the next step is for him to arrive at fort leavenworth. we're told that will likely happen sometime tonight, maybe within the next few hours or so. once he gets to fort leavenworth, the usual procedure is he will be given a lengthy physical and psychological exam to see where best he should be placed at fort leavenworth. and then you start to get into the legal process. first step obviously down the road would be article 32 hearing in which sort of a -- think of probable cause hearing in a civilian court. from there the ball just keeps rolling. the one caveat to this case, this is getting way ahead of ourselves, but if this is referred as a death penalty case, the one caveat is going to be in that sort of case the prosecution cannot use sworn statements or depositions. they have to actually produce the witness. and the defense has the right to look at his accusers and to cross-examine those witnesses. how that would play with these afghan villagers in a very remote part of afghanistan possibly being brought here to the united states, that'

leavenworth. whether he'll be moved and whether the trial proceedings as they start up will be at another facility or here. carol? >> ted rowlands reporting live from ft. leavenworth, kansas. we'll talk to a military life and blogger who has written an open letter to bales' wife carolyn. she wants carolyn to know that it isn't her fault. >>> new developments in the shooting death of an unarmed florida teenager. the fbi and federal prosecutors have now joined the investigation. outraged protesters are demanding justice for 17-year-old trayvon martin. he was only carrying candy and iced tea when a volunteer watch captain, george zimmerman, killed him last month. zimmerman says it was in self-defense. he has not been charged. sanford, florida, police say there's no evidence to refute his story. martin's dad told anderson cooper, it's racial profiling. >> i think it's just a matter of profiling, which i think that's an issue that mr. zimmerman himself considers as someone suspicious. a black kid with

leavenworth, kansas, and today we're learning more about his life in the midwest and some problems he may have faced more recently. nbc's miguel almaguer is following the case from joint base lewis-mcchord in washington, where sergeant bales was based. >> reporter: as attorney john henry brown arrived at leavenworth for his first meeting with his client, staff sergeant robert bales, new details about the man from those who knew him well. >> this is not our bobby. they swear that this is a major mistake. you've got the wrong name. >> reporter: bales was said to be upset about his deployment to afghanistan, his fourth tour to a war zone in ten years, where he's accused of killing 16. >> this is the kind of thing that one can expect from people in combat. but it doesn't justify that kind of action. >> reporter: saturday in fremont, california, in the section of town called little kabul, anger and resentment. >> it is killing people that is wrong. it doesn't matter if it is muslim, christian, american. >> reporter: while serving in iraq two years ago, a friend of bales says he received th

leavenworth. >>> let's check in with anderson cooper. i know he has more as we continue covering all this breaking news here tonight. >> yeah, major developments in the killing of trayvon martin, including thousands rallying right now in sanford, florida, his hometown where the teen of course was shot dead. the man leading sanford police department's investigation as you reported stepped aside. did not resign. tonight i interview the man who has the power to actually fire him, the sanford city manager just ahead. >>> also new late details on what killed whitney houston. the toxicology report out tonight. we'll speak with dr. sanjay gupta and dr. drew pinsky. what role the drugs found in her system, cocaine and a cocktail of others played in her death. we're also keeping them honest on the gas prices. >>> now free speech or grounds for discharge? sergeant gary stein says he's facing dismissal from the military after he posted anti-obama comments on his facebook page. now, he founded the armed forces tea party and wrote on the

leavenworth here.cific things we're asking is why 17 charges when the official death toll as far as we knew was only 16. clearly someone else must have died in the past few days. >> ted, i'm curious, our pentagon team is reporting that some of the difficulties here in proving this case include the fact that autopsies were not done on those afghan civilians. there could be resistance in the afghan community to, obviously, taking them out of the ground and to finding more information out from the autopsies. i know you've spoken to bales' attorney. what has he told you about his client, how he plans to defend him? >> reporter: well, he's been very forward with his skepticism in terms of the amount of evidence here. another thing is witnesses. how much do the afghan witnesses know and will they volunteer to be transported to the united states during a trial. will they be able to identify bales. so he has publicly said that he is a bit skeptical of the evidence out there that would directly convict his clie

army staff sergeant robert bales talked with john henry browne for several hours today at fort leavenworth. the meeting comes as we wait to hear what charges he will face. jay is live with the latest. >> the seattle-based attorney was in kansas today for what is expected to be the first of several meetings this week with his client. the attorney called the first meeting with the suspected killer an emotional one. 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bales is being held in isolation at fort leavenworth. he is accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. he met with his lawyer today. prior to the visit, browne talk about the magnitude of the case. >> it has legal and social ramifications. you cannot imagine a bigger case. >> he told the associated press he has read about those serving in afghanistan but it is totally different when you hear about it from someone who has been there. bales grew up in ohio. >> outgoing and funny. >> a former high-school football teammate only remembers a stand- up guy. >> he would do anything for anybody. i would not think anything will change. >> bales socotra tours o

leavenworth, kansas.uch more on that. >>> george clooney arrived in washington, d.c. today, protested, handkufd. also the oscar winner's father with him. he, too, was hauled off with congressmen, protestors. the protest was about the people in sudan. we're expecting him in the media any time now. >>> yet another tornado. this is a twister approaching dexter, michigan. this was shot yesterday by a guy playing golf. in the state, 70-degree march weather, playing golf and saw this thing. at least 50 homes were destroyed and dozens damaged in the area around ann arbor. thankfully nobody died and no major injuries were reported. >>> also, president obama is making his way through two time zones today to attend five fundraisers. what's it going to bring in for his campaign, you ask? an estimated $5 million. he will then be headed to atlanta where director tyler perry is handling one of the fundraisers. >>> the united nations deploy man on the conflict there plans to send the envoy to the republic of damascus. i

robert bales is in solitary confinement in fort leavenworth, kansas. hearing from more people who knew him. they say the man they knew could never have gone on this deadly shooting rampage. honest and her rollick, that is those who know robert describe them. >> a caring individual. >> his last conversation with the soldier accused of the killed 16page that civilians was three months ago. called him from afghanistan. when the news broke that he was y behind the vicious was beyond comprehension, he says. >> i could not believe it. i still cannot believe it. could notthat i knew it. done >> he was one of compassion and patriotism, he describes. awaiting the arrival of his attorneys, he sits in solitary confinement at fort leavenworth, prisonpossible life in penalty.ath case that could be hard prove because of cultural differences. no autopsies were conducted. all eyewitnesses from the afghanistan village would be required to testify in person in u.s. military court. is his mental state. >> post-traumatic stress be a mitigating circumstance. is what he bel

leavenworth.ainst him. >>> a man opened fire at a jewish school in southern france killing four people, including three children. police say he drove away on a scooter. the attack may be linked to two other incidents in the past ten days in which a man on a motorcycle fired on ethnic minorities. french president nick lar saar koz -- nicolas sarkozy calls it a national pratragedy. on ireporter on the silver seas silver shadow says the liner collided with a container boat. the silver shadow has a hole in the bow. full extent of the damage is not known. we'll have more and a live report minutes ahead. >>> and apple holding almost $100 billion in cash reserves. well, this morning the company announced what it would do with some of that cold cash. apple announced a $10 billion stock buyout that could begin in october. also said it would begin giving shareholders a quarterly differ dend for first time since 1995. >>> and a first for the duchess of cambridge. a touring of a children's hospice in england.

the military is flying him to fort leavenworth kansas. we are learning more about how he could defend himself in court. now, karen travers. >> is accused of a terrible crime, a shooting rampage that left 16 afghans dead. today we are learning new details of what may have caused the 38-year-old army soldiers and father to snap. the day before the incident, the suspect saw a friend's legs blown off. >> he was gravely injured the day before the alleged incident which affected all the soldiers. >> his name will be released to the public after his charged which may not happen until next week. he could be facing multiple murder charges that will likely carry the death penalty. after three deployments to iraq, he did not want to go to afghanistan and was originally told he would not have to go. prexy and his family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and overnight that changed. >> the soldier had been injured twice during deployments to iraq, a concussion and serious injury to the footp. the suspect's family was shocked when th

(panting) i'll see you in leavenworth. (ferraro groaning) (grunts) that's so i can hear you coming. ♪ (crying quietly) he stopped running. yeah. we all have to sometime. oh, uh, i guess i should have bought another steak. i'm just here for another consult. charlie: we've been looking at the furnace conversion, dad, and, uh, we think we have another idea. waldie: a cleaner burning idea. using second generation biofuels made from genetically modified algae. you want me to put a log of pond scum on the fire? well, it's better for the planet, alan. i see. uh, guess we don't need a silo, then, huh? no. instead, we're gonna build one of these. a windmill. wind turbine is the precise term. you're gonna build a windmill-- wind turbine-- in our backyard? waldie: generates 1,000 watts in an 11 meter-per-second wind. that's, uh, five kilowatt hours a day, easy. good-bye, grid. a bit of an eyesore, though, isn't it? for you, maybe. my recent calculations, based on prevailing winds, put the blades right outside of your bedroom window.

leavenworth print for the killings. bale's friends and neighbors find it hart to connect the man they know with what happened. >> i'm shocked. i can't believe it was him. there were no signs. just it's really sad. >> reporter: other friends say bales on this fourth middle east deployment was suffering from ptsd and say after three tours in iraq, two battle wounds and the recent loss of a comrade, he snapped. >> everyone would agree that nobody would do something like that if they were really thinking clearly. >> not a here to promote a war or to denounce the war. >> people gathered here say they want answers and they want justice for the victims. they want to be heard and they don't want apologies. >> we have heard a lot of apologies, and i seriously don't think that it's enough. >> the afghans gathered are sending a formal letter to the president, asking for a change in strategy in afghanistan, a farmal apology, and most of all, justice for the victims. in fremont, abc-7 news. >> in gilroy, the search continues for a m

leavenworth's military prison. attorney john henry brown suggested that bales' repeated combat tours may be key to his defense. >> there's a lot of people asking questions about why someone with his sort of injuries was sent back to the middle east. >> in terms of repeated deployment, the one-year delay and turnaround, is that going to be a point you think the defense will raise? >> of course. >> that voice, that's nbc's john yang. he's live at the prison in kansas. john, you put it bluntly to me this morning. the defense pretty much wants to put the war on trial. >> reporter: that's exactly right. you asked john henry browne whether that's his goal, he says the american public is doing that. he's going to talk about repeated deployments. staff sergeant bales was sent overseas four times since 2003. three times to iraq this last tour in afghanistan. he wants to talk about ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder. he suggests that any troop that's been deployed four times to the middle east might have ptsd. he wants to

leavenworth, kansas. he's 38 years old, married with two children and is highly decorated after three previous tours in iraq. john yang is in kansas and we'll have more details and a live report just a few minutes from now. >>> let's go now to front-page politics. we are watching three big contests in the republican presidential race, missouri, puerto rico and illinois. rick santorum is campaigning in month many right now. gop caucuses take place there today. santorum is the favorite after getting 55% of the vote in missouri's nonbinding primary back in february. a bit later he's heading back to illinois ahead of that state's primary on tuesday. >> they tell us it's 10-1 right now in illinois. we don't have -- i don't have a lot of billionaire friends. i didn't grow up in that area. don't know those kind of folks by and large. we're just going to win this with people. >> mitt romney was also in illinois friday before heading to puerto rico for tomorrow's primary there. romney focused on the economy and to

he is living in a cell just like this one at military detention center at fort leavenworth. they are up at 5 for example a meal. officials say he is being treated like other inmates, waiting for trial, and given time to exercise. >> he had some recreation time. he begun a schedule that every other pretrial service member goes through. >> reporter: the biggest thing for robert bales is meeting with his defense team, which includes a military lawyer and a private attorney, who flown out from seattle. officials showed us this video of the visitation areas but robert bales will be given more privacy. >> they have more privacy. similar to a medical appointment. >> reporter: the defense attorney says he will likely be here for the next few days meeting with his client. he is also trying to set up a telephone interview between the sergeant and his wife. so far no formal charges in this case but they could potentially come before the end of the week. back to you. >>> group of veterans gathered in san francisco to make a powerful and visual statement about the human cost of war. they

leavenworth, kansas. sergeant robert bales lawyer will meet face-to-face with him later today. bales telling us it's a tough case because of the plilt and legal and social issues involved. casey wian is in washington state where bales lived. what can you tell us, casey? >> good morning, carol. >> reporter: for the first time since john henry brown, the seattle-based high profile defense attorney, was hired to represent staff sergeant robert bales, he will actually meet with him face-to-face today at ft. leavenworth, kansas. here is what that honor had to say about the difficulties of trying this case. >> political ramifications, it has legal ramifications. it has social ramifications. you couldn't really imagine a bigger case with so many problems. >> reporter: now, yesterday, the attorneys office released a statement saying that it was too early to tell what factors may have led up to this shooting. but in the past several days, we have spoken with mr. brown and it is very clear that one of the areas he

leavenworth.7 counts of premeditated murder, four victims were men, four women, nine were children. six counts of attempted murder in assault, four of them on children. bales is here until -- awaiting trial. the trial is not likely to be speedy. analysts say it could be many months before even a preliminary hearing in this case, and the trial itself may be more than a year away. all those proceedings are likely to take place at joint base lewis-mccord in the seattle area, bales' home base, where he was based. it is also closer to his wife. but military officials tell nbc news bales is likely to continue to be held here at ft. leavenworth and make only periodic trips back to seattle for those court proceedings as they arise. alex? >> john, i'm curious, is the reason behind the potential move to the joint base lewis-mcchord because his family is base there had? i know he has two small children. would they be allowed to visit him, his family? >> reporter: absolutely. it would be easier for them to vi

he is at fort leavenworth in kansas. he could get life in prison or the death penalty. it is a case that could be hard to prove because of cultural differences. no autopsy is or conducted that would pinpoint a murder weapon. >> posttraumatic cestus order would be a circumstance that could cause a jury to determine the death penalty is not appropriate -- posttraumatic stress disorder. >> bales had a hit and run in the past and assault. according to his wife's blog he was recently upset over a missed promotion. john gonzalez, abc 7. >> culpeper county authorities under fire after a judge threw out a man posing murder conviction. michael-was released from prison after 12 years behind bars last week. he was convicted of killing an elderly woman in 1996. authorities cut secret deals and used perjured testimony to wrongfully convict. a special prosecutor has six months to decide whether to retry hash. court documents say there's another suspect, but police cannot find him. >> in loudoun county family received a death threat. a county sheriff address community leaders and memb

he is now in solitary confinement in fort leavenworth, kansas.fghans are demanding he face justice in afghanistan. >>> a united nations official is saying that an american said to have been held captive for months have been turned over to the u.s. embassy in bugd. the man was handed over to the u.n. by the movement led by muqtada al sadr. the man's name is randy michael. they claim he was held for nine months and captured in battles. but a pentagon official says to the best of their knowledge, no akdive duty u.s. military personnel have been missing in iraq. >>> some indiana students are finding out just how lucky they are today. this is an ef-4 tornado slamming into their school. watch how the tornado pulverizes the gym and destroyed the front hallway. about 80 students and staff were there when it hit. >>> syrian activists found victims of a recent attack by thugs in the city of homs. 32 children and two women were found tortured and brutalized. half of the children have been returned to relatives since most of their parents were killed in the

we were in the area of beach and leavenworth. the area is where the nightclub the parlor is located. i know this area to have a high volume or have a high volume of physical fights between patrons. i have heard and responded to many calls of service involving patrons. it was already on our radar. we saw -- we see a lot of assaults go on. we started to go by there. on february 12, we went by there and saw a violation of the good neighbor policy and blocked sidewalks and near-fights going on. the frontline not be controlled. it was chaos. there would be no way that someone would feel comfortable having to walk by, this is fisherman's wharf, and walk on the sidewalk to ground different groups. there was a near-5 and people were squaring off on each other and security as we did not see security taking any measures. there were going across the street and nothing was being done. the line was not being controlled trade for two weeks in a row there were -- the line was not being controlled. for two weeks in a row there were obama's stain

he is in so will carry confinement at fort leavenworth, kansas. those who love him are struggling onto reconcile the man they know with the scene in afghanistan and we want to check in with kimberly terry in san francisco with more. >> diane, staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty as we awaiting formal charges. he is being held in solitary confinement. neighbors of 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bales she they knew him as a doeting family man. >> he was always happy, happy guy, full much life. i really wouldn't expect it. >> accused of kill 16 afghans, mostly women and children, bales is now at fort leavenworth and the army's maximum security prison in kansas. he enlisted in the army after 9/11. the decorated soldier served three tours in iraq. his attorney says bales never expected a fourth deployment. this time to afghanistan. >> he was told he would not be going back to the middle east. he was training to be a recruiter, and then over night he was told he was going back>> bales attorney also implied he was suffering from po

leavenworth in kansas where he's expected to be transferred. earlier friday the afghan president accused the united states of failing to cooperate into an investigation into the killings. quentin summerville reports from kabul. >> the blood of afghans spilled inside their own homes. they were killed mostly by a single shot to the head. the gunman, an american soldier. he gathered them together, including the children and burned their bodies. translator: we started with a prayer. when the villagers came to the presidential palace. >> 11 people were killed in one home, raged this villager. they were acting like animals smashing down doors. president karzai listened and appeared to agree that this wasn't the work of a single attacker. >> they believe it's not possible for one person to do that. in his family, in four rooms people were killed. children and women were killed. and they were all brought together in one room and then put on file. the afghan team did not get the cooperation zphected from the united states. >> the international mission h

leavenworth, kansas in solitary confinement. one thing interesting to note, he joined the military shortly of a 9/11. his wife wrote on a blog that she was upset that he didn't get promoted. she felt like he deserved to get a higher ranking. she was hoping for the opportunity for them to move perhaps to a more glamorous setting such as germany, italy or hawaii. there is some talk she may have been upset and he may have been upset, as well, that he wasn't moved. >> dan simon, thanks so much for that update. >>> many people in afghanistan are furious staff sergeant robert bales was moved out of the country. they believe he should stand trial in afghanistan. cnn's sara sidner is in kabul. >> reporter: family members of the victims of sunday's massacre allegedly by a u.s. soldier spoke to afghanistan's parliame parliamentarian asking that justice be done and to be done here on afghan soil. there were protests that erupted in jalalabad again. this is the second time protestors have taken to the streets because of this case. they were

leavenworth.st now hearing his client's side of the story. >> you couldn't imagine a more difficult case i don't think,

it's two civilian attorneys and his military attorney saying they will, in fact, travel to fort leavenworthkansas, where staff sergeant bales is currently being held and meet with him in person sometime this week. as of right now, up until now i should say there have only been phone conversations between the attorneys and the staff sergeant. they released a statement yesterday afternoon and i'll read that to you now. public report that sergeant bales' supervisors, family, and friends describe him as a level-headed experienced soldier are consistent with information gathered by the defense team. it is too early to determine what factors may have played into this incident, and the defense team looks forward to reviewing the evidence, examining all of sergeant bales' medical and personnel records and interviewing witnesses. now, those glowing reports that the defense team referred to, randy, include neighborhoods and soldiers who served with sergeant bales. neighbors say he is a nice man. soldiers say he is a model soldier. there have, though, been a few blemishes in his record, including a 20

army staff sergeant robert bails and at this moment he is in the air enroute to force force leavenworth, kansas, where he will be held in connection with the massacre of 16 afghan civilians. bales' name had not been known until tonight, but several sources familiar with the investigation have confirmed his identity to cbs identity to cbs news. we found pictures of a man described as staff sergeant robert robert bales in an article about the second battalion third infantry regiment third striker brigade brigade combat team of the second infantry division. the home the home base of that unit is joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state, and that is also the suspect's home base. last last sunday before dawn, a lone american soldier walked into two afghan villages and shot the civilians civilians in their homes-- nine of them were children. the killings have created a crisis in the ten-year-old war, and this week president obama called the atrocity heartbreaking and outrageous. david martin is at the pentagon breaking this story tonight. david? >> reporter: scott, as you just said, we ha

leavenworth. bales' defense team will meet with him this week.ng about what life is like for military spouse's blog postings from his wife are revealed. finally, reaction from those closest to the accused soldier, his family. sergeant bales' family is stunned in the face of this tragedy but they stand behind the man they know as a devoted husband, father, and dedicated member of the armed services. carolyn bales is the woman who was left behind while he was serving time in afghanistan. in a series of blog posts, mrs. bales writes about several events, including the disappointment felt, including when her husband was passed over for promotion, including this. after all of the work bob has done for the love of his country, family, and friends. mrs. bales also described her pregnancy with their daughter conviction see and the anticipation of her husband's return saying, i only want the days to go by fast when it comes to bob coming back home. and she wrote this about her unborn child with whom she shared a certain physical condition and how it remin

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 children. he had deployed to iraq three times, was on his fourth deployment to afghanistan when this shooting rampage that he's accused of occur. if you talk to his lawyer and we've heard from his family, his neighbors and friends, they all say that he's a family man, a love husband and they are shocked by hearing this news that he's accused of this. let's listen to what his friend and his neighbor had to say. >> he had such a big heart to

she didn't come here to leavenworth. they did talk we understand for a period of time and the army allowed them to have that conversation, even though technically he was in a blackout period for another few days. >> ted, i wanted to ask you about these mitigating factors. i know you've spoken to sergeant bales' attorney. this morning he tried to talk about the quote/unquote mitigating factors on "cbs this morning." here he is. >> you know, that's a disney movie compared to what these guys are going through. you know, just seeing people blown apart next to you, picking up body parts, putting them in bags. >> ted, any way they do not go for the death penalty because of things like that? >> reporter: well, absolutely. there's a chance that they will not pursue the death penalty down the road. coming up next, you're going to have the article 32. but before that or during that procedure, during that ongoing article 32 investigation, they could have a panel to evaluate sergeant bales mentally. a psych panel and look to see if