"piers morgan live," welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. the latest on the boston bombing. the u.s. official said the suspects planned to carry out the attacks on july 4th, but the bombs were ready earlier than expected. and that u.s. official also said dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev built the explosives in the cambridge apartment. a lot more coming up. also, breaking in the west, a wildfire destroying thousands of acres across southern california. the images are extraordinary and authorities there say the situation's getting worse by the minute. a live report coming up. and tonight in the chair, a truly unbelievable story of a woman found alive after being declared dead. 11 years ago, brenda heist

abandoned her family and vanished without a trace. now she suddenly resurfaced. what will her husband and daughter tell her? tonight they join me live in the studio. and they have company, the husband's new wife will also be with them. i've put that question to ben shapiro on the grill tonight. we begin, though, with the breaking news on the boston bombings and word the suspects wanted to strike on independence day. deb feyerick is live in boston with more. another dramatic development in this. that the boston marathon was their plan "b" if you'd like. these two brothers originally planned to strike as possibly a suicide attack on independence day. tell me more about that. >> reporter: one law enforcement official who has talked to susan candiotti, apparently dzhokhar tsarnaev told investigators that he was being questioned by them following the arrest. he apparently told them that july 4th was plan "a," that's what they were thinking about doing.

they were thinking about using some sort of device like a suicide -- the question is whether the evidence was actually recovered or whether they went and found plan "b," which were the devices, the pressure cooker devices they ended up using, but apparently they were able to build them and build them quickly and therefore they moved up their attacks to the boston marathon, a daytime attack. piers? >> his interrogation revealed more information about the kind of videos they've been watching involving some radical clerics. what can you tell me about that part of it? >> well, there are. there have been -- and investigators have been looking at a computer that allegedly belonged to dzhokhar tsarnaev, it was taken by one of his friends, the only friend that seems to have spoken to him the night they fled. they were looking at the various videos online, who he communicated with. and there are, i'm being told that there are a number of interviews, a number of videos in which they are looking at

training videos. so all of that right now is being looked at very closely by investigators. piers? >> deb, the body of tamerlan tsarnaev has been claimed. i believe working on the assumption that the tsarnaev family, possibly an uncle, is that right? >> reporter: well, that is one of the possibilities. we are told is that the body was picked up, we believe it was picked up in that van that you see that left the medical examiner's office today at about 5:25. the wife said she did not want that body. the body belongs to the family. we are told that an uncle had stepped forward to say that, yes, he would take the body. we don't know if he's the one that took it, the aunt in toronto or the sister in new jersey. the medical examiner would not release any information nor for that matter would the funeral home which is about 40 miles south of here, piers. >> thank you very much, indeed. the second anniversary of

the death of osama bin laden. and today an inspiring sight. a flag hoisted to the top of one world trade center, towering symbol of hope and strength as america continues the war on terror. joining me now dan rather. dan, great to see you again. >> good to see you. >> this boston bombing investigation, taken so many twists and turns in the last week or so. what do you think we're really dealing with here? could it be as simple as two radicalized young brothers working alone in one of their homes building bombs off the internet? or do you fear it's something linked to extremists in a wider circle of dangerous people? >> well, first of all, it certainly could be what you described. just two young men on their own. i fear it may be more than that. we need to let this play itself out, let the investigators continue their investigations.

i would say the early indications are, at least in terms of the elder brother, there was a foreign connection. whether that is directly tied to the bombing, or not, we'll see. when these things happen frequently, the first things we hear. maybe the first things we suspect are generally wrong. and that has been the case often in this situation. and i'll be surprised if it doesn't happen. my own suspicion based on what little we know, what we think we know is it was more than just the two of them operating as you will as independent contractors. >> the real fear here, dan, it could trigger a sort of new phase of the war on terror. we've had war in iraq, war in afghanistan, and now it's come home to america with young radicalized youths who may be

living here for quite some time in perfectly normal circumstances from what we can see being turned either when they go back home or by other fundamentalists and committing atrocities on american soil. how do we deal with that? it's two years after bin laden was killed this week. how do you deal with this new menace of young people who haven't been picked up on many radars before doing this kind of thing? >> well, very difficult. i do think you've described part of a new reality for america and americans in the 21st century. that we are open arms welcoming people into the country, young people grow up here, but the potential for home grown terrorism, if you will, sometimes linked to foreign interests, sometimes not has grown, let's face it since 9/11 and continues growing. we can talk about continuing the war on terror and certainly had our victories and triumphs, made progress on that, osama bin laden dead.

but that old saying that vigilance is the price of freedom has seldom been more apt than it is today. this kind of situation that we've seen with these brothers in boston, there are other cases in this country. where young people, particularly young people come here, turn against the country. they get inspired, motivated at the very least by evil people on foreign soil. and it's just part of the reality that we're going to have to deal with i fear for decades to come. >> there's another link today to benghazi and al qaeda. several men took part in the terrorist attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound. people like the senator saying this is another -- illustration. that you combine with benghazi and boston and the fbi and cia and others should have been on both of these cases a lot better than they were.

do you think they're right to level that criticism? >> i think to the degree the criticism is warranted. keep in mind, piers, i've known a lot of people in american intelligence over the years. they have a tremendous challenge to keep intelligence up to date. i think some of the criticism leveled about benghazi. >> the fbi has tried to stay up to date on these things. >> the other big challenge right now is syria, of course, which has been in the background if

you like the boston story, but clearly some atrocities going on there and continue to be going on there. the civil war has cost 70,000 people their lives. chuck hagel, the defense secretary says that the u.s. is rethinking whether to arm the syrian rebels. is that a good move for america, you think, to do something of that nature? >> my personal opinion, yes. time to very easy to get into these situations and once you're into them, it's extremely difficult to get out. read, iraq, read, afghanistan. and for those, every person who criticizes president obama for being slow to get into syria, particularly in the early stages when there was request for no-fly zone and passage areas, some of that criticism may be warranted. but, again, there are limits to power. and the united states of america from time to time has to be

reminded of the limits of power. we can't help everybody every place all over the world. now, in answer to your question about syria. it's my understanding that the israelis, for example are very concerned about trying to arm the rebels, help the rebels with their weaponry. because the question of who are these rebels? how many are al qaeda connected if any? what kind of government would happen to syria if we did go in? these are huge questions and we need to have a national debate about it. >> the big question is where this red line on chemical weapons in particular is drawn. the white house to u.s. senators assessed with varying degrees of confidence that assad's government used a chemical agent sarin on a small scale. they have emphatically denied this. but if it turns out there is unequivocal evidence of sarin use, they have used weapons of

mass destruction, chemical weapons and so on, obama would have to do something, wouldn't he? >> i don't know he would have to do something. the argument that he may have made an error in putting that red line in place may be a valid argument. but this is such serious business. i understand the question. i understand that the dilemma that not only the president of the united states is in but our country is in that you say, look, if they use chemical weapons, that's a red line and there'll have to be a price for that. but, again, what do we do? a no-fly zone sounds easy, but the first time an american aircraft is down, an effort to rescue the pilot, i just come back to you have to be careful what you get into because getting out of it is extremely difficult. this syrian situation, when i say we need a national debate, we really haven't had a national debate about it. do we think that u.s. interests are such in syria that we need

to go in and/or do we think that for humanitarian reasons we need to go in? big, big question, i wish i had the answers, i don't. >> all right. it's very, very complicated. dan rather, thank you so much as always. and you've got exclusive footage from afghanistan featuring the deal for the life of a 6-year-old girl, tuesday may 7th at 8:00 p.m. eastern on axs television. a southern california wildfire, hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze as it inches closer to populated areas. evacuation underway right now. with us now is paul white. thank you for joining me. tell me what is going on right now where you are. >> reporter: well, right now the fire has left my home and it's on adjoining hills. i was very fortunate this morning to find a house, three

very cool, very confident firefighters were relaxing and watching two or three-story flames in the back of my home. they then lit backfires and controlled it around my home and left when there was less danger. when i left this morning, there were nine acres of shrubbery due to be cleared out tomorrow by weed abatement and brush removal agency. and when i got home, there were none left. it all burnt down. so a day late, but can't predict fires out here. >> extraordinary. >> i'm very fortunate. >> from what you can see, mr. white, is it fear it's getting much worse very quickly? or do you feel like they're getting it under control? >> well, i don't have much experience with fire. so when i pulled up to my home and i'm seeing flames in the back of the house, your natural response is adrenal and fear.

but coming up on the fireman, they were quite cool and collected and felt they had a 95% control of the whole situation. very reassuring to meet people like that. people that are professional and know what they're doing. put me at ease. i remained on-site figuring if they were going to leave, i would be leaving too. they said that's probably a good plan. got pretty smokey and a little warmer than the 90 degrees. but my shrubbery is all cleared up. my house is still standing thanks to them. >> you hear the helicopters going. an extraordinary job done. it's amazing work they do. has the wind changed at all, mr. white? do you feel it's moving away now from the populated areas? or is there fear that other houses are coming to into its radar? >> if you're asking me what's going on surrounding, the wind has been swirling today.

it's changed directions a few times, made it more challenging for the firefighters. there's not a lot of -- well, there's a lot of old growth, but i think it's all brush and not a lot of big trees, so they were able to control it a little better than if it were larger structures. my understanding is no homes have gone up at this point and mine being included in that number makes me very grateful. right now they're still doing some work on the backside here. i think it's less homes and more open ground out toward the ocean. it's about two miles out to the ocean from here. and it's mostly very rugged. and i'm sure they're having trouble accessing it and using their planes and helicopters. they had used a pond in my backyard just off my property and it was interesting to watch them dip down and load up after the burnoff had occurred. still have animals running around, fortunately, that

survived the fire. and glad my family's well and so am i and the house is still standing. >> yeah. it's great that you had a very lucky escape. i'm very grateful to you and for joining me after all this. and i wish you and the family all the best as all this continues. thank you for joining me. >> a chance to sound off on tonight's big story and other news of the day. tweet your questions to me @piersmorgan. i'll respond at the end of the show. coming up next, an unbelievable story. a wife missing a decade and declared dead. the interview coming up next. man: how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made.

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there were people in the neighborhood who would not allow their children to play with my children because of what they perceived i might do. and that hurt me more than just about anything else. >> this is a truly shocking and moving story. that was lee heist talking about becoming a suspect in his wife's disappearance in 2002. and in a remarkable twist, brenda heist who has not been seen by her family in more than a decade and declared legally dead turned herself into police last friday. she admitted walking out on her husband and two children living as a homeless vagrant the entire time. mr. heist, this is a really remarkable story.

and i've got to say from the start, i've read all about this today and my heart goes out to you and your children. because i cannot imagine much worse than the experience you've been through. your wife disappears, their mother disappears, you're left to pick up the pieces. and you're considered to be the suspect. tell me your feelings when the detective who was the original detective on this story rang you to tell you that your life you presumed was dead was still alive. >> well, i was on a friday evening, it was about 8:30. and the detective called and said i have some news for you and told us he'd like to meet with us. and so he asked for my daughter and myself to come with him and meet with the detective at -- restaurant.

>> a restaurant. >> yeah. yeah. and so we did, and about little after 10:30, 9:30, we met him and started out with small talk because we know him and then jeff came right to it and said your ex-wife is alive. and we were both very shocked. my daughter immediately became -- i guess the word is um -- >> emotional. >> yes, emotional. >> i should point out to the viewers watching this that your daughter is with you as is your new wife, because you remarried. clearly incredibly shocking for you, mr. heist. in terms of your emotions, they must be so conflicted. this is a woman you were married to.

you were getting divorced at the time she disappeared. let me ask you this, do you believe her story? do you believe that she, as she claims, was upset in a local park and two people came along, got talking to her and said come hitchhiking with us and she did and ended up just living homelessly in florida? do you believe that? >> at the time i did. having heard that this past day or so, i've heard some conflicting reports as more evidence comes in. it appears that this may not be the same. >> you were able to remarry because your wife was declared dead. now that she's turned up alive, do you know what the legal position is with your second marriage?

>> yes. i am legally divorced from my first wife. i think it's been about five years since the divorce that i found -- that i met my wife. so i think it's perfectly legitimate. >> let me turn to you, morgan, because i've been reading your twitter feed today. in fact, the last few days since we discovered your mother was alive after all. and you've been, to put it mildly, very angry and very upset, which i don't blame you for at all. you were, i think, 8 years old when your mother disappeared. tell me how you felt then and tell me how you feel now. >> um, i think when i was 8, i didn't really know what to feel. i mean, i was -- i felt -- i felt she would come home because that year i made her a mother's day card.

so obviously i thought in the back of my mind she was coming back. and now, i mean, now i have a lot of different emotions. i'm mad. so -- >> do you want to see her? >> as of right now i don't. i don't think she deserves to see me. so i don't really have any plans on going to see her. >> what do you feel about the fact she just left you all -- left your father to bring you up and never called anyone, never called her parents, never called your father, never called you and your brother. didn't call anybody. just literally disappeared for 11 years. what does that make you feel? >> that makes me really mad. i can't believe she would do that because she was a good mom. she was and she was there. she was great. but, i mean, i guess something happened. something snapped in her. and she couldn't do it anymore and my dad could.

>> we'll take a short break and talk about this extraordinary story and also talk to cindy heist who is lee's new wife, not so new now. but i want to get your feelings, as well, cindy. let's come back after the break and discuss a truly remarkable story. [ male announcer ] you think you know me.

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and after the disappearance. on the left is how you remember her. on the right is how she is now having surrendered herself. what was your reaction when you saw the new picture of your mother? >> it was definitely hard. i cried real bad because she's not -- that's not how i remember her. i mean, i thought she was so pretty. and she kept herself so well and then that picture just took me through a spin. >> one of your tweets said you hope she rots in hell, and i can understand why you feel so angry. do you think your anger will calm enough to be more rational, or do you think it's beyond redemption or apology? >> i hope to eventually forgive her one day for myself not for her. but i eventually hope to forgive her and move on with my life. >> cindy, must be a very difficult situation for you too. you married lee believing he was

not only divorced but also in the last few years his wife was almost certainly dead. that was what everyone assumed. how did you feel when you heard what had happened? >> i was really shocked. that's not something i ever expected to hear. >> do you feel -- i'm trying to picture how you would feel, how your emotions are. you obviously never knew her. she was just this person that had been a part of lee's history. but now she's alive and she may well want to see lee again. how would you feel about that? >> that's a decision that he will have to make if he chooses to see her, you know, that's fine. they were married. but, again, that's his decision to see if he wants to or not. >> lee, it is your decision. how do you feel about that question?

it's the big question, i guess. do you want to see her again? this is a woman that abandoned you but has now turned up alive 11 years later. >> no. at this point, i don't see where it would do any good for either of us to see her again. i think that letting it go where it is, now the kids are different, but as far as me, i don't think so. >> well, my heart does go out to all of you, incredibly difficult situation. it must have been a hell of a shock. and i wish you all the best in going forward. thank you to lee, morgan and cindy heist. a really remarkable story. thank you for joining me. still ahead, marketing guns to kids. we'll get to that. and breaking the news with reese witherspoon's arrest and the amazing video showing it all going down.

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i mean, it's just tragic. >> the uncle of a 2-year-old girl shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother with a rifle given to him for his birthday. welcome back to you, mr. shapiro. >> thanks for having me. >> i've missed you. >> i thought maybe you were going to deport yourself after the gun control thing. >> no, your attempts to get me deported failed. >> i wanted you to stay. you're so fun. >> let's turn to something serious. this 5-year-old boy shooting and killing his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he'd been given. now, in kentucky where this happened, it's legal to do this. what i want to do is play a commercial, this is by cricket who makes these rifles and market them to these kids. let's watch this. >> where are you going? >> shoot my new cricket rifle. >> i wish i had one. >> my first rifle. a moment you never forget. the cricket is the perfect way

to get young and small frame shooters started right. with the safety promoting design, it's soft shooting, affordable, and accurate. girls and even mom will love the way they can pick one to their own taste. start your own tradition, cricket. >> i mean, look, i'll be honest with you, i thought this was a spoof. i really did. i cannot believe this is genuinely deliberate targeted advertising and majoritying to give 5-year-olds rifles. what is your view? >> the parents are making some, you know, interesting decisions, bad decisions, of giving a 5-year-old a gun. it is illegal as far as i know for a 5-year-old to walk into a gun shop and pick up a gun. the problem i think is broader than just this. if we're going to go to any kind of cultural implement that encourages kids to own guns, then we'll have to go straight to hollywood and i'm not sure that people want to go there. most people that want to own guns do so because they watch "die hard" or a movie with guns.

>> but it's illegal of a kid of 5 to watch a lot of these violent movies. >> that's true. although some of the pg movies have guns in them. >> back in britain, expect that. the only thing like that you'd ever see would be toy guns. kids have toy guns and this is known to be a toy, doesn't fire real bullets. this tragedy happened because these parents believed it was perfectly normal to give their 5-year-old kid a rifle. and i just find it unconscionable. >> well, i find it unconscionable on the part of the parents. as far as the advertiser goes, i'm not -- >> should it be banned that kind of advertising? >> i think there's an argument to be made in favor of that, but i think the broader argument is not about situations like this. these situations happen and they're horrifying, but the real issue has to come down to what happened in chicago. i follow your twitter feed, piers and i notice you tweeted a couple of times about this particular story.

i didn't see any tweets about, for example, 20 people being shot yesterday in chicago. >> well, i tweeted before about chicago. chicago is a particularly awful situation. that's got to be dealt with. >> can you focus on the central problem then? >> we're focusing about this. we've done gun control in an animated way. you agree with me, then, you would bring in a form of gun control, which would be prohibiting companies like cricket from targeting young people with guns? >> i'm fairly certain the liability law covers this. if you advertise, for example, you have a pool and someone advertises someone diving into the pool and someone dives into the pool and breaks their neck, you can sue for that. if they show these guns being safer than they are, there's advertising liability already. i'm not sure you need a specific law directed on that. >> the ongoing debate. last time i interviewed you, you said you're in favor of background checks. >> i am.

>> why is it that even background checks can't get passed by congress? what is going on? >> well, they're not effective, unfortunately. the concept of background checks is generally a good one. we want to weed out people who are responsible from people who are irresponsible or criminals. unfortunately, in california we have universal background checks and they have not been even close to effective. the idea that government has the ability to really do that sort of weeding out with a universal background check, i wish it were true. unfortunately -- not that easy. in concept, i'd like to see a plan implemented that actually works. >> there's a poll that's come out. this is a university poll said that 29% of americans agree with in the next few years an armed revolution might be necessary in order to protect our liberties. additional 5% were unsure about that. a third of americans genuinely believe they need to be armed to possibly rise up against some form of tyranny. why? >> because that is the fundamental basis of the american freedom. that's always been -- >> where would the tyranny come from? >> the government. >> barack obama's government? >> not barack obama's government. i don't believe that barack obama is a tyrannical leader.

>> whose government? >> i couldn't name you a name. it's not a matter of who is in charge -- >> you personally believe that you will need in the next few years, it says, you will need to have weapons to take on your own government? >> i don't believe in the next few years. i believe there's always the possibility of government tyranny. i don't see that happening in the next two years. i do think, piers, i think the reason there are so many folks talking about the possibility of government tyranny is threefold really. the obama administration's increasing reliance on big government. i think it's folks like alex jones who did this routine where every time they shut down a city like boston it's the end of the world and military law. and honestly, i think folks like you, piers because, you know, you go out of your way to really give the impression that you're interested in taking away people's fundamental right to bear arms and i think that scares a lot of folks. >> i'm not against the right to bear arms, i'm seriously against the right of having military style assault weapons to blow

people away in a school. >> you said you're against assault weapons, but handguns kill 6,000 a year. >> they're both a big problem. mass shootings. >> you're from the uk, why don't we go with a full gun ban. >> we discussed it, the uk has 40, 50 gun murders a year, the u.s. has 12,000. let's move on. >> i'm glad you finally have your agenda out there. >> let's turn to jason collins. this is the sports star that came out. you tweeted this. jason collins is a hero because he's gay. our standard of heroism has dropped quite a bit from normandy. what such a cheap shot? >> i don't think it's a cheap shot, i think heroism is the willingness to sacrifice in favor of -- take a real personal risk in favor of a noble, larger goal. this may be a larger, noble goal. >> the first male american athlete in history -- >> came out --

>> i said male. >> let me ask you something, piers. why do you hate america so much that you think it's such a homophobic country that when jason collins comes out, president obama has to personally congratulate him -- >> why do i hate america so much? >> that you think -- >> you said why is jason collins a hero because he's gay? >> i don't understand why -- >> why sneer at a guy for coming out? >> i'm not sneering at him -- >> i don't think it's homophobic to say we're apathetic about people's personal lives. >> you're the one that thinks your government is going to invade and attack you. >> i don't think the government's going to do that. >> when he -- >> i think fundamentally -- >> your own backyard. >> i think america's a fundamentally good place. the fact is this, piers, you're british and a lot of folks have said you should leave the country. you come on the show and speak in a british accent. i'm jewish, i wear a yamica on

tv. there's many hate crimes against jews as there are against gays in this country. being who you are in 2013 in america is what america is about. it is not heroic to be who you are publicly. i'm glad for jason collins if he feels he's going to live a happier life now. but it does not make you a hero to be who you are. >> you know what, ben, come off it. >> come off it? >> going to leave it there, but come off it. give the guy a break, he's the first one to come out. he's a brave guy -- >> i'm glad the president called him. >> to have your first thought to get on twitter and sneer at him. it's cheap. >> he's ripping on america and calling it essentially a homophobic country. >> i don't think he's calling america homophobic. >> you cover stories in which dog bites man, not man bites dog. >> seriously, nobody mentioned america being homophobic. >> why is it a big deal? >> on the grill there and well roasted he was too.

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breaking the news on some of the big stories. pepsi has a controversy alack, slamming the commercial for promoting racial stereotypes. also violence against women. i want to start with reese witherspoon. a new video cannot tonight which shows the infamous arrest that happened on the 19th of april. let's watch. >> i am now being arrested and handcuffed? do you know my name, sir? you don't need to know mine? >> not quite yet. >> okay. you are about to find out who i am very. >> that's fine, i am not worried about you. >> this is the ultimate don't you know who i am. i don't care, how bad is this for her? >> taking on these kind of darker rules and a much more complicated role that can now last weekend, maybe not going

for america's sweetheart anymore and she is broadening out her appeal. i think she made a very sincere a policy this morning. >> she made that an apology on good morning america. let's watch. >> i am so sorry, i was disrespectful to him and i have police officers and my family. i know better. >> sincere enough for you? let her get away with it? >> she has to be humiliated. she is wearing dark red hair and she might be planning darker roles but she wants to be america's sweetheart. she has to be absolutely humiliated. in a situation like this we remember we are all doing things at the end of the day. unfortunately she is out before the public to see and to judge. it depends on how they handle the situation and she is speaking about it, talking to her kids. making it clear this is a lesson learned, what not to do. we can command her for that.

>> i remember saying, of course, i know you are part that is why i am going well. we all have our moments. let me come to you about this other video of the day, which is causing little bit of controversy today. what do you make of it? was it racist? it was made by a black man. let's take a look at a clip from that. >> i don't think i can do this. >> just point to him. >> he is wearing that. >> was a clever, satirical, ironic, or was it just offensive? >> i will go with racist for 500, alex. it can be satirical, witty or edgy, i am all for that. four guys in a lineup that are all black.

to only person might was the victim who had bruises and that thing around her neck. that is fundamentally racist and very often we will get black people to do things are racist. women do things that are sexist. this was offensive, the only thing i want to know is who approved this? who gave the green light? >> incredibly they're talking about it. >> i was saying it is misogynist deck. this woman who is speed up, she could have been raped and then you have -- she can't even speak, talk about what she went through. how many women go through that every day? it is inconceivable. >> are you as incense? >> the fact they are talking about this illustrates this may have very well gone viral and maybe they read the apology at the same time the ad came out. we are in a world where there are so many different forms of media trying to compete and

break through and why else would we be talking about mountain do? >> mitt romney has made this commencement speech today in which he said the following. let's watch a clip from this. >> children of our inheritance of the lord and the fruits of the 1 is his reward. happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. >> he is encouraging you to have a quiver full. >> i have heard that my entire life. that is what they advocate. we already in the issue of the world and this is very much mitt romney's if you. you get married and college not shortly after. river of kids and -- >> how many are in a clever? versus. >> you get as many as you possibly can. >> maybe there is five. mitt romney, he looked quite

good. should we take this seriously? have a lot of kids quickly and then go on? >> we are seeing the real met ronnie emerge. very much into his marriage and his kids. and this is may be why he did not do so well with single women. >> you don't say? the final word for you. >> this is the mitt romney i did not want to vote for. he was arrested think he was normal but he is a religious fanatic telling 21-year-old college graduates to have binders full of women. >> got to leave it there. thank you all very much indeed. coming next, your tweets and my replies. this will be interesting. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals:

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i respond, gun-control has failed. be a man and move back to england. my answer is gun-control has failed. we continue to campaign against gun laws in america. civil rights, came marriage, and common sense will eventually prevail. next, talking about then ferguson. you ate his lunch, could job revealing the irresponsible parents are the issue not guns.

>> without the guns in the house, the parents can't be irresponsible, can that? and this from david. why are you so awesome? to which my answer is practice, a lot of practice. keep tweeting me ten piers morgan. anderson cooper starts right now. a special guest joining us in just a few minutes. join the conversation by tweeting with us. tonight a lot to cover. what we learned about how much worse the boston bombings could have been with us arriving suspects, when they were originally planning to attack and how that could have killed a lot more people. we will continue tonight, the hunger strike and for speeding at guantanamo bay prison.