the hotel with agents. we re told it s secret service, undercover agents and uniform officers. what officials are telling us is that at no point was the president s security compromised. these are individuals, according to the sources, who were part of the broader security team and not part of the president s security personal detail. this of course taking place even before president obama came here to cartagena colombia. a couple of things, president obama has been updated on this investigation. in addition to that homeland security secretary also has been updated. this incident i m told by one u.s. government source took place on wednesday, and then on thursday was when about a dozen of these secret service personnel were relieved of duty and sent back home and this investigation got under way. fredricka? and you mention the president has been informed, has it been a distraction? it clearly is an embarrassment for the secret service but what about for the white house over
husband and he took in a mentorship program, he took the 14-year-old young african-american boy, would take him every other week, take the young boy and his wife had a 13-year-old daughter, and took them every otherther week for tr three hours, to go to the mall, to the science center, to play basketball, go to lunch, do things like that. during that period, i have spoken to the mother, who is an african-american woman. she doesn t believe he s raisest. he helped in a fund-raiser for one of the african-american churches in the area. he said he s only spoken with his client by phone. he says that george zimmerman is cooperating with this investigation and has spoken to police at least more than once. now, while zimmerman is still at this point not arrested, not charged with anything, one man, one florida man is in jail today, behind bars, for appar t apparently sending a threatening e-mail to police chief bill lee. the headline for that e-mail saying he s coming for you. thr
self-defense. you saw pictures there of the reverend al sharpton and a number of the protests, that one in new york. there are others across the country. holly, what s taking place there in sanford? well, basically, fredricka, the latest we heard is from former governor jeb bush. he was governor in 2005 when this stand your ground bill was written into law. that s the law that allows somebody, a civilian to use deadly force if they feel their life is threatened. now, in this case where george zimmerman has been claiming stand your ground, he says this is not exactly the case. this was not the intent. take a listen. it appears to me this law does not apply to this circumstance. stand your ground means stand your ground. it doesn t mean chase after somebody who has turned their back. now, in response police chief bill lee who has temporarily stepped down released a written statement on the city s website. he gave the reason they were using stand your ground in this situat
cnn saturday morning. it s sart, march 24. george zimmerman s attorney. he speaks out. 100 years after the titanic disaster, thousands of items salvaged from the wreckage are up for grabs. and in the race for supremacy, which political party comes out on top, democrats or gop. the 2012 tweet states right now in the cnn newsroom. big day in louisiana. 20 delegates eight stake. rick santorum is ahead. santorum and gingrich are addressing a leadership conference. the former not will attend a couple of rallies later in the day. we ll now show you a video showing rick santorum shooting a rifle as part of his campaign stop. listen carefully to what somebody is saying in the background. all right. it might not have been very clear for you but the woman is in the background heard saying pretend it s obama. rick santorum was quick to slam that comment. no. we re nothing that s a horrible, terrible remark. i m glad i didn t hear it. the secret service has confirmed it and i
let s get to takoma, washington where dan simon is now. reporter: of course the focus is trying to see if there were clues or warning signs that may have caused this army soldier robert bales to carry out this unthinkable rampage. right now there is a lot of speculation whether or not he suffered deep emotional problems after having been to four different battle zones, three in iraq, one in afghanistan. of course, his attorney tells cnn in 2010 he suffered a serious brain injury after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. that attorney telling cnn that the day before the rampage took place, his client watched a fellow soldier get seriously injured. take a look. what i heard from the military lawyers who are working on this case with me, who i m very impressed with, that another soldier at this base was brutally attacked the day before this incident and had his leg shot off right in front of my client. reporter: the military moved bales family. he s a father of two children