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the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> why they charge the president with putting politics ahead of their safety. and only in america. the real bin laden battle. why its not about politics. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight breaking news. president obamas surprise trip to afghanistan and his speech to americans on the one year anniversary of the mission to take out osama bin laden. >> my...

number two, the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. $1.3 trillion at this moment. a distant third, the presidents stimulus plan, $831 billion. never thought $831 billion would look cheap. well, heres another powerful number. right now this country is paying $224 billion a year in interest on our debt and that number is mushrooming. it becomes an exponential problem. by 2020 we will be paying $544 billion in interest alone. if you want to see something really scary, lets compare t...

also do prosecutors have a case against george zimmerman? ill ask the man who represented dominique strauss-kahn. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, the raging campaign controversy over osama bin laden. the al qaeda leader has been dead for a year, but the obama campaign the waging it all over again. this is what challenger mitt romney said today. >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> i said wed go after bin laden if i got a clear shot...

is billionaire aubrey mcclendon. hes the outspoken, charzmatic scion of one of americas founders and a founder of chesapeake. chesapeake could be the next enron, or worldcom. chesapeake energy is second only to exxonmobil in drilling for natural gas in this country. more than 13,000 americans work for mcclendon, enjoying perks, which according to reuters includes on-site botox treatments. chesapeake also boasts a campus with three restaurants and a 70,000-square foot facility with a ro...

sky scraper. instead tonight theres open partisan warfare that began with this ad narrated by bill clinton. >> its not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. he was referring to the hunt for osama bin ladin. what he did mean by that? given osama bin ladins role in killing 3,000 americans on 9/11. >> he had to decide. and thats what you hire a president to do. you hire the president to make the calls when no one else can do it. >> tha...

was raising online. listen to what he said then. >> do you know how much money has been raised by that website he set up? >> i got a note from somebody who seems to have control over one that says there were $700 or $800 in it. ive heard from another theres a couple thousand dollars in one. i dont know whos monitoring them or handling them or if anyone is taking any money out. i dont think so, but just havent taken that on yet with everything else going on. >> well, today mark omara re...

shes one of the only people on the planet with total memory recall. >> august the 16th of 1977, that was a tuesday, and i heard on the radio that elvis presley had died. >> my god! >> in one of the weirdest things ive ever seen, she can remember every detail of her life. tonight ill put her to the test. plus only in america, the nfl draft. lets be honest, a multimillion dollar meat market. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening, our big story, the selling of a president. ill ...

and you have a candidate on the republican side who for religious reasons cant drink beer. whats that doing there, i wonder. >> lets take a short break. i want to come back and ask you about keeping america great. i cant think of a better guy to ask what america needs to do not just to recover but to keep great. what are the great virtues that should be maintained from the past. if youre looking for a bumper sticker to sum up how president obama has handled what we inherited...

>> more or less with the blessing. >> an extraordinary and surprising conversation with the nobel peace prize winner. do you think the world is a more peaceful place now than it was when you first became dalai lama? >> oh, yes. >> candid views on world leaders. >> i like president bush. >> which one? >> the younger one. >> really? >> yes. his policies were successful. but as a person, as a human being, very nice person. >> his unexpected views on women. do you ever feel temptation when...

world over its support for israel in its conflicts over palestine. the palestinian conflict has dominated 70% of israels existence as a nation, and its the reason given for animosity in the arab world against america. but that conflict could be coming to an end if you believe what israeli prime manager benjamin netanyahu told me this week. >> i think theres one other thing. i think that i could deliver a peace agreement. i could get the israeli people to follow me, if i believed that i...