hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. welcome to the second hour of the "cnn newsroom." so let's get you caught up on the news right now. we're going to start in nevada and some important new developments in the investigation into that deadly plane crash friday at the reno air race. it turns out the plane contained equipment that may help determine what caused the disaster. nine people died in the accident, including the pilot. almost 70 others were injured. cnn's dan simon standing by for us in reno. dan, what's the latest from investigators now? >> reporter: well, they held their last news conference for this crash. we can tell you that they found what i guess you could describe as a crude black box in the debris. it records things like oil pressure, speed, rpm. all that data is recorded on a memory card and it's also wirelessly transmitted to the flight crew. so either way, that data exists. and crews also reveal, authorities revealed that there was also a camera on board that

aircraft, that p-51. this is what ntsb officials had to say just a little while ago. take a look. >> for new information, first of all, there had been reports about a mayday from the pilot. thus far, our investigators have found no information of a mayday call from the pilot. next, the investigators have found that the accident aircraft was equipped with a video camera, facing outward. they have also found camera fragments at the wreckage site. and among the wreckage site, they have found multiple memory cards that could have come from the camera. >> reporter: so, don, that's what we know at this point. all of that information is going to be shipped off to the ntsb lab in washington. we should tell you that this would have been the very last day for these races. normally, there would be thousands of people out here. of course, a huge economic loss for reno, the fact that they had

to cancel the weekend, the economic loss is going to be in the tens of millions of dollars. they, of course, hope that these races will be back next year, but at this point, no one knows. don? >> hey, dan, can you tell us about this? i hear that there's a special blood bank that's been set up? >> reporter: well, there are multiple blood banks after the victims were taken to the hospital. obviously, there were many casual casualties. word went out that they were in urgent need of blood. there was one blood bank at a church this morning that we went to and the community response has really been overwhelming. at this point, they appear to have enough blood. so that's good news right there. >> thank you so much. michael joseph woegen was one of the people killed in the crash. a 22-year-old, seen here in the middle, was there with his father. they were on vacation. michael had muscular dystrophy and was in a wheelchair. in a statement, his brother says, quote, he was about moving past that disability and always

driven towards independence. his motto in life was, "the only disability in life is a bad attitude." another plane crash is under investigation this weekend. this one in west virginia. it happened at an air show in martinsburg. the pilot of the t-28 had just competed an acrobatic demonstration on saturday when the plane dived toward the ground. investigators are talking to witnesses to try to figure out what caused that crash. in his first interviews since charges of sexual assault were dropped, dominique strauss-kahn says the only thing he's guilty of is moral weakness. the former head of the international monetary fund told a french television station today that his relationship with a new york hotel maid was a, quote, error, a mistake. cnn's jim bittermann reports now from paris. >> reporter: it was strauss-kahn's first chance to tell his side of the story and he used about 20 minutes of french television time tonight to do that. he expressed his regret about having missed his rendezvous, as he put it, with the french people for the presidential campaign of 2012, and he said

his regrets continue to this day. he said he was guilty of a moral failing. he also talked about the prosecutor's report, which he says vindicated him. here's the way he put it. >> translator: you need to read carefully the report of the prosecutor. what does it say? it says she lied about everything, not only about her pants, but act the facts. the report says she gave so many different versions of the facts that the prosecutor could not believe it any longer. he says in almost every interview we had with her, she lied. it was surreal. that is the word he used. the charges were dropped because there are no more accusations. if there had been the slightest accusations remaining, they be there would have been a trial. >> reporter: one of the things many people have asked about is his relationship with his wife, ann sinclair, who stood by him through this whole affair. here's what he had to say about his relationship with his wife. >> translator: she's an exceptional woman. i wouldn't have existed through

all of this if she wouldn't have been there. i'm incredibly fortunate to have her by my side. i have hurt her, i realize this, i regret this. you know, she would not have stood by me from the very first second this happened if she had not known that i was innocent. >> as far as his political future, strauss-kahn said he's basically not going to be a candidate for the presidential elections. he says he's not going to get involved in the primaries. here's how he put it when he was asked about what his future might be. >> translator: i told you, i'm a candidate of nothing. i am going to rest and reflect. i am going to take the time to be with my friends and family. take the time to think. but i spent my whole life in trying to be useful to the public and, we'll see. >> reporter: all sorts of reactions to what strauss-kahn had to say this evening. his supporters hoping, perhaps, that this is a first step towards getting strauss-kahn back into politics. but others don't quite see it that way. in fact, a public opinion poll released earlier today indicates that about 53% of the french

would hope that strauss-kahn would step out of politics for good. jim bittermann, cnn, paris. >> all right. jim. well, strauss-kahn says he doesn't intend to negotiate any kind of settlement with his accuser, who has filed a civil lawsuit against him. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, i'm going to speak with her attorney to get his reaction to today's interview. you know, it's going to be at least a few more days before two american hikers are freed from prison in iran. an attorney for josh fattal and shane bauer said today a judge who must sign the paperwork to free the two, well, he's on vacation until tuesday. meanwhile, a delegation of american muslim and christian leaders asked iran's president to release the hikers. president ahmadinejad said recently the pair would be released in a couple of days. well, the two americans have been held for more than two years on spying charges after arrested while hiking along the iran/iraq border. in venezuela this weekend, a dancing president hugo chavez told cheering crowds in caracas that he is heading back to cuba

for his fourth and possibly final round of chemotherapy. chavez announced in june that doctors had removed a cancerous tumor for his body. well, he is pledging to run for re-election next year, dismissing speculation that his illness could force him out of politics. in less than 24 hours, a five-person panel decides whether troy davis will be executed on wednesday or granted clemency. we'll look at the history and the makeup of this panel, next. also, on monday president obama announces the buffett rule. it's a plan to raise taxes on the very wealthy. and guess who's unhappy about it? that's right. republicans. we'll drill down on the process a and the cons, straight ahead. t'chevy season of ding. and there isn a tt time for a truck, with chk rk after mark of pe doing per. ♪ go yor chevaler today. get the truck and g that list done

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troy davis knows the exact moment that he's supposed to die, and it's getting closer by the minute now, unless a georgia state parole board takes action. on monday morning, the five-member panel will hear davis' request for clemency. he's scheduled to be put to death on wednesday for the 1989 fatal shooting of savannah officer, mark mcfail. the execution has already been postponed three times to reconsider evidence. well, davis maintains his innocence and seven of nine witnesses in his case later recanted their testimony. now, well, he's the focus of a large-scale international campaign to save his life. so cnn's david mattingly is following the story. he's going to be at that clemency hearing tomorrow. david, tell us about the people who will be deciding davis' fate. >> the state of georgia puts all the authority in clemency cases with this five-member board. and these five people literally have the power of life and death in this case, as they do in all

death row cases. they'll be looking at the evidence that's been piling up on this case, but this isn't the first time it's come across this board. they denied him clemency once before in 2008. they also delayed his execution once before. they are very familiar with this case, there's going to be very little new that's going to be coming before them, and people are wondering now, there are three new members on this board that were not part of that board in 2008. people are wondering now, will all this ground swell of public support somehow have an effect on this board? will these three members be the three votes they need to make sure that troy davis maybe this time gets clemency and gets off of death row? >> and i correct that every person on this board, conservative, was put there, appointed by conservative governors, right? >> that's right. they all have. and a lot of attention is being focused on the three new members, but they do all come from law enforcement backgrounds. or justice backgrounds. one is the former head of the state corrections department.

one is the former head of the juvenile justice department. one is a state legislator who was very close to the department of corrections and all the legislation that affected them. >> the person we had was james earlier, and this one is albert murray, appointed by governor sonny perdue as well. who's the next person? so there you go. so we'll keep going. and this one, same thing. so you get the picture. the question is, in the past, when they have had to deal with these t-- with similar situations, what has been the outcome? >> in more than the last 30 years, they've looked at 60 death row cases. that's their job. they look at this to decide if the person should go on with their execution. they've looked at 63 of these people scheduled to be executed and 54 cases they denied clemency, including one already for troy davis. but something really important to look at here. of all the cases that they've denied clemency in, every time

they've gone back to look at it again, they have not changed their mind. so, this is an extraordinary case, and if they go back on that previous decision, money more extraordinary thing about it. >> david mattingly, thanks very much. we'll be there tomorrow on monday, thank you very much. president obama unveils a new plan monday to create jobs. it's called the buffett tax, and it's raising eyebrows among republicans. that discussion is coming up next. katoo to play all the hits of the '80's woman: hit it, mr. butters. ♪ ♪ take on me... ♪ ....take on me ♪ take me on... anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. i know what works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris, to the nose.

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we're going to go live now, back to los angeles, the emmy awards are about to get underway in a little bit. and i'm going to go to kareen wynter. kareen, i understand you have a very special person whose show is actually premiering tomorrow night and he's up against someone who used to work on his show. >> reporter: very special person, indeed, jon cryer from "two and a half men" and his lovely wife, lisa joyner. we are live on cnn. you could be the man of the night. i know you're going up against some tough competitors in the supporting actor comedy category, eric stonestreet from "modern family," ed o'neil, but jon cryer, it could be your night. >> it could be, but i think ed o'neil should have won about 12

emmys from "married with children," so i think he's do. >> ask him if he's prepared a speech. >> are you prepared? >> i am not prepared in any way. but i wasn't when i actually did win, so that's good. >> reporter: you have a lot going on, jon, you're getting your star on the hollywood walk of fame, and your uber popular show "two and a half men" premieres tomorrow. are you going to sleep tonight? >> of course, i'll be so tired from standing out here in the burning sun. we wear tuxedos and it's so dumb. >> reporter: but you look so dap er. we're hearing some buzz that charlie is making an appearance tonight. would you be surprised? >> i wouldn't be surprised. this is on the fox network this year. but i would love to see him. it's been months, and nobody wishes him more goodness in life

than me, so, you know, i'd love to see him. >> reporter: and "two and a half men," ashton kutcher, what's it been like working with him? >> ashton's a blast, enormous amount of energy, fearless, does whatever they ask of him and more. and stuff we don't ask him to do, he does over and over and over. but it's an incredible jolt of energy. >> reporter: well, best of luck tonight. you have a long carpet ahead of you. enjoy the show, really, and the star tomorrow, just really enjoy the night. take it in and i hope jane lynch is everything you expect. all right, don, i know we're tight on time. we'll send it back to you. >> that's a madman behind you, by the way, i just wanted to tell you. standing behind you. there you go. other side. >> reporter: oh, there is? >> it's so hard to keep focused. so many things going on. >> there he is. >> reporter: which one, which one, don? >> kareen, he's right there. >> reporter: oh, there you go.

i thought -- i'm so sorry. i thought you were saying something else. of course, mad men, yes. ifvs, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. >> thanks, kareen. when we come back, we'll talk some politics. copd makes it hard to breathe,

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million a year. i'm sure the tea party has some thoughts on it, so we asked amy cramer, the chair woman of the tea party express to stop by tonight. and then in washington, cnn contributor and democratic strategist, maria cardona. thanks to both of you. i'm going to start with you, amy. shouldn't millionaires pay at least the same percentage in taxes as the middle class? >> well, look, i think that we should -- they should be paying taxes, but if warren buffett really thinks that he needs to be paying more money, he's more than willing to check that box and write a check. what people don't realize is the impact it's going to have on small businesses, and small businesses are the ones that create the jobs in the company. we cannot raise enough money to get us out of this whole. at some point, you have to stop the spending. so this is just another layer on a huge tax code that needs to be reformed. and it's not the answer, don. >> so let's go to maria. why is it fair to use a tax code to target a specific class of people, maria? >> because the way that the tax code is right now, don, is fundamentally unfair.

and i'm sorry, but no small business is making what warren buffett is making. and that's exactly the type of people that this new tax is going to be targeting. you know, this new tax is basically asking households that make over $1 million, who inherently pay much less of their percentage in taxes than middle class families do, to pay their fair share. warren buffett said it best. why should he, one of the wealthiest men in the world, pay less of a percentage in taxes than his receptionist or the good folks that clean his office at berkshire hathaway. it is fundamentally unfair. and that is why americans overwhelmingly support president obama's approach of fairness. and it is unfathomable to me that republicans on the hill, driven by the tea party, would not be for fundamental fairness, a core value of this country. >> listen. let me ask you this. do you think -- again, i guess you think it is fair to do it. but do you -- can we all agree on something, or at least you

two, that the tax code needs to be redone? maria first. >> absolutely. and it is something that this president talked about in his jobs plan. let's hope that republicans can join us. >> i absolutely think that the tax code needs to be rewritten, and that's why i go back and say that creating another layer on this massive tax code is not the answer you cannot tax enough to cover the spending. at some point, you have to stop the spending. >> let's talk about a little bit of presidential politics now, and let's start with the president. he is facing some serious challenges. and we learned a few days ago that poverty has claimed to its highest point since 1993, but today the former president, bill clinton, said things w >> four months before he became president was a financial crash. if you go back hundreds of years, these things take an average of about five years to get over. if we want to speed that up, we're all going to have to work together. now, we all know that if you

look at the elections of the last four years or five years or ten years or 20 years or 30 years, conflict makes great politics, but it doesn't make very good policy. >> so, amy, you know the tea party has seen its share of conflict, since it arrived on the scene, so conflict, does it lead to good policy? >> well, this is what i say. you know, president clinton says that president obama inherited this mess, but we need to remind people that we had a democratic-controlled congress from 2006 until january of this year. both chambers. and what have they done? at some point -- >> here's the thing, if you don't mind, let me stop you. because i think what he is saying in this, and i watched the whole thing this morning, is that in order -- the situation that we're in and the president inherited, this administration inherited, that everyone, including democrats, republicans, tea party members, libertarians, everyone needs to work together to get out of this mess. but there are people in washington, as the president has said and many others have said,

that just won't work with this president, even when he proposes policies that they have proposed in the past. >> don, so this is the problem. president obama and the democrats already put a stimulus package together that was supposed to keep unemployment under 8%. now here we are, you know, several years down the road, unemployments unemployments at over 9%, look what happened this past week or within the past two weeks, and now this new jobs package? >> but the slindra thing, that's a red herring. >> but that was the something. that was supposed to create jobs. and they're now going bankrupt. my point is, you cannot -- this is not a problem that you can keep putting band-aids on. the stimulus was supposed to be a quick infusion of cash to get people back to work, quick, you know, shovel-ready jobs and it didn't work and it's not going to work again. it's the same thing. and there's not even legislation. how can the president be out there, you know, cheering for this when we haven't even seen legislation. >> i understand that, but here's the thing. the slindra thing, yes, that was

a bad thing, but one example of many, many businesses that got money. and there are many people who say that the stimulus wasn't big enough. maria, what's your take on this, listening to what amy has to say? >> so let's remind people of two things. first of all, president bush was in power and passing these ridiculous policies that put us into this big hole to begin with from 2000. so this is a problem that took eight years to get into. it's something president obama has talked about from the very beginning. let's talk about the recovery act. what republicans and tea partyers like to call the stimulus. the recovery act kept us from going into a succeed great depression. economists from all ranges of the political spectrum will tell you that. it saved or created between 2.5 and 4 million jobs. that is a fact. this recovery -- the jobs plan now is something that we need to basically inject now so that americans can get back to work. if republicans think that

everything is fine and dandy, fine. dona don't do anything. unfortunately, the republican agenda -- mitch mcconnell made it very clear, is to not to work for the american people, not to create not even one job. what is it? to make this president a one-term president. >> okay, maria. >> plmaria, let me just say, washington is not the answer. private sector is the answer. washington needs to get rid of all this overburdening regulation and get out of the way so that people will start demanding products again, it will free up the cash flow and these businesses will create jobs. washington cannot go and create jobs. >> and you know what, amy, i agree -- >> maria, we're going to have to end it there, we're with out of time. thanks to both of you. sorry about that. >> thank you. let's talk about another wealthy man. we're talking about bill gates. he calls con academy the start of a revolution. the online site provides more than 2,000 video tutorials from calculus from chemistry all for free. and our education contributor

steve perry sat down behind the voice of the videos in tonight's perry's principles. >> reporter: in a small silicon sly office, simon con is using a website to provide math and business concepts. >> if this does not blow your mind, you have no emotion. >> reporter: the ten to 20-minute tutorials on conacademy.org are free to anyone, anywhere. you've opened up the world of learning to anyone. >> the best way to get at the issues, poverty, whatever, even democracy, is make sugar you have an educated population. >> you've got negative 31. >> reporter: dean uses khan academy as a school for home schooling his two children. >> what i like about it and what the kids like it is you can work at your own pace. >> with khan, you have to master all the material before moving on. with only hints to help you. >> if you're struggling with something in a regular school

and you don't get it, but you take the test and you get a "c" on the test -- >> can't move on with at "c" here. >> that's right. >> reporter: richard julian is a high school teacher in california. he uses khan academy in math class. the program tracks each student's progress. >> it allows the teacher to know their students very well. it allows them to know their strengths and weaknesses. >> khanacademy is a nonprofit, but backed by bill gates and google. you're doing this for free, what gives? >> if khanacademy was for-profit, it would limit the number of kids that use it. hopefully when i'm 80, i can say, wow, there are a billion kids that have used it and continue to use it. >> reporter: steve perry, california. [ cherie ] i always had a job, ever since i was fourteen. i could not make working and going to school work.

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it was one of the most graphic murder trials in recent years. three members of a connecticut family, the petits, brutally murdered in their home back in 2007. the first defendant, steven hayes, was convicted and sentenced to death last year. now the trial for his alleged accomplice joshua komisarjevsky is set to get underway tomorrow. let's turn now to susan

candiotti live outside the courthouse in new haven, connecticut. you talked to the jurors in the trial of steven hayes, and what did they tell you? >> reporter: you know, they talked about trauma that some of them still feel, and little things that trigger bad memories, like seeing the same model of the getaway car, or passing by the police station. they talked about painful memories that they share. they are three jurors who shared an experience that at times triggers haunting memories to this day. >> it's like a bad dream you can't wake up from and you can't control? >> reporter: serving on a jury who saw and heard painfully explicit evidence that steven hayes helped carry out the murder of jennifer hawke-petit, her 17-year-old daughter, hal hayley, and their other daughter, micaelmicaela. >> especially now seeing with

new trial coming up, and i see flashes of josh on the television, that's when some of the bad feelings do come up. >> feelings from powerful testimony that mrs. hawke-petit was forced to withdraw money from a bank, taken home, raped, and strangled. her daughters were tied to their beds and set afire. the youngest daughter was sexually assaulted. >> when i look at fire now, it almost always comes to mind. >> what was the experience like for you? >> i could imagine michaela was the same way as my daughter was, you know, happy, had a good family. they did things together and just to imagine the terror she was going through at that time and what she was thinking about. so that's -- i try not to think about it, just because, like right now, i'm getting upset thinking about it. >> reporter: steven hayes was sentenced to death in december. now a second jury will have to face alleged mastermind, joshua

komisarjevsky, who's pleaded not guilty. as in the first trial, a new panel is likely to hear komisarjevsky's jailhouse writings, detailing the murder in detail. hayley is a fighter. she tried time and again to free herself. komisarjevsky wrote of the youngest victim, "i tasted her fear." what goes through your mind as you hear those words? >> he knew exactly what he was doing. and he liked it. and he wanted to have control over another person since he didn't have control over any other part of his life and that makes him a coward. >> how just got high off tasting that fear and how angry i am. >> i think it was a perfect storm of evil. >> what would your advice be to jurors? >> you can't talk to anybody else, you can't talk to your family about it, you can't talk to anybody, so you have to find

a way to kind of release that bad energy that's there. >> you have to nurture yourself. you have to nurture your spirit in order to handle something like this. >> take care of yourself and listen to your body, because it does state what you're about to see and hear, it is -- it stays with you. >> reporter: and despite the emotional wounds they share, believe it or not, some of these former jurors plan on attending at least part of the next trial, including the woman that you saw with the short hair, paula, she'll be there for opening statements tomorrow morning, don. >> susan candiotti, thank you very much for that. up next on cnn, how does washington create more jobs? you're going to hear from a man uniquely qualified to answer that question and studies show poverty and obesity have a lot in common. we'll introduce you to a woman doing something to change all that. we're back in two minutes. [ female announcer ] the road is not exactly a place of intelligence.

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rate in this country. but how does washington create more jobs? cnn's fareed zakaria sat down with a man uniquely qualified to answer that question. jeffrey immelt is chairman of president obama's counsel on jobs and competitiveness. his day job, ceo and chairman of general electric. >> what is it like working with president obama? >> he's a good listener. he's tough minded. you know, i tell my colleagues in the business community, it's not like your first shot-on goal is going to get through his pads, right? he is tough mooiinded and he's good listener. >> you know, a lot of people in the business community think he's anti-capitalist or he's too left wing to be president. you see him, you talk to him about capitalism, jobs, the economy all the time. >> look, i know he cares deeply about job creation. i know he cares deeply about the united states. do i agree with everything the president says or everything he stands for? probably not. in fact, definitely no.

but at the same time, you know, he's my president and i believe when the president asks you to do something, you say yes. so that's the context with which i took the jobs council assignment. i like president obama, i respect president obama. >> that's jeffrey immelt. watch him and other american leaders tonight as they try to come up with answers to our unemployment problem on fareed zakaria's prime-time special "restoring the american dream: getting back to work." it airs in about 20 minutes here on cnn. studies show poverty and obesity goes hand in hand. this week's cnn hero learned that for herself when she moved into her east harlem neighborhood and she decided to do something about it. >> i grew up in very low-income areas. i experienced a lot of poverty. homelessness as a child as well. but it taught me to retwine myself and to not let your past determine your future when i moved to new york for school, i was living in east harlem and there's very few places to buy fruits and vegetables and

healthy food. it's the most diabetic and obese of all the neighborhoods in manhattan. people were super malnourished. i saw the connection between poverty and obesity, and it just seemed unjust. and i had to do something about it. my name is gina keatley and i'm giving nourishment to people who need it. if you want people to eat a tomato, give them a tomato. it's inspiration. they have to feel it, touch it, taste it. because people will not change unless something in them changes. we go places other people will not go. we're giving out produce, we're doing classes. you really can eat healthy on a low budget. what are these? >> grapes. >> what's this? >> chicken. >> chicken! we really want them to start early on, so we can start a ripple effect for the rest of their life. say tortilla. >> tortilla!

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try again tomorrow. but i'll be at work tomorrow again at the same time. that could be a thing of the past with the new service that u.p.s. is rolling out soon. i want to bring in now tech reporter katie linendale to tell us all about that. how does this new technology work? >> leave it to new technology in perfect timing for the holiday shopping. u.p.s. has launched an opt-in program called u.p.s. my choice. the day you're supposed to receive a delivery, they'll text, e-mail, or call you and give you a four-hour window in which the time is supposed to arrive. for an extra $5, you can choose that delivery window or send it somewhere else. and for $40 a year, you can opt into a premium service that allows you to choose your four-hour window, and it will also text, e-mail, or call you, and you can also redeliver it somewhere else, and for $5 more, you can choose a two-hour window. i like to have fun with situations like this, because i like to start the clock and see

when fedex and dhl will also roll out with something like this. >> four-hour window? come on. who has that much time to sit around and wait for four hours. >> comcast does. the same kind of thing with cable. >> you said it, i -- but that's funny. waiting on a repair person, i'll be there between 9:00 and 5:00, yeah, well, that's when i work. let's talk about this, blackberry messenger, bbm. that's the one thing i missed about having a black berry. a very popular service, but there's been some controversy recently, specifically in the uk. what's the issue? >> yeah, let's break this down for you. so blackberry messenger or bbm is blackberry's proprietary instant messaging service. what's great about this is it operates on its own network and uses secure encryption. this has become a concern for government. when we saw the riots in london, bbm was one of the tools used to

organize the riots. per the request of the british government, rim, the yeeuaters of blackberry, recently this weekend, new news, they have decided to shut down the service in times of unrest when the government requests so. it becomes this continued debate of when we see over in egypt or see over in syria, when they cut the phone lines, when they cut internet, we call that repression. when it's happening over here in the states we take, for example, the b.a.r.t. system, san francisco's subway system a few weeks ago there was protests and they cut the phone lines. in london we're going to cut bbm services. i will say the british government said it will be unlikely they would cut it. just even having that debate, when is it repression and when is it unjust? >> is it just the british government with the problem? >> that's a good question. i actually came to learn that bbm is not only a problem -- not just in london but also recently south africa has had a problem with bbm. also the united arab emirates, india. the reason for that is we talk about it being on a secure network. we talk about the encryption. the governments don't have, say,

a master key to be able to track these messages going back and forth. so when it comes to organized terrorism or terrorists communicating back and forth, that is a concern for any number of governments. >> katie linendoll, thank you very much. appreciate it. good to see you. >> you, too. coming up, the first transgendered contestant appears on "dancing with the stars" on monday night. what does that signify for what many consider a fringe community? impressive resume. thank you.

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a variation of the human species, it's a great thing for all of us. >> it's clearly, i think, correct me if i'm wrong, it's a moment for transpeople, for -- at least for the world if not america here with "dancing with the stars" to learn about them and the issues they face. >> it's a great opportunity to learn about them. and one of the lessons is that there really is a third gender. but that third gender isn't one thing. it's a catchall for a host of physiological, chromosomeal variations. >> chaz bono has received a lot of hateful comments. we've seen all the stories on it. why do you think people may have such an extreme reaction when it comes to gender or transgendered people? >> because it's scary to some people. when people are different, it feels frightening. people like to know the rulebook, the playing field, how

life is supposed to be. and when they are thrown these weird hook shots, these left curves, it makes them feel frightened. >> you talked about it. you said you believe there is a third gender. but explain to us more about this. i don't know if -- i don't know if this is the right term. correct me if i'm wrong. the mental condition behind transgendered people. >> it's called gender identity disorder. and it may be linked to a host of chromosomeal disorder. there's something called turner syndrome that happens in 1 in 2,000 female births where female babies are born with female genitalia. around puberty they don't grow breasts and don't develop ovaries and can't have children. they tend to self-identify as women, however. then there's another syndrome that occurs in about 1 in 500 male births where they're born with male anatomy, but they have

an extra female chromosome that shows up at puberty. >> wendy, having spoken to transgender people, they think that people automatically assume they are homosexual. that's not the case. they say it's about gender, not about sexuality. >> in fact, there are three distinct concepts i want people to understand. one is gender identity. how do we self-identify? do i feel like a man? do i have like a woman? next is gender role. am i a highly feminine woman or highly m lly masculine man? the third separate category is sexual orientation which is completely different. you could have a transgendered male who began life as a female, converts to a male because she self-identifies male, she feels like a man. and when she becomes a man, she actually becomes a homosexual man because in sexual orientation she still prefers men. >> dr. wendy walsh, thank you

for that. criticism of bono's appearance has been harsh. one tv psychiatrist has even directed parents to not let their kids watch. want to check your headlines right now. parishioners had to spring into action today when a gunman oeped fire inside a lakeland, florida, church. police say jeremiah foegen wounded the pastor and associate pastor. four others inside the church tackled and held him until officers arrived. affiliate is reporting foegle allegedly killed his wife before going to the church. the tsa says it has fired 28 employees at hawaii's honolulu international airport after a probe revealed several screeners weren't properly checking bags before putting them on planes. in addition to the firings tsa also suspended 15 people. it is believed to be one of the biggest terminations in the agency's history. a controversial ending to the welter weight tight belt between floyd mayweather jr. and

vikt tor ortiz. in the fourth round the referee took a point away from ortiz for head butting. ortiz couldn't get up before the ten count. it was all over. ortiz says he was blind sided and blames miscommunication with the ref. mayweather said, quote, you have to protect yourself at all times. it's television's big night. the 63rd annual primetime emmy awards are about to start inside the noa theer in los angeles. actress jane lynch, it's her first time as host. both lynch and her show have been no, ma'minated in the come category. thank you so much for watching. i'm don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. see you back here at 10:00 p.m. eastern. cnn presents "restoring the american dream: getting back to work" is next.