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talking to you. thank you very much. a u.s. army soldier accused of going on a deadly house to house shooting rampage in afghanistan. answering their critics. the man behind the kony documentary talks success. alarming new information about the sky rocketing hiv rapes among one group of americans. and the interview everyone has been waiting to see, oprah interviews whitney houston's daughter, bobbi christina. we are going to start with this. the sun is rising over afghanistan on a day when
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american troops could face the wrath of fury over an alleged massacre. u.s. officials say the suspect is a u.s. army soldier. he left his forward operating base early sunday morning and travelled to the villages where the murders took place. afghanistan's president says nine victims were children, three women and four were men. says the gunman is an army staff sergeant who acted alone. president obama spoke with the afghan president today. he offered his condolences and said this incident doesn't show the true character of the u.s. military. with more on the situation we are joined with captain john
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kirby who is on temporary assignment with general john allen. we have seen how dangerous things can be when civilians are outraged in afghanistan. what is boog done to keep our troops safe and calm things there? >> i would say we are always vigilant in afghanistan. it is a war zone. general allen has made it clear over the last several weeks as there have been several incidents that regional commanders throughout the country need to take whatever actions that are appropriate to protect our troops and the mission. with respect to this incident today, this very tragic incident we haven't taken any specific measures to improve force protection across the country. this is clearly the act of one individual for motives we don't quite understand right now, very
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tragic. it is having a major effect across the country. >> he is an army staff sergeant who acted alone said to be from joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state. can you give us the name of the suspect? >> no. i'm afraid i can't right now. he is in u.s. custody and made available to investigators that have been on the scene since the incident occurred. we are not prepared right now to release the name. >> how could this happen? how could a soldier walk off a base in the middle of the night and not be seen and not be noticed that he is gone? >> he was noticed. that is one of the reasons why we know it was the act of one individual because when he did leave the out post the guard at the gate noticed this and reported it up the chain of command. they did the right thing at the out post.
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when they got word that a soldier left in the middle of the night alone they took a proper accounting of everyone to make sure that they knew who they had and who they didn't have. that's how we know who left and the fact that it was just one person. so they did the right thing. >> captain, is there anything in the soldier's records to suggest that he was unstable in any way? any medical issues that you can discuss? >> nothing that i can discuss. that's one of the things that that investigators are looking at as to motivation. i wouldn't want to get involved into the investigation itself. this was a soldier that had been in the army sometime, deployed before. with respect to specific motives we just can't say right now. >> captain john kirby we appreciate you joining us on cnn. thank you. we will be following this story
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for you throughout the evening and also tomorrow morning. we are going to go to syria now where violent attacks have claimed the lives of at least 45 women and children today. opposition activists say this happened hours after -- opposition forces were randoming -- talks ended without a peaceful deal. asking for a cease fire. >> it is going to be tough and difficult. i am optimistic. i am optimistic for several years. i have been here for a short period. they want the violence to stop. they want to move on with the
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alliance. >> opposition members agreed that plans for resolution cannot begin as long as blood shed continues. here in the u.s. more than 200,000 jobs have been added to payrolls for three straight months. good for the economy but not good news for republican whose blame president obama for not putting people back to work. earlier i spoke and asked about the marathon race for the republican nomination and how signs of an improving economy are effecting the republicans political strategy. >> job growth, construction industrial loans, car sales, that plunge we took in 2008 and 2009 looks to have started to turn up. there are questions about whether that turn will continue. what kind of jobs we were adding. there is still a lot of debt in the economy. there are threats like iran.
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will the curb continue? that is hard to predict. if it does i'll tell you clearly that will be clearly for gop presidential election hopefuls. >> timing is everything. the republicans will say obama is a lucky guy because this is happening. you heard this is anemic. if you talk to anyone in the obama administration they say it is our policy. is it a reflection of policy or he is the luckiest guy in the world? >> if that is the case he started out unlucky. the thing i find so disconcerting is you have these gop candidates constantly bashing good news for america. i can't think of anything more patriotic than the ongoing on slot of 200,000 jobs being created. that is cause for celebration. you are seeing the core of this party and they are more obsessed
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with trying to win the white house than focused on trying to turn the country around. you celebrate news like 200,000 jobs created and keep this going. they're playing the game. both sides are trying to make this look good for their party. i think what needs to happen is it needs to look good for the country. >> i think it's tough to do in an election year. i think the economy when everyone is so concerned about the economy that is the best. what are you going to hit the other side on. >> i'm telling you the future is still uncertain. 1980 we had an election where george bush won iowa and the race went along for months. as much as people talk about
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bringing jeb bush into it the point is not mitt romney or the eventual nominee could be like reagan. in 1980 reagan wasn't reagan. we don't know who these guys are and what passion they will have come november. when you draw parallels you need to take very longviews. >> it was june before it was decided back in 2008. this is only march. >> absolutely. i will disagree with will a little bit here. part of the reason why we are not excited is because we know who they are and we don't like them. >> remember to check out cnn on tuesday night when the alabama and mississippi primaries begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern with erin burnett. ac 360 follows at 10 eastern tuesday beginning at 7.
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a lot of coverage for you coming up this week on cnn. up next an exclusive, the men behind the kony 2012 campaign talk to me. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota,
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sensation. this film was posted on youtube last week. it has been hard to turn on the tv or log on to facebook or e-mail and not hear about joseph kony. he has been blamed for a decade long killing. one of the goals was to make the world aware of joseph kony and his crime. that has happened now. in the past week the makers of the movie have won the support of celebrities and millions of people who watched the video on line. we will address some critics in a moment. this isn't the first time film makers had tried to get the word out about joseph kony. we asked what they did different this time. >> i kept telling my close friends and my wife who has written the stories, i said this is the last one.
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i can't tell another one. i made 11 or 12 movies about children crying. and i'm so angry. i'm so angry that 30 days ago when we set out to make this movie it was out of anger. i can't do it anymore. i guess the world doesn't care unless they look like you because it's their problem and not our problem. so that's how the movie came up. we wanted to try it not knowing that it would catch fire and it did. we are overwhelmed and so excited. >> there are plenty of injustices, maybe not as great here, closer to home. many would wonder why you aren't addressing those. you said you were angry. why has this story stuck with you over the years? what is in this story that hit a nerve with you in particular? >> i mean, it's just really
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personal because i made the promise to jacob. it's a personal promise that is on camera. so i have to give testimony to tha thunderstorm fa the fact that i made a promise to jacob to stop them. i didn't think would take almost a decade of me trying. there are thousands and thousands of people who have try skpd are trying still to do it. i just happen to be the messenger. so i have gone. cnn has been covering it. anderson cooper has been telling the same message. this one has become very human because there's jacob in it and my son in it and me in it. it is just a human story. >> this film aims to make kony famous. it has done that. what is the next step in this
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process? >> exactly. the film is a beautiful entry point. jason makes it so intentionally for a brand new audience. so now the next step and the thing that invisible children is working on is how to connect it to awareness and action and mobilization of resources to support the amazing people on the ground who are working every day to get innocent women and children out safely and then also deal with the top commanders like joseph kony once and for all. >> we saw the pictures of people who are disfigured. i spoke with a woman who is a survivor of joseph kony. so jason and ben, i want you to stick around because i want you
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here is the new information, the exclusive that i just said. either ben or jason, to address the criticism you are doing something. what are you doing? >> we are just going to release a ten minute video that clicks through some of the questions where we say here are the answers and figures. there is nothing to hide. visible children has been transparent since 2004. that is our intention. this campaign is part of a strategy and model that is
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comprehensive and we stand by it. >> they are part of a team that made the film kony 2012. it is about joseph kony. they say the goal is to create a movement to stop kony. there has been criticism of their film. they are planning a video to address that. until that comes out i talked with them about what critics of kony 2012 have been saying. first i had them react to a survivor. she shared her thoughts about the film yesterday. >> i feel really hurt because it's not easy to be a survive but i'm glad i was able to
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escape. maybe the purpose is why i'm sitting here. it is painful for me to hear joseph kony right now in the united states is a celebrity. >> she is a good friend of ours and e-mailed us last night after the show and explained that a lot of her comments related to the fact that joseph kony is not by himself. there are a lot of innocent women and children near him. so any approach to stop him needs to be sensitive of that and needs to do anything possible to protect the women and children. that's what we have been saying since the beginning. that is absolutely the mission and point of this campaign. >> go ahead, jason. >> the intention is built into the name, to make the invisible, visible. of course, we want the children
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to be visible. that's the point. because of the culture in the world we need an enemy. we need to know who the worst is. and the world has agreed. we didn't make it up. the international criminal court said he is the most perverse. nobody takes children kill their parents and eat their parents. that is what is going on. >> i want you to listen to some people's reaction to kony 2012. >> turned people's problems into their businesses. >> they use the situation to benefit themselves, to make
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mon money. >> so they think that you are becoming famous and making a name off of other people's plight and merchandising. what do you say to them? where is the money going? >> more than making ourselves famous we are trying to make joseph kony famous. that is what the film is about. what is important to remember also now that joseph kony is no longer there we spend time in the congo. those communities are asking with a lot of passion and energy please keep talking about joseph kony. >> they said they are not getting rich off the products and the project. they also mentioned that evelyn e-mailed them before they went on our show earlier. she called me before this show
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out conducted across the u.s. it's found hiv rates for black women are actually higher than previously estimated five times higher the numbers reported. i spoke with investigators. african american women are at the top of the list especially when it comes to infections and rates. >> correct. >> how did you choose the specific cities and why not big cities like l.a. or chicago or something like that? >> well, it's based on data of areas that we know there is a higher portion of hiv infections occurring in women primarily cities in the eastern united states. the epidemic in some other cities is primarily among gay men. there are other cities chosen. most importantly because they
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are some of the most affected areas of the country for women. ironically yesterday was also women and girls hiv awareness day. it highlights of the importance that we need to try to get prevention. there is a new campaign. we need to encourage african american women to know their status. we found 32 women during the study enrollment period who were hiv infected and lived in the community with a lot of hiv and didn't know it. >> i want to ask you quickly because you don't have a lot of time. you said it was because of lifestyle. does it have anything to do with dating men who are not revealing their statuses and not revealing that they are gay? does that factor into that? >> it probably does and probably
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because there is a higher infection rate. and 40% of the women said they had unprotected sex with men who they didn't know their status. >> you said it was comparable of subsaharan africa. >> we are in d.c. i think one message is that the epidemic in the u.s. is not gone. it is here but primarily effecting the poor and people we are not paying attention to. the aids conference is happening in july here. >> that's going to be big.
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i have to go but i have to ask you, do stigma in the african american community have anything to do with it? >> stigma has always had something to do with the hiv epidemic and is one of the most difficult things to deal with. from the white house to wall street our correspondents tell you what you need to know. we begin tonight with the president's plans for the week. >> president obama and the first lady welcome british prime minister david cameron and his wife this week. tuesday they head to ohio for an ncaa tournament game and then friday president obama heads to chicago and atlanta to fund raise. following friday's strong jobs report wall street will focus on a number of key economic numbers coming up this week. we'll get the latest retail sales data. we'll also get earnings from a
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number of retailers. in washington central bankers will meet for a one day meeting on monetary policy. rates are not expected to change but wall street will be all ears about what the fed has to say about economic conditions across the country. also we'll be following this. a u.s. soldier is accused of going on a deadly house to house shooting rampage in afghanistan. we'll check your headlines next. , emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got...
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president obama has spoken with afghanistan's president about the alleged massacre of 16 civilians by a u.s. soldier. president obama offered condolences while insisting the incident doesn't represent the true character of the military. says the soldier accused of the killing acted alone. nine were children and three were women. people of japan stopped to observe a moment of silence today for the victims of last year's earthquake and tsunami. exactly one year ago a powerful nine magnitude earthquake unleashed a wall of water and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. the last of the inmates involved in the controversial pardons are still free. he claimed barbara violated the
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constitution when decided to pardon more than 200 prisoners. the court upheld the pardons. the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier set out for the final deployment today. it left its home port of norfolk, virginia. it is heading to the middle east. the enterprise was a carrier used in the movie "top gun." the peyton manning mystery tour is in arizona today. the cardinals are making their pitch to the free agent quarterback trying to persuade him to finish his career in arizona. yesterday he visited the denver broncos. it is unclear whether the mvp is healthy enough to play next season. basketball junkies are pouring over their brackets tonight. the ncaa tournaments are set.
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kentucky is the top seed overall. the wildcats are gunning for the eighth national title. syracuse, north carolina also lost conference tournaments. michigan state rounds out the top four. ncaa march madness is here and you can test your bracket skills in the official ncaa march madness bracket challenge game. visit cnn.com/brackets. join the cnn group to see if you can pick the ncaa brackets better than i can. i'd like to see it. a stormy start in the middle of the country could mean a tough commute for millions of you tomorrow. are you laughing at me? >> you had your sports voice on. yes indeed. >> can we expect trouble tomorrow for the commute? >> the nation's mid section in
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particular. there is severe weather tonight ongoing across parts of louisiana, mississippi and arkansas. tornado watch remains in effect here. be aware of that and make sure you have your weather radio on. as we head into tomorrow the energy will begin to push northward. we'll be watching for the severe weather threat. we expect a lot of travel trouble. we are watching a storm system in the pacific northwest slamming the coast here tonight bringing winds that could exceed 65 miles per hour. the one bright note is that the nation's mid section is seeing 20 degrees above where you should be for this time of year. if you are dodging the showers and thunderstorms hopefully you'll enjoy the mild temperatures to go with it. back to work and back to reality tomorrow. tomorrow's commute tonight, the five worst cities to travel, portland, oregon looking for
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heavy rain and strong winds ongoing tloutd the entire day. city number four, atlanta, georgia looking for rain and low clouds especially in the airports. city number three, indianapolis, indiana looking for thunderstorms. that could occur especially after 10:00 in the morning. city number two, detroit. city number one take a live look, that's chicago, illinois. you know that one well. >> why didn't you ask me? >> i was running out of time. >> know that one. when you said you know the state i thought you would say new orleans, the dome. >> they'll have thunderstorms tomorrow, too. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. the interview everyone has been waiting to see. for the first time whitney houston's family open up to oprah about the superstar's life, death and last days.
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she thought. >> i can sing the music but to hear it i can't. i can hear her voice talking to me and telling me. i'm here. i want to go get her and have her lay with me. she stayed with me all night and all day. >> she spoke with whitney houston's sister in law. she was canded but whitney houston's drug problems. >> did you try to get her help on the drug snz. >> we were always trying but the choice was always theirs and hers. >> were you afraid that she would be gone too soon? if things hadn't changed but things were changing. things were really changing with her very much so. it wasn't about substance abuse
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or anything like that. it was the latter days or anything like that. it was just more of i was afraid for other things, lifestyle. >> the lifestyle was what she called whitney looking for love with another man. there was an eye opening exhibit aimed at awareness here in the united states. it is being held in the same cottage where president lincoln worked on the emancipation proclamati proclamation. >> i go back there and i just have to pray to god please help me. >> angie came from a good family in ouichita, kansas.
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when she ran away with a pair of friends she ended up under the control of a pimp. >> he had grand kids as old as us. all i could think about the whole time was how my grandpa could be this guy right now and how that would feel. i just wanted to die. >> reporter: angie's story is part of an exhibit on human trafficking. we wanted to do this exhibit of modern slavery for the 150th anniversary. it was the emancipation proclamation that freed slaves. polaris operates a national hotline to help identify traffickers. >> most think slavery ended here but it is believed that hundreds
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of thousands of people are being held against their will today. many are forced to work on farms or factories or the sex chain. this brings in an estimated $32 billion a year. anyone can be a victim. >> the bigger issue in the united states. >> reporter: came to america as part of a choir hoping to earn money to support his six siblings. instead of being paid he was forced to work free. >> i never spoke to any of my siblings. i have no way to let them know what was happening to me. >> reporter: the hope of this exhibit is to raise awareness. >> as long as the community is not aware, low risk. and so the traffickers can tip
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now to a story of success the second time around. sebastian lost his job at lehman brothers. how he got back on his feet as we start in depth comeback stories. >> reporter: he is friendly. he is handy and he has a growing business, making homes safe for children. four years ago things were a lot different for this father of two. he worked in the executive dining room of lehman brothers. >> had good benefits, vacations. i saw myself staying there for a
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sunday night mysteries. sunday night mysteries. great ones for tonight. so next month it will be the anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. a new theory blames the disaster on the moon. explain that. >> once i go through the process you will say it makes sense. >> gravitational pull. >> you are on to something there. it has to do with an ultrarare alignment between the earth, moon and sun. we do get that extra
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gravitational pull. you have heard of the supermoon. there was a super moon in january of 1912 a few months before the titanic sank. a series of events occurred after that time which may have set things into motion to cause the demise of the titanic. the super moon took place and the large gravitational pull caused increase in tides so the waves go up and down and that agitates the sea. when the waves break up things like an ice shelf would cause it to break off more. they knew there were icebergs floating during that spring and they didn't know why. that could result in unleashing old icebergs that could have gotten stuck. it could have brought the iceberg towards the titanic.
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>> that is a beautiful ship. the next mystery is during civil war. >> the mystery here is who was on board. take a look at these images. believe it or not the u.s. navy and noah wants to know if perhaps these two men could be your relatives or your ancestors. these remains were found in the u.s.s. monitor in 2000. they brought the remains up and used clay modeling and computer imaging. they are doing this to pay tribute to these guys and see if anyone knows who they are. it is most known for the civil war. it was a big battle between
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confederate ships and the uss monitor. it was the first iron armored ship battle so kind of the end of wooden ships. >> i have a sunday night mystery? what is up with day light savings time? i am so exhausted. >> were you late for anything this morning? >> the gym. i didn't go. thank you, jackie. sunday night mysteries. nato's international force says the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians acted alone. a nato official says the gunman left his base at 3:00 a.m. and carried out the massacre in two villages. in syria 45 women and
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children stabbed to death and then burned. the talks ended without a peace deal. he is asking that relief agencies be allowed to deliver aid. rick santorum and newt gingrich battle it out in the deep south. both spent the day crisscrossing mississippi. santorum rejected talk that mitt romney's lead in the delegate count was virtually insir mountable. the last of the inmates involved in governor haley's pardons are all free. four were convicted murders.
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the court upheld the pardon. higher gas prices are starting to feel like one of life's certainties. the average price of a gallon jumped another 12 cents over the past two weeks. analyst says the retail price of crude oil is the biggest factor pushing prices higher. the nuclear aircraft carrier left its home port of norfolk, virginia. the enterprise is heading to the middle east. the enterprise was the carrier used in the movie "top gun." there you go. i'm don lemon in atlanta. thank you for joining us this weekend. i'll see you back here next i'll see you back here next week. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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