Pakistan Under Pressure for Jailing Doctor
COSTELLO: Eighteen minutes past the hour. Checking our top stories now. Mitt Romney now has enough delegates to become the Republican nominee for president. Last night, he won the Texas primary, put him over the top -- still not official, though, until the Republican National Convention set for late August in Tampa, Florida. He'll be the first Mormon to become a presidential nominee for a major party. We're waiting to see if any big news comes out of a pre-trial hearing for Jerry Sandusky today. Last night, the former Penn State assistant coach met with the judge behind close doors. He is not expected in court today. Sandusky is charged with sexually abusing at least 10 boys over a 14-year period. Some of the alleged victims are asking the judge to their identity secret. This morning, one of the most notorious warlords in the world was sentence to 50 years behind bars. The judge said Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia benefited from a steady flow of blood diamonds in returns for supporting a rebel group in Sierra Leone. Those rebels slaughtered thousands of people, rape woman and enslave children. A Pakistani doctor's decision to help the CIA track Osama bin Laden lands him in jail for 33 years. And that sentence could cause Pakistan a lot of money. One U.S. senator is now calling for an end to all foreign aid to that country, unless the doctor is released. In a statement, Senator Rand Paul says, quote, "Pakistan must understand they are choosing the wrong side. The doctor was simply helping the United States capture the head of al Qaeda. Surely is not linking their interest with those of an international terrorist organization," end quote. Our Reza Sayah joins us now from Islamabad. Reza, the doctor's family is also pleading with the Obama administration for help. You talked to this doctor's brother on the phone. What did he tell you?</s>REZA SAYAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, he's worried. He hasn't seen his brother for more than a year now ever since he was taken into custody by authorities here. And he's calling on Washington to help him get out. When you look at this situation and U.S.-Pakistan relations, it seems to have all the symptoms of a bad marriage, when even the smallest problems all of a sudden escalate, they make headlines, and they become very difficult to solve. And it seems to be one of them. Again, this is about Dr. Shakil Afridi, the man who helped the CIA in a search for bin Laden. Washington says he's a good guy. Pakistan says he's spy for the U.S. and he's part of the operation that violated Pakistan's sovereignty. He's now sitting in jail, sentenced to 33 years in prison. We spoke to his brother today and he said, Washington needs to do whatever it can to get him out.</s>JAMIL AFRIDI, BROTHER OF SHAKIL AFRIDI (through translator): Obviously, we're all worried about him. His kids are worried. Our brother has been in jail for more than a year now. There's no one who can tell us anything about him. We can't see him. We don't know how he's doing. These allegations are false. They're baseless. My brother didn't do anything against Pakistan. If he helped the U.S., it was for the benefit of Pakistan. The American government should help us any way it can.</s>SAYAH: That was Jamil Afridi, the brother of Dr. Shakil Afridi. Now, contrary to earlier reports that said Dr. Afridi was tortured in prison, his brother told us he's not sure if he was tortured. And he also told us that Dr. Afridi had a U.S. visa before the raid on the bin Laden compound. But he doesn't know why he didn't leave for the U.S., Carol.</s>COSTELLO: Reza Sayah, live in Pakistan this morning. Facebook shares are tanking and it's so bad it's knocking Mark Zuckerberg off the top 40 richest people list.