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funny and not for the little ones, but it is hysterical. mark wahlberg, thank you and i will be pumping out with the protein later. >> we will send you a bunch more stuff, too. >> these guns are ready. they need the go to work. hysterical. >> we are going send you a bunch more, too. >> these guns really have to work. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is early start weekend. a massive blackout lives millions powerless. a heat wave in the u.s. no air-conditioning and no refrigeration could prove deadly. plus -- >> the devastation is enormous. >> colorado on fire. 17,000 acres burned. more than 300 homes destroyed. now, two dead. we are putting the inferno in
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focus. later, shocking new details in the jerry sandusky case. e-mails reveal the truth about who knew what, when. it is saturday, june 30th. good morning. glad you are with us. i'm randi kaye. with temperatures soaring in greece, new york, tempers are cooling. that is because the four middle school students abusing karen klein, their bus monitor are going to be punished. you remember the video, i'm sure. they enjoyed hurling insults in a steady stream of profanity at this grand mather of eight. one boy said her family would rather kill themselves than live with her. her son took his life a decade ago. the bullying continued for ten
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minutes. the school suspended the students for one year, they have to complete 50 hours of community service with senior citizens, complete a program with bullying, respect and responsibility. some good did come out of it. a man out of toronto was so moved, he set up an online vacation fund for the bus monitor. that fund reached more than $500,000. after my interview with her last week, so many of you commented on what should happen to the boys, the students. now that their punishment has been handed down, was it enough? should their parents do something more? tweet me. severe weather has left millions without power this morning. a line of thunderstorms through mid-atlantic states and the midwest knocked out the power. look at this map. virginia was the hardest hit with 1 million homes left in the
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dark. ohio is close to that many. another day of 100 degree plus temperatures and no air-conditioning. the extreme heat may be responsible for at least three deaths near kansas city. we'll have more on the heat and the power later on in the show. now to colorado and the deadly wildfire near colorado springs, this is the waldo yanon fire. the fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes. thousands more are threatened. president obama traveled to colorado springs to offer his support to the firefighters and the residents. >> the devastation is enormous. our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families who have been affected. one of the things i have tried to emphasize is whether it's fires in colorado or flooding in the northern parts of florida, when natural disasters like this
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america comes together. we all recognize that there but for the grace of god go i we have to have each other's backs. >> president obama promised federal aid to those dealing with the fires. rob is in colorado springs. you have been there much this week. any good news for the firefighters battling the waldo fire this morning? >> reporter: the weather cooperated at times the past couple days. 25% containment. the amount of acreage this fire has burned is not large when you compare it to others that have burned in this state and others. it's 17,000 acres, but as you know, 346 homes completely destroyed. lives turned upside down. this is the most destructive wildfire in colorado history, coming down the front range and into the city limits of colorado springs. an extraordinary event by any
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standards. it's what's frustrating folks trying to get to their homes. even the folks that evacuated and they know their homes have been untouched, we are talking tens of thousands. 20,000 homes that are still what they belief to be threatened. they can't get anywhere near their homes. the folk that is know their homes were destroyed, they can't get near their homes and likely won't be able to see anything until tomorrow. there's an extreme amount of frustration and sadness among the community. if there's any bright spot, the weather, though it's hot, is cooperating more than a few days ago. the firefighters, the ones we talked to, at least, are expressing a little bit of confidence. >> do we know how many people are still in shelters? >> reporter: you know, most people have spread out to
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friends and family. the hotels are certainly booked from here almost all the way to denver. as far as the four main shelters that are open, there's really anywhere from 100 to 250 people that are still living in those shelters. as far as those people and others that are going to get back to even just look at their homes, that's not going to begin until tomorrow. the main areas that were destroyed, the shadow mountain community, specifically, almost every home in that area destroyed. they will be allowed to get on buses tomorrow and drive-through the neighborhood. not allowed to get out, just kind of look. that tour, so to speak, will be up to 3,000 to 4,000 people as well. that's the way they are handling things. they are playing it on the safe side from what we have seen and where the fire is, the fire lines established near the
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residential communities. that's the way they play. this fire, every firefighter told me, this fire has not behaved the way they expect it to behave. caution is the word of the week. >> they are saying mid july, right, before they can get control of this thing? >> well, yeah. to get full containment around this area will take several weeks as with any large fire. the difficult terrain in colorado is always a challenge. the low levels of humidity and the dry soil, moisture, always a challenge as well. regardless of how little wind we get, we rarely get rain this time of year. so, getting help from mother nature is a bit of a pipe dream. they have to do it by hand and by hair. they are doing a lot of air support coming in. c-130s that have been modified just for fire fighting, the entire fleet has been ordered to come here.
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surrounding states have been providing support, surrounding fire departments came in to provide structural protection. it's remarkable when you look. we can't get anywhere close to the fire or the neighborhoods. you have to look at it from afar. you can see the spot fires going out throughout the day, as the sun comes up. what looked to be a fire under control, the heat of the day, boom, the fire explodes. you say hey, it's close to those homes. that's why there's so many fire personnel on the lines. trying to be there in those neighborhoods just in case this fire gets out of control and erratic winds develop and pushes the fire back into residential neighborhoods like we saw on tuesday. it's a terrifying afternoon and evening as tens of thousands of people ran from their homes. remarkably so, to get that many people out of harm's way. it's certainly a success story. this beautiful state, for the most part, on fire.
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that's heart wrenching, too. >> rob, thank you very much for the update from there. to egypt now and the swearing in of morsi. after being sworn in, he'll address the nation. we'll have more on this historic ceremony. peter madoff faces ten years in prison for his part in his brother's $20 billion scheme. he helped cover up the scheme. he was chief compliance officer at the company. bernie year sentence for master minding the fraud. what do you think of the supreme court's decision on health care. check out this gallop poll. it shows the country is split. 46% agree. 46% disagree. we'll have more on the ruling and what it means to your wallet later on in the show. here is a rundown of the other stories.
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the fire in colorado left death and devastation. for four boys and their grandmother, running from a wildfire doesn't compare to what they have she's legally blind. you will never believe what she checked off her bucket list. a frustrated flight attendant yells over the intercom. all caught on video. cnn uncovers the e-mails decidingcy whether or not to report former coach jerry sandusky. aactual person. you don't need to press "0" i'm here. person. reach a person, not a prompt whenever you call chase sapphire.
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♪ colorado's most destructive wildfire destroyed 300 homes and is threatening more. it's not the worst tragedy four young brothers faced. they lost their home this week and they have to restart their lives a second time. jim spellman explains. >> reporter: for fire victim susan and her grandsons, their pain and heart break began long before the flames hit their neighborhood. in the fall of 2010, susan's daughter, kim, the boy's mom died in her sleep. three months later, their father died after a heart attack.
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>> i spent a couple months packing them up and moving them here. sorry. >> reporter: she had four grieving grandsons to take care of. >> it kind of feels like sadness. >> i just miss them so much. >> most of the time, i think why me? but, that's pretty much normal because people that go through that think why me? why does this happen to me? >> reporter: do you ever get an answer to that question? >> no, not really. >> reporter: they managed as best thekds. >> it's been a struggle. been in counseling. we have gone up and down. everyone is doing much better. >> reporter: then the fire came, forcing them to pack up the few things they could and head for safety. >> as we drove, we could see the
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side of the hill exploded. there had to be 40 fires just bam. >> reporter: grandma's house was destroyed. the boys have to start over, yet again. how does this make you feel? >> like a little kid. >> like a little kid, he says. >> reporter: does it feel better when you are sitting with your grandma? they gain strength from each other. what is the most important thing you got? >> my mom and dad's blanket. it makes me feel safer. >> reporter: what would you say to them if you could have them back for one day? >> i love them so much. >> reporter: susan says when she needs strength, she gets it from the boys even when it's hard to make sense of what happened. she's not sure if she will rebuild in their old neighborhood, but they will take it on together. >> you can't walk around feeling
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sorry for yourself. there's a lot of people to consider. if you fall apart, what's going to happen? so, it's like, you know what? we are all together. we are safe. and it's just stuff. and, you know, we can replace it. we'll always have the memories. >> if you would like to help families left homeless by the colorado wildfires, head to cnn.com/impact to find ways to contribute there. if and when you turn 100 years old, it's your chance to do anything you want to do. one woman knew how to celebrate one century of life. plus, if you want to renew your drivers license, you better have air-conditioning in your car. one woman found out the hard way.
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welcome back. checking stories cross country. first to wisconsin where a 100-year-old woman celebrated her birthday throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game. her friends call her tommy. she's legally blind. since she's turning 100, she knew she could do anything she wants. >> he said why are you asking me what to do? do what you want to do. i said okay, i want to throw out the first pitch. i didn't get to be 100 by
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myself. i have had a lot of help. >> tommy grew up playing ball with her six brothers. 130 of her friends and family came to support her. in arizona, police blame a naked carjacking suspect for multiple wrecks. he got into a crash yesterday. he jumped out of his car, started yelling before pulling off his clothes. he climbed on the roof of his car, pulled out the driver and crashed into four more cars. one injured included a pregnant woman. the suspect may have been on drugs. sure looks that way. in san diego, a charity found a diamond studded wedding band among donations. it may have been a mistake. volunteers for the ronald mcdonald house were collecting change and later found the ring. >> it's not a low-cost value ring. someone has nice taste. if someone's lost it, let us know. we need a description of the
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ring. we are happy to return it. we are happy to do that if it's been lost. >> they could benefit from a big donation like that. we all hate standing in long lines to renew our drivers license. what if you made it to the front to be told you can't take the test because your car has no air-conditioning? we have more on what happened to a 94-year-old driver in chicago. >> reporter: a hot day took a chilly turn at the nils s.o.s. >> i used to drive every day. >> reporter: it was renewal day for her. she's 94. >> i walked into the office. i'm here for my road test. >> reporter: she's been driving -- how many years? >> figure it out. >> reporter: all right. she started driving at 14. she's now 94. that's 80 years of driving. never an issue renewing until she was asked --
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>> do you have air-conditioning in the car? i said i do, but it's not working. i never should have said that. my son says you talk too much. she said then come back next week. oh, you have no idea. i could have taken her and -- >> reporter: hold it. hold it. we got wind of the story, called the secretary of state and yes it's true. anytime there's an issue of extreme heat, if there's a determination it's too hot for the driver or examiner, we don't test in those conditions, for anyone. >> to be insulted like that. >> reporter: now she knows it's a rule. she wasn't singled out. >> i suppose it is my fault. >> reporter: and -- >> lesson learned. >> reporter: she's glad. >> i held my tongue. >> that was wvvm brett edwards reporting. we have live pictures from cry row. this is where the first
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democratly elected president, mohamed morsi is being sworn in. this is a very, very big day. certainly, a very important day in the country of egypt. and for all of those who have a relationship with egypt. we'll have more on this later on. a flight attendant loses his cool. you might not believe some of the things he said. we will play it for you and you will hear it for yourself. the , the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com.
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delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet the house is considering a bill to close thousands of offices, slash service and layoff over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. house bill 2309 is not the answer.
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welcome back. if you have ever been stuck on a crowded plane when a flight is delayed, you know it can be miserable. passengers say a flight from new york to north carolina descended into craziness. the flight attendant started, well, talking smack. that's not the worst of it. here is mary snow with more. >> reporter: on a flight delayed for several hours and never got off the ground, an american eagle flight attendant loses his cool, taking it out on passengers. >> i don't want to hear anything. we will not hear anything. once we close the door. so -- if you have balls -- >> if you have balls, is that what he said? >> this is your time. otherwise, you have to fly with jose. >> what's not on the tape,
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passengers describe the flight attendant saying something about this being his last flight. david ables was with his 9-year-old daughter. >> people were shocked. bravely, some people got up and walked out. i wish i could have. i had to get my daughter home to her mother, you know. she was frightened. the kids were crying. >> this guy is doing it. we have multiple people on this aircraft. >> this is what it looked like when the flight attendant confronted passengers after he made the announcement. by then, american eagle flight 4607 was delayed by five hours. it was supposed to go from new york to raleigh, north carolina. rain prevented them from boarding until several hours after the flight was scheduled to leave. the plane had to return back to refuel. >> unfortunately, our hands are tied. we cannot leave until that
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release is obtained. >> passengers deplaned. by the time they got on, things came to a boiling point. police were called. a passenger sitting in first class says it wasn't just the flight attendant to blame, he faults passengers as well. >> i feel some of the passengers overreacted? >> how so? >> i didn't feel a threat coming from him. i felt when he went to the back of the plane, you know, you have to remember, this is one guy against you know, 100 or so. yeah, he by no means chose his words properly. so, he's definitely at fault. i think some of the passengers are also. >> reporter: not something david ables agrees with. >> for any passenger on the plane says it's the passenger's fault, the flight attendant is supposed to reassure everybody
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and calm everybody. do you think he did that? >> reporter: american airlines apologized saying we do not believe the passenger's frustrations were met with the level of service we expect. for that, we are truly sorry. police made no arrests and the flight was canceled. we tried to reach out to the flight attendant. the airline says the incident is under review and doesn't review personnel matters. mary snow, cnn, new york. an update on a bullying story we told you about last week. four middle school students caught on camera have been suspended for one year. they will have to complete 50 hours of community service. you remember the video, i'm sure. the students seem to really enjoy, as far as we could tell, hurling insults and a steady stream of profanity at this grandmother of eight. i went to greece, new york to interview her. take a listen to some of the video posted on youtube.
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>> you decided to -- >> it is pretty unbelievable. we all hope these kids do learn a thing or two from this. does the punishment fit the crime? do you think a year's suspension is enough? some felt they could be expelled for good. tweet me, i'll read your comments later on in the show this morning. what's affecting 100 million americans right now? brutal heat. indoors offers no relief for millions in the midwest. we'll explain. [ male announcer ] every day, the world gets more complex.
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progress in the most destructive fire ever say it's 25% contained. it burned down 350 homes. it killed two people. president obama visited colorado springs yesterday promising federal dollars to help families heft homeless. a nasty combination hitting 4 million homes, power is out with record setting heat coming in. here is a map by the states hit by thunderstorms. virginia and ohio had the most homes impacted. this is the kind of weather that will stop you at the door. much of the nation is baking, quite literally. meteorologist karen is in the severe center this morning. good morning to you. more heat records expected to be broken today, right? >> yeah, the records are going fall. the temperatures are going up. the mercury has been sizzling. i want to show you the record highs we have seen over the last day. we have seen hundreds, if not
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thousands of temperature records that have dropped over the last couple of days. in nashville, tennessee, 109 degrees reported there. look at paducah with 108. more records across the southeast and mid-atlantic. muscle shoals, alabama 107. temperatures in north georgia, extending down into mississippi, alabama, across the mid-atlantic, we are expecting triple digits, once again. look at the forecast for this afternoon in memphis. 103. kansas city, 101. albuquerque, 101 degrees expected there as well. we tallied up how many states are currently under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings and we counted 21 so far. most of those across the eastern sea board extending from missouri to virginia. yesterday, you may have been impacted by the big storms that roared through. it may have knocked the
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temperature down a little bit, but it looks like we'll have to go at least for the next three days before those temperatures come down. take a look at what we are expecting in the forecast. in louisville, for saturday afternoon, 103 degrees expected. gradually dropping down into the 90s. we have pictures of people trying to cool off around the nation. one of those images out of atlanta, georgia. people playing in centennial olympic park. other people, people and dogs and various people trying to cool off somehow but it looks like it's going to be a three to five day event. this is how we do it in the south. this is at the centennial olympic park. yesterday, in atlanta, it -- we thought it was going to max out at 103. unofficially, 104 degrees yesterday afternoon. >> wow. i took a picture when i got in my car yesterday afternoon of the thermometer, it said 112.
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obviously, it had been sitting in the sun. i tweeted that out and got so many responses from people baking across the country. karen, thank you very much. with the supreme court's ruling this week, the affordable care act is rock solid. no end to the mandate or the coverages that have taken effect. it's been two years since the law hit the books. with the supreme court decision, there's talk about how much it will cost us. nicole joins me from new york. good morning. >> good morning. >> a lot of talk centered on the mandate. how much is the penalty for not having health insurance and when does that actually take effect? >> it takes effect in 2014. that's when you are required to have health insurance. it's going to work similarly to car insurance. if you don't have car insurance, you have a fine. if you don't have health insurance in 2014, you get a fine in a tax penalty. each person will pay about $700,
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no more than 2 r$2,000 per fami. it starts at $95 a person then ramp up to $300 before it's fully ramped up around 2016. >> is there a different penalty when it comes to income? >> there are variations. mostly higher income americans will foot most of the bill. americans with more of a juicy health care coverage from their employers. employers will pay the so-called cadillac tax. a lot of people are saying it will encourage employers to opt for the less expensive health insurance plans. that will pad the federal coughers because that is going to cost $1 trillion. >> let's be realistic, the majority of americans have insurance and won't be affected by the mandate, but their costs will go up anyway, right?
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>> right. we are expecting 4 million americans to be affected. it's not like they are round up, corralled and arrested. this is a tax penalty. no tax liens, no bank accounts frozen. it's an irs problem. if there's a cheat, the irs will go after them. >> let's talk about the medicare tax. it will hit the high income households, right? >> americans making more will pay 9% more. if you have capital gains or dividend income, taxed 3.8%. >> is there anything else that is being affected by an extra tax? >> an interesting odd ball one is the tanning tax. you will pay 10% more if you opt for indoor tanning beds. spray tans are not included.
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not that you need that, you are glowing naturally, but, you know, if you want a cheaper way to get sun, hit the beach. >> that's another reason not to go indoor tanning. nicole, thank you. nice to see you this morning. a new era in egyptian politics. it's inauguration frr the first democratly elected president. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day!
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oath, swearing to uphold the law and the constitution and so on. that actual swearing in is short, a minute or so of text that he reads out. we are waiting for word that he's done that, then he's president elect to president. this is all rather unusual doing it at the supreme constitutional court. normally, it's done in front of parliament. the army dissolved parliament, so he's had to compromise and agree to do it at the constitutional court in front of 19 judges. i'm sure he would rather do it in front of parliament. when he spoke here in tahrir square yesterday, he gave the kind of swearing in of oath to the audience. they loved it. today, now, in a few minutes, he'll be doing the real thing in front of a few judges, then he goes to cairo university to make a keynote speech.
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it's where president obama spoke, you'll remember, to the middle east. it was picked because of it's association with egypt. the part of egypt worried about his islamist agenda and where he's going to take the country. >> how influential do you think morsi can be in this country? >> reporter: well, the truth is, a lot of his powers are constrained by a power grab that was put in place by the military a few days before the election result was announced. he can no longer -- they have the power to veto the rising of the constitution, introduce legislation. they still have the powers of defense and foreign policy. his power as president is severely limited. really, to domestic issues. that probably is what he needs to concentrate on, first of all. analysts tell us, it's the economy, as anywhere in the u.s. or anywhere. the economy has been in a dire
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state since the uprising contracting 4.5% in the first quarter of the year and not doing much since. everyone here is hoping he can give them hope that the economy will improve and jobs will come back. tourism will revive as well. >> dan, one thing that struck a chord in something he said yesterday with folks here in the u.s. is his promise to work to release the shake of the islamist convicted after the 1993 world trade center bombing. is there anymore fallout from that? already new york city mayor, michael bloomberg is saying that will never happen. >> reporter: yeah. look, this was a bit of political posturing here in front of an audience, which all muslim brotherhood follow. you are to take the context. you are right. it's going to irritate the
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authorities in the u.s. there's no way this guy is ever going to be released. he's serving life for his planning of several terrorist attacks in new york. what they kind of row back on the party website saying they just want to extradite him to serve out his sentence here, close to his family. it's not going to happen in reality, either. his family was there yesterday. so, you know, perhaps he felt the pressure of his party, faithful. this is an issue they have long campaigned on for the release of all, quote, political prisoners. i think the real politic is, it ain't gonna happen. >> it certainly isn't. a little bit of controversy but it shouldn't take away from this historic day. dan, thank you very much. it is a problem so many people struggle with, their weight. a new drug is about to hit the market to help you shed those unwanted pounds.
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a huge development in the world of medicine. the government signing off on a pill designed to fight obesity. you heard it, a weight loss pill. it tricks your brain when it comes to eating. i'm joined by elizabeth cohen to talk more about this. if you look at the numbers, 42% of american adults projected to be obese by 2030. is this welcome news? will the drug help? >> it is welcome news. it will help but only to a point. let me show you the actual numbers. they tried it out on patient
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that is weigh 200 pounds. 220 pounds, they were obese down to 207 is good. their blood pressure went down and cholesterol. it's not a gigantic weight loss. it's not the magic bullet. if you weigh less, you lose less. >> who is it approved for? >> obese people and people who are overweight but si like have high blood pressure or something like that going on. you are not supposed to take it if you want to lose five pounds to look better in a bikini. there's a chance doctors will prescribe it. >> because they are going to ask for it. this is the first weight loss drug to win fda approval in a decade. >> 13 years. >> that is significant. >> it is. others have tried to get approved and it hasn't worked. you know, obesity drugs don't have a great track record. they haven't done beautifully.
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there's a ton of pills out there for high blood pressure. it's not the case for obesity. they hope this gets on the market, stays on the market. >> is part of the challenge in getting the drug to market part of the concern for safety and side effects? >> to some extent, it's the legacy of fen-phen from the '90s. people got sick off it. doctors want to be careful giving people to drugs. for this, the side effects were headache and nausea. it's not that big of a deal. they only gave it to 7,000 people. when you give it to millions of people, you may see side effects you didn't expect. >> when is it going to be available? >> in the next couple months. maybe the second quarter of next year, somewhere in there. >> thank you. >> thanks. well, former penn state coach jerry sandusky sits behind bars awaiting sentencing.
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new questions raised about who knew what and when in the jerry sandusky case. susan candiotti looks at e-mails exchanged among penn state officials. >> reporter: cnn was given four e-mail exchanges from sources with knowledge of the case raising questions about what penn state knew and when they knew it. the e-mails are between the president, the vice president and athletic director tim
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curley, discussing the now infamous 2001 incident where mike mcqueary saw sandusky sexual aassaulting a boy. the first was february 26, 2001, 16 days after mcqueary reports what he's seen in the shower. paterno testified, it was a sexual nature. by now, mcqueary testified he told athletic director and vp schultz about what he saw, a boy with his hands up against the wall with sandusky behind him. the e-mails don't mention sandusky by name, calling him the suspect and person. in the first exchange, schultz messages curley about a three-part plan to quote, talk with the subject, contacting second mile and contacting the department of welfare, it's an
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agency required by law to investigate suspected abuse. the next night, curley indicates a change of heart. he sends an e-mail to penn state's president and refers to a discussion they had two days earlier about sandusky. curley wants to talk things over with sandusky and work with him before deciding whether to contact child welfare. he refers to coach paterno. did something he said change curley's mind? after giving it more thought and talking it over with joe yesterday, i am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps. i'm having trouble with going to everyone but the person involved. i would be more comfortable meeting with the person and tell him about the information we received and tell him we are aware of the first situation. the first situation he's referring to is a separate shower incident sandusky had with a boy in 1998.
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sandusky was not charged at the time. he was convicted of both incidents at trial. curley plans to tell sandusky, quote, we feel there is a problem and offer professional help. at some point soon, inform his organization. sandusky's second mile. maybe the other one. according to a source with knowledge of the e-mails, he's referring to child welfare. if sandusky is cooperative, curley writes, we would work with him. if not, we do not have a choice and will inform the two groups. two hours later, penn state's president responds and agrees with the approach. quote, i am supportive, he writes and adds this, the only downside for us is if the message isn't heard and acted upon and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it. that can be assessed down the
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road. he calls the plan humane and a reasonable way to proceed. the next day, vp schultz weighs in with an e-mail to the president and athletic director. quote, this is a more humane and up front way to handle this. we will inform his organization with or without his cooperation. we can play by ear to decide about the other organization. another reference the source says to outside authorities. that never happened. authorities say records show suspicions about sandusky in 2001 were never reported to any outside agency. victim five was molested by sandusky in a penn state shower about six months after the mcqueary incident. sandusky later went on to sexually abuse at least three other boys. years later, all testified at trial. >> that was susan candiotti
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