before hand. put on your running shoes before you eat breakfast. you want your brain to latch onto some cue that makes that behavior automatic. but then you also have to give yourself a reward that you really enjoy. if you haven't been running in a little while and your brain has forgotten how much you like to run, give yourself a little piece of chocolate after the workout routine. >> that will work real well. >> it's counterintuitive. because the whole reason you're exercising is to try to lose weight or to get in better shape and the chocolate is the opposite of that, and yet we know from experiments that if you do that, you trick your neurology into forming a habit. and within two weeks you won't need the chocolate anymore. your brain will have learned you like running or running's sake. >> thank you so much. we're going to try to -- we'll make this a habit, if you will. we'll have you back. >> thank you so much. >> thanks, charles.

it's the top of the hour. i'm gary tuchman in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. george zimmerman has a status hearing just a few minutes from now. he's not expected to appear in court for it. he also has a bond hearing set for next week. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self-defense. the affidavit says he quote profiled the teenager and disregarded a police dispatcher's order not to pursue him. thousands of syrians shouting against the government are testing the cease-fire that went into effect yesterday. so far day two is relatively calm. we are hearing though about small clashes and some civilian casualties. syrian forces and rebel fighters are for the most part keeping their promise to stop shooting at each other. north korea's long-range rocket launch was a big failure, but world leaders are worried about what could come next. the u.n. secretary-general believes north korea may be trying to save face after the

fiasco by doing a nuclear test or making some sort of military move. president obama and vice president biden have released their family tax returns for 2011 as they try to turn up the heat on mitt romney over what he pays in taxes. the obamas had an adjusted gross income of $7,896.74. they paid more than $162,000 in federal taxes. that's about 20.5%. the bidens earn $379,035 and they paid almost $88,000 in federal taxes. a police chief who was just days from retirement was shot to death in the small new hampshire town of greenland last night. chief michael maloney was killed when officers tried to serve a search warrant in a drug investigation in that small town. four other officers were wounded. maloney's death comes on the heels of a new report ha shows the number of police officers killed on duty is the highest in almost 20 years. so why are police deaths so

high? in just a moment i'll talk to the president of the major cities chiefs association, philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey. well, he may be best known as the mayor of knew yoosneware jersey, but cory booker is being called a hero. he pulled his neighbor from her burning home. >> when we ascended to the top of the stairs, something exploded, and at that point my security detail 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 that is to always protect me. he was literally pulling me by the bell and finally i whipped around and we had some words, and he relented. i guess i am his commanding officer at the end of the day. >> quite a morning in new jersey's largest city. firefighters say booker's actions likely saved his neighbor's life. the trayvon martin killing has sparked a lot of talk about race, but some say the killing

is more about guns and too many of them on the streets. comedian bill cosby is speaking out about it. here is what he told our candy crowley. >> so you saw more a gun issue than a race issue. >> how are you going to solve a race issue when it becomes he said/she said or he said/he said? and the other question is what is solved by saying he's a racist, that's why he shot the boy? what solves that? this and what is he doing with it and who taught him and told him how to behave with this. >> candy crowley, anchor of cnn's "state of the union" joins me now. what do you make of cosby's comments? we know, of course, his son ennis, was shot and killed years

ago. >> right, and it was so interesting talking to him because he also went on to say that he believes that if people want to have a gun inside their home to protect themselves, that they totally should. he revealed to me that he once owned a handgun and had it in his home for that very reason. but he talked about the kind of empowering effect it has on people to say, well, here is something outside, i'll go see what that is, kind of because you feel empowered to kind of go out, and he sort of blended that into the idea that zimmerman was the neighborhood watch. he said they should be watching, they shouldn't have guns. they should -- he said, even the cops call for backup when something is going on, but there's something about a gun that makes people feel very empowered, so he wasn't necessarily anti-gun. he was anti-gun in the wrong places. >> cosby is one of my heroes, so i think it's really cool that you got a chance to talk to him. >> it was fun. >> we want to switch it now

talking about guns and talking about politics. today is the nra's annual meeting and presidential candidate mitt romney is giving a speech along with newt gingrich and even rick santorum. now, i understand romney has not been super supportive of all thenthe nra's policies in the past. >> not always. he was a supporter of the brady special which out loud the saturday night specials. he signed into law in massachusetts an assault weapons ban. but i will say that he -- when he began to think about running for president, there was an evolution in his thinking. the gun advocate folks in massachusetts were very angry at him for signing this assault weapons bill. they, of course, as many do, think of that as a camel's nose under the tent, a way to get at banning guns completely. as governor and since then running for president now twice, he said, look, i am a firm

supporter of the second amendment, but i don't think it's time for any more gun control laws. i think what we need is to enforce the laws we have on the books. i will say though with the nra, which historically is conservative, historically tends to vote on a national level tends to vote for the republican, i think that romney is going to look better despite his sort of background, it looks better to them at this point than president obama in terms of their issue. >> candy, why haven't we heard very much from the democrats about gun control? >> because, you know, lots of democrats have pointed out, and romney points this out as well, that this state by state, people's attitudes towards guns tends to differ in many ways. if you're a big open hunting season, the interior west or in the midwest, in michigan and missouri and illinois, certainly south dakota, north dakota, all of those states, hunt something a way of life. it's a part of the culture. and so they look at guns very differently than they do in the

big cities of boston or new york or washington, d.c., where they tend to see guns as destructive. so, you know, it is one of those things if you're a democrat, take the governor of montana, he's very anti-gun control. he's for, as most people say, sensible gun control, but he is a gun rights advocate, so it is not an easy issue, and it's one of those issues that does drive people to the polls. so democrats see it as a losing issue as well in many, many spots, and so it's just something they don't want to get into either. >> very interesting, candy. it's always interesting hearing what you have to say, and you can hear a lot more from my friend candy this sunday at cnn "state of the union." begins 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the police chief of a small town in new hampshire was killed in the line of duty last night. he was just days away from retiring. it's so sad. new york city police have lost eight officers since the

beginning of this year. a new report is showing more officers are losing their lives while on duty. the international association of chiefs of police found the number of officers killed in the line of duty is at its highest in almost two decades. here are the numbers. all of 2011, 72 officers were killed by suspects. that's 25% more than 2010. and a 75% increase from four years ago in 2008. joining me to talk about today's tragedy and the bigger picture is the head of the major cities police chiefs association and fellow chicagoan, philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey. that's where he's originally from. commissioner ramsey, thanks for joining us, first of all. >> thank you, thank you. >> what was your reaction today when you heard about the police chief who was so close to retiring in new hampshire? >> well, i mean, it was a very sad thing to learn, and i certainly want to express my condolences to chief maloney's family. it's always troubling whenever we lose an officer in the line

of duty. >> what do you think is behind this rise in the number of officers killed in the line of duty? many major cities, including yours, philadelphia, have had a sharp decrease in the number of murders overall, but what's going on with police officers? >> well, i don't know if we know exactly. certainly the easy access to handguns is part of it. but i also think that over the years we've gotten very good at deploying our personnel based on the technology that we have available to us. as bratten used to call it, putting cops on the dots. we've become very good at that. we are also becoming very good at predictive policing. when you look at those types of changes in our policing strategy, we are actually in the areas where crime is most likely to occur, and then you have technology like shot spotter where if the sound of a gunshot goes off, it's automatically notifies our radio dispatch, we immediately send officers to the scene, which means that they are more likely to encounter someone who is armed.

>> let me ask you this, we know some congressmen and police organizations have fought hard to reinstate the federal assault weapons band. what's your organization's stance on that? >> we're in support of a ban for assault weapons, no question about it, high capacity magazines. we just don't see the need for it. again, sensible gun laws are something that as an organization we support. >> so the trayvon martin killing has put the idea of neighborhood watch associations in the spotlight. do you think the captains of neighborhood watch associations should have guns while they're doing their patrols? >> no, i don't. i think that if you're involved in a town watch or neighborhood watch, if you see something, call 911. allow the police to take over and let us handle it. you know, one of the issues that you have in situations like that, and this gun debate in its entirety, police officers go through hundreds of hours of training. much of that training is devoted to use of force. people are able to get handgun

permits, carry concealed, and in many instances receive absolutely no training on when it's appropriate to use force let alone deadly force in given situations. and even though we undergo hundreds of hours of training, including in-service training, we don't always get it right as police officers. so that's something that really does need to be looked at and needs to be addressed. >> chief charles ramsey in philadelphia, p.a., thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, sir. here is a rundown of some of the stories we are covering over the next hour. first this. syrian protesters pour into the streets testing a trage jifragi fire. and a battery powered brain. doctors are trying out an experimental treatment for depression. we will show you the device. and then he says he did what most people would do to help out their neighbors out. the mayor of newark, new jersey, raced into a burning home

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president obama is talking trade. as we speak he's doing it in a key battleground state, florida. he is in tampa talking about strengthening business ties between the u.s. and latin america, reducing the trade gap between developed and developing countries. let's listen. >> that's what i'm going to be doing right after this visit to tampa. i'm heading to colombia to take part in the summit of the americas which brings together leaders from the caribbean and from north, south, and central america. everybody here knows how critical this part of the world is to our economy and to creating jobs. a lot of the countries in the region are on the rise.

in latin america alone over the past decade, tens of millions of people have stepped out of poverty and into the middle class. so they're now in a position to start buying american products. that means they've got more money to spend. we want them spending money on american-made goods so that american businesses can put more americans back to work. the good news is already our exports to the western hemisphere are up by 46% since 2009. i want to repeat that because that's obviously important to tampa. [ applause ] tampa is one of the biggest ports in the country, and a lot of the business being done here has to do with trade between us and latin america. so the fact that it's gone up 46% since 2009 is a big deal for tampa. in florida exports to this

region are up nearly 30%. we now export more to the western hemisphere than to any other region in the world, and those exports support nearly 4 million u.s. jobs. this is one of the most active trading relationships in the world, and you see it up close here at the port of tampa. every year more than 2.5 million tons of fertilizer head out from here to farmers in the caribbean and central and south america, engine oils that are produced not far from this port get shipped to countries throughout the hemisphere. >> president barack obama in tampa, florida. he said he's on his way to colombia. he's going to the summit of the americas in cartagena. cartagena is one of the most beautiful cities in the western hemisphere. there will be intense security in colombia. a status hearing is under way right now for george zimmerman. plus, he's got a bond hearing next week. the man who shot trayvon martin

could get out of jail after next friday's bond hearing. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst mark nejame. welcome to cnn. it's nice having you at cnn. >> it's nice being with you. i've been enjoying being with everybody. >> first, explain the purpose of the status hearing. what do you think will happen today? >> it's highly unusual. it's not typical, and there's nothing in the rules of procedure to allow for this. so that means the judge has an announcement. i would think that it's going to be one of two things. she's either going to allow everybody to know the direction that she's going to take this case or she's going to remove herself from the case. my speculation would be that she's going to remove herself from the case. she'll recuse her case and it will be reassigned to another judge. we'll show shortly when she makes her announcement. >> why will she remove herself from the case. i know she's young.

does that have anything to do with it? >> that won't have anything to do with it. she'll state her reasons so i don't really know. her husband is ni law pamy law . she handles everything on her own, it's her decision entirely. we agreed we would not discuss it. i brought it to the attention of lawyers on both sides. if they were going to proceed on it, that would be up to them. i think in light of the fact that i referred mr. o'mara to mr. zimmerman and the fact that i have knowledge of that and everybody else and i'm serving in an official capacity as a cnn analyst, legal analyst, i think that for the public so there will not be this perception of anything questionable, she's a very ethical, very excellent lawyer, judge, and i think so there would not be the

appearance of impropriety which is the legal standard that governs our ethics, that would be my guess. i don't know. >> you were talking about how you know george zimmerman's attorney personally and recommended hip. you mentioned yesterday you were asked by representatives of zimmerman twice to represent him and you then recommended the new attorney. i want to play to you one of his comments last night on cnn and then i'd like to ask you to tell us if you think that it's going to be a major part of a self-defense argument. listen. >> i will tell you, and 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. so i at 6'2" sort of tower over him. >> was there a strategy in saying how he, the attorney, towers over his client? >> i think that the relative size of any two people embroiled in a physical contact is significant, and i think it will absolutely be an issue that

plays into this as it well should be. i think all the facts need to be brought out, and from what i have come to learn about this case from all sides and from various people, much, much, much of this story has not yet been told and there's been a lot of conjecture and speculation and i think you're going to find with mark o'mara as well as with the state, that they're going to look at each of those important areas and assess them as this case unfolds. even the state, who in my opinion has taken the quantum leap of going to second-degree homicide as the charge brought has evaluated what they have and believe they can make a case based on that. but right now they don't have everything. and as the case unfolds with new facts, new evidence, new ways of interpreting them, i think we're going to find that things will change and there will be ebbs and flows throughout the case. that's normal. >> mark nejame, we have a lot

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in syria today the roar of guns and artillery is replaced by human voices across the country. people filled public spaces today shouting their anger at the syrian government and putting a brand new cease-fire to the test. the syrian military and rebel groups fighting them agreed to stand down as part of a united nations peace plan. cnn's ivan watson is in istanbul today watching developments across the border.

it's good seeing you. it's only been two days of relative calm in syria. i assume you believe it's way too naive to be optimistic about this. >> reporter: way too early. there's been so much killing over the last more than a year now, gary, to suddenly start breaking out the peace pipes. but certainly there's been a little bit less violence. the syrian regime doesn't seem to be firing its tanks and artillery or firing rockets from helicopters the way it used to. so the opposition have called on their people to go out into the streets and demonstrate, which they're supposed to be allowed to do under this u.n. peace plan. and we saw demonstrations from the north of the country all the way down to the south and even the suburbs of the capital damascus. there were reports of violence and accusations from the government and the opposition that groups of them were breaking the cease-fire. in one example you see some youths throwing stone and

security forces facing off but not shooting. that's incredible, gary. we never saw over the course of the year syrian security forces using tear gas or rubber bullets or batons because they went straight to guns and bullets and killing people. this does show remarkable restraint from the syrian security forces. there are still lives being lost. it's hard to figure out how many are dying. this cease-fire is shaky because the syrian military has not pulled out of cities and towns the way they are supposed to according to this peace plan as early as last tuesday. gary? >> that's right, ivan. one of the parts of kofi annan who brokered this, is they have to get out of the residential areas and they haven't completely done it. >> reporter: they haven't done it at all. the tanks are there, you have rings of troops around opposition-led towns. it's still a very dicey situation right now, and the

syrian government has been heavily criticized not only by the u.s. and france and the opposition activists but also by kofi annan, the man who brokered the peace plan in the first place. >> you're in turkey and you live in turkey and you know turkey. what about the refugees and the displaced people who have fled to that nation. any hope he can return to their homes soon from turkey? >> reporter: they're a good gauge of how much trust people have in the syrian government. so far none of them are going back. there's 25,000 officially in refugee camps in turkey and many thousands more trying to eke out a life in exile after fleeing their homes. you have to remember how traumatic that experience can be. some of these people have been out of the country for a year. they say they don't trust this government. they have seen too many of their loved ones killed and tortured and arrested. it's going to take a lot more before they will feel safe enough to go back to their homes. >> this is a very critical time in syria. ivan, watson, thank you for

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electrodes in the patient's brain. dr. sanjay gupta reports in it in his upcoming special, cnn reports, battery-powered brains. >> reporter: in an operating room at emory university in atlanta. >> right now we're just going to alaskaer this one in place. >> reporter: these doctors are trying to use deep brain stimulation to turn off severe depression. >> figuring out where the blood vessels are and obviously choosing the target, is that right? >> reporter: it was a procedure just like this done on edie. >> i don't think about it, but i have electrodes in my brain. >> reporter: the target is area 25. a junction box for brain circuits that control our moods. >> our patients are miserable. it's beyond sadness. they spend most of their day just sitting there often thinking, you know, why can't i just die? >> reporter: people who had lived in a block of emotional ice, people like edie who had lived that way for years.

>> it's not that you won't be happy or that you aren't happy, it's that you can't be happy. >> reporter: not even when her grand niece, susan, was born. >> and somebody handed her to me and i held her, but i didn't even put her face to mine. i just held her, but i was going through the motions and i felt really nothing. >> nothing. >> nothing. nothing. >> reporter: on the day of surgery, edie's head was mounted in a rigid frame. >> the sound of the drill, the feeling of it, and my teeth are going like this. i think it hit home to me that you're having brain surgery. somebody is going into your brain. >> and dr. sanjay gupta is with us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> how does it work? electrodes in the brain. >> it's deep brain stimulation

which is something it's been done for some time. what you're seeing here, using this for depression, this is brand new, gary. this is still in the trial phase. i want to show you quickly this is the battery pack. you need a power source for this. it sits underneath the skin under your clavicle. this is the stimulator and it runs under the skin and goes into the brain. it has several contacts, several leads, and they actually use that to stimulate this part of the brain, area 25 as you heard there. the area that's responsible they say for depression. >> so how practical is this? when could we see this actually being used? >> it's being used in clinical trials. somebody like edie, just to paint the picture, nothing worked. this wasn't sort of a willy-nilly thing. she tried antidepressants, talk therapy, she tried electroconvulse sif therapy. that worked for a little bit but stopped. the population of people, very small who are considered refractory.

mainstream, it's still several years ago, but she got an incredible response. >> i may have told you this years ago when we first met. i once did a story on electrocon vul sif therapy. would this come before that? >> i don't think so. not as things stand now. perhaps in the future they will say, look, we now know enough to say this is safe enough to do as an earlier line therapy, it's effective enough to do. as you know, electrocon vvulsiv therapy can be effective. >> sanjay does it all, but in addition to doing it all, he has this amazing book on "the new york times" best-seller list called "monday mornings." it's great work. >> thank you. >> bring it with you. don't lose it. >> i will carry it with me. >> thank you. you can find out more about this new treatment for depression and sanjay gupta, marylan.d., tomor

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the mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker risked his life to save his neighbor from a burning building last night. before we get to that, wee just gotten some tape in of the status hearing for george zimmerman. let's listen to what the judge said. >> i wanted to disclose it to you as soon as possible so as i became aware is why i set this status hearing first thing this morning. that way you all can decide how you wish to proceed. is there any -- mr. o'mara, you may wish to discuss that issue with your client and otherwise is there any other matter or anything that you wish to address at this time from either

of the parties? >> your honor, i actually had discussed this with my client and had an opportunity to sort of delve into this. and not only had mr. nejame had contact and had some agreements in place that i'm not yet fully aware of. some actual waivers are in place based upon that contact with the zimmerman family. i think with mr. zimmerman to allow some of those communications to still be discussed and talked about. obviously mr. zimmerman decided

to a -- mr. nejame decided to act as an analyst and not take on a case. [ inaudible ] but had mark o'mara sort of suggested that i might be the better choice, giving him other names as well. my concern is this. i think that mr. nejame is going to be extraordinarily active in how he both perceives and analyzes the case. he had told me -- [ inaudible ]. and i anticipate that his role was going to be quite significant as an analyst and that it is going to be more and

more difficult to maintain a proper separation between your husband and his position with the firm and mr. nejame's role as an analyst. i think that the probability that there's going to be a communication -- [ inaudible ]. whatever that may be, i'm not aware, but i'm very, very concerned that we're not going to control that and we might get a waiver and that happens to address this very issue. so i actually talked to miss corey about this this morning

before we contacted you about setting up this conference. i talked to miss corey about the exact issue and my concern with it because of the scrutiny this case has been under already and just knowing the type of media jute ni that scrutiny it's going to be under in the future and particularly not just the media juscrutiny b the activist scrutiny, i'm concerned that this will become problematic as we move forward. >> as indicated previously, i had indicated previously and disclosed the fact i did learn when we met previously that he is the cnn analyst is my understanding or has a contract, mark nejame du directly so that way you can address those issue was your client as well as address them with each other, and this issue i became aware of

as well recently actually late yesterday after my jury trial, and is why i set this hearing this morning for you all to address. now, if you do or choose to file a motion to disqualify me as the judge, of course, mr. o'mara, you realize that has to be filed in writing for me to address it. so i am disclosing these matters because i do realize that they are matters that need to be disclosed to the parties so that way they can address them in whichever manner they choose to be possible or beneficial towards their case. so that's why i'm disclosing it based upon my obligations and then you all can choose how you wish to proceed in the case at this time. if you do choose to file a motion, we do have the bond hearing set next friday. i would prefer if you could possibly file any motions prior to that so that way i have the opportunity to address it before

we get too far into this case realizing the circumstances. >> yeah. in my conversation with miss corey i advised her that i think it's imminent, i don't know that -- [ inaudible ]. again with all of the scrutiny on this case -- [ inaudible ]. to keep the case moving forward in as positive a direction as we can. i have not had a chance to talk to her about it. it's just more the concern added to what the effect would be on the case moving forward. and certainly [ inaudible ] i think it has been.

>> we're looking at tape, the status haeferg thearing that ju occurred for george zimmerman. the man who they're talking about is our cnn analyst who is with us right now, mark nejame. they are talking about asking the judge, jessica recksiedler to longer participate in this case. they're saying because your law partner is her husband, they no longer want him on the case because you were actually asked to take this case originally. is that right? is that what i'm hearing? >> very simply if i could summarize it. we received a call, we had permission from mr. zimmerman to release this. on march 13th to represent him. i respectfully declined. too many family obligations. i just didn't want to be involved at the level in this point in my life with this case. then the other attorneys got involved. they left the case, and then i got called back by friends of

them, of theirs, and they wanted me to take the case. i rejected it, and by then i had already signed the contract with cnn and i'm now with cnn and hln to be a legal analyst. well, then after that apparently the case was charged and it was randomly assigned to judge recksiedler who ironically her husband, jason, is my law partner who runs and manages the personal injury division of my law firm. obviously we have an issue there because i had been contacted by mr. zimmerman and had referred mark o'mara to the case, his current lawyer, and my law partner is the husband of the woman who i would be analyzing from time to time in my duties as a cnn analyst. so all this was apparently brought to the attention and she is doing the right and ethical thing by bringing it to all parties. as i understand, it had already been brought to all parties. she's doing the proper thing on the record, and the way we're dictated -- governed as lawyers is we want to make sure that we avoid any appearances of

impropriety. lawyers and judges want to make sure we do that at all times even if there's nothing going on, which, of course, there's not, so the public does not have a misunderstanding and that's what's going on here. now what she is saying is that the lawyers, namely the state and the defense, now that it's all out there, can file the appropriate motion for recusal if they deem it appropriate. and she'll consider it appropriately. i think that's where we find ourselves right now. >> firstly, i apologize for getting judge recksiedler's name pronunciation wrong but i guarantee you i'm not the first with that last name. now we get it correctly. basically what you're saying is the main purpose of this status hearing which we have just watched, it was very short, wasn't very dramatic vishg sual because people were on the telephone with the judge, but the main purpose revolved around you. >> so it seems, or my role with you all. interestingly, because mr. zimmerman had wanted to hire us on two separate occasions and i

respectfully declined that, but then referred the case to mark, and in between took a position as a cnn analyst, and then, you know, the universe put this case in my law partner's wife's lap who is a judge in seminole county. there are four different judges who this could have been assigned to. it's a random assignment. there's a 1 in 4 chance, a 25% chance she would have gotten it, and lo and behold, she did. so we brought it all out to everybody. i spoke to natalie jackson, one of the excellent team representing trayvon's family. i brought it up, of course, to mark o'mara. he knew about it from the onset. so they all knew about it and then, of course, it came to the judge's attention and so now it's being handled in a proper way so that there's no chaos or misunderstandings or misimpressions about what's occurring. >> we do the same thing you do, mark, attorneys, journalists, we try to be open and transparent. it's very obvious you have done so. my question for you is what

happens next now with the case? do we assume that the judge will recuse herself? >> well, i think that since she's not recused herself at this point and because her husband is my law partner, i'd allow another legal analyst to give an opinion is my law partner, i would rather another analyst give their opinion on that. while she's sitting as the judge and my partner is my partner, again, i deal with him every day, he runs our personal injury division, i think that very simply will defer to another legal analyst. but we'll know something probably by day's end. >> well, i was surprised. we didn't really expect that we would have that during this hearing. but you were the subject of it and it's good that we had you in the chair. thanks for joining us. we look forward to talking to you. >> thank you so much. >> home prices are close to bottoming out, which means you may see your home value rise next year. but there is a catch. need any help?

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and this is key. they have they have a long way to go, though, to get back to the peak in 2006, prices have fallen more than 30% since then. whenever you have plies prices falling that sdra matically, you feel rooik you haveless money because often our homes are our biggest asset. you also feel stuck and you can't sell if your home is worse less. prices are expected to rise 2% next year. gary? >> good for sellers, not necessarily for buyers. thank you very much. ever think about what's in your hamburger or chicken sandwich? the fda does. and it just asked livestock producers for a big change.

>> would you like some antibiotic with that burger? we know for decades that farmers inject their cows with antibiotics. now fda is asking industry to voluntarily limit the use of medicines in livestock. our cnn editor joins us now. cat, you are dressed perfectly in this segment with that you are meat cleaver necklace. that's very appropriate. it remains to be seen if they will voluntarily cut back on antibiotics and livestock. in the meantime, where can we find meat without antibiotics? >> the first thing you can do is be a loud mouth and band together with your neighbors. you can get together with your friends and neighbors and other

concerned people around you and ask your local purveyors to get in meat that is antibiotic free or grass fed, because those tend to use fewer antibiotics. the more of you getting together and asking for this, the lower the price is going to be. >> what's the price difference between meat without antibiotics and meat with them? >> there is a cost difference. it's not as much as traditional meat versus organic. but if you go together in bulk with your friends and neighbors, that cost is going to be driven down even further and it's worth it in the long run considering your health cost. >> there's an increase in brger joints that serve hormone and antibiotic meats. are more people demanding this stuff? >> this is true pit's also a better taste along with the quality in health. some burger joints are growing their own beef. they have their own farms. they know exactly every step in

the kwhan that meat to get on to the bun at the sfoers. people are responding in tremendous numbers but it's not until there's a sizable number of consumers demanding that quality that the guys are going to stand up and say do you want free range, do you want better health with that? >> final question for you, wh enwe see on hamburger packaging that this is grass fed beef. why is that a good thing? and how does it relate to having antibiotic-free meat. >> cattle don't necessarily process corn so well on their own and they tend to get infections from that. they are biologically designed to digest grass. and so the less kind of corn and other feed like that in their diet, theless they'll be dependent on an thank you biotics. it's not ndefinite that they won't receive antibiotics, but it's much, muchless. >> now it's time for me to have some antibiotic-free grilled

cheese sandwich. >> delicious. have a great weekend. >> brooke, have a very happy and lucky friday the 13th. >> thank you. same to you, my friend. gary tuchman, appreciate it. "rapid fire" roll it. >> first up here is one of the true first tasks whether mitt romney can win over staunch conservatives now that he's presumably sewn up a the money nomination. we don't see anyone on that stage yet, but we will be seeing mitt romney speaking at the national rifle association, nra annual meeting. his advisers are calling this the launch of his general election campaign against barack obama. also, firth its vaunted rocket fails, blows to smitherines.

and the u.s. says forget food aid for launching that rocket. >> as we've said many times, we're not going to reward had behavior. >> also, george zimmerman's legal team may try to get the judge to recuse herself. the reason? her husband's law partner, the cnn analyst originally contacted about zimmerman did decline. but the judge discloses information at a status hearing moments ago. meanwhile, the bond hearing has been tentatively set for next friday, april 20. and the shooting deaths of those two coast guard members is now being investigated by the fbi. the two were found dead at a communication stationary their base in kodiak, alaska, a co-worker found the victims at the work areas. access to this facility is restrict restricted. but there's no evidence of a terrorist attack. and apple denies allegations that it conspired to fix e-book

prices. the company issued the response now to the department of justice antitrust lawsuit. the government alleged that the actions of apple and other companies basically prevented competition that would have lowered those ebook prices. apple says nope, there's no collusion at all. and three people, look at these pictures. three people dangled from a new york sky strcraper today after scaffolding they were on collapsed. look at this, 15 floors up. happy to tell you, they are all okay. crews pulled them off the scaffolding through the windows. no word yet as to what cause the collapse. >> and a sad note showing these students forced to steer a bus to safety. it was monday. a school bus driver in washington state lost consciousness. school officials now tell our

affiliates the bus driver died. he suffered a heart attack. a former cia officer accused of leaking classified information pleaded not guilty today in federal court. he's the one wearing the glasses there on the left not only gave sensitive details but lied to a cia board about information he wrote in a book. he could get 45 years in prison if convicted on all charges. and got a lot more for you in the next two hours. watch this. >> george zimmerman's life behind bars. his food, his clothes, the way he passes time, the man who shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin now sits in jail. and has specific requests as he waits for the next step in the legal process. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. the hero mayor makes a dramatic rescue. he rushed toward a burning building to save a woman inside. the mayor explains what he was

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this next story might have you asking what has your my yor done for you lately? to newark detectives got most of the family out but a woman was still strapped joup stairs? what did mayor booker do? he ran through the flames. the only way out was through the burning kitchen and booker carried her right through the flames. modestly, booker says he shouldn't be fitted for a cape just yet. he says-terrified. >> at the top of the stairs, my security detail did what they were trained to do, which is get

me out of danger. detective rodriguez and i had an altercation when he was doing what he was ordered too. he relented. i am his commanding officer at the end of the day. i just went through the kitchen through the backdoor. i did not feel bravery, i felt terror. it was a scary moment. i couldn't find her, kuldn't get back to where i came from. i felt very religious. she was a neighbor of mine for six years. i haven't visited her in the hospital but we have eve been in touch and i know she's going to be okay. i feel a sense of gratitude today to god and i had my

proverbial come to jesus moment in my life. >> the woman booker rescued is in the hospital. also, a small town in new hampshire, a police chief is killed one woke before his retirement. he was part of a sdrdrug task fe trying to issue a warrant. four police officers were wounded. ours later, a robot was sent into this home after a very long standoff. >> that robot was able to detect two deceased individuals inside the residence. one individual was a male who is 29 years old. he's a resident at that location. we believe he's the man that

shot and killed police chief maloney and was involved in injuries four other officers at the scene. >> a woman was also found dead in that home. they feel she was killed in a murder-suicide or a double suicide. as we mentioned at the top of the show, we're following mitt romney at this nra convention. find out what this marks a major durn in his campaign. with a standard power moonroof, your options are going to be limited. ♪ if you want standard leather-trimmed seats, you're going to have even fewer. ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer.

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this is a funeral home. this is north of charlotte. if you know the area. look at the flames. this has been going since just after noon eastern time. flames, heavy, heavy smoke. we're going to also make calls to see what in the world has happened there. meantime, we're about to witness what could be a landmark moment in mitt romney's political career. his advisers are calling this the launch of his presidential campaign. and it's happening in front of a demo he has to win over. the heat-packing conservatives of the national rifle association at their annual meeting there in st. louis.

and peter handy is there hop on the phone to talk to me about the significance of this event. and first, peter, what does mitt romney say to this crowd? >> well, his campaign is billing this in a first of a series of major speeches that are going to reframe the presidential race as a choice between mitt romney's vision of limited government and barack obama's assault on freedom, that's their words. basically, you're right, he needs to appeal to the base. this is a perfect segment of that. you have gun enthusiasts here, people that i talked to, not just concerned about the second amendment, but also about spending the debt. very, very heavily republican audience, but the romney campaign saying for a general election message, they can rally the base, bypassing barack obama. the base is not thrilled in any way with president obama, but by talking about the economy and president obama's management of the economy, they think they can appeal to both independents

while also firing up the troops that are near st. louis. >> so as he's trying to fire up the troops and attract this far right crowd, i look back at romney's past when it comes to guns, he said his positions don't line up with the nra. so walk me through if he's going to walk back that line in recent years. spt justice department's handling of the fast and furious handle shows he doesn't know what he's doing with guns. so yeah, romney here, the task at hand is really to keep these

troops in line. >> now that you have mitt rom sn ney, we saw romney has this nomination locked up, why not launch this campaign in front of a much wider audience. why do it at this event. >> so many of these events are about the cameras at the back of the room, not the audience itself. they know this is one of the biggest events he's spoken at. there will be attention on it. the campaign is investing a lot in this big speech. governor ro. knee you were just talking about before doesn't have the best record on guns. in 2002 when he was running for governor, he claimed he was endorsed by the nra, he wasn't. he made reference to hunti in ir

mitts and moose. they think they can make a someplace here today. >> we know you're there, we're going to watch it. if it gets interesting, we'll dip in live. the annual nra event in st. louis, missouri. appreciate it. thank you. and as we are awaiting to see mitt romney speak at the nra, supposed to happen any moment now, see some action there on the stage, we will dip in. we're going to take a quick break. carfirmation.

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>> we have two stories we're following for you. this is the annual national rifle association meeting in st. louis. mitt romney has chosen an

audience in front of gun-toting americans hoping to attract that far right conservative voter that rick santorum had attracted, now that we know he's out of the race. on the right, you're seeing a whole lot of smoke, a lot of flames. here's that funeral home fire. this is the funeral home, salisbury, north carolina. we don't know as far as how many people were inside working at the time. injuries, how this happened. we will bring that back to you. in the meantime, i want to stop and introduce you to the cnn hero. this week's hero is fighting to find a family for each and every one. he knows how tough the road can be especially when the hopeful parent is gay.

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really said to 911 dispatchers the night he killed trayvon martin. we have correspondents covering all of this. let's play reporter roulette. we're talking about severe weather, tornadoes where? >> there may be a few today, but tomorrow is the day. from omaha to lyndon nebraska into north texas. the severe storm fore center put this word out two or three times a year. this is another one of those two or three type a year events. >> that it's going to be bad? >> all the ingredients are to be bad. and what's worse is that it could happen in the dark. it could happen tomorrow night for most of you in this area. the red area, the most important. but even the orange, almost all the way into i'll i, central

illinois there. and as far south even into texas. this is the area, this is the bogey through here, wichita down into oklahoma city, all the way through into kansas city. area up here as well that will have tornadoes on the ground, many of them could be on the ground for a long time. they could be moving, the jet stream blows into the area. that means they're going to move very fast. you're not going to be able to schas them. take cover immediately. this will be a big day tomorrow. tornadoes on the ground affecting a lot of the central part of the country, brooke. next, i want to go to david mattingly in central florida from the status hearing happened not too long ago. what game of that.

we were hearing about the judge in this case. it turns out, and this is a way to get it out in the open. she works at a law firm for a cnn analyst. he was approached by george zimmerman. this hearing was a way for them to get it out of the open to ask the judge to recuse herself and see if the attorneys want to ask her to recuse herself and they have to submit the documentation for that. she apparently wants to have that done before next friday when we're expected to have a bond hearing for zimmerman which would be possibly his first step in getting out from behind bars. >> so we'll look to see if she's sitting on the bench. that will be decided by next friday. in the meantime, i want to ask about this special prosecutor's

affidavit. in this affidavit, it claims zimmerman uttered the phrase, these blank punks. that is significant because why? >> well, for two reasons. first of all, it shows that the prosecutor does not believe that he uttered a racial epithet there. there was no mention of a racial epithet but instead he used the word punks. they're going to have to prove that he had some sort of evil or malicious intent in that lethal confrontation witrayvon martin. it says a lot where the

prosecution will take the jury. >> next, the move to ban old leaders who are running the new egypt. the parliament has now passed a bill keeping anyone in the post mubarak regime from running for president for ten years. ian lee is in cairo where protesters backed in to tahrir square. first, explain the demonstration and who organized it? >> the protest was organized by two groups of supporters that have their candidates running for president. this includes the muz lick brotherhood's presidential candidate. they were denouncing the presidential candidacies. two people in the mubarak regime up to the very end. if these men are allowed to run for the presidency, basically

the revolution is null and void and everything they went through is turned back if these men went. >> i said constitutional court earlier, mint the scream council of armed forces. if this bill acy rooufed it has to be approved by that body. how would that impact the upcoming election? >> the stream council as the final say on just about everything in egypt right now. we're uncertain if they're going to pass this law even if it's passed unanimously. the presidential committee has the final say on the candidates. now, while the supreme council of the armed forces will approve, even if they approve this bill that these men aren't able to run, it comes down to the presidential election committee. they have the final say ultim e ultimately we'll find out later this month if these men are able to run.

>> next, the t word in texas, many of us sweating getting our 2011 tax returns. we have athena jones with us. what's the headline from obama's 1040. >> the big headline is the fact they reported income of $789,674 for 2011. and you know, that's nearly $1 million less than the previous year, brooke. as you now, a lot of that money, more than half comes from the president's day job, $400,000 a year. the rest are from his best selling book school skails. they have dropped from their height a few years ago when they reported $5.5 million. >> what about the vice president? >> the vice president didn't -- the bidens reported adjusted gross income of $379,035.

so still a lot more than most people make. obama and the bidens paid more in taxes than a lot of people make. >> what was the tax rate? >> for the obamas? it was 20.5%. and the bidens paid a little more. their tax rate was 23%. both of those are pretty high, but as obama would have it, he wants to say people making lots and lots of money pay even higher rates. . >> so there is obviously as i've been hearing talking about the buft fete rule, there's obviously a political angle in releasing these numbers today, yes? >> well, of course, there's a political angle. i have a print out of the e-m l e-mail. the headline is what is mitt romney fied hyding from the american people? so the cam pane is really pushing mitt romney to release his tacks not just for this year but for several years past. his father governor romney released 12 years of taxs when

he was running. so they're pushing him saying what are you hiding? did you pay really low tax rates you're embarrassed about? in fairness, the romney campaign says they'll release them when they've been filed. they've already received abestimate. that's their response today, brooke. . coming up, the day osama bin laden was killed, president obama called two men who weren't in the white house situation room. but they had been before. they're part of this exclusive club, one that keeps secrets from the rest of the world. coming up next, "time" magazine, this is a fascinating cover story reveals the secrets of these former presidents. the friendships made, the lessons learned. for instance, which president taukt tau taught his successor how to salute properly. all right, let's decide what to

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>> this is just fascinating of all the people alive today, only five have occupied the white house has president of the united states. they have either been or currently are the most powerful men in the world. the world's moes exclusive club complete with perks, a code of conduct, plenty of historical intrigue. we wanted to know more so we asked nancy gibbs to join us. the president's club inside the world's most exclusive fraternity. >> this is fascinating. so many secrets revealed. i know you've worked on this for years and years. give me off the top one nugget that stands out to you that when you learned about this, you just thought my goodness. >> when we first did our research, we referred to the

presidents club informally as all the guys who have been president. we didn't realize that there is a club. there is, in fact, a clubhouse, an unmarked townhouse about a block from the white house that richard nixon arranged to have quietly purchased for the use only of former presidents. you know, only four people in the world are allowed to check in and you have to call the white house to make reservations. but you walk in the front door and the rug in the foyer has the presidential seem em bosed on it. and it is probably the most exclusive clubhouse in the world. >> have you set foot on that carpet? have you been inside? >> my co-author michael duffy went through it this week. it was the first time outsiders have been allowed in. what we found is that they talk to each other. there are ways and rules and rituals of how they deal with

each other. which is so far out of the political battle where parties are so at odds with each other. we watch presidents of different parties work together in extraordinary ways we have not known about. >> being on opposite political aisles, it goes back to '53. eisenhower, truman the country comes first, when we talk about dpeep party politics, i want you to tell me about the close relationship between the bush family and as you call them, the brother from another mother bill clinton. >> you had bill clinton and george herbert walker bush having a classic tough election fight in 1992. but in accordance with club protocol, president bush wrote a note that said by the time you read this, you'll be our president, our president. and i'll be rooting hard for

you. that's sort of the way this works. once this is elected, all of them feel the office matters more than the occupant. so they ul work together to strengthen and enhance the presidency. they talk about the importance that the president succeed. we kept seeing this over and over again. with bill clinton and the bush family, he now goes on vacation with the father and raises money with the son and escorted barbara bush at betty ford's funeral. >> let's fast forward to president obama. he wanted this gathering of all of those current former presidents. he said he wanted clubbed nirks. called up president bush, skauled the bush white house. even carter, aids asked? he's criticized everything we've done for eight years. yes, obama. carter, too. tell me about this historic meeting. >> it was the first time in

about 30 years that you had five past or future president together in the white house. and in this case, it was not about giving him advice about what he ought to do with the budget. it's about, this is what it's like to live in the white house, the bushes and carter and clinton had already raised teenage daughters in the white house as the obamas were about to do. this is a much more intimate transfer of power than the one that would take place a few weeks later than on inauguration day. this is like handing over the keys on what the's like to live in the fish bowl and how you handle it both as an individual and a family. and reagan taught clinton how to salute properly. when osama bin laden was killed, obama placed a call to bush and clinton. the book is "presidents club" coming out tuesday. thank you, nancy. appreciate it. now to bullying.

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coming up here, you're seeing mitt romney's wife ann romney. >> women were being referred to as a special interest group. and i thought to myself, really only washington could do that. there's only part of that that is correct. women are special. we love this country. we've loved the people of this country. we've had an extraordinary experience going across and meeting tens of thousands of wonderful americans so concerned about the future of this country. we recognize we're heading in a direction that's perilous. and this is what i love the

most. women are talking about the economy and jobs about the legacy of we're going to leave our children. we are mad about it and we're going to do something about it in november. with your help, we need to make sure we keep this country strong and fighting for the right reasons. thank you all very much. ewe'll hear from mitt. >> thank you, sweetheart. it's great to be here with so many friends from the national rifle association. this is sometimes called a single issue group. and that is high praise when the single issue you're fighting for is freedom. and you can be proud of your long and unwaivering defense for constitutional rights and liberties. in about 207 days we're going to

do something that's really quite amazing. americans will be choosing no the only a president but an entire house of representatives and a third of the u.s. senate. the entire world will be watching us. and by around midnight on november 6, maybe a little earlier, a little later, we'll know the results of millions of americans dper sizing their right to vote. in doing so, americans will be making a profound choice, a decision which is much manier important than just one person or one party. we will not just select the president who will guide us. we will also choose between two distinct paths and destinies for the nation. so many of the big issues in the campaign turn on our understanding of the constitution and how it was meant to guide our lives. it was one of missouri's greatest sons, harry truman, who

expressed his guided condition in what you and i share. the constitution and declaration of independence was placed in the care of the archives. president truman offered a word of caution. liberty, he said, can be lost and it will be if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of a profound belief but merely as curiosities in a glass case. truman believed, as we do, that the principles of the constitution are enduring and universal. that they were designed not tot bend of the will of presidents and justices who come and go. the beliefs that we are all created equal, that we are en w endowed by our creator with our uninalienable rights. these are not relics of another time. they reflect truths that are valid in every era.

the freedom of law is the source of american greatness. it has generated unparalleled opportunity and prosperity. our founders understood this, which is why they created a system of government that's limited. president obama is moving us away from our founder's vision. instead of i wanted government, he's leading us towards limited freedom and limited opportunity. this november, we face a defining decision. i'm offering a real choice, a new beginning. i'm running for president because i have the experience and the vision to lead us in a very different direction. we know what barack obama's vision of america is. we've lived it this last 3 1/2 years. mine is very different. my course restores and protects our freedoms.

as president, the constitution will be my guide. the declaration of the independence will be my compass. now today i want to talk about this administration's assault on our freedoms. nirs, our economic freedom, then our religious freedoms and then our personal freedoms. then and i want to share my own plans to turn america to the first principles of the nation. the american economy, it is fuelled by freedom. free people and free enterprises are what drive our economic vitality. the obama administration's assault on economic freedom is the principal reason why the recovery has been so slow and so tep pid a and why it is it couldn't meet their projections, let alone our expectations. the president's assault on economic freedom begins with

taxes and his tax hikes. of course, by their very nature, taxes reduce freedom. their only role in a free economy is to fund those things that are absolutely essential. like national security and education and care for those who can't care for themselves. and yet, this president has proposed raising the marginal tax rate from 35% to 40. he wants a new global fax. and the president is now touring the country touting a new tax on investment and the wealthy. congress does not need more money to spend. it needs to spend only what it hauz. now the dodd/frank law is another example of the president's attack on economic

freedom. it's an 848-page behemoth that's going to be followed by thousands and thousands of pages is of new regulations. regulations, of course, are necessary, but burdensome regulations serve only to restrict freedom and imperil enterprise. and the victims of the regulation are not nameless, faceless banks. they're employees, business owners and customers who rely on banks that ultimately lose out. under broem, bureaucrats are undermining economic freedom. they prevent drilling rigs from going to work in the gulf. they impede the reliable supply of natural gas. they even tell farmers what their children can and cannot do to help on the farm.

remember that line from will rogers, he said he worried when congress was in session. unaccountable regulators are always on the prowl. and under president obama, they're multiplying. there's almost 150,000 under this president. now, for stenchry, the american dream has meant the opportunity to build something new. some of our greatest success stories are people who started out with nothing but a good idea and a corner in their garage. today americans don't see a promise and an opportunity. they see government standing in the way. the real cost isn't just the taxes we're playing and the money spent complying with all the rules. it's the businesses that are never started. the ideas that are never

pursued. and the dreams that are never realized. before we belt the hoover dam. today we can't even build a pipeline. in the past, we led the world in innovation. now we lead the world in lawsuits. we led the world in kids. today after the kids in our largest cities won't graduate from high school. if we continue along this path, we'll spend our lives filling out forms and complying with excessive regulations and pleading for behaviors and subsidies and permission. that path erodes freedom. it deadens the entrepreneurial

spirit and hurts the very people it's supposed to help. freedom is the victim of unbounded government appetite. and so is economic growth and job growth and wage growth. and as government takes more and more, there's less and less incentive to take risks and to invest and innovate and to hire people. this administration thinks the economy is struggling because the stimulus was too small. the truth is, we're struggling because our government is too big. i'm running for president because i have the vision and experience to get america out of this mess. it encourages freedom, risk taking and innovation.

it fosters competition. it promotes opportunity. instead of expanding the government, i'm going to shrink it. instead of raising taxes, i'm going to cut them. the answer for a weak economy is not more government. it is more freedom. freedom hasn't been one of president obama's only targets. our first freedom, religious freedom has also been under attack by this administration. you may have seen in a recent labor administration case, the government said a church should not be free to determine who qualifies as a minister under the law. it claimed that the government

should instead interfere with that decision. the government. the supreme court turned down that attack in a 9-0 decision. and of course, now the obama administration has decided that it has the power to mandate what catholic charities and catholic schools and catholic hospitals must cover in their insurance plans for their employees. here we are, glet getting started with obama care. the government is dictating on