aled that five of the six officers involved in freddie gray's arrest gave statements to investigators 11 days ago, so why do we still not know what happened? let's begin our team coverage with cnn's suzanne malveaux in baltimore. suzanne, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. as you know the protests have grown in intensity but we also expect to grow in size today. outside of city hall we are expecting thousands of people to show up here this afternoon around 3:00 or so. the family pastor is going to be here as well as the mother the stepfather of freddie gray. lots and lots of people here. we also expect there are going to be several other protests and rallies throughout the city. now, all of this in conjunction with the one question folks are asking why don't they have more information about what happened to freddie gray? protests continuing into the night in baltimore. after another tense standoff

with police. >> watch yourself. i got ya. >> reporter: hundreds of protesters demanding answers in the death of freddie gray. people frustrated filling the streets, blocking traffic. some even laying down on the middle of intersections. this as new video shows gray minutes after his initial arrest the last time he was seen publicly and alive. the video shows gray not moving lying half-in/half-out of the police van. this is when police say they shackled his ankles. >> he wasn't responding. he was down his feet like this. and they picked him up and threw him up in the paddy wagon. >> reporter: what exactly happened to the 25-year-old when he was placed back in that van remains a mystery. >> something happened in that van. we just don't know what. >> reporter: an attorney for the baltimore city police union tried to answer questions tuesday despite calls from protesters demanding the arrest of the six officers involved.

the fraternal order of police defending the officers actions. >> in this type of an incident you do not need probable cause to arrest. you just need a reasonable suspicion to make the stop. and that's what they had in this case. >> reporter: more than four days after gray died from a nearly severed spine, cnn has been told the body will be released from state custody soon. and the family wants an independent autopsy. his relatives hoping for a second opinion on the cause of death. >> the most that you can say about freddie gray's family is that they are totally devastated. they tried to process the loss of their son, their brother, their friend. >> reporter: and the mayor of baltimore stephanie rawlings-blake has reached out to the gray family wanting to meet with them to talk with them. we have learned they declined that offer saying now is not the appropriate time. what they are focused on is making those arrangements to

bury their son. alisyn. >> that's understandable. suzanne, thank you for that update. well with four criminal investigations underway, are we any closer to finding out what happened inside that police van following freddie gray's arrest? cnn's evan perez has that part of the story. >> good morning, alisyn. the baltimore police union is firmly backing the six officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray. union officials say five of the six officers have now provided statements to nvrgs. the officers now suspended with pay committed no crime, they say. gray died after suffering a spinal cord injury the police cannot explain. baltimore police commissioner anthony bats says another prisoner in a police transport van told investigators nothing unusual happened on the way to jail. >> the second prisoner that was picked up is that he didn't see any harm done to freddie at all. what he has said is that he heard freddie thrashing about. the driver didn't drive erratically.

>> the justice department civil rights investigators and the fbi are now gathering evidence for their own investigation. the federal probe would have to prove the officers intended to deny gray his civil rights. and, chris, that's always a tough case to make as we saw in the shooting of michael brown in ferguson missouri last year. >> right. and as we've learned too many times hearing about a federal investigation can often provide false hope. let's see what happens in this situation. thank you for the new reporting. we're going to have more on the latest in this investigation in just a few moments, but here is everything else that matters this morning. we're going to start with michael brown's family expected to file a wrongful death suit today against the city of ferguson. a grand jury did not charge officer darren wilson for shooting and killing the unarmed brown leading to violent protest as you'll remember. the civil lawsuit however has a lower standard for finding wrongdoing. a federal report later found the ferguson police department did unfairly target african-americans. saudi-led forces are pounding southern yemen with air strikes targeting houthi rebels. the houthis recently vowed not

to surrender are now calling for peace talks. becky anderson is live for us in abu dhabi with the very latest. becky. >> reporter: good morning to you. the saudis insist that this action is consistent with the end of the month-long operation decisive storm phase one as it were michaela. an operation renewal of hope phase two they say, which is part political, part military. these air strikes are to protect civilians from militia while behind the scenes all willing stake holders work on the implementation of this u.n. resolution. here's how the saudi ambassador to washington explained things wednesday. >> the houthis should be under no illusion that we will continue to use force in order to stop them from taking yemen over by aggressive action. >> reporter: but it's not just

in the air or on the ground that things are, let's say, getting nuanced. it is in the waters off of what is the arab world's poorest country that are complicated. notice what could be the impending showdown between u.s. warships entering the gulf of aden led by aircraft carrier theodore roosevelt. u.s. officials telling us the mission is to monitor those iranian cargo vessels that could deliver arms to houthi rebels. but whether the u.s. navy will actually move to block those iranian ships from entering yemeni waters is undecided at present or at least nobody is talking about it. so that remains to be seen. alisyn a very complicated situation. >> yes, complicated and tense. becky, thanks so much for explaining that. when he will a humanitarian crisis slowly overwhelming italy. thousands of desperate migrants coming ashore they're fleeing africa and the middle east. european leaders holding another emergency meeting today.

will they send those refugees back? cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is standing by live at a migrant detention center in libya. nick. >> reporter: alisyn here behind me you can see the scale of the problem that europe and here libya to the west of its capital tripoli tripoli, is facing. there are just 350 migrants here but predominantly from africa a third in fact from heavily authoritarian area. now, this is right next to a beach. and a lot of the people here in what used to be a customs warehouse are in fact taken from that beach potentially intercemented by libyan authorities here and kept here for a number of weeks or months. the center itself has been here for a matter of years. you can't really call them the lucky ones because i think if you look at the numbers so far this year about 8% to 10% of those who have tried to make the crossing have in fact lost their lives. but the vast majority it seems have landed safe on europe's shores.

these people behind me their faith deeply uncertain. they don't want to go back where they initially fled. they also consider the risk of crossing into europe to be enough to try and take but this is the scale of the challenge here. this massive coastal country simply cannot patrol its own waters. and there are hundreds of thousands of people hoping to make that dangerous journey. chris. >> those conditions for weeks to months you say. terrible. nick thank you for the reporting. so the senate is finally set to vote on loretta lynch's nomination for attorney general after getting a contentious bill to combat human trafficking out of the way. lynch's confirmation was stalled for months adding to the frustration lynch is praised by many on both sides of the aisle and would become the first black woman to lead the justice department. it is sentencing day today for former cia director david petraeus. the former four-star general is accused of sharing government secrets with his by videographer-turned girlfriend paula broadwell as part of a plea agreement. petraeus is expected to plead

guilty to one federal charge of mishandling classified information. prosecutors will recommend he pay two years probation and pay a 40,000 fine. the concussion settlement getting final approval from a federal judge. it allows for payments for as much as $5 million for players with the most severe neurological conditions. under the settlement the nfl makes no admission of guilt and it removes any limit to what the league could have to pay out to retired players. chris. all right, alisyn. four investigations 11 days and still too many questions in baltimore. so right now what do we know and why don't we know more? two guests want to have those same questions asked. tessa hill-aston and keith hayes. thank you to both of you. i want to play you the most recent sound from the attorney representing the police union. and then we'll discuss what it means. >> he simply didn't want to walk. and that is not unusual with

individuals who don't want to be arrested. they don't cooperate and they don't want to walk. i think you're using the words yelling as if in pain as a speculation. it could have also been yelling to bring the crowd to make attention to his arrest. >> all right. that's going to be the police line as for now. ms.s a aston, what do you make of that suggestion of him not wanting to be arrested but him playing to the crowd? >> well i think most people don't want to be arrested in that situation. as far as we can tell we don't know actually what he did other than they say the police made eye contact with him and he ran. we haven't heard anything that he had drugs on him or that he was purchasing drugs. so i don't think it takes six officers to take someone that small and then he has bodily injuries. so yes, everybody would make a scene because they want attention brought to the fact that they might get hurt. and they want someone to see that that's happening.

>> what do you make of the suggestion that the police didn't need probable cause here. they only needed reasonable suspicion because freddie gray is known to be in the drug game. he's got some 20 cases, many still active and that was the right basis for a stop? >> well i don't see it that way. i think when officers in a certain neighborhood and if they're in the neighborhood all the time there's always opportunities to get that person at another time. to run and chase someone and put themselves at risk and something like this happens, it puts everybody in a bad situation. now we have someone deceased and something that didn't have to happen. because the police always has an opportunity to get that person especially when they know them. >> mr. haines we keep hearing that under maryland law you have ten days to be interrogated but then we learned on april 12 you had five of the six officers give out statements. why haven't we heard what's in those statements?

>> well what you're referring to is the status of the law enforcement officers bill of rights where they do have ten days to secure council, legal council, before making a statement. >> right. >> any statements that are made by those individuals cannot be used because even though they do have law enforcement bill of rights they still have the constitution for protections of the fifth amendment. so those statements can be made but they cannot be used. >> so they can make a statement on the record but nobody can use it for anything. that's part of the frustration. let's put up the timeline here. >> it cannot be used for prosecutorial purposes. >> understood. but i'm not talking about a prosecution. i'm talking about the public and about giving some confidence in some aspect of this dynamic by police. police keep saying don't jump to conclusions, don't become a lynch mob, but what people want is information about it. and they've had it for 11 days.

this timeline i want to get back to though ms. aston, because really it comes down to what happened in the van. there's going to be a suspicion that what happened in the van was an extension of what happened before the van. but what do you believe needs to be asked, ms. aston? >> well what needs to be asked is what happened before the van or in the van. because some people saying -- some witnesses in the community are saying they saw one officer put their knee in his back. and then some people are saying that they saw him being drug in a rough way in a manner into the van. and he was limp at that time. so the injury could have come before and then some more injury could have come after he got in the van. and based on the description of the inside of the van he could have been rocked around. and talking to other people who've been in the van, you know you can get rocked around pretty good if you're not tied or concealed in a certain kind of way in the van in the metal

containers they have them in. >> 42 minutes between when he was picked up and when they finally called for help mr. haines the suggestion is that's too long. what's your take on it? >> well i think that we look at the instance that he actually asked or requested medical attention. he indicated that he was asthmatic, that he was injured, required medical assistance. at that point or that juncture it should have been given to him. a call should have went out to 911 or through the radio system. >> is it up to the discretion of the officer? or is it automatic, mr. haines? our understanding is it's somewhat discretionary by the officer. it's not an automatic that if somebody asks like they do invoking council, if they invoke they need medical help it's not as automatic, is that true? >> right. i think it is somewhat discretionary. it is not a legal right. but it is discretionary. but the fact of the matter is is that it's a simple call.

it's a call for medical assistance. and when you have a situation where if you look at one of the videotapes that has been circulating from this incident clearly when he was placed in custody and placed in the van that he had something going on with him physically this would not allow him to walk. >> right. >> that should have given rise to some consideration that a simple call if he requested additional medical attention should have been made. >> that union lawyer though mr. haynes the union lawyer suggests maybe he was faking it. that's what caused the outrage yesterday. what this takes us to is the same point i want to end on here delegate. >> sure. >> you have four investigations going on and yet this situation seems plagued by a lack of information early and often coming from the investigators. and it raises the question of whether or not the police should

be involved in investigating themselves. what do you think about that? >> well i can tell you that i think you sort of hit it right on the head here with four investigations. there are four investigations going on. the justice department has stepped in as well. so i think we have to let this run its course as far as whether investigations and the outcome of those investigations and what facts and what conclusions it yield at this point. this has been a concern in our past legislative session where we had bills that were introduced for independent body to come in and investigate under certain circumstances as we're experiencing here in this particular case. but we do have four concurrent investigations. so it's not solely the police department's investigation at this point. >> understood. tessa hill-aston and delegate

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houthi rebels in yemen as a fleet of iranian vessels including warships heads closer to nine u.s. ships off yemen's coast. let's bring in former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and former new mexico governor bill richardson. great to have you onset here with us. >> great to be here. >> can you help us understand what's happening with saudi arabia's plan with yemen? they announced yesterday they had stopped air strikes. basically they said mission accomplished. we've accomplished our objectives they said. today more air strikes and sure doesn't seem like their objectives were accomplished. what's going on? >> well what's going on is the international community, the u.s. we're pressuring the saudis to push for u.n.-led peace talks. and also some of these bombings have hit humanitarian targets, a lot of civilians, food emergency areas. so the objective is to try to cool things down so that the houthis and the saudis engage in peace talks through the u.n. the problem is what's iran doing.

iran may be sending ships with arms for the houthis. and if we're trying to get the iranians to reach a deal with us i think they got to start acting more responsibly and cool it and find ways to get these peace talks going. >> it's interesting you talk about the involvement of iran and the fact it's hard to understand what their motivation is but one could also say that our messaging to iran whether it's with the ships off the shore of yemen or with what's going on with nuclear negotiations the messaging there isn't particularly clear either. >> well that's right. but i think this deal with iran on nuclear initiatives, i think, is good. but the iranians have to recognize that their behavior has to improve. they should release that american marine that american journalist stop messing with hamas and hezbollah, stop threatening israel. >> and all of that should have been part of the deal? >> yeah i think so. i think we should have -- but maybe before june 30th when the deal is completed maybe the

iranians the foreign minister made some positive statements. maybe they'll move in the right direction. >> the administration doesn't agree with you though right, governor? >> no they don't. >> the p5+1 say they want the talks to be just about nukes because if you muddy the waters you won't get anything done and the paramount point is nukes. is it about talk or tactics? it looks like the u.s. is getting outmaneuvered again. the houthis have come to power before looks on the ground there now looks like the u.s. took the wrong side of it and iran ironically is on the right side. >> we have to back the saudis. they're a major ally. >> why? just because they're a major ally? >> because of energy ties we have military bases there. they're a source of stability along with israel. i think what you do in foreign policy is like domestic politics. you stick to your domestic base. our allies are israel saudi arabia especially in very turbulent times. but if i'm iran and i want to get an agreement past the u.s.

congress on my own i'm going to try to act a little more responsibly if they really want this deal with the united states on nuclear initiatives because it's going to get sanctions off them i would behave more responsibly. and hopefully they'll do it. but you're right, the administration wanted to separate these issues. i think they should have gotten more. >> you touched on this there's a humanitarian crisis now in yemen. >> can't be overlooked. >> hundreds of thousands of people are trying to flee. are peace talks a possibility? >> yeah. i think they're possible. at the u.n. there was a special envoy there right now trying to get a new peace process. it's going to involve not just the saudis and the houthis but it's going to involve some of the other players in the region. you know the saudis got nine gulf countries, nine middle east countries to back them. the u.s. is going to have to be supportive. russia china, you got to get things through russia and china and the security council. that's always tough. but i think the u.n. is the best

bet here. >> the u.n. why would the party be saudis though? on the ground in yemen they're saying you don't pay the bills, saudis. you're just worried about your border. and the u.s. picked you as an ally but you fund a lot of terrorism. iran comes in they help the houthis, looks like they're helping the ground level change there just like they're doing in iraq right now helping fight against the sunnis there. looks like they're helping the little guy and the u.s. is kind of standing back. doesn't look good. >> well what the saudis want is the old president to come back because they have a lot of interest there. so i guess the best measure for everybody is stability to cool things down get both sides talking. i think that president is not going to come back. but i think the good thing here is that the saudis -- i mean we can't be the world policemen in the region. the saudis are putting troops putting military hardware they're putting regional efforts. i think on the whole that's good. but you're right, the humanitarian costs, the hitting civilians. i mean they've never bombed anyone in a long time.

>> the irony is just not lost on you, right? i mean think of the fact the very reason they want stability in the area aside from the interests we understand there's money involved but it's to stabilize the nation stabilize life for the people in that area. yet the people are the ones that are being forced to flee they're dying, they're being cut off from food supplies their lives are being made worse. >> right. >> and then you speak of the iranian journal -- or the iranian-american journalist you talk about that marine is anything further being done to help their cause? >> well i think publicly there has to be a stronger campaign to get those two out. this would be an easy thing for iran to do. these are trump charges against the marine against -- >> they're pawns, right? >> right. they're pawns, but iran should realize do you want the u.s. to put more sanctions and kill this deal the president has negotiated? i don't think iran wants that. they want sanctions off. it is hurting them food gasoline is crippled in iraq. >> they built a lot of centrifuges on their sanctions

though. they're getting money from somewhere. >> that's right. they're getting money from pakistan north korea, russia's helping them. there's no question. my point is that i think iran has to behave in a manner that shows that they're members of the international community. cool it with the houthis. don't bring arms there. get out of hamas and hezbollah in some way. say that they're not going to denounce and try to destroy israel. get this american marine out. let the journalist out. june 30th is the deadline for this deal to happen or not. i think the administration did a good job in negotiating the nuclear side but bring this other stuff in so there's some kind of stability in yemen, so all these people stop getting killed. >> great goals. we'll see if they work on those. bill richardson thanks for being here. new protests in baltimore over the death of freddie gray in police custody. still no explanation about that

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information right away and they do and the investigation is complete then they come out with the wrong information. so a lot of people don't understand an investigation like this takes a very long time and they have to sit and wait for the facts to come in. >> we know five of the six officers have given statements. there's one officer that hasn't. can he be compel today provide that statement? >> no. he has the same rights as you and i do. just because he's a police officer doesn't mean he's not afford the same rights as you and i. the constitution provides that for him. >> we also know and mark in light of what happened in ferguson post-ferguson, there were many city officials gathered together as a panel to come up with sort of a playbook if you will of how communities and police can work together post-ferguson. and we know that the mayor of baltimore and the police commissioner there were part of that panel. >> absolutely. >> they were part of that playbook. yet, yet, yet, why did we see this play out the way it did? >> in terms of the actual incident i think it's because

it's not about the level of choice individual officers individual commissioners making choices. >> but shouldn't some of the changes been implemented? >> they should have been. but there's a culture of police and community engage one another that can't be resolved so easily. we're learning that right now. >> as you mentioned to the investigation takes time changes also take time. >> absolutely. this is a long project comes down to policy retrainings, all sorts of stuff. beyond that in terms of how we deal with the incident i think we have learned some lessons. i think the way law enforcement handled this in terms of saying we have the right to protest. we're not going to hurt people. the most destructive thing i saw during the police officer press conference when they compared these people to a lynch mob. >> can i bring that up? >> yeah. >> i think we need to talk about that because there is concern. let me bring up the full still from the baltimore fraternal order of police. while we appreciate the right of our citizens to protest and applaud the fact that to date the protests have been peaceful, we are very concerned about the rhetoric of the protests.

the images seen on television look and sound much like a lynch mob. that's rhetoric of its own kind harry. is that not incredibly damaging in a community like baltimore? >> i watched that question being proposed to him. they were trying to goat the fop on that. he clearly explained, all right, that it wasn't all the protesters. that it was just a couple who were yelling and screaming for that officer to be in prison right away. and that is not how our system works. that's what he was talking about, mark. >> it's hard to say two or three people are a lynch mob. lynch mob conjures an image of a crowd. >> exactly. i understand it might have been a poor choice of words. >> but it seemed very careful. >> but if you sat and watched you knew exactly what he meant. you knew he only meant a couple people. >> i didn't walk away with that at all. >> remember when he said that he applauded the crowd for being nonviolent. he asked that question specifically do you think it's a lynch mob. all right. that question was set up for him to answer a quick, yes.

so they can be able to use this against him. >> do you see his point, mark? >> i do see his point. but i think careful language has to be used. >> agreed. >> even if you're goaded. >> and we have a responsibility to use fair language because the fact is as you said you know there is emotion on the part of the protesters. there are angry, frustrated people in the community but at the same time the police are the professionals. they need to choose their tone and their words carefully. >> and i think that people should listen to their mayor. she is fantastic. she's clear thinking. she's on the tv all the time explaining what's going on. if they would listen to her, you know -- >> she wants answers. >> of course she wants answers. but you can't have answers too quick on something like this. this is a large investigation. we need to know -- yeah but we need to know what went on inside that van. >> we do. we all agree on that. >> and before that van. because i'm not willing to concede that whatever happened happened in the van. what we see on the videotape

suggest things happened before that van. >> this is a point where you two differ. you don't actually think there was -- >> no. >> did everything look okay prior to van to you? >> no i think he did sustain some type of injury in the takedown. how much of an injury he sustained none of us know about. >> do you think it was intentional or accidentally? >> it might have been in the takedown. i can't tell. did they purposely slam his head up against something? i don't think the officers did that. there's no evidence to indicate that. >> sure there is. the evidence is that he could run and after he couldn't run. >> but the evidence does not show it was done purposely, all right. it might have happened in the takedown. >> we can't tell at this point. here's a question why would it have taken so long for an ambulance to be call snd. >> that's another story. >> one told us why wasn't he put in a neck brace at the very least? >> because i think the officers weren't really sure of his injuries. i know from a hundred times i've made arrests that you hear this from perpetrators all the time.

>> right. i can't walk i can't breathe. >> i can't walk i can't breathe. many of times i've carried a prisoner into the radio car, all right, because he don't want to walk. but we can clearly see when he gets in that van and he's standing up and the officers holding him like this, one man holding him like this and he's standing on his own. >> gentlemen, we have to leave it here. we know there are more protests planned today, one at noon and one at 3:00. we hope those rallies will continue to be heard but peaceful. great to have you here with us. a-game as always. chris. >> clarity wreeds e breeds consensus. that's what we have to remember. two top republicans are taking the gloves off. wait until you watch rand paul and john mccain mixing it up getting ugly. a fight for the soul of the right ahead.

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we expect more protests today in baltimore over the death of freddie gray. on wednesday some in the crowd were throwing bottles at police. the head of the police union comparing the protests to "a lynch mob." the outrage is over ignorance about what happened. and we do now know five

arresting officers provided statements to investigators, but no word yet on what they said. saudi-led air strikes pounding houthi targets in southern yemen. yemeni officials say the latest strikes hit a military complex. rebels vowed not to surrender now calling for peace talks and asking the world for help as yemeni refugees seek safety there. the u.n. says the conflict has displaced more than 150,000 people. back here at home the faa is now saying pressurization was not the problem on board a sky west airlines flight diverted to buffalo after a passenger lost consciousness. the emergency caused that plane to make a rapid descent. some described it as incredibly scary. that passenger received medical attention on the ground before being released. the chicago to hartford flight took off hours later for its intended destination. how about this one, you don't ask a lady her age. but a little girl asks the first lady her age during a white

house event. what happens next cute alert. >> how old are you? i'm 51. what does that mean? what's that look? say that again. give her the mic. what was that babe. >> you're too young for 51 -- [ laughter ] >> and she gets a hug. i love it. >> that's adorable. >> a politician in the making. >> do you think some of that's going away now? that women can't be asked about their age? do you think we're letting go of that? >> not on this set. >> i don't know about that. >> really? >> i don't know. >> whenever you're asked about your age you always say i'm younger than he is. >> i do. nothing to do with me. >> it's okay with me. it's not one of the first questions i ask. >> it's probably smart also. >> i don't even ask my mom her age. >> kids get a pass. >> they do. >> you always talk to kids and they have great questions.

>> i had a kid tell me i look 28 and i was like come on baby keep going. hey now. lucky i love you. >> i guess it's not okay. >> let me segue to weather. there is severe weather we need to talk about. >> yeah right here. >> there's a storm cloud. but there's severe weather taking aim at the heartland. let's get to meteorologist jennifer gray with the forecast. >> we do have severe storms in the forecast. we had about six tornado reports yesterday. this front that stretches all the way from the northeast and drapes across the south has been one of the ingredients that we've been -- that's been sparking off some of these storms. we have very warm and moist air in place. we have that front that's sinking down to the south. and with the help of the dry line to the west it's all coming together. and we do have that risk of severe storms again today. so the threat will not only last today, it will be in place tomorrow and saturday as well as this all just tracks to the east. and then we are going to expect quite a bit of rain.

cloud-to-ground lightning, even hail. so the threat today is anywhere from dallas houston, san antonio, basically the hill country of texas stretching all the way through oklahoma. moves a little bit more to the east tomorrow however dallas still included in that shreveport southern arkansas and onto portions of missouri and then even farther to the west on saturday. which will include atlanta, much of the south, new orleans included in that nashville and memphis. and, guys this is the season. we are going to really start ramping up severe weather as we get into may and june which is the peak of severe weather season. >> so what you're saying is you're going to put away the pretty sun dress and get out the severe weather gear and hit the road. >> could be the case. >> jennifer thanks so much. there's still plenty of time until the votes are cast but one presidential hopeful has emerged as the leading candidate among republicans. we'll look at who voters are already backing next.

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legit breaking news in the 2016 race. marco rubio at the top of the gop field. that's what a poll from the quinnipiac university tells us. rubio getting 15 giving the edge to the florida freshman. >> joining us to talk about this and so much more cnn analyst and campaign correspondent for "new york times," maggie haberman and patrick heally. patrick, what do you make of marco rubio jumping ahead of jeb bush in particular? he has 15% in this quinnipiac poll versus bush's 13%. >> senator rubio just announced, so there's some real excitement especially attention he could be the first hispanic president of the united states. the degree to which he brings kind of a fresh face an energy maybe a real contrast with hillary clinton in terms of that generational change. you know also i think you're just seeing still these

misgivings about whether americans want a third president bush whether even americans want a third president bush. maggie and i were in new hampshire last weekend at a republican gathering. 19 presidential candidates or possible candidates talking. you heard from a lot of activists. >> i didn't know there were that many. >> donald trump, there were a few. activists who were still even if they had warm feelings about bush number one, bush number two, still misgivings about whether they would really want a third. >> and, maggie may be legit questions about who do we want to be right? on the democrat side you know nobody's speaking up about it right now. but they only have one to really look at. what do you see here in terms of what these level numbers may mean in terms of this search for the identity of the party? >> i think that when you're seeing so many people who are undecided, and when the lead candidate is at 15% and then followed by 13 and then 11 it's all bunched together and there's a topping out. i think what you're seeing as pat said there were so many republican candidates getting up and auditioning at this cattle

call in new hampshire. we're going to see that repeated over the next nine ten months. and i think that you have a lot of activist who is feel like we have an incredibly wide open field. and we have a lot of choices. we're not rushing toward anyone. but marco rubio is getting a real hearing right now. as pat also said jeb bush is not clearing the field. that has really remained the story. when you compare it to what you're seeing on the democratic side where hillary clinton is so dominant it's really striking. >> let's talk about some infighting in the gop field between rand paul and senator john mccain. john mccain basically was not mincing words when he said he does not believe that rand paul is up for the job of president. >> that's putting it nicely. >> it is. listen to what he had to say. >> put it this way, senator paul is the worst possible candidate of the 20 or so that are running on the most important issue, which is national security. >> huh. >> what did he mean?

>> worst possible candidate. he's talking about foreign policy. >> absolutely. >> and they have a history. >> they do have a history. go from isis to iraq or anything that might call for american intervention or possibility of boots on the ground. and john mccain is unhappy with president obama on a lot of this. rand paul he sees someone who would take america to an isolationist position. senator mccain also has a very good friend coming into the race in senator lindsey graham who's really trying to occupy that kind of foreign policy national security lane. but you can't get sort of two more different guys than rand paul and john mccain on national security. john mccain still very much sees himself as sort of the leader and the voice of the party on these issues. >> and mccain doesn't back away from a fight. >> right. >> and rand paul picked one with him. that's what you're going to see. >> he does not forget. we've all gotten to know him well over the years. he doesn't forget. maggie let me ask you something. the clinton book was widely dismissed about the money that

goes into the cgi. and then you know the left is pushing back hard on this book saying there's nothing there. it's not going away. do you believe that's because of just the search for grist or do you believe i know we're going to get attacked and this is the nature of politic sns. >> i think there are a bunch of stories out today including from the times, "the wall street journal," story in "the washington post," each one presents something a little different. and i think reuters had a story this morning about the clinton foundation refiling a bunch of their 990s, which is their tax declarations that a charitable group has to do. the collective weight of this i think, it's not going away. and remember the book you're talking about has not even come out yet. so a lot of people don't know exactly what's in it. i think it's going to be hard to totally dismiss until people see what it contains. the author is apparently now also incidentally going through a scrub of some sort against or about jeb bush. so i think that you are going to see this continuing for a while. >> that's interesting. the book is called "clinton cash," patrick.

and the headline from it or at least what the author contends is that the clinton foundation took inappropriate, basically, money, fund raising, while hillary clinton was head of the state department. and that policy was affected as a result. has anybody been able to connect those dots? >> and the clintons got rich off it. >> and clintons personally got quite wealthy. i think this is what's going to be happening over the next ten months as hillary clinton is possibly in a vacuum as the likely democratic candidate. you're going to see reporting after reporting to look at whether the author of this book who has ties to the right who can be portrayed by the clintons as a partisan maybe hatchet man. but actually may have turned up you know some real connections there. you know the times as maggie said, the post "the wall street journal" are all sort of looking at this to see things we know the clintons have gotten very wealthy over the years giving

speeches both abroad and at home. the clinton foundation has received money from overseas certainly after secretary clinton left office. i mean the degree to which policy you know the degree to which policy was effected though i think -- >> examples that have come out so far in your paper were not that impressive. >> no. right. they were not smoking guns. i mean i think the hope on the republican side isn't so much that hillary clinton was dumb enough to you know rejig a policy in return for money. i don't think anybody believes that. i think it's more to try to reinforce this perception that the clintons are different than the rest of us that the clintons care about money both sort of personally and for their foundation. and then maybe it leads to some kind of ethical issues that might echo with 1990s ethical issues that might make people uncomfortable. >> patrick healy, maggie to be continued. thank you very much. there's a lot of news. let's get to it.

>> what we don't know is what happened inside the back of the van. >> the family has no confidence that the police can actually investigate the police. >> whether you believe he's faking or not, you have a duty. >> he simply didn't want to walk. >> saudi-led forces are pounding southern yemen with air strikes. >> the houthis should be under no illusion that we will continue to use force. >> they've got a 50/50 chance of making the sea crossing. they absolutely know that they're gambling with their lives. >> identifying the human traffickers, smugglers, is a hugely important message for the italians to be sending. >> why should hillary clinton -- this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morning everybody. welcome to your "new day." protests are intensifying in baltimore over the death of freddie gray who died after being taken into police custody. hundreds taking to the streets, some throwing bottles at

officers but mostly peaceful. more protests set for this afternoon. >> we now know five of the six officers involved in the arrest did give statements to investigators. and a while ago. one has chosen to stay silent. the question is what is in those statements? let's begin our team coverage with cnn's suzanne malveaux live in baltimore. suzanne. >> reporter: well chris, those protests are really growing in intensity day by day. we have seen that. we also expect they're going to grow in size. this afternoon it's expected that thousands of people will be here outside of city hall. the family pastor as well as the mother and the stepfather of freddie gray they are all asking questions demanding answers to what happened to him just about a week ago. protests continuing into the night in baltimore. after another tense standoff with police. >> watch yourself. i got ya. >> reporter: hundreds of

protesters demanding answers in the death of freddie gray. people frustrated filling the streets, blocking traffic. some even laying down on the middle of the intersections. this as new video shows gray minutes after his initial arrest the last time he was seen publicly and alive. the video shows gray not moving lying half in half out of the police van. this is when police say they shackled his ankles. >> he wasn't responding. he was down his feet was like this. and they picked him up and threw him up in the paddy wagon. >> reporter: what exactly happened to the 25-year-old when he was placed back in that van remains a mystery. >> something happened in that van, we just don't know what. >> an attorney for the baltimore city police union tried to answer questions tuesday despite calls from protesters demanding the arrest of the six officers involved. the fraternal order of police

defending the officers' actions. >> in this type of an incident you do not need probable cause to arrest. you just need reasonable suspicion to make the stop. and that's what they had in this case. >> reporter: more than four days after gray died from a nearly severed spine, cnn has been told the body will be released from state custody soon. and the family wants an independent autopsy. his relatives hoping for a second opinion on the cause of death. >> the most that you can say about freddie gray's family is that they are totally devastated. they tried to process the loss of their son, their brother, their friend. >> reporter: and the mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings-blake has reached out to the family. she wanted to meet with the family console the family. the family responded to her, chris, declining her offer saying it's not an appropriate time. that they are focused now on trying to bury their son. chris. >> this is very personal for them for everybody else it's

about the policy involved and what's going to change. but for them it all ended with what happened to their family member. suzanne, we'll check back with you. now, almost all of the officers involved as we told you, did share their side with investigators as early as 11 days ago. so what's in there? let's get to cnn's evan perez with the latest. what do we know? >> chris, we still don't know what's in those statements. the baltimore police union is firmly backing the six police officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray. the union officials say they have provided these statements five of six officers have provided these statements to investigators. the officers now suspended with pay committed no crime according to the union. gray died after suffering a spinal cord injury that police still cannot explain. baltimore police commissioner anthony batts says another investigator in the police van told investigators nothing happened on the way to jail. >> the second prisoner that was picked up is that he didn't see any harm done to freddie at all. what he has said is that he heard freddie thrashing about.

the driver didn't drive erratically. >> the justice department civil rights investigators and the fbi are now gathering evidence for their own investigation. the federal probe would have to prove that the officers intended to deny gray his civil rights. and, alisyn that's a tough case to make as we saw in the shooting of michael brown last year. >> absolutely evan. thanks so much for that background. we want to turn now to leonard ham, he is baltimore's former police commissioner. mr. ham, good morning. thanks for being on "new day." >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> you were at the head of the baltimore police department from 2004 to 2007. are you surprised to see your former officers embroiled in this controversy today? >> i'm surprised and i'm disappointed also. i thought we were better than that. i thought we were better trained than that. and it's tragic that this had to happen in our town. >> mr. hamm when you look at

that video of the arrest of freddie gray what do you see going wrong? >> what i see is a person in distress. and what should have happened is at that point they should have called for medical attention to help him out. and let the ambulance and the medical team the paramedics you know do what it is they do. >> mr. hamm there was this astonishing press conference yesterday. and i say astonishing because it was from the attorney for the police union. and his tone was so different than i think what protesters were expecting. it was very far from conciliatory or even offering any answers. one of the things that is the question about what happened with freddie gray's arrest is why they pursued him in the first place. there didn't seem to be probable cause. let me play for you what the attorney for the police union how he explained why they pursued him. listen to this. >> due to the fact that it is a

high crime area an individual who was mr. gray and another individual were observed and unprovoked. they both fled the police. there is a supreme court case that states that if you are in a high crime area and flee from the police after -- unprovoked the police have the legal ability to pursue you. and that's what they did.d. >> mr. hamm what do you think about that? he's saying that basically they pursued him and arrested him and took him down because when he looked at them he ran. >> i used to be an instructor in the baltimore police academy. and i actually was director of the baltimore police academy. and we always taught that probable cause was more than mere suspicion but less than beyond a shadow of a doubt that a crime has been or about to be committed. i don't believe that what those

officers did stand up to that standard. >> i mean we have the family that the attorney for the family of freddie gray on yesterday. and he said running while black is not a crime. >> i agree. >> i mean it appears as though the police officers pursued him for no other reason than that he ran. and the idea that a man is dead now, it just demands answers. >> it's very tragic. and we as police officers we have to be able to explain what we do and why we do it form probable cause statements. i don't know what the probable cause statements are saying but my question is like a lot of peoples questions is you know why did they chase him? what did he do? what was the reason to chase him? >> another question is what

happened to him. how did his spine get so severely injured? what people think they see when they watch this video is that his legs are limp almost as though he can't use his legs. well the attorney for the police union had a very different interpretation of this video. let me play for you how he sees this moment on the video. listen to this. >> he simply didn't want to walk. and that is not unusual with individuals who don't want to be arrested. they don't cooperate and they don't want to walk. that is not unusual. >> why was he yelling as if he was in pain? >> i think you're using the words yelling as if in pain as a speculation. it could have also been yelling to bring the crowd to make attention to his arrest. >> mr. hamm when you watch that video do you see someone who doesn't want to walk and who's just yelling for attention?

>> first of all, i am not a medical doctor. and i'm not a medical personnel. but it looked to me like he couldn't walk. not that he didn't want to walk but that he couldn't walk. >> mr. hamm what would you recommend the police chief in baltimore do today? >> well first of all, the commissioner is a personal friend. and i think he's doing as best a job as he can do. i think now it's time for him to really you know show leadership show command, be out in the street be with the troops ensure everybody is doing what they're supposed to do. because baltimore's at a state now that one mistake, whether intentional or unintentional by one of these officers could set this town ablaze. so he's really going to have to be out and about and on his game today. >> do you think that he should

release the contents of those officers statements taken the day of the arrest? >> i think he should follow the protocol of the investigation. let the investigation run its course. however, he has to be quick but not hurried. quick in that you can't stall this thing. but don't rush where you could possibly make some mistakes. >> leonard hamm former baltimore city police commissioner thank you so much for your insights into this case. >> thank you. >> we want to know your take as well. please tweet us using #newdaycnn. we'd love to hear your thoughts on this case. michaela. given what's happening in baltimore, race relations are expected to be a major issue facing the country's next attorney general. today, after waiting five months loretta lynch is expected to be confirmed as the new a.g. cnn's michelle kosinski is live at the white house with this big day for her. >> reporter: hey, michaela this

is really happening today. at least it's expected to. this afternoon the confirmation of the new attorney general loretta lynch in the senate. after about 166 days of waiting. we've really been hearing the anger from democrats over this. president obama called the delay embarrassing. administration officials saying this has taken longer than it took to write the constitution longer than the last seven nominees combined longer than the first 54 nominees combined. republicans tied her confirmation to the passage of this human trafficking bill that had some controversial abortion language in. it that finally hit a compromised, it was passed in the senate last night 99-0 with only ted cruz not present. lynch is expected to get around five republican votes, maybe a few more. by comparison attorney general eric holder whom republicans never seem to miss an opportunity to criticize got 19 republican votes. back to you guys. >> all right, michelle thank

you very much. yemen is getting pounded by bombs as the saudi air raids continue. so severe the once defiant houthi rebels are now calling for peace talks. we have cnn's becky anderson in abu dhabi with the latest. beck. >> reporter: chris, the saudis insist that this action is consistent with the end of this month-long operation decisive storm phase one as it were. and operation renewal of hope, phase two, which is part political, part military. now, these air strikes riad says are to protect civilians from militia while behind the scenes all willing stake holders work on the implementation of the u.n. resolution 2216. but it's not just in the air or on the ground that things are tense. it's also in the waters off yemen that things are getting really complicated. witness what could be the impending showdown between the u.s. warships entering the gulf of aden led by the u.s. aircraft carrier theodore roosevelt. and an approaching flotilla of

iranian cargo and military ships. now, u.s. officials tell us the mission is to monitor iranian cargo vessels that could, could, deliver arms to houthi rebels. the unanswered question at this stage, will the u.s. navy actually move to block those iranian ships from entering yemeni waters? alisyn. >> becky, thank you for that. well there was a frightening and unsettling flight for passengers on a delta flight from paris wednesday. it was supposed to land in newark, new jersey, but it was diverted to boston because of violent turbulence. it was apparently so bad some passengers got sick. and one passenger tells our affiliate wabc that it felt like king kong picked up the plane and shook it. the turbulence was apparently caused by storms in the northeast on wednesday. yikes. i knew there was king kong. ukraine has been out of the headlines, but the violence there is getting worse. u.s. officials accusing the russians once again this time of deploying air defense systems in eastern ukraine, which would be

a violation of the cease-fire deal. they're also seeing a rush troop buildup along the border. many analysts fear there could be a new russian-backed offensive in the works to seize even more territory in ukraine. thousands of people forced to evacuate after a volcano erupts twice in one day in southern chile. look at this. red alert in effect as that volcano spews a giant tower of ash into the sky after being dormant for nearly half a century. the government is supplying water in case resources get contaminated. so far thankfully no reports of deaths nor injuries. but quite a sight to behold. you can imagine a lot of people are grabbing images of that because it's not something you see very often. >> no, good point. >> '70s i think is the last time. tensions are mounting in the middle east this morning. a convoy of iranian ships steaming towards yemen, nine u.s. vessels waiting to intercept them are the two countries on a collision course? >> and hillary clinton is under fire no two ways about it. she's facing questions about donations to her family's foundation.

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yemen has significant developments. judge for yourself whether it's good or bad news. an iranian convoy is heading towards the coast. nine american ships are waiting for them there. on land a devastating air campaign has pushed houthi rebels to call for peace. to understand the situation we have former u.n. and state department official and former obama campaign foreign policy adviser david. good to have you on the show. it looks bad on the outside for u.s. interests what's going on in yemen. what do you see as the hope?

>> well it's a very difficult situation. it's delicate but i think the administration is approaching it correctly. the u.s. has to show its allies saurd rab ya that it backs what saudi arabia is doing in yemen. that's part of the reason the ships are there. it also has to show iran there are consequences to iran continuing to supply the shiite houthi rebels. at the same time it needs to be careful not to let the rhetoric get too out of control with iran. we don't want to go to war with iran over this. also the u.s. is trying to negotiate a nuclear agreement with iran. the u.s. says it is compartmentalizing its diplomacy. on one hand working towards an agreement, on the other hand confronting iran in yemen. so it's going to be very interesting to see what happens. >> the spin is the other way, that iran is controlling the game. they have you at the table for nukes and they are controlling that negotiation. and meanwhile because your hands are tied because you want the

nuke deal so bad as the p5+1 including america, they're running rough shod in yemen right now helping the houthi rebels seeming like they are for the common man. while you for the u.s. you're for saudi arabia that is not a beloved entity in the region that has seen a lot of terrorism and iraq equally we now have iran supposedly helping the little man in their fight that the u.s. is staying out of. and you say? >> well i say there's some accuracy to that. iran is engaging in activities around the middle east. you've mentioned some of the countries, like iraq like in syria, like in lebanon, that is destabilizing the region. but the u.s. is sending a message to iran, especially now in yemen. it has moved more naval ships to yemen. >> but iran isn't stopping their cargo. >> saying to iran you cannot continue to supply the houthi rebels with weapons. >> what are you going to do when the iranian ships continue on their way and you hear strong words from iran as well basically saying we don't care what you say. you are now a threat to us.

and to make that point clear, we're going to hold some of your people as well and you can't make us let them go. which is what we see with the journalist and marine among others. >> the u.s. has to make clear there are repercussions for iran continuing to engage in this behavior. that's what the ships are about. certainly the u.s. has been backing saudi arabia and its air strikes against yemen, those are against the houthi rebels. we have to see what happens. it would be nice if the u.s. was also doing more to confront iran and its destabilizing actions in places like lebanon, iraq and syria. >> it is one thing to argue that the u.s. has the upper hand or the better hand when it comes to backing israel over iran in terms of their conflict because of the alliance between the u.s. and israel. do you think you have solid ground with thealliance with saudi arabia or are they more of a mixed bag on the fight on terror? >> the relationship with saudi arabia and some of the other sunni gulf countries like the uae, like qatar, is very sensitive. they certainly would like to see

the u.s. doing more to confront iran. and they're very worried about this nuclear agreement. but the u.s. is doing the right thing. it's in discussions with each of those countries and their leaders. it is supporting the effort in yemen. and it needs to do -- listen more to those countries because we really need those countries not just because they're allies in the region but also because they're helping us fight isis and al qaeda. and we need them to continue to help us do that. >> what d you make of the criticism that these bubbling situations are a function of america pulling back. and while pulling back sounded good to american people it is now a price that we're paying for it. >> i think there's some accuracy to that. the biggest threat to u.s. national security around the world, especially in this region the middle east is there being more failed states. and we are now on the verge of having more failed states. yemen certainly is now a failed state. syria has been a failed state for a long time. iran -- excuse me iraq could be a failed state. and of course libya also is having -- facing its share of

problems. so the u.s. backing off in those countries is problematic. and it's going to be interesting to see what the president does in these last years of his presidency to turn that around and stop the creation of failed states. >> is this proof that our strategy to date has not been effective? >> well i mean, depends on what strategy you're talking about. there are aspects of our strategy that have been effective. we have started to make progress in iraq against isis. we need to continue that. we have in libya, for instance been very helpful during the revolution help get rid of gadhafi, which was a good thing. but the strategy now in libya is not helpful because libya is in a very difficult situation. there's not enough engagement by the u.s. and by other countries. yep yemen, let's wait and see. i think the u.s. is doing the right thing by not being overly engaged militarily in yemen but at the same time supporting our allies like saudi arabia as they try to push the houthi rebels

back and try and coerce the two sides into a political solution. >> david tafuri thank you for the take. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> good conversation chris. republicans taking aim at hillary clinton over her refusal to meet privately with benghazi investigators and about some questionable contributions to her family's foundation. could all these issues derail her run for the white house? nobody told us to expect it... intercourse that's painful due to menopausal changes it's not likely to go away on its own. so let's do something about it.

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hillary clinton facing even more questions this morning about foreign donations to the clinton foundation. and that's not all. her campaign also sparring with the congressional committee investigating the benghazi attack. let's talk about all this with stephanie, the president of emily's list a pac supports. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> as much as the clinton campaign might want this book called "clinton cash" to go away it is not. it appears to be gaining some traction. even the "new york times" is reporting on it. what's the campaign's plan to counter what it says in this book? >> well i really feel that the campaign has gotten ahead of

this and gotten a lot of information out. let's step back the voters are too smart to fall for this right wing conspiracy. we've got a discredited author who used to work for karl rove. and it's like a piece of political fiction. >> well i see you've got your talking points. yes, he has baggage, this guy, if you want to look at it that way. >> yes, he does. >> but that's not the sames a disproving the allegations. we're not hearing that from the campaign. they did refile their 990s. that adds smoke to the situation that the organization we're talking about refiled some tax reporting. is that suspicious to you? >> well you know, we're dealing with a massive organization who's done amazing work for those who need it the most across the world. think about the clinton foundation and the work they've done -- >> but why are we -- >> i think what we're dealing with is just a really big bureaucratic organization. i think this book again, has been full of a lot of already discredited pieces. and i think that's more and more going to come out.

i think we have to remember here is that this is not what the voters in this country are looking for in this campaign. they want to talk about the future the economy, what is best for their lives. and the republicans, this is their main vat ji. >> let me give our viewers -- >> this is the best strategy they have. >> let's give our viewers an example, this is one the "new york times" has also run with. the "new york times" is taking the book and doing their own investigation. here's one about a uranium mining company bought by a russian shareholder. here's what it says in the "new york times" today. as the russians gradually control -- sorry, assumed control of uranium one, that's the name of the company, in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013 canadian records show a flow of cash made its way to the clinton foundation. those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the clintons despite an agreement mrs. clinton has struck with the obama white house to publicly identify all donors. they can just build this narrative that she hasn't fully

disclosed things. and it makes possibly voters uncomfortable. >> well i think, again it's about what the voters are looking for here. and the republicans have clearly made their main strategy in discrediting hillary clinton at every turn. you mentioned the benghazi committee earlier as well. it's the same situation. they know they have to make the selection about hillary clinton. hillary clinton knows that this election is actually about everyday americans. and what we're going to do moving this economy forward. >> but you want to lead the characters always a test. i think that the through line here is one test. examples of narrative, which is do you come clean, the clintons as a machine, when you have someone asking you hard questions? benghazi the e-mail servers, now the stuff about the cgi, is that a fair criticism? that the way they handle these situations may not be as immediate and open as people want. >> well i would say that yes, she's been very open with everything. on the e-mails she turned over

you know tens of thousands of e-mails. >> deleted others though. >> others said please make them public. >> but not all of them. only the 55,000 not everything that was on the server. >> i think it was a situation where previous secretaries have had similar situations with private e-mail accounts. so i think she is really rolling this out. i mean it is just one thing after the other because the strategy for the republicans is to tear down hillary clinton. what we would like to see is some sort of proactive future looking argument from the republicans. but the republicans don't have anything to offer the american people particularly on advancing the economy. what we look at at emily's list is absolutely critical. >> that's why you decided to endorse her? >> absolutely. emily's list was thrilled to endorse the day she got into the race. emily's is looking at one of our biggest election cycles in the history of the organization which happens to be 30 years old this year. >> congratulations.

>> thank you. >> you mentioned benghazi. and i do want to touch on that for a second because the select committee investigating it does want to hear again from mrs. clinton. do you think the campaign has any plan to allow her to be questioned further? >> i think this committee's going to continue as they have to dig, dig and dig. and it has come up with nothing over over and over again. i just go back -- i hate to go back to the same point, but this is their strategy. and hillary clinton's campaign i think has done a fabulous job in their first, not quite two weeks, of making this election already about everyday american people. >> you've got to balance though doing what you're saying which is clearly the truth, right? the american people want it to be about them and their futures. >> absolutely. >> that's true for women and men. but you can't make it that way without also investing yourself and your character on the line. that's part of the test for her. you can't duck the test. >> well, if we're going to talk about character and leadership this is a woman who has committed her entire career to

advancing women and families in this country. she's committed her entire career to really focusing on economic issues from the first job she had at the children's defense fund. you know she was a superb secretary of state, she was a great senator of the state of new york and has really incredible record. she's one of the most experienced and qualified people let's leave out gender even though i'm emily's list leave out gender. she's one of the most qualified people who has ever run for president in the united states. and she has roots in the middle class. i mean that is why emily's list and our 3 million members are excited about this campaign not just to elect hillary clinton as president. but for us we'd like to break that glass ceiling. it has been far too long. and it is time. >> stephanie, thanks so much for being on "new day." >> thank you. >> nice to see you. >> good to have you. so what do kids know about the race? we just heard from emily's list. how about kids out there? oh they don't know anything. you are wrong.

we talked to the kiddie cabinet about what's going on. they reconvened to talk about the election of 2016. and they are on it. take a look. who's this? >> hillary clinton. >> who is this? needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, that's what i'd like to do. jeff... hey, scott! this is no time for lollygaggin', lad. the chickweed and the dandelions are reekin' mad havoc! now's the time to send in the scotts turf builder weed and feed, man! it kills weeds while it feeds and strengthens your grass. feed your lawn. feed it!

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more demonstrations are scheduled for this afternoon in baltimore following the death of freddie gray. protests intensify wednesday. some in the crowd throwing bottles towards police. the head of the police union says the protests resemble a lynch mob. five officers in the case have now given their side to investigators although one has remained silent. the sky over sanaa in yemen lighting up with a new round of saudi-led air strikes. and now once-defiant houthi rebels reportedly calling for peace talks. this as the world is asked to step in for help with the yemenis looking for safety. the conflict has displaced an estimated 150,000 people. the middle east north

africa issues of politics but really about people risking it all for a better chance. such desperation the eu called an emergency summit about it. we have cnn correspondent nick paton walsh at a point that's become launch point for many migrants. nick. >> reporter: we hear what's happening on the shores of europe but behind me is a fraction of what's happening here in war-torn libya. now, there are 350 people here. about a third of them from where oppression causes so many to flee but harrowing stories from many women here who are in fact pregnant. one official here saying they actually tried to make the journey while pregnant perhaps hoping it may improve the rights of their children if they finally get through to europe. if you ask the men in this detention facility whether or not they're trying to get to europe they all deny it. perhaps feeling that will cause their fate to be further complicated. but the officials running this facility say they're all pretty much without exception trying to get to europe to some degree.

this an extraordinary small window on the number of people fleeing turmoil and poverty in africa. but the key issue here so many unclear of their fate. and the officials saying there simply isn't really a system here in libya to be able to even begin to think about repatrioting them. back to you. >> essentially a crisis situation there. thanks for that nick. real interesting story here. a 14-year-old girl is back home in mexico after she was sent to a woman in the united states who claimed that that young girl was her daughter. she was forcibly as you can see here screaming. she was forcibly removed from her middle school sent to a mexican national living in houston. however the mexican consulate demand dna testing was done and it was proven she was not the woman's child. although right now remains unclear why she was taken before her identity was confirmed. for her part the woman in texas says her daughter was taken to

mexico years ago in a custody dispute. >> how can that happen? >> i have no idea. what a terrifying thing. the little girl says she was terrified at first. she soon calmed down when she realized and hoped things would turn out. again, dna testing proved and she's being sent home. >> i think it happens more than we think. >> don't they do dna testing before they extract a child from their country. >> way out of order. >> doesn't seem like they always do it the right way. >> i guess not. all right. it's time for cnn money now. business correspondent alison kosik is in our money center. hi allisonison. >> google throwing its hat into the ring offering wireless service for your cell phone. the new service will cost $20 a month for talk and text plus $10 per gigabyte of data. that's cheaper than similar plans from at&t and verizon. it's invitation only and available on one google phone at

the moment. big ceos taking one for the team. we've learned e lon musk made only $35,000 last year at tesla motors. but shed no tears, already a billionaire. and american airlines ceo doug parker will no longer get a salary. instead, paid only in stock. no more tears because, chris, he made more than $12 million last year. >> okay. because i was getting a little tear ri there. thank you, alison. coming up we've got the kiddie cabinet for you. third and fourth graders, they don't know presidential politics, right? think again. >> who's this? >> hillary clinton. >> who is this?

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polls, pundits, politicians, they all make picking a president such a mess. not for the kiddie cabinet. once again we put the toughest election decisions to the youngest among us and they came up with answers that should be the envy of all. take a look. who knows that we have a presidential election upcoming? everybody knows.

who thinks it's important? everybody thinks it's important. why do you think we're hearing about it so much so soon? mariah? >> because hillary clinton is running. >> who is hillary clinton? iliana. >> president clinton's wife. >> is that all? is that all hillary clinton is is president clinton's wife? >> no. >> stand up what else has she done other than marry some man? >> she's a democratic presidential candidate. >> do you think hillary clinton should be president of the united states? >> yes. >> why? >> because hillary clinton will be the first woman president. >> look at all the young ladies nodding their heads. you know already that it's a done deal? we got over a year to go. can't a lot of things happen between now and then to change your mind? >> yes, they can. things can happen. people can like different people running for president can say different like ideas they have to make the country a better

place and change people's minds. >> let's talk about some of them. who is this daniel? his name rhymes with marco rubio. that is his name. cuban-american would be first latino president. and they say that he right now it's still early, sizes up best against hillary clinton. uh-huh. now what do you think of him? i'm going to beat your hillary. i'm going to beat your hillary. does he look like a president? >> doesn't really matter how people look. >> oh it matters. daniel what kind of person does the president have to be? >> a good and fair person. >> good and fair. what else, mariah? >> they have to stand up for what they want and what the country wants. >> stand strong. who's this? me in ten years. no who is it?

rand paul. he is a senator. what do you think when you look at his face? >> his hair. >> he's got good hair. not as good as you though sebastian, let's not get razecrazy here. you got a nice head of hair. i'm not going to joke. so he's got good hair. is that presidential? >> no. >> see that said it doesn't matter how you look. guy got kicked out of office just because of his hair. so far the election has been about this. hillary clinton is saying i'm going to go around the country and listen to what people want. i'm not going to tell you what i'm going to do yet really. so can we make up our mind whether or not we want hillary clinton to be president if we don't know what she's going to do yet? who says no? who says yes, i don't care what she's going to do i believe it will be great? no hands. good. on the republican side we've got like five six people who are probably going to be in there. they are spending a lot of time saying why hillary clinton should not be president. is that a good way to become

president by telling you why someone else s not a nice person. vote for me. how about that? >> i wouldn't say it's nice. it's just bragging about yourself and not letting the other person speak. >> michael has spoken. he is not smart enough. so going after somebody else and saying they are bad is not enough to be president. who would want to be president? not thoed or tomorrow? nobody wants to be president of the united states? what do you want to be when you grow up? football player. astronaut. >> football or basketball. or if sports doesn't work out, then it's probably going to be

like a governor -- >> something less something easy on the side. anybody can be governor these days. who thinks you will hear somebody saying they can do anything. >> i think i can't do all the things people want but i could try doing as much as i could. >> is that a great answer. who agrees with me about how good that answer is? wouldn't that be refreshing to hear? >> i can't do everything you want but i will try my best. >> send it to your brother. if sports doesn't work out, i want to be governor. >> i didn't like the aspersions

on the curly hair. they were rooking at my hair and that's why i got a hair cut. i don't want to run, just want respect. >> all right, guys. admit it. we all get a little annoyed when devices act up and one colorado man took it to the extreme with his computer. >> every get so mad at your computer you wish you could clobber it? a colorado springs man took it a step further. >> guys i heard gunshots every here. >> ended up being the subject of 911 calls. >> what type of weapons is involved? >> a gun. >> a .9 millimeter pistol. >> 37-year-old lucas shot his

dell computer because he was fed up with fighting with it. did not expect my actions to be questioned by anybody. >> he said it was angels sung on high. as for the victims final moments, the dell kept giving hints of the blue screen of death before he finally put it out of its misery. his shots are all over the place. you can tell he was in emotional distress. we have not seen a premeditated murder like this since the dad's rage protesting on facebook. >> this right here is my .45. that was the first round. >> the murder of the dell led to other shocking confessions on

the colorado springs facebook page. >> i have killed several printers with my bare hands. the shooting of the dell was a crime of position and even the police answering the call could comprehend. after all, look what happened to them. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> he could upgrade. just saying instead of violence. >> it's a window into a little larger problem some people may have. >> anger management? >> a little bit. >> me and the sewing machine. i will tell you. will we get answers of what happened in baltimore during the arrest of gray.

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suspicion. >> iranian warships heading towards navy destroyers. >> we sent ships to that part of the world to prevent a war between saudi arabia and iran. she has waited longer than a confirmation vote than any attorney nominee since the reagan administration. >> one out of every eight couples suffers in the u.s. from inturfertility infertility. >> this is "new day," with chris cuomos and alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> protests in baltimore continue because answers are not coming. what happened to freddy gray? a young man was injured after being taken into police custody. more protests are planned for today. it seems only clarity will

create consensus. >> five of the officers involved in gray's arrest have given statements so is the public closer to getting any answers. let's begin with suzanne malveaux. >> reporter: we have seen the protests grow in intensity and we are expecting thousands of people to arrive here at city hall. it's being sponsored by the pastor of the family and we expect the mother and stepfather to be here as well as the ncaacp. they are going to hold a rally bigger and all this because people want answers as to what happened to freddy gray. >> protests continuing into the night in baltimore. after another tense standoff

with police. hundreds of protesters demanding answers in the death of freddy gray. people frustrated filling the streets, blocking traffic. some even laying down on the middle of the intersections. this as new video shows gray minutes after his initial arrest. the last time he was seen publicly and arrive and it shows him laying half in and half out of the police van. this is when police shackled his ankles. >> they picked him up and threw him up in the paddy wagon. >> what happened to the 25-year-old when he was placed back in that van remains a mystery. >> something happened in that van. we just don't know what. >> an attorney tried to answer questions tuesday, despite calls from protesters demanding the arrest of the six officers involved.

the fraternal order of police defending the officers' actions. >> you don't need probable cause to arrest you just need suspicions and that's what happened in this case. >> cnn was told the body will be released from state custody, soon and the family wants an independent autopsy, and his relatives hoping on a second opinion about his death. >> the most you can say about his family is that they are totally devastated. they tried to process the loss of their son, their brother, their friend. >> the mayor of baltimore has reached out to the family and she wanted to meet with them to try and work with them and we are told the family has declined that and they say it's not the appropriate time and their focus now is on trying to figure out how to bury their son.

>> we just keep hearing how overwhelmed that family is by grief. thank you so much for that. >> an attorney for the police union, five of the six officers have given their sides of the events to investigators, and so when will the public know what happened? let's get the latest on that. >> we will be waiting a while. the baltimore police union is firmly backing the six police officers involved in the arrest of freddy gray and five of the six officers have provided their statements to investigators, and they have been suspended with pay, and they say they committed no crime. gray died after suffering a spinal cord injury and they cannot explain that. and the van transporter said nothing unusual happened. >> the second prisoner said he

heard freddy thrashing about and the driver did not drive erratically. >> and the investigators and fbi are gathering informtion for the investigation, and they would have to prove the officers intended to deny gray his civil rights and that's a tough case to make as we saw in the shooting of michael brown last year. >> and it makes you wonder do you have too many cooks in the kitchen, four investigations going on and they all derive from what the police is cooking up. let's go to mrs. cook. let's start with the family. how are they handling the situation emotionally? what do they believe happened to freddy gray? >> you know i don't think they are speculating at this point about what happened to freddy other than to say that freddy was healthy and happy, and that day that he was obviously

healthy when he was, you know as the police say, he was running, and a week and a day later he is no longer with us. that's all they know right now and that is a very large part of their frustration, not having any information to help them process any of this and just being absolutely devastated by the loss of this young man who was so important in their lives. >> let's go back to the beginning and see what makes sense to you and what does not. the police are saying now, the police union attorney is saying you didn't need probable cause and you need suspicion, and that's a nod to the fact that freddy gray had an extensive record with a lot of drug wraps and different cases. >> i spent 11 years of my career in the prosecutor's office and i dealt with these kinds of cases in the past.

first of all, putting aside what freddy gray may or may not have done and the officers do not have any of that information if they existed it at the time that they saw freddy gray and they say gray looked at them and tried to run, and so to say that is relevant. >> how do we know what the officers knew about freddy gray? >> i have read the application for statement of charges, which is a document that was written by the officers asking for basically the ability to issue charges against freddy gray after -- right around the time of the incident and that phreubg indication says nothing about that. and after the apprehension they say they found a knife, a knife that nobody has ever seen.

there are lots of knives legal in the state of maryland. >> there is no proof on that yet? >> there is no proof. more importantly, it doesn't amount to reasonable suspicion, which is what the police lawyers are talking about. >> i wanted to get to another point that i think you will want to comment on. >> kevin moore just gave an interview and he was one of the people to shoot cell phone video. he says two things. the first one is that the police had gray folded up like a piece of or guamy, he was all bent up. >> uh-huh. >> what do you make of that? >> to be honest with you i can't make anything of that suggestion at this point because i don't know what the medical implications of that are, and until we see the medical examiner's findings it's

difficult to take those kinds of facts and come to any conclusions. i don't want to keep repeating it but the conclusion we can draw right now is a healthy young man died after being in police custody and he was fine before the police laid hands on him and he died days later, and that's something you can say with certainty. >> and he said freddy gray was saying i can't breathe, i need a pump referring to his asthma. that will go to whether they were treating him from a medical perspective, and that goes to whether or not the spine was an issue for him and why he was dragging along the way, and do you think that's a window of what was or what was not going on with him physically that he was talking about asthma and not his spine or legs? >> that has been reported that he talked about as ma. i know generally he complained, and he made medical complaints. the significance of that for me

right now without having any other medical information, the significance is the officers should have stopped, if they felt the custody was appropriate, and maintained their position and called for an ambulance or paramedic. if somebody is complaining they can't breathe and their legs are dragging behind them and they are screaming out in pain the response to that by a reasonable officer is to call for a paramedic to render aid and assist in this case freddy and spinal injuries can cause, you know and i am not a doctor but spinal injuries can cause an inability to breathe. so whether or not that's indicative of the beginning of a spinal injury i can't answer. nobody can answer that until we see -- that's part of the frustration. >> last question to you, mrs. cook there are four concurrent investigations going on and

sometimes you have too many chefs in the kitchen, and are you concerned about how you hear five out of the six officers giving statements as early as april 12th but no word of what is in them? >> i am not surprised about that because there's always an internal affairs investigation with whenever a person like this situation with freddy is harmed or dies in custody, so i am not surprised. i am surprised as to whether or not they would give statements and usually they obtain lawyers and make a decision about statements. the states' attorney office will always look at these because it's a homicide,ing and the state's attorney is the one that makes the decision to charge or not to charge or how to charge or how to present it to the grand jury. that is the state process. the justice department so frequently works in conjunction with state agencies and city agencies that i think that they all have a pretty good working

relationship and know when not to step on each other's toes and know when to step in and take over so i think i am comfortable with the idea that the most important thing is that we get to the bottom of this and i am comfortable with the idea that there will be more than one set of eyes looking at it and some of the eyes are totally disinterested in anything other than the truth. >> and it races raises the suspicion as to police culture. thank you for giving that perspective from the family, and if you have a final word please give it. >> i wanted to say there were issues because the city -- there was issues that were brought up because there had been so many pay outs made on the police brutality cases made so there was an investigation in that regard and i know that was going on. for the sake of the family i

just hope that we can get some information, some information that should shed lied on something that is probably one of the most difficult processes that anybody can go through in a lifetime. >> you are referring to the settlement amounts of $6.3 million. in maryland that looks low and this state has a cap. >> i just want to say -- thank you. i wanted to say the cap was $200,000. not $600,000. >> so it's lower. satellites are tricky but it's helpful to have some answers there. the family of michael brown expected today to file a wrongful death suit against the city of ferguson missouri. the unarmed teen was shot by a white officer, and the grand

jury did not convict him. >> the full senate is set to vote on the confirmation of lynch. >> can you previousbelieve it? this is actually happening today, after, what 166 days since loretta lynch was nominated to be the next attorney general, and we have seen congress getting a couple things done in the last couple weeks, but this administration has used colorful ways to describe the delay, and this is taking longer than it took to write the entire constitution and longer than the first 54 nominees combined. republicans tied this

confirmation and this weird political twist to the passage of a human trafficking bill that had the controversial abortion language written into it and that passed last night, 99-0 and only ted cruz was not there to vote. she is expected to get a handful of republican votes, at least five, and eric holder you look at his confirmation way back when he got 19 republican votes, and he is somebody that republicans love to criticize, and that says something about the political climate right now, as if you need to be reminded. >> as if thank you. and now calling for peace talks. all of this on land as tensions build offshore as u.s. and iranian warships get set.

>> this action is consistent with the end of what was the month-long storm, and operation renewal of hope announced a few days ago, which they say is part political and part military. they are going to continue to protect civilians from militia. on the ground a huge humanitarian crisis. and behind the scenes the saudis say they should be working on the resolution of 2216. it's not just in the air or on the ground it's also in the waters off yemen that things are getting a little bit messy. witness what could be the impending showdown between the u.s. warships entering the gulf of aden led by the u.s. carrier "roosevelt," and u.s. officials are telling us the mission for

them to is monitor iranian cargo vessels that just could deliver arms to houthi rebels. the question at this stage, will the u.s. navy actually move to block the iranian ships from entering yemeni waters. if we need reminding why this is a calculation problem, they are meeting for a second day for nuclear talks hoping to finalize a deal by june 30th. alisyn? >> we will raise all the issues with a former ambassador to yemen who is coming up momentarily. thank you. david petraeus expected to plead guilty today, admitting he leaked classified information to his biographer turned mystery. what can we expect at the

sentencing? >> the four-star general is expected to arrive for his sentencing today at 2:00 p.m. he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for providing top classified information to his former lover, and he lied but he was never charged for that. critics are quick saying he was given special treatment. the married general's fall from grace began with his affair with broad well. according to court documents he gave her eight black books full of classified information regarding covert officers and intelligence capabilities and other national defense information. today the government is expected to ask for two years probation,

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rebels? >> it's hard to imagine they will have anymore success with the second round of air strikes than in the first, and the first caused physical and construct constructional damage so i think what they are trying to do is redirect their strikes more towards areas and i suspect that this is going to very quickly, if not already, approach a point of diminishing returns, and they are going to get criticism for doing that kind of damage to yemen and its infrastructure that already occurred. >> it was hard to frankly interpret the messages yesterday. they put out the statement, mission accomplished and let me read some of the things they said. they already achieved protection of yemen from takeover by the

houthis, and they claim to have presented the flow of weapons into yemen and protected the legitimate government of yemen. most of these don't seem to be set or certainly decisively achieved. let's take it one by one. they have not protected yemen by takeover from the houthis, have they? >> no and one claim they achieved is to destroy the missile stock that the houthis may have acquired. that was probably the element of success. i think we all breathed the sigh of relief and the white house has been clear that it's now looking very clearly at trying to move away from a military operation stage into a negotiation phase so that we can get the parties back to the table and try to come up with an inclusive political transition that will bring this con

tphroeubgt conflict to a close. >> do you believe the reports of peace talks? >> i believe the houthis will accept talks, but i think they want to see an end to the saudi air strikes, and that's something we all think would be a good idea, and they want to lift the embargo, and the saudis have their own conditions, which is an surrender, and both parties need to find middle ground where they can accept the conditions set by the other party. >> what do you make going on in the gulf of aden u.s. warships and iranian cargo ships, and they appear to be at an impasse? >> well i think what we are seeing in the gulf of aden is a lot of posturing and political messaging. i don't think either one wants

to pick a fight in the gulf of aden when we are working in over drive to get a closure on the nuclear deal. so i think we are really going to try and keep this at bay. the risk is miscalculation. i think that it races the question of who is in command of the iranian army, and so we need to be attentive to that element. i don't think either side is going to use this as a way to get into a fight at the moment. it would be detrimental to the larger goal and the larger prize, which is the nuclear deal. >> mr. ambassador let me show you a new cnn poll and it shows what americans believe is the most serious threat to the u.s. and number one, they believe 87% is isis and at 72%, they think it's iran and then 66%, north

korea, and 54% china. do those seem to be accurate to you? are those fears in that order justified? >> well i think one of the things i would ask about that isis tends to be a headline grabber, but it has not yet tkepl demonstrated moving around. that for me is the real threat. the ability remains in al qaeda's hands in yemen, because the infrastructure is in fact and they have a safe haven is carved out, and then that is a much higher priority. >> thank you so much for being on "new day." >> thank you, alisyn. my pleasure. moving on.

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here are the five things you need to know for more "new day." more protests following the death of freddy gray after his arrest. at long last, the full senate set to vote on loretta lynch's confirmation. david petraeus being sentenced today for leaking classified information to his biographer turned mistress. a federal judge giving final approvale approval providing $5 million for the most serious conditions

related to head trauma. and then trying to help the migrant crisis. if you want to know more about the migrant crisis and how can you help. alisyn i hear you giggling. >> it's the perfect timing because i am talking about a medical breakthrough. it promises to be a game changer. and how are you? nice to see you. >> let's talk about something that can change the game for women that want to have children later in life, like sophie.

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welcome back to "new day"." chances are that you or somebody you know has struggled to get pregnant. one out of every eight couples in the u.s. suffered from in infertility infertility. we have two guests dr. sanjay gupta, and singer and song writer sophia hawkins. how did this happen? >> i froze by embryos, and i had one, and then i said i have to have another child to build my family. >> you at 31 years old had the foresight to realize that you

were not ready in your life to have a family. >> most women aren't nowadays because your career is so demanding, and basically feeding your embryos to me is like having a savings account when you are 20 and you don't think you will need it, and you think you are going to be young and fit forever, and i am young and fit in my mind but the eggs they are not young and fit, and it was like having a savings account. >> you took your egg and donor sperm and created an embryo and froze it. >> yes. >> what is new and possibly game changing for women that may want to have children later in life now you can freeze your eggs. >> just the eggs. unfertilized eggs. this is relatively new over the last 15 or 20 years, and it has gotten better in terms of how

well we can freeze and thaw eggs. basically, the challenge was that in eggs there is a lot of fluid within the egg, and with an embryo less fluid, and with more fluid it's hard to freeze because that can crystallize. so it was a flash freezing process that creates the crystallization from occurring, so it can freeze and thaw more easily. >> the technology was around but it was not that effective. in the last couple of years, have they figured out how the eggs will still be viable ten or 15 years later when you say they are ready? >> now they are talking about success rates of 70%, and for a woman in her 20s, it's 25%. >> is there any danger of freezing eggs to women? >> well so you have an egg that

at that time whatever the age the woman is at that time any problems that could develop, it's a process, certainly, and it's a 2 1/2 week process, and there are anesthetics involved and medications you have to take but not much other than that. it's not easy. it's expenseiveexpensive. but you have good payoff rates with suckcesssuccess. >> who wouldn't do that? >> the hardest part was picking the sperm donor, and i was in a relationship and didn't want somebody else. >> what do you say to people who are not there -- >> you have to grow up and accept it. like i said you want to go to college, you have to have a savings account, and you know you are going to get old, get long-time care insurance, freeze

your eggs gosh darn it. >> and people that say you can have a baby at 50 doesn't mean you should. >> somebody else might need it. maybe your sister donate your best friend. men are wonderful, but having a child is the best thing in the world. it makes us who we are. i am sorry to be so old-fashioned, but it's the greatest thing in my life. >> nice to hear. how are you feeling? >> great. i am feelings amazing. i don't have a nanny, and he is in a great public school and everything is wonderful. i am performing at rockwell musical on april 30th. >> seven months pregnant and you are going to be performing. >> yeah look sanjay what is so interesting, this is a sexist

con conversation. >> your sperm lasts forever? >> what is that? >> your sperm lasts forever. >> younger sperm are going to have more viability, but the idea of storing eggs just because, it's an interesting question. we used to do it for embryos for patients with cancer and so if there were fertility problems. >> yeah and it has been wonderful. >> and they may lose their fertility as a result of their treatments and it's a whole new discussion. i talked to people for the segment, and the community is still split, and most of them are cautious, don't do this until you feel you need to. >> what is the drawback? >> well like in most medicine unless there is a certain procedure necessary, you don't want to do it because of the

costs or things that can go wrong, and will it give people a sense of confidence that they don't need to go ahead and get pregnant and wait as long as they want? they may want to do that it may be their life choice but does it make it a sort of a natural path? >> the decision you have to make but it's a cultural shift. sanjay great to see you, and thank you for explaining that. you and i will have a live facebook chat about all sorts of infertility questions later on. when is your baby due? >> july 6th. >> yeah and dash is excited? >> he named her bubble gum. he is done with me and on to the next. >> yeah excited about his baby sister. what is your take on this topic? tweet us using #newdaycnn. and sanjay and i will do a live chat on the facebook page and

you can tweet us or send in questions. >> our green room is hopping. look who i found. americans turn to you for years especially during the vietnam war, and you have a special documentary coming up that we will talk about through the lens of your former talk show. we have an anniversary, 40 years. >> makes us feel old. >> see you there.

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while i set out to do an entertaining talk show you could not keep vietnam out of the conversation. >> what did you do mr. allen? >> this past christmas, i tried to entertain our dessertsers in canada. >> americans turned to dick cavett and his show offered an outlet. and a new pbs documentary is looking at the conflict through the lens of his talk show. mr. dick cavett is here with us. we need a show like this especially given all the conflicts going on around in the

world. >> you might two or three shows to cover all the conflicts now. and our ability to get into a new war every few months. i have been emersed in watergate when i did the watergate special, and now emerged in vietnam vietnam. you couldn't do anything without it but tony randal and warren beaty, and the subject came up and you could not stay away from it. it's a mixed blessing being back in it how much we repressed and how much we may have forgotten, and at the end i had written, i thought how many americans know who won the vietnam war? we didn't? >> how many knew it was not a war? looking back on it what struck you as things that you didn't remember the same way, or what influenced you at the time

versus the way you feel now? >> i had forgot detail a massacre of a whole lot of civilians, they got many convictions, and president nixon reduced his conviction to house arrest and you forget because they are so unpleasant facts, and leslie clarke saying i was in the war, and then i began to think about it have we learned anything from that miserable experience? >> there in lies the question. when you look at all the footage, it strikes me how we are having the same exact conversations today about iraq and afghanistan? >> yeah it's unfortunate. >> yemen, syria, and add all of those countries. >> isn't that the necessary

consequence of not being an occupying force, if you go into a place with military action and you don't plan on owning it and converting it into something, aren't you going to find yourselves in a never ending situation? >> inability seems to be the thing otherwise we still wouldn't be doing it. world war ii veterans said this war, my god, what a way they are doing this? who is doing this thing, the marks brothers. we have kind of forgotten. >> and secretary of state, john kerry, fresh back -- it was really interesting to look where he is now and look back at the young man that just returned. >> he shocked me on that appearance by saying by the way, did you hear bob hope was booed at duh tphapbg. the soldiers bob loved all his

live and entertained brilliantly didn't get it and the troops had sickened the bar and they had sickened of him who he loved, because he didn't get it he stayed on too long. >> it was interesting to see, as you just mentioned, all the cultural figures talking about the war, and now you don't hear as many people talking about iraq and afghanistan. >> yeah it's going to come up on every show and it virtually was inevitable then. >> why? >> because you had from sickening headlines every day or had a son over there. i did not get a good answer from henry kissinger when you would say, what was worth it for my son's life, and i wish i would

have said to his fuzzy answers, his wife was wasted and you know it was, and people like you should have known better but he has a lack of concern for the human costs. >> you are amazing, and that's what i wanted to ask you about, because in this time you always bring some warmth and humor and human aspect to the show you do. i can imagine it was a struggle during this time to keep your own opinions to yourself? >> yeah, and i got a lot of hate mail and when i had jane fonda on i had a note saying i was sawed off -- >> that was from family. >> you were brilliant with those kids. >> we want you to make sure you tune in. this is going to be television definitely worth seeing it airs

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it's time for the good stuff, and proof that people do care. a determined social worker and cop team up to make an undiscoverable discovery. identity theft left this man nameless, and he shows up to a florida homeless shelter, and he doesn't have an id and they don't kick him out, but they team up to get his identity back and they discovered a long lost bank account and it has been collecteding social security for years, enough money in it so that he is now living on his own. >> are you kidding me? this is the best story ever.

those two people saw him as a human, instead of another statistic, and homeless person. >> they went out of their way. >> that is a great, great story. thanks chris. it's time for "newsroom" for poppy harlow in for carol costello. >> that is my favorite part of the show "the good stuff." >> the "newsroom" starts right now. happening now in the "newsroom," tense moments in the streets. streets in baltimore compared to a lynch mob by the police union. they want to know how did freddy gray die in police custody. another embarrassment for the secret service. does it take 14 months to fix the alarm system at the home of a former president? and