>> careful out there. got some bad weather in the area now and more headed further to the east. i understand you're going to be talking to some hoosiers. >> we're going to be down stairs a little bit playing with kentucky in atlanta. atlanta is about to get a little crazy here. we have the hoosiers, the head coach and we have up with of the star freshmen we're going to talk to here. this is going to be a really nice segment. i'm going to be down stair in the starbucks. don, you're doing pretty well in the brackets. you're fourth or fifth place. i'm 13 or 14th out of 16. i went to a football school. there you go. indiana took their basketball program which obviously bobby nooig had a few influence. it was an amazing program back in the '90ed and early 2000s. and thul of a sudden fell apart in the early part of the decade. now this coach, coach carerean

brought this team back. >> save something for the interview. you're excite popped. >> we loi am. >> ewith love it when you're passionate. i'm dpon lon lemon in today for brooke baldwin. president obama's about face of a controversial oil pipeline and housing number, some good, some bad. roll it. police have pinned down a suspected jihadist of a rabbi three schoolchildren and three soldiers. [ no audio ]

>>ening okay, parentally we're having an issue. we'll get back when we get it fixed. barack obama will speak a little more than an hour from now. bree i brianna, i saw the note last night when you got the information on this story. this is the beginning of an energy tour for the president. that was very interesting wh enyou uncovered it. >> that's right. that had to do with the keystone pipeline. or the southern segment of it. the part that does not cross the border with canada. that's where the president will be visiting tomorrow. the beginning of the southern portion of that. here we are today. this is copper mountain one. all of those solar panels you see behind me create enough energy to power 17,000 homes. as you know, the president is really feeling some political pinch right now when it comes to

high gas prices. he's facing a lot of public criticism. and one reason he's at this particular stop is to make a case for his energy policies. renewable energy has been a huge part of that. he'll be touting renewable energy as a viable option. and that's obviously why he's here. then later today heel be in new mexico. heel go to an oil field on federal land. and this is a rebuttal to republican dritisms that he's not doing enough on drilling. finally, in addition he ends his day in ohio state where they're doing a lot of energy-related technology advancement. but the big visit is tomorrow in cushing, oklahoma. the obama administration rejected the initial plan in january. he el eel be there touting that they're moving forward on the project. don. >> appreciate it. want to go down to france where

a standoff is under way right now. give us the very latest. [ no audio ] pounceable for the cold blooded attacks. he feels no guilt, no remorse and, in fact, he just said he's sorry he can't kill again. that's what he was parentally planning. he says he's associated with al qaeda and that he committed these various attacks for three specific reasons. one, because he doesn't believe in the ban on the women wearing the hijab in this country. two, because he objects to france's military involvement in afghanistan. that's why he killed the

soldiers a the point blank range and three to avenge the deaths of palestinian children. that's why he targeted that jewish school, just three kilometers down the road from this neighborhood, killing, gunning three children there and a rabbi. we know that he is known to the police, don. he had a history of violent crime and they say that ale whether i turned it on to him on a tuesday. the jewish shootings or on a monday. and tuesday, when they started to look through footage and matched it up when they know from a man with petty crime here, they began fitting the pieces of the buzzle together. but it was only later that they managed to find his whereabouts. >> we have just koiple second here. what's happening now between the standoff between police and this man. >> well, question don't know.

he said he was going to hand himself over. but he said that a while ago and it hasn't happened. police are on voicely unsure about going in a raid fashion as they did earlier on in the beginning because he used heavy fire against them. two policemen were injured. so they are reapply -- it's essentially a standoff at this moment. negotiations, they say. but what he's negotiating for at this stage, we're not really clear on. >> thank you. next up on "reporter roulette" a new report shows exactly where the country stands in the housing crisis. al alison kosik live from the new york stock exchange. >> you hit on the problem. housing is not on this straight road to recovery at this point. sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly fell 1% in february from january.

but if you look at the numbers this time last year, it's actually an improvement. it's also showing a tiny bit of improvement from housing prices. they're frup this time last year but are still at their lowest point since 2002. so that's great news if you're buying a home for the first time. it's real tough if you're the seller. it's one of those mixed pictures on housing. don? >> what does this mean for the housing market going forward? can we see at this point in the recover is speeding up? >> not necessarily. it's not speeding up, but the trend is moving towards improvement. despite the sales drop that i just told you about, the longer-term view shows sales come back because of lower prices and super low mortgage rates. that's slowly and surely shrinking the inventory of empty homes it issing on the market. if that inventory kind of shrinks that could boost prices over time. we did speak with the chief

economist of the national sale of realtors. take a listen. >> this pace can hold for the remainder of the year, we're saying the inventory will go back to the more balanced level condition and that will set the price for the first year of home price increase since 2006. >> mortgage rates are also starting to creep a little higher from the all-time lows. that could get people who are thinking of buying a home to get off the fence and buy sooner rather than later. don? >> thank you very much. that's today's "reporter roulette." >> sanford police, do your duty. arrest the murderer today. >> it's a very sensitive story and people are taking sides and

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this is why i mixed up those letters because the naacp is calling for the police chief of sanford, florida, to resign. that is a town where neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman fatally shot trayvon martin who was 17 years old. zimmerman said he fired in self-defense. here's the piston naacp, ben jealous. thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. >> why do you want the police chief to resign? >> last night we stood in a church with hundreds of people, more than 1,000 outside people talk about thab experiences watching young men in this town

being mistreated, killed. somebody said if you kill a dog in this town, you'll be in jail the next day. trayvon was killed and his killer is still walking the street. they had all the cause they needed to lock up mr. zimmerman, but they just kept giving -- and they didn't do it. it's been four weeks and now they've turned it over to a state's attorney. that will be probably i think the middle of the next month before they even panel the grand jury. the whole time this man is just out there free. and this young man is dead. >> i have a lot of questions

here. there's outrage all across the country here. there are people who believe it's a racial thing and many who believe it's not. there are people who say it's been a while. but can't we let the investigation play out. this person may end up being arrested or charged. or not. how do you respond to that? >> the reality is we're all hardened to see the d.o.j. open their investigation yesterday. even though all of us would have liked the grand jury to be em panelled, we have the date. those are two good signs. the reality is one of the things that makes the naacp superb, we have 1,200 communities across this country. and our branch president here mr. clayton, 26 years of law enforcement and 24 years as president of this branch here of the naacp, 12 year of that was

an overlap. and he'll tell you that this chief has just lost the faith of a lot of people in this community. the reality is at very least, this chief should be suspended with pay, pending the outcome of this investigation. that's what we expect chiefs to do with their officers when their officers have done something to lose faith.. the reality is this chief should have made sure that trayvon martin's killer was charged. was actually held to the same accounts of somebody who killed a dog would be. >> i get you. i'm trying to be respectful here because we don't have a lot of time and i have a lot of questions to get to. if it turns out that federal investigators found sanford police did nothing wrong when they did not make an arrest.

will you stand by the decision? >> we didn't go door to door, we just put out word. the reality is that just seems to be the tip of the iceberg. listening to our branch president say look, when a young man is shot, they should test the hands of the man who did the shooting and actually get the powder residue. they should gather his clothing for dna. they didn't do that. just basic step after basic step which was not taken. it gave mr. zimmerman special dispen sags apparently because he appointed himself neighborhood watch captain and took his word for it. >> i want to say the city manager released a statement on

the city's website responding to some of the questions and allegations that you're making right now. and again, i have to point this out, this is not cnn's reporting, this is a person that you have on the ground doing your own independent investigation, i would imagine. but if it turns out through the justice department's investigation that the police department did nothing wrong, will you stand by that? >> we have full faith in the d.o.j. they've done a great job in new orleans. we have great faith that they'll do a great job here. i have not come across -- and i have worked in places like har lel, new york, and jackson, mississippi, i have not come across a community as tense as this one is, and it's not simply about this one case. it's about a pattern in this communi community. people, you know, who kill -- who attack men being treated

differently. think about it, don. it was just a couple of years ago that we were talking about the son of a lieutenant from this force who attacked a black homeless man. you know, people here are saying look, orlando is a much bigger city. in the last five years, the last ten years, their preliminary hasn't been in the national news as much as sanford. when there's this much smek smoke inform a community of such a modest size, there's reason. there's a fire. and today as we sat with those community members and listened to their story, same with last night, we heard evidence of that fire. >> i have to ask you this. sometimes these things become so emotional and you don't want them to explode.

some cooler heads is what i'm asking. what is your advice when it comes to that. we're all sad. if you're not sad for trayvon martin's family then you're not human. but it his to play out, even if it's not the speed in which you want it to. sure you know, the reality is, those of us raised in the judeo-christian traditions is taught that faith is the essence of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. people have investigated a lot of faith here for week, praying and calling and rallying for justice to be done. and they're starting to see the wheels of justice move. d.o.j. opened that investigation a day or two ago because this community ultimately spoke up and said we need you here to restore faith in our law enforcement. and, you know, now the state's attorney has set a date for the

grand jury to be em panelled. and so people here have already waited weeks for justice to be done. they have not been quiet, but they will continue to keep faith because they're seeing some signs that the faith is being rewarded. d.o.j. is involved. a date for the grand jury has been set. people say what do you make of all these rallies? this is what democracy looks like. this is what it looks like when a community says we aren't going to be vigilantes but we're going to be vigilant that justice is done by or sons and daughters. >> dben jealous, thank you. keep us updated into what you find out and what you're doing.

what's behind the loud booms and shakes that are waking people up in the middle of the night, way out in the middle of nowhere. listen to the people of clintonville describe it. >> the first one sounded like that paintball gun where it was bang, bang, bang, bang in a row. the snek one next ones was lik boom, boom. it was similar but wasn't the same going off. >> it was like a bomb going off. >> tremors.

>> it was quite loud. sounded like it was in the house almost. >> it isn't a one-time thing either. they've been happening three fig nights in a row. see all those dots right there? they represent all impeachment who called police reporting they heard or felt the booms. cin cindy, what is happening at your house? >> it's like having a noufourth july fireworks but underground. >> where do you think they're coming from? >> i don't know. it's very strange. when you hear them, it sounds like it's coming from the basement. you go down there and then they hear like it's coming from upstairs. then you go outside. it's very strange. crazy, i guess. >> so it's not kids playing a joke and setting off fireworks?

>> oh, no, no. not the way the windows shake. all of us on sunday night when it first happened for a couple of blocks, everybody was just standing outside because everybody was thinking their house is going to blow up. >> people in charge, whatter they telling you? >> i'm sorry, what? >> the people in charge, what are they saying to you? >> they're just trying to find out. i guess, you know, they looked at all the options as far as gas lines and water mains and stuff like that. and they ruled all those things out. and they're called it a natural phenomenon. there's supposed to be a meeting. i don't know what they found out. i don't know if they ruled anything else out or found anything else out. >> hang on, maybe get some ear

plupgs. >> we sent jim spellman to clintonville, wu wii. i know you just got there a little while ago. do city leaders have any idea what might be causing the booms? >> the first thing they thought was maybe it was an electrical substation. not happening. gas line explosion? not happening. they even checked with the military. nothing like that. the leading theory they have now, and it's not much than a theory is what they're calling a frost quake. it's been really warm here for about the last week. could the frozen ground be thawed so quickly cause some sort of seismic shift? not really much more than a theory now and it still doesn't explain why only in this small area of the town is being affect affected.

>> electric problems, suer problems, gas explosions. they're meeting with an engineering firm to find out if they should set up monitoring systems to see if there's any sort of under ground cavern that they weren't aware of. i'm here at clintonville high school. they're discussing all of these possibilities. it's the only thing everybody in this town is faulking about. >> all right jim. keep on it. interesting. >> at the white horse tavern, h i had one drink. >> find out what he reveals in his dui trial.

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>> 14 office workers wear orange and get fired. they say uh it's all about the happy hour they hit afterhours on payday and not all about work. but their employer sees things differently. they say it's a sign of protest. either way, is it a reason to get fired? >> here's the problem. the problem is it's an employment at will state. what does that mean? it means you can be hired or fired for any reason or no reason as long as it's not discriminato discriminatory. that there's statutes that protect you about age, gender, sexual orientation. a shirt is not a member of a

protected class. the reality is, just because they wore orange shirts, they could be fired. maybe the legislature will do something about it but perfectly permissible under the law now. >> also in florida, the dui manslaughter trial of john goodman. he took the stand in his own defense today. >> who do you recall seeing in the bar? >> i -- i mean, there was a group of -- who do i recall seeing at the bar? several polo players, a group of players, polo players, younger players and stuff. >> all right, when you arrived at the bar, what kind of drinks did you order? >> i ordered a tequila.

i ordered tequila. >> and how many, was that in shots? >> yes, sir. >> i orderred ten shots. >> okay. he said these ten shots were for a large group of people and he had only one shot. but if you listen to his tenor of his ovoice. some of it, i have to be honest, i couldn't understand. how did he come off? >> reasonable minds will differ. some will say well, others not so well. but the critical thing is why was he there in the first place and will he hold up under cross-examination? when you're under direct examination it's your own attorney lobbing your softballs. we can all hit for the most part softballs. it's when the prosecution stands up and prosecutes you, if you

could not understand what he's saying now, imagine when the prosecution begins to question him. sir you said you had a concussion, is that why you were drinking half a gallon of liq r liquor, which you want us to believe, are you sure you were drinking liquor like that? was your first concern over the victim or calling your girlfriend. he's going to be savaged op cross. they have to explain the story. the defense's contention was i wasn't drinking that much beforehand, it was after the fact that i was in such pain i went to the barn and i drank all of this alcohol. so he has to lay the foundation for that, good manl does. that's why he's testifying. and he also has to lay down the foundation why his bentley malfunctioned. >> fired up and on the case today. thank you, sir. >> pleasure, pleasure. >> certainly has a lot of you talking, breaking this

afternoon. the head coach of new orleans saints suspended for the entire season after it's revealed his players were paid cash to injury opposing players. that's not the only harsh punishment. louisiana native james carville standing by, wearing his saints hat. i'm sure he is fired up over this one. do not say anything now james because we want to hear it all when we come back after the break. everyone in america depends on the postal service. i get my cancer medications through the mail. now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices

coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions.

the nl envelope suspending sean payton for a year for his bounty program. the defensive cord nay greg williams suspended indefinitely. he's the one who admits to paying players for big hit, ones that injury players on the other team. one analyst calls the punishment historic. joining me now, james carville,

cnn political contributor, but also a host of a sports talk show on xm radio. he knows all about this. first off, do you think the punishment is fair? >> well, honestly, i was hoping for a little bit less. i flew a hammer was going to drop. it looks like we got a sledge hammer here. but we've got to deal with it. you would know better than anybody in this part of the world in new orleans, we deal with adversity as well. i think our team is going to come back pretty good from this. >> i think a lot of the saints players were hoping for something that wasn't so substantial. but listen, it's serious stuff. you know that, the nfl facing lawsuits from former players with hedge trauma. do the league, the saint, the coaches need to be worried here about lawsuits with the players being paid to inflict injury? >> well, i don't know. people know football is a tough game. you know, we love coach payton,

we understand and embrace him with open arms. when the year is up. drew has not been signed yet. i don't think there's an athlete in the city that's more part of the city or in love than drew brees is in new orleans. i think the saints will re-sine him. we've had pretty good free agency here. we're going to be a really good football team come september. and i think we're going to surprise people. there are naysayers and doomsday doomsdayers. i think we'll play up to this kind of adversity. i know the fans do, and i know how important the saints are and the nfl is to new orleans. i think we'll deal with this. it will be tough, it's a big blow, but we'll deal with it. >> you're talking about sean payton and greg williams. and drew brees you says hasn't been signed yet. breezy as they call him. he tweeteds out today, he wants some answers. do you still support sean

payton? >> well, look, i'm crazy about coach payton. he's a really great coach a great guy. obviously the league thought he should be on top of this. i'm saying coach, we love you. when the year is up, we'll embrace you back. but right now, this football team, this organization, mr. benson and everybody has to deal with the facts saying hey, you know, that's the way that it goes. that's the way that it goes. >> don, our gum bow is all in a

kerfuffle down here in new orleans. >> it is concerting, but we've got to deal with it. we've got some really good football players and we've got to play hard come september. >> all right, we've got to move on. thank you, james carville, appreciate it. up next, incredible video. a giant bolder crashes into a house. find out what happened.

>> that is a boulder you see there to the left of your screen. huge, isn't it? not only did the rock damage the house, it smashed the car, took south only power poles and it hit a water main. a couple of houses had to be evacuated while crews tried to clean up and remove the giant bo boulder. >> maybe this will end the talk of jeb bush swooping in today

the former governor and yours, mitt romney. he congratulated romney on his primary win in illinois and he called on the republican party to unite behind romney as their candidate for 2012. coming up, i'm going to take you live to what we call the cnn atrium here down stairs where some special guests have just joined our chad myers. you'll see who's in atlanta next. know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word. you have yet to master the quiet sneeze. you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts. well, muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. zyrtec®. love the air. quaker oats. in every way, a super grain.

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>> we started with 64 teams then 32 now 16. sweet 16 teams are left vying if ar chance to make it to the elite eight. chad myers down stairs, joined now by the head coach of the inn hoosiers basketball team. one of the their star players and the world's largest bracket. it's giant, bigger than that player almost, huh? >> it is. there's a different pollen count where he is way up there, don. coach crean, you have indiana with swagger again. i'm so proud of the indiana team. these guys are ready, they're loose, playing great basketball. [ no audio ] >> did we lose chad? we lost chad. man, oh, man, we'll work on it. i was looking forward to that. the hoosiers down stairs.

we're going to work listen, we'll work on that. i want you to listen to this before we get to chad. hundreds of terror agents are apparently living in the u.s. and backed by iran. up next, why experts say those agents are capable of launching an attack. all right, let's decide what to do about medicare and social security... security. that's what matters to me... me? i've been paying in all these years... years washington's been talking at us, but they never really listen... listen...it's not just some line item on a budget; it's what i'll have to live on... i live on branson street, and i have something to say... [ male announcer ] aarp is bringing the conversation on medicare and social security out from behind closed doors in washington. because you've earned a say.

when we were determined toors see it through.. here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousands of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. and the tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. we fixed it. chad's back with the hoosiers. go a chad. >> hey, don. i was here for a while. i don't know what happened to my

microphone. coach green, formerly of marquette. you brought swagger back to this team. i love what you've done in four years. look at this recruiting class. look at this guy. this is a different pollen count where he's from. >> this is what we'll continue to do all year long. these guys have been so great with staying with what we have to do, whether it's practice and how we prepare for the game and totally staying locked in the game we're at and these guys understand what kentucky's all about. they understand how good they are and we've played them so we have that belief and knowledge that not only we know how to compete with them, but to beat them, and we have to continue to build on that. >> coach, honestly, four years ago you walked into a mess, you did. you built a family out of this team. >> they are family and we recruited really good people, and i think that's the bottom line. they've been well raised and they've been well coached and they come in and they bought in to what indiana is all about, and indiana has been about togetherness and family and

selflessness for so long, when you look at the decades and decades of excellence and the program that the university has had, these guys have come in and understood and that to be a part of that. this man has a lot do with it. look at the size of you, dude. they said do you want to stand on a box? i said no, i want to stand on a bar stool. your brother's playing for north carolina and you make it to the final square right there and you get to play against him. how did this coach get you here to indiana? >> i looked at a lot of things in the recruiting process, but the main thing is the players and coaches and i had confidence in what the coach was doing with the program, and you know, it's a family that we have built here. so -- >> who do you play for? when you're out on the field, on the court, do you play for the coach? do you play for the other players? do you play for your mom? who is on your mind all of the time, and say i can't let them down? i play for god, i play for my teammates and just putting

everything out there and out there for every game we play. >> we know you had a little lunch. how many of you had chick-fil-a for lunch. every time they come to atlanta they go for chick-fil-a. >> it was highly recommended and well worth it. >> tell us what your game plan without giving it all away. how will the guys come into the court? the bottom line is you've got to believe that you're good enough to win the game first and foremost. >> you've done it already. you beat kentucky once. >> they're better, but we're better, i and i think the key is how are we going to execute? will we execute under pressure? will we dfrd at a high level? those are all of the things that you have to do, there's not a lot of room in margin for error. they're too good at too many things and john is one of the best coaches our game has ever seen and he knows how to get his team better and knows how to win, so we've got to do a great job of being completely locked into everything it's going to take inside that game. >> you're one of the reasons why we love march.

thank you very much for your time, my friend. >> i feel like this is a real family down here. these guys are really into it. all of these guys have swagger back and they're got the indiana fans and alumni back in it to win it, don. it's great down here. >> that guy's got to be tall because chad myers is 6'8". thanks, chad. >> you bet. up next, "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. wolf? >> we have a lot coming up at the top of the hour. a lot of politics. also some national security concerns right here in the united states. testimony today before a house homeland security committee, don, about hezbollah apparently having operatives right here in the united states. we're checking that. we've got the latest on romney and santorum. a lot of news happening right here in "the situation room" don? >> thank you, wolf. we look forward to that. you know, they're here, they're among us and they can attack whenever they want. that's what a panel of witnesses told a house committee on homeland security today.

they warned that hezbollah agents backed by iran are raising money across the u.s. comedian peter king says there may be hundreds of them already here. >> these threats are real. they can be sooner rather than later and as a committee, as a congress and as a government we simply cannot afford to ignore this threat. >> i want to bring in our senior national security producer susan kelly who was there today? how serious is this threat? >> that's a great question, and the really important thing to understand in talking and hearing numbers like hundreds of hezbollah supporters is that they've been here for years. they've been here for more than ten years and they've sort of ingrained themselves into society across the u.s. in different cities and they opened up car dealerships and restaurants and they served a purpose of raising money for the larger hezbollah effort. the big question that you heard just mention now and the fear is whether or not they'll make a

shift to becoming operatives in this country. of course, hezbollah is funded. they're backed spiritually by iran and with all of the questioning right now in the back and forth about is israel going to make an attack against iran because of the nuclear program, you have to wonder how these strings of hezbollah that lead back to the u.s. will play themselves out. there will be a lot of risks involved, however, and that's well documented. you should go to our website, cnn.com/security for more on that about what will happen if these actually turn from supporters to operatives and launch attacks in the u.s. >> thank you very much, appreciate it. time now for political pop, newt gingrich not a robert deniro fan at least not after a joke the actor made last night. our joe johns has details joo at a monday night fund-raiser attended by first lady michelle obama academy award-winning superstar robert deniro accompanied by his wife grace hightower made a joke that went

viral almost immediately and opened him up to fair game in the republican race for the nomination. deniro was quoted as mentioning the wives of candidates. do you really think our country is red for a white first lady? in the morning, former house speaker newt gingrich trailing badly in the polls and campaigning in louisiana seized on the comment and demand the president himself apologize for what deniro had said. >> what deniro said last night was inexcusable and the president should apologize for it, it was at an obama fund raiser and it's exactly wrong and it divides the country and if people on the left want to talk about a radio talk show host then everyone in the country should hold the president accountable when someone at his event -- >> that was joe johns reporting. you saw the first lady standing there. her office issued a statement saying the comment was inappropria inappropriate. robert deniro issued a statement

saying the comments were made in jest and not made to embarrass anyone especially not the first lady. a firebomb goes off at a state senator's office and police have made an arrest. cedric steel was charged for arson. you can see pictures of the damage there. davis said steele had come to the office before, but they never expected this. >> never before have we believed that we were in the threat of physical harm by a person who has visited our office, and i don't believe that our staff felt that was the case with this particular person either. >> the news now, 10,000 syrians have died in this past year's uprising according to an opposition group. just today 60 people have died and cnn now has new pictures showing the syrian government's force. here are the vehicles outside of the hospital, they show them surrounding the building on two sides and this picture