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please find us online. back now to cnn saturday for the latest headlines. for now have a great weekend. from cnn center, this is "cnn saturday morning." it's 10:00 a.m. in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. i'm randi kaye. our top story, the reaction to trayvon martin's death, the teen gunned down by a neighborhood watchman in sanford, florida, last month. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> zimmerman roams free. we'll talk with rowland martin about the growing national outrage. and another day, another primary, this time in louisiana, where there are 20 delegates up for grabs. we'll talk with amy holmes and the ragin' cajun himself, carville. you're watching "cnn saturday morning" where news doesn't take the weekend off.
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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com let's get started now with our main bar. our big story that we've been investigating from all angles this morning, the death of trayvon martin. as the national fury grows, vigils and marches are spreading. demonstrators wearing hoodies and holding skittles are the symbols for justice for trayvon martin. there's been a ton of attention on whether or not george zimmerman was acting in self-defense the night he shot martin. his attorney is now speaking out, telling cnn things are getting out of control. >> this case is spinning out of control, and i don't think that, you know, whatever did or didn't happen that day, whether there was -- we know one thing for sure. there's a young man at the prime
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of his life who's dead. we also know that, you know, george zimmerman was there and there was a gunshot from his gun. the question is -- then the next question is what happened in those moments. >> george zimmerman has not been arrested or charged with a crime. his attorney also tells cnn florida's controversial stand your ground law does not apply to the case. former governor jeb bush signed the law into place in 2005 agrees. >> it appears to me that this law does not apply to this particular circumstance. stand your ground means stand your ground. it doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back. >> sanford's police chief bill lee may not agree with the chase argument. he said zimmerman claims he lost sight of trayvon and was returning to the truck to meet a police officer when he said he was attacked by trayvon. lee has temporarily stepped down as police chief. there are still plenty of questions surrounding that
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night. we're getting you up to speed on that case. here's a quick timeline of the events. >> reporter: the story starts in sanford, florida, near orlando. on february 26, 17-year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman. witnesses told police they heard a scuffle, a cry for help, and a gunshot. when police arrive on the scene, they found this man, george zimmerman, holding the gun that killed martin. he e had a bloody nose and a wound on this back of his head. zimmerman tells police it's self-defense. the only thing in trayvon mar n martin's hand was a bag of skittles. his father publicly called on sanford police to arrest george zimmerman, saying justice hadn't been served. on march 13th, police wrapped up their investigation. they say no arrest has been made because they have no evidence to contradict zimmerman's self-defense story. two days later, witness mary kutcher speaks. >> we believe in our heart 1/00%
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it was not self-defense. >> reporter: march 16, the next day, police release 911 tapes o from the night of trayvon's death. here's the exchange. >> something's wrong with him. yep. he's coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands. i don't know what his deal is. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> no justice. no peace. >> reporter: on march 18 people gathered in nearby titusville calling on the state attorney to file charges in the case. the attorney later announced grand jury will review the case and the justice department stepping in the next day saying they'd investigate whether there were any civil rights violations. then on thursday, sanford police chief bill lee stepped down temporarily saying he'd become a distraction to the investigation. he had become the lightning rod for critics of his department's handling of the case. and take a look at this map. this is where we've seen rallies
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for trayvon martin and his family. >> and we want to take you now live to harlem, new york, where reverend al sharpton is speaking about the trayvon martin killing. there's a rally in harlem. as you know, he's the founder of that network. let's listen to what he has to say. >> if you keep your eye on the prize and you believe in greater power, i don't care who things they in charge in sanford, put your hoodies on, put your marching shoes on, don't give up, don't give out, and your change will come. ♪ ♪ no change will come ♪ ♪ no change will come ♪ ♪ in challennge will come ♪
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♪ no change will come ♪ > >> coming to you live from new york. coming up, he's joining me in about ten minutes or more to talk more about this. a deadly shooting rampage in afghanistan could mean the death penalty for staff sergeant robert bales. 17 counts of murder. defense officials say prosecutors could levy more charges, quote, as they see ichlt while the army general calls it the first step in a long process. new video shows the damage left behind in a french apartment where a gunman wasas shot dead after a 30-hour standoff. he was suspected in a series of attacks that killed seven people, including three children. a montana man is held without bail after he tried to board a plane in sacramento "get this "fully armed. he had guns and a loaded gun in
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his holster. here's what one passenger had to say about it. >> there's a lot of wackos out there. you never know who's armed and you've got to protect yourself at all times. >> they found 192 rounds of am moe and three knives. eight more guns were found in his car. pope benedict is making his first trip to mexico this weekend in a tour the vatican called "the journey of hope." he'll meet with the mexican president. drugs plaguing parts of the country. one cartel promises to lay low during the trip. it's part of a stop on his way to cuba. to politics now. 20 delegates are up for grabs. can mitt romney make a respe respectable showing in the south? cnn political correspondent paul steinhauser with the latest on the presidential campaign. so has romney got any chance today? >> reporter: he's got a chachblts public opinion polls
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occasionally do get it wrong. here's the most recent polling from american research group. you can see right there, a double-digit lead for rick santorum in louisiana. this is the people who will likely vote in today's primary there. newt gingrich further back and ron paul in single digits. three other polls that came out in recent dates indicate the same thing. but, randi, in louisiana, a little more conservative. the two states santorum edged out romney and gingrich. yeah, romney's got a shot but even if santorum wins and wins big, does it matter? they're saying that after romney's big win in illinois, it's pretty much oevg but is it? clearly this is the delegate count. far, far ahead of newt gingrich and far, far ahead of especially
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rick santorum and ron pauchlt but, listen, he's only halfway to the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. santorum has been in the spotlight this week for a controversial comment he made when he somewhat suggested that maybe if romney were the nominee, people should vote for president obama instead of romney. as you can imagine, the romney campaign, gingrich campaign quickly attacking that. santorum clair fig his comment last night. here's what he had to say. >> everybody knows full well my passion about defeating barack obama, and yet we see this ridiculous canard that has tried to be perpetrated by the romney campaign that somehow or other i would vote for barack obama. over my dead body would i vote for barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> he was pretty clear on that, but he did say what he said the other day. this story has a couple days' legs on it. i don't know how much longer it's going to last.
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randi, after this we've got primaries in wisconsin and the district of columbia and marylanded on april 3rd. we'll see how far this battle goes. they say they're going the take it all the way to the convention in tampa. we'll seen. back to you, randi. >> thank you, paul. we will stay tuned. you should stay tuned to the bottom of the hour. we'll have much more on the louisiana primary and the campaign with strategist james carville and conservative analyst amy holmes. have a look at this. it's a fishing trawler. get this. it was swept away more than a year ago on the other side of the world by a tsunami that hit the coast of japan. the boat is part of a giant debris field in the pacific ocean that was generated by the tsunami. reynolds is back with me now. >> my goodness. if that boat could speak, the stories it could tell. that's just -- just amazing to see that and probably one of many things that we'll end up seeing or at least finding remnants of the tsunami floating around the pacific. i'll tell you, speaking of the pacific, we've got one big storm
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coming along the carolina coast. it's going to mean rain but the higher elevations including mt. shasta could see 3 to 6 inches of snowfall, also a severe chance of severe weather in the carolinas. we'll tackle both those stories coming up, randi. >> thanks, reynolds. coming up, rowland martin will join me. he'll talk about why this case has become so important to him personally and why he's urging others to speak out. whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently.
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the country's demanding justice for trayvon martin. cnn contributor roland martin is calling for justice. he's been out on twitter all week. >> that's right. >> you're wearing your hoodie, i see. >> after geraldo rivera, this is what a college graduate looks like in a hoodie, in case he was concerned. >> i did read about that nice little exchange between the two of you. tell me first about the trayvon martin case. tell me why you think this particular case has hit such a nerve with americans. >> well, first of all, it really speaks to young african-americans and young people because here was a young man, 17 years old, wants to be an airplane pilot, on the phone with his girlfriend, living in a gated community, doing the right thing, not in trulk, and he ends up dead. what it says is, wait a minute, how in the world can you do all the right things, how can you raise your child the right way
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and someone cast as suspicious eye on you and you end up dead. this is the concern that we all have in terms of being black, driving while black, walking while black, that somebody can have a stereo type in their mind and still take you out. and that's really what was driving this whole issue. >> well, you tweeted about this plenty this week, but you tweeted out this to miami's nba team saying until george zimmerman is arrested, every nba player should ware a hoodie during player introduction to stand up for trayvon martin. and you got some attention. the miami heat responded. lebron james tweeted this picture of his team paying respects and he also responded. he said, we are trayvon martins, and stereo type, we want justice with hash tags on twitter. why have you been so vocal about this personally? >> because when we talk about it -- at the end of the day, here's the problem. black peel are tired of having to accommodate bigotry,
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accommodate racism, accommodate stereotypes, and so when geraldo maze his comment, it was don't do what somebody else thinks. we're tired of ichlt in corporate america, randi, there are trayvon martin stories. we have to algt a certain way, dress a certain way. african americans don't get to have the benefit of the doubt. all we get is the doubt. i've seen it in my own life where somebody will say something and then say, oh, that's suspicious. so we deal with the code words in the workplace. just like with george zimmerman called 911 and called him suspicious, the same thing happens in corporate america. at some point african americans are saying we're sick and tired of being sick and tired. i've been speak out for years on black-on-black violence and on this issue as well. we're simply saying, enough with saying that it was the hoodie, enough with saying it was your pair of pants.
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no, we have to deal with the mindset of people who have stereotypes. i drove here, randi, and 15 people had hoodies on. i saw a white man with a red hoodie. it was cold outside. an asian man with gray hoodie on. not one timedy i see them as suspicious. >> real quick, roland, police say no charges because they can't find the grounds to disprove george zimmerman's story. do you think charges will come? >> i thank will come. i think they had a shoddy investigation that was ridiculous. i saw many who said they would never run an investigation like this here. they gave george zimmerman the benefit of the doubt because of who he is, and they simply saw trayvon martin, and i guarantee you in their minds they probably said, oh, young black kid, wearing a hoodie. him, george got to be right. all i'm saying is black folks are saying enough is enough. see us as individuals and as
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human beings and don't judge us just based on what you see -- what you saw in television. forget that. that day is over. that's why you have people, 50 cities across this country having rallies and vigils. thing you're going to see it more. i said it when president obama was elected. will that be a moment or lead to a movement? i think this will certainly lead to dramatic social gist it is movement in this country. >> it's certainly feel like that now. roland martin, great to have you on this morning. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. and you can join cnn's don lemon tonight for a one-hour special on the trayvon martin killing. as the national outrage intensifies, one group in particular caught our attention. minority mothers, hair their unique perspective and advice they give their children in hopes they don't end up dying young. and you'll hear from neighbors and friends of trayvon martin. it's in a special cnn report with don lemon again at 7:00
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morning. nice to see. well southern and central illinois are trying to recover after ferocious storms tore through the region yesterday. two were killed and a woman injured. they tossed a home right across the road. several over homes were also damaged. well, reynolds, i certainly hope this weekend looks a lot better for those folks. >> it will be better. o obviously a tremendous clean-up. we gooevt to remember as we make the jump from winter to spring and spring to summer that's when you can have a lot of rough weather. in atlanta, that won'tthe case at all. take a look at this shot we have high atop cnn center looking down centennial plaza. we have got our friend david controlling this, david showing a good shot of secentennial. it's pure bliss. you see a lot of beautiful trees popping up, a few dog woods.
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i'll be out there in a few hours. no, not really. we want people to stay and have fun. they don't want to be scared off by me. hey, don't let the rough weather scare you on parts of the eastern seaboard. in washington, d.c., delays are going to be under an hour. that's what we expect. into the afternoon, that's where things can get kind of rough and raleigh could have showers and also cincinnati, basically the same deal. on the west coast, san francisco and l.a. mainly some rain. that's from rain that's going to be piling onto the west coast and that could bring snow into the high elevations. but east coast, it's all going to be rain for you. scattered thunderstorms possible for you into the late afternoon hours. out to the west, rain. in the mountains, mainly some snow. but in the center, it's going be spectacular. high pressure is going to be your dominating pressure. plenty of sunshine, very mild conditions. that area of low pressure, that's going to pull its way to the northeast, leaving rain right ahead of the boynedy, but
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right behind it, cooler air coming in behind it. let's wrap it up with a look at your temperatures across the planet or at least the u.s. can't be the planet. we don't have time for all that. 66 degrees in chicago, 74 in salt lake city, 70 in san francisco. speaking of planet, our little globe in the corner of atlanta, 76. with the rain we had yesterday, certainly a huge difference in the pollen here that people have been wondering from. >> you had me wondering for a moment, reynolds, what planet you were on. >> dreams don't come true for me. >> all right. thank you. cnn's year-round campaign to honor everyday people to change the world begins with you and we want you to tell us about someone you think should be recognized as a hero. go to cnn.com. here's an d ee's anderson coop you how. >> tonight we gather to offer the best that humanity has to
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he fatally shot the 17-year-old but says it was in self-defense. the case has raised questions about florida's "stand your ground" law. possible charges could come before that. we're getting our first look inside the apartment where a gunman held off police for more than 30 hours before french special forces killed him. mohammed merah was wanted in the killings of seven people. police are questioning his mother, brother, sister as well to determine if he acted alone. army staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty if convicted. he faces 17 murder charges. on monday, the supreme court begins three days of hearings. on president obama's health care reform plan. the issue has been a hot topic for republicans on the campaign trail, but something of a problem for mitt romney. mitt romney marked the two-year anniversary of president obama signing the bill into law by going on the attack. >> this presidency has been a
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failure, and at the centerpiece of this failure is this piece of legislation back here, oba obamacare. and i say that for many reasons. one, you know that they're not celebrating obamacare. the president is not giving speeches. that's for a reason. most americans want to get rid of it. we're amongst those americans. i want to get rid of it too. >> that's one of the factors. joining me from new orleans to talk about the republican primary and the fight over health care is democrat strategist and cnn political contributor james carville and from new york, tv anchor amy holmes. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> amy, let me start with you. does mitt romney's attack on health care nullifyny attacks he tries to make against president obama's plan? >> i don't think it nullifies
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the attacks. that would be going too far but it certainly complicates the attacks as rick santorum and newt gingrich has pointed out. here's rick santorum still in the race, largely on this issue as well as others, but i think mitt romney can also point to the fact that his legislation in massachusetts does not include this individual -- this advisory payment bod called the ipab that the house just voted down, which sarah palin sort of colorfully referred to as the dealt panel and you heard him say he would like to get rid of obamacare. one of the last things is the supreme court. the decision that they come down with could be a game-changer both for president obama and mitt romney. >> so, james, there are a few steps here obviously as we go through these hearings that are supposed to take six hours over three days. if, indeed, they do find this to be unconstitutional in some way, how much will it hurt the president if the justices strike down key parts of this law?
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>> i'm not sure it will hurt much. they may have to strike it down 9-0, it may have a different effect than 5-4 on the partisan line. a lot of it depends on what they do and what parts they uphold, don't uphold, et cetera, et cetera. this thing could go any number of ways. but i think that if it's a bitterly split divided court, i think people will look at it as political. and i've seen polling data that suggests that it could be more like politics than law. we'll wait and see. thing the decision is going to come out in june. if they overturned an election result, they'll overturn anything they want. you know, they're going to figure out what's most politically expedient and down with this one. >> you're in louisiana so let's talk about louisiana. mitt romney looks like he could be in trouble. if he ends up getting the nomination, how much is this soft support we're seeing in the south going to hurt him in the
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raese against president obama? >> that's a good question. in louisiana, probably not much. this is a tailor-made state. you have a heavily catholic vote. it's not mostly catholic. it's mostly evangelical. you're going to have a low turnout, you know, that favors somebody with more favored supporters, if you will. if he doesn't do well here, i mean that would be the really big news. if he does well, thing that would be more expected. where it's going to hurt him a little bit is maybe places like indiana, north carolina, virginia, you know, some of these states that are not as reliably red like louisiana is. you know, it could have some effect and turn out some enthusiasm and a lot of other things out there. they're decidedly unenthusiastic about it. >> sure. amy, let's turn to the trayvon martin case. you've heard president obama has been criticized by some in the
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african american community for not speaking out earlier. yesterday he made the story very personal. listen to what he said. >> you know, if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon, and, you know, thing they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and get to the bottom of what exactly happens. >> amy, what do you think about that? did he say the right thing? >> i think it was right for president obama to speak out in sympathy of trayvon's family and of so many americans that have rallied in support of trayvon. i can understand why he took his time. if you remember when president obama leapt into the controversial involving the professor from harvard, professor gates and the cambridge police when he called up the team owner of the philadelphia team owners and michael vick and when he called
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sandra flukes and lent support to her, they say, why not trayvon. on the other side you can see reluctance. in each one of those instances i named, he got in a lot of hot water. be wu we want the president to rally all of us as americans. in case that is tragic and that the perpetrator is still at large is unfathomable. this is a 17-year-old boy who's dead. >> james, did he say too much -- >> amy said it good. we don't always agree, but think she said it good. right now it's an ongoing investigation. i'm sure that this -- if this man zimmerman is indicted, that the lawyers are going to argue that it was overly publicized and everything else. i wouldn't be surprised if the white house advises the president. i don't know that. but i agreed. i thought it was appropriate. i thought they were good. and i thought it was particularly humanizing to say that if he'd have had a son, he
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would have looked like that. i would agree with amy. i thought he was right on. >> i'm glad we could leave it this morning with the two of you agreeing on something. james carville and amy holmes, thank you very much. have a great day. tomorrow in our 8:00 hour be sure to join us in a special conversation with nicholas chris tauchlt read his sunday column and tune into cnn to see what inspired it. the health care reform bill clocked in at nearly 2,000 pages longer than "war and peace," so no wonder it seems complex. wait till you see how they break it all down for us. i think it's a cool car. i think it's stylish and it makes a statement at the same time. and i've never had a car like that. people don't totally understand how the volt works. when the battery runs down the gas engine operates. i don't ever worry about running out of battery power... because it just switches over to my gas engine. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i love my chevy volt and i've never loved a car. ♪
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take a look at this video coming from washington, d.c. you're taking a live look at the country's capitol. you see people gathering. it's all about this rally on the health care reform bill. those start monday. it's supposed to last three days. it will include numerous tea party speakers as well as herman cain, former gop presidential candidate. the obama sweeping health care reforms have been under fire since they were enforced.
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do we really understand how it works? lizzie o'leary explains in storybook form. >> reporter: meet jack and jill. they're maired with two kids, and together make $49,000 a year, about the middle american income but like people with similar incomes, they don't have health care insurance, not worried if you're not worried about falling down the hill. they can buy private insurance from what's called an exchange starting in two years. the idea is that lots of people buying at the same time would get a better price, and the plans have to meet minimum standards set by the government. jack and jill would also get a subsidy to help them buy their plan. mary only make $13/,000 selling little lambs. she's also a winner. she can get insurance under an expansion of medicaid. 17 million americans like her
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will be eligible for that. and about 51,000 kids with pre-existing conditions like hansel and gretel are also winners. they can't be denied coverage and all kids can stay on their parents' insurance until they're 26. where does the money come from? that brings us to the losers, including the roughly 19% people who have high cost gold plated plans like prince charming here. starting in 2018 the plan he gets from the castle would be tacked at 40%. he'll see his payroll taxes go up like the 3 million other americans who make more than $200,000 a year. also on the losing end, companies like fair godmother industries, inemploys people making glass slippers. it has to offer insurance or pay a fine. only a small number would pay more under the new law. we end this story with a
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toss-up. insurance companies would both win and loose. they'll have to pay the government more than $8 billion a year, but they get up to 40 million new customers like jack and jill who by law must get insurance or pay a penalty. lizzie o'leary, cnn. >> very interesting way of looking at that. as i mentioned, starting monday the supreme court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of parts of the health care law and tomorrow morning right here on cnn we'll break down the case with a constitutional law experiment and take a look at the politics. it's our main bar on cnn sunday morning. plus part of the excitement of traveling is trying new adventures. we'll explain the benefits for your brain. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want.
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welcome back. trying out the local fair is grail joe carrot has more in this week's "on the go." >> reporter: i'm in l.a.'s living saigon, and the best way to get a feel for the culture here is to taste it. this chef is giving me a tour of the local markets. then i'm going to try to whip up some vietnamese cuisine in her cook class. it's part of a booming trend. culinary tourism. it ranges from classes like this to wine tasting and farm tours but it's more than about food.
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it's a way to get a taste of local life. >> it's impossible to separate food and culture. people sign up for cooking tours and class for knowledge. >> reporter: to make sure your taste buts are up for the adventure, do your homework. >> you've got to read the information and make sure it's going be promote for you. >> reporter: and most importantly, come hungry. >> of course, you're never forced to eat anything, but i really challenge you to try it because you might be surprised. >> reporter: it is sour. whew. >> it did look pretty yummy. it's the kind of hype we haven't seen since "harry potter." >> each year the 12 districts of pan am will off up for tribute one man and woman between the ages of 12 through 18 to be trained in the art of survival and to be prepared to fight to the death. >> "the hunger games" are set to
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"the hunger games" takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where teens are forced to fight each other to their death. maybe a little more violent than "the karate kid." joining me, all around plugged in dude, connor. good morning. >> are you telling me i have to tear down my bieber posters? >> it's time. >> that's ridiculous. >> have you seen "hunger games"? does it meet all the wild expectations? it does. i did see it. i was part of the hoard of folks who went to the midnight screening. there were 15 screens all playing "hunger games." there was a showing at 12:01, 12:02, 12:03. it was a madhouse. i never have seen anything like it. >> did you like it. >> i did like it. i may not be the target audience, but think that's why it's going do so well. even though it comes from this young adult novel, it has a wide
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appeal. it's a human story, it's a sci-fi story. i thought it was great, very well done. >> do you think it could hurt at the box office or do you thing it could have the potential to be something like twilight? >> i therng it could be bigger. it's certainly better. the violence is -- it's not so much what you see on scene. it's a pg-13 and you've probably seen more violent scenes on tv, but the idea of it is -- "the hunger games" involve kids killing kids. it's a fight to the death gladiator style and so that's a theme if you're taking a younger child, you want to be prepared for that. but, no. think that actually might be its asset that it's a more adult story. >> let's talk about the show "mad men," amc's popular series returns tomorrow night. i'm serious what you think about it and what you think fans might expect for the fifth season.
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>> first of all it's worth mentions that's also a lionsgate production. they're having a huge weekend. blockbusters all around for them. i'm a huge m"mad men" fan. it's been a year and a half since it's been on tv. in tv time that's a huge gap and it's a very densely plotted show, so trying to catch up to where these folks were last season, i presume the premiere is going to give us a little bit of backstory, but it's going to move straight ahead and they've matured, i assume a lot. it's his 40th birthday in this pilot or premiere. >> why did they wait so long? >> it will be fun to catch up with them. depending on who you ask, some say it's because of the contract negotiations. also amc's had a big years and they had other big series to introduce. "the walking dead" was a smash
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show for them so scheduling-wise it made more sense to put emphasis on that and they knew the "mad men" fans were loyal enough they would hopefully wait a year to check it out later. hopefully that's the case. >> nice to chat with you. >> great. nice chatting with you. >> have a great weekend. >> thanks. it's a bird, it's plane, it's a, well, a giant paper airplane. seriously. don't go anywhere. we're going to show you more and tell you how they got this thing off the ground. okay, there's enough energy right here in america. yeah, over 100 years worth. okay, so you mean you just ignore the environment. actually, it's cleaner. and, it provides jobs. and it helps our economy. okay, i'm listening. [announcer] at conoco phillips we're helping power america's economy with cleaner affordable natural gas... more jobs, less emissions, a good answer for everyone. so, by reducing the impact of production... and protecting our land and water... i might get a job once we graduate. chocolate lemonade ?
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welcome back. reynolds and i are having a few laughs about some of the best stories out there this weekend. some of the funny things. >> at least one. >> there were a few goodies. our producer picked out a couple. we did as well. take a look at this first one. it's a unique airplane flight. it's a 45-foot 800-pound paper airplane, reynolds, with this 24-foot wingspan. >> simple design, something kids make in school all the time. now they made a bigger version. they launched from a helicopter. >> yeah. hated to be towed behind a helicopter and then they had to let it go. it's defied gravity.
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2,700 feet. pretty short flight but certainly a memorable one. it was inspired, believe it or not by a 12-year-old tucson resident whose paper airplane claimed the longest in a competition. >> this is basically taking a kid's dream and putting it up in a helicopter some 2,000 feet out. it's pretty cool. >> these good clean fun we found. now we have one that's a little questionable. >> here's where the bottom falls out. >> this is a pretty bizarre story. an 18-year-old mike stone is his name, we're going to call him out. he was looking for a special lady to bring to his prom. and, reynolds, who did he find? >> i can't believe it. he found a important star. he found a porn star. he got lucky, so to speak. bad choice of words. 19-year-old adult entertainer, megan piper agreed to be his date. but the school, i guess, would
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