the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. why they charge the president with putting politics ahead of their safety. and only in america. the real bin laden battle. why it s not about politics. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight breaking news. president obama s surprise trip to afghanistan and his speech to americans on the one year anniversary of the mission to take out osama bin laden. my fellow americans, we ve traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. yet here in the pre-dawn darkness of afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the hordes. the iraq war is over. the number of our troops in harm s way has been cut in half and more will soon be coming home. we have a clear path to fulfill our mission in afghanistan while delivering justice to al qaeda. plenty reaction to this momentous day coming up soon. plus my interview with a man who reporter
the person outfront tonight is billionaire aubrey mcclendon. he s the outspoken, charzmatic scion of one of america s founders and a founder of chesapeake. chesapeake could be the next enron, or worldcom. chesapeake energy is second only to exxonmobil in drilling for natural gas in this country. more than 13,000 americans work for mcclendon, enjoying perks, which according to reuters includes on-site botox treatments. chesapeake also boasts a campus with three restaurants and a 72,000 square foot fitness facility, with a rock climbing wall. while these goodies may have won the employees over on the short term, it may have been among the first signs that something doesn t add up. mcclendon has often made grandiose promises that aren t backed by reality. at a minimum, i think they can create a million jobs over the next few years. the they he s referring to is a fund chesapeake was launching. now, mcclendon is not a household name, but what he s fighting for is. even as
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
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
china have hit a brick wall. why and who will take their place as the next hot emerging markets? then andrew sullivan on why he had to wait almost 20 years to get a green card in the united states. it s a fascinating, troubling story. we re also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, here s my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. that s understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contrast, half the euro zone economies are going to actually shrink this year and not one major european country will grow over 1%. last thursday christine lagard, the head of the international monetary fund and former french finance minister, said there were dark clouds hanging over the global recovery an