we have much more straight ahead and we will get a restart right and we will get a restart right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, again, everyone. here are the top stories we're following. escala escalating tension in a florida courtroom. a man accused of murdering a teenager during a fight over loud music claims self-defense. hear today's heated exchanges and the testimony that could be critical to this case and woody allen breaks his silence addressing accusations he molested his adopted daughter. his detailed account and his daughter's reaction coming up. then to sochi, russia, where team u.s.a. has snagged its first gold. find out who won and where the u.s. medal stands, where the u.s. rather stands on the medal board. all right, let's get started. in florida and that trial over the death of a teenager and he

was killed after an argument over loud music. prosecutors from the george zimmerman trial are trying this case. they say michael dunn opened fire into an suv full of teenagers at a gas station after arguing with them for playing loud music. dunn claims self-defense. i want to bring in torrey, who was outside the courthouse in jacksonville. there was a big dispute today over whether the teen had a weapon or not. what did the evidence who testified say today in this rare saturday trial action? >> so, fred, really, this has come up quite a bit in court, but today, it was really interesting because the prosecution asked this evidence tech, the person who collected all of the evidence, the lead on that at the shooting scene, whether or not he found any weapons at the car. he said, no, he didn't find any. but the defense attorney says they didn't look everywhere they should have. i want to point out the fact

that this red suv, the three teens say that after the shooting started, they backed up and left that gas station because they were being shot at. then they testified they went to a nearby shopping plaza, where they did this role call of sorts and that's when they found out that jordan davis had been shot and killed, but the defense says they never checked that plaza nearby, that it wasn't secured, so take a listen to what he had to say today. >> so, if a weapon was in that car and it was gotten rid of, you could search all day long and never find one, correct? >> true. >> if somebody takes a weapon and throws it into a bush and you don't look in that bush, you're never going to find it, are you? >> true. >> if somebody goes into a parking lot and throws a weapon under a car and you don't search that area, you're never going to find it, are you? >> weapons like that do show up and people do find them. >> but you wouldn't -- >> no, i wouldn't find it.

>> right because you weren't told to look there. >> correct. >> all right, so the three teenagers who were in the car with jordan davis testified yesterday that there was never a weapon. that they didn't throw it out of the car. they didn't stash it somewhere or hide it or give it to anyone or anything like that. police also saying they never found a weapon, but you can tell what the defense attorney's trying to argue there. >> and who else is expected to testify today? >> so, one of the big names that's being put out there is someone who might testify today would be jordan davis' father. also besides that, jordan davis' best friend, who testified yesterday. apparently, his mom is among the witnesses who will be testifying as well. so that's sort of the latest on this front. although i have to say they're at lunch right now. so there's a bit of a break and we'll see what comes up this

afternoon. >> thanks so much. elsewhere in florida, a former police officer accused of killing a man for texting during a movie is vowing to fight for his freedom. 71-year-old curtis reeves' lawyer says he will appeal a judge's ruling. he said he got into an argument with chad olsen after olsen texted his 2-year-old daughter last month. when the argument escalated, reeves allegedly opened fire on olsen. surveillance video released yesterday shows reeves in the theatre before the shooting. now to north korea where kenneth bay has been moved from a hospital to a labor camp. a pro north korean publication says he has been there for about three weeks. the state department says it's deeply concerned about the ailing father's health. they are calling on pyongyang to grant him special amnesty and release him immediately. he was arrested in november of

2012. and kenneth bae's sister talks to cnn today at 5:00. part of an exclusive about a new effort to free kenneth bae that could include you. the announcement exclusively in the cnn newsroom with don lemon. russian forces aren't letting up on their intense security operation surrounding the olympic games. a russian security source tells cnn special forces carried out a deadly raid in the republic of dagestan targeting a group of suspected militants. five of the suspects were killed including their alleged leader. a sixth was taken into custody. the source says the suspects were connected to a group linked to militants behind the deadly bombings back in december. winter games in sochi and the u.s. has already snagged the first gold of the games. its from u.s. snowboarder, sage

kotsenburg. sage tweeting out, wow, i just won the olympics, bringing back the first gold here to the u.s.a. rachel is in sochi with more. >> he is the first gold medalist at these games. but 20-year-old american, sage kotsenburg, does not exactly fit the profile of a clean cut intense olympic athlete of the days past. >> my mentality is like training or going to the gym and making myself better at snowboarding in the gym. that's not really how i like to do it. >> the night before the event, kotsenburg wasn't viz ulizing his run. instead, he was tweeting photos of himself making the olympic rings out of onion rings, then out of the semifinals, he tweeted, whoa, how random is this. i made the finals. twitter loves kotsenburg, too. photos have been circulating, comparing him to fast times character. which he found thrilling. >> that is sick, i'm so down

with it. that's pretty awesome that someone did that. i'm stoked to see that. good old stickley. >> he hails from park city, utah, but none of his friends or family made the trip here to sochi. he said they get too nervous watching him and in turn, they make him quote, too stressed out. so instead, he calls his dad after medaling. >> he's like, what? and then they had it on speakerphone. everyone was there. it was just like the coolest moment ever. just like hearing their f ining. >> he said he plans to spend the rest of the olympics thinking of creative selfie photos and eating more onion rings. >> feels like i'm living in a dream. >> in sochi, cnn. >> all right. well, congrats to him. let's look again at the overall

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for planting the story in her mind. what other details can you give us on this? >> this is a case of she said he said she said the family feud now playing out in a very public way and woody allen is again accusing his ex of fuelling this feud. ugly allegations that made big news 20 years ago. back in the headlines today. woody allen saying quote, i did not molest dylan. i loved her and hope one day she will grasp how she has been keet cheated out of having a loving father and exploited by a mother more interested in her own festering anger than her daughter's well being. a letter last week, quote, woody allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim attic on the second floor of our house and sexually dylan, who he adopted with mia,

took aim at his new denial, quote, his op-ed is the latest rehash of the distorques and outright lies he's levelled at me for the past 20 years. the claims first surfaced when allen and farrow split after 12 years together. they declined to charge allen because they thought 7-year-old dylan was too fragile. >> the reason the authorities are dropping this case is purely and simply because they know there is no chance they could possibly win it. >> allen fought for custody, but mia was granted custody of the children. the judge's decision said allen had quote, no parenting skills and his own therapist believed him to be inappropriately intense with dylan. for allen, it was a second hit to his reputation. mia discovered his nude pictures of 19-year-old suni.

she met allen when she was 8. in a 1992 interview, allen quoted emily dickenson. the heart wants what it wants and ultimately married her five years later. >> allen's op-ed will be published in tomorrow's paper and he says that's the last he's going to say on this topic. earlier this week, mia sent out a tweet in support of her daughter and in it, she said this really isn't about her, it's about her daughter's truth. >> thanks so much. another entertainer in the spotlight. maybe not liking it for this. justin bieber. just can't stay out of trouble. the faa now says it is quote looking into a problem on board that charter flight he took from canada to new jersey. law enforcement sources say bieber and his father were extremely verbally abusive rather to the flight attendant. they apparently ignored repeated orders from the pilot to stop smoking marijuana. according to those sources, the cabin reeked with pot smoke,

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. new revelations about a sniper attack on a california power substation. raising fears of potential terrorism. ten months ago, 150 rounds from an assault rifle were fired on a san jose substation, knocking out 17 transformers that fueled power to silicon valley. was it terror or a random act? dan simon is following the story. >> it was captured on surveillance video. you can see a brief streak of light, perhaps a flashlight carried by an attack r, then the sparks. they are bullets hitting the fence that surrounds pg&e substation in san jose. california congressman henry waxman says it shows our electrical grid isn't protected from both cyber and now, physical attacks. >> this was an unprecedented and sophisticated attack on the grid substation using military style

weapons. >> the april attack occurred just before 1:00 in the morning. the snipers first went into an underground vault and cut telephone cables. a half hour later, they sprayed the substation with bullets for nearly 20 minutes, knocking out 17 transformers. when police arrived, the shooters were gone, but they found more than 100 shell casings. no fingerprints. it seemed like a professional job. to prevent a blackout, workers rerouted power, but it took nearly a month to make the repairs. >> under slightly different conditions, there could have been a serious power outage or worse. >> it was a little known attack and it's not clear what the motives were, but now, months later, some are trying to bring it to the forefront. arguing that if similar shootings happen throughout the nation at once, collectively, they could take out a large chunk of the electrical grid, leaving millions in the dark. john wallingoff is the former chair of the energy commission.

>> this is more about the larger issue of physical security of these high voltage substations nationwide and the need to ensure that some defensive measures start being put in place. >> he suggests measures such as opaque fences, instead of open chain ones. and more sophisticated surveillance cameras to help identify suspects. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> so, the debate continues. was this terrorism or vandalism? bob bayer, a former operative at the cia joining us. good to see you. well, no one would argue this is not a good thing, but why is it important to classify this as an act of terror or a random act? >> well, this could have been a probe. if it was simple vandalism, we

may not see it again. it's not one person, not a big threat. but if this was a test for something else, this could be a problem and you know, looks to me 150 rounds were fired. fingerprints were wiped off. phone line, fiberoptic phone line was cut. they used high velocity, high caliber bullets. it doesn't sound particularly good to me. i think what would happen if they hit about two or three of these power stations all at once. you could take out northern california, take out new york city. things like that. and so, i think the alarm raiseded is justified. >> so, fingerprints wiped off. how does the investigation proceed? how does one go about figuring out the motive or finding those responsible? >> well, you can take the casings and try to track them down, but that's hard to do. there's just so many bullets available in this country. and the fact they haven't done

it so far is concerning to me. i mean, this was an organized attack. we are vulnerable with these fences. i spent a lot of training with the cia trying to take out these power plants abroad and people who know what they're doing can shut down electricity for a long period of time. >> so, what does this say about the culprits, that they are still on the loose months after the fact, ten months later. >> i don't think they're teenagers having a good time. i think this is somebody with an agenda. the fact that the fbi has worked on this hard and hasn't caught anybody, i don't think we're going to see the end of this. >> okay, meantime, let's shift gears now. certainly not very settling, but shift to the olympic games, winter games and what's taking place there. some real vulnerabilities being opened up in dagestan. what do you know about that and

how unsettling might that be as the games continue? >> well, it's good news, bad new. good news, there hasn't been aattack so far. the day to do itd would have been the opening ceremony. really scare people. it didn't happen. the russians are on top of this. they're hitting people all over the caucasus. there was one yesterday, a strike against the insurgents. the russians have protected the olympics and i think sochi, looks like it's going to be safe. >> are you in agreement with some security analysts who will say it's after the 48 hours that one needs to be worried about because while the security is tightest most grand around the opening ceremonies, it's what may take place you know in the interim during the midst of the games. people might become relaxed. security may even become relaxed. there's a sense of complacency. do you worry about that? >> you know, in the village in

sochi itself, no. the russians know everybody who's in that town. everybody's got i.d.s. they know who goes in. they check all materials coming in. they're very good at this. thest the rest of russia that i worry about, that they're going to make some sort of statement in the middle of this. take down an airplane, blow up a bus somewhere. i don't see how that the russians can entirely protect the whole country in this period during the liolympics. if they do, bravo to them. >> what about the notion of you know, sleeper cells, people who may have moved in to sochi while the construction was taking place. weeks or months before the games were to begin. >> you know, they could have put some sort of timer in there, a bomb that went off, there's always vulnerabilities, but i'll tell you, i've worked with the russians before and they're very good and if they're determined

to protect sochi, they'll probably carry it off. >> let's hope that is the case. thanks so much from los angeles. appreciate it. the u.s. olympic team gets its first victory in sochi and hear the crazy reaction of the american who won gold. wow, this hotel is amazing. oh no. who are you? who are you? wrong answer. wait, daddy, this is blair, he booked this room with priceline express deals and saved a ton. yeah, i didn't have to bid i got everything i wanted. oh good i always do. oh good he seemed nice. express deals. priceline savings without the bidding. over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins.

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tally board. >> yeah, you couldn't have wished for a better start to the games for team u.s.a. a 20-year-old from idaho, sage kotsenburg, he surprised everybody really to take the gold and as you said, a new event here at the olympics. the snowboard slopestyle. and we've had so much controversy this week in the build up to this event with the megastar that is shaun white pulling out. team u.s.a. didn't really expect to do that well in it, but kotsenburg had other ideas. he surprised himself to even make it into the final. put in a fantastic performance in his first run that nobody else could better and even at his press conference, he still seemeded a little bit shocked at what he had done. >> feels like a dream right now. just winning a gold on the first day and the first event of slopestyle ever being in the olympics is seriously the

craziest thing ever. you know, like i thought about it a little bit, but i never really, i don't know, i didn't really think it would happen. >> in terms of the other u.s. athletes today, we were lucky enough to be inside to see the women's ice hockey team get their campaign off to a winning start. they beat finland 3-1 and happening right now, the final of the ladies moguls has just started up in the mountains. hannah kearney, hoping to successfully defend her gold from vancouver. >> okay. and then, you know, tell us about some of the troubles. some of the athletes are having or i guess some of the complaints that are taking place will. >> yes. there have been a fair few accommodation issues over the last week. we ourselves experienced them. we arrived and didn't have hotel

rooms and seems the at alitos haven't escaped either. picture that seen from the shining where johnny emerges through the wall with his ax. well, basically, the same thing happened up in the athlete's village in the mountains, minus the ax, i have to say. u.s.a. bobsled member, johnny quinn, went to the bathroom, got locked inside, didn't have his phone with him this morning, so he decided the only way to get out was to burst through the door and he had his own moment quite literally. he must have some pretty strong muscles in those arms or shoulders. they're not the strongest doors here, but i wouldn't like to try and bash through those doors, so whatever happens with his team in the bobsled next weekend, he will most definitely be remembered for what has happened in his bathroom. >> i'll say. he's a bobsledder, so he's got

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final good-byes to philip seymour hoffman. mourners and fans lined up outside a church as the casket carrying his body arrived. inside, a private service for fami family, r friends and some of hollywood's biggest names. a public memorial is planneded for hoffman later on this month. the 46-year-old died last sunday of an apparent heroin overdose. his death has renewed attention on heroin abuse in this country. that includes staten island, where every five days, a person dies from a heroin overdose. but police are testing something that's helping them save lives. here's alexandria field. >> it's a potentially life saving drug designed to reverse opiad prescription drug and heroin overdoses. police officers put it to the test and saw it worked. >> we used it, injected it into his nose. shortly after, about 20 to 30

seconds, he did a stopped breathing and his eyes opened. >> a group of nypd officers in staten island are armed with the nasal spray and trained to use it at the sign of an overdose. heroin related deaths went up 84% in new york city between 2010 and 2012. the problem is particularly bad in staten island, where the death rate from overdoses is almost three times higher than the rest of the city. >> it's so mainstream now. the problem is so mainstream. this is mainstream. this is staten island up there. it knows no boundaries. >> luke brought us to the drug rehabilitation center he runs on staten island. >> address the problem. but it will save some lives. >> he says friends and family members of addicts should all have it and be ready to use it.

>> i lost my friend who was 15 at the time. he had overdosed. >> at a treatment center, we visited nick, who asked us not to share his last name. for a third time now, he's in rehab for a heroin addiction that has ruled his life. >> was there any point that you were thinking about the possibility of overdosing? >> to be honest with you, no. i didn't really think about overdosing. i just wanted to get high, you know. and any means to get it or do it, i was doing it. >> nick says he'll fight to stay clean when he leaves rehab in the next three months. if he can, he'd like to go to college. he says he wishes more addicts had his opportunity to recover. officer kevin says with wider use of the drug, more could. >> i do think every police officer should have it. >> that was alexandria field reporting. that's one tool being used by new york police officers, but how is law enforcement handling

the surge of heroin use across the country? gayle alba is a former detective. arrests are being made within days of hoffman's overdose. that's not typical, however, is it? that once someone ods, then very quickly, investigations kick in and arrests are being made in connection to the drug that was supplied to that person who died. >> well, they certainly put an attention to this and that's basically from the media which was massive in putting this out. so, the new york city police department immediately went after to see you know, where the drugs were coming from so they arrested some people at this particular point, but still, where did drugs come from? who sold it to them, how did they get it? they're still investigating this case and it will take them a while to investigate this and find out what really happened to

him. the tragedy of course is here you have somebody who's such a high profile, on the top of his game, dies by himself with a -- in his arm. we want to know answers. >> i wonder how typical this scenario is. how rampant is the use of heroin these days? how inundated are communities and even jurisdictions, law enforcement jurisdictions, if they're able to investigate overdoses, they're able to investigate these heroin cases. with the same rate or the same kind of repetty as the use of heroin. the growth of heroin. >> well, you know, moneywise, how much money can you spend on having this investigateded. so really has to do with how many people can you put out there for this kind of a problem. which i'm sure it's getting worse, so you're going to have

to spend some more revenues on this problem. i mean, the heroin coming into this country, why is it such a problem? because we are the consumer. we want it. and we're the biggest users of heroin, so that's why it's come into our country. where does it come from? basically, from mexico. and even south america. south american countries come through mexico. so it's, that's the way it comes in, so it's a lot easier to come in through mexico. >> are you seeing any real breakthroughs in any jury jurisdictions as to how to investigate the use of heroin, how to investigate the drug trafficking? any real breakthroughs or are you seeing that instead, the problem is so pervasive that it has gotten way ahead of any kind of law enforcement tactics or strategies? >> well, it is way ahead because you know, here, you have the mexican coming in from mexico,

but you see all the cartels and the killings. they've been doing this for years. the drugs coming into the united states is coming through mexico, but it's easier. as far as arrests are concerned, i think from 2005 to 2012, the seizures of heroin went up almost 200%. so, law enforcement's doing a lot more about this and they're aware of the problem. >> thanks so much for joining us in new york. appreciate your time. >> thank you very having me. all right. we've got an even deeper look into the heroin crisis in america. join don lemon for a special report, heroin, a century of seduction today, 4:00 eastern here on cnn. a teen who killed four people while driving drunk was not sent to jail. where did the judge send him? that's next. ♪

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finally free. two men convicted of murder as teenagers spent more than two decades in a new york maximum security prison until new dna evidence proved they couldn't have killed antonio yarborough's mother, sister and cousin.

>> many years, i felt horrible. that i had to do that. and that i actually did it. knowing that we wasn't guilty for a crime that we didn't commit. but i just feel horrible and i felt horrible then. i still feel horrible now that we had to go through this long process just to get justice. >> it's been a difficult road for these young men. >> i haven't slept yet. i've been up for over two days now. i have no worries right now. i'm just extremely happy. >> the d.a. says because of the new evidence, their 1992 convictions would not stand up in court again. a judge orders a texas teen who killed four people in a drunk driving accident to rehab. in december, 16-year-old ethan couch was sentenceded to ten years probation. the case grabbed national headline after the defense

argueded the teen suffered from affluenza. ed lavandera has new details about the sentence. >> the juvenile court judge sentenced him to ten years probation. first, he'll go to a texas rehabilitation facility. but there's a catch. there is no minimum time the 16-year-old will have to spend in the treatment center. couch was convicted in december for a horrific drunk driving crash that killed four and injured two others. victims families call the punishment a travesty. >> no matter what game he or his family think they've beaten, the world is not ever going to take their eyes off of him and they're going to be waiting for him to mess up again if he does. >> the ethan couch saga made national headlines because of a bizarre strategy. the defense testified he was a product of affluenza, a lifestyle where wealth broug

brought -- for focusing on the testimony. >> i think that word might have got said once by a witness. in passing. and all of a sudden, that became a story. it was ridiculous to think we walked into it's just crazy to think that's what happened. >> really? that's ironic, because it's his expert that brought that before the courtroom. >> reporter: prosecutors say there's no question the affluenza theme affected couch's punishment. >> a stupid thing to say. it was a -- it affected the credibility of that expert and it will follow that expert wherever he testifies. it was a dumb idea. >> reporter: in court, couchal family refused to comment, but victims' family say couch and his parents show no remorse. eric boyle's wife and daughter were killed by ethan couch. >> how hard is this for you?

>> i really don't want to go into it. >> reporter: ethan couch will be on probation until he's 26 years old. his lawyer hopes intense therapy will turn his life around. ed lavandera, cnn, fort worth, texas. and nik wallenda, he is on the high-wire, again. in fact, he really never leaves it. but where is the next challenge? first, for millions of americans, fitness is an obsession. for other, it's a challenge. dr. sanjay gupta introduces to us a group of people who have teamed up for the "fit nation" competition. >> reporter: hey there. you know, we used to call this team the six pack. >> go six pack! >> reporter: after meeting them decided to call them the sassy six. they are connie, xi, karen, mike, ron and jameel. >> okay. let's go. >> reporter: they stormed into town for our kickoff weekend, amazing to me. they'll inspire you touch you.

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the top of the hour. christine romans joins me with a look ahead now. >> hi, fredricka. ready or not, sochi the winter game, here. figure skating, curling, skiing. this year a new event. sponsor bashing. russia's controversial crackdown on its gay community highly criticized. the question, are the world's most recognizable brands regretting their $100 million decisions? next on "your money." >> looking forward to that. thanks, christine. walking a tightrope is one family's signature occupation, and today at the georgia dome,

mick walenda take walenda -- ni takes on a new challenge. >> today i'm actually walking over the top of the field at the georgia dome, looking forward to it. been excited tab a while. working on permitting, engineering, very excited. over 100 feet above thefield field working directly over the field where the concert will be playing. very exciting. amazen venue and event. $10 a person to gept t in and v, very cheap and some of the best christian bands out there. >> and indoors. different than we've seen and you'll have a live audience meaning a lot of people. not the serenity of placid or niagara falls, rather, even the grand canyon. >> ideas for my next one. >> there you go. we'll talk. what does that do for your performance? does it offer a new challenge for you in this challenge when you've got a live audience? >> it does. funny, i posted the other day

i'll walk over the georgia dome over 100 feet up. tweets back say, that's nothing. the truth is, every one we take as seriously as the last. my great-grandfather lost his life on a wire minuscule compared to the other walks he's done. because of that, it doesn't matter if you're 50 feet up, 100 feet up or 1,500 feet over the grand canyon, either way, you have to be focused. different challenges. here at at dome, there's a back drop current right there. my balance have to maneuver. many, many challenge, in doors or out. you have to stay just at focused. >> your next focus drives you, your core. you and your team. how do you come ak your challenges? sitting around throwing darts saying, let's think of the most extraordinary next place? >> really a lot of the ideas just -- i feel like i'm in tune with my great-grandfather, and

i'll wake up in the middle of the night with a thought and write it down. whether it's niagara falls. a small child, 4 years old when it came to my mind. same with the grand canyon. two more specials live with the discovery channel and excited about those. can't talk exact specific, but i'm working on some big stuff. >> all right. it's always big stuff for wallenda. he is one of the performers at the winter jam christian music concert, and the show going to be pretty extraordinary. we are now waiting word from the u.s. justice department. attorney general eric holder is about to make a historic announcement on same-sex marriage. we'll bring that to you live as it happens. and take you back to sochi for more on the winter olympic games and show you some of the high-profile women who are making their mark. i'm fredricka whitfield. see you back here, 2:30 eastern time. "your money" starts right now.

scandal, threats, billions spent. russia is hosting the most expensive olympics of all-time. ready or not, let the games begin. i'm christine romans. this is "your money." more than 6,000 athletes from 85 countries are in sochi, but one high-flying legend, shaun white, has brought a snowboard and a business empire. ♪ >> reporter: red, white and gold. with a lot more green and a lot less hair. shaun white seemed destined for anything but the winter olympics supersfarp he's become. he grew up in sunny southern california and suffered from a heart defect. two open heart