reporting -- jamie costello reporting. we will be gaynell and sues san and we will bring outdid -- susan and we will bring outstory mama doris wrote a book she never saw and on page 85 there's a poem called a kiss for mommy. so we went through it and it reads, my worst time, a kiss from you would make my day. and susan if you are watching, we hope you know that you made gaynell's day in a way she will never forget. right after our original story aired, last night at 6:00 we immediately got calls from viewers offering to lend gaynell a helping hand. go to abc2news.com and see the original story and the story we aired and you can learn more about it. it's on abc2news.com. you can leave us a note on the facebook page. >>> that brings us to today's hot topic. we want your two cents on the wmar facebook fan page. mother's day is coming up. the story has to make you feel good. what would you like to say to your mom? terry writes in my mother has been deceased for 34 years. as the youngest of 12 sisters, my sisters stepped up and

this is jammy costello from abc2 how are you. >> pretty good. >> reporter: susan is going to drive up from rock hall to east baltimore to take her to the cemetery for mother's day. >> i will take you you know i have the gas, there and then after that i will take you out to lunch my treat. >> that sound really cool that's great. >> reporter: a complete stranger gives gaynell a reason to put the head on the pillow in peace. >> people are about that. >> that's what people are about. that's what real people do. that's the stuff i would do. >> reporter: she wears her mom's ring nine she gave to her on past mother's day and she was in the hospital in the same hospital room 924 as her mother when she got sick. but it changed with a phone call. >> i don't think i will let this lady out of my life i think this is the beginning of a beautiful new family member. i am so thankful that i reached out to channel 2 and you know you guys cared enough to listen to me. and do something about it. i will never be able to thank you enough and susan and for you and for you coming here and you know, just car

tom costello has more. tom? >> reporter: ann, good morning. the plane is not pressurized so

tom costello, nbc news, cape canaveral. >>> a veteran driver hits e.nd the come from behind thriller in the lone star state. plus, do you remember racing the toy metal cars on the orange track? you don't want to miss this. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> heat and humidity for the east. then we're looking for dry and cool out west. storms in the middle. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today," and in sports, it's known as the greatest spectacle in racing. and this year, the indianapolis 500 certainly lived up to its legendary status. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> hi there, good morning. two big races on memorial day weekend and both ending in surprising fashion. first off, indianapolis, 100th anniversary of the indy 500. five laps to go, rookie j.r. hildebrand takes the lead. imagine the 23-year-old's excitement coming to the final turn. a four-second edge. uh-oh, hildebrand loses co

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> unbelievable story. >>> we'll take a break. when we come back on this friday night, the close call that has some of the navy's top aviators stuck on the ground for now. >>> and later, he may look familiar, at least if you go back to the woodstock days. even after all these years, he's still "making a difference." >>> you know it right away, the iconic scene repeated every year at the military academy, the tossing of hats into the air. at today's u.s. naval commencement in annapolis, the class of 2011, something else was conspicuously missing from the skies above them. jim miklaszewski reports on why the top flight u.s. navy blue angels were barred from flight on this graduation day. >> reporter: they're the u.s. military's premier precision flying team, the blue angels. thrilling crowds for more than 60 years, but it came close to crashing down this week. it happened at an air show this sunday in lynchburg, virginia. in perfect formation, the wing tips of the faa jets appeared to almost touch. at 600 miles per hour, the slighte

nbc's tom costello has that story. >> it's one small step for man -- >> reporter: more than 40 yearsince the u.s. won the first space race with the soviets, the second space race is uniquely american. >> "endeavour" -- >> reporter: with the space shuttle fleet retiring this summer, private industry is battling to win nasa's confidence and the job of transporting astronauts to the space station and a company called spacex may be in the lead. >> we have liftoff of the falcon 9. >> stage one. >> reporter: already it's launched a rocket named falcon 9 with the spacecraft named dragon, orbiting the earth, separate rocket stages and splashed down in the pacific. >> we intend to take the dragon all the way to the space station, dock it, unload it and bring it back. >> reporter: a space station supply mission could come as early as this year, a manned mission in three to four years and spacex isn't alone. boeing is developing an apollo style rocket system. colorado based sierra nevada pushing its dream chaser space plane, and blue origin founded by amazon.com's founder jason besos kept its p

nbc's tom costello is at the kennedy space center tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: a windy one at that. good evening, brian. gabby giffords' staff said she's still not fully aware of everything that happened in tucson back in january, but she's very aware of her husband's mission and she was determined to be here for it. >> three, two, one. zero, and liftoff for the final launch of "endeavour." >> reporter: in typically spectacular fashion, the shuttle roared off the pad just before 9:00 this morning, breaking through low cloud cover and racing for a wednesday rendezvous with the orbiting space station. these dramatic photos taken by a passenger on a commercial plane at the same time. watching the launch from a private viewing area at the cape, shuttle commander mark kelly's wife gabby giffords still recovering from a head wound suffering in january's shooting rampage in tucson. her chief of staff was with her. >> she did turn to me and say good stuff, and i said, yeah, this is good stuff. it's like, finally, we have arrived at his la

tom costello, nbc news, bethesda, maryland. >> reporter: this is kevin tibbles in chicago. as the oil price sky rocket plummeted this week, it was pandemonium on trading floors worldwide. the same speculation that pulled prices up, pulled them down again. closed at $98 a barrel, down 15% for the week. there's a saying in the trading community, high prices fix high prices. and so that process is what's under way now. >> reporter: a combination of bad weather, refinery maintenance, and mideast turmoil put oil prices through the roof. aaa says a gallon of regular gas sits today at $3.98. this time last year, it was more than a buck cheaper. the wild fluctuation in price has turned us all in mini speculators. do you fill up thinking the price is going to be higher next time or do you just put in $10, hoping it's going to go down? >> others fight back. these chicago commuters save money belonging to a van pool. >> i probably save about $90 a month. you figure over a course of a year, you're talking about $1,000. >> it amazes me a lot more people aren't looking for alternative wa

karen costello is here with that.le have different opinions about this. >> a lot of people. the major question s. can middle east peace really be achieved and account united states help? that's our talk back question today. president obama, like many presidents before him, said it's time to bring peace to the middle east. >> because of the many changes that are taking place in the region, it's more vital than ever that both izzies and palestinians find a way to get back to the fable and begin to negotiate a process whereby they can create two states living side by side in peace and security. >> we've heard that before, haven't we? president clinton and then the mid-east road map for peace, that came from former president bush. four major plans but none has led to a permanent solution. in the meantime, a few research polls show that the muslim world has a very low opinion of the united states as arab committee maz dln dean obdeillah told me. >> they see israel sitting with us all the time. sometimes i think that they f

carol costello following that conversation. >> big old mansion, nobody notices.ang move into a multimillion dollar suburban mansion for six years. did i mention that the house is just down the road from the fbi headquarters? yet nobody in authority knows he's there. that would be embarrassing, at best. derelict at worst. and that is exactly the kind of situation the pakistani government finds itself in. how did osama bin laden, the world's most wanted fugitive, hide in plain sight? near a pakistani military academy? this from pakistan's ambassador. >> what i find incredulous is the notion that somehow, just because there is a prior support network in pakistan, the state, the government, and the military of pakistan should be blamed. >> reporter: u.s. officials don't want to criticize pakistan publicly, but say it's inconceivable bin laden didn't have some support within pakistan. the u.s., mind you, has given pakistan $18 billion in aid since 9/11, in large part to fight terrorism. senator frank lawsuiten berg, a democrat said he wants u.s. aides suspended until

carol costello has your responses.id, some of them are heartbreaking. >> it makes you cry. our "talk back" question, why aren't we doing more for our veterans? this from brad -- why is it every time an issue is brought up on these segments people turn into a republican/democrat, left/right issue. as a combat vet i know what a huge bureaucracy the va is and how poorly it is run. samantha -- it is easy to forget those who have fallen and those who are still fighting when you turn on the news and there's nothing about the soldiers or the war on tv anymore. i wish people would remember the troops all the time and not just on national holidays or on sundays when army wives comes on. who a "it only sounds good to seem we care about them and flying the flag outside makes us look good in front of others. but that's as far as we go." it's because nobody honestly cares. i did two tours in iraq. as a u.s. marine, i'm 27, homeless, living in my car, and my family, friends and everyone just shook my hand then they turned their back

. >> and i'm carol costello. we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we want to bring you up to date, up to the minute with the latest details. the al qaeda terrorist was killed inside a mansion. they swept into the building by helicopter and says bin laden was among the five people killed in a firefight. president obama signed off on the mission on friday after months of intelligence work concluded obama was hiding there. >> senior administration officials believe the compound was built five years ago for the specific purpose of hiding bin laden. sources say facial imaging techniques confirmed bin laden's identity. a u.s. government official says dna testing is also under way. the u.s. forces removed his body and they buried him at sea. we'll have many more details on how this unfolded throughout the morning. >> so much to talk about. for nearly ten years now, new york's ground zero has been an emotion no epicenter of 9/11 and all its horrible memories, but within minutes

>> quit laughing. >> carol costello with the question.body is following the bus. we're all waiting to see. is it possible? >> will she? oh, my gosh. i know you've seen it. sarah palin's one nation bus tour starting in d.c., where she and her family visited some historical lankmarks, and then continued on to gettysburg, pennsylvania. there are times palin sounds like a would-be presidential candidate, but hasn't called her tour anything but a campaign for america's constitution. there is some confusion about where her bus is heading at times. and she refuses to tell the so-called mainstream media exactly where she is going, except for fox news, her employer. palin told her co-worker, getta van us is tren, despite how things look, her one nation tour is not political. >> it's not about me, it's not a publicity seeking tour. it's about highlighting the great things about america. and the media can figure out where we're going if they do their investigative work or they're going to keep kind of, as you put it, going crazy trying to figure out

carol costello talking about doomsday. >> we're going to party! >> come over.> well in case you have not heard, the end of the world actually starts tomorrow. if you believe christian fundamental harold camping. saturday, may 21st, will be the beginning of the end of the world. the 89-year-old and his followers predict worldwide earthquakes, followed by rapture with 200 million true christians joining jesus in the sky. camping says for the next five months there will be "a world of horror and chaos beyond description and god will destroy the earth in its entirety on october 21st." the preacher also predicted the end of times in 1994, and yes, we are still here. that is, also predictable, says the president of the american atheists david silverman who says this weekend we will giggle at the fools who follow the preachers who earn their living spreading happy lies. religion will have been proved wrong yet again. well, never mind him and never mind the jokes. let's really think about this. some people truly believe in doomsday. they've given up their life savings,

carol costello here to explain if it's even possible. >> here's the premise. democratic candidates talk mostly to msnbc and republicans talk mostly to fox news? former republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin told fox that candidates should watch out when it comes to the "lame stream media." >> there's got to be the preparation on all the candidates' parts for those gotchas. that's what the lame stream media is known for nowadays, is the gotcha trip-up questions and just have to be prepared for it and overcome it. >> now we don't know yet whether palin is running for president. but all signs seem to be pointing that way. she's reportedly bought a house in arizona. she's hiring new staff and launching that nationwide bus tour. instead of doing interviews, palin prefers to speak to the public through social media and, says cnn's senior political editor mark preston, from the safety of her perch as a paid contributor of fox news. but palin isn't the only one who prefers to answer questions in more friendly surroundings. not long ago, president obama ref

nbc's tom costello joins us in the studio with how the nation is responding. so, tom, what do you know about the dhs warnings or alerts, intelligence alerts that are out there. homeland security authorities are telling us at nbc news that there is no reason to believe that there is an imminent attack. deep in mind that the terror alert changed in the last couple of mothers you may recall that we have the color-coded system and you have orange whenever you're at the airport. the laid oat pa says we're at orange. that's been done away with. they felt that it was just too confusing so they're now three levels and nothing which is where we are right now, elevated and something that they believe is imminent, something that may happen immediately. we are still at nothing. in other words, there is tow no reason for us to believe anything will happen any time soon. you may have freelancers out there or people that feel inspired or that they may need to take retribution or that they may act. >> will we not see security changed, but know that it's happening anyway? >> t

costello great to be an american i had felt the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam i remember sitting there on a tile set and think unless you want to go into you know to go into the military. didn't do much. so we got married on the thirtieth of december nighties sixty five. or so and i left on january third of my change six to six going to vietnam so it was where i got spend monumental in vietnam alone. we went from bombed out to ben was where they are for what they call the orientation peter you know to get used to the climate and to actually get used to the sounds or. the first couple of weeks i was terrified everyone. and after my first weekend i went back to my bed not i just could not sleep i. think i was going to be like a machine at minimal cost the next day nothing happened. and then. somewhere at about three or four weeks we had an operation where they had thirty helicopters i was circling writing on my turn to go into this l.z. or landing zone to put the combat assault. and i heard the radio and the power of one of the red flight said this is red late were taken far and al

our report from tom costello. >> reporter: the dramatic moments for a private pilot and his wife started with the pilot's unintelligible radio call to air traffic controllers. >> reporter: very quickly, controllers realized the pilot may be flying too high and suffering from a lack of oxygen. >> reporter: soon, his wife, who isn't a pilot, was on the radio. >> the couple was flying a cirrus sr-22 from san bernardino, california, to colorado springs. it was over southern colorado when trouble hit. the nearest airport, farmington, new mexico. that's when controllers asked a crew of a neighbor great lakes commercial flight to move frin a visual and help talk the pilot's wife down. >> nbc aviation consultant john cox. >>> when you don't have enough oxygen, your speech is slurred, your mental ability is slurred, and finally, your physical capabilities are diminished. >> you need to get below 10,000 feet. you'll feel better. >> he has oxygen on. it's just not -- >> as the plane descended, the pilot insisted he was in control, but to the great lakes crew, the message seemed gargled. >> i can te

nbc's tom costello joins us with more now. >>> amy, good morning. what emerges from the black box of flight 447 is a portrait of chaos inside the cockpit. trouble struck four hours in to the flight from rio to paris. the two co-pilots at the controls a the time were 32 and 37 while the veteran captain was on a rest break. it was a cockpit voice and flight data recorders discovered amid the wreckage in 13,000 feet of water that have now given the investigators the best clues over what caused the disaster. the air bus a-330 was flying in turbulence over the atlantic when the air speed sensors iced over and failed. without those sensors, the autopilot and autothrust systems disengaged. amid the chaos with the captain on a routine rest break, they reacted by pitching the nose up, beginning a dramatic climb from 35,000 feet to 38,000 feet. soon, the plane lost lift and went into an aerodynamic stall. >> it's a lot of confusion. the airplane wasn't doing what it was doing seconds ago. it's not doing what you expect it to do, why not. >> the plane rolling

carol costello with the question.hat's provocative, carol. >> it is provocative. >> should they matter? >> they apparently do these days. in political circles, yeah. as you may know, republican governor mitch daniels has announced he is not running for president. like mike huckabee before him, he cited family reasons for his decision. but daniels' story comes because in the midst of scandal. his wife once left him for another man and came back to the marriage. after hearing people call his mother a bad mother for abandoning him and their four daughters, he told "the indianapolis star" the notion that sherry ever did or would abandon her girls or parental dutiy is absurd to anyone who knows her, as i do, to be the best mother any daughter ever had." wives have always mattered in politics, but what's gotten to us -- what has gotten us to the point where a candidate's wife can be the game changer? subject to the same scrutiny that every candidate has to endure. many aspiring political wives have had their own lives, thei

carol costello has more. a great question. >> politics isn't pretty, is it shall republican presidential contenders are dropping like flies and party insiders are scrambling begging mitch daniels and chris christie to get into the race. christie said no way. and daniels hasn't exactly sounded enthusiastic. maybe it's because they don't have the stomach for it. those candidates that are likely to run are backing away from their more moderate views like mitt romney who says as governor of massachusetts, his health plan was nothing like president obama's. >> what we were doing in our state was quite different than that. it was a more modest proposal, if you will. and that was we're not having government take over and run health care. thfd we're trying to find a way to get people in our state that didn't have insurance insured. >> tim pawlenty apologized for supporting cap and trade as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions all to appeal to the extreme right wing of party, those voters who decide primaries. john a

carol costello has all the responses. >> we decided this was the best question to ask today.death mean for you? this from christopher. as a service member on 9/11, today as been an emotional roller coaster, one minute cheering, the next crying for all those lost over the last ten years. god bless america. dia diana, to me it's a little bit of justice. hope he burns in hell. it's disrespectful to not have his head on a stake. and from arthur, i wish that would prevail to over all the bitterness. and rusty, one chapter is over, but we must continue to remain vigilant and stop those who would continue his murdering madness and use him as a martyr. please continue the conversation. facebook.com/carolcnn and i'll be back in about 15 minutes. >> they found him, he wasn't hiding in it a spider hole or cave. osama bin laden was living in luxury right out in the open. michael holmes will give us a look at the terrorist's last address. [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effe

i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra phillips. today, as you know, is memorial day, but it's a working holiday for some big-name politicians. the parades and gather erings aa traditional showcase. >>> a saudi prince wants oil prices to fall, and fast, before the u.s. ramps up its development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. >>> and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. >>> let's talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memorial day. oh, yeah, sarah palin is using the holiday to kick off her nationwide bus tour. she rode into washington sunday on the back of a motorcycle for the annual rolling thunder event. after a couple of stops in d.c. today, palin's one nation tour heads to gettysburg, p

carol costello has more of your responses. her morning begins with artitis pain. s. . back to sore knees. back to moreills. the day one but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. st 2il can keep arthritis pain awaall day fewerillshan tylenol. th is laraho chose 2leve anfewells r day free opain. and get the all day pain relief ofleven liquid gels. >>> from tweeting about being fat to showing off rock-hard abs, politicians these days letting it all hang out and it gets us to today's "talk back" question and carol costello with your responses. >> good responses they are. are politicians revealing too much? this from zach --fy wanted my politicians to post provocatively in mag deens i'd have voted for and underwear model. we need to take these politicians to task for the poor job they are doing and unpopularize them over trivial matters. heidi -- no one cares if our leaders have a six-pack unless it is a pack of beer before they get behind the wheel of a car. this pageantry is the last thing our leaders should focus on when our country has real problems. ben -- poli

costello those going away and the planet or the corporation.whether or not you think we're building society responsibly the bottom line is with lives and our planet on the line we can always strive to do better. now to get a proper grip on global warming year after spend some time in the planet's called us climates larking sean thomas reports from deep down under where scientists are getting glaciers to give us clues as to which way or world is heading. each week of lou dobbs hikes to the building towns and don't glitter on kings george island to measure twenty nine different markers. by doing so he can record exactly how the glacier changes each year and it seems that glaciers in antarctica are getting smaller. fighters are glaciers are changing in size points to a change in climates right now we know that since the middle or the end of the nineteenth century the majority of last years are receding it means there is a general warming over climate antarctica provides a unique opportunity where scientists can get a firsthand look at how this war

costello saw there was going away and the planet or the corporation. whether or not you think we're building society responsibly the bottom line is with lives and our planet on the line we can always strive to do better. well will we see the icy glacier as our planet's coldest car to turn into green valleys there are some other issues currently being tackled by scientists as our thomas reports. each week pull out of loot of hikes to the bone scans and. george islands to measure twenty nine different markers. by doing so he can record exactly how the glacier changes each year and it seems that glaciers in antarctica are getting smaller. if i put our glaciers are changing in size point search engine climates i know we know that since the middle or the end of the nineteenth century the majority of last year's are receiving it means there is a general warming over climate antarctica provides a unique opportunity where scientists can get a firsthand look at how this warming trend affects the local ecosystem some greater amount of fresh water is coming from

costello so who's going to win the planet or the corporation. who knows whether or not you think we're building society responsibly the bottom line is with lives and our planet on the line we can always strive to do better. well will we see the isolation as our planet's coldest continent turned into green valley is this another burning issue is currently being tackled by antarctic scientists as artie's sean thomas reports. each week block move. to the billings homes in glacier on kings george island to measure twenty nine different markers. by doing so he can record exactly how the glacier changes each year and it seems that glaciers in antarctica are getting smaller yet. the facts are glaciers are changing in size points to a change in climate sort of right now we know that since the middle or the end of the nineteenth century the majority of class years are receding and means there is a general warming over. antarctica provides a unique opportunity where scientists can get a firsthand look at how this warming trend affects the local ecosystem

everything in its power to bring it down joining me from our studio in new york to discuss this is kevin costello freelance assistant apa nation magazine kevin i want to thank you very much for joining me tonight now if you were an average american that perhaps hasn't been extensively following this the wiki leaks story and you were sitting on your couch last night and you watch this frontline documentary what's the message that you would come away with. well i believe that the message in this documentary is that there was this large intelligence breach the largest perhaps in the history of the united states it's impacted the entire world it's put a lot of stress on our diplomats and it looks like the p.b.s. producers do not believe that that stress is something that is justified that if they had done anything embarrassing they should have to pay for it and be held accountable and it seems that if you were watching you would have seen at least implicitly it's really hinted at and they don't do a good job of view bunking it they claim to say that julian assange was able to defend against it but th

i'm carol costello. u.s. intelligence officers are combing through the computer equipment and data seized from the pakistani compound where the al qaeda founder was hiding. they are searching for leads on other leaders or possible attack plats. a u.s. counterterrorism official says the haul was much larger tan they expected. bin laden relied more heavily on storage media such as cds or dvds. they say it is not clear who will replace bin laden, al qaeda had no clear succession plan in place. new details on the raid itself. president obama monitored many of the leaders to monitor the assault in real time. there was live video and regular audio updates from the attack team. we want to take a closer look inside the compound where bin laden lived and died. we just got this video inside a kitchen. it shows the eery calm, no deck core rags on tcials on the wall. you will see the camera move down the hall into the doorway of one of the bedrooms. blood on the floor right here. then, the camera will go outside. you can

good morning, i'm carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips.er to release a postmortem photo of the terrorist leader. it could silence skeptics c it could fire aerng around the world. >>> bush turns down a white house invitation to join president obama at ground zero tomorrow. we'll tell you why. >>> attorney general eric holder is on capitol hill. he's appearing before the senate judiciary committee. we're keeping a close eye to see if he makes any comments on the killing of osama bin laden. >>> we start with public skepticism. the white house can blame itself for at least some of that. administration officials repeatedly changed key details of the raid, including crucial accounts of bin laden's fining actions before shot to death. barbara starr live at the pentagon. let's start with information about osama bin laden using one of his wives as a human shield. that turned out to be incorrect, right? >> reporter: well, it did, carol. what the administration is saying, is there was a rush to get details out to the american public and to the world

i'm carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips.ground zero, heading to new york's emotional epicenter of the 9/11 attacks. in the meantime, new details on the raid that killed osama bin laden, reporting the navy s.e.a.l.s came under fire only when they first stormed the compound. secretary hillary clinton saying the u.s. must continue working with pakistan in the fight against trimps responding to widespread doubts about pakistan's reliability after bin laden was discovered living in a military town there. right now, president obama is on his way to new york and ground zero. we all remember those haunting images of the gaping hole. the president will lay a wreath there, reflect on the loss of 9/11 and mark the death of the man who plotted those attacks. cnn, deborah fereyick is at ground zero with more. the plane is just taking off so the president should be there very soon. i want to ask you, how do people feel about the president's visit today? are they celebrating? do they think he should even go? >> reporter: it's very unlikely

well, our carol costello joins us for this. it's a very controversial topic.with strong opinions. there's nobody who seems to be wavering on this. >> the photos are described as quite gruesome. the shot to osama bin laden's face apparently blew off a piece of his skull. if they have the dna that it really is bin laden, why do we need to see these grisly photos of his corpse. even lawmakers are split on the issue. >> i just don't see a need to do it. the dna has been dispositive. >> unless al qaeda acknowledged that bin laden was there, it was important for the united states to release the picture of his body to confirm that he is dead. >> as if to prove that point, the taliban says they don't believe it. the administration is worried that releasing these graphic photos will spark violent acts of revenge. 56% of americans want them released, according to a cnn opinion research corporation poll. the 9/11 victims say they should submit photos. it's something we should be able to see. most people believe bin laden's dead. why is it so important to see the death ph

carol costello has the responses. >> quite a few responses.es it matter if bin laden's killing was legal? scott says i don't believe there was a choice. if he had been captured or put on trial, bin laden would have been prime ransom demand. a potential rash of american kidnappings or as a means to end terrorist attacks against the united states, its allies and assets. and this one says as kids we are taught to lead by example. we should not become the beast but show we are better this from roger. where would we have put him before trial? how would you pick a fair jury? how would it feel to know we are housing and caring for the man responsible on the worst attack on american soil to date. this from rick. are you kidding me right now? of course it matters. saddam has millions of peoples blood on his hands. how many soldiers died during the war? we didn't just shoot him. he was tried and hanged. >> and zakk says because of the actions of this madman, we have learned to suspect a culture, contradict our principles and embrace death in this regard

. >>> i'm carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips. good morning to you. >>> sarah palin, day two of her one-nation bus tour. we will tell you where she is, what she is saying and what she is keeping secret. for the second time this month, a banking figure is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel made. new york police say the 74-year-old egyptian attacked the woman when she delivered items to his room. >>> moammar gadhafi is ready for a cease-fire, parentally, according to the south african president trying to broker a truce. gadhafi is not promising to step down, which is the main demand of the rebels. >>> sarah palin's one-nation bus tour is in gettysburg, finally. there are times when she sounds like a would-be presidential candidate. she still isn't ready to call her tour anything but a campaign for america's constitution. the tour started in washington wag. then, it continued on to pennsylvania. there was some confusion about where exactly her bus was headed at times. she refuses to tell the so-called mainstream media exactly whe

i am carol costello in for kyra phillips. >>> the state of mississippi's governor says 25,000 homes could be lost in the flood as well as millions of dollars in farm products. >>> a historical first in dublin, ireland. queen elizabeth becomes the first british monarch to step on irish soil. a security scare of a bomb hours before her arrival. >>> pakistan is returning the tail section from the stealth helicopter that went down in the raid on osama bin laden's lair. coming as they hold a hearing on u.s./pakistani relations. >>> have he heard? we all know why maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger called it quits. the former governor has a ten-year-old child and the mother is not maria but a household employee. when he was running for office and denying allegations of sexual misdone kukt, he would have had a secret child with another woman. let's go live to los angeles and casey wian. fill us in. >> it is hard to believe that schwarzenegger could become more controversial after his two terms at california governor than he was during, but he has. "los angeles times" is reporting that before

. >> yeah, when mary pitford came to town, they made an abbott and costello movie. >> she stayed in thee two-story structure over here. >> it is now -- >> a restaurant. >> isn't that interesting. just to know who walked along the streets here and the history. i love finding out tidbits like that. does the tunnel still exist?vé when they paved the main street, ollapsed. paved the main street, they are no longer there. there are some areas in the basements of to s> places u:elh> oat.ments of to s> places u:elh> i'm i'm cold. >> it's a gorgeous day and going d m for us to see the marine push back in the mix. today, the marine layer is not going to make it on shore. tomorrow, it pushes inland. mostly cloudy conditions tomorrow. the brilliant clear skies overhead, a thing of the past in 24 hours. overhead, a thing of the past in 24 hours. let's get on if() morning. now, the sun is up. we are going to go straight up from here. temperatures in the mid-80s to low 70s. it doesn't look bad. sa you are living on coast, mother' ajpae's lií; day. and g 1 m 60s in san francisco this morning. mother's

out west, i'm carol costello.c experts will return to osama bin laden's compound to search for hidden intelligence. pakistani officials gave approval, a sign that tensions might be easing after that secret raid. in fact secretary of state hillary clinton made an unannounced visit to pakistan earlier this morning. more on both stories in a minute. >>> the controversial patriot act lives on, president obama signing the extension just minutes before its midnight deadline. the post-9/11 law is too invasive critics say. >>> the butcher of bosnia may face a hague tribunal. lawyers for the bosnian serb said he was suffering from psychological problems. this morning a judge seems to have rejected that. >>> we begin this hour with a return to bin laden's compound. it's been less than four weeks since navy s.e.a.l.s raced out of there with his body and a treasure trove of intelligence, but the cia believes more documents may be idhidden and i so their forensic experts have the gadgets to find them. chris lawrence is at the

tom costello has more. tom? >> reporter: ann, good morning. altitude? >> soon his wife was on the radio. >> i can't talk much because i got to hold the oxygen to my face and the mic and the thing. i can't tell what's going on. >> reporter: the couple was flying a plane from san bernardino california to colorado springs. the trouble began over southern colorado. it was soon clear they would have to land quickly. farmington, new mexico, was the closest airport. that's when controllers asked the crew of a great lakes commercial plane flying nearby to move in for a visual and help talk the pilot's wife down. >> have you ever flown an aircraft before? do you have aany experience? >> no. i got to get down. i need to breathe. >> reporter: john cox is nbc's aviation consultant. >> the performance of the pilot was assignmesymptomatic of hypo symptoms. your speech is slurred, your mental ability is slurred and physical capabilities are diminished. >> get down below 10,000 feet and you will feel better. >> he's got oxygen on. it's just not. >> reporter:

costello: madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1893.viation authority to carry out -- federal aviation administration to carry out current levels until june 30, 2011. the senate approved a comprehensive f.a.a. re-authorization bill by a wide 87-8 vote margin. passage of the senate bill was applauded by both labor and industry stakeholders and it was estimated that the bill would create at least 150,000 jobs. by contrast, last month the house approved a controversial f.a.a. re-authorization bill, h.r. 658, by a party line vote by the narrowest vote margin in years. the house vote has been criticized by the f.a.a., the national transportation safety board, captain sully sullenberger, the families of the loved ones who lost -- was lost in the flight in buffalo. however, the most controversial aspects of the house f.a.a. re-authorization bill, the arbitrary $4 billion funding cuts that will have a negative impact on aviation safety and our economy, and a provision that repeals a federal rule on fair labor elections and mounts an assault on

our carol costello with that question. good to see you. >> "talk back" is better late than never.e demanded our politicians to be more fiscally responsible, quit spending willy-nilly and tell the truth. if entitlements add to our deficit, fix them. republican paul ryan is trying. he wants to radically reshape medicare by private advertising it. in other words, instead of funding medicare, it would help elderly americans buy private insurance. critics say that would mean no more guaranteed coverage for seniors, those on the liberal left go a step farther. ♪ >>> i know, it's awful. what is this, medi-scare? this year's version of death panels and quote, obama care? you remember the backlash from that caused the democrats to lose the house in 2010. that ad, as vile as it might be has staying power. in one conservative new york district, a democrat may just win a traditionally public house seat in a special election. the reason, the republican candidate support's ryan's medicare plan. some political analysts say new york 26 is a sign of pending republican doom. others say republicans

carol costello with the "talk back" question of the day. >> sex and politics. >> why do i crack up whenogether these days. who knows. in poll after poll, americans say they care more about a candidate's ability to handle the economy than just about anything else but character is also important, which leads us to the infidelity trap. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich began seeing his current and third wife while still married to his second. gingrich is hoping voters will forgive and forget. >> i clearly have done things that were wrong. i've clearly had to seek god's forgiveness. i believe people have to decide whether or not what i've said and what i've done is real. and i think that if people watch me and talk with me, get to know me, my hope is a majority of americans will decide that i can help this country get back on track in a way that no one else can. >> that kind of sounds like another presidential candidate from long ago defending himself against charges of infidelity on "60 minutes." >> you know, i have acknowledged wrongdoing. i have acknowledged causing pain in

i'm carol costello. good morning to you. here are some of the stories we're following right now.r republican candidate newt gingrich. today a gay rights protester hits newt gingrich and his wife with a glitter bomb in minnesota. we don't know exactly who shot the video, however, it was posted online. >>> mexican authorities stopped two tractor trailer trucks suspected of carrying illegal immigrants. they never suspected 513 people crammed inside in awful conditions. they each paid $7,000 to travel to the united states. >>> and it's a disaster in slow motion on the lower mississippi river. already at record levels. it's expected to peak tomorrow. the army corps of engineers says the water levels will stay abnormally high for weeks to come. >>> president obama will give a major speech tomorrow about u.s. relations with the middle east and north africa. details are starting to trickle out as you might expect. of course, a lot has changed in the two years since he spoke to the muslim world in cairo with the uprisings and the end of osama bin laden. ed lavandera, give us a preview. >>

. >>> i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra phillips. >>> police have finally arrested r rat ratko mladic. >>> dominique strauss-kahn is under house arrest. the source says he has been moved to this luxury townhouse that recently rented for $60,000 per month. >>> new unemployment numbers, 424,000 americans filed for jobless benefits for the first time. an increase in 10,000. >>> in joplin, missouri, the heartbreak builds and the uncertainty grows unbearable. officials will release a list of people still missing from the tornado zone. many families are now entering a fourth day of agonizing questions and exhaustive searches. >>> he still hasn't been found. we have been to every place, missing persons to the morgue and there back to here. we can't just stand by anymore and wait. >> i just want closure. i just want to know something, you know. i don't want to go back home hours away from here and not know where my father is. >> i have another son and a daughter to take care of. we need to have some closure one way or the other, to be able to move on. >> can you just imagine? cnn's jackie jai

i'm carol costello in for kyra phillips. the schwarzenegger scandal keeps getting more shocking. his child with his wife, maria and his secret child with his housekeeper were born just days apart. >>> president obama getting ready to deliver a major speech on how the united states will deal with the new middle east. sanctions for some nations and help for others and a controversial suggestion for israel. >>> this just in to us. the number of people filing for first-time unemployment claims is down again. the second straight week of sharp drops. >>> four years into the job and four days after his arrest on sex crime charges, the head of the international monetary fund hands in his resignation. dominique strauss-kahn made the decision from his new york jail cell. he has been in custody since the weekend, accused of serxually assaulting an employee at a hotel where he was standing. calling for his to step down are getting pretty loud. >> it is with infinite sadness that i feel compelled today to present to the executive board my resignation for man nlging director have o the imf. in

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tom costello is there as well. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning. every member of the crew is wearing one of these blue bracelet, and the bracelet says "peace, love, and gabby." in addition to that, commander kelly has taken congresswoman giffords' wedding ring into space, and she has kept his here on earth. but as you said, the spectacular launch at 8:56 eastern time this morning headed for the international space station, a flawless launch on a beautiful day here in florida. ultimately the space shuttle "endeavour" is headed for the international space station with a wednesday rendezvous. as we said before, this is the last launch for "endeavour," the second to last launch for the entire shuttle program. they're going to be delivering a $2 billion physics experiment to the international space station as well as a lot of spare parts, but clearly the eyes and the hearts and the minds of so many people are on this mission as it relates to gabby giffords, who was so critically wounded in january in tucson, shot in the head. she was here, saw the launc

i am carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips. we have several other developments in the osama bin laden story. later this hour, president obama leaves for ft. campbell, kentucky. he is expected to meet privately with the navy s.e.a.l.s that carried out the raid. the so-called treasure trove seized from the bin laden compound has uncovered a new terror threat. the rail system is on alert because of a possible plot to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >>> "the new york times" is reporting that the cia spent months watching the bin laden compound from a house nearby. let's begin with a closer look at the agents next door, not exactly next door but certainly nearby. osama bin laden's neighbors, cia operatives living in abbottabad. they photographed residents and visitors from a rented house and took great pains to avoid detection not only by selected al qaeda operatives by pakistani intelligence and local police. they report that bin laden's cia neighbors used a satellite and radar to search for possible escape tunnels.

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