precedent now? that when a policeman kills somebody on video tape and shoots the person in the back of the head, that if the grand jury don t charge this cop, we might never know his or her name. i, for one, can t let that precedent stand. we also need political action. washington lawmakers need to pass the george floyd policing act, and lawmakers across the country need to have meaningful legislation to address policing reforms. voters need to think about these issues as they go to the polls. yes, we must stand with police on public safety, but we must do something about police that go over the line. we must have a litmus test if the george floyd justice and policing act had passed the senate, qualify immunity wouldn t have been an issue now. so anyone in this nation who wants my vote, should not hold a to ending police violence
service and some don t charge that much. this is accessible technology. it can crack a phone and take your text messages and photos and any personal information that could be weaponized against you and turn on your microphone, your camera, provide realtime monitoring and surveillance. so you understand very quickly how if you re a journalist, if you re a disdant, trying to conduct a secret business, this can be a dangerous tool and indeed, what happened over the last few years is there is an emerging controversy around the way in which this technology can be linked to violence around the world. it s that is really scary. so what kinds of governments are using it? this is something that does sound like something russia is doing and got everybody monitored. you re talking about and writing about a much broader use of it in spain and this country, my ears perk up at law enforcement. how are local government, you know, entities like law enforcement here using it?
sandusky founded for troubled kids. susan candiotti is live at courthouse in pennsylvania. as i understand it, there has been a last-minute filing of some information that is a bit of a bombshell with regards to what s happening in the courtroom. somewhat related but somewhat not related, right? that s right. it has to do with two other people who are charged in connection with the case against jerry sandusky. you remember the two former penn state officials are currently charged with perjury in connection with allegedly lying to the grand jury about what they did or didn t know about allegations involving jerry sandusky. that trial has not happened yesterday. but those two former officials are tim curley and gary schultz, a former vice president at penn state in charge of police investigations on campus. cnn obtained court documents filed late yesterday that indicate the possible existence of what you could call a secret file not previously known to anyone until now. now i
celebration. march madness, you bet. kentucky fans burning couches, flipping cars, all after kentucky wins. go figure. i mean, really. there are reports more than two dozen arrests this morning as the wildcats get ready to play in the title game. it sounds like a disney movie. school kids find bags of sunken treasure. this is a true story. it s like a time capsule to the past bursting with gold and silver antiques. and we will be talking to the kids who actually found the loot. the next president of the united states! oh, bummer. whoa, there s really a big joke that s about to play out after this freeze. mitt romney being punk d by his staff. what does he see to his left? gop front-runner totally falling for an april fools day prank. we ll show you that reaction coming up later on in the program. up first, the parents of trail a trayvon martin their case to the justice department. but were overruled by the state attorney s office. thousands attended a rally and a con
manchester tonight. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is there and so is cnn s political reporter shannon travis. good to see both of you. you look very happy. i know you ve been working your butts off, but you look lively. paul, let s start with you. there is a debate tonight, another tomorrow. why are they so important? well, listen, don. we ve seen the whole cycle of debates, they ve been so outsized in importance like we ve never seen before. the debates make and break candidates t. they broke rick perry. they ve broken herman cain and some others. well, that could happen again tonight. the other thing, don, we haven t had a debate there have been 13, but we haven t had one in almost a month. it has been a while and a lot has change. we lost michelle balk p man. rick santorum used to be off to the side. now he ll be in the middle. mitt romney is used to the scrutiny. we ll see if santorum is used to it. one more thing, when i stand next to shannon travis i make him