shawna, thank you.e it. >>> republican hopefuls and even president obama weighing in on the trayvon martin story. here's the president on friday in the rose garden. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. and, you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness that it deserves. >> okay. this was a very interesting conversation that i'm going to play for you now. i spoke with cnn contributor will cane and elsie granderson and also senior writer at espn, and i asked them if the president should have commented on the case. they did not hold back. here it is. >> a lot of people are tripping over themselves trying not to say race, trying not to say color. you know what? that's a vital part of this conversation, that's a vital part of this entire scenario so to assume that president obama, a black man in the united states would not have a reaction to what happened to trayvon martin is incredibly ridiculous. so it's natural for him to respond t

i want to bring shawna in. i'm sure you have multiple phones keeping up with every iteration of news coming in. i know you're following newt gingrich. how is he today on the trail? what's the news today? >> in one word, i think he had a lot of fire in his breath. he is -- he spoke at a tea party rally in mount dora today and he had quite a few stinging words for governor mitt romney, really he was trying to tie him to his connections to the financial world and connections to freddie mac, which has been a major attack that governor romney's been hitting toward speaker gingrich. so we'll definitely can expect a lot of fireworks tonight. >> how much do these candidates sleep? how much do you ladies sleep? do these candidates have a chance to work out at all? do they have any down time? >> well, hopefully it doesn't reflect too much on tv. we don't get too much sleep. but you know, nights vary. very long days for us, for the press. but also for the candidates. it's always remarkable to me that at the end of the day

political producer shawna shepherd. thanks so much. join us every sunday afternoon at 4:00 when we dedicate an entire hour to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. >>> on capitol hill both parties are focus order the payroll tax cut. it is set to expire at the end of the year. both democrats and republicans have plans to extend the cuts but there's not a lot of common ground between them. president obama called on congress to get it done in an interview with cbs. he acknowledged there's no quick fix for the economy. >> did you overpromise? did you underestimate how difficult this would be? >> i didn't overpromise and i didn't underestimate how tough this was going to be. i always believed that this was a long-term project. shore-term project and -- you know, for individual americans who are struggling right now, they have every reason to be impatient. reversing structural problems in our economy that had been building up for two decades, that's going to take time. it is going to take more an year. it is going to take more t

shawna shepherd, with the politics of debates. thank you so much.ick perry, he was trying to avoid any big mistakes or maybe any embarrassing moments last night. seemed like a victory maybe given what happened the last debate. you remember this, don't you -- >> and i will tell you it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education, and the -- what's the third one there? let's see. >> five -- >> commerce, education, and the -- >> epa? >> the epa. there you go. no, again. >> seriously? >> now perry made fun of himself the next night with this appearance on "late night with dave letterman." >> actually there were three reasons i messed up last night. one was the nerves. and two of the headache. and three -- um -- um -- [ laughter and applause ] >> tonight worry about it. >> and you just know "saturday night live" was going to have a blast with this one. >> governor perry, we're still waiting for the third department. >> hey! leave him alone! look, i tell you about the women -- i tell you all the vivid details, and the

hunkered down and shawna was on the ground crying. we were just trying -- >> i was hysterical. >> what did it sound like in here at the time? >> it was loud. >> well there are was a lot of crashing. remember all the crashing and banging and whirling. >> we thought was coming through wall. >> when asked about the storm and the destruction left behind, one resident said, quote, it was like an atomic bomb went off. >>> now we turn our attention to the outer banks of north carolina where hundreds could be trapped still in the barrier island despite an evacuation order earlier this week. a storm surge as high as 7 feet could take place along the coast still and nearly 200,000 people across the state are without power. and that includes oak contract coke island where they're preparing for evacuations after a local sheriff's office said he received reports of catastrophic flooding. we're in kill devil hills where dorian's wrath continues to be felt. what do you know about these potential evacuations? >> reporter: yeah, people who need to get

shawna and i were blessed to be sitting there as close we were and to be around the family in that momentve within to the staples center many times. this is the most extraordinary time ever. to see kolbe bryant and magic standing there in their city clothes for a long time and i think the crowd was marvelous, too. the appreciation was great. there was no occurrences. i saw police commissioner bratton before the show and he was -- told me that 3,000 police officers were put on duty today. that is one-third, anderson, one-third of the los angeles police force was on duty. it was an extraordinary event and i hope the egress is as good as the entrance was. it was some kind of day. we will do, of course, a big show on it tonight as i know you will as well. anderson? >> larry, you were -- you were close to stage, an invited guest of the family. a lot of the performers would come can and greet members of the family. what was -- obviously, it was a somber mood among family memb members. in the area you were sitting, what was it like? >> the third row of the family. the first rocker extraordinary,

good morning, shawna. >> good morning, carol. >> why did you think this was so important to make yourepresentative akin's comments on sunday, i was deeply offended. i felt that, first of all, they were bred in ignorance and i wanted that part to be known. i also wanted to touch upon the idea of legitimate versus illegitimate rape and strike down the notion that we need to get away from talking about rape in these terms. it is so harmful to us as a society and especially to the way rape is prosecuted and dealt within our country. >> when you were attacked, you came forward and reported it to the police. in some cases, that is not what happened. tell us about that. >> well, you know, my experience was like, i think most women's experience, which is that the second you say that you're raped, a raped woman is immediately the won that is put on a trial. it becomes about things that i think are a little bit ridiculous to focus on. what you were wearing. exactly what you said. where you were. i just think no means no. if a woman has said no, that ought to be respected. >> you were raped and

. >> reporter: in oregon, 14-year-old shawna has taken a shine to me.me with me. touch the mango. no, huh? where is mango? she actually did it. she absolutely did it. she's amazing. i'm amazed. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >>> top of the hour. i'm don lemon. let's talk about a megachurch preacher. he takes to the pulpit and says no to charges he beat up his teenage daughter. i'm talking about kruklo dollar. he preaches in his massive church just outside

. >> reporter: in oregon, 14-year-old shawna has taken a shine to me. maybe she would play the ipad game with me. touch the mango. no, huh? where is mango? she actually did it. she absolutely did it. she's amazing. i'm amazed. john zarrella, cnn, miami. >>> top of the hour. i'm don lemon. let's talk about a megachurch preacher. he takes to the pulpit and says no to charges he beat up his teenage daughter. i'm talking about kruklo dollar. he preaches in his massive church just outside atlanta. no, he says he did not punch her. no, he says, he did not choke her. those are the accusations that got dollar thrown in jail on thursday. earlier today, these words from the pastor to his congregation. >> the truth is, she was not choked, she was not punched. there were not any scratches on her neck. but the only thing on her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. anything else is an exaggeration and sensationalism. >> our nick fuentas is watching this whole thing, saw him in church today. what's going on here? >> police are saying one thing and crefla dollar

expanding the united states war ships fleet. >> shawna, apologize.aving an issue with your mike and will try to get that fixed. get back to you if indeed we can get a better connection. i'm so sorry, but we will let you know once again once romney does begin speaking. that address set for 10:45 eastern. we will bring it to you live. >>> take a quick break. we'll be right back. d vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. that's not going to satisfy you. come on. it's time for a better snack. try this. it's yoplait greek. it has two times the protein of regular yogurt. you'll feel satisfied. [ female announcer ] yoplait greek. it is so good. oh, and there's a smile. why does my mouth feel dryer than i remember it to be? there are more people taking more medication, so we see people suffering from dry mouth more so. we may see more cavities, bad breath, oral irritation. a dry mouth sufferer doesn't have to suffer. i would recommend biotene. the enzymes in biote

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we got thunder and lightning and getting from our producer, shawna shepherd spoke to some officials here. an official turnout at least so farther saying alandale seems light. anderson light. vanberg light. dillon light. fairfield steady. lexington it's light but steady. otis smith the official poll manager we spoke to him earlier. this morning people lined up and looked good. then all of a sudden the rain came. >> it looked like we got 591 that vote sod far. we have four hours left. so apparently it's going to be light to moderate. and it looks like, i thought at one time we would have at least 1,000 that have voted but because of weather moving in with the thunderstorms and so forth so, it now looks like we may not get over but 700 or 800. >> 2,500 registered voters. >> we have about 2800. >> last time you got 1900. i >> in heavy voting we get around 1800. >> thank you. now we got about 500 so far. it's not a lot of folks. you saw our earlier live shots. i hate to turn my back. there were people lined up behind us and look, in here so farther just sort of sitting around waiting. it's em

police say la shawna threatt was play fighting with another girl on saturday. investigations show they crashed through a ten-story window and fell. theratt died and the other woman listed in critical condition. >>> people who live near a north carolina chemical plant back home after an explosion forced them to evacuate. a huge fireball erupted in the plant in hudson 70 miles west of share hot. the blast ignited a huge fire forcing 750 people who lived within a mime of that plant to clear out. fire fighters managed to get control. no injuries reported. >>> an icoffin healthy eating is being cleared off the dinner table. the obama administration plans to replace the much maligned food pyramid with just a plate. the plate will be divided into wedges to represent different food groups, while millions of us instantly recognize the two decades old pyramid, critics say this was just too confusing. >>> dillon's supermarket was one of the major business nez joplin, missouri in the path of last sunday's monster tornado. 35 customers and employees, they all took refuge in

. >> shawna, thanks so much, from columbia. thanks so much. >>> all right.ng now to president obama. he's continuing to travel around the country and talk to supporters. last week, he used his executive powers to ramp up assistance for americans seeking or repaying student loans. >> then in last year's state of the union address, i asked congress to pass a law that tells 1 million students they won't have to pay more than 10% of their income toward student loans. and we won that fight, too. and that law will take effect by the time -- that law is scheduled to take effect by the time freshmen graduate. but we decided, let's see if we can do a little bit more. so today i'm here to announce that we're going to speed things up. we're going to make -- we're going to make these changes work for students who are in college right now. we're going to put them into effect, not three years from now, not two years from now, we're going to put them into effect next year. because our economy needs it right now and your future could use a boost right now. so, so here's wha

. >> thank you very much, shawna. blaire had his breakfast and left the cathedral. people preparing to make the sacrifices. one couple said we had to make the decision between lining up and getting across the cathedral, paying their respects. very solemn, of course, procession last night when he saw the king walking lock step with his siblings behind their mother's hearse. paying their final respects. the final farewell, of course, for so many scots, an opportunity they thought they wouldn't be able to take nart in this voyage, let's say, becky. >> that's the story in scotland. in edinborough. let's get you to scott mcclain just on the south bank overlooking the houses of parliament. it is at westminster hall where the queen's casket will be taken and where the queen will lie in state from tomorrow and, scott, you are there with some early risers this morning. those who are already cuing to pay their last respects. just explain where you are and why that's significant. >> reporter: it's pretty remarkable, becky, considering, look, the queen's body will not arrive in

my name is shawna cox, and i am just an individual with, a pay rot american in support. >> step up to the mike. >> yes, sorry. the notice redress of grievance. we the people united individuals of these states united coalition of western states pacific patriot network bundy family supporters, oregon oldkeepers, the idaho 3%, the central oregon constitutional guard, the oregon taxico, the oregon bearded bastar bastards, the liberty watch washington, nevada committee for full statehood -- >> we're going to pull away from this and take five good steps back to try to help everyone understand what is happening here in oregon. these are different members apparently they have now named themselves is the groups, citizens for constitutional freedom, the armed protesters, there's a whole other conversation we'll have later on what we should be calling these people in oregon who hunkered down, not a standoff against law enforcement. to have a standoff you have to have another side. this goes back to an aiming-old grievance in this part of the country over federal land and some ranchers feel the p

i can see the house was standing, and i said, thank you, jesus, and then i looked over and i saw shawna'sone. it was gone. >> so sad. the white house says there will be some new ideas in the jobs plan that the president will unveil tonight. one democrat familiar with the plan says it could total $400 billion. we think it will include a more longer holiday tax, and infrastructure spending and aid to stads and incentives to for businesses to hire. last night this happened at the ronald reagan library in california, and it became clear that he and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, were going to slug it out for this nomination. >> we created more jobs in the last three months in texas than he created in four years in massachusetts. >> texas is a great state. texas has zero income tax. texas has a right to work state. but governor perry doesn't believe he created those things. >> michael ducacus creates jobs three times faster. >> george bush and his predecessor created more jobs than you did. >> they criticized obama's policies on health care reform. >> will the gentleman suspend un

or my coworker shawna mosler do it or my other coworker dave castellanos or some of my interns.ally working in the espn production truck during games. and for this game, my boss is i've got a lot going on. can you tweet for us? i can tweet about any sport. my sports are softball, volleyball. but if i'm not going something i, i think i might have tweeted one or two men's games this year. but it so happened to be this game with the main one for me. >> and you tweeted a little excitement. you kind of threw some shade at a foo people. let's look back at some of the more memorable tweets like this one. okay, you said, ah, we remember this game that maryland in december. hopefully you'll enjoy our game from your couch, dude. okay. so was there any other moment or tweet that really stood out to you? >> like i said, that's how i tweet, normally from our account. just having a personality. i thought, you know, some of the more fun ones were, once i realized the account was starting to blow up a bit is when we were tied at the half and the second half started, i said remember, guys, no ma

in 2001, david lee edwards and his future wife shawna won a quarter share of a powerball jackpot.fter taxes, they walked away with $27 million. >> i was sincere when i asked god to help me because i was desperate. >> in the end, he lost it all and the pair divorced. edwards later died in hospice in 2012, 46 year old aruj khan won $1 million in an illinois lottery scratch off game. but before he could collect it, he was dead. the night he died, khan's wife said she made him dinner at home, then later woke to him screaming in pain. first, doctors said khan died of natural causes, but new information led to his body being exhumed. the cook county medical examiner found a deadly poison in his blood. cyanide. >> bruce khan died of cyanide toxicity, a lethal level of cyanide was detected in the peripheral blood. >> a homicide investigation is still underway, but more than a decade later, nobody has been charged in khan's death. his wife and family denied any wrongdoing. given how lottery winnings turn out for so many, experts suggest keeping your winnings private. but that's not so easy

after all, they live oceanfront in virginia beach, and here is young shawna crumbly's first white christmas tennessee. the first white christmas in the south where a lot of folks in atlanta as well, chad. it was kind of cool actually >> since like the 1800s for some people. who was keeping track back then. >> yes. >> you remember a band called the talking heads? >> i do. "burning down the house" big song. >> yes, my favorite was "i'm on a road to nowhere." >> there you go, perfect. >> i won't sing it but all of these planes, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven -- eight now, going to newark. well, that's probably not going to happen because all those airports are closed. jfk, laguardia, newark, these are planes taken off from distant places like honolulu and london and all that, hoping by the time they get over newark air space that it will be open, they'll probably be diverted somewhere else. jfk, laguardia, newark, not getting these open because of the snow but finally this last 30 minutes ago canceled for new york and boston. snow not coming down hard enough to qualify for a blizzard.

so, just a short while ago he was here shaking hands with supporters, and we, shawna sheppard, our intrepid said a couple of times go back to read the cbs transcript, and he was typically disciplined mitt romney. but he finally answered. >> the supreme court is the law of the land, right? yes. they said it is a tax. that is what it is. >> so he said it is a tax. why is this important? for a couple of reasons. one is big picture, and he now seems to be on the same page of a larger republican party who think that this is a very good political message to say, you see, this health care law which republicans oppose and independents aren't sure about, you see, it is a tax. also, this obviously has been a dicey issue for mitt romney all along all through the primary season, since of course he was governor of massachusetts when massachusetts put in place a mandate for that state, and so it has been hard for him to answer, and he gave what we think is now the definitive answer, and democrats are already putting out the press releases saying he flip-flopped on this. >> tell us about the wolfboro para

communications director for the campaign early this morning told me they were considering it, and then our shawnaour producer here in south carolina, broke the news, heard from sources here in the state that perry was headed home. he spoke about it earlier today. here in south carolina earlier today, had a town hall and spoke about the fires back in texas. take a listen. >> our state has got wildfires that are running quite wild. zero containment right now. and they are policies supposed to pick up again. keep those folks in your prayers, as people try to get out of harm's way, and pray for rain, as well. >> reporter: so after that event, perry headed back to texas. his campaign tells me he had events in california tomorrow, those are canceled. suzanne, listen, this forum later today is very important, but lives of the residents of your state are at risk, you forget about presidential politics and head home. >> that's a great presidential move as well. people look at that as responsive here. what should we be watching for for the kickoff event at 5:00 today? >> five remaining candidates will be h

shawna hopes to become the first muslim to represent great britain at the miss universe pageant and shefrom manchester, england. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me here. >> what kind of pushback have you gotten as a muslim modeling and competing in beauty pageants? >> i've had a lot of support from all communities and i have had some hate mail from communities as well. i think a majority of people are using my religion as a excuse to attack me. >> has it gotten much worse than nasty e-mails? i've heard you've even had death threats. >> nothing as direct. indirectly threats have been made where video links have been posted by e-mails and suggesting things could possibly happen. however, one may seem to see it as a threat because it is upsetting to receive links of certain things that could possibly endanger someone's life. >> absolutely. some people have asked why not participate as a british citizen and not bring your religion into it. was it you who made islam an issue or was it the media? >> i believe the media made my religion and where i come from an issue

. >> eric and shawna want to give their children a bright future. >> you can go anywhere with knowledgeortant that the school had high standards and the teachers were excellent. >> but the schools in their area did not meet their expectations. so they looked for other options. >> i don't care if it's a traditional public school, a charter school, a private school, home school, whatever it takes to educate our children because they are our future. that's what matters. >> reporter: but not every parent has the luxury of choosing what school their child will attend. and not every school district has high standards for their students. >> what grade are we in? >> second! >> fantastic. >> reporter: president bush referred to it as the soft bigotry of low expectations. >> i firmly believe if you have low expectations, you'll achieve them. >> reporter: but the problem still exists today. >> the achievement gap data show us a huge problem exists. >> reporter: with the department of education. >> president bush called it the soft bigotry of low expectations, the truth is, it's not so soft. if we

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there's a student who was commissioned last year, a young woman named shawna sunot, and she wrote me a little fearful coming to harvard, thinking she might encounter a culture like the one you just described. and that is not, she said -- that was not her experience. instead, she felt she could play a vital part in this community, introducing many individuals in our student body who never will be part of the military to important issues that relate to the military. i've also spent time reaching out to these rotc students, inviting them to lunch, hearing their concerns, and for the most part, they feel that they are an essential part of the harvard community. and that this has been an excellent environment for them. >> and president faust, i covered secretary colin powell's visit when he delivered the commencement speech back in 1993. i asked him, because there were protests, his visit was being protested, how he justified the don't ask, don't tell policy, and he said at the time, it was to maintain order. this reversal on the side of the military, the government, really a political an

work out that mitt romney was at one of the fundraisers in new hampshire and one of the fundraisers shawnapherd, one of our producers on the scene got a recording of mitt romney talking to wealthy donors at the fund-raiser saying that he also wants to be out there looking out for the middle-class, and that he is not so much worried about the wealthy donors and he said in his words they are doing just fine. it is interesting to see the president targeting the middle class voters today, and we will hear more of that from mitt romney. you saw it in the statement from andrea saul and perhaps more of it later in the week when he will be in colorado tomorrow. >> jim, tell us why that is so important the middle-class and clearly going after the independence and those in the swing states and already the opposite polar ends have made up their minds. >> right. i mean, this is where the battle lines are going to the og tini for the fall campaign. it is going to come down to the independent voters and middle-class voters and in the end, that is where this election is going to be decided, and so, you k

hey, city news reporter shawna hunt turned from the offender to other guys she suspected. >> with youto see if she could f her in the p line on tv? >> not you. >> it's a disgusting thing to say. it's degrading to women. you would humiliate me on live television. >> not you. >> well because you know what i'm sick of this. i get this every single day 10 times a day. >> i'm sick of it. >> this guy chimed in. >> reporter: he mentioned vibrator. >> if your mom saw you -- >> my mom would die laughing. >> reporter: you know who didn't die laughing ontario fired him from his $107,000 a year job saying he violated the company's code of conduct. ontario's premier jumped into the fray tweeting whether or not it's caught on film sexual harassment at work is no joke. one guy who still thinks it's a joke is the man who started it by pretending to interrupt reporters. >> not sexual assault, it's just something funny because you don't say that on television. >> he sells it on t-shirt for $22. he's not giving what this city news reporter got the most recent time she heard the phrase yelled. >> when i

the other was another woman who has been charged, shawna cox, also in that vehicle.re are still people here at the refuge. this is not over by any means and we can see that the fbi and authorities have lit up the area, which is usually pitch dark out here, because there are no lights. this is the wilderness. they have lit it up and have been standing out there for the last, overnight, really. carol? >> so -- so -- will they eventually force those remaining people holed up in the wildlife refuge out? >> reporter: this morning very early about an hour ago i was able to get some information from inside of the refuge. the people who are still left there. as we understand it, there are still four people left inside of that refuge and they had been talking to the fbi overnight. we do not know what's happening at this moment, but certainly the fbi and local authorities are getting closer and closer to that headyou are kwas where there are still people holed up inside. >> sara sidner from oregon this morning. thank you. >>> still to come in the newsroom, substance takes cent