we have breaking news to tell you about here on cnn and it involves an airliner apparently from jfk airport. reports of a fire on board. now, here we're being told that the plane is on the ground, though, at jfk. the reports and the details here are very slow to come in, but we want to get the very best information to you so we want to go to our national correspondent in the new york area and that's cnn's susan candiotti. susan, what flight is it? do we know? is it delta, is it american, what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, don, first of all, the good news is that the plane has landed safely. we just learned that moments ago. now, let's back it up. this was a delta airlines flight that was -- had just taken off from jfk and heading to moscow. there are unconfirmed reports of about 200 people on board that plane. according to an airport source, we are told that there was a

possible engine flameout involved, not all of the engines, but one engine on the plane and, apparently, what caused the furor is that people on the ground thought that they saw some flames up in the air on this plane and they called 911. in any case, as a precaution, we are told from our source that the pilot dumped fuel and then the plane turned around and landed safely at jfk. so, it's on the ground, presumably, the passengers will be deplaned, of course, while they try to figure out what went wrong with the engine. don? >> listen, susan, stand by because i want to tell our viewers if there are reports and if you have any video or if you're on twitter or what have you and you're watching, send us that information and if you have that, because we really would like to figure out and try to get our tower cam up and talk to our affiliates there on the ground. susan, you said it was about 200 people and there was an engine flameout. we know these planes, if it's a big commercial jet, if it had 200 people on it, more than one

engine and they're okay without one engine. >> that's right. now, i'm not sure on this particular, what kind of plane this is, to determine how many engines are on that particular model. but i can tell you that these are unconfirmed reports about the number of passengers on board around 200 or so. we can also tell you that the airport, jfk, was well prepared for this emergency. they said the fire department of new york tells us that they had fire engines on standby in the event that there was a problem, but as we said, the plane has landed safely at jfk. now, it's a matter of getting down to what happened aboard the plane and, of course, authorities are looking into that and will be looking into that. >> susan, just one more thing. it was leaving jfk heading to moscow, correct, so it turned around and went back to jfk. >> that's right. it had just taken off when this incident occurred. again, people on the ground apparently called 911 after

seeing some flames, they said, in the air. and so, authorities said they immediately looked into that. they don't know exactly what happened, but they're talking about a possible engine flameout. now, if flames have, in fact, been shooting from the air, they're careful to state that they're not saying that there was a fire in the engine because that could have aggravated the problem by dumping fuel. the flames, our source is telling us, might have caused more of a problem, so we don't know exactly what went wrong with the engine at this time. we have no other indication one way or the other about what caused the problem to begin with. >> okay. >> yes, go ahead. >> i'm being told that we are waiting for more information. we're going to let you go because i'm told your producers need to you check some information we need to get. thank you, we're going to talk to you in just a little bit. i want to tell you viewers if you have any information, here's where to go.

send it to twitter@donlemon on twitter. send me a note at donlemoncnn. our affiliates are heading to the airport and we should get information for you soon. if you know anything about it, contact us, we'll check it out, vet it, and get it on the air. couldn't be a more apropos time to talk about this because there's outrage also at the airport. frustration with the transportation security administration is hitting a boiling point as we move into the thanksgiving holiday. we've gotten used to removing our shoes and putting our shampoo in baggies and taking off your belt and everything that's on your body except for your clothing, right? but the full body scans and aggressive patdowns have some saying enough already. it's because of things like this. look at this video. it youtube, a young boy strip searched by the tsa in full view of everyone. you can see him right there as he turns around, the little boy's shirt is off right in the

middle of everyone. people are outraised. the passenger who took his youtube video was so outraged and that's why he took it and send it. there you see the little boy in the middle of your screen without his shirt. this comes on the heels of a story we brought you yesterday. a flight aten dant and cancer survivor said she was forced to remust have her prosthetic breast and show toyota tsa agent. that happened in august but kathy bossy is just going public with this and we'll talk with kathy next hour so stick around. i want to hear her story oop i'm sure you want to hear it, too. despite growing backlash, don't expect the tsa to bend on any of this. here's what agency said john pistole said on cnn's "state of the union" with candy crowley. >> we're not changing the policies of that because of the risks that are -- have been identified because of the current threat in the extreme. we have a travel advisory to europe now. we know through intelligence there are determined people, terrorists, who are trying to kill not only americans but innocent people around the

world. >> florida congressman john micah was on the "state of the union" this morning and strongly disagrees with pistole. >> i think he's trying to react to make certain that we have some means in place to detect the fled that we face. now, i don't think the rollout was good and the application is even worse. this does need to be refined, but he's saying it's the only tool and i believe that's wrong. >> congressman mica has been urging airports to get rid of the tsa all together in favor of private security. this is called "news you can use" because you're going to need a lot of this coming up to the holiday season. if you're traveling this holiday week, expect plenty of company. many americans are feeling better about the economy and plan to hit the road. the nations highways and airports are expected to be packed. here's something you don't want to hear. the weather is already getting dicey in some parts of our country, so we're going to go to our meteorologist jacqui jeras

who is going to have a complete holiday travel forecast for you. fingers crossed, holding my breath, come on! >> i know. we've got a couple of strong storm systems making their way across the country the next couple of days, so it's going to impact everyone at some point. the worst of the conditions, we want to start out with these pictures from minnesota. the state patrol reporting hundreds of accidents late last night and today due to some freezing rain. this wasn't a snow event in minnesota, this was liquid rain coming down, freezing on the ground on contact. and all it takes is just a little bit. this was less than .10 in most areas to make the 70s an ice skating rinks. there was one fatality reported today and at least 50 injuries. road conditions have improved throughout the day, but we are expecting those conditions to freeze back up tonight. the secondary roads you have to watch. the west coast, you've been dealing with major snow in the higher elevations. take a look at these pictures we

had for you from you too. we had snow on the benches today, about a foot, two feet into the higher elevations in utah. and it's going to be dropping down to the valley floor and our second system comes into salt lake on tuesday into wednesday. get ready for that next blow as it moves in. if you're traveling by the airways, where we had troubles today, chicago o'hare has reported the most lengthy and frequent delays. ground delays today right now still just under two hours. that's getting into o'hare because of the low clouds, departure delays increasing 45 minutes at teterboro. san francisco, you've been holding okay all day, but now we're getting in other departures delays, 30 minutes as we deal with those wet conditions across parts of the west. can you see the radar picture showing you the rain in the valleys and then the snow into the higher elevations. all right, let's forward this and advance this and show you what we can expect as we head back into tomorrow. we'll advance this and show you the forecast. whether you're heading to work or traveling for tomorrow, more

rain and snow in the west. we'll watch for delays in the nation's midsection and expect to see airport delays again in chicago tomorrow. detroit, st. louis, seattle, portland, salt lake city and san francisco we think will be amongst the worst and we'll watch this system make its way towards the east. as we head into that wednesday, that big travel day and we'll have more in the next hour as well. we're europe holiday travel headquarters, don. make sure you follow us on twitter, cnn.com as well as ireports. we want to see them all. you can see all our addresses. >> you just stole my thunder. i was going to say, go to cnn.com/holidaytravel. find us on twitter@cnntravel. our ireport.com and it's also irepo ireport.cnndom com. >> i want to see how long was your security wait time. >> what's your triter address? >> jacqui jeras. we have a special one, cnn travel. >> we'll retweet it.

send it to us at don lemon@cnn, too. very important week ahead for you. breaking news as we told you at the top of this broadcast, a delta airlines flight was leaving jfk airport en route to moscow. apparently had to be turned around and this is what the initial reports are. an engine flameout. according to susan candiotti in new york, 200 passengers on board, she's checking with officials there making some phone calls and digging. we'll be checking as well. we want to tell you our affiliates in the new york city area headed out to jfk to find out what's going on. if you need to get in touch with us, here is how you do it. at donlemoncnn on twitter. or go to our blog or go to ireport.com. breaking news when we come back here. also, a top candidate for the heisman trophy from a team in the hunt for a national championship.

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we have some breaking news that we have been following since the top of the broadcast. it involves a flight that was en route from jfk to moscow. it's a delta airlines flight and here's what we're being told. the latest information from the faa, spokesperson, that was flight number 30. it is a boeing 767 airplane from jfk, again, to moscow. returned to jfk with a left engine problem. we're not exactly sure, as has

been first reported, that it was some sort of engine fire or an engine flameout or something like that. it was supposed to be 5:45 was the flight eastbound. it arrived back to jfk and we don't know, again, it landed at 5; 49 and we don't know exactly how many passengers were on board this plane, but again, we're initially told that it was 200 passengers. again, all of our affiliates are heading out there and we'll bring you more information if you have something, make sure you reach out to us here at cnn and we'll get it on the air again for you. breaking story, plane having to return to jfk because of an injury problem. let's move on and talk sports here and something really that has been haunting the sports world, especially college football, for quite a while. let's focus on the auburn tigers. they are resting up this weekend ahead of their final regular season game versus alabama on friday. this has been an amazing season for auburn. ranked number two in the nation with a heisman front-runner leading them. but something has dogged quarterback cam newton these

past few weeks. there are allegations that his father, cecil, was involved in a plan to ask for money to get cam to commit to mississippi state. cecil newton says he never received any money and cam newton says he did absolutely nothing wrong. so jamal anderson is here and joining me to you talk about all of this. he's a former running back for the atlanta falcons. >> right. university of ta. >> i see you all the time. he's a sports analysis person here. joining us by telephone is david cornwall, he's a sports attorney. you're familiar with him. he represents big names in the sports world. so, i'm going to -- david, hang on a second because i want to talk to gentleman pal. how serious is this for cam? >> this is very serious. clearly, the allegations against cam newton and cecil newton, if any of these things are true, it is going to be very, very punishing to not only cam newton, the university of auburn as well right now and the position that the university of auburn is taking thus far, in the absence of true evidence

right now, we hear stories from different people coming up and reporting and saying different things on the radio, but there's been no clear evidence right now. but a lot of people are talking and the people who are involved in this and the names that got the ball rolling for this case, it's not good. it's not good right now. >> what should auburn have done? should they have suspended him for the season? should they have waited for the outcome of an investigation? have they jeopardized themselves and a possible championship? >> my position is, i believe auburn should have done their due diligence. if there was any inclination that any of this stuff would be true at all, the university -- it's going to be bad for the university of auburn and certainly going to be culpable for letting cam newton play and he's played fan tass stickally. nobody was talking about this in september and august. when he becomes the hottest player in the country and auburn becomes one of the top teams and have an opportunity to play for the championship, then the allegations come and the allegations where very damning and it is auburn's responsibility -- listen, to look after a player and if they have nothing to do with this, it

would have been their position, cam newton is eligible and he should be playing. they should have done their due diligence. >> i'm going to talk to david. david represents people. you represent reggie bush hop there was a similar situation with him and lost of the heisman trophy. am i correct? >> did i represent reggie. >> listen, you have written an article, you said the ncaa has breached its contract with student athletes and it's in response to all of this. you said widespreader ncaa investigations in college football programs present an opportunity to examine and challenge the ncaa's -- and this is important i think -- draconian amateurism rules. what do you mean by this and how is this all connected? >> it's connected because the ncaa, the entire discussion about cam newton, as was the case with reggie bush, is simply a focus on the ncaa attempting to enforce a rule that supports a fiction, that the men who play college football are amateurs

and a notorious commercial enterprise. in 2009 and 2010, the ncaa is projecting its revenues to be three quarters of a billion dollars and they just signed a contract for basketball and it tells us the value exchange for the money that these men create, billions of dollars, it's a college scholarship. it's no at college scholarship. it needs to be an education. the ncaa graduates -- 45% of college football players do not graduate and 56% of college basketball players do not graduate. they don't get the value for their services. >> go ahead, jamal. >> i completely agree with what you're saying about the money the ncaa generates on these student athletes. the facts don't change the original story. listen, i was a student athlete. i graduated from the university of utah. i did not get paid to play, don. i went on to star in the nfl, blessed and fortunate to do such, but i went to an

institution of higher leather, did not receive any payment and followed the rules set forth by the ncaa. whether i agree or don't agree, these are the rules at present and the rules, if they have been broken, we have an issue. >> go ahead, david. >> you're making my point, jamal. my point is, you're absolutely right. it's the rule. >> but you're not letting people off the hook -- >> we need to challenge the rule. >> cecil newton has said he's not guilty of anything. you're not letting anyone off the hook on the other side. you're challenging the ncaa. >> i'm challenging the ncaa but even as it relates to cecil newton or reggie bush's father, why would we impose an obligation on a 21-year-old man to know and police his parents? and then hold him liable for the conduct of his parents? the only reason we do it is because he's an athlete. and we don't do that in america. we don't treat people differently in america based on

their common characteristics. >> i wholehearted -- >> the only reason they do it to these men is they're fleets. >> excuse me, i agree with you there. my only problem in this instance, if any of this stuff is true, is cecil newton directly was responsible for where cam was going to go. okay? if we find out there's throughout evidence where he engaged in these conversations to get money for cam newton to play at these universities, then we have a real problem. david, i'll agree with you all day long. we have a messed-up system with the ncaa, but we're talking about a specific player. i totally agree with you. this is a whole separate fight with the ncaa because it is an issue. look what happened to a.j. green earlier this year with the bulldogs. he sold a jersey to an agent and he got suspended for several games. it was a nightmare. >> go ahead, david. >> which is -- when frederick douglas' owner found out that his wife was teaching him the alphabet, he scolded her and

said, if a slave needs lawrence to read, he'll become dissatisfied with his condition and seek freedom. the ncaa says, if a man gets any inclination that his services are worth something, he may ask for money, so we are going to impose dra doanan penalties on him and his institution so they don't seek payment. it is absurd. it is draconian. and i think it may very well be fraudulent and illegal because they make the promise, if you come here and play for flee, we will give you an education. that's a false promise to 45% of college football players in 2008. >> david, thank you. i know you're traveling today and you're doing something with your kids, thanks for joining us and safe travels, we appreciate it. >> i appreciate it, dave is looking at me now. we're heading to the gate. >> bottom line it for us, what happens because this is a domino effect. it could affect mississippi state, it could affect auburn,

it could affect the entire ncaa. >> the thing about this story, don, there are discrepancies on every level. mississippi state is saying they reported this to the s.e.c. commission in the office in december. sesk is saying, we didn't find out until july. we didn't get all the information. listen, mississippi state should have reported this, there shouldn't have been an issue with this or somewhere along the line somebody's not giving us all the information because nothing, nobody heard about this in september and october when cam newton was dominating on the football field. come november, he's the most fascinating player in all of college football on a top football team. here he goes, oh, they tried to pay him at mississippi state. there should be some discussions. but auburn is allowing him to play and my point here is that if this thing should come out bad on the cam newton side and we find owl all these allegations are true, it's going to be trouble for auburn. look what happened with reggie bush. you suspend -- heisman trophy, they had to forfeit football games and auburn, another thing people aren't talking about. this is a school that was on

probation like 15, 16 years ago. >> all right, we have to run. i have to say i want to tell our viewers we reached out to cecil newton, i spoke to his attorney and he said he was going to try to come on but it wasn't in the best interests of his client. got to be new rules. appreciate it. report on some breaking news. we're following the situation happening at jfk airport with that delta flight that had to turn around and also tonight, a manhunt happening right now across some of the most treacherous land in this country. the search for the man who shot a park ranger. we have new information this hour. and bionic arms and legs were once the stuff of science fiction. remember "the 6 million man," and that kind of stuff, "the bionic woman." we'll show you how by onyx are being used in real life on animals and how the lessons could help people.

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cnn. a delta flight having trouble as it took off from jfk en route to moscow. there have been reports of an engine flameout but we're not sure. did happen. susan candiotti has gotten some new information. she's our national correspondent. she joins us now from new york. what do you have, susan? >> we're going to put this together for you from what we have, the new information plus other information we've gleaned from other sources. first of all, delta airlines is giving us additional information that we're talking about delta flight 30. it's a boeing 767300 model and it is a wide body jet that has about a capacity of 62,100 pounds. anyway, 193 passengers aboard that flight. we don't know from delta how many members of the crew as yet, but it took off at about 4:59 just before 5:00. shortly after takeoff, delta says, they noticed -- the pilots noticed there was a problem with the left engine, one of the engines, that's according to the

faa. and so, they decided to dump fuel acrocording to the faa andn airport source after noticing a problem with the left engine. now, the faa says reports of a problem or a fire on the wing, on the right wing are incorrect. delta airlines says it has no information yet as to what the possible problem was with the left engine. however, they did dump fuel, according to our airport source, and then the plane landed safely, as we said, at about 5:49, just before 5:00. the passengers have been taken off the plane and they are being put on another plane to go on to moscow, which was their -- to be their final destination. back to you, don. >> all right, susan candiotti in new york. stabbed by in case we get more information. we'll update you on cnn on that breaking news out of new york involving an airplane situation at jfk airport. a hollywood publicist with a-list clients shot to death in beverly hills.

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in los angeles today, a funeral for murdered hollywood publicist ronnie chasen. she was found shot to death early tuesday behind the wheel of her crashed merz december benz in beverly hills. police have no suspects and no motive at this point. she was buried at hillside memorial park in culver city. alan duke has been covering this story for us from the beginning. alan, you took a ride today along the same route that ronnie chasen took on this night that she was fatally shot. tell us about it. >> yes, it's a very simple trip and it goes right by the cnn bureau starting at the new "w" hotel in hollywood near hollywood and vine. apparently, she left valet parking and went down sunset boulevard for about six miles through the sunset strip area, some very popular tourist areas, and then into the very posh residential area of beverly

hills and sunset boulevard, arriving finally at an intersection where she may have been -- where her shooting may have happened, the intersection of sunset boulevard and whittier drive. this is the intersection where ronnie chasen apparently stopped and was turning. this is the most likely place police think that the shots were fired into her car, apparently from a higher suv vehicle that was parked next to her. and after the shots were fired, apparently, she continued to drive down this direction. >> and this is a really nice residential street. it's kind of a cut-through, too, between sunset down to wilshire for people who live around there and know the area. it's just over to the left, you'll see, that's where bugsy siegel, the gangster, was murdered by machine gun in 1947, about 1,000 yards to the east. that's the mansion on carrollwood drive where michael jackson took his last breath. it's a very notorious area. but also, kind of a peaceful

area. and finally, her car coming to rest on whittier drive, flowers mark the spot. this is the spot that ronnie chasen's car hit a utility pole, one that's now been removed. did hold a street light. it was here paramedics found her still alive, breathing heavy, but near death. and she did die a few minutes later at cedars-sinai hospital. the autopsy's not been release police department we understand she was shot at least three times, maybe as many as five. we'll know that next week. >> alan has been changing and it's changing by the minute. it is a mystery here. they're looking at camera, surveillance cameras and all of that, but, again, she was a publicist to some of the biggest names in hollywood and to happen in one of the poshest neighborhoods in the world is unbelievable. alan duke is going to join us again at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn with more on murder in beverly hills. next, your top stories including a manhunt happening

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stories right now on cnn, including one that is breaking happening now in new york. it's a delta airline flight from jfk to moscow. it had to be diverted for some trouble, some engine troubles. our affiliates are on the way and out national correspondent, susan candiotti, is checking on it. there are up to 200 passengers on board this jet, a boeing 767. flight number 30 from jfk to moscow, returned to jfk with a left engine problem. we're going to report on that and check on it for you. also tonight, a utah park ranger, brody young, remains in critical but stable condition. and the search continues for the gunman accused of repeatedly shooting him. investigators are combing through tough terrain for the suspect by land and by air. yesterday police found a rifle, backpack and bloody t-shirt they believe belong to the suspect. ironed is the latest dom knee to fall in the european financial crisis. the irish government admitted today about what the financial

community has been whispering all week, the company will need a bailout. the monetary fund says they'll ready to step in with assistants. the trial of two detained american hikers has been delayed until february. an iranian court says the men did not show up for trial on the initial date two weeks ago. their attorney says this is nonsense since they are in custody and the government was responsible for bringing them to court. shane bauer and joshua fattal have been in an iranian prison for more than a year after allegedly straying across the border while hiking. the hiker, sarah shourd, was release in september. barack obama set to announce a pardon and mel gibson in a courtroom this week. those are just two stories that will be making news in the week ahead. we'll tell you what you can expect. ♪ ♪

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let's take a look now at what the week ahead will bring for us. from the white house to hollywood, these are the stories expected to grab the headlines. we begin tonight with what's on

the horizon for the president. >> i'm ed henry in washington. on tuesday, the president has a rare joint appearance on the road with vice president biden. they'll be in coke mow, indiana, because unemployment is 12.7% there, bad but not as bad as last year, where it was almost 22% because of layoffs in the auto industry. it's gotten better because of bail-outs for chrysler and he wants to talk about that. and then he'll be pardoning a turkey and a quiet dinner for thanksgiving at the white house. >> it's a huge holiday travel week ahead. we'll see whether the public cooperates with the tsa's body scans and new invasive patdowns or whether protesters make thanksgiving travel an even bigger headache than usual. >> i'll paul steinhauser at the cnn political desk in washington. sarah palin's in the spotlight this week. her new book," america by heart," hits the book shelves. and the former alaska governor

who was john mccain's running mate in 2008, she kicks off a book tour in phoenix on tuesday. and that book tour takes palin to iowa and south carolina, two very important states in the road for the white house. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. looking ahead to the week on wall street, hewlett-packard reports its earnings on monday and tuesday, we get the revisedr gdp and existing home sales and state by state unemployment. also more key economic reports on wednesday. we'll get the latest new home sales figures as well as the latest reading on consumer sentiment heading right into the holiday shopping season. the market is closed thursday for thanksgiving, but opens again on friday morning for a shortened trading day on black friday. we'll track all the news of the week for you on cnn money. i'm "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson. mel gibson and his ex-girlfriend's contentious custody battle heats up this week and christina aguilera and rihanna open the american music

awards. we're live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on hln and we're still tv's most provocative entertainment news show at 11:00 p.m. thank you, guys. an international desk editor joins us now to tell us what's coming up internationally. ireland, and some people had predicted this, they are in trouble. >> they are in trouble and their finance minister for weeks was saying we don't need a bailout and today he came out and said he encouraged the government to sign off on one. that's going to be handed down ob monday. this could mean -- part of this is to build confidence in investors internationally, what this means in relation to the euro and the dollar will play out in the weeks to come. >> the country will need a bailout of tens of billions of euros. that is not good. also, there is some uproar, an uproar happening in haiti and it has to do with the cholera epidemic that's going on over there. >> it seems they keep getting hit over and over and over again. they're claiming that a u.n.

nep nepalese peacekeeper has brought cholera to the country. this is just a week out from the slated elections. there's some talk about moving the elections back and postponing them if they can't get a handle on this. >> i think we have some video. >> let's look at this. >> again, they thought it was a nepalese soldier. the u.n. said it doesn't matter who is to plame, what we have to do is get it under control. we'll be watching this country. thank you, we appreciate it. bill nye the science guy blacks out on stage in front of a room full of college students and you won't believe what happened. or didn't happen. next. and what would you do if $3,000 landed in your lap?

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listen to this. this is really unbelievable.

so when an emergency hits you expect someone nearby will come to the rescue, right? it didn't happen that way this week for bill nye. you know the science guy. you see him everywhere. here is what "the l.a. times" is reporting. they say he fainted in front of an audience, but instead of helping some people started tweeting. some people started tweeting and then there's another story we're going to talk about as well. so let's talk to lena west. she's a social media consultant joining us by phone. there she is on skype. she's from richmond, virginia. also james andrews a social media strategist. he's here with us in studio. i like to call him a social media guru. look to your right, james. there you go. that camera. there you go, sir. anyway, look, here is what we're going to talk about. way tonight look at some ever these tweets from bill nye and where people -- when he passed out, people just started tweeting instead of running over. it says bill nye is like the beginning of an episode of "house" right now.

someone get the man some water. instead of getting the man some water. here is another one that reads, bill nye the science guy just passed out on stage. then the person quotes what nye said that night. he said i feel like lady gaga. that was on twitter. one more tweet says i hope bill nye is okay, but if he dies i was there. boy, oh, boy. james andrews, i'm going to walk back over here. i was trying to get the tweets up behind me. i couldn't get them up. what's your reaction to that? >> well, you know, don, we're living in a time when people are so focused on being cure raters and producers of content the fact they have mobile device that is can talk about what's happening right now, you know, people are so -- more focused on telling the story than helping out. >> we're saying people always -- everyone wants to be a mini cnn or a mini network. they want to create their own content but then what about what you're supposed to do in your

heart, the natural reaction is to run to help that person. what happened here? >> absolutely. i think we're living in a time and age where people are more focused on their status updates than they are getting involved. i don't know why college students would not help out, jump to his defense. we're living -- it's challenging. everybody is so focused on looking here they're not looking here. >> messy mya, did you hear about this? she was on the streets of new orleans and was gunned down and people start eed tweeting inste of helping him. lena, what do you think? what's your take on how people reashthed e react to this particular incident. >> i think social media has created a bit of a scooping culture, if you will. so everyone wants to be kind of the first to mention whatever major event is happening to their network. but i also believe that in kind of the adage of how you do anything is how you do anything, a and so i think the people busy

tweeting, they were probably not going to be the people to step in and help whether twitter even existed or whether they were using twitter or facebook or not. i think that if you're the kind of person that's going to step in to help, you're going to do that whether you have access to twitter or to facebook. and i also think that it needs to bear saying a little bit that just because someone is an active social media user doesn't mean we've totally lost our conscience. i think that these are isolated incidents and, in fact, in doing my research for this -- >> can we go to question four, please? >> that some people were saying it's a little bit -- that it's a little bit exaggerated and people did help. >> yeah. so, lena, i want to say last week there was also a murder of a new orleans comedian and the times picayune, there was a picture of him on twitter bleeding online. a major youtube following, he does. but it's unbelievable. what is behind something