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>> reporter: from what we understand, rodney king's 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 therapy. we talked to him at cnn recently and he explained how he went into the pool and kind of used...

>> 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 king's 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 we've been told rodney king was swimming in many ways because of the therapy he sustained during his injuries, ph...

with groups of young people who work so hard and speak with so much heart about what's 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 country. i think the action of the president he took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-ter...

outpost had been affected by the wounding of a soldier there the day before the rampage. afghanistan's president says his people have gotten "no cooperation from america" in their investigation of last sunday's 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 money, but the families, instead, want justice. back in this country, gas prices are still on the ...

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. he is the first to meet with assaad. annan wants a cease fire. >> i have been here for a very short t...