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Billion package for portugal. so the work goes ahead but it does raid see serious questions about leadership at the international monetary fund. during the u.s. financial crisis this was a key organization and dominique strauss-khan was a key player to move from the g-8 structure to the go-20 to bring the added capital in to the international monetary fund and to underwrite the u.s. bailout. so the number two at the organization, john lipski, announced his resignation in office but has now stayed behind in washington as acting managing director. but it raises huge questions about a power vacuu...

"not tonight, britta. not tonight." ♪ 30 years ago eradicating smallpox was once of science's greatest achievements, described as one of the worst disease ever, it killed half a billion people in the last century alone. however, two countries -- russia and the u.s. -- still have hundreds of smallpox samples between them tucked away in secret laboratories. many countries believe these stockpiles should finally be destroyed. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta goes to the cdc which has one of these labs to get answers. >> reporter: smallpox is a disease no one has seen since the late 1970s.

Handling hundreds of billions of money. he was supposed to meet with european leaders this week, instead he is in new york answering attempted rape charges. will his arrest really impact the imf and the global financial picture? joining me now, cnn's john dextrose in belgium. people are wondering how this is going to impact all of us. >> reporter: let's put it this way, randi. there's a noticeable absence here at the european headquarters of the european council where dominique strauss-khan is supposed to be. one man does not make an option but he was supposed to be at the table in discussions...

Don't trummp won'tb be running for president in 2012. this is how he explained it. i have spent the last several months unofficially campaigning and i recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly, and ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion, and i am not ready to leave the private sector. paul steinhauser joins us. tell us what you think of that? >> well, he has some bravado that we are used to. this is another thing he said in the statement, i maintain the strong conviction that if i were to have run i would have won to primary and the general election, ...

The space shuttle "endeavour" launched into space. it is taking up extra parts and super tiny satellites. satellites the size of a cracker. yes, a cracker. "endeavour" is scheduled to return to earth on june 1 which is the same day that the space shuttle "atlantis" is expected to roll out to the launch pad in anticipation of the final mission of the space shuttle's 30-year history. in today's big breakdown, let's talk about the sheer size of the space shuttle, because unless you have seen it up close orn a of us haven't, you can't imagine the length. you have sat in a school bus, right, well, ...