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this is "cnn newsroom." let's get straight to the news. just three days until the florida primary and the top two tornados are t candidate s trying to reach as many as they can. supporters of each candidate launched tv ads attacking's other the integrity. meanwhile, mitt romney is attacking president obama's foreign policy record. >> i think he has a view that america is in decline and that the best course for america is to appease and accommodate the worst actors in the world. i'm not referring to him. you know, john. i'm talking about people like ahmadinejad and castro and chavez and kim jong-un and all the other people who threaten the world, and so he opens the hat to them. wrote a little note to ahmadinejad the other week. can we get together for a meeting? the foreign policy of pretty please is not working terribly well.
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>> ron paul left florida and is focusing on the upcoming maine caucuses while rick santorum is back in his home state of pennsylvania. the arab league is out of the monitoring business in syria for now. too violent, too many people killed. too many people wounded. here's one of the reasons why. watch and listen to this. amateur video reportedly taken just today in the syrian town of homs. syrian security forces clashing against with anti-government fighters pap few minutes ago i spoke to cnn's air wa damen in damascus. >> reporter: the arab league is basing its decision on a spike in violence we've been seeing in recent days. thursday and friday reported amongst the highest number of casualties since this uprising began. even the head of the mission inside syria was saying that the
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spike in violence was something that was unacceptable, but what's concerning is that if this means that the monitors are withdrawn, the arab league is going to effectively lose its eyes on the ground. even though the commission has come under much criticism, the only thing worse, for perhaps the mission to end. in st. louis, missouri, thousands of people turn out for a welcome home parade to honor iraq war veterans. organizers say this is the country's first major homecoming parade. one of the organizers said he didn't want to wait around for someone toles do it for the government to do it. so he and others planned the entire thing. people lined the streets to see the war vets. there were floats, the budweiser clydesdales being this is st. louis and that's they're home and several high school marching bands. leon panetta, speaking ot. telling cbs "60 minutes" the doctor who helped the cia gather
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evidence should be released. pakistani arrested the doctor and charged him with treason following the raid that killed bin laden. >> i'm very concerned about, what the pakistanis did with this individual. this was an individual who, in fact, helped provide intelligence on, that was very helpful with regards to this operation. and he was not in any way treasonous towards pakistan. he was not in any way doing anything that would have undermined pakistan. as a matter of fact, pakistan -- i've always said this. pakistan and the united states have a common cause here against terrorism. >> panetta also telling dlabs he remains convinced that someone in authority in pakistan knew exactly where bin laden was hiding. we're learning more about the night actress demi moore was rushed to the hospital. the 911 call reveals worried
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friends saying moore was convulsing and trouble breathing after smoking someone resembling incense. >> okay. she overdosed on -- >> she's convulsing. >> okay. listen to me. keep watching her closely. don't put anything her mouth. >> we're not. >> was this accident or intentional? >> it was she smoked something. the reaction was accidental. >> coming up in our next half hour, we're talk wig an editor from "in touch" magazine about moore's condition and recovery. newt gingrich and mitt romney battling in florida, ron pal mov paul moved on to maine. shannon travis joins us from the a town where ron paul is about to hold a town hall meeting. shannon? >> reporter: hey there, gary. this is going to be his third stop of today. he had three stops in maine yesterday also. he's been focusing a lot in
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maine because smaen secaucus state not a primary state. one of the contests that ron paul does relatively well in. he skipped the florida primary. we've been reporting that as rivals have been duking it out there. yeah. ron paul has been here. he's had throngs of supporters. just a short while ago we in freeport, maine, and he was endorsed by the, one of the heiresses. an heiress of the l.l. bean clothing company. earlier today, when he a chance to talk, a few reporter, to talk to dr. paul and asked him about his strategy of focusing on caucuses versus primaries. take a listen. >> it's a strategy designed for our campaign, because there are some other campaigns that have many, many millions of dollars to run a general campaign in the state of florida where winner takes all, even though they've given up half the delegates didn't make a lot of sense to us compared to coming to maine where we can meet with groups
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and enthusiastic crowds excited about what we're talking about. i think we maximize the number of delegates in the way we're doing it. i don't know the numbers well enough, or who has primary versus caucus. we are working hard on the caucus. >> reporter: and as we just mentioned, gary, ron paul is pretty much seen in florida to rivals focusing on 24 delegates trying to wrap up the count. you need those to win the nomination. we just found out also that on primary day in florida, dr. paul will be spending his time in colorado, home to yet another caucus. gary? >> colorado and maine. beautiful states, shannon, but personally, i bet you were hoping ron paul would stick around florida a little while longer this time of year, mulds of january. either way, thank for that report. you can watch a replay on thursday night's republican
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debate coming up in the next hour. the replay, a great way to see the concerneds one more time before the florida primary which is tuesday. and keep it here on cnn for the actual coverage of the florida primary tuesday night. a usually important contest. our special coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern. mitt romney's shout out to a relatively obscure school raising questions. should the president be touting a for-profit college to cash strapped voters? yeah, i'm married. does it matter?
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both parties of heavily courting the middle class in this year's campaign. gop hopeful mitt romney is stalking about education but his mention of one particular school is interesting to say the least. encounters between candidates and voters are usually routine. >> are you mean enough to take on obama? and i know you are. >> reporter: once in a while, encounters raise questions. like when mitt romney was asked in september about the cost of education. >> you know, wholesale university in orlando? >> what is that and why is romney talking about it? a week later -- >> but i just want to know what you would do to make higher education more affordable and thus more accessible to young people? >> i was at one school called full sale university in, it's in florida. and they don't have summer vacation. they have you go right straight through, from beginning to end. so you can get through faster, and you can be working faster. there are things, it's a
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for-profit institution. full sale university. trying to think about how to make it more affordable an -- "but to do that. be thinking about that. >> reporter: once again a shout-out for full sale university. a school in winter park, florida, that specializes in media and entertainment. and while it has top notch facilities and successful alu i alumni, costs far more than many college options. what mitt romney did not say, the ceo of full sale university is a major donor to his campaign. james bill has given the maximum amount. so has his wife. nome money he's donating pap considerable amount of time as co-chairman of romney's florida finance team. in a wreeten estimate he told us i believe governor romney is the best candidate for what america needs at this time. 25 million people out of work and i believe with his experience he can get america back to work. i asked governor romney about
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the school at a rally in tampa. >> why did you-d. i got a chance to tour the university. i was impressed with the work they do. >> reporter: i then asked romney if his donation and loyalty it anything to do with his mentioning? no way, he says. >> can you imagine, $2,500 affectsing what you're going to sigh? >> reporter: it's nots the only money he's donated. also given $45,000 to the super pac that supports romney. romney like all the candidates is not allowed to coordinate super pacs. gary jones is the president of the university and says romney visited the school and met with him this past summer. if the school endorsing romney for president? >> no, full sale is not. >> does not take a position in the presidential election? >> krects. >> if an employee wants to donate to barack obama's campaign, that's okay. >> absolutely. >> reporter: or to rick santorum's campaign? >> sure. to anybody's campaign. yes. that would be the individual's
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right. >> reporter: but still, back in september, with all the for-profit schools out there, why did governor romney single out full sale? >> i mentioned, like the university of phoenix and others. >> reporter: indeed, just a few weeks ago, mitt romney did mention university of phoenix and others. >> i know some hate the idea of these for-profit universities like university of phoenix and full sale and others. i like the competition. >> once again, he mentioned full sail pap school that all agree mitt romney has sure taken a liking to. full sail university does tell us back in 2008 one ever their top executives donated to the barack obama campaign. well, you can watch a replay of thursday night's republican debate that's coming up in about 45 minutes. keep it here on cnn for the florida primary tuesday night. our special coverage begins at 6:00 eastern time. there are more older workers on the job than younger workers. so what are the benefits of working well into your 50s. 60s and beyond?
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we'll find out next in "reclaim your career." tomorrow, 2:30 eastern time, men and women doing the same job, women paid less. a time for equality. the five things you need to get a higher salary as wrom. join fredricka tomorrow afternoon.
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with the uncenters in the economy, millions of baby boomers are returning to the workforce. the number of workers between the ages of 25 and the 54
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decreased by 6.4%. the number working over 65 increased by 12%. a jump-start in the work force. valerie burt sn the author of "where will you go from here" thank you very much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> tell me why so many middle age and other americans are going back into the workforce xwvrnlg. >> it's a few different things. a lot of these are people are afraid. a lot of people on the verge of retirement a few years a and everything went downhill so even if they have been able to regain some retirement savings, they're afraid to step out of the job market and some who jumped out of the job market before 2008 are going back in in order to shore up of that retirement. >> a trend we expect will continue in the next few year? >> i in it will continue in part because older isn't wa it used to be. people like a sense of purpose
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every day and research shows on average men who live to age 95 don't retire until 80. there are health benefits and lon jevty benefits to working longer. for most people now, that trend has to do with the economy and people needing to be able to live month to month. >> i imagine you have to have a good attitude if you go back into the workforce for financial reens or it won't succeed? >> absolutely. you want to really van optimistic attitude. a lot of people kind of assume, i'm over 55, over 65, much harder. even if there is ages in the workplace, you want to make sure you don't have a chip on your shoulder pap positive attitude. go for it. might take you longer, be relentsless and stick with it. >> technology. important to talk about. even in this bishgs the news business when i started back in the 1730s -- centuries ago, around the founding of our republic, but it feels that way, manual typewriters. >> yes.
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>> you really have to stay on top of 9 technology. for older workers out of the work force a while, who aren't familiar with blackberries, ipads and iphones? >> it can be intimidating. >> what do you do? >> make a decision you won't let it intimidate you to the point you don't learn. don't buy into the idea you can't teach an old dog new tricks. learn. you might learn from younger people that are around you. or some people are eve be going back and taking classes to really kind of brush up on the any technology. might take you longer, be patient, but stick with it. >> talking about ages. how big of a problem is that in american workplace, discrimination against older worke workers, particularly those coming back and don't remember everything the way they used to. >> it exists. the more experience you have, don't sell yourself short. you have a lot of maturity, experience to bring, that costs companies more money. sometimes age has to do with the fact, kind a younger worker that might be less expensive to hire.
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so sometimes you have to adjust your expectation ansd understand your goals in retirement. some are looking to supplement retirement income, maybe note need as much money. others are looking are for the 40 hour aweek. >> do you think this is the toughest challenge, for people in their 50s and 60s? >> definitely. so much has changed. even if you're 40, things changed dramatically. someone who's 65 or 70 that can be very, very intimidating. you can learn. may take you longer, but can you learn. >> finally, your life style. used to a certain lifestyle, changes dramatically. how do you deal with that? >> looking at going back into the workplace, understand what lifestyle you're looking for. some are looking for something that keeps them busy, sharp. other, looking to go back in five, ten years. and if that's the case, and you're looking at retiring swrl other than you live now that can be a great opportunity.
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maybe you go ahead and relocate now to where you're planning to retire and you land than new job where you are. >> valerie burton, good sense advice. >> good to be with you. >> thank you for joining us. the race for the gop nomination is heating up. we're talking town hall. attack ads. the hispanic vote in our political roundtable, coming up. c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. hold up partner. prilosec can take days to work. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast.
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now, news making headlines across the country. jerry sandusky, wants pennsylvania judge to modify his bail so he can spend more time with his grandchildren. accused of sexually abusing young boys. the judge forbided him from having unsupervised visits with his grandkids or at his how overnight. the foond drug administration found unapproved chemicals in shipments of organize juice headed for store shelves. a fungicide in 11 shipments from canada and brazil. allowed in limited quantities across latin america but the u.s. banned it in 2009. earlier this month the fda temporarily halted all orange juice after low levels of the chemical were found in some juice shipments from brazil.
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a pennsylvania middle school has given the boot to some popular footwear. the school is banning uggs and other open top boots after some students were caught hiding cell phones in their boots. the principal says students can wear the boots to and from school but must change into shoes before enters the hallways. no more cell phones in boots. saying good-bye to music legend etta james with her signature song. ♪ >> it was moving, emotional, powerful christina aguilera giving that performance of "at last" at the funeral service for etta james this afternoon. stevie wonder performed with the church's choir and the reverend al sharpton dliv ared the eulogy. etta james died earlier this month of complications from leukemia. she was 73 years old. turning to politics.
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the two front-runners for the republican nomination are in the sunshine state ahead of tuesday's florida primary. their ads are getting nasty. and the rhetoric is getting fiery. meanwhile, ron paul's campaigns in the state of maine, rs returned to his home state of pennsylvania. let's bring in our panel. democratic strategies robert zimmerman and anna, republican strategist who served in jon huntsman campaign. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> thank. >> first, anna, right now we can narrow this down, the fact is this has become a two-man race. santorum or paul are not going get the nomination. rhetorical question to answer. can you hear me? >> yes. >> okay. it is a two-man race. isn't it? at this point? >> absolutely a two-man race. here are in florida you can see it much more so. paul said he's not grog to campaign in florida, focusing on caucus states and santorum's left the state's in florida,
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very much a two-man state. >> i want to ask you, at this time last week, newt gingrich won the south carolina primary. all the momentum slowed down. how important is it gingrich have a good showing and perhaps win the florida primary, if he loses what happen? >> the one thing consistent in this crazy primary is its inconsistency. things change from one day to the other, almost one hour to the other. it's been falls and rises, we're going to continue to see that. i don't know how gingrich is going to do. polls indicate romney is ahead. i think this is going to continue being a four-man barber quartet until super tuesday. santorum an paul don't need to get out. they don't need much and gingrich are has no intention of getting out. this is going to continue for a while. >> robert zimmerman, ronald reagan 30 years ago came out with the 11th commandment saying republicans should not attack fellow republicans.
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that commandment is by the wayside. are you surprised by all the anger and emotional badger aring going on between these republican candidates? >> actually, it really doesn't surprise me, because not only is ronald reagan the commandment gone by the wayside, ronald reagan and today's republican party has gone by the wayside subpoena here's a man who served president eight year, raised taxes 11 time, goerted with adversary, made peace treaties raised the debt ceiling. by today's standings, the republican party would reject it. inconsistences of the race and highs and los. one consistency, while republican party plays to the extreme right wing, they're a victim of their own rhetoric. the right-hand doesn't know what the extreme right hand is going trying to galvanize anger in their party what do you think barack obama feel answer the vitriol in the republican nominating campaign right now? >> i can't claim to be a spokesperson for barack obama nor will i be, but the point is,
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democrats aren't chilling the shchampagne but have the popcor out. raise the enthusiasm level. we've soon that begin, seen it come to pass. that's a challenge for democrats now. make sure in terms of turnout, terms of participation, the enthusiasm is brought back up. the state of the union, a turning point in that regard. >> how important is the latino vote to determining the winner between newt gingrich and mitt romney in the sunshine state? >> here in 345, very important. 11% 12shgs% of the gop primary vote and it can be make or break a candidate. the latino vote, hispanic vote in south florida in particular loves to participate. we love politics. we love donating, showing up at events. you can see that. because can you see how hard, you how both candidates are courting that vote. i think it's terrific. it's a great dry run for the general election, and whomever comes out of this is going to be stronger for having gone through
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these tests. you know? whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. for this republican primary you can say that. >> i want to ask each of you, anna and robert, very important question. if romney wins the florida primary is it over? anna? >> i don't think this thing is over. this thing ain't over, you know, until the fat lady sings and she ain't singing yet. this is going to go on. i think santorum can keep his operation going on a shoestring. every debate he shows up to, speaking fees go up $5,000. i think paul is in here for a cause, and he doesn't have a congressional seat to run for. he's in this for the long run. and i think newt gingrich is in this for the long run as well. i think he's ahead nationally right now in the polls. he's down in florida, but ahead nationally. the man has no intention of putting this -- quitting the race on tuesday or wednesday. >> do you think the fat lady will in effect have sung if romney wince and romney will be
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the inevitable nominee? >> clearly tuning up. realistic. ron paul will stay in to the end because he's on a cause, or another planet. ultimately, newt gingrich, even though i think he's going to lose, goes down in the dungeon and builds more explosive rhetoric. money and repeaty comes into play. mitt romney problem is the price he's playing f inpaying for win. the deportation question, dream act, sacrifices the vote critical in november. >> robert zimmerman and anna navarro, tranche for talking with me. see what happens. >> thank you. >> thank you both of you. coming up next, encore presentation of thursday night's debate. so stick around. demi moore in crisis and the shocking 911 call. >> is she awake. >> yes. well, sim conscious, bear linchts okay. is she breathes? >> is they breathing?
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yes. >> and she overdosed on -- >> she's convulsing. >> up ahead, new details about what happened and what could be in actress demi moore's future. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries.
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actress demi moore nominated for a director the guild award for her lifetime movie "5." hollywood insiders don't know if she'll show up. she collapsed in her beverly hims home. the sheriff department released the 911 call yesterday. friends said she smoked something, went into convulsion and was barely conscious. >> is shi breathing normally. >> no. not the normal, but more sort of shaking convulsing, to me. but burning up. >> all right. what did she take? >> some form of, i think, smoked something. i didn't really see. she's been having some issues lately with some other stuff. i don't know what she's been taking or not. >> joining me now, dorothy compass asari with "in touch" magazine. every asking what was she
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smoking people were throwing around whip-its and salvia. >> you mentioned, salvia comes to mind. miley cyrus, smoking marijuana. ended up being this. the person on the line, interesting, didn't know what shep was smoking. sounds is a sfoishs me may have been sprecting her friend. >> absolutely. >> do we know at this point how serious her condition is? we talked about people are still throwing out the possibility that she'll show up tonight, but do we know how seriously ill she? >> she is definitely very, very ill. she's been struggling for about the past year according to a source that spoke to "in touch." really hitting the bottle pretty hard. getting a renovation done on her home recently before ashton and her broke up and when workers would alive in the morning, they would ring the doorbell to start work and greeted early in the morning by an intoxicated demi
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moore. something she's been struggling with for quite some time. her mother has a history of alcoholism. demi severed tiess with her mother because of that. it's a very hereditary illness. >> i feel terrible. she looks so thin. how worried about friends and family? what are your sources saying about that? >> sources say her friends and family are very, very concerned about her as we can imagine and they really have been urging her for quite some time to get help. it wasn't until this moment she hit rock bottom, that she really did turn around and try to get herself help. her publicist claim shes was getting hem for exhaustion. exhaustion is kind of a token word in hollywood. when i'm exhausted i take a nap. i don't go into lee hab. a lot of times it stands for something else we know it does in the case of demi moore. >> final question, dorothy. do letter friends, people you talked to, think some of her issues stem to we are sfrags ashton kutcher?
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are they officially divorced or just separated? >> separated now. there's a divorce filing. of course it takes time for the official divorce. and her friends definitely are saying that she's heartbroken over this. she gave an interview recently that said she's thinking at theened of her life she might come to the realization she's not worthy of being loved. self-esteem problems in a dark place. your heart breaks for her. >> it does. dorothy, thanks for joings. senior editor with "in touch week weekly". sat story. ray kelly's son is getting a lot of attention today. the new york city tv news ank sir being accused of rape, but is there enough evidence to press charges? susan kand yacht hey a look at the investigation. >> you see the stories again. you know what i mean? they're out there. it will never go away. >> local morning tv newsman greg kelly twhaen familiar anchor desk landing in the headlines himself after a woman accused
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him of date rape. kill, whose father is new york commissioner ray kelly, has not been charged pap woman walked into a police station this week to report the alleged sex assault. tleep mon three months after the incident. that legal experts say can make prosecution tough. >> it's a he said/she said. combine that with a late reporting you don't have photographs ever injuries. you don't have a rape kit. you have no corroborating evidence. >> reporter: cnn learned the woman allegedly told authorities she was star struck when she met kelly by chance and the two exchanged flirty text messages before getting together for drinks at a popular night spot. the two went to legal offices and had sex. described herself as woozy and unwilling. >> knowing there was a fair a alcohol involved doesn't qualify to make you physically helpless. and so the police and the prosecutors would be looking at all of the circumstances
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surrounding the events. >> reporter: her allegation may be further harmed, legal experts say, by her account to tharts that she and kelly left together and later exchanged non-confrontational messages. former sex crimes prosecutor linda fairstein says that alleged contact may also make it difficult to prove rape. >> she continued to communicate with mr. kelly by text and phone, and that it was a social communication, not an accusatory one. that's not helpful to an allegation that something happened against her will. >> reporter: the woman says she later became pregnant and had an abortion. a source tells cnn the woman said her are boyfriend could not be the father, because he a vasectomy. police say her boyfriend apparently yun set confronted kill police commissioner father at public event and accused his son of ruining his girlfriend's life. kelly's attorney says he client "strength uously denies wrong it
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doing" and know the investigation will prove his innocence. one way or the other, the investigation will prove whether there's enough evidence to press charges, with two reputations at stake. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> thank you, susan. a major national college eve event pauses a moment to remember this young man who died last year in a hazing incident. we'll talk to his parents necessary. first, when planning a vacation take toos much work, why not let a travel agent help out so you can relax a bit? reynolds wolf son the go with that. >> reporter: the average traveler spends hours booking their own vacations. visiting about 2 1 sites, for one trip. travel agents are becoming popular again. >> travelers are really looking for some advice. somebody who can answer questions for them. somebody who has experience in
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this just in. live pictures of occupy oakland from our affiliate. protesters marching to a vacant building where they plan to stape they say the next two days and have a party called "oklahoma rise up festival." if they get retall gration police they have the options of trying to block the oakland international airport or occupying the city hall. right now, they are planning to occupy a vacant building in
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oakland, california. the east barracks northern california. we'll monitor this as it happens. right now, right here in the city of atlanta, georgia, the 2012 battle of the bands started a short time ago. a fierce annual competition between the best black college marching bands in the united states. but this year, the battle of the bands is much different. it's an emotional celebration of a life cut short. cnn's george howell is there. >> reporter: this is the first time for pam and robert champion to be here at this event, the battle of the bands, without their son robert. who was killed in a hazing related incident. there was moment of silence for robert champion. >> now, i would like to take a moment to recognize an honor a member of 9 marching band community whose life musicianship and courage will never be forgotten. mr. robert d. champion. >> they say it was important for them to take part in this event a great event, to some of the best bands across the country to
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perform here at the georgia dome, it attracts thousands of people, parents, students who want to see the bands perform and the champions say their goal is to get the message out about hazing, and this is only the beginning for them. they've also started an online campaign. they are on twitter. they are on facebook. they even created their own video, a psa with students and high school and college saying, i am champion. we are champions. basically people saying they are against hazing. the champions say that this is important for them to be on the forefront of this issue. >> us being there, i think, is important as a reminder. to let the students know, you know, that that bad side of it that's going on, it doesn't have to be. and that to put out the message that we're are not against the music at all. i mine, my son loved music. and i love music as well. so i'm not against the music at all. i'm against the hazing piece of it. >> reporter: ann champion says
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it's important for everyone to have a great time, enjoy the music. again to put the focus on hazing and to stop it. george howell, cnn, atlanta. >> thank you, george. one note on this story. robert champion's school of florida a&m is not participating. the university is not allowed to compete by robert's murder investigation is ongoing. a cute case of monkey see, monkey do. next on viral rewind. first, don lemon with a look it's a what coming up. i'm don lemon. coming up tonight on cnn "weekend prime" inside japan's desolation zone. what it could look like the next 100 years. plus, the rise ever the sugar mama. women willingly taking care of their men. or boys. that's tonight when you join us at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. ,
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. fans ever the nbc comedy "the office" know actor rainn wilson, unlike his character, he's committed to helping others. in 2007 saw a story about a cnn hero. changing the world. so moved he decided to lend a hand. five years later he's still involved, still inspired. >> i was literally sitting in my trailer are at "the office" and i was looking at the cnn website and they had "cnn heroes." i think the first year. i saw story on this guy aaron jackson. a young kid from florida, grew up on golf course. not much direction in his life and wend traveling in the third world and saw poverty. and he decided to just devote his life to making the world a better place. >> today we've dewormed estimated maybe a little over 100 people. it's been great.
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>> great to help out aaron jackson and planting peace, doing fund-raisers. >> introduce him to people and help raise money. and just -- help his organization really get moving. he's the amazing guy who's doing all the really hard work and you know, give him the cash and let him go do what he does best. they have four or five orphanages in haiti and i also went out when they distributed the deworming medication. out in the rural villages and towns. >> you're distributing food. aid, all around the country. so many kids can be, you know, eating their fill, because they're so filled with worm, unable to adjust the process of food. it's really kind of a waste. >> you deworm a kid and the worms shut out within usually 24 to 48 hours. highly anemic, not alert. you rid them of worms they come back to life. an immediate impact.
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since the hero segment in 2007 we've raised enough money with rainn's help to deworm all children in haiti. >> anybody can be a hero. takes a little work. >> okay. all right. ah! >> one thing i could take away from my experience with "cnn heroes," incredibly inspiring. they irspire me to step up my game and try and do more to help the world. that's rainn wilson joshgs d. >> do you know someone making a big difference? tell us about that. monkey see, monkey do, jacqui. right? viral video. we're going to show cute twin babies mimicking their dad after
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hearing him sneeze. >> hilarious. >> this is good. [ sneeze ] >> oh, bless you. >> so the dad sneezes off camera. [ sneezing ] >> you're my boys. >> one starts. the other keeps going, over and over and over. these are twins. it's falcon and phoenix. >> falcon and phoenix. >> names. unusual name? >> very unusual names. >> i know. >> reminds me of that video we saw ever the two little babieses about the sock. talking to each other. >> oh, yeah. i remember that. >> this poor ginchts i know. . >> so cute. jacqui, fun watching videos. >> yeah. >> looking at animals with you. >> yeah. babies and animals. can't go wrong when it comes to
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television. >> you cannot go wrong with babies and animals. that does it for us. straight ahead, an encore present afrgs the cnn presidential debate. don lemon is back at 7:00 eastern. have a great night, everybody. ♪[music plays] when you're responsible for this much of the team... you need a car you can count on. ♪[music plays] vacations are always wasn'ta good ideaa ♪ priceline negoti - - no time. out quickly. you're miles from your destination. you'll need a hotel tonight we don't have time to bid you don't have to bid. at priceline you can choose from thousands of hotels on sale every day. save yourself... some money
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