toviaz can cause blurred vision, dizziness, drowsiness and decreased sweating. do not drive, operate machinery or do unsafe tasks until you know how toviaz affects you. the most common side effects are dry mouth and constipation. talk to your doctor about toviaz. an american mother behind bars in mexico accused of smuggling pot. but her husband isn't the only one who thinks she was framed. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. a police officer ambushed, shot to death. and now as crews hunt his killer, his widow breaks her silence. >> i just want everybody to know what an amazing man he was. the jury deciding his fate won't see the crime scene. will it help or hurt george

zimmerman's case? plus, the stunning rescue of a newborn stuck inside a pipe. but how did he get there in the first place? and mother of a teenager accused of trying to blow up his school says her son suffers from a rare ocd illness known as pandas. we'll explore. and here we go, good to see all of you. i'm brooke baldwin here. we begin with america's top political bromance just rekindled on the boardwalk of new jersey, barack obama and chris christie. there they are on the jersey shore, asbury park, to be precise. the president checking out washington's billion dollar investment in the post sandy recovery. remember this is where it all started, this partnership of

convenience, less than a week before that presidential election last november. just a short time ago, the president said new jersey has made it back from those dark days of late october. >> you are stronger than the storm, after all you've dealt with, after all you've been through, the jersey shore is back and it is open for business. and they want all americans to know that they're ready to welcome you here. >> jessica yellin is there, our chief white house correspondent. is there any way to tell -- are these two gentlemen actually bonding? as we mentioned, is it strictly a partnership of convenience? we have the president, he has money for hurricane relief, chris christie has the republican credit -- some republican credit, at least. >> reporter: well, i would say it's -- now they share a political goal, brooke. the governor sells himself as a person -- a politician who will make tough choices to just get

the job done. president obama came here and said he will not forget, he will stick with this job here in new jersey until the sandy recovery is finished. so they both sort of forge this bond at that moment when they came in for sandy relief together, and they're both invested in making sure that they make good on that promise. they have different motivations, but for different reasons they share a similar goal and so in that sense, they do have a bond, and they're both -- you can tell they sort of amuse one another even though they're very different kinds of people, they're physically very different, you know, tall and small and long and, you know, not long. so but they do seem to enjoy one another. and they have jokes at each other's expense, yeah. >> let me ask you about the president's republican friends at least it appears he can work with now, he has mary fallin out of oklahoma, the governor there, who was hit by the ef-5 tornado and chris christie, new jersey, hit by hurricane. the bad news for the president

is that neither one really has pull in washington, neither works there, and that is where the president could really use a republican friend, right? >> reporter: yes, but let's dial back and be realistic about this. if you take republicans who are governors and put them in washington, suddenly they would likely disagree with the president. the reason so many republican governors are more willing to welcome the president is because they need federal funding, which you get -- the state has gotten more than $3 billion with a b dollars in federal funds since hurricane sandy hit. and you also get a lot of press attention because the president came here today, the people watching this now know that the jersey shore is open for business, and recovery is under way and it brings tourists money and dollars back to the shore. so governors have a different political motivation, things change when you get to washington, you know, brooke. unfortunately these days. >> yeah, and despite the rain, great place to be, the jersey shore here.

jessica yellin, thank you very much. our chief white house correspondent, appreciate it. let me take you to bardstown, kentucky, where a grieving family, police department and community are trying to come to grips with the chilling murder of officer jason ellis. authorities say the seven-year police veteran and father of two was ambushed, shot to death, this was early saturday morning, on this exit ramp after stopping to remove some debris he saw in the middle of the road. he never had a chance to fight back. his gun still holstered. police won't say specifically what this debris was in the road, but they do believe that this debris was a trap and they called ellis' death a, quote, assassination. today, officer ellis' wife, amy, spoke about the overwhelming support she and her family have received. >> it just means -- it means a lot. i can't say how much that it has

meant to us, just to see the honor that has been shown to him and the support of our family. he was an amazing man. and i just want everybody to know what an amazing man that he was. he was a dedicated family man, he loved our family, loved our boys, he loved me. we met on valentine's day, 12 years ago. we were at college. and we were inseparable ever since. truly, truly love at first sight. my best friend. we've had our, you know, as good as can be expected, just they know, you know, their daddy is not coming back. and it's going to be a long, hard road. the younger one he knows, you know, try to explain the best i can, he knows daddy's not coming

back, we will see him one day again in heaven. and he got hurt yesterday, and that's when he started letting it all out. he just screamed and screamed and screamed. he wanted his daddy. and we all sat there and cried with him and so, you know, we do too. i wanted to thank everyone for, you know, the support and the honor and the love and the prayers, you know, the only reason why i can get up here right now is because of prayers. and god is, you know has picked me up off the bathroom floor. i didn't want to live another second without him. and now i know i have to be strong for our kids. and i can just -- i feel the prayers and the support. i truly do. and i wanted to thank everybody for that. >> here is what a kentucky state police trooper told me last

night about the hunt for this killer. >> we've got every resource available to us. it has been made available to us. i can assure you, we're all proud of the agency we work for. but we're not too proud to ask for help. and if it comes to a point within the investigation that we need help, and we are -- we will enlist that help and do whatever we can to bring this person to justice. >> officer jason ellis loved baseball, he spent two seasons as a catcher in the reds' minor league system before becoming a police officer and he was a pee wee baseball coach in bardstown. to florida where it was a lightning round of motions in the george zimmerman murder trial today. the judge handed the series of pretrial victories to the prosecution including barring the defense from introducing information about florida teenager trayvon martin at trial. the martin family attorney says the judge made the right decisions. >> trayvon martin did not have a gun, trayvon martin did not get

out of the car to chase anybody. trayvon martin did not shoot and kill anybody. trayvon martin is not on trial. none of the information released last week by the defense lawyers were relevant. >> george zimmerman who is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin, was not in court today. though his brother made a desperate plea to the state. >> i am calling on the state of florida to do the right thing, the only just thing, which should have been done long ago, i believe the time has come to withdraw the charge of murder in the second degree. >> joining me now, cnn legal analyst sunny hostin. sunny, there is so much information here today, let's begin with what is the bad news for the defense. we know that this judge denied or delayed nearly every one of the motions. so how big of a blow was this for the defense side?

>> reporter: you know, mark o'meara did speak to us, brooke, after the hearing and he said he expected the judge's ruling and, you're right, the judge in my view really denied a lot of the defense's requests to allow a lot of information about trayvon martin prior to the incident that happened on february 26th. and so the judge says, no, you're not going to hear about trayvon martin's suspension from school. you're not going to hear about trayvon moartin's alleged drug use. you're not going to hear about trayvon martin's alleged fighting prior to the night of february 26th. i do believe, though, that could be very difficult for this defense because mark o'meara said today, repeatedly, in the courtroom, that this defense is about trayvon martin being the aggressor, and george zimmerman having to defend himself. and so i suspect that this hearing made the defense a bit more difficult for mark o'meara and his team. >> sunny, let me bring in mark

dujame. the next one to you here. the judge did agree to a key request from the defense to hold a hearing on whether this state failed to turn over some evidence. why the delay in ruling? >> well, i think this is going to be a major ruling. i think we may see the fourth of july coming a month early. there is going to be fireworks on this. there is a strong -- when you accuse a prosecutor of misconduct, what has been done here, this calls for attention. they need to bring in the right witnesses to come in to be able to establish what, in fact, the defense is alleging. we don't know if it's true or not. if in fact it is true that the state withheld evidence, and i'm not sure that evidence will become admissible, sounds like it won't be, but that's not the standard in florida. if, in fact, there is anything that should have been turned over to the defense, and it wasn't, and it turned out somebody from the state brought it to the defense's attention, because they proceeded impropriety, that's a big deal. it deserves a full and fair

hearing. >> what about this gag order that the prosecutor had wanted that was denied. do you think that will impact the case at all? >> you know, i don't think so. clearly the judge has ruled on this issue before. this is the third gag order that the prosecution has requested. of course, it has been denied each and every time. the judge made it clear she expects these attorneys to be professional. she expects these attorneys not to share information with the media about these particulars of the case. i will say this, brooke, which was very interesting. there was an exchange between mark o'meara and judge nelson this morning. by the way, judge nelson has done a superb job at least today of keeping this very, very tight. but she indicated that they had a discussion in camera about whether or not, meaning in her chambers, about whether or not to sequester this jury and explain to all the attorneys not to mention it. but we now know that one of the defense attorneys did mention it

on our sister network hln and the judge was none too happy about that. >> mark, let me end with you. this was a biggie that came out today that the jury will not be going to the crime scene. why did the defense want this? >> i think they want to be able to bring a jury there so they can see all the angles and where everything happened and how things can happen quickly and where somebody might have been able to come around a corner or whatever. with all that said, i think the judge made a good ruling. i think you cannot replicate the time and the rain conditions and all that. you can't do it -- you can do it just as well by doing it on video and bringing pictures in and otherwise. i think speaking to what was just stated, i think the judge is running a tight ship. i think it is not so much her being tough but prepared. you see her going into court, reading the cases beforehand, she's ready. so i think that she just is moving along at a good clip and i think we can expect that at

trial. >> what is interesting also -- >> ten seconds, go, sunny. >> one quick thing. interesting to me, i'm always 15, 20 minutes early to all my hearings. this judge started the hearing not at 9:00 a.m., but at 8:59. so being prepared certainly is something that this judge is. >> she's on it. thanks, guys, appreciate it. coming up, interesting development in the michael jackson trial. a man who once worked with elvis is taking the stand. we'll tell you why that is. up next, an american mom sitting behind bars in mexico, accused of smuggling pot. and her husband isn't the only one who thinks she was framed. i'm in my work van, having lunch, next minute i'm in the back of an ambulance having a heart attack. i was in shape, fit. i did not see it coming. i take bayer aspirin. [ male announcer ] so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. see your doctor and get checked out.

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central mexico was really a shakedown by mexican soldiers. >> about getting money here. so the military was the only one there at the checkpoint, so from what i hear, that's a regular occurrence. >> at least one mexican official supports that view. yanira maldonado, who has seven children and two grandchildren, went to mexico with her husband to attend a family funeral. on the charter bus ride back to the u.s., she was arrested for allegedly smuggling 12 pounds of marijuana and her daughter spoke with cnn, pretty emotional interview, after visiting her mother in jail over the weekend. >> when i saw her, she was just smiling like she's always smiled before. and i broke down in tears. but she -- she just told me that she was going to get out -- for

me to be strong. and that she was innocent. she wanted to tell my brothers and sisters that she loved them very much. >> now cnn's alejandro ora is covering the story for us. how was she arrested? >> she was traveling to mexico with her husband. she was in arizona on a commercial bus for a funeral like you said before. and when they were returning to the united states, their bus stopped at a checkpoint in mexico. while the authorities were checking the bus, they found 12 pounds of marijuana under the seat of the family, under the seat of the couple. they were both taken into custody for questioning. a few hours late, the husband was released, but they told the husband that the wife had to stay for questioning. and then she was under arrest and now she's in a mexican prison. >> but then tell me about this chunk of cash that the husband then paid to the authorities. what was that all about? >> that's really interesting because one of the attorneys who is from mexico, actually suggested the husband to pay

$5,000 to the judge that's handling the case. it's really interesting to see how corrupted the authorities could be because they said regardless of her innocence and her guilt, just pay the judge $5,000, so she can be let go. he tried -- he found the money, gave it to the judge. by the time he gave it to the judge, he said, you know what, it is too late, she's been taken to another prison and it is not about the money anymore. and the words, it is not about the money anymore, it is not about the money anymore, is what makes everything confusing. >> confusing. you think about this family, she has this court appearance today, what do we expect to happen? >> either the judge is going to decide she will be released, or she would actually have to stay in jail, in mexico, for four months until her trial starts. >> we will follow it and see what the judge finds. thank you so much. >> thank you. my pleasure. coming up, as the dow rises today, look at the numbers, huge numbers. big news if you own a home or if you're thinking about buying

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great news for homeowners today. home prices in the united states posted their strongest gain since the housing boom rising nearly 11% in march from a year earli earlier. prices have been rising for three straight months now. excellent news. my friend zain asher joins me. of course, we have to say yea, great news. but i'm sure there is a tale of caution here as well. >> yes, as always. certainly good news rising home prices, but as always, there is some fine print. robert schiller, author of today's report, says pricing -- prices are soaring because people are buying more expensive homes. a year ago people were buying foreclosures. they're cheaper and that drives prices down. overall, there are some conflicting feelings about the housing recovery. some analysts are, of course, bullish this he expect home prices to continue to rise. that's because mortgage rates are low. also consumer confidence is strong. a lot of pent-up demand as well.

others are actually getting a bit worried because they feel as though home construction is not where it should be. the question is will construction be able to keep up with demand. also, we know that unemployment is still stubbornly higher, at 7.5%. the bottom line is, regardless of where we go from here, it is clear we are in a housing recovery. things are certainly a lot better than they once were. >> is this happening across the board or only in certain geographical areas? >> the recovery is pretty broad-based. the report actually measures the 20 biggest cities in the united states. so we're talking about san francisco, chicago, boston as well. prices are up more than 10% in 12 of those cities. take a look. the biggest increase is in phoenix. prices there are up 22% from march 2012. also at the top, san francisco, las vegas, detroit. big increases there on actually that much of a surprise. that's because they're the places that were hit the hardest during the recession and atlanta, brooke, where you are,

prices are up 19%. brooke? >> just talking to someone today about all the construction everywhere around town. zain asher, thank you very much. want to switch gears now, go straight to live pictures we're getting breaks news here. if you're in and around the baltimore area, you perhaps see this smoke here, billowing in the air, white smoke turning to black smoke. what is this? let me tell you, few details. this is what we know. this is a train derailment, a cargo train in the baltimore area. according to the baltimore sun, they heard a loud explosion and then as you can see, they all witnessed this massive plume of white smoke. initial reports indicate no one was injured. again, initial reports. but by the proximity clearly of this train derailment and other buildings, not quite sure if this is -- looks to be -- i don't know a residential part of town or not. but hazmat teams are en route to attack this. looking at other pictures as we

look at this here for the first time together, not quite sure what that is on the right side of the screen. get in my ear and let me know. yeah, some kind of industrial -- something industrial, can't tell. left-hand side of your screen, we're looking at fire, ems responding to, again, train derailment in the baltimore area. these are live pictures from wh can ll,re we still seeing flames on the side? yes. flames, white smoke, massive black smoke here. say it again, eric? hazmat crews on the way. you can see already about a dozen firefighters from the baltimore area responding. so we'll keep a close eye on this and see how this develops and hopefully those initial reports remain that no one has been hurt. more on that coming up. also coming up next, authorities say an oregon teenager was plotting an attack on a school that would have been, quote/unquote, deadlier than columbine. police found explosives, checklists, plans, all hidden in

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here is an update on breaking news. better vantage from the -- affiliate station wbal out of baltimore. the white and the black smoke and the crumpled cars, cargo train cars clearly derailed. according to baltimore sun, loud explosion was heard, and what appears to be this industrial area of baltimore. we can tell you that hazmat crews have arrived open the scene and according to initial reports, no one has been injured. huge, huge mess on the hands for hazmat crews and firefighters responding there in baltimore. we'll keep an eye on it as soon as we get any more information,

we'll pass it on to you live here on cnn. i do want to move along and talk to you about this oregon teenager who will be in court two hours from now to face adult charges of attempted aggravated murder. 19-year-old grant acord is accused of trying to pull off an attack at his high school. he was hoping it would have been worse than columbine according to reports. police say they found six types of explosives hidden in his bedroom including napalm, drain cleaner bombs, and molotov cocktails. an attorney for the family says the young man is mentally ill and has this rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, ocd. i want to bring in clinical psychologist jennifer o'connor. before we even get to specifically this young man's case, we're talking about this rare form of ocd, another acron acronym, pandas, which from what i read is called by strep throat. can you explain that? >> yes, that's correct.

it is a relatively rare form of -- a very sudden and severe onset ocd occurs in children following an infection, typically a strep infection. and what happens is the body's immune system attempts to fight off the infection, but mistakenly attacks a part of the brain that is responsible for regulating certain aspects of emotions and behaviors. and so what you will see is very severe sudden onset, like overnight, of extreme fears and anxieties. you'll see repetitive ritualistic behaviors, and often severe motor ticks. >> so now that we understand what this is, and this young man's case, the attorney for the mother says that this rare brain infection is what created his mental illness, which is perhaps, you know, what led to his actions. you say, though, that's a stretch. why? >> well, i would say it is a stretch. you will sometimes see often see temper tantrums and

irritability, outbursts of aggression in small children with pandas. but typically it is because they're so emotionally disregulated and they can't manage the anxiety that they're experiencing. what we're seeing with this 17-year-old is more of a premeditated, planned out intended act of violence. and it is a stretch to say that pandas could directly account for that. but what may have happened is, you know, sort of an escalation of more complicated mental health problems that perhaps the first stepping stone was the child had onset of pandas, and then overtime it became far more complicated. >> when you talk about, you know, premeditated and reading about this particular case, what jumped out at me is it was found in this 17-year-old's bedroom floorboards, right. so in addition to the napalm and everything else, checklists, diagrams, i know, you know, you, of course, haven't treated this 17-year-old, but just hearing about that, what does that tell you about him?

>> well, what that tells me is probably a couple of things. one thing i suspect is possibility that, you know, while he was struggling with mental illness and pandas as a child, he may have been socially alienated, may have been picked on, made fun of because of some of his symptoms perhaps, but clearly there has to be more complicated underlying mental illness, which i said pandas may have been the first step in the cascade of more -- >> we just don't know. >> we don't know. i would say there is more complicated things possibly, psychosis, possibly anti-social personality issues. it is really hard to say. but i do think it is a stretch to say that pandas could directly account for this. >> okay. jennifer o'connor, thank you for your expertise as a clinical psychologist here. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. coming up, the tornado hunters captured this. look at this. incredible footage from inside an ef-4 storm. chad myers actually got a look

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chaos in the high seas. exclusive new video of the scorched royal caribbean's grandeur of the seas. look at that. after a fire forced hundreds of passengers to scramble to the deck for safety. >> we got up to the deck and we see the lifeboats being lowered down. we saw a light sparking and catching on fire. we were basically shoulder to shoulder with a ton of people who were just as tare fide as we were. >> so instead of sending they willselves in the bahamas, passengers are heading to rainy baltimore on charter flights. cruise was canceled because of the fire. the new york police department denying accusations by amanda bynes that an officer sexually assaulted her during the actress' arrest last week. among other things, bynes is accused of tossing a bong out her manhattan window. according to the police department in new york, a witness says no one touched her. a music milestone, abbey

road intersecting with graceland. paul mccartney visiting the home of elvis presley for the first time. mccartney tweeted some photos of his time at graceland on sunday and left his guitar pick at the grave so elvis can play the guitar in heaven, according to rolling stone. sir paul was in femmemphis as p of a concert tour. check this out, may look like a tank, but it is actually a tornado intercept vehicle used to chase giant storms, like this one. this is video from inside an ef-4 tornado, the science behind this tornado tank up next. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪

a remote corner of kansas served as a location of one of the most terrifying films ever made. this is a direct hit by a violent ef-4 tornado. this was shot monday by professional storm chaser shawn casey and brandon ivy. their heavily fortified vehicle protected them, but easily, this whole thing could have gone very wrong. the sound you hear is because a hatch blew open when they were filming. chad myers, first of all, i say

yikes when i look at, you know, any kind of storm chasers. like this, right? and by the way, nice to see you. it has been like two months and happy belated birthday if i may. but you used to be a meteorologist in oklahoma city. you know all about tornadoes. tell me about this vehicle. >> this is crazy. this came to cnn a couple of years ago. they were out there trying to film an imax film and already did that. but they're still driving around because it is so cool to -- yesterday, they were in an ef-4. this was a big tornado. >> that this tiv. >> there is the turret up top. they shoot all 360 degrees it is awesome. it is bulletproof. it is armored. the sides go down to make sure the air can't blow under it. there are spikes that jam into the ground with hydraulics to keep this thing on the ground. they want to put this in a tornado. they think 150, 160 will be

fine. guess what, 160, the instruments yesterday blew off the top. so they don't even know how big the winds were. but they survived it. they lost the hatch -- >> we talked to them an hour ago. >> what did they say? >> they're going to chase again to today because it is going to be another big day and tomorrow is another big tornado day. when we get into thursday, weoe were, they're trying to pick up pieces. can you imagine any kind of winds blowing those pieces around? it could get very, very dicey this week. >> just the idea of being inside that thing as a tornado is hitting is truly -- it blows my mind. >> think about this. think about the people in oklahoma or moore that weren't inside a tiv. >> exactly what i thought. >> in that exact storm or bigger because the storm that, you know, was 210 miles. >> many who told me they were in their closets, bathtubs, and many, many of them saying, brooke, i'm definitely buying a storm shelter after what happened last week. >> they can be built. they can be built inside homes. they don't have to be underground. >> they're costly.

>> they're not cheap. they bolt them to the ground, they make sure that if the rest of the house goes, this room will still be safe, but, you know, what's the cost of a family. >> i absolutely agree with you. chad, thank you. >> you're welcome. and coming up next, chilling story, this newborn baby found alive in a pipe after he was flushed down a toilet. it ends happily, an incredible rescue story. and what the mother is saying, yeah, that's next.

this baby boy in china has proven to be a fighter the world is routing for. he's just a couple of days old. this newborn survived being flushed down a toilet. and then got stuck in a hala gorani has the story. you will not be able to turn away. the dramatic rescue began after cries from a fourth floor apartment toilet. alarmed neighbors saw a tiny foot and called the fire department. unable to pull the baby out, rescuers went to the floor below and sawed away the entire section of sewer pipe. but still, the baby remained

wedged inside. so sewer section and baby were taken to the local hospital where firefighters and surgens working together carefully began removing the pipe piece by piece. an hour later, success. a newborn baby rescued, the after birth still attached. chinese media said he's a baby boy, now in stable condition. police say they're looking for the parents, they say no one has yet come forward to claim the child. >> i saw this morning and i didn't believe it. i mean, it is disgusting but it is amazing altogether. tell me the condition of this child and where is this mother. >> well, the mother has been found by police, police say that they have the mother and they have spoken to her and she said she regrets it. it does imply it was done intentionally. that's all we know. they are treating this as an attempted homicide, though. so she might be in quite a bit

of trouble. as far as the baby, he doesn't have a name yet. his name is baby number 59 because that's the number of the incubator he's in. he was born -- he weighs 6 pounds, he had a low heart rate when found and he had a few scratchs and bumps and bruises, but he's fine. it is miraculous. this kid was in a sewer pipe. >> six pounds plus. he was a decent sized little guy. >> decent sized. not underweight when he was born. as i said, the police are treating this as an attempted homicide. people have come forward and set said le mt me adopt the baby. >> let's see where this baby lands and if and when the baby gets a name, i'm sure. thank you very much. as we take you to break, more of the pictures of this cargo train derailment in the baltimore area. we have now learned one person is trapped in this mess here in the baltimore area. we don't know what was inside of these cargo trains.

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>> reporter: it's saturday night in a suburban denver office and eric's workday is just getting started. his business is marijuana,

delivered straight to your door, anywhere in the denver area, usually in 45 minutes or less. >> now it is just a matter of a small wait and we should see an order or something come in. >> reporter: his company is called medex express. they advertise on craigslist and have five drivers plus employees who prepare the marijuana for delivery. >> this is on demand. they pretty much -- if you have a product, they have cash. >> reporter: within minutes of placing the ad, the first order comes in. >> how much are you looking to donate today? okay, okay. >> reporter: the order completed online, his client gets an e-mail confirmation and eric hits the road. first stop, the fulfillment center, aka, the apartment where they keep the weed. no cameras allowed, eric says. >> what did you get? >> okay. so the packaging is all done. we actually guaranteed freshness and that's why you see this. this is 3.5 grams of l.a.

confidential. >> reporter: weed in hand, dr. dre on the radio, and eric is on his way. the first customer of the night is a businessman from out of town, staying at a hotel. he ordered an eighth of an ounce of marijuana, will pay $45 for that and a $5 delivery surcharge. last year colorado voters passed amendment 64, making recreational use of marijuana legal. retail stores won't go online until january 2014, but under state law, anyone in colorado can possess small amounts of marijuana. eric says this means colorado is in a gray area and he thinks it makes his business legal. he says the police haven't bothered him. to hedge his bets, he advertises the payment is a donation. make of that what you will. >> we understand it is pretty rogue as far as what's going on. but we want to be the pioneers to be able to set up a legitimate business instead of this being ran by some thugs. >> reporter: 35 minutes after

the order was placed, he pulls into the hotel parking lot. >> this is eric. i just pulled up. >> reporter: they agree to meet in front of the hotel, trade cash for weed, shake hands and go their separate ways. just finished the first delivery of the night and two orders have come into the dispatch center. eric won't say where the pot comes from. his employees and customers all declined to go on camera. back at the fulfillment center, his team has another order ready to go. >> this looks like it is mountain gorilla. >> reporter: that's an ounce. >> that's an ounce. >> reporter: eric runs a financial services company and a debt consolidation business, but thinks this will be his most successful business yet. ultimately, you know, where do you want your business to be? >> i'm a big planner. i'm a entrepreneur, a businessman, so i want this to be a feature and i want this to be something we can set up, that has a great operation, maybe a franchise. >> reporter: back for another order headed to a house in an upscale denver suburb. >> this is a quarter here.

once again, mountain gorilla, and then this is going to be also a quarter of white fire. >> reporter: he'll keep going all night, delivering marijuana and staking his claim on colorado's marijuana gold rush. >> this was crack or something like that, i wouldn't be doing this. this is something that probably should have been legalized long before. so it is not something that i'm ashamed of in any way. i think it is a great way, a great business opportunity, a great way to be able to support my family. >> reporter: jim spellman, cnn, parker, colorado. a police officer ambushed, shot to death and now as crews are hunting for his killer, his widow breaks her silence. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. two political opposites coming together again on the jersey shore. an american mother behind

bars in mexico. accused of smuggling pot. but her husband isn't the only one who thinks she was framed. plus the twister, up close, brand-new video shot from inside a tornado tank. and police say he wanted to top columbine. very soon a teenager accused of making diagrams and checklists in a plan to bomb his school appears in court. we begin this hour with breaking news. good to see you. i'm brooke baldwin. straight to baltimore, to these live pictures, massive explosion here on the train tracks in baltimore. here's what we know now. this is a cargo train, we know hazmat teams are on the scene, what was in the train, we don't know. we're getting better pictures here, closer to the ground.

we have learned one person at last check was trapped in all of this. we have seen firefighters on the ground, responding, of course, ems and what looks to be some sort of industrial area of baltimore. i have chad myers who has been watching this. and, look at this smoke. we see black smoke, we have seen white smoke, but you have seen, what, a truck in addition to this train. this train. >> i believe just up the track

greater baltimore and how high and huge this black plume of smoke is above this scene. from maryland to illinois we go to chicago and an arrest in the case that symbolized a new low for the violence overtaking that city street. janae watkins was 6 months old in her father's lap, in a car, when a gunman shot and killed her and wounded her father back

in march. chicago police say this is the guy this is the gunman, 33-year-old colin willis turned himself in to investigators and police say he took the life of one of chicago's smallest victims because her father stole from willis. they also acknowledge despite the many, many shootings they faced, this one hit too close to home. >> this was a real hard one for the team. everybody up here, i'm almost without a doubt we all have our own kids, especially when it is a young child like this, the guys put a lot of time into this. some of them coming in on their own time when things started to break last week. it was -- it was a toll on everybody. >> want to go straight to chicago to ted rowlands because we know this guy willis, coleman willis, was just in court. what happened? >> reporter: well, it pushed

back the bond hearing a week, brooke. willis' attorneys needed more time because they just saw some of the evidence this morning. and the state had to lay out some of the evidence against him in court today and they have considerable evidence against him. they say his cell phone tracks him to the area. they say his girlfriend's minivan which he drove was seen by surveillance cameras in the area and most importantly he apparently admitted it to a third party that he indeed did pull the trigger and shoot this person and inadvertently killed a 6-month-old. you mentioned it, this is a new law in the city of chicago. apparently he had had -- willis had his home burglarized. one thing stolen was a sony playstation. he said he was so angry, he when he found out who did this, he was going to find them and kill them. he thought that janae's father was responsible for this and sure enough he found him and police say that he ended up killing a 6-month-old little girl over a sony playstation. >> what about this local pastor

for helping in the case? >> reporter: cory brooks, you may remember him, the guy -- the rooftop pastor, spent two months on a rooftop here trying to bring in money to help with the chicago -- also did a walk across the country. he was instrumental in this according to police because he's been helping the community in a way that he is urging them to come forward. one of the biggest problems with all of these cases, brooke, is nobody witnesses them, and nobody comes forward. and in this case, detectives say they were able to get people to come on the record and they will be in court here, and that makes all the difference. they have witnesses coming forward. homicides are down 19% this year, brooke. in chicago, police are hoping this is a trend. and they're hoping this little girl didn't die in vain, that people will look at this senseless violence that has been going on for years here in chicago, and start to really take stock in their neighborhoods and in their own families and try to put a stop to it. >> here is hoping they can. i remember the rooftop man.

we had him on the show. he's fantastic. good for him. ted rowlands in chicago, appreciate it. this was a quick hit today for the president. in and out of new jersey, in a matter of a couple of hours. early this afternoon, got a look at post sandy recovery efforts along the jersey shore. just before the rain started falling. here he is with governor chris christie, one of his top republican boosters. not coincidentally, his state has gotten a billion plus dollars in federal aid to help rebuild. going to take you live to asbury park and jessica yellin, our chief white house correspondent. lovely weather i can see there for you this afternoon, jessica. tell me how the visit went. >> reporter: hi, brooke. well, the president was here for three hours, but it was a chalk full visit. he toured the boardwalk with the governor. he talked to some local business owners whose places had been shuttered and reopened. played an arcade game and he spoke, said exactly what the governor wanted to hear from the president. listen to this.

>> you are stronger than the storm. after all you've dealt with, after all you've been through, the jersey shore is back and it is open for business. and they want all americans to know that they're ready to welcome you here. >> reporter: a lot of free advertising for the jersey shore. not the best weather for it, but people can come and visit. one thing, brooke, the governor had a better game day than the president. they both played a little bit of arcade games and the president went over five throwing a football through a tire. the governor got it right through on the first go. and he won the president a stuffed bear. >> nice. >> reporter: lots of symbolism there for the political bromance. >> nice. despite the weather and the fact he got the bear, you know, happy not to be in washington perhaps. is there any way to know, would he have made this trip wore it

not for all the heat of the reported scandals in the nation's capital? >> you know, the president actually said in his speech that the idea of this visit came up last week and when his political aides came to him and said would you like to go to the jersey shore, this was not a difficult choice. he would much rather get out of washington and be here. so, you know, in a serious note, it is a good way for the president in their view to try to turn the page and highlight for them a way in which government works. fema is an area they think that they had some great success overhauling the emergency management system. and a reminder to folks that this is government when it does function for the people, unlike, for example, the irs controversy where there is a lot of dysfunction right now, a lot of disappointment in government. >> jessica yellin, thank you, jessica. another black eye for the cruise industry. told you about the fire on board this royal caribbean cruiser. today, passengers flying home, back from the sunny bahamas,

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royal caribbean cruise, thank goodness no one was hurt, we should say in this fire there off the bahamas, but, you know, talk to me about this negative press. is it hurting the cruise industry? >> yeah, it is. typically the cruising is very safe, but, you know, we have seen so many of these happen so close together. so, you know, it is certainly bruising the cruise industry, but instead of being a knockout punch, i think these are more light jabs. >> what about this new bill of rights. if people don't know this exists, it does. there is a new bill of rights for cruise passengers, it was approved by the industry's trade association last week. i know you have had a read of it. what stands out to you? >> yeah, sure. in fact, i can -- if you want, i can pull it up here on my little magic phone. and just read this, the one that stood out to me was it says the right to a full refund for a trip that is canceled due to mechanical failures or a partial

refund for voyages that are terminated early due to those failures. and, i mean, come on. that's like going to the doctor for an appendectomy, he takes out a kidney by mistake and says, you know, we'll give you a voucher for a free surgery in the future. >> thank you. you just said what i was wondering too. a refund, like, i'm going to need more than that, buddy. >> it is not good enough. the most serious and dangerous emergency on a cruise ship is fire. these people's lives were in danger. so, you know, i think what we ought to see is, you know, thousand dollars cash to each passenger on board or that or the option of five free cruises. one cruise is just not enough. >> i covered the carnival triumph, talking to people getting off that ship in mobile, despite all the ick and we won't go there of what happened inside the cruise, they said the most frightening part was the fire. there was a fire that started the whole thing. but i know in the '90s, 3 million people, they booked a ticket on a cruise ship. this year the number is like 20 million, even chad myers, love

him, our weather guy here, has been on, like, 20 cruises. loves to cruise. but, i mean, it is a huge surge in popularity. has the industry safety standard though been able to keep up with that growth? >> i think it has. last year the cruise industry grew 5%. this year, forecasting 2% to 3%. and you know, the more ships you put in the water, the more likely it is that we'll have an incident. it is just, you know, statistics 101. we see a lot of regulations, a lot of improvement in safety over the years. so -- but i think, again, we just -- there needs to be accountability, some getting out ahead of the story. >> jay herring -- >> let's make passengers feel lucky to be on a ship that has a mishap. because the compensation is so great. >> that nice. jay herring, we're not on that ship. the author of "the truth about cruise ships." thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> thanks, brooke. up next, a big win for the prosecution in the case against george zimmerman.

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a court appearance is set about an hour from now for an oregon teenager facing adult charges of attempted aggravated murder. he is 17-year-old grant acord, accused of trying to pull off an attack at his high school, more devastating than columbine. let me tell you what police found in his bedroom. six types of explosives, according to police, including napalm, drain cleaner bombs, and molotov cocktails. an attorney for the family says the young man is mentally ill, has a rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. it was a lightning round of emotions in the george zimmerman murder trial today. the judge handed a series of pretrial victories to the prosecution including barring

the defense from introducing information about florida teenager trayvon martin at trial. the martin family attorney says the judge made the right call. >> this information was not relevant. it was inadmissible. and so we have to not let people get away with trying to pollute a jury pool. >> george zimmerman, charged with second degree murder in the technology of trayvon martin, was not in court today, but his brother made a desperate plea to the state. >> george is a good, decent and honest man. it is now my honor to advocate for him. george is in the fight for his life quite literally as the oldest son, the only right thing for me to do is everything i can do to deliver him back to our parents. the only right way to do it is by relying on truth. >> cnn's david mattingly live in florida for us. the judge drew some pretty clear lines today, take me through what will and will not be

allowed in court. >> reporter: she drew those lines pretty quickly today too. she had no trouble ruling right there on the spot. a lot of it had to do with evidence about trayvon martin, about his character, about his activities, and the judge down the line deciding that this has no place in this trial. let's just look at list. first of all, as trayvon martin's school records, they won't be allowed. a jury won't be allowed to see them. they won't be allowed to know what sort of disciplinary problems he might have had in school, why he was serving a suspension while staying there in that condo complex in florida. the jury will not be able to see the text messages and photographs taken off his cell phone those photos showing he had a history of drug use, marijuana use, a fondness for guns. guns also an interest in fighting. he mentioned in text messages that he had been in a fight where he was going to have to fight a certain opponent again

because he didn't bleed enough the first time, only punched him in the nose. the prosecution wanted all of these to make sure that none of these were brought up in front of the jury, didn't feel like they were relevant. the defense, however, said there was going to be important to them because they're trying to show that george zimmerman was not the aggressor here and he was defending himself at the time that he pulled that gun out and shot and killed trayvon martin. but now they're not going to be able to use them, but, you know how a court cases are here, there could be a door open somewhere along in the trial with this information might somehow become relevant, the defense again might again in the future be able to argue to the judge, hey, look, we need to bring this in now because the prosecution is saying this. so that door is open on some of the stuff. but a lot of it today, the judge making it clear that this trial is about george zimmerman, about his actions, and not about trayvon martin. >> talking to several lawyers earlier, sounds like this judge is running a pretty tight ship,

starting this thing early today. david mattingly for us, thank you. a desperate plea from a daughter to free her mother from this mexican jail. >> there is people out there saying or asking, did she really do it? are you sure? and it hurts, you know, to see that. if you would have known my mom, if you just would have met her, you would have known she had nothing to do with it. >> a mother of seven accused of trying to smuggle drugs back into the united states. but her family says there is a sinister explanation for her arrest. that is coming up next.

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update for you on that cargo

train derailment collision that we have been showing you pictures of. the newest bit of information that we just got from a baltimore county police official is that the truck that chad myer was talking about, that a truck was definitely involved in this derailment collision. how specifically it was involved we don't know. it was and at last check there is still one person trapped. can see all the smoke still billowing here over the skies of baltimore. again, hazmat crews on scene responding. in arizona, grandmother is trapped in a legal nightmare in mexico charged with drug smuggling. a court appearance today could determine if yanira maldonado goes free. her husband was advised to give the judge $5,000 to free his wife. that didn't work. he believes her arrest, this was just last week at this military roadblock in central mexico was really a shakedown by mexican soldiers. >> it is about getting money

here. so the military was the only one there at the checkpoint, so from what i hear, that's a regular occurrence. >> at least one mexican official supports that view. yanira, who has seven children, and two grandchildren, went down to mexico with her husband to attend a family funeral. on the charter bus ride back to the united states, she was arrested for allegedly smuggling 12 pounds of marijuana. steve kardian is a former police detective. let me bring you in. a couple of questions. welcome. first, when you say that an official says that she was probably framed, how long do they have to keep her in this jail? what exactly does she have to prove? >> well, the burden of proof in mexico is completely different than it is in the united states. in essence, she's believed guilty until proven innocent.

opposite of what we experienced here in the united states. so she could -- after this hearing she could be released or held for up to six months. it is very problematic. the fact she has the mexican officials and senator flake from arizona working for her, plus that -- the strength of the family unit and all those around her is a positive thing. >> let me broaden this out. we were talking, you know, if you think about it, steve, when you plunge your suitcase down, whether you are traveling on a plane, a train, a bus, and it goes away, right, next time you see it hopefully on a conveyor belt when you've gotten to destination x. how common is it for criminals to stash, let's just stick with drugs, you know, a bunch of pot in or near your luggage in hopes of sneaking it through? >> well often they have mules, people bring the drugs -- usually across the boarder. they're even going so far as giving blind people drugs to take across the border. but i see this more that the drugs were planted prior to them

getting on to the bus with the intent of the person that put them there to acquire those and retrieve those after the bus had met its destination. >> so if that were the case, and we don't know that for sure, if that had been, somebody planted these -- 12 pounds of pot is a lot. how could you -- is there anything she could have done differently to make sure that she wouldn't have, you know, been arrested? anything? >> there was much confusion. initially they thought it was her husband and then they arrested her. i see her as the soft -- if it is a bribery case, and we just don't know all the facts, but if it is a bribery case, she would be the softer target. he would be more willing to pay the $5,000 and actually i have something that would resemble that packet of -- this is a 2.2 or kilo of cocaine that would have been six approximately this weight in size as she would have been transported. >> that's a lot. steve kardian, thank you. we'll follow the case and hopefully if she's innocent, she's able to return to her

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another turn around tuesday from the cnn money newsroom in new york. i'm zain asher. this is your money. a pretty big rally is under way for the dow right now. though it has pulled back considerably since it touched another interday high this morning. the rally started in japan and slowly spread to the u.s. japanese stocks jumped after a member of the bank of japan said it would continue to keep interest rates low. the rally eventually spread. all of this helps alleviate the worries we saw last week with the u.s. federal reserve. also helping u.s. stocks is positive economic news at home. home prices in the u.s. posted their strongest gains since the housing boom rising nearly 11% in march. according to the s&p case schiller, more people are buying more expensive homes instead of cheap foreclosures. that and the fact that home construction unsxexpectedly fel

last month has analysts worry the economy could slow town. a recovery is under way across the country. prices are up by more than 10% in more than half of the cities in the index. the biggest increase is actually in phoenix. prices are up 22% from march 2012. also at the top, by the way, san francisco, along with las vegas and detroit. two of the cities hit hardest during the recession. and the stock market rally and housing recovery is starting to make consumers feel much better about the economy today. we learned that consumer confidence is at a five year high this month. the conference board said consumers feel more positive about economic and job growth. and lastly, another possible reason stocks are higher today. it is tuesday. if the gains actually hold, today will mark the 20th straight tuesday the dow has finished higher. 20 in a row is a record high for tuesday. we need -- we need four more weeks to match the all time record for any day of the week. the dow rose for 24 straight

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in a matter of minutes, anthony weiner set to appear in his first debate as candidate as mayor of new york city. tonight's hot topic, education. pundits as we know will be watching to see if weiner's opponents bring up his past. let's go to anchor of the lead, mr. jake tapper. here's the thing, we know he's doing well in the polls. let's say the debates, they could make or break him. how do you think he handles the scandal that brought him down in the first place? >> he's been handling it since he started rolling out this

mayor ol cma mayoral campaign. he doesn't turn away questions about it when he's on the stump and basically i think his strategy is has been to exhaust the subject until people don't want to talk about it anymore. you see he's actually gone up in the polls since the first poll when he was in second place behind the city council president christine quinn now he's gone up five points and she's stayed the same. the latest poll has her at 24%, weiner 19%, just five points behind her. the fact he's gaining ground and she has not gone up at all despite being the presumptive favorite may help explain why she is not participating in the debate today. the other five democratic candidates are. but it is very interesting and the fact is based on today's numbers. there is a big undecided vote,

based on today's numbers, he would be -- he would force a runoff contest. not to say he would win, but if neither candidate -- if no candidate gets 40% of the vote, there will be a runoff vote and it would be her and him. >> how about that? that debate happening in a couple of minutes. you are going to be talking about eric holder. we just learned the attorney general is being investigated for possibly lying to congress. >> yeah. i think that there is enough legalistic wiggle room for the attorney general to say he did not lie to congress. the question is he was asked about the possible prosecution or his answer was about the possible prosecution of journalists in relation to an elite case. he knows of no incident where there would be a possible or potential prosecution of a reporter. that is not the same as claiming to a judge that you might be interested in a journalist in order to obtain the subpoena to get his records, which is what seems to have happened with the fox news reporter, james rosen,

in this very controversial case involving a leak. what the justice department can say and what holder can say is we never intended on prosecuting him, but we did want to get a warrant to prosecute the leak. so that's the wiggle room. not being honest and up front and completely open about what's going on, but it is, i think, a defense against the charge of perjury. >> jake tapper, we'll see you on the lead in a matter of 15 minutes. top of the hour. thank you so much. let me move along and talk about cleveland, ohio. what happened inside of this home shocked the world. you know the story. three women held captive, sex slave for more than a decade. three weeks ago, they broke free. the cameras for the most part have left. but sightseers linger and this community is still reeling from the horrors that unfolded there. cnn's pamela brown has an update from the fenced off home in cleveland. >> reporter: ever since ariel castro was arrested a few weeks

ago, his home here behind me boarded up, guarded by a fence, has become a bit of a tourist hot spot. we have seen people here from all over coming to take pictures, we even spoke to one family who drove six hours just to see the house in person. so while it has become an attraction for some, for others who live in this neighborhood, it is a haunting reminder. anthony westry lives two doors down from the home where a decade long secret came to a very dramatic end. is it sort of a creepy feeling to think for all these years they were there, two doors down. >> with the boogie man. >> reporter: he's talking about ariel castro, the man accused of kidnapping gina dejesus, michelle knight and mandia berry and holding them captive for years. now neighbors like westry say they're trying to adjust to their new normal. if we were to spend a day with you, after what happened, right next door, what would it be like? >> almost like a mardi gras. constant stream of cars.

>> reporter: what is a tourist attraction for some, is more of an eyesore for neighbors like israel luka. >> you got a gate around a house of horrors and it is in my backyard, but i wish they could knock it down. >> reporter: what allegedly happened inside the walls left an indelible mark, the women's courage inspired people in this community and beyond. >> the e-mails keep coming and coming, wanting to help. we're trying to channel those now more towards contributions to the fund. >> reporter: chris kelly of the jones day law firm runs the courage fund, set up for the three women and a little girl rescued earlier this month. raising more than $650,000 with the funds to be equally distributed into four separate trusts. what does it take about the girls, chose to put the money in the trust rather than take the money directly now? >> they have the savvy and sense to know that they want to have

the moneys protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say they're drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. >> they're exceptional human beings, having gone through the ordeal and to be able to come out of it and start to heal and move forward so quickly is amazing. >> reporter: in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars already raised for the women, there have been dozens of offers for free services like college tuition for four years, dental care, spa services, but the biggest need remains financial help. if you want to learn how to help the girls, go to cnn.com/impact and click on the cleveland courage fund. brooke? >> pamela brown, thank you very much for us there in cleveland. from that story to another huge story. i was in moore last week. we still have crews here as people are picking up the pieces and their lines. w we check in with george howell with an emotional survival story there. don't miss it. ñe

tornadoes kill 24 people, injuring more than 300 and damaged over 12,000 homes in oklahoma. and a little more than a week ago. people there are facing miles of debris and, of course, months of recovery. but they're living up to what is called the oklahoma standard. here >> reporter: block by block, neighborhood after neighborhood, words alone don't seem enough to describe the devastation in this part of oklahoma and nearly

everyone here has a story. >> i was in the tornado shelter when it came. i was home hearing the news. it was time to duck and cover and i got my dogs and got in there behind the house. >> reporter: first an ef-4 tornado tore through the town of shawnee, killing two. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the next day an ef-5 tornado hit moore, mangling communities, destroying an elementary school full of students. we were there during the desperate search for survivors. >> they're saying that we had kids in this school to go look for them. >> i would imagine as parents you are incredibly thankful to have your children right here right now. >> yes, i thank god that i got there in time to pick up my nieces, my nephews, my son. i don't know what i would have done. >> reporter: 24 people died that day. ten were children, among them kyle davis, whose funeral was this weekend. >> there should be a place that if this ever happened again

during school kids can get to a safe place that we don't have to sit there and go through rubble and rubble and rubble and may not ever find what we're looking for. >> reporter: help has come from all over. on the campus of the university of oklahoma, president david borin opened the doors of the school's dorms for homeless families. ou football coach bob stoops donated a stack of gift cards to help tornado victims get back on their feet. i've heard this thing, coach, called the oklahoma standard. what is the oklahoma standard? >> well, you know, if you watched as everybody has seen over the past week it's just persistance and a great positive attitude by the people to never give him. >> george howell joins me now. look at that. people still searching through what was their homes. i saw the oklahoma standard. you have seen it, yourself. how are people, though, doing? here we are one week out. >> reporter: you know, brooke,

you were here just a few days ago. you remember seeing debris scattered everywhere. just scattered about. it's not the case now, brooke. you see change here is incremental. you see piles all over the place. like this pile. it's really like a whole area of just different piles of debris and could take months. it could take more than a year to clean this up. we saw that happen in tuscaloosa. we're here on the grounds where the school once stood. you look over here at this fencing that surrounds where the school was. a memorial that's been set up here by people, you know, who have friends, who have family members, who have people who were at this school. it's still unclear whether the school will or will not be rebuilt. that's a question we're still trying to look into. but again, change is slow. change is incremental. change, brooke, is definitely happening. >> if it is rebuilt, whether or not it will have a storm shelter this time. george howell in moore, thank you. a booming blast at a west,

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since that explosion leveled the local fertilizer plant. investigators still don't know what caused it. 15 people died in the explosion, many of whom were first responders running to the scene to help. ed lavandera joins me live from west. ed, you talked to this volunteer firefighter who survived the explosion. what did he say? >> reporter: it's an amazing sto story, brooke, when you consider so many first responders were killed in that blast but a lucky few who responded and were seriously injured could walk away and talk about it nearly six weeks later. right in the middle of the chaos was firefighter robert payne, which makes seeing him now, six weeks later, all the more remarkable. >> the explosion, do you remember it? i don't remember it at all, no. i watch it in video and see how

violent it is and how loud it is. no, i don't remember any of that at all. i don't remember anything really until the next morning waking up in icu. >> reporter: this was the blast site. payne was trying to retreat and made it about 35 yards away behind a fire truck, which apparently shielded him just enough. the truck was left a mangled ruin. somehow robert payne survived. >> when i visited with the guy that rescued me, brad, he filled me in on a few things about where i was found and the fact i was blown out of my boots. my boots were in one place and 35 feet away. >> reporter: payne has nerve damage in his right arm, broken ribs, broken facial bones, bone chips in his leg, and needs surgery to repair his right ear drum, but he's alive. 12 other first responders weren't so lucky. >> those are some of the firefighters we lost. >> the west mayor took us to the fire station. the names of the firefighters who died are still on the

lockers. there are two donated fire trucks and west firefighters just resumed handling calls this past week. >> it's got to be hard for these guys to come in here. >> they may not want to get back on that horse but they have to get back on that horse. that whistle blows, we're in charge of this place now and -- they don't quit. >> reporter: the hard work is just beginning. this is the foundation of the building that blew up. >> yes. there are pieces all over this piece. >> reporter: the mayor needs $4 million just to fix sewer and water lines. 700 homes need to be rebuilt. he does say one building won't be welcomed back -- the fertilizer plant. >> we don't have the ability to say you can't build here. >> reporter: what do you think the town reaction would be? >> the town reaction would probably be to the point that they wouldn't want to rebuild anyway. >> reporter: the cause is still listed officially as undetermined. there are three possible things investigators haven't been able

to rule out, one whether the fire was intentionally set. that brings us to a man named bryce reid a former ems worker fired a few days after the explosion. he is still in custody awaiting trial onnon unrelated firearms charge. we spoke with several city officials in west who say they don't believe he had anything to do with this, that the fire was simply an accident. >> back to that huge piece of land, what will go there? do they have any idea? >> reporter: it's interesting. we finally got a comment from the spokesperson for the owner of the plant, an 83-year-old man named don adair. the spokesperson says it is highly unlikely that he would rebuild and continue on with this fertilizer business. this area needs the fertilizer plant. the question is where it will go. >> ed lavandera in west, texas with that update, thank you so much. a quick reminder, you have a blog you can check for interviews later on.

go to cnn.com/brooke. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being with me. i am back up at 7:00 tonight in for erin burnett out front. i hope to see you then. in the meantime i'll turn things over to my colleague in washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. president obama and governor christie hit the jersey shore today. no sign of snooki but it was a definite situation. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead. greetings from asbury park, new jersey as the garden state starts to rebuild after hurricane sandy president was welcomed with open arms by republican governor christie. he also brought a stuffed animal. also leading nationally, eat your greens with an extra helping of genes. millions protest a super corporation pumping up your food. are genetically modified crops good for big business but bad for the rest of us? and the money lead. another cruise ship is cut short after a