united states. i've been a medical reporter for ten years. frankly, i thought today's show might be a little bit different when i first started. i thought it might be the tale of a vanishing epidemic. i thought it might be a historical perspective on a disastrous pathogen. but we are not there -- yet. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for watching. see you next week. good morning, everybody. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your cnn sunday morning. i'm t.j. holmes. 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 3:00 p.m. here in syria and israel and that's where we do have some breaking news this morning where pro-palestinian demonstrators are trying to cross the border into israel. they're trying this at several points, including at golan heigh heights. not only is the israeli army waiting for them, they're firing warning shots in the air. firing warning shots on the ground. there are reports of people being killed.

we will take you there live straight ahead. also, if you're receiving welfare benefits in florida, well, you could be drug tested for illegal drugs. yes. we'll be talking about a new law and we'll be talking about it with a man who signed it into law. the governor of florida, rick scott, here with me live in just a couple of minutes. let's start with this tense situation that is developing right now in the golan heights along israel's border with syria. also the border at the west bank. take a look. israeli troops have fired at points tear gas and warning shots at these pro-palestinian protesters that are threatening to break israel's borders. syrian television says four protesters were killed, 13 others wounded. cnn not able to independently confirm that at this point. also we're not getting any confirmation of that just yet from israeli forces.

we do have a crew on the scene in the west bank for now. we've been watching this scene for the past several hours as this has developed. you see in some of these pictures what appears to be some people who have been injured. they're doing all this to mark what is the anniversary of the arab defeat in the 1967 middle east war when israel's borders changed nap is when israel seized the golan heights. that's at the border in syria. also gaza from egypt seized the west bank from jordan. they are commemorating this event. now this is not the first or last time lately we have seen this. it was about a month ago similar protests took place. people were trying to cross the border, same type of scene. a number of people were kill then. that was to commemorate the anniversary of israel being founded back in the 1940s. a similar scene playing out right now. israel forces are trying to keep those people back but we do have a crew at the west bank. we will get to them live in just a moment. also in yemen, huge crowds of people are there dancing,

cheering and chanting in the streets. look at this. what they' are chanting here is "ali saleh" has escaped. he is no longer in charge or no longer in the country. transfer of power went to saleh's vice president. saleh is hospitalized in neighboring saudi arabia after a rocket attack on his presidential pals. mohammed, everybody is wondering, this is what the people wanted, they seem to have gotten what they wanted. he gave up power, but is this permanent? >> well, that's the big question right now, t.j. even though there are tens of thousands of people celebrating throughout different cities of yemen, shrewding sanaa and they're very happy president

saleh has left, i'm hearing from more and more outspoken members of the youth revolution movement who are saying it is still too early to celebrate. we don't know what's going to happen with the transfer of power. the vice president is technically in charge but in yemen president saleh's son basically runs the republican guard there and his nephew runs the central security forces, that is the anti-terrorism forces. so still a lot of power held in the direct family members of president saleh. they're not sure how this is going to shake out or if he'll remain outside of the country. one very interesting development -- two yemeni government officials have told us in the last ten minutes that now al qaeda is one of the primary suspects in the attack on the presidential palace on friday that injured president saleh. so how that's going to play out we're not sure either but it is certainly increasing worries that al qaeda will be trying to take more advantage of the political strife and turmoil and chaos throughout that country. >> what do we know about the condition of president saleh at this time?

reuters is reporting that in fact he is in surgery there in saudi arabia but how much do we know about the extent of his injuries? >> well, we're still trying to find out exactly the extent of president saleh's injuries. the officials maintain he's okay, just getting a checkup and will be back in yemen soon but other officials have said he is in surgery. there is a lot of speculation in yemen that the injured sustained are far more dire than initially reported by the yemeni media. the faq nobody's seen him on camera and no pictures released since this attack really adding to the speculation. many wondering how tenuous not just his grip on power is at this moment but his health. back to the borders of israel this morning, a breaking situation for the past several hours where a number of pro-palestinian demonstrators are trying to cross the border on this day into israel. this is happening in a number of places. it is happening at the golan heights at the syrian border.

also happening at west bank. our chief jerusalem bureau chief kevin flower is in the west bank right now. have you been watching this scene as we have play out for the past several hours. what is happening right now? >> reporter: well, what's going on here at checkpoint is there have been basically pro-palestinian protesters that have been trying to make their way from this west bank area to the checkpoint. they've been coming in groups of several hundreds. what happens basically is they are being pushed back by israeli security personnel firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets. just a short while ago we saw quite a scene where a handful of activists basically standing in front of a water cannon truck trying to stop it. three of them standing in front of it. they are being sprayed with a

very foul smelling sort of crowd control repellant agent. and it was quite a dramatic picture. but these sorts of things are playing out in places around the west bank and obviously on the g golan-syrian border where several dozen pro-palestinian protesters approached the border with the golan heights. what syrian tv is reporting at this point is that four people have been killed during those -- during those clashes. we have not gotten any confirmation from the israeli army about those deaths but this is what a spokesperson had to say to us earlier about what was going on. >> one of the most areas where an area in which we were facing with the angered mob of a few hundred trying to reach the israeli-syrian border fence. we warned them verbally with warning shots into the air and

with these two options failing, we had to open fire. >> reporter: now all of these protests are going on to mark what is the 44th anniversary of the six-day war. the 1967 six-day war in which israel captured various territories from its arab neighbors, including the gaza strip, west bank and golan heigh heights. this is basically the second time in a month that mass protests like these have taken place and they're expecting more of these to take place as we get closer to september when the u.n. is expected to hold a vote on the recognition of an independent palestinian state. >> all right, kevin flower today for us from the west bank, we appreciate you, as always. you heard him talking about the six-day war there and this is really these demonstrations are to commemorate that war. look at what we are talking

about here. borders of israel before 1967. you might recall it wasn't too long ago that president obama caused quite a stir -- few weeks ago -- when he said that the region should start negotiations for peace with those 1967 borders. now here is what the borders look like today. 44 years after the six-day war in 1967. israel forces captured all of jerusalem and the west bank from jordan as well as the golan heights from syria, also the sinai peninsula and gaza from egypt. the outgoing u.s. defense secretary robert gates delivered news pleasing both afghan president hamid karzai and u.s. troops stationed there. the secretary arrived in kabul yesterday, his farewell tour of sorts as he retires later this month coincides with the proposed draw-down of nato troops in afghanistan. president karzai thanked gates for his years of service. gates had this to say about that planned draw-down. >> it seems to me that between the successes that we've already enjoyed and the increased

capacity of the afghan forces, we are in a position, based on conditions on the ground, as the president has said, to consider some modest draw-downs beginning in july. >> secretary gates' visit was marred by another roadside bomb attack that killed four nato troops. those victims have yet to be identified. there is a showdown brewing over airport security screening in texas. this is going on between the state of texas and the department of justice. you might be caught in the middle, you, the traveler. the texas house of representatives passed legislation last month prohibiting tsa screeners from conducting invasive searches. the justice department warning against passage down by the senate that the lawmaker who introduced that bill and demonstrators at the cap titol yesterday in austin are urging passage. >> we shouldn't have to have people put their hands all over our bodies, because it is

invasive, it is sexual assault. people are not asking to be touched in that way and it is really inappropriate. >> there's no federal law that we're couldn't convenientraveni. there's no federal law that requires they touch us in our private parts as a condition of travel. that's outrageous. police officers can't even do that. >> the justice department contends the ban on searches conflicts with the law. the justice department would order the cancellation possibly of flights into and out of texas. we're talking about one state here but certainly texas is not the first state to introduce such a bill. in march new hampshire introduced a bill that would make those intimate pat-downs, touching or viewing people's private parts a sexual assault. our affiliate wmur tells us those convicted would be required to register as sex offenders. alaska, hawaii, idaho, new jersey, utah, are all considering laws. one lawmaker in utah says utah needs to stand with texas.

our good friend reynold wolf keeping an eye on all things weather wise, on that mess in arizona. >> isn't it amazing watching the flooding, heat and fires in arizona. four corners under the gun right now in terms of rough fire conditions. 260,000 acres burned in arizona alone. you see the video, those images. please know there are many firefighters battling the rough topography but also the intense flames and heat. over 200,000 acres burned and unfortunately the weather is not going to cooperate. they can expect very low humidity, at the same time wind picking up this afternoon which will help fan the flames. there is plenty of other foliage to cause those flames to continue to burn. we're going to have some sound coming up fairly soon. give us an idea of what these guys are dealing it on the front lines of the blaze. plus, a look at the flooding

conditions along parts of the missouri river. >> thank you, reynold. see you in just a second. florida has a new standard for people on welfare. beginning july 1st if you want welfare benefits you have to undergo drug testing. governor rick scott signed that legislation on tuesday. it requires welfare recipients to pay for the drug screenings up front. however if they pass they will get a refund for it but if they fail it, they don't get the refund andthy don they don't ge welfare. governor rick scott taking some time out with us this cnn weekend to join me live. we appreciate you being here. we'll also talk with the executive director from the aclu is suing you over some of the changes you've made down there. we'll get to that in a second. but i think, governor, everyone could agree that state taxpayer funds should not be going to fund someone's drug use. i think a lot of people would

agree with that. however, do you believe that a great number? significant number of welfare recipients in your state are drug users? >> you know, t.j., i don't know but i know it is not right for taxpayer money to be paying for somebody's drug addiction. on top of that, this is going to increase personal responsibility, personal accountant. we shouldn't be subsidizing people's drug addiction. you have to remember, welfare is for the benefit of our children and they shouldn't be -- the money should be going to take care of them, not for somebody's drug addiction. >> i guess that's one of the points that people have and one problem they have. you just said that you don't know if they're using drugs. if welfare users or welfare recipients are using drugs. so if you don't know, why treat them like you suspect that they are? >> i'm not at all. i just want to make sure our taxpayers are not interested in subsidizing drug addiction. it is no different than if you

apply for a job they're not saying you use drugs, they're just saying in that work environment they don't want you to use drugs. in this case we do not want to subsidize drug addiction. we want to give everybody an increased incentive not to use drugs. it is better for our families and for the individual and it doesn't waste taxpayer money. >> you don't want to subsidize drug addiction, but i keep going back to this point because this is one people are getting on. you don't want to subsidize it but what evidence do you have that you are now or you have been? what evidence is there that there are people in your state who are drug users? it is okay if you just say you believe that plenty of people on welfare are drug users but it doesn't sound like you want to say that. >> sure, t.j. studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. but the bottom line is this -- >> sir, to that point, that would stop people in their tracks. i don't have whatever study you are referring to but you're saying that people out there who need this assistance, lost jobs,

are on welfare have a thai higher tendency to use drugs. >> absolutely. studies show people on welfare are using drugs much higher than other people in the population. our taxpayers don't want to subsidize somebody's drug addiction. it is going to increase personal responsibility. it is the right thing to do for floridians. sir, do you think this is going to cost your state -- which a lot of states are having all kinds of budget issues an you've certainly gotten some flack in your state for the sacrifices you proposed making there. do you have the money to pay for these drug screenings? >> it's an insignificant cost, t.j. >> how much? >> the bottom line is we're not going to use taxpayer money -- we'll see how many people fail the test and how many people pass the test. but we have the money to pay for that. but the bottom line we're not going to subsidize somebody's drug addiction. we want more personal accountability. we want the money to be spent on our children.

>> another question here, and you've answered this to some degree there. there is a firm or clinic there or a company that runs a number of clinics in your state of florida. and those folks do drug screenings. you transferred your interest over to your wife still in the family even though it's some would say it is or is not a conflict of interest. but can you tell us here that the company that your wife now has that interest in that does drug screenings will not be receiving any state funds to pay for any of these drug tests. >> you must not have heard but i agreed to sell that back in april so that's -- we're just waiting on licensure and it will get sold in the next couple of weeks. i will have no involvement. my family won't have any involvement. but this bill, t.j., is the right thing for floridians. this is a bill that's going to make sure our taxpayers are not subsidizing drug abusers. >> now again, the sale and all that will go through but again, even though, will the company be

used at all for any of these drug screenings? >> i won't be involved. i won't be part of making those decisions. they don't have contracts as far as i know now with the state so i have no idea. >> but would you say that they should not? >> it looks like a conflict of interest even though the company is in your -- would be in your wife's name though. sounds like or a lot of people have suggested you're making policies there you're testing state employees now and the welfare workers or welfare recipients as well to get drug testing and the biggest -- one of the biggest in the state that does drug testing is your old company. >> t.j., i'm in the process of selling it. my wife won't have an interest. we contract to sell it back in april. we're just waiting for state licensure right now to sell it. there won't be any conflict. >> won't be. all right. i know that there is a panel there that ruled there wasn't a conflict of interest on this. need to say that as well, they ruled as well. governor scott, we appreciate you. you've been generous with your time this weekend and also last weekend discussing this. it has the attention of a lot of

people all over this country. other states keeping an eye on seeing what's happening in your state as well. governor, we appreciate you. enjoy the rest of your sunday. >> all right, have a great day, t.j. >> 18 minutes past the hour. not done with this topic just yet. after this break, we'll talk to the executive director of the aclu in florida talking about the impact in this law and also a lawsuit that they are getting ready to take on governor rick scott. that conversation right after the break. building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. i've been looking at the numbers, and i think our campus is spending too much money on printing. i'd like to put you in charge of cutting costs.

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just before the break we were talking here to the florida governor, rick scott. he's just signed a controversial law that affects people on welfare. starting july 1st, if you want welfare benefits you have to be drug tested first. the measure requires the welfare recipients to pay for the screening. if they pass it they do get a refund but if they fail they don't get a refund, they also don't get benefits. the aclu waste nod time in attacking this new law. also attacked the governor on another initiative he signed in, a directive, that also requires many state employees to have to get random drug tests. the aclu has now filed suit in that case and expects to file suit as well on the law now that requires welfare recipients to be drug tested. joining me this morning, the executive director of the aclu of florida joining us, sir, thank you so much. i will just quickly ask you to react to what you heard from

governor scott. >> well, our governor and we're only into five months of his term, you heard him say repeat the same things over and over again. we want to prevent the abuse of misuse of state funds, we don't want to subsidize drug addiction, we want to support personal responsibility. of course all of that is true. that we want to make sure that state moneys, welfare monies, go to the families and especially the children who are in need of that. but is there any evidence of abuse? what is the problem that this addresses? he said he didn't know, but in fact he does know. or he should know, because the state did a study just a couple of years ago in the jacksonville area and they abandoned it because the study showed that there wasn't a drug abuse amongst the welfare recipients. what he is doing is giving ugly legitimacy to an unfortunate stereotype that has been in this country for a couple of decades

that all welfare recipients are a bunch of drug abusers. >> mr. simon, let me ask you this though -- do you see any up side to what he is doing? a lot of people -- aside from -- the drug testing maybe treats people like suspects who are already down on their luck. that's one part of it. but what about the part the governor argues, that this kind of encourages that kind of accountability in families. do you see no up side to making sure that state taxpayer funds are not using or going towards subsidizing somebody's drug use? >> t.j., i work for the aclu and it is our job to prevent the trampling on the constitutional rights of the people of florida. i don't see an up side of violating people's constitutional rights, namely subjecting people to an intrusive, invasive, humiliating search when there's no evidence that they're doing anything wrong. i'm also -- >> in terms of principle, do you

think state taxpayers do have a right to know whether or not their funds are being used to subsidize somebody's drug use? just on principle here. >> of course they do. but why are we treating welfare recipients like criminals? students get scholarships. there are vendors that get contracts. there are people in the state that get grants. why has the governor focused on welfare recipients only and treating people who are down on their luck, lost their job, exhausted their unemployment benefits as if they were criminals? what he's doing is giving legal legitimacy to an ugly stereotype. >> is there another way you would suggest the governor go about doing this? would you like him to include like you said, students that get scholarships, contractors who maybe do work with the state, even state lawmakers? would you prefer that he included everybody and do you see another way to make sure that people that get state funds aren't using drugs. >> yes, there is another way and

the way is to respect the constitution. you would think that a governor that affiliates with the tea party would have some understanding that government does not engage in searches without suspicion or probable cause. the way that i would suggest is that he respect the constitution and only engage in searches where he has reason to suspect that people are spending their money on drugs. >> what argument that the government makes -- and i'll wrap it up here -- and a lot of people make, they say -- again, you all are suing over the governor's directive that he signed that state federal employees must be tested as well. you filed suit over there. people in the country say, well hey, when i started my job at this place i had to be drug tested. or i started over here, i had to be drug tested. what's wrong with state employees doing it? what is the problem with the state employee having to be drug

tested? >> t.j., i hear that a lot. yes, it is true that widespread abuse of privacy rights of workers in this country has spread for several decades. but people who are employed by the government, city governments, county governments, state governments, the federal governments, they're protecting by the constitution and the constitution prohibits the government from requiring intrusive urine testing, drug testing, drug screens, tests of your bodily fluids, without any reasonable suspicion or probable cause. that's the difference. part employees are only protected by a labor union contract or by state law. but public employees are protected by our constitution. you would think that a governor who affiliates himself with the tea party would understand the basic american principle that dates from our revolution that

searches don't take place by government in the absence of suspicion. >> well again, it sounds like everyone is in agreement that money should not be going towards subsidizing drug use but i guess disagreement on how we should go about it. mr. simon, we appreciate you taking time out here. we hope to check in with you and the governor again. this issue is not going away. the law is supposed to go into effect on welfare recipients july 1st. but then you have a lawsuit that is probably coming in that case as well. so we appreciate you and hope we can call on you again. >> thank you very much. we're getting close to the bottom of the hour here on this cnn sunday morning. china known as being on top in table tennis. well, now just throw in regular tennis. we'll tell you about a historic happening at the french open this weekend. stay with us. so let's plant ss that'll turn up every year. trees and shrubs to give us depth. and fill it out with flowers placed in just the perfect place. let's start at the place

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d'alessio from hln sports. french open. history being made. >> yes. talking about 29-year-old li na becoming the first asian-born tennis player to win a singles match. others have won doubles matches in majors but she's the first asian-born to win a singles match in tennis. she is now a hero in her homeland of china. they were saying today in the state media that she has overtaken yao ming as the most popular athlete in that nation. t.j., she is such a great story. has overcome so much. she lost her father at the age of 14. her father was the one that got her involved in tennis because he wanted her to become a better badminton player. she took up tennis because of that. she lost her father at 14. at 20 she gave up tennis for a few years to study media in college, returned and now she's this icon in china. at the australian open she lost in the finals, came back and as you see, won the french open. now they're saying she's basically opening the doors for the future of tennis in asia.

>> and she is -- no offense -- 29 years old is old for a tennis player. >> absolutely. now they're saying she is a pioneer in the sport bus for some years people haven't really taken china or anybody in asia seriously as a tennis contender and now they're saying, hey, we're out here, we're making our move, we're coming forward now, look out for asia as a powerhouse in tennis. >> it has been table tennis and badminton, as you said, they have dominated. but this was a great moment. she has a great personality. so this is cool. thanks for coming up. coming up, our exclusive interview with one of nelson mandela's granddaughters. >> all those years in prison, and then coming out of coming out saying he's very careful of what he heats. >> it's just being healthy, mind, body and spirit. >> so what is it like to grow up mandela? also, something the world

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36 minutes past the hour. syrian state television reporting four people have been killed by israeli forces that were trying to prevent pro-palestinian protesters in the golan heights from breaching israel's borders. cnn not able to independently confirm that. also no confirmation coming from israeli forces either. an internet campaign called for protests today to mark the anniversary of the six-day war. turn to some severe weather. whether is certa weather is playing a role in the northeast of arizona. a wildfire is being called one of the largest in the state's history. 2,200 people have already had to evacuate pd. fire has burned 144,000 acres and has come within five miles of the resort town of greer.

reynolds wolf talked to one of the guys out there in arizona. it was one of the questions you had, how worried are you about this fire moving to more populated areas. >> it is an uphill struggle for them. it is brutal out there now dealing with the fire itself, very had the conditions out there in parts of arizona. we did speak with the spokesperson. he said conditions there are very grim. >> fortunately we've had some successful burnout operations occurring during the night and we'll hopefully get those containments up in the next couple of days. we are faced with some weather conditions that don't get to subside we're considering potential for dry lightning. with these dry fuels and the winds, any potential lightning strike can turn into and incident right on the spot. >> can you give us an idea what kind of conditions these guys happen to be fighting in? what i mean is we've seen wildfires in parts of oklahoma and texas, they are battling mainly on like prairie

conditions, if you will. the topography here is a bit more dramatic. isn't it? >> it is. it's very dramatic, very rugged terrain and also very diverse terrain. so this fire covers approximately 225 square miles or 144,000 acres and we have some crews within the city doing structure protection and some crews are in very rugged mountainous terrain in that arizona forest. >> what's in sane about a situation like this is when you have widespread wildfires you get the air that's super heated. it goes up, hits higher elevations, gets higher aloft and when it does it can form some thunder heads. yes, these fires can spark blazes across the mountain side. there's plenty of foliage so the situation is far from over. you'll notice that's not the only place where you have the threat of fires. fire watches extend into parts of utah, back into colorado, even into mexico, farmington,

right along the mountains. same winds topping up at 30 to possibly gusts up to 40, maybe 50 miles an hour into the afternoon as things progress. certainly dire situations there. another place we have some fairly dire situations will be back into the northern plains where we have the missouri river still overflowing its banks in many spots. every place where you happen to see the bright green is where you have the flood warning, a place where the last thing we need is rain in those spots. thankfully the rain will be moving a bit farther to the east and into portions of the ohio valley. you can see the chance for severe storms is mostly into the afternoon and early evening hours. for the southeast, central and south texas, hazy, hot and humid at the same time. expect temperatures in many locations in spots like atlanta going to 96 degrees but it will feel like 100. forget about the humidity, the air itself in houston will be up in the triple digits. 59 in san francisco, 71 in los

angeles, 105 in phoenix. chicago, new york and boston mainly into the 70s. that's a full wrap on your forecast. back to you. >> reynolds, appreciate you as always. thank you. 20 to the top of the hour now. the president's point man on the economy is talking to cnn this morning. in particular, talking to candy crowley but i'm talking to her right after the break. i have astigmatism. so my old contact lenses would sometimes move out of place and blur my vision. my eye doctor said there's great news for people with astigmatism. acuvue® oasys for astigmatism.

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it's sunday morning but it is always a perfect time for candy. right? let's join candy crowley live from washington this morning. getting ready for her show at the top of the hour. "state of the union." candy, good morning. how are you, first of all? >> good morning. i am very good, and you? >> we are doing all right this morning. this is our favorite time of the morning for a lot of reasons. >> only because you know you're almost done. tell the truth! >> no, that's not it at all. it is just good to see you. friday disappointing economic

numbers. all americans hear is that the unemployment rate went up and that shakes confidence. then you go into the numbers, jobs were created but a disappointing number. you're getting into that this morning with an important man on the economy. >> austan goolsbee is the president's top economic advisor at the white house. there is not a lot of ways to pretty this up. so far the white house has said it is a bump, you can't just look at one month at a time. true enough. but 9.1% unemployment after the trillion dollars or so that's been spent to get the economy pumped up is worth questioning the president's top economic advisor about, along with whether or not they've got anything else they want to throw out there to try to pump up the job market. >> you're also talking -- you're always talking presidential politics. i can't keep up sometimes who's in, who's out. ron paul is officially in. right? >> officially in. he is officially in. as you and i were talking, he is always such an interesting guy. this is his third run at the

white house. his first was as a libertarian. that i'm sure doesn't surprise you. this man for over 20 years has been preaching lower taxes and spending cuts. he's kind of a guy whose message time has come. we are seeing some increasing power that he has inside the primary process. he has very passionate followers. they're willing to give him money and so he can move the conversation. even if you look at him and say, oh, gosh, he can't possibly win. well, maybe not, but i have to tell you, we have some polls of likely people to get in and people that are already in that he places second in. now whether or not he can win at this point is less the question than can he move the conversation. and he certainly is one of those who intends to try. >> do some do that as i let you go, do some get in really not believing they can win but they really just want to have an influence on the conversation the country's having? >> i have never, ever had a

presidential candidate say to me, yeah, i actually don't think i can win. but i think someplace in their hearts they know the odds. ron paul is one of those who understands the odds. nonetheless, he has something to say, it is a good platform to say it in. >> yeah. probably would make him a good candidate to say they think they can win. to our viewers, just a few minutes away from seeing "state of the union." it starts at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific right here on cnn. some video we have been showing you this morning of a fight that broke out at an airport in houston. not just any fight. it was between a west point cadet and patti labelle. well, kinda-sorta. i'll explain the situation here in just a second. stay with us. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points?

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i was completely taken by spli surprise. no one would have seen this coming. even watching the videotape for how many times we've watched it, it is still surprising and violence and pudness and brutality of this attack. >> one side calling it an attack. the other side saying, not so much. what we're seeing here is a young man being -- what appears to be beat up, pushed around a little bit by body guards who worked for singer patti labelle. it is actually a west point candidate in the yellow shirt there, named richard king, telling our houston affiliate ktrk that her body guards beat him up at the airport. he's suing the performer now. he's in the yellow shirt on the ground. he says he did nothing wrong and the attack was completely unprovoked. however, houston police reporting that king was intoxicated and harassing la

bell's group as they were getting into their limo. >> i pretty much got jumped and i really don't even know why and on top of that, it's causing a lot of trouble up here because of the false police report that they had reported. >> were you drunk? >> no, ma'am. >> now, king's attorney says his client has been disciplined now by west point over the incident. says king is being busted to private and deployed to active duty. also, questions over how houston police handled the confrontation since no charges were filed, and also patti labelle took photos with at least one officer on the scene. we did reach out to patti labelle's representatives. we have done it a number of times. we have not yet received comment. coming up in just a moment, exclusive interview with one of nelson mandela's granddaughters. >> all those years in prison and

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say. >> being raided early hours of the morning. my grandmother being arrested, taken off. my mom's not there, she's perhaps out of the country and so what about us? who's going to take care of us, what are we going to do? are we going to go to school tomorrow? that's just a little of the types of things that we did experience. >> it is amazing to hear. we all have memories of our grandparents and things we did. we says she remembers being raided. >> absolutely. and to have this legend and this icon nelson mandela but as a child what was that like, quite horrific. being the granddaughter of winnie mandela, there's all the winnie mandela interviews on your log. cnn.com/tj. it is really interesting hearing what it was like for winnie. getting on to nelson mandela, he's going to be 93. how he managed to stay healthy

for solange. it was interesting to hear what she had to say. >> he's very particular about what he eats and i think -- but i think it just goes into the whole thing of just being healthy, mind, body and spirit and taking very good care of yourself. i think he's lived so long because he takes very good care of himself and the same thing goes to my grandmother. she's very particular about what she puts into her body and how she takes care of herself. i think those are some of the things that they've passed on to us. as to be mindful about what you put into your body and how you take care of yourself. >> you may be surprised what nelson mandela says to his granddaughter about her weight. >> oh. what does he say? because grandparents can say what they want to say. >> with my mother, with my grandmother, with every single one of us, he's very particular about image. extremely particular. so he's very aesthetic. extremely. his shirt is always crisp and

he -- his watch is always on correctly and everything is always proper. so when you come into the room, he'll size you up and he'll look you up and down and he'll say, okay, you look decent. or, if you've put on a little bit of weight, he'll say, maybe you could go to the gym a little bit. >> and for more, cnn.com/tj. >> let me make sure i'm presenting myself here. correctly. thank you so much. getting close to the top of the hour here. stay with us. of course candy coming up. 11, a, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. in an effort to give you the best network possible.

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