during the break. interesting guy. >> one thing i did not know about will cain. he knows a lot of stuff about the illegal drug trade. >> all the research. >> worries me a little bit. tomorrow on "starting point," one of the world's best soccer blames, abby wambach. rememberi watching her in the game? "cnn newsroom" with carol costello is beginning right now. good morning. stories right now in the newsroom, take a look at this x-ray. oh, yeah. that is a spear. three feet long. right through the brain of a 16-year-old. miraculously, he survives. how can that be? and what will the rest of his life be like? plus, offensive, appalling, and insensitive. that's what jesse jackson says about these sneakers saying they look like shackles put on slaves. adidas cancels plans to sell them. but was jackson right? or was this just a fashion faux pas?

the new ipad competition. will it actually give apple a run for its money and it happened in a matter of seconds. this guy walked up to a picasso in texas and then he does that. spray paints the masterpiece. what did he write? and is it permanent? and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin with a story that really has us buzzing this morning. you are about to see why. but first, a warning. some of you might find the next image a bit disturbing. here it is. this is the image. it's a steel spear shot through a teenager's skull. but before you reach for the remote, let me give you a reason to stay. today the boy is doing just fine. more on the medical reasons in a moment. but first, the details of what happened. here's reporter liz nagy of wsvn. >> reporter: paramedics tenderly

wheeled 16-year-old yasser lopez into the er with the three-foot spear in his skull. doctors say his friends shot it accidentally as they were getting ready to go fishing. >> it was about one inch above his right eye and straight through. >> reporter: this is the scan of lopez's brain after rescuers had to use a rebar tool to cut down 18 inches of stainless steel spear to even fit in the scanner. >> the most important thing is to resist the temptation to pull the thing out. >> reporter: the doctor and his trauma neurosurgery team determined that the tip of the spear inside his head was actually a screw tip. >> it was possible for us to figure out a strategy during the operation to be able to unscrew the tip of the spear instead of having to get the whole spear dragged out through his brain. >> miraculously, the three-foot shaft somehow missed every major blood vessel in the brain and pierced the right, not left side of his brain, sparing his speech. >> his words are actually amazingly easy to understand.

for example, he says he's not having pain. he's worried about the fact he can't use his left side properly. >> reporter: 11 days and only a single surgery after yassir lopez took a spear in his forehead, this is his brain with only a small bit of swelling. >> almost a normal looking ct scan. >> reporter: as for the day he got shot, lopez knows nothing. >> he woke up. the version we got he woke up with a spear in his head. >> he probably won't ever regain those memories. >> reporter: elizabe >> elizabeth cohen is joining me now. it went through the right. what it if it went through the left? >> that's what happened to gabby giffords. not a spear obviously, but a bullet. but it could have affected his speech as it's affected hers. so he's lucky in many ways that it went where it went. and let's talk about that a little bit. it entered about an inch above his right eye. so sort of, you know, here. and went straight back.

so it entered kind of right around here. and it didn't actually protrude through the skin in the back of his head, but you could feel the tip of it. so it went through the skull, but it didn't protrude through the skin. >> so, i don't know, you would think if anything goes through your brain, you would have much more damage done to you than this young man. >> when you see that, it's amazing he lived through it, right? wow, you think this person would have died. it's all about what the foreign object hits and what it doesn't hit. if it hits, for example, the part of your brain that controls breathing, you're in trouble. if it hits a major blood vessel, you're in trouble. but it didn't hit anything major like that. he may have some clumsiness in his left arm. but that would be about the extent of it. which really, you know, seems amazing when you look at that picture. >> it really does. elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. >> thanks. asian immigrants are now the largest group of new immigrants

in the united states. those are the results of a new pew research survey. beginning in 2009 and into 2010, asian immigrants surpassed hispanic immigrants in the united states. the study also found asian americans lead in education and income and are more satisfied with their lives than the general public and tend to put more value on marriage and parenthood than other americans. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news to tell you about now. news 12 new jersey is reporting that dharun ravi is now out of jail. he is the ex-rutgers student convicted of bias intimidation for the death of his roommate tyler clemente. he was supposed to serve more time than this, paul, but got out 10 days early. why? is paul with us? >> yes. can you hear me? >> yeah, i can hear you now, paul.

let me ask you that again. dharun ravi was supposed to serve a little more time than that in jail for his involvement in tyler clemente's death. why was he let out early? >> in new jersey, you get five days off pretty much automatically for good behavior. and if you work in jail, you get another five days off. so that brought him down to 20 days. now ironically, he was facing as much as 11 years in prison had the judge given him the maximum sentence here. and now of course he's out in 20 days. >> the other surprising twist in this is that dharun ravi can stay in this country. why do you suppose the judge decided that? >> well, first of all, this would be a decision made by federal authorities, not by the state judge who sentenced him. so they could have made a decision to deport him. usually, if it's a crime that gets felony sentencing, that is a sentence of over a year in jail, presumptively you get deported. since he only did 20 days in

jail, federal authorities view this as a misdemeanor, and they have decided apparently not to deport him. >> all right. paul keller, thanks for being with us. i know you're supposed to be here to talk about jerry sandusky and we're going to do that right now. the trial of jerry sandusky is moving faster than expected. closing arguments could get underway on thursday. the big questions today, will jerry sandusky take the stand? or perhaps his wife of 50 years, dotty. what did she see? what did she hear? let's talk about the case so far, paul, because the defense did put on a few witnesses yesterday. they were on the stand for, what, at the most, 10 minutes apiece. it wasn't exactly stellar defense testimony, was it? >> i didn't think so from what i observed. this is an attempt to humanize jerry sandusky and to say that he's a great guy and showering with boys is normal behavior at state college, pennsylvania. and actually, two former coaches

testified they shower with younger boys in ymcas, and they gave the ymca and the ywca a bad name in their testimony. but they said it's normal behavior, and doesn't necessarily indicate that anything wrong is being done. they did say, though, that if somebody hugged somebody else in a shower, that would be inappropriate. and of course that's one of the claims made against jerry sandusky. >> but none of these people who testified on jerry sandusky's behalf really were around him recently. >> no. they haven't been. and they're character witnesses. and you see this in criminal trials frequently, where, you know, you put somebody on the stand who says, well, gee, he's got a great reputation in the community. he is a good person. but ultimately, this testimony really goes very -- it doesn't get you much distance with the jury because the jurors say well, they weren't around when these events happened. they weren't in the shower room or the locker room. so i don't think that character testimony gets you too far in a criminal case. >> ok. so prosecutors.

they want the unaired portion of nbc's exclusive interview with sandusky. and some parts of it quite frankly are shocking. but they want these parts of the interview that viewers did not hear to be entered into testimony. let's listen. >> i didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that i've helped. the there are many that i hardly had any contact with who i have helped in many, many ways. >> so the prosecution's part of this case is over. it rested. can it get the unaired portions of nbc's interview into the proceedings? >> well, the judge could allow the prosecutor to reopen and to play that to the jury. that would be one mechanism that they could use to get it in. if jerry sandusky takes the witness stand, they certainly could use that to cross-examine

him. and as you can see in listening to it, it kind of sounds like he is saying, i didn't go to little boys for all of my sexual needs. you know, it's like i only did it some of the time. that's an inference that people say could be drawn from that rather inarticulate sentence that he uttered to bob costas. kind of surprising that nbc didn't air it. because i think it's a really important piece of evidence in the case. >> let's go with the inarticulate comment you just made. you put jerry sandusky on the stand. is he going to be more articulate than he was in that interview? he'll be cross-examined. that's brutal. >> you know, carol, i think it would be a disaster to put him on the stand. every time he has subjected himself to a public interview, which -- and by the way, even his attorneys allowing him to be interviewed on television with a criminal case pending has surprised most lawyers. it's been a disaster for him. he's talked about, well, it's ok to shower with boys. and he makes statements like he did to costas.

you remember that statement where there was this delay when he was asked whether he gets sexual pleasure from children? there's just one incident after another that he's blown it in terms of public interviews. also, they say he has this histhis histrionic personality disorder, which means grandiose gestures, trying to attract attention to himself. if he has this disease, it's going to be a disaster on the witness stand in the hands of a good cross-examining prosecutor. >> so yes or no? you're the defense attorney. would you have brought this case to trial? >> well, i would say no, given the way the evidence has gone in because this has been such a strong prosecution case. but you have to remember one thing. defense attorneys can only plead guilty if they're offered some sort of a reasonable plea. now, he's facing 20-year felonies. and as his age, a conviction on even one count means he'll probably die in prison. so it's very, very difficult to believe that prosecutors offered him any kind of a deal that

would be acceptable. the only reason that i'm surprised that he went to trial is that he's put his family through the torture of listening to this horrific testimony. but once again, he's presumed innocent and you never know what a jury is going to do, carol. >> paul, many thanks. >> nice being with you. if you thought it was cold in russia, you haven't seen how chilly it can get in mexico. case in point. take a look at the body language between president obama and the russian president vladimir putin. this was after the two leaders met during the g20 summit in los cabos, mexico. and it was after they talked about syria. foreign affairs correspondent jill doherty is live in washington this morning. jill, the white house is telling us don't read too much into that body language thing. but russian warships are still making their way to syria, and no one really knows what they'll do there. do we need to be worried? >> carol, let's go through the ships. there really is a lot of

confusion, and maybe deliberaty so. we'll get into that in a second. but the first one, which is a ship that went from a russian city and makes its way and then around scotland, it was the insurance company that was providing insurance decided to pull that insurance. why did they decide to do that? because aboard apparently are helicopters. now these are attack helicopters that the russians say are part of an old contract with the syrians. they bought them years ago. they needed to be refurbished. and they are simply sending them back. the united states is saying, those are attack helicopters. they can kill people whether they are new or old. and this shouldn't be done. as president obama said, this is making things worse in syria. then there are two other ships that the u.s. is tracking, and both of them apparently have munitions. some type of armaments. and they also potentially reportedly have some marines or some type of troops. now, why would they have them?

well, you know, the russians say -- russian experts say it could be they're protecting the cargo or maybe they are going into syria for some other reason. that would be completely surprising many experts say because the russians supposedly wouldn't want to join the conflict. so it's confusing, but it may be a way of just kind of sending a madge to the u.s., don't get involved where we have a base. >> jill, many thanks. turning now to presidential politics, mitt romney wraps up his bus tour today in his native state of michigan. he visited six states over five days and says he picked up plenty of advice from well wishers. >> what's the best piece of advice that you think you received from somebody? >> stop trying to be like yourself. be someone else. [ laughter ] just don't be you.

just kidding. just kidding. you know, i get a lot of that. and i didn't get any of it today, on the rope line today, in iowa. but in wisconsin, i had a lot of people saying be me. when i'm in ohio, i get rob portman. i have a very biassed audience in whatever state i'm in. which should not be surprising. >> national political corporate jim accosta has been shadowing the romney campaign. good morning, jim. it looks like romney is loosening up. >> good morning. >> reporter: that's right, carol. take where we are right now. we're in sort of this bavarian village in michigan. part of it celebrates christmas year round. you know, on top of this german themed village behind me, he has the banner up putting jobs first. so he is staying to his message on the economy. but you heard on that campaign plane in that back and forth with reporters, he is starting to loosen up a little bit. as he was landing here in

michigan yesterday, he was talking about, you know, one of the comments he made that some people poked fun at. he was telling reporters notice when we land on the ground here in michigan, the trees are the right height. so he is sort of poking fun at himself. and he has been sort of doing that throughout this bus tour or trip, sort of loosening his collar, loosening up with voters and reporters a bit. you can hear the polka music behind me. i'm not sure we'll see mitt romney out in laider hosen later on this morning, but he has been loosening up on the campaign trail but also sticking to the message of the economy. despite the fact that this issue of immigration came up late last friday with the president shifting his policy on deportations, we have not heard mitt romney talk about that throughout this campaign trip, except when asked about it by the press. instead, every step of the way, along with some pretty high profile surrogates, he has stuck with the message of the economy. we can expect him to do that later on this morning. right now, he is just moments away from meeting with a

roundtable of local business leaders and local residents. he's been doing that routinely throughout the campaign. and he says this is a way for him to get ideas on how to get the economy going again. and what he says out on the campaign trail, when he gets out in front of big crowds and the press, he says what he's hearing from voters every step of the way is that small businesses are hurting, and so he wants to do things that will get that going again. get that sector of the economy going again. and that's been a big part of this bus tour that he's been having over the last several days, karlg. carol . >> microsoft's newly unveiled tablet pc is already raising eyebrows. some are calling it an ipad copycat. will they lure people away from apple's ipad? my cut hurt!

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closing arguments could begin as soon as thursday. a new battle between microsoft and apple. microsoft unveiling a direct challenge to the ipad with its surface tab lletablet. microsoft released this video. and the question remains, will this tablet be able to take on the ipad? conan o'brien has a theory. microsoft made a big announcement today when they unveiled their version of -- it was a huge announce the today. they announced their version of the ipad. from microsoft. yeah. the actual announcement was you're probably not going to buy this. [ laughter ] no one is going to buy that thing. >> that's one like aunts and uncles will buy because they don't get it. >> yeah. it's an etch a sketch with a battery. >> ouch. the surf has nearly the same specs with the ipad. no specifics on the price except it will be competitive.

firefighters will get no help from mother nature today. fires have consumed nearly 1,000 acres in los angeles county and nearly 60,000 acres in colorado. more gusty winds today will only fuel the flame. in sports, a fan held onto a foul ball and his drink cup last night. the ball shattered the cup, but you can tell the guy is not broken up about it. he shows off the prize to picture-taking fans. houston wins the game 9-7. the catholic church has accused the obama administration of waging a war on religious freedom. the church is angry because the administration now requires employers to provide insurance to cover birth control despite religious beliefs. it's not a good place for mr. obama to be in an election year. and some say it's not a good place for catholic leaders to be either. the issue is not just about the country, but catholics too. all week we will have a series

called the call for change in the catholic church. zoraida is here this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> you're going to tell us about this growing divide between the vatican and american catholics. >> perhaps it is a growing divide and perhaps it's not. we had an opportunity to visit a church here in new york, and they had a different perspective on the divide. take a listen. st. paul the apostle calls everyone to sunday mass, even people who don't agree with every catholic teaching. >> if they're catholic, they're catholic. if they're not, they're not. >> and so if they are catholic, they should be welcome? >> sure. >> reporter: there's maureen mcgan, who thinks catholic should allow women to be church leaders. >> i liken it a little bit to the united states. i don't agree with everything our country does, but i'm not going to join another country at this point. >> reporter: and megan mckeever, who is a lesbian. >> i could never give up being a

catholic any more than i could give up being a gay woman. i have found a way to reconcile within me. >> reporter: megan focuses on what she loves about a church that adheres to strict doctrines. i want you to tell me the position that the catholic church has on some of these things. i'm going to start with abortion. ok or not ok? >> not ok. >> reporter: what about women in leadership positions? >> the church feels it doesn't have the authority to ordain women. given the tradition going back to the time of jesus. >> reporter: how do you have them be a part of something that has such fundamental differences with the way they live their lives? >> you know, i don't know if those differences are that fundamental. because the question -- >> reporter: these are big issues in the catholic church. >> they're big issues. >> reporter: in the vatican. >> sure. but for people living their lives daily, i think if they really engaged it for their lives, they have understood what

they believe and what the relationship is to these teachings. so they have kind of are at peace with that. >> reporter: mark esposito says the food pantry offers church-goers more than just charity. >> by allowing them to help them live their faith and providing a nonjudgmental atmosphere where they are allowed to explore ministries, whether it's serving the poor, that alleviates a lot of the stress they might feel otherwise in an environment where, you know, there was a focus on dogma. >> reporter: an approach that keeps them coming to catholicism. and there is some research that suggests that catholics are actually more liberal than non-catholics. there is a gallup poll that comparing moral acceptability on issues. and when you look at homosexual relations, 54% of catholics are actually accepting. so, carol, at the ends of the

day, in this particular church, what it seems like with father martinez is that all of the dialogue that happens at the church to make people feel good about who they are and still be catholic is what makes this situation unique. >> zorai rizoraida zammasamboli much. you can send your questions to my facebook page at carolcostello -- that's facebook -- i'm sorry. that's facebook.com/carolcnn. i knew i'd get it right eventually. please send your questions there. ♪

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>> beck's people are fighting back. three years after "glee" was born, they are planning a rival show, a conservative glee featuring hit music and mno sleeping around. he predicts he'll have liberals making out with me. they'll never see it coming. it seems we are born to watch certain shows and buy certain brands. biology, inc., a firm that measures brain responses to brands says that just like the votes in congress, americans' buying habits are often split along party lines. tv shows, democrats like to watch animal planet. republicans click to the history channel. and cars, republicans prefer bmw, democrats jeep. there may be still hope for bipartisanship, though. both democrats and republicans love coke and google. but come on. seriously? the talk back question this morning, are we born to be democrats or republicans?

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adidas, one of the most recognized sports apparel brands, is shelving plans to market sneakers with rubber shackles on them, or what critics call slave shoes. table the high-top sneakers called the js roundhouse mids were expected to go on sale in august, but civil rights leaders say the shoes are insensitive to remind them of slavery. adidas responded saying, that the design of the js roundhouse mid is nothing more than the designer jeremy scott's outrageous take on fashion. it has nothing to do with slavery. we apologize if people are offended by the design. we are withdrawing our plans to make them available in the marketplace. one of them upset by the shoes is reverend jesse jackson. welcome. >> good morning.

i am stunned at the insensitivity. it was a gross insult. we are prepared to engage in a boycott in 50 markets. we contacted adidas yesterday and contacted david stern, who in turn within a few minutes called adidas and had it cancelled. they cancelled it because they got a call from david stern and the threat of a real boycott. >> the fact is that the shoe went from an idea to a concept to an actual product before anyone thought it would be even slightly controversial. what do you make of that? >> i mean, adidas was insensitive. and they went to the whole vetting process. and to conjure up the idea of slavery and to have some african-american ball players is a bit much to take. and so because it is insensitive, and because it reminded me so much of the gold tooth ad that had to be rejected some years ago. but this is a bit far. and of course we wrote them and david stern. and we began to contact ball

players and met ministers around the country that were prepared for really a full-scale rejection of this. >> well, you know, i post a picture of the shoes and the story on my facebook page. and i just want to read you a few comments. this is one comment from lonnie. he says, people wonder why we can't move on from this issue. it's because this person with an addiction to media has to hang onto something like this. he says it's just a pair of ugly shoes. >> well, it's according to what your sensitivity zone is. i mean, the slave cycle -- it's a 246-year experience. connected to jim crow. we are fighting these battles now to make us better. so it's offensive. it may not be offensive to the blogger. it's insensitive to a whole bunch of people. have i begun to contact athletes who likewise are selling these shoes, and they were going to rebel as well. >> well, i think this person was saying, you know, we want to move past all of the stuff. why not just not bother with things like tennis shoes and talk about something really important? >> well, i don't think that you

can ask women to move past issues of women's rights given the gross violations of women. or ask people who are gay oregon native american or jewish. this is insensitive, provocative, and wrong. and therefore it was provoking really, and an outcry across the nation. and immediately they got the message from the people. i think david stern is a man i think who has a great sense of social justice and social conscience. david stern did the right thing. so it would not go into a big deal in the middle of the nba finals. >> adidas has apologized and pulled the shoes from the market. is that enough? >> that's a step in the right direction. remove it from the market. and the next time around, don't make the same mistake again. we have seen these ad agencies push the button and sometimes in marketing and automobiles. sometimes we've seen it in athletics. and we have -- in the markets we have a right to protest.

the right in this case to protest it, and because of our collective action and quickly, it will not go on the market. >> revend jesse jackson, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. arsenio hall gets hired again. he was the big winner on the latest "celebrity apprentice." and he just scored another very familiar gig. what we know about his big return to late night tv. yep. the longer you stay with us, the more you save. and when you switch from another company to us, we even reward you for the time you spent there. genius. yeah, genius. you guys must have your own loyalty program, right? well, we have something.

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arsenio hall is coming back to late night tv. he made the announcement on cnn

"piers morgan tonight" and "show biz tonight." aj hammer is in los angeles with all the juicy details. spill it. >> i ran into arsenio in the hallway here at our bureau, and he was so excited. now i know why he was running around like the best news in the world had just happened to him, and it had. almost 20 years ago is when "the arsenio hall show" went off the air, but it is coming back. the last time he hosted was in 1994. he broke the news to our own piers morgan who he credits with helping him on the comeback. he says filling in for piers helped convince executives he could handle being a host again, and also credited piers sharing some secrets about "celebrity apprentice." both won the show, of course. and arsenio says piers told him read everything he could about donald trump, and that is what helped him win. watch this. >> you have no idea how many times in the boardroom or in a

situation of business crisis i was able to throw a quote of his at him. when you look at donald trump and you say, sir, never sit on the tarmac without a flight plan. be ready. know what you want to do. and he would look at me and say, this brother is ready. and i had my birth certificate too. so i was ready for anything. >> well, we'll see if he is ready to rejoin the crowded late night landscape. it's a syndication deal, meaning you'll have to check your local listings. but were you look at arsenio there? he looks 35 years old. the man is 55. when i saw him in the hallway, i was like, is that you? it's amazing to me. >> he looks so trim. >> yeah. he's in terrific shape. and his excitement at winning "celebrity apprentice" and moving back into the late night venue which he loved so much, he's really pumped up about it.

let's talk about another huge deal, involving mike tyson and spike lee and broadway. weird. >> yeah. it does seem a little weird to some people. this is basically a continuation of the one-man show that tyson put on in vegas. that show did earn him some critical acclaim. and at least it was reportedly a truly unvarnished look at tyson's life. as tyson put it yesterday in new york, he had the crowd mesmerized. he is very up front about his life and what he's doing. as he told reporters yesterday, carol, i'm trying to get paid and get out of debt and stuff. love you all. see you at the show. this isn't just tyson's first appearance on broadway, it is spike lee's first broadway show as well. the show is called "mike tyson kw: undisputed truth." some seats listed at $200. but there's a meet and greet premium package for around $300. so he's trying to earn an honest living. and i give him credit for putting it out there like that. >> aj, thank you.

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47 minutes paf the hour. checking our top stories now, here is a remarkable medical story to share. in miami, a 16-year-old boy is expected to make a full recovery after a steel spear was shot through his brain. somehow, it missed all the major blood vessels. a major shakeup at jcpenney. its marketing and merchandising chief is out, and its chief executive officer will take over those duties. the retailer has struggled lately, posting a 19% drop in same store sales in the beginning of the year as it tried to wean customers off of coupons and discounts. out west, firefighters won't get much help from the weather today. fires have consumed nearly 1,000 acres in san diego county, california, and nearly 60,000 acres in colorado. forecasters predict warmer than normal temperatures and more gusty winds that will only fuel the flames. and a priceless picasso vandalized. cell phone video shows a man using spray paint to deface a picasso at the a museum in

houston. the vandal took off. officials say they can restore the painting. the optimism that egyptians felt with the arab spring has given way to confusion after the country's first presidential vote. m more importantly, there are questions about exactly what powers the new president will wield after moves by military leaders in egypt. robin wright is an expert in the area. welcome. >> good morning. >> so the people of egypt vote mohammed mor irissy in as president. but the egyptian parliament is overseeing the creation of a new constitution that does not sound like a new democracy. so was the revolution a failure? >> well, clearly the military is trying to seize the moment and define the new order. it is not only taking away

legislative powers, but it has as you pointed out announced that it's going to appoint the 100 members to write a new constitution. it also reimposed martial law, and in this interim constitution declared that the military budget and would not be subject supervision by any part of the government. so this is really -- put the military on top of any government structure. and it is -- yes, indeed, begun to unravel the you don't rise. >> military ran the country when mubarak was in power. the people overthrew mubarak. is the country right where it was before? >> pretty close. in some way it is polarization that happened over the last 18 months but particularly over the last month in -- as it played out in this presidential election has deepened and that's a very worrying sign that you have the two very different sides of the spectrum. they are pitted against each

other in what is going to be a competition to put it mildly for power. >> okay. let's talk about the united states and the amount of money it sends to the egyptian military. $1.3 billion. should the united states say, hey, this is no kind of democracy that we recognize? we are going to stop sending you money? >> i expect it won't. i think that there were missed opportunities over the last 18 months to signal to the military that the united states wanted to make sure that the general was not do exactly what they have done. and now i think the -- administration face as real challenge in trying to convince people it dealt with for not just the last 18 months but for decades, what to do, how to push them in a direction that will ensure that the people's will is honored. and the united states, i think, has been a little bit of denial about what is going on and there aren't many great options. it can't simply turn off $1.3

billion to the military without consequences itself. so trying to figure out how to -- balancing act diplomatically is going to be hard now. >> robin wright, thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> talk back on one of the stories of the day. the question this morning -- are we born on to be democrats and republicans? your response is after this.

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good morning to you. thanks for being with us this morning. i'm carol costello. stories we are watching now in the newsroom. take a look at this x-ray. that's a spear three feet long through the brain of a 16-year-old. miraculously the kid survives but how could that be? what will the rest of his life be like? plus, offensive, appalling and insensitive. that's what jesse jackson says about those sneakers saying looks like shackles put on slaves. adidas' response by canceling plans to sell them but was jackson right? or was this just a fashion faux pas? ipad gets another rival. microsoft unveiled its own tablet. surface rubs on a pc, has a touch screen and flips down to have a full keyboard. will it actually give apple a run for its money?

we start with the trial of jerry sandusky. it is moving faster than expected. the judge in the case says closing arguments could get under way thursday. the big questions today, though will jerry sandusky take the stand? one attorney says sandusky hurt his case every time he has spoken publicly. i talked with cnn legal contributor pow cowan. >> will's just one incident after another he has blown tonight terms of public interviews. also, they say he has a histrionic personality disorder which means grandiose gestures, attract attention to himself. if he has this disease, it is going to be a disaster on the witness stand in the hands of a good cross examiner prosecutor. >> yes or no, you are the defense attorney. would have you brought this case to trial? >> well, i would say no given the way the evidence has gone in because this has been such a strong prosecution case. you have to remember one thing. defense attorneys can only plead guilty if they are offered some

sort of a reasonable plea. now, he is facing 20-year felonies and at his age, frankly a conviction even on one count means he will probably die in prison. it is very, very difficult to believe that prosecutors offered him any kind of a deal that would be acceptable. the only reason that i'm surprised he went to trial is he's put his family through the torture of listening to this horrific testimony. but once again, he is presumed innocent and you never know what a jury is going to do. >> new this morning. a student was let out of jail. he was found guilty of spying on his roommate during an intimate encount encounter. the federal immigration authorities have decided not to deport ravi to his native india. no fiercer competitor than roger clemens. clemens showed a rare emotional

side outside of a court house really, all you -- you media guys that know me and followed my career -- >> clemens was found not guilty on all counts on lying to congress about steroid use. joe johns is in washington. joe, jurors sat through eight weeks of testimony and deliberated for ten hours. what was the key to their verdict? >> you know, carol, where do you start? i mean, the first case was a mistrial. in the second case, p star witness, his credibility got dismantled on the stand. the defense was actually able to call the main part of evidence against the baseball player a pile of garbage. and which is sort of -- it sort of was. a bunch of syringes and medical waste stuffed down in a crushed

beer can that this trainer of -- for clemens kept around for seven whole years. so from start to finish, this was the kind of case that was just a real problem for the prosecutors and so it is no surprise, really, that this case was -- basically it trial for some of -- nine weeks and the jury was only out about ten hours or so, carol. >> was this another government whiff? should federal prosecutors not have brought this case? >> you know, that's a very good question. first thing the federal prosecutors will say to you in the politest way possible is this was a referral of a prosecution from a congressional investigation. congress four years ago was holding hearings into steroid use and in baseball and they brought roger clemens up. he spoke at a deposition and then again at a hearing proper, sworn in both times. they said that they thought he

lied. they told the justice department. the justice department prosecuted. for their part, hey, they did basically what they had to do but can still say this case came from congress. >> okay. so what about the court of public opinion? does clemens -- have a shot at the hall of fame, let's say? >> you know, he certainly does. seven-time cy young winner, i think. he has been around for a long time, one of the best-known names in baseball and it is -- true that getting acquitted on these six counts has got to help his case. certainly couldn't hurt. nonetheless he has that stigma, that -- question about whether he actually did take steroids or human growth hormone. that could haunt him for a while. we will see. he could come up as early as next year, actually. his name, along with a bunch of other players. a lot of people don't get in on the first ballot, of course. >> i have to agree with those

people. joe johns, many thanks to you. asian immigrants are now the fastest growing group of immigrants into the united states. you know what? when they get settled they are happier here and make more money than the rest of the population does. deb feyerick is live here with us. the research is surprising. >> it really subpoena a record 18.2 million asian americans in the united states. two of four adults were born abroad and these are people are from dozens of countries in the far east, southeast asia, and indian subcontinent. the shift really occurs over the last decade. in 2005 you see the number of hispanic immigrants dropping. the number of asian immigrants begins to go up sharply. four years later, 2009, asians become the largest immigrant group and that's a trend that continues into 2010. the big differentiator, education levels in this immigrant group. 61% of asian american adults coming to the united states have

at least a bachelor's degree and are more likely than other immigrant groups to be sponsored by an employer for a green card rather than a family member. so take a look at this graphic. we are talking right now about the 25 and older population. 28% of whites, african-americans and hispanics from a college education. asian americans are making more. $66,000 compared to $49,800 for the median u.s. household. that's about a $16,000 difference. so, okay, they are educated and well off and guess what, carol, apparently they are happier than most of the u.s. population. study found that they placed more value than other americans in marriage, parenthood and also success. >> okay. i'm going to make it all political now because it is an election year. so which candidate do they link to? >> this is what's interesting.

the majority of asian americans are really twice as satisfied than other americans. in the general direction of the country. have you about 50% who lean democratic. and when you look more closely, it is -- the folks from india, japan, and china, they are the ones most democratic leaning. there is an emphasis on the part of u.s. asians when you come to america, hard work is really going to lead to success. that's a much more optimistic outlook than had they stayed in their original country. so they bring a very hard work ethic. but they also have the education to back it up, carol. >> deborah feyerick, interesting number force us. we want to show you a story that has us buzz thing morning. you are about to see why. first, a warning. some of you might find the next image a bit disturbing. here it is. it is a steel spear shot through a teenager's skull. but before you reach for that remote, let me give you a reason to stay. today the boy is doing just

fine. the arrow somehow missed the most vital portions of his brain. >> the most important thing is to resist back temptation to pull the thing out. >> it was about one inch above his right eye and straight through. you could feel the tip under his skin. >> his words were amazingly easy to understand. he says he's not having pain. he's worried about the fact he can't use his left side properly. >> doctors say his left side may remain a little clumsy and that should be the only lingering effect for the teenager. he will undergo three to four months of rehab therapy. he was accidentally shot by a friend as they were swimming in a lake. a blistering heat wave rolling across the midwest. it hasn't loosened its grip yet on chicago. high temperatures combined with the smothering humidity make it feel like 100 degrees or more. the miserable conditions compound bid strong winds are chasing people off the streets. >> for the most part, myself and all the other vendors down here are going to be closing down

because it will be too windy. everyone is talking about the heat. 20 to 40-mile-an-hour winds down here. it is hard to do anything in a sand storm. >> higher than normal temperatures and gusty winds also making things toucher. fire crews in northern colorado, more than 58,000 acres of burned fires, 50% contained. at least for now. meteorologist alexandra steele is here with a quick look ahead. i hope the weather continues for them. >> it is a roller coaster for them. at 7:09, summer officially rolls in. these are the high temperatures for today. places like denver, 100 degrees yesterday. today is 95. but anywhere you see that red, carol, that's the axis of the heat. look at boston. wednesday, tomorrow, 101 degrees p they should be at 79. last time they were in the hundreds was last july. not out of the question but from

boston tall way down to washington, d.c., look at that. flirting with the upper 90s to 100s. warmest we have been thus far, pretty apropos, first day of summer. steamy. colorado, too, though, having incredible heat. of course, it is fanning all these flames out there. of course, red flag warnings, fire weather, fire dangers, absolutely high. in terms of the temperatures, you can see today in the 90s. then a bit after cooldown and then those temperatures rise back up again. roller coaster there. roller coaster in the northeast. in the northeast around a lot of the country, cold front moves through friday. that's kind of the end of the heat. >> that's a good thing. >> yes. it will be a quick few days of 95 to 100. >> quick few days of misery and then relief. >> then it is over. >> alexandra, thanks. evangelical voters not flock to mitt romney during the primaries.

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13 minutes past the hour. checking the top stories now. campus of penn state, jerry sandusky's defense team will call witnesses a second day.

not clear if the former football coach will testify in his own trial. the judge in the case says final argument could get under way by thursday. the nationwide average for a gallon of gas dropped to $3.50. that figure from triple-a today. average gas price dropped nearly 20 cents from a month ago. the highest gas prices right now are in hawaii. the lowest is in south carolina. in money news, federal probe expands into toyota power window switches that can overheat and start fires in vehicles. the national highway traffic safety administration says that now includes 2007 to 2009 models. highlander hybrids, rav 4. in sports, boxer floyd merriweather is the world's highest paid athlete over the past year. may weather earned $85 million for two bouts. mayweather knocks tiger woods out of the top spot. woods falls to number three on

the forbes list followed by boxer manny pacquiao. this video gives new meaning to olympic ring. he made a quick detour to propose to his girlfriend in england. the beaming bride-to-be happily accepted before her new fiance continue order his way. the london olympics six off in 38 days. mitt romney is rallying republicans ahead of the november election. but he may not have one influential voting block completely in his corner and that would be the tea party movement. our next guest talks about the growing power of the tea partiers. many of whom consider themselves evangelicals. journalist david brody's book is called "the teavangelicals." david brody is in new york this morning. welcome, david. >> great to be here. >> okay. back a couple of years ago when the tea party began in earnest,

it really wasn't so religious. when did that happen? >> well, i have to tell you, starting in 2010, with these rallies, when i was going around the country, i noticed wait a minute, everybody is praying at that these tea party rallies, they are starting with prayer. they are talking about judeo-christian principles. maybe i should do a few interviews. when i did, i found out that this person is an evangelical and this person a conservative lutheran and this person a conservative methodist. the point is there were tons of conservative christians at that time tea party rally. and the statistics, carol, bear that out. 60% of the tea party are conservative christian. came up with this title. that's exactly what they are. fiscal issues, social issues. >> still, in the beginnings of the tea party, those belonging to the tea party, deliberately stayed away from social issues. now they seem to be embracing them. why? >> i don't know about their embracing them. i think what's going on is the

tea party agenda, s about constitutional limited government and evangelical christians buy into that. that's what's going on. so, you know, evangelical christians are not about just the life issue and marriage issue. it is a very convenient narrative to put certain folks in a box. actually, life issues are important. marriage i shall sue important. guess what, they are joining the tea party not for those issues, they are joining because of many other issues. everything from reducing and eliminating, if you can, the size and scope of government as much as possible. with obama care. i can go down the list. there are a lot of reasons the evangelical christians are joining up with christian. >> mitt romney would love to have tea party support and i think many people assume he does. since he is the presumptive nominee. does he? >> well, he has some support for sure. you know, he is in the high six when it comes to the even gel cal vote. if you talk to anybody within

that evangelical pro-family movement they say mitt romney pretty much needs to get north of 75% to win this election. at least have a shot at win thing election. let me say this, carol. it is not about that number as much as as raw vote total. you know, one of the things that's very important is that groups, tea-vangelical groups, social conservative activists, they have the self-phone numbers, carol, of 13 million even gel cal christians in this country. they are trying to get many of them to sign up and vote. if 3 million of them sign up in 2012, romney can send a thank you card to each and every one because it will probably guarantee him the white house in 2012. >> if they are enthusiastic about him, are they? >> well, that's an unknown at this point. i have to tell you, romney has work to do. good vp pick will be very important. stump speech talking about the fiscal issues along with the

social issues merging both of those together, whether it be -- cutting planned parenthood funding. those type of things would be very important. i have to tell you, there is a story in the book where mitt romney actually has been laying the groundwork with the even gel cal lead areas long time. as far back as 2006. we detail in the book a secret meeting between romney and folks like franklin graham, late jerry falwell was at if meeting. romney, ann romney sat around with these even gel cal leaders in their room, in their living room, ate sandwiches. at the end about a month later sent them all a chair. they sent the even gel cal leaders said they have a chair. you always have a seat at my table. >> one last question. there is a good part of the population out there that they thinks the tea party is poisoning our politics. they are very unchristian-like. why do you suppose that a lot of people believe that about tea

teavangelicals? a couple of reasons. i detail tonight the book in the last chapter where i lay out the challenges. one of the capital evenings is making 2 message mainstream. one thing -- one thing that the teavangelicals have to the a much better job of is explaining why they believe why they believe and why it makes sense. independence in this country are -- independent are very much for term limits. 73% of independents are for term limits. balance they need to sell independents what they are preaching, if you will, and then hopefully they can start winning the argument in this whole circle of debate out there. it is a challenge for sure. and there is quite a few of them out there for them. >> david brody, thank you. it is an interesting book. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks, carol. do you drink starbucks or are you running on dunkin'. that may depend whether you are a blue stater or a red stater.

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republicans? glenn beck is shocked by the gay friendly tv show "glee" and its effects on america's youth. >> i mean, it is -- horrifying some of the things they are teaching high schoolers. but it is brilliantly done. it is brilliantly done. >> sobek's people are fighting back. three years after "glee" was born they are planning a rival show. a conservative "glee" featuring hit music and no sleeping around. beck predicts he will have liberals, quote, making out with me and they will never see it coming. what are the chances of that happening? not much. because it seems we are born to watch certain shows and buy certain brands. a firm that measures brain responses to brands says that just like the votes in congress, americans buying habits are split along party lines. take coffee. democrats like starbucks while republicans run on dunkin'.

republicans click to the history channel. cars, republicans prefer bmw and democrats, jeep. may still be hope for bipartisanship. both democrats and republicans love coke and google. but come on. seriously? are we born to be democrats or republicans? facebo facebook.com/carolcnn. i will read your comments later this hour. they say a picture is worth a thousand words. what do you make of this one? you see president obama and russian president putin in what appears to be face-off. body language is not good. actually, you will see more pictures of putin and obama in our buzz section next. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep?

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to talk about documents relating to the botched firearms sting. there have been calls from several lawmakers from the justice department to release more documents. turning them over that would cite hold with contempt. private security screeners are closer to being a reality in orlando. the tsa has given preliminary approval to orlando sanford international airport and give final approval once the plan is deemed cost effective and ensures traveler safety. screeners employed by private companies are already used at 16 a ports and under the tsa screening partnership program. asian immigrants now the largest group of new immigrants in the united states. those are the results of a new pew research survey. they are also more satisfied with their lives than the general public is. they tend to put more value on marriage and parenthood than other americans. political buzz is your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, smart answers.

replying today robert zimmerman and democratic strategist. presidents obama and putin met for two hours on the sidelines of the g-20 summit. and if body language is any indication, obama, unlike president bush, was not able to get a sense of putin's soul. then again, putin is known for his manly demean wror. here he is on a harley. here he is with a heart -- heart boon gun. on a scale of one to ten, how much should we worry about russia? dana? >> i also love the photo of him in the siberian forest and he just happened to save a gaggle of reporters from opuma. we should always be concerned about vladimir putin. i don't think we should misinterpret our need to kind of be concerned about what russia does. to become involvement in syria. we are still kind of learning

who the opposition forces are in syria. and as bad as things are in syria, i still don't think it necessitates american military involvement. so -- we could be getting into a proxy stand-off as well. there are a lot of things we need to figure out first before we consider that route. >> robert? >> you know, i have to give dana credit. in many ways she is outlining president obama's strategy. unfortunately when you run for president, like with mitt romney, we -- you try to do foreign policy from sound bite and talk radio. when you are president you do it from skillful diplomatic negotiations. russia and china are always going to be factor with syria and, of course, trying to stem iran's growth of nuclear power. we have to keep an eye on that. syria will be impacted. hopefully we can remove assad by bringing in the turks and saudis to play leadership roles there. >> okay. on to question number two. so much to say about president obama's decision to stop deporting young illegal immigrants that graduated from high school or served in the

military. but talk about what mitt romney will do. we could the if we knew. romney seeger to rescind obama care on day one. why not this? robert? >> because the bottom line is that mitt romney doesn't have a plan of action. we saw his rhetoric during the primaries and was against the dream act and advocating self-deportation. reality is whether it is health care in america, whether it is the issue of balancing our budget, whether it is the issue of dealing with the issue of undocumented workers. mitt romney consistently has a lot of rhetoric in talks invade -- talks in vague generalities. he produce ad budget it will increase the deficit more than president obama. >> we moved off the immigration issue. >> on immigration -- >> very much so. >> on immigration, let's be clear. he clearly does not have an agenda because he is a victim of his own rhetoric. >> dana? >> to counter robert's boynt the

budget, at least romney didn't as if budget the majority of his own party voted against. i don't think that mitt romney's taken the bait when it concerns immigration. if the obama administration genuinely cares about immigration they would make it's easier and remove red tape and bureaucracy. we want people to come to the united states and come legally. unfortunately democrats have been playing checkers and instead of actually making it's easier for people to do so. i personally know families that waited over seven years and paid thousands of dollars. we want those families in the united states. it is ridiculous there's so much red tape. and -- focussing on the economy had is what obama needs to do as president as well. >> dana -- >> what's mitt romney's plan? >> on to question three. >> more of your time. you can't occupy cnn. >> you must follow the rules. question number three. glenn beck's war on "glee." >> i mean, it is -- horrifying some of the things they are teaching high schoolers. but it is brilliantly done.

it is brilliantly done. >> and because "glee" is brilliantly done, beck's people are fighting back. three years after it was born they are planning a rival show, conservative "glee" featuring hip music and no sleeping around. so the question, does tv need prime time balance? dana? >> i'm going to be honest. i don't watch "glee" and not because i don't like what's going on in the don't but because i cannot stand musicals. i am so not a fan of musicals. i don't watch them in theater. because, you know, i don't have that suspension of disbelief. nobody would do that in real life. no one is going to sing and dance in real life. no. i think there's a lot of trash on television. for instance, i watched "jersey shore." i watched "big rich texas." i don't know what that says about my character but maybe we should do something about it. >> robert? you are so honest, dana. i love that. >> what it means, you have to come to new york and hang with me in the theater district and see some musicals.

we sing and dance on cue all the time in new york city. the bigger point here -- >> okay. >> as far as glenn beck advocating balance, the only way he will achieve balance is by adjusting his meds. the idea that he's going to produce a show that's going to define hip, hang with me for a moment here -- his definition of hip is bringing in ted nugent to perform or pat boone. the reality is "glee" is a brilliant show that teaches the best values of responsibility and respect and love. i'm a devoted "gleek." >> i appreciate the effort to get knee into musicals. many have tried. >> i'm with dana. i can't stand musicals. sorry, rob zblert thank you. >> thanks for playing today. we appreciate it. arsenio hall gets hired again. he scored another very familiar

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hall is coming back to late night tv and made the announcement on "piers morgan tonight." a.j. hammer is in los angeles with more details. >> good morning. the last time arsenio hosted his late night show was in 1994. it doesn't look like he aged all that much. he broke the news to piers morgan who he credits for helping him come back to the pop culture scene. he let arsenio fill in for him on cnn and gave arsenio good advice about doing "apprentice." he told him to read everything trump ever wrote and that's what helped him win the reality competition. watch this. >> you have no idea how many times in the board room or in the situation of business crisis i was able to throw a quote of

his at him. when you look at donald trump and you say, sir, never sit on the tarmac without a plight plan, be ready. know what you want to do and he would look at me and say -- this brother is ready. and i had my birth certificate, too. i was ready for anything. you told me to do that. >> yeah. you can see how that would work with trump. we will see if he is ready to rejoining the crowded late night landscape. the show is not going to be a network show. it will be syndicated. people are now wondering if we are going to see arsenio's dog pound come back. it does seem so 1990s, doesn't it? he says he will have other animal sound this time around to make it very 2013. >> didn't he get that from cleveland? he is one of my people. >> yeah. it is all -- derivative. isn't it? >> the dog pound, cleveland stadium with the brown -- you know. well, we will just see. let's talk about something else, though. conan o'brien. he is going to have every single

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just about 45 minutes past the hour. checking our top stories now. can not clear if sandusky will testify in his trial. the judge may hear final arguments thursday. a major breakup in jcpenney. chief executive officer will take over duties. retailer struggled lately. posting a 19% drop in same-store sales at the beginning of the

year as it tries to wean customers off of coupons and discounts. in weather news, some people who live in southeastern san diego county are bracing for word on whether their homes are still standing. nearly 1,000-acre fire has already destroyed at least one home and threatens about a dozen others. no word yet on what started the fire on sunday which is now about 75% contained. the u.s. attorney's office is trying to return a stolen dinosaur skeleton to mongolia. the feds say the skeleton was looted from mongolia yeah's desert and brought to the united states illegally in 2010. the skeleton was sold at auction for a million dollars. now prosecutors filed a civil complaint to get it back. one of the great racehorses of all time set records at the kentucky derby in belmont stakes in 1973. some say he set a record at the preakness. today the maryland racing commission holds a hearing to consider requests from the horse's owner that would settle

a decades old controversy. carlos diaz from hln sports is here to talk about this case. >> it has been almost 40 years. a look back. they have instant replay in football and basketball and baseball. little bit in baseball. hockey. now they want instant replay in this certain race. basically what happened in 1973, at the preakness, two timers said that secretariat ran the race in a minute and 53 and two-fifths. but the official time was recorded as a minute 55 and changed to 54 and two-fiths. the reason is such a big deal is because of the change and that means he would have the record for how fast he ran that preakness as well as the record for the kentucky derby that year and also the belmont stakes which means that not only would he have had the -- secretariat would have had the triple crown for that year but would have the record for that year. it is like -- a triple crown

that never goes away. and that's what they are going to be talking about today. whether or not they should use the times from the two independent timers from that race. in the program it still is listed as secretariat ran 1:53 and two-fiths which is the record. it all comes down to who you believe in this situation. >> the actual timer or whoever recorded that. >> or two guys that hold watches and say we both got it at 1:53. they want to look at this sophisticated video system to find out what he really ran the race in, at what time. >> why now? >> it is -- all about history. this year we almost had a triple crown winner. i will have another almost won the triple crown. it is not something that happens a lot. has not happened since 1978. you know, secretariat's only one of 11 horses to ever do it. if they can confirm he ran this race then his triple crown will

be the best out of the other 11. that's why it -- it is significant. >> okay. my bet is on secretariat. >> exactly. >> i think you have a lot of guys today watching video. down the stretch he comes! it happened fo ed 40 years ago m still excited about it. >> microsoft enters the tablet ring. is its surface tablet worth the wait? how will it do against the ipad? people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain.

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microsoft wants to take a big bite out of apple's pie. but is its new tablet a worthy opponent to take on ipad? lot of people are skeptical about surface. >> they are. but you know what? you look at it broadly. since apple came out with the ipad, other tablets, they have had some success. look back at 2010 when the ipad came out, sure, apple dominated

and it still is king. look, the android and other tablets today make up more than a third of the market for tablets. look, there is room in the market for microsoft if the surface can profit self. consumers will have a lot of questions about the surface. no word. no word yet on what it is going to cost. microsoft says that it is comparable to other tablets. that's a wide range. it could mean a couple hundred dollars up to a thousand dollars. another question, is it a better fiscal product than ipad and android tablets? will it be big enough? the server has fewer apps than the ipad but could still grow. what's crucial is it needs a support system, community. something apple had years to build on. >> we will see. what are some of the features? i'm just curious. what are some of the things you can get on the surface that you can't get on the ipad? >> i need to point out microsoft is doing something that it has never done before. it's manufacturing and selling a

windows computer it designed itself and you have to understand microsoft always relied on other companies to make its devices. there are a couple of design features that separate it from most other tablets. the case is actually built in. this is cool and foelth down in a full keyboard. it also has a built-in kind of a stand, kick stand in back. also a usb port on the surface. ipad does not have that. there are a few distinguishing features there. >> wthat's the the one that consumers will say -- hmm -- windows operatinger is business yes. has the brand-new operating system that will be called windows rt and a version of the windows 8 designed just for the surface. you know a lot of people can understand how that operating system works and could be a selling point. >> or not. we will see. >> or not. >> alison kosik. adidas, one of the most recognized sports apparel plan,

postered on adidas peace book page but has been taken down. the sneakers were expect goad on sale in august. i talked with reverend jackson about the sneakers. civil rights leaders are ready to take action against adidas nationwide. >> are we prepared to engage in a boycott, we contacted adidas yesterday. contacted david stern who in turn within a few minutes called adidas and had it canceled -- they canceled because they are going to call for stern and a threat after boycott. >> the fact is the shoe went from an idea to a concept to an actual product before anyone thought it would be even slightly controversial. what do you make of that? >> adidas was insensitive and they -- went through the whole vetting process and conduct or idea of slavery and african-american ball players is a bit much to take.

>> in a statement adidas apologized and said the shoes were a fashion statement and had nothing to do with slavery. are you planning to hit the gym today before you say no and reach for the burger, listen to this. people who work out more make more money. we are not talking about any chump change. the study found employees who exercise more earn about 9% more than those that don't. 9%. however, the doctor who conducted the survey knows that -- noticed more research is needed. we asked to you talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question -- are we born to be democrats or republicans? your responses after a break. [ female announcer ] did you know the average person smiles more than 50 times a day? so brighten your smile a healthy way with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only rinse that makes your teeth two shades whiter and two times stronger.

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we asked to you talk back on one of the stories of the day. question for you this morning, are we born to be democrats or republicans? this from sarah. born to be democrats or republicans? no. socialized to be that way in the united states, absolutely. 3 this from christie. if you are not a liberal at 20 you have no heart. if you are not a conservative by 40 have you no brain. we will see a growing trend as young people get tired of paying for the ideology of liberalism. absolutely absurd. i vote democratic and i watch the animal planet, history channel, and nat geo. what nimrod came up with this study? that's my favorite one today. this from eric. as a soldier my belief is easy. we are born to be americans. please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. thanks as always for your comments. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me today. "newsroom" continues right now with kyra phillips. >> 11:00 on the east coast and 8:00 on the west. the second