and download our lennox mobile app -- free. lennox.. >>> this just coming into "the situation room" from our national correspondent john king, he has learned that the 11 members of the u.s. secret service who were apparently involved in this prostitution scandal in columbia, south carolina. all 11 have had their security clearances revoked as of today. they could be reinstated if they're cleared. all 11 have been interviewed at least once, follow-up interviews are likely in many of the cases because of conflicting accounts. most if not all of the 11 secret service personnel arrived in columbia the same day last wednesday. they were not all at the same club, they were out in several groups, though. they range in experience from relative newcomers to those with 20 years. a lot more coming up at the top of the hour on this developing scandal. and peter king, the chairman of the house homeland security committee has been briefed, he'll join us live at the top of the hour as well. >>> in other news, the united states security council is str

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.good. >>> another deadly day in syria. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." lisa? ? hi, wolf. syrian opposition groups say 43 were killed in a government crackdown today. this comes as leaders call for tough u.n. measures against syria. they failed to implement last week's cease-fire upon the u.s. secretary-general wants to impose the peace plan. as many as len,000 people have died in the violence that started 13 months ago. >>> and the taliban is claiming responsibility for downing a black hawk helicopter in afghanistan. a u.s. military official says all four crew members are believed to be dead. the official says the helicopter was flying in bad weather, but they can't rule out any action. >> after a choppy week on wall street, both the dow and the s&p finished higher for the week, breaking a two-week losing streak. the nasdaq finished lower for the third straight week. investors were reacting to strong earnings from corporate america and p

and download our lennox mobile app -- free. lennox.never felt so good. >> rz president obama is ratcheting up his re-election effort by going after mitt romney, but now after sweeping three more primaries romney is pivoting and looking ahead to november and hitting hard at president obama. let's turn to our senior congressional correspondent dana bash. it's all about the general election now from the obama and romney campaigns' perspectives. is that right? >> oh, sure, it seems that way. i was at mitt romney's speech this morning and gone was the fast-talking guy scrambling to appear conservative. this was written to sound to feel big like the speech of a party nominee and romney lifted the veil a bit more to give us the outlines of his strategy against the president. >> reporter: politics ain't bad, the saying goes and he accuses president obama of playing a different children's game. >> he wants us to reelect him so we can find out what he'll actually do. with all of the chal everyoleng nation faces which is not the time for the hide

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and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.lt so good. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> going back now to our top story of the day, that is that f/a-18 fighter jet that crashed into the apartment building in virginia beach, virginia. on the phone right now is virginia beach mayor william cessums. mayor, can you hear me? >> yes, sir, i can. >> you are at the scene right now as i understand it. what can you tell me? >> no, i just left the scene. what a sober -- two buildings partially destroyed and perhaps, either two or three buildings that are completely demolished. i'm happy to say the buildings that they were able to get through for the partially destroyed one, i am happy to say we didn't find anyone in them. i don't know what to expect with the other buildings at this point. we haven't been able to get into the area. they're destroyed, but the heat has prevented firefighters from getting in there. >> mayor, how many buildings have they been able to get into and determined that there was no one there? >> two. >> there are h

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and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.ere's jeanne moos. >> reporter: after all those jokes about mitt romney putting his dog in a carrier on the roof of his car -- >> americans out of work. >> reporter: now the joke's on president obama. it's not a man bites dog story, it's a future president eats dog story. no, not bo, a conservative website, the daily caller, dredged up an old quote from president obama's memoir, "dreams from my father" about his diet as a boy in indonesia. >> a way from the dinner table i was introduced to dog meat, tough, snake meat, tougher, and roechlted grasshopper. crunchy. now romney supporters can say at least i didn't eat my dog. overnight #obama dog recipes became an instant hit. did someone say pug chops? the menu kept expanding by the minute. one conservative blogger contributed a four-course meal. great danish, collie flower and german shepherd pie. what does obama call a dog riding on the roof of a car? fast food. what does barack obama call a dog show? an international buffet. even the ca

and download our lennox mobile app -- free. lennox. so good. >>> another druz ship -- another cruise ship crisis. wlees a sylvester is looking at this for us. >> about 14 million people worldwide took a cruise last year. industry experts say it's a very safe way to travel. yet recently there's been a number of incidents and they highlight that a number of things can happen on the high seas. in the dark of night, the ship limped into a malaise yang port. the luxury cruise line was carrying 1,000 people when a fire broke out. passengers and crew were stranded for 24 hours. it happened south of the philippines in waters frequented by pirates. on that ship, virginia beach president dorothy wood, who posted on facebook, our 17-day adventure has turned, still no ac or hot water, or ability to cook, please send starbucks this morning. >> as of last night, we had the philippine coast guard beside us and i'm sure that we felt very secure then. >> reporter: it's only the latest of a string of recent cruise accidents and mishaps, the most notable

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox. good. >> want to update you on breaking news out of east oakland, california. apparently a shooting out of a religious university. we're hearing that s.w.a.t. is present on location at this point. there's a gunman they're searching for. we've got several teams on location. this picture coming to us courtesy of our affiliate out of kgo in san francisco. you can see some of the officers on location there. they're searching for a gunman of korean decent in his 40s. apparently this school has a significant korean population as well. the gunman is apparently near campus. we're told that five ambulances have been requested in this shooting and that there are several students inside the school who are reportedly hurt. as we zero in, you can see the location in relation to oakland. we'll vf more as developments warrant. also, a story we've been following for several weeks. george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin a teenager. he openly admitted that. now there are two audio experts hire

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.on never felt so good. >>> with all the political rhetoric flying back and forth, sometimes it's tough, right, to separate fact from fiction. we're putting some of the political claims to the test. the editor of politifact joins p. the first one, oil production is down where obama's in charge. it suggested oil production dropped under president obama. is that true or false? >> we gave that a half true on our truth-o-meter. it's a classic case of cherry picking. they have taken one year when there was a decline in oil production but ignored two years where there was an increase. they also ignored the fact the reason it was down was because of the oil spill in the gulf. half true for that one. >> picking what you like. that's not uncommon. what about this from vice president joe biden? he says the 30% tax rate called for under president obama's so-called buffett rule is lower than the described tax rate for millionaires already, not just for millionaires, for people making over $200,000?

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.is dead after desperately trying to safe her 3 day old kidnapped baby. now authorities think they know the motive behind this vicious, unimaginable attack. here's cnn's ed lavandera. >> reporter: kara golden was doing what mothers do, caring for her newborn baby. taking her newborn keegan to a doctor's check-up. that's when police say she was confronted by another woman, a stranger. witnesses say an argument erupted and then horrifying sounds. >> they were struggling, and i didn't know what was going on, but after i heard the fourth gunshot then i knew something was going on. >> reporter: the attacker shot kala golden several times in the chest and then snatched the baby. witnesses say golden, even after she was shot could be heard screaming "my baby." the other mo of the 3 day old child was shot and she tried to get the child from the vehicle and she was dragged to the ground as the car took off. an amber alert was issued and just a few hours later a description of the suspect's getaw

with lennox.never felt so good. >>> pat summitt is resigning as head coach of the university of tennessee's women's basketball team. eight months after revealing her diagnosis with early onset alzheimer's. she is also about to be awarded the medal of freedom by president obama. we are watching a live event. she's going to be speaking soon, holding a press conference. when she speaks, we will bring that to you smas soon as she starts. i want to bring in elizabeth cohen. she is only 60 years old. that seems relatively young for this kind of prognosis. is that common? >> she's actually 59, she's almost 60. and about 5% of alzheimer's cases are what's called early onset, before the age of 65. 59 is young but some people get alzheimer's younger, even in their 30s or 40s. >> how quuk lquickly does it pr? >> it progresses differently for everybody. if it's caught early it's possible people with alzheimer's can work for a period of time. i mean, when we think of alzheimer's we often think of someone who i

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with lennox.ver felt so good. >>> jack's joining us again with "the cafferty file." >>> question this hour, democrats fear another bush, jeb bush, should they? do you? the mention of the name makes me break out in a cold sweat. americans should not forget about the -- knowing that george w. bush is still walking around a free man after destroying so many lives and sending 4,000 soldiers to their deaths is as disgusting as it gets. i would certainly fear another bush and justifiably so. >> bud writes, jeb -- he looks like he's a nice guy, so to answer your question, democrats probably would rather not have to deal with him. >>> this election is fast turning into of the picked a pile of garbage that smells the least situation. dale in massachusetts, the only thing to fear from another bush is the knee-jerk faith-based irrational policies. religion doesn't work in policies and government. if it isn't all the terror stuff, it's the fear that iran at all will think at some point that the whole world ha

and download our lennox mobile app -- free. lennox.od. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everybody. things are still looking pretty positive right now, at least for the bulls. dow futures up by just over 70 points, s&p 500 indicated higher by about 6.5 points. we have news, apollo is raising its offer to $7.85 a share. the original bid was for $7 a share. today's announcement comes after great wolf received an offer of $7.25 a share in cash from ksl capital partners. the apollo offered has been unanimously okayed by the great wolf board. >> and royal caribbean's results just hitting the tape, earning 22 cents a share. the ceo calls the performance satisfactory given the difficult operating environment. the stock is trading a little lower at this point. >> i wonder what he meant by that? >> probably with all the other cruise ships -- >> that ship like lying on the side -- >> that wasn't royal caribbean. >> my guess is when you see pictures like that, it instantly impacts -- >> and your thing with the party -- >> i'm howard hughes-like.

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and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.lt so good. >> because dallas fort worth is such a popular area, i want to get on with it up towards ft. worth and dallas, that would be the next stop for the storm. that's the little red cell right there. it's going to be moving on right into and south of the ft. worth area. it's been brewing over the past couple of minutes. we can take a look at these spotters. they are seeing a low ring in the sky right here. not a cloud to the ground yet. that's the wall cloud of what this storm could do, it's getting stronger minute after minute. if you're in the burleson area, this tornado warning has been issued. >> queen elizabeth is celebrating 60 years on the throne this year. that makes her the longest reigning monarch. the diamond jubilee, you ear the author of the book out "her majesty." this is a big year for the queen, yes? royal wedding, will and kate, and we've also got the olympics coming up in london. is the monarchy back? >> the monarchy is back, you're absolutely right. it's been o

and download our lennox mobile app -- free. lennox. felt so good. >>> it's the smallest town in the country. it can be yours, yep, get ready, bids are coming in. today buford, wyoming, goes on the auction block. the whole town. joining us via skype is buford's only resident, don. great to see you here. why did you decide to do this? >> well, this part of my life has come to an end, so to speak. i moved her to raise my family, and now my family is all gone, and the bottom line is the purpose for moving after 30 years has changed and now i'm going to start a new adventure somewhere else. >> okay. so what is the person who buys this, what do they get for the money. the bids start at what, $100,000? >> the minimum bid starts at 100 and i guess we'll find out what it's worth at about 12:30. >> and what do they get? what you got there in your town? >> well, you got a viable business, convenience store, gift shop, service station. you have a few on-site long leases which is a cell tower and a post office. you also get five buildings. you get

and download our lennox mobile app -- free. lennox.>> the stories we're covering first, check out this amazing moment. this is the final flight of space shuttle "discovery" on the back of a 747 jet. dramatic end to the shuttle as it's ferried to the smithsonian. we'll have a live report on the future of the space program and private flights in the next hour, a famous astronaut. then police lead a kindergartener away from her school in handcuffs for bad behavior after her principal called the cops on her. republicans blocking the buffett rule in the senate but democrats, they are vowing to bring it back. so this is a political move, election season, or a serious proposal for taxing the richest americans more? we're going to mix it up with the political panel. [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. ooo no. the hotel lost our reservation. nonsense! you book

with lennox.ovation never felt so good. >>> it's called "the pig book." "the pig book" is an annual report from a watchdog group highlighting some of the most wasteful government spending. cnn's erin burnett is going "out front" on this story tonight. erin, give us the bad news, and i'm sure it is very ugly. >> yea. there is ugliness. technically you're not supposed to have earmarks, but it's all how you can write the words however you want, an earmark to one person is not to another. the citizens against waste has come out with this "pig book." the fiscal year 2012 which is pretty interesting. you have the chairman of appropriations committee and senator i newy has come out with an east-west center in hawaii. he's gotten 104 million earmarks for this particular center since the year 1997. the state department comes out every year and purposely asks for no money for this center and they don't want it. he comes in and gets it. he gets it because he's the chairman and it's his home state. there are

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.t would devastate any one of us, but a couple in texas is using this as an inspiration. although their infant daughter is dying, they want -- they say they want to use the little time they have left to build some lasting memories. kevin reese of cnn affiliate khou has their story. ♪ >> reporter: at a home in bel air, everything was right with the world. her parents named her avery. she arrived perfect and with a smile. but just a few months old, her legs went limp. something was wrong. >> i just started screaming, and it just doesn't seem real. >> reporter: what was real was spinal muscular atrophy, a rare jeanetgenetic disorder. her use of her arms will be next and then the ability to breathe. at best doctors give her 18 months. so what do you do with that little time? ♪ you dance. >> do you like that? >> reporter: mike and laura took avery's story online, created her own blog. >> the reality is this disease will take my life. >> reporter: and offered her own bucket list, the moments,

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox. so good. >> so, is today going to seal the day for mitt romney? the front-runner has all but predicted victory in wisconsin, maryland and washington, d.c. a lost los in any of the three could give new life to his rival rick santorum. here to talk about it ed inventory crystal wright and strategist swardo. welcome. crystal, i want to start with you. what's at stake tonight? >> well, what's at stake is i think that mitt romney is going to put the nail in the gop nomination coffin. i think he's going to wrap this up. he is ahead in wisconsin. maryland and d.c. are all favored to go into mitt's column. the states represent a more moderate, higher education, a population that is you know, highly educated, less blue collar workers. in wisconsin we don't have a lot of evangelical christians so santorum i think needs to sail bye-bye. he doesn't have a prayer's chance. i don't have a crystal ball. i'm not a soothsayer but right now romney is more than halfway there. so i say sail away, what's

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.again this syria trying to stop the fighting, trying to get independent observers there in the country, trying to convince the government to pull troops, big weapons out of these populated areas. at least 48 people are reportedly killed today in clash was syrian forces. more than 70 people died yesterday. cnn is in abu dhabi watching the developments. mohammed, let's just go down the line here. the u.n. has made very little progress with the syrians so far. you have no resolution. you have kofi annan's peace plan on shaky ground. what does the u.n. hope to accomplish today? >> reporter: well. >> you zahn, i should mention we have updated numbers from syria saying 54 people across syria killed today because of violence. that's just one reason there's so much skepticism that this u.n. plan will do anything to really end the violence there. it's two days since president assad promised to start withdrawing troops. now we know a u.n. advance team is going to be going in on thursday to try t

with lennox. now to your response of the lead story, pictures of u.s. troops posing with body parts of afghan body parts. this one shows soldiers and afghan police holding the severed legs of a dead bomber. the "los angeles times" published it today. the paper says it was among 18 photos taken two years ago. he said he wanted to show a breakdown in leadership and discipline. the paper said it was obligated to report vigorously on all aspects of the u.s. mission in afghanistan. so what do you think about it? how damages are these pictures for our troops? very damaging, very disturbing. doesn't do anything positive for our men and women in harm's way. think deeper 76 says not saying it's right, but let's not forget they torture us brutally and videotape beheadings. less damaging than the acts of gsa senior managers who stole from tax payer, and that's a fact. and from facebook, cynthia says it is disturbing, lack of respect. there is such a lack of respect from our military in these matters. steven

and download our lennox mobil app -- free. ♪ lennox.. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." our next guest organized the senate infamous gang of six which spent more than a year tackling ways to cut the national debt and now includes 45 senators and 100 members of the house. joining us is senator mark warner from virginia. great to see you, senator warner. >> nice to be here. >> what's going on with senator conrad? are you with him, against him? where are we with that because i guess that's as good as we're going to do in terms of a budget from your side right now, right? >> remember, we do have the budget control act which puts the topline numbers for both fiscal year and next, it's in law. it should be the guidepost. but admittedly we need a longer-term plan. what senator conrad did was pretty brave. rather than putting out a democratic budget that would have gotten through barely on votes, you had the ryan budget, the democratic budget, neither one would be agreed. the senate would never agree to ryan. house would never agree to the demo

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