costello begins rut now. happening now in the "newsroom," letters loaded with ricin sent to mayor michael bloomberg. >> the letter was obviously referred to our anti gun efforts. >> the poisonous message? you will have to kill me before you take my guns. also -- >> look at this hail. we're going to have broken windows. >> strong storms whip through texas. ground crew scrambling to save the rangers field. plus, from local hero to paid public speaker. >> barbecue with this dude. we eat ribs whatnot, listening to salsa music. i knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms. >> charles ramsey's words of wisdom worth thousands of

dollars. what? adam levine? you are live in the cnn newsroom. go ahead morning, thank you for being with me. i'm carol cost tello. a frightening new spike in one of america's most passionate debates. the fight over gun control. federal investigators ramping up the probe of what could be deadly letters sent to new york city mayor michael bloomberg. two separate tests say it was ricin. a material so toxic, a mere pinpoint can kill within days. cnn's deborah frerick working her sources. >> good morning, carol. some emergency workers had developed some intestinal symptoms consistent with ricin exposure. conclusive results on the orange pink oily material is being analyzed by the national

forensic analysis center and should be back in the next day or two. this is pictures of the one of the mail facilities where letters were received. the threats make it very clear. the new york city mayor michael bloomberg targeted because of vocal support of gun control. they believe they were written by the same person, posted from the same area and contained similar threats. the mayor was never in any threat and took the opportunity to reiterate the danger of gun violence. officers from the nypd are investigating. they are in the area where the letters were posteded. >> ricin keeps popping up in recent weeks. is ricin suddenly easy to get or make? what is it? >> you know, it's not really. it's made from ordinary castor beans. what is difficult is to weaponize it in its purest form. that's why the letters that

contain ricin. trace elements of ricin, haven't made many people sick as you mentioned earlier, one drop -- a pinpoint could effectively kill a number of people. right now, the ability to weaponize it, make it so lethal it kills a number of people, that has not yet been accomplished. and clearly authorities, investigators are worried about, carol. >> reporting live from new york this morning, thank you. an american mother of seave spent a week in jail in mexico. yanira maldonado is accused of smuggling 12 pounds of marijuana on a bus. she claims she was falsely accused. rafael romo in nogales, arizona. you were the first to interview this mother? >> that's right, carol. first outsiders with the exception of her family to visit her in prison yesterday, across the border here in nogales,

mexico she was very emotional. also, she repeatedly said she is innocent. and when i asked her how she's holding up, she told us she's coping by reading scripture and relying on her faith in god. yanira maldonado emotional from the moment she saw us. >> i'm not a criminal. i'm here by mistake. because people are not doing their work. this is not right. i need to be back with my family. i need to be out of here. i need to go back home. >> reporter: maldonado and her husband were returning by bus from the funeral of her aunt when mexican soldiers stopped the bus at this checkpoint. passengers taken off and the bus searched. the soldiers said they found several packages of marijuana

under her seat. more than 12 pounds, and asked her to pay $5,000. >> it's a lie what they are saying. and they say they found something under my seat, but i never saw anything, they didn't show me anything. it was -- it's amazing, all that what they did. >> reporter: maldonado said authorities did not make it clear she was a suspect. but she knew she was in trouble when federal agents started questioning her husband and her. >> you was in shock when they said it was me the one. first they said it was -- it was my husband. >> reporter: taken into mexican federal custody, she was transferred to this state prison last friday. where she is being held in i temporary cell away from other inmates. family members have been allowed brief visits. your husband, gary and your children are going to be listening to this and watching you. what do you want to tell them? >> that i love them very much.

that i'm going to be home, i'm innocent. >> reporter: that belief is also held by a mexican state official with extensive knowledge of the case who told cnn it would have been almost impossible for her to carry that much marijuana on the bus without someone noticing. >> they have cameras in that -- on the terminal in the bus. and they haven't checked that. why they don't check for fingerprints, i don't have my fingerprints are not in those package or on the package, whatever they say they found. >> reporter: maldonado says she is not mistreated, but rethinking the advice she used to give friends about traveling to mexico on vacation. >> i used to tell people, come to mexico, not true what they are saying. i go every year to visit my family. and look what's happening to me now. >> reporter: all this devout mormon can do now she says is

pray. this has been an especially difficult time for yanira maldona maldonado. coming back from her hometown, and she attended the funeral of her aunt, a woman who helped raise her. last saturday, her first wedding anniversary. she and her husband gary had big plans to celebrate. inste instead, she spent the day behind bars. back to you. >> rafael romo from nogales, arizona this morning. one tough week for mickey mouse. on sunday, a loaded gun found on a ride at walt disney world's animal kingdom. the gun owner later came to claim it, saying the weapon had fallen out of his back pocket during the ride. now a 22-year-old man who works at disneyland in california is being held on a million dollars bail in connection with a small explosion at the park. sarah sidener following that

part of the story from anaheim. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. as you might imagine, disneyland and the mistaking this very seriously. we have to mention. this happened in toon town. where some of the young every ki -- younger kids hang out with their families. parent were pretty scared when they had to be evacuated from toon town because of the blast. disneyland's toon town turned into a ghost town after an improvised explosive device went off on tuesday. >> it was loud. we ducked up. higher than the ground to see what was going on. >> reporter: crowds evacuated as bomb squad responded. no one was hurt, but they discovered evidence of a small explosion. >> when our officers arrived, they found remnants of a water bottle. indicative of a try ice type explosion. >> 22-year-old christian barnes, a veining cast member at disneyland, being held on a

million dollar bail. >> there is potential any time this occurs for their there to be injury, there is potential for someone to get injured to the pointed they lose their life. that's why charges are so severe. >> reporter: barnes had the dry ice in his vending cart. dry ice, used for special effects. it turns out, exploding dry ice is a popular form of fun in some circles. don't believe me? check out youtube. >> a dry ice bomb. >> and the results what they do. what the videos don't tell you, creating and detonating an ice bomb is a crime. you could be charged with a felony if you are caught. across the country in disney world's animal kingdom, a fwrn mother found a loaded gun on the seat of a tino sauer ride as she boarded with her grandson. the gun owner said he had a

permit to carry a concealed weapon, but told authorities he didn't realize that guns are not allowed in the park. the happiest places on earth, turning scary for some visitors until both situations were under control. and if you have ever been to a park, disney park, you would notice that you don't really walk through any kind of metal detector, so referring back to the gun, the gun owner saying i didn't realize you couldn't bring one in, they just look through your bags. his body was not checked, and the gun was left on the seat. as for this case, the district attorney has not charged this case. still investigating actually. the police looking into evidence. really trying to ascertain what it is that this gentleman was trying to do, it was a prank? something that he intended to do harm to those in the park? they are looking into all that, and eventually we will hear exactly what he will be charged with. but he has been arrested. carol. >> all right. sara sidner from anaheim, california this morning.

also, an islamic civil rights group is calling for an investigation into a fatal shooting linked to the boston terror attacks. the concerns amid the reports that todashev was unarmed when he was killed last week. todashev was being questioned about his ties to tamerlan tsavraev. that was taking place in todashev's orlando home. a violent confrontation erupted and agents shot and killed him. the fbi says it's vet investigating, as it does any shooting involving an agent. the council on islamic relations is demanding an independent probe. we'll talk to the man who leads the florida chapter of care. after more than a decade of leading the fbi, robert moouler could be leaver. james comey will be nominate.

he served in bush administration as acting attorney general when john ashcroft landed in the hospital. but comey fought against a bush white house plan for warrantless wiretapping, something that may win over democrats. let's take a look at money now. stocks set to open this morning. shrugging off numbers that came off worse than expected. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. >> stocks can't keep going up forever. the dow has been losing steam lately. closing lower in three of the past five sessions. but stock futures are pointing to a higher open when the bell rings in 20 minutes. despite a huge sell-off happening in asia overnight. in japan, main stock market index, nikkei 225 lost more than 5%. an almost 8 00-point drop. the focus on wall street, on economic data. you mentioned jobless claims

rising and economic growth in the first three months of this year, ticked down a bit. not affecting stock futures. carol. >> alison kosik, reporting live from the floor of the new york stock exchange. tv talent competitions make it or break it for the lucky few that get to compete. but one of the coaches on nbc's "the voice" is facing the music. pamela brown is in new york. oh. i know what the controversy is, and you have to -- you have to ask yourself why did he say that? >> i agree. adam levine in the hot seat after what happened when his mike was hot, carol. and this morning, is he pledging his allegiance to his country today after coming under fire for an unpatriotic remark. this came after a shocking elimination on nbc's "the voice." viewers across america who kicked a member of levine's team off the show. >> america saved amber

carrington, moves on to the top six. >> reporter: being kicked off a singing competition like "the voice" is tough on contestants. but this time a coach took the eliminations hardest. after losing he would lose one of his team members, adam levine made this off the cuff comment during the live broadcast. >> i hate this country. >> reporter: immediately setting off a firestorm of angry tweets. i think i hate maroon 5 as much as adam levine hates america says one. and another read, adam levine just said i hate this country on tv. not a smart move, dude. not smart at all. leveen quickly turned to twitter himself to apologize. >> people were calling for him to be fired from the show, deported which i don't think is a possible thing, but he tweeted in response, the dictionary definitions of joke and misunderstanding. and it was kind of very cheeky about it. >> reporter: like the maroon 5 frontman, many viewers shocked

when one-time front-runner judith hill booted from the competition. ♪ >> "the voice" made hill a standout. she came close to stardom prior to the show. hired as a backup singer for michael jackson. the show canceled when jackson died in 2009. ♪ i just can't stop loving you >> reporter: of the remaining contestants are country singers, asking the question who is watching who is voting? >> you get the people more geared toward country music, i think that tends to be more of a -- a safer option, a more kin of comfortable option for a lot of people. than someone who is more of a -- a pop voice or r & b voice. >> reporter: after "american idol," chris daughtry and jennifer hudson went on to have successful careers, despite not winning. >> shows talent stent always

come out on the shows. >> completely. almost never the case actually. that the most talented person ends up being the victor. >> and cnn obtained a statement from levine, explaining his controversial remark. it reads like this. i love my country very much and my comments made purely out of frustration. he was "invested in seeing artists succeed" and added my comments were made with my personal dissatisfactions with the results. carol, i think he learned his lesson. when your mike is hot, you have to be careful. >> exactly. the first rule of everything in the media world. pamela brown, many thanks to you. up next, from cleveland hero to media star to paid public speaker. charles ramsey, a new gig. >> i eat my mcdonald's, come outside and see this girl going

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time to check top stories. seven people killed and one injured after a big rig trailer broke free of its cab on wednesday near syracuse, new york, and slammed into an approaching minivan. authorities are trying to figure out the cause of the accident, happened continue a two-line highway. the sole survivor in the hospital. no one in the tractor-trailer hurt. a u.s. army soldier will plead guilty. robert bales hopes to avow the death penalty by amitting to a massacre that killed 17 and injured 6 afghans. his client was pumped with alcohol and steroid type drugs before the shooting and the army knew his client had post-traumatic stress disorder when it authorized his fourth deployment. the army isn't commenting on a potential deal. a hearing scheduled for next wednesday. just hours ago in london, 22-year-old man accused of hacking a british toldi isoldie

appeared in court. his right hand wrapped in plastic. acknowledged the murder charge. the judge referred the case to a higher court where a bail set for monday. a second murder suspect remains your honor arrest at a london hospital. 2 1/2 weeks after the rescue of three kidnapped women, getting a new look inside the backyard of the cleveland home where they were held captive more than a decade. video shot yesterday, and you can see more junk piled up behind the home of the suspect, ariel castro. spoolz of barbed wire and children's toys remain, and the windows are still boarded up. castro remains in jail, facing multiple charges of kidnapping and rape. charles ramsey, cleveland dish washer who helped ammonia berry escape that home, ariel castro's home, a professional speaker. i found out exclusively, that ramsey agreed on a deal with bruce marin celebrity speakers and entertainment.

if you want to hear about ramsey's heroics, you will have to pay for the privilege. >> when did you realize something was wrong? >> charles ramsey, the former cleveland dish warrer who saved amanda berry and unintentionally launched 1,000 one liners. >> we listened to salsa music and barbecue. i knew something was wrong. my father would have whooped the hell out of me if i would have cowered out. it is all about the cajones. >> ramsey who is getting free mcdonald's hamburgers for a year is now sign eed with an agent. >> so charismatic. his charisma shines through and he has a touching and emotional message. he the courage and the motivation to go and help somebody out when they were in a

disastrous situation. and i really admire and respect that. >> ramsey told us through his attorney and a friend he wants to take ownership of his own name. ever since he rescued berry, ramsey has become a cash cow. for everyone but himself. ♪ >> youtube has dozens of ramsey videos online, complete with advertisements. ramsey action figures for sale online. and a taiwanese showing a cheesy video game. and a consortium of northeast ohio restaurants were selling ramsey burgers. ramsey says i never told these people they could use my name for this. but as motivational speaker, ramsey will use his own name. yes, to make money, but to inspire too. and perhaps raise money for amanda, gina, and michelle as

well. and this whole thing, a blessing and a curse for mr. ramsey. had to sure a lawyer to protect his image and name. that costs money. until he starts his new gig, remains unemployed. but there is a lot of interest in hearing charles ramsey speak. we'll keep you posted. in "the newsroom," hailed as a hero. the 17-year-old student who alerted authorities to a possible bomb attack. his story in his own words, next. ♪ ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save.

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he's being called a hero. truman templeton called police and alerted him to acord's bomb plot. a phone call that may have saved many lives and we're hearing templeton's story. he sat down with cnn afaffiliat. >> they have a right to know. >> reporter: how does it feel when you read comments on twitter, facebook, people saying i want to thank that person, i

want to know who that hero is? >> it's hard for me to believe. is this really me they are talking about? >> reporter: what he did took courage nobody else at west albany high school had. truman templeton, the muystery tipster, who helped police arrest grant acord. >> the tipping point for me, i was just worried about being at school, and i thought at this point, okay, this school is supposed to be safe, secure environment. >> reporter: truman started feeling unsafe a few months ago. grant talked more openly about bombs. showed off this manual he bought to make home made explosives, called the an ari cookbook and let another student into his bedroom to see what seemed like a real bomb. >> do you feel like you saved lives? >> at this point, yes. >> reporter: you were so confident that there was a real danger? >> um-hum.

and i'm glad i came forward. >> reporter: truman set off the events. his mom noticed something wasn't right. >> my mom asked me what was going on? and i told her what was going on. >> reporter: it must have taken a lot of confidence and courage to do this. >> yes. >> reporter: she eshe asked a enforcement friend for advice and that led to the meeting with police. >> i hope it helps other people. >> reporter: you will be a rock star in school. >> yeah. um -- it will be interesting. >> he said it will be interesting. we hope so. and by the way, the suspect, grant acord appeared in court on tuesday. did not enter a plea. scandals surround the

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food mortgage. the attorney general may fin a lot of empty seats when he sits down with top news organizations to talk about guidelines for investigations involving leaks to the media. what is said in those meetings is supposed to be off the record. cnn, along with "the new york times," the associated press, and the huffington post, say they will not take part unless they can tell you about the meeting, unless we can report it. sth as house republicans have a problem about what he told them about investigating journalists. they want answers, and this shows no sign of slowing down. jim acosta has more. >> at a hearing on the recent revelation that the justice

department seized phone records of associated press reporters, eric holder was asked a crucial hypothetical question. if journalists could be prosecuted for espionage. this answer under oath. >> with regard to the potential prosecution for disclosure to the press, not anything i have heard of, been involved in, or would be a wise policy. >> reporter: but less than one week later, holder was involved in a decision to seek a search warrant for the private e-mails of james rosen. he was described as a potential aider and abettor or co-conspirator in disclosing government secrets. republicans are conducting an investigation into the attorney general's testimony. firing off this letter to holder, asking for clarification, saying the rose know case appears to be at odds with your sworn testimony. >> the testimony he gave did not

limit itself to a prosecution of a reporter. it was broader than that, and, therefore, it seems to be contradicted by the facts. >> reporter: but white house press secretary jay carney argued he wasn't the one being prosecuted. is it the attorney general's opinion that the attorney general testified trustfuly etr. >> there is a large distinction between what's at issue here and prosecution. >> there are legitimate questions about the truth of holder's testimony. >> reporter: but constitutional law professor jonathan turley, a piece question of the bush administration says holder should resign in an op-ed in ""usa today." >> eric holder crossed a line, an important one. endangered a free press. if he were a rational actor, he would resign.

he's damaged goods. not sure why he would want to keep limping along. but if he refuses to if he needs to be fired. >> earlier this month president obama offered his complete support. that hasn't changed. >> does he still have confidence in this attorney general? >> absolutely he does, yes. >> jim acosta reporting. the question, can eric holder survive this? a lot of people believe the attorney general should have been fired a long time ago. so does jonathan turley, you heard him in that story and dare say, are you a liberal. >> well, you know, it's not the first time civil libertarians found strange bedfellows in cocoon to versies this is not the first such complaint against eric hold every, he has led a justice department that has rolled back on a number of civil liberties, but did cross the rubicon here. it's difficult to overstate how dangerous this type of investigation is to our system.

he is the chief legal officer of the united states. takes an oath to protect the constitution. but here he is the threat to the constitution. he did a direct assault on the free press. which is critically important to the protection of liberty. why the framers put it in the first amendment. >> president obama is a constitutional lawyer, right? why does he stand so strongly by eric holder? >> quite frankly, because these are his sins as well. what eric holder did, is part of years of efforts to pressure reporters, investigate reporters, president obama is aware of that. this is very public as you know. this administration has been extremely aggressive in pursuing whis blowers, reporters. and this distinction, and it's ridiculous. you are seizing confidential records for a long time, and for

a lock time, congress maintained a bright line. his pursuit of whistle blowers, but not reports, and what they did here, to create this enormous chilling effect. what people need to remember is the greatest protection of liberty in our history is not congress, not even been the courts. the free press, they are the wons that often reveal scandals and pressure public officials to account for themselves. >> so i think many people were surprised too that eric holder didn't step down after the first term, because a lot of president's cabinet members stepped down, right? unusual that he stayed anyway. >> he -- he has, and i'm not too sure why. you know, as you know, most second terms do seem to attract scandals. not too sure why. but holder has always been controversial. he was opposed in his confirmation as having a political record during the clinton administration, a controversial one. but he's proven one of the most

loyal aides to the president and he has given the president cover, so on things like obama's, you know, policy that the so-called kill list policy that allows the killing of citizens, a warrantless surveillan surveillance, other controversial programs, holder has taken the hit, what they used to call in europe, a sin eater, these are people that would take your sin s away for price. holder is the ultimate sin eater in the beltway. he protects the president and he has an important use in that sense. >> interesting. jonathan turley, many thanks. constitutional lawyer at george washington university. >> thank you, carol. >> you're welcome. a potential bombshell in the trial against michael jackson's concert promoter. an e-mail sent from executive at aeg life is called the smoking gun and that executive is having one tough time explaining why he wrote what he did. [ ice freezing ]

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texas rangers ground crew. last night's game postponed after a storm quickly came in. the tarp, struggled to keep it your honor control. look at that. amazing they just didn't take flight, right? it was a real mess. chad myers in our cnn crew are out storm chasing in oklahoma. they captures this video yesterday. now, i guess this was part of the same storm system, that hit texas, but we'll ask chad about that. we'll ask chad from oklahoma city. part of the same storm system, chad? >> it was, carol. we turned from storm chasers to chasee as it chased us from texas to oklahoma city. we thought we were away from it, the storm we finally got into the hail core, honestly, carol, i can't believe all the windows stayed in the vehicle. we got hit by so much hail yesterday with this storm, and

the winds were 50, 60 miles higher. gusting to 80 miles per hour. dust in the air, animals running away from the storm. hail hitting the car for miles and miles. in the hail core for at least 15 miles. just couldn't get out of it, kept chasing us. going as fast as we were, and it was a messy chase yesterday. because the sun never came out. today, the clouds are rolling, clouds across the sky. moisture from the gulf of mexico. today will be another severe weather day, another tornado day, right now, though, i'm a little more concerned that it's central oklahoma, not western oklahoma or the texas panhandle where we were yesterday, and much more populated area, we saw what happened to moore, when any type of tornado runs into a populated area, we will be here covering it, keep you advised if anything pops up or anything hits the grown, carol. >> we appreciate that, we do. chad myers reporting live from oklahoma city. a stunning piece of evidence that could help determine the outcome of the jackson family

lawsuit against the concert promoter aeg live. an e-mail from aeg live said we want to remind murray that it is aeg, not mj, michael jackson who is paying his salary. cnn exclusively obtained his deposition from december, which was shown in court this week. >> based on the assumptions that aeg is your company and mj is michael jackson, do you have an understanding of what that means? >> no, i don't understand it, because we weren't paying his salary. >> why would you write that? >> i have no idea. >> let's go on to the next sentence. when are you saying his salary, who are you talking about? >> i don't know. >> dr. murray as you know was convicted of giving jackson a lethal dose of propofol. aeg claims it was jackson who hired murray, not aeg and

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china has big plans to bring home the bacon. cnn guru christine romans is in new york to tell us why this is such a concern. >> reporter: it is a very big deal. $5 billion is the largest sale over wholesale purchase by a company. it's the u.s. food supply. we seen china buy pork, computer companies, car companies, everything. but this is a food company. so that's why it's raising some concerns in washington. now, the company says it wants to buy this pork producer, farmland, arbor brand, wants to buy so it they can export pork to that huge chinese mark. but, clearly, when you have a big chinese company buying a stake, a big part of the food supply in the u.s., that's what's raising concerns, carol. >> i think the first question that pops to mind are the safety questions surrounding the food.

as we all know, china has had its problems with that and most recently you had this big case, there was a company in china accused of dumping rotting pig carcasses into a river and chinese consumers very upsettant their own food safety. so the deal, what they're saying about this deal. what fishes are saying is this is to buy pork produced in the u.s. for export to china. listen, carefully, charles grassley, a senator, he wants the doj to look into this i said we are nine meals away from a revolution. so a safe and sustainable food supply is critical to national security. this deal is supposed to be for the export of pork to china, but who is to say it couldn't turn around and some day be the import of products into the u.s. under the smithfield brands. that's not what the company says it intends to do here. very clearly, there will be a washington review of this deal

for security concerns and the at this point cnn analysts are telling us, they don't think they'll find any. >> okay. christine romans reporting live from new york. >> you are welcome. does he have the future as an nfl quarterback or could he accept another position on the field? we'll ask hall of famer joe namath about that when we come back. ♪ ♪

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a. the pro-football hall of fame in canton, ohio is marking its 50th anniversary with a makeover t. hall has completed a $27 million expansion and renovation project, adding new exhibits and interactive displays. e big grand opening is saturday. one guy who has had a place in

canton for years and years will be there. will be jonah math. he joins me live now. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> oh, it's so great to have you with us. i'm excited to talk to you. >> well, thank you. i'm excited about this hall of fame, too, boy. this is the golden anniversary and having just been through there last august with a couple of nephews of mine, i hope every professional football fan can get few there. it's a wonderful place to visit with the interactive games and the memorabilia and all, it's just joyful. >> well, you know, i was born in canton where football began and i have been to the hall of fame many, many times. people have criticized the hall of fame for being rather shabby. they criticize the nfl for not pouring more money night. now it's gundz undergone this renovation. tell me, when i go, i haven't been there five years or so, what is the first thing i have to see? >> well, as soon as you go through the doors, that's been changed right away.

it's a huge open area that a couple of stories high that has history, artifacts, pictures, memorabilia of what's taken place and then there are interactive areas where the kids, the adults can go and take part in actual video replays and make the right call. there are areas that you can listen to today another coach is calling plays right in the game, talking to the quarterback. it's just, you can spend hours going through there. >> oh, that's awesome. so, your personal favorite bust in the canton pro hall of fame? >> oh, my personal favorite. you know what, i have to go back to the guys that paid the way, so to speak. sammy zhan, those guys, jim thorpe, early and that really developed the sportment it's the sport that's the great thing. the players that hung in there. the coaches that hung in there

and helped develop i. those are the guys that i enjoy seeing. >> it's amazing, jim thorpe wore that flimsy-looking helmet. it's amazing people could survive playing in those days. >> oh, they have shoes from the 1,800s, you know, shoulder pads, things have changed drastically since i guess it was about 1886 when rutgers and princeton played. they took soccer and they tried to adjust it to change the game. the soccer and rugby combined. evolved actually into our gym of football as we know it interest i have to ask you a question about tim tebow, he's a former jet. will tim tebow ever be a quarterback again on an nfl team in. >> well, i hope so. i hope. so one of the things for sure since tim tebow has been a college athlete. any of the fans that watched him appreciates his effort, appreciates his work ethic and the kind of guy he s. i will

tell you something, carol. this is the big leagues, professional football. as a quarterback, you have on the a -- to be a good passerment to play other positions, you have to have a little quicker speed than tim may have. he has not been working on those hands. he has to develop as a blocker. we're asking a great deal. i think if tim can improve his passing, he'll have a shot. that's the main flaw. >> we'll see. oh, happy birthday. i know your birthday is tomorrow. >> thank you, carol. >> thanks, jonah math, many thanks t. next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. both maxwell and ted have hail damage to their cars. ted is trying to get a hold of his insurance agent. maxwell is not. he's on geico.com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. ted is now on hold with his insurance company. maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5:30 time for tuesday. ted, is still waiting. yes!

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. >> it's happening now in the newsroom, gun, rides, new york mayor michael bloomberg. >> the letter was obviously referred to our anti-gun effort. >> the poisonous message, "you'll have to kill me before you take my guns." also, doing the right thing, an oregon teen turns in a would be high school bomber. >> the ditching potent for me was when i was just worried about being in school. >> and tantrum, a two-year-old disabled boy tossed from a hair salon for crying. >> she continued to pull him, so i took that as we are not

welcome here. >> social media the salon is fighting to stay in business. plus, from local hero to paid public speaker. >> i barbeque with this dude. we eat ribs and what not, listen to salsa music. i knew something was wrong when a pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms. >> charles ramsey's words of wisdom now worth thousands of dollars. "newsroom" starts now. good morning. thank you so much for being with us. i'm carol costello. we begin with calls for justice from an islamic civil rights group. it's demanding an investigation into a fatal shooting lempg linked to the boston terror attacks. they say he was unarmed when he was shot and killed last week by an fbi agent. they were quebec him inside his orlando home about his ties to the bombing suspect tamerlan

tsarnaev. first here is cnn's john cirella. >> reporter: sources say this man knew boston bombing suspects tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev and he confessed to being quote directly involved in a brutal 2011 drug-related murder in waltham, massachusetts a. federal law enforcement tells cnn that he also implicated tamer lan tsarnaev in the murders, but he is now dead, shot during questioning by an fbi act and two massachusetts state police officers in the kitchen of his orlando apartment. law enforcement source told cnn he had confessed to his role in the triple murder and became violent and attacked the fbi agent. he was then shot and killed. a friend said he knew the bombing suspects but that was all. >> he knew them back like two years ago, back in when he used

to live in boston. and he knew him. he wasn't real close friends. he happened to know him. i guess it was his fault, mistake, but he had no idea that they were up to something like that, like bombing and everything, you know what i mean? >> now dead, the boston bomber knew one of the massachusettes victims. the fbi is now checking to see if they can match it and todashec's dna to the crime scene. sources tell cnn they came from the same region of chechnya. todashev lived in boston two years ago. both were in a mixed martial arts website. tarily lan's phone number was found in todashev's cell. he got into a fight at a local mall. while it appears he was a

violent man, his connection to the bombing suspects may go no further than a drug murder case and a friendtial. >> all right. let break down this case and why it's raising so many questions. hassan shievly is heading the florida can'ter of care the council or american islam ec relations. also joining us is john fuentes, a former director of the fbi now soev serving as a cnn law analystment welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you for being with us. i want to start with you, the fbi says it's assembled a team to investigate the shooting. is that not enough? >> well, we're calling for an independent investigation because this is a system of checks and balances. the bottom line is that a man that is fought convicted or charged with any crime formally is shot and killed seven times once in the head after five

hours of interrogation in his house. raises a lot of questions. we're not accusing the fbi acts at this point. we have uncancered questions. we are calling for an independent probe. >> we were curious about that, is it common procedure for the fbi to question somebody they suspect of a crime in their home for that many hours? >> well, it would depend on the circumstances. if you are talking about a very complex case, it could go on for several hours in trying to determine what happened in the wal tam murder case from a couple of years ago to what his overall relationship was with tamerlan, their martial arts activity, the nature of their friendship. so it is possible to have an interview go on that long and, of course, the person is in his own home, but he can say, okay, i don't want to wish to talk anymore. he's not required to talk to the fbi. he is only required if he does choose to talk that he tell the

truth. >> and hassan, from what we understand from initial reports, the fbi said he was, he had some sort of knife and then it said he didn't. from what you understand, did this man have any sort of weapon? >> no, we received confirmation he was, in fact, unarmed when he was shot seven times once in the head. the best thaim thing they have is there was a decorative sword. if they thought it was a threat, why would they investigate a suspect four hours in a room. there is no indication of lashing out at law procedure. it's not about the family or the victim. it's more about constitutional principles. we want to know were his rights violated during that four or five-hour investigation and was excessive force used? that's why we are calling on this incident investigation. >> at the same time this guy was a mixed martial arts expert. the fbi suspected him for

playing a part in a vicious murder. three people were nearly decapitated. so they would have the idea that he might be a violent guy in their mind during the questioning? >> if they did, they should have charged him, brought him into the bureau. his wife, by the way, does have evidence he was with her in atlanta during the time the murders occurred. bring him in, let's use the system. let's not take justice into our own hand. >> john, your take. >> if he was in the process of agreeing to sign a confession to his involvement, you wouldn't want to interrupt that process and transport him to another office where he might change his mind. so the judgment of the interview, itself, how long it took, where it took place is up to the agents conducting the investigation. they would have the experience of. that i would agree with your other guest that given the circumstances that the case should be thoroughly

investigated and an independent investigation that to be trusted by the public and by the community should be conducted. the fbi automatically conduct an investigation any time an agent is involved in a shooting, particularly if it involves in the death of someone so they would send an inspection team there to couple conduct a very exhaustive investigation. i can understand where persons outside the fbi might in the think that is subjective enough and would want an independent review. certainly would be warranted. i'm sure it will be conducted not just by the civil rights division but, you know, possibly others as well in this matter. >> all right. hassan shively, tom fuentes, thank you both so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> our role is to make sure law enforcement is abiding by the highest standards. >> thank you. tonight a megaconcert is

being called upon to haiz raise money for boston's families, musical legends, aerosmith, james taylor and comediennes dane crook and stephen bright. new video into cnn shows the moment a freight train carrying chemicals crashed into a truck in baltimore. this video the collision triggered an explosion and fire. the truck driver was seriously injured in the accident. investigators are looking into the cause of the crash. also this morning, a frightening new spike in one of america's most passionate debates. the fight over gun control. federal investigators are rivering up their probe of what could be deadly letters sent to mayor michael bloomberg. two separate tests say it was riens, a mere pinpoint can kill within days. deborah feyerick has been working her sources on this story. deb, tell us more. >> reporter: we can tell you that if, in fact, we can prove

it is ricin, it will take the gun defwiet a whole other level. one was sent to washington, d.c., specifically the gun group the mayor heads the mares a -- mayors against illegal drugs. they target mayor michael bloomberg because of his views on gun control. force believe the letters were written by the same person. they were posted by the same area. both contain what a police source is describing as an orange-pink material. that material initially tested negative. then it tested positive for trace amounts of ricin. the mayor was never in immediate danger. he said he didn't feel threatened. there will always be people doing stuff like this. the analysis center in maryland should have the conclusive results back today or the end of the week. law enforcement acts we are told are being briefed on the status of the investigation. police agents and officers on the joint terrorisms task force

were mobilized to go and basically question people in the town from which that letter was sent. carol. >> it just seems that ricin has been popping up a lot lately. did it suddenly get easier to make? >> no. it's one of those things that is very, sort of readily available. it's made from ordinary castor, beans, so there are different compounds and lethality to have how dangerous this is. it's extremely difficult to weaponize so you get maximum dosage to do the maximum damage. what we are told is at least three police officers who were exposed to one of the letters here in new york that they did become symptommatic within 24 hours. then those symptoms went away. it was an intestinal problem they were experiencing. all went away? deborah feyerick reporting live from new york city. we want to see how this factors into the most polar rising

topic, that would be the gun debate. with sus an nra member and another gent, gun rights activist, ted nugent. there he is. he is probably showing off a pair of semi all rifles. jeff, you say you support some gun control like background checks. you are not in any fight with your brother. you are able to sit down and have a conversation? >> we have civil conversations regularly and i posted a washington post red piece two weeks ago, which we had a tremendous response from. okay, they highlighted it by jeffrey nugent being in strong disagreement with his brother ted, which i am on the subject frankly, i don't do well in a

politically correct environment. so to be very direct, i am furious. i am furious that we have these 10,000 pound elephants in every living room in the country and that there is a lot of touk u talk about gun control and reducing the levels of violence, but it's all talk. i think that my focus right now is to try to make something happen and to stop the mindless debate. >> make it clear for us, jeff, what do you want to see happen? >> what i'd like to see happen is really two things, that i have joined an organization by the name of evolve and what we are all about is to represent the majority of americans and it's just come out again in a

poll this morning that in excess of 80% of americans are in strong support of enhanced background checks, now, it boggles my mind how our elected officials and the nra are not paying attention to the majority of the people that they represent. i don't get i. i had a great conversation with senator man chin from -- manchin from west virginia yesterday and i have studied his bill that he partnered with senator toomey. i have compared that with the grassley-cruz amendment and there are differences between the two, some minor, some more than minor, but the point is they both were doa when they made it to the floor of the senate. that's unconscionablement so right now, a lot of people talking. a lot of organizations are developing to try to get something done. >> i know that one of the things

mayor bloomberg is doing through his gun control group is he is targeting democrats who voted against background checks in ads, online and on television. do you think that sort of thing is effective? >> well, i do, but it's not limited to democrats. i think there are -- there's a core group of rational balanced republicans as well as democrats who understand that there is a common ground and, frankly, back to this 10,000-pound elephant, i've always believed that you eat an elephant a bite at a time. and enhancing these background checks are one of the best ways to make a short-term improvement by filling in the holes that exist in the current background check process. and that for whatever reason,

nobody wants to make a change. and i just don't get it. so we're pulling together a -- an expanded group of people and i know that change can be made. i was in the early days of the partnership for drug-free america and they changed a culture about drug abecause in this country that no longer made drug use as cool as it was. it wasn't 100% effective and no one is going to be 100 performance effective. >> and i have to ask you this, because i can hear some in our audience two are in pfeiffer of more gun control. you know, we are split over this issue. right? we are still split, saying that your brother has a big part in nothing getting done in washington because he belongs to the nra. he's on its board. >> well, he is. he is a very articulate

spokesman for the rights that are guaranteed by the 2nd amendment and they have developed ted in particular has developed a black and white definition of what that means. now, i don't want to get into a direct comparison of me and my brother. he's my closest friend. and we've had recent talks that tell me that we're closer in our opinions and recommended actions than we are further apart. one of the big differences, frankly, carol, is the priorities. there are significant issues with the judicial system that there are felons. in fact, there was a recent one in california, i understand, in the last couple of days. he was let out of prison. within 12 hours, he broke into a home, killed the mother and

father, i believe killed the grandparities as well. sexually assaulted a three-year-old daughter in front of the other thirn children in the house at the time. that was within 12 hours of being let out of prison. he had a previous conviction of violence using a gun. now, i think that the people that let him out, including governor jerry brown, should go to bris prison in light of what they let this individual do. >> well, i wish i new more about the case so i can question you. i will be honest with our viewers, i don't know. >> but those cases are all over. they hamp day. >> thank you so much, jeff nugent, for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> good, thank you for having me. he made a name for himself helping three cleveland women escape ten years of captivity, charles ramsey has a new job.

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alleged plan to growe blow up their west albany high school in oregon. truman templeton spoke about the moment he knew he had to call 911. >> a tipping potent for me was when i was worried of being in school. i thought at that point school is supposed to be a safe, secure environment. >> templeton also said f that he had taken him into the bed rm to look at those home-made bombs and show off the anarchist cookbook. grant acord appeared in court on tuesday. he has not yet entered a plea. weeks after the women were rescued, we are getting a look at the cleveland yard that they were held captive for about a decade. you can see more junk piled up behind the home of ariel castro the suspect, barbed wire spools and the windows are boarded up. he remains in jail facing

multiple charges of kidnapping and rape. charles ramsey the man that helped amanda berry escape that home is a speaker. he agreed to be on an entertainment bureau, in short, if you want to hear about his heroics, you have to pay for the privilege. charles ramsey the former dish washer who saved amanda berry and launched a thousand unintentional hun up with-liners. >> we eat ribs and what not, listen to salsa music. i knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a plaque man's arms. i father would have whoopd me if i would have cowered out. it's about having cohones. >> reporter: ramsay was getting fee mcdonald's hamburgers for a year will hit the speaker's bureau.

he signed with celebrity speakers and entertainment bureau if las vegas. >> he is so charismatic. i adore him. his charisma shines through. i think he has a touching and emotional message. he had the courage and the motivation to go and help somebody out when they were in a disastrous situation. i admire and respect. ramsay told us through an attorney and friend he wants to take ownership of his own name. ever since he rescued berry, ramsay has become a cash cow for everyone but himself. [ music playing ] youtube has dozens of ramsay videos online, complete with advertisements. there are ramsay action figures for sale online at $19.95 apiece a. taiwanese company was selling a keysy video game depicting a ramsay-looking he. >> reporter: and a restaurant was selling ramsay burgers.

ramsay says, i never told people they could use my name for this. but as motivational speaker, ramsay will use his own name. yes, to make money, but to inspire, too. and perhaps raise money for ayman dark, gina and michelle as well. this whole thing has been a blessing and a curse for ramsay. he's had to hire a lawyer to protect his name and image. as you know, that costs money. ful he starts this new gig, he remains unemployed. a u.s. army sergeant is ready to admit he shot and killed 16 villagers in afghanistan. coming up in the newsroom, we'll tell you why his lawyers said he'd do it. it has something to do with zroid steroids and alcohol. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough?

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a u.s. army soldier will plead guilty to going on a shooting spree that left 16 afghan villagers dead. staff sergeant robert bails, you remember him? he hopes to avoid the death

penalty for wounding six afghans. let's bring in cnn correspondent barrastar star barbara starr? r. it's interesting why he might have committed these crimes? >> reporter: that's right, his defense attorney will mount what he hopes will be a strong case for why bails may have gone on this murderous rampage. his attorney says he will continue to pursue the angle that bails was suffering from post-traumatic stress and a brain injury and, indeed, on the base he was on there was alcohol and steroid-type destructions which bails had access to and, in fact, took. all of this towing made him what the attorney says is a broken man and that he went out and committed these crimes, perhaps really the worst atrocity of the afghan war for u.s. participation, it's going to be

a very interesting legal argument. does traumatic brain injury, does post-traumatic stress and alcohol and drugs lead to this type of rampage? the military traditionally has not accepted stress, combat stress as a causal single reason for being excused, if i will, from committing a crime. so it will be interesting to see if the attorney can cvince him, what is at stake here? the death penalty will be taken off the table if the attorney can convince them bails will get life in prison with the possibility of parole if he cannot convince the military jury, bails will go to prison for life without the possibility of parole. so for sergeant bails, a lot at stake and for the troops, a lot at stake in the potential military legal precedent about post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. >> i know you will keep following the story, barbara starrr reporting live from the pentagon for us. coming up next, social media

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irs targeted them for delays while seeking tax exempt status. the lawsuit is filed by the american center for law injustice, which was founded by televangelist pat robertson. new york mayor michael bloomberg says letters sent to him tested positive for ricin. the poisonous toxin was sen to the an anti-gun campaign that he bank rolled. minor symptoms of exposure an conclusive reports are due out tomorrow. investigators are now in shreveport, louisiana where the mail was postmarked. it's a stunning piece of evidence that can help the outcome in the jackson family lawsuit against concert promoter aeg live. the e-mail says michael jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray needed to get him in shape to perform on stage. we want to remain murray it is aeg, not mj, michael jackson,

paying his salary. we obtained the deposition in december which was obtained in court this week. >> based on the assumption aeg is your company and mj is michael jackson. do you have an understanding of what that means? >> no, i don't understand it. we weren't paying his salary. >> so why would you write that? >> i have no idea. >> when you say his salary, what are you talking about? >> i don't know. >> dr. murray was convicted of giving jackson a lethal dose of the drug propofol. aeg live claims it was jackson who hired dr. conrad murray. a michigan salon, a michigan hair salon is facing a very public backlash following the owner's treatment of an autistic 2-year-old who was crying, must have been crying louldly. here's how the mother describes what happened. >> the other than had to come up to us yelling, telling me that my child was out of control and

that behavior couldn't be tolerated in her salon, that it wasn't fair to her other clients. >> so they had to leave. they had to finish the haircut outside. she and her son and the stylist as i say went outside. the incident hay have ended there if it had not been for another customer so outraged by what she saw, she wrote about it on facebook, guess what, that post went viral with more than 37,000 shares. now a will be's owner is under fire. joining me now to discuss this is cara philips. she's the host of "raising america" on our sister neighboring hln. >> it's hard to raise america. it's hard to get a haircut. listen, i'm a mom of twins. they're 2 years old i know there is a reason to use a bowl in my back yard on the top of their head and use scissors. >> you don't bring them to a fancy salon to get a haerkt? >> i do not. this has created such a buzz on social media. i think it's because there is an expectation of an adult

environment. you go to a salon, you don't expect to have screaming kids. there is the side of we got to have a heart for kids with special needs, wow, you should have cut the parent a break there. there are two sides. >> a lot of people are saying, why didn't she take her child out immediately or as you said, cut the kid's hair at home. >> that's a great point i asked her that. here's what she said. >> it was no different than he had reacted during every haircut. and i don't think there is anything that i can ever do that has helped. we've tried distraction technique, snacks, it's just stress for him. he is terrified of people touching his head, his ear the sound of the clippers there is nothing can i do this instance or any other time that would have diffused the situation. >> that's interesting. he doesn't like his head touched. right. so i guess my reaction as a parent, okay then, i'm going to

be extra careful not to put him in a situation where he could freak out and cause a scene no matter where that is. here's what i thought was interesting, a lot of people responded and said, you know what i work in a salon, with a dentist. in a doctor's office. we have special hours for kids with special needs. we give them the special care they want if the parent doesn't feel comfortable doing this or that. i thought this was brilliant as a business owner. >> absolutely t. fascinating response is the facebook response, now salon is unfire. >> they're being boycotted. >> this could close her business down. >> that's so unfair that she shouldn't lose the business. she shouldn't be closed down. but she should have landled it differently. it's true -- handled it differently. this woman would have never posted it open facebook and we probably never would have heard about it. >> we v. it goes on at least for the folks in michigan.

thank you for being here. your share airs at? >> noon eastern, hln, raising america. >> thanks so much, you bet. you better watch what you post, facebook sensors are cracking down. we'll tell you what is no longer allowed and what could happen if you break the rules. some people are never happy with the way things are.

it has been one tough week for mickey mouse. on sunday, a loaded gun was found on a dinosaur ride at walt disney's world an pal kingdom. it turns out that gun fell out of the opener's pocket. he later claimed it at lost and found and no guns are fought allowed in the park. also, a 22-year-old man that works in disneyland in california is held on $1 million in jail in connection with an explosion. >> reporter: disneyland tonight town turned into a ghost town after an improvised device went off in a can. >> i ducked.

i looked hire than the ground. >> reporter: crowds evacuated as the bomb squad respond. not the kind of scene anyone expected to encounter. no one was hurt. they did find evidence of an explosion. >> they found remnant of a water bolt which is indicative of a dry ice explosion. >> 22 christian barnes, a cast member is being held on a million dollars bail on suspicion of detonating a device. >> there is suspicion for there to be injury. there is potential for someone to get injured to the potent where they lose their life. that's why the charges are so serious. >> reporter: they say he had the dry ice in his vending cart. police say barnes is cooperating. that's right, this stuff, dry ice, ump used for special effects. it turns out exploding dry ice bombs is a popular form of fun in some circles. you don't believe me, check out all the videos on youtube.

>> we will show you how to make a dry ice bomb. >> and the results when they do. what the videos don't toll you this cre yaitsing and creating and detonating it is a crime. if animal kingdom, a grandmother found a loaded gun on the seat of the dinosaur ride. the gun other than said he had a permit to carry a concealed weapon and told authorities he didn't realize guns are not allowed in the park t. happiest place turning scary until both situations were uncontrol. >> sarah seidnor is at disneyland in california. this dry ice incident. why was this vendor allegedly trying to do this? why did he do it? >> reporter: yeah, that's what investigators are looking. into. the gentleman is cooperating and

as said there were unintended consequences. for example, he never thought there would be, for example, an investigation of tonight town, the bomb so-called called n. but as far as whether this was an accidental prank, police are saying, look, he had to have some knowledge, some research had to have been done to how to make fairly simple ice bombs. but you'd have to know what to do to put it together to make it explode. there was some intent there, according to police. this is an ongoing investigation. the suspect has not actually been charged by the district attorney. we are awaiting what those charges will be. >> "newsroom" will arrive back. ♪ even superheroes need superheroes,

. >> surfing around facebook, maybe you stumbled on pages like kicking your girlfriend in the fannie because she won't make you a sandwich, or worse, raping her girlfriends. facebook is promising to get rid of those pages and similar hate speech under pressure from women's rights groups along with facebooks own advertisers. let's bring in a senior tech analyst with mashable.com. welcome, christina. >> hi. >> it seemed like faceback acted awfully quickly in this case. what was at stake? >> i think what happened was a lot of these women's rights groups went to their users and

said contact advertisers. contact the advertisers that appear next to these pages and tell them what's going on and facebook acted very swiftly. any time advertisers are at risk, facebook is going to respond. >> so facebook promised to take several steps, including updating the hate speech and retraining its sensors. also passenger with questionable content to lipg those to their personal pages. let's go to updating the definition of hate speech. that's a tough thing to do. what is facebook's definition of hate speech? >> right now, it's been a little more murky. it's basically gone into some more traditional methods of hate speech, things such as racism, overt homophobia, nazis, that sort of thing. they're expanding it so it includes things such as violence towards women or advocating violence in general or towards certain groups of people. >> nick, still a tough thing to decide. let's say you tell an off color joe, let's say, some find

offensive, others don't. will that be under scrutiny? >> it will. i think the way facebook will approach this they said they will be working with the organizations that brought the issue to their attention that come up with the definition that all parties can agree with. but, frankly, as you mentioned the names of some of the groups that existed earlier, i don't think there is a question of should those things exist on face pook? they're pretty vial. so i think it's more about setting out, these are things not allowed on our network. >> still, facebook has a billion users? >> definitely. >> it's tough to police. >> without a doubt. that's been the biggest struggle. most of their policing takes place through algorithms. computer programs search for algorithms. they will retrane the algorithms to search for things they weren't searching before, instead of certain times of key words or images, it will be

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. it's 53 minutes past the hour. it's time to check our top stories. hours ago in london, the 22-year-old man accused of hacking a british soldier appeared in court. he was handcuffed, his right hand wrapped in plastic. he acknowledged the murder charge. the judge then referred it to a higher court where a bail hearing is set for monday. a second murder suspect remains under arrest at a london hospital. think you had a tough day? be thankful you are-on-not on a texas ranger's ground crew. a storm moved in. the ground crew struggled to keep the tarp uncontrol. amazing it didn't take flight. same storm system also caused this. dhad myers is in the middle of

that, our storm crew is, too. they are storm chasing in oklahoma. they captured these pictures yesterday. the same area faces severe weather again today. pay attention to the tv and the radio. be careful. motorola is coming out with the first smartphone. motorola ceo dennis woodside announced at this week all things digital conference in california, mobile x will be assembled in fort worth, texas. it's been called one of the worst ipos in history. we talked about facebook's botched debut last year. now, nasdaq is coughing up the carve for its role to the tune of $10 million. salson cox sick is at the exchange. >> reporter: they say the nasdaq violated security laws because the systems couldn't handle the anticipating trading volume. they say the leaders of the

nasdaq made a bunch of poor decision regarding the ipo. it ultimately couldn't match the buyers to the sellers in the crucial moment when facebook went public. so now what's happening? a huge penalty for messing up facebook's public day bow to the tune of $10 million. $10 million represents about 3% of the nasdaq's net income in 2012. this is in addition to the $62 million nasdaq set aside to investors who lost their money because of the exchange's screwup. plus, add up all the money brought by investors and trading firms that are pending. it can go on and on not to mention the rep takes issue force the nasdaq. carol. >> here's a quick look at the markets before you go. >> it looks like stocks are higher. investors are shrugging off weaker than expected figures in the first three months of the year. government spending cuts were a part of the drag on gdp, unemployment claims, nothing

getting investors down at this moment. >> thanks, allison, i'm carol costello. cnn newsroom continues after a brake.

>> good morning, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield, coming your way this hour. is this devout mormon an mother of seven and grandmother really a drug dealer? we will take you inside a mexican prison to get her side of the story in a tearful and telling interview with an arizona woman caught in an international legal nightmare. also, james holm, claims he's ensane, he says he shouldn't have to answer to the doctors who want to prove he isn't. is the