ivan watson is following it tonight for us from istanbul. barbara starr at the pentagon. also with us, the senior fellow at stanford university hoover division. fran townsend as well. who presided over many tense moments as homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. you say there's little doubt syrians knew this was a turkish plane? >> absolutely. i think this is a message being sent by the bashara scream to turkey. turkey's four times larger. turkey's a nato member. turkey has stepped into the syria entanglement if you will. weapons are being given to the army now through the mediation of the turks. i think bashar knows what he's doing. i think this would be done delibera deliberately. to show that syria's not afraid. has come to the rescue of the syrian opposition. i think it shows you a sense of vulnerability on the part of the

syrian regime. >> fran, do you agree with this, this was a calculated act on the part of bashar al assad? >> i think not only do they have the capability to be able to identify this, of course what we don't know, once you identify an incursion in your airspace, just assuming for the moment it's accurate there has such an incursion, what are the syrians to do, given their capability, to identify the threat, understand the intention, as opposed to just hitting the button and launching the missile and taking down this aircraft? their statement, anderson, is also very calculated. when the syrians say this was a low flying and very fast aircraft, what they're telling you -- they're trying to defend themselves against what if this had been a civilian aircraft? of course, a civilian aircraft wouldn't have been that low, wouldn't have been traveling that fast. so even their words and their statement are very calculated. their defense is they want to be clear, but i think it is true to say, we have to assume they were sending a message not only to

turkey but to the alliance. we know of course turkey has, earlier this spring, threatened to go to nato and invoke article five. incursion against one required the action of all. and so i think this was, in fact, a very calculated move on the fact of al assad of syria. >> ivan, the turks have not confirmed the plane was shot down till after midnight. they didn't confirm it till after midnight. are they trying to bury the story? clearly, it puts them in an awkward situation. >> well, that's the impression i'm getting. the plane had already been missing for more than 12 hours by the time the turkish government finally announced it had, in fact, been shot down. another interesting point is the turks have also said they're working together with the syrians on the rescue operation. so despite the fact that it has been weeks, if not months, since the turks pulled their diplomats out of dam mass skas, there does seem to be high-level coordination going on between

the the two militaries in this case. i would interpret this as the turks and syrians not wanting this incident to escalate further. there has been a pattern of moves by the syrians in the past. not too long before the last time you were here, anderson, the syrian troops in one border area fired across into turkish territory, into a refugee camp, and wounded at least one turkish police officer . the turkish prime minister, well known for his fiery temper, especially against israel, did not explode in this case. in this case of a turkish warplane shot down and possibly two dead crewmen, he has deliberately calmed the situation down, buried the story after midnight on friday, on the turkish weekend, and seems not to want to let this to escalate out of control. >> barbara, what response has the pentagon had so far about

this? >> look, friday night here at the pentagon, no official response. behind the scenes, make no mistake. growing concern, anderson. we've now seen two days of instability in middle east airspace. yesterday, the pilot defecting to jordan across the boundaries of another country. tonight this situation with the turkish warplane. middle east airspace is very tight. dangerous at the best of times. and now you have two incidents in two days. you can bet behind the scenes turkey, israel, jordan and the u.s. navy in the eastern mediterranean literally have their radars up tonight watching all of this. the next question i think will be what does the turkish government ask the white house for. will they ask for more radars, more surveillance, more help in monitoring that very tight airspace in the mediterranean? and if the turks ask for it, what about jordan, what about israel? >> fuad, if ivan is correct, and

turkey is trying to kind of ratchet this down and not escalate it, is that a positive message for bashar al assad? did he, then, make the correct gamble on this, if he is the one behind shooting down of this plane? basically it allows him to look tough without having repercussions from turkey? >> i think that's absolutely right. what's interesting about this, when you think -- you have to think about the position of prime minister erdogan. he has blown hot and cold over syria. prime minister erdogan has threatened prevention in syria and then pulled back. i think this is reckoning time for him. because of the time we went to turkey, when i went with you, and we were in turkey, and i stayed behind, and you hear discussions within turkey, intellectual and political circles. they're very, very upset with prime minister erdogan because he thinks he hasn't really clarified turkey's position. but willy-nilly now i think this

is a larger crisis than ever before. i think the obama policy in itself in many ways involved here. because there's always been assumption in washington that this could burn out without any intervention by the united states, and i think once turkey is involved, there is a wider involvement. >> yeah, fuad, appreciate you being on. should also point out, he has written a remarkable new book, "the syrian rebelian," which i highly recommend. it's a great account of what has been going on, what we have been witnessing and broadcasting about for the last 16 or so months and also the history of syria. "the syrianrebelian" just out now. we'll continue to follow the story. let us know what you think. we're on facebook. follow me on twitte twitter @andersoncooper. up next, why doesn't this powerful congressman want to answer our questions? could it be the four congressional and federal investigators examining his business practices? we'll tell you who he is and what he's being investigated about. you inspired a ron howard production.

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about. no fewer than four congressional and federalbuchanan's business practices. and his alleged attempts to try to stop a witness from talking. now that witness is stepping forward in an exclusive interview. here's drew's report. >> reporter: sam is a former business partnerp congressman vern buchanan. the partnership started here at a weed-filled lot. a former auto dealership in north jacksonville, florida. eventually, the two would own four dealerships together. what kind of guy was he? >> you know, mr. buchanan -- i respected him. i believed him. >> reporter: he admits he was naive. he says he soon found out the man he believed in was interested in just two things. money and power. i mean, can you make a judgment call here? do you think this guy should be in congress? >> you know, let's put it this way. mr. buchanan is a very selfish

person. and in my opinion, folks who go to congress have got to do good for their people that they represent. >> reporter: kasran presented to cnn the same information, documents and testimony he's now given to federal investigators. the two men had a falling out over finances. they've been suing each other for years. for his part, buchanan says kasran is a disgruntled partner and has lie abod about what happened. at the center of kasran's allegations is a cash swap scheme. used to finance some beau can be's campaigns. employees forced to write checks. then reimbursed with cash drawn from buchanan's car dealerships. >> it was to a point where i said, chief, i -- we can't give you this kind of money. and that's when he said to run it through the corporation. and so -- >> reporter: and what did that mean to you, run it through the corporation? >> that -- what he said to me is

he said, get people to write a check to the campaign and then pay them back through the corporation. and that's what i did. >> reporter: that's what he said? >> correct, yeah. he said, run it through the corporation, absolutely, yes. >> reporter: kasran did. people who never gave money to campaigns were suddenly writing big checks to buchanan for congress. and according to kasran, getting reimbursed from the dealership. >> -- and said "i need more money." >> reporter: it added up to almost $70,000 in kasran's dealerships alone. >> jokingly say boss, you have all the money in the world, why do you want us to pay you the money? he said, well, it doesn't look like -- it doesn't look good if it comes from me. >> reporter: kasran took his detailed allegations to the federal election commission or fec, which was already looking into buchanan's campaign finances. investigators there now wanted to know not only about how the cash swap scheme worked but if the congressman knew about it.

this was absolutely his idea? >> correct. oh, yeah. >> reporter: the fec's initial report found reason to believe that congressman buchanan knowingly and willfully violated the election laws. but then in a later report they pulled back. saying it found credibility problems with both kasran and buchanan and not enough corroborating evidence to back up kasran's testimony. the fec eventually dropped the investigation into buchanan. but fined kasran $5,000. why? because he admitted reimbursing employees for campaign contributions. while the congressman has said that proves he's innocent, the findings at the fec were more convoluted. that it is more likely than not that buchanan violated the law. and that's where this gets much more serious for the congressman. during the fec probe,

congressman buchanan pushed to settle a lawsuit kasran had brought against him. and at the last minute, with a $2.9 million settlement offer from buchanan dangling in front of him, kasran said he was given this. >> they wanted me to sign this affidavit. >> reporter: according to kasran, the congressman and his attorneys were asking him to sign a statement that was a lie. that buchanan knew nothing about the campaign cash swap. and the affidavit said? >> in short, it was "this thing did happen but mr. buchanan had nothing to do with this." >> reporter: kasran refused to sign and took the affidavof aaf federal investigators. now cnn has learned congressman vern buchanan is being investigated for attempting to tamper with a witness in a federal investigation. after repeated requests for interviews from the congressman were ignored, we decided to find vern buchanan as he emerged from a hearing. i want to ask you about this deal with sam kasran.

did you make him sign this affidavit or try to get him to sign this affidavit with this campaign cash scheme? you didn't do that? >> i got to get to another meeting. you can call my office. >> reporter: i tried calling your office but they said you were unavailable. you didn't hold this over his head for that $3 million settlement? in a recent report released quietly several weeks ago, the office of congressional ethics wrote, there is substantial reason to believe that representative buchanan attempted to influence the testimony of a witness in a proceeding before the fec in violation of federal law and house ethics codes. now a full house ethics committee is looking into it. cnn is also learning the fbi and the irs are conducting their own investigations. are you concerned at all about the irs and the fbi now investigating this fec and oce complaints? >> just call my office.

>> reporter: his office did respond to our interview request. with a statement. saying the charges are politically motivated. that congressman did nothing wrong. and we are confident that the justice department and house ethics committee will reach the same conclusion. drew joins us now. do you know how many employees were involved in giving money to buchan buchanan's campaign? >> reporter: kasran says there were dozens pressured to give. we also have canceled checks and signed affidavits from other dealerships where people claim they were involved. even allegations this dated back to 2003 when buchanan was alley now, anderson, pressuring employees to give to then president bush's campaign only to be reimbursed through the company. >> so, what happens next? >> reporter: well, if you're waiting on the house ethics committee to act, you could be waiting a long time. that group has a track record of doing almost nothing when it comes to this kind of stuff. but more troubling for the congressman, anderson, are these federal probes, including that

grand jury in tampa. we don't know exactly what the investigation is about. but we can tell you it likely has to do with finances and tax records for the man now heading the republican's fund-raising activities in the house. >> wow. drew, keep on it. drew, thank you. a couple more notes on this story. just this afternoon, lawyers for buchanan filed a legal motion in sarasota to seal all documents in the case and to stop kasran and his lawyers from speaking publicly about the case. buchanan's lawyers say news stories about the congressman are, quote, publicly disparaging his character. a short time ago, we talked to sam kasran's attorney robert stock. as an american citizen, both congressman buchanan and i have the fundamental right of free speech. frivolous efforts to attempt to shut down the case and to conceal his wrongdoing behind a shroud of secrecy. we're going to continue to follow this story very closely.

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tonight, the grandmother who was tormented by a group of boys. now, just part of the video. >> oh, my god, your glasses are foggy from your [ bleep ] sweat, you [ bleep ]. >> dude, put those glasses back on. i can't stand looking at your face. >> karen, karen, put those sunglasses back on. [ bleep ] you looking like a troll. what side are your shirts? >> unless you have something nice to say, don't say anything nice at all. >> how about you shut the [ bleep ] up? >> well, the video of that verbal abuse goes on for, as i said, some ten minutes.

it's really very, very difficult to watch. i haven't been able to even watch the entire thing. the seventh grade boys are now getting death threats, their families say, from all over the world. there's a public outcry for them to be charged with some sort of crime or at least punished by the school. i spoke with robert helm, the father of one of the boys today. the boy, his son's name is wesley, who was doing the tormenting. and with the local police captain steve chatterton. robert, when you saw that video for the first time, what went through your mind? >> anger, sadness. >> did you know your son was involved? i mean, could you see or hear your son? >> i could hear him in the background. one of the other parents called me and told me he was in the video so that's when i looked it up and i could hear his voice in the background. >> what did you say to wesley after watching it? >> i asked him did he realize what he's done. you know? >> has he been punished in any way by you? >> no. as far as punishment, i mean,

he's in the house. he can't go anywhere anyway due to the death threats and the harassment. i mean, we're waiting for this whole thing to cool down before we can proceed on, you know, those types of things. >> what kind of a punishment do you -- i mean, as a parent, do you think is appropriate? >> i'm not sure. i never had to deal with this type of situation before. i mean, obviously, all his privileges and, you know, sports, anything that he -- his hobbies, any of that type of stuff, he won't be doing for quite a while. also, he's going to be seeing some therapy and that type of thing. to find out exactly what caused this. >> did he explain? did he have any kind of explanation for what he was thinking or why he took part in this? >> his explanation was i don't know why i did it. he could not explain. other than too, it was they were

feeding off each other. one would say something. he thought he had to say something funnier. and it kept going back and forth. >> captain chatterton, how are you treating this case? i mean, is this a crime? is this harassment? how do you see this? >> right now, we see it as harassment. but you can't charge harassment to a juvenile. we can't charge any of these juveniles with harassment. that and the combination with the victim doesn't desire prosecution, you know, kind of takes the ball out of our hand a little bit. but we still -- we continue with our criminal case today even though our victim told us we -- that she didn't want us to press charges. we looked at other options. but we're not seeing a whole lot of options right now. >> robert, you apologized to karen in person yesterday. our cameras were actually there. we have some of the video of it. what did you say to her? >> i just expressed how sorry i was that it ever happened. you know, there's really no

excuse. they say, well, they're 13. it's true, they are children, but there's really no excuse for that. it went on for ten minutes. it wasn't a slip of the tongue. i just wanted her to realize that i was behind her 100%. with whatever she was going to do. and that, you know, at some point i'd like wesley to be able to apologize in person to her. but she said that it's a little early at this time and that she'd like to wait before that happens. >> robert, as you know, this has gotten reaction, really, around the world. and a lot of people are pointing fingers at the parents in this, as well as at the kids. saying, you know, this starts in the home. so when you hear that, do you feel like you have any responsibility here? >> well, obviously, i do have responsibility. he is my child and he's underage. i don't know any parents that would teach their kids to do something like this or to teach their kids to disrespect other

people. it's ridiculous to blame the parents. i was as angry as anybody else, even more, because it was my child and i did bring him up and that's not something that i would condone or expect to see. and i don't think people realize how angry i was about that. and still am. >> you said you received threats. what sort of -- have you actually received direct threats? >> on the internet, there's been threats. youtube. facebook. phone calls to the house. many phone calls actually death threats on the phone, that they're going to come to the house. so yeah, they have been direct also. >> what do you think can ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen again with your son, with the other kids? >> i think the lessons learned, this whole thing we've been through, is going to scar our family for life. this is life changing. they'll never forget it. i don't think it will ever -- you know, to the best of my

knowledge, i don't see this ever happening again. >> captain, do you think these kids have learned a lesson? >> i would hope so. you know, it's gotten a lot of publicity. i don't think anything's gone this viral that i know of this quick. i think it's -- it's going to be good in the long run just for the fact that there's going to be a lot of discussion. my son viewed it. he's 14. he had a reaction like "who would do that?" but it's going to open some eyes to young teenagers. the young kids. i hope, in fact, it has. >> i certainly hopes it makes all of us kinder to one another. captain, i appreciate all your efforts. robert help, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> as we said, there's been outpouring of support for karen klein. an online fund-raising effort to raise $5,000 to send her on a vacation, that so far has brought in over $500,000 from

strangers donating $10 and $20 at a time. you just heard what the father of wesley, one of the kids that tormented you on the bus, had to say. what's your reaction? >> i think he was sincere. i don't know about his son's apology. but the boy -- i didn't think that's what i was going to get. i thought it was a little better. wishful thinking probably. >> do you think the kids really are sorry or sorry they got caught? >> don't think they're really sorry. sorry they got caught, yes, yes. that would be more like it. i would like to think that they would never do it again, like they said. but maybe. who knows. i don't know. >> the police captain said that the kids had received death threats. from all around the world. calls at their home. what do you want to say to the

people who might be wishing ill against these children? >> no, i don't want them to be harassed either, you know. two wrongs don't make a right. poor police, they had double duty on yesterday because of this. i thought, oh, boy, there go my taxes. no, i'm just kidding. oh, my god. if i don't laugh, then i would cry. but i haven't done that yet. so -- >> it seems like this is now no longer going to be a police matter. and the kids are going to be punished through the schools. do you think that's appropriate? >> well, i told them -- i didn't want to press charges. i mean, i can't see kids in the seventh grade having to do that. it's not like they killed

somebody. you know? i mean, it's serious. they didn't rob a bank. they just harassed a monitor. so i don't know. yes they need to be punished. but maybe not with the courts. >> yesterday, you told us the money raised sounded too good to be true. you didn't actually think you would get it. a spokeswoman for the online fund-raising site says they guarantee you're going to get the money which is now well over half a million dollars. do you believe it now? >> it's hard -- it's still hard for me to fathom, you know. i need to talk to somebody about how much tax i have to pay. that's a lot of money. that's a lot of money. more than -- even half of it would be more than i've ever seen. i've gotten some gift cards in the mail. and a check. and, i mean, people -- i just got a whole bunch of mail today with nice notes inside. and letters. from kids. you know, like 14-year-olds,

15-year-olds. >> that makes you feel good? >> oh, yeah. it helps. i mean, one time i think it's too bad that this happened. but then i think well, why not, this might help other people. you know what i mean? it's going to be -- it's going to be on everybody's minds for a long time. and i'm hoping that good will come of it. >> do you want to continue working as a bus monitor? do you want to retire? >> well, i think -- well, everybody writes and says now that you've got this money, we want you to retire and enjoy your life. and the more they say it, the more i think "good idea." >> yesterday, we told you that southwest airlines had contacted us and wanted us to inform you,

they wanted to send you to disneyland with nine other people. today we heard from the hilton beach resort and spa in florida. they also were touched by your story. they say they want to fly you and a guest first class down to their resort for a week's stay in the presidential suite. they say all your meals and spa treatments will be paid for. what do you think of that? >> it's really hard to believe all that. it really is. it's like a miracle. >> i hope you enjoy it. i hope you feel good moving forward. and i hope you get all the things that people have promised you, karen, thank you. >> thank you. >> $570,000 so far online. donated toward her. tonight, an exclusive robept on a doctor many are calling the new dr. kevorkian. showing them how to kill themselves in a variety of ways. he told chief medical

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life. a notebook of her medical history. doctors, hospitals, lab, prescriptions. >> reporter: this is jana's older sister, vicky. she and her husband tom live in the same phoenix neighborhood as jana did. they saw her suffer. it had become progressively worse. >> she just -- it was just very tough for her daily. she took lots of different medicines to make her feel better. >> reporter: did she ever complain of physical pain? >> all the time. she thought she was seriously ill. >> reporter: and then vicky got a troubling call one day. a woman who said she was a friend of jana's from church. >> she said to me, you know how jana's always sick, and we're very worried about her, because we can't get a hold of her. and so i called her and didn't get an answer. and then i waited till the next day. and called and didn't get an answer. and then we decided, well, maybe we should go check.

and see what's happening. >> reporter: it was here at jana's house that tom and vicky discovered the worst. they got a spare key, enters the home, and found jana lying in her bed. it was shortly thereafter they suspected foul play. >> i think when we're going through her belongings, there were a couple things we found. one was a brochure of the final exit network. >> reporter: and in jana's checkbook, another important clue. on february 13th, 2007, final exit network membership fees. $50. but what was final exit? online, they found this website. it says, the final exit network serves members in all 50 states who are suffering from intolerable medical circumstances, are mentally competent, want to end their lives, and meet our official written criteria. and suddenly it all made sense. that's when tauom and vicky

realized that jana had gotten help to kill herself. i went to meet dr. lawrence egbert. he's a retired anesthesiologist. he was final exit's medical director at the time of jana's death. 84 years old, he's friendly, charming, disarming. he doesn't own a cell phone or a car. and he is passionate about this cause. >> a lot of people think of this as -- it's such a good idea. >> reporter: these saints, as he calls them, help hundreds of people to, quote, hasten death. by his own account, when he was director, he approved about 300 final exit applicants. do people apply to the final exit? >> i can give you a telephone number if you want. i got the telephone number. >> reporter: what will they say to me if i called them? >> they would say, i'll get your name and your telephone number

and somebody will call you back in a few days. and that person would then call you back and ask you why. >> reporter: could you approve somebody without having met them? >> yes. i could. and say, this is reasonable to proceed. >> reporter: if that all sounds unnerving, then also consider this. according to police reports, jane had told final exit she had lesions on the liver, possible breast cancer, head injuries, removal of the gallbladder, overexposure to radiation andpo. did she have breast cancer? >> no. >> reporter: did she have toxic pesticimia? toxins from rats? >> no. >> reporter: did she have arsenic poisoning? >> no. >> reporter: did you know all of this when looking at her application? i have the same record they had. >> reporter: the problem is he took jana at her word. no doctor ever confirmed any of those physical ailments. jana certainly wasn't terminal.

not even physically ill. and there was something else. in one of jana's last psychiatric evaluations, they noted, this patient has become increasingly psychotic. on the last page, jana's diagnosis, psychosis. >> her brother-in-law and sister said she had lifelong problems with mental illness. >> reporter: did you question, given the mental instability? >> sure. >> reporter: wouldn't that be a big red flag? >> it's a red flag all right. the question is how big. >> reporter: i find it amazing, sanjay that this doctor never saw any medical records on this person and yet was given end of life advice. what did they actually do to commit people help suicide? >> well, you know, it's sort of an interesting thing. they just sort of facilitate various things. they tell people what to buy in terms of certain supplies. show them how to use these

things. it's very chilling. you're looking at an old demonstration there. it was sort of horrifying to watch actually. but it's a gray area. because they say we're not assisting necessarily. we're just sort of allowing it to happen. >> so they're basically giving people advice about things they can use to kill themselves? >> right. so, for example, helium is one of the things they tell them to buy. i'm being careful here on purpose. you just saw a little image of that. that's something that's part of this whole process. there's other supplies the person is told to purchase as well. exit guide actually comes to the home and sort of instructs them but not necessarily doing anything in terms of assisting in particular. >> wow so they actually send somebody to the home. so, is this even legal? >> it's interesting, again, this is a very gray area of the law. you know, obviously, dr. egbert, who you just met there, he was charged with manslaughter in this case but he was

acquitted. here in this case, again, part of the reason they're acquitted is they're saying, look, we're not assisting anybody in doing this. we're simply facilitating this in a way. helping people who want to end their lives. part of the reason i wanted to illustrate this particular case is because when people talk about slippery slope, this is the example that they're talking about. she was subsequently found to be mentally incompetent. which, you know, was that big red flag. >> wow. it's fascinating. sanjay, i appreciate it. we'll continue to follow it, thanks. >> you got it, anderson, thank you. >> let me know what you think about this. you can catch sanjay's full investigation, the final exit network, saturday at 4:30 p.m. eastern. also sunday at 7:30 a.m. on " n "sanjay gupta m.d." interesting comments from sandusky's own defense attorney. help says he'd, quote, die of a heart attack if his client is acquitted on all the charges. ♪

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acquitted of all the charges. philadelphia monsignor william lynn is in custody after being found guilty of one count of child endangerment for covering up sexual abuse by priests. he could face up to seven years in prison when he's sentenced in august. lynn was found not guilty of conspiracy. the justice department is suing two polygamous towns for alleged religious discrimination. most residents are members of the fdls sect led by warren jeffs. the towns are accused of discriminating against people who aren't members of the sect. and george washington's personal copy of the constitution and bill of rights has sold for nearly $10 million at auction. that's a world record for an american book or historical document. i wonder, anderson, just how you know for sure, though, that the father of our country actually had those documents. >> yeah, well, it would be pretty cool. gary, thanks very much. a little boy named noah caught our attention when his first sip of root beer was

caught on camera by his dad. watch. >> this is noah. enjoying the taste of root beer. >> is it good? >> noah's first root beer. >> i don't know if noah's fallen asleep yet, anderson, from all that sugar. >> probably not. i make that face every time i have full strength coca-cola. gary, thanks very much. coming up, a thief caught on surveillance camera.

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time now for the riduculist. tonight we're adding the candy skwiper. it's a guy in ohio who has sticky fingers. for months now, the guy has allegedly been stealing from the same gas station over and over again. employees say he usually comes in after midnight and he always takes the same thing. rees peanut buttercups. the store has caught him on surveillance video. during the most recent incident. the guy came in, went for the peanut buttercups it the store clerk jumps over the counter. this guy is running on sugar so he's pretty fast. he skittled right past the clerk and out the door. the sheer volume of candy this guy has allegedly swiped is nothing to snicker at. police say he's stolen $400 to $600 worth of peanut buttercups over the past several months. about $600 worth of peanut buttercups. what are they, about $1 a pack?

there are two in a pack. this guy has presumably eaten up to 1,200 peanut buttercups in the past few months? they need to get questioning. the main question i have, how does somebody eat that much candy and stay in shape? the surveillance camera adds at least ten pounds. there's no way he's burning off 1,200 peanut buttercups. maybe he's not eating them all himself. let's give him the benefit of the doubt. perhaps he's stocking up for halloween. doing it the most round protracted way ever. anyway, with that security video, there's mounds of evidence against the guy. it's only a matter of time till they catch him, give him the old york peppermint patdown. we'll be back in an hour with the latest on this breaking news from syria. that's at one sure from now at

10:00 eastern time. "piers morgan tonight" starts now. tonight, a cable anchor man at war with his country, his bosses and even himself. >> youtube, youtube, youtube. >> the crazy guy shouting youtube. just say you understand. >> i understand. >> good. >> could it really happen? i'll ask the star of "the newsroom" jeff daniels what he thinks of the real thing. and if he's tempted to take my chair. also, his boss, the genius aaron sorkin. plus, mr. cool himself, ll cool j opens up about fame, family and that pray for whitney houston at the grammys. >> i could not see going out on stage and having a party without first finding some sort of peace with what took place. >> he also reveals why he's rapping again. >> king of the rap world. >> you really are. they're talking about you in every club. >> this is "piers morgan tonight."