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fbi agents, texas rangers, as well as local law enforcement descended on that neighborhood where the mcclellans were found murdered. all of those people involved in this education. candy? >> ed, let me sort of broaden this a little bit, to something that happened, you know, last week. and i spoke on the show, actually, a week ago, to the governor of colorado, about the death of the chief of prisons in colorado. the alleged perpetrator was killed in a shoot-out in texas. now, at the time, we knew that the fbi was looking for possible links between that alleged shooter and that first murder in kaufman county. is that investigation still going on? could there be an even broader conspiracy here, that is not just confined to kaufman county? >> reporter: well, candy, that's sort of what's hovering over this entire situation. we knew after that shoot-out last week in decatur, texas, not too far from where we are, that there was a link at least being looked at between the colorado prison chief and the assistant prosecutor here in kaufman. now, if these other two are related, all of this is s

texas rangers and state police also a very quick presence there on that -- at that murder investigation. so it's clear that even though officials here aren't saying on the record that these cases are connected, the presence and the way you've seen these people viz pli respond to these cases it really seems to kind of suggest that sglp ed lavendera, thank you so much from kaufman county, texas. we'll check back with you as information warrants. >>> christians all over the world celebrating easter today. ♪ >> in rome, pope francis delivered his first easter blessing since becoming pontiff. thousands of worshippers from around the world pack st. peter's square. senior international correspondent jim bittermann is in rome. >> reporter: fred, about a quarter of a million people according to some estimates turned out for the easter mass in st. peter's square today. a lot of people just curious about this new pope and what kind of changes he may bring. barry two weeks into his reign, pope francis, as he celebrated his first easter mass, is putting distance between himself and his predecessor.

so i was going out to the site and a texas ranger, if you haven't met the texas rangers, they are big guys but that. the texas ranger comes up to me and sister, i press that followed us out here. what would you like me to do? i looked at the sixth of six texas ranger and i said ranger, i'd appreciate if you could escort them to the next county. he looked at me and said sir, it would be my pleasure. and he did. >> on numerous occasions these guys were amazing. he made it clear her desire to keep it this way and they went out of their way over and over again to help us. >> i cannot thank them enough for the respect they paid in support we got. it really helps you a very difficult time. >> we have time for one more if there's any other interests. >> we must've dazzled by mike s. >> thank you. [applause] >> congressional internet caucus at the race to prevent piracy on the internet. we'll hear from service providers from the media companies and advocates for internet users. this is an hour and a half. >> welcome, everybody. thank you for coming. this event is hosted by the congressional i

this is a top priority for the texas rangers and the fbi. we've got some video from the crime scene last night. the mchelllands' home in rural, unincorporated kaufman county. we have confirmed this is a double-murder and the front door to the couple's home was kicked in. it's unclear when the couple was killed, but a source tells us a friend or family member stopped by late yesterday after not hearing from the couple all day, and then they called police. mclelland was committed to bringing has assistant d.a., mark hasse's, killer to justice. here's what he said soon after his friend was shot and killed two months ago. >> we're very confident that we're going to find you, we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we're going to bring you back and let the people of kaufman county prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. as far as i know, this is never been done before. i do not want it to happen again. >> reporter: now, law enforcement has yet to comment publicly on this latest shocking murder here in kaufman county, b

sheriff's office, texas rangers and fbi, and i want to emphasize this is an active investigation, and all official information regarding this will come through the sheriff's office. we have numerous local, federal agencies, state, constable's office, kaufman police department, terrell police department, terrell isd, the police, the u.s. marshals, atf, the whole spectrum and we are actively pursuing this. we're working very hard to ensure the public safety of the county and i want to assure the citizens that we are doing that. and we'll continue to strive to do that. we do have a tip line set up. the number is 1-877-847-7522. or they can submit a tip to the kaufman county tip line or crimestoppers. and that's basically what we know at this time. >> sheriff, what are you doing actively? >> we're not going to get into that on security matters what we're doing on that. just to say that we are taking precautions to protect other elected officials in the county. [ inaudible question ] >> is this the work of white supremacist gang, do they have people here? >> i'm not in on that at all. i ha

colorado investigators will be working alongside the texas rangers in the investigation, but because ments was the chief in colorado, the texas state division that investigates anybody that happens within texas' prison, and law enforcement officials say the fbi was making phone calls. the governor reacted to this by saying, quote, we don't know yet whether this is exactly the guy, and there's some indication, and i hope it is. the story is we don't know what the motive might be in the killing of clements. tuesday night's shooting happened hours before the colorado governor was due to sign into law the hotly contested new gun reform legislation. they announced the murder of the prison's director at 8:30 yesterday, and then they had the new limit in simi automatic rifles. sources have said there is not any reason to connect the killing of a state's prison chief, or to broader political issues. still in response to the murder, security has been uped. one potential connection at least that is getting a lot of attention in the colorado press is tom clements' direct involvement in the man n

. >> reporter: now, the fbi and atf and texas rangers have not one but two cases on their hands. the fear now is that these murders are somehow connected. but, at this point, authorities will not say if they are related. now, we're expecting a lot more information to come out later this morning, when investigators hold their first press conference since discovering the bodies. dan? >> telling us more about what is truly an extraordinary situation, john schriffen reporting from texas this morning, thank you. >>> let's bring now in abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas, how rare is this kind of violence directed at senior public officials? >> good morning, dan. while we have a lot of violence in this country, thousands of murders a year, it's very unusual to see public officials kills in this manner. it's early in this investigation. police don't know if these deaths are tied to the previous murderm but if prosecutors are being executed this is a nightmare scenario. that's why you see the atf and fbi actively assisting. >> now, after the first prosecutor was ambushed and

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reacting and are at least assuming to handle the case, and we've seen fbi agents, the state police, texas rangers descending on the home of the mclelland home, last night, as they started processing the scene, and worked there throughout the night and well into today. so, you know, that sense that we've gotten, especially from the county judge that i spoke with here a little while ago, who says that, mclelland and mark hasse, the assistant prosecutor killed back in january, almost exactly two months ago, these two worked closely together on similar cases. so in a lot of people's minds it's hard to believe these cases somehow are not connected. >> okay. let me ask you this. weeks ag mclelland said he believed a white see prupremaci gang might have killed mark hasse. what do you think than? >> reporter: he was gunned home along with his wife in his home, but he said in that interview, mark hasse, the prosecutor had not handled cases surrounding the aryan white supremacist group, his office over the last couple of years had made a dent into that organization. definitely, you know, suggesting that pe

but we saw law enforcement descend on this neighborhood and fbi investigators, state police, texas rangers neighborhood. that investigation continues. we will continue to follow this story throughout the day here on cnn. but, for now, we'll return you back to fareed zakaria. >>> on april 28th, 1996, in port arthur, australia. a man named marshal bryant went on a killing rampage. in the first 15 seconds of his spree, bryant killed 10 people and injured another 10 all with an ar assault rifle. 35 remains dead, men, women and children. if his weapon of choice sounds familiar, it should. that's what adam lanza used in the newtown, connecticut, massacre. in its time of grief, australia actually did something about weapons like the ar-15. it banned them. joining me now from sydney, the man who made it happen, australia's former prime minister john howard. mr. howard, welcome. >> thank you, fareed. >> when you hear about this terrible tragedy, what was your reaction? >> well, my reaction was one of horror and shock. if was the largest single loss of life from one murderous incident by an individu

we appreciate your interest in us and we appreciate the help that we've had from the texas rangers, the force of police and law enforcement officials working on this case. >> how do law enforcement sort of start? where is the starting point? because it could just be a plethora of perhaps former, former criminals who could be suspects. i guess, where did the investigation really start. obviously, with the evidence in hand, but then beyond that. >> no, they have a lot of forensic evidence and i'm sure they have more now. if they have to, i'm sure they're going through all the files of the previous cases that district attorney and assistant district attorney have been involved in. >> okay. >> dr. william fortner, the mayor of kaufman, texas, thank you. >> thank you. we have to remember that god is in control and all of us should be praying for a resolution to this sipuatituation. >> thank you for your time this morning. >>> the federal government is failing to give post-9 /11 veterans accurate and timely care. details emotional and physical problems that troops deployed in iraq and afghani

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i have to think now that those handling the investigation -- my understanding is texas rangers, u.s. fbi are all helping the kaufman county sheriff's department with this. i have to think that those individuals are tying the pieces to the, connecting the dots, and if there is some type of tie-in, i'm sure they're going to find it. >> mayor, stand by. let's bring in former fbi assistant director tom fuentes joining us now live from vancouver. to what degree are federal authorities -- the fbi in particular -- being involved in this investigation in trying to connect any dots here? >> hi, fredricka. the fbi will be trying to animalize any of the leads and help with leads especially that go out of state. so you're in a situation now where the field is wide open in terms of suspects. you have prosecutors whose job it is to prosecute people and ultimately have people convicted and end up in prison. that's certainly going to create a lot of enemies with people who may be very prone to violence. so the enemies list would be long. for both men, for both the assistant d.a. hassey and for the d

it texas rangers shortstop, elvis andrus scratched from a game because of sensitivity in his left arm it is an awesome tattoo. i mean, it's his late father. >> i mean, if you look at it you can see why he had sensitivity in his left arm. i mean, my goodness, it covers his whole arm. >> nine hours under the needle. in fairness, it was a february exhibition game, but we've seen injuries in baseball. weaver seen players injured with q-tips. we had a guitar hero injury. an nba player had to be pulled when he had an infection when his tongue piercing got infected. he missed a game because of that left shoulder injury, but again it's exhibition season. we can let him go. >> we have a little extra time. i'm going to ask you about my favorite story of the week. dennis rodman showing up in north korea to shoot an hbo doc. i have been to north korea twice. it's a journalists dream to meet kim jong-un. dennis rodman, first american to meet kim jong-un? i mean, come on? >> i love someone at the pentagon said it says an awful lot that dennis rodman now has more knowledge and more interaction with

texas rangers have been working this as well as local law enforcement. 2:00 eastern, 1:00 central the sheriff here will update reporters as to what they know and can share about this murder investigation. candy? >> talk to me about the murder of the prison chief in colorado, his alleged asisailant was shot dead after a car chase. the fbi apparently has been looking in to whether there is a link between the texas murder of this prison chief and the first murder in this county. >> if you remember, last week, there was this shootout. a high-speed chase and shootout in decatur, texas, which is north of ft. worth. we're on the east side of dallas here. in the shootout, they discover authorities have been finding evidence that strongly suggests that evan evil, the man who was driving that car and gunned down by authorities in decatur, texas. they believe he is the suspect that killed the prison chief in colorado. after that, because initially after the murder of mark hasse, the assistant prosecutor here in kaufman, investigators said they were looking to groups that may have been tied to wh

colorado investigators will be working alongside the texas rangers. ons chief in colorado, investigations of anything that happens within texas prison systems will be involved in the investigation now on-scene this afternoon as well making phone calls. colorado's governor has reacted to all this by saying, quote, we don't know yet exactly whether this is the guy. there is some indication. i hope it is. of course, the overall story here is still that we do not know what the motive might be for the killing of tom clements, whether it was related to his job running the prisons or to colorado state politics more broadly or to neither of those issues. tuesday night's shooting happened hours before the colorado governor was due to sign into law the hotly contested new gun reformulation that state lawmakers passed last week. governor hickenlooper announced the details of the murder, of the state's prison director at 8:30 a.m. local time yesterday, and then went on as scheduled later that morning to sign into law his state's new background checks legislation a

colorado investigators will be working alongside the texas rangers. prisons chief in colorado, investigations of anything that happens within texas prison systems will be involved in the investigation now and the fbi was on the scene this afternoon making phone calls. colorado's governor reacted to all this saying we don't know yet whether this is the guy. there's some indication. i hope it is. the overall story here is still that we do not know what the motive might be for the killing. whether it was related to the job running the prisons or colorado state politics more broadly or neither of these issues. tuesday's shooting happened hours before the colorado governor was to sign into law the hotly contested new gun legislation last week and he went on as scheduled later that morning to sign into law the state's new background state legislation and state magazines for ammunition in semi-automatic handguns. law enforcement sources have said there -- have not said there is any reason to connect the killing of states prisons chief to his work in the pris

we've seen fbi agents assisting in this investigation as well as texas rangers and the state police asell as the local law enforcement agents who have been at that crime scene for a great long while. so a great deal of attention surrounding, and authorities here say they're adding extra security to elected officials here in kaufman county, but despite that, the courthouse will be open for business tomorrow morning except for the prosecutor's office will be closed. don? >> hey, ed, quickly, i have to ask you something. before mark hasse was killed, he told a friend he was afraid for his life. what are you hearing about protection? tomorrow morning it's going to be open. are they beefing up protection outside the courthouse, outside of them going to work in any other way? >> reporter: well, we've heard from people that there's a great deal of uncertainty and many people feeling, you know, like the chill went up their spine as they've seen these attacks carried out. the law enforcement officials are not being specific about what kind of protection or to what lengths they are going to prot

fbi agents, texas rangers, as well as local law enforcement officials, who have descended on that mcclellan home to begin that investigation there. and as you heard the mayor of kaufman say, it appears to be related and whether or not, but exactly why these prosecutors were targeted. if that turns out, indeed, to be the case, is not clear. but mr. mcclellan was very outspoken after the murder of mr. hassey two months ago. listen to the way he talked about how badly he wanted to capture the culprit of that murder. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching, because we're very confident that we're going to find you, we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we're going to bring you back and let the people of kaufman county prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. anything that you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> reporter: you know, you can tell mr. mcclellan had the bold swagger of a texas prosecutor as he spoke there two months ago, very angered and upset about what had happened to his coworker. they descri

>> it's what a texas ranger says he found in and around evan ebel's crashed cars.hell casings are shown to be the same caliber of the home tom clements was killed. in the car trunk a domino's pizza bag jacket or shirt. they believe he killed pizza delivery man nathan lee days before the prison director was murdered. the colorado governor hickenlooper is now saying that he is a close friend of ebel's father. >> shepard: wow. what are we hearing out of colorado? >> well, the el paso county sheriff's department is saying it cannot comment yet there is a possible link going on right now investigating. could have been sent by a white supremacist gang to carry out a hit. colorado authorities are in wise county, texas, investigating right now where the sheriff says it was a violent end to the chase. there is really only one deputy was injured. possibly two had been hit. our lt. our vehicle was struck on the drivers side window. lodged here. inches of his head so he is very lucky. >> the funeral for tom clements is sunday. >> some incredible video now. happened in philly.

texas departmt of public safety and crime team out of garland, texas, is here working with the texas rangers and working with our crime scene investigator cory harris and others processing the vehicle -- the suspect's vehicle. and i will also reiterate yesterday we mentioned the black cadillac that is -- is a black cadillac with colorado plates. that is at the present time that's our only connection to colorado. we did make calls yesterday to the colorado authorities obviously. and they came down to -- for an inquiry to see what we had in our texas. right now we will continue with the processing of the vehicle over at the sheriff's office. anything we learn from the vehicle, we're actually looking for any type of physical evidence, biological evidence, or trace evidence. all that will be collected and analyzed. we will also share our findings with the colorado authorities. and that hopefully will help them determine yes or no if this is related to any of their crimes at all. we -- as i said a second ago the investigation is continuing. we are asking for any of the public that saw anything, h

of regular season as he serves out his suspension final: 5-3 cubs a's drop to 2-4 this spring texas rangerttoo the day before that's exactly what happened today when rangers shortstop elvis andrus was taken out of the lineup due to a fresh, and very large tattoo that filled most of his left arm the tattoo is a tribute to his late father and >> gary: have you ever had that problem? >> jacqueline: no. miss him they beat the indians 10-0 catch check out this catch by north carolina state's brett williams yesterday against new mexico state. he does a full out dive and somersaults right after making the grab take another look dive catch and somersault n.c. state beat new mexico state 9-2 tiger woods playing close to home this week. tiger woods at honda tiger found himself in the water on the par-4, sixth hole today at the honda classic in palm beach gardens florida so tiger took of his shoes and socks, donned his rain pants and punched it out the green 80 yards away 60-degree wedge - landed about eight feet from the hole tiger then calmly drained the 8-footer to save par on the wholenot your av

local police have been joined by texas rangers, the fbi and other federal agents working to solve the a neighbor says sheriff's deputies had been parked in the driveway for about a month after one of his assistants was gunned down but police were not there saturday. the town mayor are says it appears there was not a random act and the police chief says he has to assume the latest murders are linked to the death of county assistant d.a. who was shot to death in a parking lot a block from his office on january 31. mike mcclellan was front and center on the day that the assistant was killed, calling the killers couple. scum. >> i hope that the people did this were watching because we are confident that we will find you. we will pull you you out of whatever hole you are in and we will bring you back and let the people of kaufman county prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. >> reporter: he and his wife survived by five children including a son who is a police officer in dallas. there are questions whether mcclelland's death is connected to the murder of the chief of the colorado

texas department of public safety crime team out of garland, texas is here working with the texas rangers working with our crime scene investigator corey harris and others, processing the vehicle, the suspect vehicle and i will also reiterate yesterday we mentioned the black cadillac that is the black-- is a black cadillac with colorado plates. and that is at the present time, that's our only connection to colorado. we did make calls yesterday to the colorado authorities, obviously, and they came down to, for an inquiry to see what we had in our texas. right now we will continue with the-- >> all right, we've been listening to the press conference from texas and we want to bring in alicia acuna and she's in denver and sound like they've got a positive i.d. on this guy? >> yes, and the denver police department actually has given us new information because we have new information that's coming to them from some forensic testing they've been doing and those results are in and they are saying the denver police department is saying that those results have left them confident that they now have

oakland a's beat the texas rangers on the last game and season. they captured the a.l. west.ne of the world series for the second time in three years. it comes back to at&t park tonight. after a long off- season. a long spring training, the giants will meet up with the oakland a's tonight at 715. a good pitching matchup. >> it is actually three games tonight, friday here and at&t park. on saturday that will play at oakland coliseum. this is in preparation for the opener on monday against the dodgers. the oakland a's will open against the mariners. it does not count in the standings. but let us face it it accounts for the fans. >> it will be fun to see how they do. i think in spring break timmie is not doing so well. we want to know how the giants will do. bonnie called in sick our resident oakland a's fans. she may be at the game we will see. >> calling bonie out. >> starting bonnie i was not involved in that. >> the san mateo shares county office has issued a countywide alert. series a residential burglaries are plaguing the area. officials say, the suspect for use in severa

texas. ♪ . >> anna: yeeha, rangers. >> anna: beef, it's what's for dinner. several people spot the valuables and keep trekking by without turning them in to a nearby business, public safety officer, or using the bungee virtual lost and found system. but we are finding a few good texans. >> just got the camera. the eagle has landed. so he's five minutes away. purple dress, blond hair. he said he's on his way. hi, how are you. thank you for doing the right thing. how long did it take for to you see the decal on the camera? >> as soon as i got back to my apartment. i looked at it and i was hoping if there was anything on it, if there was photos. and i saw the decal. >> anna: we're in downtown dallas and about to drop the wallet and see if honest abe can keep them honest. >> not a single runner. even this couple did the right thing, making them late to their concert. >> we texted it and posted it on facebook said, doing the right thing. i need one of these cards 'cause i'm a forgetful person. >> anna: how honest do you thin

olson: three hours earlier, they were cutting down the nets at the texas 4-a state champions. the rangers showed the hearth of a true champion by defeating the two-time defending champions, dallas-kimball, 55-47. down eight at halftime, the terry defense took over. in the second half, they held dallas-kimball without a point. the last three minutes and 45 seconds. congratulations to coach michael jackson, m.v.p. derek griffin, and the whole team for bringing the hardware home to rosenberg. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: it is my intent to bring the house's attention to several important issues. i'd like to join in our mutual effort with mr. poe to address the devastation of the people in camp liberty, iranian refugees who have been attacked and misstreeted and -- mistreated and me -- we must fight for them and ensure their safety. i also want to comment on the introduction of a new budget by the house and say that we have to come toge