sheriff here, wally olson. he said a few interesting things. we learned that mr. dykes has electric heater and blankets. certainly it's cold in the bunker, about a constant 50 degrees in that bunker underground. they're still able to get the young boy medications he needs. he suffers from asperger's syndrome and dhd. also able to get him the crayons and coloring book. also toys. and there was another interesting thing that i noticed in this particular press conference. when the sheriff said that he wanted to thank mr. dykes, listen to this. >> he's told us that he has a lk heater and blankets inside that he's taking care of him. he's also allowed us to provide coloring books, medication, toys, and i want to thank him for taking care of our child. that's very important. >> reporter: again, he wanted to thank him for taking care of their boy. you can tell this is a very personal, it's something that they're paying very close attention to, everything they're able to glean from communications with mr. dykes. miguel, remember, this all started back on tuesday when investigators say that mr. dykes boarded a school bus and allegedly shot and killed the bus driver, then abducted this 5-year-old boy taking had imback to this property here where he has an underground bunker and now in day five of the standoff. >> interesting that they thanked him. it clearly indicates they're trying to communicate with him in every way possible. what do we know about mr. dikes? are police revealing anything about a possible motive here? >> not at this point. they are very tight-lipped about any communications except to tell us that the negotiations are still ongoing. remember, they say that the young boy is physically unharmed. that's all we've got to go with at this point, miguel. >> we hope this, would out for everyone in the most positive way. thank you very much for keeping tabs on it. new details today in the case of a lead prosecutor in texas who was gunned down in broad daylight thursday morning. a friend of prosecutor mark haas tells cnn he feared for his life and carried a gun with him to work. days before he was ambushed and shot multiple times walking from his car. he was killed in an employee parking lot a block from the cough man county courthouse. witnesses say one or two gunmen wearing masks jumped in a getaway car. authorities still have no leads. california's parole board is recommending freedom for one of charles manson's convicted followers. 70-year-old bruce davis was sentenced to life in prison in 1972 for the murders of two men. he was not involved in the more infamous murder of actress sharon tate. jerry brown now has 30 days to decide whether to release david. if freed, he would be the first convicted manson family member to leave prison. a massive manhunt for a convicted murderer. mistakenly released from prison, it's over. illinois police captured stephen robbins last night 60 miles outside of chicago three days after he rent on the lam. is he serving time for a murder 11 years ago in indianapolis. it's still unclear how he went free tuesday following a court hearing. new allegations of doping against alex rodriguez. a-rod being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs from a florida clinic but this is not the first time. he admitted in the past to doping but says he's been clean since 2003. national correspondent susan candiotti is live for us in new york. susan? >> hi, miguel. he is again trying to distance himself from this week's controversy involving peds and a miami clinic. now there's another report alleging alex rodriguez got home visits to his waterfront mansion from main who ran that clinic. espn quoting unidentified sources says that is man, anthony boscsh injected a-rod with performance enhancing drugs. once he was reportedly kicked out after bosh had trouble with finding a vein. similar drug claims were leveled earlier this week in the miami new times newspaper which says it has a diary containing notes from bosh detailing drugs including human growth hormone. cnn has been unable to see the documents in question. we did go to the clinic days ago, but it's been shut down. bosh denies all allegations, and through a spokesman he tells cnn he did not treat nor is he associated with players including a-rod. earlier statement to cnn a-rod also says none of this is true and through his lawyers calls the documents about smim iglet." his lawyers add this, "in regards to the new allegations made in espn's outside the line story, we can say they are not true. alex is working diligently on his rehabilitation and is looking forward to getting back on the field as soon as possible." remember, a-rod has repeatedly said he stopped taking performance enhancing drugs back in 2003. >> susan, if major league baseball's investigation into this clinic goes anywhere, what impact might it have on a-rod's contract with the yankees? >> that's the big question. is this all going to go anywhere. think about this. under a collective bargaining agreement, teams cannot discipline players for this kind of thing. our cnn legal analyst paul cowen tells us his main worry would be a suspension possibly from the baseball commissioner and that could affect his contract with the yankees. >> obviously, if he's not showing up to play baseball because of a suspension, they would have certain rights under the contract then to pay him nothing or considerably less money but it gets complicated because of the multiple agreements in question. >> we're a long way off from that. no idea, of course, where major league baseball's investigation is heading at this point. back to you, miguel. >> susan candiotti, thank you very much. it's groundhog day. the day where we find out if we'll ever, ever have an early string or six more weeks of miserable winter. who better to predict that than the legendary prognosticator punxsutawney phil. >> so you faithful, there is no shadow to see. an early spring for you and me. >> i don't know if i buy it. you heard what he had to say though. but but what chuck the groundhog? 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if the ravens don't win the super bowl, will he still retire? >> it's hard to tell, right? is he brett favre? is he going to come back? i don't know. one thing i will say is that his story line has been fantastic. when you think about the last time he was in the super bowl and all the different disappointments the team has had, fantastic historical defenses but totally anemic offenses unable to get enough points to get to the playoffs. here at the beginning of the season, it looked like they had a really strong chance. again the offense falls to pieces. they have to replace the offensive coordinator. all the things this team has been through has been fantastic over the course of the season and to see ray end on top, i think a lot of people would be happy to see it. if he doesn't get there, he's the last person from the '96 draft. his body hurts. >> he's been in hot water accusing of using deer antler spray to recover from injury. it contains a form of growth hormone. listen to his response. >> because i'm here to win the super bowl, not to entertain somebody that doesn't affect that one way or another. it shows you how people really plan things and try to attack people from the outside. it's just foolish. >> so two things real quick. is this a common performance enhancing drug, and do you believe the denial? >> is it common? i can tell you that i've spoken to a number of colleagues and you know, a month ago, we had no idea what this deer antler spray was. no, i don't think it's common. and you know, do we believe his denials? unfortunately we're now living in the age in which an athlete is guilty until proven innocent. after the baseball scandal for the '90s, after lance armstrong. you know, it's really difficult to believe an athlete no matter how popular he or she may be whether he they tell you they did not engage in performance-enhancing drugs. and when you've got deer antler spray that nobody's heard of, it is becomes skeptical. >> thank you very much. have a great time down in new orleans. >> thanks. talk to you later. >> see you. do you want to know how to eat healthy at the super bowl or at the super bowl party. >> do you need a preview of some of the best commercials this year? if so, cnn.com has it covered for you. jarrett bellini explains. >> i know there's nothing more exciting than a guy sitting at his desk pointing at things on a monitor but bear with me and i'm going to show you great content we have@cnn.com/super bowl. first of all, a great story about healthy foods you can eat at a super bowl party which mind you, is a terrible idea because the super bowl is all about calories, about chicken wings and pizza and other horrible things you can put in your body. if you want to go healthy, we've got a great article about that. of course, for some of you, the game doesn't matter. you really don't care. but there is the halftime show, and that sort of matters, beyonce will be performing this year and we also have a gallery of the best and worst halftime performances, and of course, the other big nonfootball thing that everybody loves is the commercials and@cnn.com/super bowl we have some of those to preview. you can check them out before they go on tv on sunday. so we've covered commercials, the halftime show, we've covered food. there's one other thing that most people will probably watch, too. it's the puppy bowl. we've got a little thing on here where you can preview the puppies that will be competing this year. don't miss that because it's puppies. it's puppies and you know what in if you're not into that and not into all the other aspects of the game but still being dragged out to this party, we also have an article that will tell you how not to be a jerk at somebody's house just because you don't like things that are fun doesn't mean you have to ruin everybody else's fun. all of that can be fou found@cnn.com/super bowl. we'll have ingame analysis from our friends at bleacher report. check it out. enjoy the game. back to you, miguel. >> thank you, jarrett bellini. i hope his mother doesn't let him sit like that at home. cnn is live in new orleans with our take on the super bowl. we welcome rachel nichols to kick off in new orleans a cnn bleacher special in afternoon, 4:00 p.m. eastern. hillary clinton has said her good-byes as secretary of state. but now the speculation really starts about her next move. what polls are showing about support for a white house run. oil changes at meineke are always a great deal. then you're going to love this. right now they're only $14.95! wow-a grt deal just got a whole lot better. hurry. $14.95 won't last. willing to hold direct talks with iran. >> we would be prepared to meet bilaterally with the iranian leadership. we would not make it a secret that we are doing that. we would let our partners know if that occasion presented itself. that offer stands, but it must be real and tangible. and there las to be an agenda that they're prepared to speak to. >> the vice president was speaking at a security conference in munich. meanwhile the iranian foreign minister said he hopes a new secretary of state john kerry will work toward softening washington's policies toward iran. hillary clinton has said good-byes to colleagues at the state department. >> i am so grateful that we've had a chance top contribute in each of our ways to making our country and our world stronger, safer, fairer, and better. >> john kerry was sworn in yesterday and brings in the doughnuts for his new job monday morning. good mof. but a cnn political ed other tore paul steinhauser explains the hot topic is what could happen in four years. >> hey, miguel. it's the biggest question in presidential politics. will she run? the she, of course, is now former secretary of state hillary clinton. when asked in a global town hall a few days ago if she was thinking of making another bid for the white house, this was her answer. >> i am not thinking about anything like that right now. >> here's what she said the same day in an interview with cnn. >> have you decided that you absolutely will not run? >> well, i have absolutely no plans to run. >> no plans, but she isn't closing the door. clinton's returning to private life with poll numbers any politician would love. nearly seven in ten in a recent poll said they approved of the job she was doing as america's top dip low mat. and two-thirds said they had a favorable impression of her. but two things there was a partisan divide in both polls with only a minority of republicans giving her a thumbs up. if she becomes a politician again, we could see the numbers come down a bit. she.shouldn't be in a rush to make it up her mind says paul begala who was a top political advisor to president clinton. >> she's not going to commit to running. there's no need to rush into 20816. >> if she does run, our own cnn/orc poll indicates she would be the front-runner for the democratic presidential nomination. but we're getting ahead of ourselves. let's let clinton enjoy some down time, at least for a month or two. miguel? >> at least a month or two. john kerry told the bloston globe he was offered the job a full week before susan rice with drew her mind for consideration. he's one of the biggest nfl stars of all time. but it's a scandal that has people talking about dan marino, even as he prepares to work the super bowl for cbs. but first, we all know we're going to watch the super bowl for the big plays and big hits, but those hits can have a lifelong impact on players after they walk off the field. in today's human factor, chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to former detroit line la ma campbell ta talks about the invisible wounds of football and what he's doing now to make the sport safer. >> lamar campbell has achieved what many young men only dream of, after four years starting for the university of wisconsin, he made it to the pros. >> i got offered to come to camp for the detroit lions as a free agent in '98. i made the team and played with them for five years. >> injuries ended his nfl career but campbell successfully found a new life after the game. >> yeah, great. >> as a real estate broker. >> welcome back to life after the game. >> and radio talk show host on the voice america sports network. a platform he uses to educate other players about transitioning to life after football. as well as the dangers of injuries you cannot really see. repeated hits to the head. >> the perception of what a concussion was was different. i don't think we thought that you had a concussion until you were new yorked out on the field. and we looked at it as beige of honor. >> as a player he didn't know that concussions can cause serious injury to the brain. now campbell says playing football takes years off a player's life. >> cramps all over my body and headaches and migraines. >> he says he's also suffered some memory loss. >> there were situations where i don't remember a certain series. like i would be out there and not realize exactly what was going on. >> while he was never diagnosed, looking back, campbell believes he's had over ten concussions in his football career. and he believes players today need to recognize the symptoms and be willing to let their brains heal. a year ago, he considered donating his brain for research in chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte, a degenerative brain disorder found in athletes with repetitive brain trauma and most recently linked to the suicides of junior say au and dave duerson. >> i wrapped my brain around it for a long time. i think my decision was made, it was just the timing when to tell my family with everything that was going on when andre waters, dave dur, it was such a hot topic. one thing you didn't want to do is scare your family members. you didn't want them to think you were on the verge of doing something that drastic. >> just a few months ago, he sent the paper back to boston university. it's all about giving back to the game making it safer for future generations including his son should he follow in his dad's footsteps. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. 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[ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. and for a delicious way to help maintain a healthy weight, try new purina cat chow healthy weight. welcome back to the "cnn newsroom." i'm miguel marquez. here are the top stories we're following. a man who led thousands of american catholics has been sidelined by the archbishop in los angeles over his mishandling of the sex abuse allegations against priests there. in a move activists say is unprecedented roger mahoney has been relieved of all his duties. a judge forced the church to release thousands of documents revealing how the archdioceses handled allegations of priest sexual abuse. if you have a twitter account, the social media site has been hacked and about 250,000 accounts are compromised. the companies discovered the breach earlier in the week. with all the talk about the super bowl, another veteran of the big game dan marino has become the talk of the town in the city where he once ruled. but it's not for any of his football feats. >> i was shocked to read about dan marino. he was the most respected sports hero. >> shock over news that the beloved hall of fame football idol feathered a child out of wedlock. >> for 17 years, he was the signature player