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how impressed were you with that 61-year-old kicker? >> he's 61? >> he's 61 years old. he's the kicker now for his college. vietnam veteran. >> you were like can i ask st. what you're going to do when you grow up? >> he's a liberal arts major. i mean, he's going to take a major and everything. never it too old. randi, kay have a wonderful weekend. >> i'm brooke baldwin. it's official. that blob in the gulf characterizing it officially as a tropical storm. it potentially deadly one as well. you see it sort of back and forth. round and round. tropical storm lee is headed straight for louisiana. new orleans, the mayor, mitch landrieu expected to speak again this hour on how his city is bracing for impact. i'll also speak with the plaqueman's parish. an area that could get hit hard.
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first as we head here into the labor day weekend with a brutal report on the job market. basically, it has come to a grinding halt. the unemployment rate for august didn't budge an inch. here you have the number. it is still sitting at 9.1%. the net number here, that's the important part. the net number of jobs created in august. zero, none, goose egg. private employers did add 17,000 jobs last month. but do the math. government eliminated 17,000. so the net change is zero. this really is a once in a blue moon event. if you think about it. the last time the bottom line on jobs was zero was all the way back in february of 1945. '45. that's before the baby boomers were even born. the weakest jobs report in almost a year comes amid consumers' wavering confidence in the economy. we'll been following that jumpy
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volatile stock market. on the heels of the big debt ceiling fight and washington's credit downgrade. you throw all that together, then you look ahead here. we're less than a week before president obama reveals his plan to create jobs. listen to this. this is labor secretary solis. >> forget the childish play, forget the politics. let's put people back to work and do some of the things that we know have paid off o. extension of the payroll tax. infrastructure dollars that will put construction and people in the trades and industry back to work. also, help to extend support for those long-term unemployed. >> that is a labor secretary. i want to tell you, though, actually a couple of the quotes. quick sampling of republican presidential candidates' reaction today. the net zero number. texas governor rick perry calling it a stark contrast to texas -- limiting government policies which helped make texas the top job producing state. mitt romney calls the report
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further proof president obama has failed. one more. herman cain calls it fitting for an administration led by a president with zero leadership, zero plan, zero results and a zero understanding of basic economics. let's bring in rick newman, the chief business correspondent for u.s. news and world report. rick, good to have you back. jobs report, does it surprise you here? >> it's not surprising. i think it basically shows that employers in july were almost in a state of paralysis when it came to their payrolls. i don't think that's surprising at all. you mentioned the debt ceiling fiasco in july. i mean, just to go back to that time, the politicians in washing on or some of them were threatening the economy with a default on american debt. business people understood how serious that was. even though they understood that there was a posturing involved in that. they understood that that would be an intentionally serious and
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intentionally negative event if it were to happen. they basically did nothing. who would expand their payrolls in the face of a potential disaster like that unless you had to. we saw in the immediate aftermath of that was consumer confidence plunged, business confidence plunged. we're seeing the result of that in the report that just came out this morning. >> and the issue too, when you talk about confidence, employers need to be hiring. remember, just yesterday when people were making much ado about the dustup over the jobs speech schedule, when would he be speaking in the joint session of congress, wednesday, thursday, what about football, what about republicans? do you envision any change in the political environment that might give employers any confidence to say yes, i'll hire? >> it's possible. but no. there are no signs that anything like that is happening. here's something that's really striking to me. economic forecasting firms are now telling their clients, which includes a lot of the biggest companies in america, look, you basically need to consider the
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u.s. government as kind of a net dragon the u.s. economy and you need to prepare for further policy mistakes. they're highlighting some of the dates coming up on the future calendar, such as november and december when the super committee needs to come up with the plan for another $1.5 trillion of debt reduction. forecasters are now looking at these points in the future where we could go through something similar to the debt fiasco from the summer all over again. so you know, in economics speak, these are called the risk of policy mistakes and things like that. it means the companies are sitting there and saying, look, if washington might mess this up even more and i'm not getting much additional demand for my products, why would i hire people if i may have to turn around and fire them again in a couple of months? you know, washington could surprise us and maybe do something that looks more responsible than we've become used to. we're not seeing signs of that. >> they could. we didn't see signs in july,
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maybe we will in november. rick, let me replay some of the comments again. labor secretary hilda solis and i'll have a question on the other side. >> forget the childish play and politics. let's put people back to work and do some of the things that we know have paid off. extension of the payroll tax. infrastructure dollars that will put construction and people in the trades and industry back to work. also, help to extend support for those long-term unemployed. >> even she called it childish play. let me rattle this off again, rick. extending payroll tax x money for infrastructure, help for people out of work for a long time. we've heard this before, multiple times. the white house is tight-lipped about what specifically the president will outline next thursday night. some on the left want him to go big in terms of the policies, changes, et cetera to help get jobs created. can you give me examples of how big he could go? >> it sounds like he's going to
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propose something that would be called an infrastructure bank, which would be a combination of public and private money. the government doesn't have to spend all that much money. we're probably -- we could hear something that a republicans would like to hear or a few things they'd like to hear, maybe tax breaks for companies that hire. we saw today president obama decided to postpone a big new regulation that businesses said would have cost them a lot of money. something in the billions. i think if president obama tosses in some things that republicans would like to see, which would include some sorts of regulatory relief for instance, he might get better cooperation than he's had up to now in some of the things the conservatives want, such as more infrastructure, spending, things like that. as you pointed out, we're arguing about the schedule of the speech which most americans couldn't careless about. if this is what happens the minute that president obama stopt speaking and they argue about this stuff, nobody will gain any confidence from the proposals.
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>> that may not be a great sign. since i have you here rick newman, i want to tell you about the -- the federal government plans to sue several big banks. major banks over the mortgage meltdown. we know these are the same banks that the government deemed them too big to fail. will this mean money goes back to the taxpayer ultimately? >> it's a perplexing situation. because these are all the big wall street banks that washington saved in 2008 with the big tarp bailouts. it's almost as if they said, well, we're going to save the banks now so that when they're a little bit healthier we can sue them and get some of the money back that we think fannie and fred i have lost. i think fannie and freddie have to do that because they operated as private companies that lost a lot of money which has required the huge taxpayer bailouts when so many mortgages went bad. but it's extremely complex and if anything comes of it, it may be -- may end up being some sort
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of settlement where the government gets back enough money where we got something for the trouble but haven't ruined the banking sector that we bailed out a few years ago. maybe they sort of wiped their hand of it and that's the end. >> so maybe, maybe not. >> if they were to go after those big banks the way that it might happen in the private sector, they'd probably be asking for an amount of monday that i might certainly would threat ep en the health of the banks and threaten the existence of the troubled once such as bank of america. >> we'll watch it. ee know you will too. >> thanks. quick reminder. we mentioned this. president obama lays out the job growth plan next thursday night. before that joint session of congress. of course, we're getting our a-team assembled. live coverage begins thursday night 6:00 eastern followed by the president's address at 7 p.m. eastern next thursday night. next, take a look at this. there's high wind, there's a lot of rain and it's going slow.
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that's not a good prescription for the city of new orleans. >> not a good prescription at all. newly formed tropical storm lee is headed towards new orleans. in fact, the entire, you see the radar, the louisiana gulf coast is now in the danger zone. the state's governor has already declared a state of emergency now. so has mississippi's governor. lee is expected to dump a foot of water in that area. up next, i'll speak to billy nun gasser part of a town that could be hit especially hard. hear what his neighbors are doing. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today.
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here at cnn, we're watching now tropical storm lee in the gulf of mexico. take a look at lee here on the weather map. the states of louisiana, also mississippi have already declared states of emergency. lee is slowly, slowly drifting there in the gulf where it eventually lands. that is still to be determined. but parts of the northern parts of the gulf coast there could get hit with ten or more information inches of rain. the governor there told folks to prepare for the worse. >> this is going to be a slow-moving storm bringing a lot of rain and a primary risks to louisiana will involve the fact that a combination of the rising tides, tidal surge as well as saturation of a slow-moving storm bringing as much as 10 to 15 mchs inches inches of rain in some areas. maybe even 20 inches. it will lead and can lead to flash flooding in certain areas. >> so in anticipation of this storm, oil workers are leaving
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their gulf rigs. if they can fly out safely, of course, they're shutting down the wells. at least two of louisiana parishes announced voluntary evacuations this afternoon. on the plus side, this fire in the new orleans area, the marsh may not be burning much longer. earlier in the week new orleans mayor mitch landrieu declared an emergency over there. governor jindal also announced the state laugh la is shutting down the oyster grounds until the storm is over. let's bring in one of the largest seafood providers. to be transparent here, we would tell you that he's running for lieutenant governor of louisiana. billy nun gasser. i know you've been watching the foreclosu forecasts closely. what are your concerns this. >> our concerns are with 15, 20 inches of rain projected, this sits over one area, populated area for any length of time will see severe flooding. we're hoping to get breaks in
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between the bands and give the pumps a chance to catch up. that's our main concern as well as the levees that have been authorized by congress. the corps is not starting construction on them. 3.5 feet levees that we're expecting to be close to over the top in the middle of plaque um's parish. >> what about the ones that are already there. how concerned are you when it comes to potential storm surge? >> we've had those levees, we saw a breach and during the oil spill, those levees were topped twice with just small thunderstorms. so we're very concerned about those levees. both in the construction and the over topping. each career for several years, the corps pushed back the construction of the levees and once again we're fighting where they should be. >> we're getting mixed signals when it comes to this storm. first you hear from the governor of your state, the mayor of new
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orleans, telling people there to be ready for the worse. we made multiple phone calls to tv affiliates in new orleans and they said we're not quite mobilizing our crews yet to cover this thing. where do you sit on that? >> well, the rain event could cause severe flooding. we need to be prepared for that. it's hundred miles out in the gulf. we immediate to be prepared for the weak levees. it would trap half the people in the south end and we have to be prepared to evacuate those people if those levees over top. we've been out all night and will be out again tonight monitoring the levees and we'll call for an evacuation if we believe we're going to have a problem. >> at what point might you make that call? >> well, either late this evening after we look at the latest forecast and the condition of the levees or first thing tomorrow morning. we will make a call. >> as we are going into a holiday weekend. i know in affects a lot of people. we'll be waiting to see if you
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make the call. as you said, the rain and potential flooding, that's the biggest worry for many of you. thank you very much, sir. i appreciate it. as we talked about that storm, let's not forget katia, this is what the latest hurricane looks like way up in space. thanks to the nasa tv. katia had lost some of its strength for a while. dropped out of the hurricane category, actually. but it's now regained power as it's churning around through the atlantic and is now once again categorized as a category 1 hurricane. katia is expected to strengthen over this weekend. it will still be a couple of days before we know if katia will in fact make landfall in the u.s. or simply blow off to the north. we're keeping an eye on katia as well for you. the last thing the east coast needs is another hurricane. vermont, you know that very well, they're still cleaning up after tropical storm irene dumped massive amounts of water
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on that state. volunteers started distributing food and clothing donations throughout the state. dozens of searchers are looking for a vermont man believed to have been swept away by the flooding there in vermont. down south to north carolina, the outer banks area, the governor today announcing plans to get traffic rolling again on state highway 12. remember there were multiple breaches in that one way in, one way out to ocracoke hatteras islands. the plan includes a temporary bridge that could get traffic moving. they're hoping in less than a month. really up and down the east coast. just about a half million customers still don't have power. it may be days before electricity is restored. president obama as we've been reporting this week, will be visiting some of the hardest hit area of new jersey. he'll make that trip on sunday. the president talked about irene earlier today. >> so our response continues. but i'm going to make sure that fema and other agencies are doing everything in their power to help people on the ground.
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>> meantime, in california right now, check this out. some unusually crazy waves hit the west coast. but these monster waves are attracting more than surfers. have you seen this picture. look closely. get up close. it's got everyone talking out there. we'll tell you why. yikes. that's after the break. the chevy model year wrap up. get in on our greatest model year yet. just announced -- celebrate labor day with an additional $500 bonus cash. with all other offers, including the all-star edition discount, that's a total value of $6,500. ♪ our greatest model year yet is wrapping up.
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you know who could really use rain these days? texas. in spite of tropical storm lee brewing there in the gulf of mexico, it doesn't look quite promising for you texans. right now, 14 big wildfires burning in the state. one of them is about 100 miles west of dallas in this lake community and dozens of homes
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are burned. firefighters are finally making some progress. >> crews are able to work on mop-up today. i'm told the containment is estimated at 50% at this point. >> we can do all the work by air that we want. but as my instructors told me a long time ago, it's always boot on the ground that gets it taken care of. >> so from that to a strong earthquake hitting off the coast of southwest alaska. it's a 6.8 magnitude quake that hit about 120 miles east, southeast in alaska in the aleutian islands. it triggered a tsunami warning that was later canceled. there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries there. i want you to look at what happens in southern california where there's a big storm all the way near australia. look at this. as my producers would like me to say. these are some sick waves. you guys happy now?
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dwarfing the usual surf found in southern california. just take a look at these surfers. i'll stop talking. the base of the wave there. the storm is hitting an arkt particular a, australia, new zealand. but there in southern california, it's creating a surfer's paradise with waves up to 11 feet high. higher than normal surf expected through the weekend. but before you try to get too excited, i was out trying to surf last weekend. learned what hang 10 really means. possible shark sightings in san diego have closed several beaches three times just in the past week. now there is a dispute over this picture that was taken north of la hoya two days ago. here's a picture. let's zoom in.
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it shows a giant shark swimming among this group of surfers. you can see how close the surfers get when you see the wider picture. it was taken by gary elliott on wednesday walking along the beach. >> i mean, it looks pretty clear to me that there's a big sea creature right there. >> sea creature, sea monster, pick your noun. but wait, the claim was disregarded by lifeguards on that very beach that day. >> it looked to me like it was a surfer paddling through a wave. when they duck dive, they lift their leg up and it looks very much like that. >> hmm. i'm looking. i'm thinking. not so much. lots of surfers. but could that large black blob with what looks like a fin. -- doesn't that look like a fin to you? what do the experts say? >> in my opinion, we're looking at the tail end of an animal that is headed out away from the beach.
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it's probably in the three to four meter range, about 10 to 12 feet, maybe a little more. >> not something i would want to get too close to. the waves of southern california right now are among the best of the year. so maybe this is the take away. >> pretty crazy. but i was just thinking that there's a lot of people out here. so i dent really care too much. >> well, how about this one. the florida teen actually bitten by a chark is out of the hospital today. shane lancaster says he was in knee-deep water south of st. augustine earlier this when a six-foot shark bit him on the leg. it felt like someone punched him. when lancaster, who is a surfer looked down, his leg was covered in blood. that's when he says he saw the shark. >> i said hey, listen, don't freak out all right. ? but i gotta tacked by a shark. it was like somebody took pins and poked them in my leg like asymmetrical formation.
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i knew it was a shark. >> i don't like when somebody says don't freak out, but. he doesn't mind the bite too much now that he's healing. no big deal. what's the big deal? when we come back, a field of green as far as the eye can see. how the new mexico park service found the largest marijuana farm ever seen. casey anthony is out of jail, but may soon be out of a lot of cash as well. $560,000 to be precise. we'll be right back.
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keeping an eye is always here on the stock market as we're about half an hour away from the closing bell.
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today's weak government report on jobs rattled investors. the job market was essentially flat in the mont of august. the number of new jobs added equal to the number of jobs eliminated by government. so looking at the big board, we're down quite a bit today. triple digit. the dow down 253 points. investors reacting there clearly, again, we're close to the closing bell, half an hour away. that's a look at that. next year, florida looking for payback as in payback from casey anthony. temperatures in orlando want anthony to reimburse the state more than half a million dollars. that's the cost of the investigation into the death of her daughter caylee and her subsequent trial. anthony was acquitted of murder charges back in july. she has been in seclusion since then. her lawyers admit she lied to investigators. they're fighting that reimbursement motion. a fundraiser in arizona causes some big time controversy.
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the republican party is raffling off a handgun to raise money. now, they are located in the very district represented by arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords who not even eight months ago was the victim of a mass shooting. the gun being raffled is the same make as the one allegedly used in that january shooting. local democrats say the raffle will upset the community. republicans say it's a long-standing tradition. take a look at what officials found deep in a new mexico forest. look at that. 5,000 at least 5,000 pot plants. this is the largest marijuana plantation the state has ever seen. so big in fact the national guard has been called in to check for bob i traps before destroying the plants. when we come back, the incredible story behind one man's journey back home to west virginia. libyan american doctor who traveled to his native land to help those fighting moammar
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gadhafi but what happened to him while he was there changed everything. kidnapped, bound, blindfolded and held for prisoner for more than five months. dr. rita joins me next on his remarkable story back home. that did not want to be a smoker. and the fact that i failed before. i think i was discouraged for a very long time. ♪ knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. [ male announcer ] chantix is a non-nicotine pill proven to help people quit smoking. [ jeff ] chantix reduced my urge to smoke, and personally that's what i knew i needed. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it.
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again awaiting the mayor of new orleans, mayor mitch landrieu to update his city about emergency operations plans with regard to tropical storm lee. lee is out there churning now in the gulf of mexico and possibly could deliver ten or more inches of rain to coastal louisiana in that entire area. quickly, the states of louisiana, mississippi both declaring states of emergency. we're monitoring that. also, you know the saying, if you can't beat them, join them, right? many older americans are taking that sentiment to a new level nowadays. faced with a weak job market and
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younger fresher competition, some see one path left, leading back to the classroom. sara endoreports, in depth. >> brooke in this economy, the student mix on college campuses is changing. now older students in their 30s and 40s and even into 60s are coming back to crack open the books. >> let's start getting some breakfast going. >> getting ready for school is a routine the guerrero family has down to a science. >> there you go. >> all three girls with backpacks ready to go. their dad, 44-year-old steven guerrero is the oldest student in the household. >> the family that goes to school together -- >> oh, perfect. >> the headlines usually mention the poor economy, one that hit mr. guerrero hard. after more than 20 years in the real estate business, he was laid off in 2008. this year, he decided to go back to school to get an executive mba, hoping to improve future
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job prospects. >> what has been the most challenging part about coming back to school? >> well, certainly been getting acclimated to the classroom and to the workload. it's pretty intimidated coming back to school after so many years. >> with an intimidating price tag to match. it will cost him $87,000 after two years. >> one may say it's risky. i don't see it as risky. i think it's calculated action. what it does garn me is that it positions me for the future, opportunities that will come about or an opportunity for me to do my own thing. >> the math has to make sense, especially for older workers considering returning to school. the calculation is simple. does a new degree, student debt and future earnings all add up? >> you got all the knowledge in your head. >> it's an equation that made sense for 49-year-old attorney robert bates. his firm was suffering in this
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economy. so he returned to college and is earning his teaching credentials. >> did you ever think that at 40 or 49 you would be going back to school? >> if you had asked me that question five years ago, i would have said no. but i'm glad i made the decision i did. >> well, it's a tough decision. one out of every four college students is 30 or older. education experts say if retirement isn't a priority. the payoff is usually worth it. >> one of the clearest relationships in the data that we see is between the level of education and the earning capacity of individuals once they get out. it's just stepped up from high school all the way drew the doctorate level. >> a track record the guerreros are counting on. >> everybody ready? >> the harsh reality for many of the older students, they say retirement is now even farther down the road. brooke? sandra, thank you for that in-depth report. when we come back, the incredible story behind this
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man's journey finally back home to west virginia. a doctor traveled to his native land. hadn't been there in more than two decades to help those fighting moammar gadhafi. but what happened there quite possibly is now changed his life. we'll share his stories of kidnapping, being, blindfolded, held as prisoner more than five months. dr. rita me zagry joins me after this break. first, here's dr. sanjay gupta. >> on a hot los angeles day, you'll find her on the roof of her apartment building logging miles on her bike. she's a dedicated multisport athlete. take a closer look. she's raced triathalons all with one leg. >> this has been very good to me and done a lot of long miles. >> scout lost her leg when she was a baby. it was the beginning of a difficult childhood. >> i was burned in a fire in
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china. and when i turned one-year-old, i was placed on the streets in front of the government orphanage. when i came here to the u.s., i was seven years old and weighed 22 pounds. >> scout had never left her orphanage before being adopted. overnight, she found herself with a new family in a new country surrounded by strangers and unable to speak any english. >> everybody is just looking at you, wanting to know what's going on, who you are, where you come from and i mean, i'm like, i'm not even sure what's happening to me. how am i supposed to explain that to you? >> exercise became a refuge. she saw other athletes race a triathalon with the challenged athletes foundation. >> being able to see that changed my life forever. seeing what was possible out there. >> she started to race triathalons herself, swimming without any artificial leg
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because it would weigh her down. switching into a leg with a foot made into a bike cleat and another leg for the end of the race. >> race by race, training day by training day, i started to gain this confidence that i had lacked for much of my life. and became this person who really believed in myself for the first time. >> she has no plans of slowing down. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying...
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relax. you're at great clips. mitch landrieu. >> outside of the levee protection in the venetian isles mish u area. you have to take extra precaution. there are some wind surge and storm surge projections of about 4.5 feet. the folks know exactly what those are. most of those homes are up in the air. but it's worth taking extra precautions and we'll be in
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communication with you and you should be with us about what steps you should take. all of our public safety units are fully staffed and are prepared. 68 boats are ready to go across four agencies. we have swift water teams on stand by in the fire department and ems if the need arises. barricades are positioned and will be deployed in the -- to the extent we have flooded areas. we're staging our boats to respond to low-lying areas near canals. let me speak to this issue for a moment. in some areas of the city which are low-lying, if we have a lot of water in a short period of time and all of the sites on the website, sometimes water on streets can look a lot like the canal he next door to it. i would again caution new orleanians when you see standing water, should it be relatively high, do not drive into it. it is a mistake. you may find yourself in a very, very difficult situation that would cause us to call off the swift team. again, use common sense. if there is standing water,
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please don't try to drive through it. 311 is available 24/7. residents can get updated information and report problems. you will be directed to the appropriate agency if they are not the right one. i should stress here that citizens are our eyes and ears. it's very helpful if you see a stoplight out to report it. if you see any other problems on a flooded street, please report it. that would help us again communicate more effectively with emergency responders and it can be very helpful. in fact, if you see a trafg books traffic light out, call 911. we want to get on that immediately. if there's an electrical problem, we want to put out stop signs to be able to control that particular intersection. as it relates to public works, we have contractors on stand by for road repair and debris removal. we have trucks out that are cleaning catch basins right now. i would encourage citizens to be proactive. if you have one in front of your house, please go out and clear
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that. we're going to need it. we have staff on stand by to install temporary stop signs for traffic lights had they go out. we're ready to go on that. park and parkways and sanitation equipment is staged and is ready to clear roadways should the need arise. now, on this note, sanitation will continue to pick up this weekend as is regularly schedule. but, again, common sense is needed here and i was not going to say this. but i will anyway. if it's flooding on your street, don't put your garbage out. the garbage trucks will not go down flooded streets. if the course of the streets are not flooded, then we will be there and we'll be back to pick up the garbage a little bit later. we're in communication with all of the hospitals and the nursing homes in the city. homeless shelters to the extent that they're needed are adding extra bed capacity as we speak. all capital construction projects ongoing as part of the recovery for the city of new orleans have been halted at this
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time until further notice of the all libraries have been closed as of 1 p.m. today until further notice. all activities have been canceled. airport is completely operational at this point. they will continue to monitor the air flow and the wind traffic and at some point in time may make another decision. >> mayor landrieu essentially rattling all the different ways his city is prepared as tropical storm lee is a brewing there in the gulf of mexico. talking about the levees, will the storm surge, how will they fare with the storm surge. could see ten-plus inches of rain. they don't know. making preparations just in case. states of emergency declared in his state of louisiana, also in neighboring mississippi. we'll have a little bit more on that. what you can expect through the holiday weekend. coming up next a story to tell you of a neurosurgeon important and raised in tripoli. he went over to libya to essentially take part in history. but what happened to him in the
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okay. to tell this story, i want to go back to last march. do you remember this? these are were the early days of the war against moammar gadhafi. this was one of the first glimpses we actually finally got of the rebels who now have driven gadhafi have driven gadhafi out of power. now, if you would, have a look at our guest. he's a libyan-born american surgeon dr. mizagri. he watched libyans rise up in revolution and felt compelled to go join them. and here's where the doctor ended up -- prison. and not just any prison, but
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abu salim, libya's most notorious. he was there for five months. and he endured a series of beatings at the hands of gadhafi's henchmen. last friday, one week ago today, we aired these pictures. the rib lags liberation of abu . here he is just two days ago, three days ago. returning same and sound to his home in west virginia. thank you very much for joining me here on cnn. i read you grew up in tripoli, you left more than two decades ago. what compelled you, sir, to return, to join in the revolution? >> thank you for having me. one piece of correction, i was born in tunisia and grew up in libya.
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i was very happy for the tunisian to regain their power of democracy, and we thought that libya is going to follow and going to be as peaceful as the other two country. unfortunate, it didn't happen that way, and when the uprising started, the western part as well as the major eastern part of the country, we see on the internet, the killing and some horror picture on the internet with people plit in half shot by anti-craft bullets. and because of the shortage and the need for medical help, i decided to go and help. from medical point of view as a physician that having lived in libya, i know gadhafi regime and all the oppression, i thought i would like to be a part. >> so you knew, doctor, you had
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the tools, you knew you could help. this is where you lived for many years -- forgive me -- this is where you lived for many years and you wanted to help. but tell me the story how -- also, where were you when you were captured? what were you doing? >> we went with the rebel to the frontline and unfortunate, we had to retreat because of gadhafi's armies coming back. and we have to retreat from different city, which is a about 150 kilometer west of benghazi. and unfortunately again, we had to withdraw because the armies bombarding on the city. and that's march 15. we heard that the city was taken by gadhafi. we called to the area and decided the following morning to go back to the hospital.
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and from unfortunate, the following morning, it's already taken and we walked to the army. >> so were you ambushed? >> i get caught march 16 in the eastern gate of the city towards the hospital. >> you were ambushed? it was gadhafi troops, correct me if i'm wrong, gadhafi troops that grabbed you and threw you in a series of prisons? >> that's correct. they caught myself and the cardiologist in a private car. and then they transferred us to a city about a six-hour drive to that area. >> so you're thrown in multiple prisons. can you tell me about your experience. is it an understatement. were you abused? beaten? what did they do for you? >> combination physical abuse as
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well as verbal abuse. just because i'm coming from the state and the, according to their view, you're coming at the wrong time and you are in support of the rebel so you are most probably anti-gadhafi. and the things which they really stressed on on multiple interrogation, who sent you? you are american coming here, what's in your mind and whato's behind you? >> how are you? physically? have you recovereded from what you did. >> the beating, it hurt at the time, but i don't think it left any long-term scar in me. i believe -- it hurt at the time where they are beating me, but later on, i think it's -- i'm fine. >> tell me about this notorious prison, this abu salim?
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>> it's huge. it's 2 1/2 acre, it's a huge building. we couldn't see the detail of the prison till the day when we are released. so you go in, your eyes are covered so you don't know where you are, which direction is. they kept moving us from one cell to another. the condition is bad, especially the first few weeks where the beating was the maximum the first two weeks of my imprisonment. and obviously -- >> what were they telling you, doctor, while they were beating you, after they were beating you, that you would be there forever? what were you thinking at the time? you're a father of four, you have family back in america. >> they don't liberate a lot. one of the guys told me i feel
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sorry for you, doctor coming from the state. i think most probably you're going to be either death penalty or life in prison. in tripoli, the guards don't liberate, except they calling us traitors, rats, which is a common statement among them, they call us rats. and they are very vulgar in their speech. a lot of obscenity. >> given everything you went through, was it worth going over to help? and would you go back? >> absolutely. >> absolutely it was worth it and absolutely you would go back to libya? >> definitely. i mean, as i told you from the start, there's two component of my going. one from physician point of view and i would like to help. second is i would like to be a part of the revolution and would like to get rid of the gadhafi regime as anybody in libya.
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>> dr. rita mizaghri, finally home in west virginia. thank you so much for sharing your story. >> thank you, ma'am. coming up at the top of the hour, did you hear and see what comedian katt williams said, specifically what he did in this standup show. if you haven't, stay tuned. we have the video coming up. to . that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance.
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a comedian under fire because of his tirade against mexicans. and it's all caught on camera. we'll show it to you.
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i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. zip, zero, zilch. that's the number of jobs employers added last month and now wall street reacts. as everyone ran out, they ran in. now, 9/11 first responders are apparently at a higher risk of cancer. >> the dust gets into the system, and this is what we think happened. >> dr. sanjay gupta breaks down this alarming new study. >> the first lady may have broken the law? >> yes. >> the feds raid one of the america's most famous guitar makers. and the accusations here whether impact hundreds of star musicians. >> 30 minutes or less might be a bit of a problem, but domino's wants to open the very first restaurant on the moon. you will see their plan. welcome back. hour two here in the cnn news
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room. i'm brooke baldwin. and the job market, that's what we're going to begin with. it's flat lined for the month of august and investors taking it out on wall street. you can see the numbers settling. a massive down dow day. 253 points down. the unemployment rate unchanged. we know it's still sitting at 9.1%. government job losses canceled out the gains in the private sector. that's what gives us the goose egg. but obviously today, that is reflected on wall street. >> absolutely. i mean, the jobs report was a big buzz kill on wall street. the stocks dropped immediately after the numbers hit and the major averages ended near session lows. the dow tumbled 253 points. we saw the s&p 500 and the nasdaq down by 2.5%. so this is a very weak day. we did see what did well was gold. it glittered. treasury bonds also did well
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because of safe haven bets. the market right now is trading on fear. one analyst i spoke to said there's just no confidence right now and that's why we're seeing the selloff. brooke? >> what do we glean from today's job report with regard to the overall economy? >> this is, of course, another re-enforcement that the economy is really slow right now when it comes to growth. think of the economy like a car. we're moving forward this year, but the engine is stalling out and now it's barely moving. we haven't come to a full stop, but we're still not moving quickly. let's take a look at the chart. the economy is averaging 109,000 job gains this year. we need triple that amount to bring unemployment down. but look at the left side of the chart. note the red bars. job losses in 2009 topped 800,000 in one month. so today's flat line doesn't look too bad comparatively, but that's not saying much pop i like you trying to see the glass half full.
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bank stocks sold off. what's the story on that? >> it was a bloodbath for the bank stocks. bank of america is down by 8%, jp morgan chase, goldman sachs. for banks, the financial crisis isn't over. the federal housing authorities reportedly plan to sue some big banks related to the mortgage-backed securities they sold to fannie and freddie. the banks essentially bundled and sold those mortgages. but when people couldn't pair their mortgages and fannie and freddie lost billions in the process. so the government is expected to accuse the banks of misrepresenting the value of those investments when they were initially sold. these were the same banks that received billions of federal bailout money during the federal crisis. . >> right, the banks too big to fail. thank you very much on this friday. and now what's happening right now, you're about to see it, rapid fire, let's begin with this tropical storm lee, threatening to douse parts of
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the northern gulf coast this holiday weekend. here he is. lee is a slow-moving storm with the potential to bring 20 inches of flooding rain. somewhere, we have to be nebulous, we just don't quite know, from mississippi all the way to texas. the governors of louisiana and mississippi have already declared states of emergency there. moments ago, we did hear from the mayor of new orleans issuing this statement. quote, it's not clear yet where lee will make land fall. we'll go live to new orleans coming up. florida seeking payback from casey anthony. florida prosecutors want her to reimburse the state for more than $500,000. that is the tab for that investigation into the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee back in 2008 and anthony's murder trial. anthony, she's been living in seclusion ever since she was acquitted of murder back in july. prosecutors argue anthony lied to investigators, sending them off on this wild goose chase for a nonexistent baby-sitter, draining valuable resources. and this professor, now a wanted
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man. police allege steven kinsey is the leader of a drug ring and motorcycle gang. he taught physical fitness at cal state san bernadino. he's still on the run. and police are looking for any tip to try to find him. a dramatic rescue caught on camera. police officers here are running to help people trapped inside this crashed suv. you see some of the fire and flames coming out of that. they ended up jumping on the side of the suv while it was burning to pull people out. three people were rescued. the driver of that suv died. police say the crash happened after a car ran a red light and hit the suv. and now to my favorite story of the day. domino's pizza has a big, big, big plan for its pies. they reportedly want to make them on the moon, naturally. in fact, the japanese arm of the global pizza chain already has plans to build the restaurant.
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an artist envisions this dome-shaped building, here it is, if you have plans to go to the moon, here's what you're going to see. at least two stories tall and made of 70 tons of concrete and other construction materials. builders hope to use mineral deposits from the moon to keep costs down. all staff would be required to live on the premises. the project's price tag, nearly $22 billion. i wonder how much a slice would be. i digress. heros who rushed in to save lives on 9/11 had to fight to get health care, then no one invited them to next sunday's ceremony at ground zero. now there's word that they be at increased risk for cancer. also up next, a comedian is getting major heat for his wild tirade against mexicans. did he cross the line? i want you to decide for yourself. we'll share the video and his response next.
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hue ror. it's a very suggestive thing. taken one way, it can break tension, make us all laugh. take it another way, well, it can cause this incident that some of you are calling hate speech. you're going to see this front row audience member took offense at some of the comments in katt williams' routine and here is what ensued. >> are you mexican? do you know where mexico is? >> [ bleep ]. >> no, that ain't mexico. it used to be mexico. but now it's phoenix!
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usa! usa! usa! >> so that little exchange got the audience member up on its feet, got it crowd riled up and it's ka lated from there. >> do you remember when white people said go back to africa and we had to tell them, we don't want to. so if you love mexico, kpleep kple [ bleep ] get the [ bleep ] over there. we were slaves. you're landscapers. >> security guards circled the man's table and he was escorted from the katt williams show. katt williams is now apologizing.
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while my remarks were not meant to be offensive, i want to apologize if my comedy act was taken out of context. i appreciate my fans within the mexican community and would never intentionally go out of my way to offend them. so katt williams, he's sorry. so all of this leads us to a conversation about race relations in this country. i'm not talking about black and white here. i'm talking about black and brown. joining me now, a writer who focuses on latino issues. good to see you. first, as a man of mexican descent, were you offended watching this standup and katt williams' comments? >> yes, i was offended. mostly because i think there's a lot of ignorance of our histories, our combined interest, the fact that we have combined histories. i think that's the problem. people don't really know how much more we have together as a people, black, brown and even white, than we do against us. because to me, the real issues is what unites us, losing our home, our jobs, the economy doesn't discriminate as far as this goes. black, brown, white, we're all
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suffering. and yet here we are talking against each other when we're all in the same boat. >> what about the heckler, he paid front row seats to go to this katt williams show, a comic. if you've seen other act, the guy is known for controversy. but what do you make of the heckler's reaction? and there's a lot you can glean from that. and also the reaction from the rest of the audience. i mean, i watched the full eight minutes at my desk earlier. they're shouting, chanting usa, some booing at some points. some hand gesticulations we won't get into. i mean, it gets ugly. >> yeah, it looked really bad to me. i think this is what happens when you feel that animosity that doesn't need to be there. i would like to extend a dialogue with katt williams. i really don't want to just finger him and say he's no good, he's rotten. he apologized, this is great. but we need to really talk about this and we need to talk about it on what we need to do. because as american people, i think we're going after each other. i love this country, but i'm
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also very critical about what's happening in this country. there are people who -- >> forgive me. you want to talk to katt williams, but what about the heckler? what would you say to the heckler? >> at comedy shows, there are some pretty strange things that goes on. there are hecklers everywhere. for the most part, as i said in my column, most comedians deal with it the way they should, the humor. they go back at them. they know how to handle it. i think for some reason plchls williams lost it. and he went to an area he shouldn't have gone which became a tirade against mexicans and a pro usa raid which to me isn't what this country is all about. >> where is the line now? where is the line between humor and hate speech? do we even know where the line exists these days? >> well, for example, there's a heckler, you have to address that person. . he happens to be mexican scent, that's almost immaterial. if it was an african-american,
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it you wouldn't attack all african-americans. you know what i'm saying. the comedian has to tackle these issues with his talent, his humor. a tirade against the whole mexican culture and that, you know, we didn't fight for this country, which is not true. i say we because i amex can descent but i am a u.s. citizen and i fight for this country. but my idea of fighting for this country with ideas, with creativit creativity, organization, is that we do more to unite us than divide us. we have a lot more to do than to tear us apart based on race, ethnic orientation or religion. >> well, this clip is getting all of us talking, opening this dialogue. thank you. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> if you are traveling, you need to be alert here. the government is issuing this
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new warning as the tenth anners in -- anniversary of 9/11 is coming up. also this. >> a picture of -- is emerging of horrendous abuse. i talk to another nanny who says gadhafi is psychologically sick. and this room bears out that testimony. >> what he finds behind that door, it's hell and you're going to see it next. plus, cnn tracks down the nanny who says that gadhafi poured boiling hot water on her. her message and what doctors are revealing about her future. [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. met an old man at the top asked him if he had a secret and the old man stopped and thought and said:
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all americans traveling overseas need to be on alert. that's the warning we're getting from the homeland security department today. the obama administration insists there's no specific threat of a terror attack as we get closer to a decade now after 9/11. the state department is issuing a worldwide travel alert saying al qaeda might try to attack u.s. interests abroad. the horrors that occurred in moammar gadhafi's libya, one that stands out is a nanny employed by gadhafi's son. when she couldn't top stop a baby from crying, he burned her with boiling water. here's an update. >> reporter: now being cared for in the burns hospital, she is weak but able to gesture a greeting to those who've helped her and express her profound
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gratitude. >> translator: i want to say thank you very much because of all the people who have helped me. thank you very, very much. >> reporter: she's overcome with emotion, but these are tears of relief, not pain. shwgey is christian and her faith is crucial to recovering. >> translator: thank you so much. i want get to heal me and return me back to my family. >> reporter: the new health minister also visited her and summed up the horror of her ordeal. >> we'll ask the minister of justice to send someone who can document it with evidence and then we'll document everything and then after that, we will be
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happy to treat her in libya. if she wants to go, that would be great as well. >> so this is hannibal gadhafi's house. >> translator: shwayge isn't the only one. >> reporter: he says the foreign staff was targeted the most. a picture is emerging of horrendous abuse. i've been contacted by another nanny who describes ailing gadhafi as psychologically sick and a sadist. and this room would seem to bear out her testimony. what kind of family has their own private jail cell at one of their properties?
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the nanny is now facing months of recuperation and surgery. cnn is working with a number of organizations to make sure she gets the best care available, so she can get home to ethiopia after her nightmare at the hands of the gadhafi family. >> thank you for the update there. back home, a young football player attacks a referee then this massive brawl erupts. now several are being slapped with felonies, including some of the coaches. plus, republican paul ryan reveals to cnn what's really behind his decision against a white house run? gloria borger spoke to him. that's next. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.
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now, according to the sheriff's office, the ref suffered a fractured shoulder. and just this afternoon, four alleged participants in this all were charged with felony counts of battery on a sports referee. that carries a possible maximum sentence of up to four years in prison and those charged include an unnamed minor aged 14. the sheriff says everyone charged has been remorseful with the exception of an assistant coach, dexter austin. time now for your "cnn equals politics" update this friday. let's go to chief political correspondent gloria borger. long time no see. good to have you back on. >> thank you. >> so with this jobs report out today, not so great. >> no, not so great. and predictably, republican presidential candidates have been pointing it out. look, they had a lot to work with, brooke. after all, zero is zero, so
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you've heard mitt romney talk about it today. john huntsman talk about it. it's going to be interesting to me to see the republican plans for job growth. john huntsman gave his plan for jobs growth earlier this week, which was received very well by "the wall street journal," and mitt romney is going to give his plan on tuesday. and then, of course, brooke, we're going to hear from the president himself on thursday. so we'll see where they disagree then. >> you also this week, i understand gloria, you sat down with someone who decided not to seek the republican presidential nomination. what did he say? >> yeah. there is one more. and that's house republican paul ryan. he's the chairman of the house budget committee, and only 41 years old, brooke. lots of republican elders were rushing to him saying, you need to run for president. but i caught up with him in wisconsin. listen to what he said to me about his decision. >> a lot of people try to
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convince me that i should jump in this race. as you can tell, the race has not formed fully yet. my answer really hasn't changed. if i really wanted to run for president, i would have done it months ago. i think any job in politics, you can have balance with your family, but i'm not so sure you can do that with this particular job. and so i just couldn't get over that. and when other people want you to run for president more badly than you yourself do, i think that kind of says something. >> brooke, as you know, paul ryan's budget has become iconic to the democrats. they love to rail against it because, of course, it proposes some very serious changes in medicare. something they're going to use on the campaign trail. so he would have been a lightning rod, but he's a member of that younger generation of republicans, lots of whom are, like marco rubio, people are talking about. and there seems to be a
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generation gap in the republican party. you have the younger guys who say you know what, we're not ready to run, and then you have the people running, some of whom, like mitt romney, have run before. >> maybe some of these younger guys are not running yet. am i right? >> not running yet. when i asked him, brooke, about whether he might consider the number two slot, he wasn't quite so shermanesque. so i bet you could see his name being touted as a vice presidential candidate somewhere down the road. and possibly, very possibly in this cycle. >> interesting. gloria borger, chief political analyst. thank you very much. . >> thanks, brooke. >> and still ahead, new orleans right now bracing for a big storm that could reach hurricane intensity. also an alarming new study suggesting 9/11 first responders are at a higher risk of cancer. plus, four months after after deadly tornado ripped through alabama, the state is about to get a huge emotional boost. and what happen a treat for me.
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a trop cap storm, a cancer stud and football returns to a state struck by tragedy and a heartbreaking story of a mother and her final moments with her child. ed, i know we were hearing from mayor landrieu just a short time ago, rattling off all the ways the city is prepared when and if they get quite a bit of rain. >> they're trying to spread the word quickly here, not just around new orleans but along the
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coastline of mississippi and louisiana as well where heavy rains are expected to last throughout most of the weekend. and that's really what they're, i think, most concerned about at this point, would be the flooding concerns throughout the region in new orleans, possibly expecting as much as 20 inches along the coast. talking about 12 inches. this is rain that will be quickly falling. so they're really urging people to beware, not get out on the streets if they don't have to this weekend. and i just ducked into a grocery store here in new orleans to get a few supplies for the weekend. and you see a lot of people doing just that, brooke. >> are people prepared? >> i think for the most part they're taking everything in stride. i think they're anxious to see what this storm will bring. obviously with the concern here,
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they're worried about levees. the pumps are being monitored to make sure the water is being moved out as quickly as can be. they're confident with the way those things stand right now. and i think that probably puts a lot of people at ease. >> wonderful. i know they're still waiting to see exactly where that storm lee actually hits. thank you very much. >> you got it. >> next, it could be the evidence firefighters who rushed to ground zero are looking for. a new study links a dust at ground zero to an increased risk of cancer. dr. sanjay gupta explains. >> reporter: is there a connection between the dust and cancer. you know look, there's been a lot of studies showing the connection between dust and a whole lot of other medical malady, primarily respiratory ones, but the cancer connection has always been a bit controversial. there's been a back and forth, and it's been unsettled. this paper is going to be a very
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well regarded one. a large study, following these fire department workers over ten years. i talked to the lead author of the study in advance of the embargo being lifted on the study. listen to what he said. >> as we start seeing cancers, we want to answer the question, is cancer increased? my initial bias was for the first 10, 15 years, we would not see an increase. that's one reason why i think our findings are so strong. because i thought we would find the opposite. >> so you're surprise? >> very much so. this is a study about firefighters. their exposure is so unique, 85% of the exposed were present in the first 48 hours of collapse when the exposure was massive. that is a very unique exposure. >> for firefighters watching, they have the lingering
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question, why did i get this cancer and was it related to the dust? and you would say what? >> for most instances, it was related. >> reporter: so a very powerful statement there. most of these cancers, world trade center related. pretty remarkable thing. a couple of caveat, even though it's been ten year, that's still a short time in the world of science. we would like to see what happens at 15 years, 20 years, 30 years. and also, he was very careful to say this was a paper about fire department workers who were also first responders. cannot generalize about lower manhattan citizens or even other first responders. the dust gets into the system. this is what we think happens. it causes the respiratory problems that have been studied but it can also act like sa sandpaper in those bronchials and cause inflammation 245 they believe could be the genesis of a lot of these cancers. it's a contentious issue. even in july of this year, there was found to be no connection
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between dust and cancer. this paper may change that debate, brooke. stay tuned. back to you. >> we will, sanjay. thank you very much. by the way, you can see sanjay's full investigation of the health fallout from the9/11 including never before seen footage. we're calling it "terror in the dust" wednesday night here on cnn. next, football returns to a state perhaps needing it the most. reynolds wolf with us. he's at a town that needs football to get moving again. >> absolutely. football coming back to tuscaloosa is like swallows
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return i returning. there's going to be a handful of people cheering for kent state, but overall it's going to be a crimson event. keep in mind, this is going to be the first time you have many people back on campus since last season. as they make their way downth boulevard towards campus, they're going to see some areas of damage they didn't see last year, so it's certainly going to be a reminder of what happened back on april 27 of 2011 of this year. but i tell you, the great thing about it is they will get several hours to take in what happened and it's certainly part of the healing process. >> reynolds, we know you're an auburn man. we appreciate you taking one for the team and covering this story out of tuscaloosa for us. wishing them the best, of course. finally, the heartbreaking humanitarian crisis we've been covering in somalia. the u.n. agency for refugee says we haven't seen the worst of it yet. i know you're based in nairobi.
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nice to have you here in person. we've aired so many of your images. that's just really what struck me from weeks and weeks ago when you were first reporting out of kenya and somalia. as a journalist, what one image, one person you met has just really stayed with you and perhaps is the most haunting. >> well, brooke, it's great to be here. yes, we were talking some weeks ago when i was the north of kenya. i was there on the story, just going for a day, seeing the situation. a lot of people have forgotten that this is going on in the horn of africa and in east africa. millions facing starvation. we're in mogadishu. thousands have streamed into the capital. i met one woman who was 9 months pregnant. spent two weeks walking, walking for 15 days, about to give birth. she heard rumors that she might get some help. we met this woman in her tiny little space where she was living. and she had a child that she was
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holding and we thought, you know, that's great, she has a child. this is a positive story. she said last night, i had twins and the one child died last night. and the rest was lost in translation. we were filming this child and talking to this woman and then we found out that the child she was holding was dead and it had died about an hour before we went there. and these awful stories of human suffering and, you know, the numbers are sometimes hard to grasp brooke, but the situation like this woman sara and her young child is what's going on. >> we have sound from this young mother. let's listen. >> i walked for 15 days to escape drought. she was nine months pregnant with twins. the twins were born last night, she says. one died before dawn. the other died just before we met her. >> that's horrible. so you're out there. this is your -- this is what you're covering.
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it feels like we're so far away, but it's so important to keep this story in the news. just, as you're out there covering it, what's your final thought? i mean, help us hit this home for americans. >> well, i think the final thought is that you need to care about these people, the situation. you know, 11 million people facing starvation in the horn of africa alone. and this is a window of opportunity, brooke. this is a situation that the al qaeda li qaeda-linked group has fled from mogadishu in somalia. people are starting to get the aid in there, but there's a massive shortfall in terms of the amount of money that needs to go towards the food program. there's ways people can help. cnn.com/impact is a great way to go to see how you can help. and that money makes a difference. >> thank you and your crew for sharing the story so we can shed the light in thank you very much. now this. >> the first lady may have broken the law?
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>> yes. >> huh. the feds raid one of america's most famous guitar makers. and the accusations here could impact stars like paul mccartney, b.b. king. plus, why the first lady is being mentioned. >> guy, this is rog. you've been here for how many years? >> 31. >> we's one of the very few cnn originals. why have you stayed so long? >> i love this. i love tv. tv is my life. >> it is your life. >> i get paid to watch tv. that's a great thing. >> we love having you. it's such a treat. ah. mom? he's here. nice wheels. oh, thanks. keeps me young. hello there, handsome. your dinner's in the microwave, dear.
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>>. >> a story trending this hur could have a major impact on the music we love. ♪ >> federal agents say the fret boards on the necks of the guitars that b.b. king, many, many others love could be made out of rare wood that was illegally imported. david mattingly investigates. >> reporter: remakes guitars that make americans sound cool, but the ceo of gibson guitars is being ordered to change his tune. >> i've got the blues.
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>> reporter: in late august, armed federal agents raided his tennessee factories for the second time in two years, alleging the illegal importation of rare protected wood. in this case, ebony and rosewood from india. an affidavit filed by the u.s. fish and wildlife services said gibson falsely labelled the wood shipment to make it sound legal and suspiciously omitted the company's name as the recipient, but so far no charges have been filed. it almost sounds like this company was engaged in smuggling these raw materials into the country. >> well, we were not engaged in smuggling. we have been buying finger board stock from india for 17 years. >> on the neck of the guitar, the tropical hardwood is prized for its look and durability. but it's subject to a law called the lacy act, aimed at fighting black market trade of protected animal parts and plants. and anything made from them.
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>> but the material is in a box that looked just like this? >> it was very similar. >> reporter: he says the finger boards were confiscated by the federal government. >> the law says if a guitar -- or an instrument of any kind crosses a border, you have to know the species of wood that every component is made of and where it came from. >> if this is true, could hundreds of international stars like paul mccartney and b.b. king risk seeing their gibsons confiscated at the michelle ob guitar to the prime minister of the france just a year ago. >> the first lady may have broken the law? >> yes. >> reporter: the lacy act gives the federal agents broad authority to pursue smukggler, but if you own a gibson, don't
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worry. when we asked the u.s. fish and wildlife service for clarification, it released this statement -- we target corporations and individuals who are removing protected species from the wild and making a profit by trafficking in this pem a -- them. and right now, gibson is a target. >> nightmare, it's a nightmare. >> reporter: it took almost a week before gibson got back into full operation, but the damage had already been done. just the shutdown of that one day with the materials that were taken cost the company over $1 million. and now the maker of the guitars that have commanded the spotlight for over 100 years has no choice but to play on and wait for its day in court. david mattingly, cnn, nashville. >> pretty stunning moment in court. a teenager accused of shooting
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>> let's get a quick check, shall we, with wolf blitzer and see what they're work on for "the situation room." mr. blitzer, what is going on? >> we have a lot coming up, including the latest on jobs, jobs, jobs. zero jobs created in august, as you well know, brooke. we're going in depth and take a closer look at what's going on. what can the president do to turn the economy around. what should he say in that big speech thursday night before a joint session of congress.
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robert reich will be here, steve moore, the editorial writer for "the wall street journal." they have very different views on what should happen next. we're going to go in depth with them. also, joe walsh, the republican congressman from illinois, he's caused quite a bit oof a stir over the past 24 hours, brooke, as you know, because he says he's not even going to show up when the president of the united states delivers that message before the joint session of congress. he's going to stay in his district of illinois. he says it's a waste of time for him to be there. he said he would simply be a prop so he's not even going to show up. we're going to talk to him about what's going on. and also going to press him on why he called the president idiotic the other day. is that the way to talk to the president of the united states? we've got a lot coming up, brooke, as you can see, right here in "the situation room." >> that's a far cry from the state of the union where they made such a point of sitting
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next to each other. >> i don't think they're going to be sitting next to each other this time. >> the mystery of a woman found hanging naked and bound off of a multimillionaire's mansion. days later, a young boys die after an accident at the same mansion. now investigators are revealing how that woman died and what they found at the scene. holly hughes, she's on the case for us today. she's next. uld be flawless too? discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp...
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own feet and hands, take off her own clothes and jump off the balcony. forensic and law enforcement experts answered that question today. before we get to what they ultimately decided, let's go back. it's important to establish this tycoon had a son, 6 years of age. he takes a fall down some stairs. fill in the blanks, what happens next? >> absolutely. the little boy, while rebecca zahau is watching her -- >> she's in the shower. >> there's an accident that kilometres per houred happened on the stairs. he may have been playing a game called planking and they suspect he may have gone off the balcony head first. he sustains injuries, he's hospitalized. they're not sure if he's going to make it or not. before he dies is when rebecca
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zahau is found hanging. so she doesn't even stick around to see if the little boy makes it, which is very suspicious. >> so now what's being revealed from investigators, is they're ruling this as a suicide. >> they are. and to me, it's what we call, it doesn't pass the smell test. there are several things at play here. they claim they found a suicide note, but her family members and looked at it and said number one, it's ambiguous and number two, it's not her handwriting. the body was found hanging outside off the balcony outside. so she is in public, she is stripped naked, her hands and her feet are bound with electrical cords. first of all, women don't kill themselves this way. they'll take pills, they'll go to sleep. women don't like to make a mess. >> what other pieces of evidence were found at the scene to make investigators deduce that this was suicide. >> they're basing it on that note and they're saying nobody else was really in the house at
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the time, but that's not completely accurate statement. we have heard reports from other sources that there were some folks in the house. but let's point out for the viewers, it was not the millionaire, nor his estranged wife. they were actually at the hospital with the little boy, hoping he would make it at that point. >> okay, case number two. a rough day. a bit of a rough day in this texas room. let's explain what happened here. you have a 17-year-old on trial for shooting at juvenile detention officer. he gets scolded by the judge for mumbling in court. he tried to fire his attorney and when when it came time for a lunch break, watch this? >> i don't know how you were raised, but peeing in a trash can in a state district courtroom is inappropriate behavior. this is the second conversation

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