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a threat anymore. u.s. counterterrorism official says the explosive device is similar to the one that was used by the so-called underwear bomber back on christmas day of 2009. only this time, more sophisticated and harder to detect. barbara starr is live at the pentagon this morning. what do we know about the bomb itself and about how this all unfolded? >> well, very little detail being made public at this point, ashleigh because officials say operations intelligence operations are sti...

view of human evolution and your family tree. that and more right here, right now on cnn. >> good evening, everyone. im don lemon. is he a mass murder, accused of massacring sleeping children in afghanistan while he wore a u.s. army uniform. it is robert bales we are talking about and we have a picture of him as a senior in high school, years before he took his military oath to serve our country. youll see it in moments. military brass say bales a u.s. army sergeant walked house to hou...

Former four star general david petraeus knighted in holland. hes recognized for service to the netherlands and especially acknowledging time as commander of international courses in afghanistan. the first american general since world war ii to receive this honor. the man at the center of what may be the last nazi war crime criminal trial, excuse me is dead. 90-year-old dying a freeman in a german nursing home appealing his conviction for nearly 30,000 counts of accessory to murder as a nazi debt...

lets get to takoma, washington where dan simon is now. >> reporter: of course the focus is trying to see if there were clues or warning signs that may have caused this army soldier robert bales to carry out this unthinkable rampage. right now there is a lot of speculation whether or not he suffered deep emotional problems after having been to four different battle zones, three in iraq, one in afghanistan. of course, his attorney tells cnn in 2010 he suffered a serious brain injury afte...

united states and afghanistan. today the afghan president hamid karzai met with the relatives of some of the 16 civilians who died in sundays massacre which u.s. officials blame on one u.s. army staff sergeant. president karzai spoke with president obama. he said he doesnt believe the u.s. version of events. and he says hes running out of patience. >> it is by all means the end of the rope here. the end of the rope. the end of the rope. nobody can afford such luxuries anymore. >> choon...

After it posted its highest profits in history. >> general motors has reclaimed the title of worlds largest automaker from toyota. >> for dave gray who works the new third shift in flint, michigan the record earnings not only mean job security but he and every other auto worker at gm will get bonus checks up to $7000. >> its great, right? the detroit comeback is a huge success story for the whole country. but in a republican primary, it is a very awkward thing at the height of the financial cris...

all i knew i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless, now hes on the brink of becoming a million dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. im don lemon. until just a few minutes ago we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed in afghanistan. now it is all too real as we learn his name and see his face. he is luteenant colonel john loften, a 44-year-old officer fr...

"superstition." you knew that, though. >> i know all that, soledad. >> he lives it, yes, he does. >> superstitious dude. >> we begin this northemorning iran. defense secretary leon panetta says there is a growing likelihood, quote, that israel will attack iran this spring and try to destroy its suspected nuclear program. israeli defense minister ehud barak said this, quoek, iran must be prevent fred becoming nuclear and no option should be taken off the table. lets get right to barbara...

Waking up and getting ready for church, and they are wondering what this weeks hold? uncertainty needs to be removed. >> congressman, i will ask one more question. we are going to have an auto worker from the plant in michigan, which has been retooled using a loan from the program. the program is called the advanced technology manufacturing loan program. you just talked about uncertainty and jobs. this is somebody who would have lost their job if not for this program, and thanks to the cuts now ...

even get back to it. its moving probably 8, 10 miles an hour across the ground. so, you know, god help us. thats all. thats all we can do right now. [ sirens ] a whole different story in the east. remnants of tropical storm lee sweeping through the area. the storm left one person dead in mississippi, knocking out power to thousands all across the south. stocks deep in the red. the dow fell more than 250 points just after the opening bell. right now still hanging down. new concerns ab...