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susan page and mike duffy from "time" magazine. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." first our news of the day. former vice president dick cheney is recover from heart transplant surgery. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn's athena jones. athen athena, do they have any idea how long he might be there? >> reporter: well, we understand that most heart patients who go through a surgery like this end up staying in the hospital for about a month. i should mention that vice president cheney at 71 is on the upper end of the age range of people who get he...

self-defense. you saw pictures there of the reverend al sharpton and a number of the protests, that one in new york. there are others across the country. holly, what's taking place there in sanford? >> well, basically, fredricka, the latest we heard is from former governor jeb bush. he was governor in 2005 when this stand your ground bill was written into law. that's the law that allows somebody, a civilian to use deadly force if they feel their life is threatened. now, in this case where george zimmerman has been claiming stand your ground, he says this is not exactly the case. this...

park? when there are children? >> also later the pope makes his first visit to mexico and is calling on catholics to resist the temptation of violent drug traffickers. a lot of mobile apps allow us to keep up with our friends. now some new ones want to help you cozy up to strangers. we'll see how coming up. you're watching cnn saturday morning where news doesn't take the weekend off. >> from cnn's world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe, live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. our big story that we investigate from all...

>> we seen the press release, but do we have the filing itself? and if not, do we know when we'll get it? >> don't have it yet .but we know that the court-martial will be in his home base up in tacoma, washington, but we don't have the official charging documents. that's why we can't answer the question of what's that 17th charge. >> okay, i know we're work on it. appreciate it there in kansas. i do want to go many, many thousand miles away to afghanistan where we have stand kabul. thi since news of the charges, there's already been reaction from afghanistans, specifically the taliba...

career, ever since he has been to the nfl, all of the people that he has grown up watching, all the quarterbacks that he admired growing up, all of these different stations and the pundits, they rip him and the fact he can overcome all of that, his idols not giving him much of a chance and him going out and doing it in the fourth quarter to me is very impressive. that's a skill that i think he can bring to the jets, that mental toughness that can take them to the next level. >> we shall see. i have seen pictures already around manhattan. i appreciate it. nice to meet you. thank you. ...