i want to bring you in cnn's victor blackwell. en involved with the story since the very beginning and doing a heck of a job reporting it, victor. you know, the family is seeing disturbing new information. >> yes, today was kj day. i want to tell you, the shoe involved there was a match, the other orange and black shoe that was not collected, the family and supporters have new disturbing details, up until maybe six months into this. they have been trying to get answers about how kendrick died. but now after what you're about to see, there are new, difficult questions to ask about what happened to his body after he was removed from that gym. >> reporter: it is the second time jacqueline johnson cried next to her son, kendrick's grave. the first time he was being lowered into the ground. this time he is being pulled out of it. >> did you ever expect you would have to exhume his body? >> no, i didn't expect to have to bury his body. >> in june, kendrick's body was sent to florida. the johnsons hired dr. bill anderson to conduct an ind

they should be in jail. >> victor blackwell joins me in studio. going to talk about the photo that has yet to be seen on cnn until now that victor is sharing with us that could really change the central piece of the case. what's the photo, what does it entail? we'll share that next. >>> back now to our exclusive report and the big question, how did georgia teenager kendrick johnson die? his body was found upside down in this rolled up wrestling mat at a school gym. this was back in january. in the beginning, investigators had ruled his death as an accident. but our victor blackwell has stayed on the story and has just now reported on the new evidence suggesting the circumstances around his death do not add up. you have a couple photographs. the first being one that has yet to air on cnn until now. you have a quick warning. >> i want to warn you this is a picture of centric's hand, he's still in the mat. it's a bit graphic. his fingers are purplish because he had been dead for several hours. let's put this photograph up. again, the first time airin

i believe this young man met with foul play. >> victor blackwell joins me live and, victor, just to watch. attorney making this statement. it looked like family or community in the town from where the johnsons are from. just on the phone, relieved, happy that finally this investigation is happening at this level. >> brooke, that's a street corner in downtown valdosta across from the judicial center. there has been a sit-in there for eight months, six days a week, eight hours a day. the family members have been sitting there with signs that say who killed kendrick johnson and they hope this announcement today gets them a step closer to that answer. >> let's talk about the now unredacted surveillance video that has been released. what do we see in these pictures? >> well, we see two clips coming from surveillance cameras, one inside the gym and one outside the gym. let's start with the camera, the image outside the gym. we blurred the images of the other students because they're minors but you see kendrick johnson walk into the gym behind another student. now, we don't have a time stamp for

they are covering up, they should be in jail. >> victor blackwell joins us now.er fbi agent says the crime scene was contaminated, how so? >> he says it's crime scene 101 when you're on a scene investigating, you wear shoe protectors, the blue booties on crime shows on television. look at these pictures, you can see here these investigators are not wearing the shoe protectors and not so much to protect the scene, rather to protect your shoes but to protect the scene from anything you can track in and copus says because they are not wearing them, this scene was obviously contaminated. >> clearly, you tried to talk to the sheriff there and they didn't want to talk. is there anyone tied to the investigation that did want to talk? >> we asked about the blood on the wall and how long it had been there, also, i mean, if the theory is true he slipped into the mats after climbing on the bleacher to get the shoe, are the mats still there? answer to most of our questions, we're cooperating with the georgia burro of investigations. he wouldn't go further tan that. >> you wo

i think this young man met with foul play. >> that was victor blackwell doing excellent reporting for us. he's been on the case for six months. many suspicions, unanswers questions in the case. joining us right now, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, sunny hostin. the u.s. attorney announced they're reopening the case. what do you think? what is happening right now? >> you know, this is a significant development for this family and for this case because, as you heard the u.s. attorney mention, now you have the resources of the federal government, in particular, the fbi. i agree with them, i think the fbi does some of the finest investigative work in our country. and so with that type of resource directs at this investigation, there will be more answers to be found. what i found also very significant, wolf, was that this u.s. attorney, who is the top prosecutor in his office, says he personally reviewed some of these documents, personally reviews reports, the family investigator's reports and determined, based not only on everyone's else's review but there was sufficient evi

as victor blackwell reports, kendrick johnson's organs were missing. y, only on cnn, victor confronts the man who has the power to get to the bottom of this tragic mystery. >> mr. watson? victor blackwell, cnn. >> this is coroner bill watson. he can order something the family of kendrick johnson desperately wants, but he hasn't agreed to do it. >> i would like for you to leave my office. >> we'll come back to this conversation in a moment, but first, for more than seven months, eight hours a day, six days a week, this has been the scene in front of the lowndes county community center in valdosta, georgia. kenneth and jacqueline johnson, supporters, signs, and a question. who killed kendrick johnson? >> we want answers. we're not leaving until we get answers. >> they have never believed the theory from sheriff's investigators that their 17-year-old son climbed onto a rolled gym mat in school in january to grab a shoe at the center of one, fell into one, got stuck upside down, and was accidentally suffocated. >> we are mostly concerned about what happened

. >> i'm victor blackwell.elcome to this "new day saturday." >> first, to wayne, nebraska, shocked by a tornado. residents waiting for the sun to rise to see the damage left behind. fortunately, it looks like no one was killed but as many as a dozen homes were lost. it is rare to see a tornado this time of year. but it's not unheard of. while there's a lot of rebuilding to be done, people there are just grateful they escaped with their lives. >> violent, large tornado, wow! >> reporter: as afternoon turned evening, this massive twister kept wayne's 10,000 residents frightened and in search of cover. in these pictures, you get a sense, it's you not the scope of the destruction. trees split in two, taking power lines down with them. businesses like this one crumbled. even big semis were no watch for the powerful winds. this woman told reporters that as the skies darkened and the winds begin to howl, she and her husband feared the worst. >> we just knew there was a tornado. my husband was out watching. i heard on

. >> cnn's victor blackwell has been all over this for us.e has now confronted the one man who could hold the key to the mystery of kendrick johnson's death. >> mr. watson? victor blackwell, cnn. this is the county coroner, bill watson. he can order something the family of kendrick johnson desperately wants, but he's not agreed to give it to them. >> i'm not commenting on anything. i'd like for you to leave my office. >> we'll come back to this conversation in a moment. first, for more than seven months, eight hours a day, six days a week this has been the scene in front of the county judicial center. kenneth and jacqueline johnson, supporters, signs, and a question. who killed kendrick johnson? >> no answers. we're not leaving until we get answers. >> they've never believed the theory from the county sheriffs investigators that their 17-year-old son climbed on to a rolled gym mat at school in january to grab a shoe at the center of one, fell into one, got stuck upside down, and was accidently suffocated. >> we are mostly concerned about what

civil rights investigation and details from victor blackwell. breaking news in the death of a 17-year-old african american man in georgia. for months kendrick johnson's parents insist it's not a tragic accident like local officials concluded but murder. today a judge ordered the release of new potential evidence including surveillance footage from the high school gym where kendrick's body was found taken just before he died or was killed. a few minutes ago, the breaking news. we learned the federal justice department will announce whether kendrick johnson's death warrants a full flown civil investigation. details from victor blackwell who joins us. >> reporter: anderson, at 1: 00 p.m. tomorrow, they will announce whether his death will get the federal investigation. michael moore, who i've had contact with over the four months he had this information led a meticulous search and the family desperately wants this investigation. months of protests, sit-ins and marches have shaken the small south georgia city of valdosta. they want answers in the 17

i'm ana cabrera. >> i'm victor blackwell.ries we're watching this morning -- >>> it's been a busy morning on capitol hill. house democrats giving a press conference, while republicans just walked out of a rare saturday meeting behind closed doors, walked right past the media that was there, waiting to talk to them. deidre walsh, capitol hill producer, joins us on the phone. what did you learn about all of this? >> reporter: good morning. house republican leaders told their members this morning that the president rejected the offer that they gave to reopen the government. their proposal didn't reopen the government right away. they're saying now the ball is in the senate court, and that the president is now negotiating with the senate. they have a couple of votes this morning on related issues. they probably to send their members home. the leadership will stay in town, and say they will continue to try to talk to the president. they made it clear that the president is intentionally frozen out the house republicans and is talki

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. you're in the cnn newsroom. a lot is happening this morning. we'll start with the search for two convicted killers on the run in florida. >> prison officials say these two inmates sentenced to life, charles walker, joseph jenkins, gained their freedom by gaining the system. they used fake release papers that included a forged signature from a judge. the men played the dupe so well, they even registered as a jail as felons after they got out. >> cnn's nick valencia is live at the franklin county correction institute where the men were supposed to be locked up. nick, how long have they been free now? >> reporter: good morning, one man has been free since late last month, the other at least a week and a half. the orange county sheriff's department said they have legitimate reason to believe those two men are still in the state of florida. >> there have been tips being received in terms of legitimate spottings. >> reporter: two convicted killers on the loose, days after they use the forged documents to get an early release from prison. but how did

if it take me till i die, i will fight till i die. >> victor blackwell joins me live now.ant to get back to that newly released materiel that you and that family have really fought long and hard to see. what does it tell us if anything about any potential foul play? >> reporter: well, ashleigh, we've been covered this story for six months and only after a request by the johnsons as part of the open request did we get the video surveillance. i want to show you the first clip, if we can play the one with kendrick in the hall. we blurred out the other students but we see kendrick is walking in the gym behind another student. there's no time stamp on this or date stamp but it appears he's wearing the same clothing he was wearing inside the map. let's look at this video inside the gym. this matches the videos we were given several months ago showing him running along the right bottom front of the screen. you see three students playing basketball. this is stamped 1:09 p.m. which is minutes before according to the sheriff's office kendrick climbed into the mat. so we know there w

sheriff, victor blackwell, cnn. they took the concerns -- >> i've got questions about the kendrick johnson case. >> i'm not speaking with you. >> why not, sir. >> because our case is closed. >> we're concerned -- >> i'm not going to discuss the case with you? >> why is that? >> because i don't want to. >> then less than a minute after he invited us in -- >> what did you not understand -- >> he showed us out. >> thank you sheriff prine. >> i don't believe this was an accident. i think this young man met with foul play. >> reporter: the justice department is reviewing the video to decide to announce an official investigation into kendrick's death. pour his parents, it's clear. >> someone murdered him they should be in jail. if they're covering up, they should be in jail. >> reporter: victor blackwell, cnn, valdosta, georgia. >> a compelling piece with a lot of questions. >> absolutely. >>> we're hearing for the first time from the father of that minnesota 9-year-old who managed to stow away on that flight from las veg

i'm victor blackwell. >> thanks for being here, i'm ana cabrera.er one, the american who alleged wanted to join al qaeda. that's the accusation the justice department is making. he's 25 years old from long island, new york. the fbi has been tracking him for two years now. an affidavit said villa wants to go to yeoman -- yemen to participate in the jihad. >>> number two, the suspected failure led to the release of two convicted inmates. they had used forged papers to get out. they learned after a relative of one of the escapees notified them. >>> number three, gay and lesbian couples in new jersey are celebrating after the court's ruled that can could begin on monday. governor christie's administration sought to appeal those rulings. asch monday, new jersey will be the same-sex state. >>> and looking at threats made against republican senator ted customers cruz. they say a man who identified himself as a veteran tweeted ted cruz need to be taken out. cruz rose to national prominence this month for a stand against obama care and his role in the gover

. >> victor blackwell has been investigating this from the start. he joins us from valdosta, georgia. victor, my mind is never far from these parents because i cannot imagine losing a child and then learning as you have discovered in your investigation, losing your child, burying this child, but learning you only buried half of him. >> brooke, it's a heartbreaking discovery. for the last seven and a half months or so, kendrick johnson's and their supporters have sat on this corner in downtown valdosta across from the judicial center to demand answers about how kendrick johnson died. now after our discovery, they have questions about what happened after he died. it's the second time jacqueline johnson cried next to her son kendrick's grave. the first time, he was being lowered into the ground. this time, he's being pulled out of it. >> did you ever expect you would have to exhume his body. >> no, i didn't expect to have to bury his body. >> in june, kendrick's body was sent to florida. the johnsons hired dr. bill anderson to conduct an independent sec

. >> and i'm victor blackwell.o know for the new day. >> number one, evacuations under way in india this morning as a potentially catastrophic tropical cyclone churns toward shore, more than 440,000 people have pled so far. not taking any chances as phailin is more than 1500 miles wide. roughly the distance from maine to miami, as strong as a category 4 hurricane, with winds as strong as 150 miles per hour and the winds already whipping the coastal areas. the landfall expected around noon eastern. >>> north korea is passing on an offer that could improve relations with the united states. according to the "associated press," north korea says it will not sign a nonaggression pact with washington, secretary of state john kerry offered the deal if north korea would give up its nuclear program. >>> number three, for the second time this week, a top commander in charge of the country's nuclear missiles has been relieved of command. the u.s. air force said it lost trust in major general michael carey's leadership and judg

details from victor blackwell. victor? >> in just a few hours, michael moore will announce whether or not his death will get the federal investigation. michael moore who had i contact with that he had this information, he led a search and the family desperately wants this investigation. >> months of protests. sit ins and marches had shaken the small south georgia city. demonstrators want answers in the death of kendrick johnson and soon a u.s. attorney will announce whether or not he wants answers too. in january he was found dead at school. investigators with the county sheriff's office said he squeezed his 19 inch shoulders into the 14 1/2 inch center of this rolled gym mat and got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of investigation agreed the official cause of death was accidental positional asphyxia. he was cufficated by his body weight. >> we examined the alternatives and the only that fit the evidence and the pardon meial evidence we received wa

victor blackwell has the rewind. >> live from new york, it is st saturday night. >> love her or hateer. >> ladies and gentlemen, miley cyrus. >> she took the stage again. this time taking aim at herself. >> in case anyone is concerned you should no there will be no twerking tonight. i used to think it was cool but now that white people are doing it, i stopped doing it. >> there we are. ♪ getting so shut done ♪ republican party, doing what ever we want ♪ ♪ >> this is the latest public appearance from cyrus as the star continues to get attention from where ever she goes. ♪ >> anyone that performs, that is what you are looking for. and most recently her ward of words. >>> let herself "be prostituted" by the music industry. o connor made her own headlines in is the 92 when she did this. >> fight the real enemy. >> i don't want my daughter acting like that. but at the same time, she's an adilt. she's got to make her own choices. >> hopefully, she can fix her image. but that's up to her. she height as well do it now since everyone is talking about her! no matter the outcome, her fans said

. >> i am victor blackwell. we'll talk more about the news. >>> the capture of two escaped killers, people in florida breathing easier this morning. >> the fugitives are back behind bars after escaping with forged documents. here is cnn's nick valencia. >> reporter: the two convicted florida killers that saw scaped this florida prison behind me have been arrested, according to the u.s. marshal service, charles walker and joseph jenkins were taken into custody and arrested without incident. they had been on the run since september 27th and october 8th respecttively, and for all intends and purposes were living normal lives. in a press conference on saturday we heard from the families of both conflicts pleading for them to turn themselves in, and the arrests happened hours after the press conference was held, and we don't know if they listened to that press conference. there are a lot of questions. ana, victor? >> we will be asking more questions throughout the morning. >>> two workers killed by an out-of-service

cnn anchor victor blackwell has been all over the story, he joins us live from macon, georgia. r. >> reporter: carol, good morning. we're at the center of a very crucial 24-hour period for the parents of kendrick johnson and here's why. in january, when the sheriff of the county told ken i.t. and jacqueline johnson their 17-year-old son in the middle of a school day ran into a jim, climbed on top of a six-foot gym mat, reached into the center for his shoe, got stuck and died they did not believe that. they think the story say coverup that their son was beaten to death and rolled in that mat and put in the corner. now the sheriff's office says that they've done nothing wrong here. so the family sued for access to the full file including the surveillance video and we are getting the first few glimpses of what has been released. first we have video of kendrick on the day that he died according to the sheriff's office, going into that gym. now he's following another student, cnn has decided to blur the faces of all the other students in this video. we can also show you the next piec

. >> and i am victor blackwell. it's not certain if the sides are even talking to one another. >> not a lot of progress at all. the stalemate continues in washington. we have a lot of news today. a big news day. a lot of new developments of course on the global war on terrorism. >>> u.s. strikes a huge blow on al qaeda. >> american sources -- american forces, rather, have carried out raids. we found out about this late yesterday. they went after high value targets. we will start in libya, and one of the streets -- on the streets of tripoli, and that's where the specialist forces captured a suspected al qaeda leader. you may not know his name but he is one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists. you see his picture there. there is a $5 million award leading to his capture. >> he is suspected in the 1998 twin bombings in the embassy of kenya and insaw nia. >> the united states of america will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable, and those members of al qaeda and other terrorists organizations -- >> cnn int

as victor blackwell reports johnson's family is dealing with the horror of what happened to their son's body before he was burie buried. >> reporter: the second time jacqueline johnson cried near the grave of her son. the first time he was being put into the ground and the second time, he was pulled out of it. in june, kendrick's body was sent to florida. the johnson's hired a he died as a result of a blow to the neck and not accidental asphyxia. but what dr. anderson did not find shocked them. >> we got the body for the second autopsy, that organs, the heart, lungs, et cetera, were not withed bot. >> reporter: the brain? >> the brain, they were all absent. >> reporter: every organ from the top of kendrick's head to his pelvis, gone, and his family had no idea. >> we have been let down again and when we buried kendrick, we thought we were burying kendrick, not half a kendrick. >> i'm not sure at this point who did not return the organs to the body but i know when we got the body, the organs were not there. >> reporter: cnn contacted the two entities that had custody of kendrick's body a

>> that was cnn's victor blackwell reporting. definitely, you know, everybody talks about her which is exactly what her objective is, it seems like. >> the top cnn trends on the web this morning first big trend is more miley cyrus news. seems there will be a lot of miley cyrus look alike for halloween this year from large foam fingers and this hot youst. it is one of the hottest costume ideas of the season right now. i thought i was going to be the original but i guess i won't be now. shocked? you can't go on. >> i really -- yeah. congratulations to halle berry. she gave birth to her second child over the weekend. it is a baby boy. her first with husband oliver martinez. she also has a 5-year-old daughter. >> congratulations to them. >> sean p. diddy combs or whatever he is calling himself now sat in the front row to watch his twins make their fashion debut this weekend. they strut down the catwalk at the fashion show. the trio donned sneaker wedges and frilly dresses. they also had on sparkly headbands. diddy tweeted his excitem

our victor blackwell has been doing extensive reporting on the story. he joins me. >> victor, you discovered there's footage from security cameras in the gym when kendrick johnson died. does it shed any light on his death? >> not much yet. we know that there are at least four cameras in this gym. we requested all of the stills. they take stills and not streaming video. they sent us these stills, seven pictures of kendrick running into the gym. we asked what about the pictures after this and before it? we were told those are considered educational records. and only because we have clearance from the johnsons can we have pictures of kendrick. but any other pictures could be exempt because it would show a student's educational record. >> does that mean there are other students in the pictures taken prior or after what they've released? >> that's the implication. but when that was our followup question, are there students then in the other pictures? they just repeated, those pictures are protected by the exemption for educational records. >> has it ever been

victor blackwell has been investigating on the story and joins me. you discovered there is footage from security cameras in the gym from where he died. does it shed light on his death? >> not yet. there are four cameras in this gym. we requested all of the stills they tick stills, not streaming video. seven pictures of kendrick running into a gym. we asked what about the pictures after this and the pictures taken before it? well, we were told that those are considered educational records and only because we have clearance from the johnson's can we have pictures of kendrick but any other pictures could be exempt because it could show a student's educational record. >> does that mean there are other students in the pictures taken prior or after what they have released? >> well, that's the implication. when that was our follow up question, are there students then in the other pictures, they just repeated those pictures are protected by the exception of educational records. >> has it ever been explained how allegedly his shoe -- they say he was reaching f

details from victor blackwell who joins us. >> reporter: anderson, at 1: 00 p.m. tomorrow, they will announce whether his death will get the federal investigation. michael moore, who i've had contact with over the four months he had this information led a meticulous search and the family desperately wants this investigation. months after protests, sit ins and marches have shaken the small south georgia city of valdosta. they want answers in the 17-year-old death of kendrick johnson and soon, a u.s. attorney will announce whether he wants answers, too. in january kendrick was found dead at school. investigators say kendrick squeezed his 19-inch shoulders into the 14.5 inch center of this gym mat and got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia burro of investigation agreed, accidental positional asphyxia. he was suffocated but his body weight. >> we were presented the al tentatives and the only one that fit the physical evidence, and forensic evidence and testimony evidence was this was an accident. >> an

. >> victor blackwell joins us now. this is unbelievable. newspaper inside this young man's body.and there is an investigation into where kendrick johnson's organs went and why? >> we contacted the georgia secretary of state's office because they issue licenses to funeral homes and wanted to check on the history of harrington funeral home and when we said why we were calling, they, too, wanted to know where are kendrick johnson's organs and wanted to know this practice of stuffing bodies with newspapers, something they never heard of either. >> how was the family's autopsy doctor able to determine the cause of death. >> i asked him if the organs aren't there how can you determine how kendrick died? he says essentially blunt force trama was not in the organs but the right side jaw noted as bruised on the paramedics report when he was found. he dissected the jaw, found bleeding under the skin. he dissected the left side, as well, did not find the bleeding and concluded that bruising, indicated with the bleeding there was blunt force trama that kendrick took that blow to the neck. >>

. >> victor blackwell joins us now. unbelievable, newspaper inside this young man's body.nderstand there is an investigation into where kendrick johnson's organs went and why. what do you know about it? >> we contacted the secretary of state's office because they issue licenses to funeral home. we wanted to check on the history of harrington funeral home. and when we told them why we were calling, they decided they, too, wanted to know where were kendrick johnson's organs, and they wanted to know more about this practice of stuffing bodies with newspaper, something they had never heard of, either. >> how was the family's autopsy, doctor, able to determine the cause of death, then? >> i asked him, if the organs aren't there, how can you determine how kendrick died? he says that essentially blunt force trauma was not in the organs, it was in the right side jaw, which was actually noted as bruised during the paramedic's report on the day he was found. he dissected the jaw which had not been done in the first autopsy, found bleeding under the skin. he dissected the other side

. >> i am victor blackwell.nnell and reid have taken over negotiations. >> number two, officials working to relocate almost 1 million people that fled the monster cyclone that have left at least seven people dead. mudslides and flooding continue to be a concern. so far damage appears to be minimal compared with the 1999 cyclone that claimed some 10,000 lives. >>> former congresswoman gabby giffords will attend a gun show. she is campaigning for federal law requiring background checks for purchasers at gun shows. she chose new york because guns in the state check volunteer gun checks. >>> number four, a shooting in tulsa, oklahoma, last night injured five people. one witness describes seeing the bullets fly through his shirt. one of the victims is expected to lose his lower leg. the shooter and driver are in custody this morning, but their motive still unknown. >>> all nine teenagers who were reportedly abducted from a ranch for troubled youth are with their parents. authorities say they confirmed that four boys