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our susan candiotti has the details and some pictures that may be very hard to explain. >> reporter: the accused new york city police officers and firefighters were supposed to be disabled, unable to work, suffering from severe depression and anxiety. more than half claiming post-traumatic stress after the 9/11 terrorist attacks but photos filed by prosecutors paint a very different picture. this retired officer flipping the bird on a watercraft. this defendant playing basketball. and this one deep sea fishing. the retired tops, firefighters and alleged ring leaders pleaded not guilty. defense lawyers say photos don't prove anything. if you have somebody fishing on one particular day, that doesn't mean they do not have some kind of psychological illness. >> reporter: prosecutors contend it was massive fraud. a social security disability scheme designed to rip off taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. dating back to 1988. >> this fraud not only forced federal taxpayers to finance the lifestyles of new york scammers, it took away from the already limited resources w

susan candiotti, you've been covering him. you live in new york. talk about the man that is bill deblasio because for people outside new york, they might be looking in and saying oh, great, it's new york city. that's other. it's not other. what happens there does tend to ripple out into the country. >> sure, everyone is going to be watching whether he is successful at trying to establish these very progressive policies that he's talking about. he's talking about raising the taxes. he's talking about evening the economic playing field, as well. and he's made his family and the first time we have seen an interracial family certainly in the mayor's office here blowing kisses to the crowd. this is a family that he is very much involved in his campaign from the very start. president clinton even drew attention to them calling them a real day modern family. so how will he help incorporate that? i think he tried to give everyone a feeling of family, of inclusiveness as he tries to establish himself as mayor of new york city. and i think that in part is wh

susan candiotti has been reporting on this story for us. what's the latest, susan?se are you hearing? >> well, of course, as you indicated, they'd be doing field tests right now. that's normally what would be happening at this time once they have the letters in hand. as you said, we're talking about six letters that were sent to various locations in new jersey including three hotels near the super bowl, and as you said, an additional litter sent to the office of former mayor rudy giuliani in midtown manhattan. so at this time we're talking about a suspicious white powdery substance. that's how it's being described to us. a younld have the joint terrorism task force responding, of course, to the scene at this time. they're calling this a routine matter that they would be looking into under any circumstance but especially now with heightened attention, let's say to put it mildly, around the super bowl that's happening on sunday, just days away. therefore, they're going to be testing the substance to see what it is, try to determine whether there's anything to be worri

christine levinson and her son dan are now speaking out to susan candiotti. >> he was doing what he always which is working for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken ownership of it yet. >> reporter: the wife and son of retired fbi agent bob levinson speaking out for the first time since it was publicly revealed her husband was arrested in iran doing undercover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i've just kept thinking this can't actually be happening. it is such a nightmare. >> reporter: to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department says it's doing everything it can to bring him home. but the family is outraged, saying the cia lost eight months after he vanished. lying about his spy work to them and the senate intelligence committee until the family turned up crucial records to prove it. the agency has now apologized and paid a $2.5 million settlement. the cia won't comment publicly, but fired three people and disciplined seven others. >> it's immoral. th

susan candiotti joins me now. hi, susan. >>ly.ng to see how this new mayor, bill de blasio, just elected here in new york city, just taking office, how he's going to do. he campaigned as a man of the people, and that message was also made clear during his inauguration ceremony. new york's populist new mayor bill de blasio and his family got to his inauguration ceremony the way millions of new yorkers get to work every day. on the subway. before emerging, even running into his predecessor, former mayor michael bloomberg. in his speech, signaling a reversal of policies that saw business boom under bloomberg, some say at the expense of the poor and working class. >> when i said i would take dead aim at the tale of two cities, i meant it. >> reporter: citing liberal leaders of the past century, de blasio promising to even the economic playing field, including taxing those who make more than $500,000 a year to pay for universal pre-k and after-school programs. telling the wealthy, don't worry. >> -- see their taxes increase by an avera

susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> so take a peek at some of the worst nor'easters on record.r superstorm sandy? it hit in october 2012. sandy was a hurricane that morphed into a nor'easter as it moved up the eastern seaboard of the u.s. the storm was blamed for 117 deaths in the u.s., 69 more in canada and the caribbean. 1993 storm of the century stretched from canada all the way to central america, dumping snow, causing tornadoes and eastern hurricane-force winds in some places. in 1991, the so-called perfect storm blasted the u.s. east coast. it killed more than a dozen people, including the crew of the andrea gail fishing boat inspiring a book and a movie "the perfect storm." and some of the heaviest snow on record fell during the great u.s. blizzard of yes, 1888. paralyzing new york city. hopefully it won't be the same this year for new york. we'll have more on the storm coming up this hour. also next, john kerry back in the middle east coming up the hurdles he faces on his mission for peace. >>> welcome back to cnn news room. 24 minutes after the hour right now. travel i

christine levinson and her son dan are now speaking out to susan candiotti. >> he was doing what he alwaysworking for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken ownership of it yet. >> reporter: the wife and son of retired fbi agent bob levinson speaking out for the first time since it was publicly revealed her husband was arrested in iran doing undercover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i've just kept thinking this can't actually be happening. it is such a nightmare. >> reporter: to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department says it's doing everything it can to bring him home. but the family is outraged, saying the cia lost eight months after he vanished. lying about his spy work to them and the senate intelligence committee until the family turned up crucial records to prove it. the agency has now apologized and paid a $2.5 million settlement. the cia won't comment publicly, but fired three people and disciplined seven others. >> it's immoral. they denied

how difficult that has been for her group. >> not surprising from a mother of susan candiotti.ally is what i like to call them with the boston bombing. they have emotional stars forever. s lot of. have you been in contact with the victim's families. >> certainly in the past. we asked the opinion of many of these victims. a lot of them i think wanted to wait until this day to publicly share their views on the death penalty in this case. many of them haven't said publicly if not most of them happened here. the u.s. government and justice department did reach out to the victims and we are talking about 250 people who were injured including the deaths of two young women and the 8-year-old boy who was killed. they were asked to fill out the questionnaire of what i thought. whether prosecutors should pursue the matter. that is part of what the government considered in this case. in addition to the weight of the evidence that they have built, are building in their case against him. including i might add, remember there laptops of his in which prosecutors allege that he downloaded inst

christine levinson and her son dan are now speaking out to susan candiotti. >> he was doing what he always which is working for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken i don't knowership of it yet. >> the wife and son of retired fbi agent bob levinson speaking out for the first time since it was publicly revealed her husband was arrested in iran, doing undercover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i've just kept thinking this can't actually be happening. it is such a nightmare. >> to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department says it's doing everything it can to bring him home. but the family is outraged, saying the cia lost eight months after he varnished. lying about his spy work to them and the senate intelligence committee until the family turned up crucial records to prove it. it the agency has now apologized and paid a $2.5 million settlement. the cia won't comment publicly, but fired three people and disciplined seven others. >> it's immoral. they den

our susan candiotti and john avlon, political analyst, joining us from new york. it is a big day for a lot of folks. a lot of folks are watching this for a number of reasons. he took the official oath just after midnight. it was interesting to watch this right outside his brooklyn home. susan, the pictures last night when you see it, it really paints the picture here of minutes after midnight just outside the park slope brooklyn home there with his wife by his side, his son dante is in jeans, daughter chiara in her festive party hat it says folksy and informal. how is this hour going to look a little different? >> i think everyone's looking forward to him being a self-proclaimed populist mayor for the first time, a democrat in the office for more than 20 years. and again, making that initial appearance, the private swearing in ceremony on the street outside his home in brooklyn. and now, we're about to see the huge public swearing in by none other than former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton. he worked for both of them years ago

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here's susan candiotti. >> reporter: day one on the job, already storm clouds are gathering. >> i wentf snow in my head. >> reporter: the new mayor appears on the verge of his first report card -- how he'll deal with predictions of up to 10 inches of snow in the city. an avalanche of cry sim fell on now former mayor bloomberg in 2010, when up to two feet of snow went unplowed. >> we have to get it right. >> reporter: he's also defending himself from cry ecs, follow stinging attacks on bloom better by some speakers at the swearing-in. >> let the plantation called new york city be the city of god. >> changing the stop-and-frisk law is as important as the the change of the law is only the tip of the ice birk in fixing or deeply contendsian justice system. >> i respect them for deeply feeling they need to say what they did. >> frankly his legacy is extraordinary. >> reporter: deblasio's legacy is yesterday to be written, but the progressive platform has the left excited. >> 8.4 million new yorkers, if they see us moving forward and feeling the effects of this change, that's what it's all a

our national correspondent susan candiotti is working the story for us.> reporter: wolf, more trouble for the biebster, it would seem. our source telling us that, in fact, he is in canada at this hour and his arrest could come within the next hour or so in connection with an alleged assault on a limo driver that happened just last month. now, this has all been prearranged. they've been in consultation with a lawyer representing mr. bieber and he will be said to be turning himself in, surrendering to authorities in a police precinct in toronto. my first tells me this could very well result in an arrest on an assault charge. what happens to him is unclear at this particular hour, but you know just last week he got into trouble in miami beach, arrested for driving without a proper license, driving under the influence and resisting arrest without violence, so he still is facing those charges as well. >> and we got those live pictures from that police station in toronto where supposedly he's about to appear, is that right, susan? that's right. apparently this

susan candiotti, we will pull away from her. the substances are tested and the substances is a cornstarch. we just heard our reporter. can you corroborate what she was hearing? cornstarch? >> yes, let me read what i received. cornstarch. we are clear from home and our incident management unit is out of town assisting fbi efforts. numerous incidents are going on in the area both sides of the river. >> so mr. mayor, i know we have the fbi and the state police and the state of new jersey investigating, but if this is cornstarch and a hoax, we have federal law enforcement wasting their time on this. >> correct. it adds to what is going on with the super bowl. there state troopers all over. fbi and federal authorities. the local police. it's been an intensive security operation. >> and of course we have to treat everything as if this is the real deal. let me ask you since i have you, the fact that this super bowl is happening in your back yard, walk me through. if you are attending this game on sunday and normally getting the nfl gam

cnn's national correspondent susan candiotti is live for us.l us more. >> reporter: first let's remember the 250 people injured in this bombing as well as the four people who lost their lives. let's remember them by name. we're talking about crystal campbell, lindsay lu, martin richard, sean collier. the families did give their views on the death penalty to the justice department in writing. that's part of what the government considered before making this decision. and following that decision some of the families had been weighing in. for example mark who was near the finish line when the bomb went off he lost a leg and has to undergo 17 surgeries. he spent 100 days in the hospital. and says life after the bombing has not been easy. >> i think what he did to a lot of people that day, especially the ones that he killed, i think he deserves it. i prefer the death penalty because i prefer people know if you terrorize our country you'll be put to death. >> i think if there was anything that would, you know, that would filter out is that he had some

. >> susan candiotti conducted that interview. tell us more, susan. >> hi, carol.s, the levinson followed government advice to keep the cia connection under wraps to help protest him. now that the news is out, the family wants the u.s. to use levint levinson as a bargaining chip. nothing else has worked to bring him home. >> this has been going on through two administrations and nothing has gotten him home and we don't know why. >> reporter: the wife of missing american, bob levinson, is speaking out for the first time, after it was publicly revealed, the retired fbi agent was doing under-cover work for the cia when he disappeared in iran almost seven years ago. the family is demanding the u.s. government do more to find him. >> if the proper steps had been taken in the first critical weeks after my dad went missing, i think he would have been home by now. >> you feel he was abandoned. >> he was left there. he was the man left behind. >> levinson's family knew all along he worked for the cia but kept silent. >> reporter: why didn't you say what you knew at the very

susan candiotti has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. newly unsealed curiosity documents for the very first time boston police are confirming what law enforcement sources have been telling us, that they suspect hernandez played a direct role in a fatal drive by shooting of two men outside a boston nightclub in 2012. in a search warrant executed last june police wrote this. there's probable dues believe that aaron hernandez was operating the suspect vehicle used in the shooting homicides and may have been the shooter. after hernandez was charged with murder in a separate case last june the shooting of semipro player of odin lloyd police found an suv used by hernandez parked with a layer of dust at his uncle's house. court documents say it matches the description of a vehicle described at the scene of an unsolved double homicide in boston. that jogged a detective's memory who recalled seeing hernandez on surveillance videos taken inside and outside that nightclub and helped them make a connection to hernandez as a possible suspect. carol?

now his family tells cnn's susan candiotti, they knew he was there work for the cia, but they were toldlk about it for here it could put him in jeopardy. >> he was doing what he always did, which is work for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken ownership of it yet. >> you feel he was abandoned? >> i feel he was left there. he was the man left behind. >> we were told bit u.s. government by revealing what he actually was doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. >> the family says they want the government to come clean about what bob levinson was doing in iran and they want the obama administration to work harder to bring him home. >>> the dow futures lower. dow closed down 44 points. the nasdaq and s&p closed higher. stocks in london, frank ft. paris all higher. the markets are closing in asia, the nikkei finishing with a gain. here in the u.s., shares of ibm down big. 2.6% in premarket stock trading. you know, late yesterday, the company reported weaker sales. the cfo told analysts ibm is likely

susan candiotti is following the latest on justin bieber. t do you know about this latest incident, and i say latest because obviously there have been several, even in the past couple of weeks? >> he appears to be in trouble yet again, hi, erin. welcome back. hopefully we can re-rack that as soon as possible. we see him getting out of the suv with an entourage. as you can see, a ton of people on site. the police and many fans and of course the news media are all there to see himself turn himself in. a law enforcement source says this is in connection with an investigation of an assault of a limo driver that happened just last month. the cbc said it happened outside a mapleleafs game when this attack occurred, but i'm told that this was all prearranged. his lawyer was in touch with the toronto police, and they made the arrangement to come in and to turn himself in for justin bieber to turn himself in. and i'm also told that this could very well result in an arrest charge involving this incident. so, it was just last week, you will remember, in

and a law enforcement source tells cnn's susan candiotti the shooter had a handwritten journal at home describing what he was planning what he wanted to do. the shooting yesterday left two students injured. in a statement, the 12-year-old shooter's parents and grandparents say their prayers are with the injured students and their whole family is heartbroken. >>> in texas, a tarrant county judge will hear the case of the brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support. the husband of marlise munoz has filed a motion asking the court to force a hospital to take her off a ventilator and respirator. erick munoz says his wife would not want to be be on those machines. >>> and deputies in los angeles have seized hard drives holding security video from justin bieber's mansion. detectives are now looking at the video to see who threw eggs at the house next door, causing $20,000 in damage. justin bieber has not commented. >>> and on the five-year anniversary of the miracle on the hudson plane landing, passengers were reunited with members of the ferry crew that rescued them. hero pilot captain s

. >> susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> the levinson family is not alone when it comes to a family memberas. bay was detained in north korea in november, 2o 12. they sentenced him to 12 years of hard labor for committing hostile acts against the state. alan gross has been in custody since december of 2009. authorities say he tried to set up illegal internet connections. the family of the only american prisoner of war in afghanistan got proof from the u.s. military that he is still alive. he was taken captive and believeded to be held by taliban-aligned groups. the american christian pastor site is being held in iran. he was sentenced to years on charges of attempting to undermine iranian government authorities. setting the record straight, up next, an exclusive interview with the seahawks. richard sherman demand his epic post-game rant. . >> people are still talking about the end of the seahawks, 49ers game and the rant from defensive back richard sherman. he sat down with our richle nichols to talk about the rant and his regrets. >> there was the moment on the field when you made the pla

susan candiotti is working on this for us. there are a lot of different ankl angles on this.ere are they on this? >> they are looking into business associations and any family members that could help them. there is a struggle that goes on for minutes. if you look slowly, several people acost him and try to throw him into this van. it was cold and snowy that thursday night. this tape goes on for at least before the van. the tape cuts off after two minutes. i think that's as much as they have released. now, they also have video of this van. they show it driving aways awell. then, the body is found in the next county over, battered, charred. look at that video. it you can barely see it. we don't know. this is all they are putting out right now. looking for any information they can to try to figure out who would have done this to him. that's the question. that's really disquieted for people to see that headline. there has been a real outcry, not just from the community but other people as well. what's the post saying about it? >> the post alleging that he is a slumlord, a lot of

susan candiotti joins me with the latest on that. hernandez's connection to this unsolved murder case from 2012, what do we know? >> well, here's what we know, anderson. we know that two men were shot in a bmw outside a nightclub in boston in 2012. and we also know that police found an suv that was described at the time by witnesses that was seen at the crime scene, was discovered in the garage of aaron hernandez's uncle in bristol, connecticut, after aaron hernandez was arrested as a suspect in the murder of odin lloyd, remember, last june. now we're finding out what led to that. it turns out that a boston detective, once he saw that aaron hernandez was suspected of odin lloyd's murder, it made him remember seeing aaron hernandez on a nightclub surveillance video on the same night that those two men were murdered in boston, and that's what helped them make the connection. >> and how exactly do did we find out about this information? >> well, for the longest time, we knew there was a sealed search warrant that was out there. we had b

susan candiotti joins us with the latest on that. unsolved murder case from 2012, what do we know? >> reporter: here's what we know, anderson. we know that two men were shot in a bmw outside a nightclub in boston in 2012. and we also know that police found an suv that was described at the time by witnesses that was seen at the crime scene was discovered in the garage of aaron hernandez's uncle in bristol, connecticut, after aaron hernandez was arrested as a suspect in the murder of odin lloyd last june. now we're finding out what led to that. it turns out a boston detective, once he saw that aaron hernandez was suspected of odin lloyd's murder, it made him remember seeing aaron hernandez on a nightclub surveillance video on the same night those two men were murdered in boston. and that's what helped them make the connection. >> and how exactly do we find out about this information? >> reporter: well, for the longest time we knew that there was a sealed search warrant that was out there. we had been trying to get it unsealed for the l

a law enforcement source tells cnn's reporter susan candiotti the shooter had a hand written journal, what he was planning to do. the shooting yesterday left two students injured. now in a statement the 12-year-old shooter's parents and grandparents say their prayers are with the injured students and their whole family is heart broken. >>> in texas, a tarrant county judge will hear the case of the brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support. the husband of marlis munos has filed a motion asking the court to force the hospital to take her off a ventilator and respirator. he says his wife would not want to be on those machine. >>> deputies in los angeles have seized hard drives holding security video from justin bieber's mansion. detectives are now looking at the video to see who threw eggs at the house next door causing $20,000 in damage. justin bieber has not commented. >>> and on the five-year anniversary of the miracle on the hudson plane landing, passengers were reunited. the captain said everyone survived because of the efforts of the flight crew. rescuers and also first respo

but now his family tells cnn's susan candiotti they knew he was there working for the cia, but they wereo talk about it, for fear it could put him in jeopardy. >> he was doing what he always did, which is works for the united states. and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken ownership of it yet. >> you feel he was abandoned? >> i feel he was left there. he was a man left behind. >> we were told bit u.s. government that by revealing what he was actually doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. >> the family said he want the government to come clean about what bob levinson was doing in iran. and they want the obama administration to work harder to bring him home. >>> in the markets dow futures lower. dow down 44 points yesterday. the nasdaq and s&p closed higher. in europe, stocks in london, frankfurt, paris mostly higher. the markets closed in asia. the bank of china's moves to ease fears of a credit crunch. >>> and warren buffett offering $1 billion to the fan who does the near impossible, forecast the ncaa tournament bracket. to

susan candiotti joins us from new york. hi, susan. >> hi, happy new year. >> reporter: as new york city goes, so goes the country? maybe, maybe not. a lot of liberals and progressive democrats will be watching closely because of de blasio social reform policies work, it may help the party on a national level. new york's pop u lous new mayor got to the ceremony the way millions of new yorkers get to work every day, on the subway. before emerging, even running into his predecessor, former mayor michael bloomberg. signaling reversal of policies that saw business boom under bloomberg, some say at the expense of the abnormal and working class. >> when i said i would take dead aim at the tail of two cities, i meant it. >> reporter: citing liberal leaders of the past century, de blasio promising to even the economic playing field, including taxing those that make more than a half million a year to pay for universal pre-k and after school programs, telling the wealthy don't worry. >> see their taxes increase by an average of $973 a

susan candiotti tells us. >> reporter: new york's new mayor bill de blasio showing he's no stranger toing his own brooklyn sidewalk. >> my house is my responsibility to keep that walk clear. shoveling is a fine form of exercise. didn't have to go to the gym today. >> reporter: an obvious contrast in style from the billionaire predecessor who lives on the upper east side and got pummelled for a slow snow response three years ago. >> i'm very proud of the people who work for this city. >> reporter: innist first test of mayor versus nature, de blasio heaped praise on the road crews and his bosses. ambulances that were stuck or couldn't get through streets back in 2010 were only delayed by a minute or so this time, according to the mayor. a lot of new yorkers gave him good reviews so far. >> all the times with the snowplows, and opened everything up. it's great. >> i think he got his first big assignment, right? from the perspective of this neighborhood, pretty good. >> reporter: yet still getting blasted by critics over the stinging criticism leveled at now former mayor bloomberg during t

susan candiotti has been working this one for me today. she joins us live. these other officers accused of? >> brooke, this is just an amazing case. cheating the system. stealing from those who legitimately deserve it. more than half of the accused blaming their inability to work on 9/11 post traumatic stress. prosecutors say it was a sham to rip off taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars an alleged scheme going back to 1988. some appeared in court today and pleaded not guilty. now, here -- here is a video and some photos offered by authorities. they say helped prove their case. for example, the man in the middle, a martial arts instructor, a retired officer allegedly on permanent disability. one guy, another defendant, playing basketball. another one deep sea fishing. another posing on his motorcycle. another one having a ball on a jet ski. now, the manhattan district attorney alleging the accused socked away an average of $50,000 a year in benefits they did not deserve. authorities calling them thieves and liars. >> this fraud not only fo

susan candiotti reporting live. thanks so much. >>> we're going back to the breaking news. the u.s.urt halting same-sex marriages in utah. they can no longer issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. explain this ruling to us, jeffrey. >> well, it is actually pretty simple. what happened was the district court judge in utah said, same-sex marriage is now legal in utah. he declined to issue a stay. so hundreds of people, same-sex couples, got married. today, just moments ago, the united states supreme court unanimously, with no dissents, said, we do want to stay in this case. so there will be no same-sex marriage while the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit considers this case. that could take weeks or even months. so i think what's clear now is that there will be no same-sex marriages in utah for some time. what remains -- what now is going to be unclear is what is the status of the people who did get married in utah. presumably, their marriages remain valid but this is one of the many unfolding legal issues surrounding same-sex marriage in utah and around the c

susan candiotti is with us now from new york. bill de blasio? >> hi, marty, happy new year to you. a lot of democrats are paying close attention to this race around the country because of the liberal progressive policies that mayor bill de blasio is now promising to start employing here in new york city. they want to see whether he will be able to carry out his promises. such as making a more economic and equal playing field for people in new york city, and can those policies be implemented around the country? they're paying close attention to this, nationwide, because other cities want to see whether they, too, can duplicate these policies. and also, keeping an eye, of course, on the midterm elections and the next presidential election because if bill de blasio is successful in a huge city like new york, let's see where the next presidential candidate, for example, will be able to do the same thing. one of the things he talked about is taxing the wealthy. in order to pay for universal pre-k programs and after school programs for