this is ronald brook's story. >> my name is ronald brook. doing a life sentence for first-degree murder. i've been in prison for 30 years. i don't know if i'll ever get out. >> over three decades ago, ronald brook kidnapped teenager susan worthen and her friend at gunpoint. >> she had growled at me. now she was talking to another guy. i felt the anger well up in me again. i turned my car around and went back to where they were parked. >> shut up! >> i felt numb and cold but i didn't stop. >> less than two weeks after the crime, brook was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. he has spent almost 30 years behind bars. >> when i come to prison, i felt that i was as low as i could get short of being in a grave. in fact, i thought i wouldn't live very long. i walked in the gates and i looked around and said, "well, i'm dead." >> ron brook had more than one reason to fear for his life. men with crimes against women are often targets for violence. >> i don't have a crime i can brag about because i'm in here for killing a girl. >> but ronal

so father brooks clearly saw it as racism. you know, you protested. but i think just getting people to understand that, you know, the difference between the letter of the law and sort of the spirit of what was happening. i think one thing that comes through, i hope, in the book was this wasn't a tactical move where they thought, you know, well, we'll just get them to come back. these men thought they were, essentially, abandoning their education and knew full well that many of them would not have other options. clarence thomas, for one, knew he couldn't go home because he'd been kicked out for having left the seminary, so -- >> the other focus in that hearing was the fact that not only was it the four black students who were chosen, but it was also the leaders of all of the political groups in the school. and clearly what the dean's office, and i think the dean admitted that at the hearing, was that they picked out the people that they knew, the leaders. and there were many people this that corridor, but they picked out the ones who were the leaders a

father brooks clearly thought of racism. but getting people to understand the difference between the level of the law and spirit of what was happening one thing that comes through is this wasn't a tactical move where they thought we will just get them to come back. these men thought they were abandoning their education and they knew many of them would not have other options. clarence thomas knew he could go home because he was kicked off the seminary. >> the other focus in the hearing was the fact that not only was it -- was the leaders of all of the political groups in the school and they admitted that at the hearing that they picked out the people that they knew. the leaders. many people in that car. they picked out the ones who were the leaders in this sense -- [talking over each other] >> it is a very dramatic time. it crystallized -- certainly with what made the relationship with father bob brooks so strong that he personally fought hard to bring them back and get the college to reverse its decision. >> i have a questio

so father brooks clearly thought it was racism. he protested getting people to understand that the difference between the letter of the law or the spirit of what was happening. one thing that comes through in the book is useless in a tactical move with a couple just kind of get them to come back. these men really thought they were essentially abandoning their education and knew full well that many of them would not have other options. clarence thomas knew for one he cannot go home home for having a seminary. he might be other folks in that hearing was the fact that not only was it the black students chosen, but also the leaders of all of the political groups in the school. clearly the man admitted that at the hearing was that they picked out the people that they knew. there were many people, but they picked out the ones who were the leaders with a sense that -- ackley. the mac now, the very dramatic time and i think it just crystallize. certainly i think with a really made the relationship was father brooks is strong because he per

brooke? >> jill in new york. jill, thank you.t i want to go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. i know we're talking about a few things that will apply to all americans. you have the price of gas. let's talk about the gas prices. i know they're hitting $4 in a couple states. where is that? >> reporter: exactly. you're right about that, brooke, more and more states are joining that $4 gas club. we put together a map showing you, in the red states, that's where gas is above $4, the yellow states showing where gas prices are within a few cents of $4. this accounts for about a third of the country's total population. that's a lot of people. we saw a reprieve, but just barely. we saw gas prices fall for a few days last week. that didn't last. the national average still sitting at $3.80. but one analyst says prices should peak soon because gas supply is actually pretty strong, so the question is will there be tensions to take control of oil prices. >> that's a huge variable. i guess in the meantime we'll say what we have to

sial father brooks -- also father brooks intrigued me as somebody who was a pioneer who went out there and, basically, circumvented the admissions process. he was very controversial, as you know, those of you who have read the book and you know him, he's a very strong-willed man and, basically, went out in a car with jim gallagher, drove to the schools, personally interviewed a lot of these men. not the men who came in through other means such as eddie who came in through an athletic psychological roarship -- scholarship, and i think is there -- oh, am i popping my ps? can everybody still hear me? probably better. so, you know, and then sat in a coffee shop one night and decided who was going to get in, the two of them, and then he presented a bill to father sword who was the president at the time. it was $80,000 which for a college that had about a million dollars in endowment at the time was, you know, quite a cost to bear. but what he was looking for, i asked him, you know, how do you decide? anybody who's a parent in the room knows that intelligence is not necessarily something tha

>> well, here is the issue, brooke.o defending someone, what your job is depends on the unique facts of the case t depends on the nature and quality of the evidence. that is complicated when you enter into a sting and remember, brooke, they follow, the individuals in the plot for months. it means there is transcripts regarding tapes, tape recordings, video surveillance and whether or not your job is to get someone off or it is to mitigate the damage that is you're going to jail but make it less, depends upon what the evidence is. having said that, i think there might be a couple of things they can argue one of which we didn't really intend to kill anybody, we don't have the capacity to do it, we don't have the ability to train anybody to do it, and so the question of their intentions is going to play big in any defense and further more and finally, brooke, the issue as to what brought them to the whole murder for hire was the agent themselves. the defendants weren't going around saying can we kill people for money? the

not so fast, rebekah brooks. next.y tuned for the answer. >> while british prime minister was boarding air force one in ohio today, on the other side of the pond, the probe into possible criminality at rupert murdoch's emspire continued to intensify. rebekah brooks has been arrested again today, along with five others for allegedly conspiring to pervert the course of justice as part of the larger phone hacking investigation. also taken into custody her husband charlie, a race horse trainer and close friend of the prime minister. mr. cameron came under fire earlier this month following revelations that a metro police source led to rebekah brooks. the episode dubbed horse gate exemplifies a relationship, saying: >> so now this involves murdoch and the british prime minister and the horse he rode in on. also among the six international news security director mark hanna for attempting to pervert justice. that charge is serious involving deliberately misleading or destroying evidence and a possibly life imprisonment. >> fir

this time with her husband charlie brooks. they've been questioned all day about a possible criminal cover-up. the couple here with james murdock were married in 2009. two months ago, through a surrogate mother, they had their first child, a daughter scarlet. it was the explosion in the phone hack scandal last summer which brought rebecca brooks in center stage. on july 15, she resigned as chief executive of news international. two days later, she was arrested for the first time on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption. today she's been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert justice. >> this story is nowhere near over and who knows where it will end up. but secondly, the original criminalities that they were investigating, phone hacking, is nowhere near as serious as what they're now investing, which is conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. >> they were arrested at their home after an early morning knock from the police. david cameron is a neighbor and friend of both of them. he was at eaton with charlie bro

brooke? >> next to the heartlands, to oklahoma, and ali velshi. hey, ali. >> well, brooke, you can see i drew the short straw in the election coverage. we're here in guthrie, oklahoma. guthrie was the first state cammca capital here. it has oil that is produced here and piped here. this is a state that's been disa poidisa -- disappointed about this administration's view on the keystone pipeline. this would be a transfer point. it would go down through the gulf of mexico. so they want a pro-energy candidate. most of the republicans have a strong pro-energy platform, so there isn't a lot of policy differences separating the voters here. many of them like rick santorum. like i said, this is a socially conservative state. they find themselves in line with rick santorum's views, but a lot of them really don't like president obama. i heard some of them talking about an abo policy, anybody but obama, so somebody going into the polling booth saying they will vote for somebody as long as it's the person most likely to defeat president obama. like i said, t

brooke? >> chris lawrence, thank you. >>> next on reporter roulette, no clear knockout on super tuesday. the battle wages on with all four congressional nominees. dana bash like magic from ohio to capitol hill. there you are. sort of romney eking out that victory where you were last night, what's ahead for these four guys? >> well, the race is on big time. romney's political director released a memo first thing this morning arguing that there is virtually no way for any of the three opponents to ultimately gather enough delegates to win, but was very specific in terms of the map, and i will show you a couple examples of this argument he's making. for example, april 24 is the next big day, and it will be a total of 222 delegates, by our count, that day. connecticut, delaware, new york, he argued that those are not good states for particularly rick santorum, his chief rival. then the next big day, we're talking several months from now, june 5. he talks about montana, new jersey, new mexico, sou

it is improving, thank goodness. >> it is, brooke.ewer people are asking the government for unemployment checks. last week 348,000 people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time. that's lower than the week before and the smallest number in four years. that means fewer layoffs. that's good. the economy is also adding more than 200,000 jobs in each of the past three months showing that demand for workers is picking up and pushing the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years, brooke. >> what about the mortgage rates? they have been low for so long. how are they changing? >> yes, record lows, brooke. today we saw a big jump, the 30 year fixed rate topped 4%. that's the highest level since october but it is not all bad news. analysts credit a strengthening economy for that increase this week, and the scare of rising rates could give potential buyers a reason to jump on the house that they have been eyeing and you have more buyers and certainly would help the housing recovery, brooke. >> patricia wu, thank you for us

>> isn't that something, brooke? did this on the case last year when he -- when detectives found that he had the crime scene tattooed on his chest. many people are saying this is some sort of loophole in the system, what we're really talking about is unemployment benefits fraud. what happened here was while he was in prison, his father and two of his girlfriends were collecting the checks for him and then placing those checks in his jail account and also spreading that money around to some other gang members. and so i wouldn't necessarily term this, you know, a loophole but rather, criminal behavior, which is what his father and his girlfriends are looking at. my understanding, brooke, at this point is they've been charged with unemployment fraud as well as some other unrelated charges. >> it just got me thinking, could this be happening anywhere else? and could he himself, anthony garcia, you know, have more charges slapped, you know, on his behalf? maybe a longer time in jail because of this? i don't know. >> that'

brooke? >> max fosterer, thank you.s illinois's turn as the state count downs to its primary. we go to mo lean, illinois. if you look at the latest numbers out today, what's the santorum strategy here? >> well, i think when you look at this thing in totality, quite frankly, the only thing he can do is hope for a brokered convention, brooke. you know, the numbers seem to be working against him, but the one thing that the santorum crowd can do is try to pick up as many delegates as they can. at the same time, try to keep mitt romney from getting as many delegates as possible and hope that going into the convention in tampa this summer, at that time, they might be able to dissuade some people, perhaps, from voting for mitt romney, in other words, to sort of change allegiances in a brokered convention. that's the best bet for rick santorum. he said he does best among rural voters, among suburban voters. the fact of the matter is mitt romney does pretty well among suburban boat voters, too. but then again, the math right now

who does brooks have on her payroll at her day care center?pleaded no contest to felony intent to defraud. she's also been charged with felony grand theft. she's pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. just a few years ago, linda brooks pleaded guilty to another felony, this time financial fraud. but there's no system in play for the court to report her arrest to the day care licensing agency. and since florida only runs these background checks every five years, it was unaware of the conviction, that is, until we mentioned it. >> this particular case for you exemplifies where the weaknesses are in the current exemption process. >> reporter: actually if somebody gets an exemption, but then gets in trouble again, you wouldn't know it about for potentially five years. >> potentially five years. >> reporter: and on top of that, brooks seems to have found a way to scam money in the process. her center gets government subsidies for each child with financial need. but when we visited her day care, she had only five kids, and on another day no kids

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so that bill right now, brook, that's dead. but the fiery words we heard today on the floor, those are still ringing. >> the issue here is protecting the conscience clause and the religious beliefs of the american people. >> every step of the way, it seems as if there is an assault on women's reproductive choice. >> this it is tyranny. it is the political bullying of a religious group. >> it would allow any employer to denehealth service to any american for virtually any reason. >> having a conscience clause exemption used to be something that democrats and republicans all agreed to. now, it's not. >> we defeated an amendment that would have historically taken away something that women in this country have counted on for decades. and that's the ability to make their own health care choices. >> you know, brooke, i'm a very proud cnn radio reporter. so whenever i hear sound like that of a passionate debate it, always perks my ear up. i want to tell you about one other sound bite i heard while listening today. susan collins got on

rebekah brooks arrested for a second time, the prime minister and the horse involved, as well.it no longer a stretch to say we might see a james murdoch or rupert murdoch perp walk? >> members of parliament have been openly skeptical even disdainful. he's had to go fort and acknowledge substantive evidence proved things he said were wrong. his subordinates said they showed him things several years ago that he has sworn he did not know of. >> the horse will always give you away. talk about cleaning the stables. great pleasure to see you again sir. >> thank you. >> rush limbaugh and the women and the advertisers and the brought to you by thermacare heat wraps. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells for up to 16 hours of back pain relief. can your patch say that? thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe and unlock tight muscles for up to 16 hours of relief. that's 8 hours while you wear it, plus an additional 8 hours of relief after you take it off. can your patch, wrap cream or rub say that? so if you've g

and ultimately it came down to the story of these five men and father brooks. one thing it meant was unfortunately i also, a lot of the people i talk to my head to the minister rose in the book. i had to take names out because, again to my editors said, you know what, i'm getting confused keeping track of all these people. focus on these men. focus on the paternity before and. use that as the microcosm for what they experienced at holy cross and will was being experienced, you know, across the country at that time. i think that there were a couple of things that i tried to be careful not to do. one was heightened the drama to mush and dialogue. that was important to me that whole across was both special and unique, but it was a microcosm of what was happening in the country at that time. i am not american. i actually grew up in scotland. i am half catholic. a very handy name when you are reporting. i was always intrigued. i was born in the late 60's. i never really fully understood the emotions of the time. the book opens right after dr. martin luther king has

and rebekah brooks' husband. this happening now. the first visit to the united states comes at an awkward time. hey, mr. prime minister, what's your bracket looking like? would you rather talk about that? >>> two great american traditions colliding today. the caucus where americans physically gather and vote with their feet for who they want to represent in the party in the presidential election, that's one tradition. the other great tradition, the bar. not this bar specifically. this is an i-stock photo. a far not so dissimilar to this one all the way around the world in american samoa combining with america's great tradition of the caucuses. tonight, in american samoa, which is way, way out there, about 50 republicans total are expected to caucus in a bar that's called the toa bar and grill. they'll be selecting six delegates to send to the republican national convention. six delegates picked at tonight's caucus will join three local republican officials, so-called super-delegates at the convention. the fine pe

james murdoch and rebekah brooks were friends of cameron.they had another friend inside number ten. after he resigned from the news of the world, andy coulson had been hired by david cameron as his communications director. >> i think they thought, "that's it, we've got our guys in. now the priority is to get the bsky bid through because that's our commercial priority," and that was launched within a month of cameron getting in. >> bergman: it seemed only a matter of time before murdoch would get permission from the government to take full control of sky television. but there were a few dissident voices. >> the evidence of endemic abuse is growing by the day. >> bergman: notably, labour mp tom watson. >> the barons of the media are the biggest beasts in the modern jungle. they laugh at the law. they sneer at parliament. they have the power to hurt us, and they do with gusto and precision. >> every friend and advisor i spoke to in 2009-10 said, "you're not going to get to the truth of this. there are too many people at the top with a vested in

brooks have been friends for 30 years. he and ms. brooks' husband went tote to the same boarding school and this been friends ever since. one of the weirder elements of this is the revelation that ms. brooks had borrow aid retired police horse from the metropolitan police, who schiff is alleged to have bribed as part of a sandal. she reportedly returned the police horse in bad condition. the prime minister was forced to add nate heavy sited with the brooks eeps and he hood ridden the exact horse in question. this all follows another round of a arrests in the scandal including a former prime minister. the labor party is calling for the phone hacking scandal inquire riff to look into the prime minister friendship with rebekah brooks and her husband. all of this happens now with her big visit to the united states comes at an awkward time. mr. prime minister what's your bracket looking like? would you rather talk about that? >>> two great american conditions colliding. the tradition? the bar. this is a bar not so dissimilar to this one,

brooks have been friends for 30 years. he and ms. brooks' husband went tote to the same boarding school and this been friends ever since. one of the weirder elements of this is the revelation that ms. brooks had borrow aid retired police horse from the metropolitan police, who schiff is alleged to have bribed as part of a sandal. she reportedly returned the police horse in bad condition. the prime minister was forced to admit heavy sited with the brooks eeps and he hood ridden the exact horse in question. this all follows another round of a arrests in the scandal including a former prime minister. the labor party is calling for the phone hacking scandal inquire riff to look into the prime minister friendship with rebekah brooks and her husband. all of this happens now with her big visit to the united states comes at an awkward time. mr. prime minister what's your bracket looking like? would you rather talk about that? >>> two great american conditions colliding. the tradition? the bar. this is a bar not so dissimilar to this one, all

brooke? >> we talked about the 220,000 jobs created. what else in terms of positive news came from the report? >> okay, so some of the goodies you can kind of grab from this report is first of all, take a step back. this is the third month in a row that more than 220,000 jobs were added. most of them were in the private sector. it shows companies are getting more confident, taking on more people, make ag comming a commi just hiring people. also you're seeing people being hired in manufacturing jobs and professional services. i want to give it a twist here. the unemployment rate satis at . it stayed the same. it's not necessarily a bad thing, because the report shows the number of people looking for work is up. that's probably why you didn't see the unemployment rate change. these people are being counted in the labor pool. these are discouraged workers going back out there and handing out their resumes. brooke? >>> let's talk soda. two major manufacturers asking companies to change an ingredient. why the change? >> reporter: we're talki

brooke? now tknow the fbi have -- okay now we're hearing the parents are addressing this hear right now. leer they are. >> othank you for the support. as i said before, and i'll say it again, trayvon was our son, but trayvon is your son. >> that's right. >> a lot of people can relate to our situation. and it breaks their heart, just like it breaks mine. thank you for everything. >> you're more than welcome. thank you so much for coming. >> also, i would like to say thank you to everyone who is supportive of our family. everyone who has helped us stand tall in this matter. everyone who is holding the legacy of trayvon and make sure that he did not indeed die in vain. just like to say thank you. he's sadly missed and we'll continue to fight for justice for him. >> council crump? >> thank you, mr. chairman. we are here today to discuss a matter that never should have happened. i think it's one of those matters that if we had a better understanding and more laws on racial profiling this never wou

brooke? >> well, if you need a little bit more cash, apparently the irs is giving some folks a break. how is that working? >> the irs giving a break? i had to take a seat on this one. i couldn't believe my ears. so what the irs is doing is giving a six-month grace period to certain taxpayers late on paying. but you've got to be a taxpayer who has been unemployed for 30 consecutive days or more last year or this year. up till the tax filing deadline of april 17th. now, you won't be hit with a penalty but guess what, here's the catch, you're still going to have to pay interest during that six-month period. so clearly, it's not a complete free ride. irs, brooke, is also putting people on longer payment plans to help people make those installment payments to pay taxes. so look, the irs is trying to be helpful because in the end, they want to get paid, right, brooke? >> they do, they do. alison kosik, thank you. we'll be talking about that next big number tomorrow, the government unemployment numb

brooke?fallout there. afghanistan remains in mystery. but a mystery here, exactly how this happened. here is just a little bit more of how much we know. this army staff sergeant reportedly left his base in a district called penjwai. he allegedly incurred two other villages. out of the 16 dead, there are reports that indicate half or more may have been in one single home. a lot of questions this hour yet to be answered. chris lawrence is at the pentagon for us. chris, what do you know? what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, we know he was a combat veteran, brooke. this was a staff sergeant who had served at three tours in iraq. this is his first tour in afghanistan. he had only been in country for maybe two months or so, not much longer than that. he was assigned to force protection, so he was a conventional army soldier working with the green berets there on that combat outpost, working to sort of stabilize a village. think of it as sort of a neighborhood watch sort of operation. he was not

i said "where's brooke? we where's brooke?" he said "brookey's gone, dad.rookey's gone." >> you thought for sure she was gone. >> it broke my heart because i promised her i wouldn't let go. >> reporter: despite a broken arm and wrist, he carried his son to his sister's house nearby. >> and i opened the door and there stands my little girl. >> reporter: in your sister's house? >> i fell over her, fell on the floor and just collapsed. >> reporter: brooke had somehow managed to walk to her aunt's house and, like her brother, suffered only cuts and bruises. both are recovering with their mother. >> what am i thinking now? thank you, god for showing mercy. >> reporter: jackson plans to stay here. it's home. if your roots are deep enough, he figures, even a tornado can't yank them out. lee cowan, cbs news, east bernstadt, kentucky. >> pelley: even there so much to be thankful for. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. whitney houston's d