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it will make things more difficult. it is very important that you act quickly, and im now waiting for your response. >> cnns elise lapin joins us from the white house. before we get to reaction, lets talk about the demands. what are they demanding? >> well, soledad, a range of demands starting from releasing all al qaeda and taliban prisoners and in particular those responsible for the 1993 bombing of the world trade center, the attempted attack on the world trade center, and also a ha...

other suspects facing arraignment today in guantanamo bay. it seems like these men are doing whatever they can to drag this thing out. >> you said it, don. the 9/11 terror suspects have turned the arraignment into a chaotic court appearance. one of the detainees, one of the accused refused to come to court. he had to be hauled in, shackled to a chair. another shocked the courtroom when he shouted out, comparing some of the camp guards here in guantanamo bay to dead libyan leafer, moamm...

now were learning the reason why they chose that specific target. it might not necessarily be what you think. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hes certainly one of the most visible people on the planet that with global media watching his every single move. how did president obama take most of the world by surprise when he showed up in afghanistan. were learning new details of this rather complex and massive operation. our white hou...

Presidents campaign all the time. you know what? this president has taken campaigning and put it on steroids and support it to the moon and back. there does reach a point where you -- where youre facing the law and you are crossing the line as to what is reason and what is not. when you do three fund-raisers in florida and at the last second, you say, i am going to put a speech on the calendar at the university of miami, two days ahead of time, so i can take air force one, put it on the taxpayer...

Presidents campaign all the time. you know what? this president has taken campaigning and put it on steroids and support it to the moon and back. there does reach a point where you -- where youre facing the law and you are crossing the line as to what is reason and what is not. when you do three fund-raisers in florida and at the last second, you say, i am going to put a speech on the calendar at the university of miami, two days ahead of time, so i can take air force one, put it on the taxpayer...

Buildings were damaged. the cause is under investigation. a small city in illinois still in shock after an official was arrested for allegedly stealing more than $30 million of government money. dixon is a city of about 15,000 people, its west of chicago. the citys chief financial officer, thats the controller rita crunwell is accused of stealing the money over the last six years and using it to pay for a lavish lifestyle with a giant horse farm. joining us from chicago is melissa jenko, the r...

Declining revenues and health care costs are going up. they are waiting on money from the state. so because of those things, the mayor indicated that those issues might have masked the $30 million over six years. >> greta: well, that is so much money, i hope the auditor firms have a good insurance policy. someone will be looking at the auditors to find out -- they have two auditing firms and they are looking at the money and a woman is living high off the hog, to say the least, $30 million in fi...

Declining revenues and health care costs are going up. they are waiting on money from the state. so because of those things, the mayor indicated that those issues might have masked the $30 million over six years. >> greta: well, that is so much money, i hope the auditor firms have a good insurance policy. someone will be looking at the auditors to find out -- they have two auditing firms and they are looking at the money and a woman is living high off the hog, to say the least, $30 million in fi...

Yesterday funding a pipeline and a bunch of highway projects. 69 democrats joined a giant republican majority to pass the bill, including congressman jim clyburn and jim larson. now the bill heads to the senate where republicans hope a deal can be worked out in conference. a small town illinois controller is accused of stealing $30 million from the city of dixon, illinois. rita crundwell has worked since the 80s. someone filling in with her found a secret bank get. she had a $2 million motor h...

supermarket. lots of injuries, but amazingly, no one killed. >> im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> lets begin with breaking news just coming into the situation room right now out of afghanistan. word of a military crash. lets go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i know there are casualties. what are you hearing? >> wolf, a u.s. official tells us a u.s. army black hawk helicopter h...