i'm john hendren in washington. i'll have more on that coming up. >> plus, just how well do you know the rules of the road? eric? the eye-opening results of a nationwide driving test. pretty interesting. >> hmm. the man behind facebook makes a major lifestyle change. up next, why mark zuckerberg wants to get personal with the meat he eats. [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >>> 4:48. look how warm it is. first time we have seen it, 101 in phoenix. but mid-to-upper 50s in seattle and portland. we have departure delays in newark but everybody else on time. in the holiday weekend, use the flight tracker 24/7. abc7news.com. bottom of the front pa

john hendren joins us this morning from washington with more as these details emerge. pretty tough, john. >> reporter: indeed. good morning, rob and peggy. being a public figure often means enduring private humiliations in public. as schwarzenegger is discovering, when you're an action hero and a politician, that's doubly true. now, it's the schwarzenegger's family's turn. what they're saying speaks volumes. this is a painful and heartbreaking time, maria shriver said in a statement. as a mother, my concern is for the children. i ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and i try to rebuild our lives and heal. she was with oprah winfrey last night, saying you have shown love and support and the truth. katherine schwarzenegger tweeted this, is definitely not easy. her 17-year-old brother, patrick, said, some days you feel like you want to quit and be normal for a bit. the signature said it all. he changed his twitter name to patrick shriver. at home, arnold's decade-old secret unraveled. >> arnold was not able to do damage control anymore. >> reporter: but

john hendren, abc news. >> it's amazing. we turn back now to joplin, a town of about 50,000. as much as 75% of that town is destroyed. >> erin hayes is there for us this morning with the latest. erin, good morning. >> reporter: this tornado was ferocious. it hit in the late afternoon, it was daylight. so people saw it coming. it was terrifying. the twister slammed into buildings. it sent debris flying through the city at tremendous speeds. this is a pile of five vehicles. crushed, mangled together. on the door of this one, an x. this is what rescuers have had to do. check vehicles, buildings, large piles of debris, to see if people were trapped inside. rescuers don't know how many people were injured in this tornado. they still do not know how many people died. they still do not know if there are people that remain trapped in building or vehicles from this twister. they'll be searching all night. they're praying with the light of day, they'll be able to get some answers. rob and peggy? >> the light of day is shedding light on that incredible damage. our thanks to erin hayes.

i'm john hendren. i have more on that coming up. >> no apocalypse now, but apocalypse soon. east bay man new prediction for end of the world and why the last prediction was a bit off. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in oakland where bart is considering buying a taser for every member of police force. it's not despite the controversy in the past. it's because of it. i'll explain in a live report. >> good news. the major airports are running on time. use our flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a few seconds away from opening bell on wall street. stock futures are slightly higher a day after fear about european debt caused a steep drop. the dow dropped 131 points yesterday after greece, italy and spain suffered setbacks in their attempt to control the debt. we take you live to the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes to see how the dow is opening up. >> the top story, bart officials will tack what is sure to be -- tackle what is sure to be a controversial plan. to greatly expand the taser program hoping it will reduce the

john hendren, abc news. >>> the time is 4:38. we'll check weather but as mike tells us more about tornadoes. my wife took a call from her sister last night who lives in joplin, missouri. her apartment complex was damaged by the big tornado. as they're talking, another tornado warning siren started so. it was a frazzled night for them. fortunately, no more damage at her place. it was scary. >> what a relief. >> yeah. >> you have to tell me how she rode it out later on. right now, check in with mike to talk about our weather. rain in and just about here. on the cuff. >> the rain is. it will play havoc in the north bay. when the sirens go off in san francisco around noon today, just remember that's what it sounds like a lot to these people. but the clouds are a lot darker and it's a lot scarier. when those go off, think about that possibly and what happened in joplin. happening in the south again south. southwest to northeast is the apparent storm system. but this will slide in with the cold front. this is going to dump most of the

i'm john hendren. i have more on that coming up. >> check out the temperatures in seattle and portland. mid-to-upper 50s. then chicago, st. louis, 69, 81, boston and new york. 66, 81. get an idea where the severe weather will be today. the whole area in yellow. expect delays there. delays at the chicago o'hare airport. use the flight tracker at abc7news.com. >>> this is a live look at sutro tower this morning at the clouds increasing across the bay. i'm tracking light rain in the north bay with live doppler7 h.d. show you where it is and how it will move across the bay today. >> well, with the roads still dry, we're not seeing any major accidents. >> we hope it stays that way. live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza, delay-free right now. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco where the volunteers are hopeful that they will find 15-year-old danville girl who disappeared on monday. >> also, los angeles police today will ask witnesses to try to identify the suspect in the beating of giants' fan bryan

john hendren has more on those. >> reporter: the new spate of twisters swept in ravaging the landscape outside oklahoma city. >> this was a large tornado. >> reporter: some homes were turned to rubble, killing several residents, as others right next door stood nearly untouched. >> we had a house here, three-car garage, silo, another house, my wife's new car is in the tree. >> reporter: the oklahoma governor is warning residents to stay out of harm's way. violent thunderstorms pounded rural kansas and texas, evacuating the upper deck of a rangers game. in joplin, missouri, another somber day. as residents continued to pull sur sfriefrts rubble. at least 122 people were killed there in the deadliest twister in the u.s. in nearly 60 years. >> seeing this right now, i'm in shock. it doesn't even look the same. >> reporter: the search continues for some 1,500 still missing. stephen campbell is looking for his wife, tammy. she was lying next to him when the tornado hit. >> i heard her scream and after she screamed that's when the whole thing collapsed on us. that's the end of it. >> reporter

abc's john hendren has the latest. >> reporter: the space shuttle is heading home. as commanderer mark kelly dells bob woodruff the view of earth from orbit is unforgettable. >> i can see florida lit up, back through new orleans, to atlanta and north carolina. it was, it's spectacular. >> kelly will return to his wife. >> pretty soon she will be an out-patient. we are looking forward to that. it's all really encouraging. >> fincke celebrated 388 days in space but said it's an american record. >> russians have had people in space for up to 800 days in their career. i have got a long way to go. >> "endeavor" often docked for the international space station for the last time after delivering a cosmic ray detector. one scientist hopes to live them insight in what they call "dark matter." >> 4% of the matter we understand. other kind of matter we are trying to figure out. one of them is called "dark matter" because they don't understand what it is. >> just one more shuttle flight remains for nasa. atlantis is set to blast off july 8 to bring the 30-year shuttle program t

abc's john hendren reports. >> reporter: now comes the long search for survivors. >> it's horrible. i'm 34 years old. i have been this guy's friend since i was 15. >> the same all over joplin, missouri, which reeked the worst of the twist they're ravaged most of the town. >> that is the first time i've been in a tornado. looking at the blow-off and the roof blow off, that was enough for me. >> for some, the stories were miraculous. this man sent a text message to friend that saved his life. >> my best friend. i got a message from him. >> maxine harris was rescued from st. john's hospital after the cyclone ripped off the roof like a soup can. >> nice people. they took me in a wheelchair and just took me down all seven flights. >> the funnel wrapped in rain that ravaged most of joplin was just one of 70 weekend twisters. >> this year has been the perfect year for tornadoes. >> anything that they need we are going to be there. >> at the home depot, rescue workers found eight people, seven alive. gary thinks his brother is still inside. his truck is in the parking lot. >> we'll keep loo

john hendren, abc news. >> we are also getting a look inside st. john's hospital in joplin that took a direct hit from sunday's tornado. just look at the lobby. the entrance here covered in a sea of glass and debris. also the door from one of the hospital rooms slammed up against a patient's bed. five of the patient whose died here lost their lives because of their ventilators, they lost power and patients couldn't breathe. abc news has a team of reporters tracking the latest storms. we'll have reports from newly hit cities, that is coming up later this morning on "good morning america." >>> overseas now, the u.s. is out with an urgent safety warning to americans in yemen. political violence in the persian gulf nation has killed dozens of people this week. most of the u.s. embassy staff has now been ordered out. and all americans are being told now to leave immediately. >>> and here in new york, the former head of the international monetary fund is now serving his house arrest in a new home this morning. while dominique strauss-kahn fights sexual a

john hendren begins the coverage. >> reporter: now comes the long search for survivors. >> hell, it's horrible. i'm 34 years old. i've been this guy's friend since i was 15. >> reporter: it's the same over joplin, missouri which reeked the worst of a twist er that was three quarters of a mile. ravaging most of the town. >> that's the first i was ever in a tornado. looking at the roof and walls blow off is enough for me. >> reporter: for some the stories were miraculous, this man sent a text message to a friend that saved his life. >> he's my friend, my best friend. yeah, i just got a message from him. >> reporter: maxine harris was rescued from st. john's hospital after the cyclone ripped off the roof like a soup can. >> some nice people took me in the wheelchair and just took me down all seven flights. >> reporter: the funnel wrapped in rain that ravaged most of joplin was one of 70 twisters. >> this year has really been just the perfect year for tornadoes. >> anything they need we'll be there. >> reporter: at the home depot rescue workers found eight people, seven of them alive. gar

john hendren, abc news. >>> frozen in time there. kind of like how we're frozen in oh, what march weather, mike? >> definitely a lot more like winter than spring. even summer here in the bay area. wish i could say that these were the marine layer clouds because of the excessive heat building up if central valley. some of our inland valleys. it's not. due to a cold front. cold front is bringing some, i wouldn't say warm. mild and humid air to the neighborhood that eventually will open up the clouds. it will rain down some showers on us. in the north bay, 101, 29, 37, 116, all smaller highways up there getting a little wet this morning. in fact, we have report of light rain in santa rosa and napa right now. temperatures are running 46 in los gatos. everybody else in the low to mid-50s. it's warmer this morning. like we talked about yesterday it would be. upper 40s to low 50s around the monterey bay. no one there reporting any rain. showers, they will continue today. especially in the north bay. thunderstorm possible tomorrow. we get a

i'm john hendren. i'll have more on that coming up. >> search for a danville teenager will resume here this morning around the golden gate bridge, but they will focus on another area. i have an update coming up. >>> welcome back. coming up on 6:44. live doppler7 h.d. showing wet weather and mountain snow north of 80. so far this morning. as we look in the afternoon hours, that is pretty much where it's going to stay. low to mid-60s through chico, sacramento, big sur. low to mid-50s, tahoe and eureka. 73 in l.a. 93 in palm springs. want to let you know if you are headed to the sierra, the passes will be snow-covered at time. two to four inches of snow is possible 7,000 feet from 11:00 to 6:00 tomorrow morning. eric, kristen? >> it is may, right? the passes -- okay. thank you. >>> farm bill parent company hoping to make real wall street money off the virtual game. >> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange to explain. jane? >> hi. good morning to you. san francisco based zengha behind fa

john hendren has a preview. of today's events. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, good morning, rob. "endeavour" is now fully fueled. the pilot tweeted a few minutes ago, the crew is fired up for the mission. the countdown is on for one last mission before the space shuttle soors to its final frontier -- retirement. thousands of people are there to watch, including gabrielle giffords to watch her husband, mark kelly, command. >> she's been working very hard to make sure her doctors would permit her to come. >> reporter: they come from as far away as los angeles. >> i want to watch her launch and land, and i'll follow her back to california. >> it will shake the ground. >> it's a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: they scrubbed a launch two weeks ago over an electrical problem. now rekofled nasa officials say. >> everything is in really great shape. really no issues at all. >> reporter: this is the second time giffords has made the journey from houston, where she's recovering after being shot in the head

john hendren, abc news. >>> 5:44. coming up, the news homeowners don't want to hear is expected out this morning. also why home buyers might have to plunk down more cash to close the deal. >>> plus, controversial changes are coming to the grammy awards. some are claiming racism. some good reasons not to feel guilty about vacation from work this summer. [ female announcer ] a revolutionary conditioner from dove. we've combined conditioner with a weightless nutri-oil treatment. to give 3x the internal nourishing power of our regular conditioner. new dove daily treatment conditioner. make friends with your hair. [ female announcer ] we creme body washmen to with nutrium moisture.are after 1 week we took their close-ups. when they saw how much more beautiful their skin looked they had only one question... ♪ new dove visible care creme body wash. >>> welcome back. 5:47 on tuesday. you can see radar returns, especially to the north. which you see along 50 and 80. probably sprinkles and not reaching the ground. i expect mo

>> joining us from washington to sort all of this out is john hendren. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, stephanie. a source close to mitt romney tells us he will announce from new hampshire this week he is running. michele bachmann is expected to announce from another campaign state, iowa. but the buzz candidate is the one from alaska or could it be arizona. sarah palin shows all of the signs of a second coming. there's the bus. just don't call it a campaign bus, making stops at historic sites. there's the house, a $1.7 million resort in arizona. there's the upcoming movie. >> not a single drop of oil. >> reporter: and there's this. >> the fire in the belly, it's there. >> reporter: but the signs can be deceiving. another candidate from reality tv, donald trump, insisted, he was leaning towards a run. but he republ republican voters seem to want new candidates. polls show nearly half are unhappy with their current 2012 field. abc news has learned that this week michele bachmann and romney w romney will announce they're in

we begin, now, in washington with john hendren. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. somewhere, right now in a new york city jail sits a man many people thought would be the next president of france. the head of the international monitory fund is accused of sexually terrorizing an immigrant mother, who did nothing more than try to clean his room. he went from a $3,000-a-night hotel suite to rikers island jail. dominique strauss-khan has been talked about as the next president of france. instead, the 62-year-old was in court, stone-faced and unshaven, as a prosecutor accused of him sexually assaulting a hotel maid. >> restrained a hotel employee inside of his room. he sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her. >> repor >> reporter: strauss-khan is an economist. a leader of the french socialist party and the head of the international monetary fund, a global bank created by the united nations, with powerful friends. >> i'm very sad. and upset. he's a good friend of mine. >> reporter: this isn't the fir

john hendren has latest on this new tension with pakistan. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. it turns out key early details of the raid on osama bin laden's compound were not accurate. bin laden's resistance, that came from his wife, who was unarmed. reports of women used as human shields, it didn't happen. the heavy resistance that met navy s.e.a.l.s, not so much. in fact, most of the gunfire came from the s.e.a.l. team themselves. 4 of the 5 people killed, including bin laden, were not armed. >> it's entirely possible that couriers were bringing bin laden computer disks and other computer material, thumb drives, that might have had plots on them. >> reporter: why the false reports? administration backers say the s.e.a.l.s had not yet been debriefed. >> very early reports probably weren't exactly accurate but it doesn't trouble me. that's kind of the fog of war and the way that things work today. >> reporter: those s.e.a.l.s are now talking to cia investigators and will talk to president obama within hours

so many new developments john hendren has the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. dominique strauss-kahn has been living a life of extremes. he's gone from a posh hotel suite to a jail to an upper east side apartment. now he's about to be freed, sort of. s for how long. for dominique strauss-kahn, this is prison. starting today, dsk will be here, $14,000 a month. >> i have decided i will grant a bail under the following conditions. >> reporter: those conditions, he will surrender his passionport, post a million dollars cash bond and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and pay for the armed guard whose job it is to keep him inside. a far cry from rikers island jail where dsk used to first class travel spent the past four nights. >> he's going back to rikers tonight. >> reporter: in a raret strauss-kahn blew kisses to his family after prosecutors argued he was a dangerous sexual criminal. >> the evidence supports the commission of noncon sensical forced sexual acts. >> reporter: attempted rape and forced sexes,

john hendren is joining us from washington with more. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. in the end, president obama decided the gruesome pictures were more peril than proof and opted not to release photo evidence of the death of the leader of al qaeda. >> terrorists who started this war and who took so many innocent lives learn that america does not forget. america will ensure that justice is done. >> reporter: the president personally viewed the graphic pictures of osama bin laden's corpse with a gaping bullet wound in his forehead. he decided not to release them because he felt they were too likely to incite violence against u.s. troops and american citizens. white house spokesman jay carney said in his words, we don't trot out this stuff as trophies. >> dollar are going to be some folks who deny it. the fact of the matter is, you will not see bin laden walking on this earth again. >> reporter: the unannounced raid on pakistani's soil has seriously damaged relations with pakistan. >> certainly we have -- including the

john hendren reporting from washington. >>> another prominent international banker has been arrested in new york for sexually assaulting a hotel maid. mahmoud salam is accused of locking the maid in his room in his hotel and then attacking her. former imf head dominique strauss-kahn is still facing charges. >>> and the thousands that have lost their homes in joplin, missouri. even for homeowners that had insurance, it could take years to rebuild that town. with the details from joplin, here's matt gutman. >> reporter: this is the highest point in all of joplin, offering this panoramic view, west to east, of this destruction. 13 miles long. mostly whapeople's haround me are people's homes, destroyed. adding to that misery, learning of a housing crunch here in joplin. even people with money to spend can't buy or rent a house. we spoke to one woman who had to pay a year's worth of rent for a deposit to get into her apartment, there were so many people competing for it. realtors are getting hundreds of calls a day. the phones don't stop ringing. but the problem is, there's 30% fewer home

john hendren is joining us from washington with the latest. hi, john. >> reporter: hi, rob, good morning, peggy. the files have triggered an urgent man hunt and turns out the most secretive terrorist named his operatives one by one in the files recovered by navy s.e.a.l.s. in a voice from the grave, osama bin laden delivered one final message. "my muslim people, we watch closely that is going on in the world today" the voice on the tape says "revery joyce with your rejoicing and your pride." that message praising the arabs in tunisia is to be the same as navy s.e.a.l.s found and u.s. officialed discovered the names and phone numbers of suspected al qaeda operatives in the huge cache of documents at the compound. those could simply be codes or nicknames. still, valuable clues. >> they were able to identify some of the folks involved in the 9/11 case because of nicknames. >> reporter: red lights are blinking all over the intelligence community as agents scramble to track down those operatives. >> they have to find the people who would carry carr

john hendren, abc news. >>> well, 4:37 now. >> that was just bothering me. i had to get rid of that bad boy. check in with mike for a look at the forecast now. hey, mike. what is going on? >> not much here, but as mention mentioned there is a severe weather threat again and a high risk just to the west of joplin. that is the most serious threat of severe weather when you get risk. slight, moderate and high. the folks in joplin not getting a break today. back here at home, it will be breezy again. they did subside overnight as we talk about. they will pick up a little bit this afternoon. you can see the clouds along the coast. some could spill over to the bay. mainly high clouds for the afternoon hours. winds down to 15 miles per hour in s.f.o. 12 in oakland and half moon bay. six in livermore. not too bad. we talk about the lack of clouds to allow the temperatures to be cooler. anywhere from one to five degrees cooler. exception is fremont and antioch. you're exactly the same as yesterday. the temperatures are 50 and 53. the rest of us in the upper 40s to ne

john hendren is in washington with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. the last time he was in office, "seinfeld" was the big hit tv show, michael jackson was on tour, and now newt gingrich wants back in. this time he's gunning for the top job. >> reporter: newt gingrich has arguably been president obama's most famous backseat driver. >> the obama administration is wrong. we need to return power from washington to states. >> reporter: now he wants to replace the president behind the wheel. the first major candidate ever to announce his run for president on twitter. he's one the most influential americans in a generation as house speaker in the 1990s manning the helm of the last social revolution. >> we're offering the boldest, most decisive, clearest contract in the history of the united states. >> reporter: he's also one of the the most controversial figures in recent history. who's had three wives and famously shut down the government in a standoff with president clinton. gingrich makes his

john hendren is joining us from washington with more. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. in the end, president obama decided the gruesome pictures were more peril than proof and opted not to release photo evidence of the death of the leader of al qaeda. >> terrorists who started this war and who took so many innocent lives learned that america does not forget. america will ensure that justice is done. >> reporter: the president personally viewed the graphic pictures of osama bin laden's corpse with a gaping bullet wound in his forehead. he decided not to release them because he felt they were too likely to incite violence against u.s. troops and american citizens. white house spokesman jay carney said, in his words, we don't trot out this stuff as trophies. >> there are going to be some folks who deny it. the fact of the matter is, you will not see bin laden walking on this earth again. >> reporter: the unannounced raid on pakistani soil has seriously damaged relations with pakistan. >> certainly we have -- including the

john hendren has more. >> reporter: the night navy s.e.a.l.s secretly raided osama bin laden's compound and ended his reign of terror, no one asked for permission. >> we also do not apologize for the action that we took. >> reporter: since then, the obama administration has been politely requesting the right to return. this time with investigators. pakistan is now responding. equally unapologetically. no. >> we've had differences in the past. and overcome them and we think that we can overcome them now. >> reporter: now the administration hopes at least to get access to anything recovered from the compound and one more thing -- interviews with bin laden's three wives. >> we obviously are very interested in getting access to the three wives. >> reporter: those rebuffs and others come after president obama told cbs "60 minutes" he wants to know what pakistanis knew about bin laden's presence in their country and when. >> we don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government, and that's something that we have to investigate. >> reporter:

john hendren is on that story from washington. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the rule about navy s.e.a.l. team 6 is you don't talk about s.e.a.l. team 6. but now that the whole world is talking about the navy's most elite and super secretive commandos, they're not happy bit. nearly a decade, the crosshairs of the united states were on osama bin laden. since the elite navy s.e.a.l. team 6 killed the man code named pacer for the way he paced across his compound, defense secretary robert gates fears the crosshairs have shifted from bin laden to the s.e.a.l.s themselves. >> when i met with the team last thursday, they expressed a concern about that and particularly with respect to their families. >> reporter: don mann is a former member of team 6. he said in virginia beach, the s.e.a.l.s' home, there are very real fears that the battle with come to them. making the s.e.a.l.s and their families targets. >> the families are alone about 300 days a year and the s.e.a.l.s have always been a target. and now i believe the families are going to be targeted by these islami

john hendren is on the story this morning in washington. john, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. he is a marquee name republican. and he has a grassroots following. but mike huckabee is a master of suspense. it's a suspense he's expected to break, at long last, tonight. will he? >> the fact is, i'm very much considering doing it again. >> reporter: or won't he? >> trying to give an honest answer, which is, i don't know. >> reporter: mike huckabee is all over fox news, five appearances in two days, ending tonight with his own show, where he's expected to announce, once and for all, whether he's in it to win it in 2012. >> he's someone who sells very well on television. but whether he can take that show and make it run in 2012 is still to be seen. >> reporter: even huckabee insiders say they don't know what he'll do. the former arkansas governor would be the latest entry in a field that finally has some big -- well, medium-named contenders. texas congressman ron paul declared friday on "good morning america" he's in. >> i'm

rob and peggy. >> john hendren reporting. thank you so much. >>> we will also have some new details of what president obama and those watching the raid on bin laden were actually able to see during the whole operation. in realtime they were likely watching night vision images from a drone. last night vice president biden called it a staggering undertaking that was just breathtaking to see. >> the united states decides from one administration to the next that we will in fact reach a goal, meet the goal. we are determined and we will relentlessly without any hesitation follow on that commitment, democrat, republican, it doesn't matter. >> biden added that because bin laden is dead, the world is now a safer place, not only for americans but for all people. >>> and as many had predicted president obama's job approval rating is up this week. a new "washington post"/pew research center poll taken just hours after the death of osama bin laden shows the president's job approval up to 56%. on top of that, 69% of those polled now appro

john hendren is now joining us live from washington with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. bin laden was identified three different ways. by two women at the scene, by facial recognition and by a dna test. the white house says it was a 99.9% match. >> reporter: in the end, public enemy number one spent his last moments hiding behind a woman. >> there was a female who was in fact in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield, to shield bin laden. >> reporter: it all began last august with a tip from a guantanamo detainee. the first good infoons whereabouts in a decade. >> tora bora was certainly the last time that we had istanbul and we thought it was very incredible information about where he was locate jod as it turns out the al qaeda chief wasn't hiding in a cave but in a $1 million mansion in abbottabad outside of islamabad. in april, navy s.e.a.l. team 6 practiced the raid in a mock-up compound and then last week president obama approved the daring raid for saturday and then delayed by weather problems, su

john hendren is now joining us live from washington with more. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. bin laden was identified three different ways. by two women at the scene, by facial recognition and by a dna test. the white house says it was a 99.9% match. >> reporter: in the end, public enemy number one spent his last moments hiding behind a woman. >> there was a female who was in fact in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield, to shield bin laden. >> reporter: it all began last august with a tip from a guantanamo detainee. the first good info on his whereabouts in a decade. >> tora bora was certainly the last time that we had information and we thought it was very incredible information about where he was located. >> as it turns out the al qaeda chief wasn't hiding in a cave but in a $1 million mansion in abbottabad outside of islamabad. near a pakistani military base. in april, navy s.e.a.l. team 6 practiced the raid in a mock-up compound and then last week president obama approved the daring raid for saturday

john hendren now has the very latest from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. gm has come roaring back from bankruptcy. it was $3.2 billion in the black last quarter, and now it's putting out the help wanted signs. general motors is out of reverse, shifting into high gear and on pace to overtake the world's largest automaker. >> it's not only good for the future of general motors, it's good for the united states of america. >> reporter: two years ago, gm was stalled and sliding backward, broke, borrowing from uncle sam, and hemorrhaging workers in one layoff after another. >> this is a good example of a large company hiring thousands of people that result in smaller companies being able to offer jobs to hundreds of people. >> reporter: now gm's ceo says the automaker will invest $2 billion in new factory upgrades and keep or add about 4,000 jobs in eight states, sending thousands of those laid off workers back to work. that prompted a shout-out to the white house. >> i'd be remiss if i didn't thank t