i am christine romans. this is your money. online we face a different terror, the terror of seeing your wang account fall to zero or your savings swept away. we got a little taste this week. a hacker got into the twitter account, two explosions at the white house and barack obama injured. that tweet, a fake tweet, was up for just a few minutes before the account was suspended. the market responded in an instant. look at the drop. the dow fell about 145 points or 1%. even though the market bounced right back, it was a scary drop for investors. experts say over the past few months we have seen the number of cyber attacks sky rocket, and the biggest threat, the biggest target, our banks. according to a new verizon report, about 37% of information breaches were aimed at financial organizations. i want to bring in allen pauler, the director of research at the sans institute. we just saw two monday shut down boston for days. that's the visible face of terrorism. the invisible, the countless hits from hackers all over the world every

i am christine romans. >> i am john vermin. you are watching cnn's special coverage of the capture of the marathon bombing suspect live from the rainy streets of boston. >> let's begin with the latest. 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev recovering in the hospital. this image shows the bloody teen hiding in a boat, hiding for hours, bleeding and curled up and hiding in the boat that had been winterized. he was first wounded in the shoot-out with police that killed his brother, and he may have been hit again in last night's gun fight with police. the boat's owner says he saw smeared blood, and pulled back a tarp on the winterized boat to find dzhokhar lying there, and he was weak from blood loss but still refused to surrender until the last volley of gunfire. >> he is in the boat and he just sat up. he is moving about. >> a dramatic end to the man hunt and it exploded across social media. everybody talking about it. and this photo a favorite image. and it was confirmed it was taken immediately after dzhokhar was arrested. this tweet s

christine? >> chris, what about the weapons we do know north korea has, how long of a range do they have? give us a sense of what we know they do have. >> reporter: we know they have missiles, some have been tested and proven to work, others haven't. take a look at this map. basically they have gun missiles, they have the nodong, though can region 5,000 kilometers. they tested missiles that can go a lot further, but those tests haven't been successful. take a look at the other map, the musudan missile believed to be the latest launch, that may have the ability to reach guam but has never been tested. >> chris lawrence, thanks. we are awaiting a press con frons live from seoul and we'll bring that to you when it happens. >>> authorities in flagstaff intercepted a specific package addressed to joe alpiro in phoenix. experts blew it up, nobody was hurt, but they are trying to figure out who sent this package. he has received many packages for his outspoken ways and the government is suing him for v

good morning, christine. >> good morning, john. the house could vote today to put furloughed air traffic controllers back to work. nearly 1500 of them have had to take unpaid time off because of forced spending cuts. the senate approved a plan last night that would free up some money. the goal is to end the big delays, that have made flying such a hassle and headache this week. cnn's zain asher at new york's laguardia airport. good morning, zain. >> yes, a very disruptive week. over 3,000 flights delayed specifically because of budget cuts. so the faa was trying to save $600 million from its budget between now and cement and as a result they've been reducing staff at air traffic control towers by up to 10%. what you're getting is more space between flights. you're also seeing more flats on the tarmac for longer. also planes circling in the air longer before landing. i just spoke to a pilot from american eagle. here's what he had to say. >> it's just been torture. that's all i could say. it's been torture and i've never been -- i ha

christine? >> thank you. >> we said there's a lot going on this morning. >>> let's go to the crisis in the korean peninsula. japan, south korea, and the u.s. are on high alert as more rhetoric released on north korean television. jim clancy has been watching tv all morning from seoul. good morning, jim. >> good morning again, john. you know, we look at this situation. we are waiting and watching for a possible -- potential multiple missile launch by north korea, including at least one medium range missile cad the musudan that has the capability of reaching out as far as guam and hitting u.s. bases there. this is expected only to be a test firing. meantime, more fiery rhetoric combing from the north, this time from the committee of the peaceful requlun unification fr fatherland. it attacks the south for what it says has been their attitude, accusing the north of propaganda. they say the south is in panic, the whole region is in panic, briing extra instant noodles, supplies of water and food and m

i'm christine romans.is 6:00 a.m. in the east. we're going to start in texas where an inhence manhunt is under way. at this moment investigators are searching for the killer or killers who are apparently targeting public officials for assassination. the latest victim, kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland. he and his wife gunned down this weekend in their home, southeast of dallas. now this is the same county where less than two months ago, assistant district attorney mark hasse was shot and killed as he walked to work. this morning, as you might imagine, there is heightened security at the courthouse. that community very much on edge. our george howell is there, live from kaufman, texas, this morning with the developing story. george, authorities right now, are they linking officially these murders? >> john, they're not at this point. but look, it's a mysterious murder case. no new leads in the case. investigators haven't narrowed down any suspects in this mysterious murder. but we are hearing f

christin ayers has the tug-of- war from oakland tonight. christin? >> reporter: that's right. and you can see the fans are so pumped up right now. very excited. i mean, it truly was an excing game. a dog fight all the way to the end. an certainly a tug-of-war amongst the fans over which city san francisco or oakland. play-off game 3. and the real rivally was happening off court. >> it is a competition. it's back and forth, back and forth. >> reporter: a battle over which city the warriors will call home. oakland, which legally has the team until at least 2017, or -- >> san francisco. definitely. >> reporter: which according to warriors, with the promise of a spectacular waterfront stadium. it's a debate that is coming between friends. >> san francisco. that's where they were from. that's where they need to be. >> so this is like dividing your friendship? >> it's all right. then it's gotta be that. >> reporter: and putting the mayors of oakland and san francisco at odds. the whole san francisco bay stands beside the warriors. oakland mayor quan says oakland has the best fans ar

i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. zoraida is off today. >>> we're going to start with this video that has the university facing tough, tough questions this morning. it shows rutgers head basketball coach mike rice physically and mentally abusing players at practice. you can see rice grabbing, shoving, even kicking players. he hurls basketballs at their heads, and you can hear him shouting obscenities, including gay slurs. athletes and fans across the country have just been dumbfounded by these images. rutgers officials first saw the video last december. what did they do about it? did they fire the coach? no. the athletic director suspended the coach for three games -- three games. a punish that has fueled some outrage this morning. cnn's pamela brown is following these really shocking developments. >> shocking is right. the university became aware of this video back in december, but it was released to the public yesterday causing shock and outrage over rice's homophobic rants and physical abuse

christine?jennifer, thanks. >>> meantime, rescuers in bangladesh desperately searching for survivors of a factory collapse that claimed 160 lives. more than 1,000 people injured when the eight-story garment factory collapsed yesterday near the capital city. many were scared to come to work after cracks appeared in the building on tuesday. those survivors claim the building owners told them the factory was safe and ordered them to report to work yesterday. of course, the factory made garments for exports like the u.s. >>> president obama attending a memorial service in baylor university today in honor of the 14 people killed in a blast in the fertilizer plant in a town of west, texas. at the devastating site, investigators are trying to piece together exactly what happened. they still don't know what caused the fire or what triggered the deadly explosion last week that leveled the plant, leveled nearby buildings and many homes. >>> it will be a sight to behold, five living u.s. presidents to the

good morning. >> good morning, christine. yet for a composite sketch of a suspect. and that means whoever did this is out there somewhere on the loose and that has residents here tense. sheriff's deputies on foot and in patrol cars made their presence seen at jenny lind elementary school where leila fowler, the 8-year-old girl stabbed to death in her valley spring home over the weekend, attended third grade. some classmates held flowers for leila. their parents held on to fear. >> i'm scared for my kids and for the family. it's horrible. he was friends with her in class. classmates. they sit together at school. it's very sad. things like that don't happen here. >> tell us what you have and why. >> i'm sad. i didn't want her to die. >> reporter: leila's mother told cnn via facebook, we are devastated. she was full of life. look at our baby girl. she didn't deserve this. leila's parents appeared at a news conference monday night. they did not speak and were understandably emotional. through police, they asked for respect and pr

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christine? >> ed lavandera, thanks, reporting for us. >> let's bring in the harris county sheriff aid ran garcia whose department responded to the initial 911 call and detained the suspect. good morning. thank you so much. >> can you tell me if you have any criminal record, any documented history of any mental illness? >> john, thank you for having me. first of all, let me just say that our prayers are here in harris county go out to the victims in this particular case to the staff and the faculty, to everyone affected. to your question, we don't have any information that dylan had any previous criminal history or anything to indicate that he would be prone to this type of violent behavior. >> we hear that he's been fantasizing of using a knife, stabbing people since elementary school. as you say, no documented history so no early warning signs that anyone should have been able to pick up? >> not that we know of at this particular point. maybe more information will come forward but at this point

christine? >> dan lothian in washington. thanks, dan. >> ten minutes after the hour. >>> happening right now, the search is on for a man who opened fire at ft. knox, killing a civilian worker for the u.s. army. remember, this is one of the most secure locations on earth. investigators in kentucky say yesterday's shooting took place in a parking lot. they describe it as a personal incident. it triggered a temporary lockdown of ft. knox that's been lifted, but security is still heightened at the entrance and exit gates. the victim's identity has not been released. >>> also happening now, a manhunt for two members of the white supremacist gang 211 crew. they're wanted in connection with the murder of colorado state's prison chief tom clements. 37-year-old james lohr and 31-year-old thomas goulee are considered armed and dangerous. authorities say one or both of them could be headed to nevada. an el paso county sheriff spokesman would not say whether the pair knew evan ebel, the man suspected of kil

christine, john? >> he spent his career talking to victims, and seeing how not being able to forgive could destroy their lives. and he talked to his wife about that. and now that she is a victim and trying to take those lessons from his life. just heartbreaking. just heartbreaking to hear them. thanks. >> such composure. really unbelievable. eight minutes after the hour right now. new video shows the district attorney of kaufman county, texas, shopping for guns the day before he and his wife were found shot to death in their home. according to the store's owner mike mclelland was not shopping for himself but for people who work for him at the d.a.'s office. they were nervous following the fatal shooting of assistant d.a. mark hasse back in january. funeral services will be held today for mike and cynthia mclelland. a public memorial took place yesterday and gun store owner will appear tonight on erin burnett "outfront" at 7:00 p.m. >>> gunfire and bloodshed inside a jackson, mississippi police headqua

>> christine, the way i look at it, we're the life raft for the world economy right now.onomies actually growing albeit not as rapidly as we want. when europe slows down, when china slows down, there is no question about it. that has a negative impact on american economic growth and the question is as europe is virtually in recession right now, makes it very difficult for the u.s. economy to grow. that's why i'm with robert reich. this is very rare by the way, that i think the next couple quarters could be smoot sledding. >> i think the sky may have fallen. i will revise my earlier statement and take with great trepidation one agrees with the other and the other agrees with the other. love it. i love consensus. gentlemen, thank you so much. nice to see you. robert and steven, have a great weekend, guys. good news. go back to the usual misery of flying. >> we'll all pay the price. what can you do? you grin and bear it. >> they need it fix it. i just wanting to home. >> the elected leaders have stepped in to keep air traffic controllers on the job. now can they solve the re

i'm christine romans and this is "your money." last year the united states handed out more than 1 million green cards, an estimated 13.1 million green cardholders in this country. one of them was tamerlan tsarnaev, the older brother suspected in this attack, killed in a gunfight with police. the united states also naturalized more than 750,000 citizens last year, new citizens including dzhokhar tsarnaev. he's the 19-year-old younger brother, now charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. he is an american. both brothers in the united states legally, both brothers accused of perpetrating terrorism against a country that embraced them, and all of this as the senate begins consideration of a bipartisan bill to reform the u.s. immigration system. it would allocate $3 billion for tighter border security, provide a path to citizenship for about 11 million people in the country illegally, undocumented immigrants, and create new guest worker programs. some conservatives say what happened in boston should delay this effort until we l

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i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman.ing from north korea, warning people to evacuate ahead of an all-out war on the peninsula. >>> and live team coverage of all this wild spring weather. >>> two brothers allegedly kidnapped by their father, turning up in cuba this morning. what will happen to them? we're live in havana. >>> louisville the king of college basketball. incredible game, incredible team and an emotional reaction from their coach. >> spontaneous emotion from that event today makes me as proud as any moment i have ever had in coaching. >> it's tuesday, april 9th, "starting point" starts right now. >>> north korea, warning south korea to prepare to evacuate foreigners. >> the hostile rhetoric has japan deploying patriot missiles in three locations, forming a protective ring around tokyo. >> shut it down, on kaesong. the very symbol of cooperation that survives between north and south. it's interesting. the north koreans hedged the announcement, saying they were temporarily suspending the manufacturing operations

i want to bring christine into this conversation. have young children as well, pediatricians, should they be asking the kinds of questions kyra's talking about if there are guns in the home, they certainly ask about whether or not there's peanut butter and things kids are allergic too. >> with any child you go to the doctor -- with an 18-month-old i think it's 18 months where they give you the big safety speech and say open your sink, your child will be killed by the drano. a child is curious. anywhere they can pull open a chair and open a cabinet, they will get whatever is in there. you hear all this, but it's interesting. in florida there was this big contentious case where it was outlawed for pediatricians to ask about gun behavior in the household. and that was eventually overturned. a big, big fight. lawmakers say they are under pressure not to ask the questions and others who are d adamant about it. i guess i'm going to have to have a contract when i go to kyra's house, but i will say we are paranoid about a lot of things. mode

good morning, casey. >> good morning, christine. just about six hours from now opening statements will begin in this courthouse behind me we'll hear from attorneys for michael jackson's family and attorneys for aeg live who will both begin to lay out their version of who caused michael jackson's death. michael jackson was in the last weeks of rehearsal for what was to be his grand comeback. the exhausted 50-year-old insomniac died in 2009 from an overdose of sedatives and the surgical anesthetic propofol. dr. conrad murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving jackson the fatal dose in an effort to help him sleep. he's in prison. now the company that promoted the comeback tour, aeg live, is fighting legal claims by jackson's mother and children that it shares responsibility for the singer's death because it hired and supervised murray. >> what do you think, as his mother, caused his death? >> i don't know. all i know is that they used propofol, and they shouldn't have used it, and they used it in the wrong setting. th

john, christine? >> i imagine that trip to russia for that older brother that, crucial piece of information all the intelligence agencies will be looking into closely. barbara starr thank you very much. >> the investigation into the suspects will take authorities from boston to eye russian republic that has a history of its own in terrorism where the suspects' families lived and where cnn traveled to get some answers. ♪ [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to imp

as christine said, it is tuesday, april 2nd, 5:00 a.m. in the east, and we start with major news overnight. >>> an aggressive move in the nuclear standoff with north korea. while you were sleeping, north korea announcing plans to restart a nuclear power plant that had been idle for six years. the yongbyon nuclear complex is said to contain the uranium enrichment facility and a nuclear reactor. it was moth balled in 2007 as part of an agreement with the united states and four other countries. meantime, pyongyang has a propaganda video playing on state tv. here here here's. >> reporter: the message is clear, north korean soldiers firing on a paper target with the words usa on the helmet, a live fire drill that aired on state tv vowed to show its enemies in the united states and south korea that it was ready to fight, showing off the military skill with weaponry. and the nation's top athletes running through typical drills with ease. the hermit kingdom releasing this video just days after it declared it was in a state of war. this is not the

>> hi, christine. a flash flood warning. 3 to 5 inches of rain has come down in parts of chicago and central illinois. radar, you can see for yourself, chicago, yes, heavier bands on the way. this will make for a messy commute, and you can see more of the heavy rainfall is still out to the west. what we're dealing with is a flash flood warning. this is in place until 2:00. anywhere in red, chicago, down to quincy, anywhere in red, that means if you are driving on the roadway, it doesn't take much to lose control of your car, so make sure are yyou are taking e precaution. a big area your honor tunder th flood warnings. a good portion of the midwest. kansas city, indianapolis, a lot of places affected by this. we've seen 3 to 5 inches of rain fallen in the last 24 hours for chicago. a dangerous situation there. we're setting up for another day of severe storms. moderate risk category, including chicago, detroit, memphis. and, of course, we'll continue to follow the storms moving through parts of west tex

it's easier to finagle good profits than it is the top line, isn't it christine? >> sure. there is a disparity between what we've seen with earnings results and revenue results. with all of the companies that reported after the bell, we have 67% of s&p 500 companies beating on the bottom line, however, only 41% beating revenues and just like you said it's very easy through accounting measures to throw in a special item and create the illusion of having a higher profit than you actually do, however, you can't really manipulate that top line number. that's what's been particularly concerning this season. it's kind of dayseja vu to the second and third quarter of last year when we saw a similar trend emerging. >> i think what's interesting is we're seeing many more companies forecasting weaker growth going forward for the rest of this year versus a positive outlook. what does that mean for earnings growth for the rest of 2013. at the end of the year, what is earnings growth going to look like? >> for the second quarter, 28 companies have provide guidance. of those have given

i'm christine romans. the economy is doing better and analysts have been raising estimates for first quarter economic performance but the resilience is not translating into faster job growth. last month the economy created just 88,000 net new jobs, far short of the expectation. the unemployment rate dropped to 7.6%. but that's because nearly 500,000 people dropped out of the labor force. in fact, the labor force participation rate fell to its lowest level since may 1979, but we saw losses in retail, what economists are discussing bitely is whether you've seen the expiration of the payroll tax holiday that didn't have an effect the first couple of months of the year, maybe it was starting to bite a little bit and that could be reflected in the retail jobs or sequester talk, all kinds of other things happening in the economy, europe. maybe people are feeling less confident and spending less and translating into fewer of the retail jobs. greg valliere, and rena brouhar, nice to see both you. maybe this is ano

christine chairs the california democratic party women's caucus.me back inside "the war room," christine. let's start with this budget. let's listen to what the president had to say. >> obama: if anyone thinks i'll finish the job of deficit reduction on the backs of middle class americans or through spending cuts alone, they should think again. >> michael: why is that message not getting through loud enough. >> president obama promised jobs. he is trying to deliver jobs but the republicans won't compromise. he is trying to deliver the american safety net but the republicans won't compromise. we need to elect a democratic house in 2014. until then he is playing chess when every one else is playing checkers. >> michael: is this about getting your mother to be speaker of the house again? i have a feeling everything he is doing on the budget is to get john boehner out of the speaker's chair. >> this is about putting the american people back to work and making sure we have a safety net when we retire. president obama needs to say to his base i hear you,

christine, a business idea.ll have customers. >> so also trending this morning, another golden april fool's gag by google. google treasure map. it turns your maps in to pirate worthy versions complete with hand drawn landmarks and treasure chests. also posting a three minute long web video with an elaborate back story. >> all of this for april fool's. >> getting in to this big time. >> and maybe your kids later. >> my kids are not allowed to celebrate april fool's day. we're not observing. >>> laahead on starting point, man refuses to turn his music down. he call it is necessary. that's next. >> and we're following the terrifying manhunt in texas after a district attorney and his wife were gunned down. we will talk with texas congressman ted poe, why he thinks organized crime in this case is involved. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it of

>> chris tooen, -- christine, i think it's possible. i think it's an economic imperative to do it, to rebuild the middle class. first, there's the business cycle. i think that we should be seeing an upswing with housing starts. there's a lot of folks who need to buy automobiles, who have been putting that off for a long time. what we don't know about is europe and asia and how strong growth potential there is going to be. the other thing are these underlying factors. we do see energy costs quite low for manufacturers in the united states because of the natural gas and oil boom here. we could expect that trend to continue. we can also expect to see rising wages overseas. that makes u.s. manufacturing look a lot more competitive. what we don't know about is christine, is public policy, and i firmly believe that we need the right public policies, both internally and then with our trade policies, to achieve that 1 million jobs goal. i think we can get it done. i think there's public support for it. and i do think it's an economic imperative

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christine and john? >> it's almost like we skipped the month of -- the season of spring and went right into summer with the heat that we've seen. >> you're absolutely right. all right, thanks samantha. >>> new this morning, get this, a mail bomb addressed to controversial sheriff joe arpaio in phoenix. thanks to a savvy and suspicious employee the package never made it past the post office in flagstaff. but now a federal investigation is under way to find out just who sent it. cnn's shannon travis in washington with the latest. and shannon, what can you tell us about this? >> john, of course we're talking about sheriff arpaio. he's the tough talking arizona sheriff who became famous for forcing his prisoners to stay in those tent houses and to wear those pink underwear. we're trying to figure out if someone is trying to hurt him. someone shent sent the sheriff a package with a bomb in it. fortunately police got to the bomb before it got to the sheriff. a bomb squad neutralized the bomb last night. this h

i'm christine romans.wing new developments in the case of those ricin tainted letters sent to president obama and two other officials. charges against one-time suspect paul kevin curtis, those charges have now been dropped. u.s. attorney handling this case now says new information has come to light. cnn's victor blackwell is live for us this morning in tupelo, mississippi. this man has been exonerated, vindicated? >> that's true. we're waiting for more information from the u.s. attorney, felicia adams, about what this new information is. she has not elaborated. of course we've asked the fbi about their investigation up to this point into the letters sent to the president. senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about that or their investigation into curtis. but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans.s friday, april 5th. friday, it's 30 minutes past the hour. >>> big story this morning, missiles on the move. new developments out of north korea. south korea's news agency reports two missiles are being hidden on north korea's east coast. a u.s. official tells cnn the missile and launch components were transferred over the last few days and they are consistent with a missile that has a range of 2,500 miles that could pose a threat to south korea, japan and u.s. bases in guam. cnn's jim clancy is live in seoul, south carolina. good morning, jim. reports that north korea moved a second med range missile to its east coast. what sort of message does this send to the world? how much of this message is aimed at internal politics and not sabre rattling on the outside? >> you know, it is really meant to poke a finger in the eye of washington and seoul. these joint military maneuvers are the focal point of all of this. these always perturb north korea. this is something the u.s. and south kore

christine, thanks very much. for more on this story and other business-related stories, go to cnnmoney.com. >>> let's move on to the latest in the boston terror investigation. government sources tell cnn, preliminary talks are under way, preliminary talks to allow the suspected bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev to resume providing information about the attacks to federal investigators in exchange for having the death penalty taken off the table. we're told the talks have been under way, quote, for the past few days. meanwhile, the widow of the other terror suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, coming under closer scrutiny. investigators have taken dna samples and other items from katharine russell at her parents' home in rhode island. they will compare the samples to female dna found on a fragment of one of the pressure cooker bombs used in the boston attack. federal agents, by the way, also trying to determine if there's a link between tamerlan and this man, william plotnikov, a canadian boxer turned jihadist killed a year ago in

thanks so much, christine romans.int," the surviving boston bombing suspect appears to be cooperating with authorities. how does that affect the prosecution's case? we'll look at the legal road ahead with cnn's senior analyst jeffrey toobin. >>> plus, neil diamond's "sweet caroline," become an an them th. but the songwriter is working on something new. we will have details they are so good, so good, so good. details ahead. you're watching "starting point." the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood mon

>> hi there, christine. and according to "the washington post" this morning, there's a new player in the discussions on the hill. trying to come to a compromise between democrats and republicans on background checks, on universal background checks for gun purchases. we understand from "the washington post" that pennsylvania republican pat toomey is now taking more of a leading role in these negotiations, with democrats. senator tom coburn of oklahoma had really been the point person for republicans in this. but it appears that he may not be the prominent player now amid some concerns that his negotiations weren't bearing fruit because many republicans were concerned background checks will lead to a national gun registry. all of this happening as president obama tries to push congress to act. >> reporter: the president is heading to connecticut, where the governor just signed some of the nation's toughest gun laws, requiring universal background checks, and imposing limits on the number of bullets in a magazi

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as christine knows, this also affects people's taxes.do the bracketing of taxes. so it's $100 billion of that 230 billion is actually increases in taxes. so i think, christine, this is kind of a deal the republicans and democrats should both go for and all we're talking about is more accurately defining how much prices are rising each year. >> that sounds so logical and you throw a bunch of numbers at us but what it comes down to, a lot of people live on their social security benefits. >> that's true. >> that's all they have. >> that's true. and it's not a lot. the average is $12,000 a year. so -- >> 23% of married couples live on their social security. if you're single and elderly, it's more than half -- about half live on their social security. >> that said, it's real money. it affects real lives. if you cut it, what are you going to do to all of those people that aren't going to have enough money to live on? >> the president has put some escape valves in their for veterans and low-income seniors. they have anticipated exactly what you

cnn's jim spellman is in peoria, illinois. >> good morning, christine. you can see the waters coming up here. this is not too unusual here but it's got about another two feet to go. so far these sandbag levees are holding. they hope that remains the case. from north dakota to indiana, to mississippi. flad watches and warning throughout the middle of the country as rain water from torrential spring storms barrels down rivers and streams. >> so far it's held. >> reporter: in peoria heights, katie eaten hopes these sandbags and this pump will protect her home from the rising illinois river. what's it like to know your home's at risk? >> it's scary. i've had family lose house to floods, so i mean i know what to expect. but it's -- it's scary. >> reporter: at the end of the block, neighbors gail and jerry knew their home would be the first to flood. they spent the last few days removing all their possessions knowing they would likely never move back into their home of 13 years. you were prepared, but what is it like to actually watch your home go under water?

christine romans has that. >> good morning, you two.district attorneys in kaufman, texas. people have questioned a former justice of the peace fired for corruption and prosecuted by the two dead men. eric williams is his name. he said police met with him at local restaurant, swabbed his hands for signs of gun residue. he says he doesn't even own a gun and police are not officially calling him a suspect this morning. >>> also developing in texas. a man hunt for two escaped and dangerous inmates. 44-year-old brian tucker and 39-year-old john king broke out of hopkins county jail in sulfur springs by squeezing through a gate. both men, you can see their picture there, both men are considered dangerous. >>> former south carolina governor mark sanford celebrating a big political victory this morning. trying to win back his old seat in congress. sanford beat charleston city councilman chris bostick in a republican runoff. and he celebrated with his fianc fiancee. the first time we have seen them together in public. he will take on elizabeth c

. >> reporter: christine portrays herself as a decaying tree, covered with anxiety. she finally finds clarify and warmth in her fragile recovery. today, she's a tree of hope. >> repression is the enemy. and expression is the cure. >> reporter: richard and christine's photos give ramon hope, that once the class is over, he too will picture his own healing, one image at a time. >> and you can see more photographic works from these vets at kpix.com. >>> this story may be a little hard too believe. a man so good-looking, it may just be illegal. it is believed omar borkan al gala was one of three men deported from saudi arabia for being too handsome. religious police in the very conservative country reportedly stormed a cultural festival and evicted omar borkan al gala and two others. according to a local newspaper, the men are considered so gorgeous, that police feared female visitors would tear off their clothes and swoon at their feet. these photos are from his facebook page. he says he's an actor, photographer and a poet. >>> it was a starry night in the nation's capi

. >>> christine la guard had a prizing warning about the state of europe's economy and she says two could pose a risk to the economy. i spoke to the managing director of the imf, the global economy and recovery. it is part of this week's conversation. >> one group of countries emerging market and economies that are growing quite well and the second group, the second speed recovery if you will. countries that are on the mend. i would include in that group the united states of america. then you have the third group, the third speed recovery where countries still have a lot to do. in that category you find the eurozone n particular, and japan. >> today, we're hearing all different commentary about when the federal reserve should ease back on its stimulus. do you think there are damages to this plan longer term. >> first of all, i would observe that the fed has indicated they would do so with come passes if you will, one inflation and that keeping a very attentive eye to inflation and second unemployment. what we see at the moment is inflation under control. as long as that is the case, and g