furthering her education and perhaps going to med school. that sit for me. "cnn newsroom" continues. have a great afternoon. right now, our own chad myers is chasing storms in america's heart land as this region is sitting as a possible bullseye for tornadoes. we're about to go to him live. i'm brooke baldwin, the news is now. a former nfl player found dead. and his family sensed fear in his final phone call. we're on the case. jc penney under fire for this, resemble anyone? plus, two of the world's most violent gangs talking truce from behind bars. and -- >> ♪ twinkle twinkle little star ♪ >> a 10-year-old girl with weeks to live is being denied a transplant because of her age.

now, her parents' urgent fight to change the rules. >> i'm not going to tell her she's dying. because she's 10. good to see you. i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour, we talk nasty, nasty weather. dangerous storms are breaking out now in the plains. and we are going to chase that weather live. chad myers, you know, chad myers, our cnn meteorologist, guess where he is? southern kansas right now. he is imbedded with this team of storm chasers. we're going to see what they're seeing. chad will take us through of course beginning in just one short moment. but first let me just walk you back to yesterday. you see this? this giant twister. look at this thing. this was on the ground for half an hour. it skirted this small town of corning, kansas, thank goodness, didn't do too much damage despite these pictures you're looking at.

again, this was yesterday. flash forward to today, simply stated, red -- see the map, red means danger. more than 3 million people are under the gun right now including chad. chad myers, you're on the phone with me. tell me where you are. and i hear you are chasing storms as i speak to you. >> well, you know, brooke, they couldn't let us together more than one day in a row. that would be a new record. so here i am out in kansas. we'll be in the oklahoma panhandle soon and eventually into the texas panhandle where the town of boerger has a big storm headed to it now. still many hours of heating to go. the sun is coming out. the air is warming up. those are the two ingredients you truly need on a day like today. certainly we have the humidity. walk outside, bad hair day. humidity everywhere. when that sun heats the humidity up, the air wants to rise in the thunderstorms. and we have a jet stream above us. and dry air to our west. all of those things coming together to make another severe weather day. the bigger story today is how

large the area truly is. it's not just one or two counties or one or two watch boxes. this could encompass a lot of the u.s. from the midwest all the way up toward the northeast today and even into tomorrow. we're going to watch into oklahoma city for tomorrow. maybe even late tonight. obviously a lot of people there that are still picking up the pieces. we'll watch them for you here, we'll keep you advised when we see something, get anything on the ground, where'll e we'll bring it to you live, of course, brooke. >> okay, chad, in texas and oklahoma you go. keep us posted. we can pop you back on the phone and let me know what you're seeing. stay safe, chad, thank you. the weather has been intense across much of the united states. take a look for yourself at some video. this is illinois, this is carl sandberg college in the town of galesberg, had to close its campus today because of this, look at this, flooding. clearly you can see why they had to close. the floodwaters built up and built up outside before shattering the glass here and crashing through this building.

locked up in a mexican prison, an arizona wife and mother facing the unthinkable. today, she's back in court hoping to convince a judge to set her free, let her go home. her nightmare began on a bus headed back to the united states after attending a funeral in mexico. the mexican military say they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat, but her family, they said no way. they don't believe that. >> whoever was the cause of this, that's who i'm angry at. the people who put my mom in prison without having evidence. >> incredibly difficult, obviously for this family. casey wian covering the story for us in goodyear, arizona. casey, a mexican state official says it appears this mother of seven was framed.

there's even talk, you know, from authorities asking for bribe money. so how strong of a case do they have against her here? >> well, we really don't know at at about half an hour, another hearing in mexico is expected to begin. and testifying will be some of those mexican military personnel who apprehended yanira maldonado and initially her husband gary last week. her attorney will also have the opportunity to cross-examine them. so far all we know in terms of the case that they have built against her, if you can really call it a case, is the fact that marijuana was allegedly found underneath her bus seat on a commercial bus. witnesses have testified that she and her husband got on that bus and they weren't carrying anything. initially according to yanira's family, they arrested gary maldonado, her husband. they said it was under his seat. they then let him go, then

arrested his wife, sent her off to prison before he says he could gather the money together to pay the bribe, $5,000 bribe is what he says he was asked to pay to secure her release, brooke. >> experts saying perhaps she was a softer target than her husband and you know the deal in mexico, it is like you're guilty until you're proven innocent. let me ask you this, though, what kind of contact has she had with her family members, with the united states? >> reporter: limited contact with her family members. they visited her briefly over the weekend in prison. very heart wrenching, difficult experience for her daughter who we spoke to about that yesterday. her husband was in touch with the u.s. consulate in nogales and councilor officials say they have been in touch with mexican authorities. haven't told us if they're inside the small courtroom monitoring the proceedings. they say any comment on this case needs to come from either

mexican authorities or yanira's attorney in mexico. we should also point out, though, that u.s. senator jeff flake from arizona is monitoring this situation, has been in contact with mexican officials as well as the family, brooke. >> casey wian for us in arizona. casey, thank you. and now to that mysterious death of this former college football star by the name of colton finnerty. he was briefly with the baltimore raven and set out to go fishing on sunday. he disappeared. his body found last night in the woods about half a mile from where he left his boat. want to bring in alina cho who is covering this from new york. you've seen the preliminary autopsy report. what does it say, alina? >> reporter: it just came out, brooke. we just got off the phone with the sheriff's office. a lot of this is so mysterious, but the preliminary autopsy came back with an undetermined cause of death.

there will be some brain tests conducted, a final autopsy report will be released tomorrow, but one important point is that there was no sign of foul play. again, as i mentioned, so much mystery surrounding this story and there is a lot that we don't know. but as we gather the facts and put all the pieces together, here is what we can tell you. cullen finnerty's last phone call was apparently to a family member on sunday. that was the last anyone had heard from him. he was on that fishing trip. he was supposed to meet a friend. that friend apparently never showed up. now, in the phone call, finnerty apparently said that he was uncomfortable. he wanted to come off the river and that he added he was leery about something. but he wouldn't say what that was. now, you should also know that family members have expressed concern apparently to investigators that finnerty had suffered from concussions in the past. but at this point, too early to know if that played a role in his death, and even when that final autopsy report comes out,

brooke, that won't be mentioned whether concussions played a role. now, finnerty, as a porerson, 3 years old, really a star earthquake in college, after that he joined the baltimore ravens briefly and the denver post is reporting he was briefly with the denver broncos as well. he really was a star in college. grand valley state university. that university did put out a statement saying in part, quote, all of our thoughts and prayers go out to cullen's family. it went on to say, you can tell by the outpouring of support and now grief just how much this young man means to the grand valley community. one of his former coaches, interestingly enough, brooke, said he's a big character kid and had a lot of friendships and that was evident. imagine this, many current and former players, coaches, even alumni were among those actually searching for finnerty's body. that's right. which, as you mentioned, was

found about half a mile from his boat, in the woods. again, another mysterious part of this story that we're still trying to figure out at this point. >> a lot of questions still so early in the investigation. alina cho, thank you. >> you bet. coming up, story i know a lot of you are still talking about, that newborn baby who survived hours inside this sewer pipe before being rescued. we have some brand-new pictures for you today as his mother says she deeply regrets what she did. plus, cerealmaker kellogg settling a class action lawsuit over claims of false advertising. it is the big frosted mini-wheats controversy. that story after the break. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem,

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus. a handful of countries have been hit as you can see on the map. symptoms often start as a fever and cough. a training accident that killed seven marines in nevada in march is being blamed on human error. investigators found one of the marines didn't follow proper procedure before mortar round exploded at the hawthorne army depot. eight other service members were injured. no criminal charges have been filed. but three marine leaders were relieved of duty after the incident. 60 years ago, sir edmund hillary conquered mt. everest. i bet he didn't think of doing this, jumping. but, oh, yes, this is what russian extreme sports star valerie rosov did earlier this month. i don't know. butterflies. i'm never trying this. it is first. it is the world's highest base jump, made at an altitude of 23,700 feet. he flew for nearly one minute

before landing on a glacier more than 4,000 feet below. jcpenney says it didn't intentionally create a teapot to look like -- look at this. what do you see? adolf hitler, perhaps? but some drivers in southern california apparently disagree. take a look for yourself. this is the billboard with the kettle on display. located on the 405 interstate near culver city. drivers passing it by tweeted photos of it in anger. jcpenney tweeted back, quote, if we had designed the teapot to look like something, we would have gone with a puppy tea kettle. jcpenney. parents, if you bought your kids a box of kellogg's frosted mini-wheats because you believed that ad that said it would improve your child's attentiveness, well, i got some news for you. kellogg just agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over that claim. alison kosik has those details. and, alison, tell me who sued

kellogg and what else did the cereal claim it could do? >> a bunch of consumers got together and sued, wound up turning into a class action lawsuit because according to the lawsuit, kellogg's made it seem if you ate these frosted mini-wheats, you would be smarter, more specifically if your kids ate it, they would focus better in school. now kellogg's has created a $4 million fund to settle this lawsuit involving charges over this ad campaign. look at this. >> this school year, make a resolution to give your kids kellogg's frosted mini-wheat cereal, an excellent source of fiber from 100% whole grain that helps keep them full so they can focus on the day ahead. >> so in 2009, the fcc ads specifically you know, basically cited a highly suspect clinical study, brooke that supposedly proved that kids focused more what they were fed these mini-wheats. but listen to the problem here. the comparison group was only given water.

so, of course kids focus better when they eat breakfast instead of starving in the morning. what kellogg's did was took the claims out of the ads after the ftc complained but they're standing by the claim. but looking to change the ads to make the lawsuit go away. >> are these the same people that brought the nikes because they thought they could dunk and they're not dunking and now they want their money back? do customers get their money back? >> they can. you can go online, submit a claim form, or either online or through the mail, for boxes purchased between a certain time, january 28th of 2008, october 1st of 2009. only can get up to $15, so three boxes of cereal. go to cerealsettlement.com for more info. >> okay. alison kosik, thank you. >> sure. coming up, wounded war vets coming to the aid of those injured just a couple of weeks ago in the boston bombings.

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boston strong, the concert to benefit the one fund which, if you recall, sold out in all of five minutes, is tomorrow night. and the lineup, is if, i may, wicked awesome. james taylor, aerosmith, flying in from singapore for this, boston, drop kick murphies, new kids on the block. remember it was joey mcintyre who had just crossed the finish line when the bombs went off. want to let you know, i will be in boston tomorrow. so tune in for our live show outside the td garden and we'll see who or what we have up our sleeve as far as special guests for you. meanwhile, as the healing continues, our nation's vetera s s, our wounded warriors have banded together to offer the kind of advice and empathy for

marathon victims that only they can provide. pentagon correspondent barbara starr shares their amazing stories. >> as a boston native, i was saddened to learn of the deaths and injuries as a result of the boston marathon bombing. >> we have a message to share with all of those affected. my name is adam -- >> reporter: adam's leg was amputated after a blast in afghanistan. he and other wounded veterans made the video for one reason. >> just kind of share our experiences with the newly wounded community of the boston marathon bombing. >> always had a passion for cars and i was concerned i was never going to be able to do it again. >> reporter: they want the boston victims to know -- >> i'd say we still find a way to do some pretty cool things. >> my best advice on recovery -- >> just to be patient.

>> focus on the things you can do than the things you can't. >> you're not limited, you're just adaptive. >> reporter: they have a message for the rest of us. >> we have access to the best doctors, physical therapists. >> civilian amputees do not always have access to the same level of care. >> reporter: chris ferguson spearheaded the video the veterans made to help raise money for boston victims and families. >> this was a clear cut opportunity for them to give back. >> reporter: adam has now been to boston. >> i visited spalding, the rehabilitation center up there and got to meet a few of the amputees, and talked with them a little bit, kind of share and learn from them as well. >> through the victims and families of the boston marathon bombing -- >> we stand with you. >> we stand with you. >> we stand with you. >> reporter: barbara starr, cnn, washington. >> a lot of the survivors will be there tomorrow night for the benefit show. so, again, we'll be there, live, 2:00 eastern, in boston. i can't wait. we'll see you there. coming up next, a shooting rampage in texas.

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a u.s. marine, a veteran of two combat tours in afghanistan goes on a rampage in texas. lance corporal esteban smith started shooting, seemingly at random. investigators say one person was killed, seven wounded before he

was killed in a shootout with police. later officers searched this motel in north carolina and made a gruesome discovery. they found the body of smith's wife. she had been stabbed to death. and now we're hearing from two of his alleged victims who survived this spray of bullets. >> i don't know how we survived it. >> reporter: consider this a miracle. >> that was our regular routine. i drop her off at work and then i go to work myself. >> reporter: except this time a man pulled up as a couple was inside their truck and began shooting. they have no idea who he was. >> he was just looking at me. >> with a dead blank space. >> reporter: or that he would soon go off and shoot three others and kill a woman, who like them, was in her car. >> that's where it went through the roof. >> reporter: police counted 16 bullet holes on the truck. >> came through here. >> reporter: yet here they are, standing, with only bruises from fragments where the bullet

should have gone completely through. >> i thought the side of my face was shot off. >> reporter: the space where they attacked may have saved them this is the bullet that should have gone straight through his head. this is where charlotte was sitting and she says the seat belt is what saved her. >> it ricocheted and came up through the roof. >> reporter: do you consider this a miracle? >> yes. >> basically, yeah. the hand of god was with us that day. >> reporter: but it is still hard not to wonder why. >> i wouldn't wish this on anybody. for somebody just to come in and open up on us, for no reason, they don't even know us, and leaving us for dead. >> reporter: they may never find out after the alleged shooter was shot and killed by state troopers. >> as far as i'm concerned, that's what he deserved. >> reporter: for now they're just taking it one day at a time, knowing each day is a miracle in itself.

>> ktab reporting. chinese police say the woman who first alerted people to a baby stuck in a sewage pipe was the baby's mother. now the woman who gave birth to the six plus pound baby says she deeply regrets what she did. this is according to police. look at these photos of this little itty-bitty boy. this boy doesn't have a name. he's called baby number 59 because that's the number -- of the incubator he's in, in the hospital. he is listed in stable condition, thank goodness. saturday, what a story, rescuers and doctors pulled away pieces of pipe to reach this infant because somebody spotted this teeny, teeny foot and realized it was a child in this. the mother told police she never meant for the infant to end up in the toilet. listen to a local officer explain her story.

>> the woman started to feel a stomach ache and rushed to the toilet. after she stayed in the toilet for a while, she gave birth to the baby. she tried to grab something to help herself because there was too much blood. she couldn't hold the baby anymore and he slid into the stu sewage through the hole of the toilet. >> because of the amount of blood, the woman flushed the toilet and her landlord says that she heard a strange sound from that. not clear if the woman will face any charges. and in honduras, no white flags, but what you're seeing here is a call for a truce. while in prison, these masked members of two of the most violent gangs in honduras offered peace to their rivals and a plea to end the killings. they have reached a agreement in neighboring el salvador. honduras has the world's highest murder rate. this is according to the united nations. reportedly the roman catholic church helped broker the deal. coming up, what a story, a

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president obama, lipstick on the collar, pretty funny moment i want to share with you at the white house. this was inside the presidential event. and we have the evidence. it's right there in red and

white. but, the president had an explanation about the makeup. >> i want to thank everybody who is here, the incredible warmth of the reception, a sign of the warmth is the lipstick on my collar. i have to say i think i know the culprit. where is jessica sanchez? jessica. it wasn't jessica, it was her aunt. where is she? auntie, right there. look at this. look at this. i just want everybody to witness. so i do not want to be in trouble with michelle. that's why i'm calling you out. right in front of everybody. >> listen, if it's there, you have to be transparent. you have to point it out, we're assuming, of course, it got him off the hook with the first lady. now to the hottest stories today from the big screen. to beauty queens. here is today's pop.

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this is a story, has everyone talking, talking to some of my girlfriends about this recently and debating. more and more ladies and specifically in this case a lot of moms are becoming the breadwinners in families across america. a new study in the washington post this morning that talks about that nearly 40% of the primary income earners are the moms. and it's not only a record, but that is up from just 11% back in

1960. some of the major factors, a couple, you have mormoe men bei laid off and an increase in single moms. a pew study also shows this. that most americans don't necessarily approve of the new changes. 51% according to pew say they believe kids are better off when mom stays at home. let's talk about this. joining me now, maggie, career consultant and radio host. and donna richardson, in the big d in dallas today. ladies, welcome to both of you. the topic fascinates me. let me just say that first and foremost. i want to start here first with the stigma, that, you know, not talking about working moms, that's old news to me, but the women bringing in more money. i know some of the differences in opinion may be sort of regional, geographic, but why do you think, donna, let me start with you, why do you think

according to this one pew study more than half of americans feel women's place is still in the home? >> i don't know why. i just think that the traditional roles have changed because the times have changed. and i think that women now have such huge responsibilities, not just to take care of their kids, but i'm among the women who take care of a parent. and that's quite different because i face many challenges, but i'm blessed to be in the position to take care of my dad, my dad is suffering from dementia, i'm the primary caretaker. and i -- and i will say this, i have to find a balance between taking care of his personal needs, while honoring him in terms of being a man and a father and keeping his dignity in tact. not like i can say, brooke, dad, time-out. >> i want to get to men in a second. i think that's equally fascinating. when it comes to the numbers, despite where we are in reality in 2013, so many of these roles,

how it should be, you know, so engrained, the traditional housewife role, it is still isn't broken. it isn't. >> well, no. you know what is interesting, i still think it comes down to the individual attitude. these mommy wars have been going on. and i tell my clients, forget about it, don't listen to what anybody else says. do what's right for you and think about your own attitude. what is most important for that mom going to work and i'm a working mom who actually happens to be the breadwinner in my family, is that you have to actually love what you do and want to go to work. because you're leaving your child at home and you're leaving your child with the father or someone else, a caregiver, and that's not easy. there is biology built into being a mom that i didn't even realize. it is harder for us to leave our kids. you have to have the attitude you love what you do and it is worth it. it can't only be to pay the bills. this is a way they can have a living and a life. >> let me stay with you, maggie. you're the breadwinner, you're the mom. i'm wondering about the men. i don't care how comfortable they say they are with the new roles and helping with the kids, i'm hearing the laughter, i

think it is so engrained deep down that men are supposed to be -- supposed to be the providers. how does your husband feel? >> i think what my husband -- what is great, we see it as a team effort, we really do. that's another key point for the working moms out there to recognize, study or not, single mom or not, breadwinner, you got to have this whole family involved, the whole household is involved, it is more than a full time job. if you're leaving your child in someone else's care, it is wonderful to have that person be my husband. he still works too. it is interesting. we both have our own freelance lifestyle. it is one of the best setups out there. we both get to share in the joy that is raising our child, and we each still get to pursue our careers. i think too often we feel this is an either/or and we get miserable about the choices. that's just useless. you got to let go of that attitude and have, you know, recognize happiness is a choice and your child is picking up views on how they view career right now. >> the kids are watching.

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one of washington's most outspoken republicans says she's planning to exit the stage. >> michele bachmann! >> >> michele bachmann, former presidential hopeful, says she's done. done in congress, that is. that's what she says in this youtube announcement released early this morning. bachmann is known best for outright defiance of the obama administration and the president personally. she's also known for shooting from the hip on more than one occasion, in march she accused

the president of paying someone with government funds to walk his dog bo. dana bash did her darnedest to get a clarification but bachmann preferred to talk benghazi. there she goes, running. >> that's it. that's what's important. you want to talk about dog handlers and there is four americans killed? that's -- >> you're the one that brought it up. >> nice try. no dice for dana bash. dana bash, you spent a lot of time over the years chasing down members of congress such as michele bachmann. as far as that exchange we just showed, is that emblematic of bachmann's career in congress, making allegations that don't strictly adhere to the facts? >> reporter: well, unfortunately for her it was one part of her career, one part of her career in congress that was about a speech she gave to the conservative group cpac where she was talking about presidential excess that she

used examples like the fact that he has a dog walker, which just wasn't right and she did make several comments like that over the years. it turned out not to be based in fact like accusing the president of spending $200 million a day to go on an official trip to india. that wasn't true. in fairness to her, the many times i talked to michele bachmann, other reporters did as well, she was always polite, even when she didn't want to answer questions. in the recent months, she had been staying away from the national press. it looked like her strategy was to focus on her district. she had a much tougher than expected race last year and democrats were hoping they could use the fact she's a lightning rod to beat her and capture a very republican leaning district in her state of minnesota. now democrats are going to have a harder time doing that. >> okay. dana bash, thank you so much. it was the trip that shocked the world. these pictures taken of senator john mccain after sneaking into syria. here he was. to meet with rebel fighters who are waging a war with one of the most brutal regimes in the entire world. the senior senator from arizona

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retail stores. but it is also legal to grow your own weed. and as cnn's jim spellman found out, that gives urban gardener a whole new meaning. >> chloe, a long time marijuana advocate, voted along with 55% of colorado voters to legalize pot in last year's election. who's this? >> rudy. >> reporter: rudy has a little pot leaf -- >> tag. >> reporter: what do you like about smoking cannabis? >> i just like the way it makes me feel as far as, like, pain. did you like the blueberry. >> reporter: colorado is in a holding pattern. state law allows possession of small amounts of marijuana and it is available in dispensaries for medical marijuana patients. but it won't be sold in retail stores until next year. it is, however, now legal to grow your own cannabis and that is exactly what chloe is doing. let's see your grow. >> okay. let's go. >> reporter: this is not a big apartment. you're still able to grow marijuana in here. >> yes.

you just have to make sure you can control the smell. >> reporter: even here in your bedroom in this apartment you can grow marijuana? >> yes. i mean, this huge tent is full of 12 plants. >> reporter: let's have a look. wow. you're growing these 12 marijuana plants right here in your one bedroom apartment in denver. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: chloe works as a consultant for the medical marijuana industry and as a medical marijuana patient, chloe is allowed to grow up to 12 plants. nonpatients can grow six. >> i'm definitely what i would call a cannabis connoisseur. so, you know, as a patient, and as somebody who enjoys the plant, i definitely know good cannabis and i grow some of the best cannabis. >> reporter: people like chloe are flocking to the grove store where they help people set up and maintain home marijuana grows. ted smith says it is not just new growers, but a different kind of grower. what are the new demographics?

who are the new people? >> we have a lot of married couples. we have a lot of 40 and up, 50 and up and 60 and up individuals coming in. >> reporter: some enjoy growing as a hobby. some grow for the sake of discretion. everything happening in the privacy of their own homes and others just want to grow the highest grade weed they can. >> today's culture, they want absolutely the finest quality products with the least of, you know, inconsistencies. >> reporter: for between 150 and $500, the grow store will set the grower up with the equipment needed to grow about a pound of marijuana every 12 weeks. it is illegal to grow cannabis outdoors in the view of others, so growers need a light source, ventilation, maybe an air filter to keep the smell away from the neighbors, soil, and nutrients for the soil. some of the materials are the same used to grow more conventional plants, but some products have a distinctly stoner vibe. so this product is called kushy kush and is a blossom booster.

>> reporter: growing marijuana in your basement or bedroom may be legal, but it is not exactly easy. >> i tell our customers that if you're just getting into the fray, if you will, that they will be macgyver within six months because you will have so many different hurdles that you've never considered. >> reporter: chloe said her macgyver marijuana grow is worth it. she hopes her cannabis consulting business will continue to grow and even when retail stores open, chloe says she'll keep growing and smoking her home grown weed. is it comforting to wake up every morning in your bed looking at your marijuana plants? >> awesome. we go to bed together, we wake up together. >> reporter: jim spellman, cnn, denver. chad myers is chasing storms. this region is a possible bull's eye for tornadoes. we're about to go to him live. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now.

after a marine goes on a shooting spree, a discovery inside his motel room. the longer this american mom stays in a mexican jail, the harder it will be to get her out. so says a lawyer who has been through this. plus, the mysterious death of a former nfl quarterback whose last known phone call is raising eyebrows. and -- ♪ twinkle, twinkle little star ♪ >> a 10-year-old girl with weeks to live is being denied a transplant because of her age. now her parents' urgent fight to change the rules. >> i'm not going to tell her she's dying because she's 10. we continue on hour two. thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with nasty weather. dangerous storms breaking out now in the planes.

we'll chase that weather live. chad myers, our cnn meteorologist, he is out and about in kansas. actually now i'm told in the panhandle of oklahoma, before heading to texas, chasing the storms. he's with this team, you know, following this. we're going to see what they're seeing and, chad, depending on if he's able to help on the cell phone and we can hear him because of the storms he with caulk me through some of this. let me go back through yesterday and the pictures. this giant twister. look at this. this thing was on the ground for half an hour. it skirted the small town of corning, kansas, and thank goodness didn't do too much damage there. again, this was yesterday. today, want you to see this. see all the red there? the red means danger. more than 3 million people are under the gun right now including chad myers. so we also have samantha moore standing by in the weather center. we're working to get chad up on the phone. sam, what are you seeing right

now? >> well, we have been seeing a lot more activity during the last hour or so, brooke, as these thunderstorms really start to fire up here. and you can see we do have new tornado watches that are in place until 10:00 p.m. local time here across west central nebraska, down in through kansas and in towards the texas panhandle where we have some severe thunderstorms at this hour. so we do have that threat to see some of these severe thunderstorms spawn tornadoes, we have a severe thunderstorm warning here just northeast of amarillo moving to the northeast at 20 miles per hour, ping-pong ball sized hail expected out of this. similar conditions in cold water, kansas, with the thunderstorms, a lot of lightning with the storms as well as heavy downpours. all those ingredients are in place, brooke, with our frontal system moving in, lots of moisture ahead of the system, the jet stream adding lift to the atmosphere and also dry air moving in. this is actually a dry line moving in, of course. that adds a lot of lift to the atmosphere here.

as the dry air moves in, it will help squeeze out a lot of moisture. we're under the gun here, brooke. especially between 6:00 and 9:00 across this region. >> okay, samantha moore, thank you. the ingredients are not what people in that area want to hear, but it is perfect for storm chasers. we know chad myers will be calling in momentarily to talk us through what he's seeing as he's chasing this thing on the ground from oklahoma. there is a host of stars coming together tonight for this huge benefit concert to help the victims of the tornado that leveled so much of moore, oklahoma, last week, that ef-5 tornado. look at the face faces, miranda lambert, reba mcentire, darius rucker. so we are there and we talked to these two performers today. >> songs that people can just get away from what is outside that door. just being here and having a good time.

>> that's the one thing about tragedies like this, it shows how great of a place america is. we all pull together. you put aside your differences and try to pull together to help. and that's one of the things i love about our country, always willing to help. >> she's there for the concert tonight, in moore. televised concert begins at 9:00 eastern. proceeds go to the united way of central oklahoma, may tornado's relief fund. police say the marine killed by west, texas, authorities after a shooting spree may have also killed his wife. 23-year-old lance corporal esteban smith was killed by authorities on sunday after he went on a two-hour rampage. one person was killed. five others were injured. and now police say the body of smith's wife was discovered in a motel near camp lejeune, north carolina. 21-year-old rubi smith was

apparently stabbed to death. gruesome details coming out today. sara ganim joins me with more. awful story all the way around. several questions. what appears to have happened? >> what authorities are saying this appears to be a killing spree that took place over 1500 miles. it takes 24 hours to drive from camp lejeune near jacksonville, north carolina, to concho county, texas, where it ended with a shootout between lance corporal smith, but before that, he shot at the least six people, injuring a sheriff's deputy and killing one person. just -- i want you to listen to what some of the people who were shot inside their cars at random had to say. >> let's watch. >> i wouldn't wish this on anybody. for somebody just to come in and open up on us for no reason,

they don't even know us, leaving us for dead. >> now, police did tell me it appears to be random shootings. what they do know is that -- an assault rifle was used, a handgun was found and hundreds of rounds of ammo. the problem here is the evidence is so far apart. 1500 miles, so some of the evidence relevant to the murder investigation of rubi smith is actually in texas. some of the texas shooting evidence is actually in jacksonville, north carolina. they're trying to bring it all together and pursue this investigation. >> so what is the connection? is there any connection that police know of between these two different locations? >> if they know at this point, they're not talking about it. as far as they tell me at this point they don't know a motive. and, you know what is interesting is he's not even from texas. there is no clear link at this point to concho county, texas. he's actually from california. >> stay on it.

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at 10 years of age, a pennsylvania girl named sarah moynihan and she already knows what it takes to succeed. just listen. >> i'm not going for easy. i'm just going for possible. >> life has been far from easy for sarah. she has cystic fibrosis that has absolutely ravaged her lungs to the point where she lives in a pediatric icu in philadelphia. as she fights to breathe, sarah's parents are fighting as well to get their daughter a lung transplant that they say is unfairly out of reach because of their daughter's age. and time is running out. cnn's zain asher tells their story. ♪ twinkle, twinkle

little star ♪ >> reporter: 10-year-old sarah wants to be a singer. ♪ what you are >> reporter: her mother says if she gets a new pair of lungs in the next few weeks, her dream could one day be a reality. >> i'm not going to tell her she's dying because she's 10. >> reporter: sarah was born with cystic fibrosis, an illness that has damaged her lungs beyond repair. >> i used to go to school before i got oxygen. i got to go to school and at least play and act like all the normal children. >> we knew at some point she would need new lungs. we had hoped it would be much, much further down the road. but over the years her disease has progressed. >> reporter: if sarah was 12 years old, she would have a higher chance of receiving adult

lungs. but since she's only 10, she primarily has access to children's lungs which are in much shorter supply. >> that's insane. shouldn't be about their age. if she's the sickest person, she should qualify. >> reporter: under the rules, the only way sarah could receive an adult's lung to save her life is if all the other patients in her region who were age 12 and older turned it down first. >> it tugs at my heart. it is not a perfect system. there is no perfect system. it is the best we can do right now. >> reporter: dr. stewart suite is a board member at the united network for organ sharing. he helped write the pediatric transplant rules. >> if i change the system to give sarah an advantage, there is another patient very likely an adolescent who then gets a disadvantage. we built a system that we try to be as fair to everyone as possible. >> reporter: sarah now has three to five weeks to live. >> so hard to get pediatric lungs. >> reporter: her mother is still working on a solution.

her options, though, are limited. >> maybe it is too late for sarah. i don't know. but it is not -- it is not right. i'm going to fight for the next person's kid. >> reporter: sarah still has hope. >> i'm not going for easy. i'm just going for possible. >> reporter: the possibility of living, of maybe one day realizing her dreams. ♪ zain asher, cnn, philadelphia. >> what a story. sarah's father fran joins me live from philadelphia. fran, i hate that i'm talking to you. i hate the circumstances, but i got to tell you, your 10-year-old is a pretty eloquent young gal. as a dad, your daughter is dying. but you and your wife have chosen not to tell her and that has to be incredibly difficult. >> yes, it is.

i mean, she continues to fight. and she wants to fight. and she's always been a fighter. and we're going to stand next to her and fight all the way. >> tell me again, just how long does she have? >> the doctors and we're taking it day to day, but her lungs have deteriorated significantly and we're saying a few weeks. so if we don't receive a pair of lungs in the next few weeks, then she will die. >> so i'm hearing you. it is not just one lung. she needs a pair. she needs two. >> yes. which -- yes, she needs the set, correct. >> i know that your story, you have gotten worldwide attention. i was just curious if anyone has heard your story yet, anyone trying to reach out, trying to donate a pair, specifically designated for your daughter?

>> well, what we have been receiving from people, the gifts, the notes, it has been wonderful. but in our situation and the way the lungs work, we need a specific blood type, and size, so the best chance for us is to get one through the process. and we're reaching out now to the secretary of health and human services who has the ability to make change, or to adjust the system as needed to make sure that children are not in the back of the line, that they have the opportunity to be equal as the adults to receive a lung. >> so just so i understand this clearly, and so our viewers understand the predicament you're in, she can't -- she could receive a pediatric pair of lungs. but the -- that is incredibly rare to get another child's set of lungs to give to sarah. instead, she would need adult

lungs. but she's not of the adult category, therefore she is at -- basically part of the end of the line to receive those. is that correct? >> she's at the very end of the line. so being as she's only 10 and under the age of 12, how the system works is if there was an available set of lungs from an adult, they go through the entire adult list, no matter what severity the various adults are at and once everyone on the adult list has passed them up, then they're offered to the children. >> so as, fran, you point out that you have weeks left, and a lot of ifs here, what is your next step? >> our next step, we have been getting a lot of support from congress people now. congressman pat meehan sent a letter to the secretary of health and human services, congressman toomey and there is others who have been coming out

today in the last few days to give us the support that we need so that we can have the folks in washington look at the situation. >> i hope the folks in washington are hearing your pleas. i hope that the next time i talk to you we're talking about sarah with this new set of lungs, but i have to ask, have you or at what point do you, once you, you know, you've done so much already, at what point do you accept the fact that you, despite your fighting as a parent, have run out of options? >> well, that's something that, you know, as we progress day to day, and we work with our doctors, but, i mean, outside of that, we're never going to stop for this cause. because we know many other families, many other parents who are in the same situation as us. so it needs to be changed. needs to be looked at.

so no matter what our outcome may be, and we do realize we may be late, too late, this is something that we will continue to push for. >> that is an incredibly selfless answer. my heart goes out to you. please tell sarah hello and, again, i'd love to have you back on, hopefully with a wonderful, wonderful outcome. fran, best to you and your wife. and as i mentioned, sarah's parents are urging officials to change the current policy. you can go to change.org, search sarah murnaghan, for more information. an arizona mother of 7 in prison in mexico for a week gets her chance before a judge in a matter of hours. police say she tried to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana across the border. but her family says she was set up. what will a judge decide? we'll talk about that on the case next.

an arizona mom spent another day behind bars, jailed in mexico. yanira maldonado's nightmare began on a bus ride back home to the united states after being down in mexico attending a

funeral with her husband. she was arrested, right here, at this checkpoint. the mexican military is saying they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat. thing is, her family is convinced she was set up but framed and they're hoping she will be released at a hearing this afternoon. >> i have some family members there yesterday and we have high hopes, so i'm just looking forward to that. hopefully friday i'm praying she will be home and be set free, released. >> cnn's casey wian talks the strength of the allegations against her. >> reporter: so far, all we know in terms of the case that they have built against her, if you can really call it a case, is the fact that marijuana was allegedly found underneath this -- her bus seat on a commercial bus. witnesses have testified that she and her husband got on that bus and they weren't carrying

anything. initially according to yanira's family, they arrested gary maldonado, her husband. they said it was under his seat. they then let him go. then arrested his wife. sent her off to prison before he says he could gather the money together to pay the bribe, $5,000 bribe his wife, he says, he was asked to pay to secure her release, brooke. >> experts saying perhaps she was a softer target than her husband. and you know the deal in mexico, it is like you're guilty until you're proven innocent. what kind of contact has she had with her family member, with the united states? >> reporter: limited contact with family members. they visited her briefly over the weekend in prison. very heart wrenching, difficult experience for her daughter, who we spoke to about that yesterday. her husband was in touch with the u.s. consulate in nogales and consular officials say through the state department they have been in touch with mexican authorities. haven't told us if they're

actually inside this courtroom, this small courtroom, monitoring the proceedings. they say that any comment on this case needs to come from either mexican authorities or yanira's attorney in mexico. we should also point out, though, that u.s. senator jeff flake from arizona is monitoring this situation, has been in contact with mexican officials as well as the family, brooke. >> that was casey wian reporting in arizona. at this hearing this afternoon, mexican military officers are expected to testify and be cross-examined by her attorney. a former college football star sets out on a fishing trip. but turns up dead. cullen finnerty's body was found, but it wasn't next to his boat. and just this afternoon police got preliminary autopsy results. we will tell you what has been revealed thus far about his death. [ male announcer ] it's intuitive and customizable,

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>> well, brooke, that preliminary autopsy report did come back this afternoon. it came back inconclusive, meaning no determined cause of death just yet. but no signs of foul play either. now, the family had expressed some concerns to investigators about concussions. so there will be a round of brain tests conducted and a final autopsy will be released tomorrow, but we should mention that our own cnn medical unit says that it is highly unlikely that even in this final autopsy report there will be any indication if concussions played a role in finnerty's death. brooke? >> finnerty, as we mentioned, had left for this fishing trip over the weekend. tell me about that. >> that's right. and, again, so much we don't know. but what we can tell you is this. he apparently was supposed to meet a friend at a campground. his parents apparently had a cabin nearby. that friend he was supposed to meet apparently never showed up. the last time anyone heard from

him was on sunday when he placed a call to a family member. now, in that call he said he was uncomfortable. he wanted to come off the river. and he added that he was leery about something. but he would not say what that was. now, as a person, finnerty was just 30 years old, he was married, two young children. a star quarterback in college. after that he joined the baltimore ravens for a short time. he also was briefly with the denver broncos. but he really was a big star in college. this was at grand valley state university. the university, by the way, did put out a statement, brooke, saying in part, all of our thoughts and prayers go out to cullen's family. you can tell by the outpouring of support and now grief just how much this young man means to the grand valley community. one of his former coaches actually said he's a big character kid, had a lot of friendships. and that was evident this weekend. imagine this, a lot of current and former football players,

teammates, coaches, even other alumni were among those actually searching for finnerty's body, which, as you mentioned, brooke, was found half a mile from his boat on that dock. brooke? >> hopefully the family can get some answers as to what happened soon. alina cho, thank you. >> you bet. getting some news, just in to us at cnn, police arresting a disney land employee, a cast member, for the trash can explosion in toon town yesterday. if you've heard about this here, we're told they found remains of a water bottle, which is ind indicative of a dry ice explosion. the suspect being held on $1 million bail. no one was hurt, we're told the cast member is cooperating with authorities. coming up next, just how powerful is rushing water during a flood. look at this surveillance video from an illinois college. glass doors, done. water crashing through. that is next.

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now some of the hottest stories in a flash, rapid fire. roll it. we talked so much about the weather this week. take a look at this. this is like weather, flooding here, rushing through these doors. this is illinois, a college in the town of galesburg. had to close its campus today because of what you're looking at, floodwaters built up and built up outside and then shattered the glass and crashed through this college building. also today, french police have captured their most wanted man, six weeks after he blasted his way out of prison with dynamite. he was serving time for robbery when he got away, briefly,

taking guards hostage before jumping into a getaway car. he was facing a new sentence for the death of a policewoman from 2010. police caught the man in a hotel outside of paris early today. it is being called a threat to the entire world. by the world health organization. this new kind of virus that has no treatments and no vaccine and killed 27 people and sickened another 49. it's called the middle east respiratory syndrome coronovirus. saudi arabia, in case you're curious, is the one with most cases at 32. handful of other countries have also taken a hit. >> we don't know how it's spread. this is one of the big pieces of the puzzle. this is a grave concern to us here internationally at w.h.o. because there are so many unknowns around the virus, which so far has killed 55% of the confirmed cases. >> w.h.o. says symptoms for this new virus often start as a

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says she's leaving congress. will not be running for a fifth term in office. once a republican hopeful for president, bachmann's under investigation for how she used her campaign funds. she was also facing a pretty tough challenge for 2014 from the same democrat who almost beat her in 2012. she says, though, that has absolutely nothing to do with her decision not to run. >> and in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific congressional district. >> looking ahead, bachmann says she will not rule out any opportunity to help make america stronger. in pakistan, an american drone strike taking out the taliban's number two. this is the first drone strike since president obama's terror speech in which he responded to critics out there about his secretive drone program. want to go live to washington, to our chief correspondent there and our anchor of the lead, jake tapper. and, you know, we heard from the

president, wasn't too long ago, the speech. do you think the speech really changed anything when it comes to the drone program? >> well, we shall see. i mean, one of the things that president obama seemed to distinguish in his speech was drones going after those who threatened american interests, versus those who threaten american lives. and he seemed to be narrowing who the drones would go after. this individual who was killed in the drone strike in north waziristan, he was the number two for the pakistani taliban, and as such it could be argued that he and his organization pose a threat to american lives, because, of course, the pakistani taliban often go across the border into afghanistan and target u.s. troops. so this strike in and of itself does not signify anything other than that the drone program is continuing, this case does meet the president's new standard. >> okay. and then -- other thing i wanted to ask you about is movies and

politics and the politic of movies. tell me about the new jfk movie. >> this is interesting. i don't know if you saw the hbo movie about liberace, but -- >> no, tapper, i missed that. >> you missed it? it was good. it was about liberace, very good. rob lowe had a scene stealing performance as liberace's plastic surgeon. coming off that very well regarded and creepy performance he's been tapped to play, john f. kennedy in the national geographic version of bill o'reilly's book "killing kennedy" and he's -- he's not known in hollywood for boeing a liberal. i think he leans a little bit the other direction. but it is interesting because this is, of course, the latest casting of a hollywood star as this iconic president. you may remember when greg kinnear played the president in the very controversial tv movie "the kennedys," others like martin sheen and steven colins played the roll. we'll look at the difficulty of

casting actors in such iconic roles a little bit. that will be our pop lead coming up. >> the pop lead on the lead. i will set me dvr, thank you so much for the heads up you c s u. >> you can stay at work and turn it on. you're at cnn. you have cnn on the air. >> jake tapper, thank you. see you at the top of the hour. president obama, lipstick on the collar, pretty funny moment here at the white house. this was inside a presidential event. and, yes there was evidence he made light of it, a great moment. president obama did have an explanation. see it there on his right lapel? watch this. >> i want to thank everybody who is here, the incredible warmth of the reception. a sign of the warmth is the lipstick on my collar. i have to say, i think i know the culprit. where is jessica sanchez? jessica, it wasn't jessica, it

was her aunt. where is she? auntie, right there. look at this. look at this. i want everybody to witness. so, i do not want to be in trouble with michelle. that's why i'm calling you out, right in front of everybody. >> calling her out in front of everyone. listen, if you have lipstick on the collar, i suppose you point it out. an issue, you point it out and he did. a funny moment. coming up, a moment that every pageant contestant dreams of, hearing her name announced as the winner, putting on the glittering crown. but probably that dream doesn't include learning that you weren't the winner and returning the crown. that actually happened and you may be surprised how both the real and the wrong winner are taking the news. [ engine revving ] ♪

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again, john berman has these ladies' story. >> miss universe canada 2013 is denise garrido! >> reporter: most beauty queens expect their reigns to last for a year. >> congratulations to our new miss universe canada to 2013. >> reporter: but denise's reign lasted exactly one day. after stunning the audience during the competition, she thought her childhood dreams had finally come true. when she beat out 57 other women for the crown. but less than 24 hours late, the pageant's organizers realized a terrible mistake in the results, they made a typo, which meant the first runner up, rechisas santos actually won and denise placed fourth. they stripped her of her title and apologized in a statement saying we would like to offer our sincere apology to denise

garrido for this human error discovered while validating the results. we have no doubt she will continue to succeed in her endeavors and we wish her well. risas who thought she came so close only to place second is now celebrating her new title. santos won't have this same moment of glory, but will receive her crown in a private ceremony this weekend. meanwhile, garrido, who is 26, is too old to compete again, but she said she loved to come back next year, this time as a judge. >> john berman with that. denise garrido and risas santos appeared this morning on cnn's "starting point" and the wrongly crowned queen admitted she was stunned to hear her title was gone. >> it was definitely shocking. of course, it is shocking. you go through this complete high and your entire family, your town is all celebrating, wishing you congratulations.

and then 24 hours later, you're told, by the way -- i was like, no, what am i going to tell everyone. >> i don't feel like i missed out. after denise was crowned, i was -- i was disappointed because i felt like i did i know denise is a person and i was happy for her genuinely. >> it turns out for the first ten years of the pageant the same individual was in charge of calculating contestant scores with no issues. he was not available this year. quick update on a story i know a lot of you have been talking about. chinese police say the woman who first alerted people to that little baby stuck in a sewage pipe was actually the baby's mother and the woman who gave birth to this six plus pound baby boy says she deeply regrets what she did. this is according to police. you see these new pictures of

the little guy. he is called baby number 59 because that is the number of the incubator he is in. we're told he is still in the hospital in stable condition and the story is just absolutely stunning. look at these pictures. it was saturday when rescuers and doctors pulled away pieces of pape to reach the newborn. the mother told police she never meant for the infant to end up in the toilet. listen to a local officer explain her side of the story. >> the woman started to feel a stomach ache and then rushed to the toilet. after she stayed in the toilet for a while she gave birth to a baby. she tried to grab something to help herself because there was too much blood. she couldn't hold the baby anymore and he slid into the sewage through the hole of the toilet. >> officials say that because of the amount of blood the woman flushed the toilet and then told her landlord she heard a strange sound. it's not clear if the woman will face any charges. coming up next the remarkable story that may show just the compassion of a city

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tell me now what they're doing. >> brooke, this is actually a really heart warming story. you know, when the explosions went off people were evacuated from the bars and restaurants all along boyleston street. of course as you can imagine very few people had time to sort of stop and pay their tabs. now get this. weeks after those bombings we're hearing that people are coming back to boyleston street to pay what they still owed from that day. >> marathon day is typically the busiest day of the year. we were full. >> reporter: and the thousands of spectators crammed on boyleston street, wait staff expected to make a fortune. >> to walk out of here with anything between five to $1200. in one day. >> reporter: those expectations suddenly cut short. >> you could feel the building shake and this building never shook in 23 years. we didn't even think about, you

know, collecting tabs or anything like that. we just had to make people get out of here. >> reporter: it wasn't until the restaurant owner came back to the establishment a few days later that he realized just how much he had lost. >> it was about 2800, 3,000 out there in outstanding checks. >> the bombs are going off a hop, skip, and jump away. really money is the last issue on your mind. >> reporter: a week later a few honest customers started stepping up. >> the monday after, i started getting phone calls saying, you know, i was there on monday. i'm just calling to see if i can pay my tab. i said, really. wait a minute. okay. hold on a second. >> the fact that people will call up and say i was in your establishment and, you know, we were evacuated. here's the money i owe you, we're like, ah -- >> he says since the attacks he's gotten ten phone calls and several letters from customers

across the country wanting to pay their bills. being a server in massachusetts we make 2.63 an hour so they wanted to make sure we were compensated. >> reporter: now they've made back about a third of what they lost. >> it's fantastic that people would be so kind to do that. >> makes you believe in boston strong. they're good people. they out number the terrorists by a lot. >> reporter: the charles mark hotel located just two doors down from where the first bomb went off was also swarming with patrons that day. >> an unpaid bill is the last thing we were thinking of. >> reporter: although their customers are also now calling to pay up, the hotel is saying this one is on them. >> we said to them, thank you so much for that but why don't you just come back and we'll start fresh. >> i have never been more proud to be a bostonian. bonnett is like a big family. boston is like a big family. >> unbelievable. of course there were other restaurants on boyleston street

that did lose money on that day but with all the support coming back to the area they say they've made it back several times over. brooke? >> it was incredible. i was eating a steak the third week i was there covering what happened and talking to the bartender. i was like why all these people? he said they just keep coming. i think the support is so totally there. >> they just keep coming. >> it was awesome to see. zain asher thank you very much. >> of course. >> speaking of boston it is the concert here to benefit the one fund which sold out in five minutes. huge concert tomorrow night at the td garden and the lineup is wicked awesome. you have james taylor. you have boston. you have the drop kick murphys all playing. new kids on the block. they actually helped sort of spearhead the whole idea to do the show in the first place. remember it was joey mcintyre. he just crossed the finish line when the bombs went off. aero smith will be there tomorrow night actually flying in from singapore. and in about 20 seconds i will be making a dash to the airport myself and hopping a plane to boston. i will be live there from boston

tomorrow. we have some awesome guests lined up for the show. i will see you tomorrow from boston at 2:00 eastern. in the meantime, to washington we go. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >> a new, potential rash of tornadoes. we are right on their tails. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead. the planes. the section of the country already reeling from killer storms now in the bulls eye for more. they could strike at any time. cnn is already there on the ground. the politics lead. some of you will miss her. some of you will miss the jokes about her. congresswoman michele bachmann today making a major decision about her future in congress. and the pop lead. john f. kennedy portrayed by an actor who might lean a little bit to the right. well, it's hardly the first time a role has conflicted with personal