in atlanta, -- i speak about atlanta because that is where my son lives, in atlanta, georgia. in atlanta, you have the african-americans who go away and they come back. they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think -- this is -- you know, the old saying, it is not rocket science? some of this stuff is harder than rocket science because it involves people, and we do not always act in a logical, decisive way. elaine brown i heard say a little while ago that she lived in atlanta, and we always talk about how great atlantic is doing, but we do not own nothing in atlanta. they look like they are doing good, they have the cosmetic liberation, right? cosmetic change, cosmetic liberation, but when you look at who owns most of the city, right? who is in control of the power in the city? it may be marginall

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it's 8:00 here in atlanta and 3:00 p.m. in homs, syria, where the gunshots, explosions and bloodshed continues in the street. hundreds of people have died in the ongoing revolt against the government. and to d.c. where conservatives are gathering for critical meetings again today. three of the four gop presidential candidates took their turns trying to woo the crowd. plus, sarah palin speaks today. will she officially endorse anyone? but there may be more political intrigue in maine, as well. we'll take you there, as well. >> from cnn's world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. >> and maine is where we'll start this morning. maine's republican voters are heading to the caucus site this morning to choose their candidate for president. it's pretty much a two-man race for the state's 21 delegates. ron paul has a strong ground game white mitt romney is making a last-minute push. shannon, good morning to you. set the scene for

i'm don lemon at cnn world headquarters in atlanta.f cnn election coverage with wolf blitzer covering the maine caucuses begins in a few seconds. >>> welcome to our special coverage of the maine caucuses. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. tonight, we are tracking two big events on the republican calendar and our political a-team is here. john king, gloria borger. dana bash and shannon travis is over at gop headquarters in portland, maine. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is over at cpac. the conservative political action conference that is under way here in washington. we will have the results of the maine caucuses as they come in. stand by for that. right now want to go to shannon travis over at republican headquarters in portland. set the scene for us. we are getting ready to see potentially a winner in maine tonight. >> reporter: that's right. let me first say i may have the toughest assignment of the night. i'm at a party sponsored by the maine republican party. i'll have my cameraman pan around here. some of the peopl

i could not eat at a downtown restaurant in atlanta. couldn't sit downstairs at a movie theater, i couldn't work at most white collar jobs. >> yeah. >> life was extremely restricted for me, and now, for my children and their children, life is open for them. they can go as far as their minds and their energies take them, and that's an enormous change in just a few years. and the fact that we've come this far and that we now have a president who most people, including myself, never thought could be elected, is a great step forward for the country. you like him or hate him. he's there. >> yep. >> and the very fact that he's there is a great mark in our favor, but that doesn't mean that all the work is done and we can sit at home and just fan ourselves and take it easy. there's much more to be done and we need to do it. we need tooget to it. >> equality is measured notú just in tangible ways, but in intangible ways. >> indeed so. >> yeah. and so in some of the intangible ways, do you believe that therr's a lot of progress that's been made b

when i was 18 i was around the atlanta university center lot. took a lead role in aplay called the man who came to dinner. i have seen martin in things like that. he was par excellence and a person who was concerned to mold his university through language. i have never seen him as a mystic. a religious figure, yes. very much in the way socrates was a religious figure. of course in the way socrates took the hemlock, martin took the bullet. but in both cases it's a question of wiping out a man who spoke truth to power and who was not much liked for it. he is a deeply interesting figure because he covered so much ground. there is the intellectual martin who wasn't simply engaged in a study of theology. as someone who took pleasure in ideas and i don't speak as someone who knew him intimately. i have met and spoken to him once and that was at fisk. in the middle of the montgomery business he came up and stayed with us for a few days. hanging loose a bit. we had quite a few discussions and the impression he made on me has stayed with me. you must und

toss day down in atlanta. -- a tough day in atlanta. later in the first half, in theng back, four 3's first half alone. brandon rage, breaking hearts. yellow jackets up 5. maryland did get one last chance. pretty close, but no good. georgia tech wins it. state basketball playoffs are under way. sometimes the formula fails to match reality. patterson, meanwhile, suffered more losses. as a packed house will tell you, patterson not looked better -- patterson looked better. rest of the way, everyone goes to the gym when he plays. he is too quick to stay in front of. patterson to a first round when 76-44. a quiet day at spring training for the orioles. no motivational speeches. thankfully, no new injuries. harding is in his second year with the team. he arrives happy and healthy. his desire to stay in baltimore. the three-year contract extension gives him the security he craved. >> it is something that we all like. we know what to note or we're going to be in the this sport. it helps you relax. it definitely helps. >> a look at -- hopkins an

announcing new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta starting february 12th.ook all of our destinations only at southwest.com. >>> talking about maryland basketball. >> you got to love college basketball. maryland's basketball team is headed to duke on saturday. that's always a tough trip. they're going to face a duke team coming off a wild one tonight. duke played at north carolina, two teams ranked in the national top ten. duke delivers a stunning come back on the road down by two, clock ticking. that's the freshman austin rivers and he hit a three pointer before the buzzer. that's a duke winner. they knock off carolina 85-84 f maryland will play the blue devils in durham. freshman jimmy hammer, jumper, hammer nails it. hopkins wins it 52-48. to the pros, baltimore with another performance taking on minnesota tonight. he drops three of 19 points and in the top 20 in scoring in the league. he can shoot and dunk. they beat the t-wolfs by five. another nba guy with local ties, gary neil playing at philly. a highlight on that drive to the hoop. tosses it up and

storm system sweeping a cross much of the country, 100-car pileup, dramatic rest crew on the ice and atlanta as cold as boston. >>> broken heart, outpouring of grief, more than 1,000 mourners turn you the at the funeral for the two little boys taken by their father. >>> a washington watchdog on the case, this time the money pit. giant empty buildings, hundreds of millions of your dollars. >>> and shooting star. last night he was our "person of the week," but maybe we should have waited, we had no idea ha he was about to do after went off the air. >> lin for three. fires! >>> good evening on this saturday night. great to have you with us and we begin with the run front runner desperate to regain his footing. as we await results from voters at the caucuses in maine tonight, mitt romney has already been given a crucial endorsement. from a huge grouch conservative voters he was working so desperately to convince he's one of them. tonight that group gathered in washington signaling romney is their guy. the former governor late today winning a straw poll with 38%, topping rack santorum at newt gin

here in atlanta. 4:00 a.m. in los angeles. good morning, everybody.of whitney houston will lay the pop star to rest. a private burial is planned. we'll take a look at her music filled sendoff. plus espn is accused of using a racial slur. did the network cross the line with its headline about new york knicks guard jeremy lin? there's been world reaction to it. we'll hear what people are saying. >>> and president jimmy carter talks about his journey to christianity and how at times he had questioned his beliefs. >>> we start with whitney houston being laid to rest today. she is being buried next to her father in the fairview cemetery in westfield, new jersey. it's about 25 miles south of newark, where friends and family gathered yesterday to remember her grace, her passion, her faith. we'll have much more on yesterday's event later in this program. >>> an arizona sheriff outed by a phoenix newspaper has stepped down as the state's co-chairman for mitt romney's presidential campaign. in the newspaper article, sheriff paul babeu is accused of threatening

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we showed you the pictures from atlanta. actually winter.e've got snow out there and snow in areas of the middle of the country. areas in white are under winter weather advisories. areas of texas where we had snow all the way up into areas of nebraska and areas of arkansas. we do have a couple winter storm warnings here, areas just outside of little rock heading up the highway to ft. smith. overall very light. not a huge winter storm. you can see on the radar, all the white is the snow. the bluer shading is the heavier senator, actually north texas to the dallas area where it's too warm, you're just getting rain. but outside dallas, you're getting snow. you can see it's all spreading through the ozarks. kansas city is going to have a light coating of snow, springfield joplin, all the way up to st. louis. it's not a big snow event. our computers are saying one 1 to 3 inches. everywhere in the state of missouri and through oklahoma, these little white spots is where we could see maybe 3 or 4. that's about it. this will head to chicago later to

atlanta will feel like the single digits. another comparison for your evening, bring your friends or family, new york city and tallahassee, both 26. so the cold is in place. get this, we are seeing freeze watches and warnings from new orleans to jacksonville, orlando in there, too and a windchill advisory extends south to ft. meyers and west palm beach. >> wev been let off the hook this winter so fashgs we can handle this if it lasts a couple of days. >> as we've seen all winter, will get out as fast as it came. watch as mierld air, call it mild, not warm, don't want to give you excitement here, we go close to average, not above average like we have been. >> ginger zee, we'll watch the forecast first thing in the morning in "gma." >>> we move on to the heartbreaking day in tacoma, washington, a funeral forecharlie and braden powell, almost a week after their lives were taken by their own father. the crowd of mourners filled the church and spilled outside to support the family suffering shattering grief. abbie boudreau is in t

king and his mentors on not only us here in atlanta and morehouse but on the world. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> there's a new web site for american history tv where you can find our schedule and preview our programs. watch video as well as access some american history tweets, history from the news, and media from facebook, twitter and four square. listen on line at c-span.org/history. >>> we continue our look at black history month on c-span3's american history tv. up next, the national civil rights museum, and after that, use of the n-word in u.s. literature. >>> on washington journal tomorrow morning, we'll talk about women's rights. our guest is eleanor smeal, president of the feminist organization. steven law joins us to discuss campaign spending. and we'll look at gq magazine's article at the 50 most popular people in medicine with reid ch cherlin. >>> each week, american history tv's american artifacts take people behind the scenes at museums and historic sites. earlier this year, historian richard norton smith led a ten-hour bus tour to ashton, texas

showers from atlanta to jacksonville. spreading to wichita, houston, and shreveport. heavy downpours from seattle to northern california. >>> mostly 30s from fargo to indianapolis. milder in the northeast. climbing near 50 in new york and boston. miami hitting 78, and new orleans, 70. >> it's carnival season down there. 70s perfect parade weather. >>> business news coming up after the break. how you can buy a piece of the empire state building. >>> and a developing story from california. hundreds of human bones found buried in fields. the work of a serial killer. >>> and feel guilty about leaving your dog at home during the day? guess what? there's now a cable channel for that. tv for dogs. we'll be right back. >>> well, this is not good. get ready for record-high gas prices. they're already rising with a national average right now of more than $3.50 a gallon. the annual spring runup is coming sooner than normal. gas may be five bucks a gallon in some areas by june. >>> apple's stock closed yesterday about 500 bucks share. they have a high market value, some $468 bill

he was in atlanta yesterday. he points out that john mccain lost more than a dozen states on the way to the nomination in 2008. party leaders are still behind him. >> there's no question that mitt romney has take an hit here. one he did not expect, especially in colorado. i talked to one republican, he said, the problem is, if he can't take out this field in the republican primaries, how can he beat president obama? that's the big concern. >> the more time romney spends focused on his republican opponents, the less time he has to compete with the president. >>> as distressing as some of the candidates' negative campaigning may be, people approve of congress even less. only 10% approve. it's less popular than the irs, president nixon in watergate, and lower than bp after the gulf oil spill. americans not liking congress right now. >> lower than the irs in the middle of tax season? that's brutal. >>> in other news this morning, washington will soon become the seventh state in the country to allow gays and lesbians

he came back to atlanta. he met in his daddy's house with all the worthies in atlanta at that time. all of them because his father was very worried about his going back to montgomery and was trying to counsel him against doing that. all of them apparently were opposed to martin going on to montgomery. the only one who spoke supportively to martin in regard to returning to his post there was dr. mays. that's a very political position. a very powerful position and he was certainly centrally located in that regard. but the regard he held for thurman was, i think, on a very different plain. a different spiritual and intellectual plain. i'm biased. i'm reading them from an islamic perspective. i have no problem in the way -- well, for instance, they deal with jesus almost always as master. the master said. the master said. they don't get into the son of god so much. i think maybe dr. mays does. but when i read -- so we're going to talk about that. i know we said we'd get to gandhi, but let's deal with christ and christianity. because i see in thurman and dr. king this clear picture that

birmingham, atlanta, nashville, and cincinnati. up to a foot of snow from the dakotas to des moines. moving later into chicago and detroit. lingering mountain snow in the rockies and cascades. >> 40s from billings to colorado springs. a snowy 34 in minneapolis. 41 in omaha. miami hits 85. just shy of 60 here in new york. not bad for february for us. >> i'm ready for spring. >> me and you both. >> and summer. >> trust me. >>> coming up, the restaurant chain that lets you pay what you want. so successful that it's spreading. >> like the sounds of that. >>> a government panel gives a thumbs up to the first diet drug in more than a decade. but, is it right for you? >>> and this video just released. a daredevil high-speed collision with the mountain. also showing the remarkable thing he did to save his life. we're right back. m m m m@d@d@dd >>> drivers are reacting to high gas prices by driving less. gas prices rose six cents in the past week. they're 41 cents higher than a year ago. there's less demand for gasoline now than at this tim

when i was 18 i was around the atlanta university center lot. i took a lead role in aplay called the man who came to dinner. i have seen martin in things like that. he was par excellence and a person who was concerned to mold his university through language. i have never seen him as a mystic.

mostly 60s from new york to atlanta and miami. warms up to 80. dallas, 75. >>> well, coming up, the outcry over one super bowl ad before it even airs. >>> plus major recall involving birth control pill that may not be effective. >>> and to indy, a super bowl tradition. always wacky, always entertaining, media day. we're right back. >>> and welcome back, everyone. reports say today is the day for facebook. the social network is expected to file its initial public offering of stock today. the preliminary target is lik to be $5 billion. the demand for shares could bring it as high as $100 billion. the stock goes on sale in may. >>> good news, u.s. markets are off to the best start in 15 years after a month of slow, but steady advances. tokyo's nikkei average picked up seven points today. hong kong's hang seng lost 57 points. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow fell 21 points. the nasdaq gained 2. >>> the housing market is still in trouble. home prices fell for a third straight month. hardest hit was atlanta, real estate hit it

wet on i-75 from atlanta to knoxville. >>> if you're flying today, a few airport delays possible in atlanta and detroit. >>> well, the grisly search continues today in northern california for more human remains left behind by pair of serial killers. >> investigators combing through a well have found over 300 human bones, clothing, even jewelry. it was a dumping ground for the so-called speed freak killers. convicted of a meth-fueled killing spree. a bounty hunter paid death row inmate leslie shermantine where to find the bodies. >> in this particular well, i don't know that there's any more than a couple. i do believe in the other well further east there's as many as a dozen. >> shermantine and loren herczog were convicted. herczog was paroled and committed suicide when he heard that his was g accomplice was go give information. >>> former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is relieved and pleased he'll be able to spend time with his grandchildren. a pennsylvania judge granted his request for supervised visits. the judge denied the request that jurors be brought in from outside the s

we have both in atlanta. in tennessee, our friends are going to be dealing with that today.n fact, we'll zoom into a couple of spots. you're going to notice a lot of orange and yellow. what we're dealing with is very heavy rainfall right along parts of 40. the problem that we have for the time being is not that we have flash floods or warnings. we don't yet. you see more development in huntsville. as it makes its way up to the i-40 corridor, you see additional amounts and runoff and delays. in atlanta, birmingham all due to the weather, we have to throw in the chance of snow in raleigh. now, in terms of the snow that we might see in the highest elevations of parts of the appalachians and north carolina, three to six inches of snow in the high points. even closer to eight in the highest peaks but the warnings that we have, the winter storm warnings are in effect for not just today but for the evening, too. now, plenty of sunshine across the transformation that you'll deal with once the area comes out of the four corners. tail end of this, light to moderate snow in arizona. ev

i am so glad my friends from los angeles, christine reed from atlanta are all here with us. a lot of work to do together this year for our city. thank you very much for being here. [applause] into mayor willie brown, lt. governor newsom, frank jordan, mayor art agnos, it is such an honor to stand before you and take this oath of office today. over my 23 years of public service i have worked for everyone of you, and every major benefits from the work and efforts of the mayor's that came before, and i have learned so much from each of you, and we all benefited from your leadership and service. thank you all very much for being here. [applause] and to my mother, my brothers and sisters, and my whole family who made it down from seattle, what an incredible journey it has been. thank you for your support and guidance in being here today. [applause] and of course, anita, tonya, brianna, you are my constant inspiration and strength. i would not be standing here without you. thank you for putting up with me, the long hours,

atlanta, warmer, 75. detroit, rain and snow, 40. denver, morning snow there, 36. 47. >>> a runaway train in argentina killed 49 people and injured more than 600. the commuter train was packed during yesterday's morning rush hour. survivors say the conductor was having trouble with the brakes. the train raced past the platform after platform before plowing into a station in buenos air erkses. >>> eight more bodies found in the wreckage of the costa concordia. divers discovered the bodies yesterday, including a missing five-year-old italian girl. three were removed. but bad weather forced them to stop. they hope to resume the operation today. the cruise ship capsized on january 13th, killing 32 people. >>> a new anti-obesity pill may hit the market soon. a panel of advisers for the food and drug administration took a second look at the weight loss drug qnexa and approved it yesterday. the fda's final decision is not expected until april. randall pinkston, reports. >> mariel rosenwasser tried every diet but could not lose weight. >> family and friends are convinced t

but still warmer than average, and we are anticipating 20 degrees in atlanta. finally, let's go over to europe. a large high pressure system that continues to pull arctic chill is still blanketing much of the european countries. lots of warnings for extreme low temperatures have been issued widely, and this cold air is colliding with very warm air from africa, producing unsettled conditions to the south. in italy, heavy snow in the northern sections and thunderstorms in the southern area will continue throughout thursday, and we've got very active low pressure system coming into the area and that will produce blizzard conditions to the balkan peninsula in the next 24 hours, and some of it will move into western turkey. so expected highs on thursday

she did not like any of it, and so we moved to atlanta, and i'mm in atlanta now so it's sort of an atlantanew york, but mostly atlanta, i have another kid on the way, so it's like a beautiful time in my life. >> we've not seen each other in years and years, probably since that time. so how have you found it all to be? you made the move, that's thet one thing, you have to make theh move, i remember saying that. i was one who did not do that, kept thinking about doing it. my path went a different way,ret but you made the move and made it work. >> the thing about, i guess the thing that happened me, i come from a familiar liz whose motto is get up -- family whose motto is get up. i like steak he be, i have to pay the -- inconsistent likeonsi steak, i have stto pay the bills -- i like steak, i have t pay the bills. i started doing commercials andd standup was available to me, and the got a chance to pull thehe curtain back and see the wizard. and it was all smoke andan mirrors, and who is leveragingri this and that, and i said okay,, let me learn what i can learn, and started a production comp

we are supposed to have a debate in atlanta.think it was a good move to not continue all the debates they are doing? >> i think it was strategic. look where we are on supertuesday, all the different states. for romney and paul it was strategic. romney doesn't have a chance in georgia. paul is strategic looking at the states where he could get a portion of the delegates. the states were winner take all. he's not interested. i think it was more of a strategic move to get the biggest bang for their buck on supertuesday. >> speaking of georgia, newt gingrich has to win in the state of georgia. he's getting a big infusion of money from the billion. he's going to give more money to newt gingrich. do you think he'll win in georgia and do you think he has a chance to win the nomination? >> i think he's going to win georgia. he has a good ground force. he was a congressman in the area for years. it was a huge mistake for romney and santorum to cancel on the cnn gop debate. they were tieing their fund raising to the debate and giving out

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we're going to go back to don lemon in atlanta. he's going to give a quick news update. >> piers and simon, thank you very much. stand by, everyone, who is watching around the world. i'm don lemon in atlanta. thank you for watching. breaking news tonight. one of the greatest voices of her generation, whitney houston has died. the grammy winning entertainer was just 48 years old. we've learned that from the beverly hills police department, and we have been honoring her all evening here, as soon as we got the information and mourning the loss to the world in general. i'm joined by piers morgan, my colleague here on cnn. if i could ask simon a question. i'm noticing on twitter and from the reaction i'm getting, a lot of young people looked up to whitney houston. she meant to much to so many young people, especially performers. >> you know, it was interesting, and i was thinking about this tonight, is that i started -- as i said, i've been doing this a long time and every singer who aspired to be great singer always looked up to whitne

we think dallas probably mostly rain-free and places like atlanta and snow for in detroit and placesicago. tomorrow's commute tonight. we will start out with the top five lists. snow, rain, and freezing rain. accumulation is light. san francisco on the storm number two. rain showers and wind. it will be really low for the cloud deck. we expect a lot of delays in san francisco. city number two, houston, texas. the showers and the thunderstorms for the storm. we are concerned about a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. keep that in mind and keep the safety plans in mind. city number one, don lemon. take a look at the tower cam. i will quiz you again this week. do you recognize that ball there? it's the reunion tower in dallas, texas. our worst city for travel, dallas looking for rain. >> beautiful shot. >> there snow flakes at the airport and don't see any in that picture. i don't know if you do. >> i don't see anything. beautiful shot and not so much for tomorrow morning's commute. you have been warned. jackie, thank you. appreciate it. we will get back to the story that's on so many