tv Anderson Cooper 360 CNN March 26, 2012 5:00pm-6:00pm PDT
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raising tensions higher. new photos of martin as an older teen. some of the earlier pictures showed him as young as 11 years old. also with the snapshots, more complex pictures emerging of the 17-year-old who was shot dead exactly one month ago tonight by neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. we're learning why he was not in school the day he was shot. we're also learning more about zimmerman's version about what happened that night. the story he told police is out and a new eyewitness appears to back up part of it. some or all of the above might explain why florida police did not arrest him and have not since. it also may signal how tough it could be to bring george zimmerman to trial and get a conviction. i spoke today with florida's lead prosecutor angela corey who warned against expecting too much too soon. she walked me through the process of trying to proceed.
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>> do we have everything and if we do we won't need a grand jury. >> and you're hoping to make a decision within the next couple days? >> no, no. probably the week after next. we need a couple of weeks to continue to do this. remember, our burden of proof is yrd. that's an extremely high burden in light of the stand your ground law. >> adding to the pressure, a poster offering $10,000 of the capture of george zimmerman. against the wishes of the martin family. a member of the group, a man called minister mohammed. i spoke to him tonight. >> you were asked this weekend if you were enciting violence. you said an eye for an eye, a life for a life. his father said we don't believe in that. aren't you going against the wishes of martin's family? >> well, we love trayvon's
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father, but we are military that have to support the family. we're here to make them do their job. we will support trayvon's family but we are military. every nation has a military. every nation has a defense system. so we're going to support this family but we want the united states government to do their job. >> more from that interview shortly. that among other things leading sanford mayor today compared to a tinderbox and a glass house. sanford meeting commissioner mark mccarty one of those that voted no confidence in chief lee suffered chest pains and was taken to the hospital. earlier today emotions ran high as trayvon's mother reacted about her son's suspension after school officials found marijuana in his book bag.
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>> the only comment that i have right now is that they've killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> the family attorney ben crump calling the story a distraction. >> if he and his friends experimented with marijuana, that is still completely irrelevant to george zimmerman killing their son. >> also today the orlando sentinel reported and the sanford police later confirmed a leaked account of zimmerman's account. he said he lost sight of trayvon martin and returned to his suv when martin confronted him. he punched zimmerman in the nose knocking him down. he said he hit him repeatedly and slammed his head into the ground. additionally abc news is reporting that zimmerman reported that martin tried to take his gun. there is an affidavit from a
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young woman who said she was on the phone with trayvon martin before she was shot. he indicated zimmerman was following him. today, though, another apparent witness emerged. the first to say there was a scuffle between the two. he spoke to fox 35. >> the guy on the bottom who i believe had a red sweater on was yelling to me help, help. i told him to stop and i was calling 911. >> it was george zimmerman who was wearing red. this is the first eyewitness who says he actually saw who yelled for help and it was george zimmerman. john says he locked his patio door and heard one gun shot. >> when i got upstairs and looked down, the person that was on top beating up the other guy was the one laying in the grass. and i believe he was dead at that point. >> so those are the headlines. now we have a fuller picture of zimmerman's account of those moments. he's been out of the public eye. today in the sentinel, a new picture surfaced.
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and tonight his friend spoke to me about the george zimmerman he knows. i understand you spoke with george zimmerman this afternoon. how is he doing? >> well, this afternoon after speaking with george, i've learned that he is being treated for post -traumatic stress disorder, depression, insomnia. he has no hunger. i had a chance to fill in the blanks that have been left out in the report that was released today. and the information that's going to be coming out once the grand jury convenes. more to validate what i believe in that george saved his own life. >> how do you mean? how can you say that? >> because of the account that he gave to me. and that's the evidence that is going to come out in the grand jury. >> so george told you his version of events?
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>> yes. yes, he did. i had him go through it. one of the reasons we're at this point right now is that a lot of this information is just now being let out. i mean, i strongly believe that if from the very beginning, the character -- with the characterizations of george being latino rather than white and with the information that was gathered in the investigation, if it had been let out earlier on we wouldn't be here right now. >> in terms of his event -- in terms of what he says happened, what can you shed light on? there's now a witness interviewed by local tv in florida who says he saw george zimmerman yell out for help. is that what george said to you? >> yes. george said that to me as well. but beyond that, i really can't expound on it because george has been told not to talk about the evidence that the police have. and obviously they're releasing
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it piecemeal. >> you heard that george zimmerman was in fear for his life? >> i do believe he was in fear for this life, yes. i believe at some point in that confrontation, george felt like and believed with all his hard he had to make a decision to defend himself and to save his life. >> there's now a report indicating that in the initial police report what he said was he was on his way back to his vehicle to await the police when he was attacked by trayvon martin. that that is apparently what he initially told police. can you confirm that? >> yes, i can. >> so he was saying he was on his way back to his vehicle and trayvon martin actually attacked him? >> yes, that's what he's saying. that's what the police report is saying. that's what he has talked with me about. >> there is an affidavit that the -- trayvon martin's family has gotten from apparently from
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a young woman who was allegedly on the phone with trayvon martin just prior to the shooting in which she says according to this affidavit that the family has brought out that trayvon martin indicated somebody was following him. and he said to george zimmerman why are you following me? and george zimmerman said what are you doing around here or words to that effect. does that jive with what george told you? >> no, it doesn't. and again, i can't -- because of what has been released and what hasn't been released, that's more information that i can't talk about. but that does not match george's version of what happened. >> as you know, this group -- the new black panther party has offered a reward they say for the quote, unquote capture of george zimmerman. is he concerned for his safety right now? >> that's why no one knows where
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he's at. he should be concerned for his safety. you know? i now have to be concerned for my safety. not just for myself but for my friends and family as well. yet i wasn't there. i didn't pull the trigger. all i'm doing is standing up for a friend who defended himself because he truly believed he was about to die. >> joe oliver, i appreciate having your voice on the program tonight. we're trying to learn as much as we can. and it's important to hear from you. so thank you. >> thank you. >> moments ago you heard from the martin family attorney benjamin crump. joining me now is another member of their legal team mr. parks. thanks for being with us. joe oliver believed that zimmerman saved his life. how do you respond to that? >> well, anderson, i think we have to go back to all the initial evidence of the 911 tapes that we are aware of. it's rather clear that mr.
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zimmerman thought that trayvon was suspicious. number two, the dispatcher told him are you following him? he says yes. she says you don't have to follow him. we can have confidence in that evidence that he was being the aggressor. i know that the gentleman is a good friend of his and that's fine. however, we have very, very clear evidence to the world of what this gentleman was doing. and so for him to try to turn the tide on trayvon right now when trayvon has lost his life, he's dead, it is almost -- it's a great insult to this family. >> do you think this is part of a -- sort of an organized campaign on the part of zimmerman or his supporters to -- some would say they want to get their side of the story out. do you believe it's to somehow bolster his side and somehow impugn the character of trayvon? >> i think it is. we've seen it often in criminal
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cases where a defense team will start trying to use various theories to try to put their position out there. in this case, it's very important that the american public know that when you take those two 911 tapes and the statements from his girlfriend and the phone records, it's very clear that she was on the phone from 7:12 to 7:16 and the sanford police were on scene at 7:17. mr. zimmerman and his friends can say whatever they want to say. those facts speak for itself. and america needs to focus on the facts. not the innuendo that people may try to come up with. >> when i interviewed trayvon's mother, she was very clear in believing passionately that was her son yelling for help recorded on the 911 call. george zimmerman, according to mr. oliver, is claiming it was him calling for help. now an eyewitness has come forward calling himself john who says he saw that it was george zimmerman calling for help. does the martin family still
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firmly believe it was their son? >> yes, we do. but anderson, go back. zimmerman admits he gets out of the truck when they tell him not to. i think we've got to stay on the facts of the case. to go straight to the incident that happened -- trayvon isn't here to tell his story. mr. zimmerman could tell us anything. along with the few witnesses that are there. they contradict themselves. so what should happen is that since the witnesses contradict themselves, that's probable cause. arrest him. >> you said he will be indicted with a federal hate crime. why is that? >> well, i think it's a very, very high standard. and i think that if you look at the statements that were made initially by the justice department is a guarded statement. what i said over the weekend is the standards are a lot lower in state court. that's where there's a better chance of the conviction. so i was only expressing a
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preference of state court over federal court in terms of a possible conviction. the thing you have to do in federal court is prove more of a ratio basis for the conviction. the other part of it is this. in america we try to put a greater emphasis on the federal jurisdiction. right? in this situation here we will be happy with a state jurisdiction and state carrying out the law in this matter. >> this group, the new black panther party came forward saying they're offering a reward for the capture of george zimmerman. trayvon's father says i don't believe in an eye for an eye. are you concerned this will take focus away from trayvon's case? >> well, let me -- i think the statement made by the father, the statement made by benjamin crump today at the rally is very clear. we do not condone. in fact, we condemn the conduct of this particular group and in no way support it. we believe in our country and
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state we can get fair justice. and we are putting our confidence in the system that we have in our great state of florida. so we don't condone those people whatsoever. >> i appreciate you being on the program tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> let us know what you think. we're on facebook, google plus, follow me on twitter. much more at hlntv.com. and much more tonight including my interview with a member of the new black panther party who is pushing for action. >> you were directly going against what trayvon martin's father says he believes in. the family does not want you involved in this. >> well, then, again you need to tell the state department of justice to arrest this guy. tell the city of sanford to arrest this guy. tell the attorney general to arrest this guy. >> well, you'll hear more from them ahead. we'll be right back.
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no one knows what happened. we're still awaiting the truth. at the same time passions are running high, tensions are rising. this wanted poster is fanning the flames. a group calling themselves the new black panther party putting out $10,000 for the arrest. the amount is now up to $23,000. they'd like to make it a million dollars. trayvon martin's family wants no part of this and does not condone this and is against this. his father saying we're not asking for an eye for an eye. we're asking for justice, justice, justice. look at my interview with minister mikail mohammed. >> you say you're offering a $10,000 reward for the capture of george zimmerman. what does that mean? >> we want to apprehend him, arrest him, and bring him to
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authorities so they can charge this man with first degree murder. he committed murder. he committed a hate crime. and so since the united states government will not do their job even though we're supposed to be citizens, we decided to take it upon ourselves in coalition with other groups, with coalition with other black people who have had enough. >> but you say you want to hand him over to authorities. he's not been charged at this point with any crime. so under what authority would you apprehend him and hand him over to anybody? >> the citizens arrest. he killed someone and he's in hiding, anderson. the police department is protecting him, anderson. i have never heard in the history of america where one was able to kill an innocent human being and then be protected by the police. >> why do you feel -- >> so we decided to get involved. >> how do you say the police are
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protecting him? at this point numerous authorities are investigating him. >> yes. they may be investigating on the surface, but behind the scenes they're trying to protect his life. >> you were asked this weekend if we were ensiting violence. you said an eye for an eye, a life for a life. trayvon's father says we don't believe in an eye for an eye. aren't you going against the wishes of the family? >> we are military that has to support the family. we're here to make them do their job. we will support trayvon's family, anderson, but we are military. every nation has a military app every nation has a defense system. so we're going to support this family, but we want the united states government to do their job. y'all would do the job, we wouldn't be here today. >> but you were directly going against what trayvon martin's father believes in. the family does not want you involved in this. >> well, then again, you need to
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tell the state department of justice to arrest this guy. tell the city of sanford to arrest this guy. tell the attorney general to arrest this guy. we believe that the government is stalling. and we love trayvon's family and we're here for them, but again, they have killed millions of black men and women. so not only are we calling for justice for trayvon, we're talking about the millions americans murdered who never had justice. don't put the spotlight on the new black panther party. we didn't commit the murder. >> you say you're here for trayvon's family, though, but his family does not want you there. i mean, you're saying you're here for them. >> well, you tell -- you tell the justice department eric holder and president obama to get off they ass and do they work and arrest this man. >> you say you're calling for justice for trayvon martin. aren't you really calling for
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vengeance, though? >> no sir. we can make a citizens arrest but the united states government will not do they job. according to the constitution we have that right. again, you cannot put the burden on the new black panther party's back. put it in the lap of george zimmerman. put it in the lap of no good bill lee. i'm not going to call him -- i'm going to call him a wolf. a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> just factually speaking what you're saying does not make sense that under the constitution you can make a citizens arrest. they have not been charged with anything. that's still being investigated. >> well according to the street people law, he has been charged with murder. >> according to the what? >> we have thousands of people here today. according to street law. according to god's law. i don't obey the white man's
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law. i don't obey the american law. that does not protect me. i'm not a citizen. i have no right to respect the american law. so we decided to change language to put pressure on the united snakes to arrest him. because when the people find him, he may not be alive. so do your job. do your job. anderson, you're not so concerned -- you not so concerned by trayvon's family. you're not worried about his pain. talk about his pain. >> well, sir, actually you have no idea what's in my mind or more heart or what i've been reporting on. for several days in fact i've interviewed them multiple times. what i'm wondering is aren't you just taking advantage of a situation to try to get in front of cameras and get your name out for your group which is tiny? >> no, sir. the new black panther family has a history of educating black people, dealing with police
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brutality. >> you have been labeled a hate group. and they're saying you're quote, racist and anti-semitic. do you feel that this -- do you have any concerns that this will take away your involvement will take away focus from trayvon martin, from his family what they're going through and the wheels of justice? isn't this kind of a side show? >> no, sir. not at all. we are sincere in what we believe in. we are sincere in defending the rights and interests of black people all over the world. i will say this. the southern law center why they don't consider united states government anti-semitic. antiblack. antired. anti-yellow. the white man cannot call anybody anti-semitic. he's not a semitic person. he's a racist, a murderer killer. all at one time. don't put it on the black panther party. >> you talked about an eye for an eye, a life for a life.
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is that your idea of justice? >> you're damn right. you got to stop killing black people. you tell the police departments all over, stop killing black people all over america, you won't have the problem. >> the martin family doesn't like what you're saying but you seem unwilling to listen to that. >> we represent the millions of black people that want us here today. so we love trayvon's family and we will continue to support them in everything we do but we're calling for justice. again, i want to say to trayvon's family. you got to have a military to defend your interests. again, we love you, but we're going to continue to support you regardless of the millions of white folks and negros we're going to stand up for justice around the world. >> so are you saying that they are -- to use your phrase uncle toms. are you saying that about trayvon martin's family because
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they're saying they don't want you. >> i didn't say them. i said the uncle tom negroes complaining about the black panther family. >> his family is complaining about your presence. >> well, we'd like to sit down with them. >> they apparently don't want to. >> i think it's white folks complaining. i got to tell you, anderson we're not going any damn where today. again, your divisive tactics won't work today. you got to find another sucker, anderson. >> all right. i appreciate your time. you're not disappointing me. i wanted to give you time. i appreciate that. thank you very much. let us know what you think. did george zimmerman use a racial slur moments before killing trayvon martin? fbi trying to figure that out now. we've got one of the best audio engineers here to clean up the background noise on the call. you can decide what you think. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar,
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up close tonight, the 911 recording that george zimmerman made. it's a key piece of evidence. for any federal hate charges that might be brought against george zimmerman. tonight radar online reports it's been sent to the fbi lab to find out if he uttered a racial slur during the call. we asked the tampa office about
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that, they couldn't comment on specific investigative details at this time. they confirmed they will at some point be doing audio analysis of this tape. the slur that some people hear in the recording is hard to make out. it's just two words. they go by quickly. last week we enlisted the top audio engineer to make it clear. even though some of the language is offensive we, we decided not to bleep anything out. as we said, it's evidence. and bleeping makes it harder to hear what's being said. if there's a small child in the room, you might want to ask them to leave right now. again, we think it's important for you to hear this and you can determine for yourself what you hear. >> this is edit room 31 at cnn center in atlanta. this is one of the most sophisticated audio edit suites in the broadcast business. here's rick sierra. he's one of the best audio experts in the business. rick, if you can, i have not listened to this portion of the
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911 tape at all. i want to hear it raw. if you can play ten seconds before it and we'll listen. >> the entrance of the neighborhood. >> which entrance is that he's heading towards? >> the back entrance. >> you may not have heard the moment in question because it was so quick. >> how long does that portion last that everyone's talking about? >> a second. >> 1.6 seconds. >> correct. >> let's listen to it ten times in a row. >> we're listening for the racial slurs coons. it follows the f word. it's certainly clearer when we listen to it this way. is there anything else to do to the audio to make it clearer? >> i already did a bit of boosting at 2.2 killa hertz. >> that sounds like a power the
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flux capacitor. >> he's lowered the bass. >> why did you want to get rid of that? >> to minimize the noise. >> that takes away the noise and allows to hear the voice more clearly. >> that's correct. i'll boos it up more there. we'll hear it. >> that does sound a little clearer to me. it sounds like this allegation could be accurate. i wouldn't swear to it in court. that's what it sounds like to me. >> difficult to pinpoint what he's saying. >> can we play just the second word what we think the second word is. see if that sounds different. it certainly sounds like that word to me. although you can't be sure. that sounds even more like the word even when it was with the f
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word before that. >> that's correct. >> only george zimmerman knows if he used the slur, but he's not talking. so the phone call like so much of this case remains a mystery. cnn, atlanta. >> some people on twitter say they hear the c word. others say they hear goons. others say punks. we leave it up to you. we're not trying to tell you what it is one way or the other. we simply don't know. radar online tonight reporting that tape is on its way to be analyzed in quantico, virginia. here's the 360 bulletin. >> a three day high stakes showdown over the obama administration's health care overhaul began today at the u.s. supreme court. 110 members of the public were packed in the courtroom. the nine justices heard whether they have the authority to take on the case before the law's controversial individual mandate
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takes effect. tomorrow focus will shift to the constitutionality of the mandate. charges dominique strauss-kahn with aggravated pimping for his part in a prostitution ring. he was released on bail. last month he was held for questioning in the case for 24 hours. whitney houston's former husband bobby brown was booked on dui charges. he was talking on a cell phone while driving. and more than 22,000 people have signed a petition calling for jenna talackova to be able to participate in may. she was disqualified after she was selected as a finalist. causing a big stir online. >> all right. isha, thanks. rick santorum is facing new criticism tonight after a heated exchange with a reporter. while talking to russia's
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why would we put someone up who is uniquely -- pick any other republican in the country, he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> after the speech, new york times jeff zaleni asks santorum about the last sentence you just heard. >> you said that mitt romney is the worst republican in the country. is that true? >> what speech did you listen to? >> right here. you said he is the worst republican. >> stop lying. i said he was the worst republican to run on the issue of obama care. that's what i was talking about. i have said uniquely -- for every speech i said he is uniquely disqualified to run against obama on mark. to run against obama on the health care. i've been saying it in every speech. quit distorting my words.
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if i see it, it's bull [ bleep ]. come on, man. >> join u me now mary matlin and cornell belcher. did he have a gripe with the reporter and does it help him? plenty people dislike reporters and like seeing a candidate push back on a reporter. >> i'm of two minds. one part of it is we complain about a long political season and campaigns. this is what campaigns are supposed to do. the back and forth, the heated discussion. you learn who people are in campaigns. and sort of that exchange was a genuine exchange so you see who rick santorum is. you look at the great political figures in modern time, whether it be reagan or clinton or obama, and even george bush had for awhile. they're not mean, they're not nasty, they're not angry. american voters tend not to like
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politician who is are angry or mean spirited. i think in the long-term, this hurts him. he may raise some money off it, but in the long-term this hurts him. >> mary, do you agree? in the long-term this hurts him? or focusing on reporter? >> no. it was not scripted in the way that gingrich meant it to be part heefr. i know cornell won't disagree with this. there develops over time sort of a bit of a stockholm syndrome between the campaign and the press assigned to them. there's a built in resentment there. but there's also a dysfunctional family thing. they're up late, getting up too early. they're eating the same crummy food. horrible hotels. it's not glamorous out there. santorum knew jeff heard that speech a hundred times. he knew jeff knew what it meant. it's sort of like betrayal in that environment that people from the outside who haven't
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lived through these campaigns -- i mean, they're lovely and beautiful and all that. it's a day to day of it that wears you down. you get worn down worse when your prospects are less rosy than they once were. i don't think it was evidence of a personality defect or he's an angry person. i think it just is what happens on campaigns. >> cornell, let's talk about what happened with president obama at the tail end of his meeting with russia's president there was what was intended to be an off-mic moment. i want to play some of it. >> republicans are already pouncing on that remark. how much do you think that could hurt president obama? >> i think it's much to do about nothing. you seen an honest moment. washington republicans try to pivot away from etch a sketch
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gate here is a work of art. and even in this case poor mitt romney screws that up because, you know, in the debate with wolf he said russia was our greatest geopolitical foe. the same country in the stark treaty and reduce nuclear weapons. it's also reality. truth of the matter is given the hyper political environment that we're in right now, solutions have a hard time. no matter what the president did in that -- no matter what the president did, republicans are going to attack him on it and call him weak. and newt would find some way to connect the two. >> mary, is this an etch a sketch moment for the president? >> well, it feeds into a narrative that the president himself created by saying he wanted to reset our relationship with russia. he did that seeking accommodation and a reprisal -- or resetting of the relationship
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and he cemented our flexibility in it by not deploying. by pulling back on ground based defense missile systems. that's made poland upset and other security people. but it's different. but that was a narrative he said. from that he's got nothing back from russia. no cooperation on iran or syria. and he played into that. i'll go with cornell and say i'm with two minds. i've been with presidents and vice presidents when they're trying to have a private moment and it's unfortunate for him that was -- that one was captured. but we did not reset our relationship with russia in any way that's been beneficial to us. >> interesting day. thank you very much. the wife of the soldier accused of killing 17 afghan citizens is speaking out. here's some of the exclusive interview next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics...
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the wife of robert bales, a soldier accused of murdering 17 afghan citizens says she doesn't believe her husband could ever commit such a crime. karilyn bales said this case is not what it appears to be. >> i have no idea what happened, but he would not -- he loves children. he would not do that. it's heart breaking. i can't imagine losing my children, so my heart definitely goes out to them for losing all of their children. pope benedict xvi arrived today in cuba. he was greeted by raul castro and top church officials. tomorrow he flies to havana. benedict arrived in cuba after a visit to mexico. and anderson, movie director james cameron has returned from his voyage to the bottom of the pacific ocean. yesterday -- this happened yesterday in a one man submersible. he traveled nearly 36,000 feet
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to the trench. this is one of the deepest known points in the world's oceans. the geek in me as you know, i have a small part of geek, thinks this is super cool. >> i thought it was cool. i share your geekness. >> no we know you have more geek than i do. >> i don't know if you saw this -- tonight's shot. it's from britain's got talent edition. it's wowing people all over the internet. it's a singing duo of charlotte and jonathan. jonathan says he's being self-conscious of his size. his friend and senging partner charlotte helped give him confidence. take a look. ♪
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>> jonathan, you are a future star. >> thank you. >> pretty cool. >> reaction is so heartwarming. >> i heard simon cowell said jonathan should dump charlotte because she may hold him back. >> which was rotten. but he said no, they came on as a duo and was going to carry on as a duo. >> i like simon cowell. >> you're just scared of simon cowell. >> i'm not. i interviewed him for "60 minutes." i think he's a clever guy. i think his viewpoint is pretty accurate. >> so are you saying jonathan should dump charlotte? should i expect you to dump me when you face stardom? >> no -- well -- >> good night. let's check in with piers morgan. a look at what's coming up on "piers morgan tonight." you hear that singing? quite good. >> i did.
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it brought back fond memories. reminds me of the susan boyle edition. i agree with you about simon cowell. he's probably the second best british talent show judge we've produced. >> i assume you're thinking of yourself. >> no, it was great. it's what those shows are about when you find those rough diamonds who come out of nowhere who don't fit the conventional bill and sing like that. it's amazing. i used to find those moments really heartwarming. getting to them throughout the rest could be agonizing. anyway. coming up tonight, we've got a lot more on this trayvon martin case. i'm going to talk to chaka khan who's got thoughts on this. and natalie cole speaking for the first time since whitney's death. and ron paul's prescription on health care. and only in america, farewell to the easter bunny. some ghastly parents doing ghastly things at egg hunts.
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international shooting competition in kuwait. the kazakhstan winner waited to hear it ring out. and it did. the problem was it was a parody version in the borat movie. >> yeah. the kazakhstan sport and physical culture agency which i'm sorry but sounds like something out of borat has filed a protest in kuwait. the organizers have apologized. they said it was down loaded from the internet and played by accident. it's not the first time it's caused trouble. in the movie, his character goes to a rodeo in virginia.
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take a look. >> i now will sing our kazakhstan national anthem to the tune of your national anthem. please stand. ♪ kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world ♪ ♪ all other countries are run by little girls ♪ ♪ kazakhstan is number one ♪ exporter of potassium ♪ other central asian countries have inferior potassium ♪ >> so believe it or not, this also isn't the first time the wrong song has been played instead of the kazakhstan competition.
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