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after week of inaction, he put it all on blog, guy staring deliriously into my mac book. said one post. guy deleting everything, another post. >> i hoped it would get a reaction. >> it paid off. his blog got thousands of tweets. police started getting calls from the media. just like that, they called to tell him they tracked the man down and made an rae. so who is this guy, a 27-year-old oakland limo driver. booked on charges of possessing stoling property. he reportedly said the laptop had been given to him as a gift and he thought it may have been stolen and should have known better. >> i was relieved. >> it proved that security applications work and sometimes a little shame can work in your favor. dan simon, cnn, san francisco.
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>> how about that? he got it back. be sure to watch more about technology developments every saent sand at 2:00 p.m. eastern in the "newsrook." an e. coli outbreak has killed at least 18 people in europe. cucumbers, lettuce, and tomatoes imported from spain and europe will be tested, but here is a tip. >> it comes from three main places for a consumer, number one, it's often present on meat, raw beef, particularly. make sure you cook those hamburgers properly, especially as we're headed to the summer season. second risk is on fruits and vegetab vegetables. if they come already washed, you're fine. if nots, wash them.
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if you can peel them, peel them. the third is milk. make sure it's pastorized and not raw. >> four american have gotten sick but that was aftercoming back from europe. nato officials now confirm they used precision strike helicopters against targets in libya overnight. these are apache helicopters li leaving a french assault ship. they targeted a libyan radar installation and a military check point. this video was released by the british military. before that, they had only struck targets from fixed wing aircrafts. gunfire sends demonstrators. this hamas, syriaering north of damascus. demonstrators and police fired massfly into the crowd of
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anti-government protesters. they estimate 80 people were killed. you have to rely on youtube because reporting is not allowed in syria. the caseyan anthony sounds like a case of csi. they're discussing evidence found in the trunk of her daughter related to her daughter, caylee. this is how prosecutors make cases these days, especially when there's not an eyewitness to the crime. the science is cutting edge, and it matters. >> they're relying heavily on the forensic evidence. they're breaking the news, bringing in new things that have not been done before. the first thing today after court got in session after 9:00 a.m. was an expert witness by the fbi. her name was karen lowe. she webtd wend on the stand and
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explained why a hair found in casey anthony's trunk is one she believes to have been found on a dead or decomposing body. the reason is she found a marking on the air that she had only seen in dead or decomposing bodies. >> it was microscopically dissimilar to the head hair sample coming from casey anthony. the sample in 12 was similar to a hair found in a hairbrush that was identified at belonging to caylee anthony. >> jose baez did not want this testimony in court today. he oblged to it, but the judge allowed it anyway. while this is all going on, caylee anthony's grandparents are sitting in the courtroom, hearing this, reliving this. i got off the phone with the attorney, and he said this is really tough, but they want the
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truth, and they will stay there until the find it out. >> and they had to ask permission to watch trial because they're on the witness list, but the judge said it was fine. good the. >> that's right. the judge made an exception in the case. in this case, the judge saw this as appropriate because high se m as victims, too. they lost a granddaughter and want the truth. >> thank you. >> let's get to arizona. more than 1,000 firefighters are battling wildfires. more than 250,000 acres are burning across the state. jan brewer is expected to hold a news conference shortly. smoke and fire can be seen in albuquerque. that's about 200 miles away. if you checked your calendar, you know the atlantic hurricane season is here. jacqui jeras is checking out a little bit of activity worth
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paying attention to. >> right on time. we're watching this yaeah of disturbed weather. it's a cluster of showers and thunder showers but it's bringing topengsal downpours to haiti, new mexico, jamaica as well. we think it's going to be slow to organize and slow to move. that's the bad news that some of these areas could get flood as a result of some of this. the longer it sits over the warmer water, the more likely it will develop into something. the national hurricane center puts a 30% chance of it developing into the first tropical depression and storm as well. noaa also released their forecast for the season, expecting it to be above average. expecting 12 to 18 named storms. 3 to 6 becomes hurricanes. and the neighborhood seeing more u.s. landfalls is greater than last year. here is the list of the names.
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everybody likes to look and see if their name is there. arlene is number one, and rochelle is turning her head. no, it's not you. quick note on the wildfires, still very dry conditions here along with gusty winds. the smoke is moving from arizona to parts of new mexico. air quality is bad. they're smelling this hundreds of miles away in albuquerque into santa fay. the heat is on. heat indusees from 100-105. that'siga getting dangerous. and the last headline has to do with the flooding on the mississippi river. we have sue from south nebraska, an i-reporter sent these photos. he's the managing editor of the "dakota city star" there. he said folks have about two weeks to get out before the
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water is release said. you can see the folks with sand bags trying to get ready as the water heads that way. this is when communities come together. thank you. a political fallout after the disappointing jobs report. we'll look alt how this is affecting the race for the white house. next thing you know he's got a stunning portfolio. now he's planning to retire in tuscany. we're both pretty emotional about it. shhhh, don't say a word. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed.
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a little blue nub at the end of the rope, that's job growth for me. 54,000 jobs, that's it. 8 down from the month before and way, way down from a year ago. let's bring in allison kosk. these numbers are, they're not good. there's a lot of political ammunition you can get out of these numbers as well. >> there's plenty for politicians to talk about because, rochelle, the numbers this week on jobs were bad news for the economy, and if you're an individual investor, they were bad for you as well. you know what? if things don't improve, it could wind up costing president obama his own job. things in the economy have slowly been looking up for the president, but may' numbers show an anemic job growth. we're still a long ways off from the election, but yesterday, it was no coincidence he held an event right in front of autoworkers. he knows the economy is still in bad shape. >> we still face some tough
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times. we still face some challenges. you know, this economy took a big hit. you know, it's just like if you had a bad illness, if you got hit by a truck, you know, it's going to take a while for you to mend. that what's happened to our economy. it's taking a while to mend. >> and the big question is going to be how much patience will the american people have? it's going to depend on how much better or worse things are by the time the election rolls around. for republicans with hopes to get into the white house, the report is giving them an opportunity to criticize the president. take a look at this. our e-mail box quickly filled up with criticism from some of the candidates, the republican candidates. governor tim pawlenty said today's underwhelming jobs numbers report demonstrators president obama's failure to face the nation.
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mitt romney said obama made business worse. and from herman kane, he said we have yet to see the positive results from the billions of dollars spent from the stimulus. the candidates hope it gives them much-needed attention before they gput their own plan forward. the jobs jort is going to have a huge impact on the election because jobs is what is going to help power the recovery forward. who could forget it was a bad economy that helped obama surge past john mccain in the last election cycle. >> it absolutely was. it's going to be interesting to see if it's his undoing now. allison, thank you very much. is innovation the seed that can get the economy moving? fareed zakaria thinks so. he'll host a show tomorrow night focusing on innovation. he'll look at the defense
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advanced research projects agency, and here is sapreview. >> the high stakes of providing sound technology for soldiers in combat motivates the team to create the best technology in the world. >> they simply must work in all numbers of austere situations. life and death, and that kind of urgen urgency, it focuses the mind and inspires greater genius. >> reporter: most famously, they funlded the first version of the internet. in 1969, computer hubs called nodes were able to send messages to oech other over a phone line. >> that original investment was about $150 million. and that gave birth to the internet now, about $300 billion later. >> reporter: these days, he's working on a slew of exciting innovations including big dog. a groundbreaking project in robotics. the idea is to create a robot with animal-like capabilities
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and strength to go with soldiers in rough terrain. >> you'll see that it really looks like a dog moving. and it has all sorts of other attributes that makes it rusilient in difficult viempts. >> wow, that's unbelievable, that video there. that is just part of tomorrow night's fareed zucakaria gps special. that airs at 8:00 ear on cnn. >> the origin of the x-men go back to the beginning in the latest installment. >> fire! >> we're the better men. this is the time to prove it. >> there are thousands of men on
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those ships. they're just following ords. >> i have been at the mercy of men just following orders. never again. >> wow. once friends, now enomies, mutant s battle each other in "x-men first class." our critic weighs in in a few mnltsz. m. mi. n. we're going to head on into the interview. evan, sandy . . . evan ..
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what pushed you toward the explorer? it was less expensive. better technology inside. there was stuff that we have in our car that i didn't even know existed. how does your music gear fit in there? it fits perfectly. i mean, i got a keyboard, acoustic guitar, merchandise, cds to sell and it all just fits like a nice game of tetras. what would you say to a friend who's skeptical about buying a ford. do you want to borrow my keys.
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humans with super human abilities. we know them as mutants from the x-men series. the latest film in the franchise takes us back to a look at the beginning for a look at how professor x and magneto became archenemies. great to talk to you. >> hey, rochelle. >> okay, first we'll set it up to get people up to speed. we'll play a clip and then let's tong about this, all right? >> lt, i'm ready. >> you don't want to do this. bad things tend to happen. >> it's because you can't control it, it controls you. it's why we're here, alex, why we're training. >> this is like any other muscle in the body. you can control it. >> try higher frequency, much higher. >> you're right, alex, i want
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you to hit the x and try not to hit me. there's a good champ. >> you're serious? >> very serious. i have complete and utter faith in you. >> okay, great. in the interest of full disclosure, i have to say i haven't seen any x-men movies, but watching the clip, it looks good. >> you're in luck because if x-men: first class had its own mutant ability, it would be not sucking like the first two did. this is a summer flick, they did a great job. so all the comic book nerds is exhale. we did have to sit through an uncomfortable 15 minutes in the beginning of the movie with james mcavoy using a. >> reporter: strange austin
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voice. and he was seen earlier in "jane eyre" earlier this year where his ability was locking women in close closets. it's set in the '60s and it is sort of the prequal to the movies that came out in the 2000s. there's a lot of gogoboots and fedoras and guys walking around. >> what is your grade? >> i give this movie a solid a because finally we get a chance to explain all of the historical archival footage of submarines getting lifted out of the ground at the cuban missile crisis. but i'm not a history adviser. >> and the next movie, out in lme limited are lease, called "beginners" about a 75-year-old man, who after the death of his
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woof, decides to tell his sonering i'm dying, too, and i'm also gay. >> oliver. >> yeah. >> i'm not sorry i woke you. >> dad, i went to a bar tonight. >> you did? >> yeah, they did had some wonderfully loud music. what kind of music is that? >> probably house music. >> house music? okay. house music. >> that's a great clip. i love that, and the cast is fantastic. ewan mcgregor and cristmer plumber. what do you think. >> this movie is what it would be like if christopher plumber in his famous role of captain von trapp from the sounld of music married maria, she died and he announced he was unlove with professor detwiler. a lot funnier than the previews
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make it look. that clip is a good gauge of how compassionate andculate this movie is. it's all about relationships. so oliver, played by ewan mcgregor, his son is falling in love with a new girl, and he's comparing that against his father finding a boyfriend named andy. and even ewan mcgregor's relationship with the dog arthur is treated really in a funny way with. it's a good movie with a lot of campassion for people who are dead set on being who they are regardless of the cost. i give this movie an a. >> two as? >> double a. not a great bra size, great for movie movies. >> and two completely different movies. if you don't want to go out, the first dvd, "drive angry. quats a vengeful father escaped
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from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter. good movie. >> hands down. nicolas cage has escaped from hell. that's really all you need to know. it's fast cars, lots of guns, amb amber herd being a butt-kicking beauty, and nic cage's hair blowing in the breeze. sign me up, represent this movie. >> and i think we have time for "the company men" about a guy who loses his job, goes to work for his brother-in-law, and kind of redefines himself. what do you think? >> i say watch it, it's very serious, not beer drinking out of a human skull, but interesting in this economy with a lot of interesting performers. ben affleck, who just keeps
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getting better. >> great talking to you. thanks. cnn producers, anchors, reporters also have bags packed, always. and we keep up on the hottest travel spots around the world. and our political team tells us some of their favorite places to eat on the campaign trail. >> oh, my god, barbecue. anywhere in the south, the barbecue is so good that even when you go to gas stations, they have good barbecue. >> i go out of my way every other yearo sore when i'm in new orleans, these begniets. >> the airport has great barbecue. >> they're made right, best in des moines, which is a kind of crumpled up hamburger on a soft bun. i have tried for 30 years to make it at home. i can't make it there, and i
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would travel the earth to find it, but i have only found it in des moines, iowa. >> i do always make the point in arkansas of going to doe's. it's a meat place. it's not fancy, but boy is it good. >> there's a place that is called the crown candy. >> i have had really good barbecue in st. louis, excellent in houston, very good barbecue in nashville the other day. >> i could live without all that barbecue. >> is wolf serious? who could live without barbecue, especially the barbecue in houston. >> conservative christians and the republicans who court them come together this weekend in washington. [ bell rings ]
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top stories. start in wildwood, new jersey where an 11-year-old girl fell 100 feet to her death.
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she was on a class trip when she plunged from one of the tallest ferris wheels in the east coast. that's the first time someone has fallen off the ride since it opened in 1985. >> a hotel security guard accused of killing a 16-year-old in coe a rika faces murder charges. they said he left his room after hours and they shot him. he was on a trip with his spanish club. >> casey anthony is the mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter back in 2008. today's testimony is focused on microscopic evidence, mainly a hair found in the trunk of casey anthony's car. >> in this case, did you eliminate the defend, the victim's mother, as a possible source of the hair with the
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decomp root. >> it was dissimilar to the hair sample coming from casey anthony, so it was not consistent with the genetics from casey anthony. >> but it could be from any maternal relative who had nine-inch long light brown to brown hair. >> if there's another relative who has the same microscopic characteristi characteristicses, i might not be able to exclude them. >> if that perp has blond hair, could you exclude them? >> potentially, yes. >> the defense claims 2-year-old caylee drowned in the family pool. sdpl former presidential nominee and vice president claims he did not break the law. yesterday, he pled not guilty to conspiracy and campaign violations. prosecutors said he broke the law when he spent $900,000 trying to cover up an affair
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with a campaign worker. >> a big draw for every republican candidate. they include rick santorum who is expected to announce his candidacy on monday. >> i have always been for prolife, for traditional marriage, but i had been like a lot of folks. we have come to make the pledge, vow to social conservatives that they'll check the boxes. they'll be for the things social conservatives care about. ladies and gentlemen, i don't just take the pledge, i take the bullets. >> it's a two-day event. the wraps up tonight with a speech from herman cain. for the latest political news go to cnnpolitics.com. voters in peru go to the polls tomorrow. it's the second round of the elections. the daughter of a jailed president is an unlikely
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politician, like her father. a peruvian descended from japanese immigrants. she's 38 years old, moved to the joo u.s., and married to a man from new jersey. this man ran five years ago and failed because of his relationship with hugo chavez. >> he's a former army officer who was linking to a 2005 military uprising and accused of being a left stz. she's the daughter of a former president who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights vileses. he lost the election in peru mainly because he was portrayed as a main ally of hugo chavez. that's a point his rival, a right-wing liawmaker has frequently used against them. >> translator: there are
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reporters who say this man is a good fighter of chavez. >> her father was in prison for ten years. he's there on corruption charges. the diagnosis of cancer was basically once a death sentence, but cancer is no longer the number one cause of death in america. take a list of the screen. we'll tell you which has the highest mortality rate. then we'll take alic at the new strategies and treatments helping cancer patients live longer. an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. [ professor ] good morning students. today, we're gonna... [ male announcer ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we know it's intimidating. instant torque. top speed of 100 miles an hour. that's one serious machine. but you can do this. any socket can.
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and welcome back. before the break, we listed am of the leading causes of death in america and asked which one has the highest mortality rate. according to the latest figures in the centers for disease control, heart disease is number one, killing over 616,000 people a year. cancer is second with a little over 563,000 deaths. a revolution is taking place on the world on cancer. and exciting news. better strategies and better weapons. dr. bill lloyd is joining us from chicago, attending the annual meeting of the specials of oncology. all this information is hot off the presses. we certainly appreciate it. thanks for joining us. >> oh, it's a wonderful time to be here in chicago, at the meeting, rochelle, because the revolution is under way.
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without painting too rosy a picture, it is cancer, after all, but since 1970, there has been a four-fold jump in the decrease in cancer, and you look at the ten-year survival rate, they're equal to what used to be five-year survival rates. people are not only living longer. they're enjoying better lives even though they have cancer and pashzs now have more options than ever before. >> tell us what some of the weapons are on the war on cancer that are helping us mack these improvements by leaps and bounds. >> let me tell you about five powerful weapons that weren't here just a few years ago. the first is the internet. it's allowed researchers to clab ratd like never before. and for patients, they can use trials to find out about the latest research in fighting cancer. osin the past, we used to go against the entire organ that intained the cancer.
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now you yewe use critical targe spare the re of the body. the biomarkers are small strips of protein like license plates that help mark them and sparing the healthy tissue. we call this individualized medicine. and selective radiation. instead of damaging a lung and burning tissues, they have treatments that will benefit from that therapy. and finally, there's a variety of vaccines made from tumor cells. >> you said they don't involve always directly attacking and killer the tumor. talk about some of the diseases that have benefits from that particular advance. >> sure, you have a diagnosis of cancer, you're going to have mutilating therapy, lots of radiation, and then we're going
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to poison you, the outcome was not good. now, many people are experiencing remission, and even recoveries like never before. we talk about cancers of the liver, leukemia, and the colon every year. you talk about diseases like cancers of the pancreas, the esophagus, they need more work, but they're still finding a way to improve survival and the quat of life. >> tell us right now some of the things we can do to keep banser at bay that would really make a difference. >> here are five easy steps that anyone can take to reduce their risks of getting cancer and help them survive cancer if they develop it. the first is no tobacco. don't ever smoke, and if you smoke, stop. stay away from the second-hand smoke. >> everyone should get down to their normal weight.
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individuals with a high bmi are at a higher risk of developing cancer. know about the risks you should take. ask your doctor to include the testicles and breast in examines. think about your diet. that's a diet loaded with lots of bright colors. the brighter the color, the more antioxidants in the foods. and finally, know your own risks, specifically your family history. if there's a trend for specific types of cancer, you can be tested and screened more regularly, tested more often and earlier in life to find the tumors and treat them effectively. >> dr. lloyd, that's great advice and all the things are doable and not optional, quite frankly, not optional. >> you can take management of your own health care and guide yourself to a healthy future. >> thank you very much. >> we'll talk again soon. >> yes, we will. an ancient mystery is solved
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archeologists in st. augustine, florida have recovered a church that dates back to the colonial era. >> reporter: archeologists from the university of florida solved a mystery 300 year old. >> it's a real deteblctive stor when all the pieces come together. >> they found a church that was built in 1667 and written about glowingly in many documents, including the king of spain. this tape measure marks the parameters of the actual church. archeologists believe it was about 90 feet to 40 feet, which means it was likely the largest church in the spanish colonies at its time. >> the spanish governor bragged it wads the finest church in the provinces. >> it was also the first stone building in florida. but in 1888, the british governor blew up the church at the start of the british invasion.
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our cameras were rolling as archeologists unearthed histrhee. bits of earth from the walls and artifacts like this clay pipe. >> it probably dates to the 1700s. >> the day drew tourists. >> it's wonderful to be at a place where it started. >> our affiliate report that after the dig is complete, artificates will go on public display, so they'll get to see it, too. >> china makes history in frangs. li na became the first chinese tennis player, man or woman, to win a grand slam singles title. congratulations to her. lawyers for the nfl and the players return to court yesterday, making their cases for and against the legality of the three-month-old logout, but today,ali there's no sign any agreement might be near to
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salvage the football season. and they have allowed the lockout to remain in place during the deal. president obama toits the auto recovery a success of the political bailout. the ticker is ahead.
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so they're calling it pure gold. sweet potatoes. tom foreman tells us this simple and delicious food is building up america. >> reporter: it's like watching a magic trick. a tractor rolls over the bare dirt, cutting furrows.
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a planter drags behind, and there they are, the green chutes of sweet potatoes. there's no more wonderful sight for jerome vick. >> sweet potatoes on my farm means approximately 50% of the net income on this farm. >> reporter: and right now, they're pure gold for many in the state. >> right here in this field is the capital. north carolina is the capital of sweet potatoes, bar none. >> reporter: the north carolina sweet potato commission said this year, about 400 farmers will plant 60,000 acres of sweet potatoes worth about $182 million to the state economy. that's a record. >> we have grown almost half the sweet potatoes produced in the united states. >> reporter: they're selling all over the world. sweet potato producers are cashing in on the healthy eating phase by aggressfively atver tizing that this native american plant can help with anything
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from heart pain to joint disease. that's pushing the request for fries and pies. >> that looks to rise even more. >> reporter: how much more? hard to say, but this year, vick expects to grow enough on his farm to meet the sweet potato needs of 4 million people. >> you might as well say we have 4 million people eating at our dinner table, which is perfectly all right with me. >> reporter: and next year, they hope to be breaking records again. tom foreman, cnn. so this is enzo, the artiste behind my wardrobe.
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shhhh, don't say a word. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. welcome back. lawrence eagleburger has died. he serves a brief stint under president bush in the '90. they say he played a pivotal role in the falling of the berlin wall. time for cnn equals politics. we're keeping an eye on all the political headlines. here is what's is crossing right now. robert gates today warned about potential clashes in the south china seas. gates' statement comes amid tensions as china stakes claims
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on the area and other nations dispute the claims. vice president biden stopped by a station in italy to thank the troops there. they mark the country's 150th anniversary as a republic. and president obama talked about the turn around of the auto industry in his mediadry. it was yesterday during a visit to a chrysler plant in toledo, ohio. for the late stz political news, go to cnnpolitics.com. "newsroom" continues next hour with my friend, don lemon. >> the first time we have gotten to work since, please, can we co-work? >> police, i never get to see him. >> we'll talk after this, get this out of the way, talk business and then have fun. can you believe it's been 30 years since the first reported case of hiv today? >> and you know what we're doing to not really commemorate it but
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to mark it? what we're doing is having the aids quilt in the studio. it's traveling the world, and we'll have part of it. look how beautiful it is. we talk about the aids memorial quilt, and i'll talk to stephanie laster. she's hiv positive. both her mother and son died of hiv complications. she's going to bring some of the panels she made for them. there is dr. sanjay gupta. and also, i want you to take a look at this. have you seen this video? look. called "man down." as you can see, a man gets shot there. begins with pop star shooting a man in the head and ends with viewers learning the man had raped her. but it's drawn a lot of fire and
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the parental counsel on edge. >> you're going to get a huge e response. viewers are weighing in. some are saying it's just art. let her say what she's saying. others are saying it's more than art because of what she's been through. >> i'm glad you warned me, and we'll take a closer look at this. i know you guys have been covering it extensively. what is the fascination, the casey anthony trial? why are they running to secure seats? it's like it's a sporting event or concert. why are people so riveted by this very high-protime trial and high profile trials in general? we'll discuss that in the earlier hours, and at 10:00 eastern, i'll talk with a former fbi profiler who actually worked on the casey anthony case, and now that he's not with the age aenl aenlsancy, he can talk about it. it's a special ror. >> looking forward to it, my friend. from falling fruit to the
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charging brides. another early tradition, the running of the brides. don, isn't this fun? this is filene's basement. of course, hundreds of brides to be strategize and line up outside the store yesterday morning. and as soon as the doors open, they charge, looking for the perfect wedding dress for a bargain price. that's the onlyresisen to get up early in the morning. >> those dresses are expensive, so i understand why they're running. >> isn't that the truth? thanks for joining me in the "news room." i'm rochelle carey, sitting in for fredricka, and don is neck. a pantented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. ♪ ooh baby, (what) can i do for you today? ♪ try align today. ♪ ooh baby, (what) can i do for you today? ♪ we're going to head on into the interview. what really moves you about this car? i mean, it's definitely the styling, from an aesthetics point of view,
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um, so that was something that just kind of instantly appealed to me. lauren, tell us how you use your sync? i'm using it for business. i'm using it to talk to my friends who send me text messages. it reads everything outloud. the funniest one, i think, was when it said g r r r r r r for "grrr". do you the fiesta is appropriately named? it is a party on wheels.
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hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. we begin this hour with heavy gunfire in the streets of syria. just listen to that. you can hear security forces opening fire. antigovernment demonstrators had gathered just after friday prayers in the city of homa to protest the killing of dozens of children. human right groups say more than

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