point for us. the beard is about to go away. >> i'm going to share the last question i asked judy smith before she left. how much of your job is obscuring the truth and she says it isn't because it comes out. exhibit one, anthony weiner. >> how long have you been trying to grow that? >> looks good. >> abby, yes. >> looks good. >> girl power today. i'll give it to mayor booker. i think he demonstrated a heroic act last night and is what politicians should be doing. >> jon, i'll cut you off. we need to get to "cnn newsroom." we'll see everybody back here on monday. have great weekend. carol, good morning. >> good morning. thanks, soledad. good morning to all of you. i'm carol costello. happening now, failure to launch. the north korean rocket that wasn't. it's being called humiliating, fruitless, a failure. despite that the united states standing strong as the united nations meets to see what the next steps are. mayor to the rescue.

cory booker racing into a neighbor's burning house crossing through smoke and flames to save a woman's life. newark, new jersey, has a new hero this morning. in control. the government taking a huge step in safety behind the wheel. a brake override. we'll tell you all about it. jackass award. the agency using your money to invent a fake award show at dinners you paid for. we're on the case. housing alert. have prices finally hit rock bottom? value of your home could go up for the first time in seven years. and it's iconic, studied in one of the most popular pieces of art around and now hitting the auction block. get ready for "the scream." "newsroom" begins right now. up first this morning, north korea defies the world and then surprises it. the secretive regime admitting that the controversial rocket launch was a failure.

pyongyang says it broke apart before it could put a satellite into orbit. the united states and other countries saw the test as a future ballistic missile. world leaders will discuss those concerns at the united nations. stan grant is in north korea's capital with the latest. hi, stan. >> reporter: hi, carol. what an embarrassment isn't it, really, when you consider the eyes of the world's media were here. they gambled. they invited the media in and took us up to the launch site itself. i stood next to the rocket. that's how confident they were this could be a success. all of this was being played out against a backdrop of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founding father of the country. this morning we heard the news not from north korea that the rocket had taken off but from the united states and then later again within minutes the word from the u.s. that this had in fact failed. still nothing from the north korean officials. it took hours before state media here actually acknowledged the

failure and that in itself was an extraordinary step to put out a statement to say it failed and they were launching an investigation. other than that, nothing. we've had no comment from any officials. no one has come forward to explain what the process was, what may have gone wrong. no one has come forward to tell us what they will tell their own people when this was meant to be a statement of power and prestige for the country. carol? >> the united states has already taken action. tell us about that, stan. >> reporter: the u.s. of course had a deal with north korea for food aid. that deal was worked out just in february this year. it was contingent on stopping these types of tests. the white house is now saying it was impossible to implement a deal such as that given the provocative action and unpredictability of this regime. interestingly though, president obama left the door open saying that they are willing to be able to talk to north korea if north korea was willing to put an end to this type of activity and

this type of provocation and be able to provide for its own people. what is extraordinary here, carol, is you have a country that cannot feed itself but is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on just this type of program. at the end of the day failing to deliver. carol? >> nothing to show for it. stan grant reporting live from inside north korea this morning. the republicans presumptive nominee mitt romney was quick to criticize president obama over the rocket launch. in a statement issued last night, romney said instead of approaching pyongyang from a position of strength, president obama sought to appease the regime with a food aid deal that was as naive as it was short lived. he cut critical u.s. missile defense program and continues to underfund them. this incompetence from the obama administration has emboldened the north korean regime and undermine the security of the united states and our allies. at the bottom of this hour we'll take a look at the military implications of this latest defiance from north korea.

spider marks, former commander of the u.s. army intelligent center will join us live. now to greenland, new hampshire, where four police officers were shot. a police chief was killed and now the suspect has been found dead. it all happened during a tense standoff overnight. officials say the body of 29-year-old cullen mutrie was found inside his home where he barricaded himself along with a female acquaintance. the woman was also found dead. authorities say mutrie opened fire on police when they arrived at the house with a search warrant. the greenland police chief was killed days before he was to retire. four other officers were wounded. >> the law enforcement community in new hampshire is certainly grieving this morning. they have come together, federal, state, and local agencies to do the job that law enforcement officers do every day to secure the safety and protection of our citizens. >> the police officers were

trying to search mutrie's home as part of a drug investigation. if a newark, new jersey, woman didn't support mayor cory booker before, she probably will now. the mayor ran through her home through smoke and flames and carried her to safety. the mayor is okay this morning. he came out of there with a new respect for firefighters. >> i couldn't see anything but the flames coming out of the kitchen. i really had this moment where i thought, okay, i think i'm trapped. i think we can't get out. >> what's the smoke inhalation feeling? >> i got out. i just couldn't breathe. i kept coughing. taking deep breaths was really hard. that's why today i have a new profound -- i have an incredible feeling -- yesterday all of my problems were big to me. today things feel a lot more clear and i have a lot more respect for firefighters. >> the neighbor, she's in stable condition with burns on her neck and back. reporter nick holmes has more

about the mayor's heroics. >> reporter: embrace with mayor booker with his hand wrapped in gauze and the woman identified herself as the fire victim's sister who is hospitalized with burns on her back. firefighters say mayor booker's actions probably saved her life. >> just some second-degree burns. you know, just we thank god. thank god that everybody is okay. >> reporter: detective alex rodriguez was outside the mayor's home waiting for the mayor to return. he says he spotted the flames on the second floor about one minute before the mayor pulled up. >> the mayor happened to pull up at that time. he ran in and without thinking for his own safety ran upstairs and assisted in rescuing the young lady in the front room here. >> reporter: your job is to protect the mayor and you see him running into a burning

building. what's going through your mind? >> protecting the mayor. >> reporter: look at how narrow it is in here for the mayor and his security crew to come down these stairs and the smoke and flames. must have been incredibly intense. when you get up here to the second floor and you see the amount of damage, you really get an idea of what the mayor and the security detail had to go through to get that woman out of here. >> reporter: the men made their way to the front room. space was tight. there was smoke, flames and not much time. >> i believe pulling the young lady out the fire from the kitchen he burned his hand trying to pull the lady out. >> residents of the two apartments are believed to be members of the same family. they all made it out you a live. one firefighter told security five more minutes and there would be nothing left. instead, there's this. a shared moment from neighbor to neighbor. >> and mayor booker will talk more about this later this morning. cnn will carry his news conference live from newark. that will come your way at 11:00 eastern. also this morning, the

national rifle association opens its meeting with the trayvon martin case as a critical backdrop. it will include the stand your ground law and self-defense claim central to george zimmerman's defense. presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich will be there. along with former contenders rick santorum and rick perry. also set to speak, eric cantor, the house majority leader. nra says about 70,000 people will attend that convention in st. louis. this morning we have some stunning new photos from last week's crash of a navy jet. the images make it all the more amazing no one was killed when that fa-18 hornet slammed into the apartment complex. the navy says the jet experienced a catastrophic mechanical malfunction and was leaking fuel. witnesses say it was already in flames by the time it hit the

ground and set fire to five surrounding buildings. we could be in for a wild weekend across a big chunk of the country. a string of nasty storms and even tornadoes from texas to northern minnesota. rob marciano is here to tell us -- i'm just going to say, what else is new? >> with the last couple tornado outbreaks occurred east of the mississippi river. this one is going to shift back toward traditional tornado alley and expand. it starts today and really goes through the entire weekend. let's talk about the couple of storms that we have lined up. the first one today not too horrible. we do have a threat for severe weather across the nation's midsection. what's going on out west, that's really the main juice of the energy that's going to come across the atmosphere and as it does so it's going to set the stage for potential rough weather. today large hail and damaging wind and isolated tornadoes from central oklahoma through kansas in through parts of western missouri. this is really just kind of setting the stage for what's to come tomorrow. this is a piece of energy that will come out of california and

traverse across the rocky mountains and that coupled with winds that will come in off the gulf of mexico, you know the routine. we increase moisture. we bring in strong jet energy. we get a twist in the atmosphere. that's the recipe for tornadoes. this pink area that you see right here, that is a high risk that's issued by the storm's prediction center. when they do that two days out, that's very rare they do that. when they do it two days out, that's when they mean business. last time they have done this was the end of april of last year when we had the joplin tornadoes just to give you an idea of how serious this situation is but notice it also goes up the slight moderate risk all of the way up through eastern nebraska getting into parts of iowa and even stretching into western illinois by the time saturday night into sunday rolls around and these could be dangerous lightning track tornadoes. as we go through sunday, this system splits its energy. there will be leftover squall lines but mostly thunderstorms that could produce some damaging winds and tornadoes across wisconsin but this is going to be the danger zone that might be

highlighted more eastern texas through louisiana and parts of arkansas as well and again this is all coming from a storm that's happening right now for our friends in california waking up to a wet day in the valleys and some major snow in the mountains. carol, back over to you. >> thank you, rob. one of the most famous paintings in the world is going on the auction block and on display for the public for the first time ever. the norwegian artist's famous painting the scream is on display in london. one of only four original versions and the only version in private hands and the only one to feature the poem that inspired the painting which is hand painted on the original frame and it's also the only one to be auctioned off. >> he would draw on his own personal experiences of love, anxiety and death and create universal resonate images we could understand. >> the piece is owned about afriend of munch and is expected

to fetch more than $80 million. still to come, new insight and new questions this morning in the death of trayvon martin. we'll take you to those crucial moments that february night and what prosecutors are saying happened. $100 a mile. that's what you pay for relocate a gsa employee from denver to hawaii. here's the kicker. he only stayed on the job for one year and then he left. back from the '80s. child stars against kirk cameron. a new tongue in cheek video calling kirk out. we have your showbiz headline as friday edition of "newsroom" continues after a break. we're america's natural gas

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listen to zimmerman's attorney last night on piers morgan. >> i will tell you. you may have seen it on today's tv. he was smaller and younger looking than i thought he was going to be from the one picture that i had seen and everybody else had seen. he stands about 5'8", 185 pounds i think. i at 6'2" tower over him.

>> cnn analyst sunny hostin is in new york. i found that bit of sound interesting from zimmerman's attorney. he mentioned his client as just 5'8" tall and he mentioned he's over six feet tall and trayvon martin reportedly was at least six feet tall. is this going to be part of the defense? >> it may very well be. but the bottom line is i'm certain that the person that we saw yesterday at the first appearance perhaps is not the person that trayvon martin saw on february 26th because reportedly his other attorney said he hadn't been eating and lost a significant amount of weight. if you look at surveillance video of the police station of zimmerman on february 26th, he looks heavier than yesterday. mark o'mara is his attorney saying things helpful to his client's case but we can't read

too much into that. >> let's get for the probable cause affidavit. prosecutors claim that zimmerman profiled martin. is this issue of profiling going to be the crux of their case? >> i think it's going to be part of it. we did learn a lot about the prosecution's theory in that probable cause affidavit which the judge it was in front of did find probable cause quite readily. we did learn that the prosecution's theory is that george zimmerman profiled trayvon martin, disregarded what a police dispatcher told him to do which is not follow trayvon martin. the prosecution thinks that george zimmerman did follow trayvon martin and started a confrontation. so that was clear i think from the probable cause ad which i have in front of me. i think what's also interesting is that they have disregarded or at least don't believe george zimmerman's account of that night. we know that it is his position

at least and what he said to the police was that trayvon martin attacked him from behind on his way back to his suv and that he was indeed not following him. completely two different stories and versions of events is what i think we're going to be hearing about not only at trial if it gets to trial but also at any sort of stand your ground hearing. >> if it does get to trial, i mean, we heard zimmerman's attorneys say this trial won't even happen this year. >> yeah. it is interesting because, you know, that's sometimes the case. of course defendants are entitled to a speedy trial. sometimes they waive that right. i suspect if george zimmerman doesn't get bond and remains in prison perhaps we'll see a trial a little earlier than that. a little earlier than next year because sometimes when a defendant is being held without bond the process is quicker because they want to see their

day in court and want the opportunity to defend themselves. i'm not so sure that we really can assess what the time line will be yet. too soon to tell. >> got you. thank you. still ahead in the "newsroom," a tragic accident leads to new federal measures. what's being done to help make sure your car is safe? and rock bottom. is the housing market there yet? maybe. signs that 2013 might be the year we see prices pick up. that's also ahead. in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

you might remember the story. nearly three years ago an off duty highway patrol officer and three family members were killed

after the accelerator in his lexus got stuck causing him to spin out of control. that accident led to a major recall and now it's led to new federal measures. lizzie o'leary is in washington with more. tell us about this. >> a lot of people remember that accident, carol, because this was the thing that prompted the recall of millions of toyota vehicles. they got slapped with a $50 million fine from federal investigators and now what we're talking about is new standards that would be mandatory in all new cars starting in about two years and what we're talking about here is something that's called a throttle override system and the basic idea behind it is it would allow the brakes to override in a computer electronic sense override the throttle so if your accelerator was stuck like we saw in that lexus crash in 2009, the brakes would override it. here's how it kind of breaks out.

it sounds like a dramatic fix but it's an easy one. what we know is that you already have this on a lot of late model cars and so basically it's a computer switch. it impacts most modern cars. quick computer switch. this is easy. this is not something that sidelines cars for a long time. right now this is a proposal but it's likely to become the mandatory rule. in terms of cars that already have this, you basically have a lot of them that do. toyota made this standard for all models after 2011. you already have gm doing it for cars made this year and ford did it in a lot of cars that were made after 2010, carol. >> so i'm just curious. what about people that drive stick shifts or manual transmissions and have to put down at gas and brake pedals at the same time. how does it impact them? >> it shouldn't impact them too much. this is really about what happens when the car gets the computer signal to keep the

accelerator down. so it really affects more automaticic transitions and you might have it be sticky if you have a manual transmission but it shouldn't be that big of an issue. most cars are computerized nowadays. this is about making sure the car is getting the correct computer impulses. >> lizzie o'leary live in washington for us this morning. thanks. now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, should gun laws be reviewed or not? the national rifle association is holding its big convention in st. louis today. front and center, gop candidate mitt romney. he'll most likely talk about his strong support of second amendment rights. the nra is as you know a very powerful lobby. so powerful gun control advocates blame it in part for what happened to trayvon martin. >> in reality the nra's leaders weren't interested in public safety. they were interested in promoting a culture where people

take the law into their own hands and face no consequences for it. let's call that by its real name. vigilanteism. >> the nra has largely silent on florida's stand your ground law and refused our request for an on-camera interview but its president did speak to a st. louis newspaper reporter before charges against george zimmerman were announced. he said "we don't know the facts as to what happened in florida. the law enforcement is doing their job. when they come down to a determination, then we'll have something to say." bloomberg is urging the repeal of stand your ground type laws in nearly two dozen states but that's not likely to happen any time soon. right now no gun control law has a chance of passing in congress. the debate lately has been less about gun control and more about protecting gun rights. so the talkback question for you this morning. should gun control laws be reviewed or not? facebook.com/carolcnn.

i'll read your comments later this hour. north korea's big launch was more like a big laugh. the rocket never left the atmosphere. it proved one thing yet again. all the pressure on earth is not stopping north korea from doing what it pleases. what does that mean for us? we'll have more on that coming up. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in new credit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible.

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home prices have plunged since the housing bubble burst a few years ago. since then there's been no end in sight. now a new study says prices may soon hit rock bottom. you know what that may mean. >> the expectation is that it could happen this year. this is really key. once prices hit bottom, there's no place to go but up. it will take a while to get back to where prices peaked back in 2006 since prices have fallen more than 30% since then.

when you have value falling that dramatically, it pushes people into foreclosures and short sales and even if you do stay in your home, since homes are often the biggest asset you have, it makes you feel like you have less money. you also feel stuck. you don't want to sell when your home is less worth than you paid for it. this is welcome news that new forecast from reuters say the prices expected to rise 2% next year. >> i don't mean to bring us down after that. there has to be a catch. >> it could be foreclosures. if we get a wave of foreclosures, that will push prices down further. that could happen because foreclosures slowed after the 2010 robo signing scandal when people were accidentally being foreclosed on because of bank errors. banks hit that pause button until they got clear guidelines in place. that happened with the $26 billion mortgage settlement we got in february which put together a standardized process. the result is that banks are now moving forward with confidence on those foreclosures.

they are up 45% in indiana compared to last year. yeah. up 26% in florida. so it could become an issue. one way or another, you have to get these foreclosed properties out of the pipeline so that the housing market can stabilize and then hopefully see prices on the rise. >> patricia wu live at the new york stock exchange. other stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom" this morning. the national rifle association opens the biggest meeting of the year with the trayvon martin case as a critical backdrop. this year the group's focus on gun rights is sure to include the stand your ground law and the self-defense claim critical to george zimmerman's defense. presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich will be there. along with former contenders rick santorum and rick perry. also set to speak, eric cantor, the house majority leader. the nra says about 70,000 people will attend the convention in st. louis. we have some stunning new

photos from last week's crash of that navy jet. the images make it all the more amazing that no one was killed when the f/a-18 hornet slammed into the apartment complex. the navy says the jet experienced a catastrophic mechanical failure and was leaking fuel. witnesses say it was already in flames by the time it hit the ground and set fire to five surrounding buildings. north korea now admits that its controversial rocket launch was a failure. pyongyang says the long range rocket broke apart before it could put a satellite in orbit. the united states and other countries saw the launch as a test of a future ballistic missile. today world leaders will discuss those concerns at the united nations. apparently all of the pressure in the world wasn't going to stop north korea from at least giving that launch a shot. cnn contributor general spider marks is here. he served as senior intelligence officer in south korea. welcome, general.

>> thanks, carol. >> many people are laughing about the latest bust. they called it a weapon of mass dysfunction. there's a bigger issue here. the north will do what it wants despite the threats. what does this mean for the united states? >> you know, carol, it is very easy to look at north korea especially in light of what they just did. they brought the international community up there. they brought all of the media. let's look at this rocket we're about to launch this thing. then it goes sideways off the pad. the issue really remains they have an incredibly capable military. they literally can launch artillery shells into downtown seoul with no warning and the time of flight is probably just a couple of minutes. you really can do some incredible damage and what you also have is north korea is a nuclear power and not a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty.

the fact that this missile failed to get into orbit. it keeps north korea as a regional threat and regional concern. they are not an international concern. had they been able to put that thing into orbit, they could threaten almost anyone. then it is a matter of marrying the nuclear capability up with the missile and now you have a legitimate intercontinental missile problem. it doesn't exist today. we are lucky it does. north korea will try to advance that capability. >> this is a political issue in the united states. mitt romney slamming the president for appeasing the north with food aid because the president was going to enforce more sanctions against north korea if it launched this rocket. this is a quote from mitt romney. he says the incompetence from the obama administration has emboldened the north korean regime and undermine the security of the united states and our allies. is that true? >> my view is that north korea does what it wants.

they demonstrated since they've been around for over 60 years that they are immune from international pressures. they view the north korean regime, they view the peninsula in a way that it is theirs. the notion of self-reliance exists in all aspects of what they do and how they live. what the outside world does is really of little import to them. a statement like that is truly not important. plus, guess what is going to happen? the united states is ultimately going to end up giving food aid back to the north koreans even though they said they didn't because those that suffer in north korea are the population. the regime and the elites will continue to do what they do. the united states and other international partners are going to do the best they can to contain this problem. the only way north korea changes is if they decide to change or there is some forceable change that is imposed on them and that's not likely. >> general marks, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks, carol.

you have seen the evidence of lavish spending at the gsa convention and now details of even more lavish spending. millions of your tax dollars sent to relocate employees. more on that story after a quick break. child celebrities are a special club. hear why many of them from the '80s are speaking out against one of their own. showbiz headlines next. [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. ♪ the c-class starts at just $34,800.

house republicans have released new information about a spending scandal involving the general services administration. cnn's dana bash has all of the details. >> reporter: we've seen the gsa employee videos mocking waste and abuse. we've seen evidence of the lavish 2010 gsa convention in las vegas costing taxpayers more than $800,000. >> i am wearing all armony.

>> reporter: now new information showing excess spending beyond that. what one gsa official calls millions of taxpayer dollars spent in a two-year period to relocate gsa employees. in one move alone, relocated an employee from denver to hawaii, it looks like the gsa spent $330,000. that comes from a transcript of an interview conducted by a gsa inspector general investigator with an unnamed gsa event planner charged with relocating employees. the transcript was provided to cnn by republicans on the house oversight committee. in it the event planner said it "blew me away when i saw how much it cost to relocate somebody. it's crazy. it's astronomical. hundreds of thousands of dollars." going on to say "it's outrageous." among the relocation costs generally picked up by the gsa, a house hunting trip, temporary quarters for up to 90 days, one

vehicle shipped and groceries and laundry. beyond that, the event planner said the government would play closing costs on a home purchase if the person relocating can't sell their house, we have guarantee we'll buy and it sell it off. as to how much the gsa spent in two years relocating employees, millions replied the gsa event planner. how many employees are we talking about, the investigator later asked? i would say about 15 miles on my desk said the gsa event planner. the investigators simply replied "that's amazing." we should note it's unclear from the transcript whether the government was reimbursed for any of that $330,000 relocation from denver to hawaii. now, the gsa doesn't just deal with relocating employees in its own agency. it sets the relocation policy governmentwide and in an acknowledgement there's been concern about excess spending of taxpayer dollars, a gsa official told me they set up pilot

programs around the country to cut down on costs when moving employees. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> it's all in a day's work for newark mayor cory booker. do a live call in show at 10:00 p.m. and then go into a home and save a neighbor from a house fire. >> thank god. thank god that everybody is okay. >> more on his heroics next. don't forget our talk back question today. this is the question for you this morning. should gun control laws be reviewed or not? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. ♪ made with only milk... cream... a touch of sugar... and pure natural flavors. ♪ who knew being natural could be so delicious? coffee-mate natural bliss. from nestle.

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newark, new jersey, mayor, cory booker rescued his neighbor from her burning house last night. >> i couldn't see anything but the flames coming out of the kitchen. i really had a moment where i thought, okay, i think i'm trapped. i think we can't get out. >> what's the smoke inhalation feeling? >> i got out. i just couldn't breathe. i kept coughing. taking deep breaths was really hard. that's why today i have a new -- i have this incredible feeling yesterday all my problems were big to me. today things feel a lot more clear and i have a lot more respect for firefighters. >> i bet. mayor booker will talk more

about his heroics in about 15 minutes. you can see him live here on cnn. child stars of the '80s and '90s are speaking out against one of their own. in a spoof that while funny is also very serious. showbiz correspondent is in los angeles with the scoop. >> the hits just keep on coming for kirk cameron. acting peers do not approve of recent comments about homosexuals. a collection of child stars from the '80s and '90s have teamed up for a public mock service announcement. the grown-up actors include josie davis and also ken michael. so why don't we listen to some of their message. >> experience in the entertainment agency told us

most homosexuals are kind, hard working people. >> kirk, like all of us, lived and worked in the company of homosexuals for years and i would challenge him to name one thing they ever did to hurt him, his community or civilization as a whole. >> so you are right. very funny there, carol, but also a definite message they want to get across. >> if you watched the -- we couldn't play a lot of it because it was really blue. let's turn now -- it was really funny and serious at the same time. let's turn to "american idol." there was a show shocker. it send j.lo into a frenzy. >> it was high drama on "american idol" last night. the judges, j. lo in particular stormed the stage to save jessica sanchez. she was eliminated by the fan vote. judges have one save a season

they can use. last night yes, indeed, they used it. sanchez is one of the favorites this season. backstage randy jackson and steven tyler told "showbiz tonight" they were stunned by this vote like everyone else. they admitted they never thought this would happen. they said sometimes fans think their favorites are safe and then they just forget to vote and they do believe, carol, that's what happened here. ♪ i spend all my life on a search to find ♪ ♪ my love will stay for eternity that heaven sent to fulfill my needs ♪ >> give me that mike. this is crazy. yes, we're going to save. you ain't going home. go sit down. go sit down. >> that was so nice.

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we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning, should gun control laws be reviewed or not? this from charles. it's not the laws that need to be reviewed. it's people that think they can take the law into their own hands. from eric. it's easy for people to point fingers and blame the nra. gun laws need to be reviewed to remove the thousands of insane laws restricting the rights guaranteed to us by the constitution. this from paul. the the right to bear arms does not infer any arms, anywhere, any time. if the nra had its way anyone could carry a shoulder fired rocket launcher to school. this from susan. criminals get guns and break many rules. why must i be denied the right to protect myself and property? people kill people. this from tom. since spoons are responsible for

obesity and diabetes and now considered a deadly weapon, we should have the same right to bear spoons as we have the right to bear arms. i'll keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. we're following a lot of developments in the next hour of the cnn "newsroom." let's check in first with athena jones. >> hi, carol. the obama administration has tough words for the failed launch. and good morning, everyone. i'm deborah fay feyerick. a number of military families are accusing a private company of ignoring conditions they say now made them sick. >> i'm patricia wu with the new york stock ek change. after a steady rise, gas prices have been falling for the last seven days. could we get some relief at the pump? more on that next hour. also will gun owners back mitt romney at the national rifle association convention.

and how do they feel about a challenge to the stand your ground law in the george zimmerman case? a reporter who spoke with the top nra executive will join us live in a few minutes.

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are you gonna just keep the one for the rest of your lives? no, i think we should all get our own. the mayor of newark, new jersey, corey booker talking about saving a woman from a fire. >> at this particular time to take a moment to recognize detective alex rodriguez, detective santos duran. last night when they noticed the fire, they were standing outside of my residence. they actually alerted the family that there was a fire in their building. it was a moment where they were having to convince the family inside that there's a fire. the family is like, who is it?

and detective rodriguez said, there's a fire in your home. the two of of them then entered the building and were able to get most of the people out. it was at that point that i arrived on the scene, and walked into the building, went into the building with the detectives, and found the situation at hand, which was a woman complaining about her daughter that was still trapped in the building. it was obviously a very difficult situation. the woman was trapped in the back of the house beyond the fire, which was in the kitchen. i want to give a lot of credit to the two detectives behind me for acting very quickly in helping to evacuate the home. i'm going to take any questions that you all have. i appreciate anybody being here. i want to bring attention to the two gentlemen who did heroic things last night.

>> it's very minor injury. second-dry burns. it's a blistering. i'm going to be fine. >> are you going back to work today? >> i was in the office earlier today. i'm going to go back and try to take a nap before i get back to my daily job. >> can you explain what's going through your mind when right after this snens you found with the timing of your commission and everything. >> so long story short is we came out right here. it was pretty bad off in terms of the mayhem and stuff like that. i'm grateful the firefighters did show up. got the fire under control pretty quickly. we got the young lady most injured to the hospital. they insisted i went in because i was coughing quite a bit.

thankfully i have a lot of people following me on twitter from the community. there's a good chance to get the word out that i was okay. >> mayor a lot of people are calling you a super hero. how do you respond? >> that's way over the top. honestly. there are people that do this every day. the police officers that i was with showed really quick action and got into the billion really quick. i'm a neighbor that did what most neighbors would do, which is to jump into action to help a friend. and i consider all of us very lucky. there was a time when i got through the kitchen and was searching for her and saw the kitchen in flames. it was frightening for me. i feel very grateful right now. very lucky to be here with you today. i think i did what most other neighbors would do.

>> was it an adrenaline rush? >>. >> there was a couple moments that were difficult? when we ascended to the top of the stairs, something exploded. at that point my security did what they're trained to do, which is to get me out of danger. and so detective rodriguez here and i had a bit of an altercation when he was following orders to always protect me. so he was literally pulling me by the belt. finally i whipped around and we had some words, and he relented. i am his commanding officer at the end of the day. i went into the kitchen, through the kitchen to the back room. at that point i did not feel bravery. i felt terror. it was very scary moment. i couldn't find her. it looked like i couldn't get through where i came from. and i couldn't breathe. it was a moment that i felt very religious. and that's why i feel thankful to go ahead. just when i was trying to find

somewhere to breathe, i find fi heard her and found an opening. we decided the to go through the kitchen. she didn't have much clothes on, so she sustained more burns. really only my hand got injured. honestly, i really appreciate people saying over the top. i dd not feel too heroic. it all happened quickly. i'm glad we go out of the building alive. the detectives really deserve a hero's welcome. i've watched them go into very dangerous situations without a second's thought. and those are the rail heros. >> does she know her mayor rescued her? >> the mother, i just talked to that few moments ago, she was the one pleading with somebody to go up there she was incredibly gracious to me last night. she was very gracious today.

the young lady was very disoriented, quite frankly. and she's a long time friend. these are neighbors of mine for six years. she didn't know how badly she was injured. i feel a sense of gratitude to god that i'm here and still feeling like i had my proverbial jesus moment in my life. >> can you explain to us about the victim, how old she is? >> she's about my age. about the same age. she's a good person who, when i come home from a tough day, she's there to tease me. she's been a really kind pempb f person for a long time in my life. miss williams' daughter xena. i feel lucky to have neighbors to look out for me.

i'm happy she's okay. >> we already made sure they all have places to go. miss williams is with her other daughter. we're going to work to get them resources so they can have basic needs. >> that's mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker talking about how he ran into a burning apartment to save his neighbor. as you can see, he's okay. the neighbor is also going to be okay. she was checked out at a hospital. she has some burns, but she's going to be a-okay. we're going to step away from this because it's time to start our second hour of cnn "newsroom." we begin with the national rifle association as it opens the biggest meeting of the year with the trayvon martin case as a critical backdrop. the shooting highlights core issue for the powerful group, such as gun rights and defense laws. and it's reflected in today's speaker list. republican presidential candidates mitt romney and newt

gingrich. rick santorum and rick perry also set to speak. eric cantor, the house majority leader. our next guest spoke to the man at the center of it. hello, jake. >> reporter: hi. how are you? thank you for having me. >> thanks for being here. we appreciate it. you sat down with wayne lapierre. did he say there would be any mention of trayvon martin or stand your ground laws at the convention? >> reporter: i don't want to say he quite distanced hymn, but he quoted charleston heston in saying for the nra sometimes silence is the best voice. from that i extrapolated we're going to hear little if anything about the stand your ground law at the nra convention. at least from the speakers. this situation is bad for them

for an image and political standpoint. they would like it to go away. i'm not certain you mentioned this speakers lined up today. i don't know if the nra has told them, hey, don't mention stand your ground, but i don't think we'll hear that from them. they want to stay away from that. >> yeah, jake, and i love this quote from wayne lapierre. this is a quote. charlton heston used to say sometimes silence is the right thing to do, and that's the case here. when do you expect the nra to say something about the stand your ground laws? >> reporter: i bet some time between now and george zimmerman's trial. >> politically they don't have much to gain. the nra is an interesting organization. perhaps unique in american politics, in that they have people who loved them. and they have people who hate them. the people that love them,

they're not committed to otherwise. the people that dislike them are not convinced to agree with them. from the nra's perspective, why try to argue this. the law, i don't think -- i guess the caveat with that to be if there was pressure in the florida legislatures or other legislatures to change these laws. then i think you would see nra strategy saying what do these laws really say? you would probably see some time of, for lack of better term, education campaign. talking to media saying here's the fine print. the nra would love for george zimmerman to perhaps say he was not following stand your ground lauf. which is to say that he ran a foul of it. that he wasn't under the proper danger to use the force that he is suspected or may have been doing. they would like to see this case play out. i think that the move probably would be to do something below

the radar, look at the law, try to educate media, try to lobby legislatures. right now, especially at the convention that will happen behind me in a couple hours, they're going to stay away from it. >> jake wagman, thank you for filling us in this morning. we appreciate it. turning our attention to north korea. first it defies the world, and then it surprises it. it now admits the controversial rocket launch was a failure. pyongyang says the long range rocket broke apart before it could put a satellite into orbit. but the united states and others saw it as a test of a future missile. today they'll discuss the concerns at the united nations. athena, what's the reaction from the white house? >> reporter: in a statement, press secretary jay carney said it was still a provocative act by north korea and will only serve to isolate the country further. it threatens regional security and violates international law. even though it's not surprising

that north korea would take the action, yes, it's surprising they admit the rocket launch failed. but north korea has a pattern of aggressive behavior. it's not surprising they should do this. any missile activity by the country, whether it fails or doesn't fail, any attempt is going to be a concern of the national community. so the white house has to keep watching this. u.s. remains committed to the region according to the statement. and he said that president obama is ready to engage constructively with north korea. but they have to live up to their commitments first, carol. >> and, of course, this is having an impact on the political race. mitt romney came out and criticized the president's policies on north korea. tell us more. >> reporter: well, certainly. as far as mitt romney and most others are concerns, he's the presumptive republican nominee, and so it's not surprising to see a person like this put out statements. so he criticized north korea, condemning them on the strongest possible terms. he also blasted the obama administration. let me read you what he said.

instead of approaching pyongyang from a position of strength, president obama sought to appease the regime with a food-aid deal. at the same time he's cut critical u.s. missile defense programs and continues to underfund them. this incompetence has emboldened the north korean regime. that food deal that romney spoke of is off according to a senior u.s. official. >> athena jones from the white house today. >> military families outraged after being assigned to homes covered in mold. >> i don't feel safe in these houses. i've never not felt safe in a house. some call it a scandal that rivals walter reid. we'll tell you why coming up. also a glimpse into the case of george zimmerman as well as a challenge to his defense attorney. all right, let's decide what to

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this morning we now have a peak inside the prosecution from george zimmerman. on the same day he appeared in court on second-degree murder charges, prosecutors filed an affidavit of probable cause. they may give us a glimpse at the case being built against him. martin savage is in florida. tell us what's in that affidavit. >> this is a probable cause affidavit. it's pretty much a numb nail sketch of the prosecution's case against george zimmerman. what it points out, they believe according on the the state is that george zimmerman was the instigator and george zimmerman did wrong. let me read you a few excerpts. it's talking about trayvon martin at this particular time, the 17-year-old, saying he was in a legal place not doing anything wrong. he was on his way back to the

townhouse when he was living when he was profiled, keyword there, by george zimmerman. the same affidavit goes onto talk about the 911 call here. he said an officer was on the way and to wait for the officer. george zimmerman says he continued to go after trayvon martin. and that's the last point. zimmerman con fronted martin and a struggle ensued. zimmerman shot martin in the chest. that's the same narrative trayvon martin's family has been giving from the very night. george zimmerman says he stopped going after trayvon martin and that trayvon martin attacked him on the way back to his car and there was a life and death struggle where he had to fire his gun and kill him. very different narratives here. that's the state's version of events. that's the reason we're charging skd-degree murder. george zimmerman's new lawyer

says a first goal is to bring down the level of anger surrounding the case. mark o'mara spoke about it with his client yesterday. >> he's concerned about getting a fair trial and fair presentation. there's been a lot of presentation flowing. it's been both premature and inappropriate. i don't think a case like this should be tried here. >> so let's bring in defense attorney polar prince to talk about this case. welcome. >> good morning. >> okay. so. he's talking about a change in venue, to use a legal term. he wants to change where the trial takes place. what would be a good place in mr. o'maro'mara's mind? >> probably anywhere other than where it was committed. certainly it's not surprising that he's seeking a change of venue. the court has to lock at can this defendant get a fair and impartial jury who is not already biased because there's so much publicity going on, and

as much as we're seeing it around the country, it's more focused on his location. certainly i would think as a defense attorney when you look at the implications and who the defendant is and the victim in the crime. the alleged defendant. they may look at a largely hispanic area. perhaps in the miami, south florida area, that he would look to go. >> maybe texas. that would be a great place to go, right. >> maybe get out of florida entirely. >> mark o'mara said maybe this trial won't take place this year. he talked about bringing down the level of anger surrounding the case. is that the reason to prolong the trial? >> well, it's going to be a couple of things. right now it's getting so much publicity and the public is so outraged. as time goes on, that's going to calm down. the level of animosity is something that mr. o'mara wants to bring outside of the

courtroom, because it can influence his case. the other thing is he wants time to do his job, to prepare his defense. it takes time to do that. thanks so much for coming in this morning. i hope you come back. >> thanks. dozens of military homes covered in mold. cnn investigates next. plus another herman cained a hits the internet. and it's more bizarre than the others. just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. mmm-hmm. and just leave your phone in your purse. i don't want you texting, all right? daddy...ok! ok, here you go. be careful. thanks dad. call me -- but not while you're driving. ♪ [ dad ] we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. ♪

they risk their lives every day to protect our country, but some members of the u.s. military rbt aren't getting the protection they need here at home. dozens of military families say they're getting sick from toxic mold that's growing all over

their homes at a navy base in norfolk, virginia. here's cnn's deborah feyerick. >> reporter: norfolk naval base in virginia is the largest in the world, home to the u.s. atlantic fleet. but it's facing a crisis. >> i'm in essence combatting a war on two fronts. >> i don't feel safe in these houses. i've never not felt safe in a house. >> a crisis that turned dozens of military families into refugees. holed up for weeks at a time. they call this hotel wing the mold wing. >> displaced families who tell us they are sick in rotting homes. shs lincoln military housing, a private company that took over navy housing seven years ago. under the terms of the contract, within a two-year period, all homes were supposed to be brought up to a suitable level.

was that done in your opinion? by suitable, i mean all of them liflable? >> yes, i believe it was was under the terms of our agreement with the navy. >> yet military spouses tell a different story. >> the second story was sinking into the first. >> a story of decaying homes and well meaning but incompetent maintenance people. >> is it fair to say that lincoln was simply fixing the same problem over and over and over again? >> it's almost kind of like they just put lipstick on a pig. it's still a pig. >> lincoln knew it was inheriting hundreds of other poorly built homes. >> i understand why the families are frustrated in the issue. i would be frustrated with the things that went on. >> after a series of local news reports, town hall meetings have been packed with dozens of military families complaining of health problems. u.s. senator mark warner, who himself has a daughter with asthma listened in disbelief.

>> 20 years in business. this is not a way to run a business. lincoln representatives were denying there was a problem. the navy was denying there was a problem. now all the sudden there's been 180-degree reversal. and you guys are now acting on it. >> we've made mistakes. we're not happy about what happened here. >> one lesson learned has been in this particular partnership and for the time being that we need to increase the amount of oversight that we provide at the deck plate level. homes are now being patched. almost 90 remediated for mold. lincoln and the navy are not doing this out of the goodness of their heart. they're doing it because they got caught. >> they got caught. >> deborah feyerick is in new york. she joins us live. just astounding. i would never want to move back

into those homes. where is the navy in all of this? >> when this all happened, the military transferred housing to private companies, the navy was happy about that. they took off the burden of being the landlord. although they were supposed to go in, inspect the homes, make sure the week is being done, they relegated the responsibility because they trusted the partner. and in this particular area, that was not being done. a lot of women say they felt intimidated by certain representatives, certain agents of lincoln. they said they would complain and nothing was done or they were told they were crazy or not taking care of their homes. it was really a difficult situation. they weren't getting the answers that they wanted to be getting. >> you have kids and you have to live in that kind of environment. even if they say that the mold is gone, i don't know, you would be afraid to move back in.

>> one woman does exactly what she says. these homes should have been condemned. whatever she they do to the homes, they don't have the peace of mind that it will be safe for her family to live in. >> you can catch deborah's report toxic home front in the entirety this weekend as part of a special cnn presents airs sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> now is my chance to talk about on one of the big stories of the day. should gun laws be reviewed or not? the national rifle association is holding a big convention in st. louis today. front and center, gop candidate mitt romney. he'll talk about his strong support of second amendment rights. the nra is a powerful lobby. so powerful gun control advocates blame it in part for what happened to trayvon martin. >> in reality they were interested in promote agriculture where people take

the law into their own hands and face no consequences for it. let's call that by its real name, vigilanteism. >> the nra has refused our request for an on camera interview. the president did talk to a st. louis newspaper reporter before charges against george zimmerman were announced. wayne lapierre is the man. when they come down to a determination, then we'll have something to say. bloomberg is repealing the stand your ground law in two dozen states. that's not likely to happen any time soon. right now no gun control law that has a chance of passing in congress. and more about protecting gun rights. the talk back question for you this morning. should gun control laws be reviewed or not?

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had some words. and he relented, i guess. i am his commanding officer at the end of the day. so he let go of me and i went through the kitchen to the back room. but honestly at that point i did not feel bravery, i felt terror. >> mayor cory booker. in other top stories. north korea admits the rocket launch was a failure. but the united states and other countries saw the test as a future ballistic missile. >> stunning new photos of last week's jet crash. seven people were injured, including the two-person crew. the navy says the jet experienced a malfunction. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing with us today.

democratic strategist, liz chattan. politic 365 correspondent jason johnson, and krrk eo and best selling author of poorer richard's america, tom blair. welcome to all of you. >> good morning. >> first question. mitt romney is going to speak at the nra's big convention later today in light of the trayvon martin case and stand your ground laws, will that change romney's message to the group? tom? >> i don't think so. i think romney is still in primary mode. i think it will be in line with the hardcore factions. this would be the time to split the difference. you have a situation that goes right in the face of the nra. for decades they've argued if we all have handguns only criminals will have handguns. here's a case where we have two law-abiding citizens. someone is carrying a handgun legally, and human emotion takes over and we end up with a young

boy dead. >> jason. >> if mitt romney is smart, he'll say nothing about trayvon martin. if i were him, i would say, look, we're interested in responsible gun owner ship as opposed the to barack obama who's fast and furious program lost 2,000 guns to mexican drug lords. stay away from trayvon martin. stay focused on the primary and attacking barack obama. >> i completely agree with jason. he's not going anywhere near stand your ground laws or anywhere near the trayvon martin case. he has way too much making up to do with the nra. you're going to hear mitt romney talk about the second amendment. how americans were able to defend themselves. but you're not going to hear him say the word trayvon martin, no way. >> question number two. thanks to a supreme court ruling. your children could see political ads on sesame street.

remember when mitt romney said big bird needed to get a job? >> those are things i like. i like the national endowment to the arts. i like pbs. public broadcasting. those are wonderful things. but i'm not going to kill big bird. i promised. but there are going to be advertisements on pbs to help pay for big bird. they're not going to borrow money for china to pay for things that are not absolutely essential. >> okay. counting, sharing. it goes great with ads on job creation. 4-year-olds love that stuff. guys, what is the point? >> first, this is really odd. this is usually the more liberal court. this is a problem. i think this is going to be a third rail for any politician. let me think about it. who wants to be the first politician to put an ad on sesame street. parents will hate you. this is a nonstarter for

everyone personally. big bird, ernie, all nose guys are nonpolitical. that's the way we like them. >> liz? >> i agree again with everything that's been said. but, boy those moms sitting there during the day with their kids, they are a target audience for political campaigns. both on the left and the right. it's going to be hard for them to resist. if it's on the table for them to talk directly to those mothers on these shois. who wants to watch big bird and ernie and the cookie monster and listen to foreign policy debates in an ad? i hope it doesn't happen. >> tom? >> your question presupposes only children watch children programs. . in certain states there's a percent of the electorate that watch the programs. but quite often childrens programs from background music to the working spouse at home. so i would suggest that it might make sense to convey some messages.

plus if we have a congressman suggesting there's 81 in congress, maybe we should start the education process as young as we can. >> time for your buzzer meter. have you seen herman cain's new video? it's the weirdest since the last herman cain video. >> this is the average american taxpayer. feeding big government. okay. aside from being slanderous portrayal, what does this video mean, jason? >> this video means that i have a personal message to every republican out there who wanted herman cane to be president. are you serious? this is the kind of advertising that this man puts forward? i can't believe anyone thought he was remotely qualified. his previous ad he shoots a

rabbit into the sky. he makes a fish drown outside of water. this shows herman cain was never qualified to be president. i'm glad we're seeing this now. >> jason, you're right on. you are absolutely right on. when i first heard herman cain about the add, which is herman cain? he was the candidate with the extra pepperoni in his life. once the male ego has hold of a national platform, they don't want to give it up. these are herman cain's way of staying in the spotlight. >> come ob, guys. these ads are hilarious. you have catapulting rabbits. you have killer chickens. they're completely irrelevant. not one vote will be cast based on them. not one voter will change your mind. but they're darn entertaining. >> i have to agree with you liz. i laughed for an hour after that. tom, jason, liz, thanks for playing. we appreciate it. gas prices have steadily increased for most of the year.

but now a new downward trend? have gas prices peaked? according to the signs, ford is having some sort of big tire event. i just want to confirm a w things with fiona. how would you describe the event? it's big. no,i mean in terms of savings how would you sum it up? big in your own words, with respect to selection, what would you say? big okay, let's talk rebates mike, they're big they're big get $100 rebate, plus the low price tire guarantee during the big tire event. so, in other words, we can agree that ford's tire event is a good size? big big

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child stars of the '80s and '90s are in a league of their own so to speak. now many are banning together against one of their own. that would be kirk cameron. michelle turner joins us from los angeles. i watched the video in its entirety. we can't show it because it has

a lot of bad words. but it's entertaining. >> entertaining is the message. a party with a purpose. you may remember that kirk cameron's comments to our own piers morgan about homosexuality. he said, quote, homosexuality is detrimental and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization. some of kirk's acting peers are letting him know they disagree. they call themselves child celebrities opposing kirk cameron. they've created a really funny response on the website funnyordie. josie davis from charles in charj. christine lakin from step by step and ken michael from "the parenthood." let's listen to the message. >> he believes gays and lesbians are destroying everything god has built. >> but straights outnumber gays like nine to one. >> as world killers go, the y2k had a better shot.

>> you know, yeah, we gave everybody a little piece there, carol, because you're right. it's a little blue. not just their shirts. but they are putting the message out there that's saying let's just include, everybody. incligss gootd. exclusions bad. >> it's really funny. and serious at the same time. okay, she's a little bit country. he's a little bit rock 'n' roll or pop, i guess. tell us about the new collaboration with justin bieber and taylor swift. >> these days justin bieber is a little bit of everything. he just about does everything. now he's venturing over to the pop country area. he and crossover star taylor swift have teamed up on a new track for his new album "believe." bieber broke the news and said his song with swift does have a little country flavor. they are long time friends. remember that he pulled that prank on her in the season premier of "punked."

i'm guessing with the fan base these two guys have, this song will be a major hit. it's not the only celebrity hit on justin's new album. he announced on twitter that he's teaming up with usher, drake, kanye west, timbaland and dip low. i have to say, i'm a belieber. >> that was so bad. >> i try. >> if you want information on anything breaking in the world, watch "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 p.m. eastern on hln. fantastic news for this cancer survivor. >> i'm officially done with cancer and chemotherapy. like once and for all. >> oh, yeah. but that's just part of an unbelievable day for that buy. he got to play catch at coors field. it had nothing to do with his cancer. that story is ahead in sports. just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. mmm-hmm.

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the new orleans sanlts r moving forward, but there's still talk about the bounty program. >> sean peyton has been suspended for the entire season. so the saints have to figure out who is going to replace him. the saints have an assistant ready. so there we go. who is filling in for the guy filling in? joe has been named the interim coach. but he's out for six games for the bounty. so espn reporting for the

interim coach will be offensive line coach aaron kromer. author is out as the man who blew the whistle on the bounty system. he is described as a disgruntled ex-employee who blames the saints to get another job in the nfl. the boston opening up their defensive in the stanley cup. they come to town, and this is how they get welcomed. big hit by dennis sidenberg. they both go down heart. it's a heart hitting playoffs. this goes to overtime. a scoreless time. tim thomas, so solid. look at the pad save there. then back the other way. here go the bruins down the ice. the outlet pass. chris kelly. the slap shot. the the bruins win it 1-0. all right. miami heat, chicago bulls. best two teams in the nba's eastern conference. a possible playoff preview. c.j. watson to three to tie it. with just seconds left.

going overtime, they had a rough shooting night. in overtime, the jumper, and the bulls plug it out. 96-86. chicago will be the number one seed. all right, blake griffin is human. i admit, i say it all the time. i have a man crush on him. but this time it went krong. he's all alone and it's going to be awesome. that never happens. it's blake griffin. he's the best dunker in the nba. we have to tell you about this. rookie pitcher jeremy guthrie was bored on his first day with the colorado rockies. he sent out a tweet. anybody want to play catch. >> i live downtown. i have my glove. i said, let's do this. woody got the invite to coors field. they tossed the ball around and talked. it was a special day already for another reason. he's been fighting cancer for the last five years.

he lost his leg to the disease, but keeps a positive attitude. before meeting guthrie, roseland found out he's cancer free. then he got to throw with a major league pitcher. great kid with a great moment. >> what a beautiful day. >> let's do this. that's what he said. >> thanks so much, jeff. we have a bit of breaking news. the obamas and bidens have released their 2011 tax returns. the obamas filed jointly. they made 789,000 last year. they gave to 39 charities. which will be the 22% of their gross income. 32,000, just about in state taxes, will will illinois state taxes. the bidens paid 90,000 in

federal taxes. 14,000 in delaware state taxes. they also had to file in virginia. about $3,600. we'll have much more on this later today. just wanted to fill you in on that breaking news. gas prices, let's talk about them now. they steadily increased for most of the year. now a new downward trend. have gas prices peaked? are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary new e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live.

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we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the talk back question for you. should gun laws be reviewed or not? go ahead and defend your family with a kitchen knife. after a few episodes of "i

survived" on the biography channel, you might change your mind. there are evil people who don't care about women or children. this from thomas. the laws are fine as they are. however, i would support a requirement that all gun purchasers complete a gun safety course. this from karen. most definitely. it's a delicate and complicated subject. those who want to use guns to hurt people will find a way to do it. this from brian, review and revise, but not remove. facebook.com/carolcnn. thanks as always for your comments. after a long steady rise, gas prices have been falling for seven days. prices may have peaked. patricia wu is at the new york stock exchange. is it too soon to say if prices topped out? >> it's too soon to say for sure, but we are hopeful. prices may have peaked, that's because oil prices are falling.

70% of gas prices are dictated by the price of oil. which is trailed on the open market, so it fluctuates. today it's about $103 a barrel. the reason why it's falling is tensions with iran have eased since iran decided to negotiate with the un. if things with iran fell through, if there was a big hurricane season, that could drive prices right back up. but on the flip side of the coin, there are things pressuring those oil prices. and one thing is less demand. the chinese and the u.s. committee are slowing, so we're using less oil. at the same time areas like saudi arabia, canada, north seas are not making as much oil as they could. they could boost production and plis at any times. oil is a commodity. it's volatile. a lot of factors could drive it up or bring it down. so no one can say for sure. patricia wu. live from the new york stock exchange. a new report suggests we could be getting closer to using

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we want to introduce you to frankie and dottie. two adorable ladies getting into social media. unlike most of us, they're almost 90 years old.

here's cnn's jeanne moeos. >> reporter: they're charming the pants off the internet. >> texting. you need a wi-fi? >> a we-fi? >> those pads. >> they may not know an ipad from a brillo pad. but they took over kraft macaroni and cheese social media for three days, monopolizing facebook, terrorizing twitter. it was a stunt designed to promote the edible icon's 75th anniversary. ♪ it's nice and cheesy and really pretty easy ♪ >> twitter wasn't. >> this tweet machine. >> but old birds did manage new tweets. dotty saying she always used butter to make mac n cheese and it was good. both are in their mid-80s now. fans didn't get gooey over the

mac n cheese. you two dames are awesome. here's frankie explaining googling to dottie. >> he whips out his palm thing. and pop, pop, peep, peep, he just made the answer. it's called google. >> and this is how frankie feels about facebook. >> get a life. tmi. >> but by the end of their three-day social media reign, frankie described it as heartwarming and mind blowing. she liked the nice young ad agency people hanging around her home. betty white just took up twitter. and remember the couple in oregon who went viral after accidentally recording themselves on their new laptop? >> how pretty your hair is. just drop your dress a little bit. >> stop it. >> now there are critics who say making these two seem le