impart to you. jesus, oh, my god. he's trending. jesus is trending right now. okay. >> and yes, hash tag encyclopedia britannica was a trending topic on twitter when this came down. that, for better or worse, speaks volumes. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. mahmoud ahmadinejad get a a rare grilling from the iranian leaders. >> and leon panetta in afghanistan today. a serious breach of security endangered his life, and dramatic video of a flight attendant's meltdown. let's go "outfront." good evening. erin burnett.

ahmadinejad on the spot. the president summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution. conservative parliament members called him out on everything from the limping economy, which is a victim of u.s. sanctions, to his public disagreements with the ayatollah who of course is a supreme leader of iran. now, ahmadinejad tries to make jokes and he made no secret of his distain for the event saying, quote, the fact is that i tried not to attend this session, but i guess it was ordained that i should come, so there is nothing i could do about it. i met him once in person. that seems the way she would have delivered it. there's much more going on. president obama watched today as tehran action, and he used some of the strongest language while standing next to the prime minister of america's closest ally. >> they must infer they can't

escape or invade the choice before it. meet your obligations or face the consequences. >> while leaving no room for doubt, the president returned to the subject of iran 30 minutes later. >> the window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking. >> all right, that window, of course, was cracked open last week when the u.s. along with the uk and other european allies agreed to hold talks with iran. the question was were the negotiations coupled with sanctions really going to work. would it haultd iran's suspected p progression toward a nuclear weapon. >> that didn't come up. the nuke ler power program, not on the table. of course, it is important to say that iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. new polls show americans are losing patience. 62% said they would support israel taking military action against iran, and this is crucial, if there is evidence

that t tehran is building nucle weapons. is a weakened ahmadinejad good for the u.s.? >> great to have both of you. let me ask you this, this key question about the power struggle going on in iran. we have talked about this for a while. the supreme leader and ahmadinejad at odds. but how bad was this for ahmadinejad today? >> it was embarrassing for him and he tried to turn it into something that is not embarrassing with the cracking of jokes and saying i could have come up with tougher questions if they had asked me first. he's good. there's a lot of theater about the whole thing, but it was embarrassing for him. from a domestic, political standpoint inside iran, this has been threatened a bunch of times, but they have backed off the fact of summoning him. the fact that it went through this time is embarrassing with

his last year in office. it weakens him a little bit in the eyes of many people, but it could strengthen him in eyes of supporters or people that believe that he is better than the hardliners that are running the country. >> this is a key question because if sanctions are effective and the impact they have on regular people is a matter of real dispute. but if they're effective in putting a strangle hold on the country, they may also be effective in pushing more people to support more hardline elements in the country, which could be presumably the opposite of what the u.s. wants. >> first of all, we need to remember and as weird as this to say, when it comes to the nuclear weapons issue and the foreign policy of iran, ahmadinejad is the moderate. he's more likely than some of the people around the supreme leader to be interested in negotiating a solution with the united states. when it comes to the sanctions

question, i don't believe that in the end sanctions will cause iran to give up on a point of prinls pal, that is their right to engage in nuclear in richment. they have suffered great pain as a result of the sanctions. they have suffered great pain in the past as a result of sangszs and war with iran and iraq. that is not enough pain for them to give up something they regard as a demand from the united states. let's remember, this regime was created with an anti-american element from its beginning. so to capitulate to the united states is not something i expect to happen. unfortunately, without going into all of the boring details, i think it's unlikely that the iranians in this current formulation where all of the moderates have been eliminated, ahmadinejad is the last moderate. he's wake now as a result of this humiliation, that iran is going to find the wherewithall

to find the ability to negotiate with the united states. >> how does that play out? >> we have to remember that the nuclear issue in iran is not something that is in dispute among iranian politicians. they agree with the stand is that iran has to enrich uranium. >> that's the most common bill when you're there. >> and they know it's supported by the people, at least the right to enrich uranium is supported. that's not going to change. it doesn't matter whether there's a fight going on between the supreme leader supporters and ahmadinejad supporters. i agree with jamie that he's much more moderate than some of the hardline conservatives in iran and he's been more likely to make a deal with the united states. >> are we putting ourselves in a position by increasing the level of sanctions which are about to get worse come june, that we're going to get the opposite of what the u.s. and the west intend? >> every time we put pressure in

iran, you empower the hardliners. when we put extra pressure on iran, you empower the hardliners. every time iran says we want to make a deal with america, every iranian leader whether it's the president before ahmadinejad, somehow america does something, puts extra pressure on iran, puts in the axis of evil. >> president obama, by saying that he endorsed it. >> he endorsed the idea of war. >> let me jump in here, the president's rhetoric today is important. >> that the window is getting smaller. >> and the phrase, to face the consequences. that choice rhetoric is the rhetoric that begins the run-up to use of force generally in relations. you have a phrase, serious consequences means the use of force. i'm not saying the president

said that today, but what i think is going on is that the prime minister of israel came here and what the president and the prime minister agreed to is let's raise the spector of possible use of force higher. let's agree on that even if we disagree on whether we should do it because they believe that will increase the chances of a diplomatic outcome. and there may be something to that. it may be possible to negotiate a solution. the problem is the solution will require the kind of concessions on both parts of the united states and the iranians that i don't see anybody making. >> i don't think the statement is helpful. i believe that this kind of pressure, iranians will -- >> the obama state. >> about saying this is your last chance. you do this or as jamie said, serious consequences, threatening war against, it doesn't matter if he means it, the way the iranians perceive is is you're threatening us. we're not going to buckle even one inch.

if we were going to give an inch last meek, now we're not going to give a millimeter. that's something that has been consistent in the iranian leadership's view of america is you can't trust them, they're constantly threatening us. you can't 40e8d a gun to our head and say this diplomacy has to work in the next two months, three months, four months or else. take the or else off the table and let's see how it works. that's their view. >> and the u.n.'s view is we have tried that for 17 years. >> that's where the problem lies. that the requirements, not just the u.s., the west, for iran to satisfy the international atomic energy agency, they're not even close to meeting. sometimes they get closer, but then they deny a particular site or they have a particular argument. that's what i'm worried about, that the minimum requirements don't seem closer to the surface today than they were years ago. >> and if the window is short, if the window is very short, it really sound like there isn't doing be a deal bosio can't

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santorum's double win in the south last night is now pushing the gop to the height of confusion. party leaders and even the romney campaign are now acknowledging this race is going to go on for not a couple of months. there is frenzied talk about pushing newt out. i don't know how you would push newt out. he's a pretty solid guy. whether the romney camp needs to reshuffle its message ahead of a buying series of contests in the midwest which has obviously been a strong point for rick santorum. my guests are here with us now. there's something about republicans in a frenzy that, i don't know. >> brings out the best in us. >> okay. let's talk about this, two big losses last night for mitt romney. what does he need to do, in addition to some sort of a message change, a staffing change? what's he got to do? >> you know, reshuffling senior

staff is a dicey game. it can really backfire, but it can also refocus. he's the management consultant. he really needs to diagnose what's wrong in his organization. and sometimes you can't blame the equipment. sometimes it comes down to the candidate. my advice would be to stop trying to play man of the people and instead focus on your core competency. the economy is issue number one. he's the fixer. he's the guy who has the experience to go in and solve the problems. he may not be the best campaigner in the world, but he knows how to be an effective executive. >> it was a snafu last night. let me play first what mitt romney said last night before the results came in. >> we're going to win tomorrow. we need your help. >> and then here's mitt romney's spokesman last night on cnn after the results. >> i don't think anybody expected mitt to win alabama or mississippi. >> except for mitt. >> come on. you've got to say you're going to win. you've got to be all in every time, erin. it's completely crucial. >> i get that. >> one thing i want -- >> i don't know about that,

john. >> one thing that works for mitt i want to say is this hasn't been a momentum race. it has been all about the demographics. he keeps doing well consistently with the same groups, over 100k, senior citizens, slog it out, stay the course. it's going to work. >> it's like an afghanistan primary. it's been on and on and on. warfare. >> tribal. it's tribal warfare. >> it is tribal warfare, yes. >> erin -- >> yes, go ahead. >> i think the problem with romney that's tougher for romney to fix. it just seems like he's not quite comfortable with himself. and i think people start to smell that on you as a candidate over time. and as what john said a minute ago, i think he's got to go out there and just sort of say to people, listen. you know, i'm kind of a cornball sometimes. and i make funny jokes. and people don't necessarily think -- you know, and then start talking to them about what it is he wants to do for the country. if he's not comfortable with his own faults, no one else will be. remember george bush? bush would flub words and mess things up. he'd come out and say, so what?

you know, like now let's talk about the country, and everybody basically gave him a pass on it. >> we got some reporting just coming in from time.com, "time" magazine. alex auldman is reporting. this could be really important. saying that ron paul -- this is a quote from "time" -- quote has sent discreet signals to camp romney, unquote, suggesting he'd be willing to trade his support in the gop presidential race. now, in terms of delegate counts on avlon, that could be really significant. >> it could be at the end of this. i mean, if he's within shouting distance, 1,144 but can't get over the hump, any delegate helps. it could be ron paul delegates, but what a heartbreaker to ron paul supporters. those intense supporters who have really bought into his specific libertarian philosophy that mitt romney doesn't represent. >> maybe that's part of the tradeoff. >> what? >> i don't know. i'm joking. but something that's really important to ron paul that mitt romney would publicly espouse. >> if this meant rand paul as the running mate, that would be an enormous deal and it could be a big liability for romney in the general election.

that's an open question. >> you can't do a deal that that's obvious. >> no, i think that's fair. >> and i don't know what issue it is that he could pick up. what's he going to come out against the federal reserve? that's not going to be mitt romney's position. ron paul is so far away from where mitt romney is, it's hard to see how they bridge that gap. >> you could do a formal balanced budget, adopt some of the spending cuts formally, address the deficit. that's possible, right? >> that just reinforces the pander narrative which has been a problem for him. >> i mean, it's just going to be -- speaking of pandering, jamaal, i'm doing really in my brackets. i'm doing well. i'm 2 for 2 and i'm going to go 0 for whatever is left because i'm really not good at this. the president's final four, i believe, is all swing states. yeah, ohio, north carolina, kentucky, missouri. maybe i'm reading too much into it, jamaal. >> maybe. it seems like he's got a predilection for these top-seeded schools. you know, i'm from michigan. i picked michigan state in my bracket to make it all the way

to the finals. you know, i'm not sure why it is he differed from my opinion, but, you know, who knows? >> i have southern mississippi in the final four. oh, you laugh. not a swing state. >> not a swing state. >> definitely not a swing state. one final thing i wanted to ask all of you about today. very specific number coming in from john heilman who was on this show recently. the guy knows a lot. so he puts a 99.4% chance because he gets very specific that hillary clinton runs in 2016. >> wow. >> i will say that she is not as hated as you might expect by republican women. >> high approval rating, right? >> high approval rating but she does better with these sort of noncollege-educated republicans than you'd think. i'd also say andrew cuomo, a likely 2016 contender, has taken big dings this week from new york state unions. so who knows? >> i think she'd have to wrestle cuomo for that nomination. but i think if she got in, she'd be a very formidable candidate. she's done very well as

secretary of state, and i think people would really like her. and a lot of women, you know, are really anxious to see that last ceiling broken. so it could happen. >> yeah, but, i mean, come on, this is where our country has a serious case of a.d.d. we're in the middle of a presidential race. we do not need to pivot ahead with percentages. >> if james carville were here, he would say that's what being outfront is all about. >> it makes sense, john. >> okay, thanks to all three of you. appreciate it. always good to see you. and john avlon, as you all may know, took a little trip to washington on a story that he's been outfront on. he's been following this proposal called no budget, no pay, where lawmakers would get their pay docked if they don't pass a budget on time. obviously, it's been about 1,000 days since we've had a real budget. this could be real money and might really push washington to getting something done. controversial idea was on the table today. you went in and eves draupd. what did you hear? >> what we're seeing, the fact that it's been 1,000 days has really been kind of a symbol for this divided dysfunctional congress. there's a proposal that came forward in a committee hearing

to try to force action for congress. let's see what happened. >> it is a sad state of affairs that the only way that you can get the united states congress today to do something is to threaten to take money out of their wallet. but you know, that's where we are. we're not doing our jobs. we're not doing our business. and the american people are suffering because of it. >> that was the idea behind an unusual hearing on capitol hill today hosted by homeland security and government affairs committee chairman joe lieberman. it focused on one idea for congressional reform called no budget, no pay. >> it's that simple, no work, no pay. >> while the idea does well in the polls, it is proving controversial among members of congress. >> it's actually evidence of how bad things are here in congress. and that because i agreed to hold this hearing on the no budget no pay proposal, a lot of my colleagues came up and complained to my, why are you

doing that? >> reporter: dean heller of nevada introduced the bill in an effort to make congress work again. >> i'm not saying this is the silver bullet that's going to solve all the problems, but i do believe it's a step in the right direction. >> reporter: senator joe lieberman feels an urgency in getting reforms passed now because it is the connecticut independent's last term in congress. >> it's tough medicine to say to congress, unless you pass a budget on time, you're not going to be paid. but that's about where the public is in its attitude toward congress because all the other less green, less hit the mule with a 2 x 4 haven't worked. >> reporter: this attempt to impose fiscal responsibility and individual accountability in congress just might help restore america's aaa rating. >> we lost our credit rating as a nation. so i think a law like this is overdue. >> a lot of americans do agree, do you think this will pass? >> it polls very well but very unpopular among members of congress. i can't imagine why. it was first proposed by no

labels but it's really gaining some steam. even though folks in congress are afraid of the implications, they realize they need to take some action to turn their approval ratings around because when you're already the least popular, least productive congress in history, not much place to go but down. >> man, all right. john avlon, thank you very much. i hope that -- that would be a really, really good bill. the iphone personal assistant siri may want to look for nearby attorneys that apple is being sued for false advertising. did you know that? have you seen these commercials? >> what's the best way to santa cruz, california? >> here are directions to santa cruz. >> where's the best barbecue in kansas city? >> all right, some people say, though, that in real life this isn't really how siri acts. the man who brought the lawsuit says whenever he asks siri for directions or to locate a store, siri either did not understand or after a very long wait time responded with the wrong answer. maybe some iphone users can relate, but whether there's a successful legal claim is a different question. miguel marquez has been looking into this.

i guess you've been talking to the lawyers. i'm wondering if they think they have a case. these voice recognition things in a lot of different avenues are not so great. >> technology always lets us down, it seems. this was brought by frank fazio out in brooklyn. he bought an iphone 4s as well as hundreds of others of millions bought those. he bought it in november, used it for a little while and realized it did not live up to the promise of the commercial. one of the commercials listed in the lawsuit is the rock god commercial, if you've seen these commercials, you know this one very well. let's watch a little bit of it now. >> i've got to get a guitar. >> i found 12 musical instrument stores. >> how do i play "london calling? "whole lotta love"? >> "b minor ninth." >> i found this for you. >> he said it just didn't do that for him. this is a class action lawsuit, though, which means this firm is bringing it based on his experience. but they are applying it across the board to tens of millions if

not hundreds of millions of people who have purchased the iphone 4s. it's going to be a long time coming before they can do that. the other thing is, apple, when you use siri, when you use -- when you talk to siri -- on an iphone, when i talk to it, when you talk to it, we sound differently. we have different voices, different accents. so it would be very difficult for lawyers to bring a class action lawsuit on this claim. >> one of the things i thought was interesting, someone said steve jobs, you know, when he was dying, he was trying to stump her. he said he could only stump her, i'm using the word her, so what's your gender? she goes, hmm, i have not decided. or that has not been determined. so he was glad he could stumper her. it sounds like you don't think this has a very good chance. >> it's a tough road to climb because they have to get the judge to approve a class action lawsuit which means that nationally you could bring it for tens if not hundreds of millions of people who have the phone based on this one claim. and because of the differences in the way that it works. and also apple, if you look at

their ads very carefully, the very last screen of their ads has the words "sequences shortened" on it. on all of those ads which means apple is saying, well, the sequences, it may not act as fast. the person who's using it in that commercial may have worked on it for 50 hours, 75 hours, 100 hours. it's not clear that frank fazio or any of the people who may bring this claim have worked on their siri that much because it does learn after a while, and it may work, you know, down the road. maybe not right out of the box. >> well, thank you, miguel. >> you got it. >> there's siri. love it. like a personified being. defense secretary leon panetta had a close call in afghanistan today, actually a pretty stunning thing that happened on the runway. how did such a serious breach of security happen? and dramatic new videotape of a flight attendant's meltdown. when she told passengers that that plane was going to crash. , the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone

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we start the second half of our show with stories we care about. we focus on reporting, do the work and find the "outfront 5." first an unprecedented spectacle in tehran today. president ahmadinejad summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution.

conservative parliament members called him out on everything from the limping economy to his public disagreements with the iatolu who is the supreme leader of iran. it comes on the same day president obama used his strongest language yet on iran. >> tehran must understand that it cannot escape or evade the choice before it. meet your international obligations or face the consequences. >> the president went on to say that the window for diplomacy is, quote, shrinking. former assistant secretary of state james rubin tells "outfront" the president's choice of words is the kind of rhetoric that begins the run-up to the use of force. number two, cnn has obtained new video tonight of that flight attendant's meltdown on an american airlines flight that included her on the p.a. system saying that the plane would crash. here it is. >> get out of my way!

>> kevin rich, a passenger on last week's flight, shot the video and says he then helped other passengers restrain the flight attendant. another passenger told us the flight attendant said she was bipolar and hadn't taken her medication. number three, no verdict on the first day of jury deliberations in the rutgers sex cam spying case. ravi faces 15 charges including bias, intimidation and up to ten years in prison. tyler clementi committed suicide after a sexual encounter where he was watched by ravi and others. the second largest tobacco company announces it will reduce 10% of its work force over three years. this comes as demand for cigarettes has fallen by 3 million people in the past seven years. reynolds tells "outfront" their latest move is expected to save them $25 million. that raises money. of course, the problem is there's so many states that rely on that big tobacco settlement. if they're successful in getting

people to quit spoking, the company should go out of business. it has been 220 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. the uk gets to keep its rating. the company lowered its outlook to negative. one of the reasons the uk not downgraded, the fiscal plans to be critical, reflecting the strong commitment and institutional capacity. something that obviously cannot be said right now about the united states. well, tonight the american soldier who allegedly shot 16 afghan civilians is in kuwait awaiting charges. now, this news came shortly after a security scare at camp bastion where defense secretary panetta was arriving on his plane. our chris lawrence has been following the situation closely, and he's "outfront" tonight. chris, can you explain -- it was sort of shocking to me what happened or almost happened, breach of security here to the defense secretary in afghanistan? >> reporter: yeah, bottom line, erin, it was an incredible breach of security. what happened was, as secretary pennetta's plane was landing,

there was an afghan man who worked on the base, stole one of the british forces' trucks, drev it into another british soldier, injuring him, and got through a level of security to get the truck all the way onto the runway. again, as secretary panetta was landing. now, this man ended up in a ditch, and somehow he caught on fire, tried to run out of the car. the coalition security forces eventually got him down. they put out the fire. although he was burned over probably half his body. and they arrested him and took him in. when they searched that car, they didn't find any explosives, but still, the secretary's plane had to be diverted after it landed. just an incredible breach of security. >> it truly was. and i know the marines at the base that met secretary panetta ended up having to disarm. at least the reports have been that that is not necessarily the standard. is that in response to the increasing violence recently and the retaliation in afghanistan, or what?

>> reporter: they say no. the marines walked in the room to hear him speak. they were told, go back outside, leave your weapons outside. that part is unusual. but what officials are telling us is it was not because they thought the marines were some sort of threat to the secretary. it was that their afghan counterparts who were also in that room did not have weapons. and they just didn't want the afghans to feel singled out, that the marines had guns and they didn't. it's just that the order didn't get passed down the line right. and so they didn't find out until they sat down. >> and the accused soldier obviously now in kuwait, do you know the time frame for when he may be charged? >> reporter: well, they did a probable cause hearing to make sure they could still keep him detained. i'm told sometimes within the next seven days or so, they'll have another hearing to determine if they can still keep him detained. no word on exactly when those charges would come down. >> chris lawrence, thank you very much. investigators are trying to determine how and why that shooting massacre in afghanistan occurred. we are beginning to learn a little bit more about the

alleged shooter who, as you heard chris talking about, is in kuwait tonight. he's an army staff sergeant. he served three tours in iraq. he just went to afghanistan only in december. records also show he suffered a head injury. we now know that was in 2010. some people have said that might explain why he killed 16 civilians, but no one knows at this point. shawn parnell knows firsthand what it is like to deal with the pressures of war. he served six years in the army, 16 months in one of the most feared units in afghanistan which was patrolling the valleys and capturing insurgents. he has written a best-seller about his experience called "outlaw platoon" and is "outfront" tonight. good to talk to you and appreciate your taking the time. based on your experience, and you were in high-pressure situation, some of the men that you served with died. many were very seriously injured. you yourself were injured. were you surprised when you heard what happened what this soldier did? >> no, no, not at all. counterinsurgency operations is something -- it's one of the

most difficult fights to fight in afghanistan. i mean, you don't know who your enemy is. and the fact is is that our military has been strapped for the better part of ten years with year on and year-off deployments. these guys are absolutely smoked. >> and so how -- do you think that there was -- there's been some reports that this soldier may not have been ready to go back, that they may have sort of, you know, fudged the numbers to just go back even though you were injured even though he shouldn't have. in your experience, did that happen relatively frequently, that guys who should not have been there were sent back? >> well, i mean, like i said before, these year on, year off deployments are really difficult for military families. and get this. the year that soldiers spend at home, most of that time is spent in the field training for their next combat deployment. so these guys, even when they're home and they're supposed to be spending time with their families and their children, they're not spending time with their families and their children. they're training for the next rotation to combat. you know, while it certainly doesn't excuse the horrific acts, i mean, i can certainly see how it would happen. >> shawn, i'm curious, we've

been talking a lot about ptsd on the program. and carl, the vietnam vet who wrote matterhorn said all soldiers who come home get some sort of counseling because there's been such a stigma attached to pstd. do you think that would have worked in practice? would it have worked for you? >> oh, totally. i mean, look. we train in garrison as a collective unit, and then we fight, bleed and die together in combat as a collective unit. and then when soldiers come home, it's like a bomb goes off, and everybody goes 20 different directions. i mean, it's contrary to all of our training. so what i think needs to happen is we need to make it mandatory, commanders at all levels need to make it mandatory for squads to go to behavioral health centers together so they can process these horrific -- they can process combat together as a team. just like how they've been trained. >> so sean, what about punishment for this soldier? i know there's been talk about the death penalty. if it turns out that ptsd was

involved, should that affect his sentence or not? >> well, i think it should be taken into consideration, but i think -- i think if i was advising president obama, i would say that i think that the investigation needs to be fast and transparent. and i think that does two things. it communicates to the afghans that we're holding the soldier accountable, but it also communicates to them that we are going to handle it. we are going to handle this soldier. you know, as far -- i think he should be held accountable for his actions. i think the fact that he's been on three combat deployments should also be taken account. again, it doesn't excuse it, though. >> sean parnell, thank you for joining us. his book out right now. explosive testimony in the trial of a florida polo mogul. the same multimillionaire that adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter. and we could be headed for a brokered republican convention. is that the real reason rick santorum is surfing on maria's beach in puerto rico today? i take a multivitamin,

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we do this at the same time every night. our "outer circle" where we reach out to sources around the world. tonight we begin in syria where government forces appear to be torturing detained opposition members. this is just one of the many videos showing the torture. and we want to be clear, cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity. amnesty international, though, says those being detained are being systematically and routinely tortured, and some of the victims are children. syrian authorities deny the allegations.

violence continued today, opposition forces reporting 56 dead. arwa damon is one of the few journalists who has been on the ground in syria. and i asked her how brutal the torture is. >> reporter: well, erin, torture has been happening inside syria for decades. the techniques described, quite horrifying. there's one called the tire where a person's body is shoved into a tire there, then beaten, electrocuted, in some cases even sodomized. people left hanging for hours if not for days. fingernails being pulled out, surgeries without proper anesthetic. one psychoanalyst who works with lebanese who were detained in syrian prisons describes the tactics as being akin to a machine designed to pulverize people both spiritually and physically. erin? >> all right. that was arwa damon in beirut. very disturbing report. now to switzerland, 22 children and 6 adults died today when a coach bus crashed in a tunnel in the city.

the bus was on its way back to belgium where the group had been on a skiing trip. i asked her how this crash actually happened. >> reporter: erin, the bus was so badly mangled, it took rescue workers eight hours to reach the survivors and to get the bodies out. these were schoolchildren age, just 11 and 12 years old on their way back to belgium from a skiing holiday. and it's not clear what happened. this bus lost control and slammed straight into a tunnel wall on the highway. but it's a mystery as to why the roads were clear. there was no other vehicle involved. and police say that he was driving within the speed limit. there is three children still in a coma, and six adults died, too, erin. >> thank you very much. >> an explosive day of testimony against john goodman. 48-year-old goodman is accused of dui manslaughter after he ran a stop sign in his bentley in 2010 and killed 23-year-old

scott wilson. in a late night crash. prosecutors say the multimillionaire founder of the polo club international in palm beach had been drinking heavily and left the scene of the accident. he had adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter in order to protect a $300 million trust if he lost the case. paul is a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. this adoption of his 42-year-old girlfriend, to begin with, in any case, bizarre, seedy. is it -- is this frauj lntd, can you protect your assets in this way? >> it's legal. he takes -- adopts the 42-year-old blond, heather, and she now, because she is the oldest child, inherits $100 million, theoretically, that was protected by the trust. he then, from prison, probably, can control the $100 million. now, is a court going to throw that out and set it aside the

there are going to be lot of lawsuits. on the surface, it's legal. you can adopt your fiance, and when she becomes your kid, she gets the trust. >> he's facing up to 30 years in prison, and what happened is horrific. a criminal case here, and then you have a civil case, which is where all the money and financial damages would happen. a woman testified today though, a bombshell, a woman who said she had showed up, knock eed on her door after the accident. >> i heard a bang on the door, he said, i really fed up. >> he used the word? >> yes. and that he had been in an end of the world accident. >> a minute later, something like 18 drinks, could her testimony really prove he admitted to her he was in the accident, end of world accident. >> prosecutors say she's a key witness in the case because the

defense in the case is some computer glitch caused the car to speed up, causing the accident. he said, i wasn't drunk. you're not going to believe this defense that was dropped by the attorney. the 18 drinks the police say he had, he actually had after the accident because he was in such pain, he wandered into a barn owned by a friend and started drinking to ease the pain. that's why he was drunk. so talk about a crazy defense in a very, very serious case. >> we'll be following this one with paul. next, is puwartdo rico more important than delaware. a number of things you probably didn't know about america's territory. and why a dancing gopher might be this nation's greatest export. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

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so president obama is sitting down for dinner with british prime minister david cameron about now. it's rumored to include appearances by john legend, john buff and warren buffett. earlier today, they exchanged gifts, ate traditional british food and drank american wine. they talked a little bit about international-affairs and played table 10s, and in the middle of

it all, the prime minister made this startling revelation. >> we were looking through it last night in bed and looking through the guest list and samantha said, that is my favorite, there star from my favorite movie is going to be here. i said, my god, is it bed kingsly, is it peter, no, it's chevy chase from "caddieshake." >> when i saw that, i was just, i mean, i was blown away. that is awesome. a few people who have not heard of caddie shack, the 1980 film is about an exclusive golf course that has to deal with a rowd ay new member and a dancin gopher. it stars ted knight, and bill murphy. >> i'm excited when i hear another woman is a fan. the british briem minister's wife went to art school and worked as a window dresser

before taking over smithson of bond street. she is credited with turning the business around and won a glamour award for best accessory designer. for a long time, she was earning more money than her husband. she's not all about business or politics. she's been quoting as saying, i know as much about politics as other people and it doesn't mean much to me. samantha cameron is glamorous and famous, she's got four kids, she's got a job, but she's also real and fun. sort of like caddie shack's lacy underales. had to get that reference in there. impressive woman there. we loved the story. >> it's bracketology and let's lay out how it stands. we have a heated competition, but as of now, i'm 2 for 2. i went online to our brackets and found out i'm tied for number one proba