i'm fredricka whitfield. a u.s. military investigators believe the soldier charged with killing at least 16 afghan civilians in kandahar returned to his base between killings. army officials now believe staff sergeant robert bales killed people in one nearby village, came back to his post, left again, and killed people in another village. nine children are among the victims. this timeline is is reportedly based on interviews conducted at the scene. >>> also, we learned today that the u.s. government paid money to the afghan families that lost loved ones in that killing spree. let's bring in sara sidner, she's in kabul. s sara, how much money did these families receive and how is it that this news even emerged. >> reporter: we were told there was a meeting in kandahar city where there was the governor of kandahar province, some of the provincial leaders there as well as a few of the victims and they were handed over $50,000 per each person who died and $10,000 for each person who was injured. so that totals about $86

i'm fredricka whitfield. >> a painful day of cleanup as survivors of a deadly storm system battled grief and immense piles of rubble. the death toll has risen to 37. the national guard is helping with the cleanup and providing security patrols in at least four of the hardest hit states. live coverage from the devastated town in just a moment. president barack obama says the united states is committed to standing by israel. he talked to the largest american jewish lobbying group today amid concern from israel about where the u.s. stands on threats from iran. the president said while he prefers peace, the possibility of military action is not off the table. >> israel and the united states have an interest in seeing this challenge resolved diplomatically. after all, the only way to truly solve this problem is for the iranian government to make a decision to forsake nuclear weapons. >>> a vintage helicopter in flight during the shooting of a television show crashes and amazingly no one is killed or even hurt. it happened in arizona. >> oh, my god! >> the pilot and crewmen on board that vinta

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on the west coast, i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux on assignment. teenager trayvon martin has spoken out. in a cnn exclusive interview robert zimmerman jr. said medical records will back up his brother's claims that george zimmerman was injured in a fight with the unarmed 17-year-old. the gunman's brother insists the shooting was at self-defense. >> when you have a a bag of skittles and an iced tea. nobody just stands there with a bag of skittles and iced tea. george was under assault. he was barely conscious. the last thing he remembers is moving his head from the concrete to the grass so if he was banged one more time, he wouldn't be wearing diapers for the rest of his life and being spoon-fed by his brother and it would be very george dead. >> a person who wants to remain anonymous told cnn he saw two people in the grass that would seem like a scuffle. after the gunshot, he saw one of the men walking towards him. he said the man did not appear hurt. >>> mitt romney picked up the endorsement from another republican. this time it's paul ryan, a fav

"cnn newsroom" continues right now with fredricka whitfield. >> now your day begins in another way. part two of your day. >> yes. you have a good one. >> good to see you. thanks so much. >>> of course there's a lot of public outrage over the trayvon martin shooting. that continues to grow. protesters are rallying around the country this weekend demanding justice for the death of the unarmed florida teen. live in sanford, florida where george zimmerman shot martin in self-defense. you saw pictures there of the reverend al sharpton and a number of the protests, that one in new york. there are others across the country. holly, what's taking place there in sanford? >> well, basically, fredricka, the latest we heard is from former governor jeb bush. he was governor in 2005 when this stand your ground bill was written into law. that's the law that allows somebody, a civilian to use deadly force if they feel their life is threatened. now, in this case where george zimmerman has been claiming stand your ground, he says this is not exactly the case. this was not the intent. take a listen. >>

. >>> newsroom continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield.ing me to you to tell us what's coming up. >> per usual we'll have avery and richard along with us. >> the boys. >> that's right. the boys. the great legal minds. they will be delving into a series of cases, including one that really is pretty extraordinary out of california. a woman who was raped by her husband, her now ex-husband, files for divorce, gets a divorce. however, in the end because she was the breadwinner of the family, she has to pay him alimony even though he was convicted, sentenced for rain. >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable. now that young woman is part of a bill trying to change the law in california. our legal guys are delving on that one. >> i assume you'll talk about stand your ground. >> absolutely. that law, that case still getting a whole lot of attention. we're going to be talking to one of the florida lawmakers who voted against the stand your ground. you talk someone an advocate of. >> co-sponsors. >> we'll be joined by a gentleman who says this is exactly wh

i'm fredricka whitfield. with a check of your top stories.a win in washington state, mitt romney picks up a key endorsement in the race for the white house. this one from the leading house republican eric cantor. romney and the other contenders are on the campaign trail with super tuesday less than 48 hours away. tune in at 4:00 eastern time today for our special 2012 contenders hour. >>> president barack obama reiterates diplomacy is the way to go in trying to resolve the deepening nuclear standoff with iran but in his remarks before the largest american jewish lobbying group he said all elements of american power including military action are on the table. >>> there's better weather today across what c

i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> rhundreds of demonstrators against health care reform. on monday the u.s. supreme court hears arguments whether the health reform act is constitutional. demonstrators insist it is illegal and infringes on their freedom. >> the mandate coverage for each person is unconstitutional. i think we have the right to health care, but i don't think we have the obligation to accept health care. i don't think it's right for people in washington to tell us what people in georgia are going to have to do when we go to the doctor. >>> a montana man accused of trying to board a plane with four handguns. harold waller reportedly was carrying a loaded gun and two knives when he went through security at sacramento international airport. tsa screeners say they found three more semiautomatic guns in waller's carry-on bags. an waller was arrested investigators found eight more guns in his car. no word on what the motive may have been. >>> six children and two adults are dead after a fire swept through a house in charleston, west virginia. investigators are look

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fredricka whitfield is here. >> brace yourself for the pollen outdoors. >> i'm going. i'll hold my nose. >> have a good day. hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. it is 11:00 in the east coast, 8:00 out west. we have a busy hour for you straight ahead. let's get straight to the news. we're keeping an eye on a dramatic standoff in france between a self-proclaimed al qaeda jihadist and hundreds of police. the suspect accused in a killing spree that includes a shooting at a local jewish school is still barricaded in his apartment in toulouse in the south of france. the 23-year-old suspect police are after is mohammed merah, merah is accused of killing seven people in the last ten days including a rabbi and three jewish children. two officers were injured after they tried to raid merah's apartment early this morning. the interior minister says the suspect is now talking to police again after cutting them off for several hours. we'll take you live to france for the latest on the situation in about 15 minutes. >>> new protests, more questions and dem

i'm fredricka whitfield. a look at the top stories. we're awaiting results from puerto rico's republican presidential primary. polls have just closed and a projected winner could be announced at any minute. our chief political correspondent candy crowley will be joining us live as soon as those results are in. >>> the lawyers representing army staff sergeant robert bales say they intend to meet with him this week. bales is the soldier accused of killing 16 civilian men, women and children last weekend in kandahar, afghanistan. today he remains in solitary confinement at ft. leavenworth. he's not yet been formally charged. >>> gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. it is now on average close to $3.84 a gallon, but if you live in some big cities, you're already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the record high was $4.11 back in july of 2008. >>> a colorado dad is going the extra mile to stop his children from texting while driving. and he's getting an early start. his triplets are just 8 years old. he's already creat

we'll talk with our very own fredricka whitfield. she stuck around to talk about brackets. done. >> you did have duke going all the way. sorry. >> are you laughing at me? >> no. my stuff is not impressive, but that's okay. >> would you like to look at the leaderboard? >> please. that's why i'm here. >> ms. baldwin is on top. ms. phillips is number two. are there any guys on here? randi, soledad, suzanne, i'm there. >> you're in the middle. >> john king, isn't he a big basketball guy? >> wolf blitzer is a big basketball guy. he's all about the nba. >> wolf was supposed to go to the washington wizards game but he didn't show up because it was his mom's birthday. where are you? >> i'm at the bottom. isn't that sad? i have potential to rise. >> what? >> i still have some teams in there who are still in play. like vanderbilt. >> there you go. who do you have to win? >> vanderbilt. i have marquette which is playing right now. marquette is still -- there is potential. while i'm at the bottom now, i have room to climb. >> how do you know that? >> i love potential. i know nothing ab

. >>> let's look at what's coming tomorrow with fredricka whitfield. what do you have?esidential field might be slimming down after super tuesday. one candidate that exited months ago, michele bachmann, will she's been quiet about her endorsement. is she ready to support one of the remaining candidates? michele bachmann joins me on sunday. we'll discuss politics and her position on iran as talks on that country begin in washington. join me sunday afternoon starting at 2:30 eastern right here in the cnn newsroom. >> we'll be watching. thank you very much. >>> coming up next, lots of concerns in the florida key about the fragile coral reefs, but not because of storms. one expert divers shows us how he's restoring marine life. meet our cnn hero after the break. with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small businesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. becau

i'm fredricka whitfield. see you then. "your $$$$$" starts right now. >>> is president obama's health care reform law on life support, or is it already dead? i'm christine romans, welcome to "your $$$$$." >> i'm ali velshi in india. i've been touring and speaking to people of every socioeconomic level to understand its future, challenges and opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine. >> thanks, ali. >>> health care reform is president obama's signature achievement. at the heart of the president's health care reform law is the individual mandate. the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. individual mandate designed to lower costs spreading them over a pool of individuals. after the supreme court arguments this week, it's pretty clear the individual mandate is in jeopardy. that could mean an end to the entire health care reform law. candy crowley, the supreme court is expected to announce its decision i

. >>> but first a preview of what is coming up on cnn newsroom with fredricka whitfield. >> join me sundaycnn newsroom as one american family fights back against post-traumatic stress disorder. they lost their son, a young soldier with a promising future he went to war and came home a different man. what they are doing to protect more families from that heart brake. that's storm afternoon here in the newsroom. don? >> all right. we will be watching. thank you. >>> we're back right after this. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. top quality lobster is all we catch. [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's lobsterfest. the only time of year you can savor 12 exciting lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream i'm laura mclennan and i sea food differently. not financially. so we switch

it i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> the big question today, who won the biggest mega millions lottery jackpot of? we don't know their names yet butt we know the states where the lucky numbers were purchased. pinning tickets sold in illinois, kansas and maryland. the winning numbers are, 2-4-23-38-46, mega ball of 23. [ chanting ] >> what do we want, justice. >> now. >> thousands rallying in sanford, florida, demanding justice for trayvon martin. naacp are there. they want sanford's police chief to be fired who temporarily stepped down after the shooting. >>> newly released documents in the 2009 disappearance of a utah mother are raising questions about the police investigation. unsealed court records show police found susan powell's blood inside her family's home. a handwritten will saying she feared her husband might kill her was also found. susan powell's father wants to know why jason powell wasn't arrested. last month police said josh powell snatched his two sons from a social worker, killed the children and himself minutes before his home exploded. >>> gop presidential candidates are in

cnn newsroom continues with fredricka whitfield. >> all this dialogue, i'm wondering now if it's something i need to check out. i know we'll be talking some more about it too later on. >>> good to see you. have a great day. there's a lot straight ahead. we'll continue on with some of the top stories that you had earlier today. the american soldier accused of killing civilians in afghanistan, he is now in solitary confinement at a military correction facility in ft. leavenworth, kansas. he was transported there from kuwait late yesterday. and the army is now confirming that his identity is 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bales. is a decorated combat veteran who once spoke out against the killing of civilians in a war zone. sergeant bales' identity had been withheld for six days because of the pentagon's concerns about his security and that of his family. athena jones is live for us out of washington. what more do we know about bales, his state of mind before his recent deployment to afghanistan? >> reporter: certainly as you mentioned he's 38 years old. he's the father of two young childr

. >>> and "newsroom" continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield. >> hello. >> i love your's day. >> that's right. all kinds of parades happening throughout. you've got chicago making the river green. you've got new york, st. patty's day. >> when you get up at 2:30 in the morning you forget it's st. patrick's day and i forgot to grab green. what do you have coming up? >> we've got a lot coming ahead. our legal guys are with us. you know avery is probably going to be wearing green because he usually gets into it too but we've got a fascinating case out of connecticut. this involves the planned eviction of a family from an apartment complex. the family believes it's because this young man, 20-something-year-old man weighs 600 pounds and he says every time something gets broken in the apartment complex, he is blamed for it. the apartment complex says, well, you know what, we have grounds. we have an accumulation of incidents in which we can stand by our eviction notice. so we'll talk about whether this is a case of discrimination or if it's something else. >>> then in our fina

i'm fredricka whitfield with a check of your top stories. in south korea, president obama delivers a strong message to pyongyang. if it moves forward with its plan to test fire a long-range missile. >> north korea will achieve nothing but threats or by provocations. north korea knows its obligations and it must take irreversible steps to meet those obligations. on this, the united states and the public of korea are absolutely united. >> north korea says it's planning to launch a rocket-powered satellite next month, not a missile. south korea says, regardless, the technology being used is the violation of a u.n. security council resolution. >>> and two weeks after a u.s. soldier allegedly kills at least 16 afghans, the united states government makes a payment of $10,000 to each of the afghan families. a u.s. official says the money is not compensation, but is meant to help the victims. sergeant robert bales is charged in the kandahar killing. all of them civilians, most of the victims children. >>> i just want to say to the people of louisian

i'm fredricka whitfield. we look at the 2012 presidential contenders in this political hour. first, an update on some of today's top stories. a busy painful day of cleanup as survivors of a deadly storm system battled grief and immense piles of rubble. the death toll is 37. the national guard is helping with the cleanup and providing security patrols in at least four of the hardest hit states. >>> a vintage helicopter in flight during the shooting of a television show crashes and amazingly no one is killed or even hurt. it happened in coolidge, arizona. >> oh, my god. >> a pilot and crew men were on board the vintage military chopper and were able to walk away. the aircraft was being filmed for an episode of "top gear korea." the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >>> former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann says rush limbaugh's recent comments don't hurt her party. he used some nasty language to describe a law student who testified for expanded access to birth control. limbaugh has since apologized, but bachmann says the controversy has no effe

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