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nearly turned into a wrestling match. it was nasty. it was personal. and it was hosted by cnn. so, we'll take you behind the scenes. and the young american swimming champion cut down in the prime of his life right in the middle of an overseas competition found dead in the ocean. his coach is here to tell us what happened. and uncovering a growing and disturbing trend. drunken moms, mothers taking to the bottle when the kids, the job and the husband become too much to handle. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin in haiti where a fast-moving infectious disease has already killed 2 is 53 people, sickened at least 3,000, and is well on its way to becoming the next big international tragedy. to make matters worse, cholera has reached the crowded capital of port-au-prince. it is a story we'll be following next week and cnn's dr. sanjay gupta and his team are headed there now. but paula newton is already on the ground and what she's witnessing in tent cities and in hospitals, the sick and the
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dying, is unjust unbelievable. >> reporter: we're now on the grounds of the hospital here at st. nicholas and people are lining up to try and get the treatment they need and many times, they're feeling terribly. they are vomiting, they have diarrhea. as you can see down here, even children are just sprawled out in the open air just waiting for something, for someone, to come and help them. there are many people here just lined up. we've spoken to many people who haven't had care for several hours. in some cases, one or two days. the staff are doing the best they can but, as can you see, people.to line up. >> paula newton joins us live. paula, five cases so far at least in port-au-prince, just the beginning. >> reporter: they hope not. those five people came from the area where i am right now and as you said, this is the epicenter of what is going on here. it is not good news and i'll tell you why. those people traveled from this rural region to port-au-prince and that, of course, goes on here all day long.
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that's why they're saying to really expect it not to hit port-au-prince is a bit too much to hope for. on the other hand, they do believe that they can mitigate a lot of the worst effects of cholera by mike making sure people use preventive means, cleaning their hands, making sure they have clean water, and also, setting up those isolation centers where people can be treated for cholera quickly in isolation. here we only just started this process and the scenes here have been horrific. >> is there a sense of panic or calm? what's going on throughout the rest of the country, paula? >> reporter: well, when word of mouth spreads that perhaps there are other cases confirmed, look, i'm going to be graphic about this, don, people have diarrhea here a lot. so, of course, they get panicked and they go to the hospital. but what we're talking about with cholera is severe diarrhea and vomiting and that's why you can really die from it so quickly. people are going to seek medical
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help if they feed they need to but the panic is right here where i am. don, just moments ago we saw another person carried off to the morgue. we saw another person who completely collapsed in front of us even though we're on the outskirts of the eyelation unit, clearly had no control over his bold functions anymore and was going into shock. these are the kinds of scenes we're seeing right now. health officials say, look, give us ten more hours, two more days, they really hope by the middle of next week, they will have not just a lot of the treatment centers in place and that involves isolating people, but a lot of those preventive measures will be in place. >> paula, thank you. remember, all of this is happening down in haiti as a result partially as a result of last january's devastating earthquake. paula newton and cnn's dr dr. sanjay gupta headed over way team as well. we appreciate pit. let's move to florida and talk politics. perhaps the most hostile debate of the political season scene right here on cnn. it is a race for florida's open senate seat. charlie crist running as an
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independent, marco rubio and democrat kendrick meeks. crist and rubio were gunning for each other and it's a good thing that meeks was sitting in the middle because crist brought up ole reports that rubio used republican party credit card to pay for personal items like groceries to repairs to the family minivan. look at the drama. >> any time we get into the issues, the governor wants to turn it into something else because he's wrong on the issues. let me say on the ideal log part -- >> why won't you release your ipo and credit card and why is there a federal investigation into your reporting income? >> this is just one litany of falsehoods after another. >> why don't you, can you answer this question and -- >> for the past year -- >> why not release the fully requires records and credit cards -- >> these have been answered since february. i've gone well beyond the point of disclosure. the bottom line is people want to focus on these issues because they're wrong on the important issues. this country has a $13.5 trillion debt.
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this country -- >> he doesn't believe in transparency. i created the office of open government in the governor's office for the first time in the history of on you are state. >> i never had a heckler at the debate. i'm only had them at the audience. >> senior political editor mark preston joins us now. mark, you were in the room. there's no love lost here. what was it like in the room? you could cut the tension, couldn't you? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely could. at the beginning they were very cordial. they were talking about taxes. by end the i thought crist and marco rubio were going to start swinging at one another. thank god that kendrick meek was in the middle. former football player he kind of sat back but certainly was in a good position to keep things safe and sane, don. >> you know, we say that rubio and crist were, but meeks got something in as well. i want you to pay attention to this exchange, mark, and then we'll talk about it. >> ideological arguments without common sense compromising to do what's right for the people. you're seeing it rye here right
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now. that's why i'm running as an independent is to give the people of florida a choice. >> let me just say this, let me just say this. let me say this. all right, we know why the governor is running as an independent because he couldn't beat mark organizations rubio, okay? that's just put it that way. >> that was one that just sort of cut to the chase and was probably one of the most honest exchanges there. it's showing up in the polls because crist is behind, and what meeks said was true. >> reporter: it is true. let's give our viewers the backstory. we'll start with the rubio exchange. charlie crist very upset that marco rubio pushed him out of the republican primary. kendrick meeks, very upset at charlie crist was charlie crist is eating those his democratic support. not only are they political enemies, but there's a lot of personal animosity. right now, the cnn opinion research corporation "time" magazine poll shows marco rubio has a 14-point lead over charlie crist, a 26-point lead over kendrick meeks. that's what we saw, a lot of
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frustration from charlie crist and kendrick meeks. >> getting down to the wire and as it gets closer, it gets nastier as well. mark preston, we'll see you in a little bit. the spotlight stays on florida. be sure to watch cnn tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. eastern. it's a john king usa special, the florida gubernatorial candidates debate. john king moderate rates tomorrow night 7:00 p.m. eastern. is the tea party a cover for hate drups? an investigator says that's exactly what's happening. plus, a u.s. swimmer, olympic hope pull, dies suddenly while competing. mmmm.
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provocative magazine investigation to tell you about with midterm elections just nine days away. "essence" magazine how reports right wing extremists are gravitating toward the tea party and its strong anti-government message. i spoke with political producer shannon travis who has traveled extensively with the tea party and with essence editor in chief about her magazine's article on white supremacists trying to infiltrate the tea party. >> our reporter spent six months traveling around the country and going to various white supremacist meetings, gathers, to really take a pulse on what these people are talking about. what they've done is really interesting because they've gotten quite sophisticated about their message and they understand that in order to be a part of the tea party conversation, which is now the national conversation, they've got to tone down their hate message in order -- so that the
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tea party does not turn against them because the tea party doesn't want to be painted with the hate brush. >> you feel that they feel about the country some of these groups find fertile ground there. >> right. it's interesting because washington university institute did a study this year that showed that members of the tea party 25% more likely to have feelings about race that show them that african americans are untrustworthy are lazy and more likely to be involved in criminal activity. so the white supremacist groups are seeing an entry point to allow them to be a part of that conversation. >> and you got this story, you had to hire journalists, right? >> we had to moyer a white journalist to go to these meetings and organizations where an african-american publication, so we couldn't necessarily send one of our writers to go in there and really hear what people had to talk about. so, it was really a fascinating journey. >> are people in the tea party well aware of this? >> we do seem to so see from our
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reporting that they're aware of it and the tea party is interested in getting their numbers up and things like that, but it's a very delicate dance because they don't want to be painted with a hate brush because it will discredit their message immediately. >> shannon, you strength a lot of time with the tea party. you had an hour-long documentary coming up next weekend on cnn. what's your experience with regards to these fringe hate groups within the tea party that reporting that "essence" magazine is doing? >> my experience, don, is that you absolutely see certain fringe elements when you attend some of these tea party rallies as i've traveled along with them for many months now. but they're not pervasive. they are not across the board. by and large, most of the people there that i run into, they're mothers and fathers or, you know, doctors, lawyers, policemen or what have you. by and large, i would say that the masses, the most of them, are not a part of these fringe groups or fringe elements, but
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you absolutely see some of these groups there. i just came back from ohio, an event in ohio. some other places i've traveled to across colorado, following the tea party movement, is a they are there. it's just a question of how p pervasi pervasive, how many, in terms of this point of infiltration, how deeply they've infiltrated the movement. >> when somebody asked angela if they are aware, they are aware at seahawk point. when they are aware, do that you denounce them and tell them to get out? what's their response to those folks? >> it's not a matter of them denouncing it to me privately. they've denounced it publicly. amy kramer, the chairman of the tea party express, she's gone on "the view" and looked into the camera and said, if you are a racist, and you want to be part of this movement, we don't want you. let me give you an example. annic dote al example. i was following sarah palin at a huge boston tea party rally back in april. and it was, by and large, same kind of scorched earth rhetoric against the government and economy or what have you. but there was one guy there, he
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was holding up a sign that, and i'm quoting here, it said, quote, white people are pissed. i went to talk to him to see what it was about but a group of people surrounded him saying, why are you here? what is this for? what is it about? it turns out the guy was heckling the people there. this wasn't him making a statement on his own. >> they wanted to shut him down. >> they sut him down. >> angela's nodding her head. >> it's interesting. >> it's not that they shut them down, they did shut him down. >> the white hate groups, they are sophisticated and she understand they cannot come out of the closet in, you know, full sheet regalia and go to these events. even when you look at their websites, like the white nationalist organizationist storm front, they give tips on telling their members how to try to infiltrate tea party organizations and how you have to tone down the rhetoric. you can't hand out kkk flyers and stuff like that. you have to find common ground within the tea party and then
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bring them in to your deeper message. >> you can read that entire investigation in november issue of "essence" magazine and watch this entire interview on our blog, cnn.com/don. why are thousands of people flocking to a tiny mississippi town? one word, oprah! and at least some people are calling it the biggest change in aviation in 50 years. just be ready to pony up. a little casha lot of cash. could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist?
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check your top stories right now on cnn. afghan president hamid karzai is defending his decision to disband most private security firms working in his country. both the u.s. and u.n. worry the move could leave development groups vulnerable to attack. the only exception would be firms protecting embassies and diplomats. without the protection, some aid groups may pull out of afghanistan. what is left of typhoon megi is soaking southeastern china
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tonight with torrential rains. the storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression but the damage has been done. 13 inches of rain has forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 people. no deaths have been reported but nearly 60 people died earlier in the philippines and taiwan. a 26-year-old american swim star died today during a competition in the united arab emirates. fran krippen, a standout swimmer and former ncaa cam cha peen was competing in the 10 kilometer swindling marathon world cup. he died during the last leg of the race and his body was recovered about two hours later. preliminary tests indicate he died of a heart attack. university of virginia graduate, krippen was from an accomplished family of swimmers. next hour, we'll speak with one of his former coaches about his tragic death. make sure you join us. for most of us, flying isn't all it is cracked up to be anymore. long lines, delays, extra fees,
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but for weekend pilots who want to just have some fun, there's a new way to take off. gary tuchman shows us in today's "edge of discovery." >> reporter: soaring over these california canyons is the icon a-5. it's an example of the faa's newest class of plane called light sport aircraft. >> it's been called the biggest change in aviation in 50 years. >> reporter: to fly it, you'll need a sport pilot license that typically costs less and requires less training chan beginner pilots needed before. but the license also comes with more restrictions. pilots can't fly light sport aircraft at altitudes higher than 10,000 feet. in bad weather, at night or in congested air space. designers say this bad boy is made for fun, not commuting or long distance travel. >> this airplane is designed to
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take you and get you out and let you explore the planet in a very visceral, interactive way, in a way that will just blow you away. >> reporter: it's still a prototype. in addition to being able to take off and land in the water, engineers say the final version will have folding wings and a sports car-inspired connect. cockpit all for a cool $139,000. gary tuchman, cnn. >> that is one of the coolest things i've seen recently. you like that? >> oh, yeah. >> very nice. this is a growing and disturbing trend. mothers turning to alcohol and drugs when life as a wife, a mother and worker, becomes too much for them. we're taking a few minutes to talk about this important topic coming up. you've heard of people stealing copper wiring from homes and businesses to make money but this had a really tragic ending. because of one word,
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okay. moms, dads, husbands, wives, pay attention to this next story. it's a very important one because next month, "working mother" magazine will focus on a dirty, big secret that many families are facing right now. mom works, she cooks, she cleans, and when the kids go to bed, she picks up the bottle, she drinks. we're talking about alcohol. the november issue reveals how common alcohol and drug addiction is among working moms. "working mother" editor in chief suzanne is here and we welcome stephanie walleder taylor, a recovering alcoholic and mom
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blogger. thanks for joining us tonight. suzanne, you started looking to this after, remember that thing that happened with new york with the mother, diane schuler, crashed her car, killing herself and seven others. an autopsy showed she had been drinking and smoking pot. suzanne, how big a problem is this with working moms and do you think that the economy is a big factor here? >> well, diane schuler case definitely haunted us but we couldn't really -- there was a disconnect between this cable executive who was raising two kids, seemingly had it all together and then, according to police reports, was drunk and high when she crashed her car. and when we looked into it, looked into addicts in general, what we learned is that many adds i can't hide a secret. they seem like they have it all together, but actually, inside, they're dying and they're also in trouble because they're responsible for kids. >> how prevalent -- >> this is a big -- >> how prevalent is this? how many families, how many kids
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come in contact with moms who are facing alcoholism? >> there are 1 in 4 kids whose parent is an alcoholic and the problem is actually on the rise in terms of women. twice as many women are turning to alcohol over the last decade and we see the abuse of prescription medication quadrupling, so these are both on the rise. >> according to i don't remember reporting, that is amazing, 1 in 4. that's very interesting. stephanie, you have formed an online group for moms who are alcoholics because it's such a big deal. so, what's been the response for that? are women realizing they are sick and they have been -- had some suspicion all along? are they getting help by your website? >> well, i think that one of the big problems is that so many women are ashamed because i think we all have to be disabused of this notion that alcoholics are living under a bridge down ining bushmills
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crying in their bathroom drinking mothwalsh. so many people are like me and many other women who just, you know, nightly turn to too much wine and it becomes a problem at a certain point. you can't stop. so, i think that by me coming out and talking about this and blogging about it allowed a lot of women to see themselves in my story, which is not so extreme, and those women really needed the support to quit and they found in my blog a yahoo! group and, yeah, it's way more women than i ever thought possible. >> i want our audience to be clear about this. i want to get across. you talked about eight little bit. you used to write books that sort of made light of the fact that you drank and later, you had to admit you had a serious problem with alcohol. >> yes. >> there is a big difference. most moms, especially these days, you have kids and you're married and you have a job, you're an overachiever so you know how to hide it. give us some wisdom from someone who knows. >> well, it's really difficult because it's something that only
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you know if you're suffering from. i mean, for me, i didn't know i was an alcoholic. i really thought i was, you know, an alcohol enthusiast. i thought i really liked to drink. i couldn't imagine that, you know, people didn't like it the way i did. then at a certain point, i had a lot of extra stressors in my life and one thing led to another and i realized, wow, i'm drinking way too much. so, i think for the mom at home, if you're really wondering if you have a drinking problem, chances are good that you do. i don't think that people that don't have drinking problems are sitting around going, oh, my god, i wonder if i drink too much. that's one way. >> suzanne, stephanie has a point here because she realized but not every woman or mother realizing that. your article next months tells the story of two career moms who hid their addiction for years, even decades. >> yes. there was one mom who had a rule. she would drink after her kids were in bed when she did the
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house cleaning. she went to her job all day, fed her kids, put them to sleep and then she would drink until 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning while she was needing laundry and she was able to continue with that except it got progressively worse and she started drinking earlier if the day and people found out. so, this is something that women can hide for a long time until it gets so intense it progresses so much that the secret's out. >> the november issue of "working mothers" magazine and then also, what is your website? what's the website? >> working -- >> stephaniewildertaylor.com, oh, sorry. >> stephanie, go ahead in that. >> it's stephaniewildertaylor.com and on my website, you can fight a link to our yahoo! group, the booze-free brigade. >> i want people to know about the magazine and the website because i think it's underreported and good job to bringing light to it. thanks to both of you. >> thank you. karl rove has been pretty
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clear about his feelings for sarah palin, but does he think she would make a good president? that plus president barack obama out on the campaign trail, and former president bill clinton stomping in the midwest in today's "political ticker." and video conferencing, convenient? yes. always reliable? no. [ male announcer ] for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. which meant she continued to have the means to live on... even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you.
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man, oh man, nine days until voters head to the polls. only nine days, everyone. the excitement is building for the mid terms and i don't understand and cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser joins me now from our political desk in washington. i was talking to you, is it day before yesterday, and i said, 11 more shopping days until midterm elections. so, it's getting close. listen, paul, good to see you. i hear karl rove had something interesting to say today about sarah palin. what was that? >> reporter: well, you know, the former -- the former top adviser to president bush and, of course, he was the political mastermind both of bush's election victories and the presidential contest. but he's not been the biggest fan of sarah palin. he was asked would she make a good president? this is how he responded. i don't know if she's going to run or not and if she runs, she would be a formidable candidate
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but i guess he didn't answer the question. pale in, talking about sarah palin, she's been very visible on the campaign trail. we saw her with michael steele, the republican national committee chairman at a rally and fund-raiser in orlando, florida. she's not the only person who may want to run for the white house in 2012 who has been very active on the campaign trail. i'm going to ask john bennett to zoom in on the ticker. let's talk about haley barbour and chairman of the governor's association. he kicks off a five-day, 13-state tour across the country to campaign with fellow -- for fellow republicans and joining him will be tim pawlenty, thinking maybe about running for the white house. >> i get confused sometimes watching television, i think it's 2008 because i see president obama all over the place. i'm like, wait a minute, he's already won. then i think it's the '90s because i see bill clinton
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everywhere. what's going on? >> the president isn't on there, either is the former president. he's become a rock star this election cycle for democratic candidates. he's been every yes on the campaign trail. about an hour ago he was in anne arbor, michigan, campaigning for john dingell, long-time congressman, democratic congressman in michigan who often wins his elections by huge numbers. if dingle is needing the help of former president, that's sign of the times. a little later tonight, former bill clinton heads up to minnesota, going to mix football and politics to help out a state lawmaker who is challenging the michele bachmann, a congressman who is a big favorite of the tea party movement. >> a lot of people know what's happening nationwide because we've been covering it. a lot of people don't know, paul, a lot about their local election. we're going to help them out. thank you for that. for the latest news, go to cnnpolitics.com. more political news at the top of the hour with our folks at the political desk.
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this is cnn.com/politics. you can go here to find out about the races not making national headlines or what's going on in are 82 area. once you get to that home page, what you do is go here to "more from election center," click on the "election center" button and here is what it will look like. i'm sure you know your zip code. punch it in and it will tell you exactly what's going on in your area. we punched in the zip code for georgia, where we are here, and there it goes, shows, oh, for u.s. senate, johnny isaacson. governor sonny perdue and voter registration deadline is october 4th. everything really that you need to know. host everything is on there. not everything. you may have to look further for some questions or for manufacture but there you go. even tells you the total income, total spent on the campaign. all of that, even if it's just, if you need to know what's going on with your legislature, who's running for sheriff, it should be on the site. it's cnnpolitics.com and go to "election center" to find out
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what's happening in your area. news can you use right there. we're looking at what's making news coming up this weekend including "don't ask, don't tell." it's back in court. and the earnings report that could affect your portfolio. plus, run amok in kansas city. how much damage can one chimp do? a chimp, not a chip, a chimp.
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let's check some of your top stories right now. the cholera outbreak in haiti has now claimed at least 253 lives. another 3,000 people are ill from the deadly and highly infectious disease. even more disturbing, five cases are now confirmed in port-au-prince, a city full of crowded camps after last january's massive earthquake. more than 1,000 yemeni soldiers and security force have launched an assault in a region of the country thought to be harboring terrorists. the operation follows a government ultimatum to local tribes to eradicate al qaeda operatives. a cleric linked to the christmas day bombing attempt aboard a u.s. airliner and the ft. hood massacre is believed to be hiding in that region. a man was killed and woman burned while trying to steal copper wire from an electrical transformer that exploded. officers say the woman was burned when she grabbed her husband trying to save him. two children believed to belong to the couple were found in a
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truck near that scene. they were unharmed and taken into protective custody. it's time to look ahead at the news stories that we will be covering in the week ahead. we begin tonight in washington, d.c. >> reporter: i'm dan lothian at the white house. after campaigning hard out west for democrats, the president hits the campaign trail on the east coast starting out monday in rhode island, where he will be attending a fund-raiser for the democratic congressional campaign committee. there's not a hotly contested senate race in rhode island, but democrats there want to hang onto that house seat being vacated by the retiring patrick kennedy. then on saturday, the president campaigns in pennsylvania, connecticut and back to chicago. >> i'm chris lawrence, coming up this week at the pentagon, military leaders will still be dealing with the fallout of the wikileaks of 400,000 documents from the iraq war. they're going to keep a close eye on the ninth circuit court in california as it rules on whether "don't ask, don't tell"
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stays or goes for the next few months while that court is considering an appeal. for that matter, pentagon leaders will be keeping a close eye on the leadup to the election because there's a spending bill and also, congress is handling of "don't ask, don't tell," that could hinge on how this next election plays out. >> a big week ahead for the economy and wall street. we'll be watching all of it. at the beginning of the week, both new and existing home sales will be released. we'll also get the latest reading on home prices across 20 major u.s. cities. we'll see if there's been any improvement whatsoever in the house market. and corporate earning seasons rolls rolls out. we'll hear from conoco phillips and exxon. along with visa and microsoft. then we'll get the weekly jobless claims at the end of the week and get the first reading on third quarter gdp. that's critical to see how the u.s. economy is faring. we'll track it all on "cnn money." >> i'm a.j. hammer and here's what we're watching this week.
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janet jackson is sitting down with the ladies of "the view," monday. everyone is wondering how she's doing more than a year after michael's death. will bristol palin survive another rounds of "dancing with the stars." we'll be right there on the shet of the show. "showbiz tonight" is on at 5:00 p.m. at hln and 11:00 p.m. eastern at pacific. thank you very much, guys. cnn's national editor's desk is here with stories we'll be watching overseas. oh, man, haiti, cholera, last thing they needed and now in port-au-prince. >> the numbers keep growing. few 53, 3,000 infected. if they don't quarantine this somehow, it's going to spread and that's our number one story going into next week. >> the worst fear was it was going to reach port-au-prince because of the tent cities and it's already been devastated since the earthquake in january. another sad story to talk about. in the united arab emirates, the kid swimming. >> fran crippen, the 26-year-old
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star open water swimmer dies in the last leg of this ras. we know this story. the investigation is still under way as to why he died. doctors are pointing the finger to severe fatigue being the main cause but his body is going to be turned over to the u.s. swimming federation going on monday. >> obviously, in the ocean, two hours to find it took them to find it. do we know what happened? is it because it was -- it wasn't in a contained area or what? >> possibly, but again, the investigation still under way to figure out all those details and i know you have an interview coming up with this coach in the next hour or so. i'd be curious to see -- >> coach is going to come. we're going to learn more about the wikilaesks and the hikeners iran all implicated in that report and that will be following. thank you very much. we appreciate it. have a good week. the work from home, see and talk to your loved ones online world is about to get even better. video chat is taking a big technological leap. and the mystery donation made this week at the world trade center site.
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video chatting lets you visit with your friends and family a continent away or seal a deal without leaving your office, but if you get frustrated when the picture freezes or the sound skips, you see it when we do satellite things here, you got to check out the new technology. you don't even need a computer to use most of out the new technology though. you don't even need a kp to use most of it. katie is here to show us how it works. you've got the latest trends in video conferencing. are those the new video conferencing glasses? >> no, don, they're not and during the break you told me they looked like your grandma's glasses. >> but my grandma had really cool glasses. and everything old is new again. >> right. >> cat woman. carry on. >> okay, we're talking about
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video chatting this week. this is the latest trend in technology. let's start with the mobile world. we're really seeing this evolution happen. on the mobile side, we're seeing a number of phones come out. apple made an announcement that not only can you use iphone 4 to chat, you can ping them and go mobile to a computer. you might say, i've been on skype for years and finally, it's becoming a household word. they have these video phones. >> those are cool. >> it's like 250 bucks. for the older people so they don't have to like tie into a computer or download anything. skype is now built into tvs. this is where the jetson stuff comes in. if you have one of those units,
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you can chat on a much larger footprint right on your television. also, we're going to see a cisco uni come out. forget this choppy, low quality video resolution. this comes right through your television. a high quality and again, no use for a computer, no use for that small print, right into your television. >> really cool. i wish i had known that. i went out and got the iphone 4. we could have done face time because of that new technology. you know how many times i've done face time? probably three times because the other person has to have it. if not, may as well have a regular old phone. >> a lot of these devices are not compliant with other devices. it's like a business and it's tricky. also, there's a really high price point. >> yeah, how much is all this
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stuff you're talking about? >> yeah, the video phone for skype is 250. the cisco umi, you don't have to buy a new tv. it's just a secondary device. it's 600 bucks and $25 monthly fee, so i think that's going to be a challenge. >> thank you very much and thank your glasses as well. >> good time. >> see you next week. look at that face. can we go tight on katie? just katie. why would you want to cover that up with those glasses. look at you. i'm getting the got to go in my ear. it's getting weird. >> always. >> thank you. enjoyed it. thousands of people making their way to a small town in central mississippi. why? because of oprah. and police investigating a foul odor in this car where they
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as her show draws to an end, we're going back to see where it all started for the queen of tv talk. cnn's photojournalist takes us to the spot where she foun her first fan. >> i'd like to welcome you to mississippi. we are located in the center of the state and proud to be the birthplace of oprah winfrey. >> we are on oprah winfrey road and are standing at the sight of her first home. she was born her and left when she was 6 years old. this was the community that she grew up in and she would walk from this spot where her house was to her church, which is just down the road. about quarter of a mile. >> this is the original buffalo church, where she did face her first audience. >> when oprah performed in front of her first audience at the church, it was an easter recital
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and she wore a papier mache dress. we have bus tours and four to five bus tours a year and they all come to oprah winfrey road. we have people that come from within the united states and then we have international visitors that come here as well. >> this is her gift back to her community. this is the oprah winfrey boys and girls club. inside, a gym, an art room, a music room, a computer lab. upstairs, they have a teen center. this is grass roots mississippi. you can go anywhere in mississippi and find a spot just like this on a small country road and to come from this to where oprah is today, one of the wealthiest people, not just women, in the world. that gives everybody a little hope.
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all right. time to catch up on the news you might have missed through the the week. people who keep exotic pets always face the possibility the animal can get out. sue the chimp did a number on a police car and scared some of our kansas city neighbors before her owner finally came to the rescue. this was not her first brush with the law though. the 21-year-old chimp has caused numerous legal problems for the people who raised her. after this last escapade, the city decided sue belonged in the zoo with other chimps. with the economy the way it is right now, gifts to charity have fallen off, but there was a pleasant surprise this week when officials opened a box at the world trade center site in new york city.
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