commissioner kelly said hernandez has confessed to choking etan in basement of that store and that after being questioned last night hernandez took police officers to the scene of the alleged crime. hernandez described to the detectives how he lured young etan from the school bus stop. at west broadway and prince street. with the promise of a soda. he then let him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. earlier today a law enforcement source said that hernandez was interviewed briefly years ago in connection with the case an that his claims were being treated with skepticism. tonight, pedro hernandez under arrest for the murder of 6-year-old etan patz, 33 years ago. susan candiotti is you knowing us live along with jeffrey toobin and lou palumbo. what other details are the police giving about this guy, pedro hernandez, and how this alleged murder took place? reporter: you
he confessed to choking etan and police took him to the scene of the crime to describe what happened. hernandez described how he learned young etan from the school bus stop at west broadway and prince street with the promise of a soda. he then lead him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. earlier today, a law enforcement source says hernandez was interviewed years briefly and his claims were being treated with skepticism. but tonight pedro hernandez under arrest for the murder of etan patz. susan candiotti has been following this story and joins us. susan, what other details are the police giving about this it guy, pedro hernandez and how this alleged murder took place. reporter: this case continues to be a real stunner. as you indicated, he worked as a store clerk in the bodega and he learned the little boy, he says, with a promise of offering him a soda. he brought h
peter doocy in washington on that today. martha: earlier this week i spent some time with ann romney in massachusetts. it was her first in depth interview since her husband became the presumptive nominee of the republican party. we have our talk in two parts this morning for you. in part one i asked her about the campaign, her role as the quote, mitt s stablizer, and whether she was concerned that her family s mormon faith will become an issue is what is expected to be a nasty head-to-head campaign? i certainly hope people won t be doing that i think that we recognize as americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here and religious freedom is one of the most important things as americans we cherish. martha: one of the biggest criticisms, and i heard it this morning, look at mitt romney. he is stiff. he is humorless. that surfaces all the time
yeah, you know, doibt know what it is, because it sounds like gingrichitis and goes off of the reservation. and hillary, do you buy that he was talking about environmental policy or environmentalists? no, no. this is like front-runner fever or something where, you know, all of the sudden he thinks that everybody wants to hear every deep last wish that he has ever had. but you know, i went to the rick santorum rallies in small towns in new hampshire, and eric is exactly right, this is what this guy has been saying ever since he has been running for president, and not talking about the jobs or the economy and he ven has a tax plan that the conservatives like better than mitt romney s, but he does not talk about it. he really wants the entire country to adhere to sort of his dogma of christianity, and if he is president, he s talked about it openly, that is what he is going to pursue. ari, do you think that he should get back to focusing on the economic issues? i t
it is not about you. it is not about you or your quality of life, not about your jobs. it is about some phony ideal. some phony the elegy. not theology based on the bible, different theology. that phrase, a different theology sparked controversy which senator santorum seem to race. here is what he said when he asked about it later that day. obviously, he is now forcing people to do things he believes that they have the right they should do. the catholic church has a theology that says this is wrong and he is saying no, i have a different you want to call it a theology, you may call a secular values. it is a different world that is. and the president of the united states is exercising his values and trumping the values of the church. if you don t want to call it a theology, on him find, let them know what they want to call it. but it is a different set of moral values. i am suggesting that obviously, as we all know in the christian church, a lot of different stripes of c