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hacking spree has a broader message. >> our networks are open. we have unfettered access to get on anybody's network, to show them and shame them and humiliate them. >> experts say that's a positive side to what lulsec is doing. they are putting them on notice that their networks are vulnerable as opposeded to others that don't announce when they hack. >> if your choice did not win or want to check out the runner's up, i will have them on my facebook. and "cnn newsroom" continues here with randi. >> in the midst of weiner's call
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for resignation. one woman said he coached her to lie to the media. listen to what she said. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven't met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for." i have been hounded by his political opponents, but that has not changed my view of him and what he mitfights for. i did not want to say anything further. i refuse to lie so went silent and went into hiding. >> mary snowe was at the news conference. mary, what was the reaction there when she dropped this bombshell on reporters? >> reporter: well, you know,
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randi, there had been reports on tmz that perhaps she had gotten coaching from anthony weiner after the scandal broke. it was -- there was not a huge surprise that she came out and said this. exactly why she came out and said this today with an attorney, a celebrity attorney, gloria alred, that's unclear. when asked why are you doing it now, she said it was time to break the silence. and she mentioned there was an unnamed person that threatened to come out with an unauthorized statement and that's why she turned to an attorney. you heard from the statement, that was the only time that we heard from her. she was reading from the statement. and in this, you know, it's unclear exactly where the help that was offered to her. i asked gloria alred about whether or not congressman weiner offered to coach her, and
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she said he did offer pr help, but it was unclear who would provide the pr help, because there had been a report on tmz that he said somebody on his team, and it's unclear what that meant, legal team or political team or staff. that was unclear and she did not clear it up. she said there were 100 e-mails and they began communicating about march 13th, and the communications stopped about two weeks ago, and she said that the one, according to the attorney, that they did have one phone conversation and that was on june 2nd after the scandal broke. >> they never met in person, just to be clear? >> reporter: correct. she said she never met, and that it was just the one phone conversation was the only time he spoke to him. again, she said she started to follow him, i guess, back in march, and that's when they started to communicate.
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another really surreal twist in the story. >> i want to keep you here because i want to ask one more question. i want to bring in one more sound bite from the press conference for the viewers to listen to first. >> many people asked me about what my feelings are today about representative weiner. i think weiner should resign because he lied to the public and to the press for more than a week. it might have never turned into this if he had told the truth, but he kept lying. if he lied about this, i can't have much faith in him about anything else. >> mary, she is talking and saying that she thinks he should resign. we know his pregnant wife returned home last night from her trip abroad with hillary clinton. we don't know what his plans are at this point, but did she mention his wife? would she talk about his wife at this press conference? >> reporter: she did not. and she was asked about that.
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a couple reporters asked her about that. there was no comment. it was very awkward, the pauses at the press conference, and sometimes she really hesitated before answering anything, including the question about why now? why are you having this news conference in new york? >> mary snowe for us there at the press conference with the former porn star ginger lee coming out with very interesting allegations against representative anthony weiner. moving on, it's not just republicans putting pressure on president obama about the war in libya, today a bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to file suit challenging the mission in the three-month mission. they contend obama is violating the war powers resolution which sets the deadline to get from
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the senate before going abroad. president obama is set to get a report to congress to address this situation. a controversial law that targets state workers in wisconsin has been reinstated. the brought protesters out to the state capital yesterday. the state supreme court ruled the law that curves the collective bargaining rights does not violate the constitution, but opponents are not ready to throw in the towel. they plan to hold recalls for some involved. new york could become the sixth straight to legalize same-sex marriage. governor andrew cuomo has unveiled a plan that would give same-sex couples equal rights
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and benefits. massachusetts, new hampshire, and vermont, and the district of columbia currently grant same-sex marriage licenses. another big story developing this hour. there is a new troubling development in the strategic relationship with pakistan. the military spy agency known as iai arrested informants who fed information to the cia leading up to the raid that killed bin laden. one of the people arrested own the safe house rented to the cia. the new york times reports that five people were detained including a major who copied the license plates of cars visiting bin laden's compound. it's the latest of the breakdown. cia director, leon pennetta discussed the arrest in pakistan
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last week in meetings with top military and intelligence officials. the arrests were made immediately after the raid on bin laden's compound, all of it comes at a time when many are raising serious questions about the state of the relationship with pakistan. some lawmakers continue to insist they believe the pakistani government or the isi or both knew about the whereabouts about bin laden. lawmakers and other critics question whether the u.s. should continue to give pakistan $2 billion a year in military aid. joining us now for more on this christine fare with georgetown university center for peace and security studies. thank you for coming on. what do you make of the arrest of the cia informants? >> it just underscores how divergent the priorities are of
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the americans and the pakistanis. the pakistanis found it to be a higher priority to go after and arrest the people who facilitated the capture of bin laden rather than it would seem prioritizing those that enabled bin laden's stay in pakistan for so long, it does illustrate the day vur junt they both have. this is all appearance. we don't know what they are or are not doing with trying to figure out who helped bin laden stay in the country. it's pakistan's sovereign duty who is it to help facilitate operations on behalf of a foreign intelligent agency. this is important when one considers that while the isi and cia have collaborated in going after some targets, mostly centered al qaeda, and some of the terrorists groups targeting
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pakistanis, we do differ when it comes to other groups, and so the pakistanis are not stupid. they know full well there will be people working with the cia to find and eliminate bin laden, but there must also be questions about what we cultivated over the years. >> does it seem to you that there is this troubling disconnect in pakistan, though, between the civilian government and the military? >> well, you know, i am not sure what the disconnect is. no state undermines its own strategic interests. and the civilian government has come under a lot of pressure from domestic politics. pakistanis themselves are
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feeling pretty frustrated. it would be an under-statement. they were humiliated on the american raid to takeout bin laden. for many pakistanis, that was more humiliating than the fact that bin laden was in fact in the military atonement town. while i have a different view than any pakistanis hold about the drones, for example, i do not believe that they are killing the civilians as is frequently reported. we have had elaborate discussions about that. but for many pakistanis, they do believe the drones are being done with some degree of unilateralness, and they are killing civilians and not killing terrorists. pakistanis have had it with the united states, and the civilian parties, and political leadership are also feeling the heat from that pressure.
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>> we should not necessarily buy that there is a big difference in terms of how the u.s. is viewed. >> let's talk about pakistan i military briefly because it suffered some really big embarrassments, the attack on the major naval base in karachi, to name two. could this be a move to reashirt authority and take revenge and do something back to the u.s.? >> well, there's a part of it. the pakistani army has problems. the attack on the naval base involved a number of al qaeda sympathizers within the navy. that was the most recent attack on the military installation that involved infill administration of the armed services, but it's not the only. the attack of the 2009 headquarters, and the attack on the dining hall where commandoes were dining, and the attacks on
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general ma sharia, all of these and numerous others involve both civilian as well as uniformed personnel in the armed services. the general himself has said he is quite concerned about the degree of radicalization that may have happened within the ranks of the armed forces. that's in addition to his padres helping the americans. >> thank you for your expertise in this area. thank you. this is a mugshot we are about to show you of john edwards, former presidential candidate, and former u.s. senator. you may recall he pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations. his plea came shortly after the federal grand jury indicted him on six counts including conspiracy and violating contribution violation laws. this is his mugshot. a grand jury has been
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investigating whether or not money given to support his mistress by benefactors of edwards should have been considered campaign donations. that's the first look at john edwards' mugshot. the defense tries to get an acquittal for casey anthony. the judge's ruling is revealing. you do not want to miss the latest coming up next. the gift. backed by the highest possible ratings for financial strength. new york life. the company you keep.
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trial held jurors and viewers captivated in the stunning details in what and more importantly who killed 2-year-old caylee anthony. antho anthony's defense team fired back shortly after asking for an acquittal. they will present their side tomorrow. i want to turn to our criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. you have seen both sides. the judge today denied the defense's request for this acquittal. listen with me to what the judge said and then we'll talk a little bit more about that. >> the court specifically finds that the state has presented substantial, competent evidence for this jury who is the trier of fact in this particular case to decide this particular issue. >> so let me repeat that for you.
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chief perry said as if the judge is giving the jurors insight to his opinion. >> the legal ear says no to that, actually. what happens is everybody -- everybody is dying to know with this case what does this mean? what he meant was this is a standard motion. almost in every case where the defense says there was not enough to make it to a jury. you, judge, decide. the judge is saying, no, there is substantial, competent evidence to keep the trial going. he didn't say to warrant -- you know, to say that she is going to be convicted. we're at the stage. what was really interesting today, and why everybody has to keep tuning into this trial is the talk about circumstantial evidence and the weight of that, because that is what the state's case was really about. >> i am glad you brought up the evidence. the assistant state attorney says the duct tape and the chloroform to name a few here, and anthony's car trunk and the
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searches on her computer for chloroform and her tattoo, and all of this points to her guilt. do you think they have proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt? >> that is interesting evidence if somebody had seen it, had it been direct evidence. i saw casey put the cape on her. that's not what it is. it's circumstantial evidence. what the judge talked about earlier today is something in law that as a defense attorney, i argue a lot to jurors, which is when the case is based on circumstantial evidence. it's not just enough -- you are inferring something. you usually have to exclude any other reasonable explanation. and that's why jose baez, the defense attorney's opening argument is now kicking into play. >> quickly, tomorrow the defense will start to make their case. what will that strategy be? they laid out they said it was an accidental drowning in the backyard pool. >> now they have to back it up.
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they will back it up, probably, i don't know how they will get around the mother not testifying. she will have to be in there and talk about the explosive things we heard for the first time about the supposed sexual abuse in the family and why she lied, and then it could show how the child had an accidental death. >> everybody is wondering if casey anthony is putting her on the stand? >> so far the parents denied any sexual abuse in the family. he has to explain to the jury why by admission casey -- you know, she lied over and over and over. so why is it they should believe her now? that's a tough road, but it's one where i know everybody is dying to make a decision now. we have to hold on. >> no doubt on cross-examination you would think the prosecutors are trying to try and trip her
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up with a lie because that's what she is known for in the courtroom. >> yeah, dance them through the lies was my favorite. >> that sounds fun. we will talk with you much more about this coming up next hour, so you will stick around? >> absolutely. >> good. and your destination for the complete coverage of the casey anthony trial. the internet streaming service, pandora, has the first day of trading. how is the stock fairing so far? we'll go live to wall street next. fele announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. even if you think your mattresses is just fine, ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america.™ it's not a sealy or a simmons or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep.
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welcome back. last month, linkton wowed investors. pandora is an internet streaming service that is ad supported. you can pay a subscription fee and get rid of the ads. let's go to the new york stock exchange. alison, how is it doing? >> well, it was not as strong out of the gate as linkton was. shares are up about 17 to 19% right now. we saw it go as high as $26 a share. if you ask me, pretty good for a company yet to turn a property. it's trading under the letter "p" here.
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>> and many of these companies aren't profitable or not making that much money. are we seeing the beginnings of a bubble forming here, do you think? >> you hit on a good question, because it reminds a lot of us when the tech bubble bursts back in 2000. most of the companies today have a big stream of revenue coming in, even if they are not turning a profit. and groupon is also going public but lost money last year. investors are still throwing money at the companies. the big question is are these companies riding the wave. we asked the ceo of pandora that question, and he says no. listen. >> an ipo is planned months and months in advance. we had no idea what exactly the market conditions would be like when we would become affective as we did today. >> pandora has yet to turn a profit, and what kind of business model do you have at
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this point? >> the business model of pandora is a lot like radio historically, and that most of the listeners listen for free, supported by advertising. >> now the truth is pandora is going to need a lot more ad dollars to keep growing. executives said it expect to keep losing money through 2012. part of the problem for pandora is the more users it gets the more it pays out in music royalties. randi? >> thank you. well, for all the latest financial news of course join christine romans for your bottom line each saturday morning, and then ali velshi. and the topic of a hearing going on right now on capitol
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hill is next. next i will talk to the leader of a muslim group that will tell you why he thinks these hearings are a great idea. ♪
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congress held the second in a sequence of hearings about the violent islamic radicalization in the u.s. those hearings are under way right now.
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the committee on homeland security held by peter king is discussing how prisons in u.s. prisons may pose a terror threat once they get out of prison. but there was a study of homegrown terrorists and only found seven cases in which prison had a significant impact on an individual's radical individualization process. >> opportunities for radicalization a few, and the evidence bares that out. according to the research service of the 43 violent attacks carried out by muslims since 9/11, there were only two clear cases of radicalized released prisoners plotting a terrorists act. judging from the evidence, i think it's safe to conclude that the risk of terrorism origina originating from muslim con
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vurts in u.s. prisons is small. >> one was a 2009 plot to shoot down military planes and bomb synagogues in new york. the founder of the american islamic forum for democracy, he testified in front of the committee at the first hearing in march. thank you so much for coming on the show. i want to point out here that less than 5% of federal prisoners identify themselves as muslim. tell me why you believe these hearings are in fact a good idea. >> well, i think it's a very important idea. so far we have been having a wack amole program in protecting our country. it's frightening for me to hear the comments from mr. thompson. this is not a political issue. we have -- of the 220 arrests by the department of justice on terrorism charges, over 180 had been muslims.
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as a muslim, we have a problem that needs a solution. the prisons are one place in which muslims can be radicalized. if there is one place that we have control over the ideology, it's there. mr. thompson wants to ignore the fact that there are imams in new york that picked and selected over 45 imams that was on tape from the iep saying he wanted them to say the hijackers were marters. and there is no process to monitor patrol and otherwise. we have had no strategy. if there is one place we should stop the spigut of radicalization is in the prisons.
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>> they say the chaplains are vetted and it's not a problem? >> i think they could not be more wrong. they have no evidence they are vetted. the imam said radical things, and there's no process or demonstration that we vet them, that we demonstrate that they are teaching them islam that is modern and moderate and not separatists and free of law haubises information and anti-americanism. these two cells did not come out of a vacuum, but came out of a system that is radicalizing. the violence is one part of it. there's an ideology they are being taught. islam can be a presentable force of preventing criminal behavior. i ask them to show me the evidence and the process that our prison systems and police systems and others have been monitoring this and actually creating boards that create and
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promote counter radicalization. we have not been doing that. >> all right. we're going to have to leave it there. thank you so much for coming on and talking about this. we certain appreciate your input on these hearings. >> thank you. singing sensation jaus stone's life may have been in danger. the frightening details next.
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welcome back. a look now at some of the news you may have missed. we just received these mugshots a short time ago of former presidential candidate, john edwards. he pleaded not guilty earlier this month to conspiracy and campaign law violations. the grand jury has been
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investigating whether money given by benefactors should have been considered campaign donations and reported as much. edwar edwards admits he has done wrong but not broken the law. and then a person that rented a safe house to the cia before the raid on bin laden is being held. as of now we don't know the exact number of arrests. leon pennetta spoke to the officials and offered no details on the matter. former porn actress, ginger lee held a conference today in new york moments ago to discuss her communications with congressman, anthony weiner. >> when the scandal broke and
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people started e-mailing me, i didn't know what to do. i asked congressman weiner. he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. >> and she went on to say that they talked about politics before weiner started sending inappropriate e-mails to which she did not respond, she says. two men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to arm and murder joss stone. it's not clear if stone was home, but stone said she is absolutely fine and getting on with life as normal. we'll be right back. superpages.com®. for local maps, reviews and videos &
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let's go back to drawing. this month marks 30 years since aids was first identified in the u.s. alone more than 576,000 people have died from the disease since the epidemic began. federal health officials say 18,000 die still each year in the u.s. the founder of the international aids vaccine initiative joins us. dr. berkeley thank you for joining us today on the show. more than wupd people in the u.s. are living with hiv, and 20% are unaware of it. what more do you think can be done to encourage people to go
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out and get tested? >> well, the critical thing is people have to be comfortable knowing their status. one of the greatest problems for testing is stigma. and this is particularly a problem for the high groups, men who have sex with men and people living in the black and hispanic community, prisoners and hiv users. we have to encourage groups working with these populations to educate them and get tested because they do have suspicion about government programs. >> your organization has been working around the world to help develop hiv vaccines. you recently wrote an article saying the prospects for hiv prevention have never looked better. can you expand on that a bit? >> that's correct. the big problem worldwide and also in the united states is the fact that right now for every person we put on treatment, there's two new infections. to be able to slow down the aids
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epidemic, we have to do a better job of prevention. it's hard to get people to change behavior. we have to keep trying but it's difficult. there's lots of new prevention tools that have come forward. a gel that women can use to protect themselves, a study in south africa showed about a 39% protection. more recently, pills that people take have blocked transmission, about 44% in men that have sex with men. a couple of years ago for the first time, a vaccine showed protection in humans, at a rate of 31%. none of these three are ready for primetime now, but we soon hope that they will be, and that's the critical issue, keeping up the research so we have better tools to prevent this disease. >> when it comes to research, is funding still an issue? >> funding is still an issue. there was an increase in funding over the last decade and that's why we have had the amazing breakthroughs coming onboard. during the financial slowdown,
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some of the finances for research have slowed down. for example, in vaccines we have seen a 10% reduction in the last two years and that's a problem because with all of the exciting breakthroughs, we need to take it to the conclusions so that we have the new tools. >> you said we were on the verge of a revolution in the aids prevention, and is that because of the new findings or something more than that? >> well, that's correct. so i believe that we will have a bunch of new tools in the future. in addition, people are beginning to ask the question, is it possible to cure somebody from hiv. hiv actually integrates in somebody's chromosomchromosome. in an ideal word, we would have preventions that stop the infection and new ways to treat or cure those infected. >> we know you have a busy schedule and we thank you for taking the time to talk with us. thank you. a new spin to "row, row, row
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we could've gone a more traditional route... ... but it wouldn't have been nearly as memorable. ♪ 45 minutes past the hour. checking some of the top stories for you. turkey's prime minister is meeting today with a special
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syrian envoy in a bid to stem the growing number of syrians into turkey to escape the crackdown by the syrian military. thousands remain on the syrian side of the border afraid to return to their homes. the turkish government says angelina jolie is expected to visit some of the refugees on friday. and then obama could be in violation of the wars rules violation. he must get congressional authorization by sunday for american participation in the mission in libya. adventurers are not like you and me. certainly not like me. they seem to thrive on attempting impossible.
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they may encounter icy waters and polar bears. he joins us from new york. welcome to the show. very ambitious plan you have. what inspired you? >> well, i mean, i suppose i was inspired by my mother in the past who said if you want to try something do it 100%. we have to look at this has being an expedition, and it's a global first. if we make it, we will be classified as one of the greatest ocean groups of all-time. and we are attempting what everybody thinks is impossible, only possible because the impossible is happening, and the climate change is causing a change in the polar ice shell. >> how long do you think it will take you to row there? >> well, we plan to start at the end of july when the first part of the journey is due to be free of ice, and we have to complete it by the end of the first week
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in september when it starts to freeze again. >> tell me about your boat. is your row boat specially equipped or a special row boat? >> it's a very special boat. we call it the ice boat. because the under part is designed like a sledge so we can jacket up on the ice. if we are jammed in by the ice, we can drag it behind us. six people will attempt to drag the 824 kilo machine across the ice. but it's also good to sustain us in one of the most harsh environments in the world. it will be powered by solar panels as far as our computers and all of our communications and activities are concerned. it's classified as what is a triple skeler, so three people at once will be pulling on the
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ores with the other three resting. >> how cold will it be for you? >> minus 15 at times, but we hope a lot of it will be in the plus range. >> from what i understand, you are married with a couple kids. how does your family feel about this very risky undertaking? >> well, my wife is -- i have done a few things in the past, you know. i have held the around the world power record and was first to walk on the magnetic north pole. i joke about my wife when asked what does she dream about when i am out doing these things, and she says i dream about spending the insurance money, actually. god bless her. >> glad she has a sense of humor about it. we would love to talk to you when you get back, so keep us in
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mind. >> hope to be back in new york. >> thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. so when you picture air travel in the future, what comes to mind? one company just released what it thinks the future of air travel holds. we'll take a look at it with you next. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and call your doctor right away if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd.
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in today's "big eye," we take a look at the future of air travel as presented by airbus. it's all about customation and
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ease of use. pretty cool, no more for reaching for that overhead bin. the rest is taken care of those for you. what about the long flights where you need to get up and stretch your legs? it's covered. golf. you got it. last-minute conference? no problem. and of course, getting together around the bar. that's there. but maybe, you'd rather see the clouds as you zip by. head up to the vitalizing room where you can recline or see the sunshine or the moon in the full panoramic view. looks cool, doesn't it? don't get excited. airbus doesn't expect this to take shape until 2050. looks like the ufo round home design could be the future of energy efficiency in home. cnn's gary tuchman takes a look in this week's "edge of discovery." >> reporter: deep in the woods
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of upstate new york, a strange severical object is confusing residents. >> anytime it appears, it's like, wow, what's this structure in the woods? >> reporter: it looks like a ufo, but it could be a sign of a new wave of home design. >> it took us a couple years in research and development to come up with a truly innovative concept. >> reporter: which is breaking down the four walls and instead, giving homes a home-like shape. it's not just for looks. the aerodynamics help protect the structure from hurricane-type winds and earthquakes. >> economically, it's also very profitable because we use so much less energy. >> reporter: in the summer, when the sun changes its position, with the push of house, the house follows along. allowing it to capture heat in the winter and keep cool in the summer. the interior is inspired by the
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time now for a cnn political update. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash joins me from capitol hill. dana, any word from new york representative anthony weiner after this porn star's press conference of just about an hour ago. as you know, she said he asked her to lie about their online communication. any word there? >> not a word at all. everybody here is on pins and needles as you can imagine. it's hard to know anybody pressuring him more to resign. in fact, i can tell you, i got an e-mail from a democratic
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lawmaker who has been saying he should resign. and he says when everybody from the president of the united states and a porn star says you should resign, you should resign. we are looking at the fact that anthony weiner's wife human that abedin who is traveling with hillary clinton is now back in town. why is that significant? because anthony weiner has made it clear to several people who he spoke to, he's not going to make a decision until they can look at each other eye to eye some they discover what is good for his professional and political fate. everyone son pins and needles to see whether or not that bears any fruit in the next day or two. and dana, now on presidential politics. a former ambassador to china plans to hit the campaign trail next we're after he formally announced his lead for president. >> very interesting. he's going to start off in the home state of new jersey, he's
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going to have the statue of liberty in the background. florida, new hampshire, utah, what's missing? that's right, the first caucus state of iowa. he has stated a plan against that in the state of iowa. i can tell you back in 2008, i was traveling around with another mormon candidate, mitt romney who spent millions and millions in iowa. who simply didn't do well they think because of the evangelical vote. >> dana bash, capitol hill for us. thank you as always. as pressure grows even more for congressman anthony weiner to resign, a former porn star is now coming out, as we said, saying that he told her to lie to the media. ginger lee held a news conference with her attorney
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gloria allred last hour. mar? snow joins us live. mary, tell us what were some of the highlights of what ginger lee had to say? >> well, randi, there were a lot of communications. and she said that he had asked her to lie about their communication and that he had helped her with a statement that she had released to the press. according to her attorney, they started communicating back in march. and, apparently, they say there was only one phone call in between that time. and that was on june 2nd. she came out with -- just reading the statement, would not answer any questions. and, randi, a little bit of a mystery, also, about why now, and why does she have an
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attorney, the celebrity lawyer, gloria allred. she said that she felt it was time to break her silence. she also said that she had been in touch with an attorney because she had had been threatened. she didn't really elaborate on that. but she said that someone had come forward and was going to o issue an of her reasoning for hiring an attorney. >> mary, di do have a couple moe questions for you. but i want to share with the viewers and listen in on the preference conference. >> -- about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to stay. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven't met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by his political opponents but that has not changed my view of him and what he fights for, end quote. i didn't want to say anything
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further. i refuse to lie, so i went silent and went into hiding. >> mary, i want to ask you, did ginger lee or her attorney gloria allred mention do they actually have this communication in writing? do theyvy any communication between the two as evidence? >> yeah, gloria allred said that there are about 100 e-mails that she has. she read one of them. it was very sexually explicit e-mail. she took that out during one point during this news conference and started reading it. i had asked her for the e-mail about this coaching that she had mentioned, about what she was supposedly or allegedly told to say. but she said she could not provide that e-mail. to me. so she says she has about 100 -- either e-mail or messages on twitter. >> all right. mary snow with the very latest for us on this developing story that just continues to get more interesting. mary, thank you. >> it certainly does. well, we just received these
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mug shots a short time ago. i want to show you here, they're of former presidential candidate john edwards. he pleaded not guilty, you may recall, earlier this month to conspiracy and campaign law violations. a grand jury is investigation whether money he gave to his mistress rielle hunter should have been shown as campaign donations. he said he has done wrong but never he law. >> for four eks, the anthony tr making their case. but anthony's defense team fired back shortly after asking for an acquittal. the defense will begin presenting their side tomorrow. i want to bring in b.j. bernstein who is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. you've certainly been on both sides of this. listening to the judge deny this defense request for an acquittal, i want to get your
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take on it. i want to listen to what exactly you said and i want to help us make sense of it. >> the court specifically finds that the state has presented substantial, gcompetent evidenc for this jury who is the trier of fact in this particular case to decide this particular issue. >> i want to repeat that. judge perry said the state presented substantial, competent evidence. was he giving an opinion here, b.j.? is that how that sounded to you? or is that typical? >> no this is really the legal part of it where the jury's not there and the lawyers. she is starting to construct a standard if it goes up on appeal. 99% of it, what the judges decide is, there's enough there for a jury. that's what he said, trithe tri
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of fact, the jury, to determine where it's going to go. >> there was still so much evidence presented. a lost scientific evidence in this case. we have the duct tape. we have the impression of a sticker at the crime scene. we have hair in the car. we have the smell of decomposition in casey's trunk. did the prosecution prove its case? >> well, the thing is, they use circumstantial evidence. and think back to your perry mason, your "law & order ""tv shows there's a difference between direct evidence where someone can say "i saw casey do this to caylee." that's direct evidence. here it's circumstantial, she looked things up on the enter shut. she was partied what she said she didn't know. who is the nanny, zoe, who didn't exist. that puts it at a different level of analysis for the jury. the judge talked about the law in florida and then he states on
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circumstantial evidence which is there's a little more required from the state. so we can't actually just say right now, the trial's still going on. we got to stay tuned. >> the defense will begin tomorrow. what the defense could have done because you've been on both sides of this. they could have simply poked holes, right in the prosecution's case? but instead, early on, they won. they came out with a whole new theory that this little girl drowned in a pool. do they have to go about proving that theory instead of poking holes and doubt? >> you're dead on. part of why this has captivated everyone, besides the sadness of a child dying. it really is where the state is showing information and a lot of tiles you do poke holes. but here, the defense said, no, we are going to show you something. even though we don't have the burden of proof, we're going to show you that this was an accident. there's reasons why this mother of this child lied like she did,
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other than the fact that she would have possibly killed her child. >> yeah, it just seems like a bigger burden for them. i also want to talk about the possibility of casey anthony taking the stand. do you think she will take the stand? and how much do you think she'll be beaten up by the prosecution for all the lies that she apparently told early on in the investigation? >> i'll be shocked that she doesn't take the stand for the very reason that we just mentioned which is her lawyer said that they're going to prove that she was a victim of abuse. if you remember, cross-examining cindy anthony or the father, they denied it. the only other person part of that would be casey anthony. she's going to have to talk about that and of course, have to ready herself tough cross-examination by the prosecutors who will go every detail she made. and it's up to the lawyers to show why that lie didn't mean she's lying about what actually
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happened. >> and so whether or not that she holds it together on that stand, right? >> they may need to lose it a little. she needs to be natural. juries smell phonies. this is not for tv. this is for her life. if she's sincere in what she's putting up, that's is what actually whats to come out. >> b.j., we appreciate your legal mind. >> thank you. our sister network hln is your place for the complete coverage of the casey anthony trial. you can watch coverage of the trial throughout date on hln. there is a new troubling development in washington's strategic relationship with pakistan. pakistan's military spy agency known addle isi has allegedly had evidence. and "the new york times" reports that five people were detained. including a former pakistani
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neighbor who copied the license plates of those visiting the compound. the latest ties between washington and islamabad. we're hearing directly from arnold schwarzenegger's mistress, mildred baena. she's finally breaking the silence. baena spoke candidly with "hello" magazine to set the record break. she did the interview alongside her 13-year-old son. his name is joseph. baena said when joseph learned schwarzenegger was his dad a year ago, he reacted simply, "cool." baena said i new arnold was the father and maybe as joseph got older and he began to look at him he wondered but he never said anything to me. baena also said maria, quote, cried with me and told me to get off my knees. baena's lawyer confirmed that she did give the interview to "hello" magazine. give be an interview to the
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against time and the floodwaters of the missouri river. army corps of engineers crews hope to pile up several feet of extra dirt atop the only levee protecting the town of hamburg. if it doesn't work, parts of the town could be covered by as much as ten feet of water within days. casey wian is following the developments on the banks of the river in omaha. at the site of the college world series. what is the latest on the status? >> reporter: well, the flood, randi, couldn't have come at a worse time. they've got the college world series to begin saturday as you mentioned. they've got a brand-new stadium built. this will be the first college world series play thd that new stadium. some of the measures they're taking to make sure that the floodwaters which you see behind me don't impact the stadium have is which are near here. including brings in giant pumps as far away as texas and
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maryland. they've got hundreds of thousands of residents to begin work with the sand bags to fix a pipe that was apparently overstressed and flooded one of the stadium's parking lots. despite all those challenges, we spoke to one official who says the games will go on. how worried are you that it's going to impact the fan experience here? >> we're not worried. we've been in contact with the city officials and engineers. and we've had a long partnership with the city of omaha. this presented a few more challenges because mother nature is very unpredictable, as you know. but we're confident. a plan is in place and any issues that may develop. we're ready to play baseball on saturday. >> reporter: it's not only important for college baseball fans. it's important for the economy here. it's about a $40 million impact. not just the college teams that play here. there's also little league teams that come and play baseball. the families travel to this area. the city is planning on that
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revenue. the biggest issue they're facing, rain is coming in the next few days. they're not expecting it to present too much of a problem but if the rain is heavier than expected, they could have problems. >> and casey, how prepare said the city for the flooding? >> i think the city of omaha is as prepared as you can ever be, given the massive size of water pouring in behind me. you look at how fast the water is moving. going at 1.25 million gallons per second. water being released from reservoirs, much farther upstream. the city has known this is coming. the water's not rising that quickly anymore. as long as they don't get any significant rain, they'll be okay. the one issue, this is going to be around for a couple months. even if they get past the weekend in the college world series, the folks here have to worry about rising water level for the rest of the summer. >> thank you, casey.
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right now, when i say hiv or aids, what's the first thing that pops into your mind? probably dental, right? or at least sickness. you likely get those images in your head from the '80s of young
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men wasting away to skin and bones. go ahead and get those images out of your head. today, 30 years after hiv and aids were first discovered, people are surviving. they're living full and successful lives. brave young men and women are coming out of the shadows to tell you their stories as well. today, we want to tell you the story of a young man who's been living with hiv for the last ten years. his name is james bacardi lopez. he's a chef. he's a writer and blogger. his personal blog on hiv is one of the most honest things you will ever read. right now, he joins us live from chicago. james, first of all, thanks so much for coming on the show and sharing your story. i want to start with how you contracted hiv ten years ago? how old were you, and how did it happen? >> i was actually -- i was 17 at the time. and i contracted hiv from the very first person that i ever dated when i came out.
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and you contracted hiv that would have been, what, in 2001, i believe, but you didn't find out about it until it was 2005. what happened? and how did you find out? >> i found out, i had actually gotten really sick. in 2001, two weeks before my 18th birthday, i was diagnosed with with breast cancer. and i had intense chemotherapy. and so, you know, chemotherapy pretty much destroys your immune system anyway. so even though i was getting regular testing, i had no immune system to really test positive for the hiv antibodies. so in 2005, i had gotten really, really ill with pneumonia. and i was put into the hospital, at crawford-long hospital in
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atlanta. and i got one of the most wonderful doctors to come on to my case. she's the one actually doing the testing that led to me find ought i was hiv positive. >> in the beginning, what was the biggest hurdle for you? >> you know, to be honest, randi, i dealt with a lot of hurdles in the beginning. i was fairly active. you know, i liked to live life. i was involved in sports. and just general things. and to be honest with you, the most difficult thing in the beginning wasn't the sickness. wasn't the stigma of hiv. it was the fact that when i looked into the mirror i saw myself as different. i wasn't able to do the same things because i was so tired all the time. my body was just fighting this infection that it never seemed to go away. it just seemed like in the beginning there was sickness after illness. hospitalization after hospitalization. and i wasn't able to do the things that i was. i struggled to find the proper
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anti-retroviral cocktail which is the medicine used to treat hiv and aids. >> and how do you feel today? do you have energy, are you active? >> i'm very energetic. i'm very active. i'm involved in a lot of hiv and aids activisms and organizations. i found a really great cocktail that involves a new medication that i take. sos, in the beginning, you know i was taking a lot of pills a day. now, it's down to six pills. and that has really helped me. that's given me a new lease on life. so i'm very grateful for the continued progress that we're making in terms of finding sufficient care for persons living with hiv and aids. >> and i'm curious how your family is handling this. have they been supportive of you?
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>> my family has been instrumentinstrumen instrumental in me getting back to the person that i was. in the very beginning, my family did struggle because they had that image of hiv and aids from the early '80s where people were dying left and right. to be honest, my mother, she didn't know how to take it. she wasn't afraid of the disease or illness. her igest fear was losing me. in the beginning, getting so sick, i can understand where that was a concern for her. but my mother she got involved in my care. she would go to my doctors' appointments with me. it got to the point where she, too, understood that this is something you that can live with. she's actually written editorials for newspapers where she lives in georgia, speaking about how, you know, her personal struggle. and her journey with it. and i have to tell you, in all sincerity, that my mother is probably one of my biggest heroes in terms of being able to overcome the stigma of having someone close to them with hiv and aids. >> well, james, that is certainly nice to hear.
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i'm sure your mother, if she's watch right now certainly appreciates your telling our audience that. we certainly appreciate you coming on. we're glad to see you feeling so good and continuing to manage this disease. thank you so much. >> thank you for your time. i appreciate the stories and hard work you're doing to bring a picture to this disease. >> thank you. be well. >> thank you. meet a wisconsin businessman who attracts customers with an eclectic mix of merchandise. this is definitely not your father's trinket shop. that's ahead in "building up america." [ female announcer ] only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value. pass on the news and make sure you and everyone you know is getting the calcium they need. ♪
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welcome back. we want to show you what stocks are doing right now. taking a look at the big board right there, stocks are down. the dow is down 195 points. a little bit there, 197 there. so that is the situation on wall street. we also have a situation with the missouri river. flooding along the missouri river, affecting several states. so let's get straight to jacqui jeras who is watching all of this in the severe weather center. how bad? >> bad. this is it. this is that big peak, that big push of water where they've released that release, devin's point dam up there.
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the equivalent of 1.1 million gallons of water a second. it's hard to fathom that much water gushlging through t water gushing through the ware. the levee system being stressed at its greatest level. we want to take you to that levee breach of yesterday, remember we were telling you, in iowa, along the missouri river. water continues to flow freely through this area here. hamburg has been rushing to help shore up the secondary levee. they had 3 more feet to shore up to protect that town. in local time there, about a half an hour from there, they're confident they're able do that. if that doesn't hold, we're concerned about 10 feet of water potentially getting into that town of 1,100. we had that report from casey wian. and one thing we want to
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mention, the epley airfield. there's a sand boil that is allowing the water to seep into that water. what does that mean? take a look at this. this say man-made lev ree. this is an earthen levee. the longer that water creeps in place it can liquefy the dam and make it disappear. and that's when you have that type of a breach. so they're shoring this area up, trying to strengthen that. hopefully get improvements there. but in the meantime, we have a flood event that's going to be takes place for weeks yet. likely through the summer. at least through august, they're expecting that record flow, twice the previous record to continue to flow down into the missouri river which know eventually dumps into the mississippi. we'll have to watch for impacts as we progress through the summer. >> thank you, jacqui. the old saying one man's junk is another man's treasure rings true for one businessman
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in wisconsin. you'll never so what you see when you stop at the roadside shop. cnn's tom foreman takes a look at today's "building up america." >> reporter: in an old farm outside of oshkosh -- >> yes, we do have unusual items. >> reporter: -- a wonderland is growing. >> i just call it a collection of art. >> reporter: an open-air emporium of nostalgia and whatever else captures mel's interest. he has rescued these items from parks, museums for 30 years. now, they are rescuing him. >> those items are actually helping us make it through the tough time. >> reporter: shadow's main business is building materials but as construction as stumbled. he's found himself relying more on the foot traffic and trade brought by -- well, this. >> this is a reproduction of a rodeo type bull. this is an eagle fabricated out
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of all steel. is this a fairly popular piece. some people might think it's unusual. i don't. >> my daughter wanted to us stop here. i'm glad we stopped. >> reporter: many people come just to look but plenty end up buying. >> do you know how much that is? the neon one. >> the neon porsche sign is 350. a lot of people buy it for yard art. interior art. other businesses use it for interior and exterior work to get attention. >> reporter: it's not a cure-all but makes up for other weakens in the other trade. >> i don't know what advantage i have. i do know some of my competitors are gone and we're still here. so it must be helping us some. >> reporter: and in the building business these day, hanging on can be enough. tom foreman, cnn. singing sensation joss stone's life may have been in
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forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. a look at news you might have missed. we just received mug shots received a short time ago of former presidential candidate john edwards. he pleaded not guilty earlier this month to conspiracy and
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campaign law violations. a grand jury is investigating whether money should have been considered campaign donations. edwards admits he's done wrong but says he's never broken the law. former porn star ginger lee held a news conference earlier today to discuss her dhungss with congressman anthony weiner. she stood with her attorney, gloria allred and spoke about her interaction online with the congressman. >> when the scandal broke and people started e-mailing me, i didn't know what to do. i asked congressman weiner. he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out of a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. >> and she went on to say that they talked about politics before weiner started sending inappropriate e-mails, she said, to which she did not respond. two men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to rob and murder singer joss stone. police tell the bbc that the men
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were arrested her her home in england and were armed with -- get this -- swords, rope and a body bag. it's not clear if stone was home at the time. but according to the bbc, stone said she is absolutely fine and getting on with life as normal. another potential setback for the u.s. war in afghanistan. washington's key ally pakistan arrests cia informants. details after this.
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with president obama planning to start withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan this summer. the big we is is this, will the afghan government stand on its own? critics of the war have their doubts. now recent reports reveal another serious problem. the billions of dollars the u.s.
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has spent on nation building could be written off as a very bad investment. nick peyton walsh explains why. >> reporter: a generous state-of-the-gift from the american people to keep the lights on in kabul. a power plant magnificent in design. and cost, $300 million before anyone had even switched it on. but american planners forgot one thing. could afghanistan afford the fuel to keep it going? you can listen to the answer here. much of the time, the plant stays silent. that's because the diesel fuel that it runs on is so expensive that to run it at even half capacity could cost the afghan government up to $100 million a year. it's high-tech turbines run at about 7% the amount planned. and why some say, its sponsors say it's occasional back uppower is vital. >> what i think the person on the street will probably tell you is that he or she is
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satisfied with the fact that power which is available two hours a day is largely available 24 hours a day. >> reporter: but today, it's a symbol of the billions that americans spent here without asking itself will afghans be able to pay for this once we're gone? the same question about this. a huge network of highways built for over $2.5 billion. it's a project running around the country with some of the least safe areas meant to breathe the life of trade, between the cities. there's a few glitches, though. much of it is made of asphalt which some u.s. officials admit is very hard to repair here. and then there's the burden of maintaining it for heavy use. usaid thinks that will cost $150 million a year. most of the roads are broken because of the large roads that are carried. in real terms, the $3,600 that
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he earns in a year is the equivalent the cost of maintaining 100 meters of road. it's one thing if they have money once americans leave. it's another for medical care. people in the central kabul hospital will feel it hard. care is free here. but the high-tech devices america paid for are not without continued huge input of cash from donors they could stay down permanently. america's gifts sojourn russ and afghan so broke. san incredible story of waste out there. michael holmes joins us. i want to talk about pakistan and the arrests of these informa confirm there has been an arrest made of the guy who rented the house from the cia on which they're able to look in on osama bin laden's compound, right? they've arrested him. he's still in custody, as far as
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we know. and "the new york times" reporting that four other people who helped the cia are also in custody. so you've got a situation here of yet again, people asking whose side are they on in pakistan? >> right. >> instead of chasing down the people who have allowed osama bin laden to live there for years, they're chasing down the people who helped catch him. >> that certainly doesn't seem to make sense. doesn't help relations very much. >> no. >> ao want to talk to you about this wild story out of india where they are in a desperate search for a hangman? >> yeah, a hangman. 1.2 billion people and you can't get a good hangman. it's amazing. capital punishment in india -- >> i don't mean to laugh but it's kind of crazy. >> it is kind of crazy. the last one was 2004, the guy who did that hanging died of old age. so he's not around anymore. so there's this one guy who's on death row. india has a history of commuting
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death sentences to life in prison. in this case, the president just refused the mercy plea. so everyone's like, oh, we are going to have to kill him. there's no one to do it anymore. they've been asking around. >> so one guy's dead. one is retired. one had a broken arm. >> one had a broken arm, yeah. but there's two guys around who come from a family of hang men. generations. they're both fourth generation hang men. although they've never done it before. >> so it one of these guys going to step forward? >> yes, two of them have stepped forward and said we'll do it but we need a bit of a lesson. >> you know the guy who is about to be hanged is hoping no one steps forward. >> and the democracy goes at a snail's pace. it could be years. it may well get commuted. it's not texas. >> yeah. all right. michael holmes, always interesting. before unlock your
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take a look at your smartphone right now. i bet there's a lot on it you don't want others to see.
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let's face it, we do a whole bunch of stuff on our phones, right? you do your banking, write e-mail, notes. take pictures. but the scary thing is we can probably guess your pass code and unlock your phone. yes. new research done by a security app company found that many iphone users choose these popular pass codes. 1234 is the top pass code. the developer said most of the passcodes follow a formula like four identical numbers or patterns like moving up and down the key pad. but that's not the same for number 6, 5683. they fell love. you might want to change your smartphone password now. a company, computer security firm, found there are a number of apps that store personal data in plain text without encrypting
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your information. basically, it puts your information out there as easy targets for hackers. we're talking about log-ins, transactions. what apps. via forensics found android apps are linked in, netflix and foursquare unencrypted. more troubling is via forensics which is an iphone app. it safe eye stores passwords but fails your data securely. it means data, realties and who knows what else are exposed. and also failed data user names and other data on the phone. all the users are reportedly aware of the problem and they're looking into it. but it just goes to show mom was always right, can you never be too careful. some reports say facebook is losing large numbers of active users in the u.s.
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facebook keeps growing worldwide. mainly due to adoption in big countries like brazil, mexico
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and india. but according to inside facebook, the site is losing active users in the united states and canada. data says that facebook lost 6 million active users in the u.s. in may. the first time the u.s. has lost active users in a year. but facebook is questioning the accuracy of those numbers and insists it's still growing. nevertheless, today's team is all about facebook. specifically, we're asking is facebook worth the negative risks. jenner is asirs radio host. shelli palmer is the host of "live digital with shelli palmer." shelli, let me start with you, is facebook losing users? >> it's hard to tell. first of all, facebook regularly publishes its regular pages. not its active users. active users are significantly lower than the regular pages.
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they've been trending and it's hard to tell if the numbers are accurate. truly, it's not a significant story even if it is true because, really, 6 million people could take a facebook vacation on any given day for two weeks. we're getting in that point in our society. >> jennifer, you're still a big fan of facebook, but you also think it's problematic. so help us make sense of that. >> well, i love facebook. and i think there's less of a problem if we're very clear with our children, because i'm a mom. so if we're clear with our kids that there is no expectation of privacy with anything that we post on facebook, then i think it's okay. i also think that people need to realize that posting your home address and directions to your house on your wall is probably not a great idea. >> yeah, probably not. shelly, how do you feel about this face recognition aspect of facebook? any concerns about that? >> you know, it's interesting, there really shouldn't be concerns because i can argue both sides of this. i can argue that while this is
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super convenient, once i tag a friend and facebook recognizes that image, it will do all the tags for me and prompt me if i want it to do so. and then, of course, there's the other side that says now that the machine knows who i am, no matter who i am, and the machine is not a person looking at you. it's not big brother. it's just a big database of images. i think it's not so much facebook's problem. it's our problem as a society. where do we want to draw the line. i don't want to argue one side or the other. i'm on the side of technology, good. people, bad. this is something that we need to talk about. it's a great platform on cnn to talk about it. is it a good idea for facebook to know who you are by face recognition and if so, by a database? that may be above my pay grade but it's important to talk about be. >> i see jennifer shaking her head. >> i think, shelly, it's more than that. it's about photographs being uploaded to facebook. the issue is people are posting
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not just of the bikini pictures which, why? but pictures of their children or pictures in compromising situations which then can go on to haunt them for many, many years. again, with the concept that it's private what they post on their own facebook page. because anybody can take that picture you posted and shareels. what good is that? >> well, let me ask you this -- >> i'd love to say this is old news except anthony weiner just proved last week it's not old news. truthful, it's right. you shouldn't put anything on facebook or online you that don't want public. let's hold that in abeyance and say we understand these are publicly, publicly posted pictures. the things you don't mind other people seeing is it okay for a computer to recognize them and say who you are. that's a question that we all as a society goring to have to work
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through. >> we're getting suck on the facial recognition. jennifer, i want to give you the last word. we have about 20 seconds left. >> oh, about the facial recognition. >> no, on facebook. >> well, in general, i think facebook is a good thing for people like me to like to continue to add people into her life, rather than subtract them. but i do think, you must take caution, certainly with our kids. make sure they're not going to post anything that's a day or month later. stop putting your life on your wall! >> i'm sure we all made new friends. how much house can you get for $150 million in this real estate market? i did show you in my "xyz" next. [ female announcer ] only yoplait original
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time now for my "xyz." today, the sale of the most expensive house in the market in the united states caught my eye, especially in this market. it is 57,000 square feet. it was on the market for, get this, $150 million. well, it finally owe sold. we don't have a final sale price. according to realtor.com, the listing agent stands to make 0,

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