the text messages now are riddled with errors but they re no less threatening. quote, tomorrow, we will call you again, and if you cannot tell me where my things are at tomorrow, i will start torturing frank janssen. specific demands were sent to mr. janssen s family for the benefit of kelvin melton, an inmate at the correctional institution in butler, north carolina. melton was previously prosecuted by frank janssen s daughter who is an assistant district attorney, and as a result, melton received a state sentence of life without parole. well, that s a long sentence. but guess what, since the threats were sent via cell phone texts, the authorities were able to match up phone records and it turns out there were cell phone calls being made from inside a prison cell. and when they listened in to those conversations, they heard talk about disposing of janssen. so by midnight on wednesday, an
elaborate on what these demands were, they described them as quote, for the benefit of kevin melt ton. well, kevin melton is an inmate at north carolina s polk correctional institution where he is classified as a violent habitual felon. melton was previously prosecuted by frank johnson s daughter who is assistant district attorney. and as a result, melton received a state sentence of life without parole. reporter: the investigation is still ongoing and involves multiple law enforcement agencies but mr. january son is back home safe after a frightening five day-ordeal. eric, back to you. eric: wow, that is amazing. jonathan, thank you so much. jenna: a move that is very interesting for walmart, one of the biggest companies in the united states. walmart is going organic in a very big way ratcheting up pressure on its rivals offering high quality, organic produce at a lower price.
it s illegal in india. players basically get to beat up men looking for a bride. that s coming up in our morning passport. and a new york sports club is taking on a paula deen controversy. did it go too far though? i know saturday feels good, doesn t it? especially if you get to sit back and relax for a whiechl i hope that s the case for you today. i want to let you know happening right now republican presidential candidate ron paul is gearing up to a bunch of supporters in maine. he s focusing on the caucuses there while his challengers campaign hard in florida. front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich are in the sunshine state today. rick santorum heading back tonight after a fund-raising washington event. it s reading a lot like the florida weather map. heated. frosty at times. just three days remain, though, before the state s high -stakes winner takes all. joining us is peter hamby. what does it look like? we have a new ad from the mix of the romney campaign. li
blame me. $4 a gallon is what we re talking about. we ll explain where the money is going. well thank you for your company. this just in to cnn. london police made several arrests in the tabloid phone hacking scandal. among those arrest second-degree a police officer. the investigation is centering on allegations of bribes from police for inside information. police are searching rupert murdock s company. police are searching for as many as three men who may have fired shots in a shopping mall around dinner time. it started in a candy store. we know two people suffered gunshot wounds. an 18-year-old student accused of planning to detonate a bomb in his school is out on bail this morning. he s a 16-year-old student at the roy utah high school. the 16-year-old is being held in a juvenile detention center while they consider charges. he s charged with one felony charge of use of weapon of mass destruction. a failed operation that left hundreds of untracked weapons in the
ill, that she had some sort of problem that could have become serious and they decided to go in. and we now know this is what president obama was talking about in the washington state of the union coverage, and you hear him say good job tonight. to panetta. to panetta, right. they were working for a danish company called danish refugee council, and they were helping people in somalia deal with land mines. in essence, they were teaching. they were telling them how to defuse mines and make harmless these mines. it s not an easy job, as you can imagine, and in that area, i ve been talking with some aid organizations that work in that area. some parts of somalia are relatively okay, but this was right on the border of areas that could be dangerous. and they have fighting on the ground, there is al shabob, which is a terrorist organization, then you have just the general mayhem of groups like this who want to kidnap people and make a lot of money in doing that. jill daug