some of those pictures as soon as they put that into edit. >> i like the heat. thank you. >> you're welcome. top of the hour and suzanne malveaux. no grand jury will be used in the case involving the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. that decision came just a short time ago from special prosecutor angela corey. her office says the decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case. an attorney for the shooter, george zimmerman, calls it a courageous move. while an attorney for trayvon martin's family says the family is trying to have patience. north korea thumbing its nose at the world. any day now could launch this rocket which would violate a u.n. resolution. much of the world sees this as a

possible test for a long-range missile that would be capable of reaching the united states. now south korea is warning that the north is trying to provoke an angry international reaction. it says that the north plans to use that reaction as an excuse to go ahead with a third nuclear test. 75 people were killed in syria today. just a day shy of the deadline for the government to pull its forces from cities across the country. now, the mounting death toll is dimming hopes that the assad regime is actually going to follow through with its pledge to withdraw. earlier we also saw clashes between rebel forces and syrian troops at the turkish border. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich says campaign front-runner mitt romney has the nomination all but locked up. this is what he said on fox news sunday.

>> you have to be realistic. given the size of his organization, given the number of primaries he's won, he is far and away the most likely republican nominee, and if he does get to 1144 delegates, i'll support him. i'll do everything i can this fall to help him defeat obama because the primary goal of the entire republican party has to be to defeat barack obama. rick santorum is not going to be on the campaign trail. instead, he's staying with his daughter, bela, who suffered from a chronic disorder. she's been in the hospital since friday but is expected to be released later today. mitt romney's campaign said this morning it is pulling a santorum tv attack ad out of respect for the situation. pioneering journalist on a mission to find truth. that's how a lot of us remember mike wallace today. the long time "60 minutes" correspondent died saturday night at the age of 93. wallace's colleague morley schaefer calls him, quote, a one-man truth squad. and easter not over in

washington until the eggs roll. the first family expecting 30,000 people for the annual white house easter egg roll. this year's theme is let's go, let's play, let's move, the first lady's campaign to end childhood obesity in the united states. want to get back to our story. new developments in the trayvon martin case. we now have confirmation that special prosecutor angela corey is not using a grand jury in this case. martin savidge is joining us from sanford, florida. martin, we know there's no grand jury. what does this tell us about where this goes next? >> reporter: well, essentially what it tells us is that the special prosecutor in the case, angela corey, is now going to make the decision on her own, which is not out of character from what we have heard from many people who know her. she told cnn herself this, i believe it was last week when she said that in cases like this, she has never used a grand jury and now she is sticking true to form.

the question though, ewe zahsuz what does this due to the time table. many had looked at tomorrow as the start of a cliticking clock. now we have no idea where we stand in that count down. it's possible she could make a decision at any moment meaning today or it could still be days or who knows how far away. >> has there been any reaction there in the courthouse? >> reporter: actually we're in front of the sanford police department. this is where the dream defenders as they are called are protesting. they gathered together and shared the news. you can tell that the atmosphere behind us is a lot more relaxed than it was earlier today. they are blocking the front entrance. it appears they were trying to provoke the police department into making arrests. that has not happened. in fact, the police department has announced the police department is closed, there's nobody here, and they have blocked streets off. the sanford police department

appears to be going out of its way not to have any confrontation and the mood here much more relaxed. what do they make of the decision by the special prosecutor? no one really knows. is it good as far as those who would like to see an arrest or is it good for those who don't? we just don't know. >> martin, thanks. i want to bring in roland martin joining us from new york. you actually -- he spoke to the attorney of trayvon martin's family, and give us a sense of how they're responding to this. >> again, what the ben crump said is that the family is very cautious and are patient when it comes to this particular case here. they believe that he should be arrested, george zimmerman should be arrested. that there's probable cause to arrest him right now. and so they certainly, you know, once this news came down and talking to other attorneys though, they said they did not want this to go to a grand jury because you put it in a grand jury's hands and all of a sudden

if they come back with no indictment then you're left with what? and so to what we just heard from martin, one of the issues here is does this give the special prosecutor more time to actually review the evidence, do interviews, to make the proper call? if you go to a grand jury, then it could go either way. so according to ben crump, he says they believe there should be an arrest and that the family is very patient and hopeful that justice will be served. >> and what does the family want people to do? because there are a lot of folks out there protesting today, they have the campaign that's going forward, and are they encouraging them to continue this or to just simply wait? >> they absolutely believe that the public pressure is playing a critical role in this case. remember, trayvon martin shot and killed on february 26th. two, three weeks go by, nothing happens. all of a sudden folks like myself on social media, we begin to talk about it, begin to drive

the story. it hits national media, and all of a sudden the doj gets involved with their investigation. all of a sudden the seminole county da steps aside. rick scott appoints begin to look at this. review of the stand your ground law. the public pressure drove. . frederick douglass says agitate, agitate, agitate. that's what you're seeing here. what the family makes clear, they don't want to see vigilante justice. they want to see nonviolent protest. they wanted to see people exercising their first amendment rights and making sure that it is nonviolent and peaceful and the focus stays on justice, not on any side shows. >> and roland, we want to at least let our viewers know about ben jealous, you talked to him as well, the head of the naacp. his statement saying we hope this means mr. zimmerman will finally be charged, arrested, and brought to jury. there's always been sufficient

basis for probable cause. there has never been a need for a grand jury. there has simply been a need for an arrest. that's what the family is waiting for. >> it's all a matter of being patient and people are saying time clock, when does it all begin? the key is justice might take some time, but you want to get it right versus actually rushing something and then you get no justice in the end. >> all right. roland martin, thank you. here is a rundown of some of the stories we are covering over the next hour. first, three people gunned down in oklahoma. all of them african-american. was it a hate crime? and north korea flexing its muscles on the world stage with a rocket launch. and then there is still a lot of excitement, a lot of passion for the story of the titanic. ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste gluten free. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything.

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oklahoma, are being held each on $9 million bond. jake england and alvin watts are accused of gunning down three people, wounding two on friday evening. all the victims were african-american. local police and the fbi have been looking into whether or not this was a hate crime. a racial slur was posted on england's facebook page a day before the shootings. it mentioned the anniversary of his father's death and his girlfriend's recent suicide. the reverend warren blakely, sr. president of tulsa's naacp and thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. i understand before these two were arrested, there were a lot of people in your community who were nervous. what is the mood now? >> the mood is much better now. it's not -- somber, of course, but we are waiting to see what's going to happen to these gentlemen who were accused of this shooting, but we were at least in a more quiet kind of atmosphere. people can walk the streets now. they feel comfortable getting

back into their everyday routine. >> did it surprise you that there was so much anxiety and fear in the community that people could be targeted for their race? >> i think so. i think today you don't think about that happening nearly as much as you did in perhaps years gone by, and so it did catch us by surprise, to think someone would come into our own community and just indiscriminately shoot people because they were black folk. that bothered a lot of folk in our community. we have a lot of seniors who like to sit on the porches and this time with this kind of weather they like to be out and about. it made folks go inside and rethink what's going on in our community. it kind of frightened a lot of folks in our community. >> was there anybody who felt it wasn't -- that they were not being racially targeted, that maybe this was just somebody who was randomly shooting or were most people convinced in the community that it was racially motivated? >> most folks in this community in north tulsa especially are

convinced it was a racially motivated shooting. all the folks shot were african-american. we didn't know about the facebook postings but it was deep north tulsa. it was not just a thing where you could right to the edge of the tulsa area. it was deep north tulsa. i think the intent was to shoot as many black folks as they could. >> is there racial tensions in the community in taulsa? >> i think there are racial tensions in some degree, not nearly like it was in the 1921 race ray yotriots. >> there has been some tension but i don't think the kind that would make somebody go through a community and start shooting somebody. i don't think that kind of racial tension is highlighted at this day and time. >> did you know any of the victims? >> i knew one of the persons that was killed.

she used to come to my church, as a matter of fact. she enjoyed a cappella singing, so she would come and sit through our services until reaching time and she had another church home she went to. she would leave and go some place else during that time. she would come almost every sunday. >> what is being done now in terms of healing? does healing need to take place here? you talk about fear and being targeted. are whites and blacks in the community reaching out to each other and supporting each other during this time? >> i think so. i think so. i think yesterday there was a prayer vigil. during that prayer vigil, there were almost as many whites as there were blacks. i think it's a platform that we can stand on and build. i think the way the police handled the situation with the fbi and calling in folks to help and it was solved so quickly, i think there is a basis for building some trust with our

public officials and we're hopeful that will be the case. >> you're encouraged. that's good. pastor, thank you very much. we appreciate it. there's high anxiety over north korea. the world is worried that a planned rocket launch could be more than what the north koreans are claiming. we're going to get a look from inside the country. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪

following a developing story regarding trayvon martin case and whether or not george zimmerman will face charges in his killing. i want to bring in legal analyst sunny hostin. sunny, can you explain to us, first of all, the decision made by the special prosecutor not to seek a grand jury. whether or not that tells us

anything whether or not zimmerman will be charged. >> well, i certainly don't think, suzanne, we can read too much into this. i don't think that we should think, oh, because there's no grand jury, charges will definitely be brought or there will not be any charges brought. bottom line is that prosecutors often times make these hard charging decisions themselves and angela corey is a seasoned prosecutor and she sort of gave an indication of what her practice style is in saying early on in this investigation that she always made these types of charging decisions herself when it came to the justifiable use of force. and so i'm not surprised by the fact that there is no grand jury going to be used in this case, and as a former prosecutor, i often head those hard charging decisions myself. i think we also, suzanne, need to remember that the april 10th

date for the convening of a grand jury is a date that was set by the former state's attorney, and it's very clear to me having been a prosecutor that you don't wed yourself to a time line or to decisions made by other prosecutors when you have been appointed a special prosecutor to investigate and perhaps prosecute a case. so no surprise for me, and i don't think we can read anything into this. >> does it help or hurt either side, the fact that you're going to have one person making this decision as opposed to, say, 15-member grand jury? >> well, you know, some people are in the school of thought that when you have an independent body of perhaps 23 people, lay people, looking at a case from a lay perspective, that there is -- that the process is a more fair process. i don't necessarily think that's the case because you also hear those that say, well, you can

indict a ham sandwich. and there's something to be said for that because a grand jury when it's convened, it's a secret proceeding, and, by the way, only the prosecutor gets to talk to that grand jury and the prosecutor's witnesses, so it's a very uneven playing field in front of the grand jury. the fact that angela corey is taking this burden on her shoulders i think says a lot for angela corey. it says she's willing to make those tough decisions and live with them in an especially high-profile case like this. >> does this speed up the time table or slow it down in terms of whether or not we know whether or not zimmerman is going to be charged? >> again, we cannot read anything into this. she got this case march 22nd. for a case like this, stand your ground case, self-defense case, it's only been a couple weeks. i think everybody needs to take a step back and let the investigation take its time. >> all right.

sunny hostin, good to see you. north korea stirring up more anxiety today as the world nervously looks on. south korea is now claiming that the north is getting ready to conduct its third nuclear test. in addition to the nuclear fears, there are plans for a long-range rocket launch. now, north korea has already moved the rocket into position. but it insists it's just going to put a satellite into orbit. the rest of the world is worried it could be a weapons test in disguise. our stan graham got a rare tour of the top secret launchpad. here is what the man in charge of the site had to say. >> translator: if you look for yourselves with your own eyes, then you can judge whether it's a ballistic missile or whether it's a launch vehicle to put a satellite into orbit. to show that that's why we have invited you to this launch sight.

>> reporter: we certainly get the grand tour, today shown all around the site, the control center, even the actual satellite that will be launched into space on the rocket. one independent european analyst visiting the site says he sees nothing to be concerned about, but -- >> i don't know what they want to do in the future, but today what we see is a space launcher. >> reporter: to travel to the site is to get an all too rare glimpse through the window of what's been dubbed the hermit kingdom. we'll be getting on this train and traveling five hours until we get to the satellite launch site itself. from the carriage of our train, a barren landscape. people scattered working the harsh fields. a country where many people struggle even to eat. not an issue north korean officials were keen for me to pursue. is it more important than food? >> sorry, what is the question again? >> is space technology more important than feeding your

people? you don't want to answer that? >> we will have a chance before the interview. >> reporter: to a country obsessed with self-defense and presenting a strong face to the world, this, they argue, is money well-spent, and anyway as we are constantly reminded, this is a satellite launch, not a missile test. >> stan grant joins us from north korea, and, stan, i got to say it's an extraordinary effort the country is making there inviting foreign journalists to stay as long as you're staying. do we think this is part of an elaborate pr campaign? do you think you are really getting the story on the ground there? >> reporter: certainly a pr campaign, there's no doubt about that, suzanne. one, you have the satellite launch, and, two, you had the 100th year anniversary of the birth of the founding father of north korea, kim il-sung, but l but let's get to the satellite launch. a very contentious issue. the united states and its allies

think this is a covert operation developing a missile that could ultimately strike at cities in the united states itself. what did north korea do? they brought in the world's media and took to us a site that ordinarily is hidden from view. this is not called the hermit kingdom for nothing. such a secretive country. they took us to the satellite, a very small satellite that they say they are going to fire into orbit. of course, we've seen and heard these stories before. i put it to them, can you deny that this is a missile test? they said use your own eyes. we are not firing a missile. this is a satellite launch. the rest of the world, of course, yet to be fully convinced of that, suzanne. >> and, stan, you used your own eyes there. you saw it first hand. did you get a sense that you were seeing everything, the full picture, or were there signs or indications that perhaps there were certain areas they didn't want you to see? >> reporter: no, the area itself was very open. they took us right throughout. they took us right up to the

base of the rocket itself. they showed us the control center. they were going to great pains to say this is a satellite launch for scientific purposes. they say it is their revolve sin rig -- revolve sin right. a lot resting on that. envoys worked on a food deal in return for north korea not pursuing their missile program. they say they're not doing it. others saying they are, in fact. now we're hearing from south korean intelligence sources that north korea may be planning a nuclear test in the days to come. no response from north korea for that. take history as a guide, they carried out similar launches in 2006. they followed that with a nuclear test, the same story in 2009. >> that certainly is a big concern. we know people in north korea are starving. can you give us a sense, you asked those officials whether or not they realize that this could cost their country a great deal of aid.

>> reporter: exactly. i put that question directly to them. how can you pursue a satellite technology/missile technology/nuclear weapons when you have to go to the world and ask them to help you feed your own people? but for that answer we certainly didn't get it from the officials. they cut short the interview at that point, waved their hands, and walked out of the room. to really get a response to that, you need to look at the heart of the country, the soul of the country. the legitimacy of this government rests on its ability to repel any invaders, to show its own people they are powerful. they talk about the 100th year celebration of kim il-sung's birth and saying this is the year that will show the world they are powerful and prosperous. at the moment they're not able to feed their own people, they say their priority is putting satellites into space. >> do they talk at all about the concern of south korea and how south korea would respond? >> reporter: they haven't talked

about that. we have heard from south korea and japan that if any parts of this rocket were to enter their air space, present any risk, they would, in fact, shoot it down. north korea in the past has said they would consider that an act of war. following a developing story in the case of trayvon martin. we have with us ben crump. he's the attorney for the family live from tallahassee, florida. thank you so much for being with us. just want your reaction here to the announcement from the special prosecutor that she is not going to call a grand jury to make that decision whether or not to charge george zimmerman. >> well, suzanne, we were anticipating that there would be no grand jury because the family has always been hopeful that there would just simply be an arrest. we believed from day one they had enough evidence to arrest the killer of trayvon martin, and now as the evidence has

continued to unfold, we think there has been a plethora of evidence to simply affect probable cause to do an arrest. not for a conviction but for an arrest. and it's a situation that the family is trying to be patient and they're trying to have faith in the system, and they want an arrest. this was their son. it's now 42 days. they want be a arrest. just simple justice. they're not asking for anything that anybody else would want if this was their child. >> do they feel confident that this special prosecutor, this state's attorney, will bring an arrest forward and will bring charges forward? >> well, as i talked to sabrina, trayvon's mother, she said she's prayerful. she has tremendously faith and she's having faith in god to

test her heart of the prosecutor to go ahead and act within her discretion to just arrest him, and we hope today was a step towards that direction. so they are trying to have faith, as i said, suzanne, and they are trying to believe in the system, and it's very difficult because so much time has passed now without an arrest. and so as they go through this day, they was praying that the announcement of no grand jury would also be followed by an announcement of an arrest. >> so far that hasn't happened. do you know in speaking with trayvon's parents what they want people to do? there's been a lot of people who have gathered, protests, and marched and that type of thing. are they instructing people to do anything as they wait and this tries their patience? >> well, they are asking that

people continue to pray, as many people across the country and across the world have done, and they are asking for people to try to be patient. let's try to have faith in the system because we do believe when an arrest is made because we expect an arrest to be made, that it will show that there's equal justice everywhere in america, and so they're asking that everybody try to be patient and have faith, and we hope today is a positive sign. we're trying to look at it positively as much as they can. >> and, ben, as an attorney and knowing angela corey's record, do you have faith, do you have confidence that an arrest and charges are imminent. >> we're praying an arrest is

imminent. miss corey has a track record for being a very good prosecutor. we hope that after the arrest is made that it is a very public trial so the everybody can see that all the evidence is presented and it's presented in a proper way and that at the conclusion of the trial everybody can have more faith in the system because it was a trial that we all got to see firsthand because before we absolutely believe that had the groups and the crowds and the public and the media not got involved, trayvon martin's death would have been simply swept under the rug, and so the family is encouraged that so many people are watching, and we want them to continue to watch all the way to the trial because we want to make sure that everybody gets their day in court, that everybody gets their day with a

judge and a jury. that then trayvon's parents as well as george zimmerman -- >> all right. ben crump, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. i do want folks to know that we asked for george zimmerman's attorneys to join us live on cnn as well. they declined for a camera interview at this time, but they did give us a written response from hall uhrig. he says regarding this decision, snit surprised. don't know what her decision will be. courageous move on her part. that is coming from zimmerman's attorney. moving on, 100 years later the allure of the titanic strong as ever. we'll take a look at a cruise ship following the same course as that historic voyage. [ mujahid ] there was a little bit of trepidation,

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government forces show no sign of letting up on protest. later autism and obesity. how a woman's weight might affect the way her child's brain develops in the womb. titanic seems as popular as ever. we are now talking about a memorial cruise with more than 1,000 passengers. setting sail from england to retrace the doomed voyage. so 100 years later cruise ships still can't live up to the impossible promise of the titanic, that they're unsink abe unsinkable. we saw that with the costa concord concordia. chad myers joins me. you have been on 20 cruises? >> at least. >> you must love that. >> some platinum member of something i'm sure. i think it's a very safe way to travel. >> tell me about it. >> the teen family comes with you. there's a kids club if my son

wants to go. he's 7 and he loves to do that. it's a closed system. you can get off and get on at different places. we want to cozumel last time, we did zip lines, went to grand cayman, he loves the stingray city. but the risk of "costa concordia" is there. the risk of cruising is not zero. >> why now 100 years after the titanic why are we seeing pictures like this? is this human error or can something be done with these ships? >> certainly this was human error but the boats are not filled with sigh row foatyrofoa. this is not a boston whaler you can cut in half and it will still float. this is a piece of metal floating in the ocean and it's top heavy too. it's much higher above the water than below the water. this is almost like it wants to tip over. no, it doesn't because there's a lot of ballast in the bottom, but there are things you can do

if you're kind of a little cruiser that just doesn't want maybe the first time cruiser -- >> what can you do? >> my parents hate to fly but it's the same kind of thing. here is what you want to do. if you're on an airplane you want to know where the exits are. that's kind of what you want to do on a cruise ship, too. a cruise ship obviously that one, the costa"costa concordia" the rock. the biggest fear is going to be fire. if you want to know how it get out of your state room, where do you go? do you turn left or do you turn right? the first thing you want to know is understand your deck plan. what is the closest stairwell? is it left or is it right? you have to go to the muster station. that's a law. muster is when you get your life jacket on and you walk up to the deck or to a hall, the promenade, wherever you might be. that's for you to get a feel for where you need to go in an emergency. you really do have to do that. i know people joke about it and they bring alcohol and you're not supposed to, make a big party out of it, but it's

important to know where to go. that's one of the things you need to know. and know where the outside is. know where the closest place to outside. i typically don't cruise in a balcony cabin. i cruise on an inside cabin because i'm a cheap stake. >> is it safer? >> probably not as safe. but the risk of that "costa concordia" flipping over is not high. >> i tend to avoid the cruises altogether. i had one cruise and i had a bad experience. every got sick, it rained. it was a disaster. >> the risk of getting a bug, a stomach bug on a cruise ship is much higher than getting killed because it's going to sink. trust me. >> right. i'm fascinated by the titanic. i'm one ever those people. >> and they are going to cruise right through where the icebergs were. they're going to travel the exact same path. they're going to have the exact same meals. they are going to be listening to the exact same music and many people are taking period costumes to go on the cruise. >> they'll be dressing up in

that time period. >> yeah. >> fascinating. >> it's a little macabre. >> i'd like to talk to one of those folks, too, when they get off the ship. see what their experience was like. >> i'm sure. they're coming. i hope they make it. >> thanks, chad. >> sure. well, hopes for peace appear to be going up in smoke in syria as the proposed cease fire starts to fizzle out. we're going to get a live report on a conflict the u.n. says has already cost more than 9,000 people their lives. so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted?

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it's almost deadline day in syria. the government has agreed to pull its forces from cities across the country by tomorrow. but there is growing doubt that that's actually going to happen. our ivan watson reports from neighboring turkey. >> reporter: it would take a major miracle to have any cessation of violence on tuesday after the bloodbath we've seen in syria over the last four to five days.

syrian opposition sources claiming more than 75 people have been killed on monday alone. syrian state media reporting funerals for 25 soldiers and security forces on monday. and two deadly shooting incidents on two separate borders with violence spilling outside of syria. a lebanese cameraman killed when somebody opened fire on his jeep as he was traveling near the syrian border in lebanon. and on the turk yiriish border deadly gun battle erupting between rebels and government forces snowballed and spilled over the border as some of the wounded fled through a minefield to a border fence and to the nearby refugee camp in a turkish area. shots were fired by syrian security forces into that refugee camp. a turkish police officer was

wounded as was a turkish government translator, and more than 20 wounded syrians tried to come through the border. they were rushed to a nearby hospital. the turkish government lodged a formal complaint with the syrian embassy here in ankara. already relations between syria and turkey very strained, and this risks and threatens further escalation of tensions between these two neighbors as the syrian crisis just gets worse. ivan watson, cnn, istanbul. it's got everything a blockbuster needs except for good timing. how a star studded new comedy might actually not do so well at the box office because of the trayvon martin story. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian, and she suggests that i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it every day and i love the great taste. [ female announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals,

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marketing campaign especially the scene that was released of jonah hill pretending to shoot people out of the car window. you see the problem right there. this trailer has been pulled from theaters. you can still find it online though and 20th century fox, the studio behind the film, said this video was part of an early marketing film. they did release a statement to cnn, i want to read to you what they told us. we are very sensitive to the trayvon martin case, but our film is a broad alien invasion comedy and bears absolutely no relation to the tragic events in florida. these initial marketing materials were released before this incident ever came to light. above all else our thoughts go out to the families touched by this terrible event. i am sure the studio never imagined their film about aliens would ever get caught up in a controversial current events story like this. >> it's a good idea to put out a statement like that. let's talk a little bit about the report on tmz.com that tmz. whitney houston's daughter

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>> without him, "60 minutes" might not have existed. that's what the producer is saying about mike wallace. he died at the auj ofge of 93. a look back at his long and distinguished career. >> i'm mike wallace. >> reporter: he was nen for his hard-hitting journalistic style and hard-hitting questions. >> how many people are on your campaign staff? >> i couldn't tell you. >> reporter: mike wallace already had a colorful career. he was born byron leon wallace in brookline, massachusetts, in 1918. after graduating from the university of michigan, he started his career in radio. his work as a radio host landed him spots in tv. as an actor in a police drama, as a program host, and even in

commercials. >> get golden. that's some apple pie. are you the least bit afraid of what might happen -- >> but his is love for news made him drop that type of work in 1963 when cbs news hired him as a correspondent. >> i'm wagging my finger at the president of the china. >> reporter: his faisty, brazen style made him a good fit for the network's new magazine show "60 minutes" which debuted in 1968. wallace didn't cower to american or world leaders. he said this to i tothe iyatoll during the iran contra affair. >> a religiously devout man, a muslim said what you are doing now is, quote, a disgrace to islam and he calls you, imam, forgive me, his words, not mine, a lunatic.

>> reporter: media critics say wallace's attack dog style was relentless. >> sometimes he's gone too far. he used hidden camera investigations. he really taught generations of younger journalists about how to go get that story. >> reporter: in 2006, he took on a smaller role on "60 minutes" and by 2008 had triple bypass surgery and retired from public life. >> if you had made your living in the early days of black and white television, as i said, you thought sometimes it was a little like the early days of flying. >> reporter: but his relationship with sbts viewers spanned decades. and he'll have an ever lasting impact on the field of journalism. mike wallace was 93. >> love him. cnn "news room" continues right now with ashleigh been afield. hey, ashleigh.

>> i'm in for brooke baldwin today. everything making news this hour. "rapid fire" let's go. here's where we start the big headline, the investigation into the shooting death of trayvon martin. the special prosecutor will not be using a grand jury. the state attorney general said her investigation is continuing but it will be solely up to her whether she'll file charges or drop this case altogether. neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman said he shot the teenager in self-defense. in the meantime, protesters are converging on sanford, florida, again today. students calling themselves the dream defenders are rallying at the sanford police station calling for the immediate arrest of george zimmerman in this case. also making fuse, the two men suspected in a string of weekend shootings in tulsa, oklahoma, are being held on more than $9

million bond each. three african-american men were killed. the suspects jake england, 19 years old and alvin watts, both white men, are now charged with three counts of murder. and charged with shooting with intent to kill. investigators aren't saying whether they consider this a hate crime yet, but if they decide that it is, the d.a. explains why it would be so important to prosecute. >> because if the motivation is racial in this case, then that needs to be vetted in a court of law just like any others. it's the law of the state of oklahoma. and if the facts and the evidence support that, then we're going to go forward with it. >> a massive blaze at an abandoned factory in philadelphia spreads to six other beldings and killing two firefighters. the firemen died early today when a wall collapsed on them, trapping them inside a burning furniture store next door. three other firefighters were also hurt trying to fight this blaze. also in the news, north korea is about to launch a long-range

rocket. the north says that the rocket will launch a satellite into space, but washington is very worried that it could be another step towards perfecting a nuclear weapon that could reach the u.s. mainland. also compensation checks from the pentagon could start arriving today in virginia beach, virginia, where a fighter plane crashed into apartments s friday. the navy says it will make initial payments of $2,300 her person to cover housing, clothing and food and immediate needs as well. and do you remember that exteacher who's been in the news for moving in with one of his students? you can see the couple here. they were on "good morning america" together. now james hooker has been arrested for sexual abuse of a different student back in 1998. his durcurrent girlfriend says thataire relationship is over. her mother fought hard to end that relationship.

>> are they still together at this point? >> no. >> did that break up today when he got arrested? >> that did break up stud when he got arrested. >> hooker is asking the court to reduce his $50,000 bail in aer haing and that matter is scheduled for tomorrow. sony reportedly planning to cut $10,000 jobs, roughly 6% of its global work force. japan's nikkei newspaper said most of the money is going to come from the news business. nay ear trying to turn the company around after four straight years of losses. and alleged soccer mom madam is trying to get out of jail. her lawyer asking the judge to reduce her bail. that's suburban mother of fuhr, accused of running an escort service in new york. she's jailed in solitary conf e confinement on good old rieker's

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two men suspected in a weekend shooting spree in tulsa, oklahoma, are being held on more than $9 million bond each. those suspects both white men charged with three counts of murder and shooting with intent to kill. the victims, three african-american men, those are the ones who died. jason carroll takes a look more

at the investigation including possible hate crime prosecutions. >> they were not physically in is the courtroom. they tai peered via video conference in jail. they are both being held on more that are $9 million bail each. they are charged with first degree murder as well as shooting with the intent to kill. the question among many here in the african-american community here in tell is a is whether or not they will be charged with the a hate crime. police at this point will be looking ve ining closely as eng facebook page as part of evidence while they're making their case. england never got over the death of his father, shot by an african-american man. england used a racial slur on his facebook page and said get ready to have more funerals. so these are some of the things that police will be looking for as they put together their case and try to determine whether or not these suspects will be charged with agate crime. in the eyes of one local city councilman, it is very clear to

him. you have white males in a predominant predominantly black community shoot at five black people. and with the other evidence of the online stuff, some of the things that were said leads me to believe that was totally a hate crime. >> ultimately it will be up to the district attorney to determine whether or not hate crime charges are indeed filed against the suspects. the next court appearance is set for april 16. at that point, they will be totally charged and they will enter the plea. >> thank you. a grand jury is not going to consider the shooting death of trayvon martin at this point. that case is not over yet, but

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>> we have just learned there's no grand jury being planned at this point to determine whether there will be charges in the trayvon martin shooting investigation. that means special prosecutor angela corey is going to be the one who will either file charges or drop this case altogether. it's been almost six week since that florida teenager was shot and killed by george zimmerman. emotions in this case have run very high on both sides. she's asked for patience as she works to unravel the detail, those facts from the night that martin was shot.

i'm joined by the former florida state attorney as well and has a wonderful pedigree in terms of law. not only a state attorney but also a professor. i'm really glad to be able to talk to you again about this, phyllis, buz there seems to be a lot of confusion about what this means. some people were outraged when they heard this. in fact, they shouldn't be. it could still end up as a murder case. >> it certainly could. it could end up as a first degree murder case. it could end up as a second degree murder case, a manslaughter case and many other charges could be considered. so there's no reason for people to overreact with the reaction of the special prosecutor in this case. in fact, it could just mean she needs more time to look at the facts before she makes a recommendation or has this case looked at by the grand jury. >> essentially what many of us are trying to suggest in explaining this, it's one down, two options to go. that is she could charge or not

charge. she's just not handing it off. you and i spoke hours and hours ago on a very, very early morning show, early start on cnn. and you and myself and another guest as well we thought it would be likely this state attorney general would send it to the grand jury because that would be a politically easier thing to do. are you surprised she has decided not to? >> it's certainly brave. surprised i guess would be part of that as well to do that. she's certainly accepting her responsibility and the challenge she's been given by the governor to make a decision in this case and to have it investigated. i think this certainly indicates she's not afraid of that charge and she's taking it very sere lusly. >> so now, what are her options? i will state right off the bat, we know very little here.

the state's attorney office, but based on what we know, and that is that very slim margin, what are her options at this point? >> well, she has three options. she can certainly not charge the case at all and decide no charges should be brought against gentlemen of the jury zimmerman. >> i'm talking about what kind of charges could zirmman be looking at here? >> second degree murder, i think that's certainly an option. you're looking at a disregard for the safety of others. manslaughter would be a charge one would look at very, very seriously. with a manslaughter charge, you're not looking at aen intent to cool kill, but an act to do something inexcusable or even justifiable. i think the faintest facts would suggest there would be enough evidence for that kind of charge. then culpable negligence charges

without any consideration for the death or gun charges in terms of how it was used. >> so what's interesting in that option of manslaughter, which is far less serious than the murder one and murder two, that's essentially in florida an accidental culpable mention issue. and given what george zimmerman has said to the police, that doesn't seem to really wash, except for the fact that we don't know what the circumstances were when we spoke to the police. we don't know if he invoked his right to an attorney. if he gave a statement to a police, those are all really important factors here, aren't they? >> oh, they absolutely are, ashleigh. we don't know his state of mind when he continued act wheng he was told not to do something.

if you weren't justified in doing those acts, you can see why this would be a manslaughter case. it certainly was his intent even after he was told to stop to keep going. or his intent even after being told you're not needed to do something. so without any evidence, if there's been any overt act, you can see how a case of manslaughter could certainly be made. and certainly one for second degree murder, any sort of increased indifference for the safety of another person. >> i have five seconds left. do you think, especially because of the politics in this case that there will be some kind of a charge in this case? >> it's just hard to say. i really couldn't say. >> i think you and i are going to be talking again many times. >> look forward to it. >> north korea, planning a new nuclear test. and that's according to a report

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>> north korea is about to make another promise made to washington. it's preparing to launch this long-range rocket perhaps as early as this week. and now reports have surfaced that the north is also making plans for an underground fluke leer test. you put those two together, rocket, nuke and that is troubling to say the very least. we're going to start our coverage from stan grant in north korea. >> reporter: this is what north korea has been keeping hidden from the world. not anymore. a long-range rocket that much of the world suspects will launch the next phase of the reclusive country's missile program.

north korea insists there's nothing to fear. not a missile test, but, in fact, a satellite launch for scientific research. to prove it, they've taken an unprecedented step, opening up the launch site to the eyes of the international media. for pyongyang, this also represents a propaganda coup in the year they celebrate the 100th anniversary of their founding leader. the united states and the allies see it very differently. the country still technically at war, taking it yet another step closer to perfecting a missile that experts say could reach american shores. >> i am very disturbed. >> he can deny that it's a missile -- >> translator: if you look for

yourselves with your own eyes, then you can judge whether it is a ballistic missile or whether it's a launch vehicle to put a satellite up in space. to show that that's why we've invited you to the launch site. >> reporter: se learnly get the grand tour. the control center, even the actual satellite that will be launched into space on the rocket. one analyst says he sees nothing to be concerned about, but -- >> i don't know what they want us to do in future, but today what we see is a space launcher. >> reporter: to travel the town is to get a rare glimpse at what's been dubbed the hermit kingdom. >> we've been traveling for five hours until we get to the satellite launch site itself. ff frat carriage of our train, a baron landscape.

a country where many people struggle even to eat. an issue north korean officials were keen for me to pursue. is it more important than food? this technology is it more important than feeding yo you are people? you don't answer that? a country that presents a strong face to the world, this, may argue, is money well spent. and anyway, as we are constantly pro-reminded, this is a satellite launch, not a missile test. stan grant with unprecedented reporting for north korea. over the years, the north has developed missiles of increasingly greater range. and the current generation could strike hawaii and alaska. but not the u.s. mainland.

so what what about the latest version? i'm not going to suggest we know yet because they haven't tested this rocket yet. i think it's premature to call it a missile yet, but what do we know about it? what intelligence does the pentagon have? >> it was incredible to see stan's pictures so close up because north koreaens have never let western journalists or pretty much anybody that close to one of their military sites. when you look at those pictures what you basically is what looks to be a multistage, multipart rocket. but the problem here is it's the same technology as north korean missiles essentially. and that's what has the pentagon concerned. right now, no, they don't have a nisle that could hit the united states mainland or alaska even. but what if they get better at it? what if they improve their engineering, reliability,

testing. how many years before they do solve some of the tbl problems they have and it's this kind of test they're getting ready for that has the u.s. and the west so concerned. at the white house, the spokesman jay carney said if they go ahead with this test, the u.s. cannot provide food aid to north korea because they'll be in violation of u.n. resolutions. so once again, it's the north korean people that are probably going to suffer no matter what happens here. >> just to be very clear to our viewer, we have this rocket set for launch. the north koreas say they want to send a satellite up, which is fair. but at the same time, we're getting this word from south korea of intel swrens suggesting there are some underground nuclear tests and there's precedent for this. back in '06 and '09, they did nuclear testing right before they tested their rockets and their missiles. is that why there's such grave concern here? >> well, i think it's always

coming together and as always with north korea, even though they're letting you see some stuff, they're not letting you see everything. there are intelligence reports now, our own paula newton first to report this, that they might be digging a tunnel that would be the preparation for an underground nuclear test. when you put both pieces together, the possibility of an underground nuclear test, the third one they've tried, this satellite launch, which essentially uses missile technology, long-range missile technology, that's why it's raising so much concern. what improves have they made? what kind of reliability? where will this thing go and what will it mean in asia? countries, japan, south korea, the fill leans, increasingly concerned about what might be headed their way as soon as next weekend. ashleigh? >> and just in the rhetoric that's been coming out of north korea, the year 20 12k, the

north koreaens have called it the year of strength and prosperity, the birth of the founder of that country. so when i saw in stan's report that along for the ride to witness this rocket on the launch pad was a european analyst who suggested it looked very much like something that was headed for space and that nothing looked suspicious about it. does anyone know anything about him? did that give credence to the north koreans' story that this is strictly for satellite purposes? >> i'm going to be very candid and open here. i do not know the gentleman. i don't know his track record. a lot of people looking at the video, and especially the picture of that satellite say okay, here's the problem. okay, even if we take the north koreans at their word, this is nothing more than a satellite launch, what's the big problem? it's scientific research. they're entitled to that. nothing illegal about all of that. the question becomes are they

using that long-range missile technology, is this the equivalent of a long-range missile test, which would be prohibited to them under u.n. security council resolutions and would trigger a halt to things like food assistance. rhetoric aside, north korea remains the hermit kingdom and it's a safe bet they're letting you see exactly what they want you to see. >> and i can only imagine you were watching glued to your set. >> fascinating. fascinating. you don't get to see it. yeah. we just don't get to see them show us this stuff. >> and the official taking him on the tour answering questions as they walked, hats off to stan. he did a great job. i know there's a lot more you'll probably be hearing in the days to come. thanks, barbara. good to see you. coming up, bill cosby says that there is something getting lost in the telling of trayvon martin's death.

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the trayvon martin investigation, the tulsa shootings and the 34urds of jennifer hudson's families members. we all want to know why these crimes happen. but until motive is crystal clear in each and every one of these killings, we know one thing for sure, guns were involved in each of the killedings. you'll remember his son was shot

and killed back in 1997. and this weekend, bill kozly talked about the trayvon martin case publicly for the very first time. he told the washington times, we've got to get the gun out of the mands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch. he went on to say, without a gun, i don't see mr. zimmerman approaching trayvon martin by himself. the power of the gunmenalty had him unafraid to confront someone. even police called for backup in similar situations. when you carry a gun, you mean to harm someone, kill somebody. chicago, especially, has been a hot bed of gun violence. just look at the stats. it's unbelievable. so far this year, through the end of march, there have been 480 shootings in chicago. 480 shootings. it compares to 356 over the same period last year. just let that digest for a

moment. so why do people turn to guns? when does shooting become an option? dr. walsh irk i have a lot to ask you about this one. when people feel they can't defend themselves against violence, they're very upset about it. tell me ability the psychology of this kind of violence and the constant reporting of it. a i think it's hard to assume that this violence is all out there and it's unquestionable and it's in imminent danger. because the truth is what we mare in the media, we take the most extreme examples of violence and they become news because they're very newsworthy. there's a population of people that ingest the media message that violence must be around every corner.

they're the most paranoid and most fear based and most likely to purchase a gun. >> i'm a member of the n.r.a. eni got a perfect store on my shooting test, my safety test, but at the same time, i'm always curious about the comparison between power and safety. a lot of people arm themselves because they feel powerless against violence. and a lot of other people arm themselves because they want power. how do we get into that cycle. >> i happen to you that you like me are canadian and you grew up in a country where far more people own guns in canada than they do in america, yet gun shooting deaths are down because the difference is in the psychology of a canadian, both in the laws about gun storage, for instance, that help prevent impullive gun use. the gun has to be locked up. the ammunition has to be locked up somewhere else. so this moment of passion comes, there are a lot of things you have to do to get that gun going.

people who feel weak and fearful take the gun as a way to massage their fear. but for more people, especially women, there's more of a chance the gun will be used on them. it's a fall feeling of power against a perpetrator that may not exist because it's been inflated by the media messages about how much violence is actually out there. >> listen fellow canuck, i'm one of those proud canadian americans. i'm an american citizen now. and i'm fascinated here and by our own homeland, too. i grew up with a gun rack at the backdoor. but tame, there was a really healthy respect i seem to remember as a kid that my family instilled in me. i can't speak for the rest of the 35 million or so canadian, but what is it about canadians that they have more guns per capita. is it their long arms so it's hard to conceal those at the

7-eleven or is it more a part of the culture to have them but not use them in that respect? >> they're using them for hunting predominantly and not for personal protection. that's the big difference. the crime rate is generally lower in canada than here. and we don't have so much media sensationalism about the violence that does exist. you don't have this culture -- this fear-based culture where you're afraid of your neighbor. and in canada, you need your neighbor to help you shovel the driveway for half the year. there's a little more sense of community. >> you know, dr. walsh, it's always good to talk to you. i never see you enough. and happy canada to you. always a fascinating debate, and it will go on. a woman arrested and charged with harassing and stalking actor alec baldwin. and now we learned that she once worked as a publicist on one of his movies a decade ago.

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what are the top two books most often challenged and band from american libraries? number two is "the color of earth." and number one, a series by lauren miracle. "ttyn, ttyf and later gator." there's your list. alec baldwin says he was stalked by a woman from canada and it was so bad that the woman was arrested and charged with not only stalking but also with aggravated harassment. entertainment reporter joins us

live from the los angeles studios. were they keeping it under wraps for a while? >> you never know in cases like this. this is not the type of publicity that stars want, right? and baldwin is likely breathing a little ease sirrer now that a woman accused of stalking him was arrested by police. she's in jail right now awaiting arraignment on aggravated harm and stalking charges. she reportedly was arrested after showing up at baldwin's downtown residence while he was in the hamptons. this is really nothing new, ashleigh. we could run down the list. this is a big concern for so many celebrities. some incidents are more harmless than others. we'll vl to see what develops in this case with baldwin, but it's really something you have to take seriously, especially in an incident like this that involves

someone's private property, their home. baldwin just got engage to a 27-year-old yoga instructor named haleria thomas. >> what do we know about the stalker? she did pr for him? >> she apparently has been quite close to the actor in the past. she's a canadian woman. she's had a handful of small movie roles, the latest in 2007. this is according to the movie website imdb.com. however, her online linked in profile says she's a film producer in montreal. she wasn't worked as a public cyst on "the adventures of pluto nash" where baldwin had a cameo role. it's not clear if they met at anytime during the production of that comedy. we'll have to see if that's what

prompted this alleged stalking. >> so i always wait to see what alec baldwin had to say about things. he's never short on words. is he saying anything about this? this is serious. >> we've been checking his twitter account. while his publicist says as you know, stalking is a serious issue. we turned this matter over to the new york police department, when we last checked he's made no comment or no mention of this case. but not surprising, these stars want to keep this hush. this is not something they want out at the forefront but again it's a serious story so we have to see what develops on this end, ashleigh. >> we don't know whether he's got additional security to watch out for him or watch his back? >> i wouldn't be surprised if he has. i would not be surprised at all. >> wish him the best, as especially as he goes into this lovely phase of engagement. it's a bummer you have to watch your back like that. thanks, nice to see you.

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actress jennifer hudson is about to play a role in a high profile murder trial. this man is accused of killing her mother, brother and nephew.

he's the estranged ex-husband of her sister. more now from ted rollins. >> reporter: in 2008, singer/actor jennifer hudson was told her moth and brother were pu murdered and her nephew was missing. a frantic search was under way for julian and for the gunman. >> neighbors do report hearing gunshots about 8:00, 9:00 this morning. >> three days later, the little boy's body was found inside this suv. he died of a gunshot wound and a police investigation led to the arrest of 27-year-old william balfour. the family knew him quite well. he grew up in their neighborhood on the south side of chicago and ended up marrying jennifer hudson's older sister, julia. known as flexthe streets, he had a long criminal history and

the family didn't want julia to marry balfour. there are no eyewitnesses and no fingerprints linking him to the murder scene, which has hudson's neighbor michael jones concerned that balfour could walk. >> and a murder especially in the black community is so easy to beat. >> reporter: 3 1/2 years later, the hudson home is boarded up. jennifer hudson has said little publicly about the murders but she recently spoke to piers morgan about her mother. >> my mother was a very wise and strong person and i feel like she raised us well and prepared me well. that's what i live by. >> reporter: opening statements are scheduled to begin april 23. jennifer hudson who is on the witness list is expected to attend. >> teds rolands joins me live now from chicago.

first, the critical question. when the defendant's lawyers say they don't have any forensics linking him to this crime, do we know what prosecutors do have him on going into this trial? >> well, they have some compelling evidence, ashleigh, they do have gunpowder residue on the steering wheel of a car of balfour and they do have someone placing him in the area sort of in the times -- they don't have an eyewitness, but then they also have threats, direct threats from william balfour to jennifer hudson's sister julia saying im. >> going to kill your family. so there is a lot to the story which is compelling. however, it isn't a slam dunk. normally when you have three dead bodies you're going to find a lot of forensic evidence linking it to your suspect. that isn't the case. so there is a hurdle here for prosecutors to get other. >> and we have three years of coverage not just on william

balfour, but also jennifer hudson. this only happened a year after she won an oscar. what is the concern about this jury pool and about trying to pick a jury that can offer up an unbiased approach to this case? >> well, the defense is concerned. the prosecution wants her to be in court every day sitting in front of the jury stand. the defense is concerned because they're accurately worried that jurors will have a tough time being unbiassed. when you have a victim's family member in the courtroom, no matter who that person is, there's sympathy. it's natural. there's going fob empathy for those family members. when it's a celebrity, you can multiply that. and that's the concern the defense has. the judge will warn jurors, but it's something you really can't get over. >> that is tough to find fair and impartial. not to suggest they won't find people who don't know. it's that fair impartiality.

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stride. another author, stephen king, heard of him? calls james mcmurtry, the fiercest song write over his generation. we hope you enjoy music monday today. here's james mcmurtry. ♪ >> your songs are not classically pretty. they're very gritty. ♪ i can't go back to tennessee that nascar country ♪ ♪ is not for me >> i read growing up your dad listened to a lot of dylan. >> i didn't carry for dylan. i thought he sang funny. i was a johnny cash fan. tied in the wool. ♪

i don't mind if people are just a little bit uncomfortable at times. ♪ >> you can't punish them too long or too hard, but just alile sti -- a little sting every now and then is good. >> 2004, right? >> yeah, i put that out right before the 2004 elections as a down load. ♪ the big old building fed our kids and paid our bills ♪ ♪ but they turned us out when they closed the door ♪ ♪ we can't make it here anymore ♪ >> i think it just came along at

the right time. a lot of people heard themselves in it. ♪ >> a lot of people have a tough time expressing anger. that doesn't seem to be an issue for you. >> i don't know. you got to get it out of you, for sure. it will eat you up if you don't. ♪ >> is your dad a fan? >> he seems to be. as far as i know. he doesn't write verse and i don't write prose. we stay away from each other's realms as best we can.

♪ holding back the flood just don't do no good ♪ ♪ you can't unclench your teeth ♪ ♪ so you curl your lips around ♪ the taste of tear ps and a hollow sound ♪ ♪ that no one owns but you no one owns but you ♪ >> thank you. >> nicely done. to check out brooke baldwin's other "music mondays" go to her blog. >> it's officially the troop of the hour. i'm