ed lavandera tried to get answers.rbour won't come to us, we thought we would go to him. we found the former mississippi governor giving a speech in lexington, virginia. hi, governor, ed lavandera from cnn. can we talk to you a bit? >> let me get my instructions first. >> reporter: can you give us a second? he wouldn't give us a second but walked right inside the building, but not before he told us what he thought about the questions. governor, can we talk to you a second? we'll wait out here. >> stay where it's cold. >> reporter: he said to stay where it's cold. he didn't come back. he gave his speech. the theme ironically enough is how government needs to do a better job of explaining its actions. >> i learned a great lesson about government when we did the census in 1970s. the government is not a very good communicator. the government doesn't do a good job of getting things across. i've been trying all my career to do a better job. >> reporter: governor barbour wasn't in the mood to practice what he just preached. g

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governor haley barbour. >> governor, ed lavandera, can we talk to you real quick?- >> reporter: can you come out and talk to us here in a second? >>> president obama on the move today to try to sell voters on his economic agenda. at the same time his poll numbers are on the rise. his approval rating is up to 50% for the first time in eight months, at least according to our new surveyor, but many americans still are hurting, even in the shadow of the company he showcased and praised today. our dan lothian traveled with the president to wisconsin. >> reporter: long before u.s. jobs flew overseas for cheaper labor, this community in milwaukee was alive with manufacturing plants and the residual prosperity that came with made in america. but much of that boom is boarded up. this is where president obama sees opportunity. >> you're selling products directly to products in china, stamped with those words "made in america." >> reporter: the president has touted masterlock as an example of insourcing, in other words outsourcing in reverse. >> the ceo told me it now makes b

ed lavandera joins us right now.le to get a glimpse into how the case is going to be argued tomorrow. how does governor barbour's side plan to defend its decisions? >> reporter: there are two main points that stick out from the brief that was filed in the supreme court in mississippi today. one of them and they are arguing quite plainly that they don't believe that this court or any court here in mississippi has any jurisdiction, any way of overturning these pardons. they say the pardon issued by the governor is his sole power and no one can take that away from him or contest that in any way. that's the over all theme they'll be arguing. they feel in their words if they feel like this wasn't done properly, these notifications of the pardons hadn't been passed out properly, in the end this is a harmless problem in the words of the documents we read today that in the case of many of these people who might have posted these notices for 28 out of 30 days, that those missing two days were essentially harmless and because

let's check in with ed lavandera in jackson, mississippi. take us through what happened in court today. >> well, it was a proceeding that lasted about three hours, and the attorneys for the various convicts that have been pardoned and all of this centers around 10 people in particular. there 500 who are still holding pardon papers but who are still in jail, they weren't released in time, and then the five inmates who were the trustees working at the governor's mansioni mansion, the four who were murderers, a lot riding, especially the ten people, on what the supreme court justices will decide, weighs heavily on them. will they remain in prison. will they have to round up the people who have been released and send them back to prison. the justices peppered the attorneys for three hours, questions about the law and about how all of this will work out. governor barbour's side essentially arguing that the court doesn't have any right in m meddling in the governor's right to issue pardons. and attorney general jim hood in mississippi arguing just

ed lavandera reports.ter: there's a reason the man in the redshirt harry bothic looked familiar to the sergeant. this was the second time the oxford, mississippi police officer had arrested bothic for driving drunk. >> there was an open bottle of wine in the front seat with him, an open bottle of champagne on the front seat with him. he had a large cup that was full of red wine. >> reporter: please found he was driving at twice the legal limit of alcohol. this was his third drunk driving arrest in a year. he pled guilty to the felony charge, was sentenced to a year of house arrest and four years in an alcohol abuse program. >> right before i put the cuffs on him, he said, don't do this to me. my comment to that usually is you did it to yourself. >> reporter: a year after that arrest, he applied to a pardon from the governor. the former i.r.s. investigate had high-profile friends write letters asking for the pardon. friends wrote his life fell into a drathsic course after the death of his son and divorce fr

and cnn's ed lavandera has been getting to the bottom of it. >> reporter: this is your room?s. >> reporter: is it like how you remember it? >> yes. it's everything. >> reporter: more than a year ago, she ran away from home. she's back with her family. and we're trying to unravel the story of how this american citizen, with the name of tika cortez, was deported to colombia. where did the name come up with? >> it's a name she made up. >> reporter: her family says she was in houston and forced to prostitution. she was scared and stole clothes to take a bus home. but the family insists the teenager never tried to fool law enforcement agents. >> they didn't believe her. they told her to shut up and keep her mouth closed. >> how many officers did she try to tell? >> at least three. >> reporter: immigration officers? >> immigration officers. >> reporter: how many of the houston police officers? >> she never told the houston police officers she was a u.s. citizen. so, it never came up. >> reporter: the family said, the judge asked where do you want to be deported to. she said puerto

ed lavandera shows us how they are trying to enforce it. >> reporter: new orleans mardi gras is an intoxicating-eyed kids but they shouldn't see everything. new orleans police are enforcing a big change to the city's curfew, no one under 16 allowed alone. >> we were having kids being victims and perpetrators of crime. at night it turns into more of an adult entertainment area. >> reporter: the clock has struck 8:00 at night here in jackson square in new orleans and now it's time pour the crazier side of the french quarter to come alive. and we're going to go find it. we found maria walking with her children. >> you think this is good place to be for kids after 8:00? >> no, not down there. >> why not? >> crowds are getting rowdy. things that they shouldn't see. >> don't tell them that. whisper that to me. >> we hide his eyes. >> reporter: just how many kids are running around unsupervised at night? new orleans police say during this mardi gras 170 have been arrested so far for violating the curfew. that's 20% of all mardi gras related arrests. this seems to be one of the harder parts of enforcin