>> no, wolf. these will be federal charges. >> these are federal charges. >> these three individuals are now in the custody of the fbi. that is correct. >> okay. i want to be precise. they're not in custody of local police. they're in custody of the fbi. this is obviously a much, much bigger deal if the fbi has decided to bring these formal charges. >> oh, absolutely. and the way that this came down is that the boston police department put out a tweet that three people were in custody. so naturally the initial thought was they're in the custody of the boston police department. but the boston police said, no, they're in the custody of the fbi and we're being referred to federal authorities for more information on the charges. now, those charges as we understand it have not yet been publicly revealed at this time. this is what we're learning about them from our sources. >> has the fbi put out any statement yet? >> not as yet. they are, you know, telling us to hold tight. same thing from the u.s. att

>> reporter: they will, wolf. they'll get a full refund and they'll also get a voucher for another cruise to go on in the future. >> erin mcpike in baltimore for us, thank you. another scare for travelers this holiday weekend. alaska airlines said a passenger tried to open a plane's emergency door in flight this morning. brian todd is watching this story for us. what do we know here, brian? >> reporter: we have, pretty scary incident aboard alaska airlines flight 132. this was from anchorage, alaska, to portland, oregon, early this morning, about 5:20 a.m. pacific time, 8:20 eastern time. ten minutes before the flight was scheduled to land, a passenger seated in row 17 tried to open the emergency door of the flight. passengers and crew then restrained him. nobody was hurt. the flight landed safely. a federal official says this passenger has been detained and charged with interfering with a flight crew. according to the fbi, the fbi identifies him as 23-year-old alexander michael herrera. again, he is detained in p

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wolf?ur on this developing story, jill. thanks very much. >>> also coming up, angelina jolie reveals she underwent a double mastectomy. and will lowering the blood alcohol threshold for drunken driving make a difference? we're putting it to the test. ♪ . . (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> a deadly blast in southern afghanistan claims the lives of three coalition troops. lisa sylvester is here. she's monitoring that, and some of the other top stories. what happened? >> nato was confirming the deaths, and nash abilities of the three service members. the blast comes a day after a car bomb exploded in southern helmand province killing three soldiers from the republic of georgia. >>> larry page said he suffers from a condition called vocal cord paralysis. his voice became hoarse years ago after a cold and his vocal cord never fully recovered. the same thing happened in his second vocal cord. he's recoverin

wolf? >> understandably very, very emotional, ed. thanks for sharing those stories with our viewers. >>> officials now estimate that 12,000 homes, let me repeat that number, 12,000 homes were destroyed or damaged by the tornado. some people of course got hit harder than others. and that has one of the luckier survivors feeling pretty bad. cnn's brooke baldwin is here with me in oklahoma. you know, we walk around this subdivision here, home after home after home brooke. >> yes. >> leveled. >> it is interesting, what people can't see is where we're standing. in front of us, this home is here at least the brick and mortar of the home but on the other side as you can see it's totally leveled. and we've talked to so many people whose homes are absolutely destroyed and they're talking to us about how they're rebuilding. i met a man who actually lives in this neighborhood. jackie singh. his home is still standing. he had a different story to tell, a truly selfless story, because he told me through

wolf? >> brian, what is the status of the investigation into her 2012 presidential campaign? she is under investigation by an independent congressional panel. most of this has to do with questionable transfers of funds. bachmann's attorney insists she has done nothing wrong and they're cooperating with these investigations. >> she will stay in congress though to finish up her term which ends at the end of next year. so she is going to be around at least in washington for a year and a half. all right. we'll have more coming up later. thank you. >>> conservative groups who say they were targeted by the irs are taking the agency and some top obama administration officials to court. they're seeking vindication and money for what they say was unconstitutional conduct. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is working the story for us. what are you learning? >> wolf, the attorney representing these groups insists that the idea this was the work of rogue irs agents is not believable. he w

these cases are very rare, wolf. we know is that usually cases of trauma, they make us regress emotionally. and so if you think back to that earlier stage in life, that first year of life, attachment and bonding with the caregiver kept you alive. they fed you. on the other hand we also suspect that this is a process of rationalization. you're in a situation where you're constantly beaten and traumatized. and this is too much to take. so the brain kind of makes that switch. it starts to say let's look at the brighter side. i'm being fed. i haven't been beaten in seven days. i think i can do this. and this is a process of survival mode just trying to stay alive. but, again, when you look at the stats, only about a quarter of people who are abducted actually endure the stockholm syndrome. >> interesting point. david, thanks very much. david swanson joining us from l.a. >>> the first hearings on the boston bombings began actually this morning. one former senator says it was possible to prevent the attack. stay with us. m

wolf? >>> jake, thanks very much. happening now, we're following the breaking news. three new arrests tied to the boston bombings investigation. friends of the alleged bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev, have just appeared in court. they are charged with a coverup. two of them are said to have disposed of tsarnaev's lap top and a backpack containing fireworks. and we've learned of text messages dzhokhar tsarnaev allegedly sent to his buddies while on the run. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin this hour with a stunning new twist in the boston bombings case. federal authorities have charged two friends with conspiring to destroy, conceal, and cover up tangible objects belonging to the suspected bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev, namely, in their words, a lap top and back tack containing fireworks. a third friend is charged with willfully making materially false statements to investigators. the first two are kazakh nationals and the third an american citizen. all three have just appear

wolf? >> he has some family members with important milestones. he was preparing for those when the tornado hit. tell our viewers about that. >> that's right. his mother kathleen has a birthday today. his little boy turned 7 years old yesterday and they had to cancel the birthday party for him. they have their father. >> they certainly do. all right, brian still in moore, oklahoma, covering the story for us. much more on oklahoma coming up later here in "the situation room." >>> also coming up get this. a billionaire investor's outrageous comments saying the last thing wall street needs is a nursing mother. >>> also coming up disturbing new information about iran's capabilities and the way it could strike america's power grids. stay with us. nom, nom, nom. ♪ the one and only, cheerios no♪, nom, nom. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. vo: ta friend under water is end usomething completely different. i met a turtle fr

and a lot of questions, wolf, are yet to be answered. we've been talking to family members who say that they have yet to contact their loved ones. in fact, right before getting on tv right now i talked to louise plumber who says that her cousin is still missing. she can't get a hold of her and now she can't get a hold of the son or daughter of the missing loved one. so those are one of the questions that of course people are going to want to ask. local authorities, in fact the mayor specifically of moore, glenn lewis, wolf, has said that there's no one unaccounted for. but that's very different from what i'm hearing. i've spoken to at least three family members who say that they have yet to be able to get in touch with their loved ones. of course, as you know from being here on the ground, cell phone communication in some parts of the area is spotty at best. the cell phone towers in that neighborhood ravaged and shredded by the ef-5 tornado that tore through here on monday has made it very difficult for some people to get in touch with t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." they were first brought together by superstorm sandy last october. today the president and the new jersey governor both teamed up once again seeing the results of billions of dollars in federal disaster aid and rekindling what you could call their bromance. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin travels with the president today to new jersey. she is joining us now live. jessica, how did it go? >> reporter: wolf, the reunion was short and sweet with a short-term upside for both men. political odd couple together again. >> let me first of all say thank you to governor christie for that introduction and the great work he has done here. >> reporter: visiting a reopened boardwalk and facing off on an arcade game where the president went 0 for 5. but no worries. the governor won him a stuffed bear. the obama/christie political bromance started days after superstorm sandy devastated new jersey and the president promised -- >> we will not quit until

wolf? >> good to know.ls cnn how she thinks she was framed. stand by for her exclusive interview about the drug charges and her ordeal, and her husband also is speaking out right now as well. >>> a disturbing new edition of al qaeda's online magazine focusing on the boston marathon bombings. [ male announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance in sync? try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic c" that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. ♪ need help keeping your digestive balance in sync? try align. it's a probiotic that fortifies your digestive system with healthy bacteria 24/7. because your insides set the tone. stay in the groove with align. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how d

wolf?for us. john, thanks very much. all of us do, in fact, love florida orange juice. >>> happening now, reports of a meeting between the boston bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, and a chechen fighter just weeks before the attack. >>> plus, the search for missing victims after killer tornadoes tear across texas. we're going there live. i'm wolf blitzer. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. the world. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with clouds hanging over president obama's second term agenda. they became all too real once again today. very real, in fact, when rain started falling during the president's rose garden news conference with the visiting prime minister of turkey. president obama has been taking some major steps over the past few days to try to get on top of the scandal surrounding his administration. our white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is joining us now with the very latest. what

wolf? >> we'll have a lot more, guys, on the guilty verdict. guilty verdict for jodi arias. but let's go to cleveland right now. a news conference about to begin, the cleveland police department, the city prosecutor's office. they're addressing reporters right now. let's listen in. >> the cleveland federal bureau of investigation, our partners from washington, have completed the search of the seymour avenue crime scene and collected those evidentiary items they believe are necessary to successfully proceed through the criminal proceedings. we will not today, however, discuss the results of the search or the evidence that was seized at the crime scene. i'm joined this afternoon by city of cleveland prosecutor victor perez, special agent in charge of the cleveland office of the fbi steve anthony, chief of police michael mcgrath, and deputy chief of police ed tomba. prosecutor perez will provide a synopsis of his review that was presented to him for consideration and his decision. following th

>> reporter: yeah, wolf. i talked to a man named tito dejesus and asked when you hear the last name dejesus might he have been related to gina. he said perhaps loosely but not that he knew of. he has been in contact with the family. obviously they are absolutely elated. what was unique about this interview is because he provides this very unique perspective because he has been inside of this home here on seymour avenue. he actually played many gigs with ariel castro. they were in a band together for a number of years so he talked to me a little bit about that. i asked him what the heck was ariel castro like? i want to play this part of the interview in which i asked him about that and also asked him just a couple years ago when he was inside this house he had sold ariel castro his washer and dryer and for minutes he was in there walking around perhaps on top of these young women somewhere in this house. take a listen. >> i've known him through music. your average musician, high spirits, joking around, smiling

fbi, wolf. >> yeah. lying to the fbi. not a good idea at any time. deb, investigators also have some very, very serious questions for kathrine russell, the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev. i understand they're particularly curious about a conversation she had with him after his photo was released in connection with the boston bombing. what's the latest on that front? >> well, what we can tell you is the fbi were able to determine right after the pictures were released, kathrine russell reached out to her husband by cell phone. there is a record of the call between the two phones. it's not clear what they talked about, but the fbi has been coming down pretty seriously on kathrine russell trying to find out who she knew, what tamerlan's associations were, certain things that really a wife would or should know. the indication is is that they want to see what she says and whether in fact she could potentially turn state's evidence. that would be key because she knows so much of where he was, how long he was there

wolf? >> everybody does, indeed. >>> coming up, a cleveland city councilman who spoke with one of the women, gina dejesus. he's standing about i to join us. coming up. >>> also, house speaker john boehner adds his voice to republican outrage over the benghazi terror attack. i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. everybody has different ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. e

those were tough decisions, wolf.ce, to find that decision. >> ambassador thomas pickering speaking to us earlier, not backing away from his conclusions and defending his decision not to question the secretary of state about the benghazi attack. >>> up next, an exclusive interview with the brothers of ariel castro accused of holding three women captive in his home for a decade. we're going to hear some of the methods he allegedly used to keep his family from discovering his horrifying secret. >> could you hear anything in the home? >> no, the radio was playing all the time. >> he would play music all the time? >> yeah. if not the radio, the tv. something had to be on at all times in the kitchen. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, we never stop being amazed by you. how you work so hard without looking like you do. how you make every dollar stretch so far and keep your family so close. so we brought back the things you liked about jcpenney. gave you new things to explore. and now, we're happy to say, you've come back to

>> wolf, absolutely.g the local affiliates, listening to those noaa weather radios, watching the storm closely. according to the local affiliates, the meteorologists, they say that the storm continues to track up to the east-northeast. but if there is some rotation, it could track closer to oklahoma city. i want to show you exactly what we're looking at right now in moore. you see the clouds right there. you see a little bit of blue sky, and let's pan over here, dave, and you can kind of see, that is really the line, the southern edge of this storm system. and dave, pan up to those clouds right there. those are some funky looking clouds. the clouds really start to change. you see several patterns, as things get worse out here. we're really at a good place to monitor, wolf, this storm as it comes in, on the southern edge. but again, if the storm starts to track more to the east, that could definitely put moore, this area that was hit hard just a week ago, that on the bull's-eye with the storm system. so we

that speaks for itself, wolf.the popularity of the democratic leaders in congress. and that's not much better. it's at about 35%. i was actually surprised the irs was as high as it is. but when people watch these things play out particularly regarding the irs, they're looking at this story and they don't have anyone to root for. because they don't like anybody who's involved in particular, so the president does well by comparison, wolf. >> gloria borger, i'll see you later in "the situation room" 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> you will. >> thanks very much. >>> the new england patriots give hundreds of newtown, connecticut, kids a day they will never forget. our bleacher report, that's next. ♪ [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more efficient pick-ups. ♪ wireless is limitless. 8% every 10 years.age 40, we can start losing muscle -- wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild mu

so over the past several years several lone wolf incidents have gained headlines. for instance, in 2009 an antiabortion activist by the name of scott, murdered in physician who performed late-term abortions. then in november, major nidal hasan, a psychiatrist and his army went on a shooting rampage at fort hood, texas. that attacked killed 12 people and left 31 wounded. more incidents followed the 2010. in february a protester by the name of joseph stagg slammed his playing in a building in austin, texas, which contain offices of the internal revenue service. global terrorism is not confined to the united states. in july 2011, anders behring carry out a bombing and subsequent shooting spree in norway. more recently in august of last year a neo-nazi skinhead by the name of wade michael page fatally shot six persons at the sikh temple in wisconsin. so the frequency of these lone wolf attacks indicate a shift in the nature of terrorism from organized groups to unaffiliated individuals. so today i'm going to talk about this lone wolf trained. but what is leaderless res

. >> hi, wolf. i must say we've been hearing for quite some time that some additional arrests might be coming down the pike. and sure enough this appears to be the case. we are learning more about these charges from two sources with whom we have been regularly in touch with. here are the details. one of them is a charge about lying to investigators. the other is a conspiracy to obstruct justice. the lying part we are told according to one of our sources involves allegedly knowing about the whereabouts of the suspect or suspects of the bombing after the bombing took place. knowing them or seeing them after the bombing took place. the other charge of obstruction of justice involves allegedly disposing of items that were in a dorm room into a dumpster so allegedly getting rid of evidence that might be part of this case. more details on that, wolf. we're learning from this same source that some of the things they got rid of included fireworks packed inside backpacks that were thrown into a dumpster. we

wolf? >> here's the question i have, did robel phillipos know when he saw the pictures that the fbi distributed that thursday night, did he know that was his friend that was wanted by the fbi and if he did know, did he make a phone call to law enforcement to alert them who this individual was? >> reporter: this is a question i witnessed him being asked in the hallways here in the courthouse. his lawyers were also asked the very same question. and they did not respond. what they say is that the allegations against robel phillipos are refutable. what that means is anybody's guess. we do know according to fbi affidavits that he was questi s questioned four times before he came forward and told the truth about what he did know about the other two men that were present at the time. >> because the argument is -- this is the outrage that's going out there right now, that if he didn't make that phone call and knew that his friend was wanted by the fbi, maybe sean collier, that police officer at m.i

>> yes, wolf, they will.s basically a little minitrial where jurors will listen to first the coroner we believe will take the stand. and we're just watching the judge give initial instructions to the jury now. we believe it will be the coroner and possibly a detective. and what the prosecution will lay out exactly what you said in more detail to express to this jury this was especially cruel. they'll deliberate that. if they agree with the state, then she's eligible for the death penalty. >> so when can we expect a decision on this second phase of the trial? >> as early as today. we're only expecting one to two witnesses. it's a relatively short proceeding. and immediately after both sides have finished with miniclosing arguments, the injury will have this portion of the case and they could decide relatively quickly because there won't be a lot to discuss, but it all depends on how much decision time it takes once they arrive at a decision one way or another, if they say yes, then she's eligible for death pen

wolf?what do we know about the victim? >> reporter: what we know is a local m.p. says he is an off-duty british soldier. we do not know his identity. we do know that he was wearing a t-shirt that said help for heroes and this is a british charity that helped wounded veterans. it is not clear if the two attackers had been tracking the man for a while and then they targeted him or if they simply targeted him because he was wearing a shirt that clearly supported, you know, a british military charity. it's not clear at this point. all we know is that he was an off-duty soldier and at this point it appears that that is the reason he was targeted. >> what an awful story. in london for us, thank you. the killing stands up as we've been pointing out for its sheer brutality and the utterly brazen nature of the suspect's video statements. let's dig a little deeper now with our chief international correspondent the host of amanpour of cnn international. i don't know what to make of this development. t

>>> this is the "cnn newsroom," i'm wolf blitzer reporting in washington. let's begin this hour with special coverage of the boston bombings investigation and new information coming in. we now have confirmation that a key piece of evidence has been found. two federal law enforcement officials tell cnn the fbi has in fact recovered the laptop the bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev left in his dorm room. it's not clear how or when the fbi got the laptop, but one official says it was not found during the search of a landfill near the university of massachusetts dartmouth where he was a student. three of dzhokhar's buddies are accused of removing that laptop from the suspect's room along with a backpack and vaseline. the 19-year-olds were arrested yesterday. they're in custody of the fbi right now. their lawyers say their clients are cooperating with investigators. authorities also want to know more from the widow of the older suspected bomber, tamerlan tsarnaev. investigators say kathrine russell had a phone call with her husband after his picture appeared on n

wolf?pons could wind up in the wrong hands. what are you hearing about that? >> absolutely wolf. just yesterday, the ambassador to the united states from israel michael orren, someone you frequently have on "the situation room," told me that israel has now asked the white house to vet, to make sure if and when they decide to supply these weapons to the syrian rebels that they don't fall into the hands of terrorists al qaeda, iranian militia members operating inside syria. that will be very tough to do. all of those elements across syria, israel one of the u.s.'s closest allies very concerned because al qaeda elements in syria are already on its northern border. >> barbara at the pentagon good q&a with the secretary of defense today. one syrian official is talking exclusively to cnn about chemical weapons, the use in the civil war in syria. fred is joining us now from we have a western reporter in damascus. you're there for us fred. tell our viewers what the reaction is first of all, to what

>> reporter: you need a flow chart for this one, wolf. frankly, the city of cambridge has said no to the body. they've said maybe the fbi ought to get involved. the fbi has said not my job. the funeral director has said he will go to the governor of massachusetts and just a few minutes ago we got a transcript of statements by the governor of massachusetts, duval patrick, when he was asked about this, he said essentially this isn't a state or federal issue, it's a family issue. i hone the family will make a decision soon. he was asked if communities have a right to refuse a body. he said, i don't think it's a right, it's a family issue. he was asked if he was concernled thconcerned that the body might become a shrine or place to gather to gather to protest, he said no. he said, i don't have a comment on that, it's a family issue. so it just seems to be going around and around. we have heard there is still talk about taking the body back to russia. but that involves a lot of money. and there are people at this hour trying to raise some of t

. >> that's right, wolf. but if you strip away the politics, what you have here is a number of state department officials nonpartisan, presumably, mr. hicks being one, eric nordstrom who was the regional security officer at the embassy in tripoli in summer 2012 and mr. thompson from the counterterrorism department of the state department talking about the failures to provide enough security to diplomats in libya before the attack, questions about whether or not more could have been done that night. there were actually two attacks, one at the compound in benghazi the night of september 11th. the next one early in the morning at the annex a couple miles away. and then of course there's how did the white house respond to this when it became clear that this was a terrorist attack, these officials saying they knew it immediately. the white house pushed back on that suggested this was a spontaneous protest as a result of that anti-muslim video. there are a lot of questions, but if you strip away the partisan veneer

they say half and half, wolf. >> interesting stuff.anjay, thanks very much. >> you got it, wolf, thank you. >> one of the boston victims gave a dramatic press conference at the hospital where he is recovering from shrapnel wounds. >> i stopped a split second to tell the young lady here, jackie, who is my friend's girlfriend, jackie, get your butt in the street, and boom. and i just remember feeling engulfed. and i got thrown out into the street, and just like the movies, all of the sound got taken away, and, you know, something inside me said get up, jared, get up, you're okay, get up. i stood up, i was pretty lucid. i remember like trying to count my fingers and feel my feet, and i'm standing, and thinking about like these kind of things that i've learned about over the years. i look at my hand, it was too much to look at. so i tuck it in. i feel my legs, look down, i didn't want to look at those any more. >> doctors say they pulled 40 foreign objects, including nails out of his body. >>> just ahead, syrians under attack and angry. wh

wolf? >> brian, thanks very much. good reporting. >>> imagine this, you're living through a nightmare with a newborn baby in your arms, and it happened to one family whose child was born at the moore medical center just before it was destroyed by the tornado. the father of that child, andres hogan, joins us. come here. first of all, congratulations on the birth of your child. >> amari kyler. >> that's the hospital, the moore medical center where your child was born. pick up the story. tell us what was going on monday. your wife is in labor, she's inside there. >> yes, sir. well, first off, we knew the weather was coming in. it was going to be a little bad, we were told. we decided to go ahead and push through, have the baby the same day. >> over here. >> over at this center, yes, sir. once our child was born, they brung him to the room to sort of warm up, normal baby procedure stuff. wife was resting. they came in later with what they called a cold black warning, which required all residents of the medical center to g

a lone wolf terrorism is not confined to the united states. for instance, in july of 2011 a bombing was carried out and subsequent shooting spree in norway. more recently, august of last year, and neo-nazi skinhead by the name of weight michael pace fatally shot six persons at a temple and wisconsin. so the frequency of these lone wolf attacks indicates a shift in the nature of terrorism from organized groups to unaffiliated individuals. so today and going to talk about this loan will for leaderless resistance trend. what is a leaderless resistance? well, in essence it involves a kind of low moves operation from which an individual or very small group engage in terrorism independently of any official movement, leader, or support network. and to be effective as a strategic approach, leaderless resistance a sense that multiple persons and groups share a common ideology and they are willing to act on these shared use in a violent manner. let me give you of a brief outline of my presentation. first, i will explain some of the factors that i believ

>> reporter: hi, wolf. as jake says, officials here are adamant that these talking points should now disabuse the public of the idea that they were up to any kind of political trickery, that in fact all they were doing was hashing out a normal kind of e-mail discussion about an ongoing, what they call fluid, very tense situation overseas and very sort of boring, mundane discussion about talking points over here. that this wasn't their number one concern. what their number one concern was, kwtheir number one concern was the ongoing protests taking place in tunisia, in front of embassies, in pakistan, in front of embassies throughout the region at the time. and these talking points were sort of a very tertiary concern that was pushed to the back of the deputy cia's agenda and he didn't get to them until hours after they were sent to him on the day he was supposed to review them. that is why they say for example he put off reworking that until after his deputies meeting. that is their take and what they told u

>> reporter: hi, wolf.irst of all, we should point out given what we saw in oklahoma, the folks in this community are very grateful at least knowing that it could have been a lot worse. want to show you what's going on behind me. those cars are still in the water. they haven't moved whatsoever. we now have crews here for the first time beginning the cleanup, and as you said, this bridge is going to be out of commission for quite awhile. could take weeks or maybe even months. authorities estimated that it will take anywhere, $15 million, maybe a few million dollars more, to get this bridge back in shape, and so this bridge was built in 1955. of course, folks are saying that it was dated. as you put it, functionally obsolete. so now the process begins in terms of figuring out how they're going to move forward. this is really going to impact transportation here, wolf. >> i know especially for our viewers not familiar with the area, they want to know, this bridge was pretty heavily traveled. it's an interstate,

>> hi, wolf. i'm looking through a pretty lengthy statement that the justice department put out almost instantly after jake tapper broke this story. among the things they say in the statement, some of which are actually contained in the back half of the report, that no terrorism-linked witness has ever committed an act of terrorism since entering the program. they say these individuals who actually go into this witness security program are carefully vetted. and they call them former known or suspected terrorists with emphasis on the word former. they say they started fixing all of the problems the inspector general raised all the way back in 2012 including trying to fix the information sharing and say essentially that they have pretty much accepted and fixed all the recommendations by the i.g. except for one and that is a manual review of all 18,000 case files in the witness security program. of course, the inspector general anticipated that and said that the justice department still needs to manu

here is my colleague wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> thanks very much. we're live also here in moore, oklahoma. this is a town absolutely devastated by a monstrous tornado. i've been to war zones. this looks like a war zone. behind me what used to be a bowling alley we're right next door to the moore medical center. you can see bowling balls still behind me at what used to be moore bowling. here are the latest developments we're following right now. oklahoma officials today lowered the death toll after initial confusion. at least 24 people including nine children were killed by the massive tornado. at least 237 people were injured. seven of those children died at the plaza towers elementary school not far away from where we are right now. some of them drowned while taking shelter in the basement. according to the national weather service, damage assessments show the tornado was an extraordinary ef-5, the highest level with wind speeds 200 miles an hour for at least part of the time it was ravaging the area. cnn's special coverage of the rescue effort con

wolf? >> we're also told president obama has been informed of what's going on. he and his top homeland security advisers through fema are monitoring the situation. they are receiving updates. chad, you're getting more information? >> wolf, something that happens when this type of event occurs in a city is cell phone towers literally don't work. everyone's trying to call everyone. the best thing you can do to try to get ahold of someone at this point is try to text them. then when a small nano second opens up on a cell tower, that text will go through. the receiver will get that text and be able to text you back, making phone calls ties up a lot of power. text if you can. >> thank you for that. tom foreman is taking a look at the path of this devastating storm. tom, what are you seeing? >> wolf, put context of what chad just said, here's oklahoma city in the middle of the state here, we've heard a lot of talk about i-35. that's right over here. this has turned into an absolute choke point, t

>> reporter: just the opposite, wolf. in fact, the military is asking for $200 million to do renovations here. in fact, build a replacement for one of the camps that is holding the high value detainees, closing it down. it looks more like if you follow the money trail, expansion and staying just the way it is. >> chris lawrence on the scene for us. a rare visit to gitmo, the u.s. military facility in cuba. we'll check in with you

>> okay, wolf.s that it really would be one of these case by case basis kind of things, but what analysts are telling us is that overall for people who had their homes destroyed or damaged in this tornado that they should be fully covered by their standard homeowners insurance. now, the fact that tornadoes fall under regular coverage, that is really the big deal here because damage let's say from other natural disasters like hurricanes, remember the sandy victims, they require additional coverage. so, you know, these tornado victims should really be covered we're hearing from our analysts, should be fully covered. now, these insurance claims are already piling up. 4,000 have already been filed so far. of course oklahoma's expecting that number to rise. wolf. >> and what do people need to know about specifically filing those insurance claims? because it could be complicated. >> yeah, it really can. i mean, for one, the most important thing that people can do is kind of an obvious thing. they need to

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin over at the white house where the political prospects for president obama's second term changed dramatically in the course of only a week. we've seen a crush of developments involving three major controversies, a forced resignation, and new allegations of coverups. can the president recover. what does he need to do? let's go to the white house, our white house correspondent dan lothian is standing by. what's the strategy as far as damage control is concerned? >> reporter: wolf, the president wants to sort of put this behind him and turn the focus on his second term agenda. he promised and very much wants to deliver on immigration reform. the economy is a major concern, yes, unemployment is going down, but the president still wants to go out there, hit the road, focus on creating jobs for the middle class, and there are even the international issues that continue bubbling up and need to be resolved, there's syria, saw the president this we

i'm wolf blitzer in washington. let's start with those terrifying moments when drivers in washington state realized the bridge they were crossing was collapsing. here's a closer look at exclusive pictures of the bridge after it fell into the river near seattle. two vehicles were crossing the bridge when it gave way. and they were sent kareeni caref the edge into the waters below. kate r we're in mt. ver non, washington, kathrine, what have you learned about the collapse? >> well, wolf, it's been a little more than 12 hours since that collapse happened, so it's early for an official determination of cause. investigators are on their way here. they ought to be here within a few hours to start updating us on their process and where they're going to start looking. a few things that we do know, however, this bridge was inspected twice within the past year as recently as november and deemed safe and sound, officially. if perhaps a bit outdated in its design. but, again, deemed safe and sound in it's most recent inspection

wolf?> how are the people in the community there in cleveland -- i know you're from cleveland -- how are they feeling about all of this today because what an amazing development. >> reporter: yeah, it is. i mean, i think people are still in a state of disbelief. you have to understand the missing two girls, especially the two youngest ones, those were stories that people in the community followed. this is this is a story, they went out searches joined them in the canvasses but they were part of the mind-set and they began to fade away. now they're found. that's the euphoria and there's a lot of that. after that subsides, the question, how is it possible? why were those girls selected and taken? how could they be taken? above all, how is it possible they were kept on this street for ten years without somebody knowing something? and those are really troubling questions for law enforcement and the neighborhood at zblarj great questions to ask. and there's no answers yet. presumably we'll get q

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wolf, good to see you. wolf blitzer there also following this. we continue to wait for the president and prime minister erdogan of turkey to come out and speak and hope to take a couple questions. >> beautiful day there in washington in the rose garden. >>> we are moving to texas, an area where ten tornadoes ripped through an area near dallas overnight. >> at least six people were killed, more than 100 injured. the city of claburne was hard hit. >> the mayor joins us. mayor scott kaen, thank you so much for joining us. how are you doing there and what is the clean-up involved? >> i'll tell you, the storms destroyed a lot of our property but hasn't destroyed the spirit of our citizens. we're going through the process of looking at the damage and rallying together to help one another. we're very fortunate in cleburne that we didn't have a sing l casualty and we didn't have a single major injury, yet we have lost hundreds of homes. and our citizens are very resilient. they're sticking together. >> where were you when the tornado hit? describe the ex

on the brink of the near armageddon our own wolf blitzer still bothered to show up to work.ven wearing a tie. he joins us now from "the situation room. wolf, i don't know if you can feel it but something this big -- the situation room, i mean, it would be more than a situation room. >> we can laugh. 3.6 million miles away not exactly very close. but believe it or not as you know nasa scientists love this because they can actually get some cool pictures of this asteroid and help us better prepare down the road. who knows when that might be. the scientists out in california are loving every second of this even though it's a mere 3.6 million miles from earth. >> wolf, i have good news for you before i hand the show over to you. we have survived. it passed by. we made it. it's okay. >> we're relieved. >> yes. i will now leave nu the hands of wolf blitzer who is standing and surviving and -- >> it was only 65 million years or so ago. >> you are not that old. i'm telling people. wolf blitzer, over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we're watching what is going on over at the jet

she wrestles this wolf, and the wolf is biting her, but she's so brave, she doesn't even cry out.they're turning annie into a legend. narrator: oakley's legend continued to grow, as she toured europe with cody's show for the next three years. it was said she saved the life of the prince of bavaria, throwing him to safety as he was about to be trampled by a bucking bronco. prince wilhelm of prussia was so impressed by annie's skill that he insisted on participating in her act. he lit a cigarette. from 30 paces, annie shot it away. "if my aim had been poorer," she later said, "i might have averted the great war." or so went the stories, as annie and frank liked to tell them. they began to tell more and more tall tales about themselves. um, not falsehoods necessarily, but tall tales. um, stories that, um, that probably had a foundation in fact, but, um, but became certainly better in the retelling. certainly better for publicity. narror: in 1893, the columbian exposition opened in chicago, showing off the latest technological marvels. buffalo bill was not invited to join this celebra

yeah, we really do. >> man, it's good to have the wolf pack back, one last time. seth rogen and his all-star friends try to laugh off the apocalypse in "this is the end." seth rogen is looking remarkably calm for a guy who just survived the apocalypse. that's right. the apocalypse. his summer blockbuster is a buddy comedy starring his real-life buddies starring warped versions of themselves as the world comes to an end. you're kind of all things to this movie. co-director, co-writer. one of the lead actors. it is kind of all things you. >> it's a little nerve racking. i think it turned out good. i think it's funny. >> very funny and also very violent. >> very violent. >> but it's funny violence. if there is such a thing. >> there is such a thing. i think, you know, when i was young, i saw "pulp fiction" that, to me, was kind of benchmark in moviemaking where i was like, oh, you can do disgusting, violent stuff and if you treat it the right way, it can be funny. >> were you always funny? >> i always tried to be. >> you had a sense? >> yeah. some people are naturall