carol costello following that conversation. >> big old mansion, nobody notices. notorious mass murderer charles manson and his gang move into a multimillion dollar suburban mansion for six years. did i mention that the house is just down the road from the fbi headquarters? yet nobody in authority knows he's there. that would be embarrassing, at best. derelict at worst. and that is exactly the kind of situation the pakistani government finds itself in. how did osama bin laden, the world's most wanted fugitive, hide in plain sight? near a pakistani military academy? this from pakistan's ambassador. >> what i find incredulous is the notion that somehow, just because there is a prior support network in pakistan, the state, the government, and the military of pakistan should be blamed. >> reporter: u.s. officials don't want to criticize pakistan publicly, but say it's inconceivable bin laden didn't have some support within pakistan. the u.s., mind you, has given pakistan $18 billion in aid since 9/11, in large part to fight terrorism. senator frank lawsuiten berg, a d

carol costello is here. >> question about middle east peace. will it ever happen? katie says yes the u.s. should play a major role in the middle east. and tony says, no, they have hated each other. matth matthew says we do not want to support them with what we share so deeply for them. middle east oil, do we have a choice? please continue the conversation facebook.com/carolcnn. >> thank you, carol. >>> tune in for special coverage of president obama's address on cnn "newsroom" starting at 11:30 eastern. wolf blitzer will join us as well. expert analysis as well as live coverage. >>> everyone was a winner and everyone got a trophy. how does that upbringing translate to the work world for recent graduates? we're taking a look at high maintenance millenials. 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

carol costello has your responses. i understand that they are -- as you said, some of them are heartbreaking. >> it makes you cry. our "talk back" question, why aren't we doing more for our veterans? this from brad -- why is it every time an issue is brought up on these segments people turn into a republican/democrat, left/right issue. as a combat vet i know what a huge bureaucracy the va is and how poorly it is run. samantha -- it is easy to forget those who have fallen and those who are still fighting when you turn on the news and there's nothing about the soldiers or the war on tv anymore. i wish people would remember the troops all the time and not just on national holidays or on sundays when army wives comes on. who a "it only sounds good to seem we care about them and flying the flag outside makes us look good in front of others. but that's as far as we go." it's because nobody honestly cares. i did two tours in iraq. as a u.s. marine, i'm 27, homeless, living in my car, and my family, friends and everyone just s

. >> and i'm carol costello. we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we want to bring you up to date, up to the minute with the latest details. the al qaeda terrorist was killed inside a mansion. they swept into the building by helicopter and says bin laden was among the five people killed in a firefight. president obama signed off on the mission on friday after months of intelligence work concluded obama was hiding there. >> senior administration officials believe the compound was built five years ago for the specific purpose of hiding bin laden. sources say facial imaging techniques confirmed bin laden's identity. a u.s. government official says dna testing is also under way. the u.s. forces removed his body and they buried him at sea. we'll have many more details on how this unfolded throughout the morning. >> so much to talk about. for nearly ten years now, new york's ground zero has been an emotion no epicenter of 9/11 and all its horrible memories, but within minutes

carol costello here to explain if it's even possible. >> here's the premise. let me lay this by you. are we getting to the point where democratic candidates talk mostly to msnbc and republicans talk mostly to fox news? former republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin told fox that candidates should watch out when it comes to the "lame stream media." >> there's got to be the preparation on all the candidates' parts for those gotchas. that's what the lame stream media is known for nowadays, is the gotcha trip-up questions and just have to be prepared for it and overcome it. >> now we don't know yet whether palin is running for president. but all signs seem to be pointing that way. she's reportedly bought a house in arizona. she's hiring new staff and launching that nationwide bus tour. instead of doing interviews, palin prefers to speak to the public through social media and, says cnn's senior political editor mark preston, from the safety of her perch as a paid contributor of fox news. but palin isn't the only one who prefers to answer questions in mor

>> quit laughing. >> carol costello with the question. i just -- you know, everybody is following the bus. we're all waiting to see. is it possible? >> will she? oh, my gosh. i know you've seen it. sarah palin's one nation bus tour starting in d.c., where she and her family visited some historical lankmarks, and then continued on to gettysburg, pennsylvania. there are times palin sounds like a would-be presidential candidate, but hasn't called her tour anything but a campaign for america's constitution. there is some confusion about where her bus is heading at times. and she refuses to tell the so-called mainstream media exactly where she is going, except for fox news, her employer. palin told her co-worker, getta van us is tren, despite how things look, her one nation tour is not political. >> it's not about me, it's not a publicity seeking tour. it's about highlighting the great things about america. and the media can figure out where we're going if they do their investigative work or they're going to keep kind of, as you put it, going

carol costello with the question. that's provocative, carol. >> it is provocative. >> should they matter? >> they apparently do these days. in political circles, yeah. as you may know, republican governor mitch daniels has announced he is not running for president. like mike huckabee before him, he cited family reasons for his decision. but daniels' story comes because in the midst of scandal. his wife once left him for another man and came back to the marriage. after hearing people call his mother a bad mother for abandoning him and their four daughters, he told "the indianapolis star" the notion that sherry ever did or would abandon her girls or parental dutiy is absurd to anyone who knows her, as i do, to be the best mother any daughter ever had." wives have always mattered in politics, but what's gotten to us -- what has gotten us to the point where a candidate's wife can be the game changer? subject to the same scrutiny that every candidate has to endure. many aspiring political wives have had their own lives, th

carol costello has more. a great question. >> politics isn't pretty, is it shall republican presidential contenders are dropping like flies and party insiders are scrambling begging mitch daniels and chris christie to get into the race. christie said no way. and daniels hasn't exactly sounded enthusiastic. maybe it's because they don't have the stomach for it. those candidates that are likely to run are backing away from their more moderate views like mitt romney who says as governor of massachusetts, his health plan was nothing like president obama's. >> what we were doing in our state was quite different than that. it was a more modest proposal, if you will. and that was we're not having government take over and run health care. thfd we're trying to find a way to get people in our state that didn't have insurance insured. >> tim pawlenty apologized for supporting cap and trade as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions all to appeal to the extreme right wing of party, those voters who decide primaries. john a

. >> cnn newsroom with carol costello joins right now. hi, carol. >> hi. alina, do you want some coffee? >> i do! another cup, please! >> i'll get you some. thanks, guys. have a great day. >>> it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra phillips. today, as you know, is memorial day, but it's a working holiday for some big-name politicians. the parades and gather erings aa traditional showcase. >>> a saudi prince wants oil prices to fall, and fast, before the u.s. ramps up its development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. >>> and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. >>> let's talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memorial day. oh, yeah, sarah palin is using the holi

carol costello has all the responses. >> we decided this was the best question to ask today. what does osama bin laden's death mean for you? this from christopher. as a service member on 9/11, today as been an emotional roller coaster, one minute cheering, the next crying for all those lost over the last ten years. god bless america. dia diana, to me it's a little bit of justice. hope he burns in hell. it's disrespectful to not have his head on a stake. and from arthur, i wish that would prevail to over all the bitterness. and rusty, one chapter is over, but we must continue to remain vigilant and stop those who would continue his murdering madness and use him as a martyr. please continue the conversation. facebook.com/carolcnn and i'll be back in about 15 minutes. >> they found him, he wasn't hiding in it a spider hole or cave. osama bin laden was living in luxury right out in the open. michael holmes will give us a look at the terrorist's last address. [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than

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carol costello talking about doomsday. >> we're going to party! >> come over. we'll celebrate together. >> well in case you have not heard, the end of the world actually starts tomorrow. if you believe christian fundamental harold camping. saturday, may 21st, will be the beginning of the end of the world. the 89-year-old and his followers predict worldwide earthquakes, followed by rapture with 200 million true christians joining jesus in the sky. camping says for the next five months there will be "a world of horror and chaos beyond description and god will destroy the earth in its entirety on october 21st." the preacher also predicted the end of times in 1994, and yes, we are still here. that is, also predictable, says the president of the american atheists david silverman who says this weekend we will giggle at the fools who follow the preachers who earn their living spreading happy lies. religion will have been proved wrong yet again. well, never mind him and never mind the jokes. let's really think about this. some people truly believe in doomsday. they've

good morning, i'm carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips. we're awaiting a white house decision on whether to release a postmortem photo of the terrorist leader. it could silence skeptics c it could fire aerng around the world. >>> bush turns down a white house invitation to join president obama at ground zero tomorrow. we'll tell you why. >>> attorney general eric holder is on capitol hill. he's appearing before the senate judiciary committee. we're keeping a close eye to see if he makes any comments on the killing of osama bin laden. >>> we start with public skepticism. the white house can blame itself for at least some of that. administration officials repeatedly changed key details of the raid, including crucial accounts of bin laden's fining actions before shot to death. barbara starr live at the pentagon. let's start with information about osama bin laden using one of his wives as a human shield. that turned out to be incorrect, right? >> reporter: well, it did, carol. what the administration is saying, is there was a rush to get detai

i'm carol costello. u.s. intelligence officers are combing through the computer equipment and data seized from the pakistani compound where the al qaeda founder was hiding. they are searching for leads on other leaders or possible attack plats. a u.s. counterterrorism official says the haul was much larger tan they expected. bin laden relied more heavily on storage media such as cds or dvds. they say it is not clear who will replace bin laden, al qaeda had no clear succession plan in place. new details on the raid itself. president obama monitored many of the leaders to monitor the assault in real time. there was live video and regular audio updates from the attack team. we want to take a closer look inside the compound where bin laden lived and died. we just got this video inside a kitchen. it shows the eery calm, no deck core rags on tcials on the wall. you will see the camera move down the hall into the doorway of one of the bedrooms. blood on the floor right here. then, the camera will go outside. you can

i'm carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips. solidarity and closure, president obama visits ground zero, heading to new york's emotional epicenter of the 9/11 attacks. in the meantime, new details on the raid that killed osama bin laden, reporting the navy s.e.a.l.s came under fire only when they first stormed the compound. secretary hillary clinton saying the u.s. must continue working with pakistan in the fight against trimps responding to widespread doubts about pakistan's reliability after bin laden was discovered living in a military town there. right now, president obama is on his way to new york and ground zero. we all remember those haunting images of the gaping hole. the president will lay a wreath there, reflect on the loss of 9/11 and mark the death of the man who plotted those attacks. cnn, deborah fereyick is at ground zero with more. the plane is just taking off so the president should be there very soon. i want to ask you, how do people feel about the president's visit today? are they celebrating? do they think he

well, our carol costello joins us for this. it's a very controversial topic. a lot of people with strong opinions. there's nobody who seems to be wavering on this. >> the photos are described as quite gruesome. the shot to osama bin laden's face apparently blew off a piece of his skull. if they have the dna that it really is bin laden, why do we need to see these grisly photos of his corpse. even lawmakers are split on the issue. >> i just don't see a need to do it. the dna has been dispositive. >> unless al qaeda acknowledged that bin laden was there, it was important for the united states to release the picture of his body to confirm that he is dead. >> as if to prove that point, the taliban says they don't believe it. the administration is worried that releasing these graphic photos will spark violent acts of revenge. 56% of americans want them released, according to a cnn opinion research corporation poll. the 9/11 victims say they should submit photos. it's something we should be able to see. most people believe bin laden's dead. why is it so important to

carol costello has the responses. >> quite a few responses. the talk-back question, does it matter if bin laden's killing was legal? scott says i don't believe there was a choice. if he had been captured or put on trial, bin laden would have been prime ransom demand. a potential rash of american kidnappings or as a means to end terrorist attacks against the united states, its allies and assets. and this one says as kids we are taught to lead by example. we should not become the beast but show we are better this from roger. where would we have put him before trial? how would you pick a fair jury? how would it feel to know we are housing and caring for the man responsible on the worst attack on american soil to date. this from rick. are you kidding me right now? of course it matters. saddam has millions of peoples blood on his hands. how many soldiers died during the war? we didn't just shoot him. he was tried and hanged. >> and zakk says because of the actions of this madman, we have learned to suspect a culture, contradict our principles and e

i am carol costello in for kyra phillips. >>> the state of mississippi's governor says 25,000 homes could be lost in the flood as well as millions of dollars in farm products. >>> a historical first in dublin, ireland. queen elizabeth becomes the first british monarch to step on irish soil. a security scare of a bomb hours before her arrival. >>> pakistan is returning the tail section from the stealth helicopter that went down in the raid on osama bin laden's lair. coming as they hold a hearing on u.s./pakistani relations. >>> have he heard? we all know why maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger called it quits. the former governor has a ten-year-old child and the mother is not maria but a household employee. when he was running for office and denying allegations of sexual misdone kukt, he would have had a secret child with another woman. let's go live to los angeles and casey wian. fill us in. >> it is hard to believe that schwarzenegger could become more controversial after his two terms at california governor than he was during, but he has. "los angeles times" is reporting that before

. >>> i'm carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips. good morning to you. >>> sarah palin, day two of her one-nation bus tour. we will tell you where she is, what she is saying and what she is keeping secret. for the second time this month, a banking figure is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel made. new york police say the 74-year-old egyptian attacked the woman when she delivered items to his room. >>> moammar gadhafi is ready for a cease-fire, parentally, according to the south african president trying to broker a truce. gadhafi is not promising to step down, which is the main demand of the rebels. >>> sarah palin's one-nation bus tour is in gettysburg, finally. there are times when she sounds like a would-be presidential candidate. she still isn't ready to call her tour anything but a campaign for america's constitution. the tour started in washington wag. then, it continued on to pennsylvania. there was some confusion about where exactly her bus was headed at times. she refuses to tell the so-called mainstream media exactly whe

out west, i'm carol costello. cia forensic experts will return to osama bin laden's compound to search for hidden intelligence. pakistani officials gave approval, a sign that tensions might be easing after that secret raid. in fact secretary of state hillary clinton made an unannounced visit to pakistan earlier this morning. more on both stories in a minute. >>> the controversial patriot act lives on, president obama signing the extension just minutes before its midnight deadline. the post-9/11 law is too invasive critics say. >>> the butcher of bosnia may face a hague tribunal. lawyers for the bosnian serb said he was suffering from psychological problems. this morning a judge seems to have rejected that. >>> we begin this hour with a return to bin laden's compound. it's been less than four weeks since navy s.e.a.l.s raced out of there with his body and a treasure trove of intelligence, but the cia believes more documents may be idhidden and i so their forensic experts have the gadgets to find them. chris lawrenc

i'm carol costello in for kyra phillips. the schwarzenegger scandal keeps getting more shocking. his child with his wife, maria and his secret child with his housekeeper were born just days apart. >>> president obama getting ready to deliver a major speech on how the united states will deal with the new middle east. sanctions for some nations and help for others and a controversial suggestion for israel. >>> this just in to us. the number of people filing for first-time unemployment claims is down again. the second straight week of sharp drops. >>> four years into the job and four days after his arrest on sex crime charges, the head of the international monetary fund hands in his resignation. dominique strauss-kahn made the decision from his new york jail cell. he has been in custody since the weekend, accused of serxually assaulting an employee at a hotel where he was standing. calling for his to step down are getting pretty loud. >> it is with infinite sadness that i feel compelled today to present to the executive board my resignation for man nlging director have o the imf. in

our carol costello with that question. good to see you. >> "talk back" is better late than never. we demanded our politicians to be more fiscally responsible, quit spending willy-nilly and tell the truth. if entitlements add to our deficit, fix them. republican paul ryan is trying. he wants to radically reshape medicare by private advertising it. in other words, instead of funding medicare, it would help elderly americans buy private insurance. critics say that would mean no more guaranteed coverage for seniors, those on the liberal left go a step farther. ♪ >>> i know, it's awful. what is this, medi-scare? this year's version of death panels and quote, obama care? you remember the backlash from that caused the democrats to lose the house in 2010. that ad, as vile as it might be has staying power. in one conservative new york district, a democrat may just win a traditionally public house seat in a special election. the reason, the republican candidate support's ryan's medicare plan. some political analysts say new york 26 is a sign of pending republican doom. others say republic

i'm carol costello. good morning to you. here are some of the stories we're following right now. an interesting campaign stop for republican candidate newt gingrich. today a gay rights protester hits newt gingrich and his wife with a glitter bomb in minnesota. we don't know exactly who shot the video, however, it was posted online. >>> mexican authorities stopped two tractor trailer trucks suspected of carrying illegal immigrants. they never suspected 513 people crammed inside in awful conditions. they each paid $7,000 to travel to the united states. >>> and it's a disaster in slow motion on the lower mississippi river. already at record levels. it's expected to peak tomorrow. the army corps of engineers says the water levels will stay abnormally high for weeks to come. >>> president obama will give a major speech tomorrow about u.s. relations with the middle east and north africa. details are starting to trickle out as you might expect. of course, a lot has changed in the two years since he spoke to the muslim world in cairo with the uprisings and the end of osama bin laden. ed

carol costello with the "talk back" question of the day. >> sex and politics. >> why do i crack up when you say that? >> seems to go together these days. who knows. in poll after poll, americans say they care more about a candidate's ability to handle the economy than just about anything else but character is also important, which leads us to the infidelity trap. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich began seeing his current and third wife while still married to his second. gingrich is hoping voters will forgive and forget. >> i clearly have done things that were wrong. i've clearly had to seek god's forgiveness. i believe people have to decide whether or not what i've said and what i've done is real. and i think that if people watch me and talk with me, get to know me, my hope is a majority of americans will decide that i can help this country get back on track in a way that no one else can. >> that kind of sounds like another presidential candidate from long ago defending himself against charges of infidelity on "60 minutes." >> you know, i have acknowledged wrongdoing. i ha

. >>> i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra phillips. >>> police have finally arrested r rat ratko mladic. >>> dominique strauss-kahn is under house arrest. the source says he has been moved to this luxury townhouse that recently rented for $60,000 per month. >>> new unemployment numbers, 424,000 americans filed for jobless benefits for the first time. an increase in 10,000. >>> in joplin, missouri, the heartbreak builds and the uncertainty grows unbearable. officials will release a list of people still missing from the tornado zone. many families are now entering a fourth day of agonizing questions and exhaustive searches. >>> he still hasn't been found. we have been to every place, missing persons to the morgue and there back to here. we can't just stand by anymore and wait. >> i just want closure. i just want to know something, you know. i don't want to go back home hours away from here and not know where my father is. >> i have another son and a daughter to take care of. we need to have some closure one way or the other, to be able to move on. >> can you just imagine? cnn's jackie jai

i am carol costello, sitting in for kyra phillips. we have several other developments in the osama bin laden story. later this hour, president obama leaves for ft. campbell, kentucky. he is expected to meet privately with the navy s.e.a.l.s that carried out the raid. the so-called treasure trove seized from the bin laden compound has uncovered a new terror threat. the rail system is on alert because of a possible plot to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >>> "the new york times" is reporting that the cia spent months watching the bin laden compound from a house nearby. let's begin with a closer look at the agents next door, not exactly next door but certainly nearby. osama bin laden's neighbors, cia operatives living in abbottabad. they photographed residents and visitors from a rented house and took great pains to avoid detection not only by selected al qaeda operatives by pakistani intelligence and local police. they report that bin laden's cia neighbors used a satellite and radar to search for possible escape tunnels.

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i am carol costello in for kyra phillips. good morning to you. right now, we are talking about president obama's meeting with israeli prime mipster benjamin netanyahu. the two world leaders very much at odds over the future borders of israel. >>> the aftershock of arnold schwarzenegger's bombshell is now affecting his movie comeback. his acting career now on hold while he deals with his personal mess. >>> speaking of bomb shells, a former teammate told cbs that lance armstrong took performance enhancing drugs. he says he has taken hundreds of drug tests and did not fail a single one. >>> the former head of the international monetary fund can leave jail at any moment e has been staying at rikers island in new york indicted on several sex charges. his accuser, a maid at a manhattan hotel. susan candiotti is following this story. tell us what this man's life will be like once he leaves rikers. >> reporter: well, he has to stick close to home. when he eventually leaves rikers island, he will leave there under an armed escort. that's part of what the