, not a white house press secretary, not a state department official or a pentagon official making somet of statement, releasing a written document, but it is something that important that the president of the united states on a sunday evening, late sunday evening here on the east coast of the united states, is going to go into the east room of the white house and address the nation and indeed address the world. so i don't think we can overemphasize how significant this statement is about to be, don. this is a statement that will be very important. and i assume we'll be digesting it for some time as we hear from the president of the united states. as i say, i have my own suspicions on what the president is going to announce. probably something we've been looking forward to, at least from the u.s. perspective for quite a while. we'll soon find out. let's not get carried away. we'll soon find out. once we know for sure what the announcement is, our viewers will know at the same time we know. if we get it earlier, we'll, of course, let them, what we suspect the president will say, if we ha

the official death toll there tonight stands at 125. though officials concede they expect to find more bodies, perhaps dozens more oz r as they begin to clear the rubble from the deadliest tornado. 232 names on this list. that's way down from the 1,500 estimate officials had been using for days. and with the new list came new promises to speed up the process by which families can identify the remains of lost loved ones. >> going forward, we will have regular briefings in order to update you about what our progress is to get that number of unaccounted for individuals to zero, that is our goal to connect each and every one of those names with a loved one to make sure that we have reconciled that process. >> there are some signs, some signs that process is improving tonight. yet not enough or fast enough for many of the affected families. brian todd is live in joplin tonight, and brian, early on, once the list was finally, finally made public, already you found some discrepancies, some mistakes? >> reporter: we did, john, almost no sooner

but officials say they believe this plan never went beyond the official phase. a terror wish list was also uncovered. officials say documents revealed a desire to hit the u.s. with large scale attacks in major u.s. cities on key dates. officials say there is no sign this plan would ever bine carried out. analysts continue to review and translate other material taken from osama bin laden's compound. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> we spoke with bart officials about theirrection to the potential threat, thisay they are ready for anything. >> i don't think there is anything that should cause extra concern for bart passengers. we know there are terrorists out there. we have trained our personnel and our police department and we are prepared. >> we also spoke with amtrak, officials say the police department are assigned to the joint terrorism joint forces around the country. employees remain at an highant state of vigilance. >> some bay area train riders are on edge. today we visited a few stations where rider reactions were mostly mixed. >> frightened. >> nothing the

officials believe gadhafi is still alive. rebel commanders say their plan is to launch a simultaneous assault from multiple fronts, now that nato support has increased. there are now at least three front lines. in the east rebel fighters are closing in on the city of brega. in the west by tunisia rebels have opened another front around zintan. misrata remains the most active front. cut off except for its port. aid ships rushed by people frantic to leave. rebel leaders say gadhafi's security forces are starting to defect. >> if we intensify it for now, i think we'll see more defection and probably we're seeing the beginning of the end. >> reporter: but waiting for gadhafi to fall means desperation for refugees. thousands are willing to risk death to reach two tiny italian islands. u.n. officials believe more than 1,000 refugees have been lost at sea trying to leave libya so far. there are also reports, brian, that gadhafi's troops are forcing some of those refugees out of the country, herding them onto those overcrowded ships.

we are awaiting new details from pentagon officials about the intelligence gathered fro

officials say hundreds are missing in alabama alone.ces, the damage is so extensive, even a week later, the only few allowed in are search and rescue teams. >> right here. >> reporter: they have miles to cover, when the canine signal, firefighters start digging through debris by hand, never knows what lies beneath. >> see the streets that i rode that fire truck for 14 1/2 years and now they're all -- everybody's gone. >> reporter: but as the day comes to a close here, amid the utter devastation, some rare good news. >> good news. >> what? >> reporter: remember doris smith, searching for her friend and grandchildren? >> they are alive. >> they're all alive? >> everyone's alive. >> oh, thank the lord. thank the lord. >> reporter: thank god. and what an amazing moment, diane, to be with that woman as she heard that her friends are okay, those grandchildren, too. but as you take a look at all of this debris, it's clear the folks in the south have a long road ahead. >> it was wonderful to see her get that news. and clutch her heart. thank yo

they don't believe anything officials tell them. when we talked to people that said they didn't believe bin laden was there, i asked them what kind of proof would you need to believe it? and they basically said there isn't much you can do. pictures can be doctored. video can be doctored. one interesting thing, you now have al qaeda coming forward and taliban coming forward confirming that the navy s.e.a.l.s killed the leader in that compound. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> more now on the reports that the pentagon may release new video from those seized from the hideaway. evan coleman is an nbc news terrorism analyst and joins me here on this set. 50 good morning to you. >> good morning. >> why release this potentially -- well, it could be inflammatory new video, anything with osama bin laden, given stephanie gosk's description right there, people and what you know about them, why release video at all? >> there's three primary reasons i think. first of all, the united states wants to show the world that osama bin laden really was

officials. >> lehrer: now, the death of bin laden, as seen by two former top u.s. officials. madeleine albright was secretary of state in the clinton administration, when al qaeda mounted one of its first attacks against the u.s. on the embassies in kenya and tanzania. chuck hagel, a vietnam war combat veteran, was a republican senator from nebraska and member of the senate foreign relations committee. he now co-chairs the president's intelligence advisory board. madam secretary, does the finding and killing of osama bin laden deserve all the attention it is now getting? >> absolutely. i think he has been somebody who has created havoc throughout the world and obviously killed not only americans but a lot of other people. i do think that it is very important that we understand all the aspects of this. it does merit the importance. but it also... we have to know that it's not a fact that all terrorism has been dealt with and that we will live happily ever after. i think this is a very big victory for the american troops that undertook this and for president obama who made the

and nbc news has learned the itr officials were listed as potential targets. but the vice president was said to be less of a target. so why the information onslaught? they're sending a message to members of al qaeda that the americans may have information about you, they may have information about your plans, about your intentions and it causes them to question what they're going to do. >> also seized in the raid, personal correspondence between bin laden and senior al qaeda leaders with bin laden discussing the places he wanted to attack, the best times to attack, which of his followers would be right for specific jobs. u.s. officials say the navy s.e.a.l.s focused primarily on bin laden's messages and left behind detailed logs of his and al qaeda's movements, logs now in the hands of pakistani authorities who have not yet agreed to share them. >> that was nbc's peter alexander reporting. >>> back here in the u.s., residents near the mississippi are battling historic flooding hoping the waters will spare their homes and businesses. as the water levels continu

official say the u.s.h- tech as danny relationship has been walked back from the brink. >> this was an especially important visit because we have reached a turning point were it not that question is, turning where? pakistan is demanding a decrease in u.s. droned strikes and tell you the u.s. military to send many of it 200 trainers home. >> they are talking about reducing the number of personnel, intelligence fusion centers. there is a bunch of mixed signals or that they agreed to send a forensic team into the compound to swap services for dna samples and possibly use infrared cameras to search for anything embedded in the walls in is potentially explosive material in this intelligence find where that u.s. officials reiterated that right now there is no evidence that pakistani officials knew bin laden was there. in fact, secretary of state clinton hinted in the coming days there could be no announcement of some possible new joint missions of the u.s. and pakistan working together in counterterrorism. no we

officials. key was this so-called courier going back and forth to the compound and papparently ha no telephone or internet service, and that silence raise sod many questions for the intelligence community. >> in is a story that goes back for years, wolf. we have learned according to my sources that the courier was a protege of khalid sheikh muhammad, and when intelligence officials interview detainees about some of the names of the couriers who might actually be aiding osama bin laden, some of the detainees conceivably ksm held out on them, and by holding out, the intelligence agency figures, you know, this guy is probably something, and the problem is that, wolf, they only knew his nickname. they didn't know his real name, but it was considered high-value information so they press and trailed him in classic espionage, and classic work, and they learned his name from a different part of the world and they tracked him around. they could not follow him around and they had a sighting of him, so the

it was not, said the official. we are also learning more about bin laden's final moments, from the navy s.e.a.l.s tiny helmet cameras. which abc news first reported. the images are said to be dark, the scene chaotic. but officials say the s.e.a.l.s first encountered bin laden as they were climbing the stairs to the third floor. a tall bearded man emerges and quickly begins retreating. the s.e.a.l.s fire, but bin laden is not hit. within seconds, the s.e.a.l.s again confront him, but one official says, as they do, the s.e.a.l.s spot children, upset and yelling, near bin laden. a s.e.a.l. moves them aside to safety. then, bin laden's wife moves forward the s.e.a.l.s. she is shot in the leg. the s.e.a.l.s are now within eight to ten feet of bin laden, when one shoots him in the chest and another one shoots him right through the forehead. one person who has heard a lot of the detail, former president george bush. mr. bush told a conference in las vegas, "i was eating souffle at rise restaurant with laura and two buddie

officially calling for 68 in seattle. portland, should be one of better spring days you've seen. 73 and sunny. medford should be great. much of the northwest will have a great two days in a row here. california, still a little cooler than we'd like. only 69 for a high around los angeles. san diego a tad cooler and phoenix, will warm up in the days ahead. the storm system is heading out and looks like a dry spell heading into the end of the in california. a beautiful day in much of the valley. yuma, ars looking good, too. 81 and sunny. >>> lynn, at least one area of country has a nice forecast. >> i know. and we are not there, for sure. bill, thanks so much. >>> will stocks make a comeback? and a final toast for madoff victims. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail shall keep the little monsters from their pop star. >>> coming up, a marathon between the yankees an orioles and the heat get eve win the bulls. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, an

however security officials have removed the sound from it saying it could pose a security threat but they can offer the tapes as proof that al qaeda leader was killed but washington says it won't release images of his dead body but obama backtracked on cia promises to show the photos saying they could have side further violence investigative journalist wayne madsen told us the u.s. administration's contradicting itself while keeping the truth under wraps. a lot of paper are going to use this incident to push their agendas mentioning the russian made rifles and you know it's not known whether these were actually these a k forty seven that were made in russia because north korea china burma number of countries produces weapons but you know there's a lot of people with their agendas they want to push there's also a group that wants to use this to blame pakistan for being complicit with bin laden so we see a lot of these special interests now trying to glom onto this whole incident to push push forth are agendas and i think we're seeing that with the all these contradictory statements as

. >> many school officials began calling the fbi this morning when they found these letters, those officials here at bancroft elementary. they saw the letter, they toucht didn't fbi, not because of yesterday's coverage of a ofilar letters but because lasts they receive just october that was almost .dentical it is another day of alarms and at dozens of the d.c. schools. >> yes, i am -- [unintelligible] >> some parents say for good reason. elementary, middle, and high school officials began discovering envelopes postmarked dallas. inside, a piece of paper with "al qaeda," "fbi," "usa" analysis shows some of the starch.o be they are continuing to test the overwhelming amount of evidence lab to find who responsible. >> we are having a laboratory for hazardous material within the powder. similar occurrences occurred or around the country a number of times now. >> we have yet to see theuation's today, but fbi units are on a school grounds. the washington office anticipated more calls to come as schools check mail this morning. >> it is kind of nerve wracking. i understand that there are hoax lette

official. how does pakistan go as far as explaining that. >> i have been down to the house this morning. when it was built, it must have been green fields outside of the town. it's growing up around it. but the roads that lead to the house are narrow rugged dirt lanes. and it is a quiet little area. you know, there's cattle grazing in the fields around. so i think it's conceivable that he was sneaked in by a very well organized support group. it's conceivable. now, what we don't know is whether or not there was any institutional -- that is pakistani security agency support for him as well that may come out in the days to come. at the moment, the american government and the pakistani government and now the afghan government want to appear as if they're all in solidarity about the fact that this was simply a thing -- >> elizabeth palmer joining us by phone in abbottabad. thank you for joining us, elizabeth. >>> in the wake of obama's death, the government has issued security warnings. leon panett

officials, their answers sounded rehearsed. but a pakistani official told nbc news in a briefing, the intelligence chief revealed in more than five years, bin laden never left his abbottabad compound, living upstairs in two rooms. the same wife told interrogators she only left the hideout when she was sick to visit a doctor, and only then, only did so accompanied by one of bin laden's trusted couriers. and tonight, another detail from inside osama bin laden's compound has been leaked. u.s. intelligence officials confirmed to nbc news that the navy s.e.a.l.s found pornographic videos. tonight, it's unclear whether they belong to bid laden or somebody else. >> peter, thanks for your reporting. >>> here at home, the timing couldn't be worse. just as president obama prepared a middle east policy address for next week and plans to meet with israel's prime minister, his chief representative to the middle east, former senator george mitchell, said today he's quitting the job. mitchell, you'll recall, managed to broker peace in norther

an intelligence official calling it a treasure trove. where is it leading them already? >>> it's coming. across much of the south, bracing for record flood waters. families refusing to leave tonight and the ominous forecast model showing how soon it could arrive. >>> the whale watch, hundreds of volunteers literally holding the whales afloat, trying to save their lives. >>> a mother's love, on this mother's day weekend, a drama almost never seen. with mom's help, the polar bear cubs taking their first steps. >> good evening, we begin tonight with a never before seen window into osama bin laden's hidden world. tonight, the pentagon has released five videos confiscated from inside that compound in pakistan nearly one week ago. images of bin laden watching himself on television. you can see him holding the remote here. his beard is gray. that's key, because in this video message, taped a few months ago, never seen, his beard trimmed and dyed brown, cleaning himself up for the camera. all of this with one intelligence official telling us, the single largest collection of sen

the official ratings african national -- the average high is 71. 77 was the official high today. 55 was the morning low. temperatures are in the 70's and low 80s. with cloud cover, it will be a slow drop in temperatures. it will drop somewhat later this evening. we will be about 60 in the city by the morning. cooler to the jurors to the north and west. -- cooler temperatures to the north and west. we're finding active weather around the front. showers and thunderstorms accompanied the cold front. i think we will have partly sunny skies tomorrow. it will be warm and breezy. grafton, showers. tomorrow night we could have steady rain behind the cold front. it will take awhile on wednesday. we will start to clear things out. it will turn colder for a few days before warming up of the end of the week. there's a slight risk of severe weather tomorrow afternoon and evening. clear and mild in the morning. 75 of 82 in the afternoon with isolated thunderstorms. when we get to wednesday look for the rain to end. only 62 by wednesday. upper 70's on thursday. mother's day weekend will be partly sunn

and travel bans on some of its key officials, but outside pressure isn't working. the assad regime believes it's in a fight for its survival. human rights groups in syria, brian, say at least 18 people were killed today alone. >> richard, before you go, about libya, where you are, a lot of talk about gadhafi. nato says they're not trying to kill him, but they killed his son, they hit his house in that last raid. the problem is it's been a long time since we have seen moammar gadhafi alive. >> reporter: well, we have seen him, according to libyan state television tonight, the state television broadcast pictures without any date, showing gadhafi, apparently greeting tribal elders. he was wearing sunglasses. he expressed absolutely no emotion as he greeted the elders who seemed very unenthusiastic about the meeting. what's key to note is he wasn't outside. he was inside, in a building that appears to be a luxury hotel in tripoli. brian? >> richard engel in benghazi, libya, tonight, richard, thanks for all of that. >>> and now to an awful story that was revealed today

neither intelligence officials or government officials. because they fear that that backlash could come if they were seen as providing the intelligence or even the backup for this operation. >> and our question obviously, nick, this morning about how if he was being protected by pakistani officials those answers may come in the days ahead but over the years, how was bin laden viewed there in that country? >> reporter: well, pakistani officials insist, i should just say it first, that they were not protected bin laden. they did not know where he was and that speaks to something. that, yes, pakistan intelligence services have been accused of harboring afghan taliban certain militants who attack in afghanistan but pakistan has been helpful with the u.s. on al qaeda and what has happened here is that while the u.s. is extremely unpopular, both here and in afghanistan, i should say, it's important to note that bin laden himself, al qaeda, and even the taliban itself is not popular here. is actually less popular know that the u.s. and i think th

officials say the material proves that bin laden was far from a figurehead. he was an active player who was plotting and planning terrorist attacks and who relied heavily on his courier network to issue his orders. >> this is a guy who thought continuously you about what kind of attacks would be most effective and most damaging. he was a big fixture guy. >> reporter: what kind of attacks. bin laden had a continuing interest in attacking u.s. transportation systems. rail lines and planes and infrastructure. dams, possibly power grids. >> he's targeted infrastructure since the late 1990s because he's been focused on creating economic damage in the united states. >> reporter: when combing through the computers and notebooks, analysts will be looking for any planned attack, but they hope the bin laden files can help unravel the network of al qaeda cells. determine how they communicate, and determine if the group was making progress of obtaining weapons of mass destruction. on that last point, officials say it's something they are focussed squarely on. the fact th

it was not, said the official. but there still could be doubts. >> i would be very doubtful about this for two reasons. number one, the nature of the man. the nature of his austerity. secondly, remember, he's living with women, his wives, with children. i don't think a father would want to be seeing pornography with children and wives around. >> reporter: officials are still piecing together the narrative of the raid itself, using video from helmet cameras worn by the navy s.e.a.l.s during the operation. all 25 members of the assault team recorded the raid. but the images are, of course, shaky and difficult to make out. but officials say the s.e.a.l.s first encountered bin laden as they were climbing the stairs to the third floor. it was the last area in the compound to be cleared. from one of the rooms emerges a tall, bearded man, who quickly begins retreating. the s.e.a.l.s fire, but bin laden is not hit. within seconds, the s.e.a.l.s confront him again, but one official says, as they do, a s.e.a.l. sees children

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intelligence officials. avoid spreading bin laden's words. >>> at least six people have been killed and 120 injured in clashes between muslims and christians in cairo, egypt. muslims attacked a church trying to retrieve a christian woman who they say she wanted to convert to muslim. >>> protests turned deadly in syria. today government tanks and troops stormed a town. people formed a human chain. witnesses say security forces opened fire. at least four women were kill and several others injured when they demanded release of family members who had been arrested. >>> and an atlantic southeast jet was about to take off last night in memphis, tennessee when two muslim men were removed from the flight. earlier this hour, one of the men told me the pilot refused to accept him and his companion, another imam. but an airline official would not explain why. they were wearing muslim clothing and heading to a conference on islamophobia in charlotte, north carolina. atlantic southeast airlines has apologized and tells u

health officials warn the water is dangerous with e.ls up to 2 h00 times higher than normal. >>> pope benedict xvi made history with the first call ever to the internuncial space station. he talked to mark kelly about how the technology in space could save lives on earth. he also mentioned his wife, gabrielle giffords, who was shot in the head. >> and mark kelly's wife was a victim of an attack, and i hope her head continues to improve. >> thank you for the kind words, your holiness, and thank you for mentioning my wife, gabby. >> freedom, and we're going to get our freedom. we'll get it taken! >> you don't understand that. you don't understand that. he doesn't know us, what we want and what we need. >> we will die for our freedom. >> you know, we have been profiling them for months. young revolutionaries like the ones here in egypt, overcoming their fears to make change, life-altering foundation, and change there. it's happening now and it happens 50 years ago this coming week in the united states. in 1961, 461 freedom riders headed ou

officials privacy tell cnn, the u.s. without help along the way from pakistan. and yet, the white house did not inform pakistan of the operation at the compound until it was over, and the u.s. team had left the country's airspace. some experts are encouraged by the pakistan government's reaction to the killing of bin laden. >> they didn't attack us for entering pakistan. they didn't condemn us for being in pakistan. those are positive signs. they don't tell us, however, what's happening within the pakistani military or isi, or the people who, in the past, have supported the taliban, or tolerated al qaeda. >> reporter: others see red flags. >> there has been a strong suspicion for some time along some senior u.s. leaders the pakistan had had awareness of movement of individuals. if that turns out to to be a correct hunch, that has very serious long-term implications on the relationship. >> reporter: officials tell cnn the u.s. is going to be treating pakistan gingerly over the next few days. cooperation, they say, is mixe

official custom built for someone of bin laden's statue. and whe stature. >> when you listen to the bobbed wire and third story of the compound, the 7-foot high security wall that leads you to the conclusion that bin laden may have been living there if not for some period of time at least intermettently. i can tell you from my own experience having covered this beet for a decade, the fact that bin laden's eldest son was with him is the fact that he felt very comfortable and secure in that setting and you cannot underestimate that. >> bret: the associated president may be moving video of the area shortly and we will bring it to you here on fox news channel. an ex-pansuv compound. let's talk to greta van susteren and thomas mcinerney and steven hayes. >> you are here on everything and shaking your shed. >> greta: if it house went up in nye neighborhood that is 8 times as big as the other houses i would say who is house is that and who live there's. for us to think that pakistan is not up to their eye balls in hiding information, is almost lau

citing officials from both countries, the official says the agreement was made between bush and musharraf. under the terms of the alleged deal, pakistan would permit u.s. forces to conduct a unilateral raid on pakistani soil in search of bin laden and his deputy. afterwards, both sides agreed pakistan would loudly protest the operation. all reports are anonymous. no official comment yet from either side. betty, back to you. >> all right, tara, thank you so much. >>> former house speaker newt gingrich is in the race. gingrich will make his first speech as a candidate on friday. he talked about his white house bid yesterday on social networking site. the powerful force in the 1990s, gingrich left congress in 1999. the current house speaker john boehner has drawn a line in the sand about the national debt limit. speaking last night in new york, boehner said any rise in the debt limit must come in trillions of dollars of budget cuts. >> without significant spending cuts and the changes in the way we spend america's money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. and the cuts should be gre

whiching with intelligence officials -- edge and constantly checking with intelligence officials. right now we know there are no threats at this point, but what they're concerned about is the lone wolf who might be seeking revenge. >> reporter: you don't need a keen eye to see security has been stepped up outside the white house. the naval observatory where the vice president resides as well as the embassy of pakistan. on the mall canine officers could be seen patrolling the grounds of the washington monument, one of them armed with a long gun. at the u.s. capitol additional officers were called in to saturate the streets and senate office buildings. there, too officers carried long guns. on the metro system the chief of police promised increased visibility. >> this increase is not related to any specific threat to our system, rather than it is out of an abundance of caution. >> reporter: since 9/11 metro has enhanced its security in many ways. cameras can now record what they are seeing and sensors have been installed to detect chemical and biological weapons. chief t aborn says

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by bringing these two sets of government officials together, energy efficiency and transportation officials, we hope to set a new agenda in the region for energy-efficient transportation. we have a lot of interest in this opportunity. from september 14 through 17, the women in economies summit. this is such an important event. my boss, secretary clinton, will be chairing it. but it is also a unique opportunity for apec to set the agenda for how the economies of the region should endeavor to increase women on entrepreneurship and women's participation director region. we expect this set of meetings to result in a set of findings which will then be in north by the leaders in hawaii to establish a new understanding throughout the region on how to pursue issues in this area. lorraine is going to give you a more detailed briefing on the meeting in a moment. another one to highlight is the health systems innovation dialogue on september 16 and 17, which will also involve senior government officials as well as private sector officials, the focus on public health challenges, as well as strengthenin

fire officials say it is a natural gas leak caused this explosion.here's still on the scene and have kept us back for our own safety as they investigate this situation. the view from news choppers seven shows just what this house looks like, as if it was touched by a tornado. inside was the owner of the house who is working on renovations. so new renters can move in today. we talked to gloria today. she said she moved all her things in with her family over the weekend and had planned to come over here this morning. and she heard about the explosion. >> if i was downstairs, it might have not been that bad. but it was upstairs. >> we understand the homeowner a man who is not been identified as yet was transported with serious injuries. he was talking at the time. we understand that fire officials are looking at a natural gas leak that may have started in the upstairs of the home. abc 7 news. >> thank you very much for that. >>> we switch over to the weather because more rain started out today. will we see a warm up? adam caskey has a look at our first

radioactive substances that exceed the official limits. they also explained japan's ongoing efforts to bring the nuclear accident under control. >> translator: it was a relief to hear that japanese seafood is safe. >> taiwan began radiation checks of imported japanese food after the nuclear accident. in a related move, senior officials of the japan tourism agency will hold another seminar in taiwan on thursday to stress that japan is a safe country to visit. >>> now, let's take a look at the latest in business news. >>> thanks a lot. let's start with news about china. china wouldn't budge on human rights issues or allowing its currency to appreciate further. the strategic and economic dialogue concluded its two-day itinerary in washington on tuesday. timothy geithner told reporters that the u.s. urged china to accelerate the appreciation of the yuan. >> we hope that china moves to allow the exchange rate to appreciate more rapid ly agains the currencies of all its trading partners. >> he also said china promised to remove preference treatm

reynolds, it wasn't just state officials touring the disaster zone this weekend. but apparently a few entertainers have come out including the likes of bill cosby. why and what's the message? >> reporter: absolutely. we've all been really been focusing in on tuscaloosa and with very good reason. but there are many places around the alabama that have been devastated by this tornado. pratt city, a smaller community just to the northwest of downtown birmingham, as we go to the video, i want to show you this video. you can see a couple of people, one of the people you mentioned, very familiar to just about everyone tuning in. we have mayor william bell of birmingham but bill cosby touring pratt city. i think both of them really taken aback by the damage, specifically in that area. >> what i've seen of trucks and maintenance things coming to clear up, as long as that's happening -- and i think people have learned from katrina this this is reality. and your mayor to make sure so quickly, so fast, this is turning people into believers and we need them to believe that the

in the meantime officials will meet with neighbors. meteorologist rosemary orozco is here.for this rain to end. >> me included, gasia. again, we are dealing with scattered showers as we go into the evening hours. hopefully you are settled in for the evening. take a look at storm tracker here. the winds howling in some areas. san francisco reporting 18 right now. san jose reporting 12. some areas near 25 miles per hour. although we are cool we are slightly warmer than yesterday. low 50s in napa. 53 at san francisco. notice a little sprinkle in livermore. we are seeing a little bit of a lull right now. tomorrow morning we do begin to dry out. by about 9:00, 10:00 here comes the final round that will last through the overnight hours. tomorrow morning we may experience some scattered showers over the bay area and peninsula. by 7:00 we are drying out and it gets better from here. it will bring us anywhere from one 10th 2.5 inches of rain -- a tenth to .5 inches of rain. temperatures will rebound 5-10 degrees warmer than where we have seen the temperatures. once we get past the m

former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is officially in. he announced his run in an internet video taking several digs at president obama. >> he has to do more than give fancy speechesp we've had three years of that. it's not working. >> pawlenty officially announced his candidacy in a town hall meeting a few hours ago. in meantime, mitch daniels sent an e-mail to his supporters telling him after lock consideration he would not run for the 2012 nomination. it's believed he decided not to run due to opposition to his wife and four grown daughters who department want to face the public scrutiny. >>> an illegal drug operation is likely responsible for a weekend explosion in livermore that seriously injured three team. -- three people. it happened saturday afternoon in -- afternoon inside an apartment. it blew out the porch. all three victims are still at the hospital suffering from severe burns and other injuries. >> good afternoon to you. we're dealing with sunny and mostly sunny skies giving you a live look at san francisco sitting in the 60

school officials say unless more money comes in, this class will be eliminated.l officials say that will put college-bound students at a disadvantage because the uc system recommends students have at least three years of a foreign language. >> we won't be able to offer the kinds of courses that you are going to need to compete against all of the other students that are going -- that are opined to these units. >> reporter: washington is cutting about $800,000 next year. besides chopping foreign languages it is also considering reducing the upper level math and science courses. as classes disappear, class sizes will likely increase. san francisco schools are bracing for a $27 million cut. and last night the school barred announced 300 teachers, aids and administrators will lose their jobs. >> i don't know what the answer is. i just know that the way we are going is not right. >> reporter: parents and teachers are asking fans to protect the schools and not damage them. in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a man tyka man pleaded guilty to charges he

so far no officials photos of his body have been released. with cbs 5, cbssf.com for continuing coverage of the death of osama bin laden. >>> 6:34. let's get another look at traffic and weather. lawrence says, wow, get ready for some warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine. >> it is a wow. we have some great sunshine coming our way. today a transitional day. we have a couple of patches of fog at the coastline now. some of that slipping inside the bay but most of that is going to break up. and it looks like we are in for lots of sunshine outside. temperatures right now running in the 40s and 50s at this hour. by this afternoon, we are going to see low 80s toward this afternoon many spots inland plenty of 70s around the bay area 60s into san francisco. and out toward the coastline. but by tomorrow, offshore winds we could easily see some low 90s in the bay area. that would be the hottest so far this year. all right. let check traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. we are going to start with a live look at conditions across san jose. 1