anderson cooper interviewed the sisters just a while ago. anderson, how did it go? >> i talked to valerie and amy carey. amy carey says it still doesn't feel real, that the woman they knew, their sister, miriam carey, they were stunned. they didn't even know she was in d.c. she lived in stamford, connecticut. she says at this point it doesn't make sense. i did ask amy carey about various reports that skids phrenic medication was found at her house. here's what she told me about her mental health history. >> i just know that my sister did experience postum depression with psychosis. they labeled it, which came along with treatment of medication and counseling, which she did. and she had her challenges with that. that's what, um, she was being treated for. she had her challenges as a new parent, and i always spoke closely with her. i am a parent. i have two children. she was just like anyone else. we dealt with that as a family, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. >> did she seem in recent days to be off medication, or to be unstable? >> no. she didn't appear t

. >>> i'm anderson cooper. >>> i'm anderson cooper. it's been three months since george zimmerman was cleared of murder charges in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin and allowed to walk freely from the spotlight. instead he appears to be unable to escape that spotlight. he's helped a family from an overturned car, been pulled over for speeding while carrying a gun, and is now involved in an ugly divorce played out before the public in a nasty confrontation caught on camera. what emotions and circumstances have contributed to making him one of the most recognized men in america today? david mattingly puts it all in perspective in this investigation into the case and the trial that riveted a nation. >> there's a real suspicious guy. looks like he's up to no good. >> someone screaming help. there's a gunshot. >> there's a black guy down. it looks like he's been shot and he's dead. >> he sat up and looked and said you're going to die tonight. and i pinched his arm and i grabbed my gun and fired one shot. >> we don't have anything to

>>> welcome back to this anderson cooper special report "inside blackfish: killers in captivity." i'm with guests tonight. orca biologist naomi rose and jack hanna, director of the columbus zoo. thank you for coming back. when i go around the parks, which i've done, i'm not an employee of seaworld. have i charged for speeches before? yes, i have. i went to seaworld in 1973. i was one of the first visitors. i continue to take my kids and their kids and hopefully their kids. if i thought one han mall there was being mistreated or wasn't so to speak happy, whatever happy is, and of course some of these guys who know about whales will tell you what happy is and what happy isn't. that's what i see when i visit these parks. and out of sight is out of mind. killer whales 40 years ago were out there in the oceans of the world, knowing what they were, they were out of sight. so that's out of mind. >> all right, jack. we'll get to this. >> but you love something, you have to save something. >> let me just say this. we want to make this a conversation. let's keep it moving back and forth. bi

i'm anderson cooper. i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> since i was 14 years old, i always wore cowboy boots. maybe because my little boy role models were always the men in the black hats. richard boone in "have gun will travel," robert vaughn in "the magnificent seven." silent killers. men with pasts. men from somewhere else who found themselves in the great american west. a place where reinvention, a new life was always possible. as long as you were willing to kill for it.

anderson coop herb introdu and anderson cooper introduces us to the finalists. >> i'm anderson cooper. all year, we've been introducing you to everyday people who change the woshlt. random order. solar power to help workers deliver baby data safety. making her single wishes come true. open the first primary school for girls in her village: >> the drill team provides inspiration to children in one of the nation's poor cities. he ooegs helping low-income chirnl get to their cancer treatment. bringing free surgery to those in need. and robin emmins provides fresh produce to under-served rez debltings in our kmeenty. >> r. >>> congratulations. tell us who inspired you the most. go to cnn heap rows.com for cnn.come for hero of the year. black . >>> well, you probably won't be surprised that the senate has adjourned for the evening and will reconvene at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, monday. and it doesn't appear that they made any real progress today on a deal to resolve the nation's big i shall shoes. >>> candy crush, if you play this online game, you know exactly what i'm talking about. if you don'

. >>> i'm anderson cooper. >>> i'm anderson cooper. it's been three months since george zimmerman was cleared of murder charges in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin and allowed to walk freely from the spotlight. instead he appears to be unable to escape that spotlight. he's helped a family from an overturned car, been pulled over for speeding while carrying a gun, and is now involved in an ugly divorce played out before the public in a nasty confrontation caught on camera. what emotions and circumstances have contributed to making him

i'm anderson cooper. i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [ singing in spanish ] >> i always feel slightly oppressed by beautiful vistas. you know i mean? ♪ ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ >>> ah, the storybook kingdom of grenada. one of the oldest, most complex, magically surreal places in spain. and one of the most beautiful. grenada is tucked against the sierra nevada mountains of andalucia in southern spain. it's not like barcelona. it's not it's not line san sebastian. it ain't madrid. any reason sentient person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they're going to fall in love. otherwise, there's something deeply wrong with you. spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway. but in the very best possible way. this is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. also

i'm anderson cooper live on capitol hill. as the nation is on the verge of default, we're waiting until after dinner, when the senate will be voting on the first deal since this thing began. right now, house republicans are meeting to discuss that deal. >> it's never easy for two sides to reach consensus. it's really hard. sometimes harder than others. this time was really hard. but after weeks spent facing off across partisan divide that often seemed too wide to cross, our country came to the brink of a disaster. but in the end, political adversaries set aside their differences and disagreements to prevent that disaster. >> for today, the relief we hope for is to reopen the government, avoid default, and protect the historic cuts we achieved under the budget control act. this is far less than many of us had hoped for, frankly, but it's far better than some had sought. >> there, mitch mcconnell. senator ted cruz says he doesn't like it, but he will not block it. >> the joouu.s. senate has refu to do likewise. the united state

her sisters talked to anderson cooper about her initial diagnosis. >> it wasn't something displayed. it was a momentary breakdown when she had to have emergency care. once she understood the diagnosis, she moved the forward. she had her challenges as a new parent. i am a parent. i have two children. she had questions. we dealt with that as a family. but there was nothing out of the ordinary. >> did she seem in recent days to be off medication or unstable? >> no. she didn't appear to be unstable. >> the care she got when she had the psychosis and the the depression, how long ago was that? >> the diagnosis came a little after the birth of her daughter. >> and her daughter is about a year old. is that correct? >> her daughter is 1-year-old. i did recently ask her about the medication. i talked to her often about that. and she told me that the doctors tole her she didn't need the medication anymore because the plan was to come off the medication within a year. and they were confident that she was better. they tapered her off her medication, and she said she felt fine. >> do you know for

i'm anderson cooper. it was a hot summer afternoon in erie, pennsylvania. into a small branch bank steps a man wearing a white t-shirt with what he said was a bomb strapped underneath. he was a local pizza delivery man and the bomb turned out to be real. so real for the first time in the history of the fbi, a bank robbery was elevated to major status. that was only the beginning. the beginning of one of the most serious crimes that would unravel into a murder with life and death at stake and a murderer still walking free today. drew griffin has the story. >> the most bizarre bank robbery in the history of the fbi. >> who came up with the idea? and what was the motivation behind it? >> with deadly results. and deadly surprises. >> and sure enough, there was a dead body in there. >> how you doing? >> a suspect who is still free. >> by his own admission, he put the bomb on the guy's neck. >> exactly. >> and a sister still grieving. >> brian never was materialistic. he never was greedy. he never would have do

sergio carsuga spoke exclusively to cnn's anderson cooper. listen. >> you were actually standing between one of the people who was hitting the guy with his helmet and the man on the floor, the driver. you stood between them? >> yeah. >> were the motorcyclists saying anything back to you. >> yeah, one of the them with helmet on, he say no -- i say please stop. don't -- let him go. one of the men, a short guy, he say no because he run one of us. so i understood what he was saying because i didn't know what happened before, you know, before anything else. >> he was saying that the driver ran over -- >> yeah, that's what i heard him saying. but when i -- i kept -- you know, i didn't want to talk to him, engage in any, whatever situation that happened before. so i kept saying the same thing. i stood my ground. and i looked at them in their eyes and they look at me. basically there was a little tense moment of maybe a couple of seconds of looking at each other, they somehow got -- i don't know, they stopped. somehow, they stopped. >> sergio steppin

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sisters of the victim talked to anderson cooper about her initial diagnosis. >> amy, there are sources say in the last year the police have been called by your sister's boyfriend who reported she was acting irrationally or delusionally. is that something you knew about, is that something you were concerned about? >> i'm not going to feed into things that he reported to the press. i just know that my sister did experience postpartum depreparation wi-- depression. she had her challenges with that. and that's what she was being treated for. >> as far as you know, she wasn't bipolar, she wasn't schizophrenic, you believe it was postpartum depression. >> it was postpartum depression with psychosis. she worked closely with her doctor to taper off the medication and just get the counseling she needed to deal with that diagnosis. >> carey's family wants to know if d.c. police followed protocol shooting miriam. they say they're going to conduct their own investigation into exactly what happened. >>> all right. politicians are doing a lot of talking in washington about the government shutdown th

you can follow he me at anderson cooper. i'm tweeting tonight. >>> just who is playing games with the government shutdown while millions pay the price? we'll tell you. keeping them honest ahead. ♪ lyrics: 'take on me...' ♪ 'take me home...' ♪ 'i'll be gone...' ♪ 'in a day or...' man: twooooooooooooooooo! is that me, was i singing? vo: not paying for scheduled maintenance feels pretty good. no-charge scheduled maintenance now on every new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering i remember thinking there's a lot i have to do... check my blood sugar, eat better. start insulin. today i learned there's something i don't have to do anymore. my doctor said with levemir® flexpen... i don't have to use a syringe and a vial. levemir® flexpen comes prefilled with long-acting insulin taken once daily for type 2 diabetes to help control high blood sugar. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. no drawing from a vial. no refrigeration for up to 42 days. levemir® (insulin detemir [rdna origin] injection) is n

anderson cooper joins us this morning. remarkable and terrifying story she tells. >> she was at the mall to judge a children's cooking class and she was on the roof of the mall in a parking garage structure where they set up some tents when she heard an explosion and i talked to her, i talked to her mom, leanne and her sister, mary as well and she explained what she went through over the next couple hours. listen. >> i actually fell on top of a lady and then people fell on top of me and so our legs were sticking out and as we were here i heard more shooting and then the lady that i was on top of was shot so she screamed "i've been shot" and there started to be blood everywhere. >> what's going through your mind? were you panicked? >> yes, my first instinct was shaky and panicked and i thought i need to focus and i need to assess the situation and figure out what i need to do and my head i was thinking there needs to be an answer to this. for me it was like this is not it. keep on thinking and find a way out. i was thinking

our viewers can watch the entire interview 8:00 eastern on cnn's anderson cooper 360. thank you so much, doctor. now let's get back to our discussion here. >> yeah, tom, i want to go back to this young person issue. because the whole thing hinges on this, right? so this generation of millennials that are required to get obama care working so you can support the older sick people who need obama care, this generation trusts google's brand and facebook's mark zuckerberg to solve problems for you. they don't trust the department of human services and the irs. why should millennials be patient, when to van's point, i think van can agree, that they can probably offer up solutions that are just as innovative if not more innovative than what the government's offering up. >> one of the major things is to have 50 states compete on this. moist of the governors have close e chosen not to do this. that's part of what we're supposed to do with this is using states as laboratories. you also sigh ultimately, the young people again, whether it's a week from today or a month from now, i

. >>> welcome back to this anderson cooper special report "inside blackfish: killers in captivity." i'm with guests tonight. orca biologist naomi rose and jack hanna, director of the columbus zoo. thank you for coming back. naomi, let me ask you this. the question here is captivity. you say captivity kills orcas. you're very up front with that, right? >> right. i've studied them for 25 years. i feel very strongly in captivity their lives are shortened. we have done some analysis of the mortality rates. we are going to present this information at a scientific conference in december. the mortality rates on an annual basis are three times as high in captivity than they are in a well studied population in british columbia. some well will say not all live as long as they do in british columbia. but it's an indication of how long they can live when they are out in the wild, and they don't come close to that in captivity. to me that's the metric that we should be looking at. if all of the benefits that billy or jack will be talking about are in fact something we can get out of seeing these

adrienne agreed to film her recovery for "anderson cooper 360." here, she shows us some of what she's been going through. >> i am on my way to a prosthesisian appointment, still working on that word. and they're going to fit me for my leg. yea! so excited! oh, my gosh. hi. >> here's your foot. >> oh. >> look at the other size. >> this is like seeing my child walk for the first time again. it's pretty emotional, and it's pretty exciting. but she's a star. she's amazing. >> so stand up for me. did it hurt? >> no, she's standing on her own. >> so what do you feel? what i need you to differentiate -- are you okay? you're doing good, at your own speed. >> okay. okay. >> it feels really good just to stand up right now. i haven't stood up in a really long time. i almost forgot what it felt like. it reminds me of dancing, and i just so desperately want that again, and i'm so close. it feels really good. >> seven. eight. >> i think i'm further than i thought i'd be in six months. i remember just getting my prosthetic and thinking it would take forever, and

this is anderson cooper special. bullying stops here. at one time how many kids were bullying you? >> 40. >> 40 kids. you could identify 40 kids. and joined up with facebook and explain the app. >> it's a great program and kids and adults can take a pledge and stop bullying so we can all make a difference. >> we're going to lead the way but we're challenging every governor in every state to do their part and for every citizen to step up. stop bullying. speak up. >> stop bullying. >> speak up. >> stop bullying. speak up. >> stop the video. [applause] so we have the honor of working with a stellar group of advisers from the academic side, from community based organizations, amazing partners across the time warner family of brands and my partner at facebook and as bullying is unfortunately a global problem we're beginning to expand our u.s. reach. this past spring we launched in south america and in brazil. all of our materials for the educators and the community based organizations in the room, all of the education rights have been cleared. everything on the website and long form and

last nighton anderson cooper's 360, the secretary stated the obvious. >> i think there are certainly challenges. >> reporter: the online hemth insurance exchange opened up on october 1st. so far, (2)000-0000 people have logged on only -- 20 million people have logged on only to find incorrect information. >> i'm having to be up until you know, 12:00, 1:00 in the morning trying to fig out this application -- fill out this application. >> the secretary met with insurance company ceo's at the whitehouse. >> the group is expected to discuss the on going efforts to fix the technical issues. >> reporter: before the website's launch, insurance companies expressed concerns about possible technical glitches. a test run showed warning signs. critics want to know what went wrong, who's fixing it, how much will it cost, and when will it be finished. >> when it comes to obamacare, certainly, there's a lot that needs to be fixed. >> reporter: and they have no answers. >> we've asked all of our contractors to bring in their a- team. . >> reporter: the secretary was asked twice if she considered off

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. >> and anderson cooper did a great interview with his sisters. kudos to him for that. >>> after the break, look on the reporting of how the government shutdo is impacting america. >>> the government shutdown or partial government shutdown to be precise, news agencies have rushed to cover. >> federal workers around the country, hit the hardest. no work, no pay. >> we live paycheck to paycheck unfortunately. >> these are real peoples' lives being affected and ruined and thrown into chaos. >> i am feeling like a ping pong ball. >> the shock is still hitting thomas fuller, and he is an it consultant. among tens of thousands of federal contractors impacted. >> are we getting a clear picture of the shutdown affects or is there some exaggeration involved? james, in your reporting how real is the impact? we have seen a lot of stories like the ones i just played and are people trying to spin you as to whether the impact is bigger or smaller? >> it involves the basic logistics of what is going to stay open and who won't and how are they making decisions ab

i'm anderson cooper. it was a hot summer afternoon in erie, pennsylvania. into a small branch bank steps a man wearing a white t-shirt with what he said was a bomb strapped underneath. he was a local pizza delivery man and the bomb turned out to be real. so real for the first time in the history of the fbi, a bank robbery was elevated to major status. that was only the beginning. the beginning of one of the most serious crimes that would unravel into a murder with life and death at stake and a murderer still walking free today. drew griffin has the story. >> the most bizarre bank robbery in the history of the fbi.

i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching. >>> both sides are doing a lot of talking, but are they doing any fixing? >>> the discussion, the debate and the deadlock drags on in d.c. >>> finally, answers and an arrest. a cold case solved this weekend after 22 years. how an anonymous tip helped to crack the case of 4-year-old baby hope. >>> the security is tight and the runners gear up for this morning's marathon in chicago. >>> good morning, everybody. >> it's 6:00 here. it's "new day sunday." ana points out i am wearing broncos gear? >> go, broncos! >> no, not intentionally. this morning, we have got this story about prince harry? did he pop the question to his girlfriend? the british media are in a frenzy over the study. we have the picture for you, and you will definitely want to hear the story behind the photos. >> a lot of people talking about this one. also, a new book offering an unusual conspiracy theory on the jfk assassination. oswald was said to kill not the president. why he had an axe to grind

i am anderson cooper. thanks for watching. >>> new this morning, one of the top al qaeda operatives believed to be responsible for the embassy bombings is in custody. we have global coverage of the mission. >>> listen to that wind. a blizzard in south dakota brings 30 inches of snow.

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last night on "anderson cooper 360," kathleen sebelius stated the obvious. >> it could be easier to access. >> reporter: it opened on october 21st. so far there are confusing messages, broken kak lay tomorrows and missing information and long delays in time outs. >> i'm having to be up until, you know, 12:00, 1:00 in the morning trying to fill out this application. >> reporter: today secretary sebelius and other top administration officials met with insurance company ceos at the white house and talked about exchanges and. >> the group is expected to discuss on going efforts to fix technical issues. >> reporter: before the website's launch insurance companies expressed concerns about possible technical glitches, a test run before october 1st shows warning signs. critics want to know exactly what went wrong, who is fixing it, how much will it cost and when will it be finished? >> when it comes to october, clearly there is an awful lot that needs to be held accountable. >> reporter: secretary sebelius has no answers. >> we asked contractors to look at the teams on the ground and bring in thei

i'm anderson cooper. thanks for watching. ♪ >>> since i was 14 years old, i always wore cowboy boots. maybe because my little boy role models were always the men in the black hats. richard boone in "have gun will travel," robert vaughn in "the magnificent seven." silent killers. men with pasts. men from somewhere else who found themselves in the great american west. a place where reinvention, a new life was always possible. as long as you were willing to kill for it. ♪ i took a ride through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la, la, la, la ♪ sha la, la, la, la, la >>> the western myth has pretty much captured the american imagination. none of us can escape it. for ages, we identified ourselves with the image of the lone cowboy, the perception of frontier values, self-sufficiency, rugged individualism, the freedom of wide open spaces. few places in america still manage t

he told our anderson cooper that he support his son and shot down the idea that edward snowden is trying to get rich. >> if he desire was to profit from this, he would have already signed a book deal. >> he could have been paid by some television programs from around the world and hasn't done any of that? >> absolutely. it sounds like your son or the information that your son has given to others that there is still a lot more still to come. >> glen has that, you know, my understanding the new york times has information, the guardian, so, yes, my understanding is there is much, much more to come. >> edward snowden was a contractor for the national security agency. he leaked details of some classified u.s. surveillance programs. bank blank. >> so back in the spring, scientists were predicting it would be a busy hurricane season. and after super storm sandy, some feared this year could be devastating. so what happened? karen mcginliss looks at some of the signs. >> reporter: from the air, the damage continues to leave many in awe. and from the ground, the personal stories of struggle are a