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new details about the death of the world's most wanted man -- i am tara mergener. >> a woman whose sister was killed relaxed -- reacts to the death of osama bin laden. >> we do expect some thunderstorms later today. we will check the seven-day forecast. >> the roads are dry. we are not tracking any problems at this hour. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. i am stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. let's check weather and traffic on this tuesday morning. >> it will feel like summer today. by the end of the week, it will feel like the beginning of spring with temperatures dropping back into the 60's. 59 right now at the airport. it is dry. we'll see some thunderstorms pop up later today. some could be strong or severe. most of the day is going to be dry with a high temperature of 82 degrees. we will take off about 20 degrees tomorrow. we will talk about that in just a few minutes. >> looking smoothes on the area roads. let's look at our speed sensors. this is the beltway. topside, 62

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tara mergener is in washington with details. good morning, tara. >> good morning to you, betty. the big five will certainly be on the defense today, accused of not paying their fair share. democrats are demanding to know why the world's richest oil companies deserve tax breaks that make them even richer. >> we're here to say, enough already, to big oil. you're doing just fine on your own, and you don't need the taxpayer giving you an extra handout to help. >> reporter: fueled by high gas prices, and a soaring deficit, members of the senate finance committee are expected this morning to grill top executives from chevron, shell, conoco phillips, bp america, and exxon mobil. the so-called big five receive billions of dollars in subsidies every year. but now some lawmakers want that to stop. so do drivers paying top dollar at the pump. >> feels like we're getting gouged. >> i don't think they've done anything for us except taken our money. >> reporter: senate democrats have introduced the bill they say would lower the federal deficit by repealing $21 billion in tax breaks over ten y

tara mergener is in washington with details. good morning, tara. so, who is it this time? >> good morning to you, betty. well this list of gop hopefuls is now getting longer. but the race is still considered wide open. texas congressman ron paul is expected to make his third presidential run official. this morning in new hampshire, aides say, he'll throw his hat into the ring for the republican nomination. he'll join former speaker newt gingrich, who announced his run earlier this week, and former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >> i'm going to talk today about repealing and replacing president obama's health care system. >> reporter: in michigan thursday, romney blasted president obama's health care overhaul. but he also defended the model for that plan. his own program in massachusetts. >> our plan was a state solution to a state problem. and his is a power grab by the federal government to put in place a one size fits all plan across the nation. >> reporter: the gop is still pushing other potential candidates to jump in. among them, indiana governor mitch daniels. h

>> tara mergener in washington for us this morning. tara, thank you so much. >>> and today, pakistan's prime minister is expected to issue a warning to the united states. pakistan will defend its air space if u.s. forces make another raid. it's reported that in a speech to the pakistani parliament prime minister yousef raza gilani will say that america's decision to launch the bin laden raid without pakistan's consent has plunged relations between the two countries into a new low. meanwhile some residents near bin laden's compound remain skeptical that he's dead at all. one newspaper reported today that a local man, a bin laden look-alike, was killed instead. >>> the fbi is investigating two security scares on u.s. airliners. a continental jet was forced to land in st. louis yesterday afternoon after a passenger tried to open the door during the flight. flight 546 was en route from houston to chicago. passengers said they knew something was wrong when a flight attendant screamed. >> i assumed the worst. that it was some sort of terroris

tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >>> time now 4:45. president obama says automatic spending cuts and tax increases will be key to any compromise plan for reducing the nation's deficit. he made his comments in a town hall type meeting with cbs news. the president says congress needs more incentive to negotiate. >> well, i think that what we're going to end up having to do probably is to set some targets and say, you know, those targets have to be hit. if not automatically, some cuts and tax increases start taking place and that will give incentive for to us negotiate and figure something out. >> part of the president's plan calls for tax increases on the wealthiest americans. republicans say that would cause further harm to the economy. now, you are correct watch the town hall at 8:00 this morning right here on cbs 5. >>> san jose-based cisco systems says it's preparing to cut thousands of jobs worldwide as part of a cost-cutting plan to get profits growing again. cisco's sales bounced back from the recession but started stalling again

tara mergener is in washington with more. tara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. he's arguably the most important man in global finance. this morning, though, he sits in a new york city jail cell. dominique strauss-kahn is used to photographers, but not like this. the head of international monetary fund was let out of a new york police precinct last night after being picked out of a lineup. >> our client willingly consented to the scientific and forensic examinations. >> reporter: the 62-year-old french politician is accused of attempted rape inside an upscale manhattan hotel. a 32-year-old maid told police she was sexually assaulted saturday inside his $3,000 a night suite after going in to clean what she thought was an empty room. instead, a naked strauss-kahn allegedly chased her down a hallway, dragged her back to his bathroom and forced her to perform a sex act. >> he intends to vigorously defend these charges and he denies any wrongdoing. >> reporter: police arrested him at jfk airport as he sat i

tara mergener has the latest from washington now. tara, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. relations are badly strained with pakistan, after last month's raid on the bin laden compound. but the u.s. is trying to smooth things over. before she arrived, clinton emphasized the close ties between the two nations. >> i believe strongly it is in our national security interests to have a comprehensive long-term partnership with the government and people of pakistan. >> reporter: there are still considerable distrusts on both sides. pakistani officials are angry they were not in the loop the night of the bin laden raid. and u.s. officials continue to suspect that somebody inside pakistan helped to hide the al qaeda mastermind. pakistan will allow a cia evidence team back in to the compound to search for anything that might be stashed somewhere inside the walls or under the floor. forensic experts will use high-tech sensors like infrared cameras, capable of finding hidden or buried materials. but u.s. officials want more. cl

tara mergener is in washington with the latest on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, betty. that message has been posted on extremist websites. bin laden's sons are lashing out in their first public statements to the "new york times" they criticize the u.s. for killing an unarmed man. u.s. intelligence officials say they're uncovering a new critical piece of information every hour. ever since navy s.e.a.l.s stormed osama bin laden's pakistani hideout a cia task force has been working around the clock analyzing the treasure trove of data recovered. bin laden was the intended target, but the commandos spent at least half of their 40 minutes on the ground gathering laptops, dvds and hard drives. officials are now looking for new leads on everything from other terrorist leaders to how bin laden communicated with the rest of al qaeda. because of national security concerns, graphic photos of bin laden's body are not being released publicly but the cia invited members of key congressional committees to view them in priva

tara mergener joins us live with more on the story.rning. >> bin laden's death sparked celebrations across the u.s. but this morning, new details about his ultimate demise. 18-foot walls, barbed wire, security gates, and a series of internal walls. but this costume compound could not keep out the navy seals that killed the world's most notorious terrorist. >> i want to again recognize the heroes who carried out this incredibly dangerous mission. >> a mission monitored by president barack obama from start to finish. >> it was probably one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time i think in the lives of the people who were assembled here. >> white house officials say bin laden went down fighting, according to reports, using one of his wives as a human shield before being shot in the chest and head. his identity was confirmed through facial recognition, dna tests, and a woman inside the home. the cia is already poring over a trove of al qaeda documents that were seized. >> usa! usa! >> news the manhunt was over sent cheering crowds spil

. >> tara mergener has more on the death of bin laden. >> osama bin laden was killed sunday by u.s.orces in pakistan after a decade long manhunt. >> today, and my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the mission with extraordinary capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> president obama said the helicopter raid came falling intelligence that obama had been hiding inside the mansion. bin laden was the mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks on at new york city, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. it set off a chain of events that led the united states in wars in afghanistan and then in rock -- iraq. >> the american people did not choose this fight. it came to our shores. it started with a senseless slaughter of our citizens. >> george bush spoke with president obama last night and issued this statement -- the fight against terror goes on. america has sent an unmistakab

tara mergener isn't washington with the latest on his death. >> osama bin laden was killed sunday by u.s. forces in pakistan after a decade-long manhunt. >> today at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> president obama said sunday's helicopter raid came following intelligence bin laden had been hiding inside a mansion. women and children hiding there were also reportedly taken into custory. bin laden was the mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks on new york city, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. it set off a chain of events that led the united states into wars in afghanistan and then iraq. the president says bin laden's death is a major step forward in the fight to defeat al-qaeda. >> the american people did not choose this fight. it came to our shores and started with the sen

tara mergener has the latest on this. good morning, tara, what's the latest? >>> good morning, betty. pakistani officials remain outraged about this raid. but eight days later, there are some signs of cooperation. >> reporter: the cia will get a chance to question the three wives living with bin laden at the pakistan hideout. the officials hope that the women can provide crucial information about bin laden's life in hiding. it's the first sign of cooperation from pakistan. >> despite the differences we have, it remains a very important and vital relationship for the united states because of our national security interests. >> games serve no purpose. >> reporter: monday, pakistan's prime minister defended the country. there was an intelligence failure, he said, but no collusion with al qaeda. and he warned that any future unauthorized raids in pakistan will be met with, quote, full force. we're still learning more about the mission itself. "the new york times" reports that president obama insisted that the assault force be big enough to fight its way out of pak

tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >> riveting interview!f. >>> well, there is talk of a no ride list on amtrak now to thwart potential terror attacks. senator charles schumer of new york wants the department of homeland security to expand a program for airlines to include rail travels. it cross checks travelers with the watch list. evidence seized at bin laden's compound indicated discussions about a possible attack on trains in the united states sometime this year. >>> a san jose city councilman is apologizing now after being arrested for dui. ash karai pulled over by a chp officer yesterday downed. he was elected in 2008. he was the physical indian- american to serve on the city council. he said he is prepared to take the full consequences of his action. kaira was arrested. >>> he will be holding a rally in san francisco to cook off a week of protests aimed at state education. they will go to sacramento to pressure legislators. they are trying to save teacher jobs and stop cancellation of more class days. they plan to rally at the capital