zimmerman. and new information coming out of afghanistan. we just learned what the u.s. is prepared to offer the victims of sergeant robert bales. and the future of your health care goes to the supreme court this week. in our main bar side bar story this week, we ll talk to a constitutional attorney about what s at stake. and one ceo goes above his corporate duties, way above. we ll talk with steve curtis about why he s risking his life to inspire others. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn sunday morning. president obama is warning north korea, don t mess around with its neighbor, south korea, or with the u.s. in seoul today he and south korean president lee myung-bak emphasized deepening economic and military ties between their two countries but it was north korea that got much of the focus. at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone, mr. obama peered through
susan page and mike duffy from time magazine. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. first our news of the day. former vice president dick cheney is recover from heart transplant surgery. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn s athena jones. athen athena, do they have any idea how long he might be there? reporter: well, we understand that most heart patients who go through a surgery like this end up staying in the hospital for about a month. i should mention that vice president cheney at 71 is on the upper end of the age range of people who get heart transplants, at least according to the international society of heart and lung implantation. his age could play into how long he s kept here under observation, candy. certainly this is not the first time, as we all know, he s been hospitalized, maybe the most serious as far as i can tell, but nonetheless, he s had a long history. reporter: absolutely. he s had five heart attacks over the co
battle. later this hour. you saw the movie, well wait until you see this. artifacts from the real titanic, we ll bring it to you live in studio. you re watching weekend early start with news doesn t take the weekend off. we give you context and analysis, that is the killing of trayvon martin as the national fury grows, vigils and marchs are spreading. demonstrators have become the trademark signal wearing hoodies and holding skittles. george zimmerman said he did it in self defense. last night his attorney broke the silence. here what is he told anderson cooper. what is your client has your client told you about the night he shot trayvon martin? that, i believe he should have made a statement to police at that time. i think he did, i don t know for a fact because i haven t seen the police reports on this case. i have not discussed the evening of what occurred that time. i think that will come out through the investigation process, done by law enforcement. you have
autopsy report. the report finds houston died of accidental drowning but cocaine was a factor and it wasn t the only drug in her system. charges could come today. the u.s. military about to begin the long process of prosecuting army staff sergeant robert bales who s accused in that massacre of afghan civilians. he s expected to be charged with 17 counts of murder. an explosion at a silicon factory in portland, oregon, sends at least two people to the hospital. the fire was reportedly sparked by a chemical used to make silicon. haz mat crews were called to the scene there. rick santorum slamming mitt romney and raising a lot of republican eyebrows while doing it with how he did it. we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk at what may be the etch a sketch candidate for the future. what we have. stay with what we have? really? the fallout from a republican candidate putting the president before his party. and up first, cries of justice for tra
korea plans to launch a long-range rocket. why tensions are soaring ahead of a world nuclear summit. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com on this, the eve of a key gop primary in louisiana, rick santorum is charging hard. polls show him as a double digit favorite there, but santorum is also on the defensive today. he s taking a lot of heat from his rivals for hinting that reelecting barack obama might might be preferable to electing mitt romney. listen to this. you win by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there. if they re going to be a little different we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be an etch a sketch candidate for the future. strong words. let s go live to our senior correspondent joe johns. he s in louisiana. joe, i take it s