syrian regime has been remarkably disciplined. that we have not seen the high-level defections we saw from the gadhafi regime in libya, for example. this has been a grassroots uprising, almost a peasants uprising from villages to towns rather than from the elite and the top down. >> all right. ivan watson, it will be very interesting to see if she even responds to that youtube video. thank you, ivan. appreciate it. top of the hour. i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed. first up, the outrage over pictures of u.s. troops posing with severed body parts of afghan bombers. cnn has not independently authenticated these photos. they are gruesome so we are blurring some of the images. this one showing soldiers and afghan police holding the severed legs of a dead bomber. the los angeles times published it today.

the u.s. military asked the times not to publish the photos, but the paper's editor defends the move saying, quote, after careful consideration, we decided that publishing a small but representative selection of the photos would fulfill our obligation to readers to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the american mission in afghanistan, including the allegation that the images reflect a breakdown in unit discipline that was endangering u.s. troops. chris lawrence, who is joining us live from the pentagon. chris, first of all, how are the military reacting at this point? >> reporter: strongly, suzanne, in a word. defense secretary leon panetta thought this was serious enough to have to address it during a nato meeting overseas. he said bluntly, this is war. it is very violent. young people caught up in the moment will make foolish decisions. he also again strongly condemned the paper for releasing the photo saying that the military had urged them not to.

he said photos like this have been used to incite violence against american and allied troops in the past. but he also said that being said, there is no excuse for what happened and what's shown in these photos. >> that behavior that was depicted in those photos absolutely violates both our regulations and, more importantly, our core values. this is not whot we ar we are, s certainly not who we represent when it comes to the great majority of men and women in uniform who are serving there. i expect that the matter will be fully investigated. >> reporter: that investigation we have learned was launched a few weeks ago about the army's criminal investigations division. they are looking into this, and based on the fact that the military has seen not just the two photos that were publicly

released, but all 18 that the soldier provided to "the l.a. times," it is likely that they have identified at least some, if not all, of the soldiers who were involved in these photos. again, this incident is believed to be from 2010, so one thing that the military would have to do is to determine how many of those soldiers were still in active duty service and how many may have left the military by this time. >> chris, do we have any new details that you're learning about what took place in these pictures? >> reporter: well, we're still digging through that. the soldier, "the l.a. times" is reporting that the soldier who gave them to them said that the unit was going to simply finger print some of these insurgents, that they were more of an evidence collection mission, that the unit had been through a lot in that time span, and that when they got there to that area, that's when the photos were taken because according to

what the soldier told "the l.a. times," the insurgents were blown up by their own explosives that they were making to be used against coalition forces. >> all right. chris lawrence, thank you very much. want to bring in major general james "spider" marks joining us from washington. general, good to see you here to give some perspective. this is something that happened two years ago, but clearly when you release these pictures now, the timing of this is quite damaging. you've got a string of embarrassing scandals this year alone. i want to remind our viewers what we're seeing here in january we saw photographs of u.s. troops urinating on afghan corpses. in february you had the incident where the korans were being accidentally burned on a u.s. military base in afghanistan sparking widespread protests, in march you have robert bales allegedly massacring afghan civilians. how damaging is this now to see

these pictures come out? >> this is very damaging to all the u.s. efforts, specifically the u.s. effort, to ensure that it stays in harness with the afghan government and the afghan security forces moving forward on this critically important mission. this does nothing but throw sand into that fabric of trying to establish and trying to reinforce what has lasted for the last decade, a relatively good relationship. so there's nothing good that comes from this. and, sadly, what happens is these soldiers were asked -- if we understand it appropriately, these soldiers were asked to perform a forensics task, a biometrics task, to try to figure out who these bad guys were so you can better understand the network, where did they come from, which bad guys are now out of the network, who remains. so it's an intelligence collection effort which could have provided some great results and i bet it did. sadly, what you had is you had these soldiers ostensibly

dehumanizing an enemy. that can't be done. you have to hold these bad guys with the respect they deserve. if they're willing to kill themselves to achieve a goal, i think it's very important, our soldiers understand this, these are several bad apples and that's it. this is not representative of our military. but you need to always respect your enemy so you better understand them. >> so what does the pentagon do now? what kind of position is the obama administration and the pentagon -- what do they need to do here to convince the world that, hey, for the most part the military is operating the way that has discipline and understands the rules? >> the record of the military in our conflicts both in afghanistan and iraq and routine activities that take place every day around the globe decentralized out to young men and women like these folks who sadly made a huge mistake, but most folks, 99% of them, don't. 99% of our military folks do a

magnificent job. so you let the record speak for itself. what you have to do locally, and general john allen understand this intimately, you have a lot of damage control that has to take place. you have to anticipate what the reaction is going to be, specifically in afghanistan. it speaks to this isolated incident and it doesn't speak to a full breakdown in terms of morale and discipline and capability in our military. >> we all remember abu ghraib and the damage that was done after that. now we're in this age of social media, things go viral, does it become more complicated here to try to convince folks to get this message across that this is an isolated incident? >> well, it is very difficult to convince someone. i mean, it's been said many, many times before, if you're explaining, you're losing. sadly, the military in this case is losing ground because they have achieved so many great things, specifically in afghanistan, and then this sets it back. but clearly everybody who is in uniform needs to acknowledge

that everything they do, 24/7, is available for scrutiny. you don't do anything behind closed doors anymore. so clearly the definition of discipline is doing the right thing when nobody is looking. but in this particular case and in all cases in this day and age, you have to assume that at some point somebody is going to look at you. so do you need that motivation of somebody over your shoulder to convince you to do the right thing or can you put yourself on the right path. in this case they ostensibly made a terrible mistake. >> thank you very much. how damaging are these pictures for our troops? watch me on cnn for more of the story. tweet me @suzannemalveaux and like me on facebook. i will read some of your responses later in the hour. osama bin laden's three wives and two daughters now free. they were in custody since the military raid that killed bin

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warren buffett is going to start treatment for proos tate c prostate cancer in about three months. he says his cancer is in the early stages. we want to talk about the prognosis here. is this devastating news? is this something he can overcome. >> it is not devastating news. his prognosis is excellent. first of all, stage one, which means it's well contained within the prostate, hasn't spread anywhere else. also, suzanne, prostate cancers are very slow growing for the most part, very slow growing. so an 81-year-old man with stage one prostate cancer will likely die with prostate cancer, not from it, and when you look statistically, 99% of men who are diagnosed with his stage prostate cancer are alive five years later. >> what would his treatment involve? >> he says he'll get radiation, probably every day, five days a week. that's customarily what's done. you do it for about two months. that's one of the options for

prostate cancer. other men choose surgery. some men choose hormonal treatments. some men choose watchful waiting. this is confusing because it means doing nothing. men have prostate cancer and they decide to wait and keep an eye on the cancer. the treatment can be worse than the cancer. once you treat cancer, you have to accept that there might be side effects like incontinence, impotence, those are two side effects for radiation. for all the different options, cnn.com/empoweredpatient. this is not an easy decision about how to treat prostate cancer and men do different things and all of them are reasonable and respectable. >> and how was this detected? >> his was detected he said through a psa test. that's a regular test some men opt to get. an elevated psa test will letad to other testing. >> we wish him the best. thanks. he revealed his diagnosis in a

letter to shareholders. joining us is alison kosik. has anybody reb actreacted to t? >> reporter: you have not seen much reaction in the share price of berkshire hathaway shares. only down 1%. clearly not a huge drop. investors taking this announcement in stride because at least what warren buffett says is he's still healthy enough to lead the company. also the survival rate. what you just talked about, for prostate cancer is very high. the way wall street sees it, their big concern is who will take over for buffett if needed. that's really been an issue for a while because of his age. warren buffett is 81 years old. and berkshire hathaway shares often drop when this talk about succession is brought up in the news. now, buffett has said he has someone in mind. he hasn't given any details, and investors, they continue to be worried because they're not sure anyone can really replace him. you have to remember what he did for this company. he made berkshire hathaway into

this huge diverse company. you know, now having a hand in everything from railroads to chemical companies to insurance to banks, on and on. you look how successful this company is, look at the share prices for its common shares known as the class a shares. each goes for more than $100,000. >> alison, we've seen some of this play out before, the late steve jobs of apple and his death declined, there were investors that talked about what was going on. they got nervous about this. do we think this is the kind of thing that will play out, we just have to wait and watch and see? >> reporter: probably. and you see wall street with this situation is most likely going to keep tabs on warren buffett's health, but you look at the situation with steve jobs, it was very different. you know, jobs wasn't totally honest. he said he had a nutritional problem. then he said he had a hormone imbalance. the truth was he had cancer. so what you saw happen with shares of apple, the stock dropped 8% in three days back in 2009 after he announced his medical leave. we're not expecting that with

berkshire hathaway. you look at what buffett did, he seems to be open about it in this letter to his shareholders. he's talking about how he feels, his prognosis and rue tine. and his daily routine other than travel won't change. he's being very transparent. >> alison, how are the markets doing today? >> reporter: stock looks like they're taking a bit of a step back after the dow jumped almost 200 points yesterday. worries about europe, specifically spain, are creeping back. spanish banks are holding more bad loans than expected. corporate earnings, that is driving the action as well. and some less than stellar corporate report cards came in from taek heavyweights like ibm and intel. wall street was expecting better. the reason you're seeing the dow down about 66 points right now. >> alison, thank you. so earlier we told you about the bride who went to extreme measures to lose weight before her wedding. she reportedly used a feeding

tube to lose ten pounds in ten days. we asked you tell us the most extreme thing you have done to change how you look before an important event. here is what some of you said. seth tweets, yikes, feeding tube diet? i'm on the treadmill, exercise is the only way. ibarbara424 says master cleanse last summer. 17 pounds in 10 days. matthew writes, i guess this bad publicity will ruin my new medically induced coma diet. it was going to be all the rage. sense a humor there. keep the conversation going, tweet me @suzanne malveaux. a newborn baby is stolen from his mother only three days after he is born. we're going to have a live report on the nurse accused in this case. and the mother's desperate attempts to save her son moments before she was killed. without tf that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house

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just getting this video in out of palm coast, florida. this is surveillance video from a publix grocery store. it's disturbing video. i want to warn you it's disturbing before you actually see this because of the nature of this. people just fleeing and running. but this is what you're seeing. this is a car that is driving through right into the grocery store, and people, they are standing by when this car just plows in and hits. it happened on saturday, and folks had no warning whatsoever what was going to happen. at least ten people from the surveillance video you can see them running and fleeing were injured. at least one person we

understand is in critical condition here. there were 911 calls that were released as well as the surveillance video we're getting from our affiliate there. the florida highway patrol says that this was careless driving and they've charged the driver because of this. it is incredible when you look at that video that no one died from this incident, but we do know that one person -- at least one person is in critical condition. police say a houston nurse faces capital murder charges for killing a woman so she could steal her 3-day-old baby. larry seward from affiliate khou has got more. >> reporter: the suspect being held here without bond is verna mclean, a single 30-year-old licensed vocational nurse who moved from san diego to houston two years ago. in interviews yesterday, detectives here say mclean said she wanted a child of her own. to make it happen, they say she killed a young mother, then

kidnapped that woman's baby. it happened outside in orderwood's pediatric center. witnesses say golden fought for her baby until mclean fired seven shots into her chest. with the baby in hand, mclean left and told her sister she had the child, she's wanted, and would be needing to do the adoption. acting on tips, authorities found the baby keegan unharmed with mg leclean's sister. mclean was arrested and charged with capital murder. for people we met at this makeshift memorial for golden what happened is stunning. >> there's many people out there that can't have babies and they deal with it every day. it doesn't merch you go out there and you steal one and you kill somebody to get one. it's horrible and people don't do that and they don't need to do that, you know. >> people just don't care anymore, and i do. it's just a real tragedy and i

think everyone, whether they knew them or not, should be praying for the family and for the future of that baby. >> reporter: judging by the growing memorial and the comments from people that we've met, many people already are. now, yesterday there were witnesses that said they saw a man helping mclean with this crime. today investigators say they're not so sure. they believe and mclean admits that she acted alone. in a couple hours there will be a joint news conference here between the montgomery county district attorney and the montgomery county sheriff's office. >> very disturbing story. next, afghan police say dozen of women and girls wound up at a hospital after suspected poisoning at their school. ♪ ♪ and i never thought i'd feel this way ♪ ♪ the way i feel about you [ male announcer ] it's time to clean out your garage for a car that's worthy of being

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firestorm with an article entitled "don't hate me because i'm beautiful." is sparked a conversation about women's self-esteem. in 15 minutes could jane fonda pull off playing nancy g reagan in a movie? how much snack is there in a snack-sized bag of chips? jeanne moos found out some of them take this stuff very seriously. >> reporter: poke them, squeeze them, shake them. pop them. is your potato chip bag half empty or half full? how about almost completely empty? >> let's count the chips. three, four, five, and then some crumbs. >> reporter: no wonder this guy has a chip on his shoulder. >> come on, lays, are you serious? >> reporter: and though his complaint is the most recent to go viral, he's not alone. this guy found only two chips.

>> that's it? >> reporter: poor lays. some are laying it on thick. i lo v it when i buy a bag of air and the company is nice enough to put some chips in it. reminds us of that old classic -- >> where's the beef? >> reporter: where's the chips? but if you're feeling cheated over your half empty bag of chips, listen to the consumer reports researcher who wrote an article called air to spare. empty air is protective. >> it absolutely is on many levels. >> reporter: todd marks warns of false walls and too much head space in lots of packaging. but when it comes to frge jiagi breakable chips, he's convinced the empty space is needed. >> knows rollers can damage the chips and turn them into crumbs. >> reporter: they may be called lays, but if you lay bags on top of each other during shipping -- >> and there's not enough air to cushion the chips, guess what? you're going to have more mashed

chips. >> reporter: but mark says there's no excuse for this. >> that's it? >> reporter: we bought five packages of chips from our newsroom vending machine. and investigated the contents of each. can't complain about that one. 39, 40. 41, 42 and change. the guys whose snack packs were almost all pack and no snack, a spokesman said with any manufactures process occasionally there's a glitch in the system and clearly it wasn't filled in the proper way. we'd be happy to replace that for him. if you ever find your chips are down, don't take it out on the bag. call the 800 number on the back. give them the lot number. >> don't throw out that bag and then asking for a coupon. >> reporter: remember that old slogan -- >> betcha can't eat just one. >> reporter: unless that's all there is in the bag. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. all right. i want you to think about this,

if you had to pick this year's most influential people, who would be? "time" about to come out with their 100 most influential. that issue hitting the stands tomorrow. many of them pretty obvious. names, faces, household names, the expected politicians, sports stars, celebrities. who are we watching? we see president obama, mitt romney, rihanna, and adele. also some controversial folks including bashar al assad and some others who are quietly making their mark and influencing lives. people you don't know but you should such as manal al sharif. she posted a video of herself driving in saudi arabia and was arrested, jailed for nine days just for driving. so who do you think should be on the list? tweet me @suzanne malveaux. keep the conversation going. and police say they have now solved the mystery of tom petty's stolen guitars. find out what happened to the vintage instruments.

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♪ i'm free >> tom petty and the heartbreakers celebrating today. the reason? they got their stolen guitars back. five instruments were stolen last week from a sound stage where the group was rehearsing. a private security guard has been arrested on grand theft charges in los angeles. police say they were tipped off after one of the stolen guitars was sold at a pawnshop. jane fonda, she has got hard core conservatives angry, super angry again. this time for taking the role of nancy reagan in an upcoming movie set in the white house. want to bring in nischelle turner from l.a. wow. nischelle, she's not known for her conservative politics. i imagine she's got some ruffled feathers to deal with here. >> you can see the drama in this

one a mile away. when this casting was announced, a lot of conservatives were upset because they still see jane fonda as hanoi jane who is one of the most liberal members of hollywood. to have her play the fortunatelier first lady in the upcoming film "the butler" it has them up in arms. "showbiz tonight" caught up with her last night and she says the critics should just simmer down a little. let's watch what she told us. >> i am, and i intend to be very respectful. >> some conservatives are probably scratching their heads. >> well, i can understand that but they have nothing to worry about. >> well, there you have it from jane herself. one thing to remember here is this is acting. you know, actors should want to take on roles opposite of themselves that make them stretch, and i'm actually really interested to see how this all plays out because, by the way, the role is not a starring role in the film. it's a supporting part, but you know people will definitely be watching this.

>> she seemed pretty gracious. said i can understand their concerns. who sells involved in the movie? >> oprah is going to be in it and forest whitaker will be playing the starring role of the butler. this movie is about the white house butler from i think it was '85 -- in the '80s that just kind of his life story and what he went through as a member of the white house staff. so oprah, forrest whitaker, i think i heard john cusack would be a part of this movie. it's being directed by lee daniels, the man who did "precious" as well. >> it sounds really interesting. sounds like it could be a good one. tell us a little bit about there's a controversy that's happening here "the bachelor" or "the bachelorette" a lawsuit in the works? >> yeah. there definitely is. there's a couple would-be batch lors who say they were given the brush off during the interviews because they're black. one plaintiff is nathaniel

claybrooks. he is a college football player. the other is christopher johnson. he's described in the news release only as an aspiring national football league player. claybrooks and johnson are both african-american and they're seeking a class action status for their lawsuit. this is according to their attorneys. they're saying the lawsuit will be filed in a u.s. district court today on behalf of all persons of color who have applied for the role of the bachelor or bachelorette but been denied the opportunity on the basis of race. they point out over 23 seasons, neither show has ever had a bachelor or bachelorette of color. there's a couple things here, suzanne. we were talking about this in the bureau. this is not the first time we've heard people say this about this show, but the question is, even if you're correct, can you sue for that? and are the producers of the show and abc legally required to have diversity on a reality show? we reached out to abc and right now the network is not commenting on this. in the past though they have said that really their eligible

contestants don't come out for the show's casting calls. they kind of go to the contestants themselves and ask them to be a part of the show. >> it will be interesting to see if they get someone of color on their shows. good to see you. for the latest entertainment news from hollywood and beyond, watch "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 eastern on hln. it was pretty rainy in georgia last night and the following day just rained and rained. a lot of street flooding in some parts of atlanta. i want to bring in chad myers. it kind of kept me up last night. i kept hearing more and more. >> it's supposed to be soothing. >> not when i'm trying to get to sleep. >> there was thunder in there as well. it's been a very wet couple of weeks, in fact, from texas all the way to georgia, and that's great news because for a long time we have been in a significant draughought, especi texas. let's look at how much rain texas has picked up through louisiana. here are the states to help you pick these out. this is georgia over here, and

here is texas over there, houston, corpus christi, and then all of the in between. so the rain has been coming down, but it's been beneficial rain because this area has been so very dry. just a year ago almost the entire state of texas was in some type of drought. now at least the northern part, northeastern part, and also the southeastern part of texas completely now out of a drought. that's good news because they needed the rain and maybe they will get some summer crops in because a lot of things died last year, billions of dollars worth of crop damage in texas because it just never rained. >> i understand you're also watching volcano? >> i'm watching a cool looking volcano. i think it's a little scary though. i practiced the name for 48 hours. >> i can imagine. >> this is a very large 18,000-foot high volcano not that far from mexico city and that's the rub. it's very close to the city. about 40 miles away. it has been an active volcano for many years now. over the past 500 years, 15

significant eruptions. it is a big volcano. there's a big cone there. there's also a glacier on top that could cause a problem if it melts the snow and ice. that could cause floods. although it doesn't appear there's much here because mexico city is about 40 miles away, there are many, many little towns around there, and now they're thinking about having to evacuate some of those people because it's rumbling now sending ash into the sky and ash is coming down in parts of mexico city. >> time to get out. thank you, chad. >> not for mexico city yet. >> not yet. okay. the baseball season only a couple weeks old. already a player making history. jamie moyer of the colorado rockies is old enough to be most of his teammates' dad. give it up for him. details coming up next. does aspirin even work on my headache?

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hard to imagine somebody deliberately poisoning children let alone a whole school of them, but that is exactly what police believe happened at a girl's school in afghanistan. we're joined from the afghanistan capital. i understand as many as 170 girls and teachers were poisoned. who do they think did this and why? >> reporter: suzanne, this happened in the northeastern province of tokar. officials believe islamic extremists who are opposed to girls' education were behind this. the reason they believe this,

even though lab results haven't come back yet from kabul and they don't know yet exactly how they were poisoned or what was used, they believe this because here in afghanistan this has happened before. in 2010 more than 100 girls in different provinces across afghanistan were poisoned. their drinking water also was poisoned. they fell ill because of that. that was also blamed on the work of islamist extremists. this was a country ruled by the taliban from 1996 to 2001. they didn't allow women to go to school. it's amazing ten years into this war now the taliban no longer in control, hasn't been in quite some time, still it goes to show how difficult it is for women here, especially in the remote provinces where it's very hard to protect them from these kinds of attacks. suzanne? >> and what can you tell us about the victims here? >> reporter: we know that there were 171, they were ranging from the ages of 14 to 30. they went to the hospital last night. now, all except for four have

been discharged. they complained of dizziness and nausea. the ones in the hospital are semi conscious but we're told it's improving. it's very worrying for the officials there, and they're really concerned about exactly what this means for that province and what it means for the women and the girls in that school. suzanne? >> all right. mohammed, thank you very much. back in this country a major league pitcher is making history now. jamie moyer started pitching when ronald reagan was president. last night at 49 years and 150 days old, moyer became the oldest pitcher to win a game in the majors. he threw seven innings against san diego for the 5-3 win. he says it was a night to remember. >> it's a special night for me. you know, it's a lot of emotion. it's been a long time since 2010. it's only three games, but, you know, winning my first game, as i said earlier, i kind of feel like it's my first game. you know, and it's pretty much all i know, and it's pretty much

all i've done my whole life, and, you know, i'm still able to live the dream, and i still believe i have the passion for the game and, you know, it's just a special night for me. don't hate her because she's beautiful. that is the message agage a br writer put out and she's getting a lot of angry mail because of it. why are so many women upset about what she said. we'll talk to a psychologist about the decades' long battle between beauty and self-esteem. k harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home.

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the subject of women and beauty can get down light ugly. that's right, samantha brick struck a nerve with her column, why women hate me because i'm beautiful. in the column, brick wrote, and this is the quote .. i'm tall, slim blond and so often told a good looking woman. i know how lucky i am, but there's down sides to being pretty. the main one being other women hate me for no ore reason than my lovely looks. this set off quite a backlash. a lot of debate going on. i want to bring in psychologist jen berman. she has a new episode airing tonight. here's some of the examples of how people responded to her and her column. annie says, sorry if it sounds mean. the writer is not that attraction. in fact, she's only marginally okay looking.

mari marianne wrote, omg, is this woman for real? even ann curry called her a narcissist. why do you think there was this kind of response to samantha bright's column? her blog. >> for a number of reasons. there are always unhappy people who are willing to hide behind the anonymity of the internet so they can lash out and try to feel better about themselves. this says a lot about themselves, saying critical things about someone expressing their life experience. on one hand, women are told they should value their looks and look a certain way and tornado, they shouldn't be too attached to their looks. i think when people disown that sense of vanity and they see it in someone else, they hate it and despise it and attack back. >> a lot of people are talking about young women and they are saying it's not so much they're hating on her because they're attra

attractive, but they believe she's bragging about herself, she's boasting and put this out there in kind of an obnoxious way. do you think people have a -- >> so what if she is. so what if she is. if she's boasting, it's people's reaction to it to me that is so telling. this is her experience in life. and, you know, i do think that there's more to the story regarding her than meets the eye. i think when you have an experience over and over and over again, when people are reacting to you a certain way, you have to look at what is it you're putting out there besides your good looks, what kind of attitude, what kind of energy, what kind of vibe or behavior you're putting out that people are reacting to you over and over this way. >> so what does this say about our society? about women and the sense of self-esteem and beauty here, that you have such a visceral reaction to this woman just putting out that statement saying i'm beautiful, i know i'm beautiful and people hate me because of it? >> i think that our society is incredibly conflicted about women and looks.

and i think that we are taught as women, our looks are so important and it's something we need to really focus on. and in order to win a man and have a career, have great things in our life, we have to look a certain way. yet at the same time we're criticized if we're involved in our looks in any way. and we teach our kids from an early way to be princesses and wear sparkles and look pretty. we need to focus on a sense of mastery and confidence. >> how do we teach young girls or young women that they don't need to be consumed and obsessed over their outer beauty? >> we work on taking the emphasis off that. we work on a sense of acceptance and also helping kids find what their passion is and find what they can master and feel confident. that will help kids grow up to be adults who especially what they do and how they affect

others. >> do you think we're going backwards right now when we look at treality shows and the some wom women, there's this obsession over outer beauty. why is it we seem to be going backwards here? >> well, i think that we are in a society where yes, looks are valued and also sort of drama and intensity and borderline behavior, narcissistic behavior get a lot of attention. and unfortunately, women in particular, but also men on reality shows are getting too much attention for the wrong kinds of things. >> all right. jen berman, something we all got to work on here, trying to help people feel better about themselves. jen, good to see you. so many of you tweeted us about the pictures of the american soldiers holding what appear to be the body parts of afghan suicide bombers. we're going to the some of your responses up next. [ female announcer ] everything that goes into a lennox system

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breakdown in leadership and discipline. the paper said it was obligated to report vigorously on all aspects of the u.s. mission in afghanistan. so what do you think about it? how damages are these pictures for our troops? very damaging, very disturbing. doesn't do anything positive for our men and women in harm's way. think deeper 76 says not saying it's right, but let's not forget they torture us brutally and videotape beheadings. less damaging than the acts of gsa senior managers who stole from tax payer, and that's a fact. and from facebook, cynthia says it is disturbing, lack of respect. there is such a lack of respect from our military in these matters. steven writes, how damaging is it? it's ignorant, disgusting but not nearly as damaging as the actions of the bombers. we thank you for your responses. keep this conversation going.

twet sweet me at suzanne malveaux. brooke baldwin is here now. >> we begin with rapid fire. first up, want to begin here with suzanne. i just have to give you the heads up, what you're about to see is very, very disturbing. this is a photo from the los angeles times. a heads up and a warning. "the times" says this shows u.s. troops posing with body parts of dead suicide bombers in afghan tap. we are blurring this because it is simplery too gruesome. cnn has not independently authenticated the pictures. but leon panetta confirmed what we saw.

this is not who her and certainly not who we represent. >> a fort bragg soldier who disappeared five days ago now. police and the military are combing this area near a bar in fayetteville, north carolina. that's where kelly bordeaux was last seen on saturday. an army official said bordeaux had been drinking and got a ride home from a bar employee who is not considered a suspect. it's all tied up between obama and mitt romney. a new poll shows them neck and neck. you have this really now looking towards november, 6 1/2 months towards election day. cnn averaged four national polls. you see the numbers, 47% for the

president. 45% back romney. and in about half an hour. people waiting to see the president here. going to talk about federal job training in the community college there. the wives of british german ambassadors to the united nations, in it they asked syria's first lady to stop your husband and stop being a bystander. >> she talked about peace many, many times. we think she should get her act together and speak out and speak out now. not worry so much about her husband, a lit bit more about what women in her country are going through.

a retired couple in illinois has now come forward. they brought the third and final ticket in the $666 million mega millions drawing last month. they couldn't believe it. >> after i looked at it a coup of minutes. i turned to my wife and i said we won. and she kind of looked at me funny and i said no, we won. then we started gigglingiggling. and she giggled for about four hours, i think. >> and axel rose suddenly has an appetite for con trix. now he says he's story he didn't show up in cleveland over the

weekend when his band was inducted. he also said he's received a lot of support for his decision. the ceremony happened this past weekend. you can watch it may 5 on hbo. and she was with bobby petrino the night he crashed his motorcycle and his career. now his 25-year-old exmistress has resigned from the university of arkansas. she was the football team student athlete development coordinator. this affair became public when the two skidded off the road on april 1. arkansas fired petrino who's married and a father of four. and just in to us here at cnn, pat summitt announces she is stepping down as head coach of tennessee. she has won more games than any other coach in ncaa history after 38 years on the court. amazing woman. last year, summitt announced she

has alzheimer's. we have a lot more for you in the next two hours including this. roll it. whistleblower here is blaming lack of leadership. >> a dad gets his baby back, a nurse sits behind bars. the wives of powerful diplomats beg the wife of syria's leader, stop your husband. i'll speak live with one of these women. hoefr will you go to shed pounds? a crash diet involving women and a feeding tube just before their

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this is not who we are, and it's certa certainly not what we represent when it comes to the great majority of men and women in uniform. >> that behavior what leon panetta was referring to right there concerns troops posing with the gbody parts of suicide bombers. pentagon, chris, we're talking about 2010. tell me what you know regarding circumstances around this, what's involved. >> well, apparently the soldier who gave these flagstaffs to the l.a. times, that report says they went to this apparently

some soldiers were pleased they had died. >> obviously the question is, and we talked about swha eed ab happened when those korans were burned. what is the reaction in afghanistan. are they worried about an eruption in violence? perhaps a meltdown from hamid karzai? >> they're worried. the reaction has been strong. even president obama has been briefed on the situation about the pictures. also again saying that he did

not want the l.a. times to release these photos. >> this is war. and i know that war is ugly and it is violent. and i know that young people are sometimes caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions. i am not excusing that behavior. but neither do i want these images to bring further injury to our people or to our relationship with the afghan people. >> ironically, that same this is war comment was very, very similar to the same one that secretary panetta had to make after the army sergeant allegedly killed those 17 afghan villages just last month. the army criminal investigations commission has started abinvestigation into this. and brooke, they say, the army

says they didn't know about these photographs or this incident until the "l.a. times" brought the photographs to them. >> so the soldier who brought thoo ez photographs to the "l.a. times" expressed concerns. there could be deeper problems than just these two incidents we were talking about? >> there could be. not only the fact that the army is believed to have seen all 18 of these photos. it's fairly likely that army investigators have already identified some, if not all of the people involved. so they'll be looking at not only what troops are still on active duty, which ones may have already left the army.

these investigations usually may start with the simple facts of what happened. but also looking at command structure, how much responsibility the soldiers, commanders and leadership needs to bear in a situation like this. >> thank you. i just want to point out this incident comes from a series of photographs taken by a u.s. soldier. and in case you hadn't noticed, a lot of american soldiers are posting photographs, posting videos on youtube. this was posted to youtube in 2010. it's extremely compelling video of u.s. troops fighting off an ambush. but it just made us wonder. we were talking this morning if there's any policy on the troops posting picture s s of combat o

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the president is going to talk about the economy. meantime, the president is traveling with the president there and i know your colleagues, before we get to more of why you're in ohio, your colleagues back in the white house broke some new details in

the scandal. what can you tell us? >> government sources tell us secret service investigators on the ground in colombia are interviewing the women along with local authorities. there were also questions about whether there were drugs at the same time. the credit service is looking into those reports. but right now, the evidence says so far that actually no, there were no drugs. also a question of perhaps will there be drug testing. we know according to these sources that some of the secret service agents under investigation have raised questions about, sort sof pushed back about whether there's reasonable cause to be tested. it's unclear if they've been tested at this point. we understand mark sullivan feels like he has a lot of resources at his disposal in this investigation and testing is one of them. the other issue, you know

whether security is breached. this is an important detail we discovered. according to the sources, the very classified detailed schedule of president obama, it had not apparently gone to these agents yet. there's been some concerns about whether they left themselves open to having their weapons tampered with. according to sources those weapons were at lockdown at a separate location in the hotel room, brooke. >> okay. it looks like you are in a college bookstore. i'm guessing this is the lorraine community college bookstore. the president, i don't know if he's buying sweatshirts but he's talking economy, a job training program? >> he'll be talking about jobs training. lorraine county community college has a very successful job training program for unemployed workers.

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woman out of t-- get the baby of the car. the police found the suspect's car. the woman is a registered nurse eventually showed up. in fact, i have a copy here of mclean's arrest. in it, she said she asked to speak with detectives. and then she, quote, admitted to shooting golden and taking her baby. she admitted. she also told police where they could find the child. baby keegan is now safe and sound this afternoon back in the arms of relatives. according to this arrest report, mcclain is charged with capital murder. she's jailed without bond and police believed she plotted to kidnap the child. they quoted her sister saying she talked about adopting. police also say this could have

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this next story affects anyone who eats or buys food. there are budget cuts being proposed right now in

washington. battle lines are being drawn all around farming. this farm bill as it's called includes everything from crop insurance to conservation to stood stamps. i have to ask, for people who are sitting and they live, not a rural huge farming state. why should they care. why should they care? taxpayer is paying for the subsidies sometimes to parmers. almost you cut them, the flavor in washington in congress has been cutting.

when you cut these programs it's going to be a campaign issue. and in farm states, especially like iowa, which is up for grabs in the presidential race. i know a lot of people are talking. the president is ending what he calls direct payment subsidies. you have critics, they say crop insurance. >> this is something congressional leaders are talking about. subsidies, whether it's the oil industry or the farm industry, those tris are going to protect it. they are quite powerful. they want to keep these. it's going to be a major battle.

whether it happens this year, i'm not so sure as far as killing those direct payments. a lot of this is table setting. some tough choices are going to have to be made. >> okay, perhaps not cuts now, perhaps cuts later. >> let me just further here. >> it's different than previous farm bills. farm states would move to protect everything. with tightening the fiscal belt. both republicans and democrats are saying we do need to cut.

the 2002 farm bill by many accounts wo s was a bloated far measure. we're going to have to trim down quite a bit. >> everyone is trimming the fat. >> it also hunger programs. >> we saw house democrats on the floor accusing paul ryan and his budget and congressional republicans of doing a reverse robin hood, they're cutting the. plaps they need. republicans say listen, some difficult choices need to be made if you're down the road at europe. they've had to cut the programs that really hurt the poor significantly. so they say that everything has got to be trimmed back to some degree. you see some democrats compare this to the hunger games movie. accusing republicans of this bad budget and trying to move it next year. and that's why the election is going to be so important.

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he put her in a dryer and that caused her great fear. this abuse happened here in a trailer. the boy? there's no nice way to describe this. again, the prosecutor. >> the dependent at one point is alleged to have strangled boy with his hands on the bow's neck and also is alleged to have pinched the boy's pea us in and scrotum. >> police say this abuse went on for quite a long time. he faces six felony child abuse charges. he has pleaded not guilty. police say the mom came forward after the 4-year-old girl started mimicking how she was punished to her brother, threatening to put him in the dryer. why she waited? we will never know.

there are neighbors who saw the children and a mother who stood by again. again, if there's something someone doesn't look quite right to you, speak up. we can do better. >> david, who in addition to being a truck driver for 23 years was also a marine. we know he can do ask a job. he's here to retrain for a higher paying job. you just heard from bronson who was laid off from two years ago. he was in a dead end in his life. and this program along with his wife. this program along with his wife gave him the opportunity. he's going to be learning hands-on machining over the next two weeks after already doing some of the book work. when i meet these folks, these

folks inspire me. a lot of them have gone through tough times. a lot are dealing with the aftermath of the flood. all of them have supported family members. and, you know, it's hard being out of work. it's hard especially when you're mid career when you're having to change jobs. that's what america is about, that's our defining spirit. we don't quit. and so the question now is, how do we mack sure that all of america is expressing that spirit through everybody getting a fair shot. that's gong to be a major debate that we have in this country, not just for the next few months but for the next few years. should we settle for an economy

a few people do really well and then a growing number are struggling to get by? or do we build an economy where people like duane and andrea and david and bronson, they've got a chance to get ahead, where there are ladders of opportunity, where everybody gets a fair shot and everybody does their fair share and everybody is playing by the same set of rules. and this is not just run of the mill political debate. there's also charter in washington. folks argue about whether the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. whether the sky is blue. there's always going to be arguments in washington, but this one is different. because we're talking about the central challenge of our time.

right now we have two competing visions of our future. the choice would not be clear. those folk on the other side, i'm sure they're patriots, i'm sure they're sincere in terms of what they say, but their theory, i believe, is wrong. see, i've never believed the government can or should solve every problem we've got. i believe that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history. i agree that everybody has personal responsibility for their own lives. everybody's got to work hard, nothing is ever handed to us. but i also agree with our first republican if the a guy named abraham lincoln who said that through government we should be able to do together what we can't do as well on our own. there's some thing wes don't do well on our own.

that's why we've got a strong military to keep us safe. that's why we have fire departments. we never know when we might have a fire in our house. that's why we' got public schools to educate our children. that's how we laid railroads and highways and supported research and technology that's saved lives and helped create entire industries. that's why we have programs like medicare and social security and unemployment insurance. i don't care how lucky you are, how rich you are, how blessed you are, you could face a layoff or crippling illness or a run of bad luck or a tragedy. folks in ohio know about that. that's why with we're helping more community colleges like this one to become community college centers. we're looking for a new job or a

better paying job can learn the skills that businesses need right now. and that's good for all of us. investing in a community college just like investing in a new road or highway? these investments are not part of some grand scheme to redistribute wealth. they've been made by democrats and republicans. for generations, because they benefit all of us. that's what leads to strong, durable economic growth. that's how america became a strong economic superpower. that's how we built the transcontinental railroad. that's why we've got the best universities and colleges in the world. that's why we have cutting edge research that takes place here. and that then gets translated into new jobs and new businesses. because somebody did the ground work.

somebody gave me an education. i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't. but somebody gave us a chance. just like these folks up here are looking for a fun. it makes the entire region stronger economically. in this country, prosperity doesn't trickle down. prosperity grows from the bottom up, and it grows from a strong middle class out.

and that's why i'm always confused when we have the same argument with folks who don't seem to remember how america was built. some people say well if we just weaken air and water regulation, if we just cut everybody's taxes and convert these investments in community colleges and research and health care into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, that somehow the economy is going to get stronger. and ohio and the rest of the country will prosper. that's the theory. ohio, we tested this theory. take a look at what happened in ohio between 2000 and 200 8. it's not like we didn't try it.

instead of the strongest growth, we have the slowest growth in american history. families saw their incomes fall by about 6%. outsourcing, rampant. phony financial profits all over the place. instead of strengthening our economy, our entire financial system almost collapsed. so the theory didn't work out so well. maybe they haven't been is paying attention. maybe we should try something different, they decided to double down.

you now have republicans in washington, the ones running for president proposing budgets that shower the wealthiest americans with more taxes. folks like me don't need them. and when you give somebody like me a tax cut, there's only two ways to pay for it. either it adds to our deficit, meaning it's not paid for, or you end up with, what was proposed, gunning investments in education and medical research and clean energy and job training programs like this one. some of you would see your financial aid cut by more than $1,000 each. thu thousands of medical research grants for things like alzheimer's and cancer and aids would be eliminated.

by the time you retire, medicare would be turned into a voucher system. job training programs like this one would be forced to come back. thousands of americans would lose out on critical employment and training services. that's the truth. when you ask the republicans. obama is making this up. we didn't specify which cuts we would make. if you have to cut a certain

amount of money, and they already said they're going to cut defense spending, you've got to go to all the other stuff left over or you're going to add to the deficit. that's just math. that's not theorizing on my part. we need to ask everybody to do their fair share and dpeeling with the deficit as an excuse to do what you want to anyway. they're proposing to spend $4.6 trillion on lower tax rates that they would spend on tax cuts for people making $250,000 a year or more.

that's their priority. i just paid taxes. it's not like i love paying taxes. >> president obama talking taxes as we just passed tax day. talking in ohio. he's surrounded really part of this backdrop, many of his students have gone back to this job training program that he's highlights, talking about how he's hoping to create jobs. his point, these cuts hitting republicans and mitt romney, he's basically saying to all of these people at this community college in this training program, if this g.o.p. budget which passed the house, if it goes all the way, it will very much affect you. one interesting note, the president said i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth,

michelle obama wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth. we wonder if that's a jab at the very affluent mitt romney. just across the street, there's a mitt romney bus just across the street in ohio. also want you to know, mitt romney is speaking next hour, talking economy. the tratic national convention is going to be in charlotte. they're saying this is the prebuttal at the dnc convention there. we're minutes away from this news conference in houston. this is just horrendous. this three-day old little boy

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strending today, jamie moyer, 49 years young beat san diego last night, making him the oldest pitcher ever to win a major league game. we caught up with him. >> doesn't get old walking out on a baseball field, does it in the. >> no, there's no better feeling than right here. >> ronald reagan was president, america was dancing to "walk like an egyptian." ♪ walk like an egyptian >> and "ferris buhler's day off" just premiered in movie theatres. jamie moyer is pitching for the colorado rockies, a team that didn't even exist when he broke into the major leagues more than 25 years ago.

you're 49 years old, playing a kid's game, right? >> that's. >> correct. >> it doesn't get any better. >> sometimes you have to pimplg myself. i've been very blessed to have is the opportunities to have a long career. and at 49, still feeling like a kid. >> reporter: tuesday night, jamie moyer became the oldest pitcher to win a game. beating the san diego padres 5-3. not bad for a man who can only throw about 80 miles an hour and who has three pitching teammates that were born after moyer started his big league career. he can't avoid the old man jokes. >> no one has asked if you played with babe ruth? >> i get that on occasion. sometimes i kid guys that i used to clean his shoes. it breaks the ice. >> when jamie moyer talks, the young baby faced players listen. moyer says mes of his close baseball friends have long

retired. >> i went back to the bathroom eni'm thinking oh, my gosh, i feel like i'm on -- we're on a field trip and i'm kind of watching over the kids. moyer is playing against his oldest son's friends now. >> the one constant through all the years, ray, has been baseball. >> reporter: jamie moyer has been a constant in baseball through a quarter oof a century. >> any moment now, this news conference is set to begin. we're talk act the murder of a new mom and the kidnappinging of h 3-day-old infant. and police say a nurse is behind it all. we're watchin