thanks very much for watching, everyone. bye, bye. >> plus, who is the american sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in north korea? how did he end up there? and a woman declared dead. warned by her family for a decade. and then, out of the blue, appears. good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. we have new details about al qaeda's role in the deadly benghazi attacks that killed four americans. according to a senior u.s. law enforcement official, three or

four yemeni men from al qaeda took part in the terrorist attack on the american consulate in benghazi last september. u.s. officials knew it was a terrorist attack within 24 hours and that the terrorists were linked to al qaeda. but it is only now, nearly eight months after the deadly assault, that we're finally learning some details. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr is out front with the latest. obviously specifics here that there are three or four men, how they were related, what they were doing with al qaeda. why are we just learning this now? >> well, to be very blunt, erin, it's because cnn keeps asking the questions. our national security team, our executive editor, tim lister, keeping on this week after week, month after month. and what we now know is that law enforcement indeed has identified what they believe are three or four men that may have been involved in this. not just al qaeda, as you just

pointed out, quite correctly, but al qaeda from the arabian peninsula. that's al qaeda in yemen, one of the most dangerous al qaeda affiliates. nobody can tell us yet whether these men were already in libya for some period of time when the benghazi attack unfolded or whether they were sent in particularly to conduct this attack. but it's an indicator, al qaeda under pressure, al qaeda looking for targets, but al qaeda still able to move men around great distances, has planning and communications capability. it's something that should worry everybody, erin. >> absolutely, barbara. as everyone's tried to figure out where these men came from, according to the source that you and tim have been speaking to, these men were traced back, at least part of their trip to northern mali where i understand the trail went cold. what do they know about these guys? who are they? >> right. they don't know -- they don't -- we don't believe they know where they are right now, but let's go back to what you were saying. mali, of course, where you

traveled just a few months ago, one of the first to look at the al qaeda threat in north africa. viewers should remember that you were pointing out a good deal of this, one of the key al qaeda-related jihadist leaders in mali, it's believed these men in the benghazi attack may have communicated with him. that goes back to the central point you now have a al qaeda network spread not just across north africa but with possible connections back to yemen, back to pakistan, really, you know, this network still up and running and very much a matter of concern as they still try to make some arrests and solve the benghazi attack. erin? >> barbara, thank you very much. barbara starr reporting there on that significant development on the benghazi attacks. now our second story "outfront," an american sentenced to 15 years in a north

korean labor camp. the united states is asking the communist country to free 44-year-old kenneth bay of lingwood, washington, after sentencing him to 15 years of hard labor this week. now, bay operates tours in north korea, and you see him there. he's been detained since november. north koreans charged him with committing quote, unquote, hostile acts against the state. bay says he was in the country legally, though. and the timing of the sentencing raises serious questions about north korea's motives. the united states, of course, locked in a standoff with kim jong-un over his nuclear ambitions, and the regime there has a history of using detained americans as a bargaining chip. "outfront" tonight, cnn's dan rivers in seoul with the latest on the situation. dan, what can you tell us about kenneth bay? >> well, he is a naturalized u.s. citizen. he has been running towards into north korea from neighboring china for several years. he's never had any problems. we know he was there with a valid tourist visa. he went to the university of oregon. that's where he then became a naturalized citizen living in

washington state. for a while his mother lives in lingwood, washington state. his father still lives here in south korea. it's really a mystery, though, exactly why he's being charged with this attempt to topple the regime, as they're telling us. the whole trial took place very quickly in two days. he was sentenced to 15 years on the same day, and now officials in the united states are struggling to find out exactly what he's done and how they can get him free. >> dan, i know in 2009, the north koreans did something similar, taking two american journalists, one of whom is going to be with me in just a moment, captive, former president bill clinton was the one who ended up traveling to north korea. and without him, they would have been in a labor camp now. is kim jong-un trying to take a page out of his father's playbook? do exactly what his father did then? >> exactly. i think all the analysts we've spoken to have suggested exactly that. this is all part of a grand strategy by the new young leader, kim jong-un, to try and force the hand of the americans to get into some sort of direct

sort of negotiation with them, even if that's through a former president like bill clinton, possibly jimmy carter as well. he was involved with the release of another american in 2010, although his people telling me in the last 24 hours that he is not planning to go to north korea for this case. he's not been invited. it opens up the question, well, who is going to go in and sort this out and make sure kenneth bay is free? >> a crucial question. and if no one does, what happens? 15 years of hard labor? if anyone knows what it is like to be held captive by north korea, it is yu-na lee. she was in the communist nation for 140 days in 2009 after being detained with fellow journalist laura ling. the two were together working on a story about human trafficking between china and north korea when they were taken in custody. lee was kept in isolation, repeatedly interrogated and sentenced to 12 years hard labor for illegally entering the country and once again for quote, unquote, hostile acts. she was released after 4 1/2 months after former president clinton negotiated her freedom.

she's written a book about her ordeal called "the world is bigger now." and she is "outfront" tonight. and thank you very much. just even hearing that and reliving it. apparently there are, according to the state department, 130,000 people who are political prisoners, you know, google earth has shown us a sense of north korea where some of these camps might be. you came really close to going to one of these. what will happen to kenneth bay if he goes to a labor camp? >> according to -- from my research, it would be very hard for him. i remember how i had all these feelings, anger and frustration and humiliation that i was going through. and when i heard the verdict for 12 years, i was just crashing in front of the judges. and i just can't -- you know, you can just imagine being separated from your family. >> you have a daughter. >> yeah, my daughter was 4. and back then i could not believe i wouldn't see her until she turned 16. i'm sure it must be really hard for him to be separated from family and cannot have any communications. he's alone, by himself.

all the people who acts as guards probably are interrogators. >> we don't have many details about these camps. people like you who have gotten close to them or the people who have experienced it other than from satellites, some as large apparently as 200 square miles. and we went to look at camp 25, one of the ones we're apparently able to look at from the images. we've labeled these, viewers, but i'm just going to highlight some of them. gallos, reported crematory, prisoner housing. this makes it sound like a nazi concentration camp. and then another image of this camp 25, a close-up of the prison wall, where you can see the shadow of the barbed wire.

there's no way you could have been prepared to do this. i mean, i know you're thinking 12 years, and you and laura were separated. it's not like you had each other. >> no. yeah, we did not see each other until the day before we came home. just being -- having no news from the outside. and you don't know what's going on with your status. it's just fearful. it just gives you fear. i remember only resources, the only news i received was from letters from friends and family. even strangers who supported us. and that was so encouraging me to go one more day. and i hope people -- you know, i don't know how much we can do for him at this moment, but i hope people can write to him and encourage him and hope that he can come home.

and also, i hope that the leader of the prk will have it in his heart to free this man and pardon him on humanitarian grounds. >> as we said, his job was to lead tours to north korea, which he had done before. obviously, he could be going to these camps apparently now within ten days of his sentencing. they may move him quickly. they may not. it's unclear. what were your conditions like? i know you didn't end up going to the camp, but what were the conditions like? how did they take care of you in north korea? >> i wasn't mistreated physically, but my mental, like emotional status, was very unstable because you don't know tomorrow. i wasn't sure when i was going to go somewhere. >> so every day you thought, i could -- >> right. and they were discussing to move us, locate us to somewhere. i wasn't sure if it would be a labor camp or somewhere else. and worse than where i was detained. so i was just hoping that, please, do not relocate me anywhere else. if i leave this place, it will be home. that was my only hope. >> and now you're home.

>> yes. >> with your daughter. and we hope kenneth will have the blessing of that, too. >> i hope so, too. >> euna, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> for sharing your story. and still "outfront," investigators are looking into a possible human trafficking ring being run out of washington, d.c. and then should guns be marketed to kids younger than 10 years old? because guess what? they are. what if you thought your mother died a decade ago, and then suddenly she reappeared? a truly confounding and true story. and up next, live to the scene of a wildfire raging in california. homes and lives in its path. this is -- it's pretty incredible when you're able to see where our paul vercammen is when we come back. bloonk blank oh, boy. [ groans ] ♪ ♪

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>> this week, they're applying some of their most powerful voices to confront senators face-to-face. dana bash is out front with the story.

>> she's been trying unsuccessfully to see her sfat tor suns since she voted against it last month. this time, inviting cameras. >> i want him to look the mother in the eye who's lost a child. this week's senate issue to keep the gun control alive. earlier this week, the same group sent erica lafferty, daughter of don hurks, mpsbrunk to new hampshire.

>> supporters need to charng some half a dozen senate minds, going after republicans and democrats. >> montana's max baukus one of four senate democrats to vote no. a liberal group is trying to pressure him with this new ad, featuring a gun-owning grandmother. >> aimed my handgun at the door and waited. >> the nra isn't taking any for granted, pushing just as hard to keep those senators in their corner. >> gun control groups insist

senators who voted against expanding background checks, widely popular, are taking a hit against constituents. found flake the most unpopular senator in the country, prompting him to say on his facebook page that probably puts me somewhere just below pond scum. outside flake's office, karen tiebs holds up a letter flake wrote telling her "strengthening background checks is something we agree on." >> after receiving this letter, i would expect senator flake to look me in the eye and explain why he ignored me. >> a spokes won said the reason he agreed was it was written to broadly. i'm also told the senator is willing to obtain alternatives. there are discussions going onto revive gun legislation.

but to get the votes to pass, gun control advocates will have to accept something that is watered down. and it's an open question whether they're willing to do that. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> tonight, a family is trying to come to terms that the mother of a family is coming to terms that they thought she had died. she was going through a tough time, she was going through a divorce. then she disappeared. her family eventually declared her dead as her former husband told cnn today. >> we felt that perhaps he had been carjacked because of where the car was found. we never knew for sure. we really thought that she had died.

>> the now 53-year-old turned up in key largo, florida, this week. turned herself in looking frail, as you can see, with bleach blonde hair. she confessed to officers they traveled there on a whim, that day meeting a group of homeless hitchhikers in a park. >> she was pretty much at the end of her rope down there, living on the streets. i mean, i think she just has had it. her health wasn't good. and she was just tired of running. >> heist had two children who that day never thought they'd see their mother again. the children say they're shocked and angry to learn that their mother is alive. they've told their mother they are not ready to speak with her. heist's daughter tweeted, "i don't think anyone could understand my pain for the past 11 years, but i'm strong. and nothing, like brenda c. heist, will take me down." it's a tragedy that seems to get worse. heist's former husband who police even considered a suspect for a while in her disappearance told cnn he has no plans to speak to his ex-wife. as for brenda heist, police say she's expected to stay with her brother in florida and then move in with her mother in texas. still ahead, the latest on

the boston bombings. we have significant new developments tonight. what the bombers were really planning. apparently for something that could have killed a lot more people. and tamerlan tsarnaev's body claimed tonight. plus accusations that a diplomat in washington is running a human trafficking ring. and later, why did reese witherspoon lie? our third story "outfront," questions about slavery in a saudi diplomat's home. two women have now been taken from the saudi defense attache's multimillion-dollar home in suburban washington, d.c. and federal authorities have launched an investigation into possible human trafficking. tom foreman is "outfront" with the story. >> reporter: in this $3 million guarded compound, federal officials say a saudi diplomat stands accused by two filipino women of holding them against their will, taking their passports and forcing them to work long hours without pay. the women, domestic workers, were removed by u.s. officials who are now investigating in a stunned neighborhood. >> that is so sad to think that somebody had to cry for help in some way. >> reporter: saudi officials

aren't talking, but the u.s. state department has long had human trafficking issues with saudi arabia, one of the richest countries in the world. u.s. officials say in typical cases, wealthy families recruit low-wage domestic workers from places like bangladesh, pakistan and nigeria with promises of good jobs. but they subsequently face conditions of involuntary servitude including restrictions on movement, withholding of passports, threats, physical or sexual abuse, and nonpayment of wages. and when those families come to the u.s., it gets trickier. tiffany williams handles human trafficking issues for the national domestic workers alliance. >> on the surface, it's an excellent opportunity for domestic workers and women to be able to travel to the united states to support their families. >> reporter: some wealthy family says we need your help, we'll pay you. sploo absolutely. it could be great. the problem is when it's not great, it tends to be really

bad. >> reporter: for example in colorado in 2006, a saudi man was convicted of sexually assaulting his indonesian housekeeper and enslaving her for four years. in florida in 2001, a saudi princess was accused of pushing her maid down a flight of stairs. >> translator: i'm so afraid. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the princess left the country, pled no contest, and was fined $1,000. prosecuting such cases can be remarkably hard. sometimes the accused have diplomatic immunity, and sometimes the accusers, the victims, are so isolated, no one even knows they are in trouble. erin? >> tom foreman, thank you very much. a story that we are going to continue covering on this show. "outfront" next, who claimed the body of tamerlan tsarnaev? it was claimed late today, and some late-breaking details on the investigation including a piece of evidence the fbi says was hidden from them and where exactly the bombs were made. plus, a big development in the case of ricin sent to the president of the united states. a wrongly accused elvis impersonator, another person arrested, and yes, it has gotten

stranger. there are more charges tonight. and tonight's shout-out, a giant rubber duck. we wanted to show this to you for scale. that's hong kong harbor. this boat -- i'm sorry, bird -- is a 54 foot tall bright yellow inflatable duck. it appeared today with those adorable children in victoria harbor. now, it's an oversized bath toy, but it arrived in hong kong as part of a free public art exhibit that ends on june 9th. the duck sure beats the other inflatable art exhibit in hong kong. that art -- no, at least the rubber duck is headed to the united states soon to a location to be determined.

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fourth story "outfront," breaking news coming in the past few moments. a u.s. law enforcement official tells cnn the bombs detonated at the boston marathon were built in the apartment, a small apartment, where tamerlan tsarnaev lived with his wife and child. and that the initial plan was to carry out the attack on july 4th. let's get right to deb feyerick in boston. deb, why did they move up the attack date? >> reporter: what's so

interesting, cnn's susan candiotti has learned from a law enforcement official that in fact one of the reasons they moved up attack dates is simply that the bomb was ready, and that information is apparently coming through questioning of the younger brother, dzhokhar. he said the bombs were meant to be ready for july 4th, but since they were ready sooner, they decided to step up their attack. it's always been a question as to where they built these devices. but now that u.s. law enforcement official telling susan candiotti that in fact they were built in this apartment. and it was a small apartment where both the -- where tamerlan and his brother, dzhokhar, both of them lived with the wife and the child. and so all of that looking -- being looked at very closely, erin. >> obviously raising a lot of questions. we'll talk to aaron pike given the new information. the bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, everyone was wondering would he actually be claimed?

finally the body was claimed from the massachusetts medical examiner's office two weeks after he died following that shootout with police. our boston affiliate is reporting that this is the funeral home van. you can see there in which tsarnaev's body was taken. our crew witnessed a police escort at the entryway as the van left. and we've reached out to the funeral home. they have so far refused comment. but deb, what more do we know about the body and who actually claimed it? >> reporter: well, we actually don't know who claimed it. what's interesting is that catherine russell, the widow, has said she didn't want the body. she wanted the body to be returned to the family. and we reached out to several family members. we know that he's got an uncle in maryland, a sister in new jersey, another one in boston, an aunt in toronto. of course, the body could potentially be flown overseas where his parents are right now.

but the funeral home not releasing any indication as to who picked up the body or where it's going next. we do know that the death certificate is going to be filed likely tomorrow on friday and at that time we'll know what the cause of death is. you have to remember he died following a brutal shootout with police officers who found him not long after he killed -- allegedly killed a massachusetts police officer. so right now we are looking into who has the body, but it doesn't appear that it's his widow, catherine russell. >> thank you very much, deb feyerick. and his widow, catherine russell, now obviously a crucial player here. as we have the breaking news deb was just reporting, that dzhokhar tsarnaev has now told investigators, according to our susan candiotti, that that bomb was built in that small cambridge apartment in which tamerlan lived with his widow, catherine russell, and their young daughter. it was a small apartment. the bombs were built there. did she know anything about the bombings before or after the fact? aaron mcpike has been following

every step katie russell has been taking at her home in rhode island. erin, given this new news about where the bombs were built in this small apartment, do authorities know if katie russell knew anything about that? >> reporter: erin, as you know, they continue to meet with her. investigators were at her attorney's office this morning. and katie russell was at her attorney's office until about 10:30 this morning. now, erin, i can also tell you that katie russell's attorney told cnn today that they still don't have any answers yet about whether that dna, that female dna, that was found on the bombs in boston catches katie russell's dna. he did, however, say that if it was her dna, it wouldn't necessarily incriminate her -- or it wouldn't incriminate her, really, because of course if you're married to someone, your

dna is all over their workplace, too. still no answers from her, and they continue to meet with her, erin. >> and at this point, do you have any sense of, you know, where she's been going? our understanding is obviously she didn't claim the body, but do you have any understanding of whether she's had any contact with anyone else and the tsarnaev family or not? >> reporter: well, erin, on tuesday afternoon, one of the tsarnaev brothers' uncles, his uncle from maryland, was at her attorney's house. now, i don't know if that uncle actually spoke to catherine, but he was here in rhode island where he does not live. i do know, erin, that katie, after she left her attorney's office today around 10:30, she didn't come back to her house until about 3:00 this afternoon. usually there's a good idea where she's going because she's constantly being monitored by federal agents. but there is a big gap in her day today, erin, so we're not sure just yet. as deb mentioned, she did make clear on tuesday that she wants the remains released to the tsarnaev family and not to her. >> thank you very much, erin

mcpike reporting from rhode island on catherine russell. well, today we also learned an important piece of evidence in the case is now in fbi custody. and that is dzhokhar tsarnaev's laptop. this was given to investigators by one of tsarnaev's three friends. they were arrested yesterday. and we're learning more about those friends and their friendship with dzhokhar. brian todd spent the day today in north dartmouth where two of the suspects lived and where all three attended school at one point with dzhokhar. >> reporter: they could relate to one another from the start. russian speakers, immigrants trying to assimilate into american life. but one of them had been at it longer, and the other two gravitated toward him. dzhokhar tsarnaev's friends and acquaintances say was fully americanized, could move easily in different circles. but the other two from kazakhstan struggled with english and with school here at dartmouth. his lawyer says he befriended tsarnaev because tsarnaev had been in the u.s. for a long time, spoke english well and knew the ropes. but a fellow student at umass

dartmouth a the two kazakh students could still create a stir on their own. they liked to get noticed? >> yes. i mean, they had a black car, and i saw their car multiple times last semester. and it was very noticeable because they played loud music in their cars. and they used to screech their tires all the time. i felt that they wanted to be noticed. >> reporter: this one didn't know the other suspect but says he knew the others from parties they all went to. what were they like socially? >> they were social animals. they used to dance. they used to drink. they used to like to play games together with other people. >> reporter: what kind of games? >> like fifa. >> reporter: video games. in the criminal complaint, he said he repeated liz visited tsarnaev's home and met his family members. they once set off fireworks on

the banks of the river with tsarnaev and that tsarnaev told the two kazakhs a month before the marathon attack that he knew how to make a bomb. but there's no indication that any of the three arrested students knew about the marathon plot. before he was accused of obstruction, his father said he couldn't be involved. >> translator: we were shocked. everyone knows my son. he's never fought anyone. he's never been in touch with any radicals. >> reporter: they were in the class of 2011 at cambridge high school. all four young men enrolled at umass-dartmouth later that year. in a video we believe he posted on youtube, he describes his background in cambridge. >> i grew up in a very mild-mannered way of living. i wasn't too poor, wasn't too rich, just average guy. >> reporter: now friends are trying to piece together how three average guys got caught up with the marathon bombing investigation and may wind up in prison. was it a calculated attempt to deceive investigators? he thinks it may have been just a clumsy effort to help a

friend. >> they might have been scared initially because they're international students. they may have panicked. >> reporter: and their arrest has unsettled this small college once again. less than two weeks after law enforcement agencies swarmed this campus and evacuated it right around the time of dzhokhar's capture. >> thanks very much to you, brian. "outfront," a 5-year-old boy shot accidentally and killed his 2-year-old sister. meanwhile, guns are marketed to kids in this country including this one dubbed "my first rifle." should those ads be banned? plus tonight's "outtake," reese witherspoon apologized for her tirade, but does it add up? ishares incomes etfs. low cost and diversified. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing.

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we're back with an "outfront" update. james everett dutschke accused of sending ricin-laced letters to president obama. he'll remain in jail without an opportunity for bail. it was also ruled that a federal grand jury will determine what charges he'll face. authorities initially arrested an elvis impersonator. in a separate case, dutschke is also facing child molestation charges. even if those charges aren't presented to the jury in the ricin case, paul cowan, our legal analyst, tells us that the charges given the publicity could end up hurting him significantly. an update on another story we've been following. we've learned the walt disney

company has stopped production of its merchandise in bangladesh. now, its decision was not a response to last week's devastating building collapse but to a series of factory fires in the country last fall. which we reported on at the time. disney sent a letter to vendors in march telling them to discontinue production in quote, unquote, high-risk countries of which bangladesh is one. other companies are reacting as well, but the problem is this. safety doesn't trickle down to subcontractors. it will be business as usual. you may think you're buying a well-produced piece of clothing that wasn't built in a horrible place for no money by children, but you'd be wrong. according to one human rights group, bangladeshi garment workers earn the lowest wages on earth. and now to tonight's "outer circle" where we reach out to sources around the world. tonight i want to go to syria where a top government official is denying using chemical weapons against its people. chuck hagel said the united states is rethinking its policy to not arm the syrian opposition. cnn's fred pleitgen sat down

with the information minister. i asked fred what he had to say about the violence. >> reporter: erin, there's more and more fighting going on in and around the damascus area, but also in other parts of syria. and the syrian military says it's making strategic gains. at the same time, of course, there are still those allegations of chemical weapons use. today i was able to speak to syria's information minister, and he said his government did not use chemical weapons. he claims it's islamists fighting with the opposition for using them and he says that countries like the united states and turkey are responsible for those weapons getting into syria. erin? >> thank you, fred. i want to check in with anderson coop we are a look at what's coming up on "a.c. 360."

>> we're going to be reporting more on the breaking news that the bombers planned to set off their devices on july 4th. we'll speak to susan candiotti who broke the news.

i mean, that website, what is that, baby's first rifle? do we have baby's first foundry, baby's first combine? really? have we lost our minds collectively? you can lose a dog, erin, i'm a dog rescue person. if you treat a dog inappropriately, it can be taken from your home. in what way is this appropriate parenting? let's start with that. >> gail, what's the answer to that? i mean, you know, you are teaching children who are hopefully going to grow up to use guns responsibly. some parents might say this is how you teach. >> no, absolutely not how you teach. but the cultural reality is that the number one marketer of guns to minors is hollywood. and the creators of violent video games, they're the number two marketer to children. and so we really need as a culture to be looking at the influence of our media, our hollywood, the video games that

we have and what influence that has in attracting children to guns. we need to address that. this advertisement and this company, this is a flea bite on this issue. >> what did that have to do with this? what did that have to do with this? you really think it's wise to arm a 5-year-old? you think it's wise to market guns to 5-year-olds? >> no, i don't. >> pink laminate? >> james bond, all these movies, the terminator, these movies that the kids are watching and the video games that teach them >> what do video games have to do with this? >> it has everything to do with this. this little company company that has a little advertisement has nothing to do with the culture of violence that america is facing right now. >> you know, five-year-old, it's

very difficult for anyone to understand. when i was growing up, i had boys who were 10 or 11 and went hunting with their fathers. hunting was a lifestyle. now that may be crazy in some places, but to others, it isn't. some people will say to your point of view, if you're talking about accidental deaths for children, according to the latest government statistics, more than 7,000 chern died in motor vehicle accidents. >> is that okay, erin? 90 prnt of people say that wouldn't have helped newtown.

>> should we ban advertising on residential swimming pools? young children have a greater risk of dying in a residential swimming pool. and no one would suggest banning advertising for residential swimming pools. you can't take a complex issue like background checks. >> gail, that is not correct. you are more likely to kill a friend or a family member. you make it sound like everybody is killing everybody. >> you are talking over each otherment i love the tension, but let me just ask you this question. at what age would you allow a child to have a gun.

>> at what ajt are you saying you should have a gun? >> i'm not saying no one should have a gun? but what person says it's okay to market guns to five-year-olds. the only time they talk, the only solution is more funds. only if the 2-year-old were armed, that would be a better solution? this is crazy. >> it's easy for obama and his friends who get big contributions to look the other way at the true marketer of guns to minors. >> thanks very much to both of you. i appreciate it. obviously a conversation that will continue. >> every night, we take a look outside the day's top stories. today, reese witherspoon found

herself in trouble. including saying do you know who i am? this morning, she made her first public statement about the incident on good morning america. >> it's one of those nights. we went out to dinner in atlanta and had one too many glasses of wine and thought we were fine to drive and we were absolutely not. i saw him arresting my husband and i literally panicked. we are taking responsibility and doing everything in our power to make it right. >> now, that is an apology. you can't defend her behavior, but that is the way an apology should be. everyone needs to say sorry, you can learn something from reese,

including, perhaps, these people. >> i've asked all for their forgiveness. >> i thought it was time that you heard dreblgtly from me that i'm sorry. >> i'm very, very sorry. >> first i want to apologize. >> all i can say is i apologize. >> what did you think of reese's apology? who do you think still owes america an apology? >> still to come, a soup kitchen that will only serve people with citizenship. the essay is next. but what matters with mistakes is what we learn. we learned a very simple thing. to listen to you. to hear what you need to make your life more beautiful. come back to jcpenney. we heard you. now we'd love to see you.

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