75% of meals that are targeted to kids have way too much salt. there's no specific regulation on this. blood pressure of the kids in the study who ate these diets that were high in salt, they were seven times higher than in kids who didn't. high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, something to be mindful of. that's going to wrap things up, but i can't say a proper goodbye without a shoutout to my michigan wolverines in the final four. this weekend, i am proud of you, blue. as always, let me know what you think. follow me on twitter. got the top stories on "cnn newsroom" starting now. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. here's what's happening right now. we're going to start with breaking news. tragedy hits a family of one of america's most famous preachers. his son commits suicide. the church is asking everyone to join in prayer. also an attack on a military

convoy in afghanistan leaves five americans dead. this comes as a top u.s. general arrives in that region. more violence in syria. opposition forces say an air strike in aleppo has killed at least 15 people, including nine children. amateur video captures the chaotic scene. posturing and threats grow more dramatic on the korean peninsula with the north telling diplomats it cannot guarantee their safety. we're going to have live reports from the region tonight. hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. breaking news, shocking news out of southern california to report to you. the youngest son of evangelist rick warren committed suicide last night. it just came out. warren is the pastor of the saddleback megachurch in lake forest, california, and one of the most well-known christian leaders in the country. he is also the author of "the purpose driven life."

this is certainly shocking news from one of america's most prominent preachers. >> yeah, absolutely. and the depth of the pain is just unimaginable. the family knew that throughout his entire life, 27-year-old matthew warren had struggled with mental illness and had threatened suicide numerous times. his father, pastor rick warren, who delivered the invocation at president obama's first inauguration, said today that his son suffered from what he called "deep depression and suicidal thoughts." a statement from warren. warren wrote a personal statement today saying "in spite of america's best doctors, counselors and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided, and today after a fun evening with wife kay and me in a momentary wave of despair in his home, matthew took his life." warren, as you know, is "the new york times" best-selling author of the book "the purpose driven life." it has sold upwards of $30 million copies.

he is a somewhat controversial figure for his conservative ideas on social issues, including abortion and same-sex marriage. but pastor warren spoke eloquently of his son. he knew that his son struggled with this, was wrestling with this. he said after they had tried another attempt to try to get him back, try to bring him out of this depression, his son said apparently to him, "dad, i know i'm going to heaven, why can't i just die and end this pain." he was 27 years old. few facts are known. we've reached out to the police and the medical examiners out there in california to see if there are any further details. but this is something the family struggled with for 27 years. they said he was suffering from depression they believe really since his birth. so while it was not necessarily a surprise given the number of attempts, given the depth of the depression, cloerly it clearly something the family is trying to cope with as they wrap their

arms around the death of their youngest son. they have also spoken to the community and the church and they have thanked them for their outreach and their prayers and their support. not only during their son's mental illness, but also now during the sad days of his death. >> stand by because we're getting a statement in and i want to read that statement. it says, at 27 years of age, matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many. unfortunate, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts. despite the best health care available, it was an illness that was never fully controlled and the emotional pain resulted in his decision to take his life." and that is coming from rick warren. it is a very sad story. i want you to stand by because i want to get to our belief blog editor and talk about this. deb mentioned the church community really just putting their arms around the family. you can expect that coming out of saddle back and probably churches around the country.

>> absolutely. one of the things that's important to understand about saddleback, it really back a network of churches coming off the success of "the purpose driven life," and part of the note that deb was reading was a note that warren sent out to staff that appears to have gone out to the entire saddleback purpose driven church network which encompasses hundreds of networks in the united states. you can see the reactions from folks, so poignant on twitter. i want to point something out that warren appears to have tweeted this morning before the statements went out. of course, they learned that his son matthew had committed suicide on friday night. the statement said, and they're just now getting the word out. one of the things warren tweeted today, he said we pray thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, since in heaven god's will is done, #always. that's a verse we often hear from pastors in coping with

grief situations like this, that this is something in god's hands, and something that is a mystery and that people can't always understand it. so rick and his wife kay -- this is something they mentioned that they've done a lot of time for their parishioners as they built that church into the big mega church it is today. grieving with families over the loss of children. a very poignant verse to point out. he's dealing with the loss of his own son matthew. >> and deb, every year, he has -- rick warren has a prayer summit. and he has a value summit. especially an important figure during presidential elections as well. george w. bush, on to president obama. and we can expect leaders from around the country to possibly soon be releasing statements with their sentiment. >> yeah, absolutely. absolutely. this is one of those things -- what is a little bit surprising is also just how open he was about his son's suicide.

clearly he was able to embrace the fact that his son suffered from this illness, and wanting to share it, wanting to make it very public, and also being sure to point out how special his son was. he also described him as a brilliant intellect with a gift for sensing who was in most pain, and then making a beeline to that person. so clearly his son was sensitive to those around him who perhaps were in the same kind of pain that he was in, or that he was experiencing. so yes, world leaders. he's known internationally. 30 million copies of his book sold. really somebody who many people listen to. so it will resonate among them as they respond to this tragedy. >> eric, i want to talk about this, because this is a question that people will have when something terrible happens, especially to a member of the church. why would god allow something like this to happen? that will no doubt be a question for many people who are christians or nonchristians, believers or nonbelievers. >> yeah, absolutely. this is something that that

comes up a lot for christians when they deal with these issues, these shocking losses that hit so dramatically. we see this in faith communities and how they react. one of the things you hear a lot is something called the ministry of presence, just when people show up and to be there with one another. that's something that we're seeing. it's been so fascinating to see. i've been watching folks in the christian community tweet about this and tweet their support to rick and his wife kay warren, who is also prominent in the christian community in her own right. it's interesting how they've been tweeting these 140-character prayers of support for rick and kay warren as they're struggling with this loss. it's something that -- you know, i don't know if -- it appears this may have been an ongoing issue of mental illness. i don't know if that makes it any easier for any family. i certainly don't think it does when you're dealing with the loss of a child like this. but certainly the warrens have their faith that they'll have to turn to and try to sort this all out.

>> all right, thanks to both of you. coming up a little bit later on in this broadcast, we're going to talk about this particular depression and what might lead to this with dr. wendy walsh, who will join us in a few minutes. in the meantime, there's other news to report. in afghanistan today, six americans were killed in two separate attacks. the deadlier incident happened here in the southern zabul province. a suicide bomber blew up a car full of explosives next to a military convoy. three u.s. service members and two american civilians are dead now. one of those civilians killed was an employee of the state department. >> that's right, don. and four other state department employees injured, one of them critically. it's really a horrible incident. this military convoy was headed for a school in the southern province of zabul to deliver textbooks for afghan children. secretary kerry met this woman that died, this young woman in

her 20s, really considered an up and comer in the foreign service. she was detailed for secretary kerry for this visit to afghanistan last week. this morning he had to call her family and inform them of her death. just issued a statement a short time ago. not only praising her but also really handling the bravery, not just of u.s. servicemen that die in the line of duty, but foreign service officers. let me read to you a little bit from the statement. it says every day we honor their courage and are grateful for their sacrifices and today we do so with great sadness. often we think of military dying in the line of duty. but as secretary kerry and those before him like to remind everybody, it's also these diplomats that are on the front lines of the danger as well. >> absolutely. thank you very much. back here in the u.s., police in texas have a man in custody who they think threatened a deputy district attorney. they're taking those threats very seriously these days since

the death of a prosecutor and his wife just a few days ago. i want to bring in martin savidge, he's in kaufman, texas. what's the latest on the manhunt for the d.a.'s killer? >> we just had a news conference that took place a short while ago from chris hisler, the spokesperson for the mclelland family. mike and cynthia mclelland that were murdered just a week ago. mark hasse that was murdered, one of the late prosecutors murdered a few months ago. this news conference, the family has come up and is highly critical with the way the investigation has been handled so far. they were critical. they said that they father was critical, especially after mark hasse had been murdered because he felt that his county, he felt that his department didn't have the resources to protect the personnel because they feared that there were other people that were going to be hit. and they also didn't at the same time have the resources to carry out the investigation. in other words, they were so

stretched trying to protect everyone, they couldn't really move forward on the investigation. now the family is even more outraged because it is their father and it's their mother that have been murdered and they believe there are even less resources to handle this huge investigation for what is a relatively rural county, a very big one. so they are demanding that the federal government take over the lead in the investigation, which would allow the local law enforcement to handle the issue of protection. the family admits that they are on edge, they say look, if they can take out a district attorney, they're very fearful that someone may come after the rest of the family. the emotions are running very high for them, don. as to the investigation, there are no arrests so far, and right now, the investigation and those who are leading it are not saying too much. they will say that they're looking at white supremacist groups, possible drug cartel connections, maybe just somebody who had a beef. but that's as far as they will say. >> martin, family and friends -- what are you hearing from the

family? >> reporter: well, i mean, they are suffering in many ways. they are suffering emotionally because of the loss that they've endured. a mother and a father. and the community suffers because this was a man, his wife, who were dearly loved in this community as well as respected as a leader. and then on top of that, two months prior, they had lost a chief prosecutor. so the family is extremely upset, mixed between anger and anguish. >> martin savidge, thank you very much for your reporting. north korea playing a dangerous game of blustering and rhetoric. what's the very latest coming from the region? we'll have that right after the break. [ driver ] today, my ambulance knew all about a bike accident,

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north korea playing a dangerous game. that's how the german foreign minister describes the threats and rhetoric coming out of pyongyang. but while the north leader is new, this conflict is very old. jim clancy is in seoul where it sounds like people are more or less used to this. jim? >> reporter: don, as we've been telling you now, south koreans are amazingly calm in the face of all of the rhetoric that's been flying around the peninsula over the course of the last few weeks. and it seems north koreans are taking it in stride as well. we don't get to hear from them very often. but a tour operator who just returned to beijing from pyongyang, the north korean capital, was asked if there was anything out of the ordinary. here's what she had to say.

>> i didn't feel any different towards us and people smiling, waving, saying hello. and kids coming up and roller blading, coming up and saying hello. so it was no different in that respect. >> reporter: amanda carr said they visited bowling alleys, bars, and public parks. and while people were aware of the rhetoric, they support the government number one. and soldiers are there on the streets. but they're planting trees. this is, after all, spring planting season. what concerns many koreans, at least here in the south, is not the threat of one side or the other starting an all-out offensive. >> there's another danger right now, which is in the fog of war, especially in the sea. a match is lit that sparks a bonfire that actually no one wanted, not even the north koreans. >> reporter: south koreans are very aware that north korea has moved two missiles to the eastern side of the peninsula for a suspected test firing.

they believe that's all that it's going to be. at the same time, the u.s. and south korea have moved radars, sophisticated units, spy ships, if you will, into position. they want to learn as much about this largely unknown, untested missile as they can. and they want to know what risks it might pose. don? >> thank you very much, jim clancy. let's check some of the other top stories we're following right now. investigators in south florida believe these two brothers kidnapped by their father are on this sailboat headed to the gulf of mexico. a sheriff in the tampa area has released images of joshua hakken and his wife sharon on the 25-foot vessel, which investigators are now searching for. it's not clear if sharon is involved or under duress herself. authorities say joshua hakken abducted the boys from their grandmother after tying her up. the mississippi bureau of investigation now says the deaths of a detective and a murder suspect in a police interview room were a

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let me tell you, atlanta has been rocking this weekend. the city is celebrating the final four with all kinds of fun, including last night's concert with zac brown, and of course the two games tonight that are the whole reason everyone is here. there was the hawks last night, the braves last night. i drank so much beer that i barely woke up this morning. joe carter, i'm sure was doing the same thing. he's back at it again today. he's at the georgia dome.

wichita state and louisville tip off next hour. did you try -- trying to get to work today here in downtown, it's just ridiculous. this city has gone mad. >> reporter: oh, my goodness, we're watching the traffic here, don. it's like how are we going to get back to our homes tonight? but it's good. downtown atlanta alive right now. and you're seeing so many basketball fans. obviously geographically louisville is the closest school to atlanta, so we're seeing a lot of red. but syracuse and the orange very well-represented. wichita state, the shockers. they're yellow. and so is michigan. so sort of confusing seeing a lot of yellow. but then you see a lot of blue on the back. michigan very well represented. the real party was in centennial park when they had all those concerts today. there had to be tens of thousands of people today with ludacris and flo rida and muse. it was a good time. >> look right behind me on the wall. put me up full. you see that? i'm hovering over the crowd. that's live in centennial

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a breaking news story. if you're just joining us, tragic news out of southern california to report. the youngest son of evangelist rick warren committed suicide last night. warren is the pastor of the saddleback mega church in lake forest, california, and one of the most well-known christian leaders in the country. he is also the author of the best-selling book "the purpose driven life." saddleback church issued this statement. at 27 years of age, matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many. unfortunately, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts. despite the best health care available, this was an illness that was never fully controlled and the emotional pain resulted in his decision to take his life." i want to bring in wendy walsh. wendy, just a terrible story. and we all think of suicide, but it can happen in a family like

this one, and we want to think it's preventable, but it can happen to any family. >> mental illness isn't a character flaw, it's a disease. doctors get cancer. i think that to assume that because he's such a revered pastor and they have such love and support and a supportive community that somehow he's immune to life isn't a fair assessment. i do believe, though, that while the tragedy of losing a child is probably one of the worst things a human can ever go through, that he may be a little more resilient because of the community's support and of the faith they hold. >> and when you hear that he may be more resilient, but, you know, i asked this to our belief blog editor. people will say how could this -- how could god let this happen? how can god let depression -- you know i mean? and that's a real question that people have. >> i think that a lot of -- there are few people anyway who believe god is their -- their idea of god is he's ground control, operating everything.

but i think many other people of faith realize that maybe there's a piece of god inside themselves, maybe it's a sense of faith and resiliency, but definitely life still happens while you're busy praying, although research as been pretty clear, praying can help people with the emotional trials of dealing with this kind of tragedy. >> so talk us through this, because as you said -- and you and i have talked about this before. when people have issues -- emotional issues or mental is e issues, it's not a character flaw. there are stigmas placed on emotional and mental issues. >> i think people get confused because they hear things like well, he has a predisposition for depression, or depression -- his environment caused the depression. the truth is all psychology is biology meeting the environment. this young man was not only born with a predisposition to depression, but he was born into an environment that seemed to ameliorate and actually help his depression along the way.

so in his case, his chemical disorder was great enough that it caused him to commit suicide. please understand that when someone is that depressed, the amount of psychic pain that they're feeling, don, they really believe that suicide is the only choice to alleviate their pain. >> what about the pressure of growing up in the spotlight, the son of someone who is so famous? lots of people have famous children, that doesn't happen. is that a factor? >> yeah, i think you answered your own question. we don't know the details of this family dynamics or the special circumstances having to do with his mental illness. his depression. i will tell you that it's a hard road to walk, to grow up as a young person knowing that you'll never been more successful than your parents. and, in fact, many young people are feeling this in this generation that are coming out of college. because they may not be as successful as baby boomer parents, for instance. certainly the children of

celebrities, some whom i've treated here in l.a., have -- it's a hard thing to live in somebody else's great shadow. but in this case, you know, it's faith-based, there's community support, and again, we do not know all the details of this young man's life. >> yeah. we're here in the south, wendy. you're in california and that's where rick warren is. we hear a lot about joel osteen. those are famous southern preachers. billy graham. but this is a huge figure, a revered figure, especially around the country, but especially in california. >> oh yes. he is much loved here. and he has an interesting balance of being really kind of accessible in the way his language and the way he talks to his community, but also still conservative in certain social areas. and he comes from an area of southern california, lake forest, that is in orange county, tends to be a more conservative area when you think of california as being this huge liberal bastion.

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brian bates went to prison for a rape he didn't commit. after five years of parole, prosecutors dropped the allegation. suddenly his dream of playing in the nfl came back to life. this week he signed with the atlanta falcons. despite the enormous injustice he endured, banks says he has no hard feelings. >> i thank god that she came forward. i thank god that i was able to serve five years in prison and exit still mentally sane and physically and emotionally still attached. so i just look forward to what's to come. i'm thankful for where i am today. and i'm also thankful for every experience that i've experienced in life, because it's made me who i am today. >> obviously a lot of legal

issues to explore here. criminal defense attorney holly hughes is here. holly, first of all, i want to tell you that he pled guilty to this rape to avoid a long-term prison sentence if he was convicted. you say he was not wise to suit his accuser? would you say he should or shouldn't sue his accuser? >> at this point, let's remember that this young man had a consensual relationship with this woman. for whatever reason, she lied about that. he was advised by his attorney at the time, you know what? take a plea deal, even though you're saying you're innocent, take the plea deal, do this very short amount of time instead of risking going to trial. that was the decision they made. he has now been exonerated. she has finally admitted i did lie, it was consensual the whole time. >> why not sue her then? >> here's the thing. this young man is finally on the track he planned for his life. >> put it behind him. >> go forward. who wants to dredge up the negativity of the past. and what if she recants her

recantation? he has said -- listen to him. he says, i'm ready to move forward, i'm going on, i don't have to look back, i don't have to go after her. although if he chose to, he could sue her. there's intentional infliction of emotional distress, there's fraud. if the state wants to pursue criminal charges for perjury they could go after her. >> he says he has no hard feelings. okay. i would want to kill somebody. >> i think most people would be incredibly angry. but i think what it shows you is the spirit of this young man. he's not quite 30. he has decided instead of getting embroil fed in the bitterness, he says i'm going forward. >> i agree. and you do. we all do. but you still -- you're still like i cannot believe this person did this to me and look at what i suffered. i went to prison. and you know karma is a you know what. so karma will get her. >> what goes around comes around, remember that. >> absolutely. i always say that.

so whatever happen will happen. he'll have a very good life and she'll have to deal with the guilt of what she did. >> absolutely. >> so the defense has already made an issue of her returning to the courtroom to give the defense even stronger grounds to appeal. >> we're talking about juror number five. >> yes, we are. we're talking about jodi arias now. i have not been watching this case, as you can probably tell. >> i can fill you in. >> so what's happening with this appeal? >> i've been all over this. okay, what's happening is there was a motion made by the defense about midweek, beginning of the week for a mistrial because juan martinez, the prosecutor, had been out signing autographs on the street. during the questioning of the jurors. because someone said hey, if a juror -- this juror is not sequestered. if somebody sees that, would that unduly influence them in the jury room? the judge calls in the jurors. juror number five says something that alarms the defense. they make a motion for a mistrial and say judge, she's

tainted the entire panel, we want you to call the entire thing off. judge says i will not grant a mistrial, but what i will do is i will excuse number five. i will release her from jury service. juror number five then shows up in the courtroom the following day. and you see her on the screen. that's her in the blue. we see her there. she's got -- you can't tell at that angle, but she's got multi-colored hair. it's red in the front, blonde in the back. so she's very distinctive. so the judge admonishes the jury at this point. you will notice juror number five has returned again to the -- it's a public gallery. but here's the thing. it's the judge's courtroom. she could very well say i'm sorry, you can't come back in, because this is going to be a huge issue on appeal. if jodi arias is convicted of anything, don, they're going to say you were wrong to deny the mistrial. she tainted the panel bad enough for you to remove her and then you let her sit in the public gallery and everybody in the jury is like hmm, wonder what's going on here.

>> this case is making my head hurt. i have not been following it. why is this still on my television? why is this still happening? how long has this been going on? >> this has been going on since january 2nd. we are about 43 days into trial. and i'll explain to you, it is a death penalty case. and we lawyers like to say death is different. which means the defense is pulling out all the stops to try to save her life, number one. >> but this is long. this is taking an unusually long time. >> o.j.'s case took 18 months to try the murder case. scott peterson, five, six months. so you know what? this is not that bad, don. we're coming to the end. >> she did admit to doing it. >> but she has a right to a legal defense and they need to decide why she did it. that's going to determine what she's convicted of and if they put her to death. >> all right. >> i know you're not interested. >> a lot of people are. >> it's doing great stuff for our sister station.

tons of folks are tuning in. this is real life tv. they want to see it unfold. >> thank you. >> okay. next, a hand-written letter from marilyn monroe and a personal letter from john lennon to paul mccartney. they go up for auction next week. see what's in those letters, that's next. we went out and asked people a simple question:

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i'm talking about an auction, an auction that will let you have something from one of these icons. letters from dwight eisenhower, george washington, even marilyn monroe. plus many others will go on sale next month. it's expected to bring in as much as $5 million. cnn's jason carroll got a preview. >> reporter: monroe, hemingway, eisenhow eisenhower. icons. all so exposed you might think you've seen all there is to see, until now. >> breathless. >> reporter: a collection of more than 200 rare personal letters, documents and photographs released from a private collector, soon to be sold by profiles in history. >> you just feel as if she's slipping away. >> reporter: included, a handwritten letter by marilyn monroe to acting coach lee strasburg. there is a reference to suicide, is there not? >> there is. >> reporter: the letter reads --

>> there is only concentration between the actor and suicide. as soon as i walk into a scene, i lose my mental relaxation. my will is weak, but i can't stand anything. i think i'm going crazy. >> reporter: a troubled soul. >> a very troubled soul who was losing her concentration because of her alcohol and barbiturate intake. >> reporter: also revealed, a letter from john lennon to paul mccartney. i see a lot of profanity. >> that is one angry man. >> reporter: the letter reads, do you really think most of today's art came about because of the beatles? i don't believe you're that insane, paul. do you believe that? when you stop believing it, you might wake up. lennon's letter expected to fetch upwards of $50,000. monroe's, about the same. the collection, not limited to

pop culture. there's fascinating, never before seen political history, too. >> we're looking at a series of letters sent by dwight david eisenhower as supreme allied commander to his wife. >> reporter: unprecedented challenges he faced. >> god, i hate the germans. this war is so difficult and hard to win. >> reporter: then these photos. a gift from mussolini's staff to hitler. go back further in history to 1786, an actual letter from george washington. >> he's also talking about having to perhaps hire some negroes to help with the project, and he phrases it very carefully and very politely. >> i'm glad he did that. there's edison's first patent application for the lightbulb. >> it just get better than that. >> reporter: it does. there's this letter from a

financially strapped earnest hemingway writing from cuba. >> you have to tilt your head, because mr. hemingway was probably tilting the bottle and says i don't know what we'll use for money this year, mangos maybe. >> reporter: whether it's mark twain, jack london explaining why he used the name "buck" in "call of the wild." no budget to bid? not to worry. if you want more, the exhibit is on displace starting next week in new york. jason carroll, cnn, new york. [ woman ] we had two tiny reasons

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