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world peace, how long will he be suspended? the guy who wanted desperately to change his image. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. new milestone in the trayvon martin case. this morning the man charged with his murder george zimmerman is out of jail. zimmerman's family posted bail and he walked out of bail after midnight. martin savidge is with us in sanford, florida. >> the statement that comes out from them reads like. the family is heavy hearted to watch the killer of their child released from child. they would rather he stay in jail until the criminal proceedings were concluded. however, it is the hope that his freedom is only temporary because the pain that he caused to their family is permanent. it's interesting, of course, that you have two families here and for one the zimmerman

family, they are pleased to see their son and brother that is now out of jail but, of course, for trayvon martin's family, just as their statement xe exemplifies of pain they feel because they believe they are not seeing the justice they are seeking. >> do we know where zimmerman is, where will he go? >> reporter: we don't. all of this was carefully orchestrated for security reasons in the middle of a highly controversial case like this one. it is, well, no surprise that george zimmerman would step out of jail in the middle of the night. it was just after midnight last night when he appeared. he was wearing a jacket and it appears the reason was not just because of the chill, but also that it may have been covering body armor or a bullet-proof vest. we don't know who the person was that he came out with. that was not his attorney. he quickly got into a vehicle and then drove off. the media, the general public, none of us knows why george zimmerman is but the state of florida does, because he has to wear that gps ankle bracelet

that gives the telemetry revealing his position and on top of that his whereabouts was carefully negotiated and worked out with authorities before he was let out of jail. he will have to check in every three days. >> martin savidge reporting live for us in florida. you know you've been spoiled. 80 degrees in march. why not snow in late april? this morning, we are following the latest example of wild unpredictable weather. so much for a mild winter. this is what it looks like in d dubois, pennsylvania. the storm could dump up to a foot of snow in some parts of the northeast and strong winds could snarl air traffic from washington to boston. rob marciano is here to break it all down. we have been so spoiled! >> you know what? the last time we were talking about a snowfall that might

bring down trees was back in october. the last big snowstorm we had this inspire winter for -- we have book end the season and it's already piling up. in some cases, over 10 inches of snow. here a look the list and just getting started. 10 inches in newfield, new york. a foot now reported in somerset county, pennsylvania. you get the idea. this is a massive storm system that certainly is wreaking havoc on the folks across the northeast, especially western pennsylvania, western parts of new york. look at the difference in temperature between boston and, say, buffalo. 60 degrees in boston right now, 52 in new york and 43 in philadelphia. this sim is kind of upside down and it's happening in april, obviously, makes it even crazier. a big system. the northeastern third of the country affected and everybody down the gsk is getting wind with this. 4 to 10 specked outsiexpected o

pittsburgh and 16 inches in western parts of new york. 30 and 40-mile-an-hour winds affect travel there in the snow zone and seeing travel delays because of the wind in philadelphia and probably laguardia. temperatures in the mid-80s in salt lake city. we had a early spring, full foliage and catches the wet snow and weighs it down and tree limbs down and power lines potentially and the concern here through the overnight period. >> brian todd is in the heart of the storm as the snow comes down concerns rat cheed up achet up. he will give us a report from du bois, pennsylvania, coming up. you're looking at a live picture right now of the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina, where edwards trial is getting under way. he is accused of using more than $900,000 in illegal campaign

contributions to hide an affair in which he fathered a child. could face up to 30 years in prison. the defense is expected to argue that edwards' personal aide used the money to help build his 1 million dollar dream home. opening statements are set today, too, in the trial of the man accused of killing relatives of the singer jennifer hudson. the chicago trial comes more than three years after hudson's mother, brother, and nephew were killed. william balfour the estranged husband of jennifer hudson's sister is accused in the shooting. jennifer hudson is expected to attend and she might testify. in lower manhattan today, the search for etan papz continues. nearly 33 years after the boy disappeared. investigators discovered a possible blood stain on a concrete wall while they were tearing apart a basement. that stain will be tested. we're going to take you live to new york for more on the case in the next half hour. also this morning, the

scandal involving secret service members and colombian prostitutes is growing wider and steamier. another member of the elite detail is under investigation and no shocking of all, the security breach appears to inch closer to the president. listen to what one powerful senator had to say. >> it's clear to me now that he's interviewing everybody from the secret service who was in colombia. the 12th agent now put on administrative leave as of friday was not staying at the hotel where the other agents were but at the hilton and the hilton is significant because that's where president obama was going to stay. now we don't know, at this point, what that 12th agent is being charged with and why he's been put on administrative leave. >> so we have our senior congressional correspondent dana bash who is digging on capitol hill. dana, do we know the actual

accusations against this 12th member of the secret service? >> reporter: we don't know yet but it is interesting that there was an additional member, not only as we reported last week put on administrative leave, but that also as we were discussing late last week, that that particular member was staying at the hilton hotel. now, as you heard from senator lieberman it is not clear what exactly the secret service is looking into what he possibly did, but, obviously, more broadly we do know the major investigation is the fact that they were bringing prostitutes and not just prostitutes but plain foreign nationals back to the hotel. the key thing this wasn't just the hilton hotel, it was the president's hotel. we understand this happened allegedly before president obama came down there, but as you heard from senator lieberman the idea that somebody who is a member of the secret service would bring a foreign national of any sort to the president's hotel is very, very disturbing.

the second thing is two senators, carol, are asking -- this is actually an independent republican -- asking the white house whether or not any white house advanced staff was involved in any of this. unclear at the beginning whether or not fishing expedition or whether they have some tips. i talked to an aide to one of the senators, grassley, who said he got a couple of tips to pursue this particular investigation. lastly, i think you'll find this interesting. two female law, one democrat and one republican said they wonder if this would have happened if more women in the secret service. only 11% of the secret service is female. >> interesting. we will talk more about that later. i would only say that the head of the gsa was a woman so i don't know if they have an argument. >> not secret service, though. >> not secret service but gsa and a scandal there too. i'm just saying but we will

discuss that a little later. dana bash, live at the white house for us this morning. the vp guessing game is at a fever pitch. who will mitt romney choose? will it being florida senator mark rubio to help attract the latino vote or will it be south carolina's governor nikki haley. haley is hot right now. she is featured in "vogue" magazine and she joins elite women in politics to be feature inside the fashion magazine and "vogue" did ask her if she would accept an offer to run on a romney ticket. she said this, quote. no, i won't take it. i'm going to leave the people that just gave me this chance. you never know. robin chiffon joins me later on and talk about the importance of profiling powerful women in politics and magazines like "vogue" and if it will make a difference.

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the likely republican presidential nominee mitt romney is set to deliver next month's commencement address at the largest evangelical university, liberty university. romney a hoping to win over evangelicals but his visit is already stirring up controversy. students are flooding social media expressing their outrage. one writes liberty university should have gotten a christian to speak not someone who practices a cult. here is another post. i am glad i'm not graduating this year. i would not want to end my study as a christian university by being sent into the world at a commencement by a mormon. we came to liberty because of our faith in jesus not for political reasons. joining me now is the president of the family research council, tony perkins. i know you're also a liberty grad and you received an honorary doctorate from the school recently so welcome. >> good morning, carol. how are you? >> i'm good. do you agree with your alma mater's decision to invite

romney? >> liberty has a long history of having political figures speak at their graduations. when i graduated in 1992, it was pat buchanan was the speaker. i was on campus. in fact, received my honorary doctorate when john mccain spoke in 2006 so a long history of having political figures come to the campus and speak. i think it's full of potential for mitt romney. i think it's going to be occasion educational and an opportunity for him. there is a strong connection between him and the university with one of the few evangelicals that has been supporting him from the very beginning and has strong ties to the university and is on the board of trustees. not a big surprise he is invited to speak there. >> what is romney is booed and some students decide not to walk during graduation? >> i don't think they will do that. look. this is -- these students are very mature. they may not agree with it and that is certainly their right. and there may be some that might

pass on graduation but i will doubt it. they will be very respectful probably more so than any campus across america. you'll find i think a very warm reception there. >> i don't know, tony. young people nowadays think think know what they are doing and they are strong minded. it could happen. >> liberty is a little bit different. as christians we can disagree strongly but we show respect and i think they will show respect for mitt romney. they may not warmly applaud him and may continue to express differences and clearly there are differences theologically between mormons and christians. but an opportunity for mitt romney to talk about what he has in common with evangelicals and that is on the value issues. i think that is where he is going to make grounds as we talks about the shared values because theorily those of us who work in public policy know there are strong shared values between

those in mormon religion and christianity. clear differences theologically. >> a lot say they will support mitt romney but the passion isn't there. the important thing about that evangelical voters like to get out and they get active and go door-to-door and do phone calls for the candidates and don't appear to want to do that for mitt romney. they may support him but not so passionate about him. >> you're absolutely right, carol. in fact, i was back in my home state of louisiana last week and i was in the grocery store and a man came up to me and said, hey, tony, if you get an opportunity, will you tell mitt romney to give me a reason to be enthusiastic for him? i mean, look. i know barack obama is not the answer. i know he has bad economic policies. i know his social policies and domestic policies are a disaster but i want to be excited about mitt romney and i'm not. help me get there. and so i think that is a message

i've heard over and over and i think mitt romney is the only one that can solve that. >> what can mitt romney say? i know he has talked about his wife and her desire to stay at home and take care of her children. what can you say right now to stir up the passion for mitt romney among evangelical voters? >> he has to reach out to the youth vote and the women vote and has to reach out to the social conservative vote and the hispanic vote. trying to crossover. there are some links between those. and a lot of those come back to the social issues. as you mentioned, talking about stay at home moms. that speaks to evangelicals and a speaks to women as well. it also speaks to some degree to the youth where he is challenged as well. i think here's what he needs to do. mccain showed this in 2008 when he picked sarah palin to give some, you know, a bridge into the social conservative tea

party community. he got enthusiasm. he received enthusiasm as a result of that pick and mitt romney has to pick a strong conservative running mate and he needs to talk about the shared values. i think one of the issues that should. prominent is the court. they understand the importance of supreme court. the next president will probably pick two justices and we see how important the court is. it's debating health care right now. >> tony perkins, thank you for joining us and i hope we talk to you after mitt romney gives that commencement speech and we will see what happens. >> i may be there. >> i bet you will, actually. thanks, tony. we appreciate it. now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning who is to blame for the secret service scandal? one shocking allegation after another. twelve agents implicated so far. the long finger of blame is pointing in all different

directions. sarah palin is blaming the white house. senator joe lieberman says he is troubled that one agent involved was staying at the same hotel, supposedly, where the president was going to stay. >> they ought to be launching their own internal review of all white house personnel, advanced teams and the rest, who were in colombia to make sure that no one working for the white house was involved in any of the same kind of inappropriate behavior the secret service agents were. >> the secret service director mark sullivan, there are calls for him to step down, it's his fault. so far, sullivan's secret service housecleaning may have deflected that but is the scandal deeper than that? is it a cultural problem? maybe say some women lawmakers. >> i can't help but wonder if there had been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have happened. >> it's only 11% of the agents

are women and -- we agree on this. if there were more agents on the ground, maybe we would not have had this and i can't help but keep asking this question, where are the women? >> or is the scandal just a blip in the proud history of the secret service? once in a millennium embarrassment for the people who vow to take a bullet for the commander in chief. here is the talk back question for you today. who is to blame for the secret service scandal? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. it started as a joke. prince harry talking about future plans for will and kate but it's probably going to mean a lot of work for them. we got the story after a break. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price.

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prince harry makes a joke and his brother and kate better get in shape fast. oh, yeah, harry is coming to washington but i confess, i just love kate. i do. our max foster will talk harry and hopefully, kate. >> kate is a big part of this story. you got a charity run by william, kate and harry and they have made as their priority the rehabilitation of war veterans. you saw last year, actually kate and william in california at a jobs fair called mission serve. this was about getting american war veterans back into society, get them jobs again. then, again, more recently you saw kate and william out in london at a war horse premiere, again, raising money for war veterans. it's their big cause. harry is very much part of this. he's a member of the military, of course, as well. he really wants to look ahead apart from looking after young

children. he wants to look after people who have been in the services and help them get back into society. they have been given a massive award actually. a very reputable award. the atlantic council's award for distinguished humanitarian leadership and put it into context here, the other awards received this year are want ban ki-moon. it's right up there. he is thrilled and he is coming over, carol, to the united states, when is it? 7th of may. so he's coming back to the u.s. >> did you talk about the joke? >> the joke? marathon? is that what you're talking about? >> yes. >> this is something that happened yesterday. london marathon yesterday. harry was the finishing line. he was welcoming winners come across the line and think announced that william and kate in a tv interview would be running the marathon next year which made a bit of a story but

only about ten minutes. he is making it up. just a joke. but this is the strange thing about this. no surprise he is making jokes and dropping his brother in it. since then, sort of campaign has built up that kate and william should be running the marathon next year and betting companies are taking odds on it. so maybe they will. >> maybe they will. set a fine example for everyone worldwide. we will see. max foster, thank you. the tea party movement helped shake things up in the white house two years ago but will it shake up -- actually the tea party shook things up in a 2010 midterm elections and hoping to shake things up in the white house this year. a established republican looks like the one to challenge president obama. what does that say about the tea party's clout now? we will discuss next. it's very t to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical,

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after allegations of bribery surfaced this weekend. alison kosik is here to explain it at all. how big of a drop are you seeing? >> reporter: a pretty big drop for walmart. shares dropping more than 5%. now, part of this is because it's a crisis of confidence after "the new york times" broke this stunny story of alleged corruption at walmart. investors want to know what kind of legal ramifications are there for walmart if this story winds up having legs. now this story of "the new york times" over the weekend said with was that is alleged there was widespread bribery and huge cover-up at walmart. "the new york times" says walmart actually paid $24 million over several years in bribes. i'm talking about getting things moved allow the red tape much faster to get the walmarts built. mexico is seen as a growth area and sales up 25% in 2005.

in mexico, there are 2,000 walmart stores right now. the story didn't stop with just bribery. walmart of mexico told the headquarters in arkansas about it. "the new york times" says the headquarters in arkansas concealed it from u.s. and mexican authorities so apparently what happened was higher up officials at the headquarters really just tried to make this go away and may have just had their hand caught in the cookie jar. >> i know walmart has responded but it doesn't seem to be working if you look at the price of shares this morning. >> reporter: no. certainly not working if you look at the numbers on wall street but walmart is coming out doing its own investigation they say. they have already met with the department of justice, with the s.e.c. and walmart is coming out and saying it won't tolerate these kinds of activities. it also says this happened a long time ago that, quote, many of the alleged activities in this "the new york times" article are more than six years old that if these allegations

are true it's not a reflection of who we are or what we stand for. we will continue to watch the shares as they continue to fall. as for the overall market, it's fall as well. the dow down 130 points. news overseas is dominating the trade. worries about the strength of the recovery weighing on the market. carol? >> alison kosik live at the new york stock exchange. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. here are the stories we are watching right now in the newsroom. george zimmerman is out of jail and free on 150,000 dollar bond and transladdle tes to $15 cash bond posted by his family. he is fitted with a electronic device. the attorney for martin's family says they are upset over zimmerman's release. this is what it looks like in western pennsylvania right now. up to 12 inches of snow could fall. the powerful storm is packing

high winds and could affect many cities across the northeast. areas with snow could see widespread power outages and strong winds could cause flight delays from washington to boston. gas prices are going down a bit. aaa put the national average at $3.86 for gallon of regular unleaded gas down about 5 cents from a week ago, while the-by-weekly lundberg survey shows prices dropped a nickel and puts the national average at $3.91. both are hoping gas prices have already peaked. no denying the tea party movement with was a powerful force in the 2010 elections but what a difference two years can make. the likely republican candidate for president is an staebt guy, hardly a tea party hero. take a look at a cnn/orc poll from a week ago. 40% of respondents had unfavorable opinion of the movement. is the tea party done or moving

in a different direction? let's bring in will cain and lz granderson. happy monday to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> it sounds like a monday! pep it up, boys, come on! is the tea party still a player, lz? >> yes and no. you know? obviously, the person they wanted to be the gop nominee is not that person. it's mitt romney. so they have to try and swallow their pride a little bit. with that being said the biggest criticism about mitt romney is is the fact he stale hasn't appealed to conservatives which many correlate to being the tea party. yeah, a still a player and when it comes down to a vice president candidate their voices will be heard and i think you'll see that impact a lot more than the overall nominee's impact. >> i know we have been hearing this a while. on he -- op-ed in "the

washington post" saying dick lugar. are we through with the so-called insurgent campaigns? >> no, it has lot maybe a little bit of steam. i would point to two incidents that tarnish the tea party a little bit. i'll use myself as an example here. extremely sympathetic to tea party principles and values. between the debt ceiling fight and presidential candidates embraced from michele bachmann to herman cain and newt gingrich and hick perry, those two moments seemed to tarnish the tea party movement a little bit but it's not done. i think we can look there to some of the senatorial races and dick lugar might be facing a legitimate challenge from a tea party candidate some off the other races are tighter. so you're seeing across the senatorial level and congressional level influence from the tea but not what it was

two years ago. >> i've read some articles that say, you know, traditional republican super pacs, let's say, are sort of squashing the tea party because the tea party has damaged the republican brand. has it, lz, or a passing phase? >> no, it has damaged it. i wrote a piece for cnn.com last year where i talked about john boehner looked weak because it seemed as his actions were being dictated by a bunch of freshmen coming in with the tea party. i couldn't imagine a more horrific scenario than watching your party kidnapped by a bunch of people who didn't know the heck what they were doing. i think part of the reason they lost steam is because they found the same thing that president obama found three years ago, that changing washington from the outside/in sounds good but once you actually get there, it's a lot more difficult and takes a lot more effort and you have to play as rick santorum would say, team ball in order to get things done and what they really faced was the reality

that the establishment is the establishment and that if you're going to be a part of change, you have to first get with the program. >> let's note forget the purple of the tea party was to damage the republican brand. they saw the republican brand at that time as someone who essentially sold out on their principles and not living up to what they preached and went into the primary elections in 2010 said if you're not going to live up to what we require of you, then we're going to change your party and we are going to challenge you in every single primary. i don't think you should hold them to the standard did they damage the republican brand. that was the purpose. to some extent you can say they have been successful to that and moved the party to the right and rehabilitated the party in many ways. >> they also have -- >> go ahead. i'm up and listening now. go. >> but also through that process, will, i mean, congress has had some of the worst rating among the public in its history, so during that process of trying

to change the gop, they took a lot of blame, the party took a lot of blame in terms of things going wrong with the economy. people talk about president obama's pose. last year and even this year, their poll numbers are just busine abysm abysmal. i'm not sure if they are successful as they wanted to tto be because the public doesn't care for them at all now. >> thank you both for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it as always. >> thank you. good news for robin gibb and his family. he came out of his coma. doctors thought he wouldn't. a.j. hammer and showbiz headlines are coming your way next. but what we'd rather be making are tee times. tee times are the official start of what we love to do. the time for shots we'd rather forget, and the ones we'll talk about forever. in michigan long days, relaxing weather and more than 800 pristine courses make for the perfect tee time.

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i'm telling you, it's nothing short of a miracle. singer robin gibb of the bee gees came out of a coma. this has baffled history

doctors. >> the word they are using is confounded. just days ago, these doctors were warning gibbs' family to expect the absolute worse. we know he was in a coma and battling pneumonia in a london hospital. he is able to speak now with his loved ones. they hope to move him out of the intensive care unit. he is called an extraordinary human being saying his recovery is, in part, due to as they put it his courage, iron will and deep reserves of physical strength. of course, we hope this recovery continues but as you see, i'm smiling as i report the story because it's not very often when we first report about someone going into a coma that we get to tell this type of news so everybody is remaining optimistic here. >> definitely so. a.j., thanks. if you're a neil diamond fan, we have news for you. he got married again! a.j. is back in the next hour with all of the juicy details. also coming up, the snow comes down and the power outages

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checking our top stories now. george zimmerman posted bond and walked out of jail after midnight. the family of the teenager

zimmerman fatally shot is upset with his release which requires of use of an electronic monitoring device. fight over arizona's krorsial minimum grags law lands before supreme court. justices set to hear oral arguments are four provisions blocked by lower courts. perhaps the most controversial is whether it's constitutional for police to check the immigration status of anyone they detain and suspect to be in the country illegally. president obama is just about to speak at the holocaust memorial museum in washington. he will be commemorating the great tragedy that left 6 million jews dead at the hands of nazi germany. he will be outlining new steps the united states will take to prevent so nothing like that ever happens again. we are monitoring the president's remarks for you. more than a month after a mild winter officially ended much of the northeast is bracing for a powerful and dangerous storm, wet, heavy snow is already falling and emergency crews on alert for widespread power outages. cnn's brian todd is in du bois,

pennsylvania, about 90 miles northeast of pittsburgh. >> reporter: take a look at this, carol. this is the snow building up on the foliage of the trees. this is the main concern here in northern central pennsylvania with a lot of this heavy wet snow just accumulating on the foliage of the trees and now it's april 23rd and most of the trees have full foliage or close to it, a lot of this snow is going to be packed on to that foliage and make the trees heavier and the trees are going to start to collapse and bring down power lines. it's already started to happen. we just spoke with someone from one of the main power and electrical providers in this area and he just told me that about 15,000 customers in this area are already without power. most of them in this general region around du bois and clearfield county where we are. center county next to the east and indiana county to the west. so 15,000 people without power as of now. that number is going to grow throughout the day. as i mentioned, heavy wet snow

along this i-80 corridor and a major concern because these are major truck routes. these arteries that go east-to-west. pennsylvania turnpike an hour and a half south of here and that is pounded today as well. because of the temperatures right now, the snow is not accumulated on the roads so much yet, at least not on this road because there's a lot of heavy traffic but it will start to accumulate, truck routes could be disrupted. they are really concerned about that. a lot of heavy wet snow coming down. it's going to set records we are told, the record for the period past april 15th in this region is about 4 inches. and right now where we are they are expecting 4 to 8 inches to come down in the coming hours. carol? >> brian todd reporting. rob marciano will be along in the next hour of newsroom to tell us when it will get warm again. it won't last long, we promise. a test aircraft hit more than 13,000 miles per hour where something went very wrong and it plunged into the pacific ocean and that was months ago and now

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a meet meteor shower inspired a lot of fear because people from california to nevada reported hearing a very loud boom. that was about the same time as a meteor shower which happens every day on the same day. some thought the big boom was a satellite or other space junk falling to earth. others say they had no idea what it was. >> it was enough to shock me, what was that? >> i heard a big boom.

it sounded like my daughter fell out of bed. >> kind of felt it, didn't you? almost felt something. >> the meteorite was probably the size of a washing machine. hence, the loud boom. we now know went wrong with a super fast aircraft test. it reached 13,000 miles per hour before it crashed. investigators say it was going fast its skin came off. the glider was unmanned, thankfully. the goal was to create an aircraft that could fly anywhere in the world to strike a target. obviously we are not there yet. we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question, who is to blame for the secret service scandal? this is from kay. maybe, just maybe, it's the fault of the individuals who

entertained the ladies in their hotel rooms? duh, the secret service and this administration has led them to believe that they are entitled. and from kurt, you have to ask, it's obama's fault, of course. obama's fault. patrick, leave these guys alone. they have a tough job. let the senator or congressman that have not done the same thing cast the first stone. and arthur says, we need to get congress and the senate to hold an individual hearing on each participant. what we need is bigger government and more hearings. we're following a lot of new developments in the next hour of cnn "newsroom." let's check in first with martin savidge. >> reporter: hello, carol. down here in sanford, florida, george zimmerman got out of jail in the middle of the night. now the family of his young victim is speaking out.

and i'm rob marciano, the cnn weather center. you saw pictures in the snow zone. that's right. end of april and a big snowstorm has dropped a foot of snow in some parts of the northeast and it's affecting more people than just the folks getting snow. we'll talk about that in the next hour. and here in soho, movement to the site of the scene of a missing boy. a dumpster containing earth remanufactured just a few moments ago. nickki haley appeared in magazines. why do so many politicians pose in fashion magazines? she's in our next hour.

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oxymoron. ron artest, after this dunk for the lakers in their double overtime win, he gave james harden a huge bump in the back of the head. world peace was ejected. harden has a concussion. remember, world peace when he was artest went to the stands and was suspended for the rest of the season. he's been suspended 111 games in his greer but just one since joining the lakers. here's what he wrote on twitter last night. i just watched the replay again. oh, my celebration. dunk was too much. didn't even see james. oh, my god, it looks bad. >> so he was celebrating? >> he was celebrating. the lakers may be without him. we'll see what the league does. >> we try to bring you the stuff

you want to see. here it is, drag racing. 21-year-old lizzy musi goes airborne, right into the camera. a cameraman was right there. luckily he ducked behind a divider wall just in time. he's okay. so is musi. miniature version of his green jacket made for his newly adopted son. tweeting a picture of the replica, caleb has matching outfit. look at him. not exactly his father but it's good enough. and finally, what's a greater thrill for a baseball fan than to catch a foul ball? i guess he didn't get to keep it. there it is. >> okay. i'm waiting.

i'm waiting. >> that was sort of anti-climate particular, but we got the story. >> thanks, jeff. >> the cnn "newsroom" starts starts right now. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now, the family of trayvon martin say they are devastated as they watch george zimmerman walk free this morning. the question is, where is he now? 80 degrees just days ago and now a nasty spring storm. the secret service scandal even more fallacious. did an agent invite a prostitute into the very hotel where the president slept? loud booms, explosions in the sky, homes shaking, thousands felt it and saw it.

what was that thing shrieking across the sky any way? >> nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, the latest powerful woman to grace the pages of "vogue" magazine, will it get her to the top of the v.p. list? cnn "newsroom" starts right now. for months, millions of americans have been asking where is winter? well, we found it, from buffalo boston, snow, rain, and wind, it's so nasty in buffalo, you can barely see. look at that. with all of the trees on the leaves, we're lickly to see power outages before it's all over. rob mars yan know is here to tell us how long it will last. >> not too long. we are to the middle to end of

april. the fact that we're having it now is remarkable. even more so because we didn't have much of a winter. the last time we got snow this big across the northeast was actually in the fall back when we had leaves on the trees. that was a devastating event that knocked out trees and took out millions of people as far as power is concerned. let's go over the numbers. over ten inches of snow has fallen in some spots across the region. 12 just reported in somerset county, pennsylvania. this is western pennsylvania and upstate new york issue as far as the snowfall goes a huge, huge storm. as it progresses off towards the north and east, we look for the cold air to come in behind it. all the way down to virginia, we're getting the cold air and snow. this is definitely more of a winter-type scenario and where it's raining in places like pittsburgh and buffalo, we're starting to see a bit of a change over to snow. you won't see a huge amount of snow in those two cities. you may see wet snow. maybe two or three inches in buffalo.

the interior areas north and east of those oh areas, especially south and east of buffalo. back across cuyahoga county, they've gotten ten inches of snow there and there have been reports at the higher elevation of trees coming down. with the early spring, the leafs catch that snow. it's going to affect people not only in the snow zone but across the eastern third of the country, including the big cities experiencing warm temperatures in the 60s. everybody is going to be on the windy side. >> thank you, rob. >> you bet. now for the latest on the trayvon martin case. this morning the man charged with the teenager's murder, george zimmerman, is out of jail. and just hours after he's released on bond, the martin family reacted angrily to his new freedom. martin savidge is in florida.

what is the family saying? >> reporter: carol, we haven't seen the family since after the court proceeding that took place on friday and even though they didn't speak but they were highly upset. they've just released a statement. it came through their attorney, ben crump. the family is heavy hearted to watch the killer of their child released from jail. they would have rathered he stayed in jail until the criminal proceedings are concluded. however, it is their hope that his freedom is only temporary because the pain he's caused their family is permanent. and they put a section in the owe bit ware section in which they were thanking their supporters and many people that have spoken out on behalf of trayvon martin, their 17-year-old family killed in february. but it's tough for their family. of course, for george zimmerman's family, they feel relieved that he's out of jail

and can start working on his own defense. >> do we know where zimmerman went? >> reporter: no, we don't. that's the whole intent. the defense team was very worried about george zimmerman's family. there have been threats against his life. the idea was to release him in the middle of the night when there won't be a lot of media and people around and that was the case. it appears that he may have been coming out with the escort of some kind of security person and it also looks like when you see him with that jacket, he might have been wearing body armour underneath. the officials won't comment on that. he's gone to a place unknown except florida authorities will be tracking his every move. carol? >> martin savidge reporting live from sanford, florida. how much more can john edwards fall from grace? you're looking at a live picture of the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina.

he's accused of using $900,000 in illegal campaign contributions to hide an affair in which he fathered a child. he could face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty. the defense is expected to say that his aide helped. opening statements beginning, too, in chicago where a suspect is accused of killing three members of jennifer hudson's family. ted rowlands is covering that story for us. >> reporter: hi, carol. opening statements begin here in about an hour from now. william balfour is the young man accused of triple murder, murdering jennifer hudson's mother, allegedly, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. we expect jennifer hudson to be in court. she's on the witness list and there's a good chance that she will take the stand. of course, for the prosecution, having a victim member in the

courtroom can make a big difference and when that family member is jennifer hudson, it absolutely draws the attention of the jury. that is a big plus for them. the defense is arguing that there's no physical evidence here, despite the fact that it's a triple murder, they say there are no fingerprints or blood linking their client to these murders. we'll hear it take place, at least the opening statement, in the next hour. it's expected to last three to four weeks, this trial. >> ted rowlands reporting live for us. thanks. hundreds of thousands of people could lose internet service this summer thanks to international hackers. i could lose my internet service just because? >> just because. here's the thing. it is a ring that was busted, this cyber ring was doing hacking. what they were doing was redirecting individual's computers without their knowledge. the only way that was happening is if you downloaded software,

you thought it was legitimate. next thing you know you're typing in a specific address and it's taking to you fraudulent websites. >> oh. so how do you know if you've done this and how can you protect yourself? >> here's the thing. march 9th they were supposed to have this done. we're talking about over half a million computers. they don't know the whole number. they have to keep the criminal infrastructure running. it was supposed to end on march 9th. go to dcw.org. go right to the website. they will walk you through the steps to see if your computer is infected or not. >> what happens to your computer? >> it won't happen july 9th. well, the computer will work but

you'll get an error on your screen. you don't want for that to happen. if you have tax forms or banking information or other personal information on that computer, that could still be vulnerable information out there right now. >> okay. what's that web address again? >> dcw.org. >> man, i could have easily done that because i do stupid things all day. >> that's the case in point. pay attention to anything that you click on and before you do so in an e-mail, go to the official website first to see if there are any websites. don't trust e-mail. >> okay. advice taken. mario, thank you. >> you're welcome. imagine carting your kids off to soccer practice in this. a lamborghini suv. 600 horsepower, baby. the italian car maker is known for making cars as fast as they are expensive but now they are

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the search for the remains of etan patz are continuing. this is based on new and old information. deborah feyrick is live. did they discover anything new? >> reporter: well, i asked a number of sources who were familiar with the investigation. they will not say whether, in fact, anything resembling human remains or similar forensic material were recovered from the scene. specifically, what they are searching is under a concrete floor in the dirt, four to six feet down. that concrete floor was newly poured after he disappeared. the dumpster is not going to an

fb. lab in quaintico. it's going to be kept separate and safeguarded and if they have recovered something and if it does test positive, then they will go and look at the concrete. but a source said this morning it's really not the concrete that they are interested in, it was what could be under the concrete that they cared about. we do know that a piece of wall was removed from the apartment over the weekend. it did test positive for the presence of an organic material, what could possibly be blood. that is the only thing investigators are revealing over the weekend. right now a flurry of activity, a lot of police officers here. they are keeping the area cordoned off. for folks that haven't been down to this area, we're really talking about a block and a half. this site, which is just behind me where those white vans are

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president obama speaking at washington's holocaust museum. let's listen. >> we'll work with other nations so the burden is better shared because this is a global responsibility. in short, we need to be doing everything we can to prevent and respond to these kinds of at tr atrocities. [ applause ] we recognize that even as we do all we can, we cannot control

every event. and when innocent suffers, it tears at our conscience. now, we alluded to what we feel is -- as we see the syrian people objected to violence and we have to remember despite all of the snipers and tanks and violence unleashed against them, the syrian people still brave the streets. they still seek their dignity. the syrian people have not given up, which is why we cannot give up. and so with allies and partners, we will keep increasing the pressure with the diplomatic pressure to isolate assad and his regime so they know that

they are making a losing bet we'll sustain a legal effort to document atrocities. a humanitarian effort to get aid to the syrian people. we'll keep working to increase support for the opposition has it grows s stronger. those that have bet them for using technology to monitor and track and target citizens for violence. these technologies should not empower -- these technologies should be in place to empower citizens, not to repress them. and it's one more step that we can take toward the day that we know will come. the end of the assad regime that has brutalized the syrian people and allow the syrian people to chart their own destiny.

even with all of the efforts that i've described today. even with everything that we hopefully have learned, even with the incredible power of museums like this one, even with everything that we do to try to teach our children about our own responsibilities, we know that our work will never be done. there will be conflicts not easily resolved. there are sensible deaths not prevented. there will be stories of pain

and hardship, that test our hopes. it can be tempting to throw up our hands and endless capacity for cruelty. it's tempting sometimes to believe that there is nothing that we can do. and all of us have those doubts. all of us have those moments. perhaps especially those who work most ardently in these fields. so in the end when i come back to something that i said the day we visited together, reflecting on all that he had endured, he

said, we had the right to give up. we had the right to give up on humanity, on culture, education, possibility of living one's life with dignity, in a world that has no place for dignity. they had that right. imagine what they went through. they had the right to give up. no one would begrudge that. who would question someone giving up in such circumstances? but we rejected that possibility and we said, no, we must continue believing in a future

to face the darkness and insist there is a future. to not give up. to believe in the possibility of justice and to the survivors here today, thank you for not giving up. you show us the way. [ applause ] you show us the way. if you cannot give up, if you

can believe, then we can believe. if you can continue to strive and speak, then we can speak and strive for a future where there's a place for dignity for every human being. it has been the cause of your lives. it must be the work of our nation and of all nations. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> all right. you've just been listening to president obama. he's announcing the creation of an atrocities prevention board and hopefully that will prevent atrocities against them. this board will document atrocities so that they can charge those responsible down the line and also use -- it will

also track governments using technology, like facebook and twitter if they use it against their own people, they want to use that, too, and impose some kind of sanctions. that board, by the way, meant for the first time today. the president just spoke in washington, d.c. six secret service agents are out but that's just the beginning of the fallout from the prostitution scandal that's rocked the agency charged with protecting the president. next i'll speak with a congresswoman who was also in colombia. she is outraged by what happened. with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover.

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potential involvement are also digging deeper to what happened before president obama arrived in colombia earlier this month. one of the lawmakers is congressman sheila jackson of texas. she's a member of the house homeland committee. welcome, congresswoman. >> it's good to be with you. good morning. >> good morning. >> do you know more about this 12th agent that's been implicated? >> the agency is now investigating the representation in the last 24 hours, that they were not familiar with the location but announced that they had 12 agents as of friday. they are continuing their investigation and we encourage them to be vigorous in their investigation. i really am of the position of a zero tolerance for this kind of behavior so i want this investigation to be as expansive

as possible as relates to the secret service. congresswoman, just about this 12 agent, we're hearing stories that this agent was staying in the hilton, possibly where the president was staying and may have invited a prostitute to join him. is that what you've heard? >> this is what we've heard but let me lay the groundwork for establishing the fact of my zero tolerance position. that agent and every single agent that had any involvement in these activities should go i think we should have a premise. if an act is illegal or criminal in the united states, and you engage in a foreign land, even if it's legal in that foreign

land, it's ground for immediate representation. i took the opportunity to have the colombian translated in english going to the play club may not have been legal because anyone that promotes prostitution or has prostitutes for profit, it's illegal all of that may be in play here. for my purposes, even the individual that allegedly has an alibi or some kind of -- other than the fact that they were not there, all of them should go. it's a cancer that should be cleaned out to restore the integrity of secret service. >> and i know i keep going back to the 12th agent.

but if someone brings a foreign national to where the president is going to sleep, that's a little more serious than the allegations against the other agents, isn't it? >> absolutely. and the reason, of course, is we've all said one of the reasons that this is so serious, foreign national going into a secured area where the agent has the itinerary of the commander in chief or any other dig knit tear traveling with him is, i think, of the highest level of inappropriate and if you have determination behavior. the security of the president at this instance were breached. >> if that's true, some say the director of the secret service ought to go. it happened on his watch. if this allegation is true, should he go? >> here's what i'd like to see happen. first of all, i would like congress to hurry up and get in gear and in a constant oversight

role and we are in an oversight role. you can't ask every single question until, of course, this horrible incident has arisen. with respect to director sullivan, he was a person that i had the opportunity to immediately meet with. we met with over two hours. i saw his pain but i also saw his resolve. we have confidence that he's in the process of doing the most thorough investigation. he is sending agents into the mountains where some of these very poor women, who are sex workers, have fled. and so he's on the trail. let's get the investigation going. let's get congress engaged in being in a corrective mode. as i said, i want to introduce legislation -- >> congresswoman, can you compare to this the gsa scandal, right? the director of the gsa stepped down and supervisors were fired. why isn't that happening at the secret service? >> the gsa -- head of the gsa

stepped down of her own resolve because the facts were clear that congress was involved. in this instance, many of us believe that direct store sullivan has cleaned it up. let's get going in a much larger way than that. we believe at this point that he has been aggressive in the investigation as he has been aggressive in supervising this agency. so i think there's a little different approach. this shot to everyone. this was not behavior or mismanagement on the part of the director. this was not a loss of dollars or not watching your subordinates. this was a question of reckless behavior by grown men who have taken the understanding that their only role is to secure those under their supervision.

>> i ask you, how can you say that the aggressor is watching over the men and women at his employ at the secret service when this huge scandal is going down. and it doesn't just involve one or two agents. it now possibly involves 12. >> i can say it in this way. the gsa was managerial. it had to do with practices and oversight that certainly the gsa administrator should have been aware of. when a director sets the guidelines, when a secret service agent accepts the high responsibility of this office, of this position, of the esteemed role that this agency has, when you send them on their mission, if you did not describe their mission, then it goes back

to the director. reckless and uncarry behavior of their own volition, that's the point that i'm making. i believe he's aggressively investigating we want this investigation to proceed. what i believe that i am not happy with, i want a zero tolerance. these individuals have lost their security clearance. let them have their due process rights. they can plead and appeal to the merit board for reinstatement. i think there should be an announcement that all 12 are fired, period, and that we go on with the corrective measures that are necessary which include the increasing of the number of women recruits, the restoration and vetting of all of the other agents to have them commit to the principles of this particular agency, and then writing laws, and i hope i'll have bipartisan support

introducing legislation that if you engage in an illegal act, meaning that it's illegal in the united states, whether it's legal there or not, it's ground for your determination. we have to have zero tolerance. as you indicated, the breach of this gentleman in the hilton was one that is without comparison and actually beyond being terminated we're going to be investigating, did he put anyone's life in jeopardy? and that is the responsibility of congress but also director sullivan. i believe director sullivan is aggressively pursing this. >> thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. there are many powerful women in politics. we just heard from one. that also includes south carolina's governor nikki haley. she appears in "vogue" magazine. we'll talk about whether that will help her political career, will it propel her to the top of

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adventure, two lawmakers think they know what might be at the heart of the problem. >> i can't help but wonder if there have been more women as part of that detail if this ever would have happened. >> the one thing i asked him, is how many women are on the force. it's only 11% of women. if there were more agents on the ground, maybe we would not have had this. >> secret service officials claim there are plenty of people in the field. could they have prevented this kind of thing from happening in colombia? carol? >> absolutely. they need more women on the force. women are desperately needed in the secret service. when i was a secretary of commerce and worked for ron

brown, his security detail had this one tiny woman and all of the males on that force were afraid of her because she was the best sharpshooter and the best at hand to hand combat. so, yes, i think the world would be a better place if women ruled it. >> will? >> are there more women required in the secret service? the answer to that question has nothing to do with what is going on in colombia. are there women that live up to the aptitude requirement and excel? and they are not being denied because they are women. if that is happening, then, yes, more women are feeded in the secret service. you're telling them that their role is to be the dorm store house mom? no, that's not going to work. >> ah, dean? >> carol, i think it depends on the women. you don't want snooki in the

secret service. if there's any hint to discrimination, yes. we know there were 20 prostitutes. maybe it was widespread. one secret service agent fulfilled a lifelong fantasy. we don't know the answer. time will tell. >> congress will get to the bottom of it eventually. >> i hope so. they are great. >> the tea party still relevant and the fact that mitt romney, an establishment candidate, is the probable gop. is the party still relevant? >> you ought to ask senator dick luger if it's relevant. he's been serving as a senator for 30 plus years and that's one race. and then there's also tea party challenging in states like texas less successfully.

you kind of have the full spectrum. >> maria? >> i agree, it's not as relevant as in 2010 because, look, during the primary process for the republicans, more voters and primary after primary voted for a candidate other than mitt romney that they did for the nominee. now, if the tea party had had the success that it had in 2010, they would have been able to coalesce mitt romney. what they were able to do was make mitt romney lurch so far to the right that he has been able to represent that in some manner. >> dean? >> i think there's still relevance but i think they have jumped the shark. i think the future end up on dancing with the stars. that's their 2350u67. by they have had a lasting

impact. they are denouncing them, essentially. they've used them and discarding them and that's wrong for a tea party point of view. >> always going back to that prostitution scandal. >> okay. your buzzer, peter. going on jimmy fallon show tomorrow, he's been on late night comedians before. mitt romney thinking about that invitation to go on saturday night live. listen to what jay leno said about which party is funnier. >> democrats and republicans are interesting because republicans really laugh at themselves more. like when bush came on, it was we want to do a skit. yeah, go ahead. can we do a skit? yeah, fine. and then there was a focus group and media people came in.

where will al be sitting? will al have the punch -- we don't have to do it. it's not a big -- and in the dressing room, al gore was very engaging and loose. but once the camera came on, oh, no. >> guys, who has the better sense of humor? republicans or democrats? dean? >> i'm a comedian. i perform both. extreme democrats and extreme republicans, they are not funny. george bush, you know, let's be honest. there should be a comedy chain after this guy. he laughed at himself and gave us great material. someone on the extreme right and left, they need to go to a colombia prostitute, perhaps. >> leave colombia out of it. >> leave colombia out of it. >> will? >> nothing like taking a subjective individual personality trait. so let's see --

>> oh, lighten up. >> win political points here or not? >> honestly, i will say this and i'll let maria rebut it. doi think certainly liberals have comedians running around there but they have a hard time laughing at themselves. >> ah, maria? >> maybe republicans can laugh at themselves better because it's easier to laugh at them. there's more to laugh at. look, look at janet reno in the 1990s. she went on saturday night live and made fun of herself. tell me that wasn't funny. and al gore actually went on -- i think it was late night to bash some cigarette ashtrays. with david letterman. so come on. >> we're fighting over comedy now. this is what it's come to. the war on comedy. i don't like it. >> don't mention that other thing again. >> thanks, carol. >> thanks. we're back after a quick break.

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nikki haley of south carolina is featured in "vogue" magazine. this takes us inside haley's world as the governor of south carolina. she talks about her future with the republican party and addresses the vice presidential rumors. it's all part of vogue putting influential females, considered to be powerhouses in magazines it highlights their place in power. robin is joining us live. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> robin, you worked for vogue for a short time.

>> yes. >> why do politicians get pulled into "vogue" magazine to pose? >> i think it's a combination, interest on both sides. she's very interested in the lives and the public faces of powerful women and i think for the women they realize that vogue reaches something like 1.2 million readers who perhaps are not necessarily going to be reading "the economist." and it's a way to reach that constituency and it's a little less perhaps intimidating and droning. >> so you looked at nikki haley's pictures. she's pretty buttoned up. we always see her in a suit, she always looks very professional. what do they say about her? kbl well, you know, i don't think that anyone goes to "vogue" and sits for a photo

shoot thinking that, you know, it's going to be one of those photographs in which, you know, it's pure reality. you know, there are some photographs, some portraits where the photographer looks like he's basically shot you under fluorescent lighting with a magnified glass. what "vogue" does is to present people in their most sort of perfect, idealized selves and i don't think that politicians are immune from wanting to be presented in the most flattering light possible. >> yeah. i was thinking to myself, if vogue -- not that it ever would, but if "vogue" -- >> you never know. >> you would almost have to say yes because you'd want to look like that one day in your life. because you'll never look like that again and you're right you don't look like that in real life. >> absolutely. many years ago oprah winfrey was

photographed for the cover of "vogue" and i recall that one of the things she said, i believe, in the actual interview was that it was this moment for her that was gratifying like few other things had been because she had been asked to pose for the cover. the first lady, michelle oem, posed for the cover and there was some conversation about whether it was a good or bad thing to do and one of the things that she considered was the impact of her photograph appealing to young latino and hispanic girls to consider themselves not only powerful but accomplished and beautiful. >> robin, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. we asked you to talk back on

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we asked you to talk back on one of the big questions of the day. these are professional, mature agents. they are responsible for their own misdeeds and inappropriate actions. this is from janice. why isn't there more talk about the embarrassment of a secret service agent to have the arrogance that he didn't have to pay the hooker? and from mike, someone who has worked in a criminal justice, there is a dark side to all of these agencies. many immoral and unethical things happen behind the blue line. the ultimate blame goes to complacency. thanks for your answers today. tomorrow there will be a new talk back question. keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. cnn "newsroom" with kyra phillips starts after a quick break. and zyrtec® is different than claritin®

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