while preparing for the penalty phase of the trial, de cry's attorney scott sanders had noticed something. a jailhouse informant who gathered information on de cry had done so in another of his cases. was it a coincident? 11 years later he delivered a huge bombshell, accusing the district attorney's office getting where information from jailhouse inmates. "america tonight" has recorded obtained recorded conversations, which have never before aired. here an informant is bargaining, claiming his memory can fall back in place if the deputies will meet halfway. >> you are looking for some consideration on the case you're here for in exchange for information on two unsolved murders in santa ana? >> pretty much. >> any more than that? >> i think more than consideration i'm looking for. >> what does that mean? >> some option he. options would be nice. right now i'm in a place of no options. >> reporter: according to court files these informants were used in hundreds of cases. were they all just at the right place at the right time? were they planted there? there's a big difference. irvin is the

scott sanders deputy director of joseph's house. thank you for being here on "viewpoint." rosie, last year nonprofits gave more than a million dollars. what's your goal this year can you beat that? >> we sure hope so. your united way with national capital area, it's our way of basically giving back to the community and opening to engage traditional donors. no matter how big or small, it really can make a difference. it's about giving where you live here in this region and doing something about those passions you care about. >> every dollar matters. how many nonprofits are participating this year? >> this year a record number of 600 nonprofits. last year 560. this year we're already over 600. >> that's fantastic. so it's 24 hours of going online, nonprofit, clicking or donating to them. >> absolutely. it's an opportunity again where we provide technology powered by united way. it's for any organization. you do not have to be affiliated with united way to be affiliated and do more. it literally goes full gamut whatever your passion is, there's going to be a nonprofit there t

said today the department would have liked to review those foreign donations and, scott, vermont senator bernie sanderso just got into the presidential race today and is clinton's first democratic challenger, well, he said he thinks the donation are a fair campaign issue. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill tonight, nancy, thank you. it was swim at your own risk today after great white sharks were spotted yesterday about 100 yards offshore in southern california. the first time in that location in 25 years. in hawaii, a shark killed a woman as she snorkeled off maui yesterday. that area was immediately closed to swimmers. hot lava is bubbling up on hawaii's big island. yesterday, it began spilling over the sides of a crater near the top of the kilauea volcano. the first time that's happened in decades. it poses no threat, and folks have been crowding in to the area just to have a look. one of the competitors in saturday's derby is a little long in the tooth. that story's next. feel secure in your dentures... feel free to be yourself all day. just switch from denture paste to sea-bond denture adhesi

if you don't know who bernie sanders is, here's a a picture of him. [ laughter ] apparently, his running mate is marty mcfly. [ laughter ] great scotty! we need 1.1 gigabucks for our superpac. [ cheers ] that's right, vermont senator bernie sanders is expected to announce tomorrow that he is running for president, making him hillary clinton's only democratic challenger so far. or as hillary put it, "ooh, appetizers!" [ laughter ] hungry. of course, most people aren't familiar with bernie sanders. so, to help you get to know him a little bit, here's a clip from one of his recent speeches. check it out. >> this country now is in a a major race to the bottom. >> jimmy: that's right, yeah. [ laughter ] i'm not sure if you noticed, but he's kind of known for using his hands a lot when he speaks. in fact, take a look at another clip. >> this is not just the republicans who are supporting -- trade agreements. ♪ there have been democratic presidents as well. corporate america has said we want great power. and the leaders of both political parties have said "yeah, that's what we will do." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there you go. [ cheers and app

was the number one search on google for a lot of candidates, including bernie sanders, ben carson, jeb bush, marco rubio, scottalker, carly fiorina, and mike huckabee. now look at this, when people search for chris christie, they wanted to know how much he weighs. and about lindsey graham, the top question they have is whether he's married. he's not. seems like voters today want these basic primitive questions answered about people they are looking at to be possibly president of the united states. we'll be right back after this. >>> at the round table jonathan, betsy and danny. to win the general election this coming year, they said you have to lose the the republican primary. in other words, take the primary side on hot issues, now it appears he is panicking to the crowd he said he'd challenge. yesterday, jeb bush told a group of new hampshire voters, it's not clear it is caused by human activity. from the climate is changing. i don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man made and what percentage is natural. i just don't, it's convoluted and for the people to say the science is decided on this

was the number one search on google for a lot of candidates including bernie sanders, ben carson, jeb bush marco rubio, scottna, and mike huckabee. now look at this when people search for chris christie they wanted to know how much he weighs. and about lindsey graham the top question they have is whether he's married. he's not. seems like voters today want these basic primitive questions answered about people they are looking at to be possibly president of the united states. we'll be right back after this. before earning enough cash back from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. kenny used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to join the wednesday night league. because he loves to play hoops. not jump through them. that's the excitement of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. ♪ if you're looking for a car that drives you... ...and takes the wheel right from your very hands... ...this isn't that car. the first and only car with direct adaptive steering

senator bernie sanders who announced last week that he's seeking the democratic nomination for president. here's the meme version. when you find out the delorian broke down. [ laughter ] great scotte's hillary clinton speaking at columbia university. now let's check out the meme. when you find out your competition is bernie sanders. [ laughter ] that's it for meme the news. thank you everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ did you guys see this? i saw that the host of cbs's "face the nation" bob schieffer will leave the show at the end of the month. it's a shame. and schieffer said that if he appears on television again it will only be on cbs. and it seems like he's already followed through on that. we have a clip, right? >> we both worked here. we're both going to continue to work here. so let's not talk. you slept with my husband. >> maybe. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it looks good. [ cheers and applause ] he's a natural. >> steve: that's crazy intense. >> jimmy: he's a natural. here -- here's a crazy story. some grocery store employees in germany have discovered over $16 million worth of cocaine in banana boxes from colombia. somewhere across town a drug dealer was frantically trying

scotts turf builder weed and feed, man! it kills weeds while it feeds and strengthens your grass. feed your lawn. feed it! >>> bernie sandersllary clinton, but the vermont senator is in the presidential race to win it. sanders, a liberal voice in congress announced his campaign for the nomination on thursday. saying it is time to get serious. >> i believe that in a democracy what elections are about are serious debates over serious issues. not political gossip and not making campaigns into soap operas. this is not the red sox versus the yankees. this is the debate over issues facing the american people. >> right now sanders hillary clinton's lone challenger. she welcomed his message to the primary race. tweeting i agree with bernie. focusing on the middle class. >>> jeb bush in full campaign mode although he has not announced. the former florida governor courting the latino vote backing legal status for undocument immigrants. he told reporters he would like to take pit-bull to a baseball game. >>> and president obama is talking out about why he is not going to baltimore and speaking out right after the break. n' wait to sho

scott. and partly because of that, you will see the entrance of bernie sanders into the race of hillary clintonse a million in 20, 000 what does that say? >> does anyone think he's going to win? no. he's going to push hillary clinton to address more with greater specificity maybe earlier of race issues and help of the inner cities and economic disparity and sometimes when you are in the lead, you want to just not make anyway what so ever, kind of cruising along. >> you are not playing your a-game. >> nor are you revealing your a-game. >> this is going to force her hand a little bit earlier than she wanted. for some democratic on the left, they're saying that's a good thing. they're worried of pushing her further to the right and we'll see what happens with the other republicans. rand paul, for example, came out very badly when he made that jock, "i am glad my train did not stop in baltimore". those are going to come back and hunt the candidates later on. i think he's viable but that's going to hurt him. >> how many times have you seen that clip? >> absolutely. >> thank you, michael, we'll be ri

sanders as they all try to vie for the democratic nomination. >>> this man is on his way back to our area now, charged with killing his rockville neighbors. scottszewski was released where he had been on vacation. he will be in court on monday to face charges for the murders of his neighbors. >>> and hundreds are expected in annapolis this morning for a "house of cards" casting call. talent scouts will be looking for people to star alongside kevin spacey and robin wright and of course -- in of course the hit netflix show. the political drama is set here in the district, of course. >> that's right, it is. got lots of political types in our area. >>> weatherwise we will look for possible lightning strikes later today but -- >> more likely if you live in the mountains west of i81, that's a better potential but we could see them here in the immediate metro. tomorrow a much better chance. i'll continue to update that forecast for you and track those developing storms. you can always find the latest forecast on wusa9.com and on our mobile app. >> my eyes are focusing on monday and tuesday because they are in the 70s, withsy terrific. >> temperatures i

governor scott walker lead the pack followed closely by jeb bush and senator marco rubio, among the democrats, of course, hillary clinton is no doubt the clear front runner, but bernie sanders from neighboring vermont who was just here is in second now followed by vice president biden and others. so john, what is the news here? >> well, first of all, this poll is just out this morning, it is piping hot we served it up just for you, bob. >> the news on the republican side, the biggest story is the change, one change that has happened since our last poll in february, which is jeb bush losing five points and marco rubio gaining six points doubling his support in new hampshire and we are seeing that across the country rubio is on the rise, i think that's the biggest story right now in the republican nomination contest, he vaulted himself into the top tier on the democratic side hillary clinton is a strong or stronger than she has been in any of the polling since last fall and all the way up to now in new hampshire, obviously a very good state for her in general but this comes this poll is interesting because it comes on the heels of all of this negative press. and the fact that

sanders can't get off the phone. hillary clinton won't take any questions at all. jeb bush has been fairly available. scott walker less so. guest: where they are placing in the polls, there isn't inverse proportion. i think rubio is fairly accessible. he is doing well in the polls. host: let's go to laura in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i want to say rush limbaugh made a very good point about the first black president. i think republicans need to make a big deal about being the first female or the first hispanic which is the largest minority out there. i think marco rubio could go bilingual. he could say all the conservative things that businesses want to hear. i wanted to bring up rush limbaugh talks about climate change. he is a denier. the biggest issue according to barack obama is climate change. can we not have a debate on a big college campus about our humans responsible? neil degrasse tyson has evidence that the united states percent -- is responsible for 17% and china is responsible for more. why do we have china making changes? we need a debate. host: i will let you take the first part of h

sanders can't get off the phone. hillary clinton won't take any questions at all. jeb bush has been fairly available. scott walker less so. guest: where they are placing in the polls, there isn't inverse proportion. i think rubio is fairly accessible. he is doing well in the polls. host: let's go to laura in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i want to say rush limbaugh made a very good point about the first black president. i think republicans need to make a big deal about being the first female or the first hispanic which is the largest minority out there. i they never include why we don't have china making changes. we need a debate. host: i will let you take the first part of the question about marco rubio and republicans appealing to hispanic voters. guest: i think that's going to be a big part of the campaign, and there's already a subterranean cycle between democratic groups trying to organize the latino vote and republican groups. there's an initiative funded by the koch brothers called the libre initiative trying to reach out to hispanic voters and mobilize and organize them and turn them on to re

sanders can't get off the phone. hillary clinton won't take any questions at all. jeb bush has been fairly available. scottalker less so. guest: where they are placing in the polls, there isn't inverse proportion. i think rubio is fairly accessible. he is doing well in the polls. host: let's go to laura in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i want to say rush limbaugh made a very good point about the first black president. i think republicans need to make a big deal about being the first female or the first hispanic which is the largest minority out there. i think marco rubio could go bilingual. he could say all the conservative things that businesses want to hear. i wanted to bring up rush limbaugh talks about climate change. he is a denier. the biggest issue according to barack obama is climate change. can we not have a debate on a big college campus about our humans responsible? neil degrasse tyson has evidence that the united states percent -- is responsible for 17% and china is responsible for more. why do we have china making changes? we need a debate. host: i will let you take the first part of her

scott walker the governor of wisconsin is third with 14. the democratic side which only has two candidates one huge one in hillary clinton and one minor one in bernie sanders stable despite the recent disclosures about hillary clinton's foundations. when we look at how democrats regard her in the race eight in ten believe she's effective at getting things done and knowledgeable and experienced enough at the job. she does have only 5 % of democrats rating her highly for being honest and straightforward. that signals a weakness for her but not one that's shaking her position in the democratic race. and finally, one thing that is helping democrats is a gradual improvement in the job approval ratings for president obama. he is now at 48% approval 47% disapproval. now, it's only one point in black but it's the first time guys, in two years that more people have said they approve of the job president obama is doing than disapprove of it. that shows a slight rising tide that will benefit democrats in 2016 if it continues. >> interesting to see that improvement. thank you very much john harwood. it's time now for a "cnbc news update" with sue herera. >>> here's wh