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is that mini anderson cooper eating a ritz cracker in a >> jon: welcome back. when a news story falls through the cracks, lewis black covers it for a segment we call "black in black -- back in black." >> the gun debate has been raging for a long time. it's hard to say when it started but i'm going to go with right around the invention of the gods. [cheers and applause] and everybody has an opinion including america's foremost experts on the subject, our celebrities. and they are chiming in from both the left and the right. >> i'm a good neighbor, i have a nice clean borderline but if you cross it i'll kill you. >> note to self, cross old man nugent's place off my girl scout cookie delivery list. why are we asking random celebrities about this issue anyway when we should be asking more qualified people, our action heros. >> sylvester stallone now supports a new federal assault weapons ban saying quote "like really unless you are carrying out an assault, you can't hunt with it who is going to attack your house an expletive army. >> a what army? a (bleep) army, an

he sent a parcel to our anderson cooper.d with a post it note that said i never lied. a coin wrapped in duct tape inscribed with thanks, but no thanks, will bratton. former chief of the los angeles police department. >> chances are he would have received it from me. it would have been the custom when someone was activated into the military, heading to overseas. >> police say it began sunday in irving dorner killed two people monica quan, the former of an lapd captain who represented dorner in front police board that eventually fired her and her fiance. dorner attempted to hijack a boat. then early thursday, dorner fires at police officers in corono, assigned to protect someone connected to dorner's threats. one officer hurt. in riverside, two officers fired upon on a cowardly ambush. one seriously hurt, the other killed. the manifesto states the attacks stop when the department states the truth about my innocence, publicly. >> he told us what he intend to do, and so far he's done it. >> reporter: leaving the community on edg

anderson cooper described the con tents in detail. >> my assistant opened the package. he found a hand labelled dvd accompanied by a yellow post-it note saying, i never lied. >> he was fired from the department for making false statements after accusing an lapd training officer of kicking a mentally unstable man. the chief who fired him, bill bratton. he gave dorner this personal coin bearing the chief's own name. >> also in the package a coin wrapped in duct tape. the tape reading thanks but no thanks. you can see the bullet holes, three to the center, another nicked off the top of that. >> after learning of its contents, anderson's assistant the notified the head of security who notified chief bratton. he said he gave the coins to many officers. >> in his mind, i was the one responsible for his problems, his dismissal from the department. clearly i was, i was the chief of police. i fired him, i have no regrets about that. >> reporter: was the package dorner sent to anderson a cry for justice in the court of public opinion where the legal system had failed him? in the

. >> reporter: mohandi says that narcissism prompted him to send a package to anderson cooper at cnn. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. every signature is unique, and every fingerprint unrepeatable. at sleep number, we recognize the incredible diversity of human beings, and know that up there with your social security number and your phone number is another important number. your sleep number. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. it's a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs - each of your bodies. and you'll only find it at a sleep number store. where during the ultimate sleep number event, queen mattresses now start at just $599 . save 50% on our innovative limited edition bed. plus, through monday, special financing on all beds-and a free comforter with selected beds. you won't find your sleep number setting at an ordinary mattress store. you'll find it exclusively at a sleep nu

jake tapper is in for anderson cooper and it starts right now. >>> an inspiring hero, a beautiful model -- >> it's a fun production and watch it. >> we start this morning with a shocking valentine's day tragedy. >> a nation in shock. >> it's devastating, tragic. >> the world renowned olympian oscar pistorius has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend. >> for a week, the world has watched the triumphant story of oscar pistorius turned to tragedy. just last summer, this was oscar pistorius. the first amputee ever to compete in the olympic games. and a source of enormous pride for a sports-crazed nation. today, a totally different scene. >> yesterday we called him a hero. some people say he should just be put to the the sword. >> a flood of confusing details. >> the neighbors did hear gunshots. >> she died in his arms. >> but everyone agrees on a simple tragic fact. on valentine's day, oscar pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, leaving a family without their daughter and a nation without its hero. >> hello, i'm randi kaye, welcome to this special hour

plan your getaway at discoverlosangeles.com >>> we're back on "anderson cooper 360." pistorius, the blade runner, out on bail due back in court june 4th. i want to talk more about what a trial might look like and why it may never take place. back with the panel. >> all of this kind of pa paranoia -- it now goes to a junl. there's no jury system there. it has a lot to do with the the makeup of society. help us understand how judges are schooled to deal with cases without the aid of a jury. >> we believe that judges spend their entire working lives being immersed in the law and trained in the law and schooled towards being objective in applying their minds to the law in a neutral way. and that is the safeguard for justice. we also every aspect of our legal system is enviewed with our constitution and our constitutional law. and the constitution itself really was a very collaborative process that is an expression of the people of south africa. in that prospect, they have a voice in the law and an influence in the law, but not in terms of deciding individual cases. >> mar

anderson cooper described the contents in detail on "a.c. 360." >> dorner reached out to me, mailingthat arrived on the 1st of this month. inside he found a hand- labelled dvd accompanied by a yellow post-it note saying i never lied, in reference to his 2008 dismissal from the lapd. >> dorner was fired from the department for making false statements of accusing an lapd training officer of kicking a disabled man. >> also in the package, as i mentioned, a coin wrapped in duct tape. the tape bearing a handwritten subscription, thanks but no thanks. you can see the bullet holes. three to the center. another shot nicked off the top of that. >> after learning of its contents, anderson's assistant notified cnn security who alerted chief bratton and law enforcement. the former lapd chief says he gave the coins to a lot of officers but says he doesn't understand the meaning of dorner, but he doesn't question the firing. >> quite clearly in his mind, i was among those responsible for his problems, his dismissal from the department. and clearly i was. i was the chief of the police. i fired him,

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he's a couple months younger than she is. >> say hi to anderson cooper. >> hey, anderson. >> you guys to come down. take care. anderson, we have been checking out the levels. and i e-mails chad myers earlier. i said there was a real calm before the storm. i couldn't figure out why we didn't have snow. it's like magic chad because it's really started to come down here. take a look at the snowfall now. and i just wanted to let you know that while it's lovely, it's also a real pain in the butt because we're now getting reports of about 26,600 people without power in connecticut. that's sure to get worse. i do want to report something to you. just before you came to us, a number of emergency vehicles went flying by with their sirens on. so i called the connecticut state police and said what's going on. they said apparently a trooper has had an accident on 95. apparently he's okay. minor injuries, but it was enough. an ambulance going by and all the rest tells you if the trooper is getting into an accident, there's a reason there's a state-wide ban on travel. one other thing i have been do

anderson cooper looks into his claims that police corruption is behind his killing spree. and thousands of giants fans line up to get a glimpse of the world champ team at fanfest. plus. sprucing up the city for baseball season. we show you the first of a series of giant sweep city cleanups. that's all coming up on the kron 4 news at 8. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> thousands of eager giants fans filed into a-t-and-t park today for the giants fan fest. kron 4's very own jeff pierce was with those fans at the ballpark and has more on the story. >> reporter: more than forty thousand giants fans showed up at at&t park saturday morning to start thinking about baseball and have the opportunity to get the view of the stadium from the players perspective. >> i always wanted to be on a baseball field all my life. >>

the weird package he sent to cnn and anderson cooper. >> right. he's encouraging -- >> the killer is -- that has already murdered a few people is saying, yes, i'm for gun control. a twisted mind we're dealing with here in a very dangerous situation. >> i said this earlier, the experts don't think he's crazy. he's narcissistic. he's self-centered. and he wants the attention. >> they're calling it a personality disorder. i suppose saying he is criminally insane or something like that. it is a story that's going to develop throughout the day. keep it here on abc news for the very latest. >>> now to the other top story. a giant snowstorm is just hours away from bearing down on the northeast, threatening to shut down new york and boston. crews in new england are gearing up for their plows and their salt spreaders for what could be a historic blizzard. there could be two feet of snow and hurricane force winds. drivers from new jersey to maine are told to stay off of the roads. and the northern edge of this storm is blowing over from the midwes

. >> the package he sent to anderson cooper, which anderson didn't see until today, wasn't made aware of it, it contained a number of things. it contained one of these. you brought this in. explain what this is, exactly. >> it's a challenge coin. it's a military tradition that the police departments of the united states emulated now for several years. and it's a coin that in my case, it has my shield, the lapd badge, and on the backside, the badges going through the years of the founding of the lapd. you give it to an individual as a sign of respect, as a token of appreciation or good luck. >> you probably gave it to him when you met him when he was about to go off for military service, correct? >> that's correct. the photo has been shown today with me and him standing in front of flags. that is likely when he was leaving, called to active duty. i had a practice of calling the officers up with their family to wish them well and have liaison officers meet with the family so they could be taken care of when the officer is gone. i would have given him a coin like this at that time. my un

in a parcel to anderson cooper, he had a dvd and a post it that said i never lied. dorner claims he was forced out after reporting alleged police brutality and a coin wrapped in duct tape, which says thanks, but no thanks will bratton. >> chances are he would have received it from me. the custom of i have when somebody activated to the military, heading overseas. >> reporter: cnn cooperating authorities. police say it began sunday in irvine when dorner killed two people. monica quan, the daughter of a former lapd captain, who represented dorner in front of the police board that eventually fired him, and her fiance. three days later in san diego, police say dorner attempted to hijack a boat. then early thursday, dorner fires at police officers in corona who were assigned to protect someone connected to dorner's threats. one officer hurt. later in riverside, two officers fired upon in what police call a cowardly ambush. one seriously hurt. the other killed. dorner's manifesto states the attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence. publicl

jake tapper in for anderson cooper. jake tapper in for anderson cooper. >>> the high cost of healthcare is enough to make you sick and it's also make something people rich. hospital ceos making 2 million, 5 million, even nearly $10 million a year, running nonprofits. who's paying for it? well, you are. we will show you how and how hospitals try to camouflage the bills loaded with bull. >>> later, why on earth is this man smiling? he came within inches of death by avalanche and lived to tell his incredible story. you'll hear from him in the studio tonight. >>> but we'll begin with two major developments in the blade runner bail hearing. one, a striking change in his demeanor and the twist you would laugh at for putting it in a movie. no one would believe it. a key member of the prosecution, the investigator in the case, a would-be killer. now this was never going to be a run of the mill court proceeding. but the way things are going, this one isn't even close. and bottom line, one of the fastest runs alive is now on a sl

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he mailed a parcel to anderson cooper's office here at cnn in new york. anderson is with me now. get a lot of mail and a lot of strange mail, so it's not something you would have noticed o or seen. what was in it? >> it got here february 1st, i was just made aware of it earlier today, as well as was cnn management. it was a parcel and in the parcel was probably most notable, a coin. the kind of ceremonial coin that's often handed out in the military. and this one is the former chief of police of the lapd, will bradden's coin. and i talked to chief bratton. he says it's likely the suspect got this coin at a ceremony where he gives out these coins to people who are going to be serving overseas. notable about this coin, there are three bullet holes shot through the center. there's also what looks like the nick of a bullet on the top rim of it. so this was included in the partial. there was also a post-it note, saying, i never lied. there was a dvd and around that coin, there was duct tape. and written on the duct tape was a message for will bratton, and also an abbreviation, which w

he sent a package to cnn anderson cooper inside a bullet riddled coin with "thanks but no thanks will bratton," the lapd chief at the time he says the coin was a gift. >> the custom i have when someone is activated into the military headed everything i bring them to the office, present them with one of the coins as a token of respect and good luck. >> bratton was appointed as an advisor to the oakland police department says he does not remember dorner. >> the search for dorner has reached far beyond california. authorities now in some cities in florida, oklahoma and utah are on alert places he used to live and he mentioned in his manifesto. >> back to the news desk. >> a son california lawyer says two women shot during the search for dorner were fired on without warping by lapd officers. the 71-year-old woman was delivering the "los angeles times" newspaper with her daughter in torrance yesterday and police officers mistook their blue toyota pickup for dorner's truck. the women's attorney say there were no warnings and no orders, just gunshots. hernandez was shot in the back is recove

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now, "ac 360" with wolf blitzer in for anderson cooper. i'm wolf blitzer in for anderson cooper. tonight, a diamond heist straight out of an action movie script, thiefs in belgium make off with $50 million in diamonds in just minutes. a highly choreographied heist. now the question, who done it? >>> also ahead, a follow-up on a "360" investigation involving a veterans hospital contaminated water and multiple cases of legionnaires' disease. tonight, just how widespread the outbreak was and why there are now accusations of a cover-up. we're keeping them honest. >>> we begin with the murder charge that captivated and horrified millions of people around the globe. today, the suspect, the olympian runner oscar pistorius gave his side of the story. in his own words, reads by i had lawyer at the bail hearing, he described in dramatic detail what led him to shoot and kill his girlfriend in the middle of the night. you're going to hear his words in a moment. while his statement was being read in court, a private fun funeral was held for reeva steenkamp. steenkamp was 29 years old, a model

. >> reporter: tonight's cnn's anderson cooper revealed dorner had sent him a package. >> inside thekage was a hand-labeled dvd with a yellow post-it note reading in part, "i never lie." apparently in reference to his dismissal from the lapd in 2008. >> reporter: there are indications he may have reason to be angry. i'm not an aspiring rapper. i'm not a gang member. i'm not a dope dealer, dorner writes in his manifesto. i am a man who has lost complete faith in the system when the system betrayed, slandered, and libelled me. the manic account of his firing given in that manifesto is told more soberfully court documents. in both, dorner claims the lapd fired him after he reported having witnessed his superior using a taser on a mentally ill suspect, then he said seeing the superior hand-cuff the suspect and kick him in the chest and face. the suspect, christopher gedler and his father offered testimony corroborating dorner's account at the time, but the father now says he wasn't surprised that the review board ended up rejecting dorner's claims. >> i even told him, what is wrong with