at the last minute. he was hit accidentally by the truck and died a short time later. captain christopher john almeyer, his platoon leader during a previous tour has been hit hard by his death. >> first i was overcome be i motion. he was one of my guys. i took a step back and realized, he would have done that for anyone. that's the type of guy he was. >> reporter: dennis, he said, always responded to children. >> we would roll into local communities and vaujs. children would peek out the windows and it was sergeant weichel's demeanor and the way he handled children. he would ensure that ever child received something, with whether it's the smallest thing as a

pencil or a booklet to write in. >> reporter: during those days back home, everyone could see his own children meant everything to him. >> just excited. these are the most important things to me. my kids. so i'm glad to see them on the holidays. >> reporter: he was pro moted posthumously to sergeant and he is survivored business hi fiance and three children. barbara starr, cnn. top of the hour, i'm suzanne malveaux. we're able to hear from president obama and the leersd of canada and mexico. they're meeting at the white house. he's with the canadian prime minister and the mexican if the.

the t meeting critical as they discuss the economy. jobs, trades, energy as well as our security. we're expecting to hear there them in less than 15 minutes. we'll bring to it you live. and a passenger plane crashed in a region of siberia. 31 people were killed including the 4 crew members. a dozen survivors are hospitalized in intensive care. the twin engine plane burst into flames, broke into pieces. britain, france, canada will investigate. the republican candidates back out on trail today ahead of tomorrow in wisconsin, maryland, and d.c. polls showing mitt romney is the favorite, winning all three contests. but newt gingrich and rick santorum say thai staying in the race until romney gets the magic number of delegates, 1144. keep an extra close eye on

your credit and debit statements for march. the processing company global payment is trying hard to find out how the hackers pulled it off. the names, addresses, social security numbers all not affected. want to go back to the summit meeting at the white house. president obama talking with two top u.s. allies. canadian prime minister steefb harper and mexican president calderone. i want to bring in athena jones. the last time they were all together was 2009. we though that president obama and the prime minister of canada like each other. obama refusing to green-light the keystone pipeline, would have delivered 7,000 barrels a day from canada is creating tension. how do they get beyond that.

>> that's a big question everyone's asking. at this point, it's not clear how the issue gets resolved. from the obama administration standpoint, they said, it's not over. yes, they denied transcanada a permit to go through nebraska. but they said once there's an alternative route, it's still up for discussion. it's been a big political issue that the obama administration has had to deal with at a time when gas prices are so high. it came up today. they're still in discussions right now, as far as we know. the press conference is pushed back a little bit. they're in their lunch meeting now, we understand. this is something that could come up in the press conference. one question from each of the countries, each of the countries. we'll see if that comes up. >> just one in usually there are two on both sides.

let's talk about mexico. president obama has been aggressive when it comes to the war on drugs. you have more lleyton american leaders who want to legalize the drug trade to stop the violence. how important is it that the president and calderone are on the same page? >> they have to work on it on the issue. the war that president calderon launched against drug cartels has cost tens of thousands mexican lives. there's so discussion that you have heard about the whole issue of maybe decriminalizing, legalizing some drugs. vice president biden was in mexico and honduras in march. he said, it's worth talking about legalizing drugs. but he kind of in the same

breath said he was opposed to it. he told the reporters, legalizing drugs impacts on the health costs of a country, mortality rates. it's worth discussing. there's though possibility that the obama-biden administration will change a policy on legalization. i don't think we would hear news on that today. we heard that a month ago. >> we know that this is a critical time for all three leaders. president obama, as well in the middle of a campaign here. what do you think would be the successful -- would define a successful summit for the president? >> one of the big issues here is x economic cooperation. we send almost a third of our exports to canada. the economies are inextri tritr

linked. we can expect them to talk about reaching agreements when it comes to working on things to create job, boost global competitiveness of north america as a region. from the mexican side, president calderon plans to bring up the transpacific partnership. canada and mexico have been left out of that. from the mexican government's statement yesterday, we know this is something he plans to bring up. lots and lots on the table. not a lot of chance to talk about it afterwards. we can bet the three journalists will ask as many questions as they can. >> they'll get three questions within one, i guarantee it. >> absolutely. >> trying to talk about the deliverables in washington. just the message they can all get on the same page there. that's good enough sometime. all athena, thank you

very much. new developments now in the fatal shooting of trayvon martin. today, the boy's parents are going to formally ask the justice department to review what the state prosecutor did. they don't know why he didn't bring charges against george zimmerman. george howell is joining us from sanford. you have a different state attorney now handling this case. you have the justice department investigating this. do we know why the parents are seeking another investigation? >> they're requesting that the department of justice look into the possibility that the state toerm, attorney, somehow did he interfere with the lead investigator? we have a producer who is keeping track on this to

determine when this is filed today. we know it should be formally written up and field today and the attorneys say they should hear something back from the doj later today. keep in mind this is on top of another investigation already happening by the doj into this police department, the city manager has asked that doj look into the department. there's been a long history, according to many in the community, of distrust between the police department and the community. so they're looking into that, also. >> and, george, talk a bit about the 911 tapes. we now have audio experts weighing in on the screams that you hear on the tapes. >> we have two. audio experts. they first spoke to "the orlando sentinel." they say they're quite certain that the voice that we hear in that 91 audio, the skreems for

help, that it's not coming from george zimmerman. here's what they had to say this morning. >> this is not an exact science here. but in your opinion, what is -- is there a chance this is not zimmerman's voice? >> there's a huge chance this is not zimmerman's voice. as a matter of fact, after 28 years of doing this, i would put my reputation on the line and say this is not george zimmerman screaming. >> can you put a percentage on that? >> boy, that's a tough question. i'll say about 95. >> but it is important to point out that these analyses -- it's not 100% accurate. that's one thing to point out. looking back to the police report, the investigator there, he did say he did believe that the voice was coming from george

zimmerman. that zimmerman claimed to sch em for help. audio experts are looking into it. they don't believe it's george zimmerman's voice on the recording. >> as we learn more about the investigation, about the tapes, do you get a sense that people, the protesters that have been seeking justice here in the case, that this is getting stronger, turning into a movement. or do you think as we get caught up in the minutiae of all this that it's dying down? >> as we get ought up in the minuti minutiae, more and more people seem to follow it. new details are coming out. at the end to ever day, people are trying to piece together what happened on february 26th. this audio -- erks pert that we've been looking into, that's one thing people have focused in on. we won't find out until the state attorney released her

decision as to whether zimmerman could be charged in this case. >> all right, george. thank you. let's run down some of the stories we're covering over the next hour. first, he's still not locked up a nomination. folks with still trying to figure out who his running mate might be. and whitney houston's daughter following in her mother's celebrity spotlight. we'll hear from the president live about a new energy partnership with our neighbors from the north and south. do you have anything for a headache...like excedrin... bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my head. this is made for pain. [ male announcer ] bayer advanced aspirin enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes extra strength relief to the sight of your pain.

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for the u.n. peace deal being brokered. want to bring in richard rort. what do we know about syria's position and the latest information? >> okay, here's what's happened. the u.n. arab league special enjoy, kofi annan. he's been conducting talks in syria. syria says it's ready to start withdrawing troops from population center and completely withdraw by april 10th. syria's ambassador acknowledging this. he says the opposition must start doing the same. there's skepticism. and to observe and watch this does occur, ambassador rice of the united states says koef ifi annan is working on a technical team.

>> mr. annan asked them to support the april 10 deadline and to begin consideration of a potential u.n. monitoring mission. >> so there's still a lot to be done, though. there's still three points not completed by the assad regime. humanitarian corridors. a two-hour pause in fighting, access to the media. still a note of caution to watch what happens in syria if that can be observed. there's some concern they will use the time before april 10th to increase the astacks on civilians. >> what is the credibility of syr syria's ambassador to the u.n.? does he have credibility within the group? >> well, he's very strongly tied to the assad regime. it's syrian foreign minister that let kofi annan know what

thai doing. russia, china, probably putting some heat on the damascus reveem. regime. we have seen this in other cases. they say a lot of things, sometimes it doesn't happen. we'll have to watch what happens by april 10th. if not sooner. >> right around the corn person when do we suspect the monitoring mission will take place? i imagine within days? >> i don't think it will be able to be started by then. the security counscil has to approve it. they've been working on getting the technicalities going. this mission may put the final touches on it. there's a lot of territory to cover. critics say there's not enough people to watch all of this. >> i assume it's too early to see if there's refraction the opposition. is anybody talking about that yet? >> no, the other day, i mean,

their main mantra is assad has to step down. the worlding of the plan is softer than arab league plan. the annan plan talks about syrian-led transition. included in the process. that's the only way the u.s. and russia have gotten china to hang on. they feel assad being forced to leave office is a nonstarter in mosc moscow. they will be happy there's some movement by the syrians. let's see what happens on the ground and whether the opposition also agrees. a u.n. representative is reaching out to the opposition to see what they're saying. >> thank you, richard. we'll be looking for any kind of statement from the opposition. their reaction to this development. whether or not they believe this is moving forward for peace. thank you, again, richard. you're taking a look live at

the white house. we're waiting for president obama to walk out with the canadian prim minister and mexican president. they're going talk about the economy, energy, keystone pipeline. we'll bring it to you live when it starts.

all right, the republicans have not selected a accounted yet to face off against president obama. not stopping the washington talkers from guessing who will be the running mate. candy crowley tells us who is in and who is out. >> reporter: a wisconsin, maryland, d.c. sweep, romney thinks it will win him the nomination. >> the v.p.? i was thinking about you.

i'm not presumptuous enough. i'm not the nominee yet. >> reporter: it's never too early to rush the season according to some people. virginia governor bb mcdonald. a mcdonald signed virginia law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound procedure before an abortion may not help. chris christie. if mitt romney has an authenticity deficit, christie oozes it. republicans love his infour nasness. >> your rear end is going get thrown in jail, idiot. >> reporter: he has a temper. he may have a geographic problem. cue paul ryan. the brainy budget czar of the house. he's the republican face of medicare reform. not a huge plus in an election

year. >> i'm focused on doing my job. it's not my forte to get into that speculation. >> reporter: rob portman of ohio, a seasoned, though not consistent lating washington veteran of congress and the bush administration. and louisiana governor bobby jindal. who could offer a surn assist. always mentioned, marco rubio. he could help build an inroad to the hispanic community. >> my answer has not changed. >> still under no circumstances? >> i'm not going to be the vice president. >> reporter: they almost all say that. >> vice president? >> no, no, i promise, no. >> reporter: until they say yes. >> i take this obligation freely. >> one definite no on the v.p. speculations.

nikki haley says she's not interested. in an abc interview, she says she loves her current job. let's talk politics. this is something all the candidates have to worry about. getting support from female voters. it's crucial. and it is getting more complicated. want to bring in paul. there's a gender gap matched up against the president. explain it to us. >> we have seen it dating back to elections since 1980. yep, her it is again. brand new numbers out. usa today/gallup. this is in 12 battleground states. look at that overall. 51% for barack obama. 42% for mitt onromney in a hypothetical matchup.much large

between women. the same thing in one of our polls. an 11-point advantage for the president over mitt romney. among women, look how much bigger it is. this is a problem for republicans. a couple of things happened this year. the controversy not too long ago against that exception over b t birth control. it seemed to help republicans at first. now it's hurting them. they're trying to paint the republicans as the anti-women party. >> a woman making news, potenti potentially, former president bill clinton making news about hillary. let's listen. >> i believe she's been

absolutely honest when she says she doesn't think she'll go back into politics. if she comes home and we do the foundation stuff the rest of our lives, i'm be happy. if he changes her mind and decides to run, i'll be happy. i don't think -- that's light years away. >> i don't think it's light years away, paul. i think he would have very happy if she were to jump in. >> i'm so with you. i think he would be ecstatic. she's said she's only going to finish out this term. if the president is re-elected, she'll not serve a second term. she says that will be her last job in office. people change their minds so often. my guess is we'll be talking about it again. speculation on whether vice president biden would run in 2016. what a primary that would be? >> i mean, come on, she denied it before. i don't believe it right now. we'll see.

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experts explains the analysis. >> it's done in a manner in which there's a comparison made between a known and an unknown voice. in this instance, jorm zimmegeo zimmerman is the snow on voice. we have the voice of the person screaming. we consider that the unknown. the difference between the old comparisons where you had to have verbatim speech, people saying the same thing, today, the biometric software is able to define three different things. spectographic information, pitch information and variability. how much space is between words when people speak. the software of today in use at nsa, cia, and fbi is able to do that with no subjectivity

whatsoever. that's what this particular software does. we have the tape of zimmerman. the tape of the screams. and we can start to comparison and basically it's going to do this comparison, if you can see the screen now. it will give me false rejection rates. some false acceptance rates. and a likelihood ratio. this gray dot designates the lower end of the scale. which in essence translated as it's not him. >> that was tom owen. he admits this is not an exact science. we can confirm that tray von martin's parents have just formally asked the justice demt to look into hi the stit attorney did not bring charges against george zimmerman. the letter to the doj says they believe zimmerman's family

members were present at the police department and the lead investigator be e recommended that zimmerman be arrested for manslaughter. >> reporter: 7:11 p.m., february 26th. rainy night. george zimmerman calls 911 to report a suspicious person in the neighborhood. >> we have had breakins in my neighborhood. there's a real suspicious guy [ bleep ]. the best addressky give you is [ bleep ]. this guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. it's raining. he just is walking around looking about. >> okay and is he white, plaque, hispanic? >> he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah. dark hoodie, like gray. and either jeans or sweat pants and white tennis shoes. he's here now.

she's ju he's just staring. >> reporter: 7:12, phone records show trayvon martin is on the phone with his girlfriend. the subject took off, said zimmerman. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay, we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: 7:15, zimmerman hangs up with 911. >> i'll let them know to call you when they're there. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: at the same time, 7:15, trayvon martin's girlfriend saying she's still on the phone with him. >> he said this man was watching him. what are you doing around her? somebody pushed trayvon the the headset fell. >> reporter: 7:16, the line goes dead. a neighbor's call to 911 reveals background screaming and then a gunshot. >> you to need police, fire, or

medical? >> maybe both. i'm not sure. there's someone screaming outside. >> sit a male or female? >> sounds like male. >> you don't know why? >> think they're yelling help. i don't know. send someone quick, please. >> does he look hurt? [ screaming ] >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there. they're sending -- >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right, what is your -- [ gunshot ] >> there was a gunshot. >> you just heard gunshots? >> how many? >> just one. >> reporter: 7:17, officer timothy smith, the first to arrive. according to the partial police report, the officer says, i was advised by the dispatch at the rot of shots fired. in the span of two minutes, he canvasses the scene, spots george zimmerman wearing a red

jacket and blue jeans, observes a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt laying in the grass. questions the man. secures the 9mm gun and places him in handcuffs. the officer observes the man in the handcuffs bleeding from the nose and head. all of this in about two minutes, the police report says, a very tight time frame. >> you want to know what happened in the couple of minutes. were they still running? was he walking around looking for trayvon? was trayvon heading out of there? in those two minutes, you don't know what exactly happened. >> reporter: 7:159. two minutes after smith. a second officer arrives. zimmerman is in the other officer's custody. he tries to get a response from the subject on the ground.

a sergeant arrives. checks the pulse. there is none. both officers begin cpr. another officer arrives and takes over chest compressions. at 7:30, a paramedic pro nounou the subject, trayvon martin, dead. then the police report says zimmerman is placed in the back of officer smith's tra troll car sand given first aid. when that happened exactly is a matter of dispute. >> we don't know what time the emts arrived. you're down to five minutes for them to complete a medical examination. if he's in that bad of shape, they're not going to do something that takes five minutes. they're going to bandage him. >> reporter: the time stamp shows zimmerman and officers arriving at the station at 7:52, 35 minutes after the first officer arrived at the crime

scene. the police station is a 15-minute drive away. >> with no charges against george zimmerman, public reaction intensifying. thousands turn out for the protest. this is yesterday in miami. they were demanding justice for trayvon martin. a gun rights group called legal boom.com has started to raise money for zimmerman's defense. the cdc estimates 1 in 88 american children has autism. if you're concerned about your own child, i'll tell you what to do after the break. while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives...

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today's world autism awareness day. research is showing more and more americans are suffering from the disorder, many people don't understand what it is like to live with it. we've been asking our viewers with autism to share their journeys with us through

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tbs in july. >> do we know how this came about? did tyler perry approach her personally? >> you would think he probably did. he knows promotion. i'm sure he put a lot of thought into this. he's close to whitney houston. he's close to the family. he tried to take ownership over bobbi kristina and proe pekt te in the process. he's known for giving first-time actors a shot. this is a recurring role. not a big part right now. he may be trying to give her encouragement and a nudge on the right path to keep her together. >> all right, we wish her the very best. good luck with her new role there. we'll be watching for it. thank you. don't forget to catch "sh "showbiz tonight" on our sister network. secure and reliable energy

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>> the justices are debating health care behind closed doors. politicianing are hashing it out on the campaign trail. here to sort out the facts from fiction, all right, let's start with rick santorum. polls show americans are opposed to obama care. what do we think? true or false? >> we rated this one mostly true. now with regards to the retirement that people buy insurance, that's pretty

overwhelming. recent polls that in the 66%, 67% range. now, we docked him one point because the polls tighten a lot when you ask people how they feel about health care overall. 40e% in favor, 53% opposed. that doesn't reach our standard of overwhelming. so mostly true. >> the president claims that his administration reduced the cost of prescription drugs for nearly 3.6 million americans in 2011. what do we think? >> we gave him a rating of true for this statement. now, this goes back to some of the changes to medicare that were part of the health care law. you remember this doughnut hole where seniors' prescription drugs are covered. the law starts fazing out the doughnut hole. we ran these numbers by health care experts. they said yes, the doughnut hold

phase out meets this threshold that he said. so we rated it true. >> finally, new video from republican senators says this claim that up to 80% of small businesses -- oh, we understand the president is speaking at the white house. we're going to let this one go and wra .this up and go directly to president obama. >> welcome friends and partners, president calderon of mexico and prime minister harper of canada. we've had some very good mariachi and some -- >> mexican food. >> some tequila if i'm not mistaken. i can't reciprocate the music, but stephen and i are proud to welcome you here today.

between us, we represent nearly half of a billion citizens, from the canadian north to chiapas in southern mexico. between the diversity of our people and cultures sex ordinary, but wherever they live, they wake up every day with similar hope, to provide for their families, to safe in their communities, to give their children a better life. our citizens are shaped pro-f d pro-fupdly by what happens in the other two. that's why we're here. today we focus on our highest priority, creating jobs and opportunity for our people. in the united states, our businesses have created nearly 4 million new jobs. confidence is up and the economy is getting stronger. but with lots of folks still struggling to find work and pay the bills, we are doing everything we can to speed up

the recovery. and that includes boosting trade with our two largest economic partners. as president, i made a priority to increase our exports and i'm pleased our exports to canada and mexico are growing faster than our exports to the rest of the world. in fact, last year, trade in goods with our two neighbors surpassed $1 trillion for the first time ever. this trade supports some 2.5 million american jobs. and i want more trades supporting even more jobs in the future. so today, prime minister harper led us in a very good discussion about how our three countries can improve our competitiveness. we agreed to continue making our borders more efficient and more secure so it's faster and cheaper to travel and trade. we're expanding operations to combat climate change, an area in which president calderon and mexico have been a real leader. i'm pleased to announce our

three nations are launching a new effort to get rid of outdated regulations. here in the united states, our efforts to cut red tape and secure smart regulations will help achieve savings and benefits to our country of more than $100 billion. we're already working to streamline and coordinate with canada and mexico. so now our three nations are going to sit down together, go through the books and simplify more regulations that will make our joint economy stronger. this is especially important, by the way, for small and medium sized businesses. when they start exporting often start with mexico and canada. so this is going to help create job jobs and keep us on track. i reiterated my commitment to comprehensive reform, good for workers and businesses.

i'm pleased that canada and mexico have joined the transpacific parternership. consultations with our partners are under way in how new members can meet the high standards of this trade agreement, which can be a real model for the world. i very much appreciated president calderon updating us on preparations for the next g-20 summit he will be hosting in june. our other major focus today was the security our citizens deserve. each of our nations has a responsibility to meet that threat. in mexico, president calderon has shown great courage in standing up to the traffickers and cartels. we sped up assistance and equipment to support those efforts. here in the united states, we've increased cooperation on our southern border and introduced new resources to produce the throe of money and guns and reduced the demand for drugs in

the united states which helped to fuel this crisis. and today, each of us reaffirmed our commitment to meeting this challenge together. that's the only way we're going to succeed. bond beyond our border, these cartels and traffickers pose an extraordinary threat to our central american neighbors. defense ministers met for the first time ever and we're going to cooperate our efforts more than ever. especially when it comes to citizen security as discussed next week. when i came to office, i sought to pledge new partnerships with our friends. built on mutual interest and respect, that's what we've done. it would havenn' wouldn't have

without the leadership brought to all our effort, including our efforts today. as a result, i believe our nations and our citizens will be more secure, more prosperous and in a better poings to give their children the lives that they deserve. with that, let me turn it over to president calderon. >> thank you, president obama. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: your excellency, barack obama, president of the united states of america, honorable stephen harper, ladies and gentlemen of the press, ambassad ambassadors, legislatorlegislat friends. first of all, i would like to thank president barack obama for his extraordinary hospitality and that of his government in hosting this summit of the leaders of north america. and briefly, i would like also like to express on behalf of the

government of mexico, the people of mexico, my family and my own behalf, my most sincere sympathies to the family and relatives of former president miguel ortado for his lamentable death yesterday. tomorrow, we will rendering homage to him in mexico. the reasons for which we are here today at this summit of the north america leader, with president barack obama and the prime minister of canada, we've come through a work day that's been very fruitful and fluid with an exchange of opinions and progress to the benefit of our respective citizens. i'm also thankful to my two colleagues for the openness with which we have broached some very complex items on our working agen agenda. i recognize and value their i

enormous commitment to our common region. the leaders of north america share a fission vision of a strong, solitary, safe, competitive region that is able to successfully face head on the challenges of today. we agree that our common challenges can only be faced together. and therein lays the importance of having dialogue, strong dialogue amongst our three countries. the data that president obama has just given us is very important. that our trade has exceeded $1 trillion for the first time aempb i think that is not separate in a reality that has to be underscored. in this very complex world full of economic problems and severe crises. kaubd, the united states and mexico are three countries that are growing right now. and generating jobs today. and that growth and those

millions of jobs, many of them have to do precisely with the greatest trade exchanges that we have ever seen amongst these great nations. i would say that the potential of north america tied to these three countries is such that within our own nations we have a great deal to do to make the most of these opportunities amongst our people. we have progressed on various fronts. for instance, we've advanced on the deregulation in our countries, as well as among our countries. we have progressed as well in harmonization of certain standards that facilitate trade. we've also progressed in our case on the bilateral relationship in board isser infrastructure and all of this has led, of course, to the benefit of canadian, mexican and

american families. i would also say the three nations have renewed their decision to strengthen cooperation at the international level particularly in issues as sensitive as the security of our citizens. we have reiterated the values upon which our societies were founded. democracy, liberty, justice, the respect for human rights and the political dialogue amongst us is perhaps stronger than ever. we have renewed certain principles of our existence and of our challenges. the principle of shared responsibility, the exchange of information and especially the strengthening of our institutions that has to be the guide of our cooperation. clearly i expressed to president obama and to prime minister harper that the fight that mexico is experiencing for a

safer north america also requires a strengthening of national actions amongst other things to stop the traffic of weapons, to combat with greater strength, money laundering and of course, to reduce the command for drugs that strengthens criminal organizations. i also expressed to president obama and prime minister harper that mexico recognize the commitment that they have undertaken to progress along those lines. we need to include our neighbors and central american partners who are also facing serious problems and who need our solidarity. the three countries have agreed to accomplish a joint dialogue

mechanism in support of the efforts undertaken by central american nations to fight organized crime and in favor of regional security that benefits us all. in this meeting, we have proeched the topic of the regional economy. the leaders of north america agree that the united states, kaupd and mexico must continue to delve deeper into our successful economic relations p relationships so as to generate more jobs and greater well being in all three countries. our governments recognize it's necessary to continue to fully comply with the nafta as well as explore new means of regional competitiveness. i am convinced if he work together, we will become much more competitive than many areas of the world that we are kmeeting with today.

it's not a return to protecti protectionist practices that isola isolate countries, reduce competitiveness of economies and send investment scurrying, but that part of the problem and the investment that we need to see in the world economy is to see a delving deeper into our economies. and making the most of our advantages that show labor, technology, natural resources. and only then will we have success that competes ferociously by regions. the three countries have renewed our commitment to broaden the productive, the supply chains of the region that will be even more interconnected, supporting especially the small and medium scale companies. mexican exports to the world represent 37% of -- or have,

rather, 37% of american content. in other words, so american exports are american exports. and they generate millions of jobs for the region. and in that lays the need to work even more in this region on a clear trilateral deregulation. for instance in nano materials and emission standards for some vehicles. today, we also agreed to work in a coordinated on infrastructure and border manager. the last two year, we have seen three new border crossing areas between mexico and the united states. after 10 years of not having seen one new route. and we continue to work in a coordinated fashion to make our border more dynamic so it's a border of opportunity for progress on both sides of that border. tomorrow, here in washington, our ministers of economy and of

trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of the nafta. so as to continue to work towards achieving these objectives. today, we've seen that prosperity in the region depends on greater integration with full respect of our sovereignties in all fields. in this context, i would like to reiterate the interest of my country to join forces as soon as possible to the tpp or the transpacific partnership and its negotiations because we know that mexicans can contribute to a quick and successful conclusion of this project if we join forces in this region where we see the greatest growth in the world, we will be generating benefits for our families, our workers and also substantially improoving the competitiveness of the three countries in this context. we are convinced experience and participation of mexico will

enrich this free trade project of the latest generation that encompasses countries in asia and america. our country has a clear commitment. we are a nation that believes free trade as a tool to foster growth and development. and we have acted as a result of this. i would also like so thank the united states and canada for renewing their support to mexico and its presidency of g-20. as you know, in june of this year, mexico will host the summit of leaders of the g-20 in los gavos. we are convinced the complex international environment needs to be an opportunity so that the world can redefine its development models with the firm commitment of the well being of peoples and the care for the

environment. ladies and gentlemen, in this is summit, the representatives of the united states, canada and mexico have undertaken an open constructive dialogue just as corresponds to countries that share values. we talked about the enormous challenges facing us, so as to work together in a globalized world. and as a result, we will be working on building a new era that consolidates the right conditions for development in north america on the basis of a successful partnership as we have seen so far today. my dear president obama, thank you for your hospitality. >> first of all, i would like to thank you for so graciously and warmly hosting us here today. i would also like to begin by offering my sincere con dole loenss to you felipe and through you to the people of mexico on the passing of the former president who i gather had much to do with nafta partnership that we enjoy today.

[ speaking french ] we form one of the world's largest flee trade zones which has been of great benefit to all of our nations. we're also effective collaborators in the g-20 in responding to the challenges of the global recession and instability of these past few years. [ speaking french ] as affirmed in our budget last week, our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity for ul canadians. [ speaking french ]

i'm especially pleased the united states has welcomed canada's and mexico's interest in joining the transpacific partnership. we also had useful discussions on continued cooperation, managing our border, streamlining regulations and advancing clean energy. in addition, we've announced a broaden plan for north american pandemic preparedness and a now north america, central america dialogue on security to fight transnational organized crime. finally, we discussed the agenda for the upcoming summit of the americas in columbia. canada looks forward to continue to working with the united states and mexico to promote democratic principles, regional stability and growth with our

partners in the western hemisphere. and once again, i'll look forward to continuing our useful discussions. >> all right, i think we're going to take questions from each press delegation. so start with jo ellen. >> thank you, mr. president. after last week's arguments at the supreme court, many experts believe that there could be a ma joerty, a five member majority to strike down the individual mandate. and if that were to happen, if it were to be ruled unconstitutional, ho uh would you still guarantee health care to the uninsured and those americans who have become insured as a result of the law. and then a president for president calderon and prime minister harper, over the weekend, governor romney said the u.s. used to promote free enterprise around the world and he said, quote, our president doesn't have the same feelings about american exceptionalism that we do. and i think over the last three or four years some people around the world have begun to question

that. my question to the both of you is whether you think that american influence has declined over the last three to four years. and president obama, if you would like to respond to that, too. >> well, on the second part of your question, you know, it's still primary season for the republican party. they're going to make a decision about who their candidate will be. it's worth noting that i first arrived on the national stage with a speech at the democratic convention that was entirely about american exceptionalism and that my entire career has been a testimony to american exceptionalism. but i will cut folks some slack for now because they're still trying to get their nomination.

with respect to health care, i continue to be confident that the supreme court will uphold the law. and the reason is in accordance with precedent out there, it's constitutional. that's not just my opinion, by the way, that's the opinion of legal experts across the ideological spectrum. including two very conservative appellate court justices that said that wasn't even a close case. i think it's important, because i watched some of the commentary last week to remind people that this is not an abstract argument. people's lives are affected by the lack of availability of health care, the inaffordability of health care. their inability to get health care because of pre-existing

conditions. the raw that's already in place has already given 2.5 million young people health care that wouldn't otherwise have it. there are tens of thousands of adults with pre-existing conditions who have health care right now because of this law. parents don't have to worry about their children not being able to get health care because they can't be prevented from getting health care as a consequence of a pre-existing condition. that's part of this law. millions of seniors are payingless for prescription drugs because of this law. americans all across the country have greater rights and protections with respect to their insurance companies and they're getting preventive care because of this law. so that's just the part that's already been implemented. that doesn't speak to the 30 million people who stand to gain coverage once it's fully implemented in 2014.

i think the american people understand and i think the justices should understand in the absence of an individual mandate, you can not have a mechanism to ensure that people with pre-existing conditions can actually get health care. so so there's not only a legal element to this, but there's a human el tomt this. i hope that's not forgotten in this political debate. ultimately i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress. and i just remind conservative commentators for years, what we heard is the biggest problem on

the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint. that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn 5 duly constituted passed law. well, this is a good example. i'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that. if and not take that step. i'm sorry? as said, we're confident that this will be upheld. i'm confident this will be upheld because it should be upheld. again, that's not just my opinion. that's the opinion of a whole lot of constitutional law

professors, academics, judges and lawyers who examined this law, even if they're not particularly sympathetic to this particular piece of legislation or my presidency. >> translator: your question was a little local for me. so i'm glad the president. the folk insurance six fold and after having built more than 1,000 new clinics in the country, we're getting close to reaching the coverage of health.

of the 120 million mexicans, 160 million will have universal health care coverage. so i would say that i would hope that one of the greatest countries of the world, the united states, could follow our example in achieving this because it was a great thing. >> i really don't think you expect me to intervene in the u.s. presidential election. let me just say this for canada, and this is something that i think transcends governments in canada or administrations here in the united states. for canada, the united states is and always will be our closest neighbor, our greatest ally and our best friend. and i believe that american leadership is at all times great and indus penceable. i think over the past few years we've done great things in terms of the response.

i think i's been a tremendous partnership. >> somebody from the mexican press corps? >> translator: good afternoon for president calderon, you were saying you were referring to weapons. we would like to know what president obama said in terms of what's gong to be done to stop the traffic of weapons. what discussed in terms of candidates in mexico city and i want to know for the government of the united states, there's a

threat for the country in this sense on weapons of mr. president, the weapons have come into the country. military leaks letting the arms come through. what's going to be done? enfor prime minister harperer, is the visa requirement going to be removed for mexicans? thank you. >> translator: my position on this subject is very clear and i will repeat it here. let me broach it from another angle. it's been shown that when there's an excessive quick availability of weapons in any given society, there's an increase in violence and the murders that goes on many years afterwards this phenomenon took place in many places of africa after their civil wars. we have seen it in el salvador,

guatemala, eastern europe, kosovo, bosnia. it's happened, it's taken place, in many different areas of the world. and we sustain that the expiry of the assault weapons ban in the year 2004 coin sided exactly with the beginning of the harshest period of violence with overseeing during my government. we have seized over 140,000 weapons in four years. and i think that the vast majority have been ak-57s, et cetera. and the vast majority were sold in gun shops in the united states. there are approximately 8,000 weapons shops. if we do our accounts, that

means that there are approximately nine weapons stores for each walmart that exists in the united states and mexico. so a good deal of the -- of our discussion did coach about this. but i recognize the administrative effort undertaken by president obama and his administration so that the agencies for control of illegal actions curb this export of guns and weapons to mexico. we've seen a much more active effort in this sense than in any other time in the past. i have a great deal of respect for the second amendment, but i know that if we don't stop the traffic of weapons into mexico and also if we don't have mechanism to forbid the sale of weapons such as we had in the '90s or for registry of guns, at

least for assault weapons, then we are never going to be able to stop the violence in mexico or stop a future turning of those guns upon the u.s. so if i'm against the traffic of weapons in mexico, i'm against the traffic of weapons anywhere, be that within any circumstance. the government of mexico will never be able to accept anything that has to do with opening this. so president obama has been very clear we understand the agent skis to stop the criminals, but this cannot be an obstacle to the cooperation we have to have amongst mexico and the united states to stop these criminal activities that underlie this issue which is one of the greatest obstacles and problems

for mexico. i understand the internal problems from a political point of view in the united states, and i mentioned this publicly in congress in the united states. and i said things exactly the way i believe them. it's a very complex political issue, but it's very important to underscore it. i think that's the only way i can answer that question. and i would say what president obama has already answered was very well done. >> vice president biden met with the candidates to express sentiments that are similar to the ones steven just expressed here with respect to the u.s. the friendship between our three

countries, the farnership extends beyond and is more fundamental than any particular party or any particular election. that's the message we have to send with respect to mexico. i expect to have an excellent working relationship with the next mexican president, whoever that candidate may be. economically, socially, culturally. the people to people relationship we have is so important that it transcends partisan politics. with respect to the issue of guns, i made very clear in every meeting that i've had with felipe, and we actually put into practice efforts to stop illegal gun trafficking north to south. it is a difficult task, but it's one that we have taken very seriously and taken some unprecedented steps. we will continue to coordinate

closely with the mexican government because we recognize the toll that it's taken with respect to families and innocent individuals inside of mexico. and this is part of our broader comprehensive cooperation in weakening the grip of marko trafficking within mexico. we recognize we have a responsibility to reduce the demand for drugs, that we have a responsibility to mare sure that not only guns but bulk cash isn't flowing into mexico. and obviously president calderon takes very seriously his responsibilities to apply effective law enforcement within mexico. i think he's taken courageous steps to do that. so we're going to keep on partnering together in order to continue to make progress on this very important issue. >> you asked me about the visa requirement. the visa requirement is really the only effective means we have in canada today to deal with large scale bogus refugee claims

under our refugee determination system. there's legislation for parliament to enhance. there are two tools under visa requirements to deal with that problem. but as of today, that remains the only tool under our disposal. >> finally from -- >> mark kennedy, post media news. >> hello, gentlemen. i have a couple of questions on two critical issues that you were discussing today. one on trade and one on crime. prime minister harper, why is canada's position at the negotiating table so important to canada and secondly to get us there. to be a player, are you willing to give up as a preseason our supply management system?

i wonder why you think yet canada has met the high standards, whether you want us to drop our supply management system. and on crime, we in canada read about the challenges that mexico has on the drug cartels and the horrible violence that occurs down there. but perhaps is it possible that many canadians and perhaps even americans don't see it as affecting their lives. prime minister, i think you're the only person who can speak both english and french, could you do that, please? >> sure. in response to the question on the transpacific partnership, this is it's part of canada's am birgs trade agenda. as you know, we're currently in

negotiations with over 50 countries around the world, including the european union, japan and india. this is a logical extension of the desire of our government to dramatically brden our free trade relationships around the world. canada's position on transpacific partnership is the same on our position in any trade negotiation. we expect to negotiate and debate all manner of issue, and we seek ambitious outcomes to free trade agreements. and those negotiations, of course, canada will attempt to promote and defend kaubd's interest, not just across the economy but in individual sectors as well. on the question of security, look, the security problems are -- the security challenge particularly around the drug

trade is a serious regional problem throughout our hemisphere that has real impacts, you know, not the kind of govr nance and security impacts we see maybe in central america and the caribbean, but has a real serious impacts on the health and safety of communities in our country as well. our attempts to fight them should be equally transnational. that's why we work together on these initiatives. [ speaking french ]

[ speaking french ]

[ speaking french ] >> with respect to the t.p.p., as is true of any process of arriving at a trade agreement, every country that's particip e

participating is going to have to make some modifications. that's inherent in the process temperature. because each of our countries have their own idiosyncrasies. certain industries that have in the past been protected, certain practices that may be unique to that country end up creating disadvantages for businesses from other countries. i don't think canada would be unique in that. are there areas where we would like to see changes in practices? of course. i assure you that canada will have some complaints directed at us and every member of the transpacific partnership eventually would have to make modifications in order to accommodate the largest interest of growing the jofr yawl economy and expanding trade and ultimately jobs. i don't anticipate there's

something unique about canada that wouldn't be true for any of the other aspirants for forming this transpacific partnership. with respect to the transnational drug trade, first and foremost, i think we should be concerned about what's happening in mexico and central america because when you have innocent families and women and kmirn being gunned down on the steets, that should be everybody's problem, not just our problem. not just their problem. there's a sense of neighborly regard and concern that has to be a part of our calculus and our foreign policy. but more practically, the united states shares a border with mexico. if you have this kind of

violence and the power of the drug trade as a woel expanding in countries that are so closely affiliated with us in central american countries, if you start getting a larger and larger space in which they have control over serious chunks of the economy. if they're undermining institutions in these countries, that will impact our capacity to do business in these countries. it could have a spillover effect in terms of our nationals who are living in those countries. tourists that are visiting these countries. it can have a deteriorating effect overall on the nature of our relationship. that's something we have to pay attention to. as i said i think the mexican government have taken this very seriously at great cost to

ourself. we are the ultimate destination for a large chunk of thf market. and that, you know, stephen and i were trading notes in places like the united states and kaupd, this is not just an issue of that traditionally was very ur bap. this is disseminated across our communities. and you go into rural communities and you've got meth amphetamine sales that are devastating. you know, young and old alike. and some of that is originally sourced in mexico. even in the remotest, most isolated parts of canada or the united states, they're being impacted by this drug trade and we've got to work cooperatively in order to deal with it. >> i would like to look at it from another standpoint. the security of north america is

absolutely tied to each of its member states. there cannot be full security in this country or in canada or in mexico if we do not have a system that actually enables the mechanisms to act in fazing threats that have no border, that are transnational by their very nature. these are threats that are not just died into drug trafficking which is transnational, of course. and i'll give you two examples of success stories that i was mentioning thissing. one, the attempt to take to mexico one of the children of coo daffy, one of gadhafi's children. this implied an international and very north american operation because it was headed up by a canadian businesswoman who hired an american company,

which hired in tern mexican pilots and counterfeiters. and this multinational operation could have been -- would not have been avoided without the international security mechanisms that we didn't have before but now we have. also being able to avoid the assassination of the saudi ambassador here in washington would not have been possible without the mechanisms of cooperation we have today. so thinking what happens in mexico doesn't have anything to do with the security of the citizens of this country or any other citizen of north america is a mistake. we have to understand that we are all tied to one another. now security in the regional sense, in order to understand that, we have to understand where the greatest threats to security actually lay.

the united states has a clear understanding of ifts priorities. threats of international terrorism. terrible. terrible attacks on the u.s. people, another threat clearly is in the power of transnational organized crime which i insist is not crime or organizations that is strictly mexican in nature. they don't have a nationality and they don't operate in just one country. they're probably operating right here in this city. inform washington, for instance, the number of homicide per 100,000 inhabitants is higher by 10, more than 10 or 20 than the largest number in any of the big cities in mexico. they have a grow withing capacity that act well beyond borders and threaten anyone, anywhere.

the efforts we undertake clearly make it possible to contain that threat and to prevent it from acting in society. not just in the united states or canada, but even in mexico. that explains why, for instance, despite the perception of my country, last year, 23 million tourists came to our country by plane, cruise ships and 15 million who crossed land borders. there are 2 million mexicans living comfortably in mexico and many more living here who wanted to see us in the white house. and that's why 1.6 million canadians come to mexico every year. that have's 15% that travels to mexico every year. and that also explains why a

state such as texas recommends that none of its young people should travel anywhere in mexico. that why there are hundreds of thousands of young texans that go to mexico, enjoy it, and we haven't seen one single incident with u.s. spring breakers in mexico, this past spring, for instance. great concern because these are multinational criminal organizations. and the mechanisms to defight them have to be multinational. in addition to the hol darety, expressions of solidarity to president obama who says he cannot stand aside from the expressions of threat that's facing a neighbor of his. it also impacts and jeopardizes all of the citizens of north america. >> thank you very much, everyone.

>> i'm ashleigh been anfield in brooke baldwin. this has been an extraordinary wide ranging news conference, covering everything from oil pipelines to trade to weapons trafficking and health care. and very insightful. particularly to the relationship of those three particular leaders. >> this is the same area where we had another earthquake. >> it is. today it's a 6... considered an aftershock. you'll get aftershocks for an entire year from now. what we're concerned about is so many buildings were already

challenged. it's like having ootd storm come by after a tornado has already knocked down part of the house. still shaking in place where is houses are broken. the shake map and the quake maps say not that much damage. probably less than $10 million worth of damage done by this quake. but still, at least a chance, 30% chance of people being killed with this earthquake even though it was much smaller. we'll keep watching it and listening for more data. >> it looks as though it was felt in six state, all in central mexico. for those who aren't familiar with the geography, is that a fast area or are those small states? >> it is a vast area. we did feel a little bit of shaking in mexico city, oxica being the state right here. acapulco seeing a little bit of shake, but compared to the last earthquake, this was probably 40% to 80% less shaking than

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innovation never felt so good. >> want to update you on breaking news out of east oakland, california. apparently a shooting out of a religious university. we're hearing that s.w.a.t. is present on location at this point. there's a gunman they're searching for. we've got several teams on location. this picture coming to us courtesy of our affiliate out of kgo in san francisco. you can see some of the officers on location there. they're searching for a gunman of korean decent in his 40s. apparently this school has a significant korean population as well. the gunman is apparently near campus. we're told that five ambulances have been requested in this shooting and that there are several students inside the school who are reportedly hurt.

as we zero in, you can see the location in relation to oakland. we'll vf more as developments warrant. also, a story we've been following for several weeks. george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin a teenager. he openly admitted that. now there are two audio experts hired by the "orlando sentinel" to analyze the 911 recordings from that night. there were screams on the recordings, and those analysts say those screams do not seem to have come from george zimmerman. >> does he look hurt?

>> without a sample of trayvon martin's voice, experts admit they cannot be certain 100% about their science at this point. george zimmerman told police that martin knocked him to the ground and slammed his head on the concrete before the shooting. the teenager's family said that zimmerman had racially profiled that teenager. cnn legal analyst sunny hostin joins uhs now. there's obviously a lot of attention being paid now to the audio recordings and the science. i'm not so sure many people heard about bionet trick and analyzing voice patterns. >> it could be very strong if if it is even admissible in court, right? we've heard of people going to court and identifying their own

voices on tape, identifying the voices of their loved ones on tape. that type of evidence is admissible. but we're talking about a computer analyzing, a computer program analyzing someone's voice. the judge would have to make the determination as to whether or not the science is okay. is this science that's generally accepted in the scientific community. will this help a jury? is the witness an expert? i think they can't really match trayvon's voice at this point because typically that's how it's done. you have someone repeat their voice and then you actually repeat their voice using the same words. >> you just outlined a whole host of variables.

>> there are problems. >> -- that make it questionable from the get-go. you're not recording someone's voice and testing it, you're taking from it a phone over some distance and you're working with that. we have the tape of zimmerman, the tape of the screens, then we can start the comparison. and basically, it's going to do this comparison, if you can see the screen now. it's going to give me a likelihood rach yo e. that gray dot designated the lower end of the scale that translates into it's not him. >> that sounds pretty official

to me but i'm not a scientist and i'm not a lawyer. these are the kinds of thing where is defense lawyers say motion to suppress and they want this stuff really analyzed before it ever gets in on the actual record. >> the judge would have to determine is the science okay, is it generally accepted? >> generally is it? >> some courts do admit this type of evidence. they go through those factors and they determine that this person is an expert and i'm going to allow it. and it's going to assist the jury. if i were the prosecutor in this case, i'm going to get my own experts, perhaps the fbi. i'm going to get the best in the busine business. >> it goes back to the casey

anthony case kwhen the smell evidence was admitted. coming up, disturbing new developments in the case of a teenager who dispy pyrpyr pyrap her home. very near her home. search crews have found an empty box labelled handcuffs. but does it tell us anything about this case? marc klaas says he has doubts about the discoveries. he's going to talk to us in 70 seconds about this case.

today is the 17th day since

a mother has not seen her teenager from santa clara county, california. hundreds of volunteers showed up to search an eight mile radius around her home. and yet, still no new leads. investigators believe someone kidnapped the 15-year-old. she left her home to catch the bus on march 16, and since then, detectives have found her bag, sot neatly folded clothes inside and her cell phone, all in an area near her home. loved ones and friends have organized multiple vigils. her parents are thankful but certainly in despair? >> i feel guilty because i'm always worried about where she is. if you can hear me, just realize how much i love you and i want you back. i love you and i just want you back. >> that's always hard to hear

that. and join meg live now is someone who understands that emotion. it's marc klaas with the klaas kids foundation. reporters found a container of handcuffs and condoms by a field by sierra's house. do you think it's significant or extrainous? >> well, ashleigh, we're going to have to wait until the labs come in with their findings to know if this has anything to do with sierra's disappearance. these iteareas has been searche many times before and this person found them on their own. there are other possibilities, like someone dropping them in

the field afterwards. >> apparently she lives at the end of a cull dpe sack that's lined only with houses. so you would think that in f a stranger were to come in and abduct sierra, it could be notic noticeded. and that it would not be an opportunistic location for that kind of activity. does that tell you anything about who might have taken her? >> two things stand up. number one, the remoteness ofts location. if you don't have business there, you're just not going to be there. it's not some place people would go for a random walk, et cetera, et cetera. the other thing that stands out is she has certain patterns she follows on a daily basis. so that's really an opportune scenario for bad behavior if someone has designed on her. i more and more believe law enforcement's theory that somebody was waiting for sierra in a car and she got into