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killen and soledad o'brien. it was pretty sobering to hear that as black kids age, they become as pessimistic as white kids. >> it's really true. i mean, we were struck by that. and you have to think about, why is that? why is it that young kids tend to think, you know, you can be friends with different people. then they start getting messages. i think part of it is from ages 6 to 13 you start getting an increasing number of messages. if you don't have opportunity for friendships, you don't have that opportunity to challenge a stereotype, they start getting more deeply entrenched. by 13 there's also other issues that start coming up. things about dating. that's when the messages from parents and society starts getting much more negative. as you move towards increasing intimacy, that's when people get a little bit more uncomfortable and more nervous about it. and, unfortunately, it kind of backfires. because that's when kids start to back away. they start to think, well, friendships aren't possible. and we really

killen and soledad o'brien.t was pretty sobering to hear that as black kids age they become as pessimistic as white kids. >> it's really true. i mean, we were struck by that. and you have to think about why is that? why is it that young kids tend to think, you know, you can be friends with different people. and then they start getting messages. i think part of it is from ages 6 to 13 you start getting an increasing number of messages. if you don't have opportunity for friendships, you don't have that opportunity to challenge a stereotype, they start getting more deeply entrenched. but by 13 there's also other issues that start coming up. things about dating. and so that's when the messages from parents and society starts getting much more negative. as we move toward increasing intimacy, that's where people get a little more uncomfortable and more nervous about it. and unfortunately, it kind of backfires. because that's when kids start to back away. they start to think, well, friendships aren't possible. and we r

clint will be soledad o'brien's guest at 7:50 a.m.e hearing from the pilot who helped an 80-year-old woman land a plane after her husband collapsed at the controls. this is actual video as a person took as 80-year-old helen collins was landing that play. collins is not a pilot. she radioed for help telling responders she was out of fuel and her light -- her right engine, i think, was out. then they sent a wingman to help her. >> hi, helen, this is kathy. >> hi, cathy. >> a hell of a place to be. >> you better get me in soon, i don't know how long i'll have gas. >> helen, we will launch another aircraft. it will come up, fly next to you and give you instructions. >> the pilot who assisted collins spoke to wolf blitzer who was filling in for anderson last night. >> she's a hero in my book. she did exactly textbook for a very, very low-time pilot or nonpilot i should say performance. it was just outstanding how she kept the aircraft under control at all time and stayed with it. never gave up. and that's the secret to a successful outcome

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killen and soledad o'brien.ty sobering to hear that as black kids age they become as pessimistic as white kids. >> it's really true. we were struck by that. and you have to think about, why is that? why is it that young kids think you can be friends with different people. then they start getting messages. i think part of it is from ages 6 to 13, you get increasing number of messages. if you don't have opportunity for friendships, you don't have that opportunity to challenge the stereotypes, it starts getting more deeply entrenched. by 13, there's other issues, that start coming up, things about dating. so that's when the messages from parents and society start getting much more negative. as we move towards increasing intimacy, that's where people get more uncomfortable and more nervous about it. unfortunately it kind of backfires because that's when kids start to back away. they start to think friendships aren't possible. we really have to think about that because having a friend of a different race or ethnicity

melanie killen and cnn's soledad o'brien.e racial makeup of a school can have a profound effect. how so? >> it can. it gives children the opportunities for having contact with other kids and potentially making friends. we find that it really makes a difference for kids in thinking about who they're going to play with and who they're going to be friends with. >> so if you're a white parent whose child goes to a majority white school, this study gives you a lot to worry about. what do you say to a parent who's concerned? >> well, we hope it gives them a lot to think about in thinking about their -- how they're exposing their children to people of different races and ethnicities and you can think about the level of community. so maybe your school isn't diverse but the larger district you live in is more diverse. maybe there's an opportunity to have your children encounter other kids or if not that, then to use other kinds of media, whether it's books or television, but to think about the whole issue of exposing your children --

today on starting point with soledad o'brien, a top forensics expert says the evidence points to martin, not zimmerman. >> we have the tape of zimmerman. we have the tape of the screams. and then we can start to comparison. and basically, it will do this comparison, if you can see the screen now. and it will give me some false rejection rates. some false exception rates. and a likelihood ratio, okay. and this gray dot over here designates the very lower end of the stale which in essence translates as it is not him. >> two pieces of evidence, audio and video. we'll talk about both shortly. we'll also be joined by the family lawyer who wrote to the justice department civil rights division, questioning whether the decision tonight charge george zimmerman was made fairly and impartially. we respectfully request, he writes, that the united states department of justice investigate the circumstances surrounding this meeting between chief bill lee and state attorney norm wolfinger in which they disregarded the lead homicide investigator's recommendation to arrest george zimmerman for manslaught

here's soledad o'brien. >> reporter: the alarm rang in at 5:00 a.m. on a cold winter morning.ar-old vietnam vet with a severe heart condition had set off his medical alert device. but instead of an ambulance, police arrived at kenneth chamberlain's apartment. neighbors saw guns drawn, a riot shield. >> they stated that if he didn't come and open the door, they was going to knock it down. >> right across the elevator -- >> his niece who lives upstairs tells police that he'd set off the alarm accidentally, to please let his family talk to him. >> i just kept hearing my uncle respond, please leave me alone. go away. i didn't call you. i don't need your help. >> reporter: chamberlain and the police were being recorded by the alert device. >> you hear one of the officers use an expletive, and that's when he said he didn't give an "f," used the n-word. >> the n-word? >> yes. >> reporter: law enforcement sources confirm that's on the tape. but there's more. later the district attorney showed the family two videos in their custody. one from hallway security camera. another recorded by

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. >>> and at 7:30 eastern, dan marino will join soledad o'brien on "starting point."ng, tomorrow's nfl draft and his new partnership with the aarp. >>> it's now four minutes past 6:00 on the east coast. and what a difference a month can make. back a month ago, sanford, florida's, city commission gave their police chief, billy, a vote of no confidence for his handling of the trayvon martin investigation. so let's fast forward to last night when they voted to reject his offer to resign. lee had been under fire for his decision not to arrest and charge george zimmerman immediately after the fatal shooting. the supporters say they cannot make him a scapegoat. >> chief lee is paying for the sins of past police officers. he's police chief. he has been here -- he has been in office ten months. how do you steer a boat that big, mr. mayor? how do you steer a boat in ten months to a complete turnaround? you don't. >> all of this has george zimmerman walking out of jail, charged with second-degree murder, but out on bail and whereabouts this morning unknown. his attorney, mark o

today's s.o.b., soledad o'brien.d for allegedly claiming she had cancer to get donations to pay for a fabulous dress. that was her dress for her wedding. her honeymoon. fake cancer scheme that lasted six months and then got thousands of dollars including an all-expense paid trip to aruba. she said she wanted to marry the father of her young daughter before she died which would be in a month. the father was duped as well. once he realized several months in that she had lied, he filed for divorce and then helped the attorney general investigate her. she faces 24 years behind bars if convicted on all of the counts. the nicest thing is one of the women who really helped her with the dress and money and gave her cash sometimes and was a true supporter said i would do it again. even though she was duped. >> think about the emotional u-turn that husband went through. married the woman of his dreams -- >> read more of the story. they got back together and had another kid. >> i'll say it has a happy ending. >> i would only ev

coming up on starting point with soledad o'brien. will ask the brother of one of the victims whether he thinks the punishment actually fits the crimes. >>> 38 minutes past the hour. it's golf's holy grail, augusta national. the home of the mavers golf tournament which tees off today. once again, the spotlight is on augusta's men-only membership policy. ibm is one of the tournament's chief sponsors. sponsor ceos have been given membership to augusta national and the green jacket that goes with it. now ibm's ceo is this woman, gin ginny rometty. will this tradition be broken? >> as has been the case of whenever that question is asked, all issues of membership are now and have been historically subject to the private deliberations of the members. and that statement remains accurate. it remains my statement. >> why wouldn't if you're augusta national, all those guys why wouldn't you want to have the ceo of ibm be a member of your club? that's the dilemma for them and more and more women in the next 10, 20 years will become ceos. it's goi

he was asked to get specific in an interview with cnn's soledad o'brien this morning. >> no, no, we dowhich are the members of congress that are -- >> you can go to -- >> keith ellison is a communist? >> soledad, i'm calling it this. communists, congressionalist, statist which is another term used. i'm looging at the idealogies, i'm looking at things they believe in. we need to stay a constitutional republic. a lot of people need to study that and see what it is. >> this guy was either a no-show in history class or a demigod. up next, details on the secret service sex scandal and what happened that night at the hotel. we're going to talk to the reporter who interviewed the escort -- that's her title -- at the hotel. you're watching "hardball." players gave president obama a helmet that he said he will probably need between now and november. >>> welcome back to "hardball." new details are emerging from cardegena who tells her story about what transpired that night, a night that has so far cost three people their jobs. kristin walker at the white house, and david is also with us. let's s

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