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stepped up security in new york and washington, d.c., as authorities investigate a possible al qaeda terror plot tied to the anniversary. desperate hours aboard air force one, circling over america, trying to find a safe place for president bush to land on 9/11. my interview with the pilot of air force one, he flew that critical mission. president obamas new jobs plan, certain to be a hot topic when the republican hopefuls gather here in tampa. for monday nights presidential debate...

believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. its southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? >> caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, ...

we begin with the resignation of a key executive in the rupert murdoch media empire. rebekah brooks is out. many people were outraged when brooks kept her job after the newspaper was shut down for scandalous reporting tactics. and as brooks steps down, the investigations ramp up. the fbi now investigating the murdoch empire right here in the united states. lawmakers demanding the probe amid reports that murdochs journalists hacked the cell phones of 9/11 victims and their families. sus...

What happens after the dogs are done with their career in the military? >> they used to be youth nized. each year about 300 retired u.s. military dogs are put up for adoption, and military officials say they have received more than 400 adoption applications since the may 2nd raid. not all military dogs are adoptable, some suffer from medical issues. >> they go through an individual temperament test with the military prior to becoming available for adoption. they are making sure these will be saf...

Right there. on tuesday the volunteers will return to pick up the flags and keep the flags for next years memorial day weekend. in the may 2nd raid that killed bin laden, the navy s.e.a.l.s took along a dog. now some of the fate of the dogs of war is changing. >> reporter: they respond to commands in foreign languages. and are trained to sniff out bombs and insurgents. >> they are definitely heroes and important. and they can hear and sense things before a human can. >> since a dog helped in t...

During the may 2nd raid. and in alaska, the ntsb is investigating the crash of a small plane just after takeoff. the plane landed yesterday on railroad tracks before exploding, killing a family of five. and those are your fast five headlines. another sign the gop field is still wide open, a politician not even in the race is pulling in the lead. new poll has rudy giuliani out in front, but no one candidate has overwhelming support. sarah palin, interestingly, pulled in 13% ahead of a north...

Disgusted with me. a lot of gusts are. so i mean thats not real unusual. so you said that the guy wasnt talking, he didnt like any of this at all. >> all of a sudden you saw this kind of squished up face. >> bill: who are these guys and why am i sitting here? i should be going out for dinner. ms. tonya thanks very much. glenn beck on his new tv network. he also wants to save us a lot of money, beck does. beck is next. >> from hurricanes news headquarters im marianne rafferty. pakistan finally ag...

The white house commended the serbs for the arrest. >> i think today also underscores however that justice will come to those who carry out these types of crimes against humanity. >> reporter: the arrest of mladic has significant political implications for serbia, which has been trying for years to join the european union and integrate into western europe. stephanie and rob? >> thank you, karen. secretary of state hillary clinton is in islamabad, excuse me, this morning, addressing strained re...

Pictures. this is new to us. well turn it around for you here at cnn. in these pictures ratko mladic in custody, in serbia. mladic charged with the murders of nearly 8,000 muslim men and boys, and the forced relocation of tens of thousands of others, ethnic cleansing. mladic finally hunted down in this village in northern serbia, thus ending the global manhunt, second in frustration perhaps to wouldnt that ended may 2nd with the killing of bin laden. joining me from washington, d.c., law profess...

ho horrific tragedies befallen babies. midwest, parents who have been missing children for days now, now know the worst. a want you to listen to something. a father who had already lost one son in the tornado that hit their oklahoma town. his pregnant wife and young daughter, they are still in the hospital. he was out of town on sunday for work when the tornado hit. listen. >> hello, im hank hamill. and we found my other son this morning, ryan. he was floating in water on the west side...