dublin, the inhabitants of manegal have a special reason to celebrate. deadly tornado leaves behind a trail of destruction, you re looking at what s left of the town of joplin, missouri, and oh no, not again. iceland s active volcanos are worrying european airlines. does this new eruption mean fresh travel chaos? we want to begin in southern pakistan, where government forces are continuing to battle it out with taliban militants at a naval base in karachi. at least ten militants stormed the site late last night, armed with guns and grenades, witnesses say that they ve heard numerous loud explosions. a plane was set on fire and smoke is billowing up from the building. now it s not exactly clear how many people have been killed, but the afp and the reuters news agencies say 12 pakistani commandos are dead. more detalsz from our senior international correspondent, stan grant who joins me from islamabad. what s the latest on the situation right now? reporter: yeah, as you
also i want you to look at something playing out hundreds of miles out above us right now. this is remarkable we can get a live picture in space. this is happening right now, drew foystle and mike fink are doing a second space walk, two endeavour astronauts. it looks like a lot is going on up there. they have some maintenance work on the space station. we ll get more about that. that is a live picture. fascinating to watch them do this work and they were able to get the live pictures. from the cnn center hey it s me and reynolds. hey! good morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. i m reynolds wolf, we ll be checking in with him in a second. it s may 22nd on this sunday. as always, good morning to our servicemen and women watching us on the armed forces network around the world. glad you could be with us and glad you do what you do. mitch daniels is not running for president. he doesn t have the flash of donald trump or name recognition of mike huckabee his decision
this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. it s his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governor s candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columbia. it s presumed he s throwing his hat into the ring. otherwise, why would he put so much mileage to get his message across. it s a game we play. mitt romney is not officially a candidate. he came to south carolina obviously because this state is one of the first four states along with iowa, new hampshire and nevada that kicks off the presidental nominating process. it s a state he lost badly in 2008 when he last ran for president. he came down here today with the simple message about jobs a
he lives in washington. his lawyer argues he s not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking to try to escape the law. it s undisputed that the police knew his whereabouts is because he called the hotel, which is the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he promptly told them. indeed, he called the hotel a second time, called security a second time to advise that the plane was boarding and to urge the hotel delivery people to please promptly bring his cell phone. before the hearing got under way, he was indicted on several charges, including attempt to commit rape. he s accused of attacking a maid on saturday. the prosecutor opposed bail, arguing that the evidence against dominique strauss-kahn is strong. the complainant in this case has offer
from being free. deadly attack in pakistan, the americans are in the firing ryan less than a month after their forces killed osama bin laden. and leave new friends behind. the queen s historic visit to ireland is almost over. we begin this hour in washington where israel s prime minister will meet the u.s. president today for what s expected to be a tense round of talks. benjamin netanyahu arrives less than 24 hours after barack obama deliver add big speech on relations in the middle east. he got a frosty reception in israel. it s an idea the u.s. has supported unofficially for years, but no president has ever before stated it. the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so secure and recognized borders are established for both states. reporter: in return obama called on them to retain its security and recognize it as a jewish state. the 1967 borders were in place before the six-day war in which israel captured th