bloody idiot, of course she did. investigation concluded. she was pregnant and she did have a baby. oh u and elvis is dead. man did land on the moon, and no, there are not a bunch of extraterrestrial aliens running around area 51. you're welcome. that's it for us tonight. "ac 360" starts right now. it's 10:00 here on the east coast. good evening, we begin tonight keeping them honest with a story you may have missed. president obama's campaign is now encouraging big donors to write big checks to a super pac supporting his election. that's not a big story. the republican party is swimming in super pac money. but what is a big story is that the president is doing this at all because it represents a 180 shift, a total reversal on his prior take on the money. let's listen to what he said in

october 2010. >> thanks to a gigantic loophole, they can spend unlimited amounts without disclosing where the money is coming from. we don't know if it's from the oil industry, if it's from banks, if it's insurance companies. could be coming overseas. we don't know. they won't tell you. they don't want you to know. they don't want you to know. they won't stand behind what they do. this isn't just a threat to democrats. this is a threat to our democracy. >> president obama, that was october 2010. here he is a few weeks earlier identifying some of the groups he considered culprits and talking about how democrats might oppose their influence without becoming just like them. >> every one of these groups is run by a republican. every single one of them even though they're posing as nonprofit groups with names like americans for prosperity, the committee for truth in politics, or americans for apple pie. i mean, i made the last one up,

but -- but this is why -- look, this is why we've got to work even harder in this election. this is why we've got to fight their millions of dollars with millions of our voices. voices who are ready to finish what we started in 2008. >> last fall, the president's answer to growing money power was growing people power. the republican primary shows just how much a difference a few donors like sheldon addleson could make, writing multimillion dollar checks and outraising democrats. we crunched the numbers from the federal election, and they raised about four times what the largely democratically run super pac are raising. that's how they're justifying their 180 change on what sounded like until this week a bedrock

principle. they said, quote, our campaign has to face the reality of the law as it currently stands. with so much at stake, we can't allow for two sets of rules in this election whereby the republican nominee is the beneficiary of unlimited spending. republicans call it a flip-flop. here is a picture the republican national committee send out, a picture of flip-flops and followed by the words, just kidding. joining us, bill burton. the former white house press secretary for president obama. also cnn political contributor and former bush secretary, ari fleischer. bill, regardless of whether or not it was driven by necessity, the right in the to do or not for democrats, is fthere any other way to piece this than a flip-flop on the president's campaign. >> it's recognition that the e rules aren't how he wants them to be, but he's going to play by them as they exist to make sure that karl rove, the private

equity guys who pledge, don't wash over the campaign and the things that are important to us. >> what is the difference between playing by the rules and a change of position and a flip-flop? isn't that the same thing? >> the campaign said that this was a recognition that there's a set of rules that the republicans are going to live by, and the president and his campaign are going to live by it, too. he hasn't changed his position on whether or not he thinks this is a bad set of rules, that the campaign finance system is broken. what he is saying is this is our reality. if we want to compete in this reality, we better make sure that we're prepared. >> ari, what about that? what is wrong with the president saying, look, these are the set of rules, this is the reality we're facing. we have to play by the new rules? >> there's nothing wrong with super pacs. that's called free speech and everybody is entitled to it. here is the problem with what obama has done. this is part of a pattern of behavior that goes back to 2008. if you recall back then, he said he would have accepted public

financing for the campaign as john mccain did. and then he flip-flopped on that issue and took unlimited money to fund his campaign. he also, because he wants to act as if he's changing washington as a reformer, he wouldn't allow lobbyists at the white house, that he gave wavers for lobbyists. and so what did they do? they walked out the front door of the white house, across the park, and to a coffee house where they met with lobbyists. now this flip-flop on the super pac idea itself. this is a super flip-flop, but worse than that, it's a president who has to act as if he's smarter, better, more moralistic than all his opponents, everybody else, while his pattern of behavior is to have words that win, but his actions are just like everyone else's in washington. nothing reformist or change oriented about barack obama when you get to the heart of it. >> bill? >> it's hard to take seriously

criticism of reform from an administration that really didn't do anything to reform washington at all. the president actually did take steps to really reform the way things are done, to reform the information that people had ability the administration, about the people who were coming to visit it, about keeping lobbyist influence out, and he's pushed campaign reform on this. since it was blocked by senate, by an obstinate senate republican, it wasn't able to make its way through. >> to ari's point, he did change his position on that when he realized he could make more money without it. >> the president has not changed his position. people who support reform haven't changed their position. they realize the rules exist the way they exist, but the president's pushing for reform. when the president wishes he could change the rules, he

can't. as ari knows, the president has to work with the united states senate in order to change the laws of the land, and he'll continue to do that. but as long as senate republicans are blocking that, he can't change it. >> it seems like they don't want to admit that their candidate has flip-flopped. it's always the other side that is going to flip-flop. when it's your candidate, it's an understandable change or facing reality. >> i said this before, one of the rhesus mitt romney is in trouble is because he changed his position on abortion and gay rights. barack obama has a similar flip-flop problem. it's not only on this issues. when he was a senator, he said we shouldn't raise the debt limit and then he voted against it. when he became president, he said we have to raise the dent limit. it's a regular pattern with obama. here is what is worse when you look at the president and the standard he sets for himself. he said in 2007 about john edwards' super pac, you can't

just talk the talk, he told an audience, the easiest thing in the world is to talk about change during the election time. everybody talked about change at the election time. you have to look at how thaw die and how they act when it's not convenient, when it's harder. that's the standard he celt and that's my problem with barack obama. he's constantly trying to act as if he's somebody special and different when he really isn't. then to make it connect to policy. this is also why there's such a sense of frustration when dealing with barack obama on the most important issue of the day, how to reform spending and reduce debt, he keeps -- words are win. making promises, saying things and his actions go 180 degrees against it. the entire presidency, it seems, is about maneuvering and tactical positions to protect his brand. >> briefly, do you think now that the president, though, is going to send out people to speak at the super pac events and the like and that's going to make a huge difference in terms

of the fund-raising? >> i think it remains to be seen how big of an impact it will have. just to correct you, ari, it's president obama. as for the pract icical results what this will mean, i think it will take a little time to see. i don't think in the next couple days we'll see a huge spike, but i think over the long term, we'll see how much folks -- how much folks are really willing to get involved with donors and folks in the community decide that this is an important part of making sure the president is re-elected. >> appreciate your time. let us know what you think on facebook, google plus, i'll be tweeting tonight. up next, serious broken promise. one day old to stop the violence. a number of reports from the streets of homs. the shelling so bad, people have to wait until nightfall to bury their dead in secret. a western reporter joins us with

his chilling account. so does a man who just saw his friend standing next to him shot dead in the head. also an exclusive, james clemente speaking out about the tragic death, the suicide of his brother, after his roommate was spying on him when he had a sexual encounter. let's check in with isha. >> another development in the powell tragedy. josh powell setting fire to his home, killing himself and his two young sons. now a woman's 911 call. a social worker he let out of the home. what she said to authorities when "360" continues. [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait

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late word on the slaughter that has been unleashed in syria. calling the regime's assault on homs a sign of things to come. after four straight days of bombing and shelling, it's hard to see how things could get

worse, worse than this. incoming artillery rocket fire in several neighborhoods where this video was taken today. more than five dozen people killed. reports that field hospitals and medical professionals are being targeted along with the wounded. the killing, the atrocity is unfolding despite the stated commitment to ending the violence. he made that promise to russia visiting foreign minister yesterday. he's made that promise before and it has been broken. his sincerity could be measured in dead men, dead women and dead children. an opposition member known as danny has been risking his life daily bearing witness to all of this, posting videos on youtube. he filed this after today's shelling began. before we show you this, i want to warn you it's not especially graphic. it certainly is horrible. it's also the sad and simple reality in homs right now.

>> he's about 2 years old. there was a bomb detonated in his house. is this what the u.n. is waiting for? is this what the u.n. is waiting for? until there's not any children left. until they kill all of the children and all of the women? this child lost his brains. a bomb landed in his house. he lost his whole brains. what is the u.n. waiting for? >> we've been trying all day with no success to reconnect with danny. we thought we had him several times. communications are extremely difficult. streets are deadly. just before air time we managed to get in touch with another activist who had just witnessed his friend die. i understand you lost a friend today. >> yes. we are here.

we go out to help the wounded and he got shot in the head by a sniper. >> what keeps you going? >> we have no other choice. we are dying slightly. we try to save each other at least -- i mean, to keep somebody alive. we believe that we are all going to die here. the city is under shelling and bombing and everything. and there's nothing to do. >> you really believe you're all going to die? >> we do. >> another syrian bearing witness. the regime calling such accounts a lie. it isn't letting outside reporters in presumably because they would simply confirm what people just said and what we've been seeing almost daily out of syria for months. paul wood did manage to sneak in. he just got out with this. take a look.

>> reporter: the shelling is constant now. we hear impact every few seconds. and in reply you can also hear a little bit of fire. it's a futile gesture. >> that's a portion of his reporting. he joins us tonight live from beirut. what did you see in homs? it's been described as constant relentless attack by the regime. you just left. what -- tell us firsthand what did you see? >> well, first of all, i think there are hundreds of mortar and shell attacks daily. we simply lost count. and people spend most of the time hiding in the middle rooms of their houses or hiding in stairwells. the hospital that danny was at is somewhere we spent a lot of time. it's clear if you spend a couple hours there that civilians are bearing the brunt of this. we saw every couple of hours, 20 or 30 people come in. i would think that one of those was a fighter.

some of those were elderly people and a good number of them were children. we saw a 7-year-old girl come in. she had been killed. she was sent off for burial. as you were saying in your introduction, those burruriial are taking place at night because it's so dangerous. in fact, in that particular part of homs there are burials taking place at night for a long time but 17 people were killed just in the few blocks surrounding the house that we were staying in. those 17 people had to be buried at once in a mass grave hurriedly at night because there couldn't afford to give them individual funerals. no relatives, no prayers. very little dignity because of the fear of attack. >> i want to play video from the stories were talking about. the lengths people have to go through just to bury their loved ones. >> like all dead she must be buried in darkness. daytime is too dangerous. >> you describe homs as bleeding

and terrified. does it seem like there's any rationale to where the mortars are landing? is it just like it was in bosnia with random shelling, indiscriminate firing? >> i don't know what the syrian army is aiming at, but it seems like collective punishment when you're there. bear in mind that these are the worst days that homs has had. it's been going on for a long time. i think more or less every single family there has had some kind of loss or has someone close to them with some kind of loss. there was a man in the hospital called the shrouder whose job is just to wrap bodies, and i asked him if he had to wrap any of his relatives, and he gave me a long list. he had prepared his son for burial, his son for burial. a second cousin for burial. these are typical stories in homs.

the number of dead if you believe the activists is 100 today and some 300 if you take everything since the weekend but it has been going on for much longer than that. >> what kind of capabilities do the so-called free syrian army have? are they able to mount any real resistance to incoming mortars to rocket fire? >> well, they try but they have rocket propelled grenades and we've been on several actions with them and they end up essentially having to retreat because when tanks are brought up and armors vehicles and you have kalashnikovs, that's your only real choice. i did speak to a senior officer, a member of the military council who had only a week ago been a serving full colonel in the syrian army. he defected just a week ago. he says this is his account. morale has collapsed within the syrian army.

people knew they were killing civilians and they wanted the blood bath to stop. this is the slim hope that the free army is putting on things in hrk ohoms that morale will collapse and that the attacking forces will stop. we are hearing reports that special troops have been brought up by the regime presumably because if they have to go into homs they need people who are motivated and willing to do it. having slipped out of that place within the past 24 hours, i would think the one word which sums up what is happening there in homs is despair. people look to the u.n. to help them. the u.n. resolution was vetoed, and they think no one will help them. >> is there a moment or image or person that when you close your eyes tonight and try to go to sleep you're going to remember and you're going to remember for a long time to come? >> the one thing that comes back to me all the time is an 11-year-old boy who was brought into the hospital on the first day.

there were mortars falling outside. he was hit in the face with a mortar face. it ripped off his whole face. everything below the nose was gone. i got a glimpse at his eyes. he was silent and in shock. it was just a bloody mess of his face. they managed to stabilize him. they were going to try to raise money to get him out and get his face reconstructed but he died this morning. that is the one that comes back to me. >> paul wood, i applaud your bravery. i appreciate you talking to us tonight. thank you. up next tonight, "360" exclusive, tyler clementi's brother speaks out about his brother's suicide. a life cut short after his college roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on his sexual encounter with another man. >> probably had so much hope and optimism for a great experience at college and found himself living through a nightmare. >> an interview you won't see anywhere else tonight. the 911 call from the social worker that witnessed an explosion at a washington state home where two little boys died.

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"360" exclusive tonight. for the first time you'll hear from the brother of tyler clementi. a rutgers university freshman who killed himself back in september of 2010. he jumped off the george washington bridge after his college roommate allegedly used a web cam to spy on a sexual encounter he had with another man.

the roommate faces 15 counts including bias and intimidation. he's refused a plea deal and insists he's innocent of the charges. jason joins us with the exclusive details. there's been a lot of speculation on tyler's death why he made that decision to do that. you asked his brother about that. his brother, james, about that. i want to play what he said. >> the set of circumstances was the exact worst case scenario that could have happened. i think he was being brave by being honest with the people around him about his sexuality and i think he really tried to be a strong person and be an honest person, but it seems like he was punished for that forthrightness and made to be, you know, a joke or a laughing stock and i think that must have taken its toll on him emotionally and mentally. i think that was a lot.

i don't think he knew how to respond to that and obviously he responded in the wrong way. suicide is never the right choice. it was the choice that he made and i and my family have to live with the repercussions of it. >> there was a lot of reporting at the time that tyler clementi hadn't told his family he was gay but his brother said that he actually had told them before he went to college. >> he was 18 years old. told them when he was 18. james said he basically knew even before he was 18 that he suspected his brother was gay because james is actually gay as well. he wanted his brother to come out on his own and in his own time. and he actually said that he also had come out to his roommate. we now know that dharun ravi is accused of cyberbullying and prosecutors say that ultimately led to tyler's death. >> you asked james about his feelings towards tyler's roommate, dharun ravi, who is now facing trial.

let's play that. >> it was very hard for me in realizing the environment that my brother found himself in and that he probably had so much hope and optimism for a great experience at college and found himself living through a nightmare. >> is forgiveness something that you think about? >> yes. i think that there's a time for that. i don't know if i'm there right now. the trial is going to be incredibly emotional and every day is going to be harder than the last day i think. and i don't know. i just want to get through this and make sure that my family gets through that period, but i think we're just hoping for some kind of justice in the court system and putting our faith in the prosecution to do what they

need to do. >> did he say what he thought justice would be? >> i think from the family's point of view, jail time would be some form of justice but ultimately i think even before things had gotten started, if someone had apologized maybe they could have avoided all of this. to this day they still have not received an apology from the ravi family. >> often in a situation like this, lawyers will tell somebody, you know, don't say anything to the family. don't apologize. that's a legal maneuver and that often adds to the pain of the family as you said to not hear that. how has the family been getting through this? >> the pain is intense. they're more than a year out but you can still tell when speaking to james and i have spoken to clementi's parents as well. james says it's day-to-day. some days are good days. when he has bad days when he feels like crying, he allows himself to do that. one of the things that struck me is sometimes i wake up and i still feel like my brother is alive and then the reality sets

in in terms of what's really happened to him. >> that happens for so often for a long time after a loss. the family has remained silent and other than an article i read in "the new yorker" this is the first time i've seen james on television being interviewed. you asked why he's speaking out now. let's play that. >> words are devastating and until you've been the target of that kind of hatred, you don't understand the pain you are inflicting on other people and i just think about the epidemic that suicide has really become amongst gay youth and it breaks my heart and every child i've seen on the news since and before my brother's death, i mean, he's one of many unfortunately and this needs to stop. it's not the answer. there's always somewhere that you can go and there's -- at any point no matter what as long as you're still here, there's something worth fighting for.

life is the most valuable thing. and i think about my brother. i think if he had gotten through that night and that dark hour, i think a day or a week or a year later he would have looked back and been grateful that he didn't do it. >> studies often show about suicide if someone is able to resist that initial urge or is thwarted in some initial attempt, even just briefly, it often will not reoccur or will not happen again or they can get help. what else did he want people to know about his brother? >> that he was the shy, quiet one. he also felt as though he was the stronger of the two. i think that's what -- >> that tyler was the stronger? >> that tyler was the stronger of the two and he was the better of the two. that's what's so heartbreaking for james. it's still a grieving process for him to get through. eventually some day he may get through that as well. he felt as though his brother was the stronger of the two. >> really great interview. thank you so much for bringing it to us. jason carroll.

coming up tonight, warren jeffs wielding power from inside prison and accused of tearing families apart, still. funeral services scheduled for saturday afternoon for the two boys whose father blew them up in their home in washington state. the 911 call from the social worker has been released. here's a portion of it. >> the kids and the father were in the house? >> yeah. yes. he slammed the door ipmy face. i kept knocking. i thought it was a mistake. i kept knocking. then i called 911. >> you saw him go back into the house right before the flames? >> he didn't ever leave the house. he just opened the door. the kids were one step ahead of me. they're five and seven. they were one step ahead of me. he slammed the door in my face. >> you think he might have done this intentionally?

>> yes. >> a former producer of "survivor" has been extradited to mexico to face murder charges. he's accused of killing his wife there in 2010. >> and take a look at this. fishermen in pakistan used two cranes to reel in this nearly 40 ton whale shark found dead in the arabian sea. >> wow. >> doesn't even look real. >> it looks like metal or something. it's strange. >> like a monster. >> we'll check in with you later. warren jeffs is behind bars for life but that's not stopping him from calling the shots and ordering strict new rules for his polygamist sect. those who don't follow along those rules, face the wrath of his followers. a report from the community. the victim of a vicious beating by a gang shouting anti-gay slurs demands justice. you'll hear from him.

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a "360" follow, it's been six months since warren jeffs was sentenced to life behind bars in texas for sexually assaulting two underage girls who he claims were his spiritual wives. he's still controlling his sect from prison. he's imposing new rules on his followers. in the texas/arizona border, and

in colombia. anyone who fails to follow his rules gets booted from the church. that means no contact with their families and facing the wraths of jeffs' faithful followers. >> reporter: david is a devastating man. he has ten children, but their tooth brushes remain unused on the sink. their high chairs and swings stay empty. the 41-year-old father is the only one left in his house. his wife and children are gone. taken away from him by the leaders of his church, the flds. mr. jeffs, should your followers still consider you a prophet? the so-called prophet is in prison for sexually assaulting two young girls who he made parts of his harem of 78 wives. through phone calls and messa messages, he's still controlling the church. still banishing those he and the other church elders say are unfaithful. to the people banished, that means having the church take away their families. >> that night after they left i was sitting there in the kitchen

chair looking at that swing and it just about killed me. i just closed my eyes and i felt like my soul was just out there floating around somewhere. >> reporter: he's been in the flds his whole life and believed warren jeffs and men before him were all prophets, direct mouth pieces of god. he said he was told by warren jeffs' brother, lyle, that he violated a commandment that they not have sex without trying to have a baby and therefore he was kicked out. how is this allowed to happen? colorado city, arizona, and hill dale, arizona, the neighboring towns where most of the thousands of flds members live, are unusual places. >> this is the most lawless community in the country. it's run by a madman sitting in a texas prison. he has complete, total power over the people here. they will do literally anything

he says. i mean anything he says. >> reporter: sam brower, a p.i. who investigates the church, is concerned that jeffs realizes he may never get out of prison may get violent with his revelations. >> yes, i absolutely do think that these people will do whatever warren jeffs tells them, including kill themselves. >> reporter: recently the flds paid tens of thousands of dollars to put ads in newspapers including "the new york times" in which jeffs claimed revelations that it was time to repent and be prepared for full judgment. he's sent similar warnings to politicians including president obama. david had three mothers. how many brothers and sisters do you have? >> 43. >> reporter: he believes in his falth and the principle of polygamy as long as it's willing women of age.

his neighbors say he's bad in the eyes of god and they got angry at him and us while we were taking video. we're just getting pictures of the community. >> why? >> because we're allowed to. >> warren jeffs is a false prophet. he's damnable. he's killing this community. you asked me and now you got. >> you are full of the devil. >> no, warren jeffs is a devil. warren jeffs is a devil. >> in the name of jesus christ, you are satan. >> we wanted to find warren jeffs' brother lyle and ask him about the situation. anybody here, anybody home. no answer at the fortress like home where warren jeffs used to live and where lyle lives now. a security vehicle was outside of the home. there was someone in it but he wouldn't look at me. just ignoring me. won't look at me. sir, sir? just ignoring me.

david told me his wife and children are now living with other relatives. we went to that house. can i ask you a question, please? behind the home we did see a woman who looked like david's wife and some of the children. but we were warned to stay off the private property. just before ester left him, she wrote this note to warren jeffs that was never mailed. she starts off the letter by saying our dear prophet warren. she says she loves him, loves hiteaching, and said i yearn with my heart to be in your presence when the heavenly father delivers you from prison. it's clear she loves her husband because she says i want to be an honor to my dear husband. david is now on his own. his wife instead choosing to pay honor to a man in prison who calls himself a prophet. >> as long as you have been and we've been airing these reports now for years, it still amazes me this is happening in the united states of america in this day in age and this guy in

prison has the power to divide families. how did jeffs and/or the church elders know that husband and wives are having sex for pleasure. and not to procreate? who is ratting them out? >> they rat themselves out. david and two men who didn't want to go on camera say they are required to be honest. when asked if they were having sex with their wives, they said yes, even though they knew they might lose their families. >> incredible. gary will continue to follow it. appreciate the reporting. the legal battle over haley barbour's last-minute pardons heads to the state supreme court tomorrow. could some of those pardoned go back to prison? we'll talk to ed lavandera who is doing a lot of reporting on this. also, a family vacation gone horribly wrong. the condition of a boy attacked by a mountain lion. all energy development comes with some risk,

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>> the power of pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented and rehabilitated and redeemed themselves. >> repented, rehabilitated, redeemed. police say that wasn't the case with harry bostick. he was arrested for driving under the influence last fall. it wasn't his first or second or third arrest. it was his fourth. investigators say he was drunk when he slammed into the car of an 18 year old who was killed. bostic was in jail after the deadly accident when the governor signed his pardon on a previous dui. we talked to charity's mom linda last week. she said she never heard from governor barbour after her daughter died. an open invitation stands for governor barbour to come on this program as we've been offering for the last couple weeks. ed lavandera joins us right now. ed, you were able to get a glimpse into how the case is going to be argued tomorrow. how does governor barbour's side plan to defend its decisions?

>> reporter: there are two main points that stick out from the brief that was filed in the supreme court in mississippi today. one of them and they are arguing quite plainly that they don't believe that this court or any court here in mississippi has any jurisdiction, any way of overturning these pardons. they say the pardon issued by the governor is his sole power and no one can take that away from him or contest that in any way. that's the over all theme they'll be arguing. they have pointed out that they feel in their words that if indeed they do feel like something -- this wasn't done properly, that these notifications of the pardons hadn't been passed out properly, in the end, this was a harmless problem, in the words of the documents we read today that in the case of many of the people who might have posted these notices for 28 out of 30 days, that those missing two days were essentially harmless, and because of that, shouldn't be overturned as well.

what was also interesting from these documents that were filed here in mississippi today, anderson is, the dig that governor haley barbour's people take at the attorney general here in mississippi saying that essentially he's going after these cases pushing all of this for his own personal gain and own publicity to try to make himself look good. a clear political shot as they get ready to head into court tomorrow. >> there may be politics involved in what the attorney general is doing. he is a democrat in an overwhelmingly republican state, and the governor is a republican. the law clearly states that you have to publish in the newspapers 30 days in advance and that frankly was not done. the governor is saying well that law doesn't matter and that violating was just harmless. >> reporter: it said harmless was the clear word that was in this document. it seems like they are prepared to argue before these judges tomorrow that the full intention was there in the vast majority of these we're talking about 180 or so of the 203 people that were pardoned there's almost two dozen that were properly published but they are saying this was a harmless mistake and

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time frau now for the ridiculist. tonight, once again, we have to add courtney's doubter. we just call her courtney now. she's that dear to us. she's courtney stodden. teen bride of character actor doug hutchinson. most importantly, national treasure. courtney has a lot of doubters out there. people wonder why we even know her name doubting she'll make it as a superstar. guess what? courtney got an acting job. it's an online commercial for freecreditscore.com educating people about interest rates and consumer responsibility. take a look. >> for $3 a month you get unlimited credit scores, reports, you get free identity theft protection, you get everything for free. >> sorry. that was financial guru suze orman.

courtney's commercial is similar. take a look. >> omg. i'm so -- >> i'm going to have to stop her right there. the next word she says makes it just a little too -- shall we say, lascivious for prime time. she scored a great acting role. we're proud of her on the show. her first online commercial. she killed it. she killed it. you can see the emotion and commitment to the moment. wow. yeah. not since daryl hannah in "splash" has there been depth brought to the role of mermaid. >> what's your name? >> it's hard to say in english. >> say it in your language. >> i'll try. my name is -- >> i have an idea for a movie. a mermaid shows up in new york city, learns to talk by watching

tv, and tom hanks falls in love with her. i love the '80s. you may ask what does a mermaid have to do with getting your credit score? she likes to hang out at the beach. as you see there. we know that being near the water really inspires her creativity. ♪ don't put it on me girl ♪ don't put it on me girl >> i think courtney also may have been referring to her commercial when she wrote this on twitter a few days ago. i quote "feeling like a midnight mermaid as i immerse my mysteriousness into a misty moon kissed mouth." there's truly something for everyone. ever since the blessed union, courtney and her husband have faced skepticism and always faced it with grace. >> people are welcome to their opinions. that's what the world is about.