when i said irish americans, i go back to the americas, irish-spanish americans and french-irish, et cetera, and my own family live there. other famous irish american personalities at the time were, for example, in the news world the e. f. obrian, the editor of the times of cuba and in the cuban roman catholic church, father moynihan, no relationship to my grandmother, loved for his kindness and great sense of humor. born in the 20's in havana were of irish descent. they were fran emilio. he was entirely blind by the age of 13 but learned gerschwin's rhapsody in blue by using braille scores. he was also one of the major instrumentalists of the feeling -- many of you recollected remember -- the thrilling sound of the 50's that blended the latin bolero with the latin sound. the second was chico, we like always to put these little names to people. my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 200

the irish are more interesting. they had to put up with colonialism, just as puerto rico is a colony of the united states. i also respect the fact that they have a facility with language, which i also enjoy. consequently, i wondered why this attraction to the irish. in 2004, the university of puerto rico asked me to come there and lecture and read. i immediately called my favorite cousin, and she said, what are you doing here? i told her and i said, please come to the reading, i have a book for you. she came. she said my son is getting married tomorrow at the caribbean hilton, could you please come? and i went. i hadn't seen her in 30 years. we were kids together. and after the wedding, there was a reception and she introduced me to her daughters, very beautiful girls, then i met the last one, very beautiful, green eyes, and she said, i want you it meet my son. all this is in spanish, you know? so i said, sure. so she called these 3 boys over, about my complexion, curly hair, and this is barry, brian, and brady. you

i was thinking that was a year after my irish american family came here. why don't my irish american family know this information. i want to try to find out what it is. i didn't know at that time what i was undertaking. i heard it said with irish american it's not genealogy it's archaeology. i found out about that later. it's exciting to hear the nuts and bolts experience of discovery. and at the same time i know i heard from both of you that a very spiritual and unmeasurable experience happens of people come alive in the histories of your family's lives. i was wondering if you could bring alive for the audience the individuals or characters of your family's history and also if you can both reflect on this point that daniel's making of the importance in going to the lands and seeing what is there. what that experience was like for you personally. >> i thought i would read a bit at this point. i think this is a good point for that for me. and so you will hear a little bit of what my writings been like in this experience when i went to ireland for the first

more than the irish americans on this set.hink therare three of you! there are warm bonds between our country and ireland, and i think it was a boost for the irish and the boost for the president and and there are a lot of irish americans and it's important to have their ethnicity celebrated and it's kind of wonderful that obama is trace his mother's side to find this relative and to see where he comes from, his roots. so i think i don't have any complaints. >> yes, he's my cousin. >> he went to see his great, great great-grandfather, where he lives. what is the connection between him and -- >> my name is carney and ire lands it was sold kearny. they're from the same name, different part of ireland. >> same name? you're meekly related to his great, great great, great grandfather by similarity of comparison? >> probably yes. i'm glad he went to ireland. conservatives have lots of goods criticisms of obama, but when he does his foreign trips i think his critics get silly and start criticizing every little thing he does. so i'm w

irish relations are chachgingin clearly.relationships going forward after the visit, given the backdrop of the economic climate? >> well, i think in many ways ireland and brittage geographically and as many people mentioned over the last 48 hours culturally and philosophically and linguistically, i mean share absolutely a similar moment in history so to speak. and as the modern age has moved on, an actual fact our shared interests in the economic and cultural sphere have gone more and more closer. and as europe grapples with an economic down turn and particularly ireland and recent events have shown that in actual fact we're more economically fused together than ever. and there is, in fact, a mutual alt of interest economically. i think this is underpinning perhaps more than anything else what david cameron rightly refers to as a new chapter and new dawn. >> it's all in the timing. thank you very much, indeed, for joining us here today. well, the visit continues after she, the queen, visits the guinness factory. she will the

irish police say they discovered and defused a bomb near dublin.found in the irish capital just hours before queen elizabeth was due to arrive in ireland. >>> the head of the international monetary fund is being held in one of new york's most notorious jails. a judge has refused dominique strauss-kahn bail over concerns he may try to leave the united states. the 62-year-old is being held in rikers island jail complex. strauss-kahn was arrested on saturday with trying to sexually assault a maid in a hotel. >>> communities in low-lying areas are still at risk and have been fleeing their homes. it is the biggest flood to hit the mississippi river in more than 70 years. >>> the libyan government is blaming nato for air strikes on two buildings in the capital, tripoli. an official says one of the buildings was the police headquarters while the other housed the government's anti-corruption body. explosions at those buildings followed five other blasts heard by journalists monday evening. >> claims that colonel gadhafi security forces were given viagra to

queen elizabeth was greeted by the irish president hit of the trip illustrates the shift in anglo-irishelations made possible through the northern ireland peace process. during a visit to the presidential residence, the queen was also introduced to the irish prime minister. a short time later came the moment that many in ireland were waiting for, the monarchs visited the garden of remembrance, a memorial to the irish who died in the struggle for freedom from britain, including those who fought in the 1916 easter uprising. queen elizabeth laid a wreath in a gesture of reconciliation. >> in 1916 rebellion was a milestone on the irish road to independence six years later. the queen's visit is not without controversy in ireland, but she has been warmly welcomed. >> i think most people are recognizing the changes, but this represents the culmination of the peace process. >> did you think you'd ever see a day like today? >> never, never, never. they should be all united, for christ's sake. >> there were some less warm reactions. irish nationalists protested against the queens of visit. and th

irish blood was spilled on our battlefields. irish sweat built our great cities.ernally refreshed by irish story and irish song, our public life by the humor and heart and dedication of servants with names like kennedy and reagan, o'neill and moynihan. so you could say there's always been a little green behind the red, white and blue. [applause] when the father of our country, george washington, needed an army, it was the fierce fighting of your sons that caused the british official to lament, "we have lost america through the irish." [applause] and as george washington said himself, "when our friendless standards were first unfurled, who were the strangers who first mustered around our staff? and when it reeled in the light, who more brilliantly sustained it than erin's generous sons?" when we strove to blot out the stain of slavery and advance the rights of man, we found common cause with your struggles against oppression. frederick douglass, an escaped slave and our great abolitionist, forged an unlikely friendship right here in dublin with your great liberator

irish life was cheap. to the irish came to the south. in terms of actual discrimination of anti irish and catholic sentiment, it was relatively low. existed in border cities like baltimore or louisville. of course you have a large catholic populations. but in the deeper south the governor of virginia said, why should we make war on the catholic church? the catholic churches and making war on us. >> i -- one thing about this that shows me is what is happening today. it seems to me that when you introject evangelical christianity in particular into politics you get the radicalization of politics. i very sternly concerned right now that we seem to have lost our center in this country. but you are describing sounds very familiar to me. i am concerned. it does not seem like rational people could get elected in either party. you can make some sort of parallel, and appreciated. >> i think? a very good point. it is interesting, i did not have the contemporary because politics was consensus. they really weren't corrosive as they are right now. ce

some wise irish man or woman once said that broken irish is better than clever english.- i am happy to be in ireland, i am happy to be with so many of you. i want to thank my extraordinary hosts, first of all, tisha kenny. his lovely wife, fanoula, the president for welcoming me here earlier today. thank you lord mayor jerry green for allowing me to crash this celebrati celebration. let me also express my condolences on the recent passing of former tisha, gara fitzgerald. someone who believed in the power of education, someone who believed in the potential of youth, most of all someone who believed in the potential of peace and who lived to see that peace realized. and most of all, to the citizens of dublin and the people of ireland, thank you for the warm and generous hospitality you have shown me and michelle. it certainly feels like 100,000 welcomes. we feel very much at home. i feel even more at home after that pint that i had. feel even warmer. in return, let me offer the hearty greetings of tens of millions of irish-americans who proudly trace their heritage to thi

they need to make room for another iconic irish name. obama. >> i have come on to find a the ' that we lost somewhere along the way. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it felt like the building was breathing, that is how i survivor describes it. the twister estimated to be 6 miles wide damaged the town and killed at least a hundred and 16 people. there are miles of wreckage. >> a dawn like no other in joplin, missouri. the tornado took churches, schools, a hospital. and hundreds of homes. in a sea of rubble, rescuers look for signs of life, " more than expectation. such is the scale of what happened here. and this is what destroyed it joplin. a fast-moving follow their half a mile wide. several families took cover in a corner shop. at this point, everything goes dark. we can hear their fear. gosh i love you. >> heavenly father. >> of the prayers were answered. all survived. dodge the next minute, the whole world was upside down. >> if fell like an earthquake shaking the whole place up. this was the apocalyp

we are the fighting irish we will fight. we will survive. >> this cadillac may be bomb- proof the, -- bomb-proof, but he was moving in a different car. i huge crowd has gathered steam here barack obama in a time of economic hardship. he has given the people hear something to smile about. >> mark mardell is traveling with president obama. i spoke to him from dublin. >> there are some great moments today. so, when does this trip actually start and what is it going to be about? >> as you say, there is a tremendous sense of fun and exuberance today. created a mood for the whole trip. that we have seen the presidency a lot of troubles recently. this is back to president obama superstar. i think that will continue a degree when he goes to buckingham palace. as you say, there's lots of serious business to do. yet he and david cameron will be talking about the details, the granular levels, of the talks about the taliban and how much they should be allowed to settle the peace in afghanistan. but british and american troops can come h

our spirit is eternally refreshed by irish story and irish song. our public life by the humor and heart and dedication of servants with names like kennedy and reagan, o'neil and moynihan. so you could say there's always been a little green behind the red, white and blue. when the father of our country, george washington, needed an army, it was the fierce fighting of your sons that caused the british official to lament "we have lost america through the irish." and as george washington said himself, "when our friendless standards were first unfurled, who were the strangers who first mustered around our staff, and when it reeled in the light, who more brilliantly sustained it than aaron's generous sons, when we strove to blot out the stain of slavery, and advance the rights of men, we found common cause with your struggles against oppression. frederick douglas, an escaped slave, and our great abolitionist forged an unlikely friendship right here in dublin with your great liberator daniel o'connell. his time here, frederick douglas said, defined him no

but the president now talking about he is actually irish. >> well is of irish decent as are 22 of theesidents in this country from, as the song we're about to hear, ronnie reagan from jfk. but the president himself spoke about his irish ancestry. let's hear from the president. >> in ireland that's where my great, great, great, great grandfather came from. >> yes, his great, great, great, great grandfather comes from a little irish village in ireland. now when the irish prime minister was with president obama earlier this year -- in fact on st. patrick's day -- you know st. patrick's day, 17th of march, everyone's irish on st. patrick's day. he said, "i am coming to ireland before gi to britain and that's going to be on the 23rd of may." so he has promised the people where his great, great, great grandfather originated that he will make a stopover there so this village has gone insane. a band from the village tip-off has written a song in honor of obama and his visit. ♪ ♪ >> "now you are the president in the white house you are resident." don't you love it. >> how long ago was that sta

was irish.> reporter: he insists one trademark obama feature does not come from their irish side. >> big ears did not come from my side of the family. even at an age when your ears are supposed to be the biggest ever in your life, my ears still aren't that big. >> reporter: back in moneygall, that's of no concern to the residents. they'll take the president, ears and all. they're cleaning up the town. getting the souvenirs ready. and breaking out the flags here at the pub. >> he became president and is now coming here as the leader of the free world. >> i'd love to have a pint with the president. >> reporter: he may get his chance. there are only two pubs in that little hamlet of moneygall. >> will there be room for everyone? from moneygall, from ireland, this where does the president go on this six-day european venture? >> reporter: the next stop will be the uk. he'll be in london. then he's going to go to doeville, france, for the g-8 economic summit. he'll finish off the week in warsaw, polan

in their remembers today, the queen went to the irish war memorial garden, the setting for a joint irish and british ceremony honoring all those who gave their lives in the first world war and those who step forward in the second world war when the irish free states remained neutral. again, it was a moment intended to heal. this is addressing some of the wounds from the past. >> 8,000 miles into 70 days. this is the root of the all of the torch which has been revealed. -- of the olympic torch which has been revealed. a suicide car bomb and that police cadets left 13 dead in the eastern city of to lullaby in afghanistan. then there was another bombing in the north of the country. >> running through the streets, they shouted "death to america." angry locals came to protest what they see as the killing of innocent men and women and children. the demonstrators were adamant of the dead not being taliban. this man said, four helicopters came to our village. first they besieged their homes, then they killed our family. we're not taliban, we are not al qaeda. i don't know why they killed our fam

she bowed her head in memory of the original irish republicans. this is a state visitor that every visitor performs. it would have been quite an imaginable for a british monarch to lay a wreath. this was a day when the past was unfounded and when old hatreds were eased. from the garden of remembrance, she laughed again, along the cobbled streets and across the general post office scene of the 1960 easter rising, through the streets where spectators had been discouraged. >> the people of this city are getting very little sense of this visit except for a distant view of a very guarded convoy. within the safety of --, things could be relaxed a little. the queen was fabled -- finally able to meet the citizens of doblin. the state has been many years in coming, when britain and ireland broke free from the past and treated each other with the mutual respect of neighbors and friends. >> you are watching "bbc news," still ahead. dmitry medvedev will run for a second term as president. who will vote for russia? the energy secretary has announced plans to c

bomb on his fishing boat off the irish coast in 1979.oday as an irish military band played "god save the queen," queen elizabeth laid a wreath at the memorial to irish rebels killed at the hands of british forces. >> now we've reached the point in our nation's history that we're comfortable in our own skin, we can bring the monarch of great britain over here and still realize that we're an irish nation and we can be proud of that. >> reporter: polls show most irish welcomed the visit. still, some want a united ireland with the british out of the north. >> we don't want the queen of england in any part of our country. we say to her, you can keep your apologies. take home your soldiers. >> reporter: security is tight. 8,000 police. that's 2/3 of all the police in ireland. the cost, a reported $40 million. a bigger operation than what's planned for next week, when president obama visits. for all the queen's reign, really for all of her 85 years, ireland and britain's relationship has been marked by tragedy. today there was hope that those t

our spirit is eternally refreshed by irish story and irish song. our public life by the humor and heart and dedication of servants with names like kennedy and reagan, o'neill and moynihan. [cheers and applause] so you can say there's always been a little green behind the red, white and blue. chawses -- [cheers and applause] when the father of our country, george washington, needed an army, it was the fierce fighting of your sons that caused the british officials to lament, "we have lost america through the irish." [cheers and applause] and as george washington said himself, "when our friendless standards were first unfurled, who were the strangers who first mustered around our steps, and when it reeled in the light, who more brilliantly sustained it than erin's generous sons?" when we chose to blot out the stain of slavery and advance the rights of man, we found common cause with your struggles against oppression. frederick douglass, an escaped slave and our great abolitionist, forged an unlikely friendship right here in dublin with your great libe

irish blood was spilled on our battlefields. irish sweat built our great city -- cities. our spirit is eternally refreshed by irish story and irish song, our public life by the humor and heart and dedication of servants with names like kennedy and reagan, o'neill and moynihan. so you can say there's always been a little green behind the red, white and blue. when the father of our country, george washington, needed an army it was the fierce fighting of sons that caused the british official to lament we have lost america through the irish. and as george washington said himself, when our friendless standards were first unhurled, who were the strangers that first mustered around our staff and when it reeled in the light, who more brilliantly sustained it than erin's generous sons? when we had sewn to drive out slavery and advance the rights of man, we found common cause with your struggles against depression. frederick douglass, an escaped slave and our great abolitionist forged an unlikely friendship right here in dub wlin your great liberator daniel o'connell. his time here

irish came to the south to build the railroad because the states like to recruit the irish because as you know, in georgia there are things called swamps. and diseases although not now but those like malaria and yellow fever. the state could not afford to employ a slaves because they were too valuable. so the irish came to this house with the anti-sentiment it was relatively low existing in the border cities like baltimore or louisville so the governor of virginia said why should we make war on the catholic church? it doesn't make war on us. it seems to me when you inject evangelical christianity into politics you get radicalization of politics? i am extremely concerned right now we seem to have lost our center in this country. you describe sounds very familiar to me. i am concerned the rational people who are getting elected of either party. >> you make a very good point*. it is interesting what started to write this book, i didn't have the contemporary states of mind because the they were contentious then but really weren't corrosive as they were right now. but certainly there are a

that brings an irish voice to the immigration reform bedate. as other speakers here, the irish are in real terms a minority in this debate. there are approximately 50,000 undocumented irish throughout the united states. but we are a very vocal minority, and i thought i would share with you some of the things that has worked for us in lobbying on this issue. and to my colleagues who are here tonight on their issues, there is no substitute for direct lobbying of officials on this. do not leave it to the mayor or even this commission tonight to lobby on your behalf. take it up and go after it yourselves. one of the wolf things about american politics, whether you are legal, illegal, in status or out of status, you can walk through the doors of federal government, and knock on those doors, and find someone to talk to, and if you try hard enough, you will get to the cossak person or senate person sooner or later. we have brought on several occasion 2,000 irish undocumented to washington, d.c., held a holiday on the hill, and marched through the corr

the african-american president, in search of his irish roots. his great-great grandfather left tier 106 years ago, bound for new york. >> i just want you to know that the president pays his bar tab. >> smooth, cool, and goes down a street. the president has wowed them in ireland. >> i am very impressed. it is delicious. >> it almost proves he is one of them, this melting pot president partly brought up in indonesia, proud of his kenyon ancestry. today, he came to celebrate ireland. there was a moment when the armored car, scraped its belly. he talked with the irish prime minister. >> i believe the queen of england came here to see the mutual warmth that took place, and sensed what bobby kennedy once called the ripple effect. >> he is the 29th president to claim irish ancestry. there are 36 million voters back home who do so, as well. ronald reagan came in an election year. george bush stressed his ancestors back to the 12th century. today has not just an about winning the irish-american vote back home. this is a president with the weight of the

the area was locked down by irish police.utside the city, a pipe bomb had been found and defused overnight. in this park houses the building that once housed the viceroy that ruled on iraq -- on england's behalf. ♪ an irish band played the british national anthem while the 21 gun salute fired. in one part of the city center, a group of about 100 republicans were staging a protest against the visit. police were there in force. a union flag was burned. and the irish police made it clear this was a day when protests were not being tolerated at all. they swept through everyone who stood in their way. but while committed republicans feel aggrieved, it seems the overwhelming majority of irish people welcome the queen's visit. >> it is great to be moving forward. >> i think it is fantastic. it is 2011 and time to move on. >> but in order to move on to obstacles from the past need to be neutralized. and to do that, the queen went through empty and heavily protected streets to the garden of remembrancer to one of those who prior to 19

the african american president in search of his irish routes carry his great great great grandfather left here 160 years ago, bound for new york. >> i just wanted you to know that the president take his bar tab. [laughter] -- paid his bar tab. >> the president has wowed them in ireland. >> i am very impressed. tisit's wonderful. >> it almost proves he is one of them -- this melting pot president warned new york, brought up in indignation, brow of his -- proud of his kenyan ancestry. the only awkward moment was when hisca car -- he talks with the irish prime minister. >> her majesty queen of england came here and to see the mutual warmth and healing that i think took place, it sends what boby by kennedy was called a ripple of hope. >> he's the 29th president to claim irish ancestry. there are 36 million voters back home. jfk made a pilgrimage, ronald reagan went to the pub. and george bush traced his ancestors back to the 12th century. >> hello, dublin. >> today it is not just bad about weighing at the irish- american votes back home, but the image of a president with a weight of the

he will stop off at a tiny town in the irish countryside. mark phillips on the president going back to his ancestral roots. >> reporter: it is easy to spot the village in the rolling hills of central ireland. it is the one where the flags are flying. where every surface has been given a fresh coat of paint. and it is the one where they have written a new song. a tribute to their new favorite american president. the president's visit to this village of 200 people next week may be the most anticipated in this corner of ireland apart from the second coming. posters around town detail his connection to the place. how his great, great, great grandfather on his mother's side left here for america in 1850 but when church records first revealed the link four years ago an irish barack obama was incomprehensible here. >> i have been calling him abracadabra because i didn't know how to pronounce his name or who he was. >> how times have changed. >> called him abracadabra, in fact. >> you learned his name since? >> i did indeed, yes. >> everybody has gr

this is the first visit by a british monarch to the irish republic. the last time one was here, they came as king of ireland, george v, but in 1911. this is a visit 100 years in the making and people are extremely nervous about it. mark phillips, cbs news, dublin. >>> in other news, the head of the international monetary fund will remain behind bars until at least friday when his next court appearance is scheduled. yesterday lawyers for dominique strauss-kahn said he feels innocent of charges that he raped a hotel maid, implying that the encounter was no forced. and there are also other sexual attacks. strauss-kahn is being held at the infamous reikers island jail. meanwhile, the i fair has thrown a monkey wrench to finance. >>> the man charged with securing financial security across the world will spend another few days in a new york city jail cell. the judge denied bail for dominique strauss-kahn. the international monetary chief is accused of sexually assaulting a maid at his hotel in times square. the judge called him a flight risk. >> i hear you

at our spirit is eternally refreshed by irish story and irish song. our public life, by the humor and heart and dedication of people liked kennedy, ore., o'neill, moynihan. so you can say there has always been a little green behind the red, white, and blue. [applause] when the father of our country, george washington, needed an army, it was the fierce fighting of your sons that cost british officials to lament, we have lost america through the irish. and as george washington said himself, when our friendless standard were first unfurled, who were the ones to first must around our stance? and when and reeled in the light, who more brilliantly sustained it than your generous sons? when we strove to blot out the stain of slavery and advance the rights of man, we found common cause with your struggle against oppression. frederick douglass, an escaped slave, and a great abolitionist, formed a great partnership with your own daniel o'connor. [applause] his time here, frederick douglass said, the find him not as a color, but as a man, and strengthened the no

today queen elizabeth made history when her plane touched down on irish soil. it is the first time a british monarchy has visited since 90 years ago and her arrival marks a new chapter in relations between the two countries. the queen's arrival coincided with a string of security alerts and the discovery of a bomb on a bus bound for dublin. the bbc's royal correspondent has this report. >> it is just hours flying time from london, and yet this particular flight has taken decades to get here. in the 60th year of her rein and wearing a coach of emerald green, queen elizabeth of britain was finally able to step onto the soil of britain's nearest neighbor, ireland t looked as many state visits have looked, but here was a moment of history, a visit which signifies an end to centuries of suspicion and enemies and which it is hoped there will be something new and better. the queen was brought into dublin in which much of the city center was in a state of lockdown. security concerned had prompted the authorities to discourage spectators. a pipe bomb had been found and

maybe it's the 40 million or so irish-american votes, but with obama it's different.ause the irish connection was so surprising that the relationship with barack obama has been so warmly embraced. at ollie hayes pub, they're expected him. >> if he's coming to moneygall, he's coming in here. >> reporter: it's not the party they're worried about, it's the morning after. >> so huge. it might be the anti-climax after it. >> reporter: you're worried about post-obama remorse. >> post-obama stress disorder. (laughs) >> reporter: there's a cure for that here. mark phillips, cbs news, moneygall, ireland. >> smith: that's the "cbs evening news," i'm harry smith. thanks for joining us. see you monday. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org serious. the frenzy over >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news in high- definition. >> most people are laughing but some are deadly serious. the frenzy over the end of the world. and why in one bay area neighborhood it is generating concern

the first british monarch to visit the irish city in a century. and she spent her first day there quietly remembering irishmen who died fighting against britain. here's miguel marquez. >> reporter: today, queen elizabeth stepped onto irish soil wearing green. emerald green. the first visit by a british monarch here since ireland won its independence from britain in 1922. there was no bowing. underscoring she is not their queen. but the majority of irish happy she finally made the historic hour-long trip. >> long overdue. >> i agree. >> we need to move on. >> reporter: the queen received here with full honors. "god save the queen" playing -- ♪ irish soldiers standing at attention. a pipe bomb was found and diffused on a dublin-bound bus. and there were three bomb threats today that turned out to be hoaxes. still, security was everywhere. elizabeth ii laid a wreath in the garden of remembrance, the memorial to the irish killed by british soldiers during the war for independence. tomorrow, the queen will visit croke park stadium, where, in 1920, brit

irish authorities say it was on a private bus.scribed as an earthquake in french politics. dominique strauss-kahn, head of the powerful international monetary fund, and also a favorite to unseat nicolas sar quo zi as france's next president, in hot water today. >> that was all before strauss-kahn was arrested in new york city. the political aspirations clearly have changed. he's accused of raping a maid in his hotel suite. how is this playing out in france? nathan king correspondent for france 24. clearly the political establishment is in shock in france. >> disbelief. when they realized it happened, they had seen the pictures, all sorts reef actions from conspiracy theories to sympathy for strauss-kahn. >> sympathy? >> well, you know, those pictures we saw of him -- >> the perp walk. >> they don't do that in france. >> doesn't happen in france and they feel it happened so quickly. he was yanked off the plane, he was -- the special victims unit, and then caugin court the next . >> let's take the perp walk out of the equation. i un

as well as holding talks with the irish president and the prime minister, mr. obama will also be heading to the small village of moneygall, to retrace his ancestral roots. his great-great-great grandfather lived and worked there as a shoemaker almost 200 years ago. after his 24 hours in ireland, he will head to the uk, france and poland. >>> spain's governing socialist party suffered a major setback in local and regional elections with around 90% of the votes counted, the opposition conservatives are cruising to victory with a 10 percentage-point lead. the elections were overshadowed by a week of protests over the country's deep economic crisis. >>> a deadly tornado has ripped through the u.s. state of missouri, part of a savage weather system that stretches across america's midwest. the national guard has been sent to missouri, to help search for the missing. and the town of joplin, homes were flattened, cars were tossed by a twister. a red cross official says three-quarters of the city has been wiped out. >>> security forces in syria have allowed the funerals

queen elizabeth made history when her plane touched down on irish soil. it's the first time a british monarch has visited since the country went independent 90 years ago. her arrival marks a new chapter in relations between the two nations. the queen's arrival comes with security alerts and the discovery of a bomb on a bus bound for dublin. >> it's just an hour's flying time from london and yet this particular flight has taken decades to get here. in the 60th year of her reign and wearing a coat of emerald green, queen elizabeth of britain was finally able to step on the soil of britain's nearest neighbor, ireland. it looked as so many other state visits have looked with the honor guard and dignitaries, yet here was a moment of history, a visit which signifies the end of centuries of suspicion and hopes to introduce something new and better. the queen was brought into dublin and much of the city center was a state of lock down. security concerns have prompted authorities to discourage spectators. a pipe bomb had been founded defused overnight outside dubl

"god save the queen" playing -- ♪ irish soldiers standing at attention. pipe bomb was found and diffused on a dublin-bound bus. and there were three bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes. still, security was everywhere. elizabeth ii laid a wreath in the garden of remembrance, the memorial to the irish killed by british soldiers during the war for independence. the queen will visit croke park stadium, where, in 1920, british troops fired into a crowd. that incident, part of the inspiration for u2's song "sunday bloody sunday." ♪ sunday bloody sunday >> reporter: this visit marking a very different and happier time in a long and painful history. miguel marquez, abc news, dublin. >>> all right. and now, taking a look at this morning's weather from around the nation. ore showers, t flooding along the east coast, from north carolina to maine. light rain into pittsburgh, cleveland and cincinnati. lay-day showers from oklahoma city to billings. and up to two feet of snow in the rockies and sierra nevada. showers from san diego to san francisco. >> meanwhile,

so, part of reclaiming ourselves as irish americans and having the biggest life possible means knowing everything there is to know about ourselves and our people. >> i will talk briefly about the going to saint john i set that trip up and 911 happened. and so i endsed up going on this journey back to where 3450i family came over a week after 911 which was a remarkable experience in itself because the airports were empty much everybody was gone. until we got to canada where there was a crush of people moving through with added security and so forth. when i got to saint johns i went to the perish rejist ree. met the woman i spoke with on the phone and she gave me complete access to the archives. ship lists and when they came over 1550 or 1851. there was no marriage record. they probably got married on the boat which happened often. that's where i found out that the trade with the merry times and county cork was a lumber trade. they brought lumber over and humans were brought back. profound history that, you know, my ancestors were a part of. not just mine bithousands and millions of peop

maybe it's the 40 million or so irish-american votes. but with obama, it's different. because the irish connection was so surprising that the relationship with barack obama has been so warmly embraced. at the pub, they're expecting him. >> he's coming to moneygall. he's coming in here. >> reporter: it's not the party they're worried about, it's the morning after. >> it's so huge. there might be an anticlimax after. >> reporter: you're worried about post-obama remorse? >> post-obama stress disorder. >> reporter: there's a cure for that here. mark phillips, cbs news, moneygall, ireland. >> that cure works pretty well around here, too, i hear. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show," the very latest on those deadly tornadoes in the midwest, including live reports from devastated joplin, missouri. >>> plus you'll meet the latest republican to join the 2012 presidential campaign, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. >>> and with former teammates speaking out against him, what will lance armstrong do next? all that and much more coming up a little bit later on on

the president is beginning his trip in ireland because, well, because he's irish. irish enough at least like four other american presidentses to want to come to the ancestral homeland of tens of millions of american voters. now the official white house guidance for this trip says that the president is coming here to celebrate the relationship between our two countries can and the contributions which irish americans make to our broad and deep ties. well, let me tell you, nowhere will they be celebrating more than in the tiny village of moneygall in the central part of ireland which has discovered to its great good fortune that it is the source of barack obama's irish roots. his great, great, great grandfather falmouth kearney left here for america in 1850. and money gl which is now freshly painted, prettied up and stocked with souvenirs is waiting to greet the president tomorrow. he will meet several of his very distant cousins and he'll stop at the local pub. but you know, never mind the carnival atmosphere. this visit is very important to ireland, no joking matter

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 me 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 values. and that is what i have come here today. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> this was his first dog on a european tour opinion >> i asked our correspondent -- this was his first stop on a european tour. >> it was quite a tour the force by anyone's standards come in in a way, -- by anyone's standards, and in a way, it had something like eich ein berliner in it. bear in mind, all of the controversy over the president's birthplace over the past couple of weeks, so he kicked off the speech with his name and said how he was coming back to regain the' that was lost to his surname. -- the apostrophe that was lost to his surna. the city understands that ireland is korea