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now here's anderson cooper wi "anderson cooper 360" >>> tonight new york lawmakers are just one vote away from legal lighting same sex marriage. president obama is heading to new york later this week for a fundraiser with the gay community. new questions are being raised about what the president actually believes about gay marriage and whether his public opposition to it is real or just political posturing. tonight we're keeping them honest >>> in 1996 when he was a college professor running for illinois state senate from a wealthy liberal chicago neighborhood, barack obama answered a question in a local paper called "outline's". he checked a box negligence to the sentence "i favor legalizing same sex marriages and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages." seems pretty clearcut. but once he was actually in office, his position suddenly and inexplicably began to change. in 1998 responding to an illinois state legislative national political awareness test here race how he responded to the question, do you believe that the illinois government should recognize same sex marriages.

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anderson cooper jokes, not a big deal et cetera et cetera blah blah blah. there's a footnote says it was updated to clearly explain that segment was sarcastic. so who is the writer, this laura donovan? i did a little digging and by digging i mean low impact googling. somebody else did that. here's the bio on her web site "a new resident for the washington, d.c. air c donovan writes for the daily caller. her ultimate goal is to public non-fiction books and become the next david sedaris". laura, laura, come here. come here, laura. a little closer. come on. come on. laura -- and i think sense you've incorrectly attack me online and tried to cover your tracks i think i can call you laura. laura, it would be very, very easy for me right now to make some sort of snarky comment. but i'm not going to do that. you're only 22 years old. you wrote for your college newspaper and you have a blog about guys who hit on you or something. i couldn't really get into it. i know when you're starting out in today's snide internet culture you want to make a name for yourself. i

here's anderson cooper with "ac 360." >>> thanks, piers. breaking news tonight, new signs tonight that yemen could be on the brink of civil war. [ gunfire ] for weeks we watched demonstrations build, but today the fighting reached the corridors of power. the presidential compound came under attack. sources said rpgs hit the mosque. the president was injured, a government official says he has a slight head injury but he's not been seen publicly since then. several other officials were also hurt, a cleric and several bodyguards were killed. he claimed the attack on "gangsters and insists he's in good health. [ gunfire ] >> just today, there was gunfire in the streets. this video was posted on youtube. a youth activist says four anti-government protestors were shot today. government security forces fired at various locations across the city. [ gunfire continues ] >> anti-government protesters throwing rocks as they're reportedly shot at by riot police and unlike many countries in the region, many people have access to weapons in yemen and ther

now here's "anderson cooper now here's "anderson cooper 360". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with break news tonight. possibly history in the making. it has been one delay after another, one senator said it almost seems like light request years since the process began. right now senators in new york are finally voting on a bill to make same-sex marriage legality in the state of new york. one undecided republican senator moments ago announced he has now decided to vote for same sex marge. now a majority of senators are on the record saying they will support same-sex marriage. marie snow has the latest on what could be history happening right now. mary, what's the latest? >> reporter: an incredibly emotional on the senate floor, anderson. what we just saw was a vote for an amendment to the bill. that was an amendment that guaranteed protection for religious organizations. that had been the sticking point all along. and that vote sass pased -- passed 36-26. as soon as that was announced, you heard cheers erupt in the senate chamber. and there are people outside, suppo

here's anderson cooper's special report. >> this is my brother. this is what he was supposed to be. >> this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother are curt as a happy child. the photo was taken when he was 4. a year bhf he was placed in experimental therapy at ucla. >> it left curt just totally stricken with the belief that he was broken, that he was different from everybody else. >> his sister and brother say curt was never the same after therapy. >> the only thing they did was destroy our brother. he was empty. nothing there. >> in 1970 curt murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the girls toys and stroking the hair, you know, the long hair and stuff. i was seeing efeminine mannerisms. it bothered me because i wanted him to group and have a normal life. >> she saw a psychologist on a local tv program talking about behavior like curt's. >> he was naming all these things. if your son is doing five of t

here is anderson cooper >>> good evening. with ac 360. we begin keeping them honest on a story we've been out in front of from the beginning. vital news to anyone who uses a cell phone. today, world health organization panel took a fresh look at the medical research and concluded that cell phones might cause cancer. the w.h.o. report comes just days after dr. sanjay gupta investigated serious questions about the current research on cell phones and cancer. here's a portion of sanjay's report, which aired as recently as last night, foreshadowing today's stunning 180 from the w.h.o. on cell phone safely. >> if you've ever put a cell phone to your ear -- >> there's no way to say cell phone use is safe. i think that the public has a right to know that there could be a potential risk. the public generally assumes if one is selling something on the market that we have had assurances that that device is safe. >> to be clear, dr. black's message is at odds with headlines from the largest international study on cell phones in cancer. their conclusi

. >>> let us know what you think about it all on facebook or twitter @ anderson cooper. i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, john edwards indicted. he says he's done bad things but didn't break the law. joe johns was in the courtroom. we'll talk with him. and with jeffrey toobin. >>> also tonight, did you see what happened in the courtroom today in the casey anthony trial? she's accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter. her lawyers say her little girl drowned accidentally and they covered it up. either way, casey anthony has been spinning a we believe of lies to cops and her family. she made up a story about a nanny that never existed. we'll show you conversations where the lies flow freely. casey anthony is claiming her father sexually abused her and her lying is a reaction to that abuse. the videos shown in court seem to show their relationship was a good one. >> i miss you, sweetie. >> i know that. i miss you, too. >> i wish i could have been a better dad and better grandfather, you know? >> you've been a great dad and you've been the best grandfather. don't for a

. >> you got it, anderson. >> let us know what you think about it on facebook or twitter @ anderson cooper. i'll be tweeting some tonight. >>> still ahead, we've seen a lot about syria, but this is perhaps the worst. a 13-year-old boy reportedly tortured and murdered by the regime. his name, hamza. his death has sparked renewed outrage in syria. i know it's hard to take, but we feel we owe it to this little boy to bear witness to what has happened to him. we'll talk with a human rights activist hiding in syria right now. >>> also, the revealing photographs from congressman anthony wiener's cell phone. he said he was hacked but he's refusing to answer more questions and he had a very heated exchange. we'll show you all of it but here's just a short part. >> we follow some rules here and -- >> i would love to get an answer. >> you do the question, i do the answer and this jackass interrupts me? >> he's talking about our producer. isha sesay is following other stories for us tonight. isha? >>> a dramatic day in the casey anthony trial. cindy anthony, casey's mom, bloke down on the stand and s

now here's anderson cooper with "ac 360." >> piers, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. tonight, we begin with breaking news about john edwards. there are reports that the former presidential candidate is likely to be indicted tomorrow on criminal charges. the other possible scenario, edwards and the justice department will agree on some sort of a plea deal. the charges stem from money given to his mistress, rielle hunter, who became pregnant with his child. prosecutors have cob tended the money, which came from two of his political backers, should have been considered campaign donations and therefore reported. edwards' lawyers say it was gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair street from elizabeth edwards who died back in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. >> reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? >> we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. >> reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to hi

"anderson cooper 360" starts "anderson cooper 360" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a daring deadly suicide attack on a hotel in kabul. six attackers in all, blowing himself up. the other spreading mayhem and murder for hour after hour until nato choppers picked off three of them on the hotel roof and secures forces cleared the hotel. right now all six bombers are reported dead. as for other fatalities that is unclear. reporter adam cunningham joins us now by phone. what kind of details are we getting about how this attack played out? >> reporter: well, what it looks like is the taliban fighters launching assaults on the hotels in which at least one blew up at the front gate in order to allow the other gunmen to enter. after that they took positions on the roof of the hotel where they were engaged in an hour-long gun battle with the afghan police later on the afghan national army arrived at the scene, stormed the hotel and evacuated many of the guests. it's unclear right now how many guests were actually staying at the hotel at the time. however, there were rpgs

. >> i'm going to end this with the immortal words, top that, anderson cooper. 360. >> scott baio would be very proud. >> a lot of important news. a link to pakistan and libya. we'll get to all that in a moment. >> we begin with a breaking story. good news. incredibly welcome news about congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she was discharged today from the houston hospital where she's been undergoing rehab. these pictures the most recent ones we have of her taken just before she had surgery to remove part of her skull. surgeons removed in january after she was shot in the head at point blank range. the only other image we've seen of her since that mass shooting is this grainy video taken from far away showing her boarding a plane on her way to see the shuttle's launch back in april, her husband obviously commanded that mission. they are both home tonight. we're told giffords is expected to start outpatient rehab sometime soon. a major milestone for her. i talked a few moments ago with cnn medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. >> sanjay, the fact she's been released from the hospital and

. >> cooper, you're gone. anderson cooper with ac 360. very close. >> thanks, rainman. >>> good evening. we begin keeping them honest. a strange saga or congressman anthony weiner and what may or may not be an intimate photo of him that came up on twitter. was the photograph of a crotch shot in boxers sent from his twitter account and addressed to a seattle area college student in fact him? >> have you ever taken a picture like this of yourself? >> i can tell you this that there are -- i have photographs, i don't know what photographs are out there in the world of me. i don't know what things have been manipulated and doctored and we're going to try to find out what happened. >> we'll play more of the interview with the congressman shortly in two parts. he did tell "the new york times," he could not say if he was the person in the picture, in other words, not ruling it out. he does, however, flatly deny sending it. he says his account was hacked. he said it was a prank. the recipient told the new york daily news, quote, there have never b

now the conclusion of anderson cooper's special report. rekers pointed out that his work with kirk took place decades before his suicide. >> that's a long time ago. yet the hypothesis that positive treatment back in the 1970s had something to do with something happening decades later, that hypothesis needs a lot of scientific investigation to see if it's valid. two independent psychologists of me had evaluated him and said he was better adjusted after treatment. so it wasn't my opinion. >> reporter: one of those psychologists has since died. the other, larry ferguson, told us he did evaluate kirk murphy has a teenager. he told us the family was well-adjusted and he didn't see any red flags when evaluating kirk. but a psychiatrist who followed up with kirk when he was 18, dr. richard green, wrote that kirk told him he try to kill himself the year before because he didn't "want it grow up to be gay" rekers insists the therapy was intended to help kirk and his parents. >> i only meant to help. the rationale was positive, to help children, hel

here is anderson cooper. >> this is my brother, kirk andrew murphy. this is what he was supposed to be. >> this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother, kirk, as a happy child. the photo was taken when kirk was 4, a year before he was placed in an experimental therapy at ucla to treat what doctors identified as exaggerated feminine behavior. >> it left kirk just totally stricken with the belief that he was broken, that he was different from everybody else. >> reporter: kirk's sister maris and brother mark say chiskirk w never the same after therapy. >> they destroyed him. he was empty,ing in there. >> reporter: in 1970 kirk murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, k.t. murphy, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the girls' toys and stroking the hair, the long hair and stuff. i was seeing feminine mannerisms that bothered me because i wanted kirk to grow up and have a normal life. >> mrs. murphy says she saw a psychologist on a local tv program

"anderson cooper 360." >>> good evening, everyone. breaking news tonight in the casey anthony trial. we've just learned that defense plans to rest tomorrow. the case could go to the jury by sunday evening. it was an extraordinarily emotional day in court with george anthony weeping on the witness stand. but if the the defense is resting tomorrow it now seems highly unlikely they'll be calling casey anthony to the stand to testify. martin savage outside the courtroom joins us now. marty, do we know if she'll testify tomorrow? >> no, we don't know tonight. this is the way it is going down. it's been three years now this case has been under investigation. 31 days that trial has been going on. as you point out it could all come to an end tomorrow for the defense. that's what they have said. however, that doesn't mean the end of the trial. because the prosecution says they want time for rebuttal. that could take them two days. on top of that, both sides have said for closing arguments they need a half day each. and then you have the judge

now here's anderson cooper tonight new york lawmakers are just one vote away from legal lighting same sex marriage. president obama is heading to new york later this week for a fundraiser with the gay community. new questions are being raised about what the president actually believes about gay marriage and whether his public opposition to it is real or just political posturing. tonight we're keeping them honest >>> in 1996 when he was a college professor running for illinois state senate from a wealthy liberal chicago neighborhood, barack obama answered a question in a local paper called "outline's". he checked a box negligence to the sentence "i favor legalizing same sex marriages and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages." seems pretty clearcut. but once he was actually in office, his position suddenly and inexplicably began to change. in 1998 responding to an illinois state legislative national political awareness test here race how he responded to the question, do you believe that the illinois government should recognize same sex marriages. his answer undecided. by 2004,

we're on facebook or follow me @ anderson cooper. up next, president obama getting ready to announce troop pullouts from afghanistan. we're going to preview that and talk about how our unreliable ally pakistan has cost american lives in the war. and are they giving up secrets to help the militants? new evidence of that. >>> and later a potential shocker in the casey anthony trial. her father's alleged mistress, george anthony's alleged mistress may take the stand as early as tomorrow. there was new testimony today on duct tape, dna and leaves where caylee's body was found. full details ahead. that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ mal

here now is anderson cooper's special report on the sissy boy experiment. >> kirk, what do you think of your nephew? >> you taking pictures? >> kirk murphy killed himself nearly six months after this video was taken in 2003. he was 38 years old and had struggled with being gay for most of his life, a struggle his family blames on experimental therapy that kirk was subjected to as a 5-year-old child, experimental therapy that identified him as effeminate, a so-called sissy boy and fundamentally tried to change his behavior. kirk's mother enrolls him in the experimental therapy at ucla in the 1970s because of the concerns he was playing with girls' toys. >> and i trusted these people because they were supposed to be the experts. >> what they really told him was that the very core of who he was was broken. >> i think my husband and i and kirk were manipulated by this program. >> i think kirk would have been better off if i hadn't taken him. >> kirk's family had no idea george rekers has for the last three decades used kirk as an example of effeminate behaviors being altered. >> i blame

we're on facebook follow me @ anderson cooper on twitter. a remarkable appearance by congresswoman gabrielle giffords and dilemma in the case of the alleged gun man-jared loughner. can he be forced to take drugs to make him mentally fit enough to stand trial? what does the law say? what do doctors say? we're going to get a ruling. sonny hosten and dr. sanjay gupta join me to discuss it >>> testimony in the casey anthony trial including the meter reader who found little caylee's body and whether he contaminated evidence by touching her body. and casey's dad back on the stand answering allegations i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and he

now here's anderson cooper with "ac 360." >> piers, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news tonight in america's secret war, a war most people don't even know exists, but it's happening. and seems to be escalating. american air strikes on al qaeda targets in yemen. they've been suspended for nearly a year but are picking up again according to a late report tonight in "the new york times." yemen's president, wounded during unrest in the country, is in saudi arabia getting treatment. the "times" is reporting that the obama administration is taking advantage of the power vacuum to step up air strikes. officials saying they are getting fresh intelligence on targets and using it. perhaps a big step. let's bring in peter bergen and fran townsend, who is a member of the cia and department of homeland security external advisory committee. fran, what's at stake here in terms of these attacks? >> it makes good sense. we use these kind of drone attacks inside the tribal region of pakistan because we go after the operations, you know, cells in the tribal area

let us know what you think on facebook or twitter @ anderson cooper. >>> up next, sarah palin takes her bus tour to new hampshire on the same day mitt romney is there to announce he's running for president. she says it's entirely koins dental. do you believe here? keeping them honest. >>> and another relative of a 13-year-old boy found dead, little hamza, reportedly tortured by the regime. a family member speaking out. remember how hamza al khateeb's father and uncle spoke on state tv yesterday, praising the country's dictator. well, a relative speaking out now has a twist on that story. all of that ahead and more. >>> also, isha sesay has more stories tonight. what are you following? >> major drama in the casey anthony trial today. jurors hear about the incredibly intricate lies anthony told police and also listen to visits she had with her family while in jail. [ manager ] you know... i've been looking at the numbers, and i think our campus is spending too much money on printing. i'd like to put you in charge of cutting costs. calm down. i know that

here's anderson cooper's special report. >> this is my brother kirk andrew murphy. this is when he was supposed to be -- >> reporter: this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother kirk as a happy child. the photo was taken when kirk was 4, a year before he was placed in experimental therapy at ucla to treat what doctors identified as exaggerated feminine behavior. >> it left kirk just totally stricken with the belief that he was broken. that he was different from everybody else. >> reporter: kirk's sister and brother say kirk was never the same after therapy. >> the om thing they did was destroy our brother. they took him away from us. he was empty. nothing there. >> reporter: in 1970, kirk murphy was a smart, outgoing 5-year-old growing up near los angeles. his mother, however, was worried about him. >> well, i was becoming a little concerned about playing with the girls' toys and stroking the hair. you know, the long hair and stuff. i was seeing feminine mannerisms. it bothered me because i wanted kirk to grow up and have a normal life. >> reporter: mrs.

"anderson cooper 360" starts "anderson cooper 360" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. breaking news tonight on a day of bloodshed and murder in syria we learn tonight that the obama administration is taking early steps that would be needed to indict syria's dictator and make a case against him as a global war criminal to bring bashah al assad to the same court that -- to have to ask what one refugee recently asked of our cnn correspondent, why is our president killing us? they ask that daily in syria and daily they are answered with lies and gunfire and torture. as always a warning. there's graphic video ahead tonight. today massive new demonstrations across syria because the regime doesn't let reporters, in this is amateur video. in this case what seems to be a peaceful protest in homes quickly turns into a killing zone. we'll hear shortly from a syrian human rights activist who says at least 19 people were killed today. estimates are at least 1100 since the uprising began. 1100 who died, most of them simply because they have called for freedom. and

you can follow me at twitter on anderson cooper. tonight we give osama bin laden and pakistan arrest. some of the people might have helped us do it. some of the informants the cia used to rent the safe house, to get information, look at the license plates coming down from the compound. they've been arrested. is that any way for an ally to act? >>> later the prosecution rests in the casey anthony murder trial. the prosecution has rested. the defense tomorrow starts to make their case. they made a bold move to get the case tossed out today. we'll tell you about what happened about that. also about the new witness, the unexpected witness they have now said we're going to call. nancy grace joins us for a wrap-up of the prosecution's case and what we expect from the defense in the days ahead. first we'll check in with aisa. >> reporter: you already know what john edwards looks like on the campaign trail and in the tabloids. tonight you're going to see what he looks like in a mug shot. it might just surprise you. that and more when 360 co

you can follow me at anderson cooper. i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, more than 24,000 pages of e-mails during sarah palin's time as governor, including one mail where she praises barack obama a few weeks before she started not praising him. >>> also tonight, striking testimony as to how the prosecution thinks little caylee anthony died. will it persuade the jury that duct tape was part of the murder weapon? can they tie it to caylee's mom? that's the other question. and maybe up to 8 in a day., or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. >>> tonight the e-mails of sarah palin. these are 24,000 pages of e-mails from sarah palin's half term as governo

cooper waving a finger in mary landrieu's face. >> right. >> hey, we spoke with poirt. the power. so we did the 5th anniversary showing then brought it back and did a few updates. and now we did festivals in the interim. >> yep. >> and now we're rolling back out across the country in theaters. some for one night only, some for as long as they have it. >> but as you said you are a draw. >> i'm the bait. >> even if the film is not the draw. >> yeah. >> ...we'd like to think the film substantively would be the draw. >> yeah. >> .people come to see you. >> yeah, yeah. >> it's the burden of celebrity, right, that's what it is. >> and, and, well, but it, it's what celebrities should be used for, you know. >> for good, not evil. >> yeah. >> in this case. >> that's correct. >> 'ish, right? >> 'ish. >> 'ish. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> and hopefully by the time this is all done, you told me, and people have seen it and there's a lot of talk about it, about the time it's made this run of screenings around, maybe one of the cable channels will pick it up and distribute it across tele

follow me on twitter @ anderson cooper. up next the story about mitt romney's joke that he's also unemployed. was it insensitive or getting a laugh at his own expense? does it matter after he attacked president obama for saying he said something about the economy. first isha sesay. is muammar gadhafi ready to set down? also a word from his son about elections. that and much more when 360 continues. on everything else, the less time i have to take care of me. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. glucerna products help me keep everything balanced. [ golf clubs clanking ] [ husband ] i'm good! well, almost everything. [ male announcer ] glucerna. delicious shakes and bars. helping people with diabetes find balance. until i tried this. [ male announcer ] glucerna. delicious shakes and bars. nothing helped me beat arthritis pain. it's salonpas. pain relief that works at the site of pain... up to 12 hours. salonpas. [ laughs ] not funny

a lot of people looking at the former oprah time slot, anderson cooper, launching a talk show. katie is cupping oveoming over. >> bffs with katie. hope she bring her cute boyfriend. >> try athlete. >> handsome. in good shape. >> excited about the katie news. also, talk about ann curry. tv news people. she admitted at one point when researching the commencement speech she did. made a couple mistakes based on where people lived. she cam out, came clean. the reason sheep made the mistake she had googled while she was drunk. >> trying to change the image. she said was congratulating graduates that never went there. very awkward. she said it was one of her career mistakes. woops. did googling, may have had a glass or two. >> log off after you had a few drinks. >> finally if we have enough time. the love child of arnold schwarzenegger will not be making it to his middle school graduation ceremony. he didn't go. >> didn't want to see all the press. >> kind of sad. in middle school. you look to see the people go. didn't want to do the press thing. >> coming up, fighting terrorism with

follow me on twitter @ anderson cooper. up next the story about mitt romney's joke that he's also unemployed. was it insensitive or getting a laugh at his own expense? does it matter after he attacked president obama for saying he said something about the economy. first isha sesay. is muammar gadhafi ready to set down? also a word from his son about elections. that and much more when 360 continues. we can start losing m- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, i

and in a moment "anderson cooper 360." but for now barry's going to see us off with a track from his new album "15 minutes". it's called "bring on tomorrow". [ cheers and applause ] ♪ sleep baby sleep lose yesterday's blues when you're ready for morning i've got news ♪ our ship's in the harbor, the street's turning gold whatever you're dreaming it's no longer on hold ♪ ♪ dream, baby, dream, while you were asleep i had mountains to climb and a promise to keep now home is the hunter i'm holing the prize i'm waiting to tell you when you open your eyes ♪ ♪ bring on tomorrow for me and for you we hung on till dark hour's dawn's overdue ♪

a lot of people looking at the former oprah time slot, anderson cooper, launching a talk show. katie is coming over. i think we're going to be bffs with katie. >> she is a fantastic interviewer. >> hope she bring her cute boyfriend. >> he is a triathlete. >> handsome. >> very excited about the katie news. >>> also, talk about ann curry. tv news people. she admitted at one point when researching the commencement speech she did. made a couple mistakes based on where people lived. she came out and came clean. the reason she made the mistake she had googled while she was drunk. >> isn't that crazy. trying to change the image. she said she was congratulating graduates that never went there. it was very awkward. she said it was one of her career mistakes. whoops. she did some googling, may have had a glass or two. >> log off after you had a few drinks. >> finally if we have enough time. the love child of arnold schwarzenegger will not be making it to his middle school graduation ceremony. he just didn't go. >> he didn't want to see all the press. which is really kind of sad. he's in

>>> in a special three-part series that continues tonight at 10:00 eastern, anderson cooper 360 examines a shocking experimental therapy designed to make feminine boys more masculine. tune in tonight to see how it affected one family in a special report titled "the sissy boy experiment." his doctors called him craig. his parents afraid he was too feminine. at age 4, craig was enrolled in a government funded program at ucla, he was plunged into a series of experiments using aversion therapy. the behaviors judged feminine were beaten out of him, literally, figuratively, in craig's case, judged a success. but age 38, this poster child for change in gender identity disorder was so depressed and disturbed he committed suicide. 4 this heartbreaking series, anderson cooper speaks with craig's family and looks into the man behind that therapy. here's a glimpse. >> reporter: this is the last time mark murphy remembers his brother kirk as a happy child. the photo was taken when kirk was 4, a year before he was placed in experimental therapy at ucla to treat what doctors identified as exaggerated f

. >> anderson cooper was beaten up when he was there as well. these are volatile situations you are usually in. do you think it's a help or hindrance being a woman on the front line? >> i always said throughout my career it's been a great help being a woman. it's like being a man only better. you know why? the truth of the matter is after socialization, men are still more inclined to be polite to women in the first instance. doors open. then they can slam but once you got your foot in the door, it's better than not having your foot in the door. i have found that it is been a great advantage even in places like saudi arabia where you have to put on the whole garb and places like iran and places like afghanistan that are very conservative muslim societies where frankly they won't let you talk to the women who often have the most important stories if you're a man. being a female correspondent and having a female crew with me has been an amazing door opener and an amazing advantage so i wouldn't trade places for the world. >> what's been the single

a lot of people looking at the former oprah time slot, anderson cooper, launching a talk show. katie is coming over. >> bffs with katie. >> she is a fantastic interviewer. hope she bring her cute boyfriend. >> he is a triathlete. >> handsome. >> she's -- he's in good shape. >> excited about the katie news. also, talk about ann curry. tv news people. she admitted at one point when researching the commencement speech she did. made a couple mistakes based on where people lived. she came out and came clean. the reason she made the mistake she had googled while she was drunk. >> isn't that crazy. >> trying to change the image. she said was congratulating graduates that never went there. very awkward. she said it was one of her career mistakes. woops. did googling, may have had a glass or two. >> log off after you had a few drinks. >> finally if we have enough time. the love child of arnold schwarzenegger will not be making it to his middle school graduation ceremony. he didn't go. >> didn't want to see all the >> kind of sad. in middle school. you like to see the people go. didn't w

and in a moment "anderson cooper 360." but for now barry's going to see us off with a track from his new album "15 minutes". it's called "bring on tomorrow". bair man low. [ cheers and applause ] . ♪ sleep baby sleep lose yesterday's blues when you're ready for morning i've got ne news ♪ ♪ our ship's in the harbor, the street's turning gold whatever your dreaming it's no longer on hold ♪ ♪ dream, baby, dream, while you were asleep i had mountains to climb and a promise to keep now home is the hunter i'm holing the prize i'm waiting to tell you when you open your eyes ♪ ♪ bring on

anderson cooper reports. >> kirk, what do you thing of your new nephew? >> reporter: kirk murphy killed himself nearly six months after this video was taken in 2003. he was 38 years old, and had struggled with being gay for most of his life. a struggle his family blames on experimental therapy that kirk was subjected to as a 5-year-old child, experimental therapy that identified him as effeminate, a so-called sissy boy, and tried to fundamentally change his behavior. kirk's mother enrolled him in the experimental therapy at ucla in 1970 because of concerns he was playing with girl's toys. >> and i trusted these people because they were supposed to be the experts. >> but what they really told him was that the very core of who he was was broken. >> i think my husband and i and kirk were manipulated by this program. >> i think kirk would have been better off if i hadn't taken him. >> kirk's family had no idea george rekurs has for the last three decades used kirk as a child hos effeminate behavior was successfully altered. in numerous publications he's writt

and in a moment "anderson cooper 360." but for now barry's going to see us off with a track from his new album "15 minutes". it's called "bring on tomorrow". [ cheers and applause ] ♪ sleep baby sleep lose yesterday's blues when you're ready for morning i've got news ♪ ♪ our ship's in the harbor, the street's turning gold whatever your dreaming it's no longer on hold ♪ ♪ dream, baby, dream, while you were asleep i had mountains to climb and a promise to keep now home is the hunter i'm holing the prize i'm waiting to tell you when you open your eyes ♪ ♪ bring on tomorrow for me and for you we hung il

here's anderson cooper with "ac 360." >> piers, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. we begin with growing pressure on congressman anthony wiener to step down. he says he's done terrible things but nothing to warrant quitting. but some of his sexting partners are casting doubts on his claim that he did it all on personal time. details of his raunchy online messages to around the country. a call from members of the opposition calling for his resignation. >> i think it's up to congressman wiener and his constituents to make that decision. i think he should resign. >> that's eric cantor. late today, we got this reaction from congressman wiener. >> he's entitled to his report -- careful. i'm not resigning, no. >> how did you feel when you woke up this morning? >> thanks, guys. >> as for his party leader in the house, nancy pelosi, she sent this brief letter asking for an official investigation. now, apart from that, the silence from fellow democrats today, deafening except for harry reid, who might have said worse than nothing. >> you didn't say whether you thought congre

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follow me on twitter ats anderson cooper. also our first look inside syria the regime doesn't want us there, won't allow cnn. but we found a way inside and uncovered a horror story they're creating for their own people. we take you across the border into a syrian refugee camp. >> drama and tears in the casey anthony murder trial. her mother, little kaylee's grandmother breaking down as she testified again. and what she once said to her daughter as she got down from the stand. we also hear from casey's former defense attorney who quit on her yet still makes a powerful case for her ex-client. that and much more just ahead on 360. medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family? ♪ we added aflac, so we get cash! it's like our safety net... ♪ to help with the mortgage or whatever we need! so my family doesn't feel the pain too. ha! [ male announcer ] help protect your family at aflac.com. [ pigeons ] heyyy! hooo!!! the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools