. 123450. hello to you. welcome back to cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. i want to start with breaking news. in tucson, arizona, there's some sort of security situation happening at this air force base. it is currently on lockdown. that is what we're told. a public affairs person on base tells us, quote, it has been reduced to a single point of entry are. obviously we're making phone calls on it and we'll keep you posted. as soon as we learn anything more about this air force base in tucson on lockdown, we'll bring it to you live here on cnn. moving to libya, the hunt

for moammar gadhafi has spread way down south into this cluster of outposts in the sahara desert. what you see right there, bombs. those are bombs going off at an airport seized by the rebel are s. libyan rebels are taking on hard-line gadhafi loyalists hundreds of miles south of tripoli. this fire fight, you see and hear it, ben wedeman found himself right in the middle of it it. ben is live for us now. as i said, hundreds of miles south of tripoli, way out in this desert, just after 9:00 p.m. local time. ben, before we get to that fire fight, just tell me where you are and tell us why the rebels are there so far into ethe desert. >> reporter: we're about 450 miles south of tripoli. we're on this air base that just two nights ago was taken over by the rebels. now, the reason why this is important is that we're about -- let me think in miles -- 16

miles to the north of sabah, the biggest city in southern libya, a city traditionally very loyal to moammar gadhafi. in fact, rebel commanders say they believe there's a very good chance gadhafi could be in this area. so they're very eager to establish their control over this part of the country, but they're also very much on the lookout, hunting for moammar gadhafi. brooke? >> reporter: be . >> ben, we saw the video of the fire fight you found yourself in. we have a video of you on your stomach. rebels behind you, somehow you're talking through this, bullets whizzing around. from what i gather, the rebels thought it was safe there at the time. then you learned obviously otherwise. ben, what happened? what was going on? >> reporter: well, we had gone into this town of birak which they had told us they had secured. but when we got there, i spoke

with one of the village elders who was himself sympathetic to the revolution who told me, well, actually this neighborhood, that neighborhood, that neighborhood, and that neighborhood are all still loyal to moammar gadhafi. and just literally seconds later we heard a rocket-propelled grenade fly right over our head, another one came after that and another. and these fighters started to fire back, just blasting -- one was basically standing right over us shooting in the direction of where they thought those rocket-propelled grenades were fired. so this went on for a fair amount of time. in fact, our producer kareem, he got burned by one of the casings that came off one of the heavy machine guns that hit him in the arm. he was -- we also were all -- mary rogers, the camerawoman and kareem, producer, and myself were all on our bellies, just really hugging the dirt while this went on.

brooke? >> so grenades, bullets, there was something else. let me mention we do have are phil black standing by in another location for us. but before we get to him, ben, one more for you. i was checking your twitter page. you tweeted this image. obviously you see this spoon, ben wedeman, next to the spoon is a scorpion. can you just tell us what it's like, if you would, you're out there witnessing war in this desert, does it feel like you are far, far away from civilization? >> reporter: it does. i mean, we're literally sleeping in the sand in the desert for the last three nights, and we found this big green scorpion right next to where we were camped out. in fact, this evening i was speaking with a libyan doctor who said that they've got some scorpions here that, if if they bite you, you've got about eight minutes before you die.

so i don't know if i'll be sleeping so soundly tonight. >> yeah. i'd be watching where i walk, where i sleep, where i eat, every single thing. ben wedeman, thank you so much. to you and your crew, stay safe. i want to stay in libya and show you a map here. we were talking to ben down there in the desert near sabha, one of the remaining three gadhafi strong hoeds. sirte, gadhafi's hometown, the rebel ares issued the deadline for two of the pro-gadhafi support ez to surrender. the deadlines have come and gone. phil black is live from that scene. where exactly are you? and what do you see there? >> reporter: brooke, we're just on the outskirts of sirte, throughout the day we've been inside the city.

we were there with rebels. they advanced in big numbers into the city in what they thought would be a few easy hours fighting. they thought by the end of the day gadhafi's hometown would be theirs. it didn't turn out that way at all. they made rapid progress through the outskirts of the city, but when they got into the city, they came up against some fierce resistance. the locals there had dug in and they fought back and they fought back hard. the rebels say -- and they admit quite openly -- it turned into a street fight. they didn't want one, they weren't expecting one. they just weren't prepared for it. something else didn't happen as well. they thought that the locals of the town would rise up in support of them. they didn't. so, as a result, it boiled down into this intense street fighting, house to house. the rebel as made some progress through the city. they had hoped to have complete

control of the town by the end of the day. they didn't get that close. the security in that city is nothing like that at the moment. so they had no choice but to pull out. so now they've pulled out to a distance to the outskirts which is where we are, and tomorrow they say they hope to have another crack at it. but they don't really have any answer to the solution of what to do about this intense street fighting situation. they say they're not really prepared for it. they're hoping that after today's fighting, maybe once again the locals will rise up in their favor. but at this stage their whole strategy is based on hope. >> phil, beyond, then, the street fighting, i know i've seen a report of the rebels being aided by nato air power. are you at all hearing planes flying over, dropping bombs in and around sirte? >> reporter: we know that nato has been striking targets within sirte for a number of weeks now. and as we approached the city today, we saw a number of large

explosions that realistically could only have been caused by air strikes at that sort of magnitude. yes, nato has been softening up this city. we don't coordinate our bomb runs with what the rebels are doing on the ground, but certainly they have been, in their words, living up to the u.n. mandate protecting civilians by striking pro-gadhafi targets within sirte. i guess it was hope that that would make a difference when the rebels rolled into the town, but today, even still, it wasn't enough. brooke? >> if, phil, as we mentioned this is, of course, gadhafi's hometown, if there is a possibility he's in there, is there any way to get him -- for him to get out of there alive, perhaps surreptitiously, or do the rebels have all of the exits sealed? >> reporter: there are mixed ideas about wlofr s whether it for gadhafi and those in his

regime are in sirte. it doesn't seem likely. this has been under loyalist control all along. there was a road leading deep into the country that has been open, and not influenced in any way by revolutionary forces, so if it there was anyone in there that wanted to get out, they've had the time and opportunity to do so. having said that, we heard rumors and talk among the rebels today that perhaps one of his sons is still in the town and could be coordinating the fighting. no way of confirming this. also the possibility that his former spokesman may be there as well. again, the communication lines among the rebel forces, we have no way of determining just how true this actually is. but if they make some progress in the city, perhaps not tomorrow, perhaps it will take some days, maybe we'll determine if that is true. but we understand that that scape route that was open no longer is. >> phil black for us near sirte, libya, thank you so much.

if you're just now joining us. top of the hour we talked about breaking news out of tucson, arizona. we're making calls on an air base in tucson. apparently it's on lockdown. according to this public information officer, they do have what they're calling a security situation there. it is on lockout and it's been reduced to a single point of entry. this is the first video we're getting in from our affiliates there in tucson, the first images of this air force base. we're making phone calls. as soon as we hear what is happening and why, we'll let you know. let's get a quick break in. can can

let's get you an update on the breaking news out of tucson, arizona. we have images from our affiliate out of tucson, kvoa.

this is the davis-monthan air force base. the base is on lockdown. here's the note to parents -- you cannot go on base to pick up your children at the moment. they're diverting traffic. no one can get on base. if you're trying to get on, and if you're on base, no one can get off. local news cameras there have spotted a helicopter landed. it took off. also apparently tucson fire is on the scene, but it's still unclear why this air force base is on lockdown, who might be involved, what happened. we're trying to connect the dots ourselves, making phone calls here. but, again, the davis-monthan air force base, tucson, arizona, on lockdown. texas governor rick perry has presided over more executions than any other governor in the history of the u.s. his tally? 235 and counting. and this is a record. the governor frequently brings it up during his presidential campaign. let's play this, what he had to

say during a recent gop debate. >> if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, kill a police officer, you're involved with another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face the ultimate justice in the state of texas, and that is you will be executed. >> what do you make of -- >> perry's stand is certainly popular in some circles but there's a new layer to this story here. it texas was set to execute convicted murderer dwayne buck last night. but the u.s. supreme court stepped in, put a stop to it for now as the courts review this case. this is a crowd obviously jubilant of supporters reacting to the news last night. at issue, this psychologist who the state of texas called as an expert during buck's trial testified that black and hispanics are not only more

likely to commit violence, they're more likely to commit future crimes. buck's attorneys argue this led to a death sentence for buck rather than prison time. buck was convicted of killing two people back in 1995. his execution would have been the second in texas this week. coming up next hour, i'll talk with president and ceo of naacp ben jealous about efforts to save the life of a convicted cop killer set to die next wednesday, 7:00 p.m. now this. >> in the time that i've been with hendersonville, for 17 years now, this is the only time that i've seen a crime such as this. >> a woman doesn't tell anyone she's pregnant. she gives birth to twins. but what police say p happens next is horrifying, it's baffling. coming up next, where they found the lifeless newborns and why this may have happened. coming ud the lifeless newborns and why this may have happened. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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we are are getting a little bit more information on that air force base on lockdown in tucson, ayers air, the davis-monthan air base. by the way, if you know the area, this is adjacent to what they call the boneyard, where with old military planes go when with they're out of service. these are pictures from kvoa. according to them, they talked to the tucson fire department. the fire department say they were called to this scene to respond to a person with gunshot wounds. cnn has not independently verified, but that's what tucson fire is telling kvoa, called to the scene to respond to someone with gunshot wounds. we know nothing further, we'll bring you updates as soon as they come our way. now to this storiment a young woman a few years out of college living with her parents,

not married, working at a dental office. she discovers she's pregnant, but she doesn't tell a soul she's expecting. then just this past monday night she went into labor. our affiliate wkrn picks up this tragic story from hendersonville, tennessee. >> there's a lot about this situation that i don't have the answers for. >> reporter: grim-faced police outside a hendersonville home piece together details of two newborn twin boys discovered dead inside the residence. investigators say 25-year-old lindsey lowe lived here with her parents. >> we he receireceived a call f ms. lowe's father. he reported to us that he had discovered a deceased child in his daughter's bedroom. >> reporter: in a police affidavit, officers say lowe confessed she knowingly and intentionally killed each of her children using her bare hand to stop their breathing until they were dead in order to prevent her parents from discovering.

police said it happened here at her parents' home monday night, moments after giving birth to the twin boys. >> she was very sad at the last point that i saw her. >> reporter: in the affidavit, police said lowe confessed that she placed them, the dead babies, in a laundry basket in her room and covered them with blankets to prevent their discovery. the 25-year-old suspect accused of killing her newborn twin sons is now here at the sumner county jail awaiting a bond hearing. >> in the time that i've been with hendersonville, for 17 years now, this is the only time that i've seen a crime such as this. >> reporter: facebook pictures show lowe as a happy western kentucky student a few years bang. but now she's a young woman charged with murdering her babies. >> tennessee does have safe haven laws that allow parents of newborns to drop them off in places like hospitals, fire stations within 72 hours of birth. the twins' father has not been

identified here. we did talk to lindsey lowe's attorney this afternoon, and he described the lowe family as saddened, very close. he says they are devastated but they're strong and resilient and they will somehow make it through this. lindsey lowe will go before a judge on monday for a bond hearing. and quickly back to tucson, arizona. this is the davis-monthan air force base. is it on lockdown. if you're on base, you can't leave, no one can come on base. parents, you cannot pick up your kids at this moment. the latest we heard from our affiliate covering this, kvoa, they have been told by tucson fire that they were called, they being the fire department, to the scene to respond to someone with gunshot wounds. again, cnn has not independently verify ared that report. that was from tucson fire to kvoa, reporting that someone had gunshot wounds. again, these are new images, fresh images, coming in from our

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breaking news. the davis-monthan air force base in tucson, arizona, is in lockdown. we'll dip into our local coverage in a moment. as reported, our aif fill yat had been told by tucson fire they were called to a scene to respond to someone who had been suffering gunshot wounds. we, cnn, have now spoken with a base spokesperson. they told us no injuries have been reported, no shots have been fired. they did confirm the base is indeed on lockdown and they're calling this, quote unquote, a suspicious situation. let's listen to kvoa's live coverage. >> telling parents, do not go on base to pick p up your kids. you won't be allowed on. the kids are safe, i think that's the most important thing to pass along right now. and we've been receiving a lot of text messages and a lot of tweets with different things so

we're hoping to confirm this. danielle is one of our reporters on scene. we're going to go live to her right now for the latest. >> reporter: it's kind of quieted down a little bit here near the base. a few minutes ago we saw four to five different a-10s land within a two-minute period. a lot of action here just are a few minutes ago. we do, as brendan has confirmed, they did respond to the base for a possible wounded person. we also have confirmed, again, vorman elementary school on lockdown, the charter school on lockdown. the schools are asking parents to not attempt to get onto the base to get your children. we're told that your children are locked down in those schools and are as safe as they can be. you will not be let onto the base. a lot of traffic out in that area, best just to avoid it. back to you.

>> danielle, thank you. and we just got a new e-mail in from davis-monthan air force base. the new report -- >> you've been listening to live coverage, essentially the reporter pointing out what we had pointed out as well, couple of schools on base and the note to parents is do not come on base. they're not letting anyone come on base or anyone leave base. the schools are on lockdown. there's been a bit of traffic, apparently according do our local affiliates there was a helicopter that took off and landed. you see a couple of jets on the tarmac. the reporter just said she saw four to five a-10s land within a short period of time, a two-minute period. so we are going to continue to follow this breaking story. again, this is davis-monthan air force base, the boneyard is adjacent where they retire old jets. we'll continue to cover this for you out of arizona. p up next, cnn's fareed zakaria have been talking to

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on the run. russell mark um scaped from military custody at ft. drum, accused of several burglaries. he allegedly stole a car, led police on a chase across multiple counties before the car's tires were damaged. they have not caught him. he's of course missing, took off on foot in a wooded area. an argument between two college roommates turns deadly a. a 19-year-old is in arrested in the death of her 18-year-old roommate. police say alexis simpson stabbed dominique frasier and left her unconscious in a hallway in their dorm. frasier later died. simpson initially ran away from campus and then hours later she came back and turned herself in to police. and a search is back on in utah in the desert there for a missing mother. despite earlier reports yesterday, police now say no remains have been found. cadaver dogs had alerted searchers to possible human

remains earlier this week. susan powell disappeared back in 2009. her husband told authorities he last saw her as he and his young sons left to go on a winter camping trip in near zero degree weather. he said he had no idea where his wife went. he is the only person of interest in the case. again, we are following awe breaking news story out of tucson, arizona, the davis-monthan air force base on lockdown. the affiliate kvoa had been reporting, according to tucson fire, that they were called to the scene to respond to a person who was suffering gunshot wounds. cnn has then since talked to a spokesperson at the air force base who told us no injuries have been reportsed. there have been no shots fired. the base is on lockdown, though. you see what appears to be could be police, could be an ambulance. i'm looking at our pictures from our affiliate in tucson. a lot of activity in and around the base, a number of a-10 jets had landed within a two-minute

period of time according to a reporter from the affiliate there. a lot of activity on the ground and also a helicopter had landed and then taken off, according to affiliate reports there. there are schools on base. the schools are on lockdown so the note to parents from the spokesperson -- do not come to base. you cannot pick up your children at the moment. but, again, we are working the story as is, of course, our affiliate kvoa. as soon as we get any more updates on the situation still unfol unfolding, at the davis-monthan air base in tucson, we'll pass it it along to you. we have fareed zakaria, he's going to talk a little bit about his special coming up prime-time sunday night. we're going to talk jobs and ideas and solutions, next. [ bell dings ] [ car door closes ] ♪ are you okay? yeah, i'm okay. and the truck? i got good news for you, kid. you're getting a new truck. what do you mean? i mean it's gonna cost more to fix than it's worth.

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i want you to sit there and i want you to channel your inner steve jobs. let's say you invent some gizmo, some kind of technology, you believe in this thing. who knows, maybe it has the power to change the world. did you know this? if you want to get a patent on said invention, the average time it takes to get that is three years. three years to get a patent. that is supposed to change starting today. today the president signed this overhaul of the government's patent system. so if you watch us daily -- come on, a lot of you do -- you have heard him ask congress time and time again to take on this. well, they did. and the white house is saying that this will start creating

jobs today. fareed zakaria has been drilling down on jobs. he's got a special airing sunday night "restoring the american dream: getting back to work." fareed, let's begin with this patent reform. three years ago to get a patent and now it looks as though maybe we're getting that fixed. how does expediting a patent, the whole process, create jobs? obviously the white house also thinks it's a good bit of news. do you agree? >> well, i think -- i do agree. i think that the big problem for most small businesses, start-ups as you put it, some inventor with a mad idea, in the initial stages you don't make much money. in fact, you lose money. if it takes you three years to get the patent, very few sven are tur capital firms or angel invest arors will give you money to lose money for three years while you get your patent approved. so by the time you get your patent, you've gone out of business. so the idea here is to really make a quicker up-or-down

decision. it doesn't mean you'll always get the patent but if it means you'll know sooner whether you'll get it. that way, if you get it, you're still around as a viable firm. it's part of a whole series of things we need to modernize. we've sat on top of the world for so long, we haven't looked at our whole governmental system from taxes to regulations to things like this patent process and asked ourselves, how does the rest of the world do it? what are the best practices out there? how do we benchmark and make sure we're competitive to attract the best capital in the world, the best people in the world? we've tended to assume, well, we're number one. well, guess what, we're not number one in a lot of areas of. >> reality check, u.s. you said yesterday, look, here is a great idea to help us create jobs. issue more tourist visas and folks from overseas will spend their money here. sounds easy enough. you say you have a number of other yad ideas like that. you've spoken to a lot of people

for this special who offered some ideas. give us some more. >> the biggest easy idea, not easy but the most immediate idea, is really infrastructure, rebuilding america's bridges, roads, airports, new smart grid, powered grid, all that. why is that the best idea in the short term? because right now, no matter what you do, you give tax credits, tax incentives, cut the payroll tax, businesses aren't hiring because there are isn't much demand. consumers are paying down debt, we're not spending a lot of money in the mall. this is one area, infrastructure which isn't p dependent on consumer demand. the government can just start modernizing our infrastructure and we have desperate needs here. we used to be among the top five in the world in the infrastructure according to the world economic forum. we now rank 23rd which means we have the worst infrastructure of the advanced industrial world. so this is a win-win because we can get people to work and we can rebuild our infrastructure,

which will produce more economic activity. every study has shown that better infrastructure pays for itself very quickly. >> obviously, europe, we talk a lot about europe. i know you do on your show. europe is hurting as well economically speaking. to hear some folks say it, it's the germans. they're tired of bailing out the slackers over there. i know fareed zakaria, it's not that simple. >> it's not that simple because been doing it is that a lot of german banks own all the debt of the greeks and the italians and things like that. so when with you look at the greek situation, you have to understand the reason the germans are doing it is partly self-interest. they don't want their banking system to collapse and german banks own a lot of the greek debt. but there is something to learn from germany and we talk about this on the special. germany has maintained its manufacturing capacity, really remarkably. it's supposed to be the case that once you become rich you

don't make stuff anymore. we all become management consultants and massage therapists and things like that. that's the service economy. well, the germans still make stuff and they make a lot of it. and why are they able to do that? we explore that, try to explain how you could have a revival of american manufacturing that would bring back what is really at the heart of the american dream, which is a good job for an average person. not a guy with a fancy college degree. that's what the germans have been able to do, and that's an area we really could learn a lot about. >> i'm sure there are a number of areas we could learn from different countries around the world. fareed zakaria, we'll be watching this weekend. talking jobs, fareed zakaria special "getting back to work" airs sunday night 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. and coming up -- we are going to talk to mr. sanjay gupta who is in the student yoe, talk about this amazing story he covered for just about a year of his life. she attempted something that never was done before, swimming

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nyad, the 62-year-old wanted to be the first ever to swim the 103 miles from cuba to florida without a shark capablge. halfway through, 29 hours later, she had to call did it quits. diana nyad certainly remains fearless and for over a year this man sitting next to me, chief medical correspondent dr. sauj r sanjay gupta followed this whole journey as she trained for this dream of hers. >> yes. >> we're going to talk to sanjay in just a moment about that experience. lucky for me, i also get to talk to diana herself, who is live in key west, florida. diana, nice to see you. nice to meet you. let me just -- i have to begin with, you must be in these last couple of weeks since that swim or in early august -- i would imagine you've been reliving that moment. can you just take me back to that moment. what were you thinking? what was going through your mind when you had to take what i would imagine a very tough call to get out of the water?

oh, we lost her. well, they can work behind the scenes and try to get her back. meantime, why don't we just talk about this documentary coming out this weekend. what a tremendous experience i'm sure, following her for a year. >> it was amazing, brooke. i think we all have dreams and sometimes you get older and you think, i've got to let that dream go. just not going to happen. >> how old is she? >> she's 62 now, 60 was when she decided to do something no human being has ever done before in the world. i sort of likened it to almost like an unrequitted love, sort of how diana approached this. it was amazing, the preparation to do a 103-mile swim, all the things from are the knnutrition hydration, the support. then the elements, jellyfish and sharks a big concern as well. i was really curious about how they wfr going to handle that because she was not swimming with a shark cage.

take a look. >> reporter: one of their biggest concerns -- sharks. >> these are great waters for sharks. >> reporter: luke tipple is the lead shark diver on the team. he knows how dangerous these waters can be. >> these particular waters we'll be looking for hammerheads, tiger sharks, caribbean reef sharks. this animal has evolved to dominate the ocean. they have a sixth sense. they can feel the electricity in the water. they know that we're there. >> reporter: that's why in 1978 diana swam in a shark cage. today she just uses this. >> sharks are tremendously sensitive to this. this is actually in the kayak. >> reporter: it it's called a shark shield. off the coast of the bahamas, tipple shows us how it works. it's a shark beating frenzy at

this block of chum until tipple approaches and turns on the shark shield that hangs right above it. you're probably wondering what happens next. that's a tease. you've got to watch the documentary to find out. >> i will. >> that's one way they sort of protected diana in the water. >> diana, hopefully you can hear us. you have are jellyfish, sharks, 103 miles, shoulder issues, asthma, waves. am i missing anything? i don't know if i am. take me back to that day, what was going through your mind when you had to just make the tough call i'm sure to call it quits. >> brooke, sanjay, nice to see you. first of all, we know how the shark part of the story ended. i'm still here. >> thank goodness. >> at least that part we don't >> at least that part we don't have to worry about. you know, it was a heck of a thing. you get ready for these big expeditions. i did one in my 20s. every time out, it doesn't matter how prepared you are.

honestly, you will not find the ams of ocean swimming, a swimmer who did as many long, gruelling, tor torous training swims as i did over these two years. as ready as i was, there were so many variables. many of the things sanjay was enumera enumerating, but the asthma, never, ever. i imagined maybe getting eaten by a shark. getting taken down by portuguese man of war, maybe a hurricane, sweep i sweeping across the caribbean unannounced. maybe, just not making it because of the sheer duress of exertion. all of those things were possible, but i was not prepared for an extreme, continuous, 11-hour asthma attack. i took a foreign brand medicine. my fault. it brought me down. >> are those still goggle marks

from august? >> well, you know, i would have to be honest with you. they are goggle marks, but we shouldn't categorize it with the adverb still. they are goggle marks because of my swimming currently. if i could just leave it at that. >> yes, you can. what does that do to one's body when you're in the water, i don't know how warm, how cool the water is. maybe she's hydrating. >> first of all, just being in the water. no matter how warm. you're still just losing body heat. it's hard to keep her body temperature. she could not possibly eat enough calories to maintain what she needs. she's burning about 700 calories an hour. it's impossible to eat enough. as far as hydration goes, same story there. they would put a line into the water with a pouch and she would try and drink, but you're losing

at least six ounces every hour. one extreme medicine doctor put it, it was a race for diana more with her own body. when she attempted this in 1978, she lost 29 pounds in the one swim. >> that's right. you did try this before, when you were 28, 29, 30. know that you wanted so badly to walk up on to the shores of florida and call this what would have been your fairy tale. is the fairy tale over? >> you know, there are so many facets to doing something this extreme over a couple of years. the bonds, the friendship made. the pride built. the body made. i can look back and it's a lesson, life lesson, to me. i hope all the people around me, and i think it was, that if you spend two years, let's take maybe an absurd example. you're married and spent 15 years in a marriage and it doesn't work out.

you try your best, do everything you can. it doesn't work. you walk away. you've got to be able to take something from all that precious time spent that's valuable, so i just spent two years of precious time of my life and so did this entire expedition. so if we didn't make it, is it an entire failure, was it all not worth doing? of course not. huge, huge ramifications of positive feedback of life force came out of it. but to answer your question, there's also an athlete who lives inside her who was very disappointed and i guess you know, i can only say that you will hear another ending, another chapter to this story at some point. >> i hear your enthusiasm and see those goggle marks. thank you so much. i really look forward to this documentary. airs tomorrow night, 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. so, set the tivo, whatever you

have to do. sanjay gupta, you're going to stay put because we're going to talk about this controversy that's been brewing by pat robertson on whether a husband should divorce a wife if she hassal -- he says the disease is like death. back in 70 seconds.

this new outraged sparred by pat robertson's comment on alzheimer's. i want to play the sound bite saying divorce is justified if a spouse is suffering alzheimer's and we're talk about it on the other side.

>> i hate alzheimer's. it is one of the most awful things because here's the loved one, the woman or man that you have loved for 20 or 30 or 40 years and suddenly, that person is gone. they're gone. they are gone. so, what he says basically is correct, but i know it sounds cruel, if he's going to do something, he should divorce her instead of lose her again, but to make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her. >> but isn't that the vow we take when we marry someone? for better, for worse. >> if you respect that vow, but he said till death do us part. this is the kind of death. >> so, personal opinions about marriage aside here. what robertson just said about i'm quoting again, this being a kind of death, is this a fair statement about how alzheimer's works. >> and this is a deeply

emotional topic. it's obviously not a death. in the truest sense of the word and i'm not sure how he was describing that. a person who loses their memory loses a lot of their own memories of their own lives. obviously, a much dirnt person than in their full capacity. obviously, there are many and more people with alzheimer's and at least 200,000 who are under the age of 65, so this isn't just something -- >> who doesn't know someone -- >> right. and even if someone has lost a lot of their memory, they are still comforted by the presence of someone who's been a spouse. this idea that the person may be abandoned, that's definitely the wrong message and i think most people within the alzheimer's community would agree. the alzheimer's association says they don't see divorces increasing among spouses with a spouse with alzheimer's. >> that's interesting. >> he's not reflecting the trend. >> what does alzheimer's mr. neurorow surgeon, do to the

brain? >> think about they talk about plaks and tangles. that form in the brain. and they form in all these different areas of the brain. they can affect your memory, which is one of the cardinal symptoms. it can affect other things as well. your strength, your sensation. your judgment. it can affect your ability to control your own breathing and heart rate, which is what ultimately leads to people dying from this decide, but it's a gradual process. and right now, as you know, it's very frustrating for people, there is no effective cure and there are only a few treatments that offer some benefit. >> does it as you talk about the gradual process, does it shut down parts of the brain? >> eventually, it does. these part of the brain become so filled with these plaques and tangles they just don't function. they can also manifest by the left side of the brain not talking to the right side

anymore. again, you can lose strength. those can be later stages, but that's sort of the process as we know it. >> what do husbands, wives, sons, daughters, do, when your loved one has alzheimer's? >> i think it's such an individual question. >> case by case. >> and i think people are going to react differently. watching pat robertson there, you really get the sense this was a more off the cuff sort of thing. i don't know how much he's thought this threw. i think that's the case for a lot of people. it's not something you confront until you're confronted with it. keeping in mind most families do tend to stick together and that these patients who do have alzheimer's get this degree of comfort from family members. i think that may dictate what family members should do. you do provide some sense of comfort. at some point, it becomes too much and patients cannot live at home, cannot live independently.

they have to get assisted care and it's a terribly, frustrating -- very emotional. >> we should point out we, cnn, reached out to pat robertson. he declined an interview and making a statement. thank you very much. as we have been following the breaking story here out of tucson, arizona, out of this air force base. we have some sound from a briefing from a camera from our affiliate there, kboa. here is tech sergeant, james martin. >> earlier today, there was an unconfirmed spotting of a man with a weapon. that was unconfirmed, so as the base goes into its -- is this live by the way? >> yes, it is live. >> awesome. so the base is going into crisis mode so we're just locking down the base for the safety and security. any ambulance you saw leaving here, that was a woman in labor.

so, bad timing, as always. but we'll take her to make sure she gets the medical treatment she needs. this is all unconfirmed reports and security officials are investigating the situation. >> again, we were reporting on this for the better part of the last hour. still on lockdown. the tech sergeant denying the shots were fired. the parents of child who have been on base, they have been told not to come on base. the base has been locked down. again, people off base cannot go on base and vice versa. there have been reports from the fire department according to our affiliate that they had been called to the scene to respond up to someone with gun shot wounds, but again, cnn told us no injuries reported. no shots fired. thank you for being with us. take a look at this.

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com as the clock ticks, people across the country tonight are getting ready to pr eotest the imminent execution of a cop killer. >> how scared are you? >> ncaap will join us live and tell me why he is trying to save troy davis' life. >> it's a situation very fluid at the moment. as rebels move south in libya, a potential game changer up north. gadhafi's hometown under attack. plus, a little girl dies wishing not for presents, but that people give their money to other children. >> she's jumping up and down in heaven right now. >> now, we're hearing from the man who got her kidney. >> i received a gift that you can't even describe. >> and weekend at bernie's comes to life. two men accused of taking their dead buddy out for a night on

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signing this petition. he sits on death row for the 1989 murder of a savannah police officer. the 27-year-old husband and father was shot three times before he could even draw his side arm. there was no physical, no dna evidence, linking troy davis to that crime scene. he was convicted on witness testimony alone and since his 1991 conviction, seven of the nine witnesses, the nonpolice witnesses against him have recanted or contradicted their original testimony. david joins me from downtown atlanta where a rally in support of troy davis is set to begin. set the scene for me. and how many people are they expecting and will troy davis' family be there? >> we're still a couple of hours from this event kicking off and perhaps the more important question of how many is actually who is supporting troy davis in this 11th hour as he tries to

avoid the death penalty. he's getting some high powered help from people like former president jimmy carter. 51 members of congress. former fbi director, william sessions, all of them saying that there are too many doubts in this case as they approach this late hour, that too many questions that have been unanswered about whether or not he is guilty or innocent and they are arguing not that he is innocent, but because of the doubts, that he should not be executed as long as these doubts exist, so that is what everyone is pushing so far. we see a lot of the fushl usual organizations who are opposed to the death penalty like the aclu, amnesty international, the naacp backing him as well, but this goes beyond that, as you saw this week, we had over 600,000 signatures on a petition delivered to the state and those signatures belonged to people in some cases, who believe in the death penalty, but have looked

at this case and feel there are not enough facts to support an execution, so that's why there's been this tremendous ground swell surrounding this case and troy davis' case now standing out among a lot of death row cases just for that reason. >> we saw pictures of the boxes and boxes of petitions delivered yesterday. you mentioned a number of big names coming out behind troy davis, but what is it, david, that makes this death row case so entirely different? >> this has been in the works for 20 years now. this was a case from 1989. davis has been convicted since 1991. he has gone through the entire justice system up to the supreme court and back down, the state and federal courts, and he has lost at every turn and yet those who have been following his case starting with his own family, have refused to relent.

they have continued to push the fact they believe that there is not enough evidence here to warrant an execution of this man. a lot of people have looked at what they've been saying and a lot of people have been compelled to join, at least by signing these petitions and perhaps by joining the demonstrations that have been set up for around the country tonight to get involved in this case, to see if they can influence a state board that's going to meet on monday that will decide if this execution goes forward. and it's going to be a five-member board of pardons and parole here in the state of georgia. those five people will hear from his attorneys on monday and they will decide if this execution will go forward or if perhaps they will commute his sentence to life in prison or life in prison without parole. those are options there, but this is something to really pay attention to here because this board once in the past has already denied clemency.

they denied troy davis any sort of chance that he would be able to change his sentence to life in prison. and this board has a history of never going back on a decision like that. so, if they do, that will be making history in this case. >> as we mentioned, troy davis set to be executed next wednesday. the vigil will happen in a couple of hours. a number of prominent names, groups, pushing to spare troy davis from prosecution. they include jimmy carter, pope benedict and of course, the ncaap, the ceo, joins me here. we were talking in a break about how many petitions, 660. >> thousand and counts. >> people going on naacp.org and electronically signing them. have you gotten any word from this state board, any indication that all of your efforts could

be working? >> we have reason to hope. you don't see the former director of the fbi come out or for that matter, the former number two in george w. bush's doj, larry thompson. joining jimmy carter, joining tutu and so many others. it gives you hope that this time, the board will say, this is different. we need to take a step back. and you know, quite frankly, they would not with the first to do this. there have been three states this year who have done the exact same thing. who have set aside a death sentence in favor of a life sentence because there was just too much doubt. >> how frequently does your organization get behind so, you know, vehemently, behind this kind of death row case? >> it's been at least ten years. gary graham in texas was the last time we were pushing a case of doubt like this. reality is that we know people

have been put to death -- but now that we see this waves and waves of people who come out based on dna, we know that before we had dna, the same types of mistakes must have been made and as you point out at the top, he was put there by nine people's word and seven of those say they lied and many more say that one of the two who has not recanted is the actually killer. >> in addition to the seven of the nine recanting some of what they said on the stands, some years ago -- >> we call recanting. admitting that you lied. >> admitting that you lied on the stand. also, that there's a juror coming forward saying that had she known then what she knows now, she wouldn't have gone the way she did. >> i told them over and over that i didn't see this happen.

they put what they wanted to put in that statement. >> if i knew then what i know now, troy davis would not be on death row. the verdict would be not guilty. >> so, ben jealous though, the contrarien view could be if these people are coming forward and admitting they lied on the stand, why should we believe they're not lying now? why should we believe they are credible now and not then? >> you could ask the same question. why did their word matter then and not now? the reality is in this country, we believe that no one should be killed by our government if there's any doubt. it has to be beyond a doubt. even the federal judge who went the other way because the thing had flipped and troy had to prove his innocence, so, the case wasn't ironclad. when a federal judge says the case against him isn't ironclad, that means we shouldn't kill him. because you can't take it back.

>> we know monday, the state board that the georgia board of pardons and parols. they're meeting to here his clemency position, right? and he's been hours away from execution multiple times. >> within 45 minutes last time. >> what if he is put to death? then what does the naacp do? >> one of the things we do is make sure his nephew, who will have lost a father, because troy has helped raise him, that he gets the guidance, that he has a family of people he knows care about him, that extends past his household. this young man lost his grandmother, his mom's now fighting cancer. his uncle, with him every single weekend, may be put to death next week. so one thing we will do is make sure that young man has a future, but make sure that the world doesn't forget this case.

that the world understands what this means. that when the former head of the fbi can say there's a problem here, georgia, we have a problem, and if they go forward any way, that really calls into question a whole bunch of questions that right now really are on the table. right now, this is about is justice being done. this is about -- doesn't matter if you support the death penalty or not. doesn't matter if you think, if you think troy's guilty or not, what it matters is that there's such a widespread doubt that even the former head of the fbi is saying stop the execution. >> thank you so much for stopping by. nice to meet you. tomorrow morning, we should point out right here on cnn, you're going to hear from a woman who is convinced that the right man is scheduled to die for this killing. the mother of this slain officer, who was gunned down in

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another developing story this hour in new york. police there are searching for this escaped soldier they considered to be armed and dans rouse. 20-year-old private first class russell markum. he was being held facing

burglary charges, but last night, police say he stole a car, took off, police chased him across multiple counties before they were able to disable the car. that's when the camouflage clad soldier ran off. they lost sight of him in a wooded area. he reportedly has a handgun and may be wearing a bulletproof vest. police say he is suicidal. he reportedly fell phoned a family and said he won't be taken alive. joining me now by phone, jack keller with the new york state police and sir, do you have any idea where this young man might be? >> not currently. we are searching the area around where the car was left last night and we're hoping to come to a peaceful resolution soon. >> we know that russell markum was arrested on the 12th for burglary. what exactly do you know what did he do?

>> we're still investigating it. fort drum notified us after he was assaulting one of the soldiers. confined to special quarters until after his criminal matters were taken care of. at that point, he took what appeared to be a family vehicle from the base and pursued south and that's when law enforcement through four counties attempted to stop him and eventually, we did stop the vehicle in eagle county. >> but back on september the 12th, do we know what he burglarized? >> he was facing charges for burglary to several storage facilities near the fort drum base. >> i know you are calling him armed and dangerous. how would he be armed? would they not have stripped him

from weapons ahead of time or weapons in the car? >> we're still looking into that investigation still. trying to figure out exactly. we don't believe it's a weapon from the military. it may be a weapon that he may have concealed after and got into that vehicle. zpl we kn >> we know he's 20. joined the army august of last year. he had recently been deployed, had he not? >> i'm not too sure on his deployment across overseas. >> i believe he was deployed to afghanistan back this past march. what about the report that markum may be suicidal? does that change the way new york police handles the search for him? state police? >> no, we're concerned first for his safety. we don't change, we're still going to look for this suspect and right now, we're currently

looking in the area where the car was left, so we're again, hopefully, if the public sees somebody in that area that doesn't belong or notices his description or notices him walking along the highway, notify 911, but we certainly hope to come to a peaceful resolution. >> thank you so much for calling in. ahead, the hunt for moammar gadhafi now includes a big attempt to capture the leader's enterage. nick is next.

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on all three and about an hour ago, we had a live report from gadhafi's hometown. phil black told us that the rebels pushed in today, came up against resistance, pulled back out. they say they're going to try again tomorrow. another city, ben wally. here's your confirmation. these pictures right here. fighting in ben waleed. and then way down south here, this is the desert. ben wiedeman is there. they're pushing their way south toward the pro gadhafi stronghold and as you probably now already, gadhafi's son has fled to najir. this is a couple of months ago

with nick robertson and the new regime, they want gadhafi back, but this is turning into a mess with the new libya and najir. what happened there today? >> well, today, the justice minister came out and told a group of journalists he wasn't going to send gadhafi back to libya. he said he's still waiting for this delegation to come to libya for the transitional government. he said he's been told that they're coming, that they're going to come and ask for gadhafi back, but that's not going to happen. he said niger is going to honor the international commitment. to send gadhafi back into a war and potential trial that could end in a death penalty, this government right here is not about to do that. >> if niger isn't going to do

that, should we assume niger will take the same position should gadhafi? >> that could be a slightly different situation because gadhafi's got an interpole red alert out on him. he is wanted by the international criminal court, so the sort of international obligatio obligations would be different. he said he's dealing with a situation here and now, so is not going to speculate on what he would do. the inference is that gadhafi might be treated differently to his son, but the bottom line is that this government's under no internal pressure to send any of the gadhafis back because moammar gadhafi spent millions and millions and millions of dollars here and people on the streets say, no one else has been spending money on us, so

we'll support gadhafi if he wants to help. >> my thanks to you, so much. and now, from africa, we go to washington. to peter hamby with the latest news, including news about michele bachmann and rick perry. nice to see you, sir. >> rick perry just finished up a press conference in iowa where he went after mitt romney. he's in the middle of a two-day swing out there in crucial western iowa, which is where the conservative folks are, the kind of folks that are going to participate in the republican caucuses early next year. take a listen to what he said earlier today in des moines. >> the model for socialized medicine has been tried before and it didn't work.

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it has been fashion week in new york. with the tall, lean models along the cat walk, how could this not be trending? but you might be surprised, actually, at this fashion week offering. watch this. ♪ okay. not -- not your usual high fashion presentation. this is a 6-year-old gyrating in some sort of skimpy clothing. i guess that's considered clothing. on a cat walk during new york's fashion week. she is a veteran of tlc's "toddlers and tiaras." pictures heating up in chat rooms, many a mom saying, shame on her mom. if you noticed the jacket before

she ripped it off, it had the synp. it stands for squirrels in my pants. rick perry was in new york visiting the donald as in donald trump. they had dinner together and afterwards the two stopped by a fashion show to meet celebrities. today, it was back to politics as usual for the texas governor, but for one night, he was the trendiest of trendy new york has to offer. and do you want to see the real trends shown at new york's fashion week? cnn of course has a backstage pass. it's a fashion week special airing tomorrow afternoon, 2:30 eastern time. and now, brad pitt. a new interview is firing up fans of his ex-wife, jennifer aniston, lisa, our good friend at cnn.com is here to talk me through this. first, what did he say?

>> he said when he was married to jennifer aniston, he was looking for interesting movie roles because his life was not. he was bored. >> who was he telling this to? >> he told "parade" magazine in an interview that's going to be in the paper this weekend. he talked a lot about his kids and how happy he is with angelina jolie. >> so, they're divorced. >> since 2005. we're still talking about him. >> why is he still talking about her? it's 2011. >> i feel like america still thinks of them as america's sweethearts. i feel bad for her. >> what's he talking about? who? >> he's backtracked now. >> what is he saying now? >> now, he's saying that it's really hurtful to him that people think that's what he was referring to. he gave us a statement and it

said it grieves me this was interpreted this way. jen is an incredible, giving, loving woman who remains my friend. the point i was trying to make is not that jen was dull, but that i was becoming dull to myself and that, i am responsible for. he was the boring one. but do you want to see that in an interview? >> i don't want to see that on my facebook page. >> i'd be defriending the ex. what about jennifer aniston? >> we haven't heard anything from her as of yet, but she was quoted years ago that he lacks the sensitivity chip. we still love him. i love him enough for the both of us. >> thank you. thanks for making me laugh. still ahead though, it sounds like this is not a laughing matter here. it sounds like weekend at bernie's. remember that movie? two guys of taking their dead buddy out for a night on the

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in town. julie shows us how atlanta's trying to fix that stigma. >> reporter: principal pete sut myer has his job cut out for him. hired just ten days before the start of classes. at a school with more than 550 students, most of his reasonableties are observe. >> we have one child with severe, chronic asthma. >> motivating. but there will be even greater challenges for him, who has brought in his replacement in a principal implicated in a test cheating scandal. by their teachers and administrators. 178 teachers and principals were accused of either changing answers or failing to stop the cheating from occurring. at his school, the principal and four teachers have been

implicated and placed on administrative lead. >> i think my job is to create culture, a positive culture. give yourself a big pat on the back because that's amazing. >> his message to teachers appears to be sinking in. we have. >> we have a family and families change through marriage or deaths and our family's changing, but in a positive way. >> his positivity has really rubbed off on us here. when you have a great leader, it really guides us. we're supporting him 100%. >> there's one point he emphasizes when talking with teachers and staff. >> the one thing that i did not care about was the standardizes tests. i said, what i care about most is that we can bring a child in here with with a certain set of knowledge and that they exit in may with a greater sense of and a greater understanding of the world they live in. >> it sounds like you think people really moved on. the staff, the families. >> sure. and i probably would be nieve to

think that there isn't some skepticism out there or some, what's it going to be like, and i try to be and proactive as possible. >> excellent job, miss champion's class. have an excellent friday. you can either wa low in the past and think about all the things that could have happened or think of the things that need to happen. >> 178 allegedly involved in that scandal received letters this summer asking them to quit or be fired. it is friday and friday means you can ask me some fun questions. behind the scenes video, the week wind down. check it out. >> i've been tweeting live about guitar lessons. george asks, what was the first song you learned on guitar? "stairway to heaven." ♪ about your options?

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a student is thanks those who risked their lives to save his from a fiery crash. we have shown you this video. brandan wright was that 21-year-old trapped underneath the fiery car covered in gasoline. a group of these good sm samaritans, they come by, lift this 4,000 pound car. here was what wright remembers about that accident. >> i blacked out. and i came to for about five seconds while i was under the car, just screamed a couple of times and i threw up some blood

and it was lights out again. >> the 21-year-old is there recovering in a hospital in utah. got a little choked up yesterday as he thanked those total strangers who saved his life. >> i just wanted to thank all the heroes that put their lives on the line to save mine. forever in debt. i can't thank them enough. i just hope they know how much they mean to me. >> wright has burns. he has several broken bones, but says the crash will not stop him from riding again. and now, let's get a quick check from wolf blitzer. see what he was coming up on "the situation room." >> lots going on. there could be fire works at the united nations. i'll be reporting live from new york next week, but the palestinian president, he spoke out today.

we're going to hear what he's saying about the creation of a palestinian state. some sort of declaration that he expected the u.n. to pass. we'll get reaction. michael orrin is here in "the situation room." we'll talk to him live. also, thomas friedman of "the new york times." he's here, got a brand new book out. we're going to talk about a book. got a big show, but it happens to be a big show every single day. >> that's just how you roll. thank you so much. see you in a couple of minutes. meantime, this is a tough story coming up. >> and the time that i've been with hendersonville for 17 years now, this is the only time that i've seen a crime such as this. >> here's the story. this woman doesn't tell anyone she's pregnant. gives birth to twins, what police say happens next is both horrifying and baffling. coming up next, where they found these lifeless newborns and why, why, this may have happened.

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a disturbing case out of tennessee. according to police, a 25-year-old woman suffocated her twin babies minutes after they were born. her parents apparently didn't know she was pregnant. lindsey lowe is larged with murder and police say she confessed to killing her infant boys in the home she share d wih her parents, then she hid the bodies, so she said, in a

bedroom laundry basket. detectives there say they have never seen anything like this before. >> we received a call from miss lowe's father and he reported to us he had discovered a deceased child in his daughter's bedroom. she was very sad at the last point i saw her. >> sunny, it is a horrendous story. there are things one can say about this that one really can't repeat on television. what sort of defense, if anything, would this young woman have after confessing? >> neonaticide, the killing of a baby, within the first 24 hours of the baby's life, is not common, but not unique. we see about 150 to 3000 types of these cases a year and that's probably under reported. the type of defense you usually see in cases like this are sort of people that have had insanity

defenses. you have women, usually very young girls under the age of 25, that say they had this sort of psychotic break because of the hormonal changes that go on and because many of these girls hide the fact they are pregnant from their families, their friends and a lot of shame is a part of unfortunately, the reason why they kill their children. >> it happens, as you mentioned. there's the phrase, neonatacide. the attorney says the family is devastated and despite the overwhelming losses they have suffered, they are a strong and resilient family. i am sure they will somehow make it through this. how do you make it through this? >> what could this do to a family? >> i think it can really rip a family apart. people have so many questions and i've soon it in cases. not necessarily like this, but other cases where victim advocates come in. advocates come in, psychologists

come into play and help families sort through this kind of thing. it's one of the worst things possible that would happen in a family and this family is going to need certainly a lot of help because she didn't tell her parents, although she lived with them, that she was pregnant. this really came as a shock and surprise to them. >> case number two, a strange one out of colorado. like the movie, "weekend at bernie's." guys dress up their dead boss and take him around, to bars. mark young and mark reubenson are charged with abusing a corps. denver police say they placed the dead body of a friend into an suv. drove the body to a bar, a restaurant. stayed in the backseat while these two men ran up a tab on his debit card. later, they took him home, flagged down an officer, told them jarrett might be dead. the two men haven't been charged with their friend's death -- i

know. throw your hands up. another one of those stories. the autopsy hasn't been completed. what kind of trouble could these guys face? >> right now, they are in a lot of trouble. they've been arrested abusing a corps, identity theft, criminal impersonation. if they are found to be implicated in their friend's murder, they could be facing murder charges, so while this seems kind of funny, or seemed funny to them, this could be a very serious case. remember, "weekend at bernie's" was a movie. >> hollywood, why? sunny hostin. thank you so much on the case for us. and that is it for me. i hope you have a wonderful weekend, but still, don't move. wolf blitzer up next. "the situation room" starts right now. thanks very much. happening now, rick