18 hill issinshillings to have . we've been a two-party country for a long time and we have a two animal system. if you want real change, maybe it's time for something new. yeah. the camel party. it's waiting out there for somebody. let's see what happens. anderson cooper starts now. >> thanks very much. good evening, everyone. we begin keeping them honest with pentagon and white house beginning to weigh military action to stop the slaughter in syria and those that say the administration is going too slow and doing too little. senator john mccain says so. and also you'll hear from leon panetta who lays out the hazards of acting in haste. new video has emerged from inside a hospital in homs. it appears to show patients who have been tortured in that very same hospital by government forces. we'll show you that video in a

moment. s syria radio trying to show the city has returned to normal. cleanup crews, cars on the streets, even ordinary people returning. that's what they showed on syrian state television. on video posted on youtube today, video how the of homs, you get a far different picture. the streets as you see empty of cars and people. rubble is deeper. destruction more complete. a top u.n. official who just got inside homs today say parts of the city were completely devastated. she says authorities kept her out of certain areas even though they promised her complete access. the red cross has not been allowed to bring relief in. in homs, the guns were still firing. as always we're not there to see

for ourselves because the regime ke keeps out reporters when it's not shelling or killing them. tens of thousands have not fled the killing. a french doctor suggested reports of torture in government controlled hospitals continue. hospitals that have turned into houses of horror. >> translator: the regular people from the population do not trust the government hospitals anymore. there are confirmed stories of amputations for no reason, removal, kidnapping, executions, even torture. >> torture inside hospitals. we've been hearing these reports for many months. we've reported on this program over and over but tonight there appears to be video evidence of that torture. video reportedly taken undercover in a homs hospital that shows a ward full of wounded men chained to their beds. some of the injuries appear to have been afflicted by beating or electricity. at one point the camera pans over to a table on which you can see what appears to be jumper cables. this video is consistent with

that doctor's account and numerous videos we've now seen of torture victims after the fact. this though is the first time we've seen tools of torture in a hospital. given all that, washington is grappling with what to do next. secretary of state clinton meets with her russian counterpart last week. russia has been protecting syria diplomatically arming the assad regime for decades and continues to do that. today joint chiefs chairman told lawmakers that initial planning is yununder way for operation against syria but leon panetta cautioned for now. >> it doesn't make sense to take unilateral action at this point. as secretary of defense before i recommend that we put our sons and daughters in uniform in harm's way, i've got to make very sure that we know what the mission is. i've got to make very sure that we know whether we can achieve that mission, at what price, and

whether or not it will make matters better or worse. >> that answer came in response to a sharply worded question from ranking republican senator john mccain who asked secretary panetta, how many more would have to die before the secretary is convinced that america should intervene? i spoke with senator mccain shortly after that exchange. senator mccain, the secretary and secretary of defense said to at that take unilateral military action at this point would be a mistake. why do you think they're wrong? >> i don't want to take unilateral action. we need a coalition of nations that would join together and stop the massacre that's taking place in syria as we speak. you have reported extensively. there are 7,500 people who have been massacred and more to come. testimony by the director of national intelligence is that momentum is on the side of assad and other testimony saying assad

may go but it would take a long period of time. i would add that head of our central command testified yesterday that if assad were taken down, it would be the greatest blow to iran in 25 years. we intervened in bosnia. we intervened in kosovo because people were being murdered. we need to act and we need to act with other nations who will join news this cause. >> you talked about not going unilaterally. the secretary of defense says it's not like libya where there's a coalition of states calling for intervention and chairman of joint chiefs says the air defenses are more sophisticated and more difficult to hit. >> we can't take out the air defenses of syria? that's an horrific waste of the taxpayers' dollars. every time that one of these crises happens and i remember

well under president clinton, we can't do it. they can always think of reasons not to do it. we led from behind in libya. we were the last ones on board. by the way, the saudi foreign minister called for arming the rebels. there are our nations that are working to help the syrians. those people who watch cnn every night are treated or have the opportunity unfortunately to watch the sad spectacle of syrians being massacred. if we can do something about it, and we can, we should not unilaterally, no boots on the ground. checked the schedule and it's not on it. [ laughs ]

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>> welcome back to the program. we clearly had a major technical problem. we had to go to a commercial break. we're going to reset that interview with john mccain. we taped it just shortly before we went to air. here's the interview with john mccain in its entirety.

>> senator mccain, the president and secretary of defense have both said that to take unilateral military action at this point would be a mistake. why do you think they're wrong? >> first of all, i don't want to take unilateral action and it's unfortunate they portray it that way. we need a coalition of nations that would join together and stop the massacre taking place in syria as we speak. you have reported extensively. there are 7,500 people who have been massacred and more to come. testimony by the director of national intelligence is that momentum is on the side of bashar al assad may go but it could take a long period of time and the heady ied that if assad were taken down it would be the biggest blow to iran in 25 years. we intervened because people

were being massacred. that's part of the president's stated national security policy. we need to act and we need to act with other nations who will join us in this cause. >> you talked about not going unilater unilaterally. the secretary of defense say it's not like libya. there aren't a coalition of states calling for intervention and the syrian air defenses are more sophisticated and more difficult to hit. >> we spend a trillion dollars a year on the military and we can't take out the air defenses of syria? that's a horrific waste of the taxpayers' dollars. every time one of these crises happens and i remember well under president clinton that we can't do it. they can always think of reasons not to do it. we were the last ones on board in libya. the saudi foreign minister called for arming the rebels. there are other nations that are

working to help the syrians but those people who watch cnn every night are treated or have the opportunity unfortunately to watch the sad spectacle of syrians being massacred by bashar al assad. if we can do something about it, and we can, we should unilaterally and it will -- excuse me. not unilaterally. no boots on the ground with other nations who will join us if we lead and we can bring this to a halt. >> you are not calling -- it's been portrayed you were calling for u.s. planes just flying bombing runs. you're not calling for that. you're calling for other nations in the air as well? >> absolutely. again, it's unfortunate because i said foreign airpower. libya they were able to do it with british and french and others and uae aircraft and others. we have the capacity in my view

to stop assad and the slaughter but it's also going to require sanctuary arms training and some other things as well. now it's reached the point where you have artillery and tanks against ak-47s. it's going to require foreign airpower and again the united states not going alone but the united states leading.pointed o been reporting on this every night for a year. i've been disappointed a lot of other networks haven't been reporting on this because we've had video available even if we're not allowed into the country ourselves, what do you say to those americans who look at this and look at those pictures and say, you know what? this is horrific but the u.s. is involved in two wars and we can't afford and shouldn't be involved in another one? >> first of all, again, i would like to say i watch it regularly and it's been extensive coverage. my answer to that is what does the united states stand for? what do we believe in? we believe in freedom.

we went to bosnia. we went to kosovo. we regret enormously we didn't do something to try to stop the genocide in rwanda. we stood by because we can't address the issue? we can. we're the best military in the world. i understand the strain on american military. i understand the sacrifices made by american families. i also understand the proudest part of america's history is when we have tried to help other people achieve the same goals that we so passionately articulated when we declared our independence. >> two quick political questions. i would be remiss if i didn't ask about super tuesday's results. governor romney won the big prize, ohio. do you believe the time has come for other candidates to now get out of the race?

>> i would hope so, but i can't tell the other candidates what they should do. they have to make their own decisions. i'm aware how tough an environment this is and so they have to make up their own minds. it is a fact that the longer this drags out, the higher the negatives of mitt romney and the harder it will be to win the election in november. that's just fundamental facts. >> governor palin was on cnn last night saying she would leave the door open to her name being placed into nomination if there was a contested convent n convention. what was your reaction to that? >> glad to see that sarah is still willing to get into the arena. i greatly admire and respect her. sarah, i view it with great interest your comment last night. i also think that, you know, that this thing is going to be resolved hopefully sooner for mitt romney than later. >> senator mccain, i always appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, anderson.

>> let us know what you think about what the senator said on twitter. we're talking about it right now. join us on facebook. google plus. add us to your circles. up next, why all four candidates think they have a chance at the republican nomination. john king maps out what super tuesday changed, what it didn't and how the races ahead could change the picture yet again. who is the woman in that picture? just a simple small town mom? a soccer mom with four kids? or is she as authorities allege a madame to the high and mighty selling sex in new york? crime and punishment tonight. >> you might not know it but the vatican has a website and not only that a website that got ta targeted by the most notorious hackers out there. that and more when "360" continues. aflac! quack! like medical bills they don't pay for? aflac! or help pay the mortgage? quack! or child care? quack! aflaaac!

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post super tuesday. four of three four republican challengers chalking up wins last night. mitt romney continuing to have questions about not closing the deal. john king at the map. >> the night after super tuesday. if you go across the map, 23 states have voted so far. 14 for governor romney. that's dark red. seven for senator santorum. that's purple. two for newt gingrich. no victories for ron paul. kansas on saturday. santorum thinks he will win

there. speaker gingrich says he won't compete. this is a race between santorum and gingrich than romney. he hopes to get delegates. what he is hoping is that santorum and gingrich split these contests so no one conservative emerges. here is why team romney says we're inevitable. other guys can't win. this is where they are after super tuesday. 40% to the finish line. the finish line is 1,144. they have in the ballpark of 430 delegates. nobody is even close. add the three up, they don't match governor romney. the race over the next week is not romney territory. kansas on saturday. santorum expects to win that. gingrich pulled out. next tuesday night. mississippi and alabama. if rick santorum can win kansas, mississippi and alabama, he will say gingrich get out. i'm the conservative alternative. if gingrich wins these states assuming santorum and romney pick up some delegates but gingrich wins them, governor

romney closer to the halfway mark. santorum in second place. gingrich running third. this is what the romney campaign wants. they think all four candidates stay in. they have taken a bit of a hit over the next week or so but with four candidates still in the race, they think from here on in things turn back to more favorable territory. >> john king, appreciate that. more on raw politics. let's talk with james carville and kevin madden. james, despite his success last night, you know, questions remain about mitt romney's ability or inability to connect with conservative working class voters, evangelical christians, strong tea party supporters, people that say faith is very important to them. what is keeping him from connecting with those voters? >> you know, our colleague at cnn pointed out he can't carry the south or evangelicals or blue collar voters. he has a real problem with basic constituencies in the republican party. having said that, he's the only

one in the field i've maintained this consistently that has any chance whatsoever to be the nominee. it looks like he's not going to get that until may or june before he ties him up and have to bring superdelegates in to tie it up. this has not been a kind process for governor romney at all but he's still going to win it. >> kevin, is the inevitability argument the right one to push? >> i've never liked that argument. this was a campaign built around earning the nomination. in large part the governor has begun to earn the nomination and is in a position right now where he's very likely to be the nominee because he took that attitude and that was going out and talking about the economy, talking about the big issues that are mobilizing republican voters and making the case that he's best positioned to beat president obama in a general election as a result. inevitability, i don't want to use that word. well positioned right now.

likely nominee. i think after last night that's clear. >> kevin, when you hear people say he has an inability to connect with these groups, these core group of the republican party, what do you say? >> what's driving is the personal situation related to the economy. a lot of what happens with governor romney when people question whether he has the ability to connect, it is questions to do with his personal wealth. issues about him. when governor romney has an ability to talk about the future, what he wants to do to create jobs, to create prosperity, to create greater economic certainty for america so that all americans can prosper and all americans can be fully employed, that is where he has a connection with voters. >> you're making it sound as if -- >> his reason for running is related to the economy. there he has a better connection. >> james, do you buy that? kevin is making it sound like he hasn't had the ability to talk about those things. he's been running for a long time now. >> let me be

uncharacteristically blunt. i agree with barbara bush who said this is the worst campaign she had seen in her lifetime and with all courtesy to mrs. bush, she's seen a lot of campaigns in her lifetime. santorum and gingrich are so pathetic as candidates they can't even get on the ballot. santorum couldn't get on the ballot in ohio or virginia in some congressional districts and romney can't put these people away, they're going to keep him going until late may or june. this thing is being played out. i don't see this as a democrat. i've been consistent about this. this field is horrible and romney is not connecting out there. even if big midwestern states where he's outspending santorum five, six to one he's winning by a percentage point or two percentage points. this is very, very damning to the mitt romney brand. that's a fact. every republican knows that. kevin knows that. everybody knows that. >> i respectfully disagree.

governor romney has 53% of the delegates right now. folks like is on tsantorum and need -- >> kevin, you're going to win. you don't have to convince us of that. you're going to be the nominee. the problem is what you've been put through and how you've damaged the brand to get there because you can't put away two of the sorriest presidential campaigns in the history of politics. >> this is the nature of all primaries, james, you know this. what's going to happen now is we'll have very clear contrast on the number one issue and that's the economy. and general election matchup between governor romney and president obama. president obama does not have a record to run on related to the economy. >> you think whatever damage has been done, you think that will be forgotten by general election? >> i think what we've seen because of the volatility of this race, anderson, voters have had an ability to reframe them contest by contest. when we get into a general election, we'll be well positioned to make sure this is a referendum on the president's

absolute lack of leadership on the economy, his inability to change the status quo in washington -- >> what about that james? during a tough time people say this is doing damage and when the general comes, it's a different story. >> it's going to be a competitive general election. no doubt about that. these guys are not going to get to the general election for a long time. in the meantime, he has to go unify a fragmented party and go to tampa and unify his convention and the obama people aren't going wait very long. they are going to start on governor romney in the immediate future here. the things that he's had to say in his primary from immigration to tax policy to personhood amendment, all that stuff has all been cataloged and logged and every position he's done. he won't have a chance to get out of the chute. he's been a very, very disappointing candidate. very disappointing to republicans and the republican

establishment and they're going to have him because they got to have him. not because they want him. >> one last point. i'll tell you there's one thing right now that really, really unifies republicans. it's the prospect of beating president obama in a general election and you couple that with independent voter dissatisfaction, even many conservative democrats in key swing battleground states, their dissatisfaction with the president on the economy and you have a good prospect for governor romney to win in a general. >> do you feel more confident in president obama's ability to get re-elected than you did two months ago? >> you know, of course i do. i think there's some sort of overconfidence. i never was confident in '92. i'm a catholic. we're not brought up to be confident about much. i do. what makes me confident here is -- i'm being really honest here. romney has not been a very good candidate. if they can keep him from talking it will be fine.

he makes the same mistake over and over again. obama has shown that he has gotten better on his game and as you go through that, you can see this happening. i wouldn't say i'm confident but i certainly feel better than i did before. you look at his latest polls, you can't help but feel better. "wall street journal"/nbc poll was as bad a poll i've seen for a party in a long time. it was really bad if you're a republican. >> thank you very much. an investigation into a shameful chapter in america's history. why the state of california made no effort to compensate those forcibly sterilized against their consent. a mother of four accused of running a prostitution ring with high level customers. and the latest on the rutgers

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in crime and punishment tonight, the bizarre case in new york of a suburban mom accused of running a brothel out of a manhattan apartment catering to clients making millions. this is a picture today of the woman posing with her husband. she's being charged with

promoting prostitution. up to 100 hours of surveillance video and audio recordings to back up the allegations. >> reporter: this is a woman that we're getting to know a lot about. you saw the picture in court and she looked like a school mom basically. a librarian. this picture was splashed across "the new york post" and there's a different view of the woman. something much sexier. prosecutors claim she made millions of dollars over a 15-year period running prostitutes out of an upper east side apartment and they believe they also have witnesses they say and in at least one encounter that they recorded there were minors involved. prostitute minors involved as well. they are taking a very hard look at the entire history of this woman and what she was doing running this on the upper east side. >> this alleged to go on over a

long period of time. what do we know of her alleged client list? >> a great interest on wall street today. she was picked up on wall street coming out of a morgan stanley broker's office that she was dealing with. prosecutors say she was there raise deal for another illicit business. her defense attorneys say she was there to get funding to run a website. she wanted to run a dating website. that broker she's with is being talked to by investigators and wall street is abuzz with who else might be out there. in the recordings prosecutors say she claims to have clients around the world. high profile wealthy clients around the world. she claims to have law enforcement sources and friends in law enforcement that would inform her if there was an investigation under way. prosecutors said they had to mount a complex operation in order to get her because she lives far upstate in new york and they had to get her here in manhattan because they believe she was getting ready to flee. possibly to canada. she was hiding money away they

said. it was quite an operation it sounded like. >> appreciate it. thanks very much. we're following a number of other stories right now. >> the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog agency says iran is withholding information about its nuclear program and may have failed to declare facilities to the u.n. these remarks come a day after the united states, france, britain, china, russia and germany agreed to resume negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. in oklahoma, three people were injured during a shooting outside a tulsa courthouse. police say the gunman shot into the air and then fired at officers who responded. they returned fire. a 23-year-old suspect is in custody. a loosely knit international hacking group that goes by the name unanimous is claiming to have shut down the vatican's website. the hackers said the attack is against the catholic church, not the faithful. for the third year in a row, a mexican keeps his ranking as

the world's richest person. $69 billion his network. the annual billionaires list released today. researchers at texas state university say the moon may have caused the "titanic" to sink indirectly. apparently the moon was unusually close to the earth in 1912. the scientists say that caused the ocean's tide to rise and also resulted in more icebergs than usual in the area where the "titanic" met its end. >> i read that today. i was confused by it. >> how so? >> i don't know. i'm not really a science guy. >> did you read slowly? >> no. i read very quickly. >> go back and read slowly and come back to me. >> if you ever wondered who has the coolest parents ever, his name is josh. take a look. >> josh. >> hey, josh. >> happy birthday from grandma and grandpa nelson. we wrote you a little song for your birthday.

>> we did. >> we thought we would record it for you and send it out to you. i hope you like it. ♪ you got the 18-year-old birthday blues ♪ ♪ >> grandparents. belting out a happy birthday blues tune. it would be cool by itself but wait. there's more. check out the moves. there you go. >> i would be mortified. >> can you imagine how mortified this grandchild must be? >> yes.

because i'm mortified just watching it. >> i'm embarrassed too. yes. i appreciate the love that they are showing by doing this. >> i appreciate that too. >> as an adult i appreciate it. as a kid i would have been horrified. >> webcams, what can you say? >> i love how grandmother in the back is just rocking out to it. >> she's feeling it. >> yeah. have you seen "saturday night live" when they pretend to sing a song -- they pretend very have written these songs and they're not and they're ad-libbing it. >> lost in translation. >> you probably don't know what "saturday night live" is. you don't have that on your side of the pond. we'll check back with you later on. coming up, a really remarkable story. an update to a story we've been reporting on for several months. ugly chapter in american history. decades after fact, a man who

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throughout this season. ann romney, last night in boston introduced her husband to a crowd of supporters. >> i said, mitt, i'm never going to do this again but here we are. and the reason i'm here and the reason i'm behind mitt and the reason i'm fighting so hard and out there is because i believe he is the only person that can turn around america. so let's let him do that. [ applause ] >> thank you, sweetie. she's the best. she is the best. >> mitt romney of course won six states yesterday including ohio. he hasn't yet had the breakout victories he needs to put rick santorum soundly behind him. the votes of women will be crucial and many romney advisers see his wife, ann, as a huge asset. here's randy kaye. >> reporter: in the romney household, ann romney has a host of titles. trusted adviser.

the mitt stabilizer. mother and grandmother but also the great protector of all things romney. >> the last person on earth you would want to cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> reporter: ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no pushover. >> she got into a tiff with one of her teenage boys and he was being a smart mouth and she was trying to get away to go to the cape for the weekend. he was going back and forthwi wh her and she got in the car, slammed the door and left him in the driveway. >> ann got into it with her mother when she and mitt had many children. >> she said if you want to see your grandsons on a regular basis, you need to knock this

stuff off. >> reporter: with ann scott says what you see is what you get and that works in mitt's favor on the campaign trail. >> i believe he will be the nominee. and will be the next president of the united states but only with your help. >> reporter: what kind of asset would you say ann romney is on the campaign trail? >> she's a terrific asset. someone that people can relate to. you look at her and listen to her speak and she exudes warmth and friendliness and sincerity. that doesn't come through with her husband as much. he seems more programmed and stiff and not the warm, easy going comfortable person that ann is. >> reporter: ann romney humanizes her husband calling him her most disobedient child and shares secret about his love of chocolate milk and obsession with peanut butter and of course tales of romance. >> we're high school sweethearts

and still are sweethearts which is nice. we have five wonderful sons. we have 16 grandchildren. >> reporter: like mitt, ann grew up wealthy in michigan. her father manufactured auto parts. she and mitt fell in love in high school. mitt proposed when ann was just 15. they married while in college at brigham young university. a mormon school in utah. ann converted to mormonism in high school. their love affair is part of the campaign rhetoric dating back to this ad for mitt's 2002 senate run simply titled ann. >> our first real date -- >> the night of the senior prom. >> mitt pulls up to pick me up in a goofy looking car. he was embarrassed about it. >> it was awful. >> it was romantic. >> reporter: mitt admits without ann he's a bit loss. >> if i'm away from ann for longer than a week, i get off course. she has to bring me back and moderate me down a bit. >> reporter: when he was heading up the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city, he sent for her

after being away just a few weeks. she's his security blanket. >> where's ann? the camera focuses on ann and he sees her and that settles him and he goes off to debate. >> reporter: ann may not be perfect. in 1994 during mitt's senate campaign, she told the boston globe money was so tight in college they considered selling stock from their portfolio. critics painted her as out of touch. >> everybody that read that gasped. >> reporter: ann's greatest challenge had nothing to do with politics. in 1998, she learned she had multiple sker owesies. >> i went to being a hands on mom to hardly taking care of myself. >> she turned to holistic therapies. in 2008, she was diagnosed with

breast cancer. whether cancer or the campaign trial, ann romney is a fighter. she has beaten two life threatening diseases but knows with the gop nomination up for grabs, there are many more battles ahead. randy kaye, cnn, new york. >> coming up, breaking news out of syria. cracks in the regime. we'll have that in a moment. and more news. we'll be right back. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse.

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breaking news now. signs of perhaps growing pressure on the assad regime. a man saying he's the deputy oil minister appearing in a youtube video announcing his defection. the man appears to be the same person pictured on a website under the same name and title. in the youtube video, the man says i am joining the revolution

of the people. joining us now a former homeland security adviser during the bush administration. how significant could this be? >> what you want to see now anderson is will there be others at a more senior level? will you get cabinet ministers like his security chief that are actually related to assad and so you are unlikely to see people like that defect. you will look for others. the oil minister. others who have strong contacts in the regime. >> fran, are you all right? >> sorry. >> no worries. something caught in your throat. we're clearly -- we're actually having -- i'll let you go. we're having a problem and having a technical issue. a night plagued with technical

issues in the control room. we'll get more details about this possible deflection and what significance it may have, if any. we'll try to bring that to you later on. we're following a number of other stories. >> a development in the trial of a former rutgers university student. dharun ravi tried to make amends sent the night clementi committed suicide. he's accused of using a webcam to spy on his encounter with another man. the man accused of murdering 77 people in an attack in norway last year was charged today with homicide and committing acts of terror. prosecutors say anders breivik was mentally ill. the new ipad goes on sale in the u.s. on march 16th.

two solar flares the sun ejected yesterday may create a magnetic storm that could disrupt high frequency radio communication, global positioning systems and power grids on earth. the peak of the storm could hit tomorrow. and say hello to these adorable little cubs. they were born yesterday to an endangered cubs in washington. they are healthy and so far have not been named. i have an idea. you weren't listening. >> someone is talking in my ear. there's pandemonium in the control room. >> fred is the skit. >> someone just told you that in your ear. >> no. someone tweeted me and then i remembered fred and i couldn't believe i couldn't remember his name before because i'm a huge fan of his. i digress. we were trying to get video to show people and to show you to

educate you, if you will, on this. there they are. let's listen. let's listen. ♪ >> they claim they right these songs but they are totally ad libbing it. i digress. the rediculist is coming up. we'll be right back.

time for the rediculist. tonight we're adding the high price of popcorn and candy at the movies. this is outrageous. one guy in michigan has had

enough. he's suing a movie theater because they charged him $8 for a soda and a box of goobers, which i love and you can get right around the corner for less than three bucks. we've all been there. you go to a movie and say you're going to stay away from the concession stand because it's a rip-off and next thing you know you're taking a loan on your 401(k) for sour patch kids. it can be so hard to resist. theaters know how to lure you with the smell of popcorn, fake smell of buttery spread or whatever they call it now. the candy displayed under glass like jewels and the dancing hot dog from the good old days. ♪ let's all go to the lobby to get ourselves a treat ♪ >> hot buttered popcorn, ice cold soft drinks, mouth watering candy bars. why not get some in the lobby right now. >> you hear that.

ding. is that supposed to somehow short circuit your senses to make you buy candy against your better judgment? the good old days were so quaint. can someone please get me some junior mints. file like i can't function without junior mints right now. can we do that? no. okay. the guy is suing the movie theater has taken a stand against injustice but it's an injustice that, let's face it, can be pretty easily solved without time, energy and paperwork of filing a lawsuit like employing the technique of pants pockets. he says he had to stop smuggling it in because the theater posted a sign saying you're not allowed to bring your own food. seriously? that's all it took. a sign? there might be an easy way for the movie theater to end this. put up a sign on this guy's lawn saying please don't file lawsuits. he's likely to