powell did not make a last statement. >> reporter: with that, the whole world heard of the execution of convicted murderer paul warner powell 11 years after he broke no a home and murdered 16-year-old stacy reid and brutally raped and slashed her then 14-year-old sister. commonwealth's attorney paul leiber was with the family when powell stopped breathing. >> my sense is that that they have some closure and some sol i also as a result of his death, they don't have to worry about being taunted in the future. >> reporter: the family did not speak following the execution, but earlier in the afternoon the mother said she hoped powell's death would close this chapter in their lives. >> we've been praying for him and he knows that i've reached the point of forgiveness, i was able to express that in a letter to him. >> reporter: and she also revealed to the richmond times dispatch in an hour long phone conversation with powell on wednesday he said he was sorry and called the crime senseless and pointless. finally, the only reason the execution happened at all, a letter written by powell him

paul powell killed 16-year-old stacy reid. then raped her sister and slashed her throat. he almost escaped the death penalty until he bragged about his brutal crime to prosecutors. with hours before his execution, the victim's mother and prosecutor sat down with bob barnard. >> reporter: paul powell's death sentence is to be ceerd out at 9:00 -- carried out at 9:00 tomorrow night. virginia's goverr is not offerg clemency. the u.s. supreme court is refusing to hear any last- minute appeals. lorraine says she'll be there to witness itself execution of her daughter's killer. >> you're never the same person after something like this. as tragic as it is, a part of you dies or a part of me died with stacy. >> reporter: lorraine's 16-year- old daughter stacy reed was stabbed and stomped to death inside her manassas area home in january 1999, a girl who wanted to be a navy seal. >> i'm sure she would have fulfilled a lot of dreams. it's hard because all of that was taken away. >> reporter: the twice convicted killer is paul warner powell. >> it's -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter:

powell is said to be executed tonight at 9:00. the virginia governor is not offering clemency and the u.s. supreme court is refusing to hear last nute appeals. lorraine reed said she will not have to suffer after receiving taunting letters as well. >> you're never the same person after something like this. and as tragic as it is, a part of you dies -- a part of me died with stacie. >> reporter: lorraine's 16-year- old daughter was stabbed and stomped to death in inside her home in janua 1999. a girl that wanted to be a navy seal. >> i'm sure she would fulfill dreams and now that's been taken away. >> and the suspect is powell. long time attorney paul ebert explains. >> she tried to fight him off and he stabbed her. >> reporter: powell then attacked stacie's sist, kristie. >> she came home several hours later and he took her and showed her her sister's body and took her in the basement and raped her and cut her throat many times and stabbed her and she's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: kristie reed is 25 and working in texas now wo

john powell is with us until 10:00 this morning.ere's a look at the report on the american recovery act from one year later. in this report you talked about how this is an uneven economic crisis. some of the figures you have quoted, one out of five people in the united states, living in poverty. one out of six african americans and latino workers are unemployed, nearly half of all the subprime loans went to black and latino are worse. your report on the spending in these areas is that a fall short? -- it falls short. guest: that is right. host: what was most concern to you? guest: when the department of labor came out with unemployment data, the overall unemployment in the united states went down. for the african-american community, it went up, raising concerns as to why the trends are different than the rest of the country. the most recent data, coming out just a few days ago, a slightly different for african-americans, but we know that there are pockets throughout the country in the rust belt where unemployment is not going down a

paul powell is said to be electrocuted.was convicted of murdering stacie reed and raping and slitting the throat of for sister in 1999. bob mcdonnell has refused to stop the execution. his challengers have all been rejected. >>> a maryland murder has shaken the corrections system. we're learning new details about the attack. mike conneen it is live with more details on this. good morning. >> in baltimore, the maryland department of juvenile services will hold a press conference bridge road new details from their investigation into the murder of teacher here at the senior master sergeant arthur henderson. -- lawmakers zappa the cheltenham youth facility. this morning, the maryland department of juvenile services will detail results from an investigation into the tragic death of hannah wheeling the cheltenham youth facility in february. she was raped and beaten to death. some state lawmakers want major changes at the facility including the use of electronic monitors. >> if you have someone with the potential to commit murder,

but general colin powell and alma powell, were at the white house talking about it.hey'll introduce it in a little bit. >> she is so passionate about this and he is so supportive. >>> first, police say they have booked a convicted sex offender on suspicion of murder in connection with a missing california teenager. they say an article of chelsea king's clothing was found near the shoreline where she was last seen running. and it contains dna evidence that led them to convicted sex offender, john albert gardner. mike von fremd is in rancho, california, with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, robin. police are conducting a search. but a convicted child molester has been booked on suspicion of murder. as those words sink in, you can see a look of despair on the face of investigators, trying to find 17-year-old chelsea king. this is a new picture of 30-year-old john albert gardner, as he was arrested at a restaurant. detectives say they've uncovered evidence on gardner, that leads them to zero in on a specific location of the park, to search for chelsea king. >> we

and i want to thank the powells.important pal, -- i will start with the more important powell, alma. a champion of children. a dedicated public servant. a recipient of numerous awards. she has poured herself into america's promise of lines, helping to make it the largest partnership of its kind to improve education. perhaps that is not surprising. being and educator seems to run in the family. one of her mother's parents was born into slavery and the other after abolition. both went to college and became teachers. four of their children fall down. her family has educated and enriched generations of americans. our nation is better off for it. we're grateful to you for your extraordinary leadership. thank you. [applause] there's not much more we can say about the man that almost -- the manhattan alma's succeeds. i am grateful for his friendship, for his counsel. i continue to be inspired by his leadership and his story. he is the son of jamaican garment workers. a student from the south bronx. he wasn't always at his b

we're also particularly proud that we were working with general powell and alma powell today to talk about these issues. they are so committed to them. we think this is an issue that crosses partisan lines that we can all work on together. >> indeed, america's promise has been an extraordinary organization. i know something about it from working with the powells. that was a very drastic step in rhode island that rhode island officials were willing to take on the teacher's union and basically fire the whole lot. >> well, andrea, as i said, there are different kinds of tools that schools can use all over the country. what we've said is, states, look at your lowest performing, 5% of your lowest performing schools in your state and choose from among these tools, do what you think is best. work with your parents. talk to your teachers. talk to the teachers' unions. but you have to do something about it. we can no longer afford to fail our children. they have to be first and foremost. they have to be our first, second and third priority. >> let me also turn you to health care. we know that

at 1999, powell will die in the electric chair. read's mother is going to be there. >> it is not going to change what happened to them. you are never the same person after something like this. as tragic as it is, a part of you dies, a part of my died with stacey. >> christy reed is 25 years old, she lives in texas and came back to washington. >>> six men sit behind bars. the woman ktoday go go to bathroom and made a break for freedom. the woman asked that we shield her identity. >> i went and opened the door. this young woman was upset. she said, can you please let me in, someone is trying to kill me. she lost her shoes and up set. >> police arrested six men. they were charged with rape and false imprisonment. >>> a veteran of the u.s. air force is in trouble with the law. planning to have sex with a 14- year-old girl. author henderson played to meet with the girl. unaware that he was innocent messaging a police officer. he showed up and was charged. he is expected in cower next month. >>> new this morning, hillary clinton on a maj

paul powell was indicted of killing stacie reed. his first conviction was overturned. he was retried and sentenced to death. paul ebert says it was one of the most difficult cases he ever tried. >>> a murder at a maryland juvenile system. mike conneen enjoys as live to with more details. >> apiece state department of juvenile services will reveal new details in their investigation of this case from the murder of a youth detention center teacher. a boy is accused in this case. state lawmakers want an overhaul of the juvenile system. this morning, the maryland department of juvenile assistance will see results into the tragic death of hannah wheeling the cheltenham youth facility in february. she was raped and beaten to death. her body was found outside. lawmakers what major changes, including the use of electronic monitors. >> if you have someone with the potential to commit murder where they can roam freely, we have to take another look at what security means. >> to question whether the suspect should have been in a minimum security setting. the investigation continues

and obviously i want to thank the powells, and i'll start with the more important powell, all month.a. [laughter] i want to say a word about the remarkable woman who introduced me. a champion of children, a dedicated public servant, and the recipient of numerous awards. into america's promise alliance, helping to make it the largest partnership of a kind to improve education and help children in this country. and that is not slaves -- and that is not surprising, because being an educator seems to run in the family. b.jfxdparents was born into sly and the other just after oblation, both with the college, became teachers, four for children followed them into the education profession. so her family has educated and enriched generations of americans and our nation is better off because of it. and so we're very grateful to you for your extraordinary leadership. thank you. [applause] there's not much more that we can say about the man that almost succeeds as chair of the alliance -- that alma succeeds as chair of the alliance. i will say that i am grateful for his friendship, for his coun

so joining us in another cnbc exclusive interview is kendall powell, the ceo of general mills. thanks for joining us, kendall. >> good to be here, trish. thanks for having us. >> i want to know what are the primary drivers of the 15% growth that you saw in the quarter? >> well, trish, the 15% numbers is what we are guiding for the full year now after yet another strong quarter of performance, and the third quarter, and it was a balanced quarter for us. so, the u.s. retail business grew sales grew 4%, and that was on the back of very strong performance from our cereal division so brands like cherrios and fiber one, and snack valley and others doing well in the u.s., and strong quarter for general mills with wan chanferi doing well across the globe. and this in spite of the chalg environment for, you know, food service operators right now, we did quite well, so it was a balanced quarter for general mills and good segment operating growth and margin expansion and we invested in the brand, so with the increases in marketing and it all played out in very high quality earnings. >> so

paul warner powell has chosen to die in the electric chair at 9:00 tomorrow night.ed to teenage sisters killing 16-year-old stacy reed, nearly stabbing to death her 14- year-old sister in their manassas home back in january 1999. two people who plan to witness that execution, the victim's mother and the prosecutor who sent powell to death row. >> pretty much played out his hand in the legal system and of course the governor refused to intervene in his execution. >> it's not going to bring stacy back and change what happened tochristie. >> now 25, christie reid will also attend the execution. coming up on the news edge at :00, you'll hear much more from the victim's mother and prosecutor ebert. >>> new tonight an army master sergeant under fire for an instant message conversation. undercover investigators say he thought he was talking to a 14- year-old girl and wamentsed to meet her for sex. now arthur henderson is in big trouble. wisdom martin is live in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: according to an air force website, his job was managing key programs re

i'm joined by david park, america's promise for alliance, founded by general colin powell.use, kicking off grad nation acres new campaign to improve u.s. graduation rates. good afternoon, david. >> good afternoon. >> get to what the president was just talking about, the firing of 93 teachers and staff for under-performing? what do you think about that? >> there's a lot of tough choices that will have to be made in this very serious issue. the statistics are starting, 1.3 million students don't graduate from high school every year. they're dropping out of high school and, in effect, dropping out of their future. that's one student every 26 seconds. >> what happens to them after they drop out? what does the future hold? >> actually, it's unfortunate. once students drop out, they're much less likely to lead productive lives than students who graduate from high school. unfortunately, they're going to make a lot less money. they're going to rely on social services and far too often, they have children who repeat this tragic cycle. it's really important for all of us to gather ar

. >>> a man who was on death row has been executed. 31-year-old paul powell died in the electric chair. his death sentence carried out south of richmond. he was pronounced dead after 9:00 last night. he was twice convicted for killing stacey reed and raping christy in 1999. the surviving sister and her mother witnessed the execution. >>> a alarming allegations against a kindergarten teacher. police are saying that he sexually abused ostudent. a grant jury indicted him for crimes on school grounds. >>> president barack obama is taking his battle for health care reform on the road again, not far from the white house. the president is holding a rally at george mason university at fairfax this morning. the budget office estimates $140 billion and cut the deficit by $138 billion. the house is expected to vote it on sunday. tom fitzgerald has more. >> i don't know if you guys have been hearing -- >> reporter: that debate health care. at the white house on thursday, the president tried to turn the table on republicans. charge the $140 billion bill will be a budget buster. >> the reform would

america's promise alliance is putting on this event, hosting by general colin powell. >>> fairfax countyls have a plan to make up all the days lost from the recent blizzard. the superintendent is recommending schools follow the original calendar. this includes a full day of school on april 12 and in june. june 28 through the 30th can now be used as makeudays as needed. the will make a final decision on march 4. >>> that all depends on what the month of march brings. it is a transitional month. it could throw some loops all along the way. >> nothing would surprise us. >>> 5:48. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> how about this week? >> tomorrow night into wednesday, our next system is approaching. you can see some low pressure gaining some steam in sexes. a lot of our storms have come from the pacific or south of texas -- it is gaining some steam in texas. it could have an impact on us. we have been seeing all indications that it will stay to our south. we still have the system moving in the northeast over new england. it brings rain and wind and snow to far western pa

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. >> charles rangel succeeded adam clayton powell in the seat that he holds in congress. how large a figure has he been on the new york political scene and also in the house of representatives? >> he's been a giant. he's been a 20-term, 40-year member of congress. he's the dean of the new york delegation. he has had much power in washington, assuming the chairman manship of what is really the most powerful committee in the house. so he is both powerful within the delegation in new york and certainly powerful in the house. >> ifill: he has said up until now, while all of these allegations have been brewing and growing, that it's basically a misunderstanding. so why step aside now? >> because it's more than a misunderstanding. there are really bases in fact for the charges. he didn't pay his taxes on his dominican republic properties. he did get an interest-free loan. he did have four rent-subsidized apartments provided by a manhattan real estate developer and he did solicit funds for the center. there are bases in fact and they may not be misunderstandings but in fact unde

i spoke with the ceo of general mills, kendall powell who said he was looking at the report to understand how it would impact his business. so a perspective from the big and the small. >>> reit stocks are on a tear recently. coming up next we will explore whether to jump on the band wagon or major concerns about the health of commercial real estate. >>> welcome back. bang of america announcing a new home modification program to help out homeowners whose mortgages are severely under water. joining us is diana olick from washington who tells us how this could be a game-changer. >> that is right. it is a principle write-down, but in an interview here on cnbc, the chief of loss mitigation confirmed that the treasury is also looking at the same idea. >> we have been talking to the treasury and other large servicers are talking to treasury about services similar to this for some time and the treasury is deciding whether they want to go for a program like this and you will have to talk to them about whether it happens or not, but it is definitely on the radar screen and they have to do things to

. >> general colin powell founded the america's promise alliance, the nation's largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of american children. >>> today the united nations began rushing aid deliveries to chilean towns crushed by this weekend's massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. secretary of state hillary clinton is set to visit the region tomorrow. the magnitude 8.8 quake killed more than 700 people and destroyed or damaged half a million homes. right now at one toppled apartment building, rescued workers say they are seeing signs of life. they believe there are about 60 people buried in the rubble there. mean while with food in short supply and desperation growing, there has been some looting. police say they have arrested dozens of people for violating a curfew. nbc news correspondent mark potter in santiago with the latest. mark. >> reporter: hi, david. even here in santiago, this was such a massive earthquake, they could feel it very strongly here. the damage in the capital city is nothing compared to along the coastal area. but as you can see behind me with

they have got some regular features including the criminal today's column on the criminal mind and powell's has the original coverage on their's at site. >> as reviewers i am curious what in your opinion makes a book a good book first is a great book verses so-so is there a common element that you look for no matter the shaun russ correct. >> [laughter] i want to be moved, a surprise coming entertained, expressed in language that is fresh, a beautiful, that is a tough question. >> i want a book that tells me a good story since i read repute fiction i want a good story. hopefully with elegant language but in particular i want to feel an emotional connection with the story and we told something i have not heard 100 times before. >> ron and said it. to be moved and entertained are too great experience is to have when you read a book. >> it is then there are so many that we can recommend by each of us but looking at our sites it will give you a little bit of an idea and their lives one quick thing. from a questions. >> you have another 10 minutes i know i am just a the post but i think i can sp

colin powell speaking on blumberg said you usually oh smooth things over on taiwan and tibet.e have the public say and behind the scenes the diplomacy works, but this time we have google and now these two very famous economists going at it. i wanted to bring this up. so paul krugman said chinese currency policy is adding materially to the world's economic problems at a time when those problems are already very severe. it is time to take a stand. steven roach from morgan stanley when asked, well, isn't that taking a baseball bat at china's policy, he said, we should take out the baseball bat on paul krugman. i have never heard eminent economists insulting each other over china policy. i feel it's a metaphor more what's happening in economic relations. >> they have been listening to the politicians too much. that's the language of politics and late night food fights on television. look, my expectation is that we will work this out. i will bet that a the chinese over time do appreciate their currency some. they will not completely capitulate, but they are going back to more of a

it's unclear exactly when during the process of july, august, september 2003, secretary of state powell becomes aware of it. at the end of september he appears on abc news week and says in essence we don't know anything about this. postcode you dedicate this book to andrew, derby, lewis and breathe out. who they? >> and turin derby are my son and my former wife of louis and rebar my parents. postcode derby is throughout this but. is washington hard on marriages? >> guest: it is. she is a remarkable person. we are very close. we have great affection for each other, but washington was very hard on her and very hard on her marriage as a result. postcode tell us about reba. >> guest: she was my mother and she and my father met when they were very done. they married in their very early twenties. he was a student at colorado school of mines. they were different. she graduated from high school, never went to college. he was a very smart. graduated and became a mining engineer, a geologist and he was interested in reading and art and she wasn't, but they were very much in love for a number of y

many of you will remember secretary of state colin powell's famous speech to the security council inruary 2003 which was and shimano and bring in bringing the country to war in iraq. his main set of arguments there had to do with the iraqi regime producing biological weapons in these mobile vans, supposedly mobile trucks in which they have these laps going around the country and also the assertion that the iraqi's were training iraqis in the use of chemical weapons. both of those pieces of her mission were from a tortured detainee. who was tortured severely by the egyptians, gave up this information and appeared in the mouth of our secretary of state. we also know, many of you will remember those alerts in the spring of 2002, shopping malls are going to be attacked. we saw this film of shopping malls. a few weeks later, financial situations are going to be attached. allah that came from the person whose experiences i just read to you tonight. this came from abu zubaydah. he is in the brim, he is being tortured and he says shopping malls are going to be attacked. that goes out immedia

our challenges were more in the fights between defense, colin powell, and rumsfeld and cheney and kindsecurity fights and while there was tension, it's never as bad as it's being described in the papers but if you let this thing get out of control it does take on a life of its own. >> that it does. dan bartlett, it's so great to have you with us. we hope to have you back some day soon. >> thanks for that candid in the room take. it was fun. thanks, dan. >>> coming up, what do a moon walker, a "baywatch" bombshell and the mother of eight have in common? >> there's a trivia question. plus i just couldn't go on without honoring one of the founding fathers of the '80s hair band movement. on this day in 1962 jon bon jovi was born. for all the moments that make every day special. fancy feast appetizers. [dinner bell chimes] high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon in a delicate broth, without by-products or fillers. fancy feast appetizers. celebrate the moment. would you like that to hurt now or later? uh-- what? (announcer) pepcid® complete doesn't make you choose. it neutralizes a

it's unclear exactly when during the process of september of 2003 secretary of state powell becomes aware of it. at the end of september, he appears on abc "this week" and says, in essence, we don't know anything about it. >> host: you dedicate to the book to andrew, darby, louis and reba. who are they? >> guest: my son and former wife and mom and dad. my wife and i was very close. we have great affection. washington was very hard on the marriage. >> host: tell us about reba. >> guest: he was my mother. she and my father met when they were very young. very early 20s. he was a student at colorado school of mines. they were very different. graduated from high school. never went to college. he was a very smart, graduated and became a mining engineer, geologist. he was interested in classic music, reading, art, and she wasn't. they were very much in love. for a number was was years, they had five children. it was a remarkable relationship. >> host: she committed suicide. >> guest: she did. they separated and 12 years later a rift of hope at the age of 51 after what turned out to be a failed t

we will cover that live just after 10:00 or so, and education event with colin powell.ld. i your feedback there. we will come back to you. let's move on to florida, republican line. caller: i call in two or three times a year and i have for the past 15 years trying to explain that you cannot fix health care until you fix the tax system. everybody admits it, and neither party will deal with it. if you believe that 70,000 pages of tax code and a $350 billion to $400 billion a year spent in tax trying to comply for the tax code, you can do these programs. until our country falls, we will not change it. but we have got to fix the tax code. host: is your view on the tax go? guest: -- host: what is your view on the tax code? guest: the caller is right. it inhibits economic activity. it is the and competitive around the world -- counterattack -- competitive around the world. the caller is actually right. the we have the second highest corporate worth they do not pay taxes. whether it is the statutory rate or the effective rate, the united states unfortunately leads the world i

is part of this theory so far we have had michael save on, padgett powell and the later events we will welcome the distinguished writers maryland johnson and david shields. i hope you'll keep an eye out for those events in the next couple of months, but tonight i am delighted to say we have joe sacco here with us all the way from portland, oregon. truly the brooklyn of the pacific northwest. [laughter] the new york review of books have said this of joe sacco's work. there is virtually no precedent for what he does. sacco is legitimately unique. in fact, his work is so singular that there isn't even an agreed-upon word for what it is he does. he is in called a cartoon journalist, a graphic novelist, a narrative cartoonist, a comics reporter and he has been called a lot of other names to match. but whatever we know, whatever he is we know this about him. said through his born in malta in 1960 and move to australia and then to america where he grew up largely in los angeles. before attending the university of oregon and graduating with a degree in journalism. like most young journalist he

it's unclear during the process of july or september, 2003 secretary of state powell becomes aware. at the end of september he appears on abc this week and says we don't know anything about this. >> host: you dedicate this book to andrew and darbee, lewis and reva. who are they? >> guest: they are my son and former wife and louis and rba are my parents. >> host: darby please save big part in this book. is washington hard on marriages? >> guest: she is a remarkable person. we are very close. we have great affection for each other but washington was hard on her and hard on our marriage as a result. >> host: tell us about reba. >> guest: she was my mother. she and my father met in their early 20s. he was a student of colorado school of mines. they were very different. she graduated high school and never went to college. he was a very smart -- graduated, became a mining engineer, a geologist and was interested in classical music and reading and art and she wasn't but they were very much in love for a number of years it was a rovian and five children and it was a remarkable relationship.

host: john powell, adding occur when institute for race and -- heading the kervin institute for race and ethnicity. thank you for joining us this morning. guest: that -- thank you for having me. host: that will do it for us here on "washington journal." we will see you again tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. have a great day. ♪ . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . six bills are being considered today. also on the agenda of the house, congressional pay and extending faa programs. if possible, they will also discuss a tax extension bill the considers subsidies for an employment for unemployed workers. the senate gavels in at 2:00 p.m. eastern for more work on a jobs bill. it includes a payroll tax credit for businesses hiring new workers. it may also extend faa programs. also, on capitol hill, senate banking committee chair christopher dodd is set to unveil his financial reform plan. that should get underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the healthcare debate moves to the house budget committee today as members

>> but other once i liked, i thought i was signing on with a one-on-one interview with colon powell.like to be there? >> you go in in the afternoon and this that's a rehearsarehea. and there was only five things on the list and then as it goes on, there are other things on the list. some are funny, some are a little less funny. they tweak it you go back, you get another list later. and all the way up until the time we went on the air, it was still being tweaked. >> you're on morning television every day. do you getesq nerve snus. >> yeah, do i. i'm thinking he wants moo te to succeed, so the jokes i thought were -- it was a fabulous top ten list. >> really well written and delivered, by the way. >> thank you. >> what was your favorite line? >> the ones we can't say on tv. >> let me ask you this. does this colonoscopy thing mass played so well on late night. what is your next medical procedure? >> we have -- we'll have a meeting a little bit later on this morning about live medical procedures i can do on tv that will embarrass me and also endear me to the american public. >> yesterday

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. >> bonnie powell led the effort to raise $30,000 to keep the farm in business. >> it was kind of amazinguched by this like, no, we can't let soul food farm die. >> reporter: the farm still struggles to make money, but alexis loves her land and loves her way of life. >> thank you very much. my husband will be excite happened. >> she's just fine putting all her egg in one basket. dan simon, cnn, vacaville, california. >>> a game so vile and disgusting that it makes your stomach turn. players groping, stalking, even raping women and little girls because they think it's fun. the game is made in japan, but women's groups around the world are outraged. so are we. are you? here's what we got on the blog. jessica says this should outrage every world citizen as rape is no game. it's a horrific crime that devastates the victim and their families. more than just women's groups should be upset about this. angie says i can understand the outrage, but what i can't understand is how people don't see it's just a video game. it will never be banned because developers can make what they want. wolf says wh

. >> reporter: bonnie powell led the effort to raise $30,000 to keep the farm in business. >> it was amazing how many people just felt touched by this, like, like, no, we can't let soul food farm die. >> reporter: the farm still struggles to make money, but alexis loves her land, loves her way of life. >> thank you very much. my husband will be excited. >> reporter: you could say she's just fine putting all her eggs in one basket. >> thank you! >> reporter: dan simon, cnn, vacaville, california. >>> let me bring you up to speed on on some of the top stories we're following. >>> officials at a massachusetts high school say they've disciplined and removed several more students in the phoebe prince case. the 15-year-old committed suicide in january after allegedly being bully for months on end. yesterday prosecutors announced charges against nine students at the school. >>> a trial's gotten under way for five americans accused of plotting jihad in pakistan. they are accused of planning attacks against specifically specific targets. there the so-called d.c. five face life sentences if co

colin powell came in, and under oath they are saying in iraq has weapons iraq there's weapons of massq? how does that serve the american people? how would the kitchen southside of chicago have to fight that war? but they said the intelligence reports were, weapons of mass destruction. well, based on that in my view the government can't be lying to us like that. i took their word on it. and i like a lot of other people voted for that were. had i been more skeptical i would've voted a different way because they lied. they didn't have weapons of mass destruction. and we fought a war and thousands and thousands of young men and women have lost their lives because of the. the government doesn't always tell the truth. and when you have a nuclear go dynamic with over zealous prosecutors like the grandstand and make nicknames for themselves. you need immediate to rightfully ask the right questions and bring that. specs for backing up. >> family. [laughter] >> because i just heard you analogize -- i assure you analogize the iraq war to your prosecution. >> you're twisting that. no, no. the gov

colin powell was launching this would ever chairman.e talked about this issue as a national security crisis. the pentagon report has found that only three of every 10 yen people that report to the recruiting stations -- of every 10 young people that report to the recruiting stations are eligible for status. host: what is being worked on by the house and senate in terms of legislation? guest: the reauthorization of the elementary and secondary act has just begun to move. to make the schools the center of our communities, there is a bill that is keeping parents and communities engaged. it was introduced by the late senator ted kennedy. it is a stronger bill get parents more involved. makings calls the center of our community is important. there isn't every student account act. we can't -- there is an every student counts act. and there are at least four or five important bills for our support. host: jacksonville, fla., independent line. caller: i try to get in many times when you have talked about education. i hope you give me a little bi

. >> -- collin powell all said it should be close. >> the gentleman was interviewed for 30 minutes. i watched the hearing. the gentleman said he was never consulted. i assume you made the decision. secretary of paul lozano said she was not informed -- secretariat napolitano said she was not informed. i do not think you have the first team on board in detroit at that time. that is the second thing i want to clear up. >> with regards to that, the people made the determination as to whether or not to member bridget to mirandize abdulmuttulab -- as to whether to mirandaze abdulmuttulab. one was an iran-iraq expert. one was an explosives expert. good people trained, and as we looked at this question about how we codify this, how we arrange this, the one thing i think we should all try to agree on is we do not handcuff the people trained at these kinds of things, these fbi agents, so when they are there and trying to make these on the scene determinations, they do not have to worry about what is washington going to sink. >> that gets back to my original. the team was not originally involv

the president announced this yesterday with colin powell. all of us have to work together.%, 60%, 70% of students are leaving school for the streets each year, that is moralally unacceptable and economically unsustainable. all of us have a stake in getting better. >> you say the teachers unions are working. and they understand there's a problem. i mean, in new york state, we've got an example of $700 million that the new york state legislature turned down from you because the teachers union didn't like the idea that more schools like harlem village academy would be created because that is a challenge to their monopoly. in washington, d.c., of course, school choice was killed by special interests in this administration. i love what you're saying. and i believe that you have the right path forward. but the question is, when it's time to make tough choices, will this president stand up to teachers unions and say, we're going to reward success, and we're going to punish failure. yes, even if it means we fire teachers. >> the president's committed to doing the right thing by chi

we will cover that live just after 10:00 or so and in education yvette with former general colin powell live this morning at 10 a.m. on c-span. pleasant hill california. david on the independent line. good morning. david, i'm going to put you on hold. i can he beat could hear the feedback back there. florida let's hear from bureau of the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for letting me call. i tried to call two or three times a year and i have for about the last 15 years on c-span trying to explain you cannot fix health care or anything until you fix the tax system. the tax system is broke. everybody admits it. neither party will deal with it. senator conrad is starting to talk about it the finance committee but if you believe that 70,000 pages of tax codes and 350 billion to $400 billion a year spent on tax trying to take care of complying with the tax code you can do these programs. next year we will be talking about the same thing until the country falls we won't change, we've got to fix the tax code. >> guest: we've got to fix the tax code. the caller is right. it is c

it is not -- the general powell is that it goes to the medical centers. the general point is that it goes to the medical centers. the disparity that you see in distribution is mostly related to the work. >> right. i think it makes sense that the va has the flexibility to send the money were the work is going on in where the growth is. if you have one that is growing and the number of veterans receiving health care is growing, is there a two-year or three-year delay in the actual checks going to that region to reflect the increase in veteran population? >> the distribution is based on historical data. i think it is about 18 months. the other is based on a rolling average of the workload, so there is a delay. it requires a network to give some cognizance to that when they are distributing the money. >> i would imagine that creates challenges if you are in an area in the country where there is a significant increase and the veterans you care for -- those are real costs being incurred. you do not get the fund increase for 18 months -- are they having to cut c

our work on white spaces started under fcc chairman michael powell. and we are long overdue to make it a reality for all american consumers. similarly, we should explore our authority under section 336 to provide television broadcasters an incentive to lease that spectrum. focusing on this statutorily permissible and voluntary mechanism for leasing parts of the airwaves may be an easier path to of accelerating deployment of advanced services than more coercive means. furthermore we should bring spectrum that is lying fallow to auction as quickly as possible. i agree with the plan's recommendations that government should strive to lead in relinquishing spectrum it does not use effectively or sometimes at all. improved interagency coordination is vital in this pursuit. reform of our universal service fund and intercarrier compensation mechanisms is of embarrassingly overdue. as a commission, we came very close to codifying consensus on reforms in late 2008. unfortunately, needless procedural road blocks got in our way that prevented us from consummating

in november 2002 -- colin powell's presentation to the u.n. in november of 2002. he was an al qaeda operative are apprehended after 9/11 was said there was a connection between al qaeda and iraq and it had to do with weapons of mass destruction and all that and a couple of years later it turned out that, well, he had been tortured and recanted his confession was deemed, even by law-enforcement, intelligent people, to be in valid, false. so think about the consequences of that when you go forward. >> i was asking a different question. i was asking a hypothetical. given the fact that the u.s. attorney looks at a case and says there will not be sufficient evidence under the current laws that will acquit this person -- and if and that they knew he was guilty. it may not be -- your answer is, how do you know that is really ballot? but the question is is there any circumstance where the government should in fact acquit somebody where it is popularly thought and the government truly believes that are built of the evidence is not sufficient to pass muster in a court? >> t