and profiled by the tsa? there s an app for that. how people can report if they think they re being unfairly singled out. first a bitter sweet milestone in the skies over lower manhattan. one world trade center is become to become the tallest building in the big apple. that s supposed to happen a little later on today. that s if the wind cooperates. workers are scheduled to install a team that will lift that tower to 1,271 feet. the math takes you 21 feet higher than the city s tallest building right now, the empire state building. when construction is completed in 2013 or early 2014, one world trade will stand at 1,776 yes, say it quickly, it s 1776. the tallest structure in the western hemisphere. there s a glitch. you have to add that spire on the top to take it to that level. poppy harlow is live in lower manhattan. i don t know it s coincidental that this milestone is being achieved as we approach the one-year anniversary of bin laden s death. the connection there is
kelly ayotte the new freshman senator from the state of new hampshire will be appearing with mitt romney in portsmith in a few minutes from now. this is part of the veep stakes. she s one of the potential running mates that the romney campaign will be taking a good long hard look at. that vet progress sees, that selection process is just getting under way. there s a throat be said for kelly ayotte and why she s being considered. she has a lot of tea party support up in new hampshire. she was endorsed by sarah palin. she has a tough on crime background. she was the attorney general in her state. she is also anti-abortion rights so she has that pro life boxing checked that a lot of republicans will be looking at as they go about selecting a running mate and there s a lot of upsides here. actually had a chance to see her speak in front of one of those rubber chicken dinners here in washington, d.c. she s pretty engaging in front of a podium, in front of a crowd. i think you re g
unfolding diplomatic crisis. and why do women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men? i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. mission that killed osama bin laden and today the terror leader s name is popping up out there on the campaign trail. the romney and obama campaigns are each trying to paint their candidate as the toughest, but for team romney, it s a built of an uphill battle right now. our national political correspondent jim acosta is watching all this unfold. what s going on in this fight? for months, mitt romney has been on offensive. he in this debate over the killing of osama bin laden, romney has been on defense, just the way the president wants it. as mitt romney was shaking hands in new hampshire, he was asked the question, he had given the same order to kill osama bin laden. even jimmy carter would have given that order. cnn breaking news. tonight i can report to the american people a
called were in this order george walker bush and then bill clinton because he knew at some level both men had tried to actually kill bin laden and had been unable to do it. reporter: public reaction a year ago may not have been as solemn as the phone calls sound. it is nonetheless true that bin laden s death was greeted then across party lines as a matter of justice, not politics. candy crowley, cnn, washington. top of the hour. i m suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed. a witness to robert kennedy s assassination says there was a second gunman. nina says her claim was overlooked back in 1968 and that someone altered the testimony she gave. but she remembers it vividly. i can hear the rhythm of the gunshots in my head, and i know first i thought it was flash bulbs. it was pop, pop and then pop, pop, pop, very rapid fire to my right in back of senator kennedy. convicted assassin sirhan sirhan is asking a court to release him from prison or give him a new tria
decent timing and kimmel pretty good as well. s john fugelsang with us, political comedian, with the professional opinion and will cain, columnist of theblaze.com. good morning. our starting point this morning, pretty shocking and daring escape that could have an impact on the u.s. relationship with china, a blind chinese discy dent evaded layers of guards after 18 months under house arrest, he made his trek 370 miles north to beijing. secretary secretary tim gigter in are expected to be in the country for the long planned strategic talks. neither governments are confirming of chen s whereabouts are at the embassy but a former senior china analysts at the cia says this, this is the greatest test in bihall relations in years, 1989, when tiananmen square was unfolding. joining us is gordon chang, nice to see you. thank you for being with us. the greatest test, do you think that s an overstatement of what s happening right now? i think so. any time there s an incident we