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susan candiotti joins us with pennsylvania with reaction from the verdict. one of the jurors spoke out. what did he say? >> reporter: this one juror said they felt all the victims were credible because of the stories that they told about the abuse that they suffered and certainly all of them talking about very similar things over the course of many years. this juror spoke with nbc's "today" show. >> we looked at the inconsistencies and some of the testimony. we wanted to reconcile those and make sure that that was, you know -- wouldn't discredit the testimony. so we worked through those
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things systematically as a jury. we worked together very well. >> reporter: in fact, they worked out apparently any disagreemented they had over the course of two days and in a total of only 21 hours. as you pointed out, this went so rapidly, fred. >> it really did. while we mentioned, you know, jerry sandusky showed no emotion, his attorney did say that he turned to him and actually saw a tear or two kind of come from his eyes. are we learning more about the reason or some of the reasons why sandusky never took the stand in his own defense? >> reporter: well, the lawyers tell us he really wanted to testify in his own defense. but then at the last moment the defense lawyers found out that the government had matt sandusky in the wings, in their pocket ready to testify for them if jerry sandusky took the stand. matt sandusky, as you know, is the adopted son of jerry
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sandusky who publicly until now had supported his father but only recently revealed that he, too, was allegedly abused by his own father. that would have been very dramatic testimony. and the defense didn't want to take the chance of putting jerry sandusky on the stand and possibly wipe out any kind of good he might have done for himself if he then had to face testimony from his own son. >> we also felt, quite frankly, that the matt sandusky issue was a problem. once the government chose not to call matt in their case, we then felt they might be able to call him in rebuttal if jerry took the stand. all those things combined did it. had the government called matt in the case in chief as they were entitled to, i think they would have, then jerry might have taken the stand. >> so what were the three other counts that the jury did not convict him on? >> reporter: well, one of the
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three counts involved a testimony of witness, eyewitness mike mcquery. you'll remember that he saw in 2001 he testified jerry sandusky sexually assaulting or what appeared to be sexually assaulting a young man. he described hearing slapping sounds in the shower. well, the jury acquitted him of the rape charge in and of itself. however, acquitted him but did convict him of another indecent assault charge. so they took away one but gave one back. he was still convicted of a felony in that one instance. and then the other two were misdemeanor charge that's they acquitted him from vofrg a couple of other victims. >> all right. susan candiotti, thanks so much for that update. so this story is far from over. we're going to look ahead to sandusky's planned appeal and the civil suits that might be filed. our legal guys are standing by. we'll be talking to them a bit later. over to kenya. americans are urged to leave the
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port city. officials warned of an imminent threat to that city which is kenya's second largest and a major tourist attraction. no warnings were issued. and in cairo, egypt, thousands gathered to await the results of a presidential runoff election. but it will be tomorrow before there is official word from egypt's election commission. right now both candidates are claiming victory. the gathering is a stark reminder of the demonstrations last year that brought down the regime of hosni mubarak leading the way to this election. mitt romney is facing a bit of a dilemma these days, forcing him to change message on the economy. ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪
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with the economy improving in some critical battleground states, mitt romney's campaign is having to rethink his message. cnn's joe johns takes a look. >> reporter: the romney campaign is trying to thread a needle on the message about economic hardship. it's a little dicey in some of the big battleground states where the economy is showing signs of improvement. republican governors in the states want to take credit for good news like florida's governor rick scott. in ohio, unemployment has dropped from a high of 8.9% last year to 7.3% now. not great but better. so instead of talking about how bad things are, romney's newest ads about his agenda for the first 100 days talk about getting tough with china on trade.
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>> president romney stands up to china, demands a level playing field for our businesses and workers. >> reporter: the romney camp's message in ohio is complicated by republican governor john kasich who is selling the john creation record. polls show 55% of ohio voters still think the country is on the wrong track. almost the same exact percentage as in iowa where unemployment is down to 5.1%. but pessimism about the economy is high. the republican governor's website is crowing about all the new jobs and the increase in family incomes here. romney's ad talks about controlling spending, not doom and gloom. >> president romney is working towards a balanced budget, making sure the government lives within its means. >> reporter: a similar situation in virginia where unemployment is down from a high of 6.4% last year to 5.6% now. the romney ad in virginia talks about off shore drilling. >> president romney reverses obama's off shore drilling ban, creating thousands of new jobs for virginians. >> reporter: some republican strategists say the romney
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message can go hand in hand with republican governors who are promoting lower unemployment. >> it's a one-two punch. the first punch is you can take those states that are doing well and give credit to the governors because they're taking innovative approaches and raise that up and give them credit. and then the second punch is romney can talk about this on a national level. >> reporter: the romney campaign says it different shats between the national policies of president obama which calls a failure and governors with innovative policies in the states. joe johns, cnn, washington. we're almost half way through the year and our christine romans says that means it's time to check on your fiscal health and financial portfolio.
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we're nearing the half way point of this very volatile year for the market. christine romans reminds us it's time to take the pulse of your portfolio. >> reporter: the debt crisis in europe, slowing growth in china, gridlock in washington, ace fiscal cliff looming. enough to make the markets jittery but karen stone is calm. >> i watch it go up. i watch it go down. i'm pretty aggressive, yeah, at this point. i don't have any need to take the money out. >> reporter: karen is a 29-year-old realtor living in new york city. she doesn't have a retirement plan through her job so she's hired a financial planner to help her look long term. >> stacy, we're half way through 2012. markets are up. stocks are still up. it's been a pretty volatile year so far. tell me about a woman like karen stone. what should her risk tolerance be? >> well, it really starts with a rule of thumb. that is take your age minus from
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100. so for karen, we would expect her to have about 70% stocks. her portfolio should be focused on growth oriented stocks and value, mostly in the equities area. but also she does need fixed income. as she nears retirement. >> let's think about it as a midyear portfolio checkup, if you will. how should you reassess? >> go to the doctors once a year for a major checkup. guess what? your portfolio at least once a year. shift it back to that ideal asset allocation. over time, stocks most likely are going to grow faster than your bonds. >> reporter: karen is comfortable keeping her portfolio at arm's length, allowing her to focus on her career instead of her investments. >> i just found out that my money actually grew over the last quarter. okay, they're doing something right. you got this. let me go deal with what i know best and do you what you know best. >> reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. jerry sandusky is locked up. the former penn state football coach was found guilty of
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a priest is found guilty of endangering children in philadelphia. he was convicted on that one count but acquitted on conspiracy. he's become the first u.s. church official convicted of covering up child sex abuse cases involving priests. he could be sentenced to a maximum of seven years in prison. >> right now former penn state assistant football coach jerry san dus ski on suicide watch in jail after 21 hours of deliberating jurors handed down a verdict, guilty of sexually abusing ten boys over 15-year period. let's bring in our legal guys. avery freeman in cleveland g . good to see you. and richard herman, a law professor joining us from las vegas. good to see you as well. >> hi, fred. >> all right. gentlemen, a conviction, 45
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counts. sentencing has yet to happen. this case is far from over. richard, might there be other case that's develop as a result of this or other charges to be prosecuted now that the court has heard from a number of witness that's came through? and then they didn't hear from one, matt sandusky. this may spark new charges? >> they could spark new criminal charges against sandusky. if you do, i would hope they bring in dottie also as a co-defendant and accomplice. >> that's his wife. >> that's his wife. but it's very interesting this matt sandusky. because this is the alleged reason they did not put jerry sandusky on the witness stand. they feared that as a rebuttal witness the government would call matt sandusky who would after all this time saying no, my father never touched me. he never touched me, now all of a sudden he was going to get on the stand and say, yes, i was
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molested. >> avery, we don't know. what was the sequence of events here? what point did matt sandusky step forward and say i have a story to tell? or did the defense say we want to use him or the prosecution. we want to use him as a rebuttal witness potentially as opposed to just calling him in the first place? what could have potentially happened here? >> i think both the prosecution and defense realized that matt sandusky had credibility issues. and to me, i never bought the explanation that we heard last night from the council for jerry sandusky. yeah, that well, you know, we knew that matt was going to testify and then jerry was going to testify. we were going to call him. but because he was going to be a rebuttal witness, then we decided against it. it makes absolutely no sense. i think matt sandusky, whether or not the story is straight up, we don't know. we heard two different stories.
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i also am in agreement that we may see more cases down the line as well as -- we'll talk about this in civil litigation. >> before we get to the civil litigation, do you agree with richard that dottie, the wife, may face some charges, whether it be, you know, being complicit in any way or whether it be, you know, hiding evidence? any of those things sound like possibilities to you? obstruction of justice potential sfli. >> i absolutely do not believe that. i think she was a victim. i think we saw her on the stand. even the lead prosecutor was very gentle. i don't believe it for one second. i think she is harmed because of this conviction. the fact is that her testimony, other than being a nice old lady, was a very, very little value when expected they would have brought in a calendars of events to rebutt some of the victims' testimony. i think it's just a, frankly, a
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sad older woman who now is going to be on her own and stripped of an ability, frankly, to survive after the civil litigation. >> right. >> i don't think the prosecutor will go after dottie, no way. >> richard? >> i completely disagree. this woman for all these years saw these young boys in her house, in the basement, on the road, in hotel rooms with her husband. come on. she had to have known what was going on. and just one thing, fred. we have to step back for a moment. those young boys who screamed in that basement, who cried themselves to sleep every night, now finally their screams have been answered. this serial pedophile animal is going to die in prison. where he should be. he's done. he's never going to see light of day. >> there's no evidence in the trial. no evidence in the trial that dottie -- none of the victims testified that mrs. sandusky was aware. >> one of the alleged victims said he was screaming in the
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basement and he thought that his screams would be answered by the wife dottie who was upstairs? >> absolutely. >> that's an assumption. >> that's the assumption. >> yeah. >> that's the evidence. that's the evidence. he walked in hotel rooms with him laying on the bed with kids. these are little kids. this is so disgusting this case. >> no way. no way. not going to happen. >> so the criminal case is still quite not over. sentencing will take place. let us talk about the civil suits that could come. would it be the civil suits would be pin pointing jerry sab d sandusky and his estate or penn state or both? >> well, in the only will it zero in on jerry sandusky to the extent that there is much value to that. there is. there is pension and some other assets. but it's going to zero in on the university. the fact is there was sufficient evidence that surfaced at the criminal trial to show that the university over time had a pretty good idea what was going
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on. i can't imagine what the defense is going to be on the part of the thaufrt somehow he had no idea what was going on. the evidence, including mcquery's testimony is clear. they did know they did nothing about it. even joe paterno said, you know, i wish i could have done more. he didn't. neither did the other officials. i think the university is in enormous, enormous big bowl of trouble. >> you wonder as a prelude to the civil suits, penn state put out the statement and they also put out the statement in large part because, you know, the convictions. but the university is saying, the university wants to do their part to help the victims with their path forward. the sufrt going to invite the victims of sandusky to a program and the university spells out this program this way saying, "the purpose of the program is simple. the university wants to provide a forum where the university can privately, expeditiously and fairly address the victims' concerns and compensate them for claims relating to the
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university." is this a clear prelude to the civil suits trying to, perhaps, deflect from the potential of a civil suit or is this just the right thing to do for penn state, richard? i'm not so clear that there is litigation against penn state. there is a serious statute of limitations issue here. i don't know if this plaintiff group can overcome that. but if they can, penn state is like avery said, could very well be in a heap of trouble. one more point, fred, about the conviction here. you know, the defense wanted the trial in this jurisdiction thinking that penn state, they would support him. they couldn't -- they want to find a reason to acquit him. but i think in the end after all the gruesome and devastating testimony that came out, in addition, the back of the minds of some of the jurors, they had to have been thinking this was the guy that took down joe paterno. this is the guy we can't trust
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him. we're going to go after him. i think that's another component. one of the components. >> i think that's is a very fair statement. and it was relatively flash verdict because you think, you know, 52 counts, 48 counts in 20 hours. are you kidding? that should have gone on for another week at least. so it was a relatively quick verdict. >> quick case all the way around. i think most people anticipate it will be much longer than what we saw. all right. thanks very much, gentlemen. we'll see new 20 minutes. we'll talk about a new law in louisiana forcing sex offenders to reveal themselves on social media. uganda an man is helping a nation ravaged by hiv aids. what the... ♪ .. ♪ are you seein' this? ♪ uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... ♪ ♪ it kinda makes me miss the days when we ♪ ♪ used to rock the microphone ♪ back when our credit score couldn't get us a micro-loan ♪ ♪ so light it up! ♪ even better than we did before ♪ ♪ yeah prep yourself america we're back for more ♪
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syrian forces shot down a turkish military jet. also today, syrian presidential assad announced the formation of a new government. he named the foreign minister of agriculture as the new prime minister. a powerful florida congressman is now the subject of at least four federal investigations. republican verne buchanan is accused of violating campaign finance laws and illegal activities from his days as a car dealership owner. buchanan says the allegations are politically motivated. we're keeping an eye on the gulf of mexico right now. a storm is brewing.
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bonnieis here. >> you may see debbie. hurricane hunters are en route to check out this area of low pressure. let's take a look at satellite speshgt i perspective. we have convection or thunderstorms. mainly to the east, you can see this impacting florida a bit. we're getting rain in the area. and a chance for an amount of thunderstorms to develop. take a look at the computer models and take a look at where this storm if it does become debbie may head. our computers models diverge on the track. they're all over the place. anywhere from texas to florida, you have to be on guard. there is hurricane season. this storm could really go anywhere. we're mainly trending, as you see a little bit more to the north. but it definite sli going to be a rain maker as we go through. what is important to note as well is right now the water temperatures are actually one or two degrees above normal of where they normally are this time of year. 81, even 82 degrees across the entire gulf of mexico. so this system certainly has the
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potential to develop and become a tropical storm. remember, the next name up is debbie. want to show you real quick the gulf coast we're getting winds to pick up. i think before the day over we may have debbie. if we do get that, i'll let you know. >> okay. please do. thank you so much, bonnie. appreciate that. >> okay. is apple's siri technology all that it's cracked up to be? one man says it is not. and that's why he is suing. our legal guys will weigh in on this one. it's hard to see oppy in today's challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management
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richard herman in las vegas. good to see you again. so louisiana, now is claiming that it's expanding its sex offender registration requirements. so if on facebook that means if you're registered offender, you must let everyone know. one of the state lawmakers says, avery this is constitutionally sound. it will ould be effective augus 1st. are there any obstacles? >> certainly more than the last one they tried. louisiana passed a law banning any use of the internet which is clearly unconstitutional. so somebody in baton rouge figured out that maybe we better do this right. the objective is to protect children against predators. so this is more tailored. the effort is to limit access because of one's conviction. you rectify that by simply identifying where you have been
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convicted, where you live, other information so that if there are chat rooms and that type of thing then children and others will be aware of the person with whom they're communicating. i think it's a more tailored law. it may have constitutional issues. i think on balance, the courts will affirm the legitimacy, the constitutionality of this law. >> constitutional issues like right to privacy? >> no. it sounds like right to privacy. but actually what the federal court did in the first law was saying it was too broad. it violated due process. and the question of privacy wasn't even addressed. i don't think privacyish sue going to work if there is a challenge of this law. >> richard, do you think this is smooth sailing for this law? effective august 1st? no obstacles? no challenges? no nothing? >> there will be challenges, fred. i think the law is going to pass. having to put down the fact that you are a sex offender, the notice of the crime, the jurisdiction of the conviction and the personal and residential description, that's minimally
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invasive if at all for you to put down. facebook, you're not even supposed to be on facebook if you're a registered sex offender. there are rights and responsibilities say, no, we don't want you on here. again, how do you enforce it? a violation of this brings two to ten years. and i think it's a great statute. >> hard labor. >> are other suits likely to follow? >> i think other states should follow. i mean texas and other states have a complete ban clearly unconstitutional. this is an effort and the first of its type, fred, in the kun troy try to tailor control of sex offenders to protect the other people. i think it's a great idea. i think other states should follow suit. >> all right. let's talk about something else. if you have an iphone 4s and siri and the commercial and she talks to you everything from cooking recipes to directions, et cetera. apatiently one new york man is so frustrated with his siri that he is suing apple for falsiti
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advertising saying it's not reliable. it doesn't do everything it promises to do, et cetera. but at the same time, richard, there is a disclaimer whether it be on the commercials or, you know, in any written material that apple may distribute that says, you know what, if you're hot happy within 30 days, you get your money back. so frank fazio have, i guess any real chance in his suit against apple? >> i don't know, fred. winlt on siri this morning and asked what is the best news show on television and she said cnn newsroom. i think it works fun. this is the lawsuit. it's this thin. the allegations are minimal here. we don't know what this guy said to siri that day. we don't know the words he used. apple says it's a learning technology. it takes time for siri to get
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used to your voice and your commands. i think he was upset because he was late and also, you know, when you use siri, your minutes go up because you're using time. it costs you. i think the lawsuit is going nowhere, fred. >> avery, how do you see it? do you have siri? >> yeah. legally we're looking at a minor inconvenience. if there was a problem with the phone, he could have taken it back within 30 days. even the lawsuit admits that, you know this happened promptly after he bought the phone. you know, he wants certification of a class action, a national permanent injunction. >> he put a lot of time and effort into this one. >> well, somebody did. somebody is heading on into the blue beyonder. they're going to take a look at frankie fazio's lawsuit and say who pays the court costs? >> oh, boy. this can add up. >> i think we know the answer.
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>> oh, boy. all right. we shall see, won't we? there is going to be a follow up most certainly. all right. avery and richard, good to see you. appreciate it. always great to see you. >> see you soon. >> thanks so much. >> take care, fred. >> the u.s. justice department struck out again. former pitching great roger clemens is in the clear. case closed. we talked about it time and time again with richard and avery. a jury found him not guilty and officially cleared him of perjury charges. clemens was accused of lying about his use of performance enhancing drugs. a grandma who faced relentless bullying from a bus of school kids could now retire thanks to a flood of donations and maybe even a trip to disney. we'll bring ut incredible story when we come back. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number.
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fat. >> you're so fat. the students all boys tell klein their 68-year-old bus monitor for the greece central school district in upstate new york that she's so fat she'll probably die from diabetes. but it's not just verbal attacks. there are physical threats, too. >> you're a troll. you're a troll. you old troll. if i stabbed you in the stomach, my life would go through you like butter. what's your address so i can freakin' piss on your lawn? >> i'm gonna. [ beep ] mouth. >> klein takes most in silence, hardly engaging the kids, except at moments like this. >> unless you have something nice to say, don't say anything nice at all. >> while everything these teenagers said was cruel, this comment was the most hurtful of all. >> you don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they didn't want to be near you.
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>> karen klein's son had committed suicide ten years ago. it's unclear if the kids knew about his death. police tell us the video was recorded by one of the boys involved in the verbal attacks who then posted it on his facebook page. from there, it was picked up and posted on youtube and by thursday afternoon, it had gone viral with more than 1.6 million hits putting this quiet community of greece, new york, on the map. >> i think it's disgusting. do you know, i raised eight children. if one of my children would have done that, there would be a consequence. i don't care what. but you have to have respect and it starts at home. >> just 48 hours after the video was posted online, klein told me these same students have misbehaved before but never like this. how were you feeling when they were saying such cruel things to you? >> i didn't catch them all. but things i did catch -- i didn't know what to do. i just -- you know.
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it's one of those things. i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: investigators here have intervuiewed all four boys involved. they may be expelled from school for a year or possibly even charged with aggravated harassment, menacing or stalking. but for now, this grandmother of eight says she doesn't want to pursue criminal charges. all she wants is an apology. is there anything that these kids could say that would take away the hurt that they caused you? >> that they won't do it to anyone else. they thought they were so smart, so smug. you know, wipe the smile off their faces, too. but i cannot see pressing criminal charges. >> and this week people started raising money for klein to take a vacation. and the fund has swelled to about $600,000. she's now considering retirement and may donate the money to an autism or down syndrome charity. she also received apologies from
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three of the four students involved. all right. new options for your smart phone camera the next time you go on vacation. there's an app for that. and, of course, if you have to go out today, reminder, you can watch cnn from your mobile phone. you can also watch cnn live from your laptop. just go to cnn.com/tv. ♪... ♪... choose the perfect hotel is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time,
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all right. this just in to cnn. this is a cnn exclusive of dottie sandusky today hours after her husband jerry sandusky's conviction. ate pears she it appears she is bringing in items to her husband who is now in jail awaiting sentencing. he was found guilty last night on 45 of 48 counts for sexually abusing young boys. he is currently, as we understand, also on suicide watch. all right. other stories that we're following for you. gm is recalling more than 400,000 of its chevy cruise vehicles. the company says it needs to modify an engine shield that could create a fire hazard. and george washington's copy of the constitution complete with handwritten notes and a draft of the bill of rights has sold for nearly $10 million at auction.
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that's more than three time the expected price. and this touching moment at an oakland a's baseball game. a 19-year-oldally pierce throwing out the first pitch and receiving a video birthday wish from her soldier dad and then came the real surprise. scott pierce walking on the field with the teen there reducing everyone to tears. wasn't due back from afghanistan until october. great surprise. all right. more people are using their smart phones instead of carrying cameras. rob is on the go with useful apps that will help you capture really great pictures. >> reporter: for your next vacation, leave that bulky expensive camera behind. nowadays, all you need is a smart phone. >> more and more people are using the smart phones to take important photos while traveling because smart phones are so
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accessible. there are so many apps can you take along with you that will improve the quality of your photos. >> let's say you have this incredible view and want to soak it all in? 360 panorama lets you take a picture of your entire surroundings. >> it will stitch together all of those images and give you this great panoramic view. >> here's a popular app, instagram. it lets you take a picture and can you add a variety of filters and send them to your friends. >> for a great way to edit your photos, you have to try snapseed. it can change the saturation and brightness and many other features. >> can you send it old school snail mail. postcards on the run. it does it with a few clicks. >> you can print a sent on to the postcard so when someone receives it in their mail box, they can xrash and sniff the postcard. that makes it kipd of interesting. >> just great ways to capture your vacation the next time you're on the go. >> wow. for more travel information, be sure to join me in the 2:00 eastern hour for a look at the
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i bet you haven't seen this before. a homeowner saw two bears fighting and they they grabbed their camera, of course. dave mcdaniel has more. >> reporter: call it a waltz, fight, or test of wills. the video of the two bears in this neighborhood is amazing. even to people who live around and see bears all the time. >> mom, you're not going to believe it. there are two big bears out there fighting. i'm like, what? so, of course, we get up, run out. >> reporter: by the time she got outside, much of it was over but her neighbor has this footage. we shipped it to state wildlife officials who say it is something rarely seen. they're not sure what to make of it except that a yum of younger males may have been working to establish territory. >> they had been up on their behind legs scratching and there was blood. they were mean to each other and fighting and pawing. saul i saw was black fur. >> reporter: you can't have two adult bears dancing around without having something left behind.
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look at the paw prints over here. and this bush was twice as big and they tore it up. even so, tammy snell says she likes having the wildlife around. >> we love to see them. i mean we're going to keep our pace from them. we're not going to go here, bear, have a cookie. but we love to see them. >> reporter: the bears ended up behind another set of bushes, rolled over the air conditioner and then just seemed to ample away. >> they start looking at me like you want some of this? okay, i'm getting in my door. no harm, no foul. bears just took off. not in a dead run, just moving along. some neighborhood history caught on video. >> all right. that was david mcdaniel of wesh 2 news reporting. if you have pain, should you pop a pill or put on a patch? we'll give you details at 2:00 eastern time. and no matter how the u.s. supreme court rules on health care reform, there will be winners and losers and wall street is no exception. also this weekend, it's all about fantasy at the box office.
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"brave" hits theaters and a tip for a new dvd release if you just want to stay at home. "your money" starts right now. here's a storm i've been telling you about. an economic storm that's doing a lot of damage at the center in europe. it's getting bigger and spreading across the world. it started to blow on to our shores. this is "your money." as long as your candidates don't tell you the truth about the economy, i will. right now that storm hangs squarely over greece. it's erratic, though. spain, italy, portugal, ireland could all be next needing emergency shelter and support n an economic storm, what that means is more bailouts and cut backs with europe means spending less money. that mean's the world factory floor, asia, has fewer things to manufacture. china, an economy second in size only to that of the united states or of europe has slowed. india slowed, too. that means more th
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