shuttle "enterprise" set to land in four or five minutes. that does it for me. thank you for joining us. i'm carol costello. >> i'm kyra phillips. it is 11:00 on the east coast. you're looking at live pictures now. the final flight of a space shuttle that never flew into space. we're talking about "enterprise." it's a prototype build in 1976 to actually test equipment and landings. right now, it's circling new york city. by the shuttle "discovery" which did fly in space. two weeks ago, we talked about that.

and jason carroll is out watching in new york. jason, why don't we start with you. what have you been able to see, feel, hear? give us an understanding of the landscape. >> reporter: what do i hear now? i think it's the staples singers singing "i'll take you there." i think that's what they are playing now. and the shuttle took a lot of astronauts to a lot of different places. but the "enterprise" never made it to space. but still exciting nonetheless. exciting for the hundreds of invited guests who are here at jfk. we'll have speakers from nasa, speakers from the air and space museum, and also leonard nimoy will be here speaking as well. we spoke to him a few minutes ago. he talked about how exciting it was for him. he was around in 1976 when "enterprise" made its debut. the whole crew of "enterprise"

came out for that moment. as you know, the aircraft is named after the spaceship "enterprise" after tv fans say you should name it "enterprise." a lot of excitement here as we're minutes away from seeing "enterprise" make its momentous landing here. we're told the pilots are having a good time doing flyovers over the hudson. that did a fly over over the air and space museum. now we're waiting for it to make its way here. >> how many times have we been at the super bowl, a nascar race, and some sort of military event and you get one little shoop by the fighter jets. this crew must be having a field day. >> reporter: we have been at so many of those occasions. but for me and for a lot of folks here in the northeast, this is a few one. folks in florida are used to seeing the takeoffs and

landings. but for people in the northeast, this is something entirely new. you can imagine the excitement. especially the little kids here. we saw a group of them dressed in nasa space outfits. incredibly adorable. when i was speaking to leonard about that, you're seeing the future of space travel. hopefully a few astronauts in the bunch who will some day want to fly into outer space as well. >> all right. john zarrella, are you connected with us still? >> i have you, kyra. >> let's talk more about "enterprise." it's getting pretty close to the intrepid. >> not yet. i'm not even sure the landing gear are down yet. >> i can't see either. you have better eyes than i do. >> let's talk about the "enterprise" and. a little bit of background and the shuttle action we have been

seeing. >> i think we might have possibly -- our shot froze there. okay. we're trying to keep an eye on it. go ahead, john. >> you know, the "enterprise" flew test flights. it flew five flights on the back of a 747, just like it is now. and it was released at about 25,000 feet to glide down over the desert in california. and all of that was to test the aerodynamics. could you have a winged body glide back to earth safely. we can see some of that old video from 1977. nasa didn't know if it would really work, if they could do it. you're talking about a spacecraft reentering the earth's atmosphere and landing as a glider. they did five of the glide tests.

and "enterprise" could have flown, and there was talk it would fly after columbia. but they found some structural issues in those drop tests that they did and decided it was cheaper to build another spacecraft. ultimately, that would be "challenger." so it went on to the smithsonian after traveling as an ambassador for nasa all over the world. it was in canada, it was in germany, it was in paris, it was at the world's fair in louisiana. and then in 1985 went to the smithsonian. but i like to say it's the rodney dangerfield of space travel because it never flew into space and doesn't get a lot of respect, but if it hadn't have been for those test flights, nasa, had they not succeeded, they may never have flown in space.

you and i in our lifetimes will never see a vehicle like this again flying into space, sadly. >> but still, if we look toward the future, there is still a lot going on with regard to space travel and all the independent, you know, wealthy folks out there trying to make commercial flight available to those who can afford it. >> yeah. i just yesterday interviewed the head of space x because his company is going to be launching the dragon spacecraft a week from monday about 9:22 a.m. if all goes right. and they are going to attempt to rendezvous with the international space station. no commercial company in history has ever attempted this, let alone done it. it's going to usher in a whole new era in space travel. commercial companies going to the space station, bringing supplies, bringing astronauts up there. perhaps by 2016 he will be ready

to do that. and then nasa doing what nasa always did best. pressing that final frontier as they said in "star trek" and building a rocket that will take humans out to an asteroid and ultimately on to mars. so two separate tracks. nasa going into deep space and commercial companies doing all of this low earth orbit work and ultimately making lower orbit accessible and affordable just like air travel has become. >> and one more question for you. we're watching all the different angles and cameras of where the shuttle is and the flight path here. my question to you, john zarrel zarrella, once it touches down at jfk, at what point will it make its way to its final destination of the floating museum there in new york city? >> it's going to stay at jfk for

several weeks while they are moving some other aircraft around and getting the deck of the intrepid ready. i think it's going to be in early june when it will actually make its way on a barge up the hudson river and out to that intrepid site and lifted on to the deck of the carrier intrepid. that will be another speck tack lack event and moment to watch too. >> definitely. if you think about intrepid and all the aircraft on intrepid, when you think of a carrier and the asettsets that they have, i will be cool to have "enterprise" there. add a different discussion. they are not used to having a shuttle there as a buddy on a carrier. >> i don't think a shuttle has ever landed on a carrier, has it kyra? >> i missed the last part of what you said. i'm sorry.

what did you say? >> i just said i don't think a shuttle has ever landed on a carrier. that will be a first. >> that would be a first. i'm not quite sure what wire it could get, but it would have to be pretty darn thick. i'm getting direction now. stay with me. also jason carroll is on the ground there at jfk. standing by with six different viewpoints of the "enterprise" as it's coming in. we're going to take a quick break for a commercial. we'll be right back. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it.

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and it's getting quite the royal treatment with a grand entrance into new york city. the retired shuttle is riding in on top of 747 aircraft. and the people of new york city, from what i'm told, are getting quite a flyover depending on where you are. chad meyers, you have a number of cameras. they already flew by the statue of liberty. where else did they -- i mean, this is every pilot's dream. the longest flyover ever. look at my stuff. look at history. i'm having a good time. >> this is the circle line going around and around manhattan. this is the best flight. landing gear still not down. just made a low pass over jfk. we just saw jason carroll turn around to watch this fly over the top of his head. i think, carol, we have more cameras on this shuttle than on a typical landing.

people have sk me, what's that stuff behind you? that's all of our cameras and signals. there's you. another router just went black. there's another 843. we have so many cameras on this thing coming down. we're really waiting for the bottom of the plane to show that the landing gear is down. that's when we'll know we're a few minutes away from it touching down. i want to see this thing get on the barge. i want to see what kind of crane it's going to take to get on the barge and then what kind of crane to get it on top of the carrier deck. that's going to be so interesting. people think is it hard to fly? of course, the plane is top heavy. you wouldn't expect all that weight to be on top, but would you believe but it doesn't weigh as much as if that plane was loaded with people and baggage. it's less. other than being top heavy, it's not that hard to fly. >> we have been trying

desperately to get one of our astronaut buddies to call in. but the word is that most of them, jason carroll, are there either on the ground or at one of the locations wanting to be a part of history. maybe if one of my buddies out there might be watching cnn, they could call in and tell us how they feel. but jason, as we saw with "discovery", there were a number of the commanders, you know, at the ceremony and there's so many people that have been involved over the years with "enterprise." tell us what it's like there on the ground and every time it comes by, how do people react? >> reporter: well that ceremonial fly by was so exhilarating.

the place erupted with applause. it's a lot bigger up close. i mean everyone talks about it, but when you see it fly by, you see the power of it. it's really excite amazing. just to backtrack, before the break, did you call it the rodney dangerfield of shuttles? >> let me make it clear, that was john zarrella. because the poor "enterprise," if it could talk, it would say i can't get no respect. >> reporter: okay. i will give you that. but think about it in this way. the shuttles are still so popular that some 29 cities were bidding to have the "enterprise" come to their city. so the way it shakes down, you have "atlantis" going to florida. "discovery" going to the smithsonian. so this is still a big day for new york. there just aren't enough

shuttles to go around. think about the people in houston. they would love to have the rodney dangerfield of shuttles coming to their city. it's an exciting moment to have a shuttle coming to the northeast. >> i'll tell you what. we'll take it over to john and chad just for a little bit here. maybe you might have a chance to work the crowd. i don't know if anybody is close to you that might be somehow tied to aviation, to space that might want to talk to us about what they are watching right next to you. you let us know. >> reporter: we'll search them out. >> give us a holler then. john zarrella, not getting any respect. i don't think any shuttle has ever received this much attention -- this much time for a flyover. >> you know, it is new york. and just like we saw with "discovery" when it flew over washington, d.c. a week or two

ago, these guys are making the most out of this flyover and getting their money's worth and giving the crowd just a tremendous show that's a once in a lifetime experience. and you know, jason is right. the folks in houston would give right arm or left arm, you name it, to have the shuttle. they were not very happy in texas that they did not get a shuttle because you have the kennedy space center and you have the johnson space center. those two places synonymous with space shuttles. going back 30 years from the time they first rolled off the assembly line out at the rock well plant in palm dale, california. those two places, florida and texas, are the two premier sites. and one other thing. we're talking about the grand and glorious moments. let's got get too far ahead of ourselves, but what i've been told in september, that at some

point they will have to drive "endeavor" down the road on the streets of los angeles to get it to the california science center. they will be cutting back trees along the way and moving power lines and things. that's going to be one heck of a sight watching them drive it down the streets to get it to the california science center. >> i know. and chad and i were wondering about the details and how this is going to play out. so here's a little tid bit for the viewers. apparently they refused to release the flight plans, but some were leaked, and that's how we got inside scoop on where "enterprise" was going to head and fly. chad, you have been monitoring all of the cameras that we have up throughout new york city. they have already done the statue of liberty. they made it along the hudson river.

>> correct. they were over queens and back around now. and i suspect that just because we had the low passover at jfk we're not going to be up much longer. they are going to come down rather quickly. they kind of come and go because it's a low pass. this thing doesn't fly very high. even when they take it from california back to florida. it only flies at 10,000 feet. it really gobbles gas flying that low. people ask all the time. is it safe up there? is it going to fall off? well if it doesn't fall off a rocket, it's not going to fly off an airplane. they use the same attachments. so no, the shuttle is safe. it's not going to fall off the 747 there. completely gutted. nothing in the inside at all. that's what makes it weigh less. we have more live pictures. i see it coming in on router

number 8. the flights are on. but the gear is still not done. i guess they are still having fun. they are waiting exactly now for the morning -- warning light that says they are out of fuel. >> so you're saying right now, because. i wasn't able to see the close up, it looks like the landing gear has not come down yet? >> there we go. take a look. does that look like it's down? >> it doesn't to me still. i saw that same angle before when it flew over jason, and that's what the bottom of the plane looked like, but as it gets closer. >> jason carroll, what do you think? can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can. >> i know you're working the crowd. question for you. trying to figure out if the landing gear has come down. we're not sure.

do you have word yet? is it down? >> they are trying to sort out if the landing gear has come down yet. we're hearing that the landing gear has come down. first of all, introduce yourself. we're in live coverage here on cnn. >> i'm the deputy administrator of nasa. >> reporter: i'm told we're a few minutes away of making its landing. we saw the ceremonial fly by. >> this is a great day. if the gear is down, they are coming in for landing. they are showing this space shuttle to new york. >> reporter: there was some concerns wind would be an issue, but the wind is dying down a little bit now. things are looking good. >> the pilots told me last week they were really looking forward to coming to new york and i knew they were going to have a great time showing her off. winds are a good thing sometimes

when flying. it all depends on the direction. >> reporter: this is a big win for new york city. tell us about why new york was chosen. >> we had a set of criteria included -- >> jason? stay with me jason. it's coming down, jason. it has just touched down. here we go. it's now landed. jason has a good shot of it. he can see it. there you go. the final flight of a space shuttle that actually never flew. "enterprise" has now touched down at jfk. what can you see, chad? >> that was a great landing. it came down. i'm surprised that they are so far away that the media didn't get a good view of what they just saw. we had a better view here. sometimes that's what you do when you watch racing.

sometimes sitting right at home is the better view. there's a better shot pulling in taxiing down the runway and back towards the press. good shot there. >> perfect. john zarrella, take us from this moment. we were just hearing from one of the nasa administrators that she had actually talked to the crew. they were so excited about doing the flyover. they were ready to show off "enterprise." they took their time passing the statue of liberty coming down the hudson. passing the museum. they must have had the time of their life. ease i easing in its final landing. >> you know, it's exactly what they did when they flew over washington, d.c. when they brought "discovery" in to replace "enterprise," which is now safely on the ground at jfk, where it will stay for the next four or five weeks until

the air and space museum is ready. but they did. they took their time. we never knew what the flight plan would be for security reasons, which was the case back when discovery flew over washington, d.c., but there was never any doubt. we have been told they'd land by 11:30. here it is 11:23 eastern time and they are on the ground. there was never any doubt that the folks in new york weren't going to get their money's worth and nasa was going to make sure they got their money's worth. and the crew was going to ensure that as well. it will take a couple days before -- the equipment is all in place to hoist "enterprise" off of the top of that 747 and then, i believe, it will be housed for awhile in a climate-controlled bubble out there at jfk until they can move it.

because one of the main criteria that nasa stipulated for anybody who got a shuttle was that it had to remain encased. it had to be preserved. you couldn't leave it out in the elements. so that's a couple of things that they still have to work out. and look how clean it is. you remember "discovery"? >> it had a few bumps and bru e bruis bruises. >> it flew in space. this one has been in a museum since 1985. it's nice and clean. >> the crew the moment we all look for. the american flag coming out top. you noticed that. a little american pride as its rolling in there. >> they have the checkered flag in their hand. the american flag today as they taxi in. it's a great shot. >> jason carroll, what's the feeling there? what are people saying? what was it like when it touched

down? >> reporter: it was a round of applause and then into stunned silence as they saw "enterprise" taxiing down the runway. it will be here until june 6th. that's when it will be loaded on to a huge barge and sail its way up the hudson to the sea and air space museum. folks who were not invited here will be able to see it on display starting, i'm told, in july. so expect lots of visitors to be heading to the museum at that point. how exciting was it when it landed? it was absolutely incredible to see. eventually, i'm going to have to introduce you to some of my new friends here. you were looking for an astronaut to talk about. but what i have -- calm down. what i have is the next best thing which are some future astronauts. some kids that i'm going to have to get you a chance to meet a the a certain point. they come from a school in new

jersey. i don't know if you can make this out but they are all wearing nasa uniforms. can you guys see it? can you show the camera? proudly wearing their uniforms. and tell us why they are out here today. >> well every year we have space week. and it was created by two of the teachers who are here, but they are over there. and the second graders learn how to be astronauts and they learn how to live in space and then they take a mission. they fly in a shuttle and the gym becomes the iss and they go on a mission and they wear their flight suits. >> reporter: what was it like for you kids seeing the shuttle landing here today? >> it was awesome. >> it was really cool because i've never seen a spaceship land

before. >> reporter: how about for you? >> i was amazed because i didn't think that a shuttle would be that big. >> reporter: it's hard for a second grader. what was it like for you seeing the shuttle land? >> it was really cool because we've never seen a shuttle ever land in my life. and i never knew it was that big. >> reporter: i didn't know it was that big either. what do you think about the future? do any of you think about being an astronaut some day? >> during space week, i thought it was so cool how astronauts went up and i want to be one one day. >> reporter: i hope to see you as one one day. thank you for joining us. you guys are great second graders. this is your future, kyra. couldn't get you an astronaut yet and the astronauts are doing

their thing and getting ready to go on stage. we'll have some speeches soon. but the next best thing, future astronauts from new jersey. back to you. >> beautifully wrapped up. if you're just tuning in. it's about 11:28 eastern time. and you are watching history, folks. it's the final flight of a space shuttle. had a heck of a flyover and a part of history. that's "enterprise." we'll be talking about it more and what's next for the space program. take a quick break. more from the newsroom straight ahead. pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote.

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welcome back. you are watching a bit of history here. the final flight of space shuttle that never flew in space. this is "enterprise" that just landed moments ago there in new york city. after john zarrella and jason carroll, a pretty amazing -- probably the longest flyover we have ever witnessed. >> reporter: that was a long one. the longest time to find a parking space as well. it has landed and parked into a perfect position. at least for our cameras here at jfk. the crowd now anxiously awaiting as some of the speakers will step up and give their final thoughts to this historic occasion.

this is quite a moment for new york city to be able to receive a shuttle, which eventually will be housed in the air and space museum. you can hear folks applauding as some of the engines shut down as "enterprise" makes one of its final stops here in new york. >> and john zarrella, we were talking about "discovery" a few weeks ago. let's not forget what "enterprise" did, even though it never flew in space, this was the prototype build in 1976 that basically kicked off what we have been able to see and experience throughout the years. >> yeah. no question about it when it rolled out of the assembly plant in california. the first of the shuttles, it was used ffr all of these tests to determine whether the concept, the design of a wind body could actually return and

land, and the size, 150,000 pounds is what "enterprise" weighs, would be able to glide back to earth, if that would actually work. and the fact was that it could have flown in space. it was not originally outfitted with engines. it didn't have all those heat tiles underneath the belly of the vehicle. but it could have flown and might have flown except in some of the last drop tests that they did to certify the design, they found some flaws, some things they decided to change. and they decided it was less expensive to just build another shuttle and to not go back and tear this one apart, to retrofit it. when they finished the designs, they were a little different than what you're looking at with "enterprise." but $2 billion a piece is what the shuttles ultimately cost. and i guess by today's

standards, $2 billion would have been a bargain for the kind of vehicle we're looking at there. it's nothing that in our lifetimes we'll ever see again. anything with those kinds of capabilities. kyra? >> landed and ready to go to its final home there in new york city. john, thank you so much. we'll continue to monitor all the live events surrounding "enterprise" making its final landing in new york city. we are going to move on to other news right after a break. we'll be talking about george zimmerman and his lawyers saying he was broke. it turns out he's sitting on more than $200,000. should he go back to jail for this? one person thinks so. we'll continue to innovate. the lexus rx. why settle for a copy when you can own the original? see your lexus dealer.

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college football fans have been screaming for a true playoff system for years. even the president of the united states. well now is looks like it's finally going to happen. but it won't look anything like march madness. forget about 16 or 8 teams battling it out.

here's what you can expect. a four-team playoff. now if the major conferences approve it, it will replace the current bcs system that's despised by most fans. the new system could go into effect as early as the 2014 season. joining us on the phone is espn college football analyst and former quarterback jesse palmer. so jesse, what's your take on this? >> i think it's a great day for all college football fans. it's important to remember that when the bcs was made, its main mission was to put the one and two teams against each other in the national championship. for 14 years, they have done a great job of that. one thing the bcs has failed to do is give us an undisspited national champion. i can remember two years ago when auburn won, there was tcu just undefeated off a rose bowl win. people wondered if they played

one more game. who would have been the national champion? when alabama won the year before, boise state was undefeated. so i think for the last 14 years, maybe 97% sure at the end of the season who was the national champion. this new format, i think it will bring us that much closer to being 100% sure who the national champion is year in and year out. >> what about current bowl games? >> i think one of the big topics of discussion right now is trying to determine where and when to play these games. this is going to be a playoff. should there be homefield advantage given to the first round of these final four games, the teams that finished number one and number two or do you somehow find a way to tie in the current bcs bowl games with these games? one of the reasons i like this format and this playoff format that everyone is talking about is i think you can still find a

way to keep bowl traditions alive. depending on how the final four teams play out in the rankings, you can still have a big ten or pac-12 team in the rose bowl. depending on how it all plays out. i think there's a lot of different reasons why this model makes sense, but certainly, a big hurdle moving forward is figuring out where and when to play these games. >> before i let you go. let's get down to the point. when we all pick our teams and put our structure together and compete against everybody else, will this make it easier for us to win? >> i guess it depends. playing that extra game, it's potentially making it trickier. i have spoke on to a lot of coaches over the last couple weeks. there are a lot of coaches that oppose this because they don't want to have to play a 15th game at the end of the regular season

because of injuries. a lot of coaches are weary of doing that. especially teams from the best power conferences, example an sec. and alabama doesn't want to have to play lsu or arkansas, play in the championship game, play in the post season and then play another top four opponent just to win a national championship. at the end of the day, this is the model in figures out who truly is the national champion and for all fans, this is what we have been screaming for for the last 14 years and finally in two years, i think it's going to come to fruition. >> jesse palmer, thank you. i appreciate it. you have been called boring, stiff, told you don't connect. what's the solution? if you're mitt romney, you consider a "saturday night live" cameo. good idea or a disaster in the making? not ec-o. just like e-ither. or ei-ther. or e-conomical. [ chuckling ] or ec-onomical.

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they were at each other's throats, the campaigns of mitt romney and rick santorum tearing each other's candidate apart but the clash of the camps has apparently found peace kind of. here is the word, santorum's former campaign manager is now with romney. the new role, national coalition director. his job, winning over the conservative vote, tea party, evangelicals, and all. today mike biondo is fair game. keith boykins and boris epstein with me this morning. boris, just a few weeks ago romney was his target and now he's got to get people to vote for him. that's like telling a yankee fan you have to love the red sox. >> that's more like telling a yankee farm team that you have to go for the main team now.

this is a great example of how good the republican party is at coalescing behind its leader. when i was on mccain/palin '08 last time around, we had people from the giuliani campaign, thm thompson campaign, and the mccain campaign working together very well. >> keith, i know you'd love to be a fly on the wall. >> well, it's funny boris said the 2008 campaign was a great example of how the republicans worked together. look how that campaign turned out. guess who won? it wasn't the republican candidates. i think whos -- >> that's a low blow. >> it's the truth. the truth is sometimes a low blow. the reality is the republicans will almost say or do anything apparently to get elected. you got this guy, rick saner to run -- santorum, who hasn't even endorsed mitt romney, who a month ago was saying romney would be the worst possible

candidate. >> the republicans are a big tent. >> there are so much talk about romney being bore and stiff. "snl" has pretty much nailed that. take a look. >> when a service provider isn't doing the job, you have to make a change. adding that i like to be able to fire people. i think the audience understood what i was saying. it's like when you've been raking leaves out in the yard and your t-shirt is a little clammy. you go inside and fire it. i'll bet you dollars to doughnuts the broncos give my e loved patriots quite a run for their money. i'll be watching that game along with my five human sons. >> these rumors have been fueled by ann romney saying he might possibly go on "snl."

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welcome to new york city. it made a trip piggyback on a 747 and did a fly by on the famous new york skyline. "enterprise" is going to be a permanent exhibit. new developments in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman, the man who killed the unarmed teenager, will not have to immediately hand over website contributions. a judge says he needs to find out more about the account before he rules. now, it turns out zimmerman has about $200,000 from supporters that donated to his website. the money was sitting in a pay pal account when his attorney told the court that his client was broke. the attorney spoke exclusively to cnn's anderson cooper. >> i'm not certain that he thought in some sense that they were available to him because even after the bond was granted, it was the family who was trying to come up with enough money for

the bond, and i guess if they thought they had full, easy access to it, they simply could have used that. but now that i'm aware of it, we're certainly going to deal with it in a much more transparent way, probably bring in someone like an accountant to assist me with administering it and just deal with it very openly. >> the attorney for trayvon martin's family says zimmerman knowingly misled the court, and for that the court should revoke his bond immediately. >> he knew, whether he communicated that to his attorney, whether his attorney solicited that information from him or not, he knew what the crux of the matter was at that bond hearing, and he, like his apology, was insincere in his silence as well as what he said to the court. dozens of hockey fans went on a racist rant on twitter after a black nhl player scored the winning shot.

>> rebound, they score! and the capitals have moved on. >> he scored that shot for the washington capitals against the boston bruins. shortly afterwards, boston bruins fans hit twitter using the "n" word over and over. the bruins released a statement saying they were disappointed and that the quote here, classless, ignorant views are in no way a reflection of anyone associated with the bruins organization. largest city in ukraine under attack today from several explosions. these blasts went off over the course of about an hour injuring at least 27 people, including many children. authorities are calling it a coordinated terrorist attack. okinawa draws down, guam beefs up. the pentagon says about 9,000 u.s. marines and their families on okinawa will be transferred. it is about half of the marines stationed there. most of them are going to move

to guam or hawaii. okinawa is an island off southern japan. u.s. troops have been there since world war ii. no exact time table for this transfer but the defense department says it's going to happen as soon as possible. osama bin laden's family starting a new life in saudi arabia nearly a year after he was killed. his three wives, two daughters, and nine other family members were deported from pakistan earlier today. we're going to take a look at what their lives are like now just ahead. but first, we have an amazing story to tell you about here. this philadelphia man who was adopted 30 years ago recently discovered he's on a missing persons list. it turns out his real father had been looking for him for all these years. now, the mother disappeared with the son and never came back. check out this. this is the missing persons picture. this is the picture steve carter discovered of himself on the national center for missing and exploited children's website,

and that is what the center thought carter might look like at age 28 based on his baby picture. when carter saw the picture, he contacted his real father. this is what steve carter looks like today. steve, thank you so much for joining us. it is kind of a strange story. it is difficult in some ways to follow, but, first of all, just walk us through this here. how did you discover that you were on a missing kids list in the first place and why were you checking that? >> i actually have to thank cnn for that. i was on a lunch break, and one of your popping news breakthroughs came through and it was the car liya white story. she had found herself on the missing kids website. i went on missingkids.com, pulled up hawaii, 34 years male, and lo and behold, that was the picture that came up. >> and steve, what did you think when you first saw that photo and you recognized yourself? >> i thought minus the mullet,

it was pretty much spot on on what i look like. >> how did you react to that? >> it was a bit shocking. i have to tell you, to see yourself and to realize that you know what? people had been looking for you for that long. i was shell shocked. at the same time it was really the first time i had ever seen a baby picture of myself, so to see that along with a picture of what i would look like at 28 was amazing. >> when you realized that this was you, what did you do? >> the first thing i did was i copied the picture, sent it out to a couple friends, asked my friends, you know, who does this person look like, does it look like me? it was almost you're in a weird state at the time. friends said it did kind of look like me and i eventually called my parents, sent them the picture as well, and it was decided that we should probably call the honolulu police department. >> and, steve, i understand that you actually went -- this led to your real father. tell me about how you approached

him, how you found him, and how he reacted to you. >> i actually -- it took a while for all the blood tests to come back and for me to be confirmed as mark moriarity barnes. when it did come back i was hesitant to go forward with the news. i have known since about october of 2011, didn't really do anything with it. you know, really wanted to figure out what i want to do and how i wanted to go forward with it. it's a lot of information and it can be quite emotional. decided to take my time and slowly over the months worked up the idea that i would give my biological father a call and my half sister. february of this year i reached out to both of them. >> how did they respond to you? tell us about that moment your father actually realized that you weren't missing anymore. >> there were a lot of awkward pauses as well there probably should be. it was a big announcement for both of us. it's a life-changing event i would say. you know, we talked about me

growing up, what i do now, what he did. it was very eye-opening. >> have you tried to reach out to your biological mother? >> my biological mother is actually still missing. they've actually -- "people requesti"people" magazine was kind enough to put an age progression photo of my mother in the article. >> do you have any memory of your past or anything you jolted in your mind that made you think i don't belong here with these parents, with this family. i need to be somewhere else? >> no, i mean, not at all. i was adopted at age 4. so i pretty much knew these were my adopted parents. i had grown up in hawaii and had known ever since i was little that i was adopted. so there was no real i don't fit in here. i fit in very well actually. i have two amazing parents and they did a wonderful job raising

me. it was just on my birth certificate it was the whole instance from when i went missing to when i was adopted my birth contract was created a year later. said my father was a native hawaiian and as you can tell, don't really have many of the features many native hawaiians do. you had the inkling you might not be a native hawaiian. after doing some research, missing kids.com came up and low and bow held the and behold there i have. >> are you going to keep in touch with your biological father and this new sister you have discovered? >> oh, completely. i would be remiss if i didn't take time to meet blood rel at thises. i think it would be a big loss for me. i will definitely reach out, keep in contact, and hopefully meet them some day soon. >> steve, it's really a fascinating story, a happy reunion where i'm so pleased for you. i certainly hope that your biological mother is found at some point, but it does sound like you have reunited, that you

now have two families. so thank you so much, steve, for telling us your story. >> thank you, suzanne. have a great weekend. here is a rundown of some of the stories we're covering. first, the wives of osama bin laden are on the move nearly a year after the u.s. raid killed their terrorist husband. we call it the nerd prom. that's when we journalists, excellents he celebrities head to the white house for the annual correspondents dinner. i'm going to go there tomorrow and so it cedric the entertainer. we'll talk to him about the upcoming dinner. then ann romney talks about the lighter side of mitt romney. his hairstyle, what he thinks about the impression of him on "saturday night live."

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nearly a year after the death of osama bin laden his family is now on the move. bin laden's three wives, two daughters, nine other family members were deported to saudi arabia from pakistan earlier today. they stayed by the al qaeda leader's side the whole time he was on the run in pakistan. i want to bring in michael holmes to talk a little bit about that. first of all, why the wives and daughters, why are they heading to saudi arabia of all places? >> because two of them are saudi, this is the interesting thing, two of the three weiss are from saudi arabia. the other one is from yemen. and it's uncertain at the moment, there is one report the one from yemen would go to saudi and then yemen. yemen says they're happy to have her back, but there's another report around that all three will probably stay in saudi arabia. two saudi wives have promised to look after the other one. >> and what kind of life are they going to lead there? are they popular? are they pariahs?

>> they wouldn't be -- i wouldn't say they're popular. osama bin laden, of course, was saudi, but he was disowned by his own family. the saudi government stripped him of his citizenship and i think this is just one of these sorts of situations where where else are they going to go? pakistan doesn't want them anymore. that's for sure. this whole thing has been so embarrassing for them. they want to get them out of the place. saudis just sort of said, okay, we'll take them. being such a conservative society, particularly when it comes to women, i doubt we'll see these women. i doubt -- i don't think they're going to be out doing news conferences. probably be put in government housing, live a comfortable life, and be in the shadows. >> what do we know about them? >> very little. we know two of them are saudis. it's the yemeni one that's interesting. she's the youngest one. it's from her interrogators were able to get more of a sense about what osama bin laden was up to in those years that he was on the run in pakistan. that he had four children while he was there going from safe house to safe house, and we learned a little more about his

movements around pakistan before he ended up in that house. >> tell us a little bit, we know the anniversary of the killing, the u.s. raid on osama bin laden is next wednesday. do we have a sense -- >> ironic this is happening at the same time. a lot of people think al qaeda is suffering. they haven't done anything directed at this country for a very long time and that the management is actually weak. the chain of command is weak at the moment, and they haven't been able to regroup. in ma greg they are startighreb regroup. a lot of analysts feel they have been weakened over the years. you look at the arab spring which was the perfect opportunity for al qaeda to step in and seize the day. they did not.

and so they were the big losers from the arab spring. >> finally the daughters, bin laden's daughters, what kind of life can they lead? will they always be connected to their father, to the al qaeda stain, if you will. >> they probably will. and, you know, as i say, bin laden's own family disowned him. the bin laden family in saudi arabia, big construction family, billionaires, for them his name was a stain on their family name as well. they'll live with it forever probably. >> michael holmes, good to see you. we call it the nerd prom. yeah, the nerd prom. i have been to about ten of these white house correspondents dinners. quite the party. up next, cedric the entertainer who played host one year. he has all the juicy details.

it's a night when we journalists get a glimpse into the hollywood glamour. celebrities, washington insiders, politicians, athletes all get to mix with the president. it's the annual white house correspondents dinner, it is tomorrow night. we affectionately call it the nerd prom. we are nerds. i have been to about ten of these. i am going to attend tomorrow. you never know who you're going to bump into, whether it is karl rove or sarah palin or cee lo or the actor from "the blind side." this year's guest host is jimmy kimmel. some of the past hosts, take a look here, jay leno. he has hosted several times. and then it was jon stewart, comedian turned senator al franken, conan o'brien, and stephen colbert. he was one of my favorites.

cedric the entertainer hosted the dinner in 2005. he's joining us by phone. cedric, it was a lot of fun. what did you -- were you nervous? were you scared? you never get really scared, do you? >> good morning. you know, it was -- it's not one of those things that actually scares me, but, i mean, it is weird because you get a call from the white house like right away to invite you to do this. it's one of those kind of odd calls. i find myself not wanting to answer the call for bill collectors, but when the white house calls, you just -- you know, you kind of ask a stupid question right away like how did you all get this number? >> did you believe it was the white house that was calling you or did you think somebody was spoofing you? >> that was during the time of pranks with ashton kutcher. i thought they were setting me up. >> i want to play a little clip for our audience. this was when you were talking about former secretary of state

condoleezza rice. >> there's two people though you know the names broken down, condi, the person you see on television with the nice hair and very professional. then there's the leez. she's the one with the hair wrapped up on the phone with her girlfriend watching b.e.t. talking about, girl, ain't that usher fine? >> cedric, man, you went after her. that was so funny. she took it all in good heart there. was there anything that they told you that you weren't allowed to say about the president or the first lady or any of those folks? >> no. actually, you know, it's a pretty fun, open night. i mean, the expectation is not necessarily a roast of the president, but they do want you to take some, you know, some stabs at him and rib him, and,

of course, both the president and the first lady usually speak at these situations, and then that particular evening the first lady was just really fun. she had given the president such a hard time, george w. bush, that, you know, i had jokes where i was going to roast him even more, but, you know, once she kind of gave him a hard thing about being a desperate housewife and all that kind of stuff, i just kind of took it easy on him and went after the former secretary of state. >> yeah. i remember that first lady laura bush was very funny that year. i want to play another clip for our audience. i think this is when you were talking about the military and secret service. >> but i don't want to be in the military. i just couldn't do that one. if i did, it's one job that i could do and be the one job would be the guy that greets the president when he gets off the helicopter. that's it. you know what i'm saying. i mean, you get some tv time, you know. look here. mr. president.

that's it for me. i'm going to have some lunch. you're not leaving anytime soon, are you? all right. you want me to get the dog? okay, i'll get the dog. >> do you have any advice for jimmy kimmel? he's going to be hosting this year. >> well, you know, jimmy kimmel is one of the best. he's a really funny dude and, you know, the main thing is to be prepared, and it's really kind of getting an idea of who else is going to be in the room as well because, you know, for this situation you're approaching an election year, so you don't want to really kind of kill the president. you want to have a lot of fun up there, of course. barack obama is kind of cool so it's really hard to do like a lot of jokes on him, so, again, feel out the room, see who else is in there and then prepare to, you know, open up your show to kind of talk about what's going

on in washington politics or in the background, and jimmy is really great at that. he's got great writers. i would expect it to be a good evening. >> i understand you got another project that you're working on, a new sitcom starting on tv land. can you tell us about it? >> i'm doing "the soul man." i play an ex-r&b singer who becomes a minister late in life, and i'm kind of torn between my two worlds. i go from singing soul to saving souls, and so it's funny about how, you know, you got to change careers in mid-life but one is so, you know, irreverent and i have to take my family along for the ride, and my wife is used to living in vegas, drinking martinis and having a good time with her friends and riding in limos and now we're servants of the higher power. it's a fun world. >> cedric, you're always entertaining. thank you for being with us. we'll check in with you later

and let you know how the dinner goes tomorrow. >> that will be awesome. you call it the nerd ball but you can still dress really cool. >> we try. we bring it, we bring it. all right. thank you, cedric. >> all right. holla. >> i want to bring in our political panel to talk about all things political, maria cardona and matt lewis. cedric said lets holler. let's talk about it, the nerd prom tomorrow. maria, you have attended these. give me your best story. >> i have a couple. so i was there in 2000, the last year of the clinton administration. when i was communications director for the ins, and we were in the middle of the whole elian gonzales issue. i remember meeting several cue man st-- cuban stars and they we very, very nice to me, but i was so nervous the whole time because for that whole year i

was persona non grata in miami because of what we were doing with elian in terms of tureturng to his father. i was like please don't remember who i am or remember what i'm doing. that's one. a couple years ago i kept running into people and they kept confusing me with kate walsh, the actress from "private practice" which i am told i look like here, but it happened twice in one night. >> people always confuse me with clooney and that's embarrassing. no, actually -- >> i feel bad for you, matt. >> i met charlie wilson one year. charlie wilson's war had just come out, the tom hank's movie, he's no longer with us. you never know who you're going to meet. a lot of great people show up. it's a lot of fun. >> i mean, people might not realize this, but there's a competition between the networks who gets the hottest most interesting celebrities, right? so here is the list, right?

here are what the other networks we're hearing they got, george clooney, steven spielberg, the cast of "modern davis," viola davis, even the dog from "the artist." but fox has we understand lindsay lohan and kim kardashian. guess who we have? do you want to guess? >> i don't know. >> newt gingrich, newt gingrich. i'm just saying. you know, we're getting newt. >> but you, they have you. >> all right. i think it's going to be a fun time. it's going to be a great entertaining time. i want to talk a little bit about politics here. entertainment tonight, ann romney talking about the challenges in her family dealing with the campaigns, dealing with ms, but she also wanted to talk about her husband and the funnier side, the more real side to him. i want you to watch. >> they're not accurate but they're funny. >> how are they not accurate? >> actually myth is a very funny

guy. he doesn't comb his hair when we're not going places. it's like all over the place. >> he doesn't have perfectly coifed hair when he wakes up in the morning. >> would you ever do it. make an appearance on "snl"? >> i'm not funny. that has never crossed my mind. yes, of course, that would be a great thrill. >> so, matt, let's talk about that because she kind of makes fun of him with the hair and all that stuff being all askew. i remember we had when michelle obama was talking about, you know, the hole in barack obama's socks and all of that. is there a danger sometimes if it's, you know, tmi and people don't want to really see the other side? >> well, she did have that line about mitt romney unzipped which was a little bit embarrassing, but i think that michelle obama and ann romney are both amazina. they're on this high level where they're being interviewed on national television, and these

women are arguably better than their husbands. i would almost think ann romney could be running for president. she's beautiful, charismatic, and she has as you noted, a story of overcoming tragedies and illness. i mean, wow, what an amazing political spouse. if i were advising mitt romney, i would say more ann romney. any chance you have to put her on tv, do it. she's great tv. >> maria, would you agree? that is his secret weapon there? >> here is the problem, suzanne. for somebody like president obama and if you're an independent voter and you're really trying to make your decision, you look at president obama and you say, look, you know, this is somebody who arguably does understand what middle class families are going through, what my family is going through, he talks about middle class tax cuts, small business tax cuts, is with women on their issues, and he has an amazing wife. wow, absolutely. if you look at somebody like mitt romney what they might think is this is somebody who is completely out of touch, talks

about elevators for their cars and how rich his friends are. not somebody who is going to understand what i'm going through, which is really too bad because his wife rocks. so at the end of the day voters are not going to make their decisions based on the wives. it's the person, the candidate who is on the ballot whose decision the voter is going to look at their policies. so that's the issue there. >> we've got to leave it there, maria, matt. thank you so much. i guess we can all agree that the wives rock, right? >> the wives rock. no question. >> okay. you guys have a good weekend. >> thank you. >> thanks, suzanne. later, finding love the second time around. >> as i age, i wonder will i be able to find somebody that i'm compatible with and i'm excited about? >> why baby boonle eboomers are divorcing at double the rate of prior generations. ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪

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time now for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour gregg olson is a certified financial planner and partner at lennox adviser. lynette is a co-founder of ask the money coach.com. first question to you, lynette. aaron is 30 years old, a reserve member of the u.s. navy. he wants to know how he can start planning for retirement. always good to start at 30. >> right. and i have to say, hats off to him for starting to plan at such an early age. that's a great thing. i think a couple things he should keep in mind. one is to go ahead and get started whatever it is you choose to do, whether it's mutual funds, individual stocks, bonds. sometimes people who are younger think that they have to have a big lump sum or a lot of money

to invest. take the slow and steady approach. also, of course, he wants to take advantage of any potential military benefits that might be available over the long haul, and those kinds of things can really add up over time. he's got decades potentially until retirement. so just sort of take the slow and steady approach and make sure he's broadly diversified. don't just jump into one asset class or one individual investment. >> greg, your question comes from tracy in wheaton, illinois. she wrote in that she is planning on getting married soon. how should she and her fiance merge their finances? i guess maybe should they? >> well, as a financial adviser and a happily married man, i'm amply qualified to answer this question. i would say slowly. >> okay. >> take baby steps. this is not a hard, fast rule here. this is more of a feel question. maybe start by opening up a joint checking account together and paying the bills. and then maybe switch to opening up an investment account together. the best advice i can give you though is do it slowly, and wait until she gets married.

planning for the wedding is really stressful enough. >> it certainly is. i can tell you that. thank you, guys, both very much. we appreciate it. if you have a question you want answered, send us an e-mail to cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. who knew back in 2008 that john edwards would go from running for president to the butt of jokes. here is jay leno. >> have you been watching this john edwards trial? you talk about a fall from grace. i don't know what kind of president john edwards would have been, but i'm pretty sure he would have gotten along really well with the secret service. i'm just saying. they would have been like that. >> jokes aside, we'll have the latest on the john edwards trial at the top of the hour. first, president obama has a plan to protect veterans who want to go from the front lines to college classrooms. his live remarks up next. hey,, you think i could drive? i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up.

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any moment president obama is going to be speaking at ft. stewart in hinesville, georgia. he's unveiling a new plan to protect veterans from deceptive practices from some colleges. first want to go to new york. poppy harlow. poppy, tell us a little bit about what these practices are that the white house is tackling with this new plan. >> this is a very big move and a move on his own. the president not going with congress or waiting for congress on this one. he's signing an executive order and what the administration is saying is it's a move to protect service members and their family members from what the administration is calling aggressive and deceptive targeting by individual educational institutions. you're going to hear the president likely focus on for-profit universities. you have seen them advertise heavily on television and magazines. some of these practices are what the administration is calling deceptive or fraudulent marketing, aggressive recruiting. a lot of federal money is going to these schools. the post-9/11 gi bill, eight of

the ten largest recipients of that money are for-profit schools. also for-profit schools received almost half of military tuition funds last year. also more than a third of the gi bill is going to the for-profit institutions. you see the graduation rate there. it's 28% overall for these for-profit universities. that compares to about 67% when you talk about the graduation rate for public, nonprofit universities and private nonprofit universities, 67% and 57% aren't tiff respectively. you will hear from sergeant johnny marshall, a sergeant from ft. stewart in georgia, who the administration says had -- that may be him speaking right there. he's introducing the president who the administration said had a negative experience with a for-profit college. also in attendance with the president and first lady, holly petraeus, the wife of david petraeus. she leads up this office of service member affairs at the

consumer financial protection bureau, which, of course, was put in place by the president. she has been a big advocate for protecting service members and their families from what she's calling these deceptive practices. >> and i just want our viewers to know we're watching those live pictures of the gentleman you had mentioned introducing the president. do we know if the industry is responding to any of this ahead of the president's remarks? do they know what they're about to get hit with? >> they absolutely do. a release went out at 10:00 last night. i reached out to the industry lobbyist and got a response from them. this comes from the association of private sectors colleges and universities that represents a lot of these schools. let's pull up what they had to say. apscu is disappointed the president decided to bypass the congress to address these issues with an executive order. career-oriented institutions proudly serve military and veteran populations and work with congressional leaders in a bipartisan manner to address concerns about veteran education. what they will say, suzanne, is that they have hundreds of thousands of veterans and

military service men and women enrolled. they will point to the fact that they offer flexible online education, that many service members need. at the same time though when you have a 28% graduation rate, that calls it into question as well as the outstanding loans associated with some of these schools. interesting to note, senator tom harkin, the democrat from iowa, has really led the way on this one. he has been looking into these schools. he's held five hearings on these schools. so i would expect as we see higher education getting a lot of attention in this administration, that for-profits will be at the forefront of that one. >> poppy, thank you. once again, president obama and the first lady visiting u.s. troops in georgia today. surface the president starts to speak, we will take it live. john edwards' personal and professional life under the microscope in a north carolina courtroom. he is on trial for misusing campaign funds. diane dimond will have a live report on today's testimony coming up. here is what she said earlier about edwards' appearance. >> and he's got his impeccable

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probe and the first laid president obama and the first lady visiting troops in georgia today. let's listen in. >> with their service they make your service possible, and i'm also in awe of our veterans because --

[ cheers and applause ] -- because i know that your service doesn't end when you hang up your uniform. for so many of you, your whole life is a tour of duty, and as you become leaders in our communities and continue to give back to our country, you keep serving, and like so many americans the more i have learned about the sacrifices you all make, the more i wanted to find a way to express my gratitude, and that's not just with words, but with action. and that's why last year jill biden and i started joining forces. it's a nationwide campaign to recognize, honor, and support our veterans, our troops, and our military families. and i have to tell you, we had barely even finished announcing this campaign when we were inundated with offers to help. i mine, so many people wanted to step up and show their appreciation that we hardly knew where to begin. in our first year alone more

than 1600 businesses hired more than 60,000 veterans and they pledged to hire at least 170,000 more in the coming years. [ applause ] national associations of doctors and nurses representing millions of health professionals are working to improve treatment for post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries. we have had tv shows like "extreme makeover home edition," "sesame street" organizations like nascar and disney working to share the stories of our military families with the rest of the country. and these are just a few examples out of thousands all across the country. so if i can leave you with just one message today, i want you all to know that america does have your backs, and we are just getting started. we are going to keep at this.

we're going it keep on working every day to serve all of you as well as you have served this country. and the man who has been leading the way is standing right next to me. [ cheers and applause ] he was -- he was fighting for all of you long before he ever became president. he's made veterans employment a national priority with tax breaks for businesses that hire veterans and wounded warriors. he's working to end the outrage of veterans homelessness once and for all. he championed the post-9/11 gi

bill which has helped veterans to go to college and today with this new effort to ensure that you all get that education that you earned, that story continues. so please join me in welcoming your strongest advocate, your commander in chief, and our president, my husband, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, ft. stewart! it is good to be here in ft. stewart. first of all, how about the first lady, michelle obama?

boo-yah! she is a tough act to follow. for the gentlemen out there who are not yet married, let me just explain to you, your goal is to improve your gene pool by marrying somebody who is superior to you. isn't that right, general? listen, and as you just heard when it comes to all of you, when it comes to our military, our veterans, your families, michelle obama and jill biden have your back. they are working tirelessly to make sure that our military families are treated with the honor and respect and support that they deserve, and i could not be prouder of all the efforts that they have been making on their behalf. [ applause ] it's a privilege to hang out

with some of america's finest. the dog face soldiers of the third infantry division, rock of tomorrow. we've got a lot of folks in the house. we've got the raider brigade. we've got the spartan brigade. we've got the vanguard brigade. we've got the provider brigade. and we've got the falcon brigade. let me thank major general abrams and his beautiful wife connie for welcoming us. abe is doing an incredible job carrying on his family's incredible tradition of service to our country, so we are grateful for him. give him a big round of applause. [ applause ] i want to thank command sergeant

major ed watson and his beautiful wife, sharon. i want to thank someone who has made it her life's mission to stand up for the financial security of you and your families, somebody who knows a little bit about military families and military service and actually this is a homecoming for her because she spent over three years when they were posted down here, holly petraeus is in the house. i want you guys to give her a big round of applause. [ applause ] most importantly i want to thank all of you. i want to thank you for your service. i want to thank you for your sacrifice. i want to thank you for your unshakeable commitment to our country. you have worn the uniform with honor. you have performed heroically in some of the most dangerous

places on earth. you have done everything that has been asked of you and more, and you have earned a special place in our nation's history. future generations will speak of your achievements. they'll speak of how the third infantry division's thunder run into baghdad signaled the end of a dictatorship and how you brought iraq back from the brink of civil war. they'll speak of you and your service in afghanistan and in the fight against al qaeda which you have put on the path to defeat. and to the members of the special operations forces community, while the american people may never know the full extent of your service, they will surely speak of how you kept our country safe and strong and how you delivered justice to our enemies. so history will remember what you did, and so will we.

we will remember the profound sacrifices that you've made in these wars. michelle and i just had a few moments at the warriors walk paying tribute to 441 of your fallen comrades. men and women who gave their last full measure of devotion to keep our nation safe. and we will remember them. we will honor them always. and our thoughts and prayers also go out to the troops from ft. stewart who are serving so bravely right now as we speak in afghanistan. [ cheers and applause ] and i know many of you will be deploying there, too, so you know you're going to be in our thoughts and prayers. your generation, the 9/11 generation, has written one of

the greatest chapters of military service that america has ever seen. but i know that for many of you, a new chapter is unfolding. the war in iraq is over. the transition in afghanistan is under way. many of our troops are coming home. back to civilian life. and as you return, i know that you're looking for new jobs and new opportunities and new ways to serve this great country of ours. and three years ago i made your generation a promise. i said that when your tour comes to an end, when you see our flag, when you touch down on our soil, you will be coming home to an america that will forever fight for you just as you fought for us. for me as president, it's been a

top priority, something i worked on as a senator when i served on the veterans affairs committee. it's something i continue to this day. since i took office we have hired over 200,000 veterans to serve in the federal government. [ cheers and applause ] we've made it easier for veterans to access all sorts of employment services. you just heard how michelle and jill have worked with businesses to secure tens of thousands of jobs for veterans and their families. and with support from democrats and republicans, we've put in place new tax credits for companies that hire veterans. we want every veteran who wants a job to get a job. that's the goal. [ applause ]

and those of you who want to pursue a higher education and earn new skills, you deserve that opportunity as well. like general abrams' dad, my grandfather, the man who helped raise meserved in patton's army. and when he cape hocame home, h went to school on the gi bill because america decided every returning veteran of world war ii should be able to afford it. we owe that same commitment to all of you. as president i have made sure to champion the post 9/11 gi bill and with that bill and the tuition assistance program last year we supported more than 550,000 veterans and 325,000 service members who are pursuing a higher education. [ cheers and applause ]

because higher education is the clearest path to the middle class. now, that's progress. but we've got more to do. we can't be satisfied with what we've already done, we've got more to do. we've got to make sure you've got every tool you need to make an informed decision when it comes to picking a school. that's why michelle and i are here today. right now it's not that easy. i have heard the stories. some of you guys can relate, you may have experienced it yourself. you go online to try to find the best school for military members or your spouses or other family members. you end up on a website that looks official. they ask you for your e-mail, for your phone number. they promise to link you up with a program that fits your goals. almost immediately after you have typed in all that information, your phone starts