good evening, everyone. it's 10:00 here on the east coast and we begin with the breaking news, the passing of man who once confessed in dealing with light things that didn't really count. in fact as you'll see, quick clark who died today of a heart attack at age 82, was so modest, not only did they count, they counted a lot and they changed the world. he recognized the power of youth long before the youth movement excited. he integrated a corner of the media watched by the entire nation while a third of that nation was still segregated. he turned a beat that kids could dance to into the motivating force of a business empire and made singers into stars. the legendary aretha franklin and little richard join us in a few minutes to talk about dick clark, but here's a look back at his career by koreen wynter. >> reporter: he was known as the world's oldest teenager. dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as "american bandstand" in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international

sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. ♪ ♪ come on baby, let's do the twist ♪ >> reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and gladys night and the pips. an appearance on "american bandstand" launched many a musical career, and from jerry lee lewis to janet jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. >> if you look at the history of "american bandstand" it covers everything. when we started in 1952, it was very como and eddie fisher and the four aces and so forth, through the rock 'n' roll period, country music, rhythm and blues, rap music, heavy metal, it is everything. >> reporter: but music wasn't his only beat, clark proved a prolific businessman and television icon.

hosting the game show "the $25,000 pyramid" tv's bloopers and practical jokes, and, of course, the annual new year's rockin' eve broadcast, he turned his dick clark productions into a multimillion dollar media empire. >> will be some other surprises along the way. >> reporter: clark created the american music awards in 1987 as a rival to the grammys. clark also had a hand in the global fundraising, live aid and in the grassroots farm aid. he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1993. >> it has a nice beat. see, you said the magic word. >> reporter: from the early days of rock to the early present, dick clark had a way of bringing us the tunes that had a good beat. were easy to dance to and memories of saturday afternoon sock hops. >> extraordinary career and extraordinary life.

our next guest needs no introduction, royalty rarely does, arrest aretha franklin. you were a part of "american bandstand" what did he mean to you personally? >> he was such a nice man. good evening, everyone, i'm sorry. such a nice and very easy man to work with, a very warm and classy and just an ageless person. and if you didn't go on "american bandstand" you just hadn't made it yet. you had to go on the bandstand. >> he was that important in american music? >> absolutely, if you didn't go on there, you hadn't made it. >> the fact that his appeal spanned generations from game shows and music shows, new year's eve, and so much more. it's a tough business, what made him such a success? >> i think that she was just so industry savvy and he was such a warm and personable kind of person. very, very well liked by everyone, the artists, industry people, everyone, even the parents loved watching the bandstand.

as a teenager i loved it. i started with him when the band stand was in philadelphia and that was long before he moved out to los angeles. but i started with him there and just so likable. it's very sad to hear that. >> were you nervous the first time you were on the show? >> you know it. you know it. but i made it. i made it and i went back a number of times after that. he made you very comfortable. >> he introduced so many musical acts to the american public including many african-american performers at a time when they were not being given equal treatment on the national stage. >> yeah, that is true. he as well as mike douglas, out of cleveland, who i saw when tiger woods first came on the scene, i ran into mike douglas

and it was so great seeing him after all of those years. yeah, they both were really, really fabulous. >> he also had integrated audiences, he had african-americans dancing with white couples as well, which again you just didn't see on tv at the time. >> no, you didn't and he very easily did it. he crossed that with no sweat. >> did you know at the time when you first started going on the show what a good businessman he was? a lot of people are tv hosts, but he produced, he owned content. he was very savvy. >> i had no idea, but as time went along, you began to see different things emerge, like the pyramid and his business enterprises, he had a beautiful office out in los angeles. i saw that. of course that was one of the highlights to see.

and no one knew -- who knew, you know, that he was that savvy. >> ms. franklin, stay with us. also joining us on the phone from "american bandstand," the man who made rock 'n' roll scream, little richard joins us right now. little richard, thanks for being here. what did dick clark mean to you? >> oh, he was a real, real personal friend of mine. we had an office at 9000 sunset and he had the dick clark's productions right across the street from us. and i knew dick way back there when he first started with "american bandstand" in philadelphia. before chubby checkers and all. i knew him way back. >> did -- did -- his move to int integrate his show, his move to give voice to african-american artists when they weren't getting on television in the same way, do you think that was a risky move at the time? was it a surprising move to some? >> dick has always been a beautiful person. he loved everybody. he was an all around person and

he and his wife, they were good people and they loved everybody. if you had it, you had it, if you didn't, he still gave you a chance. >> were you nervous the first time you were on his show? >> i always be nervous. i get nervous before i get to the piano, my hand goes to shaking. i always get nervous. >> ms. franklin, you know, dick clark seemed to make everything seem easy. he had the ability to make it seem like he was just talking to you and talking to the viewers as well, but it's not that easy. i mean, he was really -- he had a very specific skill. >> yes, he just had it like that. very easy manner. sav w he was a master at it. >> i also want to bring in dr. sanjay gupta. he's with us tonight. the statement from his spokesman says that he suffered a major heart attack while in the hospital for an outpatient procedure.

i want to play a clip of him discussing his health, particularly his type 2 diabetes with larry king. >> well, after ten years, i'm -- this is the first time i have talked about it, larry, i've got type ii diabetes, which isn't earth shaking news, but what got me shook up is when i went in 10, 11 years ago, they told me i had it. i didn't think anything about it, watch my diet, take a little medication and all would be well. and about four or five months ago they announced that two-thirds of the people with diabetes or heart disease die or a stroke. i thought i better get more serious with this thing. >> he suffered a stroke shortly after that interview. how at risk is a person with type ii diabetes and a stroke for a massive heart attack? >> a pretty significant risk. i'll add a couple of more things. one is his age. once you get beyond 70 and you go from 70 to 80, your risk of

having an event like this, some significant heart event almost doubles. having diabetes puts you at the same risk of having a heart attack as having a previous heart attack. as you saw, anderson, it was ten years at the point he was talking about it, he already had the disease for ten years, and also the fact that he had a stroke in the past, indicates that the blood vessels could develop what is known as arthrosclerosis. because of the hardening of the blood vessels, it showed he had that even back at that time, several years ago, and then he this outpatient procedure, that could put him at significant risk. you start adding things up, it's something that doctors would be very concerned about because of his age and his past history. >> ms. franklin, did you surprise you, even in the last few years, even after his serious stroke, he was still doing the new year's celebrations. did it surprise you that he wanted to keep on working? >> no, it did not.

the industry is something that keeps one young. and, of course, he had to have had a love for it to have done it as long and as well as he did it. oh, no, i was not really surprised when he made such a courageous effort in coming back to the rockin' new year's eve. i did see that. and i just wished him well. >> ms. franklin, i have never seen anyone who stayed as youthful looking as dick clark did through decade after decade after decade. pretty remarkable. >> ageless. ageless. >> we have to take a quick break and we'll be back with more on dick clark. more from aretha franklin and little richard. sanjay gupta, andy cohkocohen f bravo will join us. ryan sechrest who's lucky enough to work alongside him. ryan seacrest wrote today when i joined his show in 2006, it was

a dream come true to work with him every new year's eve for the last six years. he was a remarkable host and businessman and we will all miss him. president obama also paying tribute tonight. he reshaped the television landscape as a creative and innovative producer and we welcomed him into our homes to ring in the new year. but more important than the groundbreaking achievements was the way he made us feel as young, vibrant and only mystic as he was. babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the low rates. this is car insurance y, they've been losing customers pretty quickly. oh my gosh, that's horrible!, which would you choose? geico. over their competitor. do you want to finish it? no. does the baby want to finish it? no.

breaking news tonight, the passing of dick clark died today at 82. he left behind legacies in music, pop culture and we said the media business. he was part of perhaps the only legal pyramid scheme in american history "the $10,000 pyramid." also, bringing the golden globes and blooper shows to tv. he put together a collection of his own bloopers on "american bandstand." take a look. >> what do you think of girls in bikinis, do you endorse this? >> i like it. [ laughter ] >> i'm with you. you know? but it will be interesting. i honestly don't think american girls are going to go for this stuff. >> and then some good old every-day mistakes. >> then they roll along once again, this should be jerry lee -- no, danny and the juniors. >> i have so much to remind you about. the monkees on bandstand, there's the slip.

the beatles today on bandstand. >> for first time we have two of the top ten songs here tonight. you have heard johnny be good. not yet. i gave it away. >> how about the manual dexterity? >> take a look at a nice machine provided by the ross electronics people of chicago. they give us three of these a show. oops, what do i have here? you can carry it about with you. you can run it on batteries too. take the top off here. i'll show you the top. the microphone tucked under my arm. i can't do anything. >> the joys of life tv in the golden age. some moments from the early days, what he would turn into a media empire. more now on the business of being dick clark from tom foreman. >> reporter: dick clark was from the very start of "american bandstand" a fresh-faced young man with a wise old head for business. it was clark who convinced abc in 1957 to take his local tv

dance show to a national audience five days a week. clark who focused on the biggest acts turning it into an instant hit and clark who played off of his rising fame by hosting dances off camera to make extra money. >> can i have the mic back? just for a second. >> reporter: making money was always clark's admitted goal. he graduated from syracuse university with a degree in business administration and formed his own company the very year bandstand went national. investing in music publishing, record production and distribution. years later he would tell the los angeles business journal, i knew tbeing a performer does not necessarily carry it with a lot of longevity. that's why i became a producer. >> which one? >> reporter: and what a producer. dick clark productions grew into a powerhouse. he became involved in hit game shows, primetime reality shows, awards programs, holiday specials, feature films and tv

dramas. by the late 1970s, he had signed one of the biggest production deals ever with nbc. the museum of broadcast communications estimates clark's company produced more than 7,500 hours of programming and there is of course new year's rockin' eve. that program has been a mainstay of abc's lineup every year since 1972. at times there seemed no end to how big dick clark's empire might grow. he produced concerts, hosted radio shows, opened restaurants, sold skin care products. through it all, he was renowned as no nonsense stickler for details who started and ended meetings on time. so how much was he worth? forbes notes he recently put one of his houses up for sale in malibu for $3.5 million and estimates at his peak, dick clark was making what today would be around $60 million a

year. tom foreman, cnn, washington. back now, joining us on the phone, the legendary aretha franklin and little richard, and joining me is andy cohen from bravo's "watch what happens live." andy, how influential was dick clark? >> he came um with an awards show to compete against the grammys. which is, you would think, unheard of. the american music awards, now i think it's 30th year or more. which is a huge show for abc. just everything that he did it was an incredible breadth of work. >> ms. franklin, were you surprised when i came up with the american music awards. it was a competition to the grammys. that's a tough thing to do and yet he made it a success. >> he certainly did. no i was not surprised. if dick clark did it, if he touched it, it turned to gold. after the american music awards,

those after-parties were too, too fabulous. >> really? oh. >> everything was wonderful at the american music awards afterparty. >> tell us. i want to hear the details on this, ms. franklin. >> really good. really good. great after parties. spent a lot of money. >> little richard, do you remember the after parties as well? >> oh, yes. i didn't never attend any because i was traveling and going to other places, but anything dick clark touched, it becomes a success. it becomes gold. overnight. because he's a very successful businessman. he's a tycoon in business. he knows what he's doing and he knows how to do it. and if he touched you, you're moving up. you're going up. >> little richard, did you know even back when you first started being on his show and stuff back in the day that he was as savvy a businessman? >> yes, i did because, you

know, dick's age is not far from mine. i just made 79 myself. >> that's amazing. >> i have had two heart attacks and got brought me through. and dick clark saw me and told me what i needed to do i had pains, he told me what i needed to do. i started doing it. dick clark is a great businessman. he's -- he knows what he's doing. >> one of the best things that's happened to me in the last couple of weeks was listening to you and ms. franklin talking during the commercial break to each other. if i could just -- when -- do you remember the first time, little richard, you met aretha franklin? >> i have known aretha for years. i have always loved aretha, even though i know she had a son way ba back, way back, never grows old. she has so much feeling. she got so much spirit and she is he sends chills through my toes. she make miss toes move.

she brings joy. >> ms. franklin, do you remember the first time you saw little richard? >> yes. many years ago i met richard at the apollo theater. he came backstage and we met. there was something that he wanted me to record and i think it was "you saw me crying in the chapel." >> yeah. >> i think that was it. >> wow. >> that's where we met. >> ms. franklin, what do you think -- >> not that many years ago. >> okay, not that many years. five years ago. >> she's way, way younger. way younger. >> yeah, i was a baby then. >> she was way younger. she's a young girl. dick's age is not far from mine, but aretha is a baby to us. >> what do you think dick clark's legacy is going to be? >> oh, my god, i think just that he made such a great

contribution to the health and welfare of the young adults across this country and out of the country. >> we've got a digital dashboard question from one of our viewers, from facebook. shirley asks, was he as kind off set as he was on set? ms. franklin? >> yes, he was the same man off camera that he was on camera. his manner never changed. very mild mannered. just a warm and beautiful man. >> i think little richard, that's one of the things that really came across on the screen, that even if -- i mean, the viewers didn't know much about his personal life, who he was in person. but he came off as sort of the every man that was very likable. a person you wanted in your home. >> yeah. what you saw, what you see is what you get. what you see is it with dick. he's a real, real, real good man and i'm not just saying that because he's passed away.

i hate that he's passed away. but he's a good man that loved people and he showed his love and his joy through you. he said to me how are you? that's the last time i seen dick. he and his wife, they had a party. i played for the party. >> you played for the party? >> i did his show about a hundred times. >> that must have been quite some party. little richard, aretha franklin, thank you so much for talking with us tonight. >> thank you. richard, it sounds like you said you paid for the party. you didn't pay for the party. >> i have been screaming here, aretha. >> okay. >> all right. have a good night. >> nice hearing you, i love you, and god bless you so much. >> thank you so much, anderson. it's a pleasure speaking with you, but sorry it's on a sad occasion. >> i am as well. it's an honor talking with you and little richard as well. >> thanks for bringing me on, anderson.

>> appreciate it, little richard. >> i love your show, i always loved it. >> we'd love to have you back some time. andy is going to stick around with us. it is amazing because there are few people who are sort of broadcasters in the broad sense that he was. i mean, think of regis philbin, larry king, people who could kind of span the range of doing a serious thing, doing a dance show, doing a game show, doing all the variety. >> absolutely. i think the key word and you have said it a couple of times is likable. he was so likable. there was nothing offensive about this guy and president obama used a word that has been on my mind for the last few hours which is optimistic. there was an optimism about him that i think spanned his entire career. when i was a producer at cbs news, i was creating a show called -- it was a competition for "the view." it was an all-male version. >> i remember danny bonaduce and mario lopez. >> for a crazy set of circumstances, i went in for the show and became a finalist to be on this show, and wound up with

dick clark in a -- spent a day with him in a room. i had never met him before. he was so nice to me and so kind and he also was -- he was on air, but he was really there as a producer. so he was going to be the barbara walters of the show. he did, it ran for a couple of years on nbc. but he was giving me the amazing notes and bringing things out of me that i didn't know how to even be or act. >> right. >> he was incredible just in that room that day. and so nice. >> andy, stick around. we'll continue the conversation. we have got barry gordy, founder of motown records, another legend joining us on the phone. we'll be right back. and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic.

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breaking news tonight, the death of dick clark. the jacksons tonight releasing this statement on his passing, quote, not only did he create a platform that allowed numerous gifted artists to break through, he single handedly redefined popular culture. his legacy will endure and our thoughts and prayers will with his family at this time. it's really mind blowing the number of musical giants who played on "american bandstand." here's a moment from 1970. >> ladies and gentlemen, would you greet the jackson 5. ♪ ♪ never never knew before two plus two make four ♪

>> amazing. i was watching some clips of madonna earlier from a few years ago. andy cohen from bravo tv "watch what happens live" is joining us here. also on the phone is barry gordy, the founder of motown records and hit maker behind that song and so many more. mr. gordy, thanks very much for being with us. what are your thoughts tonight about the impact that dick clark had on the music in america and particularly motown? >> well, first of all, anderson, i'm so saddened and devastated over the loss. i heard about it this morning and i just could not get myself together for a while. dick and i were friends for over 50 years. i was from detroit, he was from philly. we wound up being next door neighbors in malibu, california, for a long time. so we had a lot of time together and i knew him very well.

and what he did for music was just beyond even explanation. what he did for me personally was the same way. in terms of the acts that i had on the show. if it were not for dick clark, i do not believe motown would have been the company that it was. >> because he was willing to put so many african-american artists on the air and, i mean, his program was integrated, people -- black people, white people in the audience dancing? >> well, i don't think he really -- you know, it was kind of who he was and it was like music overcame everything. you know? you know, the bandstand platform was such that he brought in from the top to the lowest from -- from the beatles to aretha franklin and the beach boys to

little richard. i just think that he didn't do it from the soap box. it's who he was. it was about music, he knew music brought people together. i don't think he thought as much about it as the public did. obviously, he got some flak for it i'm sure. but he continued and he just broke barriers without doing it the way other people do it and emotionally the music brought people together. emotionally before integration laws and all the people were about that, he was just doing it. >> yeah. >> he did it. and that's just -- that was just dick clark. he was a wonderful, wonderful man. and he did everything with class and style and integrity. if he gave you his word, you

could count on it. you know? >> which is that's high praise in the tv business. there are certainly a lot of people it's not that way. you know, andy, i was thinking about this earlier today, i mean, in many ways he paved the way for someone like ryan seacrest. >> absolutely. >> i'm doing multiple -- i work for multiple -- i'm doing work for "60 minutes", i have a syndicated show. you're an executive at bravo, also on the air at bravo. you have hosted the miss universe pageant. >> produced by dick clark productions. >> other than merv griffin, i don't think there were many people on the air and working behind the scenes. >> you're right. when you look at his career, we were trying to think of other people who have done this. merv griffin, what an amazing legacy. look at what dick clark has done. that's like merv griffin super sized in terms of the breadth and mr. gordy, if you look at the career that he's had.

he has produced incredible shows along the way as well. >> yeah. did -- mr. gordy, was he always a good businessman? was he always -- i mean, how did he know how to do all this stuff? >> yes, he was born with the knowledge. not only was he a good businessman but he knew how to deal with people and he always had that humility about him that, you know, that comes natural with being who he was. you know, he was honored at the 1993 academy of television arts and sciences. i mean, television arts and science hall of fame. that's what it was. the hall of fame. and i presented him with the award and he was so humble that he cried like a baby. it meant so much to him. i mean, as great as he was, he

would always be humble to people. you know? and -- >> yeah. >> and always talked to people. always would take pictures. always make people feel that they were a good friend and he was interested in them. dick was an amazing, amazing man. >> that really came across on tv. i think it's why so many people wanted him in their homes. he seemed like somebody who you would want to entertain in your home. who you'd want to have a conversation with and who was genuinely likeable. barry gordy, i know it's been a difficult day for you, and i appreciate you being on the program to talk about the dick clark that we knew and the dick clark that you knew, your friend, for so long. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. you're welcome. >> and andy, thank you. i appreciate it. really interesting. let us know what you think. we're on facebook, google plus. we're tweeting about dick clark tonight. let us know your memories about him. what you think his legacy is going to be. there's breaking news in the secret service sex scandal. we are learning new details about what 11 secret service

agents were allegedly doing before president obama arrived in colombia last week for an international summit. three of the agents are now out of the jobs. we'll talk to a "new york times" reporter who interviewed one of the women and the story she tells is unbelievable.

well, there's breaking news in the sex scandal that's put the secret service back in the hot seat. three of the 11 secret service

agents who allegedly brought prostitutes back to their hotel room in cartegena, colombia, they no longer have their jobs. it leaves eight agents on administrative leave. their security clearance are pulled as the investigation continues. now, as many as ten military personnel are under investigation including five army special forces members. the alleged misconduct unfolded last week in the hours before president obama arrived in colombia for an international summit. now by the time his plane touched down, the agents and officers caught up in the scandal had already been sent home. the source tells cnn that investigators are looking into whether drugs were involved and we've learned that the allegations are even worse than first thought. joining me now is fran townsend, who just learned more details. you found out more information about the specific team these members were on. what can you tell us? >> well, anderson, we talk about the group of secret service agents being part of the advanced team and they have been there for some time in advance of the president's arrival.

well what we're learning now, is that this group of agents were part of what's called a jump team. the jump team only arrives in the last 36 to 48 hours before the president's arrival, typically bringing the presidential limo with them. at least a portion of this team brought the limousine in with them. they had just arrived the morning of this incident. so you arrive, you drop the car off, the car is being protected. that's not an issue. they go to their hotel, they check in. there's a control room where you can get rid of any sensitive documents and weapons. shower up. get ready and you go out to dinner. and that's -- it's the evening they arrived -- >> basically the same day they arrive, they go out and pick up these women allegedly. >> that's exactly right. >> they obviously had some knowledge of where to go or somebody had local knowledge of where to go or they asked around, i guess. >> it's not clear. presumably that will come out as part of the investigation. what we do know is that the secret service, like many law

enforcement agencies, has an office in colombia at the embassy in bogota. so there would have been agents -- local agents who are working on -- before the president's arrival. >> i have been in cartegena, it's an amazing place, but plenty of people will come up to you on the street, identify you as a tourist, they say, what do you want, and they encourage the people where to go. i'll help you. local people who are paid by these clubs to encourage people to go. >> sure. >> that's also a possibility. >> absolutely. we know that details have leaked. there weren't women who were under the age of 20. all the women seemed to have been of age, if you will. one source said there's no indication, they have interviewed maids, there's no drug use involved. there was clearly, we know from sources and witnesses, there was a lot of drinking going on. and there was a dispute over the payment. in fact, you have to wonder, anderson, if there wasn't a dispute over the payment if this hadn't come to life. >> in a moment we will talk to

the "new york times" reporter who is at the heart of this matter. the story he'll tell us in a moment is stunning. the details of this, that it went on for so long. but i have to say hearing the details we know so far, it's hard to believe this is an isolated incident. i mean, it's hard to believe a bunch of guys just hit the ground running in cartagena. it makes you wonder what else has gone on on other trips. >> absolutely. i will tell you, anderson, when i was in the government and i was a protective, i saw no sign of anything of the sort. they were incredibly professional. you're not there for the advanced team and what happened there. i do think though that the fact that it's 11 people, two supervisors, and they -- this happens as you say so close to the time of their arrival, explains why the director of the secret service, mark sullivan, has said he's going to appoint this external panel to look at this. because i think there are some concerns about whether or not this is an isolated incident. >> fran, appreciate you being on and talking to your sources. thank you very much. as we mentioned one of the prostitutes allegedly hired by the u.s. secret service agents and brought back to the hotel

room has gone public with her story. she's 24 years old, she didn't realize the american man she met last week was a secret service agent. william neuman, a reporter for the "new york times," i interviewed him shortly before air time. william, you spoke to the woman at the heart of this, who was involved in the argument over payment with the secret service agent. what is her side of the story? >> one of the things she says is she had no idea these guys were secret service agents. she said she only found out a few days later when the news broke and she was stunned by that. she says that she met up with the small group of americans in a discotheque here in cartagena. and one of them was essentially hitting on her, saying he wanted to be with her. and she said, that's great, you have to give him a gift and he said how much is the gift? and she said $800.

a lot of drinking happened. at some point she and him went back to the hotel. also, there was another colombian woman who hooked up with another one of the secret service agents and they all went back to the hotel together. and the next morning, this woman asked for her payment and the guy says -- he became angry, he said i was drunk and you can't expect me to pay that. and she insists and he calls her names and gets angry and throws her out of the room. and then she -- then there's a bizarre scene unfolds where she enlists the help of this other prostitute and the other american, and they sort of knock on the door. she says they were discrete, you know, weren't trying to make a scene. but they spent a couple of hours trying to coax the guy to open the door. according to her, he wouldn't say a word. and finally, she gets fed up and goes to leave and then runs into

a police officer in the hotel. tells him the story and he goes back with her. then you have this bizarre scene where you've got two colombian police officers now, the two prostitutes, a hotel security guy shows up. and then at some point more of the americans come out of their hotel rooms. and they, according to her, three of the guys are standing in front of the one guy's door, sort of block aiding it against the other people around here. this is all going on in this fancy beachfront hotel the day before president obama shows up for the summit meeting. >> in the scene you describe is unbelievable. i mean, the fact that it went on this long. there are report that's president's schedule may have been in the room which would obviously, you know, be a security concern. did she see the schedule or anything else that could have jeopardized the president's security? >> no, there's no indication of that. as i said, she said she had no idea at all that these guys had anything to do at all with the

government or obama or any kind of security thing. >> this woman, she was clear with you she was an escort and not a prostitute. this may be a dumb question, but what is the difference? >> it's extremely upsetting for her, even though she hadn't been identified in any of these reports, that people were talking about her as though she was a common prostitute and she insisted i'm not a prostitute. she said, i'm an escort. and she said the difference is that she gets paid more money and has a better sort of clientele. >> you say the woman was still angry, but also seemed scared, fearing some sort of retaliation from the u.s. government? >> you know, i think that she's scared of a bunch of things. i think she's scared to find herself at this -- you know, the person in this sort of kick the hornet's nest and started this thing off. she's scared, she says, of, you know, that maybe this guy is now in big trouble and could lose his job and would want to retaliate against her.

she said this is the u.s. government, this is a huge deal. and, you know, i think that this is -- you know, this is just the society where often for good reason there's been a reason to be afraid of authority and of, you know, government security apparatus. so there's a sort of -- she's just afraid that somebody might, you know, want to do something to her. >> i've been to cartagena several times. i'm not familiar with this place where they met. is this a place to go to meet a woman you could hire or is this a discotheque where lots of different kinds of people go? >> well, you know, there's been a lot of clubs named in news reports and stuff. a lot of these clubs are literally whorehouses dressed up -- not even dressed up but as

bars, a very abbreviated way as strip clubs, primarily whorehouses. but this particular place was not, this was a fairly high end disco in -- right in sort of the tourist part of town. >> william neuman, i appreciate you reporting on this. >> thanks very much. we'll continue to follow the story as it unfolds. >> in texas tonight, police say they know why this baby boy was stolen from his mother's arms moments after she was gunned down outside her pediatrician's office. the baby is safe tonight. his life, however, has changed forever. details ahead. what makes the sleep number store different?

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i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. incredibly disturbing story out of texas tonight. there is one piece of good news in it. this baby boy is alive and safe, he's back in his father's arms.

keagan's mom, however, is dead. he was gunned down by the woman who snatched up keegan and drove off with him. she's in custody charged with a crime almost too terrible and too bizarre to contemplate. here's ed lavandera. >> reporter: kayla golden was doing what mothers do, caring for her newborn baby. taking her three day old son keegan to a doctor's checkup. that's when police say she was confronted by another woman, a stranger. witnesses say an argument erupted. then horrifying sounds. >> i was struggling, i didn't know what was going on. but after i heard -- after the fourth gunshot, then i knew something was going on. >> reporter: the attacker shot kayla golden several times in the chest. then snatched the baby. witnesses say golden even after she was shot could be heard screaming "my baby." >> the mother of the three-day-old baby was shot, and she tried to get the child from the vehicle. and she was dragged to the ground as the car took off. >> reporter: an amber alert is issued and detectives are

searching for a description of the getaway car and find it in montgomery county, texas, near houston. a s.w.a.t. team descends on the apartment, and arrest 30-year-old verna dian mcclain. a short time later, they find baby keegan alive and unharmed with mcclain's sister in a neighboring county that's when investigators begin to unravel mcclain's shocking motivation. >> initially, information is that she did have a miscarriage. she needed to justify having a child to her soon-to-be fiance. they were going to get married in may. she had led him to believe that she was pregnant and had a child. she needed to produce a child. >> reporter: oddly investigators say mcclain had told her fiance had given birth to a child. both mcclain and her fiance are black. three-day-old keegan is white.

it's not clear how long mcclain planned this attack. >> it seems like this is a random choice on her part. i think she knew the patterns that the pediatric center where she was at, because she had taken her children there in the past. but there's nothing to indicate that this was anything beyond planning further than that. >> reporter: investigators are trying to make sense of the motive. mcclain is a registered nurse who is already the mother of three children herself. kayla golden's husband, keith, is left to raise their three children and to wonder why a random tragedy would strike his family this way. >> it's going to be tough. she was nice, sweet, loveable. i loved her. she loved me. >> reporter: and a little baby had been robbed of his mother's love. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. more news tonight, up next, new developments in the trayvon martin case and a new judge.

i'm isha sesay. back to anderson in a moment. first a 360 news and business bulletin. the judge in the trayvon martin case has recused herself because after a possible conflict of interest. george zimmerman's defense team asked she be taken off the case after she revealed her husband's works with a cnn legal analyst. 46 people died in syria today. that's according to opposition members who say security forces fired at demonstrators near damascus right in front of u.n. observers monitoring a cease-fire that seems to be true in name only. and heavy weather, a storm in turkey has destroyed a set for the new james bond movie. winds reaching 62 miles an hour in istanbul where the film is shooting. anderson? >> we ridiculist. we'll have one tomorrow. "early start" begins right now. have a good day.