the bomb squad was able to defuse the trap. law enforcement officials say the aparnell was rigged to explode, it looked like something you would find in iraq or afghanistan. it included 30 homemade grenades wired to a control box, and 10 gallons of gasoline form the gas was divided among glass containers and gas cans so the explosion would spread more quickly. while prosecutors focus on the suspect, the community is focusing on the victims. jim spellman is live in aurora, colorado. i understand people are expressing their grief in what looks like makeshift memorials that have been set up throughout. >> reporter: yeah, we've heard so much about the suspected shooter, i want to show you the spirit of the community. this sign gone, not forgotten was the first sign that popped up here. ever since then it's been growing literally by the hour. some of these candles have been

burning 24 hours a days ago. even before the sun is up, you can see the glowing tribute. even here on the sidewalk people are leaving messages in chalk. it goes on and on. you can see here this one sign here i think is a pretty special. real heroes wear badges, not capes, in reference, of course, to the batman movies and all the first responder that showed up. up at the top of this hill, you can see a cross made for each of the victims. people have been bringing by candles, stuffed animals, one has a skateboard. lorraine and join just showed up and brought a sign. tell us about the sign. it's an acrho anyone, pray for everyone, rely on god for comfort, always seem faith, you are not alone. we will not live in fear. >> reporter: why did you want to come here and bring the sign?

>> we're part of the community. i'm a parent. it could have been my kids. you know, it's the grace of god that my baby's name is not on there. we wanted to show our love and support for our community, and that we are -- we are supportive and not going to let this change us. >> reporter: i think suzanne, that's the spirit i felt. people have been coming by. there's a prior circle going on. people have been coming by, and i've had heard that throughout the community, that people will not give into the darkness of this event, they'll not give into fear, live positively and try to remember the good things about these victims and forget as much as they can about the suspect. suzanne? >> we serb responsibility their efforts 689 jim, thank you so much. new life emerges from the tragedy. even as the victims of shootings struggle how to recover, the wife of one of the victims gave birth to their firth child today. caleb medley is still in the same hospital, in critical

condition. his wife and son are doing well. mitt romney says his business experience makes him the best person to handle the economy, but today his focus is on foreign policy. the campaign is calling it a major policy address at the veterans of foreign wars convention, it comes ahead of romney's trip he's taking overseas. dana bash is at the convention in reno. first of all, he's being to go overseas, and he is going to, we assume, attack president obama on his foreign policy report during the speech, but he's going to talk about leaks of classified information. how does that relate? >> reporter: well, you're exactly right. he is going 20 go after president obama big time. we know that just from the experts that the romney campaign has released. as you know, the focus in this election has not been on foreign 308. so the romney campaign is trying to make it not so much about foreign policy, but go to the heart of the president's character and to the heart of the issue of trust.

can you trust president obama with this whole question? this is in the news in a big weigh about the fact that there were a series of national security leaks that are being investigated right now in washington. what the former governor of massachusetts is going to do is quote the democratic senate intelligence chairman dianne feinstein, who yesterday said the white house understands that some of this has to be coming from its ranks. i'll give all quote from the speech they released -- let me be clear, these make the decision all the more important. what kind of white house would reveal classified material for political gain? i'll tell you right now, mine won't. he'll use familiar team like stonewalling and the buck should stop there. this is hitting at the character and trust of president obama and his administration. >> what about defense cuts? i understand that is going to be

a line of criticism as well. >> reporter: it definitely will be. this is the vfw convention, there is no better audience to get a round of applause for hitting washington in general for defense cuts that are expected down the pike. as a part of last year's debt deal, they did agree, democrats and republicans, to have about $100 billion in cuts, a little more than half of that would be from defense. now republicans and now mitt romney today will really hit the president for that. but i think we should give a bit of a reality check that republicans in congress voted for this larger bill, too. 70% of the conference voted for this in order to make sure that you u.s. didn't hit the debt ceiling and make sure some spending is going to be cut. >> very controversial. dana, finally romney is about to leave for a major trip overseas, he'll be traveling tolanden, israel, policiant. give us a sense of what he hopes to accomplish by hitting those three countries?

>> reporter: very interesting mix of countries. first of all, hitting london, of course, where the olympics will be. he'll be there for 9 opening ceremonies. it's a nice way to have a rah-rah american moment, but remind people he was the successful head of the olympics about a decade ago. and let's fast-forward to israel. israel has been a controversial issue for president obama, particularly within the jewish community here in the united states, and some of those key swing districts and swing states, florida, fullback. president obama, it's no secret he doesn't have the greatest relationship with netanyahu. romney has known him, ironically for years and years, so it's a way to make that connection, make the point, president obama hasn't even got to israel, and he could have because he had been in the enabled. those are some of the reasons he's going to the places he is.

>> dana, thank you. we pressured it. we'll be following his journey's international trek in the days ahead. we'll have live coverage of romney's speech beginning at the top of the hour, at 2:00 p.m. eastern. here's what we're working on for this hour. the battle over big soda. new yorkers have their say today. many are not happy about the possible ban on the big sugary drinks. plus the cost of politics. there's a price to pay for all that fighting in congress. the total more than $1 billion. and you would think that all those tech execs would want us to pick up our blackberries, iphones and computers, but listen to this? they actually think we should step away. the medicare debate continues in washington...

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mary, i can't imagine what new yorkers are saying about this one. are they upset or think it's a good idea? >> reporter: well, this has real will you struck a nerve on both sides of this issue. just running into a couple dozens new yorkers lining up to attend this public hearings, i ran into a civil liberties attorney, who is adamantly opposed a community activist who strongly supports it. this is the only public hearing where new yorkers will be able to sound off on this proposal of mayor bloomberg's as proposal he unveiled back in late may. as you mentioned, limiting the size of large sugary drinks to 16 ounces in theaters, restaurants and delis. leading up to this there's been an aggressive push on both sides, supporters and opponents. largely a lot of those opponents, the opposition has been led by the beverage industry, but the mayor was

sounding fairly confident that he believes his plans will not be derailed. >> don't dictate to us. talk with us, not at us. >> compared to smoking, this is an easy battle to win, and nobody will stop this, my impression. we just cannot continue to do this. >> you know, this public hearing was only scheduled toast about two hours, but the health department believes it could go much longer than that because of the all the people who have signed up to voice their opinion on this proposal. >> yeah, it's a feisty debate going on. tell us about the head commissioner. he just had a presser. is he confident this is going to pass? >> reporter: yeah, and here's why, because this proposal is going to be voted on by the members of the department of health. they have been appointed by the mayor. there are 11 members. the vote comes up in september,

and so he is saying look, there have been controversial proposals on posting calories, cutting transfat, also public smoking in new york city. he believes this will go through, and the american beverage association, though, is bracing for this. they are considering a number of options. they told me one of the things they are considering if this things goes through is a lawsuit. >> big gulp versus big brother, a perfect way to put it there. appreciate it, mary. she was the first person in space riding aboard "challenger." we are remembering sadry ride. ♪ ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ breathes deeply ] ♪ so clear, so bright

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to fly in space. ride inspired countless young women to pursue their dreams. president obama called her a national hero. former astronaut, first black woman in space mae jamison is joining us in houston. good to talk with us as always. for anybody who was not alive in 1983, it might be hard to understand just how important ride's journey was into space and what it personally meant to you as well. >> when i think about sally ride, we think about that energy that you hear in the music. i remember people played that "ride sally ride" because finally we had a woman in the united states going into space. we knew all along that women were just as much a part, had just as much a right to be

involved? space exploration. so that was a thrilling moment. >> it was so exciting to see her and to see what she looked like, with all of those men. what did she mean to you personally? i know the two of you had a relationship that weren't on for quite some time. >> i actually joined the space program as sally ride was leaving the astronaut program, and i actually inherited her desk in the strange shuffle of events. i inherited her desk. i remember her running into the room saying, hey, mae, i'm going to get all this stuff off the desk, by the way, good to meet you. that was my introduction to her. for me personally it was a yes, you can do this. sally ride came in with a group of five other women astronauts in 1978. she was the one chosen to be the first american woman in space. so i this with that she carried an incredible burden, which was to just sort of say, yeah, we

can do it, and she did it very effortlessly. i think that is really important. >> she has work that continues, the 158y ride science institute that continues in san diego, this only continues what people are trying to do and what she set out to do. >> in fact, if you lookic at a retrospect tiv, she was a physicist, at a time when women weren't involved in physics as well. she also was the leader of the ride commission, which was the report after the "challenger" accident. she went on to head and be a part of other space exploration commissions, as well as starting ride science. i think there's this continuous incredible investment and commitment to science, technology, engineering mathematics, as well as innovation and pushing the future forward. >> when you look another her and

your own legacy, why do we not have more scientists. what needs to happen here? >> i think we have more than people think of, because a lot of times we don't highlight or see them. i think one of the big issues to say, yes, this is part of not only a possibility, but a reality. as we see that that reality is there, then young girls will find a the lo of the nrk to get over the hurdles that are thrown in front of them, and maybe we'll also have older males not throwing so many hurdles in front of them or people with their stereotypes of who ought to do what that will back off and we'll be able to use the full talent of our country. i think that's what dr. ride represents, a time when we were committed to the full talent of our country. >> mae, before i let you go. what are you up to now, what are you doing? >> right now i'm continuing to look into space, working on a

project called 100-year starship. how do we make sure of having the capable of sending humans to another star. why do we believe in this? because i think that by working to create an extraordinary tomorrow, that we will actually build a better world today. that's what we need to do, to say we're going to take on something that's even bigger than ourselves. we will create these incredible transformations on our planet. >> that was sally ride's legacy as well. mae jemison, thank you. >> thank you as well. i'm sorry it's at this time, but thank you. doctors and nurses demanding bribes in exchange for care? that's what's allegedly appearing in a hospital at afghanistan. all being done with your money, millions of wasted taxpayer dollars. don't forget you can watch cnn live on your compete are

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three days out from the summer olympics. britain has beefed up security again. 1200 extra troops have been called in as the security fiasco deepens. just last week an strad 3500 troops were rallied to fill the gaps from the priority security form. you're looking at a drammic rescue in flood-ravaged china. two cars and a wedding caravan dropped when a bridge collapsed. they went down in ropes, pulled open the sunroof and pulled the drive to safety. many are not as fortunate. hard to imagine a hospital of horrors funded by the u.s. government, but there's no other way to describe a medical facility in afghanistan's

capital. now more than two years after the u.s. military discovered shocking abuse at the hospital, that it was bankrolling, congress today finally hearing from military whistle-blowers and other witnesses. we want to bring in barbara starr who has been out in front of this story. we're talking about corruption, wasted taxpayer dollars, efforts to block this investigation, what did we learn today? >> well, it was all finally out on the table in front of the public and congress, fraud, abuse, corruption, mistreatment of afghan soldiers by afghan medical staff, all at a facility where the u.s. paid more than $100 mill won to run it. the whistle-blowers finally came out today and told their side of the story at this congressional hearing. there are some photos we want to warn are not suitable for our youngest viewers to see of some of the abuse perpetrated on

thinks afghan-wounded troops at this hospital where u.s. military personnel were trying to mennor or train afghan personnel. that's what it was all about. just hard to believe what went on here. today the congressman chairing the oversight subcommittee looking into all of this had the harshest words. >> photographic evidence and firsthand accounts indicated that wounded soldiers endured starvation, wounds were left undressed. afghan doctors conducted procedures without anesthesia or painkillers. in written testimony, colonel karoza described the conditions as auschwitz-like. oftentimes doctors and nurses would demand bribes for care. those who could not afford to do so died in their hospital beds. the medical care in afghanistan was so substandard it was ranked in the lowest 1% by the world

health organization. all of this was funded by the u.s. taxpayer. >> auschwitz-like conditions funded by the u.s. taxpayers where u.s. military personnel felt their hands were tied. they were told that basically this was a problem the afghans had to solve. this went on for months until finally, finally an inspector general investigation was launched from the u.s. military over the objections of some generals apparently who didn't want the bad news to get out, at least not right away. that's the allegation. >> it's even hard to see those pictures and believe this is reality here. what do we make will come out of this investigation? who could be held responsible for what happened? >> let's be clear. what is on the table, two u.s. army generals, their actions are

being at least reviewed, according to the pentagon, reviewed. not an investigation yet. the allegation is these two generals, the whistle-blowers contend, delayed an inspector general investigation in 2010, because they were concerned about appearances. they were concerned it would come at the time of the 2010 elections, that it would make everybody look bad. that's an allegation that is out there. the i.g. is reviewing it. but congressman chaff its is pressing for more action. >> very quickly. that hospital, have the conditions improved in that hospital for those afghans? >> sure. the pentagon tells us that the afghan leadership has been fired and changed, that conditions have improved, but the u.s. is still inspecting it every several weeks, every few months, because there is still a lot of u.s. money being poured into it, and a lot of effort by u.s. military personnel to try to get

the afghans trained up to care for their own wounded. >> such an unbelievable story. appreciate it. while you are probably checking your smartphone as we speak, but you might be able to take a break. that's what some tech execs say you've got to do it. the very same people that are trying to sell you these products. on the help desk today we're talking about credit card debt. with me greg olson and donna rho sato. this question came in for you. >> if you're carrying a very large amount of credit card debt, even though it's more beneficial in the long run if you have it, to pay it off, is it worth it to pay it off in one big lump sum? >> he said, you know, i can afford to go month by month paying this off, even with the high interest rate, but should i pay it off in a lump sum? >> at lennox we always say pay off debt as quickly as possible.

if you have the money in a lump sum, pay it off as quickly as you can. there are advantages of paying on a monthly basis, such as for budgeting or building up your credit as time goes on. if you have the money to pay it off, certainly do so, then you'll by paying the interest back to yourself. >> i definitely agree with that, baud, you know, it shows a strong track record if you can continue to pay it off every month, but i do think to consider that if you have other revolving rate debts like a student loan or mortgage, maybe it's less important to have that on your credit card. you're always better paying off the high-rate interest. thank you guys. appreciate it. if you have a question unfortunate one our experts to tackle, you have a this is $100,000.

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. all right. turn off the cell phone, log off the computer, don't look back, at least for a little while. that's what silicon valley execs like stewart crabbe at facebook told us recently in an article. they're actually warning us to use them with caution, like coke or pepsi telling you to drink a little less? you wrote an article last year basically saying you agree. you found yourself at one point even loving being in blackout, right? because you could not use all the things you had become addicted to. why do you think they're telling us to step away from the gadgets? >> well, look, everything in motte railings, right? these devices are with us all the time.

the reason there are so many apps is because developers know we'll always be with our phone, which means we'll always use them. we've been sensory overloaded for a long time. there's a lot of stress involved and a lot of sort of disconnect with the world, so yeah, you need to take a break every once in a while. just common sense. >> why is it so heart to do? >> well, look, ask yourself, how much time do you spend -- idle time do you spend looking at that thing? >> honestly i could barely spare the three minutes for this interview? i'm so involved. i was using it when i watch tv. the only times i am completely disconnected is when i'm sleeping or driving. now cars are becoming connected devices as well, so we won't be spared that even on a nice drive in the country. >> why is it so hard for you, so

tough? that three minutes not to be connected in some way? >> i grew up in the tv generation. to quote my mother, i was glued to the tv set. the phrase "go out and play" is still relevant now. we're fascinated, but tv is passive. what these devices are are gateways to everything, to lots of things. you can write, you can read, you can share, communicate in amazing ways. discover things. it's very, very compelling. yes, there's a lot of time wasting, but it's a powerful tool to learn and develop. so it's a great thing to have, but like everything else. too much is never great. >> for kids, at least, this is what dr. michael seager told cnn, neuroismaging studies have shone that those kids who are texting have the same area of the brain light up as an addict using heroin.

how do you take a vacation from all of this? >> i think even the notion that we're talking about taking a vacation itself is part of the problem. in your daily life there should be times just for a matter of politeness and etiquette where you're not using this thing. you're having lunch with somebody, you put it down, things like that. you should be disciplined enough so you're not so tethered to these things that you're using it all the time. i've been guilty of using my phone or tab lett unconsciously. i'm with people and suddenly they're say, john, john, john. so you have to incorporate properness, and then maybe you don't need to take a formal vacation or a very long time in order to cut that cord. >> were you able to do that, john? i know you had your own experiment going on. how did it go for you? >> it went great. this was back in august during hurricane irene. we lost power and even worse, we lost data.

barely texting, i thought i was going to go crazy of the my daughter actually was cat atonic, but i discovered it was nice to be out and in the sun and doing a barbecue and grilling and reading and candles, all that stuff. you know, a neighbor told me, yeah, the first day it's "little house on the prairie." in three days it will be "lord of the flies." that might be true, but until you've reached that point, it really is terrific. >> all right. hopefully we never get to that point. >> i hope so. >> john, good to see you as always. >> thank you. >> glad you could disconnect for three minutes. appreciate it. political bickering, now anything new. a price to pay for all the fighting in congress. you won't believe the cost. fic . 6 i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve

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sdploot partisan fighting, it's not just frustrating, but expensive. it put the government deeper in debt. alison kosik explains how it happened and how much money we're talking about. >> reporter: too bad our legislators don't realize time is money. the drawnout, dragout fight on how to lift the debt ceiling cost the government a whopping 1.3 billion, according to the general accounting office. money during the eight months before hitting it the debt

limit. here's the irony in this. since last summer, the cost of borrowing money has fallen, the interest rates on a ten-year u.s. bond, but this isn't just about money. the gao also reported concern that it distracted treasury department. the treasury window up being forced to come up with extraordinary measures to keep the government operating. the gao says that diverted resources. >> we know the debt ceiling is coming up for debate again. how do we expect this to play out? >> here we go again. we're about $550 bhil onaway from hitting the debt ceiling again. we could hit it as early as mid november. delays action, yeah, it costs money. suzanne? >> a rough day for stocks.

so take a look at the numbers. what is behind the sell-off? the dow down 166 points. they have fallen from the opening bell. they haven't been able to dig out of the hole. there are big worries about germany, and with the potential for more bailouts in europe, it's not a good thing that there's the potential for a full-blown downgrade a germany. that could have widespread implications. you're seeing the markets a bit spooked today. >> for the first time in 22 years, the international aids conference is now here in the united states. why did it take so long? because the u.s. government banned people with hiv from entering the country. now they are focused on finding a cure. sometimes, i feel like it's me against my hair.

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stopping the spread of hiv, that's the focus right now at the international aids conference and is under way in washington, d.c. sanja is there. in addition to this announcement of this new drug we're now learning more about a man who says he's been cured. you've gotten a chance to know this patient. can you tell us a bit about him? >> reporter: using the word cure is not something you hear from the scientific community very often. people are very careful when using that word. that is the word they are using to describe a man named timothy ray brown. he had hiv aids and was diagnosed with leukemia. as part of the treatment he underwent a bone marrow transplant. they believe it's the transplant that rid his body of the virus.

i did speak to timothy ray brown earlier. he's here talking about his remarkable story. here is how he put it to me. >> does that mean you have no symptoms? you have no virus? >> i quit taking my hiv medication on the day i got my first transplant. unfortunately, the leukemia came back. i had to get a second transplant a year later. after the first transplant i did very well. i gained muscle weight and went back to work. everything was great. the leukemia came back. my heb was gone after three months after the first transplant. >> completely gone? >> completely gone. >> reporter: you hear his story. bone marrow transplant obviously is not the answer for all people with hiv/aids.

what scientists are focusing in on at this conference and they have been poking and prodding mr. brown for some time is try to figure out what happened here and how can that be applied to other people. his cells reject the virus. the virus cannot get into his cells. why is that and can that be replicated? >> that's incredible. i understand you interviewed basic stress debra messing. she talked about the importance of testing. let's listen to that. >> 6,000 lives were saved and they are bringing life saving innovations into the people who need it. now we're at such an exciting time when an aids free generation is within reach. these innovations are working. it's just a matter of combining them and getting them to the people. that's all about staying the course and having the funding.

>> tell us why it was important for her to be there. why she's there and why this is the first time that we're now seeing this conference hosted here in more than 20 years? >> reporter: with regard to miss messing. she's an ambassador for an organization. they travel around the world doing this sort of work. she has a back story. her first acting coach or teacher was someone who died of hiv/aids about 20 years ago. her son, paul, is named after her acting teacher. you find stories like that a lot people have a person connection in some way. as a result of that, at least in her case, it's inspired a lot of the work she does. she goes around the world. i said why you? who do people get out of you? i'm that lovable person people knew from will and grace and

people feel coortable when they get a message from me. the conference hasn't been held in the united states since 1990. there was a ban up until 2009 for people with hiv entering this country, getting a visa and entering a country. pretty remarkable with all that we knew of the science that it was only three years ago that ban was lifted. that's why we haven't had an aids conference in the united states in more than 20 years. >> hard to believe. thank you. the jackson family feud has reached a whole new level. we're talking about michael jackson's kids haven't seen the kids in more than a week. now video shows a scuffle. [ male announcer ] we did a febreze experiment

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first the disappearance of michael jackson's mother, now we have now video that appears to show a scuffle between janet jackson and michael daughter's paris. all that taking place at kathryn

jackson's home. our entertainment editor is on the story. we heard police was called in. what is going on with the jackson family? >> there's a lot of tension. the center of the tension is where is kathryn jackson. jermaine jackson and rebe and janet will tell you she is doing well in arizona resting and destressing not wanting to use a phone or computer, not wanting to contact the three children of michael jackson whom she has been raising since their father suddenly passed away three years ago. the kids will tell you, meaning paris, blanket and prince, they're very concerned about their grandmother because guess what, she's not called them in nine days. she wasn't supposed to be gone that long. she doesn't go to where she was supposed to be going. they want to talk to her. they have very distressed about this. it wasn't a scuffle. it was a confrontation between

paris and her aunt as you can see on the security camera video that we obtained. janet, witnesses tell me is telling her, i want your phone because you've been tweeting too much. she doesn't give it to her. she runs into the security office. that's randy and that is janet with their own cell phones video taping her as she went along. why were they doing that? what does that say about the situation? it mean there's a lot of tension and distress between all of them. the future of the jackson family, michael's three children who have inherited this huge fortune are being alienated by their aunts and uncles. it doesn't look pretty for unity in the jackson family. >> we're going to have to let you go but paris tweeting here saying nine days and counting. i will make whoever did this pay. a lot of confusion around what's taking place with the jackson family. thank you for the update. we are obviously going to be keeping up and keeping track

with what that means with some of these family member who is seem to be fighting. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> thank you so much. hello to all you have. here is a question floating around now. it is how would mitt romney represent america's interests around the world? he is expected to be laying out those precise points when he gives a speech on foreign policy. these are live pictures in reno, nevada. we just heard from president obama speaking there yesterday and we will be hearing from mitt romney any second. that said, i do have our senior congressional correspondent, dana bash. she is on the phone. you are in this room to hear mitt romney. let me toss you there question. i've read a couple of these excerp excerpts. give me a little preview. what will we be hearing?

>> reporter: what is most interesting, at least what they have given us ahead of time, they realize that foreign policy is not on the front burning at all for voters. the issue that they want to make the most news isn't so much about the president's foreign policy. it's about trust in the white house and the credibility. he's going to really take a whack at the president for these series of national security leaks that we have been reporting on for the past couple of months that are being investigated but the attorney general pointed to. he's going to hang this on comments by the democratic senate intelligence woman who spoke yesterday suggested that the white house has to look at its own ranks to see if that's where it's coming from. the wheel question is is this politically motivated to try to make the president look good.

that's where mitt romney will hit the president hardest on the issue of the fact that possibly these leaks came from the white house. again, we've come full circle. the idea is this goes to the heart of trust and credibility and in the words of mitt romney, stone walling. >> once he finishes here in nevada, you and i were talking yesterday, he's headed on this overseas trip. i want to let our viewers know as we await mitt romney speaking h here, we also have chris lawrence from the pentagon. dana stand by. chris, i want to go to you. i want to talk to dana's point about how he will be hitting the president when it comes to trust and foreign policy and accusing the white house of leaking classified intelligence. he's talking to veterans today and president obama did precisely the same thing just

yesterday. i hear applause as i look down. guys tell me if he's going to speak. what's interesting here is that neither man was in the military. you have mitt romney. you have president barack obama. this marks the very first time in 68 years that neither major party presidential candidate has served. chris lawrence, i want to talk to you about this. we haven't seen this sort of matchup, we did the digging since 1944. since franklin roosevelt versus thomas dewey. >> reporter: even though jobs are the number one issue out there right now, the fact that you've got this ongoing situation in syria. a potential nuclear power in iran over the next few years. lot of foreign policy issues still trying to get out of afghanistan that neither person has experience in the military is a choice that american voters haven't had in almost 70 years.

i think what you're really going to see is something that dana pointed out. it just doesn't seem to matter. maybe we should have seen this coming when bill clinton took out two war heroes, george bush and bob doyle. when senator john kerry fell to george w. bush. when barack obama beat john mccain. military service doesn't translate to being essential to being the commander in chief. >> here is what translates, dollars and cents. the president, just yesterday, if they didn't reach a compromise in terms of the pentagon the number is $500 billion. the pentagon will be forced to cut $500 billion. president obama said it was the republicans who were, i'm

quoting the president, playing politics with our military. they have to get serious about cutting the deficit to bolster our u.s. men and women who are serving. what do we expect. how will mitt romney hit back? >> reporter: i think least going to definitely point out as something he said before that he would try to act to stop sequestration. they think it gets chopped out of the budget. this is a cut on what's estimated to be the budget over the next decaddecade. this isn't a one time chop. a lot of people in the pentagon will argue the pentagon can't make those cuts anymore. you have this battle of chicken where both sides don't want to

blink. >> dana covers the blinking daily. do i see mitt romney walking toward the podium? dana let's wait for the thank yous. we'll take him live. this is the cnn orc poll. the question we polled who best can handle foreign? you see the numbers. obama 53%. romney, 41%. romney will be throwing some elbows and punches against the president. how effective do you think it will be? >> reporter: we'll have to listen to see how he goes off. stop me if you want to start to take this live. >> let me cut you off. i know you want to listen. i know our viewers want to listen. here we go.

>> distinguished guests and members of the vfw, thank you for your generous welcome. i want to start today with a few words about the unimaginable tragedy in colorado last week. we have sense learned that among the victims were four people that were serving our country in uniform. today our hearts go out to the families of john laramer, rebecca wingo, an air force veteran, jesse childredd and jonathan blunk who died shielding his girlfriend from the spray of bullets. the lost of americans who served our country only as to the profound tragedy of that day. all americans are grateful for their service and deeply saddened by their deaths. we mourng them and we will remember them.

the vfw is over two million strong and has a special place in america's heart. some of you fought in iraq and afghanistan. others are old enough to have marched, flown or sailed by orders of franklin d. roosevelt. whatever your age, whether you're republican or democrat, when ever you serve, there's one thing you have in common. you answered the call of your country in a time of war from december 7th [ applause ] from december 4th, 1941 to september 11, 2001, when ever america has been tested, you stepped forward. . you come from our farms, our great cities, our small towns and quiet neighborhoods. many of you have known violence so that your neighbors could know peace. you've done more to protect america.

you're courage and service defines america. your america our best and it's an honor to address you today. [ applause ] >> our veterans are part of a proud tradition. now to places like kandahar. year after year our men and women have added proud achievements to their record of service and president obama appropriately pointed to some of them yesterday in a speech. any time our military accomplishes a vital mission it's a proud moment for our nation. we owe our veterans and military more than just an accounting of our successes. they deserve a fair and frank assessment of the whole picture of where we are and where we want to be. when it comes to national security and foreign policy as with our economy, the last few years have been a time of

declining influence and missed opportunity. just consider some of the challenges i discussed with you at your last national convention. since then has the american economy recovered? has our ability to shape world events been enhanced or diminished? have we gained greater confidence among our alleys and greater respect from our adversaries and more importantly has the most severe security threat facing america and our friends a nuclear armed iran become more likely or less likely? these clear measures are the ultimate test of american leadership and we haven't seen much in the president's first time that inspires confidence in a second. the president's policies that made it harder to recover from the deepest recession in 70

years. exposed the military to cuts that no one can justify. compromised our national security secrets. [ applause ] >> in dealings with other nations, he has gives trust where it is not earned, insult where it was not deserved and apology where it is not due. [ applause ] >> from berlin to cairo to the united nations, president obama has shared his view of america and his place among nations. i've come here today to share mine. i am an unapologetic believer in

the greatness of america. [ applause ] >> i'm not ashamed of american power. i take pride that throughout history our power has brought justice where there was tyranny, peace where there was conflict and hope where there was offliction. i believe our country is the greatest force for good the world has ever known and that our influence is needed today as ever before. i'm guided by one overwhelming conviction and passion. this century must be an american

century. they did together with their allies they won world war ii. they rescued europe. they defeated communism and america took its place as leader of the free world. across the globe they fought. they bled. they led. they showed the world the extraordinary courage of the american heart. the generosity of the american spirit. that courage and generosity remains unchanged today. sadly the president has diminished american leadership or reaping the consequences. the world is dangerous, destructive, chaotic and the two men running to be your commander in chief must offer their answers to the challenges we

face. like a watchman in the night we must remain at our post and keep guard of the freedom that defines this and ennobles us and our friends. we have the strongest economy and the strongest military in the world. in american century we secure peace through our strength. if by absolute necessity we must employ it, we must wield our strength with resolve. we lead the free world and the free world leads the entire world. if we don't have the strength or vision to lead then other powers will take our place pulling history in a very different direction. a just and peaceful world depends on the strong and confident america. i pledge to you if i become commander in chief the united states of america will fulfill its destiny and its duty.

[ applause ] >> now our leadership depends on our economic strength, on our military strength and our moral strength. if any one of those falter no skill of diplomacy or presidential oratory can compensate. a healthy economy is what underwrites american power. when growth is missing government revenues fall. social spending rises and many in washington look to cut defense spending as the easy way out. that includes our corrupt president. today we're just months away from an arbitrary reduction that

will saddle the military with a trillion dollars in cuts, severely shrink our fore structure and deter our military to defeat threats. don't bother trying to find a serious military rationale behind that unless it's wishful thinking. strategy is not driving the president's massive defense cuts. in fact, his own secretary of defense warned that these reductions would be devastating, and he's right. that devastation would start here at home. mark my words, those cuts would only weaken an already stretched v.a. system and our solemn commitment that every veteran receives care second to none if i'm president of the united states, i will not let that happen. [ applause ]

>> this is no time for president's radical cuts in our mail tear. look around the world other major powers are rapidly adding to their military capabilities. some with intentions very different than their own. the regime in tehron is developing military threats. we're still at war and still have uniform men and women in conflict. all this and more is going on in the world. yet the president has chosen this moment for wholesale reductions in the nation's military capacity. when the biggest announcement in the last state of the union address on improving our military was that the pentagon will start using more clean energy then you know it's time for a change. [ applause ]

we're not the first tepeople to observe this. bob gates addressed another security problem within this administration. after secret operational details of the bin laden raid were given to reporters, secretary gates walk eed into the west wing and told the obama team to shut up. he added a color word for emphasis. lives of american servicemen and women are at stake, but astonishingly the administration failed to change its ways. more top secret administration was leaked even some involving covert action in iran. this isn't a partisan issue. it's national security crisis. just yesterday democrat senator

dianne feinstein who is chairman of the intelligence committee says i think the white house has to understand that some of this is coming from their ranks, end of quote. this conduct is contemptible. it betrays our national interest. it compromises our men and women in the field and demands a full and prompt investigation. whoever provided classified information to the media seeking political advantage for the administration must be exposed, dismissed and punished. the time for stone walling is over. [ applause ]

>> it's not enough to say the matter is being looked into and leave it at that. the issue is of highly political sensitive information. it's unacceptable to say we'll report our findings after the election. exactly who in the white house betrayed these secrets. did a superior authorize? these are things americans are entitled know and they are entitled to know it now. if the president believes the buck stops with him then he owes all americans fall and prompt accounting of the facts. [ applause ] what kind of white house would reveal classified material for political gain? i'll tell you right now, mine

will not. [ applause ] as you know the harm that's done when national security secrets are betrayed extends to the trust that allies place in the united states. the operating principal of american foreign policy has been to work with our alleys. that policy depends on nurturing our alliances and standing the up for our value. the president moved in the opposite direction. it began with the abandonment of our friends in poland. they agreed to provide sites for anti-missile only to be told that it was off. missile defenses were sacrificed as a unilateral concession to the russian government.

if that was designed to inspire good will from russia, it mixed the mark. he regained the russian presidency in a corrupt election and he got a call from the white house. then there was the exchange when he doesn't know the microphone was on. he said to give him space. after my election i'll have more flexibility. why is it that flexibility with russian leaders is more important to him than transpa n transparency for the american people? now the president did have a moment of candor. he said the actions of venezuela

dictator has not had a serious national security impact on us. in my view, inviting hezballah into our hemisphere is a threat. i'll recognize it as such. at least he was being consistent. afterall this is the president who faltered when the iranian people were looking for support in their struggle. that public uprising was treated as around inconvenient problem for the president's policy of engagement instead of a moral and strategic opportunity. i'm going to be leaving reno

this evening on a trip abroad. it will take me to england, poland and israel. since i went venture into another country, i'll tell you what i think of this administration's shabby treatment of one our fondest friends. he is fond of lecturing israel's leaders. he was caught deriding them. he's undermined their position which was tough enough as it was. even at the united nations to the enthusiastic applause of israel's enemies, he spoke as if our closest ally in the middle east was the problem. the people of israel deserve better from what they received from the leader of the free world. it should never again include the voice of the president of

the united states. [ applause ] >> there's values and kauszs and nations that depends on america's strength, on the clarity of our purpose. there's work on this world that only america and our allies can do. hostile powers that only we can deter and challenges that only we can overcome pop for the past decade among those challenges have been the war in afghanistan. as commander in chief, i will have a solemn duty to our men and women in uniform. they troops, their families and the american people a clear explanation of our mission and a commitment not to play politics with the decisions of war. i've been critical of the president's decision to withdraw the surge troops during the fighting season against the advice of commanders on the

ground. the president would have you believe that anyone who disagrees is arguing for endless war. the route to more war and potentially to attacks here at home is a politically timed retreat. as president my goal in afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to afghan security forces by the end of 2014. i'll evaluate conditions on the ground and solicit the best advice of our military commanders. i will affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects but to the security of the nation and the safety of our troops. [ applause ] >> we face another challenge in a rising china. too often it disregards the rights of its people. it's selective in the freedoms

it allows and as with the one child policy, it can be ruthless in crushing the freedoms it denies. it conducting trade with america it permits flagrant patent and copyright. it's in our mutual interest for china to be a partner for a stable and secure world. we welcome its participation in trade. the cheating must be brought to a stop. the president won't do it, and i will. [ applause ] >> we will need that same clarify and purpose in the middle east. america can't be neutral in the outcome there. we have to stand for the values of representative government and human rights. we must stand against the

extension of iranian influence. egypt's at the center of this drama. in many ways it has the power to tip the balance. as president i'll not only direct the billions in assistance we give to egypt in that goal, but i'll work with partner nations to place conditions on their assistance as well. unifying our collective influence behind a common purpose will foster the development of a government that represents all egyptians, maintains peace with israel. the united states is willing to help egypt promote peace and prosperity but whether he not be comppl complicit. for the talks and conferences,

can anyone really say we're further from this danger now than we were four years ago? they're not going to be talked out of their pursuit of nuclear weapons. what's needs is the firmness, clarity and moral courage that we and our alleys can gather. sanctions must be enforced without exception culting off the regime sources of wealth negotiations must have access for inspections. the iranian regime claims the right to enrich material for enrichment purposes. it's discredited by years of deception. a clear line has to be drawn. there must be a full suspension of any enrichment whatsoever, period.

[ applause ] >> at every time iran must know that the united states and our alleys stand as one in these critical objectives. only in this way can we counter the catastrophic threat that iran represents to us in the world. i pledge to you and all americans that if i become commander in chief, i will use every means necessary to protect ourselves and the region and to prevent the worst from happening while there's still time. it's a mistake and sometimes a tragic one to think that firmness in american foreign policy can only bring tension or conflict. the surest path to danger is always weakness and indecision. [ applause ]

in the end, it's resolve that moves events in our direction and strength that keeps the peace. i will not surrender america's leadership in the world. we must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose and resolve in our might. this is very simple. if you don't want america to be the strongest nation on earth, i'm not your president. with his cuts to the military t you have that president today. testimo the 21st century can and must be an american century. it began with terror, war, economic calamity. it's our duty to steer it into the path of freedom and peace and prosperity. fewer members of the greatest generation are here today.

they can't hold the torch as high as they have in the past. they're getting older. it's our turn. we have to seize that torch they've carried and with such great sacrifice. it's an eternal torch of decency and freedom and hope. it's not america's torch alone. it's america's duty and honor to hold it high enough so the whole world can see it. i love america. i love what america represents. i love the sacrifice america has made for freedom throughout the world. this is a critical time for our nation. a time of choice. a time to determine what america's going to be over this century. you know where i will lead it. we will have another american century with freedom blossoming and prosperity for all of our citizens. i believe in america. i believe in you. i believe salute you and together we'll make sure we keep america the hope of the earth. thank you so very much, and god

bless the vfw and the united states of america. >> mitt romney speaking for a half hour. his campaign billed this as a major foreign policy speech. we saw the president. we took the president yesterday standing at that precise podium. i noticed two spots where i noticed a bit of applause where he was trying to undercut the public trust when it came to president. he's accusing the president of leaking classified information as mitt romney put it to seek political advantage for the white house. got huge applauses there. huge applause when the president is making it difficult in dealings with other nations. the trust word is not earned. an apology where it's not due. the other part, the audience at vfw, he made the point that possible cuts could affect the

pentagon when it comes to an additional $500 billion in the next ten years. the president blaming republicans and hear you heard mitt romney blaming the president. he said he will not let that happen. mitt romney once he's leaving nevada, he is headed overseas. he's headed to london and israel and to poland. with that said, we have a lot more news for you on this tuesday. take a look at this. grenade, gun powder and gasoline all found inside the apartment of the suspected shooter in aurora. that's not all. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. cnn goes inside syria and gets access to a street of death. >> anybody who set foot on here was likely to be shot. >> the dramatic moment of a prisoner trying to escape caught

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rigged to blow inside the apartment of aurora movie massacre suspect, james holmes. cnn has learned those details from a law enforcement vidwho h seen video from inside. a former fbi agent says the setup was like something you'd find in iraq or afghanistan. >> this is the first time we've seen what we can describe as a house bomb in the united states. some of these things do exist overseas. we've seen them in places like iraq and afghanistan. also in colombia. this is the first one i can recall reading or seeing about in the united states where it was set to destroy the home. >> crews spent more than 24 hours sizing up the threat inside that apartment. they took the materials out to this secure field it detonated in.

this happened saturday. one theory is that homes booby-trapped his apartment and played loud music to lure someone inside thus triggering the blast. his downstairs music said she almost went inside but decided against doing that. james holmes had enough fire power to turn himself into a one man milita. he had a portable arsenal for the assault on that movie theater. he had an ar-15 assault rifle, a shotgun. a .40 caliber glock. another in his car and a stockpile of 6,000 rounds. all of it purchased legally. none of it raising any red flags for anyone. few of our lawmakers have been willing to talk about gun control even before this. a group called for reforms. they renewed the call to ban the

extended rounds. >> this has nothing to do with second amendment rights. this was made for military, for police. this is meant to kill as many people as possible in the shortest period of time. >> we cannot let the nra stop us from common sense reforms anymore. we cannot let them. >> for the gop there's never a right time to talk about gun control. mitt romney, his surrogate says the conversation must stay on the victims. >> i still believe that the second amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy. there were very stringent laws that existed. >> this is not the appropriate

time to be grand standing about gun laws. can we get through the initial grief and tragedy for the families before we start making them political points. i'm not going to get into that business. >> house speaker john boehner says he's not beginning to push for new gun state of the laws. he said, the president has made clear he's not going to use this horrific event to push for new gun laws. i agree. speaker boehner did make a point. the nation watched as president obama visited aurora. he was there on sunday. at no point has he once called for new gun laws or reforms to those on the books. this is an issue that's become political poison for democrats especially in an election year. new york city mayor who is an independent accused president obama and mitt romney of ignoring the gun problems. he appeared with piers morgan

last night if now isn't the right time to talk about, when is? >> maybe if you shot a president. when ronald reagan got shot doesn't trigger it. a congresswoman? no. a bunch of people in a movie theater? i don't know what it is. we haven't gotten there yet. we just, this cannot continue. >> only time will tell if aurora is a tipping point. it looks unlikely that gun control will become an issue. as london is adding thousands more troops. a controversy involving one country and the denial of a moment of silence. we're talking 60 s 0 seconds he.

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we have learned more military mite is coming to the olympic games. the british government says it will deploy another 1200 troops to make up for the failure of the private company being paid for security. during this friday's opening ceremony the world will be focusing on the olmpians present. they were the victims of what is the darkest moment in olympic history. the death of 11 of israel's team members. this is their pictures. palestinian terrorists were responsible for that. since then the international olympic economy has rejected requests from survivors to have that moment of silence to honor those 11 lost. this year as it's the 40th anniversary of that tragedy, these families have this new

ally. he's bob costas. he's heading up the coverage of the olympics. he said during the opening ceremonies when he will be commentating, he will be noting that they denied that request. welcome to you. we're showing a photo here of you igniting this memorial flame. this was 1974 in israel for your husband and his colleagues. my question to you, here we are 40 years later. 40 years you've been asking for this moment of silence. we've heard from the ioc saying no. what's your reaction? >> the 40 years was a very lonely one. we have been asking since the first olympics after munich for

a moment of silence. we've heard all the lame excuses from the ioc saying that either we are bringing politics into the olympic games or there are 21 arab delegations and they will get up and leave. two, it's not the time yet. our hands are tied. it's not in the protocol of the opening ceremony. we are fed up. we fought for 40 years alone. this time it's a totally different story. this time we got the help of the jcc in rockland, new york. in no time we have more than 105,000 people from 155 countries supporting this minute of silence. not only worldwide support but from many governments. >> i understand.

forgive me for interrupting you. i hear the frustration in your voice and you talk about lame excus excuses. despite all of your efforts we wonder why they are saying no. this is what we got from the president of the ioc. we feel that will the opening ceremony is an atmosphere is not fit to remember such a tragic event. a lot of people agree. we've had some very dark incidents in the very recent past and also 40 years ago. th they say this is a time to rejoice. do you see that perspective at all? >> not at all. our husband, fathers and sons were part of the olympic family. they were members of the olympic family. they were not tourists coming by. they were part of the family. they were murdered in the olympic village. that's where they should be honored.

the refusal, you can see they never denounce terror. you just mention of all the excess security troops the, they cred created the monstemonster. if they would have said not on our turf, this is not going to happen. we're not dpoigoing to accept i. i don't think the olympics would look like they have to do in london which is nothing that has to doed with the olympic ideas of brotherhood. >> final question for those that agree with you that there should be a moment of silence, how can we around the world honor your husband and the ten others. we won't be doing it friday night. how would you like for us to remember them? >> i would like to call on the people that will be in the stadium.

that people would get up and stand in a minute of silence. that would be for us the biggest victory yet. tomorrow night we're going to present the petition, enormous support from all over the world. we hope he has the moral responsibility to make the right decision. >> that opening ceremonies are still two days away. we appreciate you coming on. your petition on change.org. she is one of my idols. the first american woman in space, sally ride is no longer with us. she died from pancreatic cancer. you're about to hear stories from two astronauts who knew her well. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity...

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mpbl her drive and ambition out of this world. her fore hand not so much. today we are remembering sally ride. she battled cancer for 17 months and lost that fight monday. she remembers how it felt like when she was chosen for that first challenger mission back in 1983 and her prominent role was never lost. >> i thought wow, i get to do this. then after i got back and the e nenormity made me realize i mad history. >> she's a personal idol of mine. did you know this, she was going to be a tennis pro but decided she wasn't so great. described herself as avid at best. her whole life changed as did

the lives of generations of women when she picked up the school newspaper and thumbed through to page three one tuesday morning. >> i was standing in the cafeteria reading the stanford student newspaper and i saw in the lower right hand corner of page three an ad that nasa put into the stanford student newspaper saying they were looking for astronauts. i guess i got this job by applying through an ad. >> applying through an ad. here is nasa administrator. welcome back. it's nice to see you and also on the phone is katie coleman. thank you so much from a fellow space geek. this is a huge honor to have you on. before we start there have a great moment on the senate floor. take a listen. >> i will never forget that day that sally ride in 1983 boarded

that shuttle, strapped herself in, put on her helmet and when the rockets roared and out she went. the whole world had signs, cheers, saying go sally, go sally. i'll never forget it. i was in the house of representatives. i was down there. we were waiting. we were excited. there was nothing like it. >> where were you in 1983 when i know that happened? >> i was in the astronaut office. i remember her very well because she was a very good softball player. >> charlie, i'm hearing your audio is not so hot. we're going to work on that because i want to hear you crystal clear. katie, the last time i saw you was last summer playing in an astronaut band. it's nice to have you back on. sally ride said her life changed

because she applied through an ad in the paper. i understand your life change d when you shook her hand. >> it's true. i never thought about being an astronaut. suddenly i meet sally ride. it became clear to me that maybe this is something i can pursue. all of us would like to make a difference but sally changed the world. she did it by being herself. i like to think of her legacy with her education work and the work she's done, she's making sure that future generations are ready as well. >> when she accepted that spot on the challenger in '83, she accepted it with mixed emotions. she said it's too bad this is a big deal. it's too bad our society isn't further along. where are we in terms of space

and women? what did she do for other women to come along? >> i'm smiling because we have come a long way but it's never far enough. the problems of this planet are so big that we cannot afford to have the whole team playing. all of us bring something to the table to solve big problems like the problems of explore indication. in space we've got a lot of women represented. i will say never enough. it depends who you are talking to. what's important is we're bringing astronauts. all of them are ready qualified to the space station to do some research that can't be done here on the ground. it's a really special time in our history of the planet. >> i just have to ask. a lot of people saw the news yesterday and thought pancreatic cancer. do you know why she didn't make

her battle more public? >> i have no idea. we weren't that close. >> okay. i appreciate it. charlie, i apologize for the audio. i want to thank you for coming on as we're all honoring a true hero. thank you so much. top of the hour. just into us here, the congressional budget office just releasing the new price tag of president obama's health care law. i want to go straight to the white house. the u.s. supreme court decision making a huge difference involving medicaid. >> reporter: the congressional budget office say that now seven million people will be covered through the medicaid expansion. remember the supreme court said states have the right to opt out. back in march the rejection was