. >> this is the bergen county fire academy in northern new jersey. it's a giant, state-of-the-art complex for training firefighters. >> they do 52 three-hour lessons, and they're taught everything from how to carry hose and how to attach the nozzles and how to put out fires, how to search buildings, and things like that. >> while many of the participants are adults, the program is also open to teens 16 or older, and it's not just for guys. >> i joined this program because i wanted to become a volunteer firefighter because my dad was and so was my grandpa, so it's kind of in the family. >> but things have sure changed since her grandfather fought fires. firefighters today use a lot of special equipment. >> this station here, students will demonstrate how to do an in-service check of their air pack to make sure it's functioning properly and they have enough air in it, and then they will demonstrate how to properly put it on their back, as well as their facepiece, and breathe air through it. >> and it's important because if it's damaged, it might fail w

edward bergen claimed that he spoke with james tear after the chief had a conversation with leopold. leopold "wants me to take karla over here and she is not to be a county employee." and jonathan harsh sun and the human resources director knew what was going on. >> it is so frightening to me that this could happen, that so many high-level officers and county employees would be involved in something like this. >> the taxpayers are owed some accountability. certainly, if the county is made to pay the plaintiff in this case, i think it is reasonable to look to mr. leopold himself for financial redress, that he would have to pay back the county. >> leopold also faces criminal charges, accused of misuse of security detail. he denies any wrongdoing. we did try to reach the anne arundel county attorney. >> competition is in the homestretch at the london olympics, leading to sunday's closing ceremony. there are more medals at stake on the track. phil rogers joins us from london. >> a victory lap today for the u.s. soccer women. this is the day after their history-making third gold medal >>

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cnn national security analyst peter bergen is in washington.n the raid, on osama bin laden's compound, and he has read this book. this new book. welcome, peter. >> good morning, carol. >> so what bissonnette was talking about in that last bit of sound we heard, apparently the s.e.a.l.s had this big fake compound they practicedin. what did he say about that in his book? >> well, he said something in his book that we kind of knew about this compound. it was reported in the "new yorker" piece which was a very good account of the raid. it was in my book, "manhunt." what happened was that early in april, bissonnette and others were summoned to north carolina for what was supposedly a training exercise. and bissonnette quickly realized it was a dream team of the s.e.a.l. team 6 that were there. clearly something was up. very quickly it became apparent that the target was bin laden and in pakistan. they built an exact replica of the compound, carol. using shipping containers, plywood, and chain link fences in the piney forest of north carolina. they p

also the hunt for bin laden by peter bergen which i'm just starting out with that details the 10 yearmanhunt of bin laden which of horse ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then a book called the battle for the soul of islam which is an american-muslim and tend to focus american muslims on the war against al qaeda, against islamic extremism and then another book that isn't exactly contemporary but it's berlin 1961

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. >> so do you think the criticism by the bergen people are reasonable? >> sir, i was a i haven't seen a lot of, well, i would ask if you could provide us with the criticisms are. i haven't seen a lot of statistics about criticisms. >> have you been out in the publicly? >> serve i speeded by him every time i go to wal-mart or church. >> understand but i saw an interesting fact the other day on the media and the press that tsa gets. we have tracked since 2009 negative reporting in the media of tsa and found that they were almost 13,000 reports in the knee of tsa and about 47% of those were negative. an interesting fact that time is that there are about 5000 blogs out there. of the 5000 blogs, about 80% of those are negative towards tsa. one interesting piece i find is a former marine officer is the fact that it's very easy to put a negative comment in a blog and not put her name on it. and i think that's a point. when we see criticism were going to address criticism. we're going to address vulnerabilities. i give you my word on that. >> you talked about th

. >> peter bergen, as usual, thanks very much. >> thank you, wolf. >>> voters in some all-important swingtates are sending a mixed message today. more of them think mitt romney's better for the economy but most think president obama cares more about them. we'll discuss in our strategy session. that's next. in our next hour right here? "the situation room," the former speaker, newt gingrich, he joins me to talk about one of the newest flash points in the presidential campaign, welfare reform. like others who braved the sky before her, it took a mighty machine, and plain old ingenuity to go where no fifth grader had gone before. ♪ and she flew and she flew, into the sky and beyond. my name is annie and i'm the girl who dreamed she could fly. powered by intel core processors. ♪ [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes

. >> peter bergen in kabul. thanks so much. good talking to you.e stay safe there. >> reporter: thank you, joe. thank you. >>> turning now to the dozens of wildfires scorching the western united states where firefighters are expected to gain some ground today battling the blazes before the winds whip up again. cnn meteorologist and severe weather expert chad myers is tracking the progress and the latest forecast. chad, looking at some of these pictures doesn't look good. >> no. getting a handle a little bit on some of the fire lines, 20%, 30% containment on some of these fires. but every dot you see here, everything that looks like a fire, that is one fire that is still not contained somewhere. i can't find a state anywhere west of the rockies that doesn't have at least one fire burning right now. and it's hot. this is the issue. it's not that windy today. i saw some pictures maybe winds are around 10 miles per hour, 15 miles per hour, that would be about it. we are seeing the hot conditions though from seattle down through portland. temperatures w

. >> that's bergen county. anyway, you guys were on the phone a lot talking through this. >> yeah.d for a very long period of time. but what was so good is that tom and will, as well, obviously because he was the guy who could instructed it, he gives you enough breadth to create everything in the past of the character so have you enough to work with in the present. which is great. >> i make predictions here. of course, i predicted "dewey." in '48. i also predicted facebook. this is going to be a hit and this is going to be a big hit despite the fact, speaking of "jaws," you guys are going to the jaws of competition, the toughest night, on sunday night. >> they'll do it. "copper" premiers this sunday. >> i'm ready. >> and you feel guilty. 10:00 on bbc america. >> you can also read about it in "the new york times." what a great spread. huh? >> i have to set up all of my multiple dvrs at 10:00 p.m. on sunday. now i got to see this, too. >> i'm glad. >> tom fontana and tom weston, thank you very much. >>> business before the bell headlines. wow. okay. >> god, help us all. [ female anno

with one county having a 8% bergen county having an 8% drop last year. and even hired drop of 8.4% right next to it. the need for principal reduction for freddie and fannie failed mortgages is apparent. is it contained in the president's 2012 budget? if not, why not? >> it does not need to be in the budget. we believe they have the clear authority to provide principal reduction in cases where it is clearly beneficial to the taxpayer to do it. there are a range of types of mortgages with that is the case. -- where that is the case. we are working closely with the fhfa to encourage them to take another look at the math because we think it is in the taxpayer's interest to do it. >> this is important. most of what we have done in the last six years has not helped this problem. i would lay before you that the few we have helped, we have had a few more added to that list. you know that well. this is going on and on. what hope does the taxpayer get if somebody can not meet the note and has to get out of his house, bring down the whole neighborhood, if he cannot

king, chief political analyst gloria borger and political analyst, former presidential adviser david bergen. also republican strategist alex castellanos, democratic strategist donna brazile. let's talk about what mitt romney needs to do tonight. what are you expecting? what does he need to do for america at large? >> i talked to a senior romney adviser who said very simply he needs to convince people he cares about them, he understands their problems. if you look at all the polls, there's a 14 point differential between barack obama and mitt romney on this. and what he said to me, look, everybody knows that mitt romney is a wealthy man. what they have to understand tonight is that he doesn't see their problems through that prism. that he sees their problems because he understands them. >> can they do that in one speech? he's been running for six years. >> right. it's hard. >> i think one of the things that's happened that paul ryan raised the bar last night for the romney speech and he does not want to be overshadowed by his own vice presidential candidate so he's got to give a very good sp