new questions for the obama administration about how it handled the attack on benghazi. we're waiting on a white house briefing to get some answers. plus, the exclusive interview with alleged cleveland kidnapper ariel castro's daughter. headline, she says her father is dead to her and that her family

does not have monster in their blood. and, trapped beneath rubble for 16 days, a miracle in bangladesh as a woman is found alive. find out how she survived. this is "cnn newsroom." i am chris cuomo here in new york. we're going to begin with a major development in the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in west, texas. authorities have handled the location as a crime scene from the beginning and now, new word, they are launching a criminal investigation into last month's blast. remember, 14 people lost their lives as flames ripped through the facility. nearly 200 others were hurt. the explosion was so powerful it devastated homes and businesses across the community. literally registered as an earthquake. we have alena live from atlanta. what do we know about this investigation at this point? >> chris, what we know is texas authorities say they are now conducting a criminal investigation into the blast.

the explosion as you mentioned killed more than a dozen people. most of them were first responders who had rushed to the scene after receiving a report of a fire at the plant. investigators seem to have been focused on figuring out what sparked the fire that eventually led to the blast. earlier this week we learned that they were able to rule out natural causes. and the director of the texas department of public safety released a statement just a little while ago saying that they want to make sure that no stone goes unturned and that all the facts related to this incident are uncovered. this is of course a major development in this investigation. and we hope to learn more details in the coming days. chris. >> just to be clear, alina, is this one of those situations where they treated it as a crime scene from the beginning, they're investigating to see if there's something to investigate, or do we believe at this point they have reason to believe this may have been intentional? >> well, authorities are very tight-lipped about what it was that caused this change, has caused them now to launch a

criminal probe, but those are of course details, chris, we hope to learn. >> all right. thank you very much. appreciate that, alina. you can go to cnn.com/impact for more information on how to help the families of the blast down there. let's go to cleveland now. ariel castro already charged with kidnapping and rape. he could be facing aggravated murder charges as well for his victims' miscarriages. that's one development we're following in the case. the other one has to do with dna testing. let's bring in susan candiotti, she's there in cleveland. thanks for being with us. what do we know about this dna? who's is it? what is it tracking? >> very important development, chris. hello from cleveland. we've learned from the attorney general from the state of ohio that the preliminary dna tests have come in. and not surprisingly as we expected they do show that ariel castro is the father of amanda berry's 6-year-old child. we had expected that he would be the father. this is what amanda berry has

been saying all along. but now there is the forensic evidence to prove it. they conduct a test on the dna. those tests coming in today. they're also telling us, authorities here in ohio, that at this time there is no dna match between ariel castro and any still-open cases in the state of ohio, any unsolved crimes. however, they are also putding his dna into the national database the fbi maintains, dna coming in from all over the country. they are checking to see whether he matches up anyone in that database. so that's the latest from here. chris, if i might add as well, i'm in front of gina dejesus' home right now. and within the hour one of her aunts came outside and pulled in all those beautiful balloons that we've been seeing for the last several days, moving them away from the front of the house and in the street. and you can see that blue tarp over my shoulder. they've set that up as well so that gina if she wants to come

outside can maintain her privacy. chris. >> that's very difficult. there's so much media there. this family's trying to heal at the same time. delicate balance of course. let me get your take on one more thing before i let you go. aggravated murder charge in this case because of the miscarriages, what is the legal thinking through there? >> you know, that's going to be very interesting. and you yourself would know that more than anyone. an interesting legal prospect here. the prosecutor's saying he might -- aggravated murder charges because of what michelle knight has told them. in the police statement that cnn obtained, she describes that at least on five occasions she was pregnant and that she miscarried each time. but here's why. she said that each time that ariel castro starved her -- starved her for at least two weeks and then went onto punch her repeatedly in the stomach each time she said she became

pregnant. so it is on that basis that the prosecutor is considering filing those charges. now, what kind of forensic evidence might still exist at this time? unlikely. but he would have her strong eyewitness testimony and possibly the testimony of the two other women in this case. chris. >> those are excellent points, susan. that's why i wanted you to talk me through what the prosecution's theory on this because it is going to be something difficult to prove. however, you also pointed at what the connecting thought here could be. ariel castro has been talking, saying things, he may admit to and obviously the charge sticks just because of that. but those are some interesting developments there. thank you very much, susan, for joining us here. another development in this case, ariel castro's daughter has a question for him, how could you? in an exclusive interview with cnn, angie gregg says she is horrified that her father allegedly kidnapped, rape and beat three women. >> my husband and i are in complete disbelief that the friendly, caring, doting man i

knew as my daddy was in fact the most evil, vile, demonic criminal that i have met or heard of over the past ten years -- >> this is part of a letter angie gregg wrote after learning her father was allegedly behind the brutal kidnappings in cleveland, ohio. now, she's speaking out. >> and to go to the vigils, to show these girls the footage of their parents' pleas for their return, to rape, starve and beat innocent human beings? i am disgusted. >> you've learned that your father wasn't the guy you thought he was. >> no. >> what is that like? >> it's like a horror movie. it's like watching a bad movie. >> only you're in it. >> only we're in it. we're the main characters. and i never suspected anything was going on. but the more i sit and dwell on it, i think of things that make a whole lot of sense now.

>> you look back and say, okay, you're beginning to piece together a puzzle. where were the signs? >> well, he never wanted to leave the house more than a day at a time. he was adamant in the fact that he wanted to leave home early morning and he had to be back by evening. >> were there certain areas in the home that were just off limits? >> ever since my mom lived in that house, the basement was always kept locked. i've never been upstairs in the house. and i never had reason to be. i asked him if i could see my room for old times sake and he says, honey, there's so much junk up there, you don't want to go up there. >> when you think about what might have been, what was behind those doors, how do you -- how do you cope with that? >> it all makes sense now. now i know. it's hard, but i have -- i have no sympathy for the man.

i have no sympathy. he was just another person who's lied and deceived and manipulated people. i could never forgive him. >> that's cnn's laurie seagal that got the exclusive interview with ariel castro's daughter. let's bring her in now. laurie, such an important voice to add to the mix here because of the pressure on this family. let me ask you, in talking to her, what was ariel castro's reputation within that family? she kept saying to you it makes sense, the hints, the clues, now make sense. how was he known there by the rest of them? >> you know, i think it's important to say that angie had a different -- angie had essentially a different relationship than many of her other sisters. she said many of her other sisters didn't want to go and visit that home, but, chris, when we actually spoke with her, she said i've been to this home. i've been to this home many times. you can see it right behind me.

she was there just a couple months ago. she was having dinner. so, you know, she says now she can see those signs, but she wasn't able to see them before. but now she knows when the music was turned up very loud, when he took a long time to come to the door, you know, that this might have been why. and she's beginning to really kind of piece it together. chris. >> laurie, how's the family being treated by the community? it's such an obviously precarious situation to be related to the man who is tied to all of this terrible behavior. what did she tell you? >> this is a tough one, right? i mean, she took a long time to come forward with this. you see, she wrote all of her statements down on paper because she just said, you know, i want my voice to be heard. but this is a tight-knit community. she walked around the block with me. people are out and about. there's an ice cream truck going down the street. and there are children roaming around everywhere. this was a horrific incident that happened here, but she said people are supportive. there are balloons on the

mailbox, on her mailbox representing these young women. so she's getting support. but for her she's got to wrap her head around this. she had to sit down with her sons just last night and said this is what your grandfather did and i need to tell you. there were tears. her youngest child didn't quite understand and she's happy for that. but this is a horrific reality that she's now really -- it's just now sinking in. chris. >> and that's an excellent point, laurie. she's got kids herself that she's going to have to tell about this very difficult for the entire family to be connected to this man. laurie segall, thank you for adding that voice to the conversation. great interview. thanks for the reporting. >> thank you. >> while no longer in captive, gina dejesus is dealing with a lotd of anxiety and fear. her mother told abc news she didn't want to sleep alone her first night home so her family slept around her on an inflatable mattress. gina didn't want to sleep in a bedroom because she was confined to a bedroom in castro's house. take a listen.

>> the one thing she just said, she says, mom, i don't want to stay in a room. i said you don't have to anymore. so that's part of the process, part of her healing and knowing that she now can do what she wants. >> she said she doesn't want to stay in a room. >> gina dejesus that castro initially kept gina and other two victims chained up in the basement of the basement. she says later he moved them to separate bedrooms. now, the first woman to be abducted, michelle knight, will be the last one to arrive home. she's still hospitalized. officials aren't releasing any details about her treatment. michelle was abducted in 2002 at the age of 21. just 15 months later her name was removed from the fbi's crime database. city officials say they'll release a statement later today explaining why that happened. the city of course has been criticized by some residents who say the police department

doesn't do enough to find missing women. and that is going to be a pressing question for that community. what was done is a big part of this investigation here specifically, but also what was being done in that community in general. and there's two very opposing views there at this point. we're tracking it. big question here obviously is who is ariel castro? how could anyone do what he is accused of doing? and what are the other secrets hidden in what they're calling the house of horrors? tonight, piers morgan takes a look inside the mind of a monster. that will be at 9:00 p.m. eastern, piers morgan. look ahead, here's what we're working on at this hour. an amazing story of survival. how could anyone survive 16 days under the debris of a collapsed factory? we'll tell you that story. and, a reminder, we are waiting for a white house briefing this hour, which is expected to address new questions being raised about the attacks in benghazi. ♪

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and probably your next question, that obviously is going to be very important for her to sustain herself. you can't live more than a few days without having some sort of water. we have heard stories of survival and other sorts of disasters, but those two things i think were the most crucial, chris. >> so the water becomes the critical component. obviously we've both spent a lot of time in haiti and after the earthquake in china where people were making it days that just seemed amazing how they could do it. so the critical factor winds up being water. what have you learned over these different disasters about what makes the difference between life and death? >> you may remember, chris, from haiti there was a man who was actually pulled out of the rubble about 30 days. >> yes. >> after the earthquake. evan muncie's his name. we ended up meeting with him and in fact talking to his family for a while. yeah, absolutely. obviously no one's going to survive if they're trapped in a situation where they're simply not getting access to air. water, there may have been water that came in for this woman through fire hoses, there was a

fire in the area and also the pool of water. with evan muncie he probably had some access to food. chris, what happens in a situation where people are in this where they just don't have enough basic resources. as far as energy goes, the body will literally start to use muscle and other sources in the body for energy. it's called starvation ketosis. it's a tough thing to think about, but you're literally trying to find energy from different places in your body and using that as an energy source to survive. the body is pretty good at these situations if it does that. it's also important to note, chris, for this woman they can't just give her a few square meals and water again and try and rectify what has happened. they have to start feeding her slowly. you'll see the images of her in the hospital with the ivs. this has to be a gradual process for her. as you mentioned, she's 19 years old. that certainly worked in her favor as well. >> the body does what it does, but that x factor is the human spirit, right, sanjay? >> she was screaming please save me. >> will to survive.

>> yes, absolutely. >> amazing. thank you so much for the perspective as always, doc. everybody, don't miss your appointment with sanjay this weekend. he'll have the very latest on this incredible rescue in bangladesh, the three young women freed from captivity in cleveland and chris christie, the governor of new jersey, his weight loss surgery. when? saturday 4:30 p.m., sunday 7:30 p.m. eastern right here of course on cnn. we've learned new information about where one of the boston bombing suspects is buried. the older brother is buried in a muslim cemetery in doswell, virginia, north of richmond. the circumstances surrounding the burial arrangements aren't clear right now, but yesterday police in worcester, mass, revealed that someone had stepped forward to provide a grave site after weeks of controversy about where to bury this man. and we have a programming note for you. we are waiting right now for a white house briefing, supposed to come this hour. administration spokesman jay carney expected to address new questions about the benghazi attack and how it was handled or

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okay. any minute now we expect some tough questions at the white house press briefing over the benghazi attack and what the white house knew specifically. the attack on the u.s. diplomatic post in benghazi last september 11th killed four americans including the ambassador to libya christopher stevens. are you looking right now? show you some live picture of the briefing room. obviously this is proof we are monitoring the situation. republican criticism is mounting following a week of hearings that got very heated on this topic. critics like house speaker john boehner are accusing the state department of using fake talking points about how the attack went down to protect president obama's re-election campaign.

and he wants the state department to release e-mails. now, the initial report blamed the attack on demonstrators angry over an incendiary anti-islam youtube video. current top diplomat in libya, gregory hicks, said there was no demonstration. he said there was an early report that the attack was coordinated by islamic terrorists. so information keeps coming out, people start debating it. there's reporting from the weekly standard and abc news that shows the administration did help edit the talking points about the benghazi attack on 12 different occasions. what does that mean? is that a lot? what was the nature of those changes? that's what they're trying to figure out. it wasn't just written by the intelligence community, but there was a lot of input from the state department as well. let's bring in chief political analyst gloria borger joining me down there from washington, d.c. let's begin with this. when something like this comes, the first thing we want to say is, well, this is partisan, this is right going left. at this point isn't it fair to

say, gloria, this goes beyond partisan picking? >> i think it does. i think it's sort of a window into the way washington works, particularly when you're in the heat of a presidential election year. let's take a step back, okay, chris? just set the scene. you're in the fall campaign. there is a terror attack as we now know it on september 11th. the state department has been asked as the administration's been asked by the congressional intelligence committees to provide them talking points. so when they're asked questions about this, they can actually talk about it with some amount of knowledge. what we're seeing in all of these e-mails going back and forth is the process at work, which is ugly, about how these talking points came to be. and in fact ended up you see ambassador rice there, and ended up to be used by her on her

famous round of sunday talk shows. >> right. but, gloria -- >> what we see in this process is that these talking points were edited to the point of inaccuracy. >> right. okay -- >> the question is, is it a cover-up? is it a whitewash? we don't know the answer to that. >> i know. and you took my question. that's exactly what i was going to ask you. right? >> okay. >> because that's what this gets to, 12. what's the context? it sounds like a lot, but we have to know the nature and purpose of those changes. >> so here's the context. over at the cia they're looking at some of these points, which include mention of al qaeda. and there's a sense from some at the cia, you know what, we don't want to tip anybody that we're investigating al qaeda on this, so let's take out some of the references to al qaeda. what the cia left in, apparently, was this sort of broader context of al qaeda in benghazi in that part of the

world. those were eventually edited out. and there is an e-mail obtained by abc news from someone at the state department which asks, why should we leave that in because "it could be abused by members of congress to beat up the state department for not paying attention to warnings." so clearly from a state department official asking the question, why are we going to give members of congress information, don't forget in an election year, which they could turn around and beat us up with. and that's how you see in evolving. everybody's got a different reason for editing it. and they edit it down to something that's totally turns out to be in fact untrue. >> well, look, untrue obviously would be the bar of it being completely unforgivable. but simply playing politics with a situation where you need to know what happened. we lost lives there.

also winds up making this go past the line of politics. let's bring in jake tapper, anchor of "the lead". >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. this situation is troubling. >> i think with good reason. people coming forward saying, did we know this attack was coming or did we not? could we have done more and gotten help there sooner or not? these are partisan questions rather than pandering? >> the criticism are very partisan republicans. that has been of benefit to the white house which has not wanted to talk about this at all. but having been one of those in the front row there at the white house while this was going on in september, very early on i was asking jay carney and my colleagues were asking jay carney, sources are telling us this was a terrorist attack, sources are telling us this had nothing to do with the anti-muslim video. sources are telling us that the state department did not do enough adequate preparation or planning and there was always

just a stone walling, that's not true, that's not what happened. when we started to break stories in september and october about the fact that there were people at the state department who had been denying requests from diplomats on the ground in this very, very dangerous assignment, denying them. people in the white house were saying your sources are wrong, you're getting your information wrong. that's not correct. it's now very, very clear from a number of career diplomats at the white house, not partisan republican talking heads in washington, d.c., but career diplomats who were taking these very dangerous assignments in places like tripoli, that they were requesting security and the state department was denying it. >> why? any understanding of why? >> if you look at the investigation, the internal investigation done by ambassador pickering and admiral mullen, they say there just wasn't an understanding, a sufficient understanding, of how great the dangers were. if one accepts that is true, then there has to be some accountability.

who didn't understand that? why didn't they understand that? has there been any repercussions for those individuals professionally? so far the answer seems to be no. there were four individuals who were reassigned and there seem to be questions about whether or not they were even disciplined, but no accountability on any high level. >> the most dangerous politics here would be those of avoiding this situation because of the partisan banter and not justifying those lives lost with the facts of what actually happened and so that we can learn going forward. >> and as gloria talks about the context, it's also important to remember the political context. not because we want to inject politics in this, this is a story about terrorism and career diplomats being killed, because this took place during a presidential election, september 11th and september 12th in the last two months of a heated presidential election that one didn't know how it turned out not to be a close election really at all, but in september nobody knew that. one of president obama's talking points was that the senior leadership of al qaeda was on

its heels, had been decimated and that this was the success of his. republicans say that the white house did not want to change from that message. now, do we have evidence that that's why these talking points were changed? we have victoria nuland in these e-mails released saying she didn't want congress to beat up on the state department for not heeding the warnings. was that because of politics, or because it was internal divisions? she wanted the cia to be blamed more, not the state department. we have to find out a lot more. >> going to unpack it on "the lead" today? >> we'll try to. >> 4:00 p.m. >> every day. >> every weekday. >> should be every day. >> speaking of days, i'm very excited for new day. >> remember that when i'm calling to have you on in the morning. >> thank you very much. we're going to take a break right now. when we come back, new descriptions of strange behavior by cleveland kidnapping suspect ariel castro. the mother of one of the victims says he reached out to her at

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okay. right now we are waiting for this white house conference. we've been talking here about the questions surrounding benghazi, the attacks there, what was known, what was not known. we're going to pick that up live as soon as we can get to it. while we're waiting we want to go back to cleveland because there are more disturbing accusations involving kidnapping suspect ariel castro. the 52-year-old former school bus driver allegedly wasn't satisfied with seeing his victims in pain. he also reached out to one of the victims' family to witness their grief for himself. cnn's randi kaye has the story. >> of all the people comforting gina dejesus' mother at a vigil last year marking the anniversary of her daughter's disappearance, one man now stands out, ariel castro. not only did he comfort her

mother while her daughter remained locked away in his home, but he played music and performed at the family's fundraisers. forensic psychologist chris mohandy has not examined castro but says it's typical behavior. >> make no mistake, this is a man who potentially was a master manipulator of people's perceptions of him. and the idea he put on these different masks even to his own family is not unexpected. >> given what we know now, that police believe castro held gina dejesus captive in his home for more than nine years along with amanda berry and michelle knight, the very thought of him offering comfort is downright sickening for family members. >> it enables them to blend in and avoid suspicion being cast upon them. second, they can develop information about where the investigation is headed by pumping the family for information. and third, and maybe sometimes most importantly, it provides

them with pleasure. they are there, they are fooling the family, they're seeing the pain that the family might be going through. and if this is a sadistic offender, that pain is going to be very gratifying. >> in fact, in the days and weeks following gina's disappearance, ariel castro helped search for her. he hung fliers with her photo and attended rallies. this community activist spoke with abc news about it. >> he came up, grabbed some fliers, hugged gina's father, so he was definitely very, very sophisticated in his evil. >> and yet there's another strange twist. gina dejesus and ariel castro's daughter, arlene, were best friends. arlene in fact was the last person to see her. gina has given arlene 50 cents for a bus toll so gina didn't have money for the bus. gina had to walk home instead and that's when she was taken. through tears arlene apologized

to gina on abc's "good morning america." >> i want to say i am absolutely so, so sorry. i really want to see you, gina. and i want you to meet my kids. i'm so sorry for everything. >> and another of ariel castro's children is also connected. his son, anthony, wrote this article for the "plain press" back in 2004 titled gina dejesus's disappearance has changed her neighborhood. in it she interviews gina's mother who says now people are watching out for each other's kids. it's a shame a tragedy had to happen to really know my neighbors. little did she know one neighbor had taken her daughter and had no plans to give her back. randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> you know, it's very interesting. even though we know most

abductions are done by somebody who is familiar with that family and the child that's often taken, it's still so upsetting to people in the community that the monster was among them the entire time. so many feelings of guilt that go along with that. his family having to live with the shame. many layers to the tragedy here. also remember from an investigative standpoint very important to understand as much as they can about ariel castro to see not just what he did with these women, but who else is involved? how broad could this be? goes hand in hand in understanding him and this story and for investigators. now, at that point it's 45 minutes past the hour right now. we are expecting a white house briefing where the administration is expected to field new questions about the benghazi attack. as soon as that begins, we will bring it to you. right now, take a break. i should definitely do laundry more often

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okay, welcome back, everybody. want to give you a little breaking news here. cnn can confirm that michelle knight has been discharged from metro health. so the third victim there in cleveland is now home and she's asking for her privacy at this time, completely understandable. we wish her the best as she can now be with family and start the process of healing from this traumatic situation she lived through.

so there you have it again. michelle knight, discharged from the hospital, now home. okay, we also have more news. a major development today in that deadly explosion, that fertilizer plant in west, texas. authorities have handled the location as a crime scene from the beginning. and now new word that they're launching a criminal investigation into last month's blast. remember, 14 people died as flames ripped through the facility there, nearly 200 others were hurt. the explosion was so powerful that it registered as an earthquake, devastating homes and businesses across the community. only some 3,000 people there. so really devastating. earlier this week, we learned investigators were able to rule out natural causes as the source of the fire. a west, texas, emergency volunteer identified as bryce reed was arrested early this morning for possession of a destructive device, but so far we do not know of any connection between reed's arrest and the criminal probe that was announced today. we'll stay on that for you, of course. and what we're monitoring here

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we have new information for you today out of the situation in cleveland. ariel castro's daughter says she is horrified by what he is accused of. she described him as the most evil, vile, demonic criminal she's ever heard of. this in an exclusive interview with cnn's lori siegel, angie gregg says little things she never really thought about now make sense. >> all these weird things that i've noticed over, you know, over the years, like about, you know, how he kept his house locked down so tight, certain areas, and, you know, how if we would be out at my grandma's having dinner, he would disappear for an hour or so and then come back and there would be no explanation where he went. like everything is making sense now. it is all adding up. and i'm just -- i'm disgusted. i'm horrified. >> did you ever see any signs of a 6-year-old there?

>> i never saw signs in the house. i never saw, you know, her with him. but about two months ago he picked me up, we spent the afternoon together, i just had some service on my car, and he showed me a picture that was in his cell phone, randomly, and he said look at this cute little girl. it was a face shot. and i said, she's cute. who is that? you know. and he said, this is my girlfriend's child. and i said, dad, that girl looks like emily. emily is my younger sister. >> angie gregg, a mother herself, having to explain the situation to her children. she says she never wants to see her father again. she says, quote, i have no sympathy for the man. that's it for me here in new york. we're going to give it over to brooke baldwin, live in

cleveland. brooke? >> hi, i'm jake tapper. right now we're learning more shocking details about what transpired in cleveland. dna tests confirm that amanda berry gave birth to ariel castro's baby, the ohio attorney general's office says the tests show the man accused of kidnapping her and raping her, that he is the father. castro's grown daughter is telling cnn about the times she was with him in the home, unknowingly just feet from his alleged victims. >> ever since my mom lived in that house, the basement was always kept locked. i've never been upstairs in the house. and i never had reason to be. i asked him if i could see my room for old time's sake and he says, oh, honey, there is so much junk up there, you don't want to go up there. >> castro's mother saying she's ashamed by what her son is accused of doing.