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morning." the eurozone's fourth largest economy asks for a bailout. spain teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, gets a huge rescue fund, but it's a drop in the bucket for a country facing junk bond status and an unemployment rate close to 25%. multiple people shot near auburn university. reports say the victims were football players at a pool party. we'll have a report on what happened. and later, the pacquiao/bradley fight might be over, but the controversy has just begun. why some are saying the judges' decision is an outrage. also, kid-free movies, kid-free restaurants, now kid-free planes? why one outspoken mommy blogger thinks planes without children would be bad for the economy. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast,
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4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start with that breaking news out of auburn, alabama. a shooting at an off-campus apartment complex. there are reports of multiple victims. the police have the whole area blocked off. and joining me now on the phone is reporter christina chambers from station wltz. christina, good morning. what do you know about the situation there? >> reporter: they're not releasing any information as to victims involved in this case. i can confirm that there was a shooting early -- late yesterday afternoon, saturday night, i'm sorry. police confirmed that they did respond to a shooting at university heights off long leaf drive, multiple victims involved. they are not releasing the names of these victims and if they have a shooter in custody. >> and we're also hearing many reports this morning from various media saying that it was football players who were the
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victims in this case. can you confirm that? >> reporter: sources tell me that three football players, two former auburn university players and one current player on scholarship, were shot. obviously, i cannot confirm that through auburn police. john atkinson with the east alabama medical center cannot comment either on if they have had people check in at the hospital there. everything is going through auburn police right now and they cannot confirm that, but sources tell me, yes, football players were involved. >> was this a party, a pool party of sorts? >> reporter: the crime scene was taped off by the clubhouse pool. on twitter, people were saying everybody was gathered by the pool, so i don't know. i can't confirm if it was a pool party, but the crime scene was by the clubhouse and by the pool. >> and do you know what may have led to this, what caused the shooting? >> reporter: just following on
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twitter, a lot of people are saying that, allegedly, it was a fight started. auburn police, again, are not confirming any details at this time. they are going to have a press conference around 1:00, around lunchtime today, so we should find out more information, but details are very slim at this point. >> all right, christina chambers, appreciate your reporting. obviously, details are just coming in, given that this just happened yesterday. we will, of course, keep an eye on the developments throughout the morning and police, as we said, are planning a news conference around noon eastern time. in colorado, a fast-growing wildfire has forced hundreds to evacuate. the fire near ft. collins has damaged or destroyed at least ten structures so far. firefighters went door to door to make sure the people got out. officials say the weather isn't cooperating and they expect the fire to keep growing today. another extreme. heavy rains along the gulf coast just caused severe flooding in some areas. this is what it looks like in pensacola, florida. wow!
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a state of emergency was declared in that area. people in low-lying areas have been urged to evacuate. now to a shocker in las vegas. manny pacquiao lost last night. it was a controversial split-decision victory for a guy named timothy bradley. we're not taking anything away from bradley here, but we're talking about manny pacquiao. he hadn't lost a fight in seven years and was known by many as the best fighter in the world. you can believe there is now going to be a big-money rematch. there was also a big upset at the belmont stakes, upset over the fact that i'll have another was scratched and didn't run, but there was still a triple crown race with a fantastic finish. here is richard roth. >> reporter: randi, we'll always wonder, how would i'll have another done in the belmont stakes? he got a warm reception at his retirement ceremony in the winner's circle here at belmont park. his stablemate, lava man, a high-priced, successful horse in his own right, seemed jealous, blocking the view, as the saddle was taken off i'll have another
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for the last time. in the winner's circle, his jockey, mario gutierrez, the trainer, doug o'neill, who was disappointed but accepted that i'll have another did not race in the belmont stakes. >> his immediate plans are heading back to california on monday, and then we'll gradually wind him down with his brain and then he'll, as the reddams and other stallion farms will be working out deals, we'll figure out where his end home will be. >> reporter: and briefly, finally, it was a bummer yesterday when this race happens and he's not in it. does it really hit you again? >> you know, we had such an unbelievable run and he's a once in a lifetime horse. so we're focused on the great part of this journey he took us through. >> reporter: the belmont, even without i'll have another, was quite a race. up the rail came union rags, who finished far behind i'll have another in the kentucky derby five weeks ago. union rags, ridden by john velazquez, was successful in winning the third leg of the triple crown. paynter was nipped for second.
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his jockey was quite disappointed. mike smith still feeling, though, the race had some pizzaz, though he said you have to ask the crowd. the thousands here seemed to love the action and will always wonder what would have happened if i'll have another had been in this race. richard roth, cnn at belmont park. now back to you, randi. >> richard roth, thank you very much. playing catch with your dad, right, one of the most time-honored traditions in america. but for one 10-year-old in southern california, it has become what we could only describe as a nightmare. he was being beaten with a belt, apparently for missing the ball. it took a neighbor and his video camera to stop it. >> that's enough [ bleep ]! that's enough! [ inaudible ] >> i'm having a [ bleep ] problem with you for beating the [ bleep ] out of him because he won't [ bleep ] catch the ball. >> do you know my son? >> i don't know your son, but i'm watching you and [ bleep ] i'm a father, too. >> the disturbing video was later posted on the web. the stepfather, anthony sanchez, turned himself in to face a
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felony child abuse charge. he's a local government official. sanchez was released on $100,000 bond. his attorney admits the video is hard to watch but says it still doesn't warrant a felony charge. now to spain and their looming financial crisis. the country is asking for big money to help their banks, but don't call it a bailout. joining me now from madrid is cnn's nina dos santos. nina, so, how much money are we talking about here? >> reporter: yeah, we're talking about something in the order about $125 billion. they put it together after hours of conference calls just yesterday. and what we saw today was the spanish prime minister taking the stage, explaining exactly why spain had asked for this kind of financial assistance. and there is a significant difference here, randi, between actually getting a bailout, firstly, because spain hasn't specifically asked for one because it doesn't know how much money it will need for the moment, and actually being committed to being able to get a
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bailout. so, what they're trying to do here is restore market confidence, saying we've put this amount of money to solve the problem forward, but we just need to know exactly how much spain's banking system needs before we disburse it. >> what is the prime minister saying this morning about the money? >> reporter: we didn't have too many details about exactly what could be on the cards here. there's so many questions that remain unanswered, randi, namely one, what will be the terms of this kind of deal, and also, will it be more favorable to the kind of bailouts we've seen awarded to other eurozone countries, like portugal, ireland and greece? what spain is trying to say is this isn't really a bailout per se. what it is is a capital injection into its banking system. it's not the spanish government finances that are the problem, it's just the banking sector. so, what they're going to do is they're going to say that they're going to be injecting the kind of capital that they get from other countries into the banking system, and in fact, the spanish prime minister repeatedly called it a line of credit, rather than a bailout.
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>> and so, of course, we have some pretty jittery investors already. asian markets open tonight, wall street markets open tomorrow morning. are we expecting some panic here? >> reporter: yeah, what we're going to see is spain running the gauntlet of those markets yet again, just as, i should also mention, its prime minister will be in poland watching the soccer championships because spain is playing italy around about the time, a couple of hours before those kind of markets will open. so we'll have to see which, how either of those two things go. but for the moment, the jury's out. there's just so many questions unanswered. >> all right. nina dos santos live in madrid. nina, thank you. lots of luggage, very little leg room and screaming children? it all adds up to a pretty hectic experience at 30,000 feet. so, is it time for kid-free flights? some say yes. we'll talk about it. and you know those boarded-up, abandoned homes that are eyesores in so many cities? well, one town has a big plan to
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offers incentives to lure buyers and developers. athena is talking about this from washington, d.c. how much of a problem is this vacancy issue across the country? >> well, you know, it's a rather large problem. the government accountability office has studied this problem across the country using census and other figures and put out a report that showed that between 2000 and 2010, the number of vacant properties nationwide jumped by more than 50%. so, from 7 million to 10 million. certainly, there are some states where this is a bigger problem, states that you might be able to guess because of the foreclosure crisis -- nevada, florida, also california, georgia, illinois. these are states where the number of vacant properties jumped more than 50% over that time period. so a lot of this, of course, has to do with the economy, with the recession, the housing crisis. but foreclosures aren't the whole issue. we talked to a housing expert about this. listen to what he had to say. >> clearly, foreclosures are a huge part of the housing
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vacancies. the distressed properties now that are on the market, some of them have been on the market for a very long time and they're not going to be bought up by persons who want to occupy them. they're being held presently by investors who paid cash for many of these properties who are probably holding them until the market price returns. so you see a good deal more vacancies on the market as a result of properties being held off market right now. >> so, that's him touching on the whole idea of these vacancies, and of course, you have homes that no one ever lived in because of the speculative building in some of these suburban and exurban communities, so it's a complicated issue, but it's also important to note that some cities, like baltimore, cities like detroit and cleveland, they have had structural problems, structural changes over the last several decades that have led to a population decline. so, you have even chunks of those cities where there's just not enough demand. and so, baltimore is one of those cities, and the mayor there has this goal of
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attracting, growing the city by 10,000 families over the next ten years. so it's a pretty ambitious goal, and this vacants-to-value program is a part of that, randi. >> the question is, will it work? >> well, that's a good question. sorry, i missed that, couldn't hear you very well. but it's a multipronged approach that baltimore is taking. you know, you've got these 16,000 vacant properties, but really only about 5,000 of them are in an area that they believe they can really help turn around, so they're using incentives to attract developers, giving home buyers loans of $5,000, so as long as they stay in the home for five years, they don't have to pay it back. it's hard to tell what's going to happen down the line, but they feel like they're making progress. there are already a large chunk of homes in the rehab process. so it will be interesting to watch and certainly one way the city is trying to deal with this issue. >> well, it's nice to see at least they're trying something. so thank you very much, athena
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♪ come together right now over me ♪ want to say a big good morning to san francisco. a lovely shot there. folks waking up, glad you're with us on "cnn sunday morning." lots to tell you about this morning. this has probably happened to you. i bet you've crammed your luggage into the overhead bin and settled into your seat for that packed flight to somewhere,
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when, all of a sudden, yes, you hear the cries of a distressed child. yep, been there, done that. for some passengers, it makes air travel a very frustrating experience, but does it mean that airplanes or parts of them should be kid-free? my next guess says absolutely not. jenny lawson is the creator of the blog yes and joins us from chicago. jenny, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you argue that if we should separate kids on planes that "stupid adults" should be added to the list, your words, and kids that use fuel, so they're better for the economy. >> exactly. >> why do you think kid-free airlines are such a bad idea? >> well, you know, actually, it's very early in the morning over here, so i actually put together my top ten reasons why babies and children shouldn't be banned from planes. number one, they don't drunkenly ask you if you want to join the mile high club. if they fall asleep on your shoulder, it's adorable and not creepy.
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if they stare at your boobs, it's because they're hungry and not perverts. they're lighter. they use less fuel. they're more economical. so technically, babies are greener than adults. >> yes. >> children can be a-holes, but so can adults. so, i think at least children have an excuse. they don't clip their toenails, which has happened to me. they don't make racist comments. they don't get b.o. and most importantly, and this actually happened on the way over here, they don't eat a fish and onion sandwich in front of you. >> oh, boy. but they do run up and down the aisle sometimes, in the midst of a tantrum, so we can't ignore that. but in recent months, both alaska airlines and jetblue have removed families from planes after the kids apparently threw tantrums. and i guess i'm curious, you know, do you think that that's a fair thing to do? i mean, those airlines say it was due to safety reasons. and actually, before you even answer that, here's what a senior editor at "time" magazine
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said last week. she wrote in part, "before i had kids, i hated being seated next to them on planes. but just because i now have them doesn't mean that i should expect special treatment for inflicting them on everyone else." so, jenny, you have kids. what's your response to that? >> i do. you know, i have a daughter. and first of all, i think personally, you're responsible for your own self. and so, you're responsible to create a bubble around yourself. there's no excuse today with noise-canceling headphones, why you can't get rid of the noise of children. i personally suggest that you get those big orange ones that you get at the gun range, and that way, people might think you're armnd they'll be a little more afraid of you, which is a bonus. but you know, personally, i just really think that when it comes right down to it, it's not the kids' fault that the parents are a-holes. i mean, the parents themselves are the ones that aren't forcing the child into the seat and aren't buckling them up. i actually went on twitter and said, hey, what's the worst
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airline experience that you've ever had? and of the like hundreds of people who wrote in these terrible experiences, there was only one who wrote about a child and what they wrote was that the parents let the child finish off their starbucks and then was so upset at the child for misbehaving throughout the flight. >> right. >> i really think it's the parents to blame. >> let me ask you about these family-friendly sections, because malaysia airlines has certainly started doing that, but don't you think they could be helpful for parents and really everyone in the long run if they were just all in one family-friendly area? they used to put smokers, do you remember, in the back of the plane when you could smoke in the air? >> exactly. exactly. i think we should bring back both of those. i think that -- i think that that would be great. because first of all, the kids play with each other. and secondly, for somebody who is child-free, you have no idea the terror that it takes to take a child on to the plane knowing that you don't know what's going to happen. i mean, children can turn into like, you know, tiny, horrible
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animals in rompers on planes and there's no way to escape from that, i mean, other than to pretend it's just not your child. so -- >> run the other way. >> exactly. i think that's a wonderful thing. and also, if you want to have like an entire separate flight that you're going to pay more for just so you don't have to be with a child, i think that's great because that means there's going to be more room for the rest of us on the regular planes who are wearing our noise-canceling headphones and have our laptops and have prepared, and now we'll have an extra empty seat. >> well, jenny lawson, i wish you a very safe and peaceful, quiet travels today. appreciate you coming on this morning. >> thank you so much. thanks. >> i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour. "sanjay gupta md" starts after this [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life
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next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. hey there, and thanks for joining us. on tap today, how to avoid some shocking medical mistakes. plus, hall of fame baseball manager joe torre opens up about his childhood in an abusive home. first, we've seen a lot of stories over the u.s. troops in battle, recovering, defying medical odds, recovering from injuries. but what happened to one lance corporal made my jaw drop. how does anyone survive having a rocket-propelled grenade being shot intei
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