ashleigh? >> deb, thank you. think one of the more unbelievable exhibits is that wall, that staircase that you walked down, the staircase where you know hundreds and hundreds of people actually escaped for their lives. they used that staircase to survive. and it's in there. and you walk down just as they would have. it's so incredibly presented. i want to introduce you to someone who i just met today. i feel as though there's a great kinship. monica joins me here at the memorial. you lost your husband, michael, on september 11th. and within days, monica, you started work on now what we have behind us. >> yes. >> it's remarkable that you would have even had the wherewithal to do that. tell me about this journey. >> you know, when i knew he wasn't coming home and he didn't make it out, i knew i had to do something for him and all those who had no voice left. and i just couldn't accept the reality that they would build buildings over their final resting place. we felt that that place was sacred and hallowed. the maj

ashleigh. >> isha sesay. ka could you explain why he is on tv saying somehow the family of these girls have been this rt wh thwarting the efforts to find these girls? there's a good reason for this, isn't there? >> yeah, i mean, there are multiple reasons that could factor into this. there's this whole issue of trust. a lack of trust between people there in the northern part of nigeria -- at least some people and the nigerian government. the federal government. you have to remember the federal government declared a state of emergency in this area some months ago and has been accused by some human rights groups human rights violations as they go after boko haram, using widespread violence. there's kind of a breakdown of trust between some and the government. but there's also another point. there are those parents, we have been told, who are afraid to give that information, the names of their kids and photos, because they fear boko haram could be watching places like cnn, could be paying attention to the media,

ashleigh. >> so distressing. isha sesay reporting for us live. >>> boko haram is effectively hellbent on overthrowing nigeria's government and installing what can only be considered a radical islamic state, akin to taliban rule in afghanistan. cnn's carol costello looks at their methods. >> reporter: this video shows the leader of boko haram making an outrageous and repugnant announcement. vowing to sell 223 girls abducted last month from a school in northeastern nigeria. this isn't the first time the islamic extremist group has taken responsibility for a horrific deed. according to amnesty international. in just the first three months of this year, more than 1,500 people have died in violence related to boko haram. the group dates back more than ten years but became increasingly violent in 2009 after widespread clashes in northeast nigeria with the military. hundreds of boko haram member ys killed. among them, the groups then leader, muhammad yusef. entire villages have been razed to the ground. residents killed

"legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it's friday, may 16th. welcome to "legal view." we begin with southern california dealing with the fire season there, a fire season from hell. and hell has come early this year. more than 17,000 acres in san diego county devoured as several fires rage on there. the pictures tell the story. fire season typically starts in late summer. but more than 15,000 people in escandido have been told to get out, run for their lives. the fire is dangerously close to their home. just watch this one move. it's what looks like a tornado, actually called a fire nado, a funnel of flames that is just terrifying for anyone who sees it nearby. it's just a sample of the bernardo fire in san diego, where 1,500 acres have been burning and are scorched. these fires are still very much active. our ted rowlands is live. i can see the mess behind you. that's the least of their worries, what's behind you, because this is still active. give me the latest. >> reporter: yeah, ashleigh. this is an example of the wors

i'm ashleigh banfield. we're right on top of this news on cnn. a u.s. member has resigned this morning. not just any cabinet member, eric shinseki. the now long embattled, it seems, secretary of veterans affairs. he is the highest ranking of several people in leadership roles at the va who are out as of today. the president spoke just a short time ago about it. >> i am grateful for his service, as are many veterans across the country. he has worked hard to investigate and identify the problems with access to care, but as he told me this morning, the va needs new leadership to address it. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care that they need. that was rick's judgment on behalf of his fellow veterans. and i agree. we don't have time for distractions. we need to fix the problem. >> eric shinseki, a retired four star general, said today he trusted reports given to him about veteran patient waiting times. he says now those reports were misleading unfortunately. the va acknow

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it's wednesday, may the 28th. welcome to "legal view." just days after a young man with a long history of mental illness killed another half dozen adults and then killed himself, some california lawmakers want to make it easier for police and for the courts to think ahead and anticipate blood shed before it happens. thereby preventing it. classmates, friends and families of the murdered uc santa barbara students gathered late yesterday in their honor. by now, you know, three were fatally stabbed in the killer's apartment in the community of isla vista last friday. two others were shot to death at a sorority house. a sixth was killed at a convenience shop and deli. that student's father has channeled his all consuming anguish into a passionate demand for new and tougher gun laws. and contempt for politicians who do little but offer their regret. >> i've had congress people call me and express their condolences and sympathy. and when that happened, when that's happened, i've told them, don't call me and tell me you'

i'm ashleigh banfield.he deeper investigators dig into neglect at the veterans hospital, the worse it becomes and outrage. the house lambasted senior v.a. officials over the waiting lists and cover-ups. the speaker of the house put the blame above veteran secretary er erik shinseki. >> the real issue is the president is the one who should be held accountable. as kevin pointed out we sent a letter going back to early 2013, talking about the gao report, asking for its recommendations to be implemented. and for the president to say he didn't know anything about it is rather shocking. so the president is going to have to step up here and show some real leadership. >> to be sure, more and more lawmakers in both parties are calling for shinseki's firing, especially in light of a preliminary report from the v.a.'s own inspector general. looking only at the phoenix v.a. hospital that's become the epicenter of the scandal, the i.g. found at least 1700 veterans that needed care, again, just at the phoenix hospital. t

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is wednesday, may 21st. welcome to "legal view." president obama made two things crystal clear at the white house last hour. he means to punish anywhere found doctoring the waiting lists at federal hospitals and he says he plans to keep his secretary of veterans affairs, eric shen scheinseki, in his jo. here's a small sampling of the president's statement. >> if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful and i will not tolerate it, period. here's what i discussed with secretary shinseki this morning. first, anybody found to have manipulate order falsified records at v.a. facilities has to be held accountable. the inspector general at the v.a. has launched investigations into the phoenix v.a. and other facili facilities. some individuals have already been put on administrative leave. i know people are angry and want script reckoning. i sympathize with that. but we have to let the investigators do their job and get to the bottom of what happened. >> joining me now with much more on all of this are my cnn

incredible. >> reporter: ashleigh? chris? >> never forget being the absolute ultimate theme as we look upon the reflecting pools below us. >> and you see often when you come to the pools, the families. remember how many kids there were. just born. just getting to know their parents who were lost on that day, and they've had to grow up without them. and you'll hear mothers and fathers say how they resemble, you know, spouses who were lost. and so many of them had the same message in the aftermath after dealing with the anger and the grief was that you have to live your life. life is a blessing. you have to make the most of it. so for all of the tragedy that was absorbed and endured, the message of that resiliency, that the water goes in and comes back and recirculates, is something that you equally take as message. i got engaged 11 days after 9/11 because seeing all these people who had lost their chance at their life, it became even more urgent that we all make the most of our lives while we can. >> you felt as though we were

the reality, ashleigh, is this. the fact that he's speaking now, the owners, it gives them more ability to remove him. regardless of him saying they all love me, the world loves me, and then it's, you know, i'll abide by whatever the owners want. i think it could be an act. just remember what slander is. a false statement that is injurious to your reputation. it injures your reputation. in considering this, we have to consider the source. is magic johnson's reputation really tarnished by this man? we know magic to be a good man. we know him to be a philanthropist. we know him to be a person who builds his community. who loves not only his community but people would don't look like him. so, ashleigh, when you get down to it, i don't believe the statements coming from this source have tarnished magic in any way. to the reverse, they've uplifted him. >> normally you don't put your hand up. >> i just had an epiphany sitting here. i think that what this guy said on tape, knowing full well cameras are rolling and a microp

the legal age of consent, ashleigh, in california, is 18. it's a felony to, you know, have sex with somebody who is under that age. and here's the other thing. first of all, i worked a domestic violence hot line for six years as a volunteer and a crisis intervention counselor in the late '80s. and every single victim was terrified to come forward because people that abuse women don't do it in public. they do it behind closed doors. in fact, batters get so good at physical and sexual abuse that they know how to hit people so that your bruises are clothed. just because he was a nice guy in public doesn't doesn't mean she wasn't have the you know what kicked out of her behind closed doors and that she wasn't terrified. also keep in mind is she is saying she was kidnapped, drugged, and woke up in a barricaded garage. this isn't a 15-year-old, ashleigh like you might have at home. an american kid that goes to school, that speaks english, that has a huge group of friends. this gal was undocumented. had only lived in the united states for six month

>> i think ashleigh's right if she didn't know -- >> cnn coffee. that's the answer. that will never be outlawed. all right, mel, paul, stand by. thank you for that. >>> we're getting this official word in now on that cause of the ferry disaster in south korea. this is going to make your blood boil. something that could so easily have been avoided. something that should never, ever have been discussed. and yet it was. it was discussed. it was done. and now you're going to find out what's going to happen to people who did it. what it is. next. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right, no hidden fees. it's just that i'm worried about, you know, "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... surprise!!! um... well, it's true. at ally there are no hidden fees. not one. that's nice. no hidden fees, no worries. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> $62,000. that's a lot money, isn't it? exactly how much the owner of the sunken ferry earned for carrying excess cargo on that doomed voyage april 16th. and we now know it was the excessive cargo

"legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >> donald sterling does it again. another jaw-dropping recording. in it, the embattled nba owner says it was sexual desire that drove him to make racist remarks. 'cause that's attractive. so who's buying this excuse, anybody? buehler? speaking of buying, sterling's estranged wife shelly says she wants to keep a 50% ownership in the clippers and bring in investors to buy out her husband's half of the team. so coaches, players, fans, how's that going to work out for ya'll? >>> later this hour, murder mystery in georgia. an 88-year-old man's mutilated body found in his home in his posh lake side resort. no sign of his wife. also no sign of the man's head. so far, not a clue to go on. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is friday, may 9th. welcome to "legal view." you may have heard the l.a. clippers are home tonight for game three against the thunder, but how can the nba keep the focus on basketball? when we, instead, have this. more explosive and sometimes salacious audio recordings released by radar online.

hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it's monday, may 18th. welcome to "legal view." we've got two major cases to tell you about this hour. it should be a really big wake-up call to the seriousness of the threat to your cybersecurity. your security online. number one, you're hearing this first on cnn, the fbi and police in several countries have arrested more than 100 people. and they've conducted hundreds of services in recent days in a global crackdown on hackers linked to a software called black shave. some people know it better as creep ware. it's aptly named. it's where complete strangers can take control of your computer remotely. they can turn on your webcam. they can record video of you, take pictures with your own camera. they can access your hard drive. they can capture your keystrokes and, thereby, steal your passwords when you're getting into your bank account or even when you're logging into your social media accounts. if all of this sounds familiar it should. because that young woman was one of the people who made it very public. she's miss teen usa, cas

ashleigh? >> all right, deb.w we are watching the honor guard that's comprised of members of the fdny, the nypd and the papd, leading federal, state and memorial flags to the stage. let's listen in. >> set. halt! ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ >> halt! ♪ ♪ >> we are here today to help dedicate a great museum, one that rises out of the bedrock of our city, our history, and our hearts. in the years to come, the 9/11 memorial museum will take its place alongside the fields of gettysburg, the waters of pearl harbor, and the vietnam veterans memorial as a sacred marker of our past and

i'm ashleigh banfield. it's thursday may the 1st. welcome to legal view. the mysterious disappearing airliner. nearly two months of information has seemed to be feast or famine literally weeks ago when we didn't know anything new about what might have happened to that plane. that's completely morphed. a day like today has been a complete feast. malaysian transportation officials under tremendous pressure are finally allowing the public to read a preliminary report on what happened before the plane vanished from quote normal and routine. and what happened afterwards which definitely was not normal neither was it routine. what looks like on the surface of an enormous chain reaction of missteps and oversight, richard quest is with me, also michael kaye, pilot and retired royal air force senior officer. colonel kaye, 17 minutes before any noticed an airliner with 200 plus people on board wasn't on their radar. is that normal? >> there's actually an emergency protocol, ashleigh. by the faa called an overdue procedure. what this is, it's 30 minutes. that's the t

i'm ashleigh banfield. it's thursday, may 22nd. welcome to "legal view." it is a nightmare story, all too familiar. a california youngster, young woman found nearly a decade after she disappeared. police say she was drugged and kidnapped when she was just 15 years old and assaulted repea d repeatedly physically and sexually, all of this by her mother's 31-year-old live-in boyfriend. well, this is the man they're talking about. today, the alleged victim, who was 15 at the time, is now 25. police say garcia, the man you're looking at, forced her to marry him when she turned 18. that he even got her pregnant. that she gave birth to a daughter just two years ago. the young woman, quite understandably, doesn't want to be identified and shown in any photograph. cnn is blurring her face and also blurring the face of her now little daughter. why these pictures perhaps look so incredibly strange the victim and her alleged kidnapper, tormenter, along with her daughter seemingly looked like a normal family from photos from knbc and in some they're dressed in coordina

i'm ashleigh banfield. it's thursday, may the 8th and we start this hour with more words from the mouth of donald sterling or at least we think so. there are tapes from the embattled clippers owner we can't authenticate. it was obtained by radar online. we don't know who is talking to him but it sure does sound like him. have a listen. >> you think i'm a racist? you think i have anything in the world but love for everybody? you don't think that. you know i'm not a racist. >>> got the -- i mean, when i heard the -- >> i can't hear you- >> what about -- when i hear that tape, though, that tape i heard. >> i grew up in east l.a., east l.a., you die to get out of there. i got out of east l.a. i was the president of the high school there. i mean -- and i'm a jew. 50% of the people there were black and 40% were hispanic. you ever been to boyle heights? >> yeah. i've been to boyle heights. >> people must have a good feeling for me. >> did you talk to griffin or anybody yet? >> i didn't talk to anybody. i'm in my h

ashleigh. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is friday, may 2nd.e to "legal view." got a job, need a job, want a job. because guess what, the u.s. economy just added nearly 300,000 jobs last month and that is real good news to say the very least. but there are some other things to consider before everyone can start cheerleading the end of the

i'm ashleigh banfield. should you i.q. determine whether you live or die?before the supreme court. let me add, you got to be a criminal to start with. reject a florida law that allows executions for criminals with i.q.s above 70. saying that rigid thresholds use to measure i.q.s, they don't take into account that magical margin of error, an imperfect test we actually conduct when it comes to measuring disabilities. it is fascinating because it's been about a dozen years since we figured this was settled stuff. joining me is cnn correspondent jean casarez, a lawyer herself. joining us also on the phone from washington is senior analyst for cnn, jeffrey toobin. lay out the facts on what they started and why i felt i heard this before, it was before scotus again. >> 2004, made it unconstitutional to execute someone who at the time was mentally retarded, now it's intellectually disabled. florida said, i see in the opinion it says intellectual disabled is about an i.q. of 70. they took that and formed a statute in florida that said if you are above 70, with your

ashleigh. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is friday, may 2nd. welcome to "legal view." got a job, need a job, want a job. because guess what, the u.s. economy just added nearly 300,000 jobs last month and that is real good news to say the very least. but there are some other things to consider before everyone can start cheerleading the end of the recession. our chief business correspondent christine romans, who crunches the numbers on a regular basis, is doing a lot of crunching this morning. i keep saying whenever you have these jobs reports that come out, good or bad, the cheerleaders or naysayers can both chime in. >> what we want to focus on is this headline of 288,000 jobs created. february and march were better than expected. we had the freesz. and then it started to thaw. what i love about these numbers is the fact it was broad based. it wasn't people working in restaurants and people working in retail. it was that, plus lawyers, accountants, i.t. professionals, people starting businesses. people working in mines. people working in factor

ashleigh banfield, "legal view" starts right now. >>> when i listened to that tape, i don't even know how i could say words like that, and i'm sorry. >> i don't love him. i pity him. i feel sorry for him. >> dueling interviews. donald sterling and his estranged wife. the apologies, the accusations and the excuses. you have to hear to believe. >>> also ahead this hour, the first video purportedly showing kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls. most of them christian. now wearing muslim head dress. as the terror leader who took them declares they've converted to islam. and is offering a new alternative to his previous threat to sell those girls. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is monday, may 12th. welcome to "legal view." donald sterling is speaking out exclusively to cnn for the first time since damaging racist recordingings were released, and he says he's sorry if he said anything wrong. but he says he was baited and that he was set up. and he's hoping for a chance to keep the ownership of the l.a. clippers too. just listen, what he told our anderson cooper. >> i'm a good membe

the man credited with rescuing her will be joining ashleigh on "legal view" in next hour. >>> terrorists strike again kidnapping eight more girls in nigeria. it comes weeks after more than 200 girls were kidnapped from a school. >> the terrorists group behind that mass kidnapping is threatening to sell those young girls. ouri our isha sesay joins us. really good to have you with us. what are we learning about this group of eight girls that have been kidnapped. what do we know? >> a hard time getting through. this report in from reuters says another incident where eight more girls were kidnapped overnight. this of course follows what happened now about three weeks ago when 200 girls were taken from a school in the north of the country by the terrorist group boko haram. we do have isha sesay now. what can you tell us about this group of eight new girls that have been kidnapped? sorry? we do not have her at this point. we'll take a break and talk to her when we can. what caused a huge computer outage across southern california paralyzing flights? how about this? a spy plane. a spy plane. so

hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is wednesday, may 14th. welcome to "legal view." we begin this hour. almost a mile under ground. possibly the close et one can get to hell on earth. 238 coal miners are known dead after a transformer explosion leading to a blackout fire and partial collapse. it happened in the turk irk city of solma and may become the deadliest mine disaster in that nation's history. at least 93 miners and one report says hundreds actually have come out alive. but turkey's prime minister says as many as 120 may still be trapped. cnn's ivan watson made his way to soma earlier today and sent uss this report. >> reporter: we're now overlooking the gritty coal mine where a desperate race against time is under way. where ambulances are lined up and rescue workers are hard at work trying to save some of the hundreds of turkish coal miners believed trapped down at the bottom of the mine shaft when, what authorities describe as an electrical fire, broke out there some time tuesday afternoon. soma, which we drove through, where there are quite literally hund

i'm pamela brown in for ashleigh banfield., students and neighbors, the university of california, santa barbara, and the santa barbara city college, are trying to cope with it all. multiple crime scenes with three people shot and three others stabbed to death before the troubled killer, elliott rodger, took his own life. the president of the united states has been getting briefings. and the white house spokesman issued a statement saying the president and first lady's thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends who lost a loved one. alison kosic is right outside the santa barbara sheriff's office. are we getting a better idea of how others perceived elliott rodger? >> we are, because, you know, up until now we've really only had that manifesto to get an idea of what was going through elliott rodger's mind, and now we're hearing from one of his neighbors. rodger lived at an apartment building at isla vista and this neighbor is saying what rodger wound up doing was closing himself off to others. in this interview, yo

"legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view." we begin with southern california dealing with the fire season there, a fire season from hell. and hell has come early this year. more than 17,000 acres in san diego county devoured as several fires rage on there. the pictures tell the story. fire season typically starts in late summer. but more than 15,000 people in escandido have been told to get out, run for their lives. the fire is dangerously close to their home. just watch this one move. it's what looks like a tornado, actually called a

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm pamela brown, in for ashleigh banfield. it is monday, may 26th.you're watching "legal view." it was one man's twisted world it and now dozens of people, innocent victims and their families are tangleled in it. elliott rodger was set on hurting as many people as possible in his day of recei retribution. a shooting spree in the college town of isla vista, california. he detailed his plans in a chilling manifesto and on a youtube video. this hour, we'll take a look at his mental state. what drove h

a germ-free "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >>> michael jays who played an l.a.ma "the shield" charged with shooting and killing his wife april in a real-life homicide investigation. >>> also this hour donald sterling may go face-to-face to plead his case to fellow nba owners. >>> and say it ain't so guys the opening rift from one of rock's greatest anthems stolen? the stairway

. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. >>> the rejection, the jealousy and the rage behind santa barbara massacre. there is new insight into what drove that killer. as a community gathers to mourn and the families of the dead students make their final arrangements. also this hour, the long awaited flight 370 satellite data. it is finally out for all to see today. but what exactly are we learning? by the way what is missing from a very long and complicated mathematical mix? and if the n

a germ-free "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >>> michael jays, who played an l.a. cop in the tv drama "the shield" charged with shooting and killing his wife april in a real-life homicide investigation. >>> also this hour, donald sterling may go face-to-face to plead his case to fellow nba owners. >>> and say it ain't so, guys, the opening rift from one of rock's greatest anthems stolen? the stairway to heaven claim that could be fan could leave confused. >>> it is tuesday, may 20th. welcome to "legal view." how is this for irony? if sterling hadn't opened his mouth, the nba wouldn't be trying to take away the franchise he's owned and controlled since 1981. now if he keeps his mouth shut, he could lose his team even faster. the lifetime ban and the $29.5 million fine from the nba. the league has ordered sterling to respond by may 27. that's one week from today. it's invited sterling to make his case at the meeting. now, if he does neither, the league will assume he's admitting guilt. so joining me now with details and insites are cnn correspondent jean car sa rez.

i was on with ashleigh banfield and said what he's saying now is way worse than what he said in privatet know he was being recorded, maybe. but he was aware, there were cameras and microphones in the room and those words came out of his mouth. he not only insulted african-americans, he -- to many people i know, he embarrassed jewish people, he shamed people who have hiv and aids. and just one single sound bite. but this was an hour and a half conversation that he had with anderson and went on and on and the more he talked, the more he put his foot in the mouth. i'm glad he's talking. i think he's a lost cause, by the way, but i'm glad he's talking because it reveals his racism and holds up a mirror for people around the country who may think like him and they may think it's okay. now they see themselves on television, now they see people ridiculing them and commenting about it and may think twice, hopefully, about having those kinds of conversations. >> and then, l.z., he accused anderson cooper of being a racist. this guy sounds delusional that he's living in another world. >> perhaps

"legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >> donald sterling does it again.aw-dropping recording. in it, the embattled nba owner says it was sexual desire that drove him to make racist remarks. 'cause that's attractive. so who's buying this excuse, anybody? buehler? speaking of buying, sterling's estranged wife shelly says she wants to keep a 50% ownership in the clippers and bring in investors to buy out her husband's half of the team. so coaches, players, fans, how's

. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield start, right now. >>> an admitted convicted child rapest couldimself on a 14-year-old girl at school. but instead this judge passed judgment on the victim. and decided her attacker deserved days instead of decades behind bars. we'll tell you what the judge thought of the victim. also this hour, the blade runner murder trial back in session with oscar pistorius' neighbor among the first on the bloody scene telling the court "i saw the truth that morning." and a twisted terror group that

. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >>> more than 200 people dead in a coal minel be trapped. and they are three quarters of a mile underground. coverage of the massive rescue and recovery operation straight ahead. >>> also this hour, do you notice a resemblancresemblance? the man in the photo, the elusive zodiac killer who terrorized san francisco in the late '60s. is it possible? we're going to meet the man who says he cracked the case while searching for his own father. >>> a kid on a tricycle. a vicious dog on the hunt

ashleigh banfield, "legal view" starts right now. >>> when i listened to that tape, i don't even knowuld say words like that, and i'm sorry. >> i don't love him. i pity him. i feel sorry for him. >> dueling interviews. donald sterling and his estranged wife. the apologies, the accusations and the excuses. you have to hear to believe. >>> also ahead this hour, the first video purportedly showing kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls. most of them christian. now wearing muslim head dress. as the terror leader who took them

. >> no, nat at aot at all, but t public has a right too know, ashleigh. >> wolf blitzer has a right to broadcast. have a wonderful weekend. thank you. wolf. it's your show now. >>> right now, the worst i've ever seen. that's how one san diego official describes the wildfires in his county. seven separate fires are still burning. but better weather today may bring some relief. we'll see. also right now, donald sterling's fighting back. he's threatening to sue the nba if the league doesn't undue his lifetime ban and the $2.5 million fine. right now in turkey, tensions are high near the site of a mine accident as fighting breaks out between police and protesters. >>> hello, i'm whoolf blitzer reporting from washington. firefighters hope weather conditions today will help them get ahead of numerous wildfires burning in and around san diego. this is how it looks from space. santa ana winds pushing smoke far out over the pacific. here's how it looks to terrified residents. twisting pillars of fire consume everything in their past. as of right now, seven major fires are still burning. incl

. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >> i think you have more of a plantation mentaltyist than i am. >> well, there's that. he thinks anderson cooper's a racist. wait until you hear what he says about magic johnson. donald sterling. the exclusive and explosive interview. also this hour, is that beyonce's little sister beating up on jay z while beyonce j

legal view with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >> the latest shocker in the malaysian airlines mysteryid it take 17 minutes to notice that the plane was missing from the radar, no one even bothered to launch a search operation for another four hours. malaysia's preliminary report on flight 370 only adding to the anger and the uncertainty. also this hour, florida swamped by more rain in one day than seattle getsn

. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. >>> just because you're not c b chained up and you're mean you ain't trapped. >> new allegations, new questions, new doubts even emerging this hour in the sudden reappearance of a california woman who disappeared a decade ago. the woman tells police she was sexually assaulted, kidnapped at the age of 15, and held against her will by her mother's live-in boyfriend. more on that in a

. >> "legal view" with ashley ashleigh starts right now. >> she was just 15 when she disappeared in 2004-in boyfriend, allegedly. today, she is back home with a child of her own, after finally breaking away from a decade of deception and abuse. >>> also, this hour- >> they go by r&r, rules and regulations but they don't have any cmp. no common sense and no compassion. >> behind the stories of the v.a.'s cooked books and politicians failed promises a

in the meantime, ashleigh banfield picks up our coverage on "legal view." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone, with our continuing breaking news, it was just apparently a little too much, too much to handle, even for a five-star general to survive. er eric shinseki has resigned. all of this, amidst a growing scandal first revealed right here on cnn. we got the news straight from the president himself, as he announced it to the country just a short time ago. have a look. >> this morning, i think some of you heard rick take a truly remarkable action in public remarks, he took respoib

. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. >>> the world's leading experts using the most advancedment available triangulating and calculating reams of satellite data and coordinating countless air and sea searches for flight 370. they've all been looking in the wrong place for 83 days. that is not nearly as long as hundreds of sick and dying veterans have been waiting to see a doctor at the v.a. a scathing brand new report showing the insurfable conditions and cer

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it's 160 records including from ashleigh banfield. she's standing here covered head-to-toe in soot.nk back to that day. >> when the second tower came down, there was no place for me to run. i was trying to outrun what i thought was a falling skyscraper. i ran out of my shoes. i was wearing slip-ones. i was barefoot running over glass and debris. i was pushed over fwi dust cloud we have all seen on tv so many times. i could not see my hands in front of my face. i waited for the pelting to stop. ultimately was taken to the hospital by ambulance. tubes were put down my throat. i was scared for my life. i did not think i would see my son again who was 18 months and home at the time. >> tell us about the triage tag. >> after i was pushed over by this debris, i was taken to this emergency triage location, which is really just a deli. so many people sought cover in delis. glass was smashed out. we were told to drink water and juice from the containers that were there. i was triaged. an emergency tag was put around my neck to see who i was and what was wrong with me. that's how they knew wh

ashleigh banfield, thank you, thank you. and just a quick reminder to all of you.he number of democrats is rising by the hour. my next guest said a couple of years ago. >> welcome back. i have breaking news as far as a ford recall here suvs could have steering issues here. it involves 915,000 of the 2008 force escapes and mercury mariners and almost as many ford explorers. make sure you go to cnn.com for this massive recall information. >> you senators al franken. >> he is a veteran of the air force who lives in arizona. he is a president of the naacp and a member of the board of the national naacp. welcome. >> thank you. >> let's begin with just your personal story. you have been dealing with the delays and issues with that va facili facility. tell me what happened. how many times you went to this va facility. what did you not get? >> i quit going to the va facility because the treatment and the way you're dealt with there. i started going. i was very, very fort nate. i refuse to go to the va although i am a disabled veteran. they have to deal with and shake it to