had to be restrained. federal authorities are now questioning him. and the second plane diverted was delta flight 1706. it was forced to land in albuquerque, new mexico. according to the tsa, a flight attendant on the san diego bound flight discovered a suspicious note in the lavatory. the passengers are being checked out by the fbi while they're in albuquerque. we'll bring you more details on these two stories involving these two airlines in this country on this day. in other news now, blunt talk for pakistan from the president of the united states. mr. obama is publicly calling on the pakistani government to investigate possible ties between that country's intelligence service and al qaeda terrorists. cnn's senior political editor mark preston joins us from washington with the president's interview to air tonight on cbs's "60 minutes." >> last week's lightning round

that killed osama bin laden is being described as the single biggest achievement against obama. top administration officials acknowledge it's complicated their relationship with pakistan. >> reporter: a week after the u.s. killed enemy number one in a daring nighttime raid, the white house says it is pressing pakistan for answers about how osama bin laden was hiding in plain sight. just 30 miles north of that country's capital. in an interview with cbs's "60 minutes" president obama says the u.s. has delivered that message to pakistan. >> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. but we don't know who or what that support network was. we don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government. and that's something that we have to investigate and, more importantly, the pakistani government has to investigate. >> reporter: pakistan's ambassador to the u.s. says an investigation is under way and promises that if need be, heads

will roll. but at the same time, he insists his government would have taken action if it had known bin laden's whereabouts. >> if any member of the pakistani government, the pakistani military or the pakistani intelligence service knew where osama bin laden was, we would have taken action. osama bin laden's presence in pakistan was not to pakistan's advantage. >> reporter: questions about pakistan come amid calls by some lawmakers to cut u.s. aid to pakistan. currently about $1.5 billion a year. but president obama's national security adviser tom donilon tells cnn, remember, pakistan is a key u.s. ally. >> the fact is osama bin laden was in abbottabad, pakistan, for six years or so. more terrorists have been captured or killed on pakistan soil than any other place in the world. they have been a very important partner for the united states in efforts against terrorism.

>> mark, thanks so much in washington. of course, we're still learning more about the raid on bin laden's compound. on cnn's "fareed zakaria: gps" today, the courier was first identified during the bush administration. >> i think it was about four years ago in 2007, we had built up sufficient lead information on the name of the courier that we thought it was ready for presidential primetime. so we briefed it to the president not as something imminent, but as our most promising lead to track down bin laden. >> so this is classic human intelligence. you had people on the ground. they talked to people. they developed relationships. is that right? >> it is. but it also came out of detainee interrogations. one of the more prominent leads we had at the beginning of this exercise was partial identity information that came out of

detainees that we were holding in our so-called black sites. then from that point, we used all the tools of intelligence. i can't go into detail, but i can assure you it was signals intelligence and imagery intelligence and human intelligence that allowed us to build this. fareed, this wasn't done one brick at a time. this was actually done one pebble at a time. >> so hayden also said president obama's decision to raid bin laden's compound was courageous. but he thinks any american president would have made the same choice. let's talk about the threat of water in a very big way in memphis, tennessee. a nervous wait at the swollen mississippi river keeps rising. it's expected to crest tuesday at 14 feet above flood stage. the expected crest, just inches below the record flood in 1937. people living in at least 1,100 homes in the memphis area have been told to evacuate and more evacuations might be ordered.

this boat tour of a flooded neighborhood near memphis shows just how serious this flooding is. water is up to the roof of some of the homes as you see right there. in memphis, tourists are among those keeping an eye on the water. >> we are very concerned because we realize it's all unpredictable. and we do not want to be stuck here in memphis. and we don't want to have to flee in a hurry. we want to return home safely. >> downstream from memphis, the flooded river won't make it to the gulf of mexico for a couple of weeks now. but no one is waiting around. right now they are shoring up the levees around new orleans. and tomorrow the u.s. army corps of engineers plans to open a spillway north of new orleans to divert floodwaters away from the city. upstream now from memphis, they're still dealing with the impact of that high water. cairo, illinois, was spared the worst of the flooding when levees were intentionally blown up. but across the river in missouri, there are a lot of

angry farmers. here's cnn's ted rowlands. >> reporter: cairo, illinois, sits between the mississippi and the ohio rivers. many believe the entire city would be under water if not for the controversial decision to blow open this levee. the explosion opened a two-mile hole, flooding more than 130,000 acres of farmland in neighboring missouri. >> when you look at that, what do you think? >> i'm very sad. i look at that and i -- i don't have a home. >> reporter: marilyn's farm has been in her family for three generations. it would still be dry if the federal government hadn't blown up the levee. >> i feel like that we're having to suffer for somebody else. >> the doors are pushed out. >> yep. >> reporter: farmers ray and roy preston have 2,000 acres under water. >> we've always lived with the idea that some day they might have to blow up. watters kept rising.

we knew they would blow it. we don't like it. but we have to accept it. >> reporter: the plan since 1928 has always been that if cairo, a city of about 15,000 at the time, was in danger of flooding, the levee would be opened to save the city. but back then things were much different. cairo was a vibrant river community. this is what it looks like now. most of the businesses downtown here are gone. most of the people have left as well. in fact, less than 3,000 people remain. many believe this, in fact, is not a town that was worth saving. >> would you rather have missouri farmland flooded or cairo under water. >> cairo. i've been there. cairo. have you been to cairo. you know what i'm saying, then? >> you been to cairo lately? yeah, you know what i mean. what do you mean? i want to know what you mean about it. >> reporter: cairo is predominantly african-american.

people on both sides say there is a racial component to the debate over whether the city or the farms should have been saved. >> it's nothing but blacks here, you know. this town here is built -- was built on racists a long time ago back in the years, years ago. ain't nothing changed. >> reporter: cairo's history of racial tension dates back to the 1909 public lynches of will james, who was suspected of raping a white woman. in the 1960s, the city closed the public pool rather than allow blacks to swim. on the missouri side, many people feel the federal government may have been overly sensitive to the race issue and pulled the trigger too soon to blow up the levee. >> i do believe that the government was worried about some of that. i don't think that should have played any role in it. >> that's ted rowlands reporting there. jacqui jeras is also keeping track of the flooding and where it may be heading next. we'll check in with her in about a half an hour from now.

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welcome back to the newsroom. overseas now, first, syria where military vehicles were on the move before dawn in one of syria's largest cities. a 12-year-old boy was killed in clashes there later on in the day. that's according to a human rights group. the syrian government says several troops and security forces were killed as well. we have no way to independently verify that information. cnn is not allowed to actually operate or do reporting inside syria. on to egypt where crowds of christians and muslims clashed in cairo overnight, throwing rocks and at one point shooting at one another. officials said the clashes started when rumors spread that a woman, a muslim convert, was being held in a church against her will. at least 12 people were reported killed. and now an update on a cnn exclusive. the libyan woman who accuses moammar gadhafi's soldiers of locking her up, beating her and raping her, fearing for her own

safety, she has actually fled libya. our crews spoke to her from that safe location. now telling us where this woman is and how she had the courage to leave. we're talking about eman al obeidy. she went missing for a period of time. she reappeared. now she's made this courageous move. >> well, essentially cnn's nic robertson had managed to speak to her in tripoli after she's been released from jail. you'll remember her pictures of her screaming at the hotel. she was led away by security forces. when nic spoke to her she talked about how upset she was and the loyalists, gadhafi loyalists had raped her several times. she feared for her life. she was being harassed on the streets. people recognized her. and so she eventually decided to take the decision to leave the country, to flee tunisia. she was afraid she would be

stopped at a check point on the way to neighbors tunisia. she managed to get the help of a military officer who was planning to defect with his family. >> a libyan military officer. >> a libyan military officer was going to defect with his family. and she was able to get across the border disguised in a traditional garb that really only showed one eye. when the cnn producer caught up with her in tunisia, he asked her, what were her plans now? >> translator: would you like to go see your family in the east or what are you planning next in the future? >> translator: i still don't know what i'm going to do. of course i'd like to see my family. i have called some relatives of mine in egypt. but still did not hear back from them. no, i did not rush. i walked to my cousin's house and we all met, then rode in the same car. we left very normally, of course. i was wearing -- bring me that. it's a traditional tribal headware which was given to me by my friend's mother. i was wearing it.

indeed, you can't see anything apart from my one eye. >> so she says she's going to think now about what the future holds for her. her father saying he was delighted to hear she was out of tripoli and in a safe place. >> meantime people can't forget there is still activity going on in a militaristic fighting way in libya. particularly misratah there were some new developments. >> misratah is a very key town. it's towards the west, heading towards tripoli. rebels have been fighting this on/off, making advances, one step forward, one step back with the libyan army. you're looking now at pictures of an oil depp er set alight. half a million people holed up in misratah. the real fear is that they are not -- they are now going to find that the wind changes and these fires that you're looking at cold spread into misratah itself.

>> thanks so much for that update on those developments. appreciate it. straight ahead, an interesting look into -- before we want to give you an update on this breaking story we continue to follow, actually. two planes forced to divert in different cities today state side. we're following those two stories. we'll bring you any developments. also straight ahead, a very interesting look into the life of a tennis great. venus williams. she gives candid answers to your e-mail questions face to face, including this one. >> barry york is, of course, going to get personal here. he wants to know about your love interest. >> her answers, venus williams, face to face after this. cherokee has a best inin class driving range of more than 500 miles per tank. which means you don't have to worry about finding a gas station. which is good... because there just might not be one.

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my mom's number one because she likes -- my mommy and i play fashion dolls. >> she lets me eat whatever food i want. >> my mommy likes to go to the park! >> my mommy is best because she loves me. >> aw! happy mother's day to everyone out there. happy mother's day, jacqui. >> happy mother's day to you.

>> we're leaving the newsroom for a little bit entering now the chatroom on this lovely mother's day. we've got some fun things to talk about. kind of mother's day nonrelated right now. but interesting nonetheless. let's begin with a florida gator, huh? deputy says he's coming to the rescue in a neighborhood in gainsville, florida, because there was a sighting of a pretty monstrosity-sized gator. >> as big as the car from what i understand. >> that's right. >> he gets the call. he comes out there. finds this huge gator. and apparently whenever something comes towards a gator, it will choamp down on it. at least that's the theory. he actually might have been a hero. the cruise vehicle comes up to the gator and the gator champs down on the bumper. take a look at that. it caused some damage. >> new meaning to the words "bite out of crime." >> trappers came and took care of it and everything.

>> okay. that's some interesting stuff. from the gator to the geysers at the yellowstone national park. you know what? there's a cone at that geyser. you're supposed to stay off the cone. >> have you been there? >> i know no rules about yellowstone. i haven't been there yet. it's on my list of places to go. >> it's a thermal vent. it erupts multiple times a day. you don't want to be standing over that thing when it goes off, first of all. what's funny about this story is, sometimes people break the rules. >> people are a little curious. >> they go inside the little fenced area or maybe they're not paying attention. there's a bunch of web cams where you can watch this fwo off via internet all day long. apparently some people in wisconsin happened to see a tour group of people, like 30 people standing on top of the cone. so the ranger came out and gave them all a big fine. because they made the call. all the way from wisconsin.

>> we didn't get to do that when we were there. >> those good midwesternors. you've got rules to follow. >> more to talk about later on. while this is all fun and games, back in the newsroom we're going to be talking about some very serious situations involving the midsection of the country and flooding. >> record flooding continues. memphis is getting close to that record peak right now. they're going to take some measures coming up now to save new orleans, hopefully, by hoping up some flood spillway. we'll kind of detail that for you and let you know what you can expect and how that's supposed to help. unfortunately it's also going to put some other people in harm's way when they do that. >> fantastic. we'll be looking for those details on that. of course, you know, i've been talking to venus williams face to face all day long in our profile of face to face. we've been talking about this tennis great right here. venus williams. she's out on injury right now. she's nursing the injury, hoping

to get back out on the pro circuit. we had to reach out to a lot of viewers fascinated by her on a regular basis to say, wait a minute, what would you ask venus williams if you had an opportunity? we got some great questions. she loved them, too. take a listen. i like to ask a lot of our viewers what kind of questions they may have for someone face to face. >> yay, i love questions. >> you know i have some. they really are some great questions. some are amusing. tanner's dad says -- >> tanner's dad. >> yeah. tanner's dad says, venus, what is your real spark, drive and passion? what makes you tick and what tickles your funny bone. >> my spark, drive and passion, i think anything that i can work really, really hard at, almost kill myself with hard work. that sounds insane. and what tickles my funny bone? well, i'm willing to laugh at anything, including myself at all times.

and i'm not a very serious person, actually. i'm not very grown up. and it may seem like it, but when you really get to know me, you realize that, gosh, she needs another 20 years before she gets to be a real adult. so it's an interesting combination. but i laugh at a lot of things. whatever sparks my funny bone, big karaoke enthusiast. >> are you? >> huge. >> you love karaoke? >> love karaoke. >> where do you karaoke? >> all over the world. i've karaoked in asia, the u.s., at home on a daily basis. >> when in asia, you go to the big -- it's like an apartment building. you go to sign up for a room. when people see you coming, are they like, is that really venus williams getting ready to karaoke here? >> once they hear my voice they fall in love. >> really? >> no! it's about having fun. it's not about sounding great. >> right, right. that's true. you don't have to be a great

singer. >> we're a karaoking family. we all karaoke. some of us have routines. >> at home, microphones? sometimes someone just impro vises and suddenly the karaoke happens? >> any time of day, night, morning. just singing. after you sing, you feel good. >> that is certainly something that probably no one knew about. okay. barry york is, of course, he's going to get personal here. he wants to know about your love interest. >> well, right now i'm single. and i like that. because when you're single, you don't have to call anybody. you don't have to care about their issues. >> it's not complicated. >> it's great. so, you know, right now it's a great life. i live in a house where everyone's single. we're all bachelorettes. it's fun. one day i'll grow up. maybe. >> oh, my goodness. okay. then a. solomon 15 wants to know what kinds of junk food you like

to eat. >> i love junk food. >> you do? >> yeah, i do. i love junk food. >> how can you be a great athlete and still enjoy jump food? >> well, the keyword is balance. >> i guess you do burn a lot of calories all the time. >> yeah. normally i don't diet. i just try to be balanced with eating good foods and then sometimes you have more foods that aren't as good. >> what would be your favorite junk food? >> not too much. >> do you have a favorite? >> changes -- one thing that i love are oreo cakesters. the vanilla skcakesters. they don't last long. >> that's right. oreo cakesters. >> never had them. >> me either! >> have to try that. >> something tells me now venus is going to get, like, truckloads of oreo cakesters because now everyone knows the tennis great venus williams loves junk food.

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president obama is calling on pakistan to investigate possible ties between its intelligence agency and al qaeda terrorists. the comment came in an interview that airs tonight on cbs's "60 minutes." >> do you believe people in the pakistani government, pakistani intelligence agencies, knew that bin laden was living there? >> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. but we don't know who or what that support network was. we don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government. and that's something that we have to investigate and, more importantly, the pakistani government has to investigate. >> the death of osama bin laden has many terror experts concerned now about revenge attacks. cnn's senior correspondent allan chernoff reports the internet is buzzing with promises of

retaliation. >> reporter: anti-american hatred online is as fierce as ever after the killing of osama bin laden. and the celebrations in response. they are celebrating their own end. osama is in the heart of every muslim, reads one posting on a pro-jihadi online forum. the jihad will continue, says another. >> many of the activists online were disgusted by all the celebrations. it was sort of spitting in jihadis face in some reports. >> reporter: intelligence analysts say they see no sign any group on terror watch list has specific plans for retaliation. a far more likely scenario, they say, is that individuals may now try to sprik back. >> with some individuals this may now be an added incentive to -- to conduct attacks. whether it's at u.s. military bases or at key public transportation sites. >> reporter: disenfranchised people in the u.s. have previously attempted terror

strikes. feisal shahzad tried by failed to detonate a bomb in times square last year. >> they tend to be much less sophisticated in general. >> reporter: such lone wolves tend to lack advanced bomb making capabilities. analysts say they're more of a threat to engage in shooting attacks. five men were convicted in 2008 of planning such an attack on soldiers at ft. dix, new jersey. the following year it happened at ft. hood, texas. hasan shot and killed 13 people on the military base. allan chernoff, cnn, new york. a remarkable rescue in nevada. this canadian couple disappeared seven weeks ago while traveling in a van on a remote road in northern nevada. they were last seen in surveillance video from a convenience store in baker city, oregon. that was nearly two months ago. friday hunters found the woman, but not her husband. rita chretian told her rescuers

she survived by eating tiny amounts of trail mix and snow. earlier today i talked with reporter michelle costa who was just outside the twin falls, idaho, hospital where chretian was taken. >> really important she's had a small meal. jell-o. she's on a liquid diet. she's been out there for seven weeks. she's lost a lot of weight. you have to slowly start doing that liquid diet. doctors are really optimistic. they said they're going to be monitoring her for the next 24 hours. they'll re-evaluate how she's doing and then decide if she'll be transferred closer to home. >> unbelievable. hospital officials say chretian is in fair condition. a search is still under way for her husband. a nervous wait in memphis, tennessee. the swollen mississippi river is expected to crest tuesday just inches below the record flood level in 1937. people living in at least 1,100 homes in the memphis area have been told to evacuate. tourists are among those keeping

an eye on the river. >> it reminds us of '93 when i was back home and what we had with the mississippi river there. but we as a group will be leaving here tomorrow. but we did have one of our tours canceled tomorrow morning. the mud island is where we were going to take the group. and they called us yesterday and said they wouldn't be allowed -- be able to have us. >> jacqui jeras with us now with more on this river and the cresting. >> yeah. this is going to continue to push downstream. we've got a long way to go for that high water to continue to push hundreds of miles down. now, we're talking about the lower mississippi river basin at this time. and the river has basically crested right here into the boot heel of missouri. the height of the water still has this entire way to get down towards the gulf of mexico. now, we heard about this levee that was exploded at burns point to help relieve and save the town of cairo. similar measures may be taken now it looks like to help new

orleans. we want to tell you about the spillways. the first one is called the bonnet carre spillway. they've already decided, yes, tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. they're going to start opening this area. what it is, as we zoom in, you'll see this is the mississippi river here. this is lake pontchartrain. this is that spillway. they're going to open it up, allow it to flood this area. this is all good news. nobody lives here. it was designed to do this. this will help relieve a little pressure on the entire levee system. it will also keep the crest a little bit lower in new orleans. at this time we do expect that new orleans crest to be at about 19 1/2 feet in about a week and a half from now. and that is just shy, about a half a foot shy of what the levees were designed to do. they are to protect the city at 20 feet. we'll watch. that does take into account opening up that spillway. now, this was done before a couple of times in the past, about nine times. most recently in 2008. this google earth image along with nasa will show you that

spillway as it got flooded and moved that water. the second question that we have is what happens beyond that? there's another spillway that's designed to provide some of this relief that we've been talking about. this one is upstream yet north of baton rouge. it's called the morganza spillway. this thing was designed to do the same thing, help alleviate some pressure, help to save some of the bigger cities down the line. the area that it's going to be flooding here is going to be much more extensive. it's going to impact lots of people. in fact, we're talking about 5 to 25 feet of water could be pushing in an area from atchafalaya river toward the mississippi. this is a large area. places like morgan city, houma, could see as much as five feet of water. it's kind of a trade-off. it's a possibility, not a sure thing, but the u.s. army corps of engineers has said, yeah, we'd like to do it. they haven't had the approval to do it just yet. we'll keep you up to date. >> what an incredible time for

so many people. first the tornadoes. now this flooding. the threat seems unending. >> it really is. it's going to last for weeks, really, fredricka. we could be talking about july before the river is completely back within its banks to where it's supposed to be. >> wow. jacqui, thanks so much. >> sure. you know you deserve a raise, right? that's what a lot of people are thinking about as it pertains to getting ready for the new workweek. can you convince your boss of that? we have three ways to justify that pay raise that you want and advice on what to do if your boss still says no. plus, my face to face with venus williams, tennis star. if there were three things -- i like to ask all my face to face interviews, if there were three things that were like the key ingredients to greatness, what would they be? her answers next. ngine in the jeep grand cherokee has a best in class driving range of more than 500 miles per tank.

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she's the author of "get a life, not a job." she gave out key tips to help convince your boss that you deserve more money. >> in the past few years of downsizing, we've seen a lot of people have their responsibilities increase but their salaries not increase. the first thing, take stock of the types of responsibilities that you have. and you might want to, believe it or not, you might want to ask for an elevated job title. i know there's that old joke, whn you can't get a raise, ask for a title. but really that one's going to be very important because that will indicate what your salary range, we want to get you to a higher salary range. the next thing, use that new title or the title that you have to go on to some of those sites like payscale.com or glassdoor.com to try to figure out what that range is. hopefully in combination you'll do a good job at making the equity case for yourself. >> okay. then merit. you need to come equipped to say, on merit i deserve this

raise. you need to come up with maybe some real hard core examples of what you've done, what makes you deserving, right? >> absolutely. most organizations will link performance review with your salary increase. don't assume that your boss remembers all of the great things you've been doing. you want to make the case for yourself. accomplishments, achievements. any evidence of commitment or engagement. you want to make sure you make the best possible case for yourself going into that meeting. >> you want to show the competitive advantage. that's the third marker that you talked about at the very top. you need to explain, what's the competitive advantage. know what kind of role you've played and how you have an advantage over anybody else who plays that similar role? >> and in this climate, fred, in this climate, this one's particularly important. because unemployment is so high. you want to make sure that you are in a role that's absolutely critical to the organization. they need you in order to compete. in addition to that, you want to make sure the role that you do and the job skills that you have

are unique. so very difficult to replace either internal in the organization or on the open job market. >> all right. reclaiming your career every weekend, sundays beginning at 4:00 eastern time. okay. so who doesn't fantasize about being a great athlete? face to face, tennis champ venus williams reveals what she believes are the keys to achi e achieving greatness. so if there were three things -- i like to ask all my face to face interviews, if there were three things that were, like, the key ingredients to greatness, what would they be? >> oh, my gosh. i think first you can never undermine hard work. that has to be the first. and because you're willing to work hard, you're going to get the confidence that you need to be able to achieve things. and that would be the second one, confidence and self-belief. and what would be the third?

the third one, i would say definitely the third, i would kind of describe it as heart. that could be the first, too. or it could be the third. you might not have a heart, but it's something you can learn. in term of heart, i mean, just being able to give that extra, pull it out of yourself, whatever that is, to get the job done. whether it's -- it's that heart. you can learn -- i think heart is something you can learn. >> so if you missed any of my talk with venus williams face to face, go to my blog at cnn.com/fredricka. of course, i want to hear from you. tweet me. a potential presidential candidate who is particularly outspoken heads for new hampshire this week. who is it? find out after the break. well-being.

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health care and presidential politics will make the headlines this week. cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser has this look ahead. >> a new fight in the battle of health care reform. tuesday the first of those lawsuits against the new measure makes its way to the federal appeals court level. the case will be heard in richmond, virginia. the legal war of the controversial law is expected to end up in the supreme court. the same day president obama heads to al pel paso, texas, to

speak out on the broken immigration system. >> i'm doing great in new hampshire. >> that's where donald trump will be on wednesday. the billionaire makes his second trip in the past couple weeks to the state that holds the first primary in the race for the white house. trump says he'll decide by june if he'll make a bid for the republican presidential nomination. except newt gingrich to make some news this week. a spokesperson says by the time he speaks on friday, he'll be a candidate for president. fred? >> thanks so much, paul. from health care to education now. finding qualified teachers to reflect the diversity in this nation is no easy tax. cnn education contributor steve perry talks to arnie duncan about the effort to recruit more minorities. >> which one? >> d.

>> reporter: teachers like this are rarely found in classrooms around the country. >> less than 2%, 1 in 50 of our teachers around the country today are african-american men. >> reporter: i sat down with education secretary arnie duncan to find out how he plans to get more minority teachers in the classroom. >> i'm traveling around the country, appealing to this next generation of great leaders to come to the nation's classroom to make a difference. >> reporter: are there a lot of men and women of color who want to go back, become teachers. what are some of the bold efforts you anticipate pushing to ensure that it's possible for them to do it in a reasonable way? >> we're trying to make it much easier. we've launched a website actually called teach.gov that folks can go on and find out about programs in their community. we're funding and putting different research behind alternative. i'm a big fan of mid-career changers. >> he was in the mortgage industry other resources. >> he gave him two 20-pound

sledgehammers. >> reporter: what's the benefit of having more african-americans in the classroom? >> was a we get to talk about our experiences and talk about the way things used to be, the way they can be, we give them hope. in our community being smart is not cool, you know. being a teacher is not cool. hopefully when i come into the classroom i expose them to what a black man can do, excellence. you all make me feel like i taught something this year. >> reporter: steve perry, washington. so just like your house and office, it can get so cluttered. same goes for your old computer, old files, resumés, all of it. time to clean them all out. we'll tell you how.

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that's too sweet. happy mom's day. so a lot of us are spring cleaning, right? don't just consider your house, but you need to tidety up your computer as well. earlier i spoke to our gaming expert about what you need to do. >> whatever your not using anymore, uninstall them properly. go to the control pranl if you are using windows and properly uninstall programs you have never used, many of which were preinstalled on your pc. or if you have old files, maybe you went through a goth music phase in the early 2000s and don't listen to the music anymore, clear it out. if you have icons on the desk top that you can't see the photo behind it, it is time to do desk top management to make it easier on the eyes. >> then you scan and fix. >> yep. there's a free tool built into operating systems often called a disk defrager. what this tool does is it combs

through the hard drive and fixes all the little zeros and ones by reorganizing them and just basically optimizing the performance of your hard drive. so things will be able to be accessed faster in a more reliable way and free up some extra real estate as well for more files. so just go to -- if you are using windows, go to start and then all programs or program files and then under accessories you'll see system tools. definitely use that. >> then update your software and protect yourself beyond just the thumb drives? >> that's right. so definitely you want to always update software whenever there's new releases. sometimes your pc will automatically tell you or automatically download an update, whether it is too your operating system or web browser. if not, go to the help or about system of your favorite programs and click on check for updates. not only does that fix common issues in bugs, software bugs and even security valuer

inabilities, but also you will download new updates to add more functionality. >> all right. great little tip that is we all need to know. holly in for don lemon this evening. >> nice to be here. reactions after osama bin laden's death. one person said this was not the right thing to do and they are sending the wrong message to countries abroad as they watch the celebrations here in times square. another viewpoint that goes against the grain of what we have heard oaf the last few days in the u.s. it is an interesting angle. >> that's just for starters. you've got a lot straight ahead. >> we have a lot. mother's day as well. more mothers over 40 than ever before. the only age group where the pregnancy rate is jumping. >> that is fascinating. >> what does it mean for the mothers? but importantly, what does it mean for the kids 20 to 30 years down the line? >> interesting. >> happy mother's day, by the

way. >> happy mother's day. holly, thank you so much. appreciate that. look forward to all that. that will do it for me. thank you for being with me this afternoon. i'm fredericka whitfield. more of the newsroom coming up next. apto ♪ or get one fixed. ♪ with highly trained tech experts, staples makes trouble-shooting and repairing technology just the way you want it -- easy. easy to buy. easy to fix. easy to save. staples. that was easy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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