manifestation of god in the flesh. we believe this man had the truth. but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. machine guns and explosive devices. in 1993, they went to war in waco. this ain t america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. there had been nothing like this before. the siege was new and unique in america law enforcement history. if you distrust the government, waco is going to be symbolic to a lot of people of what they really fear. i m talking to you, somebody s going to get hurt. if he asks god for some kind of sign and god gives it, what does that mean? every saturday morning, clive doyle and shelia martin study the bible. the lord, god, will come with strong hand and shall rule they are about all that s left in waco of the branch dafdians. an offshoot of the seventh dayed a adventist church. it issued its own currency during the great d
afghanistan. we re going to get a live report from kabul. also the race for president heads to daytona where a big race of another kind is also taking place. tonight is oscar night in hollywood. once again, comedian billy crystal taking on the toughest job in show biz. we start with the search for a gunman in afghanistan blamed for killing two ranking u.s. officers inside the heavily for the fiortified ministry of law enforcement. nato is pulling advisers from minute tris and it suggests it may have concerns over secure how secure facilities are. nick, this is really like some one walking into the pentagon or the justice department, going into an office, and then opening fire. what are you learning? reporter: the afghan justice department, yes. we re learning interesting details from senior afghan counter terrorism official about this gun man, apparently an employee of the interior ministry. registered out a pistol, went to this secure area of the ministry called th
i think it lab real asset to him in the general election as times are tumultuous and people looking for a president, not just a nominee. and they want someone who they believe will fight the president. i think governor romney will do that on the issues. they seem to want something more emotive at the moment. i think that ebbs and flows it and it will eventually come back his way. but what you re seeing is a real battle for the heart and soul of the republican party and clear choices are emerging. not just on policy but also on character and on the very passion you just hinted at because i sense that one of the reasons rick santorum is gaining such momentum is not necessarily that he is in reality more passionate than mitt romney or that he cares more, it s that he sounds like he does. a lot of romney supporters say to me why isn t he giving more of himself to us? why isn t he beating his chest more? why isn t he giving us more passion? why doesn t he look like he wants thi
government tanks and troops. we are going to show you more of that very dramatic video. presidential candidate mitt romney addressing an empty stadium. more to the picture than meets the eye. we are going to explain. ever want to hand pick the person sitting next to you on a flight? good news. there s an app for that. from cnns world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. good morning, everyone. we start with a developing story out of south africa. former president, nelson mandela has been hospitalized with an abdominal complaint. his health declined in recent years and p has been living quietly with few appearances. what are you hearing? what s going on there? well, deb, as you can imagine, the african nation and many people who love and adore nelson mandela are holding their breath. he was admitted into the hospital. they are telling us it was because of a long st
until his deadly regime cracks and collapses because it will. i m absolutely confident of that. late today, president obama called for greater pressure on assad to go. all of us who have been seeing the terrible pictures coming out of syria and homs recently, recognize it is absolutely imperative for the international community to rally and send a clear message to president assad that it is time for a transition. it s time for that regime to move on. and it is time to stop the killing of syrian citizens by their own government. despite the words, the killing goes on. we said at least 91 lives today. more than 100 yesterday, according to activists. and the shelling, this was the 21st day of the bombardment for people living in the baba amr section of homs. in the middle of this, crews from the red cross managed to evacuate a small number of women and children. the two western journalists remain in homs, so do the bodies of marie colvin and remy offlic, and so do tens of