with us the cia in the bush administration, michael hayden, michael chernoff, and rudy giuliani. finally the political impact, the ultimate commander in chief for obama. is it a game changer for 2012? the first republican field holds its first debate. our round table votes in. bob woodward, presidential historian, doris kearn goodwin. and political strategist, mike murphy. >> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning. the raid on the compound in abbottab abbottabad, pakistan, provided a treasure troef of data, showing that bin laden had remained highly active in directing al-qaeda in the decade since 9/11. among some of the items released yesterday afternoon, five videotapes, never before seen images of bin laden, giving practices to the american people, and one showed a bearded bin laden huddled under a blanket flipping through what appeared to be news footage of himself on television. the audiotapes were not released to the u.s., so as not to spread any more to america. tom donald. good to see you. >> thank you. good to be here. >> from t

, michael hayden, who now both work as principals of the chernoff group and security firm. new york city's mayor at the time of the 9/11 attacks, rudy giuliani. mr. hayden, i want to start with you. the news mr. donald talked about, this is the largest trove of information that the government has found. what did you learn from this? >> the first is you want to find out a thread of information. the second detail you want to find out is locational information and al-qaeda leadership, and then the third, and this is the long-term effort, you're essentially creating an encyclopedia of how al-qaeda operates, what the system is, their tactics, their techniques, their procedures. this is wonderful not just in its size, but we have not gotten what we call sse, sensitive site exploitation, going in and getting materials on al-qaeda leadership for several years. so it's big and it's new. >> it was the understanding of the intelligence secretary chernoff that after 9/11 no longer became operationally involved. we're seeing these videos. difficult to know, but you heard donald say we t

allan chernoff traveled to stanford, connecticut where officials say the law that's glaring flaws. >> mandarin, chinese. it's their third language. they also take spanish. it's a member of the prestigious international baccaleaurate program. academic performance here is on the rise, with double digit gains in math, reading, and writing proficiency test. according to the way the federal government reads those exams this is a failing school. >> it's pretty ridiculous. >> reporter: the superintendent says rogers international epitomizes the distortions of no child left behind. why? because some studio audience, particularly students of immigrants have not shown enough improvement in reading and i we ig. the no child left behind grades the school is f. >> it's important but shouldn't be annual and it shouldn't be the sole measure of whether or not a school is serving its children. >> reporter: no children left behind is called on every public school to achieve 100% proficiency in math and english by 2014. an idealistic goal that the obama administration intends to ditch. >> so much is bro

allan chernoff, cnn, new york. >>> a remarkable rescue in nevada.ian couple disappeared seven weeks ago while traveling in a van on a remote road in northern nevada. they were last seen in surveillance video from a convenience store in baker city, oregon. that was nearly two months ago. friday hunters found the woman, but not her husband. rita chretian told her rescuers she survived by eating tiny amounts of trail mix and snow. earlier today i talked with reporter michelle costa who was just outside the twin falls, idaho, hospital where chretian was taken. >> really important she's had a small meal. jell-o. she's on a liquid diet. she's been out there for seven weeks. she's lost a lot of weight. you have to slowly start doing that liquid diet. doctors are really optimistic. they said they're going to be monitoring her for the next 24 hours. they'll re-evaluate how she's doing and then decide if she'll be transferred closer to home. >> unbelievable. hospital officials say chretian is in fair condition. a search is still under way for her husband. >>>

cnn senior correspondent alex chernoff joins us from new york.rts the pilot actually made that decision. because some of the passengers apparently made it clear they felt uncomfortable with these imams onboard. >> well, the attorney for the imams is saying, actually, the passengers were fine with them being onboard. he says that a delta supervisor went back onboard the plane, surveyed the passengers. no one had a problem. nonetheless, the pilot still would not allow these two imams on to the flight. there was a lot of irony here. the imams started in memphis. they were trying to get to char l charlotte for a conference on islamaphobia. the plane actually left the gate, then returned to the gate for these two imams to be checked once again. and they got through security a second time. >> we let them check our stuff and our luggage, our bag, our body, everything they did. they said, okay, you guys are good. you can go. when we are entering to the plane, the supervisor, mr. russell, he said mr. i mmam, sorry, i was pleading with the pilot to let you

apparently that wasn't good enough for the pilot as cnn's allan chernoff explains >> reporter: ironye two imams were on their way to charlotte for a conference about islamaphobia. they were dressed in traditional muslim garb. the two imams masudur rawman and mohamed zaghloul boarded the flight in memphis but the plane operated by regional carrier atlantic southeast airlines returned to the gate for security to re-screen the men. >> the only reason that the pilot has cited is that some of the passengers didn't feel comfortable, but when the passengers were asked whether anybody felt uncomfortable none of them indicated that they were. >> rahman and zaghloul passed security a second time but in spite of pleas from a delta agent the pilot would not allow them back on the plane. federal regulations give the captain authority over all aspects of the flight including who may board the aircraft. >> we'll let them check our staff, our luggage, our body and then they said, okay, you guys are good. you can go. when we are entering into the plane, the supervisor, mr. russell, he said, mr. rahma

peter chernoff, san francisco, california. may 4. concerning what's going on in law enforcement, i know there's a lot of good people in law enforcement but what's going on concerns me and many of us. i see in sacramento, sac state, they have brought in law enforcement outside from their school to quell some energies from the students. it's gone on at fullerton. and anybody could google western illinois university today and see that there was a very serious situation there where they had 500 cops all dressed up to the max. for some college students at an event that was a yearly event. and the students are very upset about it. i personally was at the g-20 in pittsburgh a year or two ago. and i witnessed 5,000 to 7,000 police officers. no one got close to the g-20. i saw two story black tanks and saw the gases that they used. and it was only for a small handful of anarchist kids under 21, less than 200 of them. it was an exercise and i challenged law enforcement on behalf of the promised land, on behalf of who we really are, on behalf o

as cnn's allan chernoff explains. >> reporter: the irony here is that the two imams were on their wayce about islamophobia. they were dressed in traditional muslim garb. and the captain would not permit them to fly aboard his aircraft. the two imams boarded the delta connection flight friday morning in memphis. but the plane, operated by regional carrier atlantic southeast airlines, returned to the gate for security to rescreen the men. >> the only reason that the pilot has cited is that some of the passengers didn't feel comfortable. but when the passengers were asked whether anybody felt uncomfortable, none of them indicated that they were. >> reporter: rahman and zaglul passed security a second time. but in spite of pleas from the delta agent, the pilot would not allow them back on the plane. federal regulations give the captain authority over all aspects of a flight, including who may board the aircraft. >> we let them check our stuff and our luggage, our bag, our body, everything they did in a few minutes. afterward they said okay, you guys are good, you can go. when we are enter

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allan chernoff has insights in today's "taking the lead." >> reporter: this charming maplewood home inr bedrooms and four bathrooms, but when she put it on the market at $499,000, she found no buyers even though the broker showed the home 16 times. >> there is a lot of kids on this block. >> reporter: what to do? linda is looking to downsize after a divorce. she didn't hesitate and lowered the asking price by $20,000. are you confident it will go at this price? >> no. not really, because of what the market is now. >> reporter: the market in much of the country remains sluggish, and linda, a former re carol's advice to respond to market message that the original price is too high. >> the buyers are the ones who are going to set the price. we can do as much as we can, and when the buyers that when we have 16 showings in two weeks and no offers that says that the buyers have rejected this price. >> most people have an emotional attachment to the home and the neighborhood, but when it comes to selling, the realtors say you have to take the emotion out of the selling equation. and realtors

allan chernoff looks at the recent graduates in the real world. >> public relations executive alisonself with young employees, mostly in their 20s, so called millenials. she says they are energetic, tech savvy, collaborative and can also be needy and have a sense of entitlement. >> these kids have been told that they are the most amazing things since the day they were born. >> reporter: even millenials expect favored treatment from their parents as their parents may have provided. >> my parents have pushed that for me, told me that i was the best at whatever i did. as a result, i think millenials crave that attention. they crave that craze. >> reporter: their skill in being able to tweet and talk in the same moment never has there been such a generation of multitaskers who are able to key stroke on facebook. employees say they have short attention spans and often communicate as they tweet in quick sound bites. >> they live in a world where everything is 140 characters. they don't want to read more than a few sentences and they don't read more than a few sentences. >> reporter: they a

they're high performer, yet high maintenance allan chernoff investigates how mill lean yal employeesture. >> taking an inventory of all the stuff we have that we can give away. >> reporter: al son bronze surrounded herself with young employees, mostly in their 20s. >> a memorial day package. >> reporter: she says their energetic, tech savvy, but can be needy. >> they have been told they're the most amazing thing on the face of this earth from the day they were born. >> reporter: even after the recession, many still except favored treatment from employers. just as their coddling parents may have provided. >> my parents pushed that for me, told me i was the best at whatever i did and as a result, i think millennials crave that attention and praise. >> reporter: there's skill in being able to tweet and talk at the same moment. never has there been such a generation of talented multit k multitaske multitaskers, but such talents can come with side effects. employers say they have short attention spans and communicate as they tweet. >> they don't want to read more than a few sentences and

cnn's allan chernoff takes a closer look. >>> checking our top stories now.yemen, more deadly clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters. nearly a dozen people reported killed and 160 hurt. yemen's president has been meeting with advisers to talk about what he calls hostilities and crimes in his country. >>> a changing of the guard atop the nation's military command. less than one hour from now, president obama expected to nominate martin dempsey as the next chairman as the joint chiefs of staff to replace admiral mike mullen. dempsey would become the nation's highest ranking military officer. >>> and hackers hit the pbs website. they posted a story saying that rapper tupac is aliving and living in new zealand. he was killed in 1996. the hackers said they did it in retaliation for the network's program called "wikisecrets." . >>> a bit of breaking news. shocking news from the college sports world. ohio state has announced that football coach jim tressel has resigned. tressel was caught up in a scandal surrounding several of his players sel