>> but will that be confusing given emme, what she's saying there and these images we're seeing in "vogue can? >> she has no control over that. she had no control over the last edit, that final edit, no matter who the people are in her group, they did not have that last edit. so it will be very interesting. this is not going to stop here i think. >> we reach out to vogue, we reached out to adele and haven't gotten a response from either. bottom line, talk about messaging, this is why you're so wonderful at this. as a parents, how do you fight images of these thin women, these photo shopped women and try to tell your kids it's okay, you don't have 0 look like this? >> it's a good topic of conversation to show images of who she was just last week. to the image in here and to really get it out that this is a fashion shoot that is supposed to be taken in a vein of art. and that images do get manipulated. and take a look.

this is what it is. photo shop does this. and show them on the computer so that they can be educated that this is not reality. even the women on the covers of many, many magazines, it's not their knows, not the eyebrows, it's not the hair color. if you can talk about in and communicate this with your kids, that's brilliant. this is a very, very good opportunity. but also, read the article. it's a great article. >> it is. and it is beautiful. >> we love adele. love you, adele. >> we love adele. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> and now this. top of the hour here. i'm brooke baldwin. quick here, any minute we are expecting a big moment at the united nations involving syria. we are told that the u.n. general assembly will vote on a resolution condemning the regime of syrian president bashar al assad. this comes as syrians beg the world to listen to them as the regime continues to slot are its own people. obviously this is big news here.

as soon as we see any news with regard to that, we'll bring it to you live. first video and pictures of whitney houston's final days as investigators are piecing together what caused the singer's death. wealthy are now learning a little bit more about her final hours boozing, mismatched clothing, erratic behavior. don lemon live for us again in l.a. you're getting all kinds of information. all great sources close to the investigation. what are they telling you? what's the latest there. >> coming under scrutiny because of what the sources who are close to the investigation are saying. they're saying that the hotel staff was aware of whitney partying and that they complained about it. the source says law enforcement investigators aware of whitney's reported erratic behavior by not only staff but hotel guests, as well. and that's what they're saying. they're also talking about her going around the hotel, saying that she was complaining obviously about her drinks being

weaker, that the bartenders were weakening her drinks, watering this em down was the quote. and also putting too much ice, doing somersaults by the swimming pool and jumping in and out of the pool. you see her in video with her hair wet but her clothing is dry. they say the source close to the death investigation says whitney would go up and rehearse, come down, take off her clothes, jump in the pool. she had a bathing suit on and then her hairstylist and makeup artist would have to do it all over again. and according to the source and guests, that happened several times. >> what about the paramedics? you have new information what they found when they got inside this hotel room. what was the condition of it? >> you know, straightaway, from the night whitney died and the beverly hills police lieutenant came on saying that whitney was -- when he they got there they found whitney out of the tub. whoever found her had pulled her out of the tub. but what they're saying to us, the source, is that she was not

only removed from the tub, she was removed from the bathroom and that she was on the floor on her back face up. but what is interesting about that is that no one official according to this source meaning a paramedic or someone with the coroner's office or what have you. actually saw her in the tub or in the bathroom. she had been removed by the time again, according to source, had been removed by the time they got there. so they're taking the people who removed her allegedly from the bathroom, they're taking them at their word. let's just say you heard from them. they said there is nothing criminal they believe at this point, that it is a death investigation, but still it adds a new dimension to the story and the investigation. >> you have specifics on the prescription pill bottles found in that room. >> uh-huh. >> what about that in. >> yes. confirmation from the source close to the death investigation xanax was one of the prescription medications found.

according to her family, friends, people who were there with her, whitney did take xanax. they're not sure if she took it the date she died but she did take it for anxiety. they're also telling us according to this source amoxicillin was found, which is an antibiotic believed because she had some sort of a throat issue or she was suffering from some sort of respiratory problem. >> don, thank you very much. we have also learned today whitney houston's co-star in the movie "the bodyguard" kevin costner will be speaking at her funeral this saturday. also, among the 1500 mourners at the invitation only service in her childhood church, we now know they're going to see aretha franklin, stevie wonder, chaka khan and fans have been very much clamoring to have some sort of public memorial service. you got to watch cnn.

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breaking news here to kick off today's reporter roulette. deborah feyerick, straight to you there in detroit. a judge has now given the so-called underwear bomber farouk abdulmutallab a sentence and it is? >> it's life in prison. it's life in prison on the counts that he was applicable for that. but beak, she gave him the maximum allowable sentence under each of the counts, two of them carrying that life in prison. she had these counts. you could see a little bit of activity over here, brooke. they're blocking the road which means that abdulmutallab is going to be coming out. but what we can tell you is that yes, she did give him life in prison on the two counts he was facing that on. she said there's no potential for rehabilitation and said that

this is a just punishment. now, the judge did allow a 52-second video made by the fbi basically a demonstration of what would have happened had that bomb exploded as it was intended to do. the explosion was very, very loud and during it, abdulmutallab said god is great. god is great. something that he also said as he was being led out of the court in handcuffs. he has ten days to appeal but he's going to be spending a very long time in prison. he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. as a matter of fact, when the judge said she's reading the formal reading, she says upon release which is never going to happen and kept on reading. she gave him the maximum amount under the law. brooke? >> so we have his reaction and the sentence, life on those two different counts. but what about these different people who were on board the plane? a flight attendant you said earlier spoke. how do they feel about all of this? >> reporter: you know, it was very, very emotional. one of the people who was there,

a delta flight attendant, the one who put out the fire, got the fire extinguisher as the flames were simply licking up the side of that airplane wall, he broke down and sobbed. and he said this has changed my life. he was in therapy for a very long time. he had dreamed of traveling the world as i an flight attendant and going to different places. he said abdulmutallab robbed me of that joy. you can see sort of the emotional toll it's taken on people. one woman saying i can still smell the flash because when that bomb exploded, it burn him very badly as a matter of fact. and he had to be wheeled off the plane and wheeled into his first court appearance. she says she's plagued with those nightmares. it's impacted them very deeply in terms of how they fly. they put on a brave face, the victim who's were testifying. they were short. they were brief, but filled with emotion. abdulmutallab never looked over, never made eye contact, maintaining again what he did

was just, maintaining in his mind that osama bin laden is alive and that his mentor, the american born cleric and war alabama lackey was killed in a drone strike, that he too is alive. the judge saw to possibility of rehabilitation. brooke? >> because of what he did, so much of our lives have changed obviously going through the airport, going through security for the safety of all of us. deb feyerick for us, life in prison for of abdulmutallab. thank you so much. next here on reporter roulette big changes could be coming to cut down on distracted driving. this involves gadgets in the car. >> this involves gadgets in the car and what you'll be able to do and not do and what the government is asking carmakers to do, brooke. >> and what specifically are they asking? >> essentially, this is cutting down on what you can doing when you have a factory-installed gadget. things that already come in your car, not the cell phones you're taking in but they want to cut down on what people can do,

maybe only look at something for a couple seconds before you go down the road. >> this goes into effect when? >> right now it's a two-month comment period. they're going to have public hearings. and put in sort of their two cents. right now the carmakers are saying we're all right with this because a lot of them were realizing there was a consumer bottom line appeal to having devices that sort of meshed with the way the department of transportation would like to see them run their business. >> lizzy o'leary, thank you. general motors making a huge announcement today. and amanda knox has a new book out today. gm, huge news for them. great huge news. record profits. >> yes. record profit. $8 billion last year. it's really an incredible urn turn around for a company that was near death just a few years ago. this process wasn't easy. it became leaner and meaner during the whole bankruptcy process. making big cuts and ultimately setting itself up to make money.

gm's pension plan is running out of money. so what gm is doing is shifting some of the costs to workers, those who are salaried are going to be going into 401(k)s instead of pensions. one more thing to remember, the government still owns about 30% of gm and waiting till the stock price picks up a little bit more to sell. that way the government could break even or make money on the bailout. brooke? >> we are also getting word switching gears, amanda knox book deal. memoir. >> yes. >> it was only a matter of time. amanda knox now has a book deal with harpercollins. she was freed from an italian prison four months ago. cleared of charges that she murdered her roommate meredith kercher. harpercollins is kind of staying mum on how much knox is going to be making but yes, it's likely to be in the millions. of course, here comes the controversy. there are a couple of ways to see it. think of it one way, someone died a brute counsel death that

she shouldn't be making money off of that. you look at the other side. hae knox wasn'tent convicted. she is innocent. that's what a jury found. so why not make money. also, she lost four years of her life sitting in an italian prison. so keep in mind, she did keep a diary the whole time. this could be some interesting reading. i bet she's got an incredible story to tell. >> you said millions? yes? >> millions. millions. yes. >> wow. okay. alison kosik, thank you. that's your reporter roulette here. coming up next, i will speak live with a father who believes his death's remains were recently found after a serial killer led investigators to a disturbing discovery. back in 90 seconds. ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪

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more than 1,000 bones have been found at a dig in lyndon, california, after a serial killer finally talks about where his victims are buried. what made wesley shermantine talk? promise of a payout, specifically $33,000 if he would lead authorities to the bodies of some of his victims. shermantine is on death row for the murders of two women, one of them is cindy, the daughter of john vanderheiden who joins me now by the phone. i appreciate you calling in and helping share your story, your daughter's story. let me just ask this. all this time, this killer had of this information here for years and years. are you angry at all that he

kept this from you for this amount of time? >> yes, i am. because of the packet that now we're only finding just part of her. i mean, they just laid her on top of the ground and 14 years with all the animals and stuff going around, it just scattered all over. so we just have a -- we know there's a skull and some leg bones and stuff that they found. it's just been identified as my daughter and so we do have remains to deal with. you know? and to put to rest. but it does make me kind of angry because he could have done this 14 years ago. or 12 years ago or whenever. and it would have saved all my time that i had spending looking and searching and going down wells and mine shafts and stuff like this, you know and sitting and worrying every night. >> you and your wife. and that little piece of hope,

i'm sure you all hung on to to for many years. i did speak this week with leonard padilla who has been out there with these guys trying to help parents just like you. he's been in contact with your daughter's killer from behind bars. watch -- listen to what he told me. >> i told him i'd pay him $33,000 if he gave me two bodies chevy wheeler and cindy. and any other bodies after that, we would gauche aate a figure on them. he's on death row. he's not going anywhere. i don't get anything. there's no rewards on these. >> so shermantine who by the way, if people are just picking up on this he's on death row. he agreed with padilla to draw this map for him to go out there to find these remains. he's getting money as we mentioned $33,000. that amount of money, how does that sit with you? >> well, i don't think he should get any money. but mr. padilla and i are good friends. we have been for a long time.

i went out there with him myself on one of the hunts with the cadaver dogs. and so i thank mr. padilla for doing it so we can get closure on it but i think shermantine should have done it to maybe get a little remorse or something so that we could possibly have closure on this and go on with our lives. >> who was providing this money who ultimately shermantine will get? are you, are other parents giving to this bounty? >> not that i know of. i'm not. it's all mr. padilla. that's what he wants to do. so he is a very good man and that's -- and that's what he wanted to do. so that's great. >> and he said padilla said he had been in contact with shermantine for i want to say 10, 12 years. shermantine wouldn't talk without money. are you in touch with other parents who lost sons and

daughters many years ago in how is this shaking just this community? >> well, it's very tough on our community. we have a very good community. i have had calls from other missing people that will went missing about the same time or before. was last seen with shermantine and martin herzog. so i do every once in awhile get in contact with them. the wheelers are supposed to be on their way out here. i intend to meet with them when they get out here and talk with them. and those are the two that we were with most of the time. >> if you could look at shermantine straight in his face, final question, what would you say? >> i wouldn't want to repeat it on the radio. >> john vanderheiden, appreciate you calling in to us here at cnn. the men in charge of america's security reveal whether they think israel will attack iran. the candid comments. 70 seconds away.

if it's interesting and happening right now, you're about to see it. rapid fire beginning with this. there is no evidence israel will attack iran, at least according to one of the men in charge of america's security. >> if we don't believe at this point that they have made a decision to do that. what could have given rise to this is simply the fact that the weather becomes better obviously in the spring and that could be conducive to an attack. according to reports, defense secretary leon panetta had suggested israel might attack iran this spring. he has since denied that. speaking of iran, the

corrupt's president says he is willing to resume talks over tehran's nuclear program. that offer came in mahmoud ahmadinejad's letter to the european union. the number of interracial or interethnic marriages in the u.s. has more than doubled to 8%. that is a record according to a pew research center study just out today. also in the study, 15% of all new marriages in america are between people of different races or ethnicities. and another kennedy throwing his political hat in the ring, joe kennedy iii announced today he is running to replace barney frank. his grandfather was the late senator robert kennedy. the kennedys held at least one seat in congress for 64 years. until the string ended two years ago. now to syria. watch this with me. this happened just today.

that is a building, was a building. exploded from the strain of repeated shelling by the syrian armed forces. this is day 13 of the syrian army's onslaught against its own people in the city of homs. >> opposition sources tell cnn at least 70 people have died today in fighting between the army and the insurgents. cnn's ivan watson has just now slipped into syria and has witnessed a growing revolt against the rule of president bashar al assad. listen to this. >> the countryside here in northern syria is in open revolt. and this is a rebellion of farmers, of carpenters, of high school teachers. entire communities, vils and

towns and stretches of northern syria that tell us they have not seen presence of central syrian government authority in months. they have effectively been governing themselves and they have clearly established militias as well as pockets of what's been called the free syrian army. defectors from the syrian army who have come and joined these villages and rural communities in opposition to the syrian government. as we have traveled across this region, we have gone everyone village to village, from small council to small council where young men and old sit on the ground, chain smoking next to a ca lish na cov assault rivals, weapons they say they've gotten within the last couple of months. the residents of these communities say they haven't seen any presence of the syrian government in months. >> ivan watson, he and his crew one of two crews now in syria. these are pictures, united nations here as we're awaiting a

major moment. the u.n. general assembly set to vote on a resolution, among other things, condemning the violence set forth for many, many months here under the regime of president bashar al assad. as soon as we have news on that vote, we'll bring it to you. also coming up, stephen colbert's show suddenly shutting down production. there is a lot of mystery surrounding had one today. also, president obama's approval rating back to 50%. so how does it hold up against the republican candidates? gloria borger is next. nyquil (stuffy): hey, tylenol. you know we're kinda like twins.

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breaking news here as we mentioned, we've been monitoring the u.n. general assembly here speaking is the syrian ambassador to the united nations as they are set to vote on this resolution regarding the violence in syria. let's just eavesdrop for a moment. >> a legal opinion that would enable us to avoid establishing a serious precedent that might as a result mean that the

general assembly would have an increasing number of breaches of the procedure. and violations of the provisions of the general assembly resolutions. during that meeting, it was announced that a draft resolution would be presented regarding the situation in syria. we find ourselves today with this draft resolution. however, under another item of the jaepd, namely item 34 entitled "prevention of armed conflict," here we're talking about a completely different agenda item from that agenda item. 64 under the aegis of which the previous session was held. we'd like to remind you here that some western states -- on tear part confessed or rather they said that what was

happening in syria, that that was -- should be brought under the agenda item situation in the middle east. mr. president, based on what i have just said, it had seem clear henceforth and here, this is a pathetic thing that the syrian question is tackled under three agenda items that are completely different from each other. this over a space of ten days and this shows, if it were necessary to do so, that syria is targeted in terms of principles. there is no other reason for this. as part of confusion in terms of procedural issues. and very clear violations. this threatens the credibility of the general assembly when

we're talking about dealing with very important issues pertinent to the sovereignty of member states. henceforth, my country understands the importance that there is in upholding the transparency of the work of the general assembly. and the credibility of the principle because here we're talking about an issue linking to syria. now, we would like to ask the president to explain clearly these procedural issues before we move forward in order to establish that to ensure that the rules are very. >> through translation, are you listening to the syrian ambassador to the united nations there addressing the ga, the general assembly. so he is basically outlining some of his own country's concerns before this vote, this resolution. and essentially among other items, it's a resolution condemning the violence, condemning the violence within the country that the world has

been -- begun to truly witness especially now that we will have crews in there and able to show you what's been happen. 6,000 people dead according to the u.n. since last march. we're keeping an eye obviously on what's happening there at the united nations. the vote is set to happen in about half hour from now and we'll have the news whether or not it will pass on cnn. i want to talk politics. i know it's hard to believe, we are less than nine months away from a presidential election. a new poll bodes pretty well for president obama and a lot has to happen between now and election day. obviously, but our poll shows as you can see the numbers the president's approval rating climbing back up to the 50% mark, six points up from november. now exactly half the country, half approves of the job the president is doing. joining me now from washington is our chief political analyst, gloria borger. and the president's numbers, why do you think a few more americans are giving him the thumbs up? >> well, you know, first of all,

we've spent every month since january listening to republicans attack each other. and they were supposed to be attacking barack obama. but this turned out to be much more of a contested race than i think any of us thought, right, brooke? so republicans are attacking each other. and there is a sense that's also reflect the in our poll that people are beginning to believe the economy is turning around. put those twos things together with one more important thing and that is that the president's approval rating among independence voters, don't forget those are the swing voters who are going to determine the election has also gone up by about five points. all of that makes for that 50% point for the administration. now, independent voters are perfectly capable of swinging back in the other direction and they could well do that. but in this snapshot, barack obama looks pretty good. >> i'm so glad you said that. that is exactly what it is. it's a snapshot. let's continue with another

snapshot as we compare him and how he would compare to other candidates. the president right now, he wins head to head match-ups against each of the four republican hopefuls. he wins by five points over romney, seven over santorum, 13 points over gingrich. how worrisome are these numbers if you're one of these republican candidates? >> most of all i think worrisome for mitt romney because his greatest asset, greatest selling point is the fact that he is the electable republican so to speak. in every exit poll and entrance poll we've looked at and every primary and caucus, republicans most of all want somebody whom they believe can beat barack obama. and that's a part of mitt romney's appeal. well, if it looks like he can't beat barack obama, then it's kind of hard for him to make that part of his calling card when you see rick santorum just two points behind him. right? so, you know, i think this is, you know, this is tough news for

mitt romney. but again, this reflects those independence voters and their perfectly gettable. they're not thrilled with barack obama. they're not thrilled with what they see in the republican race. but once the republicans get a candidate, then i think the whole picture starts to shift and kind of flatten out a little bit because i do think this is going to end up being a very tight race. >> what about michigan? we know michigan, big primary looming there. mitt romney it's where he's from. his dad was governor. rick santorum is there today as well campaigning. how key is this state for both guys? >> oh, it's very key. look, mitt romney is going to have a very difficult time explaining if he loses. okay? as you point out, this is a state his dad was governor, not his home state but he's kind of claiming, you know. >> adopted home state. >> yeah, adoption. right, exactly. and what's very interestinging about the state of michigan is that it's got some very conservative voters, some

evangelical voters and they seem to be attracted to rick santorum, not only because he's conservative and on the social issues he will agrees with them, but also because he comes across as the more populist candidate, after all, he represented the state of pennsylvania. he represented steelworkers. and i had i mitt romney is having a bit of a difficult time relating to people in the state of michigan. but by the way, both of these candidates voted against the bailout. so i don't think that's going to be as large an issue in the state of michigan as some people have portrayed it as because they kind of cancel each other out on that one. >> we saw what happened in colorado. i know it's a different state, different back story. >> every primary night is a surprise. >> it is. it is, especially the last one. gloria borger thank you so much. one of george huguely's buddies says huguely lied about where he was the night his ex-girlfriend was brutally murdered talking

about that university of virginia lacrosse case in charlottesville, virginia. sunny hostin is on the case next. [doors open] [dogs barking & grunting] [dog shaking water] [dog growls] [dogs bark]

two teenagers will spend years in prison and then on probation for dousing a boy are rubbing alcohol and then setting him on fire. remember michael brewer attacked in the parking lot of a florida apartment complex the day after his 15th birthday? that was back in 2009.

two teenage boys charged in that attack have just pleaded no contest to attempted murder and have been sentenced for the crime. sunny hostin is on the case. sunny, these teenagers are 17 and 18 years old. they're going to prison. one for eight years, one for 11. did the sentences fit the crime? >> well, many would say no. they pled guilty to attempted second degree murder. so that would carry with it if convicted certainly a larger and longer prison sentence. prosecutors had offered them a deal that would have been a little bit more time. but i think what's interesting about this, brooke, is that jesus mendez got not only 11 years but 19 years of probation. his co-defendant, denver jarvis got 22 years of probation in addition to an eight-year sentence. so the system is telling these young boyce and they really were young when this happened that they are going to be watched and their eyes -- the system's eyes

are going to be on them. so they are going to have to walk the straight and narrow to -- in society. so that's a good outcome in this case. >> we have reaction from michael brewer himself after that sentencing. here it is. >> i think they should get longer, but it's all right. i know they're going to mess up anyway. >> that was his reaction really. i just want to talk about the pictures. it looks like he has recovered remarkly well. let's throw this up. we have a longer look and froze the video so you can get a better look how he's doing. his skin, you wouldn't even know when you just look at this. how is he doing? how is his family doing? >> physically he appears to be doing better. he was burn over two-thirds of his body but his mother has come out and has said it's been really difficult for him and that there have been nightmares and that having to go back and forth to court has reopened up the wounds and they believe at least with this plea deal, that perhaps the healing can start.

so his physical well-being is one thing, but his emotional well-being is another. >> of course, we wish him well. want to move onto the second case here in virginia. the prosecution has now rested and the defense begins the trial of the university of virginia lacrosse player. george huguely accused of killing his ex-girlfriend yeardley love. prosecutors say she was whipped around so badly by huguely, that it fatally bruised her brain. what about the defense? how do they counter that? >> yeah, so many people were saying how do they counter that. well, the theory has been so far at leafed we heard it in opening statement, brooke, that she suffocated by lying face down on her pillow on her bed. so they're arguing this sort of positional asphyxiation. we've heard another theory being floated that she had been drinking heavily that night and prescribed adderall for add and

perhaps it was this prescription drug and alcohol poisoning together that could have led to her death. that's how they intend to combat what the prosecution was saying was a brutal bruceal premeditated murder. >> do you think they're going to put huguely himself on the stand? >> i think it's very risky to do that, especially because he has at his disposal this voluntary intoxication defense. by all accounts, he was drinking very, very heavily. a lot of his lacrosse buddies got on the stand and talked about his drinking problem and talked about how he acted after this murder. so i don't think it would make sense to put him on the witness stand but it's always a possibility in a case like this. >> sunny hostin, thank you so much. coming up, adele is everywhere. top of the charts, the radio, and there you have it, the cover of vogue. but many accuse the magazine of air brushing her figure.

up next, you hear from plus sized model emme and what she thinks of this magazine air brushing controversy.

there is a joke behind practically everything stephen colbert does, but this is not one of them. production has been abruptly suspended on his show "the colbert report." the reasons are mysterious, the network is blaming unforeseen circumstances, but "wall street journal" is reporting an emergency in colbert's family citing people familiar with the show. the audience for last night's taping reportedly got a last-minute e-mail. a rerun aired tonight, and another one is scheduled for this evening. adele is trending not only for her amazing talent, but for her looks. specifically this. this cover here on "vogue" hit magazines. a lot of fans are upset. i spoke with emme about the impact of this exact image. >> what the effect of this issue does to millions of women and children that have really

followed adele with her music career all of a sudden sees her in an altered state. that's what i'm concerned about, what the healthy media commission is concerned about, that the retouching went past a line. i get lines taken out of my face out of my clothes when i do different things for client, but there's a line you cross, and i think they crossed the line. >> here's my question, because i've never done a photo spread. you have donum. are you made aware that one you're photographed, that your photos will be altered? do you have control? >> you can write it in your contract. sometimes i have to assistant with a photoshopper or photographer and say that's great, that's great, no, and if you're going to take -- if there's something in your teeth or something seriously going on where you really haven't had a lot of sleep, but if it really

eight others trims your image where your body shape becomes different your face becomes shaped differently. i don't want that in my life. i want to be what i am. i work hard at maintaining the vitality that i have, and if i am anything different than that, i'm projecting a strange image. >> adele has been open talking about body image. >> yes. >> she said to ark, i don't need to be a skinny mini. here's what she said. >> i've seen magazine covers and videos, and i don't need to look like that if i want to be a success. i really don't want to do it, and i don't want people confusing what it is that i'm about. >> but will that be confusing giving what she's saying there and these images we're seeing in "vogue"? >> she is has no control over that. over the last edit, no matter who the people are in her group,

they did not have that last edit. so it will be very being. this is not going to stop here, i think. emme, thanks for chatting with me. we did reach out to adele and "vogue" for comment and we have not received any response yet. breaking news from capitol hill. let me just let you know what it is. congressional negotiators have signed off on this agreement, having to do with the payroll tax. they have signed off to extend the payroll tax cut in unemployment benefits. the deal will avoid a fee cut for medicare doctors for the rest of the year. the measure now goes to the house and senate for final votes, and cnn expects the voting will begin tomorrow. back to the image of that fire. that fire was the fire we talked about yesterday in honduras. beneath the flames, more than 380 inmates tried to escape before dying. some of them may have been locked up without a single charge against them. that's next. i'd race down that hill without a helmet.

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screaming 200 yards away. at one point ominously the screaming just sort of stopped. he heard gunshots which could support claims that guards were shooting at the inmates. working theory is someone set a mattress on fire in that prison. i want to bring in -- vicki, so hon duran officials are add -- why put them in prison with already this notorious overcrowding problem? >> actually i think that figure is quite low. you figures i have heard and from reading the honduran press, it's more like 67% have not been charged with a crime. horch during passed an antigang law, and what it allowed police

to do is to sweep anybody on the streets who had a tattoo, who they had suspicion was a member of a gang, but really had no proof. so the prison population swelled, and so in the case of comayaga, you don't have enough imagine strays or judges to process the people who are being detained. >> quickly, just so i heard you, if you are in honduras and have a tattoo that could suggest a gang affiliation, you could be tossed in prison? >> that's right exactly right. people have tattoos to celebrate a 40th birthday for a loved one, but in honduras, it's perceived you're a member of the gang. >> the problem -- a minute and a half left in the show, the problem is not new, this overcrowding problem.

i know the government, this corrupt government has been promising earmark and funding for prison systems. that hasn't happened. now what? >> i think that's right. i think the unfortunate consequence of this fire, which could have been avoided is that more attention will be put on reforms in the penitentiary systems, and perhaps the government will then put the resources it needs to build new prisons that are human and abide by international standards. i mean, you would hope that that would be a result of tuesday's fire. >> you would say you would hope that or you say perhaps the government. what's the reality? >> well, the reality is you're talking about one of the poors countries in the millennium sphere. people live on less than a dollar a day, at least 60% of the population, and it's more in the rural areas. there's very little economic opportunities for employment. there's high organized crime and