blast. the transportation secretary believes there may have been problems with the trains brakes. we're keeping our eye on the latest developments. our spanish-speaking viewers can get the latest from cnn espanol. few western journalists are among the latest victims in the revolt against the syrian government. american marie colvin was killed today in the shelling of the opposition stronghold of homss. she was a veteran correspondent who worked for the sunday times of london newspaper. she covered numerous conflicts over the years, including the libyan civil war last year and french photo journalist re remi ochlik was also killed in that attack. at least three other journalists, including two syrians, were killed earlier this year in syria. a lot of the reporting is

coming from courageous syrians who work very hard to get the story out. remi was one of those people until yesterday. he is shown here with his 18-year-old daughter. rami was killed yesterday in the heavy shelling of homs. his death came as he was trying to help a family flee the bombardment. in afghanistan, a deadly day. after began owe kwigss say five people were killed, four by police who opened fire on the demonstrators. some copies of islam's holy book were burned by mistake this week at the air field. the u.s. commander of nato forces in afghanistan issued a formal apology saying in part the incident was an error and immediately stopped when discovered. the political spotlight is on arizona tonight as the

republican contenders for the white house square off in a debate sponsored by cnn. with his surge in the polls, rick santorum could be the main target by his rivals saying that satan is waging war against america. here's what he said about it yesterday. >> i'm a person of faith. i believe in good and evil. and if you're a person of faith and believe in good and evil as a disqualifier for president, we're going to have a very small pool of candidates to run for president. >> you can catch the debate tonight only on cnn. the debate overtaxes is a big issue, by the way, for a lot of voters. president obama now has a plan to fix the corporate tax code. details were revealed a couple of hours ago. the president is offering to slash the corporate tax rate down to 28% from the current 35%

but in exchange companies would have to say good-bye to dozens of loopholes and subsidies that they currently benefit from. in addition, multinational companies would have to pay minimum taxes for their overseas earnings. the president's plan is pretty much in sync with congressional republicans. the battle over women's reproductive rights over men. this would ban men from getting vasectomies unless needed to prevent injury or death. it's a bold response to republicans' push to ban abortions for women more than 20 weeks pregnant. the bill was introduced today saying if we legislate women's body, it's only fair that we legislate minutes'. she will be joining us tomorrow at the 1:00 eastern hour. join us for that.

you may not know him but you certainly know his famous film-making father. i'm talking about shawn stone, son of oliver stone. shawn is making headlines for in part for becoming a muslim. what is behind his big decision? i'm ask shawn stone and talk to his meeting with the iran president coming up in "face time." dayquil doesn't treat tha. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement.

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is a director in his own right but now it's his own faith that is getting a lot of attention. his father is jewish and mom is christian and is he is now a shiite muslim. the trip has given shawn an interesting perspective on iran, its people, politics, and even its president, ahmadinejad, which is why we're getting some face time right now with sean stone. good to see you. so, sean, what happened on this journey to iran that then lured you to islam? >> well, i happen to agree with ghandi said. and being there in practice and vr studied koran at harvard and princeton both, i think it's an

extension of the heritage and why not simply accept it publicly rather than holding it privately. that's the only thing that makes me a muslim, actually. >> so you were interested in becoming a muslim before you even went to iran? >> it's not that i feel like i've become a muslim. i don't feel any more muslim than i am jewish or christian. i worship the same god i always have. my purpose in this sense is to help explain islam to americans and to the west to let them see that it's not a religion of -- ali, one of our favorite boxers of all time is a muslim, but there's a lot of phobia and i think it's important for me to accept that as well as my other beliefs in christianity and bridge that. >> what is it that you want people to have a better understanding about islam that you think you will be better

equipped to convey? >> i don't think i'm better equipped than anyone else to convey it. but it's important because people think of islam as it is of arab people and black people or very few white who are muslim. christianity and others come from the same region. so it's white america. what's wrong with accepting islam and showing respect for that religion. >> so you're not denying or replacing your association with being jewish or even christian but you're now incorporating the muslim faith in that. we asked a number of people that are reading our belief blog to way in and offer some questions. one comes from sandra and she wrote this question. a conversion is something that indicates a leaving of something else. the holy bible specifically states that you cannot serve two

as a matter of factor masters. how do you respond to that. >> well, i never converted to muslim. by accepting that mohammed's work was an accept advance of that same tradition, i've always had my belief in the one god. however you choose to serve him or worship him, we have different churches. you can be a catholic and there's a lot of anti-catholism, the same with islam. you can be a liberal muslim who doesn't pray five times a day and you can pray and show all your devotions. so it's really a question of, do you believe in the one god and are you willing to accept other people's forms of practice. >> while in iran, while working on your film making there, you had an opportunity to meet with iran's president, ahmadinejad. what was your meeting like and what did you learn about him that you feel you want to convey

to people? >> you know, it's a long issue in terms of the president. obviously he's beenvil villafie and we are all made in the image of god and all colors, our brothers and sisters. that was the clear message. if we want to talk to him in terms of israel and iran's potential development of nuclear power and bombs, why don't we have a dialogue with him? why am i the only person going over there and talking to the president. >> did you feel any personal conflict knowing where the u.s. stands and other western nations stand particularly as it pertains to his nuclear ambitions or country's nuclear ambitions? >> no. he told me personally, no bomb. no bomb. i defend their national right to have a nuclear power.

if that means a nuclear bomb, i defend that right. he said no bomb. it's not up to him. but he's a president. just like our president is a faction of many parliaments. >> so what about ahmadinejad's public statements about the holocaust never happening and your father is jewish and you still embrace the jewish's faith. how do you not feel conflicted about that as it comes to ahmadinejad? >> i don't know what he believes about the holocaust but i know that his point is to say that it's an european issue perpetuated by western european powers, the jews in russia and going back historically, christians against jews, then you create israel and it's a case of western europe, why didn't you take the jews into america? israel cannot predicate that based on the holocaust. now, personally we think that we need dialogue in regard to the

israel and palestine problem. we have really not had a formal, you know, congregation of countries to discuss this problem. >> sean, before i let you go, your islamic name will be ali. how will you use it? >> i will be shawn christopher ali stone. >> thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you can read more about sean at cnn.com/belief. still to come today, two brothers, two vietnam brothers. one even awarded the bronze star. why do they say that the u.s. government is trying to deport them? that is next. that your skin loor even after you take it off. neutrogena® healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% saw improved skin. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics.

they risk their lives fighting for this country. now two brothers who served in the vietnam war say they face possible deportation to mexico. manuel and venezuela were born in mexico to an american mother. the brothers say the threat of deportation should not happen to veterans of the u.s. military. they took their protest to the border on saturday, both dressed

in their military uniforms. both say they got caught up in the mess because of pleading guilty to misdemeanors crimes years ago. the case would have been resolved years ago if the brothers had provided requested documents. manuel and valente join us. kind of clarify what is your status? are you both american citizens or not? >> we believe that we are american citizens since the day we were born due to my mother being born an american mother. >> so immigration says you have not provided the proper documents so thereby you would likely be deported. so where are the documents or what has happened with your response to immigration? >> well, they say that but we have proof, papers that we have provided proper documents and all they asked for is more

different documents which they have, which in my case they asked for more criminal records which homeland security is police. they should have that on hand. >> is it your feeling, because of the pleading guilty of these misdemeanor charges, that is what has now jeopardized your status here in the u.s.? >> yes, ma'am. because it's been a lot of changing in this day and time and i believe that's the case. >> valente, what is the next step? what are you and your brother being requested to do? you have a court appearance coming? >> well, yes. i did this thursday and i was told that i didn't have to show up for court so i'm in limbo right now and i'm just waiting to hear from my lawyer. >> and what's the time line? you both say that the u.s. is asking or -- they have sent you

some kind of letter, documentation that says that you're facing deportation. have they given you a date a. time line, a deadline? >> let me clarify this. our ordeal began in '09 and it's three years now. each of us has gone to the immigration court four times already. and we are like in house arrest. we are in limbo. we don't know what's going on. >> so mr. reyes, let me bring you into this conversation. because reportedly a number of u.s. military servicemen, upwards of 3,000, have faced this very juncture. >> absolutely. >> so i guess the question is, how is it that they could serve for the u.s. military and and not have provided some documentation or is there military veterans who are not u.s. in this same kind of

predickment? >>. >> many of them were american citizens and so american case law is very clear. and you have the documentation and a perfect example is mitt romney's father george was born in mexico and there's never been a question that george was an american. one parent has citizenship. the child has american citizenship. that's settled law. why do you suppose they are facing possible deportation if what you said certainly validates that they are american citizens? >> right. well, i think what's happened is our immigration to the system today is so decentralized, it takes a long time to get from

washington to the regional offices. it was just last year in august that department of homeland security unveiled these new guidelines for haulting guidelines which include elects of time in the military, military service, ties to the community. even under these factors, they have an outstanding order for the deportation to be canceled. on a personal level i feel that it's outrageous that these two men, who are senior citizens, they are older gentlemen who have served our country, at a time when they resisted to serving in the vietnam war. i think it's they are having to prove that they are americans and it's very unfortunate and unfair. >> and you used the word dragged down. 30 years ago they served. they have social security numbers and in order to get a social security number, don't you have to be a u.s. citizen?

>> right. and also, that's a very minor issue and in fact as members of congress serving today that have misdemeanors. that's really a negligable issue. >> mr. reyes, thank you. keep us posted on all that takes place. >> excuse me. could i say a paragraph here that is very, very important? >> really quickly because we're about out of time. >> okay, this was president of the united states. a supreme court justice back in july made a decision on a veteran who committed murder, previous to a law of '96. he was allowed to stay. president carter pardoned after vietnam war and brought him home. a governor last month, early released 200 murders. why can't president obama and the commander in chief of the

military who says he is always there for this veterans when they come home, pardon this men, all these veterans and bring all them home to their american wives and american children. >> good love to you, brother. right on. >> we will try to see if we can get a response from the white house because i assure you they are likely listening. appreciate your time. >> thank you. a nurse in new jersey has spent the last four decades working in the operating room. she's in her 60s but she says she is nowhere near retirement and it didn't because of the paycheck. coming up next, the value of wisdom of a veteran employee. s. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight.

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it's an election year so it's no surprise that politicians are giving americans what they want and what they need. but we want to get to the heart of what it means to you to be

american. we asked our one million ireporters to define today's america, how we're evolving cultural and economically and many of them share their stories. today we head to morristown new jersey and we spent time with a nurse who has spent four decades in an operating room with no planses to retire. here is poppy harlow. >> reporter: at 62 years old, this nurse is nowhere near retirement. >> you have the knowledge and you have the chance to share it and that's what i like to do. >> ann has tons of energy. she has more energy than some of us younger nurses. >> this is the o.r. table. >> reporter: ann trains nurses and medical students at this new jersey hospital. it's a field where experience counts. >> it used to be years ago that there was a saying that older nurses, seasoned nurses ain't their young but i think for many

people today they realize that the older person can be a lot of help to them. >> reporter: ann's employer, atlanta health systems has been singled out to recruit older workers. they named the top ten best employers for workers over 50. 38% of its workforce is over 50. that's above average for the labor force as a whole. you guys want older workers. is that right? >> absolutely. >> reporter: why? >> older workers bring us valuable experience and knowledge. >> reporter: a 28-year-old nurse mentored by ann says the contribution of older co-workers can't be overstated. >> we truly learn from them. they are very innovative, they are right there on top of all of our new equipment and procedures. >> reporter: but studies have found an overwhelming prejudiced against older job candidates. experts, though, say it's a myth that older workers are less

productive or less innovative. >> everything gets better with experience and therefore everything gets better with employees who are older. absenteeism declines, turnover declines. job performance increases. certainly knowledge of the work increases in their personal skills improve. >> reporter: there their risks to having an older workforce? >> we haven't found any risks. >> reporter: really? >> actually, our health care employee costs have gone down. >> reporter: the company's health care costs fell a modest 1% last year but what is going up is the number of americans, ages 55 and older in the workforce. that's not surprising since many older workers don't believe that they can afford to retire. but other workers, like ann, says it's more that financial security. >> to be really honest, i really love my work. i want to do this and i don't want to stop. >> reporter: you don't want to stop? >> no, i don't. >> reporter: in morristown, new jersey, poppy harlow, cnn money.

>> and for more, go to ireport.com/iamamerica. rick santorum said that satan is attacking america. he made that statement four years ago but now that his race is picking up support, it could be an issue for him going forward. that's coming up next in "fair game."

surging inhe polls, gop presidential hopeful rick santorum finds himself in the spotlight ahead of the arizona debate. and with all of the attention a. closer look at the things that he has said in the past, like some comments that he made in 2008 now coming back to haunt him. >> sat tan has done so by attacking the greater institutions of america, using those great vices of pride,

vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that have so deeply rooted in the american tradition. >> cnn asked santorum for his response to that speech. >> i'm a person of faith. i believe in good and evil. i think if somehow or another because you're a person of faith and believe in good and evil as a disqualifier for president, we're going to have a very small pool of candidates to run for president. >> so how will santorum deal with the scrutiny? joining us is ed espinoza and gentry collins from washington. we may have a little audio problems so we'll try to work it out. gentry, you first. how may this redirect or even direct santorum's campaign? >> well, santorum has a great

opportunity but he's here in the race as an alternative and not as an evangelical. and if rick santorum hopes to maintain this surge, he's got to get the campaign back on those messages. >> ed, can he do that? >> well, he can. the question is, does he want to? the voters are responding to it. rick santorum has said a lot of crazy things. prenatal care, public education. and now the theology comments. but it doesn't seem to be slowing him down. >> is it as simple as, this is a dialogue that santorum would rather have than that of the economy since the obama administration has had a lot of feathers in its cap, most recently as it pertains to the economy and perhaps this is the route in which this campaign wants to take? >> i don't think they've chosen this route at all. i think these are 4-year-old comments that have been dredged up and he's been required to

respond to them as part of the political back and forth. a week ago they went to the detroit economic club and tried to refocus on economic issues. i would remind you that the cbo itself, the obama administration have both come out and expected increasing unemployment before the end of the year. so there are very few feathers in obama's campaign. and they are going to try to focus on this economy. >> so debate this evening, how dominant will have religion will santorum's words, whether it be within the last four years or more recently, dominate tonight's discussion? >> yeah. i mean, there is one comment from four years ago but there's a lot of comments from four days ago. and i think that those things probably will come up in tonight's debate because, like i said, there's lots of things that republicans have talked about during the course of the campaign but it's only recently that voters have really started to catch on and latch on to

statements around social issues. and when you've got economic growth under president obama, 23 quarters of job growth, two months of higher than expected job creation, what do they have left to talk about? they switch to the cultural issues and so far it's been working for the republican base. >> gentry, does it appear to be that the santorum is their guy? are they throwing their support behind him or is it too early to tell? might it be the michigan race that determines that? >> i think it's too early to tell and i think probably the michigan race is too early to tell. remember, the race went into june four years ago and this contest may be drawn out. santorum has some momentum and a surge. what does that mean? a few points in these polls. i think there's a long way to go. we have 480 some delegates to be decided on march 6th on super

tuesday. i think he's got momentum but i don't think it's fair to say that the entire party is behind him just yet. >> okay. real quick? >> a ways to go. just agreeing with gentry. >> all right. thanks to both of you. appreciate it. >> thank you. all right. that's fair game. again, tonight, gop candidates facing off right here on cnn. be sure to watch the arizona presidential debate tonight at 8:00 eastern time. his squeaky-clean image as danny partridge in the '70s sitcom was tarnished after he turned to drugs and alcohol. but in the last year danny bonaduce has turned his life around and he credits one person in particular for helping him stay sober. mr. bonaduce will be joining us live in tackling addiction right after this. [ male announcer ] this...is the network.

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a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. all right. remember just moments ago we talked to two u.s. military brothers and their fears of deportation? we have a statement from immigration and customs enforcement, or i.c.e. and their fear that this deportation may indeed happen to mexico. the statement says, i.c.e.

offered to file a joint motion to administratively close the case for both brothers on january 31. we are very deliberate in our review of cases involving veterans. any action taken by i.c.e. must be authorized by the senior leadership in a field office following an evaluation by local counsel. i.c.e. exercises prosecutorial discretion for members of the armed forces who have honorably served our country on a case by case discretion specifically identified in the u.s. military as a positive factor that should be considered when deciding whether or not prosecute tour yell discretion should be exercise #. that statement is just now coming in. ♪ >> who could forget the 1970s tv

show "the partridge family"? that red-headed boy, danny bonaduce, very famous. but his career did not end with a one-hit show. he had several movies and tv appearances. but not long after, the roles stopped coming and bonaduce turned to drugs for comfort. when he hit rock bottom, he was battling addiction to both drugs and alcohol. danny bonaduce made his way back into the reality tv show "breaking bonaduce and currently has a radio show in seattle and danny bonaduce joining us right now to share his personal journ free from addiction to recovery. i know it's one day at a time but ir i understand you are celebrating sobriety for 13 months.

is that right? >> 13 months. i've kept this to myself because i've been trying to get sober for at least 20 years and i've never had a year before. they have these birthdays and cakes and celebrations when you get a year. in 20 years i'm trying to get sober, i've never had a year and i finally -- hi a year last month. i am now celebrating 13 months. if you call it a celebration, i'd really like a drink so it's not that great of a celebration. >> well, so what is it that makes it, a, difficult to stay on that road to recovery once you're on it there are constant temptations. what happens in that moment where you find it is one day, one month at a time? >> well, i will tell you this from past experience. because there are very few things, to be honest with you, that people -- that people of rehab and therapists, there are very few things that they actually get right. for the most part, they are incredibly wrong. they should almost be sued for

fraud. >> what do you mean? >> well, first of all, i am not a big believer -- i have been told to my face that alcoholism is a disease, a progressive disease a. terminal disease just like cancer. well, i just recently did a tour of the children's wing of the philadelphia hospital that as the unfortunate acronym of chop. and when i saw an 11-year-old with no hair and dark circles under their eyes, i had no way to say, i know how you feel. people that say that should be ashamed of themselves. >> because you say drugs did not choose you. you choose drugs and alcohol at a very low point in your life and did that low point, in large part, come because you weren't getting the long-term television roles and that was really

damaging to yourself-esteem and so you turned to these methods of comfort? did i get that right? >> no. i turned to drugs because -- people get it backwards and it's nobody's fault. it's the way i would think if i didn't live it. people think i made a fortune on "the partridge family." american finale on their nights gets 26 million viewers. the fact is, i made $400 a week and only for 26 weeks a year. i never had any money. i didn't start getting high until i was in my 20s. and i just came home one day and a los angeles county sheriff was putting a padlock on my door and i was homeless and i thought, well, i've got to do something with my time so i don't make the expression "turn to drugs." the people that i was with were doing drugs so i did the things that the people i was hanging

out with did drugs and so i used them and couldn't stop. >> the ex per men tags when you were saying, i'm jeopardizing everything, i may not work again or may not be able to afford this. they are putting a padlock on my house. how am i going to be able to afford this if i get hooked? any of that come to mind at that moment? >> all the time. all the time. people ask me, what was your rock bottom? i say, pick. let's see, i woke up in a jail cell in phoenix, arizona, chained to a trans ves tight covered in blood and i couldn't tell whose blood it was. i woke up in a phone booth in hollywood and i wondered where i woke up this morning all the time. i don't even have a particularly good rock bottom. i've only been sober 13 months. >> so when you were at that bottom, one of the many bottoms, then, was there ever a moment when you said, you know what, i'm kind of tired in this.

i don't want to be like this and you make a decision and say, i don't want to be like this any more? it's just not that easy? >> that's always the way it is. unfortunately, it's not that easy. you recover. either you go to rehab because you're going to go to jail. that's why everybody goes to rehab. not everyone. by the way, let me tell you this, if you think aa will help you or rehab will help you, please go. don't do anything that will stop you from -- if you think you can help yourself, please do. i am not an expert on any of these things. i know what works for me. would you like to know how i got 13 months not drinking? >> yes. >> it's called antibuse. it's a pill. it turns alcohol into poison. there you go. >> danny -- >> if i take a drink right now, lee die. >> so what is that? are you telling me that -- >> it's anabuse. look it up on the internet.

it turns alcohol into formaldehyde. it will kill you. i don't sit around with a bunch of people wining that their mothers didn't love them and their daddies didn't hug them and i can't get a job and girls don't like me. so what? there's cures, man. how about if you're hooked on heroin and oxycontin? takes seboxin. it blocks the receptor. there are all of these people that say my mommy doesn't love me enough, my daddy doesn't hug me enough. there are some people that would want to coddle them somewhere. >> and you're saying it begins and ends with self and nothing to do with who might be able to help intervene or what? >> okay. i was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober

for all 18 years and i never did. she finally came to her senses and divorced me. i was married to another woman for about three weeks when i got drunk and said something unpleasant and she said, i don't know who you think you're talking to, but i'm a school teacher. i have a skill. i don't need anything you have. and to, but i'm a teacher. i deserve every skill i have. and i said, wait a minute, there's this pill called antabuse. and she said, if you let me help you take it every day like a child, then i'll come back. and i've been sober ever since. some of the most interesting people i've ever met i've met at aa meetings. but i tell you this, i stopped drinking because i took medication that will either make gu go to the emergency room or die if you drink on it. >> well, danny, it's 13 months and counting. i won't say congratulations because you said not to say

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time now to check stories making news at street level. to indianapolis where an indiana lawmaker is taking a stand against girl scouts. in a letter to republican caucus members, state republican bob morris says he's against celebrating the group's 100th anniversary. he says they, quote, sexualize girls, promote homosexuality, and are allies of planned parenthood. >> i challenge each of you to get on the internet and do your research yourself in regards to the girl scouts of america, and you'll find many of the same findings that i found, and my

wife. >> moore says his daughters are no locker girl scouts. in a park in mig min milwau people with peanut allergies can now enjoy the game without worrying. there is now a section just for people with peanut allergies. peanut controlled games will be held on may 7 against the reds, thursday, july 26 against the nationals and against the mets. a little dog found dumped in a trash bag with his eyes gouged out is now settled in a place he can finally call home. andre, the miniature pincher, was so badly injured that they weren't sure he would survive. when people heard about it, they came out and donated for his

surgery. they came up with $1700. that's more than andre needed and that money will help other abused animals. andre is well loved, getting respect for being such a wonderful survivor. time to check political headlines now. peter hanby is live from mesa, arizona. tell us what the super pack has come out with that says mitt romney is just like president obama. >> yeah, fred, here in arizona, the ad wars have been pretty sleezy, but mitt romney has been bombarded with tv ads. the latest from the super pack supporting rick santorum, they've spent $130,000 to date on the air. >> how can mitt romney beat barack obama when they're not much different? obama drastically increased spending, increased taxes and fees. romney is the blueprint for

obamacare. who can win? rick santorum. >> pretty tough ad there from that super pack. still a drop in the bucket compared to the spending from the romney campaign and they're allied superpack which is totally bombarding up through super tuesday, fred. >> thank you, appreciate that. you don't want to forget the gop candidates facing off tonight right here on cnn. don't forget to watch the presidential debate 8:00 eastern time. thanks so much for watching. cnn newsroom continues next with brooke baldwin right after this. . just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪

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i'm brooke baldwin. we want to get caught up with everything making news. rapid fire, let's go. i want to talk about what's happened in argentina. 49 people have been killed, at least 600 have been injured in a train crash this morning in argentina. marcos is a journalist there. marcos, tell me exactly where you are and what happened there this morning. >> reporter: hello, brooke. now i am at the hospital some blocks away from the accident. it all happened at 8:30 in the morning where this train

couldn't stop at a final destination which was one of the stations. nobody understands why this happened. it was the most crowded time of the train service that comes from the suburbs into the city when workers and family and kids have to go to school at that time, 8:30 in the morning. like 1,000 passengers in that train wi train. 600 injuries. many of them are in critical condition. what's happening right here is there is no clear information for the families about where are the bus passengers that are missing. for instance, we had an old lady that came to us minutes ago, and she said, my son was on the train with his child on his

arms. i tried to reach him on his cell phone, and i can't reach him. so she is going crazy trying to get to her son. there is not much information yet about the 49 people that are already dead because of these accidents. >> sure. feeling for these families that are showing up to that train station wondering about their loved ones, where they are, if they're alive, if they're in the hospital. can you tell me, you said this accident happened right around 8:30 local time, rush hour, marcos? do we know how many people at the time were even on the platform, and is anyone still trapped? >> well, we don't have information about people trapped. we were told that probably there are people dead that are trapped. their remains are still on the

train. they are not live persons in the train. we have confirmation about that. there were like 1,000 passengers into the train on their way, like 3,000 passengers on both sides of the platform. you will probably see later security footage with a video of the actual accident with a train crashing into the station. it was like the high speed of the train. passengers were told that they heard some strange noises and sounds coming out from their train minutes before the crash. >> so you say approximately 12 miles per hour. did you have a chance to talk to people standing on the platform who are okay? how quickly did it happen, and what did it sound like? >> well, they said that -- the train never stopped at its station, that it was supposed to stop because this was a local

station. people that were on the train also said they have several -- they have really tried to leave the train, and we also have to say that at least 50 of the severely injured had to be taken out from the train. there were also, like, 39 rescue people to tend to these injured people. >> marcos, thank you so much for reporting just a couple blocks away from station 11, basically one of the hub stations in buenos aires, argentina. now this. opposition activists say another 35 people have been killed in syria today under some very heavy shelling. among the dead, two western

journalists, american born marie colvin and remi ochik. in fact, marie talked to us literally hours before she died. >> this is a poor, popular neighborhood. the top of the building that i'm in has been hit. there are no military targets here. >> stay with me. in just a couple minutes, we'll be speaking with a long-time friend of colvin's just about 15 minutes from now. meantime, no progress in ir iran. after two days of talks with the head of the nuclear program, the head of the team describes iran's actions as disappointing. the team was denied permission to visit a military base in parchin that may have been testing explosives powerful

enough to seek out a detonated bomb. i want to show you some live pictures in tucson, arizona. rick santorum just walking into this tea party rally to speak there. you know he's been polling quite well. the other three presidential candidates, they are in mesa, arizona. they will be for our cnn debate tonight, and this is the last debate before super tuesday that's march 6. you can watch the debate right here at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. a firefighter is missing. 31-year-old jerry pardomo drove a rental car to bangor, maine to visit a friend. that car was found abandoned in a walmart in bangor. when he didn't show up for work this week, his family and fellow firefighters got worried. his wife is a teacher in florida and he is the father of two.

he served the marine corps before becoming a firefighter. crews found four more bodies on board the costa concordia four weeks after it ran aground. the latest one, a little girl. the concordia hit the rocks just off a tiny italian island back on february 14. our affiliate wric reported it all happened outside this hospital, this is the picture of the scene, a suspect is in fbi custody. police are not revealing his identity or the relation slip to the victim, but they do say this was not a random act. a lot more to cover for you in the next two hours, including this. american companies pay one of the highest tax rates in the world. but it comes with a lot of loopholes. today the president is proposing a plan to close some of those.

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tonight is the last time all four presidential hopefuls will be facing off man to man before a pair of key primaries next tuesday, that's michigan and arizona. before the all important super tuesday that is coming up on march 6, this is our cnn republican debate coming at you live at 8:00 eastern from mesa, arizona. before we bring in wolf blitzer, i wanted to once again show you rick santorum. as you can see, it is ash wednesday. he has an ash on his forehead. he is a practicing catholic. just before the commercial, we were monitoring the feed in the control room, and from what i understand, he actually pulled out and held a pocket-size constitution. he held up a pocket-size constitution and said, yes, i carry this with me wherever i go. wolf blitzer, let me bring you in. it's been what, just about a month since the last debate, and oh, so much has changed.

feeling like this is something we ask altogether til the time, always jermaine. who has the highest stakes tonight? >> i think rick santorum. he certainly got so much of the political momentum in recent weeks. he's doing remarkably well even here in arizona. he's slightly ahead, according to most of the polls in michigan. nationally he's now the front runner. if you take a look at the gallup tracking poll, some of the other national polls, he's doing better than mitt romney, way better than newt gingrich and ron paul. there's going to be a lot of focus on rick santorum tonight. how is he going to do? mitt romney, let's see how tough he gets and let's see how newt gingrich and ron paul respond to all of this as well. i think most of the three candidates will be ganging up to a certain degree on rick santorum. so he's under enormous pressure to deliver. we'll see how he does under these circumstances where he's arguably the front runner as opposed to someone trailing from behind.

>> how about that, he is arguably the front runner. i suppose this is the first debate where we're actually seeing, based upon polling, we're seeing mitt romney and rick santorum smack dab in the center of the stage. there is a lot of talk about why romney isn't gaining more traction, and one of his biggest supporters, as you know, new jersey governor chris christie, he had a theory on that this morning on good morning america. >> i think it was a big mistake. we voted against it in the new jersey election to go against proportional delegates. it's going to string out the incumbent, and i hope people who voted yes for that are now rethinking their position. >> the changing of the rules on the delegates. wolf blitzer, does christie have a point? >> the rules did change. the contests before april 1st were supposed to be proportional, according to the

new rules, not a winner take all in a state which the republicans traditionally had. the democrats had that proportional rule in effect for some time now in that long drawn-out fight between hillary clinton and barack obama that took until june to wrap things up as far as the republicans wanted to try it this time around, and a lot of those republican establishments, and maybe you can put the governor of new jersey, chris christie, in that camp right now. they're not that happy. they wanted mitt romney to wrap it up. certainly by super tuesday, they would have been thrilled to focus all their attentions on the president of the united states and tried to defeat his bid for reelection. but it's going to go on and on and on. it looks like this battle is not going to end any time soon. will it go through june? it's possible. will it eventually go through the end of august at the republican convention in tampa? whether a contested convention or a brokered convention, whatever you want to call it, it's possible as well. we'll just have to wait and see, but i know a lot of republicans

are not very happy that this is going on and on and on. traditionally the republicans like to wrap it up quickly. >> wolf blitzer, do me a favor. stand by. we want to listen again to rick santorum. he is in arizona speaking to tucson, and specifically right now on immigration. let's listen. >> came to america, sacrificed five years of his life. worked in the auto factories for a couple of years and then in the coal mines in a company town for a few years. until he was able to fulfill the requirements and then bring the rest of the family over. so i understand the heartache when some people say, well, what happens when you send people back? they're going to be separated from their families. that's right. america is worth it to do it the right way. [ applause ]

>> we are a country of laws. we are a country of laws, and the best way you can show your respect for our country is to respect our laws. and so this is not a hostile -- this is just who we are. and if you want to be part of who we are, then be part of who we are. [ applause ] >> speaking about his grandparents, his italian roots, immigrants many years ago, certainly the topic of immigration will come up in this debate. wolf blitzer, as i know, it came up during the last debate. i remember watching all of them and you speaking about that in jacksonville, florida.

in addition to immigration, final question to you. what else are you looking for, and also how last minute will john cain be tweaking these questions? >> i just came from that cone of silence, that room where he and his producers and researchers, they're going through all of their questions. i just sort of walked in to see what was going on, get a little flavor. they're tweaking right now. they're finalizing, they're going through their strategy, they're going through their questions. it's probably going to go for a while, i suspect. he's going to be with me in the situation room at 4:00 p.m. eastern, john is. i'll ask him how he's doing getting ready for this important night in the presidential contest. i assume by 4:00 they will be done tweaking, although i'll share a secret with you, brooke, if you want me to? >> yes, please, bring it on. >> when i did that last debate in jacksonville, florida, the situation room was on from 4:00

to 6:00 eastern, the debate was at 8:00 p.m. i went back to meet with what i call the cone of silence. i got there at about 6:15, and they were still tweaking, they wanted to still rearrange the order of the questions. at some point i just put my foot down and said, it's done. let's get ready. i want to move on. we could be tweaking all night. let's just calm down. >> well, they are producers, and they want it to be timely. i get it. wolf blitzer, thank you so much. we'll be looking for that chat about the code of silence. >> they're great producers. they do a good job. >> indeed they do. two american journalists killed while covering the syrian slaughter. up next, i'll speak live with a long-time friend of colvin's who just spoke with her on facebook yesterday. your profile said you were milk...? yeah, i am.

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dealing with the loss of two fellow journalists, american born reporter marie colvin and french photographer remi ochik when shellings filled the house where they were staying. we have aftermath of that how else. this was being used as a media center for journalists. in fact, our own arwa damon recently stayed at that exact home. marie colvin was no stranger to war zones. she had been reporting from the front lines in the past two decades. she lost an eye from a shrapnel wound she suffered in sri lanka in 2001 and she appeared here in syria. just last night, in fact, speaking with anderson cooper. >> every civilian in the house on the street has been hit. this is kind of a poor popular neighborhood. the top of the floor i'm in has been hit. in fact, totally destroyed. there are no military targets here. >> again, that was just last

night. i want to bring in peter bookhart. he is with peter wright. he has known marie colvin for many years. peter, i'm sorry you lost your friend. am i may, i want to begin with this question. what made her tick? i understand this eye patch of hers, this war wound, sort of spoke volumes about her personality. >> she was the quintessential war correspondent, a legend among her fellows. she was always the first one to show up long before anybody else would arrive, and she really had a passion to report from these difficult places, and where marie reporting from war zones was not just about calling a few people over and writing a story, it really was being there with them, understanding and sharing their suffering and reporting from the ground. >> i understand you told one of my producers she had a choice

between this eye patch and a glass eye, and she chose this patch because why? >> i think she did look ravishing with her eye patch. it really was very much a part of her character, and it made her stand out in a crowd. you know, whenever i saw her with her eye patch, it just put a smile on my face. >> i want to read something. this is a statement from the sunday times. marie was an extraordinary figure in the life of the sunday times, driven by a passion to cover wars in the belief that what she did mattered. she believed profoundly that reporting could curtail the excesses of bitter regimes and make the international community take notice. i know you, peter, have written that colvin was very anxious to get her latest story out of syria about this child dying right in front of her. but it was on one of those web sites where you have to pay to actually read the story, the content, and that frustrated her. what did she say to you about that? >> she contacted me yesterday and she said, please post my

story. get it over to payroll and i will face the firing squad tomorrow at the paper. and then she said, i don't often do this, but it is sickening what is happening here. so we posted the story on a private facebook page for journalists, and another journalist commented and said she was relieved that she had already left homs. so her last message to us said, i think the reports of my survival may be exaggerated. i'm in babam orour. i should be hardened by now. i watched a baby die today. his little heart just heaved and heaved until it stopped. i'm feeling helpless as well as cold. i will try to keep up getting out the information. >> i should be hardened by now, she says. as you mentioned, she's a

quintessential war journalist and reporter. obviously, she knew this as a war zone. she knew it going in. she told anderson last night that of all the conflicts she's covered in her years that syria was the worst she had ever seen. what drew her to this type of work? >> i think, you know, after having covered so many wars, she was in a lot the last year, she understood it was important that journalists were there to report from the ground. it's very easy for us to be abstract about war zones. but when we were there on the ground reporting from the ground, like ben wedeman of cnn did all last year from libya, it makes a difference. people can identify with what is happening on the ground. but it also comes at great personal risk, because when we report in this in skrdiscrimina

attacks, we also become in those indiscriminate attacks. >> thank you for talking about your friend. we appreciate t. >> thank you very much. five people killed in a mass shooting in georgia. it happened, of all places, in a spa. that story coming up in 60 seconds.

it is a place to relax, get a massage, take a steam bath. a place where you let your guard down. but a gunman suddenly burst into this health spa. this is suburban atlanta. our affiliate says at least 20 people were inside when this man opened fire. by the time this whole thing was over, five people were dead, including the suspect. >> it appears that this is a murder-suicide. there are five people dead, four inside the building, one died later at a local hospital. it appears that he walked in, had some conversation with one

of the victims and the shooting started. >> police have not released the victims' names, but they do say this time it does appear to be a domestic dispute. the victims were two sisters and their husbands, and the gunman was the woman's brother. according to the family pastor, there was tension over family problems. when we come back, we know american companies are taxed at one of the highest rates in the world, but not all of them are paying that much. in fact, some companies are making money because of the tax code. we'll tell you what industry is making the most and what the president is proposing to do about that, next.

let's talk about corporate taxes.

no, no, don't run away. because we're talking about big money here. big corporations have complained for years about paying the highest taxes on the planet. the number? 35%. that is a lot. hardly anybody pays 35% because big corporations shovel money at congress and congress gives them huge tax breaks, right? i want to take a look at this, if you would. this is according to a comprehensive study. the machinery industry here had an effective tax rate of negative. see the negative? negative 13.5%. the government wrote them a check. i.t., information technology, effective tax rate of just 2.5%. utilities, 3.7%, telecom, 8.2%. the list goes on and on. so this proposal would drop the rate of corporate taxation from the current 35% down a couple notches to 28%, but here are the

two key words here: eliminate subsidies. not all, but some. joining me in new york, my buddy from forbes magazine. so bob -- >> you just broke the story, brooke. >> we broke the story? >> yeah. >> because why? >> about these actual -- because if he's trying to lower the tax rate to 28% from 35, and all these other industries are paying nothing, in effect, he's not really offering all that much. basically what i think he's trying to do here is get out in front and try to show that he wants to do something for the big corporations, that he's not anti-business, so on the one hand he wants to lower their rate to 28% from 35%, which is -- would be a reduction of 20% -- >> but then also take away the loopholes. >> take away the loopholes which

are mainly for the oil industry about which there's going to be a big fight, but also make them pay a small tax on these tens and billions being held offshore -- >> so why do this, bob linzener? what's the goal? >> why do that? because he's trying to say, i'm going to give you sgromething, d in return you have to give me back something that won't be as much as i'm giving you, but we have to make a trade-off here. they've always been trying to work out some plan to make these companies wherebring the money but with the proviso that the money would be used to create jobs. soo so you've got this tremendous amount of cash that's all over the world -- this will be a hard thing. what he's done here, basically, is, while the republicans are arguing about abortion and same-sex marriage, he's saying he is drawing the attention of the country that the issue is economics. >> he's trying to bring it back

to the economy. >> yeah. right. >> we just ran through a couple different industries. i want to run through a couple more. first you have -- >> you scooped me. >> chemical industry, 15%. remember, the rate is written at 35. financial industry, 15.5, oil and gas pipelines, 15.7, transportation, 16.4. straight up, bob, do these loopholes spring from lobbying, all the lobbying efforts in washington and the campaign contributions? >> i don't know whether, in all these cases -- can you state what study this is that you've got your hands on there? because i'd like to have a look at it. you have to see whether it's loopholes that are giving -- >> citizens for tax justice. >> citizens for tax justice. so we have to take a look at

that and see how much of those low rates are a result of loopholes and how much of it is something else like accelerated depreciation or something else, but having said that, if what you're saying is true, i'm not sure it's going to make much sense to try to lower the rates from 35 to 28 because they're only paying 15% now, the way they've got it. so it's going to be a hellish fight over this, and it's probably going to go nowhere, certainly, before election day. >> so you don't think, basically, based on what we just said, if we're talking mom and pops or your general motors that these companies will save much. >> i don't know. i think it's a step in the right direction. i think he's trying to show that he's pro business, that he wants to be pro business. this is very important. they've sent a signal -- there was a story a couple days ago that he's not going to say any horrible things about wall street for the next ten months and all of that.

so he's trying to move and change the image of him in order to get reelected. >> change the conversation to economy instead of all these different social issues? >> the economy is really important. >> i know, you can talk to any american and they'll agree with you. that's what people want to hear about. >> if they could reduce their taxes so they have more income to report, then they might, with lower taxes, decide to invest in the united states which would create more jobs in the united states. i imagine that's the rationale behind all this. create more jobs. because the decision, i think he's going to be reelected myself, but the main issue is going to be, what's the unemployment rate going to be on october 1st, 2012? >> bob linzener, however you feel about whichever candidate or the president, i think we all

agree we need more jobs in this country. we need the dial on the unemployment rate to change. bob, thank you so much. >> not at all. >> thank you. bob linzener, forbes. 11 kids, aged 5 months to 11 years, removed from the home where a sex offender lives. some of the kids were tied to the beds. the story will break your heart. it's next.

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digging into this for us today. michelle, it's horrible when you hear about the conditions for these young people and conditions just of the home itself. tell us about that. >> in speak wing with the dayto police and also the district attorney, brooke, some of the details in here are very disturbing. there was 11 children in total inside ranging from five months all the way to 11 years old. three of the children were school-age children. they were not enrolled in school. what cps told me earlier today was they were looking into the fact if these children were homeschooled or what curriculum they were following, if at all. according to the affidavit, when one of the investigators went in, there were eight children in a 10x10 room with a piece of plywood over the top of the window. it did not have any light in there. three of those children were restrained to beds using sort of a harness, a leash, something to hold them within their small area. two of the children were two years old. another one was five years old,

a little girl, disabled and legally blind. >> and so you have all these kids. help me understand the connection -- or the relationship between these kids and the owner of the home. >> that's something -- the reason why it's taking a little bit of time for investigators to go through this case is because of that large connection. apparently the woman who owns the home is the grandmother. her name is tanda marsh smith. she has a cps history, significant history quoted with cps and lost six children to cps in michigan in the early '80s. apparently most of these children, if not all of them, cps wasn't exactly sure, neither were the police, are her grandchildren. and some of the other people who lived inside of the home, as many as 10 to 12 adults, some of them were her children. one of them is a registered sex offender, but what one of the investigators with the police department told me today was that he's not sure if he was

home at the time when they went in there and got this anonymous tip back at the end of january or if he sleeps at the home, but as far as he knows, he does not have any provisions from him being around other children. >> just the sheer numbers of these kids. michelle segona, let's stay on it and let us know. >> march 9 is the next court date. >> they are in foster care. michelle, horrendous. >> have a good day. >> thank you. two beautiful little boys, a beautiful mom to raise them. the face of america is changing in our "i am america" series. we're going to tell the story after a quick break. can actualy ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function

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who are we? it seems like every election year, we hear all this rhetoric about americans who politicians think we are. but this week cnn newsroom is examining what defines us by looking at the individuals that make up our own towns, our own communities, what do we like,

what do we believe in? what is it that unites all of us? today we meet a california couple raising their own kids. the couple also happens to be gay. >> what do you guys have in mind today? anything special? >> their kids, tony and gabriel. their parents, sanji and rita. >> this is in the very early stages of love, huh? >> yeah. >> this is gabriel's adoption day, and it was a really happy day. and this is toby's first mother's day with us. >> a relationship that has last aid quarter of a century. >> from the first day, he loved his brother so much. >> reporter: for many years, they knew they wanted children, but as a less bbian couple, the had doubts about whether it would happen. >> vanji and i had a friendship,

and she came out to me. and she cried. one of the things she said to me was, i'll probably never have children. and it was heartbreaking. >> one of the things we thought, are we hurting a child bringing them into this life? they're going to have interracial parents, they're going to have lesbian parents. >> reporter: vanji and rita adopted their first child. six months later -- >> that was crazy. just like it would be for anyone to receive a call, your child's baby brother was born. do you want him? and within hours you have two babies. >> reporter: and for a short four and a half month long window, when it was legal for gays and lesbians to marry in california, vanji and rita tied the knot. >> i joke that it was really about saying i d rather than i do. >> other gay couples are also coming out as families. new census figures show same-sex couples make up one in 100 house

holds in california. and one in five are raising children. >> look at us. we're here on the front page, two lesbians and a little daughter. they don't have to be afraid that their house is going to get firebombed or that their daughter is going to get attacked in any way. what courage. >> families say in generations past they were not allowed to have, but one in future generations won't be denied. and indiana state representative says the girl scouts is a radical organization that promotes not only planned parenthood but also the homosexual agenda. yep, i'm talking about the thin minute selling girl scouts. we're going to hear from him, next. ♪

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right now all across the country, organized uniformed squads are roaming through neighborhoods united on a common mission: delivering cookies. for the moment, they embody teamwork. for some, there's something sinister behind those green uniforms. a lawmaker bob morris was the only one who refused to sign for

their organization. he said, the girl scouts are a radicalized association. they are quickly becoming a tactical arm of planned parenthood and they promote homosexual lifestyles. both the girl scouts and the girls say, this is ridiculous. and so does his own party in the house. here's brian bosma. >> there are all kinds of organizations in all walks of life, and you just have to determine which ones you're going to go into. >> we have no relationship with planned parenthood, doesn't exist, there's no formal relationship, there's no money that changes hands. we have no relationship. and that's the bottom line. >> well, morris says he is not backing down. he says he's putting his two daughters in the christian-based american heritage girls. >> my problem is on a personal level with our family and our beliefs, and my wife and i pulled our daughters out of girl

scouts effective yesterday. >> why? >> because of my personal beliefs, what my family stands for. i challenge each of you to get on the internet and do research yourself in regards to the girl scouts of america, and you'll find many of the same findings that i found, and my wife. >> yeah, so about that research. morris says he did quote a small amount on the internet. much of his objection here hinges on a single story that got kicked around right wing blogs about two years ago, which claims the girl scouts distributed a planned parenthood brochure during a white house tour. they said that definitely did not happen. we told them we would like to talk to them but we've heard no response. the girl skouts, however, did make a quote. if the freshman representative wishes to discredit the

contributions that hundreds of thousands of indiana women and girls have made through the girl scouts program over the last 100 years, then he's entitled to his opinion. michelle obama served as a proud president, and every first lady since 1918 has held that post as well. look at these pictures with me. babies flying. these pictures are trending on line right now. coming up next, we're going to ask the photographer/mom how she did it and why. ♪ they see me rollin' ♪ they hatin' ♪ patrolling and tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ [ mom ] hi, there.

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trending today, the flying baby. look at the picture. adorable, little baby henry as some have described, levitating in his house, hovering above the bed in a hotel, over the bed, in the shower. these pictures have gone viral. the photographer took the pictures into the on-line spotlight and she joins me now from rhode island. rachel, i got to ask. how did you do this? >> well, everybody is asking. i do think it sort of ruins it to tell you the secret because it's not such a secret. >> do what you can. >> essentially i'm just removing myself. henry is not being tossed into the air, he's being held up, and then through the magic of very slight photo shop because i'm

much more of a photographer than a retoucher, but i will take myself out of the pictures. >> slight photo shop, you say, so he is mysteriously flying. why, how flying? >> well, it started when he was very young. he just loved to be held up. he would giggle, he loved to be held upside down. it was so strange. babies were so strange. it was my first baby, i didn't know what to expect. as a photographer, i was just always taking pictures of him and realized graphically how great that was. i started thinking about it more as a project and realized if i were to take myself out of the equation, it would really represent the mystery and magic that a baby has. we've worked on it for a few months and it's just coming along. >> i imagine you're getting all kinds of feedback since these pictures have gone on the internet. what are people saying to you? >> mostly they just think they're magic, and other parents know about this. they love to fly their babies,