hit again with a reality check. >> if i was trying to go in to active duty right now, versus reserves the navy wouldn't take me in the job i was doing before. >> he was discharged in 2007. >> you wrote a letter to your commanding officer outing yourself. >> i did. and it wasn't something that i

wanted to do. it was something that deep down i felt i was forced to do in order to maintain my sanity. >> reporter: mike had finished a tour in iraq, had been recommended for promotion to lieutenant colonel and then he was outed by another officer and kicked out of the air force. >> obviously i have had a five-year gap at this point in my career. nothing will fully repair the damage that's been done to my career, but i'm hoping i can get back in there, where i left of , resume my career. >> both are hoping to get back in. but the reform of don't ask don't tell is no guarantee. >> i have talked to people who said they tried to get in and the recruiters said their circumstances wouldn't allow it. there is letdown. you can hear it in their voice. >> some are too old, their specialties are no longer needed or their jobs are fully staffed. the military is getting smaller and more people are staying in.

the pentagon says service members who have separated under don't ask don't tell will be evaluated according to the same criteria applicable to all others seeking reentry. in other words, there's no waiver. >> i think it would be awesome if that could happen, but i know the hard truth is that it's not practical. >> chris lawrence is joining us live. chris, the military's budget pretty tight now. likely a lot tighter with budget cuts. how does that impact those who are trying to reenlist, if at all? >> it is going to be tough, suzanne. the military is getting smaller, not bigger. are less slots to go around. the year jeremy got out of the military, the military was taking in 15,000 prior service folks and last year less than 5,000. so that is a big crunch. >> we will have more on the repeal of don't ask, don't tell in the next hour. chris is tracing the steps from

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[ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can now come from any faucet anywhere. introducing the brita bottle with the filter inside. if you are in to politics it mine a good week to start a book club. two new releases. we are joined from new york to talk about this, john, good to see you. >> good to see you. welcome back. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. good to see you. let's start with the big one. you have ron suskind's confidence men. a lot of push back from the administration about how he depicts what is going on inside of the oval office. you and i would cover the white house when this was going on. one of the things that we heard sometime ago was this idea that it was an all boy's club, an old

boy's club. when this first came out and it was a while ago, a year or so ago, i had asked two leading women in the white house, melody barnes and jarrett, if there was a problem and both side not really. melody was the first woman to be invited to play golf with the president after that. but what do you make of the fact this has come up again? >> the charge it is an old boys' club. it is compared to what proposition? was w, clinton administration t reagan administration? all previous administrations have been an old boys club to some extent. >> wouldn't you argue that all of them have been. kind of, yeah. they don't change that much. >> it is compared to what proposition. if we are going to be fair we have to put it in context. this is the president that appointed two women to the supreme court. that is relevant in the criticism as well. there is clearly, we are always

in the process of forming a more perfect union. >> larry somers, one of the top economic advisers to the president who is gone. he gets a lot of play in the book. he is quoted as telling the former head of the o and b we are home alone. there's no adult in charge. so both of these guys are gone to be fair but economics, it's number one issue, do we think this is going to undermine the president's ability to bring us out of the recession? do we think he has the right team in place? >> it will have no effect on the economy in a larger sense. it may have a impact on ron suskind's. but some points to keep in mind the charges we have heard before, this doesn't help. it deans negative narrations about the administration. but in the reagan administration, there was a book saying reaganomics was bonus.

when clinton was president he was there was talk of being home alone, late-night pizza parties and that stuff. at the end of the day the economy is in a deeper trajectory than can be affected by one book. >> do we believe the public believes there is a better team in place to deal with this. >> i don't know james carville thinks there could be should be a round of firings. goolsbee is gone now. i think this is an interest of having more ceos in the cabinet. that's a consistent criticism and credible one that more ceos may help to stabilize the administration's relationship with the economy but those are personnel changes. i don't know that the criticism of the current team. >> not policy changes. joe mcginness's book, "the rogue," he was living next door to the palins when he wrote it, he talks abaco cane use, marital

problems, paints a picture of the former governor as emotionally unstable. do we think this matters in terms of whether or not people form a good or bad opinion about sarah palin and whether or not she decides to run. >> feelings about sarah palin are pretty hardened and her supporters will rush to her defense. it would be more relevant if sarah palin was running. and it is a salacious, sleazily and ill sourced. some critics may like her more by humanizing her a bit but it is not flattering and i don't think it is kred able or will change a lot of minds. >> we will leave it there. thank you. she's brazil's first female president and she's fought many battles including cancer. we will talk to dr. sanjay gupta about her struggle and he how she is helping others. for over 166 years.een ps is helping others. new york life. the company you keep.

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brazil's first female president will be the first woman to open the general assembly. she is also being recognized by the american cancer society as being a cancer survivor. for her leadership role in reducing chronic illnesses in her country as well as abroad. i want to bring in sanjay gupta who is at the u.n. now. i understand that dilma rousseff has come a long way to become brazil's first female president. tell us a little about her battle. >> she is referred to the subversive joan of ark. she was sort of this revolutionary figure in the late '60s an early '70s. joined a left wing guerrilla movement in brazil and subsequently imprisoned. she was tortured. it was an awful existence for sometime. as you say she went from there

to being the chief of staff for the brazilian president and now the first female president in brazil. an extraordinary track. that's why she is the human factor. she had nonhodgkin's loim lymphoma in the middle of this, 2009. she's been treated and is in remission. she gave a famous speech where she lifted up her wig. the affects of the chemotherapy had taken her hair. she was demonstrating the effects of the cancer and the success of the treatment. remarkable story. >> what an amazing woman. an amazing story. i understand that combatting cancer, heart disease, lung disease are major topics for this year's meeting. tell us about -- as a cancer survivor herself, what has she been doing in her country to lower the incidence of cancer? >> brazil has been a country that is a best practices model for sometime with regard to

hiv/aids for example, as you may know. they sort of want to adapt some of the same things they did with communicable diseases toward noncommunicable diseases in brazil. as you mentioned, dilma rousseff herself is putting $3 billion aside for screening particular types of cancer, including breast and cervical cancer, something a lot of countries talk about but she is doing. she created 20 new hospital centers to try to diagnose some of these cancers early and treat them early. also with regard to chronic disease, she is helping what called 4,000 healthy gems to create a system of supervised physical activity. it is her personal history to some extent and the realization these noncommunicable diseases have overtaken communicable diseases as the number one cause of death anywhere in the world. three out of five fooem people

who die die of these type of disease and they have obvious tremendous health impact and obvious tremendous economic impact. they are affecting people younger and younger and that is something she has recognized. i trying to do something about it. >> we salute her for making history at the united nations. thank you so much. flames are lighting up the sky in oklahoma. we will tell you what set off this fire ball and chased people out of their houses. the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis

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they are passionate and angry about this question. talk back, is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare, it sure as hell is class warfare. this from victoria, people got there by sacrifice and hard work. what gives anybody the right to punish people because they made their american dream come through. this from couurtis, too many american children are living in poverty and it's time we do something about it. this from jacob, job creators, seems to me since the bush tax cuts, they've done nothing but cut jobs. my real question is why do the rich hate obama so much. he hasn't touched the bush tax cuts this whole term. they pretty much got all they wanted. please, keep the conversation going, facebook.com/carolcnn. see you in just about 20 minutes. >> we want to find out which

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and we sort of picked what we thought were the most important factors within those categories and crunched the numbers and came up with these rankings. >> what is it about ice land and sweden and canada that make them the top three in the world for women? >> they have strong stores across the board. iceland has been targeting gender equity in a very conscious way for three decades now and the results are there. and sweden has 16 months parental leave for every child, which is incredible and canada also has really strong laws protecting women and strong education and good health care. >> i guess it's a little surprising, why is the united states at number eight? that seems kind of low. >> it does but the united states falls -- when you look at sweden with 16 months parental leave and we hardly have any, we really lag in that sense. healthwise we also don't do

quite as well. politically we only have in our legislature, only 16% is female. what we do well in is education, girls are just soaring in schools through ph.d. programs at this point. what makes the worst places for women to live? >> both chad and yemen and to a less extent afghanistan there's no laws against marital rape or domestic violence. they don't have access to property or bank accounts. afghanistan part of the i guess issue there is maternal mortality, highest in the world and according to recent polls every woman in afghanistan is likely to lose a child in her life. >> i was in afghanistan last week and it was a country that clearly is changing. there have been some

improvements. we saw in terms of at least education. there are now almost 2.5 afghan girls enrolled in schools compared to 2001. i want to show you a little clip of a young woman i met who was training to become a pilot. take a listen. >> reporter: 19-year-old afghan is becoming to become one of afghanistan's few female pilots. this is her first time ever on a plane, c-27. she tells me she's excited. she gets to sit with the pilots, a bumpy ride makes her queezy but she quickly recovers. on landing she tells me she's not deterred. she feels great. her american mentor is proud. >> it's great that you are going to take this and run with it and build a foundation for future females in afghanistan. >> a very special woman there, a

young woman. but obviously the exception because she's got the support of her parents. she's educated. what kind of efforts do you think really need to make a difference in afghanistan so it is not one of the worst places for women? >> well, across the board, one other promising thing about afghanistan they have a remarkably high percentage of women in parliament at 28%, which is 9% higher than the world average. so that as they have time to legs late and create new policies there will, if other countries are any indication, there will be a trickle down effect that will help boost everyone, not just women but the entire country. >> thank you for being with us. we appreciate you're putting everything into perspective. >> thanks. top of the hour, i'm suzanne malveaux, a former afghan president who was leading the country's peace council was assassinated today.

a bomb exploded at the home of ra bani, his job was to negotiate with the taliban and bring them into the political process. well despite doubts raised by witnesses and the lack of dna evidence, the state of georgia is moving ahead with plans to execute troy davis tomorrow. a jury convicted him of killing a savannah police officer back in 1989. today the five members of georgia's board of pardons and paroles denied clem enltcy. celebrities and politicians, including jimmy carter and pope benedict urged clem enscy. the u.s. have working furiously behind the scenes to head off a vote at the united nations on palestinian statehood.

the president, mahmoud abass will present it on friday. >> the only way to a true state solution which is what we support and want to see happen is through negotiations. and no matter what does or doesn't happen this week, it will not produce the kind of outcome that everyone is hoping for. we're going to stay very much engaged and focused. >> the obama administration has told the palestinians it will veto any statehood measure in the security council. libyan fighters say they are planning a massive attack to take the city of ben whalid. one of the cities fighting for moammar gadhafi.

celebrations not fighting as rebels rolled into the town today. a cnn crew with the rebels say they met little resistance. in new york president obama said the u.n. was a force for change. >> when the old regime enleashed a campaign of terror threatening to roll back the democratic tide sweeping the region, we acted as united nations and acted swiftly. broadening sanctions and imposing an arms embargo, the united states led the effort to pass a historic resolution at the security council authorizing all necessary measures to protect the libyan people. >> that u.n. action led nato to launch military strikes on gadhafi's forces. well, it is now okay to ask or tell as of today gays or lesbians can serve openly in the military. some 14,000 servicemen and women have been kicked out of the military since 1993 because they are gay.

well some would like to come back in. >> obviously i've had a five-year gap at this point in my career, nothing is going to fully repair the damage that has been done to my career. but i'm hoping i can add least get back in there where i left off and resume my career. >> i've talked to people who wanted to go back in and they started to make the phone calls to recruiters and finds out their set of circumstances wouldn't allow it. and there's let down. you can hear it in their voice. >> the pentagon says most every person in the military has been through an intensive training program for the policy that replaces don't ask don't tell. this go overlooked in president obama's new proposal to cut $3 trillion in debt. a lifeline for the u.s. postal service to avoid collapse. now it gives the service quick access to cash, postpones a huge payment to a retirement fund. the president would also let the postal service bypass regulators

and raise postage prices and end saturday mail delivery. we want to note the death of dlor res hope, at the age of 102, her marriage to entertaining bob hope endured for seven decades, unheard of in hollywood today. we congratulate them, she was a singer and actress in her own right. she gave up her career to raise their four children. bob hope died in 2003 at age 100. closer look now at the case of a georgia death row inmate that has attracted worldwide attention, troy davis is set to die by lethal injection tomorrow night. now, he was convicted of killing police officer mark mcveil 22 years ago. the board of pardons and parole denied clem entcy for davis. supporters say there is too much doubt and too little evidence but the mother says davis supporters don't know the facts.

>> 99% have absolutely no idea who troy davis is or who mark macphail was, they are following their belief. they don't even know what it's all about. they just there because they are following what they believe in. i do not take that personally, everybody can believe what they want to. but they do not know the truth and everything that's was involved at that day when mark was killed. >> one of davis's supporters is the reverend rafael warn ok and he joins us. thank you very much for being here. i want you to take a moment, if you would, just to respond to the comment that we just listened to, officer macphail's mother, that she believes you have a right to want to save davis, but that you just

don't -- don't have it right, don't have the facts right. >> thank you so much, suzanne. we are very saddened and shocked by the decision made by the board of pardons and paroles. i'm a pastor and so i can certainly empathize with the pain that the macphail family must be feeling. mrs. macphail is in a place no one wants to be, which she had to bury her child. it's not just those of us advocating saying is a the state of georgia got this wrong. seven of the nine witnesses in the trial are saying that this is the wrong decision. these men and women at great peril to themselves, signed affidavits and went to court and said i told you a story 22 years ago, many of them said they were coerced by the police, that that

was not the true story. they went to tell the truth and they had nothing to gain. i think people ought to ask themselves, why would they come and change this story, not one, not five, but seven of nine witnesses. that's why this case has been riddled with so much doubt and has been paused on so many occasions, our justice system didn't find the where the with all to do the right thing. >> reverend, i understand you have a rather close relationship with the family, that you met with the family today and you even spoke and met with troy davis yesterday. can you give us a sense of what the family is going through right now and what this young man, troy davis is going through? >> sure, i met with troy davis on death row yesterday. we prayed together. we recited psalm 23 together. his faith is strong. he maintains his innocence.

and he is not bitter. he is continuing to believe that somehow, some good might come out of this. he said that regardless of the outcome, he's victorious. this is an incredible family. they've continued to fight the good fight over these last 22 years while at the same time understanding and trying to express their concern for the ma macphail family. >> does troy davis realize he is set to die and there are no other options now? >> we're not conceding the point that there are no other options. we call on the board of pardons and paroles to reverse their decision. they have the authority. they have the power to do so. matter of fact, we call on everyone who has a role to play in this execution to stand on

behalf of what's right. the district attorney down in chatham county, mr. larry chisolm, could ask the court to vacant the execute warrant. we would call on him to do so since he shared with me and others were he trying this case today it would not be a death case and yet here we are. i'm not sure how the board of pardons and paroles has come to this decision. we asked them to reverse it. >> we'll be following this case, certainly there's a matter of time involved here. some 30-something hours to determine how all of this unfolds and we appreciate your time today. thank you very much. >> we keep fighting the good fight, thank you. i want to go to islam bad pakistan, we've following a breaking story about a very important individual inside of afghanistan who has been assassinated today who was key to the negotiations taking place between the u.s., the

international force and the taliban there. nick, tell us who this individual was and how this happened? >> reporter: he was ahead of the peace council, they were trying to find taliban willing to negotiate some kind of settlement with nato, something noit toe badly wants but many question because nato telegraph when they are leaving how bad they wanted to negotiate peace. there were two loud blasts in the most secure part of kabul at the house of this man, mr. rabani, two taliban who were coming to meet him for some type of peace meeting, one of them hid a device inside his turban. that device was detonated killing mr. rabani, a huge blow for any any peace process and injuring another aide to mr. karzai. this is vital psychological blow

to mg afghans still recovers from days ago, an attack in the center of kabul and the u.s. embassy and now seeing key figures in the karzai administration being assassinated in their own homes, suzanne. >> nick, i understand the individuals, the taliban involved in that, there were five who were wearing bur kas disguised as women to avoid the security at the checkpoints and brandished weapons. you said the suspect had a turban on and weapon that was concealed by that, is that right? >> reporter: absolutely, the bur ka is the full length female gown, the turban obviously a headdress. we understand from a police official within that turban there was a bomb which apparently detonated causing the death of mr. rabani, it is not

normally searched by security guards. there are questions that his security may not as thoroughly searched. >> thank you very much. we'll get back to you as you get more details. it underscores that the tremendous challenges that they are facing there in afghanistan and the taliban and their desire to conduct these attacks that have huge psychological impact on the community and how they feel about their safety and peace in that region. here's a rundown of some of the other stories we're following first, there seems to be an app for everything. we'll tell you one big reason why. plus, the military officially ending don't ask, don't tell. we'll get a report from the pentagon. then we'll look into a study linking diabetes with alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. political theelter and comedy at

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about. carol is with us, carol costello with today's question. some people are thinking, really, what does that mean class warfare? the president said it's not classwarfare, he says it's math. >> does it have a secret political meaning? we'll get into that. the question, is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare? that depends, republicans think president obama is a modern day robin hood to pit the rich against the poor. >> comes out today and starts demonizing the very people who are responsible for innovation, the very people who are responsible for economic growth, who are responsible for job creation. >> democrats say, come on, if there's a war, the middle class has already lost. if you need any proof, the wage gap is growing ever wider and tax rates are the lowest since the 1970s and the rich aren't exactly creating jobs on

american soil. as for president obama, he wants to tax millionaires more. he says that's not class warfare, it's math. >> i reject the idea that asking a hedge fund manager to pay the same tax rate as plumber or teacher is class warfare, i think it's just the right thing to do. >> what is class warfare anyway? well, it's a term made famous made by carl marx, when the lonely worker rises against the wealthy class that exploited him making the rich people pay. is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare? facebook.com/carolcnn, i'll read your responses later this hour. >> i thought it was interested the president noted aid plumber, remember joe the plumber -- >> spread the wealth. >> so many problems trying to prove he could relate to the working class and now this idea that he's picking on the upper

class, really interesting. >> in modern times, you know, 2008, during that election, that's where that kind of thing was born because you're right, joe the plumber, ak costed the president near toledo and said don't you want to spread the wealth and president obama was wanting to let the bush tax cuts expire and that's what they were arguing about. president obama said maybe it's better if a lot of people had money in their pockets and joe the plumber said spread the wealth and you know where it went from there. >> we'll see how folks feel about this one. thanks again. boosting the economy, creating jobs, there's actually an app for it, a lot of them, alison tell is about them. >> when you stop to think about it, when you download those apps, think about it, there are people that have to come up with those ideas. there was a study put out by the

university of maryland found that the apps are juicing the economy, 182,000 jobs have been added because of apps. not bad in an economic that barely moving at this point. guess who the study credits, facebook because it allows anybody to make an app so the new companies popped up just to do that. there are also these support companies that came up as well, these businesses that supply app developers. did you know even clicking like can help boost another business? you see this kind of ripple effect happening, this app making it really a growing field especially since the apps wind you have directly business towards other retailers and online services. a bright spot in the tough jobs area. >> thanks preptty cool, alison, tell us about the markets. >> we've got a rally going on, doe up 100 points and nasdaq up almost 1%. what's happening is greece. greece top talked with european financial leaders and they are

close to a deal that they need to take to agree to to get a bailout. there are high hopes on wall street that the fed will announce a new stimulus measure so the federal reserve is beginning its two-day meeting today. we'll know for sure on wednesday if the fed comes out with a new stimulus measure. >> allison, thanks as always. >> imagine having to listen to moammar gadhafi give his theories on everything, from the kennedy assassination to the origin of swine flu for an hour and a half. stranger things have happened. we'll look at highlights. >> do we have the rights of the people -- (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,

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afghanistan is also on the president's agenda. he met with afghan -- going to be meeting or met with hamid karzai. this comes just as we're getting news that a former afghan president who had been leading peace efforts with the taliban was killed in an attack in his kabul home. president obama and karzai will likely discuss the very sensitive issue of u.s. money that is actually going to afghan militants, it's one of the topics that i pressed the afghan president hamid karzai about during my interview with him last week in kabul. >> what can you say to americans who know that there are billions of dollars meant to go to aide to the afghans go to the taliban? >> terrible, we have voiced ourselves many times about the issue. >> can you do anything about it? >> there's nothing i can do about it. it's not in the afghan's hands, it's united states and allies who have to stop this.

>> nothing that your government can do to help stop it? >> well, we have been demanding to stop it. for example, in security firms, we began to work with the united states and britain and other countries almost six years ago intensely and with a lot of difference of opinion on that. they didn't agree with us. they still don't agree with us. but we are adamant in asking for an end to the privacy security firms in afghanistan, not only that they cause corruption, these practices by our allies in afghanistan, they prevent the growth of the afghan state and its institutions. >> is there anything president obama can do that he's not doing? >> president obam decisively on facts that they have now to bring an end to the presence of security companies to these contracts that are

going to few individuals and repeatedly and to bring about greater transparency. >> the u.n. general assembly is meeting all this week and if the past is any guide the event could be filled with unpredictable moments. >> reporter: it's a meeting of minds and personalities. since it's founding in 1945, the united nations has always been center stage for global grandstanding, who could forget gadha gadhafi's 2009 appearance. just the question of where to put the guy was the center of controversy. gadhafi wanted to set up his tent and stay there instead of a hotel. done add trul p let him set up camp at his property. he hold the audience to a hostage touching on everything from swine flu to the assassinations of john f.

kennedy and martin luther king. >> it should not be called deter of counsel. >> an mahmoud ahmadinejad sparked a walkout by questioning the holocaust and questioning 9/11 was a inside job. >> it is the united nations set up a fact finding group for the event of september 11th. >> and hugo chavez used the stage to take aim at the free leader of the world calling george w. bush the devil. >> today the devil came here. right here. right here. and it smells of sulphur still today. >> one thing is for sern, whenever delegates from 193 different nations come together, there's sure to be political theelt

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starting today the policy that banned gays from serving openly in the military is now history. the official repeal of don't ask, don't tell is a turning point for the pentagon and victory for advocates of gay rights. the group that pushed for the repeal says more than 14,000 people were kicked out of the military under don't ask, don't

tell. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence traces the steps from the beginning of the ban to the end of the policy. >> reporter: don't ask, don't tell is a tale of soldiers and sailors and politics and presidents. it begins in 1950, when president harry truman signs into law the uniform code of military justice, making sodomy itself a crime. years later under president reagan the peg issues a directive saying home mow sexuality is incompatible with military service, ends of story until bill clinton promises to lift the ban. his election sparks congressional hearings and in 1993, a compromise emerges between senate republicans and the new president. >> the joint chiefs of staff have agreed to remove the question regarding one's sexual orientation from future versions of the enlistment application and will not be asked in the interim. >> in other words, the military won't ask if you're gay, but you

can't tell anyone. ten years later, the nation is at war and nearly 10,000 troops have been kicked out for violating don't ask, don't tell. the government accountability office finds the pentagon spent merely 100 million dollars to replace them, although the supreme court effectively upholds the ban in 2006, all the democratic candidates for president oppose it. >> if you think it's time to get rid of the don't ask, don't tell policy in the u.s. military, raise your hands. all of you agree. >> i'll execute -- >> reporter: after president obama is sworn in, more than 1,000 high ranking officers sign a letter urging him to keep the policy in place. others argue being gay didn't hurt military readiness. >> i went on the ship in tight spaces and went in the field as a platoon sergeant with my marines and at the end of the day, at some points it would almost became a laughable issue between all of us. >> the chairman of the joint

chiefs takes a side. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. >> reporter: the pentagon reviews a comprehensive review, including a major survey to hear what troops and their families think but it is preeliminated by a federal judge who rules don't ask, don't tell unconstitutional. that triggers a legal fight and raises the possibility the courts might overtake congress. even with service chiefs testifying that it's still too soon. >> i would not recommend going forward at this time. >> my recommendation would be this is a bad time. >> a lame duck congress in the last days under full democratic control passes the reappeal and president obama signs it into law. >> chris lawrence is joining us live. where does the military go from here in terms of providing service members with benefits who have same sex partners?

>> great question, suzanne. gays and lesbians will be able to designate anyone to be their beneficiary under life insurance or their caregiver in a wounded warrior program. but remember, the federal government does not recognize gay marriage which means the military can't. married troops get paid more, they have access to better, larger more private housing, gay troops will not be able to take advantage of that. also, their partners probably will have no access to their pensions or probably even health care plans. and it raises really sticky situations going forward such as what happens if a gay couple is married in a state that recognizes their marriage but the military moves them to another state where they don't and they lose certain benefits. do they have the right to sue or bring a suit to recover those? there are all kinds of huge questions out there that the military will have to grapple with for the months and years to come. >> seems like there's a lot to

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what they are talking about in this study is this idea that this was people over the age of 60, who had diabetes, if they had diabetes were twice as likely to develop alzheimer's type disease within 15 years as compared to nondiabetics almost likely to develop every other type of dementia as well. the concern is by the year 2020, it is expected that half of american adults will either have diabetes or prediabetes and you can look at when you look at links like this it makes it that much more significant. >> sanjay, i understand you're there at the united nations because there's an effort being made to really call attention to very important diseases impacting people across world. can you tell us a little bit more about it. >> reporter: we don't typically think about chronic diseases or nonkmunicable diseases in the developing world.

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bran shaw sways from side to side. she splashes him with buckets of water and feeds him fish, a reward for playing along. then suddenly, his behavior seemed to change. the wife of the tourist who took this video described what happened on nbc. >> he grabbed her by the head and very hard thrust, she went down and i screamed and she screamed and i yelled to the other trainer, he took her down, he took her down. >> look cloelgsly at this video. you can see her long pony tail swinging back and forth. but it may not have looked attractive to the six-ton killer whale until she got closer. the man who trained her says she made a fatal mistake. >> i think she made a mistake by putting her -- allowing herself to be that close to his mouth and laying down. that's a pretty vulnerable position to be in with an animal like him. i think even if dawn was sitting

here with me, right now, she would tell you that that was a mistake that she made. >> remember, tillikum had killed before. in 1991, he and two other whales dragged a trainer who had fallen into their pool under water at the park in british columbia. thad says that's why seaworld was more cautious. trainers were not allowed to swim with tillikum. >> not used to people being in the water. i was laying there looking at her and all of a sudden the pony tail was there. >> on this video, you can see what he's talking about. bran choe is on a shelf that slides in the pool right next to the 22-foot long o rca. >> he probably grabbed it and pulled her in and whoa, i've got her in the water. >> reporter: he says he's convinced at least in the beginning that tillikum had no idea he was doing anything wrong or hurting his trainer.

he says bran choe panicked and that only got the killer whale more excited. >> the medical examiner says dawn likely died from multiple traumatic injuries and drowning. >> i constantly remind trainers never get comfortable, totally comfortable with the animals. >> reporter: he says there's a reason these whales are called killer whales and what they may think is a game can be fatal. >> the occupational safety and health administration cited and fined seaworld orlando, $75,000 following that drowning. seaworld is appealing. the judge is hearing from more witnesses today. well, you've been sounding off on today's talk back question. is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare? nick says, it's not class warfare, only common sense. carol costello is back with more of your responses. but first, here's some free money advice from the cnn help

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we're getting a lot of responses to today's talk back question, is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare? carol costello joins us. you have a ton of people responding to this one, yeah? >> i think we have around 500 responses so yes, people are very passionate about this question. is a higher tax on millionaires class warfare, barbara, of

course not, was it class warfare when they got the congressman to enact all of the loopholes in the first place. class warfare, perhaps is shipping jobs overseas class warfare, is taxing the rich at the loetest rate in over 40 years classwar fare, is the rate in increase in income compared to the poor? the rich are getting richer and the middle class are going the way of the dinosaur. i'm 20 years old and even i know this is a socialistic idea. it's wrong. the millionaires are millionaires because they worked hard and earned their money. now we punish them for being richer than us by taking their money? this from michael, constantly calling for afluent people to pay their fair share is class were warfare, demonizes people who made it in this country. it's only class warfare is the class is singled out. it's time they pay their fair

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here's your choose and news winner, some california cool districts having money problems are turning to the sun for a solution. casey wian explains. >> reporter: solar panels going up on a car port at byrd middle

school. the los angeles unified school district plans to install solar power at 59 facilities to reduce the $100 million annual energy bill. >> we'll be able to save $114 million over the next 20 years. what that means to me is that's dollars going to facilities and more dollars going to kids. >> reporter: garcia says her district lost $2 million in state fund cutbacks over the past two years and laid off 10,000 employees. but is it does have voter approved bond money available for capital improvement projects. it's using some of that to invest? solar power, banking on energy cost reductions to free up general fund money for things like teacher salaries. >> kids are coming to board members to tell us you know how much money we waste? we are saying why don't we have solar panels on all compasses. >> reporter: next month these panels will be providing electricity at this los angeles

middle school. schools are benefitting from a sharp drop in the price of solar panels. thanks in part to increased competition from chinese manufacturers. that's good for school budgets but a big challenge for the u.s. solar industry. three u.s. solar manufactured filed for bankruptcy last month. some u.s. companies are thriving, sun power is installing more than 90 solar power systems at california schools this year. state and federal incentives help schools finance the projects. >> they are capitalizing on that of the one of the ways they are capitalizing on that is borrowing money at very low interest rate and investing in solar with the borrowed money. then in turn, they are getting savings from the solar projects which pay back that investment and then some. >> 10,000 solar panels are going in at five schools in the san ramon valley unified school district. it expects to save 1 to $2 million the first year, a small fraction of the district's budget but a savings that will