ground floor not expecting this storm surge simply didn't make it. >>> welcome back, everyone, i'm randi kayeanderson will be back with us momentarily. >> reporter: well, randi, it really is a desperate situation here and the weather is not making things better. considering you may not have a home, you may have lost relatives, and now may have to cope with torrential rain, considering the thousands likely to have lost their home. and the weather is likely to get worse, as well. now hundreds of thousands of people are coming here to the airport to try and get out of this devastated area. there are military planes leaving. a couple of commercial planes leaving. and people are carrying everything they possibly can or everything that is left of their lives, and trying to leave the devastation behind. now, we drove just a few kilometers down the main road into the city itself. and this is obviously a crucial artery for the relief efforts. it has just been cleared. but it was shocking to us, three and a half days on there were still bodies lying on the side off ethe road. they had not been cleared.

randi kaye explores the extraordinary stories of some who claim they died, left this body in this worldo return. one person randi speaks to is an orthopaedic surgeon. in 19 99 she got pinned under water without oxygen for say minutes and drowned. here is a preview of what she tells randi kaye what she experienced. >> i could see the sand on the river bank. i could see them pull my body to the shore. i could see them start cpr. i had no pulse, and i wasn't breathing. one fellow was yelling at me to come back. >> you were unconscious so how do you know this was happening? >> i felt my body break free, and i felt my spirit break free, and i was greeted by these people or these spirits. i could be with them and be going down this incredible pathway, and simultaneously look back at the river. when i saw my body, i will say that was the first time that i actually thought, well, i guess i am dead. i guess i really did die. >> in the book you write about dancing with them. were you celebrating something? >> yes. >> what? what were you celebrating? you had just died? >> it was a great homecoming

candy k randi kaye investigates. >> reporter: in the california desert north of victorville, a grusomele rider. two shallow graves, inside two adults and two small children. after noticing human bones in the dirt, the rider calls the sheriff. the sheriff's department is stumped. who is this family, and why would anyone murder them including their two small children? and why bury them here in the middle of the california desert? an investigator with the coroner's office reaches out to the justice department asking them to check their records for any missing family of four. it isn't long before the justice deputy tells investigators here to look at the mcstay family case. this is joseph mcstay his wife summer and their two little boys. four years ago, february 4th, 2010 they vanished from their home from fall brooke, california. investigators enter the home for the first time. there are no signs of forced entry, and nothing seems to be missing, that is, except the family. inside investigators find a puzzling scene. bowls of popcorn in front of the television, eggs on the counter with a b

randy kaye, cnn, new york. >> a lot more happening.isha is here with a "ac360" bulletin. >> and there is other football news to tell you about, houston texans head coach gary kubiak is still in the hospital. he collapsed on the field last night during a game with the colts. >>> the obama administration is concerned that once the website is fully functioning, some consumers may be angry about the limited insurance policies available to them, and in some cases, higher cost, according to an administration document obtained by cnn. tonight, the president talked about the website. >> there have been some tough parts, let's face it. you know, the truth of the matter is is that while ultimately healthcare.gov, the website, is going to be the easiest place to shop for and buy these new plans, and it is getting faster and more stable. it is not where it needs to be yet. >>> and a referendum to split colorado in two is on the ballot in 11 counties in the northern part of the state. many say they feel that state government favors urban goverts go

be there every step of the way and i am going to be there when you meet your fate. >> reporter: randy kayecnn, victorville, california. >> a troubling investigation. >>> and new developments in the rape investigation involving a heisman trophy hopeful and a fellow student. we're on the scene next. [ male announcer ] when you have sinus pressure and pain, you feel...squeezed. congested. beat down. crushed. as if the weight of the world is resting on your face. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. liberated. released. decongested. open for business. [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] powerful sinus relief from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. sudafed. open up. and better is so easy withrning you cabenefiber.o something better for yourself. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely. so you can feel free to add it to anything. and feel better about doing it. better it with benefiber. >>> in a few hours, florida state university takes on idaho. if all eyes weren't already on fsu's star quarterback jameis winston, tod

here is randi kaye. >> several enthusiastic texans are on hand. >> reporter: 50 years later, we are stillrvey oswald act alone? the author of "a cruel and shocking act." a new and revealing book that questions to many remain unanswered. >> they used to call oswald the pip squeak. this pip squeak with a 20 dollar mail order rifle could bring down the most powerful and glamorous man in the world in a millisecond. it didn't make sense. it made more sense men behind evil closed doors did this. >> reporter: evil men like fidel castro fidel castro whose name is mentioned with defend's sensation. the book details oswald's trip to mexico city seven weeks before the assassination. there sheenan says oswald met with cuban spies and castro sympathizers who wanted president contend dead. how likely do you think oswald was working with the cuban government? >> he made the statement i'm going to kill president kennedy. it seems someone whispered in his here he should do it if he got a chance. >> reporter: not just castro. some people think the man opening and closing his umbrellas were to blame suggest

randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. [ male announcer ] when you have sinus pressure and pain, you feel...squeezedght of the world is resting on your face. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. liberated. released. decongested. open for business. [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] powerful sinus relief from the #1 pharmacist recommended brand. sudafed. open up. >>> just minutes from now, bells will toll in dallas, marking the exact time when john f. kennedy was assassinated on this day 50 years ago. this morning, members of the kennedy family were present to lay a wreath at the president's gave site. that's in arlington, national cemetery. and if you look in the foreground, you will see that eternal flame. it is always you burning. and across the potomac, president obama ordered the flags to be lowered to half-staff at the white house, the capitol, government buildings all throughout to marking this particular solemn day. john king joins us live in dallas. i know you're going to do a lot of the spearheading of our national coverage. you're to

randi kaye explains why. >> reporter: in the words of president john f.smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon pink suit to dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the welcoming commit presents mrs. kennedy with roses. >> reporter: it looked like cocoa chanel but it was a knock off made in america. here he is in 1962 awaiting the arrival of the prime minister of algeria. that's john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this chamber of commerce breakfast, the president joked about his wife fashion sentence. >> nobody wonders what lyndon andly wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead, and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aids suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheenan wrote a book. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is no, i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want then to see what they have done. >> reporter: hours lat

here is randi kaye with more. >> reporter: in the words of president john f. she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous water medicallyin' pink suit on dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red roses. >> reporter: it looked like cocoa 'cha nell but the suit was a knockoff made in america and the lady had worn is six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the prime minister of algeria, john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this ft. worth chamber of commerce luncheon. >> no one wonders what lyndon and i wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead and the first lady's stunning pink suit, stained forever with her husband's blood, would begin a long and mysterious journey when aides suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheenan wrote a book about the kennedy assassination. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is, no, i'm going to leave these clothes

. >> and randi kaye joins us now via skype. randi, you know, it's interesting it's a wonderful documentary, people should watch this. there are a lot of stories about these near-death experiences, as a doctor, you know, you always want to sort of parse out what is real, what is inexplicable, what is not real. you spent time with mary, this doctor. what were your impressions? what did you walk away feeling? >> well, she's a spinal surgeon in jackson hole, wyoming. she is an incredible woman who truly believes what happened to her really did happen to her. i mean, she remembers watching them try and save her, watching them work on her body on the riverbank. she's an incredibly warm, spiritual woman. this has really changed her life. i mean, she remembers being lifted out of the water by what she called spirits which she thinks are souls which she thought were maybe her relatives even and they walked her down this hallway she says to this very bright room, and they did a life review with her. they went back through her whole life,

here's randi kaye. >> reporter: but you could still see your husband, and how was he reacting to thehe thought he was losing you? >> he was very distraught. he was there by my bedside. he was holding my hand, and i could feel he was willing me to come back. >> reporter: and you had a choice to make. >> i had a choice as to whether to come back or not. at first, i absolutely did not want to come back because why would i want to come back into this sick and dying body? but then, it was as though in the next moment i understood why i had the cancer. all the years of beating myself up, feeling flawed had turned my own energy against me and manifested as cancer. >> fear, in a way, poisoned your body. >> yes, it did. and i understood that now that i knew this, my body would heal. >> reporter: you had this huge revelation. and sony and your father both affirmed what needed to be done. >> both of them said to me, go back and live your life fearlessly. and it was around that time that i started to come back. >> reporter: so, how long were you in the coma? >> about 30 hours. i was in the inten

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> and now a look at what's trending.w in the philippines from that massive storm. it could end up being the strongest ever to hit land. the government's official death toll stands at 138, but the red cross estimates as many as 1200 people have been killed by super typhoon haiyan. aid agencies are mobilizing. to find out how you can help, go to cnn.com/impact. >>> twitter went public on the new york stock exchange thursday. it was the biggest ipo of the year with shares closing 73% higher. a great start for twitter, but a key research and lift group has already downgraded the stock. twitter has yet to turn a profit. >>> in detroit, the childhood home of rap artist eminem has been damaged by a fire. firefighters responded to the blaze thursday night. the house is no longer owned by eminem's family but appears on the cover of his latest album. the cause of the fire, unknown. >>> anthony bourdain traveled to the motor city in this sunday's season finale "parts unknown." he say detroit is one of the most magnificent cities in

randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. >>> happening now, a "the situation room" special report.emembering where they were and what we lost on this day a half century ago. stand by for new tribute, and new insights into his life, hi death and his president sell. we'll go live to dallas to an unprecedented ceremony marking the assassination. the city now coming to grips with the dark place in history. >>> the imaginist and the myths of camelot. we'll discuss the civet such of jfk's presidency and the question -- what if he had lived? i'm wolf blitzer you're in "the situation room." y you. >>> new evident of his enduring legacy. jfk's last surviving sibling, 5-year-old jean kennedy smith placed a wreath on his grave today, another reith laid in his home state of mike galanos by the governor. over at the white house, president obama ordered flags to fly at half-staff. in dallas, a moment of silence at the time and place where that fatal bullet hit. cnn's john king is joining us live from dallas. john, set the scene for us. what was this day like? >> reporter: wolf, very sober, very

here's cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: in the words of president john f.ashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon suit to dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the usual welcoming committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red rose's. >> reporter: it looked like coco chanel but her suit was actually a knockoff, made in america. the first lady had worn it at least six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the arrival of prime minister of algeria, that's john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this ft. worth chamber of commerce breakfast. >> nobody wonders what linden and i wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead. and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aides suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheinin wrote a book about the kennedy assassination. >> her remark, and i think she made it once was, no, i'm going to l

here's what she told cnn's randi kaye. >> i could see the sand on the river bank.ld see them pull my body to the shore. i could see them start cpr. i had no pulse and i wasn't breathing. one fellow was yelling at me to come back. >> you were unconscious, so how do you know that all this was happening? >> i felt my body break free, and i felt my spirit break free, and i was greeted by these people or these spirits. i could be with them and be going down this incredible pathway and simultaneously look back at the river. when i saw my body, i will say that was the first time that i actually thought, well, i guess i am dead. i guess i really did die. >> in the book, you write about dancing with them. >> yeah. >> were you celebrating something or -- >> yes! >> what? what were you celebrating? you had just died. >> it was a great homecoming, and i was really surprised by the fact that i had no intention of going back. >> you didn't want to return? >> no. and i had all the reasons to return. i had a great life. i had a great job. i had a great husband. my children are won

in a cnn special, "to heaven and back," randi kaye talks to people on the brink of death when they say they left this world for another. their stories, their words, their answers to all the questions we'd all like to ask. >> i could see the scene on the river bank. i could see them pull my body to the shore. i could see them start cpr. i had no pulse and i wasn't breathing. one fellow was yelling at me to come back. >> you were unconscious, how do you know this was happening? >> i felt my body break free and i felt my spirit break free and i was greeted by these people or these spirits. i could be with them and be going down this incredible pathway and simultaneously look back at the river. when i saw my body, i will say it was the first time i actually thought, well, i guess i am dead. i guess i really did die. >> in the book, you write about dancing with them. >> yeah. >> were you celebrating something? >> yes. >> what? what were you celebrating? you just died. >> it was a great homecoming. i was really surprised by the fact that i had no intention of going back. >> you didn't want t

randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. >>> randy, thank you.on cnn, tens of thousands of people in california enroll in the state's health care program, and so far, no glitches. what's their secret? we'll talk about that next. >>> also, convicted killer charles manson will be hearing wedding bells? you're hear from the woman who says she gets to be his bride-to-be. don't miss that one. >> also, the drug lab scandal that rocked the massachusetts justice system. a chemist mishandled sensitive evidence, affecting thousands of state criminal cases going back a decade, and now her fate has been revealed. you're watching cnn. honestly? no way did i think a tablet was gonna be a good deal. you're talking to the guy who hasn't approved a new stapler purchase in three years. but then i saw the new windows tablet, with a real keyboard, usb port, and full office. it's a tablet that works for work. plus, it's got apps and games, for after hours, of course. compared to an ipad -- way more value. these tablets are such a steal; i couldn't find a reason not t

randy kaye finds out more. >> several thousand enthusiastic texans are on hand. >> reporter: 50 years? a "the new york times" reporter is the author of a cruel and shocking act, a new, revealing book about all of the questions that to many remain unanswered. >> on the warren commission, they called oswald the pip squeak, that this pip squeak with a $21 mail order rifle could bring down the most powerful and glamorous man in the world in a mill second. it was better to have a grand conspiracy of a man behind closed doors doing this. >> reporter: evil men like fidel castro whose name is often connected to the assassination. oswald's possible connection to cuba is at the center of his book which details oswald's trip to mexico city seven weeks before the assassination. there, he says, oswald met with cuban spies, castro sympathizers that wanted kennedy dead. >> how likely they were working with cuba's revolutionary government. >> it appears he made the statement in mexico city i want to kill president kennedy, i am going to kill president kennedy. at that point in the cold war, seems som

here is what she told cnn's ran randi kaye. >> i could see them on the river bank and pull my body to see them start cpr. i had no pulse and i wasn't breathing. one fellow was yelling at me to come back. >> you were unconscious, how do you know that all of this was happening? >> i felt my body break free and i felt my spirit break free and i was greeted by these people or spirits. i could be with them and be going down this incredible pathway and simultaneously look back at the river. when i saw my body, i will say that was the first time that i actually thought, well, i guess i am dead. i guess i've -- i really did die. >> in the book you write about dancing with them. were you celebrating something? >> yes. >> what were you celebrating? >> it was a great homecoming. and i was really surprised by the fact that i had no intention of going back. >> you didn't want to return? >> no. and i had all the reasons to return. i had a great life. i had a great job. i had a great husband. my children are wonderful. and i love them more than i could ever imagine loving something on earth. but the

his story is told here by cnn's randi kaye. >> what was it about making videos your brother loved soly wanted to help them out. he became a little bit of a local celebrity, especially with the girls. >> it doesn't matter how a personal looks, if they have braces or acne or anything like that. what matters is their personality. i have a really big challenge in my life. i have a heart condition. i have a pacemaker. >> do you remember that day you got the diagnosis, what you felt? >> yes, i do, because it was very scary. the doctor just very clearly stated he has this condition, there's no cure. we'll have to be careful throughout his life. >> how nervous were you that he could die? >> i was afraid every day that i'd go downstairs or go to his bedroom and he may have passed away in the middle of the night. >> i remember the paramedics gathering around ben and measuring all types of vitals and that sort of thing. the ambulance arrived, and today put him into the back of the ambulance with my mom. >> there was a moment there where you just let go. >> there was a point in there where i rea

. >>> randi kaye as the 360 bulletin. >> authorities released the 911 calls from panicked people trapped mall when a loan gunman opened fire. shoppers and workers begged for help, some whit perred fearing they might be heard by the gunman that took his own life but didn't shoot anybody else. >> somebody is shoot ugh up garden street plaza right now. >> somebody is shooting? >> somebody is shooting up garden state plaza right now. i'm in the bathroom. >> stay on the phone sweet heart. how many people are with you? >> three. >> are they in the store. >> i'm in the store in the office with the girl by myself but i'm scared and i want to get out the mall. i'm scared and i want to leave. >> i don't hear any sirens here, please hurry. >> a second man is arrested in connection with the deaths of this mississippi family found shot in the woods. investigators are trying to determine if the suspects had anything against the family or if they even knew them. >>> nfl hall of famer tells his doctors he believes he has cte. the running back says he struggles with memory loss and personality changes. >

randi kaye has the story. >> reporter: in the words of john f. looked smashing which is why the president asked her to wear the watermelon pink suit. it looked like cocoa channel but her suit was a knock off. she had worn it six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the prime minister of algeria. that's john jr. in her arms. at this fort worth chamber of commerce breakfast, the president joked about his wife's fashion sense. >> nobody wounders what lyndon and i wear. [ laughter ] >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead. and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aids suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip wrote a book about the kennedy assassination. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is no, i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want them to see what they have done. >> reporter: hours later, mrs. kennedy continued to wear the suit during the emergency swearing in of

here she is with cnn's randi kaye. zillion i could see the riverbank. my body to the shore. i could see them start cpr. i had no pulse. and i wasn't breathing. one fellow was yelling at me to come back. >> reporter: you were unconscious, so how did you know this was all happening? >> i felt my body break free, and i felt my spirit break free, and i was greeted by these people, or these spirits. i could be with them and be going down this incredible pathway, and simultaneously look back at the river. when i saw my body, i will say that was the first time that i actually thought, well, i guess i am dead. i guess i really did die. >> reporter: in the book, you write about dancing with them. >> yeah. >> reporter: were you celebrating something or -- >> yes. >> reporter: what? what were you celebrating? >> it was a great homecoming. and i was really surprised by the fact that had no intention of going back -- >> reporter: you didn't want to return? >> no. and i had all the reasons to return. i had a great life. i had a great job. i had a great husband. my ch

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extraordinary stories of three such people, including this cancer survivor who talked with cnn's randi kayehow was he reacting to the fact that you were in this coma and he thought he was losing you? >> he was very distraught. he was there by my bedside. he was holding my hand and i could feel he was willing me to come back. >> and you had a choice to make. >> i had a choice as to whether to come back or not. at first, i absolutely did not want to come back, because why would i want to come back into this sick and dying body? but then it was as though in the next moment, i understood why i had the cancer. all the years of beating myself up, feeling flawed, had turned my own energy against me and manifested as cancer. >> fear in a way poisoned your body. >> yes. it did. and i understood that now that i knew this, my body would heal. >> you had this huge revelation and your father affirmed what needed to be done. >> both of them said to me go back and live your life fearlessly, and it was around that time that i started to come back. >> so how long were you in the coma? >> about 30 hours. i w