. ♪ >> larry: anderson cooper standing by.0" at the top of the hour. >> breaking news, search and rescue efforts continue across tennessee, mississippi, kentucky after cats strophic flooding in the south. 28 people killed in the region. 19 people killed in tennessee. hundreds of homes, roads bridges have been destroyed. the mayor of nashville says the damage could be upwards of $1 billion. the country has been focused on the gulf oil spill, this is a catastrophe. we're going to speak with the mayor and country music superstar, kenny chesney and others. an accident that maybe didn't have to happen if the government agency was doing its job instead of cozying up to industry experts. having sex with industry experts. we're keeping them honest. new information on the times square terror suspect. why being on the no fly list doesn't disqualify you from having a gun. we'll talk about islam. we'll talk about the oil spill with bill as well. >> larry: anderson cooper, 10:00 eastern. we have a former islamic in an extremist group, a co

let's check in with anderson cooper to see what's on "ac 360" tonight. >> larry, i thought that was young for a moment. tonight on "360" what is going on in arizona? another controversial bill banning schools teaching anything designed primarily for a particular ethnic group and it's a controversial law, keeping them honest tonight. we'll speak with arizona's top school boss tom horn and eric dyson who teaches classes on race and ethnicity. >>> what is 5,000 barrels a day of oil spilling out into the gulf of mexico actually look like? it looks like this. bp didn't release the video of the main leak until today, 23 days after the spill. a lot of pressure it took, too. what bp is now trying to do to stop the bill, a junk shot has more than a few asking if it's really a plan at all, talking about shoveling golf balls into a valve. >>> the search for a would-be cop killer leaving a city divided and a department shamed. it is tonight's "crime and punishment" report those stories and more at the top of the hour. >> larry: 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson cooper. >>> it's time for ano

rubber band man right party ♪ i'm in trouble man always in trouble man undercover ♪ >> larry: anderson cooperon? >> larry, breaking news on the oil spill in the gulf. new information that it could be much worse than believed. a purdue professor has released his video analyzed by bp showing the oil spewing out. how much oil he thinks could be pouring out of the gulf. >>> plus, new backlash over shoe oil spewing out of the well. we'll hear what he has to say about the mess and how much more oil he thinks could be pouring out of the gulf. backlash against arizona's immigration law. los angeles could become the largest city in the country to enact a boycott. the city council passioned the boycott. the mayor is expected to sign it. who will the boycotts meant to hurt? we're keeping them honest. we'll hear from an l.a. councilman, and the arizona sheriff who defends the controversial law. have you seen this video, 7-year-old girls, bumping and grining to "single ladies." it has people asking what were their parents thinking. a lot more at the top of the hour. >> larry: that is weird. whoa. anderson

rubber band man right party ♪ i'm in trouble man always in trouble man undercover ♪ >> larry: anderson cooper>> larry, breaking news on the oil spill in the gulf. new information that it could be much worse than believed. a purdue professor has released his video analyzed by bp showing the oil spewing out. how much oil he thinks could be pouring out of the gulf. >>> plus, new backlash over arizona's immigration law. los angeles could be the soonest city to enact a boycott state. the mayer is expected to sign it. but who are the boycotts really hurting? we'll hear from an l.a. councilman who defends the controversial law. >>> you have seen this video. it's a group of 7-year-old girls bumping and grinding to beyonce's hit "single ladies." a lot more at the top of the hour, larry. >> larry: that is weird. anderson cooper "a.c. 360." let's take another call for t.i. atlanta, hello. >> caller: hi, t.i., i'm one of your biggest fans. i need a little advice from you, i have a cousin in chicago, he's a 20-year-old male, accused of murder. looking at possibly four years. what advice you can give him b

. >> larry: anderson cooper is in nashville tonight, reporting from one of the neighborhood's hardest by the devastating floods. i know you've got a big show tonight, anderson. what's it like? >> larry, i've never seen a community come together so quickly as the folks here in nashville has. ip mean there are thousands of homes which have been destroyed, people's possessions out on the streets but there are thousands of volunteers, individuals, church groups which have just come together to help complete strangers, to help their neighbors, their fellow countryman. it is an incredible thing to see. we'll be showing you. is that tonight. we're out on the river today searching for a 39 year old man by the name of danny tomlinson who is still missing now. his family is desperate. they were out on the river today, cadaver dogs with them, we were with them. we'll show that to you as well and also talk to tim mcgraw and faith hill, brad paisley we'll be talking to here live and kenny chesney as well about what they have seen in their community and how this city is rising. the water is falling

. >> larry: anderson cooper will host "ac 360" at the top of the hour. he lead tonight, anderson. >> the breaks news tonight, larry, the cnn has learned the joint terrorism task force is considering the possibility that the incident in times square is more than just a lone wolf and there is a connection to pakistan, according to a source familiar with the investigation. investigator believe this was an intended terror attack to set off explosives in times square, that the individuals intended for the tanks to explode, didn't have the expertise to detonate t we will have the latest ahead. >>> also, keeping them honest tonight, on the oil spill. oil and accountability. we will show you how little bp, which is a very big oil company, which makes an awful lot of money, how little they could end up paying for ruining a lot of lives it is all legal. we will explain ahead. >>> a stunning story, a letter signed by joseph ratzinger, the man now the pope delaying for years the removal of an american priest already convicted of sexual abuse. we confront the former p

. ♪ >> larry: anderson cooper is about to host "ac 360" at the top of the hour.. >> well, larry, tonight we're keeping them honest. the latest on the oil spill in a truly stunning statement by michael brown, head of fema during katrina. remember him? the brownie doing a heck of a job, remember that guy? said he wanted the oil spill to spread and is using it, part of a plot to stop all offshore drilling. can he prove it? does he have the facts to back it up? an interview you do not want to miss. >>> and you've been covering with the late new details on the times square bombing suspect. a lot coming to light this evening. we have the latest on his life in the states, his bomb training and fresh information on his capture. plus, another terror case. how a young american went from altar boy to al qaeda. those stories at the top of the hour, larry. >> larry: that's anderson cooper, ac 360, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. it's cruickshank, right, paul? i want to get it right. >> that's right. >> larry: there is no "ik" in the "cruick." you mentioned about faisal being in

i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching this 360 special investigation. . >> larry: tonight, laur why ba the secrets she could only tell after leaving the white house. were the president and first lady poisoned on purpose at a dinner. and what she witnessed from the front row seat to history next on "larry king live." >> larry: one week from tonight we have mick jagger. first, we welcome back laura bush. her new book is "spoken from the heart." a terrific read published by scriptners. you were such a private first lady. wasn't this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted it to be very candid. i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of gaps that what reporters asked me about, all those eight years we were there, you know, didn't cover some of the things that were in this book. so i had a great time writing it. i went back home to midland when i started it. my mother still lives t

i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching this "360" special investigation. ♪ no matter what they doing they don't do it like me ♪ ♪ like a g i hold it down for the town ♪ >> larry: tonight -- ♪ recognize i'm back >> larry: t.i. exclusive. the rapper's first interview since he got out of prison. for buying machine guns and silencers. firepower even the law isn't authorized to use. how did a straight a student end up a dropout selling drugs and doing time? ♪ you can do whatever you like >> larry: he's open, honest, and willing to talk about it. taking your calls, too, t.i. making a comeback next on "larry king live." ♪ cars everywhere i go ♪ i know >> larry: this was the scene a short while ago, as grammy-winning rapper t.i. arrived at "larry king live." his new album, "king uncaged," will be released in august. his new single very appropriately titled "i'm back." t.i. was arrested by federal agents in 2007 for buying three machine guns in the parking lot of an atlanta grocery store. in 2008 he was sentence

tomorrow, anderson cooper reports live from nashville including a tour of a national treasure ravagedme of country music's biggest stars, tim mcgraw and faith hill. >> members of the phoenix suns plan to wear jerseys called los suns. it shows the opposition to the new law in arizona. speaking at a cinco de mayo celebration, president obama criticized the arizona law. he says he wants congress to work on comprehensive immigration reform this year. and finally, the holly woops walk of fame. julia louis dreyfus. got a star on the hollywood walk of fame. but her name was misspelled. a long time cnn copy editor noticed this error and he alerted the folks at the hollywood walk of fame. they've corrected it and she's going to get the wrongly chiselled nameplate as a souvenir. >> maybe she'll call him. tom foreman for us tonight. >>> coming up, we're going to talk about the potential danger that may be lurking in your medicine cabinet. a massive recall of the most commonly used medications for kids. tylenol, motrin, benadryl, how serious is this? we'll tell you after the break. recently a who

[applause] >> thank you for coming out tonight i was upstairs to 18 tonight's show for anderson cooper. it is about my testimony what is going on in our processing plants and the the contamination from the coli and salmonella getting into our me supply and they ask me about that and also about really the unfortunate practice of slaughtering downer callous that may harbor mad cow disease that i describe in some detail in the book. is just a symptom of what is wrong with our much larger industrial form of food production when it comes to raising animal protein that most people in this country consume including vegetarians ready to lot of dairy products as well. "animal factory" just came out this week and already getting a lot of attention i am thrilled about that because i do think it is of the incredible importance. i confess too not knowing where our food came from. i knew it did not come from old macdonald's farm but i did not want to think beyond that or require it did come from. i got the idea for this book a few years ago i happen to be very fortunate from robert downey, jr. we we

now, some very worthy programming, anderson cooper, "ac360". >>> the latest on the oil spill and bp and what it's going to do >>> the latest on the oil spill and bp and what it's going to do about it and a stunning statement from michael brown and saying he wants to stop offshore drilling. where are his facts. >>> and faisal shahzad received bomb training in pakistan and we learned authorities tailing the suspect, faisal shahzad lost him late yesterday as he made his way to new york's kennedy airport. that is from a senior counter-terrorism official with firsthand information. and how come this guy was allowed to board a plane. originally put on a no-fly list but the airline, the emirates airline had not rer freshed their copy and did not raise red flags. we have new information coming in almost by the minute. >>> also on "crime and punishment," an african-american caught in mississippi with killing a white supremacist. was racial hatred the reason or something more surprising? >>> allegation, conspiracy theory is the obama administration wanted the gulf spill to happen, the edges of th

. ♪ >> larry: before we get back with laura bush, let's check in with anderson cooper. the top of the hour. what's our lead tonight, anderson? >> tonight on 360, we're keeping then honest. oil gives playing the blame game on capitol hill. all the finger-point willing not stop the 210,000 gallons of oil a day spewing into the gulf. might prevent this from happening again if we can get a straight answer. also, up close, imagine being told you would never move your limbs again, and then doing it. a trainer at a controversial rehab in california says it's possible. you'll hear the patient testimonials and from dr. sanjay gupta with a healthy dose of medical skepticism. >>> plus, a family puts a diamond ring on craigslist. instead of getting a sale, there is a murder. that's tonight in crime and punishment, and something to make you mile before going to bed, the hollywood walk of fame. more at the top of the hour, larry. >> only in america. "ac 360," 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. we're back with laura bush. we have a tweet question. you twitter too, right? laura bush on twitt

. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. >> those stories and andy rooney tonight on "60 minutes." we encounter new opportunities. at the hartford, we help you pursue them with confidence. by preparing you for tomorrow. while protecting what you have today. you've counted on us for 200 years. let's embrace tomorrow. and with the hartford behind you, achieve what's ahead of you. a br eai'thm inbr nn ou nc(aernn)ou a ncco wpdit,h cl ud ison,chitis, em phys emema,ph oysrem a, onews. ad n re gca vair hadelvapsir s higelnipse o va air iadom m osfrt omot mhe caus e beth a n boanthti a-in ni la'tce r st -a ctfa caus e beth a n boanthti a-in ni y ha vema ay hhaigvepncec reaspo orostsieosporosis a d so mean e pr meey do yctouorr idof ctyooru i f yoonondition or h ig h orbl hooigd h prbla adi' ym ougl ycaoume gl ad or h ig h orbl hooigd h prbla adi' ym ougl ycaoume gl ad is c soptid llis m saktiinllg m ak,reathe, nn(ou nc(airyostur ll p refu d as. >> pelley: the gusher unleashed in the gulf of mexico continues to spew crude oil. there are no reliable estimates of how much oil is pouring in

. >>> anderson cooper is coming up at the top of the hour. what are you working on?o served his country for 18 years in the army as a doctor is now refusing deployment of order to afghanistan because he's a birther. he believes president obama's not proven he was eligible to be elected president. believes he's not a citizen. his story, our discussion, we're keeping him onnest. and you talked about it tonight, president obama's choice for the supreme court, elena kagan. why some conservatives didn't waste any time to come out against the nomination. we'll talk exactly what they are opposed to her about her and what if any impact that may have on the nomination. >>> a remarkable story, crime and punishment, they were called the bling ring. hollywood teenagers scoping out the homes of the biggest stars in show business and then breaking in and stealing everything they could get their hands on. almost all of it caught on camera. that's a story that can only happen in hollywood. those stories and a lot more, wolf, at the top of the hour. >>> we'll be watching. what can yo

i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching this 360 special investigation. >> larry: tonight, laura bush revealing a side of herself her own children didn't know until now. opening up about a tragedy and guilt that haunted her for decades and the secrets she could tell only after leaving the white house. were the president and first lady poisoned on purpose at an official dinner? she'll tell us want losing her faith and finding it and what she witnessed from her front-row seat to history next on "larry king live." one week from tonight we've got mick jagger here for the hour. right now we welcome back former first lady laura bush to "larry king live." we spent many hours together. her new book is "spoken from the heart." a terrific read published by scriptners. you see its cover. you were such a private first lady. wasn't this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted to be very candid, i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of ga

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. >>> now, anderson cooper and ac "360." >> breaking news, major city under water, heartbreaking, damage and death toll rising. we have the latest from nashville and will speak with the mayor and kenny chesney on the story all the world needs to know. and the bp disaster and what if any oversight did the government have on them. bottom line, are government watchdogs more like lapdog, in some cases literally in bed with the industry, having sex with employees and doing drugs and you will not believe the report. >>> breaking news tonight on the time square terror suspect. a dry run the day before the bombing attempt and why so many suspects on the no-fly list can still get guns illegally and we'll talk to bill maher. >>> we begin with the breaking news on catastrophic flooding in the south. while a lot of us in the national media have been focused on the oil spill the city of nashville is under water, 19 dead. that's where it's taken its toll. besides the devastating loss of life. people being swept away, homes damaged or gone. look at these images. tonight, the mayor of nashville says the

publicity it deserved because of the new york terrorist incident and spill in the gulf, but when anderson cooper of cnn came down, his initial headline for the story was nashville flooding. as soon as he saw the magnificent response of our people he changed that headline to national vi rising. -- nashville rising. that's our real message here. we are coming back and coming back strong. please come visit nashville,town turn, spend your -- nashville, tennessee, spend your tourist dollars there. and with your help we'll restore our place of country music and other music. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, i yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from knoxville for yielding the time. i rise today in awe of the people in tennessee. so many of the families in my district have lost most or even all of what they had. some have suffered loss of family members, and we exp