so it's happened in the past. >> john allen, final question. is there any connection to these documents being leaked and the dismissal of the head of the vatican bank? >> well, the vatican officially says no. they insist that the only connection is that they happened at more or less the same time. they will tell you that the dismissal of the vatican bank head was a personnel issue related to the fact that the guy quite simply wasn't doing his job. now some, however, have suggested there may well be a connection in the sense that some of the documents that were leaked came from the vatican bank, including a couple of e-mails that came from the personal e-mail account of the president, who just got sacked, an italian economist. he's hotly denied that. the vatican has hotly denied it. but in the current atmosphere of crisis an scandal, that has not stopped some people from connecting the dots. >> well, it's fascinating stuff. thank you both very much. >>> the cost of war. it's a phrase that you hear a lot, especially today. but what is the cost of

. >> we'll talk more with john allen who is an expert on these things, too, in the next hour. >>> ahead an honors high school student who works two jobs on top of going to school, thrown in jail, don't miss our "get real" next. >>> a human traffic jam on mt. everest blamed for increased deaths and more dangerous conditions. hear from a man who just climbed the world's tallest mountain, coming up. what we achieved here. what we learned here. and what we pioneered here. all goes here. the one. the accord. smarter thinking from honda. >>> now it's time to get real. she's an 11th grade honors student at willis high school in willis, texas, since her parents divorced and left her and her two siblings she's been the sole bread winner. she works a full time job and a part-time job and trying to support a brother at college at te texas a&m. she's missed entire days, sometimes late, she's an honors school. local authorities decided to use her case to crack down on truancy. texas law says students can have no more than three absences in one month. the local judge landy moriarty ordered her to pay

to help us understand all this, we turn to john allen, who covers the vatican for the "national catholic reporter" based in rome. he joins us tonight from denver. okay. leaked documents, a butler arrested, insider... one insider gone, another tough financial figure gone. what really is at the heart of this? what's this about? >> margaret, good to see you and happy memorial day. look at one level this is a story about a venturis old institution that has always prized secrecy struggling to come to term s with the 21st century world in which it is quite difficult to keep things hidden. they're seeing some of their most closely guarded secrets rolld out for public view. things like document concerning vatican finances, internal policy disputes, even the pope's private correspondent. now related to that, this is also a story that very much shows us the human face of the vatican because whatever the vatican's spiritual claims it is also a government. like governments everywhere, there are sometimes power struggles. there are sometimes whistle blowers. there are even sometimes managers who quit

forces john allen honored troops who died there, reading a letter from a srgt who was killed in southern afghanistan earlier this year. >> today we remember his life and words, for they speak resoundingly and timelessly for our fallen brothers a-- and sisters in arms. >> reporter: four years ago captain andrew pierson was killed in iraq, killing four children. still grieving the piersons have come every year. it's called taps, morning to -- learning to mourn. notes tied to balloons, a simple act with demeaning for a 9-year-old boy. the president is marking a separate ceremony at the vietnam veterans memorial. >>> several members of the military tied to our area were killed in operation enduring free do. the day was especially memorable for a group of students at carney elementary school. they honored ja. marchanti. >> maybe you were down at sandy point. look at the heat index values, feeling like 101. that's the heat and humidity come bin naismghts the heat advisories continue for baltimore, frederick, howard county and into the d.c. region. dew point around 70. it's very humid air. we h

let's break in cnn's vatican analyst john allen, joining us from denver. who is this butler and what kind of access are we talking about to the pope? >> well, look, you know, the pope is like presidents and prime ministers. they live in a bubble and most people don't have access. but the exception is the pope's own household, including two priest secretaries, four consecrated lay women what cook and clean and so on. and then a handful of laymen who act as butlers who serve his meals and serve his other personal needs. the guy that's been suspected as the suspected mole, in his early 40s, is one of those papal assistants right there in the pope's apartment. so this is somebody that the pope would perceive as a member of his family. >> and someone who rides in the popemobile. what kind of papers and documents are we talking about that this butler is alleged to have taken from the desk of the pope? and then handed off to a journalist which found its way into a book? >> well, how much of the total vatican leaked scandal this guy is responsible for we don't yet

let's break in cnn's vatican analyst john allen, joining us from denver. who is this butler and what kind of access are we talking about to the pope? >> well, look, you know, the pope is like presidents and prime ministers. they live in a bubble and most people don't have access. but the exception is the pope's own household, including two priest secretaries, four consecrated lay women what cook and clean and so on. and then a handful of laymen who act as butlers who serve his meals and serve his other personal needs. the guy that's been suspected as the suspected mole, in his early 40s, is one of those papal assistants right there in the pope's apartment. so this is somebody that the pope would perceive as a member of his family. >> and someone who rides in the popemobile. what kind of papers and documents are we talking about that this butler is alleged to have taken from the desk of the pope? and then handed off to a journalist which found its way into a book? >> well, how much of the total vatican leaked scandal this guy is responsible for we don't yet

senior correspondent john allen following the developments from rome. he's joining us by phone. first off, better explain the role of this butler. this is someone riding alongside the pope in the popemobile. this is someone who has not only access to the pope but everything that's important and personal to the pope. >> exactly right. pope like prime ministers and presidents live in a bubble. most people don't have daily access to them. the only exception to that would be the members of the personal household, the dozen or so folks that work in the papal amounts. he's got a couple of secretaries, consecrated women who prepare his meals and two or three butlers and personal assistants. the guy in question -- by the way his identity is no longer a matter of rumors, the vatican issued a statement confirming it. it's paolo gabriele. he works in the papal household, someone the pope would have perceived as her personal family. >> the document leaked to the journalist. did the journalist publish the documents and that's how the leaks were uncovered. >> reporter: the leaks started rolli

i'm sure general john allen will be seeing the president,s as well. it's well after midnight in the afghan capital. they are getting ready to sign the strategic cooperation agreement between the united states and afghanistan. the president by the way will also be addressing the nation, the american people indeed the world from afghanistan 7:30 p.m. eastern later tonight. a major address announcing the agreement. all of this happening exactly to the day one year after the killing of osama bin laden. we'll take a quick break. continue the breaking news coverage right here on cnn. thiss an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ species of endangeredseverall? animals on t

but general john allen, head of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan, warned that troops may still be needed to fight. >> the taliban have been unambiguous. they intend to take advantage of the removal of the surge forces. >> reporter: today the heads of the nato countries will decide how he they will support afghanistan after the troops withdrawal in 2014. and, perhaps, just as important -- >> in these difficult economic times, we can work together and pool or resources. >> reporter: who will pay for the mission? which is expected to cost $4 billion a year. and the taliban issued a statement, urging nations to follow france's lead and pull troops out this year. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in washington for us, thank you. >>> the head of the united nations nuclear watch dog agency arrived in iran. he'll press iranian leaders to let them resume inspection of the nuclear program. it comes ahead of talks with the u.s. and five other nations in baghdad on wednesday. iran is facing severe sanctions on its oil exports over its n

but general john allen, head of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan, warned that troops may still be needed to fight. >> the taliban have been unambiguous. they intend to take advantage of the removal of the surge forces. >> reporter: today the heads of the nato countries will decide how they will support afghanistan after the troops withdrawal in 2014. and, perhaps, just as important -- >> in these difficult economic times, we can work together and pool our resources. >> reporter: who will pay for the mission? which is expected to cost $4 billion a year. and the taliban issued a statement, urging nations to follow france's lead and pull troops out this year. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in washington for us, thank you. >>> the head of the united nations nuclear watch dog agency arrived in iran this morning. he'll press iranian leaders to let the u.n. resume inspection of their nuclear program. it comes ahead of talks with the u.s. and five other nations in baghdad on wednesday. iran is facing severe sanctions on its oil e

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., general john allen, commander isaf, will be here to brief you on afghanistan. with that, i'll open it up to your questions, comments, concerns, other thoughts. mike. >> i know that contrary panetta did not see president intra daughterry but did he have or any officials have any discussions with any of the pakistanis during the chicago summit to chat about you know what? >> the you know what? that calls for speculation. no, i understand the importance of the ground line of communication issue. the secretary did not have a formal meeting with the president intra dory but they did have a brief exchange on the sidelines of meetings in chicago. it was a friendly exchange. and secretary panetta knows the importance of resolving this issue in the near future. >> there weren't any other discussions between general dempsey, didn't see anyone or -- >> i'm not aware of any other discussions between general dempsey and his pakistani counterparts. >> can we stay on that just a second? >> sure. >> what is going on with -- >> sure, we're obviously very interested in reopening

general john allen, commander ie saf will be here to brief you all on afghanistan. with that, i'll open it up to your questions, comments, concerns, other thoughts. >> i know that secretary panetta did not see the president. did he or any of the officials have any discussions with any of the pakistanis during the chicago summit to chat about you know what? >> the

general john allen is very focused on this. and, again, putting in place the kinds of systems, the kinds of screening that you want to have in place to ensure that you minimize these kinds of instances, but the overall point i would make is that when taken against the backdrop of the scale of the forces being built by the united states in isaf, this is not a large number of instances. that said, it has to be taken very seriously. because as you're saying, jake, you have to ask yourselves, why? you have to ask yourself, if this is a trend, why is that trend ongoing? you have to ask yourself, what can we do about that? right? in order to ensure that we do our very best to protect our forces, our men and women who are serving in afghanistan and our allies and partners. >> [ inaudible ] substitute question? which is, the transparency president obama called for, can we -- do we pay innocent civilians when they're killeded by -- we do so for instance, an accident -- >> civilian casualty incident in afghanistan, you know, we obviously

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general john allen head of forces in afghan tan warned that -- afghanistan warned troops may be needed. ed -- needed. >> they intend to take advantage. >> today the head of the countries will decide how they will support afghanistan after the troops with draw in 2014. perhaps just as important -- >> in these didfficult economic time -- difficult economic times we can work together. >> who will pay for the mission which is expected to cost $4 billion a year. >> the tal ban has issued a statement urging the nation's fielthing in afghan -- fighting in afghanistan to follow france's lead. >>> a strong earth wake rocked northern italy. six people are dead this morning. cell phone video captured the after math. it's the strongest to hit italy in 3 years. rescue workers are still going house to house checking to see if more people aren't buried. >>> jury deliberations will continue today in a man charged with the murder of a dentist. they have to decide if they believe the prosecution witness who says she hired dante jeter to kill her boss. hickman pleaded guilty and will get a lesser sentenc

joining us a john allen, senior correspondent for the national catholic newspaper. thank you for joining us. really amazing when you look at the story here. the butler said to have access to the pope in areas that even the cardinals were not able to go. one of the pope's closest aides. why do we suspect that the butter turned on the pope in the first place? >> hi, suzanne. well, the reason that people suspect the butler did it, which i suppose is the unavoidable thing to say in this story. >> sure. >> is that vatican investigators report when they searched his apartment earlier this week they found rafters of supposedly confidential documents that he was not supposed to have along with equipment to reproduce those documents. all of which led them to believe that he was one of the conduits in this massive vatican leak scandal. >> john, do we have any idea a motive? why would he do that to the pope? >> well, first of all, i should say that there is real doubt among vatican watchers, the breed of vaticanologists, a, that there might be some innocent explanation for why

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but general john allen, head of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan warned troops may still be needed to fight. >> the taliban have been unambiguous, in that they intend to take advantage of the removal of the search forces. >>> today the heads of the nato countries will decide how they support afghanistan after the troops withdraw in 2014. perhaps just as important. >> in these difficult economic times, we can work together and pool our resources. >> who will pay for the mission. susan mcginniss cbs news washington. >>> now to something lighter. another big action movie tried to blow the avengers out of first place at movie theaters. but no such look. it grossed $55 million in ticket sales this weekend. the worldwide total for the film is now $1.18 billion. battleship had a disappointing north american opening weekend with just over $25 million. the dictator debuted in third place. and dark shadows came in fourth and a third new film? a third film debuting this weekend, what to expect when you are expecting rounds out t

i know general john allen over there would like to hold on to as many troops as he can. and there is probably a lot of negotiations going on. we won't know what the pace is until after september. i'll tell you what troops say to me is the mission now almost seems to be come home. the mission is leave afghanistan. train troops and get out of interest -- there. sometimes they're confused about what the greater mission s a lot of them don't disagree with the fact it's time to come home. >> and martha you're right. many different vantage points on that speech tonight. people will be hearing it. and the person people here at home, hearing it and american men and women who are not only fighting there but around the world. i want to bring in global affairs anchor who knows this region well. you've watched the long arc of history in afghanistan. what happens after this begins? withdrawal begins. >> the president said they're not going to be abandoning afghanistan. everybody remembers what happened last time the united states left after soviets were defeated. they sewed there was

at today's memorial service, general john allen read the letter in memory of all the troops who have died in that country since the war began in 2001. >> while our brothers and sisters fell at a place far from home, far from their families, the values for which they stood and for which they lived, and for which they died, occupy and enduring place in our hearts. >> stacy was on his fourth deployment when he was killed. in the letter he. >>> veterans visited memorials and participated in ceremonies. megan mcgrath as more on how many of them are commemorating the holiday. >> reporter: quietly, solemnly, they walked. heavy rock packs on their backs. their journey began on saturday in harpers ferry and ended with a march around the memorial in arlington national cemetery. the group raised over $6,000 for the special foundation. >> they paid for their child's education. their college. it is a great thing. >> reporter: in a variety of ways and at a number of different locations, veterans were honored for their sacrifice. at the korean war memorial. >> it is amazing, you know, when you thin

forces in afghanistan marine general john allen speaking at a ceremony in kabul reading a letter written by fallen soldier 23-year-old william stacy killed earlier this year by a homemade bomb in southern afghanistan. >> today we remember his life and his words for they speak resoundingly and timelessly for our fallen brothers and sisters in arms. >> reporter: the letter written for stacy's family to be read in the event of his death. allen says the soldiers who have fallen did not die in vain. >> while our brothers and sisters fell in a place far from home, far from their families, the values for which they stood and for which they lived and for which they died occupy an enduring place in our hearts. >> reporter: more than 1,800 american troops have died in afghanistan since 2001. general jack keen says this memorial day we honor a new generation of fallen soldiers. >> i think we can pay tribute to the 9/11 generation who has fought the longest war this country has ever fought and i think they are the new greatest generation. >> reporter: three more members of the nato coalition were ki

john allen is a fantastic field general. i think he as every bit as good as his two predecessors. mcchrystal and dave petraeus. he has calm that works well with interactions with president karzai. for all his strengths is not an easy guy to get along with to put it mildly t will be a big loss to see general allen go. we have great people in the american military. i wouldn't be surprised if there is somebody almost as good waiting in the wings. jenna: now to bed, maybe get rest now, michael after long trip and television interview and all this. i hope you have a good rest of your day. we look forward to having you back to talk more about that. >> thank you, jenna, very much. jon: the perjury trial of baseball legend roger clemens resuming today with one less juror. the judge dismissed one of them for sleeping during the trial. clemens is charged with lying to congress about using steroids during his professional career. his former trainer brian mcnamee back on the stand today. yesterday he took jurors through claims he injected clemens with steroids beginning in 1998. some of his e

general john allen holding talks aimed at improving security and preventing terrorists from crossing the borders that those two countries share. >> a sonic weapon used to ward off pirate attacks will be used during london's summer olympics. the american-made device fires a sound that's louder than the sound of military jets. >> boston university holding a candlelight vigil for three students killed study ag broad in new zealand. at least five other students from the university also injured when their minivan crashed. >> all right. right now we'll get back to one of our top stories. governor romney delivering today's commencement speech at liberty university. he used the opportunity to speak to the evangelical base from one of the nation's largest christian universities. lauren green is live now with the latest from our new york newsroom. >> liberty university is to evangelical christians what brigham young university is for mormons. for mitt romney it was an opportunity to bridge a gap between the two faiths. delivering the keynote commencement address at liberty university, republic

general john allen said the words of marine sergeant william stacy speak for all fallen troops. the 23-year-old stacy wrote, "it would be worth giving his life for the safety of an afghan child who may one day change the world." at least 1,851 members of the u.s. military have died in afghanistan since the u.s. led invasion of 2001. [ bugle playing taps ] >>> a lone bugler place taps at the arlington cemetery, but across the nation today that something was missing and now people are volunteering to fill the space. bruce leshan is here with that. >> what is missing is a live bugler. there's actually a nationwide shortage of buglers and trumpeters to offer our country's final thanks to our veterans. 66 years old. struggling with cancer and the after effects of a stroke, retired navy musician doug sorenson braved the heat to play taps on memorial day at the cheltonham cemetery. more than a decade ago congress decreed that every vet deserved a two person military escort to fold the flag and play taps on a cd. and a recording is all many vets get. >> we don't really know anyone out h

the only good news we have is coming from the command, of course, people like general john allen, who has goteb a promotion to be the head of the command in europe. it's great for military careers, but not so great for the troops? >> 10 seconds left. do you think the green-on-blue narrative will become dominant? >> yi do. it's the dying stages of a war that has not worked? >> liz trotta, always good to see you, of course. >> jamie: nice to see you, liz. >> eric: that's it forrous this sunday

john allen said this is a huge embarrassment for the vatican. >> it's not so much the content of the documents. the problem is these are all real highly confidential documents which apparently had been leaked by somebody who has the closest access possible to the right hand of the pope. >> gabrielly has worked as the pope's butlic since 2006 and is one of few to have access to the pope's private desk. >>> on to portland, oregon, where police say no charges have been filed in the case of three children found abandoned in a shed. they were found thursday in an area with a lot of homeless people. their mother was found yesterday. she's bib interviewed, but she's not in police custody. the three children under the age of 3 years old are in good condition now. they're in possession of child custody. >>> now to the case of etan patz, the little boy who went missing 33 years ago. a man named pedro hernandez has been charged with killing 6-year-old patz. that's hardly the end of the story in this case. hernandez was charged with second degree murder and histernally is raising questions about

sniper shootings help convict john allen muhammad. muhammad used a bush master .223 caliber, the kind of high-powered weapon are i that's increasingly common in street crime. to get a firsthand look at some of it, i visited the gun vault run by richard vasquez. there are over 8,000 weapons here. everything from saddam hussein's rifle to a gun that looks like a tire gauge to guns that have been altered. >> we see a lot of shotguns, and we see shotguns that have been cut down. >> talk about sawing off. you can see where this was sawed. >> you can see the saw marks. >> if you're wearing a coat or something you have this on your side. >> absolutely. >> he puts it in my face, i'll give him my wallet. >> sure. give him anything he wants. sawed-off shotguns are illegal. some more impressive weapons are not. >> this would be a .50 caliber machine gun. .50 caliber and below are considered sporty. these are not regulated. you can buy these like a .22 rifle. >> this is a sport weapon. gosh, this feels like it's 75 pounds. but the only real way t

the only good news we have is coming from the command, of course, people like general john allen, who has goteb a promotion to be the head of the command in europe. it's great for military careers, but not so great for the troops? >> 10 seconds left. do you think the green-on-blue narrative will become dominant? >> yi do. it's the dying stages of a war that has not worked? >> liz trotta, always good to see you, of course. >> jamie: nice to see you, liz. >> eric: that's it forrous this sunday morning. tonight, 9:00 p.m., eastern and pacific, stealing your vote, or our wlook at voter fraud cases across the country. you are going to be shocked by the stuff that we found. >> jamie: protect your vote. watch the special tonight. i'm jamie colby. have a great day, everybody. take care. >> in afghanistan, now hundreds of billions of dollars later as nato's mission winds down, it's time to figure out how much other members of the alliance are going to foot the bill for long-term security. with the u.s. and nato committed to an enduring press in afghanistan, world leaders are arriving in chicag