coming up in this half hour, captain richard phillips. the man held hostage by a band of somali pirates. navy s.e.a.l.s came to his rescue in dramatic fashion after a long, five-day ordeal. this morning, captain phillips and his wife andrea are with us exclusively. they'll talk about the ordeal and really how it's changed their lives, and what the future holds. >> also ahead, brad pitt. the actor speaks out in an exclusive interview with ann about his passion, his definition of true love, and if he'd ever consider running for mayor of new orleans. you're going to hear what he has to say about that. >> but we'd like to begin this half hour with the host of a crime-based reality show in brazil, who's accused of ordering killings to boost his ratings. nbc's peter alexander has the latest on this. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. these days reality tv shows will go to great lengths to try to get your attention. but murder? the lead brazilian investigator tells nbc news the host claimed his popular program wa

marines who played a part in the rescue of captain richard phillips in april.f the 13th marine expeditionary unit taking part in counter piracy operations onboard the uss boxer pup slaughter. this is the first time they've returned to marine corps air station miramar since kevin phillips rescue. that's a fox walked across america. >> julie: rumors were circulating are maybe i should say slithering of a giant snake on the maybe a rattlesnake even, roaming the grounds of a construction site and thereby end the hospital in florida. it turns out the rumors were true but it was no rattlesnake, it was this. a giant burmese python stretching more than 16 feet and weighing over 200 pounds. two cousins came across the behemoth in a field. at first they had no idea what they're actually saying. tonight i threw a rock at it because it was laying there. i just saw the sight of it. as soon as i get a kind of turned around and threw to me and i was like oh no, this is why violence on the pair went and got her uncle. he came back with a rifle and killed it. florida wildlife m

you will remember maersk alabama captain richard phillips became an ahero back in april when piratesacked his cargo ship and he kept the crew safe while offering himself to the pirates. after quite a long standoff. navy snipers shot and killed three of the captors and the fourth later brought to the united states for protection. here's the life boat on the left there. it's about 20 feet long with an enclosed top. the man was brought back here for prosecution. florida's national navy museum, which is dedicated to navy seal history will soon get the life boat to honor philip's safe return. the debate over what to do with the suspected terrorists housed at guantanamo bay's prison coming to a michigan community now. today, federal officials visited a maximum security facility near the town of standish michigan. it's in a rural part of the state. not far from lake huron. we are told the prison is the biggest employer in the area but it could close soon or that's the plan. so some in standish are hoping the government brings the terrorist suspects to the prison and keeps the employees work

captain richard phillips shown on the right was taken hostage and freed when a team of navy seals shot and killed his pirate captors but piracy continues to be a problem. there have been 136 incidents involving pirates this year alone. five ships, and 105 people are currently being held hostage by pirates. 235 pirates have been captured and turned over for prosecution. ten pirates have been killed. among them, 3 hijackers from the maersk alabama, which was eventually libated, but this is the first time that pirates brazenly fired on u.s. military personnel, suggesting to some that the rules of the game may be changing out there. bret: that's a story we'll follow. thank you. the pentagon is denying that it has been compiling personal profiles on journalists, rating them as positive or negative and denying access based on their past stories. an article in "stars and tripes" made those allegations in a story released today. veterans trying to take advantage of a new g.i. benefit bill benefits are hitting a roadblock. there are 2r 00,000 financial aid applications under process with school

captain richard phillips from somali pirates. arriving in port.anges and supplies kids with school supplies they need for the upcoming year. well done. clayton. >> thanks, big mama. congress is looking to pass a new bill in the four states to mandate that all first time dui offenders install locks on their vehicles. is this the appropriate way to battle drinking and driving. the president of madd and from the american beverage institute, they join me. >> good morning. >> sar sarah start with you. why is this not a good idea. all convicted dui offenders required ignition locks in their cars. >> first thing to understand, 11 states have seen fett to pass this type of law and the vast, vast majority rejecting it usually in favor of what we advocate for, mandating locks for repeat offenders, the vast majority that cause the fight fatalities. it ties judges hands for evaluating dui cases because it's incredibly, incredibly costly. this federal mandate would cost the states hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure costs and they reject it becau

taking part of the discussion are richard fae author of conservatives betrayed, john of the american conservative magazine, thomas phillips, founder and chairman of eagle publishing member

phillip garrido is charged with her rape and kidnapping. correspondent richard lui joins us now. dugard supposedly slept along with the two daughters that she had by garrido. you can see it's surrounded by trash. but dugard's daughters did have outside contact. a woman who did business with garrido released this other set of photos to our sister network, cnn. they show, as you can see here, 11-year-old angel and 15-year-old starlet at her child's birthday party just two weeks ago. >> they made it seem like these little girls were living like wolves or jungle kids in the backyard dun jen. perhaps it is. they didn't give that visual to me. they were polite, well mannered. >> how can you imagine what they went through? you mentioned that garrido had a business. we're learning that jaycee was actually a very important part of that business. again, more contact with the outside world. >> yes. a lot of contact with customers here. garrido ran a printing company out of his home. it appears that jaycee dugard, we're talking about here, did most of the work here. one customer says dugard

phillips ear with regnery books, with red state, with human events.com. it is out there, it is available. we need to plug into it and we need to encourage others to read it. >> richard you and i have a conversation about a month ago on the train coming down from dc to nurick and you said you thought obama was the most serious after the republican party had ever faced in you said what was different about this fellow, unlike other democrats that oppose the republican party in political opposition but that obama's incent sams to be to put the republican party out of business. how do we can't do that? we know there is a demographic problem with the republican party, there is an age problem in a culture gap with young people. and could it be jon fund has made the point that he would like america to be like chicago. we have the republican party but it is just there as an appendix for show and you have that one party city. is that something that we, is a potential threat? >> it should frighten all of us. this is the most serious opponent that we have ever faced. in justice side note this to say we need to moderate here or move to the center, whatever democrats nominated th

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richard nixon and a guy named john kennedy. really landmarks in this business, and he was certainly a giant. >>> we want to turn it over now to kyra phillips, who's beginning the rest of the news here at cnn. you know, the news never stops here, and kyra phillips going to take it over for the next couple hours as she always does, kyra? >> thanks so much. >>> some congressmen call them listening sessions. barney frank prefers to fire back. take a listen. >> ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with dining room table. i have no interest in doing it! >> table the health care debate, no chance. wait until you hear what may be on the table right now.