containers and so forth, they had stuff stacked oh, eight, 10, telephone feet deep. reporter: williams s attorney is saying that his client denies any and all allegations including the theft allegations from last year against him. the rick. rick: casey stiegel live for us in kaufman, texas. thanks. jenna: the outcome of this story could impact controversy issues like stem cell research. the supreme court is hearing arguments about whether corporations can patent human genes. what is at stake with the legal battle over this type of ownership. we ll break that down for you. also the most isolated regime in the world holding a party that no one else is celebrating and quite frankly no one else is invited to. this communist country turned nuclear armed state and there are calls for north korea to disarm but is the north following the playbook of another country,
he should be fired. there is no context in the universe where that kind of behavior is acceptable. it s physical and verbal abuse. it s psychological and emotional abuse. no he should not be allowed near anybody, i mean forget sports. there is no context where his management style is appropriate. john amaechi, we appreciate it. strong words from you this morning. former nba basketball player. thank you. yes, thanks so much, john. eight minutes after the hour. new developments this morning in the case of two murdered prosecutors in kaufman, texas. investigators looking at former justice of the peace named eric williams who was fired in a corruption probe. cnn s george howell live from kaufman. george, what s the latest on this? john, good morning. cnn spoke to david sturgi, williams attorney, and we learned that investigators met with williams at a local denny s here to take swab samples from his hand to test for gun residue.
no one is taking, you know, security for granted at this point. they re taking it very seriously, and you know we spoke to a district attorney from nearby anderson county the other day. you get a sense of just how concerned he is to do his job in this environment. take a listen. i feel like that mike was murdered for what he did. so it makes it kind of, you know, it s a little scary to people like me, to change the way i do business. i m not going to walk in fear. i m not going to not prosecute people. but you ve got to be careful. so the person that s taking over mike mclelland s position here, brandi fernandez. she will be acting as intur up d.a. for the next 21 days until governor rick perry appoints a new district attorney for this county. but even she will have has 24-hour security given the environment out here. george howell in kaufman, texas, thanks to you. new information about the
awareness and very acutely aware of the danger of their job. so, we re seeing law enforcement officers and even public officials, john, you know, acting a little differently than they would usually, extra security for many people until investigators get to the bottom of it. you know, i think that s understandable. george howell in kaufman, texas. thanks this morning. a major overhaul in connecticut s gun laws in the wake of the sandy hook school mass erie. a bipartisan task force of lawmakers have agreed on new legislation. it adds more than 100 types of guns to the state s list of banned assault weapons and limits ammunition magazines to ten rounds and requires background checks for all weapon sales and sets safety standards for school buildings. it s expected to pass easily when the legislature votes as early as tomorrow. so, the nra is going to offer its own strategy today to prevent gun violence in schools. the national school shield program details training recommendations f