>> $300 -- beyond that -- >> i'd like to see them tow this truck. coming up, more of my exclusive interview with treasury second jack lew. "cnn saturday" starts right now. those are people in arizona who are ticked off about a bill that would allow some businesses not to serve gay people. but defenders say its purpose is to protect against discrimination. >> a noose around a statue, racial slurs hurled at a student. these two incidents have thrown ole miss into the national spotlight and now the fbi is involved. oh what an incredible rescue on a miami highway. an infant stops breathing. we're talking to the photographer who captured these

dramatic moments. you're in the "cnn newsroom." we're glad to have you with us. welcome to saturday. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. the saturday air moves through my lungs much easier than the monday air. we're going to get to arizona which everybody is talking about. also to ole miss. but we have to start with the fast-moving developments in ukraine. >> you're looking at pictures here we're going to pull up. there they are of ukraine's chapter kiev. protesters are still at the city's independence square there. and they're saying they're not going anywhere until their president all out resigns. >> president viktor yanukovych is speaking live and vowing he will not resign. he's reportedly comparing the situation to nazi germany and he says his car was shot at. take a look at what happened. this happened in cities all across ukraine overnight.

protesters yanked down statues of lenin who, of course, led the russian revolution. and they accused president yanukovych of wanting too close of ties with russia. we like in alise labbot. alise, the ukrainian president, we know, has left kiev. he's reportedly saying he will not resign. he's digging in. what does all of this mean at this point? >> reporter: well, he may be digging in, christi, but it's really unclear whether he can maintain his grip on power, because you see in the last couple of days about a third of his party in the you're cranian parliament has resigned. there are a lot of votes in the parliament that are looking to show they have support for the protesters. president yanukovych is traveling through the eastern part of the country. that's really where his political base is and part of what he's saying is to speak

that constituency. when you look at the protests in the square, obviously there's a wrong yaentty/yanukovych sentiment. in the east, pro-russia stance. this is what the seeft going through right now. clearly, this deal calls for elections by the end of next year. but it's far from unclear whether the president can hold on that long. >> what does that mean for the peace deal that was broken. there was this truce midweek. that didn't last at all. then, of course, the deal was signed. are we expecting this to hold now with the president away from kind of at least the residence? >> reporter: well, you have to look at what the president is doing and what some of the other things in the deal. the power-sharing deal. you're going have a national unity government. you're going have people coming in more leaning towards the opposition. and trying to all work together. there's also going to be a call for election andel other things that protesters want. however, it's unclear whether

the opposition can get the protesters. especially more radical elements out of the square. and even you've seen some of these radical elements of the opposition do not want this deal. and so there's been a little bit of calm over the last 24 hours. at least not any violence. we just have to see whether that if this deal is implemented. if the protesters will stand down and move the country forward. even getting rid of the violence. there's still a lot that this country has to do. the economy is really in shambles. they need to start working with the international community. the u.s. is sending in an enjoy. deputy second bill burns should be going in the next few weeks. so there should be a lost intense comblom macy on trying to implement this agreement. >> and this situation has changed auld morning. elise labbot for us in washington. thank you. >> let's stick to that part of the world, going to sochi, something a lot lighter, obviously.

the u.s. and russia neck and neck, in the race to win the most medals at the olympics. >> that hand thing i just did was neck and neck. by the way. >> look at this, u.s. and russia tied at the top of the list with 27 total. >> yeah, but norway say close third. 25 medals for norway. canada within striking distance. 24, a gold medal handed not sochi. it hurts for the u.s. in more ways than one. andy scholes, break it down for us. >> first of all, we got to hit that spoiler alert. >> yes, the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom, we have the results from that. as you said, it hurts in more ways than one, vic wild, the american-turned russian has won gold again. nice the first man ever to win two snowboarding gold medals the a single winter games. this one hurts because wild is from washington, and he originally competed for the usa, but after becoming frustrated

with the lack of u.s. funding for the sport, wild was granted russian citizenship after marrying a russian snowboarder, because of wild, russia, they own two gold medals which should really be around the neck of an american. team usa does have a chance to grab another medal in the men's hockey game against finland. even if the u.s. wins this game it's going to be bittersweet. yesterday, they tluft canada, 1-0, in the semifinals. this is the second straight olympics that canada has crossed the usa gold medal dream. the fallout from yesterday's loss for the usa is pretty massive. a billboard in illinois made a friendly wager for the two countries said the looser of the game has to keep justin bieber. well, the billboard has since been updated it now reads "worst

bet ever." and the word "belieber" on the eagle. obama lost a case of beer. >> in the words of bieber himself, baby, baby, baby, no. >> that's pretty good. >> andy scholes, thank you. >> i'm impressed that you know the words not that they're that difficult. baby, baby, baby. so imagine this, these farmers who are struggling out in california with this drought. they get the news from the federal government that there's no help for them. they can't give them water. >> and you wonder how are they going to move forward with this. but look at the pictures here. this is the latest reminder of this crisis here. and what they're facing. it could translate into higher food prices for all of us here. this is not just the california problem, folks. jennifer gray has got more for us. >> reporter: the drought that is plaguing california and as a result hurting the nation's food

supply could get a whole lot worse. friday, the federal government said it could not provide any irrigation water to central farmers and only 30 of contracting water to surrounding urban area. >> it's rain is way, way behind and we expect zero and this just confirms. >> reporter: joe is the farmer who just gave president obama a tour of a central operation. he grows almonds, cherries, oranges and cantaloupe. farmers like joe may have to leave a lot of land unproductive. >> there's going to be a lot of crop production and a lot of food lost and jobs lost. >> reporter: with more than 90% of the state in severe drought conditions there could be a big impact at your grocery store checkout line. there are 80,000 farms in california. more crops are grown there than anyplace in the country. it produces half of u.s.-grown fruits, nuts and vegetables.

experts say this could raise your produce prices 10% over the next few months. but mother nature could come to the rescue. rain is in the forecast for california next week. and farmers say every drop will make a difference. >> will they capture that water? you know, and bring it -- bring it to the storage? because if they don't, if they keep the pumps shut off, that water's going to go out to the ocean. >> alrighty, jennifer gray, walk us through this, will you, how bad is it? >> yeah, this is really bad. it's unprecedented. we're going continue to see the drought worsen before it gets better. it's going to take a lot of rain to start to reverse this. more than 90% of the state in a moderate drought. but this is what stands out. just last week or the week before, 61% was an extreme drought. that has already jumped up to 68% and so this is growing by the hoyer. we around going to see much rain over the next couple of days.

but relief coming soon. and it's not just a california problem. look, this spreads all the way into nevada. we're seeing portions of colorado and other areas in extreme drought, 15% up from a little bit which was at 14%. so a couple of storm system, guys, will start to push onshore. the first storm system on thursday, one a little stronger friday. this will give relief. but these are just baby steps. it's going to take a lot more rain to start to reverse the problem. >> thanks for the heads-up, jennifer gray. coming up, another story folks are talking about this weekend. the outrage at ole miss. this comes after a noose and confed rate flag were placed on the statue of its first black student. and now a second incident has students on edge there at campus. and the fbi is getting involved. plus, an infant nearly dies in the middle of a miami traffic jam. drivers are jumping out to save him. the whole thing is documented by a professional photographer.

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14 minutes past 10:00 right now. wedding bells rang a little early in chicago after a july ruled that same-sex couples in cook county and only cook county don't have to wait until june to marry. >> that's when the state of illinois will allow marriages between smx partners. and couples rushed to the courthouse on friday to get marriage licenses. the clerk's office in chicago even staid open two hours later to make sure that everybody got what they needed. >> of course, this is happening as hundreds of protesters gathered at arizona state's capitol to demand governor jan brewer veto this controversial

bill that critics say would basically legalize discrimination against gays and lesbians. ♪ i don't know what i've been told ♪ ♪ veto >> arizona house passed the bill which they say protects liberties. the by would shield individuals with lawsuits if they felt doing business with a gay or lesbian customer violated deeply held religious beliefs. >> this bill about is protecting people who want to freely live out their faith in business. and the government can't coerce them to violate their conscience as a condition of being that business. this is the like obama care abortion mandate cases out there where a majority of america says businesses shouldn't be forced to support a government program that violates their conscience. that's why we're taking the cases to the supreme court.

this is no different. this is the same law that congress passed in 1993, signed into law by bill clinton. supported by the aclu. passed by 26 other states. >> governor jan brewer told cnn she'll decide whether to sign it into law by friday. also she said this -- >> i think everybody who owns a business, they did choose who they work with or who they don't work with. i don't know it needs to be statutory. >> joining us now cnn legal analyst paul callan. ca paul, i looked at the conversation that you had with that attorney. it's interesting that it's been on the books since 1989 but there are major changes in the law. what are you hearing from jan brewer? >> well, with all due respect to the governor, what i'm hearing is somebody who is playing both sides of the issue, a little bit. if you look at that statement that she made, she said basically i believe people

should be able to do business with who they want to do business with. and that doesn't have to be statutory, which means we don't need a law. well, right now, the law is you can't discriminate against people based on the color of their skin, based on their religion and based on a whole bunch of other things. that's the law. so the law already says you can't necessarily exclude people just because of belief that you have. so, i can't figure out whether she's meaning against the law or for the law when you look at the context of the statement. >> but, when you look at this whole thing, paul, who does the court normally view as the victim? i think that's where people are taking sides with this, too? is it the gay couple who is denied service? or is it a business owner who faces a lawsuit? >> well, the laws, of course, vary from state to state. but here's the normal law. and i think people will be very familiar with this. let's say in the employment situation, you want to get a job. and the lawyer says, well, you

know, i don't like women. so i'm not going to hire christi paul. and i have a conscientious belief about that. there are beliefs that women should stay home and obey their husbands. some would say that's discrimination. and we have laws in this country that say you can't discriminate on that basis. what this arizona law will do, if you decide you want to zr discriminate against gay people and it's based on conscientious belief. and sincere belief. why do we suddenly need this new law on the books in arizona? there's only one reason, because people are upset with where the courts are going with gay marriage rulings. they're trying to use this law to discriminate in a different

way. so -- >> hey, paul -- >> yeah? >> do you expect a backlash or for this to be extended or expanded to other groups? as i said, i have a deeply held religious belief that women should not be -- i don't know, anything. >> working. >> working or should not have hair done or makeup as the bible speaks of how a woman sa dorned. could that be extended to races? it seems like this is never ending? >> well, it is. and that's what frightens me about it. you know, you look at an extreme example of what the taliban and what their view of islam is. i mean, people get stoned to death for adultery. and women are required to wear berk cass. now now, let's say we've got a taliban group in arizona. they certainly have conscientious beliefs. obviously, we're not going to let them stone somebody to death. in the united states, the way the law works is, you can believe whatever you want,

that's protected by the constitution. but how you practice your religion is a very different matter. and if you violate somebody else's rights, that can be a violation of law in the united states. even if it emanates from conscientious religious belief. we don't allow human sacrifice. we don't allow the use of illegal drugs in religious ceremonies. there are a whole variety of things that we don't permit. believe what you want, but you're not allowed to discrimination. i think what arizona would do with this law, it would start us back down the road to selective discrimination based on bib linco biblical pass avenues. >> paul, thank you. >> christi, i think it's good that they hired you. >> i do, too. >> i thought that was an interesting take. but i appreciate that, paul. thank you so much. >> thank you, paul. next, this is serious, not only for the people on this campus, but for all the people

who are fighting for civil rights and who fought alongside james meredith. that's the statue of the man, the first black student at ole miss back in 1962. well, a noose was hung on that statue, a confederate emblem on the statue as well. the "n" word thrown at a student there. not fbi is stepping in. up next, why so many people are questioning whether the university has, quote, a culture of discrimination.

a racist and offensive stunt at ole miss has turned that into a criminal investigation. and this morning, the fbi is working with campus officials after a noose was placed on the statistic tuf civil rights pioneer james meredith. he integrated old miss in '62. three freshmen who are believed to be connected to the case have been kicked out of their fraternity. meanwhile, a second incident has some students on edge. cnn's nick valencia is in mississippi. nick, what are you hearing from the students there on campus? >> reporter: well, victor, good morning. i've spoken to a lost students here-every single one of the students i've spoken to and the faculty are very quick to distance themselves from the actions of these three freshmen students, as well as the actions of whoever it was who threw

alcohol and called kiesha reeves the "n" word. she's the african-american student who told us yesterday she was the victim of an attack just a day after the three freshmen allegedly zdesecrated the statue of civil rights pioneer james meredith. i spoke yesterday to others who said listen the good old boys definitely are not gone in ole miss. he did not deny that is systemic racism in the united states and here at ole miss but he says in recent years that this university has gone above and beyond to have honest conversations about the realities of this university historically being one of intolerance. and historically being a lightning rod for race-related issues. and despite the two very public events that happened here -- you know, some are calling them extremely racism events here at

old miss. he said that's not the case nowadays. that's what we're hearing from students and faculty as well. >> specifically, this student, kiesha, that you spoke with, what is she saying about her experience there? is she saying is this typical behavior, or is this just an anomaly? >> reporter: she said the racism here at ole miss is subtle racism. she's heard about it, sheegs never been a victim until monday night when whoever it was threw alcohol on her and said a racial slur. she went on to reiterate the wonder experience here at ole miss and doesn't want to transfer. i spoke to a tolerance organization, the wynter institute. i and i want to play some sound about that interview why it's such a big deal that racial

issues happen here at ole miss. >> racial incident, racially fueled incidents happen throughout all of the country in all of college campuses. why is it such a bigger deal when it happens at ole miss? >> because this university was founded on the principles of beholding slavery. >> have things changed here or is that just a pr thing? >> i think quite a bit has changed here. that is not to say that we still don't have a lot of work to do. but it's not the same university it was in 1962. >> reporter: and an update on those three alleged suspects. no arrest warrants issued so far but the university is definitely trying to get them arrested. >> nick valencia, in foshgsd, mississippi, thank you. still to come in the "newsroom," gays are fighting for a spot at the republican table. the leader of one conservative lbgt group is stepping down just as the organization gets an invite to c-pac.

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>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. bottom of the hour now, let's talk about what's happening with this breaking news in ukraine this hour. the ukraine parliament, we are just learning, has just voted to remove president yanukovych from office. and a unanimous decision. what you're looking at here are live pictures, folks, of the ukrainian parliament right now. now, the president is in a pro-russian stronghold, we understand you in eastern ukraine. and in an interview on ukrainian tv a while ago, he vowed he wasn't going to resign. >> what we learned from our correspondent there phil black who is there in independence square is that president yanukovych was not at the presidential palace. and that the opposition forces, their leaders, were standing around those government buildings. they had taken control of that

building. and we learned that they actually, of course, believe that this government is corrupt. and they believe that there's evidence of the corruption on the documents inside the presidential palace. and they would not give up control of those. we know that there was a truce that was ordered midweek but, you know, that truce went nowhere. but the deal was signed yesterday. opposition wanted him out before december of this year. and now the parliament has voted him out today. let's go to phil black there at independence square. phil, give us the latest to kind of break down how this happened so quickly. >> reporter: sure, victor. well, in parliament today, a lot has been changing. it's really been redrawing the political landscape of this country. it's been sacking figures in the government that were closely aligned with president viktor yanukovych and appointing others. we heard that they voted to free the prime minister who was an

enemy of the president. now they've come to a resolution, without explaining why, he has unconstitutionally himself removed himself from office and calls for new presidential elections in may. now, just how legal this is, how enforceable, how realistic the results of this resolution can be put into practice is unclear at this moment. what we have confirmed, presidenti iayanukovych has lef the capital of kiev and has money to kharkiv. he's still working to end the bloodshed and stop the country splitting in two. he said moves to kick him out of office today essentially equal to an attempted ooupcoup. so although parliament has voted him out, doesn't look like he's ready to go just yet. >> phil black there in kiev there. we'll keep an eye on what's happening in kiev or wherever

the soon to be former president is right now. we'll bring phil black back. we'll turn now to domestic politics here in the u.s. for the first time ever, the conservative conference cpac will include the conservative lbgt group go proud at this event. >> it came with stipulations. go proud would only be a guest. no official sponsorship. no booths. that agreement angered go proud's co-founder chris barons so much that he left the group. >> and the week's other founder, jimmy desalvia left the group as well. joining us to discuss is the co-founder of go proud. its former executive director. it's good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me, victor, christina. >> what do you think of your co-founder's announcement that he left after this deal was brokered, i guess, for go proud

to at least attend cpac? >> well just to correct something you said, go proud was a sponsor of cpac for a couple of years. we were sponsors. and the force of intoler anti-and bigotry boy catted cpac and go proud was banned from sponsorship. now that they're asked to come back as guests to me is really just treating the organization as three-fifths of a group. and that's just not okay in america in 2014. and it's just evidence -- and the fact that this is even a story is evidence that the conservative movement and the republican party are simply out of touch with life in america today. >> so, what do you say to the people who assert this year it's the first step.

this year, you're going to be a guest. next year we get a booth, does it all have to come at once? what do you say to that? >> let me just say, go proud was a sponsor of the event. had a booth. i spoke at cpac and it was the forces of intolerance that boycotted that caused go proud to be kicked out because they're gay. and the truth is that if i were still leading go proud today, i would not allow it to be treated as three-fifths of an organization. that's just not right today. and that's one of the reasons i left the republican party because that cultural disconnect, that being out of touch with real life in america today, is going to keep republicans from ever winning a national election again. and -- yeah. >> let me ask you, what happened to go proud? from what i've read and i'm glad that you are going to correct the record if it's wrong, but two interns made this deal between go proud and cpac, what

happened to the organization that the interns are now making these deals? >> well, i'll just say it was reported correctly that they started out as my interns years ago. and they're no longer interns. >> oh, okay. >> so they were my interns. and they're young guys. and they took over when i left last year. and i wish them well with the organization. it's just that i would not allow the organization to be treated this way. and because it's just not right. >> okay. let me ask you, do you think there's anything that the republican party can do to win you back now that you've left? >> well, i think that the purpose of political parties is to win elections. and i think that the forces of intolerance in the republican party and conservative movement now are going to keep republicans from ever winning the presidency again. so what's the point? i mean it would be like if michael phelps tried to win an olympic medal with a ball and

chain around his ankle. that's never going to happen, no matter how good the candidate, no matter how good the policy and message, as long as this -- there's this cultural disconnect. and that's going to take generations to change. >> jimmy lasalvia, part of our goal it sto clean up the past. thank you so much, jimmy. what would you do if you saw a woman giving cpr on the side of a very busy highway. several drivers jumped out of their cars to help. >> and one was a photographer who recorded the entire scene. he'll tell us what it was like. stay with us. people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh.

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it was a genuine life or death situation that was unfolding on a highway in happily. a woman jumbled out of her car and screaming the baby was not breathing. >> the miami herald photographer al diaz was behind her. he didn't know cpr he helped. >> he ran out on the highway to find somebody who knew. he snapped these pictures. al diaz joins us from skype from miami. al, it's good to have you. we look at these pictures we're happy that woman was there and she knew what to do. what was your first thought when you saw this woman jump out of this car with this baby? >> oh, well, it was pretty dramatic? i wanted to help her so bad, and, you know, i feel bad that i didn't know cpr, you know, i

wasn't going to sit there and leave. i think knew she needed help. and i went trying to find someone that knew cpr. >> so i'm wondering what was their reaction, you know, the people in these cars? did you just go up to cars and stick your head in the window and say, do you know cpr? how did that all play out? >> i guess -- i'm sorry, someone's ringing on my door. >> at your door. do they not know you're on cnn right now i'm kidding. >> i went to the first women in the car. lucila, she went and rendered aid. she asked pamela, the aunt, if the baby had eaten, if he was choking. and so, when at that point, i got more help, which is where i came across the sweetwater police officer which came to the aid. and then there were other police officers that were stopped in

traffic, and they came along and helped as well. and then at that point, once there was that bit. things start the to calm down. at that point, i wanted to leave. but i said, no, i better do my job. i went and got the camera. that's when the baby started breathing and i started that. >> as reporters, we're often asked when we're covering storms, tragedies, when do you make the decision to help the person in need or to report? pick up the camera, pick up the microphone? how did you make that decision and when did you make it? >> well, there was no question that i needed to help her. that was the decision made in my mind years ago. i come on a trauma situation that i'm usually not involved in it. but i witness a lot of stuff as a photojournalist for the miami

herald. that's parallel with the miami international airport. so when you're traveling along your mind wanders. and there's plenty of time where i visualize something like this occurring. so my mind's always been clear. to be a humanitarian first and a photojournalist second. >> your pictures are captivating. we want to point out there are other pictures shown of the family. we understand that baby, just getting an update is in stable condition. very possibly in part out to you, al diaz, thank you for sharing that experience with us. >> thank you, al. >> thank you. appreciate it. thanks for the call. >> look at that, so sweet. okay. it has been one of the hot topics in washington. a lot of talk about closing that wage gap, right? guess what, the gap, as in the store, is now getting involved. [ male announcer ] it's chaos out there. but the m-class sees in your blind spot...

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here is the raging debate. i know you have your opinion. is raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour helpful or does it hurt in some way. this week, a new report helped answer that. >> the answer from that report is that it might do both. but president obama is calling on businesses to do the work.

cnn's alexandra field is live in new york. so tell us about this huge business now that has, i guess, done what president obama's asked. >> yeah, there's a lot of mixed reaction already, victor. we're hearing from minimum wage workers who say they're encouraged that gap will voluntarily raise its minimum wage but, of course, smaller business owners are speaking out, too. we spoke to one business owner who said she's already feeling squeeze by a minimum wage raise in her own state. >> this is not just good policy, it also happens to be good politics. >> reporter: president obama pushing a top initiative raising the federal minimum waig frge f $725 to $10.10 now to gap, inc. he place he hopes to be a trendsetter. it will raise the minimum wage for 60,0$60,000 employees by $9s

union. and $10 next year. >> still not waiting me enough to survive. >> elizabeth vasquez makes $8 an hour in new york city at a mcdonald's fast food and those who support them have lobbied for $15. >> $15 an hour would allow me to move into my own place and be able to pay my own bills. >> reporter: but in new jersey, dolores riley say if her payroll costs go any higher, she could be forced to shut down her day care business. >> i don't know if i can make it. i really don't think i can afford it. >> reporter: when new jersey raised its minimum wage to $8.25 an hour in january, riley says out of fairness, she felt she had to increase every employee's salaries. not just the lowest earners. rileys she'll pay an extra $15,000 in payroll this year. >> which is a lot of money. i'm not a rich person.

i'm certainly not a gap. >> reporter: the president has urged those to follow gap's lead along with action from congress. >> i'm going to be speaking republicans who are game and to work with us. >> reporter: this week, the congressional budget office raised its minimum wage report one that is going to add to both sides. >> to republicans, the cbo hammers home the hope that if you raise the minimum wage, you reject that. >> republicans and democrats both closely scrutinizing that cbo report. take a look at those estimates as well as the job losses and the potential number of people lifted out of poverty. it is worth pointing out right now, christi, victor that 21 states do have a minimum wage that is higher than the current federal level of $7.25. alexandra field for us. thank you. still to come, do you live in the happiest state in the

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travel writer trey butler visits some of the coolest spots in atlanta. on "travel insider." >> reporter: i'm trey butler, a travel writer and author in my city, atlanta. here we are on atlanta's eastbound trail. atlanta has not been known as a transit city. tell us the history of the belt line. >> atlanta belt line is really for corridors. they were built around the time the city was starting to come into being. it's sort of a unifying sorgs that the city's never had. >> reporter: you have a little bit of everything. places to jog, ride bikes. even a skate park and delicious brunch spots. let's check it out. atlanta's definitely a town that loves a long leisurely brunch. i love this patio for the sun and doing people-watching. also a great place for getting a new twist on southern classics. i love beignets.

mm. here, at sister louise's church, the emporium, one of my favorite spots in town. the walls are covered by artwork by grant lendry, a local artist. a little on the edgy side. >> it's a seller. >> yep. can i leave with it today? >> you can do that or i will trade you for something. >> everything from thrift shops to antiques. >> reporter: even though it is an art bar and it is a bar filled with art, it's not a pretentious crowd. it's always a good time. there's no comparison. >> all right. so if you are thinking of taking a trip why not go to the happiest place in america. gallup ranked them all. north dakota, you're a winner!

>> yes, north dakota. hawaii dropped to eighth this year. >> north dakota followed by what else, south carolina. nebraska, minnesota and montana. i need some of those dakota secrets. >> hey, get happy today. >> yeah, find a reason to be happy. we have a reason -- our colleague, fredericka whitfield. >> because you're outta here! >> i'm happy that you're all happy there. at home with me you're happy. good to see you guys. it's 11:00 eastern. in the "cnn newsroom." that's a reason to be happy. the "newsroom" starts right now. all right. some very fast-moving developments today. a president voted out but talking tough. we've got the very latest live

from kiev. and businesses that won't serve gay people. a bill allowed just that in the u.s. but will the governor sign it. and ted nugent apologizes or does he for using a racism term to describe president barack obama. the only thing is there is a bust, you'll hear the rocker's explanation. all right. one day after citing a landmark peace deal, ukraine's president has left the capital city of kiev. and the parliament has unanimously voted him out of office. but in a television interview earlier today from eastern ukraine, president viktor yanukovych said he will not resign. all of this comes a day after yanukovych shook hands with the opposition leader and signed an agreement. hours later, his residence in kiev was cleared out. the bloodshed in the streets has

stopped for now but protesters are still taking action, toppling statues of vladimir lenin. kiev has been the center of violence for days now. phil black is there live now. phil, what is the latest? what more is the president saying and where is he exactly? >> reporter: sure, fredricka. let's start with breaking news first. this concerns the former prime minister of this country, yulia tymoshenko. they're saying she has been released. this is significant. she's the former prime minister of the country. sheian against yanukovych to be president in 2010. in 2011, she was prosecuted, convicted and jailed for supposedly abusing power while

prime minister. it sounds complicated. the rest of the world, europe and united states has said it was political payback. that yanukovych had manipulated the system to punish his number one political enemy. so this woman, this former prime minister has been in suffering medical problems and alleging gross mistreatment at the hands of ukrainian officials ever since, ever since 2011. now, today, she is free. this comes only after the parliament also voted to dismiss president yanukovych himself. now there's been some doubt through the day of just how legal these parliamentary proceedings. the political landscape within parliament has really shifted because before the last few days, president yanukovych had the numbers. all the votes went his way. now, he's not in town to sign the laws that parliament is passing. so it has been unclear just how

enforceable some these resolutions are. one has been to free the former prime minister tymoshenko that has been confirmed in positive results. she has been released from prison from being jailed in 2011. >> phil, meantime, behind ushg the singing, is that the national anthem? what's taking place? >> reporter: yeah, it is. there's been a lot of patriotic singing. a lot of chanting, particularly as these votes have been taking place in parliament. we've been watching a live feed in the square, screaming "glory, glory to ukraine." there are also emotional scenes as bodies of the protesters shot here during the week were brought before the crowd prayer vigils, farewell, as i say, very emotional scenes here today. so this crowd is still here. and they are here because, although, a peace deal as

effectively been negotiated the, they still don't trust the president viktor yanukovych. the people are saying they're going to say here until they're pretty sure this agreement, this compromise, will be followed to the word. and some will say they'll stay here longer until president viktor yanukovych is removed from office. >> phil black, keep us posted. meantime, president obama is watching every move. president obama spoke to vladimir putin about the situation. that is before the president left kiev. what is the latest, alise on how washington, how the white house is watching the incremental details? >> reporter: obviously watching the situation on the ground to make sure that the violence stops but also looking ahead to see what the u.s. can do, hoping that the deal that was worked out between the opposition and the president yesterday can move

forward and are going to be looking forward to it being implemented now. you have to have a national unity government. and crowds that are able to work with the international monetary fund to help ukraine stabilize it's very fragile economy. association obviously, looking at this situation on the ground and hoping the violence will stop. but really wanting to get ukraine back on its feet. and those are the kinds of things that president obama and president putin were speaking about yesterday. >> so is there any indicator as to how far the u.s. would go with a commitment to keep an eye on this and maybe even go beyond that? >> well, you know, that president -- vice president joe biden spoke to president yanukovych in the last few days for about an hour and a half. vice president biden has been seen really as the president yanukovych whisperer, if you will. every time in the conflict when it really looked as if president yanukovych was leaning more

towards president putin and obey his instructions. vice president biden would call up and say, listen, you have to move forward. we'll help you with your economy. you're the only guy that can do this. now, we understand that deputy secretary of state william burns will be traveling to kiev next week to try to help this along, working with the european union, obviously. now that the protesters are still in the streets it's unclear the future of president yanukovych. the parliament voted out, if he refuses to go once the olympics are over and russia is out of the spotlight that he wants to protect his planche and send russian troops in, perhaps, that's a very big concern. this saul far from certain. and it's still, as the u.s. points out, still very fragile. i think the u.s. will continue to remain engaged along with the european union. >> alise labbot, thanks so much. appreciate that from washington. also overseas, a very rare meeting that hasn't happened for thousands of years.

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quite a moment today at the vatican. two popes at a cardinals ceremony. it happened today as pope francis selected 19 cardinals at st. peter's basilica. and pope ameritus benedict was there as well. francis installed the cardinals, the first such appointments since elected head of the catholic church a year ago. in arizona people are protesting at their state capitol. they want the governor to veto a

proposed law that would allow businesses and individuals to refuse service to individuals on the basis of their religious beliefs. supporters say the bill protects against activists federal courts. critics of the bill say it sanctions discrimination particularly against gay people. for example, a pharmacist could refuse to dispense contraceptives claims it's against its religion. a muslim could refuse to do business against others because he may consider them infidels. let's check in with miguel marquez in phoenix. >> reporter: fred, this is the scene outside the arizona capital, lesbians, gays, transgender communities, joining in to protest senate bill 1062. it's not signed by the governor yet, it's expected to be on her desk as early as monday. and she would have five days on

arizona law to sign it. we expect she would have some saturday by midnight to sign that bill, although she said she would make up her mind by next friday. people are concerned about this because they believe because arizona does not have a nondiscrimination clause for lbgt individuals that this bill would allow people who have deeply held religious beliefs to discriminate against them. those who support this bill say it does nothing of the sort, and they are basically lying about the bill but there are concerns that this bill will create a separate clash of citizens for the lbgt community here in arizona. and people have gathered here in the hundreds in order to protest it. fred? >> all right, miguel marquez, thanks so much, in phoenix. all right, coming up, we're going in-depth on what's happening in arizona. is it religious freedom or outrageous discrimination? plus he said horrendous

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leading republicans are distancing themselves from a well-known supporter who they have counted on to attract conservatives. rock singer ted nugent was asked on a conservative radio show if

he apologizes for derogatory remarks about president obama. >> i did cross the line. i do apologize, not necessarily to the president, but on behalf of much better men than myself, like the best governor in america, governor rick perry. >> people are saying it wasn't a real apology. so, again, for the record, are you apologizing to the president of the united states of america, barack obama, for calling him a subhuman mongrel? >> yes. >> if he hears this, and it's a good chance it's going to be played later today, and he's watching or listening, what would you say to him directly? >> good lord, there's an agenda for you. he's violated so many laws. he's violated his oath to the constitution. >> so in the texas governor's race republican candidate and gun advocate greg abbott has been explaining with nugent. but when cnn's ed lavandera

conduct up with abbott, he just didn't want to talk about this. >> reporter: texas republican greg abbott is in a high-profile race against democrat wendy davis. on wednesday, abbott found a friendly crowd inside this tyler, texas, restaurant owned by the grandparents of johnny manziel. when we asked about his campaigning with right rocker ted nugent, thinks got tense. >> why did you think it was good to campaign with ted nugent? >> it's fun how reactive the davis campaign is to this. it's shown he's drove a wedge. and ted nugent was a way to expose wendy davis for her flip-flopping on gun-related issues. >> reporter: but this is texas. finding someone who is pro-gun is not that hard. why ted nugent? neither abbott nor his campaign

would answer the question. abbott wants voters to see him as a crusaders for guns rights. abbott's credentials are not in question. this picture showing the candidate next to his hunting trophy says it all. when we tried to follow up on the ted nugent question, a campaign aide stepped in. you could have found a lost people -- >> thank you so much. >> reporter: mr. abbott -- >> we appreciate it. >> reporter: you could have -- this is not a press conference. it's not a press conference. >> everybody got to ask a question. >> reporter: that's not a press conference. we told you specifically what we wanted to talk about. >> no -- >> reporter: we tried one more time to ask if greg abbott would appear again with ted nugent. mr. abbott, would you give us a chance to comment on ted nugent. why would you associate yourself with someone who describes the president as a subhuman mongrel?

and females in certain ways. would you use him in the campaign? he did not respond and headed back on the campaign trail. ed lavandera cnn. >> ted cruz loves politics, but this controversy, not so much. here's what he told dana bash. >> would you campaign with ted nugent? >> you know, i haven't yet and i'm going to avoid in engaging in hypotheticals. >> joining us now, a columnist at "news day." and a political consultant. good to see you as well. you just heard ted cruz putting himself between ted nugent. and rand paul had earlier called for him to really apologize to the president. does this hurt the party or individuals? >> well a little bit of both. you know, you have to feel sorry for somebody like greg abbott,

right? he needs the ted nugents of the world to help stir up the hard core base on the richt side but realize at the same time that it alienates modern conservatives. rick perry did a better approach which is actually distance him from nugent but still trying to embrace the issues that ted likes. >> margaret, does this is a more about the candidates who won't necessarily condemn ted nugent's remarks, will instead say, well, he does have a following, he has done a lot of good work for the gop but won't necessarily condemn what he just said about the president of the united states? >> no, that's not good work for the gop. that's not good work for the country. if you care about the republican party and the country. you want people saying responsible things for the party and about the country. and ted nugent is a mark on that. and ted cruz's refusal to distance himself from that is

cowardice in my view. i felt rand paul standing up to the contrast is quite refreshing. i don't like the generalizations, all republicans are terrible. they like ted nugent, they're crazy. good on rand paul for distinguishing himself. and we need, frankly, a lot more republicans who stand up to the ted nug enents who have vitriol rhetoric. >> let's talk about arizona and the new bill passed by the legislature. and full disclosure. you're an official of super pac fund candidate who support same-sex marriage. governor brewer will sign or veto the bill that allows businesses to refuse businesses to someone or a group based on religious beliefs. the governor herself, a former business owner has said she doesn't believe, i'm quoting her believe that it needs to be statutory in my life or my

business. if i don't want to do business or don't want to deal with a particular person or company, i'm not interested. that's america. that's freedom. so it doesn't sound like governor brewer would not likely sign this bill in your view, margaret? >> what you're seeing is actually a larger trend on the right. what you have on the center and the right in the republican party are in favor of full freedoms for gays lesbians. and you have republicans in favor of gay rights and some traditionalist elements in the party who are not pro-gay rights. what you're saying is the battle take the form of a religious exemptions fight. and people are saying, traditionalist faction in the party are saying under the guys of religious freedom, we're going to argue religious

freedom. nec in effect, carve out a right to do the work. that's the work that i do. and what republicans are pushing back on. not specifically an arizona law but a kansas and oregon law that do just that. >> ellis, do you see this as something that's going to impact arizona? or do you see this could in large part impact the republicans as a whole are or even inspire other states to perhaps, you know, adapt the same kind of way? >> fred, marlie's right about the trend. there is still a big audience for bigotry. we don't always see it in arizona. we see it in a lot of other states and it really does turn out the republican base. and as long as that's true, there are going to be republican politics who try to seize on that? >> margaret? >> you know, i appreciate that ellis thinks it turns out the republican base. a lot of the work i do specifically is on the polling of republican primary voters.

it actually isn't the issue we think it was from 2004. increasingly, republicans don't want to start this fight. increasingly republicans are favor of rights for gays and lesbians. ellis is right, moving forward, the country is changing. >> last point. >> listen, it's still a great wedge for democrats. >> ellis, margaret, thank you very much. we'll talk more in the next hour on this topic as well. in the meantime, the fbi is now investigating a case of vandalism at the university of mississippi. we'll tell you what someone did to the statue of a civil rights pioneer next. no matter how busy your morning you can always do something better for yourself. and better is so easy with benefiber. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely. so you can feel free to add it to anything.

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an act of vandalism at the university of mississippi. perhaps motivated by race. is now a criminal investigation. the fbi is working with the university administration after someone put a noose on the statue of a civil rights icon. james meredith was the first african-american admitted to ole miss in 1962, an event that led to deadly riots. police also want to know if a

separate incident involving racial slurs aimed at a female student is connected. our nick valencia is live for us now in oxford, mississippi. what can you tell us about apparently three freshmen kicked out of their fraternity connected with all of this or at least one of the incidents? >> reporter: well, that's part of their investigation, fred, school officials and police are trying to investigate whether or not these two incidents are connected. it's obviously stirring uneasy emotions and feels of the past. this, of course, our viewers note at hope, old miss has been a lightning rod for racial issues and tensions. although people here are quick to distance themselves from the alleged actions of these three students and whoever it was that alleged threw that alcohol and gave that racial slur to kiesha reeves, they 0 do acknowledge the history of racial tensions. earlier, i spoke to the leaders of a majority black fraternity. and they talked to me about their impressions here at the university of mississippi.

>> reporter: i'd like to say it's like completely gone -- it's not like these are against you know, what's not said is still in people. i believe everybody is not over it, but the majority of the students want to do their thing. >> reporter: those students went on to say they have full faith and confidence in the chancellor here at ole miss. that they will do the right thing. the students who allegedly desecrated james meredith's statue. they are facing a student judicial board which could mean expulsion. there's still no arrest warrants, fred, we understand they're pushing police to make arrests and as you mentioned the fbi has taken a strong interest in this last week here on campus. and what happened to kiesha reeves as well. they're looking into federal hate crimes for the three students. so lots going on here at the university of mississippi, fred. >> what more is the university saying or committing to do as a result of all of this? >> reporter: you know, i asked

point blank, we had a very frank discussion with the chancellor yesterday of the university of mississippi. and he acknowledged that there is systemic racism here. in the state. at the university. but that times have changed and that they've tried to do a lot in recent years to get over that hump. and have honest conversations about the realities here. they say this doesn't reflect or is not caste of the current culture here on campus. and when you talk to students, you know, black students, white students here, they, again, distance themselves from this. but they do say that is subtle racism here. even if it isn't spoken, there are those here, however much a minority they are, there are students here that still carry beliefs of the past, fred. >> nick valencia, thanks so much. in oxford, mississippi. so incidents like the one at ole miss are apparently occurring on too many college campuses these day. a report in the journal of blacks in higher education found no fewer than 36 racial

incidents since january of last year. and those are just the ones reported. they range from racial taunts being hurled at black coeds at the university of florida to a confederate flag being raised at the university of row chester. and white student union established at georgia. oversee, an american student study ago broad in italy is missing. john durkin, an economics major, from new hampshire, is a student at bates college in maine. a family spokesman says that two days ago, he went to a bar with a group of friends and never returned. he's been in rome for a little more than a month now as part of a semester-long program. the state department says it is unaware of this situation. also, straight ahead, we'll meet a u.s. olympian who is trying to help the stray dogs of sochi. and next, michael sam wants to be the nfl's first openly gay player. i'll tell you why today say big first step for him.

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michael sam's historic journey to become the nfl's potentially first openly gay player makes his first stop at the league's scouting combine. andy scholes has more in today's "bleacher report." another step, his really first step was kind of saying, hey,

i'm gay? >> that's right, michael sam is going to be one of the most watched players at the league's annual talent evaluation. not because he's expected to be a high pick, but because everyone wants to see how he handles being the first openly gay prospect. 6'5", 255-pound defensive end is going to draw a huge audience when he steps up to the podium. this is going to be the first time he meets with the media since he has answer nouned he is gay. he was a co-defensive player of the year. many question how his game's going to translate to the nfl due to his size. he's not expected to make a huge splash in april or may's nfl draft. right now, he's widely regarded as a midround draft pick. >> let's talk about it -- there's a lot to talk about there, we'll save it for later. we're hoping to actually hear from him. when he takes to the podium. let's talk about hockey -- again. >> yes. >> last week, we were talking about hockey and that shoot-out.

and the u.s. is back in the game. it's a little different right here. >> right now, today's game is not going well. usa taking on finland in the bronze medal game. and they trail 2-0 heading into the third here. this game took a turn for the worse for team usa in the second period. finland scored two goals in an 11-second span. they scored, face-off, scored again right away. >> in terms of -- >> you don't see goals that often that happens that quickly. but usa had their chances, patrick kane, he missed two penalty shots. a loss here as we've been saying would be devastating for team usa. they had high hopes after beating russia, t.j. oshie in that amazing shoot-out. now just a few minutes losing back-to-back games and leave sochi altogether. and more bad news for team usa -- >> no! we can't take it. >> vic wild, i don't know you heard about him, american

snowboarder turned russian. he's won another gold medal. first man every to win two snowboarding gold medals in olympic games. this hurts for the u.s. wild, he's from washington, originally competed for the u.s. but after becoming frustrated for the lack of spending for the sport, wild was granted russian citizenship after marrying a russian snowboarder. they now lead with 29, 11 of their medals are gold. the u.s., you can see in second place with 27. norway in third with 25. canada's got 24. of course, they're looking for gold in the hockey -- men's hockey gold medal game tomorrow. see if they end up getting it. >> isn't it interesting, this kind of rivalry between the u.s. and canada, and between russia,

too, it's ugly. >> yeah. >> half glass full. >> they could still come back. it's not over yet. >> hey, bronze is a medal. >> if we can come back. >> hey, it would still be herculean. andy, appreciate that. you probably heard about the stray dogs in sochi as well. some the olympic athletes have been trying to give dogs a home. in the case of gus kenworthy, he's actually adapting not one, but five of them. it's a mom and her puppies and he told anderson cooper how the whole thing came about in the first place. >> these puppies are unbelievably cute. how did this happen? >> i had a friend out in russia doing media stuff in the olympics. he knows i'm dog crazy. he texted me a photo of the dogs, and i basically just ran over and had to check them out. and instantly fell in love with them. >> did you have dogs growing up.

>> yeah, when i was really young, we weren't allowed to -- >> well, you're really young, still. >> when i was really, really young, we couldn't have dogs in my mom's house because she lives in a restricted area. after my 11th birthday, my dad got me a puppy from a shelter. he was like my best friend growing up. he passed away a year and a half ago. i have thought about getting a dog. >> getting one dog but are you ready for all of these dogs? >> i'm not going to take care of all of them. but definitely just kind of wanted to keep them together. and try and bring all of them home and give them all a better life. my oldest brother and fiancee have asked if they could have one of the puppies. my mom is going to take the mother dog. there's definitely good homes for them. i'm going to take two of the puppy. >> do you have names for them? >> the littlest together, my

sweet little girl rosa. the other one i'm keeping, we've named him jake. the other puppy is goerke, because he were living under the goerke media center. >> how hard has it been -- they're still over there? how hard is it getting them back? >> there's all sorts ofbstaclesu have to get past. it hasn't been too crazy. i have a friend over there, the friend that helped me find them. he's still there. trying to help me bring them back. my agent and the humane society. >> and the humane society has said this has actually been a beneficial thing for dogs in the united states. there's so much focus on stray dogs that they're getting a lost calls? >> i mean, for sure, a lot of people, too, are like, why are you bringing dogs back from russia. the amount of money you could

adopt way more dogs from here. it wasn't the fact that i had to bring a dog home from there. i fell in love with them. i couldn't bear to leave them. i had to bring them back. hopefully it spark's people's interest here and people in russia to take them inside and break the strays pets. >> do you know when they're going to get here? >> i think my dogs are coming in ten more days. they've been vaccinated and h e inoculations and require more time. >> you couldn't bring them to the olympic village, right? >> no, it sucked. i'm like, dibs, these are mine. i would have to leave them. i'd go to practice like an hour or two. >> you called dibs on them? >> yeah, they're mine. >> what's better, the medal for puppy love? >> i mean, the puppy love is fantastic, i mean, they're both -- i'd say they're equally

awesome. the dogs i'm pretty excited about for sure, just because they are just adorable and so fun to cuddle with. i'm excited to have them in my life. the medal's been something i've worked hard for a long time. >> the medal's incredible. you let me hold it. it's very heavy. what does it feel like, finally, you've been doing this since 3 years old? >> it's been awesome. i've been preparing for this moment since i was 3, just skiing as much as i could. i don't know if we really call it like training necessarily because we are just having a lot of fun. that's what's so great about action sports. every time we're on the hill we're just progresses ourselves and learning new tricks and get better. >> congratulations on your success and getting the dogs over here. >> thanks. appreciate it. happy moments there. meantime, not so happy moments in california. severe drought there is gripping that state. a state that produces a third of the country's fruits and vegetables. what this means for your grocery bill. i'm beth...

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a severe drought will not let up in california where one report says the whole state is quote ab normally dry. and now, california's problem is impacting the rest of the nation. farmers there produce half of the country's fruit and vegetables and when that market gets hit, your grocery bill goes up. our jennifer gray here to lay it all out. >> that's right, fred, we are seeing a dire situation in california. a new report came out last week. 61% of the state in extreme drought. now, 68% of the state under extreme drought. this is something we've never seen before and pretty soon, we could all be.

the drought that is plaguing california and as a result, hurting the nation's food sim y simply, could get a whole lot worse. friday, the federal government said it will not provide any irrigation water to central val valley farmers. normally 50% of contracted water to surrounding urban areas. >> and this just confirms it. >> joe is the farmer who just a week ago gave president obama a tour of the central valley operation. he grows almonds, spinach, cherries and cantaloupe, but without the federal help, california growers like joe may have to leave a lot of land up productive. >> there's going to be a lot of crop reduction, a lot of food and jobs lost. >> with more than 90% of the state in severe drought conditions, this could be a big impact at your grocery store checkout line. there are 80,000 farms in california. more crops are grown there than in any place in the country.

it produces nearly half of fruits, nuts and vegetables. this drought could race your produce prices 10% over the next few months, but mother nature could come to the rescue. rain is in the forecast for california and farmers say every drop could make a difference. >> will they capture that water, you know, and bring it to the storage because if they don't, if they keep the pumps shut off, that water's going to go out to the ocean. >> yeah, this is bad. look at these numbers. not even a quarter of an inch of rain in l.a. should be at 5 inches by now. some areas need double, triple, even more than what we've seen to even get close to normal, but we do have a couple of storm systems moving through. the first one at the end of the week. the next one as we get into the beginning of next weekend, could be a little bit stronger. fred, it is going to give a little bit of relief for the

state of california, but we need much more than this to help with the situation. >> thanks so much, jennifer. >> one crop is having no problem growing is marijuana. and in colorado, the sales are booming. turning that state very green. [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up.

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coming up, a juror from the so-called loud music trial gives us a look into deliberations. juror eight says race was never a factor. our legal guys will weigh in. and a woman in new york was lucky to walk away uninjured when her car as she was in it, plunged into a sinkhole.

her subaru was submerged. she said she was just pulling into her driveway when the ground gave way. she was able to call 911. rescuers say they had to work quickly because the car was starting to shift, but again, she's okay. one lucky lady there. and it looks like a marijuana business is booming in colorado. the first reports of revenue from pot sales are coming in. they're confirming that the pot business is generating tens of millions of dollars, not just for sellers, but for the colorado state government. here's anna cabrera. >> it's been about six weeks since recreational pot sales starred here in colorado and to say business is strong is an understatement. new projections beat expectations by tens of millions of dollars. now, leaders here at the state capital get to decide how to

spend that money. high hopes for a colorado green rush are being realized. >> it's just exceeded all my expectation expectations. >> business has more than quadrupled. people are still lining up to the door to get their hands on this stuff. this place packed at 10:00 when doors opened. in fact, this pot shop averages about 500 customers a day. and the state of colorado is reaping the benefits as well. sales and excise taxes are over 25%. >> going to be 1.77. >> marijuana dispensaries were required to turn in january tax reports on thursday. >> we paid about $190,000 in sales tax that we collected during january. >> while official numbers won't be made public until march, the governor's office just released its own tax projections. it estimates the state will collect about $84 million in the

first 18 months of sales. here's colorado's plan for spending that money. 40 million automatically goes to public school construction. that was mandated by voters. then the governor wants to spend about 85 million on youth prevention and substance abuse treatment. 12.4 million on public health. about 3 million on law enforcement and public safety and nearly 2 million on industry oversight. >> i don't think the people who are buying marijuana want the tax money to be used to discourage adults from buying marijuana. >> while not everyone agrees on how that money should be spent and although early, there's no denying the apparent economic boost. that's come from recreational pot sales. right now, colorado and washington state are the only places where recreational pot is legal and washington still working through how to regulate sale, but we know at least eight other states from california to maine are considering this and when they take a look at the

kind of money colorado is making from taxing their marijuana, you think that's going to have some kind of influence over their decision. fred? >> thanks so much. in colorado. much more straight ahead in the cnn news room and it all begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, again, everyone. here are the top stories we're following. businesses that won't serve gay people, a new bill allows just that in one state, but will the governor sign it? and fast moving developments today in ukraine. a former prime minister released from jail as a president is out. we've got the latest details. and it was a special moment at the vatican. the old pope and new pope face to face. we have that and much more starting right now.

we begin with that controversial arizona bill which would make it legal for businesses to service gay people on the basis of freedom of religion. it has a lot of people outranled and protesting. the bill already passed the house and senate there and now goes to governor jan brewer to sign. she has not said that she will do it, but protesters want her to veto that bill. they say it's a direct hit to the lgbt community. >> it's sending a message to progressive world companies that this is not a friendly environment to work within or have a business within. >> to me, what this says is phoenix and tucson and flag sfaf have ordnances that protect lgbt people and we in the house and representatives and senate do not like that. >> there are some people who believe this bill will allow restaurant owners to des criminate against gay people when they dine, but a lawyer with alliance defending freedom,

told erin burnette that's not the case. >> this nation has had the long standing history of allowing people to freely live out their faith in private, in work, in business and this bill only does two things. it protects religious liberties. all the people you showed, if they're concerned about discrimination, they ought to be supporting this bill. these restaurant examples do not apply. this bill has nothing to do with serving people in restaurants. >> others could be impacted though. for example, a pharmacist could refuse to dispense contracept e contraceptives claiming it's against his religion. paul, what does this bill protect? we just heard the one person who said this protects people of faith. against discrimination. >> that's the claim. that it's built to ensure religious freedom in the united states and that people

exercising this freedom in good conscious should not be sued by the gays and lesbians who say they're being discriminated against, but i think when you look carefully at the law, it really provides a blueprint for discrimination against gay people. it, i think it's the equivalent of stand your ground as applied to sexual orientation discrimination and i say that because it will create a mind set i think in many places that it's okay to discriminate against gay people because hey, that's my religious belief. it's unconstitutional, frankly. >> give me some examples of how a business owner would be able to say i can't you know provide service to you because it's against my religious beliefs. >> i think a good way to start would be a case that really set this whole thing off originally. it was a photographer in new mexico who refused to take

photographs of a lesbian commitment ceremony, saying this would violate her religion if she did so. now, that was a violation of new mexico's ordnances which ban, so a lawsuit was brought and the photographer was hey, this is my religious belief that this is sinful and i can't take pictures of a commitment ceremony. now, if you were to extend that law, well, why couldn't sears say when gay people come in and want to have a portrait taken together, that it's against the religious belief of the corporation because the arizona law extends this now to corporations and you could have all kinds of discrimination in public accommodations. hotels, restaurants, all of these places could refuse to serve gay people based on this excepti exception. you hear the lawyer saying well, that's not really going to happen, but it could because if you have a sincere belief under

the statute, you're protect iin so i think it's a dangerous law. >> all right, paul, thanks so much. appreciate that. talk more about this later on this afternoon and this hour, in fact. and also this morning, the fbi is investigating an act of vandalism at the university of mississippi. owned the statue of civil rights icon, james meredith. he desegregated ole miss and police want to know if a separate incident is connected. and now, three freshmen have been kicked out of their fraternity in a possible connection to the vandalism. on to ukraine where a battle is taking shape. in the last hour, we learned the former prime minister and an opposition leader was released from jail. she was a key opponent of the president before she was jailed.

her release came just after parliament voted the president out of office, but today, he called the vandals and bandits. he has left the capital city, but said earlier today, he will not resign. nick peyton walsh is live for us now. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, a change on the grounds. who technically is the president, there aren't many scholars around to debate on that, no sign of him at all. people all over that protest. it seems like where ever he says, the process is moving on regardless. parliament today, a lot of activity there. they put in a new speaker, they're push iing for new ministers. moving towards new elections, so the country is moving ahead

certainly it seems in a different direction. the former prime minister who's being released, she's had a long political history here in ukraine. she's going to become one of many people emerging, battling for different posts of governments. she has had allegations of corruption against her. she was beaten in jail. now, she's emerging in an almost angelic light as a potential contender. many remember the often checkered past of many of their politicians, so i think it's fair to say now the reality on the grounds here is that he is very much sidelined in the east of the city, talking about coups, et cetera. they've asked for new elections and now, there are a lot of contenders in ukraine who are going to be fighting for those key posts. >> and so, even though he says he's not resigning, going anywhere, he was voted out, what are his options?

where would he go? because clearly, that country's not going to allow him to leave to rule, but where could he end up? >> there is a very small possibility that somehow, he can stage a comeback. there are supporters here, many wealthy. but also, the issue, too, is he has blood on his hands. his options are pretty small. that would be a small idea. it's possible he could stay in eastern ukraine and try and start some kind of protest or rebel movement there. more likely, he would go live somewhere else and looking to russia as key sponsor, but it does seem today that parliament's decided to move on and it sounds a little like when you hear in that video he put up on youtube, he's kind of become yesterday's man.

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all right. if michael is going to be the first openly gay player in the nfl, you have to impress the league scouts first and that's what he's trying to do today. he is at the league scouting combine in indianapolis and that's where nfl hopefuls work out for teams and meet with their representatives and sometimes, there's a little one-on-one time, some interview time and really just kind of sizing them up. mike freeman joins me now from indianapolis, so, the combine is

usually watch eed mostly by the hard core football geeks, but this michael sam story really has everyone enamored in what takes place today. what is his day likely to be like there in indianapolis with this whole combine? >> well, really good to be with y you. it's very loud here, very buzzing. so, it's hard to hear, but it's, it's michael sam is basically going to be in a lot of ways, he's a piece of history. what he's doing is something we've never really seen before. an openly gay player at the combine. there's a very good chance he will make an nfl roster. probably the first openly gay player on an nfl team, so what

he's going to go through here basically, he's going to talk to the media at some point soon. but behind the scenes, he's going to be asked a lot of questions about his declaration coming out, being openly gay. along with football, but there are teams, they're going to focus on that because it's never been done before. we're seeing a piece of history here. and it's going to be the beginning for him. he's going to see a lot of this really for the rest of his nfl career. he's going to be talking about this, being asked about this. >> wow, and so every player is going to be scrutinized in order to make it to the nfl, but for michael sam, i hear you saying it's really going to be very different for him particularly because you know, his kind of free publicity. clearly, he is very talented, but there are going to be a lot of questions about his mental game, his mental fitness. keep it right there because

we're having a really sizable delay in our conversation, but thanks so much for your input. really appreciate it. coming up in the next hour, i'm going to talk to a couple of former nfl players about the pressure being put on michael sam. all this kinds of pressure trying to make it into the nfl. today's combine and beyond that. all right. and then also, quite a moment today at the vatican. the current pope and retired pontiff at a ceremony today. pope francis selected 19 new cardinals at st. peters basilica. both men embraced, then francis saw the new cardinals. his first such appointment since he was elected head of the church a year ago. hard to believe it's just been a here. so much has happened. let's bring in john allen live from rome. so, just how complicated might it have been for pope francis to select 19 cardinals with the

retired pope benedict there? >> first of all, let me tell you, it's hard for you to believe it's only been a year, think how i feel. this has become prime time all the time covering this pope. look, i don't think this is complicated at all. the fact that pope francis and benedict were together today. it played out naturally. these are two men that have great respect for one another. at the beginning when it was clear pope benedict was going to step down, some new pope would take over. there was concern there might be confusion about who was running the show. i don't think anyone on the planet is confused that pope francis is now in charge, so today, what you saw is pope francis leading the ceremony and pope benedict, naturally coming through a side door and taking a chair. bear in mind, in addition to the 19 new cardinals, most of this world's 200 some other cardinals were on hand and many of them

were men who were made cardinals by pope benedict and i think they were delighted to see him there. i think what it shows you is this juxtaposition of two popes, which seemed like it might be weird or confusing, has now become in many ways, normalizeded. >> does this appearance you know, say in any way that there is still some influence by the retired pope benedict and that there is some kind of cooperation even between pope francis and benedict? >> well, i don't think it says there's any influence of benedict over francis, but i think benedict is smart enough to realize there are a lot of people in the catholic church who still do look to him as a point of reference and spiritual leader. i think it was probably important to him to be there today to show his support, not only for pope francis, but to show his support for those 19 new cardinals, who as you say, this is the first crop of new cardinals, it's him in effect

putting his stamp now on the leadership of the church and we should say, it's a pretty remarkable group. not only is it remarkable globally, in addition to this four vatican figures and these 19 guys, they come from haiti and from the ivory coast and south korea and the fiphilippin. they are literally all over the map and then secondly, there is a clear love from the poor. not all of these cardinals come from inpov riched nations. in many cases, they come from the poorest die. we saw that in action today in terms of action today. >> thanks so much. appreciate it, from rome. beautiful sunset there. let's talk about the no beauty here. a country in turmoil after a

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the president has left the capital city of kiev, but insists he will not leave the country even though he was voted out of office today. parliament also voted to release the main leader and former prime minister. she was in jail and protesters in kiev can be heard cheering about her release, but just two days ago in kiev, violence exploded. todd baxter was there and saw his hotel turn into a war. i want to warn you. the video and images we're about to show you are very disturbing. our crew saw people being shot in the treat and it is very difficult to watch. todd joining us from kiev. good to see you. so, todd, you know, tell us what you saw. i mean, sometimes, these images are things that you see in the kind of overseas reporting that you have been doing as a photojournalist, but in this case, give us an idea of what

kind of images you were seeing unfolding at the same time as a photojournalist, you were trying to capture to help tell the story. >> it was funny because thursday was a very fast moving day. we went out to shoot the barricades, for the couple of days before that had been sort of a standoff between the police and protesters and we went down there and they were throwing a lot of rocks, maolotov cocktail. we shot that for maybe 30, 40 minutes and then went back to our hotel. we had to go back through the police lines to get back. by the time we got upstairs from getting into our hotel, the situation had changed by the barricades dramatically and the protesters started going forward. so much so that the front line

which was in front of the hotel, moved to the back and one of our producers shouted out there was a lot of action going on in the back of the hotel, so i took a camera and i was looking through a window out the back of the hotel and i looked at the footage today, again, and within 15 minutes, i saw pictures of 15 to 20 people being injured. or being carried, who were injured. and are dead. and at one point, i shot a medic who was going to help somebody who was injured. he was helping him and he, too, got shot. it was, you know, within 115 minutes, to see that many people carried away, i mean, tuesday, we came in on tuesday because 20 some people had been killed. it was very clear within 15 minutes that we were watching something that was dramatically increased from that tuesday. >> and todd, what was it about your hotel? was it the proximity of your hotel to where some of the protests were unfolding, that

suddenly, the lobby area would become this morgue and this place where all of these bodies were being brought? >> it was. simply, the hotel was facing the barricades in front of the hotel before it started. the barricades were about 400 meters in front of the hotel and when the protesters broke through, the barricades, they moved to the back of the hotel and the police moved back of the hotel and so, the front line went right through the hotel and when the people were injured and being carried, they were bringing them down the hill into the hotel lobby and when i went down to the hotel lobby was i heard reports there were people down there who were injured and killed, it was this strange dichotomy because reception was still dealing with people coming into the hotel and there were

bodies and blood on the floor. there were two different sets of bodies. five under a staircase and six in front of the reception desk. >> was it members as well as police or government forces whose bodies were all sharing that same pace? >> no. it, no, no. this is all just protesters. there were some policemen who were injured and some killed, but they didn't come down this way. but by the time they moved the bodies, the front line was uphill of the hotel. >> all right. cnn photojournalist, todd baxter, thanks so much. very compelling images, putting us right there on the front lines of the strike there in kiev. appreciate your work. a life or death drama on the side of a busy miami highway. you probably heard about this story earlier, but now, more

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now, an update on a baby who stopped breathing on a florida highway. the 5-month-old is now stable, but as the life or death drama unfolded thursday, sebastian's aunt said she did the best she could have done to save her nephew. she also expressed her gratitude for the people who stopped to help. >> i would like to thank them. i was a really hot mess and if it hadn't been for them, i don't know that i would have had the

presence of mind to do what needed to be done. when i got out of the car, i didn't think i was capable to do the cpr. i had my training seven years ago and i was just too nervous to do it. that's why i screamed for help and asking for somebody to do the cpr, but when everybody said they didn't, you know, and i kneeled down and i did it, the people that were there with me, you know, they calmed me down, they helped you know, telling me that i can do it and thank god, you know, we did come through. >> background in case you didn't know. this 5-month-old baby turned blue. stopped breathing. it was a preemie. she wasn't sure if she could remember cpr. she did, helped saved the baby's life. all the while, a miami photographer just happened to be stopped in traffic when he captured these amazing images. he tried to flag people down, then got the attention of an

officer who rushed in to help and performed the chest compressions on the baby. we spoke to the photographer on new day weekend. >> when you're driving along, your mind wanders and there's plenty of times where i visualize something like this occur i occurring, so my mind's always been clear to be humanitarian first, then photojournalist second. >> everything came together at the right moment. the baby's doctor says it's too early to say when sebastian will be released, but good news on the condition. talk about aiming for gold. aiming high. talk olympic fever now. the ruu.s. men's hockey team ba on the ice playing for bronze. give us some good news. >> don't have any. this is a total bummer. i think a lot of people expected the united states to contend for

a gold. didn't show up yesterday. certainly didn't today against finland, we just lost. the game just ended moments ago. 5-0. so now, the united states of america, the men's hockey team, comes home empty handeded. this one got ugly fast. i can't show you the video high lices because of nbc's restrictions, but finland scored two goals in 11 seconds. that really set the tone for finland to have the dominating performance they did. patrick kane, star for chicago blackhawks, missed not one, but two penalty shots. one in the first, one in the second. then finland absolutely put this game away with three more goals in the third period and this is an overall hockey buzz kill i'm calling it. three losses in three days. the women on thursday lost to canada. the gold medal game. the men lost to canada yesterday and then lost today, failing to medal. losing 5-0 to finland. >> there's something about the

u.s. on ice at this winter olympic games. just haven't done well, period. sorry, usa in hockey. better luck next time. >> i told you last week. spirit was a little down. >> in other news, he won another gold this morning. he won the snowboarder parallel slalom. to win two gold medals at one single -- slalom event. he's from washington state. he used to compete for the united states, but after becoming frustrate ed with the lack of funding, one year later was granted russian citizenship. so now, he's winning gold medals for russia, not for america and his two certainly help this morning because as of now, russia leads in the overall medal count with 29. the united states slipping behind with 27 total medals. russia and norway tied for the most gold.

they each have 11. second to last day of competition is about to close. one more day of competition, tomorrow. the closing ceremony is tomorrow and then four more years until the olympics kick back up again. u.s. again going home empty handed. >> the curse of the olympic games. you may think because they're in these favorites, but stuff happens. >> canada's definitely the better team. >> now we really know. all right. better luck next time. go usa. still pulling for them in some other kind of way. i know. all right. thanks so much, joe. coming up, let's talk about a heated trial and a jury. a juror from that loud music murder trial giving us a look into the jury deliberations. jury number eight says race was never a factor. our legal guys weigh in, next.

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all right, this breaking news, a major mexican drug lord has been captured. a senior u.s. official says the capture of joaquin el capo guzman is huge.

this has been a long time in coming for this administration. putting to rest -- well, apparently, this has been an investigation that has unfolded for a long time. we're going to get more on the circumstances of this arrest of guzman taking place in mexico. much more at the top of the hour and we're also learning more about what went on in that jury room in the so-called loud music murder trial. we're hearing from the jurors themselves. one says it was wild with people yelling and screaming as they tried to decide the fate of michael dunn, who was accused of murdering 17-year-old jordan davis. another juror also says things got pretty intense. listen to what they say about the role of race in this trail and how they made this very difficult decision. >> i never once thought about oh, this was a black kid.

this was a white -- because that wasn't the case. >> people who say he's another white guy, he got away with shooting and killing a black kid, what would you tell them? >> i would tell them they really, acknowledge e ed themse on the law. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do myself personally, yes. >> when you went to the deliberating room, you said you thought michael dunn was guilty. what convinced you? >> to me, it was unnecessary. i don't believe so. >> in the end, jurors didn't agree that michael dunn was guilty of first degree murder and the judge declared a mistrial. let's bring in our legal guys, avery from cleveland and richard herman, a new york criminal attorney from las vegas. good to see you, gentlemen.

ok okay, so, avery, you first. what you learned about this jury's decision, just listening now to these jurors about what was taking place behind closed doors. what they omitted, got was present and what they thought was present in this case. >> well, often in jury litigation, you will have stronger jurors and jurors that are less assertive. and i heard the remarks by some of the jurors, by two. it seems impossible that race was not a consideration. to me, if you had a remorseless black guy that shot a white guy, there would be no question. i absolutely believe that michael dunn got at least with first degree murder, got away with it, and frankly, i believe the prosecution the right. it's time to retry this case from first degree. >> and so, richard, as you look to the jurors, the way in which

the jurors applied the law based on what was presented in court, do you think that this underscores the glaring i guess mistakes made, that they couldn't connect the dots enough, they couldn't paint the picture so these jurors would go into deliberations better equipped with the facts or all the circumstances that may have been surrounding this event, this shooting? >> that's a great question, fred. first, with respect to race, that's the challenge in jury selection or vor dire to determine whether or not any jurors come in with personal biases. you want a juror to come in with a clear head. it's virtually impossible to detect that, fred, that's number one. and here, i don't know if that played a role in this or not. two, i don't know if the prosecution made that big of a mistake. there was a self-defense claim here. had davis been in the car with

an assault rifle, would dunn have had the right to be able to shoot him at that point? because that's basically what the defense of self-defense in this case was. three of those jurors believe he came out of the car with some sort of weapon. it will be allowing dunn to shoot. did not find the weapon, trayvon martin, where zimmerman had cuts behind his head to somehow corroborate the fact he was being beaten at the time. whether or not mr. davis came out of the vehicle with the gun, but it was self-defense that prevailed for three of those jurors. >> we heard from the juror, also a from the federal prosecutor. she said she will seek a new trial. this is what she told chris

cuomo. >> our intention is to retry count one. because jordan davis deserves justice, the state of florida deserves justice and because we always like to have that back-up case where a person gets consecutive time in case something happens on the other charges. >> what strikes you as interesting about those comments? the fact she say it's good to have a back-up? >> yeah, in case of proceedal err errors, but there's something even deeper than that and she said this with chris cuomo. she said it's time to change the stand your ground law. not because it was involved this this case, but generates a sense of mentality, it's okay, have that gun ready. the law should be a duty to retreat. and even though this was a se - self-defense case, we agree on that. the idea of stand your ground being in florida as part of the law, it's time for a change.

the state attorney is right and it's time to go back to duty to retreat. >> richard? >> yeah, fred, miss corey left out another big reason, for john. that's the reason this case is being retried in my opinion. >> when a verdict comes in with three centers like this, usually the prosecution will take a look, probably let it go. i don't know that it's worth it here and you may very well, fred, get the same result next time. >> all right. richard, avery, thanks so much. we're going to have you back at the top to have the hour. we're going to talk more about the arizona bill. passed by the legislature and now, coming from the governor, saying it has license to discriminate. our legal guys, every saturday about this time, give us their

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developments. >> police are now saying they found his body in a railroad terminal. they said the body had been hit by a train. he was discovered friday morning. his family identified his remains earlier today. he was an economics major from bates college in maine, who had been studying aboard in rome through a foreign exchange program run by trinity college in connecticut. he was a linebacker on the football team. he had been out on wednesday night with a group of friends. they had left the bar before him. he never returned home. that's when he was reported missing. family and friends went on a desperate search to find him. his father had flown to rome to look for his son and arrived by the time it seems this news was delivered. >> terribly sad. thank you so much. let us know if you learn any more details about the investigation. are they looking at this as you know, foul play or terrible

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no injuries have been reported. it's girl scout cookie season and one scout in california has found a very unique place to sell her goods. right in front of a medical marijuana shop and sales are high. >> reporter: pot and girl scout cookies. what sounds like the punch like to a joke was a business plan for 13-year-old danielle. she parked her thin mints and tag alongs outside the dispen dispensa dispensary, the green cross. she burned through 117 boxes in just two hours. >> this girl is smart. she's business savvy. she's monopolizing this new market. and taking advantage in a big way. >> the young teen has become an internet darling, daily mail calling her one smart cookie. slate declaring her the smartest kid ever.

the dispensary, which sells a strain called girl scout cookies, calls it a community effort. this may fly here in california, but ironically, not so much in colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal. tweeting, we don't feel they are an appropriate place to be selling cookies. but the headquarters, the girl scouts of the usa, has a different take, saying the girl scout cookie program is girl run, local counsels make all the decisions on how the program is run. what's important is what they don't say. the national headquarters is not condemning the partnership. the girl scouts are on board, say marijuana advocates, the stigma must be going up in smoke. >> this is a really hot topic around the country, but it's a time when people are changing their minds about it. people are becoming more open minded and more welcoming to the idea of medical cannabis.

it sort of reflects the view of the country. >> what does danielle's mom think? she started this for her daughter as a teachable moment. she wanted to open up the lines of communication with her child, to talk about drugs, what's legal, what's not, but also to remove the stigma of medicinal marijuana. they were planning on going back this weekend to sell more, but may not anymore because of all of the media interest. >> we have much more straight ahead and it all begins right ahead and it all begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com here's a look at our top stories we're following. breaking news. one of mexico's biggest drug lords has been arrested. he was captured in a joint

operation between mexican marines and the u.s. drug enforcement agency. he is the alleged head of this cartel. el chapo is wanted in the u.s. on federal drug trafficking charges and last year, was named public enemy number one by the chicago crimes commission. police caught up with with him at a hotel in mexico. guzman has eluded capture for years after escaping from a mexican prison. let's go to nick parker, who's in mexico city. what can you tell us about the circumstances of this arrest? >> reporter: well, as you say, highly, highly significant event. chapo guzman, perhaps the world's most notorious drug lord. we're still hearing from a source in the united states right here, mexican presidency, is not commenting right at this stage. but as you say, he was captured overnight in the city of

mazaglan, an extremely famous beach resort. popular with u.s. tourists. they just reopened cruise lines to that city, which had been closed for a few years. where his cartel was based and named after and i think perhaps the most interesting thing about the events that surround this capture is that he was captured in a hotel overnight in very ordinary circumstances with a companion and it sounds like at this stage, captured fairly easily. the lot of the background on guzman was that many believed he was hiding away in the mountains and surrounded by a small, personal army and would never be taken alive. to have him captured like that really reveals that in some ways during this capture, which sounds like it was something like four or five weeks in the works, he was very much hiding in plain sight. >> and so, now what?

the cooperation between the mexican and u.s. authorities, does that mean he would be prosecuted in mexico because he was captured there? or because this was a joint operation, might he be prosecuted in the u.s.? >> well, certainly, he's wanted in both countries. and what happened previously when the leader of -- was c captured a few months ago, he was captured and is going to be prosecutored in mexico first. at the stage we were reporting on on it, they had not received requests from the united states, so one would assume that the united states in this kind of cooperation we've seen take place during the arrest, would agree perhaps to let guzman be prosecuted first here in mexico, but certainly he had a bounty on his head and was public enemy number one in chicago. so he has charges to answer there as well. >> all right. thank you so much. give us more detail as you get it. thanks so much.

now to arizona and the controversial bill that is causing division among people there. this was the scene at the state capital friday. after slamming a bill that would make it legal for businesses to refuse services to gay people on basis of religious freedoms. well, the bill already passed the house and is that the and now goes to governor jan brewer for signature. she said she'll probably make a decision on friday on whether she would sign it. here has been some of the reaction on both sides of the debate. >> in america, people should be free to live and work according to their faith. >> i don't see this as an attack in so far as those who believe when you're protecting your right to a, practice your religion and not engage in a contract. >> it's sending a message to progressive world global based companies that that is not a friendly environment to work within or to have a business

within. >> to me, what this says the phoenix and tucson and flagstaff have ordnances that protect people. >> so, there are some who believe this bill will allow restaurant owners to discriminate against gay people when they dine, but lawyers tell cnn that's not the case. i want to bring back my legal guys. avery and richard, a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor from las vegas. all right, gentlemen, hello, again. avery, you first. you don't have to have someone, don't have to be someone with a law degree to interpret this as a potential license to discriminate. so, if the governor were to sign it into law, is it almost certainly going to be challenged in court? >> well, it should be. what's remarkable about this is 50 years ago, we outlawed public accommodation discrimination and the legislature and governor

apparently, is thinking about passing a law favoring religion. i think the law is unconstitutional. this governor had no problem violating the constitution when it came to immigration. i think she's going to do it again and the fact is this restriction is unconstitutional and it will be challenged immediately. >> heard the one sound bite from someone who says not having this law will keep some from carrying out their religious freedoms. if that's the argument as to why this bill has been passed, then what's the counter to that? >> their argument is we're not going to practice discrimination. but if we get sue for allegedly practicing, we can rely as a defense. >> fred, arizona is very close to colorado. maybe they should take a ride over there and chill out a little bit because this bill, any first year law student,

fred, will know this bill violates the constitution. it is discrimination and there is no way the governor in arizona is going to sign this bill. she will never sign this bill. this is blatant profile discrimination. >> so, this is a collision between religious freedoms and freedom of life and liberty, avery, so you're talking about constitutional rights there are colliding here. >> that's for sure. the same arguments were made 50 years ago. we heard the advocates that it's protected under the first amendment. no, it's not. government balances the idea of freedom against other issues and the fact is that these are issues that have been litigated before and i actually disagree. i think the governor's going to sign it because i think it's politically expedient to her base and i have no doubt a federal district judge is going to uphold the action of the

government in arizona is uninstitutional. actually, richard and i agree on that. >> what's interesting, governor brewer said in the past and most recently, as a former business owner, if there was someone she didn't want to do business with, she just wouldn't do it, but it didn't necessarily lead a law to support that. >> that's right and there are six other states that are contemplating similar statutes and if there's one way the republican party wants to guarantee the democrats run for president next round is to propose legislation like this because it's a complete suspension. >> so, there would be other states that would perhaps adopt this kind of measure. >> they're proposed in other states, right. other states are thinking about the same kind of legislation and i agree. i think it's politically motivated. it has nothing to do with with constitutional rights and religious freedom. nothing. >> it violates it. >> avery, richard.

>> i agree. >> thanks so much. love having you in the 1:00 eastern hour as well. have a good rest of the weekend. so, while people in the lgbt community are fighting for their rights in arizona, other members of their community in chicago are celebrating the freedom to marry there. wedding bells rang early for some couples. that's because a judge ruled same-sex couples in cooke county and only cooke county, don't have to wait until june to marry. june is when the state of illinois will allow marriages between same-sex partners. a historic day at the vatican. two popes at a cardinal ceremony. it happened as pope francis appointed 19 new cardinals and pope benedict was there as well. after an embrace, francis installed the new cardinals his first such appointment since he was elected head of the roman catholic church a year ago. in ukraine today, the

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country and he called the op vision who voted him out, vandals and bandits. president obama had a phone conversation with vladimir putin about ukraine, but that was before the ukraine president was voted out of office by parliament, so what kind of sentiments are being expresseded from either the u.s. state department or white house today? >> speaking to senior administration officials in recent hours, they just don't know what to make of it right now because you know, usually, presidents would have to sign any legislation passed by the parliament, so they have to see what's going to happen with president yan ko veitch. there needs to be a unity government. the international community neds to step up and start working with the government to stabilize ukraine's fragile economy. they're going to hold elections.

a will the it will be by the end of the year and they want to see what happens on the street. obviously, protesters are happy about what's taken place, but it's unclear about whether this is going to be enough. some have called for the president's ouster, so it remains to be scene what's happening on the ground. for now, we know that deputy secretary william burns will be traveling to kiev next week. obviously to work with presumably maybe the president, but certainly, others in the government to try and implement this agreement and move forward. >> what kind of reaction is coming from ukraine yans in the u.s.? >> well, cnn spoke to some in new york earlier in the week as this violence was unfolding and they looked at what happened. we haven't spoken to them since the agreement was announced, but listen to a little bit of the sentiment. this whole issue really started

because of a fight between what's going to happen to the future of ukraine. is it going to go towards europe or more towards russia. and the iron fist of russia. and now, people are saying look, it's not really about that. it's about larger issues with the president himself. take a listen. >> it's not a question about europe. it's about safety. it's about freedom. it's about future of the country. future for ourselves, our children. with this president, with this government, there is no future for ukraine. >> i won't come back to my country and to being safe here. >> but fred, you have to recognize that this country is the very divided. they're not all wanting to move towards europe. there's a lot of people, particularly in the east of the country, which is the russian stronghold, where president's base are. this is what people are going to be looking at.

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college football players are showing off their stuff today to coaches and scouts in the nfl. and all eyes seem to be on missouri defensive end, michael sam, who announced this month he is gay. there's been a lot of buzz since that announcement about what impact that might have on him in the nfl, potential draft, all of that. i'm joined now by former nfl player, chris draft from los angeles and then from very far away, randy frost right here. good to see you. >> thank you. >> so, a lot of pressure on michael sam. i mean, already the combine, this whole week long process of getting to know the nfl, the

teams, them getting to know you. he's got more pressure on hichl, so not only are they sizing him up physically, can you play the game, mentally, and to a whole different level for him. >> if you look at this from a pr standpoint, this way he came out, the masterful job his people did really sculpting who he is and how he wants to be perceived, he did this all on his terms. it wasn't the innuendo from the senior bowl and the crazy questions in the combine rooms. he got out there. he said it. they've mastered it. they got together. >> brilliant interview. >> i think it was an unbelievable job. one of the people should study how you sort of define something like this by the way you handle it. >> does this give him an advantage? is he in the drivers seat or does it put him at a disadvantage as it pertains to the scrutiny that a person is going to be receiving? >> i think he's at an advantage

in that he got out front of it. but he's still at a disadvantage because you have general managers right now, they're asking themselves a question. will he be a distraction? he's going to go out and play and should really confirm what everybody knows. he's a physical specimen and had a great season and he's a guy that can be a difference maker. the key right now is with the interviews. the interviews are going to be the most important thing here at the combine. >> what are the questions that are asked? >> well, they're going to try to be slick in how they ask the questions and do a lot of investigation that's outside of it, but the key is do you want to be an advocate or a football player. are you a guy that's a hard hat, lunch pail type of guy, which is code for i am all about football or a guy who wants to be an advocate, which could be a distraction. >> so, randy, you're nodding, yeah, yeah, yeah. is there more? >> i think there's a lot to this. but it's football.

football's a results business. for all the attention. tim tebow. >> you have to deliver. >> people bring up the tebow. he was a distraction. he was a distraction right up until people figured out, hey, this guy can't play quarterback in the nfl. then he wasn't even on a team anymore. he's the greatest, in my mind, the greatest quarterback or the greatest football in college we've seen in the last 20 years. >> michael sam? >> tim tebow, but he couldn't play in the pros. that was a distraction. i don't think michael sam is a distraction once he gets in the nfl locker room. >> you think he'll be able to deliver? >> that's the bottom line. if he can rush like -- >> did i hear someone say they were not sure if he was big enough? >> he's 6'1", 260 and he's going to be an edge linebacker. in college, he was listed at 6'3", 255.

>> let's talk about something else, which really has been kind of a distraction if you will. maybe for the nfl, too. and really speaking to a real image problem, the nfl just might have, we're talking about a host of stories including nfl players, former nfl players. andy schultz brings us up to date on what is being discussed. >> ray rice caught on tape dragging his seemingly unconscious fiancee out of an elevator. tmz says the shocking footage shows the aftermath of a fight between the couple last week inside an atlantic city casino. according to police, rice and his fiancee both struck each other. they have plead eed guilty to assault charges. quote, we have seen the video, this is a serious matter and we are currently gathering more

information and a former player also finding himself in trouble. darren sharper pleaded not guilty to charges of rape. he allegedly drugged two women before raping them. >> all right, so these cases involving reich, sharper and even the situation with incognito, so does the nfl have a problem? whether it be existing or former players? control? just bad news following them. what do you make of this and what does this do to the league? >> i think it comes on the heels of the incognito case. >> on my radio show in the mornings in atlanta, we field a lot of these questions and people want to know is this the typical performer in the nfl. if there's 1900 players and there's three or four that are in trouble, i think it's their problem, but the nfl is

unbelievable. >> what do you mean? >> public relations and kind of molding things and correcting things. and i think whether it's the incognito case, the potential problems with the sam situation or these legal problems, they'll deal with them very severely. those that are still active. those that are not -- >> so, you think the nfl has big job on its hands and it's time to do something about the image of the player or the nfl as a whole or is it doing enough? >> this is ongoing. the idea of dealing with some of these problems, but i think just as randy said, when you look at the number of players in the game, you're talking about basically 60 guys per team during the season. so when you see a few guys getting in trouble, it's not good. these instances from miami to what's happening with sharp,

ray, those aren't good situations, but when we look at this game as a whole, what we know is there's tons of other guys doing some great things and they're just living their lives. it's just unfortunate you see those few, they can overshadow the other ones just living and playing a game they love. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell said they are going to try to work on a code of conduct. thanks so much. randy, chris, thanks so much. and a major mexican drug lord is now under arrest. what impact might this have on the battle against drugs in the u.s. and mexico? ♪ ♪ so you can get out of your element. so you can explore a new frontier and a different discipline. get two times the points on travel and dining

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breaking news for you right now. one of mexico's most notorious drug lords has been arrested. better known as el chapo, was captured in a joint operation between u.s. marines and the drug enforcement agency. he said wanted in the u.s. on federal drug trafficking charges and last year, was named public enemy number one by the chicago crime commission. police caught up with him at a hotel in mexico. guzman has eluded capture for years after escaping from a mexican prison. rafael romo has a closer look at his criminal past. >> as the reputed leader of the cartel, the largest mexican criminal gang, el chapo was

believed responsible for sh shipping as much as eight tons of cocaine to the u.s. a year. >> the guy coming at war against the government of mexico. >> guzman was also recently named chicago's public enemy number one. he's accused of trafficking between 1500 and 2,000 kilos in chicago per month. >> you can say he has his fingerprint on the gun killing children in this city. >> he learneded the secrets of the drug trade with -- also known as the god father, a powerful drug lord in the late '80s. he was arrest eed in 1993, but kept on running the business from prison until his especially kate in 2001 from a laundry cart. forbes has called him the

world's most powerful trafficker and naming him the 63rd most powerful person in the world in 2012. >> let's bring in elise now. she's our foreign affairs reporter, but you know how big this capture is. explain how big is it. >> it's a big fish. basically, not only has he been trafficking to the united states and responsible a lot of people believe for the real drug war that's been plaguing mexico. he's considered one of the most powerful people in mexico, if not more than the president himself and he's been expanding his drug empire into europe, so u.s. officials telling me right now, it's huge. >> all right. thanks so much. keep us posted if you hear any more information about whether he would find his way in a u.s. court if not just a mexican court. thanks so much. a paratrooper was killed and

two others injured in a training accident in north carolina. five others were treated, wu are okay. the accident happened friday, but the army isn't saying anymore about it. and a big gop backlash against rocker and frequent obama administration critic, ted nugent. top republican lawmakers are distancing themselves from him after he used a slur to describe obama. he was asked yesterday if he wanted to apologize for those comments. >> i did cross the line. i do apologize. not necessarily to the president. but on behalf of much better men than myself like the best governor in america, governor rick perry. >> people were saying it wasn't a real apology, so again for the record, are you apologizing to the president of the united states, barack obama, for calling him a subhuman mongrel.

>> yes. >> all right, now to the investigation into academic irregularities of the university of north carolina at chapel hill. the university has hired kenneth waynestein. unc chapel hill has been dogged with allegations that some students, most athletes, have been taking classes where little or no work was required. a cnn investigation uncovered a whistleblower study which showeded some student athletes were reading below a third grade level. all right. it is now the second to the last day for the sochi olympic games. and the u.s. has now fallen behind russia in the medal count. is there enough time left to

finish on top? amanda davis is in sochi for us. what put the russians ahead so suddenly? >> i started this morning saying all was looking good for team usa. i'm sorry i haven't got any better news. the russians are really finishing up full steam to get to the top of this medal board at the end of their games of course. and what makes it worse for team usa is that it is that man again, the american born russian who has helped russia to the top of the medal table. he's claimed his second gold medal of the games, the snowboarder who met a girl, fell in love and decided that he would join russia to represent them at this games instead of the usa because he felt that the u.s. snowboarding funding was

being cut, so he's celebrating his second gold. russia has also claimed a gold in terms of the biathlon, so a lot of team usa now up in the mountains with the four-man bobsled. we're at the halfway stage. the climax is tomorrow. pilot of the winning crew in vancouver four years ago. he held the two-man crew to bronze just a couple of days ago. holcomb has been struggling a little bit with a calf injury, but he's certainly usa's best hope for gold. >> what about the hockey match between the u.s. and finland? >> i feel i should apologize again before i go into this one. because the big question was how will the usa going to bounce back from that defeat, the great rivals, defending champions, canada in the semifinal and to

put it bluntly, they couldn't. they were absolutely stopped against finland. to be fair to them, they barely had time to wash their kits and hang it up in the locker room before they were back on the ice and it was with two goals in a space of just 11 seconds from finland at the start of the second quarter that really put the usa on the back foot. there was no coming back from there. the u.s. had been the team that has scored more goals in the early stages of the competition than anybody else, but they were shut out by canada yesterday and again shut out by finland today, so it's finland going home with the bronze for the second time in a row. that usa going back empty handed. >> thanks so much from sochi. back here in the u.s., a life and death drama unfolds in miami in the middle of traffic. a baby stops breathing, sparking a frantic rescue effort. the tense and ultimately

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country's former prime minister. she left jail today. you can see her car there surrounded as she was being driven away. this hour, we learn she actually arrived in the capital city of kiev, where many of the protests have been taking place and is expected to make an appearance in the main square shortly. so, this comes just hours after the parliament voted out president yanukovych. nick peyton walsh is live for us in kiev. what is is situation there and if she is to appear there right in the square, will she be speaking and what likely would she say? >> well, she'll doubtless repeat comments she made earlier on today. in which she said that many people have given their lives in order to bring the country to this stage and their sacrifice

in order to see the country move forward. she points out that she has a long political history. she's been prime minister. involved in pushing through the last revolution that kicked yanukovych out of power. when she went to jail, it was under corruption charges. she was mistreated in jail and now, emerges very much as the victim, very much a symbolic figure, embodying the opposition. so clearly wants to try and run for some sort of political office, but the whole landscape of ukraine has literally changed in the last 24 hours. we were talking about deal the u.e. pushed through, which guaranteed elections in december, but massive majority, decided they didn't want yanukovych to be president anymore. he's popped up on social media

making a statement denouncing this a coup, at the end of the day, seems he's pretty much marginalized. also, just given the sheer number of people in the center of this square and the sheer lack of police, we drove around and saw wup police car. the blis moved away. even check points in the capital. it seems like the opposition and people taken over the capital. their leaders are running parliament and pushing through change and really, ukraine seems to be in a quite different era than it was yesterday. >> yeah and it seems, nick, the president does not want to step down. yet clearly, he doesn't have much power left with parliament voting him out and the power being shifted now to this former prime minister. who is taking front and center stage there. so, it seems like the majority

of the people there in that square are certainly in support of some sort of relationship with the e.u. does this kind of revitalize that potential that the european union would certainly take sides or help support the ukraine now? >> well, it's very messy months ahead. this isn't really a simple change or decision. yanukovych i think it's fair to say, spelled his political death really by ordering or permitting the shooting dead of those do n dozens of police officers. the death toll has risen now to 82. but that's quite separate, the broader argument over ukraine's future. many who need greater ties to russia, the industrial economy there, the jobs they have will continue to prosper and the west, they want to be closer to europe and they've seen the transformation in poland the

last two decades and they want a part of that as well. the government needs to try and do that, but the government has to keep the economy afloat. they need billions of dollars to repay debts this year. russia was offering to bail them out. that looks less likely now that yanukovych has ned the capital. so, we don't really know how the political landscape amongst ukraine's people has changed because of the past three days of quite how that plays as the broader balance of the country, but it's a very rocky road, whoever becomes the new leader of ukraine in the coming few months. >> thank you so much in kiev. appreciate that. back now to the u.s. a baby's roadside rescue caught on camera. "the miami herald" photographer who snapped the pictures talks about the life or death drama. ♪

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all right. welcome back to the are i"newsr" straight to indianapolis. missouri university's michael sam, the first openly gay nfl play if drafted. right now he's at the nfl

combine, and this is when college players kind of talk to, make themselves available to nfl teams and scouts. listening to what he's saying, answering questions there. >> -- not even uneducated but as time goes on, everyone will adapt. >> [ inaudible ] -- this wasn't a story and we just talking about michael sam, the ball player -- >> heck yeah, i wish you would just say, michael sam, how's football going? how's training going? i would love for you to ask me that question, but it is what it is and i just wish you guys would see me at michael sam the football player, instead of michael sam the gay football player. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i want to play whoever picks me up as a defensive end, or outside linebacker to rush that passer, because that's what i do best. >> what kind of reaction [ inaudible ] -- >> i'm not going to say who said it, but one of my friends at

the -- michael sam i didn't know you were gay. i didn't know neither. apparently the media is blowing it out of proportion, but, well -- there you go. >> [ inaudible ]. >> great. i mean, the positive outweighs the negative. i mean, i'm actually kind of surprised, actually, but, you know, there's a lot of support, a lot of people want this. just a lot of support out there. >> [ inaudible ]. >> can you -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> you know, it made me stronger. it made me who i am today. i wouldn't be talking to you people if it wasn't for -- >> [ inaudible ] -- i can say

jokes and -- >> everybody can be normal around me if they wanted to. we joke around, because it's a brotherhood, it's a family, we can say things to each other. no harm. we don't draw bloods. it's all fun and games. >> what about during the season? >> i'm sorry. what? >> were you surprised it word got out prior to the season? >> like i said, a good portion of my student body do. work did get out but we protect one another, apparently, i guess, other schools don't. >> how would you feel about opening [ inaudible ] -- >> if i did that, i think it's just great, you know? i just want to do what i love to do, and that's play football. >> sounds like you have doubts about telling your story -- thousand w how it was received and -- were you surprised?

>> i didn't have doubts. i just wanted to get my story out there before anyone else said or told it and continue on with my life and prepare myself for the nfl. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i'm going to fight? no. if someone wants to call me a name i'll have a conversation with that guy and hopefully it won't lead to nothing else. >> [ inaudible ] -- maybe he will feel more obligated to take you to show that they're -- [ inaudible ]. >> i am not a gm. i do not have control over my dress status. all i can control is me preparing myself to get the best scores out there. >> and [ inaudible ] -- >> what was that? >> do you feel like a trail blazer? >> a trail blazer? i feel like i'm michael sam. >> [ inaudible ]. >> in a perfect world, when i've figured it out. when i knew this is what i

wanted. what -- did you understand that question -- that answer? in a perfect world, i mean, when i was ready, to tell -- >> i'm talking about this right now. would you want everybody -- after the combine? >> no. i mean i did it -- i think i did it on my time, on my terms. you know? it's out there now. so it doesn't really matter. it's out there. much. >> a football question -- >> there you go. what's that? >> what do you think about this [ inaudible ] a lot of guys -- every year is that relevant? do you think it's legitimate? >> what? >> well, questions being asked about, are you [ inaudible ] can you play off [ inaudible ] what about those questions? >> i'm a pass rusher. if you put knee a situation to get the quarterback, i'm going to get the quarterback. whoever coaches or gms, if they need -- this league is a passing league. so i would like to believe myself as a good pass rusher. >> is the question vallieid?

>> colorado state -- d tackle -- >> i can drop back in coverage as well. like i said, my specialty is rushing the passer. >> michael, you mentioned that the senior bowl, how much did that prepare you to -- in the process to be around -- [ inaudible ]. >> you know, it was -- it was a new, a new thing. like, i'm always around, you know, college coaches and seeing it's just a business. this is a legit business. i mean, multibillionaire, billion dollar organization, and it got me to feel what's to expect on that next level. >> how are the interviews -- >> very poised, confident, at ease. that's michael sam there. missouri's defensive end at the nfl combine, an opportunity for college players to make themselves available to potential nfl teams and scouts and he's answering a host of questions, but he says, bottom line i just want to do what i love to do, and that's play football, and a reporter asking

him does he feel like a trail blazer because he came out as a gay play jer? he would be potentially the first nfl gay player and he said you know what? i feel like michael sam. much mon more on this and other stories of the day at 2:30 eastern time. i'm fredricka whitfield. see you in the "newsroom" then. right now, time for christine romans. hey guys! sorry we're late.

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