it. how important is technology and things like twitter? >> it's an invaluable tool. i feel very proud that over a million people around the country as well as tens of thousands in newark follow me and engage. >> the trumpet awards tonight, big night in atlanta. >> he's a fascinating individual, always has been. find out you grew up in very similar -- >> we grew up five minutes away from each other. there's a little age difference but we didn't hang out. >> he was in elementary school when you were in high school. >> maybe college. >> you could have been on the blacktop together and you didn't even know it. >> that's right. new jersey where likely at the mall at the same time. that's what you do, go to the mall or jersey shore. >> yeah. >> that's what we did, too. >> really? i see you as a jersey shore type. >> i'm not talking about the poem on the show. i don't know those people. >> i know. the jersey shore is beautiful. i've been there, too.

>> fredricka whitfield is here. take it away. >> thank you so much. see you tomorrow. >> thank you. we've got lots straight ahead including, of course, there's no teime to waste in ne hampshire. in three days the state holds the primary and every presidential candidate is there today trying to win over voters in a contest with so much at stake. joe johns is live with the bus. in manchester, joe, most of the new hampshire polls showing mitt romney leading by more than 20 points. what are his rivals doing to try to make up some ground? >> well, the question is how much are they trying to make up ground on mitt romney and whether they are fighting amongst themselves for second place. it looks like a contest for the runner up position. mitt romney appears to be running so strong in the polls. that means people like ron paul, newt gingrich, rick santorum

moving around the state. a couple more events before the real gauntlet begins, tonight and tomorrow. two debates in the space of 24 hours. they will certainly fire away at mitt romney but also try to get some votes for themselves. it could be a reasonably close race between those three individuals for second place, fred. >> okay. which candidates have the most at stake, the most to lose here? we know newt gingrich is still trying as best he can to try and gain some ground. jon huntsman as well. where are they? what's their strategy? >> i think probably you'd have to say jon huntsman is the guy who put all of his eggs in one basket focusing on the state of new hampshire, trying to sort of carve out his own place in a state where mitt romney has been running so strong. and if jon huntsman does not do well in the primary, it could be a real problem for him going

forward seeing as how he's pretty much placed all his bets here in new hampshire. the other person i think you have to talk about is rick santorum who spent a lot of time in new hampshire while many people say he ought to have spent more time in south carolina trying to get a leg up on the competition because there are a lot of social conservatives, evangelicals in that state. he tends to appeal to that demographic. so santorum but more so jon huntsman are the people who have the most to lose depending how it turns out. >> rick santorum riding that wave of momentum following iowa showing and following something like more than $2 million gained in fund-raising as a result of this showing in iowa. meantime let's talk about tonight, another debate, what's expected in these potential faceoffs. >> well, the one thing you can certainly expect is everybody

turning their fire on mitt romney. romney is a guy who has really benefited in a lot of ways from so many debates, conservatives going after each other, the polls going up and down based on performances in debates. romney has been apart from that for so long. this is one of those situations many people expect where all eyes turn on mitt romney, all the fire turns on mitt romney. we'll see how they do. also don't count out newt gingrich. this is a candidate who got very upset in iowa about the way he was treated by that pro romney super pac and all the negative ads. this will be his opportunity to really draw some sharp contrast with mitt romney. he said he's going to do just that, fred. >> we know newt gingrich really does revel in debates. he wants one every day if he could have it his way. all right.

joe johns, thanks so much in manchester, new hampshire. cnn's live team coverage of the new hampshire primary begins tuesday 7:00 p.m. eastern. you don't want to miss that. of course before primary coverage, join us sunday tomorrow 4:00 eastern time for the contenders 2012. all right. penn state university is set to produce its permanent replacement for legendary coach joe paterno. stepping in new england patriots offensive coordinator bill o'brien. o'brien is taking over a program reeling from the sexual abuse scandal surrounding former assistant coach jerry sandusky. the news of o'brien was met by excitement from the team. >> i'm very excited about it. we heard the news late last night. i talked to a couple of my buddies on the team, they are excited as well. it's a fresh start for the penn state program and i'm anxious to get going. >> o'brien's start contingent on how long the new england patriots stay alive in the

playoffs. the 15-year-old texas teenager who was mistakenly deported to columbia is back in the u.s. this video of jakadrien turner, who authorities say is pregnant, arriving in dallas. she spent most of the last year in columbia after being deported by the u.s. government. turner arrested for shoplifting was deported after claiming she was 21 years old and an illegal immigrant from columbia. turner's family want to know why u.s. authorities didn't check her identity more thoroughly before deporting her. >> they want their daughter to get some rest, reunite the family. that's the purpose of this day. they are very happy we're able to get them home, to make the people responsible to pay for civil rights violations miss turner has had to go through. >> federal immigration officials are investigating this case.

all right. a couple of south carolina is desperately trying to regain custody of their adopted daughter. a judge ordered the child be returned to her biological father setting a law that makes it illegal to break up a native american family. it's an extremely controversial case. cnn's george howell has been following all the developments. george, why has had ruling -- first of all, how did it come about and why did it generate controversy. >> a controversial case with many sides to it. let's start first with adopted parents. they have known, been with their 2-year-old daughter, raised her since birth. they know the biological mother. they say this was an open adoption. now coming into play is the biological father. justin brown says it is his daughter, he's stepping in under a law called indian child welfare act to get his daughter

back. he's enrolled in the cherokee nation, his daughter native american. under the law it's designed to preserve native american family. new year's eve the family had to turn their daughter over to mr. brown. he left charleston driving back to oklahoma with his daughter. take a listen. we just got some sound from the parents. >> said when we had to do the transfer, it was like he was failing her as a father to send her off with people she didn't know, what she must think of us. >> she had this in my mind, a really confused look on her face. i always remember her crying after us when we had to walk out of that office and leave her there. >> everybody keeps saying how bad they feel for us. but i mean, she's a 2-year-old girl that got shoved in a truck and driven to oklahoma with strangers.

>> it's a very difficult case. they say brown signed a waiver giving up his rights. his attorney just told me he was tricked into doing so just before he went on a one-year deployment to iraq. so he filed this lawsuit under the indian child welfare act. the attorney for the cherokee nation basically says this law is designed to keep indian families together. >> that answers my question. my question is where has he been all this time. he's been deployed in iraq. he's now back stateside, and this was his first order of business to try to pursue reclaiming his biological child. >> keep in mind he filed this litigation four months the child was born. this is something he's been working on for a long time and recently got custody of his daughter. >> is this the end of the story or can it be contested? can the family contest it further. >> they filed an appeal that will be heard before the south carolina supreme court. that could happen later in the summer. at this point mr. brown has his daughter and there's been no

communication for several days now with the family. >> no one knows how brown is doing, how the 2-year-old is doing? >> his attorney says the 2-year-old is doing well, transitioning well with the new family. but again, no communication with her previous family. >> wow, extraordinary case. george, thanks so much for bringing that to us. appreciate it. >> thank you. joran van der sloot, who is on trial in peru says he needs more time to think about his plea. >> translator: i want to use my right to plea to sincere confession but do not agree to all the aggravating factors the prosecutor is charging me with. >> inside the trial when we come right back. what's going on? we ordered a gift online and we really need to do something with it... i'm just not sure what... what is it? oh just return it.

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high gas prices sparking outrage. joran van der sloot wants more time to decide how he will plead in his murder trial. he's charged with killing stephany flores two years ago. you also know him from the natalee holloway case. he was considered the prime suspect but never charged in that case. at his trial in peru yesterday he asked for more time to reflect. >> translator: you don't think yourself guilt according to what the prosecution has stated. >> translator: do i have time to think this further? >> so i want to bring in jean casarez from "in session" on our sister network trutv who

interviewed van der sloot's lawyer. earlier yesterday there were reports van der sloot planned to plead guilty to all the charges. now he's reconsidering. why? >> louis jimmenez told us he would plead guilty to murder. we got in the trial and you heard what he did. it's either that he wanted to stop this trial in its tracks, which he did, or he didn't understand the question from the judge. he doesn't want to plead guilty to cruelty and he was just so, so horrific with stephany flores when he killed her so brutal. he doesn't want to admit that, but that's part of the charges. so he didn't want to answer the question. so he halted the whole thing. >> there's something about this

posttraumatic stress he's experiencing? >> this is very interesting. we spoke with his attorney as you said. it was the fifth year anniversary of natalee holloway's disappearance. when joran confessed to this, and that's going to come into this trial, he said he had gotten an e-mail on his computer that called him a mongoloid. that caused the big issue between he and stefaphanystepha. now they are going to try to turn this around to help him. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: we are sure with the support from the corresponding experts it will be determined joran was living in a posttraumatic state during the attack. let's remember the fatal morning was the five-year anniversary of the disappearance of the american citizen natalee holloway. he's a young man, 22 years old, who has practically lived persecuted for a crime he said he didn't commit or a

disappearance he cannot explain. >> fredricka, what the defense is trying to do here is mitigate so he'll serve a lesser term. that's what they will try to do all around, get him to serve the least amount of time possible in castro castro. >> this is fascinating. meantime the judge talked to him two times yesterday asking him to act appropriately. in what way? what was going on? >> it was amazing. either in the courtroom, everybody stands up out of respect to the court. he doesn't. the judge has to admonish him to stand up. it got worse. he started to close his eyes, sleep, repeatedly yawn. he even looked at his watch and he wasn't wearing a watch. he just looked at his wrist. >> he's not taking this seriously or mocking the court? >> was he so nervous it just came about that's how he reacted? this is the first time he's been in a courtroom.

this was his murder trial that was beginning. but the three judges watched every single bit of it. >> wow, he's asking as if he doesn't want to see the light of day, right? jean casarez, thanks so much. keep us posted on all that follows in this trial. thanks so much. >> i will. meantime another trial that all seems to be enamored by is the casey anthony case. she's been out of the headlines for months now. now she has resurfaced. in online videos earlier this week, she was seen in a four-minute video diary posted on youtube and on facebook but her lawyer said she did not release it. this is the first we heard from anthony since a jury acquitted her from killing her daughter caylee. here she's talked about how much things have changed for her. >> just a little surreal how much things have changed since july and how many things haven't

changed. the good thing is, things starteding to look up and things are starting to change in a good way. >> anthony is currently serving a one-year probation sentence for a 2010 convention on check fraud charges. a bullied teen takes matters into his own hands and stabs his classmate to death. our legal experts will weigh in on this case in just a few minutes. intruder

trying to protect her son will not face criminal charges but the alleged accomplice will. let's bring in avery friedman, a cleveland law prof professor and sichl rights attorney. happy new year. >> good to see you. >> richard herman joining us from vegas. happy new year to you, too. >> happy new year, fred. let's talk about this extraordinary case in oklahoma. apparently this young lady, sarah mckinley, 18-year-old mom of a 3-month-old, someone is knocking on the door trying to make their way in. she calls 911 asking if she can fire her weapon, to what extent can she protect herself. the dispatcher says do what you have to do to protect your baby. in doing so she opens fire killing 24-year-old justin shane martin. now it's his alleged accomplice

29-year-old dustin stewart charged with first degree murder. how unusual is this, avery? >> well, it's unusual because there are only 26 states that have what is called the make my day law, the clint eastwood dirty harry approach to dealing with this. actually the facts were really more dramatic than this. both justin and dustin are banging on the door trying to get in because they think there are drugs in there. she has a 12-gauge shotgun, fredricka, ready to go as soon as he breaks down the door, which is what he did. she fires after guidance from the dispatcher, kills him. dustin runs to the police department, the cops grab him. now he is charged because of the murder, because of the killing of his compatriot. he is now facing very serious charges. >> so richard, was this a case of dustin when he went to the police department, he was thinking perhaps she would be

held accountable for the death of his friend? was he fessing up? >> fred, he wasn't thinking anything. these two guys were loaded that evening. avery is right. >> they were allegedly both high on prescription drugs, right? >> yeah. and her husband had recently died from cancer, so they were going there looking for drugs. that is burglary. they are breaking into a home. that's a felony. there's a felony murder rule in the state which says if there is a murder or death committed during the course of any felony, anybody involved in that is going to be held responsible for murder. now usually what happens is in most circumstances the victim is the person who they are breaking in to try to steal the item from, they shoot whoever is in the house. that person dies and all of the defendants get charged. this case is so strange because here one of the co-defendants gets killed and his co-defendant is being charged with his mur.

that's why it's a very strange case. it absolutely is applicable. i've seen it before under the felony murder doctrine. she did the right thing, blew them away with a shot done. >> amazing. apparently allegedly one of these young men went to the house the day this young lady actually buried. >> before. >> the day of the funeral of her husband and said that he was a friend and wanted to see how things were going. so possibly kind of casing the joint before hand. so now let's talk about another case of self-defense. this one very different. this is a case of a collier county were boy. a judge ruled he acted in self-defense when he killed a boy at the bus stop. there was a real track record this young boy had been harassed, bullied quite a bit, richard. >> yes, fred. and in this particular situation, this young boy had a history of being bullied. he came to school with a knife that day, showed it to some of

his friends. the bully continued. he got off the school bus to get away from the bullying. the bully got off the bus, hit him from the back of the head. the kid turned around, took out his knife and went insane on him and ended up killing this young man. under florida law that was acceptable because they have judged -- the law says if you are in fear, subjective fear of great bodily harm or imminent death. >> no matter where you are. >> you can kill -- >> it's not like your home. no matter where you are. >> no matter where you are, you have the right to kill that person. so that's what happened here. he killed a person and charges will not be brought. >> avery. >> well, it's a little bit different. the first case in oklahoma is the so-called make my day law. in this case, this is the stand your ground law. in 17 of the 50 states have that. florida does. let me tell you something. jorge, 15 years old, had no idea

about the stand your ground law. he just freaked out after being bullied. >> he was scared. >> the fact is in florida you can do it. yeah, he was scared. if it weren't florida, if it were a majority of the states, he probably would be facing very serious charges. but because florida has the stand your ground law, forget the police, forget the parents, he actually is not going to be charged. he was charged but he was essentially acquitted. >> very few people would know if they are in one of the 17 states that had stand your ground law. >> how would you know. how would you know. >> thanks for telling us. now we'll have to do additional research if you live in any one of the 17 states. hopefully you're not being bullied or harassed. >> what happens in georgia. this, too, is very unusual. this is a day of unusual cases. so you get court side seats at an nba game. you're thrilled to have that. sometimes you do have contact with some of the players.

in this case a young man did have contact with lakers player kobe bryant. allegedly kobe was going after a ball and then ran into this seating area. he a little that he got a bruised lung as a result of that impact. but then what happens three years later has led to an assault and battery. the man died from a bruised lung. is this a legitimate art to make, kobe bryant should be held accountable, culpable for this man's death? >> the sixth circuit got it so wrong, fred. the justices on that bench never went to a basketball game, never saw a basketball game. they claim kobe bryant's lawyers moved for summary judgment to dismiss the case and the trial court granted it saying you can't sue. it's an assumption of the risk. if you sit in the front row you

assume the risk of a ball getting thrown towards you and a player running into you. what the justices said when kobe fell initially, that was the assumption of the risk. but then kobe took his hand and pushed off the gentleman to help himself up. >> talking about intent. >> that motion -- no, not intent. that motion in and of itself took it out of assumption of the risk and that was the civil assault they are allowing it to go forward on. it's ridiculous, pathetic. >> is this going anywhere or are you in agreement with richard that it is in his words ridiculous and pathetic. >> no, i don't agree with that at all. all the judge did from the beginning is say let the jury sort it out. three judges and court of appeals made it simple. send it back see what the jury disenfranchisement bottom line, fredricka, there will be a

sellingment for the estate and that will be the end of the case. >> they won't wan to challenge it and the arena. this took place in tennessee. the arena wouldn't be brought into this? >> there are other parties in there, but i don't think kobe is willing to take a week out of his life and spend it in memphis, tennessee in front of a federal jury. this case will settled. >> okay. avery and richard we're not done with you. we'll see you in 20 minutes to talk about a woman suing honda in small claims over a mileage dispute. see how many miles that case gets. then a day of fishing turns into a high seas rescue. the harrowing story of two young bows and their father next.

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just a few days away from the new hampshire primary, the first in the country. what's the weather going to do? hopefully sunny and make means big turnout. right? >> sunny as it can be. a record high day today. should be 32 for a high, heading to 47, 48 today. flirting with a record. we saw 1100 records this past week alone. certainly the heat is on. in terms of the election forecast, this is the satellite radar composite and where the clouds and rain will or will not be. they will not be here in new hampshire, much of new england for that matter a weak front moving through, more or less dry all the rain to the south. no question about that. temperatures all above average. low temperatures in manchester, new hampshire. tuesday morning 25 degrees. should be 11. 17 to the north, should be single digits. that's the morning. by the afternoon temperatures really warming up about 10

degrees above average. 42 on tuesday for a high. should be at 32. so the heat is on. no question about it. but not only there but here, too. today 61 in washington, d.c. should be 40 degrees. so incredibly mild, right? fredricka from there. she knows. should be in the 30s from boston to new york. 50s in atlanta, georgia, mid-60s 60s, should be at 52. on the whole incredibly warm for today. we're going to cool off the next couple of days. >> more of the same. incredible being home for christmas. we didn't have to wear coats. >> washington, d.c. >> thanks, alexandra, appreciate that. checking today's top stories now, republican presidential candidates furiously campaigning in new hampshire. the state holds the primary. rick santorum in amherst hopping to build in iowa. mitt romney holding a commanding lead in the polls.

all the candidates face off in new hampshire tonight at a debate. tune in to cnn tuesday night for full coverage of the primary results. people protesting in the streets of nigeria as gasoline prices doubled literally overnight. the government removed the fuel subsidy on the 1st. it kept prices artificially low. nigerians acted angrily staging mass demonstrations. the police responded with force killing at least one protesters. a harrowing rescue off the coast of australia. two men out fishing with their 11-year-old sons when their boat caught fire near the sidney harbor. the boat they bought two weeks earlier started to sink. they grabbed on to a floating cooler and waited for help to arrive. >> grabbed my wallet, ran out. by that time rick had life

jackets on the boys. jumped off the back deck. the boat sunk straightaway. >> how quick did it happen? >> felt like a few seconds it disappeared. i was just shocked. >> wow, incredibly lucky there. turning to a high-level diplomatic meeting this coming week. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is scheduled to soot down with the foreign minister of qatar at the state department. cnn's state department reporter joins us from washington. this week qatar said it is willing to allow the taliban to open up a liaison office in the capital. is this expected to be a big topic of that conversation with hillary clinton? >> the state department won't say directly as you might expect. it certainly has to be at the top of the agenda. this is really major news. the idea that the taliban could be opening an office for peace discussions with the united states and its allies, that

really is a big deal. there are a lot of questions about it, i have to say. a number of skeptics who a who are the taliban. it's a disparate group of people. what do they want? what would they be willing to accept? the u.s. has put red lines out there. they have to respect the constitution, which includes rights for women. they have to turn away from violence and turn away from al qaeda. so there are a lot of questions. certainly even just saying that, by the way, i should say discussions, not negotiations, have been going on for two years. sometimes quietly, secretly. they have been going on. there's some hope but with a lot of caution. >> let's talk about another area where there's potential trouble brewing. talking about kenya and planned attacks for the capital city of nairobi. what do you know about that? >> these are coming from the uk, britain. what they are saying the

terrorist group al shabab has been planning and could be in the final stages of planning attacks on foreigners. it could happen at places where foreigners gather, hotels, shopping centers and beaches. now, why is this happening? because kenya sent troops over the border into somalia to go after al shabab and al shabab wants to get back at them. you know, the u.s. had warned back in october, november about the same thing, so it could be potentially a dangerous situation. >> thanks so much jill dougherty in washington. back in this country now, a matter of legal cases. a woman is taking honda to court. she says her car's mileage isn't good enough. but did you know they're good for you too? they're high in vitamins and potassium. and idaho potatoes are now certified to carry the heart checkmark from the american heart association for foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

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paragraph students and lumm alumni say the state isn't doing enough to support them. our legal guys are back, avery friedman and richard herman in las vegas. this case is back. the trial is about to begin in federal court alleging segregation is perhaps at the root here of these historically black colleges and universities not getting enough state funding. so richard, how will this case

go forward? >> this is a very serious case, fred. there's $2 billion worth of damages at stake here. it looks like these colleges are going to succeed, just a matter of them proving up their damages. there's no jury who is going to hear this. a judge is going to rule from the bench. what the four colleges in maryland are saying is that the state did not do enough to apply to desegregation laws and therefore they were damaged over the course of the last 20 years or so by virtue of having inferior labs, inferior library facilities, et cetera. so they are bringing this claim. they are just basically putting on a measure of damages case here. there's going to be -- this has happened in alabama with two universities in alabama, where the universities were victorious. it's going to happen here in maryland. maryland better get out the cash

register right now and settle had ca this case because they are going to get hammered. >> university of maryland eastern shore and others, is the argument that the state of maryland must provide proportion ate funding to all public funded universities, colleges, just across the board? >> yes. >> these four colleges and universities are going to be able to establish they received a disproportionate amount of funding? >> well, yeah. disproportionately low amount of funding. >> yes. >> fredricka, i've been at literally over three dozen universities and law schools teaching and historically black colleges and universities. oh, my goodness. if these are public institutions, how could they be underfunded. the issue here under the equal protection clause if you're funding yort public universities, you have to fund them equally. it's an equal funding case.

i'm in accord. this issue is very serious and very expensive. maryland concedes they could be doing so much more. it started, there's a lot of money on the line. it's the only way unfortunately that historically black colleges can get equal funding. it shouldn't be in a courtroom but it is and now look what's going to happen here. it's a necessity. >> is it your view this will end out of settlement so as to prevent this being a very lengthy, costly trial, avery? >> well, it didn't settle in mississippi. it didn't settle in alabama. many of the other states had the same problem. i've seen these schools in texas. oh, my goodness. maryland better think about getting this resolved or else. richard is right, about $2 billion on the line here. let's move onto hond ash. let's start on this case. this is a case. >> put the rolling stones on. >> let's crank out the rolling

stones. who claims in small claims court that her honda did not give her the 50 or so miles she was expecting, instead more like 30 miles to the gallon. she's saying honda needs to divvy it up, compensate her, as much as $100,000. what's this about? she really could have joined in on a class action suit but she said, no, she's going alone. why? >> because in the class action case she walks away with $200. what she's doing, this is miss peters who has obviously a lot of time on her hands, she is taking that differential between 50 and 30 miles a gallon times 50,000 miles she's driven in her 2006 civic. what she's calculated out is an enormous amount of money. actually if you calculate the difference, fredricka, it's about $2500, even if it's $1500, i guess her theory is, i've got

all the time in the world. i'd rather get that than the $200. good for her. what the heck. >> they made purchase of a vehicle based on the mileage that is promised on that sticker. so she's likely alleging that she bought this civic hybrid in large part because it was going to save her money. >> yeah. >> a misrepresentation, consumer fraud. fred, it's brilliant. she's bringing it in small claims court where the cap is 10,000. even if she gets her 7500 in the state she brought it, she is probably going to represent -- she's not a lawyer. she used to be a lawyer. now she's a paralegal. she's going to probably represent hundreds and hundreds of people in small claims court. they are going to get more money in small claims court than they would have gotten if they went in the class action. that's why this is so brilliant. she's going to win and be victorious and will win it in small claims court. >> never going to happen. >> we'll have to put the brakes on it for now. >> the brakes, good, fred, the

brakes. >> avery, richard, thanks so much. always look forward to seeing you next weekend. >> see you seen. >> be well, fred. you heard of wind surfing, of course. a board and a sail and the wind takes you for a pretty good ride. how do you wind surf in the stillness of winter? the answer coming up next. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios.

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all right. first we've got something that's gone viral. have you ever been wind surfing? >> no. >> have you? >> i have. it's a lot of fun. usually you associate wind surfing with warm temperatures, great wind, of course, a great beach, et cetera. but some diehards say, you know what, so it's winter of let's come up with a different way to wind surf with ice involved. >> hard water sailing it's called also. you can see how fast you can go. this guy is not going very fast. the world record -- speed is the thrill with this deal. >> of course. >> 136 miles per hour is the world record. but on average people go -- >> you've got to be proficient, know what you're doing. >> the key with this right now, no, is the ice thickness. that's what's scary, because it's been so warm, even in montana. it's got to be a certain thickness to be safe. >> major you don't want to venture out to do this now. maybe wait until february. it will get cooler.

>> four inches you need to go ice fishing. >> ice skating, my goodness. that's gone viral. a lot of people have been interested, so are we. thanks, alexandra? >> were you a girl scout? >> brownie. >> now people are turning to some girl scouts not just for brownies and cookies but instead for mortgage advice these days. that's incredible. we'll explain why coming up.

all right. stories making news around the world. iran is calling the rescue of 13 iranian fishermen by u.s. sailors a humanitarian act. navy helicopters saw a pirate ship alongside an iranian boat. after receiving a distress call confirming their suspicions, a crew from uss kid boarded the ship. they took the pirates into custody and freed the iranian hostages. conservationists are keeping a close eye on a group of troubled whales off the new zealand coast. 25 whales found beached last night. 18 survived and sent back to sea. they are hoping the whales don't return to shore. all right. girl scouts used to be just about green sashes, green shirts, camping, and, of course,

cookies. now they are learning about careers, mortgages, interest rates and taxes. christine romans has the story in this week's smart is the new rich. >> reporter: amelia and ava are not saving for toys, not saving for games but something much more important. >> college. >> so is five and a half-year-old emily. why? >> because it costs a lot, a lot of money. >> reporter: meet the modern girl scouts where money smarts count and will earn you a badge. they are 100 years old and way past the days of cross stitching and sewing. thirteen new badges reward money savvy, they are daisies. girls their age learn about saving. junior girl scouts like abigail learn what to do with their money. >> you save it, spend it, donate it. >> reporter: in the cadet troop it's about mortgages, property taxes and careers.

master it and nab the financing my dreams badge. >> let's hold up our dream job. go ahead, gabby. slow us your dream job. lawyer. >> reporter: 12-year-old gabby is exploring whether she can afford her dream home. >> you take your $2.5 million house you want and put 20% down, that means you're going for a $2 million loan. >> reporter: a real estate broker helps this cadet realize. >> i really couldn't afford it. it was too much money. >> it's important. the largest purchase they are ever going to make is going to be their home. to learn that at a very young age you really need to save your money to purchase that dream home is so important. >> of course, if you've ever bought a box of cookies from an aggressive entrepreneur in a green or brown sash, it's pretty clear these girls know money. ask girl scouts ceo. >> there are stereotypes of women and money. money have been handling

money -- >> reporter: consider that by the time these girls graduate from college, they will have on average $22,900 in student debt. >> you can't get around it. they have got to learn about money. >> absolutely. it's onso important. it touches everybody's lives. again, we're hoping the girls not only learn those issues for themselves, they understand how to invest their money but they teach other kids around them and bring them along the path with them. >> reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. a teen deported to columbia is back home. that story right after this. in america, we believe in a future that is better than today. since 1894, ameriprise financial has been working hard for their clients' futures. never taking a bailout. helping generations achieve dreams. buy homes. put their kids through college. retire how they want to. ameriprise.

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our top stories now, republican presidential candidates are moving full steam ahead as tuesday's all important primary approaches. mitt romney the front-runner in new hampshire met with supporters at an early morning rally in derry. rick santorum held a roundtable discussion at a college in manchester. it was the first of four events the presidential hopeful is holding today. former utah governor jon huntsman visited voters in north haverhill. all will meet back tonight for the first of two weekend debates. a 15-year-old texas teenager who was mistakenly deported to columbia is now back in the u.s. jakadrien turner gave immigration authorities a fake name and was deported last may. immigration officials are