fantastic movie, and very, very funny and not for the little ones, but it is hysterical. mark wahlberg, thank you and i will be pumping out with the protein later. >> we will send you a bunch more stuff, too. >> these guns are ready. they need the go to work. we begin with breaking news. shocking news in the jerry sandusky child rape story. even if you think you've lost the ability to be shocked with all the revolting details of his long and horrible run as a serial rapist. after it came out in the investigation and the trial, the wooing of boys by this penn state football hero, the way he used his children's charity, a children's charity, to recruit and groom those boys, the way he abused his role model status to discredit his abusers. after all of that, after all we've come to know, we still don't know this. how when he was literally caught in the act raping a boy in the penn state locker room shower, did he get away with it and go

on to rain more boys? well, graduate assistant mike mcqueary saw him and the boy in the shower. he froze, didn't stop sandusky, but he did report what he saw. he told his box the legendary head coach, joe paterno what he saw. coach paterno told his bosses. everyone who had the power to stop jerry sandusky had the information they needed to stop jerry sandusky. so why didn't they? that is the question. tonight, a "360" exclusive that could point to some answers. more, now, from susan candiotti. >> reporter: cnn has been given details of four purported e-mail exchanges from sources with knowledge of the case. raising questions about what penn state knew and when they knew it. the e-mails are between penn state president gram spannier, vice president shultz and athletic director tim curry. discussing the shower incident. where grad assistant mcquery says he saw sandusky raping a young boy.

that's 16 days after mcqueary reports to his boss, coach joe paterno about what he's seen in the shower. paterno testified, quote, it was a sexual nature. by now, mcqueary testified he's told athletic director curley and vp shultz about exactly what he saw. a boy with his hands up against the wall with sandusky behind him. the alleged e-mails don't mention sandusky by name. instead calling him the subject and person. in the first exchange, shultz messages curley about a three-part plan to, quote, talk with the subject, contacting the charitable organization, second mile, and contacting the department of welfare. that's an agency required by law to investigate suspected abuse. the next night, curley indicates a change of heart. he allegedly sends an e-mail to

penn state's president spannier and refers to a discussion they had two days earlier about sandusky. curley says he wants to talk things over with sandusky. and work with him before deciding whether to contact child welfare. he also refers to coach paterno. did something he said change curley's mind? quote, after giving it more thought and talking it over with joe yesterday, i am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps. i am having trouble with going to everyone but the person involved. i would be more comfortable meeting with the person and tell them about the information we received and tell him we are aware of the first situation. the first situation he's referring to is a separate shower incident sandusky had with a boy in 1998. sandusky was not charged at the time. he was convicted of both incidents at trial. curley plans to tell sandusky,

quote, we feel there is a problem. and offer professional help. and at some point soon, inform his organization. sandusky's second mile. and, quote, maybe the other one. according to a source with knowledge of the e-mails, he's referring to child welfare. if sandusky is, quote, cooperative, curley writes, quote, we would work with him. if not, we do not have a choice and will inform the two groups. two hours later, penn state's president purportedly responds. and agrees with the approach. quote, i am supportive, spannier writes. and adds this, the only downside for us is if the message isn't heard and acted upon and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it. but that can be assessed down the road. spanner calls the plan humane and a reasonable way to proceed. the next day, vp shultz weighs in with an alleged e-mail to

president spannier and athletic director curley. quote, this is a more humane and upfront way to handle this, he writes. we will inform his organization with or without his cooperation. we can play by ear to decide about the other organization. another reference, a source says, to outside authorities. but that never happened. authorities say records show suspicions about sandusky in 2001 were never reported to any outside agency. victim five was molested by sandusky in a penn state shower about six months after the mcqueary incident. and sandusky later went on to sexually abuse at least three other boys. years later, all testified at trial. bottom line, prosecutors say penn state never reported the 2001 incident. no one at the time ever appeared to look for that boy in the shower.

and jerry sandusky, a man who led separate lives of good and evil, went on grooming, selecting and abusing children. soledad. >> just horrific. what do curley and shultz's attorney say about these e-mails? >> right. first, let's remember that curley and shultz are already charged with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse. they pleaded not guilty. sources say spannier also could be charged. spannier's lawyers did not return repeated calls for comment. lawyers, however, for curley and shultz provided this statement to cnn. quote, as governor tom corbett stated, if we were going to do this case, we had to have the best possible case to go against somebody like mr. sandusky who was loved by everybody, for curley, shultz, spannier and paterno, the responsible thing to do was, like governor corbett, to carefully and responsibly assess the best way to handle vague but troubling

allegations. faced with tough situations, good people try to do their best to make the right decisions. that was -- exactly. also, a spokesman for paterno's family. we spoke with him also. he says he has not seen, nor has the family seen, any e-mails. and he makes it clear that mr. paterno did not communicate by e-mail. he defends the coach. he said everyone wants the truth and joe always told the truth. said spokesman dan mcginn. he said, we welcome any information anyone has about this. but he emphasized that coach paterno testified truthfully before this grand jury. >> one of those words in the e-mail that would seem to be problematic is that word, you know, the only downside for us is we could be vulnerable. that's a quote from the e-mail. both -- the men have testified before the grand jury. what are the inconsistencies between -- or are there -- between these e-mails and what they said to the grand jury? >> i'm not sure we see any kind of smoking gun on this, soledad. curley does tell a prosecutor he

didn't know about any other incident in sandusky's past prior to the 2001 incident. in his e-mail to penn state's president, says that he plans to tell sandusky that we're aware of the first situation. so as for shultz, he tells the grand jury, the 1998 shower incident was reported to child welfare but also testified his recollection would be they were asked to look into the 2001 allegation. the child agency soledad, as we know, there was no record of anyone reporting that incident to any child welfare agency. as we all know as well, several investigations remain under way here. you've got penn state's own independent investigation run by louis freeh, former director of the fbi. you have the pennsylvania attorney general's office. you have the justice department. you have the ncaa. and you have the u.s. department of education. all looking at this. >> absolutely not over yet. >> far from it.

>> susan candiotti, terrific reporting on that. let's get to tom klein. he's an attorney for victim number five. who, really, might not have been a victim at all if somebody at penn state had acted sooner. nice to see you, sir. thanks for talking with us. what's your reaction to these e-mails? >> my reaction is shock. these e-mails, which have been discussed, that they existed, to see the content of them today is shocking. it is unquestionable that had these men not engaged in a concerted, conscious, collaborative effort not to report this to authorities, that the young man who i represent would not have been assaulted in the showers some six months later. it is appalling, soledad. >> gary shultz and tim curley, as you know, they're already facing charges in connection with failing to report the abuse, lying to authorities. how do you see these e-mails in whatever legal action will

follow? >> well, these e-mails of course are irrelevant to that particular action. they're also relevant to the investigation by former fbi director louis freeh and they're irrelevant to the civil investigation. here what we see on the face reckless conduct. a university president who is making a conscious, deliberative effort and aproving the failure to report a known sexual predator. that conduct is likely part of the reason why mr. spannier was dismissed. >> you hear a lot of times in those e-mails the word "humane" approach. what do you make of that? >> well there was quite the contrary -- quite to the contrary. the humane thing to do would have been to report mr. sandusky to the dpw. to report him to authorities.

instead, there was this conscious decision made that they were just going to go at it simply by having mr. curley talk to sandusky. my word, that just is not right. the fact of the matter is, they had a plan in place, as susan candiotti reports, to do a number of things which didn't carry the ball all the way, to use their term. but the fact of the matter is, they were going to report it to dpw. they made a decision to retrench and retreat on that very policy. and the fact of the matter is, that while mr. paterno doesn't use e-mail, so he says, the fact of the matter is, curley changed the plan. according to the content of these e-mails. right after he spoke with joe paterno. that of course is a critical piece of information and something that none of us knew till the content of these e-mails was revealed tonight. >> so what do you think should be the legal liability of these

men? especially maybe the president? >> penn state is responsible for their conduct. we're assessing their conduct. i have said that while penn state has reached out to me and to other victims and their attorneys, the fact of the matter is that we can't begin to talk to penn state till we have full and complete disclosure. and this, i would believe, is the tip of the iceberg. >> as you know, you heard the statement a moment ago from susan, part of the statement said, good people try to do their best to make the right decisions, as their excuse for maybe why they did not move forward with these allegations in these e-mails. what do you think of that? >> they made a conscious decision to make the wrong decision. they knew and they even discussed in the content of these e-mails, as i've seen them tonight, that they would face

the consequences later on. they would deal with the nonreporting later on. should it come up and should it come back to them. well, it sure has come back to them and they are now facing both criminal and civil proceedings as a result of it. there could not be a poorer choices that were made and more reckless conduct by people charged with the running of a university. the president, the athletic director and the vice president. these e-mails, the content of which is now being revealed, demonstrates that very clearly and very poignantly. they made a colaborative collective decision to do what they do. they talked about it in these e-mails. they made a decision to retreat from the poor plan they had developed. and they went to simply talking to the subject. mr. sandusky. interestingly, these e-mail, the content of them, it's all in

code. they talk about the subject. they talk about the, quote, other organization. they talk about these things as though they were -- as though they were conspiring and collaborating to do something that they knew was wrong. >> so what do you think the consequences should be? what would you like to see? >> i would like to see the attorney general investigate this further. i'm sure they have. i'd like to see mr. freeh's report. we hope to see it soon. and i believe this will be the subject. i intend to ask tough questions to mr. curley, mr. shultz and mr. spannier myself. this will be the subject of a detailed investigation. word by word, line by line. >> prison time for them? >> well, i leave that in the hands of the prosecution. i attended the sandusky trial. every piece of evidence that was presented. and it was presented in a very

disciplined way. i have confidence in the attorney general, to look at this very carefully. my job is the civil side of this. i believe that penn state is civilly liable to the young man i represent and others. here we have evidence that just stares you in the face. that they knew and could have prevented it. instead, they were worried about mr. sandusky's guest. the young man i represented was no guest. he was assaulted in the shower by a man who was given the keys to the shower room when they knew he was a sexual predator going back to 1998. >> tom kline, thank you for joining us this evening. appreciate it. everyone watching can let us know what you think. we're on facebook. you can follow the program on twitter. @ac360. we're also talking taxes tonight and a headache for president obama. the supreme court upheld his health care reform law.

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keeping them honest now. on how each side is spinning the supreme court's epic decision on health care reform. safe to say the white house is delighted that chief justice roberts saved the law. as for how he saved it, well, not so much. he said making people buy health insurance was no good under congress' power to regulate

commerce but just fine under the power to tax. so victory goes to the white house. but then again so does this. >> this law is a tax. >> obama care is the biggest tax increase in american history. >> the government could decide that we're going to tax you if you don't eat broccoli on tuesday. >> in fact, the affordable care act is a tax. it is the largest tax in america's history. >> the middle class tax increase. >> the largest tax increases on the middle class in history. >> obama care raises taxes on the american people. >> keeping them honest. when republicans say it's a tax to make people pay for going uninsured, they're absolutely right. the provisions are written into the tax code. they're enforced by the irs. as chief justice roberts wrote in his opinion, the only effect of the individual mandate is to raise taxes on those who do not do so. and thus the law may be upheld as a tax. however, to call it as you just heard the biggest tax increase

in history is wrong. it's not even close. judging that claim pants on fire false. that said, any mention of taxes in connection with the health care law is poison to the administration and the campaign. listen to obama 2012 spokeswoman stephanie cutter this morning on "starting point." >> what john roberts said is that we have the power to impose this penalty on people through the taxation clause. it's a penalty. >> it's a penalty? >> it's a penalty. >> yesterday we learn it was a tax. >> let me finish. so i'm assuming everybody at this table has private insurance. so this penalty does not apply to us. there are some people who are choosing not to get insurance because they can't afford it. for those people, what we call free riders, what mitt romney has called free riders. we pay their health care costs up to $1,000 on our premiums. so they need to take individual responsibility for their health care and pay a penalty if they choose not to get it. >> i understand you like the law well.

i'm confused. now is your position it's a tax or a penalty? >> it's a penalty. that if you choose not to get health care and you're imposing a hidden tax on all of us because we pay for your health care, then you'll pay a penalty. >> so, if that sounds familiar, it's because that's what her old boss was saying, somewhat more concisely, back when he was selling the health care law. >> for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. what it's saying is we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you. anymore than the fact that right now everybody in america just about has to get auto insurance. nobody considers that a tax increase. >> so, the song remains the same. however, also keeping them honest, mitt romney was singing that exact same tune when he was selling his own nearly identical health care plan back when he

was governor of massachusetts. he's singing a different tune today. so, with us tonight, democratic strategist paul begala, who's advising the top pro obama super pac. also chief political correspondent candy crowley. paul, we'll start with you. you heard what stephanie cutter had to say. do you think the obama campaign is between ray rock and a hard place on this? is it a tax? is it a penalty? the supreme court just said it's a tax. she's saying no, it's a penalty. is that a problem? >> usually, for generations, democrats have talked about health care in terms of empathy. care about our neighbors. that's great. that gets fellow bleeding hearts like me. van holland and stephanie cutter from the obama campaign are now appealing to people who are a little more self-interested. saying you're paying a tax already. it's a free riders, free loaders tax. these are very morally freighted terms. democrats usually don't use that kind of language. i'm happy to hear them say no, it's a tax that only free loaders have to pay. it's a penalty that only free rhode islanders have to pay.

i like that messenging. i think it's more successful for democrats. >> how much could this hinder republican's efforts to attack this? the affordable care act obviously is modeled on what he did in massachusetts, right? >> it matters because it comes up every time mitt romney says it. you get just another e-mail blast from either the dnc or some form of democratic outfit. and when you have somebody on a show, the first thing they're going to say to you, well, mitt romney had the exact same plan and he didn't say it was a tax. i actually like the nancy pelosi approach. call it whatever you want to call it. it's constitutional. i think this is -- they're dancing on the head of a pin here. the democrats. i think they ought to get off it and go find it's a tax it it's a tax on people who won't buy their own health care insurance and, like, be done with it. >> paul, when you look at the folk, moving from dancing on the head of the pin to seeing how people in the electorate might feel about it there are now poll results out about yesterday's ruling. a "usa today" gallup poll. if you're look more specifically

at independents, 49%. they're the important independents, 49% say they want to repeal all or parts of the bill. 40% say they want to keep it or expand the law. how much of a problem is that for president obama? >> it's a real problem, soledad. it's why you're wise to break out the independents. if you just look and it's divided, it's because democrats like me love it. i'm not a swing voter. people in the middle, they've got -- this is why it's smart they're recalibrating their message. talking about free loaders and free riders. that's more for independents. rather than talking as all of us have done for generation about people who don't have health insurance. and you should help them. that's not a very good message in a recession. now they're saying you should punish them. and that's a tougher, stronger message. and it may have more appeal for the independents. >> candy, when you look at the money, mitt romney's done very well. right up to the ruling. he's raised more than $5.5 million.

55,000 separate donations. but there's some people who say, you know, all this money could worry him off the message that seem to be working or maybe his strongest message, which was the economy and the struggling economy. do you think those people have a point? >> they're not mutually exclusive. i don't think actually that's what romney's been doing. he had his initial reaction to it and what happened in the initial reaction was he talked about how much health insurance had gone up. he talked about what it would do to the debt. you could argue -- i know paul would, with his facts and figures. nonetheless, he tied it to the economy. and he said, it's small businesses aren't hiring people because this is going to cost them too much. so he took it and translated into his central message. i think, look, he has to -- depending on his crowd, he has to say, and i'm going to appeal obama care because that really is a vote getter. they have no doubts about obama care. so that could get them to the

poll. get them more enthused. that's always going to come up. but i think he's going to use this as a way to pivot to the economy. and say, here's what help obama care is to the economy. >> paul, there was one republican who referred to this decision as the kiss of death for democrats. let's talk a little bit politically, like, how it plays out. does it repeat 2010 midterms where the tea party rode to power on this sort of anti-obama, anti-health care fervor this time around? or as the democrats are spinning it, it's been decided, everybody, time to move on? >> it certainly motivated their base. they do need that. because mr. romney, as katie points out, probably not the favorite. i very rarely say rick was right. but senator santorum was right about this. he said because mitt romney signed romney care which is the template, the blueprint, particularly with the individual mandate. he's going to have a difficult time advancing the fact obama care should be repealed. he's going to win or lose anyway

on this. it will reenergize the republican base. it also energizes the democratic base. the question is who can get to those independents. spinning on who's better on the economy. >> paul begala, candy crowley, thanks, appreciate it. fleeing colorado's deadly fire up close. we'll talk to a woman who shot a gripping emotional video of her own evacuation. it was the last time she saw her own. that's coming up next.

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colorado springs monster wildfire turned deadly today. rescuers found a charred body in a burned out house. one other person is missing. president obama visiting the area described the enormous devastation. but says authorities are, quote, starting to see progress. so far nearly 350 homes have been destroyed with another 20,000 homes dangerously close to the blaze. more than 36,000 people fled their homes. including nicole fry who shot this terrifying video as she was driving away. >> i'm leaving my house. for probably the last time. oh, my god. there's smoke in the air so bad. this thing was on fire just a second ago.

there's the flames. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. i got to go. i got to get out of here. oh, my god. oh, my god. there's fire trucks up here and fires everywhere. oh, my god. i need to get going. oh, my god, there's ashes coming in my window. oh, my god. >> nicole fry, who shot that video you're watching while she was evacuating, joins me now from colorado springs. i want you to walk us through

what was going through your mind as you are driving your car surrounded by flame. what were you thinking? >> well, first, i wanted to be safe more than anything. but this was my home for 18 years. and i knew that it wasn't going to be the same after this turning point. and so i wanted to make sure i had at least a memory of something that was remaining. so that was mainly my goal in trying to record the footage. it's such a horrific event so i wanted that footage also of it. >> did you lose your home? >> yes. >> you lost everything? >> yes. my grandmother also lost her home, yeah. >> have you been able to drive back up at this point and see some of the damage? >> no. not yet. i've seen aerial footage. i've seen other footage. it's -- it's no longer there. >> gosh, i am so sorry. so, we've seen the videotape of the drive. but walk me through what happened before you hopped in your car. when did you know you had to evacuate? how did you have the presence of mind to shoot while you're driving and you're sundayround surrounded by flame? >> the whole situation before i

evacuated was a little different. we saw flames coming over the ridge. at that point, my mother and my grandmother and my cy just left. my father and i, we were watering the roof with any hopes that the house may remain. because we had a wooden roof. by that time, i was, like, i need to go let my neighbors know and inform them. then it was becoming a matter of safety. i was trying to evacuate thought going up the hill would have been the easiest way out. and i just needed to have some footage to show for what i saw and the devastation that everybody went through when they were evacuating. >> is absolutely remarkable. i know you went to find the firefighters. and thank them. tell me about how that conversation went. >> it was really -- it was heartbreaking. because i approached multiple firefighters. i told them, look, my house is gone. immediately, they stood up and they said, i'm so sorry. but i tried to tell them, no,

it's okay, because you are saving lives and you are saving other homes and memories. that's what really counts. and i appreciated them for trying. and -- but it's more important that they're safe and that they have a home to go to at the end of the day. and we'll be fine. my family will be okay. and -- but lives can't be replaced. >> where is your family right now? you were so hysterical as you were shooting that video. i thought you might run off the road. how long did it take before you were able to get it together and make your way down the hill? >> at that point, i had turned around because the firefightes directed me i shouldn't be going up this way, which makes perfect sense. so i started going down the hill. i ran into an officer at the bottom of the hill. and he told me, are you able to drive, and i'm hysterically out of control. he said, what i'm going to do is block off traffic and let you calm down in this parking lot. if it weren't for him, i probably would have been in an accident or been crazy.

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6 in an era of roadside bombs in war zones, military dogs are a necessity. many dogs of war don't make it home. for a very specific reason. now, a bill is making its way through congress and could change that. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence explains. >> reporter: the bond between soldier and search dog was

forged the day she discovered her first ied. >> that right there was the moment that the relationship went from okay, you know, i care about her, i love her, to this dog is absolutely amazing. >> reporter: it was a remote village in kandahar, afghanistan. sergeant david varkett's patrol was headed right towards a hidden bomb. but nushka sniffed it out, embedded in a wall. >> he saves my life. would be best friends for life. it's the same thing with this dog. >> reporter: there are nearly 3,000 military working dogs and 600 are serving in war zones. they eat, sleep and fight alongside their handlers 24/7. but the military classifies them as equipment. right along with the rifles and rucksacks. so if a dog gets old and retires on a base overseas, he's

considers excess equipment. not entitled to transport home. someone who wants to adopt him has to pay the shipping costs, which can run thousands of dollars. >> get it. >> reporter: so when dog handler robert mather left the army, he couldn't afford to adopt his partner, named nushka. because it meant flying to an overseas base to get her. >> was going to be in the couple thousand dollars between the ticket for myself, the ticket for the dog and the short notice of it all. >> reporter: you want to bring her back but i mean, that's a lot of money. >> exactly. right now, i'm a full-time student. mine wife works part time at the local mall here. we have our son to raise. so there's not always a lot of extra money laying around. to just go up and get a dog. >> reporter: despite her four tours in iraq and afghanistan, nuska could have been left behind. now there's a push in congress to give the dogs their due. >> we're looking for a classification that's higher

than equipment. >> reporter: representative walter jones co-sponsored a bill to make them canine members of the armed services. it would allow the military to honor courageous dogs. make sure they all get flown back to the states. and set up a private fund for lifetime health care. >> some people would say you guys need to be watching every penny that you spend. >> the cost is not going to be astronomical. we can find $10 billion and spend it in afghanistan. then certainly we can find a few thousand dollars to say that the dog is more than equipment. >> you ask any handler, this is a soldier, there's no doubt about it. the bond we have with these dogs is absolutely amazing. >> reporter: nuska is 12 years old now and still feels the effects of her four deployments. >> even still today she's apprehensive towards loud noises like doors slamming.

>> reporter: thanks to a local school that raised the money, robert mather brought his partner home to become a part of his family. >> so doesn't have a whole lot of life left. what life she does have left deserves to be comfortable for all that she's given. she's given just as much as all the soldiers have. >> reporter: chris lawrence, cnn, washington. >> the canine members of the armed forces act passed the house. it will be taken up by the senate by senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. for more on the relationship between military dogs and their handlers, anderson met staff sergeant allison price. and geno, who's ready to retire. >> tell me a little bit about geno. >> geno is a 7-year-old german shepherd. a military working dog. >> is he being adopted? >> he is. his prior handler of three years is going to adopt him. >> how long have you worked with geno? >> i've only worked with geno for a year. >> you're working -- i've gone out on patrol with marines who use dogs in afghanistan.

they're with the dogs all the time. when you're working with the dog, you're living with the dog as well. >> 24/7. 24/7. i was deployed with the dog. he slept at the foot of my bed. you know the dog's in and outs. you know their actions. >> what kind of work would geno do? >> geno is an explosive patrol dog. >> he's taking -- he's making himself comfortable. >> he searches for explosives. >> uh-huh. so you would take him out on, like a patrol? >> we go out on patrols. we do convoys. roadway searches and whatnot. search pits. searching vehicles coming in and often the installation. >> what kind of career span does a dog have? >> i've seen a dog work for two years and i've seen a dog work for 13 years. >> at what point -- is it determined that they get

retired? >> we have a vet and she is the one who determines whether the dog is still suitable to work or whether the dog should get retired out. >> when you -- do you think the dog as a fellow soldier? >> definitely. he's a -- he's a friend, a family member, and definitely someone to watch my back. >> because right now the military views them as equipment. if they -- if they do make that change, do you think that would be a step in the right direction? >> they're only considered equipment to get stationed at their base. that's the only way they can really track them is through equipment. so they treat them like equipment. >> but in your mind, geno's not equipment? >> not equipment, best friend. >> best friend. when geno retires and gets to live with his former handler, i mean, i imagine some dogs have ptsd, have reaction to the work they've been doing. >> yes. however, i have not seen any issues with geno. i think he'll be a great house pet. couch potato. he just likes to chew on his kong. >> chew on his what? >> chew on his kong. it's like a paycheck.

a rubber ball. >> will you be working with another dog? >> i will. we have two new dogs coing inbound so i'm sure i'm going to pick up one of those dogs and be paired with them. >> thank you so much for all you do. >> thank you, sir. >> and letting us meet geno. appreciate it. >> thank you. ahead, george zimmerman back in court in the trayvon martin case. what happened next on "360. bou. ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪

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let's get to some other stories we're following tonight. isha's back with a "360" bulletin. a bond hearing today for george zimmerman. zimmerman's initial bail was revoked when he lied about donations he received from the public to fight the case. he is charged in the second degree murder of trayvon martin. all three indices ended the first half of 2012 up more than 5%. investors breathed a sigh of relief when european leaders struck a deal to inject capital directly into troubled euro zone banks. tomkat has officially hopped off the couch. seven years after tom cruise jumped up and down declaring his love for katie holmes on oprah's yellow sofa, the actress has filed for divorce. the couple married in italy, seven months after their daughter suri was born. end of the road for tom and katie, soledad.

>> sad, sad news. all right, time for the shot. but this is not tonight's shot. it's a little boy getting photo bombed by a tiger at the zoo miami today. help was supposed to be posing in front of a sleeping lion but she woke up. that reminded us of another "360" favorite. this is tonight's shot. so if you're a tiger in confinement and you want to mess with a kid at the zoo, that's the way it's done. not the other way. coming up this evening, your favorite rye riduculist of the year so far. the woman who has given new meaning to the phrase "base tan." that's up next.

you've been voting for your favorites at ac360.com. tonight in at number one, the tanning mom. take a look. >> time now for the riduculist. tonight, burning questions about a story from nutly, new jersey. a woman was in court today to plead not guilty to charges she let her 6-year-old daughter get in a tanning booth. in new york, you cannot artificially tan if you're under the age of 14. the little girl is fine. she apparently had a sun burn a while back. apparently the girl told the school nurse she went tanning with mommy. and that's when the whole thing blew up. the mom says it's all a big misunderstanding. >> i tan. she doesn't tan. it's called a tanning booth. and a tanning room.

i'm in the booth. she's in the room. that's all there is to it. she doesn't go in there. she's my little girl. i'm not going to bring my little daughter into a 90 degree bed. nothing's wrong with her. and this whole thing's been blown out of proportion. >> how is that real? i mean -- i'm not even that concerned about the little girl. i'm concerned about the mom. i mean, i know i'm so pale i'm almost see-through. but there's no way she can be that tan. there must have been something going on with the lighting in that shot, right? let's take a look from a different interview. >> i've been tanning my whole life. going to the beach. tanning salons. so forth. >> she's been tanning her whole life? wow. that surprises me. i'm going to say it. somebody power up the starship "enterprise" because that lady is boldly going where no tan has gone before. >> there's no room, a. b, i would never permit it. c, it didn't happen.

she's 6 years old. yes, she does go tanning with mommy. but not in the booth. the whole thing is preposterous. >> she's talking about her daughter still. i don't care. i can't even pay attention to what she's saying. it's like the tanning olympics. she took the bronze. there's no doubt about it. the woman says she didn't put her child in the tanning booth itself. which we all hope is true because that's just a horrible concept unless you're a writer for that show "it's always sunny in philadelphia." then proceed. >> can you make d.b. a star? >> well, i'm sorry to say but in today's commercial world, there's just no room for another white baby actor. >> let me get this straight. you want to put your baby into a tanning bed? >> that's correct. >> i'm sorry, that's against the law. >> we don't want to jam you up here. we just want to put him in there for a couple of months. >> just to get a base. >> just to get a base. >> i'm feeling compelled to call the authorities. >> i guess the road to stardom is paved with hard knocks and orange [ muted ]. >> you don't put a child in a tanning bed.