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available. a suspect is expected to be charged today in a 33-year-old missing child case that set off a national movement. police in new york say pedro hernandez confessed to killing 6-year-old etan patz back in 1979. prosecutors are expected to charge hernandez with second-degree murder. etan disappeared on his way to school. of it his first time walking to the bus stop by himself. historic meeting in space happened about an hour ago when the space x dragon linked up with the international space station. check it out, see how it went down. >> capture is confirmed. [ applause ] >> congratulations on a wonderful capture. you have made a lot of folks happy down here over in hawthorne and right here in houston. great job, guys. >> houston, it looks like we got us a dragon by the tail. >> private spacecraft is bringing clothes, supplies, experiments to the space station. it has been exactly one week
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since the jury in the john edwards corruption trial got the case. they are still deliberating. four women, eight men have asked to see dozens of exhibits. edwards is accused of illegally using almost $1 million in campaign cash to keep his pregnant mistress hidden from the public. cnn legal analyst paul kalin is joining from new york. paul, first of all, we're talking about a week later. there's no verdict. does this seem in your. as a bad sign for edwards? can we read into this at all? >> well, you know, lawyers would read into it, but you have to -- i read this differently than i would read a normal case. in a normal case you'd say, you know something? the defense may now be winning. usually a quick verdict, it's an acquittal, middle level of time it can be a conviction or an acquittal, and then if it gets longer in time, the defense is winning. but i've gone back and looked over cases involving politicians, and what i have found through the years is that juries tend to deliberate a lot
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longer in cases involving politicians. i think that it's the public scrutiny that affects them. i also think that even a weak case against a politician and defense lawyers here say this at least on the law was a weak case still presents problems for jurors because they have negative images of politicians, and they're willing to believe anything bad because there's this sort of idea that, you know, they're all on the take and they're all no good. so i think, you know, you defend a politician in a criminal case, it's tough. so bottom line, i'm not so sure that this is a good sign for edwards, that they've been out so long. i think they may be coming to a conclusion that he's guilty on one count or another. >> really? and how long will they have before they declare a hung jury? could they deliberate for quite some time? >> yes, they could. of course, we have the memorial day weekend coming up, so i really anticipated that we would have a verdict today, and i
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still would expect it's likely that there will be a verdict later this afternoon. if there's a real split in the jury, there's a real argument going on, it could go off into next week. certainly the judge will not declare a mistrial based on five days of deliberations. this was a three-week trial. it's a lot of complicated testimony. so i think we'd see a few more days of jury deliberation before a mistrial were declared if, in fact, they're hung at this point. >> and paul, what do you think the jurors are hung up on at this juncture? they've asked a lot of questions. they've gotten -- asked the judge for more information here. i mean, i know it's a complicated case, but bottom line what do you think they're trying to deal with here? >> well, i think they're focusing in on this issue of whether the money that was donated was intended by bunny mellon, for instance, to be a campaign contribution or whether it was just a personal gift to john edwards. remember, it all started when she said she was going to pay for his haircuts, and she
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basically said she would be willing to contribute almost any amount of money to john edwards because she liked him personally. so they're probably debating about whether that's really a campaign contribution. and then the second thing they're probably debating about is was it used for a purpose that would be expected in a political campaign or is it the kind of expenditure that people would use in their normal life? and in this case it's, you know, a male would he be expected to try to hide the mistress from his wife if he wasn't a politician? and some of the jurors are probably saying, you know something? even if he wasn't in politics, he would still spend this money, so it wasn't really a campaign contribution used to advance his candidacy. other jurors will be saying, you've got to be kidding me. they were moving rielle all over the country, hiding her because if the public knew he had fathered this child, it would have been totally destructive of his campaign, so this was to help his campaign. i'm sure that's what is going on and that's what they're debating
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about in that jury room. >> paul, do we know if they're actually deliberating on memorial day? do we know if they're working over the holiday? >> i have not seen a report on that yet. i will tell you that it's not unusual in federal court, sometimes the judges say come in over the weekend and you will deliberate. a lot of times he will ask the jurors if they want to work over the weekend. it remains to be seen. i just haven't seen the reports on it and whether the judge has said anything one way or the other. >> we're going to be paying very close attention today to see if that's true if they come back with a verdict. we will be paying attention. >> nice being with you. have a nice holiday. >> you, too. exactly 33 years ago a 6-year-old boy disappeared on his way to school. well, today a suspect is expected to face charges of killing him. police say pedro hernandez confessed to luring etan patz into a store, strangling him, and placing his body in the trash. the case helped set off a nationwide movement focused on missing children. susan candiotti is following the
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story for us. first of all, susan, tell us where hernandez is today. >> reporter: not in a jail cell. today authorities moved him from jail to bellevue hospital, which is a very well-known public hospital in new york city that also has a psychiatric unit. however, it also has a secure area where prisoners can be held. in this case suspect pedro hernandez is being held there according to police because he's taking medications, and authorities say they prefer to administer anyone who is on medications in a hospital setting. a spokesperson for the police department tells me that he won't comment on what kind of drugs he's taking, whether they are psychiatric drugs or any other kind of medications for that matter because he says he's citing privacy issues. but we do expect the court hearing to still happen at some point today. >> do we know how long he's going to stay in the hospital? do we think he might be moved to perhaps a prison or a jail cell?
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>> reporter: we just don't know. maybe we will find out more if he appears in court as expected today to formally hear the charges against him, and we still don't know specifically what those are other than the possibility of second-degree murder, suzanne. >> and, susan, i know we heard details from the officials yesterday. do we have a sense of why it is that they believe this guy, that they believe his story, that they think he is credible? >> reporter: all they're telling us, suzanne, is that based on the detail of the 3 1/2-hour-long videotaped statement he made to them, an alleged confession, they say that is what they're basing their belief on, that they have enough information to hold him and charge him based on probable cause. that, along with other statements that he has made according to police over the years allegedly confessing to doing a bad thing and killing a
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boy in new york city but without ever mentioning a suspect's name. there's sill so many questions out about this case because authorities as far as we know don't have any physical evidence at this point to link him to the scene. but evidently they have enough confidence to move forward with charges. >> and, susan, finally, any reaction from the parents at all? >> reporter: suzanne, not publicly so far. they have been very private. all we know is what we have heard from police, that they were informed of the latest developments, that the patz family expressed surprise when hearing about this man, a store clerk who worked in the bodega just about a block and a half away from where the parents still live because they had never apparently heard of this man before. police say they know of no contact between etan and the suspect in this case, who was only 19 years old at the time.
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>> susan candiotti, excellent reporting as always. here is what we're working on for this hour. this young chinese activist who escaped a life of prison and torture is telling all from the safety of his apartment in new york. >> translator: it was very natural for me. i feel it's in people's nature to want to stop the evil and embrace the good. and facebook family photos and internet security. while some teens are telling mom and dad to stop posting their pics on line. and getting the voters' take on the upcoming presidential election at a texas baseball game. >> you got the republicans, we got the democrats. they're not working together. we're at the legendary southfork ranch in dallas
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not been very energized about the race this year, but then something very interesting happened. our senior latin american affairs editor rafael romo is here. tell us a little bit about what some folks are calling the mexican spring. >> exactly. not as violent though, let me say that first. the man we just saw in the video is mexican presidential candidate. he goes to the university in mexico city on may 11th and then all of a sudden he gets heckled. we see the images of students yelling at him, get out of here, you don't belong here, we do not believe you. what happens is that he dismisses the students and says that it's a group of infiltrated political activists and that they're not truly students. so then a movement starts on social media with all these students who participated in the protest showing their student i.d. saying, i am a student and this is proof, and i do not agree with what's going on. in fact, we have sound from one of the students and let's listen
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to what he had to say about this. >> translator: we're fed up with the system. we're fed up with the mainstream media that lies to us, manipulates us, and uses information to advance their own interests. we, the young people, are finally waking up. >> and they say, suzanne, they're fed up with the way the mexican media portrayed this incident, that they -- it was not covered, it was not let known to people, it was not published. they say the media is manipulating the information in favor of one political candidate. >> what do they want? what is the bottom line? are they looking for radical change inside their country or do they not feel any of these candidates are really reformists? >> up until this point the mexican electorate, including the students, was very apathetic. this has been the point that has transformed everything, and what they want is to tell those in power, do not take us for granted. we are here. there are 24 million voters in
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mexico younger than the age of 29, 14 million of those will be voting on july 1st for the very first time, and they say do not take us for granted because if you do, chances are we're going to turn this collection upside down. >> you say this has not been violent. it's been largely peaceful. has the mexican government been fighting back? if they been pushing. has there been any push back from these protesters? >> on the contrary, the interior minister said we are glad this is happening. we are glad the young people are part of the political process. they do not want to at all mess with these kids because, as you saw in the video, they're very energetic and they're very committed. no violence, but they have been a little bit disruptive. they had blocked some streets in mexico city and in other cities where this has happened. >> how are they organizing? are they doing it the way we saw in the arab spring, using twitter and facebook? getting out through social media? >> exactly right. the key here is social media. they're using twitter, facebook, they're posting videos on
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youtube of the protests, then another group of kids in some other city, college students see it, and they do their own protests, and again the message is the same. >> do they back one candidate or they're just about let's fix the syst system, let's make this a different kind of place. >> they say they're apolitical, but at the same time they're targeting this particular candidate we've been talking about. he comes from the party that governed mexico for 71 years, lost power in 2000 and is about to come back to power again. he's the head in the polls 20 percentage points. so by every indication he has a very good chance of becoming the next president of mexico unless the college students decide otherwise. >> yeah. well, they're listening to him. thank you. more fallout from the facebook stock offering. now wall street is dealing with thousands of angry investors as well as lawsuits. androgel 1%, there's big news.
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>> it really has been messy. what facebook has been doing all week. they plunged, shares, on monday and tuesday. shares were up on wednesday and thursday and today they are down 3.5% trading at $31.87. so that's clearly below the ipo price of $38 when facebook made its public debut on friday. overall facebook shares are down 15% from that public debut. you know what's happening today? today investors really don't want to hold onto this stock. many car it risky. we're going into a long holiday weekend. there's a lot of concern weighing on the markets about the european debt crisis, so a lot of investors are really just selling today at least selling facebook shares specifically, not wanting to hold onto it. >> what about the technical error that some companies say cost them some money. can they actually get it back? >> that's really the next sort of layer of this ipo fiasco. these companies are the brokers that executed the trades for customers. they are asking nasdaq to pay
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up, knight capital, citadel securities, the unit of the swiss bank ub s and citigroup. they say they're on the hook for up to $100 billion in losses. let's say a customer place an order to sell the stock at $42 a share. we remember there was a delay at the nasdaq. so the trade took longer than expected to go through. by the time it did, shares were down to $39, but guess what? it's the brokers who are on the hook to have to cover that $3 loss. so the examiner can still get their $42 a share, but suzanne, multiply that by millions of shares and you see how the losses pile up and they're saying nasdaq, you're responsible for that. suzanne? >> alison, i know you're a coffee drinker, right? >> i am. big time. >> good, me, too. i want you to stick around for this. this is an interesting story. a football superstar is pretty bummed out about this because somebody broke into his car, swiped what he said was his starbucks gold card. i didn't know there was such a thing.
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chad ochocinco of the new england patriots says a thief smashed the car window, grabbed his wallet, and ipod but he was really upset about losing the starbucks gold card. here is a twitter video. here is what he said. >> took my starbucks card. not just any starbucks card, i earned the gold card. do you know how many coffees i have had to drink to get to that gold card? >> alison, i have no idea. do you know how much he had to drink? >> i got the scoop from my producer who you see i'm using his gold card here. it's not mine. you apparently have to make 30 visits in 12 months to get this gold card. i don't get why this is so important as opposed to him losing his ipod and somebody breaking into his suv. i think that would be the bigger issue, right? i mean, this, to get some extra
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free shirp eveyrup every now an. >> he must be addicted like the rest of us. i had no idea you could get a gold card at starbucks. clearly i'm not drinking enough coffee. but i understand that somebody found his wallet and starbucks actually says they're going to replace the precious gold card. so he's okay. >> that's really funny. >> i don't know about the rest. >> you know, he's set to make $1 million from what i understand and he's worried about his gold card? i'm just saying. >> he could buy a gold card for all of us as far as i'm concerned. >> exactly. >> all right. alison, have a great weekend. >> you, too. >> all right. chinese activist who says he was tortured by his government is now safe and sound in his new york apartment. hear why he says he risked his life to fight for justice. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air.
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his homeland. he sat down for his first u.s. television interview. he says he fears for his family and friends he left behind. his brother recently fled his village. he spoke to anderson cooper about why he did what he did and his plans for the future. >> on the night of april 22nd, a blind activist in china makes a daring escape. chen guangcheng, a self-taught lawyer and advocate for the poor, had been a prisoner in his own home for more than 18 months. during that time he and his wife were periodically and savagely beat by their guards. in his first interview, chen says he needed to find a way out. you were under house arrest. what was that like? >> translator: i want to correct one thing here. when we talk about my situation in the future, let's not use the word house arrest but instead let's use the term illegal detention. it's hard for me to describe what it was like during the time, but my suffering was beyond imagination. >> did you feel like there was
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an end to it? did it feel like it was just going to go on and on? >> translator: i didn't see much hope. >> chen is known as the barefoot lawyer in china, a well-known activist who became a government target after he filed a class action lawsuit in 2005 on behalf of poor women who say they were subjected to forced abortions and stir rilizations as part of china's one-child policy. soon after filing the lawsuit he was arrested and failed for more than four years. you filed a class action suit on behalf of these women. did you know that the state would arrest you? did you know that you would get in trouble? >> translator: it would be dishonest to say i had never thought of it, but i didn't imagine they would disregard the law so blatantly. >> why did you begin to speak out? >> translator: it was very natural for me. i feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good. so there was really nothing special there. it was just how i reacted naturally.
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>> you say it's natural to want to speak out against evil, but many people remain silent. >> translator: i only feel it's natural reaction from my heart. my nature wouldn't allow me to sit idly by and disregard what's going on. i think everybody should act that way. >> after his release, he was detained in his home. activist friends and journalists tried to visit him over the years only to be violently repelled by the guards who were always outside. actor christian bale was with a cnn crew in 2011 when he tried to go to chen's house to talk with him. >> why can i not go visit this man? why can i not go visit this man? tell me why i cannot go visit him? he's a free man. >> after months of planning, chen scaled the wall around his house, slipped past his gartuar and wandered through the countryside for hours falling down some 200 times, he says, injuring his foot. >> translator: after evading
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ding danger and obstacles, i called my friend in beijing. while in beijing he found me a safe place to stay temporarily, but then we started to worry about my safety because my experience in 2005. >> worried for his safety, chen's friends helped him seek refuge in the u.s. embassy. >> translator: when a group of pom come together and accomplish something, they often fight for credit, but in my case all those people who went to shendong to pick me up, they were fighting for risk instead of credit. i think this shows me hope in the growth of civil society in china. >> after negotiations between the u.s. and china, chen was finally allowed to leave beijing flying to america on a one-year student visa. i understand that on sunday you spent some time out in the sun and it was the first time you had been able to sit out in the
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sun for a long time. >> i hadn't been able to feel nature for a long time. on that day i had some time to soak in the sun and feel the breeze. i have missed out for too long. >> chen has not sought asylum though he's enjoying his temporary freedom. he worries for his friends and family back home. your nephew has been charged with intentional homicide for defending himself against the people who broke into his house as they were searching for you. what do you think is going to happen to him? are they trying to punish you through him? >> translator: you can already see what's happened to him. it's clear they want to convict him. >> your mother is also still in china. there's a report your brother actually escaped illegal detention back in his home village. do you worry about them as well? >> translator: of course, i'm very worried. you can see their retribution against my family since my escape has continued and been intensified. >> do you regret speaking out? i mean, given all you have been
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through, arrested for four years, illegally detained in your home, you and your wife. do you regret speaking out? >> translator: no, i have no regrets. but i also want to thank all the friends who helped me, including my family members and supporters. i am very concerned about the safety of some of them. >> chen, his wife, and two children have only been in the u.s. for less than a week. whether he'll ever be able to return to china is unclear. he vows i will continue to speak out. >> translator: i don't feel much pressure. it's just a matter of time. i have only been here for a short time. if the pressure in chendong couldn't silence me, i don't think any other pressure would be able to silence me. >> anderson cooper, cnn, new york. are parents on facebook destroying their kids' privacy? that's what my next guest thinks.
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fastest way to share all those adorable photos of your kids with your friends and family. millions of people are going it. they're literally documenting their children's lives online. but some parenting experts say that is a big mistake. joining me now from ann arbor, michigan, one of those critics, isha sultan. you felt so sfrong strongly abo, you wrote an op-ed about this. why do you feel this could be harmful to your kids? >> well, we don't really know how long this information stays online. we don't know the ways in which it's used and stored and possibly commercialized. i put pictures of my kids online on facebook to share with my friends and family. it's a nice way to connect, but i think we have to really think about what some of the long-term consequences are. >> so what are some of the long-term consequences because, you know, you got a lot of us talking here, those who have kids, and they post a ton of baby pictures up on facebook and don't think anything of it. >> right.
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most parents think their kids are the cutest things in the world and say hilarious things so we love to share that and i do, too. we should be able to tell our own story about our own lives and i feel like when we start at such a young age creating a permanent record of our children, that at this point we really don't know how long that data stays around and the ways in which it's used. they don't have a voice in telling and creating their own story. it's just something to be cognizant about. >> how old do you think a child should be before you turn to your child and you say, hey, is this okay? is this okay if i post this? >> you know, i think those conversations actually should start really, really early because right now as a society we're negotiating what's public, what's private. you know, most young adults feel very comfortable sharing quite a bit about their lives, and so i would say even as young as a toddler can start to understand what it means if you want to keep certain things private and just for your parents or your friends to know and what does it mean if you want to share with more people and what does it mean if this stays around for a
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long time? and i think those are conversations that we really should be having now as our society is negotiating a rethought out norm about what privacy means. >> so what do you think is acceptable and what's not acceptable? parents, they will put that picture of you in the bathtub and it comes back to haunt you years later or the picture of you and santa claus or what do you think is acceptable and what's not? >> see, most of these things i think usually are pretty benign, but the danger comes in stuff that, you know -- like you said, could come back and embarrass your child later. a lot of us use social media to vent or share our frustrations, and you kind of wonder how would my child feel reading about something that happened, embarrassing or upsetting about them years later. how would their peers feel about this. you don't know the ways in which things can go viral. a video that might seem so cute and adorable when they are 3, will they feel the same way when they're 13 about that? will they feel the same way when
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they apply for a job. something stupid they have done for a teenager is part of their permanent digital records. i have seen studies that say up to 90% of kids have some sort of digital online footprint by the time they're 2 years old. that's pretty young and it's most kids. >> absolutely. it seems very young. so what can parents do? what can kids do to make sure that their privacy is protected and that you're having those kinds of conversations in the family? >> well, i think, first of all, this can seem like a challenge in itself because privacy settings are always changing on different social networks and especially facebook. it really is very important because most of us do value our privacy and we do see that there is something to be said for maintaining that. so the onus is on us to keep up with what those changes are and to know how much we're sharing with how many people. like can friends of friends see a picture you posted or a post you've written? second of all, to really think about the long-term consequen s
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consequences, how would somebody feel about this if it was brought up to be used against them in some way later on. lastly, have frequent conversations. there's so much stuff happening in the news constantly in which people make bad choices regarding privacy or use questionable judgment and, you know, there are consequences of that. i think the sooner we have those conversations with our kids, the more often we have them, the more aware and hopefully the more it impacts the way they think about it. >> if you were having a conversation with your kid, what would you say? you would simply ask them like a 4-year-old, is this okay if i put this online? >> well, it's funny you should say that because the whole reason that i came to michigan to study this topic was because there was a moment which i was about to put something i thought, you know, profound that my 5-year-old kindergartner had said on facebook and he saw me reach for my laptop and he said are you going to put that on facebook? i said, yeah, i was going to. he said, no, i don't want you to. and that was a really profound moment for me because i thought
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to myself, well, even a toddler, even a 5-year-old, even a kindergartner has intellectual property rights. as a parent i should respect that, and so -- i think at a very young age, 3, 4, 5, i talk to my 7 and 9-year-old about the dharun ravi case, the rutgers student who was sentenced this week about why he got in trouble, what he did that got him in trouble. we didn't get into the specifics of it -- >> sure. >> -- but we talked about what does it mean to respect another person's privacy and what does it mean to share something about yourself and how many people can see it. there's so many opportunities and so many moments for that to start coming up, and i think we would want to have control over our own information. and i think our kids at some point are going to look at us and say, why did you give this all away about us and why weren't we ever asked? you know, we've made a conscious choice to share as much as we wanted to, but our kids really haven't had a voice in making that decision yet. >> good points there.
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a tition budisturbance. the fbi has identified him as 24-year-old ryan schneider of canada. a source tells cnn, the man got up, charged toward the front of the plane and began banging on the door. one passenger said he helped restrain the man. >> i extended my hand to -- like i was going to shake his hand. from that point i was able to maneuver and flip his arm up behind. as you know, if you get in this kind of position and you lock, and one arm is up, the more it goes up, the more pain and pressure, the more pain you will be in. >> the man is expected to face federal charges which may include interference with a flight crew. memorial day weekend, big beach weekend, but you have to be careful. skin cancer the most common cancer in the country. we'll tell you which sunscreens to use, which ones also might be toxic. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze...
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buys. >> what should we avoid and what's good for us? >> they took people into their lab, they divided their back into quadrants into four squares and put four different sunscreens on and then exposed them uva and uvb light and saw who roasted and who didn't. so they tested many, many different brands. and here is brands. here's what they call their consumer reports best buys. they say no-ad with also low and vitamin e, walgreens continuous spray and coppertone oil free foaming. one of the things i thought were interesting was these are pretty cheap. you don't have to shell out all the money. >> anything over 30 is fine. it doesn't matter if it's 30 or 50 or 75. once you hit 30 it doesn't matter. you're good. >> what about the spray-on. is that okay for kids?
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rad . >> it's interesting. the spray-on products are so popular. i see parents using them all the time. i know daycares that won't put on a lotion. they make you bring a spray. what they say is don't do it. don't spray kids because they're inhaling these little particles. when you spray it, it goes all over the place. do not spray on your face. how hard is it just to put some cream in your hand and rub down your body. are we that lazy? >> we might be a little lazy. tell me about pregnant women. >> there were warnings about two ingredients. sunscreens don't all work the same way. there are two ingredients they say that pregnant women ought to avoid. the first one is oxybenzone and the second one is retiny
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retinyl palmitate. this could be a problem for pregnant women and the babies they're carrying and avoid them. we reached out to individual sun screen makers and we have not heard back from them to see what they have to say about all of this. >> keep it covered often. and remember, waterproof isn't necessarily waterproof. you know, when you come out of the water, just do it again. >> all right. i'll come back on monday and won't be burnt. 50 i'll see what color you are. >> we're talking presidential politics with folks at a baseball game in texas. so watch what happens. >> he's talking about gay marriage now and he's a christian. >> so tell me about bending the rules. >> and i'm gay. >> when friends disagree in politics. oarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help.
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pastime to these parts in 1888. grover cleveland was president. this is where young ballplayers come chasing big league dreams and big league castoffs try to hold on to a last bit of baseball glory. it's a fitting place to talk about the hopes and dreams of americans. ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light >> getting the pulse of voters from the 2012 presidential election. in the first inning i find michael kelly. it's clear when you come to a baseball game to talk politic, you're the most annoying fan in the stadium. so tell me, we're six month ace way from the next presidential election. why does that make you laugh? >> you have to ruin my -- >> reporter: he's on medical leave, worries about social security and health care issues the most but doesn't think politicians can fix either. >> you've got the republicans, you've got the democrats.
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they're not working together. they're like the two wheels on the road. one is pulling this way, one is pulling that way. you're never going to get anywhere. >> reporter: is that frustrating for a guy like you? >> very, yeah. >> reporter: the ft. worth cats are tied 2-2. we stumble across these friends in the third inning. do you talk politics a lot? >> never. >> reporter: one is a hard core democrat, roxanna a republican. this is about to get sbre interesting. are they talking about things you want to hear? >> no. they're talk about stupid things that doesn't matter to get votes. >> reporter: roxann agrees saying that obama is talking about things that don't matter, gay marriage. talk about mending the rules.
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and he's a christian. >> and i'm gay. >> but you're my friend so don't matter. way to break up a friendship, dude. reerl i feel like dr. phil. now you have something to talk about for the next six innings. the ft. worth cats are now up 4-2. we're going to leave friends alone. in the top of the seventh, bob and his family are enjoying their night at the ballpark. he works in the energy industry and served in the navy and he's not a fan of president obama. >> you're a romney guy? >> i'm a conservative guy. >> yes. reerl >> reporter: do you like your choices? >> i wish we were stronger, but i like my choices. >> reporter: bob says president obama represents big government and out of control spending, but one question weighs on him the most. do you think you're better off than four years ago? >> absolutely. i was. and the big thing four years
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ago, i wasn't worried about tomorrow. i wasn't worried about me getting laid off. >> reporter: as we hit the seventh inning stretch, the cats are holding on to their lead. we find craig and courtney. do you feel like politicians are paying enough attention or have the answers for education? >> no, because they've never been in education. >> reporter: if it's romney and oba obama, who are you picking? >> it's unfortunate there's only two. >> i'll go with obama. >> i guess i'll have to. >> reporter: but you don't sound gangbusters for that choice. >> would it be nicer to say he's the lesser of two evils. i guess it's sad, the state of our politics is you want to pick the person who will do the least amount of damage.
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one of the ft. worth cats hits a three-run homer to make it 10-2 and in a tradition you'll only find nb minor league baseball, they pass around hats and buckets for the fledgling slugger. that's the kind of economic stimulus all these fans can agree on. ed lavendera, cnn, ft. worth, texas. i'm sitting in for brooke baldwin today. we have a lot on the agenda. the feds questioning a passenger after we're told he tried to rush the cockpit on an american airlines flight. it happened as that planeiing o. how passengers reacted onboard. take a listen.
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>> we were a bit worried if there was something in his bag or whatever. >> so he just ran to the front? >> ran to the front. pretty quickly. >> i actually extended my hand to shake his hand and from that point, i was able to maneuver it and flip it. if you get in this kind of position and you're locked and one arm is up, the more it goes up, the more pain, the more pressure. >> all right, let's go live now to lizzie o'leary. what do we know? >> the fbi has arrested one man. he's a canadian citizen. his name is ryan snyder. and they skad he appeared to be disoriented according to passengers. the fbi says he wasn't on any of the government watch lists. it sounds like, according to the badges you heard there and others, he essentially rushed
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towards the front of the plane as this plane was taxiing. they had already landed from jamaica and they were heading towards a gate at miami international airport. he's in custody. he's expected to be charged with interfering with a flight crew. that's a federal charge. it's the same one that we saw levelled towards the jet blue pilot a month or so back. so this is a similar charge. we don't know quite yet what will happen to him, whether or not he will be formally charged. he'll appear in court in florida on tuesday, ashleigh. >> thanks. have yourself a good weekend. a lie ruined his life, killed his football dream, put him in a cell for five year, but now brian banks can start all over again with a clear name. >> we should dismiss this case.
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this . >> this is a reaction to a judge throwing out his case for rape and kidnapping. he had a full football ride to southern california. but when he was 15, a classmate claimed to rape her. he decided to plead no contest in court. he spent five years in prison and spent the last five out on parole as a registered sex offender. and then one day he got a facebook message from the accuser and she eventually admitted to lying about the whole thing. and that cleared the way for a full exoneration. >> i got my freedom. i feel like anything is possible. and it's proven today by me getting my freedom back. >> incredible emotion. brian banks will be our guest a little later on in the program today. but first, i want to talk about the mechanics of all of this and the woman who had a lie that cost him everything. i want to welcome civil rights
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attorney avery friedman. we do these stories err r eveve b and it just makes your heart bleed that someone is put away so browrongfully. but it happens and they do decide to take a deal because the alternative can be even worse. >> you're right, but this is a wonderful ending to a story and it shows that justice can prevail. once the truth came out in this case, it blew up like a tick on dracula. the fact is there are civil implications, criminal implications, a multitude of legal issues that are involved, not the least of which jaunetta gibson, if they lied to police, are they going to charge her? and she netted $1.5 million from the school district after she claimed it was the district's fault for not providing sufficient security. so will banks then go after that
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amount of none money, the $1.5 million that gibson has in the case absolutely drips in a multitude of legal issues. >> there are just so many layers. let me just talk about the woman you mentioned. there's no reports that she's been arrested or charged. but we hear these stories before and they do get charged and go to prison and not for short periods of time either. what is the potential charge she could face because of this horrible action she took? >> well, they're both misdemeanors and felonies, not the least of which is for misrepresentation to law enforcement and interference with obstruction of justice. but both felonies and misdemeanors. if i'm a prosecutor in southern california, i want to throw the book at this young woman. while the story of brian banks is a wonderful one in terms of the ending, he will never be the same. he is altered for life.
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the opportunities are gone. it strikes me, if we're going to do justice, we need to make the accuser responsible and consider what the banks family is going to do about what happened here. >> i can't take my eyes off him in that picture in court. he was on the "today show." he was so affable and lovely and classy and he wouldn't go there saying i want to get her, i want police to charge her. he said i'm looking forward to the rest of my life. that doesn't stop me from asking the question, doesn't he have a civil case against her? >> absolutely he has a civil case against her. i'm honestly hoping here, ashleigh of the $1.5 million that the accuser got in going after the school district that some of that money is left because something tells me it's
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going to be very difficult to collect a large judgment against the accuser. >> yeah, he may never be able to get that o.j. kind of moneyer right? >> that's exactly right. no matter how much he gets, this young man is altered and he will never be the same. so criminal prosecution, the accuser, civil action for this wonderful young man, let's see what happens. >> well, and here is the story ju juan juanetta gibson. make sure you stick around as well. like i mentioned in the next hour, the man himself, brian banks will join me to talk a little bit about what it is to get your life back and how you do seek ultimate justice, or if just getting out and having your name cleared is justice enough.
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to new york now and the arrest for a man in a eck d kads old missing child case. at any moment, this man could be arraigned on murder charges in connection with the dpis dis appearance of a little boy named etan patz. the new york police department said he confessed to killing that little boy. etan patz became a national obsession after vanishing on his way to school 33 years ago today. susan candiotti is following this story. two big tabloid papers. i've got the post and "the daily news." etan patz case solved. and "daily news" sid etan patz
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choked, bagged and dumped in the trash. there seem to be a lot of questions still lingering. >> that's right. and we still don't know exactly what he will be charged with. the police commissioner said at a news conference on thursday night that he suspects that prosecutors will charge him with second degree murder. of course, as you know, first degree involves premeditation. but we really won't know more about that until we get to see this arraignment. we hope sometime today. >> and what do we know about this suspect? pedro hernandez? where is he right now. >> at first, he was in jail. lefs taken to a well known hospital here in new york city. it also has a sur secure area where stiemt suspects were taken. in this case, police stel me he
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was moved there because hernandez is on medications. they won't tell me what kind citing privacy issues but apparently he will be arraigned in from his bedside. so we will get to watch this arrai arraignme arraignment. it will be transmitted to a courtroom, but we won't be able to see him in person, ashleigh? >> belleview has a pretty huge psychiatric unit. one of the detectives says we're looking at this case with a healthy december dose of the skepticism. who comes in and confesses to a case like this? >> they're basing this, as far as we know, at least according to police, on the statements that they say he made in which he allegedly confessed to police in a 3 1/2-hour long interview that was videotaped.
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wouldn't it be interesting to see that. so we'll have to wait and see what other evidence they eventually gather as time goes on. if they move forward with this case. >> yeah, and if that thing goes to trial, there is a good chance we might see that videotape. so susan, we'll come back to you when or if that arraignment gets ubds way. a bizarre situation from the bedside. >> scandal at the vatican. cnn has confirmed that someone is accused of leaking secrets. and there are reports that the person is the pope's butler. plus take a good look at the guy in that car. look painful? get this. he's a doctor. and he's inside a police car. that is not good for your case, is it? no, not at all. also, we are watching two storms. a hurricane and a tropical storm and both of them are headed north. back in a emt mo. ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪
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going to face. the national average is $3.67. if that sounds bad, i've got news for you. it's actually down. it's down from its peak in april. 26 cents better than it was. also making news, a scandal at the vatican. a vatican spokesperson telling cnn that a man is under arrest and it is believed that he le leaklea leaked confidential information to the media. anticipate get this -- the italian media are reporting that it's the pope's butler. we're told that he was caught red handed with some illegal private documents. oh, my head. not your typical parliamentary delate, is it? all over a bill to expand the use of russian. one lawmaker was sent to the hospital, two years ago there
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was a fight that sent six lawmakers to the hospital. also making news, do you remember the cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of new zealand last october? the captain and the second officer have now been sentenced to seven months in jail. that ship hit a reef and leaked 350 tons of fuel into the beaches and islands nearby, contaminating all sorts of areas and killing thousands of sea birds. the two have been found guilty of operating the ship in a dangerous manner and altering the documents in an attempt to cover up what they did. >> all the officers steal my money! steal my money! >> hey, stop banging your head! >> yeah. stop banging your head. no kidding. that's a doctor. he's certainly not his own west patient. he's suspended from the hospital where he worked. he actually looks like he's wearing his scrubs.
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florida police pulled him over for a dui after h ealmost hit a patrol car. the money he was yelling about? and continues to yell about, $54,000 in cash. not only that, but there was a gun also found in his car. he was charged not only with dui but battery of an officer after he split good from his head injury in the officer's face. showing support to our military and to honor those who died protecting our country. that's good to see. we appreciate their services as well. it may not be the best weather for beach time. it may be rough, wet weather. there's a disturbance off the coast of florida that could become a tropical storm. first, though, yeah, it was kind
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of a cool effect. take a look at this. it's a hurricane. i love these sat pictures. they're just remarkable. it's a hurricane off the west coast of mexico right now. want to bring in chad myers who knows so much more. we're going to rein you in because you're the reigning god of all things, gooded a bad weather. give me the low down on these two systems. are they peters out, peters up? >> we'll start with bud. it's a hurricane right now, but losing a lot of speed. losing all of its color. the rain and flooding will be from puerta vallarta southward. it will not hit cabo or cancun.
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by sunday morning it's completely gone. the problem is by sunday morning, this could be right over parts of jacksonville, charleston and right into the beaches of the western florida panhandle. even though it looks like it's moving to the north will turn around and head back to the south. we're watching it, though. could possibly bring some rain to charlotte. the high for the afternoon, 96 by the indy 500. >> i was waiting for you to tell me the name and the pronunciation of that name because i've heard you all day chastising us anchors for calling it hurricane barrel. >> it is berle. like berle and ives. you said it right, though. >> i'm showing my age with the milton berle reference, right? >> that's right. >> thank you, talk to you soon. a young girl who lost her hearing as an infant completely breaks down in tears when she
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finally hears herself breathing. . >> it's okay, you can cry. it's okay. >> that is sammi hicks. she and her family will join me to talk about that moment. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers.
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>> what would it be like to suddenly gaen a sense that you've been missing your whole life. sammi hicks was born with a genetic mutation in her ears and her hearing faded i a way when she was just a toddler. then she spent her life living in a silent movie. but recently, her insurance agreed to cover a cochlear implant, kind of like a bionic ear. she kept a video diary and captured the very moment that she could hear. when her mom was there, she said
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she just had to post this on youtube you're not going to believe what you're about to see. get your kleenex. >> that feels weird. that sounds weird. hey, i sound weird. >> you're hearing yourself better. it's okay, you can cry. it's okay. it's weird. >> it's okay. >> unbelievable moment. and we are so glad on your screen joining me live, sammi hicks with her family. can you all hear me okay? >> we hear you. >> and there we are, you're
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nodding yes as well. sammy, you can hear my voice pretty clearly? >> yes. >> that video brings tears to my eyes. a lot of people have been overwhelmed by your video diary, especially that first moment. can you explain to me what that was like, the first moment you could hear yourself breathe? >> it was scary because i didn't really know what it was. and yeah. >> just scary. did someone have to tell you that that was the sound of your own breath that made you so startle? >> yes. >> oh, jan and brian, this mu been unbelievable for you. can you tell me what you went through at that moment? >> well, it was very emotional because we knew how much she was missing but she didn't know what she was missing. and watching her breathe heavier
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and heavier and you could see the look on her face, the emotion she had was amazing. it was great. >> she just came to terms with realizing, this is the sound of me. and then i saw you, i think it was you when you went in that video because sammi started to cry. she started to realize how incredible this sense was that she had just gotten back. tell me about your reaction when a you did when you went over to her. >> well, it was surreal because she was laughing and she started crying. and when she said she sounded weird, i had to go over there because she started crying. the only thing i could think of saying was she doesn't sound weird. she sounds like sammi. and that kind of made her laugh a little bit and kind of broke up the moment. but yeah, it just fills your heart. >> so sammi, tell me about those tears. what were you thinking and what
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made you cry? >> because i couldn't believe how much i was missing and it was overwhelming. >> have you been noticing things now that are becoming clearer to you. are you finding out things that for the last 10 years of your life that you didn't know were out there? >> yes. >> can you think of anything? i know that's kind of a hard question when you're live on tv, but what things have been the most interesting to you and most surprising to you with your new cochlear implants? >> well, the birds and gas on the stove. >> really? i never would have thought of that. that's really remarkable. what have you noticed about sammi and her new environment. how has she changed? >> well, she definitely speaks
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clearer and her deaf ed teacher told me today it's so interesting watching her test her voice out and her different laughs. she's just so excited to hear different things, just coming from her. and around her. she used to not be able to watch tv in her room without her closed captioning. and one day we're in her room and she's telling me what was on the tv down stairs, which was really remarkable to me. >> well. it's almost like she's hyper sensitive to this now, right? >> well, we actually have to go in the other room if we want to talk about her now because she can hear what we're saying. >> i never thought about that. >> it's an adjustment for us. >> i should probably do the full disclosure here because people watching the interview have probably noticed i have not asked any questions of jacob. he's 7 years old. he also has a hearing impairment
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as well? >> yes, he's 9. >> i beg your pardon. i don't know why he caught he was 7. as i look closer at the picture, you definitely look 9. tell me about the possibilities for jacob to get the same kind of surgery and implant that his big sister has. >> well, actually dr. bauer just did his cochlear implant surgery on may 11, so we're just waiting for his turn-on date. so he's already had the procedure. and he'll be turned on on june 7. we're very excited for that and sammi has been a great support for him throughout the entire process. they' been able to do it together. it's really great. >> so how have jacob and sammi been communicating. how did the two of them speak?
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>> well, they both are pretty good with lip reading and they have some pretty high powered hearing aids. so they can hear voices. when they're close to each other and facing them. i will say that there's some funny disagreements over who said what when nobody really said that. there's a lot of miscommunication. >> i can only imagine. well, listen, i would love to the the chance to have you back and do this whole thing all over again when you turn on the new sense for little jacob and he gets to hear his breathing and hear his big sister and his mom and dad in earnest. >> he would love that. >> thank you for sharing this story for us. i feel all the better having met you, even in this weird digital way. but it's great to see you all and good luck to you. >> thank you so much. >> sammi, jacob, jen and brian, the hicks family joining us on this holiday weekend. coming up, certainly more news
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for you. and a story that just will leave you scratching your head. three young children abandoned in a shed, causing outrage among the neighbors. >> i kept watching thinking come on back, you simple person. you come on back and look for your babies. >> and now police want to know if anyone out there recognizes these three beautiful faces and if you can care for them. ountry. from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn... financing industries that are creating jobs in boston... providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community... and lending to ensure a north texas hospital continues to deliver quality care. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity possible. for a cookout with world champion grill master brett gallaway. he's serving his guests walmart choice premium steak. but they don't know it yet.
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across the street from where three little children were abandoned. >> it was heart breaking to see those little kids come out. evidently the mother had dropped them off because the people back there knew the mother had dropped them up but she hadn't been back. i kept watching thinking come on back, you simple person. you come on back and look for your babies. >> i want to bring in robert king of the portland police. do you have any leads whatsoever on who these people are. . >> we do have some information. we have one of our detectives assigned to our child abuse team i don't think we' located mom or dad or a family member at this time but we're continuing to
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work to do just that. >> sounds as though this is a fairly residential area. are there sur skral lanveillanc anywhere nearby? is. >> no. officers did talk with, you know, the other homeless people that were there at the residence. and we do have some information about mom or dad and we're in the process of following up on that. but really at this point, we're just hoping they come forward or hoping we can find them. because obviously our investigators want to talk about leaving three little children alone in a shed with people that are not family members and that are also homeless. obviously that raises concerns for us and for everybody who hears about it. >> to say the very least, i just hung on that nugget that you dropped that you do have some information from the information, the homeless people that you interviewed. do you have anything you can share with us. >> nothing more.
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everything at this point, is a criminal investigation. we're grateful all three of these little children are safely in the care of our department of human services and they' been medically checked from that standpoint. our number one goal is to find mom or dad or another family member. we obviously have some questions for them about what happened and how this could have happened. the really good news is that the children are safe. >> when i go out for milk, my two boys 5 and 6 are upset. what is the condition mentally. were they crying? were they alone? were they scared? how were they? >> surprisingly, not really distraught or particularly upset. i think, you know, officers were you know, just utterly shocked to find little kids in this setting. and really, they were all dressed and they had some good obviously there. they have been receiving care from a parent or from other
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concerned people that, you know, still i think it's just hard for our folks. >> was the baby being held care by the older ones? and by older ones i say 3 or 4 years old. i know there were other people there that were homeless that were providing some level of care. obviously we believe the role, especially for children of this age belong with mom and dad or other family members who can take on that responsibility and ensure the kids are safe and welfared for. >> i wish you all the best in your efforts to solve this will. you know, i wish you the best in finding a suitable home.
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>> the investigators are working hard right now to produce good news for, you know, the kids and bring a resolution to this hopefully that improves the situation. >> the number of people, 3,000, who now lost their lives in afghanistan. it's been a marker we've been creeping towards steadily for 10 years. this news comes on memorial day weekend. o so, ah, your seat good?
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got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. mmm-hmm. and just leave your phone in your purse. i don't want you texting, all right? daddy...ok! ok, here you go. be careful. thanks dad. call me -- but not while you're driving.
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♪ [ dad ] we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. ♪ this week, we celebrate memorial day, honoring the dedicated men and women whose service ended with the ultimate sacrifice. today's cnn hero is a former marine who has made it his mission to help them find a new purpose by giving them a chance to continue to serve. meet jake wood. >> in the military, everyone is taught how to lead, how to follow and solve problems. we really pride ourselves on being ready and willing to go anywhere.
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i started in the marine corps deployed to iraq and afghanistan. when i first saw the earthquake that hit haiti, a lot of images felt like i had seen before. i realized i could actually help out. i went on facebook and said i'm going to haiti, who's in. 72 hours after that, we were on our way to port-au-prince. we got to work setting up a triage clinics. we realized that veterans are really use fful in these situations. we bring these veterans together to bh a part a team once again. >> when you get out, you have a feeling of what are you doing?
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>> here at home, we've been in tuscaloo tuscaloosa, joplin, search and rescue. we have about 1,400 volunteer and about 80% of them are military veterans, especially hing other people is part of the 45e8ing process. -- healing process. >> there's really no limit to what veterans can do. i think it's a win-win situation. nerd alert. we are not talking about princess lleia and hans solo. almost five hours ago, a robotic arm from the international space station was able too reach out and catch dragon by its tail.
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this is a huge step for the commercial mission to the international space station. because it's proof that private industry can enter space. >> capture is confirmed. >> it looks like we've got us a dragon by the tail. >> the two spacecrafts were passing about 250 miles above northwest australia. >> very cool. a couple hours later, dragon was able to actually make the full hook up with the iss. food and clothing, computer science equipment, and i'm actually told some underwear is going to be unloaded to the folks on the space station. the u.s. is not longer going to have to rely on russia to get to and from the international space station.
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dragon set to return to earth. take a peek. >> this is a fantastic thing. there's going to be even better things in the future. we're super, super excited for what's happened and what will happen. so you know, i would like to thank the whole space x team. you guys were awesome. >> he's the head of it all, but he also started paypal which is why he could invest $100 million in this little experiment. they eventually hope to transform people and not just stuff back stan punishes a doctor who helped the cia crack down osama bin laden.
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million for the 33 years of his sentence. >> all of us are outraged at the imprisonment and sentence of some 33 years, virtue kuhally ah sentence to the doctor in pakistan who was instrumental, not on purpose, but was on instrumental and completely innocent of any wrongdoing. he was instrumental in the removal of osama bin laden. >> want to bring in our foreign affairs reporter. so things aren't good between our country and pakistan already, but is this message being heard 7,000 miles away? >> a little bit. as you said, the relationship is just worse and continues to get worse. yesterday, after the senate took that action, secretary of state hillary clinton made an impromptu statement, not even asked by any journalists, talking about the severity of the sentence, saying the u.s. believes that he never should
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have been arrested, never been convicted. and what u.s. officials are telling me, they don't need to be taking calls right now, the action the senate took, the statement secretary clinton took. and the mess anl to the pakis n pakistanis is if the senate did this, imagine what we're going to do down the line. so every official right now that's talking to the pakistanis is pointing to what the senate did, pointing to what secretary clinton is saying, saying we really need to resolve this issue. >> why didn't we help him get out of pakistan? >> well, my understanding is that u.s. officials repeatedly asked him, advised him to get out of the country and he said he didn't want to go. he didn't really think this would happen. but after the attack happened, after the raid happened, the pakistanis rounded a lot of people up. he was found out and obviously regretting that decision right now. >> thank you for that. appreciate it. so with jurors taking this long to decide john edwards' fate, is
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and it's the sixth day of deciding whether john edwards is guilty of misusing campaign funds. >> how have you holding up, senator? >> i'm okay, thanks for asking. >> pretty good mood, but that fs three days ago. has anything changed? are we potentially looking at a hung jury? remember, federal prosecutors charged john edwards with allegedly taking more than $900,000 in illegal campaign contributions, falsifying documents and conspiracy to receive and conceal the money. all of it, prosecutors allege, to conceal the former mistress. the mistress and their love child, who's now 4 years old. i still can't believe i read these lines. it still doesn't seem real to me. jeffrey toobin feeling the same way i do. we can't believe we're saying these things about a presidential candidate. >> when we get to six days in a four-week trial, i start to wonder about the hung jury.
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>> certainly when you get to the beginning of a holiday weekend, you think about it because this is obviously a very natural time far jury to wrap it up. nobody wants this hanging over them over the long weekend. if they have not reached a verdict today, and they're only scheduled to deliberate for another half-hour. chances are they will just leave at 3:30 eastern. >> they are not sequestered, though. >> they're not. and they could ask the judge, give us another hour and we think we could make more progress. but it would suggest the jury is having some problem if they don't reach a verdict today. >>? they come back and they say you know what, we just can't come to any meeting of the minds, there's that whole idea of the dynamite charge. >> sometimes called an allen charge after a supreme court case. basically what the allen charge is, a judge says look, you need to listen to each other. there's nothing wrong with changing your opinion, you don't
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have to change your opinion, but it's basically encouraging the j you are to reach a result. it's worth pointing out that all the notes from the jury so far have been requests for evidence. there is really no sign yet that they are having problems. you know, sometimes you'll get a note, one juror refuses to deliberate. there's been nothing like that. so there really doesn't appear to be a hung jury yet, but this is getting to be a pretty long deliberation. >> one of the favorite questions, can you give us the legal definition of reasonable doubt. >> which comes up all the time. it's a very hard concept to define. it winds up being circular. well, it's a doubt that's reasonable. >> and one juror is looking at another juror saying you're unreasonable. >> and most juries do not hang. they come to a result. i have every expectation that will be tcase here, but if we g to the end of today with no verdict, that will c
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