president obama today paid tribute to america's war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veteran's memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veteran's memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first let's go to cnn's dana bash. and a slight political undertone to the ceremonies there in san diego. they were putting wreaths out at these ceremonies, but at the same time both men gave some speeches that might have had some politics mixed in there as well. >> from mitt romney, the lines that you're so familiar with, following him around, the ones really directly following the president. but you didn't have to read too much between the lines to hear his campaign pitch. >> reporter: a solemn moment in san diego, marking memorial day. ♪ >> reporter: a traditional tribute to fallen troops. >> we dedicate ourselves to strength and to preserving the freedom for which they gave their lives and walked in harm's way. >> event organizers tell cnn they instructed mitt romney not to make political statements. he didn't attack the president, but did offer a not so subtle contrast, at a time of defense cuts, he wants a strong military. >> we choose that course in america not so that we just win wars, but is we can prevent wars because a strong america is the best deterrent to war that's ever been invented. >> for a republican challenger there is no such thing as a politics free zone. just look at who the former governor with no military or foreign policy experience chose to join him. his old rival and war hero, john mccain. clearly here to bolster romne s romney's -- >> i'm especially honored to be on the same stage with a great friend, a great man, a great governor and a man who i believe is fully qualified to be commander in chief, government governor mitt romney. this administration has a fleckless foreign policy which abandoned american leadership. >> reporter: after news broke of the horrific massacre in syria, romney echoed obama's criticism. the united states should work with partners to organize and arm sere syrian opposition groups so they can defend themselves. despite the commander in chief-like imagery here, polls suggest that romney has a long way to go in that department. 52% of americans say obama can better handle the job of commander in chief, with only 36% for romney. but then again campaign 2012 is not about foreign policy, it's all about the economy, and there the two men are virtually tied. one thing candidates all have in common, protesters at their events, but only romney has someone willing to say this. >> jerk. >> as for romney he mostly told stories about the men he called heroes, including john mccain but also threw some red meat to the largely military crowd. >> we'll get back to the day after memorial day, dana bash, thank you. even as the president pays tribute to america's fallen, a new world crises will spa -- dan loathe yang, what can you tell us? >> reporter: the president today did spend much of his time during his remarks to talk about the sacrifice of the men and women of the armed services have given to this country over the years, he also talked about the pledge to support those veterans here on the home front and their family members as well. but the president also touched on some themes that we have heard out there on the campaign trail, when he was touting his foreign policy record. but there are still a lot of hot spots out there, global hot spots that seem to be pushing diplomacy to the limit. >> honoring fallen war heroes, president obama laid a breathe at to the tomb of the unknown soldier, marking the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. and met at the white house with gold star families who lost loved ones in combat a solemn day even as the president used the opportunity to- >> we are winding county the war in afghanistan and our troochs will continue to come home. >> but serious global challenges remain, raising the prospect of further military actions, north korea in rocket tests, iran and nuclear ambitions, see ya with human rights violations and unwilling to go. >> i think that my preference of course, always as the senior military leader would be that the international community could find ways of increasing the pressure on assad to do the right thing and step aside. >> reporter: there's mounting pressure on syria after the massacre of dozens of children in hula. russia and china who -- criticized the violence but stopped short of criticizing the government. the former u.n. secretary general flew to damascus in a last-ditch effort to sell the plan. the window for a diplomatic solution is narrowing, but now experts caution a military operation in syria could have broader consequences. >> unlike libya, there is more of a risk of escalation, of instability spills out across borders and more difficult for u.s. and allied aircrews to get after and destroy syrian air defenses. >> in other words the obama administration looks for that diplomatic solution, they're focused on the possible model of yemen, according to white house aides where you have some sort of negotiated settlement, a leader steps down peacefully, and we need to begin that democratic process. russia could be a big factor in an option like this, but aides point out that every country is different, but nonetheless, they see this as a possible peaceful solution. >> that's a pretty optimistic scenario if that could possibly work out. but what are they saying about the white house when some of this criticism comes in with john mccain and others out there criticizing the president on syria. >> reporter: they certainly believe that the president's policy here is solid. not going after john mccain but focusing on syria and assad calling the violence we have seen there horrific. a national security council spokesperson said, quote, these acts serve as a vile testament to an illegitimate regime. >> dan lothian live at the white house. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the first significant american deployment in vietnam and the start of a bloody traumatic decade for the united states. president obama went to the vietnam veterans' memorial today in an effort to honor that war's veterans. >> one of the most painful chapters in our history was vietnam. most particularly, how we treated our troops who served there. you are often blamed for a war you didn't start and you should have been kmecommended for serv your country with valor, you're sometimes blamed for the misdeeds of a few. when the honorable service of the many should have been praised, you came home and sometimes were den greigrated w you should have been celebrated. it was a national shame. a disgrace, that should have never happened. that's why here today, we resolve that it will not happen again. and so a central part of this 50th anniversary will be to tell your story as it should have been told all along. it's another chance to set the record straight. that's one more way we keep perfecting our union, setting the record straight and it starts today. because history will honor your service, your names will join a story of service that stretches back two centuries. let us tell the story of a generation of service members, every color, every creed, rich, poor, officer and enlisted who served with just as much patriotism and honor as any before you. >> and it's hard to imagine, but it bears repeating, 58,290 americans were killed in the vietnam war. a shocking new escalation in syria will give you a closer look at the massacre that left 100 people dead in one town, at least half of them children, two americans arrested in tokyo, as authorities investigate the choking death of an exchange student. and can you imagine being at this outdoor wedding when tropical storm beryl washed ashore? 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we are coming out of the primary proce process, isn't there enough time to lay out a vision? >> i think mitt romney's strategy has been to complain about president obama, but one of the things that candidates have to do is actually articulate what they're for, he managed to get through the entire primary without having to do that, all he had to do was stand up straight and spend a lot of money because it was such a clown show in so many ways, now he's running against someone with a lot of vision and some order of record, so a lot of people are going to demand this from mitt romney and i think that once people know what he has planned, he's going to reveal dodd frank, he's going to repeal all the good parts of health care refortunately, not just the parts that are controversial, he's going to cut education spending and investment and child care and medicare and all of those things like come out with it, mitt, that's what the american people want to know. >> i did talk to a romney advisor today, who said, now wait a minute, he did put out a 59 point economic plan last fall. and by the way, where is president obama's vision? because the president has. really laid out what he'll do in a second term. >> my humble opinion, you missed a little right there. there's a reason you can list all those things and paint them in a negative light, it's because mitt romney has put out some agenda items, some bold ones i might add. a 21% tax break, putting a federal constitutional cap on spending. these are pretty big. does that qualify as having a vision? it seems like vision as we're e defining it is like offering something more exciting like hope and change. withes. >> he has laid out a vision, so his vision for america is something that's quite unpleasant. and you're right, maybe that's something that i don't like, but really, i don't think he spends any time talking about it. his 59 point plan, jim, really was a 59 points of complaint about president obama. not much specifics. and i think that the more he talks about what he's going to do, the more people will reject him. >> let's ask about president obama's vision, because in the last several weeks, he's come out with attack after attack after attack on mitt romney. he's been sort of dealing with the three bs. bain, bullying and, you know, billionaires. and he's been sort of on the receiving end on a lot of the attacks in the obama campaign. where is president obama's vision of things. >> it's memorial day, so in honor of truth of the american way, i'm going to let you have some of this because i think the president's fallen a little bit short in sharing the -- we saw his memorial day speech, he actually has a lot of great things to talk about, he still has dreams for this country. but they have gotten a little lost in this back and forth fighting that the campaigns are doing and i think that it's going to be his challenge over the next couple of months to talk about sort of the big picture of back in the aspirational tones and aspirational messages that people really want to hear from your leaders. >> let me ask you about this event that is happening next week in las vegas. donald trump is going to be at a fund-raiser with mitt romney in las vegas, and a lot of people are questioning the wisdom of that, after all, the donald has questioned the president's origin and he's even made some comments to that effect in recent days r you comfortable with donald trump hosting and being at a fund-raiser with mitt romney there in las vegas? >> no, no, just flat out no. >> does that seem like trouble to you. >> it's easy when the battle is often between george will and donald trump, george will saying he doesn't seem the value in aligning himself with rdonald trump. i do think that candidateses aren't responsible for all the views of their surrogates. i'm talking about just politics in generation. >> hillary, george hill referred to donald trump as an ignore ram mis. >> of course george will is right, i think as a practical matter, mitt romney is afraid to push donald trump aside and tez almost too much about rim romney. and who cares about donald trump it's not him who we are electing. >> thanks for joining us today and i hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. a town in syria, unknown to most of the outside world until a shocking slaughter, 100 people killed, about half of them children, will it change the direction of the conflict? and the way to fight, two army reservi reservists from the pentagon. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadillac xts, available with the patented safety alert seat. when there is danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. until i show them this. the new oral-b pro-health clinical brush. its pro-flex sides adjust to teeth and gums for a better clean. the new pro-health clinical brush from oral-b. the key is to have a good strategy. the same goes for my retirement. with the plan my financial advisor and i put together, a quick check and i know my retirement is on course. 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is the world basically powerless right now to do anything but watch it hatit happened. . >> there's a statement by the u.n. security council. barring that all we have been hearing since then is much of the same rhetoric, kofi annan arriving in damascus calling for an investigation into what was taking place. again, there is no real way forward that is actually going to allow that to take place. russia continues to not necessarily back the assaad regime, but is not calling for the president to step down. it is hoping for some sort of internal way forward, but that is not going to happen. there's been so much bloodshed, the conflict is just so polarized that at this stage it most certainly seems that syria is barreling down this course of an all-out war. >> you have reported, t extensively for -- >> they are incredibly demoralized, they are disgusted with the international community at the lack of real action, they are appalled. the comments coming out of russia where effectively the russian foreign minister was also laying the blame on the opposition for the violence saying that it takes two to tango, but what's happening in syria looks more like a disco. those words are quite simply shocking to those out there day in and day out who are losing their lives. but all that being said, there's still this fundamental te determination is that they're not going to give up. they're willing to fight until the very end. they're willing to give up everything to see this regime fall. just days before americans gather to honor their war dead, two army reserves launched a lawsuit against the pentagon from excluding women from combat roles. chris lawrence is looking into this right to fight issue. chris, as we remember the fallen on this memorial day, it bears repeating that women are fighting and dying for this country as well. >> by the hundreds in the last ten years. this case takes an interesting tack, because they're not going through the military, they're taking their case to the freshman court. they're saying that the pentagon violated their civil rights because they're being exculoide from positions. >> reporter: women have been killed and taken captive. but they're still banned from combat jobs like infa try. >> it stigmatizes female service as not as important an male service. >> reporter: a mother of three with nearly 30 years in the army, but coming out of west point, she couldn't get the army's elite combat training, like ranger school. >> so we're excluded from branchs that allow career progression to the highest ranks. >> reporter: only 3% of marine corps generals are women and only 4% of the army's. the pentagon is reviewing combat restrictions and recently opened about 14,000 jobs to women. but officials are wary of going too far too fast. >> but need time, experience and careful review and to be sure we do so in a way that maximizes the safety and privacy of all service members. >> reporter: online some are criticizing the women's lawsuit. quote, i don't see how two women made to it the senior levels of leadership with their careered hampered because they are women. what were they held back from in and in farrah province afghanistan, marine patrols were slowed down to facilitate the engagement team that was assigned to them because they couldn't keep up. another argument is that women just aren't as physically strong as men, that a woman couldn't drag a 200-pound soldier off a battlefield. >> there's certainly small men that could. handle the same -- >> reporter: as a colonel, herring knows that her chance to -- >> more importantly for me is that it opens up opportunities for women broadly. >> and we're going to find out what happens next pretty soon. the government has about 60 days to respond, most likely it will argue this case has no merit and ask the judge to throw out us. but this lawsuit really is the first of its kind. so we're going to have to keep an eye on it to see where it goes. an 81-year-old sky diver ships out of harness in midair. we will show you the dramatic video next. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. an 81-year-old woman is the star of a new video that is sweeping the internet and for good reason. she went sky diving for her birthday. but she got more excitement than she bargained for. mary snow, this is a gripping story and she joins us now to tell us about it. mary, i can't believe in the first place that she went sky diving, but i guess she did and she lived to tell the tale. >> have you seen this videotape? >> i wanted to watch this as you aired it so my response could be authentic. >> this videotape of la vern everette sky diving was taken over a year ago. but apparently now one of her sisters post it it on youtube. >> it started off with smiles. >> it's my birthday. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> is this something you all wanted to do? >> for years. >> reporter: but things took a dramatic turn after that and is shrugging off parts of her -- she told station kobr, that wasn't the case that, her bad knees gave out. >> some people look at that video and think she's being forced out of that plane. >> no, i don't look at it that way. he knew how bad i wanted to jump. >> once la vern and an instructor did jump, it was clear something went very wrong. >> the upper harness came off, it slipped down, i didn't know anything, only to hold on, that's all. >> reporter: the parachute opened and she landed safely, but that video has taken off, going viral. >> this is just a second? >> as an outsider, he says it's hard to know exactly what went wrong, but it appears that the harness wasn't secured properly. and he says, while scary, this kind of thing happening is rare. >> as you exit the airplane, it's in a stable manner, per what we're trained for and the manufacturer recommends and requires, we're stable within five seconds and the chute is out. >> reporter: we contacted the company where la vern did her sky dive. a representative told us that the video is a year old and that no one got hurt and the landing is fine. as for la vern, she said at the time of the dive, she didn't know exactly what happened because her shirt had covered her face. now she's participating in another adventure. >> the faa is now looking into the sky dive and also into the california company behind it since it became aware of the video last week. the faa has proposed $90,000 in -- when asked about those fines, the company said it had no comment. jim, i don't think we're going to see her sitting around baking cookies any time soon. >> put her in that race car, just make sure she buckles up. a series of alleged terror plots is raising questions about whether the iranian government is involved in a broad assassination campaign. the end of an era for a car, so many love to hate. that's coming up. >> this is actually the second 207 we had to hire, because the first one broke down. so we invented a warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadillac xts, available with the patented safety alert seat. when there is danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? 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>> jim, this latest reporting as to what we have been digging into the past several months, various plots that's shaping up as a real shadow war between iran and israel. the latest plot is a "washington post" report today, details of this alleged plot to kill americans in the caspian sea nation. the plot involved snipers and -- excuse me snipers with silencer equipped rifles and a car bomb intended to kill employees in the embassy in the capital of baku. the plot vop developed over thet several months. this plot may have been thwarted. the post says that u.s. officials linked this plot to iran. it's not clear who ordered it, whether it came from elements in the government or some of iran's proxies like hezbollah, we tried to reach iran's officials over the weekend. but the iranian government did tell the post it denies any involvement in the plot. >> this is extraordinary because there is kind of a pattern here? >> that's right, we have referred to this shadow war, iran, israel and you can see just the proximity of all these places, iran, israel and apparently the united states all involved here. we're going to tell you about last fall, thor rannian government was linked to a plat to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. iran denied involvement in that plot. then earlier this year, you had plots in new delhi, india, and in bangkok thailand that were linked to the iranians. both of these plots fizzled but the wife of an israeli diplomat was hurt in that india attack. iran has been targets as well in all of this, and in feindia whe these attacks originated. we asked if we could look for iran to retaliate on their hits to their nuclear program. >> we have a couple of factors to look at here, first a history of aggressiveness by the iranians in the '80s and '90s and attacks against american soldiers in iraq. then you look at what's happened recently, an explosion at one of their nuclear facilities and asa sasas assassinations of their on nuclear scientists. >> the now well known attacks, u.s. and israeli officials have never really spoken publicly about those incidents. >> brian todd, thank you. now let's talk more about this with cnn national security contributor fran townsend. fran, thank you for joining us. i wanted to ask you about this, because there are a lot of dots being connected here. i guess we don't know for sure whether or not these reports are connected to what some intelligence experts refer to as this shadow war that is going on over iran's nuclear program. but how significant is the -- i guess this revelation, do you think? is it something that the united states should be taking very seriously right now? >> well, absolutely. and this shouldn't be unexpected. this is sort of the kishnd of shadow war they're engaged in, they use proxies like hezbollah, to launch attacks whether it's thailand, georgia, india, all of which we have seen, their one off type attacks, in thailand, in indichbndiindia, we have see such as c-4. we have understood that those kinds of attacks are retaliation for what they perceive to be attacks against western nuclear skin cycientis scientists. we have also seen iran extending their reach into their area. the iranian military group is present in syrian and advising the syrian government. this is what they do. iran does not want a full on frontal military attack, armies on armies because they're going to lose that to a western power as strong as the united states. so they prefer these sort of shadow or proxy wars that we see going on mow. >> there are reports out today that iran is providing military support to the assad government in syria. the question is on the part of the iranian government. >> iran has provided not only advise, military advice and training, but they provided arms, and we know that through the u.s. and western intelligence communities. so no question they provided arms, no question they provided support. i think it is a step further to say if in fact we know that they have provided on the ground military support and actually actively engaged in the fighting against syrian civilians, that's a new step, that's actually a step beyond what we have seen before. and it would be an outrage against the syrian people that the assaad regime would permit a foreign military power to engage in the assassination of its own citizens. not surprising, but i think this is a new breach if you will. >> and, fran, we heard the president today in his remembrances here in washington talk about how the united states should not get into another war unless it's absolutely necessary, but yet there are members of congress on the republican side urging the president, urging the white house to get more active when it comes to the situation in syria. but aren't we sort of dealing with a post iraq war world when it comes to iran's influence in that region? and it's just a very difficult problem to solve, it seems. >> i think you're exactly right, it is a very difficult problem to solve. but i think we have to remind our viewer s that it's not an either or situation. there are things we can do to -- to protect civilians that we're not -- when you see this sort of massacre of hula and the continuing ongoing sort of attacks against civilians, the american people and the international community are saying, we can do more than we're doing, short of putting in u.s. 2r507s atroops and don't w moral obligation to do that? >> fran townsend, thank you so much, we appreciate it. it may cost you more to get through airport security, stand by to hear about another fee to fly that is in the works, if you can believe that. plus one conservative pun difficult calls donald trump an ignoramus. and did the pope's butler really do it? we'll talk about that scandal and betrayal inside the vatican. 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whether it be unilateralor in some kind of cooperative effort with nato? is there an appetite for that? >> jim, i think there's always a belief by congress that we have an obligation to stop innocent people from being slaughtered as they are in syria, and particularly when you have these countries, israel, jordan, lebanon, turkey and iraq bordering syria, this is an important area to make sure that human rights are respected. and we have to take a role, probably with nato to ensure that these people are protected as we try to figure out whether or not a new leader is also in the works. >> is there anything more than the obama administration could be doing right now? mitt romney put out a statement over the weekend criticizing president obama about what is happening in syria right now. is there any more than a romney administration could do? >> i certainly think a romney administration would quickly gather our nato allies in turkey, and say this is in your backyard, this is an area in which we will help, provide technical leadership, but the help on the ground to stabilize the situation and protect the innocents that are being slaughtered, will have to come o out -- >> one of the reasons why wanted to talk to you is because you are one of the wealthiest members of congress, it's been reported that your own personal wealth is somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 million, mitt romney, obviously is one of the wealthiest men to run for the white house. and there's been this whole line of attack coming from the obama re-election campaign in recent weeks on his private business record. and i'm just curious what you think about mitt romney's response to all that? do you think it is an effective response? do you think he could be more effective in talking about his own experience. obviously companies were closed during his watch at bain capital, obviously companies were saved. >> you're going to have some casualties, but that's exactly what we need in washington and why i'm so delighted to support governor romney is that he understands that our government has gotten too big, there are agencies that need to be reformed, closed combined, something the president has talked about but haslemnn't don. on this day when we're talking about taking $50 million out of our military. there's got to be a way to take money out of gsa and other agencies that are throeing fancy parties and make it available for the essential services that the american people want. it's not nice, it's not easy to lay people off, but it's the right thing to do if you've got a bloated government. that's what governor romney promises to do. >> what do you make of some of the comments he's made out on the campaign trail? and obviously the democrats are linked them together as sort of a highlight reel, where governor romney has said i like to be able to fire people, obviously that quote lifted out of a larger context, corporations are people too. the democrats are trying to weave his sound bites together to create in larger narrative about mitt romney. how do you think he's handled some of these arguments, does he go back and say i shouldn't have said that here or there. how does he come across? >> we're always going have things taken out of context and when they're taken in context, they always mean something differently. jack kennedy, john kennedy, when he was campaigning used to pull out this telegraph from his father saying, stop, i don't want to pay for a landslide. we have had wealthy people who have served our country in the past. i think that in fact -- not at all, the american people want successful people, people who know how to create wealth. remember, america's greatness is based on creating wealthlike the rest of the world has never known, and then making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged. that's what makes america special, anyone can go from the middle class or even poorer and ultimately end up like mitt romney, a successful person running for president and giving back. >> lert's have a little fun -- another wealthy individual named donald trump. over the weekend he sort of got into a war of words with george will who's also a noted conservative. i want to throw up on screen the two things that were said by both of these individuals over the weekend. donald trump calling george will the most ignoramus of all time. and george will had to say, he said this on abc's this week program. he called donald trump a bloviating ignoramus, who's right? >> i think that governor romney is itting his own course. it's a course very different than donald trump would set and very different than george will would set. whether you're a pundit or simply a self-promoter, you have an opportunity to input to governor romney. but what you see is, governor romney has run this primary his own game. he's talked about who he is and believing in america. and ultimately his -- changing america from what it was to something none of us would recognize. and that's really why this is the romney time and i think we all appreciate in campaigns, people supporting us. but donald trump and george will will be signing on to governor romney, not the other way around. >> that's all the time we have, chairman darrell issa, joining us in sunny southern california. a number of cars hit by pieces of a plane, we're just getting into some of these details now in "the situation room." and we'll have more on that coming up next. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ for real. ...that make a real difference. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. nothing can stop me now. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my name is naphtali bryant and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. this just coming into "the situation room." a car hit by falling pieces of a plane. we think this may have happened in canada? >> in canada and we're talking about an air canada plane. we're getting reports right there that that busted windshield may have been debris that fell from an air canada plane. the errors of the debris come from an affiliate cv-24 in canada. here's what we know from air canada, they have said that an aircraft, flight 001 that was flying from toronto from tokyo and japan. a boeing 777, took off at 10:00 p.m., carrying 218 passengers and 10 crewmembers. after the takeoff, there was an engine shut down. they turned around, they came back, they radioed for an emergency landing. that's a pretty standard way to handle this. the flight landed safely, and taxied to the gate. the passengers are fine, no injuries. but there are reports that no debris came from this flight. you see the pictures, you see the busted windshield there, we have another if we can pick that up, appears to be some chunks of something that may have come from this plane. we don't know yet, but these are pictures that we're getting from our affiliate in toronto. officials want to jack up the cost of airline tickets. not again, please. more coming up. warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadillac xts, available with the patented safety alert seat. when there is danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. in the latino communityr retirement. the word that we use is jubilation. as you're getting older, you should be able to do the things that you love. one of the people closest to benedict xvi, his own butler is charged with leaking secret documents. today the butler is promising to cooperate with investigators in the search for other suspects. our senior international correspondent matthew chase has more on this case and other reasons why the vatican is under some criticism right now? >> sex abuse, corruption, even a murder mystery. mention the vatican these days and it's hard to escape the whiff of scandal. the past few weeks in rome have been particularly damaging. in st. peters square, protesters chant the name of emanuel la who disappeared in 1983 and never found. investigators have opened this -- despite lack of evidence, rumors of a church conspiracy, just won't go away. >> the fact that so many italians remain profoundly convinced that there is still a cover-up going on, i think is an index of the -- persuading the outside world of its willingness to come clean. >> and that trust gap may be widening, with yet another scandal, this time involving embarrassing secret documents. the pope's own sister has been accused of leaking the documents, including private letters from the pope. casting light on how the vati n vatican -- the vatican bank already under investigation for money laundering fueling perceptions of the vatican in crisis. a an we don't expect any rapid change, the vat tan, it's said, thinks not in months or years, but in centuries. >> pope benedict hasn't said anything publicly about the allegations against his butler, but the vatican observerings say this is weighing on him and the catholic church. to talk about all this vatican intrigue is a correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast. you can see her standing in front of the beautiful st. peter's basilica now. this is a lot like a dan brown novel, it sounds like that kind of mystery that is unraveling there in italy? i was just curious, how do we know? how do vatican authorities know that this butler did do it? >> well, according to to the vatican authorities wefgs caught red handed with documents in his apartment. he is one of just a few nonclerical members who live in vatican city, he has an apartment that he shares with his wife and three children inside the sacred walls of the holy sea. he's under vatican jurisdiction. they have their own police department, their own criminal justice system. they can conduct their own interrogation. obviously with their version of a search warrant went into his house and found documents and they say they found a machine that would allow him to photograph these documents. >> from what i have read, the pope apparently was crushed by what is by all appearances a betrayal inside his inner circle. and so i guess i'm just curious, you know, to a lot of people who may be wondering, could this be part of a larger conspiracy, do we know whether or not that's even possible at this point? >> o i that's that very possible and that's where the direction of the investigation right now, some of the documents that were published in a book that came out last week, called his holiness, secrets of pope benedict. of course the vatican isn't exactly the most transparent organization in the world and it's very hard to get information. we know what they want is to know at any given time, the spokesman for the solely sea is very adamant that no high level cardinals are under investigation. but a lot of people outside the walls of st. peter's circle, even though follow the vat tan closely, that there has to be someone at a higher level. that this butler would not have the motive, he would have no reason to do this. the journalist who published the book last week, has been very, very adamant about not having paid for any documents, if that's true, money was not a motive. and the pope, according to the spokesman is very, very upset. feels very betrayed. there are only a handful of people that have this much face time with the pope. he's attended by two clerical secretaries who are ordained priests and four nuns who take care of his meals and his apartment. >> our viewers can see onscreen since we have been talking to you, the butler sitting there in the pope mobile with the holy father. i'm just curious, you know, how large a security breach is this? because, you know, this sounds unprecedent, that sensitive internal vatican documents would make their way outside of those walls. >> you need willing parties and you have this journalist, who had the access to these documents and you had a publisher who's willing to publish it in a book. and he has his own television program here. >> what happens next, we understand that this butler is being held inside the vatican, do they have a jail there? or are they holding him inside the police station that's inside the vatican? >> well, they have what they call secure rooms, they aren't jail cells as we might envision, per se, of course we don't have access to those, they call them secure rooms, he's being held in one of those secure areas, the vatican has his own criminal justice system, they have their own police, but they mostly of deal with petty crimes like pickpocketing in st. peter's square or internal complaints among staff members. this is a very serious crime that they're going to have to trial. they have one judge with the vatican tribunal and they have lawyers who are able to practice law within the vatican, but there's also a lot of speculation about whether or not if he is sentenced to some long-term jail sentence, he'll have to do his whole season tense outside of the vatican in an italian jail. there's a whole lot of things they have to work out because this is unprecedented. >> i'm looking at some published reports that indicate that the pope is sort of in a weakened condition, he's been in a weakened condition as of late. what is his -- what is the state of his health right now? how is he doing? >> reporter: well, he was on sunday whchb he gave his mass, he was visibly weakened, his voice was -- he wasn't the pope we've come to know, he seemed upset, his demeanor was down, his whole spirit seemed to be crushed by this. he has in the last six months or so shown signs of his age at 85 years old. he has degenerative joint disease. so he's showing symptoms of a man whose going through the aging process. >> coming to us live from outside the vatican, we appreciate your time. thanks very much. if you're already frustrated with how much it costs to fly, you could soon be paying more to go through airport security. ahead details on a plan to double tsa fees with money out of your wallet. 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think they should do it in a nonpartisan way n a way that's fair. >> i think what's exciting about 2012 is that we really are at the tipping point. so if the vote doesn't come out this year, it's going to come out in two years. >> reporter: and obviously, jim, redistricting isn't an easy process and it isn't easy in texas so we'll see what happens tomorrow, so a lot of latinos looking for us in this election, and many latinos saying politicl cycle in texas, it is still a long ways away because this is a very solid republican state. >> a lot of democrats early in this process were sort of looking at texas and saying, hey, wait a minute, this could be where the latino vote tips that state over into the blue column, but that might be fools gold for the democrats this time around, juan carlos, thanks so much for joining us. the suspect in involved in the disappearance of etan patz is said to have been reported to police decades ago. mary snow is monitoring that in "the situation room" 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