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"Gimmie a Minute"; Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry; Study Finds Alcohol Content in Beer Going Up; Chicago's Must-See Attractions
Aired October 15, 2004 - 08:29 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: It's all going to be OK.
Welcome back. Eight-thirty here in New York. Good morning.
Sanjay's here in a moment, putting on his so-called beer goggles, looking at a trend to increase the alcohol content in beer. What brands are doing it; what are the health implications -- the good doctor has some answers in a moment here.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: And why are they doing it -- interesting to know.
Also this morning...
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy, Pedro?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COLLINS: We just can't seem to hear enough of it. The tiny little soundbite that has added a new chapter to baseball's fierce rivalry. Pedro said it. Now the Red Sox are hearing it. Who's your daddy? Jeanne Moos looks at the birth of a rowdy phenomenon.
Makes it all a lot more...
HEMMER: Yankees 2-0. Yankees 2-0, right?
COLLINS: Yeah, 2-0.
HEMMER: Game three tonight.
COLLINS: Sox say it's not a problem.
HEMMER: We'll see.
COLLINS: Kelly Wallace is joining us now with the news this morning once again. Kelly, good morning.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. We begin in Tennessee. Emergency crews are at the site of a small plane crash never Jefferson City. Police have blocked off traffic and are evacuating a three-block area. around the wreckage. Officials say the pilot and co-pilot were the only people on board at the time of the crash. It is not clear if they were injured.
A jury in Louisiana has paved the way to sentence a convicted serial killer to death. Derrick Todd Lee has been found guilty in the murders of two women and is suspected in the deaths of six others. A jury yesterday rejected claims by the defense that Lee was mentally retarded. That now makes him eligible for the death penalty.
In just a few hours, the U.N. will elect five new members to its security council: Japan, Greece, Argentina, Tanzania, and Denmark will become non-permanent members on January 1st. The vote, though, is largely symbolic, as the decisions were made months ago. Officials say Japan will use the position to campaign for a permanent spot on the security council. Only five countries are permanent members, including the United States.
And an archaeological mystery is one step closer to being solved. Researchers in eastern Mongolia say they have unearthed Genghis Khan's palace and mausoleum. These images just in to CNN this morning. Researchers hope the discovery will lead them to the warrior's tomb, thought to be nearby. Genghis Khan died in 1227 after founding an empire that stretched from Europe across Asia. Fascinating discovery this morning!
COLLINS: Yeah!
HEMMER: And a very cool story.
WALLACE: Very cool story indeed. Yes.
HEMMER: And maybe we'll find his horse.
WALLACE: Lots more of that.
COLLINS: It's possible.
HEMMER: He had a few of those.
COLLINS: The Sox say it's possible...
(LAUGHTER)
HEMMER: Thank you, Kelly.
WALLACE: Always optimistic, right? Always.
HEMMER: Time for "Gimmie a Minute" right now on a Friday. From New York City, WABC radio host Mark Simone is back with us. Good morning, Mark.
MARK SIMONE, WABC RADIO HOST: Good morning. HEMMER: E. Jean Carroll, advice columnist and author of "Mr. Right, Right Now," also making her "Gimmie a Minute" debut. Pressure's on, Jean. Good morning.
E. JEAN CARROLL, AUTHOR, "MR. RIGHT, RIGHT NOW!": Good morning.
HEMMER: Also, from L.A., Mike Gibbons, producer/head writer for the "Late Late Show." Good morning, Mike. Good to have you with us, as well.
MIKE GIBBONS, PRODUCER/HEAD WRITER, "LATE LATE SHOW": ... good morning.
HEMMER: Let's start -- lets' start with politics. Mark, you start it off. Mary Cheney: fair game, or not?
SIMONE: Oh, absolutely not! I mean, not only did Kerry do that in the debate, but Mary Beth Cahill, the campaign manager, the next day actually says your daughter is fair game? I mean, for any parent, I don't -- even if you're vice president, what a horrifying feeling that must be.
HEMMER: What about that, Jean? Fair game, or not?
CARROLL: Mark, the Republicans, it's come back to sting them in the butt for the last two years. The president of the United States has made gay marriage, the amendment to the Constitution a core fight to rally around his base.
Then, John Kerry, very eloquently and very feelingly, mentioned with great respect the Cheneys' gay daughter, saying that God made her that way. And boom! Lynne acts like she's humiliated! And here is the...
HEMMER: You only got 10 seconds left, Jean.
CARROLL: Here's the crux: We want to hear from Mary. We want to hear from Mary.
HEMMER: That we do. Mike, what are they saying in L.A.?
GIBBONS: I don't think Mary -- I think Mary Cheney is sick of being outed. And I don't mean gay, I think she doesn't want people to remember that her parents are the Cheneys.
HEMMER: Jean, let's talk about another topic. Earlier in the week, John Edwards essentially said if John Kerry's president, Christopher Reeve will walk again. Did he cross the line?
CARROLL: Here is the thing I think about that. I think if Christopher Reeve is up in heaven, he's loving this, because his whole thing was to disturb, you know, the way we think of spinal injuries. And so, his work continues. And I think he'd be very happy with what John Edwards has said.
HEMMER: All right. How about it, Mark? SIMONE: Well, you know, they always say anything's possible if you don't know what you're talking about, and I think that's the case with Edwards. Because first of all, we don't know if stem-cell research will lead to anything. I'm all for it, and I hope it does.
But faith healing shouldn't be a big campaign issue. It was a dumb thing say. Know you know why Cheney wouldn't admit knowing him.
HEMMER: How about it, Mike?
GIBBONS: Please, the Bush team is just upset that sort of Kerry's in the lead again. Bush is accusing voters of being flip- floppers. And regarding -- why isn't Larry Flint's name come up in all of this?
HEMMER: Hey, there is still time, man! There's 18 days left.
GIBBONS: It's easy to name-drop Superman, but who is going to speak up for the paralyzed smut peddlers of the world?
HEMMER: Great point.
This movie about Senator Kerry is a few days from airing. Mark, want to go back to you. The FCC says it will not block it. Was that the right move, or should the government take action on this matter?
SIMONE: Well, you know, Michael Moore and company, I think even the DNC, were trying to get an airing of "Fahrenheit 9/11" the night before the election. I didn't hear any of these people object to that. In this case, you're talking about decorated military heroes, prisoners of war. I mean, who else has earned the right to be heard, if not these guys?
HEMMER: Jean?
CARROLL: I think we should have, starting tonight, 24 hours, every day right up to the election, every documentary that's ever been made. That's it.
HEMMER: Mike, you think people would watch that?
GIBBONS: Well, how boring must a documentary about Kerry be, first of all. But I think we can all be glad that they're not going to run a home movie of Bill O'Reilly's. I think we can all be grateful. There would be a lot of buzz about that.
HEMMER: All right. Under the radar, Jean, what did we miss this week?
CARROLL: You know what we missed? We missed -- we saw today about Nader on the front page of the "Times." What we've missed is the loathing among American women for Teresa Heinz Kerry. It's secret. It's riding right under the radar. I think it's going to have an affect on the election.
HEMMER: That's interesting. Mark, what about you? SIMONE: Well, you know, "The Army Times" -- they run the newspapers for the Army, the Navy, Marines -- they did a survey of the military to see who they'd vote for. And it was interesting, Bush won 4-1 over John Kerry.
HEMMER: Mike, wrap it up.
GIBBONS: All right. You know, we heard Saddam Hussein had a successful operation for a hernia, and he's being treated for high blood pressure. Here's my question: How does this guy have better health insurance than I do? Who do I have to kill? Who do I have to kill to get coverage?
HEMMER: Don't kill anyone, all right? Mike Gibbons, thanks.
GIBBONS: Thank you.
HEMMER: Mark Simone and E. Jean Carroll with us, as well.
SIMONE: Thanks.
CARROLL: Thank you.
HEMMER: Have a good weekend -- Heidi?
COLLINS: Want to check on the weather now. You mentioned insurance -- wish we had some insurance things were all going to be lovely across the entire country. But Chad Myers is going to tell us more now -- Chad?
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COLLINS: All right. Chad, thank you for that.
A new insult sweeping New York, and it stems from the intense rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
CNN's Jeanne Moos explains why every day is Father's Day these days at Yankee Stadium.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's an insult that gathered speed like a fastball.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
MOOS: Kids are even writing it on their cheeks.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy? I'm your daddy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy, Pedro?
MOOS: That would be Pedro Martinez, the Red Sox pitcher, who had to endure hearing the insult chanted by thousands of Yankee fans.
CROWD: Who's your daddy?
MOSS: There are "Who's your daddy" signs, "Who's your daddy" inspired headlines -- all because Martinez, in a weak moment after being defeated by New York earlier in the season, said he tips his hat to the Yankees.
PEDRO MARTINEZ, BOSTON RED SOX PITCHER: I called the Yankees my daddies.
MOOS: Some fans might have accepted the compliment graciously, but we're talking Yankee fans.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're slapping you around tonight, man. Pedro, who's your daddy?
MOOS: For a short time, Major League Baseball even sold this shirt, until complaints from Boston fans caused them to stop. But unofficial versions became the playoff's hottest T-shirts.
(on camera): And if you couldn't find a T-shirt, New York newspapers played sugar daddy and supplied "Who's your daddy" foldouts, one size fits most.
(voice-over): Linguists say the origin of the phrase is murky, that it conjures up meanings ranging from fatherless to pimp to sugar daddy to someone who likes getting spanked. But self-described daddies don't listen to linguists.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That means we own him. He belongs to us.
MOOS: Though some Yankee fans disapprove, for instance Jack Nicholson.
JACK NICHOLSON, ACTOR: I don't like that saying.
MOOS: And when you turn the tables...
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's my daddy? He's the one who got me tickets. So thanks, dad.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pedro's my baby.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My daddy is Jeanne Moos.
MOOS: He's our cameraman. There were daddies dressed up as Darth Vader...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am your daddy.
MOOS: ... and daddies dressed in diapers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We always give him a spanking. We're his daddy.
MOOS: If these are daddies, single motherhood never looked so good.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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COLLINS: That was a little bit of a frightening sight there.
HEMMER: Two-nothing, Yanks.
COLLINS: Yes. It's frightening...
HEMMER: You think so?
COLLINS: ... if you're a Sox person. I am neither, so I claim complete and total unbiasedness.
HEMMER: In a moment here, you may not know it, but you got a break this week at work. Andy's "Minding Your Business," explaining that in a moment when we continue here.
COLLINS: Plus, a special preview of our week in Chicago -- what spots you should hit if you're visiting, and where's the best place to grab a bite? That's the most important part.
HEMMER: Also, a lot of people probably think that all beers have the same alcohol content. Not true. We're paging the good doctor on that. Some tips on not getting too tipsy ahead in a moment.
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COLLINS: We're a nation of beer drinkers, that's for sure. Americans consume six billion gallons a year. But how much alcohol is in your beer of choice? Well, Sanjay Gupta is talking about this with us this morning from L.A. -- details of this new study that's come out here. Sanjay, good morning.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Heidi.
Yeah, you know, we had to check that number a couple of times. Six billion gallons a year just in the United States. That's a lot of beer. Sixty-seven billion dollars is what they spend on it, as well.
And here's the thing. A new study coming out of the Alcohol Research Group -- which is a pretty good job, by the way -- actually looks at the amount of beer -- amount of alcohol that's actually in these beers and finds that now, over time, the concentration of alcohol has been going up. Researchers say the increase is due to the popularity a lot of these special microbrew beers and also ice beers, as well. Take a look at some of the numbers: 5.9 percent alcohol in the ice beers; lighter beers, or the more normal beers, are going to have about 4.2 percent. Ice beers, incidentally, are made when you actually take away the ice crystals in the beer. It makes the beer a lot more clarified, they say. But as you're getting rid of some water, as well, your alcohol content goes up.
Over the years, Heidi, 4.2 percent was an average alcohol content in a lot of beers. Now with the addition of these ice beers and some of the other beers, 5.9 percent in some of those, alcohol concentration is going up.
So, when you think about beer, if you're out drinking, for one beer for example, it's not probably not going to make a big difference. But if you're drinking one of these specialty beers, it's really like drinking a beer-and-a-half in terms of the amount of alcohol content versus one of the normal beers. Something to think about, Heidi.
COLLINS: Yeah. We used to hear a lot about three-two beer, too. But this really does seems overall like a pretty small increase. Why so significant? Is it because of what you just said about a beer-and- a-half versus one beer?
GUPTA: Exactly. And you know, there is 37 different alcohol- related types of deaths out there. I mean, people think about accidents and car accidents and all sorts of different things.
Again, with one beer, it's not going to make as big a difference. But if you add in -- if you're drinking several of these 5.9 percent alcohol beers, you're going to be getting a lot more alcohol content overall. So, you know, again, about a beer-and-a-half to every beer with the iced beers. Just something to sort of keep in mind.
All beers aren't the same. Lot of people are paying attention to this. And there's probably going to be -- yeah, the Alcohol Research Group, for example, is saying that maybe we should have a national standard in terms of overall beer content, Heidi.
Oh, by the way -- well, Stella Beer, which is Bill Hemmer's favorite...
COLLINS: Yes, it is.
GUPTA: ... 5.2 percent. We looked that up, as well, for him.
COLLINS: Five point two. Explains a lot.
HEMMER: Only on draught, though, Sanjay.
GUPTA: Oh, well, see, he's the expert.
HEMMER: You know that.
GUPTA: Even at 5:30 in the morning, I'm not going to argue with him.
COLLINS: Quickly, Sanjay, before we let you go, take-home message of this study. What should people really be thinking about here?
GUPTA: Yeah, I think that, you know, beers have changed a lot over the years. And people are used to getting a quantifiable amount of alcohol in their beer. If you are drinking these microbrews, if you are drinking these iced beers, it's something to keep in mind that you're probably getting a lot more alcohol content than normal.
So, if you're going to be driving, operating any heavy machinery, for example, you're drinking a lot more than you think you might be, Heidi.
COLLINS: Be careful, drink responsibly as always. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, thank you.
HEMMER: Thank you.
COLLINS: Bill?
HEMMER: Hey, Heidi, have you heard? We're going to Chicago.
COLLINS: No, I hadn't heard that.
HEMMER: As a matter of fact, on Monday. On the road, live in the Windy City all next week. And because there are so many wonderful things to see in such a great town, Nilou Motamed, senior editor for "Travel + Leisure" magazine, my guest now here in New York to talk about the second city and the must-see list.
Great to see you again. It's a been a while.
NILOU MOTAMED, SR. EDITOR, "TRAVEL + LEISURE": It has been. Thank you.
HEMMER: First thing we have -- the must-see attraction is what?
MOTAMED: OK. Absolutely have to go to Millennium Park. It's brand new, just opened in July. It's an outdoor cultural center. There is a Frank Gehry-deigned music pavilion. There are amazing sculptures, including a couple from Anish Kapoor, the British sculptor -- a giant one you' re going to see and you're going to love. It's a giant steel orb. Definitely can't miss that.
HEMMER: A giant steel orb. Heidi, did you hear that?
COLLINS: Yeah. I'm going to be there live!
HEMMER: What day?
COLLINS: Well, I believe it's Wednesday...
HEMMER: Wednesday, OK. We'll check the schedule, because my information says Thursday. COLLINS: Well, I'm hearing from the director who is in charge. He says Wednesday.
HEMMER: What about museums and the Art Institute?
MOTAMED: You have to go to the Art Institute. There are over 200,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years. Don't miss the Edward Hopper "Nighthawks" or the Seurat, the great pointillist piece, "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte."
HEMMER: Again?
MOTAMED: I can say that again. "A Sunday at La Grande Jatte."
HEMMER: I like it, too. My friends really love the new naval pier.
MOTAMED: Yeah, the naval pier is amazing. One great thing about Chicago is it's on the lake front, Lake Michigan. It's so beautiful. And this is 50 acres of promenades and the world's largest Ferris wheel, 150 feet tall. You can't miss it.
HEMMER: And it sticks right out there on the lake.
MOTAMED: It does.
HEMMER: So, on the windy days, you can't avoid it, right?
MOTAMED: I know. You got to bundle up for that one.
HEMMER: What about shopping? You like Chicago better than New York.
MOTAMED: I know, it's crazy.
HEMMER: Blasphemy!
MOTAMED: I'm a New Yorker. It is heresy, but you know, Magnificent Mile is unbelievable shopping, whether you're doing upscale, doing the Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo -- they have it all.
HEMMER: Why is that better than trying to cash in on some of the deals down in SoHo?
MOTAMED: Well, you can do that, too. There's -- but I feel like for packed in -- I think between the fact they have Neimans, which we don't have here, Nordstrom's, a great Chicago landmark, I would definitely place my bets on Chicago.
HEMMER: All right. We're going to be there on Tuesday.
MOTAMED: Tell me how do you. And of course, there's the Sears Tower right there that you can't miss.
HEMMER: Very true, too. Chicago food...
MOTAMED: Oh, my God.
HEMMER: ... is right there near the top of the list.
MOTAMED: It absolutely is. Chicagoans are passionate about their food. They'll get into fist fights about hot dogs, and the Chicago hot dog is amazing. There is a place called Wiener Circle that you should definitely visit. And it's a little bit like the Soup Nazi in New York. You kind of have to trade a little bit of barbs and insults to get your hot hog.
I would definitely recommend going for deep dish pizza, which is 61 years old -- invented in Chicago...
HEMMER: You ever hear of Carmen's.
MOTAMED: Carmen's is good.
HEMMER: P.J. (ph) tells us Carmen's the best.
MOTAMED: Yeah, see, I like -- but there's a rivalry. Malnati's is also really great. So, I would recommend that.
And you can't go to Chicago without steak. Steak is essential. Gene and Georgetti's is my favorite and a favorite of Ole Blue Eyes. It's an old-school place outside the Loop, and there's a thing they have called the Garbage Salad, which is some salami, some shrimp, and a pile of lettuce. And you go to it.
HEMMER: I like it.
MOTAMED: Yeah. Bundle up, OK?
HEMMER: Thank you. We will do that, too. Nilou, great to see you, again, OK?
MOTAMED: Thanks so much.
HEMMER: Another reminder -- starting Monday morning, we'll be live in Chicago. Soledad comes back and rejoins us then. The major landmarks will be -- we'll hit them every day, as a matter of fact, starting Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern time. We are on the road next week.
Heidi, have you heard?
COLLINS: I've heard.
HEMMER: Going to Chicago.
COLLINS: Wednesday, Bill. Wednesday, Millennium Park.
HEMMER: All right. Now we know.
COLLINS: Going to be lovely.
Meanwhile, though, why some people have a better love life in their sleep. "The Cafferty File" just ahead here on AMERICAN MORNING.
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JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: If I had anybody who worked for me, I'd be looking forward to National Boss' Day. But since I don't, it doesn't matter.
Andy Serwer is here "Minding Your Business." Insurance industry under the gun again today. Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, got them in the crosshairs.
ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Yeah, sure does. And this is another one. He's taking on another big target. He took on Dick Grasso; now he's taking on the Greenberg family, AIG, Marsh & McLennan. A lot of ripple going on on Wall Street.
Let's check out what happened yesterday. Insurance stocks taking a toll on the Dow and the indexes here. GM weak, as well. Retail sales just came out though, Jack, up 1.5 percent.
CAFFERTY: That's pretty strong.
SERWER: That's very good. And you know why? Because I just said the economy is getting weaker. So, you know, this is what happens. I should keep doing things like that. So, that's very good news actually. Futures are up this morning, probably on that news.
Now let's talk a little bit about what's going on tomorrow, because it's a big day, Jack. It's a very big day. Tomorrow, Saturday -- Saturday -- is National Boss Day. And what are you supposed to do? Come to work? Are you supposed to come to work tomorrow? I'm not coming to work!
First of all, this holiday began in 1958. A woman named Patricia Bays Haroski at the State Farm Insurance Company invented it. Thank you, Patricia, for that.
OK, Hallmark has 47 cards, 14 million to be sent out. You know, our boss is Wil Surratt. We've talked about him. I actually snuck out on to his desk this morning, and I found out that some of us have been giving him cards, Jack. Jack!
Look at this one. We figured out a great way to improve our efficiency around here. "Dear Wilson, we hired our assistant to do our kissing up for us. Love, Jack." Love, Jack. You see him? Love, Jack.
OK, and here's another one. "A wish for" -- this is a sentimental one, a mushy one -- "A wish for you on Boss Day." "Dear Wil, with special thanks for being so nice to work for. A special wish for a happy day. Jack."
COLLINS: Jack, again?
SERWER: Jack, again!
CAFFERTY: Well, you know...
COLLINS: My, God! What's the deal?
SERWER: Then here's the jumbo one. "Wilson, this is to you from all of us. From all of our smiling faces!" We're not coming to work tomorrow, right?
HEMMER: Love, Jack.
SERWER: Love, Jack.
CAFFERTY: Well, you can't get too close to the seat of power.
How much screaming do you think we'd be hearing if National Secretary's Day was on Saturday?
SERWER: Yeah, it doesn't make any sense.
CAFFERTY: I mean, you'd be able to hear it there the bulletproof glass of this studio.
SERWER: There are -- 250 days of the year are National Boss Day, if you ask me.
CAFFERTY: Yeah.
SERWER: Right?
CAFFERTY: Yeah, I suppose.
On to the file. Former President Bush had some choice words about that left-wing nut case Michael Moore. When asked what he thought of Moore in an interview on Wednesday, Bush Sr. said this...
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH, FMR. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Total (expletive deleted). A slimeball. And outrageous in his lies about my family.
Any way I could make a stronger statement on Michael Moore? When I saw him sitting at the Democratic convention with Jimmy Carter and then on a thing with Ron Reagan, I said what in -- how -- what depths will they go to to dishonor the truth?
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SERWER: Tell us what you really think.
CAFFERTY: I mean, he's just -- he's terrific. I love that man.
Yesterday's issue of the "New Scientist" magazine has a story about a growing number of people who are admitting now they're just not that into sex. It's not about impotence or chastity or old fashioned abstinence, it's about a lack of interest. I was married to one of those once. Asexuals calling themselves "Glad to be A" are speaking out so people can understand that an absence of libido is not uncommon. AVEN, which is the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, even have T-shirts. Check this out. It says "Asexuality: Not Just For Amoebas Anymore." You can almost read what it says on there.
Finally, this woman apparently doesn't have a libido problem. A middle-aged woman in Sydney, Australia, sneaks out of her house at night to have sex with strangers. She says it's because of a sleeping disorder that causes her to sleepwalk. And she has no recollection of what she's doing. Her partner was aware of her tendencies to wander at night. \ On one occasion, he woke up, found she was gone from the bedroom, he searched the house, he found her in another room, quote, "engaged in such activity," unquote. Her doctor says this is a real problem and a legitimate disorder. Right.
SERWER: How is she going to get treated for that? How are the other people going to get treated for that in the previous thing you were talking about?
COLLINS: I love the flow of your stories today. They just really worked well.
CAFFERTY: Yeah, well -- that Bush 43 soundbite is pretty good.
SERWER: ... that again.
HEMMER: ... harsh words.
CAFFERTY: Slimeball, he called him.
COLLINS: Or something like that.
HEMMER: That it?
CAFFERTY: That's all I have at this time.
SERWER: Little worse than that.
HEMMER: In a moment here, the candidates hitting the road. We know that. All the important swing states. Michigan went Democratic in 2000. Could the Republicans have the upper hand now? A look at that with the governor of the State of Michigan when we continue.
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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: It's all going to be OK.
Welcome back. Eight-thirty here in New York. Good morning.
Sanjay's here in a moment, putting on his so-called beer goggles, looking at a trend to increase the alcohol content in beer. What brands are doing it; what are the health implications -- the good doctor has some answers in a moment here.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: And why are they doing it -- interesting to know.
Also this morning...
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy, Pedro?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COLLINS: We just can't seem to hear enough of it. The tiny little soundbite that has added a new chapter to baseball's fierce rivalry. Pedro said it. Now the Red Sox are hearing it. Who's your daddy? Jeanne Moos looks at the birth of a rowdy phenomenon.
Makes it all a lot more...
HEMMER: Yankees 2-0. Yankees 2-0, right?
COLLINS: Yeah, 2-0.
HEMMER: Game three tonight.
COLLINS: Sox say it's not a problem.
HEMMER: We'll see.
COLLINS: Kelly Wallace is joining us now with the news this morning once again. Kelly, good morning.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. We begin in Tennessee. Emergency crews are at the site of a small plane crash never Jefferson City. Police have blocked off traffic and are evacuating a three-block area. around the wreckage. Officials say the pilot and co-pilot were the only people on board at the time of the crash. It is not clear if they were injured.
A jury in Louisiana has paved the way to sentence a convicted serial killer to death. Derrick Todd Lee has been found guilty in the murders of two women and is suspected in the deaths of six others. A jury yesterday rejected claims by the defense that Lee was mentally retarded. That now makes him eligible for the death penalty.
In just a few hours, the U.N. will elect five new members to its security council: Japan, Greece, Argentina, Tanzania, and Denmark will become non-permanent members on January 1st. The vote, though, is largely symbolic, as the decisions were made months ago. Officials say Japan will use the position to campaign for a permanent spot on the security council. Only five countries are permanent members, including the United States.
And an archaeological mystery is one step closer to being solved. Researchers in eastern Mongolia say they have unearthed Genghis Khan's palace and mausoleum. These images just in to CNN this morning. Researchers hope the discovery will lead them to the warrior's tomb, thought to be nearby. Genghis Khan died in 1227 after founding an empire that stretched from Europe across Asia. Fascinating discovery this morning!
COLLINS: Yeah!
HEMMER: And a very cool story.
WALLACE: Very cool story indeed. Yes.
HEMMER: And maybe we'll find his horse.
WALLACE: Lots more of that.
COLLINS: It's possible.
HEMMER: He had a few of those.
COLLINS: The Sox say it's possible...
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HEMMER: Thank you, Kelly.
WALLACE: Always optimistic, right? Always.
HEMMER: Time for "Gimmie a Minute" right now on a Friday. From New York City, WABC radio host Mark Simone is back with us. Good morning, Mark.
MARK SIMONE, WABC RADIO HOST: Good morning. HEMMER: E. Jean Carroll, advice columnist and author of "Mr. Right, Right Now," also making her "Gimmie a Minute" debut. Pressure's on, Jean. Good morning.
E. JEAN CARROLL, AUTHOR, "MR. RIGHT, RIGHT NOW!": Good morning.
HEMMER: Also, from L.A., Mike Gibbons, producer/head writer for the "Late Late Show." Good morning, Mike. Good to have you with us, as well.
MIKE GIBBONS, PRODUCER/HEAD WRITER, "LATE LATE SHOW": ... good morning.
HEMMER: Let's start -- lets' start with politics. Mark, you start it off. Mary Cheney: fair game, or not?
SIMONE: Oh, absolutely not! I mean, not only did Kerry do that in the debate, but Mary Beth Cahill, the campaign manager, the next day actually says your daughter is fair game? I mean, for any parent, I don't -- even if you're vice president, what a horrifying feeling that must be.
HEMMER: What about that, Jean? Fair game, or not?
CARROLL: Mark, the Republicans, it's come back to sting them in the butt for the last two years. The president of the United States has made gay marriage, the amendment to the Constitution a core fight to rally around his base.
Then, John Kerry, very eloquently and very feelingly, mentioned with great respect the Cheneys' gay daughter, saying that God made her that way. And boom! Lynne acts like she's humiliated! And here is the...
HEMMER: You only got 10 seconds left, Jean.
CARROLL: Here's the crux: We want to hear from Mary. We want to hear from Mary.
HEMMER: That we do. Mike, what are they saying in L.A.?
GIBBONS: I don't think Mary -- I think Mary Cheney is sick of being outed. And I don't mean gay, I think she doesn't want people to remember that her parents are the Cheneys.
HEMMER: Jean, let's talk about another topic. Earlier in the week, John Edwards essentially said if John Kerry's president, Christopher Reeve will walk again. Did he cross the line?
CARROLL: Here is the thing I think about that. I think if Christopher Reeve is up in heaven, he's loving this, because his whole thing was to disturb, you know, the way we think of spinal injuries. And so, his work continues. And I think he'd be very happy with what John Edwards has said.
HEMMER: All right. How about it, Mark? SIMONE: Well, you know, they always say anything's possible if you don't know what you're talking about, and I think that's the case with Edwards. Because first of all, we don't know if stem-cell research will lead to anything. I'm all for it, and I hope it does.
But faith healing shouldn't be a big campaign issue. It was a dumb thing say. Know you know why Cheney wouldn't admit knowing him.
HEMMER: How about it, Mike?
GIBBONS: Please, the Bush team is just upset that sort of Kerry's in the lead again. Bush is accusing voters of being flip- floppers. And regarding -- why isn't Larry Flint's name come up in all of this?
HEMMER: Hey, there is still time, man! There's 18 days left.
GIBBONS: It's easy to name-drop Superman, but who is going to speak up for the paralyzed smut peddlers of the world?
HEMMER: Great point.
This movie about Senator Kerry is a few days from airing. Mark, want to go back to you. The FCC says it will not block it. Was that the right move, or should the government take action on this matter?
SIMONE: Well, you know, Michael Moore and company, I think even the DNC, were trying to get an airing of "Fahrenheit 9/11" the night before the election. I didn't hear any of these people object to that. In this case, you're talking about decorated military heroes, prisoners of war. I mean, who else has earned the right to be heard, if not these guys?
HEMMER: Jean?
CARROLL: I think we should have, starting tonight, 24 hours, every day right up to the election, every documentary that's ever been made. That's it.
HEMMER: Mike, you think people would watch that?
GIBBONS: Well, how boring must a documentary about Kerry be, first of all. But I think we can all be glad that they're not going to run a home movie of Bill O'Reilly's. I think we can all be grateful. There would be a lot of buzz about that.
HEMMER: All right. Under the radar, Jean, what did we miss this week?
CARROLL: You know what we missed? We missed -- we saw today about Nader on the front page of the "Times." What we've missed is the loathing among American women for Teresa Heinz Kerry. It's secret. It's riding right under the radar. I think it's going to have an affect on the election.
HEMMER: That's interesting. Mark, what about you? SIMONE: Well, you know, "The Army Times" -- they run the newspapers for the Army, the Navy, Marines -- they did a survey of the military to see who they'd vote for. And it was interesting, Bush won 4-1 over John Kerry.
HEMMER: Mike, wrap it up.
GIBBONS: All right. You know, we heard Saddam Hussein had a successful operation for a hernia, and he's being treated for high blood pressure. Here's my question: How does this guy have better health insurance than I do? Who do I have to kill? Who do I have to kill to get coverage?
HEMMER: Don't kill anyone, all right? Mike Gibbons, thanks.
GIBBONS: Thank you.
HEMMER: Mark Simone and E. Jean Carroll with us, as well.
SIMONE: Thanks.
CARROLL: Thank you.
HEMMER: Have a good weekend -- Heidi?
COLLINS: Want to check on the weather now. You mentioned insurance -- wish we had some insurance things were all going to be lovely across the entire country. But Chad Myers is going to tell us more now -- Chad?
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COLLINS: All right. Chad, thank you for that.
A new insult sweeping New York, and it stems from the intense rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
CNN's Jeanne Moos explains why every day is Father's Day these days at Yankee Stadium.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's an insult that gathered speed like a fastball.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
MOOS: Kids are even writing it on their cheeks.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy? I'm your daddy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's your daddy, Pedro?
MOOS: That would be Pedro Martinez, the Red Sox pitcher, who had to endure hearing the insult chanted by thousands of Yankee fans.
CROWD: Who's your daddy?
MOSS: There are "Who's your daddy" signs, "Who's your daddy" inspired headlines -- all because Martinez, in a weak moment after being defeated by New York earlier in the season, said he tips his hat to the Yankees.
PEDRO MARTINEZ, BOSTON RED SOX PITCHER: I called the Yankees my daddies.
MOOS: Some fans might have accepted the compliment graciously, but we're talking Yankee fans.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're slapping you around tonight, man. Pedro, who's your daddy?
MOOS: For a short time, Major League Baseball even sold this shirt, until complaints from Boston fans caused them to stop. But unofficial versions became the playoff's hottest T-shirts.
(on camera): And if you couldn't find a T-shirt, New York newspapers played sugar daddy and supplied "Who's your daddy" foldouts, one size fits most.
(voice-over): Linguists say the origin of the phrase is murky, that it conjures up meanings ranging from fatherless to pimp to sugar daddy to someone who likes getting spanked. But self-described daddies don't listen to linguists.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That means we own him. He belongs to us.
MOOS: Though some Yankee fans disapprove, for instance Jack Nicholson.
JACK NICHOLSON, ACTOR: I don't like that saying.
MOOS: And when you turn the tables...
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who's my daddy? He's the one who got me tickets. So thanks, dad.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Who's your daddy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pedro's my baby.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My daddy is Jeanne Moos.
MOOS: He's our cameraman. There were daddies dressed up as Darth Vader...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am your daddy.
MOOS: ... and daddies dressed in diapers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We always give him a spanking. We're his daddy.
MOOS: If these are daddies, single motherhood never looked so good.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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COLLINS: That was a little bit of a frightening sight there.
HEMMER: Two-nothing, Yanks.
COLLINS: Yes. It's frightening...
HEMMER: You think so?
COLLINS: ... if you're a Sox person. I am neither, so I claim complete and total unbiasedness.
HEMMER: In a moment here, you may not know it, but you got a break this week at work. Andy's "Minding Your Business," explaining that in a moment when we continue here.
COLLINS: Plus, a special preview of our week in Chicago -- what spots you should hit if you're visiting, and where's the best place to grab a bite? That's the most important part.
HEMMER: Also, a lot of people probably think that all beers have the same alcohol content. Not true. We're paging the good doctor on that. Some tips on not getting too tipsy ahead in a moment.
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COLLINS: We're a nation of beer drinkers, that's for sure. Americans consume six billion gallons a year. But how much alcohol is in your beer of choice? Well, Sanjay Gupta is talking about this with us this morning from L.A. -- details of this new study that's come out here. Sanjay, good morning.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Heidi.
Yeah, you know, we had to check that number a couple of times. Six billion gallons a year just in the United States. That's a lot of beer. Sixty-seven billion dollars is what they spend on it, as well.
And here's the thing. A new study coming out of the Alcohol Research Group -- which is a pretty good job, by the way -- actually looks at the amount of beer -- amount of alcohol that's actually in these beers and finds that now, over time, the concentration of alcohol has been going up. Researchers say the increase is due to the popularity a lot of these special microbrew beers and also ice beers, as well. Take a look at some of the numbers: 5.9 percent alcohol in the ice beers; lighter beers, or the more normal beers, are going to have about 4.2 percent. Ice beers, incidentally, are made when you actually take away the ice crystals in the beer. It makes the beer a lot more clarified, they say. But as you're getting rid of some water, as well, your alcohol content goes up.
Over the years, Heidi, 4.2 percent was an average alcohol content in a lot of beers. Now with the addition of these ice beers and some of the other beers, 5.9 percent in some of those, alcohol concentration is going up.
So, when you think about beer, if you're out drinking, for one beer for example, it's not probably not going to make a big difference. But if you're drinking one of these specialty beers, it's really like drinking a beer-and-a-half in terms of the amount of alcohol content versus one of the normal beers. Something to think about, Heidi.
COLLINS: Yeah. We used to hear a lot about three-two beer, too. But this really does seems overall like a pretty small increase. Why so significant? Is it because of what you just said about a beer-and- a-half versus one beer?
GUPTA: Exactly. And you know, there is 37 different alcohol- related types of deaths out there. I mean, people think about accidents and car accidents and all sorts of different things.
Again, with one beer, it's not going to make as big a difference. But if you add in -- if you're drinking several of these 5.9 percent alcohol beers, you're going to be getting a lot more alcohol content overall. So, you know, again, about a beer-and-a-half to every beer with the iced beers. Just something to sort of keep in mind.
All beers aren't the same. Lot of people are paying attention to this. And there's probably going to be -- yeah, the Alcohol Research Group, for example, is saying that maybe we should have a national standard in terms of overall beer content, Heidi.
Oh, by the way -- well, Stella Beer, which is Bill Hemmer's favorite...
COLLINS: Yes, it is.
GUPTA: ... 5.2 percent. We looked that up, as well, for him.
COLLINS: Five point two. Explains a lot.
HEMMER: Only on draught, though, Sanjay.
GUPTA: Oh, well, see, he's the expert.
HEMMER: You know that.
GUPTA: Even at 5:30 in the morning, I'm not going to argue with him.
COLLINS: Quickly, Sanjay, before we let you go, take-home message of this study. What should people really be thinking about here?
GUPTA: Yeah, I think that, you know, beers have changed a lot over the years. And people are used to getting a quantifiable amount of alcohol in their beer. If you are drinking these microbrews, if you are drinking these iced beers, it's something to keep in mind that you're probably getting a lot more alcohol content than normal.
So, if you're going to be driving, operating any heavy machinery, for example, you're drinking a lot more than you think you might be, Heidi.
COLLINS: Be careful, drink responsibly as always. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, thank you.
HEMMER: Thank you.
COLLINS: Bill?
HEMMER: Hey, Heidi, have you heard? We're going to Chicago.
COLLINS: No, I hadn't heard that.
HEMMER: As a matter of fact, on Monday. On the road, live in the Windy City all next week. And because there are so many wonderful things to see in such a great town, Nilou Motamed, senior editor for "Travel + Leisure" magazine, my guest now here in New York to talk about the second city and the must-see list.
Great to see you again. It's a been a while.
NILOU MOTAMED, SR. EDITOR, "TRAVEL + LEISURE": It has been. Thank you.
HEMMER: First thing we have -- the must-see attraction is what?
MOTAMED: OK. Absolutely have to go to Millennium Park. It's brand new, just opened in July. It's an outdoor cultural center. There is a Frank Gehry-deigned music pavilion. There are amazing sculptures, including a couple from Anish Kapoor, the British sculptor -- a giant one you' re going to see and you're going to love. It's a giant steel orb. Definitely can't miss that.
HEMMER: A giant steel orb. Heidi, did you hear that?
COLLINS: Yeah. I'm going to be there live!
HEMMER: What day?
COLLINS: Well, I believe it's Wednesday...
HEMMER: Wednesday, OK. We'll check the schedule, because my information says Thursday. COLLINS: Well, I'm hearing from the director who is in charge. He says Wednesday.
HEMMER: What about museums and the Art Institute?
MOTAMED: You have to go to the Art Institute. There are over 200,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years. Don't miss the Edward Hopper "Nighthawks" or the Seurat, the great pointillist piece, "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte."
HEMMER: Again?
MOTAMED: I can say that again. "A Sunday at La Grande Jatte."
HEMMER: I like it, too. My friends really love the new naval pier.
MOTAMED: Yeah, the naval pier is amazing. One great thing about Chicago is it's on the lake front, Lake Michigan. It's so beautiful. And this is 50 acres of promenades and the world's largest Ferris wheel, 150 feet tall. You can't miss it.
HEMMER: And it sticks right out there on the lake.
MOTAMED: It does.
HEMMER: So, on the windy days, you can't avoid it, right?
MOTAMED: I know. You got to bundle up for that one.
HEMMER: What about shopping? You like Chicago better than New York.
MOTAMED: I know, it's crazy.
HEMMER: Blasphemy!
MOTAMED: I'm a New Yorker. It is heresy, but you know, Magnificent Mile is unbelievable shopping, whether you're doing upscale, doing the Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo -- they have it all.
HEMMER: Why is that better than trying to cash in on some of the deals down in SoHo?
MOTAMED: Well, you can do that, too. There's -- but I feel like for packed in -- I think between the fact they have Neimans, which we don't have here, Nordstrom's, a great Chicago landmark, I would definitely place my bets on Chicago.
HEMMER: All right. We're going to be there on Tuesday.
MOTAMED: Tell me how do you. And of course, there's the Sears Tower right there that you can't miss.
HEMMER: Very true, too. Chicago food...
MOTAMED: Oh, my God.
HEMMER: ... is right there near the top of the list.
MOTAMED: It absolutely is. Chicagoans are passionate about their food. They'll get into fist fights about hot dogs, and the Chicago hot dog is amazing. There is a place called Wiener Circle that you should definitely visit. And it's a little bit like the Soup Nazi in New York. You kind of have to trade a little bit of barbs and insults to get your hot hog.
I would definitely recommend going for deep dish pizza, which is 61 years old -- invented in Chicago...
HEMMER: You ever hear of Carmen's.
MOTAMED: Carmen's is good.
HEMMER: P.J. (ph) tells us Carmen's the best.
MOTAMED: Yeah, see, I like -- but there's a rivalry. Malnati's is also really great. So, I would recommend that.
And you can't go to Chicago without steak. Steak is essential. Gene and Georgetti's is my favorite and a favorite of Ole Blue Eyes. It's an old-school place outside the Loop, and there's a thing they have called the Garbage Salad, which is some salami, some shrimp, and a pile of lettuce. And you go to it.
HEMMER: I like it.
MOTAMED: Yeah. Bundle up, OK?
HEMMER: Thank you. We will do that, too. Nilou, great to see you, again, OK?
MOTAMED: Thanks so much.
HEMMER: Another reminder -- starting Monday morning, we'll be live in Chicago. Soledad comes back and rejoins us then. The major landmarks will be -- we'll hit them every day, as a matter of fact, starting Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern time. We are on the road next week.
Heidi, have you heard?
COLLINS: I've heard.
HEMMER: Going to Chicago.
COLLINS: Wednesday, Bill. Wednesday, Millennium Park.
HEMMER: All right. Now we know.
COLLINS: Going to be lovely.
Meanwhile, though, why some people have a better love life in their sleep. "The Cafferty File" just ahead here on AMERICAN MORNING.
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JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: If I had anybody who worked for me, I'd be looking forward to National Boss' Day. But since I don't, it doesn't matter.
Andy Serwer is here "Minding Your Business." Insurance industry under the gun again today. Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, got them in the crosshairs.
ANDY SERWER, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Yeah, sure does. And this is another one. He's taking on another big target. He took on Dick Grasso; now he's taking on the Greenberg family, AIG, Marsh & McLennan. A lot of ripple going on on Wall Street.
Let's check out what happened yesterday. Insurance stocks taking a toll on the Dow and the indexes here. GM weak, as well. Retail sales just came out though, Jack, up 1.5 percent.
CAFFERTY: That's pretty strong.
SERWER: That's very good. And you know why? Because I just said the economy is getting weaker. So, you know, this is what happens. I should keep doing things like that. So, that's very good news actually. Futures are up this morning, probably on that news.
Now let's talk a little bit about what's going on tomorrow, because it's a big day, Jack. It's a very big day. Tomorrow, Saturday -- Saturday -- is National Boss Day. And what are you supposed to do? Come to work? Are you supposed to come to work tomorrow? I'm not coming to work!
First of all, this holiday began in 1958. A woman named Patricia Bays Haroski at the State Farm Insurance Company invented it. Thank you, Patricia, for that.
OK, Hallmark has 47 cards, 14 million to be sent out. You know, our boss is Wil Surratt. We've talked about him. I actually snuck out on to his desk this morning, and I found out that some of us have been giving him cards, Jack. Jack!
Look at this one. We figured out a great way to improve our efficiency around here. "Dear Wilson, we hired our assistant to do our kissing up for us. Love, Jack." Love, Jack. You see him? Love, Jack.
OK, and here's another one. "A wish for" -- this is a sentimental one, a mushy one -- "A wish for you on Boss Day." "Dear Wil, with special thanks for being so nice to work for. A special wish for a happy day. Jack."
COLLINS: Jack, again?
SERWER: Jack, again!
CAFFERTY: Well, you know...
COLLINS: My, God! What's the deal?
SERWER: Then here's the jumbo one. "Wilson, this is to you from all of us. From all of our smiling faces!" We're not coming to work tomorrow, right?
HEMMER: Love, Jack.
SERWER: Love, Jack.
CAFFERTY: Well, you can't get too close to the seat of power.
How much screaming do you think we'd be hearing if National Secretary's Day was on Saturday?
SERWER: Yeah, it doesn't make any sense.
CAFFERTY: I mean, you'd be able to hear it there the bulletproof glass of this studio.
SERWER: There are -- 250 days of the year are National Boss Day, if you ask me.
CAFFERTY: Yeah.
SERWER: Right?
CAFFERTY: Yeah, I suppose.
On to the file. Former President Bush had some choice words about that left-wing nut case Michael Moore. When asked what he thought of Moore in an interview on Wednesday, Bush Sr. said this...
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH, FMR. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Total (expletive deleted). A slimeball. And outrageous in his lies about my family.
Any way I could make a stronger statement on Michael Moore? When I saw him sitting at the Democratic convention with Jimmy Carter and then on a thing with Ron Reagan, I said what in -- how -- what depths will they go to to dishonor the truth?
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SERWER: Tell us what you really think.
CAFFERTY: I mean, he's just -- he's terrific. I love that man.
Yesterday's issue of the "New Scientist" magazine has a story about a growing number of people who are admitting now they're just not that into sex. It's not about impotence or chastity or old fashioned abstinence, it's about a lack of interest. I was married to one of those once. Asexuals calling themselves "Glad to be A" are speaking out so people can understand that an absence of libido is not uncommon. AVEN, which is the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, even have T-shirts. Check this out. It says "Asexuality: Not Just For Amoebas Anymore." You can almost read what it says on there.
Finally, this woman apparently doesn't have a libido problem. A middle-aged woman in Sydney, Australia, sneaks out of her house at night to have sex with strangers. She says it's because of a sleeping disorder that causes her to sleepwalk. And she has no recollection of what she's doing. Her partner was aware of her tendencies to wander at night. \ On one occasion, he woke up, found she was gone from the bedroom, he searched the house, he found her in another room, quote, "engaged in such activity," unquote. Her doctor says this is a real problem and a legitimate disorder. Right.
SERWER: How is she going to get treated for that? How are the other people going to get treated for that in the previous thing you were talking about?
COLLINS: I love the flow of your stories today. They just really worked well.
CAFFERTY: Yeah, well -- that Bush 43 soundbite is pretty good.
SERWER: ... that again.
HEMMER: ... harsh words.
CAFFERTY: Slimeball, he called him.
COLLINS: Or something like that.
HEMMER: That it?
CAFFERTY: That's all I have at this time.
SERWER: Little worse than that.
HEMMER: In a moment here, the candidates hitting the road. We know that. All the important swing states. Michigan went Democratic in 2000. Could the Republicans have the upper hand now? A look at that with the governor of the State of Michigan when we continue.
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