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i'm christine romans. "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. >> happening now in the "newsroom" cover up. three of dzhokhar's buddies in custody. accused of throwing investigators off the trail. minute by minute details emerging. what they knew, what they did also, seattle on edge. may day protests getting violent. >> the crowd surged around several officers on foot. >> teargas, flash bang grenades, bottle rockets. >> i don't like the police we don't need them. >> organizers call it a march against capitalism. an american arrested in north korea. >> kenneth bae in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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>> are you live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning, thank you for being with us. i'm carol costello. boston bombing vest fwa investi our news. the widow of the other suspect is under intensifying scrutiny. katherine russell had a phone call with tamper plan tsavraev after his picture appeared on television but before investigators knew the name of the suspects. two sources telling cnn the nature of that conversation is now under investigation. and authorities want to know why she did not notify police in the meantime. lawyers for the three new suspects say they are fully cooperating with investigators. all three remain in federal custody this morning accused of taking potential evidence from the dorm room of their pal, dzhokhar tsavraev. covering the story from all angles from boston to moscow.
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pamela brown, brian todd, phil black. we'll start with you, pam. give us the latest. bring us up to date. >> reporter: carol, following the three arrests yesterday, the investigation continues to be focused on the widow of tamerlan sfwlar evidence. investigators are very interested in talking to her about her husband's activities, as well as encounters she may have had with him after the attack. two cnn sources familiar with the vastgation say katherine russell, wife of tamerlan tsavraev, spoke with him the night the fbi released photos. what was the nature of the call? what was said, and why didn't she notify authorities? three friends and classmates of dzhokhar are now under arrest. two seen here with the younger sfwl tsavraev on a trip to new york
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city. according to the criminal complaints, when federal authorities released video of the bombing suspects, the three mensah saw it on cnn and immediately thought one of the suspects look like their friend sfwlok ar. one texted that he looks like the guy on tv, he texted back lol. they received another text from him. i'm about to leave, if you need something in my room, take it. according to authorities, azamat tazhayakov never thought they would see their friend again. they find fireworks in a backpack, vaseline, and a laptop. they took the items back to an apartment in new bedford, wrapped it in a garbage bag and put it in a dumpster. the bag with the fireworks is later recovered by investigators
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after a two-day search at a holland fill. unclear if the laptop has been recovered. this exclusive video shows two men being taken into custody at the time on immigration violations. the third man, robel philipos is a u.s. citizen. the three agreed to wave bail. their lawyers say they did not wrong. >> he is just as shocked and horrified by the violence in boston that took place as the rest of the community is. and he did not know that this individual was involved in a bombing. >> my client, azamat tazhayakov, feels horrible and is shocked that someone he knew at the university of massachusetts dartmouth was involved with the boston marathon bombing. he has cooperated fully with authorities and looks forward to the truth coming out. >> reporter: and the criminal complaints, tsavraev allegedly told his two friends, now suspects, that he knew how to make a bomb.
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a month before the marathon. at this point there, is no clear indication that the three suspects knew anything about the plot before the attack, these charges authorities say are only related to what they allegedly new after the boston marathon bombing. carol. >> pamela brown, live in boston. let's talk with brian todd. college buddies accused of destroying key evidence. two drove around in a bmw thatt photographed in times square. tell us more about the suspects. >> carol, they all became friends when they matriculated at u umass dartmouth. became close friends, especially the two kazakh students. according to their lawyer and some accounts on some
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publications, they gravitated toward dzhokhar tsavraev. looked up to him. the attorney for dias katyrbayev told cnn his client at least relied on dzhokhar tsavraev to kind of show him the ropes, his client didn't speak english very well. and he dzhokhar both spoke the same language. the two sfwlaz accident students and sflok ar spoke the same language. dzhokhar was very americanized. helped them assimilate and got them used to things and looked up to him. that could be why they allegedly did some of these things. >> brian todd, live from boston. on to tamerlan tsavraev's wife. she was on the phone with tamerlan on april 18th, three days of the bombing and a day before he was killed during a police shoot-out. investigators want to know what the two talked about. but tamerlan tsavraev's wife,
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how much is she required to divulge? we have cnn's legal analyst. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> spousal privilege. is she required to answer all of the investigator's questions? >> the wife of a criminal department generally gets a spousal privilege and she -- if there is a discussion that happened within the context of the marriage, it's protected. that's what spousal privilege is about. but when the husband dies, the privilege dies also, really only meant to protect an existing marriage. i don't think she will get protection with respect to that privilege ultimately. >> how about the phone call between katherine and her husband on the 18th. if you were her lawyer what would you advise her to do? >> her lawyer is probably sitting down with her, very worried about the fact that she may face charges herself,
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depending on the knowledge of the plot. the currency, the card you have to play with prosecutors is information. and i'm sure that what her lawyer is doing is negotiating with federal authorities to say she can supply information to you, in exchange for immunity from criminal charges. that most likely is what's going on behind the scenes. she has to have good information to get a deal from the feds and that's what we don't know about at this point. what kind of information to trade. >> we are hearing varying levels of cooperation. first she was cooperating, then she wasn't at all, now she sort of is? what does that tell us about her? >> with respect to cooperation this is not at all unusual. the thing goes back and forth. it's an ongoing negotiation. federal authorities don't want to commit to a lenient sentence
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and wind up getting information that's useless to them. a lot of times defense attorneys need a little bit of information to the prosecutors. sometimes they have a session that's actually so-called a queen for a day session, carol. based on an old television show from the 1950s and 1960s, where whoever told the saddest story would get a prize based on clapping by the studio audience. that's prosecutors call these immunity sessions. she comes, immunity for a day, tells her story and then prosecutors say, well, if that information proves to be valid, we're willing to make the following offer. so i'm betting that sort of thing is probably going on in the background. some kind of a queen for a day immunity session. >> paul call an, reporting live. thank you so much. >> nice to be with you, carol. just ahead on the "newsroom," more coverage on boston bombing developments. up next, seattle on edge after a may day demonstration turns into a melee.
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minute. but first, top stories 12 past the hour. in seattle, violence erupted at a may day rally. police used pepper spray and flash bang grenades after protests hurdled bottles and rocks at them. an american man is sentenced to 15 years hard labor in north korea. kenneth bae arrested, accused of committing unspecified acts against the state. he was in korea on a tourist visa the u.s. want him released on humanitarian grounds. a 2-year-old girl accidentally killed by her 5-year-old brother. caroline sparks died after her brother shot her with a ..22-caliber rifle he got for his birthday. >> he just picked it up before he realize. >> he just tried to -- it's
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something you can't prepare for. >> i just know she's in heaven right now, and i know she's in good hands of the lord. >> relatives say the single-shot rifle had a child safety lock and was kept in a safe spot. the gunmaker cricket, markets weapons to children under the slogan, "my first rifle." the calendar says may, but those are snow plows on the road. cars skidding along icy interstate 35 in southern minnesota. parts of the state have seen eight inches of snow. >> turning now to your money. last yore, we earned jobless claims unexpectedly fell to a five here ye five-year low. 324,000 jobless claims, fewest since january 2008. of course this comes before
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tomorrow's big monthly jobs report. christine romans and steven moore from "the wall street journal" edly to why are page. welcome to you both. >> hi. >> this is kind of con fudsing. jobless claims fell, but the jobless report is not expected to be very good, christine. >> yes. i like the jobless claims report and say that you have few every layoffs and jobless claims, the line at the unemployment office getting shorter and fewer layoffs, slowing here. those numbers look good. but not seeing robust hiring, even as you see the layoff numbers get a little better. why aren't we seeing robust hiring? you still have companies who are managing to pull as much as they can out of the customer -- out of the employees they have right now and haven't really felt this urge to higher up yet. so you want to be seeing a couple hundred thousand jobs created to keep up with new people coming into the workfo e workforce, we're just not seeing that.
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the forecast for tomorrow for april, the forecast, 150,000 jobs added. unemployment of 7.6%. the good news, a lot better than europe, where they have 12% unemployment, and throwing out the life raft to keep the economy going. but it's just not -- doesn't feel robust. >> no, it does not feel robust. let's talk about why, steven? does the sequester, forced cuts have anything to do with it? >> look, i am a fan of the sequester. the fact that we have gotten serious, or semi serious about the budget deficit and the enormous debt we have. >> people go through the forced layoffs because the cuts. >> sure, remember, every time you have a dollar that the government doesn't spend, that's a dollar that the private sector can spend, so, look -- >> but it's not. >> look, here is i think my point. we had the huge stimulus by the way, spending over the last few years, that didn't create
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private sector job growth. i'm not a believer that spending creates growth in unemployment. christine is right, two conflicting reports about the jobs. one private sector survey says employment will be -- has actually slowed down this month, and christine is right. the other report showing jobless claims falling, which is a goo thing. you continue to see people drop out of the labor force. and this is really been the kind of hallmark of this recovery. really been unprecedented that even as the economy has improved and picks up, you still have people dropping out of the labor force, and that's really inhibiting growth. >> christine, i want to ask you about the forced cuts. forced spending cuts, sequester. in your mind, do they have anything to do with what might be kind of an eh jobs report tomorrow? >> we'll dig into the numbers to see if you see forced spending
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cuts. but some of the things like the faa furloughs, for example. those aren't job cuts, people just staying home. not getting paid for a day of work. they won't be considered a forced spending cut. less economic activity because of those forced spending cuts. we're still trying to see where that will show up first if that will show up first. no question. i will tell you this. and steven moore's take. what ceos say, washington is thrashing around, getting a head straight about budgets, it makes them less likely to hire because of indecision in washington and sequester-related stuff. you know what i mean? the slowdown because of the sequester and uncertainty of how washington is treating budgetary policy. >> i talk to a lot of employers. they do talk about that, a bigger concern that employers have right now, that i think swamps everything and that is the new health care law. a lot of employers don't understand it, don't know what
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exact it will have on hiring and costs and until that gets sorted out, a lot of employers kind of capping their employment. and don't forget, the new law says once you hire the 50th worker, you have to provide new health care benefits. it's a cap on employment, and the health care law is a bigger deterrent than even the sequester. one other challenge on this point. you look in the 1990s, remember when we had the peace dividend in the cluinton years and prett significant budget cuts, we had robust growth and my point, we can do the sequesters and down size government and see virginia robust private sector hiring. it happened in the 1990s. >> we'll see. we'll be back tomorrow when the jobs report comes out. >> well, you know me, like to be a little suspect of everything.
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fascinating, exclusive video to show you now. two of the three friends of the boston bombing suspects, dzhokhar tsavraev. the students now face federal charges for destroying evidence. on friday, april 19th, authorities initially believed the surviving boston bombing suspect was in a new bedford, massachusetts, apartment with two friends. a s.w.a.t. team descended on the apartment complex. watch. >> oh, my god. see his hands. >> shh. >> put your hands up and no one will get hurt. >> after authorities realized dzhokhar was not in the apartment, they took his friends into custody.
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jorge, a neighbor, appeared on "starting point" to talk about the arrests what he he knew about the students. >> for this to happen, i mean, 40, 50 s.w.a.t. people and police and state police and everything to show up on your doorstep, rifles trained, you know, with a storm moving in, a literal storm, it really was one of the scariest moments of my life. >> how well did you know those guys? >> kind of a hi/bye situation. after talking to some of the neighbors nearby, i was informed that they were party animals, so i never knew that. they seemed like nice kids to me, cordial when i saw them. >> we're also learning more about what the younger bombing suspect and others were doing the days following the boston bombings, including text messages, dzhokhar tsavraev sent to his friends after they told
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him he looked like the bombing suspect. dzhokhar's response was lol. and saying you better not text me. and joe johns has more for you. >> reporter: an fbi affidavit said the two men from kazakhstan had the first hint of what was coming in a conversation with dzhokhar tsavraev about a month before the marathon, when dzhokhar explained that he knew how to milwaukeeake a bomb. two days before the photos released, katyrbayev meets up with tsavraev and says he appears to have given himself a short haircut. then they started to freak out because it became clear from a cnn report we were watching that jahar was one of the boston bombers. this was the evening of april 18th. they reached out to dzhokhar and told him he looked like the suspect on television. tsavraev's return texts
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contained lol and other things that katyrbayevsaw as jokes. including you better not text me and go to my room and take whatever you want. they want to his dorm room on the umass campus, andcater bay yef located a backpack that contained to be an empty tube for fireworks and a jar of vaseline. he decided to remove the backpack to help his friend avoid trouble and took the vaseline and laptop as well. they collectively decided to throw the backpack and fireworks into the trash. and then the next day, they saw a garbage truck come to empty the dumpster where it had been discarded. when phillipos was investigated, he initially said he didn't remember going to the dormitory
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room and changed his story, saying he didn't remember going there with the other two men, denying they had entered the room at all. and it apparently wasn't until a fourth interview on april 26th when philipos eventually confessed he had lied during previous interviews. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> up next in the "newsroom" one of the three new suspects in the bombing case went to high school with dzhokhar. and a young man who knows both of them. we'll be right back. but i wondered what a customer thought? describe the first time you met. you brought the flex in... as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, it was fixed correctly i have confidence knowing that if i take to ford it's going to be done correctly with the right parts and the right people. get a free brake inspection and brake pads installed for just 49.95 after rebates when you use the ford service credit card. did you tell him to say all of that? no, he's right though...
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before they were able to identify him. two sources tell cnn authorities want to know what that conversation was about and why katherine russell did not notify police. in the meantime, lawyers for the three new suspects say they are fully cooperating with investigators. all three remain in federal custody this morning accused of taking potential evidence from the dorm room of their pal, dzhokhar tsavraev. dzhokhar met two of the suspects while they were in college. but the accused bomber's friend goes all the way back to high school. he's only 19, so not that far back. ashl ashl ashleigh banfield is in boston. >> reporter: these kids went to high school in cambridge, called
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ca cambridge ri in everybody ngein school, if you lock in the year book, they are seated next to each other. the graduating portrait of robel phillipos as well. and the class graduating portrait of dzhokhar tsavraev as well. what does that tell us? we met a classmate that knew both of them, wasn't entirely sure they were close or very friendly. he played basketball with robel phillipos, fun guy, easy going guy, talked smack on the basketball court, but didn't know him beyond that. and dzhokhar, had gym class with him, nice guy, but couldn't go beyond that. what do we know about phillipos? he followed him to umass, they were friends there, and james turney had this to say about the
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kind of person he believes phillipos to be and what he could be capable of. >> this doesn't make sense, robel doesn't have anything to do with this or what happened. i don't see why he's been arrested. >> you think he would lie to cover for the czar evidence brothers? >> i don't think so. >> you don't think so. >> any political agenda? this was all about what we're here. muslim and u.s. thing. what? >> we're both christians. he doesn't have any anti-american thing about him. neither did dzhokhar. >> and robel phillipos among the one american among the three charged yesterday. a young guy. we're trying to learn a mott lore about, and online he certainly had some activity. a web video that looks like a class project, answering
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questions about a famous philanthropist entrepreneur. he is answering questions on what seems like a project. >> i grew up in a very mild-mannered way of living. wasn't too poor, wasn't too rich. just average guy. but i have experienced so much, on africa. i have seen, you know, hell and back. i have seen poor people and i can see myself giving a lot of money, not only money, but trying to make a difference, not just throwing money at a poor guy saying here, do something with it. i want him or her to go, you know, open doors for them. >> so he mentions in this project that he has sort of seen the depths of hell.
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let me tell you this. the charge he's facing is more serious than the other two are facing in terms of sentencing, because lying to federal investigators in a terrorism investigation, can carry a maximum of eight years in federal prison. and those sentences in federal prison are almost to the day. you don't get time off for good behavior. plus a $250,000 fine. the other two who are facing those charges, the charges of obstruction, obstruction of justice. those carry penalties of up to five years and the same financial penalty of $250,000. no matter what, extraordinarily serious given the nature of the crimes that were alleged to have preceded these crimes. >> what's puzzling to me is that dzhokhar, allegedly reached out to his college buddies and a buddy in high school, and not to some organized terrorism group, to clean up the mess he left behind. >> if you read the complaint,
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and i really encourage people to read the complaint. it's public information. there is a lot missing, and i have to be honest with you. perhaps some of the most important things missing out of the complaint, in the ar davit, they don't say what happened to the laptop. these three kids were alleged to have gone to dzhokhar's dorm room and got the backpack with the emptied out fireworks. the backpack could be an absolute trove of information. and we're not being told in the complaint whatever became of the laptop. they found the backpack at the landfill. what about the laptop? there is a lot more to come as well. there are some dots that aren't connected in terms of when the feds got certain information, when they talked to kids and what the outcome could have been. i want to correct something that was said on the air by a guest on cnn. and that was the alleged lie by robel phillipos, had he not
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allegedly told the lie, perhaps the life of an m.i.t. officer could be compared. we have read that through the complaint again and again. i don't believe that to possibly be true. the first series of alleged lies are after the death of the officers. that's very important. we look at the severity and potential sentencing of that lying to investigators in a terrorism charge. >> ashleigh banfield. thank you. >> sure. an american sentenced to 15 years hard labor in a north korean prison. sentenced to hard labor. we'll take you there, next. the m is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. and that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach.
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good morning. i'm carol costello, more boston coverage in a moment. first, a check of other stories. 40 minutes past. police in michigan are looking for a man who looks like the guy in this sketch. a man between 30 and 40 years of age may have abducted jessica heeringa. they believe the suspect was driving this minivan.
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heeringa was working alone at a gas station in norton shores when she disappeared. the store had no surveillance cameras. a mother of two from pennsylvania has been found alive in key largo, florida. brenda heist last seen in pennsylvania in february 2002. she was worried about financial issues and an impending divorce when she left her family behind many. >> pretty much at the end of her rope down there. living on the streets. i mean, i think she just has had it. her health wasn't good. and she was tired of running. >> what a shock. what a shock. i'm glad she's alive. >> detectives say heist spent years sleeping your honunder brd in tents and eating food out of fast food dumpsters. a potential case of human trafficking at the virginia home
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of a saudi diplomat. the probe involves two women from the philippines who's claim they were mistreated. they were removed from the home by federal agents. the saudi arabian embassy has not responded to request for comment. an american has been sentenced to 15 years hard labor in north korea. kenneth bae was in north korea on a tourist visa, and the united states said he should be leased on humanitarian grounds. but he has been sentenced to prison and hard labor. i'm joined by dan rivers in seoul, south korea. before you begin what exactly do we mean by hard labor? >> hard labor is really hard in these north korean prison camps. breaking rocks, quarrying stone for months and months on en. this is where temperatures get seriously subzero for many, many long months.
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it's a brutally harsh regime. in terms of kenneth bae's case, it has taken them six months to put this american citizen on trial, but the trial itself only lasted two days. he was sentenced the very same day by the same court, the supreme court, to 15 months of that hard labor without any right of appeal. it appears kenneth bae may be a bargaining chip for north korea in its ever higher games stakes of bripgsmanship. there is curiously little information about kenneth bae online. just this facebook page started by friends to campaign for his release from the secret iive regime. the official news agency claiming "his crimes were proved by evidence." a possible reference to material reportedly found on a hard drive, one of bae's friends
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suggesting it may have been as innocuous as photos of orphans begging. he's now a bargaining chip for new leader kim jong-un. >> north korea looks at any u.s. citizen as a mere asset. a commodity that can be traded in the open market, and so kenneth bae, at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: and bae is not the first. scenes like this are becoming all too family. cue emotional captives reunited with their families, accompanied by high-profile politician this was 2009. journalist laura ling and euna lee. former president bill clinton takes the president. a year later, jimmy carter with another relieved american. kenneth bae is the sixth american at the wrong place at the wrong time and the north corey ykoreans may be holding oa high-profile visitor before
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giving him up. they want to enter one-on-one talks with the united states to gain concessions and get an end to punitive sanctions. they may see kenneth bae as the perfect way to achieve that aim. with the announcement of their third successful nuclear test in february, the stakes couldn't be higher. north korea even threatened a preemptive nuclear strike during south korean/u.s. war games last month. those maneuvers are over, but it seems the brinksmanship is not. >> well, the u.s. hasn't got any diplomatic presence inside north korea, of course. swedish diplomats act on their behalf and they have visited kenneth bae last friday. but unlike the other cases -- high-profile cases in recent years, he was in korea with a valid visa. he's a tour guide. goes in all the time. that makes this case all the
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more convertiblquestionable. >> thank you so much, dan rivers reporting live from seoul, south korea. in the wake of the deadly factory collapse in bangladesh, shoppers have a special message to retailers, shame on you. chris too romans what are they saying on line? >> shame on you to the retailers sourcing product from bangladesh. a fast-growing supplier for many major retail brands. 4,500 different garment factories in bangladesh. set to surpass china as the biggest garment producer in the world. and guess what? the conditions aren't great. the pay is very, very low. 98% of our clothes made overseas, 2% here. the kinds of brands we are seeing, everything from walmart to the children's place to h & m. you look in your closet, you will see a label.
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a label that has store's products from bangladesh. china, vietnam, bangladesh. the very factory where 400 people were killed, at one time or another has made clothes for benetton, for joe fresh, made clothes for the children's place. and so online what you are hearing, are you hearing shoppers saying shame on you to those companies for sourcing there. and just -- just in february we had two other factory fires where people were killed as well. a lot of household name brands. what we haven't seen, carol. is american consumers put their hands back in their pocket, their wallets back in their pocket. they continue to buy the stuff. >> that's the only way you will change retailers and where they buy their clothes if shoppers don't buy the clothes. >> you are right. is we've seen again and again, shoppers in america choose cheap over everything else. when you look at -- this is why companies run to these places. they can make them very cheat.
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sell them very cheat there. and there is this disconnect. people see the pictures of what's happening in bangladesh. people pulled out of the rubble. they don't think there is a connection between that rubble and the happeningers in their own closet. american consumers rarely make the connection, some online starting to do that. hundreds of people online starting to blog and tweet about that connection and say we need to take a good, hard look at ourselves and consumer behavior here. >> christine romans live from new york. >> you're welcome. still ahead, the boston bombing investigation is raising a lot of questions about the nation's student visa process. why one u.s. official says bells should have gone off when a friend of dzhokhar tsavraev tried to get in the country earlier this year. [ male announcer ] this is bob,
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visas and one of the students had already flurgeged out of college. what does this tell you about our student visa system and what remains wrong with it? >> one thing you can see about the student visa programs and the analysis of it is that since 9/11 there has been increased scrutiny on who comes into the country on a student visa and what happens with them. the problem is there are so many moving pieces and how do you know which ones are responsible and tied to what happened and which ones weren't. in this case, the focus has to remain on the people who committed the crime itself and the individual being charged with the bombing. yes, you can say there should have been somebody kept out. in a perfect world that would have been the case. we are still an open society. it is hard to condemn this without knowing all of the facts. >> for one of these suspects,
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isn't supposed to notify border protection about his student status is terminated? >> that's determined on a case by case basis and probably that's the case. that doesn't necessarily mean this crime would have been prevented. that's what i mean about being distracted by that kind of detail. >> but you would think about 9/11, like these problems, these holes, would be filled so to speak and we wouldn't continue to have these problems, at least that was the hope. >> what you're going to find out is as you get to more details scrutiny of the facts, there will be more holes. the question is are they big holes or little holes. this case is about an act of terrorism that happened on u.s.
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soil. while there may be improvements in the student visa system as a result, it is a complex narrative. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. we're hearing this morning from the father of one of those students accused of lying to police. what's the father saying? >> reporter: well, he spoke to local tv network. he gave this interview after his son has been questioned by u.s. authorities, but before he had been arrested and charged. his describes his son as hard working and accomplished academically and someone through his own initiative chose to attend college in the united states. he had something to say about
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the bmw license plate. >> translator: in connection with the arrest of tsarnaev, my son was friends with him on their halls of residence. within 12 hours they released them. the next day immigration police detained them for violating their visas. he missed a couple or several classes. i can say my student finished school with good grades. when he saw help was needed, he always accommodated. he had taken exams in the summer. it is true he went twice and he passed the second time. a few months ago, they bought a car with a friend. there is no truth that it was stolen or robbed. in america they don't put front
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license plates on. this was a gift from their spanish friends. it is an unusual gag, a joke, which is at the moment being turned into something dramatic. i understand there are two options right now, either they'll be deported or proved innocent. an american court will make the decision. >> reporter: carol, at the time he made those statements the father of dias kadyrbayev said he was very willing, happy to help and cooperate with the u.s. investigation. >> why is terrorist a number one funny? >> reporter: the father himself didn't give any indication of that except it was a gift from friends and supposed to be a gag. it is only under the circumstances it has gone public, if you like.
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happening now in the "newsroom," a laptop, fireworks and vaseline, a new arrest in boston. dzhokhar tsarnaev's friends hid evidence. and a message from dzhokhar tsarnaev to his buddies who suspected he was involved in the bombing. dzhokhar's texing and laughing out loud. an american sentenced to 15 years hard labor. eating healthy cost a fortune. as much as $300 a week for a
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family of four. you're live in the "cnn newsroom". good morning. thanks so much for being with me. the boston bombing investigation tops our news right now. three college buddies of one suspect are in jail and the widow of the other suspect is under scrutiny. katherine russell has a phone call with her husband, tamerlan tsarnaev, after his picture appeared on television, but before the investigators knew the names of the suspect. the nature of that conversation is now under investigation. lawyers for the three new suspects say they are fully cooperating with investigators. all three remain in federal custody this morning, accused of taking potential evidence from the dorm room of their pal
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dzhokhar tsarnaev. pamela brown starts off of our coverage. >> reporter: two cnn sources say katherine russell, the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev, spoke with her husband the night the fbi released video of him. authorities questioning russell trying to determine the nature of that call, what was said and why she didn't notify authorities. this has three friends and classmates of dzhokhar tsarnaev under arrest. they were accused of obstructing justice and the third man accused of lying to authorities. the three men saw the video on cnn and immediately thought one of the suspects looked like their friend dzhokhar.
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approximate accu if you need something in my room, take it. according to authorities, azamat tazhayakov never thought he'd see his friend alive again. they found a laptop and a backpack emptied out of fireworks. the complaints say the men took the items back to an apartment, wrapped it a garbage bag and put it in a dumpster. this cnn exclusive video shows two of the men being taken into the custody at the time on immigration violations. the third man robel phillipos is a u.s. citizen. at court hearing on wednesday, the three agreed to waive bail.
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>> he is just as shocked and horrified by the violence in boston as the rest of the community is. he did not know this individual was involved in a bombing. >> my client is horrified to know someone he knew was involved in the boston marathon bombing. he has cooperated fully with authorities and looks forward to the truth coming out. >> reporter: according to the criminal complaint, tsarnaev talked to his two friends one month before the marathon telling them he knew how the make a bomb. there's no clear indication that these suspects knew anything about a plot before the attack. authorities say the charges they are facing are only related to what they may have done and known after the attack. >> so many questions remain. we're learning more about what the younger bombing suspect
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and his friends were doing in the days following. that includes text messages that dzhokhar tsarnaev sent. you saw his response, lol followed by another one saying, you better not text me. joe johns has more on that side of the story. >> reporter: an fbi affidavit says the two men from kazakhstan got the first hint of what was coming about a month before the marathon. dzhokhar complained he knew how to make a bomb. he noticed he, quote, appeared to have given himself a short haircut. according to the third suspect, robel phillipos, full realization of what was going on kicked in when they started to freak out because it clear from a cnn report we were watching
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that dzhokhar was one of the bombers. they told him he looked like the suspect on television. tsarnaev's return text said lol and you better not text me. come to my room and take whatever you want. between 6:00 and 7:00 that night they want to tsarnaev's dormitory room on the dartmouth campus. they located a backpack that contained an empty out cardboard tube, a jar of vaseline. they decided to remove the backpack from the room and took the vaseline and laptop as well. they collectively decided to throw the backpack and fireworks into the trash. the next day they saw a garbage
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truck come to their apartment to empty a dumpster. when authorities interviewed robel phillipos, he said he didn't remember going to the dorm room. it wasn't until a fourth interview on april 26th, when he confessed he had lied to agents during his previous interviews. >> hi joe. >> hey, carol. >> these three men are behind bars this morning. will there be further arrests and will these suspects remain in jail until trial? >> well, the second question first. i can tell you the two men from kazakhstan may have a real problem getting out. not only do they have these
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federal charges they're facing, there's also an immigration issue. in all likelihood they'll be detained even if they're able to work out something for release. we're told this investigation is continuing and very difficult to say where it will lead, but i think the fbi is a long way from finishing on this, carol. we have a lot of questions about that phone call that took place between katherine russell and her husband tamerlan tsarnaev the night the fbi released his photo. morning, tim. >> morning. >> before we get into the phone call between dzhokhar tsarnaev reaching out to his buddies to hide evidence. what does this tell you about
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the plot? >> you have to realize that's not the only crime that occurred. after these three individuals hid this backpack and the vaseline and the laptop, an m.i.t. police officer was killed, another police officer was gravely wounded, and half a dozen ieds were used in an encounter with police. it is possible that if they came forward to advise police about dzhokhar tsarnaev, it may have prevented the deaths of other people. they're involved in further crimes. >> i was asking you in light of -- you would think he would reach out to his terrorist buddy, not college buddies. >> well, the support structure he may have had may have been such they provided support prior
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to the bombing. that support may have been cut off when they said, if you're going to do something, don't talk to us. they reached out to him first. he is still trying to lay low at this point. he's still trying to hide. it is only because of the carjacking escape that police were on to him. if these individuals came forward about their suspicions of dzhokhar being the bomber, it may have been diverted that. >> let's turn our attention to the phone call. you said if katherine russell does not divulge the contents of this phone call, the fbi had other methods of finding out what was said. what did you mean by that? >> we have assets in the federal
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government. there's lots of assets throughout the intelligence community. those assets allow us to gain information intelligence on things we can't use ordinarily in a criminal investigation, but are used for counterterrorism investigations. >> what are you talk about exactly? >> there's a way to look another digital communications in the past. i don't go into detail of how that's done. i can tell you no digital communication is secure. the conversation will be known. it is a question of whether or not katherine russell decides to open up to what was said prior to that information being known or after the fact. it will be unfortunate for her if she doesn't own up to it
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before. >> we got to wrap this up. thank you very much. president obama is coming on. he has some new cabinet members to announce. let's listen. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. please have a seat. my top priority as president is to grow the economy, create good middle class jobs, make sure the next generation prospers. in a few minutes i'll be departing to white house for a trip that will promote that priority. first i'm going to visit mexico, then i'll be visiting costa rica. in both instances i'm going to be working to deepen our economic and trade relationships
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across latin america. it offers our business growing markets where they can sell homemade goods and services abroad. i am proud to announce i'll be nominating twoout standing individuals to my cabinet that will be focusing on these issues. during the last four years, i have task -- doubling our exports and services. ron kirk along with his outstanding team has stood up for free trade and american workers and businesses around the world. he's finalized trade deals with
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kl columbia. meanwhile, the department of commerce, becky blank has led our efforts to promote travel and tourism. it's a big portfolio. so i could not be more thankful that ron and to becky for their outstanding service. [ applause ] >> ron couldn't be here today, but many members of his team are here and we are so thankful to them. becky, thank you. becky is going to be taking on a pretty big job, making sure those badgers behave in wisconsin. we know she's going to be
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extraordinary leading that institution. as i said in my state of the union address, when it comes to growing our economy and our middle class, we should focus on three things. number one, make sure america is a magnet for good jobs. number two, helping workers earn the skills to get those jobs, and number three, their hard work leads to a decent living. first i'm nominating penny to serve as my secretary of commerce. penny is one of our country's most distinguished business leaders. she's got more than 25 years experience in real estate, finance, and hospitality. she's built companies from the ground up. she knows from experience that no government program along can
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take the place of an entrepreneur. she is going to make america a magnet for good jobs. penny understands just as great companies strengthen the communities around them -- she's been an extraordinary civic leader in chicago. she's served as a member of my jobs counsel. she was the driving force for a program that brings together companies and community colleges to shape and prepare, you know, skills based training programs for workers that are tied into the businesses that potentially will hire them. so she's got extraordinary experience and in case i haven't embarrassed her enough. she has a wonderful family and today is her birthday.
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happy birthday, penny. [ applause ] >> for your birthday present, you get to go through confirmation. [ laughter ] >> it is going to be great. [ laughter ] >> meanwhile, over two decades in both the public and private sector, mike froman who i'm nominating to serve as my u.s. trade representative. has established himself as one of the world's foremost experts on the global economy. we went to law school together. he was smarter than me then and he continues to be smarter than me now. he's been my point person at the g 8. he's been the driving force oftentimes in organizing these,
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you know, incredible international summits in which huge amount of businesses get done. he's been a key negotiator on those trade agreements with south korea and panama. he's won the respect of our trading partners around the world. he's won a reputation of being an extraordinarily tough negotiator. he does not rest until he's delivered the best possible deal. he's fought to make sure the countries that break the rules are held accountable. our workers are the most competitive in the world. they deserve a level playing field. mike is going to continue to fight for that level playing field in his new role as he helped to move forward trade negotiations with the asia pacific region and europe.
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i think some of you have gathered i've had a chance to get to know penny and mike not only as professionals, but also as friends. >> we're going to jump out the president obama announcing his nominations. don lothian is standing by live at the white house. christine romans is here with us. both of these people, friends of the president, right? >> they are. i think you have seen the president very comfortable appointing people to cabinet positions who he has a long relationship with. penny going back to his days in chicago. she was born in chicago. and she was part of the
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preside president's -- this is someone who the president is very comfortable with. mike froman is someone he has known since he was a young man in law school. they were classmates together. he's been there with the president when it comes to these tough issues. the g 20 and g 8 as well. president obama rounding out the cabinet positions with people he thinks are best for the job and people he knows on a personal level. >> tell us how these two will affect the economy if they're confirmed. >> you're the person who is the point person around the world for the president.
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mike froman is the one who did all the work before you get there. he is someone who is known around the world for his work. this is the guy who is the administration's brain on things like sitting down with 20 nations. penny is an interesting pick for commerce secretary. her family founded the high yat hotel chain. she is a billionaire. she is very well-known outside of chicago. she is someone has run afoul of the line of unions every now and then. she also was on the chicago school board i think. there could be a bit of opposition from the unions, not clear yet. she is someone who has worked in so many different fields of management. incredibly wealthy and well-
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well-regarded. as a pick for commerce secretary, it does show this is a president going back to people who helped him starting back all the way in 2008. >> many thanks to both of you. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be back with much more. ♪ even superheroes need superheroes, and some superheroes need complete and balanced meals with 23 vitamins and minerals. purina dog chow.
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. anti-muslim sentiments possibly fueled by the boston bombing terrorist attack, may have led to this cab driver coming under attack. he's an iraq war veteran. watch how a passenger treated him after he picked him up at a virginia country club. >> do you think it was right for this -- >> i'm going to call you right now. i'm going to call you to the police [ bleep ] okay. whatever you're saying is recorded. you punching me. >> do you think it was proper for the united states -- >> now you're punching me, right? you're punching me, right?
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quit punching me. >> [ bleep ]. >> wow. that's just a part of this 11-minute video. what else is in this video? >> it is so bizarre. from what we've been able to listen to the video that mr. sa leem took on his cell phone, this passenger's name is ed. he wanted to cab driver to renounce the perpetrators of 9/11. he called the cab driver of jihadist views. according to mr. sa leem, the passenger threatened to kill him and broke his jaw in this
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altercation. there's all this hustle and bustle back and forth. these a this is video of mr. sa leem at a press conference yesterday. take a listen to what he told wolf blitzer. >> if this wasn't -- sir, i'm not a terrorist. i'm a u.s. citizen. i'm a u.s. army reserve. i served the country. i sacrificed my life. i, myself, i was fighting the terrorists. i'm against violence. i'm not a terrorist. i'm not jihadist. i'm american like you. >> he's not a terrorist. he's an american just like the rest of us.
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some of that was heard on the videotape. it is addressing this passenger yesterday. >> this passenger, have any charges been filed and what's his side of the story? >> we have a statement from the lawyer for the passenger. i'm going to read it to you. his comments were regretful and he apologizes to anyone who found them offensive. anyone who listens to the entire conversation and hear it is entire tape hears that most of the conversation has a friendly tone. it got heated as the discussion turned to jihad and 9/11. like many americans 9/11 had a
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profound affect on him. he closes by saying there was no subsequent interaction between the two beyond what was captured on the tape. further he did not assault mr. sa leem at any time, nor did he get violent in any way. coming up next, wild fires burning in southern california. a live report for your next. uh-huh. honey, i got this. we got this, right?
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>> this is the only home. firefighters say that is good news. because of the dry weather, the lack of precipitation this year, that's really a dangerous combination for what's going to be their anticipating a very difficult fire season. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with ground beef, onions and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care, for you or your family.
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back to boston. the latest on the bomb investigation. con founding information revealed in court documents. they find fireworks in a backpack in dzhokhar tsarnaev's dorm room after the attack. he told his friends a month before the boston marathon he knew how to make a bomb. he did not ask any terrorist organization to cover his tracks. he allegedly asked his college buddies to do that. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> what do these latest clues tell you about this case?
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>> it is more a civics lesson than anything else. the three friends that have been arraigned and are in custody. the civics take away is you don't do that, particularly if you know there's been a bombing, particularly if you think he's been the suspect. whether or not you know he's been accused of the crime. they obstructed justice. we'll see if it is handed out in court. >> robel phillipos is charged with lying to federal investigators and that's something you certainly do not do. >> exactly. it is still part of covering up a crime. in this case it is a rather heinous crime. >> i want to talk a little bit about dzhokhar tsarnaev's response when one of his friends texted him that he looked an awful lot like the bombing suspect. he texted back lol, empty my
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dorm room of what you want. it just seems like such a callous text. >> yeah. i mean, this is a problem in terms of how do we read 19 years old that have been accused of this kind of crime. it really just -- what kind of state of mind he was in, is really the question. was he being flippant? or giving them a message to get rid of the evidence. there's no way to say. that's what they're trying to determine. the important thing about these three friends is they could learn an awful lot about dzhokhar tsarnaev. that's what law enforcement seeks from having these three young men. >> this is according to court documents, in these friends knew dzhokhar knew how to make a bomb a month before the boston marathon, then this text is more
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chilling. >> the fact that it's alleged in complaints -- >> might that not say these kids knew what they were doing when they went to the dorm room and took the backpack out and the laptop. >> yes, but it does not mean they were involved with the crime itself prior to it happening. that's very important distinction when you're thinking about terrorist charges and death. that's what i meant by this really is a basic civics lesson. they should have known better and gone to law enforcement or some adults that could have got them to law enforcement. instead, they tried to help their friend out. >> i want to stop you right there. if i suspected my friend planted a bomb at the boston marathon killing three people, causing 14 people to lose limbs, injuring more than 200, i'm not going to
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go to their dorm room and empty a backpack. that's not normal behavior to me. >> that's right. they shouldn't have done it. of course they shouldn't have done it, but it doesn't make them guilty of more than just the coverup. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. a five-years-old boy shoots and kills his little sister. she was only 2. what relatives and authorities are saying about this case now.
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that's right for you. time to check our top stories. the calendar says may, but yeah, those are snowplows on the road. it sends cars skidding along highways. they have seen as much as eight inches of know. >> a two-year-old girl was accidentally killed by her 5-year-old brother. >> he picked it up before he realized. >> it's something that you can't prepare for. >> i just know she's in heaven right now and she's in good hands with the lord. >> relatives say the single shot
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rifle has a child safety lock and was kept in a safe spot. the gun is marketed to kids under the slogan my first rifle. pat toomey and democrat join forces on that controversial issue. many of his fellow republicans, quote, did into the want to be seen helping president so they weren't going to vote for that background check bill. let's head to the white house to check in. >> i can hear marine one idling where the president will board shortly for his trip to mexico
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and costa rica. the primary purpose of this trip is to strengthen ties to central america. one of the things that's been talked about a bit is what does the future hold for the war on drugs and the violence down in mexico. the united states and mexico have been ramping up in recent years going after these drug cartels. in recent weeks, there was some 17 murders in the northwest part of country. in this effort, this ongoing effort under former president of mexico, seems to be eroding on the newly elected president. a lot of concerns about what's being said by the new administration. they're talking about tightening up the flow of intelligence. the concern here in the united
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states is they're pulling back a bit from this joint partnership that's been successful over the years. that could hinds eer and stand the way of this drug war. these are some of the things the president will be dealing with as he heads on this short trip to mexico. another issue as well is immigration. that's something the president will be talking about with the leaders as he takes this trip. >> thank you. eating healthy, it ain't cheap. a new study shows just how expensive it can be when you try to feed your family healthy foods.
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we all know eating healthy is the very best choice, but it is hardly the cheapest choice. christine joins us from new york. >> when you're feeding kids and you're busy, you can see why the grocery bill goes up and up. a family with two school age kids, this is what -- for a more expensive diet, $289 a week. you look at those numbers and you say wait a minute, those are too low for me.
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the usda uses these number to calculate much money to give to people who need food stamps. 46 million americans receive food stamps. one out of seven people get government nutrition assistance. $21 a day to eat for a family of four. >> how do you keep those costs down? >> it is interesting because the government has some ideas for this. they have a website called choose my plate dot gov. they say don't buy precut, prewashed food. that tends to be more exi expensetive. cook meals that stretch and make a weekly meal plan, that can help you save. don't by instant stuff, and cheaper fruits and vegetables tend to be the cheapest fruits
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and vegetables. focus on those. make food that is stretch, like stir fry. it is choose my plate dot gov. the point here is to try to get fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet, not break the bank. planning is a big part of that. >> it's like another job, right? >> nowhere on here does it say my dollar is $2 pizzas. >> thanks so much. we'll be right back. but a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth. it's durable. and it's 3 times cleaner. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to new bounty duratowel.
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[ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. being called, quote, arguably the most racist ad in history. it is a mountain dew ad with african-american men in a police lineup and a goat and a battered woman. it's not even funny. >> it's not. they have always tried to be a little bit out there. the ad that's getting all the attention is the last in a three-part series about felicia the goat. the waitress tells the goat there isn't any mountain dew and
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the goat assaults her. >> it is easy. just point to him. >> you better not snitch on a player. snitches get stitches, fool. >> reporter: as far as we can tell, it wasn't intended to be aired. much to their dismay, the ad has gone viral. it is the most offensive ad ever and the biggest piece of trash. mountain dew has apologized pulling the ad. we take full responsibility. we've made a big mistake. hash tag fail. they ran out of characters for hash tag gar began chew an fail.
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>> many thanks to you. thank you so much for joining me today. "cnn newsroom" continues right now. hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. three of his best friends are charged. the question today, who else among dzhokhar tsarnaev family and friends in the united states or around the world maybe ensnarled in this investigation. it was in this hour yesterday we learned feds brought obstruction of justice charges to three new suspects. sources also tell us the wife of the dead bomb suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, spoke with him by telephone the night police put out both brothers pictures and
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