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U.N. Holds Emergency Meeting on Yemen; Medical Students Traveling to Syria Include One American; Possible ISIS Threat Against U.S. Troops; Manhunt for Suspect in Road Rage; Petraeus on Iraq; Fallout from Netanyahu Re-Election; New Witness on Bloody UVA Arrest; Videos Key to Case Against Hernandez. Aired 3-4p ET

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[15:00:00] FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Kentucky is the first team in men's college basketball history to reach a perfect 36-0. The Wild Cats shellacked Cincinnati to advance to the pre-18. Kentucky only needs four more wins to complete a perfect season and win the national championship. The next challenge comes Thursday against the winner of West Virginia and Maryland.

We have so much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM. And it all starts right now.

Happening right now in the NEWSROOM.

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President. It's time that we work together with our Israeli friends.

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WHITFIELD: Tough talk speaking on "STATE OF THE UNION" today. Senator John McCain says he's convinced President Obama is letting his personal problems with Netanyahu get in the way of shared policy goals and tells Obama to get over it.

Plus, police are still on the hunt for the man who shot a woman on a Texas freeway in an apparent case of road rage.

And Aaron Hernandez in a nightclub. Will this video hold a key to the motive in the former NFL star's murder trial?

The NEWSROOM starts right now.

Hello, again, everyone. Thanks so much for joining me, I'm Fredricka Whitfield.

The last U.S. troops have now left Yemen. The U.S. State Department said the evacuation involved about 120 Special Operations members including Navy SEALs and the Army's Delta Force. Also this weekend Houthi rebels have taken over the strategic city of Taiz, Yemen's third largest city. The takeover sparked protests by thousands of Yemenis who say they are rejecting the coup by the rebels. And happening right now, the United Nations Security Council is

holding an emergency meeting on the deteriorating conditions in Yemen.

CNN senior United Nations correspondent Richard Roth is there for us.

So this meeting apparently came at the request of Yemeni's President Hadi. What is he hoping the U.N. can actually do?

RICHARD ROTH, CNN SENIOR UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENT: I know. He has said that he'd like a halt in the aggression with the help of the U.N. Security Council. The best that the Security Council will do today is this statement that I just obtained.

The statement will echo many calls from the Security Council that have been heard previously, demanding a half to all types of incitement of violence backing the government of the president who in effect fled the capital, and also condemning continued bombing attacks which you saw a couple of days ago and other moves by the Houthis to continue to seize power.

The Security Council will call in a statement agreed to by all 15 countries for a conference to be held in the region to discuss all of the troubles. But it doesn't appear that either side is ready to do that. And as the Houthis backed by Iran continue to gain more ground and power, there does not appear to be any type of lull, Fredricka, in the fighting anticipated.

The Security Council, you're watching the members milling in right now, trickling in, they're going to get a briefing possibly from the U.N. special representative who's trying to deal with Yemen for more than a year, trying to handle a transition to some sort of democracy. But it once again is another fragile state disintegrating -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right, Richard Roth, keep us posted. Thank you so much.

ANNOUNCER: This is CNN Breaking News.

WHITFIELD: And this breaking news at this hour in the war against ISIS. Reports indicate an American is among a group of medical students who have gone to ISIS controlled Syria.

Let's go now to Iraq for an update. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh is on the ground for us from Baghdad.

What are you hearing?

JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, little information that we are piecing together at this point in the story is still developing, but what we are hearing from a Turkish member of parliament, he's an opposition MP, and he's telling CNN that a group of 11 individuals entered into Syria, into rebel controlled or ISIS controlled Syria, rather, in the past 10 days or so.

Now here is what he said. He gave us a breakdown of the nationalities of those individuals who are -- eight of them are graduate medical students and three are in their final year of being medical students. He said they include seven British nationals, one American, one Canadian and two Sudanese. And he said that their families are there. We're not clear on how many families are there with him in an attempt to try and convince them to return back from Syria.

Now, Fred, we first heard about this story from British media reports earlier in the day and now what they were saying and of course this is all information that we are trying to verify, but at this point, we cannot independently verify this information. British media, talking about their nationals that are part of this group, saying that they crossed into ISIS controlled territory in Syria last week and that they are working in hospitals there.

[15:05:10] It is unclear what the motivation for their travel to Syria are at this point. The British Foreign Office so far has commented and told CNN in a statement, "We are providing consular assistance to their families and we have informed the Turkish Police to try and ascertain their whereabouts. No names of any of these individuals have yet been released -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: So, Jomana, I realized the identity of these, you know, medical students is being kept quiet right now but are authorities willing to say whether they all attended the same medical schools? I mean, did they know each other? Or were these individuals that were recruited and they're plucked from various places with their various, you know, levels of medical knowledge?

KARADSHEH: It is very, very unclear at this point, the very little information that is coming out, it would seem that they traveled as a group, according to British media, they were medical students who were in Sudan and that is how they traveled to Turkey and from there onto Syria, into these ISIS controlled areas, but it's unclear if they are part of the group, if they have joined the group or if they have traveled for other reasons. This is something that we are working to try and verify, to try and get more information on this.

And, Fred, this is an ongoing problem, this travel of foreigners, individuals from different countries whether from the United States, possibly as we are seeing now, according to this Turkish M.P., and also from the United Kingdom crossing into ISIS territory from -- from Turkey and Turkey has come under a lot of pressure being criticized from foreign countries saying that it is not doing enough to stop this flow of foreigners into ISIS controlled territory.

Turkey for its part saying it is taking measures but it says it needs more intelligence sharing. It says if it gets the names of these individuals, if it's provided with watch list that they can stop people from crossing into Syria before that happens -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right. Very alarming.

Jomana Karadsheh, thank you so much from Baghdad.

All right, now more on our other developing story. About 100 U.S. troops could be the target of ISIS right here on American soil. A group known as the Islamic State Hacking Organization is calling for beheadings and attacks in the U.S. It posted a purported names, pictures, and home addresses of service men and women from all branches of the U.S. military, much of which is publicly available.

A U.S. Department of Defense official cannot confirm the validity of this information, but it's looking into the claims, stressing the safety of service members is always a concern. The FBI is also aware of it. A law enforcement official told CNN notifications have been and are continuing to be made to those mentioned on the list.

A Marine Corps spokesman tells CNN, quote, "The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has completed in-person notification with all affected Marine personnel regarding this presently unverified threats," end quote. And says it recommended Marines and family members check their online presence to ensure privacy settings are adjusted to limit the amount of personal information available.

This is previously an unknown group and one law enforcement official did say that there are questions about its credibility now. However, similar threats have been made before.

So is this a legitimate threat to U.S. servicemen and women?

Joining me right now, Jonathan Gilliam, he is a former Navy SEAL and FBI agent.

So this list was posted by a group that few know much about and perhaps it doesn't fall under the hallmarks of typical ISIS threats. But in your view, how seriously should this be taken?

JONATHAN GILLIAM, FORMER NAVY SEAL: Well, I think there's several different things that we can look at here, for one, you know, the fact that ISIS is putting a name to different divisions now shows you that there -- they are actually organizing themselves into a structure so that they now have what they call the hacker division. So that's something that we should take serious because they're really defeating us on the propaganda stage.

And that's a problem. Is this necessarily going to, you know, inspire others to -- here inside the United States to go and hit these American military service members? Maybe, maybe not. But the fact is, we first have to look at the fact that they're defeating us in this propaganda war, which is, you know, part of war.

The other problem I have is how they're getting this information. They're not hacking into government servers to get this. This is open source material. A lot of these comes from imbedded reporters who, you know, mentioned names and quotes from people that are service members.

[15:10:04] And the other problem is social media. And back when I was in the military, I got out in 2002, you know, social media hadn't -- didn't have this leap forward that we have now. Forced protection as we do now. The military really has to start rethinking, you can't just have Facebook pages and Twitter and all this stuff with, you know, your military uniform on and all this information about yourself because it -- you know, if you are known to be a service member on Facebook and then you check in somewhere, now these operatives, these homegrown operatives may know where you are if they're able to get into your Facebook page.

WHITFIELD: Well, aren't most military personnel, whether they be instructed or just instinctively know that because they are men and women in uniform that, quite frankly, they are likely targets the -- you know, world over and that they have to take certain precautions that perhaps an ordinary citizen wouldn't have to take?

GILLIAM: Well, you would hope so, but unfortunately, you know, social media is now a part of our lives. So it's not just the military members themselves, it's also the family members because you've got to remember they're serving as well, and you know, like for instance a military base, a lot of military families live just off the base. And while that base may be secured, you know, the homes where these people live in the civilian world are not secured.

So that is a problem. You know, locking down. If you're going to have social media lock it down but more importantly DOD needs to start stepping up to the plate. When I go on to these different social media outlets and I see an admiral or a general with a Facebook page or tweeting out, live tweeting stuff, I absolutely disagree with that because it's setting a bad standard.

Is this -- this kind of threat, even though it hasn't necessarily been verified but this kind of threat, is that enough to encourage an increase of security at U.S. bases?

GILLIAM: It absolutely is, and it's a great question, I'll tell you why. One word, that report you just did with these med students going over. We need to look at the phrase force multiplier. Those people may be going over and just working in a hospital but they may be saving the lives of these ISIS fighters. Likewise here, you know, terrorism is a tactic, it's not a group. Terrorism is a tactic just like bombing is a tactic.

And when they are able to put fear into the hearts of military members and really cause a bit of a stir inside the DOD, they are using social media as a force multiplier. They don't even have to go hit somebody and kill somebody. Right now DOD and service members are reacting to this. That -- social media has become their force multiplier.

WHITFIELD: All right, Jonathan Gilliam, thanks so much. Good to see you.

GILLIAM: Thank you, Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right. Still ahead, manhunt. A woman shot on a Texas freeway in an apparent road rage incident and police are still hunting for the suspect today.

CNN's Shasta Darlington is following the story.

SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Fredricka. For a Houston resident Kay Hafford just honking her horn in rush hour traffic nearly got her killed.

We'll have more details after this.

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[15:16:31] WHITFIELD: A manhunt is still under way after in Texas after a road rage incident turned violent. Police are looking for a man they say shot a woman in the back of the head Friday morning after she honked at him. 28-year-old Kay Hafford underwent surgery and is now reportedly in good condition.

CNN's Shasta Darlington joins us with more on this.

DARLINGTON: Yes, Fredricka. I think one of the scariest things here is this could really happen to you or me. Who hasn't honked in frustration in traffic. And that's what happened to 28-year-old Kay Hafford when she was on her way to work in Houston on Friday in rush hour traffic, according to investigators, somebody tried to cut her off, she honked her horn. But things quickly escalated.

There was an altercation and the other car pulled up on the right side of Hafford's car and the driver pulled out a gun and shot it. The bullet went through the passenger window of Hafford's car and into the back of her head and yet she managed to pull over to the side of the road and call 911. Listen to this.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Complaint advised one SUV run her off the road and shot her.

MARK HERMAN, ASST. CHIEF DEPUTY, HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE: She was in and out. She blacked out several times at the scene, so -- but she was coherent enough to give investigating officers, you know, some information to help us in the case.

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DARLINGTON: So Hafford was rushed to the hospital. She underwent surgery and she did survive. But the big problem here is that driver is still on the loose. Police know they're looking for a white SUV. The driver at the time was wearing a blue baseball cap but they have not found that person and I'm sure they'd be grateful for any leads they could get -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: My goodness. It would see that there would be -- there were a lot of witnesses but maybe -- I guess it's difficult for officers to kind of get the word without?

DARLINGTON: Exactly. The word is out there. I think they're just waiting for a lead that will really lead them to this person. They even think they've identified the kind of car. In the meantime, we did have some information from the hospital this morning where Kay Hafford is, this is the Memorial Herman Hospital, the trauma hospital in Texas, where they said her condition was upgraded to good condition. Her husband Kendrick Hafford also spoke. H's obviously angry, but he

was optimistic about her recovery. Listen to this.

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KENDRICK HAFFORD, VICTIM'S HUSBAND: I'm just glad she's going to be OK. May God deal with you, that's all I can say, because if I ever find out who it is, I'm not going to be that nice.

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DARLINGTON: And no doubt he's as anxious as the police for the suspect to be located. We'll hopefully have more updates later today -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: Let's hope it, yes, leads to a suspect.

Shasta Darlington, thank you so much. Appreciate it.

All right. Still ahead, General Petraeus was one of the architects of U.S. strategy for the war in Iraq. Well. now he says that the biggest threat to Iraq is not ISIS. Our next guest is in Baghdad and completely disagrees.

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[15:23:00] WHITFIELD: All right. Checking your top stories.

Starbucks is ending its practice of writing "Race Together" on customers' cups. A spokesman says the campaign should create discussion on diversity and racial inequality will continue without the handwritten messages. The company denies pulling the initiative because of public criticisms saying it was only planned to last one week.

And crews are investigating a ski lift that halted and rolled backwards at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. Seven adults injured, at least three of them hospitalized. More than 200 people had to be evacuated from the lift and no word on when it might reopen.

And the first full week of spring is starting off more like winter in many places. The northeast getting hit with bitter cold today. And tonight parts of New England will have dangerous windchills of minus 15 degrees. Meanwhile Chicago is bracing for yet more snow. The city could get as much as five inches for tomorrow morning's commute.

And the man who led the surge in the U.S. war in Iraq says ISIS isn't the most serious problem there now. General David Petraeus told "The Washington Post" that Iranian-backed groups fighting ISIS are the biggest threat to Iraq's stability. Petraeus said, quote, "Longer term Iranian backed Shia militia could emerge as the preeminent power in the country, one that is outside the control of the government. And instead answerable to Tehran," end quote.

Well, CNN global affairs analyst Lieutenant Colonel James Reese joins me now from Baghdad with more on this. So are you in agreement with Petraeus?

LT. COL. JAMES REESE, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: Good evening, Fred. Actually I'm not. And actually General Petraeus said two things in his talk when he was up in Sulaymaniyah which has been picked up, and one was about Syria and there are serious issues are there. I do agree with him there, in that place. But what I disagree with him is on his timing and his generalization of the militias, the Shia militias that are happening here in Iraq right now.

[15:25:13] My issue is this. It's easy for a former member like General Petraeus to come swooping into the country, make a large generalization based on what we've seen in the past. And don't get me wrong, we have had some major issues with those militias in the past, but right now, the key aspect here in Iraq is Sunnis and Shias are being killed by ISIS or Daesh, as they call them here.

And that -- when I talk to the Iraqis, when they heard General Petraeus' -- you know, his comments, you know, they were like, hey, can we take one thing at a time here and worry about the closing threat that's killing all the Iraqis -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: So I wonder, you know, is it your view that Americans, despite any political expertise or military expertise, which may be, you know, exceptional, that there is clearly a misunderstanding or not -- a full comprehension of culturally what is taking place, whether it be in Iraq or in neighboring countries?

REESE: Fredricka, I absolutely do. I mean, I have been here in Iraq now for 13 and a half years both fighting as a soldier here and now, you know, working here inside Iraq where I have my own Iraqi employees that work for me. And I have been up in Tikrit and in the area for the last three weeks, watching, watching the militia. We've seen the Quds forces from the Iranians there. We've seen Hezbollah from -- you know, from Lebanon.

And you know, known American enemies at this time. But again, right now there's three factions here that are really key. It's -- you have the political side, you have the military side, and then you have the man on the street side, the families on the street that are getting whacked by ISIS and it's criticality. And what I have been very impressed with is watching all -- both Sunni and Shia come together as Iraqis over the last month here.

And as they've moved up, you know, for the former Iraqi veterans, up, you know, in the main route, past Taji and up to Spiker and have they done this fight in Tikrit, and they've really been motivated, both, again, Shia and Sunni working together. So I work with the families and the people on the street and sometimes I think the politicians and the senior military guys have no idea what's going on down -- at the ground level -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: Well, is it your view that stability -- returning any kind of stability to that country will be predicated on the type of U.S. involvement? REESE: You know, Fred, I do. And here again is my concern. Right

now the Iranians have advisers on the ground. They're doing the same thing our advisers are doing at Al-Assad and Al-Anbar. And unfortunately like the Badr commander said last week to CNN's Ben Wedeman, he said to him, he says four Quds advisers on the ground here in Tikrit, helping us destroy ISIS is better than 200 advisers -- American advisers in the green zone.

And what I would look for if I was in charge right now, if I was a Special Forces commander, at a minimum, I'd want some of my Green Berets out there observing, watching what's going on. If some of the Sunni Arab nations in that region are concerned. Why don't they have observers on the ground to look and maybe give some advice to both their Sunni and the Shia, and I believe that would help bring things together for this nation which is in turmoil.

WHITFIELD: Lieutenant Colonel James Reese, thanks so much.

All right. Tough talk from U.S. Senator John McCain about the U.S. relationship with Israel.

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MCCAIN: Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President. It's time that we work together with our Israeli friends.

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WHITFIELD: Tough talk speaking on "STATE OF THE UNION." Senator John McCain says he's convinced President Obama is letting his problems with Netanyahu get in the way of shared policy goals, and tells Obama to get over it.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Some good news on the mortgage front. Rates down this week. Have a look.

And hello, again, everyone. Thanks so much for joining me. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.

The White House says it will be re-assessing certain aspects of the United States relationship with Israel in the coming days or weeks. And in an interview with "The Huffington Post," the president took issue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's preelection stance that he would not support Palestinian statehood. Comments Netanyahu quickly walked back.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Well, we take him at his word when he said that it wouldn't happen during his prime ministership, and so that's why we've got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see a chaotic situation in the region.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Firing back at the president, Senator John McCain saying today Mr. Obama was letting his personal feelings get in the way of U.S.-Israeli relations.

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MCCAIN: There was a free and fair, democratic election, the only nation in the region that will have such a thing. The president should get over it.

Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President. It's time that we work together with our Israeli friends and try to stem this tide of ISIS and Iranian movement throughout the region, which is threatening the very fabric of the region. The least of your problems is what Bibi Netanyahu said during an election campaign.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Joining me right now to talk about this, Aaron David Miller. He is vice president for New Initiatives and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.

Good to see you, David. All right. So you tacked U.S.-Israeli relations in this week's "Foreign Policy" column. And you say that while relations are perhaps at their worst point ever, there is some political game playing going on here. What do you mean by that?

AARON DAVID MILLER, VICE PRESIDENT, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER: Well, I mean, there is a -- there's no doubt, Fredricka, there's a crisis. I mean, it's an intersection of different policies, politics and personalities. And it's been running now for about five years. It's a continuous soap opera. Probably that produced the most dysfunctional U.S.-Israeli relationship at the top that we've ever seen.

But there is also a bit of gamesmanship here and I think most of it occurs on this issue of what to do about the two-state solution. The fact is the prime minister of Israel is not committed to this. He's not prepared to pay the price and most of his behavior suggests that he's not expanding or creating space for it to occur. The administration -- and so he's really not fooling anyone.

WHITFIELD: Wasn't there a feeling, though, that he --

MILLER: A walk back from a walk back from a walk back.

WHITFIELD: Was there a feeling, though, he was committed and now kind of revealing not really committed anymore?

MILLER: You know, it's really hard to believe on this one. I mean, Benjamin Netanyahu's whole sense of identity is not to create or become the midwife of the creation of a Palestinian state to divide Jerusalem and to return this June 67 borders. [15:35:19] So I think the prime minister, frankly -- and I'm just

reporting here, I think this is just a sound analysis, it's not a moral judgment -- isn't terribly interested in paying the price. I think no one is. The president on the other hand may well be following himself because the odds that you could create over the course of the next 20 months serious negotiating process that ends in a two-state solution that resolves border security, refugees and territory, and Jerusalem strikes me -- the odds that strikes is slim to none.

So the real problem I think is that the prime minister stripped away a bit of an illusion and has really angered the administration that's now in a box.

WHITFIELD: So why does it feel like there was a perception that a two-state solution was closer now than ever, but in recent years, especially looking at the relationship between these two men and particularly now just prior to reelection and just afterwards that that vision has completely gone away.

Wasn't there a feeling that there was -- there was tremendous progress that a two-state solution was close, maybe not within the next 20 months but we were closer now than ever?

MILLER: You know, I worked and studied this problem over the last 25 years and the notion that somehow Israelis and Palestinians are somehow on the verge of a breakthrough, that feeling was evident before Camp David II in July of 2000. It didn't happen. It was evident again when Olmert was conducting his conversations with Mahmoud Abbas, didn't happen. And it was evident in part through inflated expectations. Not the secretary's fault, but again the sense that people want to see this. But the Kerry effort came to naught.

The reality is, Fredricka, you could have a two-state solution, but you need an American president, an Israeli prime minister, and a Palestinian leader that literally have the capacity and the intention to pay the price, and right now you don't have that.

WHITFIELD: So what's paying the price? What do they all have to have in common?

MILLER: Well, paying the price means coming to terms with the four or five issues which are literally the crown jewels of the Arab-Israeli conflict. What to do about June 67 borders? What to do about hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers. How to create blocks that the Israelis would annex. How to give back to Palestinians an equal amount of territory to compensate for that annexation of those blocks?

What to do about Jerusalem and then how to resolve the issue of refugees and finally meeting the Israeli need to see Israel recognized as the nation state of the Jewish people. I mean, we're talking here -- think of a combination of migraine headaches and root canals. This is the toughest problem, perhaps with the exception of trying to get a nuclear deal with the Iranians.

It's the toughest problem in the international system. And frankly we really have to be real about what is required. And that's why I suggest there's a certain amount of gamesmanship here. The United States is threatening to reassess its relationship --

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WHITFIELD: Yes. And what does that mean to you? Because that doesn't mean -- I mean, what does that mean? How do you define that? Because it doesn't necessarily mean that the U.S. is going to no longer finance Israel the way it has. There's no cut back in that, right? What does it mean, reassess?

MILLER: Well, it's interesting. The word has only been used once before in a practical sense and that was by Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger when they recalled all American ambassadors from the Middle East in the summer of 1975 in an effort to press then Prime Minister Rabin to accept the second -- sign a disengagement agreement. Kissinger later admitted this was political theater but it did have some measure of success.

Here reassessment frankly doesn't mean much. The administration is not going to sanction Israel. It's not going to cut its aid. It's not going to vote with the Palestinians to sanction Israel for war crimes.

What it might mean, I suspect, is that the Americans, this administration will become less solicitous of the Israeli views in international forum and perhaps more willing to criticize the Israelis abroad.

But, Fredricka, how that is going to in turn lead to the creation of two states on the ground, I really haven't a clue.

WHITFIELD: Yes. Aaron David Miller, thanks so much. Good to see you.

MILLER: It's good to see you.

WHITFIELD: All right. A brand new account of that bloody arrest of a UVA student, we'll bring that to you next.

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WHITFIELD: All right. We're following this developing story now. Live pictures out of Orlando, Florida. What you're looking at is the remnants of a helicopter crashing into a house near the Orlando Executive Airport. Preliminary information now, a Robinson R-44 crashed into this house just about an hour ago. No word yet on how many people might have been on board or if there were any injuries.

The FAA is also investigating. No word even about who the occupants of that house, whether it was occupied at the time. But again, you're looking at the images as we're getting them in right now.

All right. Also new information today about that bloody takedown of a University of Virginia student outside an off-campus bar. The owner of that pub now speaking out about what happened that night and what that co-owner is now saying that actually could support what the 20- year-old Martese Johnson has been saying about this incident.

CNN's Nick Valencia with me now, with more on this.

NICK VALENCIA, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Kevin Badke is the co-owner, he said he wanted to end the rumor mill, he wanted people to know through his own words what exactly happened that night that he turned away 20-year-old Martese Johnson from Trinity Pub.

Police have said that Johnson was very agitated and belligerent but Kevin Badke, the co-owner of this pub, says that could have been farther from the truth. He released a statement through his attorney, I'll (INAUDIBLE) that. It says, "In Mr. Badke's opinion, Mr. Johnson did not appear to be intoxicated in the least. Despite the conversation which was cordial and respectful. Mr. Badke reiterated that he could not permit him to enter.

"He handed Mr. Johnson his I.D. back. And Mr. Johnson again walking in a northwesterly direction of University Avenue. A few moments later Mr. Badke heard a commotion, turned and saw Mr. Johnson on the ground about 30 feet further up on University Avenue with ABC agents detaining him."

[15:45:13] Mr. Johnson has officially been charged with public intoxication as well as obstruction of justice without force. He has his court date set for later this month -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: And so how might Mr. Johnson's attorneys use this to their benefit?

VALENCIA: Well, I mean, this is -- this is good news for them. This -- bigger question is, was this I.D. fake? Did he use a fake I.D.? And that really is a point of contention of this debate. Johnson's attorney says absolutely not. It was a real I.D. While Badke didn't explicitly say that it was a real I.D., he said that it was an Illinois driver's license that he asked him to zip code.

This is a common task that he asked the kids there in college when they're lined up, whether or not to see if they have a fake I.D. So Johnson gave a wrong account, gave a wrong zip code.

WHITFIELD: He gave his parents' address. I mean zip code.

VALENCIA: Zip code. Correct.

WHITFIELD: Oppose to his Virginia one.

VALENCIA: And Johnson had moved -- that's their excuse that the attorney is using. That's what he's saying, that, you know, that's the reason why there was a discrepancy on that. So we'll see what happens at this court date but officially charged public intoxication, obstruction of justice without force. Students there at UVA still furious about what happened to Johnson.

WHITFIELD: Right. Still not over. So very much in the beginning.

VALENCIA: Absolutely.

WHITFIELD: All right, Nick Valencia. Thanks so much.

VALENCIA: You got it.

WHITFIELD: Appreciate it.

All right, still to come, a video of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, dirty dancing shortly before his friend was killed and why the prosecution in Hernandez's murder trial says this video shows a motive.

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[15:50:15] WHITFIELD: All right. Tomorrow is day 32 in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial. And the former football star is accused of killing his friend Odin Lloyd. Prosecutors have no murder weapon, so they have been building their case with blocks of circumstantial evidence, including lots of surveillance tape.

Our Susan Candiotti has more.

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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It may not be the most crucial three-minute video of the trial, but it could be one of the most memorable.

(Voice-over): Is it more than dirty dancing? For prosecutors, it suggests motive. Aaron Hernandez standing against a wall while a female dance partner does a bump and grind.

KASEY ARMA, DANCED WITH AARON HERNANDEZ: He told me his name was Rock.

CANDIOTTI: It's two nights before Odin Lloyd is killed. He's in a club with Hernandez. That's Lloyd wearing a hat. Club promoter Kasey Arma testifies Hernandez asked her to dance, and she does. Then his mood suddenly takes a turn.

ARMA: He seems irritated and kind of just aggressive. He just seemed a lot more agitated, like on edge.

CANDIOTTI: Another witness also tells jurors he sees Hernandez appearing angry inside the club as Lloyd talks to a friend, and angry again when Hernandez leaves the club. His right arm gesturing in the air.

On cross, defense attorneys challenge those witnesses' credibility, attacking a female bar patron and her behavior, saying she bragged about 50 men coming on to her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fifty guys that grabbed you that night inside?

ARMA: I was probably exaggerating, but a lot of men did approach me.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So that was an exaggeration?

ARMA: Yes.

CANDIOTTI: It's not clear how the aggressive questioning played with the jury nor how Hernandez's behavior may play with his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, who has not been in court for two weeks. She's been given immunity to testify for the state.

Prosecutors play video of a car they say shows the very moment Lloyd arrives at the crime scene, driven by Hernandez. The car leaves three minutes and 40 seconds later. Another video shows the same car pulling into Hernandez' driveway less than a mile away, without Lloyd. That same afternoon, the three defendants are at Hernandez's home in his man cave, playing with his baby, and around his backyard pool. Hours later, shaking hands and getting back into the car, heading to a rental agency.

(On camera) At about the same time Hernandez returns that rental car, a jogger finds the bullet-riddled body of Odin Lloyd at the industrial park.

Still to come, a ruling on whether the state can play jailhouse conversations with Hernandez, including one with his former college teammate Mike Pouncey, who's on the state's witness list.

Susan Candiotti, CNN, Fall River, Massachusetts.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Let's talk more about this case and what it might mean in the Hernandez case overall with attorney Esther Panitch.

OK. So prosecutors showing this videotape, saying that there was a change in his demeanor, and you say it actually shows nothing, desperation, maybe?

ESTHER PANITCH, CRIMINAL AND CIVIL TRIAL ATTORNEY: Yes. It's a desperate move by the prosecutor. Why do they need to do this? Why don't they rely on real evidence? They don't need to get into his behavior two days before the alleged -- before the murder to try to bring out why -- what his motive may have been. The state needs to have real evidence that supports that Hernandez killed Odin Lloyd. And this is just desperate.

WHITFIELD: So what do you suppose the interpretation might be from jurors? I mean, they're not law experts, but when they see video like this and they hear the prosecutor say, look, there's a change in his demeanor. You got the girl who is dancing with him, who's on the stand who said, yes, he seemed to be agitated.

But, you know, will a jury say, OK, that helps substantiate that there was something going on and he may end up, you know, participating in a murder?

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PANITCH: I hope not --

WHITFIELD: How do you connect those dots?

PANITCH: I don't know, unless Hernandez said, I'm really angry at Odin Lloyd because of these reasons, and boy, am I going to kill him? Unless he said something like that, there's no nexus between his anger and the death of Odin Lloyd. They just need more. Maybe they'll tie it up with later evidence, but at this point, taking this video in a vacuum, there's nothing there.

WHITFIELD: And we heard and saw a few things in Susan Candiotti's piece. There was surveillance video of him at home, you know, handling his baby, being at the pool. What does that tell you?

PANITCH: That he's a family man? I mean, the dirty dancing might show that he's not the best type of fiancee if he's going around asking other women to dance in the way he was dancing, but that doesn't necessarily make him a murderer.

[15:55:03] And I think the fact that he's holding his baby and is at the pool actually helps the defense to humanize Aaron Hernandez, that he's just a regular father who takes care of his family and not the type of murderer that the prosecution is portraying him to be.

WHITFIELD: And of course the non-lawyer in me says, you know, the fiancee is not there in court anymore, maybe she knew this particular portion of testimony would happen, it's a little embarrassing, you don't want to really hear it for yourself, as the fiancee, but doesn't necessarily mean that she is turning on Hernandez, or does it?

PANITCH: No, it means that she could have the flu. She could have doctors' appointments, she could have other things that are keeping her away from court this time. It certainly makes you wonder why she's not there because she has stood by him this entire time, and mix that with the state's granting of immunity to her. Sure, people could -- you know, could speculate that she is flipping on him and doesn't want to be present behind him anymore but that isn't necessarily true.

WHITFIELD: So over all, how are you assessing this case, as the prosecution is laying out its case, murder, against Aaron Hernandez?

PANITCH: Well, I think the prosecution has made several very good points such as the gun and the shoe prints, but I think overall if they are relying on this kind of evidence, I think that they should have stopped a while ago after the scientific evidence because this to me just smacks of desperation.

WHITFIELD: All right, Esther Panitch, thanks so much.

All right. So much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM after a quick break.

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