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Im john berman its wednesday, april 22nd 4 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off today. Happening today, a new protest is planned in baltimore at the Police Station where officers brought freddie gray some days ago. Somehow, gray suffered a severe spinal cord injury exactly one week later, on sunday he died. Yesterday, baltimore released the names of six officers involved in arresting and transporting gray. All six of these officers are now suspended with pay. New witness, coming forward describing that arrest as baltimores mayor vows to find out what happened leading up to the fatal injury. I heard the young man screaming, get off my neck. Get off my neck youre hurting my neck. And then two cars pulled up shortly after that. One car door slammed and then another. They must have went to him where he started hollering and screaming a little louder and the police say shut the f up. There cant be any assignment of blame, but were going to get to the bottom of it. We know when he was first in our custody when he first engaged the Police Department he was alive. He was responsive. When medical attention came to mr. Gray he was unresponsive and not breathing. Were going to figure out what happened. Mater said by may 1st the results of the investigation will get to prosecutors who will decide whether to file criminal charges. Now, the Justice Department has announced it is opening up a civil rights probe before the investigation is even complete. Our National Correspondent Miguel Marquez is coverage the protests and has the very latest. Reporter john an incredibly emotional evening near baltimore with up to 2,000 people turning tout see for the first time the parents of freddie gray who show showed. Up here. This is mr. Gray was eventually brought. His parents, miss mother in particular are overwhelmed by grief. They marched over to the point where he was arrested. At that point, everybody raised their hands in protest, in a moment of silence, as the family literally, all you could hear is hear them wail. Some of the people in this neighborhood still focused on this. Im going to show what you that protest looked like. Hands up dont shoot i want you to lift those hands up as high as you can. I want this to be a sign to the Baltimore City Police Department that this is not an act of surrender. But were coming as a sign of strength as one human being one commitment that we will not rest until we get justice for freddie gray. Reporter at one point then protesters then did start walking through the streets of this area of west baltimore. They tried to grab the mike. They were very aggressive even towards us. But they werent angry at the press. They were angry at the police they were angry at the mayor. People say it was us against this neighborhood what they want are the six officers implicated in this charged with first degree murder they say they will be back tonight, back on thursday they will go to city hall they say and stay there unless they get justice. Our thanks to Miguel Marquez for that report. Now this morning, the ousted president of yemen is promising a return after the Saudiled Coalition declared an end to a nearly monthlong air campaign against Houthi Rebels. This Coalition Claims it achieved its military objectives and Operation Decisive storm is over. And this just in houthi fighters have launched a new attack on a Yemeni Military brigade. Our senior interNational Correspondent Nic Robertson has more. Good morning. The military brief last night said is this is the end of air strikes. There were 204 air strikes thus far. But warned that they believed the saudis believed that had been reached with the houthis. That is the houthis would put down their weapons and leave their cities. They are taken by force, the houthis attacking the only Yemeni Military base that they didnt control. The houthis were supposed to put down their weapons and leave the towns like that. That is clearly not happened. Is this particular incident an isolated case of the rest of the houthis going to abide by the agreement that the saudis think that they have . At the moment its very much in the balance. One of the things that have been agreed was that one of the principal houthi supporters the ousted president would also leave the country and the army there that had been loyal to him, would also put down their weapons. So all of this at the moment john is very much something that could change to this day. But the understanding so far has been that these air strikes will end. And president hadi of yemen addressing his people this morning saying he will come back to yemen and they will hope to rebuild the country and heal the wounds that have occurred over the past few weeks, john. With the situation over the air and the ground the complicated nature of the relationships certainly remain. Nic robertson, thank you so much. As we said the bops may have stopped falling on yemeni territory but a tense story offshore continues. U. S. And allied ships off of yemen and may be carrying weapons for the houthi weapons. The president said its there to secure the free flow of International Shipping traffic. What weve said to them is that if their weapons delivered to factions within yemen, they could threaten navigation thats a problem. And were not sending them obscure messages. We send them very direct messages about it. Iran is praising the end to the aid calling for humanitarian aid and backing the military process. And it was tweeted positive elements in general should be followed by urgent humanitarian assistance. Intrayemeni die long broadbased government ready to help. We have our senior interNational Correspondent Frederick Pleitgen in tehran, to get a look at the intraarraignian perspective, fred with the new developments. Reporter yeah theyre certainly the headlines here in iran. As a mart of fact the speaker of iran went on television today. Praising it. And also the u. S. Support of it as well. But as you say, at the same time these sides are trying to set new agreements. Theyre really interesting to see how theyre trying to separate these issues from one another but at the core of everything you really see this while youre on ground here the core of everything is trust. And thats certainly something thats very much lacking in the relationship between United States and iran. I was actually able to speak to the commander of irans Ground Forces just a little while ago, and he told me that of course there was a possibility for additional cooperation between iran and the United States. Especially in the fight against isis and other matters as well. He said that the time just isnt right, list ton what he had to say. Translator at the moment we consider the United States to be a threat to us because its policies and actions are threatening tougs. We would like the u. S. To change its rhetoric and tone of voice owe our nation could have more trust in u. S. Military leadership. Reporter of course the feeling is mutual on the u. S. Side as well. But it certainly seems as though the two sides do have common shared objectives especially when you talk about the fight against isis and now, of course this Nuclear Agreement as well. The signals that were getting from the government here in tehran is that they want this Nuclear Agreement. Of course, they still have hardliners here in the government as well as the clergy are skeptical of this. But it seems as though when you talk to officials here the mood is very positive. One thing that happened this morning, a senior Government Official went on television and said for them the Main Objective in these negotiations is going to be sanctions relief john. Interesting to see. The government not always driving the ship in and of itself with the clergy also playing a major role. Frederik pleitgen inside tehran thank you so much. And the Foreign Relations committee unanimously reviewed a compromise version of the bill. It gives dong 30 days to read the agreement, they probably cant block it. The president plans to sign this bill this compromise measure, if there are no significant changes by the house and the senate. Call it Homeland Security west the Obama Administration is finalizing plans to open a satellite dhs nofs silicon valley. Secretary of homelan security jeh johnson said the aim is to work with it and while at the same time preparing tech workers to work in government jobs. Attorney general eric holder announcing that the head of the organization is retiring. Leonhart told congress she did not have the authority to fire the agents. And issued a bipartisan statement of no confidence. The white house declined to defend leonhardt who has led the dea since 2007. Loretta lynch is still waiting for a donconfirmation. Her nomination has been held up for months over a controversy over a u. S. Trafficking bill. That controversy appears to have been resolved. It would clear the way for a vote to confirm the attorney general nominee. It does appear she has the votes, barely. And her vote could come as soon as tomorrow. Loretta lynch would be the first africanamerican woman to lead the Justice Department. All right. Got a picture to show you, pucker up for bipartisanship. House leader john boehner and nancy pelosi shared a kiss. I like this because it looks like theyre both enjoying themselves. I want to see with harry reid and mitch mcconnell. This is a celebration at the white house to celebrate a compromise on the doc fix. President obama thanked lawmakers for coming up with this compromise. No word if he kissed them all. Other news four a surprising photograph stuns the courtroom in the sentencing phase of the Boston Marathon Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and a dramatic case for the Death Penalty next. Rgy relief. And zyrtec® is different than claritin®. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Zyrtec®. Muddle no more™. What will the jury see today . Impassioned arguments in the sentencing phase for the Boston Marathon bombing trial. A jury must decide if convicted killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will get the Death Penalty. The prosecution opened in dramatic fashion procedure traying tsarnaev as a coldblooded killer and americas most nightmare. 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That where is where were live with cnn Senior Correspondent ben wedeman. Ben, whats the situation . Reporter yeah john this is a ship from the italian navy which apparently has brought these people theres 446 migrants, ten nationalities, but it appears the majority of them are syrians. Theyve been picked up over the last few days. Weve seen women and children on board the ship as well. Now, we also understand that also on board are some of the crew members of those smugglers boats that were rescued here. So just a little while ago, we saw agents from the European Police agency go on board. So there may be arrests happening as well. In addition to this arrival, elsewhere in italy on the island of lap pa deuce sa over 1200 migrants have come aboard. 10 24 here italian time 500 migrants have already arrived. So that gives you an idea of the scale. Weve been focusing on the catastrophe that happened when as many as 150 people may have died at sea. But what were having is daily, hundreds and hundreds of migrants arriving. The italian authorities struggling to deal with them. To house them, to shelter them to feed them to provide them with subsubsistence once they arrive. And its been a political hot potato. Its something that the Italian Government cannot deal with alone. They need the assistance of the European Union to deal with this. Ben wedeman in sicily witnessing this situation as more and more migrants dock before your very eyes. Three peo