assad, giving the military and economic support they proiz. they insist the threat of strikes has forced the russians and syrians to at least consider some sort of deal, and if implemented, a huge if, it could not only deter and degrade the weapons but actually destroy them. we'll see what happens tomorrow. that's it for me. news room continues with brooke baldwin right now. wolf, thank you. great to be with you on this wednesday. i'm brooke baldwin. we top this hour here with two days, two days after russia proposed it, reportedly the plan for syria to hand over control of its chemical weapons arsenal is now on paper. this is at least according taa russian news service. presumabl presumably, secretary of state john kerry will see those details for himself tomorrow when he meets with sergei lavrov in switzerland. now the world watches and wait.

watches whether syria and russia live up to their word or live up to their reputations after critics warn this newfound cooperation could really just simply be a delay tactic. this is what was said on the senate floor today. >> so the offer that is on the table and the action that's happened since monday is very serious and very significant, very encouraging and madam president, it could be a game changer in this discussion. now, i said it's serious what we still need to determine is whether it's sincere. it's serious and significant, but obviously, what the administration needs to do in tandem with u.n. is determine whether it's sincere. >> joining me now are foreign affairs correspondent joe daugherty live in mascow and cnn international's hala gorani. let's start with the report from the russians. my goodness, that was fast. what's in it? >> well, we don't know entirely.

i mean, we can surmize what its it. we certainly know it's details of this plan that the russians have presented. and how this initiative would be carried out. we also know from the white house briefing that there are about three steps that they want to take those weapons, get them into one place. they want to make sure they're out of the hands of the syrian regime. and then eventually, they want to destroy them. now, how to do that, you need experts, and at that meeting, which actually will take place in geneva, switzerland. kerry coming from washington, mr. lavrov coming -- he's actually in kazakhstan, flying together, meeting in geneva for at least two days. they are a team of experts from both sides, and they will be discussing this in great detail because after all, it's complex. and being carried out in the middle of a civil war, it's even more complex.

and i just wanted to tell you, brooke, the very latest, just as i was running over here to do the live chat, the russian foreign ministry is saying there was a telephone conversation between secretary kerry and mr. lavrov just took place apparently very recently today. and it was initiated by secretary kerry, and of course, they were discussing syria and the meeting they will be having in geneva tomorrow. >> okay, so they have been communicating on the phone. they'll be meeting face-to-face tomorrow. i know you'll be all over it, jill, and hala, jill mentioned the complex tees really of this idea, this proposal, practically speaking, i was talking to this expert yesterday, reminding how it took decades for the united states to get rid of its stockpile of weapons. that wasn't even a civil war. how long, how complex might this be for syria? >> we know it will be complex and long. it's impossible at this stage to

know how long or how complex because of how accurate the intelligence is. according to a recent report, syria might be in possession of 1,000 tons of chemical agents that are spread out across the country in dozens of facilities. many of these facilities, according to also recent reports, could be dual juice. they could be one type of factory, produused to produce chemical agents or to store them. if the objective is to secure them, to move them, and eventually to destroy them as you said and as the expert you spoke with as well, brooke, yesterday said, and i have spoken to many experts as well, this is something that can take years. and who is going to provide security for these inspectors? the inspectors in charge of securing the weapons? what countries will they come from? will the regime accept american inspectors, for instance, running across syria? will the rebels accept certain types of inspectors coming from countries they view as supporting the regime, such as russia.

you have so many questions and we know the meeting between sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, and john kerry, will last a couple days to iron out the details and secretary kerry will be going with armed experts as well. this is designed to iron out the technicalities and modalities of trying to secure these weapons and it's a big job. >> thank you very much. my thanks to you. the man who confessed on video to killing a man in a drunk driving accident has just now appeared in court. he is matthew portal. he had promised to plead guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated. he said he waumented to accept quote/unquote full responsibility for killing a man named vincent. moments ago, he took the first step toward fulfilling that promise. i want you to watch as they enter an initial plea on this man's behalf. >> thank you, judge.

at this time, we would enter a plea of not guilty, waive indictme indictment, and we pass on bond. >> respectfully, that's nigh job to set bond, so you can have another judge readjust bond, but at this toom time, we're sitting a $150,000 assurety. >> as i said, this is his initial plea. his attorneys say the case will be given to another judge and he will then change his plea to guilty. >> one of two states to legalize recreational use of marijuana, colorado, has now just tossed out two state lawmakers who played prominent roles in passing new gun restrictions. the two losers of yesterday's recall elections both are democrats. they include the man here, this is john morse, a former police officer. and up until yesterday, this guy was the head of the state

senate. he is proud, he says, of the stand he's taken. >> if passing gun safety legislation in colorado cost me my political career, that's such a small price to pay. because the families of gun violence victims pay a huge price every single day. >> the new gun restrictions expand background checks on buyers and limit the number of bullets and ammunition clips. they remain in effect, but this defeat, these recall of these two lawmakers could blunt gun control efforts in other states. joe johns is working this for us today. as i understand it, you have the nra and its gun lobby supporters. they were actually outspent in these races which makes this, you know, outcome pretty remarkable. as does the fact that you had the massacre in aurora, columbine and littleton all in colorado. >> this is a state that is actually familiar with this because columbine happened so long ago, and aurora happened much more recently, but it's a

real wake-up call, shows gun rights still has huge muscles, especially in the west, and the thing these legislators have in common, it bears repeating, they voted in favor of unpopular gun control laws limited ammunition, magazines to 15 rounds, requiring background checks. a first ever recall of this type in colorado. one of the rare situations where an election involving state legislature gets nationized. the money that poured in was enormous. gun control advocates had a huge advantage. one of the arguments we've heard is that the essentially the reason for this was a blow-back reaction to mayors against illegal guns. that's the group headed by new york mayor michael bloomberg. he was sort of cast as a heavy-handed outsider trying to influence the state. the bloomberg folks say it was a local movement and they're trying to downplay the national impact, brooke. >> we'll debate this next hour because this may be colorado today, could be another state another. joe johns, thank you so much in washington. and today, the missouri

legislature could be the first to decide to bypass federal gun control laws in a way really the nation has never seen. it could turn out if you live in missouri, you could legally own a machine gun. the governor of missouri has vetoed this bill once already. but now the state legislature is debating a bill that would essentially nullify all federal gun control laws. >> it doesn't broaden anyone's scope or ability to purchase a firearm. it doesn't even advocate the ownership of firearms. it strictly says that missouri is going to protect the second amendment rights of missourians. >> george howell is on this for us today. he joins us now. tell me what is happening at this moment in the missouri state legislature? >> well, brooke, the legislature is set to vote on this. i got off the phone with the governor's office earlier. they're not making any predictions on what happens

here. it's being described really as a game-time decision for the lawmakers, whether they push ahead to try to override the veto or whether they've had time to reconsider after some of the potential problems that have been pointed out by law enforcement, but the long and short of it, this house bill 436, supporters say it's more symbolic than anything else, brooke. that it nullifies federal gun laws in the state of missouri and protects and defends the second amendment rights of citizens there. but opponents say this law, if passed, could have real teeth that could cause real problems. for instance, allowing citizens the right to take legal action if federal agents enforce federal gun laws in missouri. to take legal action, to sue them if they basically enforce the law, and it also prevents, makes it illegal to publish the names and addresses of gun owners in missouri. now, so we're waiting to see what happens here with the house and senate. it's expected to go before the house. we expect it will take a

two-thirds vote to pass the house. then it would take 23 members vote out of 34 members in the senate to pass. so we're watching. we're waiting, and we will see. >> george howell, keep us posted. we have to continue this conversation. mike brooks, law enforcement analyst on hln. worked as a cop for many, many years. let me underscore what george just said. basically, this would be a first, a, in missouri, if this passes, you could own a machine gun. b, they could go after, possibly arrest federal officers who try to take your machine gun away. >> it would be a misdemeanor defense. look, i'm all for legal gun ownership. i have my georgia carry permit, i carry a gun all the time, and i'm all for that. but when it comes to machine guns. let's take a look add the federal firearms act right now. in 1934, it says you can't even own a machine gun that was manufactured after may 19th of 1986.

only federal firearms dealers and government agencies can actually own machine guns. now, look, i don't care. you can own all the semiautomatic rifles you want. but why do you need a machine gun? it's not going to happen. this is crazy. >> okay, you say it's crazy. >> personally. >> number one, the idea of someone owning a machine gun is nuts. b, what about, i think for law enforcement, if i'm a cop in missouri and i'm going to be working with my other jurisdictions, be it local, state, federal, and my law doesn't exactly jive with what the federal government is saying, how does that work if you're a police officer? >> it doesn't work. that's the whole thing. when you think about it common sense wise, it doesn't work. so a citizen is going to be able to charge a federal agent from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives or the fbi, who is inforcing the laws, charge them with a misdemeanor offense? that's craziness. on the other hand, i don't think that gun owners' names should be published because what if somebody gets the name of a gun

owner, at this house, there's all these weapons. that's part of the bill i agree with. the rest i think is ridiculous. that's my personal opinion. >> never lacking in opinion. thank you so much. we should point out the one gun control advocacy group, the brady center, said they will sue missouri if this bill becomes law. coming up, as america remembers the victims of 9/11, you are about to hear from a daughter who lost her dad who was the first american killed in afghanistan. an incredible story. >> plus, privacy concerns over apple's new iphone feature, the fingerprint log in. what you need to know. and we want to share with you this chilling dash cam video of this trooper slamming into this couple on a motorcycle. they're okay, sort of. we'll tell you what happens next. [ male announcer ] imagine this cute little orange blob is metamucil...

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have grown, maybe married, and been blessed with children of their own. and those beautiful boys and girls just beginning to find their way who today would have been teenagers and young men and women looking ahead, imagining the mark they would make on the world. they left this earth. they slipped from our grasp, but it was written, what the heart has once owned and had it shall never lose. where your family has lost in the temper, in the here and now, is now eternal. >> the 9/11 attacks launched the u.s. into war. and i spoke with a young woman whose live has been shaped by that war. her name is allison spann. her father, cia officer johnny michael spann, he was the first american killed in the war in

afghanistan when allison was all of 9 years old. and i tell you, her story is one of resilience. as the end of our interview, i asked her if she had one more hour with her father, how would she spend it? >> i would thank him for everything that he did for me. all of those lectures and speeches i got as a little kid that i didn't always appreciate and take to heart, that i just sort of scoffed off and was like, oh, no, not another lecture, i would really love to thank him. thank you so much for instilling all those great values in me and thank you so much for teaching me everything you taught me. >> allison spann, we thank you. and we thank your father all these years later. today also marked one year since that attack on the united states consulate in benghazi, and today, a new explosion has rocked that city. we'll tell you about that. first, this video from the dash cam of an ohio state trooper shows a car crashing into a motorcycle in the middle of the road. it sent the couple flying.

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them, it's tough. i see you looking away. >> i'm still cringing. >> he was like the trooper of the year. did he just not see them? >> brooke, literally, 2012, trooper of the year. he's never been disciplined for anything. that's the big question, did he not see them? if you watch the video, it's kind of impossible if you're looking up not to see them. your headlight are not on him. they're not saying. this is an ongoing investigation. his attorney has advised him not to speak to anyone. the ohio state patrol said he's still performing his duties as before while this investigation continues. let's talk about the couple, though. >> yes, please. very injured, looking at the pictures. . tough to look at, too. >> they were flown to a hospital. they were bolted off their bikes frk thrown onto the ground. they were seriously injured, but they actually spoke to our affiliate the day after their injuries. we want to give you that now and get the take on the other side. >> think it went off to the left side.

i couldn't see her at all. i just slid and slid and slid. anytime it didn't hurt for two second when my helmet would hit the ground. >> it's that helmet that they say saved their lives. >> you cannot imagine how they survived this accident. >> despite their? ju injuries, are they standing by, hey, we're not going to sue you? nothing litigious whatsoever? >> they so no hard feelings. they have forgiven the trooper. the prosecutor's office said there are no charges that have been filed as of right now. there is grand jury looking into this. once they have conducted their investigation, they'll determine whether or not there will be charges filed, but as of now, nothing, and that video, you can watch it a dozen times and it still gives you the chills. >> absolutely. let us know what happens. lynn berry, thank you. coming up, apple's new iphone has a nifty new feature. you can use your own fingerprint to lock and unlock the phone with the potential for so much of our personal information to

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♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new 2014 lexus is. this is your move. bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. after more than two years of russia obstructing international intervention in syria, we now have had two days of whirlwind progress. russian news reporting syria will hand over control of its chemical weapon arsenal, reveal location, halt production, show international teams the facilities and sign the chemical weapons convention. and today, a russian news agency also says a plan is now on paper and russia has submitted it to

the united states. it's happening quickly here. it's enough for russia to earn an official nod from the u.s. senate floor. >> i believe that russia's goal is in fact to eliminate these weapons. and i would point out that that is also our goal. so i very much hope that the path to settlement, although complicated no doubt, but if well intentioned by all participants, it can be accomplished. >> with me now live from new york, ed hussein. the senior fellow from middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. welcome back. >> thank you, brooke. >> you lived in syria during the iraq war. you saw firsthand the consequences of american mistakes in the middle east. what do you make of this possibility for diplomacy here? >> i think this -- this trick is something that is very important for people in the middle east to see. during the bush era, for all its

rights and all of its wrongs, i'm not taking a political pop here, i think it's worth mentioning people in the middle east often thought there was a trigger happy attitude in the united states, and there was a feeling that this was a cowboy nation in parts of the middle east, but whatever mistakes we may want to mention in terms of the obama administration, what we have seen is close deliberation, thought, caveat, thinking. we have seen intelligence, we've seen diplomacy, greater coop rashz with all of its allies, with faults, it's not perfect, but it corrects the impression that america was in the path to being too happy to pull the trigger, and working with the allies in the nation and outside of it, indeed, russia, and once the history is written, assuming the russian plan delivers and assuming we see a deescalation in violence. >> which could be big assumptions. >> yes, but america is not seen

as the bully boy it was in the past. at this juncture, many are not happy with america not toppling assad, but obama is right. it's not america's war, and he's right. you break it, you own it. why should the american taxpayer own syria. >> i hear you. also talking to our very smart folks on capitol hill, the reality check is the president didn't have the votes in congress. you have a public that doesn't want to go to war, when you look at the polling. how much, ed, do you think going forward is this about president obama's ability to negotiate with vladimir putin versus putin simply wanting to reassert himself on the world stage? >> i think it's a combination of both of those factors. and to be fair to putin, this is a way in which he wants to reassert himself on the world stage, one in which he's partnered with the united states and in dialogue with the united states, that's no bad fear. my fear isn't the dynamic between putin and president obama. my fear is bashar al assad played both off one another and

ends up buying more time for himself, killing more people on the ground, securing his dictatorship in the country and having greater influence in the region. that's where the battleground layers where assad maneuvers between these two polls. >> that's an important point that i haven't heard brought up. assad could play putin. if that happens, i guess the bigger question is how long does the world wait for the diplomacy to work? >> for as long as possible. we should give diplomacy every chance. there's no guarantee that military action advocated by the white house throughout the pentagon, or whether it's the more involved form advocated by our allies in turkey and in saudi arabia, there's no guarantee that any of this will result in the suspension of the war inside syria. and ultimately, that's what we should all juan, the fighting to stop. that could only happen when the syrian opposition decides to sit with the syrian war lord, bashar

al assad, and that can only occur when there's grating pressure from the u.s., on saudi arabia, on turkey on the rebels and from russia is its supporters, iran, on the syrian regime. ultimately, that's the real solution on the ground. that can't happen unless there are peace-keeping forces under the u.n. auspices that keeps fighting factions apart, keeps genocide off the ground, and we're not there yet. that will power develops in the international community, we'll continue to see sadly greater bloodshed in syria. >> ed hussein, great to have you on. thank you very much. and today, not only marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the united states. it also marks one year since that attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans were killed that day and this morning in benghazi, a car bomb rocked that city. the blast damaged the foreign ministry building at 7:00 this

morning, an hour before the street would have been full of people. no one was killed, but a security guard was injured, and u.s. officials tell cnn that in recent days, some 250 u.s. marines were moved closer to libya to help beef up security before today's anniversary. and stay with cnn tonight. we have an exciting lineup for you. here's what's coming up. at 7:00, erin burnett, out front. 9/11 remembered as michael mccall sizes up u.s. national security in 2013. at 8:00 on anderson cooper 360, the president makes his case on syria. now, what's the white house's next move? then at 9:00, on piers morgan live, a live primetime exclusive interview with diana nyad as she answered her critics on her record-breaking cuba to florida swim. it's all on cnn tonight, starting with erin burnett out front at 7:00, anderson cooper 360 at 8:00, and piers morgan live at 9:00. tonight on cnn. >> back here at home, a major

football program accused of a scandal. it's pretty shocking. i'm talking sex, cash, $500 hand shakes. that's not all the players are getting accused of. that's investigation is coming up. >> plus, a war of words over the troubled city of detroit. the mayor of boston is apologizing now for saying it should be blown up. i talk to anthony bordeign about that. he spent time in detroit for his show. his answer, very anthony bourdain response. that's next.

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enough. that's when season two of anthony bourdain parts unknown is back on cnn, and this popular original series, by the way, if we can just, you know, say this, they have been nominated for four primetime emmys since it last aired. congrats theme. this season, full of surprises and shockers and firsts. premiere episode kicks off with bourda bourdain's tour of jerusalem. he told me he had never been. he also took a trip to detroit. it made the news recently because the mayor of boston has since apologized for saying the city of detroit should be blown up. so i asked anthony bourdain about those comments and here is what he said. >> wow. that's first of all a shameful, shameful thing to say about a city that we're just about everything great in america comes from. rock 'n' roll, the credit card, the automobile. look, it's a city with enormous and possibly intractable

problems. but it's a city with a lot of heart. a great sense of humor. and people who in spite of all evidence and sometimes good sense, insist on sticking it out, fighting it through, improvising, and adapting. it's an incredible, incredible looking city, both as far as what it used to look like and what it looks like now. there are -- it's overgrown. it's largely abandoned. it's hauntingly tragic and beautiful. >> so from one part of the world to somewhere i understand you have never been and just with syria in the news cycle and you think of the neighbor, israel. you and your crew had never been to jewelry. you're filming in the west bank and gaza. what was that like and are people there really just used to violence? >> you know, it was a very, very

confusing place. you know, israel is a place where it's difficult to shoot even the names of ordinary things are subject to argument. is it a wall, is it a fence? who makes the best falafel. where does hummus come from? i'm glad for the opportunity to show people what i saw. and i think it's going to be very surprising, very shocking, and very provocative. >> of all the different cities, anthony bourdain, you and your crews visited across the world, which surprised you the most? >> wow. most surprising? i guess -- >> this season. this coming season? >> tokyo, for sure. you know, it's funny. it was the first -- tokyo was the first place to describe me. i often described visiting tokyo for the first time like taking lsd. >> why is that? >> it's a hallucinatory deeply traumatizing experience. quite pleasurable in my case.

but one where you emerge from it different than the way you went in. it tends to alter one's perspective. though i have been to tokyo many times, done a number of shows in japan, i don't think anyone has ever showed you tokyo the way we're going to show it to you. i'm going to guess it will require a parental advisory. >> i will take your word for it. anthony bourdain, thank you so much. i can't wait. >> thank you. i'm truly a fan. my dvr is set. i hope yours is as well. the all new season starts sunday night. this week, he explores jerusalem, gaza, the west bank. anthony bourdain, parts unknown, sunday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. coming up, damning allegations involving oklahoma state's football program. sex, drugs, socks full of cash? the reports do not stop there. that story right after this break.

$500 hand shakes. this is how one former oklahoma state university football player is describing receiving cash payments from coaches and boosters during his time at the school. sports illustrated is out with this incredible special report on the osu football program, and with it, a long, long list of alleged violations that could -- i don't think it's too much to say here, could destroy that program. we're talking about everything.

from money to passing grades to sex. si senior writer george dorman and fair evans interviewed a number of former players who described receiving favors. among those favors, these claims, a bonus system set up by an assistant coach that paid players for good performances on the field. also, tutors and osu personnel completed course work for players and professors gave passing grades with little or no work to be done. recreational drug use was tolerated, and recruits were offered sex by members of a student hostess program. let's talk about this. si's george dorman joins me now, and george, i mean, talk about damning allegations. there's just so much in this piece. and i know that you're reporting that the boosters, they were giving these players cash. even paying them for jobs they never performed. just start with the gifts, george. wads of cash in socks. how much, how often? >> yeah, the boosters and

coaches were, you know, giving them money, basically. the coaches were giving them money as part of a pay-out system, a bonus system. $500 for a sack or $50 for a tackle. a lot of times it was delivered in an envelope after the game. they would give them an envelope that was supposed to be with $15, their purdiem, and it had hundreds it in instead. >> we have the a.d. mike holder speaking about the allegations. here he is. >> unfortunately, we've got something out there on the horizon that we're going to have to deal with. we're all committed to playing by the rules. doing things the right way here. and for people to say that that's not what's happening is very disturbing. >> so according to your piece, this spanned 2000 to 2001. before 2000, oklahoma state's football program was down. since then, they have been big, big winners. how do you qualify this? is this a case of allegedly

winning, really at all costs? >> i think there's a clear ark you can see, which is that they were not a good program. they bring in a new coach, les miles. they sort of throw the rulebook away. in every way, and then they start to win. winning seasons, winning seasons, culminating in 2012 when they ended up the number three team in the country. >> i wanted to note here, we saw this mention from oil tycoon t. boone pickens who said he has given a ton of money, like more than $500 million to this school. football stadium even bears his name. let me be clear, he hasn't been implicated in this whole thing, but he called sii your reporting, his word, disappointing. saying the allegation s go back to a decade ago, si failed to ask what is happening at oklahoma state today. let me ask you that, george. what about -- did what you did, you know, find improprieties in the last couple years? >> i think boone pickens is putting a spin on that that is sort of comforting to him.

we have allegations that were 2010, 2011. so to say this was a decade ago is, i think, him trying to find a way to sort of ignore that, you know, he gave them money, and the program started winning. and in some ways, he is tainted by this. >> george, let me tell everyone, this report, this first story, this is part of a five-part series that you guys are calling the dirty game. going to rete it in "sports illustrated" and si.com. george, thank you. you mentioned les miles. he responded. let me say what les miles said. quote, i revered my time in stillwater. the idea that someone would characterize the program that was run there as anything but right and correct, did we work hard? you bet you. did we make tough decisions about starting lineups? you betcha, but every guy was encouraged to get his degree, stay the course, and fight. i can tell you that people who were commenting on the state of the program weren't there long

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this diplomatic avenue. russia is assad's and syria's closest ally. russia has played the role of blocking international efforts thus far to hold assad accountable. >> the russian news agency says the russians already have submitted a plan to washington to put syria's chemical weapons under international control. so things are moving along, at least for the time being. let's go to new york. christia christiane amanpour joining us as is lebanon, syria's neighbor, arwa damon. christiane, first to you, simply put, can the u.s. trust the russians? >> oh, you know, the proof is going to be in the pudding, but i think both sides need each other right now. in fact, i was just interviewing a russian ambassador, the russian ambassador to the eu, who is familiar with at least the outlines of what's going on. he said that they believe that russia has come to the rescue of

president obama who is clearly going to be defeated in their view in congress and not get military authorization. i said, well, actually, don't you believe that president putin came up with this plan and sergei lavrov because president obama had put the credible use of force on the table and after years of the russians being obstructionists, finally, they have come up with some kind of initiative? both sides are playing that game a little bit. but to the reality of what's going on in the substance of it, the five permanent members of the security council are meeting at the united nations here today to discuss it. the plan, according to this russian ambassador, involves not just securing these chemical weapons which are the largest and deadliest in the world, syria's stockpile, but also to eventually destroy them. so the russians in their own words, no matter what the syrians might say, this is not just about putting them under international control. it's about destroying them. obviously, it's going to be very difficult, time consuming, lengthy, any number of chemical

weapons experts will tell you that. but that, of course, the perfect should not be the enemy of the good in this case. >> with the complexities, arwa damon, my next question is to you. could this diplomatic push on chemical weapons, might this actually eventually form the basis of a much larger push to halt the brutal civil war all together? >> i think the sad reality, brooke, is we're nowhere even near beginning to contemplate an answer to that question. and here's the issue with this entire debate that is taking place. the u.s. administration, supporter of obama, keep touting this move, this russian plan, as being something of a success. they're saying, you know, look, at the very least, just the threat of a u.s. strike has brought the russians to bring the syrians about to admit they have chemical weapons, to eventually hypothetically putting forth some type of a plan to eventually destroy them. but at the same time, a lot of opposition activists inside

syria will look at this and very rightfully say, if that threat of a u.s. strike can force the syrians to the table on the chemical weapons issue, why is that same stick not being applied to something that is perhaps arguably even more pressing, and that is the issue of the need to establish humanitarian corridors to get much needed medical and food aid to areas in the country that are under siege. if we want to talk about the americans testing the russians, testing the syrians, then that should be aid agencies are saying, part of an initial plan. that's quite simple to put forward. establish these humanitarian corridors as an act of good will at this point. >> what about the russians, though, christiane? they have stood back. they have watched as washington oftentimes through the use of force, expanded its role in the middle east, in afghanistan, northern africa, looking at the map today, you have former yugoslav yugoslavia, even parts of the former soviet republic.

how big a blow would it be to moscow for president obama to pull the trigger on russia's ally, syria? >> well, i mean, this is something that russia has not wanted and has shown that over the last two and a half years, but i think in terms of what arwa says, she's absolutely right. the opposition today crying foul. they feel they have ben sent down the river. this is, yes, the most important crime in the treaties, that of the use of weapons of mass destruction, but what about the plan for the war? there is no plan at the moment we know of to mitt gaigate that. i spoke to u.s. ambassador brian crocker who was also ambassador to afghanistan and iraq, and he said to me, loorx, christiane, the assad family has been planning for this rebellion, revolution, whaufrk, since the assad family stormed homa in the

1980s and killed something like 20,000 people as they tried to put down a rebellion by the syrian muslim brotherhood, so this has been in the works and planned for decades, this response. and he believed, ryan crocker, that in terms of the broader war, which has killed 100,000 people, according to the united nations, that this would either drag on into a stalemate, which might then lead to a possibility of some kind of diplomatic initiative, or -- or, he felt that assad would, in his word, regain control foot by bloody foot. >> it's incredible just to bring up hamas, to think what his father did and now look at his son, his son who wasn't even supposed to be the priesident o the country in the very beginning. thank you both very much for that. back here at home, one of the two states to actually legalize the recreational use of marijuana, talking about colorado, has now just tossed out not one but two state

lawmakers who played prominent roles in passing these new gun restrictions. the two losers of yesterday's recall elections both are democrats. and they include john morse, a former police officer. and up until yesterday, he was the head of the state senate. and he says he's proud of the stance he took. >> if passing gun safety legislation in colorado cost me my political career, that is such a small price to pay because the families of gun violence victims pay a huge price every single day. >> okay. at the same time, you have this other story percolating today. in missouri, the legislature is considering whether to override the veto of the democratic governor there of this bill that threatens criminal charges against federal agents who would attempt to enforce federal gun control laws. missouri's attorney general says the legislation could also prevent local police from working with the feds on solving gun crimes or writing this bill

that they want people to own machine guns. let's mull all of this over with errol louis, political anchor at new york one news and ben ferguson, also a cnn political commentator. welcome to you both. ben, i'm going to give you the first at-bat, beginning with colorado. reading in this story, might there be -- i just wanted to broaden it out, bigger picture, a national message in what we just saw happen with the recall. when you have bloomberg spending more than $300,000 in a state race in colorado, i mean, you're talking about a very small area where these people are fighting for a legislature seat at the state level and you see the nra spending almost the exact same amount of money in these two races, this had much more to do with the overall conversation of we can recall people if you go outside the scope. i think a lot of people in

colorado were making the argument early on in this recall is that the theater where all of this started was a gun-free zone. and that gun-free zone did not work. and so when you pass these laws and you don't listen to us as hunters and others, we're going to recall you, and it cost two people their seat, which is honestly exactly what voters should do on the left or right. you don't like what your elected officials do, hold them accountable. they did it yesterday. >> it was a grassroots effort there in colorado. you bring up bloomberg. you look at the money, bloomberg o outspent the nra. still, essentially, the nra won in this case. errol louis, what message is this sending to other legislatures across the country who are pro-gun control? >> it's a mixed message. you go from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. the message is this is rapidly becoming a thoroughly nationized battle fought out in a million different arenas, at the county

level, at the state level. there's no telling. local politics are exactly that, local. how any one contest is going to turn out. there are people who have been turned out of office or who have lost primaries because they were pro gun, and the reality is, look, it's called the national rifle association for a reason. they have a national agenda. they get involved in local races, and what bloomberg has been trying to do, and some others as well, has been trying to create a national counterpart and let people know that there will be single issue consequences if you vote one way or the other on some of this gun control legislation. >> ben, why were you laughing? >> i was laughing because i think bloomberg here made a really bad decision to personally write a check for this kind of money because i think smaller communities don't like being bullied with cash from all the way across the nation. and i would say to this any conservative out there who would do the same thing. most local communities in a race like this, they finally came out and said we're making the final

decision. you're not going to bring what you believe in from not even our state in, and think you can buy our election or keep who you want in there. and that's also something else that people should look at from this and learn from this, you better be careful if you're one person trying to spend a bunch of money in someone else's argument that you have no business being in. >> i would love to see the conservative legislators across the country who are turning back the checks that get sent to them from washington from the nra and the gun manufacturers who fund the nra. the fact that it's outside versus inside is not what this is about. we've got an issue-based national battle being fought as our federal system really required and prefers at the local level. how all of this will bubble up to the national level remains to be seen. >> let me interject and ask you about the other issue because i'm curious about your thoughts. you have ultimately the house and senate have to vote on this

proposal, this bill that would allow a missouri resident, a, the right to own a machine gun, and b, if we know that goes through and it's illegal on a federal level, state folks in missouri could arrest federal agents for trying to enforce federal law. that would be a first in the nation. errol, crazy or okay? >> you know, it strikes me as crazy. but you know, this is typical of the overreach that often happens, frankly, on both sides when it comes to this debate. there are jurisdictions in iowa where you can get a gun permit even if you're legally blind. there are some people for whom there are no restrictions that make any sense on guns and to many people that lack of restriction is absolutely insane. what you just described to me sounds like a formula for interagency disaster, and you know, look, it's 9/11. this is specifically the problem that we had in new york, agencies not cooperating with each other. for the missouri legislature to even contemplate setting local

law enforcement against federal law enforcement is incredibly reckless. the would never fly in new york. >> but it's not -- this is where i would say, what do you expect? when you talk about being incredibly reckless, look at this administration. how they have come out to the entire country and eric holder has said we're not going to enforce marijuana laws and we're going to let people who smoke and want to smoke it, we're not going to send back illegal immigrants or prosecute any more that are here illegally so we're not going to enforce the laws on the books and washington is shocked when states say, okay, if you're not going to enforce the laws you're supposed to enforce, we're going to do what we want to do. washington should have said we knew this was going to happen. states are going to fight back when we don't do our job. they're going to say, why wouldn't we expect anything from you on the other ones. >> we have to leave it there. we'll see if it makes its way through both chambers in missouri. thanks, gentlemen, very much.

coming up, you are about to meet a mom whose son died in the south tower on 9/11. she didn't actually make a revelation about her son's last moments until month later. this young man, i tell you, he was a hero. his story. plus, actor ed azner said hollywood is scared to weigh in on syria. his reason is definitely raising eyebrows. >> plus, a new video shows the moment police came face-to-face with george zimmerman after his wife called 911. stay here. a writer and a performer. ther, i'm also a survivor of ovarian and uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick... and then i got better.

vo:remember to changew that oil is the it on schedule toy car. keep your car healthy. show your car a little love with an oil change starting at $19.95. as we remember the victims of 9/11 today, we have to recognize the heroes. and one young man's actions that very day are still reverberating 12 years later. 24-year-old wells krouther was sitting at his desk in the south tower, high, high up on that morning on 9/11, and he made it down some of the stairs, past the inferno and wreckage near the 78th floor, and he could have kept going. he could have gotten out of there, but you know what he chose tro do? others. the volunteer firefighter led panicked people through the

smoke. one of the stories, he carried a woman down 15 flights of stairs. he told them to keep going down. at the time, no one knew his name, had no idea who this young man was. they just knew him as the man in the red bandanna. that red bandanna, something he began carrying around when he was 6 years old, something his father gave to him. wells never made it out of the south tower that day, but the memory of his actions and selflessness absolutely did. and so his family has created the red bandanna project in his honor. this is incredible. this is a program for classrooms and camps. even sports teams designed to build character. reaction to this program has been resoundingly positive. it's something i'm sure that pleases his mom, allison, who is so kind enough to take a moment to talk to me today from new york. thank you so much for joining me. and you know, going back 12 years and we know the story about how, you know, i had read that you just knew, when the

tower came down, you knew you lost your son, but i want to focus on the moment a couple months later when you picked up the "new york times" and you read about this mysterious man in the red bandanna as a hero. tell me about that moment. >> well, it was an incredible moment for me. something had been driving me since the beginning to keep searching for wells. keep looking. something was telling me that some day i might find him. and so his body was recovered on the 19th of march 2002, so although he had been in his offices on the 104th floor where he worked, at the time the attacks began, his body was recovered with firefighters that were at the incident command center under donald burns, the incident commander. i knew he had to have gotten down somehow. and then a couple months later, i was reading this story in the

"new york times," the first big article trying to piece things back together, entitled "fighting to live as the towers died." and i said if i'm ever going to say anything about wells, it will be here in the section that said 902 in the south tower sky lobby. i said if there will ever be a chance for me to see anything, it will be here. i started reading it, and sure enough, there they were, the references to the mysterious man in the red bandanna, a red kerr chief by two different eyewitnesses and he was calling out fire commands. someone who was trained in triage. and the minute i read that, i said, oh, wells, i found you. i have found you. >> this young man who went to boston college, was a leader on the lacrosse field, had been a volunteer firefighter since he was 16. chose this career in business, but here he is, these heroic actions come out of him. he chooses not to run, she's

sasking others. by accounts, something like 12 people lived because of your son. because of his incredible story, tell me about project red bandanna, this curriculum helping other kids. >> i'd be happy to. thank you. we're very proud of this work. we were approached by the fetzer institute based in kalamazoo, michigan. by friend of one of our sons. he was working on the spiritual practices advisory council, and their mission is to study how love and forgiveness can work in the world. they approached us through tim to say, why don't you give us a proposal for your next creative step? and back in 2011, for the tenth anniversary, another friend of wells' drew gallagher, produced a beautiful 13-minute documentary for e spn that won a sports emmy last spring, and so

we had been receiving yet again another huge influx of tributes from students and teachers and coaches, religious leaders, about wells and we knew there was a need. i said, our next creative step needs to be developing a curriculum. so i reached out to had been invited by the 9/11 museum to write curriculum, and she chose wells' story. she's an unstonnishing educator, and she put together a team of educators who she had worked with writing curriculum for the new jersey holocaust museum, the d.c. museum, the holocaust museum in washington, and the 9/11 museum. >> so his memory through this curriculum, through, i'm sure, you all and his friends and everything, continues to live on. and his love and his passion and his heroism. allison, thank you so, so much. the red bandanna project. back in a moment. >> thank you. ?hña @8@x

new developments today in a domestic dispute between george zimmerman and his estranged wife. florida police said just a short time ago that zimmerman will not be charged. and tell investigators recover this video from a smashed ipad. shellie zimmerman, his wife, told police she used to ipad to record this confrontation but george zimmerman broke it after he was hit on the back with it. now, police say it could be quite a while until we see what is actually on it. >> we had an opportunity to take a good, hard look at that ipad, the ipad is in really bad shape. at this point, we do not have the tools available to effectively look at the video on the ipad. that could take months, weeks, in order for us to get that video off that ipad. >> as we await the ipad video, what is caught on camera is this dash cam video. we'll show it to you of zimmerman surrendering to police

after his wife called the cops. take a look for yourself. >> get him back out there. >> okay. all right. turn around. walk back to me. keep coming. keep coming. keep coming. >> hln evening express anchor ryan smith joins my now. here i see in your hands police report. what does it say? >> going through it, it explains a lot of the tit for tat that was going on between shellie zimmerman, her father, and george zimmerman. shellie zimmerman when she talked about the idea of he's got a gun, it seems like the threats come from him making a

motion into his coat saying, step closer, kind of antagonisticly, she thought that might mean he had something on him. that's why cops are saying there was no gun on him. >> was there a gun? >> there was a gun in his car, but witnesses at the scene, even shelli and her father said they didn't see a gun, so police felt they didn't have probable cause to go into his car. when you look at george zimmerm zimmerman's side of the story, he paints a picture of her being aggressive and her father coming after him, and at one point, throwing his glasses on the ground. it's kind of he said-she said. >> that's why the ipad video is so clutch, but it's smashed and will take a couple weeks? >> weeks, even months. the key to that is who attacked whom. that's potentially domestic p i battery. that could carry up to a year in prison, max, by the way.

>> police actually decide whether or not the charges could be filed, correct? >> up to police. now, what they want, police are filing charges like this, they want the victim in this case to step behind them and say, yes, i will testify. yes, i want to press charges. but police can go forward either way. and press charges if they think a crime has been committed. so the question is going to be what is on that ipad? because if it shows someone hit someone else, that's something hey could move forward with. >> no pressure on that technician to put the pieces back tookt. >> they say they need more tools. >> are celebrities shying away from reacting to what is happening on the ground in syria. one veteran anchor said hollywood is scared. >> that's right. i think they don't want to jeopardize obama's presidency. >> should say veteran actor. and the criticism does not end there. hear why ed asner wants hollywood to take a stand. this man is about to be the millionth customer.

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bottom of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. back to the crisis add hand when it comes to syria. two days after russia proposed it, reportedly the plan for syria to hand over control of its chemical weapons is nuon paper. this is at least according to this russian news service. presumably, secretary of state john kerry will see the details tomorrow when he meets with his counter part sergei lavrov in switzerland. now the world watches. we see whether russia and syria live up to their word or live up to their reputations after critics warn this cooperation could be a delay tactic. >> so the offer that is on the table and the action that has happened since monday is very serious and very significant, very encouraging, and madam president, it could be a game changer in this discussion. now i said it's serious. what we still need to determine

is whether it's sincere. >> we're going into this eyes wide open, and the secretary when he spoke with the foreign minister just two days ago made clear we're not going to play games here. but we are -- it is worth spending the next two days, more is needed. talking about this, seeing if we can come to a point of a credible proposal. and that's an opportunity we did not have last week. >> you watch the president last night in his primetime address. he says he will allow time for diplomacy to work, but he is still threatening a military strike in syria to help guarantee syria and russia follow through on this proposed plan. and while the debate continues over what the u.s. should do, there appears to be one specific group that has for the most part been noticeably silent on the subject of syria. what's that group? hollywood. here's cnn's mark iztuck. >> i am disappointed in our president. >> ed azner isn't mincing words

about the president's push for military action against syria. >> i think it's crap. >> mike farrell agrees. after once campaigning on obama's behalf, the former "mash" star tells cnn when it comes to syria, he thinks the president is wrong. >> we're perceived by too many people in the world as the world's policemen, and i don't think that's the right position for us to be taking. >> madonna has weighed in, too, sending out an instagram image that made her position clear, u.s., stay out of syria, but madonna, ferrell, and asner are the knepshz in hollywood. most political stars are remaining conspicuously quiet about the plan. asner said on this issue, hollywood is afraid to rock the boat. you think it's because they're afraid to criticize the president? >> that's right. they don't want to jeopardize obama's presidency.

>> actors have responded to syria through comedy. alyssa milano released a video on funny or die. a sex tape that starts out sultry and switches over to the syrian conflict. >> that's why we here -- >> and this spoof kickstarter from the comedians at second city in chicago. >> world war iii is not going to be like those other republican wars. >> but for asner, military action is not laughing matter. he said it's time for hollywood to take a stand. >> it's important for the obama supporters to realize that the man is not performing as fully as he should, and i think a strike against syria is a way to cover up for past mistakes. >> for other celebrities, the president's red line is a little more gray. >> it just feels like a no-win situation. it feels like there is no real

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any violent crime whatsoever. he says being named a person of interest in a serial rape case has ruined his life. >> it really affected my life. i'm 29 years old. i built, you know, my reputation based off of integrity and doing what's right. and for him to just take that away overnight, that's really -- i don't have any words to explain it. >> mason wants police to apologize and clear his name. dallas police say he is still a person of interest, at least until the results of the dna tests are in. mason's story got us wondering, what happens if you are named a person of interest in a crime and you're totally innocent? what kind of recourse do you have? let's talk about that with danny. first things first, language wise, can you explain the difference to me between a person of interest and an actual suspect? >> a person of interest is just that. somebody the police want to talk

to and who may have information. it doesn't go that extra step of naming them as a suspect. in other words, that they think this is the person who committed the crime or they believe is reasonably likely to have committed the crime. there's an important distinction there. being named a person of interest doesn't mean you are a suspect. so that goes a long way to defeating any defamation claim this individual may have. >> let's say you're a person of interest in this case. mr. mason, and police will ultimately find out there is zero connection between him and these rapes, for example, what kind of recourse does he have? >> first, let's talk about defamation. he would have to prove that if he's allowed to even bring that, and i'll address that in a second, if he's allowed to bring defamation, he would have to prove this somehow monetarily damaged his reputation. one big hurdle is he's already in jail already. if there was any implication he has committed crimes, that might help to defeat that defamation

claim. secondly, and most importantly, police officers, unless they go out of the scope of their duty, are almost always immune. it's what we call sovereign immunity. in other words, you can't sue the king. similarly, you can't sue the government in most cases unless they let you. and the general rule is, as long as the police officer didn't act outside the scope of his duty, statements that he makes in the course of his duties as a public official will leave him immune from lawsuits like defamation. >> okay, who knows. if you have ever been a person of interest and cleared, whether it really ever clears you. danny, thank you so much. on the case with us today. in the 12 years since 9/11, more than 2 million u.s. service members have deployed to both iraq and afghanistan. hollywood director j.j. abrams, you know his work "mission impossible 3" "star trek" "lost" the list goes on and on.

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a car bomb today exploding in benghazi. one person was injured in the blast. this was outside a foreign ministry building, but this comes on a significant date because it was one year ago

today an assault on the u.s. consulate there killed four americans. the lead with jake tapper coming up next. jake, i know you're talking about benghazi today. we know the president vowed to get to the bottom of what exactly happened a year ago. i feel like here we are 365 days later and we still need answered. >> there have been sealed arrest warrants, criminal complaints against the alleged perpetrators of the attacks, but as far as we go, no action in terms of arrest or questioning those individuals. the one-year anniversary. four individuals, including the ambassador, chris stevens, were killed, and the attacks. we'll be talking in my show at 4:00 to patricia smith, the mother of shaun smith, one of the four who was killed, who has long expressed frustration she doesn't have answers as to why there wasn't enough security, why people didn't come, why troops weren't sent to help her son. and we'll be talking to her

about that. and also she'll be testifying later this month at a congressional hearing by the government reform and oversight committee and we'll ask what she's going to say. >> i remember in interviews in the past, she was incredibly frustrated. still doesn't have answers thank you so much, sir. >> from bride to widow in eight days, now she is a suspected killer. the woman accused of shoving her new husband off a cliff. she is in court now. we'll tell you what just happened. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i remember. seeing my doctor probably saved my life. warning signs are not the same for everyone. if you think something's wrong... see your doctor. ask about gynecologic cancer. and get the inside knowledge.

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happening right now, a newlywed accused of shoving her husband off a cliff is back in court in missoula, montana. jordan lynn graham is appearing before a judge at a detention hearing. she was arrested monday two months after she allegedly pushed cody lee johnson to his death. this was apparently during this argument, july 7th, at glacier national park and these two had been married for all of a week. >> do you remember the line from alice in wonder land, the line from the rabbit the hurrier i go the hinder i get. a whole lot of us feel that way when it comes to money. this study shows a gap between the rich and the poor and america is the widest it has been since just before the great

depression. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange and you think the rich just keep on getting richer. >> yeah, last year, the rich did get richer. they pulled in about 19% of the country's household income last year, the biggest amount of the pie since 1928. have to be fair. the 1% also lost their shirts during the recession. look how much the incomes tumbled 36% during the recession, and compare that to everyone else meaning the 99% and their income fell only 12%. if you look at what's kinded back since then. the 1%, they're close to full recover while the 99% have barely begun to move forward. here is the big reason why.lot. you look at technology replacing workers and many jobs moved overseas and unions have a lot to do with it. fewer unions to fight for higher image with as. if you have a view of the 1%, and people sitting around and living off mom and dad's money,

that's the wrong view. the group that did the study says the 1% are working. they're known as the working elite, top executives, and entrepreneurs. one other thing to consider, when we talk about the 1%, these are people who make at least $394,000. you have to realize they're not all making bill gates kind of money. >> alison kosik, thank you. >> coming up next, have to share this video because you can see this couple, they are just riding along on a motorcycle and then, wham, there you go, slammed from behind and the story is who was driving the car causing the crash. that's next. you work. and you want to get an mba. but going back to school is hard... because you work. now, capella university offers a revolutionary new way to get your degree.

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want to show you this dramatic video. you will see it from the perspective of an ohio state trooper. it makes me cringe every time. a trooper not paying attention rams into the rear of a motorcycle carrying a man and his wife. prosecutors say a grand jury is reviewing the case to determine whether or not charges should be filed. the couple, they're okay, but recovering from severe injuries and they say their helmets absolutely saved their lives.

stay with cnn tonight. we have an exciting lineup for you beginning with this. >> cnn tonight. at 7 "erin burnett outfront," 9/11 remembers as house homeland security chair michael mccaul sizes up national security in 2013. at 8:00 on anderson cooper 360 the president makes his case on syria. what is the white house's next move and at 9:00 on piers morgan live, an exclusive interview with diana nyad as she answers critics. it is call on cnn tonight starting with "erin burnett outfront" at 7, anderson cooper at 8 and piers morgan the 9. >> i will see you right back here this time tomorrow. in the meantime to washington, the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >> today we remember the horror that led to more than a decade of war as the u.s. thinks twice about launching another strike in the middle east.

i am jake tapper. this is the lead. the world lead, john kerry, boards a plane soon for geneva to negotiate for russia's plan to disarm the syrian regime of chemical weapons. can it work? we'll ask someone that used to have kerry's job, madeleine albright in a cnn exclude active. the national league, the president couldn't get members of his own party on board with striking syria. now that he has spoken, are they happy now, we' ask