brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> some health matters straight ahead.u're in pain, popping a pain may not be the only way to treat it. find out why people are slapping on a patch and why it might work for you. >>> if you have pain should you pop a pill or put on a match? in the united states most of us use pill, but more of us are now turning to patches. i've had some advantages over pills getting into your system faster, but is the patch right for you. she is a physician for women in atlanta except today she's joining us from miami. good to see you, dr. ready. the traveling doctor. what makes patches particularly good for treating pain? >> well, we know you do pain if you can stay in front of it and why the patch is better is that it's a continuous delivery system. you're getting a little bit of pain medicine into your bloodstream all of the time. when you take a pill there's initial spike in the drug level and then it drops until you take the next dose. the benefit is all pills you take go through your liver as it goes through your stomach and you los

control and prevention works to prooect peopleefrom ddngerous and deadly germs and viruses..but as brian toddelf under the microscope, because of a rrported airflow leak that could have exposed ppople to toxic germs. &p3 --reporter pkg-as folllws -- lab at the centers for disease control, conddccing like monkey-pox, bird-flu, - tubercuuosis, rabies, and with other organisms that could be cnn as learned: a potentially- dangerous airflow leak at that laa wwll be investigated by a congressional committee. congressional sources and leak occurred on february 16th your biggest connern of what obviously, is my understanding there was a ontingent of pisitors who were walking through the building. and had ooe of those people been worss, obviously, that would have been devastating. congressman michael burress will be part of the eeperts say if experiments had bben underwaa at the time of thaa ir-leak, unprotected visitors could have gotten deadll exposure to germs. but an epidemii would have beee very unlikely. the airflow system in that lab s sspposed offcontaminattd air. air from - cleanncorrrdors mo

brian todd, cnn, bethesda, maryland. >> that made me hungry. >> me, too. >> but some people eat just the top. then there are those who eat just the bottom. everybody has their own way of thinking. >> or maybe don't eat the crust. >> do you without the fat and the cheese. but then eat the top and do without the carbs. >> but it's pizza. >> yeah, that's true. >> get me a slice. >> i will. i'll enjoy that. >> is that 215 calories for one slice? >> yes. >> enjoy your day. >> have a great day. we're going to begin with engineer ji sandusky. convicted and behind bars. he may stay there the rest of his life. the former penn state coach was found guilty on 45 of 48 counts of sexually abusing ten boys. the jury reached that verdict late last night after deliberating 21 hours. and this was the reaction outside the courthouse. [ applause ] sandusky was placed under arrest and booked into the county jail in bellfont, pennsylvania. he was placed in protective custody away from other inmates and is now on

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> fredricka whitfield. extraordinary piece. >> is it amazing.tory after all of these years. >> i know it. to think we could learn something new. >> its a mazing. >> get outside since it's national get outdoors day. >> i'm on my way. have a great day. >>> we're going to take you on to syria, rebel forces and the syrian military are battling it out homs today. explosions and gunfire heard most of the morning. reports of increased anti-government activity in the capital of damascus and that dozens have been killed around the country. but despite the violence, russia says foreign intervention is not an option. arwa damon live on the phone for us from beirut, lebanon. the violence in homs sounds terrible, and now with russia weighing in in this way, how does anyone propose to see a future without this kind of continued violence? >> reporter: well, that's the big question, fredricka, it has been since the onset of the uprising. russia's position has not changed, no matter how extreme the violence inside syria becomes, no matter how horrifying the imag

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> fredricka whitfield. extraordinary piece. >> is it amazing.fter all of these years. >> i know it. to think we could learn something new. >> its a mazing. >> get outside since it's national get outdoors day. >> i'm on my way. have a great day. >>> we're going to take you on to syria, rebel forces and the syrian military are battling it out homs today. explosions and gunfire heard most of the morning. reports of increased anti-government activity in the capital of damascus and that dozens have been killed around the country. but despite the violence, russia says foreign intervention is not an option. arwa damon live on the phone for us from beirut, lebanon. the violence in homs sounds terrible, and now with russia weighing in in

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brian todd, thank you for that update. we appreciate it. question america wants to know s. the belly dancer what? >> for or against? >> i believe they were for it. >> they were against. they were against health care reform. >> oh, i got it wrong. i misunderstood them. i was distracted by the outfits then. health care decision, what does it mean for you moneywise? money, i think, christine ultimately frames this. the question underlying this is can we afford it? >> taxpayers money, the government's money. 16 cents of the american economy is health care. it's a munlg industry. a trillion dollars over ten years. that's what the cbo says, expectations are. how much it costs to bring the people in and get them okaccesso affordable insurance. it's taxes on hospitalers, employers and you. according to the cbo, for the first ten years, first 20 years of health care reform, it cuts the deficit because it costs money to bring the people in to the system but they're finding ways to pay for it. how do you pay for it? making $200 thousand dollars more p

make up the tournament after being given a wild card entry but eighty seven brian todd still added the german crowd by taking the first set on a tie break the expected federer comeback never materializing with wrapping up a seven six six four one. basketball where last year to run a shop in miami no i said two wins away from lifting the twenty twelve n.b.a. title they hate turning up the pressure to melt oklahoma's resistance on sunday sic a two on lead in their best of seven finals series james famously a non-factor in last year's finals with dallas continuing to quiet his critics by scoring twenty points and dropping fourteen rebellions in the one nine hundred eighty five victory tween wait ten to fifteen shots in the first but still finished for the first respectable twenty five point seven rebounds and seven assists the series these in miami for game four on choose the. show to make a game changing place else what kind of promise cell phone of. a game changer plays and whatever it takes fourteen in the wind just on a step up in the key moments and the better from ultimates. very st

brian todd is right there in the middle of it. ke us right there to the scene. >> it's a wild scene out here. we're kind of on the unofficial divided line. we're going to pan over here. the tea party patriots group is generally over in this area here. but this group protect our care is also mixing in here, the pro-health care protesters are over this way a little bit. they're trying to outdo each other with chants. a crowd of at least a couple of hundred has developed over the last three hours. it started out kind of sparse. the health care debate really on display here. it is thick right now, john. it's hard to move around. sorry, folks. you're just kind of seeing some of the chants and speeches. there are going to be a lot of speeches outside here on the platform after the health care ruling comes down in just a few minutes. a crazy scene out here, john. everything from belly dancers who are against the health care plan to a guy dressed as a revolutionary era patriot. colorful and great scene out here. >> brian todd in the middle

but as brian todd reportss..eemicroscope, beccuseeof a reported airflow leak that could have exposed people to toxic germs. 33 --reporterr pg-as follows -- it's a highly-secured bio-germ lab at the centers for disease control, conduccing experiments with pathooens like monkey-pox, bird-flu, tuberculosis, rabies, and wwih other organisms that could be used as biological weapons. cnn has learned: a potentially- dangerous airflow leak at that so-called 'bio-safety level 3' labbwill be inveetigated by a conggeesional committee. &pcongressional sourccs and c-d-c offiiiaas ell us: sources aad c-d-- congressional committee. connressional committte. congressional sources and c-d-c ooficials tell us: the leak occurred on february 16th your biggesstconcern f what &pcould ave happened heree well, the biggest concern, obviously, is my understanding there was a contingent of visitors who wereewalking through the building. and had one of those people been stricken, orrmade ill, or worse, obviously, that woold have been devasta

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brian todd has the story. >> reporter: it is a highly secured lab for centers for disease control.ing experiments with pathogens like bird flu, tuberculosis, rabies, other organisms that could be used as biological weapons. cnn learned potentially dangerous airflow leak at the so-called bio safety level three lab will be investigated by a congressional committee. congressional sourceses and cdc officials tell us the leak occurred on february 16 of this year. what was your biggest concern of what could have happened here? >> biggest concern, obviously, my understanding, visitors walking through the building. if one of those people were made stricken or ill or worse that would have been devastating. >> reporter: michael burgess will be part of the investigation by the house energy and commerce committee. experts say that if experiments had been under way at the time of that air leak, unprotected visitors could have gotten deadly exposure to germs. but an epidemic would have been very unlikely. the airflow system in that lab is supposed to protect against the release of con tap nature

here's brian todd. >> reporter: it's a highly secured bio germ lab at the centers for disease controling experiments with things like monkey pox, rain bees, other things that can be used with biological weapons a potentially dangerous air flow leak will be investigated by a congressional committee. congressional sources and officials tell us the leak occurred on february 16th of this year. >> what could have happened here? >> obviously that would have been devastating. >> congressman michael burjess will be part of the investigation. experts say if ex peerments had been under way at the time of that air leak, visitors could have gotten exposure to germs but an epidemic would have been unlikely. it's supposed to protect against the leak of contaminated air. it's pushed through vents into that lab where pat though generals, including small mall malls take place, the air sir cue lates and then is supposed to be cleaner than the air that comes in. on february 16th of this year, visitors in a clean air corridor noticed a puff of air being pushed out to that corridor through a window in the

brian todd, cnn, washington. >> top of the hour. i'm don lemon.out who is apparently leaking classified information from washington, they're saying from the white house. let's listen to senator dianne feinste feinstein. >> -- in the senate authorization bill which has not been completed. the house has completed their bill, but we have not, and so we will work with the house membership on language that can be acceptable to both sides to codify a certain process which we hope will be more efficient in retarding leaking and also being able to stop it and also being able to evolve more

as brian todd reports, pizza executives are fighting back. >> reporter: lunch time and i'm ordering pizzadegrees outside and i don't want caloric intake. luckily i can get a sense of how many calories i'll be slamming. it's on the menu board. medium pepperoni, please that's 215 calories for a slice. if one part of the health care laws goes through, i'll see that on every dominos in america. they would force restaurant chains with 20 or more locations to clearly post on menus or menu boards the calorie count for each item. you're telling me how many different ways can you order a pizza? >> we calculated can you do 34 million different it ragss of a pizza. >> reporter: this womaalls of c hill trying to fight off the proposed rule. pizza executives say with all those ways to order a pizza, a menu board calculation of calories is useless. executives from chains like pizza hut and papa johns are joining forces against it. >> most of the customers in pizza stores order online or over the phone. they don't look at a menu board and make their decision that way. so we're not only doing it in a way

brian todd is taking a closer look. what are you seeing? from pizza company executives banning together to fight a new law on labeling. it would make domino's, pizza hut, other big chains show you on the menu boards how many calories you'd be ordering. they say it's a waste of time and money for them, but nutritionists say it's going to help fight obesity. lunchtime and i'm ordering pizza for my colleagues and me. let's see, it's 100 degrees outside and i don't want nap-inducing caloric intake. here i can get a sense of how many calories i'll be slamming. it's on the menu board. take a medium pepperoni. that's about 215 calories for a slice. if one part of the health care law goes through, i'll be able to see that on the menu at every domino's in america. the legislation would force restaurant chains with 20 or more locations to clearly post on menus or menu boards the calorie count for each item. you're telling me how many ways kp you order a pizza? >> we've calculated you can do 34 million different it rations of a pizza. >> lynn is worki

brian todd's been working the story. it's a painful story as well. what's the latest? few days ago a cuban dissident testified from havana about human rights abuses there. i was in the audience on capitol hill along with other journalists and citizens. but among us were also cuban operatives. and now top u.s. senators are enraged at what happened right after that man testified. by any measure it was a bold move, jorge garcia, stepped into the u.s. intersection in havana. he knew the risks of what he was about to do, but still stepped in front of a camera and testified live in front of a u.s. committee in washington. he told the senators he'd recently seen another dissident being killed by cuban authorities. >> translator: i witnessed the death of antonio ruiz in the city of santa clara where a group of peaceful activists, myself included, were gathered to talk about liberty, freedom, justice and human rights. >> that testimony was last thursday. the next day cuban authorities surrounded his house. that's according to his wife who we spoke to by phone from cuba. she tel

our brian todd has been looking at a new investigation of fast and furious. brian?he investigation by cnn's partner, "fortune" magazine, dissects the fast and furious program and reveals what it says are distortions in media reports and in accusations leveled by members of congress. now, the "fortune" piece says the atf did not intentionally guns walk into mexico as part of an operational tactic. five agents involved in the operation tell "fortune" that it was just the opposite. that they seized weapons whenever they could, but that they were hamstringed by weak laws and by prosecutors who often insisted they just didn't have enough evidence to wiretap or to bust people. now, what really blew up this case, the murder of this man, brian terry. he was 40 years old, a detroit-area native, a former u.s. marine. he was part of an elite border patrol unit that was attacked by mexican bandits on december 14th, 2010. terry was killed in that attack. we have some video of the aftermath of that scene right here. he was killed in the attack and the bandits left two semi-automa

brian todd has been digging into this important story for us. what are you learning?new concern about this disease because of the number of people infected. there is debate over whether it's a growing threat in the u.s. in some circles, it's drawing comparisons to another disease. aids. the scourge of the post-war era, killing more than 25 million people over the past three decades. is there a new aids on the horizon? experts now worry about a disease affecting millions in latin america. >> i like to call shargas disease the most important infection you've never heard about it. it almost exclusively affects people living in extreme povrtism. >> a parasitic infection prevalent in poor areas of central and south america. health authorities say roughly ten million people are infected with s with chagas. it kills nearly 20 million people a year. >> is it impossible to cure? >> there are two medicines available. if you catch the infection very early on, seem to have some beneficial effect on treating the patient. the problem is once the heart symptoms start, which is the m

brian todd is joining us now. he's been investigating this story.it really is, wolf, this group of egyptian lawmakers was here just this week. among those members was a man tied to a known terrorist group. we found out he was not only allowed to enter the united states but got access to top officials of the obama administration, possibly even at the white house. he came to washington in a gaggle of egyptian lawmakers in town to meet with top officials of the obama administration. but it appears he shouldn't have been allowed into the u.s. at all. seen here on his facebook page, recently elected to egypt's parliament as a member of the building and development party. analysts say that's an arm of the group designated a terrorist organization by the state department. under american law, that means he should have been denied a visa to come to the u.s. >> this is a terrorist organization without any ambiguity about it whatsoever. and for somebody who represents a terrorist organization to be given a visa to come here and to meet with officials, i think

here's brian todd from his story of air and space museum in washington. >> reporter: he's base jumpededeemer statue in rio and from the famous towers in le por. how do you top that? by skydiving on the edge of space. >> the moment is well at hand. are you afraid of dying from this? >> dying has been a part of my life. i always face death on every base jump. therefore, it is important that you do your homework. >> reporter: later this summer, austrian daredid he feel did he feel felix baumgartner will face the biggest jump ever, almost 2 miles. if he succeeds, he will also break the speed of sound. nobody has jumped out flying at more than 690 miles an hour. at that point the only thing protecting him from certain death will be this helmet and this high pressure space suit. this is similar to those worn by u-2 spy plane pilots, but those pilots were a lot closer to earth than felix will be. >> reporter: retired astronaut kiddinger jumped from 1,200 feet in 1950. >> i know exactly who he reminds me of. >> who is it? >> he's going to be awed by that view he's got. he's also awed by the r

brian todd has been investigating this story for us. he's coming up with new information. what's going on? >> been investigating this for a few days. wolf, we just learned that a congressional committee has launched a probe into one particular cdc lab in atlanta. this facility had an air leak from a room handling dangerous pathogens. it's a highly secured biogerm lab at the centers for disease control, conducting experiments with path jens like monkey pox, bird flu, tuberculosis, rabies, other organisms that could be used as biological weapons. cnn has learned a potentially dangerous air leak at the biosafety 3 lab will be investigated by a congressional committee. congressional sources and cdc officials tell us the leak occurred on february 16th of this year. what is your biggest concern of what could have happened here? >> the biggest concern, as my understanding, there was a contingent of visitors who were walking through the building. and had one of those people been stricken or made ill or worse, obviously, that would have been devastating. >> reporter: congressman mi

cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: he was 23 years old, embarking on a promising career and attending. sitting at ford's theatre for a production of the play "our american cousin," dr. charles leal also said on the brink of history. >> he hadn't been out of medical school very long at all, so this was certainly thrown in at the deep end. >> helena papaioaneu with "papers of lincoln" just made an astounding discovery, a copy of the doctor's handwritten report on what he went to as the first doctor to get to president lincoln in the moments after he was shot. she believes he may have written the report the very next day. the doctor was in an ideal position to try to help. he writes that at the time of the shooting, he was sitting in the balcony area where those tourists are right about there, only about 40 feet away from lincoln's box. the fatal shot was fired. leale wrote "a man of low stature with black hair and eyes was seen leaping to the stage beneath." he leapt to the stricken president. one of the most astounding parque of the report is what he encounters at the booth. when the d

brian todd tells us it's transmitted rather easily by something as simple as a bug bite. >> reporter: aids, the scourge of the post-war era. is there a new aids on the horizon? experts worry about a disease now affecting millions in latin america. >> i like to call chagas disease argue apply the most important infection you've never heard about. it almost exclusively affects people living in extreme poverty. >> reporter: chagas, a parasitic infection in south america. dr. peter hotez is lead editorial. health officials say roughly ten million people are infected with chagas. >> is this difficult or impossible to cure? >> there are two medicines available, which if you catch the infection very early on, seem to have some beneficial effect on treating the patient. the problem is once the heart symptoms start, which is the most dreaded complication, the chagas cardiomyopathy, it no longer works very well. the immediate sins are extremely toxic. >> reporter: also, chagas is like aids because it's contaminated part of the blood supply in south america. this is ground zero for chagas, the b

brian. >> chuck todd at the g20 in mexico tonight. chuck, thanks. >>> in washington, d.c. today, a federal jury found baseball great roger clemens not guilty of all charges in a perjury and obstruction case brought after prosecutors said he lied to congress about using steroids. our justice correspondent pete williams joins us from the federal courthouse in washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, after a trial that dragged on for nine weeks, it took the jury just over a day to find roger clemens not guilty of lying about performance-enhancing drugs. this is a huge legal victory for clemens, one of the most successful baseball pitchers of all time. for more than four years these charges have threatened to over shadow his long career. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career. and so again, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. thank you all very much. >> reporter: this verdict comes after other high profile steroid cases have fizzled, too. slugger barry bonds was sentenced only to home detention for giving evasive answers

brian todd is taking a closer look at that for us. what are you finding out, brian?at did "fortune" magazine report? >> wolf, this investigation by cnn's partner "fortune" magazine, dissects the fast and furious program and reveals what it says are distortions in media reports and accusations by media of congress. the atf did not intentionally allow guns to walk into mexico as an operational tactic. five law enforcement agents involved in the program tell "fortune" that it was just the opposite. they seized weapons whenever they could, but they were hand strung by weak laws and prosecutors who often insisted they didn't have enough evidence to wiretap or to bust people. now, what really blew up this case, the murder of this man, brian terry. he was 40 years old. a detroit area native, a former u.s. marine, part of an elite border patrol unit that was attacked by mexican bandits on december 14, 2010. terry was killed in that attack. we have some pictures of the scene right here. he was killed in that attack. and the bandits left two semi-automatic weapons at the scene

i can see this being a giant argument. >> brian todd, thank you so much. a plane delayed for hours turned to a scene of chaos when the flight attendant on board lost his cool and passengers caught it all on tape. some of them say he isn't solely to blame. to straighten this out, with he go straight to our mary snow. >> candy, as one passenger described this, this was a perfect storm of things that could go wrong on a flight, a rain delay and a backup on the runway, all leading to frustration. a flight was delayed for several hours, an american eagle flight attendant loses his cool and takes it out on passengers. >> i don't want to hear anything. we don't want to hear anything once we close the door. this is your time. otherwise, you are going to have to fly -- >> what's not on the tape. passengers described the flight attendant also saying something about this being his last flight. david ables was with his 9-year-old daughter. >> people were shocked. bravely, some people got up and walked out and i wish i could have but i had to get my daughter home to he

brian todd, thanks. >>> more fuel for the deadly conflict in syria.ernment tv station attacked. now the al-assad regime says someone will be punished. @o >>> to syria now where the government is claiming at least seven people are dead after a horrific blast at a state television station. ivan watson has the latest from istanbul, turkey. >> reporter: the syrian government says rebels attacked at dawn at the headquarters of the pro-government tv channel. it's outside of damascus. and the government says the rebels killed three journalists working there as well as four security guards. and then planted explosives there blowing the place up. the information minister for the syrian government is calling this an act of terrorism, an attack on media and journalists inside syria. and he's also blamed this attack on western governments and arab and international institutions that he claims are part of a conspiracy against the syrian regime. what is clear is that the armed opposition is operating and increasingly audacious in its attacks on syrian government t

i'll speak to him in a moment, but first let's get background from brian todd in "the situation room.number two man, the latest in the series of focused strikes on terrorists and other targets. strikes that changed the perception of how this president engages. >> reporter: how obama has shocked critic &s and supporters alike. >> this is sort of an anti-war president that wants no military engagement in the region. >> vali nasr served under president obama at the state department and david sanger who writes about the president's surprising willingness to allow focused strikes against america's enemies. few expected barack obama to move from a leader who early on won the nobel peace prize and spoke of ending hostilities. >> we do not want to keep our troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: to become the president to order the bin laden raid and escalating the drone strikes and stepped up cyber attacks against iran's nuclear program. >> what does it is a about his view about america's view in the world? >> i think the president still understands that one of his primary duties is protection o