[Phillips:] The U.S. soldier accused of a shooting rampage that killed 16 Afghans is meeting with his lawyer for the first time today. That meeting is taking place at Ft. Leavenworth's military prison in Kansas where Army staff sergeant, Robert Bales, is now in custody after being transported from Kuwait. Sergeant Bales is expected to be formally charged sometime this week. And as Sergeant Bales sits with his attorney and begins to build his defense, the killing spree that Bales is accused of committing and the fallout from his alleged actions have evolved into a military, political, and diplomatic nightmare that reaches far beyond prison walls. Ted Rowlands is there on the ground for us in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He is joining us live. So, Ted, this is the first time Sergeant Bales will be meeting with his lawyer. What more can you tell us about their get-together?
[Ted Rowlands, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, it'll also be, Kyra, the first time they really talk about the case. John Henry Browne, the attorney from Seattle that you mentioned has not wanted to talk to his client about the case during their phone conversations. He said he wanted to make sure he was face to face before discussing it. So, we've heard some things out of John Henry Browne about different ways the case could go. I think after today's meeting we'll get a better understanding of what at least his client is telling him, if he shares it with us. Now, he's been talking a lot. That may change after he meets with his client and he talks about the facts of the case with that client.
[Phillips:] Now, it seems like Bales' attorney is using PTSD to build a case. Is that right?
[Rowlands:] Basically he's speculating in the media at this point saying that, yes, this is a young man that had a brain injury. He did three tours in Iraq, went to Afghanistan, did not want to go back to Afghanistan. So, throwing that out there to garner some public sympathy, obviously, like a good lawyer would and does and I think, if you listen to what he's saying, so far, I think you'll see maybe a change after he finishes with his meeting inside Ft. Leavenworth, maybe not. We'll have to wait and see.
[Phillips:] All right, Ted, we'll keep talking throughout the afternoon. Ted Rowlands, thanks so much. So who exactly is Army staff sergeant, Robert Bales? We've told you a lot about his past tours in Iraq, his traumatic brain injury, but in the week that's passed since the killing spree in Afghanistan, we're getting agent clearer but complicated picture of this man who's been accused, including details from otherwise own wife. His wife, Karilyn, talked openly about her husband and military life on her blog. It was titled "The Bales Family." Now, her blog has since disappeared following the shooting rampage, but "The New York Times" was able to get some screen grabs of the blog. Here they are. Her posts give us an insight into her husband's personality, their life together, their hopes, their disappointments, and according to "The New York Times," Karilyn mostly paints Bales as a caring dad. She talks about giving birth to their first daughter, getting a call from her husband in Kuwait. She also blogged this. Here's a quote. "It was so good to hear his voice. He got to hear Quincy squeaking in the background. He'd be home in only two days. I was so excited." Now, she also writes in the Bales family blog about the staff sergeant failing to get promoted last March. She went on in the blog about turning that disappointment into an opportunity to move beyond Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington and then she posted this. "Right now, I would classify our top five locations as, number one, Germany, best adventure opportunity. Number two, Italy, second best adventure opp. Hawaii, "nuff said. Number four, Kentucky, we would be at least near Bob's family and, number five, Georgia, to be a sniper teacher, not because it's a fun place to live." But perhaps the most poignant part is this comment that she made about the family's hopes despite Bales" failed promotion. Here's what his wife wrote. She says, "This is such an unknown path for us. I'm hoping to blog about it and look back in a year to see how far we have come from right now." How is this a far cry from the reality that her husband faces now. He's accused of a brutal killing spree. Well, straight ahead, a teenage boy gunned down holding a pack of Skittles and a can of iced tea. Now, the parents of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin are asking the FBI and Justice Department to investigate why their son was killed. Coming up next, the 911 calls from the neighborhood watchman who shot the boy. Wait till you hear what the dispatch told him just before he pulled the trigger.