this 70-year-old man was kidnapped in august. in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and laid out a series of demands. now we re seeing in this video today that he s asking, as you said, president obama to make good on those demands. so has there been any official reaction from the united states at this point? well, not yet. i mean, some of those demands, as we ve been talking about, he s asking for the u.s. to release all prisoners from the taliban and al qaeda. also asking for all drone strikes to stop in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and yemen. and going as far as to ease the border between gaza and egypt. so it s not just about al qaeda and taliban, but improving the life of all muslims. but the u.s. says we don t negotiate with terrorists. we are aware of the video. very concerned about his well being and safety. fbi working with the pakistanis but no negotiations with terrorism. if you think back to when the journalist from the wall street journal was kidna
colombia. we let the boss down because nobody is talking about what went on in colombia other than this incident. that is true. the secret service now yanking security clearances for several agents accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel before the president arrived. a new fallout from the scandal ahead. and a new legal move by george zimmerman s attorney. trayvon martin s accused killer asking for a different judge. plus, new concerns for zimmerman s safety. and watch out. they were just in the onions. a man under arrest after an attempted hold-up with hot dog tongs. seriously, folks. we are not making this stuff up. dumb criminal file. we need one of those and just dump these stories in there for your viewing pleasure. a look at a general election matchup between president obama and mitt romney. a new cnn national poll of registered voters shows the president with a near double-digit lead overall. 52% to romney s 43%. meantime, an abc interview, romney full
million miles in 39 missions. we ll bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the president s policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. politicians who say if we just drilled more then gas prices would come down. we have been drilling more. under my administration america is producing more oil than at any time in the last eight years. more outrage over the lavish $800,000 conference in vegas paid for with right, your tax dollars. lawmakers are holding another round of hearings on the spending scandal at the gsa. they say huge amounts spent on food, parties, hurts the reputation of all federal employees even those not involved.
and destroyed. some houses were turned into rubble in just a matter of seconds. that piece of iron had to come from a building. it was you know, it was no straight wind, it was a regular twister. the wind was just blasting out and out and out. the bathroom, like they always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. the good lord was with us. he sure was. it s about more than you can bear. four states were hit by the tornadoes. oklahoma, iowa, nebraska and kansas. but all of the fatalities were in one community. the community of woodward, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is in woodward. rob, describe the devastation there. reporter: well, you know, we weren t allowed into this community until just a little bit ago. now the activity is really happening. look behind me. this is a home that was completely crushed by the storm. family, friends and neighbors coming together to sift through the debris, try to pile it up. so the folks who live here can save what
i think we have the right to health care, but i don t think we have the obligation to accept health care. i don t think it s right for people in washington to tell us what people in georgia are going to have to do when we go to the doctor. a montana man accused of trying to board a plane with four handguns. harold waller reportedly was carrying a loaded gun and two knives when he went through security at sacramento international airport. tsa screeners say they found three more semiautomatic guns in waller s carry-on bags. an waller was arrested investigators found eight more guns in his car. no word on what the motive may have been. six children and two adults are dead after a fire swept through a house in charleston, west virginia. investigators are looking for a cause but say it does not look suspicious. one adult managed to escape, a seventh child son life support. public outrage over the trayvon martin shooting is growing. protesters are railing across the country d