justices and shot to death inside her home in chicago and the assailant was believed to have had a lawsuit dismissed and moves to a question being asked but not necessarily answered. are top judicial figures being adequately protected. brian todd, washington. that's it for me. >> hello, everybody. i'm zoraida sambolin. we have an busy hour ahead. we know more about the focus can of the whitney houston death investigation. authorities are examining the pills found in her hotel suite and may be in her system from the doctors to the pharmacies that provided them. sus dan candiotti has more about

the funeral preparations. don, let's start with you. how are they examining those prescription drugs? >> they have subpoenaed several pharmacies and several doctors from the prescription medications found in whitney houston's hotel suite. they are doing that because they want to know exactly what was in her system. they are trying to trace the doctors and the pharmacies. one thing as they say would possibly lead to another, they are speaking to doctors here on the west coast in california and also on the east coast. one thing leads to another in this sense. if you go to a doctor, he may be an ear, nose, and throat specialist and he's saying, you may have a problem with your teeth. i'm using that as an example. so one doctor may have recommended another doctor. so they are trying to get to the bottom of it to see if all of

the prescriptions were on the up and up and she was not doctor shopping. according to the coroner, he said, very clearly, nothing seems ne fair yous or out of the ordinary at this point. every single one of them, from the doctors to the pharmacies,s have been very cooperative. >> is there any sort of a database? if you are buying drugs in two different states in order for this investigation to be simpler, in order to find out what was prescribed here versus what was prescribed there, because these are controlled substances, aren't they in. >> here's the thing. if you get some medications, like sudafed, i've been taking it for a cold, you have to go to the counter and ask, right? if you get something like an oxycontin or add der ral, that's a controlled substance where you have to get the prescription.

about the database, that's beyond my expertise. i would say you need to ask dr. gupta about that. every single prescription that you have had over the last couple of years is with the pharmacy. so if they go to a particular pharmacy and find that whitney houston had this prescription filled at abc, they will tell you every single prescription that they've filled at that particular pharmacy and the same with the doctor. a database, i'm not sure. if there was one, they wouldn't be subpoenaing all of these doctors and pharmacies, zoraida. >> don lemon, thank you. now to susan candiotti, she is back east in newark. what do we know about the service on saturday? >> reporter: well, slowly the

plans for it are going forward. this is going to be a private service, a private funeral as well as the burial. we do know this, zoraida. they are expected to be 1500 people packed inside the new hope baptist church, the childhood church of whitney houston. we've seen that time and again. we also know that it's going to be officiated by joe carter who met whitney houston from time to time when she would come back to the church and sing on special occasions and sit here in the church as well at various services. we also know who will be eulogyizing her. he saw her in detroit when she was filming the movie "sparkle,"

which we hope will be released later this year. he spoke earlier today with anderso anderson cooper. we'll hear that interview. here is part of what he said. >> when i heard that whitney was gone, i'm not surprised because that's how close our families were. when she was here in november, i did not know that that was the last time i would see her. whenever she was in town, she would come here. i would much rather have whitney here but knowing them as i do, i kind of expected it. >> we also know that reverend winans goes back with the houston family. he married whitney houston and

bobby brown and whitney back in 1992. >> zoraida, i know that a lot of people want to know if they can participate. is there going to be a way to witness the ceremony? >> reporter: you can see people leaving 450i7bd behind candles and notes and flowers. they are working on that. i'll let you know when i know more. >> susan candiotti, thank you. is it showcasing technology or a show of defiance? either way, it's not helping to diffuse global tensions. so what is iran trying to prove

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iran is showing off two major advances in technology. you may recognize one of the guys in the white coats there. ahmadinejad, the iranian president, personally helped load the first homemade nuclear fuel rods into a reactor. all of which iran insists in innocent for civilian energy needs and cancer treatments. it's hoping to convince the eu that has not responded. a man who knows this saga very well, founder and president of the national iranian-american council. thank you for being with us today. also, the author of the new book, "single roll of the dice."

doctor, what do you make of these nuclear breakthroughs combined with a diplomatic outreach? >> i don't think it's a coincidence that they have announced this breakthrough and i think it's an interesting breakthrough, if it turns out to be entirely true, at the same day that they are declaring their willingness to negotiate. the west on the one hand has imposed more sanctions than iran. there's been a sabotage of their nuclear program through computer viruses. there's been assassinations of iranian scientists all with the aim of weakening the position in the hope that they would give major concessions or capitulate that. i think it is worry some because it doesn't seem to create the

type of atmosphere needed to make sure that diplomacy succeeds. >> in the republic of georgia as well and tried to bomb a guest house in thailand, israel blames iran and of course iran blames israel. >> translator: iran is the of the word and red lines concerning the agrgs. this kind of aggression, if it isn't stopped, will spread to many other countries. >> so for its part, iran blames israel for those attacks and we know that iranian scientists have been killed in bomb attacks. so are these countries at war already? >> well, they are very close at being at war and this is something that the obama

administration is very worried about. there is a lot of tension and a lot of fear on the obama side that israel might take military action against iran, something that the u.s. military is completely set against. and i think it shows how dangerous this process is because we had assassinations of iranian scientists and the u.s. government has come out in an nbc report and said that they are behind those assassinations. we have attempts and it's so important to get back to the negotiating table. instead of just having net another meeting, yet another one of these one off meetings, it's important to put into place a diplomatic process that actually can get the situation resolved because these one off meetings in which both sides have come there and exchanged ultimatums have not resolved anything so far and are not likely to resolve anything. >> i want to talk about a brand

new cnn poll indicating most americans want to solve this problem diplomatically and would rather do nothing than go to war. is that music to the ears of ahmadinejad or are the sanctions beginning to hurt? >> the people most affected by that pain, of course, is the iranian people. i think the polls are quite interesting because as people start to become aware of what the consequences of war would be, people are quite supportive of an idea of getting a diplomatic process going. that is critical, actually, because what has been a major problem, both on the iranian side and american side from getting diplomacy to turn into a process, not just a couple of meetings has been limitations at the stays at home. if there is broad support for these talks and political pressure for it, the administration would be in a much better position to pursue the diplomacy that can succeed.

>> let's talk about the threats to close the strait of hormuz. >> i think it's aimed at warning the west at what iran could do as well as get oil prices to go up by making the threats because it's largely driven by the risk premium. but i would also say that if there is a military attack on iran and the iranians can sell their own oil any way, i don't see it as being unrealistic, that the iranians would take such a desperate measure and reminds us of why it's so important to walk back and try to find a peaceful solution to this because war would be a lose-lose situation for everyone involved. >> absolutely. doctor, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. the situation is syria is going from bad to worse. landlines and internet access is being shut off in parts of the country. we are still getting horrifying

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it's been another deadly day in syria with government tanks shelling the city of homs and other parts of the country. a large plume of smoke was sent into the skyline. take a look at that. opposition groups say at least 23 people have been killed in homs and elsewhere today. scenes like this continue in homs where sniper fire continues. in hama tanks and troops in the streets. landlines and internet has been shut off. this video shows civilians being used as human shields. this is a damascus suburb.

they are being placed on tanks to prevent rebel forces and the horror that residents have been experiencing for months now. her report was filed from an undisclosed location shortly ago. >> reporter: what you see rising is fortunately an oil pipeline believed to have been hit. what we heard was three explosions around 6:30 in the morning, shortly thereafter that, thick black smoke began covering the skyline. this is not the first time that we have seen these images. the pipeline has been hit on two other occasions. the syrian military in the neighborhood of baba. they believe the sear yan government is on a campaign to

flatten every single neighborhoods where there has been some sort of opposition or effort to stand up to this government. >> that report from syria by arwa damon. angry parents who say their kids are being unfairly fined for the most minor of offenses. and i did say fined. the school is charging $5 a pop for chewing gum, not sitting up straight, or having their shoelaces untied. is this too strict or a bad idea? up next, i speak to both sides of the debate.

quite an up roarregarding fines being i mposed on kids fo

minor infractions, like not looking the teacher in the eye. chicago mayor came out in support of the and facts are a stubborn thing. parents can make a choice. if they don't want to do it, they don't have to go there. they choose to go there and choose to resend their kids year in and year out almost by a ratio of 4 to 1 want to send their kids to this school because it has incredible results. so we are joined by parent donna moore from chicago and we'll begin with you here. how does the system work? can you explain it to us? >> well, i will give an example of my son who was fined or received a detention for slouching. the detention turned into a

suspension because he fell asleep in detention. the detentions added up to more suspensions and then to a retention. now, each detention is $5 and can cost up to $300. so for a parent -- i didn't mean to interrupt you. go ahead. >> so for a parent, paying $5 can mean a difference in the lifeline. it can mean a difference in the parent paying $5 for bus fare because they are unemployed to look for a job. it can be a -- make a difference in a parent deciding to pay $300 for behavior class or $300 to pay their heating bills. but the cost is more than just about the money.

it's the cost of constantly suspending -- giving children dedetentions for very minor things. it lowers their self-esteem. >> we are talking about high school kids here, right? you have a high schooler? >> i have a high schooler. >> okay. so -- >> okay. some folks are contending that this really is part of discipline, right, and following the rules and by the time you get to high school, you really should own this. you should be able to follow the rules and if you did, you wouldn't have to worry about the detentions. >> well, zoraida, we aren't against holding children accountable for bad behavior or for them following or learning the rules. but what we're talking about is commonsense discipline that leads to positive outcomes.

so, for instance, whatever happened to a child who falls asleep in a classroom? whatever happened to asking if that child is having some problems a the home or if there is a medical or sleep disorder? but instead of that, that child is suspended from class. >> well, i did read -- i did read on this and they did say that if there are some issues, whether it's that you can't pay for the fines or if there's a learning disability, perhaps, that they do address those things. you find that that's not the case? >> i have not had that experience and other parents that i have talked to have not had that experience. there have been parents who have pulled their children out. you have to make the decision, he either you pay the $300 or you pay your heating bill or you pay your rent.

we're asking for commonsense discipline leading to a positive outcome. >> so if they took aways the fines and there was some other punishment, would that be acceptable? or consequences? maybe punishment is the wrong word. >> well, punishment is the word used in the school and punishment for a child who falls asleep who could have a sleeping disorder or may have some problems at home, why are you punishing the child? why not find out what is going on with the child in order to help improve the situation so that the child can go on? instead, you're robbing the child of an education and a future. but the cost -- >> all right. thank you, donna, for joining

us. >> but the cost -- okay. okay. >> we appreciate your time. we're joined by michael, the ceo of the charter school network. you just heard donna. she's pretty upset here. what was the goal with the policy? >> to have punk walt and respect and skills that they will use on the job. the second goal is to make sure that they can be tault. students can teach and get the students ready for college. 9% of our students go on to college. our dropout rate is half of the district average. this is what parents want. it's not perfect but it's something that provides a safe learning environment and that they can have incredible numbers. >> some of them are more commonsense but i've got to tell

you, when we talked to the parents, what they seemed concerned about is that you give demerits for untied shoelaces. why? >> because you've got to have some rules and that's a rule that we have. you have one demerit and if you get four it's detention. it's about presenting yourself well and preparing yourself for scholarship interviews. our students earned millions of dollars in scholarships last year but they will help and be successful in college and be better citizens. >> superintendent, let me interrupt you here. 89% of the students in your school are low income and one of the things that mrs. moore was arguing is that this is a

financial hardship for those families. >> we certainly can and will work with parents as far as payment plans and paying it over a erd poo of time as students who work and their behavior and by the time they are seniors, they get way few fewer. both from a fairness aspect and because we want students to see that there are consequences for your action and they do disrupt others and take resources away, we want them to learn that lesson. sometimes it's painful but sometimes those are the most important lessons. our college success, we have some of the highest act scores in the city and students that go on to college and thousands who otherwise would not be in college and part of that is

because of the self-discipline that they develop and learning to operate within the system. >> i congratulate you for all of those. but there's one more thing that perhaps there's a problem at home and the child is falling asleech in the classroom because the child doesn't have the opportunity to sleep at home or doesn't get the meals that it needs at home. are there safety measures in place to deal with things like that? >> yeah. that's a fair question. absolutely yes. in fact, we put more social workers on issues to deal with home. doesn't mean we always take the consequence away because sometimes it doesn't. all of us working together helps us achieve things that for students who have problems at home or income issues so they are in better financial shape

but we need the parents' help and students have been extraordinary successful. >> michael, thank you for joining us today. mitt romney has the money and organization and most delegates to date. so why don't you have the momentum? that's next in fair game. but, first, rick santorum is campaigning in north dakota. who was it? be the first to tweet the answer. the right answer to me at cnn and i'll give you a shout out right after the break. afraid ye some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan.

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before the break i asked who was the only democratic presidential candidate to win north dakota in the last 60 years? the answer, lyndon johnson in 1964. congratulations to tom who was the first to tweet the right answer. and rick santorum's stock is on the rise big time. check out these new cnn orc poll numbers. santorum and romney are virtually in a tie. ron paul, newt gingrich pretty far behind there. what's fueling santorum's surge? that's today's "fair game." joining me from washington and austin, texas, ed espinoza. brett, rick santorum is leading our new poll and state polls show him leading in romney's home state of michigan and even ohio. can we finally call this a two-man race? >> you know, i think it's too

preliminary to call anything a two-man race. remember, it was just about a month and a half ago that rick santorum was polling at 3 or 4% in national polls. candidates have gone up and down. we saw newt gingrich surge to the lead and fall back and one steady candidate in this race has been mitt romney. so we'll see now that rick santorum's out in the lead, how he stands up under the scrutiny of the bright lights. >> and, ed, we're starting to hear complaints that romney is great at taking down his opponents but not so great at telling voters why they should vote for them. is that negative to be seen that way? >> it's not a good long-term strategy. if you give people reasons to not vote for the other guy, that's fine. it's just not a good recipe for

long-term success. sooner or later you have to tell people why to vote for you. he's been steady in this race at 25%, 30%. he's got to find a way to get past the hump. he hasn't been able to do it. got to fix it. >> brett, i want to talk to you about the human factor. romney has the money and organization but still has not captured the heart of american minds. why can't he close the deal with his party? >> well, i think he is starting to. first of all, i dispute a little bit of the premise that he hasn't been able to win the hearts and minds of voters. i think that's been pop pewized. it's a matter of positions where governor romney has been and he's been making the case this past weekend to make the case that he is a conservative. so i think over time he has been

making the case. it's just a matter of, voters have been very fickle and as candidates go up and down, it's affecting the numbers very dramatically. there's been wild swings and many of the numbers might be driven up by -- i tend to agree with ed. he's got to make the affirmative case, not just why not to vote for the other guy. >> you have to admit it's been pretty consistent that he hasn't been able to connect with the voters? >> i wouldn't say that he hasn't been able to connect with the voters. it's been the very conservative voters in the republican party. he's connected with the moderate, the establishment, and the conservative voters in the republican electorate. i think he's starting to make the case. in florida he won almost 50% of the vote. so i think that over time we'll see what happens with rick santorum. if it gets into a two-person race, which it could be approaching, then i think that

opens up a new line, a landline field for governor romney. we'll see how that plays out. to this point, he's been the most steady candidate and every candidate who has challenged him, he's been able to come out and win victoriously. in south carolina, i think that losing south carolina made governor romney a stronger candidate in florida. he was able to go on to a strong victory there and the defeats last week were pushing the romney campaign even harder. >> he's facing another big challenge and i want you both to weigh in on this. he could really lose michigan. the state where he grew up, where his father was governor, how big of a deal is that going to be? ed, i'll start with you. >> if losing south carolina made him a stronger candidate in tlor florida, you would think that romney would be a strong candidate after losing three primaries last week which would mean that he should be able to win in michigan but he's

struggling in michigan. romney is capable of building a national organization that is well funded but he's not able to connect with the voters. the $10,000 bet comment, other comments that really create questions in people's minds as to whether or not this is the guy that can win them over. he's given people plenty of reasons to like him, just not enough reasons to love him. >> brett, i'm almost wruning r running out of time so i want you to chime in, brett. >> well, you know, i think that, first of all, almost two weeks before those two primaries is like a lifetime in this election because things have been moving so quickly and so we'll have to wait and see how things play out. there's a debate on cnn next week which could change the campaign headed into arizona and michigan but i think if governor romney were to lose michigan it might elongate this race.

i still think he's the candidate of choice. and the candidate that will win the nomination. but depending on who wins michigan will determine how long that fight might go. >> gentlemen, i'll have to leave it there. thank you both. that is "fair game." he might not be considered the front-runner yet but rick santorum certainly has the buzz. that means he's also got the bulls eye. santorum is now romney's newest target. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and the most dreaded fees of all, hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, you won't pay fees on top of fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no monthly account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and we rebate every atm fee. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so talk to chuck tdd# 1-800-345-2550 because when it comes to talking, there is no fee.

this is a live look in milwaukee, wisconsin. president obama is going to discuss manufacturing, insourcing of new jobs and training american workers. we are monitoring this situation for you. masterlock is the largest manufacturers of padlocks and related security projects. since 2010, master lock has returned jobs to the u.s. that had been outsourced overseas. santorum is now being criticized by mitt romney who was largely ignored in the past. santorum's new role in the political spotlight. >> reporter: for rick santorum, this is what it looked like with occupy protesters in tacoma,

washington, repeatedly interrupting the peach by tspee former senator. >> with no way to quiet the crowd, he took them on. >> i think it's really important for you to understand what this represents. because what it represents is truly intolerance. >> reporter: though in this nomination race, the voice that he needs to be worried about is those within the party, especially mitt romney, who is describing his political leanings after calling himself a severely conservative governor didn't go over so well. >> in business you don't have a choice of balancing your budget. you either balance your budget or go bankrupt. >> reporter: he also did a biographical ad driving a car. >> i grew up in michigan.

it was exciting to be here. >> reporter: he explained his opposition to the government bailout of the auto industry. pointing out that he supported managed bankruptcy which is what he said ended up happening. now though, he writes, the government should dump the hold in gm. now the former democratic government unloaded in a conference call. >> mitt romney turned his back on michigan. i would say he stabbed us in the back during the darkest hour. >> reporter: romney is slightly behind santorum in michigan. economists say romney hasn't sold his message. >> but in michigan where they are somewhat sympathetic to activist government, a moderate would sell well but mr. romney simply is not the communicator that he needs to be. >> reporter: the big unknown is whether romney or his friends of

restore our future would use a barrage of commercials to bury the former senator in michigan. >> he's called to bury him in florida. joe johns, cnn, washington. still ahead, some actual good news out of washington for a change. if you're one of the millions of americans tired of receiving those so-called robo calls, you can rest a little easier now. the sbc stepping in to put a stop to them. we're going to tell you how, next. ? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! [ zipper, heavy breathing ] ♪ [ male announcer ] linens and duvet washed fresh for every guest. real value. from your friends at hampton.

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now to washington where the federal communications commission is set to change the rules for robo calls. remember all the times you received marketing calls just when you were about to go to bed at night? according to the new rules, telemarketers need to get your permission in writing before placing that automated call. they must also let you opt out of any future messages during their robocall. but information calls such as school closings and flight information will still be allowed. in north carolina, a mother is outraged because her daughter's homemade lunch was judged not nutritious enough by her preschool. mom told the carolina journal that the lunch included a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, potato chips and apple juice. but that didn't pass muster with federal guidelines requiring two portions of fruits or vegetables, so she says the school gave her daughter cafeteria chicken nuggets and sent home a bill for a buck 25.

here in new york, the top pooch of the western kennel club dog show is this four-year-old pekingese who carried off the best in show prize. he is the first pekingese to win the top award since 1990. malachai was lapping up his fame. a protest dubbed dogs against romney. only two or three dogs turned out. well, the big dogs are still behind mitt romney, at least. his super pack today unleashes a huge million-dollar ad by blasting rick santorum. we're going to show it to you, coming up next. only from visine®. just one drop instantly soothes and revives tired, overworked eyes. and comforts them for up to ten hours. visine® tired eye relief. try now and save $3.

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president obama is live in milwaukee, wisconsin talking to employees at master lock. let's listen in. >> when i took office, a lot of uaw workers here. you guys remember this. when i took office, the american auto industry was on the verge of collapse. and there was some folks who said we should let it die. with a million jobs at stake, i refused to let that happen. [ cheers ] >> i refused to let that happen. we said in exchange for help, we're going to demand responsibility. we got workers and automakers to settle their differences. we got the industry to restructure and retool, come up

with better designs. today the american auto industry is back, and general motors is once again the number one automaker in the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> chrysler has grown faster in the u.s. than any major car company. ford is investing billions in u.s. plants and equipment and factories. and altogether, over the past two years, the entire industry has added nearly 160,000 jobs. well-paying jobs. what's happening in detroit can happen in other industries. what happened in cleveland and pittsburgh and rawlins and milwaukee, that's what we've got to be shooting for is creating for opportunities for hard-working americans to get in there and start making stuff

again and sending it all over the world. stamped with those three proud words, made in america. that's our goal. [ applause ] >> and that's what's happening right here at master lock, because of you. over the last few years, it's become more expensive to do business in countries like china. meanwhile, american workers, we become even more productive. so when john admir was at the white house in january, he told me how it makes more business sense for master lock to bring jobs back home here to milwaukee. [ applause [ applause ] >> and today for the first time in 15 years, this plant is running at full capacity.

and that's an example of what happens when unions and employers run together to create good jobs. [ applause ] >> today you're selling products directly to customers in china stamped with those words, made in america. [ applause ] >> and the good news is this is starting to happen around the country. for the first time since 1990, american manufacturers are creating new jobs. that's good for the companies, but it's also good up and down the supply chain. because if you're making this stuff here, that means that there are producers and suppliers in and around the area who have a better chance of selling stuff here. it means the restaurant close by suddenly has more customers. everybody benefits when manufacturing is going strong. but you all have heard enough

about outsourcing. more and more companies like master lock are now insourcing, deciding that if the cost of doing business here isn't too much different than the cost of doing business in places like china, then why wouldn't you rather do it right here in the united states of america? [ applause ] >> just wanted to give you a little flavor of the president of the united states of america there speaking in milwaukee, speaking at a company there, discussing manufacturing. you heard him get a little bit of an applause talking insour insource -- insourcing, jobs. by the way, master lock is a manufacturer of a lot of products. it had been outsourced overseas. with that, let me continue right along with you. i'm brooke baldwin ma. let's get you caught up with things making news here.

rapid fire. let's go. big story today, that being iran. iran now bragging about its newest nuclear accomplishments today. president mahmoud ahmadinejad went on television to show off these new fuel rods being loaded here into a reactor in tehran. this is all iran's attempt to eventually enrich uranium. one of the questions is what's the u.s.' reaction to the news today? here's what we're hearing from the state department. this is part of a briefing just in the last hour. >> it is absolutely clear that iran is clearly feeling the pressure of its international and diplomatic isolation of t, e increasing economic pressure on it, pressures that are growing that the community is continuing to strengthen. with that today, we frankly don't see a lot new here. this is not big news. in fact, it seems to have hyped. it rain -- the iranians have for

many months put out their own goals, and for many months, they're way behind. this is mainly for a domestic audience. >> nor more on iran in just a ce minutes. meanwhile, i want to move on and talk about whitney houston. we do not yet know what killed her. suspicions are pointing more and more to the prescription drugs that were in her room. it doesn't look like she was doctor shopping, but they have subpoenas for her medical records, her prescriptions, and they're reaching out to all the pharmacies where her prescriptions were filled. autopsy records not expected for weeks,t least six to eight. the president a fire in hon about 300 inmates.

one witness says inmates were asleep, woke to screams. the state department has complained in the past about overcrowding and poor conditions in honduras prisons. 17 tcu students in ft. worth arrested for selling street and illegal drugs to undercover officers. >> it included marijuana, cocaine, molly, which is a powder form of ecstasy, ecstasy pills, acid and prescription drugs. which include, but not limited to, xanax, hydrocodone, and three different types of oxycontin. >> police say the arrests were made both on and off campus location, including frat houses. syria blames paris for sabotaging pipe lines.

those activists say it was actually airplanes that blew up the pipelines. february 26 is the date to vote on this new constitution, but his critics say too little too late with more than 5,000 dead under this crackdown. and the story was horrific. i'm sure you remember this. teens accused of dousing one another -- excuse me -- dousing another teenager with rubbing alcohol and then setting him on fire. today in florida, two suspects reached a plea deal. one was sentenced to 11 years in prison, the second sentenced to eight years, and wheerz what the victim had to say after these two were sentenced. >> i think they should get longer, but that's all right. i know they're going to mess up, anyway. in an unusual move, apple's new ceo speaks publicly about working conditions at the chinese plant where apple products are made. tim cook says apple is doing everything it can to address these different concerns.

he cited their decision to allow labor inspectors inside china's facilities as an apple commitment. >> the audit they're conducting is probably the most detailed factory audit in the history of mass manufacturing in scale, in scope and in transparency. and to texas we go. keep your eyes on the screen with me. police have released this video. this is from a cruiser dash cam of country star randy travis being arrested of public intoxication the night of the super bowl. there he is. officers say travis' speech was slurred when they talked to him in the parking lot of a baptist church. he had no i.d. he was parked there with an empty bottle of wine in the car. travis told cnn that he was just celebrating as so many other americans did on that sunday night. we have more coming up in the next two hours, including this. iran is accused of launching

terrorist attacks all around the world, but there are new fears that the next one could be right here on u.s. soil. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. hundreds of inmates burned alive as flames ripped through a prison. we're now hearing how some escaped and how others screamed out in their final moments. >> a major put a gun to my head and said, slaughter him. cnn slips into syria and gets an exclusive look at an assassin who is paid to kill civilians. plus a new turn in the investigation of whitney houston's death. why police are looking into her doctors and pharmacies. i'm just very thankful. >> and just two weeks ago, he was sleeping on his brother's couch. but in a matter of hours, jeremy lin will step onto new york's biggest stage where his undefeated streak will either continue or crumble.

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american economy, even though he claims his program is peaceful. hear what he has to say and try to follow it, if you would. >> all nations know, and they do know, that times have changed. it's not time for bullying, it's not time for empires. it's come to an end. these are the last efforts, they're making their last ditch efforts. they want to make a few steps forward. but their historical time has come to an end. the world has changed. people's mind sets, cultures, people have changed. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad. they're taking ahold of iran, and what is iran saying? tough. i want you to also consider these israelis. the israeli leadership is increasingly bent on stopping iran's program in its tracks. kevin flower is there for us in

jerusalem. kevin, what are the israelis say today about these advances we witnessed by iran? >> reporter: well, brooke, there is no official reaction from the israeli government today, which is not exactly surprising. oftentimes when there are announcements from iran about its nuclear program, what the israeli government prefers to do is to leave the talking to the americans or to the europeans because israel likes to frame the iran issue as an international problem, not just an israeli problem. but that said, one israeli official i spoke to today said, if you believe that the iranian nuclear program is for civilian purposes only, then you also believe in the easter bunny. so that gives you a good estimation of what israelis think about what they saw on television today, brooke. >> i see. the easter bunny, huh? also pointed out, during the

ceremony today in iran, they held it in this room flanked with pictures of murdered iranian scientists, the most recent who was killed in iran on his motorcycle, pulled up next to a car, attached an explosive to it. are the israelis taking responsibility for killing these iranian nuclear scientists that we saw there on the wall? >> in a word, no. there is no admission from israel that they have any responsibility for those attacks, those assassinations on iranian scientists or any other acts of sabotage in iran, for that matter. but there is always a wink and a nod to these sorts of things. it doesn't deny it's involved, it just doesn't say much about it at all. that's a sensitive issue for the iranians, and israeli analysts here believe that some of the bombings we've seen all over the world, in new delhi, in bangkok, those are simply an iranian

operation that was staged against israel in response as payback for those assassinations of those iranian scientists. >> india, thailand, republic of georgia. how angry are the israelis at iran over all those bombings? >> furious. today for the second day in a row, the israeli prime minister came out publicly, came out swinging against iran. he called it the greatest exporter of terrorism in the world, holding iran firmly responsible for these attacks in those locations you mentioned. other israeli officials here have vowed a response. they haven't said what that would be, but clearly, the war of words is escalating and sort of a covert shadow war that neither side will admit the fighting seems to be in response to, brooke. >> i want to move to washington

and bring in iranian national. he's also author of the book called "a single roll of the dice." today the iranians are saying they fired up some new sen centrifuges. is this a major step in iran's nuclear program? >> there was a belief that it ra -- the iranians would not be able to conclude this in the next couple years. i don't think it's a coincidence that the iranians sent a letter to lady ashton in europe indicating they're interested in pursuing talks on the same day that they admired this breakthrough. what i have seen in the, and

they're hoping to negotiate benefits. the west, of course, have been proving crippling american associates. you mentioned that the u.s. government does believe the iran is behind the assassination, and they're expanding the program to see if that would give them a newer le nuclear form. we need to have a process of autonomy, not just many meetings. >> i want to back you up and talk specifically before we talk about diplomacy. what happened today, and a possible breakthrough, unless this is all functioning with ahmadinejad earlier today. what's interesting, his face is all over this. they don't know how many cameras were at this sort of unveiling.

why is he so vested in this program, especially given the fact, the iranians are starting to hurt the company's economy. >> we have to be careful, though, not to take too much attention and theatrics on display. his influence in it ran i political system has significantly reduced over the last year or so. very intense power struggle. the problem has rendered it more difficult to negotiate with the other side, when other sides are struggling because of this power struggle. >> could they damage the credibility of the country's islamic leadership? >> i think sanctions so far have been quite devastating on the

iranian economy. there is no doubt they have been effective in the sense of putting a lot of pain. whether they are successful in changing. i remain quite skeptical. i think the risk we're running here is there is highly unlikely that the heat would rise, definitely the theatrics. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. the investigation into whitney houston. the corner office contains subpoenas for her medical records, for her prescriptions. we now know whose name was on those stripgs bolgts found inside her hotel room. no one is suggested this, today my journey continues across the golden state,

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before we take you live to los angeles we just got word into cnn here that aretha franklin has been asked to perform at whitney houston's funeral, that happening saturday in new jersey. another singing legend, houston's cousin, dionne warwick, is already in new jersey helping the family with funeral arrangements. meanwhile, whitney houston's medical records are being subpoenaed as investigators try to figure out what killed her. don is there for us in los angeles. don, who is being subpoenaed right now? >> very simple answer. doctors and pharmacists, and it's the names that were on the prescription pill pottbottles t were found in whitney houston's

hotel room. that's who is being subpoenaed. just real quickly, brooke, there were reports it had been up to 11 doctors and pharmacists. the coroner told me, and i spoke with him not long ago, not so. not that many being subpoenaed, but doctors and pharmacists. here out west and also out east. >> talking about these prescription bottles, sometimes celebrities have prescriptions filed under fake names, maybe use the names of their assistant. you mentioned the coroner i know you've been in contact with. is there any indication that houston did that? >> no indication according to the coroner. the coroner says he has spoken to, or has been in contact, i should say, with several of the doctors and everyone has been cooperative. everything now has been above board. it doesn't look like at this point, brooke, that whitney houston was doctor shopping or pharmacy shopping, but again, they want to make sure that the number of pills that were found in the bottle, that she took

them as prescribed, and they can find that out from the pharmacy, from the date and how many different people were prescribing things for her. >> so the subpoena to get medical records and prescription information, is this standard death investigation processes here? and how does a subpoena -- how does the power of a subpoena help in determining those toxicology results? >> these are coroners' office subpoenas. i don't think anything about this case is ordinary when you have someone who is a superstar the caliber of a whitney houston. usually it's not this complicated. and we know, and it's sad, the history whitney houston has had to her own admitting. so no, there is nothing that is ordinary about this case. in order to get someone's medical records, yes, you would have to have a subpoena, but usually they have an idea pretty quickly as to how someone dies.

subpoenas to doctors and pharmacists on both coasts, that's unusual. >> and i know you said nothing about this looks criminal. don, i appreciate it. also news to pass on to you today from honduras. look at this fire. hundreds of inmates died when this fire roars through a minimum security prison. coming up next, we'll tell you how the fire started and why so many inmates were trapped. look at all this stuff for coffee.

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i want to talk about the sheer number of people killed in this prison fire. the death toll is nearing 300. obviously that number could change. more than 100 are still unaccounted for and all of this comes during a report last year that was critical of the honduras prison system. do they even know how this started? >> not really. they're following an investigation, one being that an

inmate may have set a mattress on fire. number two is that it might have been caused by a short circuit, but the reality is the investigation is only just beginning. the fire started last night at 11:00. at this point they're only going through the list of inmates who were there. you mentioned the word overcrowding and that's definitely the case. this prison was meant to be for 400 inmates. there were 851 last night when the fire broke out. and the reality is that these numbers really, they're underlying a problem not only in honduras but in the region that prisons are overcrowded, conditions for inmates are unsanitary and harsh. it's just incredible. >> we talked about the violence, drug trafficking through hon door hondur as. a lot of people, they have to put them away. the fire moved very quickly and

a lot of them are trapped. right? >> that's exactly right, and we have testimony of inmates trying to use their bare hands to break through the roof to get out in their desperation. some older inmates who didn't have the energy to do so were the ones who perished. and that's exactly right, what you're saying. in the last 20 years, violence has exploded in honduras, one of the most dangerous countries in the world, definitely one of the highest homicide rates in the world. and so the space for inmates in the prisons has increased at the same pace, and now you have the problems and the consequences. >> and this isn't the only horrific, huge fire in a honduran prison. there were, what, one or two in the last ten years? >> in less than a decade, this is number three. there was one in 2003, very similar situation where 61 people died, 61 inmates. then again in 2004, 107. but this is incredible, not only

for honduras itself but for latin america. think about it. officials in a press conference this afternoon are saying that the death toll may very well surpass 300, so just one fire, all those people dead, and you have hundreds upon hundreds of relatives who are very sad, and they don't really know what happened to their loved ones, they don't really know at this point if all of them are alive or if they died in the fire. >> is this post fire? >> those are the people, the relatives, who showed up at the prison early this morning. at one point there was a clash between police and the relatives because they were so desperate to get information, and the information, as you can imagine, was very slow in coming. and people just got desperate and attacked the police at one point. >> that is a huge number, 300. rafael romo, thank you very much. overcrowding a huge problem not just here but there as well. now to this.

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right now one nation's leader is pushing for a whole new constitution. it would forbid discrimination based on gender, discrimination or color. it would stop the one-party rule. it sounds like something any citizen would want, except the ban proposal is also responsible for this.

you can hear them yelling arabic for god is great. that is often said when someone is about to die. they show the mass murder president bashar assad is committing against his own people. the united nations say so far more than 5,000 people have died since march. when these uprisings started, his constitution, too little too late. they continue to show the extremes of his government crackdown. this video shows citizens under arrest. they're hooded. you see them being walked away, bound. assad has gone so far as to go behind and sabotage this oil pipeline. it has put a dark cloud over this entire country. live pictures here.

this is in syria. you can see these anti-government demonstrators waving flags. in fact, let's listen. again, cnn covering the story like really no one else can. we are inside syria. we can't tell you where we are, but we're able to bring these pictures to you live. what we've shown you some parts cnn can't confirm because the government limits journalist access. our journalist is there, arwa damon crossed the border. she has talked to a man who was caught in this ambush. we are not disclosing her location for her own safety, but take a look at this. >> reporter: sayid is a paid killer. these men would like to see him dead, but instead they're tending to his wounds. he agreed to be filmed if he

received treatment from activists. he asked for obscurity, but he wants friends to know that it's him and that he's a changed man. his captors keep him blindfolded so he can't identify them in the future. i can't untie your eyes because i am afraid of you, they say, his gun close by. why are you doing this? why are you killing us, he asks. sayid said he worked as a minister in a prison and was wounded when a mini bus he was traveling in came under fire. he doesn't know by whom. his story is chilling. >> translator: we would go out with the officers from the prison, he says. for each mission we would get 25,000 li irklira, never less t 20,000. that's $4500 more than syrians

make a month. you see your body as though you're looking at yourself in the mirror. he could see the protesters were unarmed, but he fired, anyway, claiming it was kill or be killed for not carrying out orders. sayid admits he killed 60 to 70 people. once, he says, he slit a man's throat. two policemen captured another man, he recalled. a major put a gun to my head and he said, slaughter him. he said, i'm going to count to ten. he cocked the gun, fired it in the air. i slaughtered him. the regime turned them into monsters who would have killed their own if they helped fight terrorists. now he thinks differently. these guys i am with, i used to see them in a different light, he admits.

but since i have been with them, i have seen only good. he seems ready to give up the names of others involved in kidnap opposition numbers. a lot of men in this area have been kid napped. now he is a bargaining chip. his captain intends to trade him for some of those objectives. they vow to treat him well. arwa damon, cnn, reporting from inside syria. >> arwa, thank you. now questions are swirling about the death of whitney houston. one of the -- the star did

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and houston during their 15-year tumultuous marriage. >> reporter: on saturday, bobby brown took to the stage to declare his love for his ex-wife. >> i would like to say, i love you, whitney. >> reporter: as this ireport shows, he was there for a reunion for the 19-year boy band, of which brown was a member. playing "slow it down" and "candy girl." new edition wrote a string of hits out of boston's mean streets and into stardom. but brown's on-stage an particulars and a few with fellow member sole travant led the band to kick them out in 1986. undaunted, brown went on to a successful solo career with hits

like "my prerogative" and "every little step" from his 1980 album "don't be cruel." ♪ >> reporter: brown and houston married in 1992. on the surface it seemed perfect, the pop princess and the r&b singer. but there were signs of trouble. in 1995, brown was present at a shooting outside a seedy bar that claimed the life of his bodyguard, steven sealey. sealey died inside a bentley registered to houston. then stopped for marijuana and speeding in 2002, parole violations in 2003. and in 2005, the couple put their rocky marriage on a short-lived reality show called "being bobby brown" for all the

world to see. >> that's not right. that's not right. >> reporter: by the time that reality show aired, houston's career was already in tatters. two years later, so was her marriage. they divorced after 15 years together, and brown was not awarded custody of their daughter, bobbi kristina. brown explained to "the insider" why their marriage has been so volatile. >> how often did you and whitney use together? >> a lot of times. >> what was your drug of choice? >> cocaine. cocaine. it's a powerful drug. i had just gotten married, and unfortunately things were not right. i turned to alcohol and drugs. >> reporter: but brown was trying to turn that life around. reports have it that on

saturday, brown cried on stage over the death of his ex-wife. cnn, atlanta. i also want to let you know that saturday beginning live at 11:00 a.m., the singer is honored and remembered. whitney houston, life, death, music. cnn live on saturday starting at 11:00 eastern. haley barbour, he is refusing to talk about the decisions. >> can question talk about your pardons? >> not really. i'm not so presumptious to predict what they're going to do, but when they rule, we can talk. >> the families want to hear from you. why won't you talk to them?

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a controversial decision by former mississippi governor haley barbour has created more questions than answers. he granted pardon to 400 people, including four convicted murderers. he says they committed, quote, unquote, crimes of passion, and to him that makes it unlike formal them to commit another crime. the victims' families, however, want more explanation from the man himself, a man who has refused interview requests after interview requests from cnn for more than a month, so cnn ed v lavendera went and tried to find him and get some answers.

>> reporter: since haley barbour won't come to us, we thought we would go to him. we found him giving a speech and lecture in virginia. >> can you come out and talk to us here in a second? he wouldn't give us a second and walked right inside the building, but not before showing us what he thought of the questions. >> governor, can you talk to us about the pardons? >> i'm here for this right here. >> we'll wait for you out here then. he just told me to stay where i'm cold. we waited. barbour didn't come back. we went inside and found him giving his speech. the theme, believe it or not, was how the government needs to do a better job explaining its actions. >> we learned more about the government in the census in 1970, and we learned the government doesn't do a very good job at getting things across, so i'm trying to do better in my job. >> but the governor wasn't in

the mood to practice as he just preached. >> governor, can we ask you a few questions? >> i'm not so presumptious, but when they rule, then we can talk. >> the families want to hear from you. why won't you talk to them? the governor walked away again, so we waited outside to give him one last chance. this time he surrounded himself with security to keep us away. >> governor, we can knock this out in five minutes. governor, can we just get five minutes? >> when the supreme court rules, then we'll talk. >> why don't you want to hear from these families you refuse to meet with? the door slammed before i could finish asking whether he regretted pardon oning robert bosstick. he was suspected in a fourth dui after a crash resulted in the

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on the face of it, white house democratic allies and congress are in for a pretty big battle on capitol hill. house republicans, well, they kind of caved in. they agreed to extend the cut without affecting federal spending. kate, just to be sure here, crystal clear, is this extension here, the cut of the payroll tax, is it a done deal or could something possibly still derail it? >> you know we always say it's not a done deal until it's a done deal. up here, anything can happen, but i can tell you this. all of the negotiators involved say they are inching closer to it being a done deal. i spoke with the two key negotiators on this conference report, on this agreement earlier today. the democratic senator mike baucus, the senator bob kamp,

both of them saying it's very close but it's not a done deal yet. they are working out some things that aides say they don't believe should be a deal breaker. there is a tentative deal they're working on. it would include extending the payroll tax cut, not paying for that, not cutting the budget elsewhere to pay for that payroll tax extension. weeks you can receive those long-term benefits over time, as well as avoiding that cut in the reimbursement rate that doctors use for treating medications. those details are starting to trickle out. there seems to be a little bit in there for everyone to not like, but i guess that is kind of what a compromise would look like. leaders on both sides seemed eager to compromise in the end, and we're confident they'll be

able to push it through the respect active chambers. >> according to some reporting, this deal would add $100 million to the total debt, so that's hearsay from the republicans. how does boehner feel about this? >> there are people on both sides of the aisle that are not happy about what they're hearing about this agreement for the respect active reasons. there are quite a few conservative republicans not happy with that exact point, that this payroll tax cut portion is not paid for. it's something they have insisted on all along and it's really a principal of what they were elected to bring down the deficit, to fight this adding to the debt, if you will. democrats are also some democrats, brooke, that are not happy with this. they're not happy there is a reduction to the number of weeks that go to unemployment insurance, and they're also not happy with the way thesere