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27 minutes after the hour. top stories just minutes away but first an "a.m. original," something youll see only on "american morning." cnn has been investigating the radical fugitive cleric anwar al awlaki. the feds want him dead and they think hes hiding out somewhere in yemen. >> hes issued threats on the u.s. and has been linked to several terror plots but the difference with al awlaki is that hes an american. yesterday we told you about his early years growing up in new mexico, his college y...

Im john roberts. >> im kiran chetry. we start with hopefully a solution to finally kill this well. the static kill set to begin within 24 hours. that operation would mean that bps ruptured well could be permanently plugged if all goes well this week. new questions though this morning about those chemical dispersants used by the millions of gallons by bp at the height of the spill. congressman ed markey says that the oil giant "carpet bombed" the gulf with chemicals while the coast guard did no...

Im sure. the feds and united nations say he is a terrorist threat against america and he was born here, too. what makes him different? up next, a cnn investigation into the man some terror experts call the next bin laden. radical cleric anwar al awlaki. 23 minutes after the hour. [ dr. banholzer ] every once in awhile

Iraq this month, is, quote, on schedule. mormon soon rains and misery in pakistan. an estimated 2.5 million people have been affected by record flooding. at least 1,100 people are dead. the u.s. has rushed aircraft and emergency supplies to that region. and were watching a tropical depression in the atlant atlantic. at the moment, it poses no threat to the u.s. main land, but if it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named colin. come on in and have a bite. thats what restaurant owners al...

It was a rugby tournament. but a second target was a restaurant frequented by foreigners and americans crowded that night as well. thats where all the u. st. injuries were, five americans injured. what this does show according to terror experts for al-sha-shabao reach out to other countries. they said, and i quote, well strike out at our enemies. uganda is a natural enemy. it supplies troops for the peacekeeping force inside so mall yeah and its an ally of the united states. a real worry is not ...

Pakistan. concerns three al qaeda suspects arrested in europe could get off. norwegian officials arrested the three men for plotting terror attacks. but norwegian terror experts say a conviction could be hard to get because of that countrys strict legal conditions for trying conspiracy cases. we are just about 20 minutes away from my exclusive interview with the leader of the new black panther party. ill ask him point blank if the new black panthers were not trying to intimidate voters on electi...

Right now in times square bomb. he used the home to take on the a loan not long before he left to pakistan where he claims he got training in bomb-making. deborah feyerick has more details. what are you learning? >> reporter: we want to show you that video thats coming in of shahzad basically buying fireworks at a story. he gave the clerk his i.d., paid about $100, and the clerk says he didnt raise any red flags. he continues to talk to investigators, including who radicalized this young husband...

Terror experts such as yourself was that it was such a crude bomb that it did not bear the hallmarks of some kind of sfais kated training in pakistan. and yet it seems now that there are those links. what are we to make of this? >> well, its the biggest mystery of the case. obviously, this was a great recruit for the organizations he was working with. there seems to be maybe a mix of them in pakistan. an american naturalized citizen with a u.s. passport, very highly educated with access back and...

Battlefield so much of their senior leadership has forced them into this secondary channel. still dangerous. but it is a secondary channel and it is a measure of our success. how can we adjust our collection and especially our analysis to be able to detect in a timely way these lower threshold events. thats going to be very hard. >> it seemed officially that terror experts kind of scoffed at this crude bomb making, that was a pretty lame attempt. for that reason really doubted claims of responsi...

Muhammad, the prophet was wearing a bear suit? >> no doubt tons of theories going on right now as the new york police department and terror experts continue to hone in on those images of that man. coming up on our show, we are going to hone in for you and try to get more information. well have homeland security secretary janet napolitano, 7:30 eastern time and directly following that will be former new york mayor rudy giuliani who knows a thing or two about terrorism in this city. >> thats right...