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tom foreman, cnn. >>> tom stories now. a suspected u.s. drone attack in pakistan may have killed a man who has been called al qaeda's military brain. ilyas kashmiri's group says he was killed last night near the afghan border. the killing has not been confirmed by the united states or pakistan. >>> career diplomat, lawrence eagleburger has died. he served as deputy secretary of state and for a short time secretary of state under president george h.w. bush. president obama says eagleburger played a pivotal role during the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war. he was 80 years old. >>> the cdc says the e. coli outbreak blamed for 18 deaths in europe has not affected food in the u.s. four people have gotten sick, all had recently visited germany. i'm porlts are being tested before being sold in the u.s. >>>ly be back at the top of the hour with a look at how some commuters are saving money. they're car pooling with perfect strangers. have you ever heard of this? it's called slegging. there are rules to this. i'll tell you what t

tom foreman, cnn. >>> all right. he's cute and cuddly. i'm not talking about tom foreman.eating ang cycy in japan. a bunny showed up around the nuclear power plant. that story is coming up next. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> an earless bunny is making headlines around the world. we'll go globe trekking with az azada. >> each day many women and children are exposed to the worst living conditions. they work in the sweat shops for long hours and arers are forced into labor they don't want to be in. they are denied education because of the fact they work. this is a day to bring awareness to the plight of the children and get governments to get involved in this in what people

tom foreman, cnn. >> hln's nancy grace has been following this case from the beginning.poke to her earlier, along with criminal defense attorney mark geragos. nancy, the prosecution doesn't have a motive, and they don't have a cause of death. aren't those the kind of two biggest problems that they're facing? >> well, anderson, as you well know, the state doesn't have to prove motive at all. how are we, the state, supposed to crawl into somebody's mind, especially a defendant on trial for murder, and determine what they're thinking? but as a practical reason, they do need to show that to the jury. however, i think they are showing motive, anderson. by all the problems tot mom had finding babysitters, she wouldn't pay for them. there was resentment between her and her parents that was mounting when they couldn't take care of caylee every night. and it got to the point where the prosecution will allege her babysitter was homemade chloroform. >> mark, to you, is the lack of motive, is the lack of -- maybe even more important, the cause of death a big problem for the prosecut

here's tom foreman. >> reporter: 2006 was big for john edwards. he launched his bid for the white house, had already hired rielle hunter to shoot campaign videos and his private life started falling apart. >> i wrote my speech out, by the way. it's a great speech. >> can you read it? >> yes,ky read it. >> reporter: that's hunter's voice on one of her videos posted on youtube. the former "spiritual adviser and astrologist" was being paid more than $100,000 to produce these so-called webbisodes. she later told "newsweek" right away she could feel edwards' special energy. the relationship was born. but that aide, andrew young, says the sleepovers with the senator began even before she was hired. >> as a result, there was a biopsy done. >> by next spring, 2007, edwards and his wife announce her breast cancer has returned. but soon hunter has news, too. she is pregnant. the denials begin. the story is false, edwards tells reporters who suspect an affair. untrue, ridiculous. on a website, hunter calls it dirty politics. by mid december, the national enq

tom foreman, cnn. >>> we hear about the kidnappings taking place in mexico all the time, but today wely hear from a victim. and he's got a warning. >> now has become an international network of terrorists. >> his amazing story of survival is next in the newsroom. >>> thousands of people have been kidnapped in mexico by drug cartels or by gangs. one man survived seven months of capture and torture. here is his story. >> reporter: it was the life he dreamed of, a mexican businessman and his american wife jane living on a ranch in a quaint colonial town in central mexico. >> life was pretty perfect. we were madly in love, and we could never imagine being apart from each other for a second. >> reporter: along with their three children, life in this beautiful region was perfect. then one summer morning in 2007, after developing tropping the k school, it all changed. >> we were ambushed. our windows were smashed and we were pulled from the karat gunpoint. my brain didn't even have time to register what was actually happening. >> reporter: a group of gunmen attacked their car. they let jane

here is tom foreman. >> reporter: on a farm outside of oshkosh -- >> we have an a lot of unshl items.> reporter: a wonderland is growing. >> i call it a collection of art. >> reporter: nostalgia, whimsy. he has rescued the items from restaurants, movie sets for 30 years and now they are rescuinging him. >> well, those items are helping us make it through the tough times. >> reporter: his main business is building materials, but as construction stumbled, he is finding the foot traffic from this. >> this is a radio type bull. this is an eagle fabricated out of steel. this is a fairly popular piece. >> my daughter wanted us to stop here and i'm glad we stopped. >> reporter: many come to look and lots end up buying. >> the neon sign is 650. eye will have of the individuals it for home art, interior art. a lot of businesses for interior art work to get attention. the same as we do. >> reporter: it is not an economic cure all but it makes up for his other trade. >> i do know that some of my competitors are gone and we are still here. it must be helping us some. >> reporter: in the building

tom foreman, cnn. so this is enzo, the artiste behind my wardrobe.hen i got him on e-trade he was all like "oh no, i cannot do investing." that's actually a perfect enzo. but after a couple educational videos, and a little hand holding from customer support... next thing you know he's got a stunning portfolio. now he's planning to retire in tuscany. we're both pretty emotional about it. shhhh, don't say a word. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. >>> welcome back. lawrence eagleburger has died. he serves a brief stint under president bush in the '90. they say he played a pivotal role in the falling of the berlin wall. time for cnn equals politics. we're keeping an eye on all the political headlines. here is what's is crossing right now. robert gates today warned about potential clashes in the south china seas. gates' statement comes amid tensions as china stakes claims on the area and other nations dispute the claims. vice president biden stopped by a station in italy to thank the troops there. they mark the country's 150

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> well, other news tonight. testimony in the casey anthony trial.on, as you know, alleges that casey's daughter, caylee, was forced to inhale chloroform and suffocated today. today, the jury heard testimony from computer experts who said there were more than 80 searches on the family computer under the word chloroform. up next, details on that and some of the other wording searched. we'll talk with dr. sanjay gupta about what chloroform does to the human body. >>> part two of our investigation, the sissy boy experiment. a 5-year-old boy who played with girl's toys. he was put into a government funded study aimed at making him more masculine. decades later he took his life. his family blames the researcher who conducted the experiment. >> they were the experts. so i thought they would know what they were doing. >> what they really told him is that the very core of who he was, was broken. >> well, hear how one of the experts responds to that accusation. we track him down when "360" continues. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthm

tom foreman, cnn. >>> all right. a little girl murdered, her own mother is accused.y, riveted to every single word. up next, a cnn newsroom special report. the casey anthony trial. a prosecutor, psychologist and former fbi criminal profiler who worked on the case is going to join me. ♪ hello sunshine, sweet as you can be ♪ [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey. and the 100% natural whole grain oats can help lower your cholesterol. you are so sweet to me. bee happy. bee healthy. >>> and now for our cnn newsroom special report. the casey anthony trial is one of the most talked about stories in the country right now. a little girl found dead months after she disappeared and her own mother accused of killing her and hiding the truth from her family and friends. we have a great panel of guests to talk about all of this for you. but first, vinny palatono in session on trutv on how we got here. >> there's something wrong. i found my daughter's car today and it smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car. >>

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i'm tom foreman sitting in. president obama says it's time for american soldiers to start leaving afghanistan. he says that country must now take care of itself. well, we can hope, but i can also tell you washington is positively boiling with reaction to the plans and let's be honest, the man who leads afghanistan has not always inspired confidence. americans have describeded karzai as dishonest, mentally ill. karzai has calleded us name, too, like occupiers, but it seemed all was forgiven today in a fascinating interview with fareed zakaria. the afghan president said in essence, don't let the door hit you on the way out. >> i can confirm to you today and i have had this confirmed that security in parts of the country has improve d and life s better now. >> karzai says he's happy but minutes later some of the old anger begins to emerge. >> for a number of years we took casualties and we were silent. but then the war did not go in the direction that we advised, that we felt should go. but our casualties kept incr

tom foreman is looking into the american situation. tom, who would we expect to be pulled out and from where? >> interesting question. you have to look at the lay of the land as you would with any battle field. this is afghanistan here, pakistan over this way. these are areas where the taliban has exerted the most control, down here in the south, over to the east, we have red, limited control in orange areas, encroaching in yellow. this is the area we really focused. look what happened as the surge troops came in. troop presence came in and really filled it hard, u.s. troops in the most troubled area, italian troops, german troops here, some other major groups. but look what happens when we mix them together. we have a substantial stabilization of parts of the country, compared to how it was before, with all of the troops coming in here, and the taliban largely being pushed down into areas like this and over here. who do you get out of here? you can take out support troops involved in building bridges, roads, baracks, and all the things

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back with tom foreman for another 360 bulletin. >> reporter: reputed boston mobster whitey bulger wasurt today for a short hearing. his interim attorney says law enforcement leaks have to stop for bulger to get a fair trial. he was arrested last week in california and faces 19 counts of murder. >>> firefighters are working to contain a huge wildfire that has burned at least 44,000 acres in and around lows lossal most, new mexico. the dow surged 145 points amid a report showing home prices rose in april for the first time in nine months. the nasdaq was up 41 points, the sch rose 17. and a 360 follow, if you were feeling sorry for hugh hefner because his engagement is off you can stop now. meet hef's new girlfriend, shera. she's the one on the right. the one on the left is his old girlfriend. on twitter hef says, "a new girlfriend is the only logical response to his heartbreak". and yes, we did notice that shera looks an awful lot like crystal who broke off their engagement two weeks ago. it looks like he has a type. >> doesn't she also look like holly madison and ones before that? >> y

tom foreman, cnn. >>> what a wonderful time of the morning it is.hat because he knows it's the end of the hour. >> no. i'm excited to see you. i am. when other people feel in for you, i'm not this excited -- >> don't say that out loud. >> i'm just kidding. it is always good to see you. i think you were gone for a couple of weekends. had some time off. >> but back in the saddle. glad to be here and glad to see you and our legal guys will be back with us. >> did they miss you? >> yeah, and i missed them. well, i don't know if they missed me. we'll see if they say that. but i missed them. they're going to be with us. we're going to talk about a new tennessee law which bans anyone from transmitting harassing images, anything that may cause emotional distress to anybody. you can use your imagination about what those images might be. >> we don't want to use your imagination too much. does the law clearly define or kind of define what kind of images or it can be a lot of things? >> it can be a broad range of images from someone's body parts to something th

well i'm tom foreman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture our military presence in afghanistan has brought bloodshed and one roused as well as economic woes and tremendous financial burden for so should we bow out gracefully now before things worse for both us and the afghan people a california man has three small children are already in their home by a group of federal agents and the spotty department of education was behind the bust and they aren't saying why it happened but it could have something to do a student loans so it could be the feds be headed for a door near you and the escalating problems at the fukushima daiichi plant in japan pose a serious question if a nuclear meltdown happened here in america handle the disaster. you need to know this not only is our war effort in afghanistan struggling so is our humanitarian effort according to a new senate foreign relations committee report nearly nineteen billion dollars we've spent in aid to afghanistan over the last ten years more

cnn's tom foreman has the story. >> reporter: there are 7,000 places you can bowl in america, buyingone company is betting big on bring manufacturing back to the united states. >> we really felt with moving the product here we would have much better control over our manufacturing, our quality, and really our cost structure. >> when ebonite bought this factory last year, it was in mexico employing 27 people. the labor was cheaper, but company officials believed they could move all the equipment here, apply the latest time and labor-saving techniques, and a dozen american workers could produce just as much. >> yes, we do pay them more than what they were making in mexico, but our actual dollars of labor per pin is less here in hopkinsville. >> reporter: the wood primarily comes from pennsylvania and ohio, cutting shipping expenses. by bringing the factory until closer supervision, they have also improved their ability to make sure each pin is precisely like the next one, that's critical. >> you could have different reacting pins, because it brings inkonzancy in the scorability of the p

but first tom foreman reports in today's building up america segment. >> on the shipping line, the slapes are running fast, out the door all day every day. another trendy hit for business partners, jim howard and lori montague. >> you try to get your arms around it. >> and we have 300 people at a time working here in our distribution center. >> their small company is making huge waves in the competitive world of gift items. for example those oddly shaped rubber bands that kids can't seem to get enough of, when jim and lori put their zany bands on the market -- >> at one point we were getting 700 to 800 phone calls a day. from retailers. >> yes. >> since then they've sold $40 million worth of zany bands. >> we sold 60,000 today to the middle east. >> and they think the key to their success is the economic crisis itself. because while people have cut back on buying more expensive items, it has spurred them on for lower cost products. like their slap watches. >> we have had people who have said to us, your product has kept our store alive. >> reporter: they have simply found a sweet spot i

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tom foreman, cnn, charlotte, north carolina. >>> coming up in the n hour of the cnn newsroom, a man drownshters and police do nothing. it's all because of budget cuts. next hour we talk to the fire chief. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> sarah palin's east coast bus tour made a stop in new york for pizza and palin shared that pizza with donald trump. you see the picture right there. jim acosta joins us from washington. what did they talk about, jim. >> apparently they were handicapping the field for 2012. that might give us some hints as to what sarah palin and donald trump might be up to. trump recently said he's not running and now has been hinting he may jump back in as an independent. p

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tom foreman, cnn. >> that will do it for us this morning. thanks for joining us. we will be back tomorrow morning. the news continue right now with our "cnn newsroom" and kyra phillips. >>> here is the stories that have us talking. >>> a showdown looms between the white house and congress. lawmakers demanding that the president explain the military mission in libya and fast. >>> the prosecution expected to rest in the case of -- or in the -- or casey anthony trial. her mother burst into tears as she testified by the items found with the remains of her 2-year-old granddaughter caly. >>> josh stone was the target of a bizarre murder plot. swords, rope, a body bag found in the suspect's car. they are now in custody. ♪ >>> we begin with the shocking update on the hunt for osama bin laden and the informants in pakistan who helped the cia track him down. now, in the u.s., they would be heroes. but in pakistan, they are arrested. resa, what are they saying? >> reporter: yeah. kyra. according to the pakistani officials, the isi, pakistan top spy agency has arrested severa

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tom foreman, cnn. >>> joining us to talk more about the casey anthony trial is holly hughes.e attorney and former prosecutor. thank you, fir of all, for joining us. you've been following this closely. >> yes. >> first of all, taug talk about the testimony of casey anthony's mother and it is the most compelling and most significant part of the trial. tell us why. >> it is, suzanne, and this is why. because when you've watched cindy anthony, no matter what you think of her, and we've been watching this family for three years. face it. there has been a lot of media coverage up until the point we actually started the trial. she's done some kind of goofy things we might think that's a little nutty. but no matter what you think of her when you watch her on that stand talking about her granddaughter, this 2-year-old baby, it is so evident that she loves this child and the raw grief that we see emanating from her. that's what we expect from the mother. from the defendant, casey, and we're not getting that. we're listening. you listen to the 911 tape, where cindy has to actually repor

at the bottom of the hour we will talk to tom foreman who gives us the lay of the land.ill the taliban move on as u.s. troops move out? then hear from a u.s. officials who resigneded from the afghan war policies. what does he think now? we are staying on the story throughout the day and right up to the president's address to the nation. it's now scheduled for 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 pacific and you can see it right here on cnn. >>> law makes on capitol hill are split over the u.s. role in libya and whether it should be limited to a strictly noncombat mission. one prominent republican says he would fight that move. >> i think it would be a terrible mistake to cut off funding and congress does have that authority, though. but it would be a terrific mistake. gadhafi is going to fall. he is crumbling now. it's a matter of time. and we can't allow gadhafi to remain in power. >> kate bolduan is on capitol hill. john mccain is out supporting the military mission. >> reporter: he is being joined by a democratic senator with serious foreign policy chops as well, senator john kerr

tom foreman, cnn. >>> well, meredith whitney is known for predicting warnings on the financial marketscontroversy about her comments on the bond market. listen to this. >> there is not a doubt in my mind that you le soo a spate of municipal bond defaults. >> how many is a spate? >> 50 to 100 sizable defaults or more. this will amount to hundreds of billionings of dollars of defaults. >> cnn's poppy harlow sat down with whitney and she talked to poppy about that quote and the feeling that the states are far more broke than anyone is letting on. >> because what you have is what the consumer has done and the corporates have done a good job of delevering and the corporates are in a great position. consumers are in a process of delevering and the states have not delevered, and in fact, state spending has grown over in excess of 35% what the consumer spending has grown over the past decade, so people talk about the reckless consumer spending, but the states are far more reckless. >> you predict $100 million in defaults of muni-bonds over the next five years and does the evidence from this re

tom foreman shows us how in tonight's "building up america." >> reporter: in the clubs, up and down beales is the memphis music foundation. >> reporter: who years ago local businesses opened this non-profit center to help artists with everything from copyright law to concert promotion, all for no charge. they pulled in pros like al bell, once head of the famous stacks records. without being the record company, we are, in fact, the record company that provides those kinds of services. >> you're still in the same business you used to be in. >> yeah. yeah. just doing it as an institution now and doing it for free. ♪ >> reporter: for decades the business here languished, steady crowds came to graceland and sun studios, but new talent had to leave for success. james alexander is a founding member of the memphis super group, the barkays. >> it was devastating. in fact, when it first happened, we said, wow, what are we going to do? >> reporter: when you see young people come in here today, how do you feel? >> hey, it's great. >> reporter: the foundation now connects 4,000 artists, promoters, age

tom foreman, visited the creators with their zany ideas. >> on the shipping line, the slap watches arehe door all day every day. another trendy hit for bis partners jim howard and lori monotag. >> we've had up to 200 people at a time working here in our distribution center. >> reporter: their small company is making huge waves in the competitive world of gift items. those oddly shaped rubber bands that kids can't get enough of. when they put the zany bands on the market -- >> the phones did not stop ringing night a day. >> we were missing 700 to 800 calls a day. >> reporter: since then they sold $40 million worth of zan in bands. >> we just sold 50,000 packages today for the middle east. >> reporter: they believe a key to their success is the economic crisis itself. because while people have cut back on buying more expensive items, they are convinced it has spurred the market for lower cost fun products like their watches which go for $20. >> it's what's making the economy tick lately. >> we have stores who have said your product kept our store alive. >> reporter: their company has sim

first tom foreman has a 360 bulletin. >> reporter: good news for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she is in her hometown of tucson, arizona this weekend for a short visit with her family. giffords's husband says they've been dreaming of a trip for awhile. doctors say returning to her hometown could play an important role in her recovery. the man dubbed the barefoot bandit pleaded guilty in seattle today to federal charges after leading police on a two-year chase before being captured in the bahamas. colton harris-moore stole an airplane, flew it without a license, robbed a bank and stole a boat. he faces several years in prison when he learns his sentence in october. angelina jolie is in southern turkey visiting with syrian refugees. jolie was named goodwill ambassador for the uk's refugee agency in 2001. she's visited more than 20 countries since then. and maybe you've seen this picture of the couple kissing in vancouver seemingly oblivious to the post-stanley cup rioting going on all around them. the couple has now come forward, and they told the toronto star that the woman actu

and our tom foreman visited the creators who are building up america with their zany ideas. >> reporteratches are running fast. out the door, all day, every day. another trendy hit for business partners jim howard and lori montague. >> it's mind boggling. hard to get your arms around it. >> we've had up to 200 people a time working here in our distribution center. >> the small company is making huge waves in the competitive world of gift ideas. for example, those oddly shaped rubber bands that kids can't seem to get enough of. they put their zany bandz on the market -- >> we were missing 700 to 800 phone calls a day, missing! >> reporter: since then, they've sold $40 million worth of zany bands. >> we just should 50,000 packages today for the middle east. >> reporter: and they believe a key to their success is the economic crisis itself. because while people have cut back on buying more expensive items, they are convinced it has spurred the market for lower cost fun products, like their watches, which go for about $20. >> it's what's been making the economy tick lately. >> and we have s

. >>> tom foreman here in d.c. is digging into where the intercontinental sits within kabul. he's found out more about how this attack played out. >> you were really hitting on key points you have to consider when you look at where this happened. let's fly into kabul and take a look at the general lay of the land. you see a lot of buildings down in here, the main city over here. right in this area is where we're going to look at the hotel itself. and i want to talk about the land in a minute. let's talk about the facility first. this building is a three-star hotel, 200 rooms, opened in 1969, the nation's first international luxury hotel. it's not connected to the intercontinental hotel chain that you know now. it was it no longer is. this is a place that has attracted a lot of visitors to the area, the attack came at 10:00 at night when a lot of people would have been there. look at the area around it, if you look at it compared to the other ones a minute ago, there's a lot of open space out here. depending on the time of the year, you may have more greenery that sort of thin

tom foreman joins me from rochester, new hampshire. >> hi, anderson. evening with a group of republicans and independents. some with tea party leanings. the first thing ta that produced a big spike as you watch the results. the red is republicans. the yellow is independents, cain when it came to right to work laws. there's been a big fight going on in new hampshire about this. look at this, anderson. >> we live in the united states of america and people shouldn't be forced to belong or be a member in any organization and the government has no business telling people what group you have to be a member of or not. >> i think having -- if you believe in the tenth amendment let the states learn from each other. the right to work states are creating a lot more jobs than the heavily unionized states. >> i believe with the speaker. if the federal government continues to do the kinds of things this administration is trying to do, through the backdoor, through the national labor relations board that's killing our free-market system. >> anderson, that was the big

tom foreman, cnn. >> it's cool stuff. i'm looking for an >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> governor, welcome back to your old gym. >> it's great to be here. >> does this bring back warm memories? horrible memories? >> incredibly warm and happy memories for me. i mean, my -- almost all that i am was developed in this place. it really was. >> but in the gym specifically. >> oh, yeah, listen, i played sports here, and it was a great place to grow up, and we had great athletes that i played with the years that i was here. it -- you know, i watched my own son now play high school baseball and i -- >> i heard you were a bit of a baseball star here. >> listen -- >> trophy cabinet littered with your triumphs. >> i think that's probably overstating it. we had a lot of great players. i played, which was a triumph. >> but you were good? >> i was pretty good, yeah. >> you were a hot athlete in your day? >> i was a good catcher. i was a good baseball catcher and a good leader on the team. >> talking about being leader on the team

tom foreman, cnn. >> it's cool stuff. i'm looking for an old punching bag. i should call him. that does it for this edition of request 360. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> could the next president of the united states come from new jersey? tonight i'll talk to hometown boy made good, governor chris christie, and find out. >> i'm making this decision based on whether i believe in my heart that i'm ready to be president of the united states and that i want to be president of the united states right now. >> tea party loves him, and democrats fear him. sounds like the formula for a perfect republican presidential candidate. chris christie says he's not running for president. well, not yet. >> i'm 100% certain i'm not going to run. >> he's a budget-slashing reformer, a tough-talking former federal prosecutor, and a jersey boy born and bred. >> you are adorable. >> thank you. >> he's a bruce springsteen fanatic. so could chris christie secretly be born to run? >> what's your favorite song, born to run? >> no. "thunder road." >> did you see what i did t