she was missing up to 24 hours, and the reports from our aft affiliate say that she was driven to baltimore county, maryland, and found tied up and blindfolded in the back seat of the car, a 1998 lincoln town car found at 6:15 this morning. and authorities say she was not injured. so if it was an attempted kidnapping for money, which you would immediately suspect about, the aberdeen police department in maryland told me that on the phone to their knowledge no ransom was requested or paid, which if true would raise questions of why somebody would do something like this, but there are reports that vai ripken's credit cards were used while she was abducted, but we have not been able to conduct that independently. and law enforcement officials calls it a local matter and no indication that the victim was driven across state lines which would make it a federal case. police are looking for a man in late 30s and early 40s wearing a light colored shirt and

camouflage pants and eye glasses. the ripken family released a statement saying that our mom was abducted from her home yesterday, and relieved that she is back safe and want to thank the authorities for the quick work. unusual story, fred. >> very. >> and there could be a news conference at 1:00 eastern time, and we will check in back in if we get more information. >> and we are glad that she is okay, and again, just one potential suspect they are looking for? or the description of one person this is. >> that is what it sounds like. right. and you have to wonder if somebody took the time to pick out a high-profile target like this, if there might have been more afoot, but who knows. maybe the authorities can answer the question. >> keep us posted if that press conference gets under way. thank you, joe johns in washington. the mayor of the city council in anaheim are calling for a federal investigation of the deadly shootings of two people at the hands of police

officers. since those killings, violence has erupted in the streets of anaheim. overnight, protesters clashed with the police outside of city hall and the fourth straight day of violence and our casey wian is live in los angeles. casey, tell us about the shootings, and what is happening as a result there in anaheim. >> well, fredricka, the shootings, of course, the account of the shootings depends who you talk to. we have an official account from the anaheim police department and the police officers union that says on saturday evening police officers saw a man who they believed was a documented gang member speaking with okay pants off a parked car in an area that is known for drug sales, gang activity and high crime. they went to contact this man, and manual diaz, 25 years old, and he apparently fled. according to the police account, they saw something in his waistband. they don't know what it was, but they saw something in his

waistband and they say that the officers saw him reach into the waistband to grab that object and turn toward them. officers then fearing it was a gun opened fire, killing him. now, mr. diaz' mother has come out and said that she through her attorney is going to be suing the anaheim police department, and she has a much different account of what happened. she said that the young man was simply speaking with friends when he was shot in the back by the police, and then as he was falling down, shot again in the head. now, there is another shooting of a suspected gang member who turned out to be armed one day later. so, obviously, some members of the community in anaheim, and some people out sooside of the community very angry about what they believe is excessive police force so they have been protesting. city council meeting last night, and crowded, and police tried to limit the number of people to keep the fire exits open. the crowd outside that couldn't get in grew to more than 1,000 people, and then the police had to have a confrontation with them to keep them out.

violence erupted. fires in trash cans. fires and molotov cocktails prepared, and rocks thrown at police and at motorists. it was an ugly situation, and 24s a arrests overnight, and a handful of nonserious injuries that police say they are though preparing for more violence and ready for more violence if in fact, it does happen, fredricka. >> tense moments, casey wian, from anaheim. appreciate that. president obama trying to build up the base of support among african-american voters with the latest poll showing him only slightly ahead of romney overall. mitt romney overall, and take a look at the new cnn poll of polls and it is an average of three national surveys conducted over the last week and a half. it shows president obama at 47% and romney at 43%. the president is on his way right now to new orleans. he gives a speech tonight at the national urban league convention. the group is out with a study on

how crucial african-american vo voter turnout will be in some key states. political director mark preston is joining us right now. and mark, how important for the president to not naturally assume that he has the african-american support, but to still work for that support. >> well, fredricka, no question that president obama will get the bulk if not all of the support of the african-americans come november, but the question is how many african-americans will actually come out and vote, and in what state. so when we talk about this, we are looking at specifically at four different states right now. we are looking at north carolina. we are looking at virginia. we are looking at florida. we are also looking at ohio. these are four states that will play a very important role in choosing the next president, and for president obama, the african-american vote is an extremely important subset of his support. now, back in 2008, he got 95% of the vote, and we expect him fully to get at least that same percentage. but he needs to make sure that

he can get african-americans out in the same numbers or close to the same numbers at least that he did in 2008 in order to win re-election in november. >> so we mentioned the latest cnn poll of polls, and there are also numbers out on the candidates' favorability ratings and mark, are those negative ads in any way making an impact? >> well, they certainly are, fredricka, and we should note that we expect several billion dollars to be spent just on television advertising in the 2012 elections, but if you look at the numbers from the nbc/"wall street journal" poll, it will show you that the ads primarily run now by the super pac that outside groups are having a big effect on the race, and back in april, 26% of the voters had a negative view of president obama, and that now increasing to 32% as well as for mitt romney, and 18% negative view of mitt romney back in april, but now it is up to 24%, so there is no question that these negative ads which everybody detests, and says bad

things about, but the fact of the matter is that it shows that n negative ads do work. but we also have some numbers to talk about, the favorable rating so to speak, and the same numbers from the nbc/"wall street journal" poll, and look at the favored candidate president obama just under 50%, and mitt romney at 35%. this number is extremely important to president obama, because right now on the number one issue for this election, the economy, mitt romney has an edge. but what president obama hopes and certainly his campaign officials out in chicago hope is that the people's goodwill toward the president might be enough to help erase a little bit of the lead right now that mitt romney has when it comes to the economy, fred. >> all right. mark preston, thanks so much. >> thanks. >> as we mentioned, president obama will be addressing the national urban league in new orleans and the organization's president will be joining us in

about 30 minutes or so from now. and here is what we are working on for this hour. >> a very brave 13-year-old girl is trying hard to cope after surviving the aurora movie theater massacre, and she risked her life to rescue the 6-year-old she babysits. >> i i fefelt it was my part to protect her, and even if she weren't my baby sister, i would, because she was a child. >> reporter: and plus, a rough week for the stock market. here are two words that you don't hear in the same sentence on wall street, apple, and disappointing and what it means for the 401(k). and searching for the long life gene. teams are racing to see what makes some people live longer and they have only 30 days to do it.

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latest batch of earnings reports and what does this mean for you and your 401(k)s? alison kosik is joining us from the new york stock exchange and apple missed the earnings target, but some solid earnings report are push iing the dow higher today. begin with apple. >> okay. so with apple, fredricka, it is all about the expectations, and usually apple just blows it out of the water, and i'm talking about the earnings, but this time around the company's earnings came in worse than expect expected. one of the problems for apple, it only, and i is a i this lightly only sold 26 million iphones and sound likes a lot, but it is a big drop from the previous quarter and what analysts think is happening here is that the consumers are waiting for the next model of the iphone to come out before they buy the new one so what happened according to the analysts is that they held off buying the old iphone and that hurt the company. apple shares are hurting, too, down 4%. fredricka. >> all right. we are also hearing about problems in europe affecting companies right here in the

u.s., and what evidence are we soog that it is an earnings? >> yeah, ford is definitely one of the companies that is feeling the effects of the slowdown in europe. the auto maker reported a profit of $1 billion, but the problem is that it is down 57% from a year ago and worse yet, the company expec to lose more than $1 billion in europe this year. and the european auto sales fell to a 20-year low this year, and ford is having a rough time of it there. now, as far as wall street goes with the european influence this year, and europe expected the weakness and given the all of the weakness, wall street expect ed the companies to take a hit, but a surprise from caterpillar and boeing as they reported second quarter earnings that beat wall street estimates and both raised the full year outlooks and the outlooks are just as important as the earnings, because think are more forward looking and a sign of how the company believes that the economy is going to go in the future. bow for example is ramping up to meet demand for commercial and

military planes and wall street liked this. boeing shares are up 2% to help the dow stay in positive territory. fredricka. >> okay. and with the recent swings in the market, some folks are afraid to look at their 401(k) statements besides the earnings reports, and what are the other factors that influence the markets and what can we expect perhaps moving forward? >> don't be afraid. don't be afraid to look at the 401(k). look at this broadly in sort of the big scheme of things and the major averages and you know, they are up for this year, and they are pretty ti much where they were a year ago and no need to make a rash change, but there is uncertainty there and relief could be on the next week as we get the first look of the gdp, the economic growth here in the u.s. for the april through june quarter, and we will get that friday. if this number comes out bad, there could be the fed stepping in to try to pump more stimulus into the economy after it meets next week.

the fed officials have been dropping a lot of hints lately that could happen and that could be welcomed news for the stock market because you will see a pop in stock, because that stimulus would push ip vnvestor toward the stock market and not relieve all of the worry for wall street, but it is not time to panic, not even close. >> thank you, alison kosik. appreciate it. at just 13 years old, she has already been through most of us will ever go through in our lifetimes. >> to draw, and she liked to look at the -- i had a bunny, well, i have a bunny in my room, and she liked to look at the bunny. >> how this teen attempted to save lives inside of theater 9 the night of the colorado massacre. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity...

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funeral arrangements are being made for the victims of the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado. a memorial service for 51-year-old gordon cowden is under way in denver. he had taken his two children to see the premiere of the batman movie, and his children

survived. nine miles away, visitation for mikala medek who was working on her college degree. and jonathan blunk will be given military honors. he had served two tours in afghanistan and hoped to become a navy s.e.a.l. rebecca wingo is the mother of two daughters. 24-year-old jessica ghawi was an aspiring sports journalist, and a.j.boik was 18 and he had recently graduated from high skochool and remembered as somee who wanted everyone to be happy. alex sullivan was 27 years old, and he was celebrating his birthday with friends last friday when he was killed. alex teves is also one of the heroes of the shooting after he died saving his girlfriend's life. and john thomas larimer was a navy intelligence officer and another one of the young men killed shielding his girlfriend from bullets.

and jesse chill rdress is an ai force sergeant who died trying to protect his friend. and also rebecca moser also died that night. and poppy harlow talks to a girl who tried to save her. >> we put her in your merciful hands, lord. >> reporter: prayers for a survivor. >> he kept firing and stop when he was reloading, and he could keep firing at everyone he saw. i thought i was going to die. >> you thought you were going to die? >> i have never had that feeling before in my life. and it is the scariest feeling. to think that you are going to die. >> kaylan watched as three people with her at the batman screening were shot including the 6-year-old girl that she

regularly baby sat, m monica mo. >> even if i was not her baby-sitter, but a sister, i would try to protect her. >> she called 91 1. >> i put my hand on veronica's rib cage to see if she was breathing, but she was not, and so i started freaking out. they told me to do cpr and i told them that i couldn't, because her mother was on top of her and couldn't move. >> reporter: veronica's mother ashley was shot in the neck and the abdomen and lived, but veronica did not. >> she liked to draw. she liked to look at the dish had a -- well, si a bunny -- i

bunny in my room and she liked to always look at the bunny. >> reporter: are you okay? take your time. her pastor calls her a girl with a servant's heart. >> she is the type of kid who comes into the room and asks what can i do to help? how can i give of myself. i mean, a young kid, that really can't be taught. >> she actually was consoling me. >> reporter: you were? >> and she was telling me that it was going to be okay. >> reporter: how has this changed your life? >> there are certain things that i can't like hear or certain things that i can't look at or certain things that i can't do or even wear. >> reporter: like what? >> like the clothes that i wore that night. i don't want to put those on again. popping sounds -- are like or

banging a certain way, and i can't look at popcorn. >> i know you want to say something to ashley, the mother of veronica, the little girl you tried to help. >> all i want to do right now is to go visit ashley. >> reporter: kaylan may not have been fiphysically wounded, but e bears the scars. poppy harlow, aurora, colorado. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me.

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all right. this is a scene in aleppo, syria, today and intense fighting between the rebel forces and government troops and the military is sending 2,000 more troops in an effort to retake the city. meanwhile, turkey announced it is closing the border with syria, and thousands have fled across the border to escape the violence. a sea world trainer's brush with death. i want you to look at this chilling video. it is the moment that a 6,000-pound killer whale turned on his trainer at sea world san diego. you can see the whale grabbing the trainer by his leg and then

dragging him underwater there, and then at one point violently shaking him. the trainer got away with a broken foot, and this video is being used as evidence in a federal court case showing that sea world was putting trainers at risk. barack obama is on the way to new orleans as he -- tries to rally african-american voters. the group of the national urban league is trying to rally voters. we are joined by the president of the national urban league joining us from his home city of new orleans. good to see you, mark. >> great to be with you, fred. >> let's begin with the report. what do you mean by the hidden swing voters? >> well, african-american voter turnout in states like ohio, indiana, north carolina, virginia and florida in many ways was crucial in the outcome of the election in those states

in 2008. so, to a great extent, african-american voter turnout is part of the category of voters that we consider to be swing voters, voters whose participation in the election is really going to have a big impact on the outcome, and we point this out, because in 2008, we achieve something historic in this nation, and that is both white and african-american voter turnout was about equal. that was an important milestone for the nation, compared to 2004, and 2000 and previous years, so we wanted to highlight this with the this report, inde as we gather here in new orleans to prepare to listen to the president, and the value and importance of voting and to push back against all of the voter suppression initiatives cropping up around the country. >> and you are talking about particularly in the voter registration, and some changes in certain states about the

voter registration, right? >> yeah, we are talking about this sort of new wave of voter i.d. laws, cutbacks on the early voting, and restrictions on groups like league of women voters or the urban league in conducting voter registration drives in some states. it is a good sign that in many cases the courts have injoined, blocked or stopped some of the law, and in other cases the justice department has intervened using the powers under the voting rights act, but in a number of states the laws are still in effect, and we don't know what the state of play is. i say and the urban league says, i think, that the efforts are making it more difficult for people to vote. there is no evidence that they are responding to a real problem, and it is really anti-democratic and un-american. >> when you talk about the widespread, and there was quite a boon in the voter participation in 2008, a san diego there concern if there is apathy in the go around that it

is particularly in the african-american community or widespread as well? >> well, i think that americans of all backgrounds, and we have been through a tough period of time with the recession and the economy, and people want things to get better. i always believe that once people focus in on the choice that they have in an election contest, a lot of times that occur occurs after september and labor d day, if you will, that there is a surge of interest in the election. every election is important, and this election is crucially important, and we think that people have to vote as a matter of responsibility. not simply as a matter of, well, am i jazzed up or am i enthusiastic? we think it is a responsibility for people to vote. that is what we are going to be talk talking to people about while we are here in new orleans. i think that the enthusiasm will in fact indeed be there, but it also depends in large measure how the candidates campaign and

conduct themselves. so we are proud that president obama will be here. we invited governor romney and we wish he would have accepted our invitation, because we think that all candidates should talk to the people in america's urban communities, and we think that all candidates should talk to the african-american community and should talk to the voters directly in person, and the national urban league conference, we provide that opportunity, and in 2008, john mccain and barack obama came, and in 2004 john kerry and george bush came. >> and will mitt romney argue that he was at the naacp convention and he did address a large segment of the african-american nation in that address? >> and he did. but one does not appeal to a community so important and significant as the urban league community and the african-american community with one drive-by appearance. you have to make it sustain and

consistent, and that is what we are looking for. so, i think that it is beyond that. we wish he were here, and the naacp is an important organization, and we speak to a more distinctly urban constituency in the civil rights movement. we think that we have a very important constituency. so my most important challenge to both of the candidates the president and mitt romney is to address the challenges that urban communities face, to make sure that the joblessness and the unemployment that we face is part of your agenda, and we look forward to seeing the president this evening here in new orleans. >> all right. marc morial president of the national urban league joining us from new orleans. thank you. and the question to find the long life gene and everybody wants that. it is a race with teams from around the world and a u.s. team is actually the first one to sign up.

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scientists pitted against each other in a 30-day race to find the long life gene. the prize race is something like you would find in a reality show, and the teams compete for a prize of $10 million. the goal, well, that's where it can get a little bit more complex. they are in a race to map the gene's common in people who live beyond 100. i'm joined by jonathan rothberg an entrepreneur in gene science, and good to see you, jonathan. so this contest was first announced in 2006, but you and your team, the first to register, why did your team decide the do this? >> we registered now, because we are launching a new technology that will allow us to sequence people's genomes, and when you go to the doctor now, you have an mri and now you can go to the doctor and have your genes read which will help the doctor give you the right medicine and help

scientists to come up with cardiovascular disease and cancer and aging. >> sure. so then in the 30 days once the race begins, what will you be doi doing? how will you go about trying to find that common gene or that common component? >> the important thing to know is that we now have a new system that sequences your genome, and reads the code of life. in this contest, we will be reading the genes from people who lived to 100 and we will uncover those genes that protect them from disease, because most of the people live long, healthy, happy lives and we want to make it possible for more people. >> and so, these people who are -- >> and we will take you to their -- >> okay. go ahead. >> so we will either take their blood or their saliva, and we will put that on a disposable chip, and this chip from the life technologies sees dna and sees chemistry just like the chip in your cell phone can take a picture. we can read your genome. >> and you got these

centenarians because they volunteered, right? >> yes. they volunteered, and now by sequencing them, we can understand something that can help everybody. how to live a long healthy life. >> oh, my gosh. now is there any real common denominator with those who have stepped forward, and those who have, you know, volunteered the dna? are they mostly living in a particular region of the world? >> that's the beautiful thing about it. amazingly, many people who lived to 100 smoke, drink, eat fatty foods and they are fine. so we want to know what genes do they have that protect them, and by understanding these people we'll better be able to help everybody. >> wow. >> i want to make sure this is a machine in over 1,000 labs now that is being used in medicine, making sure that people get the right drug, but it is a demonstration of the you tutili

a fast setting. so, we can sequence the genome, and give information to a doctor and then by sequencing 100-year-olds, we will find the fountain of youth. >> well, we look forward to those results. and thank you, johnthan rothberg, and happy hunting. >> absolutely. maybe these world leaders will live to be 100 given what jonathan said about poor diets in some cases. bill clinton liked the burgers and president obama likes waffles. chowing down with the candidates on the campaign trail, and you have to eat right, but it does not always go over so well, and what happens when things go horribly wrong? i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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it's a familiar scene in presidential politics. candidates showing up at local restaurants and chow down and shake a few hands and hopefully win a few votes. well, president obama stopped by the varsity burger shop in atlanta, and you see mitt romney sitting down for a meal in new hampshire last year. well, eatocracy editor kat is joining us to talk about this. interesting assignment, and not are these usually healthy options that the candidates are choosing on the trail, right? they are in a hurry. >> it is not pretty out there. i am sure that, you know, i'm sure it is not healthy spirit l

spiritually, emotionally or physically, and there was a great shot in alex sdra pelosi did a part where she was with george bush on the campaign trail, and started to lose her trail. and dennis kucinich had a vegan underground network who would bring him vegan food, but for the most part they are chowing down on meat at sticks at popular greasey spoon places. it is not pretty. >> and you take us back to 1860, the lincoln-douglas campaign and there is documentation of food that was eaten on that campaign trail? >> yes, there is. you know, as long as there has been american politics, there has been barbeques. and there have been some great food writers and fantastic food writers like patrick moss, and so at that particular rally in the lincoln-douglas debates, they had engaged a pitmaster who

may not have necessarily cooked barbeque before and they shipped in animals from kentucky, and the reason thatrbeques is becau community event and everybody shows up with meat and it takes a long time, and so it will give you attention, and not only does it take a long time, but it can cause a riot, because everybody is snatching at the food once it came out of the pit. it was described by the local papers aas a most disgraceful event. >> hey, when you are hungry, the ugly comes out. >> yes. >> and there was a poll about how you feel about the candidates chowing down on the campaign trail, and what are they measuring? etiquette, how they are eating, what is it that they are eating? what are people expressing? >> well, we share with people a whole bunch of pictures of candidates eating meat on sticks and in disgusting situations, and we asked, you know, do you

feel really like at one with the candidate when you see him eating the local food or is do you feel really grossed out? 9% said, you know, it is that they did not care so much, but something like 29% of the people said it actually makes me like the candidate better. this is to me -- >> really? >> yes, this is to me like -- >> it humanizes them, huh? >> yes, it is like doing something like stars, they are just like us. >> they eat, too. >> they do. and often it is on a stick. >> well, bon appetit on the campaign trail. kat kinsman, thank you so much. >> thanks to thor having me. today, we remember the life of actor sherman hemsley who was found dead in his home in el paso, texas, tuesday. he was 74 years old. ♪ moving on up ♪ to the top ♪ moving on up ♪ to a deluxe apartment in the

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the olympic games are under way and we're still two days away before opening ceremonies. team usa women's soccer is pl playipla playing france right now. they have so many teams and play so many matches that they had to start a day or two early. soccer matches for the men kickoff tomorrow. this from the olympic officials. an athlete from greece has been booted from the games. the triple jumper and she is banned from competing after she posted a comment on twitter that is being called offensive and racist. she has apologized. too late, she is out. there are a few sports that you won't be seeing this summer in london. events that used to be popular. let's get to alex thomas in

london. over the decades some sports fell out of favor with the olympics like live pigeon shooting. what are some of the others? >> reporter: can you imagine back in 1900 in paris they ki killkil killed 300 birds during the games that year. you can probably see the crowds going in for a rehearsal of the closing ceremony. something like race walking. we have to think of track and field as being the essence of the games, the modern games. >> they are still strut thing their stuff in that race walking. >> reporter: they are. race walking is still going. that still happens. you kind of look athletic but you're not allowed to take both

feet off the ground at the same time. the athletes do a little funny when they do that little hip wiggle. >> they have the smallest waist among all athletes out there, so there. >> reporter: they're pretty lean, aren't they? >> they are. what about that solo synchronized swimming? it doesn't seem right. >> reporter: that's right. the whole point is a team of swimmers synchronizing. synchronizing yourself with the music. they still do it in the sports but not in the olympic games. it debuted in los angeles in 1984 and out of favor by 1992. >> you cannot tell me the tug of war was an olympic sport. is that true? >> reporter: that's just crazy. i had to double check that when i knew i was going to speak to you about it. you get at church or village

fairs. it was in the olympic games until 1920. we might be a fading world power, but boy can we pull a rope. >> wow. you know you will be watching and the world will be watching track and field. that's one of the most watched after, the most popular olympic sports there is. i want to tell you about an olympian who won his first gold in the 1948 olympic games who happens to be my father. he's a bit fragile, in a wheelchair but nothing will stop him from heang to london this weekend 64 years after winning the 80800 meters. my brother and i will be going

with my dad. making the journey across the pond to london. dad along with fellow olympians from that historic game are featured this week in this new york times in a beautiful photo gallery. you can hear them in their own words. hear their stories of inspiration and how they now in their 80s and 90s continue to keep that olympic flame burning bright. we'll keep you posted. much more continues right now with brooke baldwin. thank you so much. safe travels to you. i love your father's story. it's a huge day of news. a lot to get to. i want to start with something you'll not see anywhere else and that being, take a look at the map. we're talking a lot about syria and the largest city in syria is hurdling toward chaos. i'm not talking about damascus.

if damascus is syria's washington then it's new york city. government fighters are streaming in try to crush the armed revolt. look that the with me. i want to share these pictures with you. you see the flames. you see the smoke here. several hours ago we gathered around our news room and watch this feed in live. what we're looking at here is a government tank totally in flames. later rebels were seen in another government tank, multiple tanks. now to this. what looking at burned out remains of police station. seize and burned today. you see the outer walls charred. take a listen.

these are syrians. stepping on a president. their president bashar assad. they had taken it from the police station. we have struggled the get our people, get our crews within this country. the assad government has put it under lock and key. they have seealed off the syria border. a couple of these red squares is where the border crossings have been thwarted. ivan watson is not there. i'm not going to tell you where he is for his safety. he's spoken with syrians that have seen what's happened in

aleppo. the reports say that the syrian armed forces are you shalling toward aleppo for the show down with the rebels. has that somehowdown begun? >> reporter: absolutely. they are saying the battle for aleppo is under way. every village i travel to in northern syria, the sons, brothers and father who have volunteered are all mobilized and headed toward the battle of this critical city. in the past two days i just happen upon two funerals for two separate fighters killed today and yesterday by helicopter gun ships which they say are the biggest single threat that they cannot fight against in aleppo today. >> ivan, as we pointed out we

can't say where you are. we're say you're in northern syria and in addition to coming across the funerals, i know you've talked to a number of people who have turned against the government. who have taken up arms. what do they tell you? why? >> reporter: these are people who up until 16, 17 months ago were going about their lives. nay were students. they were real estate brokers. they were working on farms and now you see the entire syrian country side, at least in this northern part of the country is mobilized and armed. they are committed to fighting down to bring down the regime of assad. they have ruled this country for more than 40 years. they have seen their countrymen gunned down by syrian security

forces over the course of the past 17 months. they have seen the syrian army destroy entire neighborhoods of cities that have joined in the uprising against the syrian regime. they say it's a live or death matter. they could be killed as they run. many of these villages bear the scars of war. we went to one village today about five, seven miles west of the aleppo which is getting rocketed daily. they took me to house after house where artillery shells slammed through the roof from a nearby syrian army base. the syrian military is on the defense now. it continues to harass civilian communities by lobbing shells into villages that are civilian. people are dying in this dire battle. take a look at this report.

a father stained with the blood of his son. this is the blood of a martyr. his blood is pure. mad, grief and crying from a man that just learned his son died in battle. he was only 22 years old. he died tuesday morning. he's the fourth man from this small hill top village to be killed battling the government. a fellow fighter brought him home to be buried. he said he was shot in the syrian city of aleppo. >> a helicopter killed your friend today? >> yes. >> on a roof top, to of a building? >> yes. >> reporter: what began 17 months ago as a peaceful protest movement has morphed into a full

fledged insurgency. >> you were in the bath party before? >> yeah. >> for a long time? >> about ten years. >> reporter: the commander of a rebel group says he's fighting to free syria from more than 40 years of dictatorship turntdund assad family and new recruits come every day. >> you want to fight? >> yeah. >> that's why you came back to syria? >> yeah. it's killed everyone. it's killed my cousin. it's destroyed my village. it's destroyed my home. >> reporter: the 23-year-old came home from a job in dubai.

he brought a bag of radios and sniper scopes. >> all of this is for war. you're going to fight with this? >> i know. i go do war for my family, for my country. >> reporter: brave talk from a young man who has yet to set foot on the battlefield. this rebel veteran chokes back tears while talking about his friend killed in aleppo just a few hours ago. >> we must fight. >> reporter: after burying his friend it's back to the battle. >> you will go back to fight? >> tonight. >> tonight? >> tonight. >> to aleppo? >> reporter: it's important to stress what started 17 months ago as a protest movement in the south of the country has spread all the way to the northern borders where i'm located right now. what was peaceful is now a very armed movement and armed

insurrection. you call what we're seeing a civil war. brooke. >> i know we've spoken before and you said this is some of the worst violence you've seen. thank you so much to you and your crew live in syria. we appreciate it. i just want to step back and get some of our bearings. it's so important to understand the geography. you have lebanon and israel to the west. and turkey. we mentioned these three red squares. these are the now blocked border crossings. i want to talk damascus and aleppo which is what ivan was talking about. damascus is the capitol of syria. this is where they had a series of revolts. this is the capitol city.

to the north this is what ivan was talking about. this is the focus today. aleppo. two million people, really the country's commercial center. more like the new york city as damascus is like washington. would you believe he lived in this city for a number of years and he's joining me now live. ben, i want to get a little perspective from you. how significant is it that within this past week we've had major, major eruptions here in neighborhoods within aleppo, not just damascus now but aleppo as well. >> many people were waiting for aleppo to rise up. it's a city with a history of opposition to the regime. there was a revolt against the regime, the father of assad. i was in aleppo eveand every ni

you would hear intense gunfire. many people believe that if aleppo falls that's the beginning of end for the regime of assad. it's the commercial capitol, the manufacturer capital and the agriculture heartland of the country. if that falls into rebel hand it's matter of time before damascus falls as well. >> give me a little more in terms of the historic significance. i know that aleppo is one of the world's oldest centers. this is the cradle of civilization, is it not? >> it is. many people believe civilization began. there's an old rivalry between damascus and aleppo. both cities claiming they are the oldest, continuously

inhabited cities on earth. among be people of aleppo there's a feeling that damascus has really become too powerful. they have always felt that aleppo is the city that deserves to have the real power in syria. brooke. >> ben, something we touched on briefly. you have turkey here today. turkey today has sealed off different parts of its border here with syria to the south. talk to me just how significant that is and why do this? what are they thinking? >> turkey has been one of the major trading partners for years. we had to go to turkey to get essential goods like sugar and milk. we had a bank account in turkey as well just to go back and forth really to function.

it mean a halt to all normal economic activity. there's far more trade between aleppo and turkey than aleppo and damascus. when they are cut off it means life is going to change dramatically for people in aleppo. >> ben, we appreciate you live today. a lot more unfolding this hour including word that cal ripken's mother has been abducted by gun point. police shoot and kill two men and now one city is on edge. the voices of the protesters are getting louder. the violence is out of hand. i'm brooke baldwin, the news is now. first mickey goes to north

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that was 25-year-old manuel diaz. he's a known gang member. they say he and two and other men were acting suspiciously in an alley saturday afternoon. when officers tried to question them diaz tossed something over the fence. he ran. during this chase police shot him who was not armed. he died at the hospital. on sunday police were chasing suspected gang members running from a stolen suv. one of the men shot at police. the officer fired back killing the 21-year-old gunman. both of these shootings have people angry. they are on edge and out in full force on the street. >> i'm leaving. don't twist my arm. >> get out of here unless you want to get arrested. >> they believe many of the people in last night's protest don't live in anaheim. they describe them as outsiders

bent on creatie ining mayhem. they do not want an encore. >> vandalism, arson and other forms of violent protest will not be tolerated in our city. we don't expect last night's situation to be repeated but if it should, the police response will be the same. swift and appropriate. anaheim mayor tom tate on the phone with me. how do you characterize what is happening in your city? that's a heavy sigh. >> last night we had a city council meeting and that was a great place for people to vent, to state their opinion, to state

their anger and also to protest. that's where it should be. a place where we do the people's business. >> obviously, that's not happening. we're looking at pictures of people being arrested by police, rubber bullet, fires, broken windows. when you see these pictures, what do you think? how do you describe this? >> that was in front of city hall. i was there last night. it was isolated in front of city hall. it's not, anaheim is a big city. it was very disturbing to see people use violence in a protest. we can't put up with that. absolutely cannot put up with that. these protests are over these two deadly shootings that have rocked your community especially the latino community.

five of whom have been shot to death by police. what can you tell us about these investigations? i understand you're meeting with members of the u.s. attorney's office and fbi on friday. what can you tell the nation about these investigations? >> it's a normal process. they are investigated by the orange county district attorney's office. oush poli our police department and our chief doesn't know what he the facts are. it's to be determined by the district attorney. i saw television coverage on saturday night. i believe we need an independent, credible, entity to determine what the truth is. i believe that the united states justice department. >> your hope is this would be

the independent third party who could properly conduct an investigation into the police department? >> absolutely. the first thing to gain the trust of the community is the truth. as i said before we're going to seek the truth. when that comes out we're going to own it. >> it may take a while for the truth to come out. in cases like this are you fearful for night number five, number six. you comment may not be placated by lack of answers. >> the people in anaheim want to see positive change. the people in anaheim do not like the rioting that went on last night.

i'm confident that thing will get back to normal. that was around city hall. we're a big city. we have 350,000 people. it's a small number of people in front of city hall. >> you say it's over. how do you know it's over? >> of course, i don't know that. i went to a meeting this morning of leaders in the city, the hispanic community. nobody wants that violence. protest, yes. discourse, yes, but violence, absolutely not. >> mayor tom tate, we'll followup with you to see how things things go and if you're able to

establish that independent entity that you seek. >> thank you. this just in, kathryn jackson is no longer guardian of michael jackson's children. a los angeles county superior court judge made that ruling minutes ago. the judge appointed t.j. jackson as temporary guardian of prince, paris and blanket. t.j. is the 34-year-old son of tito johnson. this comes after she was first reported missing. los angeles police found her at a spa in arizona. we're making calls as soon as we get more information. we promise we'll bring it to you live. he's a baseball legends. he's a hall of famer. we have just learned cal r ripken's mother has been abdu abducted by gunpoint. also the mystery woman. here she is standing next to north korea's dictator is now his wife. his latest secret revealed. throughout our entire lives. ♪

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we have just learned, we told you a moment that cal ripken, his mother who has a momentum in maryland was abducted by a man yesterday morning out of her home at gunpoint. we've been listening to this news conference. we'll play you some sound in a moment. the short end of it is is the fact she's okay. she was found in her vehicle. i'm just looking over at my notes, found unharmed in her car. she's with her family now. let's listen. this the the police chief. take a listen. >> at about 6:15 this morning

she was located unharmed in her vehicle in close proximity to her residence. she feels not found to be injure and she is resting with her family. between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. tuesday morning, we believe, a male subject approached miss ripken at her residence, produced a handgun and forced her into her vehicle and he fled the air. after he fled the area we believe he drove throughout central maryland and we're not sure what locations he was at. what time he was driving in what counties and that is still under investigation at this time. >> all right. i want to bring in joe johns.

here is where i'm confused. this is where i want you to clarify. if i'm hearing correctly, did this man who is still arm and dangerous, did he take mrs. ripken with him as he went through maryland before dropping her back off or no? >> that's just what it sounds like. sounds like he put her in the car and drove all over central maryland is what the police chief said there. we don't know where they went, what counties they went to. she was missing for the space of about 24 hours, brooke. this must have been quite a drive and quite an experience for her. she was later checked out by paramedics and they found her to be in good shape. now she's resting at home. a very bizarre story. still trying to find out if this person even knew who she was.

. okay. we'll check back in and see what you know. this individual says armed and dangerous, still on the loose. we heard from the ripken family, what have they said? >> they put out a bit of a statement. it was pretty short. we can put it on the screen for you. they are happy she's back with them. they are relieved that mom is back with us, safe and healthy. the other thing i have to tell you is that news conference is still ongoing. there might be more information. earlier today the authorities were telling us they didn't get any demand note or demand call for ransom or anything like that. there's no indication that cal ripken was contacted. a lot of this is still a mystery. >> thank goodness she's okay. thank you so much.

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game. >> how much does it cost? >> it's $190. hear me out. typically in the past kids with autism had a device that cost up to $15,000. you can have multiple users which is great for teachers but also remembering they have an ipad and an iphone. if you ever worked with kids that is hip and that is cool. if they are playing with an app and speaking as a child through the device that makes the difference. >> we appreciate it so much. we are now learning there's a tremendous breaking development when it comes to this suspected gunman in that aurora, colorado movie theater. we'll share that on the other side of this break.

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about the suspected gunman. let me look at my note. law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said that police and fbi discovered a package in the university of colorado mail room that appears to have been mailed by this alleged shooter, james holmes. the official could not provide details about to whom it was addressed, how long the package had been until mail room and what the package entailed. you know investigators are pouring through it now because the big question is the why, the motive. these are pictures from this past monday. this is the first time the world got this first glimpse of this man who has not yet been charged. charging and arraignment happens next monday. this is the picture of the flame red hair. 12 people killed, 58 wounds and from what we now thus far, really this james holmes has no

major digital footprint. he appeared on a couple of dating websites but not too much beyond that. there you have it. this package from the university of colorado mail room. since friday's shooting people have been buying more guns. they want to buy a lot more guns. my next guest says over the i need a gunmenalty, let's focus on something else. she's in the very thick of the debate there. ♪

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that's a jump of 43% over the same three days the previous week. there are also reports people lining up outside gun shops. not everyone in colorado wants more guns in the hands of its own people. ronda fields is one of them. she's live in front of that theater where that horrific shooting happened on friday. thank you for joining me. >> thank you for having me. >> it was the denver post article that caught my eye. this is a quote from an employee. he said a lot of people are saying i didn't think i needed a gun but now i do. if this person was sitting there, what would you tell him? >> i just think those are just reactive kind of issues that people have. i understand that people want to be able to protect themselves. we have to move beyond just being reactive and we need to be proactive. we need to come up with policies and strategies to prevent gun

violence. >> what is your strategy? how do you combat this? >> i think it's already happening on the hill. congresswoman has already called for a ban high capacity clips. those are just some measures that we can do to kind of curtail the violence. there's no need for someone to have this magazine clip that allows them to do 60 rounds of firing of bullets per minute. there's no need for that. i think we should ban that. >> i just want to point out some numbers to put this whole story in context. they did polling on gun control at the pugh research center. 72% of republican voters think it's more important to protect gun ownership than to control guns. only 27% of democrats agree. i know you're on the state level and we're talking nationally. why hasn't your party done more to legislate guns because that

assault weapons ban expired in 2004. >> i can't speak for them. i can only speak for myself and my constituents in this district. it's time to talk about gun violence. we have to talk about it. to do nothing we get more of the same. i think we need to be doing bold leaderships on both sides and come up with measures to close the gaps. >> what can you do? everybody's sort of knows this is not a winnable political topic on both sides of the aisle. it's an election year. we're not going to be hearing much from mitt romney or president obama, but if you in aurora, colorado, what do you do? >> that hurts me when i hear people saying we can't touch this issue because this is campaign season, and we're going to need to be re-elected. we had 70 people get shot here

in the state of colorado. 12 are dead. we can no longer push this issue under the rug. we need convene all the right players together to do what is right. i don't have all the answers. i think we need be doing something and right now. >> this is to personal for you. can you tell me about your son. >> yes. i lost my son due to gun violence in 2005. i understand what it's like to have someone suddenly be snatched from your life and have to deal with the trauma of burying someone and going through the trials. that's what's going on right here in our city. now people are having to bury their loved ones and we're having to see this person be charged for the crimes he committed. it's hard. >> i cannot begin to imagine colorado state representative, ronda fields. our hearts going out to you.

a gunman opened fire on congresswoman gabby giffords in that crowded parking lot. now this. top of the hour. the largest city in syria is hurdling toward chaos. i'm not talking about damascus. i'm talking about aleppo. if damascus is syria's washington then aleppo is new york city. today government fighters are streaming into aleppo to try to crush this armed revelt in the capitol city. look at this video. several hours ago we gathered around the news room and we watched this video feed in. this is aleppo. that's a government tank in flames. later, rebels were seen in other government tanks. more pictures.

this is a burnt out police station seized and burned today by the rebels. take a look and listen. these are syrians. they had taken this photo from the captured police station. they ransacked and they burned. we have struggled to get our crews, get our journalists inside syria. it's been frustrating for us here at cnn and the assad government has put the country under lock and key. with all of that in mind, ivan watson has entered northern