intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly has the story. she joins me tonight.y were they smuggling and who were these men? >> reporter: aluminum alloy rods, mass spectrometers. vacuum pumps perhaps. obviously, the most disturbing, radioactive source materials, erin. this indictment lays out fascinating detail about how the suspects allegedly planned to actually find these materials in the u.s., take them through the philippines, and then get them into iran. according to prosecutors, they were trying to set up sort of a front business in the philippines in order to do this. then they were trying to get an undercover agent to help them get these things into iran. now, pervise khaki is a citizen of iran. and jong chang li is a resident of china. both of them filtering all of this through the philippines. once again, the end game was essentially to get these material, get their hands on em from the u.s., have them shipped to the philippines and work their way into iran nuclear materials, erin. >> suzanne, when you look at this, it's a complicated scheme. do you kno

. >> keep us posted on more developments, suzanne kelly, in washington. >>> they admit to failing their school, but they're not resigning over it. the penn state board of trustees are meeting right now after a scathing report on the jerry san dews kay scandal. >> the board as the group that has paramount accountability for overseeing and ensuring the proper functioning and governance of the university accepts full responsibility for each of the failures that occurred. >> investigators led by former fbi director louie freeh in the record said that the board also failed to do its job by not inquiring about important university matters and by not creating an environment where senior university officials felt accountable, end quote. the trustees say they take full accountability for the promise and they are willing to act on the recommendations on the freeh report but none offer to step down now. the former person state head coach joe pan terin know ---this statue from the campus, including some of his own friends like former florida state coach bobby bowden. we'll ask coach bowden about th

suzanne kelly is cnn's intelligence correspondent and joins us now live from aspen the site of anotherthering of terror experts. first the hearing though. how frank are the assessments likely to be? obviously suzanne is having trouble hearing me. when we get the technical problems ironed out we'll take you back to aspen. cnn's security clearance team will provide special coverage of the aspen security forum where suzanne is. they'll provide that this week on tv and online. go to cnn.com/security clearance for more highlights and features. >>> frightening new video from sea world showing a killer whale attacking a trainer in san diego six years ago. the whale grabs the trainer by his leg and drags him under the water. the whale occasionally brings him back to the surface. the trainer eventually gets away with a broken foot. this video just released after being used in federal court. seaworld was accused of putting trainers at risk. the judge ruled against the company. seaworld denies the whales are dead lane told abc news the video shows the trainer's skillful execution of an emergency

>> my name is suzanne kelly and i am from this university and i want to thank you for being here. my question is. okay, my question is in today's society, i noticed a lot of couples who get engaged. they wait for years before they get married. do you think it is healthier once you find that person and you know that you want to get married, do you go ahead and jump into that relationship and go for the ride knackered you waited out until it is the perfect time to get married >> jane austen makes fun of the cool shade of her day. long engagements are terrible. she is all about balance. i think maybe she might think that our engagements today are bizarrely long. i think you put your finger right on part of the problem when he said, waiting for everything to be perfect. in a certain sense, finding love and commitment with the right person is perfect. there is a lot of talk in literature about marriage about how marriage is postponed for a lot of people because they are waiting until they have achieved all of these facets of adult life, finished a long education, maybe saved up for hou

. >> reporter: suzanne kelly, cnn, aspen, colorado. >>> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news on the suspect in the colorado movie theater massacre and his mental state. plus, a possible mass shooting plot foiled. a maryland man in custody tonight who police say had an arsenal of weapons who also called himself a joker. and is the next fukushima disaster waiting to happen along the california coast? let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. we have breaking news on colorado's shooting suspect james holmes. cnn has learned holmes was seeing a university of colorado psychiatrist before the attack last friday, which left 12 dead and 58 wounded. the new information is coming to light now because lawyers for holmes are asking authorities to hand over a package that holmes had sent to his psychiatrist. this package was discovered in the university's medical campus mailroom on monday. and it included a letter that contained references to shooting people and drawings of a gunman and his victi

cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly is covering this. >> spoke on the forum and asked a questioncal weapons and whether the u.s. knows where the chemical weapons are. there was some concern over the way he answered that question. i think we have that. let's take a listen to that. >> are we able to identify where those weapons are? are they safe? are they secure? are they falling into the wrong hands? it's an important question for us. >> have you got any preliminary conclusions on that? >> no. not really. again, this is a very sensitive time in this situation. it's an important question that we're following. >> really interesting detail here, wolf. i just spent the last half an hour or so talking with one on one with matt olsen. he said u.s. officials don't know where they are, but they have ground troops and it's difficult to be sure. >> did they say anything about the u.s. or others have a plan to deal with these chemical weapons, and there are plenty of them in syria, if in fact the syrian regime, a, loses control, they wind up in the hands overal qaeda or others, or if they s

here's cnn's suzanne kelly. >> my name is kerry matheson.ficer in iraq. >> reporter: she's a cia officer with a secret of her own. claire danes plays kerry matheson. >> how soon after you were taken did the interrogations begin? >> pretty much right away. >> reporter: sergeant nicholas brody is a man who's come home from iraq a hero or is he? his life, along with kerry's, collide in showtime's "homeland." fueled by the minds of just six rioters. including "24" executive producer howard gordon and runner alex ganzer. they're not your younger racier hollywood crowd. >> definitely older than younger. >> reporter: just days before the first episode of season two was scheduled to be shot, gordon said the script wasn't quite finished. >> i won't deny it. there's panic. we try to keep the panic at bay and in denial. >> like to just make it up and then try to sell it as believable. >> reporter: louis's performance recently landed him a seat at a state dinner in washington, d.c. for british prime minister cameron. it turns out another world leader ma

suzanne kelly, thank you so much in aspen. >>> all right.t two people are dead and hundreds of thousands without power after severe storms pound the northeast. the cleanup and where the storms might hit today. >>> hello, everyone, here on help desk today, we are talking about how the pay for college. with me are donna rosato and greg olson our experts. donna, this question came in for you. >> how bad for my children when they go the college in eight years he is going off, what is the college debt going to be like, and how are we going the pay it down? >> it is a question that i hear over and over. >> oh, yeah, these are scary times. today, someone who at the ends a public school pays $30,000 a year of private school, $60,000 a year. and those are daunting numbers and the department of education says that if the numbers continue on the same rate within 15 by 2016, the payment for a college education, the tab is doubled in the past 15 years, but, you know, that is the sticker price. you are not going to -- you apply for the financial aid and y

suzanne kelly is live in washington. and how bad is this and what are we talking about exactly?it is pretty bad, fred. those numbers have gone up sharply over the years and remember, this is the number of reported attacks against companies that control things like the power grid, and the water filtration plants and even nuclear facilities and the department of homeland security cyber division reports that reported attacks are up significantly since 2009 and take a look at at the numbers in 2009 there were nine attacks reported to dhs. and in 2010, 41 reported attacks and just last year the number soared to 198 reports. now, that does not mean that every attack was reported or that even was successful, and in some case, it was determined that there was no threat, but there were at least 17 cases last year where the specifically trained teams within dhs, and i want to say the name here and this is called the industrial control system cyber emergency response teams. they basically head out to the places to give them on site assistance when they find out that something is wrong with

cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly is live in wachlt suzanne put in perspective how intenseis threatsome. >> those numbers are up sharply, kyra. remember, this is the number of reported attacks against companies that control things like the power grid, water filtration plants, even nuclear facility. the cyber division reports that reported attacks up significantly since 2009. take a look at numbers. in 2009 there were nine attacks that were reported to dhs. in 2010 4rks 1 reported attacks and just last year the numbers soared as you said, kyra, 198 reports. that doesn't say that every attack was successful. in some case it was determined there was no real threat but there was 17 cases last year where the specially trained teams within dhs known as industrial control systems cyber emergency response teams were deployed to physical locations to investigate these. again, this is what we're talking about. they included the energy sector, those who hasds access to the nuclear facility. it's particularly interesting because it involved an employee who was making a presentation --

. >> thanks, suzanne kelly in washington for us. >>> 49 minutes past 5:00 on the east coast which is to get you caught up on the top stories of the day. christine romans has been following them all morning. joins us live. >> house republicans planning a mostly symbolic vote this afternoon to repeal the president's health care reforms. the measure has virtually no chance of getting through the senate or past the president. the white house is criticizing republican leaders for wasting time, they say, by refighting old political battles. >>> a public warning, but no suspension for u.s. olympic soccer star hope solo after she tested positive for a banned substance. the 30-year-old goalkeeper says she had no idea a prescription drug she took for a premenstrual condition contained a diuretic on the prohibited list. solo says she made an honest mistake. she looks forward to representing the u.s. later this month at the london games. >>> millions of directv customers are waking up this morning saying i want my mtv. directv and viacom were unable to settle a dispute by the midnight deadline.

s suzanne kelly joins me live from washington. what are your sources telling you? >> i'm glad we're talking about this. there's a lot of hype and concern about these when the british papers came out with the reporting over the weekend. cnn has gone back and spoke with both officials in the u.k and u.s. who are all saying there's absolutely no specific credible threat about bringing down a u.s. bound airliner any time around the olympics. keep the mind the president did meet with his national security team last week and did talk about efforts to prepare for keeping the fourth of july festivities secure, of course, working with british counterparts on the olympics, but no specific threats. it sounds like there may be more hype here than fact. one thing to tell you though, the department of homeland security has said their security pos tour, includes a number of measures both seen and unseen. we'll continue to respond appropriately to protect the american people. what they are really asking for people to be vigilant and pay attention. the director general of mi 5 just

i want to go to a reporter, suzanne kelly who is -- suzanne kennedy, who is with our cnn affiliate wjlaout there. suzanne, what more can you tell us about what the situation is right now? >> reporter: kate, this started at about 4:45 this afternoon. it was an outbound green line train that was heading into the west hyattsville station. when all of those 55 passengers were brought off the metro train, some of them were brought into the bus that was brought in here. this medical ambulance bus provided by prince george's county fire sxechlt ms. their namds were recorded. they were questioned about how they were feeling. they were given water. those were the walking wounded. i want to take you over here just a little bit and show you what was going on. you can see a small silver hatch in the ground. those two doors allow access down into the metro rail system. and that is where they were bringing passengers out about a half hour ago. ambulances remain on the scene, although metro is saying there were no injuries, we did see several people transported. one of them a senior citizen. one of th

suzanne kelly joins us, has the latest details. what are you learning?tical eye on what signals were missed or not communicated, signals that might have prompted a closer look at major nadal hasan. inside the declassified version of the report are hints at what went wrong. that report includes e-mail exchange between hasan and the recruiter, he was killed in a drone strike last year in yemen. his son visited that website, sent the cleric an e-mail saying it was logical to justify suicide bombings. the report shows an fbi analyst labeled that not a product of interest and not pertinent. in response to request by the san diego unit to go and question hasan, one agent recounted saying this is not san diego, it is d.c. and the washington field office doesn't go out and interview every muslim guy that visits extremist websites. besides, this guy has legitimate work related reasons to go to the sites and engaging extremists in dialogue. wfo does not assess this guy as a terrorism threat. it shows you how complicated it is in figuring out what leads to fallout.

. >> now, as you mentioned suzanne, already kelly thomas' mother has settled with the city of fullertonor $1 million, but ron thomas, kelly thomas' father say th says that the lawsuit is not about money. >> i primarily want change. i have not talked about money and i'm still not talking about money. that is not what i am doing. >> specifically, the changes that ron thomas is looking for is as we mentioned, the changes in the structure of the city and he may decide to run for the city council and eventually try to become mayor of the city, himself. the lawsuit alleges that there is a culture or has been a culture of corruption and cover-up by the city for the actions of fullerton police officers who over the years they say have violated the civil rights of many people they have encountered. >> so, casey, how is the city or the police department responding to the charges? >> right now, they are not offering any comment. they say they have not had a chance to study this lawsuit. they are not commenting at all, suzanne. >> all right. casey, thank you. appreciate the update. >>> well, you ha