friends were crazy. but the american academy of mattry moanial lawyers say 81% of those attorneys who deal in divorce law have used facebook or other social network as evidence in a divorce or had that evidence used against them. so it's for real. so now facebook, the founder, has been named "times" person of the year. why? for connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them, for creating a new system of exchanging information, and for changing how we all live our lives. you could probably add for making us all paranoid, for making us suspicious of our mates and for making deception a whole lot easier. mark zuckerberg, ""time magazine""'s person of the year. >> t.j. holmes, thanks so much. let's begin with a couple of developments stories.

i want to show you a couple of live pictures of the house floor. a couple of live pictures. house vote on the newly introduced bill. they're going to be voting on the don't ask, don't tell. i know you thought it was other. the senate killed. it's back. we'll explain why. also the u.s. senate passed today the bill we've been talking about for weeks and weeks. 81-19. then it goes to the house and the democrats in the house have warned they may be making changes to the measure particularly with regard to the estate tax. also we are again today watching the weather. severe ice storm bearing down on the south. dozens of crashes have been reported. in fact, three people are dead already, and we're told the worst is yet to come overnight tonight. we'll get to all three of those here in just a moment. but first it has to be one of the scariest school board meetings on record. the school board in panama city, florida, was winding down its

meeting. it was just yesterday afternoon. we were breaking the news to you this time yesterday, what enthis bizarre situation starts to unfold. a gunman walks toward the front and takes over the meeting. the pictures -- you've probably seen some now. they are disturbing. in the video we're about to show you i want to stress no one on the school board gets killed. >> you may leave, you may leave. you can leave. six men stay. everyone else leaves. >> so the man you saw with the gun, here he is, it was his mug shot from previous issues. this is clay duke. he apparently came to the bay county school board meeting yesterday upset. what was he upset about? apparently taxes and the recent firing of his wife who, by the way, officials confirmed was let go during that past year. what you see here, these are pictures. this is a wider shot for you.

pictures from win that meeting. this was taken from cameras. look at that. it's chilling. look at him up loading on these school board members. eventually duke who you see spray painting the "v," he turned the gun on himself. i want you to listen as the school superintendent who's sitting up front tries to reason with this guy. look. obviously some of the video quite disturbing. no one on the board gets killed. you're not going to see the gunman shoot himself, but watch. >> this isn't worth it. this is a problem. >> please don't. please don't. please. i'm going to kill you, don't you understand? >> i know. it's difficult to watch. here's the ending here. the man saying please don't, please don't, please don't do that, that's the superintendent. he took part in a news conference. he's okay.

he took part in a news conference with a very large group of very, very relieved individuals. listen to this. >> obviously mr. duke had come here with a purpose with extra magazines and extra rounds to carry out this deed that he had set in play, and so by mike jones being able to engage him immediately and draw that to a quick conclusion is what saved lives. >> i'm telling you, mike saved our lives. now it doesn't get any more real than that and you don't have to believe that or whatever but we were in there, and i'm telling you that jepman was not going to stop shooping. he only turned around after he got hit twice by mike. mike and he got into a shooting barrage. that's what saved our lives. he had more ammunition, and he was going to keep going. >> i know we can account for probably 14 rounds total in the room. obviously, you know, when you get into ballistics as far as making determinations of who and where, the video is going to provide us a great deal of

insight because we're going to be able to make great determinations. >> it's going to be hard to sleep. a lot of us are struggling on getting through last night. i know i didn't sleep at all. i got an e-mail from the superintendent about 3:00 in the morning. i know he didn't sleep much. i think we were all kind of in the same boat. we're still trying to get back to life as normal. but anybody who saw the live stream or anybody that was in the building, that was this that room, this is something that changes you for life. it's not something that's easily forgotten. it's not something that's a news headline today and in the trash bin tomorrow. for us it's real and going to be something that we carry with us. >> i get emotional about it, but, hey, i've got a great wife. i've been married 40 years and i've got two great kids, and i'm not ready to die. i said let us believe just talk to you. we just want to talk to you. and we will tell you when he turned around -- my board member friends will tell you.

when he turned around from his drawing, when he turned around, when he brand issued t issued i gun we knew we were in difficulty. >> we have a lot of heroes out there. mike jones is number one out there. he sievd lives. there's no doubt in our minds if he hasn't did what he did when he did, many of us would not be here today. ginger, she lease like one of us even though she's a female. she's tough and loves us and cares about us. she tried to help us because she knew we couldn't take care of ourselves. anybody who says the contrary, you get in that situation and tell us how you handle it. you're my 1-b hero for the day. >> she made the hero's list in addition to mike jones who was the security officer, retired

police officer. ginger is on the hero list by assaulting the gunman with the only weapon she had, that being her purse. watch. >> go ahead. >> no, ginger. ginger. >> apparently her kids called this move stupid, but many, many people saying she was very, very brave for trying to do that. whacking the gunman with her purse. it may not have worked or taken her down but it has a lot of people talking today. in fact, we have gotten jij jer littleton to come on this show to talk about why she did what she did. we'll see that later. you'll not want to miss that interview. also a border patrol agent shot and killed near the mexico/arizonaboarder. four suspects are in custody but one is still on the loose.

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finished talking about the awful weather yesterday. not so fact. airtran air waves warning that more storms are in the air. the company is even allowing some travelers to change their reservation at no extra cost. can you believe it? it is happening here in the south. chad myers, the big story right now, you say, is the ice. >> it doesn't take very much ice to make the roads impassable. >> make them messy. >> especially in atlanta. >> we shut down. >> negative ice tochl slow down a runway or airport --

especially airtran being very wise. if you don't want to fly, we understand. because we're going to have cancellations tomorrow. there's nothing we can do about it. it's going to be raining and 30 in some spots. when it's raining and 30, it's all of a sudden not snow, not sleet. it's ice you can fall down on. it's not ice you want to fall down on or -- >> they're not charging you, which is nice. >> exactly. they're trying to get themselves protected so you don't have to go, and they want you to be as at least out of the way compromising your air travel as possible. i think other airports, other airlines will do the same thing. even here in atlanta. it's 33 right now. >> which feels warmer compared to earlier in the week. >> compared to 17. >> other people this the country, we have no room to speak. >> the other problem is iite going to try to rain. go to the doctor, he's going to give you a shot, put alcohol on your skin to make that place

nice and sterile. when that alcohol evaporates, it's cold. when the rain moves through a dry atmosphere, it cools down, gets colder. that evaporation will cool down our atmosphere here in atlanta to 30. it will try to rain. the same thing will happen -- i picked out atlanta because that's happening pretty soon. all the way through southern indiana, illinois, back toward the boothill of missouri, especially lexington and paducah and evansville and louisville. it's just going to be an ugly, ugly night tonight with this ice event. >> that is the problem. the ice is a huge problem. >> it doesn't take very much. >> a lot of times you can't even see it. >> what would be even a quarter inch of snow, which you can get traction on or it could kind of blow away, will be significantly different when this pink comes in and it's an ice event.

now, sleet is frozen before it gets to the ground. those little pebbles or pellets you hear pinging on your window, those are sleet pellets that have frozen into sleet. if it hits the ground and then freezes, it's freezing rain, and it's much more slick that way. here's the big story. right through all of kentucky. here's tennessee and here's atlanta. only a trace, but that trace will be enough to certainly slow down travel. >> now, as people deal with all of that in the southeast, remember how we were talking the pacific northwest yesterday, a little thing called a tornado, we don't often talk about this in oregon, but let's talk about it. we have more video. look at this ground video. this was outside of the capitol. outside of salem, oregon. this is a tiny town. it is south of portland, and the center part of this town apparently was hit the hardest. look at that. concrete blocks. nothing for a tornado. about a dozen buildings, we're told, were damaged. fortunately no one was hurt, but you can see the damage.

the pictures tell the story. here's a bird's eye view of some of this wreckage. here's the thing though. you did such a good job at pointing this out. not exactly one of those places where people are accustomed to tornados. in fact, according to the record-keeping, the entire state has had only four tornados in the entire past decade. so this is -- this is not the norm for you in oregon. national weather service will not know the size of the ominous funnel cloud until they get done measuring it. all of that, the damage on the ground. >> a driver attacks a police officer during a traffic stop. look at the video, all caught on this dash cam video, right? this woman happens to be passing by, hops out of her car and comes to his rez skew. coming up, i'll be talking with the police officer about the terrifying things unfolding. >> did you hear about the marine chief? he said overturning the ban

would cost lives. she's going to break that down for me. she's going to break that down for me as we're waiting for the vote on possibly repealing. jessica yellin is next. oh, my gosh. ♪ [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday.

newsroom. remember late last week -- i think it was thursday -- it seemed letting guys serve openly in the military was done for. how about this? this is happening right now. the house is about to start this debate all over again, and we're hearing within the next hour we should have a vote on a law to repeal ""don't ask, don't

tell."" right now it's a standalone bill. it was part of a bigger defense bill, doing away with the "don't ask, don't tell." that was part of that one massive piece of legislation and that one of part of the bill was killed. well, yesterday two house members proposed the standalone measure to repeal specifically don't ask, don't tell. that and that alone -- and, yes, they can do that. the debate, i'm told, is about to start with an up or down vote to then follow. we're going to be watching some of this together. we'll bring it to you live, of course. but i want to jump ahead or two, if you'll allow me to do that. if the vote in the house succeeds it has to go back to the senate. jessica, i want to bring you in to this. my question is this. why might the senate change its collective mind? i remember last week it was 56 to 40.

they didn't have the three extra. who's going to change their mind or why? >> when the repealing of "don't ask, don't tell" failed last time, it wasn't on the issues itself. that vote failed mainly because republicans vowed not to vote for anything else until tax cuts and budget issues were revolved. so the house of representatives said, okay, we'll vote on a bill to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell," and send it back to the senate to give them a second pass at repeal after tax cuts and budget votes are done, and that's what we're looking at now. >> so going back to last week, e mentioned the vote tally. the senate was three votes short of the 60. the 06 that the supporters needed. i want to check off some of the names here. it was republican lisa murkowski, i was scott brown and

d dick lugar. none of the five was among the 57 who supported ending the ban last thursday. so if you do your math, it's pretty simple. only three of the five would need to switch. there's another issues, that being the calendar. the lame duck session could run out of time, could they not? is there any guarantee that they could get a vote into this thing by the end of the year? >> there's no guarantee and that's an excellent question. as a friend of mike says it's beginning to look a lot like last christmas when the senate stayed way late to vote on health care and part of the unknown here is the timetable. so right now working on the side of those who want to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," there's a lot of momentum. if it passes the house, the white house wants it passed. secretary gates has called to pass it. it's lieberman and another who have the bipartisan credentials.

it's why it seems likely it will get through. they say you did some of the phases. they say they have 60 votes to pass it. so all they need to do is get it to the floor. the question is will there be time? leader reid says they're planning to read it but there are all sorts of ways. it could be delayed, put off. republicans could block it in other ways. who knows. >> might this, jessica, be one of those things where, you know, the public, i thinking this was a done deal, died in the senate last week, case closed, but simply congress is lagging behind that sentiment? >> it's clear, brook, that a majority of the americans support the don't ask, don't tell. a new gallup poll has 67% supporting it. so the american public's ready for it. interestingly gallup also shows congress has the lowest approval rating. so it's clear that the american people are in one place and one

place where they're not so happy about either. >> not good-looking numbers for congress coming out today. hey, jessica, as soon as we see voting happening, do me a favor. don't go too far from the camera. this just in here. here's what we're getting. the number of sexual assaults at military schools here in the u.s. is apparently on the rise. three service academies reported 41 attacks in the last academic year. that is compared to 25 the year before. all of them involving cadets or mid shipment. this dramatic increase could mean more reporting, not necessarily more attacks. we're getting the information on this. we're doing our due diligence. as soon as we get updates i'll pass that along to you. here's a question, moving on. did one prime minister run an organ smuggling ring, and did he steal these organs from prisoners of war? these stunning accusations. that is ahead.

also this story, this video tells the story. this 64-year-old man, a driver, allegedly attacked an officer right there on the side of the road. there's the officer who asked him to get out of the car. we showed you this dash cam video yesterday. guess what? that officer and the back-and-fokt punching, he's going to join me live. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castrol edge. it's more than just oil.

it all started off as this routine traffic stop in dayton, ohio. this police officer, jonathan snyder, pulling over a 46-year-old man who was driving with a headlight that appeared to be burned out. watch. watch youts out. >> wa's your location. [ inaudible ] >> you can see, more importantly you can hear as soon as this officer get this guy to step out of the car, apparently he wasn't cooperating. i was a wrestling map.

the guy's arm is reaching around the police officer, he was trying to get the gun and the taser, but here's the deal. this woman -- that is a woman in that red shirt running over. she starting punching. she's a passer-by and helping take down the officer until backup comes by. so what was it like? i want to talk to the police officer here, jonathan cider, good enough to join me by phone. i want you to take me back. we were also taken aback by this video. go back when you asked this 64-year-old to hop out of the car. what were you thinking when he slammed you up against your car? >> he was fighting to to kill me. i've had resistings before and he was not resisting. he was fighting to kill mihm. >> so you absolutely say he wanted to kill you. this wasn't to rough you up a little bit. >> that is correct. you don't grab and go for people's weapons or guns and try

to get away. i was fighting for my life. >> you were fighting for your life. how tough was this guy? how tough was he. how tough was it to resist him? >> it was tough but i had the mindset i was winning this battle and he was going to lose. >> ultimately we know at the end of the story he does lose. but the next thing you know you called for backup. at what point do you call for backup? >> before i get him out of the car, i ask for another officer to get me up because i was foung to do some field sobriety tests and before they could get here, he turned aggressive. >> backup is on the way. we see the woman walking in this picture from your dash cam camera. she comes along and tries to help. what were you thinking when you see this woman who you don't come along and try to help take her down? >> thank god because she helped distract him long enough to allow me to finish what i had to do to take him down along with the sergeant from the state

highway patrol. >> and you had no idea who she was, correct? >> that is correct. >> have you since -- sir, have you since spoken with her, thanked her? >> i have spoken to her today, and i thanked her on behalf of my family and my wife. >> how's your wife feeling? pretty happy you're all right, i imagine. >> yes, yes. >> officer seiter, it's tough to pull away from those images. we're glad you're okay. message to people, don't hop out of the car and try to take down someone on the side of the road with a police officer, yes? >> yes. we don't recommend that but i am thankful she stepped in. >> officer, thank you. and now this. >> if you could have seen that gentleman's eyes, you saw that, this was going to happen. we could have had this place like ft. knox and he would have shot us. >> this was the story.

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a couple of stories moving this hour. a first one. the u.s. government now suing bp and eight other companies for damages relating to this year's enormous oil spill down in the gulf of mexico. attorney general eric holder says today he intends to hold them, quote, fully accountable.

the suit seeks civil penalties under the clean water act and joins nearly 80 others that have been consolidated in new orleans. a fire fight on the southern border ends with one border patrol officer dead. his name was brian terry. the fbi says it happened last night in arizona. several suspects are in custody. today one of them was hurt in the gunfire. the border patrol still out there, still searching for one suspect. the agent killed last night is the third back courter patrol officer killed in the line of duty this year. and a disturbing report today from the council of europe. it names the prime minister of kosovo as the key figure in a crime ring involving the black sale of human organs. the prime minister ran a syndicate that killed prisoners and --

>> they're asking for help in approving those negotiations. no commend yet. they call the report defamatory. and the scene had to be one of the scariest things ginger littleton has ever imagined in her life, i imagine. we warn you watching the video it is disturbing, but her fellow school board members, here they were, held at gunpoint by a very vengeful gunman. what is the only woman on the school board panel to do? watch. >> no. no, ginger. ginger, no. ginger. >> that's right. ginger is ginger littleton whacking this man with her big purse. i want to point out none of the school board members were killed. but the gunman did eventually take his own life. and ginger is joining me on the phone from panama city, florida. ginger, before i get to the why,

i want to first just ask you how are you today? was today's sunrise a bit brighter, i imagine. >> i have to say it certainly was, brooke. it took on new meaning. every second of today has been very special. >> piece together for me. he let the children go and he wanted to keep some of the hostages. you grab your purse and you smack him. why did you do that, and what was going through your head at the time? >> i don't know -- i didn't even know what was going through my head, brooke. i just knew that if i left, these guys were completely unprotected. our cavalry had not arrived yet. there was no one in the boardroom that could do anything for them. this guy held all the power and when i turned back around and saw he was standing now up on the desk at the same level, standing where i had been sitting and my guys were lined up like pigeons on a wire, one

after another, it would have taken two seconds for him to take every one of them out. they had three-ring binders and pencils for defenses. >> they had binders and pencils. you had your purse. i have to ask. we see the gunman with the gun in his right hand and you come very, very close to that. in that moment when you make that split second decision to come in with your purse, were you thinking, i could die? >> no. that would be kind of thinking ahead, and i wasn't thinking ahead. i was totally in the moment. i knew i had to divert or delay for some how or other make some kind of either get his attention shifted so he could get the gun or get him to spend some time while our security officer got into the room. i knew he was on his way, but time was of the essence. so the longer i could stall, the better i thought it was. so for whatever happened, i wanted to divert him somehow. whether it was a smart move and

was i successful, probably not, but maybe it took enough time so we could get the troops in. >> absolutely. and a lot of people saying it was a very, very brave move. but ginger, i understand you have three daughters, all of whom said it was what? >> well, the first comment by all three was, mom, what were you thinking? and the second one was, were you just crazy? and probably the answer was, no, i wasn't thinking, and, yes, i was just crazy. >> let me ask you about this gunman. he gets up. we see he spray paints this circle with a "v" around it. do you haved in what it's supposed to signify? >> i have no idea. he said i want to make a motion and he turned around and started painting. i thought, this may not be a good thing. he turned around when he finished that job and he had the gun in his hand. >> had you ever seen him before? did you know of his wife? apparently one of the reasons he

was upset is because his wife had been fired. were you familiar with him? >> i had never seen the person before, never knew the name before. i didn't know anything about him or his wife or anything about the family. i still don't. i have no idea. >> i want to get to -- some people were calling you -- the superintendent calling you a hero, but also the hero mike jones who wasn't just a security guard but a retired police officer. >> absolutely phenomenal. >> phenomenal, right. so he ultimately -- would you agr agree, he's the hero here. >> that's no doubt. i don't think anybody in panama city, no one think he's anything less than a hero of the endth magny tuch nnitud magnitude. he was magnificent. he timed everything. i think if he had gotten there three or five seconds later, everyone might have died. >> seconds made the difference. >> absolutely, absolutely.

>> thank you for calling in. i'm so glad you're okay and your daughters are as well. thank you. >> yes, thank you so much. >> if you are on facebook or twitter or any other social network, listen up. there may not be enough laws to protect your privacy. it seems the internet is leaving the legal system in the dust. computer expert peter breaks it all down for us. [ male announcer ] open up a cadillac during our season's best sales event and receive the gift of asphalt. experience the exhilarating cadillac cts with a direct injection v6. it's the one gift you can open up all year long. see your cadillac dealer for this attractive offer. backed by the peace of mind that only comes from cadillac premium care maintenance. the season's best sales event. from cadillac.

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so it's kind of funny that we all -- i do as well -- we scream about our privacy rights,

they're not protected. then we go on facebook and post a bunch about ourselves. but facebook has a privacy policy. so does myspace and twitter. so we're covered, right? maybe not so much. there are dangers here a lot of us haven't exactly considered. and here to help explaining all of these is peter gogle, a lawyer and computer industry specialist. he also wears a bunch of hats. peter, nice to have you on. let's talk privacy here. how -- a couple of questions right out of the gate here. how long has facebook's policy been set? would americans really even understand it? and how much does it actually protect us? >> that's more than one question, but i'll try to handle all of them. actually facebook makes changes to its privacy policy from time to time. it's part of the deal.

usually when i take hands on who reads them, nobody bothers to read them. there's been a lot of pushback. the biggest change happened february about a year and a half ago. now when you post things on facebook, they can use it as long as it's there, and once you take it down, they no longer have the right to use it. but in terms of privacy, no one bothers valuing what they want to make private or public. >> it's an afterthought, hey, hang on a minute, i want to check my privacy settings. i was surprised to think that we assume the government -- there are requirements, regulations to protect us, but, sir, that is not necessarily the case. >> well, let's talk about different countries. in the u.s., the privacy laws are protected by the federal trade commission. and under the current law, a website is not required to have a privacy policy at all in the united states. on the other hand if there is a privacy policy, the federal

trade commission makes sure that people enforce whatever it is. so for instance, let's say you land on a site like google or something and it says they will not use your personal identifiable information. if they use your personal identifiable information the federal trade commission will come after them, sanction them, either that or make them change their policies. >> for twitter, for example, there is. >> -- there is no requirement. you have to have a policy. >> not really. if you look at it, you're encouraging them to push that information ow. you don't want privacy. the whole point of putting something -- posting tweets is you want to share. as a matter of fact, what you do is give them an unlimited copy rooikt. they can do anything they want with a tweet and even change the content if they want. >> you brought up the point that the u.s. is very different than other countries. i want to talk about e-mail. it's something we all do,

morning, noon, and night. and in europe. it's protected. here in the u.s. it's not. your boss can legally read your e-mail. so why can't we get that one done? what's the deal? >> i don't know about legal/illegal on that. >> what's the better word. >> that may be a label put on it. in the united states there's a presumption that an e-mail is private to the employer and in a number of other countries it's private to the employee. so there's a different privacy expectation. now, if there's -- if an employee is using a web mail service and not the employer's e-mail service, they're entitled to that kind of privacy. it's a matter of whether they're using the employer service. >> bottom line, we need to be -- >> yeah, i know. i was going to say, one of the bigger complications get in when businesses have e-mails between countries like if a company is

operating, and interest are mediums between the united states and -- >> under which jurisdiction would it fall. >> very complicated. >> bottom line, we all have to be careful what we write, what we read, what we facebook, kind of more often than not. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. thank you so much. got to move on. now to this. one of the guys put his head around my neck and pulled me to the floor, and the other guy reached in my pocket and took the money. >> a 90-year-old man. you heard him. he wanted revenge after he says two guys robbed him. now police are looking for the suspect. they're showing surveillance images. we'll show you that ahead. plus, new developments and the mystery unfolding in new york. the four bodies, remember they were all find within a quarter mile of one another on the beach? they have something in common. could there be possibly a serial killer on the loose? details ahead.

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since we talked to you yesterday, something has changed in that grizzly story on long island. the official cams out. they have now officially said a missing prostitute was not, was not among the four sets of human remains found on the side of this beach road. you remember the first set of remains was found saturday by a police officer and his dog who were out in the area searching because of gilbert's disappearance. by this time monday authorities had found three more sets of remains, all within this one-mile strip. now, as we showed you, they were looking for more remains and they were warning about a possible serial killer or

killers. yesterday we reported the two sets of remains have been identified as female. today we can now tell you all of them, all four were females. but, again, none was shannon gilbert. so who are they? well the local police have called in the fbi and forensic experts from new york city. they're also out there talking to the family of this woman. she was missing since june. her name is megan waterman, 22 years of age from maine. like gilbert, she was allegedly working as an escort. like gilbert, she disappeared on long island. also, by now you have probably heard "time magazine" picked facebook founder mark zuckerberg as the person of the year. what exactly is behind that selection and why this year? that's ahead. also did you see what happened when usher invited a fan on stage? this video, it did not end so well for him -- and kind of her

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it's time for trending today. usher gets sideswiped in the face. of course it's caught on video and we're sharing it with you. and scarlett johansson and ryan r reynolds are splitting up. we have kareen wynter here. >> reporter: you just really have to take in what happens. this fan kicks him in the face. that's right. pumps and all. he starts singing to her. don't worry.

you'll see it again. she gets carried away. oh, my gosh, are you okay? he stops singing because he's stunned it by all of this. >> he gets hit in the head. that's why. >> when you call the fans on the stage, she shouldn't be a safety has zard. he gently ushers her off after this. >> don't you wonder what little conversation is happening between the two of them after her foot goes bam. >> he's thinking exit. >> a little see you later with this couple. beautiful people, two of them. scarlett johansson and ryan reynolds, dunsville. >> we've reported on so many people breaking up lately.

it's true. after just two years of marriage, guess what, they are splitting up. some estimate that it's the distance. they are super busy stars. maybe the distance caused this breakup. but they are in fact calling in quits. >> are they talking about it at all? >> yes, ryan rep's released a statement short and sweet. after a long conversation on both of our parts we've decided to end our marriage. we entered our relationship with love and it is with love and kindness we leave it. look how beautiful they are. he was voted one of people's sexiest people alive. finally, you'll general

assange? >> mark zuckerberg. can't on. look at him. time chose him because of his remarkable ability to connect with the world. and some people were considering lebron james, hamid karzai. this guy is only 26. very down to earth. he's very humble. he lives a very simple lifestyle. his friends call him zuck and he listens to lady gaga. >> kareen, thank you. that is what is trending on this

wednesday. >> thanks, brooke. you heard what michael vick wants to do in he wants to get a dog. but he is actually allowed to? that's ahead. and brianna keel leer is standing by with the world of politics.

cnn politics, brianna keilar

joins us now. hello, friend. >> hi there, friend. brooke, first up, the senate is on the political ticker. the senate just passed an extension of bush era tax benefits. the vote there, 81 to 19. of course, the white house is hoping that the house of representatives has yet to pass it. get it together and momentum, house democrats that want to make changes. the estate tax is a give away to the rich. unclear if they are going to make a vote for the rich. and this is interesting, congress, can you believe it, going to get schooled. we have constitution 101 coming to congress in the form of a seminar series. it feels like college and the first one is going to be done by supreme court justice scalia. it's part of the tea party

caucuses started by michele bachmann and they are going to learn about the constitution, strip it down to the bare bones, learning about the constitution and bill of rights. it's going to kick off there. also, this one is pretty amazing, brooke. congress tied a knot. the senate, where it take as long time to do something, is tied in knots. they have so many things that they are trying to do, whether it's the s.t.a.r.t. treaty or tax cuts or this very controversial spending bill. knowing that, and they could be demanding that the senate clerk, what kind of timing are we talking about? harry reid's office says 50 hours, two days, two hours where the senate clerk would have to read around the clock this bill. that would take up a lot of time, as you can imagine. and the senate doesn't have a lot of time. >> 50 hours? i don't think so.

we will keep our eye on that along with you, ms. keilar. brianna, thank you. another update off the ticker in half an hour. get your latest politics fix. now, watch this. not just one but two women risking their lives to save others. their brave efforts caught on video. i'm brook baldwin, the news is now. a police officer under attack. a traffic stop takes a disturbing turn and a woman just passing by comes to the rescue. you'll hear from the cop. and a man opens fire at a school board meeting. >> when he turned around with that gun, you could see that he had that look. >> who was he? what did he say? how about that board member that came back into the room with her

purse? i'll talk to ginger littleton about her split second decision into murder along the border. a u.s.-border patrol agent shot to death and now an urgent manhunt is under way. plus, outrage over bailouts and pay cuts. apg agree protesters into the streets. it's putting society at risk. >> here we go, hour two. a lock of news happening right now. let's begin with this. the u.s. government is suing bp and eight other companies for damages relating to this year's enormous oil spill in the gulf of mexico. attorney general eric holder says he intends to hold them

"fully accountable." next, a disturbing report. it names the prime minister of kosovo involved in the black market sale of human organs. caming that he ran a human fight with serbia. no comment from the prime minister office but they call the report defamatory. next, a fire fight on the southern border ends with one u.s. border patrol agent dead. his name is brian terry. the fbi says it went down last night in arizona. several suspects are in custody. one of them was injured in the gunfire but the border patrol is out looking for one more suspect. the agent killed last night as the third border patrol officer killed in the line of duty this year. next, to mexico, the most

dangerous city there has surpassed a grim milestone. you know what i'm talking about. juarez. 3,000 people have been killed in the last 12 months. there are at least two weeks left in the year 2010. most deaths have been linked to drug-related violence. just three years ago, the annual death in juarez was 300. next n. bangladesh, the death toll has risen to at least 20 due to a garment fire. the fire crews are searching this gutted building looking for possibly more victims. witnesses say many of the dead were trapped workers who jumped to their deaths. next, former president bill clinton is in haiti. he is down there hoping to draw attention to the deadly cholera outbreak. 11 months after the earthquake, thus far the outbreak has killed 2,000 people and made 100,000

sick. we're told that the former president will also address efforts to rebuild. next, harlem police, they are looking for two men who allegedly followed a 90-year-old man from a grocery store all the way to his apartment. they choked him, robbed him, folks, this man was 90. but here's the kicker. listen to what he says happened. >> and then i think it's a combination of doing what tony said. getting the -- >> and that was bill clinton's voice and not the right man. jesse may be 90 but he still has the heart of a merchant marine. that is the job he had before he retired. glad he's already. next, call it an economic indicator. aaa expects more americans to travel this year than last. about 3% more. what does that mean? crowds on the roads. 92 million american will crowd the roadways and airports and

most will be driving but if you are flying you could be in for a deal on airfare. hmm. that expected to drop about 3%. next, today is the day that they are changing the rules at amtrack. you are now allowed to travel with firearms and ammunition in your checked baggage. but you will have to register those items at least 24 hours prior to departure and must be traveling on the same train as your checked firearms and ammunition. next, here is something that you don't see every day at your local gas station. crack pipes for sale. a gas station in los angeles is accused of selling all kinds of drug paraphernalia, just a block away interest a middle school. >> this is what you have to do forward to when you graduate mar couple, come on back and start your drug career and not further your education. >> how about that? the gas station owner has agreed

to remove the crack pipes. next, here's a story that is lighting up my twitter account. have you heard? michael vick wants a dog. the football star says he misses having a pet. he wants to show people he can be responsible. remember, vick spent 18 long months for bank rolling a dog-fighting ring. dogs were killed if they did not perform well. as part of that sentence, a judge banned the quarterback from ever owning a dog again. it's not quite clear if charlie sheen is off the hook for a bizarre incident that happened back in october. remember this? some media reports are indicating that the nypd does not plan to charge sheen here, file charges against him. you'll remember he was accused of a wild rampage by an adult film actress and had top hospitalized. but according to a new york post report, the district attorney's

office has not said case closed just yet nooch. next, a different story for the biebs. he will not be facing charges. bieber was accused of punching another teenager at a laser park. in this case, the case is now closed. next -- ♪ sweet caroline >> we all sing allowed. i know you know the song and the man. now neil diamond is going to the rock and roll hall of fame. the rest of the 2011 inductees include alice cooper band, darlene love and tom weight. this will happen in march. so who was the man who took all of these hostages at a school board meeting in florida?

breaking news this time yesterday, here are pictures from inside. he pulled out this gun, lectured the board, opened fire. there he goes. one of the members tried to end the standoff herself. you're going to hear from her next. and most people thought it could not be done but someone managed to rob the bellagio casino in vegas. folks, this guy is still on the loose. there he goes. so how easy is to to pull off this kind of thing? i'm going to talk to someone about the ins and outs of the casinos in sin city. stay right there.

a man robbed the casino in vegas of $1.5 million of chips. much of it was on video. he rides up to the bellagio, runs on through, he's dressed head to toe in black, pulls out his gun at the kreps table,

steals the chips and away he goes. the same man may have tried this before, robbing a different casino of $20,000 in cash just last week. how about this? joining me now by skype is dave schwartz. dave, i've been to the bellagio. i've only been there for half a second. it's a pretty ritzy spot. i would imagine that the security would have been on him. instead, we see him racing out with no security guards. from you surprised that security did not act faster? >> no, i'm not surprised. first of all, it happened so fast. i don't think anybody foresaw somebody coming in and robbing a table that way. second of all, once they were on him, they were not about to start a fire fight with him in the casino. i think once he showed that he had a gun, their concern was getting him out of there as quickly as possible. >> their priority making sure that everyone was safe and not

chasing out after that guy. he has $1.5 million in chips and that means nothing until he cashes them in. does he have to go become to the b echl llagio to cash it? ? >> yes, he does, or a give them to a friend. they are just little pieces of clay and plastic. he's got to cash them in at the bellagio. >> would they have serial numbers? would they be able to track him back to these chips? >> well, eventually they might be able to. each casino has different precautions like that. some of them do a serial number. others don't. some of them have tags and they are able to track them. eventually if he tries to cash them in, he probably will get caught. >> do you know if the bellagio, if they have the serial numbers on these chips? >> i don't know what their exact

security specifications are. they usually don't like to make that public so people would try to make a way around it. but there are so few of these things, these high value chips circulating, that if he tries to cash them he would get caught. >> is this kind of thing, running into a casino and being successful and stealing cash or even checks, i thought it was impossible, perhaps this guy has proven me wrong, are there more instances that go underreported or is this pretty rare? >> it's happened before. several years ago a few men did it and got away with cash but it's happened a couple times but usually not that reported because it's not that spectacular. it's somebody coming in with a gun and grabbing $1 thourngs or a few,000 in cash and getting away. nothing like a few million dollars in chips on a motorcycle in vegas.

>> let's say you are a betting man, would you bet that this guy sently is going to get caught? >> i bet that he would, especially since he's done it before. a lot of times people may be able to get away with something once or twice at a casino. the concern is that he has a firearm. if he keeps trying to do this, he's eventually going to get caught. >> he's covered head to toe but lots of cameras, nonetheless. david schwartz, thank you for your perspective. >> thank you very much. rahm emanuel on the hot seat. he is fighting for his right to run for mayor of chicago. but did you hear some of the questions they asked him? it is safe to say president obama's former chief of staff none too pleased by this. joe johns, he has a political pop. that's next.

when we look at questions that are not getting answered, we talk to joe johns. we're talking about rahm emanuel. he's in the hot seat in chicago over the residency requirement. what's the story? >> this story really is about questions today. it's amazing. this guy leaves his job as chief of staff because he wants to be mayor of chicago. he's the front-runner in the race by a wide margin but he's stuck in a marathon hearing over whether he meets the city's residency requirement. it's ranged from the ridiculous

to the almost bizarre. if we can put up some of the questions. vanity fair online compiled some of the questions that he's getting from just average citizens who have actually challenged him. there is one. have you ever heard the term smiling like a butcher's dog? i mean, what is up with that? >> what? >> yeah. have you ever been a member of the communist party? that takes us back to mccarthy, of course. with all of that money, why would you need to rent out your house? that's not a bad question but the last one -- you had a job in d.c. it was a 9:00 to 5:00, right? come on, folks. >> come on. but a the lo of people know, you don't have to be in the beltway to know that rahm ee many you'll and must have really been

gritting his teeth. he's not a guy and maybe more than that working at the white house in washington he's voted in chicago, his car is registered in chicago but the question is whether he made it clear he intended to return to chicago after the stint at the white house for the record he's said a lot of times he wants to run for mayor and that poll shows something like 32% of chicago voters support him right now. >> to be continued. >> you bet. >> next topic, you're working your people there in d.c. and i want to talk about this pretty well known super lobbyist who is officially paid his debt to society in full. i'm not talking campaign contributions. >> that's right. jack is a name we heard over and

over again a few years back. went off to the slam mer for fraud and corruption violations. he's now finished his federal work release and no longer a baltimore pizza man. a lot of people didn't realize he was working at tall pizza. >> had no idea. >> it's amazing. earlier this year i went to visit him in june. i did. and he was not allowed to do any interviews at the time. i spoke to the manager of the place. he said he skrufred that he had a real knack for marketing so that's what he put him to work doing. you know, online marketing and such. and apparently did a pretty good job, really sort of increased the bottom line there for the pizza place now. jack is off on his own. >> we don't know what is next. pizza gig is next. >> i have no clue. >> no idea. >> but i would love to know. >> yeah. >> i'm sure he wants to be like

left alone by us by now. >> yes. but we have other fish to fry or peets sgra's to bake. >> you're making me hungry, joe johns. thank you. i'm sure you have seen this. the scene had to be one of the most frightening things. ginger littleton has ever witnessed in his life. we're going to show you some video. the fellow school board members are held at gunpoint. arm stretched and gun in hand. what is the only woman -- the only woman on this school board in panama city, florida, going to do to try to help things? well, take a look. >> go ahead. >> ginger, no. she walks around for the corner

and tries to whack the guy with her purse. i want to point out, none of the school board members were killed. the gunman did eventually take his own life. why did ginger do it? what was she thinking? listen to this. >> time was of the essence. the longer i could stall, the better i thought it was. whatever happened, i wanted to divert him somehow. it was a smart move and was i successful, probably not but maybe it took enough time to get the troops in. >> so we have a tweet for you. and i'll sit up and read this. let me look. this is from piers morgan. my person of the year is ginger littleton. you know how "time" came out today, he's praising ginger littleton. well, here's some more video i want to show you.

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take a look at the stories happening outside of the united states. this has certainly caught our attention. michael holmes, good enough to help me out. hello, sir. >> hello. >> i appreciate that. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. these are the latest rounds of austerity measures. there are several european countries in financial strive and greece was one of them. they had a european bailout. well, that's involved a lot of

cuts, reorganization, a lot of pay cuts, that sort of stuff. so people are annoyed. this is actually the seventh general strike of the year and this one has been a biggy. flights have been grounded and government offices and schools. you find out what is going on by reading the paper. you can see what happen tld. >> look at the crowds. >> yes. tear gas and firebombs thrown. an ex minister was beaten up by the crowd. it was very tense stuff. >> where does it stand now in terms of the austerity plan? >> it's going ahead. >> it's going ahead? >> they have to do it under the terms of the deal. >> looat the fire. >> the cops say they were pretty lucky, landed right at his feet there. they are going ahead and they've got to do it. the country is in dire financial shape. secondly, a story out of australia, seeking asil lum, you've been there? >> i've been to christmas island off the coast of australia, my

home state. ref few gees have been a big issue. they come from boat and indonesia. this boat came in overnight and the engines failed and seas were huge. you can see what happened. this boat got pounded against the rocks. there were 70 or 80 refugees on board. 30 dead and still looking. 40 people were saved. absolutely dramatic stuff. a bunch of locals heard the screams at drawn and came running down with ropes. they got life joackets and thre them into the water. it saved some lives. they could not get people out of the rocks. just horrible stuff. people were talking about families being separated and screaming and people praying in the water. it wabs was absolutely horrible.

>> the cliff from the video looks horrendous. >> it's where refugees are held while they are being processed. very controversial issue in australia. it's one of the toughest asil lum programs in the world. these detention programs are like prisons. whole families can be locked up there sometimes for years while they are being processed. so it's just raised that whole controversy again in australia. the papers down there are just full of it. >> horrible. >> being accustomed to them seeking asylum. >> yes. >> unbelievable. a horrible, horrible incident. >> michael holmes, thank you. sorry for the sad news. we'll get you back with some better international news. we want to remind you, we're waiting for this single measure going through the house, debating now on don't ask, don't tell. it could happen soon. we're keeping a close eye on that. also, are more teenagers -- do

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floor. they are going to take it to a vote. it could lead to very significant step in repealing the ban on gays serving in the military. the house is set to vote on repealing that ban. if it passes, then it all shifts to the senate. brooke? >> and then once to the senate, what would be the next step? >> well, if it was passed by both houses and the military will start implementing it. and it would be a very significant step lifting the ban until after 17 years. brooke? >> indeed, barbara, from the pentagon. thank you again. we're watching that vote very closely. also, senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is looking at a disturbing new trend in pot smoking and ecstasy use. >> researchers asked 46,000 high school students whether they had smoked pot in the last month and

among the high school seniors, 21% said yes they had. also among those seniors, 19% said that they had smoked cigarettes so more high school seniors smoking pot than cigarettes. here's another interesting static. they asked the students whether they perceived pot smoking to be risky. every year the perceived risk has gone down. they are not sure why but they think recently it may have to do with last month's election there were votes about whether to legalize marijuana. how bad could it be? brooke? >> how about that, elizabeth cohen for us. next, casey wian is in las vegas. they are looking for this man that made off with $1.5 million chips from the bellagio.

>> reporter: the robber pulled up to the bellagio hotel parking area about ten minutes to 4:00 in the morning, parked his motorcycle outside of the doors and walked in. he walked past the cage where all of the cash is kept and walked up to a table and demanded that everybody stay still and he took $1.5 million worth of chips. police also suspect that this robber is the same man who committed a robbery at the sun coast casino off the strip about 20 minutes away last thursday. in that instance, he was also on a motorcycle and wearing a helmet. this time, though, he walked up to the cage and took somewhere in the neighborhood of $20,000 in cash. they are going to be reinterviewing the witnesses at that table because the level of sobriety of some of those folks who were witnesses to that robbery at ten minutes to 4:00 in the morning was slightly questionable. brooke? >> casey wian for us in las

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this deal is politically expedient to stand on the side lines and criticize the tax deal, he says. but advocating against it in his argument is push for a tax increase. what does he really do here? one of the people came out against the tax cut bill and that's mitt romney. another one is sarah palin. those are potential 2012 presidential contenders. so is john thune. it seemses like folks who might run for the republican slot in the presidential ticket are taking aim at each other already using a tax cut deal as a proxy fight. so we're seeing that one begin already. moving over to a local race in chicago today, we've heard about how a former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is going before a judge and waiting to hear whether he will be deemed a legal resident of chicago so he can continue to run his race. that might be a tough time for him but good news has come his way. a chicago tribune wgn poll shows

that in a very crowded field, rahm emanuel is a front-runner in that race. he has 32% of support from the voters there. not a clear overall majority but more than any other single candidate has because, again, very, very crowded race. so that's a little bit of good news for rahm emanuel. and, okay, here is a different kind of christmas war. brooke, senators -- senators john kyle and jim demint have said, look, senate shouldn't go lake, go way into the holiday season arguing over this s.t.a.r.t. nuclear reduction treaty because it would be disrespectful to christians and sacrilegious because it's the christmas holiday. they are taking some heat for that. democratic harry reid, and now faith leaders are weighing in. they've sent in a press release calling it a misuse of the

christian holiday saying that there's no better thing to do that is dedicated to peace on earth than to work towards the reduction of nuclear arms. it seems to be another war of christmas developing at this time in the u.s. senate. >> you never know what is going to happen. >> they just need to vote, vote, vote so they can get out of there in time. >> you are right. appreciate it. >> thanks. it looks like a scene out of the office, you know the tv show, holding that christmas cubicle contest. i have not seen the video. you've got to see that. that is next. we love these stories. servicemen and women coming home, surprising their families for the holidays. they are awesome. we have yet another one. here's a little peak to show you.

i know it's the holiday season. some of you are getting festive out there. some people tend to decorate their work cubicles for the holidays but this one takes the prize. you've got to see this. this is st. johns, new finland. they did not count on this guy when he recreated the north pole at his work space. apparently stockings and tree and trimmings. the guy has a wood-burning stove. look at that. now, that is how you spread some holiday cheer. now take a look at this. this is not some super secret government stealth plane. this is what happens when a plane calls through a google map satellite image in the making. look at all of those colors. the plane, if you're curious, is flying over hyde park in chicago. and next, love these stories, this family know as

thing or two about making the holiday special for others why? every year they volunteer toys for tots. this year it was their turn for a little holiday surprise. you can see all of the hugging in the crowds. dad, cliff, was in the military and on tour in afghanistan until march. or so they thought. he traveled for four days to make it home before christmas and before the final toys for tots drive. what a great guy. he has directed it, by the way, for more than a dozen years. look at that. talk about a christmas miracle. so a routine traffic stop in dayton, ohio, turned into a fight on the side of the road. i spoke with the officer involved caught on his dash cam and i asked him what he was thinking whechb the driver what was wrong. >> he was resisting and this was

to rough you up a little bit? >> that is correct. you don't grab and go for people that go for weapons or guns or trying to get away. i was fighting for my life. >> you were fighting for your life. how tough was this guy? how tough was it to resist him? >> it was tough, but i had the mind set that i was winning this battle and he was going to lose. >> well, he did ultimately lose after a couple minutes of fighting. a woman helped take this guy down. her assistance helped turn the tide and he was able to hold on until backup arrived. developing now, the government announcing the discovery of yet another drug tunnel, this one in arizona. take a look at these photos with me. it's very, very short, only 13 feet long. smugglers cut a hole in the road on the u.s. side of the border with mexico. apparently they parked a van

over the hole to hide it and load the drugs from that hole. the fed seizing more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana. she is not only a mom and a wife, she's an astronaut. an american woman heading into space. cnn gave unprecedented access into her amazing access. also ahead, larry king is ending his primetime run tomorrow night. 25 years in your living room, my living room. we're going to get a preview of all of those years in three minutes coming up. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company,

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also, swedish authorities will plead their case to stop julian assange's bail. and the white house will be releasing the official review of the afghanistan policy, the war review, the war report. we'll get more on that from washington tomorrow. and finally a bittersweet day today for all of us here at cnn and perhaps for you as well. larry king's last day on the air. stay tuned throughout the day tomorrow for special farewells of his 25 years. 25 years. with the famous suspenders behind the famous desk. now, with any luck, she will not be feeling the tug of gravity again until next may. an american astronaut embarks on a journey of a lifetime in a rocket. where is she going? the international space station for a six-month stay. and our own john zarrella got

access to her training. >> katie coleman, mother, wife, astronaut. later this week, space station resident. >> i think just being up there and realizing that i really live here is not something that you can grasp until you get up there. >> what you grasp quickly is the kind of person she is. a gesture of support for women for breast cancer. >> i have a role of pink ribbon rolled up and it's a special way that they are struggling on earth. >> listening to what she beliefs is important. >> one of the things that we can do is be a presence that some little girl, little boy and says, she looks like a real person. maybe i could do this job. >> reporter: cady has flown twice on missions but never

this. she will live there for the next six months conducting science and medical experiments, bone loss, blood pressure studies. >> i'm sustained through that knowing that this is what cady wants to do. this is what she lives her life to do. >> and given a chance, this wouldn't be her last flight. >> i'm so ready. would it be so terrible to go again? >> reporter: better get through this one first, cady. they have been in russia a few weeks now waiting their ride. the rigorous training there and in europe, japan, and the u.s. is over. now until they fly, it's about ceremony and photo opps. >> so a little tiger like this one is already on board the station. so this one i will give to my son before i launch. >> and playing tribute.

the first human in space. where the crew in their space suits are strapped to, as the name implies, make it is fit. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >> how cool is that? according to one woman, a credit card company says she owes them more than $200 million. so what in the world would she have bought? that's ahead. and should parents be held accountable for what their own children do? there is a new law. you need to hear if you are a mom or a dad. sunny is on the case next. and a. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight. [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store.

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here to help me sort it all out, this battle over credit card debt, which maybe some people can empathize with. this story has gone ballistic. a pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit claiming her capital one credit card debt of just a couple thousand dollars is now officially exploding. she says capital one says that she owes $286 million. is this an error? >> it is an error. with my love of fashion i could rack that up but she certainly didn't and get an attorney to handle this for me. please refer all of your communication to this attorney. well, capital one didn't do that. they continued to call her. they continued to send her

bills. in various amounts. and then finally sent her a demand for payment of $286 million. and that is really what is at the heart of this dispute. what is he basing that accusation on? >> he called it financial terrorism. he's basing it on the behavior of capital one, the harassing phone calls, the lack of -- you know, the disregard for her lawyers written instructions not to contact her. it was intentional and shows abuses within capital one collection's office. let's face it, there are laws to protect people from that and she did the right thing.

she sought help and could have gone to the better business bureau and she got an attorney. capital one has responded. they are saying -- >> what are they saying, just to be fair? >> just to be fair, they are saying that they can't really comment on this because it's a pending legal matter but that human errors occur and they are working to resolve it. they are working to resolve it. >> financial terrorism. i've never heard of that before. interesting. let's talk, though, about -- let's go to california for this next one. this is a firly new law. it's called a parent accountability law. hold parents accountable for their children's crimes? >> it doesn't do that exactly. but what it does do is forces

parents to take parenting classes. you can have a baby without anything. you don't need a license to do that or a class to do that. it's rg blarguably our most impt job. i think it's in the right direction. i think the hearts of the legislature was really behind this and hopefully it will help. the law is targeted towards parents of kids really that are involved in gang-related crime and in los angeles county alone, there are 80,000 gang members. this is a real problem there and instead of just star getting the children, because they are certainly targeting the teens involved, they are trying to help the parents. and i think what is really fascinating, they are not giving parents the skills to deal with these issues and these teenagers, they are teaching them the warning signs for gang involvement. and that's something that we can all get behind. >> but it sounds like something that we can all get behind