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after five years in a coma. >> i want to go to a bob seger concert. >> well, she did. and i'll speak with her live. >> shake my booty for him. hello, everyone. don lemon in for brooke today. i'll begin with some amazing video, really. you have to see this video. it is just in to cnn. it is a wrestling match with a ten-foot python, a show stopper for tourists this florida. two guys jumped out of the boats on tuesday and wrangled a burmese python. watch this. >> a python. >> wow. >> okay, so a guide grabbed the python underwater and let it coil around him. he says the python was about three times the size of his arm. the other guide cut off the python's head with a knife that he only used before to cut

oranges. the tour guide's name is tommy owen and joins us now by phone from the florida everglades. we're glad you're okay. you said you unleashed some, quote, snake jujitsu on this python. tell us about that moment. >> well, i mean, it was just pure instinct. i had him, you know, i had him and he had me, but unfortunately he's stronger than i am. he literally started to cut the circulation off in my right arm. that's why you see me lifting up out of the air and i'm literally thrashing him in the water, wassiwas i causing him to release me and that's where the jujitsu came. i tried to uncoil him around my right and that's when he coiled around my left and so just back and forth. and he coiled around my left, he was able to bash him in the water, just thrash him and he uncoiled and i uncoiled him with my right and he coiled around my right. so just back and forth. luckily, being a very powerful snake, you're very strong, but not for very long. so i was just -- i had backup

and i was able to, you know, subdue him fortunately. >> before we get to the reaction inside the people inside the boat, listen, this is -- it is not just about the video. florida has this problem. they have been trying to get rid of this particular -- >> big problem. yeah. >> this shows the danger. >> yeah. >> you said it is a big problem. >> yeah, yeah. i mean, they're killing all of our -- they're eating our small mammals, our rabbits, birds, smaller birds. when we were on the tour there, we were showing the tourists waiting birds, where they come in to roost for that night, that snake was waiting for the birds to come in and was going to get that meal that night. >> people are asking, my question was, was this python goes to attack anyone in the boat? why did you go in the water after this python? was it just hanging around? >> well, i mean, we don't go looking for trouble. i want to make that a point. we don't -- you know, we don't carry guns or anything like

that. like you said, we had one knife and used that to cut oranges, so it is not like we're out looking for this stuff. we want to show people how, you know, beautiful and serene the everglades is. one in a million chance of that happening. i got out of the boat and i stalked it and i ambushed it and i wanted it out of the environment because they do not belong there. they're not only the exotic, but they're invasive and what that means again, they are just decimating our waiting bird populations and small mammals. that's our rabbits, raccoons, possums, they're all, you know, part of this ecology down here. and the python unfortunately are causing that, an imbalance in the ecosystem. >> there has been an effort to get rid of them, and, giving people money for if they catch a lot of them or the biggest one because it is such a problem. you know, when you were wrestling this python, how did the family of tourists react? did they freak out? i think i would have and most people would have been scared. >> i honestly, you would have to just look at the video or the

pictures. i couldn't tell you. i was a little preoccupied, a little wrapped up in my work at that point. >> i bet you were. you're okay, right? >> oh, yeah. just a flesh wound, no, everything is fine. and we did it, again, i had back up. i grew up here. i knew what i was doing. it was calculated. we didn't see a risk. we knew we could dispatch it in -- and just get it out of there. you're supposed to report those things, but in this case, it was too big and i would not have felt right about leaving something like that, you know, to just venture off and do what it wants when it is not supposed to be here. >> you're doing it for the girlfriend tgood of the environment. >> honestly, that's exactly it. they are exotic. they don't belong here. and it is because -- they eat our native species and that's a part of our economy. people come here to see these

species that belong here. when they're all gone, our economy is gone. there is just -- there is a lot of factors. i was sorry to kill the snake. i even verbally said that, out loud -- >> you did what you had to do. >> what's that? >> you did what you had to do at the moment. we have to run, tommy. thank you, again, tommy owen, we're glad you're okay. moving on now -- we have to get to this story. north yee is fast becoming one of the most googled terms in years. that phrase being typed into the browser more than gun control or president obama. it has been searched at the rate seven times more than its previous peak during north korea's nuclear test in 2006. but a new pew poll shows a lot of people still don't really know what is going on. and what north korea is actually capable of doing. we're going to tell you here. pew found this. 47% of americans think north korea is capable of launching a

nuclear missal that c le thamise united states. that's false. experts do not believe north koreans have the ability to militarize a nuclear warhead, small enough to be strapped to a missile. don't have the ability to do that. that's the believe. to anna coren, in seoul, south korea. tell us about the report from the pentagon, conflicting this widely believed opinion. >> reporter: you know, don, it is funny, that report from the defense intelligence agency, it actually stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest because it was a little confusing to people in the current climate. basically it said it was moderately confident that north korea was capable of launching a missile, which had a nuclear warhead, but said that it would be unreliable. i guess after a month's worth of rhetoric out of pyongyang and all of the threats, you can understand why people would get confused. as you pointed out, north korea

does not have the technology. it is trying to develop it. but it certainly does not have the technology to strike the united states with a nuclear missile. let's have a listen to what u.s. secretary of state john kerry had to say during a visit to seoul, to clear up the situation. >> it is inaccurate to suggest that the dprk has fully tested, developed or demonstrated capabilities that are articulated in that report. so we do not operate on the presumption that they have that fully tested and available capacity. but obviously they have conducted a nuclear test, so there is some kind of device. but that is very different from miniaturization and delivery and tested delivery and other things. >> reporter: now, during that speech, john kerry also opened the door to diplomacy, if you like, don, with north korea,

saying the u.s. is willing to enter talks if north korea was serious about the nuclearization. as we know, unfortunately, that's not the case. >> and, anna, listen, seoul, a short drive away from north korea. folks there are calm. should the u.s. take a page from the book of south koreans, keep calm and carry on? >> reporter: well, you know, you're absolutely right. seoul is 35 miles from the demilitarized zone. this is the most militarized border in the world. seoul has a population of 10 million people. that's a fifth of the country's population. easily within striking distance from, you know, north korea wanted to fire a nuclear missile. but as you say, people are calm here. they're going about their normal lives. they're almost oblivious as to what is happening north of the border. the reason being is that they don't think north korea would strike this country, that would be almost suicide for pyongyang and certainly for the regime. also, they have been living in

this climate for the last 60 years since the end of the korean war in 1953. the signing of the armistice, the two countries have been at war. people here in seoul, you know, just going about their normal lives. this is pretty much business as usual. >> anna coren, thank you very much. appreciate that. as tensions mount on the korean peninsula, wolf blitzer takes you inside the conflict. the threat and what is at stake on a special edition of "the situation room" at 6:00 eastern. we're just getting word into cnn of a passing of a funny man who gave us decades of laughs and inspired a generation of improv comics. jonathan winters, his career started with a talent contest that led to a job in dayton, ohio, radio. winters left for new york with $56 in his pocket and became a stand-up comic. a spot on the tv show talent scout landed him on the jack par and steve alan shows and launched him as a staple of movies and television. who could forget his character

maude? >> hey, what do you want to do? >> i don't know. what's your pleasure? >> if i told you that, we would be off the air. >> winters kept working until his death of natural causes last night at his home in california. he was 87 years old. truly one of the greats. so look at this man. this man is a convicted drug dealer and just escaped from a west virginia prison. here is where it really gets interesting. it isn't the first time eugene cobs has been on the run from the law. this video that you're about to look at now is from 2004 when he crashed his small plane at an airport in west virginia. on board, 525 pounds of cocaine worth 24 million bucks. >> i don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of every drug bust that ever occurred in our area or in west virginia, but this must rank up there as one of the

largest in terms of quantity. >> so needless to say, he ran for four years, he was a fugitive before he was tracked down in mexico. he was then sent to this federal prison camp, a minimum security facility. this is where he made his escape this week. but it wasn't much of an escape, though. in fact, with a three foot fence around it. it is believed he was able to just walk out of the prison and he is now on the run again. coming up, former british prime minister margaret thatcher, beloved by many, but not by everyone, not by everybody. we'll tell you about an unusual protest that has a lot of british people upset. [ male announcer ] when gloria and her financial advisor

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tradition going on for nearly 20 years in new york city. this year forced budget cuts keep most sailors and ships out of the port. they're doing it to save money. the defense department is scrapping most of the festivities. the wicked witch is dead, ding dong, the song from the "wizard of oz". that's becoming an anthem for the detractors of the first and only female british prime minister, margaret thatcher. ang toward the woman known as the iron lady has sparked again since her death this week. her detractors taking to the streets, rioting, holding parties. now through a facebook campaign, this song is gain something real traction. we want to go to cnn's aaron mclauchland in london. they're predicting it could be a chart topper and the bbc is getting in on it. explain that. >> right. the simple 51 second song causing quite a bit of

controversy here in the uk. an anti-margaret thatcher facebook campaign pushing sales of the song to the point where it is currently occupying the number three spot on the uk pop charts. a pop chart spokesperson i talked to said it is possible by sunday this could be the number one song in the uk. it is causing a big dilemma for the bbc, the state broadcaster here in the uk. every weekend on sunday the bbc has a radio show program that plays the top of the chart hits. today they're taking the decision, making the announcement that they will not treat this song normally, will not play this song in full. they will play a portion of the song in the context of a news story. they called the decision, quote, a compromise, and released this statement saying, quote, the bbc finds this campaign distasteful, but does not believe the record should be banned. it is a decision that has

anti-margaret thatcher campaigners up in arms. they see this as a form of protest their exercise of free speech against the late prime minister. her supporters see the song as being incredibly distasteful considering the fact that her family is still mourning her death. we're days away from her funeral, don. >> thank you very much, erin. we appreciate that. coming up later on cnn, this 79-year-old lady wakes up from a five-year coma. her first words, i want to go to a bob seger concert. did she? she joins me live later this hour. up next, senators will face off next week on guns. but we're about to give you a preview of what you'll hear. the emotions on both sides. don't miss this face-off. l go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one.

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the u.s. senate is quiet today, but next week the walls will echo when members take up new gun legislation prompted by the killings of six adults, 20 first graders at sandy hook school in connecticut. it might sound something like this. on the right, we have republican strategist alex castellanos.

on the left, democrat paul begala. take it way. . >> alex, as you well know, i'm a left wing gun nut. i own 17 guns and bought most of them after president clinton signed the brady bill which required background checks and which ronald reagan supported. i'm not a felon, not mentally ill, not a wife beater, so i passed the background check quite easily. there is still way too many loopholes in the system. so there is this new bipartisan bill that is trying to close them. at least a few of them. 90% of americans support stronger background checks but the right wing republicans oppose them. they say what we want to do is enforce the laws already on the books. then they say we should focus on mental health, i agree. then they cut medicaid, the single largest payer of mental health care in america. i think president obama has got it right. he's called for an all of the

above strategy. he's calling for these things not because he's a liberal, alex, but because he's a dad, just like you, just like me, but he's a dad who has hugged the dads and moms of newtown. second amendment, alex, does not require the sacrifice of innocent children. >> paul you passed the background check? now i am worried. let's see if you can pass a truth check. of course democrats aren't proposing gun confiscation. just mandatory gun buybacks. that's slick. and, paul, you know more background checks wouldn't have stopped the tragedies in aurora, tucson, or sandy hook. under president obama, federal prosecutions have fallen to their lowest level in a decade. and joe biden's excuse, he said we don't have time to prosecute everybody who relies on a background check. let's make the time, joe. the real problem is that politicians like you are getting more credit for passing new gun laws than enforcing old ones, that's why places like d.c. and chicago with the most gun

control laws still have the most gun violence. here's an idea. instead of meaningless laws that protect politicians' careers, maybe we should protect the lives of the children we love. >> all right, thanks, guys. the senate debate is next week and we hope you'll follow it with us here on cnn. as americans scramble to wrap up their 2012 tax returns before monday's deadline, well, we have just gotten our hands on president obama and vice president owe babiden's 1040 fo. they paid $112,214 in federal income tax. and effective tax rate of 18.4%. vice president joe biden and mrs. biden reported $385,072 in income. they gave almost $7200 to charity. and the bidens paid $87,851 in federal income tax, for 2012.

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a suspicious package sent to joe arpaio turned over to a bomb squad. it was flagged yesterday. arpaio is well known for his hard-line policies against illegal immigration. critics have accused him of civil rights violations. so let's find out what this is all about, if we can. crime and justice correspondent joe johns tracking this story for us from washington. listen, this could have been a very, very serious situation. so do we know whether the package contained an explosive device, joe? >> reporter: what we know is that the package contained components of an explosive device. but we don't know whether it was

actually assembled into a bomb. you can see the scene. this was in flagstaff, arizona, yesterday. this is actually about two hours away from sheriff arpaio's office. so the device, or the package never actually made it to its office. it was flagged by postal insp t inspect inspectors, who took a look at it and decided they needed to take steps to at least try to disarm it and make sure there weren't any problems with it. at this hour, i have to say, sheriff arpaio is holding a news conference at his office in arizona. and we hope to hear from him momentarily on all of these issues. his department is not opening mail at this time. they're going back through the mail, in fact, to try to make sure there is nothing suspicious that made it through. so that's the story. nothing bad happened. this is nothing new for sheriff arpaio. he's had something like nine different threats since 2011,

all directed at him, all credible enough to actually have an investigation, we're told one person has been arrested. he's a very controversial guy. and this kind of thing comes with the territory. >> i want to talk to you about that. he has a lot of critics as you just mentioned. do investigators have any clues about who may have sent this suspicious package? >> no clues that they have released to the public. they do tell us they have some idea, but we're getting conflicting information on that. for example, his sheriff's office was under the impression that this package might have at least gone through a postal facility in the state of california. but when we doubled back and checked with authorities in flagstaff, arizona, the police there told us it is all under investigation, you can't jump to that conclusion, so it is anybody's guess where this came from. >> all right, joe, you'll be checking in with that news conference as soon as it happens. joe will be bringing us

information. joe, thank you. we appreciate it. coming up on cnn, a 79-year-old woman wakes up from a five-year coma. that's extraordinary. but then this. her first words, i want to go to a bob seger concert. >> i want to give him a big hug and a kiss and shake my booty for him. >> i am going to talk to evie branan about her dream concert. there she is. that's next. get ready for evie. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain.

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you guys want to watch this story. whatever you're doing, chill out for a little bit and pay attention. a woman awoke from a coma, not just any coma, a five-year coma. her first words, i want to go see bob seger. you know where this is headed, right? here she is, evie branan, last night, before the bob seger

concert in michigan. >> i want to give him a big hug and a kiss and shake my booty for him. >> that's evie branan and bob seger, the motor city rock 'n' roller. how about that? her wish came true. evie branan is here with us now, live from ann arbor, michigan. you said you were going to shake your booty. did you? >> yes, i did. big time. >> how much did you enjoy that moment? >> that was the best performance i've ever seen him do. >> really? >> and that was -- and that was my fifth concert of his. >> yeah. >> you got to -- you got to talk to bob seger. what did you tell him? what did he say to you? >> he said, hi, evie. i'm so honored to meet you. and he put his arm around me and gave me a kiss and i put my arm around him and gave him two

kisses. he is the most wonderful person. >> yeah. >> i just -- i didn't think in my lifetime i would ever get to meet him in person. but i did. >> yeah. >> and i just loved it. i'll never forget that night. >> yeah. >> so evie, explain to us, so you were in a coma, and you woke up after five years. those were your first words. and then did he -- did he send -- he heard about it, right? and he summoned you and said, hey, come to the concert? >> i don't know. the flint journal wrote an article about me in the paper. and then all of a sudden everybody's news stations, they started writing articles about me. and then the -- i live at willow

brook manor. and the atted ed administrator well, i forgot -- >> yeah. >> so evie, let me ask you about this, how are you feeling today? >> i'm feeling real good. but i'm just nervous a little bit. >> yeah. >> otherwise, i'm fine. >> you're nervous about being on television? is that why you're nervous? >> i guess. >> oh, come on. don't be nervous. people, we love you, we're talking to you, the whole country loves you. for someone your age, you said you're going to shake your booty, been in a coma for five years, that's amazing that you can get to do that. did you ever think in a million years that you would be able to go to another bob seger concert? >> no. and i never in my life ever thought i would be able to meet him.

because i've been to four concerts before and i never got to meet him. and then last night when i went in, they had a path for me with my picture on it to go backstage. and when i met him, i just couldn't believe that -- he just came right over to me and says, hi, evie, it sure is a pleasure to meet you. and i said, well, for you too. and i -- when he was bob seger in the system, i knew one of the guys in the band and si asked hm about him and i said, do you remember him? he said, oh, yeah. he said he passed away a couple of years ago. he said, no, i never heard that. he said, i'm really sorry to hear that. and then we just kept talking about everything. >> and that led to that. so, evie, just real quick, do you mind talking -- do you know

why you were in a coma? was it natural? were you ill? >> when i come out of it? >> why did you go into a coma? were you sick at the time? >> i have no idea. nobody can figure out why that was -- that was after five years, that was the first thing i said. they said, we would think you would want to see your family instead of bob seger. >> so, listen, evie, i know your favorite bob seger song -- can you sing us to break, your favorite bob seger song, please? >> the song? can i sing it? >> yeah, your favorite. >> not all of it. i can't remember the first part of it. but he says -- ♪ i'm older now but i'm still running against the wind ♪ ♪ against the wind i'm still running against the wind ♪

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so this is just in to cnn. the government moving one step closer to banning fake pot. live to shannon travis now in washington. shannon, this is a big deal, because poisoning and emergency room visits on the rise because of these drugs. >> absolutely, don.

they have gotten names like spice and mr. smiley and k-2 and blaze, as you mentioned. this is fake pot. not talking about real marijuana. this is fake pot. today, as you mentioned, the government is moving to ban their use to drug enforcement agency, declaring it is labeling three forms of synthetic drugs as type one, schedule one drugs. essentially that means you won't be able to buy or distribute them. now, even though this is not real, as you mentioned, we're talking about some very real side effects, the dea says the substances are just as dangerous, vomiting, hallucinations, seizures, loss of consciousness, a lot of visits to emergency rooms, don, and poison control officials say nearly all of them are imported from asia, mostly china and india, and the prohibition of the sale and distribution can take effect within 30 days. >> appreciate the update. thank you very much. up next, the tv show "glee" takes on school shootings, less

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eating disorders, teen pregnancy, addiction, glee is no stranger to controversial subjects, but glee's latest episode went into unchartered territory when gunshots rang out in school. watch this. >> let's get started.

>> everyone spread out and hide. spread out and hide. find a place to hide. over there. >> scary to watch. no one got hurt, though. no gunman was stalking the school hallways. turns out the gunshots were accidental. take a look. >> i need help. >> i don't know what to tell you. but i stand by my actions. >> give me the gun. where did you get that? >> it is my dad's. i wanted to be ready. >> i know, sweetheart. don't worry about it. i completely understand. just give me the gun. >> that's it. this is how it ends. >> give me something so i can talk to -- let me help you.

>> i'm sorry, coach. >> so, you can see, the coach takes the blame for the student and then she gets fired. some people say "glee's" episode is disturbing and too soon after 26 people were shot and killed there. fox ran a warning before the episode and every commercial break. want to bring in our panel now, political comedian and cnn contributor dean obadiya, jawn murray and author and radio talk show host jennie hutt and kate obenshane. this is a serious subject, guys. so, jawn, you first, does this episode go too far? >> i'm sure for the people in newtown, connecticut, the episode was too soon. and maybe the local affiliate there should have opted to run maybe a rerun instead of showing this episode. but while "glee" took a light hearted approach to a serious issue, it clearly -- we're very

close to when it happened, but we haven't made a lot of progress in the gun control laws here in the u.s. it serves as a reminder, let's not forget this happened not too -- >> that's an excuse for avoiding it? >> does "glee" deserve props for tackling real life issue or is this show exploiting school shootings for ratings? >> i commend "glee" for doing this. what happens is something tragic occurs and we think about it and talk about it and forget and move on to something else. this is something that should never be forgotten and never happen again. so bringing it up, bringing it to the forefront, having a conversation without showing unnecessary violence i think was a great way to deal with it. >> kate, you do not agree from the sxraeexpression on your fac. what's up? >> the parents of the sandy hook children are shocked and horrified that a television show would have an episode literally exploiting what happens less than four months ago. and, jawn, just by even saying that, well, nothing happened on

gun control, we should have more of this, well, that is exploitation. that's exactly what it is. for frankly president obama's been doing it, so i can't blame "glee" when he comes and -- >> hold on. an obama attack now, okay. >> jawn, real quickly, hang on, let jawn get in quickly and then to dean. jawn, what were you saying? >> this is not an aoobama attac. let's deal with "glee." we're not going to have a gun control debate in the "glee conversation." >> dean? >> this is only about ratings. that's what this is about. "glee" is on the chopping block to be canceled this year. the ratings went up 20% for this episode. they're exploiting a tragedy no doubt about it. we'll see more tragedies exploited on "glee," maybe a jodi arias trial one in the future or a tsunami one. let's be honest, this is about ratings. >> i disagree. >> law and order does this every week this is what law and order

is based off of. >> there is a show, remember law and order, ripped from the headlines. >> they do this every week. chris brown and rihanna episode two weeks ago. that's what tv is about. >> it doesn't make it right. >> listen, you guys, it is not that -- i don't think it is wrong to try to continue the conversation. if they get good ratings, okay. >> hang on, hang on, guys. stop, stop, stop. when you all talk over each other, the people at home can't hear a word you're saying. jenny and then i'll let the rest of you talk. >> i understand your concern that the families are impacted by the tv show. there was a warning. i still think for the greater good we have to keep having a conversation and sometimes that's the way to get the conversation to be had. that's my point. had they had actual violence, it would have been far worse and unacceptable. but they did not. >> okay. >> you're giving them the benefit of the doubt. you're making us think it is for

a higher purpose. i think it is about ratings. >> thanks, all of you, we're not going anywhere. we have other subjects to tackle here. coming up, full frontal nudity on network tv. it could happen. my panel is going to weigh in on that next. 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge!

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weigh in on whether the rules for what is allowed on broadcast tv should change or should they stay the same. this means full frontal nudity and profanity once reserved for cable tv could soon be allowed on public airwaves. so let's take it to the panel right now. you won't be able to say words like -- i gotcha. producers are like, no! don, don't do it. you're raring to go. my panel is back, dean, jawn, jenny, and kate. kate, you were raring to go last time. i cut you off. what do you make of this? do you think this opens the floodgates for people to start, you know, just being nude on television or saying words they wouldn't normally say? >> i struggle over this. the libertarian streak in me wants me to say -- but i'm the mother of four kids but we must have a standard of decency in our culture. it does open the floodgates. we have seen the floodgates open because the fcc already

dismissed a million cases because the backlog is just too much for them to handle. there are -- there is a flood of cases that the fcc needs to take seriously instead of dismissing cases. >> jenny, you said wow. >> a couple of things. some of the cases have been dismissed in part because the law in the first place was too broad and vague. i'm also a lawyer. when i said wow, there is already so much available on the internet and if you want to talk free market, i think network tv is trying to get in the game in terms of making things available that people can find online. if on regular tv there is nudity, profanity and all the things that people seem to want to watch, perhaps more eyes will come to the television rather than go to the internet. >> we had this conversation on television, the conversation about the n word, whether it should be used and what context it should be used before, gotten a lot of criticism on that. here's the thing. when you, first of all, parents should be monitoring what their

kids watch. >> sure. >> and don't you think sometimes it takes by saying the word it takes tat boo s the taboo away word? >> oh. >> what i would like to see is more cursing on cable news and i want to see wolf blitzer call candidates out with real words and not be, like, well, i disagree with you. i want to see that. let's be honest, nudity has a place at a certain time for people. i'm a creative person, freedom of expression, big advocate of it. as long as people are warned that this program has that. >> jawn, before i go to you, i'll say wolf blitzer does call people out, but uses more sophisticated terms. >> he should curse more. >> no. we have don't have to get our p across with vulgarity. >> for network tv to compete with cable and the internet,

they have to loosen some of the rules. we do know there is a family hour at 8:00. if your kids are up past 9:00, it is not about what your kids are watching on tv, it is about you being a good parent and putting the kids to bed. >> you guys ever watch -- >> 6:00 to 8:00 you have profanity, frontal nudity, is that okay? >> kate, kate, hang on, guys. hold on. remember our talk about everybody talking. kate, have you ever traveled to other places, to other countries? i see things and hear things i would never see and hear in america television and it is no big deal. >> we don't want to be like every other country. >> why not? >> america is -- >> hang on. let her finish. >> we should be able to sit there with our children during primetime and be able to watch a television show without worrying about whether a woman -- a naked woman is going to -- >> jenny, here's the thing.

in europe, nudity is not a big deal. >> not at all. >> i agree. >> everybody has body parts. and everybody was born in their birthday suit. go ahead. >> to that end, not only is everybody born in their birthday suit and shouldn'ti inin inbe a deal, just a body, no big deal -- the kids could be watching the family time shows with you, with their cell phones and go online and finding pictures of boobs. none of it should be such a big deal. >> i hate to be the schoolmarm, stop it, you kids, stop the fighting, or you'll get detention. dean, jawn, jenny, kate, great conversation. i appreciate your passion about it. i hate being the schoolmarm, though. thanks.

the dark part of social media. word today of another teenage gang rape and suicide. parents, teens, blamed. we're going there. i'm don lemon. roll it. a hacker says he's got an app that can hijack your plane. >> my family had decided to commit suicide because the three days we didn't have anything to eat. >> a daring escape from north korea and the soldier who helped. plus, jane fonda playing nancy reagan. not everyone is happy. and a man who lost his teenage brother to murder, now he's best friends with the killer. hello, everyone. don lemon here. brooke is off today. we're going to begin with a disturbing trend that we're seeing among teenagers. unsupervised house parties, lots of alcohol, girls, they get drunk, boys allegedly rape the girl, rape the girl, pictures of

rape posted online. the girl blamed. and then bullied and commits suicide. california police say 15-year-old audrie pott was a victim of just that. she committed suicide after learning pictures of her being gang raped were posted online. three teenage boys now face charges of sexual battery and then on just wednesday, just wednesday, we told you about a 16-year-old canadian teenager who took her life after the same chain of events allegedly happened to her. her mother says she was gang raped and then she was bullied. >> one girl that was her friend put on her status, sluts need to leave the school anyway. just bullying and boys that she didn't know sending messages, want to have fun, you did it with my friends, why don't we get together? it is just -- it was nonstop. >> right there in our memories right now, really close. who could forget the steubenville rape trial in ohio.

this photo of the victim was posted online. two high school football players were convicted of raping her that night. she apparently passed out after being drunk. want to bring in now psychologist wendy walsh and cnn's legal analyst sunny hostin. thank you, both, for joining us. when did this become cool? it seems to be prevalent in the subculture among teens. first to you, win i did. . >> we know we have a highly sexualized culture. let's talk about the moral teaching of young boys. as we're seeing this enormous rise of women, i think guys are thinking women are, you know, just sort of one of the guys. we also know that young women cannot -- not all women can metabolize alcohol in the same way men do. i don't think that message is out there clear enough. but at the end of the day, how is it possible to sexually assault a classmate at a party and it is happening to be a trend in our culture, and there is not an outcry. parents of boys need to step up here. >> wendy, that was my question,

because i know this story, you're very passionate about this story, you're the mother of two girls. and what can parents tell their children about posting pictures and information on the internet? >> okay, here's what you have to understand about the internet. it used to be in the olden days, if a kid went to school and got shamed or bullies, in the evening they could go to their girl scout group or volleyball team or whatever activity they had and be restored with a new group of friends who remind them, you know, how cool they were. and they could come home to their family. the internet actually takes away all the boundaries and creates one giant world with no compartments where you get shamed around the world. and even strangers will jump into the fray and put comments on. so parents have to be their kids' facebook friends, twitter follower, they have to be involved in the village, the online village with their kids. >> to sunny, our legal expert. in the cases where the victim commits suicide, can the accused be held responsible for those

deaths? what more needs to be done to protect victims? >> i don't think that we're there yet with the law. we all watch the terrible case with tyler clementi and clearly the young man who was involved in that was not indicted for murder, but he was indicted for that cyber stalking, for that bullying. even in the case like this, the law doesn't really provide for these bullies, then being charged with the deaths in connection with the deaths of these victims. but i suspect there will be some crafty prosecutors, some creative prosecutors that will start looking at these cases like this. because something needs to be done. what does, though, don, bother me about this particular case, all these cases are very troubling, but it is odd to me that law enforcement took so long to, you know, to start digging further into this case. >> why is that? >> and to bring these boys up on these charges.

i don't know why. i don't think we know enough about this case. but this is not a new fact scenario. date rape, and wendy will agree with me, has been around forever. but right now what we are seeing is this kind of date rape or teens drinking in combination with rape and then social media. and it is just these two worlds being hurled together. it is the worst possible circumstance. and it is something that we need to start talking about more. we have been talking about bullying, yes. but we now need to start talking about the sexual assault of young women as well. >> sunny, wendy, thank you very much for your insight on this. we appreciate it. >> we'll talk north korea now. it is fast becoming one of the most googled terms in years. u.s. web users typing that phrase into browsers, more than gun control or even president obama. but a new pew poll shows despite the u.s. obsession with north

korea, a lot of people still don't really know what is going on. and what north korea is actually capable of doing. she found 47% of americans think that north korea is capable of launching a nuclear missile that can hit the united states. for the record, this is false. north korean experts do not believe the country has the ability to militarize a nuclear warhead small enough to be strapped to a missile. adding to the confusion, though, reports from the pentagon seeming to suggest they were nuclear capable. listen to what secretary of state john kerry said about the assertion while he's in seoul today. >> it is inaccurate to suggest that the dprk has fully tested, developed or demonstrated capabilities that are articulated in that report. so we do not operate on the presumption they have that fully tested and available capacity. but obviously they have conducted a nuclear test.

so there is some kind of device. but that is very different from militarization and delivery and from tested delivery and other things. >> so most of what we know about this isolated country comes from those who have been brave enough to flee. angus walker of itv news talked to one of those defectors about life inside north korea. >> under the cover of darkness, smugglers cross a frozen river from north korea into china. taking enormous risks and food and fuel back to their impoverished country. this was filmed a few weeks ago. the footage even shows an armed soldier who has been paid to cover their tracks at first light, bribing the border guards and following in the smugglers footsteps is how people escape from north korea. now, in hiding, in south korea, this woman defected shortly

after kim jong-un came to power. we protected her identity because she had to leave some of her family behind. fighting back tears, she tells me she got out, risking death if she was caught, so she could live. >> translator: my family had decided to commit suicide because for three days we didn't have anything to eat. we decided to starve to death. we said let's die. but then i wanted to survive. i sold the house for 30 kilos of rice. >> reporter: millions have little food. this footage smuggled out was filmed last month. reports from inside north korea suggest food prices have tripled in a year. >> translator: to survive i had to eat grass. people picked grass and leaves. they used them to make soup. >> reporter: what do you think of kim jong-un and what do you think of what he's threatening

to do? >> translator: kim jong-un is trying to be more extreme than his father and trying to distract the north korean people from their own problems and complaints. >> reporter: gangnam style, south korean pop, in north korea. on a smuggled dvd, the sights and sounds of the 21st century. for those trapped in time in an orwellian nightmare. it is a glimpse of another world, so near and yet so far away. and some of those who managed to escape told me today that when they finally made it to freedom here in the south, they began to realize in their words that farm animals are treated better in the outside world than human beings back in north korea. angus walker, itv news, seoul. wolf blitzer will host a special hour focusing on the north korean threat.

that's on "the situation room" 6:00 eastern here on cnn. next, taking control of an airplane by using a smartphone app? a program to do it and now he's alerting airlines. lisa sylvester just talked to him about how the app works and how to airlines are responding. you'll hear what he said next. so free credit score's

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so we hear of new smartphone apps every day. but a new one may be considered the deadliest ever. german consultant who is also a commercial pilot says he has a new smartphone app that could be used to hijack a plane remotely. lisa sylvester is in washington with the latest now. this is unnerving to say the least. and you talked to -- to this security consultant. what did the consultant say? >> yeah, we did. but, first, you know, don, this is a very troubling story. it has received a lot of attention, a lot of buzz online and raises an interesting question, you know, how safe is the flight management system of commercial airplanes.

if you think about it, planes nowadays were really talking about giant computers. as we all know, computers can be hacked. so hugo tesso, a security consultant, he was able to develop an app, an android app that on a flight simulator could affect the flying conditions including changing the plane's altitude, changing what is on a pilot's display screen, for example, but we should mention a caution with all of this. first of all, he did this on a flight simulator, not a real aircraft for obvious security and safety reasons. and the other thing to emphasize, he says the app alone is not enough. you have to have the proper hardware, flight hardware. we reached out to the faa. the agency says the planes that we fly every day, they are not in any kind of risk because this app that he's talking about doesn't work, it only will work on certified flight hardware, that's the ones that is used in the plane. the faa saying, quote, we have a statement here, the described technique cannot engage or control the aircraft auto pilot system using the fms, flight

management system, or prevent a pilot from overriding the auto pilot. therefore, a hacker cannot obtain full control of an aircraft as the technology consultant has claimed. now, tesso himself acknowledged it is true. the pilots, they would be able to override the auto pilot and would be able to take back control in such a situation, don. >> all right. so national security concerns with this, i mean, how concerned should we be about this? >> well, first, you know, there is -- why is he doing all of this? he's a security consultant. he does also have his commercial pilot license. as we mentioned, we talked to him via skype and can play a little clip. he says airlines need to focus on safety and also focus on security. let's take a listen. >> we faced manufacturers and they have better and deeper knowledge on how their system

works, but also we have better and deeper understanding on how ours works because we didn't disclose all the technical details for safety reasons. >> that's a key point here. they did not make public everything that they know for the obvious security reasons. but the reason why he's doing this, basically saying to programs like the faa, you need to take a look into the airlines. you need to take a better look at your flight management system because they could potentially be vulnerable, don. >> lisa sylvester, thank you. we appreciate it. we have got some breaking news that we want to tell you about here on cnn again. some breaking news we want to tell you about here on cnn. we're getting word that two people have been shot at the new river community college in christianburg, virginia. that's according to our affiliate wsls and wdvj. both of the affiliates are

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ambulance to local hospital. no information on their identities or their present conditions. the suspected shooter was taken into custody. the mall is presently, we're told, being cleared of shoppers. and to ensure there are no further victims as well as no other possible suspects. there is that video right there from christianburg, virginia, from our affiliate wdbj, this is taking place not very long ago. at the time, they don't believe that there was any continuing threat to the community at large. the montgomery county schools where that is were briefly locked down as a precaution, that lockdown has been lifted. and there are a number of agencies who are responding to this, including christianburg police department, montgomery county sheriff's department, blacksburg police department, virginia tech, and virginia state police. and we'll get more information from authorities. this as we get it here. we want to tell you two people

shot at this college, christianburg, virginia. it is at the new river community college. satellite location, located inside the new river valley mall. and that's according to a police report here that the caller called in at approximately 1:55 p.m., they're saying they heard gunshots, shots being fired, within five minutes. the officers were on the scene. two people airlifted shortly after police got there and rescuers got there, those are the helicopters. the emergency helicopters, the air ambulances, if you will, taking those two adult females with gunshot wounds to the hospital. one was airlifted. the other was transported via ambulance to a local hospital. that's the breaking news here on cnn. we're going to get back to that as soon as we get more

information as the situation warrants here on cnn. let's move on now. we'll talk about a vote against gay marriage today from top republican party leaders. the republican national committee holding its spring meeting in gay friendly, hollywood, california. they approved a resolution reaffirming the party's position that marriage is between a man and a woman. so much for republican rebranding. the gop is facing pressure from its base to hold the line, to hold the line on social issues, prominent social conservative tony perkins telling supporters to withhold all contributions to republican campaigns as long as the gop is embroiled in a debate over social issues. want to bring in cnn's political director mark preston in hollywood. mark, how would a vote against gay marriage affect the republican party's overall rebranding message? >> as we all know in the past couple of months, the republican party has really been doing this inner look at how do they attract new voters, young voters, african-americans, hispanics, asian-americans.

in the last hour, on the issue of same sex marriage on gay issues, the republican national committee passed two resolutions, one upholding the platform that says a union of marriage is between one man and one woman. they also passed another resolution that call on the supreme court to uphold proposition eight in california which outlaws gay marriage. they're calling for the supreme court to focus on the federal defense of marriage act and to uphold that as well. before the vote was taken this is what chairman lance priebus had to say. >> let me make this crystal clear, since i've said this i think since january, we have to do things differently, there is one thing that can't and won't change. our principles. there are some that would like us to abandon them, but as long as i'm chairman, we're going to stay true to them.

some would have us turn into democrats light. but i'm not going to do that. >> reporter: now, there is reince priebus saying he'll stand by the republican party principles on social issues, don. i have to tell you right now, just because this vote was taken in the last hour, the debate will continue. we'll have the supreme court make a ruling not only on proposition eight, but on the defense of marriage act. certainly by the term ending in june. we wait to see what the boy scouts do on allowing gays into their organization, don. not said and done here, but certainly a major political move by the republican national committee just within the last hour. >> lots to talk about. thank you, mark preston. appreciate that. up next, news on everyone and everything including google with options for you to prepare for your digital death? apple agreeing to pay more than $50 million for faulty devices. a familiar name on the masters

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and maybe talk with our loved ones about it. but what should you do with your e-mail, your youtube, social media accounts when you log off for good? yes, in this digital age, leave it to google to come up with just the right solution, a new after life feature. well, zain asher is in new york. i guess, this was bound to happen, right? we're all so connected and attached to it? >> exactly. this is a question that comes up time and time again, what happens to data after you die. google's answer, the interactive account manager. it is a lot more interesting than it sounds. it essentially allows you to choose to have your data completely wiped from the system after you die or you can choose to select a few people who will be, what i like to call, your data heirs, people who essentially inherit your data. you have to ask yourself, you know, who would you want to have access to all your e-mails, after you pass. and you can divide it, say, well, i would like my e-mail to

go to this person, youtube account go to that person or i want my data to be wiped after six months or a year. what is interesting about this, we all have such a large digital footprint, it is not just about who is going to get my house or my car, it is also about who is going to get my data. creepy, but i think it is something people ned to think about. don? >> some things are better left unknown. so, how does google know if your account is inactive because you died or because you're taking a break or a vacation? >> well, the short answer is it probably doesn't, right? if the account is inactive for a long time, somewhat of a red flag. google said user s can set thei own time-out period. three months, six months, nine months, a year. if it is unusual for you, not to be logged into e-mail for three months, i imagine a lot of people it is, after three months of not checking your e-mails, you get notification that your other e-mail address, then text messages, and if you don't respond to anything, then it is

bye-bye to your data or someone else gets access to it. don in. >> zain asher, thank you very much. if you have an iphone or ipad, listen up. you can cash in on a class action lawsuit settlement by apple. the company is agreeing to pay $53 million to settle a suit accusing it of failing to repair faulty phones under warranty. the company received to pay when indicator tape on the products turned red indicating exposure to water. 3m says humidity may cause the tape to turn color. hundreds of thousands of consumers could get cash from that deal. actress jane fonda has a word or three for those speaking out against her playing the role of nancy reagan in an upcoming film called "get a life," she says get a life. she is to star in the upcoming film, the film is calley caactu called "butler."

some are speaking out about it. i want to go to nischelle turner joining me from los angeles with more on this. the film "the but ller," she is saying get a life. what is the film all about? >> well, don this film is about a black butler who worked in the white house through eight presidencies. the movie stars forest whitaker, an all-star cast, including oprah winfrey, but, you know, the critics have been complaining about jane fonda cast to play nancy reagan since in movie was announced. these are people who have never forgiven her for her activities during the vietnam war and they see the choice to cast her as ronald reagan's wife as insulting. now there is this campaign to boycott the film because of her role. now, fonda's reaction as you said earlier has been pretty much to the point, she told the hollywood reporter her critics need get a life and added the controversy will probably help sell more tickets to the movie, which is probably true. her role, you know, isn't exactly an integral part in the film when she shot it last august. she basically called it a cameo

appearance and according to her, she reached out to nancy reagan to let her know she was honored to play the first lady and that she heard back from nancy reagan that she was pleased that jane fonda had the part. at this stage, with the movie not coming out until october, not a lot of -- that boycott is getting attention. there is almost 8,000 people who have liked the boycott page on facebook, which just to put in context for you, don, is half as many people who like the facebook page accusing dora the explorer of being an illegal immigrant. >> it is called acting, by the way. thank you, nischelle. appreciate it. in the past half hour, a controversy blew up at the masters. i want to bring in rachel nichols, out there for us in augusta. she's got a great assignment out there. understand, though, there is some controversy involving this little boy from china. >> yeah, guan tianlang, the 14-year-old playing at the masters, did phenomenally well yesterday, only 1 over. came in today, didn't play quite as well, but was still holding

his own. however, on the 17th hole, going to penalized a stroke for, quote, slow play. this can happen to any player at any time. he was warned previously on the course, but i got to tell you, there is slow play all over this masters course. tiger woods yesterday didn't emerge from the scorers area after his round for 5 1/2 hours after the point after he teed off. it is slow all over. they have decided to single him out. afterward, ben crenshaw, the veteran prlaying with him, said he was just sick about this happening to guan. he said he was very, very surprised to see an official make this decision and he noted, and guan noted, when he spoke moments ago, the wind here at augusta is one of the issues today. a lot windier than it was yesterday. on the particular stroke he was penalized, particular hole, he decided to change his club on his second shot. that is apparently what triggered the penalty. and as crenshaw pointed out, and

several other people around the club pointed out, since this happened, when they were 14 years old, they might not have known the exact right thing to do at the exact right moment, but unfortunately he is in the adult masters, so he is being penalized. >> playing with the big boys. as you said, they rarely, if ever, really never call penalties for slow play. that's like so infuriating. but will guan -- >> say it again, rachel? >> you can see my hair, this lovely hairdo i have right now, that's the wind, by the way, this is what he was dealing with. >> listen, enjoy it, you're outside and having a great time and great event, but is guan going to make the cut? will the 14-year-old make the cut now that this happened, rachel? >> it is very hard to say right now. we don't know where the cut line is going to be. if this stroke is the reason he doesn't make the cut, trust me, there will be an uproar over this. this is such a feel good story. other golfers can't get enough of this kid. they're talking about how they

were doing their homework when they were 14. yesterday around the course, the fans were getting so into it, his mother was actually following him around with a bag with socks and snacks because she was worried her 14-year-old wouldn't know what to eat when on the course at the masters. it is the kind of story everyone can relate to. a lost people at of people are but not the official scorers, they feel this is the right thing to do. >> a very windy masters at augusta. thank you. back now to our breaking news out of virginia. cnn confirmed there has been a shooting inside a community college. actually located within a mall. it is a satellite campus, by the way. schools are on lockdown now. we're told that two women have been shot. we're going to have more on this breaking news right after this break. matt's brakes didn't sound right... ...so i brought my car to mike at meineke...

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a big movie opening tonight, about jackie robinson and his rise to legendary status. i know that jake tapper who is the anchor and our chief washington correspondent, anchor of "the lead," you're interested. you're a big baseball fan. i hear you talking about the phillies, talking about a legend, but a big opening tonight. a lot of people want to see this movie. >> probably did not know this, but my son, jack tapper, is named after jackie robinson. >> very cool.

i will be seeing this film, but, you know, jack's 3, so i'll probably see it in about a year or two. >> so you're going to be talking about this, right? >> we'll be talking about this, we'll talk about all sorts of interesting stories in the world of pop culture. psy has a new song out, so we'll explore the idea of being a one hit wonder. we have some stories that will blow your mind, that are not being covered a lot elsewhere. one of them is about this horrible case in philadelphia this doctor accused of murdering seven babies and a woman. he ran an abortion clinic there. we'll talk with the philadelphia enquirer reporter covering the trial. and nic robertson from cnn went to pakistan on our behalf to look into drones and whether or not drones are creating more terrorists than they're killing. so we have those two stories that don't get a lot of media coverage and we'll look into both of them coming up. >> jake, excited about next

week, you're going to get a chance -- a bigger audience will get a chance to see you next week and we're happy about that. some people may be at work or commuting on the way home when you're on. but you're going to be on at 10:00 eastern time, your show, on cnn. >> that's right. we'll still be airing at 4:00 and then replay it at 10:00, we might updating the show as it goes. we'll see how it ends. it is going to be -- it is going to be fun. i look forward it a whole new audience getting a chance to see our show. >> yeah, long day today, tapper. lucky you, not me. thank you, sir. look forward to seeing your show. have a great weekend. >> thanks, you too. back to the breaking news again. this out of virginia. cnn confirmed there has been a shooting inside a community college, which is actually located within a mall. schools are on lockdown. we're told that two women have been shot, two women have been shot. again, this is the new river valley mall.

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i want to tell you the story of two men. both of their lives were torn apart by a single moment of teenage violence. then years later the two were brought together by chance and

the power of forgiveness. anthony and wilfredo cologne were tight, with brothers living in a high crime housing project. >> he always stood up for me. he would not allow me to fight. he would stand up for me. whatever happened. he always saw the goodness in me. >> reporter: but that bond was severed by a vicious crime. >> it was right here where it happened. >> reporter: this is the spot where armed drug dealers shot unarmed wilfredo to death. >> how did it affect me? put so much hate in my life. i hated everybody. i hated everything. and i just -- it made me to be a person, like a monster. >> reporter: but a chance meeting with his brother's killer led to this remarkable moment. >> anthony embracing michael rowe, just free, after serving

for the murder. >> he was another portion of my brotherhood. >> reporter: anthony had prayed for reconciliation, an end to the anger over losing his brother. michael feared retaliation. >> i was expecting we would be, you know, it would be a fight, sometime, physical, violent altercation. >> i'm a firm believer that a lot of people do a lot of talking about forgiveness, and -- but they really don't forgive. >> reporter: michael grew up in his 20 years in prison and was taught by julio medina, a program that helps inmates transition back into the community through higher education. anthony came when michael was awarded his masters degree. >> not only did it lift, you know, that cloud of shame that he walks with, but more importantly allowed him to have a second chance with the blessings of the victim's

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a woman awakes from a coma. her first words, i want to see bob seger. last night her wish came true.

her name is evie branan. >> i want to give him a big hug and a kiss and shake my booty for him. >> that's evie branan, that's bob seger, backstage last night in auburn hills, michigan. she spoke to us last hour. evie, you said you were going to shake your booty. did you? >> yes, i did. big time. >> how much did you enjoy that moment? >> that was the best performance i've ever seen him do. >> really? >> and that was -- and that was my fifth concert of his. >> yeah. you got to talk to bob seger what did you tell him? what did he say to you? >> he said, hi, evie. i'm so honored to meet you. and he put his arm around me and give me a kiss. and i put my arm around him and give him two kisses.