another strong-willed woman and she's never been afraid to voice her opinions. she realizes that they raised a strong-willed independent sons and daughters and he'll do whatever he thinks he should do. i think the bench is pretty deep, frankly, on my side of the aisle. i'm looking more toward governors because at the end of the day i do think it's not necessarily an indictment of the last five years. >> what about tom ridge. >> it's nice to have executive experience before you begin. >> we have to go. >> the debate continues on cross fire as well as facebook and twitter. >> from the left i'm stephanie cutter. >> from the right i'm newt gingrich. join us next time for another edition of "cross fire." erin burnett "out front" starts now. next, breaking news. a student allegedly opens fire in a high school gym. at least two other students are injured. police are still looking for suspects. plus, more breaking news. new details about the southwest flight that landed at the wrong airport. when did the pilots realize

their mistake? and the first lady, michelle obama, hits the big 5-0. lisa givins and the first laid yes go "out front." good evening. i'm don level mon in for erin burnett tonight. breaking news in a headline that sadly seems all too familiar. another school shooting to tell but this evening. this time in philadelphia. this afternoon a student allegedly fired a hand gun inside a high school gym injuring at least two students. one student is in custody. police say they are searching for additional suspects now. jason carroll is following the developing story for us. what's the update here? >> reporter: don, as you know, frightening moments for students at that high school. the student in custody is 17 years old. he was actually, don, arrested at his home in south

philadelphia not far from delaware valley charter high school. that is where the shooting happened. the teenager arrested after police looked at surveillance tape taken from the gym, taken from a camera there in the gym that captured the whole thing, don, apparently showing that there were several students there in the gym. some were in one corner, some were standing in another corner. philadelphia's police chief actually saw the tape. he provides a little bit more detail in terms of what happened. >> you clearly can see that something took place. it was the discharge of a firearm. the individual responsible ran out of the building. we do have that person in custody. it was -- he is a student at the school, a juvenile, so i'm not going to release any information pertaining to his identity. >> reporter: police commissioner charles ramsay there saying the two students that were shot, two 15-year-olds, a little boy and a little girl, both in stable condition. both shot in the arm.

they were taken to a hospital located, don, just about a block from the high school. so far no motive. no motive in this shooting so far. police are still looking for the gun. police also looking for additional suspects although the police commissioner would not say what role, if any, those additional suspects may have played in the shooting. don? >> jason, get more information and get back to us. more breaking news. new developments on the southwest flight that landed at the wrong missouri airport this week. the national transportation safety board is updating its investigation revealing what looks like a case of pilot error. david mattingly has been following this story and got an exclusive bird's eye view of the wrong runway. david joins us now. david, the big question is how did it happen? what are you hearing tonight? >> reporter: don, what we're hearing is there were two veteran pilots aboard in control but making a big mistake. they didn't realize they had made a mistake until after they had landed.

that according to the ntsb releasing some of their preliminary findings tonight. what we were able to determine when we flew over that area, these runways are only about seven miles apart. if you're on a 737 on approach ten miles south, you can clearly see both of them, but the crew here says that when they were approaching at night they were using their eyes, not their instruments. when they looked up they saw the lights of the wrong runway and followed that one. the pilot i was with was showing how easy it was to make that mistake just turning a few degrees one way or the other could put you on the wrong runway and that's exactly what happened here. in fact, the ntsb was listening to the cockpit voice recorder and what is on that recorder actually backs up what the pilots told them. looking at the statement here it says, according to the cockpit voice recorder, the landing was uneventful and it was not until shortly after landing that the crew realized they had landed at the wrong airport.

now the term uneventful, some of the passengers might argue with that determination, saying that they had a very abrupt stop, that there was a great deal of pressure applied to the brakes. they stopped in a very short period of time. and afterward they said they could smell burning rubber outside the plane indicating how hard this plane had to come to a stop on this very short runway. >> let's talk a little bit more about the ntsb's findings. did they say anything about how dangerous this mistake was, david? >> reporter: they do not because these are preliminary findings and it's going to be months before we have a final report from the ntsb, but flying over that runway just sort of matching the speed of the 737 might have had going over there, you can fly over this airport in a matter of justen secon ten se. it's half the length of the runway they were supposed to land on. in fact, they stopped only 500 feet from the end. at the end is the big shock that i had when i was flying over that. you can see that there is

an abrupt stop. really a cliff at the end of the runway that tumbles down right onto the interstate where a bunch of unsuspecting motorists could have been involved with a collision with a 737 if they hadn't stopped in time. again, the ntsb not making any characterization of how much danger there was here. this runway clearly is not made to handle that kind of jet. >> nothing uneventful about that, david mattingly. thank you very much. appreciate it. in a major speech today, president obama unveiled new spying guidelines. the president outlined a number of changes to the way the u.s. gathers intelligence, but there are critics on both sides of the aisle who are happy with the changes proposed by the president. jim schuto reports from washington. >> reporter: after months of spirited debates sparked by the explosive revelations of he had war snowden, today the president told americans he'll rein in nsa surveillance but only to a point. >> the power of new technologies

means that there are fewer and fewer technical constraints on what we can do. that places a special obligation on us to ask tough questions about what we should do. >> reporter: the most significant changes affect the most controversial surveillance program, the bulk collection of american's phone records. effective immediately the nsa will need judicial approval before searching the data. the president asked congress to create a panel of public advocates to counter the requests and he asked the attorney general to explore moving the data out of nsa control, but the bottom line, the program won't necessarily end. for the nsa's most ardent critics, that would be a glaring omission. >> i didn't hear any lessening of the spying on americans or collecting records of americans, i heard that, trust me, i'm going to put more safeguards in place but i'm going to keep right on collecting every american's records. >> reporter: the president

argues that much of the surveillance is just too important to scrap altogether. >> not only because i felt that they made us more secure but also because nothing in that initial review and nothing that i have learned since indicated that our intelligence community has sought to violate the law. >> reporter: so do any of the changes make us less safe? >> if these programs were stopping huge terrorist attacks, you know, maybe they should be more -- you know, there should be more concern, but the fact is that these programs are not. >> reporter: the president also announced changes that will affect foreigners. he said we will no longer spy on the foreign leaders of close american allies. he also extended some american privacy protections to foreigners, really a remarkable thing. it hasn't been done in the history of intelligence work i was told by one member of the intelligence reform panel earlier today. the administration also leaving many open questions. one question, you know, this public advocate that the president wants to put into the foreign intelligence court, what kinds of cases will those

advocates take part in? it's said that they will take part in significant cases, but who will define that and how often will they be in that -- inside that courtroom? there's also the question still open as to where this meta data of all of our phone calls are going to stay. he said he doesn't want it to be in the nsa's hands. will it go to a phone company? will it go to a third party? these are still things that are going to be debated in public and in private in the coming weeks and months, don. so we've got some more questions to answer and we'll be watching. >> a lot of questions. a lot of questions still to answer. thank you, jim, from washington. still to come, the family of a man on death row is outraged after a botched ohio execution. the prisoner gasped and convulsed for nearly 20 minutes before he finally died. plus, a mysterious death. police trying to determine how a former "playboy" model ended up dead at his friend's house. and a crisis in california. wild fires ripped through the foothills of los angeles.

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the execution of a convicted murderer and rapist is spurring a new debate over the death penalty here in america. dennis mcguir was put to death in ohio using a new two drug combination. it was the first time it was used in the u.s. witnesses say the execution took roughly 20 minutes and he appeared to gasp and con vuls repeatedly before he died. his family described it as torture. tonight they are planning to file a federal lawsuit saying the state violated the eighth amendment. >> he tried to sit up against the straps on the guernsey. i watched him repeatedly clench his fists. it appeared to me he was fighting for his life and suffocating. the agony and terror of watching my dad suffocate to death lasted more than 19 minutes. >> well, tonight cnn legal

analyst sunny hostin and paul joined us. they say the length is not unusual. is this cruel and unusual punishment? >> it's a close call. executions usually last 10 minutes. the lethal injection protocol that had been used is ten minutes. that was well past that. there was evidence of the struggle. the supreme court has found that it is cruel and unusual for someone to suffer, but we also know that the death penalty doesn't have to be pain free. so at the very least i think it does open up the question as to what is going to happen with the death penalty because we can't get the drugs that we used to be able to get to execute people. >> you worded it more eloquently than i would. the critics would say this guy is accused of killing someone who is pregnant. why should it matter if it was cruel or unusual. he killed someone. that's what the death penalty did. does the family have a legitimate case, paul? >> no, as a matter of fact, i think the case is offensive.

the facts are that joyce stewart was 22 years old when dennis mcguire killed her, he slashed her throat, stabbed her in the throat. he severed her jugular. >> she was 7 months pregnant. >> the baby suffocated to death as well. >> that's right, the baby suffocated to death. >> that's a viable baby. he killed two human beings. how much suffering did she endure. and to say that he gasped a few times as he died -- by the way, there's no evidence that he was conscious when he died. this was -- he was given very, very heavy sedative along with a very, very heavy dose of a morphine-like drug. it doesn't appear to me like he's suffering. i think, you know, it's just offensive to think there would be a lawsuit to arise. >> i don't think it's offensive at all. i think as a society we know that only 60% of americans granted -- more than 50% are in support of the death penalty. >> hang on. let me read that. according to the gallup poll.

support peeked in 1994 at 80%, sunny and paul. >> right. >> the most recent poll says it's dropped to 60%. it's now legal in 32 states. so could we see an end to the death penalty? >> i think so. i think that the appetite clearly is waning for the death penalty. we're talking about a pendulum of decency when it comes to societal standards, aren't we? at one point the guillotine was fine. at one point the firing squad was fine. they're trying to make it more palatable, death by lethal injection is fine. it's meeted out in an arbitrary and capricious way. >> i was going to ask you this evening in the newsroom when we were talking about the number of people on death row in ohio, 138, then we were saying around the country. >> yeah. >> how do they figure out who's actually going to be killed? >> that's the thing. they're on death row forever. it doesn't work. >> the one thing we have to consider now. for instance, mcguire, that murder took place 25 years ago.

those who say we're putting innocent people to death i think maybe that has happened in the past, but his case was examined by so many courts. >> he admitted it. >> that's not the question. that's not the question that he was guilty of murder. the question is as a society are we going to murder people to show people that murder is wrong? it clearly doesn't work. the death penalty doesn't work. >> when you think about the circumstances though and lots of families feel that they are justified, that they have some sort of -- i hate this closure. they have some sense of justice, right? the justice system prevailed because this person has no life because they took my loved one's life. >> that's an eye for an eye. that's not what our justice system is supposed to be about. it's not supposed to be about retribution. i've got to tell you, i think in a civilized society there's no place for the death penalty. >> sunny, i understand what you're saying. if someone killed a family member of mine that was pregnant, i would want to kill them myself. i'm not saying i would do that, i would have that feeling.

i can't believe you did this to my loved one. i don't think when you're grieving, what's wrong with that feeling? >> there's nothing wrong with it, but it's wrong if you institutionalize it the way we have with death penalty. it's not a deterrent. it's performed in a very arbitrary way. we don't even have a way to do it now because we can't get the drugs because other countries and other cultures are saying, this is wrong. we're not going to give you the medication to allow you to do it. >> to me, this is the most outrageous part of what europeans are doing. they oppose the death penalty and they think we're barbaric because we use it. now they've cut off our phenobarbital supply which was the drug that was used for a humane administration of the death penalty. >> it's never humane. >> now we're using other drugs and these people are allegedly being tortured as they die. great move, europe. that really solved the problem. >> i think it is a great move. it puts the issue to the forefront. now we don't have a way to humanely kill people and i would

submit it's never humane state sponsored murder, but what do we -- >> there's no logic. >> we know where sunny stands on the death penalty. >> there's no logic. >> because this happened and the family is filing suit and potentially other states will reconsider using this form of lethal injection. >> i absolutely think so. i think it will delay any executions that are pending in ohio. i think it pushes the subject to the forefront. counselor will disagree with me. how do we kill people? should we kill people? >> can people be honest? i want a little honesty. if you're opposed to the death penalty, you're opposed to it in all circumstances. that seems to be sunny's position. >> it is. it is. >> what they're saying in this case is it was wrong because of the way it was administered. that's a joke. if you're going to have the death penalty, this guy is the poster child for it for what he did. >> last word. thank you very much. appreciate it. have a great weekend. >> you too. it's friday. thank you. still to come. what is the pope doing in this

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it is no secret that smoking is bad for you, but tonight we are learning it's even deadlier than we all thought. even though fewer people are lighting up. a new report from the surgeon general has shown that smoking

kills 430 million people a year. plus, cigarettes are now linked to diseases like diabetes, arthritis, even erectile dysfunction. new york city has some of the toughest smoking laws in the country. we're joined by the city's health commissioner, dr. thomas farly. doctor, thank you. what's behind the rise in this, the deaths? is it because smoking, i don't know, has for some reason become lethal or just because of new research? >> first of all, we're now 50 years from the initial surgeon's general report that says smoking causes lung cancer. since that time the number of people has gone up not because cigarettes are any worse, they're just as bad as they used to be, but because we know more about smoking. we know it causes other diseases than before, liver cancer, colon cancer. diabetes is a very common disease. >> it's research, as i said. we're learning more about it? >> right. >> new york city, you watch the television and you can't help but see the commercials. they're very graphic trying to get people to get off of

tobacco. let's look and then we'll talk about it. >> yeah. >> i've had about i would say between 17 and 20 amputations. >> i used to paint my own house. >> i can't hang up my own pictures. >> the light in my house blew out and i can't change it because i have no fingertips. there's a government report that estimates that by 2050 smoking will be as high as 15%. do you think the ads are effective or they turn people off? >> these ads work. we used them in new york city because we developed them with smokers who tell us what speaks to them. they like the medically accurate, very tough, very emotional ads. there's good research that shows people will quit. >> what else can the government do to get people to stop smoking or never pick it up. are there other things that the government can do? >> there are things that the fda can do.

for example, they can set up a system called track and trace to find out people who are smuggling cigarettes to avoid the high taxes. high taxes, we know, reduce smoking rates by making the price high so that teenagers don't start in the first place. they can also ban the use of menthol in cigarettes. one thing we know is menthol makes cigarettes even more addictive. it makes it easier for teenagers to start smoking. >> you're talking about teenagers. now you want to raise the age to 21. >> in new york city we've raised the legal sales age. >> people are saying that because you stopped smoking in all public places. new york was among the first. now raising the age. they're saying, hey, this is a nanny state. even if it's bad, shouldn't we be able to choose. >> people can choose if they want to smoke or not. i don't recommend that. what we've done is make the environment easier for people not to smoke. smoking is the number one underlying killer in america, the number one underlying killer

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welcome back to the second half of "out front." the company blamed for contaminating west virginia's tap water has filed for bankruptcy. freedom industries is facing class action lawsuits in light of the chemical spill but chapter 11 bankruptcy will likely protect the company from court judgments against it.

more than 7,000 gallons of a coal treatment chemical leaked into the river and forced 300,000 people in the state to go without running water for days. one resident tells cnn if a pregnant woman can't drink this, we're not feeling safe. a former "playboy" model found dead in laimgs. casandra lynn hensley was found dead. an autopsy has been conducted. the cause of death might not be known for several weeks pending toxicology results. the 34-year-old told the magazine last month that she said she had many great experiences in her life. and a heavy weight film producer takes on the gun lobby. harvey weinstein said he would be making a film starring meryl streep that would make the nra, quote, wish they weren't alive. piers morgan pointed out that people will think this move is hypocritical. >> they have a point.

you have to look in the mirror, too. i have to just choose movies that aren't violent or as violent as they used to be, and i know for me personally, you know, i can't continue to do that. so the chain starts here. it has already. >> that's a big statement to make. >> i know that. >> because these are successful films. >> for me, i can't do it. i can't make one movie and say, this is what i want for my kids, and go out and be a hypocrite. >> weinstein went on to say he'll still make movies but will no longer make crazy action movies just for the sake of blowing things up. for more make sure you watch "piers morgan tonight" at 9:00 eastern. tonight a crisis is unfolding in california. the state declaring a draw the emergency just a few hours ago. it may be the driest the state has been since officials started keeping record 100 years ago. the effects of this drought may be felt nationwide. that's because california produces nearly half of the u.s. grown fruit, nuts, vegetables that this country consumes.

right now the tinder box conditions are fueling a wild fire that's tearing through the foothills of los angeles. 800 firefighters trying to knock down the flames which officials say were started by three men camping. unbelievable. live along the fire line in azuza, california. up against dry conditions. how's it going? >> reporter: certainly. if you're here on the ground, don, you see the impact and the power of a drought. i want you to look at what fire can do. this was a mansion, an historic mansion two stories tall. it was broken up into several different apartments and this is all that's left. you can see a tub, an oven. you can see it still smoldering. firefighters have not only intensifier to deal with and flames, but now they have to deal with drought conditions. what we have here in california are conditions where they're dryer than they have been in 100

years. you put low humidity there and then you add the heat and, don, that's why the governor is declaring this state in a state of emergency. don. >> i want our viewers to see this. i want to take a look at two pictures of the sierra mountains. the one on the left is last year and the one on the right is from this week. you can see how much more green and how much more snow there is on the left-hand side picture and you're on the ground. do you see a big difference there on the ground? >> reporter: absolutely. i'm going to walk you over this way because the best description of it is just to simply take a look through -- into the hillside. this used to be an apartment. you can see it's completely gone now. take a look at the hills. you see how brown they are? you can see some spots of green, but normally this time of year in california, just like your satellite imagery showed, this would all be lush, green, blooming, but because there has been so little rain, los angeles

here has only had 3 inches in 2013, 3 inches for the entire year. normally you get 14. that's why everything here is so brown. don? >> my goodness. keep us updated. thank you for that. now to the mysterious disappearance of a wall street journal reporter. david burr who covers energy issues for the journal left his house saturday evening for a walk and hasn't been seen since. some are worried his reporting could have played a role in his disappearance. alexandra field has the latest now. >> reporter: david bird, a married father of two disappears without his cell phone or the medication he needs following a liver transplant nine years ago. >> he's a strong man. he has been through -- he's been through a lot before. just think he's holding on. we just want him back. >> reporter: for almost a week authorities and hundreds of

volunteers have scoured the hills for the wall street journal's 55-year-old reporter. they've said, quote, mr. bird is a long time reporter of the dow jones newsroom. our thoughts are with his family. bird's family is desperate to find him. on saturday he said he was going for a quick walk but never came home. >> we have every reason to believe that he just wanted to go for a little stroll. there's no -- nothing pointing to anything else. >> reporter: a search party numbering as many as 200 is combing trails where bird, a marathoner, likes to walk. they're searching the nearby pasaic river. this week a potential clue came from mexico. that's where media outlets reported bird's credit card had been used. a source close to the investigation tells us prosecutors at this point have not confirmed whether the card was actually used in mexico. those reports raised concerns that his disappearance could somehow be connected to his coverage of opec, the organization of the petroleum

exporting countries. >> that didn't come from us so i don't know where that information came from and i -- that's -- doesn't make sense. he went for a walk and that was all we know. we have no idea. >> reporter: bird's sister in law says the family still doesn't have any answers for a disappearance that makes no sense. >> it really is a mystery, alexandra. what's next in the investigation? do they think they're any closer to anything? >> the goal is to bring david bird home. there's a massive coordinated effort here involving a number of different agencies. the footprint of the search is large. it's involved helicopters, horses, dogs, atvs so the effort on the ground is very much an active one. they are hoping that they'll find david bird and that he will be okay. the family tells us they know a lot is happening behind the scenes. police are looking, of course, at phone records, financial records, financial samtatements >> nothing gave any indication that something like this would happen, not acting strangely,

nothing out of the ordinary? >> everyone who knows david bird has said the same thing. he's a family man. he's a hiker. he's a camper. he was just taking out the christmas tree. he was supposed to be on a quick walk. everyone expected he would be right home. >> thank you. appreciate it. exorcism, you think of the movie, right? pope francis is getting a lot of attention over this video which some say show him performing an exorcism. the vatican has denied it. one thing is true, more practitioners are speaking about t. frederick pleiken has more on the mysterious ritual. >> can you hear me? >> reporter: this is the image people have of exorcism. exorcism is very much a reality. people wait outside this church all night in the italian village. people like the filmmaker lorenzo. >> reporter: someone put a curse

on me. things started going badly. then he shows me items he brought for blessing. candles, water, and even clothes to keep evil spirits away. people who believe they're possessed come from all over italy to see this man, don luigi arapallo. >> reporter: the pope is very open to exorcism, he says. last year they felt that this showed the pope conducting an exorcism. the vatican strongly denied it. it said the pope was conveying blessings, but some think pope francis is putting more emphasis on exorcism after the pontiff mentioned the devil in several early sermons including the exorcist priest. >> translator: we believe in the existence of the devil, he says, and pope francis from the very beginning has said we must be

wary of the devil and the way to defend yourself against the devil is to go through the process of exorcism. >> reporter: exorcism simply means ridding a person of demons or persons. rituals include everything from prayers, to blessing items, to using special oils. but critics like this priest say many misunderstand the true meaning of fighting one's inner demons. there's a lot of super stigs involved in all of this, he says. the truth is the lit turning call formula does not allow any obscure rituals. even though some rituals might seem obscure, people continue to flock to some churches like this one in the hope that priests might be able to rid them of the curses and demons they believe they have inside. still to come, kulio, kulio,

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it's getting close to that time. the top of the hour. that's when anderson joins us. here he is with a look ahead. hey, anderson. >> hey, don. a doctor told a family to let their son go after a hit and run accident left them clinging to life. they did not give upholding out hope that a long-shot cure could save his life. dr. sanjay gupta joins us with how large doses of omega 3 saved

his life. the winter olympics three weeks away. russia's president is helping spread the word that everyone is welcome. even guys and lesbians. he said guys need to stay away from children. that's what he said. i'll ask former olympic skating champion brian boytono. >> i've stolen one of your friends, anderson, on the show. she's sitting right here. there she is. can we show her? say hi. >> traitor. i can't believe it. >> she's going to chat with me about the first lady and being 50 and fabulous. >> there's nobody better. >> thank you, sir. see you at the top of the hour. middle age, over the hill, just plain old or something else. what does turning 50 mean to you? that is a question facing the first lady, michelle obama, who faces the big 5-0. people dread the half century mark. is 50 still a big deal or is it true what they say, that age is just a number?

so to discuss that and other things, i'm joined now by the co-host of "america now" which i watch is lisa givens and grammy award winning recording artist, k kulio. kulio is 50. your hair and hat are so subdued. >> you wrote an article titled 50 fears. you referred to michelle obama as the new american beauty. is she an example of what the new 50 looks like? >> yes. what she's an example of is 50 gets to be what you say it is. >> right. >> she says it's strong, it's vibrant, it's sexy, it's healthy. she is an example that you get to choose. so you can choose to be tired. you can choose to be old. or you can choose to be fierce

or fabulous. >> i said 50ish. you're not quite there yet? >> no. >> but you look great. 501 not -- when i was a kid i thought 50 was so old. the closer i get, it's young. mr. coolio, a lot of people turned 50 recently including you. here's what some had to say about it, including you. >> the thing about turning 50, your memory. i write jokes on my hand. i never had to do that in my whole life. >> it makes you, you know, more grateful for what you have. >> look better at 50 than i did at 40. >> so far i haven't minded a bit. >> i'm grumpier. >> i'm 50. bam, there's a sandwich in front of me. oh, lord! >> [ bleep ] 50. >> so i'm going to read off some other names. sandra bullock, key anna reeves, lenny kravitz.

>> lenny? >> he used to work out with me. they're turning 50. this is the ideal for people the way they look. is it impossible, coolio, to age ungracefully? all of these people are aging gracefully. >> well, i mean, i think it depends on the person. depends on your genes and depends on how well you take care of yourself. i'm 50 and i feel 30. i think the only -- the only thing different about me at 50, i think my sex drive has increased. >> increased? >> well, okay. >> i can't go as long anymore, but i'm still -- you know, i'm still -- i'm still virile. >> no, virile. >> yeah, i'm still virile. i'm good. i'm good. i feel great. i mean, you know, i got some aches and pains that i'm feeling now that i haven't felt -- i've never felt before, but that's

about it. >> that's what happens. leeza, you know this. you know you're getting older when you stand and you go, oh. but it's not all about what you eat and how much you work out and all of these other things that keep you looking young. plastic surgery. botox. the first lady talked about it. here's what she had to say. in a tweet she said, quote, women should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel good about themselves, right? she says, right now i don't imagine that i would go that route, but i've also learned to never say never. it wasn't a tweet. that was a quote from her. what do you think about that, leeza? >> i want to welcome michelle obama to the goddess circle, first of all, or in led zeppelin terms, halfway up to the climb to the stairway to heaven. i love that she's >> what do you think about that? >> i want to welcome michelle obama to the god egs circle first of all. or in les zeppelin terms,

halfway up that climb to the stairway to heaven. i love that she's redefined the conversation about aging. it's not only embracing it. it's coming for you, so you better make best friends with it. she's never been afraid of it in any way. she's changed her hair, her work-out routine. she's reserved the right to change her mind. she may change her mind about that statement. she may not. but shes says this is the power decade. this is the time we get to be more of ourselves than ever before. >> i say it's okay. whatever you want to do, if something makes you feel better been yourself, botox, fillers, let's be honest, you've worked in hollywood for a while. you've worked in the entertainment business, when you're in the public eye, especially on camera, it's tough. many people look great in their first because they're getting some great work done. >> well, but look on the our role models who are 50. look at the pace setters. look at tina turner. look at helen mirren, jamie lee

curtis. look at the people who are showing us what it means to be fabulous and fearless. and i think we have to drop the dread. we got to stop looking at 50 as the ultimate "f" word. and look at other f words. look at flexibility, lok at focus. >> don't weigh in on this coolio. >> your f words, no. >> we don't want to hear the coolio f words, but fine is good. >> my f word is food. watch what you eat. try to eat things that are healthy. you don't -- i'm not saying don't, you know, eat foot that you like and that tastes good, just watch out for stuff that's high in cholesterol and you want to stay away from saturated fats and all that. and high fructose syrup. stay away from that. you should be all right. >> who would have thunk it?

coolio, the nutritionist. >> hey. >> i am getting close to 50. still have a couple years away, but i keep this band on now to remind me to eat healthy, to work out, what have you. i have aches and pains, i carry the roll on, icy hot around. my trainer's like, you're going to do it anyway, i don't care how old you are. it's important to do that. >> they say black don't crack, but it can fold. >> good beige don't age either. >> you have to maintain. mel nin put some genes on your side. that's why the first lady's skin is flawless. and angela basset and you're like, what is that? but there's still a lot of it -- coolio makes a good point. there are health issues, diabetes, aches and pains, joint issues. you have to add cream and

eliminate sugar. >> i've got to run, but is this the happiest you've been, you think, in your 50s now? is 50 the most fabulous decade? >> it really is without a doubt. i want people out there who aren't there yet, don't be afraid of it. the view from here is fantastic. and you know, it really is halfway. we're going to be 100. so these are our lessons and our wisdom at the halfway point. >> coolio, go take your phone call. we're glad you joined us. >> i was scared of 38, all right? because i had to get my first, you know, you had to get your colon checked. man, that was one of the worse days of my life. but i do it every year now. that's how it is. >> that's the last word, coolio. thank you, sir. thank you, leeza. thank you, michaela. i love that conversation. make sure you tune in tonight for "extraordinary journey," michelle obama turns 50 coming up at 10:00 p.m. eastern right

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sam simon, co-creator of the simpsons has quite the tv resume. he's also behind the charge carlin show, anger management, and many others. he has terminal cancer and he doesn't want to be remembered by tv credits and emmys. ana cabrera has the story. >> 17 grizzly and black bears arrived at their new home, a far cry from the roadside park where they were held. >> these bears were confined to sunken-down concrete pits that were devoid of any natural vegetation. >> it was the kind of situation that caught the attention of "the simpsons" co-creator sam

simon. simon has always had a passion for animals which found its way into the show's early episodes. he left "the simpsons" in 1993, but still gets millions in royalties. when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in november of 2012, he hatched a plan with the help of peta to buy up roadside zoos and circuses. >> when you say zoos and circuses, i'm talking about the crappiest zoos and circuses that have ever economisted. >> so you're willing to give hundreds of thousands of dollars? >> maybe more. >> millions, maybe? >> why not? >> it's images like these that motivate his investment. this park is in georgia. just $5 to visit. pictures show the animals doing tricks for food. while state regulators say no laws were broken, simon insists this is not the life these bears deserve. i'm not sure how people ignore what's clearly suffering by these animals.

>> we reached out to the owner of the park in georgia, who never returned our call, but according to the georgia department of natural resources, that facility closed on december 31st because of a baking issue. simon's plan to bring the bears here was already in motion. the wild animal sanctuary in colorado is a 720-acre facility, the home of 300 animals, including 130 other bears. the rescued bears, along with new born cubs from georgia, will live on three 15-acre habitats that are being developed just for them. >> this will have trees and ponds and caves and dens and places to play. >> a joyous moment for all, as one of the bears sets foot on dirt and grass, perhaps for the first time. >> there you go, there you go. [ laughter ] >> particularly meaningful for simon, who hopes his legacy is

defined by deeds like this, not just his television talent. it wasn't easy for simon to be here mostly because of his health. as for these bears, the executive director says it will be a few days for them to adjust to their new environment, just to be able to see the horizon, but they will recover, their instincts will kick in and these bears will get to experience to a degree, what life would be like in the wild. >> thanks for watching. i'm don lemon. have a great weekend. here's anderson. >> good evening, once again gun shots ring out at school and there's breaking news in the investigation. we'll take you to philadelphia where a second person is now in custody. also tonight president obama putting limits on nsa surveillance. the reporter who published the snowden leaks and an adviser who