in atlanta, -- i speak about atlanta because that is where my son lives, in atlanta, georgia. in atlanta, you have the african-americans who go away and they come back. they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think -- this is -- you know, the old saying, it is not rocket science? some of this stuff is harder than rocket science because it involves people, and we do not always act in a logical, decisive way. elaine brown i heard say a little while ago that she lived in atlanta, and we always

narrator: atlanta is a rapidly growing urban area. its primary source of drinking water is the chattahoochee river, which also provides water to many downstream communities. but its infrastructure is dangerously old, without outdated facilities and combined sewer overflows polluting the watershed. the city faces strict consent decrees and lawsuits, along with a severe lack of funding. man: when i started working for the city of atlanta in the late '70s, we were approaching that point in time where a lot was going to be needed, in terms of rehabilitation and upkeep. most of the very large pipes were at least 80 years old. we had needs that were identified in the '50s and in the '60s and in the '70s that were deferred. woman: we are urging that we all try to find a way to overcome the obstacles and limitations that might exist. woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastru

. >> three bombings in the atlanta, georgia, area in under a year. with authorities no closer to naming a suspect, the media hands them a promising lead. a local cbs affiliate, reuters and nbc news receive identical letters that claim to be from the bomber. >> today investigators showed parts of a letter sent after the most recent bombing in february from a group that federal agents now believe may be responsible for the attacks. a group calling itself the army of god says it targeted the abortion clinic because of the murder of 3.5 million children will not be tolerated. and bombed the lesbian night club calling it the sodomite bar. >> he showed he was not necessarily part of an organization where you get a membership card and a baseball cap, but rather part of an ideological movement where you join this army by committing an act of violence. >> these lone terrorist bombers who fashion themselves or style themselves as a group almost never are. first of all, to present yourself as a group ises to present yourself as a much stronger entity. there's s

cleveland and atlanta, mix of rain and fog, some of that fog dissipating in atlanta. miami, scattered showers, minneapolis rain, chicago you have both rain and wind. proof positive is in the radar, you can see the boundary moving through chicago in the top half of the system moving in the northern plains, back in the rockies, where you're seeing not rain but snow, some may get heavy, the higher up you go the more cold air that moisture will interact with and that is where it will stack up above 4,000 feet, could see from 8 to 16 inches of snow fall, also along parts of 90 south of billings and wyoming could see 16 inches of snow fall there. two areas potential severe weather, strong thunderstorms may be flash flooding or tornadoes, in parts of the ohio valley but also especially in texas and right in portions of the red river valley back in oklahoma, keep that in mind, minus delays in dallas, as the weather gets rough in the afternoon. as we wrap things up, plenty of sunshine in the northeast, cooler there, plenty of sunshine toward the west with high temperatures for

atlanta. okay. all right. all right. who criticizes him? >> confederates. the people -- >> yes, and do you remember who makes that argument? it's sort of in rebuttal, this idea. let me step back. johnston, sherman is marching on johnson in 1864. sherman is trying to take atlanta and johnston essentially delays action, but even widely acknowledges that what in the end, even if you accept wigely, if we assume, yes, johnston did fight a masterful fabian campaign, what happens to atlanta at the end of the day? it falls. and why does wigely say it falls? it's not because of his lack of skill. >> west -- >> that's the larger strategic problem, right, and for that reason, by the time the effective strategy is chosen, johnston doesn't have, if you're trading space, if you're trading space for time, johnston doesn't have enough space to trade at that point. it's too late in the war to do that effectively. so what should have happened then? and this is called a counterfactual, right. all right, the more -- it's the what if. all right. and if it's tightly related to t

sherman is trying to take atlanta. johnston fights a delaying action and even weigley acknowledges that what in the end even if you accept weigley's account and it is also dispute, but if we assume johnson did fight a masterful fabian campaign, what still happens to atlanta at the end of the day. >> it falls. >> judge does he say it falls? not because of johnston's lack of skill. >> refusal to get troops to the west. >> that's the larger strategic problem, right. for that reason by the time the effective strategy is chosen, johnston doesn't have -- if you're trading space for time, johnston doesn't have enough space to trade at that point. it is too late in the war to do that effectively. what should have happened then? this is called a counter-factual, right? the more -- it is the what if. it is tightly related to the issue of lee. if you say lee's strategy is wrong, you must then give an alternative, and the alternative should give you a higher likelihood of success. you need to give a plausible alternative. have any

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sherman is trying to take atlanta. johnston fights a delaying action and even wiegly acknowledges that what in the end even if you accept wiegl's account and it is also dispute, but if we tomb johnson did fade a masterful fabian campaign, what still happens to atlanta at the end of the day. >> it falls. >> judge does he say it falls? not because of johnston's lack of skill. >> refusal to get troops to the west. >> that's the larger strategic problem, right. for that reason by the time the effective strategy is chosen, johnston doesn't have -- if you're trading space for time, johnston doesn't have enough space to trade at that point. it is too late in the war to do that effectively. what should have happened then? this is called a counter-factual, right? the more -- it is the what if. it is tightly related to the issue of lee. if you say lee's strategy is wrong, you must then give an alternati alternative, and the alternative should give you a higher likelihood of success. you need to give a plausible alternative. have

so is there an atlanta office? >> yes. >> okay. so could the atlanta office close and become the miami office? >> that would not be i think my preference or the preference of most of the members of the commission, although i will talk to them about it. what i think we would probably do is we would post for -- we would post -- if we go forward with the miami office, we would probably start out with about six people and we would post for -- from within our existing agency. my guess is we would have a lot of interest in doing that, then we might back-fill someone who was doing financial fraud with a vacancy and move it to -- refill it in miami. but you know, i want to think about it. >> where are the six other offices? new york? >> new york, chicago, san francisco, dallas-ft. worth, and cleveland and atlanta. so here's -- and seattle. seattle, of course. and seattle, which does both competition and consumer protection work. >> do you, with technology as it is today, do we really need to have all of those regional offices, because i wo

. >>> a newspaper in atlanta is making accusations about cheating at an elementary school in silver spring and tonight the head of montgomery county public schools is striking back. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in silver spring where there is angry reaction and denials tonight from the school superintendent and the principal here at highland elementary school to reports in an atlanta newspaper that this blue ribbon might be cheating on standardized tests. was there any cheating here at highland? >> never, never. >> reporter: school officials are blasting the reporter who wrote the story saying he ignored the massive influx of resources that turned the school around. >> when the reporter came into the school, he saw all that, yet he still decided to take an angle that somehow any changes in scores have to be the result of cheating and that black kids and latino kids and poor kids can't achieve at high levels. >> reporter: at highland elementary the big banner proclaiming the school and national blue ribbon award winner flies outside and inside, but the atlanta journal constitution question

that is what an investigation by the atlanta constitution journal claims and now the school is striking back. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in silver spring where there is angry reaction and denials tonight from the school superintendent and the principal here at highland elementary school to reports in an atlanta newspaper that this blue ribbon school might be cheating on standardized tests. >> was there any cheating here in highland? >> never, never. >> reporter: school officials are blasting the reporter who wrote the story saying he ignored the massive influx of resources that turned the school around. >> when the reporter came into the school, he saw all that, yet he still decided to take an angle that somehow any changes in scores have to be the result of cheating and that black kids and latino kids and poor kids can't achieve at high levels. >> reporter: at highland elementary the big banner claiming the school is a blue ribbon award winner flies outside and inside, but the atlanta journal constitution questions whether dramatic gains in student test scores at the school are stat

the short scene that sets in motion a day of terror leaves many in atlanta wondering, why? >> a lot of people who carry a tremendous amount of guilt about things they did or did not do that day, and the one person who should, i think, carries none, and that's brian nichols. >> deputy cynthia hall is left with permanent brain damage and is blind in one eye. she has no memory of the beating she took from brian nichols. if you have a video you'd like to send to us, logon to our website, caughtoncamera.msnbc.com. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera."

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and to atlanta and birmingham. rain soaks i-10, from tallahassee to new orleans. and by this evening, it will be snowy on parts of i-84 and 90 in the cascades and northern rockies. >> and if you're taking to the skies, airport delays are possible in atlanta, charlotte and new orleans. >>> well, some quick thinking on the part of a 3-year-old boy in colorado springs turned what could have been a tragedy into a very happy ending. >> the boy's dad had just stepped outside his car in a convenient store parking lot, when someone jumped in and sped away with the boy still inside. the carjacker let the boy out in front of a nearby house, where he had the presence of mind to ring the doorbell in the middle of the night and say, help me, i'm cold. he was able to say his name and his parents' names. and police reunited the family. >> smart kid. >>> there is heartbreak, though, for a chicago area family this morning after her husband and father died in a bizarre attack. anthony hensley drowned when his kayak was overturned by an aggressive swan. swans are known to be protect

today sunny and 66 in atlanta. texas no issue whatsoever. nice day around denver. a peek at your friday, finally the beautiful weather arrives for all of the east coast. it will be a chilly friday morning, but then the afternoon temperatures get up to the 60s. looks like warmer weather for the east coast ahead, lynn, and stormy conditions in the midwest. >>> thank you very much. stocks rebound, the government goes after apple, and heart-breaking college acceptance blunder, your "first look" at business headlines are straight ahead. >>> the stanley cup playoffs begin with an overtime thriller and a walk-off walk. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. an airline's job, is to take you from where you are... to where you need to be. and we're not just talking about points on a map. with a more intuitive delta website and mobile app... and the most wifi equipped planes. we let you be everywhere at once. innovations like these are extending our reach so you can extend yours. and now, even at 30,000 feet you can still touch the ground. [ male announcer ] for our families.

>>pues esto ocurre en georgia >>alicia de 5 años igna lo que vive su familia en un suburbio en atlánta. >>mi papa y mi mamá me llevaron al doctor. >>en su inocenica la niña explica el mal que padece convulsiones >>ella no sabe que llevarla al hospital pone a sus padres en pelio de deportación >>yo no pienso si un policía me va agarrar o no, tengo que llevar a mi hija al médico, pienso en salvar la vida de mi hija en nada más la ley 287g castiga con cárcel, multas de 2500 dólares. >a cristobal no solo lo encarcelaron por falta de licencia en un accidente de tránsito, donde fue la víctima, si que dejaron libre al ofensor y el preso. >>y alicia madre no manaja para llevar a la niña al médico. >>trato de no voltear y manejar, ya al llegar a la escuela respiro >>todos los dias a las 7 de la mañana el policía está aquí >>ante el miedo la comunidad se ha unido. >>mensajes de textos advierten de los retenes >>la promesa del gobernador en campaña dijo que dejaría al estado libre de inmigración indocumentados mexicanos y esta'cumpliendo >>la vida de miles transcurre en georgia

look out in atlanta and in charlotte. >>> back to the news this morning. a murder mystery is unfolding in southern california. police say they found a body believe to be that off brittany killgore, not far from the city of san diego. >> killgore is the wife of a marine serving in afghanistan. she was last seen on friday. that woman, jessica lynn lopez, tried to kill herself and left details of killgore's murder in a suicide note. >>> police in northern california say they have some new leads in the case of 15-year-old girl, sierra lamar. she fvanished about a month ago. divers have been searching reservoirs near her santa clara county home. but so far, they have turned up nothing. >>> and a suburban detroit woman who won a $1 million lottery jackpot, she's been charged with welfare fraud. prosecutors say amanda clayton continued to get food stamps and public health insurance for months after accepting the lump sum payment. the 25-year-old has pleaded not guilty. and she could face up to eight years in prison. >>> an elderly florida woman has now been charg

louis, memphis and atlanta. and also, showers from new orleans over to little rock. >> mostly 80s from dallas to miami and atlanta. near 70 in baltimore. and 66 here in new york. 60s from detroit to the twin cities. phoenix hits 78. >>> and coming up next after the break, the first flying car takes flight. we'll give you a sneak peek. >> lots of fun. >>> then, the newest airline fee, charging you to carry on. >> can you believe that? oh. >>> and the incredible video. a trick driver and his rig plunging right there off that mountain road. we'll be right back. >>> we're expecting some good news from detroit this morning. the u.s. automakers will report their march sales figures. and when they're all in, they should show the strongest quarter in four years for the industry. the reasons include the improving economy, easier financing and also last month's warm weather. >>> and higher gas prices were also a factor, as well, which is why general motors sold more than 100,000 cars that get 30 miles a gallon or better l

and i-20, from colombia, south carolina, to atlanta, and birmingham. rain soaks i-10, from tallahassee to new orleans. and by this evening, it will be snowy on parts of i-84 and 90 in the cascades and northern rockies. >> and if you're taking to the skies, airport delays are possible in atlanta, charlotte and new orleans. >>> well, some quick thinking on the part of a 3-year-old boy in colorado springs turned what could have been a tragedy into a very happy ending. >> the boy's dad had just stepped outside his car in a convenient store parking lot, when someone jum away with sped away with the boy still inside. the carjacker let the boy out in front of a nearby house, where he had the presence of mind to ring the doorbell in the middle of the night and say, help me, i'm cold. the tattler toddler was also able to say his name and his parents' name. and police reunited the family. >> smart kid. >>> there is heartbreak, though, for a chicago area family this morning after her husband and father died in a very bizarre attack. anthony hensley drowned when h

they are in atlanta. they get separated when they get to atlanta. make it urban lift. it will sell. you are right. it will sell. there's the question. as a writer i respect other writers. i don't want us to categorize all urban list as terrible literature. that of the mistake. is part of our can and what you like it or not. >> we will get ready. move into the q&a. a couple questions. cards are being passed around with questions. give it to the people that are collecting them. >> quick response to that. i have four teenagers and i agree. getting them to read very important books that i've read is like pulling teeth. one of the things my publisher decided is one of the reasons is the publisher felt now:-- malcolm x's book is inaccessible to generation that grew up in an integrated society. it is a contemporary asian of that story. i struggle with the same question. what concerns me and i challenge my own children is we live in a fully integrated society in many ways. our children have completely different experiences from many of us and it would appear to be delayed black first family

to significant progress in georgia, in atlanta, in houston and in alabama show us the pathways forward on how these states and school districts are beating the odds. i want to thank the leadership council members of the civic marshall plan to build a grad nation. all the organizations listed here for their extraordinary work over the last year working in partnership. this is their civic marshall plan. it was developed in partnership with them. to get a better sense of how organizations are putting a stake in the ground aligning with the civic marshall plan and achieving real results, we're now going to hear a few of the boldest and most promising what we call big institutional plays this year which are also featured in the report. our first big institutional alignment with the civic marshall plan is the corporation for public broadcasting's american graduate initiative presented by pat harrison, their dynamic president and ceo. i can tell you, i think it's one of the most exciting developments we've had in the last year. grad nation has seen the power of media to raise awareness and sp

so even atlanta, i know georgia is very, very dry. you could use the wet weather there, too. today's forecast, middle of the country looks gorgeous as the clean-up continues from the past weekend's tornado outbreak. chicago looks nice, denver and there's the showers in the southeast, lynn. maybe we need a soaking. and if everyone has sunday plans in new england, it may be ruined. >> bill, good heads up, thanks so much. >>> coming up, apple loses its shine. the world bank gets a new boss, and forget college, why you're going to need a savings account just to send your teenager to the prom. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, the rangers pitch a shut-out, triple overtime in utah and did the wizards really beat the bulls? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in

and then on to the world leadership conference in atlanta, georgia, which you were there. he's obviously a very supportive man of me, right? [ applause ] but little did he know he's been a mentor and motivator from the beginning and all along you have planted a seed at a very young age where i felt like i could make a difference in my community. maybe it was through my mother, but through that indication that the youth could make a difference, i felt like i could make a difference. and the new look foundation became what it is today. successfully leading the charge and being a youth voice. and also preparing future leaders with a service mind, of course, because the only thing that i ask is that they be as influential to each other as one was to me at some point. and since then, i hoped to be successful other than just music and it happened. and i'm able to sit here on this panel. we just had a celebration not too long ago for his birthday. but we were backstage joking. there's this one little thing that i really hated that i actually performed in front of the president. m

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we spoke to editor kevin riley in atlanta by phone. are you inferring that highland elementary school cheated? >> we have experts who look at the swings in the school scores that said they are highly, highly improbable. >> reporter: montgomery county public school superintendent dr. joshua starr calls the report irresponsible. >> there's never been an allegation of cheating, there are no strange earrasures or anything so they must have another agenda and are trying to exploit our kids and our staff to make their point i won't let that map in montgomery county public schools. >> "the atlanta journal constitution" reported on cheating in atlanta schools sometime ago. school officials there at first denied the allegations which eventually proved to be true. the paper is using the same methodology to test blue ribbon schools across the country. >>> there is considerable debate over plans to put a whole foods market and other retail shops in prince george's county. the development would be low katded on 36 acres on route 1 near the east/wes

atlanta, tuscaloosa, athens, georgia, and memphis. it is number one city on that list, tallahassee, florida. that's according to the washington economics group which compiled. it's a nice play is mrais. been there many times. it is time for a different look at some of the week's top stories. for pete's take, that means pete dominik is back with us, like he is of sunday morning. >> when you retear, if ever. all right. let's -- as you get fired up with a little more caffeine, i knew you would need it. it's early. i want to start with ted nugent. listen to this. >> barack obama becomes the president many november again, i will need to be dead or in jail by this time next year. why are you laughing? you think that's funny? that's not funny at all. i'm serious as a heart attack. >> yep. they don't call him the motorcity mad man for nothing, and now, pete, nugent says that he didn't mean it as a threat. what do you think? >> well, first of all, when he said why are you lafring, i was laughing right at that time. i thought he saw me. i thoug

and then on to the world leadership conference in atlanta, georgia, which you were there. he's obviously a very supportive man of me, right? [ applause ] but little did he know through all of it, he had been a mentor and a motivator from the beginning, and all along, you had planted a seed at a very, very young age where i felt like i could make a difference in my community. maybe it was through my mother, but through that indication that the youth could make a difference, i felt like i could make a difference. and the new look foundation became what it is today. now 12 years later, successfully leading the charge in being a youth voice. and also preparing future leaders with a service mind, of course, because the only thing that i ask is that they be as influential to each other as one was to me at some point. and since then, i hoped to be successful other than just music and it happened. and i'm able to sit here on this panel. and i don't know if you -- we just had a celebration not too long ago for his birthday. you probably saw it. but we were backstage joking. there's

beautiful weather in atlanta after a chilly start, nice afternoon. >>> the big story, no rain. we haven't had a lot of rain on the eastern seaboard this spring. >>> bill, thanks so much. >> alcoa kicks off earnings, as if filing taxes wasn't enough, what you need to know about tax day. the business headlines are straight ahead. >>> everyone knows the simpsons live in springfield, now we know which springfield. >> ozzie guillen apologized, the boys in blue celebrate dodger stadium in style, you're watching "early today." >>> good morning welcome back to "early today" i am lynn berry. >>> north korea is loading fuel they mplan to launch in orbit. the u.s. is urging the mission be cancelled because of the ban on tests. >>> a south korean airliner made an emergency landing in canada under escort from two american fighter jets. the flight to seoul was diverted after takeover from vancouver after a telephone bomb threat. >>> syrian troops continue attacks on opposition forces but kofi annan insists syria will respect a cease fire starting tomorrow. u.s. secretary of state, hillary cl

he will know the circumstances in atlanta already. i don't think it will require additional resources to implement to give him the judgment, and i just think in times of volatility and difficulty, we saw so many communities destroyed with the recent tornadoes and flooding and natural disasters this past year, to be able to give the secretary the ability to respond quickly to urgent times, whatever they may be, and even just the bad economy affecting places like atlanta, i think it just clarifies that he can use this as a consideration, and i don't think it's more than that. i think it's literally just a clarification this can be one of his myriad of considerations. he has all the information, because he does administer food stamps. >> senator brown. >> one point and then one request, and i appreciate senator chambliss and senator johanns weighing in on this. line 10 says secretary may consider the needs of the state. this puts no burden on them gives them for exampleability. always danger asking a question not knowing the answer. the

sherman is trying to take atlanta and what johnston does is essentially delays action. but even wiegly acknowledges that what in the end, even if you accept wiegly -- if we assume that, yes, johnston did fight a masterful fabian campaign, what happens to atlanta at the end of the day? it falls. and why does wiegly say it falls? it's not because of his lack of skill. >> refusal of troops to -- >> that's the larger strategic problem, right, and for that reason, by the time the effective strategy is chosen, johnston doesn't have, if you're trading space, if you're trading space for time, johnston doesn't have enough space to trade at that point. it's too late in the war to do that effectively. so what should have happened then? and this is called a counterfactual, right. all right, the more -- it's the what if. all right. and it's tightly related to the issue of lee because if you say lee's strategy is wrong, you must then give an alternative. and the alternative should give you a higher likelihood of success, all right, and you need to give a plausible all tern i have. ha

now you can fly southwest airlines' new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta. book all of our destinations only at southwest.com. ♪ >>> getting you up to the minute, a harford woman is behind bars, being sexually involved with a mine north. the cooperation between maryland state police and authorities in florida found a 16-year-old was involved with a sexual relation with the woman. carol and the teen got engaged last december. >>> a new government report shows nail polishes that say they are tox spin free actually contain high levels of tox since. researchers out of california say some nail polishes with toxins are used in salons but often mislabeled atlanta as safe and toxin free. they would like to work with manufacturers to get the toxins out of the formulas. >>> breaking news out of florida where all eyes are on the special prosecutor in the trayvon martin shooting case. she is expected to announce the man mr. face charges just one day past george zimmerman's rn

lights there in downtown atlanta. looks like it will be a great day. >>> if you have a dog, you know they will eat almost anything. and here is proof. you're looking at four tickets to the masters golf tournament, yeah, they look chewed up, right? that is what is left of them. russ burkeman's dog had the munchies for tickets. the augusta ticket office reprinted the tickets forhim and he was able to go. >> a big mistake by augusta. i think it showed irresponsible by the dog to eat the ticket, they should have scanned the dog for tickets or wear the dog around his neck. seriously. unbelievable. >> think do eat anything. >> indeed they do. the weather today at augusta national will be nice, as we look at the forecast, plenty of sunshine, chance of rain, absolutely zero, for today and tomorrow, monday we will see things change 20,% chance of scattered showers, humidity back in the forecast, temperatures in the 80s, wonderful on the final back nine among the azaleas, picture perfect at augusta nationals. don't eat your tic

good morning, atlanta. time to look at stories that are making headlines. >>> a group of iraq and afghanistan veterans will finish up the last leg of 100-k bike ride. george bush led them through 30 miles of the trip. some of the vets were wounded in battle, some lost limbs, others have post traumatic stress disorder. >>> to the capital, a funeral home cremated their father but gave them someone else's remains. the box had someone else's name on it. the funeral home claims it delivered the right remains but labelled them wrong. the family wants to do a dna test to make sure. >>> an 8-year-old boy in kansas helped stop a burglary. a stranger came in his house and grab his mom's purse. >> when i seen his face, i was like that is nobody i've ever seen before. he came in, yanked on it, i yanked back, he yanked harder and ran out the door. >> he yanked harder. his dad chased him, he ran on a highway and he was hit by a car. the purse had no money in it. >>> cnn heros a chance to bring you incredible stories of p

but rain from southward from d.c., north carolina, south carolina, atlanta, light rain this morning. also wisconsin down to chicago, chances of showers. then tomorrow looks dry in most of the east coast, more wet weather in the midwest and northern plains. if you're watching us on lex 18 lexington, kentucky, beating green is easy, beating green. that is beading green at the art museum at university of kentucky that is the early today event of the day. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> an early look at headlines in entertainment. reports an alleged ffling prove costly for simon coyell he had a laptop and wallet stolen in october. police used security footage to tracked down the woman who handed over the woman and wallet minus the cash. >>> police in southern california say they arrested a security guard and recovered five vintage guitars stolen from tom petty and the heart breakers. a break in the case came when one of the instruments was pawned in hollywood. >>> nicki minaj has given 11 million fans a digital time-out. she deactivated her twitter account after a fan site leaked unrelease

>> atlanta police are now investigating the traffic stop involving tyler perry. this all happened last month. this was all brought to life because of this facebook post on sunday. tyler perry called this racial profiling. i want to bring in defense attorney joey jackson on the case with us today. and first, what do you think of the atlanta police department launching this internal investigation? >> i think it's always good. if there's a claim or allegation, you want to have a thorough investigation. to the exat the present time the police are involved, it makes sure the investigation will leave no stone unturned. and if something was done that's amis, it should be addressed and corrected. not only as it relates to tyler perry, but any other motorist who might be stopped for an improper reasoning. >> in terms of final putting the pressure on with regards to the atlanta police department. do you think it was the post itself or the fact that 100,000 people or so liked the post, spread the post around. >> i think it has to be that. facebook is a tremendous medium. so