all of them. >> thank you. >> thank you everyone. that is the spirit. spirit. thanks so much for watching everyone in boston. i'm going to pass this off to my colleague wolf blitzer. "cnn newsroom" continues. thanks very much. hello. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. up first, investigators in the boston bombings are zeroing in on the suspect's inner circle. right now three friends of the surviving suspect are in federal custody. they're all facing charges. authorities have more questions for the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev. the three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev are accused of taking evidence from his dorm room and tossing it into a dumpster. deborah feyerick is olympijoini with an update. what do we know about these 19-year-olds and the specific charges they're face sng.

>> what we do know is the lawyers for the three friends say their clients are cooperating and that they didn't realize they were destroying evidence connected to the bombing of the boston marathon. the criminal complaint lays out a very different story specifically with respect to an engineering student dias kird by yef, dias texted him saying you look a lot like one of the suspects. the friends texted back and forth. and then dzhokhar tsarnaev sent a text that said if you need anything, go to my room and take it. well, turns out that dias and two others went to the dorm room. and that's when they removed a black backpack which was filled with firework canisters that had been emptied of the powder inside. that power fbi believes was used to detonate the explosive. they also removed a laptop computer. and according to the fbi they say when dias saw the empty canisters "when he saw the empty

fireworks, he knew tsarnaev was involved in the bomb making. now, dias was also particular interest because he's an engineering student but also because while his friend was on the run, he actually removed a photograph of the two of them from his facebook page. he and dzhokhar tsarnaev changed their facebook very early the morning tsarnaev was on the run. now, the foreign ministry of kazakhstan did release a note saying that in fact the two students from kazakhstan are not being charged with being involved in any sort of terror group. what they are being involved in is destroying evidence. and that third suspect, wolf, you mentioned he is charged with making materially false statements to fbi, wolf. >> yeah. lying to the fbi. not a good idea at any time. deb, investigators also have some very, very serious questions for kathrine russell, the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev. i understand they're particularly curious about a conversation she had with him after his photo was released in

connection with the boston bombing. what's the latest on that front? >> well, what we can tell you is the fbi were able to determine right after the pictures were released, kathrine russell reached out to her husband by cell phone. there is a record of the call between the two phones. it's not clear what they talked about, but the fbi has been coming down pretty seriously on kathrine russell trying to find out who she knew, what tamerlan's associations were, certain things that really a wife would or should know. the indication is is that they want to see what she says and whether in fact she could potentially turn state's evidence. that would be key because she knows so much of where he was, how long he was there for, items like that. but they are looking at that phone call very closely, wolf. >> i'm sure they are. we'll see what happens on that front, deb. thanks very much. the father of one of the teens charged with obstruction of justice in the bombing investigation is speaking out. we were able to get access to

interview that dias kadyrbayev's father gave to the news website in kazakhstan. and we also got these pictures of kadyrbayev's apartment after fbi agents raided them. the friend of dzhokhar tsarnaev was initially detained on a visa violation but is now facing much more serious charges. his father describes the son as a good person and a good student. >> translator: i can say about my son that he finished school with excellent grades. he was good at math. he helped others. when he saw help was needed, he always accommodated. i understand that there are two options right now, either they'll be deported or they'll be proved innocent. there are two options, but an american court will make the decision. >> let's talk a little bit more about the legal case against these three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev and the questions facing tamerlan tsarnaev's

widow. our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin is joining us now from new york. a lot of us remember, jeff, your initial response when we got that criminal complaint released by the federal authorities yesterday against these three friends was and you said something along the lines no one could be that stupid. you've now had a chance to think about that a little bit more. what's your latest take on this? >> i think i'm sticking with that, wolf. remember, i mean, there is no allegation at this point that these three were involved in the conspiracy to commit the bombing. so that obviously is a very important question, but if that remains the case that they were not involved in the bombing, they were certainly aware as everyone was aware that this was an extremely, extremely serious and devastating crime. and to take that opportunity knowing that, to get involved and start destroying evidence, helping out their friend, injecting themselves into something they had nothing to do

with is just mind boggling. and it's stupidity if in fact that's what they did. >> because the complaint says that when these friends, they took the items from tsarnaev's dorm room, they knew they suspected he was actually the one involved in the bombing, the attorney for one of these young men totally disagrees. so is this a case of what they knew and when they knew it? >> yes. like a lot of cases especially in federal court this may welcome down to -- if it comes to trial, to an issue of intent. one of the attorneys yesterday in his press conference said, yes, he did remove the backpack. so the fact of the removal is not likely to be disputed, but what's disputed is what he was thinking when he removed the backpack. now, if he was simply tidying up the room, he's not guilty of any crime. but it's a pretty bizarre scenario to remove a backpack and a laptop from somebody's

room for no reason. that's going to be a big challenge for the defense to explain in this criminal case. but it will really come down to the issue of intent. why did they do what they did? not necessarily what they did because the attorney at least is admitting that. >> because the backpack as the criminal complaint said did contain some of the ingredients that potentially were used to manufacture that pressure cooker bomb that killed three people and injured 250 others at the end of that boston marathon. it wasn't as if it was just a backpack, there was stuff in there that was specifically used according to the criminal complaint to build a bomb. >> exactly. and the charge is that he removed it to help out his friend, tsarnaev. there's actually one little item in the complaint that's very kind of mysterious and suggestive that i think really could be very important. in the complaint it says they

also removed some vaseline from the dorm room. and they say they knew that vaseline could be used for bomb making. now, i didn't know that vaseline could be used for bomb making. i bet not many people knew that vaseline could be used for bomb making. so the suggestion if not explicit, but the suggestion in the complaint is that young tsarnaev had said something about bomb making to his friends and said you need vaseline. and that suggests they might have known more about what was happening. but that vaseline reference is actually very interesting and certainly bears further exploration. >> i didn't know you need vaseline to build a bomb either. only real experts knew that. and apparently according to what we've learned over the past 24 hours, once you put that top on that pressure cooker and screw it in, you've got to put some vaseline around it. otherwise if there's a spark and you're screwing it in, that spark could explode the entire bomb and you could die in the

process. that's why the vaseline supposedly is so important. you didn't know it, i didn't know it, most of our viewers obviously didn't know it. but for some reason they decided to take that vaseline and try to hide it or destroy it or throw it into a dumpster. >> right. which suggests that they had had conversations with tsarnaev about bomb making. and that puts them closer potentially to the conspiracy. doesn't make them guilty of anything. we're not even clear it happened, but by putting that in the complaint it's certainly suggestive of a longer relationship on this subject than simply helping them out by getting rid of the backpack and the computer. >> we're going to talk later about the potential legal problems that the wife, the widow, is now facing as well. that will have to wait. jeffrey, thanks very much. we're going to get back to the boston bombing investigation, but i want to move onto something else right now. you're about to see a truly shocking piece of video. it's not been authenticated yet, but the video appears to show the explosive crash of a jumbo

jet, a cargo plane that killed everyone on board, all of them american. i want to warn all of our viewers, the video is very graphic. it shows this huge boeing 747 plane hitting the ground. here's cnn's chris lawrence. >> reporter: the video is dramatic and disturbing. a 747 just stalls and falls back to earth. while cnn can't fully confirm how authentic the video is, it does appear to show a cargo plane that crashed monday in afghanistan. that crash killed seven american crewmen including brad hessler. >> if i could change places with him, i would in a heartbeat. >> reporter: that's his brother who says his wife is pregnant. >> this is his daughter, sloan, 2, and what we don't see here is the baby on the way we expect to see in october.

>> reporter: the 747 bound for dubai carrying equipment as part of the u.s. military's drawdown from afghanistan. the civilian cargo plane was loaded with five em rat each weighing about 20,000 pounds. >> securing them is absolutely critical to safety. >> reporter: the former director of the faa's accident investigation unit. he says there's no forgiveness in a plane's center of gravity. >> basically there can only be so much weight at each part of the plane. >> so it's critical that the total weight be within the limit and that the plane be balanced. >> reporter: the 747 can takeoff a couple different ways. when it's carrying passengers, it will take four to five minutes to reach 15,000 feet. but in afghanistan, there's always the danger of being shot out of the sky. so the pilots need to gain as much altitude as possible while they're still over bagram. a 747 carrying cargo can reach altitude almost two minutes

faster. >> the typical concern with a cargo aircraft and has caused accidents before is that when the airplane is rotated with the nose up, cargo moves fast if it's not properly secure. >> reporter: cargo is chained down, but if an attachment point ilshift. >> we don't know that happened here. that has happened in prior accidents. then the airplane becomes uncontrollable. >> reporter: it's much harder to have a massive shift of weight on a commerc 747 because the passengers and the weight are evenly distributed in chairs. >> chris lawrence reporting for us. let's bring in jim tillman right now, he's a long-time pilot with year behind the controls of almost every commercial airframe. jim, thanks very much for coming in. like all of unow, you've seen this horrifying video. when you see it, given your professional experience, what does it look like? what happened? >> from my perspective as a pilot, it's one of the most hoifying events i've ever

witnessed on tape because it was a nightmare from the time they pushed the throttles forward. i don't think they ever got a chance to really fly the airplane. i think they were fighting to control the airplane from the beginning. i say that because if you'll notice on the video, the landing gear is still down. they never even got to that point. and that's a point you reach very quickly as soon as you reach airborne. so i think it was a struggle from the beginning. was the weight in the wrong place as they started down the takeoff row, or did it shift? i don't think it makes a lot of difference. the fact is that airplane was not controllable. and it was a horrifying few seconds that these people had to go through. >> we found out now that the ntsb, the national transportation safety board, they've sent a team, the team is now in afghanistan. they are there. their immediate priority right now is what? >> to find the black boxes, as they are called, and to look for

certain kinds of telltale evidence out of some of the parts they may be able to discover. there's a screw associated with the tail control that will give them an indication about jus of. they're going to go through this thing very carefully. we don't ever want this to happen again. >> yeah, i hope they learn some lessons. watching the video, and it's obviously hard to second guess, is there anything that the pilot could have done to recover to try to get control in a crisis situation like that? >> let me put it this way, wolf. let's say you are on a seesaw and you weigh, whatever, 185 pounds and there's a 300-pounder on the other end. is there anything you can do to get that seesaw to balance? no. and that's what happens in an airplane when you're out of cg. you have too much weight in the wrong place, so, no, i don't think they had a prayer. it was over before they ever

even lifted off the ground. >> what a sad, sad story. i totally agree with you. they got to thoroughly investigate it. i know the ntsb, they're going to spend months investigating. we'll get a final report and learn lessons. hopefully it will never ever happen again. jim tilmon, thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. all right. i want to update you on some more information now on the boston bombing investigations. we're just getting this in from our senior producer now quoting two federal law enforcement officials telling cnn the fbi does in fact have the laptop that dzhokhar tsarnaev left in his dorm room. one official said investigators obviously will be going through it thoroughly. presumably they already are. they claim -- this official claims not to know exactly when the fbi came into the possession of the laptop, whether the analysis of the computer is still in progress. i assume it still is. this source would only say the

investigators didn't find the laptop at that landfill near the university of massachusetts dartmouth campus. so they do have the laptop. this is a critical piece of evidence. remember, in the criminal complaint against the three suspects these three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev that was released yesterday they said that they took -- these guys took the laptop in addition to a bag containing some other stuff out of the room. but in the criminal complaint it never said where that laptop is, if they found the laptop at that land dump like they found some of the other stuff there. but now we have now confirmed cnn we have confirmed that the fbi is in possession of dzhokhar tsarnaev's laptop. that's going to be a critical, critical piece of evidence because they'll be able to go back presumably and check all of his contacts, all of his e-mails, all of his tweets, his texting, whatever's there. they'll have a good record of which websites he was going to, what he was learning. it's going to be a critical piece of evidence.

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an american citizen arrested six months ago in north korea has been handed a harsh prison sentence, 15 years of hard labor for what north korean officials call hostile acts against the government. nobody outside of north korea knows exactly what those so-called hostile acts are. our dan rivers is following the story from seoul, south korea. >> wolf, this case may have taken six months to come to court, but the hearing itself only lasted two days. kenneth bae was sentenced 15 years hard labor inside north korea with no right of appeal. and he may have just become the latest bargaining chip in north korea's high stakes game of brinkmanship. there is curiously little information about kenneth bae online, just this facebook page started by his friends campaigning for his release from the secretive regime. he's been jailed for 15 years

for hard labor for "crimes aim to topple north korea." agency claiming "his crimes were proved by evidence." a possible reference to material reportedly found on a hard drive. one of bae's friends suggesting it may have been innocuous. whatever he's done or hasn't done, experts say he's now a bargaining chip for new leader kim jong-un. >> i think north korea looks at any u.s. citizen in and around north korea as a mere asset, a commodity that can be traded in the open market. so kenneth bae was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> and bae's not the first. scenes like this are becoming all too familiar. cue emotional captives reunited with their families accompanied by a high profile politician. this was 2009 journalist laura ling celebrate freedom, former president bill clinton takes the credit. a year later it's a different

former president, jimmy carter, with another relieved american. kenneth bae is the sixth american in the wrong place at the wrong time. and the north koreans may once again be holding out for a high profile visitor before they give him up. what north korea wants above all else is to enter one-on-one talks with the united states to gain concessions and get an end to punitive sanctions. they may see kenneth bae as the perfect way to achieve that aim. with the announcement of their third successful nuclear test in february, the stakes couldn't be higher. north korea even threatened a preemptive nuclear strike during south korean and u.s. war games last month. those maneuvers are over, but it seems the brinkmanship is not. well, the united states has no diplomatic representation inside north korea. instead, swedish diplomats acting on their behalf visited

bae in jail on friday. it's still not known when or if kenneth bae will be set free. wolf. >> dan rivers, thanks very much. we'll see what happens to kenneth bae. if you think airline fees are already out of control, wait until you hear our next story. one airline is planning to punish customers who don't use its website to book their ticket. we're going to explain what's going on. join us at projectluna.com even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good? [ chirp ] getty up. seriously, this is really happening! [ cellphone rings ] hello? it's a giant helicopter ma'am. [ male announcer ] get it done [ chirp ]

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certainly all of us are getting used to paying more when we fly, but now frontier airlines says it will slap extra fees on passengers who don't book flights directly through the airline's website. our zain asher is in new york. new fees for overhead bags? how would that work? >> you basically said starting this summer if you don't book on frontier's website and if you're not an elite member, by the way, you will have to pay to carry on your bags, $25 if you pay in advance $100 at the gate. you're also getting fewer frequent flier miles. frontier says one of the reasons

it's doing this is because it's elite members have complained about overhead bins filling up before they get their bags on board. and they also want to reward loyal customers. frontier is already a low cost carrier, now they've said they're going to be an ultralow cost carrier. but it's only going to be ultralow cost, by the way, wolf, if you book your ticket at the right place. you have to go to their website. wolf. >> so if you pay to -- for your bag online it's $25, but if you do it at the airport you said it was $100? is that what you just said? >> absolutely right. $100 if you do it at the airport. >> to check one bag for $100? >> i know. it's hugely expensive. but they really want to reward their loyal customer. they want people to go online at frontier. that's why they're doing it. >> $25 isn't enough. let's talk about something else. this summer frontier's also going to begin charging $1.99 -- let's say $2 for coffee, tea, soda, juice.

i assume folks aren't going to be very happy about that either. >> yeah, i mean, that's exactly right. they're taking away the last freebie. when you go on a plane you expect these type of things to be free, but that's saying customers get the full can of soda for free. they're not pouri ining it into glass. and also free refills for coffee as well. but there are ways to avoid the fees. that's what they're saying they want people to become an elite member and book on frontier's website. it's about trying to reward the most loyal customers. they're also saying you're not being charged what you don't use. if you don't have a drink, obviously you're not going to be charged for it. all of these measures will help reduce air fares for everyone. wolf. >> i guess $100 to check one bag at the curb side or inside, that's ridiculous. that's just me. all right, zain, thanks very much. i guess the airlines got to make some money too. still ahead, we're going to have more on the canadian boxer who may actually have inspired tamerlan tsarnaev. we're going to have an exclusive

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welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we're getting new information in the boston terror investigation right now. fwo federal law enforcement officials tell cnn that they have recovered the laptop that dzhokhar tsarnaev left in his room. they went through the landfill near the university of dartmouth campus last week in search of the laptop and other items. three of dzhokhar's college buddies are accused of removing that laptop, backpack and vaseline after the boston bombings. the 19-year-olds were arrested yesterday. they are in custody of the fbi right now. their lawyers say their clients

are cooperating with investigators. authorities also want to know more from the widow of the older suspected bomber, tamerlan tsarnaev. investigators say kathrine russell had a phone call with her husband after his picture appeared on worldwide television but before investigators had actually identified him. two sources now telling cnn authorities want to know the nature of that phone conversation and why she did not notify the police. investigators are also looking into a possible connection between tamerlan tsarnaevcanadi jihadist. he was killed last year by russian troops in dagestan, russia. tsarnaev was in the same area of dagestan when the shootout took place. our nic robertson traveled to the site of that deadly battle. >> in these mountains dagestan

rebels hide from russian forces. a trip into the unknown. we're on our way to the village where canadian boxer william plotnikov was killed in a gun battle with russian forces. a tiny town of 3,400 people. we've been given special permission to go into the grave hard. they are all traditional muslims here. plotnikov's grave not hard to find at the cemetery's edge, a place for strangers. he was a convert to islam. this does seem to be his grave. plotnikov, his father's name, born third of may 1989, died 14th of july 2012, last summer. the local imam tells me we have never seen him before. we didn't know anything about the rebels he was with.

his father came from canada and asked we bury him a muslim. indeed as i talk to local officials they all tell me the same, the rebels who joined lived out of town. when i asked if they'd ever seen alleged boston bomber tamerlan tsarnaev, they all tell me no. the toung mayor tells me i wish we could say we're safe, but since last summer we worried. so we take our cattle to the forest. on the edge of town they take us to the farm where plotnikov faced off with russian forces. they just opened the gate to let us in. this is the farm up here. fields are overgrown. looks like it's been deserted for a long time. there's vineyards over here. an orchard back up here. looks like a shot-up van over here. six other rebels died in the fire fight. two days later tsarnaev left the

region. the farm owner survived the battle. in his police confession he never mentioned tsarnaev. the father appears stuck in time, some of the clothes hanging up here, a camouflage t-shirt, camouflage hat, but on the wall this modern straw wall you can see the bullet holes up here and here. this official tells me they are trying to prevent such situations counselling vulnerable young men, trying to build the local economy. italians and israelis have just visited. both want to invest. amid such fertile fields and charm, easy to imagine a better life. but reality seems never far away. >> nic robertson is joining us now from dagestan. nic, excellent piece. have investigators found out if plotnikov had any contact with tamerlan tsarnaev when he was there for six months last year? >> wolf, if they have, they're

not making it public at the moment. and for investigative reasons you can imagine they may not want to do that. but there have been strong rumors, reports in some media here that plotnikov was detained by russian security forces when he came to dagestan in 2010 and at that time admitted knowing tamerlan tsarnaev. so there's a possibility of a connection there, but no one is saying -- being able to say here that the two of them actually met each other. but just what has people very suspicious here is obviously they both share the radical background of islam, one in boxing, one in canada, one in the united states. many things in common. but the fact tsarnaev fled or left very quickly two days after plotnikov was killed, that has officials here wondering was there a connection and what the nature of it was, wolf. >> he got out of there without even getting his new russian passport which supposedly was one of the reasons to get back there to begin with. he was clearly trying to get out

as quickly as he possibly could. we'll continue to investigate. nic robertson in dagestan for us doing an excellent job. still ahead, how a british man took a modified golf ball finder and actually convinced governments and militaries they could use it to detect bombs. stay with us. mom always got good nutrition to taste great. she was a picky eater. well now i'm her dietitian and last year, she wasn't eating so well. so i recommended boost complete nutritional drink to help her get the nutrition she was missing. and now she drinks it every day. well, it tastes great!

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one world trade center is about to get a little bit taller. the port authority just released this video of workers raising the final sections of the -- final sections of the spire to a temporary platform. it will be the tallest building in the western hemisphere when completed. can you imagine a country paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a bomb detector then finding out it's really just a cheap golf ball finder?

james mccormick going into the courtroom today. he was just sentenced to ten years in custody for making and selling fake bomb detectors. how could he fool entire nations into believing this device could be used for national security? our antika digs into this. >> ade 651 stood for advanced detection equipment and looked the part. neat black casing, swivel antenna said to detect everything from bombs to $100 bills and a card that indicated what the device had found. this is the man behind the device, james mccormick. in this video leading a training session on the ade 651 to police by a live mine field. but they don't work. british police say the ade651 is really the gopher. a novelty golf ball finder with the label removed. this device independent tests

show has no better than a random chance at finding a golf ball much less a bomb. >> these devices contain absolutely nothing inside. there's no laws of physics that these devices could work. he's a con man. absurd sales tactics to actually con governments, officials, private individuals actual money to buy these devices. >> mccormick spent 18 months as an entry level policeman in the liverpool area before becoming a salesman of radio equipment. in this training video to potential salesman in india, he had said "worked with explosives for british police." it's the made in the uk label that tipped people off. they found mccormick had components made separately and assembled them here at a cost of less than $60 each. he sold the devices to government agencies and private companies around the world.

in at least one case for as much as $300,000 a piece. iraq law enforcement agencies bought 6,000 of the devices. so just how much money did james mccormick make off this scam? an estimated $60 million to $80 million. and he spent $8 million on this historic home in england formerly owned by nicholas cage complete with a pool in the basement. he also bought a million-dollar y yacht and holiday homes in cypress and florida. >> we'll make sure his assets are confiscated and that we get the money back from him so he can't live a life of luxury from this crime. >> mccormick insists the devices do work, but he's been convicted of fraud. yet the ade651 is still in use in iraq and other countries.

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this applies only to the plan b one step pill. a federal judge ruled that the morning after birth control pill should be available over the counter to girls as young as 15. politically motivated emergency contraceptions are intended for use 72 hours after unprotected sex. a truly amazing story of survival and spirit. a woman who's face was destroyed by her ex-husband six years ago now has a new face and a new life. three months after her surgery, carmen spoke to reporters about her full face transplant. >> there is a lot to learn to take from horrific events that happen. i want others to know that they need not give up on healing themselves when tragedy strikes.

but instead they can make a choice to find the good and allow that to help them heal. >> our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen visited tarleton and her new boyfriend and heard their incredible story. >> carmen tarleton loved her husband, but when their marriage fell apart, he attacked her, dousing her with chemicals. deep burns on over 80% of her body. more than 50 surgeries saved her life, but doctors couldn't erase the scars. you're the head of a major burn unit. have you ever seen a burn injury like this? >> never. never seen anything like this. >> then doctors at brimham women's hospital in boston came up with an idea. how about taking a face from a woman who died and giving it to carmen? in a 15-hour surgery doctors replaced carmen's skin, muscles,

tendons and nerves with those from the donor. now for the first time carmen is revealing her new face three months after her surgery. how does it feel to go from having this horribly scarred face to having a face without scars? >> it's, well, it's a gift. i'm thrilled. i'm thrilled with what i've got. >> and she doesn't just have a new face. she also has a new man in her life. her piano teacher. >> so you walked in for a piano lesson and you got -- >> i got the love of my life. how lucky is that? >> he fell in love with carmen a few weeks before she got her new face. >> what about sheldon touched your heart? >> that he was able to see me through my scars at the time. >> i'll be honest with you, a lot of men couldn't handle all this. >> oh, i definitely know that. >> but sheldon. >> sheldon's different. >> sheldon, when you look at

carmen, what do you see? >> i see an incredible woman. i see a woman that loves strength, inner beauty and outer beauty. >> right now carmen doesn't have much control over her face. can you smile? >> little bit, yeah. >> doctors tell her it will keep getting better and better. >> he kisses me. i can't pucker and feel yet, but i am looking forward to that day because i know that day will come. so i am looking forward to it. >> what a story. elizabeth is joining us now. what an inspiration this woman is, elizabeth. can she see? how much can she see? >> she can see a bit, wolf. you might have noticed one eye was closed. and that eye is completely blind. but the other eye was taped, a little piece of tape holding it open. and the reason for that is that carmen can't open her eyelids on her own. doctors hope in the coming months they can remove that tape

and she'll be able to work her eyelids on her own. >> has she recovered emotionally from the attack? i guess that's going to be a very, very difficult. >> it has been difficult, but the attack was in 2007. and she says that she really has recovered as much as anyone could recover. she says a key part recovering from it emotionally was forgiving her ex-husband for dousing her. and i said how can you forgive him for doing something like that? and she said forgiveness isn't something you do for the other person, it's something you do for yourself so you can move forward. >> did he go to jail? what happened to him? >> he did. he's currently in prison and will be for a long time. >> i assume. all right. thanks very much. what an inspiring story that is. thanks elizabeth cohen. still ahead, a startling revelation from the 17th -- yes, the 17th century. turns out settlers from jamestown got so hungry during one bad winter they apparently resorted to cannibalism. stay with us. we've got the story. own.

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winter weather in spring. yes, it's may nd. this is what it looks like in parts of colorado, minnesota and wisconsin up to a foot of snow fell in some areas breaking records. snow also expected today in parts of nebraska and iowa. a tweet from seattle police says things have quieted down in that

city, but officers are still keeping a close watch on downtown areas to prevent more of this. this violence erupted at yesterday's may day protest. police say they had to use pepper spray and flash bang grenades against demonstrators who pelted officers with rocks, bottles, metal pipes and anything else they could get their hands on. eight officers were slightly injured, 17 people were arrested. and sad news from the music world. ♪ >> that was chris kelly during what's believed to be his last performance earlier this year in atlanta. kelly in the '90s rap group

"kriss kross" found unresponsive and later died at the hospital. rap single "jump." the duo famous for wearing their clothes backwards. police say they are investigating kelly's death as a possible drug overdose. he was only 34 years old. coming up in the next hour of "cnn newsroom," a 5-year-old boy accidentally kills his younger sister using a rifle he got for his birthday. we're going to have details of this tragic story. [ male announcer ] this is bob,

a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the risk of an afib-related stroke. there is limited data on how these drugs compare when warfarin is well managed. no routine blood monitoring means bob can spend his extra time however he likes. new zealand! xarelto® is just one pill a day, taken with the evening meal. and with no dietary restrictions, bob can eat the healthy foods he likes.

do not stop taking xarelto® rivaroxaban without talking to the doctor who prescribes it for you. stopping may increase your risk of having a stroke. get medical help right away if you develop any signs or symptoms of bleeding, like unusual bruising or tingling. you may have a higher risk of bleeding if you take xarelto® with aspirin products, nsaids or blood thinners. talk to your doctor before taking xarelto® if you currently have abnormal bleeding. xarelto® can cause bleeding, which can be serious, and rarely may lead to death. you are likely to bruise more easily on xarelto®, and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. tell your doctors you are taking xarelto® before any planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions, such as kidney, liver or bleeding problems. ready to change your routine? ask your doctor about once-a-day xarelto®. for more information including cost support options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com.

this is the "cnn newsroom," i'm wolf blitzer reporting in washington. let's begin this hour with special coverage of the boston bombings investigation and new information coming in. we now have confirmation that a key piece of evidence has been found. two federal law enforcement officials tell cnn the fbi has in fact recovered the laptop the bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev left in his dorm room. it's not clear how or when the fbi got the laptop, but one official says it was not found during the search of a landfill near the university of massachusetts dartmouth where he was a student. three of dzhokhar's buddies are accused of removing that laptop from the suspect's room along with a backpack and vaseline. the 19-year-olds were arrested yesterday. they're in custody of the fbi right now. their lawyers say their clients are cooperating w