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continues with randi kaye. good afternoon. a developing story out of texas at this hour. a parking garage under construction has collapsed. take a look at this video. two workers have been rushed to the hospital. it happened about a couple of hours ago. firefighters telling our affiliates in san antonio that seven levels of unfinished structure fell. the weight of that is about 1500 tons. again, two workers rushed to the hospital. we will of course keep an eye on this as we monitor some other news as well. the president's new budget would begin to shrink the deficit, but we've just heard from congressional republicans and they're saying mr. obama isn't even getting close to what needs to be done. take a listen to this. >> and so what did we just get today? we got a punt. the president punted on the budget, and he punted on the deficit and on the debt. that's not leadership. that's an add vocation of leadership. >> let me lay this out for you. this year the federal deficit is running at $1.65 trillion. the budget the president just sent to congress would trim it down to $1.1 trillion, a big reason it shrinks, no new extension of the bush tax cuts. another reason? spending cuts. take a look, cuts to the pell grant program, $8 billion, cuts to heat subsidies for the poor, cuts to housing and community development and as you probably know already, the president is talking about a five-year freeze on most nonsecurity spending. in a number of places the budget actually goes up, but an overall boost in pentagon spending is seen as a prelude to cuts down the road. as for education and energy, they're clearly among the president's top priorities. here's mr. obama this morning. >> these investments are an essential part of the budget my administration is sending to congress because i'm convinced if we outbuild and outinnovate and outeducate as well as outhustle the rest of the world, the jobs and industries of our time will take root here in the united states. our people will prosper, and our country will succeed. >> so the president's proposing to start bringing the dove sit down. the republicans are saying do it faster, much faster. lisa is on capitol hill. good to see you. what more can you tell u.s. about the reception there for the president's new budget? >> reporter: randi, i guess it's a little bit like the weather this time of year. it ranges from luke warm at best to a downright chill. democrats don't like some of these cuts, cuts to scholarships and emergency heating money. the best i heard from democrats was an e-mail i got a few minutes ago from one of them saying that we will review this budget. nothing positive, nothing negative. as you just played, republicans are going on the attack. >> let's show our viewers something that went up today on the white house web site. this is the president's budget director jack lou. >> we obviously have a very deep problem facing us on the deficit, but we didn't always. you can see that as a government we were running a surplus not that many years ago. in fact, i was the director of the office of management and we were running a surplus when "left. we need to get from a place that is just unsustainable to a place where we can actually pay our bills and have a stable, secure future. like every family, we have to tighten our belts and live within our means. while we're investing in the things we need to have a strong and secure future. we need to do that on a bipartisan basis. there's no one side that has all the answers. we know you have to stabilize where we're going before you can move on and solve the rest of the problem. >> the word of the day, the word the white house seems to be pushing is "stabilize." start to get things under control, don't do anything drast drastic. lisa, what's the republicans' approach? very different i'm sure. >> it is. republicans say cut right now. that's the debate we're going to have in congress this week. the house proposing cuts for this current spending year. that's an important difference. what the president is proposing is cuts in the budget that start in october. republicans say that's waiting too long and we want cuts now. of course, we also have to say we don't know what republicans want to do long term. we have yet to see a solution from republicans for medicare, social security, the big entitlement programs, though just a few minutes ago our brianna keilar e-mailed me that paul ryan told reporters that we do have to address entitlements implying we may see a plan from them in coming days or months. >> lisa, is there any sense at this hour that the freshman house republicans are going to scale back some of the budget cutting demands now they have been elect and have to govern. >> those guys are so interesting to watch. it's exactly the opposite. we've seen house freshman republicans push their caucus, push their party to make more cuts than it was planning. last week house republicans came out with a list of cuts but the freshmen said, that's not good enough. we want more. they held their ground and in fact the republicans had to regroup and they proposed more cuts. so far those house freshmen republicans with are being tough on spending. >> thank you, lisa. coming up in just a few minutes, the president's domestic policy adviser melody barns joins us. i'll ask her why the cuts in this budget aren't as deep as the debt commission recommended. and donald trum will join me. i've got to ask him about his tussle with ron paul. stick around for the donald as well. >> get to the back of the train, get to the back of the train. >> a wild weekend crime spree ends dramatically on a subway train. i'll talk to the man who stopped the knife-wielding suspect. next, yemen, iran, algeria, what happened in egypt may not stay in egypt. ben wedeman has been covering the region for year. we'll go to him live next. . in a matter of weeks, the masses have toppled dictators and their rejeemz. first tunisia, then egypt. what we are seeing is not just contained to a couple of nations. the uprisings in tunisia and egypt have evolved into a powerful and increasingly energized movement of the people, quickly gaining momentum across north africa and the mitd east. protests are spreading to countries as far as cameroon. the latest in algeria, yemen and iran, the most tense scenes from iran where security forces clashed with thousands of demonstrators. protesting the regime of president mahmoud ahmadinejad. across egypt today, a wave of protests as thousands of workers demanded better pay and worki i conditions. let's go straight to ben wedeman, live from cairo. ben, the situation there still so uncertain with the military in 0 power, the parliament dissolved, the constitution suspended. what is the latest there today? >> reporter: well, randi, what we've seen today is really this wave of labor unrest across the country. i was driving around cairo today, and sort of everywhere i went i saw workers on strike. some of them in theaters, i saw there were hundreds of ambulances parked in front of one health ministry office where the ambulance drivers had gone on strike. basically, after 30 years of just complete repression of any sort of labor movements and whatnot, people with grievances across the board, working conditions, low pay, bosses they feel who have been oppressive over the years, everyone is coming out to strike. and the military rulers of egypt don't seem to know how to deal with it. they're asking people not to do anything that would disrupt production in the country, disrupt the provision of basic services to egyptians. but it seems that kind of the lid is off the pressure cooker and everybody who can do it is now on strike. except perhaps cnn journalists and that may come soon at this rate. >> and with the military in charge of the country's affairs, it has the monumental task of not only restoring some sense of normalcy but also addressing the issues, economic and political issues that actually fueled the protests. how do they plan to do this? >> reporter: well, there's a bank holiday going on so banks are closed. the stock market, which was supposed to reopen on wednesday, is now closed until further notice. i think they're really scramb scrambling to find some sort of solution to all of these problems. they're also in discussions with the young revolutionaries who toppled the mubarak regime trying to work out some political formula whereby they would endorse the military and their effort to stabilize the situation and, of course, the military has promised that there will be free and fair parliamentary and presidential elections. but they haven't as yet said when that will happen. randi? >> we've seen governments across the middle east trying to prevent this from happening in their country. they're busy making political concessions to ease instability. is there a sense of urgency that this unrest is spreading as we watch yemen, iran, algeria and others? >> reporter: urgency is definitely the word, and in fact i heard somebody say today that for the first time in decades governments are now afraid of the people and not the other way around. so, for instance, today we saw in algeria, after a series of protests there against the government, the government is saying that they'll now lift the state of emergency that's been in place for decades. we've seen, for instance, the king of bahrain where there have been lots of demonstrations today against the government, he has promised to give $2,600 in cash and food subsidies to every family in the country. obviously hoping that that would sort of take the edge off of the protests there. we've seen in yemen the president there promising he will not run for election again. and this is a man who's been in power since 1979. he also promised that his son would not run for office as well. so all across the middle east we find governments scrambling to try to lessen the edge of the protests. but as we saw in egypt, promises don't always work. randi? >> ben wedeman in cairo for us. ben, thank you. back here at home, for more than 24 hours a serial stab otherer was on the loose all over new york city. one man commuting to work on a saturday, hadn't heard anything about it, until he came face-to-face with the alleged killer. how was this hero inspired by mixed martial arts? we'll talk to him, next. can a trading site help make you a sharper trader? mine can. td ameritrade can. they've got trading specialists i can call for help. and paper trading. free practice trading that helps me hone my technique. complex options. and free tutorials. online or in person. can a trading site really make a difference? if it can't, why are you trading there? number one in online equity trades: td ameritrade. trade commission-free for 30 days, plus get up to $500 when you open an account. welcome back. a bizarre crime spree ends with a takedown on a subway car. four people are dead, one man being called a hero. he has the wounds to prove it. and the man police say went on the rampage claims he was set up. i'm talk to the hero in just a minute. but first listen to what happened. police say this 28-hour frenzy of violence started early friday morning in brooklyn when maksim gelman got into a fight with his mother. she wouldn't let him borrow her lexus. when his step father intervened, he stabbed him 11 times. he took the car and drove to his ex-girlfriend's house and stabbed her mother to death, then his ex-girlfriend. he stabbed a driver and took off in the wounded man's car. from there, police say gelman hit and killed a pedestrian, abandoned the car and hopped into a cab, stabbing and wounding the cabbie. then he allegedly confronted a couple on the street, stab the man in the hands and took his car keys. next stop? it wasn't over yet. the subway. police got a tip that gelman was there. but before they got to him, gelman faced off with a passenger. he told him, "you're going to die," but that is not what happened. joseph joins me by phone to talk about all of this. joseph, if you can, take us back to that moment on the subway when you noticed the suspect. were you alert right away that something wasn't right? >> he didn't look right, to be honest with you. he had a look about him that sometimes they describe it as that faraway look or the lights are on but nobody's home type thing. i had no idea what had transpired the previous 24 hours. i hadn't had the opportunity to see a new york newspaper yet so i had no idea. even without knowing that, i don't think it was just me. i think most of the passengers on the train, whether they recognized him or not, he just had a pretty shady look about him. >> so this guy lunged at you. how did you know how to take him down? what did you do? >> well, i mean, it would be great if i could sit here and make up a story and tell you that i used this or that. the reality is that when he lunged at me i knew that it was one one of two things was going to happen. either he was going to kill me or i was going to defend myself. basically i didn't want to sit there and get any more injured than i was so i took the opportunity and i -- >> you used some martial arts, didn't you? >> well, yeah. i mean, i'm a big ufc fan, mma fan, football fan. i've never trained in martial arts or mixed martial arts but been watching it for 20 years. i was just trying to grab him by the legs or waist. i think honestly some of the local media is playing up the mma aspect that i've trained in it a little too much. but honestly it's just from years of watching it. >> still, this guy had a knife. >> yeah. >> he threatened your life. he told you, you're going to die. >> yeah. >> what about your injuries? i know you have a few good ones. >> yeah. he got me pretty good. i'm walking around with what looks like a couple of zippers in the back of my head. you know, he got me very well. i mean, i don't know the total stitch count, but i have severe cuts to the back of my head and the side of my head that required both stitches on the inside and staples. i have a black eye and i honestly don't remember how that happened. he cut me on my left thumb deep enough where you could see the tendon and the doctors told me that he cut me deep enough on my left try accept where you can see part of the muscle. >> i don't have to tell you this, but you're lucky to be alive. do you consider yourself the hero as many have dubbed you? >> no. first off, i am very lucky to be alive, very fortunate. everyone is calling me a hero, and i appreciate everyone's sentiment. i think it's great. the real heroes are the new york police department, the emts. there was a gentleman that helped one of the police officers control this man, at that handcuff him. and there was a gentleman on the train that stayed with me the whole time to apply pressure to one of my wounds to help the blood flow. so, i mean, you know, on the list of heroes, i'm way down at the bottom if i even make the list. i'm not a hero. i was just trying to survive. >> you're awfully modest, joseph. i'm sure your kids and family are very proud of you. thanks for sharing your story with us. >> my pleasure. we already knew that she could ask for toast. but now congresswoman giffords is doing a lot more than that. up next, her husband talks about it. then donald trump will be here to talk about president obama's new budget. of course, i'll get his reaction to what ron paul said about him this morning. >> i don't know whether he has earned the right to criticize somebody for not winning an election when i don't know how many elections he's won so far himself. hi, i'm chanelle pickens. i was tired of living in my apartment and decided hey, let's go buy a house! i could go to quickenloans.com and sign all of the paper work i needed to take care of. it was nice to being able to call them whenever i needed to answer questions. quicken loans made everything super convenient and easy. so the fact that they could work with my schedule was just wonderful. that's why i love quicken loans! 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i mean, we're looking at video of the car. we see the freezing cold lake you jumped into. did you realize how far -- what was it, about four stories, i guess? and what did it feel like once you hit the water? >> no, i absolutely had no time to think about how far i would be falling down. i mean, once i hit that water, it was just like i had the wind knocked out of me. i had to i guess quickly collect myself and get back to the surface. >> amazing story. bianca vera eventually made it to shore by herself. she's now out of the hospital and recovering from a broken vertebrae and some bruises. up next, as we said, we'll talk to melody barnes and donald trump about the budget deficit, about ron paul, about all kinds of stuff. keep it right here. the u.s. it seems has a growing problem with pakistan. this is just one of many anti-american protests held in pakistan since an american contractor was arrested there last month and accused of murder. tensions between the two countries have become so frayed the "new york times" is reporting that the u.s. state department has actually postponed high-level meetings with pakistan and afghanistan. cnn's barbara starr is following this story for us today. barbara, is the arrest of raymond davies keeping the u.s. away from talks with pakistan? >> well, in fact, the administration announced this publicly now, randi, that indeed the u.s. has canceled tri-lateral talks it had planned with both pakistan and afghanistan for next week. they are not going to meet, and all of this is really because of the man you see here. this is the american contractor, raymond davis, who has been in custody by pakistani authorities since last month when he was arrested, said to have been responsible for killing two pakistani motorcyclists that he says he thought were coming after him to rob him. he was armed. now, the question is, does mr. davies, who works for the american embassy in pakistan have diplomatic immunity? the u.s. insists that he does. and they say that's why he should be sent back to the u.s., and that is really at the crux of all of this. if someone has diplomatic immunity, even if they commit a crime, they are supposed to be in almost every circumstance sent back to their home country. >> that is a big question. but there have also been a lot of protests in pakistan where they claim dave kbriz is a military contractor but also maybe a spy, maybe not a diplomat. what do we know about raymond davies and what he was doing in pakistan? >> here's what we officially know. according to u.s. government officials, he was attached to the u.s. embassy contingent in pakistan, and it is said that he was a "technical and administrative official," that he was a contractor for a company named hyperion. that's what is publicly known about him. the u.s. government is being very close-mouthed about all of this, saying no more than those barebones details. they're sticking with that he has diplomatic immunity. so far the pakistani government says no. what this really has come down to is a test of wills between the two governments perhaps. in pakistan you see those demonstrations. pakistanis very sensitive to the presence of any u.s. officials in their country, especially those who carry a weapon. that's putting the government there in a box. the u.s. in a box. everybody on this side in washington sticking to that point, that this man has diplomatic immunity and regardless of who he works for, under that, he should be sent back to the u.s. >> and as both sides dig in and stand firm, what's really at stake here? >> well, there's -- you know, there is the -- let's be clear -- humanitarian case of this man and his legal situation inside pakistan and whether diplomatic immunity has any teeth behind it. more broadly, of course, it's another wrinkle in this very difficult situation that the u.s. finds itself with pakistan. vital security ally in the fight against terrorism, in the fight against al qaeda, very much, though, a question of how much the government in pakistan really has the authority to step up and make certain decisions in the face of all these protests against this american man on the streets in pakistan. the government there apparently holding to its position and apparently holding this man in continued custody. >> all right, thank you, barbara starr. the president's new budge would shrink the federal deficit. he sent the package to congress this morning. it would trim deficit spending to $1.1 trillion. it's current lly running at mor than $1.6 trillion. joining me from the white house now, melody barnes, mr. obama's domestic policy adviser. melody, let's listen to republican paul ryan speaking just a short time ago, then we'll talk about this. >> this budget is a punting budget. this budget doesn't address the drivers of our debt. instead it makes it worse by doing nothing. calls for more spending which they call investments, and a lot of taxes. 1.6 in new taxes, 13 trillion added to the debt. we're going to spend $46 trillion over the next ten years? this is not an austere budget. >> melody, paul ryan has said you can't tax and spend your way to prosperity. what is your reaction to this? >> well, first of all this is it a tough budget. and the president did several different things in this budget. one, he's saying we've got to cut some things. either things that aren't working, we certainly have to get those off of our plate. but even programs that we like and we otherwise wouldn't touch, we've got to cut some of those programs, too. so he started with the five-year nonsecurity discretionary freeze. he's also added another $78 billion worth of savings from the defense department on top of that. that's an area in the past that people wouldn't have touched with a ten-foot pole, a hundred-foot pole. and he said to the federal work force, you've got to tighten your belts, too. he's put a freeze on the federal civilian work force on top of that. we've also added additional cuts to medicare to pay for some things that we used to pay for and we're doing all of that in a way that if you follow the president's budget, by the middle of this decade, we will be out of deficit spending. but on top of that, he said, look, there are areas like social security, that's not an immediate short-term deficit issue. but for the faith of our work force and our young people in the future, we've got to make sure that program is there for them. so i'm going to work with republicans to get that done, too. >> but wouldn't you save a lot more money going after the entitle mtss? granted you'd have to raise the retirement age and increase the amount of tax and change the payroll wloelding. the critics are saying the president is just dealing with the small stuff. if you're not doing it now, when is the president going to make his first move on this and will he? >> the president said it during the state of the union. he said, there's a piece of the budget about 10%, 12% of the budget. it's important we rein things in and make cuts there. that's what's in this budget. but he's also said we've got to address the entitlement issues. >> but when is he going to? >> he said that before others did. owe appointed the fiscal commission and asked for their views across an ideological perspective. this budget adomts a lot of what that commission says. you know we don't make progress, take stepsed ahead when you put out some big flashy proposal and throw it on the table and ask others to respond. instead, what you do, and the president did this last december working with republicans, is you say, let's come together, negotiate and let's talk about what we have to do on medicaid and medicare and social security to move forward. >> but the debt commission actually recommended cutting $4 trillion and this budget is a cut of about 1.1 trillion. was the debt commission a waste of time and money? >> no. the president wouldn't have appointed the fiscal commission if he thought it were a waste of time and money. as i said, we've adomted many of the things that they put in their proposal and we've also said, you're right. we have to address these issues. look, we walked into the white house with a huge deficit, a deficit the last administration didn't have. in fact, they had a surplus. we got the economy stabilized again, but at the same time we've got to make investments if we're going to grow our economy. and i think the difference between what's been talked about in the past and what we've put on the table is that these are investments that actually bring us returns in areas like education and areas like innovation and infrastructure and we've got to deal with the deficit. as i said -- >> let's listen to one more republican, senator jeff sessions of alabama. then we'll get your reaction to what he says as well. >> sure. >> now we are faced with taking on something as complex as entitlements that's deeply emotional as entitlements and the president of the united states is not even in the game? doesn't even suggest it has to be done? i mean, this is a -- you know, my wife says to me when i complain, don't blame me, you asked for the job. >> now, the republicans are saying the country faces a crisis and that the white house is responding with baby steps. does the white house consider the deficit a crisis? >> the president said it during the state of the union. he said it when he sent this budget up today when he made that announcement in maryland standing next to the omd director jack lew and arne duncan. he said, these are serious difficulties, we have to address them together. he said from the beginning, let's take on the issue of social security reform, let's talk about metd i cade and medicare. he's put budgets on the table, on the books. now he wants to work with congress to go the rest of the way and get it done. he said this the beginning of the conversation, not the end. we're prepared to move forward. >> all right had, melody barnes, white house domestic policy adviser, we'll have to leave it there. thank you for your time. >> great. thanks so much. and when we come back, donald trump will be here to react to the president's budget proposal so stick around. to my grandkids, i'm nana. i'm friend, secret-keeper and playmate. do you think i'd let osteoporosis slow me down? 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>> well, i've never run in an election but i have employed thousands and thousands of people. i've made billions of dollars, which if i ever decided to run, which is a possibility frankly, i would make lots of money for the american people. you know, it's one of those things i was making a speech, i was getting these tremendous applause because i was talking about china ripping us off and opec ripping us off and lots of other people. everyone likes to rip off the united states because we don't have leadership who sees that. this guy kept heckling me, vote for ron paul for president. and i never mentioned ron paul's name. but then i said, he's unelectable. he is. i think he's a great guy, nice guy. i like him a lot. i agree with some of his views. i'm more conservative than he is probably. but this was a response -- my response, which i guess was carried all over the world, unfortunately for him, was just, you know, he has zero chance of being elected. >> well, you say that if you run and win -- obviously you think you're electable -- you also say that you would return respect to the u.s. where is the u.s. not respected and how would you do that? >> we're not respected for our smarts. we're not respected for virtually anything anymore. i mean, those days are gone. you look at what's happening in china. we're rebuilding china with our money, with all the jobs that we're producing. the jobs that we're producing are being produced in china. we have an effective rate of unemployment of probably 19%, and it could be higheren that that. you know, they say 9%, but it's not 9%. it's much closer to 20%. you look at china, they're up 36% from last year. they're going through the roof. and what they're doing is they're making all of our products. we don't make products anymore. you look at what's happening with opec. how they're ripping us off with the oil prices. these 12 guys sit around the table and set the price of oil. weaver going to be at $100 a barrel soon. then we'll be at 150 and 200. we have nobody to protect us and say, fellows, you better not do it. so, again, i like ron paul, and he's right. i've never been elected because i've never run in an election. maybe i wouldn't do well and maybe i would. but i can tell you one thing, if i ever did get elected, this country would be respected again. >> let's talk about the deficit. as it's structured, 66% of this thing is locked in, either interest on the debt or mandatory benefits such as medicare so spending cuts can actually only come from about one-third of the federal deficit. and a big part of that is the military. so how would donald trump shrink the federal deficit? >> for one thing, i'm a big fan of the military. i'm a hawkish person because i see what's going on in the world. i see these deals with russia where they're telling us what to make. this is it the first time in the history of the nation where another nation is telling us how many missiles we can have and nuclear and other things that other countries are trying to develop hand over fist. >> so do you have an idea? >> yes. i think tremendous amounts -- and i've never heard it said -- i think hundreds of billions of dollars of money -- let's call it tax money -- could come from other countries when we stop them from ripping us off or, as an example, we're protecting south creigh he korea from north korea. why aren't they paying for it? they make a fortune. why are we protecting them? when bombs were thrown at them a month ago by north korea, we send the george washington aircraft carrier, one of the great ships of the world, and a fleet of destroyers over to north korea. why aren't they paying for this protection? i don't mind protecting them. pay for it. so when you look at a hundred other items just like this, hundreds of billions of dollars could come in. so you wouldn't have to play around with medicaid and medicare and things that really are dear to people's hearts. >> listen, i know you're an excellent businessman so if you can, just stick around with us for just two minutes. we're going to take a quick break. then i want to talk to you about how you would run the government. we'll be right back. cc0c0a8c0cp welcome back, everyone. it's ten minutes before the hour. we are on the phone with donald trump, talking politics, talking a possible presidential run. we're looking at video of you, mr. trump, from cpac over the weekend. i want to ask you. if you do run, do you subscribe to the notion that the government can and should be run like a business? >> well, it certainly should, but a business with heart, because i'm a big believer in heart. people -- some people have real problems, and they should be helped, and i love helping people, but it should be done responsibly, and we should run the country responsibly. i will tell you that, you know, you asked me before what would be the first thing i'd do. one of the very early things i would do is tax chinese products because what they have done is manipulated their currency so that so many -- when i build a building, so many of my products, unfortunately, are ordered from china, because our companies can't compete fairly because of the fact that their currency has been manipulated so low. by taxing their -- number one, it would take in a lot of money, but i'd put a 25% tax on chinese products, unless they came to the table and started treating us with respect and treating us fairly, in which case i wouldn't need the tax. by the way, as soon as i did, that they would come to the table, and they would make a deal that would be very, very good for this country, but two things would take place. number one, we're start making products because that would take over for the unfair manipulation of the currency, and number two, because of that, we'd start creating jobs in this country. ben bernanke said a couple of weeks ago that it's going to be five years before we start getting good job growth. well, i don't think it's ever going to happen, because by that time china, india, other countries will have all of the jobs. we won't need any jobs. >> well, sir, you have all these ideas and things that you want to do for when you are president. you've been teasing about running for president. of course, there's this website shouldtrump.com, people weighing in on whether or not you should run. tell us, when do you plan to decide, or are you here to break some news today? 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>> what the hell? thank you. >> yeah, the montreal-based indy band beat back the huge front-runner eminem who came into the show leading with ten nominations. maybe next year, em. one of these days i know eminem is going to win album. year, and obviously not enough grammy voters with bieber fever last night because 16-year-old justin bieber left the grammys empty-handed. jazz bassistes pranza spalding bested bieber for best new artist. take a look. >> esperanza spalding. ♪ >> wow. >> wow, congratulations to her, and she gained thousands more twitter, thousands more twitter followers last night after her exposure. we just checked. she's got over 8,000 twitter followers, and randi, her rep told "showbiz tonight" that esperanza and justin bieber bumped into each other back stage, had a nice chat, very gracious so no hard feelings. >> what about lady gaga? certainly had a very unique arrival, if we want to call it that. did she live up to last year's hype? i'm hearing a lot of comparisons between her and madonna, too. >> well, you bring up a good point because it's not the egg she arrived inmore the message she was trying to send that has people screaming copycat today. it is the song this way, "born this way" being compared to madonna's "express yourself" from 1989. some are watching it here saying gaga's long blond pony tail and performance were a rippoff from madonna's blond ambition tour. take a look. >> an amalgamation of a lot of different styles and artists and inspirations. she does admire madonna. >> absolutely, as we all do. madonna, you know, icon, but enough is enough, kids. everyone is inspired from different places. that performance was unstoppable and nothing like blond ambition. >> okay. sorry about that. we ran that sound a little bit early. that was laurie ann gibson, lady gaga's creative director and choreographer who told me, as you heard, that the madonna comparisons are absolutely ludicrous, and she says that madonna is an original and to say otherwise significant or not. lori ann was also behind the entire concept, the incubation on the red car net, the hatching and the whole nine yards, gaga is embracing a new race, who you are at birth. randi, gaga walked away from the grammys with three awards and with loads of new controversy, and i think that is just how she likes it. >> i think you're right. that controversy seems to follow her wherever she goes, so blond, blond pony tail or not. >> all right. brooke anderson for us. thank you, brooke. time now for the cnn political ticker. mark preston joins me from washington with the latest. hi there, mark. >> hey, randi, how are you? not only has president barack obama taken a lot of criticism in the last couple of hours for his proposed budget cut from conservatives and from republicans, but also getting some heat from the left. let's look at what the progressive change campaign committee has said regarding president obama's budget. every cut to necessary programs like medicare, education, and heating for low-income seniors needs to be judged in the context of the unnecessary tax cuts for wall street millionaires that passed at the end of last year. now, what the pccc is saying right there is the bush-era tax cuts extended back in december, didn't really agree with, but president obama went along with them anyway. republicans were really pushing for them, and what they are saying now is if you can do that, mr. president, then you can spare the rod so to speak from some of these programs that president obama is thinking of cutting. but one place where democrats do seem to agree on is that they don't like republicans or certainly don't like republican policies in general. the democratic national committee just put out a web video a few hours ago that seems to take a little bit -- poke fun at republicans, specifically speeches that occurred over the past weekend at the cpac conference here in washington, d.c. what they have done is taken little snippets from the likes of rand paul who is calling for the abolition of the department of education, newt gingrich who called for the replacement of the epa and tim pawlenty calling for the repeal of obamacare. shown the little snippets and then show on the back end of the video, randi, show democrats talking about the future and how they have the policies to turned the country around, so there you are. that's the democratic message, randi, for this afternoon. >> all right. thank you, mark. another update in 30 minutes and updates on line, of course, at cnnpolitics.com and on twitter at political ticker. now, watch this. protesters fill the street of iran. have events in egypt reinspired the green revolution? cnn can't get inside to tell you, but which ear getting every detail we can from the region. how did this 84-year-old man survived in the desert for nearly a week? he ate leftovers and drink windshield wiper fluid, but that's not old. >> it was cold in the evenings, so he laid in the sun during the day. >> you'll hear all of hank morello's amazing story. >> and it just fits ever so perfectly. >> what's the problem with members of congress sleeping in their offices? >> oh, you'd be surprised. we'll tell you who's complaining. plus, the caffeinated truth about the high-energy drinks your kids gulp down to get through cram sessions. the news starts now. i'm randi kaye. brooke baldwin is off today. a lot of news happening right now. let's get you up to speed in rapid fire. president obama makes his formal budget pitch. there's lots of chopping on more than 2,400 pages. about half of all government agencies would have their funding cut from last year's levels. republicans say the president's, the 3.7 trillion budget has too much new spending, too much in new taxes and does nothing to deruse the nation's debt. san antonio, texas, aerial pictures here of a parking garage under construction and a section suddenly collapsed today. two workers are hurt. fortunately for them the parking garage is part of a medical center so help was close by. a hospital spokesperson says some columns and beams failed in the unfinished parking garage. seven men, two of them american citizens, all charged today with trying to help sell, store and move weapons and smuggle drugs for the taliban. that's according to the department of justice, which announced the arrests and indictments just today. laguardia airport on the tarmac. a fuel truck ran into a parked delta airlines jet. the plane was full of passengers and crew. nobody on board was hurt, but the fuel truck driver went to the hospital, and the plane was damaged. no word on what caused that. tiger woods in trouble again. watch what he does right here. yes, he spit on the green while lining up a putt yesterday during a tournament in dubai. well, that spit will cost tiger woods some money. tour officials call it a breach of the code of conduct and are saying that woods will pay a fine. how much, of course, we want to know. well, they are not saying. woods is apologizing on his twitter account today. he kwits, quote, the euro tour is right. it was inconsiderate to spit like that, and i know better. just wasn't thinking, and want to say i'm sorry. woods finished the dubai desert classic in 20th place. want to know who else had a bad day at work? well, this guy. take a look at that. 300 bottles of red wine go perfectly with gravity. they teach you this on day one of shelf-stocking class. he missed that class. balance the bottles carefully. now who is going to clean up the mess? oh, no, did this really happen, a lingerie night with free admission for teenage girls who dressed up, seriously. the manager. club which caters to the under 20 crowd said the lingerie night was wows incident and went off without a problem, but you can believe that parents not so thrilled. >> looking at it online and seeing the dancing poles and they are inviting 16, 17-year-old girls to come in there dressed in lingerie with, you know, in hopes that they are going to dance on those poles. the club owners defend their lingerie night saying it's safer than a house party because there's no drinking or drugs allowed there. listen to this. a black freight train stopped in the middle of the night at a railroad crossing with no lights and no gates. that, of course, is an accident waiting to happen and it did. four passengers are now recovering from injuries after their cars slammed into the train. the crashes happened minutes apart on opposite sides of the track. heading overseas now, we've got new details about the royal wedding. prince william's younger brother harry will be the best man, and kate middleton's sister will be maid of honor. in case you haven't heard, the royal lovebirds will tie the knot in april. it's getting close. how can anything bad happen at the playboy mansion? public health officials in l.a. are trying to figure out what causes dozens of people to get sick after attending a fund-raiser there earlier this month. the "l.a. times" says people complained of respiratory problems, flu-like symptoms and pneumonia. a new york landmark doubles as a wedding venue for a day. this lucky couple was one of 14 from around the united states who got married at the empire state building today. how romantic. stephanie hull and john woo got hitched this morning at 7:00. this one day a year wedding extravaganza at the empire state building has been going on for 17 years. unrest is rapidly sweeping through the middle east. today the scenes in iran eerily echo what we watched in tunisia and egypt. reporting from iran is extremely difficult. the iran regime sharply restrict visas to journalists, even journalists legally in the country were denied access to cover today's protests. that's why what you're actually seeing is video from protesters and cnn ireporters linked on to the web. the iranian government has slowed the internet to a crawl in an apparent attempt to limit communications. you get the picture how difficult it is to cover the protests in iran but we have more details from the desk in islamabad. >> reporter: dramatic events, many wondered if iran's opposition movement was dead, the so-called green movement that burst on to the scene in 2009 after the presidential elections. we hadn't heard much from them for the past year because of a brutal government crackdown, but on monday they made a comeback. according to witness accounts, at one pain the crowds grew into the tens of thousands. video clips of monday's protests have been posted on youtube. it was often the cat-and-mouse game that we saw more than a year ago. security forces chasing protesters away. video clips showed protesters chanting anti-government slogans like death to the dictator. that chant we've heard before, but we heard a new one on monday. there was a clear sign that this protest was sparked by the uprisings in egypt and tunisia. take a listen. the protesters there are essentially chanting the former leaders of egypt and tunisia are gone. now it's time for iran's supreme leader to be gone. based on witness accounts, these protests were largely peaceful, but it did get ugly at times. this was a man who tried to protect the poster of iran's supreme leader. he was beaten by a group of men who a short time later burned that poster of ayatollah common commony. iran's two leaders in support of the uprisings in egypt and the government rejected their request. they warned people not to come out. clearly this opposition move in iran defied those warnings and clearly they were energized by the uprising in egypt. where this movement goes from here, it's not clear. the two leaders are under tremendous pressure. it doesn't have much of an organization or much of a structure, but clearly they made a statement on monday that they still have a heartbeat. they still have numbers, and a lot of grievances against the government. >> now that the egyptian uprising has ousted president mubarak, what will the protesters demand next? it turns out it's something a lot of folks can relate, to better pay. we'll talk about what's happening in egypt now that a lot of the international attention has turned to other places. plus this. >> he took a rock, opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid and was using that with a napkin to keep him hydrated. up next, one of the most incredible survivor stories we've heard in quite some time featuring an 84-year-old man who kept his wits about him in the desert for five days. we will bring you his story. wrench? wrench. basic. preferred. at meineke i have options on oil changes. and now i get free roadside assistance with preferred or supreme. my money. my choice. my meineke. this is a story of survival, of smart, creative thinking and an arizona community that's just glad to have hank back. watch this report from our phoenix affiliate kpho and amanda hernandez. >> we were in the cave creek area, desert hills, new river. >> reporter: frantic and desperate but filled with hope, friends of hank morello mapped out their search plans knowing the 84-year-old had spent his fifth night up there. >> had people looking in all different directions for them. >> reporter: a few hours later he was found miles from his home in anthem because he missed the exit. >> and he wound up at the bloody basin exit and believed he went down 17 miles of dirt road and then turned off of the dirt road, and that's where the car got hung up. >> reporter: for five nights morello fought through frigid temperatures proving with age comes creative wisdom. >> it was cold during the evenings, laid in the sun during the day, stayed near his vehicle, never left the vehicle and utilized some things from the vehicle to help him survive. >> reporter: like the mats from his car to cover up with at night, but during the day morello proved inventive when finding water. >> he took a rock, opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid and was using that with a napkin to keep him hydrated. >> reporter: his friends call it a miracle morello was found in such good condition, but they say his amazing survival is just hank being hank. >> he's doing fantastic. if you know hank, he's a survivor, and that's why he survived. >> hank being hank. got to love that. hank's friends say he's resting at a phoenix-area hospital. he spent five days alone in the desert. up next, is egypt just the tip of the iceberg in the middle east? we'll take a look at what's happening across the region right now. also, as thousands take to the streets in italy to protest prime minister berlusconi, a judge is deciding if he should go to trial immediately to face charges of sex with an underaged prostitute. nationwide insurance. talk to me. should i bundle all my policies with nationwide insurance ? watch this. on one hand, you have your home insurance with one company. and on another hand, you have your auto with another. and on another hand, you have your life with another. huh... but when you bundle them all together with nationwide insurance... ... they all work together perfectly-- and you could save 25%. wow... it's all in the wrists. ♪ nationwide is on your side welcome back. 17 minutes past the hour, and this is when we go "globe trekking," and look closely at events making news overseas. michael holmes from cnn international is here with us. hi, michael. >> sofa is compy. >> look kind of lonely over there. >> just told me to move, too. >> a little further away. >> let's go "globe trekking." egypt, of course, this story, we kept saying last week, too, it's important to realize this is chapter one in what could be a long book and nobody knows the ending either. there's still demonstrations, ones you see on the screen there, mainly from people who have found their voice through all of this, and they are protesting about other things, about corruption, but also things like salary. cops were out in the street protesting today. meanwhile the military saying, all right, enough, enough. everybody go home now because we're doing what you wanted to do. knock it off. go home, and they actually pulled out a string of rules saying that if you're misbehaving, then you're going to be in the bad book. >> amazing to see that the cops actually had their salaries doubled in all of this. >> not bad. we should go on strike. just kidding. a lot happening there. >> and what about yemen, so much concern about this ripple effect from egypt and more and more protests in yemen too. >> algeria, iran, of course. >> iran. >> yemen is a big one and yemen, of course, is very important to the united states because of the role it plays in the war on terror. al qaeda is entrenched in yemen. the government is on side with the u.s. in fighting al qaeda, but it's a very fractious government, a secession movement up front and rebellion up north and thousands of people on the street protesting and mr. salah, the president, been in power since '78. these people all demanding resignations and we'll see how that evolves. >> got pretty violent, machetes and sticks, all sorts of violent. >> got some video, pretty nasty. >> yeah. moving on. let's go to italy, shall we. berlusconi in a bit more trouble, it seems. >> yeah. of course, we heard last week about -- about ruby, the 17-year-old as she was at the time prostitute who he was alleged to have had improper relations with. they both deny it, blah, blah, blah, but the thing he's in trouble for with her is she got locked up in jail for a theft and called him on his personal mobile, as one does. >> but nothing happened. >> a call to the cops, and anyway, that goes on. he's in trouble with that. what you're seeing there is people are fed up. women in particular, hundreds of thousands of italian women on the streets, 230 italian cities, went out to demand that he steps down. shaming italy, shaming the italian women as well, and so they were out there in big numbers calling for him to step down. >> are they going to put him on trial? >> we're waiting for the judge. he'll decide what happens with this abuse of power and the sexual misconduct allegations as well. could go a couple of ways. could be fast-tracked and given back for more investigation. a couple of ways it goes. i had to read this quote. he came out and dismissed the demonstrations, as he often does, as being politically motivated, and then he added that he actually loves women and he has the knack of making them feel special. >> isn't that special. >> he's a sweetie, isn't he, on valentine's day? >> so romantic, the one bit of valentines we'll have today. michael holmes, always a pleasure. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> up next, if jeb bush decided to run for president in 2012, how would he do against president barack obama? a new poll says it wouldn't be close. who wins? we'll tell you next. a group that's trying to put an end to congressmen sleeping in their offices in washington, d.c. that's coming up. time now for the latest political update. gloria borger is watching that for us. gloria, what's crossing in d.c.? >> well, let's talk a bit about chicago politics. we know the mayoral race with rahm emanuel is just eight days away, but the real circus is about to get to chicago, and that's the retrial of the former illinois governor, rod blagojevich, affectionately known as blago. his lawyers have filed a motion that they be allowed to play 100 excerpts of secret fbi recordings that were made in which the former governor discussed barack obama's senate seat. they say it will prove their client's innocence, so let's hope we get to hear those things in court, huh? that will be interesting. and speaking of the question of money, we got some news today that the inspector general who oversaw the bank bailouts, affectionately known as t.a.r.p., the troubled asset relief program is going to leave his post. he says he leaves with things in order, achieved his goals in the job, making sure that the process was transparent, and i can also tell you that while t.a.r.p. was a huge issue during the mid-term elections, almost all of the money used in the bank bailouts has been repaid to the american taxpayer. and finally, i heard you talking about it a little earlier. the question of what would a presidential campaign be with another bush in it? this time jeb bush. he says he's not going to run. lots of republicans, of course, want him to run, because they see him as the candidate that can unite the tea party faction of the republican party with the more establishment part of the party. he says, no, i don't think i'm going to do it, but fox news had a poll in which it showed barack obama up against jeb bush, and guess what? barack obama beats jeb bush quite handily, 54 to 44 but it's really, really early. >> that seems to be what we're talking. >> we'll leave it there. >> but it's fun. >> gloria borger, thank you. high winds are affecting air travel. we'll tell you where the big delays are right now. also, do your teens ever turn to those energy drinks, you know, the kind that help you stay awake maybe to hit the books? you're not going to want to miss the results of a new study, if so. that's next in our "reporter roulette." i'm katie and this is george. i'm allergic to cats. 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[ male announcer ] we bet you'll love zyrtec®, too -- or it's free. he really has a very special relationship with his cat. there is a lot going on today, and cnn has correspondents covering all of it. time to play "reporter roulette." we begin with brianna keilar on capitol hill. the president's budget proposal arrived today. are his cuts deep enough for the members of congress you spoke to? >> reporter: if you talk to republicans, they will tell you no way. i just came from a press conference with the chairman of the house budget committee, paul ryan. he really attacked this budget proposal saying that president obama is punting on this, that he's not cutting enough, and all of this happening as there's a spending cut showdown going on in the house. house republicans proposing $60 billion in cuts, really just for the fiscal year that's currently under way, and certainly they are trying to draw a contrast between that and this proposal, budget proposal, randi. >> either of their plans enough to really put a dent in the debt? >> reporter: well, when you look at it in terms of numbers, $1.6 trillion. that is the forecast for the deficit for this year. president obama's proposal would take off about $1.1 trillion over ten years, so in the scheme of things, can you see that's just a fraction. republicans, as i said, $60 billion for the current fiscal year already under way over the next seven months. these are really just fractions, especially when you look at what the debt commission said that it was going to recommend to be done. these are really just fractions in terms of that, but obviously both sides trying to say that this is just part of what they want to do overall. >> sure, and isn't the real budget relief going to happen anyway when they find a way to cut entitlements? i mean, that's the big cut. >> reporter: definitely. when you look at defense and when you look at entitlements, that is two-thirds of government spending, so the conventional wisdom is that unless you're going to look at those areas, this so-called discretionary spending, real isn't going to do it. you heard today republicans who were really clobbering president obama over this and some other fiscal critics saying that he's just not doing enough there, but the white house is saying this is a down payment on more that they are going to do, and republicans today in a very vague way promising that they are going to tackle entitlements, but we didn't get specifics, randi. >> all right, brianna, thanks. next on "reporter roulette" alison kosik in new york at the stock exchange. good news for some autoworkers today. >> oh, yeah, randi, the bonus res back at general motors, talking about $4,000 each for factory workers who work there. it's actually the most ever paid to blue collar employees. before the biggest union employees got was about $1,800, but that was back in 1999. gm is calling this a really good example of sharing success of the new gm. now, non-union white collar employees, they are also getting bonuses, too, and i know this kind of sounds familiar. we heard a similar announcement from ford earlier this month, and this is really a big deal, randi, because gm has really come back from the brink. you'll remember general motors received a $50 billion government bailout. it went bankrupt, slashing costs, killing brands. now it's repaid some of the bailout. it's a publicly traded company again, and it's turning a profit and passing a little on to the employees as well. randi? >> what's this about newer, cheaper smartphones today? >> yeah. this is actually coming out of "wall street journal." apple is working on a new line of cheaper iphones. right now the current model sells for about 200 bucks, but this new line is expected to sell for half this and is supposed to weigh half of what the current iphone weighs as well. back to the price, with carrier subsidies, randi, could end up being free with your rate plan. what apple is really trying to do is kind of bring the iphone to the mass market. right now it's a really expensive phone and it's really popular but only makes up 3% of the broader cell phone markets so this is more about staying in the competition, remaining competitive and being an attractive cell phone to people who can actually afford it. randi? >> well, consumers like the word free, so it may work. alison kosik, thank you. >> so do i. >> next on "reporter roulette" jacqui jeras with travel delays. >> real ugly out there. look out your window and think it's not too bad of a day across the northeast, but the winds are really causing issues, washington dulles, arrival delays of over an hour, so this is impacting people all over the country. different airports trying to get into the northeastern corner. laguardia 55-minute delays and 35 minutes at newark, an even delays in canada. montreal 55 minutes and ground delays in toronto as well. our map here will show you that there's a little weak front in terms of getting much for rainfall or some snow flurry. that's going to be moving into the big cities for your rush hours, so that's going to be a little bit of a nuisance for you, as well. we expect those delays to get worse, not better, as we progress through the next couple of hours. >> what are we seeing in san francisco? >> delays in san francisco, on my map, over two hours late for people getting into that city. low clouds and rain, and, boy, it's going to be an ugly week for people across the west. the i-5 corridor socked in with that weather. several feet of snow into the cascades as well as the sierras the next couple of days and a series of storms just lined up there in the pacific. things are lousy out west, but awfully nice across parts of the southeast, randi. >> jacqui jeras, thank you. next on "reporter roulette" elizabeth cohen, our medical correspondent, on the illnesses associated with those energy drinks. >> if your child is nauseous or dizzy, you probably think well, it's just a virus, and it may be, but it could be that they are drinking too many energy drinks, and for some kids too many can be just one. here are the symptoms. when kids drink energy drinks, they can become nauseous, dizzy. their heart rate can go up and also they can even have seizures. so the american academy of pediatrics is telling parents to be wary of these drinks. now, they are not powerade and gatorade, those are different. parents wouldn't to look for caffeine, guarana and torine are all stimulants in these energy drinks. lots of drinks have caffeine in them, like coca-cola, but these have much more caffeine, plus those extra stimulants. >> thanks, elizabeth, and that is today's "reporter roulette." up next, when you think of members of congress, i bet you don't picture them sleeping in their offices to save money and work the long hours, but many do, believe it or not, and now a watchdog group is actually trying to put an end to t.joe johns has more in the political pop next, but first, could you be living in one of america's most ticked off towns? 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if so, you might be living in one of the angriest cities in the u.s., according to "men's health" magazine. i've got the ticked off towns topping that list right now for you. taking the number two spot, baltimore, maryland, and the number one angriest city in america, give the current state of economy there, may have good reason to be upset, it is detroit, michigan. now don't get mad at me, guys. i'm just the messenger on this one. all right. ever wonder what it's like to be in congress? maybe a little glamorous you think? well, not always. in fact, more than a few representatives actually sleep in their offices. joe johns here now with the political pop. hey there, joe. >> hey, and they are not angry about it. >> well, that's good. that's very good. so i hear there's this group that's saying they are cheating taxpayers with these capitol hill sleepovers, what's going on with that? >> reporter: >> yeah. i approach that with some skepticism and you having covered that story knows full well it looks pretty pedestrian, we asked melanie sloan of crew about this and the issue is there's never been more members doing it than now. the first time i got wind of it was back in 1995. there were six or seven. perhaps, believe it or not, there are 32 or so members of congress who are believed to be sleeping. >> really? >> yeah, 32, and that's just the ones we know about. could be more. >> yeah, but, you know, d.c. section pensive. i remember i went to see jason chaffetz's office, has his own could the in his closet, says he's not going to live in a hole in a role for two grand a month or bunk up with othermen. doesn't crew have something better to do? who cares if they are sleeping in their offices? >> they do have better things to do, but they say a member of congress actually came to them with a complaint about this, and, i mean, look at it. it is turning a congressional office into a dorm. the truth is some members actually get good press out of this, believe it or not people back home say well at least the guy i elected is in his office, not going native with all the corrupting influences in d.c. or whatever, but i -- >> that guy must have seen one of these congressmen walking down the flip-flops to the gym or something to shower. >> yeah and not happy. >> think of the women in the congress men's, and it's mostly men we're talking about, staff office. if you walk into the office early to go to work and the boss is standing there in miss bath rob, it's kind of weird. >> the president sleeps in government housing, so why not members of congress. >> sure. the thing about that is you're talking about the white house as the official executive mansion, and it has complete living quarters built in. these are members of congress setting up cots and sleeping bags and at least one instance i heard about a crock pot cooking a chicken all day in the office so that's kind of bizarre. >> is this going to go anywhere? does this have any legs? will they all be given the boot? >> i called a bunch of congressional offices to try to get comments, and as you might expect there were not very many profiles in courage. not a lot of comments. i actually thought about threatening to camp out in their offices all night long until i got an answer, but i figured that may not work, so some of these offices are saying what is the harm? you know, so what if the boss sleeps in the office? the truth is there's never been a ruling, as far as we know, from the ethics committee that really set a precedent on this. i asked melanie sloan over at crew about this. she said she wasn't able to find one, so, you know, perhaps if the ethics committee rules on it, then these guys are just going to comply with the rules, and every office i talked to that gave me any comment at all said yeah, we'll get a ruling. we'll do what they say. >> maybe they make a rule about the crock pots and everything would be fine. >> you know what, depends on what you cook in that thing, you know. could be pretty smelly. >> that is -- that is true. that is true. maybe they should just stick with takeout. >> yeah. >> joe johns, great to see you. >> take care, randi. >> cops on the beat, citizens armed with cell phones taping them. how is that working out? 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your friends catching it all on tape. yeah, you've got to see this. note to self when attempting a swan dive off a deck, make sure it's sturdy. >> there you go. >> ouch. that has got to hurt. what makes it worse the friends laughing hysterically at your pain. must have been a nervous laugh, but then again, that's what friends are for. check out this helmet-cam. pretty cool, right? also useful if something should happen like getting rear ended while stopped in traffic. yikes. luckily the driver is okay, but that's definitely going to leave a mark. next, we showed you this earlier, but it's video you've ugot to see. ever dropped a glass jar in the grocery store, broken glass all over the aisle. yes, pretty embarrassing, right? well, multiply that by i don't know, say 300. there it goes and you've got that poor guy. talk about cleanup on aisle three. and in case you missed it donald trump dropped in on the show to talk about the president's budget proposal and i had to ask him whether he would run in 2012. if you do run, do you cub describe to the notion that the government can and should be run like a business? >> well, it certainly should, but a business with heart, because i'm a big believer in heart. people -- some people have real problems, and they should be helped, and i love helping people, but it should be done responsibly, and we should run the country responsibly. i will tell you that, you know, you asked me before what would be the first thing i do. one of the very early things i'd do is tax chinese products because what they have done is manipulated their currency. >> when do you plan to decide, or are you here to break some news today? >> well, i'd love to give you great news, but frankly we need something -- this country needs something quickly, and i will decide to run one way or the other by june. in iran, one person is dead in clashes between security forces and demonstrators. the demonstrators have been protesting president mahmoud ahmadinejad's government, tens of thousands of them marching down revolution avenue to freedom tower in downtown tehran. uniformed officers and plain-clothed pro-government militia rushed crowds that were chanting death to the dictator. the demonstrations come on huge political upheaval in egypt. prince william and kate middleton have chosen their wedding party. prince harry will be the best man and kate's sister will be maid of honor. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is speaking. she's answering questions, and she's holding her own in conversations. that's what her astronaut husband mark kelley tells nbc news. the communication is getting better every single day. it was reported a few days ago is that that she said, you know, a single word and what the word was, but, you know, since then, you know, this is really accelerated so you can have -- you know, i guess what would be a relatively normal conversation with her on some level. >> and don't forget what today is besides valentine's day, i mean. this is the first day this year that the irs is accepting itemized tax returns. usually you can go ahead and file them much earlier but the agency postponed the dates so they could update their software after congress' last-minute tax deal. up next, a judge who has to take not one, but two breathalyzer tests every day so he can continue to work? shouldn should he really be presiding over cases? that's what we want to know. sunny hostin is on the case. so, you got a chevy malibu. nice. a consumers digest best buy three years in a row. and an epa - estimated 33 miles per gallon highway. and what does your neighbor have? a bad case of car envy. a young woman jumps off a bridge 40 feet into a lake to save her own life. it is an incredible story of bravery. listen to what happened. bianca vera was in a car accident on a bridge north of atlanta. she got out to check for some damage. then she saw a tractor trailer skidding on ice. imagine how horrified she was. it was heading straight towards her, so she jumped to the lake below from a height of about four stories. she says she did the only thing that she could do. >> i just jumped. i remember being in the air and i heard the impact of the car hitting my car. >> oh, wow, so you knew you had made the right move. did you realize how far you were falling? we're looking at video of the car. we see the freezing cold lake that you jumped into. did you realize how far -- what, was it about four stories, i guess, and what did it feel like once you hit the water? >> no, i mean, i absolutely did not have any time to think about how far i would be falling down, but, i mean, once i hit that water i had the wind knocked out of me. i had to quickly collect myself and come back to the surface. >> bianca vera eventually made it to shore by herself. she's out of the hospital now and recovering from a broken vertebrae and some bruises as well. now, tomorrow's news today. so let's fast forward. president obama honors the medal of freedom recipients at the white house. the nation's highest civilian award is being presented to 15 people, including president george h.w. bush and german chancellor angela merkel and also poet maya angelou. the annual west minuteser dog shop wraps up in new york city. tiger woods in trouble again. watch what he does right here. yes. he spit on the green while lining up a putt yesterday during a tournament in dubai. well, that spit is going to cost tiger woods some money. tour officials called it a breech of the code of conduct and said he would pay a fine. they are not saying how much. woods apologized on his twitter account writing the euro tour is right. it was inconsiderate to spit like that, and i know better. just want thinking and want to say i'm sorry. woods finished the dubai desert classic in 20th place. you've seen them on the news and can see them on youtube, videos of police in action taking down a u.s. sometimes they do it legally. sometimes the video shows rights being violated. a case in atlanta is highlighting the growing tension between police and citizens armed with cell phones. sunny hostin is on the case for us. sunny, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> atlanta police actually stopped a man from taking pictures of an arrest? they took his camera phone and told him that he had no right to record them and the police were wrong on this, right? >> they were wrong, and they were wrong to the tune of $40,000 in damages which is what they are going to have to pay that gentleman. interestingly enough, randi, he's a member of cop watch which was an organization that was started in about 1990 in berkeley, california, and the goal of the organization is to do just that, film police activist to short of try to avoid wrongdoing by the police, and -- and that is the, you know, the guy who got his phone taken away from him. >> yet this wasn't even a questionable arrest, right? >> oh, no, not at all. i mean, apparently he was filming police activity. it was a public area. he had his, you know, cell phone camera which so many citizens, so many of us have, and the police officer really took the phone, yanked his arm, and then i guess deleted the images that were on the cell phone, so on all accounts, just -- just inappropriate conduct by the police department. >> yeah. i guess they wouldn't even give it back to him until they got his password to delete the images. is there a lesson here, i guess, for other police departments? >> certainly. i think the lesson is that police departments need to know that citizens can film their activity, if it is taking place in a public -- on public property, public site. that is what we are allowed to do. of course, you are not allowed to interfere with police activity. you're not allowed tonight fear with them doing their b. you shouldn't compromise an undercover investigation, but what was done here is completely appropriate, and i think police departments across the country need to watch out and behave, because there are cell phones in almost everyone's hands today. >> let's get to this other issue. this maryland judge, he's been ordered to take a blood-alcohol test, so unbelievable, twice a day, once before he goes on the bench in the morning and then again after lunch. this directive coming from the maryland commission on judicial disabilities. does this mean that maryland has a judge on the bench, sunny, who can't be trusted to stay sober for any length of time? >> well, i think it's pretty clear that maryland certainly has a judge on the bench with a substance abuse problem. this judge, randy, pled guilty to dui. his car hit another car carrying a 25-year-old woman and a 3-year-old baby. the baby was not injured. the woman had minor injuries, and he blew a .18 which is twice the legal limit in maryland. he has been allowed to keep his job with the caveat that he submits to these breathalyzers twice a day, as you mentioned, once in the morning, once after lunch. i mean, this is almost unheard of. >> i've certainly never heard of anything. >> people are very outraged. i haven't either and i'm a member of the maryland bar, and i've never heard of this. >> so what -- what if he has to hear a drunk driving case? should he be allowed to hear a case so close to home? >> you know, that's -- such a great question and something i called a couple of lawyers about today, and most of us agreed that if he is to hear this sort case, i think a savvy prosecutor or defense attorney is going to ask that he recuse himself and not listen to this case so at least in a drunk driving case, he just can't be a judge. i mean, it just doesn't make sense so this is a very awkward situation. >> quickly, let's no

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