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They can return. and they know that they cant afford to rebuild. we also know that the president has signed a declaration to assist these people. that may not be enough for them to return to the lifestyle they knew before. gretchen? >> its so devastating and the pictures are so horrible. thank you for bringing that closer to home for us this morning, elizabeth. >> thank you for having me. >> we knew after the raid on may 2nd, to the bin laden lair that resulted in his death, there were a lot of ...

That theyre still relevant? >> i sure do. i think theyll try. whether they can pull it off, i dont know. i mean, they havent been able to do anything significant. but they certainly have tried. and they will want to memorialize their leaders death. so i say between now and may 2nd of next year if we see no significant action on the part of al qaeda then i think the die is cast for that organization. >> in pakistan there are other groups, lashkar-e-taiba -- i may be pronouncing it wrong. >> thats...

Figure. hes anti-charismatic. people dont flock to him. they go in the other direction. >> hes anti-charismatic. >> oh, yeah. hes got personality dandruff. i mean, he drives his supporters crazy. you know, hes constantly making severe mistakes. you know, oftentimes they would have operatives with the entire list of everybody in his organization, egyptian intelligence would find it and hed be wiped out and have to start all over again. his career is just dotted with one big mistake after another....

Alisyn: we have unbelievable photos of a tunnel built by drug smugglers in mexico it stretches 250 feet under the border to nogales, arizona in santa cruz county. smugglers chris eld this hideout through solid rock. its three feet wide and five feet high and fitted with electricity, water pumps and its ventilated. the border patrol found an entrance back on may 2nd in an abandoned building. they say the cartel members used it to move drugs and weapons across the border. the feds have found eight...

Flood facts, more than four million people live in flood affected areas around the south. emergency workers, they have issued flood notices to around 950 households in memphis and about 135 in shelby county, tennessee. even before the latest round of flooding, the army corps of engineers has spent $13 billion on river flood prevention. >> gregg: lets get the latest from maria. >> i do want to point out that flooding does tend to happen in the spring months, including the ohio river, mississippi ...

Maria? >> hi, heather, we will not get any additional rainfall at least in the short-term period across the mississippi river, but, a lot of flooding is expected, because around april 22nd, to may 2nd we got quite a bit of rain during that time period, 21 inches, in some spots and that is a record amount of rainfall for these areas, and unfortunately, that is what is causing the flooding problems, right now and will continue to do so for much of the month of may, as the waters continues flowing ...

Molina in the weather center. >> hi, harris, were seeing this widespread, not just tennessee, but areas further downstream that will have to deal with this forthcoming weeks and some areas in louisiana wont see the mississippi river crest until may 21st or 22nd and well continue to see the images, unfortunately for these areas further downstream and a big reason for the flooding is that between april 22nd and may 2nd, we saw incredible amounts of rainfall across parts of the ohio river, also acr...

Being moved shortly after on may 2nd, being moved to an airbase in action stand and now has been moved again and u.s. officials including the undersect of defense has reached out and the pakistanis could give the c.i.a. access to the buys of bin laden and they will be allowed, we think, to actually talk to and ask questions to the wives of bin laden. >>shepard: that would be a big development. that is good news. what about the safe house the c.i.a. reportedly used? >>reporter: there are two repo...

How he deals with iran is an ongoing problem and the big ticket in the short run, brian, will be the pullout of troops in afghanistan. you can imagine there will be a lot of criticism from the left or the right no matter what he does. >> because july is coming up. andrea, he has now gone up in his approval rating. lets take a look together at the monitor weve provided at great expense. "the washington post" poll on may 2nd is 56%. we asked that same question, what do you think of the president? ...

With no fishy smell or aftertaste. try megared today. i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. >> what a dramatic ending to a ten-year manhunt as u.s. forces kill one of the worlds most notorious terror leaders, how it happened and what happens next on this "american morning." and...