and now it was decision time for prosecutors krista and carla.rs after sandi johnson vanished, police had plenty of circumstantial evidence. >> it came back zero. >> how frustrating was that? >> very. it would have been nice to have some dna. that would have been nice. but we had tried everything that we could. >> the prosecutors faced a tough choice. charge cliff reid with murder and risk losing a potentially unwinnable case or leave sandi's case unresolved, which, as it turns out had happened before. back in the late '90s, cliff reid had briefly been charged with sandi johnson's murder, but prosecutors back then thought the case was too thin to go forward. >> the question is, is there any chance the case will improve if we wait. in this case, there was absolutely nothing left to be done. it was now or never. >> they chose now. >> we try hard cases and are successful at it. >> after all, they did have reid's lies, a neighbor who saw him driving her car, a witness who saw him cleaning his house the day after sandi disappeared, and most importantl

krista piferrer is a spokesperson there. >> these are really good conditions, certainly better than of the children have come from and without question better than the conditions in which they traveled here from. >> reporter: texas had so many of these kids it began sending them to arizona last month. this center in nogales will hold up to 1500 kids. they are put in large rooms where they're given foil blankets to stay warm. a department of homeland security official tells us the nogales facility is being used as a way station. some time later, scott, custody decisions will be made for those kids on a case-by-case basis. >> pelley: and the latest military shelter opening in fort sill in oklahoma. today, president obama expanded a program that makes it easier to pay back student loans. it caps monthly payments at 10% of income and forgives loans after 20 years if no payments are missed. up to now, the program is available only to recent graduates, but don dahler tells us the president is opening it up to everyone, as many as 5 million more grads. >> reporter: anthony schullo dreams of m

for more on the situation in ukraine and russia and the road ahead, i'm joined by krista free land from washington. she's a member of the parliament for the ukrainian defense, and she's a former editor of the financial times and reuters, and author of sale of the century, russia's wild ride from communism to capitalism, so thank you for being here. do you think that there's any chance of a ceasefire? >> not in the short-term. i think that your introduction was exactly right, and what we're seeing is a very two faced play. so on the othe on the one hand,g to work toward a peaceful resolution to prevent further sanctions from the west. and for investors. and you saw a pretty strong reaction on the russian stock market today to this resolution by parliament. he has been hit by the sanctions and the uncertainty and he doesn't want it to go further. on the other hand, it's absolutely clear that the separatists in eastern ukraine are getting weapons from russia. many of them are russian citizens, and so they're getting a lot of support from the kremlin, and if putin wanted the fighting to sto

. >> krista, thank you for joining us. >>> while the president is in europe, french protesters with the huge find that the bank may be face north united states. they are investigating whether b anbp violated sanctions in syri. it may be as much as $10 billion. and the controversy could come up when the french president hollande hosts president obama in the week. >>> it's some of the largest resources. >> some of the largest nickel mines, zinc, precious metals. elements. >> for more on the largely untapped riches to the north. and plus, one of the biggest unions does something that it hasn't done since linden johnson is president. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >> i told you yesterday that president obama

. >> krista, 30 seconds on all this and then i'll come back to you after the break. any thoughts? >> i pretty much agreeing with nick. i was thimking tolstoy, happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unique in their unhappiness, and that's what the world is like today. it's not a monolithic threat, we have to learn about each country and what's going on. i think people found that hard. it was nicer in a lot of ways intellectually inthe cold war when you could say, these are the good guys, these are the bad guys, this is how we do it. we actually have to engage, talk to people, figure out what's happening in either country. >> now each of these are different circumstances and different countries. we have to take a break. when we come back, we have a lot to talk about, christa will give ace report from ukraine. i have to ask about edward snowden and dan is going to tell us why the republicans have to pay very close attention, when we come back. peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink

. >> krista, thank you for joining us. >>> while the president is in europe, french protesters with the huge find that the bank may be face north united states. they are investigating whether b an bp violated sanctions in syria. it may be as much as $10 billion. and the controversy could come up when the french president hollande hosts president obama in the week. >>> it's some of the largest resources. >> some of the largest nickel mines, zinc, precious metals. elements. >> for more on the largely untapped riches to the north. and plus, one of the biggest unions does something that it hasn't done since linden johnson is president. >> i'm joe berlinger this is the system people want to believe that the justice system works. people wanna believe that prosecutors and police do the right thing. i think every american needs to be concerned about that. we do have the best justice system in the world, in theory... the problem is, it's run by human beings... human beings make mistakes... i'd like to think of this show as a watch dog about the system... to make sure justice is being served. wro

. >> krista, thank you for joining us. >>> while the president is in europe, french protesters with the huge find that the bank may be face north united states. they are investigating whether b an bp violated sanctions in syria. it may be as much as $10 billion. and the controversy could come up when the french president hollande hosts president obama in the week. >>> it's some of the largest resources. >> some of the largest nickel mines, zinc, precious metals. elements. >> for more on the largely untapped riches to the north. and plus, one of the biggest unions does something that it hasn't done since linden johnson is president. >> al jazeera america's presents the system with joe burlinger observing a crime >> a shocking number of these eyewitnesses get it wrong >> how much would you remember? >> dark complected... medium height... you described most of the majority of the men in america >> sometimes witnesses get it right >> when you have an eyewitness to say i saw him do it, that is the best evidence. >> and sometimes sometimes they don't >> no one is listening to us... >> these p

. >> i want to match you, krista, with christie. >> the moment you ask a young person, tell me aboutionate about, the writing and ideas just flow. >> did you know you were going to read today. >> i was kind of scared. i keep to myself but i met emily and she's so excited and enthusiastic about writing. i absolutely love her. >> writing gave me that position in life like i'm a girl and i have a story to tell. >> their senses are diluted by the sparkly things across their eye. thank you. >> we need to help girls see their voice matters. >> you've got a lot of good stuff here. what i would like to hear more about is you. >> to give a girl tools to be able to be positive and thrive and rise above whatever challenges she's facing, what's better than that? >> a girl and her pen. >> if you know someone you think is a hero, we would love to hear about them. go to cnnheroes.com to nominate them. cnn heros.com. >>> finally, it is a dangerous journey. but what's more frightening is they make the trek alone. thousands of unaccompanied kids mostly from central america are flooding into texas thro

dana, krista, thank you for talking with us here on "new day."are coming, i promise you that. she is going to get sick of purple because there is going to be so much of it. >> that's right. >> we would love that. >>> we do have breaking news to get to this morning for you. >>> if you're just joining us, welcome back to "new day." breaking this morning. five american troops in afghanistan are dead and an official says it was a case of friendly fire. that makes it the deadliest day for american troops in months. let's get to cnn's barbara starr with the latest. friendly fire makes the loss even more difficult to understand. how did it happen. >> reporter: the details are sketchy. the president is wrapping up the mission in afghanistan in the coming months but for military families still the ultimate price, the ultimate sacrifice being made. what we do know is five u.s. troops killed in southern afghanistan. they were out on a mission. according to our sources, they came into contact with enemy fire and called in air support. the belief at this poin

that was a great way to start and i'll ask our panel number one krista weiss is same parents anthony to join me here on the podium. first of all i would like to say thank you very much to chairman wheeler and to tom power for being with us. we are just really honored. now we are moving on to the program portion of -- or the panel discussion portion of our program and i want to remind everybody that this hearing is being live cast and viewers are encouraged to submit questions via twitter to at u.s. underscore imls. we also have some cards or paper at your chairs if you have questions that you want to submit. we have a staff member perusing that will be picking up those questions. after each panel presentation are board members have some questions. we will also have the chance for members of the audience and our virtual audience to pose some questions. here we go with our panel number one. we are really looking at the vision. what happens when we get it right. we are going to explore innovative practices and partnerships and investments in broadband making a difference. our first spea

i want to match you, krista, with christie. writing and the ideas flow. >> the senses are deluded by the sparkly things across their eye. thank you. >> we need to help girls see that their voice matters. you have' got a lot of good stuff here. i'd like to hear more about you. to give a girl tools to be able to be positive and thrive and rise above whatever challenges she's facing. >> never underestimate the power of the girl and her pen! woo! >> just amazing. amazing stories. if you have someone that you know that should be nominated go to cnnheroes.com. we love the stories. >> that was a really good one, the empowerment of these women. >>> coming up on "new day" we'll take on the all-important question, what does it mean to be an american? why we're taking it on? a man who outed himself as one of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants is trying to answer it in a blockbuster cnn film. we're going to talk with him about the film and his journey. it is a unique one, right ahead. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen per