brian todd is outside the st. john's hospital. we're talking about those mangled cars, right outside the st. john's regional medical center. i can't believe they were able to evacuate those hospital and they saved most of the people inside, they saved their lives. >> reporter: they did evacuate everyone, carol. they say that, but they do not give us a specific count of the casualties from it. so that may be information that we get later. you can see where our photo journalist, john person, is panning to your left. and you can see now the facade of this medical center, the windows taken out, the top sheared off. total devastation here. we're told that x-rays from this facility were found 70 miles away in dade county, missouri. it's just unbelievable. we saw gurneys from the hospital about five blocks down the road here. it gives you a sense of the devastation. i'm with one of the survivors. reverend c.j. campbell. his house was completely destroyed on sunday when the tornado hit. you were there with your foster sister. describe wha

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a levee near the town of redwood is causing engineers a whole lot of concern, and cnn's brian todd is there as crews try to shore it up. >> reporter: it would be beautiful if it weren't so dangerous. floodwaters of the mississippi river have engulfed a lake and are threatening this crucial levee. they've caused what officials say is a 200-foot slide where the sheer pressure, the weight of the water, has saturated the underpinnings of the levee and shifted the earth underneath. we're in the middle of a key break, where the erosion has caused the slide of at least five feet from that level down here. you can see the seepage, very slow. it creeps down here, but very dangerous. this is what they're frantically trying to fill. the backhoes over here and tractor here just trying to shovel gravel to fill the gaps. it's not technically a breach, but that could happen. so the army corps of jers rushed in dozens of dump trucks full of gravel. crews on backhoes and bulldozers worked 24/7 to shore it up. peter nimrod says the stakes are enormous. >> if this levee fails, what's in the path of the

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brian todd takes a look at how those accusations may weigh against the imf chief in his current brush with the law. >> reporter: his attorney and his wife vigorously defend dominique strauss-kahn. saying the imf's managing director is innocent of the charges. prosecutors suggest there may be a pattern to his alleged behavior. >> some of this information could report that he has engaged in conduct similar alleged in the complaint on at least one other occasion. >> reporter: a french journalist says strauss-kahn tried to rape her nine years ago in a paris apartment. one of them only mentioned it briefly in court. >> this is an individual with no criminal record. i can't respond to allegations that were made in a foreign country that did not result in any criminal prosecution. >> reporter: she did not report the alleged incident to the french lease at the time. why not? her mother told a french tv station what she told her daughter at the time. >> there wasn't rape strictly speaking. there was an attack. for the rest of your life you would have on your resume, you know, that's the girl w

cn thfrnlths's brian cnn's brian todd. >> these floodwaters have not receded. doesn't look like they're about to any time soon. you mentioned the rain we got earlier today. it made things much worse. officials are now saying that doesn't bode well for the next couple days. we're at an off-ramp outside redwood. you can see the road signs over here. all the roads are closed. we had to have a sheriff's escort to get us this far. our photojournalist is going to pan to the right. we're told we're several miles in from the mississippi river at this point, we were earlier at a levee holding some of this back up north of here from some of the areas over here. millions of square acres are safe for now. but there is a problem with that one particular levee at lake al b march. they have what they call a slide. that is when the sheer weight of the water weakens the underpinnings of a levee. those underpinnings have shifted, slid about five feet from where they should be, and they are frantically now with bulldozers and backhoes and gravel trucks getting in there and trying

brian todd is there as crews try to shore it up. brian, can they keep the levee from breaking? >> reporter: they don't know yet, don. they're trying to do that very frantically right now. that's a levee not far from where we are. we're in redwood where the roads are closed. this road is completelyinate under water. this is an off ramp, and our photojournalist is going to pan to his right and my left where you can see the flooding goes on for miles. that levee is in lake albamor not far from here. it's experienced a slide, which means the underpinnings of the levee has been compromised. the weight has been so forceful that it's pushed some of the mud, the sand about five feet in the underpinnings. some of the water is seeping through. we saw it earlier. one of the officials here, peter nimrod of the levee board, told us if that levee failed, you have more than a million acres of land that's going to be under water. several towns under water, thousands of homes, thousands of people displace from their homes. it's going to take several days shore it up. >> and you know, there's al

cnn's brian todd is outside what used to be a very busy hospital complex. brian, tell us what you're seeing where you are. are they cleaning up or more focused on the rescue efforts right now? >> reporter: there is a focus on the rescue efforts. they're trying to comb through neighborhoods searching grid by grid to find survivors. frankly a lot of the buildings are completely flattened. we're not sure how that search is going to turn out. i'm joined by michael spetser a spokesman for the national red cross who's come to joplin to set up shelters. thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. michael, right now how dire is it for them? >> our biggest need is making sure people have a safe place to stay. many structures were completely destroyed. we're making sure there's a warm, dry place. as the rain and cold sets in. these people have been out here for many-hours. we want to make sure they have food and emotional support. >> reporter: are there a lot of people still out there trying to find a place to say and getting shelter wherever they can?

brian todd, cnn, virginia beach, virginia. >>> the hunt for osama bin laden spanned the terms of three u.s. presidents. who were the architects of such a resounding success. cnn investigates how the plan was conceived, planned and carried out. watch our dvr "inside the mission, getting bin laden" tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> two islamic leaders, a father and son from two south florida mosques are among six people charged for allegedly sending money to a known terror group overseas. susan candiotti joins us live from new york. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: certainly as you indicated, among those charged, two imams, a father who is 76 years old and his 24-year-old son. each is the religious leader of a mosque, one in miami and one in margate, which is near ft. lauderdale. investigators say the elder spearheaded the alleged conspiracy. six people are indicted for raising at least $53,000 in donations to help the pakistani taliban. prosecutors call that money the tip of the iceberg of their 3-year-long investigation. that terrorist organization is linked to a number of attacks in

. >> brian todd is with me here now in joplin, joining us live. brian, you listened to that story, one of the many emotional stories of parents who are hoping and praying their children recover, in some cases hoping and praying they can find their missing children. >> that's right, john, and this father really had a perspective on this. he realizes people outside the hospital room may be a little resentful thinking, you got to keep your son, at least, as they continue looking for theirs. he says, i count myself one of the lucky ones. he's looking at a young man in an induced coma, not sure if he's going to live. this father was incredibly measured and stoic. it was really something just to listen to him and listening to what he described about his son. he plays soccer, he rides horses, such a vibrant young kid. it really got to us when we were there. >> it's a remarkable story. and brian, any sense? what are the doctors telling him to look for? is it 24 hours, 48 hours? when will he know the prognosis? >> with these neurological injuries, the doct

brian todd has that story. brian? >> reporter: john, we saw one family today who had a memorial service for their son. his name is ray donald miller the third, he goes by the name trip. he was killed in the tornado. there was a memorial service today in joplin for him, but they had no body. they came and memorialized him. we have a picture from a local obituary in a paper. they have no body and don't know why the body hasn't been released. they know he is deceased because according to local media reports they were with him at a local hospital when he died. there is no answer why the body wasn't released. we tried to get answers today, calling the various entities dealing with the processing of the bodies. i don't want to name all of them, it will take the rest of the show. suffice it to say, we got no answer. that's part of the issue. when they try to go through the bodies, get the positive identification, do all of the forensics, sometimes takes longer than they want or the families want. but the information flow isn

that's a big element in the town. >> brian todd dig as much as the town will allow. thank you very much, buddy. >> thanks. >>> coming up it was just last week, these areas were getting hit by historic outbreak of tornadoes. now we're talking about some of those same areas getting hit by historic flooding. i'm back with you in 80 seconds. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. so i've got to take care of my heart. for me cheerios is a good place to start. [ male announcer ] to keep doing what you love, take care of your heart with cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. >>> hello again, folks. i'm t.j. holmes sitting in for ali velshi. we are at bottom of the hou

brian todd reached joplin within hours after the twister stuck. it's almost a week. this disaster is breathtaking. >> it is, wolf. we were among the first teams of journalists on the ground in joplin shortly after the tornado struck. we came across entire neighborhoods wiped out. houses, buildings, completely flattened for as far as the eye could see. and local residents who were wandering around practically in a days. daze. >> shell shocked residents rattle through what was once a vibrant neighborhood. in seconds the tornado reduced nearly a third of the steph joplin to flattened board, brick and concrete. reverend c.j. campbell was in his house huddled in a hallway with his sister as it ripped through. >> entire 1800-foot square house completely collapsed around us within 60 seconds. >> they made it out. but the house is a total loss. at st. john's regional medical center, the twister's wrath was almost surreal. look at this helipad. this part is empty, but if you just move to your left over here, you're going to see the wreckage of a helicopter that was just tosse

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cnn's brian todd is at the louisiana state penitentiary which is also known as angola. brian, inmates there are being called on to actually help hold back that river in what way? >> reporter: well, fredricka, they're hoisting sandbags to shore up one of the key levees. the levee that i'm standing on right now. this is the last line of defense against the floods for this massive prison complex. this is floodwater that's coming right up against it. an outer lying levee has already been breached. the floods have already come up several miles to this levee. this protects kind of the inner core of the prison. the prisoners are hoisting sandbags, they're patching up what they call sand boils which is kind of seepage that comes underneath this levee. and they're frantically working to try to just kind of shore up this area from being flooded. i asked the warden about an escape plan for the rest of the inmates. they've already evacuated about 2,000 out of the 5,000 inmates. i asked the warden a short time ago how they're going to get the rest of them out if this area becomes fl

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> well, from a childhood of wealth to a u.s. ally against the soviets to 9/1 1 mastermnd. how osama bin laden became the most wanted man. tonight, cnn takes an in-depth look at one of the most haunted terrorist of all time. "in the footsteps of bin laden." 7:00 eastern right here. >>> one of the republicans considering a run for president is in south carolina at this hour. there's a good chance you don't know his name or his face. but why still is this potential candidate so intriguing? well, because until last week he was working for president obama. >>> also, "fortune" magazine has released its list of america's largest corporations. no surprise that three of the top five are oil companies. i'll give you 1:15 to come up with the other two. i assure you you'll coming up with at least one.ende diarrhea and constipation., ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that's the best part. i love your work. [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. my vet thinks my insides are in mint condition. [ female announcer ] vets agree,

brian todd is joining us on the phone because, brian, searching for this dead and missing people has been treacherous because of the weather and i understand that weather created havoc with your live shot situation? >> reporter: it certainly did. that's why i'm joining you on the phone. we had five people trying to hold the tent up while i was under it to get set to go after the news conference and it was getting whipped around to an extent that it was difficult to hold on to it and we simply lost our satellite signal. that was really the main problem. but as you mentioned, the heartbreaking news that we all thought might come has come. 116 dead. we did hear earlier from the governor that i think the number was five families have been rescued. so there is not a lack of positive news here but when you see the scope of the devastation, block after city block of just flattened homes and buildings, you understand that the death toll was not certainly unexpected. >> and in any disaster, whether it be a tornado or hurricane or anything else, they go block by block, as you have alluded to.

brian todd is live at joplin at st. john's. when we say searching for survivors, do they have any estimation of how many people could be missing in the wake of this tornado? >> no estimates yet, kiran. combing through this area right here. you've got the st. john's medical center behind me. i'm going to show you a little bit of the damage. our photo journalist is going to kind of hone in there as tightly as he can. the building as you can see, the facade has been ripped apart. of the part of the top of the building has been taken away. we saw doctors go in there to try to retrieve medical records and other things. we're told most of the people, if not all of the people have evacuated. we're going to go over here to give you a sense of some of the other devastation here and around the town. we got here a short time ago. a scene of utter devastation. everything seems to be wiped out. look at the cars over here. you have a van and suv on top of a pick-up truck over here. the cars are twisted. some have been burned. you can see the

our own brian todd is in joplin. brian? >> reporter: wolf, we spoke to michelle hare a short time ago. she seems to be doing remarkably well given the news she just got. she is caught up in the controversy over the names of the missing and the people they're trying to locate who have gone missing from this tornado. as an effort to scream line that process, officials today put out this list of 232 people who have definitely been reported missing by their loved ones. but in some cases, this list has led to more questions than answers. for those searching for missing loved ones, accounts of heartbreak and frustration. it started with people like michelle hare, who couldn't find her 16-year-old son lantz for days after the tornado. >> proper information is not being given to the public. >> reporter: complaints like that led officials to try to streamline the process. the missouri department of public safety is now in charge of locating those unaccounted for. >> and we will provide today a list of 232 individuals that we have ac

. >> our brian todd was at today's news conference that you just saw there. he joins me live now from joplin. brian, will this help, do you think, some of the frustration that families have been going through? will it ease some of that? >> it may help, randi. but we've already noticed a problem with this list. i'm going to point it out to you right now. this involves a family who we've spoken to over the past couple of days. we've interviewed the mother of lance hare, a 16-year-old boy who went missing. she has filed a missing persons report. we've interviewed her, her father's been on -- i mean his father's been on cnn as well. her son appears to be on this list. but he may be on it twice. we literally just got this list and we went over it. there may be some problems with the list. he went by the name lance hare. kind of i guess a nickname. we were told that his given name is kaley hare. my photo journalist is going to see in. caley hare, age 16. then you flip the page, then his name is here, caley lance, age 16. this is his given name, that is his nickname

listening to stephen brian todd you were playing the donald trump was a victim and then badgered by the mainstream media is so hard for his belief that he simply couldn't take it anymore from his one little problem with the narrative that stephen ryan are pushing donald trump at or the media spotlight how his eagle craves the spotlight he became a full fledged were there and he was more than happy to discuss that topic on every single t.v. network that asked. don't you think it was more in this country i am really concerned kerry with this i started a week ago i used to say look you know actors don't remember you have to know nurses the president of the united states the rich they have a little they're just a little because you could be nobody knew when you interview people if i ever got the nomination if i ever decide to run you may go back in there to do people for my kindergarten there remember me nobody ever comes forward nobody knows who you should drill later in his life very strange the whole thing is very strange i have people that actually have been studying it and they cannot

our cnn's brian todd, he is at a hospital that took a direct hit from that tornado, and he joins us by phone. on the phone, brian, if you could, just describe for us what you are seeing. >> we're seeing the scene of total devastation here at the hospital in the center of town. the tornado took dead aim moving west to east through downtown joplin, starting at about 5:30 p.m. local time here. residents say that they saw the tell-tale sign, the swirling clouds, dark sky, and the rumble, the thunders and it got much worse very quickly. they did say that they had a warning of about maybe 20 minutes between the first tornado warning and when the tornado struck. almost twice as much as they usually get. so that could be a positive development in maybe keeping the death toll down. but they're still looking for survivors. they're still looking for people trapped in homes, trapped in buildings, possibly trapped in vehicles. they were pulling people out all night. so this is something that goes on, and the reason i'm coming to you by phone is because the weather has turned on us. it started raini

our brian todd is in joplin. brian? >> reporter: the process of finding those miss iing is pickg up there's serious kinks and the family are dealing with them as best as they can. they file into the church to pay tribute to a man who is not there. the family and friends of radonald miller iii also known as trip are determined to memorialize him regardless of what authorities do with his body. trip seen here is one of several people killed in the tornado whose bodies couldn't be immediately released to their families. we couldn't get an answer on why his body was held. even though the family know he is deceased. officials here are trying to streamline the process of locating those missing and i.d. agriculture t 'ing the bodies. >> they use a process using medical records and fingerprinting. it is not necessary for family members to go out to the morgue to identify their loved ones. >> reporter: it certainly is not possible for them to. the morgue for tornado victims is an undisclosed location but we found it. >> this is

brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. he's joining us live now. brian? >> reporter: wolf, as you can see, we're getting another thunderstorm. they have been rolling through here all day today. driving rain, lightning, thunder, really hampering rescue efforts. it's hard for these teams to search grid by grid like they like to do and pick out rescuers. but they have rescued seven people today. that's a positive. on the negative side, confirmed 116 people dead and more than 400 injured. we're going to trek into this building here. this is st. johns regional medical center. the whole front of the building sear off and some of the top sl damaged as well. an suv and van on top of a pickup truck here. it's a mess. cars tossed on top of other cars are all over the place here. here's a look at the position between what gets hit and what doesn't. look at this neighborhood over here. everything is flattened. trees uproaded and everything is brick, mortar, boards, all over the place. and then you truck to the right, look at the towns over there. there was damage to

here's cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: his political enemies recently made hey out of this. a picture of dominique strauss-kahn, a social list, stepping into a porsche worth at least 90 grand. the car is not even hit, but the head of the imf does seen too live well enough to afford the ride. take his salary. more than $440,000 a year. that's more than president obama and strauss-kahn pays for taxes on it. this at a time when one critic says the institution imposes stark conditions on the governments it lends money to. >> not only are taxpayers paying for that salary, but then they're having to pay the cost in a second way which is that they have to undertake the policies that the imf demands which often hurt ordinary working class people. >> reporter: an imf spokesman responds pay increases are below the rate of inflation. but dominique strauss-kahn's perks don't stop at his straight paycheck. one of his best perks? an annual allowance of more than $79,000 to spend as he likes. according to his contract to maintain a scale of living appropriate to his position. plus he gets

brian todd live in joplin. if you want to help victims, we listed worthy charities that are providing aid. go to cnn/impactyourworld. >>> the man that might have carried out the biggest massacre since world war ii is in custody. ratko mladic was in the warriors in the former yugoslavia. he saw the extermination of 8,000 muslim men and boys in bosnia. zain verjee is in london. what do we know about his capture? >> reporter: we don't know the details. all we know is he was captured on serbian soil and the investigation lasted about three years. the president of serbia gave a press conference and said look, first of all, our security forces need to do their own investigation because they have to go through their own legal process and only then will they give us the details as to how this went down, what leads specifically did they have, was there any resistance, was he injured, what exactly went down just a few hours ago in belgrade. we also know that this was really water tight and some of the best journalists an

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 than we got this list than we found that one of the key people who we have been profiling this week with he and his family, he was reported missing, he was on this list, but we found him on this list twice. his name is lansz hare, we interviewed his mother when the tornado struck. this is the list of people officially reported missing by their families, t232, you can se under lantz's last name, it says hare, then it says caylee. his middle name is caylee. you flip the page, you see it here where i have the mark. now it's listed as kaylee lance. same address, same age. so clearly he's on this list twice, we have asked officials why that mistake was made, we have tried to get that answer, we have not gotten any response yet, john, and we do have some sad news to report that since this list came out, not more than a couple of hours later, i spoke with lance's mother michelle, just to ask her

let's go back to cnn's brian todd in joplin for us. brian, you've been following one family's very painful story. >> reporter: we have, wolf. you're hearing these stories all over the place now. victims are telling incredible stories of how they survived this tornado. we met one young man who can't speak for himself. so we spoke to his father, who's holding constant vigil by his side. james has been here virtually every hour since sunday evening, holding a smaller hand, gathering encouragement from every squeeze back or flinch of the leg. >> just even the smallest respons responses give me hope. >> reporter: his son, a 14-year-old, lies in icu in an induced coma with an open skull fracture. you see him like this, what goes through your mind thinking of what he was before this? >> it really disheartens me a little bit that he's here, but in this state, because i'm used to seeing him happy and so vibrant. he's a very energetic boy. >> lage was siting in a pickup truck with his grandmother right in front of home depot. the tornado picked

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> this big day in news continues right now with randi kaye. >> hi, drew. thank you. >>> with the death of osama bin laden, the u.s. government is moving

cnn's brian todd explains. >> reporter: in a town where the buzzing of fighter jets is constant, where joyful reunions are a staple, america's most fearsome fighting unit goes unnoticed. unofficially called s.e.a.l. team six, they're the navy commandos believed to have killed osama bin laden. s.e.a.l. training takes years. at least 75% of those who try out wash out. despite their ee lite lead status, many of s.e.a.l. team six's neighbors here in virginia beach wouldn't know one of those warriors if they fell over him. >> when the s.e.a.l.s come into a place like this, are they noticeable? >> personally, for me, i don't think they're noticeable beyond any other person in the military. >> john mcchoir, a s.e.a.l. for ten years was once stationed in virginia beach. >> if i'm in a bar with a bunch of s.e.a.l.s, will i know it? >> hopefully you won't. we're just americans. you can't really put us in a box or a category. we're tall, short, large, not so large. we try to blend in and be americans. >> s.e.a.l. team six is widely reported to operate out of this facility near virginia beach. we

cnn's brian todd is joining us now live from mississippi with more. brian, i know you just got there a little while ago. what are you seeing? >> reporter: razor thin margins for people having their homes and fafrms flooded out and not having them flooded out. in the middle of the cornfield, this stretch of it is relatively dry. you come down here and walk a few feet. you are in floodwaters. photojournalist john persons will pan loudoun and show you crops here are already flooded out. they have soy, cotton, corn here. all being wiped out. this in a we are when a lot of farmers around here thought they would catch a break. thought they would have good crops and maybe be able to recover from lean years and actually turn a profit for a lot of them, because of the floodwaters, that's not going to happen now. we have to talk about cresting because that's a key stage right now. near here in vicksburg, mississippi, it crested on thursday but that crest is expected to hold at least until saturday. top levels. now here in natchez, mississippi, water levels are

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> a new partnership, britain's queen elizabeth offered deep sympathy to the victim of britain's and ireland's turbulent pass, underlying the spirit of reconciliation that has p has come with this visit. today, though, it is all about fun. the queen famously a lover of horses will head to the national stud in kildare, southwest of dublin. she's expected to meet some of the country's top horse trainers. ireland is a renowned center for breeding race ohorseracehorses. >>> let's go live now to fionnuala sweeney. >> reporter: i believe her expression of sympathy is genuine. so as you say, the visit continues. let's talk and bring in dumphy. the queen's visit in a nutshell? >> it's been an outstanding success. there have been some riveting moments, particularly at the garden of remembrance when she bowed her head in tribute to freedom fighters who had fought the forces of the crown. no words spoken but the gesture was most eloquent. >> reporter: some say the gestures without words were more symbolic and stronger than the actual words she said last night. but if

our brian todd has been reporting a reporting all day on the frustration of families. they're trying to find information. >> it's not forth dcoming right now because the systems aren't set up. he was working at a mcdone did nalds that was completely letched. she's walking out of there crying. she's looking for that body, they won't let her in. it's just very spotty. >> that's the hard part. they say, we have to be hyper sense tive about privacy. sadly, i saw your son, i saw your loved one. >> you know by the looks they do think their loved ones are decea deceased. they won't give an estimate. that gives you an indication. look at what they go through. >> you want to have some -- this is a once in a life time event. we talk about the once in a life time katrina. y at the same time -- >> 72 hours out. the window for finding people alive is closing. it's very difficult for everybody. >> we're going to introduce you to a couple, part of the anguish, trying, they think their son is dead but they want to find his body. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, buildin

cnn's brian todd is working this part of the story. what's going on. >> we're learning incredible new detail on the stealth helicopters used in the bin laden raid. there are new concerns that some of that technology may soon fall into the hands of the chinese if it hasn't already. in their haste to get out with the body of osama bin laden, navy s.e.a.l.s detonate their disabled helicoptersment one crucial part is left behind, largely intact. the tail rotor assembly left outside the compound's wall where it crashed. pakistani troops were seen hauling it away. now serious concerns that america's chief technological rival will learn key secrets from the wreckage. >> we ought to assume that the chinese are going to get this technology and get it all. >> reporter: former congressman pete hoef stra is certain the pakistanis will share the technology from that tail section with their chose allies, the chinese. >> they'll reverse engineer it, they'll have the latest technology at minimal cost. >> reporter: contacted by cnn, a seen yor pakistan

brian todd joins us now. >> we had a hard time believing the name when we first saw it lijed. it is ted kazinski, the uni bomber. all the fbi is saying about it right now is that in the reopening of the tylenol probe, they are trying to get dna from several people, including ted kazinski. it's a chilling connection between two cases that still haunt investigators. >>> it's one of the f.'s most notorious unsolved case. the 1982 tylenol murders. seven people in the chicago area died after taking tylenol laced with po takes yum cyanide. now the bureau is hinting at a possible link to one of america's most feared domestic terrorists, ted kazinski, the unibomber. >> i think it's a broad brush approach. ted kaczinsky is serving time for killing three people and wounding dozens others from a string of bombings from 1978 to 1995. the fbi in a statement says in re-examining the tylenol case, it's attempted to secure dna sample from numerous individuals, including ted kaczinsky. ted says he won't give them a sample voluntarily unless the fbi meets a certain condition that neither he nor

our brian todd has been looking flow that. >> wolf, we've learned about one serious allegation that strauss-kahn wasn't even publicly linked to till his arrest in new york. and about another incident in his past where at the very least, his character and judgment came into serious question. his attorney and his wife vigorously defend dominique strauss-kahn saying the imf's managing director is innocent of the charges. prosecutors suggest there may be a pattern to his alleged behavior. >> this information includes reports that he has in fact engaged in conduct similar to the conduct alleged with this complaint on at least one other occasion. >> reporter: he could be referring to an alleged incident that strauss-kahn's been linked to only since his arrest on saturday. french journalisttrist tran ben yoen says he tried to rape her nine years ago in paris apartment. his attorneys didn't respond to our inquiries on the allegation and one of them only mentioned it briefly in court. >> this is an individual with no criminal record. i can't respond to angations made in a foreign country that did not res

brian todd is working the story for us. brian, what do we know about this clash? >> we have information that nato aircraft and pakistani forces both fired shots in this incident. whether they fired them directly and purposefully at each other remains a bit unclear. we are at a point where the anger and mistrust between the two sides are at a boil. pakistan's tensions with the west ratcheted up to military hostility. nato helicopters engaged in an exchange involving pakistani forces near the border between pakistan and afghanistan. two pakistani soldiers were wounded and pakistan's military has launched what it calls a strong protest. >> nato official says theins department our kurred when coalition helicopters supporting tillman which sin side afghanistan but just a few miles from the pakistan border were flying in eastern afghanistan. one official says that this base had been receiving intermittent fire from across the border. nato official says the helicopters were fired on twice from the pakistani side and ever and after the second time they fired from across t

brian todd has been looking into this part of the story for us. what are you learning? >> reporter: we've learned that strauss-kahn is the subject of one serious allegation that he wasn't even linked to until his arrest on saturday. and another incident in his past where at the very least his character and judgment came into serious question. his attorney and his wife vigorously defend dominique strauss-kahn saying the imf's managing director is innocent of the charges. prosecutors suggest there may be a pattern to his alleged behavior. >> some of this information from reports of conduct similar to the conduct in this complaint on at least one other occasion. >> reporter: he could be referring to an alleged incident that strauss-kahn's been linked to only since his arrest on saturday. french journalist tristan benoit says that strauss-kahn tried to rape her nine years ago in a u.s. apartment. they didn't respond to our inquiries on the allegation and one only mentioned it briefly in court. >> i can't respond to allegations that were made in a foreign country that did no

home brian todd. >> keeping eyeballs is u.s. intelligence put together a so-called pattern of light. crucial details on the people inside the compound and the movement. human intelligence was critical. cnn has learned that weeks ahead of the raid, there was sightings of a tall man. according to the new york times and the washington post he was spotted several times outside. >> they observed behind a one-way glass. >> we could not get any reports or confirmations of the safe house from the cia. the used telephoto lenses and eavesdropping facilities and in our data wall, we've mapped out three locations. >> this is a satellite location and if you are running a safe house? which one do you use? >> probably this one because there is multiple houses. in laden on this pound compound. cnn and has learned that weeks before the raid were multiple sightings of a tall man. according to the new york times, the washington post, compound in a safe house for autographing and watching, meticulously. >> they supposedly surveyed behind one-way gl

todd is here with us. part of the story for us. what else are you learn being this? >> would have the chief of naval operations says he's absolutely confident that the s.e.a.l.s who took part in the bin laden raid and their families will be protected. the nation's top defense official has put the word out there that all the information leaked out on the raid has raised serious security concerns. members of the navy s.e.a.l. team that killed osama bin laden have told their boss that they are worried about their own security and that of their families. defense secretary robert gates says that the s.e.a.l.s told him that in recent days and says the pentagon is looking at ways to step up security for the team and he's frustrated at leaks about the raid. >> frankly, a week ago sunday in the situation room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin laden. that all fell apart on monday. the next day. >> reporter: we learned about the s.e.a.l.s s' secret stealt

our cnn's brian todd is joining us from joplin. first of all, brian, explain to us about this number. because before authorities were saying it was something like 1,500. now it's been dramatically lowered. how did that happen? >> reporter: well, suzanne, it's been kind of a touch-and-go process as far as that particular number that was first floated out, 1,500. that was floated out by a local official a couple of days ago and they really haven't done much to update that since then until just this morning. this is when, as you've said, they released a list of 232 people for whom an official missing persons report has been filed. that's the big difference. the 1,500 figure that was kind of floated out there -- which they have actually tried to dial back from since that was floated out there a couple of days ago. one of the officials clarified that. she said these were everything from someone saying that my uncle usually calls on sunday and didn't call yesterday, reports like that, kind of unofficial, loose reports from people who wer

. >> brian todd, cnn, virginia beach, virginia. >> stories making news later today, the chief of the federal emergency management agency, fema, returns to alabama in about an hour to meet with storm victims. president obama talks about clean yer energy and first ladies michelle obama and dr. joe biden host a mother's day tea for military wives. >>> a pop star goes patriotic. beyonce does a new take on "god bless the usa." you will hear it and see it, coming up next. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of j

. >> reporter: good evening, brian. u.s. officials say that gadhafi is increasingly isolated. rebels suggest that he's hiding out in bunkers underneath his palaces in tripoli. but there are no signs that the libyan leader is willing to leave the country. nato seems to have awakened to what was becoming a forgotten war, launching a series of air strikes, including its most intense in weeks in tripoli. it targeted a military building and gadhafi's compound. gadhafi seems to have gone into hiding. he hasn't been in public since the last big nato air strike on his compound, nearly two weeks ago. nato insists it's not trying to kill the libyan leader. >> we have no evidence about what's mr. gadhafi's doing right now, and i tell you the truth, we're not really interested in what he's doing. >> reporter: u.s. 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 eas

. >> reporter: good evening, brian. hoping to shut down what was becoming a divisive debate, the president cited national security concerns in deciding against releasing the dead bin laden photos. honoring wounded warriors at the white house, he praised u.s. forces for taking out osama bin laden. >> thanks to the courage and precision of our forces, the terrorists who started this war and who took so many innocent lives learned that america does not forget. america will insure that justice is done. >> reporter: but for those who want to see the evidence of that justice, they'll have to wait. press secretary jay carney quotes the president from an interview with cbs today. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. we do not trot this stuff out as trophies. >> the photo issue has divided the national security team. cia director leon panetta said this to

good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. hoping to shut down what was becoming a divisive debate, the president decided national security concerns in deciding against releasing the dead bin laden photos. honoring wounded warriors at the white house, he praised u.s. forces for taking out osama bin laden. >> thanks to the courage and predecisionen of the forces, the terrorists learned that america does not forget. america will insure that justice is done. >> but for those who want to see the evidence of that justice, they'll have to wait. press secretary jay carney quotes the president from an interview with cbs today. >>> it's important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement of additional violence of a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. we do not trot this stuff out for trophies. >> cia director leon panetta said this to brian williams yesterday. >> we got bin laden, and i think we have to reveal to the rest of the world the fact that we

. >> reporter: good evening, brian. hoping to shut down what was becoming a divisive debate, the president cited national security concerns in deciding against releasing the dead bin laden photos. honoring wounded warriors at the white house, he praised u.s. forces for taking out osama bin laden. >> thanks to the courage and presition of our forces, the terrorists who started this war and who took so many innocent lives learned that america does not forget. america will insure that justice is done. >> but for those who want to see the evidence of that justice, they'll have to wait. press secretary jay carney quotes the president from an interview with cbs today. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. we do not trot this stuff out for trophies. >> the foyto issue has dwighted the national security team. cia director leon panetta said this to brian wi

. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this third day of the president's overseas trip is about the serious business of war, middle east peace, and libya, and what is not just essential but what is called a u.s. friendship. a ceremony for president obama at the historic hall of westminster where he became just the third president to address both houses of parliament. >> in the end of a decade that began in war and ended in recession, we have arrived at a pivotal point once again. >> reporter: he began with a little humor about the relationship. >> ours got off on the wrong foot with a small scrape about tea and taxes. there may also have been some hurt feelings when the white house was set on fire during the war of 1812. >> reporter: in what was touted by aides a his anchor speech of the europe tour, he's global on the stage, even with the rise of emerging powers like china and india. >> perhaps, the arguments go, the nations represent the future and the time for our leadership has passed. that argument is wrong. the time

have comprehensive coverage of this story, starting with our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. and chuck, there seems to be a little tug, a little disagreement between branches of the obama government over whether or not or when to release this photo. >> reporter: well, brian, let's make this clear. this is the president's decision. this is a white house decision. this is not the decision that should be made by leon panetta. and that's what folks here tell me. and that's why that decision hasn't been made. and in fact many senior aides here are arguing against ultimately ever releasing a photo. it's one of many questions facing the white house today. proof of death. one reason president obama chose the risky navy s.e.a.l.s operation rather than bombing the compound was to make sure there would be evidence the u.s. got osama bin laden. and now they have it. dna, photos, even videos. all of bin laden dead at the compound and on the aircraft carrier that was used for his burial at sea. but so far senior aides to the president do not see much need to release the photographic evide

have comprehensive coverage of this story, starting with our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. and chuck, there seems to be a little tug, a little disagreement between branches of the obama government over whether or not or when to release this photo. >> reporter: well, brian, let's make this clear. this is the president's decision. this is a white house decision. this is not the decision that should be made by leon panetta, and that's what folks here tell me. and that's why this decision hasn't been made. and, in fact, many senior aides here are arguing against ultimately ever releasing a photo. it's one of many questions facing the white house today. proof of death. one reason president obama chose the risky navy s.e.a.l.s operation, rather than bombing the compound, was to make sure there would be evidence to prove the u.s. got osama bin laden. and now they have it. dna, photos, even videos. all of bin laden dead at the compound and on the aircraft carrier that was used for his burial at sea. but so far, senior aides say the president do not see much need to release the pho

have comprehensive coverage of this story, starting with our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. and chuck, there seems to be a little tug, a little disagreement between branches of the obama government over whether or not or when to release this photo. >> reporter: well, brian, let's make this clear. this is the president's decision. this is a white house decision. this is not the decision that should be made by leon panetta. and that's what folks here tell me. and that's why that decision hasn't been made. and in fact many senior aides here are arguing against ultimately ever releasing a photo. it's one of many questions facing the white house today. proof of death. one reason president obama chose the risky navy s.e.a.l.s operation rather than bombing the compound was to make sure there would be evidence the u.s. got osama bin laden. and now they have it. dna, photos, even videos. all of bin laden dead at the compound andn the aircraft carrier that was used for his burial at sea. but so far senior aides to the president do not see much need to release the photographic evidenc