what's up, bobby? >> what's up? >> you been doing okay? >> hanging in there. sweating a little bit. >> you was doing all well until march 27th of 2007 when you had a disciplinary citation for insubordination. >> citation. >> citation. what was that all about? >> i had a disagreement with the mail lady. >> mail lady? >> mail that was rejebtd. i don't even see where it was. i talked to warden culliver but i wrote him about it. he understands the situation. i rather be written disciplinary so i at least had a hearing on it. i didn't get no say in the citation. you know how that works. >> my assessment at this time due to this recent infraction, i can't make a recommendation for a transfer per your progress review here. >> he just wants to get closer to home, his family traveling. i think he said his mom or someone ill, but if i complete the paperwork here and send it in to central review board, they would not go along with the transfer. just due to that infraction. you okay? >> no, i ain't. >> all right.

bobby saw a lot of abuse. he did. and i guess it's partly my fault, because i should have got out of it. but i had nowhere to go and i thought i had to stay there. >> i didn't have what you'd call a childhood, where you could be a kid, play. you know, humor and cutting up wasn't looked upon too favorably. >> a lot of times bobby would see his dad beating me, abusing me, and bobby would tell him, "dad, quit. dad, don't do that." we're very close. he's my baby boy. and he always stood by me and i did him. >> i started picking up where he left off. [ bleep ]. i was turning into the same [ bleep ] he was. i had anger inside of me and then i get into an argument with a man over some money that he owed me and some words was exchanged me and he would pay me over had his dead body. i said, okay, fine, we'll do it that way then. so i left. went and bought a rifle and went back and shot him and took my money out of his wallet. so because i took money out of his wallet it was a murder/robbery now. >> instead of rehabilitation, p

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now i can say a lot of things about bobby seale but i'm going to let bobby do most of the talking. i had a couple of great honors in being with bobby. when i first was called to come to california they told me pack enough clothes to stay for two weeks and i end up staying for five years and only time we came back was to close the philadelphia chapter and bring everybody to california. and that's how it went. but we followed those orders. sometimes we question, sometime we thought, sometime we tried to figure, but we just got the job done. and that's what it was all about. and bobby seales the chairman was the person that after huie came up with our creative ideas in the theory. bobby called take this stuff and massage it and put it into a practical way to get it to the comrades, put it in a practical way to implement the programs. put it in a practical way to show a structure of support. when bobby ran for mayor of oakland one of the most exciting things i had a chance to be part of, but a short story i got to tell you. they hid my candidate out on me for a week. they said i have w

drug abuse blamed on bobby.ut pat sees it differently. >> i don't think that he introduced her to drugs. i don't think that's true. bobby and i had a good relationship and she would always tell me that you're protecting him. i said i'm protecting the truth. >> reporter: houston's will was released this week, nothing was left to bobby brown, her entire estate going to their daughter, bobbi kristina. she's been the family's main focus since whitney houston's death. she was twice admitted to the hospital for exhaustion. pat was with bobbi kristina and whitney in the days before she died. with her the night, this now-infamous photo was taken of whitney houston looking exhausted and disheveled. >> to make sure she was going to be okay? >> yes. >> reporter: a concern, well warranted, whitney houston was found dead the next day, toxicology reports are still pending. >> were you afraid that she would be gone too soon? >> if things hadn't change. but things were changing with her. i saw her chasing a dream. >> and of cou

. >> the bobby that i knew is not bobby that could have done this. >>> santorum says the president is putting pornographiers ahead of children and families. >> they are exposing children to a tremendous amount of harm. >>> justice for trevon. the shooter is still a free man. the family says it was murder. that and more right here right now on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm don lemon. we are going to begin with a developing story that is a turning point for the u.s. led mission in afghanistan and could start bringing our men and women there home much sooner than thought. the tragic story of army staff sergeant bales. his attorney has arrived to prepare for the first meeting with clients. bales is suspected of killing 16 afghanistan civilians. dan, let's start with bales attorney. what is the latest on his arrival? >> reporter: this story has been advancing over the weekend. remember for several days we had no idea the name of the suspect while the military kept his name secret. now we know he is robert bales and a portrait has emerged of him. he has an attorney, a prominent lawyer here in

the bobby that i knew is not the bobby that could have done that. i don't think he can live with it. he'll never be the same. and that -- he's such a great pers person. that just crushes me. i don't -- i don't know. i think everyone has the same question, because everyone knew the same bobby. what happened? >> well, i think the portrait that is emerging here is this is somebody who was under significant financial, emotional strain, but that doesn't begin to, you know, shed any light on what happened there in afghanistan. we should tell you, fred, that his attorney who did arrive in kansas says that his family is standing behind bales, only because, you know, he was a devoted father and devoted husband and at this point they're standing firmly behind him. >> all right, dan simon, thanks so much. >>> let's now talk about this accused soldier's background and home life, through words written by his home life. she documented the challenges of military family life and the new york times has excerpts from it. after her husband was denied a promotion, she

>> the bobby i knew is not the bobby that could have done that. >> san sor um on smut. he said the president is putting pornographers ahead of children. >> approximate are on prosecuting the cases, they are exposing children to a tremendous amount of harm. >> justice and an unarmed teen. gunned down in florida weeks ago. the shooter is still a free man. the family said it was murder. that and more right here, right now on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm don lemon and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with a developing story that is a turning point for the u.s.-led mission in afghanistan and could starlt bringing the men and women there home much sooner than we thought. in a matter of weeks or days. the tragic story of army staff sergeant robert bales played out last weekend, but tonight he is on u.s. soil. his attorney arrived in kansas to prepare for his first face-to-face meetings with his client. he is suspected of killing 16 afghan civilians including nine children last weekend. he could be charged in connection with the deaths as soon as this week. standin

i can't believe the bobby in a i knew is not the bobby that could have done that. >> reporter: durham suspects his friend may have snapped and he's worried. >> i don't think he can live with it. he'll never be the same, and that -- he's such a great person. that crushes me, i don't know. >> what questions do you have? >> i think everyone has the same question, because everyone knew the same bobby. what happened? what happened. >> reporter: questions with few answers. >> i don't know what happened to my friend bob bales, i hope somebody figures it out. >> reporter: and gets him help. susan candiotti, cnn norwood, ohio. >>> afghanistan's president has repeatedly voiced his frustration with the u.s. and its handling of the suspect. karzai says his nation is at the end of the rope. the afghan ambassador to the u.s. backtracked today, saying he trusted the u.s. >> well, we do trust the united states. and we do know how important this relationship is, and we are working as a partner to resolve all the issues as a partner. we should coordinate and cooperate with all these issue like i descri

rap brown, you would see bobby seale and huey newton. and the news described them as the black militant. and, of course, stokely was talking about black power. i want to back up and talk about pa baltimore because all of my lessons in black history, i don't want you to think it was over the dinner table with books spread out. he was a working man and he was a good judgment what they called in those days a race man. so a lot of my lessons would be as simple as, we be watching television, old black and white tv, it are some of the come on. johny weissler was going across the screen doing the tarzan yell and he would speak his language and the lions would go here, the elephants would go here, the monkeys would go here. he would be looking at that and after about five minutes he would go, what the hell is that? now, you tell me how a little cracker baby can fall out of the airplane, boy, change the damn channel. it was living history. then i would switch and harry reasoner. i remember first time seeing a young harry reisner. he was getting s

john conyers. >> thank you, chairman bobby scott. i would ask everyone to give you a round of applause. as a matter of fact, this is a forum. let's thank chairman bobby scott of virginia for all that he's doing. and with the tragic of one young man in our country, trayvon martin, which has electrified the nation, here comes chairman bobby scott with a forum on the youth promise act. that's worth another round of applause because it's right on time. and what this bill does is it makes us safe and on top of it its cost effective and it brings greater hope and justice for our youth. as chairman scott said, we incarcerate more people than any other country on earth. and it's way too many and i celebrate what we're doing here today. i close with this observation. hill harper was late coming to this forum. and attorneys bobby vasser and i were trying to determine whether we should issue a warrant or a subpoena to bring him here one way or the other. i'm glad we don't have to do that now. and i thank you, chairman scott. >> thank you, mr. c

all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accepted him. >> reporter: at norwood high school,nati, bales was a football captain. after attending two colleges and working in finance, a fateful day, 9/11. >> 9/11 really affected bobby. >> reporter: within two months, he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided that, not on our watch. you don't do this to our country. >> reporter: when they talked about the war, durham says bales emphasized with civilians. >> people are people to him. people are people. i've never heard him say that he hated anyone. >> reporter: like most, durham was horrified to hear about an american soldier who allegedly gunned down 16 afghan villagers door to door. how did you react when you heard the news? >> they are saying that bobby did that and i can't believe it. i still can't believe it. the bobby that i knew is not the bobby that could have done that. >> reporter: durham suspects his friends may have snapped and he's worried. >> i don't think he can live with it. he'll never be the same. and he's such a great person. it

is chairman bobby here? yes, chairman of the seal, founder of the black panther party is in the house. wait a minute, chairman bobby. please stand up. [applause] >> i knew i was saving a professor reading it is like no gun he didn't mean to do that at the end of the program. you want people to know that bobby seale is an outcome and, and it will get his chance during the q&a to talk to the chairman obvious will. i walked into the panther office in brooklyn in september 1968. dr. king had been assassinated in april of that year. riots and anger was around the country. the feeling on the street was that the ship was about to hit. black power was the phrase of the day. hating whitey was a hip thing to do. from street corner speeches to campus rallies, whitey had gone from being the man to being the beast. young black students were trading in their feel-good motown records for the record speeches of malcolm x and the angry jazz recordings of arnet coleman. i went down to 120th street in harlem that night, the ni

he said yeah, bobby. i said so william, what is this, some kind of communist stuff, afro america, what is that. you have to imagine now, this is 1962. phrases and references to black folks as african-american didn't exist. black folk still called themselves colored. colored and colored. you know what i mean. i'm just saying there i was listening to these guys, i asked william, what do you mean communist stuff. i said you are a socialist. they told me. your brother, told me you was a socialist. and i says i thought the fbi was going to arrest you one day. so he looked at me and he knew something about my history, he says bobby, who are the sioux. i said the name sioux is a french word that means cutthroat and got nothing to do with our american-indian brothers here. it was something i knew at age 15 because his brother and i had officered with the la coda people. with custer and his battles t native americans. this is a period of time, 15, 16, we didn't know anything. i didn't know anything about my people

who needs botox when you've got bobbi?pring and coming up we're going to learn some recipes that pair the season's best vegetables with seafood staples. yummy. >> and we have -- and in fact, speaking of one of my favorites, harlem koben, one of the greatest mystery writers alive today who is in our studio. >> thanks, al. >> where's the new -- >> where are the ads? >> all right. we're going to chat about his new thriller about a suburban mom haunted by her past life as an exotic dancer and a murder. ooh. or is it. >> but first, off to our last -- >> very good. i'm having my neck done by bobbi brown. for the segment. thanks, bobbi, great. >> you are a star of the new -- >> jeffrey tambor, as you all know one of the stars of the new nbc show "bent." >> that's right on channel 4. my mother always used to say -- i said mom i got a pilot. she said what channel. i said 4. she goes, good, because we don't get 2 very well here. >> tell us about your part in this. >> it's a great amanda peet and david walton and i play david walton'

it's just bobbi.er. >> a 22-year-old. >> she calls him on twitter brother, and there's tweets between them back and forth and including whitney, as well, and pictures. >> wow. >> complicated. >> sure is. halle berry, heard word she was engaged over the weekend. yeah? >> finally been confirmed. >> isn't that lovely. it was confirmed by olivia martinez, a french actor, starring in a new movie. he is gorgeous. >> that movie he did with diane lane. so sexy called -- "cheating" or something. >> what was it called? >> "unfaithful." >> i own that movie, by the way. i own only three movies and that's one of them. >> apparently even though she said she would never marry again -- >> she did. >> people say she feels very safe with him and that's why she's taking the plunge. >> and also wants to move to france and take her child with her. >> wow. >> and that's a custody issue with the baby daddy, gabriel. >> well, doesn't hope spring eternal. thanks, ladies. >> we have a little bit of time. >> do we? >> taylor sw

bobbi kristina is wearing a very large ring on her right hand.ource told "people" that it was a ring that was her mother's. >> reporter: but the real eyebrow raiser, many considered nick to be bobbi kristina's brother. after whitney took him into their atlanta home more than ten years ago. while the two are not biologically related, press reports said that bobbi kristina's grandmother thinks what they're doing is incestuous. and fears nick is taking advantage of her and her $10 million inheritance. the two are said to be living together in one of whitney's old homes in atlanta. >> source says that the family is trying to coax her away from it. >> reporter: it's been a difficult month for the teen. she was hospitalized twice after her mother's passing. for what the family said was exhaustion. she spoke out for the first time last week and spoke about how difficult it was to move forward without her mother. >> that's what everybody wants to know, how are you doing? >> i'm doing as good as possibly i can. >> reporter: she made no mention of nick in

he still calls him bobby. >> bobby and my son were best friends. >> an uncommonly kind friends becauseurham's son wade, two years older than bales is severely disabled. >> bobby was just a very understanding, very accepting kid. he didn't at one time point out a kid's disability. it was what they could do. >> bobby took wade swimming, too school parties, to the zoo. bobby made sure wade was never left out no matter what anyone thought. >> and with bobby around, there was never a question. all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accepted him. >> at norwood high school outside cincinnati bales was a football captain. year book photos show him typing and a playful side. after attending two colleges and working in finance, a fateful day, 9/11. >> 9/11 really affected bobby. >> within two months he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided that not on our watch. you don't do this to our country. >> when they talked about the war, durham says bales empathized with civilians. >> people are people to him. people are people. i never heard him say that h

and bobbi krisitina said yes, definitely.can hear her voice , and spirit palking to her saying , 'keep moving baby. i'm right herr. i got you.bobbi kristina also revealed that she lives at the house where whitney lived.she said it was extrememly difficult the first night... but she wants to do it. oprah also sat down with pat houston... whitney's sister in laa... manager and best ffiend oprah asked her if she thought whitneys life would end this way.here is a ppece of the interview sot pat t :17-the handwriting pas kind of on the wall ...i woudl be kidding myself to say otherwisesot oprah: but were you always afraid of that day february 11th showing up in your life? getting a phone call getting a day? afraid it would be too soonsot pat: if things hadnt changed, but things were changing things were really changing, it wasnt about substancc absue, 3 relative toothe later days, it was more of lifestyle... oprah also talked with whitney's brother... ary.he discusssd the funeral and whitney's former husband bobby brownbobby left t

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. >> we've heard plenty about bobby brown lately. no, not that one. the other bobby brown.ool senior from the state of georgia. >> here's bobby lining five guys up in front of a basketball hoop last weekend. and look at this. bobby winning the slam dunk competition soaring over all five of them. on the way to the hoop, we should tell you all those guys are 4 feet or lower. yeah, right. >> brown's 6'7", and despite some obvious athleticism he has not received much attention from big colleges but after this tape, that could be about to change. the kid got some ups, that's for sure. >> he does. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪ slam dunk the funk you got that feeling ♪ slam dunk the funk put it up ♪ we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next

and every older woman on this street calls him my bobby. not bobby bales. bobby. >> but bales' life was complicated. our abc natty rflt reporting in 2000 while working as a financial adviser in ohio, bales was accused of sheeting one couple out of their life savings in order to pay them $1.5 million in restitution. money that was never paid. the very next year, just two months after the 9/11 attacks, he enlisted in the army. he served three tours of duty in iraq and saw fierce combat. while at home, his family was facing serious financial problems. his wife, a public relations and marketing executive. >> i've had money trouble, too. that doesn't -- you have money problems. you have never problems, that doesn't cause you to go out and doing something like this. >> not much could explain what could have driven bobby bales to put on his night vision goggles, sneak off base and murder 16 people, including nine children in cold blood. carolyn bales says she, too, wants to know what happened. how this could be. carolyn bales says she is not concerned for her own

all of bobby's friends accepted wade because bobby accept eed h. >> at norwood high school outside of side. after attending two colleges and work in finance, the fateful day, 9/11. >> 9/11 really affected bobby. >> within two months he joined the army. >> he was like a lot of young men and women who decided not on our watch, you don't do this to our country. >> when they talked about the war, durham staaid bales empathized with civilians. people are people to him. people are people. i never heard him say that he hated anyone. like most, durham was horrified to hear about an american soldier who gunned down 16 afghan villagers door to door. >> how did you react when you heard the news. >> they're saying bobby did that and i couldn't believe it. i still can't believe it. the bobby that i knew is not the bobby that could have done that. >> durham suspects his friend may have snapped and he's worried. >> i don't think he can live with it. he'll never be the same. and he's such a great person, that just -- that crushes me. i don't know. >> what questions do you have? >> i think everyone ha

>> reporter: william alvarez has been a wait irat bobby van's steakhouse in down -- a waiter at bobby van's steakhouse in downtown washington for five years. he says working here has always been enjoyable but never more so than the past six days. >> we joke around, a little more jovial. >> reporter: you see, william and 13 co-workers including the restaurant's general manager jon simkins pooled their resources, bought a few lottery tickets and won $10,000 in last friday's mega millions drawing. >> i found out about 5:00 saturday they call med here from the restaurant. i thought -- called me here from the restaurant. i thought they were joking. >> reporter: at risk of seeming greedy, they're now hoping for an even bigger prize, in fact, the largest prize in american lottery history. >> i hope lightning strikes twice. >> reporter: $540 million counting. >> i think we have a better chance because last time we put $5 in and this time we each put $20. >> reporter: simkins and his co-workers aren't the only ones fantasizing today about becoming multi-millionaires when the mega millions numb

it's a tough room. >> it's time for our girl, bobbie thomas. >> bobbie!i have to follow that. >> hey, bobbie. jerry was great, wasn't he? >> he is. jerry's my lucky charm. i want to say happy 90th birthday to my grandmother, alice o'malley. >> o'malley! >> love you, gram. we just celebrated. i have some lucky charms besides jerry. don't be jealous. that there's this big craze. >> hello kitty but also straw seats has the limbed edition key fobs and bag charms. so does prada. it is hard to find these because they were collected. i know you're like what's happening but these were a big craze that spawned these little voodoo dolls that are at airport kiosks. >> voodoo. >> lucky little voodoo dolls. this one, nibble away at your worries, this other one -- sort of luck messages. this one's luckier than four rabbits feet, it says. >> cute. >> they're cute. there's a big craze. also dolce and gabana makeup have limbed edition lip liners and eyeliners with charms on the end. and last but not least, one of my favorite designers from l.a., michelle roy, real four-le

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now there are new reports that bobbi kristina might be engaged.ere with the details. >> good morning. whitney houston took in nick warden when he was 12 years old and raised him as her own son. now reports indicate that gordon, now 22, is still living in houston's atlanta home with bobbi kristina and the two have gotten even closer. this weekend bobbi kristina and nick gordon were spotted out together in her hometown of atlanta, holding hands and embracing, appearing to be a happy couple. this just days after the two went out in public together for the first time, surprising the world with this kiss. while they are not technically blood relatives, bobbi and nick grew up together after whitney took him in at the age of 12 when his parents were unable to take care of him. the pair has reportedly been living to the in whitney houston's atlanta home since her death. >> we're hearing that nick and bobbi kristina are engaged, that they went from being friends and brother/sister, to being lovers, they're romantically involved and they seem like they're r

in fact, bobbi wanted to more talk about the legacy she wanted to move forward and bobbi kristina's planseven bobbi kristina's alleged drug use, she didn't discuss that at all? >> no, no. she said the first night after the death, bobbi kristina couldn't stay at home. when i woke up that next morning, she didn't say what she woke up after doing, i heard my mom's voice saying let's move forward and get back home. she's really talking a lot about how she's hearing whitney houston's voice and that's helping her. >> maybe that's the way she copes. carlos diaz, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> four minutes before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. >>> still ahead, a cold-blooded execution-style killing spre in afghanistan, all at the hands of a u.s. soldier. what will that do to our mission in that country? how is the pentagon going to handle this one and will there be revenge attacks against our guys? you're watching "early start." named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. not...that... we'd ever brag about it... turn right. come on, nine. turn left. hit the brakes. huh? how di