ted rowlands, thank you, ted. >>> afghans taking a tighter grip on their own security. >>> u.s.roversial night raids by american troops. it gifves the afghans effective veto power over the raids. barbara starr joins us from the pentagon to explain more about how this will work. >> reporter: this was an agreement that has been in the works for some time. very controversial. what you have is afghan forces will now be in the lead on all of these controversial nighttime raids, largely conducted by them and u.s. special forces. there will be an afghan review panel that will have to look at the proposed raid and give a thumbs up before u.s. and afghan forces can go into action. that's going to be controversial, of course, because a lot of times they don't have all the intelligence, they don't have all the information way ahead of time and they do these things very quickly on a very quick turnaround. what we don't know is the very point you raised. is this now for the first time going to give the afghan government essentially veto authority over u.s. military action in the war? not a l

ted rowlands is at the courthouse in chicago covering this very tragic, very high profile case, and hery. >> reporter: in january, 2008, jennifer hudson was on top of the world, winning an oscar for her performance in "dream girls." >> it's going to take a while to get used to this. >> reporter: the next year, hudson's world was rocked by tragedy, her mother and brother were murdered and her 7-year-old nephew were with missing. >> there is an amber alert out right now. >> reporter: hudson returned to chicago where a frantic search was under way for julian and for the gunman. >> neighbors did report hearing gunshots about 8:00, 9:00 this morning. >> reporter: three days later the little boy's body was found inside this abandoned suv. he died of a gunshot wound and a police investigation led to the arrest of 27-year-old william balfour. the hudson family knew william balfour quite well. he grew up here in their neighborhood on the south side of chicago and ended up marrying jennifer hudson's older sister, julia. balfour has a long criminal record and according to people who know the fami

ted rowlands, cnn, chicago. >>> this morning a man named bubba sits atop the golf world. florida native bubba watson won the masters. watson broke down in tears and regained his composure only long enough to don the green jacket. he is as surprised as anyone to win his first major title on the legendary course. >> i've never had a dream go this far like i've been saying so i can't say it's a dream come true. the thing thing, is golf is not my everything. i'm not going to go home. if i would have lost today i would not go home and pout. for me to come out here and win it's awesome for a week and get back to real life. i haven't changed a diaper yet so probably have to change a diaper pretty soon. >> yes, he will because two weeks ago, watson and his wife completed the adoption of a baby. the process four years in the making. watson known for his brilliant play and hair trigger tear ducts. he'll say, he'll cry, quote, at everything. >>> strong emotions for tiger woods who was going for a fifth masters win but the hopes unraveled along with his composure. i tied for 40th and

ted rowlands has been in the courtroom all day. ted, what's the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, tom, what a day it was. first you had the opening statements from both sides, which in any case is riveting and then the first witness out of the gate is jennifer hudson. we just finished hearing from julia hudson, jennifer's sister. riveting testimony, very emotional testimony. julia hudson got on the stand and talked about finding her mother dead and talked about the horror of realizing her 7-year-old son, julian, was missing an then three days later she found out that he was dead as well. prosecutors asked her to describe the relationship with her husband at the time, william balfour and she talked about specific threats that he made to her on previous occasions before the murders. several times, up to a dozen times he told her that he was going to kill her but he was going to kill her family first and that she would, quote, be the last to die. >> just a terrible, terrible thing. i know jennifer hudson talked about her relationship with her mother. i can't imagin

thanks so much, ted rowlands. >>> facebook is headed to the stock market. company is likely to start trading under the symbol fb next month after a long wait. today we got another look at some of the numbers behind the world's largest social networking site. some interesting stats. the site now has 901 million active users. there are 3.2 billion likes or comments every day. there are 300 million photos uploaded per day. the company earned on average $1.21 per user during the first three months of the year. our number tonight is 60. that is the percentage of internet users in the u.s. that use facebook. 60%. to give you some perspective, facebook is used by about 85% of internet users in countries like chile, turkey and venezuela. it's such a low number, the 60%, that facebook still identifies the united states as a key source of growth for their business. i bet when they go public there will be big business going on here. >>> still outfront, the latino vote. you've all heard it, it could decide this year's presidential election. that's why mitt romney is ha

ted rowlands, thank you very much. >>> it's now 5:18.a good chance to get an early read on some of your local news that is making national headlines. papers from all over the country. they're heavy when we drop them. let's start with the dallas morning news. hello, dallas. miss you. here is a story about deion sanders, big hero in that town. yesterday the nfl hall of famer was involved in a domestic dispute. he tweeted about the incident as it was happening. here are the tweets he was sending out. pray for me and my kids now. they just witnessed their mother and a friend jump me in my room. she's going to jail and i'm pressing charges. minutes later, another tweet coming out. filling out police reports now. thank god for this platform to issue the truth. and then out came the photo. here it is. a tweet including a picture of sanders and his two sons. >> wow. >> filling out forms. sanders' wife pilar has been arrested and charged with assault in the case. there is no accounting for the value of actually chronicling this with your children

ted rowlands is covering that story for us. >> reporter: hi, carol. statements begin here in about an hour from now. william balfour is the young man accused of triple murder, murdering jennifer hudson's mother, allegedly, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. we expect jennifer hudson to be in court. she's on the witness list and there's a good chance that she will take the stand. of course, for the prosecution, having a victim member in the courtroom can make a big difference and when that family member is jennifer hudson, it absolutely draws the attention of the jury. that is a big plus for them. the defense is arguing that there's no physical evidence here, despite the fact that it's a triple murder, they say there are no fingerprints or blood linking their client to these murders. we'll hear it take place, at least the opening statement, in the next hour. it's expected to last three to four weeks, this trial. >> ted rowlands reporting live for us. thanks. >>> hundreds of thousands of people could lose internet service this summer thanks to internationa

ted rowland reporting live from chicago. journalism conference thought they were going to talk about bullying. instead many of them walked out in tears after a prominent anti-bullying advocate dan savich called parts of the bible b.s.. >> we can learn to ignore the [ bleep ] in the bible about gay people. it's funny who someone is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the bible, how [ bleep ] people react when you push back. >> he's the founder an ain't bullying campaign that features president obama. >> if you ever feel like because of bullying, because of what people are saying that you're getting down on yourself you got to make sure to reach out to people you trust whether it's your parents, teachers, folks that you know care about you just the way you are, you got reach out to them. don't feel like you're in this by yourself. the other thing you need to know is things will get better. >> this morning those high school students and gay conservatives want an apology from savich. not first time he's made w

ted rowlands is live for us. jennifer hudson identified the bodies in the morgue., right? >> well, today -- yesterday there were crime scene -- monday, the crime scene photos. yesterday they were the coroners on the stand. these were autopsy photos. they were very difficult to see in court. i mean, you could see the reaction in the jurors' faces, constant sniffling from the folks in the hudson camp. as you mentioned, even the defendant, he actually showed the most emotion wiping away a tear at one point. very difficult images to see, zoraida, as you can imagine. part of the case, obviously, to show the brutality but especially the photos of that seven-year-old little boy shot twice in the head. it was really heartbreaking to see. before those witnesses took the stand, jennifer hudson and her sister, julia, were told, in fact a bailiff came up to them at one point before one of the medical examiners took the stand and whispered to them and immediately got out of the courtroom. they did not want to see that and endure those images. >> what are we expecting in court t

our ted rowlands introduces us to a mom who is also a mayor. >> let me remind you that we didn't gethe newly elected mayor of gary, indiana, is listening to a room full of frustrated people who want answers. >> my neighborhood looks like a dump because i have people dumping their trash out in my streets. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine a working mother with a tougher job than freeman wilson. gary is a city that's more than $40 million in debt and unemployment rate of 16% and it has one of the worst crime rates in the country. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. >> reporter: the mayor's daughter, 18-year-old jordan s a senior in high school. freeman wilson says it can be tough juggling career and family. >> first thing is that you have to be family focused. if i'm not family focused then i'm no good to any of the citizens of gary. the other is that i have to have help. i have been very blessed to have a very supportive husband. >> solemnly swear -- >> reporter: she served as indiana's attorney general and before that she was a judge. >> sometimes her presence would be appreciated, yo

cnn's ted rowlands is joining us from dixon. what's going on, ted? obviously, but they're also shocked that the person that has been controlling the money here in the city could get away with this for so long. this is 58-year-old rita krundwell, the controller of dixon, illinois, leaving a federal courthouse after her arrest. this is krundwell's lavish horse farm, one of two she owns along with this house, all kept afloat with money she stole on the job working for the city. the government alleges that krundwell, a nationally known horse breeder stole more than $30 million since 2006 including $3.2 million since last august. she allegedly used the stolen money to not only support her horse operations, but also bought several cars according to the govern, trailers and a $2.1 million motorhome. dixon is a city of about 15,000 people two hours west of chicago. it's the childhood home of ronald reagan and the current home of a lot of angry people. >> if it had been 100,000 or a couple hundred thousand people wouldn't be as angry as they are, but 30 milli

here's cnn's ted rowlands. >> reporter: spend a few minutes with eric and you'll see why his teammateshim. >> reporter: do you practice a lot? >> i practice a lot so i can go to playoffs when i'm on the field. >> reporter: eric is on the high school basketball and football team in a small mining town on michigan's upper pen ins well. eric's coaches put him in near the end if a game's been decided. last year he brought the house down when he made this three-point shot against the rival. >> then i shot it and it made it, and i heard fans and my mom crying. >> i videotaped the crowd on the other side, and it was made up mostly of migoni fans including their student section and they were all on their feet cheering for eric. the same thing happened when eric made his first extra point kicking for the football team. >> watching the kids react and they carried him off the field and it was just one of the best moments. >> reporter: eric will be a senior in the fall, but unless something changes, he won't be able to play sports because, with down syndrome, he was held back in elementary school