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you will see this. we love to spend the saturday morning with us. breaking news in that horrific leg massacre. a woman has just came out of hiding and safe and unharmed. >> unbelievable. >> two days ago. in an audio statement released this morning. >> kenya cities will run red with blood. kenya officials say that they're going fighting back. right now five suspects are under arrest for the 147 murder of a college there. a $215,000 bounty being offered for this man. the mab behind the master attack. now, cnn's sunny is following

this for us. i want to ask you about the new blood baths. what do we know of the woman that just walked out of the university sunny? >> reporter: well the girl is only 19 years old o. she said that he only survived by eating lotion. she that she is okay and has been rushed to the district opt for further check up. >> i'm sorry. did you say that she survived by eating lotion? >> yes, se survived by eating lotion and a very brave young girl. she is obviously in shock and has been taken to the hospital for check up. >> good heavens. we know that it's based in so

somalia. are we getting anymore information on the targets? >> yeah, if you read the statement or since 2011 al-shabaab said that they should withdrawal the troops. they have been recruteding here and simpympathy size and the coastal area in kenya as well as the noneastern part and from that they say that they attacked of this particular and it was a nonmuslim or organization being ran in a town. the it was for the people and

saying as long as the government have a path of -- and continues with the innocent muslims, our attacks with continue. they have a statement that said a message will be written to you not with words but the blood of your people. dig their graves and prepare for the coffins. this is a publicity stunt. >> all right. we appreciate the report. thank you so much. >> all right. thank you. you now, a former navy seal and fbi agent. now in correspondents about the

segment that we're preparing it says that the world has no strategy to defeat mohammedism. what is that. >> well, a lot of that came superstition and they had certain tactics just like we did in the military now, and at the progressed forward. what you see now and you saw it in 1915 when there was an uprising of fundamentalist that failed and did not progress and they practiced the same fundamental practice and 1.5 ar mean i didn't know's were killed. that's what you have and it's

spreading globally. it's been regional now. >> they can communicate. >> that's correct. >> let's talk more about this. we have 147 people kill there had and the survivor story this morning. compare to what we saw at the mall. the west gait mall was just to wrack up a body continue. what's the end goal? >> well, terrorism is not a group. it's a tactics. just like if i take f 16s, it's a bomb. that's an attack. if i send seals in, that's a tactic. terrorism is a tactic that's used to spread fear so we can affect the change socially in an area, so when you're saying just rack up a body count.

>> you can see how this is escalating and they're trying to develop a fear where they come in and eventually they will fold to is system that they have. >> what do we know about the master mind of this attack? >> well, he was a head master in a school in 2007 before he moved over. he worked the way up into al shall have shabaab and is aggressive and a well thought out military leader. >> unverseties or the government was warned in a way by the auz trail canadia -- or if the universities got it, they did not respond?

>> that's one of the first questions and if this got out, who was in government that got it? why did they not dissimilar nate it? why did they not shut the universities down. when you have an area that's attacked -- america has been attacked but image the size and the scope and they're happening monthly, you know, so they have to start realizing that if in fact they do want to protect themselves, then they have to start advisig people, but it's very interesting because the one tactic that continues to be repeated over and over again is the killing of christians. that's specifically who they're going after at this point to get them out or convert them. >> we have to have the conversations of the soft

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e-mails just released that kwlu offensive remarks of president obama and the fist lady written by former employees in ferguson, missouri. >> yeah, they were between two top clerks and offices. federal investigators found the o offensive message during a civil rights probe. we want to get you to ryan young. >> we get the first chance to look at the e-mails for the first time. we're not going to show you all of the e-mails, but a few of them. they felt that the police department and city officials were racist. now you get the see the e-mails going back and forth. this is ronald reagan holding a monkey. you can feel if offensive nature by looking at the photo. they target the first lady and

say that there's a group of woman and it says this is a high school reunion for the first lady. they cost three people inside the government to step down. the last e-mails is dogs to welfare and we read part of the e-mail and said that i wanted to get welfare for my dog and they're mixed in color and unemployed and lacy and then says that he was able to get welfare for his dogs. when you look at the three e-mails and talk to people in ferguson, you understand another debate will be had after some of the e-mails came to light. christie and victor. >> thank you ryan. police detective is offering an apology after a rant went viral. if you have not seen it, take a look. >> the next time that you.net again.

>> okay. >> okay. what. let me finish. stop interrupting me. >> who do you think that you're talking to here? >> how long have you been in this country? >> almost two years. >> two years. i have news for you, don't ever do that again. the only reason that you're not in hand cuffs and going to jail is because i have things to do. >> okay. >> that's the only thing that's not happening. >> okay. >> because this is important enough to me. >> yeah, that was nypd detective that's been put on desk duty. he say that is he is sorry and that emotions got the best of him. >> i apologize. >> what do you want him to know? >> that -- excuse me.

that i am not mad at him. i was angry at that moment for that exchange. i was angry for that exchange. if the conversation went differently, we probably would have shook hands at the oechbd the encounter. >> since the release he has been removed from the joint terrorism task force. in oklahoma a tulsa reserve deputy shot and killed a suspect in a drug and gun bust. 73-year-old robert baits thought that he pulled out the taser but he grabbed his gun and shot the suspect. he has been put on administrative leave while they investigate the case. an rv ingulfed in flames. the dramatic rescues to save the family inside. flash flooding in parts of

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coming down the road at that time. wide spread flooding in louisville. dozens of water rescues for fire and police teams. officials say that they know of one fatality and a woman that drawned and trapped in her car. >> now, thankfully kentucky is getting a break from the rain, but it's nasty in other places. >> yeah, it's easter weekend. >> it is. it's going to be nice for easter weekend butterable day for our friends in kentucky. we had stormed that trained over the area. this happened through the night time hour and this is more dangerous and look at this. this line of showers and thund stoerms and downpours. we got a half and that only caused flash flooding and that was rivers and streams and then

a lot of trouble and there it is 5.5 inches of rainfall in just a few hours and that was record here. we have the flood warnings that remain in affect and the water is reseeding and a mess is behind. we had muddy conditions and people are cleaning out. you're going to be cleaning out with better weather here. look at the showers and storms and the severe weather threat is done. that's excellent news and we're going see the line f f o shof s moving in. so good news and we will get rid of that rain fail uhere. you will heard some howling, that was victor. >> he is giving away the secret. >> the blood man is what they

call it. that's more of a hashtag. it's not a blood moon, but it sounds good. what's it's total, we will get the red hue and call it that. >> yeah, we will keep it and follow that live this morning. >> yes, please. we have to get back to the breaking news out of kenya. it's an amazing story. >> yeah. >> the families and bodies are being taken to other towns and cities across the country. now this morning the stunning story of survival. a woman hide for days. you will hear how she survived. also a third u.s. woman taken into federal custody accused of terror charges. what is driving the trend when it comes to home grown terror? we're looking into that.

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29 minutes past the hour and here are a look at the stories that are developing now. a woman that hid in a closet for days from al-shabaab has now come out of hiding. she is at a hospital and saying that she eight lotion to survive. they killed 147 people and they're threatening another blood bath as well. five suspects are under arrest and the alegend master mind is still at large. a senior leader reportedly

inside the southern pallace. we can not confirm the ought then tisty, but more than 200 others were freed from prison by militants earlier this week. later this morning the un is meeting to discuss the conflict after the country spirals into a state of chaos. five help and one woman were arrested in a southern part f of dover. searches are under way at homes, but police say that they did not pose any meet risk. two illinois men have been indicted by providing support the isis. they're accused of plotting to create terrorist attacks on a illinois military facility. the two men will be arraigned on april 8th. now, if convicted both men could

face 15 years in prison. >> it's not just men that's trying to support terror groups. several u.s. woman are in custody and facing the same accusations. >> yeah, let's go jason carol and home grown terror. >> well, it's the young and her real name is keogh that thomas and she is 37 years old and a u.s. citizen for philadelphia. the complaint spills out the allegations that she accused and attempts to provide material support and let me read you a quote here. she attempted to travel over seas to join, fight with and martyr herself. they say that as far back as 2013 she was posting tweets out there and in 2013 she sent an electronic communication to a

known terrorist and again several times over the course of the year, she reached out to another known terrorist in syria. federal vi federal investigators began to look at her travel and then got a passport. if con viblthed she faces a maximum sentence of up to 15 years in prison. her case is not like what we saw with the two woman in new york city. we do have an update on that. noel is 28-years-old and has a young daughter. her husband is speaking out on her behalf and saying that she is not a monster and that she is not the woman being portray in the media. he spoke out. listen to what he has to say about her? >> i am surprised. just like it was a knock at the

door and everything changed. i did not see anything like this happening. i did not see anything like this coming. right now a loss for words. >> he says that she was a very attentive mother and always upbeat. he said that she was practically a member of the family. her attorney spoke up and said that she is not guilty. he is not going try the case in front of the press but would try the case in court where it begins. victor, christie. >> okay. thank you so much. >> let's get more incite to the latest arrest and the disturbing trend joining isis. we have cnn analyst and former

director tom. tom, in both census there are tweets and statements and conversations and viinvestigato and if you're planning an operation, why be public with the details? >> well, the answer is that they want other people to know about it. they want to try to recruit others to join the case or they want people that are going to help them carry out the attack plans. i would like to add that the recruitment is disturbing and they have been doing this and the estimates are from the u.s. and all over the world that ten percent of the people that go and join are woman. we have seen the case here and we have the three teenager are denver get picked up and we had a couple of sets of teep age girls in england try to join. they made it or were stopped and

processed. one thing here and by the way the fbi regards them as major annoy sans. when people get on, they have to look at it and see if they're following down or just talking or bragging that's what they want to do, or if they mean it. the difference in these two is that they were not some goofty teep agers deciding to play susie homemaker, but woman that wanted to know thousand make bombs and killing soldiers and police officers. this was getting into attack plans, and not just it would be great to be an isis wife. >> yeah, according to one of the investigators one of the woman said that attacking a police officer is easier than buying food because sometimes you have to wait in line to buy food. >> that's a fact. >> you heard from the husband of one of the new york suspects

saying that his wife is not a monster and knew nothing of this. let's listen to what the family had to say of this. >> my observation of the family for the last five years has been impeccable when it comes to character. >> what do you think of protein tanks? >> you have been to picnicpicni. i think that this whole story is being blown out of proportion. >> how is it possible that the mom, husband and close friends maybe suspect nothing of these woman? >> it's possible. the problem with that is that it only goes to show how much tougher it is for the authorities and the fbi and joint task force toss have the people come up and sustain the investigation and find additional investigation. now we have a similar case to this where the father made the

same statements when the son was arrested by the fbi. then when he heard the undercover tapes decided that i disown my son, so i think that's the problem here. people really don't know what they're doing behind the scenes. not everybody know what is they're doing or they're lying on what they're doing. that helps the people go on. >> all right. what we're hearing is a lot of de9/11 a denial and we're going continue this conversation about the morning. thank you very much. >> thank you victor. we're going to have much or on the hunt for the terror suspects and the master mind of a college still at large this

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and a fix was put in and we can get to basketball and enjoy the games. now the big story here is can kentucky complete the perfect season with two more wins and go 40 and 0? this team is just stocked full of future nba first round picks and they're aware of how special it would be to be the first-team since 1976 and the indiana hoosiers to go undefeated. >> it would be a blessing. i cannot put it into words. it's a tough two games to win. if we do complete the goal, i would not know how to put it in words. >> if we own, that's been our goal. we have wanted to win it all. we're so close to it right now. we have to capitalize on the opportunity and play the game that we know how to play. >>. >> reporter: now duke is taking

on michigan state. this is the 12th time that the coach has gotten the blue devils into the final four. he sat down earlier this week to talk about that accomplishment. >> you have tied john wood with your 12th final four. it's amazing. you talked to former players of yours. they say what is so remarkable is the way that you adjust from team to team and style to style. what quality of style has made you do that is this. >> survival, i think. i think it's like being a parent when you have a lot of kids some of them are 18 and two and one. you better adjust and be able to relate to each one of them. it's called -- i learned it at west point and learned it really well with usa basketball and that's adapt. >> you can see more from rachel's interview with coach k and the time access and the

bleacher report and that's 2:30 right here on cnn. the big games and they tip off at 6:00 eastern on tbs. duke and michigan state and that is kentucky and wisconsin. that's only about a three hour drive, so you're going to see a lot of blue fans and wild cat fans here in indianapolis. the local fans here in indiana do not want to see kentucky win. the last ones go do undefeated are the hoosiers, so they want kentucky to not be the team that everyone talks about that went unat the fe unfeeted. >> i have kentucky winning it all. >> you're talking of the bracket, because you're finally ahead of me. >> thanks andy. >> thanks andy. have fun. a woman admits that she wanted to rob an attorney that she robbed on craig list.

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man. she is claiming imperfect self-defense. she is charged with first degree murder now. i want to show you the video now. that's her inside the hotel where the attack happened. court documents revealed that she confessed to robbing the victim but when she tried to leave the hotel room, he grabbed her arm and then that's when she stabbed him. joey, as i understand it this woman told the court that she came to the hotel to rob him, so you wonder how can she be a victim and what is a imperfect self-defense? >> sure. good morning to you. the reality is this. they're going to look at and investigators and prosecutors the surrounding circumstances and this a self-defense case if

someone is robing you or you need to defend yourself, why? because there's a threat and then you use force that's just enough to that threat. in this situation the imperfect self-defense comes in and if you look at the surrounding circumstances everything leads to the conclusion at this point in the investigation that she went there with bad intentions. as a result of that, it went bad the whole entire incident, so she had no choice but the use the self-defense. i think when you look at things i have to tell you that the amount of stab wounds and the accessiveness of the force may prove problematic in that imper eblth self-defense. >> and she had an alas e-mail and authorities really want to talk to anybody that was familiar with that address. why is that key? do they also suspect that

there's more than one person involved here? >> well they certainly could. they want to get down to what exactly was going on here. investigators have an obligation to fair out of the facts. certainly as it relates to this why was she using an al yas and a false e-mail and poses ask a man. then when she got there, was there a need? did somethi go bad with him that she just used self-defense. based upon the stab wounds, it's unlikely preliminarily. >> that's what she claims that she stabbed him and she said that she had a flash back of a previous assault that she claims that suffered from. is there any evidence of that previous assault and does she have to have proof that one happened to boost her claim? >> yeah, i think that you certainly -- in a court of law as a defense attorney you just cannot go into a court making

wild claims and accusations on what the client may or may not tell you. so certainly there would need to be to establish there's credibility and that comes down to what is the mental state at the time. do you believe that you're in fear of injury. as a result of that, do you act in a way that prevents that? you can certainly exceed what we call justification and the event that you use force is not proportion nit. if it's not, and you go beyobd that, it can be problematic too. she is going to busser her claims and that her mental state and it was needed to defend herself. based upon the amount of stab wounds and the nature and the five inches and the lung and heart, i think that it could be a difficult road. it's still earlier, but signs are at this point that it would be difficult defense to

accomplish. >> yeah, a lot of people are going say that it's a rage of some sort. joey jackson, we appreciate it so much. >> pleasure. have a great day. timely free after decades in prison. we will tell you why this man in alabama was released from prison after a wrongful murder conviction. what was it that changed the time? that story is coming up next hour. look at this picture and live picture of a moon. we're getting there and close to a total lunar eclipes. many call it a blood moon. no need to lookout side. a massive brawl and 400 people. >> what. >> 400 people involved. >> what is wrong with people. >> i want to know what counted. we have the video and the story up next. headache? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, let's-rock-this-concert- like-it's-1999 kind of mom.

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two minutes to the top of the hour. let's get you caught up on some other story that is we're following this morning. anthony ray hen ton is walking around as a freeman this morning. he spent nearly three decades on death row. he was cleared after a new trial showed that the gun did not match the ones that did not belong to him. >> i should not sit on death row for 30 years. all they had to do is test the gun. when you think that you're above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody. everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to god. >> he say that is he is praying for the families of the murder victims because she also

suffered a miss carriage of justice. an escaped inmate is back in custody after a statewide manhunt. taylor was captured when someone alerted police to a suspicious person. taylor broke out of jail after assaulting a prison guard. a wild broul caught on video in new york. at one point as many as hundred people were fighting at this casino. you can see chairs being thrown here and police say that three men have been arrested and an officer septembnt to the hospit because of injuries. they're not sure what started the fight. >> good heavens. a live look at the sky and we're in the mist of a rare treat. okay. we don't have it. >>. [ laughter ] >> we will have it back for you in a minute. there's a total lunar eclipes and this is the shorter one in

the century. if you're in the west you can see it. there we go. live picture. in the east it's going to be tough to see because of the sun rise, do not worry about it. we will have it up for you all morning, so you can still catch it. >> watch it tlourt the morning. there's a lot of news coming up this morning. in just a few hours the un security counsel is meeting to talk about the growing violence in yemen. this after a leader is taking over one of the presidential pallaces. president obama going on the offense with the iraq's deal on the table. trying to draw up support. dozens of students on a school bus when the unthinkable happened. a car speeding out of car coming

rite at them head on. we have the incredible video that's just been released. good morning. it's good to be with you 7:00 here on the east coast. we're starting this morning with the dramatic new developments with the conflict in yemen. we have pictures of -- more than 200 others were freed by al qaeda that happened earlier this week. this is coming as the un is getting ready to meet this morning to discuss a pause. they're leading a coliegs of states in an air campaign who seized yemens capital. let's bring in nick robertson. nick, first of all what we know or don't know about the al qaeda leader that's in the pictures today. >> sure. i mean he was a significant

leader and he has been in jail for about four or five years. the fact that he is sprung and making the publicity campaign and showing him inside of the pallace and in the city. being held in jail and shows that this is a big thing for al qaeda. what they're going to try to do is maximize the opportunities in the moment to try to take control as they have done before of prove vances and towns and that of course is is everyone's worst nightmare. for the officials on this side of the border their concerns is not that they will come across the border but the rebels threatening to come and invade saudi. we got a chance to go to the border to see how they're preparing for that. >> stand bags and stepped up

security and yards from yemen and rebels just across the board. >> translator: >> border guards show us a preparation for the war that they hope will not happen. they're told to be ready for anything. >> we will remind them that this is our country, and we have to defend with our lives. they're happy to defend themselves. >> just over there that's the yemen border and riding along here with the border guards just a few months ago we did not have to wear the jackets and helmets. now they say that the situation is changed. it's a lot more dangerous. >> army tanks have been brought in to back them up. >> it's a case of any movement on the other side. >> it's close about half a mile

to the border. >> yeah, that right. >> no sign here of an impending ground force innovation. to the east and the mountains one border guard has been killed and several injury in a resent attack. the yemen rebels have alleges threatened to invade and attack the two holiest sites. >> we're defebding and that's talking. they're talking. okay zplchlt a few miles away at the main border crossing is relatively busy. almost like business as usual until you ask the merchants crossing the sell to goods. >> translator: it's not stable this man tells us. sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad. as we drive away from the border, more tanks and more heavy armor move in.

tensions here far from over. >> you know just standing here in the last two minutes i have heard jets trying over head. they're continuing the air strikes inside yemen and one of the towns that they're targeting is a strong hold just across the board here and just over the mountains, so it's very much despite the call for a u.s. security counsel meeting, the air campaign is ongoing here. christy. >> okay. you and the crew stay safe there. thank you so much. all right. let's bring in cnn military analyst mark. general, officials in the west consider al qaeda and the -- what stands out to me is that they're focused on the other and the are e this going ignore qap?

>> victor the coalition is attempts to get them back to the table. what you have the situation is that the previous government were countering it and you had two groups that were fighting the presence and now the two groups that used to be focused are fighting each other and no one is paying attention to the peninsula. so they have been allowed to the lapses through the lack of government to support the jailhouses as you saw the escapes and no one is paying attention to them. so the focus of saud octavia arab octavia and get them back to the table and try to get them to come to a con sennous there. that's the issue.

>> they have casualties on civilians as wechlt it's a dangerous situation. it's attempting to pressure them to say that we have to bring the government back together. so far it's only been about a week. a little more than a week. so far it's not had much of an affect to draw the leaders to get back and bring back a government to yemen to get these forces under control. >> we see that they certainly have resource for the fight. do you think that the u.s. will get involved in any greater role and offering them support. >> from a military standpoint, i hope not. i they we're supporting the coalition with area refuelling and that's about the limit that we should go in this part of the

world. again the pressure should be brought to bare on getting it going again and having the two sides meet. america does not need to be doing more thing in a different country there. we do want a stable government in this critically important country, so they do not get a foothold and ungoverned spaces again to launch attacks. >> thank you so much. >> thank you victor. betwemeanwhile white house defense. >> over the last 24 hours everyone from president obama have been calling the lawmakers and trying to make their case as to why these current details of the deal maybe the best option for preventing iran from creating a weapon. >> let's bring in summer that's live outside of the white house. who has the president specifically at this point called in order to try to get

the point across about the deal? >> reporter: well, it's a long list. the president is working the phones and he has called to directors of congress and then leaders on the hill. he always is calling for world leaders and those that are skeptical of the deal and the prime minister and benjamin who has been vocal and on air force one president obama reached out to the leaders and top administration officials are standing out well and conference call last night and happening between administration and jewish american leader here in the u.s., but there's an intense focus on capital hill where a lot of skepticism is between republicans and the own party. when they get back they're move to go a bill and that could give

them an up p or down vote that gets worked out. the white house is issuing a threat and that it's dangerous. >> here in the united states i expect a row bust debate. as we engage in this debate we of have three options for dealing with the nuclear program. bombing the facilities and that will only set it back a few years and that will start a war. abandoning and hoping for the best with sanctions and that's lead to iran making more process or a verifiable deal like this one that prevents them from obtaining a weapon.

>> this is an address of if full court place and president obama and christie and victor and the one that will continue in the months ahead. >> good to know. thank you so much. promising more bloodshed in kenya after the manhunt that left 150 dead. we're learning more about a woman who hid during the rampage and is just now this morning emerging a couple of days later here and talking about this horrible story. at least it's a story of survival. wait until you hear what she has to say about staying alive. what does 60 miles an hour look like coming at you? you have to see this video. one bus, and you will see this. they all know too well the video. coming up.

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blood. >> let's talk about that promise and these attacks with jonathan and he is with us now and a former navy seal and fbi agent. we saw in 2013 the attack on the mall and the numbers there and score of people killed. now we have 150 nearly killed at this university what is learned from one event to the next? there were people arrested after west gate. what's the value now? what can you learn from that? >> human intelligence is important. if you can get the information out of them you can learn what the upcoming plans are and who is understanding who is leading the operations and what they're mind set is. i went -- when i was flying here yesterday i went through the history of the attacks of al-shabaab and what's important is how the tactics and

techniques have changed. that particular attack in the mall signa identified really a shift to these large soft targets where a lot of people congress vera dpat and before 2013 it was really like throwing a gra grenade in and now they're up. >> we talked about this and global and al-she bob wants to be partover it. >> yeah, they all have a significant meeting. that has to do with the youth movement. the reality is that it's just competing groups or specific believes, but ultimately what is going to happen is even if, you know there's a mighty war between some of the groups. the reality is that it's still a movement. so whoever the victor is between

that rift is still going to move forward regardless. >> let's talk about security in kenya. we saw that there were 10,000 police recruits that were on hold because of some civil liberties but the president said let's pass them through because we need security now. what is the security situation there? >> well, it's not good. it's a little bit better than yem yemen. here is the reality. yemen maybe less technical advanced. myself as a trained attacker and a thinker that thinks unconventionally it does not matter what you have, i have a way to defeat it if you give me the right guys. what are difficult to defeat are aware humans. if they step up and know that they're a target, that's going to be the ultimate defense. i don't see that because if

you're being warned that it's going to happen, and it happened before and they're saying that there's going to be another blood bath, they have to step up the awareness and thinking like the attackers to prethink the attacks. >> well the report is that there were probably four or five shotters and maybe all killed in the back and forth with investigators with the military. how do you get to the planning the next one? >> well that's where the human intelligence. if you can capture somebody and not killing them, you can get information out of them. the reality is that sources are the best intel that you can get. you can put satellites up and planes and all these operations if you get the right source, that's going to give you the information so they really need to be pressing not just because a lot of the information warning of the attack did not come from kenya, it came from outside sources. outside sources need to be stepping up the the game.

they know that it's a hot bed and information sharing needs to happen. >> once the intelligence community getting it, they have to -- >> they have to act on it. >> thank you so much. all right. ahead on crash at 60 miles an hour. this is what happened to dozens of students and a school bus driver, and it was all caught on the buses camera. we're going to show you that newly released video next. then the live picture of the lunar eclipes. thank you to the folks there and nasa putting it up for us to see. it's only expected to last for 4 minutes. if you cannot see it in the east, keep it here and we're going show it to you when it happens. it's called the blood moon. financial noise financial noise

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hiding for safety in a closet eating lotion to survive with no food or water. that's how one young woman escapes almost certain death with al shabaab mill at that particular times attacked. she emerged today two days after the attack that killed 147 people. she is now being checked out at the hpt. also this morning we have new images to share with you of a senior al qaeda leader inside of a presidential palace. we have to add that we can not confirm them but more than 200 others were freed from prison earlier this week and later this morning the un is meeting to

discuss the conflict because they're spriring into a state of chaos. what to expect in the investigation of the germanwings crash. plus, investigators are also taking a closer look at other elements. among them mobile phones found at the crash sites. let's bring in cnn that's here there with the latest. will, good morning. >> reporter: good morning victor. the task force that's been set up to look at every aspect will pe begin the work for tuesday. the work to analyze the contents of that second black box and the data recorder does continue. the first analysis just revealed horrifying details about the final minutes of flight 952.

as you said he engaged the auto pilot to 100 feet approximate, and moved the plane down to the frenchs alps and keep increasing the speed and bringing it into the mountain range at 420 miles an hour and killing everybody on board after eight terrifying minute where you can hear people scream nothing the background. it's just been an awful week of details as they merge here. the cell phones that you mentioned -- there were 40 cell phones and many of them damaged and the work is under way now to look and see what can be ex tract from the devices and video. there was a leak video claims to be leaked and crash investigators denied, but there were a number of cards and there's a chance that there could be videos that could be analyzed and provide more you clues of the crash. also the very sad process of identifying the remains that

were recovered. they know have 150 dna profiles, but it's many months before the families receive the official confirmation that the loved ones are identified. just a difficult and continuing investigation here in germany. >> yeah, we have to remember that there are the families that are hoping that maybe they can bring some part of their family members home to get some closure to this. will, thank you so much. and joining us now for more cnn aviation analyst and a 777 captain. also mary cnn aviation analyst and former analyst at the u.s. department of transportation. i want to take a look at the investigation and where it's focused now. first of all will just mentioned the 40 mobile phones. what can we learn from those? >> well, i am not sure just how much other than the fact that we can get confirmation of what if cockpit voice recorder was

saying and the data recorder was saying. who knows at that point. eight minutes is a long time, but it take a lot of guts to get the phone out and film something that apparently is a doom. >> mary, is there anything specific that you think can be leeked from the phone sns. >> i think that there are two things. one if there's anything on the the phones the families want it. i have worked with families that lost loved one and both flights on september 1, 2011 and they want to know what's on the phone. sometimes there are loved messages and in this case what happened to them in the final minutes is important in the family's cases, so it serves a couple of folds. >> what about the 150 dna profiles that have been identified that will mentioned as well. where does that go from here?

>> well, you know i just more to what mary was saying this is just sort of as i hate to use the terminology closure for the families to confirm that they're indeed the family members were on board. the nature of this accident is going to require that kind of scientific forensics to just verify each victim. >> yeah, this investigation i have to say it seems that everyday we're learning some new detail mary. are you impressed, surprised at the speed of the investigation? >> well no, at first in any crash investigation things happen very quickly. in the united states for example the ntsb because delease and they have some reasonable confidence with the transcription and they do release it of the cockpit voice recording. they have been a lot of concerns about the leaks of it.

in the u.s., you don't have to leek and then the flight data recorder and that takes a lot longer. i am surprised that they have released information from and what you have to do is take all of these different parameters and there's 500 bits of data about the equipment on board and you have to go through it. it looks like spikes on an ekg when you read it out, so that's been very speedy and the briefings from the investigators are very helpful. in fact they should do daily briefings, and it could cut down on the leeks. they're very accomplished and sadly there have been a lot of french crashes lately, but they're experienced agency. so far so good. >> yeah, you just hope that some of the information will give comfort or closures to the families members. thank you both so much. >> thank you. a life of death decision will be soon made in the trial

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closing arguments set for monday in the trial of boston marathon bomber. the 21 je-year-old facing accou that left three dead and more than 260 injuries. more than half of the charges carry the death penalty. now lawyers are not disrouting the role but influenced by his late brother and prosecutors called more than 90 witnesses and some that had emotional testimony. let's talk to joey jackson and mel robinson. good morning to both of you. mel, you saw the evidence and the prosecution lasted 16 days and defense 16 hours.

what do you think is the evidence against him? >> well, in terms of what is going to move a jury for the death penalty, it has to be what the prosecution closed with. they closed with photographs of the blown apart bodies of the three victims from the boston marathon that left the jurors in tears and the last line of the case was he was only eight years old. of course referring to martin richards, soy think that the visual skpefd the drama and devastation that and of itself just such a gruesome disgusting nature to this act, that it's going to be hard to overcome that. >> do you think that's the most damaging piece of evidence for him. remember we have that video of him setting that backpack down and walking away. >> sure christie.

good morning to you and mel. the strategy all along is really threefold. i call it the strategy of strangulation. you can remember when they started off in the prosecution in the case and they began of the compelling nature of what was left behind and interviewing the victims and speaking about those that died. that was the one phase and you could connect with that because there were victims here. the whole community and nation was vick tomized and these people in particular and speaking to the prosecution and the radical skpags why he engage in this and looking at the tweets and inspire magazine and then the final aspect of it was the aftermath and the purchasing of the milk and the killing of the police officer and the shoot out with the police and the attempt to get away. all of those things the prosecution really brought it home to convey the message that he is guilty.

he is guilty all of the acts that he is charged with. the prosecution is eligible and he should get the death penalty. >> okay. so the defense witnesses put all of the bomb making materials in his hands specifically. one woman said that the room off the apartment kitchen rooked like a construction zone and had his prints over everything. a how too book on wiring. is that enough to sewly blame the brother here? >> well no. deaf nitdly not. it's a great point christy but as joey mentioned you you have video of him standing behind the richard family and putting the backpack down and walking away. he knew what he was doing and when he wrote the message in the boat explain why, he went to do it. now the question is there are 30 counts and 17 of which carry the

dealt penalty. the reason why the defense is picking at the details on who is the master mind verses the follow on left holding the bag, you may see a couple of counts get thrown out. like building the weapon of mass destruction and result in a nothing verdict. that's why they're focussing on that. they're cherry picking because if they can get a couple thrown out, they can use that fact with the jury when they go to argue their case. what's the defense's case in the death penalty phase? he was a troubled kid and isolated and was not radicalized and looking at facebook like any other kid and tweeting about sleeping in the morning the bomb went off and left holding the bag and now you should spare him. >> yeah. really quickly here what are the two key sns. >> well the key is the prosecution again will bring

home their theory of the case and that's not he was not of an active participant in the case but guilty of all of the things charged for the reason that i mentioned. the radicalization and look what he did after. how callus and for the defense they will be brief. they have already admit today what the liability is. the defense will stake on the fact that we get to explain why he did what he did. that's what he left off on and the big brother was the one that radicalized him and compelled and controlled him to do what he did. they will get to that in the next phase. >> okay. thank you. we appreciate that and thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. have a great day. >> you too. it's a holiday weekend. spend some time with family and maybe head to the movies too. if you're into action movies, there's a good chance that you will see the fast and fur oous series starring the late paul

walker. okay. let's check in and it's a live look at the moon. we're getting that red tone now. >> see. you said that it was going to be a black scene. >> we have to thank them in la for the shot and thanks for nasa for putting it up for us. a total eclipes is expected to begin in a couple of minutes. tds

somebody walk me through what we're supposed to be doing. >> you need fresh air? >> the box office furiously for the seventh installment of the series starring the late paul walker. apparently the film is beating the most optimistic projections. it's expected to rake in up to $140 million. i mean, at this point that should be the biggest hit. >> paul has more on why this weekend's opening is turning lots of heads in hollywood. >> almost had you. >> paul walker how tight this cast became before the release of the first fast and furious. >> you hear about egos and blah, blah, blah but everyone in this we got along really well. >> now mention walker to his co-stars, emotions flow. >> he had the best spirit. he was the best guy to be around

in the world. he is very missed. >> walker died in late 2013, riding in a 600 horse power porch that wrecked. impromptu memorial sprung up. 5,000 fans paid respects. >> he was a genuine person with a big heart. he wasn't like every other celebrity. >> walker connected with his fans because he seemed so anti-hollywood, no entourage, no shameless stunts. his generosity legendary. anonymously buying this $9,000 wedding ring for a newlywed soldier who could not afford it. a decade and three children later kristin and kyle told cnn it was a fairy sale. he was our fairy god father. >> just when you think it couldn't get better. >> how do you take walker and finish "fast & furious 7"? roughly 85% of walker's parts were fin ired when he died.

the director says he used walkers brothers to fill the gaps. >> they would basically act out the scenes, they would play out the scenes like how paul would have done it in the film. >> they have dialogue? >> there is homage to walker in the movie. perhaps no greater tribute to a friend than naming a child in their honor. paul walker lives on in co-star vin diesel's new baby. >> palm was the one that told me to cut the umbilical cord as i was cutting the cord two weeks ago i couldn't stop but thinking about paul and his advice. when it came time to write down the name pauline came out. >> there really is no bigger tribute than that. apology from the new york police detective who went on this rant. watch. >> you understand me?

i don't know what planet you think you're on right now. >> i'm here. >> planning, i set planet. >> what does he have to say to this driver now? >> and take a look at the total eclipse of the moon. this is going to break out in song any minute. >> i'll save you from it. am >> you see, they call it a blood moon for a reason. it does have that red hue. if you're in the west you can probably look out and see it. for those in the east, just stick with us. be sure to continue to post it for you as long as it's going.

coming you up on the top of the hour let's go to new york now. police detective is offering apology after his rant at an uber driver went viral. did you see this? >> you understand me? pull over. >> that's crazy. that's really inappropriate. >> how long have you been in this country? almost how long? >> two years. >> two years. i got news for you. use this lesson. remember this in the future. don't ever do that again. the only reason you're not in handcuffs going to jail and getting in the precinct is i have things to do, that's the only reason that's not happening. because this isn't important enough for me. you're not important enough. >> wow. that was detective patrick cherry, he has been put on desk duty. in an interview he says that he is sorry and that his emotions got the best of him.

>> i apologize. sincerely apologize. >> what do you want him to know? >> that -- excuse me. that i'm not mad at him. i was just -- i was angry at that moment for that exchange, i was angry for that exchange. if the conversation initially went differently probably would have shook hands at the end of the encounter. >> since that original video was released cherry has been removed from the city's joint terrorism task force. >> stay with us. we've got a busy morning of news. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. new threats of violence in kenya to tell you about and

promises of another bloodbath all as new arrests are made in the horrific university attack. >> adrift for 66 days, a man lives to tell the tale of his time at sea. how do you survive more than two months on a capsized boat? >> a trip to paradise turns into a nightmare. a delaware family poisoned while at a hotel in the caribbean. now their two children are fighting for their lives. live pictures in los angeles t moon and one of the shortest lunler eclipses of the country. nasa says it will last fewer than five minutes, it's known as the blood moon. you can tell why, this reddish hue here. the reason is the earth's atmosphere is filtering out most of the blue light. >> if you can't see it where you are, there you go, we have it for you. good morning to you. we love spending saturday morning with you. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we're starting with breaking news this morning, an incredible

story of survival. >> we could not believe this when we heard it this morning. a young woman hid for her life for two days from armed militants in a closet in this university attack in kenya, so she was just discovered this morning. >> look at these pictures. she ran into that closet when heavily armed al shabab militants stormed the college in northeast kenya, happened on thursday, and she is only emerging today. she is just 19 years old. her name is cynthia. for others this is a day of mourning, the attackers gunned down 147 people, most of them students, before they were killed by security forces. >> al shabab says it's not done. new warnings of more attacks and vows that kenya's cities will, quote, run red with blood. we want the latest on this. christian is in nairobi.

first of all, tell us more about this woman who hid. she had no food, no water, what is she telling you? >> reporter: christi, it's a remarkable story. she is 19 years old and she described to us how when the gun men came in she hid on top of a cup board, a small space. he pulled the blankets over her head. she could hear on the other side of that flimsy door her friends trying to hide under the beds, the gun men came in and cleared everybody out of the room and she said that they separated the muslims from the non-muslims. she could hear the muslim girls made to recite certain phrases while the christians were made to lie down. she says she doesn't know what happened next. she said she couldn't hear that much and she simply closed her eyes. this is a remarkable story.

she was in that little cupboard over 48 hours, here's what she had to say. >> and then me, i decided to go to the -- in the small rooms. then i covered myself with the clothes. then these people entered into our room and my roommate who hidden themselves in there, they told them to come out, to go out and -- when they were out, if you don't know how in the muslim whatever, you lie down and then if you know you go to the other

side. >> you know, she was in that little room for 48 hours and she told us how she had to drink body lotion to try to keep rehydrated which is remarkable. when the military found her, they had to bring the principal, the university principal back to try and coax her out. she simply did not want to come out. >> you can understand it. we know that al shabab is threatening more attacks this morning. can you tell us anything about that? >> reporter: yes. well, al shabab carried out a series of attacks in this area, in fact, this town, there-has been a church attacked here, a bulls attacked on the road down to here. and all similar attacks. this thing sort of in the bus attack they separate the christians and muslims and kill the christians. they said they want to carry out more attacks as you said. we spoke to the governor here

and he said that al shabab's aim is to create division and chaos because there is also a large christian community here. and they want to create the division and chaos between those because it's in that chaos, christi, that al shabab thrives. >> christian, boy, just great information bringing it to us. thank you so much. let's go to yemen now where there has been some dramatic new developments with the conflict there. we have new images of a senior al qaeda leader inside a presidential palace in southern yemen. we have to say cnn cannot confirm the awe thentiesty of these photos but khalid and more than 200 were freed earlier this week. this comes as the u.n. is starting to meet, they are going to meet in three hours, to discuss a humanitarian pause in saudi-led air strikes. there is a coalition of arab stakes in an air campaign against the fighters who seized

yemen's capital. cnn's nic robertson is near the saudi arabia-yemen border. >> reporter: sandbags, stepped up security, yards from yemen. saudi border guards show up preparations for a war they hope won't happen. told to be ready for anything. >> that's our country and we have tooh defend our country. they are happy to defend with their life. >> reporter: that's the yemeni border post and riding with the border guards we didn't have to wear the jackets and the helmets but now they say the situation has changed. it's a lot more dangerous. army tanks have been brought in to back them up.

>> one of the units belong to the army. it's supporting us in case of any movement on the other side. >> reporter: it's close, about a half mile to the border. >> that's right. >> reporter: they are close. no sign here of an impending saudi ground force invasion, but to the east in the mountains, one border guard has already been killed, and several injured in a recent houthi attack. the yemeni rebels have also threatened to invade, attack islam's two holiest sites. here that's dismissed as just talk. >> we'll defend. we are sure that we are defending our border. and that's talking. >> reporter: a few miles away at the main border crossing it's relatively busy, almost like business as usual. until you ask the yemeni merchants crossing to sell

goods. >> it's not stable this man tem us. sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad -- as we drive away more tanks and heavy armor move in. tensions here far from over. >> that escaped leader, al qaeda has a track record in yemen of using instability to gain strength and they certainly have a strong agenda to attack the saudi monarchy here. >> nic, thank you. let's bring in cnn military analyst mark hertling. saudi arabia so we hear, failsed a houthi takeover. if the houthi ares are 0u69ed, having free rein in this country? >> i don't think the intent is to oust the houthis, i think to bring them back to the table as

part of the representative government and that's what the saudis are attempting. they are a minority sect within yemen, and i think this entire revolution that they created has caused the representative government to go into hiding and that in fact is what the problem is. saudi arabia wants them both to come back to the table to get some stability as nic reported. >> what about these images that show the senior leader inside the presidential palace? what does that tell you about aqap's grip on yemen? >> it's an interesting image and certainly fascinating to see him in the palace itself. and i think it speaks to the chaos that exists in yemen right now as the representative government fled to the southern rt port of aden. with the chaos, with houthis against the yemeni government fighting each other they have ignored al qaeda, and when that

happens, they flourish. so that's the importance of getting the government back into place and creating more stability. until that happens you're going to see probably the continued flouting of these kind of instances as the al qaeda prisoners have been released from the prison, all those kinds of things. >> there were 200 inmates released. is there any way to gauge how dangerous some of those people might be and where they might crop up at this point? >> well, the leader, the picture you have shown has been in jail for several years, and he was instrumental in planning the cole attack which started the spiral of yemen into the abills. aden was a great port established to try to build the country up. when the cole bombing took place it destroyed that capability. these are the individuals who attempted to forment chaos. i think you see 200 of these individuals who have now joined

forces, and al qaeda in the arab peninsula is one of the more dangerous sects of al qaeda, and it certainly is important to get them back under control. >> general hertling, your insight is certainly important to us. thank you for being here. >> thank you, christi. for more on how you can help keep children safe, as this violence continues to escalate in yemen check out cnn.com/impact. we have information there that can help. we're getting our first look at newly released e-mails, these racist e-mails sent by ferguson police officers and the town's clerk. what the messages said and who they targeted. that's still ahead. >> also, a free man after 30 years in prison for murder he did not commit. hear what anthony said to the men and women who helped send him to jail. plus, imagine driving down the road and seeing this. rv up in flames and there are people still inside, trapped there.

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a cast away lost at sea more than two months says he is grateful to god for giving him another shot at life. >> this story reads like a hollywood script. stuck aboard a wrecked ship with a broken shoulder, lewis joorden managed to keep himself alive for 66 days collecting rain water and eating raw fish. gary tuckman has the story.

>> reporter: inside this basket a man lifted from the atlantic ocean. a man who had been missing for 66 days. louis jordan rescued after he says he spent most of the winter in the atlantic, in a 35-foot sail boat. jordan says the boat capsized and lost its mast during rough weather. now reunited with a father who thought he would never see his son again. the 37-year-old says he set out fishing from a marina in south carolina in late january. he was reported missing on january 29. jordan who calls himself an inexperienced sailor sells he survived catching fish by dragging laundry in the ocean. and drinking rain water. >> the whole boat had turned around and i was flying through the air somersaulting and the ceiling was the floor and the floor the ceiling and this side was the other side. everything was upside-down and backwards. >> reporter: now back on land, jordan brought to a hospital in

norfolk, virginia where he was treated and released. authorities say he is in remarkably good condition. >> i was utterly grateful to the people who rescued me and i was grateful to god that my parents were not worried. >> reporter: how did he survive? in february air temperatures went down to the single digits. this norfolk marina has many similar size sail boats to the one jordan was on. it's rare for a vessel like this to cap size, but when it does you are in dire trouble. especially when you are by yourself. on a day like this with wind gusts near 40 miles per hour it's risky to go sailing. >> i doubt i could have survived that. >> how long have you been sailing? >> about 40 years. >> reporter: even with the cabin similar to this wayne says a combinations would have been rough. so if you're out on the water for 66 days in a vessel in winter weather, can you imagine

how dangerous that is and how hard to survive. >> i can't fathom how it was possible, frankly. >> reporter: but he and others say a combination of skills and some good luck could result in this unlikely but very happy outcome. jordan considers himself a man of faith, the name of his wrecked boat -- angel. >> i always prayed that somebody would find me and they did. i love this man. love him with all my heart. >> reporter: gary tuckman, cnn, norfolk, virginia. >> we have kay courtly with us, a former navy s.e.a.l. and the founder of s.e.a.l. survival. >> this is a remarkable story. people have questions. they have some doubts about it. i'm just saying. >> i have questions. >> on facebook one writes something just doesn't seem right about this story.

he was gone twice as long as the contestants on survivor and they lose about a third of their body weight. what do you have to say to that? >> first thing i want to say is i'm glad they found mr. jordan alive. start with that. >> yes. >> but yeah, i have questions. i have questions i'd love to ask him. there are three things you need to worry about. exposure, dehydration, and then basically starving to death. and they talked about the conditions out there as far as the air temperatures. let's talk about the water temperatures. he mentioned that he had been living in a vessel that was chest deep in water. well, those water temperatures you are losing your core temperature ten times faster than if you are standing outside. so i want to know about hypothermia conditions. he said he gathered rain water. yes, that's highly likely. then again he said that he was constantly battling waves and when that salt water gets into that rain water, it's contaminated, you can't drink

it. and then the big thing for me is his condition when they found him. now, i spent six days in p.o.w. school. i lost 22 pounds in six days. this guy looked healthy, he was walking, didn't appear to have exposure wounds on his skin or face. and again, i'm glad mr. jordan is alive but i want to ask him some questions. >> where are the sun burns? the if the boat capsized three times how are you with a broken shoulder going to flip it back the right way? last night on cnn jordan's father said that he believes his son. listen. >> when i spoke to them this morning that he showed an emotional effects of this ordeal that i had never -- i never saw this emotion in him. he was very emotional and he's normally a very private person. so, you know, i know he went through what he went through.

>> what we saw from some of the rescuers from the coast guard they said that when they saw this man that all they had to see was the look on his face and the response when they found him that they believed him. do you -- i know you have questions but from all of your expertise do you believe this story? >> i believe this can be done given the conditions especially the fact that there was a lot of rain water that could have been collected. that's the first thing that's going to kill you next to the exposure. so i believe that a human being could make it 66 days in that location given the conditions. i do. i don't want to take anything away from this guy, again, we're glad he is alive. would love to chat with him, though. >> the father report himd in the boat missing january 29 and the father said he's got a very strong constitution not only physically but spiritually and he told the father on the phone he was praying the whole time so i believe that sustained him a great deal. what do you think this story

says to you, to us, about human will? >> well, in a situation like this when i'm discussing survival this is what i put under the long haul survival. that's when you have to completely regear your mind toward i'm not going to be here a couple days, i'm potentially here a couple weeks or even in this case a couple months so therefore little tasks like you know, i was able to catch a small fish today. that ends up a victory. and it's the series of little victories that will morally keep you alive. and again, it's over the long haul. it ends up being you are running a marathon doing a little each day versus the a sprint. the power of faith is a personal thing for some people. it can be a very, very powerful thing and apparently it was in this situation. >> yes. again, as you said several times, we're glad that he is alive, he's home. and hopefully we'll learn more about those 66 days over the next few days.

thank you so much. >> thank you, cade. you might describe it as a trip from hell, entire family goes on a tropical vacation and they end up in the hospital. sarah is following this story. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a trip to paradise but turned into a nightmare. how a delaware family might have been poisoned on their tropical vacation coming up on cnn new day.

a tropical trip for one delaware family ends with all of them, all of them going to the

hospital. officials say a a pesticide may have caused all four to become ill. >> the justice department opened investigation zboos the case and cnn's sarah gannon has been following this. first of all, you have good information on how this family is doing? >> you know, the family is in the hospital unfortunately, but the authorities believe that this is a trip to paradise really turned into a nightmare. they believe that the delaware family may have been poisoned by a harmful pesticide staying at a resort in the u.s. virgin islands. the environmental oh, says traces not allowed indoors were found inside the family's villa at the resort on st. john. the resort which is owned by sea glass vacations you can see it here, told thaws the pest

control company fumigated on march 18 right in the middle of their 9-day vacation in the virgin islands. they fell ill shortly after it was fumigated and rushed to the hospital. now the epa clearly states that it's restricted, it's odorless, causes injury to the lung and to the nervous system and could be fatal if the inhaled. the television station wpvi says the family is well known, they are well liked in the community and they are now back in the u.s. mainland, but still hospitalized. the mother and father in stable condition, the two boys, shawn and ryan, in critical condition this week at children's hospital in philadelphia. >> so, sarah, what kind of punishment could the resort face if they were at fault? >> well, the u.s. department of justice has now opened a criminal investigation and the epa is monitoring the air and environmental samples and working with local authorities to figure out what happened, victor.

terminix told cnn that it's looking into the matter internally, cooperating with authorities, they said this, we're thinking about the family and join the community in wishing them a speedy recovery. a spokeswoman for the epa told cnn it is actively working to determine how this happen and will make sure that steps are taken to prevent it from happening to others at vacation departments in the v.i. or elsewhere. >> sarah, thank you so much. here's a question. will the culture wars of the 90s take center stage in the campaign for the white house in 2016? religious freedom bills triggered a storm of controversy and backlash in indiana and arkansas and donations of nearly $1 million for an indiana pizzeria. [car engine] [car engine]

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47 minutes past the hour and $842,000, that's how much money has been raised in support of memories pizza. rebel, the restaurant's owner sparked outrage this week after they spoke out in support of indiana's religious freedom bill. the owner said she wouldn't cater same-sex weddings. the go fund me page was started after they were forced to close because of threats to the business. >> that law has been fundamentally changed adopting language that protects all citizens from discrimination including for the first time in the state the lgtb community. let's have a broader conversation about this. let's bring in chicago's university of institute of politics, and senior fellow at

the family research council. good to have both of you. >> thank you. >> first question, i want to come to you. all of the protests and the rallies that i saw in arkansas, that we covered in indiana were against these new bills, but for this pizza place to raise $842,000, i mean, there is a lot of support on the other side as well. >> absolutely. i wrote a couple of pieces on this for our espn as well as for cnn, and one of the numbers that was floating was this notion that 70% of americans now live in states in which same-sex marriages are legal. that for some they interpret that meaning 30 persz of americans approve of same-sex marriage. that's not the same thing. there is a strong opposition to same-sex marriage, even though it does seem as if the public opinion is swinging toward allowing this to happen. what you're seeing and response to the pizzeria is simply the

people who are opposed to same-sex marriages showing support for a business that they share similar values. >> peter, let me come to you with something that california governor, former governor schwarzenegger wrote, that as an american i'm concerned about what happened in indiana this week, and the threat of similar laws being passed in other states as a republican i'm furious. what do you think about that? >> i think governor schwarzenegger doesn't understand the law, probably hasn't read it. all the act was to trying to do was establish a standard of review for courts to use in cases in which an individual might or a person might use -- might assert a first amendment right to the free exercise of religion against some government action that was being taken against them. it simply required first that person would have to show that there is a substantial burden

upon their free exercise of religion to invoke the law, if they are able to succeed in didding that then the government would have to show a compelling government interest that's being accomplished by the least restrictive means. that's all the law did did, it said nothing about discrimination, it said nothing about sexual orientation. but the change that was made in indiana i think carves out an exception to this general rule for how we adjudicate claims under the first amendment. in a sejs you can rue r view it making an exception to the first amendment right and i think that's a very dangerous thing. >> i can't imagine that if there were a law that were written that it would specifically cite sexual orientation or discrimination. lz, the trend across the country, we saw the fixes in indiana, we saw that there was a recall of the original bill in arkansas, and they had to sign, pass and sign another. stalls in georgia, in north carolina, but do you say that

this fight has not been won by the opponents of these bills. >> no. this is going to be bleeding into the 2016 general election because there's no way that a conservative or gop candidate can make it through the primary without voicing his or her opinions on what we've been seeing happen with these laws in 2015. i'm disappointed by that because i think that we're past that point in which we should be using same-sex marriages and lgbt rights as a divisive wedge issue but seems as though particularly in the red states on the state level that they seem very, very focused on making sure known that they do not agree with these laws and because of that, the general election candidates are going to have to respond to this sweep we've been seeing happen. >> peter, do you think it would be advantageous, behoove a candidate for lack of a better term, ride some of the sentiment of these religious freedom bills that we saw in 2004 with the

amendments to the constitution, riding that in ballot measures across the country. you think that would be a positive move for some of the republican candidates? >> i think it would be a very positive move for republican candidates to come out strongly in favor of religious liberty. which is a separate issue from the question of whether we should redefine marriage or whether we should create new protected categories in our nondiscrimination laws. this religious liberty law is not about what the law should say, it's about what individuals, how individuals should be able to practice their own religious beliefs. and exercise their own religion. they are two separate issues. that's the great misconception of the whole debate this week. you may disagree with conservative views on same-sex marriage, you may disagree with conservative views on homosexuality but the point is that when it comes to a person's exercise of religion the government does not get to decide whose religious views,

whose theological views are correct and not correct. if the we live in a country where the government is deciding theological questions then we do not live in a free country. >> thank you both. go ahead. last word. go ahead, lz. >> thank you. you know, i want to point out that it's very important that we look at the timeline in which these laws were created particularly in indiana where they tried to ban same-sex marriages and it failed and in response to that they came up with this law. this isn't about religion. this was focused in on same gender loving people. you look at who is surrounded governor pence when he signed this law, when he signed the bill he was surrounded by anti-gay activists. he may have sent out a photo but the other included people who have said horrific things so while i appreciate your guest trying to characterize this as a first amendment and about religion the fangt of the matter is this was motivated by anti-gay sentiment. >> i got to call it there. thank you both.

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college basketball's biggest weekend. i'm out, people. >> i'm out too. sadly, our bracket challenge, we're under the graphic. i mean, we're not even near the top. >> scroll down to find us at this point. >> i'm 12th. >> i'm 14th. you want to say that because you're ahead of me. >> it's true. i did. cnn's andy is live in indianapolis. where are you? >> reporter: sadly i'm supposed to be the sports genius.

i'm below both of you guys in the challenge. so hey, when you fill out the brackets, the people who win sometimes pick teams based on colors. but either way, these games tonight are going to be so exciting. doesn't matter if you are in your challenge. we have kentucky taking on wisconsin, duke taking on michigan state. y real powerhouses in college basketball. of course the big story this weekend is can the kentucky wildcats run the table and complete a perfect 40-0 season? they are two wins away from doing that this weekend. of course the wildcats team is stocked full of future nba first round picks. wisconsin, they have stars, frank kaminsky named the ap player of the year. just this week. and after losing to kentucky in last year's final four the badgers, they would love to spoil wildcats' queps for a perfect season. >> you think i have to tell my players that this is a big game or kentucky's pretty good?

they are. the problem is on a lot of teams the list is like this, and it's like this for kentucky so it is a challenge. >> we take pride in the fact that we're kind of misfits who not everyone wanted coming out of high school. we came together and had a goal and worked as hard as we could to achieve those goals. >> they get started at 6:00 eastern on tbs. duke followed by kentucky taking on wisconsin. we're going to get you ready here on cnn at 2:30 eastern with all access at the final four, cnn, talking to all of the coaches in the final four and talk about the role sports played in the religious freedom law in indiana. >> thank you so much. stay with us. "smerconish" is starting for you next. i'm michael smerconish. the battle between