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>> reporter: from what we understand, rodney kings fiancee called police shortly after 5:00 this morning. she heard a splash in the pool. before that they had been talking. she called the paramedics. police arrived and took rodney king out of the pool and did everything they could to revive rodney king. cpr failed. they took him to a local hospital. all their efforts did not pan out. rodney king was not revived. we do know rodney king was an avid swimmer. it was part of his physical th...

>> reporter: well, we did talk to police here in rialto. by all accounts this was an accidental drowning. there were no signs of foul play. basically this morning around 5:00 p.m. a 11 call came in from rodney kings fiancee. she heard a splash, went out and rodney king was at the bottom of the pool. police responded. they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead later at a local hospital. rodney king made swimming a daily part of his life. it was a ritual. as weve been told...

with groups of young people who work so hard and speak with so much heart about whats best in america even though i knew some of them must have lived under the fear of deportation. mitt romney was critical of the changes. he spoke while campaigning in new hampshire. >> believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered and it should be solved on a long-term basis so they know what their future would be in this countr...

outpost had been affected by the wounding of a soldier there the day before the rampage. afghanistans president says his people have gotten "no cooperation from america" in their investigation of last sundays killings. hamid karzai had a face-to-face meeting just yesterday with defense secretary leon panetta. but meeting today with the families of the dead, civilians, karzai questioned whether there had been more than one killer. one villager said the u.s. is offering the families mo...

that horrible day one year ago. plus a new documentary targets bullies, the motion picture association rates it r because of strong language but that r rating will keep kids from seeing it. an army staff management goes on a shooting rampage in afghanistan opening fire in at least two villages. the american sergeant acted alone, he turned himself in after the rampage and right now he is in nato custody. the president of syria kofi annan spoke face to face again today in damascus. h...

over on him and her and they say theyre going to have to amputate her toes and his leg and hes in critical condition and hes waiting for a flight to the university. >> well have more on the damage from this storm system in a moment. other news were following, nearly two years after the worst oil spill in the u.s., bp has agreed to pay nearly $8 billion for those affected by the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster. an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig killed 11 people, took three mo...

lets talk about what concentrated areas are kind of in the bulls-eye, so to speak right now. florida among them. >> north florida and southern parts of georgia. its really this squall line we are looking at right here that has the most potential for producing tornadic storms. right now there are no tornado warnings that are in effect. some of those thunderstorms could produce wind damage in excess of 60 miles per hour. sometimes those real down burst winds can cause as much damage as a...

of todays services for whitney houston in about 60 seconds or so from now. first, a final good-bye to a music legend at the place where it all began for her. a spirited tribute that was all things at once, mournful, joyous, moving, a celebration of the life of whitney houston. ♪ what god gives is never a coincidence ♪ >> stevie wonder, one of her famous friends saluting her during the funeral service at houstons hometown church in newark, new jersey. alicia keys, r. kelly, c.c. win...

this is a big day for republicans running for president. one of the most conservative groups in the country is about to announce results of its straw poll. dana bash will join us live in a moment. in maine, republican voters are finishing their caucuses. mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning in the state trying to break their string of losses. overseas now. the besieged syrian town of homs endures a seventh straight day of bombardment there. opposition activists say hundreds of pe...

The 15-year-old assumed a fake identity and said she was a colombian illegal immigrant. she arrived in dallas last night, seven months after she was mistakenly deported to colombia. checking in with jacqui jeras where its spring and summer like almost in different locations. >> its great. look at the temperature in atlanta, for example, fredericka. 68 degrees. >> ive been inside all day, but youre right, yeah, its there. >> its crazy warm, way above average. were not quite seeing the plethora ...