Today on CNN Newsroom
The latest news and information from around the world. Also connect with CNN through social media. We want to hear from you.
February 21st, 2012
06:56 PM ET
Passerby saves young girl investigators say was kept in basement by family
Mike Vega of Madison, Wisconsin stumbled across and alerted authorities to a young girl investigators say was kept in a basement, starved and sexually abused. Vega told Brooke the girl looked "like she just came from Auschwitz."
February 21st, 2012
04:27 PM ET
From the runway to rehab, Jennifer Gimenez talks drug addiction
Jennifer Gimenez says her first line of cocaine made everything in her head "quiet and okay for just a minute." She says she has been seeking that feeling ever since. Gimenez tells Brooke how she went from that first line of cocaine to her darkest hour – waking up in a psych ward after a suicide attempt. Her incredible story of recovery and how she is now helping other addicts makes this a must watch.
On Twitter
San Jose passed a law requiring retailers to videotape all gun purchases.
Mayor Sam Liccardo says it’s an effort totwitter.com/i/web/status/1…gwhZ
RT @Acosta: Just spoke with @RepMaxineWaters who tells me that she's "challenged the patriotism" of Republicans "who claim to be more patri…
“We’re always open to compromise — always — but we’re not going to give up the store to get a weak bill,”twitter.com/i/web/status/1….co/ty2bdK3WAx
“This is a unity gift so that Americans can come together to understand slavery, and that we can continue to buildtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…vZrS
“There is resistance out there that we have to overcome,” Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says about the state’s ltwitter.com/i/web/status/1…ViCYEzLa
