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another this moment, wisconsin voters are deciding whether to dump him or keep him. walker stripped away many collective bargain rights for public workers in a budget repair bill. walker is up against the democratic mayor of milwaukee tom barrett and this is actually a rematch. walker beat barrett to win the governor's race back in 2010. hey there, jessica. so why is wisconsin, you know, kind of taking from it a broader perspective, why is wisconsin getting so much national attention? >> hi, kate. well, it's because many people are looking at this as sort of a bellwether for the presidential election. and for the november elections broadly.
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not necessarily legitimately because both leading democrats and leading republicans say wisconsin is its own microcosm, but the reason it is so relevant is because debt and spending have been major issues there. those are major national issues. and many of the big picture issues we' seen play out across the nation are playing out in wisconsin right now, namely money and the influence of super pacs. an independent nonpartisan group estimates dlfr 70 million to $80 million will be spent in the state of wisconsin. that's mind blowing in to a state where air time is so inexpensive. governor walker has outspent his democrat 7 to 1. governor walker today has raised $30.5 million to the democrat barrett's $4 million. that's not even taking into account how much labor unions and super pacs are pouring in. then there's the ore big question that both sides, democrats and republicans are using this as an opportunity to
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organize the state for november. kate? >> absolutely. the numbers, the money numbers, just really astounding when you think about it. but one question i had for you, jessica. president obama won wisconsin in '08. there have been a lot of big name surrogates going in on both sides of this recall election. should we read anything into the fact that president obama himself has not made a stop in wisconsin for tom barrett? >> well, you know, the obam. ma team here points out that they have both endorsed barrett and he tweeted yesterday that he fully supports him and wants him to win. here's what barrett had to say when he was interviewed on cnn. >> i think there are some that want to make it a national election. that's my gripe about this. i don't want wisconsin to be the experimental dish for 9 right wing. i want wisconsin to return to wisconsin values. there are some, particularly on the other side, who do want to nationalize this.
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>> so in other words, there are down sides for barrett for a presidential visit just as there are down sides to the president visiting barrett right before he might lose. the bottom line is the obama campaign emphasizes they have dedicated many resources to the state, plenty of ground game. and i would point out, kate, no republican has won wisconsin in a presidential election since 1984. >> we sure -- if the republican could win that, we would be hearing that a lot more as approach november. thank you so much, jessica yellin at the white house. >> >> we thought this was interesting for you. only two governors in the history of the country have been successfully recalled. a lot of you will probably remember one of them, gray davis, because of who replaced him. in 2003, the democrat lost a recall election to arnold schwarzenegger. many california voters blamed davis at the time for skyrocketing energy costs. for the other example, you have to go all the way back to 121 in north dakota 37 voters recalled
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after nearly a year and a half of death and violence in syria, it's going to be strange to see this next video. ♪ dapsing you see right there. this shows paramilitary who
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support the regime, celebrating in homes abandoned by syrians running for their lives. cnn cannot verify this video. but the u.s. state department says they massacred 49 children on may 25. now people in hula, the site of the mas killing we reported so much on said government forces are cutting off their gas and medicine. local monitoring groups say 24 people were killed just today in syria and the government expelled diplomats from 11 countries. all the while, many question just what will be the tipping point for military intervention. we're going to be checking in next. stand by for that. we'll be right back. does any mother ever feel like their kids are adults?
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perssona non grata in syria. diplomats are being kicked out in syria a week after diplomats from syria were kicked out. many were long gone already, but it's a further show of syrian's isolation as the country wages war on its own people. in nigeria, the flight data roerd and the dock reporter having recovered from the plane that have crashed in lagos. 153 bodies have been recovered including that of a woman clutching a baby. nor than 80 workers in charge of track maintenance are scheduled 20 strike this week. the belmont stakes is the last leg of the triple crown and set to run on saturday. and isle have another, the name of the horse that won the kentucky derby and the preakness is hoping to become the first triple crown winner since 1978.
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>> just fwfr the break i was telling you about the latest violence in syria. the question that lingers is, when will there be a tipping point for military intervention. i want to bring our ofa reed zakaria. said you do not think in syria military option is the right path. why so? >> it's very different from leeb yeah, which i think a lot of people think about. in leeb yeah, rebels had a lot of territory. they had one of the main cities. the question was could the west help them, could we resupply them, provide them with air cover. in syria, it's a country 10% the size of libya. three times as many people. the rebels have had no place to hide, no territory to secure.
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they kol really almost 2340 part of the country, no significant part of the country. so our outside intervention becomes much more kochly kated. becomes much more difficult. so there's a military complication, but perhaps the biggest reason is syria would then become, if you were to intervene, an arena for a huge kind of global civil war. the russians, the iranians would fund the syrian government, the saudis and the turks. if you can think back to lebanon, the civil war of the 1970s and '80s killed almost 150, 200,000 people, displaced a million people. it's not far fetched to suggest that something like that could happen in syria. >> and so quickly on this topic and then of course i want to switch gear, what is the right path? it's hard to stand by and watch this violence and the killing continue, fareed. >> absolutely. it's horrific violence and we
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should have as a goal a transition, the ouster of this regime. there's two or three ways it can happen. the russians could help us essentially force the assad family out of pow per .the military there might do some kind of a coup. if they feel there's enough pressure on them, and that's why it's important to keep the pressure, that might work. we could also try to starve the regi regime. this is not a rich country. this is not an oil rich country. they don't have cash and at some point, they will run out of money. >> switching gears, bah because we must. i want to get to this next very interesting topic, you've been work on global lessons, the gps road map to making immigration work. talk about taking up a topic that has no easy answer. i was really intrigued that you didn't just look at immigration policy in the united states. you looked at immigration policy in different countries like japan, germany and canada. did you find anything that worked or is working?
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we did find some things were working. what i was struck, though, was a lot of other countries learned our tricks and bettered them. did you know, for example, that canada has more foreign born nationals than we do. australius a traaustralia has m thans we do. those societies have become in 10 or 15 years genuinely pluralistic, immigrant societies. and here's the killer. they have figured out a way to do immigration right where they take smart hard-working talented people whom their economy needs. so those immigrants are always contributing mighty to the mick growth of country. we still do mostly family unification. what i was struck by was there are a lot of countries that have learned from us and have started to move faster and further than we have. >> we could then in turn learn
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from them going forward. an important cop ver sags to be having. you'll have much more on that coming up. thank you so much. i want to make sure i tell our viewers to watch fareed's special, the gps road map for making immigration work. it debuts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. you do not want to miss it. a very important conversation to be having. >> making a turn here, he is wanted for murder and dismemberment of a body in canada, but arrested in germany. just ahead, getting lucca rocco magnotta from one country to another. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you?
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>> there are new turns today in a case that's drawn international attention for its sheer gruesomeness. police say lucca rocco magnotta accused of murdering a college student from china and mailing his body parts to politicians will not fight extra tradition
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to canada. goomp, peter. thank you for joining me. so what is the latest? we've been following this day to day because it's really hard not to. what's the late nest this case now? >> what we're hearing right now in berlin is that lucca magnotta has been transferred to a state prison where ehe'll be waiting for the extradition process to begin. he met with a judge. the judge actually went to him to speak with him. he made it known that he would not fight extradition back here to canada. montreal police where the murder allegedly took place, they came out and had a press conference today and released new information on the murt murder itself. they say they have video surv l surveillance of the magnotta at his apartment carrying the two parcells that ended up going to canadian politicians. now, we just found out actually. one of those parcells that was sent to the conservative party headquarters in ottawa was
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actually addressed to the prime minister as one of the first recipients. then there was a second name on that that was also addressed on that human remain sent there. we're also finding during their 18-hour search of the back alley behind the apartment complex, they found other body parts. human remains there as well. previously reported only just the torso was found in a suitcase, a rolling suitcase. so they're saying other body part were found, but they're still looking for ore human remains. kate? >> is it surprising that magnotta has decided he's not going to be fighting extradition? what are authorities in montreal saying about this process going forward? >> they're looking at his online profile. he seems to be one that loves the spotlight. in video updates that he put
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there himself, he seems to be looking very much for that spotlight. so authorities aren't really surprised that he would be looking to continue the spotlight. if he were to fight it, he could fight it for upwards of two months to a year we're told by extradition experts, be uh they're saying that he is not fighting it. he said that right away and so that the extradition process could begin. he could be back here in montreal within the week we're told. and at that point, he would be doing aer. walk in front of the media. and then he'll have his first day in court. >> obviously, he was found in europe, but this all happened in canada. what are people on the street, if you had an opportunity to speak with people about this just absolutely bizarre and troubling case. >> there's a lot of relief. when people found out he was captured in bergen, there were
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exchange students and their parents were very nervous that they were staying here in canada and montreal. the chinese government put a warning out about traveling here. and so with his apprehension, it was quite a relief. now, for people who live in that neighborhood, also, it's a very -- there's a lot of apartment buildings, low rise apartment buildings, families who live in that area. they, too, were relieved this arrest was finally done. and everyone is very quick to point out that this was a one-off. that said, montreal police came out and said that they are looking at other open files and cold cases to see if magnotta, who went by several other names could be tied to those open files. so they're looking to see if he has any links there. >> very interesting. this story is far from over. thank you so much. peter ackman, thank you.
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now to some business news. mortgage rates are at an all-time low. you may think now is the time to buy a home. >> hey there, thank you for joining us. today on the "help desk" we're talking about mortgages. joining me to help do that is a personal dpns author and founder of the financial advice blog. and david novak is a certified financial planner at nyu. this first question for you. take a listen. >> if i'm interested in buying a home, should i lever up to buy a home? >> i don't like lever up. >> sounds like 2007. >> it is a great time to get a mortgage. if you qualify. you know, rates for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage actually creptly hit a record low, 3.7%, the lowest r since 1950s, since the 30-year has been offered. so definitely that's the case. if you have good credit, a 700-plus fico score and you can
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afford it. you've had the savings and you' done the disciplined work to be able to afford a home, then i think it is a great time. but don't overextend yourself. >> 30 year fixed always the safest? >> if you're going to be in the house long term, a 30-year fixed is a great deal because of how low the historic interest rates are. but you also have to look at how long you're going to be there. if you're there three to five year, does it make sense to get a 30-year mortgage? you may be able to get an adjustable rate. maybe you're going to be retiring in 10 or 15 years and you want to have the house paid off when you're retired. generally a 30-year mortgage is a good deal, but you want to tailor it to your situation. >> if you have a question you want to tackle, upload a 30-second video with your question to ireport.com. >> thank you so much. kids love playing with bracelets
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the u.s. takes out al qaeda's number two, a possible dangner your child's toy box and venus like you'll never see it again. time to play "reporter roulette." this is about the death of al
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qaeda's second in command. take a listen. >> his sdet is part of the deck redags that's taken place to al qaeda the last several years. that's completed the ranks to such an extent that there's now no clear successor to take on the breadth of his responsibilities. >> the white house confirming there that this man is dead. so who is he and how did the u.s. get him? >> this is a man who is well known to the united states, believed to be al qaeda's number two in pakistan, killed by a cia drone strike in that border region of pakistan yesterday. along with several officials. he was an islamic scholar in to the jihadist tradition.
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made a lot of videos. was a very strong recruiting voice for al qaeda. the question now is if he was the number two, in fact, where does that organization go from here? what capabilities does it still have? that was going to be my follow-up. what does this death mean for al qaeda in the mediate -- well, at all, i guess. >> that is exactly the right question. what u.s. officials are going to be looking at, they know that al qaeda can regenerate. they can always find a new leader, slap a title on somebody out there and call them number two, number three, number four. that really isn't the issue. the issue is squall's ability to raise money, recruit, organize, train, equip and launch strikes against the west. will they be able to do that? can they still do that? those are the key indicators that the u.s. will still be looking at in the future. >> barbara starr, thank you so much. >> next, we're talking about these, can you see them? told sold at desk toys puzzle
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and jewelry. but they can cause severe sickness or even death. what are we talking about? >> these mag nets that ire strong. to pull them apart would take some force. >> these are not your grandmother's magnets. >> exactly. these are called rare earth magnets. they're very, very strong. kids sometimes see these and they will swallow them because they look a little bit like candy. some kids put everything in their mouth. i will show you an animation that shows you what can happen. a child swallows two of these. here we're seeing the second one come down. meets up with the first one and they attract and makes a hole in the intestines. i was talking to the mom of a kid who is now in his second month in the hospital, a tear in his intestines. most of his intestines have
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died. he needs an intestinal transplant. >> and he's just 13 months old, right? >> that child is 2 can years old. but let me tell you about the 13-month-old child. we have a picture of what happened. her mother made a bracelet out of these. she swallowed her mother's bracel bracelet. and you can see in the x-ray that there it is, sitting in her stomach. now luckily, her parents got to it in time so that -- the doctor got to it in time. you can see the bracelet right there. if it's in the stomach, it's real tifly easily -- well, you stick a tube down the throat and get it out. but when it travels down the stomach into the intestines, you're doing major surgery on a child. >> i have a ton of questions. does this cause permanent damage if these are swallowed? >> yes. there's been at least one death and if you really damage a child's intestines, they will live with a damaged gast tro intestinal system for the rest
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of their life. these there's a warning here saying keep out of reach of children. there's another warn on the back that says the same thing. more warnings inside. there's the warning right there on the top. they, you know, bucky ball says treat it like a prescription drug, keep it out of the reach of children. but you can see how easily a couple of them roll away, you wouldn't even notice you're missing a few. but your child might find them. >> if you have young children, keep them out of the house. not the first story we've heard about this. >> but the reason we're hearing about it now is some doctors want them off the market. >> very interesting. we'll get an update on that. thank you next, something is happening in the skies in just a few hours. and virtually no one alive at this moment can ever see it again. chad myers is once again taking us to space. what are we looking at, chad? a. >> just really depends on how
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good medicine is for the next 50 or 60 year, right? >> this again will happen in the year 2117. so 105 from now. it did happen in 2004. it happens in pairs, eight years apart. it happens in pairs. then it takes another 105 years for that pair to happen again. there it is, there's the little silhouette of venus. now, this is 1,000 times smaller than the sun. i get it. i get that this isn't a big giant beautiful eclipse. but what we're going to do with this they're gong to find out how much sun is blocked out by this. they're going to take their telescope and see this planet go across. so then they look at other plab ets going across other stars. that's how we can plant other stars in other solar systems. we'll be able to see them because of the dimming.
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you can start seeing it at 6:09. you just can't see it with your naked eye. you can't see it with a couple of pairs of sun glasses. you need to protect your eyes. this is 1,000 times smaller than the son. you're never going to see anything except hurt your eyes. look at it on a television set near you. >> just stay tuned to cnn. we'll bring it to you, chad. thanks so much. talk to you soon. >> the pomp the battingry, the flags, the royalty and the rehearsals. it's all fit for a queen's jubilee. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity.
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it's one hundred percent satisfaction guaranteed. >> it's been quite a week in london as queen elizabeth marks 60 years op the throne. the diamond jubilee has been full of the pomp and pageantry that the brits are known for. >> we have had the best time here, covering the queen's diamond jubilee. how are you, sir? how have you feeling? >> it's been four fantastic days
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to come back to london, to britain and to take part in this incredible celebration. and to see how overexcited you got. >> i have never seen anything like this. truly. to see the millions of people in the horrible, horrible rain, for the flotilla on sunday, the 1,000 boats. then coming back out to see the queen. thank goodness the weather held so we could see him in that 1902 carriage that we haven't seen since the royal wedding. >> we saw 1,000 votes go down the thames in horrible conditions. the pop concerto end up pop concerts. all the pomp and ceremony. you put it all together and you just have four glorious days. >> what people didn't see on television was once we took the shot live of the queen flanked by prince charles and william, everyone stood up on this panel. everyone stood up for the queen, hearing the national abthem. very much so in reverence to her and her 60 years. i definitely got goose bumps.
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>> when you have old spitfire and hurricane flames. >> the red, white and blue. >> you see the maizing flag. and out they come. these people who are by far the biggest stars in the world. the queen, prince charles, camilla parker bowles. princes william and harry and duchess of cambridge, the new rock star of the royals. >> i couldn't help wondering what they were wondering, what they were thinking. with the fly past with the red, white and blue smoke that had the queen grinning from ear to ear. i'm going on, as you would say, holiday for a few days. >> vaca as we say in the states. it's been a pleasure sitting next to you. >> it's been a pleasure for you to sit next to me. i know it's been a great honor for you. and it's been a real delight. it's been a blast. >> looks like they're having a great time. thank you so much.
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>> she was married to the mob, befuddled batman as cat woman and was married to david e. kelly. michele pfeiffer has mapged to stay the course. the academy award-nominated actress sat down for a rare interview with sanjay gupta,
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guest host on piers morgan tonight, to talk about how she managed fame, fortune and matrimony. >> i've seen a lot of relationships in the past kind of be -- people have been together for years and they work together and then it's over. you're like what happened? i feel like, it's like church and state for me. i don't want to mix the two. i don't want to jinx it. >> is the double standard you hear about, is it real? >> women have it harder for sure, but increasingly men are because we're a youth obsessed society. in terms of the work place and we're living longer. you still have a lot to contribute, you know?
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it's -- there's somebody younger and newest and fresher. >> you can catch many i shell pfeiffer's entire interview tonight as sanjay gupta guest hosts on piers morgan tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. so the daughter of two movie stars does some acting herself and gets arrested for it. as well as janet jackson, going behind the scenes. "showbiz tonight's" michelle turner joins me with these headlines. >> let's talk about janet jackson, she's doing a documentary. >> she just announced she's the executive producer on a documentary about transgender people around the globe. this movie is called "truth." it's expected to begin production this summer. janet said, i've been fortunate to make friends and learn about very different lives. truth is our small chance to ask that you try and understand someone who lives their life in a way that's a little bit different from your, even though all of our hearts are the same. we want to stop the hate and
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find understanding. now, this movie is being produced by brain child films. and what they say, they say they promise to show the transgender's communities epic struggle for equality. that should be a really interesting project coming out, kate. >> very interesting. another headline, some trouble for some one of the daughters of demi moore and bruce willis. what do you know about this one? >> you can't like to be bruce willis and demi moore and get that phone call that your daughter has been arrested. the new york city department has confirmed that scout willis was arrested yesterday evening in the vicinity of union square in new york city. now, the 20-year-old is a student at brown university. she was allegedly caught drinking a beer on the street, which you know, is officially a no-no in new york city. she was arrested for having an open container of alcohol. she was taken briefly into custody. she was given a drug and alcohol test and then she was released early today without bail. now, according to a report in
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the new york daily news, when police approached her, she showed the officer of a fake i.d. with the name katherine kelly on it. but when the cop didn't buy it, then she admitted her real name and produced her real i.d. she's supposed to be back in court to deal with the charges on july 31. even though it's probably going to be a misdemeanor blip on her radar, you know, her mom is dealing with a lot right now, so they can't be happy about this. >> is there any -- i haven't seen it in the headlines recently, but what is the latest with demi? she was really suffering recently. >> yeah. well, you know, the news was that she and ashton kutcher broke up and she was dealing with a lot. she had gone to rehab for a stint to kind of get her life back in order. stha never really said why she went to rehab, what she was dealing with, but we had seen pictures for her where she was looking very thin, gaunt and just looked like she was having a hard time dealing with all of the things that were going on in her life. she was out now, she signed on
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to do a new movie. she seems to be getting her life back in order. there were reports that maybe her and ashton could be getting back together, but it looks like what they're doing is just trying to talk, move forward with their lives and, you know, deal with all of the press and things that comes around a public breakup of two hollywood stars. >> all right, michelle come witc breakup of two hollywood stars. >> thank you for those headlines. wolf blitzer and "the situation room" is coming up. wolf is here with a preview. i need to clear up something that was on piers morgan last night. you are hosting "piers morgan." >> piers is still in london. he'll do the jubilee, the queen jubilee material from london. i'm going to do the political stuff at 9:00 p.m. eastern and later tonight, kate, the polls will close in wisconsin at central time and we'll see if we can make a projection on this recall eastern time and that
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will dominate the political news tonight in "the situation room" that's coming up. we'll take a look at the former president of the united states bill clinton said last night. he did three fund-raisers in new york with president obama. remember "piers morgan tonight" when he was interviewed by harvey weinstein that mitt romney had a sterling reputation as a person at bain capital. two coming from the former president at one point saying it would be calamitous for our comm country and the world if mitt romney were elected and president obama were defeated. we'll have the clips of what the former president had to say. david sanger has a brand new book out entitled confront and conceal, the surprising use of american power.
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david sanger live here in "the situation room." you're looking good down there in atlanta. >> thank you very much. wolf's coming up at the top of the hour. don't miss it, i never do. thanks so much. there is a mouse in the kitchen. how disney plans to help kids kick the junk food habit coming up next.
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the walt disney company banning junk food advertising on
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its networks aimed at children. it's mickey check, making it easier to identify nutrition foods in store, online and on vacation. you see it right there. lauren salcald is editor of a popular website that launched a healthy eating ad with the white house. first lady michelle obama is getting behind today's announcement. what do you think of the announcement coming from disney? is disney ahead of the curve here? >> we're incredibly passionate about healthy eating and healthy eating for kids. we're excited about it and we're excited that such a large company would take a stand and change its stand. it's incredible. >> cereals must contain less than 10 grams of sugar. don't most kids'er er icereals
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that? don't the guidelines from disney go far enough? >> i think it's a start and at this point we need to get the dialogue going we need to bring down those numbers and think about how much sugar we're consuming and how much sugar our children are consuming. >> parentses, as you know, are just bombarded with guidelines and conflicting dos and don'ts. what's bad for your children. does this step by disney add to the confusion or do you think this will help them? >> well, i hope that it helps. i completely sympathize with parents. there is so much noise around this topic, but getting the information out there and educating parents and kids is really important. so we kind of need to pay attention to that noise. >> and accord to "the new york
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times," advertisers spend $750 million a year. that's big money. that's big money on one side, is this move by disney, is it good business? >> well, i think it probably is in the long run good business. they're investing in the business they work in and children are their audience. we'd like to see other companies follow suit. disney is incredibly influential and they're in stores and they have their parks and they're on tv and they have their websites. i think other companies are kind of -- this will force them to step up and take action. >> this will be my next question. do you think disney is really out in front on this or do you think this is a trend where companies are realizing that it may be good business to be more aware and to think about their audience and what they're
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putting on -- especially when it comes to channels. >> it's part of a trend. other large companies like walmart are taking similar action, and i'm really happy to see that they're taking it upon themselves to make she's changes. >> lauren thank you so much from epicurious. we'll be logging on. >> thank you. we want to update you on some stories that we've been following first. a blow to people that oppose same-sex marriage from california. the federal appeals court has refused to rehear the case from proposition 8. the referendum californians have voted to ban same-sex marriage. i'm sure you remember all of this. a lower court ruled in february that prop 8 was unonstushl and that's the decision that stands at least for now. in nigeria, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder was recovered from the
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plane that crashed in lagos and rescue crews have recovered 153 bodies including that of a woman clutching a baby. the u.s. state department said seven people on the flight were american citizens. and three jurors in the box so far in the first day of the jury selection of the jerry sandusky trial. the former penn state assistant coach faces 68 charges of child rape including ten boys. the judge has ruled the jury will not be sequestered for the trial. that was one big question in the case. and a possible workers' strike in the belmont racetrack. more than 80 workers in charge of the track maintenance are threatening to strike this week over the contract dispute. i doubt i need to remind you of