concern is the density of the population. in places like acapulco, people who live on mountains, on hills. and then in the south is the structures are just very old. so you have very different concerns. not too long ago, the president tweeted that as of now there's no serious damage being reported. and he's calling it a 6.6 et earthquake according to mexico's size mo logical sent per. >> which is a full point lower than what was being reported by u.s. geological services who rated it at a 7.6. all very fluid, everything moving as we determine what exactly is going on. chad myers has been following this for us. also live in atlanta. and chad, rafael says there was another tremor. what are you seeing? >> i am actually seeing that tremor on one of the size mo --

seismograms in southern california. the shaking was felt by the needle ps .thnee needles. these are the minutes as we go across. about one minute of shake. then right here, a secondary shake, chp wwhich would have bee after shock. maybe 5.5, although it hasn't been posted. there will be -- i know we push this to the back burn err little bit and said there's not a lot of damage. that is true. there's not a lot of damage in big cities. but let me tell you, a 7.6 -- and in mexico is saying 6.6. not that it's a different earthquake. it's a different scale. all of the countries have a different scale. that's where we think it is, doesn't mean it's not a 7.6. it just means on our scale it's a 6.6, on the u.s. scale it's a

6.6. so for us knowing our earthquake, it's still a 7.6. and that shaking, certainly those rural communities were devastated. a 6.6 at only ten miles deep, there's an awful lot of devastation there. we're just not getting any communication from those people yet. but from our pager map, usgs said just a couple to 3,000 people saw violent shaking and other than that, about 200,000 people felt a shake enough to probably rattle the home and rattle the nerves. and mexico city was not even that bad pop i think rattling nerves is definitely a good way to categorize it. i saw that dip on the chart behind you. but then it goes all the way down. what does that suggest to our viewers. it builds and then it dips, what is that? >> i wish i had my slinky with me. there's a p wae and an s wave.

the p wave is the first thing that you will feel. the first thing that the usgs found here in southern california. when you think about, if you would rear end the back end of a train and that train car would go boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. and eventually the engine could feel it's being hit by the trai behind it. then the shaking occurs. this was is s wave, almost like the shape on an s, like a sine wave. and that will move the buildings back and forth. that's where the buildings begin to tilt and turn and tilt and turn. that's when a lo the of damage can occur. that would have been right in here. not that significant compared to what that initial big bang right there. that's the bang of the p wave as it occurred and was felt in southern california. felt by very, very technical machines and probably not by people standing in the ground. >> chad, right now, we do have

on the phone pascual clemons who was live in acapulco when the earthquake hit. mr. clemens, what did you feel when this happened? and where were you? >> well, i was actually at my office in a condominium building, seven floors, up in the highest floor. it was a very strong earthquake. it was shaking and humbling. it felt pretty uncomfortable. so i tried, of course, to get out of the building, which i eventually managed to do. and it went on for two minutes. as a matter of fact right now, as we speak, we have a slight aftershock. so we can really feel it but it's not very strong. >> and sir, you were on what floor of the building? did most of the building evacuate when the earthquake hit? >> you know, not really. people are used to these kinds of shaking to you never know if it's a stronger one or a softer

one. in mexico city they're more cautious to the earthquakes and they evacuate the building. in acapulco, this is not what they really do. of course people go quickly on the street if they have a strong earthically like that. or five or ten minutes after that, they're back in their offices and their homes. >> and sir, has the gunman in mexico, have they -- they' instituted an action plan, are you hearing on television or radios what it is you're supposed to be doing, sir? >> i'm not looking on television right now so i can tell you normally they say they have it, but really they are not prepared for something like that. i can tell you that, living here. they're supposed to have a plan, but i don't think they have one. >> no one is really quite sure what it is. all right. thank you so much. a businessman who is in acapulco swhen the earthquake hit. rafael, you've been -- oh, and i'm sorry, before you hang up, sir, rafael romo has a question

for you. rafael? >> first of all, gooed to hear you're doing good. i have known pascual for quite some time. he has lived 17 years in acapulco. i wanted to ask you, how do you compare this earthquake to others you have experienced in the past? >> that was a pretty strong one. i would say in the top 10, that was certainly among the top five earthquakes i felt here. definitely. >> and pascual, we know that mexico city normally has evacuation plans when you have an earthquake of this magnitude. what is the situation in acapulco? the local government, do they have any sort of plans? do they conduct drills from time to time to make sure people are ready for something like this? >> they do exercise from time to time, but it's not really that there's a plan in terms of that. it's also happening too fast, you know, but maybe a plan could

kick in if there would be damages after it. but for an evacuation plan like they have it for the buildings in mexico city, that is not -- that doesn't happen here too often. you see that people are running out of the building. and gathering on the street, just have seen that once in the last 15 years. really people are running out of the building, on the street and stayed there for, like, an hour or two. and that was the strongest one i have felt in acapulco. >> let me just ask you something else. this is a time of year. this is prime time for tourism in acapulco. a lot of international tourists. a lot of americans go to acapulco this time of year. what is the situation? is there a lot of tourists there? do you know what hotels are doing to make sure they're safe? >> well, it is supposed to be the high season, but we just had the national holiday ending yesterday, so the town is not

crowded. if it would have happened yesterday, it would have been a different thing. but today it's rather calm. i believe all the hotels, of course, they have their evacuation plan and in a case like that, they will help the people to find their way out of the building. and when the problem is over, then they will certainly guide them back. >> pascual, really nice talking to you and to know you're doing very well. deb, back to you. >> rafael, we did check with some of the hotels there in the area and they did tell us that, in fact, they felt the shock but really it hasn't hindered or hurt anything going on right now. so a little bit of excitement there for the folks in acapulco and mexico city as well. we're going to be moving now to another big story, one that's rocking the football world. football star peyton manning getting ready to make a major announcement about his career with the denver broncos. we're going to bring that to you live when it happens. i'm walt gale,

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martin. john? >> the family said he talked to a 16-year-old girl, the girlfriend of trayvon martin and she says she was on the phone with him the minutes and seconds leading up to the time the young man was shot in sanford, florida. now the attorney says that all of the information that she gave him, he recorded that information. he's turning it over to the department of justice. and he told us exactly what she said. >> he then says, you know, i think this dude is following me. she talked about how he slows down and he's trying to look in the car. he says i think this dude is following him. and she said be careful, just run home. >> now according to crump and the audio recording he made of this conversation, trayvon says no, i'm just walk quickly. the next thing you know, the

girl says that she says a thursday as if trayvon is hitting the ground and that's when the audio conversation is cut off. >> and john, on the legal side, the case going to the grand jury. federal investigators also getting involved. a lot of authorities right now focused on this. >> you've got the grand jury april 10. the prosecutor there in sanford, florida, in seminole county saying he's going to use the offices of that grand jury to go ahead and continue the investigation. you have the federal government, the department of the justice department, the fbi with their own investigation. a lot of things moving very quickly. deb? >> all right. thanks. now the latest on staff sergeant robert bales, the u.s. soldier accused of terrorizing an afghan village.

next up, kansas where bales is being held. >> this is the second day where robert bales has met with john henry brown, and his attorney. the defense team consists not only of brown but also a military lawyer. robert bales is telling his attorney he has very limited of the massacre. 16 innocent people were gunned down in the middle of the night. nine children killed. bales says he doesn't remember most of that. he just remembers bits and pieces of the beginning and end. >> his attorney is telling reporters the government is going to have a hard time proving its case. that seems a little bit of a stretch.

>> well, this is an attorney trying to try the days in the media, but i'm sure the government has plenty of evidence. only one person was caught on videotape coming back after this massacre took place. what his tactic will be when they actually go to driel, who knows. but we're getting a lot -- and this is typical a lot of times with these types of lawyer to try in the media, trying to set the stage and rehabilitate his client's reputation. the proof will come when the evidence is laid out in court. >> abc huetly. thanks, ted. rick santorum may be on mitt romney's hees more than anyone thinks. you just talked to the santorum camp. what are they telling you? >> that's right. the someday that voters are voting here in illinois, 54 delegates up for grabs they're

talking about delegates. and i just got off the phone with the santorum campaign a short while ago. they have revealed what they feel like is their delegate estimate. let's just break this down for our viewers. you know on days like this, you're in i'll i, a primary on caucus day, the voters go to the poles. but that's just the first step in determining the debt gatts. you need 1144 to win. cnn obviously has our own estimates of what the delegate count is, but look at rick santorum's estimate, his campaign of where this race stands. let's look at the numbers. they feel that romney right now has 435 delegates, santorum has 311, newt gingrich 158 and ron paul, 191. that differs from our estimates because we show romney with 520, santorum with 239, gingrich with 138 and ron paul with 69. i'll just note the difference between their estimate and ours for romney is 85 and 72 for santorum. now, they feel that their number of county and district and state

conventions that are going on, they're yielding more delegates for santorum and that in their words there's an utter collapse of delegates for romney. now, we have obviously pressed the santorum campaign to provide evidence of this .haing. we stick by our numbers. our numbers are based on tried and true methods that cnn has had in place for many presidential cycles. and one other thing, obviously you know the romney campaign disagrees with the math from the santorum campaign. i'll read a statement i got moments ago from spokesman ryan williams. he said, quote, we knew senator santorum was an economic lightweig lightweight, but his problems with numbers are worse than we thought. >> it's an interesting way to position yourself. if the window is closer than you think, maybe stay home. thanks so much. we appreciate it.

and next up, liz sooe o'leary in washington with welcome news for anyone who reads a tablet or an ereader when they fly. l lizzie? >> don't keep your ipad or kindle on just yet. the faa is taking a second look at ereaders and tablets. this is not about cell phone, but they know that there is a lot of consumer interest in terms of bringing these things onboard when you fly. you can't use it until you are at 10,000 feet. the faa says that's a safety reason. but a small and important change in their language. now, i want to put it up for viewers. it's government speak, so what it means is we're looking at this issue. what they say is the ffaa is exploring ways to bring together all the key stakeholders involved but ultimately testing is the responsen't of each airline, which means you ear going to see some safety test, but it's moving the needle a little bit towards being able to use e-reader, things like that,

possibly at taxi and around takeoff when you can't do that right now. >> where are they getting the pressure on this? >> the pressure frankly comes from flyers. a lot of people want to use these, talk about them a lot. and the way this works, it's k actually on the airlines' plate. they have to demonstrate to the faa that they are state. we asked the airlines to prove how the testing process work. it's complicated. they have to test multiple devices in multiple planes. the last time the faa conducted a full scale test was 2003 to 2006. obviously there are a ton of devices available now that weren't around in 2006. this is about keeping up with demand and technology. the faa generally comes back to say until you can prove to us that it's safe, we're not going

to allow it yet. >> thanks so much. we are now going to turn to the four-time mvp quarterback peyton manning in denver. he's about to officially become a denver bronco at a press conference any moment. that was his plane there right now. we're going to let you see it live when it happens. he arrived there, someone there at the mike right now. he opened contract negotiations after weeks of speculation over where he will go. but what remains unknown is what will happen to the current starting quarterback. you know who i'm talking about, tim tebow. despite taking the team to a playoff win last year, multiple reports are saying that the brop cos are putting tebow on the trading block. well, it's been more than a year since this country has had a federal budget. a year. republicans in the house are out with a big new proposal. we'll break it down for you after this quick break.

house republicans announced a plan designed to cut sticking. the stick points, tax refair, repealing of the health care law and overhauling medicare. all complete with a dramatic web video to make their case. >> our share of the economy is already too high. but look at where it's going. these are actually pretty conservative estimates. we face a crushing burden of debt. this doesn't have to be our future. instead, we've shared with americans a specific plan of action that cuts spending, pays off the debt and gets our economy back on the path to prosperity.

real, specific reform is needed to strengthen the health and retirement security of seniors and the economic security of all americans. dockman ryan is clear, he doesn't think medicare works right now. a. >> i've got news. medicare under the president's law is going bankrupt. medicare under the president's law is next year turning medicare over to a board of 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats whose job is to circumvent congress and put price controls on medicare which will lead to denied care for current seniors. >> if i'm a senior, it seems like republicans are trying to scare seniors into supporting their bill. what's your sense? >> congress in washington has already altered med tearer.

pennant by put into place an advisory board, which as a physician is to deny payment for certain care for seniors. we believe it's absolutely imperative and what the actuary for medicare is you've got to reform the system in a positive way. we think that can be done by allowing seniors to remain on medicare if they so desire or to move to a. pra, a health care coverage that may be more responsive to their needs. it's imperative we do that so the country doesn't continue to spend hundreds of billions of dollars it doesn't have. >> sir, you talk about reform. a recent kaiser family poll shows that when seniors trust democrats more than republicans to handle medicaring and 70% of those polled wanted medicare to stay as is.

we want to challenge you, why do you want to change something that americans really do want to keep because they feel it's giving them what they need. >> we couldn't agree more. and what the american people have yet to understand and appreciate is that the president has already changed medicare. as i say, he's removed nearly $500 billion from the program and put into place this board of bureaucrats to make it able to deny payment to services to seniors. we don't believe that's the right thing to do. we think we can allow seniors who want to to stay on medicare, but also allow greater choices and higher quality care within the program. as a physician right now, 1 out of every 3 doctors are limiting the number of medicare patients they're seeing. that's not right, we can fix it. >> the house budget committee also released a chars. we're going to put that up. it shows that u.s. debt as part of the economy over the next 70 years. and if you look at the chart, green is what republicans say the new plan would do, preventing tax increases.

red is the current path. the white house is pushing back today saying that any budget should include spending cuts and raised taxes calling for balance. congressman price, the white house says this is about balance. why is that wrong? >> because they don't have spending cuts. to raise taxes on anybody, to chase ever higher spending is just wrong. and the american people understand that. we increased taxes by closing loopholes. we think it's important to close loopholes that the american people are so disgusted with but we believe it's better to broaden the base and lower the rates for everybody. the american people understand the economy is not as vibrant as it's got to be. you don't increase the vie brancy the economy by raising taxes. you do it by decreasing spending and have the federal government live more within its means. >> yet we want to go to jay carney, the white house press person who said this earlier in

terms of balance. let's take a listen. >> what the ryan plan fails to do is meet the test of balance that every credible person in this debate says must be met if we're going to deal with our fiscal challenges. in the future. there is no responsible way to deal with our budget challenges. if we do not do it in a balanced way. >> so clearly a very different perspective. >> do you see this budget as a solid platform? are you trying to define what the candidates should be talking about? >> well, this is the normal budget season. our budget in the house has to be adopted by april 15 in order to get it done in that time line, it has to come out this

week. i would remind folks that the senate hasn't done a budget for three years. that's an irresponsible and reckless aspect of senate leadership. and i would remind folks that the chart you put up previously that had the red numbers is the path that the president and mr. carney are trying to defend. that's a path that the american people know doesn't work. we believe there's a positive way to reform the system and a way that ensures medicare is saved and is solvent and improved. that medicaid is saved and insolvent and improved. and we can do that without raising taxes and decreasing spending. >> congressman price, thank you so much. we'll see you. whether that passes or not. >> football star peyton manning just made a major announcen't about his career with the denver broncos. we're going to hear from him right after this quick break. ma the real world. it has under-seat storage to bring everything,

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. well, the wait is over. peyton manning had a news conference moments ago. the denver broncos. take a listen. >> thank you very much. i'm very excited to begin the next chapter of my playing career with the denver broncos. i can tell this organization is committed to winning. the broncos, they do have incredible fans that love this team. anticipate this truly is a special football environment and i am glad to be a part of it. i really appreciate and am grateful by the time given to me by several very impressive organize organizations and individuals during this process. but in the end, i felt the broncos were just a great fit. i've always had a great deal of respect for john elway. he is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play. and his knowledge and respect for the game is evident in everything that he does.

talking football with john and hi staff helped me realize this is a great place to be. i called john elway monday morning and let him know i wanted to be a denver bronco. i am thrilled to be here. i'm looking forward to meeting my new teammates and doing everything i can to help this franchise win another super bowl. i'm going to wear number 18 for the den very broncos. i had the privilege of speaking with frank tripucka this morning. i feel he really wants me to wear his number. and it was a very humbling conversation. i'm honored to wear his number as he was back as the first quarterback to play here. so it truly is following his

wishes to wear it. i'm honored to do that. so thank you very much. i'll be glad to answer your questions. >> [ inaudible ]. >> it was encouraging all the teams wanted to go forward. i'm not where i wanted to be. i wanted to be where i was before i was injuried. i wish i never would have been injured. but i know i need the training taf here and the weight staff to help me get to where i want to be. as soon as this is over i'm going to start right away on that process. i have a lot of work to do. getting where i want to be. this is a challenge i'm going to look forward. i'm going to need a lot of help around me to get those goals done. >> [ inaudible ].

>> it's hard to give a timetable or a preduction. that's something i don't want to do. i want to be out there every single snap, every single play. the minicamps and the otas with the new rules this year, they're limited. they're probably more important than they have been in the past. that's what i want to do. that's my goal. i have some work to do. i look forward to getting started on that. the doctors and trainers say they feel encouraged about where i am and the progress i've ahead. i like hearing that and hopefully we can keep on that path. >> and you heard in their mentioned, the injury, he had surgery for a neck injury. he spent 14 years with the indianapolis colts. he was talking to a number of teams including the miami dolphins, redskins, 49er, but in the end he went with the denver monacos. there he is making that historic

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>> this just in on the breaking news of the earthquake in mexico. new video of damage. let's go straight over to chad myers in atlanta at the weather center. chad, show us the pictures. >> we're about 120 miles away from a 7.4 earthquake. now acapulco seeing some of the damage. you see that car completely cru cru crushed. this is video we're just getting in. i suspect as the days go on and the hours go on, we will get closer and closer pictures to the epicenter. and the epicenter of a 7.4 earthquake is going to have very

significant damage around it. one of the towns very close, 17,000 people in that town, i suspect significant damage there. this looks like some type of a girder, some type of after facade, maybe a building that has collapsed and crushed the front of that car. this is the type of damage you see when you have the hours and hours afterwards where you get another shake here, another aftershock here where things can actually fall on top of things that really weren't moving in the first place. you get a lit bit of a crack in a building, you get an aftershock. all of a sudden, the aftershock can make the top of the building fall. that's what we're seeing now. the aftershocks. a couple of 5.1 aftershocks. but with a 7.4 initial earthquake, the aftershocks can go up to 6.4. deb, i have one more thing i want to show you before i send it back to you. brand-new information in from the usgs, the geological survey here. the fatalities here, economic losses and estimated fatalities. they put a very good number on

this. they've done an awful lot of work, a 42% chance of between 10 and 100 fatalities, especially near the epicenter, of course. and still a 32% chance of there being up to 1,000 fatalities with this shake. economic loss over here on the other side. a little harder to discern because of how widespread and how far apart these towns are. between $10 million and up to $1 billion in damage. so some are probably in the middle there, around $100 million of challenges. they're worried about economic loss, but more importantly, the fatalities. when you see the collapse of that building and we have not been able to see where there's anyone in that vehicle or not. but i would suspect they would not be working so hard on that bridge abutment there. kind of a guardrail on that bridge. i would suspect that car was moving and the bridge fell apart, fell on it. otherwise they wouldn't be

working so hard to get that bridge off of that car. >> absolutely. chad, thanks so much. keep an eye on it for us, will you? despite multiple efforts, cnn has not been able to reach george zimmerman, a man who has spent much of his life trying to fight crime. he's the center of a local and federal investigation. the fbi says they're going to look into whether zimmerman shot trayvon martin in self-defense. while we can't get zimmerman's account of what happened, we do know he's made at least 46 calls to local police since starts in 2001 as a watchman. cnn obtained six of those calls, four of them involve suspicious activity. >> our neighborhood got burglarized or robbed to you had. and my wife saw one of the kids that did it. and we saw one of the people in

the neighborhood that matches the description. >> white, black or hispanic? >> black. >> another call shows his concern for kids playing on the street. listen. >> the kids in the neighborhood have gotten accustomed to playing in the street and it's pretty habitual now. they play in the street and they just run out in front of cars and it always seems to be around dusk. obviously it's not an emergency. i'm just concerned for their safety and the drivers in the neighborhood. >> how many? >> probably five or six there. you know, under 12 years ole. >> and in one instance, in contrast to the allegations he's now facing, zimmer marn showed caution. >> can i get an officer to 1916 retreat view circle.

>> your name? >> george. >> what's going on there, george? >> i'm with neighborhood watch. we've had some burglaries and vandalisms and this gentleman was walking in the neighborhood and i've seen him before on trash days. going around picking up trash. i don't know what his deal is. >> is he white, black or hispanic? >> black. >> what is he wearing? a a black leather jacket, a black bomber hat. >> what is he doing? >> he keeps going so this guy's house. i know him. i know the resident. he's kau kigs. he's going up to the house, going along the side of it, coming to the street and then going back to the side of it. i don't know what he's doing. i don't want to approach him personally. if you have an officer available, i would probably have him stop on rinehart. >> now that call was made about three weeks before martin was shot. also today, the attorney for

trayvon martin's parents has revealed that trayvon's girlfriend was on the phone with martin before he was shot to death. and she overheard someone chasing martin. >> he then says, you know, i think this dude is following me. and she talks about how he kind of slows down and he's trying to look in the car. i think this dude is following me. and she tells him, oh, baby, be careful, just run home. >> let'ses go to cnn legal analyst sunny hostin here in new york. let's talk about this. these tapes, the conversation the girl had with trayvon in the moments before he was killed really makes it seem as if the watchman was the aggressor, not trayvon martin, that trayvon martin was scared and was thinking about running away. >> that's right. and that's what's so significant here. because we know that the police

in florida have indicated that they did not make an arrest because george zimmerman invoked sort of the stand your ground law, self-defense law. he claims he shot in self-defense. under the law, deb, you can't invoke that law if you are the pursuer. and now we have some evidence to dispute that self-defense claim. whereas the police said they didn't have the evidence. in conjunction on the 911 tape, zimmerman admits to following trayvon martin. this really sheds some light on this sort of self-defense claim that george zimmerman is standing by. >> what's also interesting is trayvon martin, according to the conversation taking place with the girlfriend, he thought he had lost, he had shaken the night watchman, basically. and then all of a sudden he was following him again. so there was a little bit of wroel play going on with

zimmerman thinking he was chasing somebody who was up to something and this youngman thinking oh, my god somebody wants to harm me. both of them didn't understand where each was coming from. >> that's right. and i think what is also very interesting is that this girlfriend indicates that she feels that trayvon martin was pushed. she wasn't an eyewitness, but she's what we call an ear witness. and she says she can assume that because she heard trayvon martin's voice change. and then she heard the dropped call. she tried to call him back after that and he did not pick up the phone. she said the call ended at about 7:16 and the phone records confirm that. police indicated they got to the scene at 7:17. so just a minute past -- between the dropped call and the police arriving. so again, this really sheds light on the fact that george zimmerman may not be able to invoke this stand your ground law because evidence is pointing to the fact that that's now in

dispute. he may very well have been the first aggressor. he may very well have been the pursuer here. >> and what's so interest, the stand your ground law you were talking about, that was put sboop play in florida about 2005 and according to a report a couple of years ago, justifiable homicide tripled after that law went into effect with critics basically calling it the right to murder law. what's interesting also about the girlfriend and the conversation that she was having is that she really, in hearing what was going on at the time, the suggestion that, in fact, zimmerman was -- whatever scuffle he says he was involved in, he may have been the one who started it. >> that's right. that's what it sounds like if you take what she is saying as the truth. of course, he has a completely, we think he has a completely different version of events. he's saying that he needed to defend himself. but i'm glad you talked about

the statistics in terms of stand your ground law because that's sort of the larger picture here, i think, deb. people are talking about this particular case, but we know that in florida, they have this stand your ground law and about 17 other states have your stand your ground law. but florida has the most robust. i think people are now looking at this law and determining bhornt it's the right thing for florida and whether or not it really needs to be revised. because it is becoming sort of the, instead of stand your ground law. people are saying this is the make my day law, the vigilante law. i hope that something will come from this. >> and who knows. for all we know, federal prosecutors are going to look and see whether or not that law should be rethough. and martin is the -- the martin family are now saying it was their son calling out for help. he was the victim in this. and clearly now the whole story has changed because of the calls that were made. sunny, thank you so much. appreciate that. well, did you realize that ?

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♪ is on the rebound. homebuilders have filed for the most permits in more than three years, and new home construction is down from january. government numbers show it's still 35% ahead of the same time last year. now part of the rebound,

phoenix. the city living up to its name rising from one of the worst housing crashes in the nation. cnn's lisa desjardin joins me and new numbers showing perhaps a turnaround in play. >> reporter: how about this? a little good news. let's get right to the numbers, this is a report from arizona state university. they actually have a center for real estate and practice. i want to show you how things looked like then during the worst of the recession and what they look like now. let's start with foreclosures. then, foreclosures. look at how hard hit maricopa county where phoenix is, 12% of homes were closed during the recession and now check it out. foreclosures are down by more than half in the last year. how about housing prices? look at that for phoenix. phoenix, housing prices during the last couple of years, those fell 50% to 60%. homeowners hurting from that, now prices are up 3% to 5%.

and, deb, i know that 3% to 5% is not much, but when you consider how far phoenix fell it's a big deal, and it indicates that things are turning around. now there is more supply than demand. here's mike orr. >> the most major change over the last months is that supply is dramatically down. in fact, the supply of bank-owned homes is down by 75% or more. >> now, stressing this is only in phoenix, but you have to figure, deb, the weakest link in the chain is the one that corrupts the whole thing and if phoenix is one of the worst markets to see the desert blooming there in housing may be a good sign for the whole country. deb? >> when you say that housing prices are up, are they up 3% to 5% from that fall of 50% or do they level up and then go up? what are we talking about? >> yeah. housing prices are up 3% to 5%

over the last year and if you're a home buyer trying to find a home in phoenix, it's not that easy. i want to show you a picture of a couple that i met out in the phoenix area in tempe. this is tim woodward. we'll show you a picture in a second. tim woodward, and look at them all tan in the desert. they have seven kids they're combining into one family. they had trouble getting a home because they had so much competition and they ended up getting in the home the day they saw it which is the day it went on the market. they told me 11 other people looked at it. a lot of people think it's a good sign that the worst parts of the economy may be rebounding. the rest of the economy, we'll have to wait and see, but in phoenix, they say this is a trend they think is going to last. >> what is so interesting, at least the better sign is how people are feeling, the fact that they're looking for homes and the fact that they feel they can afford homes and the fact that maybe they're back