this coming week, jodi arias is expected to be back on the witness stand answering questions from her attorneys as they try to repair any damage they think was caused by the prosecutor's withering cross-examination. them it's the jury's turn, because in arizona, jurors are given the chance to question witnesses. that does it for this "a.c. 360" special report.turn, because in arizona jurors are

given a chance to question witnesses. thanks for watching. an incredible medical break through, a baby infected with hiv now said to be cured. just as surprising, how doctors say it happened. plus, a nurse refuses to help a woman who collapses right in front of her. >> okay, i don't know -- >> they're refusing cpr, they're going to let her die. then a mission to mars. wanted, one committed married couple willing to relocate. perspective. >> maybe in its own subtle way, missions like this give us perspective. >> the question we really want answered, what about sex in space? >> it's a pretty difficult answer. >> and can women really have it all? can anyone? >> that's a big question. hi, everybody. i'm alina cho in tonight for don lemon. let's get you up to speed on the hour's top stories including

this, call it the $85 billion question. how soon will americans start to feel the effects of the new federal spending cuts? president obama and republicans both say they want compromise but so far, all talk. more on the cuts and their potential impact straight ahead. the men who will choose the next pope are about to begin their work. the cardinals will meet tomorrow and start setting up the special election otherwise known as the conclave. the vatican says it's still unclear whether a firm conclave date will be agreed on tomorrow. the cardinals will also hold important talks on the future direction of the catholic church. meanwhile, a shocking apology from a catholic cardinal mired in scandal. cardinal keith o'brien of scotland has been dogged by allegations of abusing four men studying to be priests back in the 1980s. o'brien initially contested the claims. today he reversed course and apologized saying his sexual conduct had fallen below standards expected of a priest.

he resigned last month from his post as archbishop of scotland. queen elizabeth the second night spending in a london hospital. here's cnn's royal correspondent max foster with the latest. alina, the queen hasn't been in hospital for ten years, but she's in here overnight and she's canceled a whole week's worth of public engagements. there is concern about whether or not this is more serious, we don't know whether it is, we do know that she does have the symptoms at least of a stomach bug. it's been indicated that she'll probably be in for a couple of days, alina. >> max foster in london for us. max, thank you very much. meanwhile, back in this country, a remarkable announcement today by doctors dedicated to fighting aids and hiv. a little girl just two years old, once hiv positive, now declared free from the virus. cured. some details from our medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> reporter: let's talk about what happened to this baby in mississippi because it's a fascinating story. the baby was born to an hiv positive mother.

the baby was on antiretroviral drugs for 15 months and then at around the time the mom took her off them. she stopped giving them. she stopped taking her back to the doctor. she was off the drugs 8 to 10 months total. when they brought her back to the doctor around her second birthday, there was no signs of hiv. the doctors in mississippi couldn't find it. they brought in other doctors who couldn't find it. now, what does this mean for other babies with hiv? here's what the folks at johns hopkins have to say. they've been involved in this. they say it may help pave the way to eliminating hiv infection in children. >> this has a very important implication for pediatric hiv infection and ability to achieve a cure. so we should be able to replicate this. >> in other words, maybe other babies can go on these drugs for a relatively short period of time and don't have to stay on them for life. maybe they can just stay on them for a year like this baby did. this baby got high doses of three drugs right after birth.

they're saying that may be the way to go. now, this baby does have little tiny bits of rna and dna fragments in her blood, so some people are saying it's a functional cure, since she does have those fragments, but the bottom line is, this baby isn't sick, this baby no longer has hiv, she's a healthy little girl. back to you. >> what a breakthrough. all right, elizabeth cohen, thank you very much. crews will continue tomorrow to demolish the house where an enormous sinkhole literally swallowed a man while he was sleeping. that sinkhole opened up on thursday night near tampa, florida. killing 37-year-old jeff bush. engineers say they plan on stabilizing the hole with gravel and sand to protect nearby homes. a young new york city couple expecting a baby die in a car crash on the way to the hospital. but miraculously their baby survives. our susan candiotti has the

story. >> reporter: alina family and friends are grief stricken after attending an emotional funeral and burial following that horrific hit and run crash in the williamsburg section of brooklyn today. as a hasidic jewish community rallies. a young couple, 21-year-old parents to be were on their way to a hospital at about midnight saturday night, because the expectant mother wasn't feeling well. police say a hit-and-run driver crashed into the side of their cab, killing the couple. the dark colored cab was totaled. thanks to quick action by doctors at new york's bellevue hospital, a premature baby boy, three months shy of his due date was delivered by c-section after his mother died. he was the couple's first child. police say the infant boy is in critical condition. relatives are standing watch. investigators are trying to track down the driver of a light colored bmw who fled the scene on foot.

a passenger in the car also vanished. police will only say they spoke to the registered owner of that car, but not much more. we don't know whether the car was stolen. relatives and friends are trying to come to grips with what happened. >> just got along so beautifully. just a lovely, lovely couple. and they're truly going to be missed by everyone. everyone is so heartbroken. >> the driver of the cab survived and is in stable condition. relatives tell us the couple had been married less than a year. alina? >> susan candiotti from new york. susan, thank you very much. meanwhile, we are heading into the first full week of those new automatic spending cuts. and top lawmakers on the sunday morning talk shows didn't give much hope of an end in sight. our emily schmidt has more from washington. >> reporter: alina, there are two different situations that are unfolding at the same time here. first, there is talk between the parties about finding compromise on cuts? the president's senior economic

aide says yes. gene sperling says president obama talked on the phone to both republicans and democrats saturday. will it result in action? just listen to senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. >> the president's free to call whoever he chooses to. he doesn't have to go through the speaker and myself to talk to our members, and i fully expect him to do that. so far i haven't heard a single senate republican say they're willing to raise one dime in taxes in order to avoid a spending reduction commitment that we made on a bipartisan basis just a year and a half ago. >> with no new compromise in the works, the $85 billion in spending cuts now begin to kick in. they're going to impact everything from defense spending to airline security lines to head start programs. house speaker john boehner said in an interview that was taped on friday for "meet the press" the house will work this week to avoid another roadblock

putting together legislation, he says, to keep the government funded beyond the date when money would otherwise run out later this month. >> absolutely. we at the house next week will act to extend the continuing resolution through the end of the fiscal year, september 30th. the president this morning agreed that we should not have any talk of a government shutdown. so i'm hopeful that the house and senate will be able to work through this. >> but when it comes to the budget cuts that are already beginning, speaker boehner said he doesn't think anyone quite understands how the cuts will really work, or if they will hurt the economy. alina? >> all right, emily schmidt in washington, emily, thank you. a high school student suspended for taking down a gunman. we'll explain. plus this -- a mission to mars. wanted, one committed married couple willing to relocate. >> maybe in its own subtle way missions like this give us perspective. >> the question we really want answered, what about sex in space?

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that's in november. some are already dubbing ison the comet of the century for the brilliant sky display it's expected to give. another high-tech space milestone today. take a look. >> and capture is confirmed on this dragon spacecraft. that capture time, 4:31 a.m. central time. >> way over our heads. earth's orbit, the space-x capsule hooked up to the international space station. the dragon is an unmanned cargo ship. it was contracted to nasa. spacex engineers were a bit nervous because a little glitch that happened after launch on friday but everything worked out fine and the capsule took supplies and equipment to the space station crew. a private project hopes to send a husband/wife team on a flyby of mars in 2018. i spoke with a couple, part of the inspiration mars team as it's called. and, by the way, they're married. yes, they have thrown their hat into the ring hoping to be the couple who goes on this trip. but first i asked them what they tell people who say this just

can't be done. >> that's the tragedy. that's what's occurred, that we've stopped dreaming. and it used to be that, we thought we've been to the moon, mars could happen, and now people are going, yeah, mars is never going to happen. and i hear so many people say, that's the way america used to be. that we had bold dreams and we all got behind making them happen. well, i think that's the way america needs to be now. >> 501 days straight in space is some people's idea of pure torture. and yet this is something that you desperately want to do. i mean, i think we should tell our viewers that you were part of that famed biosphere ii experiment back in the early '90s where the both of you lived in basically a three-acre bubble in the arizona desert. what is it about this type of work that is so thrilling, so exciting for you? >> being inside and being separate from the earth's biosphere gave us a perspective

that was very interesting and unique and a way to see what's going on in our world and what's going on in earth and having a spacecraft flying by mars where you look back at earth is literally just a pale blue star like all the other stars. i think it's going to give it interesting perspective. you know, maybe, you know, in its own subtle way that mission s like this help give us perspective. >> i have two more questions. number one, as a married couple how do you not kill each other being together 501 days straight, 24/7 inside a space capsule? >> well, i think it really does have to be a tested relationship. whoever goes on this, yes, it's got to be a relationship that's solid. we've had some experience for this in the biosphere, as you mentioned. and for me, it was incredibly comforting to have somebody there that i trusted, that was

in it with me, that could help me when i was down, that could problem solve with me. but also share in those wonderful moments. you know, i mean, i can't imagine that the crew that goes on this isn't just going to be in awe of the experience at times. >> and i'm going to ask both of you this, as well. i've been ordered to ask this, so don't hold it against me. i've read the research and it says -- i'm almost embarrassed to say this. that sex in space is wetter and hotter. now, how long is it going to take for you two to become members of the 7 million mile high club? i'm afraid to ask. >> well -- you know, this is a mission for all ages, and there's clearly going to be private time that the two crew members will have. and i think we should just leave it at that. >> i'm going to leave it right there. i don't know where you could go from there. but i wish you the best of luck on your quest to travel to mars. >> thank you. now we just have to build a

vehicle. >> yes, you do. >> awesome. >> i wish you the best of luck. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> honestly, i can't believe i asked that question. anyway, call it the $85 billion question. how soon will we feel the effects of the new federal spending cuts? plus, a nurse refuses to help a woman who collapses right in front of her. >> okay, i don't know -- >> they're refusing cpr. they're going to let her die. [ female announcer ] born from the sweet monk fruit, something this delicious could only come from nature. new nectresse.

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a florida teen suspended after he helped wrestle a gun away from a potential school shooter. here's what happened, according to our affiliate wftx, they report that the teen along with two other students grabbed the loaded weapon from a 15-year-old boy as he aimed it at another student threatening to shoot him. the 15-year-old was arrested, the teen and two others were suspended for three days for being involved in an incident with a weapon. the teen's mother admits her son did refuse to cooperate with investigators but said he was scared. >> i think he was really going to shoot him right then and there. not taking no pity. it's dumb. how they going to suspend me for doing the right thing.

>> both kids had to fight for their life. all the kids that were involved in this, they should have a pat on their backs, because they did the right thing. >> they obviously wanted to hide their identity for fear of -- out of safety concerns, rather. school officials meanwhile told wftx that florida law allows for immediate suspensions if there is a "potentially dangerous situation." the next story is one that is, frankly, pretty hard to believe. an elderly woman unconscious on the floor, needing cpr or she will die. nobody is willing to help. nobody, they say they can't. it is apparently policy at this senior assisted living center. 911 tapes tell the story, and kelsey thomas of cnn affiliate, kget in bakersfield, california, has the report. >> fire department, what is the address of your emergency, please? >> yes, we need someone out at glenwood gardens as soon as possible, we have a lady with heart problems -- >> what is the address? >> reporter: it's 11:07 on

tuesday morning. 87-year-old lorraine bayless has collapsed in the dining room, is unconscious and barely breathing. fire and ambulance crews are on the way. it takes about four minutes of question and answer for tracy halverson, the dispatcher, to assess the situation. >> we need to get cpr started. that's not enough. >> we can't do the cpr at this facility. >> then hand the phone to a passerby. if you can't do it -- give the phone to a passerby to do it that can do cpr. give them the phone, please. or if you have any citizens there. anybody there can do cpr. give then the phone, please. i understand if your facility is not willing to do it, give the phone to that passerby, that stranger. i need -- this woman is not breathing, she's going to die if we don't get this started. do you understand? >> i understand. i am a nurse. but i cannot have our other senior citizens who don't know cpr -- >> i will instruct them. >> -- in the dining room. >> i will instruct them. is there anyone there who --

>> i can't do that. >> i don't understand why you're not willing to help this patient. >> i am, but -- >> okay, then i'll walk you through it all. ems takes the liability for this [ bleep ]. i'm happy to help you. this is ems protocol, okay? >> i don't know where he is. but she's yelling at me and saying that we have to have one of our other residents perform cpr. and she'll instruct and i'm not going to do that. and my staff -- >> is there anybody that works there that's willing to do it? >> we can't. >> we're just going to let this lady die? >> no, that's why we're calling 911. >> we can't wait. she can't wait right now. she stopping breathing. she can't wait for them to get there. >> a little more than five minutes into the call, bayless remains untouched barely breathing on the dining room floor. >> you can talk to my boss and i'm -- >> they're refusing cpr, they're

going to let her die, by the facility, yeah. >> when will the fire department be here? >> they're coming as quickly -- they've been on their way all this time but we can't wait, this lady's going to die. >> let me ask. >> okay, well, then if you can get anybody, any stranger that happens to walk by that's willing to help. i understand if your boss is telling you can't do it. but if there is any -- as a human being, i don't -- is there anybody there that's willing to help this lady and not let her die? >> not at this time. >> a little more than seven minutes after glenwood gardens dialed 911, bayless is taken to mercy hospital southwest where she later died. we went to glennwood gardens and asked why the staff refused to try to resuscitate bayless. jeffrey toomer told me, it is the policy of glenwood gardens that staff does not attempt cpr. the policy is in place because it's not a nursing facility, it's an independent living

facility, and there are no nurses on staff to provide assistance and residents are made aware of this when they move into the building. yet there was a nurse on scene after bayless collapsed. toomer wouldn't explain that. he issued a statement that said in part, "in the event of a health emergency at this independent living community, our practice is to immediately call emergency medical personnel for assistance and wait with the individual needing attention until such personnel arrives. that is the protocol we followed. as with any incident involving a resident, we will conduct a thorough internal review of this matter. but we have no further comments at this time." toomer wouldn't give me a copy of the facilities policy. he said the staff is supposed to call for assistance during an emergency and that's exactly what they did. >> lorraine bayless is the woman who died. she was 87 years old. our affiliate in bakersfield did talk with her daughter. she said she is satisfied with the care that her mother

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bottom of the hour now, let's take a look at the headlines including this. word tonight from the white house that president obama will make a cabinet level nomination tomorrow. he's chosen sylvia matthews burwell to be the new director of the office of management and budget or omb.

burwell is currently the head of the walmart foundation. one of the country's biggest corporate charities. the queen of england spending the night and probably a bit longer in a london hospital just as a precaution according to buckingham palace. the 86-year-old queen is suffering from stomach flu symptoms and she has canceled all of her official engagements for the week. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak will be retried in april. that from the country's state-run news agency. the 84-year-old successfully appealed a life sentence he received for his role in the deaths of hundreds of protesters two years ago. an exciting and optimistic announcement today for doctors working to cure hiv and aids, they say an hiv positive little girl is functionally cured of her infection. cured. the 2-year-old got the virus from her mother. the girl is the second person ever declared cured of hiv. the federal spending cuts that were never supposed to

happen, well, they did happen. and lawmakers in both parties are eager to make sure americans realize who is to blame. the sunday talk shows featured plenty of back and forth including remarks by john mccain who says it is up to the president to lead the country to compromise. >> this sequester, it requires the president to lead and for us to sit down. if he will stop going out and running campaign events and bashing republicans and coming back to washington. why not take a day and invite us all over and work this out. because american national security is at risk. i can find billions in cuts in defense spending that are absolutely necessary and appropriate. not this way. >> the president's economic adviser, gene sperling, says mr. obama has been working, has been making calls to members of both parties of congress in search of a bipartisan fix.

>> everybody who is part of that conflict or negotiation in 2011 knows that we put the sequester in place to force both sides to come back to the type of grand bargain that bowles-simpson have called for, that most budget experts call for that recognize, it's not cutting defense and domestic spending like education and research we need. what we need is a compromise. >> earlier i talked with cnn contributes lz granderson and ana navarro. we discussed former nba star dennis rodman's bizarre trip to north korea last week. we also covered the spending cuts. the president called them dumb and arbitrary. republicans are claiming victory. so i began by asking lz if the president may have overplayed his hand. >> i don't think so. i just think he hasn't necessarily done a great job explaining how this is going to impact us in the long run. if you're waiting for something to happen immediately because of the cuts, i don't think a lot of

americans are going to feel bad. but i'd like to go back and talk about what happened between 2009 and 1999. we had 1.1% private sector job growth. we didn't feel that all at once. it was a gradual buildup. all of a sudden, when the recession happened, we're like holy cow, what happened. that's what's going to happen with these forced budget cuts. we're not going to feel it right away. it's going to be a gradual thing. at the end of ten years, if we don't adjust it, we're going to be like, holy cow, what happened. >> you talk about lz, that sort of long-term effect. "the new york times" in its second graph in the lead story said "lost in a talk of washington's dysfunction is this fact, on paper at least. president obama and congress have reduced projected deficits by nearly $4 trillion by over a decade, and that is really the goal toward stabilizing the national debt. so some people might argue that, hey, it might hurt right now but it's better in the long run. >> you know, alina, i don't

think many people are arguing much of anything, people are just so tired about this topic, they're tired of being brought into a frenzy and a froth every three months by the government. i think it is a risky move for everybody involved, for congress and for the president. i don't understand how democrats and the president can rationalize not allowing the cuts to be not arbitrary, but actually specific and having more control on how the government cuts. look, here's the problem. the problem, number one, we've got a frenzy every three months. because all they do is govern by kicking the can down the road, not by solving the big issue. and problem number two is that if you ask most americans if they think the government is bloated, most americans will tell you, yes. if you ask americans, if they think that you can cut 2.5% from government budgets, most americans will tell you yes, and most americans, most american businesses and families have had to cut themselves in the last several years, so there's not that much sympathy.

>> i've been to north korea twice. lucky enough to have been. i mean it's a journalist's dream to be able to meet kim jong-il -- kim jong-un, rather, face to face, and many diplomats would fight for that chance as well. and here dennis rodman is the first american ever to meet face to face with him. what do you make of it? >> i don't. i just don't. i'm so thoroughly embarrassed for us. i'm so thoroughly embarrassed for north korea. i'm so thoroughly embarrassed about this conversation. it's not really talking about anything serious. this is a publicity stunt. >> i'm with lz on this one. it's all i can do to stop my eyes from rolling to the back of my head when we discuss this. if you want, left's talk about his jacket and his choice of clothes. but, you know, we're not going to send pewee herman to negotiate the peace between israel and palestine. and we're not going to send mickey mouse to go solve the

issue with syria. this is a joke, this is not serious, it's not diplomacy, i think -- if he'd like to stay in north korea and play one on one, with that dictator, i think it's fine with a lot of us. all right. the forced spending cuts were perfect fodder for the folks at "saturday night live" last night. take a look. [ applause ] >> and, of course, these cuts will affect our military, our civil servants, federal construction projects. even grants to native americans. and i'm the one who has to tell these folks, young man, there's no need to feel down. young man, pick yourself off the ground. young man, just 'cause you're funning us now, there's no need to be unhappy. [ laughter ] >> gotta love it. from high schools to the pros,

we've seen a lot of buzzer beaters caught on video this basketball season. but you've never seen a finish quite like this one. it's next, have a look. and can women really have it all? can anyone? yeah sneezing,elieve, aches, fevers. and i relieve nasal congestion. overachiever. [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't.

we've seen some pretty good ones this year, but you have got to see this amazing buzzer beater, watch. >> he tosses it, it's knocked around, and mt. vernon is going to hold on and win. >> hold on a second. oh, goodness. are they going to count that? >> no. >> they're wiping it out. >> you probably figured it out, the shot counted. the school's shooter is the also the star quarterback on the high school football team. talented guy. the last second shot gave his team a one-point victory over mt. vernon high in the state playoffs. talk about a challenge. one woman tried to crack the nfl this week, but a quad injury forced lauren silberman to give up for now. she had hoped to become the first female kicker in the nfl.

as it is,she's the first woman invited to an nfl sponsored tryout. and she says she will try again. we wish her luck. facebook's cheryl sandberg says women have an ambition gap in the workplace. she says women should take more responsibility for owning their careers. her comments are sparking controversy even before her book officially goes on sale. then there's this, yahoo! ceo marissa meyers banned telecomputing for all yahoo! employees. a few weeks ago, she said she only needs two weeks of maternity leave. the backlash has been intense and brings us to familiar ground. the age-old question, can women really have it all? glamourous high-powered career, children, rock solid marriage and earlier i spoke with jill filopovic. >> having more women in leadership positions is quite valuable.

it normalizes female authority. they get used to seeing powerful and assertive women and that perception gap will decrease hopefully. >> how do we get there? right. it's sort of a chicken and egg problem. >> right. >> we need both. we need women to be more assertive, to take individual steps to pull themselves up to positions of power. but we also need major institutional and cultural changes. we're the only country, developed country on earth that doesn't have federally mandated maternity leave, we don't have federally mandated sick days or federally mandated vacation days. that really makes us an outlyer. it's incredibly harmful to all women at all levels of employment. >> i spoke with bobbi brown, the makeup maven about these very issues, and one thing she told me, which i thought it really fascinating, and she's written seven books or something like that. she said, i write all my best books in traffic jams, which is really talking before

multi-tasking, which some might argue that women are better at anyway, right? >> i think women are great at that. there are some men that are great at that. one of the big issues we need men to pitch in more. we really center these discussions around women, women doing and women not doing. part of the problem is that women have to take on so much more at home, because those of us who are married, partnered with men, don't have partners who are doing an equal share of the work. and that's really something that men need to work on and men need to change. they need to step up. keep it here, cnn is taking a closer look at challenges facing working women all this week. be sure to watch cnn newsroom wednesday through friday.

now to the big stories in the week ahead. from the white house to wall street, our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we begin tonight with the president's plans for the week. >> reporter: i'm dana bash in washington where congress will return this week to start work on avoiding the next looming budget crisis which will be at the end of the month, when the government runs out of money. the house is going to vote on gop legislation this coming week to keep funding going through the end of the fiscal year, september 30th. they have differences with senate democrats on priorities and how to fund the government. both the president and the house speaker are voicing optimism that a shutdown can be averted. >> reporter: i'm poppy harlow in new york. wall street will continue to keep a close eye on washington over this week as the budget fight continues. also coming up this week, we'll

get two key reports on u.s. manufacturing, it will show us where demand stands for those big ticket items in this country. very important for our economy. but then the big news of the week comes on friday morning, that is when we'll get the february jobs report, we'll see how many jobs were created last month. of course, everyone's hoping to see continued improvement in what has been a persistently sluggish job market. of course, we'll track that and all of the business news of the week for you on cnn money. i'm "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer. here's what we're watching this week, i'm one on one with hollywood's sex symbol, jennifer love hewitt. she's going to reveal everything you want to know about "the client list." i'm going to ask her about the amazing secrets behind her recent slimdown. >> all right. coming up, many have noticed a different tone from the president this second term. more emotional, more personal. is it true? and if so, what has brought on the change. could only come f. new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse.

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on monday the president is expected to nominate a new foot soldier in the battle over the

budget cuts. he'll reportedly announce his pick for the head of the office of management and budget. that oversees his spending policies. we've been seeing a hard-nosed obama during those budget talks, the president has been notably softer in the second term. >> reporter: president obama has been showing hirst softer side lately. from tears of joy, speaking to campaign workers the day after after his re-election. >> i'm really proud of all of you -- [ applause ] >> reporter: to tears of sadness after the newtown shooting. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. >> he's not just showing his

emotions, he's sharing them too. >> this is where michelle and i met, where we fell in love. >> reporter: having some fun here with the miami heat. >> we got a ten-day contract left? >> yeah. >> pick my man up. >> you guys could use a shooter. >> my point guard. >> thank you, man. >> thank you. >> the president's biographer says it all changed after he won re-election. >> i think we've all seen since the day after his re-election, a more relaxed barack obama. something that took a lifetime for him to get to this point. we've really seen a new obama. >> reporter: first term obama was known for his cold, detached style. early in his first term, he failed the empathy test with this california teacher about to be laid off. >> i got my rif notice on saturday. >> you got -- i'm sorry, you got what notice? >> my rif notice which means

intention to be laid off. >> a pink slip. >> yes, that's why i'm wearing pink. >> now the president's more likely to wear his heart on his sleeve. >> i wish i had had a father who was around and involved. >> in his first term, the president was far more cautious about his past. on most topics, he just didn't go there. now, as the president himself points out -- >> i've run my last election. >> reporter: -- he's free of the pressure to woo swing voters, so he's using his stories to try to inspire audiences and pitch policies. talking about his biracial identity in a eulogy for his childhood senator. >> here i was a young boy with a white mom, a black father, raised in indonesia and hawaii. and i was beginning to sense how fitting into the world might not be as simple as it might seem.

>> remembering his troubled teenaged years, speaking to kids back home in chicago. >> when i screwed up, the consequences weren't as high as when kids on the southside screw up. i had more of a safety net. but these guys are no different than me. >> bringing a more complete personality into focus. >> i don't think one ever knows the real him. but i think that it's closer to being the private and the public obama coming together in a clearer way. >> don't take our word for it. even he admits he's changed. check out his humble brag. >> the one thing about being president is after four years you get pretty humble. you think maybe you wouldn't but actually you become more humble. you realize what you don't know. >> humility he can afford after

winning a second term. >> i did it. >> president obama is never going to be the i feel your pain like bill clinton type of president. but he's getting closer. >> reporter: jessica yellin, cnn, the white house. >> and we have new information tonight on the violent death of a man running for mayor of a small city in mississippi. marcus mcmillan's body was found this week. and since then police have been tight lipped about how he died. even though they have a murder suspect. mcmillan's family released this statement on sunday. part of it reads "we know that marco was brutally murdered. his body was found on wednesday, beaten, dragged and burned, set afire." these are the first details released so far about how mcmillan died. at the time of his death, he was running for mayor of clarksdale, mississippi. mcmillan's family says he was

gay, but they weren't aware how many other people knew. police are exploring whether his sexual orientation may have been a factor in his death. we're back after this. 

before we end the program tonight, we do have some breaking news we want to pass along to you. don lemon joins us by phone from puerto rico where, don, you're celebrating your birthday, right?

>> i am celebrating my birthday. i can barely hear you, though. >> i know why you're on the phone. we're going to discuss someone who is near and dear to us. jenny cook, who has been our fearless leader, and i know the executive producer of your program and someone who has been at cnn for 15 years, tell us about jenny, the person. >> oh, where do i start? when jenny came to the show, all i was thinking about and what i was going to say tonight is that song, jenny, general i who can i turn to? so i turn to jenny to lead the show and the direction. i was very excited when she came aboard. she has probably more experience than any executive producer, at least in atlanta that i know. and she is -- she's amazing. and no one is like her. no one can compare to her when crafting a show and putting a look together.