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cnn editorial producer nadia bilchik first introduced us to this story and then later today she broughtle of what women will or won't do for love or power. >> reporter: this is a woman who is actually related to kim james ii, churchill, and princess diana. she has so many titles that she does not need to courtesy or bow to the pope. >> wow. she's a big deal, is what you're telling me. >> she's a big deal and she is worth a lot of money. this will be her third husband, she's about 20 years her junior. he's had the odd nip and tuck. and she, when people come to spillane, celebrities come to spain, as you can see, they meet her. but the children are not happy that she wants to marry the social security worker, alfonzo diaz. >> what's their problem with him? >> they don't want to share any of their mother's billions. >> are they worried he's just after her mother, or are they just concerned they might get a lighter cut? >> both. it's got to the point where even the king juan carlos of spain has said, don't marry this man. so she has a solution. her solution, i will give my children, my six

. >>> and nadia bilchik is joining me on the morning passport.icks from atlanta. >> chinese use about 45 billion chopsticks a year. a gentleman saw the need and saw the fact that in china there is a shortage of trees and lumber. around 10 million houses are built every year in china. he finds in atlanta, georgia, poplar trees and sweetgum trees. he is making 600 chopsticks a minute. >> this is incredible. this was a man who was an immigrant and came to the united states. it is going around. >> isn't that true? the fact he is an immigrant and sees things differently. he exported to china for many years and saw the need. it is a testament that we have immigrants and diversity in the country. he now makes 2 million of the chopsticks a day. what is interesting in the form he makes them. they are considered not the finished product. if you take a look, they are the strips. he is export them at a cheaper rate than if it was the finished product. they go to factories where they are polished and finished. >> he is providing the raw goods. >> in abundance

nadia bilchik joins us.ponders and crews in japan cleaning up after the earthquake. they found about $48 million in untraceable cash? this is obviously a place that is cleaning up, to say the very least, and it is an awful situation. they could have kept this cash. what did they do? i'm guessing they didn't keep it. >> they handed it back to the people. it is not totally untraceable. there are about 57,000 saves that were found. in it were the bank books and land registries and title deeds. that was returned. what is extraordinary is the bags, purses and wallets that were found. of those, people found cash and literally 85% of the cash that was found has been returned. >> to whom? >> to people that they found identity in the wallets and purses. doesn't it take so much about japanese culture? going back to the japanese culture and people who know the japanese say this extraordinary kindness toward each other. >> and honesty. >> yes. from cities that are rebuilding to a city in china that is being built, as yo

nadia bilchik is joining me again this morning with our passport.nd the japanese they are constantly coming up with these incredible inventions. how are they coping with the heat? >> very difficult because it has been so hot and there's a real rationing of electricity. here you and i are sitting in this lovely cool studio. >> freezing. >> i noticed you had a wrap on earlier. with 80, 90 degrees outside. the opposite there. they only turn on the electricity if absolutely necessary. they say necessity is the mother of invention. and the japanese have come up with remarkable things. now, they spoke about the super cool campaign where they wore hawaiian shirts but the japanese like to be more formal. one of the things they've come up with, in fact, is a suit and underneath the suit there are pockets and in the pockets underneath the arm pits there are actual cooling devices. what you're seeing is an air conditioning unit in a jacket and there's actually an entire conditioning unit, a cable and a switch, and it runs on battery. this will keep your body c

. >>> nadia bilchik joins me for our morning passport. by tan is trying to copy rite a color. first i want to hear about the gold and diamond colored contact lenses. >> extraordinary. an optometrist in india. his wife came back from cosmetic dentistry and had diamonds in her teeth. what a good idea. what you're seeing is gold and diamond contact lenses inspired by the optometrist's wife. they're rather extraordinary because the kind of contact lens they're using is usually ursed if you have a problem with your eyes. >> that guy looks a little freaky. >> some say it looks a little freaky but it adds bling. it's going to be interesting to see. there are around $15,000. it will be interesting to see who can afford them. >> these aren't disposable. >> these are not disposable. there's controversy around them, saying do you want to use something medicinal for cosmetic purposes. remember the colored contact lens phase. >> sure. >> so now you really have a sparkle in your eye. so alina, i thought it would be interesting to see what alina cho wou