at those depths that that is what's moving him forward. he's relying on the science and the technology of the submersible he's built with his team of scientists. it's going to prove to be a really, really interesting scientific expedition. >> is assignment of a lifetime for you. jason carroll, thank you very much. >> you bet. now we are getting breaking news coming out of pennsylvania. and here's what we know. these are pictures courtesy of wpxi. this is the pittsburgh area. there has been a mass shooting at a hospital in pittsburgh. according to one of our affiliates, as many as seven people may have been hit. reportedly at least one person is dead. this is at the western psychiatric institute and clinic. we're making phone calls. we're trying to get information. as soon as we get any more details here on this potentially fatal hospital shooting in the pittsburgh area, we'll bring them to you live right here on cnn. i do want to talk about a couple other stories at the top

of the hour here. a rare show of bipartisanship on capitol hill. also a newly released unemployment number and a syrian defector talks about the blood shed back home. want to begin with kate bolduan on capitol hill where the house we know has just pass this had jobs act to help the startups and small businesses. so specifically, what does this do going forward? >> this is a combination of about the six measures, brooke. it's a package of six measures that some of which have actually passed in the house before. but this package you summed up well. it's aimed at helping small businesses in a variety of ways. cutting through red tape, helping it small businesses and allowing them to attract new investors, making it easier for them to go public. the thinking is by helping small business, it will help create jobs and help to boost the economy, if you will. the vote broad bipartisan support was 390 to 23. there's more to it up here than

just that. through this vote, it does allow both sides an important thing, to kind of market as a success a victory that they're trying to help the economy. but on the part of the house majority, the republicans in the majority, this allows them also to rebut some of the hard-hitting attacks coming from the president as well as democrats who continue to say that they aren't doing anything, that they're do nothing and obstructists. this allows them to market a success and by and large, democrats have also signed on, but some downplaying the significance of this bill saying it's already popular. it's noncontroversial, down playing the significance of it. the top democrat in the house, nancy pelosi telling me today calling it the little king so now it has passed the house and, of course, the next step would be the senate. >> onto the senate it goes. we'll be watching it right with you. thank you so much for us. is speaking of jobs, more people

filed for first-time unemployment benefits than we expected. alison kosik joining me from the new york stock exchange. thought we had been doing well, alison kosik. what happened? >> but you know what, the so so job numbers not rattling stocks any today. dow is up 86 points by the way. we're talking about the number of claims. so the number of people who filed for first time unemployment benefits, sure, the number rose to 352,000. it came in a bit higher than expected. it's not such a huge jump but it could show that the job recovery is kind of stuck in neutral at this point, especially since we've still got a ways to go, 23 million people are either out of work or underemployed meaning they're working part time. still those expectations for tomorrow's report are expected to show that there were 200,000 jobs added to the economy in february. brooke? >> well, if you need a little bit more cash, apparently the

irs is giving some folks a break. how is that working? >> the irs giving a break? i had to take a seat on this one. i couldn't believe my ears. so what the irs is doing is giving a six-month grace period to certain taxpayers late on paying. but you've got to be a taxpayer who has been unemployed for 30 consecutive days or more last year or this year. up till the tax filing deadline of april 17th. now, you won't be hit with a penalty but guess what, here's the catch, you're still going to have to pay interest during that six-month period. so clearly, it's not a complete free ride. irs, brooke, is also putting people on longer payment plans to help people make those installment payments to pay taxes. so look, the irs is trying to be helpful because in the end, they want to get paid, right, brooke? >> they do, they do. alison kosik, thank you. we'll be talking about that next big number tomorrow, the government unemployment number released. next to arwa damon in bay ru.

you are reporting from neighboring lebanon on what's been happening in syria. you were in syria. you're reporting on more violence and news of a government defector. that's right, and that would be the deputy minister of oil. he just released his defection video as they are being called. and he defected, he said for a number of reasons, but at the forefront was, of course, due to the violence. take a listen to what he had to say. >> translator: i do want to end my life servicing the crimes of this regime. you have inflicted on those you claim are your people a full year of sorrow and sadness. denied them their basic rights to life and mumity and pushed the country to the edge of the abyss. >> hussameldin is currently in hiding in an undisclosed

location. when asked to take into consideration how difficult it is for government officials to defect, quite simply because they are constantly being monitored, they have to get specific permissions just to be able to leave the country. if that is not granted, they are forced to stay put. meanwhile, the u.n. humanitarian chief valerie amos is finally speaking out about her trip to baba amr, specifically the neighborhood of homs where she expressed shock and concern at the sheer level of destruction she saw and also wondering where it was that all the people went, where did all of the residents flee to because the streets she saw were you utterly deserted and almost every single building bearing the scars of bullet wounds or art tillry shells the government pounded on that neighborhood and on others, as well. activists are reporting that dozens of people have been killed across the country, but 44 of them in the city of homs alone. part of a summary execution that

took place in the fields. this is the type of violence that so many are saying has to end. brooke? >> arwa, i know you spent several harrowing days reporting on the shelling from syria. we're working up a documentary for you airing this weekend. we're going to be talking about that tomorrow. we look forward to it here on cnn. got to get news just into us. mississippi supreme court has issued a ruling in a fight over former governor haley barboilel controversial pardoning of four convicted murderers. who won? >> well, strip away everything and haley barbour has won here. the 200 or so pardons that he issued back in early january will stand. so those convicted killers that were working on the -- at the governor's mansion who worked as trustees are already free. there were five others i believe that were still in custody being held. they will now be put in the process of being set free. >> so just remember a little bit

of the back story. the attorney general jim hood who had said hang on a second. let's challenge these pardons may or may not be constitutional. that is all thrown out. >> thrown out. the challenge that the attorney general went after was the clause notice law that says for the governor of mississippi to issue a pardon, there had to have been a 30-day notice put out in newspapers and publications prior to the pardons. in the vast majority of these, there was not the requirement met. supreme court is essentially saying it is not their position to go in there and on this face as it says here a valid pardon, that it is not -- it is not the judicial branch's authority to go in there and set aside or void these pardons, that it is not the judicial branch's -- so there's a lot of legalese going on here. but six of the justices saying that they don't have the power, the authority to go back and change governor barbour's decision. >> looking at you, i'm reminded of when you chased down governor

haley barbour, trying to get a comment. what did he ultimately say, anything? >> no, i remember that day so well. he actually didn't say anything. he did tell us that he was going to wait for this develop decision. we're going to go back to governor barbour and talk to him now. there's a strong dissent by three of the justices there in mississippi who basically say today's decision is a stunning victory for some lawless convicted felons and an immeasurable will loss for the law abiding drizs of our states. some felons will be allowed to avoid their obligations. this is going to go over terribly for the families we've spoken to. >> who have said so far this is wrong. >> they will be livid. we're in the process of getting this. this just came down a few moments ago. they will be very angry by this decision. you know, we talked to a lot of the people who said they had tried to get meetings with

governor barbour and were never able to. that was one of the reasons we tried to speak with the governor. a lot of these victims' families said they tried to speak with him directly to plead their case to not pardon a lot of these people to especially the ones that worked as trustees. but obviously, this is a big victory essentially for haily bauer bore today. >> this is huge. thank you for sifting through the legalese. >> 77 pages. >> that is a huge deal in mississippi. want to move along. and get back to our breaking story out of pittsburgh. again, a mass shooting at a psychiatric hospital in the city of pittsburgh. we're relying on our affiliate here with these pictures, wpxi. reportedly, at least one person is dead. at the western psychiatric institute and clinic. as many as seven people may have been hit. and we now have heard that one of the people injured in the shooting is, in fact, a police officer. there may be, according to our

affiliate two shooters involved. one was reportedly found dead in a hospital hallway. the second may still be on the loose. once again, these are pictures, pittsburgh, obviously, law enforcement all over this reacting to this at the westernern psychiatric institute and clinic. we're not going to go far from the story. got to take a quick break. we'll be right back. ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a mobile type on the go ♪ ♪ i suggest you take a tip from my bro ♪ ♪ and download the app that lets you know ♪ ♪ at free-credit-score-dot-com now let's go. ♪ vo: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com™.

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at these pictures, that you will see earth-moving vehicles. what that means according to these diplomats is that iran is trying to cover something up. what that is precisely isn't clear. iran though says the notion that they could be covering something up is absolutely childish and ridiculous. that's a quote. >> this is a childish, ridiculous story that some are making. does that answer your question? >>. >> reporter: is there any kind of construction activity going on at the site? >> i said this is a ridiculous childish story you are making out of something which is nothing. >> and this is what a lot of the talk is about today. let's continue that will discussionings with reeza marashi of the national iranian american council. so if, reza, if iran is covering something up at this particular test site, is anyone prepared to actually guess as to what it is they're covering up? >> that's a great question,

brooke. right now these unconfirmed reports from unnamed diplomats don't give us a lot to work with. i would say it's certainly a cause for concern as are many factors pertaining to iran's nuclear program. we have to put this in its proper context which is one of many outstanding questions that we need to use diplomacy and negotiations in order to get the iranians to address them in good faith, comprehensively and fully. >> again, iran has is denied again today that it's seeking nuclear weapons. then you have israel saying, of course, they want the weapons. the united states, you mentioned diplomacy. president mentioned that the other day. interesting comments that were recently from the u.s. director of national intelligence. let's listen to that. >> dissension and debate in the political hierarchy of iran so there is not unanimity about this. >> we don't believe they've actually made the decision to go ahead a nuclear weapon. >> so reza, on the spectrum, if

you will, you have the united states and you have israel and then you have iran. who do you think is the closest to the truth? >> i think the truth oftentimes lies somewhere in between. and this is no exception to that rule. american intelligence and israeli intelligence are actually identical on this issue that iran has not made the political decision to weaponize its nuclear program. that's one of the biggest reasons why president obama has come out in the last 48 to 72 hours and really pushed back against the chorus of vois calling for war and reemphasizing we have time to pursue a diplomatic path that can trial to produce a win-win situation between the united states, the israelis and the iranian government as well. the legwork going into the upcoming negotiations we haven't seen in negotiations that have taken places in 2011 and prior. so it's a strong sign of all sides realizing that they're going to need to make compromises in order to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. >> it's interesting is people are today looking at these

satellite images, you know, something that's sort of getting overlooked is the unusually i positive comments. these positive comments today coming from the supreme iranian cleric. ayatollah ali khamenei is saying recent remarks by president obama represent a "window of opportunity for diplomacy, something you keep bringing up here. he says the president's comments tuesday in a news conference appear to indicate he is in no longer being in delusion." here's what the president said. >> at this stage, it is my belief that we have a window of opportunity where this can still be resolved diplomatically. that's not just my view. that's the view of our top intelligence officials. it's the view of top israeli intelligence officials. >> window of opportunity, reza. we're hearing this both from president obama, iran's supreme leader to possibly resolve this whole dispute over iran's nuclear program. do you see momentum building in that direction?

>> i do, as someone that's been following this closely for a number of years, we really haven't seen the amount of positive signaling taking place in the run-up to negotiations that will probably commence in april or may after the iranian new year this month. but again, actions speak louder than words. it's very promising to hear the words of the extreme leader and our own president here in the united states. but it's going to take more than words in order to move away from the precipice of war that so many people are concerned we're at right now and taking that step back and towards a peaceful solution that military threats and threats of sanctions and isolation isn't going to produce. the president deserves credit for taking these risks for peace in an election year no less when people in the congress and the republican candidates for the presidency are really singing another tune. >> we'll look to see what happens in that window perhaps april or may. reza, appreciates you coming on. today is international women's day. coming up next we're going to

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women's day, look at street art afghan style. a young woman's work adorns the walls of this abandoned community center in kabul and paints sill lowettes specifically in blue. she says blue is the color of freedom even though women there are far from equal. nick paton walsh has her story. >> when the soviets loomed large here, they built a cultural center. it was ripped apart by civil war but now adorned by gra fee

teerks the best work these which issy figures of hope to some. the work of one of afghanistan's perhaps bravest artists, shamsir hasani. >> usually i like to do the woman with burqa in some new shape because i want to show them in some new mod dernism work. you can see she looks very happy i think. the blue color is a freedom color, but it's not freedom for a woman. the blue color always is like a cage for them, but now i want to change the meaning of burke cag in afghanistan. it's not a cage. it's a kind of -- >> taught by a british artist, she says she's not political but being a public woman is by default political in conservative afghanistan. graffitis here among the stench of trash, syringes and rubble because it's not safe to paint in the street. >> you have to do your graffiti in secret, don't you, really? >> not secret but for now, should be a secret.

yeah. >> i should do my graffiti in some close place because of the bad situation. i can not go outside. >> it's danger. >> not dangerous but it's the situation. i don't know. it's not -- it's not okay for that. >> reporter: it's a complicated time for women in afghanistan. president karzai days ago gave back to a harsh edict from senior clerics that it might sometimes be okay for a man to beat his wife and that women should be segregated. fears are growing one of the first victims of nato's withdrawal here could be the gains of the last decade in women's rights. uncertainty that shasia who won't speak ill of the government or tries to capture in her art. >> sitting can she go up or maybe go down again. maybe go up and maybe come down. i don't know. >> you worry that when nato starts to leave, things will get more difficult for women. >> maybe. i don't know.

>> it is already too much for some three of afghanistan's ten graffiti artists used to be women. now there's one. >> all of them left graffiti work. >> because it was too difficult. >> it was difficult and they couldn't continue. i don't know the reason. we should ask them. >> but the women stopped. >> yeah. >> these constraints don't stop her dreaming. she can't paint the entirable so instead used a computer to simulate what she would like to do. amid the war and oppression, her work a statement of hope, a dream of the impossible. nick paton walsh, cnn, kabul. >> nick, thank you for that. now to this. another bank raising those checking account fees. we'll tell you which bank and what it is they're charging. stay with me. for maximum processing power. you'd use carbon fiber and machined aluminum, to make it more beautiful and more durable. you'd even use edge-to-edge gorilla glass for a stunning display in a more compact form. everything that you would ever want in a laptop.

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diplomats allege it may represent a cover-up of nuclear weapons. iran says that is ridiculous. >> if you are a person who needs a gps to get around, you may have trouble with that. two massive solar flares erupted from the sun that sent billions of highly charged particles heading our direction that have the ability to disrupt power grids, perhaps airline schedules and the crucial gps satellites. jobs a four-letter word that democrats and republicans can agree on. the house passed the jobs act today, 390-23 after weeks of positive talk between the white house and house republicans. the bill contains several measures aimed at removing barriers to small business investments. >> i think this bill will make it easier for businesses and startups to put the capital ta they need together in order to grow jobs in our country. i welcome the administration's

support for this measure. and i hope that the senate democrats will take this up in an expeditious fashion. apple making headlines today and i'm not talking about about the fancy new ipad. this report from the "wall street journal" that the department of justice is planning to sue apple along with five major publishers for allegedly teaming up to fix the price of e books. some publishers are reportedly in settlement talks now with the department of justice and that could lead to cheaper ebooks for you. cindy mccain says she will not be watching the new hbo movie called "game change." she says it's an inaccurate portrayal of her husband, senator john mccain and sarah palin. mrs. mccain says palin has been unfairly criticized. >> sarah palin is a remarkable individual. and whether you agree or disagree with sarah, she has served our country loyally, she has been a good stalwart for

many, many years, and i think any depiction of any woman particularly that is unfair in that way is just -- it's wrong. it's wrong i lived this. and from everything i've read and heard, it doesn't even resemble what took place. so i can go to disneyland for fiction. >> sarah palin says she will not be watching the movie either, which is set to premiere on hbo this saturday. and in north carolina, a woman fainted during president obama's speech at this auto plant just yesterday. the president did take notice, caused for paramedics, even joked a little bit with the crowd right afterward. watch this. >> think about that, 15,000. looks like somebody might have fainted up here. have we got -- somebody -- ems? somebody? don't worry, folks do this all the time in my meetings. i mean i -- you always got to eat before you stand for a long time. that's a little tip. but they'll be okay.

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a new york soccer mom with four kids is now sitting in a jail cell on rikers island accused of running a high end brothel in one of manhattan's richer neighborhoods. sunny hostin, when you see the headline, soccer mom madame, kind of brings your attention here. but before we talk, i want to play sound. this woman is and nab griz tina. this is what her lawyer is saying. >> to speak about the defendant is to speak about an individual who is a caring loving mother. but the only problem is, she's a woman and not a man. >> so is he saying that she's being prosecuted just because she's a woman? is that the defense here? >> no, that's not the defense. what he's talking about is sort of this age old problem that i think we will have with prosecution of cases involving sex and sex crimes. where the johns, the customers

and the pimps and men typically just are not often swept up, are not often punished as severely as women are. i think that's what he's talking about. but the bottom line is, the police here are saying that this was a five-year investigation. there's some indication that they have her statements. so perhaps there was a wiretap here. and they're saying that this went on for about 15 years. so a long-standing investigation. so if you believe what the prosecution is saying, they have quite a bit of evidence against her. >> but you have these reports of some pretty powerful men doing business with her. last time a high end madame got busted, it was new york governor eliot spitzer lost his political career. how high are the odds that she can cut a plea deal and make some pretty big names here? >> her attorneys at this point are saying there's nothing on the table that she isn't

cooperating with the government, that no co-defendants have been named, no law enforcement officers have been named, no politicians. but it's very early in this process, right? she was just, just arrested and arraigned. my guess is in a case like this, a plea deal is usually on the table, especially if these allegations are true. if there are some people that could be involved in this web. so too soon to tell you about i suspect we may be hearing more about the customers. >> okay. we'll follow it. meantime want to get you to michigan. this is one of those what stories. so in michigan, you have this million dollar lottery winner is discovered to be on welfare. there's the big fat check she got. you know, this is what has so many people i know in michigan and elsewhere pretty perturbed. amanda clayton said she wasn't doing anything illegal. is that the case, sunny? if she's on welfare, doesn't she is to report her change in financial status? >> she does.

and you know, so many people are talking about this story today. and it's outrageous to me that people are saying she didn't do anything illegal. i don't know, if the world i've lived in as a federal prosecutor, when you abuse the system, when you game the system, it's called welfare fraud. i'm surprised at first instance that people are saying nothing illegal happened here. i mean, putting my prosecutor hat on, if this case came across my desk, i would open up a criminal investigation. so i think you're right in the sense that yes, when you're receiving welfare payments, benefits, if there's a change in your income, are you supposed to tell someone. are you supposed to tell the benefit office. what's so interesting about this, the loophole is that the office sort of just leaves it up to you to be the good person that you're supposed to be, and inform them of the change. now we know that there's some legislation that's being introduced so that it's required, there's going to be a requirement that you have to talk about this change in income, and if you're a lottery

winner, certainly if you won $1 million, that's a change in income. so i think we're going to be seeing a lot of changes in the law because of cases like this. >> okay, so just so i'm clear, by the way, a huge side note. we learned today the state of michigan yanked the plug on her welfare. she won't be getting those benefits. so with regard to the loophole you were just talking about and prior to, you would have to be a good samaritan saying my financial status changed, are you saying no one can take advantage of this from here on out? >> you know, no, i'm not because the legislation has been introduced but hasn't been signed into law. again, let me make it clear, i'm not saying she is going to be charged with a crime but in my experience, when you abuse the system, it's fraud. people have been put in prison and successfully prosecuted for welfare fraud. so i would suggest to those that are thinking about. >> don't do it. >> -- gaming the system, just don't do it, exactly. sunny's tip for the day.

>> don't do that to the system. take the money and don't get any extra. thank you on the case. see you tomorrow. meantime, the senate is expected to vote on the controversial keystone xl pipeline expansion today. we broke the news back in january. remember the president said no, he opposes this measure. why did he have to make some phone calls today to try to keep his fellow demes in line. >> dana bash, senior congressional correspondent from the hill next. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪

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the senate is set to vote today on the bill to approve the controversial keystone xl pipeline which would go all the way from canada down to the gulf. now, president obama opposes it. he said he didn't want it back in january. the vote though is expected to be close. so close that is president obama has been lobbing wavering democrats himself and dana bash live for us from washington. dana, i mean, i remember when the president back in january said he didn't approve it. so republicans were a little irked. is this a move on behalf of republicans and do we think it's going to pass? >> that's exactly what it is, republicans think that this is a key golden political issue for them because they argue ha this is a huge jobs bill and the president sell stopping it from going through immediately. so that's why the republicans are forcing this measure which we should see the vote on it maybe in the next 15, 20 minutes or so which would immediately approve the keystone pipeline, say it should start regardless of what the president says. you mentioned the president and

the white house, they were worried enough that this actually could get the 60 votes needed to pass, meaning that 14 democrats could defy the president that he got on the phone and made some calls. what the white house says is ta he's not necessarily against the pipeline. it's that they want to see the actual route before he approves it. listen to jay carney. >> the president believes that it is wrong to play politics with a pipeline project whose route has yet to be proposed, a fact that the company involved affirmed again this week that they have not yet identified a route for this possible pipeline. therefore, it cannot possibly be reviewed adequately since it does not exist. >>. >> reporter: the problem that the white house has is there are a good number of democrats either those from oil-producing states or those who are potentially in the route of the pipeline that could see some jobs come to their state. they feel that this is something

that it's hard to vote against. and the republicans know full well that this is dicey politics for democrats. that's why the house speaker came out and said this about the president. >> personally lobbying against the keystone pipeline means the president of the united states is lobbying for sending north american energy to china and lobbying against american jobs. >> in an election year, brooke, where it is still all about jobs, jobs, jobs, republicans and the speaker himself has said and even a small group of reporters about a month ago that they believe, maybe they -- they believe this keystone pipeline issue is a real opportunity for them politically to hit the president and they are using everyone they can get. that's why we see this measure on the floor and heard that from the speaker. >> if the proponents of the pipeline hit the 60 magic number in the senate, then what?

>> the senate was the roadblock. this would not have probably have a problem going through the house. then they would have to do some procedural dances that i won't bore you with to try to make this legislation go to the president. but he would veto it. the fact that is they don't have any kind of vote for sure to override his veto but it's symbolic. this is politics and this is symbolic. there's no question about it, but it is putting democrats in a difficult position. >> i was about to say that. it is politics in this election year. dana bash, thank you. meantime, we've been talking about this story all day. there's this hotel. it is 30 stories high. built in all of 15 days. if it sounds crazy, incredible, it is. we have this time lapse video. we're about to show of this building 30 floors after this quick break. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us.

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all right. we read about in this morning. our whole team was talking about this around our roundtable. take a look at this here. you're about to see time lapse video, a new hotel being built in the china is getting 4 million views on youtube. here's why. this is a -- is about to be a 30-story hotel built in two weeks. reynolds wolf, i read about in this morning in the l.a. times and thought what the heck. it's like 360 hours, 15 days. >> it's an engineering marvel. i don't get dressed as fast as they built this building. it is ridiculous how quickly they did it. just incredible. they've had a history of building buildings at a pretty

rapid rate. >> the building boom in china. >> unbelievable. the only thing you can compare this to in the united states probably back in 1930 with the empire state building where they built a 102 stories in basically 13 months. very, very fast when you think about the technology. now with the modern ability. >> we're talking 30 floors, 15 days. in fact, back in 2010, fact in 15-story building built in six. ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom. >> it makes you wonder how fast they will be able to build buildings in the next 20, 30, 40 years with this technology. it only will get better. >> you think the company increased speed, you think increased risk. the company stands by they say despite the speed, it is in fact space. coming up next here in "the situation room," back in washington, my colleague wolf blitzer joins me with a little preview of what you have cooking. nice to see you.

>> bill richardson, the former governor of new hampshire, former ambassador to the united nations, also a man i went to north korea with in 2010, he will be here, brooke in "the situation room." we're talkic north korea and the new leader. what is going on? how dangerous is the peninsula under this new, young, untested north korean leader. we do know that he's the new leader of north korea. so there's a lot to discuss with him on that front. we also have the chairman of the house intelligence committee. how good is the intelligence of united states has on iran, its nuclear program. also syria. what do we know about the syrian opposition, the rebels to bashar al assad's regime. are there al qaeda elements there? he's been briefed on all of this, mike rogers. we'll discuss with him and more coming up. of course, all the political news as well.

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soldiers like a bomb being dropped. a couple weeks ago we told you about mad i gan medical center. doctors were being urged to be cautious before diagnosing ptsd. the reason? the retirement benefits for ptsd soldiers cost taxpayers money. today we now have an update. we want to bring in u.s. senator patty murray who represents is it washington state she's anowed some patients have been identified, the diagnoses reversed at mad i gan. i want to welcome senator murray joining me from the other washington. i know you have been briefed on this. what can you share? what do you know? >> i've been following this for many months, because i had soldiers and their families contact me who had been diagnosed with ptsd, and that diagnosis was overturned and they were told that they didn't have ptsd or other mental health

issues. this was a serious blow to them, because it's really hard and then to find out that they may have been told they don't have ptsd because it costs too much was just amazingly shocking to me and to all of them. we now have gone through a long process, a number of soldiers are now having their cases reviewed that were reversed. and it is just the wrong signal to send to our men and women who we sent to war that if you have an injury, either one you can see or one you can't see, that you may not be treated because of the costs. that is just not the message we ought to be sending. >> senator, i just want to check my numbers, 12285 the numbers of soldiers misdiagnosised? >> at this point the army is now going back and they have found 285 soldiers in the past three or story years who have had their diagnosis reversed. they're having to go back and

find those there shall 285 that we node of at this point. >> they may or may not be receiving appropriate treatment simply because the army has yet to find them. is that correct? >> that's correct. they may or may not be receiving the right treatment. that is so hard. i talked to one of these families. they've been through everything since their soldier went to afghanistan and came back, severely injured, had a mental health injury, trying to figure out what's wrong with himself, and being told it's not ptsd, not getting the care he needed. this is horrendous, no one should go through that. >> the army has a statement, quoting, that it is important we make contact with each soldier who we have identified as possibly requiring a second look. this is part of our promise to our patients to provide them with optimal care. have you spoken with any other soldiers. you mentioned the one family. >> we've had a number of families contact my office since

last summer about this issue, and some prior to that. i've been talking to them. thisser really glad the army is moving forward to go back and look at this, but we have to make sure systemwide that when our men and women get an invisible wound of the war, they are treated, they're treated effectively and not told it's just in your head, and they are especially not told that we're not going to treat you into you it costs too much. >> i understand that part of the investigation, and all of it came out because of worries of the costs that some of these doctors weren't diagnosing because of the cost concerns over a lifetime, that the retirement benefits would simply cost too much money, is that, senator, what this comes down to, an effort to save taxpayer money? >> well, we are told that has been some of the conversation around this forensic psychiatry unit. that is being investigated and certainly has to be looked at. we have to go back to the

culture we have in our armed services and in our army about understanding what mental health illnesses are just because you cannot see them doesn't mean they don't exist, and they can be treated, they can be helped, and we need to be making sure that when they're in the arm, they get the correct diagnosis and they are treated. you mentioned big picture. i understand this investigation has reached the pentagon, there's sort of this greater review, because you think if it could be happening in washington state, i can't help but wonder, would this be happening elsewhere? >> absolutely. there are three investigations going on, but i believe we need to look systemwide. we have thousands and thousands of soldiers coming home today, many of them do have ptsd or other mental health illnesses. we cannot ignore that, send them home and have them come back 10, 20 years from now with difficult challenges in their families. i worked in a veterans hospital