fredricka whitfield spoke to him during a visit to cnn. >> reporter: all right.professor eunice. >> thank you. >> reporter: congratulations on your nobel peace price. >> tell me first, how did microfinancing come to be in large part how you earned this nobel peace prize, $40 million dispurpobursed to 9 million dift borrowers around the world. >> it's out of desperation. if you live in a country like bangladesh, there are a lot of desperate moments that come and you want to do things because nothing sells working. you do things very strange but you get it done. one of the things i wanted to lend money to a few people in the village next door to the university campus, because they are taking money from loan sharks and loan sharks taking advantage of them. that was beginning of it in 1976. then when we grow, the bank we still have in bangladesh, 8.4 billion dollars each year and all the money comes from within the system. globally, 160 million borrowers all around, and in new york city, we have about 10,000 borrowers, and they receive loans just like we do it in ban

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with the passing of a tv legend, with a seven-decades-long career. at 93, the man cbs called its "60 minutes" pit bull reporter, mike wallace, passed away last night in connecticut. his name is synonymous with tireless reporting, interviews that pulled no punches, and a nearly 40-year run on the program, "60 minutes." joining me by phone now from new york, tom johnson, former chairman and ceo of cnn, who is also a good friend of wallace for 30 years. tom, first of all, of course, many of us are sorry about the loss, but what an incredible life, what an incredible career. did -- i understand that he passed away in a care facility. did you and many others know that his condition or his ailment was, you know, he was waning? >> yes, we knew that mike was not doing well in recent years. but he had fought a very gallant battle for some time. as much as he had been an extraordinary force throughout much of his professional and personal career. >> so many remember him for these kind

i'm alison kosik, in today for fredricka whitfield. we begin with breaking news out of new york. as many as seven people have been killed after a van flipped off an overpass on to a transit facility near the bronx zoo. three of the dead are children. cnn's susan candiotti joins me now by the phone. susan, what's the latest on this? >> reporter: well, it's a terrible, terrible accident, certainly, alison, but we're hearing from the police that it's either a car or a van with four adults and three children inside, all dead. they were on an expressway called the bronx river parkway, and the car crossed over the median into the opposing lanes of traffic, flipped over the bridge, and fell a sizable number of feet. we don't know how far, but it was quite a big drop. no one survived. no one sooiurvived. now, where this happened. it fell over just inside the southeast perimeter of the bronx zoo, which is huge. 265 acres. but it happened according to a spokesperson for the zoo, far away from any public area, not near any animals nor exhibits, nor did it affect any visitors. in fact, i'm t

i'm fredricka whitfield. in california, pasadena residents want to know why a teen ended up fatally shot by police. this is what we know so far. the incident began when a 911 caller said two men had stolen his computer and backpack and both had guns. when the police arrived on the scene, they said they saw a young man running away and then they chased after him. that young man was 19-year-old kendrick mcdade. when they finally can caught up with him, police said it appeared to them that mcdade was reaching for something near his waist. the officers fearing it was a gun fired multiple shots and killed him. police now admit the young college student had no weapons on him. as for the young man who called police, he admits he lied about the teens having gun and he was arrested. the shooting has left many in the town outraged. at a town hall meeting yesterday, the police chief tried to answer questions and said he wanted the healing process to begin. >>> and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says sanctions a

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news continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield. >> we look like an easter basket.he weekend to do that. how are you? we've got a lot straight ahead. our legal guys -- one of our legal guys will be here. holly will be joining avery friedman. we'll talk about several cases, one including the ray charles estate. we're talking about seven out of his twelve kids are challenging an estate arrangement. all the children before his death, he made arrangements they would all get $500,000. now, many years afterwards, some of those children are saying they want a piece of the pie, a bigger piece of the pie. a legal challenge is now one affairry and holly hughes are talking about later on. >>> then a dispute over female membership at augusta. >> we've heard about that discussion. >> no one has said they want to take it to court. but if they were to do so, what would be the argument being made for this private institution which has a men's only membership? we're going to be talking about that. also activist martha burk over the years tried to challenge augusta for a long time. j

. >>> fredricka whitfield son assignment, i mentioned. what an assignment she has.t the new orleans jazz festi l festivals. an institution that did not stumble after katrina. her conversation with the creator. >> the best job in new orleans if not the best job in the world, but i am, you know, three generations, south louisiana, a small dna person and to be able to love all of this music and love the actual chculture and t and become part of this big amulgamation is just a dream. >> you come back year after year. almost as if nothing has of happened. what's the ingredients? from the people? the musicians? >> it wasn't as if nothing happened. we in a situation here with no sewage, no running water, no electricity, no phones, and every roof was blown off. and we had -- people were so dedicated to making -- one of the first things that happened. against all odds. and i asked the lieutenant governor, now the mayor, what if we can't do this? he said, not having jazz fest is not an option. >> not an option. so what is it? no hesitation among the big headliners to say i wa

i'm fredricka whitfield with a check of our top stories. u.s. says sanctions against syria are working. she tells cnn the so-called friends of syria group formed a committee to coordinate those sanctions and cut off the leadership's ability, quote, to wage war on its own people. >>> a nobel peace laureate aung san suu kyi wins a role in the parliament. the official results will probably come out tomorrow. suu kyi spent years under house arrest and her party was banned during her struggle for democracy in myanmar. the country has been under military rule for 50 years. >>> a new cdc study finds that 1 in 88 children have a former of autism. that's up nearly 80% from a decade ago. coming up at the half hour, we're digging into this new research and we'll examine the enormous financial strain on families and bring you solutions. i'm fredricka whitfield. see you in 30 minutes. right now, dr. sanjay gupta's "the list" starts right now.

i'm fredricka whitfield. see you in 30 minutes. right now, dr. sanjay gupta's "the list" starts right now. ♪ >>> my name is marquez and i use toys to make affordable medical devices. >> jose gomez marquez believes that everyone deserves proper medical care, no matter where they live. in developing countries and right here in the united states. you know, as the debate rages on here in the united states, jose is tackling the problem of affordable health care in his own way by making medical devices out of toys. with his do-it-yourself medical kits, he's teaching doctors around the world to open up, take apart, and repurpose or hack these toys to save lives. i'm dr. sanjay gupta and this is "the next list." >>> so where are we? >> you're at the little devices lab at m.i.t. we're part of the international innovations health group. >> when you think of international innovations and health, you expect to see some gleaming laboratory with the latest and greatest things, but sometimes you need easier products to start with. >> a lot of doctors can heal i

i'm in for fredricka whitfield. a tense standoff is over in washington state. the suspect who held police at bay for two days found dead inside the bunker where he was held up. he was wanted in the murders of his wife and teenage daughter. police said they discovered his body in a pool of blood with a gun nearby. >> the secret service has new code of conduct coming in the wake of the prostitution scandal. people in other country have to act like they're still in the united states. also, they're forbidden from having anyone else in their room. they'll have a list of places they have to stay away from, and they're not allowed to drink alcohol within ten hours of duty. >> in the coblombian investigation, they said the agent at the center of the scandal had a pay dispute with an escort that brought the story to life. huntington, we're told, has left the agency. there the chine eens rights activist who was in house arrest was convicted of leading protests against the chinese government. he went missing last weekend. a fellow activist said he's now safe at the u.s. e

fredricka whitfield on assignment. she's in new orleans for the jazz and heritage festival.from that. >> doesn't sound like a tough assignment. >> beach boys, cee lo green, steele pulse, two weekends of jazz and heritagefest. talking face-to-face with musicians and masterminds behind bringing thousands of people here every year. >> so look for fredricka's jazzfest report today and sunday. she looks like she's having fun out there. >> she does. i'd be having fun, too. >> nice and warm. >> new orleans a great town, great place for jazzfest. we'll see you in a little bit. >>> coming up much more right after this break. zza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. of all our different items in our festival of shrimp so we can describe them to our customers. [ male announcer ] red lobster's festival of shrimp starts now! for just $12.99, pair any two of 9 exciting shrimp creations like new barbeque glazed shrimp or crab stuf

i'm gary tuchman in today for fredricka whitfield. millions of americans from texas to wisconsin are being warned to be on guard as a potentially dangerous weather system moves through the region over the next few hours. and this is what it could look like. tornados, possibly more than 120 of them, tore through the midwest yesterday and early this morning, killing five people. dozens of people were hurt, several critically. hundreds of homes damaged and destroyed. some houses were turned into rubble in a matter of seconds. >> that piece after iron had to come from a building. it was, you know, it was no straight wind. it was a regular twister. the windows was blasting out and out and out. we went into the bathroom, like they always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. >> the good lord was with us. he sure was. it's about more than you can bear. >> well, four states were hit. oklahoma, iowa, nebraska, and kansas. but all of the fatalities were in one particular community, woodward, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is

. >>> "cnn newsroom" continues now with fredricka whitfield. hello. >> hello to you. have a great day. a lot to continue to cover. thanks so much. including a major scandal hitting the u.s. secret service just as president obama arrives in colombia, a country with significant security concerns of its own. officials say several american secret service agents sent to colombia for the president's weekend summit trip have been relieved of duty and sent home for misconduct. "the washington post" said misconduct involved at least one agent having contact with a prostitute in colombia. the post was tipped off to the allegations by former post reporter ronald kesler. kesler and on cnn this morning and he says a dozen agents were involved. >> all 12 agents involved in this situation involving prostitutes. one of the agents did not pay one of the prostitutes and she complained to local police and that's how this all started. police went to the state department. state department told secret service. secret service recalled all the agents. it is really the biggest scandal in secr

newsroom continues with rob marciano in for fredricka whitfield.you. >> nice spring afternoon freddie is off doing business. she's with her dad. i'm happy to be here. >> what do you have for us? >> of course zimmerman scheduled to get out on bail. we're going to talk about trayvon martin shooting case. what factors went into the decision, when is he going to be released. we'll have other legal guys on that. a georgia police's decision to handcuff a kindergarten, outrage among the family and community. stay tuned for that. legal guys will tackle that topic as well. >>> west africa, writer producer visited chimpanzees in neighboring linebackereria. she takes us to a remote sanctuary where former lab animals face an uncertain pieces. john zarrella has a piece so we're heavy on chimpanzees. >>> who doesn't like a shooting star. this was kind of off my radar. lyrid are typically one of the faint meteor showers, not like the leonids, for instance. this year there's a new moon. no big full moon to brighten the sky where you can't see it. you can see it. t

i'm gary tuchman in for fredricka whitfield. >>> menacing weather is threatening a huge section of the united states right now. people from texas to wisconsin are being warned storms could produce dangerous and potentially deadly tornadoes. that threat was realized some 24 hours ago when 122 suspected tornadoes tore through the midwest. five people died. dozens hurt, several critically. hundreds of homes were damaged and destroyed. some houses were turned into rubble in just a matter of seconds. >> that piece of iron had to come from a building. it was -- you know, it was no straight wind, it was a regular twister. the wind was just blasting out and out and out. the bathroom, like they always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. the good lord was with us. he sure was. it's about more than you can bear. >> four states were hit by the tornadoes. oklahoma, iowa, nebraska and kansas. but all of the fatalities were in one community. the community of woodward, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is in woodward. rob, describe the devastation there. >> reporter: well, you know,

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with two big stories. a series of deadly shoot nings oklahoma could be connected. >>> plus, dramatic new images from a navy plane crash in virginia beach, plus the latest on the investigation. >>> first, the crash of that navy fighter jet in virginia. the good news today is that every single person is accounted for. moments ago the navy called this a miracle. when you look at the damage done after the f-18 hornist slammed into an apartment complex in virginia beach and burst into flames, you can see why the word miracle is being used. so much damage. it took until today for rescue crews to vouch for everyone on the ground. crews had to go door to door. >> yes. >> okay. >> police. anyone in here, get out! >> let's bring in cnn sandra endo in virginia beach. you just came from that news briefing, the officials said they were pleased that they were able to work so cohesively together, and in the end, no one was killed. remarkable, from that crash. >> reporter: yes. absolutely, fredricka. the mayor of virginia

. >>> newsroom continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield.head fof us. >> oh, boy. we have a full load. you're going to have to ride along with us, noon eastern. our legal guys are with us, as they always are. you facebook at work, i facebook at work. it's okay, in fact, encouraged at our workplace. there are some workplace that is discourage it. are you breaking federal law doing so. >> is it serious? >> yes, federal law. >>> the great magic johnson and larry byrd, you know there's a play on broadway right now at the long anchor theater. last night magic johnson treated the audience to his personal appearance. npr's mike peska will be here to tell us what that was like. he was in the audience. he'll give us an idea of what it was like and whether he thinks magic byrd is a hit. >> cool. >> being on a job interview. that's nerve-racking enough. career coach valerie burton will be with us. you know that opportunity you have when they say, do you have any questions? she's going to tell us whatnot to say, whatnot to ask, whatnot to do at that ver

i'm fredricka whitfield. we get to an hour of politics in a moment. but first we want to take you straight to tulsa, oklahoma, where there's an investigation under way after five people were shot randomly. two people have since been arrested. let's listen in to this press conference now. >> how many tips were received? >> i want to say scores. that's how it was described to me. obviously we were going through the tips very fast, trying to look at the credibility of all of them, trying to see how they matched up with other tips. i would say in excess of 30 or 40. which sa pretty big deal to be that specific to this crime. >> about what percentage were accurate and leading you to the suspects? >> i don't really know that. but i know there was at least over 10 that were confirmed or go back to those same suspects. >> what do you think was the tip that led you to them? >> i really can't discuss that issue. i apologize. that's going to be part of our investigation. i don't want to take a chance on divulging the possible identity of those persons. >> what's

i'm fredricka whitfield with a check of our top stories. >>> cbs news called him their "60 minutes" pit epitomized dogged reporting. a mainstay on the show for 38 years. mike wallace passed away last night with his family by his side in connecticut. wallace was 93 years old. in about 30 minutes from now, "60 minutes" colleague morally will join us. >>> in tulsa, oklahoma, two men are under arrest in connection with a shooting spree that left three people dead and two in critical condition. all the victims were african-american men. the suspects, both white males, were arrested early this morning. and we'll get more details when tulsa police hold a news conference at 4:00 eastern time today. we'll bring that to you live. >>> at least 40 people are reported killed today in street fighting across syria. both sides of the conflict, the rebels, and government troops agreed to sto

i'm fredricka whitfield. we'll look at the 2012 presidential contenders in the political hour. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> u.s. coast guard crews are searching for a yacht. several people on the yacht are hurt. they are reportedly unable to communicate or steer. the coast guard hopes to reach them sometime today. >>> a big change for some of the country's biggest military academies. gay pride groups are being added to campus club rosters. this comes just six months after the repeal of the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" policy that blocked service members from being openly gay. >>> the chairman of the house budget committee says he misspoke when he accused u.s. military officials about not being honest about the pentagon budget. on cnn's state of the union this morning, candy crowley told paul ryan that military leaders were a little offended. >> i really misspoke, to be candid with you, candy. i didn't mean to make that kind of impression. i was clumsy in making the point. the general and i s

. >>> "cnn newsroom" continues with rob marciano who is in for fredricka whitfield. i'll hand it off to you, sir. >> thank you, randi. we'll start you off with george zimmerman. he may be released any time now. a judge set $150,000 bond during a hearing that took an unexpected turn when zimmerman took the stand and apologized to trayvon martin's family. cnn martin savidge examining evidence from florida. when is he expected to be released and where is he likely to go? >> yeah, two very good questions right now we're trying to find answers to. we're standing outside the corrections facility where george zimmerman is being held. this the receiving point. this the way he went in. we're believing this the way he will come out. security is in the minds of the security conscious. if he comes out this door we'll have to wait and see. as to when, his attorney said it would take a couple of days to finance the bond and the way of monitoring george zimmerman while he's out and about. he's going to require electronic monitoring and other means by which the state of florida will

i'm fredricka whitfield.your $$$$$" starts right now. >>> getting back to work in america, the latest numbers leave us with a few more questions than answers. i'm ali velshi, welcome to "your $$$$$." 120,000 jobs were added in the united states in march. that actually represents a slowdown in hiring and leaves us wondering why. are there enough jobs out there to sustain our fragile recovery? christine romans, the host of your bottom line, has been studying the numbers. break it down for you. >> i put it on a chart an graphic to show you the jobs report, ali. you make a good mount. 120,000 jobs created is a big slowdown from the pace we've seen over the last few months. 8.2% unemployment is a drop but not making people happy. you had people dropping out of the labor market, 164,000 people dropped out of the labor market. that's why the jobs number went down, unemployment went down. focus on the overall job creation. i want to show one of the things you've been watching also, the public sector jobs. only about

. >> here in the cnn newsroom, i'm fredricka whitfield, a major scandal with the u.s.dent barack obama's appearance at the summit of the americas. roughry a dozen

"cnn newsroom" continues right now with fredricka whitfield. >> you've got a big day ahead of you. >> i do. >> thanks so much. we'll see you begin bright and early. >> 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. join me then. >> a lot more on what randi has been telling you all morning, this manhunt in oklahoma. police are looking for a lone gunman in tulsa. three people shot and killed and two injured. investigators say it could be a hate crime. all the victims are african-american and the suspected shooter is white. tulsa police captain jonathan brooks is on the phone now from tulsa. captain brooks, give me an idea how you're concentrating this search. >> good morning, fred. well, it's been a long 30 hours for us. a shooting of this nature is a little unusual for tulsa, oklahoma. we have organized, several agencies have become involved. we have a lot of officers dedicated to this. we've formed a traffic force for this specific series of crimes, because these crimes occurred in a relatively short period of time and in a really close geographical location as well. with those things in combination, that's wha

. >> here in the cnn newsroom, i'm fredricka whitfield, a major scandal with the u.s. secret service is overshadowing president barack obama's appearance at the summit of the americas. roughry a dozen american secret service personnel sent to colombia for the president's trip have been relieved of deuta and sent back home. they're being investigated for misconduct allegedly involving prostitution. we're expecting a white house briefing to begin at any moment now. when that hoappens. we'll take you there. again, a white house briefing expected at any moment in this 4:00 eastern hour. >>> in the meantime, i want to go to juan carlos lopez in colombia for us. juan, what more can you tell us about the accusations against the secret service personnel and how it's being investigated now? >> well, we're learning more details. cnn has confirmed that the incident probably happened on wednesday and they were sent back to the states on thursday. it's a grup of up to 12 members of the secret service. some of them secret service undercover agents, other uniforms police. according t

cnn's fredricka whitfield talks with one of the group's founders. >> last time we spoke, we were talkingalthlands. >> yeah. >> the oil spell. and the damage. and the recovery. >> yeah. >> since that time, what have been your observations about the wetlands you've been so committed to? >> well, i really haven't seen the commitment from, you know, the federal government to step up and do what needs to be done here. this is a federal government issue. it's a corps of engineers issue and it needs to be addressed. we're still losing an acre an hour. >> is that what's at the root of your music, the voice of the westlands collaboration, you, neville, dr. john? >> yeah. we got together before katrina. i'm a pilot, so i spend a lot of time flying pipeline patrols along the coast and looking at it from the air, you can see where we're messing things up. you can see how we can do it differently. i started getting with the guys who are musicians in town and trying to get a group together to make some noise and tell everybody, look, we've got to address this. and this is pre-katrina, you know. especi

i'm gary tuchman in for fredricka whitfield. >>> millions of americans from texas to wisconsin are being warned to be on guard as we speak, as severe weather threatens the region today and tonight. and this is what they're worried about. another tornado outbreak. 122 suspected twisters tore through four midwestern states this weekend, killing five people. dozens of people were hurt. hundreds of homes were damaged, and destroyed. a live report in a hard-hit town in oklahoma is just ahead. but here is how one survivor in iowa described the storm. >> you know, it was no straight wind, it was a regular twister. the wind was just blasting out. the bathroom, like they always say, and while we got here, the roof went here. the good lord was with us. he sure was. it's about more than you can bear. >> we're glad larry hill is okay. the u.s. coast guard searching for four people missing from a yacht that ran aground during a race in san francisco. a massive wave hit the eight-person crew aboard the yaud called low-speed chase. then hit the rocks near the islands about 25 miles due west of san fran

i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> new developments in the long and arduous search for 6-year-old aton pats. the search has been suspended for operational reasons. investigators aren't going into specifics as to why, but they said they will be back tomorrow. officials also said they're investigating a suspicious stain on a basement wall. they've been tearing out a new york basement for any sign of the missing boy. a carpenter who used to work in the basement is cooperating with police, and say he has no involvement in patz's disappearance. in 2001 a judge declared patz dead and held a convicted child molester responsible. susan candiotti is responsible right now in new york. she'll be joining us in about two minutes from now. >>> john edwards' fraud trial begins tomorrow in north carolina. the former presidential candidate is accused of breaking campaign finance laws by allegedly using nearly $1 million to cover up a sexual affair with filmmaker rielle hunter. he denies any wrongdoing. >>> still unclear whether george zimmerman will be released from jail. he has to come up with 10% of the $

i'm fredricka whitfield. "your $$$$$" starts right now. >>> republicans and democrats agree on at least one thing, fix the economy or you might face a middle class that loses any incentive to work hard. i'm ali velshi, welcome to "your $$$$$." president obama warns the system is unfair. the republicans counter the left wants to punish success. >> the american people no longer believe this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and to act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life. then we'll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. >> that's new jersey's governor chris christie. he's endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard work is hardly a new issue for president obama either. it was a central team in the kansas speech he used to lay out his economic agenda at the end of las