might just watch them again. >> watch them again. it's going to be a great weekend. >> it is. >> all right. thanks for watching "around the world." >> yeah, "cnn newsroom" starts right now with wolf. thank you. >> have a good weekend. a white flash and cold water, that's how one man describes his experience. his car fell off a collapsing bridge. we'll have a live report from washington state. and it's not over yet, a lot of us thought the high courtroom drama the jodi arias trial would be ending this week, guess what? we were wrong. what's next in the case? and babies weight for nothing, not even tornadoes. these nurses went above and beyond their call of duty. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm wolf blitzer in washington. let's start with those terrifying moments when drivers in washington state realized the bridge they were crossing was collapsing. here's a closer look at exclusive pictures of the bridge

after it fell into the river near seattle. two vehicles were crossing the bridge when it gave way. and they were sent kareeni caref the edge into the waters below. kate r we're in mt. ver non, washington, kathrine, what have you learned about the collapse? >> well, wolf, it's been a little more than 12 hours since that collapse happened, so it's early for an official determination of cause. investigators are on their way here. they ought to be here within a few hours to start updating us on their process and where they're going to start looking. a few things that we do know, however, this bridge was inspected twice within the past year as recently as november and deemed safe and sound, officially. if perhaps a bit outdated in its design. but, again, deemed safe and sound in it's most recent inspection just six months ago. we also know that several eyewitnesses report seeing a large oversized cargo truck

which was crossing the bridge and appeared to strike the bridge just before it collapsed. state transportation officials seem to give some credence to that possibility as a cause. >> we have a semi truck that was southbound on interstate 5 in what we call lane one, the right lane. and the size of the load that he was carrying appeared to create a problem causing him to strike the bridge. >> the driver of that truck did actually manage to cross the bridge before it collapsed, stopped on the other side and is apparently cooperating and speaking with investigators. one transportation engineer that we spoke with earlier pointed out there are some sort of nicks and gashes in some of the framing on the bridge here that do suggest that something at the very least scraped it or hit it in some parts. that's one avenue, one possibility. washington department of transportation investigators say they'll also need to get this mangled mess of steel out of the

river in order to examine it, see exactly where it failed and why. wolf. >> and so folks, are there alternate routes nearby? are people really going to be driving way out of their way to make this important stretch? >> well, it's a vital artery, really, between the canadian border, washington, oregon and points south. a huge amount of commercial traffic, tourist traffic of course. interestingly though the border patrol and immigration and customs agents had for the vancouver olympics made sort of contingency plans for alternate routing if there was an incredible gridlock at the border, because we are closer to the canadian border here. and they have apparently put that rerouting plan in place. so you're seeing actually slow but smooth traffic of a whole lot of semitrucks over another bridge that is not much farther away from me than the mangled one you see behind. so it is an inconvenience.

and it could go on for weeks. it will take them that long certainly to even affect temporary repairs probably, wolf. >> it's a major interstate. interat a time 5. you don't often see an interstate bridge like that simply collapsing. kathrine, thank you. the collapse already stirring up heated debate over the country's crumbling infrastructure. some are calling it a matter of national security. just ahead we'll have much more on this part of the story. there's other news we're following including jodi arias who's sitting in an arizona jail cell still not knowing whether she will be put to death for murdering her boyfriend, travis alexander. a jury in phoenix announced it could not reach an agreement on whether to sentence her to death. the jury foreman spoke out today about what the panel had to weigh when considering sending arias to death row. listen to this. >> i'm very sure in my own mind that she was mentally and verbally abused. now, is that an excuse?

of course not. does it factor into decisions we make? it has to. we're charged with going in presuming innocence, right? but she was on the stand for so long, there were so many contradicting stories. but i don't think it did her any good, no, that length of time, no. >> ted rowlands is joining us now from phoenix. ted, the deliberations went on for a few days. i assume they were pretty difficult to split jury, you need a unanimous decision. what are we hearing, what was going on inside that room? >> well, we know it was very difficult, wolf. they deliberated for just under 14 hours, but within three hours they came to the judge and said we can't come to a decision. the judge told them to go back and ten more hours transpired. eventually, as you mentioned, they came back and said we just can't do it. the split was 8-4, eight jurors going for the death penalty, four jurors saying life in prison. so it was a major difference in

opinion there. obviously they just couldn't break it down. it was a very emotional scene inside that courtroom when the verdict was read. all of the jurors seemed very emotional. two of them even were weeping, openly weeping in court while the verdict was read. >> so what happens next? walk us through the legal process. >> right now it's all up to the county attorney here in maricopa county. they have the option of moving forward and impanelling another jury for the death phase of this trial. it's not a full retrying of the case. it will be a new panel that will just determine whether jodi arias should live or die. and that process will take a considerable amount of time especially finding jurors who don't know about this case and who can act impartially. it's up to the county attorney. they did release a statement last night saying they are moving in that direction, but they say they'll look at all of the factors before they make a final decision. >> so basically in july they'll seat a new panel of jurors,

they'll hear the evidence in favor or against the death sentence. she's obviously convicted of first-degree murder, and having done it in an extremely cruel way. that remains on the table. the only thing these 12 jurors will have to decide is whether or not she'll serve the rest of her life in jail or she'll get the death sentence. so here's the question, i don't know if you know the answer, but maybe you do. what happens if the next panel can't come up with the unanimous decision, all 12 deciding either life or death? >> at that point, arizona law dictates it automatically drops to life in prison. and it will be up to the judge to determine whether it's life with parole after 25 years the possibility or life without the possibility of parole. but this would be it. if another jury comes in and they can't come to a unanimous decision, then it automatically transfers down to life. >> so there's no third panel that could be part of this. it's only two panels. >> no. >> they will decide and then everyone moves on. all right. ted, thanks very much. let's dig a bit deeper right now

with dan shore, a former prosecutor in new york. so what do you think, dan? how likely is it that we potentially could see some sort of plea to spare arias the death penalty. what's the likelihood of that? >> it's possible. certainly the prosecution has to weigh what they're going to do, even though the prosecutor makes the final call and not the family, i think the prosecutor will probably go with what the family wants to do if they have a strong opinion. if they don't want to relive all the testimony about the brutal killing of travis alexander, i could see making a plea negotiation where she spends the rest of her life in prison, no parole and no right to appeal. but if the family wants to go forward and have another death penalty phase, juan martinez, the prosecutor, certainly doesn't look like the type of person to back down. >> and then in that new panel, the new trial if you will to determine life or death, all that graphic testimony, all those witnesses, they have to again come forward and the family has to hear all of that one more time.

>> right. this recent death penalty phase was very short because the jury had already heard all of that evidence during the trial. but here, a new jury wouldn't have heard all that evidence. so you'll have to have the repressir representation. that's something the family may not want to live through again, however, they may see this as something that's an ongoing process and they're willing to see it through in order to get the death penalty for jodi arias. so the prosecutor makes the call, but he'll probably go with what the family feels if they have a strong opinion one way or another. >> so when you were a prosecutor, and if the family in a situation like this i know you probably didn't have a case remotely similar to this one, but if the family says, please, let's just get it over with and move on, then the pressure is on the prosecutor to do exactly what the family wants. is that what i'm hearing you say? >> yeah. i've handled a lot of murder cases. and you always want to take into account what the family wants,

however you don't always do what the family wants you to do. you have to weigh other concerns, what's society's interest, what is the best strategy going forward? but in a case like this, you really want to take a long time to think about it, they'll probably take at least a few days. and you want to hear what the family wants to do because the emotional cost of going through this again may be high. but it may be important to the family to do it anyway. >> another round going forward in july. dan schorr, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. here's what we're working on in other news this hour. shala taylor said she didn't know if she or her baby would survive. she was in labor, couldn't move as a massive tornado literally tore the walls off her operating room. but a brave hospital staff stuck by her. we have the story, that's ahead. and memories of another storm still linger. superstorm sandy destroyed parts of the jersey shore. as memorial day approaches, the race is onto turn a disaster zone into a summer paradise.

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cleanup and recovery continues in oklahoma. but two families pause for emotional farewells. a funeral service was held this morning for 8-year-old nicholas mccabe, he was one of ten children killed at an elementary school. nicholas loved legos, country music and going to the lake. services were also being held today for 8-year-old kyle davis. he played soccer and loved it. his mother spoke with cnn's piers morgan about how she's coping with such a tremendous loss. >> with lots of prayer and support. it's been one of the hardest few days of my life. leaving him on monday, just telling him good-bye as i'm going to work and he's headed to school and thinking, okay, i'll see you in a little while. and then i don't.

it's horrible. i just can't -- it's just hard to express in words. >> our heart goes out to that family. in the middle of all this grief the city is moving ahead with graduation ceremonies tomorrow. and president obama visits the area on sunday. it's one of the amazing and aspiring stories to come out of the oklahoma tornado tragedy, four nurses help protect and comfort a woman who was in labor while the storm was demolishing the hospital. after the danger passed, they helped get her to another hospital where she gave birth. now, the mother, her baby and the hero nurses, they have all been reunited. we have the story from our own brian todd. >> how are you? >> good. >> oh, my god, look how handsome your boy is. >> a reunion that came seconds and inches away from never happening. four nurses from moore medical center congratulate shayla taylor on her newborn son, six

people with a bond that will last for the rest of their lives. as the tornado approached town, she was in labor on the second floor of the medical center. she was dilated, going through contractions and -- >> she couldn't move. she'd had an epidural that meant she was numbed she couldn't walk. >> the staff moved her to the hallway and more solid windowless operating room. the power was knocked out. it was too dangerous to move her anywhere else. >> her baby was not doing the best. so i really needed to wait to monitor the baby to see how the baby was tolerating the labor process especially since she was so far dilated. so the only place to do that would be the o.r. >> but within minutes the hospital was hit with massive force. now what are you thinking? >> once i felt the floor start shaking, it felt like an earthquake. and i knew we were getting hit directly. >> did you think at that moment that you and braden could survive this? >> i didn't know if we would.

i was just praying that we would. >> the walls were ripped off the operating room. her husband and nurses shared these pictures from where they were hunkered down a gaping hole to the outside. the tornado still raging. >> over my eyes i could see i-35. and i could see the movie theater. >> still in labor, nurses cindy, barbara, bonnie and allison draped blankets and their bodies over her and hung on. >> we actually were on the floor, bonnie, the scrub tech, was leaned over her a little more. we had blankets and pillows and holding onto each other and the bed. >> it worked. the tornado passed without any of them being hurt. but her husband who had taken cover with their 4-year-old son on a lower floor hadn't been allowed to go to his wife and says he didn't know how to get to her. >> they were like, no, everybody's out of the building. and i was like, no, my wife is upstairs. >> and there was still danger. even though the tornado had passed, floors and ceilings were

unstable and there were gas leaks, but jerome taylor and the nurses were able to get her ton to a flat board, get her down a stairwell and out. she was taken to the healthplex hospital in norman. within hours braden taylor born at a healthy 8 pounds 3 ounces. what do you think of those nurses and what they did? >> those nurses are amazing. you know, they're definitely doing the job they were called to do. you know, to put my life before theirs, i know that's what you're supposed to do, you know, as a nurse. i went to nursing school, so i know that's what you're supposed to do, but to actually see them do it and to be more concerned about me than them, i know they're definitely doing the job that they're called to do. > as for this tiny troublemaker. >> he probably will sleep through anything now. >> one final piece of symmetry here, shayla taylor just finished nursing school. she says she's always wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse

and this experience only reinforces that. brian todd, cnn, moore, oklahoma. >> really truly inspiring story. this important programming note for our viewers. this weekend you can get an up close look at the storm chasers who risked their lives to get incredible footage of the tornado that hit moore, oklahoma. storm hunters in the path of disaster, an anderson cooper special report saturday night 7:00 p.m. eastern. just ahead here in "cnn newsroom," it's an unforgettable image. the man accused of killing a british soldier in broad daylight, holding a bloody cleaver. so who is he? and what drove him to allegedly commit this horrific crime? e hes to college? [ woman ] ...became a real question. are we ready to pay for college? [ woman ] so they came to see me and we talked about ways to manage their money and save for college that fit their situation. so when little david -- well, not-so-little david was ready to go to college, his parents were ready, too. we did it.

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president obama says the rising number of sexual assault cases in the u.s. military are a threat to the country's fighting forces. the president addressed graduate at the u.s. naval academy earlier today. he says misconduct including sexual assault erodes trust in the military. >> in our digital age, a single image from the battlefield of

troops falling short of their standards can go viral and endanger our forces and undermine our efforts to achieve security and peace. likewise, those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong. that's why we have to be determined to stop these crimes. 'cause they've got no place in the greatest military on earth. >> the u.s. military is also dealing with three high profile cases where officers in charge of preventing sexual assault are actually accused of misconduct. and just this week we also learned about an army sergeant at west point accused of secretly videotaping female cadets in the showers and bathrooms. let's go to london now where police are searching for more people who may have played a role in the hacking death of a british soldier. the victim is 25-year-old lee rigby, an infantry man and

drummer. covered in blood, holding a meat cleaver, ranting about jihad and revenge. police have released his name and cnn found some people who actually know him. here's cnn's dan rivers in london. >> his bloody image is already seared into our brains, brandishing a meat cleaver, a knife he's suspected of using to kill a british soldier, but who is michael? his friend shares much of his extremist ideology and says he's known him for more than seven years. >> i mean, he's always been very vocal and very concerned about the affairs of muslims and people being oppressed. he could never tolerate anybody to really be oppressed without to do to say anything. and feel very frustrated and helpless when he couldn't. as a person he was always very caring, very concerned. he always had a heart for other people. just wanted to help everybody. >> but on wednesday it appears

he wanted to kill. in this video you can see him and his alleged accomplice running towards the police brandishing knives, as if they deliberately waited at the scene to attack the first police who responded. the the officers who arrived were armed and shot both men. a fixture at islamist rallies like this one in london in 2007. he's understood to have converted to islam from christianity four years earlier. british of nigerian decent, he started at this school in essex, he married in 2006, a marriage which abu barra was unable to attend because he was in prison for encouraging muslims to kill british soldiers in iraq. >> would you condemn what he did? >> i would condemn the cause of this, which is the british foreign policy. at the end of the day britain has taken its people, its public to war. and it's taken its soldiers to war. and knowing full well that war,

you know, is a violent practice and people get killed in war. soldiers are, you know, in full knowledge that they could get killed. so britain is the one who is responsible. the government. and i believe all of us as a public we are responsible. we should condemn ourselves. why would we not do enough to stop these wars going on in iraq and afghanistan? >> but you would not condemn his actions? >> i would only condemn the one who is the cause of this, the aggressor, the occupier, the british government, the british troops. >> but it is this young soldier, drummer lee rigby who has paid the price for such extremism. cnn understands spies at the british security service mi-5 based here in central london were aware of he and his accomplice while investigating other terrorist plots, but there was nothing to indicate either men were about to strike in such an appalling way. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> what an awful, awful, awful

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take a look at these terrifying pictures out of washington state. an entire section of a bridge collapsed sending cars plummeting into the river below. amazingly no one was killed. police and witnesses say an 18-wheeler truck hit part of the i-5 bridge causing the collapse. but there are also questions about the condition of this bridge. and that's reigniting the debate over the country's aging infrastructure. we're going to tell you why some consider the issue a matter of major national security. that is just ahead. a passenger airliner had to land before its intended destination

today in england. the flight from lahore pakistan to manchester landed instead in north of london after fighter jets scrambled to escort it down. police arrested two passengers who reportedly got into some sort of altercation with the flight crew and threatened to blow up the plane. british officials say nothing suspicious has been found on the plane. they're treating the incident as a criminal matter, not as terrorism. it could be weeks, even months before jodi arias knows her fate. a jury in phoenix announced it could not reach an agreement on whether to sentence her to death for the murder of her boyfriend, travis alexander. the decision must be unanimous. a source says the jury was split 8-4 in favor of death. the deadlock means a new jury will be picked to deliberate her sentence. that's scheduled to begin july 18th. but it's possible prosecutors could offer arias a deal to avoid death row. president obama hits the new jersey shore next week. he and the governor, chris

christie, will visit communities rebuilding from hurricane sandy on tuesday. that storm back in october destroyed thousands of homes, caused billions of dollars in damages. president obama surveyed the destruction with the governor right after the storm hit. christie, a republican, has praised the president's handling of recovery efforts. memorial day brings the unofficial start to summer and many businesses on the sandy-battered east coast are still recovering. but in a new aaa poll, 79% of travelers say the storm has not changed their summer plans. 69% say they'll spend the same or more time at the jersey shore. poppy harlow reports, the race is onto turn the former disaster zone into a summer paradise. >> the iconic boardwalk in seaside heights, new jersey, coming to life again after sandy. >> we said it'd be done by memorial day weekend and it's going to be done. >> the mayor says 85% of the

boardwalk's businesses will open by this weekend. all they need now. >> people. i mean, you need good weather and you need people. >> the owner of lucky leo's is depending on it. >> this is where i make 100% of my money is right here on this boardwalk. >> but the problem is many of the people have no homes to come back to. just down ocean avenue in mantoloking, not one house spared. >> i just look and tears come to my eye every time i drive up and down route 35 and look at those houses. >> famous for images like this. bill and leuie lost the home they'd lived in for decades. >> supports gave way, supports dropped down and tilted toward the ocean. >> this week they watched that home come down. >> just how sad it is that it's being destroyed, that we couldn't save it. >> of the 520 homes here in mantoloking, 56 of them washed

away the night sandy struck. many, many more so damaged they're uninhabitable, being torn down one after the next after the next. all-in, sandy took about 40% of the homes in this town. now, a beach so eroded it offers little protection from future storms. >> most people will want to rebuild and will rebuild. i think the reluctance will exist until we can guarantee them safety from a similar storm. >> mayor george nebel is fighting for 20-foot-high dunes, a protective wall beneath them and quadrupling the width of the beach. but even with those improvements. >> oh, god, do we look young there. >> the metlers are leaving with a few momentos. >> that's always been one of my favorite pictures of you. >> saved from the rubble. poppy harlow, cnn, mantoloking, new jersey. >> it's memorial day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, but don't expect beach weather everywhere you go. the folks in the northeast may

actually see some wet snow. and even in the south there will be some near-record low temperatures. our meteorologist chad myers is joining us from the cnn center. chad, where is the best place to find good weather this holiday weekend? >> las vegas. it's going to be 92. i don't know if you have good luck out there, but everywhere else in the northeast is going to feel more like easter than for memorial day. it's a cold wet day across the northeast. new england, you're going to stay in the 40s all day tomorrow. it does warm up eventually by monday. but you're going to have to really wait for the warmup. and here's saturday. here's sunday. the rainfall here even snowfall in the green or white mountains, it's going to be cold. that does make for some good news for some people. when we change the jet stream from a trouf to a ridge trough here, you make the northeast cold, but you also take the severe weather potential away from oklahoma and texas. so at least the people that are trying to clean up in moore will get a couple good days. they won't be perfect days, but there won't be the threat of more tornadoes there. tonight, low temperatures boston

50, new york city 48, even cooler across toward the hamptons. severe weather only up in the da toe e koe tas and western nebraska. the high plains this week. sunny and nice across a lot of the southeast. temperatures below normal but still nice and severe weather, again, dakotas, nebraska, kansas, showers in the pacific northwest, wet picnics there. everybody else other than i think indy 500 chance of weather service rain says 30%. i believe that number is higher for the indy 500. you may need to make an extra plan to stay on monday to watch the race. look at the hamptons. the high in the hamptons tomorrow 46. on monday, 70. if you are heading out to the northeast to new england, wherever, have an extra sweater and pretend it's easter for one more day. >> at least it's going to be in the 70s here in washington, d.c. i'm happy about that. i was in vegas not that long ago. it was almost 100 degrees in vegas. so you're right about las vegas. i'm sure people are going to be having a lot of fun out there. chad, thanks very much.

>> you're welcome. >> just ahead here in the "cnn newsroom," the bridge that collapsed in washington state was deemed "functionally obsolete." we're going to talk to an expert about what that means and whether you should be worried about those bridges in your hometown.

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a traffic accident causes a bridge to collapse, it actually happened yesterday in skagit county in washington. an 18-wheeler truck hit part of i-5 bridge causing the bridge to collapse. three vehicles fell in the river. luckily everyone was rescued. this isn't the first time though we've seen this happen. you may remember this bridge collapse in minneapolis back in 2007, it killed 13 people. even after that deadly incident federal officials did not mandate re-inspections of

bridges that can completely collapse when just one part gives way. here's a look at some of the countries major bridges that need repair. a portion of the i-10 in los angeles. the i-25 in denver. and bridges in new jersey, nevada and virginia. in 2011 more than 66,000 american bridges were labeled structurally deficient. joining me now via skype from connecticut, steven flynn, the author of the book "the edge of disaster, rebuilding a resilient nation." are these bridges dangerous to travel on right now? what's going on? >> well, they're not dangerous under normal circumstances here, but they're a warning sign. should be a big blinking red light that we as a country have inherited a bunch of infrastructure and we haven't been keeping it up very well, never mind upgrading it for the kinds of needs we have going forward. >> you believe that ignoring these huge infrastructure

problems we have here all across the united states could hurt our national security. what do you mean by that? >> really the last president who got that infrastructure as a key national security issue was dwight d. eisenhower. we've been struggling ever since and making the appropriate investment. so one is of course that it's the underpinning of any advance of society. it's economy relies on the infrastructure. but more importantly post-september 11th when we see terrorism is directed at civil targets, whether we saw in boston, where i am now at northeastern university, where i am a mile away we had the explosion going after, the concern is terrorists are increasingly looking at the fragile infrastructure. the more brittle it is, the more vulnerable we are. and this is something we should be investing in from a national security perspective as well as just a sound economic quality of life perspective. >> as you know, showing up the

country's infrastructure was a big part of president obama's stimulus package back in 2009. how much work has been done since then? >> not near enough. you know, according to the american society of civil engineers, if we just repair the infrastructure we have right now, we're going to need $3 trillion plus and climbing. wolf, the longer we delay, the more expensive it gets. and so this is a very serious issue. we are basically a bit like a generation inherited our grandparents' mansion and we're not doing any of the upkeep. we cannot be the world's top power economically, militarically by -- militarily, and bridges are rated according to to the engineers as best of our unfra structure. the overall grade for the country is a d plus and we have many segments like water mains and so forth, the kind invisible

infrastructure, 240,000 water mains broke last year across the country. we're like falling apart and not paying attention. >> yeah, we've got to spend some money on this. people wonder where is the money going to come from. and that's an issue. but obviously this is critically, critically important. steven flynn, thanks very much for joining us. the family of an 18-year-old girl accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old says their daughter has done nothing wrong. we're going to hear from them as well as the parents of the alleged victim. that's coming up right after the break. we're at the exclusive el chorro lodge in paradise valley, arizona

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openly gay youths will soon be allowed to join the boy scouts of america. in an historic decision, the scout's national council voted to end its century-old policy of barring gay scouts. gay rights advocates are hailing the move, but some religious groups argue it dilutes the boy scout's message of morality. they're keeping the ban on gay adult leaders. new policy takes effect january 1, 2014. in florida, a same-sex case is making headlines. an 18-year-old girl is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female schoolmate. if convicted, she could go to prison for as long as 15 years and be labeled a sexual predator. she says it was not assault. sara ganim has the report. >> authorities in indian river, florida, say this is a sexual

predator. >> i'm scared of losing my life -- the rest of my life. not being able to go to college and be around kids and my sisters and my family. >> instead of trying out this month for a college cheer team, 18-year-old kate lynn hunt is defending herself against charges she sexually assaulted a child, a high school classmate, a freshman age 14. >> to hold someone accountable for a felony for having a relationship with a peer, seems outrageous to me. >> it's not just the law that seems outrageous to the family, but the punishment. she is facing 15 years in jail and a lifetime labeled as a sexual predator unless she accepts a plea deal for two child abuse felonies. her family fears the impact of two child abuse felonies on her record forever. >> a decision like that is, it's like the lesser of two evils. you know, her life has been

destroyed already. you know, i can't handle this. and i'm 37 years old. >> the sheriff says this is not about anyone's sexual orientation. in florida, a 14-year-old can't consent to sex. >> there's a big difference between a 14-year-old child and an 18-year-old child, if you will. >> police recorded a phone call where both girls admit to the relationship. hunt is not the first high school senior to find out that sex with a freshman is in some places illegal. >> in fact, we have had cases in the past where we have had same-sex similar circumstances. albeit some of the evidence may not have been as intriguing, i guess. we've also obviously had 18-year-old males with a relationship with 14-year-old females. >> but hunt's attorney says prosecutors are treating her like a predator. >> i've seen those personally. they get a misdemeanor and they all move on with their lives. >> the hunts believe this would have never been reported by the young girl's parents if kaitlyn

was a boy. >> we would not be here if the parents were not baited. to take it criminally, i feel like they're using the age law to pursue their the parents, by the way, of the alleged 14-year-old victim, they're speaking out publicly for the first time. they spoke exclusively to affiliate wpec and they're defending their decision to press charges. >> we had no alternative, but to turn to the law. and as basically a last resort. >> this whole story about you blame kate for making your daughter gay, where did that come from? >> i don't know. you tell me. it didn't come from us. because that's not how we feel. >> it was never said. and that's why we feel that we had to tell how we felt.

>> the 18-year-old, by the way, must decide by today whether to accept a plea deal in the case. a very different note. you're going to wake him up. morgan freeman takes a nap during a live interview. we'll tell you what happened after the break. i'm so glad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] when people talk, great things happen.

so in hollywood, what's old is new again. the once canceled television series arrested development is returning to a live stream near you. nischelle turner has details on the newest netflix project. >> reporter: now the story of a canceled tv comedy about a dysfunctional family -- >> i said enough. >> reporter: -- that gained cult status and a devoted fan base, and is getting a second life. it's "arrested development." the critically acclaimed emmy winning show never found its footing with viewers, but after the 2006 finale, the fans began to multiply. >> someone turned me on to it a couple of years after it got canceled. but i loved it. >> reporter: enough for the cast members to notice. >> it feels like the show has never been more popular than it is now. >> a lot of people found the show after it was on television on the dvds. and on the internet. >> reporter: seven years later "arrested development" is

returning with a fourth season. not on network tv, but the popular streaming service netflix. the show's producer says it was a big move. >> never would i say taking over the business, but there are another variable outlet to watch programming. >> reporter: if the new season proves to be a success, the netflix model could be used behind those of other canceled shows according to lacy rose of the hollywood reporter. >> others will look at this and say how can we do this? how can we revive our show? between the cable networks that are increasingly trying to up their originals, as well as these, you know, streaming platforms, like netflix, like amazon, there can be new homes for these shows. >> reporter: with high profile shows on their queue, netflix could be battling the big net works at the emmys for the first time. >> with a show like "house of cards" and "arrested development," it would do a

tremendous amount for the company's reputation in hollywood. and i think it would plant a flag in the ground for internet television. >> we knew we were being included in this effort that netflix is making to kind of change the way television is brought to people. >> reporter: nischelle turner, cnn, hollywood. here is something you don't see every day. the actor morgan freeman apparently not getting enough sleep. the oscar-winning star nodded off this week during an interview by cnn affiliate kcpq. he was promoting "now you see me." the actor never bothered to wake him up. he woke up by himself about halfway through the chat. still seemed quite sleepy. okay. something caught in your throat? there certainly was for this big guy. we're going to tell you what had him all choked up. my mother made the best toffee in the world.

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talk about being all choked up. this is the story of ty, the florida wildlife refuge tiger and a hair removal story like you've never heard before. turns out tigers like cats they get hair balls from grooming themselves. usually species cough them up but he couldn't get rid of his on his own. it made him stop eating. he lost 100 pounds. doctors stepped in and removed the four-pound blockage and good news, ty is doing well.

good for him. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." brooke baldwin picks up our coverage right now. wolf, thank you so much. good to see all of you. i'm brooke baldwin live today on this friday afternoon from moore, oklahoma, with cnn special coverage of the aftermath, as you can see, homes in this neighborhood absolutely leveled from monday's tornado. one small step in moore. it is easier this afternoon for people to get in and around, we have seen a lot of homeowners here finally able to get into this neighborhood and check out what is left of their homes. people have now been able to come -- police have removed the checkpoints at the entryways of a number of neighborhoods here in moore and people who live in the tornado zone do not have to show their i.d.s anymore to get to their homes, to check on their property or to