keep both safe and he told cbs news that it s unbelievable to him that the state department decreased security in libya when he did, because he said he showed the state department how dangerous, and volatile and unpredictable the environment in libya was with at least 13 security incidents before september 11th be backing up his case and we expect to hear about that in a lot greater detail on hill in the next few days, back to you. alisyn: we need to hear a lot more in greater detail. thank you for that. let s get the rest of your headlines and tell you what else is happening. a partially blind egyptian extremist wi extremist appeared in u.s. courts and did not ender a plea. al-mas al-masri charged with taking he appeared in court without the prosthetic hand and the lawyer asked that his hand be returned immediately. our other terror suspects
president obama today paid tribute to america s war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veteran s memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veteran s memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first let s go to cnn s dana bash. and a slight political undertone to the ceremonies there in san diego. they were putting wreaths out at these ceremonies, but at the same time both men gave some speeches that might have had some politics mixed in there as well. from mitt romney, the lines that you re so familiar with, following him around, the ones really directly following the president. but you didn t have to read too much between the lines to hear his campaign pitch. reporter: a solemn moment in san diego, marking memorial day. reporter:
and this ceremony is interesting, because we have heard of his humor and he has a prosthetic hand, but he continues to serve in the elite unit which is incredible to me after such an injury with the resources of the troops and treated on the battlefield unimaginable that were in the vietnam war and the civil war, and these young men were not coming home, and they were dying on the battlefield, and now they have returned here and in his case, now able to go back to the job. two things about that, if a troop is willing to get to a medical facility of any kind has a 98% chance of survival which is different. and used to, they would throw you out of the army if you were marginally wounded. now troops with prosthetic devices are anxious to serve and want to get back to the units to serve with comrades and they let them do it or perform some other task in the army in all of the services. don t forget we have an all
and in space, the crew of shuttle endeavour is preparing to return to earth tomorrow. the crew completed four space walks and maintenance upgrades as part of its final mission. the return from the international space station to the kennedy space center in florida will heart attack the end of endeavor s 19-year career. after the break, we ll tell you about a man who set out to help a friend in need of a prosthetic hand, and wound up creating what some call one of the most incredible inventions of the year. wait until you see this. keep it here.
the photo and tweet were quickly deleted. representative weiner is denying he posted the photo, and says it was a prank by a hacker. we caught up with the congressman again today to get some more answers. but this is what he said. aren t you concerned someone is looking at your sensitive information? i m going to return to working on the things i care about. i participated in the story a couple of days now, given comments on it. this is a distraction, and i m not going to let it distract me. are the capitol police looking into it? put out a statement about that in the past couple days. put out a couple statements. i m trying the best to i just spent a couple days cooperating, and you know, trying to help you do your job, but at a certain point i m going get back to work, and i think we have reached that point today. this might go away if you answer some of the questions out there. i m not going to answer. to answer part of that question for you, the capitol po