[Betty Nguyen, Cnn Anchor:] Happening right now, four men face a judge in the slaying of NFL star Sean Taylor. Police say they have a confession in the case. We are live with the latest. Also break out your snow shovel. A major winter storm hits the heartland. We are tracking the extreme weather from the CNN Center here in Atlanta. Good morning everybody, on this busy, very cold Saturday. I'm Betty Nguyen. My partner T.J. Holmes out at a very important site today on this World AIDS Day. Good morning
[T.j. T.j. Holmes, Cnn Anchor:] Good morning to you Betty. It's a very important site and even some might say a gravesite if you will, for all of those who have died of AIDS. The AIDS memorial quilt now in its 20th year, has very much over the past 20 years become part of the fabric of this country as it has memorialized so many who have died of AIDS, some 47,000 panels made in memoriam to those who have died of AIDS over the past several years. I'm at a warehouse not too far outside of downtown Atlanta where, as you see there, rows and rows of those panels of this quilt. Of course, hard to give people a good understanding of just how large this quilt is. But 47,000 of those panels. It's so large that if you put it all together you couldn't even find a place in the United States to lay it out. But the quilt itself, many of those panels are sent out across the country on display at schools, at campuses and other areas for people to really pay tribute to those who have died of AIDS, to continue to raise awareness and to educate those. We're at this warehouse here where it is maintained. We've been talking about it this morning and of course on this World AIDS Day. We'll be getting into it Betty a little more, including why, with 47,000 panels here, each one of them dedicated to someone who has died of HIVAIDS, only a few hundred of them are dedicated to someone who is black. We'll get into that subject here this morning as well. A lot more to come from here, but for now, Betty I'll hand it back over to you.
[Nguyen:] That's important because the numbers show that it is growing within the black community. Also many other minority communities and especially among those younger than 25. A lot to talk about today T.J. We'll be checking in with you shortly. In the meantime, four young men in custody and facing a judge this morning, they're accused in the shooting death of NFL star Sean Taylor. Let's take you live now to our John Zarrella in Ft. Myers, Florida. John, you heard that court hearing a little bit earlier. How did it shake out?
[John Zarrella, Cnn Correspondent:] Betty, it was about two hours ago now, the court hearing took place. A very, very brief appearance. First to appear was Eric Rivera, that's the 17-year-old, the juvenile here. You know, it's so, so tragic what has happened to the Taylor family and to these young men. The charges they face now, felony first-degree murder, the big charge that they will all face. That carries a penalty of perhaps 25 years to life. They also face robbery with the use of a firearm. Now, what we have been told in the court was that Rivera confessed and confessed to driving from Ft. Myers over to Miami to participate in an armed burglary. Beyond that, we do not know what else might have been said in the confession. Although his attorney says that he's a little unclear as to whether that confession violated his client's constitutional rights. In other words, it perhaps did not happen according to his attorney before he was mirandized. Now, the other two defendants who were in court today, the fourth, Jason Mitchell, was not in court today. He will probably have his first appearance here tomorrow. But Venja Hunte and Charles Wardlow, they face the same charges. All of them will, in the next couple of days or so, be transported to Miami where they will again go before a judge there and hear these charges read to them because, of course, they are charges based on a Miami crime. John Evans is an attorney here and he represents Charles Wardlow. You had an opportunity to talk to your client, briefly, but you had that opportunity. What has he told you?
[John Evans Iii, Wardlow Defense Attorney:] Well, the Lee County Sheriffs have been very helpful in allowing me to have the opportunity to speak to my client. He is concerned and exhausted. He spent most of the day yesterday being interrogated. The probable cause affidavit that you just talked about seems to indicate that my client waived his Miranda rights. That's an issue that I'm going to have to look into with my partner Matthew Cleary.
[Zarrella:] Which means if he did confess, that it would be perfectly legal?
[Evans:] Well, it would have been perfectly legal if he did a knowing waiver of his rights under Miranda versus Arizona.
[Zarrella:] Let me ask you then, is he saying to you what are you hearing about a possible confession?
[Evans:] My client has told me a lot of things, and one of the most important things about being a criminal defense attorney and an attorney in general is the attorney-client privilege. I'm not in a position, because he hasn't allowed me to, to tell you anything that he's told me.
[Zarrella:] But you do know, from talking to the authorities, that they haven't found the gun?
[Evans:] A gun has not been located. The information I have comes directly from the probable cause affidavit. And in brief conversations with the authorities. A gun has not been located at this point.
[Zarrella:] What is your understanding? Do you think they will find this gun?
[Evans:] The authorities in Florida are very good at what they do. If there is evidence to be found, history has shown that they've found it.
[Zarrella:] Very quickly, your client may have some history of mental illness?
[Evans:] My client has a seizure disorder and may have some mild schizophrenia issues. These are issues that my team of mental health experts that I'm appointed by the court are going to look into in assisting the defense.
[Zarrella:] John, thank you very much for taking your time today. Again, he's only been representing Mr. Wardlow for about three or four hours now. Lots of work for John to do. But I think the big news out of this that we're learning is, of course, they have not found the gun at this point in time. Betty?
[Nguyen:] That's a key piece of evidence. All right, John Zarrella joining us live. Thank you, John. Senator Hillary Clinton is back on the presidential campaign trail one day after a hostage drama at one of her New Hampshire campaign offices. 46-year-old Leland Eisenberg surrendered to police last night after a five hour standoff. Clinton says it as was a tense and difficult day for her staff. CNN's Jim Acosta is in Rochester, New Hampshire, he's been following this story for us. What do you know about the guy who walked into the office and started holding people hostage yesterday, Jim?
[Jim Acosta, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, Betty, what we know right now is he is in custody after surrendering peacefully. You mentioned Hillary Clinton, she's actually campaigning in Iowa today. Her campaign officials say they are keeping her away from this office today because they don't want to have the appearance out there that she is politicizing what happened here yesterday. She is in Iowa today. The office behind me, the lights are off. We only have seen maybe one campaign staffer coming in and out of that storefront office here for Hillary Clinton throughout the day today. But as we were talking about, after a five and a half hour tense standoff with police, including S.W.A.T. team members, Leland Eisenberg, that 46- year-old man with a history of mental illness and drug and alcohol problems, he has surrendered peacefully yesterday after having what was essentially road flares duct taped around his chest to make it look like he had a bomb attached to him. That was not the case. It turned out to be a harmless device. Shortly after that all ended, Senator Hillary Clinton was in the state. She flew from Virginia where she was campaigning yesterday here to New Hampshire to meet with those former hostage members and their families to check in on how they were doing.
[Sen. Hillary Clinton,  Presidential Candidate:] We're immensely relieved that this has ended peacefully, but it is with a great sense of gratitude that I came here tonight both to see the people who were directly held hostage and their families and to thank the New Hampshire professionals who made this day turn out as well as it did.
[Acosta:] As for those New Hampshire professionals, she's referring to the law enforcement community which handled this incident almost flawlessly from all accounts. They detonated, if you want to call it that, they destroyed that harmless device during the moments after this standoff ended. In addition to that, we can say that all the hostages are doing fine. Those former hostages are just said to be resting in private recovering from this ordeal. But as for Leland Eisenberg, a disturbing portrait is emerging of this suspect. He is described by his neighbors in a nearby town here, Somersworth, as having some serious problems with alcohol abuse.
[George Isaacson, Neighbor:] He would walk over to the filling station right up the street every day and always get either a 12-pack or something like that. This is every day.
[Eric Carlson, Neighbor:] They hauled him away for domestic violence, yes. I don't know what happened. I was coming in from work and they were hauling him in the cruiser.
[Acosta:] Eisenberg will be back in court on Monday for an arraignment here in Rochester. The case will proceed from there. Betty?
[Nguyen:] All right, Jim Acosta joining us live from Rochester, Jim thank you for that. Investigators do say 46-year-old Leland Eisenberg was deeply troubled. CNN's Jason Carroll joins us now by phone with some new exclusive information about Eisenberg. Jason, what have you learned?
[Jason Carroll, Cnn Correspondent:] Betty, a legal source involved with the case that was filed, a civil suit back in 2002 has confirmed that Leland Eisenberg, did in fact, back in 2002 file a civil suit against the Boston Archdiocese naming them Cardinal Bernard Law alleging that he had been sexually abused by a priest when he was 21 years old. Now, according to the civil suit, we have a copy of this suit, Betty, when Leland Eisenberg was 21 years old, he described himself as being homeless and addicted to alcohol. What he did was he turned to St. Katherine's Parrish in Westford, Massachusetts for help. He was looking for housing, he was looking for support. He alleges he was hired there as a handyman and one of the priests there allegedly sexually abused him while he was there. Many years later he filed the civil suit. Also according to this civil suit, Eisenberg tried to commit suicide one week after he was sexually abused by trying to jump off of a bridge. Once again, this source confirming that this Leland Eisenberg who filed this civil suit back in 2002 is in fact the same Leland Eisenberg that was involved with what happened yesterday at Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign offices. So this, once again, is painting a portrait of a very emotionally troubled man. Betty?
[Nguyen:] No doubt. Do you know what became of that civil suit against the archdiocese?
[Carroll:] Still trying to sort out exactly what happened to the civil suit, whether it was settled, whether it was dismissed. Those are some of the details that we're still working on at this hour, Betty. But I think what's important to point out, once again, is that this really sort of paints a picture of the history of what this man was dealing with as early as when he was 21 years old.
[Nguyen:] You talked to neighbors. They also confirmed that this was a deeply troubled man. Jason Carroll joining us live by phone with the latest on the information regarding Leland Eisenberg. Thank you, Jason. First, they were re-arrested. Now they are being re-released. You understand that? Here's how it played out. A judge in Aruba has ordered the release of two brothers, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. They're suspected of covering up evidence linked to the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. The judge said that accusation is not serious enough to warrant pre-trial detention. Now, a third suspect in the case, Joran van der Sloot, remains in jail. His next court appearance is set for next Friday. T.J. Holmes is live for World AIDS Day. He joins us now with a look ahead. Hey there
[T.j. Holmes:] Hey there, Betty. This quilt, of course, massive, 20- year anniversary of it now, some 47,000 panels submitted to honor those who have died of HIV and AIDS. But of all those 47,000, why are only a few hundred of them dedicated to African-Americans? We'll get into that a little later this morning. That's coming up. Betty?
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