carol? >> they do.ry gee, live in london for us. >>> if you haven't filled out your bracket yet, we understand. you want to win. you can't figure out how to dominate march madness madness. we get it. and we have help this morning. college basketball analyst ken joins us via skype from salt lake city. ken, welcome. >> good morning, carol. >> hey, first off, why do we stress over this, filling out our brackets? >> well, i think we just want to prove our superiority over our co-workers and it's a stressful time trying to predict things that are very difficult to predict. >> exactly. that should make it fun though, but i'm very competitive myself so i understand. so you say efficiency plays into picking the teams that win. what do you mean by that? >> yeah. you want to pick teams that are good at scoring and are good at preventing scores. both of those things are very important in basketball. those are the kind of things i look at on my website, howell does a team score the basketball every time they have i

carol costello, good morning. carol costello, good morning. >> good morning, soledad. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the morning after super tuesday, the votes are in. the jury is still out. three-way split among the republican presidential candidates. newt gingrich wins his former home state of georgia which he said was essential. mitt romney captures six states claiming the mathematical victory and rick santorum boasts mow men it up, captures three states and barely losing the bell weather state of ohio. >> this was a big night tonight. lots of states. we're going to win a few. we're going to lose a few, but as it looks right now, brother' going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. >> so this morning romney cannot claim the crushing victories to win over skeptics, but he is amassing delegates. more than 400 so far. that's way ahead of santorum. gingrich and ron paul who failed to win a single state last night. but the race still has a long way to go. >> ton

carol? >> so you work on wall street every day. is this letter -- i mean, i know it's goldman saying it's not indicative of what goldman does, but a lot of people feel it's indicative of what the entire industry does. >> you know, it depends on who you ask. some traders down here on the floor say it is indicative of the industry as a whole but others say it is just maybe a goldman sachs culture. goldman sachs, it's been around for 150 years. you know, it's got this gold-plated reputation. it's known for delivering big profits and that is what attracts big clients. so, you know, it's no surprise that these investment banks are in it to make money, and they make no bones about it. that's what they're here for. they're here to make money for their shareholders. so with that understanding, some analysts say comes some responsibility upon the clients of these investment banks, carol. >> yeah. alison kosik live at the new york stock exchange. >>> now we want to turn our attention to afghanistan. l

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carol?t rate remains high even though we're adding jobs over the past several months because we have so many jobs to make up, is that a fair statement? >> yeah. well, also the unemployment rate remained high because the labor participation rate actually went up. that's a good sign because if you see the unemployment rate, this sounds kind of skewed, if you even see it go up, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. it means that discouraged workers are getting back out there and handing out resumes and looking for a job. they are talented in the labor force. they get counted in the unemployment number. that's probably why you're seeing the unemployment rate kind of hover and stay around 8.3%. the discouraged workers are feeling less discouraged and getting back out there trying to find a job. that is a good sign. >> alison kosik, thanks. >>> a saint's preserved heart. a religious relic stolen from churches across ireland. the bizarre crime wave and the possible motivation behind it. that's

that's what he says, carol. he says this plan to downsize an already modest campaign will only help him do that. let's be honest. what do republicans think? this is our brand new cnn/orc poll. 60% say it's time gingrich drop out. similar numbers for ron paul. lower for rick santorum. here's the other notion, what happens if gingrich gets out? it helps romney more than santorum. carol? >> so you have been around politics for a long time. you talked to a lot of politicians, what's in his head? most republican voters want him to get out of the race. they think he's hurting the republican party if he takes this all of the way to the convention. what's in his head telling him i got to stay in this race? >> i wish i could get in his head. obviously i can't. he still thinks -- he says he's the best person to debate barack obama one-on-one come the general election. he thinks if romney doesn't clinch the come natinomination d of the primaries, if he's around, anything could happen in tampa. it's a long way to go. >> pau

carol? >> i know it's early, but i wondered, do you see voters rushing to the polls? >> reporter: yeah, we've seen a steady stream of voters right here. we are in hamilton county, just west of cincinnati, just a stone's throw from downtown. third most populated in the state. pretty conservative. we're seeing a lot of that. we're seeing a lot of candidates in a lot of commercials. especially for mitt romney and his super pac. his last closing argument here is directed against president obama. take a listen. >> this man is out of ideas and he's out of excuses and in 2012 he's going to be out of office. >> reporter: mitt romney really going after the president and not really his rivalries. rick santorum trying to bring mitt romney down. here's what he said yesterday in ohio. >> when you have 12 billion and can you outspend someone 12, 20, 30 to 1 you can stop answering the questions. he won't be able to avoid answering the questions in the fall and as a result he will be the weakest candidate w

carol?live from afghanistan. we still don't know the name of the soldier accused in afghanistan and probably won't know until he's officially accused of a crime, but we do know this. alcohol was found near his quarters. whether he was drunk during the attack in kandahar remains to be seen. is alcohol even allowed at a combat outpost? >> alcohol is not allowed anywhere. that's really one of the key indicators here about how maybe something went so wrong at this base. officials are telling us that certainly the soldiers he worked with, other people will be questioned, did they know there was alcohol there, did they have any indication that this man perhaps was acting in a strange manner or making strange comments before this incident unfolded, how did alcohol even come to be on the base? where did they get it? you can get alcohol in afghanistan, make no mistake, but it is banned for u.s. troops in the war zone. so that is going to be certainly a path of the investigation. we also know they're

carol?have hurt someone. you don't throw something. >> exactly. exactly. >> okay. whatever. rihanna is revealing more details about her collaboration with her ex, chris brown. >> yeah. >> a lot of people were upset that she even decided to speak to chris brown so what more is she saying about this? >> yeah. lots of people have opinions on this one because people were seeming in shock over this. now recently former flames rihanna and chris brown released two remixing each containing vocals of the other despite their controversial history including that rather high profile incident of domestic violence. however, rihanna doesn't see what all the fuss is about. the pop star told ryan seacrest that brown just happened to be the right man for the job. she said she reached out to him about doing a remix to the song "birthday cake" because that's the only person that made sense to her to do the record. she added, quote, she thought of brown as just a musician despite everything else. she went on to

carol?> martin savidge reporting live from sanford, florida. >>> one group is adding to the volati volatility. the black panthers have issued a reward for george zimmerman. this ad is posted on the group's website. >> where is the money coming from? >> from the black community. we are already getting support from athletes and entertainers as we speak. by next week, we are looking forward to getting $1 million for the capture of george zimmerman. we will force our government to do their job properly and if they don't, we will. it is a very troubling time in the united states of america. we are in era of our so-called post-racial, harmony for all people but black people are being murdered all over america and we get the same treatment time and time again. so we're saying to president obama, you got to do your job on this one, buddy. we don't need a -- we neat to laugh and have a good time. our children are dying. >> okay. here is a closer look at that group. the new black panthers claim to hav

carol? >> i can understand that. susan candiotti, thanks so much. with more than half a billion dollars at stake, everyone wants an edge. is there an app for that? you betcha. lotto pro and lotto picks to name a couple. they same to have scoured past results to find the numbers that win the most and will even choose numbers for you. if you do not win, some apps will store the losing numbers so you won't repeat that awful combination. >>> i want to know. what would you do with half a billion dollars? i think this morning we should just dream together. so go to my facebook page. facebook.com/carol cnn and tell me the fabulous things you would do for man kind and then do for yourself and then we'll put your ideas to the test with an attorney and cpa and will tell you how to wisely spend your cash. >>> also this morning, we're hearing from a person who claims to have witnessed the deadly shooting that has sparked nationwide outrage. because of all of the passion swirling around the death of that

carol? >> jim bittermann live in paris for us this morning. >>> to ft. leavenworth, kansas. sergeant robert bales lawyer will meet face-to-face with him later today. bales telling us it's a tough case because of the plilt and legal and social issues involved. casey wian is in washington state where bales lived. what can you tell us, casey? >> good morning, carol. >> reporter: for the first time since john henry brown, the seattle-based high profile defense attorney, was hired to represent staff sergeant robert bales, he will actually meet with him face-to-face today at ft. leavenworth, kansas. here is what that honor had to say about the difficulties of trying this case. >> political ramifications, it has legal ramifications. it has social ramifications. you couldn't really imagine a bigger case with so many problems. >> reporter: now, yesterday, the attorneys office released a statement saying that it was too early to tell what factors may have led up to this shooting. but in the past sever

but there's no way back for carol, or for the region.ince 2008, nearly 3000 fracking wells have been drilled in pennsylvania. >> for sure this is not the last time we will be talking about this controversial extraction method. and now we would like to find out what globalization means for you. and this week we talk to gracia goya in mexico. >> i'm gracia goya, i'm 40 and i live in mexico city. i work for a us foundation called "hispanics in philanthropy". we're working to promote the development of latino communities. it means i can sit here in mexico city and work for someone in argentina or in guanajuato in mexico, and at the same time for a company in the usa. like so many people in mexico i'm worried about the violence we've been experiencing here over the last few years. i worry about how the authorities are going to stop this violence. my friends and my family make me happy. i love having them around me and spending time with them. i love mexican food from all our regions. it is delicious. i especially like the food from the south-

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hi, joe. >> reporter: hey, carol. a lot of polling out there suggesting that rick santorum is actually running very strong in the state of louisiana. some of the polling even suggesting santorum has a double digit lead in this state. the good news, if any, for mitt romney is that if you look at it very closely, when the delegates are assigned over the weekend, they are going to have to have about 46 delegates to start out with. only 20 of those are actually going to be assigned as a result of the primary on saturday. the rest assigned in june. so we're not talking about a lot of delegates here right now. that of course is the big issue, carol. >> a lot of people talking about what rick santorum said. did he really suggest that president obama would be better than mitt romney as president? >> reporter: yeah, i think so. probably the best thing for us to do is just look at the sound bite and take away what you will. let's listen and talk about it. >> you win by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opport

carol, good morning. >> good morning to all of you. i'm carol costello. here are stories we're watching in the "newsroom" right now. widespread delays for justice for trayvon martin. supporters rally. they want the man who killed the unarmed teenager arrested. >>> president obama leaves this hour to go on a four-state tour where he'll announce plans to speed up the permit for the southern half of the keystone oil pipeline. critics say he gave into pressure from rising gas prices. >>> mitt romney is in maryland today fresh off his decisive win in the illinois primary. halfway to the delegate finish line. >>> hundreds of french police surround an apartment where a gunman remains holed up. he's accused of killing seven people in a series of shootings. authorities say they expect him to give up soon. >>> another strong aftershock in mexico. it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. it's the latest of several aftershocks to follow yesterday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake. 500 homes were damaged and 11 people injured. >>> you won't be able to find that so-called pink s

to say it's wonderful to see carol. see, everybody should come to rutgers university. ts the place to be. but one of the things that we know about why women tend not to run for office is that they think that it's sort of an ugly place and a place where you can't get things done. and what they end up doing is called work arounds. they'll do it themselves. the work is activists, like the ones that carol is talking anility, but they may not think that they can get it done in government. they watch the web site and see you can get stuff accomplished. but the bo tom line is where you want to make and the kind of systemic change. you don't have to keep asking vichblg companies to make changes out of their sort of largest qh. they do it where we are getting women inside. that's what we need. we know when we ask men and women who was the most important reason that they ran in the first place, and i'm sure this was carroll backing this up from her own personal experience, they run for office because they care passionately about

carole joins the army at 31. and is still on active duty seven years later, in 1986, when she meets a young mother named judy hoff. judy has a history of dalliances with women. her husband isn't threatened. >> my husband thought it was great. turned him on. but then i met this person. and fell head over heels. got a divorce. we moved in together. and the rest is history. >> we're going to louisburg. and to millie's bookstore. the coffee hound. >> reporter: carole and judy rolled along happily in a committed lesbian relationship. but in 1996, a health care scare tilts their world on its axis. carole has breast cancer and needs a mastectomy. she survived the cancer. but losing the breast stirs up long-suppressed feelings. >> it was a relief to get rid of it. that was the first little clue i got that maybe i was transgendered after all. after all those years of just putting that aside. and i immediately wanted the other one off. >> do you see we hung your pictures? >> yes, they look great. >> reporter: carole restar

one more thick, carol.ad them. all you are doing is reading someone else's words to people. who is he talking about here? mitt romney and president obama have been known to read off teleprompters. wh

one more thick, carol.ad them. all you are doing is reading someone else's words to people. who is he talking about here? mitt romney and president obama have been known to read off teleprompters. who is he going after? >> the teleprompter police? >> just want to get that out there for you. >> we appreciate it. stay with cnn for all the latest news. our coverage begins tomorrow night at 7:00 eastern. my time is

i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom." a tea party marine gets political on facebook and now he reportedly might be getting the boot. he's facing demotion after saying he would not follow presidential orders he thinks are unlawful. we're going to talk with him live in one minute. >>> rare and amazing video of a helicopter crash in afghanistan. a look at whether the pilot was performing stunts. amazingl amazingly, the crew survived. >>> a gun battle and tense 32-hour standoff with an al qaeda terrorist finally over. the suspect killed in a police raid just hours ago. this morning we're learning more about the man wanted in the killings of three french paratroopers and three students at a jewish school. >>> outrage and anger at the mayor of sanford, florida. a tense town hall and new calls for the police chief, bill lee, to step down. accusations that he mishandled the case by not charging the man who killed an unarmed florida teenager. >>> and i'm very sorry about tyler. t

so, sallie, carol, thank you very much. >> hi. good afternoon. thank you for having me on the panel this afternoon. as mike said, i'm sallie cooper, of operations, policy and support for irs criminal investigation. and one thing we were talking about as we were listening to all the panels is there is a permeation of scams or commonalities between the scams and every panel that it seems to be presenting today. as far as criminal investigations mission, ci is the investigative arm of the internal revenue service. we support the overall mission of irs but we enforce the criminal statutes relative to tax administration and related financial crimes in order to 0 encourage and achieve voluntary compliance with the internal revenue code. once the investigation is complete we afford a recommendation for prosecution to our partners at the department of justice, specifically we start with the tax division who reviews our work and hopefully authorizes for us to go forward with prosecution and they then in turn refer it over to the respective u.s. attorney's

. >> this is carol. carol, hello? >> caller: hello. i'm independent. hello? >> go ahead. this isn't carol. is this al? >>. >> caller: no, this is booker. >> i got it all wrong. go ahead with your comment. >> caller: i was watching the show with the supreme court and the affordable care act, and i'm really interested since my college days as the interstate commerce clause, and i don't see how the court could possibly rule against the mandate given that this is done in the interstate commerce clause. because we think we're going to compete in the real world. we looked at all the trading partners. they all have insurance. so we need to get that in. >> booker, from what you heard, what do you think that will fair when the justices decide? >> caller: well, when you look at the clause, it's how they spend it over theyears. the toll bridges, the interstate system, you name it. it's been into the american interest. i don't see how the justices could possibly rule the mandate unconstitutional. >> thanks for being part of the conversation. now we get to carol in mesa, arizona. >> c

i'm carol, and this is my cvs pharmacist. i had to switch my insurance plan. but then my prescriptions got more expensive. i felt helpless... frustrated. it was very frustrating. then john... maurice... jill stepped in... made some calls... and saved me hundreds of dollars. that's a lot. it meant a lot to me. taking the time to help you with insurance questions. another reason to transfer your prescriptions today. ♪ i'm carol, and i bring all my prescriptions to my cvs. >> four men were shot one critically as they stood on the south side street this afternoon and chicago police say it happened just before 2 in the 5500 block of south ashford the four men reportedly ran off after the shots and one of them was shot in the head and he is now in critical condition the other victims do not appear to have life-threatening injuries. >> at least 60 people are dead in afghanistan following a shooting rampage carried out by an american soldier assigned to a special forces unit, president barack obama offered his condolences and expressed shock and sadness over the incid

today especially, carol, is huge. arguments i heard some legal analysts say are the biggest ones since bush v. gore. opponents will argue that the united states congress, where i am right now, they don't have the ability to force people to buy things. they have the ability to regulate commerce but not force new commerce. meaning to buy health care. what they argue and they'll argue today, it's a slippery slope. if people are forced to buy health insurance, why aren't they forced to buy broccoli? that's healthy for you. on the other side, the united states government, the obama justice department, they are going to argue today that the individual mandate is crucial for universal health care for the public good and that people always are going to have to buy health care. it's not really forcing them to do something they wouldn't normally do. it's just something they say is going to be ultimately better economically. i can tell you, i remember, carol, when this was being debated very strongly here in the halls of congres

i'm carol cast tell low.orge zimmerman we're asking a former fbi agent if this video helps clear zimmerman or raises more doubts surrounding his story. >>> things are getting back to normal at the philadelphia airport. earlier this morning, police detained a man after finding an unknown homee made device. he was taken into custody. there is no indication of terrorism. >>> we're learning more about the actions of a pilot before his rant on a jet blue flight. clayton osbon faces criminal charges and witnesses reveal some unique things he said and did before boarding that flight. a live report with details on aum of that straight ahead. >>> plus record high profits for oil companies and near record high gas prices for drivers. president obama questions why the federal government is giving big oil big tax incentives. we're going to bring that to you live. >>> we start with several key developments in the trayvon martin shooting case. we're taking a closer look at all of the angles. new details from trayvon's girl

please join me in welcoming carol ito. [applause] >> thank you. i am very humbled this afternoon to join all of you. i want to thank shelly's committee and everyone who made this happen. i am honored to share many of these honors. many of us have work together for the various causes and policy changes for this great city. i must say that there are many unsung heroines in this room, and my guests at table three are many of my own personal friends and supporters to keep me honest, keep the focus, and make it really very special and important to do what i do. i have got a lot of guidance and support from these women. for those of you who have not met them, please, after lunch, these are the women who make up a big part of my life. i think what is also important is that we need to support each other and with each other up. but i would also like to acknowledge, a former khmer brown's daughter is still here, never publicly think your father. he appointed me to the airport commission 12 years ago, and at that time there were not a lot of women voices on

lightning reported with the storm in to carol county and frederick county. this will diminish, fizzle out, through the remainder of the morning. we are left with clouds and at the surface, like we saw yesterday. we have foggy conditions this morning, we have 6-mile visibility in baltimore, one in easton, i won't be surprised if we have delays across the eastern shore like yesterday. frederick 4-mile visibility and i don't go at 3. future trend picking up, not a whole lot. i'm not going to rule out the chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon like we saw yesterday. the last day of winter, first day of spring, similar, as we head in to thursday, few clouds, all in all, temperatures, quite warm once again. here is your hour by hour forecast, 59 with foggy conditions. temperature around 73 degrees by this afternoon. today is the first day of spring. in to wednesday, 74, we get warmer as we go in to thursday and friday. temperatures close to 80 degrees. it will be cooler, temperatures in the 60s. that is well above average. let's get a check o