dogfighting charges in 2007. it s one thing to meet face-to-face with the president, but wait until you hear from president obama himself how one of the world s wealthiest men, the sultan of brunei, got to today s oval office meeting. he got here yesterday and flew in his own 747, meaning he actually piloted it himself. i think he s probably the only head of state in the world who flies a 747 himself, and so in case air force one, the pilot has problem, we know who to consult. yeah. i think president obama is probably right. he s probably the only head of state to do that. the sultan is worth $40 billion and he s apparently used to flying himself around. he s piloted his plane to india and south america. it reportedly has wash basins
of a red tide. wild life officials have rescued 12 others like the ones that you see here. red tides, they happena almost every year when a tiny algae concentrates in an area turning the water brown or red and this year it happened in an area where manatees migrate making their food toxic. and a round of golf for a group of men in illinois was anything, but relaxing. one of the men fell into an 18-foot deep sink hole that opened up beneath him on the fairway of the 14th hole. he dislocated his shoulder in the fall and wasn t able to climb out and good news, one of his buddies climbed into the hole and put a rope around him and he was pulled to safety. i keep wondering what is all of this with the sink holes? i keep hearing problems with sink holes. who knew? now i m getting a little worried. serious issue. it is. up next, tensions are mounting between north and south korea right now, but that s not stopping dennis rodman.
hand asks that s not what iran s clerical establishment are saying. this incident happened last week at hugo chaff aez funeral. president mahmoud ahmadinejad was in attendance and at one point he came face-to-face with hugo chavez s mother. video posted on youtube shows ahmadinejad reaching out during an emotional exchange and showing chavez s shoulder and it shows an emotional exchange where the two are clasping hands and leaning in with their heads apparently tufrping. these are the images that have sparked controversy in iran where a strishth interpretation where a man cannot touch a woman if they are not related. one cleric said president ahmadinejad was clowning around and failing to uphold the dignity of the press doneesy. another cleric said this is clearly a sin and reminded everyone that men cannot touch women in iran unless women are drowning or in need of medical
for all of us. it is out there, you can find it and we need to stop that. we need to protect ourselves. i have to go. i m brooke bolduan. apparently, you can know more about me, but on that note let s go to washington. wolf blitzer begins right now. thanks very much. happening now, one of these men will become the new pope. we ll take you to the vatican and to cities around the world hoping to provide the next leader of the roman catholic church. some in washington, even inside the administration are not charmed by the president s charm offensive. is it all just for show? thousands of sharks head north past florida s beaches, scientists rushing to do some research that may save the lives of shark bite victims. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com