that is the latest on that dramatic news in south africa. s charged with the murder of the young woman. will bring you developments on that. saysbritish government three horse carcasses containing course drug have entered the human feud -- food chain in france. it is a pain killer which is potentially harmful to humans, not to horses. the european union has ordered random tests across 27 member states to check whether forcemeat has been re-labeled as beat. >> time to share the intelligence -- arriving in brussels, ministers from the seven countries directly involved in the course meat destination. since january, the first strains were discovered and 18 countries have been forced to withdraw products that contained significant volumes of course meat. norway and germany are the latest for the scale and complexity of the problem is now greater than first envisaged it. >> there is more than one problem here in terms of one person or one entity. we will have to wait and see when we pull together all the data from all the investigation going on the

it tells the remarkable story about rodriguez's remarkable comeback in south africa. the film is of for an oscar this year. here are some scenes. >> if ever there is an air of mystery around a pop artist, it is around the artist known as rodriguez. >> he was a wandering spirit around the city. ♪ >> it is a mystery, but it spread quickly. to many of us south africa as he was the soundtrack of our lives. it was the first who opposition to apartheid. he was a mystery. then we found out he committed suicide, and a lot of people have different versions of the story. i thought it would make a good story. there is nothing on the record to tell us who he was or where he was from, so we started to look at the lyrics. we found him. >> he was doing the work nobody else wanted to do he was a lot of things but not materialistic. >> the next day he says, i have got to go on tour, and we said, why is absent -- why is that? >> congratulations in advance. when i saw this story i was blown away. i know some of the real-life characters. i have known them for years. some of the personalit

case has sparked outrage across south africa. the sheer number of cases means that many rapes often go unreported. one in four south african women or girls is raped, with an attack taking place every four minutes. there are more than 60,000 rapes reported every year in a country of 50 million people. the real figure is much higher. joining me now vast get from johannesburg, the chief executive of the antirape group. why do think there is but in over this particular case -- there is been such an outcry over this particular case? >> i think south africans have had enough. enough is enough. the brutality of the case is another reason. i think people around the world are finding their voices through the arab spring, occupy wall street, and all the austerity measures. i think people are taking the power back and they have had enough. >> tomi about the way the radio stations got involved in trying to raise the profile of such an important issue. >> i think we all read the statistics in south africa. we know the stories. we hear them every

the jury system was abolished in south africa. influence how this case will -- >> the time line in the south african system, when will the actual facts be argued in court. >> when will they share the defense? that i think is the more striking thing when you lock yourself in as we've been saying before, before you get what the argument will be with the evidence from the prosecution is very, very, very dangerous, and the -- >> because it's true. this is why i love attorneys, she said i like the information about how dangerous south africa is, there is this fear. you're right, attorneys are cherry picking this works for our case there is an argument to be made of what happened. anne bremner always nice to talk to you. they have the continuation of the bail hearing tomorrow so we keep watching it. >>> other stories making news, john has that for us. >>> following several developing story, police in turkey issuing hundreds of arrest warrants in response to a deadly attack at the u.s. embassy there, officials looking for members of the r

the death of a motorcyclist in 2010. i spoke to third-degree executive producer and host which is a show in south africa. deborah patta. "third-degree" is broadcast on the south african independent television station. i asked her why both brothers are in trouble at the same time. >> it throws the spotlight on his family. were they dark tendencies within the family as a whole. i mean here is this brother who is charged with culpable homicide as a result police are saying of reckless driving. we don't know if there was alcohol involved. i think perhaps the media wouldn't have paid much attention. clearly this hadn't been a huge issue in south africa until the spotlight was cast so sharply and profoundly on his brother, oscar pistorius and now everyone hungry for information all of these dark things come out. anything is available for scrutiny. and perhaps it would have just been one of those sad things about a family member. and not really taken that seriously. i think that's been part of the problem. with this entire case. >> did oscar pistorius become sort of a symbol of the triumph of south africa and now in another wa

whether the accused will choose to flee not because of the strength of the state's case but because he's not tied in south africa. what are the emotional family and community ties to the place which he's to be tried. he's a south african citizen. is he a professional athletic, athlete and resides at 286 silver wood estate. he resided in the republic of south africa all his life and he frequently travels abroad to participate in international sporting events. he regards south africa as his permanent place of abode, he has no intention to relocate to any other country. he admitted he has friends and family in south africa although he has friends abroad. he owns immovable property in south africa, the immovable property where he currently resides at silver wood estates, this property is valued approximately $5 million and encumbered by a mortgage bond in the amount of $2 million. there are two further immovable properties within weeping willow estates which properties have a combined value of approximately $1.6 million, bonded to the value of one. he has an estate in cape which is $1.7 million not bonded, he owns m

then he moved to the history of bail in south africa. ng he did so far i think is he said that the evidence was sufficient for him to consider this case as one of premeditated murder level six in south african law. that establishes -- >> but he went on to say i'm not here to decide if in fact that, whether or not he's guilty. >> but it is still important for him to say at least the government presented evidence from which he could find premeditated murder, which establishes a higher threshold, which makes it harder for pistorius to get out on bail. that is a decision that is at least a preliminary victory for the prosecution that he will consider this as a premeditated murder case. >> he's covered a lot of ground but sort of the ground he has not covered is the context in which this whole entire case is happening, right? we know pistorius has talked about how fearful he was because of the atmosphere of violence that exists already in south africa, but there's another atmosphere of violence as well against women in south africa. >> definit

to this as americans but we don't understand necessarily the south african fear culture. >> sure, it speaks to the culture there in south africa, so how this information is assessed and how it's received will be very different than what people are accustomed to here in the u.s., carl. but what seems to be expected is that it would be assessed perhaps the same tway might be here, the dynamics of the care the evidence collected, the makeup of the room or the structure of the house, what could have plausibly happened as it pertains to the story that oscar pistorius has given and he gave that story in quite -- in detail through this affidavit. that affidavit helps support, you know, the defense or will the defense find itself trying to you back pedal or kind of clean up the story? >> i think his story is so patently ridiculous that defense attorneys probably are going to try to make a better presentation in front of a judge. you know, in fairness to south africa, we have got some situations in florida with the stand your ground laws and whatnot, where people say american res using guns rather needlessly as well. of course, we will

the world nervously watching. well, his decision kept all of south africa and much of the world in suspense today. a south african judge said yes to bail for oscar pistorius, the paralympic star accused of murdering his girlfriend. >> the man known as the blade runner was forced to post $113,000, and over his passport, and turn over his gun collection to police. >> pistorius and his attorneys have three months to put together a defense. >> oscar pistorius was braced for the worst as he entered court, but his defense did a good job after he revealed mistakes in the prosecution case, the judge ruled that pistorius could go free on bail. no cameras were allowed in the courtroom while the decision was read. the olympics are stood in silence as the announcement was made -- the olympic star. supporters applauded the ruling. >> although we obviously are relieved that oscar has been granted bail, this is still a very sad time for the family of reeva and for us all. we are grateful that the magistrate recognized the validity and the strength of our application. as the family, we are convinced that oscars ve

they're now obsessed with the south africa golden boy. the secure gated compound in pretoria where pistorius lives is protected. michael sokolove, a writer for "the new york times" received a surprising invite during his time,er er. ing a story in 2012. >> he said, hey do, you want go to the firing rank and shoot guns. i'm a writer, i followed him, and we went to the firing range and we shot his 9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol. >> reporter: with oscar pistorius as with so many others before him, guns may have proved to be a deadly hobby. emma hurd, cbs news, south africa. >>> in u.s. today they will not send military support. france will lead the fight in mali. right now they provide transportation and diplomatic report. >>> "the washington times" says the u.s. is looking for places to test drone aircraft that could eventually be used in this country. 30 states say they're interested. they the wall street jrnl looks at the racial gap in men's sentencing. the sentence for black men were 20% longer than for white men committing similar cr

we're listening into the courtroom in south africa. the judge -- the magistrate there is still talking about the rules and regulations this morning. we're waiting to hear from the judge on whether or not he is going to grant oscar pistorius bail during the trial of his -- where he is accused of murdering his girlfriend. now, again, no video cameras, no live video feed allowed from the courtroom. there's news photographers in there and we do have a live audio feed. we are monitoring this in our news room. as soon as we get word on whether or not he will be granted bail, we'll bring that to you. >> we'll bring that to you very soon hopefully. meanwhile, an oscar nominated film maker got an unusual welcome at lax. his film five broken cameras is competing for best documentary and he was threatened with deportation before being allowed into the u.s. he and his family were held for several hours before being released. his film is about five years of protests about lands being seized on the west bank. >> personal information could be at risk

give me a sense of the impact it's having in south africa. corre>> [inaudible] >> peter, i am terribly sorry. we have problems with the sound and the visual. if we can go back to him, we will do so later in the program. we will bring you the rest of the day's news for now. a spectacular, potentially lethal meteor streaks across the sky above russia and crashes in a central city of chelyabinsk. it blew out windows and rocked buildings. many people grabbed their phones and recorded the footage of a massive burst of light. now this report from moscow from daniel sanford. >> the first thing people notice was a bright fireball flying through the clear morning sky. dozens of video cameras captured the same event. what seems to have been a meteorite burnt in the >> i saw an object moving through the sky and then there was a crash. we first thought it was fireworks. and we saw a trace as if from a rocket, followed by an explosion a couple minutes later. the shock waves from the blast knocked over walls and blew out the windows. this factory suffered e

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you can see the girl we loved. >> abc news, pretoria, south africa. >> some south africans believe airing the show exploits her death. and many are calling for the profits to go towards gender violence groups. >>> a mother says she and her 19-month-old son were the victims of a verbal and physical attack by a fellow passenger on an airplane. jessica bennet says 60-year-old "ricki" hunley began complaining as soon as the flight began and became increasingly belligerent when her baby started crying. then she said he lashed out and started getting physical. >> he fell on my face, his mouth was in my ear and said it again. he was in my face, i pushed him away. >> the baby was slapped near the eye causing him to bleed. a criminal complaint was called for simple assault. >>> a nurse found a note from a new dad said no african-american nurse to take care of baby. the nurse is now suing. according to the court documents the nurse was calling for a baby -- caring for the baby in the unit when the father asked to speak with a supervisor. the lawsuit states he told the nurse in charge he didn't want

a shooting at the home of olympic and paralympic star oscar pistorius of south africa. who runs on the carbon composite blades. his girlfriend, 30-year-old reeva steenkamp shot and killed at his home in south africa. oscar pistorius as of now is at at police station in south africa, a press conference has just concluded there. a man has been arrested in connection with this murder. a 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder. we don't yet have confirmation that it is pistorius but, again, officials say a 26-year-old man has been charged with murder. it is important to know oscar pistorius himself is 26. and we know right now he is at the police station. we are also told by police at this press conference in south africa that in the past there have been reports of incidents at pistorius' house of a domestic nature. those are the words they used there. right now oscar pistorius, an international figure in the sports world, known as something of a hero for running in the paralympics and olympic games. he was a big hit in london over the summer. as of now, in

and joining me now on the phone from south africa is the editor for the heap, whose south african magazinen exclusive interview with reeva steenkamp just a week before her death. good evening. >> how are you, judge? >> judge jeanine: very well, thank you. all right, we know that you were able to get the last print interview with reeva before she was murdered. can you tell us what -- what her state of mind was? and how she talked about oscar pistorius? >> of course. you know what is thought of judge is obviously nobody could have predicted what could happen this past week and what we got during that last interview was a woman that was purely in love and that was just like thrilled to be in this relationship with this man and the thing that i keep on saying is that you know celebrity couples as soon as a celebrity couple gets together and start doing a lot of media it means that they are are publicity hungry. however, with these two they would kind of keep out of sight because they were trying to keep it private because they wanted to really work on their relationship which means it was quit

prosecution is now starting their closing arguments in the bail hearing and a reporter inside the south africa court says the judge will not make a decision today. if it is any indication how he is leaning the judge has been asking questions this morning about oscar pistorius prior violent behavior including firing a gun in a restaurant. the defense maintained he is not a flight risk. the lead investigator for the prosecution being charged with seven counts of attempted murder is a blow to the credibility of the premeditated murder case. he is facing those charges and is accused of shooting at a minivan in 2011 and his court appearance is scheduled for may. the prosecution is saying they didn't know about it. on "good morning america", they are saying his creditability is key because he is testify about the ballistics. >> it is important as to premeditation, were the bullets coming from above and he could be wearing his legs or below which means his story which he wasn't wearing them. all very important questions because premeditation is crucial with regard to this bail. >> if the judge believ

the blade runner gets bail. breaking news following out of south africa for you. he prosecution that he would flee the country south africa's chief magistrate grants the double amputee track star bail ahead of his murder trial for allegedly killing his model girlfriend. we'll get a live report and legal

the american press said that he fled to south africa, when he was taken to the central republic. e had to go there to rescue him and jamaica braved the american storm to keep them there until he could go to south africa. we were responsible for that overthrow of the democratic government in haiti. and the haitians we owe so much, because the haitian revolution first of all made possible the louisiana purchase because napoleon was done with the empire as a result of that humiliating thing. secondly, after haiti, after that revolution the north atlantic slave trade was ended by britain and the united states at the last sort of breath of that was the end of the civil war. all of this was precipitated by the haitian revolution. people in the united states know nothing about the history, nothing about the story including african-americans. so we owe so much to those haitians, ex-slaves, who defeated for the four of the most powerful armies in europe in the 12 and a half year war for their freedom. what. what a great story of history. >> host: this month on booktv's "in depth" program a

the american press said that he fled to south africa, when he was taken to the central republic. e had to go there to rescue him and jamaica braved the american storm to keep them there until he could go to south africa. we were responsible for that overthrow of the democratic government in haiti. and the haitians we owe so much, because the haitian revolution first of all made possible the louisiana purchase because napoleon was done with the empire as a result of that humiliating thing. secondly, after haiti, after that revolution the north atlantic slave trade was ended by britain and the united states at the last sort of breath of that was the end of the civil war. all of this was precipitated by the haitian revolution. people in the united states know nothing about the history, nothing about the story including african-americans. so we owe so much to those haitians, ex-slaves, who defeated for the four of the most powerful armies in europe in the 12 and a half year war for their freedom. what. what a great story of history. >> host: this month on booktv's "in depth" program a

>> is it even a crime in south africa, and you might not know the answer about south africa, to just hear somebody in the bathroom and you just shoot through the door? >> is that a crime, yes. >> that came up quite often in the hearing. that's clearly a crime. it takes only a degree of negligence to be culpable homicide in south africa. and certainly firing through a door without knowing who is behind it is negligence. now his defense will be if this gets to trial will be self-defense. but it's going to be a tough argument to make that it's self-defense based entirely on his assumption that someone had crawled through the window when he absolutely had no idea. >> even on self-defense, there's an argument and his lawyer made it, he's still culpable. they call it culpable homicide by definition. it really is not that much different than the u.s. law in terms of the degrees of homicide. >> and very quickly because we're almost out of time. isn't it it common sense he would yell before he would shoot? whoever is in that bathroom, i'm going to shoot? isn't that common sense. >> i will answ

>> is it even a crime in south africa, and you might not know the answer about south africa, to just hear somebody in the bathroom and you just shoot through the door? >> is that a crime, yes. >> that came up quite often in the hearing. that's clearly a crime. it takes only a degree of negligence to be culpable homicide in south africa. and certainly firing through a door without knowing who is behind it is negligence. now his defense will be if this gets to trial will be self-defense. but it's going to be a tough argument to make that it's self-defense based entirely on his assumption that someone had crawled through the window when he absolutely had no idea. >> even on self-defense, there's an argument and his lawyer made it, he's still culpable. they call it culpable homicide by definition. it really is not that much different than the u.s. law in terms of the degrees of homicide. >> and very quickly because we're almost out of time. isn't it it common sense he would yell before he would shoot? whoever is in that bathroom, i'm going to shoot? isn't that and kmo common sense. >> i w

. >> the murder has stunned south africa. >> it is difficult to take it all in. >> oscar pistorius was taken to the hospital for a full medical examination p -- medical examination. in the morning, he will be taken to court. prosecutors are expected to argue that he should not be granted bail. he has had a remarkable life. he was born without bones in his legs. they were amputated. however, he proved to be an exceptional athlete. in london last year, he competed against able-bodied runners come up a watershed moment in sports. his friends say his extraordinary career has taken its toll. >> i believe success and money has changed a lot of people. for me, personally, oscar did change. i think he became a very different person. >> now oscar pistorius is preparing for his first appearance in court tomorrow, are rather different arena for one of the world's most iconic at lloyds. >> a few moments ago, i spoke to andrew in pretoria, and i asked him what the reaction was to the day's news. >> shock, first of all, here. the confusion that has followed the day's events. speculation it might hav

we will begin in the courtroom in south africa where the bail hearing for oscar pistorius

have said it. >> this morning he scored a victory in the case as she was granted bail for $112,000. >> killing is like bargain prices in south africaf you have to put up 10%, but that's less than a kia for killing somebody. >> by the way, south africa is a beautiful place. >> come for the scenery, stay because it's cheap to kill somebody. >> is there a small part of you that have believes him? >> not even a small part. >> his story makes sense. why didn't he stage it? >> do you think the first shot she made a sound? >> yes. >> ok. then why three more shots? >> because he couldn't determine what that sound was. >> it's a woman. >> how do you know? >> tootsie is back. >> oh no. >> oscar pistorius is free to head home until trial and his running coach plans on training him again to help clear his mind. let's hope the coach doesn't try to use oscar's bathroom during a training session. that probably wouldn't end well. right, boss? >> coming up -->> we got diane cannon. >> we've got dyan cannon. what is your fondest memory of >> hi, dyan. >> we've got diane can overpb. -- dyan cannon. what is your fondest memory of jerry buss? >> she is

south africa. pistorius is famous for running wearing carbon blades to replace the legs that he lost as a child correspondent emma hurd is in johannesburg, south africa. emma, the prosecution will present its case tomorrow? what do we expect to hear? >> reporter: this is the bail hearing so they may be required to reveal a little bit about the evidence that they have in terms about what happened on the early hours of valentine's day morning we know that the prosecution wants to go after oscar pistorius for premeditated murder. like wise, his defense lawyers are desperate to get him out of custody and out on bail. so they argue this is not pre-meditated murder, they will ask the prosecution to show the strength of their evidence, the magistrate in the case will have to decide whether they have enough to launch that charge of premeditated murder, who we know that it's been confirmed by the police so far is that she was shot four times and his 9 millimeter pistol was found at the scene. >> pelley: emma, reeva steenkamp's funeral is also tomorrow, the same day as the bail hearing. >> yes, she is going to be laid

this brought up the issue of gun ownership in south africa. south africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. any people feel safer owning firearms. as the investigation continues, it could be a while before we know the details of what happened. >> live now outside the courtroom. something quite dramatic inside the courtroom. tell us about the events that took place. >> people are waiting for oscar pistorius to leave the actual court. the charge of premeditated murder. it could mean they feel they have strong enough evidence against the story us -- against pistorius. they say they need time to prepare. oscar pastorius will spend time over the weekend and will come back to the court on tuesday for the hearing. >> how is the south african media reporting this case? >> because the police are not giving us too much information, people have started speculating. some of the local papers are saying that police are saying things like, for example, they were called to the house early thursday evening when neighborhood people were shouting in

the prisons in south africa are rough. conditions in these cells are tough. crime is high here. and i think that weighed on the judge's mind heavily, that pistorius in one of these south african prisons for six, seven, eight months, waiting for the trial to start, that could raise more problems. yes he will be under tight supervision, title restrictions. we know where he will be. he will be at a family home. there will be tabs on his movements. going into this hearing, martha, i was basically told it looked like the judge would grant the bail. once again for our viewers, i think the judge underscored this too, this does not in any way really make a decision, make a judgment on the case. that in fact again the judge time and time again thought that there were all sorts of problems with the version of events that pistorius's lawyers laid out. again, six, seven, eight, nine times, the judge said he had problems with that. but at the same time, yes, he was pretty fair and pretty balanced on this matter. at the same time he took apart time and time again the initial work by the state.

her funeral happening on the southern coast of south africa right now. rivate ceremony with no media allowed. >>> a possible motive for the newtown, connecticut, shooting. cbs news reports that law enforcement sources say adam lanza may have set out to outdo norway killer anders breivik who massacred 77 people in 2011. lanza killed 26 people including 20 children at the sandy hook elementary school in december. connecticut state police dismissed this report as speculation. >>> seven members of congress led by vermont senator patrick leahy are in cuba this morning. it's the largest american delegation to that country in recent memory. they're trying to convince the castro regime to release allen gross, a contractor jailed in 2009 for bringing banned satellite equipment into cuba as part of a state department program to spread democracy. >>> police in new york city arrested a suspect in connection with a brutal laundromat attack in the bronx. investigators say the attacker assaulted the victim and his 6-year-old daughter last saturday then sprayed both of t

we're going to have the latest from south africa coming up next. >>> and the u.s.hat for a moment, $3 trillion on health care this year, in spite of the president's health care law so why do the medical bills keep rising? steve brill will join us with "time" magazine's cover story that looks at why medical care costs so much. that's when we're back. cereal ou know a that's recommended by doctors? it's post shredded wheat. recommended by nine out of ten doctors to help reduce the risk of heart disease. post shredded wheat is made with only one ingredient: one hundred percent whole grain wheat, with no added sugar or salt. try adding fruit for more health benefits and more taste in your bowl. it's the ideal way to start your heart healthy day. try post shredded wheat. this has been medifacts for post shredded wheat. >>> breaking news, the state says their argument is supported that the killing was deliberate and asking why would she take a cell phone into the bathroom at 3:00 in the morning. the magistrate is questioning how people would react if pistorius, also know