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was raoul rodriguez just acting in self-defense or was this murder? getting so many responses. send your thoughts t to @randikaye. >>> and i'll have another -- won't run for the triple crown. >>> the triple crown, on this company that 1973, secretariat claimed the title after winning the belmont stakes. dubbed the horse of the century, secretariat raced six more times before retiring later that year. in 1999, espn ranked secretariat at 95 on the list of the top athletes of the 20th century. the only non-human to make that list. dreams dashed for i'll have another. out of the belmont stakes forced to scratch because of a tendon injury. here's what was said about the heartbreaking decision to pull i'll have another from the race. >> horse racing is a very tough game. horses are delicate creatures and things can happen to them and unfortunately they decided today was the day for i'll have another to end his career. >>catherine callaway is live with a veterinarian who has seen this before. how severe is this injury? certain bad for i'll have another. >> r

raoul rodriguez shot and killed his unarmed neighbor in a dispute over a noisy birthday party in 2010> and a basketball washed away by the 2011 japanese tsunami has been returned to a junior high school there. it was shipped back to japan from an island in alaska where it had washed ashore. the japanese students called it a miracle. sure is. >>> well now here's your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. politico reports first lady, michelle obama has joined the popular social networking site, pinterest. it allows users to post or pin photos to a page. the obama campaign will handle day-to-day posts, but pins that come directly from the first lady will be signed with her officials. >>> the first lady already has more followers that an romney. >>> pitching her new book earlier this week on the "tonight show" with jay leno, megan mccain came out in favor of legalizing marijuana. saying researching the potential benefits and legalization won her over. she also admitted to having once smoked a joint. >>> "huffington post" says that manny pacquiao's recent loss in the r

allows people to protect themselves outside their homes if they feel their lives are threatened but raoul rodriguez was the only one armed and prosecutors say used specific buzz words to make sure that he'd have a case. we asked what your thoughts are on this and gabrielle tweeted, definitely went over to his neighbor's house with the intention to harm. she said, that guy was a murderer. he was in danger only in his mind. he used that law as an excuse to shoot someone. >>> thanks for starting your morning with us. much more ahead on "cnn saturday morning" which starts right now. >>> it is very disappointing a. triple crown shocker before any horse even reaches the belmont starting gate. i'll have another is out and will never run again. we'll tell you bip also -- there's a federal investigation underway and it's targeting the highest levels of government. the fbi and department of justice now looking into three cases of state secrets possibly leaked to the public. new details, plus -- >> it's been frustrating. frustrating because i've never had a problem finding work before. >> 5 million.

paul rodriguez -- raoul, rather, a retired firefighter is on trial for murdering his neighbor.imbs under the texas version of the stand your ground law. rodriguez showed up at his neighbor's house to complain about a loud party. armed with a gun, cell phone and 911 operator's on the line. rodriguez is the only one armed but what he says is now key to his defense. >> it's about to get out of hand, sir. please, help me. please, help me, sir. my life is in danger now. he's going go in the house, come out, be more than equal to me. now i'm standing my ground here. now these people are going to try to kill me. look, i'm not looking at these people anymore. they're drunk. [ gun shot ] >> oh, my. so three are shot. two survive, except rodriguez' neighbor, kelly danniher, a young father and elementary school teacher dies. the law says a person doesn't have to retreat if the he feels his life is threatened. >>> other top stories, making their case. people who believe toxic dust and debris from the 9/11 attacks gave them cancer will have to prove it to receive aid in the 9/11 compensatio

he recently bashed the white house for granting a travel visa to raoul castro's daughter.ubio is unqualified to be vice president. >> i never thought i would hear that name again. >> stephanie: jillian in seattle said i guess it takes an appointee to spot a tokens appointee. >> stephanie: thanks, torture czar. >> alberto gonzalez, wow. >> stephanie: can you please take your organ out, vice president bobby jindal for comedy purposes. we lost all of our good comedy jinkies. i want him to be the pick just to hear chris matthews go oh, god. yeah, bobby jindal spoke in chicago. he said the private sector is so foreign to obama he criticized him for staying out of the wisconsin recall. which mitt romney also stayed out of. the most liberal most incompetent since jimmy carter. >> huh? >> there's so much wrong with that. it is almost impossible to diagram it. >> stephanie: i know. the private sector is so foreign to him, he might need a passport to go visit. that's funny. >> that's crazy talk! [ explosion ] >> stephanie: what's that? what just happened behind me? >> liquid hot mag

arizona representative raoul grijalva had contacted the i.r.s. in regards to the nfib's donations.l business. it in fact works for a small group of wealthy donors and corporations. >>> you also might remember the obama campaign released this advertisement on tuesday calling mitt romney outsourcer in chief in regard to his time at bain capital. >> "the washington post" has just revealed that romney's companies were pioneers of shipping u.s. jobs overseas. >> as you heard that ad says a "washington post" article. romney aides asked for a retraction. the paper has declined. now the romney campaign is prepared to release its own video featuring the vice president of gfc steel saying that bain tried to save the firm when it took over. the videos accidentally showed up online. politico's got it. go take a look. we'll be right back. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with you. ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv, this

still here with me anthea butler, professor at the university of pennsylvania and raoul reyes, and dorian assistant professor of columbia university and rick warren who is a reporter for the u.s. world news and report. so you have i don't want a communist in the school or what, but these data predicting what you are based on the partisanship troubles me. >> and what we know from the congressional roll call data about the polarization of members of congress which is more polarized now than any time since the civil war. both in terms of the political elites, but also in the mass opinion, because we have a deep, deep partisan divide that we have not seen in a long, long tim time. >> i notice that you said divide and the data is showing that the divide is more like this, at the elite level, it is driven almost like the right moving to the right, but it is not quite what is happening in the public opinion data, and ordinary peop people, it does seem to go like this. >> in terms of the parties, the dell crats ha-- democrats have moved to the center and the republicans are further and further to

government granted the daughter of cuban leader raoul castro a visa to enter the country while american alan gross remains imprisoned in cuba . since to 15 years in prison for smuggling telecommunications equipment into cuba. the topic was part of his senate foreign relations subcommittee hearing examining current human rights issues in the island country. >> good morning. the hearing on the western hemisphere will come to order. first of all, our apologies. as you know, the secretary and other witnesses. we had a vote on the floor, and we just came from that. welcome to our hearing on the path to freedom. supporting civil society in cuba . a title that is more than a mere designation of why we're here, but a statement of what we must do for the people of cuba and how we can get there. i want to thank our panelists for coming today. i look forward to hearing their analysis invidious on how we move down the path to freedom. i want to acknowledge the life of alan gross, judy gross, who is with us today. we are in solidarity with her in her residence and believe that he should never have b

lieutenant ryan davis raoul was killed in the same attack.he was a first lieutenant in the 133rd m.p. company, graduated from lexington high school, a graduate of the citadel. and he is survived by his wife katherine and their daughters -- excuse me, son caleb. and i just want to acknowledge to katherine, who interned in our office, that you're certain any our prayers. did you a great job for us. anything that we can do for any of these families in south carolina, we will. and we very much pray for you and your family. sergeant john j.d. david medor -- i hope that's right the way i pronounced it. graduated lexington high school, a member of the wrestl wrestlinm and a wrestling coach. he was a member of the same m.p. company, survived by his wife christie and three daughters olivia, rianna and elena. two christie and her family, you will be in our prayers. this will be a tough weekend in south carolina. we're going to have three funerals. to general livingston and the national guard family, you are certainly in our prayers. that is tough blow