productive and law-abiding lives. >> john, basically what we have here is allegedly matthew bent told denver jarvis to pour the alcohol on michael brewer and then jesus mendez lit him on fire. so they're the three main players here. have their families spoken at all, the suspects' families? >> jarvis' family has spoken and, remember, he has a younger brother, also, denver's younger brother who is one of the two juveniles who's not been charged as an adult. and his mother did speak last week saying how deeply, deeply saddened they were by all of this. that's the only family that has actually spoken of those that are facing these terrible charges. interesting note, michael, that when we talked to the forensic psychologist who conducted the interviews, with the two jarvis brothers, he said that these kids, and they had -- right now, i mean, they are absolutely just devastated. they have no real conception of how deeply -- how much trouble they are in. they just never realized it would get to this point. they're standing in court there and in orange jumpsuits in a daze. >> wow. we have to leave it ther

basically what we have here allegedly matthew bent told denver jarvis to pour the alcohol on michael brewer and jesus mendez hit him on fire, the three main players here. have their families spoken at all, the suspects' family. >> jarvis's family has spoken and he has a younger brother, denver jarvis, one of the two juveniles not charged as an adult and his mother did speak speak last week kag how is deeply, deeply saddened they are about all this, the only actual family that have spoken facing these terrible charges. interesting note, michael when we talked to the forensic psychologist who conducted the interviews with the jarvis brothers, he said that these kids, and they had -- right now, i mean, they are absolutely just devastated, they have no real conception of how deeply -- how much trouble they are in. they just, they never realized it would get to this point. they're standing in court there in orange jumpsuits and in a daze. >> wow. okay. we have to leave it there, guys. elizabeth, john, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> coming up, ft. hood, a somber day, a memorial service

the boys have been identified as denver jarvis, matthew bent and jesus mendez. they're charged with second degree murder as adults. two other teenage boys face lesser counts of ago revated battery. the victim is in critical condition and has burns over 65% of his body. he is heavily sedated and breathing through a ventilator. he cannot speak. bandages cover his open wounds and have to be changed daily. his doctor says he is slowly recovering, but admits -- whether he take to his doctor in just a moment. the mother of the two -- of two of a alleged attackers issued a public apology. listen to her. >> we'd like to express how horribly sorry we are. this is a horrible incident that should never have occurred and we pray for mikey's -- michael's recovery every day and that he gets stronger, which we know in our hearts, he will. i don't have the words to express anymore. >> should these teenagers be tried as adults or are they still kids who need to be dealt with in juvenile court? straight out to my expert panel -- the doctor at university of miami jackson memorial

the boys have been identified as 15-year-old denver jarvis, 15-year-old matthew bent and 16-year-old hazu mendez. they're charged with second degree attempted murder as adults. two other teenage boys face lesser counts of aggravated battery. the victim, michael brewer, is in critical condition. he has burns over 65% of his body. he is heavily sedated and breathing through a ventilator. he cannot speak. bandages cover his open wounds and have to be changed daily. a painful four-hour process. his doctor says he is slowly recovering, but admits -- our expectation is survival, but i don't think we would be surprised if he didn't. we will talk to his doctor in just a moment. the mother of the two of two of the alleged attackers issued a public apology. listen to her. >> we'd like to express how horribly sorry we are. this is a horrible incident that should never have occurred and we pray for mikey's -- michael's recovery every day and that he gets stronger, which we know in our hearts, he will. i don't have the words to express anymore. >> should these teenagers be tried as adults or are

investigators say 15-year-old matthew bent directed 15-year-old denver jarvis on the right there to pour rubbing alcohol on michael brewer last month. they say the one in the middle, jesus mendez, lit him on fire. prosecutors aren't charging two other teens they've been questioning. brewer has burns over 65% of his body and is still in critical condition. >> we can come in each day or get a phone call at any time that things are getting a lot worse or getting a tiny bit better. people get sick real fast. they get better slowly. right now with him, we're getting a tiny bit better every day. >> police say the boys attacked brewer because he reported one of his friends stole his father's bicycle. the bike was apparently stolen because brewer didn't pay one of the boys $40 for a video game. >>> the cbs news producer charged with blackmailing david letterman is in court today. he threatened to expose letterman's affairs with women on his staff if the star didn't pay him $2 million. halderman has pleaded not guilty. his defense attorney asked the judge to dismiss the case. he says his client w

productive and law-abiding lives. >> john, basically what we have here is allegedly matthew bent told denver jarvisur the alcohol on michael brewer and then jesus mendez lit him on fire. so they're the three main players here. have their families spoken at all, the suspects' families? >> jarvis' family has spoken and, remember, he has a younger brother, also, denver's younger brother who is one of the two juveniles who's not been charged as an adult. and his mother did speak last week saying how deeply, deeply saddened they were by all of this. that's the only family that has actually spoken of those that are facing these terrible charges. interesting note, michael, that when we talked to the forensic psychologist who conducted the interviews, with the two jarvis brothers, he said that these kids, and they had -- right now, i mean, they are absolutely just devastated. they have no real conception of how deeply -- how much trouble they are in. they just never realized it would get to this point. they're standing in court there and in orange jumpsuits in a daze. >> wow. we have to leave it there, guy

. >> reporter: sherry jarvis didn't want to talk about her son denver, the 15-year-old who allegedly poured rubbing alcohol on brewer at a deerfield beach apartment complex that day after school. 16-year-old jesus mendez is accused of lighting the fire that left his classmate with second-degree burns over 65% of his body. and prosecutors call matthew bent the ringleader. he was reportedly upset because brewer alerted authorities that bent allegedly tried to steal his dad's bike the night before. two other teens, both 13, were initially charged. >> not guilty. trial by jury -- >> reporter: this morning's court hearing brought three not guilty pleas from the accused of setting 15-year-old michael brewer on fire. the ateens appeared in adult -- >> we can tell you that those three boys all being held without bond this afternoon. they'll be back in court in january. we can tell you, though, that the attorney for denver jarvis is going to ask that the court examine him, perform a psychological evaluation on him. they want to be sure that he is able to comprehend the seriousness of the char

investigators say 15-year-old matthew bent directed 15-year-old denver jarvis, whom you see on the right month. they say 16-year-old jesus mendez, in the middle, lit him on fire. now, for the moment, prosecutors are not charging two other teens they've been questioning. brewer has burns, though, over 65% of his body and is still in critical condition. >>> we're learning more about the relationship between suspected killer anthony sowell and the niece of cleveland's mayor. who would have known there's a connection here? yesterday she said she lived with sowell from 2005 to 2007. though it isn't clear whether the two had a romantic relationship. the niece told affiliate woio sowell took good care of her and never thought the smells in his house might be bodies. he's facing five counts of aggravated murder and is suspected of strangling at least 11 women and hiding their bodies in and around his cleveland home. two more families have learned that their loved ones were in that home. >> just told me that her body was intact. that's all. >> it's still devastating. she died in this manner, foun