after that she basically disappeared. i think we re privileged to play it was exciting. it was glamorous. it was fun. she was a 19-year-old college kid, an intern in the white house press office. as clearly and persuasively as i could. reporter: he was the 45-year-old leader of the free world, and she was mesmerized. i was sort of swept into this web. don t do it. the can t win. bad year. reporter: for the handsome president, his charisma, his magnetism. mimi alford says after losing her virginity to president kennedy on her fourth day on the job they began an affair, spending evenings together in the private residence as often as twice a week. europe 19. he s 45. what did you talk about? well, we didn t have a lot of time to talk. he was the president. what we talked about was certainly not world affairs. the president was very boyish and playful with me.
since osama bin laden. the breaking news this hour, we re learning more about the air strike in yemen that killed anwar al-awlaki. first, a reminder of why this american born cleric was so dangerous. president obama says he took the lead in planning to murder americans. he s been linked to those terror suspects of the decade including the so-called underwear bomber, the accused ft. hood attacker, three of the 9/11 hijackers and the man who allegedly tried to blow up a car in times square in new york. we have in depth coverage of the mission to kill al-awlaki and the implications. first, to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. several administration officials say it was a cia hit. the cia and pentagon had been working with the yemenese for nearly two years to kill anwar al-awlaki. we had always had tremendous concern that after getting bin laden, that someone like al-awlaki was a primary target because of his continuing efforts to plan attacks against the united stat