the white house standing by the men who took a pledge to take a bullet for the president. this morning new details in the secret service prostitution scandal, agents being offered a lie detector test now. she got a ride home from the bar and hasn t been heard from since. the family of a ft. bragg soldier saying she may be in danger this morning. she s loved by all of her friends and family, and we all just really want her to come home. cnn spoke to her mother and her sister. we ll have the latest coming up. and it is here. take a look. some drivers already paying $6 a gallon for gas. president obama feeling the pressure and promising a new crackdown on the oil markets to reel them in. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of american families get the short end of the stick. but is it just the same type of political ploy that he mocked a few weeks ago? good question. the war of words in the race for the white house he
kathy rogers and carolyn maloney. sizing up obama versus romney. plus, comedian and actor, the outspoken bill cosby on politic, and the man who killed trayvon martin. it doesn t make a difference if you re a racist or not. i m candy crowley. and this state of the union . but first two break stories we re following. a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the united states. we want to begin with those tornadoes that tore through the midwest and central plains overnight. authorities say at least a dozen twisters touched down across four states in the northern oklahoma town of woodward, five people including two children died from injuries related to a suspected tornado. twisters also decimated thurman, iowa where 75% of the homes were damaged or destroyed. in the nearby town, tornadoes forced the evacuation of a hospital that was damaged. dangerous as it is, there are some people who actually chase tornadoes, one of them is jeff who joi
we ll talk with a storm chaser on his way to tornado alley. and our weekend in focus today, madam constituent. throughout the morning, we take a look at what women want this november, and what the candidates must do to win their votes. later this hour, we re getting physical with a professional trainer live on set. we ll talk fitness, nutrition, and i may show him a move or two. it is saturday april 14th, good morning i m randi kaye. a problem with president obama s secret service detail is overshadowing his trip to colombia. a dozen agents were sent home and replaced by a different set of agents. the problem stems from at least one agent s involvement with prostitutes while in cartagena. here what is the agency is saying to cnn. there have been allegations of misconduct made against secret service personnel in cartagena, colombia prior to the president s trip. they are being relieved of their assignments, and being replaced by other secret service personnel. the agen
to leave those low-lying areas. right to kathy quiano. what are you hearing and seeing from regions most at risk? we heard that the very strong quake, a magnitude 8.1 according to officials just hit the area. now, it s not clear this is an aftershock. the area has been experiencing those after the first quake hit. some residents were told went back to their homes and shopped but again moving to safer ground after this very, very strong aftershock. authorities also say they re not lifting a tsunami watch or warning yet and still telling people to stay away from the coastline if possible and higher ground. there are no reports that a tsunami watch was from the first quake but still watching and monitoring and telling people not to return to areas near the coastline so maybe their homes and their shops. kathy, how long before they know? because we can remind folks about the 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. that was a 9.3 magnitude earthquake, so we re talking about
conclusions so you can decide for yourself based on the evidence what happened that night. today, a leading forensic audio expert listened to george zimmerman s 911 call and weighed in on whether zimmerman uttered a racial slur as he got out of the suv to follow trayvon martin. it is important, because the federal government is investigating this as a possible hate crime. and the audio in question could be a major piece of evidence. the fbi is certainly treating it that way. they re doing their open analysis of the own analysis of the tape. a warning about the language. if you want to send the kids out of the room, now would be a good time. okay? so about the phrase. some believe they hear zimmerman saying f ing coons and others hear f ing cold. listen. i don t want to say what it sounds like this time but a lot of people are saying it sounds like, but let s play it a few times so that the viewer can have a hear for themselves. f ing coons. you can stop it. it does so