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Both parties secured millions that could benefit their districts and rejected cnns requests for interviews to explain. most said through spokesmen the pentagon will make it a competitive process. the congressman who did talk to us said if he can still help his district in this post earmark world, no apologies. >> none whatsoever. >> thank you. >> im doing my job. >> until the pentagon ultimately decides, we wont know for sure if lawmakers successfully steered pork to their districts. regardless,...

♪ ♪ ♪ its 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 arlingtons 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 americas wars, including the mo...

Reach their loved ones, this is where the american red cross site comes in. this is called the safe and well site. what you basically do is you register yourself. we saw this after katrina and other natural disasters. safe and well, click list myself as safe as well button here it is and register on the site. then others can come to the site, concerned family members can search the list, search registrants right here to find out how you locate a loved one. if you live in joplin let folks know yo...

it is tuesday, may 24th. were getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that were talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you its a good morning in joplin. it simply isnt. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. lets begin this morni...

Our question this week from the gps challenge is, what reportedly caused thousands of people to flee rome on wednesday? was it, a, a roundup of illegal immigrants, b, a rally to support berlusconi in the sex trial, c, an earthquake, d, a plague of bedbugs. well tell you the answer. go to cnn.com for ten questions. check out the global square where youll find other questions. you can also find all of our gps shows if you missed one. my book of the week is henry kissingers latest "on china." this ...

googles executive chairman eric schmidt about the great tablet battle between apple and google. why it matters who will win. here is my take. pakistans military has been embarrassed, to put it mildly, by the suspicion it must have known where bin laden was hiding. in response, it is using its old tricks and hoping to ride out the storm as it has in the past. it is leaking stories to favor journalists, all with the aim of stoking anti-americanism in pakistan. having been caught in a s...

>> soledad explores our nations education crisis in greater depth. her cnn documentary "dont fail me: education in america" airs this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the question i have is, is that really systemic? because its ridiculous on any front. >> or is it just stupid? >> people just making stupid decisions? soledad is going to explore that. >> handcuffed for writing on your desk -- >> seems ridiculous. >> all right. [ male announcer ] diane was already the chief operating officer at a...

Households, paid no tax at all in 2010. the vast majority of these people, however, are low incomep. remember, though, a lot of people say, you should boost taxes on the rich and very understandable to think you may want people who earn a million dollars or more to pay taxes. that aside, there certasimply a enough to eliminate our debt and deficit problems if you did. lot of opinions if you should or shouldnt. find the story on the newly redesigned money.com. it is helpful. like the cnn.com site...

Back more than 80 years, gamma psi puts on a series of shows at the university. this was sarahs first performance. >> not in a million years did i think i would be in a circus. im so happy i did it, though. >> reporter: ted rowlands, cnn, normal, illinois. >> all right. i majored in high wire in college. >> the acrobatic part is crazy auto. two muslim leaders forced off a flight, imams dressed in their full islamic attire. the pilot requested extra screening for them. >> which they passed. >> ...

Cnn weather center with a look at where the danger zones from the flood are this morning. good morning. >> good morning. as we take a look at the map youll see that starting tomorrow well be watching for memphis for the river to crest. theres a lot of flooding happening right now. 14 feet anticipated above flood stage. as we go into the next week or so well be monitoring the mississippi river southward as we head towards baton rouge and into new orleans. thats something to monitor very closely. ...