celebrated her 21st birthday. what tokyo police are telling us is she died by suffocation by cervical compression, and that does sound like it s strangulation. the kyoto news agency said she and a friend went to a concert, where she was approached by two americans. she and her friend ended up with these men at a hotel in a party area here in tokyo. the police confirm that she was hours later found dead in the hotel room. and that in that hotel room was one of these americans. and at this point, the police say that they are trying to figure out how these two men fit in with this woman s death. furlong s death has rattled her small community back in ireland. she celebrated her 21st birthday party last december and was looking forward to finishing her course in tokyo, which would have been the last days of july. so she was literally, according to text messages, to come home. she was looking forward to going to the concert. which she was looking forward very much so to. the
should remind our viewers, there was another man who actually confessed to this crime and was found in civil court to be responsible. there was a $2 million fine, which he never paid, but nonetheless, it makes this case very complicated. i talked about that physical evidence. there s a big problem if there is no body. if it is true that etan patz s body was thrown in the trash, one person said this renders the haystack too big and the needle probably no good, they ll probably never find the body. having said that is it possible the police have key evidence or information they re not telling us about? it s entirely possible. we don t know exactly what hernandez said to police during his alleged confession to them when he made claims he lured the little boy into the basement of that convenience store when hernandez himself was only 19 years old. police might be holding something back. we don t know exactly what he said so it s far too early to say whether this will really go
why some cuban-americans are furious. we re going in-depth. first the secret service and now dea agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newark s democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romney s old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do damage control and the dust still hasn t settled. let s discuss what s going on with the key adviser of the romney campaign, ed gillespie, former republican of the national committee. thanks very much for coming in. thank you for having me, wolf. good to be with you. let s talk about what the president specifically said about mitt romney, his experience at bane capital yesterday and then we ll get your reaction. my opponent, governor romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he sho
oh, here we go. oh, kyra. what a laugh to start the day. happy monday, peeps. happy monday. [ laughter ] kyra, have a good show. we start off with presidential politics and the two states that will be critical in choosing the new president. the new presidential nominee. mitt romney is considered the heavy favorite. iowa is still up for grabs just 10 weeks before it hosts the nation s first caucuses. gingrich kicking off his day with a town hall. rick santorum holding several meet and greets across the state. both are touting their conservative credentials and seizing on the latest stumbles by herman cain. paul steinhauser has the big picture from washington. shannon travis on the campaign trail in iowa. paul, let s start with you. as romney files to get onto the new hampshire ballot, how strong is his lead? what do you think? very strong in the granite state. about 15 minutes from now, he ll be in concord, the state capital, and make it official there by putting
benchmark that many analysts had predicted for this memorial day weekend. the so-called butcher of bosnia may face a haig tribunal. they said he was suffering psychological problems and should not be extradited. this morning, a serbian judge seems to have rejected that. if you paid taxes to uncle sam, you have also helped send billions of dollars to pakistan. ever since the navy s secret raid killed osama bin laden, the relationship between the two countries have been fiercely strained. today, secretary of state, hillary clinton, arrived in pakistan s capital to deliver a stern message. america cannot and should not solve pakistan s problems. that s up to pakistan. but, in solving its problems, pakistan should understand that anti-americanism and conspiracy theorys will not make problems disappear. cnn s stan grant is in islamabad. stan, secretary of state clinton s visit was really short. should we read anything into that? reporter: well, it didn t take a long visit