Dramatic rescues. New pictures of a truck dangling over an overpass. Details on whats happening there. Decision day. Boy scouts expected to vote on lifting a national ban on openly day members. Why people on both sides of the issue wont be satisfied with the outcome no matter what. Bombs and bunkers and bobby traps. More details on the little boy and what he faced when he was being held captive in the underground bunker in alabama. Inflated ratings, downplayed risks. The government suing s p and more states are joining the suit. Late night joke turns new jersey governor Chris Christies weight front and center. Is he fit enough for office . A former white house doctor says christie is a ticking time bomb. A relaxing canoe ride almost turns into a nightmare when a wail bumps it. Dont miss this. Packed show. Well talk to tony perkins. President of the Family Research council. And jennifer tyrell, a former cub scout den mother dismissed for being a lesbian. We have Tyrese Gibson, reverend run who teamed up for a new book, along with earl blummen nawer and Elijah Cummings and scott reigle. Welcome, everybody. Our starting point, a potentially Seismic Shift for the boy scouts. The National Council could announce whether its longstanding ban on gay scouts and leaders will be lifted. National leaders weighing in on both sides of the issue, including the president and governor of texas. Scouting is about teaching a substantial amount of life lessons. Sexuality isnt one of them. Doesnt have to be, doesnt need to be. Scouting is a Great Institution that are promoting young people and exposing them to, you know, opportunities and leadership that, you know, will serve people for the rest of their lives and i think nobody should be barred for that. And cnns casey wian live in irving, texas, where the scouts are headquarters. Good morning, casey. Good morning, soledad. A potentially historic vote that could be taken by the leadership of the boy scouts of america on the issue of gays in scouting. The boy scouts are considering a compromise. Leaders of religious organizations that sponsor about a million boy scouts and activists pressuring the boy scouts of america to end its ban on openly gay scouts and scout masters can agree on one thing. They are not satisfied with the boy scouts proposal to leave the issue up to local troops. We believe that this is going to be if they make this decision it will be a catastrophe for the boy scouts. We dont want to see scouting gerrymandered to blue and red districts. So the best solution would be to end discrimination outright. The boy scouts wont discuss their proposal. They have told leader of religious groups the change is motivated by pressure from corporate donors. More than a dozen like merck and American Airlines have pulled funding from the you boy scouts according to scouting for all, a Group Pushing for an end to the scouts gay ban. What theyve said, is were doing this under pressure and give people basically what amounts to a local option. You cant have a local option of a core conviction. In 2000, the Supreme Court said that the boy scouts did not have to have homosexual scout masters because their their belief about sexual morality was a core value. If you make it a local option, it is no longer a core value, and the courts will revisit this. Jennifer tyrell was a scout den mother that was outsted for being gay. If individual troops can decide, its a great first step and we would be appreciative of that step and acknowledgment, but it means more work needs to be done. Reporter even before the controversy over admitting gays, the boy scouts were seeing a decline in membership, which dropped by a third since 19999. The scout master of one local troop in the dallas area tells us parents of his scouts are talking about leaving scouting if, in fact, the boy scouts start to open up to gay members. Activists who support a policy of inclusion say that given the lack of corporate sponsorship, the declining corporate funding, and the declining membership in the boy scouts that they need to admit gays for this organization to survive longterm, soledad. Casey wian, thank you so much. Appreciate that. Lets get to tony perkins, president of the Family Research council. On monday, the frc and other groups put an ad out. Tony, thank you for talking with me list the reasons you do not support lifting this ban . We support the scouts and the position they have taken and for 103 years, they have been helping boys make that journey from adolescence and childhood into adulthood. And they have had a very basic code. A code of honor, code of duty, and a code of morality. They want to hold that and they have every right to do that as a private organization and we encourage them to do that thats why 69 of their troops are sponsored by churches. They are in line with many in the faith community. Some would support lifting the ban, and i am curious to know if there is a possibility that you are wrong on this particular core value. As you know, historically, there have been core values in retrospect turned out to be flawed. Women who are i remember when i was in school. If you were a teacher and you were pregnant, you were removed from the classroom. It was considered morley inappropriate to have a pregnant woman in the classroom. Blacks in the military was morley problematic. How come this doesnt fall into the same kind of guidelines . Were talking about comparing immutable characteristics with characteristics that are not immutable. First, the boy scouts have had a long history of struggling with an issue of protecting the boys. Last fall they were forced by the court to release about 15,000 pages that identified 1,900 predators within the boy scouts. Their policy has been to protect boys to obviously create not a perfect environment, but one that is in line with what the parents want to ensure that their children are safe when they go out and go in the scouting activity. Lets go back to that. A time between 1970, 1999. Those specific documents, called the perversion files as you know. Scouts didnt allow gays, so there is a sense isnt that indication in and of itself you are absolutely right. So my point would be, if you are to why would it make a difference to open up scouting to people who are gay . Certainly had you pedophiles in your ranks in the boy scouts as we have seen from these documents . Absolutely. You are correct. They have not been able to create the perfect environment, but they have been doing what they can, and had to pay out millions of dollars as a result of that. Question they need to ask, will this help accomplish our mission as boy scout leaders and make for a safer environment for the children under our watch . I dont think they can say that. I think that why not . The reason they had this first off, this doesnt pass the parent test. Im a parent. Okay, im a parent. I have five children, three daughters. My heterosexual neighbor man, like him, good guy, kids of his own. But im not going to let him go camping with my girls. Why would i let a man who was attracted to other males go camping with my boys. A pedophile has thats why last july aft aftafter soledad, last july after the boy scouts did a twoyear study on this issue, the overwhelming opinion of stakeholders, parents, troop leaders, lets not change the policy, and thats exactly what the scouts did. Are you saying that someone who is gay is a pedophile, sir . No, i never said that. You said that. I didnt. Im asking the question. You are saying that you would be worried about they are trying to create an environment that is protective of children. There is a disproportionate number of male on boy when we get on pedophilia, male on boy is a higher incident rate of that. We never said all homosexuals are pedophiles. Thats not what were saying. Why would someone like jennifer tyrell. A lesbian and would be a den mother. A perfect example of contradicting your very point, sir. You dont make you dont make policies and you dont set standards based upon one situation or another situation. This is not skwus about scout leaders, it would be about scouts that are attracted to people of the same sex. Is that right, for boy scouts who are out wanting to learn the basic tenets of scouting to have to worry about whether or not the boy in the tent with them is attracted to them . Is that right . Look, these folks that want to do they are free to set up their own organization. Why do they want to come in and change an organization thats been around for 100 years. Cause its discriminatory. They need those scouts and parents to accommodate them . Because its discriminatory. My final point. Do you worry when you are on the wrong side of history on this . When we tick off the changes weve seen. At some point do you think you will look up and say we were on the wrong side of this debate . This is an organization that ultimately stood for discriminating against some people. Dont you worry about that . For over 100 years, the boy scouts have helped boys make the journey into manhood. And the question is, will we continue in our mission and provide the safest environment possible for those boys . Or are we going to cave into corporate dollars. See how this happens. Well hear from jennifer tyrell. I mentioned her a moment ago. A former cub scout den mother, lesbian, and she thinks even if they vote to drop the ban, it wouldnt go far enough. Well talk to her about that. Also ahead, well talk about this little alabama boy kidnapped and held captive in an underground bunker for six days. Hes now celebrating his sixth birthday. Turns six today. Investigators say they discovered two bombs that had been planted inside that bunker by ethans abductor, jimmy lee dikes. Were told there still might be more that they are discovering. Victor blackwell in midland city, alabama, what have they been discovering inside the bunker and some details about the rescue operation too. Well, soledad, the attorney general, eric holder, calls this operation exempt lea exemplary, and even leading up to this operation, the Fbi Hostage Rescue Team built a replica of the bunker and rehearsed. Were seeing pictures of the fbi of this really massive crime scene. Four feet below this spot is the bunker where jimmy lee dykes held 5yearold ethan hostage for a week this is the pipe the fbi says dykes told agents to communicate, and we know why he made that request. A day after the raid, bomb technicians found an explosive inside that pipe and a second inside the bunker. Jimmy davis junior is a neighbor. He saw the setup in its early stages. It was covered up with two sheets of plywood nailed together with hinges and stuff as a door to open to it. Authorities say dykes had reinforced the bunker to keep them out. But they were inside, watching. Sources tell cnn the Hostage Rescue Team snuck in a tiny camera. Mr. Dykes was observed holding a gun. At this point, fbi agents fearing the child was in imminent danger entered the bunker and rescued the child. I heard a big boom, and i heard i believe i heard rifle shots. Sources tell cnn what brian martin heard was a diversion agents rushed in, dykes shot at them, but he was killed. Ethan was rescued. I never doubted our god, and he answered our prayers. A celebration of ethans rescue and his sixth birthday. This is just the start of it. April mcdaniel, a local Police Officer and also a mother. She started a Facebook Campaign to collect birthday cards for ethan. Thousands have responded. I just wish i could be there to see his little face light up when he sees the response. And i havent how many people really care and love about him. Reporter after a tumultuous week, ethan is home from the hospital to celebrate and heal. And ethans mother has released a statement. In part it says ethan is safe back in my arms and i owe it to some of the most compassionate people on earth. Her letter was so heartfelt. I cannot imagine what they were going through for so many days. Victor blackwell, thank you. Appreciate the update. John berman has an update on a story we were showing you. A truck dangling off the highway. This just in. A truck dangling off an interstate 95 in ft. Lauderdale, florida. Two people inside the crash. One removed and taken to the hospital. The other is still trapped inside. Live pictures right now. Monitoring developments. The crane trying to work out some way to pull the truck back. Well bring you the information as it comes in. And were looking at the target targeted killing of americans overseas. And a secret drone base. T al qaeda operate ivan war al awlaki was killed in that drone attack. And for the first time this morning, were hearing a 911 call from the case of the deadly shooting of a wellknown navy s. E. A. L. And his friend. Moments after iraq war vet eddie routh killed navy s. E. A. L. Sniper chris kyle and chad littlefield, he drove to his sisters house and told her what he had done. That caused a frightened Linda Blevins to call 911. My brother just came by here, [ bleep ] and he now left, and he just told me hes committed a murder. Im terrified for my life, because i dont know if hes going to come back here. 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