good morning. i'm richard lui in for chris jansing this morning. he is called the biggest threat to the u.s. homeland and now he is dead. we are talking about anwar al awlak awlaki. he was tied to several terror plots on u.s. soil and a leader of al qaeda in yemen. he was targeted and killed in yemen, as well. jim mechanic ski is live at the

white house. >> reporter: officials confirm that a military drone strike, an air strike on a convoy east of the capital city of yemen this morning did, in fact, hit and kill anwar al awlaki, the american-born cleric, who many consider to be the greatest single threat, terrorist threat, to the united states. in part, because unlike osama bin laden who was killed last may, he was primarily inspirational in the final years and not conducting operations against u.s. targets but in awlaki's case, he was not only inspirational, had his own magazine, inspire, that went out on the internet, but he was also operational, hands on, in terms of launching a number of plots against the u.s. the famous christmas day airline bomber over detroit and the fact that explosives were loaded in to printer ink cartridges for

mailing to the united states to target certain individuals here in the united states. and according to intel officials, this probably is as significant in many respects as the killing of bin laden because as one intel official told me, every single day that anwar al awlaki got up out of the bed the sole focus was on attacking and killing americans right here in the united states, richard. >> mik, also coordination with the yemeni government, too. >> reporter: there's been serious and good corporation from the yemenis. in fact, the likes of al qaeda in yemen somewhat reckless lately because the yemeni forces so aggressive in attacking elements of al qaeda there in yemen that they probably let down their guard which allowed the u.s. to track anwar al awlaki and pinpoint him to be able to kill him today. >> the very latest on the breaking news this morning, jim

miklaszewski, thank you as always. >> okay, richard. >> now more perspective on this. how big of a catch is this, secretary? >> well, as jim miklaszewski said, it's very big in terms of this individual being one of the most important and most inspirational. and having moved from the inspirational to the operational made him a significant threat but i think we should not be misled by this. the fact we killed him and assuming that's the case and confirmed, others will come forward. this is not a war such where you have an end. it will not be an end to terrorism as long as you have desperate poverty in some countries, radical religious inspiration to take up arms, access to arms. we are going to face terrorism for a long time as john kennedy, president kennedy said, it is against terrorism in this case and it's important but not the

end. >> secretary, if you could, talk about al qaeda of the arabian peninsula. how strong they are and how the strength concerns the united states here on u.s. soil. >> well, it's been marked as one of the most significant threats to our homeland as such, and it's growing, has been growing in strength. and again, taking advantage of a an impoverished area, one of the poorest countries in the world, yemen, and you have poverty and religious leaders who practice and promote extremism then you're bound to have individuals such as awlaki come forward and exploit that so it's something that we have to be concerned about. we have to have support and you touched upon this, the government itself. without that, you have lack of access and intelligence that can really be serious so i think we are getting cooperation from the yemeni government, also from the saudis and others in the region. >> that's a development that cooperation with the yemeni government. it's being reported according

to, again, mik, jim miklaszewski here, a drone was used to kill awlaki. more success for the use of drones l. we see more headlines like this? >> i suspect in cases of yemen and elsewhere you are likely to see the use of drones. we are very reluctant, having a major force going in to iraq, afghanistan, i think the united states military and our government and the american people are relung about the to see the troops on the ground and likely to see technology to target individuals and to take them out. this also raises another issue and i have written about this. we have to be careful here. the notion to conduct a bloodless-type of warfare as such i think is very dangerous for us. the notion that we can launch attacks by remote control, never putting ourselves in harm's way is not true. there are consequences every time you take a military action.

so, we have to take care. we want to use technology to the best of our ability. we also want to make sure we don't just simply think we can move in to a country and conduct these kinds of strikes without consequences back on us. >> take the success in balance. secretary william cohen, thank you so much. >> pleasure to be with you. expecting to hear from president obama on the latest successful mission against al qaeda. we'll have the latest details live from the white house at 10:30 eastern and covering this breaking story this morning here on "jansing & company." we have more shocking testimony in the trial of michael jackson's doctor, dr. conrad murray. a disturbing scene in the pop star's bedroom. nbc's jeff rossen has the details for us from los angeles. >> reporter: he is the prosecution's key witness on the stand thursday. alvarez told the jury, when michael stopped breathing, dr. murray grabbed the medicine. >> did he then instruct you to

take some vials or do something with some vials? >> yes. while i was standing at the foot of the bed, he reached over and grabbed a handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said, here, put these in a bag. >> reporter: prosecutors say dr. murray was trying to hide the evidence before calling 911. and recruited alvarez to help. >> he then pointed to -- towards the iv stand and he said, now, get that bag or remove that bag and put it in the blue bag at the bottom of the bag there was what appeared to me like a milky white substance. >> reporter: that milky white substance prosecutors say was the powerful anesthetic propofol. >> what did you think he was doing? >> getting ready to go to the hospital. >> reporter: but prosecutors say the drugs never made it to the hospital and dr. murray lied to emergency workers and covering up the crime. >> this evidence in conjunction

with other evidence shows when the client needed to be revived he didn't care. all he was thinking about was himself. >> reporter: the defense attorney hammered at alvarez's story. >> is it possible, mr. alvarez, that you are confused about the timing of these particular events? is that possible? >> no, sir. >> reporter: the defense claims dr. murray asked alvarez to call 911 immediately and alvarez told the jury, that part's true. >> he said, alberto, hurry. we have to take -- get him to a hospital. we have to get a balance. >> reporter: alvarez said he didn't call right away distracted by michael's children. there they were, prince and paris, in the doorway watching their father die. >> paris screamed out daddy. >> reporter: alvarez got emotional. >> when you heard paris scream out, daddy, was she crying?

>> yes, sir. >> reporter: that's when he called 911. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing. he's pumping, he's pumping the chest but not responding to anything. >> reporter: two hours later, michael jackson was pronounced dead at ucla medical center. >> following the pronouncement of death, did you speak to conrad murray? >> yes. he said, thank you for your help. and i said to him, we did our best. >> reporter: jeff rossen, nbc news, los angeles. >> all right. we're also getting reaction of michael jackson's family. many of them sitting in the courtroom watching the trial unfold in front of them. la toya jackson tweeted, quote, on our lunch break. it's so hard for me to breathe in the courtroom from holding back the tears. for man 0 the trial, joined live by anne bremner. thank you for being with us today. i'm going to look today, what's happening, what we think may happen when two paramedics will give their testimony. in previous testimony, they say

they arrived on scene, that they -- at least from what what we hear, they say that murray told them lorazapam was given and not propofol. how severe of a blow to murray's case, if they do say that very same thing? >> well, it's a severe blow and yesterday was terrible for murray in terms of the cover-up and saying, you know, get rid of the ivs and the bags. you know, before calling 911. like they always say, it's not the crime. it's cover-up but the crime here of course is horrific if it's manslaughter and attributable to dr. murray and it gets worse in the web and other lies he's told me may hear about and other acts of cover-ups with the medics. >> the medics said when they arrived murray -- they asked him how long his pulse had not been going on. he said it just happened. they said, quote, it just doesn't add up. how important is their testimony

here to this case? >> well, it's huge because, you know, it's old phrase, false in one, false in all. the jury can disbelieve everything you say and believe you're the perpetrator and why would you lie to the medics? this is michael jackson, king of pop. this person, you know, in terms of his death, is probably already dead and saying it just happened. can you at least tell the medic what is they need to know to help him medically? isn't that the key? give them the true information to make sure that you save this person whether michael jackson or anybody else. but no. he lies about it apparently. >> go back to jeff rossen's report of alberto alvarez, the bodyguard there. prosecutors asked him why he followed dr. murray's orders. >> my personal experience, i believe that dr. conrad murray had the best intentions for mr. jackson. so, i -- i didn't question his

authority at the time. i knew it was a medical emergency so i proceeded to follow mr. conrad murray's instructions. >> anne, what do you think? >> that can cut both ways. one is basically to follow along and common sense says call 911 before you do anything. it's a mixed bag. >> mixed bag there. thank you, anne bremner. following the case out of los angeles right here on msnbc throughout the day. >> thanks. an incredible rescue in california. a 67-year-old man found by his family members on thursday. six days after his car plunged 200 feet off a mountain road into a ravine. david survived by building a makeshift camp and then drinking water from a nearby creek and found by his son and daughter who retraced the route of oxnard, california. >> if anybody can find our dad, it's us. we stopped at every ravine and

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all right. chris christie fueling speculation of a run for the white house. he says he is considering or reconsidering. christie told a crowd at an airport hangar in louisiana he'd

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michele bachmann said natural d disasters are god's warnings to politicians and now obama's health care law. >> in fact, it takes a miracle in order to repeal obama care. but i believe in miracles and i believe in the one who sends miracles. >> and she's got her nike hat on and shades down but there's no doubt that that is michelle obama at target. the white house says it's not uncommon for her to slip out and run a few errands but a spokesman would not say what she bought. i wonder if she's looking for something from misoni. a new report shows americans spending more while saving and earning less. not a recipe for recovery. the commerce department says consumer spending inched up last month by 0.2% but for the first time in nearly two years incomes fell by 0.1%. our next guest wrote the cover

story in latest issue of "time" magazine, "the age of volatility." she is assistant managing editor for "time" magazine. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> you write about consumer spending, needing a boost to get the economy going but at the cost of spending more than earning. >> it's interesting. we did a "time" money poll interviewing thousands of americans about the spending patterns and people are starting to dip in to their savings. incomes compressed now for several years. unemployment is still high and, you know, but still, impulse control is hard. >> right. >> you will find a lot of people shopping at target, though. >> a lot of things you can buy. >> exactly. >> how bad -- era of volatility, how bad is it scale of one to ten would you say? >> i think it's about a nine. we're seeing real structural shifts in the economy. people that we surveyed find they don't think the economy will improve for at least three

years. they know it's not a blip. >> earnings are going down and spending going up. we need more jobs to increase the spending theoretically. >> absolutely. >> the president's jobs plan, will that help here? >> i think it's the best thing going right now and an advantage for him in the election. particularly, for young people which we found in the survey they're the most pinched, the most worried, dealing with double digit unemployment in some cases and that's interesting. seeing going forward is a battle for shrinking battle of federal pie money and young people wanting it spent on job training and older people who don't want their entitlements cut. >> let's talk about the federal government can do and the organizations associated with it. the fed and operation twist trying to lower long-term interest rates. right now it seems like it's working. long-term interest rates down .2

of a percent. >> that's true but money is cheep for a long time and ben bernanke wants to do something but people don't have jobs. >> now, is this altogether a new era that is negative? is volatility necessarily going to be bad long term? can we really take some thing that is are positive out of what you've written from your research, as well? >> well, there is one thing that's positive here. we are going back to an earlier time period, earlier in the -- earlier part of the century, there were quicker booms and busts. we had more recessions but the recoveries were more robust so that's a ray of hope. things more uneven but a bigger jump up with a recovery unlike the stagnation of the last couple of years. >> i hope you are right. we need that. appreciate it. have a good weekend. >> thank you. you, too. big al qaeda leader killed in yemen, reportedly had ties to a stripper, as well. tell us what you think about this story. talk to us on twitter. we'll be checking your tweets throughout the day. e now.

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help them at home with homework. it is frustrating when you cannot go to the child's school and talk to the teacher or asking the teacher to please help your child because they're struggling. >> reporter: that frustration pushed her to volunteer at her daughter's miami-dade elementary school. she thought that by being close she could at least make sure they were doing well. >> i did copies for the office. i helped in the cafeteria. >> reporter: then co-workers encouraged her to take the free english classes by the school district. next, she got ged training, college assistance, career guidance and babysitting seven days a week. >> it is a wrap around service that goes beyond just the educational needs. it addresses social issues of communities. >> i started feeling confident. i was able to speak to other people. and now, i am capable of doing

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welcome back to "jansing & company." cool weather is dropping down through the country today. look at satellite picture. the big trough in place and along with that it feels like fall and then some across much of the country. there's a look at today in the northeast. watch showers come in. this is actually a little bit of snow in the appalachians. 45 in pittsburgh tomorrow and the rain continues for a lot of northern new england in to sunday, as well. midwest, showers lingering and moving out. very nice on saturday for most of the midwest. that continues right through the weekend. 77 twin cities on sunday. a couple of showers in florida today. a front coming through making for beautiful weather this weekend. no rain for texas, unfortunately. temperatures coming up to about 87 on sunday and finally in the west, some scattered showers and much cooler weather and rain in

the northwest over the weekend while it continues to generally be dry in much of the west. about 99 in phoenix on sunday. richard, back to you. >> thank you. have a good weekend. we have breaking news right now. that same unit that killed bin laden taken out anwar al awlaki. nbc's christin welker is covering this live at the white house. the president will address this in about an hour. is that what we're hearing? >> reporter: that's right. hi there, richard. president obama will address the killing of anwar al awlaki during that joint chiefs ceremony expected to get under way now in about a half hour. awlaki, one of the most influential al qaeda operatives wanted by the united states, he was killed in a drone strike in northern yemen earlier this morning. he is a -- someone who has ties to the u.s. and yemen, as well.

he was really someone who helped to direct and plan some of the attacks and attempted attacks we're quite familiar with, including the failed underwear attack on christmas day 2009 as well as that botched attempt to put explosives inside cartridges and send them to the united states. he also had tied to army major nadal hassan who opened fire in ft. hood, texas. one of the other things that made him so influential, richard, is that he tried to recruit young and disaffected muslims to the al qaeda network, so certainly, his name not as big as osama bin laden, but he was one of the most influential members of al qaeda. richard? >> at the white house, again, waiting for response from the president, you're there for us. thank you so much. we also know that al awlaki influenced a lot of would be terrorists out there. he was behind the christmas day

underwear bomber and he's thought to be the inspiration for nadal hassan as she was telling us, the u.s. army major who went on a shooting spree and may have inspired the attempt of becoming times square. nbc investigative producer bob windam joins us right now. you said this is a big deal, big progress for the government's fight against, again, terrorism, and again, against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and getting some more details of how they got to that point. cyber attacks. >> cyber attacks were carried out apparently over last weekend, our msnbc counter terrorism analyst put out a report a couple of days ago and what he was saying was it appears that the u.s. and uk government agencies launched an attack to interfere with the publication of inspire magazine which is the online publication that al awlaki used to recruit

and instruct people in bomb making so this is all part of a leveraging of technology that you're seeing, whether it's a predator attack, whether it's a cyber attack, whether it's jsac operations against bin laden. >> how does this affect president obama's focus on lowering the concerns and the risk of lone wolves? he was an english speaker, u.s. citizen. cutting off a -- a prolific write ir. >> he was inspirational to a number of people, not just those w who kristen mentioned but ideas of people carrying out limited attacks with limited support and here we have in this case somebody who has been the inspiration for a lot of those

lone wolves we have already seen. >> who's next? >> well, certainly, the u.s. officials are very confident that they will get iman al zawahiri. but it's important to note that al qaeda central which is how u.s. officials refer to the traditional al qaeda in pakistan has not been as active as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> right. >> and but what you are going to see now is an even more intense effort to get zawahiri an they're very, very confident to get him and he by his own admission has been targeted by the united states five times. >> all right. one of the last major figureheads out there for al qaeda. >> the last. >> thank you. >> thank you. here's a look at other stories for you here on msnbc. amanda knox is back in court for what's expected to be the final day in the appeals trial. she is serving a 26-year prison term in italy after being found

guilty of murdering her british roommate in 2007. the court said she killed her for no reason. a verdict is expected on monday. oregon couple who prayed and rubbed olive oil on the dying infant has been convicted of man slaugt. dale and shannon were found guilty after bacterial infection led to their child's death nine hours after he was born. their church believes in relying on medicine rather than prayer to treat illnesses. recalling 90 cases of lettuce after one of the bags tested positive for lysteria. they say that the cases were sent to a food distributor in oregon who may have shipped them to washington and idaho. it's bags of a used by date of september 29th. a miracle puppy survives after mistaking a metal pole for a bone. the story behind the x-rays in

20 minutes. bank of america's being accused of sticking it to its customers. that's the angry response from illinois senator dick durbin on the plan to charge customers a $5 monthly fee just to use their debit card for purchases. cnbc's courtney reagan is here with what's moving your money on friday. consumers are not happy about this. $5. >> exactly. nobody wants to pay more and face value it seems unfair to consumers and especially those financially responsible, use their cards responsibly but the reason that bank of america is doing this is actually quite simple. it's because it has to. and it's likely just the first of many banks to introduce a fee like this. the reason that i say that it has to do it is because regulation introduced by the dodd-frank act amendment caps fees of banks to charge merchants for processing those debit card transactions so the cap is 21 cents. that's less than half of the

44-cent average that banks charge now. i know 23 cents sound like much but compound it by millions of transaction fees it could cost the banks to lose billions of dollars. so bank of america's arguing that in order to be able to provide features to customers like overdraft and fraud protection, it needs to charge this fee to help cover those costs. now, the fees are being introduced now because these regulations go in to effect october 1st. again, there's other banks probably right behind bank of america. >> they tend to move in a herd. let's move to something that might spark a lot of outrage and has. less than 11 months on the job, hp ceo walking out but with tons of cash. >> yeah. exactly. now, this is very maddening to many of us. but golden parachutes, what we call this type of package are not all that uncommon. i mean, the reason that companies have them in the first

place is largely because it's an insurance policy of sorts offered to ceos that a company is more or less courting from the outside. now, in the case of hewlett-packard, today, leo is receiving a $13.2 million severance package made up of $7.2 million in cash, bonus and $3.6 million in restricted stock plus some relocation expenses. understandably, investors upset because hp stock fell 46% in the tenure but there is something investors can do about it. the bill i discussed before actually requires public companies to include a say on pay vote for shareholders. many of these shareholders haven't vetoed. >> hp not lucky with ceos. >> that, too. that, too. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. after one of the most spectacular september collapses in baseball history, it looks like the red sox manager terry

francona is being let go. the attention immediately focused on francona. there's a report they'll part ways with the team declining to pick up the option on francona's contract. official announcement could come this morning. terry francona will be among the 14 million americans looking for work, as well. that's where my next guest comes in. adrian graham is part of a firm of atlanta and also the ceo and founder of the career website empower empowerme.org and the talent diva on twitter. that's some of the things you do. you wrote the book, though, "get recruited." now, part of that for the folks listening to that is you say we should use social media as one of those tactics so tell us, how can we use twitter specifically for instance to make ourselves

more marketable to employers? >> well, first of all, it has a lot to do with branding. people don't understand you don't create a profile and start tweeting out i need a job. what i tell people to do is create a brand. make sure you showcase your strongest points, skills and let people know a little bit about your professional background. get involved in the conversations and pay attention to what recruiters are talking about and showcase your talent that way. >> does it matter how many followers you have? >> no. it's not a matter of how many followers you have. a lot of that is background noise as i like to call it. it's how engaged you are with the followers. >> how can we use twitter and other social media to find jobs and opportunities? >> well, you can do searches on twister with hashtags and hashtags are the pound sign and whatever the keyword is. i do something on tuesdays called tweet me tuesdays so in my timeline a lot of recruiters

did send their jobs and i'll retweet them out to my followers and on wednesday i give the chance to job seekers, as well, to go on and say what they're looking for and they tweet me and recruiters watch my timeline on people looking for work. >> follow abring yen is what you're saying. that's right. another one of the tips here is say we should look at other ways of creating experience. volunteering. freelancing. >> yes. >> those could lead to a job, as well. >> yes, they can. a lot of people are so stringent about looking far full-time position they overlook the obvious. being a consultant, looking for part-time work and also volunteering at nonprofits can give you a way to showcase your expertise and knowledge. >> you don't always have to go for broke. take what's in the middle. doemt think it's below you is what you're saying. >> exactly. >> you're on the ground floor connecting employees with employers or perspective employees i should say. where are you seeing the most jobs today?

>> the most growth i have noticed is in health care information technology with all of the changes going on in health care. and also, internet security and software engineers and also mobile need yeah, a lot of game designers, graphic designers, app designers so there's been a lot of requests from clients to find those types of talent. >> adrienne, great weekend ahead of you there in atlanta. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> you bet. new words from the vice president about who needs to be held accountable when it comes to the economy. we want to know what you think about the stories we're covering today and you can find us at facebook. nd major medical? major medical, boyyyy! [ beatboxing ] ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ ain't that enough for you? ♪ there are things major medical doesn't do. aflac! pays cash so we don't have to fret. [ together ] ♪ something families should get ♪ ♪ like a safety net ♪ even helps pay deductibles, so cover your back, get... ♪ a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aflac! [ male announcer ] help protect your family at aflac.com.

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a new study finds among obese people with hypertension, two servings of potatoes a day reduced the blood pressure as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain. but french fries won't do it. researchers had the participants eat purple potatoes with skins cooked without oil in the microwave. good day, everyone. i'm alex witt. coming up at the top of the hour, a major blow to al qaeda. the u.s.-born cleric behind the underwear bomber and other terrorist plots has been killed by u.s. drone strike in yemen. will we hear the president's first comments in the next hour? day four in the michael jackson death trial gets under way with expected testimony from the paramedic who is tried to save his life. and the couple in this flash mob proposal joining us live. it's a happy time for them. see you at the top of the hour. now back to you, richard. >> thank you. next election could be a referendum on the economy. and vice president joe biden made that very clear in a radio

interview. >> even though 50-some percent of the american people think the economy tanked because of the last administration, that's not relevant. what's relevant is we're in charge. and right now, we are the ones in charge and it's gotten better but it hasn't gotten good enough. and so, i don't blame them for being mad. we're in charge. so they're angry. >> alesia mendez is a senior adviser and alex cornet is a former press secretary for tim pawlenty's campaign. alesia, if you're advising the president right now an trying to fix the economy, the question out there, how do you do it without thinking about jobs and getting re-elected at the same time? >> i don't think that they're mutually exclusive and the jobs plan he's put forward is absolutely where the president needs to be. listen. it offers tax breaks to middle class families, small business owners so that they can start hiring again. puts americans back to work

rebuilding bridges and roads and at the same time it deals with the long-terminational deficit so this is a piece of policy that is both economically sound and politically the right thing to do. >> alex, i want to show you poll number which is you probably have seen. it shows how president obama's approval rating has gone down. and his disapproval rating has gone up. republicans blaming obama for the economy right now. with those poll numbers here, when we look at it, what does this tell you about republican candidates and what shay thoub doing? what do you tell them to do here? >> obama isn't working. the longer obama's been in office, the worse the economy has gotten. he inherited an 8% unemployment and well over 9% unemployment now. everything put forward is more government, ultimately more taxes. it doesn't address the fundamental problems facing our country including long-term debt, long-term unemployment. he is out of solutions and the american people figured that out. all the republican candidates for president offering ideas to

create jobs now and address the long-term problems facing our country. that's the sort of leadership that voters are looking for and it's why republicans are very confident that regardless of who our nominee is, we have a lot of good candidates, we'll beat president obama next week. >> will you be there for a vice presidential position, perhaps? >> no. marco rubio is in libya right now. >> you can tell us, come on. >> he just got back from florida myself and focused on a good job for the people there and the, you know, the presidential contest is something completely and entirely -- i worked for tim pawlenty and now focused on winning the good fight in the senate where the battle right now is to beat barack obama's plans to raise taxes. >> such a disingenuous narrative. the republicans pushed austerity, pulled the stimulus. if there's a reason the economy is in the tank --

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if you're a pet lover, here comes a miracle puppy and a cat with two faces. first, this is blue. he somehow swallowed a flag pole. check out the x-ray. ouch. but the vet staff pulled it out without damaging the organs. this is frank and louis. the cat survived for 12 years making him the oldest living cat with two faces. yeah. okay. huge topic change. holly madison's assets. she insured the breasts for $1 million. the policy with lloyd's of london. not if first to insure one or two of the body parts. tina turner insured the legs. who and what is next? that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." have a great weekend. alex witt is up next.

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no heartburn in the first place. great. he was called the internet bin laden because of his skills of recruiting terrorists online. this morning, one of the world's most wanted terrorists is dead. anwar al awlaki killed in a u.s. drone strike. more stunning testimony on the day michael jackson died as his security guard and personal chef take the witness stand in his death trial. and they've become an internet sensation. we'll talk with the couple behind the flash mob proposal. hello, everyone. i'm alex witt in for thomas roberts today. we begin with the biggest blow to al qaeda since the death of osama bin laden. american-born cleric anwar al awlaki has been killed in yemen. the motorcade was struck by a missile