it's a small town. it's sort of a country town, really. people can't believe the most wanted man in the world was living in their midst. elsewhere in southern pakistan, there has been a demonstration by an islamist party. it's quite a radical islamic party. there they've staged pro-bin laden demonstrations. pakistan is filled with sympathizers. and the government is braced for more demonstrations of this kind. >> what are you hearing from pakistani officials in response to this u.s. mission? >> well, they are being a little shy of overtly commenting except to say this was a u.s. operation. according to u.s. policy, we are committed to stamping out terrorism. but they're clearly very embarrassed by the fact that bin laden was living in a town that is a garrison town that has 120,000 either active duty or retired military personnel in it. it's mind boggling and it -- it makes it appear as if either they were in conclusion with osama bin laden or they were guilty of extraordinary incompetence. >> that's my next question. it appears that bin la

the president then visited a town where he had distant relatives. this trip is aimed at emphasizing the strong historical bonds between the u.s. and ireland. [cheers and applause] >> a cheering crowd gathered in central dublin to gather for the president's speech to the irish people. >> hello. [cheers and applause] hello, ireland. [cheers and applause] my name is barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> obama launched into a folksy address which at times seemed almost like a campaign speech, focusing heavily on his irish roots. disconnection goes back almost 200 years. the president's great, great, great grandfather was born in a sleepy village in 1830. obama paid tribute to his irish roots with a visit to the small town. thousands came to see the famous distant cousin, who also had time to meet some long-lost relatives at a local pub. if obama came to ireland with a message, he emphasizing long- standing close ties that connect to the u.s. and ireland. he restated this in his speech in dublin. >> we are bound by history and friendship and shared value

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a lot of ground. from the destruction in tuscaloosa to small towns to the north hit just as hard. here in the outlying less populated areas there perhaps are a few more challenges but the response has been just as active. tornado victims have been streaming in since over the weekend, and volunteers hope much-needed donations will continue to flow in as well. but there are those in remote locations like elbert nixon of haileyville who feel left out. >> the only people that's been up through here is volunteers or family members to help people. >> reporter: fema's administrator, who toured the devastation, acknowledged his agency hasn't made it around to all affected areas just yet. >> in this case getting everybody in to get out there is taking us a little bit longer, but we're coming. >> reporter: people like the grecis are waiting. >> i feel really good about the future. i mean, so many people have come forward to us and i mean immediately following the storm we had help right off the bat. >> reporter: others are waiting, too. optimistic about what lie ahead, the worst they hope be

the only way to clean up a town like this is to bring in the federales. you know, everybody's got to go to jail. i mean, these -- you know, if you think about it, who is the real hero of "to kill a mockingbird"? who's the one who sees clearly? it's not atticus finch. he's not even a very intelligent father. i love him. i love him. but who lets your kids out in the middle of the night wearing -- dressed as farm animals and fruit when there's a craze killer who's vowed to get them? you say, fine, you don't need me to walk you home. you can do it yourself. is that -- is that smart? is that a good dad? bo radley is the one who actually has it straight, right? he knows those kids are going to get into trouble. he's out there and he does something about it. he's the one who gets justice in the book. you know, and so when you really think about it, if you can put through this wonderful vision of the child, if you can stop looking at this problem from a child's point of view, then you'll get a new take on "to kill a mockingbird," i think. you know, one that's muc

would come in and visit all of these people my uncle, my grand mother and so forth, all were from a town land called outside of robin. when i was growing up i would hear the names. and they would conjure the sense of another world i was no longer a part of but was connected to. i think the -- i came to the brink of this sort of, you know, really quest gradualy by hearing the names. the other experience i had when i was growing up is music in my grand mother's house. my grand mother live on the first floor of the apartment building the door was open. everyone in the apartment building stopped there after work. they would stop for a drink and play polka, not polka, poker. and lynched to john gibbons play an accordion on his wooden leg. you had the sense of people having come over if not in mass by a great number to this other place with a kind of echo of that place being transposed into the world that became my world. so that of my mother's side of the family. my father's side was more mysterious. over time i heard stories of lost aunts and saint john >> new found land which is not where t

town. blue collar. basically a company town. northwestern pacific railroad. >> reporter: the ferry's taking the cars from san francisco. they did passengers who wanted to continue their rail trip into northern california. that ended in 1920 when passenger traffic went somewhere else. what do you think would surprise people most of the the history of tiburon? you can see what it was like. >> i think the biggest change is when it became from a dairy to a railroad. went from 45 people in the peninsula that 300 overnight. that completely changed this area. >> reporter: you have been here, you said 26 years now. why are you so interested in the history so much that you would want to run a museum? >> well, when i was little, we would come down and watch the trains. there was a bridge across the rails. you could take your bicycle up and go watch them, look down on them and see them go by. it was pretty exciting. it was a nice way to pass time. >> reporter: laura and you folks at home, take a look at this photo. this is from 1920. it gi

it was a pioneering town. the zinc capital of the world. and then a hot spot on route 66. today, many remember how the town pulled together after the tornadoes in '71 and '73. >> as the memories of times pass, we will find our character as we journey ahead to another chapter in life. >> reporter: yesterday, in the last few hours before the tragedy, the town of joplin was filled with pride and excitement. the high school graduating class took to the stage to accept diplomas. >> meg carlisle -- >> reporter: and promised a future filled with hope. >> i had just gotten home from graduation. i was still in cap and gown when it hit. >> reporter: those speeches, the search for optimism, the search for light, still echoing even in joplin today. take charge and dream big. smile, it'll make you feel better. and langston hughes, the wonderful poet, said, we here do not walk with darkness, we walk with the sun in the morning. and abc news will be here on that morning, tomorrow morning. "nightline" with a special "nightline" tonight. at abcnews.com, 24 hours a day. as the thunder begin

waiting for the liberating soldiers she was fifteen years old and living in tennessee and it was called a town but it was actually more of a concentration camp and martha was one of one hundred forty thousand people waiting for the decision to seal their fate more often than not people were sent to auschwitz to face execution meanwhile tellers and children were not allowed to read the pictures all same. as if that be what our health sector and musician. but i'm an excuse me nothing here has the lot of bright the case and also the requiem with us in a space and. as his men like to say the juice in a requiem for themselves. this is how the secret music lessons were held in tatters and. these drawings belong to mother's friend. she slept in the adjacent bed elder enjoyed her sketching everything around her but keeping it hidden their images paints a vivid picture of life in terrorism. thank god it began this is where we washed i thought there was no bathroom just a town and water the only cold water and even that was spotty the young girls quarters were here they were kept separate from their par

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penus if knew the stories characters personally edward golinski was polish amalia's him a town was a jewish woman a comic is called the romeo and juliet of auschwitz she was twenty six years old and he was twenty one. the fact they found love of the death factory as auschwitz was known was remarkable that they could escape was incredible an s.s. officer had given edward a german uniform his happiness with mallya lasted just twelve days when they were then called. edward was hanged in. my prayers he also wanted to hang. me but she didn't let them for my ashes. she cut her veins with a piece of irony that happened to be a hand if you did. you know what. when an s.s. man was about to put the noose around her neck she has him. own story is unique he was one of the first to arrive at auschwitz as inmate number one hundred twenty one and he was lucky enough to leave the camp alive on top of that each day he had to resist an excruciating temptation he was serving as the personal barber of the camp's commander rudolf hess for years people have wanted the answer to just one question. more upo

above the rest in a military town. this was osama bin laden's window on the world. inside the compound, a scorched roof, a sign of the struggle here. the u.s. claims bin laden might have lived in this fortress for as long as five years. pakistan's powerful spy agency, the isi, says that they raided the place in 2003, but then it dropped off the radar. they said that they were embarrassed by the failure. this local man insisted that security forces let no one passed unnoticed here. >> all of these people when they came in the night to their house, they always checked their id cards. they ask you for the id card, where you live, they would ask you in the evening. >> we are outside the compound. the house itself is clearly visible. you can see how very conspicuous all of this is with the high perimeter walls and the barbwire on top. it is easy to understand why the americans are asking so many questions. they want to know how bin laden managed to live here. they believe he must have had a support system. they're asking how

above the rest in a military town. this was osama bin laden's window on the world. inside the compound, a scorched roof, a sign of the struggle here. the u.s. claims bin laden might have lived in this fortress for as long as five years. pakistan's powerful spy agency, the isi, says that they raided the place in 2003, but then it dropped off the radar. they said that they were embarrassed by the failure. this local man insisted that security forces let no one passed unnoticed here. >> all of these people when they came in the night to their house, they always checked their id cards. they ask you for the id card, where you live, they would ask you in the evening. >> we are outside the compound. the house itself is clearly visible. you can see how very conspicuous all of this is with the high perimeter walls and the barbwire on top. it is easy to understand why the americans are asking so many questions. they want to know how bin laden managed to live here. they believe he must have had a support system. they're asking how

we call rossmore he was a bamewok indian and his wife was baptized there 1802 and she is from a town we call castro valley, hayward, she is aloni. he is baymewok i have a long term relationship with the place. >> you live in san jose. >> that is where my great great great grandfather planted a tree when he moved in 1818 and married a patwin indian woman there our family tree is there and we are very much involved. >> your folks are with you. >> mom and dad work and live with the sisters of the holy family and the dominican sisters across the street. >> what is the best thing about the california missions. >> i am very involved in the cannonnation the friars let me have his ring after he passed away. >> a francis can. >> yes, 40 years from 1958 to 1998 and we had beatification 1998, presented john paul two and was able to meet the holy father afterwards. >> is there anything to clear up about father sarah? about his good work that some times is misinterpreted? >> often sarah's detractors, good scholarship is undoing a lot of claims so when cannonnization comes the news media won't go

a look. that's the sights and the sounds of the town being decimated. what you see right there the early stage of a deadly tornado. it would grow to more than a half mile wide. went right through the center of joplin, missouri. the population there 50,000. this is joplin, missouri, this morning. as of this hour the death toll reaching 89. as many as one in three buildings sustaining significant damage. that includes one of the city's main hospitals. the national guard on patrol with a state of emergency in effect. andres cue teams they keep searching today, this afternoon, all through the day for survivors. joplin, missouri, the latest victim of a volatile wave of turbulent springtime weather. brian todd in the thick of it. >> reporter: drew, rescue teams are combing through grid by grid, house by house in this city. the houses that are left are severely damaged, but frankly in this part of the city not many houses are left. you mentioned about 1/3 of the houses in this downtown area were severely damaged. by that you can take to mean flattened. behind m

town village. man: people think that rural areas are pristine and perfect and everybody has a nice, simple life. that's, uh, not exactly the situation here. when you come into town in the summer, you know you're coming to herminie. woman: the aroma in 90-degree days... can sometimes just want to knock you over. woman: we have water. we have power, we have gas, but we have no sewage. i guess when they laid out the town years ago, it just all went into the pipes and straight into the "crick." sabljak: i've lived here 43 years in the same house. when i moved here, they told us that sewage would be here shortly. and here it is 43 years later and we still don't have it. my husband and i went to the first meeting. he always said, "boy, i'll never see it in my lifetime." well... my husband passed away last december. man: right now, the wastewater in herminie is going to basically three places -- in the street, down mine shafts, or into the creeks. i think we're very lucky that we haven't had some kind of serious health problem. sabljak: i came up one morning to get my newspaper, and there was this pool

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it is a town called czar not z --zar --zarna. there was a very interesting sign at the time where they found all the paperwork of all the suicide bombers detonating themselves in iraq and found 19% of them kept details and home phone numbers and addresses. 19% of them came from one village, one town in libya. they didn't know why. my colleague went to darna in 2008 and documented a very anti-american atmosphere and showed how our car was improving in this libyan town. there are a lot of libyan recruits in afghanistan fighting american forces in afghanistan. these are things that have to be watched because a chaotic libya, if libya turns into somalia, a failed regime that is a very dangerous situation in the current war against al qaeda. >> host: once you to comment on this headline. violence is key over the koran burning in florida. >> guest: your heard general david petraeus make a part with appeal for calm because of this pastor in florida who took upon himself to burn korans. it is an incendiary thing to do and it has led to d

know the candidates or knows someone who does, if you can influence them to come to your home or to a town hall, it's an interesting process. >> that i closed the loop on the date for iowa to set its caucuses? is there a deadline and if so, when? >> we wait to see the puff of smoke from the secretary's office in new hampshire and we will evaluate accordingly. >> let me ask you about the number of debates. there has been concerned about having too many candidates. will we see these candidates scaled-back? >> they are getting concerned about the large quantity of debates there coming at erik going to try to least control the number and i think that is smart to control to a point. you can over saturate and you have to make sure you do justice on behalf of the candidates who are out there campaigning. but let's be honest. we are at a critical time in the country and i think this is the most important presidential election in my lifetime. there is going to be a lot of interest moving forward this coming year and i will tell you firsthand that every event i've been to and the last several weeks

a deadly path through top lin. the -- joplin. the -- the missouri town of nearly 50,000 left in shambles as a tornado six miles long and half a mile wide cut through the town. >> i actually was planning to help where it early broke out but there's nothing to help with. it's flattened. >> reporter: home after home destroy. all that's left, piles of splintered wood. >> this tornado went through a residential part of our city and damaged a small part of the commercial district before it moved out of joplin. >> reporter: authorities warned the death toll could rise as the search and rescue cones. it's a race against time for those who may be trapped beneath degree. >> it's very important that we get them out of their entrapments as quick as we can. we have to worry about getting them the basics, the food and the water. >> reporter: officials are looking for survivors and are coordinating the cleanup efforts. missouri go has already declared a state of emergency. president obama says fema and other federal anticipations are working with local emergency manage

a missing four-month-old turns up. we're live in the town of knight. >>> after seven weeks of searching one of the suspects in the beating of bryan stow is caught. >>> the search of survivors is caught in missouri after a tornado killed more than 80 people. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning, thank you for waking up with us it's monday, may 23rd i'm pam cook. what is the weather like on this monday morning? steve paulson is live. >> now the temperatures 60s and 70s. some of the upper 50s too much of an on shore breeze. we are head into a holiday weekend. we will take a look at that coming up shortly. here is sal. >>> three lanes of southbound 880 in oakland are back up and working after a car hit a man. witnesses called the highway patrol just after 12:30 this morning reporting a man crawling across the roadway near the fruitvale exit when officers arrived on the scene the man was dead. the highway patrol shut down three lanes of 880 while they conducted their investigation. those lanes reopened just after 2:00 this mo

i'm coming in parts of a town that i know so well are unrecognizable right now. tough time. i have a tough time getting my bearings in certain places even though i should know exactly where i am. i am from the south, from arkansas, worked in arkansas, been covering tornadoes a long time. it seems cliche but you never have seen anything like this in your life. it's something worth noting here about this town, joplin, missouri. this town, yes, it's small. 50,000 people. but this town is the economic life. it is the engine of this entire area here in southwest missouri because there are so many other towns around. so many towns come here during the day. the population of this city goes up to about 200,000, 300,000 every single day during the workweek because this is where everyone comes to actually work. i'll toss it back to you. i think i need to hand it back over. it's important and worth noting here, this town is of vital importance. not just joplin but the entire area depends on joplin for its livelihood. >> that's a very good point to make. it is indeed that. i

town in oklahoma. as many as 100 homes look like the one behind me after a tornado tore through town last night. >> oh, no, what did it destroy? it's a trailer house! >> reporter: with winds up to 150 miles per hour... >> what's behind it? >> reporter: ...the tornado that tore through piedmont, oklahoma destroyed jamey zimmerman's dream house in just 15 seconds. >> i know it's going to be a year before i get to live in it again. >> reporter: zimmerman had heard the advanced warnings on his local newscast, so he knew he had minutes to take shelter. >> that thing it a bull's eye on me. it was coming right at me. as it came over the hill i said it's time to get into the safe room. watch for glass! >> reporter: he came here to this small fortified room he built in the back of his bedroom. >> i was in the safe room back in here. >> reporter: where he found refuge as the tornado tore the rest of his house to shreds. >> this worked, and that was a massive tornado, and it survived it. >> reporter: in total, four separate tornadoes touched down across the state late yesterday. >> i believe we've got debris on t

today in memphis, workers finished sandbagging outside a school in the harbor town section downtown, a full week ahead of a projected 48-foot water crest, roughly 14 feet above flood stage. >> we're going to be okay. it's the people in the greenville area, helena, all the way down the chain, it's going to be serious. >> reporter: genie has watched water steadily creep toward her cottage on the wolf river. now just feet away from entry. do you have flood insurance? >> no, we do not. >> reporter: turning thursday into moving day. >> this will all be under water in a couple days. >> reporter: she expects to return to an expensive mess. >> we like living near to the water but not this close to the water. >> reporter: engineers are expected to detonate the third and final opening on the levee, and the weather channel said major and in some cases record-setting flording will continue through the weekend as river levels rise over the next 7 to 10 days. >> we'll watch it in the days ahead. ron mott in memphis for us tonight. ron, thanks. >>> remember, it was a week ago tonight that that massi

we don't need a town hall meeting to tell you that. it is a waste of time, energy, and money. now you guys personally, but the only be a year or two. >> i am eric brooks and a grass- roots organizer in san francisco. i have also been an organizer of the country for various campaigns and i can tell you that what is happening to these drivers is just a microcosm of what is happening all over the country and all over the world. the rich are getting away like bits and every time something has to go up in price, the little guy has to pay. in wisconsin, ohio, michigan, this is happening all over the place. they have not been rising up in san francisco until today when cabdriver's shut down the civic center and their proline going to make good on their promise to shut down cab service in the city if folks don't change things. there are any union members watching this program, learn from the cab drivers. this is like the great depression. you need to rise up and help the cabdrivers get benefits. the unions need to get in on this. [applause] >> i am with these invoices go cabdrivers' a

long and a half mile wide to the center of town. incredible video coming in this morning as the search for survivors continues. first, we want to show you a video of the actual tornadoes. there is a tornado caught on camera as it moves into the city of dublin. we also have video to show you of the devastation. most of the south side is level. businesses, homes, restaurants and the main hospital. check out the damage of the city's most critical facilities. that is what is left of st. john's regional medical center. most of the windows are blown out. there is damage everywhere. there are reports from hospital staff the 300 lb. man was sucked out of the window of the hospital. one woman said that she found x returns from this hospital in the town of willard which is 70 mi. away. " here is footed coming out of minneapolis, 30 people injured, several homes levels, cars were thrown and trees snapped. >> the storms are generating giant winds and tornadoes. here in the bay area we are looking at gusty winds today, nothing that approaches the

i will say once again as i have said through many corners of the city, whether it is a town hall meetingjust your regular family association dinner, the hundreds i have been too -- i really feel proud of our asian community as a whole for allowing me to serve this great city and for all the years of struggle and coordinating and push to keep the doors of government open and to keep opportunities for many generations of asians to serve this wonderful city. thank you. i continue to thank the board of supervisors for this historic vote that happened in january. saying that, i want to kick off the celebration by doing the appropriate thing, signing the declaration that declares this month asian pacific american heritage month. i would like you to join with me the fantastic group of council generals here. if i can call up to join me -- the council generals from canada, china, japan, korea -- please join me. please come up. if i may, i would like each share of our apa volunteer committee to please come up and board president david chiu. and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg s

a bank. and the town of abbyville. police are trying to determine the identity of the person and just how long those remains have been inside that bank chimney. the remains will be sent to lsu where a forensics team will test the dna. >> parts of tennessee are on the brink of disaster as people brace for widespread flooding. we want to show you pictures of the town of millingtown north of memphis already dealing with heavy flooding and the mississippi river hasn't even crested yet. water has partially submerged some neighborhoods making it very difficult to get around. people living in low lying areas in memphis have been told to evacuate. the river is expected to crest on tuesday at 48 feet in memphis. [ music ] >> sharks fever is building in the bay area as fans lineup early this morning to buy tickets for tomorrow's big game. >> sorry, mom, you might get a little wet tomorrow. meteorologist mark tamayo will tell us about the chances of seeing some rain on mother's day. [ music ] . >> suing for being kicked out of cla