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could be smuggled in undetected. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." it's one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? >> first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president's income, which was $1.7 million in 2010 was down significantly as sales of his book dropped off, but the focus was on taxes and more specifically, rates. there are some surprises there. who was taxed at a higher rate? the president, mitt romney or the president's secretary? it might surprise you, but it's actually the president's secretary. she makes $95,000 a year. the obama administration confirms her rate is is higher than the president's 20.5. the rate he paid on the $789,674 he made last year. romney's projected rate was even lower. about 14%, yet romney's projected salary was more than $20 million last year. democratic strategist liz satterdon says the gap is an argument hurting romney. >> doesn't look good to people four years after a terrible recession where most people in this country are strugglinging to make ends meet. in my business, we call that an optics problem. >> president obama has been driving the point home with calls for congress to pass the so-called buffett rule that would increase taxes on people whose earnings top $1 million. mr. obama, who made less than that, wouldn't be included based on his 2011 return, neither would joe biden, who last year, made about $379,000, but the romney campaign is firing back. spokeswoman sandra stahl saying quote, it's no surprise with the worst job creation record in modern history that president obama would try to distract american frs the real issues with a series of side shows. romney pays a lower rate on taxes because most of his income comes from interest from investment on savings as opposed to earned income from a paycheck. steven moore says romney has to do a better job explaining why personal success shouldn't be penalized. >> i think mitt romney has to make the point, look, my money was investment. we need more of that if we're going to have a growing economy and to raise taxes, the investment people put into businesses is not a way to create jobs. >> romney is also under pressure to release his final 2011 returns, which the campaign says he will do. democrats wabt more. they want him to release tax returns going back into the last decade. now, the tax returns show generous donations from the obamas. 172,000 last year and the majority of that was donations from his childrens book to the fisher house foundation that helps military families receiving medical treatment. about 22% of their income. now, the romneys had a projected $7 million in charitable giving. about 16% of their income. joe biden and his wife posted $5500 in donations to charity. about 1.4% of their income. >> because he made almost $400,000 and only contributed $5,000. is there an explanation? why so little of his income goes to charity? >> there isn't at this point, but i think as we go forward, a lot of people are going to be looking at that and saying why not when you have 14%, 22%, when you have some of these other candidates and other members of the administration certainly donating a bit more. >> thanks very much. and just a little while ago, ann romney took center stage and zrased t addressed the national rifle association. she found herself at the center of a political fire storm when hilary rosen said ann romney, who raised five sons had quote, never worked a day in her life. hilary rosen has since apologized including here in "the situation room" yesterday, but let's take a closer listen to what mrs. romney had to say today before the nra. >> let me give a shout out to all moms that are working. and by the way, to all dads r that are working. we love all of you. you know, i often think that you're only as a parent as happy as your saddest child and you never, ever stop being a parent. our boys are grown now. they have children of their own. but it is such a wonderful opportunity for me to think about the heritage that we're leaving those children and i love the fact that when my kids were growing up, that we lived a stone's throw away from lexington green and pretty soon, on april 19th, they'll be celebrating something again in lexington, massachusetts. the shot heard around the world and how grateful we were for those patriots that had the ability to fight tyranny and how grateful we are to all of you here today. you know, i've heard recently something how women were being referred to as a special interest group. and i thought to myself, really only washington could do that. there's only one part of that phrase that's correct. women are special. we love this country. we love the people of this country. we've had an extraordinary experience going across and meeting tens of thousands of wonderful americans that are so concerned about the future of this county tru. we recognize that we are heading in in a direction that is per perilous and also, women are talking about the economy and jobs and about the legacy of debt that we're going to leave our children and we are mad about it and we're going to do something about it november with your help, we need to make sure that we keep this country strong and fighting for the right reasons. >> ann romney, the wife of mitt romney, speaking just a little while ago, introducing her husband for the nra convention. let's get reaction from the obama campaign. join i joining us from chicago, stephany cutter. thanks very much for coming in. let's get your reaction cht you want to react to what ann romney just had to say? >> sure. with one exception. there's nothing this president disagrees with. the one exception would be the perilous direction of this country. the president has put this economy, this country back on track and turned the coroner of the policies that mitt romney actually wants to go back to. but what we do agree with what ann romney said, we do respect working moms, dads, people's own choices in this economy. we do agree that women do want to talk about the economy. i guess we're just wondering when mitt romney is going to talk about women's prospects this this economy and what he's going to specifically do to increase their security. now, mitt, i mean wolf, i don't have have to remind you, because two days ago they couldn't answer the question of whether myth romney supported the lilly ledbetter act, which is a ha hallmark law across this country. it's paying equity. that if we work hard, if we do the same jobs as men, we should get the same paycheck as men. so if mitt romney can't answer the question of whether he supports lilly ledbetter, then what is he going to do for women in this economy? >> he also says that since president obama took office, of all the jobs lost, 92%, according to mitt romney, 92% of all the jobs lost since president obama took office were jobs lost by women not men. you've had a chance to review that. >> i have. as have dozens of independent fact checkers who have all said that that's not true. and that he is distorting the facts. and here's why. most of those jobs lost were when the president was just taking office before he had a chance to even implement his policies. let me tell you why those women lost their jobs cht because of policies that mitt romney wants to go back to. where wall street could write up their own rules, that hard work didn't pay and middle class was left behind. the wealthy, millionaires and billionair billionaires, were given tax cuts that were supposed to trickle down and never did. as opposed to mitt romney, the president has been working to put women back to work. in the last 25 montss, a million women have been put back to work an found jobs to help secure their family. now, there's a big difference between someone who's actually working in the economy, rebuilding it, building an economy meant to last and someone using pure rhetoric, distorted rhetoric, talking about the economy and not what he's going to go specifically to help women. >> let's talk about women. hilary rosen, a woman you know well, a cnn political strategist, a democratic strategist here, she was in "the situation room" yesterday. you were quick and other obama campaign officials, white house officials, the president, vice president themselves, you tweeted this shortly after hilary rosen said what she said about ann romney never having worked a day in her life. families must be off limits on campaigns, you tweeted, and i personally believe stay at home moms work harder than most of us do. here's the question. why were all of you so quick to throw hilary rosen under the bus? >> let me first say that she is a friend. she's apologized for that remark, but i tweeted that because i disagreed. i believe that family has to be off limits. as someone who worked for the first lady in the last campaign, i think it's very dangerous to start going after families. and i also believe that i know a lot of moms out there and a lot of moms who stay home to raise their kids. oftentim oftentimes, i i believe they work harder than i do. so those are my beliefs, but i think that the entire debate distorted the real issues in this campaign. this was sort of a faux argument yesterday. the real issue is what are we going to do to help secure women in this economy? that's what mitt romney doesn't want to talk about. they had a conference call yesterday with surrogates to hit back on this faux debate. and they had two surrogates on that conference call who voted against lilly ledbetter, so what is their strategy to put women back to work? we're waiting. the president's been clear. something else that ann romney said that women are not a special interest group. the other person who said that last week was president obama and he has done everything to ensure that women aren't a special interest group. helping them get into math and science jobs. competing with men. ensuring they have college affordability and can pay their student loans and have the things like child care and all the things that help them balance work and raising their families. that's what women need, not some faux debate. >> that debate's going to continue and i'll leave it for this, the romney campaign quickly issued a fund raising appeal, if you're a stay at home mom, the democrats have a message for you. you've never worked a day in your life. so they're going to use this as you well know and this debate will continue. stephanie cutter at twitter, thanks very much. >> thanks, wolf. celebrations in north korea despite a spectacular rocket launch failure. stan grant is in the capital for us. also, for the first time, we're hearing from the brother of trayvon martin, he's speaking out about the deadly shooting. he says something doesn't sound right. and we're watching amazing live pictures coming from oklahoma. look at this. we're keeping an eye on severe weather. chad myers will be joining us next. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? 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has failed, but they are still saying they are a strong, prosperous, powerful country. what this country runs on is the personality cult and they must be able to show their people that they are invincible. that they can withstand any attacks from the outside world. just listen to this noise here. the fireworks starting to fade down now. of course, there has still been no real response to the rocket failure itself. the news agency here did respond saying they're now investigating it, but this is where we've been brought by governored here. they don't want to hear about the rocket. they want to show addlation to the leaders past and present. this just in. tornado watches in effect for the oklahoma city area. check out these amazing pictures, chad myers is at the cnn center with more of what's going on. i understand it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. >> it sure is, wolf. this is going to be a violent weekend. today, probably a few tornados, but tomorrow, there may be ten, 20, maybe 100 on the ground with a tornado outbreak. tomorrow, many of these tornados will be on the ground after d dark, so you won't be able to see them. there won't be as many spotters trying to find them either. here's the storm we're worried about now. here's oklahoma city right there. this would be edmond on up that way. here's blue castle, midwest city. very large storm right there over pocsket. the tornado, if there would be a tornado, would be back here to the northwest of chickashay. this is northwest of chickashay. this is kwtv. you can see the cloud level and the area in between the ground, we would look for the funnel to be right like that and then obviously attached to the cloud there, doing the damage on the ground. we have not seen a tornado. there are no warnings right now. there a which means some storms may rotate. a watch has five letters. the word warning has more than that. the word warning has seven letters. more letters, more important. there are not tornado warnings right now, there are watches and that is for the entire area from oklahoma city down to almost i would say ardmore and lawton. it will move in oklahoma city proper. if you are in mustang, piedmont, all the way up toward the village, you could see two to three-inch hail even if quou don't see the tornado with this, this is a very tall storm. almost 50,000 feet tall. do the math. yes, that's nine miles tall with this storm. an amazing series of events going to happen today, more severe tomorrow and there will be big tornados on the ground tomorrow. >> there are a lot of folks in oklahoma and the region watching us right now. briefly, give us one of two of the most important life saving pieces of advice. >> with the tornados that we're going to have this weekend, they may be moving 70 miles per hour. you can not outrun it. if you see it coming, get out of the car. if there's a building to get into, that's the most important thing. stay on the lowest level. most homes don't have basements. up toward nebraska, you do have basements, but in oklahoma, the ground is just literally a rock. they pour a slab, put the house on that slab. go inside of your house. most of the time, the kitchen, the bathroom in the middle of the house, still standing even after a tornado hits. that's what we want to be. that's where you want to be if you see a tornado coming to you or hear of a tornado warning for your town, today's the day to buy that noaa weather radio. >> i agree. thanks very much. we'll stay in close touch with you. a monster storm heading that way. trayvon martin's brother is speaking out to cnn cht how he felt when he learned of the shooting. and democrats as -- congressman is not trying to profit from his controversial words. all right, let's decide what to do about medicare and social security... security. that's what matters to me... me? i've been paying in all these years... years washington's been talking at us, but they never really listen... 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[ male announcer ] aarp is bringing the conversation on medicare and social security out from behind closed doors in washington. because you've earned a say. the man who shot trayvon martin could get out of joil as early as next friday. that's when the bond hearing will be held for george zimmerman, who's facing a second degree murder charge and now, trayvon martin's brother is speaking out. sunny, what did he tell you? >> he gave me really some insight into who trayvon martin was. and to his relationship with his brother into sort of the dynamics of this family. this is a very close knit family. a family that vacationed together and two brothers who shared a room together and were really very, very close and who shared the same temperment, so it gave me and i think it will give our viewers a lot of insight into who trayvon martin was. >> and i think we have a clip, sunny, of the interview, that you did with the brother. let's play it right now. >> when you found out what happened, the details of what happened, how did you feel? >> confused. everything i heard was coming from -- perspective and it didn't sound like my brother at all. you know, my brother attacked him and did all this stuff. didn't sound like him at all. >> and how did this brother, who's obviously older than trayvon, how did he appear to you and what did he say about the whole family in the aftermath of george zimmerman being charged with second degree murder? >> he's very thoughtful, insightful yoiinsight ful young man. he is in college. the family is very sad. i did ask how his family is doing, especially his mother. it's clear the brothers were very close to their mother and javarus is very close to his mother. they're coping. there isn't a hatred there. just a profound sense of sadness. >> seems like a really nice young man and we of course send our condolences to him and his entire family. they're going through a lot, a lot of grief. sunny, thanks very much for doing that. just an important note to our viewers. the full interview with trayvon martin's brother will air on "ac 360" tonight here on cnn. his own son died in gun violence. now, bill cosby is shooting out to cnn about the deadly shooting of trayvon martin. bill cosby speaking to cnn. we're going to have some of that interview as well. candy crowly had a chance to speak with him. also, our special investigations unit discovered shocking gaps in security at u.s. ports. could a small crude nuclear bomb actually make it through? stay with us. listen to what the actor, comedian, educator told our chief political correspondent, candy crowley. >> so, you saw more of gun issue than a race issue? >> how you going to solve a race issue when it becomes he said she said or he said he said? and the other question is what is solved by saying he's a racist? that's why he shot the boy. what -- what solves that? this and what is he doing with it and who taught him and told him how to behave with this. i'm going to say you can't have it in your homes to protect yourself because people are on drugs really don't care. they don't think well. and they will kick in your door. you've got to protect yourself in your own home. but i also believe when you tell me that you're going to protect the neighborhood that i live in, i don't want you to have a gun. i want you to be able to see something, report it and get out of the way. because you happen to be a part the neighborhood. >> candy is here with us. he is amazing man and feels very passionate about this. what other impressions did you get? >> it was interesting to me how nuanced his position was on both the race issue and the trayvon martin case and on guns because he said in the end, it doesn't make any difference whether it was about race cht what makes a difference is there was a gun involved. and yet, he confided to me that he had a gun before and the cop who taught him how to use it said you can't take it back once you pull that trigger and he says he eventually gave it up. he didn't use the word empowered, but you hear something outside and think i'm gong to go see what it is and you've got that gun and sort of makes you do things you wouldn't a ordinarily do. very pro barack obama. we discussed politics and whether he had any disappointment in the first term. he thinks the president has been up against a lot. it was a fascinating interview. he was there to help open the howard theatre, which is a very old african-american theatre here in the district. it's actually, it's same people, but different place. >> howard university here in the nation's capitol. lot of people don't realize he has a ph.d. in education. he's dr. bill cosby. very passionate about education. >> he is and i asked him about what worried him most. looking forward, as you hope, if there's a second barack obama term, what worries you most? he said families. and what's dragging them you know, pulling them apart. so, he's very passionate about a lot of things. >> got to meet him a few years ago. amazing. wonderful guy. thanks very much for that. this important note. you can see the full interview with bill cosby on state of the union, 9:00 a.m., also at noon eastern on sunday. he called democrats members of the communist party. now, republican congress is doubling down on the explosive remark and doing fund raising as a result as well. and hilary rosen, the democratic strategist apologizinging for saying ann romney never worked a day in her life. will this issue die down is this donna brazile and david frum are standing by for strategy session. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. ♪ the c-class starts at just $34,800. cuban ♪ cajun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd, and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? look at these pictures. these are live pictures from oklahoma right now. severe weather threatening the area. there's tornado watches in effect right now. tornado warnings expected over the next few hours as well. we're watching this very closely. chad myers is monitoring what's going on at the cnn severe weather center. we're going to have more on this story coming up. very ominous pictures coming from right now and we're told it's only going to get worse over the next several hours. we'll stand by and watch what's going on. if you're in this threatened area, but very, very careful. let's move back to politics right now. joining us in our strategy session, democratic strategist and cnn political contributor, donna brazile and former speech writer for president george w. bush, david frum. guys, thanks very much for coming in. republican congressman alan west of florida caused a stir this week by suggesting this. i'll play the clip and then i want to see what he's doubling down on it right now, but here's what he said this week in response to a question. >> what percentage of the american legislateture do you think are card carrying -- >> i believe about 78 to 81 members of the democrats -- members of the communist party. >> david, he says that there are 78-81 members of the democratic party. democratic party. that are members of the communist party and now, he's doubling down. he's putting out a fund raising appeal. he's asking his supporters to donate money to fight what he calls extreme left positions. now, this is a guy that sarah palin suggested would be a good vice presidential running mate for mitt romney. nikki hailey, the governor of south carolina, said he should be at the top of anyone's list. what's going on? >> a good running mate for sarah palin. there are 92 members of the communist party in the russian douma. there's only 70 to 80 in the u.s. congress, that would be a big improvement over the russian standard. i think he was probably trying to say something else. i can't imagine what it was ch then he got stuck, said what he said and now, he took a barrage of criticism and the way our modern outrage is constructed, people don't back away from saying a foolish thing. they don't apologize when they safely could, they double down because one person's outrage is another's fund raising opportunity. >> it's pretty shocking when you think about it because it sounds so much like mccarthyism in the early '50s. have you now or ever been a member of the communist party. pretty outrageous. >> it's like the ghost of joe mccarthy is coming back to the house of representatives. sorry, my allergies are acting up today. but you know x i work on capitol hill. i know many of the members that belong to the house progressive caucus and they fight for a fair economy. for jobs, young people, for housing. there's nothing communist about the congressional progressive caucus. they want what most americans want. they want to see people get back to work, to stay in their own homes and want every kid to have both a healthy start as well as a head start in life. >> let me move on to the flap you've generated here as a result of hilary rosen, our friend, the democratic strategist saying on "ac 360" what she said about ann romney, she never really worked a day in her life. what do you make of this? is this going to have legs as they say, blip right now or continue to haunlt the democrats? >> what we're seeing with this and also with the west thing, we are in a period where parties are rallying their support in tribal signals. and this is a difficult election. you have two nominees, neerd of whom really excites anymore. neither have ever in romney's case. real tribal base of the party. real liberals, progressives, they're not as in love with barack obama as they used to be and the real conservatives in the republican party, not super in love with mitt romney. >> they were never. >> exactly. so you need to give them these things. that is the thing someone has said this, a mother, communist and that pulls people together so these things get magnified because it's in people's interest. >> do you think this is going to be a continuing issue, what hilary rosen said or overwith? >> i thought, i watched hilary rosen yesterday, the interview she gave and she's very sincere in her apology to ann romney and i'm sure mrs. romney will accept the apology. there's a real issue here. 600 pieces of legislation has been introduced to roll back women's health care. to attack women's reproductive rights, to focus on women's birth control and of course, people pay. let's get away from personalities. let's talk about why in the 21st century women are still making 77 cents every dollar a man makes. let's talk about the issues and whether or not the policies are mr. obama or romney will help change the policies. >> it was an awkward moment when some of romney's advisers couldn't answer a relatively simple question, whether or not he supports the lilly ledbetter law and they didn't have an immediate answer. >> well, i don't know who those advisers were, if they were political specialists. it's reasonable because the w l lilly ledbetter law is not really a law of equal pay. it's about how do you sue people? how easy is it to sue people under charges that there is not equal pay. it's about litigation and understand this procedural nation of this. that's a hard thing to explain here on cnn -- >> they're doing a con fence call on the issue of women's rights and issues, they would have been prepared for something like that. >> it was the first law president obama signed into law. yes, it has to do with judicial efforts to ensure that women has that right, but -- just recently, governor scott walker signed a law in wisconsin that would also make it harder for women to sue when they are not being paid the same amount as a man. you and i look good. i want to get paid the same amount, wolf. >> probably make more money. strong suspicion. i don't know. you make -- i have no idea what you make. i'm betting that donna makes more. >> as my mama say, put it on the table. >> guys, thanks very much. so, what's next for north korea after the failed rocket launch? could pyonyang be planning a nuclear test? 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[ male announcer ] aarp is bringing the conversation on medicare and social security out from behind closed doors in washington. because you've earned a say. move by north korea and iran to develop nuclear missiles. the biggest fear officials found maybe someone will sneak in the united states with a nuclear bomb. our special invest gags unit found that that may be easier than officials want to admit. drew, you've been investigating this problem. where do things stand right now? >> i got to tell you, wolf, more than any other scenario, the idea of a nuclear bomb or dirty bomb being slipped into the country without protection, that's what keeps security officials up nights and despite millions of dollars spent, that real problem is still a possibility. >> member, we have to be right 100% of the time. the terrorist only has to be right once. >> it was a congressional mandate, a directive of the 9/11 commission. pure common sense cht by the year 2012, every single cargo container being shipped into the united states would be scanned, x-rayed, somehow peered into. it is now 2012, we're not even close. >> that's 100% of containers and that's not happening by any stretch of the imagination. >> noah ganske estimates the number of containers subject is less than one-half of 1%. there have been improvements. everything coming into the united states through land and sea ports passes through these detectors. 100% scanning according to warren stern. what do you mean exactly on that? >> they scan for radiation using large coil detectors and some portion of those are also x-ray. >> an adviser to the u.s. commission on national security, the professor gives the current system a grade of c minus. >> what it will not help us find is a nuclear weapon. what it won't help us find likely is highly enriched uranium and it won't help us find a dirty bomb that's potentially been well disguised, shielded, so it does not give off much radiation. >> the u.s. wants a lot of that detection to happen overseas. the aim to equip 100 foreign sea ports with radiation detection systems by 2015. so far, 27 ports have been equipped. just two months ago, government investigators in a scathing report called the department of homeland security's ability unproven. other government watchdog reports produced a fire storm of criticism from capitol hill, prompting dhs to pull the plug on one form of technology, but not before spending more than 100 million of your tax dollars. >> there are a variety of reasons why we're not at 100% overseas. obviously, when ports are in sovereign countries, our control is less than at u.s. port of entry, but we need to look at this layered approach and allocate our resources in the most effective way possible. >> but clearly, the department of homeland security didn't believe in that layered approach here at airports, where you and i all need to go through those nude x-ray scanners. it's 100% scanning here, and that's what congress wants for cargo containers, too. >> congressm mandated by law tht there is a system to scan containers -- >> why? take a look for yourself. this is the port of new york. it's at the center of the population. you could find the same proximity to mass populations in seattle, los angeles, miami. if a nuclear device gets this far -- >> and if for some reason, it gets through or gets detonated right there at the port, at that level, it's too late already. >> and dhs officials say the problems with reaching this goal have been due to the inability of technology to peer inside these cargo containers. we're going to show you a company tonight at 7:00 who claims to do that, but could it come through a u.s. port? unless intelligence picks up, that answer is yes. >> so is the bottom line, they're not devoting enough energy, resources to this problem or just neglect? >> i think it's a combination of one, the technology has not been there that they can reach out, grab, buy and put in place. they've also bought technology that didn't work. didn't work up to standards and number three, the lodgist cal problem of trying to get all these foreign sea ports on board to say hey, your stuff coming into the u.s., you've got to get that scanned. so they've got three problems on their hands, not the least of which is the technology. >> drew, thanks very much. solid reporting as usual. coming up, new details of why north korea's rocket launch ended in that spectacular failure, plus, why the u.s. is now on watch for more nuclear activity and more tests perhaps in north korea. up next though, hollywood star power of president obama, will the election be different than in 2008? 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>> and you're in "the situation room." happening now, north korea's embarrassing failure launch could unleash new danger. could a nuclear test or muscle flex test be next? critics are comparing alan west to joe mccarthy after he claimed that about 80 house democrats are actual members of the communist party. i'll talk to one of congressman west's targets. keith ellison, about this modern day red scare. and the mayor of newark, new jersey rushing into a burning building while a security guard tried to hold him back. cory booker explains what he was thinking when he risked his life to save a neighbor. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com united nations is calling north korea's attempted rocking launch deplorable and destabilizing, even though it broke apart and fell into the sea and now, u.n. officials are warning the nation. stan grant is getting rare access inside north korea. stan? r. >> reporter: it started with a day of so much hope. this was the crowning achievement, the day they put a satellite into orbit. it went terribly wrong. that will not deter this nation. they're going to press ahead with more. ♪ from disaster to glory in a day. in north korea, history is what you make it. as always is here. this is about the power of images and the worship of their leader. two massive statues of the founder of the country and his son, kim jong-il. watching over the third generation of this dynasty, the newly crown eed se preem leader kim jong-un. this is how north korea is responding with the scene of triumph, this massive statues. when you're ruled by a personality cult, rocket launch never happened. but this is how the day started. he with north korea's initial response of rocket failure. an empty chair. behind it, a screen that was supposed to carry images of the launch. the world's media invited in for what pyonyang hoped would be a propaganda -- instead, officials forced to sit in silence to a barrage of questions. suddenly, everyone was manning the phones. a scramble to find out exactly what was going on. >> no warning at all. really came as a flash. >> hours ticking by and not a word. and then a government minder announced would be taken to a high security, secret location. this is what greeted us. two huge -- a sea of people stretched as far as they could see. generals, chests full of medal. this gathering was supposed to be a celebration of the launch and a chance to pay the dear leader, a man they still grieve for after his sudden death last december. >> the leader -- to our people, so it was really very careful to our people. >> this young man had heard about the rocket launch, but not that it had failed. >> how does that make you feel? >> a failure. >> a failure. >> failure. i think it is not a problem because the failure is the mother of success. either we can, we can achieve the success in the future. definitely. i am sure, i believe our scientists and our parties and our governments, i believe. >> the world may see this as a day of humiliation, but nothing will stop the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the father of this country. these god like figures reach for the skies. that the rocket failed to find and while north korea is being criticized by the rest of the world, humiliated even by the eyes of the world, this is the -- birth of the founding father of the country. the celebration is going to continue. they're used to being isolated from the rest of the world. what is important to these people is self-reliance and power. >> stan grant reporting from pyonyang. the u.s. military is on alert for signs that -- the failed rocket launch. let's get to barbara starr. what are you learning about the launch? why it failed, first of all? >> sources are saying this rocket actually flew for about 81 seconds, from precise detail now emerging that the first stage, fell into the sea breaking apart perhaps as it did. the second stage breaking into three pieces, we are told. why is it so significant? it tells us the specificity with this the u.s. monitored this launch. they may only have 81 seconds of data, but basically, it's 81 seconds that tell them they believe an awful lot about what might have happened -- even though they consider consider a rocket launch, what comes next, wolf. >> what do you think? do they have any hard evidence there could be a nuclear underground test? >> they're watching that because there are some initial indications of some digging of a tunnel as the site where the north koreans had the previous test and the concern is now that the regime under this new leadership is going to be so concerned about the failure of the rocket test they're going to want to re-group and get moving on this nuclear test as fast as they can, so they're going to be watching it here at that site to see if there's new movement there and if preparations for possible nuclear tests accelerate, if they're speeded up. one of the key indicators they're looking for now, the new leerd, kim jong-un, who will he affiliate himself with. who talked him into letting the world's press in and letting this embarrassment happen and how u will everyone in the north korean leadership now re-group and try and see how they move ahead. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you. this is cnn breaking news. >> i want to go to chad myers at the cnn extreme weather center. chad, tornados in oklahoma. what's going on? >> we know that a tornado is on the ground currently in norman, oklahoma. that's where the university of oklahoma is located. this has now moved across the canadian river and into norman. this is the only picture that i have and unfortunately, wolf, the tornado, it's in here, it is now what's called wrapped in rain. there's rain all the way around this tornado, but before the rain went all the way around the tornado, spotters did see and we saw here at cnn, the tornado on the ground then it was obscured by the rain. if you are in the norman oklahoma area or points uf to the east, you need to be taking cover now. this storm the moving to the east, northeast at about 25 miles per hour, but the storm is on the ground with power flashes. we have a couple of other pictures here. this is an office building in oklahoma city proper south of there into norman. hard to see with some reflection going on here, but the tornado was headed right to that location. to give you a quick look at the radar, it was the same storm that has moved up here over from chickasha and moved up 144 and it has turned a little bit to the right. when storms turn to the right, that indicates they have a tornado with them. they are rotating enough that it turns into a curveball. norman, oklahoma and points to the east from here, you are under a tornado warning with a confirmed tornado at least about two minutes ago, on the ground. >> do they expect more of this severe weather? it's going to get worse, isn't it? >> it is. we've had information from the severe prediction center out of that area. they said even though the storm may be rotating in and out now, going up and down, these storms will xwet more severe as the afternoon and evening progresses so we will definitely get more tornados on the ground ch when you have one, even if it's a small tornado, in a populated area, that can do a lot of damage and hurt a lot of people. >> when i think of norman, oklahoma, i think of a major university there. >> absolutely. that is where it is. it went across the canadian river, across highway 9. along lindsey for a while, a major east-west road, right through norman and just south of the city of downtown norman, so this would have crossed right through the university. back to the shot. see if i could find it. here's the kwtv shot. till still can't find the tornado. we should be able to see something in here like this on the ground, can't see it because it is raining. you don't want to go out and look for this tornado. you will not see it until it's on top of you. stay inside. get to the lowest level of your home or apartment. knock on the neighbor downstairs, say hey i'm on the third floor, can i borrow your first floor apartment for a while. the third floor's always torn up, second floor is damaged, but the first will be there. that's where you want to be. >> not only in the lowest levels away from windows, if there's a bathroom, get into that bathtub, close the doors. that's presumably the safest place, right? >> exactly right. this has now been, it's not myth, a legend of tornado safety. if you can get into a steel tub, lay down, cover yourself up, that tub actually almost acts like a child safety seat keeping things from banging into you because it's a solid steel structure. you're protected from things flying around. anything, walls can come in. if you're protected in that little structure, which is the tub, you will be producted much more than sitting on the couch. >> when we think about the campus in norman, is this tornado heading towards that campus or is it on the campus? >> it's already on the campus. it's already there. this was on the ground eight minutes ago. just to the west of the canadian river. moved over the interstate into norman proper. i don't have a doppler radar right here in front of me, but i don't know whether it will stay or on the ground or not. all they're seeing is a wall of rain. you can't tell whether the tornado is there or not. the warning is still in effect. you definitely need to be taking cover in norman and points to the east, northeast of norman at this hour. there will be more tornados on the ground tonight. we'll keep you advised. >> thank you very much for that. let's hope those students are okay. we'll check back with you. thank you. other news we're following including castro. he's not welcome among his fellow leaders right now. we're taking a closer look at why he was snubbed. could help president obama during his political election year and republican congressman alan west of florida is accusing dozens of house democrats of being members of the communist party. one of those democrats, keith ellison, he's standing by to join us. he's getting ready to fire right back. the mayor who saved a neighbor from a burning building says he's no hero. >> did not feel bravery, i felt terror. i was very scary moment because i couldn't find her. looked like i couldn't get back through where i came from and i couldn't breathe. 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♪ president obama is on his queue to colombia for a summit with latin america leaders. has been spared for potential embarrassment, a close encounter with a rather unfriendly neighbor. >> reporter: jetted into a beautiful resort city on colombia's northern coast cht controversy was already brewing over the one who wasn't invited and was asked to stay home. cuba's president. >> this was a point of contention because there's a lot of disagreement about the u.s. policy. have a democratically elected government and therefore do not meet the criteria. >> reporter: even so, behind the scenes, there was intense diplomacy as ecuadors let this president stoke the fires that castro -- but that would certainly caused -- especially in an election year. imagine a handshake caught on camera. aware of the potential fallout, colombia's foreign minister was dispatched to cuba followed by colombia's president. end of story, right? not exactly. tried to get others to join a boycott, found no takers, so he pulled out by himself. says some leaders in the region are frustrated with what they view as a leftover cold war attitude toward the u.s. by cuba and they want changes. >> my concern is that it's fixed at the ban of democratic rules of the group then that would be too high a price to pay. >> reporter: but it isn't the only issue. the high price being paid in the drug war in america is fuelling another debate. >> beyond our borders, these cartels and traffickers pose an troid threat to our central american neighbors. >> reporter: and some of those neighbors who think the war on drugs is failing are suggesting decriminalization as a possible solution. but on a recent trip to mexico, vice president joe biden rejected that idea saying there is no possibility that the obama-biden administration will change its policy on legalization. national security counsel spokesman told cnn it's likely the issue will come out and we welcome the discussion, however, our policy is different. white house points out there is no consensus on this issue and there is no magic bullet. president obama will continue to insist that government needs to make progress on democracy and needs to improve its human rights. a short time ago, i did have time to interview president santos. i asked him if he thought it was time to embrace cuba. here's how he answered that question. >> when would be in a better position to press for reforms and more democracy and freedom in cuba. >> will you press president obama on that issue? >> well, i know that he's in a difficult position. at this time, he has elections and there's a, it's a very sensitive issue. i understand his reluctance to discuss this at this moment. >> reporter: again, the position of the obama administration, no changes in that policy until cuba makes changes. >> blunt comments from the president of colombia there. thanks very much, dan lothian. we'll be checking back with you. meanwhile, big news here for the celebrity power couple brangelina. and the latest on the crash involving a motorcycle in president obama's motorcade in florida earlier in the day. we're going to tell you what happened. stay with us cht you're in "the situation room." arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. interviewer: you were there the day the priceline negotiator went down in that fiery bus crash. sister kathleen: we lost a beautiful man that day but we gained the knowledge that priceline has thousands and thousands of hotels on sale everyday so i can choose the perfect one for me without bidding. ooh, my. this one has an infinity pool. i love those. they just...and then drop off... ...kind of like the negotiator. narrator: save right now on thousands and thousands of hotels during the spring sale at priceline. do about medicare and social security... security. that's what matters to me... me? 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>> we have about 72 members and i'm the co-chair along with -- very proud to be that. >> alan west suggests that the members of the progressive caucus like you are really members of the communist party. want to give you a chance to respond to congressman west. >> well, this is a lie. it's not true. it's a massive distraction from the real issues and that's really why the gentleman from florida makes these kinds of allegations because he doesn't want to talk about the fact that he stood against medicare social security, things the progressive caucus stands for. in our budget that we just had pulled together, we brought in those jobs, which is what america, where he wants to cut taxes to cut the highest earning corporations and high income earning individuals, so we have a very different way of looking at the world. when we put money into jobs, dealing with foreclosure, he believes these are communistic, which is absurdity. americans feel this is what we should be doing. these are things he stapfs opposed to. >> we checked to see if he was backing away, altering his comments, he said he's not doing that. we invited him to join us here in "the situation room." he declined. we'd welcome him if hemts to come in and join us next week, but he is doubling down and issuing a fund raising appeal on them. i'll read you a line or two. he's saying the progressive caucus advocates for state control over industries, redistribution of wealth, reduce freedom and destruction of free markets. members of this congress lavished praise on castro after a visit to cube. they impeded an amendment to redis beaut wealth. he's very serious about it. >> he's very serious about trying to guilt people of that you are money based on lies. he's very serious about trying to take advantage of the nieve, but the progressive caucus, what we stand for is posted in our budget, which is on my website. you can see it for yourself. we stand for jobs in the budget, spending money on education workforce development. we stand in favor of settling human rights for all. standing in the military without regard to your sexual preference. we believe that. we believe in civil rights for everybody. we believe in the american dream, that all people ought to be able to work hard and do well in this country. >> let me gro through these points. give me a yes or no quickly. do you advocate state control over industry? >> no. >> do you advocate redistribution of wealth? >> well, we advocate fair taxation. >> so that would be a yes. do you advocate -- >> no. >> the destruction of free markets? >> absolutely no. >> i sort of feel like the late senator joe mccarthy if i were to ask you, have you now or ever been a member of the communist party, keith ellison? >> absolutely not. this is absurd, ridiculous. >> ever a card carrying member of the communist party? >> no, sir. >> the only thing i saw in the statement that does have an element of fact, that some members of the caucus did go to cuba and praise fidel castro. were you on that delegatiodeleg? >> no, i wasn't and i wasn't even aware of that, so it wasn't a caucus event, but you know what? i mean, that's a big so what. this is a issue that americans are disputing and debating all over this country about what the proper role of the relationship united states should have with cuba. you don't have, you shouldn't be subject to name calling because you have an opinion on that, but it wasn't a caucus effort and i'm sure some members went who weren't a member of the caucus. call them communists as well? >> no, and by the way, i should point out, when i was asking those questions, i was being a bit sarcastic. i don't believe you or any members are members of the communist progressive caucus -- i don't know really know what congressman west is up to. he does have a distinguished military career and a lot going for him. sarah palin says he should be at the top of the list for potential running mates. nikki hailey has suggested something similar. as you well know, he's very -- >> he is way out there, wolf. >> he's very popular among the tea party activists. that's why i was so surprised that he would say flatly there are 78 to 81 members of the house of representatives who are members of the communist party. he's got other ideas that are acceptable, but certainly not this. >> well, wolf, i would urge you to research deeper. this gentleman is far outside the main treem political fought. he has taken a number of extreme positions. he attacked debbie wasserman schultz, i hope the people in this district are paying close attention. the progressive caucus, we're for the buffett rule. we are for investing in america, infrastructure. things that will help this country and i hope people check out what he said because he will be revealed to be the one on the extreme end and we will be shown to be offering what the american people really want. >> as i said, we invited congress west to join us, he decli declined, but has an invitation to join us when ever he wants. thanks for coming in. new information coming into cnn about mitt romney's tax returns. we'll have details. also, newark's mayor morphs into a superhero. he's risk his life to save a neighbor. >> as the last one was coming out, she's coming up the stairs, her daughter is still in the building. hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. 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>> grabbed him by his belt an yanked him back every time we tried to move forward. we got into a little exchange of words. >> i was very angry. there is no reason i am going to leave the house when a person is screaming for help. that's ridiculous. his job, he is trained to get me out of harm's way. >> booker pushed past the detective into the burning kitchen. he couldn't locate 47-year-old ze na hodge. she finally yelled out from a side room. >> did you think you were going to make it out? >> there really was a moment there. i wanted to hug everybody today, because when i couldn't find her and i couldn't breath and i didn't think -- i saw the fire just having engulfed the kitchen, i thought it was it. i sort of had my proverbial, come to jesus moment. i am praying, thinking, hoping, it was almost when i heard her voice start speaking to me, it enabled me to find her, i just didn't think. i grabbed her and ran. booker says embers fell on them as they made their way out of the burning house with both of them collapsing on the sidewalk. hodge remains hospitalized while booker escaped with minor injuries. >> what did she say to you? >> she was very disoriented. her mother gave me a hug i will never forget for getting her out. at that point, i felt this sense of gratitude. to go moments from thinking you are dead to kissing the newark pavement, it was honestly i felt like i was delivered from the fires of hell. that's why i am saying. people are saying, you are so courageous. i didn't feel any courage. i felt fear. i have never been so almost convinced that this was it. it was time to hope i was going up and not down. >> the woman who was saved remains in serious condition. booker and three detectives were treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation last night where booker sent out a tweet about his condition. today, he is getting some fup any tweets back. one, for instance, reads, in the state of new jersey, dialing 911 will connect you directly to cory booker's cell phone. he is trending right now. a lot of people are weighing in on this. he is a hero in my book. i want to thank him on behalf of all of our viewers for what he did, mary. thanks very much. a potential bombshell in the trayvon martin murder case. the judge now saying she is considering disqualifying herself from the trial. david mattingly is standing by at the scene for us. what happened here, david? >> reporter: wolf, this case is barely getting started. already we may see a change in the cast of characters, circuit court judge, jessica recksiedler, she was given this by luck of the draw. it turns out she is married to an attorney that works for the law firm of mark nejane. he was approached by the george zimmerman family when seeking representation for him. it is possible she may be asked to step down. she wants the request made so she can make a decision on this. that's the next big day for him, his bond hearing. the day he could get out of jail here. it is going to be up to the prosecution. it is their burden to argue to the judge, whoever that might be at the time, that he needs to stay in jail while this works its way through the court. it should be interesting, as we might hear some evidence that we have not heard yet before. everyone looking forward to friday, wondering who is going to be on the bench that day when zimmerman asks for bond. wolf? >> one week from today, we will see what happens. it will be on the scene for us i'm sure as well. >> it is a button unlike any other. you won't believe what happens when you push it. stand by. everything that i've gained in life has been because of the teachers and the education that i had. they're just part of who i am. she convinced me that there was no limit to what we could learn. i don't think i'd be here today had i not had a wonderful science teacher. a teacher can make a huge difference in a child's life. he would never give up on any of us. thank you dr. newfield. you had a big impact on me. do about medicare and social security... security. that's what matters to me... me? 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