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hello, everyone, don lemon, you're in the cnn newsroom. a tv legend has died, the woman that played one of the most iconic people in television passed away today. details on the death of jean stapleton in a moment. first, the people of oklahoma are getting painfully used to digging out from deadly tornadoes. >> oh, horizontal! >> oklahoma city is once again the epicenter of the storms. that was the scene yesterday in el reno, west of oklahoma city. storm chasers captured this video near the community of union city as a tornado destroyed a barn, debris flying all directions. at least nine people around oklahoma died in the latest outbreak. and more than 100 were injured. in all, 17 tornadoes were

reported across the midwest. storm surveys are under way now. the storms knocked out power across four states, caused major flooding, too. we have live pictures from el reno in oklahoma. let's take a look at what's happening there. you can see the damage, that is from our affiliate koco. it is the aviation technology center there, a plane right in the entrance, what possibly was a window. you see emergency vehicles there inside those garage doors. the place, really a lot of it, just knocked to the ground, blown to smithereens from the twisters that hit oklahoma and missouri. unbelievable. now the threat after all of the wind and damage, flooding. flooding is probably the worst thing after the twinds and kill more people. union city one of the hardest-hit in yesterday's storms. ed laugh -- laugh endare a is

there. >> this took a meandering path, going south, curved back to oklahoma city like this. these were people in the unlucky path of this storm. this is a gentleman who lives in this house, came out here awhile ago, survey the damage for the first time, almost 24 hours later. it man had actually lived in the town of piedmont, northeast of where we are. two years ago his home was partially destroyed. he moved here to kind of get away, and this is what he is dealing with now, don. this is tornado season for the ages. everyone we talked to here in oklahoma who say we have lived here decades, don't remember a tornado season this wicked and devastating in many, many years. so many people are cleaning up the pieces. at this point really what you see over and over again, family and friends, you look here, don, family and friends pull up with

pickup trucks and trailers. only thing you can do is start to separate what is trash from what you can salvage. you drive away with whatever you can at this point. that's what people here are doing today. you know, we have seen power line trucks going up and down, starting to replace the power lines. but at this point a small pocket of a neighborhood 20 miles west of downtown oklahoma city, and when you look around all of the wide open space, look around, you realize how unlucky these people were that they ended up in the path of the storm. >> ed, thank you very much. if your photographer can hear us, push in on those people as i talk about some folks behind you, ed. that is what happens now. it is a calamity. this is the resilience. that's the cleanup. if you survived it, it is probably the worst. if you ever moved in your life, you know how difficult and emotional it can be. imagine all of a sudden everything you own is blown away

and you don't know what you'll find. that's what's happening in oklahoma and across the midwest. thanks to ed and the entire team there. we are thinking about the fol effected by this. the midwest, they're not out of the woods. we are keeping an eye on rising flood waters. storms brought 8 to 11 inches of rain to oklahoma city. the rain soaked ground created a huge sinkhole, gigantic sinkhole causing a stretch of road to collapse. in missouri, more than two dozen roads are closed. arkansas, two people are missing after a high water rescue attempt yesterday. officer trying to save two women from a flooded home when the women and one officer disappeared. a fourth person, scott county sheriff cody carpenter was swept away in swift moving water and drowned. we will update that situation from southern texas to ohio. severe weather threat continues

today. cnn's chad myers, oklahoma city, boy, chad, we saw the roads that were just washed out. we heard about the people swept away. can these roads withstand a foot of rain now? >> yeah, you know, the rain that came in last night just never stopped. the rain came across el reno to oklahoma city, and kept raining, we were at the hotel. arrived there 4:15, looked up at the sky, was like really, is it ever going to stop? lightning continued until 6:00 this morning, rain continued and flooding and flood waters, oklahoma city proper, we are in oklahoma county. it washed out this side of the roadway. this is kind of a sandy soil. i remember when i lived here tried to dig in the yard, it was a clay soil, big red clay. but if you look, this is a sandy area not far from the canadian river and i suspect it deposited this here.

it made a giant canyon here, wouldn't be a big issue, fill it up with sand or soil, but there are pipelines across there. you can see that 18 inch natural gas pressurized line what is behind a water pipe. both are off. people are without power and water and natural gas, downhill here. this is the story the rest of the day. water is running off. was the are may not be at your door now, still may be water uphill or upstream to come to you. you don't want to drive through that, especially at night. >> chad, we will hear more from you, when we started this two weeks ago sunday, it will be two weeks ago this started, you and i were on the air. i forget you live there. it must be heart breaking. i will talk to you about that later. thank you. >> the heartland is taking a direct hit again. cnn's tom sader in atlanta. this has been a tough couple weeks.

is it typical to see this many storms back to back to back? >> don, what's so interesting, i have a couple of statistics for you that will blow your mind. the severe weather pendulum is swinging the other direction. based on a 20 year average, the greatest number of tornadoes and always is in the month of may, 20 year average, 276. on the morning of the 15th of may this month, when you think we would have 130, the grand number of tornadoes for the month in all of the u.s. was three. monday, we had 14. tuesday, 29. wednesday, 29. thursday, 25. another 25 yesterday. we know of 17, preliminary reports, 25. we go from three tornadoes on the morning of the 15th, that day was grand berry, texas, six fatality, shawnee, oklahoma, then up to 232. we started the year, hattiesb g

hattiesburg, the u.s. has seen the fewest since 1954. but mother nature is making up for it the last couple weeks. breaking news to tell you about. one of the endearing tv characters of the 1970s, the woman that played that character has died. ♪ songs that made the hit parade ♪ ♪ guys like us we had it made ♪ those were the days ♪ and you knew where you were then ♪ >> i waited because that's the moment we waited for, she did that and you knew where you were then. she played the wife of archie bunker, edith bunker. the family says she died of natural causes in new york city. her character will live on in the reruns. many stage and film credits, her role in "all in the family"

that's the one that will be most remembered. and back in the 1990s, she told our larry king something surprising. >> when you walk by the screen and all in the family is on, do you watch? >> i have seen them all, watched them carefully after we did them, but no, i linger for a minute or two, and i think my, that's very good. >> damn right it was. >> but i don't watch it because i don't want it to creep into anything else i'm doing. >> you had her down. >> they say they don't write them like that any more, they don't. you want to see some good tv, look at a rerun of all in the family. it was brilliant. thank you very much for talking about jean stapleton on twitter and tweeting me about it. talk more at donlemon.cnn. we will talk about jean stapleton, iconic actress, dead at the age of 90. can do. it steals your memories. your independence.

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cheek video by irs employees. researching all of this, how it happened, what was this video for? >> this was for a 2010 conference of irs employees, held in anaheim, california. even though it's funny to watch, it angered a lot of people. the irs is responding, saying it was inappropriate, new policies and procedures have been put in place to make sure excessive spending like this doesn't happen again. the irs has been under a lot of fire as you know recently for targeting of conservative groups applying for tax exempt status. this is one thing to add to their woes. we will find out in a report by the inspector general of the irs, more about wasteful spending of taxpayer money at conferences, things like this video and others.

>> wasteful spending, don't like our money to be spent that way. i wonder what the context was, team building? if someone looks at our team building exercises and takes them out of context, you may look silly. i wonder what it was. obviously wasteful spending. do you know what's behind the star trek, that parody, and g l "gilligan's island"? >> this was used to close out the conference. if you watch it, it looks like a fun attempt to show people learning this dance. the star trek parody and spoof of "gilligan's island" are a bit longer videos and they look, they treat certain issues. the star trek video, talks about tax evasion. they have all of these different scenarios about dealing with tax evasion. there's some sort of training element to some of the videos, but i can tell you the dance video, cupid shuffle was only $1600, the other two $60,000,

that's a lot of money, raising a lot of questions, don. >> absolutely. thank you, athena. appreciate your reporting. we will have much more on what happened in oklahoma and across the midwest, obviously the devastation and we're going to talk about the death of jean stapleton coming up on cnn. meantime, i am don lemon in new york. thanks for joining us. back with more news at the top of the hour. first, want to tell you about a deadly virus spreading overseas, the united states could be next. how serious is the threat? "the situation room" with wolf blitzer is next. to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the venture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, you guys! and with double miles you can actually use, you never miss the fun. beard growing contest and go! ♪ i win! what's in your wallet?

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respiratory virus that health officials are calling a threat to the entire world. at least 50 people have been infected in eight countries, most in the middle east. the world health organization says 30 of those patients have died, and that number will likely get higher because experts simply don't understand how the virus is spreading. cnn's mary snow has more. >> reporter: hollywood movies like contagion are sobering reminders of the real threat of deadly viruses. >> the average person touches their face three to five times an hour. in between touching door knobs, water fountains, and each other. >> is he we have a virus, no treatment protocol and no vaccine. >> reports of a strain of corona virus overseas is nowhere near the movie version of an outbreak. so far, there are no reported cases in the united states. its name, the middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus. world health organization calls

it a threat to the world. >> this is a grave situation internationally and to who, there are so many unknowns around the virus that killed 55% of confirmed cases. >> reporter: cases linked from the middle east to uk, germany, france, tunesia. so far, 27 people have died with the largest number in saudi arabia. >> should people be concerned about this? >> people should always be concerned whenever there's an emerging infectious disease because we don't really know, we don't have ways in which we can predict and project and appropriately prepare for some of these. >> reporter: ian lipgen leads a team of scientists at columbia university to investigate the virus, which is in the same family as sars and the common cold. severe respiratory problems, pneumonia, kidney failure. they found clusters where the disease was transmitted between family members or in a health care setting.

researchers are looking at whether it was passed from animals to humans. >> the original host, the original reservoir for the virus in sars was a bat. and we think based on the analysis of the sequence of this virus it also originated in a bat. >> reporter: where? >> probably somewhere in the middle east. >> reporter: health officials don't know much about how the virus spreads, but at this point travel warnings have not been issued. >> i don't think we should be concerned in terms of travel to the middle east or to anywhere in the world right now, but to just be aware of it. most cases and illnesses are associated with the elderly and those with pre-existing or severe underlying medical conditions. >> reporter: the world health organization is so concerned about this virus because there's no known treatment and no way to make a vaccine yet. doctors are currently working on that. in cases that have been found in eight countries, all have been linked to the middle east.

mary snow, cnn, new york. >> let's get more perspective on this virus from one of the world's leading experts. i spoke with dr. anthony fauci. doctors don't know, correct me if i'm wrong, dr. fauci, how people are getting this disease. i assume it makes it harder to fight? >> that is absolutely correct, wolf. we don't know how people are getting it. you can assume if it is directly from a bat that it is exposure to a bat. but if there's a secondary host or secondary animal like a mammal, you don't understand because there's no direct epidemiological link, common link of transmisability, first a case pops up in the middle east and some cases traveled from the middle east to other countries like the uk, like tunesia and

france and other places where they had people in the european and other countries who got infected in the middle east and then came back and there have been some what we call family clusters, people very closely related to the individuals, either in a family or in a health care setting, but again, to emphasize, sustained person to person transmission has not occurred, thank goodness. >> let's hope it doesn't. the united nations world health organization as you know says this is, i am quoting now, a threat to the entire world. here is the question for you, dr. fauci. how big of a threat right now should we is see this in the united states, within the united states, if it went from the middle east to europe, could it come here? >> well, it could come here, wolf, if someone has been in the middle east and gotten infected and came here and a case came up. that would not surprise me. the thing that again to reemphasize is that there has not been sustained person to

person transmisibility. if it is acting the way it is now and doesn't change, it isn't sustained transition. if it mutates, changes, assumes the capability of going readily from person to person, that's what you need to be concerned about. but there's no way at all, wolf, you can now predict the likelihood of whether that will happen or not. >> dr. fauci, as usual, whenever there's an issue like this, we come to you. thank you very much for your expertise. >> you're quite welcome, wolf.

we are getting a troubling new look at a growing threat to america's military security. chinese cyber spies reportedly are hacking into blueprints for the most sensitive pentagon weapons systems in a bigger and more dangerous way than we realized. some defense experts say the

amount of cyber spying is staggering. brian todd is here to break it down for us. >> reporter: it is staggering the amount of weapons systems compromised by the chinese. the u.s. had a technological advantage in military capability, but the chinese are catching up. a new report bolsters accusations they hacked their way closer to the top. they're america's most advanced combat weapons and defense systems. f-18 fighter jet, the combat ship, the balanlistic defense missile system. blueprints for these and other weapons have been breached by hackers, a controversial version of the report from defense science board, made up of government and civilian experts was given to "the washington post." the report doesn't accuse china of stealing entire designs, but if they didn't steal them, how did they compromise them? we spoke with a top cyber security expert who did a separate report this year on chinese military hackers.

>> bits and pieces of things will be taken from many different sources, different laptops, different computer systems that have been compromised, but it is hard to take a lot of pieces and gel them into one comprehensive picture of what might be being built or what the designs are. >> reporter: cnn couldn't independently verify the latest report findings. several members of the defense science board we contacted declined to speak to us. u.s. defense and other officials down play the report, saying some of the information is dated, that they've taken steps to address the concerns. one saying, quote, the idea that somehow whoever the intruders were got the keys to the weapons kingdom is a stretch. but the pentagon has accused china of -- if the chinese got into parts of combat or missile defense system, how could they get past the safeguards. >> there's engineering that is done in an academic setting, at

defense industrial base, and a lot of the places are compromised over ten years. china's military ambition has been off the charts in recent years, they launched a satellite killer missile into space, just over the past two years, deployed the first aircraft carrier and test flown the first stealth fighter jet. one expert told me technology for that was taken from the u.s. china's alleged hacking could be deadly for u.s. forces on the battlefield. i asked one expert about publicly released part of the latest report on the consequences of cyber snatching of weapons technology. >> if you mess with that software, the airplane won't fly, missile will miss the target, the ship may not get where it was intended to go. >> reporter: china's embassy hasn't responded to calls about the latest report. china repeatedly insisted it doesn't conduct cyber espionage on u.s. agencies or companies. >> how can the u.s. stop this?

>> reporter: they say the major defense contractors have to reduce the target area in cyberspace, reducing blueprints and documents in cyberspace so the chinese don't have as much to hack. secondly, they can jump on this when they sense there's been a breach, jump on it to minimize the impact. they say also u.s. officials have to sit down with the chinese and layout why this is such a huge problem and that they have to stop it. >> cnn's brian todd, thank you very much. let's dig deep you are now. the united states as you know has spent trillions of dollars to develop sophisticated weapons to have chinese hackers steal a lot of the plans. i asked the house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers how serious a problem this is. >> it is tremendously serious. this is something the intelligence committees have seen for awhile. our intelligence community has been trying to get ahead of for awhile. the viciousness and just the volume of attacks, not only by the chinese but russians and

others trying to get the blueprints of our most sensitive material is just breathtaking, and they're getting better. so their capability for getting into systems and getting that kind of information, not just the government networks, also the supply chain. anybody that's connected to any of our defense industry is really vulnerable to this type of attack. >> can you confirm just "the washington post" story it was chinese military hackers if you will that stole all of this material? >> i can't confirm what they've gotten, but i can tell you it was the chinese military and they have been aggressively pursuing it, and i will tell you this, for folks at home, what does this mean to me, we in some cases have to go back for any material that may have been stolen as you can imagine and redesign it. it costs more money. costs billions and billions of dollars extra to try to make sure we are staying ahead of our adversaries with technology. when they steal it, they leap ahead. it means we have to invest more, change the technology.

it is a serious problem. >> in the real world, you can't blame the chinese trying to steal it, can't blame the russians or others trying to steal this kind of stuff, but you can blame the u.s. national security infrastructure if you will if it can't protect this kind of information. >> here is something to think about. about 10% of the networks are government networks. we asked our intelligence agencies to go overseas, find out what the bad guys are up to. they bring information back and do a pretty good job about protecting government networks. it is that 90%, there's a common myth that the government or nsa, national security agency and cia and others are monitoring the private network and they're not. >> one thing trying to steal blueprints and technology. another thing to use that hacking ability to undermine a power grid or telecommunications network to do something like that that could grind a chunk of the country to a halt. is there any evidence the chinese or russians want to do that?

>> absolutely. we have seen it is now and forever more part of military planning. we saw it in estonia, the russians went in because they took a statue of a soviet soldier down from a square, they did a very vicious and effective cyber attack. they prepped the battlefield, if you will, before they went into georgia before the cyber attack. they will launch an aggressive cyber attack when we're in conflict. what should worry people, yes, chinese have the capability, yes, russians have the capability, but now who is creeping up, iran, south korea. still a ways behind. >> south korea, an ally? >> excuse me, north korea, apologize. thanks for the correction. >> i was going to say south korea. >> hope they have defensive capability. >> you're saying iran and north korea have what? >> well, they're gaining in capability and they're not rational actors. china isn't necessarily going to shut down the electric grid

unless we're in conflict, can't say that with iran or north korea. you have seen the iranians are on our shores, probing our financial institutions, we know they have been probing certain electric grids and what not. that's a real problem for us because again, there's a cyber war going on now. most americans aren't aware of it. and it is not one we're well prepared to handle. >> mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee joining me, obviously very disturbing information. coming up, new video showing what the alleged boston bombers did a couple days before the blast. we're going to show it to you. and al qaeda rubbed salt in boston's wounds with a cruel look at the bombings in its online magazine.

newly released video from a security camera shows both suspects in the boston marathon bombings working out at a gym three days before the attack. the gym's manager tells cnn tamerlan tsarnaev on the left had just shaved a bushy beard he had been growing about two years. none of this surprises cnn terrorism analyst paul crookshat. >> shaving the beard may be a way to blend in not to attract scrutiny from security services in carrying out the boston attack. we have seen with western

militants, wannabe jihadists emphasis on physical training, physical fitness wanting to be prepared for jihad. >> also a twist in the aftermath of the bombings, al qaeda is using that tragedy to encourage new attacks. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more on this part of the story. what's going on here, barbara? >> wolf, just as boston is trying to heal, one of the most ruthless branches of al qaeda is launching a new propaganda effort. this is the latest version of "inspire" the magazine published by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and much of it, including this article, titled the inevitable is cruelly devoted to the boston marathon bombing. >> what it tells you is this group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is opportunistically trying to take advantage of the attack.

>> it says they're brilliant carrying out the attacks which al qaeda says were an absolute success. the magazine mentions copley square, fenway park, boston university. it says these heroic bombings exposed many hidden shortcomings of the american security and intelligence system. the tsarnaev brothers are believed to have read a 2010 inspire article entitled make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom, which detailed how to make the type of pressure cooker bombs used to carry out the attack in boston. and now boston may be leading al qaeda and yemen to offer new guidance to its followers. >> the message they're putting out to followers in the west, don't come and join us in yemen, stay home, launch attacks there, we will give you how to advice in magazines like inspire, bomb making recipes so that you can do that. >> because inspire magazine is an online publication, it is almost impossible to shut it

down. it is becoming a big worry to counter terrorism officials. wolf? >> do you see any evidence at the pentagon that the military is beginning to get more involved in these controversial drone strikes, taking over responsibility from the cia, going after suspected terrorists? >> well, we know that that is where this is all headed, that there has been a policy decision to try and at least publicly say they're going to put more of the drone strikes with the u.s. military, that is purportedly to give it more visibility to the american public and to people around the world, make it not so secret. but i think it is a safe bet that the cia certainly will continue drone strikes in some critical parts of the world, pakistan, yemen, perhaps even in north africa. wolf? >> while i have you quickly, barbara, there are still 60,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan right now. all of them are supposed to be out by the end of 2014.

another year and a half. will most stay, though, at least through much of next year? this withdrawal, how quickly will it develop? >> wolf, it is very interesting. afghanistan is scheduled for a major national election next april, april, 2014. you're going to see some draw down. but right before the election that's going to stop. they're going to leave a big bunch of troops in place for the backup of the 2014 election, then the draw down will start again after that. what we have not seen yet is the obama administration's decision on how exactly they're going to finish carrying out the draw down. they're committed to getting almost all troops out of afghanistan by the end of next year. >> all right, barbara, thank you. barbara starr at the pentagon. when we come back, anthony bourdain's final parts unknown destinations, peru and congo. why he says one of them was the most terrifying shoot of his

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we are down to the final two episodes of anthony bourdain's excellent cnn show "parts unknown." we will see him in peru this weekend and in congo the next. right now, he joins us from new york. let's start, want to start, anthony, with a little clip from your visit to congo. listen to this. >> i've had something of a multi decade obsession with the congo. it's been kind of a personal dream if you will to travel the congo river. now for better or worse, i get

that chance. we have rented a vessel and i shall dub the captain willard. did you maggots load the chickens? >> finding food on the way it is anticipated will be a challenge. refrigeration of any kind is impossible. >> i am psyched. my dream has finally come true. blocked by officials, this could be months. okay. let the probing begin. >> how do we do this? >> get under way before they figure. wow. i can't wait to see the full hour. anthony, you called the congo

shoot, i'm quoting you now, the most terrifying, stressful, physically difficult shoot of your life. why is that? >> you know, congo is a country where everything is okay until it's not. things can change very, very quickly. there are over 20 active militia groups duking it out at any given moment. government forces who are pretty much at least as bad if not worse than any of the militia groups. it's a large, very unstable country with i lot of problems. it's also incredibly beautiful and fascinating place. so it was a challenge both physically and a challenge to try to tell people about a very large, very complicated subject. >> were you ever worried that it was actually too dangerous? >> there were definitely some moments. i mean, we were robbed extorted or threatened with imprisonment or physical harm on a fairly regular basis. we had very good local contacts

who really saved us every day. otherwise, shooting there would have been really close to impossible. it's really tough predatory environment. officials don't seem to get paid and they get theirs by taking advantage of the situation. it was a very, very difficult, both bureaucratically and just simple things like running water, electricity, food. this is a country where ordinary people fight to live every day. >> you've also said traveling the congo river was a personal dream. why is that? >> well, i'm obsessed with the book "heart of darkness" by joseph conrad and the king leopold belgium period of history that's described in that book. it's a subject that i've long been obsessed with. so few people know what king leopold, one the king of belgium did to the congo, what he was able to do.

basically make it his personal treasure chest and slaughter the population by the millions. this is an era of history that few people are aware of. it's a story i've wanted to tell for a long time. >> this weekend you visit peru with a particular quest in mind. tell us about that. >> much more lighthearted. i got into a high-end chocolate venture last year with my friend eric. i asked myself, well, we all like chocolate, we're obsessed with it, in fact. most of us in the western world. where does it come from? who makes it? who gets paid? you know, where does the money go on your average bar of chocolate? where does the money go on a high end bar of chocolate? >> i went to a remote area to a valley where they grow wild, very rare variety of it and answer those questions. >> a good season for you and for cnn.

i've watched all the episodes. libya, i'm looking forward to the congo, peru. what's next? >> i'm hoping iran sometime next year. that would be an interesting subject. a very old society. i'm told delicious food. >> i'm sure it will be great all around. this sunday night, you're going to peru, 9:00 p.m. eastern. the following sunday, that's june 9th, congo. we're look forward to both. anthony bourdain, what a remarkable season it's been for you. thanks very much for joining the cnn family. >> thank you so much, wolf. when we come back, if exercise doesn't work for you, maybe prancer size -- prancer size. there you see it. jeanne moos is next. it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain.

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cnn's jeanne moos discovered a strange looking way to get your exercise. >> wild horses couldn't keep us from reporting on this new exercise routine. why exercise when you can prancercise? is it a workout or is it a spoof? it is definitely something to behold. let's pick up the pace. >> with the prancercise trot. it's really hot. ♪ >> the outfit, the jewelry, the '80s style. is this real? when you prancercise, what's make you feel like? >> it makes me feel liberated. >> 60-year-old joann roar back of florida invented prancercising 25 years ago. >> it didn't really start catching on until this week, i think. >> when blogs started featuring the video she put online last year, she had already written a

book and created a website. she describes prancercise as -- >> springy, rhythmic movement forward similar to a horse's gait ideally induced by elation. >> much of the commentary is mocking. on huffington post, her fitness routine was put on the comedy page. the web, though, can be kind of harsh. >> i know it can. you know what, i'll take all of it. the harsh, the goof, everything, because hey, that's what getting famous is about, right? >> the lady's got horse sense. there are four modes of prancercise, most of them done wearing ankle weights. >> we're going to really cut the noose and let it loose with the prancercise gallop. >> joanna says prancercise is great aerobic exercise. low impact on the body and lots of fun. reminded us of an episode of

friends in which rachel discovers that running unself-consciously like a goofball can feel great. >> i'm so graceful. -- see, even jennifer aniston prancercises. >> now it's your turn. >> i'm channeling my inner horse. it's exhausting. >> as for all that mockery, joanna takes it in stride. >> well, maybe my presence. because i'm not a youngster and i'm not wearing the usual pierced earrings and president pu -- a punk hairdo. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. i was prancercising a little bit earlier today in the newsroom. you're not going to see that any time soon. remember, you can follow what's going on in the situation room on twitter. tweet me at wolf blitze you can tweet the show at cnn sitroom. like us on facebook. thanks for watching. the news continues next on cnn.

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