ahmadinejad mentioned that and the judiciary said not so fast. eventually ahmadinejad s point of view held forward. in all things regarding the united states, ultimately the ayatollah holds this portfolio, so while ahmadinejad is saying he has the discretion to do this, i m quite confident this is something that has been thoroughly debated within the upper echelons of the iranian regime. jenna: do you have hope? i expect that ahmadinejad having come out public o remember this is on the eve of the united nations general assembly, ahmadinejad will be coming to new york and this will potentially be a political feather in his cap. jenna: we ll see. sarah shoud was released september 14th, last year, so we ll see if it s repeated this time around. p.j., nice to have you. all right jenna. jon: at a time of economic uncertainty, the price of gold is soaring. it is lead to go a new american gold rush, unlike the first one in 1849,
claims that he may have been killed. a spokesman for afghanistan s intelligence agency reports that omar disappeared frommen alleged hideout in pakistan but cannot confirm that he is dead. two american hikers who really in iran are awaiting trial and were able to call home. a third hiker, sarah shoud, was able to return home last year. it was the top of the royal wedding in april. princess beatrice s rose colored hat has sold online for more than, get this, $130,000. she donated it to be auctioned on ebay and the proceeds will benefit children s charities. that is quite a hat.
teams with he has to deal with the tornado devastation back here at home. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. it s been almost 24 hours since the people of joplin, missouri hid in their homes as the tornado tore through their city. officials say 116 people were killed and many more injured. this makes this storm tied for the second deadliest twister. the toll is expected to climb as one resident puts it. everybody s going to know people who are dead. a massive rescue operations under way that has been hampered by more bad weather. many pipes are damaged. despite the obstacles of success today, the governor says that there were seven rescues. in some cases, entire families were pulled from the rubble alive. at least 2,000 buildings are damaged, including one of the city s two hospitals. brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. he s joining us live now. brian? reporter: wolf, as you can see, we re getting another thunderstorm. they have bee