kyra phillips now. >> thanks. hello. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are learning more chilling details about the suspect and his possible motive behind the shooting massacre in california. the police chief calls what happened at oikos university a calculated, cold-blooded execution in the classroom. the school now in turmoil. seven killed, three injured. police say at the hands of 43-year-old one goh, a former student. goh was angry and wanted revenge for being expelled earlier this the year. he allegedly lined students up against a classroom wall and shot them one by one. we are taking you live to oakland for the latest in just about ten minutes. voters are heading to the polls today in three contests. wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia are holding republican primaries. mitt romney predicted a win in wisconsin and holds a big lead

in maryland polls. wisconsin will be a key swing state in november. it's one of the few winner-take-all stakes in the republican race. rick santorum seems to be looking beyond today's contests. he says may will be his big month for delegates. the world wants clarity in the trayvon martin case. now there is a little bit more. it's in the form of higher resolution video of george zimmerman's arrival at the sanford, florida, police department the night he killed trayvon martin. as you know, the neighborhood watch volunteer claims he fired in self-defense after trayvon hit him in the nose and banged his head against the sidewalk. the clearer footage does appear to show some mark or gash on zimmerman's head. tending to a city in crisis is a full-time job for the part-time mayor. opposition forces see no signs that the government is honoring its day-old pledge to back down. if anything, the military

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>>. >> the police chief calls it a calculated, cold-blooded execution in if the classroom. what went down inside this small religious college in oakland is chilling. police say the suspect, 43-year-old one goh was out for blood for being expelleded earlier this year. the gun fire recorded on a cell phone. inside police say a secretary and several students were lined up against a classroom wall, shot one by one execution style. let's get straight to thelma gutierrez at the scene in oakland. what more can you tell us about the suspect? >> reporter: we know 43-year-old one goh was born in korea. he was a naturalized citizen of the united states. he lived with his father in an assistant living facility, according to police, here in oakland. a facility for senior citizens.

recently, just a year ago, lost his mother, also his brother who was a united states army sergeant training for special forces. he died in a vehicle accident. >> the police chief also talked with us on cnn this morning about goh. >> he was there specifically to look for someone. i can't reveal who that person is that. person was not there. once he realized she wasn't there, he first shot the secretary then began to shoot the other members in the classroom. >> as the story has been unfolding all morning, we talked about the fact he was looking for an administrator. when he didn't find that administrator, why would he go after the secretary and all these other students and just shooting them one by one? >> the police chief says that he does not know why he actually focused on these people. he says that he went after them, they seemed to be random

victims. he started shooting, possibly because he was angry that he didn't find that one particular administrator. that woman was not here. she has not been identified. he says that she is a very lucky person because he came in with a mission looking for this woman. he was very angry at her because she had dismissed him from the university earlier this year. >> goh fled in one of the victim's cars, was arrested at a grocery store. did he confess to all the murders? >> reporter: the police chief told us this morning that the detectives talked to him and when they talked to him, he was very calm. what was chilling is that he recounted in detail everything that had happened. he said he had this very keen memory of the way that this rampage went down. >> we mentioned he caters to the

korean american christian community. anything more you can tell us about these victims or this school? >> reporter: we've been told the school plans to bring in multilingual grief counselors to help some of these students deal with this terrible tragedy. later on today, there is a memorial service that is being planned in the evening to remember the victims. >> thelma gutierrez, thank you. what used to be a part-time job has turned into pretty much a full-time nightmare. the mayor of sanford, florida, embroiled in the national saga of the trayvon martin shooting. what he's doing to calm the tensions and soothe the city in the spotlight. mayor jeff triplet joins me line, next. hey dad. see how the carrots i grow

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you can clear up the video, but the facts behind the killing of trayvon martin are as foggy as ever. police in sanford, florida, have put out higher resolution images of george zimmerman's arrival at sanford p.d. the night of february 26th. the block watch volunteer was questioned. as you know, not arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teen who zimmerman says attacked him. the sharper video reveals what looks like some sort of injury to the back of zimmerman's head, which could back up his claims that trayvon slammed his head against a sidewalk. on another front, the local prosecutor who's since been replaced on this case says he's outraged by asergs from the trayvon family that he overruled a detective who wanted zimmerman arrested. norm wolfinger says "i encourage the justice department to investigate and document no such meeting or communication occurred. i have been encouraging those

spreading the irresponsible rhetoric to stop." nobody wants an end to this national firestorm more than this man sanford florida's mayor jeff triplett. thanks for being with me. i appreciate it. before we get into more details, i'm curious, how is your city doing? would you say it's in healing mode or as divided and angry as ever? >> there's a lot of the big portion trying to get to healing mode. there is trepidation as to what is going to transpire, how things are going to come down. i think the citizens of sanford are ready to truly begin the process and are relying on us to see what that process is going to be and how we are going to get there. >> just to give our viewers a little bit of background here, you moved to florida with your family for a better life, especially for your 11-year-old. you are working for a bank. you decide to take this on as a

part-time job. why did you want to do it? >> for a better community. i plan on living here the rest of my life. this is my town, my city. i love it here. i want my boys when they get done with college or whatever they decide to do, i want them to live here. it's time to make some decisions and do what i thought was best for the city of sanford. create some opportunities to shake hands and kiss babies and be the face of the city so we can make a place where they can come back, have a good living and hopefully see my grandkids at some point in time every day. >> the face of the city. you definitely imagined something totally different. my guess is you never expected to be involved in something like this. i've got to ask you, do you regret taking on this job? are you going to stay in for the long haul?

>> i am going to stay in for the long haul. that hasn't been a thought of mine. you always second guess some of your decisions. i've got to think i was put here for a purpose that i'm walking this path for a reason. i'm going to make the best decisions i'm capable making based on all sides of the issue. right now, that decision is to make sure that everyone understands sanford is a great place to live. it's a great place to come. a great place to visit, to play, to work. we are not, the city of sanford is not what is being portrayed by us right now. we've got great men and women in our police department that are suffering because of this also. it's my -- part of the reason why i stepped aside from my daily job as a banker is to make sure that that message gets out.

>> mayor, let me ask you, you had to know that the police department was a sore point in this community. i was reminded of this video that we had talked about here at cnn back in 2010 of this homeless guy that was beaten by a cop's son. it wasn't until this video hit youtube and aired on local tv that this guy was dealt with. you had to know you were coming into a community where the police department was controversial. >> i think it's not just our city. it's across a lot of cities that there are thoughts police haven't handled issues as well as they could or people feel lost in the shuffle or file set off to the side. we were working down that path. we were really going with some community efforts to truly start and continue some of the

dialogue that had been out there. we started under the interim chief doing a true community policing style an enforcement. our police department, we truly have been on the streets and talking to individuals and in those meetings, a lot of things have come out. i want to say we were truly working down the path of regaining some of that trust until this incident. >> do we have this video of the mayor casting that deciding vote to oust the police chief? i want to ask you about this moment. you have been vilified by so many people, at the same time you casted that deciding vote to oust the police chief. let's take a listen. >> all those in favor of vote of no confidence signify by saying aye. opposed? >> no. >> 3-2. >> just the look on your face.

what were you thinking? what were you going through? why did you go that way? >> government is not perfect. in a perfect world, to be honest, i would rather that vote have never taken place. there were a lot of discussions between city manager and i as to what the next steps would be. commissioner mccarthy thought that was an important position to take. i understand that. my position on that and the discussions that i had with the city manager were simply to the fact of not the investigation in itself but really some of my true concerns with how it was handled. how the dilemma was handled when it truly came to light. as i said during that meeting, which is online for everyone to listen to, i couldn't sit there and say that i had 100%, had a true feeling that he was going to take us to where we needed to

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i asked you what year wisconsin held its first presidential primary? it was 100 years ago yesterday, april 2, 1912. senator bob lafayette bring senator william taft that day. he went on to win the republican nomination but finished third in the general election. congrats to mike from florida for tweeting me the right answer. there are three republican primaries today. we are monitoring all contests. it seems president obama already picked a winner and that makes him fair game. joining me is maria cardona and republican strategist. president obama rolled out this

new ad. it's all about gas prices, oil and taking down romney. >> he's raising mileage standards and doubling renewable energy. in all these fights, mitt romney stood with big oil for their tax breaks. >> it's playing in florida and ohio. too early or smart move? boris? >> it's not a bad move. what it does is send a message democrats with barrage barrage leading them denieded mitt romney will be the nominee. plups decided that, as well. this should send a message to republicans not coalescing behind mitt romney. if the president is focusing on backing him, let's defend mitt romney and make sure he's as strong as candidates can be in early november. >> i think that this is an indication that the president is starting to fight back. mitt romney, for months, has been hammering this president. not just him. the rest of the republican field has been hammering this president.

all of the super pacs have been aiming at this president. it's a great move. voters like to see a fighter. they want to make sure this president sets the record straight from the myths and the lies that the other side has been telling. especially about energy policy. mitt romney is bought and paid for by big oil. you can see it in the differences between their energy policies. this president is fighting for real energy independence with an all of the above approach. >> that is incorrect. >> mitt romney isn't bought and paid for by anybody except his own success. barack obama is trying to go out and attack mitt romney. let's not confuse the two. it's a blatantly negative ad. >> setting the record straight on what they have said myths and lies about what his record has been. yes, it is so thing the record straight. >> obama campaign announcing bill clinton will take place in this campaign fund-raiser in

late april. how big will his presence be in this election? what kind of impact will it make? >> president clinton is still an incredibly popular figure, not just among the base of the democratic party but independent voters. let's not forget the last time a democratic president was president for eight years, we had the greatest economic expansion in a generation. that's exactly what this president is trying to do. he's implementing the same similar policies president clinton did. the recession president obama inherited was a worse one. he needs four more years to make sure that economic expansion continues to happen. i think it's a great move. >> boris? >> well, if you look at the policy, they are not the same. bill clinton cut taxes, barack obama wants to raise tax. bill clinton is a great asset if he believes that barack obama should be president for four more years. in 2008 when i was on the campaign we thought bill was on

our talking points when he was talking about how great a man senator mccain is. "snl" spoofed him on the issue. he is much more popular than barack obama. use him but only as far as bill clinton actually believes barack obama should be president. >> all right. >> president obama cut taxes for 95% of middle class families. now i'm setting the record straight. >> should we talk about sarah palin? she joined in as host of nbc's "today show." rating stunt or political stunt? >> probably both. rating stunt for nbc. we'll see how it played. i have to say i didn't tune in because i wanted to go to katie couric to get the real news. i did watch one segment when she was talking to tori spelling,

and it was painful to watch. kudos to her doing it. it was a good move on her part. we'll see if it works personally and see if it works for ratings for nbc. >> boris, sarah palin blamed the mainstream media. lame stream media, pointing the finger. now here she is hosting the "today" show. >> we know from our time in alaska in 2008, the palin family is full of good surprises. this was a good surprise for me. i thought she did a great job. she is absolutely political and entertainment rock star. it's good for her and expands her brand. she is not a novice to entertainment. she had other own tv show that wasn't political based. her daughter has been on "dancing with the stars." this was another notch on her belt. and for nbc a huge bonanza. i've never seen or heard as much written about the "today" show

as i did for this one guest host. maybe next thing you know she'll have a permanent job on the "today" show. >> i don't know about that. >> katie couric on gma or sarah palin on the "today" show. we are watching the ratings. >> maybe they should switch and see what happens. do a flip-flop. >> there you go. thanks, guys. >> thank you. forget about the men. that's now history. up next, we'll talk of herstoriy in the making. the women vie for the ncaa title. can the bailors make it one for the record books? first, what would you do if you got a slice of the mega millions jackpot? would you do what these five firefighters did? these awesome guys from albuquerque, new mexico, won $10,000 but forget cars or a nice vacation. in true firefighter fashion, they are using the money to save a life.

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hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. she is 6'8" and yeah, she want dunk. right here in slow-mo. that is brittney griner. that is only practice. she is changing the game for women's hoops. tonight baylor faces off against notre dame for the women's basketball ncaa title. joining me, master of all things sports, we had to bring him back, len berman. for all disclosure, christine brennan brought up britney yesterday. it got me looking into this young lady. i knew you'd be able to weigh in on this. she is changing the game. >> yes.

tonight's her official coronation of the baylor women will win and they will go 40-0 capping their perfect season against defending champ notre dame. she is something with her block shots and with her rebounds and with her dunks. she is tremendous. and unlike the men who will leave school after their freshman year and go to the pros, she has already vowed she will be back next year to complete her college education at baylor. >> why is that? so many males take off and go pro. >> right. >> my guess is the women probably don't pay as much, right? >> kyra, whenever you ask a question why in sports, the answer is always the same. it's money, yes. >> dollars. >> the men will make millions and she may go on to the wnba where the maximum salary for a rookie is in the thousands, not the millions. she says she vows to continue to play. that makes the women's game so good. teams can grow and mature and get together as a group. they can have rivalries with other colleges.

men's game it's one and done. they don't see a classroom again. who are the players next year? a whole new score card. >> what more can you tell us about britney decides the fact she is amazing on the court? >> she is a monster. i don't know if that is politically correct to say. she dominates the game. these two teams did play back in november. not only did baylor win, about you she was the star of the game, over 30 points and all sorts of rebounds and blocks. she is great. tremendous player, best player in the game. i would be shocked if they didn't win tonight in denver. >> they're your favorite? >> absolutely. they're everyone's favorite. ask a notre dame team and they say, of course baylor is the favorite. >> what did you think of kentucky last night? >> i thought they did what everyone said they would do. christina and i said yesterday they would win. anthony davis is tremendous. what other player can take ten shots, just make one of them which he did last night. he was only 1-10 shooting, yet he totally dominated the game.

16 rebounds and six blocks. altered any number of shots. he's a wonderful player who will never see the inside of a classroom again because he is a freshman and he is adio. john calipari mastered the system. players can't join the nba until they are 19 or completed one year in college. all these freshman last night, they're out of there. >> interesting how you mentioned he will no longer be in the classroom. which leads me to a basic spelling here. i know you caught this. >> yes. >> the men's basketball, speaking of that. it looks like if you look at the rotating message board here at last night's finals, do we have it, guys? >> aha. they are looking for it. this is how long it took me to realize it was misspelled. while we wait for the rotating message board, why don't we talk

about the fact, you mentioned while a lot of people were celebrating the big blues win, others were fighting. there were gun shots reported. we showed the images this morning on our newscast near the university of kentucky. does that happen often? >> it's become a pattern, unfortunately, in many cities around the country. los angeles, for example, had cars overturned and set on fire when the lakers won a championship a few years ago. most recently in vancouver when they lost in hockey there were riots. there have been riots in montreal, a team that certainly had success in hockey. riots when they won the championship. if i can give a plug to my hometown they talk about the tough new york city sports fans. they don't have any problems when the yankees win the world series or rangers won the stanley cup in '94. no arrests. a little plug for new york. >> not bad. we got the graphic. what is missing here? let's take a look at the

rotating message board. >> alanta. >> this is final picture proof for all the student athletes out there, spelling is not a prerequisite in college. >> len berman, thanks for stalling with me while we got that up. appreciate it. >> thanks, kyra. any time. nice to see you. >> likewise. imagine flying in a twin engine airplane and just you and the pilot. all of a sudden the pilot passes out. that is what happened to a wisconsin woman. wait until you hear what she did mid air. did i mention, she's 80. [ bird chirps ] [ bird squawks ] ♪ [ bird screeching ] ♪ [ elevator bell dings ] [ sighs ] how mad is she? she kicked me out. but i took the best stuff. i'll get the wrench. ♪ [ male announcer ] kohler's tresham collection.

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news at street level. let's start in deland, florida, where a small plane flies into a grocery store. this is the video from after the crash. five people were injured. the roof of this orlando area an emergency landing. an 80-year-old passenger takes over the controls after her husband becomes unconscious. and actually dies in flight. luckily she was able to call for help. the certified pilot flew along side the plane to coach her to safety. she made the landing right as the engine ran out of fuel and the plane lost power. >> let's head to norway where a big rig truck and tow truck got into trouble. look at this. the big rig being towed in the snow slides too close to the

edge of the road, tumbling over the rail. the rig takes the tow truck with it. the tow truck driver bails in time. the other driver not as lucky. he went down with the big rig but survived with several broken bones. >> next, crosby, texas, vandals flatten the tires on nearly the entire fleet of school buses. left about 2500 kids without a ride to school yesterday. which was a pretty big headache for parents. five high school students could be charged in the case. >> and buford, wyoming could be all yours. it's up for sale. minimum bid for the 10-acre town -- $100,000. if you don't want a lot of neighbors, this is the place for you. population, uno. you heard me, only one person lives there. the sole resident, don simmons, told "usa today" he hopes who buys it moves buford into the 21st century. the auction is thursday. >> over to brooklyn center,

minnesota and the amazing story of a love letter delivered 60 years later. that was dick hawk, he wrote that letter while serving in the army when he was 21 years old. he was proposing to the love of his life, arlene. she told our affiliate that the letter got lost until two contractors found it during the remodeling of her childhood home. and they sent it back to dick and of course that brought back really good memories. >> the whole thing is -- brings back memories. i got your ring today. i sure hope you'll like it. i wish i could have gotten it long ago, darling. >> days after dick sent the letter he sent arlene the ring and they got married and they have been together nearly 60 years and she still wears the same ring. >> rick santorum says he's not going anywhere but could a loss

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>> let's take a look at the republican score card. mitt romney leads the delegate race with 571, just about halfway to the 1144 needed to secure the nomination.

and the delegate count will change tonight because that's when we will have the primary results in wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia. peter is joining me from washington. so peter, we heard something interesting from rick santorum. is he throwing in the towel on today's primaries? >> he's campaigned hard in wisconsin, going to bowling alleys and doing all that stuff. yeah, he won't be in wisconsin tonight and he said last night on piers morgan here that he's looking ahead to may when there are a lot of states unlike april, are friendly to rick santorum and not friendly to mitt romney. places like kentucky, arkansas, west virginia. he announced he'll be speaking in arkansas next month. but the more important test in the short-term for rick santorum is pennsylvania on april 24th. that's his home state. remember, mitt romney won massachusetts by a wide margin, newt gingrich won georgia by a wide margin, his home state. rick santorum is only winning according to recent polls by a

tiny margin so if he loses wisconsin, which is only if, and heads into pennsylvania you know, and loses, that could be the end of his candidacy there. he might not even get to may if he can't get past his home state. >> if you want to talk months you have president obama looking forward to facing mitt romney in november. >> absolutely. today here in washington, at a luncheon of news executives he is going to deliver what the administration is billing as a big speech, it's not officially a campaign speech but you're going to see a lot of sort of the issues that obama's going to talk about this year, things that he started to hit in that speech in kansas last year in the state of the union, like economic fairness, he is going to attack the paul ryan budget, the house republican budget as radical. he calls it social darwinism saying it's going to gut medicare. you know, this dove tails nicely with any future attack on mitt romney because ryan and romney have expressed mutual admiration for that budget. it's a good way to hit congress but also mitt romney for the

president. >> peter, thanks so much. thanks to all of you for watching. you can continue the conversation with me on twitter or on facebook. cnn newsroom continues right now. live from cnn headquarters in atlanta, i'm suzanne malveaux. i'll get you up to speed a. man on a mission, the cold-blooded execution, how police chief describes the suspect in a school shooting rampage in oakland, california. 43-year-old one goh wanted to kill a school administrator but she wasn't there so police say he shot seven other people execution style. new details about the alleged shooter's background. we go live to california in a couple of minutes. and, is it the beginning of the

end, mitt romney hoping to rack up major delegate numbers tonight when wisconsin, maryland, washington, d.c. tally up the votes for the republican nomination. the big prize, wisconsin, 42 delegates on the line and a winner take all contest. could this put mitt romney in the driver's seat. rick santorum is vowing to hang on. >> in northern wisconsin, a quick thinking 80-year-old landed a twin engine plane after her husband lost consciousness flying it. she's not even a pilot but she managed to radio for help and took a midair flying lesson. now she survived with minor injuries. however, her 81-year-old husband was pronounced dead at the hospital, not known exactly when he passed away. >> your tax dollars hard at work in vegas. now an obama administration official is paying for it with her job. the head of the general services administration, martha johnson, she has now resigned, reports show that the agency spent more

than $800,000 on a seminar near sin city a couple years ago, and the gsa catered lavish meals and brought in a mind reader. james murdoch stepping down as chairman of british broadcasting chinlt b sky b. that's the tabloid he shut down. he has consistently denied knowing about the spying that went on including eavesdropping on celebrities, politicians, even victims of crime. >> i want to go back to the school shooting that happened in oakland. we're getting new details about the man that police say shot seven people execution style. i understand you have new information. what can you tell us, what's going on behind you? >> reporter: suzanne, look behind me, you can see that there are forensic investigators who just arrived a few minutes

ago, they are in front of o'kos university. several law enforcement agencies will process this scene. this is a large area, suzanne, we're talking about the crime scene in that classroom where the people were actually shot execution style, and then the other victims who fell in the rampage in the second chain of events when the gunman returned to the campus and people dropped in various areas out there. and so, this is going to be a big job. and they are pulling together several agencies to process this area. the other thing happening here, suzanne, is police are actually traveling the routes between this particular university and the safeway store because they are trying to look for the murder weapon. they believe is a .45 caliber handgun that was used in this rampage. >> are we learning anything new

about the suspect's possible motive? >> reporter: yes, we are. the police chief told us earlier today that he believes that what set 43-year-old one goh off was the fact he was very upset at a school administrator for dismissing him from the nursing school earlier in the year. they say that he specifically came to this school yeerday morning on a mission, he was looking for that administrator. she was not here at the time. he got angry, took the receptionist as a hostage and went into that classroom where he shot the students. >> do we know more about his demeanor when he was arrested or about the school and the victims? >> reporter: well, what we know about his demeanor is that according to detectives, he was very calm. they said eerily calm. he talked to them. he recounted in great detail the chain of events that took place here at the school. we also talked to an eye witness

at the safeway store. she told us the same thing. she said she actually made eye contact with him. she saw him being cuffed and arrested and thought he had been arrested for shoplifting he looked so calm. she had no idea that this was the man who was suspected in this terrible tragedy. >> all right. thelma gutierrez, thank you. in a few minutes president obama is going to address a room full of news big wigs at the american society of news ed inventories conventions expected to discuss among some things the budget, transparency of the government, unemployment, super pacs, president obama addressing the groom. he last addressed them he was running for president are four years ago. the the group has heard from every sitting u.s. president since calvin coolidge. we're looking at live tape as they set this up. we will of course take that live as soon as he starts making his remarks in washington, d.c. when they begin. we've got one day, three big primaries here to tell you what is on the line cnn political

director mark preston. great to see you. wisconsin, maryland, washington, d.c., so my old stomping ground there. what is the big -- it's a big night for romney. >> it is a big night. you know something, every one of these primaries has been a big night because it's the inevitability factor. will mitt romney lock up the nomination. he doesn't have the delegates to do so but he has the momentum, he has the republican party standing behind him. and in some ways he has the news media who seem to want to wrap up this race for the republican presidential nomination. >> some. not us of course. >> we get to see this go on and on. there have been upsets before. >> let's lay it out. rick santorum is not on the ballot in d.c. mitt romney is going to win that. in maryland, where a lot of republicans tend to be more centrist, they work for the government, for contractors, surrounding the metropolitan d.c. area, mitt romney is going to get a bulk of those.

rick santorum is putting his eggs in the basket in wisconsin hoping his blue collar values will trump the fact that mitt romney is doing better in the polls in. >> so mark, at least he told piers morgan he's not going anywhere. >> the month of may is rich with delegates and are strong states for us, like texas and arkansas and kentucky and indiana, west virginia, north carolina. those are the states that we know we can get this back to where it is right now, which is a lot closer than what mitt romney and the pundits are spinning, it's a very close race and by the end of may we expect this race to be very close to even. >> what do you think? could he still be viable in a couple months? is that possible? >> look, it's possible but improbable. the reason being you've got to look at the percentage of what's left for delegates on the table and what is the percentage to win the delegates. you look at the numbers, mitt romney is leading the delegate

race. mitt romney only needs about 47% of the remaining delegates to win. but you know something, in order for rick santorum to wrap up this nomination he needs 72% of the delegates. it gets worse for newt gingrich and ron paul. if you're a betting man, a betting woman you're not putting your money on rick santorum to win the race on the delegate count. >> and newt gingrich and ron paul, so what is the end game there? are we just talking about pride that they are still in this for the long haul? >> a couple things. for ron paul, he's leaving office at the end of the year, he really enjoys being out there and frankly, his presidential run has been more about a message than perhaps winning the nomination. liberty, end the fed, what have you. for someone like newt gingrich, someone explained to me, it's hard to give up going out and addressing huge crowds having secret service protection and really enjoying what you're talking about, in some ways that might be what we're seeing from newt gingrich. >> still delivering a message, trying to influence the campaign in some ways but behind the scenes he probably realizes it's

not for him. >> unless something were to happen if mitt romney were to have a major stumble, could newt gingrich end up in the convention, could he potentially win the nomination. there's all the scenarios that newt gingrich, rick santorum could potentially win the nomination. no question about that. but the fact of the matter is if you're going to play the odds it's mitt romney easily. >> all right. should we play the odds? >> i love betting. >> all right. i'll just leave it up to you. >> roll the dice. >> we'll watch tonight. thanks, mark. right now some of the stories we're covering, first the surveillance video of the man who shot florida teenager trayvon martin has now been enhanced. we're going to look at what it might tell us what happened that night. a new smart phone app, too revealing for some. gives user locations and information on women nearby. some are calling it a stalker app. and a creepy invasion of privacy. then president obama going after mitt romney by name in a new ad. so santorum, gingrich, we'll dig

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a new twist in the controversy over the death of florida teenager trayvon martin. a surveillance video that seemed to support one side last week, appears to tell a different story now. enhanced footage of george zimmerman, the man who admitted shooting the teenager appears to show a bump, a mark, an injury on the back of his head. i want to bring in martin savidge to explain about this higher resolution surveillance video. does it help or hurt zimmerman's claim of self defense? >> it would seem f we remember back last week when this video was released there was a lot that was made out of the fact it

appeared that george zimmerman, this is only about a half hour after the shooting with trayvon martin, he appears to be absolutely fine. in other words, no real indication of this life and death struggle he told authorities ensued. but then we took the video and enhanced it. tried to slow it down, we zoomed in, tried to clarify it and then when you look at the back of his head you do see markings. now, it's not an indication of how severe a bruising or a mark or indication this is, but it does seem to lend credence to at least the story that he tells. so it's interesting as you point out how last week this video worked against george zimmerman, but now as a result of the enhancement it appears to at least support a portion of the story he's told authorities. >> i assume that will be part of the investigation. i want to talk about the other developments, the state attorney who initially handled the case he is now lashing out at the family of the victim t martin family attorney told an outright

lie in the let tear the justice department. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this exploded yesterday. began with a letter from ben crump, the attorney that represents trayvon martin's family. he was asking the justice department to investigate what he says was a meeting that took place on the night that trayvon martin was shot, a meeting that took place between the chief of police here in sanford, and the state attorney who oversees this area. and the implication there is that as a result of that meeting they decided not to charge george zimmerman. well, the state attorney, norm wolfinger, would not take that laying down. he fired back and said i'm outraged by the outright lies contained in the letter by benjamin crump to the assistant district attorney. i encourage the justice department to investigate and document that no such meeting occurred. so, it's very rare that you hear from a state attorney especially when they say like we're going to have no comment while this investigation goes on, but he was extremely upset over what

that letter was that ben crump sent and the allegation of a meeting, the state attorney says there was no such meeting. >> do we have any sense of whether or not that attorney will come back and fire back against the state attorney there? >> reporter: well, you know, they are trying to allude that something went on because they cannot understand why in the case of trayvon martin being shot that george zimmerman has not been arrested, has not been pulled in and charged so. they are trying to apply something else went on. their investigation is continuing at this point, i'm sure it's not the last time we're going to hear this allegation by ben crump, the attorney. >> martin savidge, thank you. >> if you ever had an awkward encounter with a stranger 18 bar or restaurant, your smart phone may be to blame. we'll tell you about a new app that allows other users to pinpoint your exact location. to get the word out. e that could work.

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>> so you use your phone, you take pictures, facebook, get directions when you're lost. you may not know it but it's not just your friends and family that can find where you are. any one can.

it reminds us of three important tips we need to think about. one, we need to review all of our security settings. especially on social networks like facebook and four square where they are pulling this information from. two, you want to make sure that not only are you controlling your settings, but that we're educating ourselves. i don't want people justing in fear as a way of educating ours.

we need to learn how these tools work. this isn't going away. we'll have more acts that will do these things so. how can we be better about them. and third but not least, facebook, check your facebook settings, because there are apps that you're letting have access to your facebook settings. you can control those privacy features based upon the individual app. >> mario, i guess we should mention the company says that wasn't their intention although i think their site they have women in poses and these kinds of things that have happened. >> right. i absolutely agree with you. they tripped over themselves on this. i'm glad that it got exposed. this is something we all need to be aware of. we've got this cultural divide in terms of what's private and what's not private and if your information is out there publicly available, people can use that public data. if you don't want it public don't make it public. >> all right. good warning. thank you, mario. appreciate it. >> thank you.

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favored to go into mitt's column. the states represent a more moderate, higher education, a population that is you know, highly educated, less blue collar workers. in wisconsin we don't have a lot of evangelical christians so santorum i think needs to sail bye-bye. he doesn't have a prayer's chance. i don't have a crystal ball. i'm not a soothsayer but right now romney is more than halfway there. so i say sail away, what's the song, just sail away, santorum. he's looking angry. there's no way he can pull this off. he really is going to need a miracle from god and we know santorum is highly religious, so maybe he's going to call in the prayers and god will answer. >> goodness gracious. >> i think romney is really on the road to sealing up this nomination. it's like the more people hang on, they look like they are holding on to sour grapes and miracles that aren't going to be. >> you have something to work

with here. crystal's laying it out there. >> i had no idea i had such a religious spiritual person on the other side. >> i am. >> this new obama ad that sbl now calling romney out by name, this is the first time they have done this. i want you to watch this ad briefly. >> he's raising mileage standards. in all of these fights mitt romney stood with big oil. for their tax breaks. attacking higher mileage standards and renewables. when you see this ad remember who paid for it. and what they -- >> so it seems obvious now that the white house perhaps agrees with crystal, they moved on into the general election. does that look like the strategy? >> you know, definitely the president needs to be focusing now on romney. there is no doubt about it. as crystal said, who knows what might happen but let's be clear, the numbers are what they are. and they are going to add up for

mitt romney. i don't see anything miraculous happening tonight. but what we do also have to realize is that it's not just obama against romney. it's obama against the super pacs, these super pacs are going to play a huge role here. as we know they have already come out attacking the president on the energy plan that the president has been pushing. and it's not a good move for the president to wait any longer. especially when he's attacked by the super pacs. it's important now in the consumers out there are trying to deal with the gas prices, that the president hit back and make it clear. who is supporting romney. and it's big oil. big oil and the republican leadership, day in, day out on capitol hill been advocating for bigger tax breaks, renewing or extending the tax breaks and helping big oil when they are right now enjoying some of the greatest profits they had in decades. so, it's a clear move for obama to push back and tie romney to

big oil. that's what this ad does. that's what voters need to be clear about who they are voting for. >> crystal, let's jump in. let's talk about some of the attack ads you've got. you've got rick santorum, newt gingrich, essentially attacking mitt romney. is it time for them to wrap that up, be quiet, shut up and move on? >> yeah. but i want to go back to something. pacs are good for the president too. let's not try to act that president obama isn't taking pac money. remember, he flip-flopped on that. i do think back to the contender still in the field, at a certain point newt gingrich and santorum have to ask themselves either you're going to win more races and really be a contender or you're going to have to bow out. that's really -- or hillary clinton faced this in may in 2008. she didn't want to go down as weakening obama who was the candidate, and she didn't want that to be the exclamation on her run in 2008 so she exited

gracefully and she got secretary of state. it new and rick need to do hard thinking and think about how we as republicans need to be putting political cash behind our nominee. not wasting -- >> either one of them would get a position? >> yes. >> which one? >> remember, suzanne, it new had a secret meeting with romney a little over a week ago. i think that it new, we'll see it new get a cabinet position. i wouldn't put out secretary of state or defense, it new remember has a big personality. he's got a lot of ideas, he has a great record as speaker working with president clinton. and i think he wants a plum job. he's not going to take a cabinet position. >> i can't imagine the way these guys have gone after romney and said that he would be the worst candidate possible. >> hillary clinton did the same thing. hillary clinton did the same thing. >> super pacs behind them.

every level. you're talking about -- let me say at this point romney has to focus on the real battle. defending his record as governor. 47th in terms of job creation in his state. he's campaigning on the fact he is big business and knows how to create jobs. he couldn't do it in his own state. how is he going to do it for the country. he is the god father of health care plan. how is he going to defend that if he is busy attacking what obama has been able to do for middle class and low income families. >> obama is the god father of debt and joblessness. >> turn the corner here, weigh in on what we saw this morning, sarah palin, guest hosting network morning show, pulled out one of her famous phrases that we've heard, lame stream immediate yarks complained about it. now she is a part of the lame stream media, is this help or hurt the republican brand?

>> i'm going to say who knew that this is really just about envy. who knew that she, all the attacks she had on the lame stream media for those years it turns out she wanted to be part of it. and now she is and had a good time this morning poking fun at herself. but it really undercuts her credibility. how can you be for years attacking the lame stream media, then welcome the opportunity to sit in the same seat that katie couric once sat herself. doesn't make sense. >> i think it's phenomenal. the reason why the "today" show wanted sarah palin is because katie was on good morning america and it's called oops, ratings. and sarah palin draws media attention, she draws ratings up, upward and she's an activist that liberals can't stand because you know what, like matt lauer says she excites the base, she gets people to the polls, and i'm sorry that you're not a palin fan but you know what, she's a winner. >> a spectacle, really. >> i think obama has become a spectacle with his supreme court threat. >> you're going to say obama is a spectacle.

>> he is. >> prime sector job growth. >> i'm just pointing out here, look. sarah palin honestly t turnout she gets is because it's become entertainment. that's not activism. bringing people to see what crazy thing or off the base thing you're going to say next is entertainment. that's what she does well and where she is now and god bless her she can make money and i'm sure she'll enjoy many years of it. >> you think it's a smart thing that michelle obama is going on one of my favorite shows the biggest loser to talk about health and that kind of thing. obviously she is a big draw. >> i think it's smart.

look, first, the first lady has done a great job. focusing the national attention on childhood obesity and getting americans to think about getting off the couch, getting off their bupts and exercising. i think look, she's probably doing this for ratings too and to jack up her husband's approvals because michelle obama look, she's a likable woman. so this is a good thing. it's time. come on, let'sen honest. >> i can't equate advocating for a healthier lifestyle and addressing childho hoohood obes the "today" show. sarah pail thn morning was about self mockery. >> no, she wasn't. so every time president obama goes on like jay leno and i guess he's about self mockery too. >> no. goes on and talks about job growth in this country. >> there is no job growth. that's self mockery. >> we're going to have you guys on again. we're going to have you -- >> at the end of the week after the job numbers come out let's

talk again. >> we're going to have you talk again, crystal and eduardo, thank you. we'll have you both back, put on the gloves. >> no gloves. >> all right. thanks, guys. you can watch cnn special coverage as voters in wisconsin, maryland and washington, d.c. make their choice for the republican candidate beginning at 7:00 eastern with erin burnett followed by anderson cooper 360 and piers morgan at 9:00. president obama is speaking now, lated to take some questions. >> feel free to transmit any of this to vladamir if you see him. clearly we're in the beginning months of another long lively election year. there will be gaffes and minor

controversies, there will be hot mikes and etch-a-sketch moments. you will cover every word that we say, and we will complain vociferously about the unflattering words that you write. unless of course you're writing about the other guy in which case good job. also big fundamental issues at stake right now. issues that deserve serious debate among every candidate, and serious coverage among every reporter. whoever he may be, the next president will inherit an economy that is recovering but not yet recovered. from the worst economic calamity since the great depression. too many americans will still be looking for a job that pays enough to cover their bills or

their mortgage. too many citizens will still lack the sort of financial security that started slipping away years before this recession hit. a debt that has grown over the last decade, primarily as a result of two wars, two massive tax cuts and unprecedented financial crisis, will have to be paid down. and in the face of all these challenges, we're going to have to answer a central question as a nation. what if anything can we do to restore a sense of security for people who are willing to work hard and act responsibly in this country? can we succeed as a country where a shrinking number of people do exceedingly well while a growing number struggle to get by. or are we better off when everyone gets a fair shot. and everyone does their fair

share. and everyone plays by the same rules. this is not just another run of the mill political debate. i've said it's the defining issue of our time and i believe it. that's why i ran in 2008, it's what my presidency has been about, it's why i'm running again. i believe this is a make or break moment for the middle class and i can't remember a time when the choice between competing visions of our future has been so unambiguously clear. keep in mind i have never been somebody who believes that government can or should try to solve every problem. some of you know my first job in chicago was working with a group of catholic churches that often did more good for the people in their communities than any government program could.

in those same communities i saw that no education policy, how ever well crafted can take the place of a parent's love and attention. as president i have eliminated dozens of programs that weren't working and announced over 500 regulatory reforms that will save businesses and taxpayers billions. and put annual domestic spending on a path to become the smallest share of the economy since dwight eisenhower held this office. since before i was born. i know that the true engine of job creation in this country is the private sect e not washington, which is why i cut taxes for small business owners 17 times over the last three years, so i believe deeply that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history. my mother and the grandparents

who raised me instilled the values of self reliance and personal responsibility that remain the cornerstone of the american ideal. but i also share the belief of our first republican president, abraham lincoln, a belief that through government we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves. that belief is the reason this country's been able to build a strong military to keep us safe and public schools to educate our children. that belief is why we've been able to lay down railroads and highways to facilitate travel and commerce. that belief is why we've been able to support the work of scientists and researchers whose discoveries saved lives and unleashed repeated tech nol revolutions and led to new jobs and new industries.

that belief is also why we sought to ensure that every citizen can count on some basic measure of security. we do this because we recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us at any moment might face hard times, might face bad luck, might face a crippling illness or a layoff. so we contribute to programs like medicare and social security which guarantee health care and a source of income after a lifetime of hard work. we provide unemployment insurance which protects us against unexpected job loss. and facilitates the labor mobility that makes our economy so dynamic. we provide for medicaid which makes sure that millions of seniors in nursing homes and children with disabilities are getting the care that they need.

for generations nearly all of these investments from transportation to education to retirement programs have been supported by people in both parties. as much as we might associate the g.i. bill with franklin roosevelt or medicare with lyndon johnson it was a republican, lincoln, who launched the transcontinental railroad, the national academy of sciences, land grant colleges, it was eisenhower who launched the interstate highway system and new investment in scientific research. it was richard knicks hoon created the environmental protection agency, ronald reagan who worked with democrats to save social security. it was george w. bush who added prescription drug coverage to medicare. what leaders in both parties have traditionally understood is that these investments aren't

part of some scheme to redistribute welt from one group to another. they are expressions of the fact that we are one nation. these investments benefit us all. they contribute to genuine durable economic growth. show me a business leader who wouldn't profit if more americans could afford to get the skills and education that today's jobs require. ask any company where they'd rather locate and hire workers,

a country with crumbling roads and bridges or one that's committed to high speed internet and high speed development. it doesn't make us weaker. what makes us weaker is when fewer and fewer people can afford to buy the goods and services our businesses sell. or when entrepreneurs don't have the financial security to take a chance and start a new business. what drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever widening chasm between the ultra rich and everybody else. in this country broad-based prosperity has never trickled down from the success of a wealthy few.

it has always come from the success of a strong and growing middle class. that's how a generation who went to college on the g.i. bill including my grandfather helped build the most prosperous economy the world has ever known. that's why a ceo like henry ford made it his mission to pay his workers enough so they could buy the cars that they made. that's why research has shown that countries with less inequality tend to have stronger and steadier economic growth over the long run. and yet for much of the last century, we have been having the same argument with folks who keep peddling some version of trickle down economics. they keep telling us that if we convert more of our investments in education and research and health care into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, our economy will grow stronger. they keep telling us that if we just strip away more regulations, and let businesses pollute more and treat workers and consumers with impunity that somehow we'd all be better off. we're told that when the wealthy become even wealthier and

corporations are allowed to maximize their profits by whatever means necessary it's good for america and their success will automatically translate into more jobs and prosperity for everybody else. that's the theory. now, the problem for advocates of this theory is that we've tried their approach. on a massive scale. the results of their experiment are there for all to see. at the beginning of the last decade the wealthiest americans received a huge tax cut in 2001, and another huge tax cut in 2003. we were promised that these tax cuts would lead to faster job growth. they did not. the wealthy got wealthier, we would expect that. the income of the top 1% has grown by 275% over the last few

decades. to an average of $1.3 million a year. but prosperity sure didn't trickle down. instead during the last decade we had the slowest job growth in half a century. and the typical american family actually sawheir incomes fall by about 6% even as the economy was growing. there was a period when insurance companies and mortgage lenders and financial institutions didn't have to abide by strong enough regulations or they found their way ways. so did people's health insurance premium. patients were routinely denied care often when they needed it most. families were enticed and sometimes plain tricked into buying homes they couldn't

afford. huge reckless bets were made with other people's money on the line and our entire financial system was nearly destroyed. so we've tried this theory out. and you would think that after the results of this experiment in trickle down economics, after the results were made painfully clear, that the proponents of this theory might show some humility. might moderate their views a bit. you would think they'd say you know what, maybe some rules and regulations are necessary to protect the economy and prevent people from being taken advantage of. by insurance companies or credit card companies or mortgage lenders. maybe at a time of growing debt and widening inequality, we should hold off on giving the wealthiest americans another round of big tax cuts.

maybe when we know that most of today's middle class jobs require more than a high school degree we shouldn't gut education or lay off thousands of teachers or raise interest rates on college loans or take away people's financial aid. but that's exactly the opposite of what they have done. instead of moderating their views even slightly, the republicans running congress right now have doubled down. and proposed a budget so far to the right it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. in fact, that renowned liberal newt gingrich first called the original version of the budget radical. and said it would contribute to right wing social engineering. this is coming from newt

gingrich. and yet this isn't a budget supported by some small group in the republican party. this is now the party's governing platform. this is what they are running on. one of my potential opponents, governor romney said that he hoped a similar version of this plan from last year would be introduced as a bill on day one of his presidency. he said that he's very supportive of this new budget. he even called it marvelous. this is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget. it's a word you don't often hear generally. so, here's -- here's what this

marvelous budget does. back in the summer i came to an agreement with the republicans in congress to cut roughly $1 trillion in annual spending. some of these cuts were about getting rid of waste, others about programs that we support but can't afford given our deficits and our debt. and part of the agreement was a guarantee of another trillion in savings for a total of about $2 trillion in deficit reduction. this new house republican budget, however, breaks our bipartisan agreement, and proposes massive new cuts in annual domestic spending. exactly the area where we've already cut the most. i want to actually go through what it would mean for our country if these cuts were to be spread out evenly. so bear with me. i want to go through this. because i don't think people

fully appreciate the nature of this budget. the year after next, nearly 10 million college students would see their financial aid cut by an average of $1,000 each. there would be 1600 fewer medical grants, research grants for things likes alzheimer's and cancer and aids, there would be 4,000 fewer scientific research grants, eliminating support for 48,000 researchers, students and teachers. investments in clean energy technology that are helping us reduce our dependence on foreign oil would be cut by nearly a fifth. if this budget becomes law, and the cuts were applied evenly starting in 2014, over 200,000 children would lose their chance to get an early education in the

head start program. 2 million mothers and young children would be cut from a program that gives them access to healthy food. there would be 4500 fewer federal grants at the department of justice, and the fbi, to combat violent crime, financial crime and help secure our borders. hundreds of national parks would be forced to close for part or all of the year. we wouldn't have the capacity to enforce the laws that protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, or the food that we eat. cuts to the faa would likely result in more flight cancellations, delays and the complete elimination of air traffic control services in parts of the country. over time, our weather forecasts would become less accurate because we wouldn't be able to afford to launch new satellites and that means governors and

mayors would have to wait long tear order evacuations in the event of a hurricane. that's just a partial sampling of the consequences of this budget. now, you can anticipate, republicans may say well, we'll avoid some of these cuts since they don't specify the cuts they would make. but they can only avoid some of these cuts if they cut even deeper in other areas. this is math. if they want to make smaller cuts to medical research that means they have got to cut even deeper in funding for things like teaching and law enforcement. the converse is true as well. if they want to protect early childhood education will mean further reducing things like financial aid for young people trying to afford college. perhaps they will never tell us

where the knife will fall. but you can be sure that with cuts this deep there is no secret plan or formula that will be able to protect the investments we need to help our economy grow. this is not conjecture. i'm not exaggerating. these are facts. and these are just the cuts that would happen the year after next. if this budget became law by the middle of the century, funding for the kinds of things i just mentioned would have to be cut by about 95%. let me repeat that. those categories i just mentioned we would have to cut by 95%. as a practical matter, the federal budget would basically amount to whatever's left of enit's thelements, defense

spending and interest on the national debt, period. money for these investments that have traditionally been supported on a bipartisan basis would be practically eliminated. and the same is true for other priorities like transportation, homeland security and veteran programs for the men and women that risked their lives for this country. this is not an exaggeration, check it out yourself. and this is to say nothing about what the budget does to health care. we're told that medicaid would simply be handed over to the states. that's the pitch. let's get it out of the central bureaucracy, the states can experime experiment, they will be able to run the programs a lot better. but here's the deal the states would be getting. they would have to be running these programs in the face of the largest cut to medicaid that

has ever been proposed. a cut that according to one nonpartisan group would take away health care for about 19 million americans. 19 million. who are these americans? many are someone's grandparents who without medicaid won't be able to afford nursing home care without medicaid. many are poor children. some are middle class families who have children with autism or down syndrome. some are kids with disabilities so severe that they require 24-hour care. these are the people who count on medicaid. then there's medicare. because health care costs keep

rising and the baby boom generation is retire, medicare we all know is one of the biggest drivers of our long term deficit. that is a challenge we have to meet by bringing down the cost of health care overall so that seniors and taxpayers can share in the savings. but here's the solution proposed by the republicans in washington. and embraced by most of their candidates for president. instead of being enrolled in medicare when they turn 65, seniors who retire a decade from now would get a voucher that equals the cost of the second cheapest health care plan in their area. if medicare is more expensive than that private plan, they have to pay more if they want to enroll in traditional medicare. if health care costs rise faster than the amount of the voucher, as by the way they have been doing for decades, that's too bad. seniors, bear the risk.

if the voucher isn't enough to buy a private plan with the specific doctors and care that you need, that's too bad. so most experts will tell you the way this voucher plan encourages savings is not through better care at cheaper cost t way these private insurance companies save money is by designing and marketing plans to attract the youngest and healthiest seniors, cherry picking, leaving the older and sicker seniors in traditional medicare, where they have access to a wide range of doctors and guaranteed care but that of course makes the traditional medicare program even more expensive. and raise premiums even further. the net as a result that our country will end up spending more on health care and theonly reason the government will save any money it won't be on our books is because we shifted to the seniors. they will bear more of the costs themselves. it's a