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To these reports. it is similar to the device worn by the christmas day bomber back in 2009 and there wasnt any metal in this one. the thinking is that would allowed it to get through airport security. that is the tip of the iceberg on this one, folks and thats how we start a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer. no americans were ever in danger, congressman michelle bachmann telling us last hour she does not necessarily believe that that is the case. ...

Street banks and there is a quid pro quo. you dont touch us and we will continue to give donations to the obama administration, and all of that. now, whether or not they can prove that in this piece remains to be seen. i mean there are things that the administration will point to as sreubt trees in this area. the largest inch dieder trading case that has ever been prosecuted was prosecuted under this administration and they will say that its not true, that they havent been serious about pursuing...

If folks like yourself and others believe that the isi the intelligence service in pakistan, or members of the pakistani government knew osama bin laden was there the entire time and probably gave him protection, if we believe that on its face, then its likely true in the second case wit ayam al-zawahiri. >> the relationship is moving from one of cooperation to one of confrontation. you add to that one other complication, and that is they are ever increasing their nuclear arsenal. they made a de...

Delays. luckily no injuries reported. they deal with that out there. martha: new testimony this morning in the john edwards corruption trial, former edwards speechwriter, wendy button, is expected to testify that the 2008 presidential candidate knew all about the nearly $1 million provided by wealthy donors as a whole effort to aid in the cover-up of his pregnant mistress. that is very key to this case. jonathan serrie join us now. he is live outside the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina....

We were having a heated discussion as usual over the issue of gay rights, gay marriage, and whether the country is sort of ready to accept gay rights on a broad level and what our political -- our leaders should do. josh, there is an article on bloomberg.com. which talks about goldman sachs ceo who has come out and said, has been supportive of gay marriage and basically makes the case that if youre at goldman sachs, the only reason you are allowed to vote for president obama in this 2012 race is...

Chen was under u.s. protection at our embassy in beijing for six days. he escaped from house arrest in his home last month. china agreed to leave the gassy. the american embassy says that china agreed to keep him safe and allowed him to study law. however, hours after his release, he reportedly told the associated press that he left the embassy only after u.s. officials told him his family was in danger. the u.s. denies this. and they say after he left the embassy, he had an emotional phone call...

nic robertson, tell me more about what was discovered and more of what we learned about osama bin laden. >> reporter: here is the big picture that emerges from here. it is only part of the big picture. 17 of 6,000 documents. it is a partial picture of bin laden. it is bin laden struggling with the affiliates. he is trying to chastise them and give them direction. one of the big eye openers there is bin laden was jealous of some of his rising stars. anwar al awlaki, the yemeni cleric ac...

They are beginning a transition from the presidency of hu jintao and they are embarrassed by revelations regarding their leadership inner circle who may have complicity with the death of a british citizen. so all of this is into the mix. i expect at some point the u.s. will be able to again resolve this case based on mr. chens wishes but it will take time. >> i want to bring in the panel here. theres obviously you know, a foreign policy aspect here, quite a large one. also this is playing out do...

Republic" about the new factor. what was formerly would have been a one-to-one diplomatic behind closed door deal was being undermined on twitter because chen was talking to his friends, who were taking to the internet and reporters were saying chen is telling his friends who are going on twitter saying thats not the deal at all. i dont like this. and jim, that struck me as a new dynamic in this very tense and awkward relationship that were seeing played out. >> you opened the segment saying wha...

P.j. crowley. a lot going on there. we know that we have two cabinet level secretaries there to talk u.s. strategic china dialogue. in the middle of this i think many would call a human rights crisis. how do you think weve played our hand thus far? >> i think we have stood up for human rights and the secretary of state before arriving in beijing put down a very solid marker that this case, the chen case, was important to the united states. understand a couple of things. this is a broad important...