to even today have told me, maybe he really doesn t want to re-establish relations with the united states. who knows. we re going to have a lot to digest today and tomorrow. we re going to go back to listen to what he s saying. thanks very much, rick. fidel castro, speaking live on cuban television right now. tel. in los angeles, a man suspected of being what was called the grim sleeper serial killer will be arraigned next month. investigators are looking for possible links to dozens of cold cases. we re also now learning that there are new details emerging of the extraordinary way police found their suspect. here s cnn s thelma gutierrez. reporter: behind these doors at the department of justice crime lab in richmond, california, forensic investigators solved a landmark cold case that could change the way police investigations are conducted. we went inside for an exclusive look at the new dna technology that led detectives to an
today, and based on those reporter: behind these doors at the department of justice results will give us a better crime lab in richmond, indication of how far along we california, forensic will be to perhaps seeing this, a temporary effort to contain investigators solved a landmark cold case that could change the the flow which, considering way police investigations are all of the bad news we ve conducted. we went inside for an exclusive received over the past three look at the new dna technology that led detectives to an months, this would be very elusive killer, the grim welcome news. ed, if you could, give us an sleeper. it was the 1980s, a serial update on efforts to finish up the digs, the brills, on the killer was terrorizing south los relief wells. angeles. most of the victims were young african-american women. reporter: right, well this some had been shot with the same cap situation we re talking about obviously is a temporary 25 caliber firearm. solution. some had been
forensic investigators solved a landmark cold case that could change the way police investigations are conducted. we went inside for an exclusive look at the new dna technology that led detectives to an elusive killer dubbed the grim sleeper. it was the 1980s, a serial killer was terrorizing south los angeles. most of his victims were young african-american women, some had been shot with the same .25 caliber firearm. some had been strangled. some sexually assaulted. their bodies dumped in alleys. over the years, los angeles police would follow numerous leads that went nowhere. in 1988, after eight murders and an attack on the potential ninth victim who got away, the killing stopped. then nearly 15 years later, the grim sleeper would strike again. who was he? where was he hiding? police would have to wait another two decades to find the answers. we have about 1 1/2 million samples stored in the laboratory.
will you know later today whether or not that s actually been a success? the cap is staged right now. we have to do a seismic baseline run before we actually start it because we want to understand what the sea floor is like in case there is any change to that after we start cranking down the pressure. once the cap s on we will slowly close the valves and see if it can tolerate the entire pressure of the well bore. that will tell us a lot. we need to know the pressure inside that cap to know whether we can shut it in or will have to produce oil to keep the pressure off. we should know something after the cap is on and we do the well integrity test. but theoretically, this could be shut down later today? the leaking well? i would say maybe not today but it could give us the information that would lead us to believe we could shut the well in, which means we can put a cap on it and maintain the pressure. we won t know until we do the integrity test. i wasn t aware that that was
a special larry king live looks at haiti and the rebuilding process. and this is breaking news just into cnn now. swiss officials announcing that oscar-winning director roman polanski won t be extradited to the united states. he faces child sex charges here in the u.s. back in 1977 he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. he skipped the country heading to europe before he would be sentenced. the case has divided hollywood celebrities, but now we know again roman wpolanski won t be brought back to the u.s. more updates all morning long on the breaking store right here on cnn. 11 minutes past the hour. time to check in with rob marciano in the extreme weather center this morning. temperatures are up to 80 degrees in the big apple.