i'm amanda berry. >> you need police, fire or ambulance? i need police. >> cleveland police officers anthony he is pat a, michael tracy and barbara johnson heard the call come over the radio that amanda berry might have been found. >> i looked over at my partner, he kind of looked at me and you know, just that face, is this for real? >> by the time the officers arrived, it was clear this wasn't a hoax. they saw a woman standing in the street. it was amanda. >> this might be for real. >> might be others in the house. >> it was unbelievable. i mean, my mind was going wow, i cannot believe that she's in front of me and there's possibly two other girls. >> without thinking myself and my partner, we started charging for the house. >> this cell phone video shows the moment police officers broke into the house. >> my partner and i ran up to the porch and the door was chained shut. i kicked it a few times. >> that sound got michelle's attention in an upstairs bedroom. >> i hear this big, loud noise, crash, boom. >> i'm looking towards the bedroom.

>> yeah. >> the man she's referring to, ariel castro, had in fact kidnapped amanda berry. e held in the same house, michelle and amanda rarely saw each other. when they did, they were not allowed to talk. michelle says one thing was clear to her. in that house, though they were both captive, they were far from equal. >> and you got the feeling -- you still have the feeling that he did not like you? >> yeah. >> but he treated her differently? >> always. >> always. how so? >> she got better food. she got clothes. she got blankets. she got basically whatever she wanted. except for home. >> why do you think that was? >> he had a fascination with her. more than me. >> was that physical? >> it's more likely she was the wife type of person. i was the punching bag. >> michelle's captor often talked about getting yet another girl, and almost a year after amanda was taken, he did just that. >> gina's family spent the last three days posting these missing flyers. >> on april 22nd, 2004, he abducted 14-year-old gina dejesus, and soon after, michelle and gina were chained together in th

that was where amanda berry, michelle knight and gina dejesus were held for years. ahead of today's anniversary, berry released a statement saying she had grown and has so much to live for. dejesus is learning to drive. and michelle knight's book is out today. she talked to cnn's anderson cooper last night about the first few days in captivity. >> there was a day i screamed until i had no voice. still nobody heard it. and when he hears you scream, he just shoves a sack or a cloth down your throat until you choke on it. >> she's living on her own and has taken up boxing. amanda berry and gina dejesus will be at an awards event. >>> let's look at weather across the nation. more hot and windy fire conditions in oklahoma. it will be dry in the northeast, with a few showers in maine and virginia. showers from the dakotas to mn. some rain and snow in the rockies. >> another day of searing heat in kansas, oklahoma and texas. triple digits in some places. and cooler than average and milder temperatures in the rest of the country. >>> coming up, bored with your ordinary latt

i'm amanda berry. >> you need to wait for the balance. >> i need police. >> what's been going on?apped and i've been missing for ten years and i'm here, i'm free now. >> the police arrived, but inside their boarded up bedroom, michelle and gina were hiding from what they thought were burglars. >> i heard a noise, but anybody can say police. i notice some form of a big person. i was like okay, maybe this might be. and i see a badge. i see numbers. and then i hear the police radio. i just said -- i ran right into her arms. and i literally choked her. >> to the policewoman's arms? >> yeah. do you remember saying anything? >> i said please don't let me go. please don't put me down. >> you actually in her arms? >> yes. i actually had my legs wrapped around her and my arms like this. and she was like, that girl literally choked me. >> did it seem real to you? >> at the time, no. it didn't. it seemed unreal. >> at 32 years old, michelle walked out that front door for the very first and last time, rushed to a hospital she was treated for a long list of health issues due to the years of be

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>> yeah. >> reporter: the man she's referring to had kidnapped amanda berry.they were held in the same house, michelle and amanda rarely saw each other. when he did, they were not allowed to talk. michelle says one thing was clear to her, in that house, though they were both captive, they were far from equal. you got the feeling, you still have the feeling that he did not like you. >> yeah. >> reporter: but he treated her differently. >> always. >> reporter: how so? >> she got better food. she got clothes. she got blankets. she got basically whatever she wanted. except for home. >> reporter: why do you think that was? >> he had a fascination with her. more than me. it's more she was the wife type of person. i was the punching bag. >> reporter: michelle's captor often talked about getting yet another girl. and almost a year after amanda was taken, he did just that. >> gina's family spent last three days posting these missing flyers. >> reporter: on april 22nd, 2004, he abducted 14-year-old gina dejesus. soon after, michelle and gina were chained together in tha

i'm amanda berry. >> that's the voice of amanda berry calling 911.t time anyone in her family heard that voice she was a day shy of turning 17. tonight she is 27 years old and free. thanks in part to police, she got an ovation on this street and thanks in large part to a passing neighbor named charles ramsey. >> i look and see this girl and she's going nuts on the door. i was like what's your problem? if you are stuck open the door. she said i can't he has it locked. >> and i looked and it is only enough to reach your hand out and grab the mail and close the door. naturally going to pry it open. that didn't work. we had to kick out the bottom. luckily that door was aluminum. it was cheap. she climbed out with her daughter. >> inside the home they found dejesus who went missing from this neighborhood nine years ago and found michelle knight who went missing in 2000. but since she was 20 at the time didn't get as much attention. police will only say they have three hispanic men in custody, ages 50 to 54. our sources tell us they are brothers. the middl

>> a year ago this week, we were covering breaking news out of cleveland where michele knight, amanda berryina dejesus made an escape from their kidnapper's house. michele was the first to varnish in august of 2002. she was 21 at the time. her family thought she ran away. her case quickly went cold. now she's written a memoir, finding me a decade of darkness, a life reclaimed. and in tonight's big 360 interview, she describes the moment she realized her 11-year nightmare was finally ending. nightmares are words we don't use lightly. most of the time it's a cliche. except in this case, it is a horrible fact. >> sometimes i felt hopeless because there was nobody out there for me. no one. >> for 11 long years, michele knight was held captive inside 2207 seymour avenue where along with amanda berry and gina dejesus she was raped and tortured. for them it seemed there was no end in sight till may 6th, 2013. >> did it seem like any other day? >> for me, it was the most awesome day ever. but it was also terrifying at the same time. because me and gina, we actually thought somebody was breaking in.

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one year later, ariel castro nothing more than a nightmare memory while amanda berry, gina dejesus andight are healing. last night on the anniversary of the escape, berry delivered a message of hope. >> if i can say one thing it would be this, never give up hope because miracles do happen. >> joining me now is the man who helped make that miracle happen. author of a book that hit shelves yesterday, "dead giveaway" my honor to welcome charles ramsey to "the lead." chuck, you said call you chuck, so i will. thanks for being here. you opened the book, i have to say a great read, for some reason, god put me in the wrong place at right time. now we all know by now the story of how you rescued these girls when detective cook told you the girl you saved was amanda berry, missing for years what went through your mind? what was that moment like? >> i says, let me get this right, i remember eight years ago or nine or something, her obituary came on television. so i have a child, and when those -- when gina -- i don't know about michelle, talking about amanda and gina, when those girls went missi

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i'm amanda berry. >> reporter: police officers rushed into the house to rescue michelle and gina dejesusen they was like, police. police. >> she started just charging at me. she jumped on to me. she had her arms around my neck. >> she then jumped up into my arms. >> and i told her, don't let me go. don't let me go. >> i said, honey, i'm not going to let you go. >> we found them. we found them. >> i was like, gina, gina. you won't believe this. we're going home. >> you can see much more of savannah's interview with michelle knight tonight on "dateline" at 8:00/7:00 central. >>> up next, from writing a blog to running a successful business, we'll tell you how some moms are making big bucks for sharing their stories. that's right after these messages. soof our new bush's bakednk beans video game? i think i'm getting the hang of it. okay, now pick up the specially cured bacon! hit it with the brown sugar! now roll that beautiful bean footage! yes! bush's baked beans are slow-cooked according to our secret family recipe for a big flavor. high score! you get to put your name on the wall of fam

remember amanda berry and michelle knight and gina dejesus. you remember the hero from cleveland.charles ramsey has a new book out called dead give away. he's the one that freed amanda berry which led to the release of michelle and gina and in his book he talks about what happened on that afternoon and he also -- i don't know if it's a little t.i.d. bit, but he was given 2,000 free hamburgers and he give them to the homeless. you might want to check out his book. it's supposed to be pretty good. >> one of my favorite one more things in a long time. check out martin molar from cbs. he says president obama is now boarding his 1,000th flight on air force one. i did a little math on that. president obama average flight, 2,000 hours, $228,000 per hour and that's from the military. they tell us that's how much it costs to operate air force one. and guess what that comes out to taxpayer dollars, $456,576,000 taxpayer dollars. >> half a billion dollars. gee. >> he has taken more flights than anybody has at this point. >> that's fine. a lot of golf. >> bob, your turn. >> when i was a much

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i'm amanda berry. >> reporter: police officers rushed into the house to rescue michelle and gina dejesusnd then it was like, police, police. >> she started just charging at me. she jumped on to me. she had her arms around my neck. >> she then jumped up into my arms. >> and i tell her, don't let me go. don't let me go. >> i said, honey, i'm not going to let you go. >> we found them. we found them. >> i was like, gina, gina, you won't believe this. we're going home. >> wow. >> my goodness. all right. >>> coming up next, a stunning new report on climate change. more on the drastic weather changes we could soon see. >>> an alarming new report on climate change is expected to be released this week by the federal government. the latest in a series of influential studies on the topic. >> a draft of the report includes a sobering forecast about how climate and weather conditions may change here in the united states. nbc's ann curry reports. >> reporter: this scene, a street collapsing after a heavy downpour in baltimore last week, is one example of extreme weather events that may be more common

"i'm amanda berry. three youn >>> this week marks one year since an incredible tale of survival emerged in ohio. >> help me, i'm amanda berry! i have been kidnapped! and i have been missing for 10 years. and i'm -- i'm here, i'm free now. >> amazing audio there. three young women freed from years of captivity. they were held hostage in a cleveland house by a man named ariel castro. two were guests of honor last night at an event for the national center for missing and exploited children. >> i what on the to thank the center for everything -- i want to thank the center for everything they've done and continue to do, not just for us but for all the missing kids and the families. [ crying ] >> castro was sentenced in august to more than 1,000 years in jail but committed suicide in his cell just a month later. >>> developing right now, president obama says the u.s. is now involved in the search for hundreds of teenaged girls kidnapped from their school in nigeria. as susan mcginnis reports, there's also a b

. >> gina dejesus and amanda berry made an appearance. berry broke down as she thanked the national center for missing and exploited children. >> if i could say only one thing, it would be this -- never give up hope because miracles do happen. >> miracles do happen. the girls had lunch with vice president biden. >>> climate scientists are warning that weather extremes of today will only become worse unless drastic steps are taken. some 300 scientists and authors behind the report say the change in climates will bring powerful storms and bigger wildfires. president obama is pushing for more solar and wind power and stricter rules for existing power plants. >> the good news is that we've already taken some big actions, whether it's increasing fuel efficiency standards on cars, increasing efficiency on appliances. but we have to do more. we have a chance to turn back these rising temperatures if we take some bold actions now. >> critics are calling the report alarmist and justification for government overreach. and some scientists are pointi

now, ramsey is speaking out about that day, when he helped free amanda berry, gina de jesus and michelle knight from ariel castro's home. in a new memoir, ramsey says he and knight have become friends... and they see each other several times a week. a local burger restaurant gave ramsey 2 thousand dollars in free burgers for his heroism... but he says he gave them all to the homeless. trending online this morning ... a woman in sudan has been sentenced to death, for converting to christianity. she is married to a christian... and she's eight months pregnant. a sudanese court has given the woman four days to renounce any christian beliefs, and return to islam, or be executed. the state department is calling upon sudan's government to respect the woman's right to freedom of religion. >> breaking their silence for the first time since surveillance video came about. the released a statement apologizing for what they call an unfortunate incident. it's not a correct address of the cause or what caused the attack. they said the family has all moved on. >> reminder if you have a question for dem

michelle knight, gina dejesus, and amanda berry and her child were able to escape after suffering yearsure, rape, beatings and starvation. their kidnapper was sentenced to life in prison, and he took his own life while behind bars back in september. michelle knight is now talking about her terrible ordeal and sat down with cnn's anderson cooper. >> why did you want to write a book? why did you want to have your story out there? >> to help other women, children, men, know that they can survive any type of problem in their life. >> that's your message? that you can survive anything? >> yeah. >> because that's the feeling i got just reading your book. i don't know how you survived. >> tremendous strength. >> did you always know that you could survive? i mean, obviously, there were moments you thought you weren't going to, but did you -- >> there were moments, but overall, i always thought that i could make it through, because i made it through so much in my life. so much pain. so much torture. so i was, like, already prepared for it. >> prepared for it, she says, because growing up in clev

i'm amanda berry! >> do you know police, fire or ambulance? >> i need police! >> okay.s going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years, and i'm here. i'm free now. >> reporter: the police arrived, but inside their boarded-up bedroom, michelle and gina were hiding from what they thought were burglars. >> i hear a noise, but anybody can say "police." and then i notice some form of a big person. i was, like, okay. maybe this might be. and i see a badge. i see numbers. and then i hear the police radio. i just said -- i ran right into her arms. and i literally choked her. >> reporter: into the police woman's arms. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you remember saying anything? >> i said "please don't let me go. please don't put me down." >> reporter: you were actually in her arms? >> yes. i actually had my legs wrapped around her and my arms like this. she was, like, "that girl literally choked me." >> reporter: did it seem real to you? >> at the time, no. it didn't. it seemed unreal. >> reporter: at 32 years old, michelle walked out that front door for th

. >>> it was one year ago today when michelle knight, amanda berry es skad cast ro's house in clevelandary of their freedom, both berry and de jesus expressing hope for the future. michelle knight talked about her recovery with cnn's anderson cooper. >> did you ever think about screaming, or yelling? >> i screamed, but nobody would hear it. there was a day that i screamed until i had no voice. still nobody heard me. and when he hears you scream, he just shoves a sack or cloth down your throat. until you choke on it. >> did you think that this would at some point end, that it wouldn't go on, that he would let you go? did he promise that he would let you go? >> no, he told me he would never let me go. >> he said that from the beginning? >> yes. he said you do not have a family that cares about you. >> for the first several months she was kept in what she refers to as the dungeon, the basement on seymour avenue. sitting on the ground she was chained to a pole, gagged with a sock, and a motorcycle helmet placed over her head. all the while the abuse continued. what would you think about eac

i'm here, just let him get it over with." >> but one year ago, the women were freed when amanda berryan opportunity and escaped from the house. she ran across the street and neighbors helped her call 911. >> i've been kidnapped, and i've been missing for ten years, and i'm here, i'm free now. >> all three women were rescued. their tore mentor was arrested and pleaded guilty to 937 counts, including kidnapping, rape and assault. at his sentencing, michelle knight bravely faced her captor in court. >> from this moment on, i will not let you define me or affect who i am. >> he was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years. days later, that house of horrors was torn to the ground. just months later, the man who had kidnapped and held captive three women was found dead in his jail cell. he had had hanged himself with one of his bed sheets. michelle knight is trying to move ahead with her life. she has changed her name, and is focusing on new beginnings. >> anderson cooper's two-part interview with michelle knight airs tonight and tomorrow on "ac 360" at 8:00 p.m. eastern

. >> today, amanda berry and gina dejesus will be honored by the national center for missing & exploitediving courage to families trying to find missing loved ones. you can see part two of anderson's interview with michelle knight. it's wonderful to see her doing so well one year later. that airs tonight on "ac 360." >>> a global health emergency now declared for a disease many people thought it been eradicated. the world health organization says polio is making a comeback in the middle east and africa, and it's spreading fast. polio is spreading fast. so, the w.h.o. is imposing travel restrictions on pakistan, syria and cameroon, requiring residents be vaccinated for polio before traveling overseas. so far, there have been 68 cases of polio this year, almost triple the number seen this time last year. >>> all right, it's tuesday, so how will it look outside? let's get an early look at our weather with chad myers. >> good morning, guys! a pleasant day across the northeast today. probably not still as warm as you would like. the warm weather's still kind of bottled up down to the south, s

she is, as you know, one of three women that escaped from the cleveland home, where she and amanda berryish conditions. her message, you can survive anything with tremendous strength, and she has tremendous strength. it's a fascinating, revealing conversation. you don't want to miss that all at the top of the hour. >> anderson, i'm really, really looking forward to seeing that interview, thanks. >>> and tonight, should donald sterling be forced to sell his team, the los angeles clippers? now i don't know. i might have assumed you felt a certain way, but then this poll came out, and it shows that this country is split. 60% of nba fans said, yes, he should be forced. when it comes to the public at large, though, only 41% think that he should be forced to sell the team. don lemon, steve, and sunny hostin all join us. okay, put up your hand if you were not surprised by that poll. >> i'm not surprised by it. >> of course. don -- >> i'm not surprised. are you surprised? >> i was surprised. i thought people would support it. >> i see a pattern here. >> when you look at the civil rights movement

aba amanda berry, michelle knight and gina dejesus have grown in many ways since they left the home of ariel castro. he ckip. theed the women separately. knight has a book due out today. the man credited with rescuing the women, charles ramsey, has also written a book. >>> investigators looking for the man accused of robbing scotty mcquekerry at gunpoint. three men came inside and took their wallets, money and electronics from the victims. nobody hurt. about five miles from the north carolina state campus where he goes to school. on twitter, he thanked everyone for their prayers and support and the raleigh police department for their quick response. >>> it's 5:22. may bring you bad breath but wait until we tell you the health benefits of eating garlic. >>> welcome back to you as we take a live look outside this morning. you see that flag blowing in the breeze. christina says it's going to be blustery. 5:24. >>> gilroy you're going to be happy about this. a new study out this morning says a specific type of garlic may reverse or prevent heart disease. they think kyolic garlic has a posi

. >> help me, i'm amanda berry. have been' been kidnapped and i have been missing for 10 years and i'm -- i'm here, i'm free now. >> three young girls were freed from years of captives. they were held hostage in a cleveland house by a man named ariel castro. two of them, a manda berry and gina dejesus were guests of honor in washington last night. it was an event for the national center for missing and exploited children. >>> new this morning, all lanes are open again on interstate 15 in san bernardino county after a fire shut it down monday. the fire was burning an overpass that was under construction near the freeway in hesperia. investigators say it began when a blow torch ignited support timbers and strong winds whipped the flames. i-15 is the major link between los angeles and las vegas. >> that would be a big traffic nightmare there. but i think we're okay, liz? >>> we are dealing with a few accidents earlier but north most part things have cleared out. now just the usual congestion beginning to pick up as it

amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight are moving forward and have grown in many ways since they left the home of ariel castro. >>> eight circus performers are still in the hospital after rigging collapsed in front of a packed audience in rhode island. here's a look at the video. kind of hard to watch there. suspended before falling 30 feet or more in which they dangled from their hair. they drop on to a man on the ground, in fact, one of the injured acrobats is the designer of that rig that fell. tyke take a look at the animation. the steel hook, it's five inches long and half an inch thick. it's designed to hold 10,000 pounds. the rig and all the acrobats weighed 1,500 pounds total. >>> colorado is seeing a rise in fiery explosions linked to marijuana. some images for you of recent explosions. authorities say the explosions happened when pot users tried to extract oil from marijuana at home laboratories. the oil can be 80% thc, which is the intoxicating chemical in marijuana. authorities say they have seen 31 explosions in colorado and there were just 11 last year. >>> this mor

it was nearly eight months in her hell when she saw on that tv a girl named amanda berry went missingody knows anything about my daughter, i wish somebody would come forward. >> when you heard that, what did you think? >> the first thought in my head is he did it. >> you knew right away? >> yeah. >> anderson's piece will continue tonight. you can watch part two of the stunning interview. she's going to talk about the pecking order in the house. i can just tell you, michelle was on the lowest end of that pecking order. it's just remarkable what she tells anderson. right here on cnn. >>> another story coming up after the break. a woman who killed her own children because she said they were mouthy. clearly she's crazy. but is she insane? might be surprised to hear what our legal experts weigh in on that. what if you could shrink your pores just by washing your face? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® pore refining cleanser. alpha-hydroxy and exfoliating beads work to clean and tighten pores so they can look half their size. pores...shrink 'em down to size! [ female announcer ] pore refinin

amanda berry, and gina dejesus were given a standing ovation for the missing & exploited children's hoper. >> i want to thank the center for everything that they did not just for us, but for all of the missing kids and their families, and if i could say only one thing, it would be this, never give up hope, because this never would have happened. >> and last year marked a year that the two escaped with michelle knight, and hours before the awards dinner, they had lunch at the white house, and met vice president biden and president obama. >> and investigators are trying to figure out why a driver followed sasha and malia's motorcade right on to the white house lawn. the man was pulled over, but the whole thing triggered a lockdown while the officers swept the car for explosives, and he is a u.s. treasury employee, but he does not have clearance to go past the checkpoint, and he is now charged with unlawful entry. >>> right now, wall street is closely watching washington where janet yellin is testifying about the economy, and investors are looking at the future of interest rates, and we are

. >> today, amanda berry and gina dejesus will be honored by the national center for missing & exploiteddren for giving courage to families trying to find their missing loved ones. part two of anderson's interview with michelle knight airs tonight on "ac360." >>> the world health organization declared a global emergency for a disease once nearly eradicated, warning a 25-year campaign to end polio will be lost without quick action. this is serious. the paralyzing virus is making a crippling comeback in pakistan, syria, cameroon. it spread to neighboring countries, including iraq and afghanistan. the declaration recommends travel restrictions, including vaccination requirements on the three countries in question. >>> all right, let's get a check of your tuesday forecast. indra petersons is here! good morning, indra. >> yeah, good morning, guys. we're still seeing a little bit of that trend, kind of mild to the northeast, pretty nice yesterday. pacific northwest also mild, but the middle of the country continuing to make headlines as we're still expecting another day of record-breaking heat

just let him get it over with." >> but one year ago, the women were freed when amanda berry seized anuse. she ran across the street and neighbors helped her call 911. >> i've been kidnapped, and i've been missing for ten years, and i'm here, i'm free now. >> all three women were rescued. their tore mentor was arrested and pleaded guilty to 937 counts, including kidnapping, rape and assault. at his sentencing, michelle knight bravely faced her captor in court. >> from this moment on, i will not let you define me or who i am. >> he was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years. days later, that house of horrors was torn to the ground. just months later, the man who had kidnapped and held captive three women was found dead in his jail cell. he had hanged himself with one of his bed sheets. mchelle knight is trying to move ahead with her life. she has changed her name and is focusing on new beginnings. >> and anderson's two-part interview with michelle knight airs tonight and tuesday, tomorrow, on "ac 360." 8:00 p.m. eastern. right here on cnn. >>> all right. coming up

i'm amanda berry. >> police, fire or ambulance? >> i need police. >> what's been going on there?missing for ten years. i'm here. i'm free now. >> reporter: the police arrived, but inside their boarded up bedroom michelle and gina were hiding from what they thought were burglars. >> i hear a noise, but anybody can say "police." i noticed some form of a big person. i was like, okay, maybe this might be. and i see a badge, i see numbers. and then i hear the police radio. i just said -- i ran right into her arms. i literally choked her. >> reporter: into the police woman's arms? >> yes. >> reporter: do you remember saying anything? >> i said please don't let me go, please don't put me down. >> reporter: you were actually in her arms? >> yes. i actually had my legs wrapped around her and my arms like this. she was like, that girl literally choked me. >> reporter: did it seem real to you? >> at the time, no, it didn't. it seemed unreal. >> reporter: what's the past year been like? >> amazing. overwhelming, but amazing as hell. >> reporter: what's it like to have friends, to have a life

amanda berry and regina received the center for missing and exploited children's award for resilienceere tonight accepting the hope award. it is really special to be here with gina and our families. it means more than you will ever know. i want to thank the center for everything they have done and continue to do, not just for us, but for all the missing kids and their families. if i could say only one thing it would be this. never give up hope because miracles do happen. [ applause ] >> i want to say that i'm glad to be here with you guys to accept this award and always believe in hope even though you sometime it is hard to believe in hope, just pray to god and god will give you that hope. [ applause ] 6. >> the third kidnapping victim michelle knight has been talking with anderson cooper and you can catch part three of by the way, remember this guy right here, charles ramsey in he became a national hero and internet sensation after rescuing the cleveland women. jake tapper is here. jake had an opportunity to talk to ramsey. we'll learn about that in the next hour. tell me, he's had a

gina dejesus and amanda berry were at a ceremony last night.ile thinking the national center for missing and exploited children. >> i can say only one thing, it would be this. never give up hope because miracles do happen. >> earlier, they both met with president obama and vice president biden. >>> today, president obama will tour the devastation left behind by that tornado that killed 15 people in arkansas last month. a record crowd turned out for a charity baseball game in little rock, to help tornado victims. raising more than $100,000. >>> well, teens at a california high school are under investigation, accused of running a draft for prom dates. boys allegedly ranked girls and sold what amounted for first round drafts for prom dates. one student paid to boost his chances. the principal has threatened to cancel prom altogether. >>> a parking enforcement officer is accused of stealing $89,000 from local parking meters over a five-year period. that's 350,000 quarters. he was arrested after allegedly making a deposit at his bank. >>> finally, t

. >> castro later kidnapped two other women, amanda berry and gina dejesus.night says she and gina often dreamed of their escape. >> there was times where me and gina just wanted to hit him over the head with a frying pan. and just run out the door. but we wasn't a hurtful person, we couldn't do it. so we was like we got to find some other way. >> on the evening of may 6th, 2013, berry and the 6-year-old daughter she had while in captivity broke free. >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years, and i'm here, i'm free now. >> castro was arrested and pled guilty to nearly a thousand criminal counts. he was sentenced to life in prison. but just one month into that sentence, castro was found hanging inside his prison cell. now knight is starting a new chapter, rebuilding her life and telling her story in her own words. and michelle knight joins us now. we should mention, we mentioned on friday that you've changed your name to lily. but for the purposes of this interview, we'll call you michelle, that's what you'd like us to do and that's how the w

. >> hope was hard to come by until december 2006 when michelle was forced to deliver amanda berry's, joycelyn. >> it was so amazing to bring a new life into the world but it was also traumatic at the same time. >> you write that you saved the baby's life. >> yes. the baby came out not breathing. and at the point in time i knew what he said that if the baby didn't come out breathing, i'll kill you. >> he told you he would kill you if the baby didn't survive? he wanted that baby born? >> yes. >> who did he consider his family? all of you? >> yeah. but i was the traitor of the family. >> the tough one? >> yep. >> you smile when you say that. that was important to you to remain defiant. >> yeah. >> now it's a source of pride that you remain defiant? >> yeah. >> explain that. >> all my life i was made to feel insecure, like i was worthless. for the first time in my life i stood up to a person that was a demeaning person and it felt good to stand up for myself because i never did before. >> she is now. she's amazing. part three of anderson's cooper's interview with michelle knight airs to

michelle knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus. the three women he held captive for about a decade. honored for their courage and resilience by the national center for missing and exploited children. michelle knight was not included because she was already an adult at the time of her abduction. berry and dejesus said they wanted to be with their other families who understand their ordeal. >>> under pressure from the u.n., the vatican is revealing how it has dealt with priests accused of sexually abusing children over the past decade. 848 priests have been defrocked. nearly 2600 received lesser penalties. it is the first time the vatican made such information public and could open the church to more lawsuits. >>> authorities in california plan to interview that 15-year-old stowaway who flew from california to hawaii to see if criminal charges should be filed. you're seeing video of that boy as he jumps from that boeing 767 and walks to the front of the plane and talks to an airport worker for several moments. he's now back in california being cared for by child protective services. >

. >>> today marks one year since amanda berry, gina dejesus and another woman broke free.romising to make changes to the circus apparatus that failed sunday injuring nine acrobats. tune into cnn for the latest. >>> just into cnn, a major white house report on climate change has just been released. the obama administration unveiling its national climate assessment detailing how climate change impacts every part of the country. cnn's jim acosta is live at the white house with all of the details. so, jim what is in the report? what's it telling us? >> reporter: well, kate, the president is going to be issuing, really, a call for action later today when he sits down with a group of meteorologists from around the country trying to get the word out that the weather for this country is going to be getting worse and worse over the coming decades as a result of are man-made climate change. here's the report right here. we even have it in clerp fin cou kate. the new national climate abscessmeabsces assessment from the white house. it talks about what the country can expect over the

two of the women, amanda berry and gina dejesus were honored. never give up hope. the third victim, michelle knight, was not included in the event because she was an adult when she was kidnapped. >>> nasa has gone high definition to provide spectacular views of the earth. this is now streaming a live high def video feed from the international space station. the view could inspire future astronauts, but it's also a test to see how well the high def cameras survived the rigors of space travel. >>> and it may be time for some dads who love baseball to leave the baby at home. one little fan had a close call monday after a three-run homer against the royals. his dad lunged for the ball and nearly took a tumble, barely keeping his balance with the baby in arm. oh! i don't know, did he get the ball? i don't even know if he ended up with it. let's go back outside to al for a check of your forecast. >> today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. >> and good morning. we've got these folks here. you just graduated medical

it's been almost a year since amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight escaped a year next weekw name? >> i felt like every brand-new start needs new beginnings. my name is lillian rose lee. >> you wrote in your diary a long time ago about the butterfly. do you feel like the butterfly? >> yeah. that was able to express herself the way she wants now. and able to be free without control, and no worries. i'm that butterfly. freedom to fly. >> you heard there michelle is going to go by the new name lily, part of her process of starting her new life. she has a new book called "finding me." we'll have more of the interview on monday on "today." how difficult must it be to sit down and write a book, and then to talk about this experience. but her poise and courage and the way she's dealt with it. there was another moment we played earlier where she said, i kept telling the other girls, one day we'll be free. one day we'll be free. and that day came. >> she said in that interview, i'm able to be free. imagine, 2014, and this woman is free. she was kept a captive. she has the spirit to c