i ll find out what you re tweeting about from from dane bash, she writes or he. he uses an a for an identifier. pure idiocy. the parents should be ashamed. from that was a brianism. let those kids be kids and not try to bring politics into it. all right. can t pronounce the name. i agree with you. you know what? this version, though, of occupy the north pole probably better than had they done occupy bethlehem whereas, you know, jesus and mary, there was no room at the inn so they slept under a tarp in zuccotti park. the story could have gone that way. i appreciate that. trying to find the good in a bad story. the silver lining to the silver bells. let s talk about winter 2011. it kicks off officially today. let s go ahead and take a look at the maps and find out where it is wintry. and as you can see, we got a big we actually have a little bit
death of osama bin laden, do you feel any safer from terrorism? go to cnn.com/calferffertycnn.c post your comment. some lawmakers believe pakistani officials must have known than bin laden was hiding out in abbottabad and will are angry calls to cut the billions of dollars of aid that the united states gives to pakistan each year. dane bash is work thing part of the story. dana, what are you hearing from members of congress? caller: you know, the u.s. alliance with pakistan has always been controversial. that alliance is to fight terrorism. and now some lawmakers simply saying that pakistan is not an honest partner and worthy of american taxpayer dollars. frustration with pakistan is palpable. that osama bin laden was hiding here less than a mile from a major pakistani military academy. it had everything except neon
we will give you the latest on that coming up. back over to t.j. with more. appreciate you, thanks so much. turn now to our cnn congressional correspondent, dane bash. she is here for our political update and always the popular thing, it seems. somebody wants to be a maverick. it is. there s a new one in town. a lot of fascinating political story lines in this political year. lisa murkowski lost her primary bid to joe miller. she launched a write-in campaign. and it is first time anyone has done that. she is still a republican but is becoming the maverick of her party. since she hack back, she voted with democrats for the don t ask, don t tell repeal for the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and the dream act. now, murkowski s interview with john king last night, you can find at cnn.com/ticker, she talked about her independent streak and said look, i feel like i have a very strong message in her word from the
job as a politician. you re doing a service. you re supposed to serve, and a lot of people feel that s not on the top of the minds of the folks in washington. we ll share more of our conversation throughout the day with the election express bus. we have the whole crew here. that s right. sure do. we ll follow your trip across country. they ll be on the road all week, carrying the best political team on television. jessica yellin, john king, gloria borger and dana bash, all in kentucky today. 85 fires in just four hours. homes up in flames, power lines down, a dangerous mix, stretching detroit firefighters to the absolute limit.
or american government or american religious or political leadership. meantime, the imam behind the controversial plan to build a mosque and community center near ground zero says that the project will go forward. in a new york times editorial, he says he is awed by the level of i motions surrounding the issue. he will appear on larry king live tonight at 9:00 eastern. time now for cnn equals politics updates. dana bash, our best political team on television is checking things out for us. what s crossing the wires, dana? reporter: well, one of the biggest things we are looking at is the speech president obama is going to give just over the river here in the state of ohio. we re across the river in kentucky with the election express but what he s going to