joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova mayor jack scott is invoking a ordinance that rejects any trailer which is being offered by the federal government to folks whose homes have been destroyed. and jack scott is saying emergency or not, the law is the law. and as we showed you on friday, none of the folks in cordova are none too thrilled about the 50-year-old ordinance. we will talk to some folks live in a moment, but first, listen to this. what i suggested is putting the fema trailers in my backyard, because of the mayor, we wan
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 holiday to kick off her nationwide bus tour. she rode into washington sunday on the back of a motorcycle for the annual rolling thunder event. after a couple of stops in d.c. today, palin s one nation tour heads to gettysburg, pennsylvania. that s where our jim acosta is. jim, tell us more. good morning, carol, that s right. sarah palin will be out here later today, so we re told, and this is all part of a campaign-style swing up the east coast. she s
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last
where she ll stop until she s been there. she turned up this morning at the national archives in her words highlighting america s foundation and contemplating a run for president in 2012. yesterday palin hit the streets with rolling thunder, the motorcycle rally honoring america s m.i.a.s and p.o.w.s. but we think she ll be in gettysburg, pennsylvania later today. jim acosta, she s used the word foundation a lot this morning. is she laying the foundation for a presidential run? reporter: well, you know, we re not hearing a whole lot, to be quite honest, because that is the game they are playing right now inside the palin staff. it is sort of a game of catch me if you can, follow the bouncing bus. some are calling this the palin mystery bus tour. i think some of that is by design. they want to generate some buzz and media attention obviously. and the former alaska governor is doing a lot of that on this memorial day, hitting the national archives this morning, then h
across the state in the event they are needed, and, as i mentioned, the d.o.t. has all of their equipment out on the roads, so we think we re in fairly good shape in terms of the preparations. all right. is it going to be a long night for you? where are you, peter? i was in the emergency operations center earlier this evening. i think it will be a long night for all of us, but that s what we re here for, and we re very pleased with the preparations so far, and we eel be briefing governor rell again at 5:30 in the morning prior to the rush hour to make sure that we re on track. all right. peter boynton, the commissioner of connecticut s department of emergency management and homeland security joining us on the line there. thanks very much from hartford, connecticut. you can find out about the travel delays in your area online if you go to cnn.com/travel. click on the link airport delays, and you ll find a status update on the busiest u.s. airport, the average delay time and what i