i'm brooke baldwin.entagon on the operation to kill osama bin laden, a remarkable plea from admiral mike mullen. he said, for the love of pete, please stop talking about the raid. government officials are jeopardizing valuable, national secrets in the fight against terror. chris, it sounds like the brass at the pentagon is very, very worried about everyone talking. >> yeah, brooke. it really stopped one step short of just saying shut up. really what they are doing is they are expressing a lot of concern over not so much this mission, which is already over, but saying the capability and ability of these forces to conduct similar missions in the future is going to be a lot riskier because of these leaks. >> we have, from my perspective, gotten to a point where we are close to jeopardizing this precious capability that we have and we can't afford to do that. first of all. secondly, when you now extend that to concern with individuals in the military and their families, from my perspective, it is time to sto

i'm brooke baldwin. i want to begin with joplin, missouri.f joplin are still reeling from the deadliest tornado to strike in recent american history and it wasn't just 48 hours ago, what is left there on the ground in joplin, let's watch this for a moment. as far as the eye can see, devastation in large swaths of the city. not a car or truck is upright. in the joplin area alone, now confirmed 118 people are dead and about 1500 others' whereabouts are unaccounted for. i want to go straight to t.j. holmes. t.j., tell me where you are, where are folks and where you are with regard to the rescue effort. the clock is ticking because we know more severe weather is headed your way. >> reporter: yeah, like you said, a couple clocks are ticking. but you asked where people are. i'm going to show you an image and let my photographer move over and this will tell a story without me saying a word. this is what is happening here. this is not just staged. i didn't ask her to sit there. i didn't ask her to hold on to her dog. this woman has been here -- we've

holmes in atlanta and in for brooke baldwin. hi, t.j. >> yes, thank you, randi kaye. >> yes, thank you, randi kaye. i am in for brooke baldwin. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we are learning that intelligence taken from the osama bin laden compound that he was in indeed in the loop and in touch with al qaeda. there is also evidence that bin laden knew about potential terror attacks. we will have much more on this in a moment. but first, maria shriver has now reacted to the news of her husband having fathered a child outside of their marriage. her husband, of course, we are talking about is arnold schwarzenegger, the newly former governor of the state of california. here is now maria shriver's brief statement, and she says quote. this is a painful and heartbreaking time. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal. i will have no further comment. end quote. very short statement making it clear there that she would like som

i'm brooke baldwin. i want to begin in michigan. take a look at the damage. battle creek, michigan. this is between the lakeshore and ann arbor areas as a path of destruction goes across the midwest last night killing power to more than 100,000 people in this one state alone. trees, you see them, they are down. power crews have a busy, busy day ahead of them cleaning up and checking out the damage there. >>> president obama pledging to stand with the people of joplin, missouri. he says "every step of the way as the town rebuilds." yesterday the president toured the shredded city and spoke at a service honoring the 142 people who lost their lives when the tornado hit joplin last sunday. 29 people still unaccounted for. >>> to texas now where wildfires are burning across the pan handle there. hundreds of people who had to evacuate their homes in amarillo are being allowed back in. the u.s. forest service says 12 homes have been destroyed thus far. evacuees have been getting help from the red cross. >>> and now to southern tennessee where crews are trying to res

holmes, sitting in for brooke baldwin.a bin laden's compound. navy s.e.a.l.s wore helmet cams and much of the video is described as fast and violent. also described as hazy. let me give you an idea. we dug this up as an example of nighttime helmet cam video. this gives you a quality of the type of video we're talking about. this is not the actual video from the bin laden raid. this is just an example of what it could look like, similar to the technology used by the s.e.a.l.s during that condition. it's grainy and not a lot of detail to it. we can show you the example of a combat helmet with a helmet cam on it. take a look at this. >> in the front, you've got a really small camera. it's got some pretty high resolution to it but let's face it, it was the darkest night of that month. it's night vision. so you have a green hue upon things and things are very grainy and picxulated. it's one millimeter in diameter. you have a feed line here that goes all the way to the unit that does a number of things. it gives power, storage c

i'm brooke baldwin.ot it on video. >> hundreds are still unaccounted for in joplin, and now we're hearing their names. >> a list of 232 individuals. >> sons, daughters, moms, dads, all trying to find their loved ones. we'll take you there. >>> casey anthony's father takes to the stand in her murder trial, and emotions are high. >> you are badgering me. you're trying to get me upset, sir. >>> plus, more than a dozen police officers suspended, accused of forcing a female prisoner to strip and to perform lap dances in exchange for her release. we have the video. >>> and brand-new signs sarah palin could soon begin a run for president. >> let me ask you, don't you love your freedom? >> how she is using a movie theater to take on politics and her enemies. >>> welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm brooke baldwin. developing right now, the cia could soon get a lowser look at osama bin laden's pakistan hideout. this is what we have according to the "washington post." federal agents have apparently negotiated with th

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm brooke baldwin. let me tell you about a couple of things happening on my watch this afternoon. look at the live pictures right now with members of the u.s. house gathering in their own auditorium on capitol hill to be briefed on the operation that killed osama bin laden, and they will be getting the details straight from the horse's mouth so to speak, the director of the central intelligence agency, leon panetta, so if the any members come to the cameras there outside, we will of course let you know. also, the btm of the bottom of e senate chambers resolution to honor the members of the military mission that performed that kill mission sunday and a interesting change of colors here in the chamber, because the members are asked to sit at their individual desks which is a custom that is saved for solemn and special occasions. we will bring you that live when it happens as well. busy day for the capitol hill and the white house as well. within the past hour, the white house delivered a new readout on th

holmes in for brooke baldwin. you're seeing a live picture of leon panetta about to introduce the president of the united states. the president stopping by the cia to give them a thank you for the work they did over the past several years and here recently with success of osama bin laden. let's listen in to the cia director for a moment as he introduces president obama. >> we are grateful to have a commander in chief who is willing to put great trust in our work. and in return, as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we commit to you that we will continue to do everything in our power to fulfill your mission of defeating al qaeda and their militant allies. we will do whatever it takes to protect this country and to keep it safe. this has been a long and tough fight, and it's not over. but as we have just proven, it's a fight that we're going to win for you, mr. president, and for the american people. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to introduce the president of the united states. >> thank you. tha

brooke baldwin is joining us from the cnn center, and brooke, there was somebody from the city where laden was hiding out who was tweeting about this operation even as it was going on. tell the viewers what you know. >> well, it is an interesting facet to the story that speaks to the pervasiveness of social media in a world event like this. these are some of the most read tweets around the world today and this is all coming from the i.t. consultant living in abottabad in the neighborhood where they found osama bin laden and he provided the first accounts of the raid that went by in the nearby compound. i want to blow through a couple of the tweets for you. this is happening 1:00 in the morning pakistan time, and that is a full seven hours before president obama announced that osama bin laden had been used. this twitter, and you can follow him now and be one of the 66,000 followers. go to at really virtual. one of the first tweets, helicopter hovering above in abottabad at 1:00 a.m. is a rare event. and tweeting, take away helicopter before i take out my giant swatter. and the next tw

i'm brooke baldwin.ments indicating that the world's most wanted terrorist was apparently considering a deal with pakistan. a protection deal. now, under the terms of the possible deal, al qaeda wouldn't attack pakistan if -- and that's a big if -- pakistan would protect al qaeda. chris lawrence is live now. chris, what do we know? and again how precisely do we know this? >> how we know is that from all of that material, those documents that the navy s.e.a.l.s took out of osama bin laden's compound, intelligent agents have been pouring over these documents and what they show is that osama bin laden communicated with the operations chief about the possibility of trying to broker some sort of protection deal with pakistan and as you said, the basic framework of the deal would be al qaeda would not stage any attacks in pakistan and in exchange pakistan would sort of allow al qaeda leaders to live there sort of a hands off approach but there's no evidence that they actually approached pakistani officials wit

i willand it over now as we get close to the top of the hour to brooke baldwin as the newsroom continuesing through it.

holmes in for brooke baldwin. >> thank you very much. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com s. >>> we're going back to it, more than likely, a lot in the hour as we wait on the attorneys to come out. attorneys were dominique strauss-kahn who we can say is the former world banker charged with trying to rape a hotel maid, former, we're saying here, because dominique strauss-kahn resigned as head of international monetary fund. he's going through a hear, as we speak. we did find out that he has in fact, been indicted in this case and charged in the sexual assault. you know this by now, the story by now that he's accused of trying to or accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid at a high-end hotel in new york city. we have a couple of reporters covering this for us, one being richard roth, outside the courthouse right now. richard what can you tell us about what went on inside that courtroom? >> reporter: the hearing is still going on. as the prosecution and announced, there's an indictment filed by the grand jury against dominique strauss-kahn, former head of the international monetary fu

i'm drew griffin in for brooke baldwin. the news starts now. began to howl and hail started to fall. one of the deadliest twister did not let up for six miles. >> it got louder and louder. >> churches, schools, even a hospital demolished. >> we're getting a new video, new pictures that show how this storm unfolded and how fast the warnings came. plus, the search is on for the missing. >> basically do a door by door grid search of the city. >> looking for people trapped. now dozens confirmed dead. we'll take you inside this search live. zf we are waiting for a news conference to begin in joplin. it could happen at any minute. we're going to join it when it does happen. in the meantime, we're going to talk with a oh woman who shot this video. >> i have debris on the ground over here. right here. debris on the ground. it's coming up north. there it. the tornado is going into the city. hey, guys, the winds are on the north and it's coming back around. toeshd is coming on the ground right here. get the sirens going. get the sirens going. i'm telling

in it he said palin, quote, loved to play the victim and also gave an interview to brook baldwin wheret it was like when palin became senator john mccain's running mate. >> her style of leadership was absolutely chaotic. brook, you've got to understand that, you know, because i vested so much when she got tapped for v.p., i had -- i was absolutely overjoyed on one sense and in another sense, just absolutely terrified. what if this person did actually become vice president and president? she is not a -- she's not an organized leader, i will say, to put it politely. >> an adviser to sarah palin's action committee released a statement saying, quote, mr. bailey has an ax to grind and abandoned truth in his book. >> up next on "american morning," the price of your favorite coffee could be going up. why the best part of waking up is going to cost you a little more. that's right after the break. it's 18 minutes past the hour. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and inves

i'm brooke baldwin.is now. >> he's one of the most powerful financial guys in the world and today this man appears in court, accused of trying to rape a woman at a luxury hotel in new york. find out what a hotel maid says he did and how this came close to becoming an international chase. >>> the warning down south, get out now as floodwaters rush towards home as they try to pack up everything they can, furniture, pictures, even toys, as the river rises, so do fears. >> we will go live to the evacuation zone. >>> also, horrifying scene as a children's bounce house goes flying. losing weight clicked for me when i realized that weight watchers online was for guys, too. i'm like, it's not rainbows and lollipops. after i read this beer cheat sheet, i knew what the difference was between a light beer and a dark beer as far as points go. i use the grilling cheat sheet -- you drag it over onto the grill and it gives you a point value. this is a plan for men. i lost 109 pounds. "aww, man, you're on weight wat. th

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for watching the last two hours. now to my colleague wolf blitzer in "the situation room." wolf, to you. >> brooke, thank you very much. happening now, growing outrage in joplin, missouri, where almost a week since the killer tornado. many families are desperately searching for loved ones still. they can't get enough information about where they are, each if they are alive right now. we're on the scene for you. >>> also, the former imf chief charged with attempted sexual assault against a hotel maid now under house arrest at a swank multimillion-dollar town house in new york. why his lawyers are claiming he may not get a fair trial. >>> and all eyes now on the phrase "one nation" in the gop race to the white house. just ahead, new signs those words could be sarah palin is running for president. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but first, a heartbreaking development in joplin, missouri. all week we've been bringing you wrenching stories of those missing in the tornado's wake, while at the same time

i'm brooke baldwin. you have been listening to jay carney briefing the members of the media for the past hour because of the big decision that we have learned coming out of the white house this afternoon, and the headline, they will not release the photos showing osama bin laden dead even though the public seems fairly anxious to see them and even though the head of the cia leon panetta said he thought that a photograph would be released. we will replay this. this is what jay carney, the white house press secretary, said a moment ago. >> we have discussed this internally, and keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this is him. we have is done dna sampling and testing, and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. we don't trot out this stuff as trophies. >>> and now carney went on t

to our viewers, thank you for allow manage tow hang out as brooke baldwin takes some much deserved time off. now it's final for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> president netanyahu annerful in rejecting his parameters for peace talk. >>> also, dominique strauss-kahn faces problems with the conditions of his bail. we'll have the very latest on the sexual assault suspect he's in or out of jail and the raid on the compound triggering a new terror alert. this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. >> reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of h

eastern hour of "newsroom," brooke baldwin will have part two of the conversation, focusing on clinicals overseas. >>> and coming up right here, "nightmare of a revolution." reports that egyptian women were subjected to virginity tests, now confirmed. the shocking details, right after this break. >>> 46 minutes past the hour. here's a check of our top stories. home prices were down just over 5% in the first quarter compared to a year ago, hitting their lowest level in nine years. it was the third straight quarterly drop for the s&p case-shiller national home price index. one analyst says there is no relief in sight. >>> an egyptian military general admits to cnn that the military forced women protesters to undergo virginity checks. he says 17 women rounded up during a march 9th protest were subjected to those tests. until now, the military had denied reports of this. one alleged victim says she was tied up, beat, shocked with a stun gun, and examined by a male doctor. >>> today hamid karzai warned that any future nato air strikes that kill civilians will be considered attacks against th

hello, i'm brooke baldwin and i want to start the hour with a fact that everyone knows right now that osama bin laden may be dead, but here is what is new. there are new fears and new evidence that terror groups are planning terror attacks against america. new developments and we have them for you. this hour, president obama is meeting several members of the elite s.e.a.l. team six who raided bin laden's compound sunday. >>> also, the president will be speaking to 2200 troops just back from afghanistan to ft. campbell, kentucky, and we will take you live for that. >>> and also, al qaeda has confirmed that bin laden is dead, and now they are warning that the blood will be a curse on the united states while calling for the pakistanis to rise up and revolt. >>> also, a huge round-up in pakistan, and dozens of people arrested for ties to bin laden's compound there in abottabad. reports that bin laden had some, we will call them unusual, highly, highly secretive neighbors, the cia were there and watching and listening and living in a safehouse nearby that compound. and take a look with me,

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