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tom foreman, thank you so much. and thank you so much for watching. i'm brianna keilar in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> next, violence escalating in the middle east as israel and hamas trade threats. plus, a storm warning in place headed into the holiday weekend. will we see this year's first hurricane before the weekend's over? and the truth about counterfeit beauty aids. a medical professional tells us which types of products could potentially kill you. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, escalating violence in the middle east. israel and hamas trading threats and warnings after israel says hamas is responsible for the murder of three israeli teens. thousands of israelis gathered today to mourn those teens, kidnapped two weeks ago on their home from school in the west
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bank. and overnight, israel stepped up its strikes against hamas sites in gaza, hitting 34 targets. those strikes in response to the 18 rockets fired into israel from gaza since sunday. ben wedeman is in jerusalem following all of the developments. ben, israel says hamas is responsible. hamas denies it. another group is claiming responsibility. what's going on here? >> reporter: well, yes, we heard the israeli prime minister today say that hamas is responsible, hamas will pay, and hamas will continue to pay. but we saw this statement which was published by the palestinian mon news agency which came from the -- a group called the supporters of the islamic state who said they were behind the kidnapping and the killing of those three israeli teenagers. they also added that they would, quote, slaughter the palestinian authority. now, this is a new group.
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nobody has seen. and it's important to point out that a variety of fairly obscure groups have claimed responsibility prior for the kidnapping. but as far as we can tell, it's really difficult to verify the claims made by this group. don? >> israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, of course, has been in a security cabinet meeting now for over three hours. what are israel's options right now? >> reporter: well, at this point it's almost four hours. this is the second lengthy security cabinet meeting that the government has had since the discovery of those three bodies. now, at this point, what we did hear from the prime minister is that they're going to follow sort of three different lines of action. they're going to do everything they can to capture the perpetrators of this kidnapping, s the kidnappings and the murders. they're going to crack down on hamas in the west bank, and he
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also said they're going to quote, unquote, operate against hamas in the gaza strip. now, there's some within the israeli government who are calling for a massive operation against gaza, but the israelis have done massive operations against gaza in the past. 2008, 2009 as well as in november 2012. and they were unable to really significantly weaken hamas, and there's some within the government who are saying this may not work either -- this time either. so they really have fairly limited options unless they're going to go all out against hamas and gaza, and there are many israelis who question whether that will achieve anything. don? >> ben wedeman in jerusalem, thank you, ben. joining me now is israel's ambassador to the united states, ron durmer. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on your show. >> first off, hamas denies it
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was behind the killings. the prime minister netanyahu said that hamas is responsible. are you 100% certain, though? >> yes, we are certain that members of hamas committed this heinous act. the fact that the organization in gaza or their headquarters abroad has not taken credit for it or responsibility is a separate matter, but we know who did it, and we will spare no effort in order to bring them to justice. >> how do you know? >> because we know. we have clear evidence of it. and the prime minister of israel doesn't make such a clear statement without evidence. we know exactly what is there. pictures were -- two of the people who perpetrated this crime, their pictures were published already. they are on the run, but event valley we'll get them. >> president obama's press secretary was asked about this today. here's what he said. >> the fact is we're still seeking details about who precisely is responsible for this terrible terroristic act. >> the u.s. doesn't sound sure, but israel has named two
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suspects, destroyed their homes overnight. so how can you be so sure? you say you have evidence, but you're not saying exactly what the evidence is. >> well, when all the truth comes out, you will be as sure as i am. >> okay. let's move on and talk about the nonprofit "j" street, a group that favors a two-state solution. he writes in a cnn.com op-ed today, he said if israel undertakes targeted measures designed to punish those responsible for this terrible crime, the world will be with it. if it turns its understandable anger into a general offensive, we could be in for a sustained period of violence, claiming the lives of more innocent people. how do you stop this deadly back-and-forth, sir, where innocent civilians get caught in the cross fire? >> well, there's a big difference between us and the terrorists, and we should never lose sight of that difference. they deliberately target our civilians in the same way they deliberately targeted these three teenagers, and they killed them, kidnapped and executed them. what we do is we take action against terrorists.
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unfortunately, we're facing terrorists who both fire at our civilians. they fire rockets at our civilians, hundreds, sometimes thousands of rockets at our civilians, and they hide behind civilians. they use them as human shields. so unfortunately, there are sometimes when israel acting in legitimate self-defense takes action that harms palestinian civilians, but we don't intend to harm them. we try to keep them out of harm's way. that's a big difference between us and the terrorists. we should never forget that. >> he's saying deliberate. deliberate and accidental, it's still people -- there are lives being lost and people being hurt, even if it's deliberate or accidental. >> but it makes all the moral difference in the world. the deliberate targeting of civilians is an act of terrorism. when you go after innocents, women and children, noncombatants, then you are committing an act of terrorism. when a country defending itself against terrorism has to root out the terrorists who sometimes, as i said, in the case of hamas, hide in civilian areas, a lot of times you unfortunately harm civilians. but you're not trying to do it. in fact, you're going out of
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your way to avoid civilian casualties. that's what separates us from the terrorists. >> i want to get your response to this statement from a hamas spokesman today. he warned yet yetten -- netanya how prepared are they going to see full-scale war? >> we have a serious leadership in jerusalem. they will make the decisions they have to in order to protect our civilians. i can tell you that somebody born and raised in this country, if american cities were being rocketed, the actions that the american people would demand that their government take to keep their civilians, american civilians out of harm's way would be much more severe than the actions that israel has taken. >> even if that means full-scale war? >> i didn't say that. that's a decision that the people in jerusalem, the decision-makers in jerusalem who are meeting right now as we speak in the security cabinet will make the decisions they have to in order to protect the country. >> ambassador, thank you very much. >> thank you. a little bit more on this.
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cnn's national security analyst joins us now. he says evidence without saying what it is. do you believe they have evidence? >> yeah. look, you've got shinbet and massad, two very capable services, extensive human intelligence networks and sources, extensive signals intelligence. so look, you've got to belief that they've got hard intelligence pointing to the fact that it's hamas. and in fact, the two guys whose homes they razed this morning. and so -- but the problem here, don, is if you've got that, as opposed to just sort of making the broad statement that you have evidence, wouldn't you feel more confident if he said we have signals and intelligent sources -- >> i kept asking -- yeah. >> so give us some idea even if you don't give us the specifics. sboo what should israel do now, fran? >> i think israel is doing exactly what hamas expected them to do. look, hamas hid these bodies. because they knew there would be retaliation when the israelis
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found them. the israelis have done exactly that. there's a -- there is the expected sabre rattling back and forth between hamas now and the netanyahu government. but i have to agree with the ambassador. if three american teenagers were pulled off an american street just randomly and murdered, there would be a call for justice here. and you would expect that our government would react to that to send a message, don't do that again without expecting a retaliation. >> there is another group claiming responsibility, a smaller group here. durmer is hamas is to blame, so what's going on here? >> you know, you often see these -- sometimes it's a spl splinter group. other times it's a large group affiliate looking to divert attention from hamas. we don't really even know that such a group exists. nobody's ever heard of it before. oftentimes they'll issue these statements sort of to put it in the mix and create confusion. >> fran townsend, always a pleasure. thank you very much. "outfront" next, is this
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reports at least 2,400 iraqis have been killed in june. the death toll more than doubles the number of deaths from may, which is by far the deadliest month in iraq in years. cnn's barbara starr outfront tonight with the very latest on that increase in u.s. troops in iraq. >> reporter: the pentagon now admitting the number of u.s. troops in iraq could rise again depending on what president obama decides. is there a grand total? >> no. the sunni-backed militants are now at the southwestern edges of baghdad. >> that hasn't led up. it's difficult to tell what their intent is. >> reporter: leading the u.s. to escalate its involvement for one crucial reason, baghdad international airport. u.s. military officials believe the airport must be protected
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from attack. it's the only way to evacuate thousands of americans out of baghdad if the embassy or the city itself comes under fire. hundreds of additional u.s. military personnel are going to the airport with armed helicopters and drones. if needed, they will fly overhead between the embassy and the airport looking for signs of isis on the move. northwest baghdad where the airport is located, very much in the militants' crosshairs. it's the third escalation of u.s. force in two weeks. at the u.s. embassy in baghdad, there have been up to 200 troops working there for the last several years. but then on june 16th, 275 additional troops were ordered to beef up security. three days later, president obama announced up to 300 military advisers would be sent in after several iraqi divisions collapsed in the face of an isis advance. >> we're prepared to send a small number of additional
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american military advisers, up to 300, to assess how we can best train, advise and support iraqi security forces going forward. >> reporter: then on monday, 200 more troops were sent to baghdad to provide security at the embassy, the airport and key roads. the pentagon insists there is no mission creep. not everyone buys that. the issue now, of course, is iraqi forces. if the fighting comes to baghdad, will they stand and fight? barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> appreciate it, barbara starr, to help us break down what these additional troops mean for american involvement in iraq is cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona. not everybody buys that. you heard what barbara starr said. >> right. >> the pentagon is saying there is no mission creep. not everybody buys that. to me, i don't want to be presumptuous. it looks like the classic definition. >> yeah, what we've got here is the military doing the initial assessment. and i'm assuming that the
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announcement that more troops are needed to secure the airport are telling us that the initial assessment is bad. the initial advisers have looked at the iraqi army, and they've said these people are not capable right now of securing the airport. we need to do this ourselves. and you know, the airport sits about 12 miles outside the city. it's the only way in or out if we're going to do an evacuation. very important. >> as barbara reported, this is, i think, the third escalation of u.s. forces in two weeks. the pentagon acknowledged that the troop levels could rise. do you feel that the president and the pentagon really and the defense, i should say, department have been clear about the mission? >> i think they have, but i think they're seeing that the mission is much more difficult than they initially thought. >> where have we heard that before, right? >> we're going to see, okay, well, we have to secure this objective. that's going to take another 500. then there's another 500. pretty soon you're in there and involved in the operation. >> let's talk about isis. are you concerned at all that isis will get closer to baghdad and then risk the security and
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the airport? >> i don't think they're going to go into the city itself, but if you look where they've deployed, they're trying to consolidate their gains in the enclave that they've declared the islamic state. they've moved a little bit south of the city. they've come to the northwest of the city. whether they're going to actually try to go for the city now, i don't think they've got the strength to do it. i think they're smart enough. there are some very capable military planners in isis. we have to acknowledge that. look at the logistics, how they've moved, their planning, the objectives they've gone after. they know what they're doing. >> i'm hesitant to ask you the question because you saw the video of the parliament. if parliament can get its act together, then what should the u.s. do? >> then who steps in to be the iraqi government? and now we've got this chaos evolving. and you can see the problem, don, what's going to happen is someone needs to step in and maintain control here until we can stand up in the iraqi government. who is that going to be? >> that's the question. thank you, rick francona. >> sure.
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and wimbledon organizers say that the star is suffering from a viral illness. in a statement serena says in part i am heartbroken i'm not able to continue in the tournament. i thought i could rally this morning because i really wanted to compete. but this bug just got the best of me. rachel nichols, the host of cnn's "unguarded with rachel nichols" joins me right now. i was reading slowly because i wanted you to see the video. i watched it. you know, it's odd to see that. what happened? >> yeah, absolutely bizarre. i mean, you are talking about the number one tennis player in the world and someone who really, over the past decade and a half, we associate with strength, right? and she can barely get the ball over the net. you see her missing the ball there. and what was so strange, i mean, i have been to so many grand slams. i've seen players struggle with dehydration. i've seen them struggle with cramps. this is the first time i have ever seen a player who literally couldn't place the ball at times. it was almost as if she was seeing double there. and that's just so odd.
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but she says that she's been fighting this bug. you know, she was knocked out of the singles a few days ago. we don't know whether she was starting to get sick then and that was her surprise exit. we don't know whether being upset about that is part of what got her in this kind of shape today. we just have no idea. it's just strange. >> yeah. i mean, that doesn't look like a case of nerves or being upset there. that looks like something is wrong. so she failed, as you said, to advance deep into any of this year's three tennis majors. >> so far. >> she suffered several injuries. didn't she have a lung infection or a clot on her lung? >> yeah. a few years ago she had a pulmonary embolism. and the blood clots made their way to her lungs. really they said a couple hours difference of her getting to the hospital, she would have died. so really she has struggled. she took almost a year off from tennis at that point. and really there was an idea of hey, maybe at that point she should just retire. she was 30 years old then. a lot of people thought hey, serena, you've done enough in the game.
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instead she decided she was going to work her way back. it took her a year, and she worked her way back to that number one ranking. she's 32 now. there are people who say haven't done as well in the majors again this year. maybe it's time to let go. her sister, venus, said something interesting the other day. she said i think we try to push people into retirement too early in this sport. and at the end of that statement, you were reading earlier, don, she was talking about hey, i'll see you back at wimbledon next year. so that gives us a hint of her plans. >> i was wondering about her career, but you said she could have died obviously from the blood clot, but how is all of this likely to affect her career? >> i mean, look. obviously this is a blip, if it really is just from sickness. if she woke up sick this week, we've all had a viral infection as they termed it from the wimbledon officials. we've been knocked, right, knocked on our backs and been bundled up with a blanket and the chicken soup and we're better in a week or two. if that's, in fact, what this is, then she should be fine for the rest of the year and continue on. we know the big u.s. open at the ends of the summer, if this turns out to be more serious,
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then we'll find out what that is and go from there. >> it's awful, though, when it's wimbledon. you try to rally for something like that. but guess what? that's the most attention wimbledon has gotten over the world cup. >> ever on the world cup. we'll see what happens from here on out. >> we wish her well. still to come, the first tropical storm of the year forms off the east coast. will it be a hurricane for the holiday weekend? plus, counterfeit beauty products with deadly consequences. the millions of americans who use beauty aids every year. you need to watch this segment. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪
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>> it is so. yeah, and it's going to be a hurricane tomorrow afternoon. and even forecast to be a 90-mile-per-hour hurricane as it makes a run at cape hatteras in north carolina. there is the storm right now. not very impressive. but, don, it's already producing some outer bands over here from tampa down to about sarasota. so getting bigger as we speak because it's in warm water. it's in the gulf stream. 84-degree water. 82 in some of the buoys. this is warm water. this is the fuel to the fire, putting premium in the storm right now, getting it to be stronger. so it affects florida tomorrow. it gets in the middle of the atlantic at least for most of the day on thursday. and then makes a run at north carolina. this is friday. that right there is 2:00 on friday. the fourth of july. if you could just take a breath and don't go to the beach until saturday, the storm is long gone. we don't want all of these people driving to the beach, and then if the officials are saying no, go home, then where do you go? the models are still taking it over north carolina. that's the fact, jack.
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i can't take anything away from that. the models are in really good agreement. the big story with this is going to be the rip currents. the currents that come over the sandbars. there's a graphic that one of my great producers have made. sandbars out here, you know, 100 feet offshore. the water comes over the sandbars and piles up here along the shore. and then it gets a little bit higher. not much. a couple inches. but there's only one way out. and if you don't want to be where those red arrows are because that's where they're going to take you out to sea. there are going to be people in the water that shouldn't be there. i really would like to see no one in the water. but if you have to be in the water for some reason, a life jacket for sure. there's no reason to lose people this weekend. but i'm sure we will because they just don't listen. you can't see the rip current coming until it breaks through the sandbar. and all of a sudden there you go. >> yeah, right there. chad myers, appreciate it in the cnn severe weather center. we'll be keeping an eye on arthur. every year millions of americans seek out products to
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enhance their beauty. the most popular treatments include botox, fillers and other injections. so it's no surprise that some are out there looking to capitalize off the trend using counterfeit products. products that can have disastrous and deadly consequences. in a moment, we're going to speak with two reality stars who know a lot about the dangers associated with these bogus products, model janice dickinson is here. first, kyung lah has this joy outfront" investigation. >> 24 showhours at the best, yo he, she's not going to make it. >> reporter: not live another day. april remembers that moment, june 1010, dying in a hospital bed, a staph infection, she says, eating her body away. >> i really wanted to live, and i just really wanted to live. >> reporter: the one-time cosmetologist was seeking beauty, silicone butt injections. an acquaintance was offering injections at her price at a cheaper price than at a doctor's
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office. the real cost would come later. >> i was in pain. my butt was hard. and i was itching. >> reporter: when they removed the silicone, did they test it? >> yes. >> reporter: what was it? >> it was bathroom caulk, sealant. >> reporter: bathroom, stuff you buy from home depot. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: it would take 27 surgeries. >> i might have to go a little bit higher. >> reporter: my hands just kind of popped out with this pink nail polish. and i'm, like, oh, my god. i'm going to lose my hands. i'm going to lose my hands. >> reporter: and her feet. >> i'm crying. >> reporter: a horror story and not the only one. >> what is that? >> this is a close-up of her right cheek that shows these swollen red angry nodules. >> reporter: this doctor at the university of california-san francisco shows us what's happening with the patient's face. >> this is something growing underneath her skin. >> yeah, right. within a week to ten days of that picture being taken, it
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looked like this. the body is reacting to the material. >> reporter: the patient thought she was buying an injectable filler to smooth wrinkles and injected it with the help of a nurse. she purchased it off a website pnma.com. the website claims to sell dermal fillers for professionals direct to customers, a similar treatment at a doctor cost nearly $8 $800. the website sells it for just $100. the fda says only licensed medical professionals can legally make these purchases. for consumers buy direct, it's illegal. when he removed the substance and tested it -- >> glass or fiberglass, so this was material that contained material that, you know, the body is not prepared to accept. >> reporter: she injected glass or plastic in her face? >> probably. >> reporter: the doctor doesn't blame the patients. he says in a world where botox and fillers are now commonplace and where the web offers fast and easy access to the
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inaccessible -- >> people assume it's just as easy as getting your hair colored. and at the end of the day, it's a medical procedure. >> reporter: as far as april brown, she's learned to walk with prosthetics and even how to write. but her most powerful skill now is teaching others about her mistake. >> all i can ask him to do is when they have that first thought, make sure they have a second thought about it and do a little research. and they won't be blindsided. and they won't be saying oh, my god, i had no idea that a simple procedure like that could leave me with no hands, no feet and no butt cheeks. >> awful. awful. kyung lah joins us now. can we go back to this pnma.com website. there is an interesting development with that. what did you learn? >> well, you know, we kept e-mailing them and trying to reach them via telephone. when we called them on the phone number listed, no one ever answered. when we e-mailed customer care, we did get an unusual statement
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saying that it's about product, not about -- it's not about product. it's about procedure. it was a little hard to read into that e-mail. but then i want you to take a look at what happened. a couple of days later when we logged on to the website, all we got was a bnk screen. itppears that the website has been scrubbed. the expectation here now, don, is that they're probably going to pop up again, another website, trying to sell this stuff but under a different name. >> please tell me you'll be on top of it, because that was scinating to see. april brown, she has a great attitude, but that was awful what happened to her. >> yeah, very tough. she has a great attitude. >> thank you. appreciate it, kyung lah. model and reality show janice dickinson and dr. terry dubreau. he deals with things like this. hey, january janice, you're ver forthcoming about this. how do you feel about the story
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you just saw? >> i'm heartbroken. my heart goes out to april and her family for this horrific, catastrophic thing that happened to her. you know, i'm just horrified. and all i can say is, you know, hang in there, girl. hang in there. and furthermore, you know, i was one of the first models and women to stand in line for botox, but i sought out, you know, the highest, highest professionals. you know, that were injecting it on me. my face i've marketed for the last 30 years. botox is a way to make my appearance more youthful and fresh. >> but were you ever worried about the treatments you were getting? >> there's always the thought in the back of my mind, but i trust the professionals. dr. dubrow injects me. dr. dubrow is very conservative and very -- he'll say no when i'll say, you know, could i have some more? he'll just say no. you look fine, natural, you've had enough. >> so doctor, you know, the
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woman you just heard from, april brown, she went to someone who was at a friend's house. you hear people going to botox parties and ordering these products online. i mean, how can you know that this stuff is safe or not? >> well, first of all, what people don't really realize is how common this problem is. it's so common that people have these pumping parties in their homes. let's be honest. this is the practice of medicine. this is so significant. we actually highlight this on our show, "botched," shameless plug, 10:00 on "e!" network. we show every week patients who have had this problem. the other issue that's key to understand is we doctors, we get faxes every day from companies all over overseas which ask us to by theuy these products likex and fillers which are supposed to be cheaper but from the original company. as it turns out, they're really not from the original company. and if you buy them, you're injecting adulterated, unknown substances of people which have
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actually caused a major amount of harm. so if you go to a doctor's office, even a board-certified plastic surgeon like myself, ask to see the product. ask where they got it from. make sure it was from the united states. >> now, you test it before you put it on a person and then wait 6 to 12 weeks to see the reaction on what it does to the person's skin. >> yeah. i remember doing this story years ago, years ago because doctor, you can testify to this, female impersonators used to go and get this stuff, and they would put, like, industrial-grade silicone in their bodies without knowing it, and they would develop infections. now that's becoming mainstream. everyone is trying to get it cheap. and so now it's spreading to the rest of the population, and it's become even more dangerous for more people. >> it's really true. the show janice and i did on sunday night on "botched," a patient actually injectsed herself with some of these materials, and it caused an inflammatory reaction that
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migrated throughout her body much like the patient we just saw. you have to really check the source, make sure you go to someone who really knows what they'ring do, but still, look at the product and make sure it's from the u.s. >> janice -- >> have it tested first, though. that's my point. test it first. you know, when i did this show and this marvelous experience with dr. dubrow and dr. nasif, i looked to him to do something to my face, maybe another face-lift, and he flat out denied me. but when dr. dubrow took a look at my breasts that had ridges in them and they hadn't been out in 30 years, there was a three-day cancer scare. and i was very worried. and thanks to dr. dubrow catching that, i called them edamame on the show, thanks to him, he saved my life. i owe a debt of gratitude to you, terry. thank you. >> people look up to you and people say i want to look like
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that janice dickinson. you can afford it, but many people can't afford to go to the lengths that you go to in order to stay as beautiful as you are. >> well, for me it's about diet and exercise, having the best doctors, dubrow, hello -- >> but they're going to want the help that you have as well. you have help. you know, you have fillers. you have botox. you said you were one of the first people. >> yeah, please, my face hasn't altered that much. it hasn't altered that much. i have the original lips. >> you know, you get a little help. there's nothing wrong with that. you know that. >> well, okay. sue me. so sue me. i said that before obama, by the way. >> janice is still gorgeous, but this is such a significant problem that we just got called for our program "botched" from a detective in florida who's seeing all these people that were operated on and injected by these unlicensed people that had major problems. there's something like 200 people that need help. >> janice?
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>> so be very careful. >> i'll give you the last word, janice. >> the last word is plastic surgery is good. it is good for you. you know, to remain natural, then, you know, that's your choice. freedom of choice is i choose plastic surgery. it has worked for me to keep me fresh so i can send my daughter to college. you know, and continue to work and have a fresh appearance on television. and in the supermarket, soccer moms do it. i'm just one of the celebrities that talk about it. >> i just said i'd give you the last word, but when you said professionals and what have you, it's a choice, but, you know, think about stories because there are even professionals that it goes wrong. i remember kanye west's mother, right? >> that's really tragic. but that wasn't a good
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anesthesiologist. find the best doctors that you can possibly afford and go for it. and please, get regular mammograms on your breasts. i beg of you women all over the world, please get your breasts regularly checked, even teenage women. >> thank you, janice. thank you, doctor. i appreciate both of you for doing a service. still outfront, a pot boom in colorado. any resident now able to open their own pot shop, but could it lead to more public safety problems? and team usa's big game. the highlights coming up. she keeps you on your toes.
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for sale. lawmakers very quiet without so much as a release or a photo op made a very significant change to the rules put in place to keep them honest. the rules have now been changed on those big-money junkets paid for by private funds, and no one who made the changes will explain why. we don't even know who really did make them. pamela brown is keeping them honest. also tonight, you'll meet a student at one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country. her name is abby bartels. she committed suicide after she was refused to attend graduation with her class. her family says the decision to bar her devastated the young girl. our gary tuchman visited the school, trying to get answers. we'll have those stories and the very latest on the tropical storm threatening to ruin holiday plans for tens of millions of us on the east coast, don. that's all at the top of the hour. >> we'll see you at the top of the hour. thank you, john. appreciate it. time for "money & power." colorado's pot market is about to get a lot bigger. starting today, anyone can apply
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for a license to open a recreational marijuana business. and for the past six months, only medical marijuana shops could apply to sell pot to the masses. according to estimates, hundreds will apply. but as the industry expands, there are growing concerns about public safety especially when it comes to edible products. a pot brownie or cookie may contain nearly a dozen doses of marijuana. that's a lot. officials are trying to push restrictions because in some cases the consequences are deadly. anna cabrera is outfront tonight. >> how's your monday? good? >> reporter: six months ago recreational pot sales caught fire in colorado. business has boomed, but so have concerns about safety. a 19-year-old fell to his death from a balcony after eating a cannabis cookie. and this man is behind bars accused of shooting and killing his wife while reportedly high on pot and other drugs. >> he told me that, you know, he doesn't remember anything. >> reporter: it's not clear what caused either of these incidents, but a common link,
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marijuana edibles. >> edibles do have a different effect on people. >> reporter: with edibles, it takes longer to feel the effects of thc, marijuana's mind-altering ingredient which can lead to people eating too much too soon. the side effects can be serious including delirium and psychosis. >> everybody loves their chocolate. >> reporter: when it comes to tasty treats like candy or cookies, looks can be deceiving. you can see outside the package they look practically the same. they smell almost the same. a lot of folks might eat one candy bar in one sitting, and that's where people are getting into trouble because this candy bar actually contains five now what one dose looks like? we put it to the test using a smaller but even more powe tablet candy bar containing 100 milligrams of thc, what is considered ten doses of marijuana. how many serve ings do you thin?
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>> no idea. would it be two. >> the whole thing. >> reporter: the whole thing. you think this is one serving? >> yes. >> my guess is probably potent, maybe four. >> reporter: it is. there are ten doses of marijuana in this bar. >> that's a lot. >> reporter: this is actually ten doses of marijuana. >> oh my. that's terrible. >> yeah, i just thing it takes a level of education to the consumer so that people are using them responsibly. >> reporter: adults aren't the on ones ending up in throb. the children's hospital in colorado are reporting a surge of kids eating edible pot, six kids got critically ill. state regulators are looking into straighter requirements, including better labeling and no more than one dose per package. until then, insiders urge to consume with caution.
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>> anna cabrera joins us live. are edibles, it's surely not the only concern, is it? >> well, don, edibles are the biggest concern right now because there are obvious issues that have risen to the surface but maybe you're wondering about pot-related duis or crimes. we know the colorado state patrol just started keeping track of those marijuana specific dui citations, and so far month to month they are saying ten to 15% of total duis are indeed marijuana related. so ultimately, they are seeing more people driving under the influence of alcohol. police are ticketing a lot of people for getting high in public. that's still something that's against colorado laws here and so we know 350 people have been given citations for this just since the beginning of the year in denver alone. now, that's still a relatively small number when you consider we're inside a pot dispensary that sees up to 10,000 customers every month, don.
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>> yeah, that -- i wanted to ask you that question. we see a snap shop up on the screen and you know it increased by this munch. since you've been there, business is it booming, steady? were it's steady. when we were doing live shots at the beginning of the new year, there was an initial rush and lines down the block. the long lines are gone but they are seeing plenty of people. we're hearing from dispensary owners that the supply and demand is balancing out. so they see that as a good thing. again, they aren't short on customers so it's win, win in their eyes. >> thank you very much. a thrilling match at the world cup today. we have team usa's highlights, that's next. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there.
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so you probably know team a usa lot, losing to belgium. tim howard recorded 16 saves in this match, and the most since officials began keeping records in 1966. so much more, mr. chris attended the game. he's in brazil right now. chris, fans across the country turned out to watch this game. this is amazing. >> reporter: boy, so much bigger than a game, i got to tell you. the better side won tonight, that's the truth. the belgium side is good, packed
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with stars and the u.s. gave them all they could handle. feel good about that, the u.s. over performed and tim howard, let me set the scene. you're in there and look around the stadium. yellow dominates because you're in brazil and that's their color but you see russian jerseys, portuguese, german, a dozen countries mixed in with the u.s. celebrating the spirit of competition and exit arm and arm and to me, that's more important than a win to be honest. it was an amazing thing to see. >> you know, i want to show you, the people that showed up, the president went to the old executive office and watched the game. everyone here at cnn was watching. i took a picture and said this is happening today. talk about tim howard. do you like this guy? you got a lot to say about him. >> reporter: first of all, i like the guy. he's 35 years old. he was playing prosoccer when he was like in high school. he's an amazing guy.
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he's a very down to earth guy, and he was the defense tonight. he didn't just save a lot of shots. he saved shots against unguarded opponents, never happens the way it did tonight for tim howard. whatever the stats turn out to be, his play will be remembered. he impressed this crowd. if this was his swan song, he went out on top. to see in person how fast the shots were going, how quickly he had to react. amazing. >> i just have a moment. what this did for the sport and the united states around the world to see team usa get this far, what do you make of it? >> reporter: huge. they win. at the end of the day, they win. they are not going to but they won the hearts of this country the way they never had them before. i've never been in a soccer jersey before in my life. our kids are playing now. we back them. it's only going to get bigger from here. they got to feel good. >> i'm said that. now you can get home and give
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your daughter her soccer shirt back. >> reporter: i got stuff for you, too, you want men's medium, right. >> i'm a smedium. >> reporter: you're a smedium? i'll hook you up. >> thanks for watching. the crew loved that. the crew loved that. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com breaking news, late word on tropical storm arthur and tonight, what the folks here did to make it harder for you to find out about their first class junkets. when you thought approval ratings couldn't drop lower and one of america's least reliable friends going into the iraq war resurfaces. is he doing this to administration what he did to the last? we begin with the breaking news. tropical storm
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