a high-stakes pardon showdown. could we learn today if most of those prisoners released in mississippi will have to go back to prison? along those, four convicted murderers. classes are resuming at that l.a. school where the entire staff was fired after two teachers were arrested on child abuse cases. investigators at this point have made yet another disgusting discovery. they were not fired, they were reassigned temporarily. should say not fired but cleared out. the bombing is unrelenting in syria. families are afraid to escape their homes. these are some of the most disturbing images our network has ever seen. we ll do that story, first we ll begin with what is welcomed news for almost 1 million people who own homes in this country. if you owe more money than your house is worth, you re under water, but there could be finally some relief coming your way. all of this comes as new york and california are signing into the deal. so let s run the numbers. we re tal
powell, will be buried on saturday. again, we re getting more signs this really was such a premeditated act. he was planning for quite some time to do this. he in fact withdrew $7,000 from his bank the day before the murder-suicide. nobody knows where exactly that money went. police also are looking at a storage unit. but so far no details on that either. you just hope that they can have some form of closure, just horribly tragic for that family in its entirety. all the way around. so sad. well, in other news this morning, a second teacher arrested on child abuse allegations at a school in l.a. has now been fired as well. hours later 49-year-old martin springer was formally charged with fondling a 7-year-old girl at miramonte elementary school. and that school board s unprecedented decision to replace that school s entire staff is now sparking a pretty emotional reaction. everyone from the principal to the lunch aides will be relocated to a vacant school as investigators try to
moving on, a los angeles elementary school is reportedly investigating another claim of abuse of a child by a school staffer. now, the mother of a fourth grade student at miramonte elementary school told the los angeles times a teacher s aide sent her son love letters back in 2009. this comes after two teachers at that same elementary school were jailed last week for alleged sex abuse. today is the second day the school las been closed as school administrators deal with the fallout from this awful scandal as well as concerns from outraged parents. tomorrow the entire 120-member staff of that school will be replaced. there s been mixed reaction from parents. the bad teachers are gone. keep them out. but the rest of the teachers were really good. mike taibbi joins me now from los angeles. do we notes if police are investigating this l.a. times report that there is a third staffer who may have done something inappropriate? reporter: well is, actually,
house and the kids. a public memorial will be held for 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old braden. police say while they think powell s five, susan, is probably dead and he was their main suspect, her case is still listed as a missing person. officials are offering parents the chance to transfer their kids out of the california school after the arrest of two teachers on sexual abuse charges and according to the new york daily news a third female teacher may also have been involved. police are not commenting on that report. the school cleaned house and replaced the entire staff at miramonte elementary school after the arrests. and prosecutors now want former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky to stay indoors as he awaits trial on 52 sex abuse charges. while under house arrest sandusky has been seen allegedly watching children in a school backyard from his back porch. prosecutors are asking for a revision in sandusky s bail so he can t go outside except for medical
proposition 8 or prop 8, the state s ban a same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. dan simon live in san francisco. dan, you ve been talking to people there. how have they been reacting to the news? reporter: obviously they re very happy about it. they expected this, quite frankly, and we should point out a little more than three years ago, a majority of california voters said they were against same-sex marriage. well, in this case the federal appeals court said the majority doesn t rule that proposition 8, which defined marriage between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. from here, brooke, most observers think this case will be headed to the supreme court. it does not mean the fact that same-sex marriage got a victory today that couples can start getting married tomorrow. this ruling is effectively put on hold while this appeals process continues. brooke? so ultimately we ll be looking for the next big step to be the u.s. supreme court. dan simon in san francisco. d