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sitting in a mexican jail ie kuz accused of trying to smuggle in pot. her family says she was framed. and a major mixup at a beauty pageant. can you tell which woman is the real winner? neither could the judges. this is "cnn newsroom" and i'm suzanne malveaux. we are following closely first up the dangerous weather about to hit more than half of the country. millions of folks from kansas to new england could see severe storms throughout the day. we are talking tornadoes, huge hail and fierce winds. this tornado in kansas just one of many that hit the state, this was yesterday. well, in the town of cornin, six farms were hit. thankfully no one has been reported hurt. people in neighboring oklahoma were spared, but today they might not be as lucky. the town of moore and oklahoma city right now in the danger zone. so is our chad myers. he is chasing storms today in
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western kansas. chad, got you on the line there. what are you seeing? oh, i see you. >> you know, we are in greensburg, kansas, a town that was hit by an ef-5 tornado just six years ago. you look over my shoulder, the town -- brand new, well taken -- but you look at where i'm standing, which used to be a church turned into an antique mall. obviously things look a whole lot different. i talked to the people here and they said, you know what, it just takes time. six years isn't enough to put your town back together from an ef-5 tornado. so the people -- that's what they're telling people in moore. please be patient, take your time and realize that this recovery is going to take a long time. you're not going to put moore back together in one month. so we are out here in west texas, in western kansas, western oklahoma covering the tornadoes we expect to be on the ground today. it is windy, it's muggy, but where we are right now in greensburg, it's not sunny. and that's some good news. you don't want it to be sunny. the sun heats the ground, the ground heats the air, the air
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wants to go up and you get bigger storms. we're expecting the biggest storms to still be west of here, but we'll be with you all day long as the storms progress, suzanne. >> chad, i understand that your going to get a pretty close up look at some of these tornadoes possibly in a vehicle. can you explain what it is that you're planning on doing? >> well, understand we are actually just in a regular suburban, a nonfortified car, we are not going to be inside the tornado like they were yesterday. we are going to stay away from the storms, take a look at the storms from far away but be with storm chasers that may try to get a closer look for scientific knowledge. we're here to try to help the public stay safe. i can't keep you alive, but i can have you make better decisions from the reporting we'll do out here. that's what the weather service does, that's what the spotters do, that's why everyone's out here in the first place trying to keep the people alive, keeping them safer by helping them make safer and better decisions to keep themselves safe when tornadoes do approach.
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>> all right, chad, we want you to be safe as well. tracking the storm right now our own samantha mohr has more details about what is taking place and what is going to happen as things start firing up. chad mentioned they're going to get close but certainly they're going to be trying to warn folks what to expect. we talk today a storm chaser yesterday, they actually go inside of those tornadoes to get information and also to make sure that they are warning folks where the eye of that storm is. what do we know so far? >> well, right now we're talking about a late afternoon/evening event. look how quiet it is right now where chad is. he mentioned the cloudy skies, that's keeping some of the storms from developing right now. but once this cap gets broken, if you will, it kind of keeps things more stagnant in the atmosphere. once that breaks, things will erupt quickly. expect to see a lot more activity here on the radar screen once we get into the latd afternoon and evening and overnight hours as well, suzanne. we have moist air moving in, we have a jet stream just in the
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right position right over this tropical cyclone. and behind it some very dry air. and that means dry air's actually heavier than moister air, so it moves in like a bulldozer and picks up that air and lifts it up. we do expect to see some very strong storms developing throughout the evening hours, primarily suzanne. and then overnight as well we'll be watching the radar screens very closely for you. in the red area that's around 3.2 million people that live in this area. so they are the ones who are in a moderate risk for tornado developments today, suzanne. we'll watch it carefully. >> samantha, of course we've got to take into account that community in moore, oklahoma. i mean, really, just devastated last go-round. it just happened within previous week ago or so, they too in the risk area. how likely is it they're going to see tornadoes again? >> they have a good chance. they're in that moderate risk area, which means they'll likely see severe thunderstorms, that hail as large as baseballs and the chance for some tornadoes.
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we just don't want one to hit in the wrong spot. we hope it's in some isolated rural area, definitely not in oklahoma city or in moore, oklahoma. >> samantha, thanks. we'll be watching closely. and victims of the deadly tornado in oklahoma last week, they actually got some support here. we're talking about they're getting star-studded support. this is happening tonight. country singers blake shelton and his wife, miranda lambert, darius rucker and r&b superstar usher among those set to perform, this is called the healing in the heartland concert. now, proceeds benefit the united way of central oklahoma, of course where the tornadoes relief fund there. the concert airs live 9:00 p.m. eastern from oklahoma city. we are learning more this afternoon about the fate of that arizona woman of seven jailed in mexico on drug charges. now, her family says she was framed, but mexican authorities,
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they accuse her of trying to smuggle marijuana. well, she is back in court today. it's going to be up to a judge to decide whether or not she goes free or stays behind bars. casey wian, he reports on the family's agonizing wait just for answers. >> her family hoped she would be released at a court hearing in nogales, mexico, tuesday. but the mother of seven accused of smuggling marijuana will remain in a mexican jail for at least another day. the family insists she has no involvement in drugs and is being framed. >> whoever was the cause of this, that's who i'm angry at. the people that put my mom in prison. without having evidence. >> maldonado was arrested last week after mexican authorities say they found 12 pounds of marijuana under the seat of a commercial bus she was riding home in from a funeral with her
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husband, gary. gary maldonado says he was asked to pay a $5,000 bribe for his wife's freedom. as he tried to raise the money, she was shipped off to jail. the family says it is encouraged by the evidence presented in court so far. this case is not unusual in mexico where there has been a struggle to modernize its notoriously corrupt judicial system, says mexico expert george grayson. >> the judicial system there is even more corrupt than the police. and when you're brought into a judicial proceeding, you don't get to face your accuser, you don't have an automatic right to a lawyer, you may be held before you're brought to trial for some weeks. and it's a closed proceeding. >> in this case the judge has the power to hold maldonado in prison up to four months before trial. that would likely only bring more pressure from u.s. authorities. the office of senator jeff flake
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of arizona says senator flake has been in contact with the family as well as officials in mexico and the u.s. regarding the case. he will continue to monitor the situation. >> casey wian joins us from goodyear, arizona. casey, first of all, a lot of people concerned about this family. some people believe certainly this woman has been framed. what happens today in the hearing? i mean, who comes to her defense? >> well, actually the people who came to her defense testified mostly yesterday. and those were people who were on that bus who said that neither she nor her husband, gary, carried anything on to the bus with them. also, they had family members testify about the funeral that they were attending in mexico. today is very key because mexican military officials who were involved in apprehending her at that checkpoint are scheduled to testify today. and her attorney will have the opportunity to cross examine
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them. the judge then is expected to make a decision by the end of the week whether there's enough evidence to keep her in prison there in mexico or to hold her over until a more formal trial, which could take three to four months to happen, suzanne. >> and, casey, is there confidence here that this is a legitimate proceeding? >> i don't think so. first of all, the proceeding is not open to members of the media. we are not allowed to observe what's going on. it is in a very small courtroom. the proceedings are bizarre by our standards to say the least. it's described to me as a person who is typing on an actual manual typewriter the transcript of what people are saying to the judge and a defense attorney and a prosecuting attorney are on either side of that person arguing about what that person should be typing and what should be -- what is accurate. so it's a really strange proceeding. and as it was mentioned in that report, there have been efforts underway in mexico to try to reform and modernize their
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judicial system. and a lot of people think this is a case that shows a prime example of how far there still is to go in mexico toward people getting a fair trial. >> and, casey, how soon could this be resolved for this family? >> well, family hopes it will be resolved by the end of the week. the mexican embassy in washington has said they expect the judge to make a preliminary decision very soon. there is sort of a timetable they have to work under. and our understanding is that timetable comes up friday 6:00 local time. so we should have an answer then. the family expressing optimism and confidence at this point that she's going to be released some time before then, suzanne. >> all right. casey, thank you. appreciate it. here's what we're working on for this hour as well. this little girl only has weeks to live. she is waiting for a lung transplant, but her age is preventing her from getting one. plus, planning for retirement, most people don't think they
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a singer. her mother says if she gets a new pair of lungs in the next few weeks, her dream could one day be a reality. >> i'm not going to tell her she's dying, because she's 10. >> sarah was born with cystic fibrosis, an illness that's damaged her lungs beyond repair. >> i used to go to school before i got oxygen. got to go to school and play and act like all the normal children. >> we knew at some point we knew she would need new lungs. we had hoped it would be much, much further down the road, but over the years her disease has progressed. >> if sarah was 12 years old, she'd have a higher chance of receiving adult lungs. but since she's only 10, she primarily has access to children's lungs, which are in much shorter supply. >> that's insane. it shouldn't be about their age. if she's the sickest person, she
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should qualify. >> under the rules, the only way sarah could receive an adult's lung to save her life is if all the other patients in her region who were age 12 and older turned it down first. >> it tugs at my heart. it's not a perfect system. there is no perfect system. it's the best we can do right now. >> dr. stewart sweet is a board member at the united network for organ sharing. he helped write the pediatric transplant rules. >> so if i change the system to give sarah an advantage, there's another patient very likely an adolescent who then gets a disadvantage. we've built a system that we try to be -- tries to be as fair to everyone as possible. >> sarah now has three to five weeks to live. >> it's so hard to get pediatric lungs. >> her mother is still working on a solution. her options though are limited. >> maybe it's too late for sarah, i don't know. but it's not right. i'm going to fight for the next person's kid.
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>> sarah still has hope. >> i'm not going for easy. i'm just going for possible. >> the possibility of living of maybe one day realizing her dreams. >> you can do it, you can do it if you try. >> zain asher, cnn, philadelphia. >> we wish sarah the very best. a freight train and a commercial truck smash into each other, this happened yesterday. people felt this explosion blocks away. just watch. >> back up. >> this is rosedale, maryland. this is east of baltimore. emergency officials say nothing toxic was in the fire. and the smoke that shot up in the sky -- you see those pictures there, several buildings however were damaged. and the truck driver is in the hospital. investigators, they're still working to figure out how did this happen. powerful winds in southern california whipped up this sandstorm you see there, shut
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there's a big court battle brug over who gets the tips at starbucks. new york brewery saying they have sued saying assistant managers should not be allowed to share those tips, but that's starbucks policy. and the case has actually made it to new york's top court. paul callan is joining us from new york to talk about it. paul, i was just told you got your starbucks coffee cup there. >> yes. field research, suzanne. i'm ready. >> okay, good. put a tip in the tip jar. >> i did. >> how much did you put in? i'm putting you on the spot.
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>> this is excessive, but i left a dollar because i thought i could bill it back to cnn ultimately. so why not? >> oh, okay. reimbursement, kind of cheap there, paul. what is this all about? why is the new york appeals court looking at this? >> well, in a sense to boil it all down, suzanne, it's the lawyers have figured out a way to get their hand in the tip jar. this is typical of class action lawsuits that we've seen across the country brought on behalf of various classes of employees. and lawyers who take the case, they put together an enormous class of thousands of employees and then they get a third of the recovery, they get huge fees. and then the employee may or may not benefit in a substantial way. so what's happening at starbucks? at starbucks people who buy coffee there, which is a lot of people in america, leave a tip. and they think the person at the counter is getting the tip, or maybe they think the barista is getting the tip, but in truth starbucks is sharing that tip jar not only with the baristas
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but with shift supervisors and also with assistant managers. and some of those employees are fed up. and they're saying, hey, these are managers, you know, they're making the big bucks. we're just the ordinary employees, hourly employees, those tips should be for us. so they've got a lawyer now. and they're suing. and new york's highest court is having a look at the situation. so that's what it's about. >> sure. why do managers think they should get a cut of the tips anyway? i am confused by that because they are usually the ones who have a pretty decent salary. >> well, starbucks makes the argument the managers and the shift supervisors make the argument that, you know, everybody participates in serving the customer in starbucks. if the line gets too long, a manager may come over and serve you your cup of coffee, a shift supervisor might do that. they get involved in direct servicing of customers. so they should share in the tip jar as well. i think what's interesting about it is it's obviously you can have a fight about who should have their hand in the tip jar,
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but should the government or a federal judge be making this decision? or should we leave this up to employers? and that's what's different about what's going on here. the courts are getting involved in these cases. even little cases like who shares the tip jar. and it's going to effect as many as 42,000 businesses in new york and thousands more across the country. >> well, yeah, i was going to ask about that. this goes beyond starbucks and the fight that they're having with their employees. i imagine, too, there are other businesses looking very closely in terms of who's going to get that money, who's going to get that cut. >> people don't think about this, but for instance, when you go into a restaurant and there's somebody -- there's a coat check person who takes your coat, you hand them a dollar or two dollars whatever the amount of money is, it goes into a jar, who gets that money? in some states in some cities the person taking your coat doesn't get any of it. they're hourly employees and it goes to the owner of the restaurant. so a lot of the states have
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passed specific laws about how these funds get divided up. and now we have lawsuits as a result. the only way you can really protect yourself is when you drop the money in the jar, you say to the employee, are you going to get a part of this? and they'll tell you. now, the managers getting it or the barista's getting it or, yeah, we divide it up. that's what people should really be doing. asking questions when they're buying their starbucks coffee. >> yeah. i wonder if at one point it's like a restaurant where you directly hand the tip to the person if you can do it that way. but, paul, we appreciate it your generosity. i think you're going to have to, you know, take that dollar and just eat that one. >> yeah. you don't think they'll take that as a -- okay. you're right, suzanne. take care. >> thanks, paul. retirement of course -- everybody wants it right? but it's really becoming a distant dream as americans now have to work longer. well, up next, dan marino and
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americans are living longer, retiring later. so at some point most of us have to think about reinventing ourselves. and for many, it's just necessary. the census bureau now says a number of women 65 and older who are still working jumped four percentage points between 1999 to 2010. almost half of americans don't even think that they have saved enough to retire. so whether you need to keep working or you just want to try something new, aarp, they are out with this campaign to help you. it is called life reimagined. we've got some special guests, grammy award winning musician e meal -- emilio estefan and dan
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mari marino. i guess you teamed up on this together. how did this come about first of all? >> well, first of all, i've been a lifestyle ambassador for men for about a year and a half now. and been involved with aarp. and it's been a great relationship. and i talked to emilio about it and he's now ambassador for life reimagined and it's something we feel is very important for all ages, especially people that are looking to get reconnected and have the -- that are looking for the next step in life. >> you guys have done so many things. it's incredible. emilio, i'm going to start off with you of course. i don't know if a lotd of people realize, but you invented yourself at age 18, you bought an accordion to kick off your music career after somebody told you you would never make it as a musician. then you go onto create what i love, this is one of my favorites, the miami sound
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machine. you cannot forget that. it was just a huge, huge hit: one hit after another 30 grammy award nominations to follow. the rest is history. but you reinvented yourself to become a businessman and now part owner of the miami dolphins. tell us a bit about the transition that you made. >> i think i'm the kind of guy that love life. they came to me to offer this ambassador. i felt this is nonprofit and i trial e try to help people. i failed when i was a kid they told me at 17 years old i was never too old to learn music and then won grammys. people sometimes need to have a little bit of courage. this company definitely is helping, it's doing great things to all the people. when you go to the website, you will find incredible things that will make you blow you away. >> how did you do that though? how did you know you could do so many different things? >> you know something, i think i'm the kind of person that, like i tell you, i love life, getting creative in the morning, living life and being in the
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best country in the world, every dreams can come true, it can happen. when i started my music many years ago i remember even was rejected saying this will never work. i feel you can get so much advice when you come to this organization, and they will help you, you know, plan. now these people are still working when they are 60 years old, 65, they are the top guys in the news corporations, but sometimes people need to start planning when you are 45 or 50 years old because you learn a lot of things when you do before you are 60. >> dan, tell us a bit about how you actually get this thing done, how you do it here. you had to reinvent yourself at 37 years old. you had this amazing career with the miami dolphins, but then, you know, as an athlete, it's a short career that you have. you really have to parlay that into something else, becoming a very highly successful sports commentator. not everybody can do that. what do you think you have to do? >> first of all, you're very fortunate to play the game you love your whole life.
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for any athlete, baseball, football, basketball, whatever it may be, you end up retiring at a young age. nothing's ever going to really replace that. so you have to think about while you're playing or in your career that what you might like to do afterwards. for me i always had an interest in television. i was interested in, you know, working and being in tv. and it keeps you close to the game. for me, that's what i liked. so the next best thing for me was to be in television and talking about football. but, you know, really for anybody it's what's next for you, what's going to make you satisfied in life. and it's all about, too, is coming up with ideas that things are you're going to enjoy as time goes on. >> emilio, i know your wife, musician gloria estefan, both of you made that transition. i wonder if it happened at the same time being musician, hotel owners, i love the bongo cafe. >> listen, that's a great thing. we planned when we was around 35, 40 years old. and we diversified and we went
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to the restaurant, saw the hotel, we have a hotel on vero beach, hotel in miami, doing different things. even with the market, music sales went down, i didn't fire anybody. i moved people to different locations. i had to reinvent myself once again because we went to films and television and documentaries and we put our company to work with news corporations to be a consultant. i think it's being alive, trying to do things and keep doing and reinventing yourself is a great thing to have in life. >> dan, real quick here because not a lot of people have the kinds of resources, the money, the means that the two of you have. if you don't have a lot to go on and you really have to work, what can you do? >> well, i think the best thing is just to be yourself and figure a way to put yourself in the best position possible. and that's why aarp has started this life reimagined program and it's dot-org. they have a social part of this
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where you can connect to other people that you might have the same likes and interests. so i think just emotionally too if you're in a tough position just be as positive as you can and work as hard as you can and try to live life to its fullest. >> all right. great to see you both. i should mention that you're both paid sponsors for aarp. >> i want to work for him to reinvent my life. >> oh, yes, i love him. >> well, i'll come back to both of you when i start reinventing mine. i have a little ways to go before aarp, but when i'm ready, i'm goipg to come back to you guys. >> all right. >> you come to miami. we love to have you here. >> take up a career as a dancer, i don't know, maybe a little too much for me. we'll see. >> all right. >> thanks. nice to see you guys both. these guys, they could not decide whether jodi arias should receive life or death. well, now for the first time the jurors in the case, they are speaking out. we're going to hear from them next. we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health.
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we are now hearing for the first time from the jurors who convicted jodi arias of first-degree murder for killing her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander. well, last week the jury deadlocked during the sentencing phase of her trial. eight jurors wanted the death penalty, four others held out for life forcing the judge to declare a mistrial on the sentencing. so, what were they thinking? and why couldn't they make a unanimous decision? our christine romans has that part of the story. >> -- that the defendant should be sentenced no unanimous agreement. >> for nearly five months jurors in the jodi arias trial listen to gory details of a gruesome murder and subject to intense media coverage. that jury could not unanimously decide whether she deserved the death penalty. juror mary lou allen felt the state proved its case, she voted for the death penalty. >> i don't think she ever was
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truly honest with us. i know that for me i didn't see any remorse or any issues with herself for what happened that day for what travis went through. i didn't see any of that. >> juror diane schwartz said she also voted for the death penalty. she told hln's dr. drew the crime was just too heinous. >> when i looked at the mitigating factors, those mitigating factors being was she abused, her age, her criminal history, those just did not weigh enough in my mind to look at what she had done. >> but schwartz says for the four jurors who did not impose death, those mitigating factors were enough to spare arias. >> the way the jury instructions are given to you is you look at the eight mitigators that were presented before us in the penalty phase. to be very honest, i cannot remember all eight of them, but some of them were the things that jodi could accomplish if she were to live. it was the fact she was 27, no
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criminal history. and then there was a big factor on she had been abused. that as a child and in her relationship with travis. >> alternate juror tara kelly said she could tell travis alexander's family was disappointed by their deadlock. >> i personally felt like the family was let down because you could tell by the statements and everything that they wanted jodi to get the death penalty. >> new set of jurors are going to decide whether arias should get life or death. the selection of that jury begins on july 18th. when you call the delivery man, it's usually for pizza, but in colorado you can have marijuana, that's right, delivered straight to your door. i'm going to take you on a ridealong up next. so easy to use, it won a best of ces award from cnet. and it comes inside this beautifully crafted carrying case. introducing the all-new 2014 chevrolet impala with the available mylink system. ♪
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and we should see an order or something come in. >> his company is called med-ex express. they advertise on craigslist and so far have five drivers plus employees who prepare the marijuana for delivery. >> this is on-demand. they pretty much if you have product, they have cash. >> within minutes of placing the ad, the first order comes in. >> how much are you looking to donate today? okay. okay. >> the order completed online, his client gets an e-mail confirmation and eric hits the road. first stop, the fulfillment center, aka, the apartment where they keep the weed. no cameras allowed eric says. >> so the packaging is all done, we actually guarantee freshness. that's why we're using. i have an eighth here, this is 3.5 grams of l.a. confidential. >> weed in hand, dr. dre on the radio and eric is on the way.
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>> first customer of the night is a businessman staying at a hotel from out of town. he's order an eighth of an ounce of marijuana he's going to pay $45 and a $5 delivery surcharge. last year colorado voters pass amendment 64. retail stores won't go online until january 2014, but under state law anyone in colorado can possess small amounts of marijuana. eric says this means colorado is in a gray area and he thinks this makes his business legal. it's fro e probably not, but so far he says the police haven't bothered him. to hedge his bets, he advertises the payment is a so-called donation, make of that what you will. >> we understand that it's pretty rogue as far as what's going on. but we want to be the pioneers to be able to set up a legitimate business instead of this being ran by some thugs. >> 35 minutes after the order was placed he pulls into the hotel parking lot. >> hey, this is eric. i just pulled up. >> they agree to meet in the hotel, trade cash for weed,
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shake hands and go their separate ways. he just finished his first delivery of the night and already two more orders have come into the dispatch center. eric, whose last name we've graen e agreed not to use, won't say where the pot comes from. employees and customers all decline to go on camera. back at the fulfillment center the team has another order to go. >> this is mountain gorilla. >> that's an ounce of marijuana. >> that's an ounce of marijuana. >> eric also runs a financial services company and a debt consolidation business, but thinks this will be his most successful business yet. ultimately, where do you want your business to be? >> you know, i'm a big planner. i'm an entrepreneur, i'm a businessman, i want this to be a future. i want this to be something we can set up that has a great operation, maybe even a franchise. >> back for another order headed to a house in an upscale denver suburb. >> this is a quarter here. once again, mountain gorilla, hot special tonight. and then this is going to be also a quarter of white fire. >> he'll keep going all night
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delivering marijuana and staking his claim in colorado's marijuana gold rush. >> if this was crack or something like that, i wouldn't be doing this, you know. this is something that probably should have been legalized long before. so it's not something that i'm ashamed of any way. i think it's a great way, a great business opportunity, a great way to be able to support my family. >> jim spellman, cnn, parker, colorado. more moms are bringing home the bacon these days. yes, a record number of women are the main source of income for their families. we've got the impact on households up ahead. uestion: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need
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stocks are selling off after hitting a record high yesterday. right now the dow is down or so 94 points looking at 15,314. there are concerns that the fed could scale back the stimulus policies as the economy is improving. so who is the breadwinner in your family? a new study now finds a record number of moms are now the top earners. a growing number of married moms are better educated than their husbands. and they are also outearning them. alison kosik is joining us from the new york stock exchange. so what have we learned from this? >> can you believe it? women, suzanne, are now the breadwinners in 40% of all
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households here in the u.s. here's a comparison for you. in 1960, it was 11%. now, there are a couple of things that are driving this change. for one, more women are working. we now make up almost half of the labor force. plus, more women are making more money. before you think that women are taking over the world, here is a reality check for you. these women, they fall into two different groups. you've got the single moms and the married moms who are the primary providers, an income gap tweez these two groups is huge. married mothers making more than their husbands had median family income of almost $80,000 in 2011, that's four times the median amount for families led by single mothers who only earn $23,000. that's a huge, huge gap, suzanne. >> and so some folks would think, hey, it's a no-brainer, it's a good thing. mom also thinks it's good. but that's not necessarily what the study is revealing rgs e, right? >> there's always somebody that will spoil the fun. 50% of women surveyed say the increasing number of women who work outside the home makes it
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harder to have a successful marriage. 74% say it makes it harder for parents to raise their kids. but they do say it also makes it easier to live comfortably. it also, in my opinion, takes the pressure off the guy. so if he feels like he's the only person making money in the household, now if he's got his significant other making money as well, it takes the pressure off
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after stun ining. hours later the pageant organizers noticed a major flaw. the first runner-up had actually won and denise placed fourth. the pageant stripped her of her title and apologized in a statement saying we would like to offer our sincere apology to denise for this human error while validating results. we have no doubt she will continue to succeed in her endeavors and wish her well. risa santos thought she came so close only to place second is now celebrating her new title. santos won't have this same moment of glory, but will receive her crown in a private ceremony this weekend.
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meanwhile, garrido who is 26 is too old to compete again, but she said she'd love to come back next year, this time as a judge. >> other two con ses tants had kind words for each other when they talked publicly about the pageant mixup earlier today. this is on cnn's "starting point." watch. >> i would like to congratulate reeza on being candidate 2013. on my end, i feel bad i took away that moment from her, but at the same time i am glad we shared this bonding experience. >> i know this is the first time i've had the chance to speak with you directly since the pageant. and i've heard through some of the media i've spoken to and through the director you've been so gracious through the entire process. and i thank you so much for your message right now. >> we wish both ladies the best. garrido queen for the day says she has not decided whether or not what she's going to do next, but she is considering going on
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furthering her education and perhaps going to med school. that sit for me. "cnn newsroom" continues. have a great afternoon. right now, our own chad myers is chasing storms in america's heart land as this region is sitting as a possible bullseye for tornadoes. we're about to go to him live. i'm brooke baldwin, the news is now. a former nfl player found dead. and his family sensed fear in his final phone call. we're on the case. jc penney under fire for this, resemble anyone? plus, two of the world's most violent gangs talking truce from behind bars. and -- >> ♪ twinkle twinkle little star ♪ >> a 10-year-old girl with weeks to live is being denied a transplant
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