illegal immigrants are not allowed to take flight training, for instance. immigration authorities busted a school up in boston just a couple of years ago in which they were handing out student visas and allowing some of these people to take flight training. they weren't even in the country legally. three of them already had their pilot's license. listen tho tho this exchange fr congressman to the gao official who conducted this. >> based on your report the transportation of security administration cannot assure the american people that foreign terrorists are not in this country learning,0 ining how to airplanes? yes or no. >> at this time, no. >> at this time, no. very chilling words to anyone who is involved in this and anyone who flies out there, has

family flying. these loopholes still exist. >> absolutely. thank you. it's the top of the hour and i want to update you on a story that's developing. a bus carrying israeli tourists exploded. the death toll has grown to six. there's a great deal of speculation as to who is to blame for this. elise is covering this story for us. israel is blaming iran for this. why is that? >> reporter: in recent months they say the israelis have th thwarted atakes. they say they have indications it could be iran. they are saying the explosion

was the result of a bomb in a tourist bus. the bus exploded from a bomb within. eyewitnesss are describing accounts of seeing victims on the ground. the defense minister left no doubt about who the israelis think it was. let's take a listen. >> this is clearly a terrorist attack initiated by probably jihad or any other group under either iran or other groups. we're in a continued fight against them. we're determined to identify who sent them and executed it and settle the account. >> reporter: don, we have to note this is to the date exactly 18 years after the bomb attack on the jewish community building

in argentina. they say that was the work of iran and they say are under attack everywhere.ly they feel under attack. >> you mentioned this is the 18th anniversary of that bombing. i want to read this statement. it's from kathy manning of she said we are shocked and saddened by the bus bombing targeting innocent young israelis traveling in bulgaribulgaria. we offer our deepest condolences and stand shoulder to shoulder with the jewish people in condemning this act of violence. tell me this connection here.

it's difficult. >> reporter: basically, the israelis feel that it's definitely iran. they say they have indications that this was iran. officials are careful to talk about intelligence matters but they say this is a pattern. just a few months ago some iranians were arrested in thailand. thai feel they have no doubt in their minds that this was iran. they have been able to thwart many attacks. they say they need to double down and go after the iranians. >> we'll continue to follow this developing story here on cnn. make sure you stay tuned. rebels are dancing in the

street after claiming a major blow against assad and his regime. a bomb exploded during a crisis meeting killing four people including one from president assad's inner circle. among the dead are the defense minister and his deputy who is assad's close friend and brother-in-l brother-in-law. arwa is tracking the developments. >> reporter: this attack was striking at the very core and heart and sending a clear message to the president and those around him that they are not immune. amongst the casualties but the deputy minister of defense. not the highest ranking individual amongst them all but perhaps the most significant.

the president's cloer brother-i. the man who was the iron fist behind the president himself. the area where this attack took place is closes to what was the u.s. embassy before it closed earlier this year. a number of other embassy not to mention where the president himself resides. there's been conflicting information as to who and what was responsible. syrian state television saying it was a terrorist suicide bomber, possibly one of the body guards of one of those present at this emergency crisis meeting. one coming out saying this was a by-product where they managed to place an explosive device inside where this meeting was taken place. some activists throwing in a lot of speculation as well.

they are saying this was the syrian regimes undertaking to give it an excuse to crack down across the capital. there's been fierce battles across all of damascus creeping ever closer to the president's seat of power. there's opinion reports of shelling, clashes and more disturbingly just reports that pro-government thugs with knives are going through slaughtering residents. it's not an indication that the government is in control. >> thank you very much. today's attack through an unusual candid response from the defense secretary leon panetta. it came in an answer to a question posed by barbara. panetta broke some new ground with my comments on syria. >> he did.

you get the answer we're relying on diplomacy. today he went in a different direction when i asked him about the implications of the fighting in central damascus. >> can you tell the world what you're doing so the world feels more reassured that you have an ability to do something about this, about the fighting in damascus. >> this is a situation that's rapidly spinning out of control. for that reason it's extremely important that the international community working with other countries that have concerns in that area. have to bring maximum pressure on assad to do what's right, to step down and allow for that peaceful transition. >> the keywords there when a u.s. defense secretary says a situation is spinning out of control, the world listens. it's the first time we've heard panetta go this far. he was standing there with his british counterpart.

the uk agreed with that assessment. the feeling is with the violence right in the center of the capitol striking at the heart, nobody can predict what's coming next and that is a big problem. >> is this a real turning point in the effort to get syrian president to step down? >> you probably only really know that after the fact. that's what people are looking at right now from the pentagon to the state department to the white house to the cia. this is now going on arn the clock. what does it mean? what will assad's reaction willing be? they've got to make some assessment and give president obama some advice about what may be happening. it's very tough. they don't know how assad is

going to react. >> panetta warned syria to safeguard its chemical weapons. how big is syria's kmchemical weapons stash. >> the night mare is a narp owe, what if he does something with the chemical weapons. several days ago there was another that the syrians moved it around. that's unsettling when you start planning to move it around. could there be effort to strike out at their own people wl a chemical weapons attack as horrifying as that project is. that's what the administration is trying to determine right now. the negligence didn't rt. the u.s. don't have a lot of asse assets. they have no assets inside syria. the reline here is on overhead

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ground. what is he hearing from ohio? >> we're hering a feistier r romney than we have seen in days. he went right after the president. he's seizing on some comments that the president made. he's been going after those remarks in the last couple of days. he really did it here a few moments ago asking private business people in the crowd to stand up and raise their hands. if it was them or the government that got their businesses going. it's not just the campaigns that are getting personal. consider what this one woman said at this town hall just a few moments ago and how romney responded. here it is. >> he has a string of ores. because of this awful economy that obama has created now he has had to lay off people. he may have to close some

stores. it's all because of what this monster has done to this country. we have to have you as president. >> that's not a term i would use but. >> now it's interesting that mitt romney had that response because it was a town hall here in ohio not too long ago where there was a woman in the audience who suggested that president obama should be tried for treason. at that event mitt romney did not respond and say anything about it. it was only to reporters afterwards. it seems he's learned his lesson. he didn't waste any time responding. he said he's not yet ready to make a decision on the pick. he said whoever it will be, it will be a conservative. >> thank you very much. two cousins riding their bikes disappear.

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taken. 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lyric cook have not been seen since friday. i want you to listen as to why she thinks the girls have been abducted. >> we haven't found them anywhere in the surrounding area. i feel like they were taken. i'll be more comfortable in that theory once they drain the lake and we find nothing there. i'm glad they are draining it today. >> we want to bring in jim spellman. he joins us now from the lake. where are things now? i see the lake behind you. it looks like there's a lot of water to get out. they got a lot of work to do there. >> reporter: it's gone down a lot. they think by tomorrow this lake will be drained. over the weekend they had about a thousand volunteers searching the area. they found nothing that's really

advanced the investigation. they want to drain the lake and be serng there is nothing in here that will advance the investigation. we also know that the other part of the investigation, more of the law enforcement angle has been advancing a bit. they have been working on questioning members of the family. i spoke today with daniel, the father of misty, one of missing girls. he said he was interrogated by police and accusing him of something to do with the disappearance. he got up and walked out of the interview. we know police are under no obligation to tell the person they are speaking with the truth and it's very common for them to go through the family members. we know that's been going on. they also took some computers from the family home today and wanted to get in to search that. we know that the family had been cooperating. he walked out of that interview

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it's one of the worst droughts to hit the u.s. in 100 years. that means your wallet will take a hit. crops across the nation are taking huge hits. natural disasters have been declared in 26 states. let me tell you how bad it is. in the states that grow the most cord, less than one-third of the crop are in good condition. farmers are devastated and worried their crops won't survive. today the if the is being briefed on how the country can

recover from this. chad meyers will tell us who is the most impacted. most of the crops it's a done deal. it's over. >> it's almost august. it was so hot that the plants went very quickly. the grass is dried up. there's literally no pasture left in some spots across parts of the country. what happened was the flash drought. we heard of a flash flood. all of a sudden it just floods. a flash drought happened when it stopped raining as soon as the plants went in the ground. it literally stopped raining. there was no rainfall from may into june. in july we know temperatures were above 105. we have indiana at 71% of the areas here planted in corn. that's 12 million acres. 71% poor. illinois 56% poor. why is that a more significant number? because 22 million acres were planted there. kansas you're 51% done. some of those plants are being

plowed under because they have no chance of making. also, you don't just feed corn to cattle when they are born, you have to put them on grass. there's no grass. there's no pasture. 92% of the pasture is at poor or very poor conditions. that gives you an idea that farmers are going to have to buy hay. they'll have to buy things and bring it to their cattle or get rid of their cattle altogether. all those brown areas not going to see any significant rainfall. this is what the map looks like. this is good in some spots. for parts of ohio and indiana, you get maybe one, maybe one and a half inches the areas that need some rain, nothing. half inch at most. that's what happens when you have so much dry land that you're not seeing it. we have something else going on too. i know this was supposed to be a drought segment but there's a lot of severe weather going on northeast from boston to new

york and into d.c. we've had 45 severe storm warnings at one time. the warnings are coming toward new york city into philadelphia. these warnings will be with this area most of the day. we had one more thing i want to show you. the airport delays, have you ever seen 12 airport delays on my map at one time? the airports are a mess because the thunderstorms are in the way. don. >> it's people in t airports are going whoa more than we are. if you're watching stay tuned. >> take your time. >> enjoy. thank you very much for that, chad. michigan detectives ask for the public's help to solve cold cases. four kids killed and evidence found in a 1966 pontiac bonneville. i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em?

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of these two boys. 12-year-old mark and 11-year-old timothy keen. investigators hope someone may have seen sloan with the person who could be the killer. prosecutor said sloan is not cooperating. >> he has no incentive. we'll help you in on that life sentence if you'll confess to something that will give you another life sentence. he's a very sophisticated man. he has a considerable iq. >> let's go to defense attorney joey jackson. he's on the case for us today. can prosecutors in situations like this make a prisoner talk or is that just stuff we see in the movies? >> don, it's stuff we see in the movies. normally speaking there may be some inducement to get someone to speak. you say i'llessen your jail term. i won't prosecute you.

when you have a person like this that is serving a life sentence there's nothing to get the person to speak and nothing under the law which compels them to speak. it's just the opposite. you can't be forced to say anything. one interesting twist is not only that is you can have a person that confesses in this country and if there's not independent corroboration on a confession then they can't be convicted or prosecuted. the constitution is very strong in that regard. >> the law, the law, the law. the dna that links the killings and the car. it's not the type that singles out one person. i talked to the prosecutor about that. how could it impact the trial physical if it leads to that? >> you have this dna which is like a direct natch. it's a print. it's you. you can develop a profile but

also people, siblings would have it. everyone along the maternal chain would have that same type of dna. it doesn't directly match a person, but it could be used and used effectively in a prosecution by getting a profile and demonstrating this person shares that unique characteristic of that dna. >> now to another murder case where there's no question who did it in this case. he's already serving 15 years to life for the murder of his wife. he must now pay his two children $60 million. our affiliate ktvu says jurors awarded each child, a 12-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl $25 million and another $10 million in punitive damages. he was a commuter engineer who owns a software company. this guy defended himself this trial. he says he has no money now. what's the point of this

verdict? >> well, he didn't do too good of a job nor did he during the course of his other trial. >> you know what they say about someone who represents them. >> yes. they have a fool for a client. jurors want to send messages. i think this sends a message of deterrance to anybody for killing somebody. they wanted accountability. they said $25 million for each child. they deserve it. also, you never know what assets he may be hiding or concealing. the assets can be attached and liquidated so that the kids have some funding. there could be money out there. >> you get right to it and you're very concise. >> thank you. it's expected to be the

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if it's interesting and happening now, rapid fire. let's go. first up syrian rebels dance in the streets after an explosion strikes major blow to the president, assad. the blast killed four top officials including the defense minister and his deputy who happens to be assad's brother-in-law. leon panetta says it's time to put maximum pressure to warn assad to quit. karrie kennedy says doctors believe a partial seizure was

the cause of a wreck. she was released on her own recognizance. she was found behind the wheel of her damaged suv last friday. >> i remember getting on the highway and then i have no memory until i was stopped at a traffic light and a police officer was at my car door. >> kennedy said she was tested for drugs and alcohol and the results were negative. the doctors concluded he suffered a partial seizure. south africans are celebrating nelson mandela's 94th birthday. he's not been seen in public for years. former president bill clinton and his daughter visited with him yesterday. clinton spoke with cnn. >> i learned a lot about living from now, about living with adversity, living with setbacks, living with disappointments and

living without anger. i learned a lot about life from him. >> about 14 million students sang happy birthday in unison nationwide in honor of the man who reconciled the country torn apart by aparthied. the movie was intended to give the new leader a tighter grip on the nation's military. his father held the title when he ruled the country. have you heard rush limbaugh's latest cause. he's all in a diter about the latest batman movie. the one that comes out in a couple of days. >> what are you? >> it's called dark night rises. rush is having trouble with the village in the movie.

specifically, the name of the villain. the name is bane. let's listen to a bit on this one. >> the villain in the dark knight rises is bane. what is the name of the venture capital firm that romney ran and around which there's this make believe controversy? bain. release names have been known summer 2012 for a long time. do you think it's accidental that the name of the really vicious fire breathing four eyed whatever it is village in this movie is named bane? >> okay. i'm hearing a lot of batman movie lovers. i want to bring in our showbiz correspondent. they have been getting in touch

with me saying what is rush talking about. what's the hollywood scoop on this? is he onto something here? >> here is the thing. i appreciate a good conspiracy theory just as much as the next person. this one, i don't know. we should say that rush limbaugh isn't the only one that made this leap. there was a columnist for the washington post that did. interestingly so did a former clinton aid. the coincidence here, it's undeniable. here is the thing. according to dc comic, the bane character was created back in 1993. he was featured in the batman and robin movie in 1997. it was shot last fall and the plot was outlined back in 2008 long before mitt romney was even the nominee. although none of this would matter if romney's company named for its founder which means a

curse, poison, death, destruction and woe. that does make for a pretty good name for a comic book character. >> oh, my goodness. this is one of my favorites. it will remain nameless. geek, limbaugh is crazy. this is what someone else is saying. the character was created nearly 20 years ago and he appeared played by a different actor in the last set of batman movies in the late '90s. limbaugh's suggestion of some tie to romney is absurd signed -- i won't say. go ahead. >> go ahead. >> i was just going to say if you want to go the way of the conspiracy theorist, you can look at it like this. bruce wayne, if you look at him in the movie, he's a very successful man. he comes from a successful family. he's got a lot of money. he's the ceo of a corporation. and he's just trying to do the best thing for everyone in

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they can buy the picture. the company that makes the ads, well, it says they are flattered by the popularity but don't encourage theft. i actually tried to buy one like that of wolf blitzer on the turner story. they turned me down the other day, wolf blitzer. we're minutes away from the top of the hour. wolf, what do you have coming up in "the situation room"? we have an exclusive interview with the king of dr jordan king abdul la the second speaking about syria specifically what's going on neighbor to the north of jordan. he's got some strong views. he speaks directly in our interview to bashar al assad, the syrian leader. that interview's coming up. also a lot on this attack on israeli tourists in bulgaria. you've been reporting on it, don, the israeli ambassador to the united states in our 4:00 p.m. eastern hour is standing by to join us live. we'll get the very latest from him and his government on what is going on. all the day's political news, all the other important news as well. so we got a lot coming up over the course of the next three

hours. >> wolf, can i talk to you a little bit about this king abdul interview. i want you to listen to him when you ask about bashar al assad and the syrian regime. >> the issue is not bashar. if bashar was to leave tomorrow and the regime stays, then what have we achieved? >> what have we achieved? wolf, what do you make of that? >> well, he's worried about what happens afterwards. he's also saying specifically there are al qaeda pockets in syria right now. because i asked him what about jordan and other countries arming some of these rebels. and he says, you know, it's not as easy as it looks because you don't know where the arms will wind up and you certainly don't want them in the hands of al qaeda in syria. so it's a complicated situation. he is blunt though, don. he does say that if the syrian regime of president bashar al assad starts using chemical weapons or what he called weapons of mass destruction, mustard gas or any kind of poisonous gas if you will,

sarin, he says that's a game changer for all practical purposes and that all bets are off. >> a must-watch interview. we will be watching of course. thanyou, wolf blitzer. the boy scouts of america today showed its not backing down on its ban on gay members. it did not reinstate jennifer tyrrell. her petition asks she get her job back as den leader of her cub scouts troop and that the scouts end their policy on keeping out ho mo sexuals. she told me she was not surprised the organization followed through on its policy which it reaffirmed just yesterday after two years of re-examining the issue. >> i didn't expect to change anything today necessarily. but it was still nice to be heard. along with those 300,000 signatures where tens of thousands of comments were scouts, former scouts, current scouts, all across the board who disagree with the decision to

keep this policy in place. so during our meeting i ask for proof of this two-year 11-person committee. and i just wanted to see some records saying, you know, where's the proof that people want this? and they couldn't produce it. >> they wouldn't show it to you. let me ask you this because you said, you know, that you disagree with them, they disagree with you. you said that doesn't mean that they are disrespecting you. but do you feel disrespected? >> i don't think that it was their intention to personally disrespect me, no. unfortunately, it's just a policy that we need to update a little bit. i love scouts as everybody probably knows by now. cruz loves scouts. we don't have any ill feelings towards the scouts. we just want to be included. and just because we deliver the petition today definitely doesn't mean we're done. we're going to continue that petition. >> how is cruz doing? he's 7 years old, he loved being

a boy scout. i loved being a boy scout when i was a kid. >> i loved being in boy scouts. >> i'm sure you were torn about taking him out and just continuing your crusade and leaving him in or taking him out, does he understand what's going on? >> he understands to the best of his ability. he doesn't really understand discrimination because he's not been taught to discriminate. he treats everybody equally and doesn't quite understand why people aren't treating us equally. he's sad because he doesn't get to do the things he thought he was going to get to do this summer with his friends and scouts, but ultimately we can't continue to support this organization that doesn't support our family. >> of course my thanks to jennifer tyrrell. a renovation celebration happening in texas. governor rick perry and his family are moving back to the governor's mansion in austin after four years of repairs that cost