remember the judge on "american idol" kara, no longer on the show.old a very interesting story on "george lopez's show. she was crashing at paula abdul's house, and paula was not there. so she is hungry. so she has the maid get her something to eat. the maid leaves in the fridge these brownies. well, then kara says she pops about six of the brownies and take a listen to how she described what happened next to george? >> the maid at the time found some brownies and took them out of the freezer and left them in the refrigerator. six hours later i was like, hey. what's going on? i had six, i almost died. >> you had six? oh, my -- >> i was like -- >> kara says i fell out of the bed on the floor, stumbled down the stairs, the ambulance comes, and even the guy like -- the paramedic who came was like, this girl is high as a kite. paula said they were left at a party, someone else's brownies. they weren't paula's. seemed fishy. apparently, paula likes pot brownies in the fridge. that's all -- explains so much. >> it is all making sense now. actually. >> it's

. >>> beth karas is a correspondent for "in session."h, good morning. >> good morning. >> let me start by asking you about these text messages that were introduced into evidence between casey anthony and her ex-boyfriend anthony lazzaro. this is hours after caylee was reported missing. how damaging are they going to be? >> they're pretty damaging. the jury heard her ex-boyfriend tony lazzaro on the stand reading the text messages. the communication he had and she had. he would ask her, well, where is caylee. i don't know. what do you mean you don't know where your daughter is? i'm such a bad mother. i hope people forgive me. my family will never forgive me. if she's not found, guess who is going to spend eternity in jail, says casey speaking as though caylee is still alive. he called her and then said yesterday that he was so frustrated, he just hung up the phone and said, i have to go to school. and that seems to be one of the last communications they had. but after him, her mother, cindy, took the stand. >> her mother did take the stan

beth karas, a pleasure to have you on this morning. thank you very much.eciate it. >>> let's check the headlines again with ron claiborne. good morning, ron. >> good morning, everyone. in the news, army engineers will open a spillway in louisiana for the first time in 38 years today, unleashing floodwaters from the swollen mississippi river. thousands of homes and farms in cajun country will be under water. they've been evacuated. they're being sacrificed to save even more homes in new orleans and baton rouge. >>> and a worker at japan's crippled power plant has died after collapsing on the job. a plant's operator says harmful levels of radiation were not found in his body. >>> and haiti gets a new president today. former pop singer, michel sweet micky martelly, is promising to rebuild the capital that was damaged in last year's earthquake. >>> a special graduation day for one family. 45-year-old carmen gomez and her son both received diplomas from usc on friday. she took 1 class a year, finishing in just 22 years. she now plans to get a masters. >>> it's

teddy, jr., kara, and patrick, who was the youngest by six years. it was july of 1967, patrick's birth made headlines. just five days old and people wondered if he would run for president. did you surround the dinner table and the same issues you'd talk about in public, did those sur surround the dinnertime discussion? >> my dad and my uncles always included all our family in anything that he was doing. of course i probably caught less than 10% of what was actually being said, but i caught the sense that there was something being discussed that was big and important. i felt like i had a front row seat to american history. >> i admire their spirit and their ability to get along with it is really something. >> reporter: in the pictures, there's glamour, ease and beauty. but life wasn't always easy. not for patrick. >> you know, he was sickly. he had asthma. he talked about how his father would stay up with him at night. >> reporter: susan milligan, a reporter for the hometown paper, "the boston globe," came to snow kennedy pretty well, later in the 19

here's kara lee, of wabc new york. >> reporter: central park is home tonight for dozens of die-hard lady. the little monsters are camping out. >> it's going to start with a bang. >> reporter: it's a dash of daring. a sprinkle of skimpy. and a pinch of body paint. >> she identifies with the insane. she's intelligently insane. her music is intelligently insane. >> i've been here since about 3:30 tuesday afternoon. >> reporter: you heard right. three nights of sleeping on the pavement for chelsea. but she says it's worth it. >> she has an amazing voice. when she sings, you get goosebumps. and it's the best feeling ever. ♪ >> reporter: inspiration, through song and dance. fans call it modern art. ♪ >> gaga rules the world. and madonna is yesterday. >> i love her fashion. it's amazing. amazing. breathtaking. >> reporter: and the littlest little monsters are feeling and hearing that inspiration, loud and clear. >> yeah, right. >> yeah. >> reporter: and lady gaga takes the stage at 7:00 in the morning. everyone here excited. and wondering what is she going to sing? and more importantly, what is

enabling the president and government agencies to blast every american with text messages warning of kara threats weather disasters and kidnappings the cell phone alert system will launch in new york city and washington d.c. by the end of this year expanding nationwide there after wireless users may have the option of not receiving certain alerts but americans will not be able to opt out of messages sent by the u.s. president opponents say politicians are promoting more fear while providing little protection now we have a system of mandatory and inescapable alerts to every cell phone in the land in the event that the government decides that something's happening that we want to know about but just as the introduction of the patriot act came right after nine eleven so this new kind of technological invasion comes to us without any public discussion right after the assassination of osama bin laden and why you professor and author mark crispin miller says americans are living in an age of creeping authoritarianism and scare tactics they use fear for any kind of government that craves more co

kara welcome to business here in r.t. the main players behind the. line between russia and the e.u. are brussels they're lobbying the european parliament to get the final go ahead for the multi-billion dollar project the telephone call reports from gazprom headquarters here in moscow. gazprom his main mission in europe at the meeting with the european commission was to get a priority status for its future gas pipeline project thousand dream it's a rival project the us back now to come pipeline already has such status and it is important because it makes all the bureaucratic procedures easier and it also gives the operator an exceptional rights to be the owner of the pipeline and so they distribute with gas imitatively and this is exactly what gazprom needs to feel secure with its investments into the project so gazprom said the physical it's a starter for the project is completed and the gas supplies for it are guaranteed and the european commission in its current pledge it's a poor it and said it won't impose any unnecessary regrets it barriers for the project but still it hasn't g

to talk about castration here in the united states tune in at five pm i'll have an interview with kara globe he wrote a book on sex offender legislation in the united states and he himself is a sex offender you're not going to want to miss that but that is going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered at our website r.t. dot com slash usa or you tube channel r.t. youtube dot com slash r t america check out one chinese video game up on there and follow me on twitter at lauren.

here is cnn's kara finstrom. >> reporter: how long were you living here in your van?ur or five months. this is pretty much it. >> reporter: i see the kid gear back there. >> yes, this is my baby's bike. >> reporter: sid was a soldier in desert storm and desert shield. he says that years after his service, he was overwhelmed by post-traumatic stress disorder. >> it is flashbacks and hypervej lens and dreams. >> reporter: haunted by the lives he could not save, williams says he fell apart and struggled to keep jobs. now, he has full time administrative work, but it is not earning enough to pay child support for four children and rent. the national coalition for the homeless estimates that 1 in every 5 of america's homeless has worn a uniform and it is an embarrassment that the v.a. has made a priority to end in five years. they have a more ambitious goal to house williams and all of the veterans within five months. they say it is do-able, because they only have 40 homeless vets in glendale. >> it is absolutely do-able. >> some nights i slept on the buses and the trains.

"in session" correspondent beth karas was in court when the bombshell dropped.evidence to back it up. does this mean casey anthony will have to take the stand? >> good morning, erica. it sure does sound like she has to take the stand, because the scenario that her lead defense attorney jose baez painted of the death of caylee, her father, george, finding caylee dead in the swimming pool, as casey came around the other side of the house in tears can only be explained by casey anthony. there's no one else. george anthony testified and denied it so i do believe we will see her on the stand. >> the defense would have to know that was going to happen, to lay all of this out and put george anthony on the stand they had to know he would deny it. what kind of strategy is that? >> i think it's because they planned to put her on the stand. there's no known cause of death, because when caylee's remains were found, she was a skeleton, and her bones were scattered. you couldn't tell how she died. so it's a homicide, no known means. that leaves the defense the attorney to say

teddy junior, kara, and patrick. who was the youngest by six years. there were many bright days to remember. and dark ones too. by the time patrick was born, his uncle, the president, had been murdered. and before he was 2, his uncle robert had been murdered as well. >> saw a wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw war and tried to stop it. >> it was july of 1967, patrick's birth made headlines. just five days old, and people wondered if he would run for president. >> did you sit around the dinner table, i mean the same issues that he would talk about in public were were those part of the dinner time. >> my dad as well as my uncles always included all of our family in anything he was doing. and he was often following on everywhere when i was a child. i would go to the office with him. when i was at home, he would bring the office to me. because he had briefings all the time in his office. and of course i probably caught less than 10% of what was actually being said, but i caught the sense that there was something being dis

kara finnstrom brings us that story. >> reporter: it began the morning of may 5th with a raid of four violent drug smuggling operation was being run. within minutes it ended with a s.w.a.t. team killing, now sparking community outrage. 26-year-old iraqi war veteran jose garina who investigators now say grabbed but never fired his semi-automatic rifle, was shot 22 times with paramedics kept away while police say they secured the home. also inside, his young son and wife who called 911. >> i don't know what happen. he's bleeding. >> reporter: questions have since mounted about whether deadly force was justify and whether they understood it was police not invaders storming their home. >> i saw this guy like pointing me at the window. so i got scared and i got like, please, don't shoot, i have a baby. >> reporter: now the sheriff's department has released this video of the crucial minutes when they say warnings were sent. the general counsel for the police union describes what s.w.a.t. team members say happened next. >> garina makes eye contact with these officers who are in gear that say

beth karas is a correspondent for "in session" on ittrutv.tioned the cause of death is even listed as a homicide but they can't tell the manner of the death. is this a hard case? >> well, it's a circumstantial evidence case and, you know what, circumstantial evidence cases can be even more compelling than when you have an eyewitness. eyewitnesses can make mistakes and they have made mistakes over the years but a circumstantial evidence case, all fl these legal bits fit together and there's no other explanation except for one, that she did it, will argue the prosecutors, can be very compelling. >> you take out the tape and the other pieces of scientific evidence and you seep the pictures of her partying when her child is missing, you are ought mat thecal automatically not going to like her but will you convict? >> is her behavior in that 31-day period and the statement she made to the police and then it's the forensic or scientific evidence and, you're right, it's hard to like her because of what she was doing during those 31 days. maybe they'

beth karas is a former prosecutor.g. >> we know that the week began with testimony about casey's character. but as we saw in terry's piece, it ended with the prosecution trying to focus on the smell of death in her car. did the prosecution in your opinion state effectively, or at least connect the fact that there was a dead body in casey's car? >> they are beginning to make the connection. there will be scientific evidence that will support that there were human remains in that car for some period of time. but this just the beginning. it was good compelling evidence -- the odor of decomposition because it's so distinct. the defense, however, does not agree. that odor was not decomposition. they will try to dismandl the scientific evidence that will come in the next few weeks. >> the murder weapon in this case is the duct tape found in little caylee's body. on her mouth and nose. that's how she died. what, then, are they laying out to be the motive in this case? >> well, that's a good question. prosecutors don't have to

frankly, i have worked with kara on prison industry issues.anization has supported good time changes, things like that, where inmates can get out early. we have just seen an explosion of inmates in the federal system. host: our federal prison workers all unionized? caller: yes. host: are some of the private contractors? caller: we have about 14 private prisons in the system. they are not unionized, but they cost more money than the federal system. host: hominid are there -- how many are there? caller: 24,000 correctional workers. host: what is the average salary? caller: we started with a gs5, step one. we top out at about $54,000 a year. host: think you for your call. guest: i think the point that he raises is important. the situation in california should be a warning for states and the federal government who is facing significant overcrowding. the federal bureau of prisons is .bout 35% over capacity abroa the recently retired director has testified numerous times before congress and the sentencing commission about the crisis and the federal

kara finnstrom, cnn, los angeles. >>> many veterans have needs not being met.ce chief of staff. when you look at some of the statistics that deal with veterans these days, a higher rate of suicide, particularly in young group, homelessness about 20%, higher rate of dependency on alcohol or drugs and high rate of joblessness, again, particularly in the younger group, what does that say about the u.s. commitment to its veterans? >> well, we need to reach out. we need to reach out and first identify those veterans. what i worry about is they blend back into the community and don't get the three things they're looking for. they're looking for education, they are looking for access to healthcare, and looking for fulfilling and securing unemployment. >> you can see the full interview this sunday morning on state of the union at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> outgoing defense secretary robert gates today choked up as he delivered his final commencement address at the u.s. naval academy. take a look. >> as i look out upon you this morning, i am reminded of what so struck and m

beth karas is a correspondent for "in session" on true tv, a former prosecutor.re. >> thank you. >> let me get your thoughts on the jury. seven women, five men. which side is feeling better about the jury? >> there are jurors good for both sides. the defense clearly likes it fact that there are a couple of jurors who they initially said they would have trouble sitting in judgment on another person, one woman in particular said it was based on her religious beliefs. the state tried to get her excused, not just for cause, they lost. but two times for no reason using a prefremptory strike. they lost that too because she's an african-american. they challenged that. she said she could follow the law. >> give me the sense by the opening statement in the prosecution. is there a piece of evidence that will become their mantra they want to hammer to the jury's mind? >> first of all, these statements are going to be longer than we've seen in a lot of cases. it's a complicated case. it involves a lot of science and opening statements. and i think the prosecution is going to

kara costello was talking about doom's day. i hope you have some great weekend plans. >> i do. i'll tell you this, i won't be at work. in case you haven't heard the end of the world starts tomorrow. saturday, may 21st will be the beginning of the end of the world. the 89-year-old and his followers predict worldwide earthquakes followed by the rapture, with 200 million true christians joining jesus in the sky. camping says for the next five months there will be, quote, a world of horror and chaos beyond description and god will destroy the earth on october 21st. preacher also predicted the end of times in 1994 and yet we're all still here. that is also predictable, says the president of the american atheist, david silverman. he says "this weekend we bill giggle at the fools who follow the preachers that earn their living spreading happy lies. religion will have been proven wrong yet again." so never mind him and never mind the jokes. let's really think about this. some people truly believe in doom's day. they have given up their life savings, their homes, even left their childre

kara gotsch joins us. then republican senator john grasso will talk about the house gop proposal to make changes to medicare. after that, historian and author douglas brinkley joins us for a segment about the world war ii memorial. "washington journal close-" each morning at 7:00 p.m. eastern. a member of the palestinian council will discuss the recent unrest in the arab world and what it means to the middle east peace process. that is a live from the carnegie endowment for international peace at 12:30 eastern. >> there are three days of booktv programming this holiday weekend. new releases with jim lehrer, panels on feminism, and favorite books of 2011. michael more on his upcoming memoir. josh margolin on one of the largest federal sting operations in u.s. history. afterwards, the untold story of barack obama's mother. by the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> the head of the federal deposit insurance corp., sheila bair, is urging congress to increase the debt ceiling. she will set down for the fdic in