-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com jarred harrell has now been formally charged with the murder of somer thompson. breaking news, that announcement made a short time ago. the family of a 7-year-old girl in florida closer to finding justice. little somer was killed in october and her body found two days later in a landfill. this hour, we will talk to her grieving father samuel thompson. what a nightmare, the mom and dad come home from vacation in pairs and their home is

destroyed. we are taking about $45,000 in damages and the son's classmates crashed a party he threw, and trashed the place with blood, urine all over the house. the mom said it did not just detroy our house, but our lives. call 1-877-tell-hln, and you can join us on prime news or join us on facebook, just start your message with the word prime. it is your chance to be heard. >> your opinion, your time to be heard, this is "prime news." welcome, this is "prime news," and i'm mike galanos. emotions pouring out from the family of somer thompson and an arrest has been made in the beautiful 7-year-old girl. jarred harrell has been charged with sexual abuse on a child under 12, and lewd and lascivious behavior. the young girl walked ahead of him a little bit and that is the

opportunity that jarred harrell needed. somer walked past him everyday and she was alone and vulnerable on the tragic day, and now he is alone in a jail cell. >> i'd like to take this opportunity to say to jarred harrell, we got you, and you ain't getting away. >> the emotions of a family today. joining us to talk about this, samuel thompson, somer's father, and again, our condolence, because this wound is so fresh. what was your reaction when you heard of the arrest of jarred harrell of the murder of your little girl? >> it was bittersweet. you know, we had waited so long for this to happen. and, it finally did. he's not going to get away from this. i want to thank the detectives that was on this case. there aren't words in the human

language to describe how deep i feel for them, and for the great job that they have done, you know. it is awesome dedication that they put into this, but also, it is like reliving it. >> yeah, i was going the ask you that, samuel. there are emotions that you feel vindicated that there has been arrests or do you relive that day all over again? >> well, you know, it was like reliving the day all over again. and now that we know more about it, you know, more about the specifics of the case, then, you know, it was really even worse than the first day, but i know somer is in heaven. she has been smiling ever since the day she got there. and, you know, we're so happy that we know we have got this criminal off of the street, and he can't hurt anybody else, and his judgment day is coming here on earth as well as in heaven.

>> samuel, are -- how are the police -- what are the police telling you? are they telling you about how somer may have crossed paths with this guy? >> well, you know, he had a dog that she used to love to go by and pet. and i think that the detective west told me that she had named him "buddy." and when that day, you know, she had had a squabble, and she was, somebody saw her sitting in the yard with her hand in her face about 3:15, but the dog was not gone. you know, the dog wasn't there. so, possibly, you know, we don't have any specifics on how she was lured into the house or what, but, you know, with that many people walking up and down the street, he found his opportunity, and he took it. he took my daughter from me. and from her brothers and

sisters and our whole family. and, you know, he has to pay for this. >> samuel, i want to listen one more time to somer's mom, just speaking for a lot of parents that we just need to reclaim innocence, regain ground that evil has taken from us. let's listen to diena, and we will get your reaction. >> we need to get together and figure out what it is that we are not doing right. it is time for us to do something different, and let our children be allowed to walk home and play and ride their bikes. it is time for us to reclaim our children's safety and innocence. >> i couldn't agree more. i think back to my own childhood and i used to ride my own bike, and my kids, i don't let them be as free as we'd like. do you agree with that, samuel that we hope it is a wake-up

call for the parents in the xunties? >> here is my response to that. we don't live in 1975 anymore. okay. the world has changed, and it used to be that when we wake up in the morn, you get outside, and you play outside, before the sun comes down, when it is dinner time, you come back into the house. well, we have to wake up as a society and realize that we don't live in those days anymore where we don't lock the front doors at night, you know, the screen door stays open, and this is a cruel, mean world we live in. we do need to wake up as a society and tell ourselves everyday that we make sure that each step is taken for our child's safety. >> well put. samuel, i could not agree more. again, our condolences to you and your family as you continue to grapple with your grief. we thank you for taking time. >> i thank you guys. i apologize for my voice, we are getting over with a little bout of sickness, but you know, i

truly am thankful for the justice that you have done with coverage of this and keeping it fresh in the american's minds, that hey, we are not in the same world, and we have to focus more on the safety of the kids and the changing world that we live in. >> thank you, samuel. we want justice for somer as we know as well as you do. samuel thompson, thank you again. we will continue our conversation. mike brooks is with us as we talk about putting this guy away. call in 1-877-tell-hln.

a monster, that's all this person is, is a monster. somer was such a bright star that never got her chance to shine. >> that's somer thompson's mom diena thompson talking about the arrest of jarred harrell and talking about the arrest and assault of 7-year-old somer thompson. ryan duffy, reporter, did we get specifics what may have happened to somer in her last moments? >> well, a few more details on that. the sheriff rick bezeler giving us more details about what went from jarred harrell going from a person of interest to now being charged with murder.

i can tell you he was in custody in clay county since last month charged with possessing child pornography. that came about because of an incident that happened here last summer when some roommates he lived with here in these apartments found it on his computer and turned him in. as far as we know, that's when he moved over to somer thompson's neighborhood and, in fact, lived right there on the street where somer walked home from school every day and the sheriff told us at that news conference today, he believes that is where, inside that house that is where harrell murdered somer thompson, and he said she was asphyxiated. as far as what led to him then going from a person of interest to being charged with murder, he says that has to do with dna evidence that was found and, also, some admissions harrell made. that is all he would say, admissions that he had -- >> ooh, we lost him there. we seem to have lost ryan. there, ryan duffy reporting. mike brooks with us, hln law enforcement analyst.

let's hit on something he said, admissions. is that a confession, mike? >> they are not really saying exactly what admissions he made reference to this case, mike. but, it sounds like they do have a rock solid case and they think they have enough to take this for a successful prosecution with this guy. >> okay. you know, mike, you and i both reacted i think when somer's dad samuel talked about how she loved this guy's dog and even named him "buddy." do you think he saw her walk by every day, and had targeted somer or the wrong place, wrong time for this little girl? >> for the charge of premeditated murder, mike, i think that he probably saw her go up and down gano avenue on the way to and from school every day and the sheriff said this was a crime of opportunity. so, he apparently saw an opportunity and he struck like a predator would against this little girl, you know, when she was there -- along the street, possibly in his yard because she was last seen by someone about two doors away from this guy's house.

and apparently they did get evidence, mike, besides the dna evidence, witness statements and his admission there, were apparently evidence inside of that house that led them to make this case against the guy. >> once again, an arrest made. mike, thanks very much. our thanks to ryan, because we lost him toward the finish. coming up, i want to show you this house, mom and husband go on a trip. the son stays behind. he's with neighbors. he decides to have friends over. next thing you know, 50 to 100 kids show up and these kids do $45,000 worth of damage. look at this house! there is food, blood, urine all over the house. what is going on with these kids? they even had a facebook page allegedly calling themselves the "home wrecking crew." tells what you think about it. call in, 1-877-tell-hln. but, first, the only confessed assassin of malcolm x is making parole. after being turned down for parole 16 times thomas hagan is

about to gain his freedom. he will be released at the end of april and he has been locked up for two days a week for the last 22 years and allowed to work and live with his family the other five days of the week. 1966, he was sentenced to 20 years to life for shooting the civil rights activist in manhattan in 1965. the other two people implicated in the murder were paroled 20 years ago. we are breaking down forbes' list of millionaires. oprah winfrey is the only african-american on the list, and b.e.t., and tiger woods did not make the cut. oprah's wealth is estimated to $2.4 billion, and down from $400 billion from last year. and there are some stories that affect us all. check out the latest issue of "essence" magazine and go to "what matters."

a car chase for you here on "prime news." police thought they were chasing

an intoxicated driver south of lagrange, texas. they were chasing a 12-year-old. he had led the cops on a 15-mile chase and hitting speeds of 100 mile an hour and didn't have the headlights on and finally ended when the officers laid down spike strips, but that is not the end of it. police say they found a small caliber handgun and a small amount of marijuana in the trunk. the boy was placed in a juvenile detention center. police say he did not have permission to take out the truck, and also in listening to him as they caught him, he said he wanted to call his mom. now calling his mom from juvi. what is going on with the kids? this is kids gone wild. we have heard it before, mom and dad go away and leaf the kid behind and he throws a party and the kids trash the house a little bit. but this is a completely different level. this is $45,000 in damages. the home is basically destroyed. here is our affiliate whdh in boston. >> reporter: the pictures here

tell this story. >> absolute devastation. >> reporter: last month when jill abbott was on vacation her home was ransacked by about 50 teenagers. >> the bathroom doors and they kicked them in and the ceilings and the walls and smashed the granite countertops in the bathroom and urinated in every single room of my house and all of the drawers and the beds and destroyed all of the bedding and curtains and there was blood on the wall. >> reporter: police say they snapped the legs off of the antique couch and brought them out to the deck and burned them in the outside fireplace. >> to do what they did is worse than a pack of animals would have done. they stole my husband's truck and trashed the truck and destroyed everything inside of the house. >> reporter: they say that they talked themselves in when they were out of town. >> well, they took full advantage and while we were not home, and not one of these kids

were any of his friends. >> one police officer says he has never heard anything like or smelled anything like it. >> the stench of urination alone was -- was devastating. >> reporter: three of four teenagers arrested so far are charged as adults most are students at eastbridge high school. >> one had a facebook and created a home page "home wrecker crew." so, i mean, i think that the motive was to cause some destruction. >> well, allegedly, they did do that. our thanks to ryan shultzy from whdh. joining me to talk about this our law enforcement analyst mike brooks. the way we understand it, okay, mom and her husband go to paris for vacation and leave the kid with neighbors. he goes to check on the house. one friend is playing basketball and says, come on, throw a party so four carloads of kids come over, and we believe he knows them. but someone put on facebook there's a party and this alleged home wrecker crew end up talking their way into the house, and we end up with $45,000 in damages, urine all over the place, and

blood and what's up with this? the house is sdestroyed, mike. >> law enforcement may need to look at this website because, mike, they are saying, even though there are four arrests, three adults, one juvenile, they are saying, you know, it's not out of the realm of possibility there could be more arrests. if that's part of the investigation, they need to contact facebook, get a subpoena and find out who owns that site. >> here's a great facebook from deborah writing i'd make them clean the entire house inside and out with a toothbrush! that's justice. we'd like to see justice served. just the beginning. >> yeah, for a start. >> just the beginning. we want you to call. what is going on with our kids when they do this? the "home wrecker crew" and they do this to somebody's house? call in 1-877-tell-hln.

welcome back to "prime news" on hln. a lot of rough stuff on this show. hang with us though, because we have a real hero coming up. a nanny who walked through fire to save a little guy. we will have that story coming up, but first this one. another disturbing one. we got to ask what is going on? police in ansley, florida, say someone pulled a teenager out of her home, and literally set her on fire. the victim here is 19-year-old adrianna zimmerman, fighting for her life in critical condition.

neighbors say they could hear her screaming for help as she stumbled on their doorstep. they called 911. right now, no one has been arrested. if you have any information, call crimestoppers. here's the number: 850-433-stop. or the es kcambia sheriff's office. 50-436-8550. back to talk to us about this is hln law enforcement analyst mike brooks. we are on the front end of this, and it is a bad one, so we don't have a lot to go on. what do you see here? are the kids doing this? the younger set? how can you tell at this point. >> you know, mike, for someone to grab someone and pull them out of their home, most likely it is -- in my opinion, it's someone they probably -- she probably knew. what was the motive for this? we don't know. but, we do know she was able to say when she went to the neighbor's doorstep someone poured an accelerant on her and set her on fire, burned over 60% of her body. now, you know, who is this person of interest? you know, i'd like -- you know, i don't like that term, i call it "suspect lite." >> exactly.

>> but still, the mindset of somebody who would do this to someone is just incredible to me, but we don't have much to go on right now. there are no witnesses, but you saw the area. >> it happened near her house in the woods. >> right. we saw the police line tape around the one park. if so, is there more evidence right there? >> that's your evidence base where you will get everything. >> definitely. >> you hit it. welcome cooper lawrence, psychologist and author. "cult of celebrity." cooper, this is not the first time, michael brewer, that young kid, 15 years old set on fire and he is still recovering, happened in florida a few months back. so what is going on with whoever did this setting a 19-year-old fire, and yanking her out of her house? >> you know, there is a rise in aggression and we have seen it in the research and have seen it in studies and the rise in aggression is two-fold. one is that, you know, a lot of -- it's not all parenting, i like to come and blame the parents. it's not always the parents but

in the way they don't see early their kids have aggressive tendencies and don't do anything to remediate that or make sure they end up finding a good way to channel that anger or channel that aggression. instead, they think that they will grow out of it. but a child who is aggressive grows to be an aggressive adult. so it is really important that parents recognize in their own children, and they love to look at their children and say they are perfect, but you get aggressive kids, and this is what happens. >> what defines aggression, say your son is good on the football field and aggressive that way. what tells you it is unhealthy aggression you don't want to see and it should shock you? >> when they're aggressive in inappropriate environments. aggression on the football field, you know, could be -- could be warning signs there. there's even appropriate aggression on a football field. if your child is inappropriately aggressive even in that environment, you know, again, parents have to be honest with who their children on. then you see children aggressive to other children, they just --

when they're young and they play they will hit or -- or, the main -- the main way to tell if your child's immediate reaction is an anger reaction rather than something logical. the mind immediately goes to something physical rather than, okay, let me think about this, and think about the consequences, because one of the keys -- wait, sorry. >> go ahead. >> one of the keys they don't think about is the consequences and they just behave. >> they act. like you said, full blown aggression. mike, again law enforcement of 26 years. are you seeing that change, that rise, you know, a 15-year-old aggressive 20 years ago, that aggression is ten-fold now isn't it? >> it seems that way, mike. it seems like they're going -- you know, setting someone on fire, who would have ever thought about doing anything like that back years ago? you know, one thing i want to ask cooper, do you see sometimes with aggressive children acting out you start to see maybe animal cruelty, these kind of things, also, and that's how it starts to manifest itself? >> some kids do and some don't. that's the problem.

we've heard before about animal cruelty and that could be a whole other level of psychosis. so animal cruelty absolutely but just because there is that animal cruelty, it doesn't mean that's the only thing going on and in the absence of the way they treat animals does not mean the absence of aggression going on. >> we used to see with aggressive behavior you'd have maybe a fight on the school playground or something like that but now it is going to knifes, guns and now we're going to setting people on fire. you know, i don't care what the motive for this was or what the perp's beef was with this girl, that's just, to set someone on fire is unconscionable. >> exactly. look at the story we did yesterday with the flashlights. >> yeah. >> years ago two kids might brawl, everybody goes home now you want the hordes to show up to fight even innocent people. it is frightening. much more coming up. we'll change the mood in a big way, incredible rescue, we'll lighten the mood a bit but started out, though, not so good. house on fire, flames trapping a little boy in his bedroom but the hero nanny did not hesitate,

running through flames barefoot. flames estimated about 400 degrees, but she saved the little guy. >>, so i ran in there, i grabbed him and ran out. it is the only thing i thought about. i didn't even think about me getting burned. >> this hero nanny will share more of her incredible story. if you'd like to chime in on it, call 1-877-tell-hln.

we love to celebrate our heroes here on "prime news," especially when they risk their lives to save our kids. a nanny in kentucky did not hesitate. a fan in the bathroom exploded and a home goes up in flames. she ran barefoot through the fire to save a boy, 5 years old. the brave nanny, such courage. here is our affiliate wave.

>> reporter: if you didn't know alyson myat. >> i feel very blessed. >> reporter: or her story. >> just kind of goes all the way. >> reporter: you never know why the bubbles on her right hand are fresh, why her hand and both feet are wrapped in bandages. >> i'm just happy aiden is okay and wasn't on fire or anything when i came upstairs. >> reporter: as alyson is lying in her hospital bed recovering from severe burns, her thoughts are on 5-year-old aden hawes and how he is doing. >> i care for the kid a lot, like i really do. >> reporter: this is what's left of aden's home. last night when they were sleeping -- >> i just heard a big boom, and i thought it was aden. >> reporter: alyson sprinted upstairs barefoot. when she got upstairs to the hallway, she was met by flames on the carpet. >> i was calling for him and he said, aly, i'm in here in my room underneath my covers. i'm like, okay, so i ran in there, grabbed him and ran out. that was the only thing i thought about.

i didn't even think about me getting burned. he was screaming and stuff. and right after i ran off the carpet, my feet are just -- it was like i was walking on goo because of all this skin. my feet were just burnt off like. >> reporter: she ran with him out of the house and drove to a neighbor's home to call 911. >> a lot of people would not run through flames. >> reporter: the shelbyville fire chief is impressed that this nanny went beyond her duties running through what he believes is 400-degree flames. >> the boy, probably, without her, would not have been able to survive until we arrived. >> yeah. just did what -- what i would hope every human being would do. >> all right. take a look. this is video to us from nbc's "today show" a look inside the home what she may have went through or saw, incredible. this nanny ran through -- again, flames estimated at 400 degrees,

to get this little guy and ran up those stairs, barefoot, and through the hall to get that little guy, who was, again, hiding under his covers. amazingly, he didn't have a scratch, no burns. he and his dad also appeared with the hero nanny on the nbc "today show." >> oh, boy, i love her so much and i miss her when she's gone and stuff. >> god brought her into our world, that's for sure. to realize what she did, saving my son's life, you know, you can't thank someone for that. there's nothing you can do to repay them for taking that kind of risk and then when i went to the actual house and stood in the hallway that she ran through, i realized there -- as the chief of police said, there was only one minute left. i mean -- there is no words to put how grateful i am to have my

son with me, how grateful i am to have alyson in our world. >> so genuine as you see the closeness between the nanny and the little guy. she's only been again with the family two months and she's going to risk her life? that's amazing. you know, we call out the bad on this program and we'll do that and hopefully learn from it but certainly will celebrate the good and it was great to do that with this story of our hero nanny. this next story leaves you scratching your head. we are talking about sandra bullock and this marital trouble. more women are coming forward concerning her husband, jesse james. let's hit it on a couple of fronts. what's with him? you marry sandra bullock and you are wracking up mistresses like tiger woods, and then if you are sandra bullock, why did you marry him in the first place? >> cnn hero, anne malem. >> you can change the world through humanity, kindness and

encouragement and giving people a second chance. >> two years ago, she was honored as a cnn hero helping those who might otherwise be forgotten, the homeless. >> so, we're going to go over there and fit for you shorts and fit you for your shirt. >> her "back on my feet" program inspires homeless to change their own lives, sharing the benefits of running, as well as providing job training skills. what started off as a small running club of 300 has expanded into more than 1,500 members with 17 teams running three times a week. it spread throughout philadelphia, baltimore and just this week washington, d.c. >> you are doing great! >> since being a cnn hero, it's been extraordinary. i've received so many requests for expansion and people want to bring the program to their cities. >> she's done more than just help them off the streets. last year alone, more than 170 members found work, started job training or moved out of shelters. and anne isn't stopping anytime soon.

>> all right. we're at the homestretch, guys. pick it up. >> along with the first lady michelle obama, she is featured in this month's issue of "fitness" magazine and plans to expand to boston and chicago later this year. >> we just gave them the opportunity to do something great, took advantage of it and they did it.

radaronline is reporting shocking allegations against sandra bullock's husband, jesse james. four women have come forward claiming they had affairs with him. sandra bullock is reportedly devastated. no surprise. she has canceled several appearances. again, on top of the world we thought, just won an oscar, and instead, she is in hiding possibly coming to grips with the possibility of losing who she thought was the love of her life. we'll take your calls on this if you can figure it out, 1-877-tell-hln. here to talk about this the senior editor for radaronline and also back with our psychologist cooper lawrence author of "the cult of celebrity." richard, starting with you, we've got, what an unidentified mistress number four hired celebrity attorney gloria allred. what more can you tell us? >> what we can tell you is that she says she has a three-year affair with him, and that she has hundreds of text messages

and e-mails and photos that validate the affair, and that it only broke off after the recent scandal broke. so, it is very recent. for the last three years while he was married to sandra bullock, he has been with this mistress number four. >> have you guys seen the texts, e-mails, any of that? >> we haven't seen that yet, absolutely not. gloria allred, as you said, is the attorney that she has hired. and gloria says she doesn't want to go public just yet. but, in all honesty, you don't hire gloria allred, if you don't want to go public. >> did she think she was the only one, richard? >> well, he did -- he did persuade her that he loved her and cared about her. and just like some of the other mistresses who have come forward, she says he pursued her. >> okay. cooper, we've heard that before. what do you make of this guy? people can't figure it, you are married to sandra bullock, we

figure america's sweetheart but yet, you are pulling this on the side. we don't know how many times over, what's up? >> right. it's so egregious, you think to yourself, how could she not hav think to yourself, how could sandra bullock not have known? you almost think, do they have an arrangement? at this point it's so obvious. that's what happens when you're really in love, when you're busy and working a lot. he had opportunity to be with as many women as he wanted to. he actually has said in the past, you know, sandra works a lot. that's been -- some of the women have come forward and said, that's his excuse. michelle bombshell was saying he was implying they were separated because sandra's always working. it's very easy to carry on an affair when your spouse is nowhere in sight. >> he had ample opportunity. here is a facebook response. of course more women are coming out. it's called a paycheck. do these women want money? yet? >> when they talk to some of the

press and obviously we haven't been the people that they've come to us first, sometimes there appears to be a paycheck attached to it. we don't know that for sure, but you would suspect that, if they're a stripper, if they're a porn star, that they're looking at it as being their payday. >> indeed. cooper, it used to be a shame when you were the other man or the other woman. now it's like they come forward in pride. they want fame. they want money. they want all that, right? >> well, you're not talking about the most upstanding citizens here. you're talking about tattoo artists and strippers. exactly what your guest was saying. there's a precedent set now. rachel uchitel allegedly got $1 million, others got money. there's money to be made. if you have proof you had an affair with a celebrity, there's currency there. >> what an indictment. we'll talk more about sandra bullock. we'll take your calls. stay with us. )a)a)a)a)a)a)a)a)aa