Skip to main content

tv   CNN Newsroom  CNN  November 17, 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm PST

12:00 pm
game changer. >> one officer hit by a bottle. another one sprayed in the face with liquid. we're hearing it was vinegar. they're trying to talk about trying to shut the subways down. which is extremely dangerous because of the electricity getting down there and the first responders, the police, the firefighters. if somebody goes on the tracks, they have to go down to try to rescue them and then you have the brooklyn bridge. >> back to the subways, you do talk to the occupiers and they say we don't want to shut the subway system down. they say that. the issue is though, when you have a max capacity on a sub way. only so many can get on before the whole thing has to shut down. how do you as a member of the new york police force protect the folks who are just trying to go home? >> i touched on intelligence a little bit. i know what they're doing and what we used to do in d.c. and what they're doing in d.c. today, too. take a look at the social media. that's how the demonstrators are organizing. and they're communicating with
12:01 pm
each other through social media. so you have people, officers and detectives who are monitoring those things. a lot of other plain clothes officers. you see how groups are moving through the city. and again, you don't want to make sure the city gets shut down. a lot of the 99% that these people represent use public transportation every day in new york city. >> we're going to watch the subway angle. that should be happening in the next hour. mike brooks, thank you so much. on top of the hour, watch this. rolling on, i'm brooke baldwin. we mentioned occupy protesters are scheduled to descend upon subway stations throughout new york city. they're calling it occupy the subway. also the man accused of shooting at the white house last friday appears in court. today plus, more potential victims in the penn state child rape scandal. and a stunning statistic about women's health.
12:02 pm
time to play reporter roulette. mary snow, i begin with you at the he said central of this occupy wall street movement. when we talk about the subway station, specifically how many will be affected this afternoon? >> reporter: i'll take that question right to the one of the spokespeople for the occupy wall street movement. his name is mark bray. people are he had hadding to subways. how many subway stations are you guys targeting? what is the goal here? we've been hearing you're trying to shut down subways. what is the goal and how many stations and subways do you plan to -- >> we're heading to about 15 different subway stations dispersed through the five burroughs of new york. people are heading to union square. the idea is not to shut down the subways. it is not to inconvenience the 99%. the idea is to bring people out from the burroughs. have them speak about their issues of hardship and personal problems and connect to the ideas of wall street. then they will take it to foley
12:03 pm
square for the community groups. >> reporter: that will be for the big march at 5:00 across the brooklyn bridge. >> it will be a really big march. >> reporter: on the pedestrian walkway, you can march. you cannot block traffic. are you going to abide by that? >> most people will head to the pedestrian walkway. some people may decide to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. if writing letters to our congress people were sufficient, if voting were sufficientering with would be doing that. but it is not getting the job done. we have to shake it up. we have to get our voice across. some people may choose to take the roadway but certainly we are totally against any form of actual violence. >> reporter: thank you for your time today. we'll send it back to you. >> all right. mary snow for us in new york. thank you. the man accused of shooting at the white house is now charged with attempting to assassinate the president or a member of his stat. live at the white house for us, tell me about the hearing. >> reporter: it was a brief
12:04 pm
hearing. i will only last 12 minutes. he was given the charge, not an unusual charge. a man who had a shooting in the 1994 was convicted of the same charge. in the hearing, the suspect came in. he was shackled by the legs, by the, handcuffed as well wearing a white jump suit. heavily guarded by u.s. marshals. he only spoke two words during the whole hearing. the judge asked hem if he understood what his public defender had said on his behalf. the charge of attempting him to assassinate the president or a member of his staff carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. a very, very quick hearing today. we understand that they asked for him to be kept in custody saying he was a flight risk. we know that he will be transferred to d.c. at some point over the next few days. he won't be formally indicted until he gets here. >> who is this guy? what do you know about the man? >> reporter: well, we know that he's 21 years old. we know that he has had a criminal history in three states. idaho, texas and utah. he was arrested numerous time in
12:05 pm
idaho. for various charges. drug violations, alcohol violations, resisting arrest. we know that his parents reported him missing back at the end of october. october 31st. they report him missing. that he turned up here in the last few days. police tracked him down because they had learned that he had spent some time visiting friends or associates in western pennsylvania around i said, pennsylvania which is a town about 65 miles outside of pittsburgh. we're still waiting to hear more about what the motive could have been. we're told by, that the police have discovered through interviews with friends and family that he had an intense interest in the white house or the president. we're still waiting to hear more. >> i appreciate it. next, more allegedville coming for the in the penn state child sex scandal. here's what we're learning. some of these new alleged victims, they're coming forward specifically because of the interview jerry sandusky gave on tv this week. >> reporter: think of that.
12:06 pm
sandusky goes on, i don't know why he did. what the goal was. he gives the interview to bob costas, i guess trying to make himself look better. that shook up potentially victim from the past. we're talking a long time ago. our colleague right here spoke to an attorney who spoke to people who say they were victimized by sandusky in the '70s. our colleague jason carroll talking to an attorney in st. louis. he spoke to potential victims, this attorney did from the 1980s. that's our concern here as we follow this. the second mile foundation was founded in 1977 by sandusky. the first allegation in that grand jury presentment is 1994. that's a 17-year window where we could have potential victims and some who say they were victimized are now coming forward. >> piers: . >> so there's new reporting about how investigators, police found mike mcqueary, now the stand kofi at the time that the grad assistant who alleges that he saw sandusky raping a
12:07 pm
10-year-old in the shower. he did not come forward? how did they find him? >> reporter: what's fascinating, we talk about the internet technology. it was internet chat forum. people talking about chatting about penn state athletics. and because investigators were looking at who could have seen something. mike mcqueary's name come up. that's how they get the tip themselves follow up with mcqueary and they meet him in some out of the way parking lot according to this and he is ready to talk. and basically said he unburdened himself to tell the truth. so really interesting how things went down. >> mike galanos in university parg, thank you. also starting new findings about women and prescription drugs. a study shows one in four take medication for a mental health problem. that is compared to just about one out of seven men. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to talk about this. i read this this morning. one in four? >> that number is way higher.
12:08 pm
>> a huge number! >> it really is. >> what are we talking about? >> we're talking about anti-depressants in particular. the most popular, the most common. anti-anxiety medication and adhd medicine are also common. when you look at the numbers, this shows you how many these have gone up over the years. anlt depranti-depressants, up 2. anti-anxiety drugs, up 50%. and adhd drugs in 20 to 44-year-olds up 264%. >> why? why the trend? >> we don't really know. but one splaexplanation is wome really are experiencing these problems. another is that the baby boomers are aging and these drugs are being prescribe to people 65 and older. another possible explanation is marketing. that drug company are really great at marketing. they market to you and me. they market to doctors. that marking appears to work.
12:09 pm
>> then why are not we seeing the sail trend among men? >> nobody knows the answer. one possible answer is that women go to the doctor more than men do. there's more tunlts to have that discussion with the doctors. drug company go to doctors and encourage they will to prescribe these. another reason, women are often more open about their feelings. they may be more willing to say doctor, i'm not feeling great. i'm feeling down a lot. men might not be as open to admitting that. >> one out of four women. thank you. thank you for that. that's your reporter roulette on thursday. coming up next, let's talk about -- we're keeping an eye on occupy new york. it isn't the only place protesters are storming. coming up, we'll go live to los angeles where folk there have refused to leave. plus, they're called bunker busters. 30,000 pound bombs. the pentagon has them. who is the target?
12:10 pm
also this. >> the largest cheating scheme ever brought by the federal government. >> this is wild. this black jack bust. a dealer accused of faking shuffles and his accomplice spilling card secrets through his cigarette. wait until you hear how this went down. also, hillary clinton's motorcade attacked and egged. my contacts are so annoying. they're itchy, dry and uncomfortable. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses
12:11 pm
with hydraclear® plus technology, keeping your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. if you have astigmatism, there's an acuvue® oasys lens for that too, realigning naturally with every blink. ask your doctor for acuvue® oasys brand.
12:12 pm
i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. if it's interesting and happening now, you're about to see it rapid fire right now beginning with this. tear gas is nearly 30,000 people taking to the streets. this is athens, greece. marching along. they're marking the anniversary of a major jump rising but also
12:13 pm
protesting the big belt tightening measures. the government wanting more tax and fewer benefits for citizens to try to save greece from going broke. also, secretary of state hillary clinton's motorcade. take a look at this. attacked by paint. even egged? protesters got physical as she was driving through manila. the capital of the philippines. she is there visiting for the 60th anniversary of the defense treaty. her car specifically was that hit. talk about a grilling on capitol hill. secretary steven chu defending the $535 million in federal loan guarantees he approved for the now failed solar energy company solyndra. also, telling the house panel today, he was not pressured by the white house. >> as the secretary of energy, the final decisions on solyndra were mine and i made them with the interests of the taxpayer in mind. i want to be clear. over the course of solyndra's
12:14 pm
loan guarantee, i do not make any decision based on political considerations. >> here's a question for you. i might have had had this for dinner two nights ago. pete a. would you consider pizza a vegetable? guess what. congress does. a bill introduced earlier this week would cut student dinners that were proposed by the obama administration. it wanted to add more fruits and vegetables to school meals but congress says that would be too costly. their plan would keep french fries on school lunch trays and allow pizza to be considered a vegetable, here the caveat, it has two table spoons of tomato paste. more than 1,000 occupy protesters marched in downtown los angeles this morning. a small number set up tents and refused to leave. let's go live to los angeles. casey, i have to tell you, the picture behind you quite a different picture than we've begg been seeing in new york. >> reporter: a lot quieter about
12:15 pm
new york. maybe there is something about the stereo type between new york and los angeles. as you mentioned, perhaps over 1,000 protesters here in los angeles briefly shutting down an intersection in downtown los angeles this morning. the los angeles police department says 25 people were arrested, charged with mostly misdemeanor unlawful assembly. this group was a combination of people from the tent city, if you will, behind me that have been here for weeks and weeks and some labor groups who came here the demonstrate and show their support for the occupy l.a. movement. let's hear what a couple of them had to say. >> wall street and the corporations have to understand we aren't going to take it anymore. >> a lot of people are being affected by this economy. and i think the 99% movement in the streets, people being held accountable for that situation.
12:16 pm
>> reporter: what happens perhaps the most striking thing we've seen so far. if you recall back to 2007, when the immigrants' rights rallies were going on in los angeles and the lapd clashed with some of those protesters, officers were disciplined. a lot of folks including members of the news media who were reporting on the situation were injured. million of dollars in settlements were paid out. there has been incredible communication between the occupy los angeles organizers, if you will, and the police. the police showing a lot of restraint. the occupy folks showing a lot of restraint. that's why ear seeing it relatively peaceful so far. in about 45 minutes the protesters will be taking to the streets. police are watching but so far no indications of any significant violence. >> casey, thanks. a team of card counters busted in one of the most elaborate casino cheating scams in history. we'll show you how they walked
12:17 pm
away about $7 million in what eventually led to their capture. do not miss this. ♪ [ female announcer ] we never forget the nearly 12 million cancer survivors in america today... and the countless lives lost. we owe it to them to protect funding for cancer research, prevention and access to care. congress, make cancer a priority and give millions of americans what they need most.
12:18 pm
two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy.
12:19 pm
an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy?
12:20 pm
these guys were pros. they hit casino after casino, in million of dollars. this whole thing ended at a black jack table in san diego when their luck ran out. let's go to david schwartz who teaches science of gambling at the university of nevada in las vegas. and good to have you back on. we talk about a casino heist last time. now we're talking about what is being called the most elaborate card cheating scam in u.s. history. walk me through this. from the fall shuffle through the cigarette. how did they pull this off? >> what they had to do was get a dealer to do a false shuffle. when they appear to shuffle the cards but don't really shuffle they will. that leaves a stack. cards in the same order. at the same time, he is dictating the flow of the cards into a microphone that is hitting, hidden into his collar
12:21 pm
near his cigarette which is being relayed back to a guy who is keeping track of it. then when the cards come up again, he can tell they will exactly which card will be dealt and he can bet accordingly. >> hang on, hang on, hang on. i know that the full shuffle is a con. we've heard it before. you have this guy. this is some of the video, some of the actual surveillance video of this instant. he's smoking a cigarette. have you ever heard of this before where a guy has a cigarette. it is tied into some other guy sitting in a van outside. all part of this elaborate cheating scheme? >> this is an example of how elaborate a lot of these skee schemesful are everything they do is going to be moving ahead. i think this is a good example of how they keep on the cutting edge. >> before they got busted, i read that they were doing this in 25 different casinos. in total, how much money did
12:22 pm
they get? did they steal? >> it was around $7 million. a lot of money. this really happens more often than people think. when they're able to come into the smaller casinos that might not have the most up to date surveillance methods, they can hit them for a lot of money. >> is that what it is? all i can think was, i've only been in big vegas casinos, i'll not the biggest gambler. you've go tt cameras everywhere. i guess with this crowd, it was to hit the smaller casinos where the technology wasn't up to par? you have cameras everywhere but they're only as good as the back end systems upstairs and as the people watching it. so they can see what you're doing. but if they don't suspect you of cheating, they won't be looking for the little tip-offs and they'll just basically watch you steal the money. the house always wins, doesn't it? >> sometime it doesn't but usually it does.
12:23 pm
>> david, thank you so much for us in las vegas. coming up, my next guest says herman cain is sucking the oxygen out of the gop race. we'll tell you how and why. is ge about his chevy volt? is that that new... is that the electric car? yeah. but it takes gas too. ask him how much he spends on gas. how much does he spend on gas? how much do you spend on gas? how much do i spend on gas? if i charge regularly, i fill up like once a month. he only has to fill up about once a month. [ woman ] wow. that's amazing. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger,
12:24 pm
you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. 12346789 jack otter is the executive editor. your question comes to us from louise. he took his 10-year-old daughter to the bank and discovered that someone had opened a bank
12:25 pm
account using her social security number. the question is, how can he monitor her identity and credit? can you believe it? 10 years old. >> it's so shocking but not uncommon. people who steal identities often target young people. usually it happens when they're getting a student loan or getting a job. so it is great that he discovered this now. you want to keep an eye on it. there are credit monitoring services but they can be expensive. it enlds up being like $200 a year for this. you can do it yourself at no cost. you can get three times a year at annual credit report.com. you can get the credit reports for no cost. if you want to do it more often, you can buy them yourself. >> your question come from muriel. she said her only investle, a student military thrift savings plan. the military doesn't match it. the question is how risky is the
12:26 pm
investment and should she lower the percentage she's contributing? >> first, she is very lucky. it is literally the best 401(k) known to man. the expenses are so low that the average 401(k) is 67 time more expensive than the thrift savings plan. if anything, she should raise the percentage she's going in. >> go to the max. >> absolutely. it has nothing to do with the actual plan. it is the investments she chooses. i would say take the life cycle fund and it will get more conservative as she ages. it sounds like she may not be that much into investing so i would take the life cycle plan and mafl it out. >> thank you. if you have a question that you want answered, send it in any time.
12:27 pm
certified. international. and the mailman picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4-week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again.
12:28 pm
herman kaib has had herman cain, could he bring the vote down with him? let me quote you in your cnn.com opinion article. you say when the gaffes continued, it was no longer harmless. cain became a parody of the empty suit candidate and his campaign proudly carried his baggage. then there was a campaign ad that went viral. campaign manager, you know, smoking in the end there. do you think right now herman cain can be a serious candidate? >> no. i don't think he is a serious candidate. presidential campaigns, and i've covered a few of them, require candidates with an array of ideas and beliefs, not just one.
12:29 pm
we know he has 9-9-9. but it also requires an awful lot of preparation, discipline and diligence. we haven't seen that on the campaign. we've seen one idea and then we see a candidate when he flubs, as he did in that interview the other day with the milwaukee journal sent nell. he was asked about the president's policy on libya, whether he disagreed with it and he couldn't really recall what the president's policy was. he kind of defends himself proudly by saying, you know, i'm not really supposed to know about foreign policy. well, in fact, he is supposed to know about foreign policy. we're electing a commander-in-chief. voters take that very seriously. >> you say that was worse than the brain freeze. the perry brain freeze, he just couldn't remember a third agency. right? different. >> you talked to a number of
12:30 pm
republicans who seem anxious to quote you. believe that cain might be sucking all of the oxygen out of the gop race. how so? >> well, they're worried that people like us are giving herman canaan awful lot of attention, which is true. that it somehow krivdaial i itr. that there are those who take the run for the presidency seriously. and none of these other candidates have really attacked herman cain frontally on the issues or the issues of sexual harassment out there than saying it is somewhat troubling. when cain says you don't need to know about foreign policy, the republican brand is about national security and foreign policy, in addition to fiscal conservative i. so they think that that kind of flies in the face of what
12:31 pm
republicans need to be about and need to talk about. >> as a result of said instances with regard to herman cain and rick perry, we have to talk about newt gingrich who is going up, up, up. he said in the town hall, look, i was a dead candidate in june and july. he is facing some tough questions over his work for freddie mac. accusations that he served as a lobbyist. how big of a test is that now that his number are up? >> it is a very large test. the question with newt gingrich always comes down to discipline. will he be a disciplined enough candidate to be able to answer these questions directly and to do it without getting kind of nasty which he can get. today i must say, he was asked about this and he told journalists that he would cheerfully, which is his word, cheerfully answer these questions. i said i'm running for president. you have a right to vet me. go at it. if he keeps up with that attitude, answers the questions
12:32 pm
directly, people can decide for themselves. he decided not to take the attack of just attacking the media. because in the long run, he knew that wouldn't work for him. >> gloria borger, you are so good at putting thing in perspective. we encourage everyone to go to cnn.com. good to see you. tuesday night, on cnn the republicans running for president will be holding yet another debate. this time steps away from the white house. the republican national security debate co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute. it begins at 8:00 eastern time tuesday night. don't miss it. coming up, the pentagon unveiling its newest weapon. a bunker buster bomb 20 feet long that can explode 200 feet underground. the question is, who is the target? >> plus, a man is suing an airline over 45 alcoholic drinks. why? sunny hostin is on the case. [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk.
12:33 pm
but think about your heart. 2% has over half the saturated fat of whole milk. want to cut back on fat and not compromise on taste? try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance.
12:34 pm
12:35 pm
the u.s. military adding a massive new weapon to its arsenal. a bunker busting bomb. it has one primary mission, that being pulverizing enemy hideouts
12:36 pm
which could be up to 20 -- excuse me, 200 feet down below the earth's surface. the pentagon says the massive ordina ordnance is not intended for iran. looking into that bunker buster bomb, how exactly first, how exactly do they work? >> reporter: well, this is a 30,000 pound bomb. 30,000 pounds. 5,000 pounds of explosive material on board. it is going to be carried to its targets by those long range b-2 or b-52 bombers that we've seen in action for the last ten years. and it will be dropped by those. that's kind of, you cannot quite see the bomb but that is a test flight. you see the picture there of it in a test mode. now the air force has the delivery of the very first ones at whiteman air force base to be used on b-2 bombers. they're in the arsenal now. if the president was to order a
12:37 pm
strike against the kind of targets they go after. 5,000 pounds of explosive material packed inside a 30,000 pound bomb. >> so if the pentagon is saying this is not for the underground facility in iran, what is it used for? >> reporter: they can say that, can't they? >> i have to ask. >> reporter: the policy of the united states right now is diplomacy, sanctions, economic pressure against iran. nobody is looking for a war. but these weapons actually went into development several years ago for these very kind of targets underground targets, facilities buried deep underground. who has them? iran, north korea, many countries around the world. syria has buried things underground. china working on the same kind of technology. but clearly, north korea and iran who have such experience in burying their targets
12:38 pm
underground. that's the two target sets, the two countries that the u.s. is eyeballing the most. >> barbara starr, thank you for that. now to a new story. we talked about this yesterday. in chicago, this judge tosses four murder convictions because the dna is appointmenting to another man. the problem is these four suspects who web to prison years ago as teenagers, they're now grown member. let's bring in sunny hostin. i use this word, the judge vacated the convictions of these four men. what precisely does "vacating" mean here? >> well, it means he tossed out those convictions and they would have to try them again. the government would have to try them again to get a conviction again. it doesn't mean that they're acquitted. it doesn't mean that they go free. but it does mean that they get a new trial. the prosecution will have to now determine whether or not they can prove their case in light of the fact that as you mentioned, there is a man whose dna was found on the victim.
12:39 pm
he is a convicted murderer. he was shot to death in 2008. get this. he was arrested 83 times, convicted 38 times, charged with murder three times and convicted once. so there is no question that the person whose dna links him to the crime is a career criminal. in light of that, i would be shocked if this case went to trial again. if it did go to trial frg these men were convicted again. i think this case goes away for them. >> even though they could that if he issed years ago to killing this young woman, as you pointed out, the dna now linked with someone else who is now dead. they have to decide if they go to trial and you're saying, essentially, what there is a new trial, what would be your take? >> if there is a new trial and i don't think there will be. the prosecution would have to hang their hat on these confessions. of course, these defendants are saying they were teenagers. they were forced confessions. we know in chicago they do have
12:40 pm
a history of forced confessions. so i would be very surprised if they were able to get convictions. again in light of this new evidence. this is staggering. the innocence project has done such great work all over the country. especially in chicago. and i would be very, very surprised if this prosecution team decided to go forward again. >> okay. next case. let's talk about drinking on an airplane or wishing, i guess, one had some drinks on an airplane. this illinois man is suing southwest airlines. the airline has stopped honoring these coupons for free drinks. the coupons were given to select travelers. did not have expiration dates. so this particular passenger, this guy adam said he had accumulated over the years, 45 free drink coupons. he is suing southwest for breaching this contract. really? what's your take on this. >> don't you feel sorry for him though? 45 coupons? >> whatever. not my place to say.
12:41 pm
>> bottom line is, a coupon is a contract and an offer, believe it or not. we use coupons all the time. we've got groupon, all these companies now. so i will say that he filed his case in federal court. he has filed a class action case so all the coupon holders can group together and perhaps be victorious. it is not an easy case for southwest. bottom line is, as i said, since a coupon is a contract and an offer, you're really supposed to keep your end of the bargain up. the only thing is that southwest about a year ago, brooke, said listen. we're going to start yanking these coupons so everybody needs to use them. people will say the contract has changed because southwest did give everyone a year to use them. i don't think this case will go away based on the law. so i would see a settlement. maybe he will get his 45 drinks. >> his 45 airplane bottles?
12:42 pm
>> he could. he may get his 45 coupons. i think this will settle though. it has been two months to the day here since the occupy movement began. and as the protest across the country really erupted, groups are right now filling the subways in new york. we'll find out how police are preparing for this, dealing with this at this hour. first, what do golf balls and lobster have in common? you'll want to see this. take a look. maine is home to some of the world's best lobster fishing bringing in millions of dollars each and every year. but what's left behind is a lot of waste. so research,at the university of maine have come up with a way to put to it useful you cannot hear the difference but this ball is made of recycled lobster shells. it is 100% biodegradable. >> what we did was take concept and reduce to it practice, make
12:43 pm
a product out of it. it had to look like a golf ball. it had to perform like a real golf ball. >> the ball break down in the ocean in about two weeks' time and could be used for driving ranges on cruise ships. the lobster fishing industry could really feel the upswing. >> we're taking something that use to go to the landfall and now it has value. >> reporter: the university of maine is working into getting them into mass production and into the water. soon. the postal service is critical to our economy--
12:44 pm
delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains 5 billion a year
12:45 pm
from post-office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better... why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america. it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta... ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how i can finally sleep all night. ask me how great my back feels every morning. did you know there's a tempur-pedic for every body? tempur-pedic beds now come insoft...firm...and everything in-between... ask me how i don't wake up anymore when he comes to bed... these are real tempur-pedic owners...ask someone you know...check out twitter, or your friends on facebook... you'll hear it all...unedited! ask me how i wish i had done this sooner. ask me how this is the best investment i've ever made. tempur-pedic brand owners are more satisfied. than owners of any traditional mattress brand...
12:46 pm
to learn more, or find an authorized retailer near you visit tempur-pedic.com. tempur-pedic the most highly recommended bed in america. the occupy movement, two months old today. and scores of protesters have been arrested across the country. here's some specifics. two dozen were busted in los angeles after they set up this impromptu tent camp in the heart of the financial district in l.a. themselves didn't want to leave. refused to leave. also the latest number we have in new york, 175 of these demonstrators have been arrested in manhattan. at least seven police officers have been injured as well. and this as it has been dubbed, day of action, is far from over. gill alba, founder of alba
12:47 pm
investigations. as a former police officer, is this the kind of day you just, you pray you never have to really deal with. this movement is across the city. >> yeah. but being with the new york city plarlt, that's what do you most of the time. it is not you are in for the officers to be there. that's part of their training. they know what to do. the intelligence about where they're going, where they'll split up. they know that stuff so they're, ahead of time, this has been planning. all the officers know what they're doing. a lot of them are off duty. they took the day off and have to be there. that's why a lot of police officers are there. so it's not leak the city is not covered. it is a lot of these officers are either detectives or that. but it is not unusual. not new york city. >> we're looking here at some video. some of these people heading down into the subway systems. we heard one of the demonstrators saying they will hop into 15 different stations. hop on the subway to get to the
12:48 pm
square. you minimize the inconvenience for people who want to get in and out of the city. >> they do that. that's why you cannot break the law. you cannot stop the transit system. you can't stop them there. that's breaking the law. the police officers are already used to that. they have the system in place where they'll arrest people. and what happens here is most of the people try to be, are not, they don't want to cause any problems. they're trying to be peaceful. there are always the instigators, the peel not involved. there are people that look at the police as they're encountering the police. they're the ones after the police. the police are the bad guys. so that's where these little confrontations all over occur. one you get them under control, you're fine. this particular group is splentering off all over the someplace in three or four different locations from the brooklyn bridge to foley square.
12:49 pm
do the police know where they're going? yeah. they have the streets block off and everything else. so the nypd can take good care of themselves doing something leak this. >> for the most part, this movement says we're passionate about this message. as you mentioned, there are some fractions of the group who have been violent. there have been arrests as a result. they have been breaking the lawful you see them on tv. i want to show a piece of video. we got this from one of our i-reporters. you see police grabbing this woman by her hair. and there she is on the ground with a backpack. dragging her. i don't know if she provoked, how she might have provoked one of these officers. even if she did at all. as you look at this, what do you see? >> all i have to do is look at her. look at her actions. so i know that this did not just happen in one second. and i'm not even sure she is
12:50 pm
part of the demonstrators. you know, i don't know where she would go after this but i can tell by her movement that's she doesn't want, she is giving them a hard time on that you recall. and if i was there, i would be doing the same thing. and really, i'm a peaceful guy. i wouldn't want to hurt anybody there but why are you going to grab you have to be careful. they could have a knife on them. they could stick you with something in the arm. you've got to be careful how you approach these people. >> some police officers today had some kind of unknown liquid thrown on them. 175 protesters arrested. gill albah, thank you so much. by the way, don't go anywhere. wolf blitzer here in atlanta, is going to join me in a moment. we have something special for wolf blitzer. we're going to talk about the big awards show he's going to be a part of again tonight. we've been talking so much about the dougie over the past 365 days. >> you going to teach me how to
12:51 pm
dougie? teach me, teach me how to dougie.
12:52 pm
wolf, just bring him in. tonight, we're in atlanta and i'm so excited i get to go with you. >> we're going to the soul train awards. suzanne malveaux, brooke baldwin and me. how cool is that? >> pretty awesome. >> right after "the situation room." go through the red carpet. the foe togs, now, after the show, you're going back home and the beautify kags. you've got something special?
12:53 pm
it is good, but this is big time tonight. very big. >> i will step it up for you, blitzer. in terms of the thing tonight, gladys knight. and what you did, you didn't hear wolf blitzer saying he was one of the pips. here you are. >> it's amazing what photo shop can do. >> we've been having a little fun with him over the course of the last two days. >> you're too young to remember. >> i was listening to her this morning on my ipod walking my dog. >> you've read about it in your history books. i grew up listening to a lot of motown. thank you very much. >> it will be fun today. >> so, that show coming up next. that show you do? >> michele bachmann's going to be in "the situation room" live
12:54 pm
and occupy wall street, we don't know what's going to happen over the next two hours, so we're watching that. we've got mary snow on the scene. >> do we have some wolf blitzer dancing at the show? >> tonight on the soul train awards? >> i don't buy it. this is your big pitch for "dancing with the stars." >> brooke baldwin, that would be lovely. coming up, a man who lived the life many of us only dreamt about. we will meet him, next.
12:55 pm
12:56 pm
12:57 pm
king has spent more than 40 years photographing some of the most famous. in fact, viola. this is his book. this is his new book of some of the biggest rock stars in the world. you have the beatles, roll rolling stones, bob dylan. he talked about his experiences and the stories behind these iconic images. >> so in 1975, they called me and i signed on. they were rehearsing out an andy warhol's house in montauk. so i went out there for a couple of weeks. i was doing work for them.
12:58 pm
photographing a cover story on mick and the band for "people" magazine and i was outside on the beach with mick for a while doing some photographs and i came in the house and i smell, it was about 4:00 in the afternoon. i smelled somebody cooking bacon and eggs. i wander into the kitchen and here it is something you could have never imagined seeing. keith never got up until 6:00 p.m. at least and here he is with no shirt on, making bacon and eggs. i said, keith, what are you doi doing? he said, i don't know, the cook's gone, i decided to make some bacon and eggs. it was a few years later and the band asked me to do a session with them over the course of two days. we did individual portraits with everybody, group shots, two shots. at the end of the day, i said, hey, guys, what would you think of me photographing you guys in
12:59 pm
my bathroom? it was a cool bathroom. sure, why not. we lit it first. went into the bathroom. i had keith sitting on the toilet. charlie in the shower. i asked charlie if i could give him an umbrella and turn on the water. he said, don't push your luck. mick was sitting kind of on the hamper. and we probably shot for five or ten minutes. now, i had forgotten about that photograph and when we started researching for the book, two or three years ago, tom who runs my office came across this photograph. he said, ken, this was taken in the bathroom. yeah, i go out of town for a couple of weeks, i come back, there's a 16 by 20 of this picture hanging until bathroom and everybody who goes in that bathroom says, oh, my god, i'm in the same bathroom as the rolling

142 Views

1 Favorite

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on