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nic robertson, tell me more about what was discovered and more of what we learned about osama bin laden. >> reporter: here is the big picture that emerges from here. it is only part of the big picture. 17 of 6,000 documents. it is a partial picture of bin laden. it is bin laden struggling with the affiliates. he is trying to chastise them and give them direction. one of the big eye openers there is bin laden was jealous of some of his rising stars. anwar al awlaki, the yemeni cleric ac...

spring offensive. that threat follows this deadly attack in kabul but a taliban suicide bomber two hours after president obama left afghanistan and the taliban claiming its just a sign of things to come. lets go straight to nick payton walsh in kabul. when the taliban says spring offensive, tell us exactly what that means. >> reporter: well, something they were talking about two weeks ago but today their statements shortly after barack obama left made it clear they consider it a new op...

called were in this order george walker bush and then bill clinton because he knew at some level both men had tried to actually kill bin laden and had been unable to do it. >> reporter: public reaction a year ago may not have been as solemn as the phone calls sound. it is nonetheless true that bin ladens death was greeted then across party lines as a matter of justice, not politics. candy crowley, cnn, washington. top of the hour. im suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed. a w...

good morning, everyone, im randy kaye, its 8:00 in the east, 5:00 a.m. in the west. we start with a standoff near seattle. a man accused of murdering his wife and daughter, now holed up in a home made underground bunker. its believed that he is well armed and that the bunker is well stocked so police are being cautious and patient. >> it doesnt matter how long it takes, if this takes a day, a month, a week, were going to wait it out. it took some time to find it. and in fact our tactic...

Im not sure which runway they are using today. but it appears they are going to be making another go around and then probably come in for a landing at jfk. that as you say has to be a very delicate operation. >> well, what you basically have is a 747, which is, you know, a very large aircraft with basically another small airliner on its back. so its fairly heavy for one thing. an empty shuttle weighs about 180,000-pound. of course its very drage draggy with all that surface area in the breeze on...

You in a position where youre able to see the monitor and the views of enterprise as she comes in aboard this 747? >> i dont have a monitor in front of me right now, but i can imagine what it looks like when i used to be a test pilot out at edwards they were still transporting space shuttles to and from and so wed see the 747 with a space shuttle on its back taxi by and take off, returning the shuttles back to florida after they had landed out at edwards. its an amazing sight, an incredible feat...

Science fix and the concepts of flying in space and what it might be like. it was perfect. bill: we just showed an image there, this is palmdale, california in 1976 when enterprise rolled out. there are members of nasa there, pam, if you can see your monitor and also members of the cast of star trek. >> perfect. thats perfect. thats a great shot. bill: it is, since 1985 nasa has had enterprise at the smithsonian institution for the national space and air museum in washington. we get one here in ...

Make sure next time it is not another con from band. there were five separate incidents and each time the drugs did not reach their final destination. and now a former senior official for the federal aviation aviation administration is with us, a vice president of gephardt government affairs. nice to see you. they let some drugs through. the bigger concern is, they looked away and the bad guy could is gotten anything through, right? >>guest: sure. but, again, criminals are criminals for a reason...

Now, nothing provocative there, unless, of course, youre rush limbaugh. >> sandra fluke is just a poor, isolated, alone little college student, worried about her contraception at georgetown. but now shes represented by the flakes in the white house, hilary rosen, who need it done, and theyre coordinating with with obama, scaring students about the interest rates on their student loans. so contraception isnt enough. some people want their education paid for by other people too. >> joining me now ...

Paid for by other people too. >> joining me now for an exclusive interview is sandra fluke, responding for the first time to rush limbaughs newest attack against her. sitting here, watching you watch him on our monitor, it amazes me, the grace with which you bear this. i almost dont know where to begin. but what is it like? you tweet this thing about student loans. you have the dont double my rate, which, by the way, appears in a john boehner tweet today. >> yeah, its the hashtag everyones been ...