now back to our "you choose" segment where we ask you to vote on the news. here's the winner today. this is some shocking news. a study from the university of arizona found the handles on most shopping carts are covered in fecal matter and e co. coli. that's right, 50% tested were covered in e. coli and 72% covered in fecal matter. ugh is right. if you think that's bad, brooke baldwin, i'm sure everybody watching at home, researchers also say your cell phone may be dirtier than a public toilet. >> great. >> apparently its heat acts as an incubator for germs. we'll post the other two stories on ali's blog. >> really? you're going to leave me with that? >> i'm going to call you, though. >> i'm not touching my phone. speaker phone, baby.

>> as they say, disgusting. i know you have a lot ahead today. have a great weekend. >> we have a lot going on minus bathroom phone stories. hello to you. i'm brooke baldwin. welcome back to cnn "newsroom." i want to begin in libya. colonel moammar gadhafi striking back hard, his forces targeting rebels and firing on unarmed demonstrators. stand by because of course we have dramatic new footage here at cnn. first let's establish our bearings. take a look at this map with me. these are the key towns we're talking about. gadhafi holds the green ones, you see some of the green dots. the rebels hold the red ones. and the black ones are contested cities, still up in the air as to who has power there. here's another map for you. there is a town 40 miles from tripoli called zawiya. just a couple of hours ago forces loyal to gadhafi opened

fire on peaceful protestors just as they did last week. i want you to look at the video. this is just what we got in today. >> you hear the ambulance sirens? i know this is tough stuff to look at, but folks this is the reality there in this one particular town. again this was shot earlier in the town of zawiya. cnn's nic robertson has been to this town. i is live in the capital city of

tripoli now. nic, walk me through what we saw in the video. what has happened there today specifically in zawiya? >> brooke, i have to say at the moment we're really examining that video just to see exactly whether it was shot. there was obviously a similar incident there about a week and a half ago where 16 protestors were killed. we know from talking to a doctor in a nearby hospital saying again killed and 200 wounded an attack by security forces using artillery and machine guns and mortars. what we're hearing from the government is that they now say they have taken control of zawiya, killed what they described as the terrorist leader there, captured a number of tanks, anti-aircraft guns and other such devices. so the picture, from what is actually happening in zawiya, is not entirely clear at this time. on the one hand, our sources there say that the rebels still

control it. on the other hand, the government says they now control it. but what we do know is, when we were there last weekend, many of the protestors there were armed with heavy machine guns, had robl rocket-propelled grenades and tanks and anti-aircraft guns as part of their anti-government protest. a week ago, they were very afraid an incident like this, where the government would attack them. >> you had reporting the doctor says running out of medical supply sploo supplies, there is a, quote, river of blood in the hospital. does it appear, nic, from what you've seen is perhaps gadhafi is marshalling on his forces and tyking on the rebels who are seizing these towns? >> reporter: i would say that's what we're looking at. gadhafi has sort of gone on his backfoot a week or so ago by the

speed of events. now he's regrouped, brought on more loyalists, had more talks by more tribes. we've been told by government officials that they didn't want to go 'do this, go into these towns and cause a bloodbath, they wanted to do it among negotiations. but judging what's happening now that the government and everyone else must have given up on negotiations and are going forward by military means, which by any means looks like a civil war sort of cracking down on the protestors. tear gas fired at protest rz who wanted to come out at an anti-government protest. >> civil war, isn't that one of gadhafi's sons predicted. nic, before you go, i want to talk about where you are, the capital city of tripoli, gadhafi's stronghold. there was talk today, that people would emerge from friday prayers and march against gadhafi. did that happen?

or no? >> reporter: it didn't. the government here has very strong control of the city, and we saw that today. there was an incident in the center of the city, the main mosque near the green square, where anti-government protestors came out of of the main central mosque. there were pro-government forces in between, the police came between and ushered the protestors back into the mosque for their safety. elsewhere in an eastern suburb, the police were firing tear gas on an anti-government protest there. you can see those tear gas canisters rolling through the streets, people firing sling shots. that was sort of a dynamic situation and would seem that the people were able to put it down. when we were out there late this afternoon, the rally marching along the sea front road into the capital area, the proat the time -- protestors were planning to take place, it didn't place. >> after prayers, tear gas filling the streets.

nic robertson, thank you so much. i'm not through with libya yet. i want to show you what else happened there today. again, let's reset. take a look at the picture. we'll talk about benghazi, the second most populous city in libya. that's the opposition's main stronghold. ben wedeman was driving with armed rebels today. take a look at what ben saw. help me understand, ben wedeman, live for me now, what was that guy shouting? what was going on there on the road to this town? >> reporter: actually, because of the audio, i couldn't hear it, but what i can tell you is that the anti-gadhafi forces are, according to sources within the fighting force, more or less

in control of of the town, a petroleum refining center, and it really represents the first offensive by the anti-gadhafi forces since they took over the eastern part of the country. they are gradually getting closer to the capital, tripoli. they still have several hundred miles to go, but this is a significant victory for them. and, of course, speaking to these fighters today, they say they are getting ready to move next to gadhafi's hometown and they're even talking about making it all the way to tripoli. so they're very much on a high after this major victory in what is actually central, not eastern, libya. brooke? >> as they're gaining ground, i want to tell our viewers we're looking at new video that's coming in. it appears you saw of some it, burned-out cars, charred cars. i'm not quite sure what happened, if they were bombed,

shot at. ben, you mentioned -- this is so key because it's the first offensive -- in terms of of those rebels, who were these people you were traveling with there? >> reporter: an amazing collection of all sorts of people, teenagers, old men, people from sort of of all over the place. a lot of them have no military training whatsoever, and it's sort of warfare training on the job. they're learning how to fire anti-aircraft guns, surface-to-air missiles. they have a lot of technical problems as they go along. but they're sort of of a group of experienced professional soldiers who, on the one hand, are trying to train them on the use of the weapons, but these professional soldiers, as we saw today, are a bit frustrated because they're dealing with men who are incredibly enthusiastic and determined to take the fight to the enemy. but they're not really big into

discipline and organization. but, nonetheless, they seem to have achieved this victory and they're still eager to move forward. brooke? >> so if they're learning on the fly, ben, from what you're say, not entirely organized, how well coordinated is the effort here perhaps for orders going out of benghazi to these scattered rebel groups? what's to say the rebels won't eventually turn on one another? >> reporter: there doesn't seem to be any indication that that's going to be the case, but there are no orders. that seems to be obvious on the ground. what we saw is that, as the attack on rose la nuf proceeded, that more and more cars and pickup trucks full of fighters were showing up because word had spread that they were making progress, that they were getting some ground within the city, and just people came and came and rushed to the front. in many cases, simply ignoring

the orders of those few experienced military personnel who were there on the scene trying to direct the effort. it seemed to be a completely sort of spontaneous, chaotic, disorganized attack, but, as we saw, it did achieve their end. >> their goal. their goal. ben wedeman, amazing stuff once again. ben, my thanks to you. one more development i want to share with you out of libya. we have some video. you'll see the very first american c-130s landing in nearby tunisia. that's libya's neighbor to the west. thousands of are you fi refugee up on the border. these planes are delivering humanitarian supplies, blaunkettes, waters and plastic sheets for tents for thousands of refugees. coming up in just a bit, our own fareed zakaria will be here to talk about what's happening in libya. last time i spoke with him, he was critical, saying the

president needs to be tougher. he needs to call on gadhafi to step down. the president has done that. what does fareed think now? also, they've been threatened with contempt, told they would be fined 100 bucks a day. now if these 14 wisconsin senate democrats do not return to the capitol soon, that governor right there on the left side of the screen says he will start laying off thousands of state workers. why don't these lawmakers just come back? let's find out. i'll speak with one live, next will yellowbook has always been crucial to your business,

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every sunday. good to see you, fareed. the last time we spoke, i think of last week, we spoke about president obama and libya and you said how the president needed to take a stronger stance when it came to moammar gadhafi and going away, essentially, in libya. let's listen to what the president said just yesterday. >> colonel gadhafi needs to step down from power and leave. that is good for his country. it is good for his people. it's the right thing to do. >> it's the right thing to do. now that the president has said, essentially, gadhafi, get out, he's moved some warships around. today we saw the u.s. c-130s delivering humanitarian aid in tunisia. fareed, what do you think? how is the president doing now? >> i think much better. i think he's gotten a clear strategy. he is now clearly and unequivocally on the side of the libyan people. i think he's correct also to be somewhat cautious about the one thing everyone is clamoring

about now, which is a no fly zone. you know, suddenly a strange swing in mood where first people didn't want to get involved and now they're saying, well, let's start shooting libyan planes down. i think that's a pretty big step. that would be the united states effectofively going to war against another middle eastern country, the third in ten years. i think mel tear actions have larger consequences and get you into a much larger train of events. he's right to be cautious about it but i think he has to keep the screws on. >> but on that point, i'm paraphrasing, he said something like we'll examine all options. he didn't come down on one side or the other in terms of a no fly zone. do you think he should? >> no. i think he's exactly right. you want to maintain all the options you have. but my point is, short of the no fly zone, there are lots of other options.

i think the key is keep the international pressure, u.s. pressure on gadhafi. we can secretly arm the rebels, provide them with ammunition, with supplies, food, all kinds of resources. we can help them with logistics. if gadhafi begins to realize that he is up against a contra war that would be funded and armed by the united states, it's a losing battle and he's got to understand that. so as long as the pressure keeps mounting, in the long term, gadhafi cannot hold out. there is a short-term problem, which is he has more firepower than the rebels, but the long term, gadhafi is going to leave at some point. >> we're all watching. the world is watching, aren't we? fareed, let's turn the koernl. i want to talk about your special this weekend and also as part of that conversation, you know the president we're waiting for him in miami, probably making some education news, kicking off a drive on our kids' education, wanting to out-educate the world. so we'll hear in him at the top of the hour. i know you, fareed, you had the

"time" magazine cover story, yes, america is in decline. there it is. i know within that you had some pretty telling statistics. you're also hosting this prime-time special sunday, "restoring the american dream getting back to number one," how do we do that? >> well, the first thing to realize is we're not number one in lots of categories. we're 23rd in infrastructure, 79th in elementary school enrollment around the world. our 15-year-olds come 15th or 24th in science and math depending on which tests you look at. i think we really have to focus on two things. one, we've got to spend a lot more money, time, energy investing in future growth for the country. that meansed education. that means science. that means technology. so, you know, that's one piece of it, which is we can't look at the budget and just say, well, everything has to be cut. we have to cut the parts of it that are consumption, that are waste, that is social security, the military, those are not

areas which are going to create future growth. education, science, infrastructure is. the second part is, we've got to focus on young people. one of the most stunning statistics in doing this program and this "time" cover, the federal government spends $4 on old people for every $1 it spends on children. >> really? >> you know why? the cruel truth is old people vote. people under 18 don't vote. >> well, we can get them to vote, can't we? >> well, you know what? if you were to have -- if 15-year-olds were allowed to vote, maybe we'd finally spend some money on them. >> that's interesting. it's interesting that we've sort of teased your special the last two days and i am interested to hear some of these conversations. fareed zakaria, thank you. such a pleasure to have you here during the day. i want to remind everyone, do not miss fareed's special, "restoring the american dream getting back to number one," sunday night, 8:00 eastern.

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a lighthearted moment actually at the wisconsin state capitol. it happened last night as capitol police were carrying out the order to kick out all the protestors, sleeping bags and all. watch this. >> you've got to trust us. what we're doing tonight is trying to make the best for everyone. again, we want a positive reacti reaction, to wrap things up. get people on their way.

i heard somebody shouting "showers" earlier. that sounds like a great idea. even for me. >> so maybe they say some of them need some showers. there they go, the protestors with their drums, leaving the capitol retund da. but a lot of serious news coming out of wisconsin, this whole union battle today. now we're in week number three. thousands of state workers are facing the threat of losing their jobs. the republican governor scott walker says he will send out 1500 layoff notices today unless at least one of those 14 senate democrats returns to the state capitol to fix this whole budget fix, vote on the budgest fix, david mattingly is live for me in madison. david, let's talk about that number, 1500 pink slips. any notice that that's happened yet today? >> reporter: the governor's offices says the in tnotices ar going out today. we haven't gotten confirmation from him, but he says they're going out today. that's a serious note. the governor says as long as the

14 democratic senators remain in political ex-compile in illinois, they can't pass the bill and can't make up for the shortfall in the budget. is so he's, we'll have to lay people off. it's ratcheting up the pressure already in a very tense situation here politically. letting these people know that your job could be on the line if these senators don't come back and we don't pass this budget bill. >> but, david, is there any indication -- >> reporter: they're not being laid off right away. >> but the governor says today. is there any indicates that the standoff might end anytime soon? >> reporter: this could end tnlt. the governor's office is hoping there will be some sort of fragmentation among the 14 democrats because all it takes is 1 for them to come back for all of this to start going through. as long as they stay unified and all 14 of them remain in the state of illinois, then that's not going to happened. but it could happen anytime,

people believe, as long as one of the 14 decides to come in. >> right. that's what they need for the quorum to get this vote passed. wetestors leaving. i saw video when a lawmaker tried to get to his office inside the capitol last night. what happened there? >> reporter: let's look at the video. you can see for yourself what happened. this is state representative nick milroy, a democrat. he was trying to come into the office to retrieve some of his personal belongings. the police didn't want him coming in. there was a bit of a shuffle and the representative goes down. they take him down. then they have a very intense conversation there about, why did this happen? well, now, today, we're getting a statement from that representative. he says, look, no harm done. i was very aggressive in trying to come into the building. law enforcement was very aggressive in trying to keep me out of the building. and get this, he blames the governor. he says this armed palace environment created by governor walker has everyone feeling very tense and emotions running very

high. so this democrat towing the party line, blaming the republican governor to this happening. >> okay. david mattingly, thanks to you. john erbenbach is one of the 14 democrats who has run to illinois rather than vote on the governor's budget fix. in the past couple of weeks and really the last few days, is there anything you've heard from perhaps governor walker or the republicans that convinces you maybe you should go back to your state? >> well, we were actually from what i understand pretty close to an agreement. the governor even admitted that yesterday during his press conference, that he thought there was movement. then the senate leader puts out arrest warrants in response to us reaching out to try and come to compromise. so there isn't anything new today. i suppose the talks will resume at some point. but what i understand, we were close to reaching an agreement yesterday. >> how close? >> pretty close. >> be more specific.

>> well, you heard what the governor said. he thought there was going to be movement yesterday. >> well, i have -- >> and then apparently the governor and the majority leader weren't on the same page and they issued the resolution to have us arrested when we cross state lines. it was kind of a distraction, kind of off the point of, we were trying to come to resolution. >> you tell me because i know you or perhaps some of your colleagues have been part of these negotiations with the republicans. from what i understand from reports it was the governor who's willing to maybe walk back a bit and compromise when it comes to the part of the bill where the members of the unions have to vote every single year to retain the union status. is that part of the compromise? or is it something relating to the collective bargaining rights. >> i can't get into the specifics of it, but i can tell you there's one, easy quick way out of this. >> what's that? >> it's something we wanted from the very beginning. in the end, this is coming down to process. rather than making it law the way they were trying to do it within a week, take the language out of the budget repair bill

and put it in the big budget so we can have more than one hearing on it, so we can openly debate this and have a good discussion on it. that's the simplest way to do this. >> i have to put you on the spot. you can't hafrm a gal for trying. might you have a compromise by the end of the day? >> i don't know. i hope so. we've want a compromise from the very beginning. we don't want to do this. we want to be home. >> all right. little bit of a different tone from you, wisconsin stat snaitor. thank you. let us know what happens if something changes in the next 12 to 24 hours. he days peered four years ago on a trip to iran. the state department says there's new evidence that a former fbi agent is alive. where do they think he is now and what are his wife and seven children saying about this news? that's next. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before.

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a surprise development in the case of awe missing former fbi agent. new evidence indicates robert levinson who have bevanished so years ago is alive somewhere in southwest asia. susan candiotti has covered the disappearance since the beginning. susan, i know of after four years officials are saying they have proof he's alive. what kind of proof? where is this coming from? >> brooke, it's a mystery because officials won't say what the proof is or how they got it. but as you indicated, next week marks the fourth anniversary since american bob levinson disappeared in iran. until now, the family has heard virtually nothing what happened to him since he vanished. now secretary of state clinton says there's information that

levinson is being held in southwest asia. sources reveal to cnn that? recent months the u.s. received convincing prove he's alive. the official as we said won't elaborate on what the evidence is. the retired fbi agent was last seen in southwest asia. his family says he was a private investigator who may have been working on a cigarette smuggling case. >> we know that he has seven children, susan, and a wife. do we know how the family is reacting. also, what is the state department doing right now? >> and grandchildren, too. the family is remaining low-key, brooke. they're very worried about mr. levinson's health because he's a diabetic who needs medication. levinson's wife has issued this statement. she says, our family is tremendously encouraged by the news bob is alive but remains concerned for his safety and

well-being. and as for secretary of state clinton, she issued a statement yesterday asking iran to, as she put it, undertake humanitarian efforts to help find levinson and return him to his family. the only other thing we can tell you, brooke, is that of after this convincing proof of life emerged, a senior u.s. diplomatic official tells cnn that a fresh round of of mid-level discussions began between the two countries. since levinson vanished, iran's government publicly has said it has no information on him. so, for now, we wait. >> we wait. yet still full of so, so many questions. susan candiotti, my thanks to you. have you heard about this story? bet you have. a star basketball player suspended now from his college team reportedly for having sex with his girlfriend. folks, this is a violation of the school's honor code. and today the school is standing by its decision. when we come back, i will speak to the school's athletic director about that decision.

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the story of of the star byu basketball player could got dumped from the team for violating the team's honor code got us wondering what's going on at the university where the guy most likely to win games for you gets suspended for having sex with his girlfriend. something people are definitely talking about. so we asked the school's athletic director to join us by phone. he's good enough to do that. welco welcome, tom holmoe. tom, people not familiar with the byu honor code, here's the

cliffs note version. students must be in good honor code standing to be admitted to, continue enrollment at, and graduate from byu. students upon admission to byu, are required to observe the standards of the honor code at all times, whether on or off campus. violations may include separation from the university. i know it's university policy to not talk specifics about any student who breaks the code, but i have to ask you, how did the zoom find out about brandon davies breaking the code? did he come out, come clean? or did someone snitch? >> it came through the honor code office, and that's something that i'm not aware of directly, but brandon came to coach rose and to me, and we were able to start talking about that time, to try to work with him to determine how we could best work through the situation, get him back in good academic

standing and get him back to the basketball team as soon as we can. >> so he came to you guys. and this honor code at byu, you know, it's strict. you can't drink coffee, no tea, no alcohol obviously, and part of this honor code statement says you have to live a chaste and virtuous life. what does that phrase cover? premarital sex? >> there's various consequences for the various violations of the honor code. i mean, certainly if someone broke the honor code by having a cup of coffee, it would be different than if they committed a serious crime in the community that was, you know -- that everybody would know about. i know that every honor code violation is handled individually with the student in mind and what it -- how it pertains to the honor code through time. >> so premarital sex could be seen as an egregious issue at

byu, strict school. but i do also know, i've heard he's a good kid, obviously a good player. can you talk to me at all about his character? >> brandon is a great kid. he went to the high school, provo high school, that's right across the street from byu. and my -- one of my daughter sz a cheerleader at provo high so i've seen brandon play basketball for the last five years. and i love the kid. he's a great kid. and i think he made a decision that has consequences at byu. but the first thing we did when we found out and brandon came to us was to put our arms around him, tell him that we love him and help him to get back on track to achieving the dreams he has set for himself. >> i had read that you and the coach had both embraced him. but, you know, at a personal level, tom, did you think, do we really have to do this? he's such a star player. you guys maybe had a number one seed going into the ncaa tourney. come on.

>> i knew the answer because i've been at the university for eight years. i actually played football at byu many moons ago. people say, wasn't that a hard decision? it really wasn't a hard decision, it was just dreadfully difficult to know the consequences. the decision has been made many times before and knowing that brandon is such a valuable member of our basketball team, although it hurt us to know that he wouldn't be able to play and that the team would be affected and many fans would be disappointed, we knew that the right thing to do would be to have the consequences of that violation be what they normally are. >> and i think just another layer to this is, look, we're in a day and time athletes are held to this category, for better and for worse, slapping high five-s when someone is highly sexually active, let's say, but byu,

you're tisticking to your guns d your honor code. >> yes, we are. and we believe it's the right thing to do. and brandon has been very good with us. he was fully accountable for the mistake that he made, and he's working with us to make sure that he can get become. >> is he going to get back? is he back next season, tom? >> well, he's in school. he never was out of school. he's in school. >> he's just not playing ball. >> he's not allowed to represent the university, which means you cannot play for the university. there's other layers that are -- that the university and the honor code office will go through during the investigation. but at this point in time there's -- all our intentions are to have him back after some time next year and hopefully get him back with our team as soon as we possibly can. >> i'm sure all of the byu campus is hoping that right along with you. >> we are. >> tom holmoe, a.d. at byu, thank you for calling in.

we are getting word of a new development in the nfl negotiations. from basketball to football we go. we're going to tell you what the owners and players union have just agreed to. that is next. but first, each and every week we try to look at ordinary people who are xmrishing extraordinary things. for a long time, being a successful long distance runner was the primary goal for toby tanzer. but as sanjay gupta explains, one particular run in africa changed his focus. >> reporter: he was an elite runner, talented to keep up with the best in the world, the kenyans. >> i run 15 minutes for the 5k, i think it was 4:28 or 4:30. i did a half marathon at 4:49 pace. >> reporter: while running one day in africa, though, this happened. >> two guys came working towards me and he pulled out a machete and down on my head. one had a homemade baseball bat and he swung like this and it

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from seeing the president in mime along with the education secretary and former governor jeb bush talking education. they are about to introduce the president. these are are live pictures, guys? no, no. jeb bush is speaking right now. thank you, but they will be talking education, and likely going to make a little news as well. we'll be live, and we'll be right back.

here we go. a couple minutes early. the president of the united states speaking in miami. let's listen. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz is here. give her a round of applause. your outstanding school superintendent alberto carvallo, give him a big round of applause. and a very, very impressive principle, anita turn ir. give it up for miss turner. i gather we also have some members of the football team here.

i understand you guys were state champs, is that right? they look pretty big. and some of them aren't smiling, you know. they got their game face on. we are also honored to be joined here today by another champion of education reform, somebody who championed reform when he was in office, somebody who is now championing reform as a private citizen, jeb bush. we are grateful -- we are grateful for him being here. aside from being a former governor of this great state, jeb, of course, is best known as

the brother of marvin bush. apparently the rest of the family also did some work back in washington back in the day. the truth is i've gotten to know jeb because his family exemplifies public service, and we are so grateful to him for the work that he's doing on behalf of education. so thank you, jeb. now, i just had a chance to take a tour here at miami central. met your outstanding principal, miss turner. i talked to some of the great students who are here. we went through a lab. they had robots.

they had computers with vectors and this and that, and i was a little confused and i nodded pretending like i knew what was going on. and it's inspiring to think about where you were just a few years ago and then where you are today. right? you came together to turn this school around. ness and i think the rest of us can learn something from that because that's what we'll need to do all across the country right now. which are at a pivotal turning point. we just came through a tough recession. it's taken a big toll on families here in florida and all across the country. and to accelerate our recovery in the short term we took some essential steps to spur hiring

and economic growth, including tax cuts that are making americans' paychecks bigger and letting businesses write off their investments. excuse me. and i am proud -- i am proud the republicans and democrats came together to get that done, and you're already seeing those steps make a difference. this morning we learned that the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly two years. our economy added another 220,000 jobs in the private sector. that's the 12 straight month a private sector job growth. so our economy is now added 1.5 million private sector jobs over the last year, and that's progress. but we need to keep building on that momentum, and in a world that's more comettive and more connected than ever before, that means answering some difficult

questions. how do we attract new jobs? how do you we attract new businesses? how do you we attract new industries to our shores? how do we grow our economy and out-compete countries around the world? how do we make sure that all of you, all of our students, whether they go to miami central or any place else, how do we make sure you have a chance at the american dream? that's why i'm here today. that's what i want to talk to you, because in today's economy, companies are making decisions about where to locate and who toe hire based on a few key factors. they are looking for faster and more reliable transportation and communications networks like high speed railroads, high speed internet. they are looking for a commitment to innovation and

investments in basic research, so -- so the companies can profit from new ideas and new discoveries. but most of all, the single most important thing companies are looking for are highly skilled, highly educated workers. that's -- that's what they are looking for. more than ever before, companies hire where the talent is. now, i want all the young people here to listen, because over the next ten years nearly half of all new jobs are going to require a level of education that goes beyond a high school degree. so, first of all, you can't drop out. you can't even think about dropping out. can't even think about dropping out. but it's not going to be enough just to graduate from high

school. you're going to need some additional education and a good education equals a good job. if we want more good news on the jobs front, then we've got to make more investments in education. as a nation making these investments in education and innovation, in infrastructure, all of them are essential. now what makes it sufficient is that we're in a difficult fiscal situation as well. for too long the government's been spending more than it takes in, so in order to make sure we can keep doing our part to invest in miami central, to invest in your schools, to invest in pell grants, to invest in your education, and we're also going to have to get serious about cutting whatever spending we don't need, so what i've done is called for a five-year freeze on annual

domestic spending, and that freeze would cut the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, and it will bring that kind of spending to a lower share of our economy than has been true for the last 50 years. to achieve those savings we've proposed eliminating more than 200 federal programs. we're freezing the salaries of hard working civil servants for the next two years. we're finding ways to save billions of dollars of tax dollars by selling, for example, 14 government properties we don't need anymore and that's just a start. if we're serious about tackling our long run fiscal challenges, we'll have to cut excessive spending wherever we find them in, defense spending and spending on entitlements, spending through tax breaks and loopholes, and i'm going to be sitting down with democrats and republicans to figure out how we can reduce our deficits, but i

want everybody to understand. our job is not just to cut, even as we find ways to cut spending. what we can't do is cut back on investments like education that will help us create jobs and grow our economy. we can't sacrifice your future. think about your family. let's say something tough happens, you know, somebody gets laid off in the family or you have a medical emergency. you know, if you're a family that has to cut back, what do you do in the first thing you do is you give up things you don't need. you give up vacations, maybe you eat out a little bit less. maybe you don't buy as many new clothes. maybe you don't buy that new car that you thought you needed. but the last thing you give up on is saving for your child's

college education. the last thing you give up on is making sure that your children have the books they need, the computers they need. because you know that's going to be the key to his or her success in life. over the long term. well, the same thing is true for our country. when we sacrifice our commitment to education, we're sacrificing our future, and we can't let that happen. our kids deserve better. our country deserves better, an over the course of march what we're calling education month around the white house, i'm going to be traveling the country, and arne is going to be traveling the country, and the we're going to be talking to parents and students and educators about what we need to do to achieve reform, promote responsibility and deliver results when it comes to education.

and i decided to come here to miami central to kick off education month because -- because you're doing what i challenged states to do shortly after i took office, and that's turning america's lowest performing schools around. this is something that hasn't received as much attention as it should, but it could hardly be more important to our country. right now there are about 2,000 high schools in america, about 12% of the total number of high schools in america, that produce nearly half of the young people who drop out of school. you've got 2,000 schools, about half the dropouts come out of

those 2,000 schools, and we know these schools are often found in rural areas or in big cities like miami. many of these schools have lots of haitian-americans and african-americans, latino and other minority students, and miami central used to be one of these schools. used to. but it's important for us -- it's important for us to remember where we've been so we know where we need to go. i mean, this used to be a place where the problems on the streets followed kids into the classrooms. it was hard for young people to learn. where the dream of college was out of reach for too many, where

there was a culture of failure that brought everybody down. turning around these schools isn't easy. a lot of people used to argue, well, all they need is more money, but money is not alone going to do the job. we also have to reform how things are done. it isn't easy to turn around an expectation of failure and make that into an expectation of excellence. in fact, it's one of the hardest things you can do, and there is always plenty of nay sayers out there who will say it's not even possible, who say turning around a failing school means throwing good money after bad works say too many of these schools are beyond repair, who say we ought to give up on those schools and focus on places that have more breaks and have a little more going for them. here's what i say.

i say i am not willing to give up on any child in america. i say i'm not willing to give up on any school in america. i do not accept failure here in america! i believe the status quo is unacceptable. it is time to change it. and it's time we came together, just like jeb and i are doing today, coming from different parties, but we come together not as democrats or as republicans, as americans to lift up all of our schools and to prepare students like you for a 21st century economy. to give every child in america a chance to make the most of their

god-given potential. now, the good news is we know it works. we can see it in schools and communities across the kcountry every day. we see it in a place like bruce randolph school in denver. this was rated one of the worst schools in colorado three years ago, but last may it graduated 97% of its seniors. [ applause ] and by the way, most of them are the first in their family to go to college. we can see it in mastery charter school in philadelphia where four times as many students are proficient in math and violence is down 80% compared to just a few years ago. and, of course, we can see is right here at miami central.

a little more than a decade ago when the state exam started, miami central scored a "d" in each its first five years and then it scored an "f" in each the five years after that. halls were literally littered with garbage. one of the buildings here was called a fishbowl because it was always flooded. in one survey only a third of all students said they felt safe at school. think about that. only a third. today mrs. turner, all the outstanding teachers here, all the students here, you've put those days behind you.

you've put those days behind. good. oirksz i mean, i know -- i know that you still face challenges. i know that you still face challenges. things aren't perfect, but over the past five years you've started to excel academically. performance has skyrocketed by more than 60% in math. about 40% in writing. graduation rates went from 36%. now they are at 63%, and i expect them to be at 100%.

100. you are proving the naysayers wrong. you are proving that progress is possible. it's possible because of your principal. it's possible because of all the great teachers that are going above and beyond for their students, including the teach for america core members who are here today. we're proud of them. to all the teachers here, i hope you -- i hope you will stay with the miami central family as long as you can, because this community has already benefited so much from your teaching and your mentorship and your dedication. you know, i was reading the other day an article.

this is just a couple days ago in the "new york times" how teachers were just feeling beat up, just not feeling as if folks understood how much work went into teaching, and -- and how -- how dedicated they were to the success of their students, and so i want to be very clear here. you know, we are proud of what you guys do, each and every day. we are proud of what you do each and every day. we need to honor teachers. you know, countries that are successful right now academically typically teachers are considered one of the top professions. now, let's face it. i mean, we also have to make sure there's accountability for our schools and turning things around here meant replacing a

principal and replacing some teachers. and that's tough work. it shouldn't be undertaken lightly, but your school did it the right way, with a process that even had the support of teachers and their local unions, because you recognize the partnership among teachers and school traitors and a -- and the community, that's the path to reform. it isn't easy, but i want to thank the school board and the superintendent and the union for working together to do the right thing for your students. you guys deserve a lot of congratulations. we appreciate it.cience coaches, extra learning time after school and saturday school, and summer school. i didn't get as much applause about that.

but it's good for you guys to get more learning and be in the classroom more. you know, you still have time for the video games. you guys never catch a break. you don't even get snow days down here, do you? and you've got a technology program here that's preparing kids for the manufacturing jobs of tomorrow. i saw some of the work that they were doing in this -- in this lab. it was outstanding stuff, and it matched up with when i go to factories all across america, you can't -- you can't work on a factory floor today if you don't have training in computers and you have basic math skills and understand technology. those are the jobs of tomorrow. you've got an entrepreneurship program that's helping students start their own businesses, and you have mentors from local

business community. you set up a parenting academy to make sure that parents are meaningfully engaged in their children's education because you can't expect the schools to do everything. parents have to step up, too, and set high expectations. i say this wherever i go. when i hear people complaining about the schools. nothing we do at school will make a difference unless all us parents step up at home and instill our kids with self-confidence and also a discipline and a work ethic, a work ethic that's at the heart of success at school andly. school is not supposed to be easy. nothing worthwhile is easy. nothing worthwhile is easy. i mean, the football players understand that. i know training to be state

champs can't be easy. but why is it sometimes we expect people to be working out hard on the football field and then suddenly everybody is surprised when you've got to work out hard in the math lab? same principles apply. you've got to work hard to achieve your goal. so outstanding teachers and principals, a common mission, a culture of high expectations, that's what it takes to turn a school around. that's what accounts for progress here at miami central, and that's why we are going to support you with what we call school improvement grants. you're one of nearly 1,000 schools across america that we're helping turn around by spurring reform from the bottom up, the bottom up. and the approach that we're taking with school improvement grants and school turnarounds is the same approach that we're

taking on all our education reform efforts. the idea is very simple. instead of pouring money into a broken system, we launched a competition that we call race to the top, and it basically says to states prove that you are serious about reform. we said to all 50 states, if you show the most innovative plans for improving teacher quality and student achievement, boosting low-performing schools, then we'll show you the money. and for less than 1% of what we spend on education every year, race to the top has led 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and learning, and those standards weren't developed by bureaucrats in washington. republican, democratic governors across the country developed these reforms. that's the kind of bottom-up

approach that we need to follow. we want to work with congress this year to fix the current education law and make sure that it focuses on responsibility and reform and results. and because we know the single most important factor in a student's success from the moment they step into school is the person standing in front of the classroom, we want to recruit and prepare a new generation of teachers, including 100,000 new math and science teachers over the next deca decade. we've got to get them in the classroom. with all of these steps i am confident that by 2020 america will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. that's our goal. that's our goal.

that's how we'll out-educate other countries. that's how we'll out-compete with other countries. that's how we'll win the future for the united states of america. so i'm going to keep pressure on everybody in washington. i know jeb and superintendent and everybody here, you're going to stay focused on students in the sunshine state. and i know that miss turner, she's not going to let up until miami central goes from that "f" grade all the way up to an "a" grade. mrs. turner means business. mrs. turner means business. she has that nice pretty smile, and she's all quiet, but you can tell she's like no, don't mess with me.

that's right. of course, ultimately miss turner, she would say for herself. she's not the only reason miami central has been making progress. she's not the only reason you're turning the school around. the most important reason is you, the students, here at miami central. a few years ago when it looked like the state may have to shut down miami central, the students -- the students took matters into their own hands. you took control of your own destiny. you said some things that are worth repeating. here are some of the things that students said. we're going to do more than pass the state test. we're going to kill it.

quote, i don't want my school to close. we can't let that happen. we really, really tried hard this year. we don't give up. if we're going to get through this successfully, we've got to come together as a student body. so that's what you guys. did you came together as a student body. you didn't give up, and that's why i'm going to be leaving here so full of hope. i'm full of hope about miami central's future. i'm full of hope about america's future because i'm full of hope about your future, and rockets, if you keep reaching for success and showing the same passion, the same determination, the same hard work, the same devotion to excellence, i'm confident we're not only going to lift up our schools, we will produce the best educated peopl in the world. our economy will growth. our country will pros perks and a new and bert day will come for the american people. thank you, everybody.

god bless you. god bless the united states of america. >> president obama clearly full of hope, speaking for a good half hour there in miami at miami central high school, and he could not have been more clear and talk about the timing, speaking there in miami about education and jobs on this day when the unemployment rate is down, private sector jobs up for the 12th month in a row and couldn't be more clear about the connection between investment in education, thus improving the economy and growing jobs but let me back up and talk to you why he was here at this particular school in mime dade. miami central senior high school committee it was one of those underachieving school. talking about the grades, for years they were getting an "f" grade from the state of florida, and what they did, and all of this is because of the thousands of dollars from the president's school improvement grants, is they fired their principal and they replaced nearly half of the teachers, so pretty strong medicine, you could say,

prescribed as it were by the white house, and that is the path chosen by central senior high, to get aid from the federal government, more than $750,000. s sam is an educational consultant and the i want to talk about the sig, the school improvement grant, and we know in this case at miami central high school. they fired the principal and cut half the staff loose and extended the school day, extended the curriculum as part of the whole program here, but what's the theory behind doing all of that? >> well, the theory is, of course, that in any school or in any organization the culture that provides the foundation for the people that are going to be working and learning there is the key, so obviously it was a pretty extreme case at miami central and a bit of a scorched earth policy that has apparently yielded some really impressive

results. we certainly would like to imagine that in many places the fix does not need to be so extreme. >> that's an excellent point because, you know, just even if you look at the dropout rate, the graduation rate climbed to like 65.3%, dropout rate went from 8.9 to 4.74, so this is a perfect example and obvious why the president chose this particular school to sort of tout his school and say, hey, look and see what i did, but is this the kind of fix, this extreme fix? would it work at any school? >> well, potentially, but i think there's a bigger message even in the president's most recent remarks when he was recounting the success story that i think speaks to a big problem. there were obviously a lot of great things again that need to be celebrated at miami central. the problem is their measure of suck serbs and this is not the school's fault. this is the system's fault, was,

as the president said, galvanized around making sure that they are going to pass the state test, but i'm not somebody that thinks that testing has no place. i think tests can be valuable. i also think they are extremely overvalued, and the bigger problem, i'm encouraged to hear that the president and the second are going to be traveling around the country asking questions. i wish that our commander in chief this coming month would become the nation's teacher in chief because really what we need as a country is to have a deeper reflective conversation about what powerful learning and teaching actually looks like so that we can start to realign the system so that thousands of people in this community aren't focusing all of their efforts on passing a single state test. we all know that for young people to be really successful in the 21st century, to have the types of skills that they are going to need for the jobs that don't even exist right now, as you and the i are talking, it's going to take a hell of a lot

more than passing a state test to create a truly world class 21st century learning environment. >> yes, sam, i think a lot of people would agree with you that there's too much emphasis put on those test scores, hiding nationwide. a culture change and responsibility not just with the schools but with the parents. i want to talk jobs with alison kosik because the president did make the clear link between education and jobs. let's speak with alison right after the break. department of n. home to the latest deal making technology. our highly advanced thingamajigs and whatchamacallits are constantly gathering intelligence on the best deals for you. with name your own price, they're yours for up to 60% off. but we're always looking to improve. for instance, what does this have to do with finding hotel deals? we're not sure. yet.

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gee, well, we just heard the president speaking live at mime central high school talking about the fact that he and education secretary arne duncan will be touring the country, listening to teachers and is to students and to parents practicing responsibility and reform and hopefully achieving some results which will then lead to growing jobs in the country, and on that note, let's go to alison kosik live in the new york stock exchange. alison, it's been a pretty good day in terms of looking at those february numbers, both the unemployment and the jobs growth, but is it too premature to be cheering just yet? >> reporter: i think it is. you know, we have to look on both sides of this. first of all, sure, the recovery has been real spotty. but if you compare this february number to the february two years ago, two years ago in february we lost 700,000 jobs, brooke. in february just one month behind us, we gained jobs,

192,000. sure, this was a strong report. it shows, that you know, we're finally turning a corner for the jobs sector. especially in the private sector because we've really come very far, but the fact is the economy needs more. millions of people are still out of work, brooke. you know, some say the unemployment rate went down people dropped out of labor force, they got discouraged and they are not count in the unemployment number so that's the reality here that it's really going to take a long time to see true recovery in the job market. >> alison, we just needed your perspective and we appreciate it. come up next, never go too far from libya and one witness calls it indescribable, talking about the deadly violence today in that country. nic robertson is reporting from the capital city of tripoli. also, did the governor of wisconsin follow through with his threat to start firing thousands of state workers today? david mattingly is there in madison, wisconsin. "reporter roulette" coming up next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.

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got a lot happening on this friday, the army and wikileaks private said he was naked for hours. that and more in "reporter roulette" beginning with nic robertson in tripoli. nic? >> reporter: what the anti-gadhafi protesters were hopeful to do is after gathering for friday prayers they were hoping to get from the highway

all the way to the heart of the city. they weren't able to do that, because the government forces and police were out firing tear gas and they were told as well, we couldn't ourselves go into that neighborhood, when these demonstrations were happening. our government officials told us it would be too dangerous to get in there. some were able to get there. we were able to get to the outside later in the day. the government has been able to control and tamp down and force the protesters back in and off the streets and to stop the protests here in the capital. >> nic robertson in libya. nic, thank you. next on "reporter roulette," i want to take you to wisconsin where david mattingly is talking about the budget battle raging on in the capital of wisconsin where we know thousands of employees, according to the governor, could be getting pink slips. why is that? >> reporter: reason for that is

$137 million shortfall in the state budget. the governor is broke. the governor laid that out very clearly in an address the other night and now because the 14 democratic centers who have gone into political exile in the state of illinois to stop this budget process, he says unless they come back to act on that budget, then there will have to be layoffs. the notices, he says, will go out today and going to employees warning them that their jobs are on the line so that the state won't be able to get some of this money back. of course, this is part of the political pressure that's being put on those 14 democratic senators. some talks have been going on. it could be a day-by-day thing but those senators saying we're not coming back until you take that collective bargaining issue off the table. the governor wanting to remove a lot of the collective bargaining that union members in the state now enjoy. >> david mattingly in madison, thank you. finally here on "reporter roulette," chris lawrence at the pentagon with some of the new details about the army private kwused in the wikileaks conspiracy.

first, chris, why did the army answer the charges against the private? >> it more accurately reflects what he's accused of. the big one is aiding the enemy. the military isn't defining the enemy, but if you look at charges it's saying he provied intelligence to the enemy by indirect means which could lead one to think, okay, the enemy is the iraqi or afghan insurgents. he didn't directly hand the intel to them, but they are accusing him of putting it out there publicly knowing that the enemy could have access to it. >> chris, i read reports today that manning was stripped naked in his jail cell. his attorney is outraged. true? >> reporter: yeah. it is. the military admits that he was stripped down naked. just to be clear, he's already under this special watch in which he can only sleep in his underwear, so it's not like he's taking off all his clothes when this happened. he was already down to his underwear, but last couple of nights they even took that away

from him and for a brief time he had to stand at attention while he was naked. the military saying this was not punitive and a pentagon official suggested it may have been done to prevent him from hurting himself, to protect him, though it does beg the question, if he's that mentally unstable, perhaps prison is not the right place for him as he awaits trial. >> chris lawrence, who knows. chris lawrence at the pentagon, thank you. that is your "reporter roulette" for this friday. coming up next, let's talk about former governor mike huckabee and what he said trying to explain yet another controversial comment he has made. this time it's one about natalie portman. joe johns all over this one for us today. he's live with that in "political pop" next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.

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as with all medicare supplement plans, you can keep your own doctor and hospital that accepts medicare, get help paying for what medicare doesn't... and save up to thousands of dollars. call this toll-free number now. we have been talking a little bit about newt gingrich lately. much of the reason is because we've been hearing the whole will he, won't he, when it comes to a possible presidential run next year? here's something you might have noticed as well. his wife, calista, seems to be always by his side. joe johns is here with a little bit of that in our "political pop." other than the fact today is her birthday, oddly enough, what do we know about her? >> she's 45 years old today, born in 1966 from what we can tell in social media. president of a production company, gingrich productions, keeps busy. just this week out screening a week "nine days that changed the world" about pope john paul. she is catholic.

newt gingrich has converted to catholicism. some people call her cali from wisconsin, a d.c. presence. saw her on the hill. worked on the hill in the former congressman's office. >> oh, yeah. >> it was steve gunderson of wisconsin, and she was also clerk for the house agriculture committee. has been around politics as well. >> also newt gingrich's third wife, and we know this is the kind of thing that may creates challenges, family value questions, affecting the conservative vote. is that a factor and how much of a factor will it be for newt? >> definitely an issue. they have been married for 11 years now. they haven't gotten married. a lot has been written about newt's private life, previous wives, one of whom had cancer, you know, and as he makes a decision on whether to get into the presidential race, he really has to sort of measure how much his political opponents are going to go after him on all the messy details. got a question just last week from a democratic activist at the university of pennsylvania

about his private life. here's how newt answered it. >> that's a debate i'll be happy to have. >> basically saying he'd be happy to have the debate if it's about the future. >> not the past. >> absolutely. >> not the past. meanwhile, mr. johns, more social conservative politics on our radar today. mike huckabee making all kinds of headlines today. now he's sort of clarifying his remarks, right, about -- i'm blanking on her name, help me out, "black swan," natalie portman, about the fact that she's having a child out of wedlock. >> absolutely. you know, going down this road has not always been a winner for politicians down the past. big star having a babe out of wedlock, starts a controversy, and natalie portman, you'll remember, won at the oscars and talked about having the baby

while she was at the ceremony. listen up. >> and my beautiful love benjamin who choreographed the film and has now given me my most important role of my life. >> so there you go. mike huckabee, who is a potential presidential contender, peddling a book right now, got asked about it on the radio. now he says he didn't slam natalie portman, but sort of listen it to yourself, be the judge. >> one of the things that's troubling is that people see a natalie portman or some other hollywood starlet that boasts of, hey look, we're having children. we're not married, but we're having these children and they are doing just fine, but there aren't really a lot of single moms out there who are making millions of dollars every year for being in a movie, and i think it gives a distorted image that, yes, not everybody hires nannies and caretakers and nurses. most single moms are very poor,

uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. >> so, you know, some people say that was a slam. some say it wasn't. in any case -- >> he walked back a little bit, didn't he? >> just a little bit. i mean, the gist of the statement was he was basically saying i did not slam or attack natalie portman or criticize hard working single mothers. the point he's making in this clarifying statement is that it's unfortunate that society glamourizes having kids out of wedlock so that's a debate certainly that will continue. >> it will. joe johns, thank you so much. can't believe i forgot her name. natalie portman, of course. thank you. talk about a dream come true. a youtube star who is 10 years of age, by the way, joins lady gaga on stage. got to see this next.

it is time. you've got to see this. this 10-year-old from canada gets a thrill of a lifetime when she gets up on stage with lady gaga, can you imagine, to sing the song "born this way." ♪ >> lady gaga invited her after seeing a youtube post of the 10-year-old performing that very song. it was a video that got something like 17 million hits after lady gaga, of course, tweeted about it. and now did you know a certain someone in washington is a huge lady gaga fan who this time last week, mr. blitzer, i believe you were bragging about your lady

gaga concert experience the night before and the penultimate song. did she sing "born this way?" that was the ultimate song. she ended the concert with "born this way." the penultimate song was "romans." >> i was hard at work preparing for my show live in d.c. the next day. can't all be like you. >> a great time, excellent -- she's very talented, lady gag a. i want you to know. puts on a great show. >> talk to me about what's coming up. >> she didn't invite me to come up on stage. >> she did not. next time. got to sing youtube, twitter, wolf blitzer, done. >> didn't happen, didn't happen, but it was an excellent, excellent concert. >> good. >> you want to go through some of the other songs she did? >> let's talk about news. >> lots coming up on "the situation room." a lot of what's the latest in libya. more air strikes, more deaths. tens of thousands of additional refugees. what is the international community going to do?

nick kristof of the "new york times" will be joining us with some thoughts on what president obama should be doing right now. you'll be anxious to hear. we'll also talk about what seems to be, at least i suspect and nick does as well, there's a split within the obama administration about what the u.s. should be doing, what the u.s. shouldn't be doing. you know there's a major split between robert gates, the defense secretary, john mccain, the senator, so we'll get into a lot of that in "the situation room" and a lot more. that's coming up at the top of the hour. >> we'll see you in a couple of minutes. have a wonderful weekend, too, by the way. wait until you see what happened in a court hearing for murder suspect casey anthony. you may not believe here. talk about tension in that courtroom. sunny hostin will walk us through that. "on the case" is next. in a lab. ♪ in a living room. we have lift-off. on a stage. [ jimi hendrix "foxy lady" intro ] in a garage. [ guys cheering ]

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casey anthony's mother, she returns to the stand. keep in mind this is day three of a very, very important motions hearing that's leading up to the anthony's trial on charges that she allegedly murdered her 2-year-old daughter caylee. sunny hostin is on the case. what did cindy anthony testify about today? >> well, today she testified, brooke, about the fact that the state through its detectives tried to use her to get information from casey anthony, while casey anthony was in jail during courthouse visits. it's a very interesting argument that the defense is saying. the defense is arguing that casey was, of course, represented by jose baez at that time, yet detectives were telling the family members go and speak to casey. we can't speak to her and try to

get some information out of her and we are going to be taping these jailhouse visits. so a very, very interesting novel argument by this defense. >> we saw casey anthony in the courtroom yesterday, tears streaming down her face. did today's testimony have the same impact? >> it really didn't. saw a very composed casey anthony, today a very different casey anthony today. she was in the courtroom listening to her mother, taking notes and looking through courtroom documents so no tears today as far as i could see, brooke. >> there was definitely some tension in the courtroom. this was yesterday, when casey anthony's brother lee testified, sonny, tell me about that. >> there's no question there's no love lost between these siblings. remember, she has accused her brother of sexually abusing her as a child and sneaking into her room and fondling her, so when he got on the witness stand, she was glaring at him and when he got off the witness stand he mouthed the words i love you to

her. she wouldn't even take a look take a look at what happened in the courtroom. >> right there you tell your sister that if she gives you a letter through this letter system, that you won't share it with anyone if you don't want you to. >> correct, that's what i said. >> and you say that to her from brother to sister? >> yes. >> were you lying? >> maybe. >> you saw her reaction to that, she just sort of, you know, dismissed it. you know, i think that it is clear that he went in there and tried to get information from her and shared it with detectives when he told her, listen, i'm not going to share this information with anyone. that was a lie, so he lied to her. i think this family, brooke, just wanted to find caylee.

they wanted to find that little girl, and that's what was going on. >> is it all over? we know the hearing stopped today, what, at noon? when will the judge, sunny, rule on these