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Laguna Beach Landslide; "Paging Dr. Gupta"
Aired June 02, 2005 - 11:31 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We are just a minute past the half hour. Good morning once again. I'm Daryn Kagan. Here's what's happening "Now in the News."
Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks choked up and told a judge she is truly sorry for her actions. Wilbanks and her fiancee appeared inside a Lawrenceville, Georgia, courtroom this morning. She is charged with a felony count of lying to police. Wilbanks was sentenced to two years probation, 120 hours of community service and ordered to continue mental health treatment.
Looking for ways to economize, Northwest Airlines is eliminating magazines from its flights and passenger lounges. That move is expected to save more than $500,000 a year. Over the weekend, Northwest started charging passengers a $2 a bag sky cap fee. United Airlines has been charging for that service since November.
New fall-out in the report the United Nation's scandal-plagued oil-for-food program. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has fired a staff member for allegedly aiding a British firm in the bidding process. Joseph Stephanides immediately vowed to appeal his firing.
The final day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is underway. Fewer than four dozen contestants still in the running. The first speller eliminated today was a sixth grader who missed the word ligniperdous. Ligniperdous? OK. A word that is used to describe something that destroys wood.
We are keeping you informed, if not spelling. CNN, the most trusted name in N-E-W-S.
At least 18 homes crushed, 1,000 people evacuated and now a real possibility of even more mudslides in Southern California.
Our Chris Lawrence joins us now from Laguna Beach. Chris, good morning. Not so good for a lot of folks there, though.
CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Daryn, of all the days for this to happen, it has been steadily drizzling all morning. In fact, it's coming down a little bit harder now than it was even a few hours ago, which is about the worst thing to happen for that soil has already been so loosened lately.
Last night scientists went around and they put measuring devices around this entire affected area. Within the next few hours, they're going to be checking those devices just to see how much the ground has moved. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LAWRENCE (voice-over): Some homes cracked in half as the ground gave way. Others appeared to stay intact, even as they slid down this hillside.
JILL LOCKHART, HOME DESTROYED IN LANDSLIDE: We ran down the front side of the mountain , and we could hear this house collapsing behind us, sinking in, and I guess the driveway moved 200 feet down as we were running down it.
LAWRENCE: And the ground could keep moving for the next few weeks.
CAPT. DANELL ADAMS, LAGUNA BEACH P.D.: I certainly encourage people, one, to leave the area, and, two, to stay out of the area.
LAWRENCE: Vera Martinez doesn't have a choice.
VERA MARTINEZ, EVACUATED FROM HOME: My house is right above there.
LAWRENCE: Her home has been red tagged, which means it could collapse at any time. And the frightening this is, if that happens, she's got no insurance coverage.
MARTINEZ: What angers me, is that there is no company that will offer any kind of landslide insurance.
LAWRENCE: Insurance companies won't cover mudslides, which fall under so-called "acts of God." Laguna's been dry for the past month, but this winter dumped more than 28 inches of rain, twice what the town sees in a normal year. Geologists say that water never drained, and slowly destabilized the soil.
MARTINEZ: It's about Mother Nature saying, you know, pay attention to me a little bit more, don't build here; don't build here.
LAWRENCE: But people have and always will, because someone will always want to wake up to this view.
Here's what this hillside looked like before the landslide. And here is what it looks like now. Laguna Beach has some prime ocean- front property, but sometimes it comes at an incredible price.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LAWRENCE: Within the next few hours, firefighters may decide whether or not they'll be able to go back into some of these homes, just to check things out. A lot of people had cats and dogs that were trapped inside. And there's somewhat of a misconception. People look at this, and say, oh Laguna Beach, these millionaires and their huge homes. Well, there's a difference between having millions of dollars in the bank and having a house that's worth a million.
Really, some of these homes have -- are fairly small, not what you would think of as a million dollar home. It's just that the property values here have exploded so much. They've got a lot of equity in the homes, but if they can't go back in there and you can't rebuild on that spot, a lot of these families are going to be in a lot of trouble -- Daryn.
KAGAN: And as you were saying -- I mean, good point about just absolutely out of control Southern California real estate market. And as you were telling us in the last hour, most of these people do not have insurance that covers landslides. So they're stuck.
LAWRENCE: Yes. Yes, a lot of people are going to be -- you know, when you figure how much of your net worth is tied up in your home's equity and all of a sudden you don't have the home and that land is worth a lot, but all of a sudden you can't build on it anymore, you know, a lot of people are going to really have to figure out a lot of things over the next few weeks and months.
KAGAN: All right. Chris Lawrence in Laguna Beach, thank you.
What we want to figure to figure out right now is what's happening in the science and what makes the ground give way like that. For that, we called on the science guy, Bill Nye, joining me from Los Angeles. Bill, good morning.
BILL NYE, "THE SCIENCE GUY": Good morning, Daryn.
KAGAN: You, I know, are a recent transplant to the Southern California. You surprised where you see people build all over your new hometown?
NYE: No. This is something that goes on all the time around here. And one of the things you wonder, as a voter and taxpayer, is how do we let this happen? And so I guess it's roughly that people have a pretty short memory in geologic terms. You know, the last time we had very big rains around here was about 40 years ago, which is a long time for -- in human terms, but not very long at all in geologic terms.
KAGAN: So, if you were giving a science lesson to developers before they put up these houses, which -- incredible views. It is a beautiful place. What would you explain to them can happen and appears did happen to the ground underneath these homes?
NYE: That is a great question.
KAGAN: Well, thank you, Bill.
NYE: Can I start out with a fabulous word.
KAGAN: Please.
NYE: Thixotropic.
KAGAN: I love the word. They should use it in the spelling bee.
NYE: They should. KAGAN: But we won't you spell it.
NYE: T-H-I-X-O-tropic. Yes, and so this is a material that is not like oil or water. It has this other property. And that is when you sheer it, when do this with it, it sticks together for a while and then it breaks loose. And you say, well, I've never heard of anything that's thixotropic. What a crazy word. Don't bring that up with me. And I would say, oh, yes you have. The classic example is ketchup.
KAGAN: And you -- just by chance, would you happen to have a bottle of ketchup with you today?
NYE: Yes, I do, yes. So I just, every -- just notice, you're familiar, everyone's familiar with this. The ketchup will sit there, dripping a little bit. It will lock up, it will seize. There you go. And then if you give it a whack, that's when it all breaks loose at once. Yes. And so this is what happens to these clay soils in Southern California. They sit there for a long time and then once they start to break loose, it all comes apart at once.
And there's another thing to appreciate about underground water. It's not just muddy. It's not just soaked, like a sponge. Instead, the water forms channels. And these channels resemble a river delta or something like that. There you go. And this kind of pattern is generally called a braided river, like you braid your hair. And so imagine this same pattern, invisible to you, underground, subterranean.
KAGAN: So even though you can't see it, there's still stuff happening underground. Now we saw La Conchita. That's about three, four hours north of where Laguna Beach is.
NYE: Yes, 80 miles, yes.
KAGAN: Yes, closer to Santa Barbara, earlier this year. And now we're seeing this. This is La Conchita. That happened in January. Now we're seeing Laguna Beach. Do you think with all the rain and how Southern California has built up, we're going to be seeing this again, Bill?
NYE: Oh, yes. And if you like to worry, and I know I do, imagine an earthquake happening in this same kind of soil. And earthquakes happen around here all the time. And so these things that are already not so stable are going to get shaken loose. And the thing about the channelization underground is it makes these big slabs come loose, what are recalled scarps or scarping. And that's how you get the house, seeming to be intact, just running downhill on a big sled of clay.
Now, not to get alarmist and crazy, but, you know, if global climate change is caused by humans, this pattern of extra rainfall is consistent with climate models predicting disruption in rainfall. So Southern California could get, if you will, in a sense, extra rain and exacerbate this problem.
KAGAN: And we'll have to be watching for that. NYE: And I'm hoping...
KAGAN: I'm sorry, Bill, we're short on time. You know we could talk to you.
NYE: Oh, yes, good. Good to see you. Thixotropic.
KAGAN: Thixotropic. Thank you for the word, the explanation, and of course the ketchup bottle.
NYE: Good morning.
KAGAN: Good morning to you, Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Thank you, Bill.
How to gain trust. Soon could you get it out of a bottle? Well, is there a link between over-the-counter pain relievers and breast cancer? Those stories coming up in our "Daily Dose." That's next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: Let's get some medical news in now. In our "Daily Dose," pregnant women know all about Patosen (ph). The synthetic hormone induces contractions. Well, now researchers say that Patosen, or it's natural form, which is called Oxytocin may help build trust. The hormone seems to stimulates that part of the brain that controls inhibitions. Researchers say that Patosen could help shy people. Patients with diminished trust, such as autism, could benefit as well.
If you had chicken pox as a child, you probably know that the dormant virus can pop up again as shingles. Researchers say that an experimental vaccine helps ward off painfully itchy skin rashes or blisters in about half of the study's participants, and those who did get shingles with the vaccine had a milder and shorter case. About a million Americans get shingles every year. A case can last as long as five weeks.
New research shows some longer term use of some over-the-counter pain relievers may have a link to breast cancer.
Here now our senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta with the findings.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Well, it's been known for some time that painkillers like Aspirin and Ibuprofen not only reduce pain and prevent heart disease, but may also prevent cancer. For example, listen to this, studies have already shown that Aspirin produces certain polyps, which could be pre-cancers for colon cancer.
The question was this, could these same pain relievers also reduce the risk of breast cancer. Well, researchers at the University of Southern California decided to put that to the test; 114,000 women between the ages of 22 and 35 are part of what was called the California Teacher's Study.
At the beginning of the study, they were all breast-cancer free. Six years later, nearly 2,400 of these woman had breast cancer. When they asked these women about their use of pain relievers, what they found was kind of surprising, women taking Ibuprofen every day for more than five years had a 50 percent higher risk for breast cancer, and woman taking Aspirin daily for more than five years daily had an 80 percent increased risk for a certain type of breast cancer as well.
Now researchers are being very careful here not to say that these painkillers cause breast cancer. They also want to make it clear that this particular really can't be explained. In fact, the American Cancer Society points out there have been at least 20 previous studies, and none of them have ever reported such an increased risk. So the question really for you at home is this, what are you going to do? Well, if you're taking Ibuprofen or Aspirin for pain relief or to prevent heart disease, you should continue to do so.
But if you're taking these drugs as a prevent breast cancer, doctors say the verdict is still out on that one. So, as always, if you have any concerns, ask your doctor.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: Your "Daily Dose" is always just a click away. Log on to CNN.com/health for the latest medical news. You will also find special reports and a health library.
Internet pornography may be about to go through a change, not a legal one, more of an address change. Details on that coming up next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: Well, everyone who's been surfing on the Internet and clicked on an innocent-looking site and instead you end up with some eye-popping porn page. Well, this might help. The people who overlook the Internet will let adult sites use the new suffix "xxx." And that would immediately tell you, of course, and your filtering software, the content is for adults only. Advocates says the xxx will helps protect kids as well, but keep in mind, some adult sites may hang on to that ".com" designation.
Then there's this from the San Francisco 49ers. They are tackling an image problem today. A very politically incorrect training tape features racist jokes, soft core lesbian porn and nudity. The team's public relations director -- make that the former P.R. director appears on the video in a towel, surrounded by some topless blonds. The tape was shown to players last August as part of a diversity workshop. Team owners have denounced the video as tasteless.
We -- after those stories, we need a little touch of class, so we've called in Wolf Blitzer to tell us what's coming up at the top of the hour. Hey, Wolf. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks very much, Daryn. A busy hour coming up on "NEWS FROM CNN." We're keeping close tabs, as you have, all morning on a story involving those mudslides in Laguna Beach, California. Our Chris Lawrence -- he's our correspondent is on the scene. He'll be joining us with an update.
Also, a live report coming from Beirut. The killing of a prominent Lebanese journalist. Our senior international correspondent Brent Sadler will join us with that story.
Lots more coming up at the top of the hour on "NEWS FROM CNN." Daryn, in the meantime, back to you.
KAGAN: All right. Wolf, thank you. We'll see you in just a few minutes. Let's check in on business.
(STOCK MARKET REPORT)
KAGAN: We're going to check in on weather. That's next. The very latest on conditions from Laguna Beach, coming up after this.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: The Ernest Hemingway house in Cuba is one of 11 most endangered places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation just released its list. Other sites on the list include the historic Catholic churches of Boston and the Daniel Webster Farm in New Hampshire. Hemingway lived in his Cuban home from 1939 to 1960.
(WEATHER REPORT)
KAGAN: That's going to do it for me on this Thursday morning. I'm Daryn Kagan. I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning. Wolf Blitzer takes over from Washington, D.C. Hi, Wolf.
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Aired June 2, 2005 - 11:31 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We are just a minute past the half hour. Good morning once again. I'm Daryn Kagan. Here's what's happening "Now in the News."
Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks choked up and told a judge she is truly sorry for her actions. Wilbanks and her fiancee appeared inside a Lawrenceville, Georgia, courtroom this morning. She is charged with a felony count of lying to police. Wilbanks was sentenced to two years probation, 120 hours of community service and ordered to continue mental health treatment.
Looking for ways to economize, Northwest Airlines is eliminating magazines from its flights and passenger lounges. That move is expected to save more than $500,000 a year. Over the weekend, Northwest started charging passengers a $2 a bag sky cap fee. United Airlines has been charging for that service since November.
New fall-out in the report the United Nation's scandal-plagued oil-for-food program. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has fired a staff member for allegedly aiding a British firm in the bidding process. Joseph Stephanides immediately vowed to appeal his firing.
The final day of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is underway. Fewer than four dozen contestants still in the running. The first speller eliminated today was a sixth grader who missed the word ligniperdous. Ligniperdous? OK. A word that is used to describe something that destroys wood.
We are keeping you informed, if not spelling. CNN, the most trusted name in N-E-W-S.
At least 18 homes crushed, 1,000 people evacuated and now a real possibility of even more mudslides in Southern California.
Our Chris Lawrence joins us now from Laguna Beach. Chris, good morning. Not so good for a lot of folks there, though.
CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Daryn, of all the days for this to happen, it has been steadily drizzling all morning. In fact, it's coming down a little bit harder now than it was even a few hours ago, which is about the worst thing to happen for that soil has already been so loosened lately.
Last night scientists went around and they put measuring devices around this entire affected area. Within the next few hours, they're going to be checking those devices just to see how much the ground has moved. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LAWRENCE (voice-over): Some homes cracked in half as the ground gave way. Others appeared to stay intact, even as they slid down this hillside.
JILL LOCKHART, HOME DESTROYED IN LANDSLIDE: We ran down the front side of the mountain , and we could hear this house collapsing behind us, sinking in, and I guess the driveway moved 200 feet down as we were running down it.
LAWRENCE: And the ground could keep moving for the next few weeks.
CAPT. DANELL ADAMS, LAGUNA BEACH P.D.: I certainly encourage people, one, to leave the area, and, two, to stay out of the area.
LAWRENCE: Vera Martinez doesn't have a choice.
VERA MARTINEZ, EVACUATED FROM HOME: My house is right above there.
LAWRENCE: Her home has been red tagged, which means it could collapse at any time. And the frightening this is, if that happens, she's got no insurance coverage.
MARTINEZ: What angers me, is that there is no company that will offer any kind of landslide insurance.
LAWRENCE: Insurance companies won't cover mudslides, which fall under so-called "acts of God." Laguna's been dry for the past month, but this winter dumped more than 28 inches of rain, twice what the town sees in a normal year. Geologists say that water never drained, and slowly destabilized the soil.
MARTINEZ: It's about Mother Nature saying, you know, pay attention to me a little bit more, don't build here; don't build here.
LAWRENCE: But people have and always will, because someone will always want to wake up to this view.
Here's what this hillside looked like before the landslide. And here is what it looks like now. Laguna Beach has some prime ocean- front property, but sometimes it comes at an incredible price.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LAWRENCE: Within the next few hours, firefighters may decide whether or not they'll be able to go back into some of these homes, just to check things out. A lot of people had cats and dogs that were trapped inside. And there's somewhat of a misconception. People look at this, and say, oh Laguna Beach, these millionaires and their huge homes. Well, there's a difference between having millions of dollars in the bank and having a house that's worth a million.
Really, some of these homes have -- are fairly small, not what you would think of as a million dollar home. It's just that the property values here have exploded so much. They've got a lot of equity in the homes, but if they can't go back in there and you can't rebuild on that spot, a lot of these families are going to be in a lot of trouble -- Daryn.
KAGAN: And as you were saying -- I mean, good point about just absolutely out of control Southern California real estate market. And as you were telling us in the last hour, most of these people do not have insurance that covers landslides. So they're stuck.
LAWRENCE: Yes. Yes, a lot of people are going to be -- you know, when you figure how much of your net worth is tied up in your home's equity and all of a sudden you don't have the home and that land is worth a lot, but all of a sudden you can't build on it anymore, you know, a lot of people are going to really have to figure out a lot of things over the next few weeks and months.
KAGAN: All right. Chris Lawrence in Laguna Beach, thank you.
What we want to figure to figure out right now is what's happening in the science and what makes the ground give way like that. For that, we called on the science guy, Bill Nye, joining me from Los Angeles. Bill, good morning.
BILL NYE, "THE SCIENCE GUY": Good morning, Daryn.
KAGAN: You, I know, are a recent transplant to the Southern California. You surprised where you see people build all over your new hometown?
NYE: No. This is something that goes on all the time around here. And one of the things you wonder, as a voter and taxpayer, is how do we let this happen? And so I guess it's roughly that people have a pretty short memory in geologic terms. You know, the last time we had very big rains around here was about 40 years ago, which is a long time for -- in human terms, but not very long at all in geologic terms.
KAGAN: So, if you were giving a science lesson to developers before they put up these houses, which -- incredible views. It is a beautiful place. What would you explain to them can happen and appears did happen to the ground underneath these homes?
NYE: That is a great question.
KAGAN: Well, thank you, Bill.
NYE: Can I start out with a fabulous word.
KAGAN: Please.
NYE: Thixotropic.
KAGAN: I love the word. They should use it in the spelling bee.
NYE: They should. KAGAN: But we won't you spell it.
NYE: T-H-I-X-O-tropic. Yes, and so this is a material that is not like oil or water. It has this other property. And that is when you sheer it, when do this with it, it sticks together for a while and then it breaks loose. And you say, well, I've never heard of anything that's thixotropic. What a crazy word. Don't bring that up with me. And I would say, oh, yes you have. The classic example is ketchup.
KAGAN: And you -- just by chance, would you happen to have a bottle of ketchup with you today?
NYE: Yes, I do, yes. So I just, every -- just notice, you're familiar, everyone's familiar with this. The ketchup will sit there, dripping a little bit. It will lock up, it will seize. There you go. And then if you give it a whack, that's when it all breaks loose at once. Yes. And so this is what happens to these clay soils in Southern California. They sit there for a long time and then once they start to break loose, it all comes apart at once.
And there's another thing to appreciate about underground water. It's not just muddy. It's not just soaked, like a sponge. Instead, the water forms channels. And these channels resemble a river delta or something like that. There you go. And this kind of pattern is generally called a braided river, like you braid your hair. And so imagine this same pattern, invisible to you, underground, subterranean.
KAGAN: So even though you can't see it, there's still stuff happening underground. Now we saw La Conchita. That's about three, four hours north of where Laguna Beach is.
NYE: Yes, 80 miles, yes.
KAGAN: Yes, closer to Santa Barbara, earlier this year. And now we're seeing this. This is La Conchita. That happened in January. Now we're seeing Laguna Beach. Do you think with all the rain and how Southern California has built up, we're going to be seeing this again, Bill?
NYE: Oh, yes. And if you like to worry, and I know I do, imagine an earthquake happening in this same kind of soil. And earthquakes happen around here all the time. And so these things that are already not so stable are going to get shaken loose. And the thing about the channelization underground is it makes these big slabs come loose, what are recalled scarps or scarping. And that's how you get the house, seeming to be intact, just running downhill on a big sled of clay.
Now, not to get alarmist and crazy, but, you know, if global climate change is caused by humans, this pattern of extra rainfall is consistent with climate models predicting disruption in rainfall. So Southern California could get, if you will, in a sense, extra rain and exacerbate this problem.
KAGAN: And we'll have to be watching for that. NYE: And I'm hoping...
KAGAN: I'm sorry, Bill, we're short on time. You know we could talk to you.
NYE: Oh, yes, good. Good to see you. Thixotropic.
KAGAN: Thixotropic. Thank you for the word, the explanation, and of course the ketchup bottle.
NYE: Good morning.
KAGAN: Good morning to you, Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Thank you, Bill.
How to gain trust. Soon could you get it out of a bottle? Well, is there a link between over-the-counter pain relievers and breast cancer? Those stories coming up in our "Daily Dose." That's next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: Let's get some medical news in now. In our "Daily Dose," pregnant women know all about Patosen (ph). The synthetic hormone induces contractions. Well, now researchers say that Patosen, or it's natural form, which is called Oxytocin may help build trust. The hormone seems to stimulates that part of the brain that controls inhibitions. Researchers say that Patosen could help shy people. Patients with diminished trust, such as autism, could benefit as well.
If you had chicken pox as a child, you probably know that the dormant virus can pop up again as shingles. Researchers say that an experimental vaccine helps ward off painfully itchy skin rashes or blisters in about half of the study's participants, and those who did get shingles with the vaccine had a milder and shorter case. About a million Americans get shingles every year. A case can last as long as five weeks.
New research shows some longer term use of some over-the-counter pain relievers may have a link to breast cancer.
Here now our senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta with the findings.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Well, it's been known for some time that painkillers like Aspirin and Ibuprofen not only reduce pain and prevent heart disease, but may also prevent cancer. For example, listen to this, studies have already shown that Aspirin produces certain polyps, which could be pre-cancers for colon cancer.
The question was this, could these same pain relievers also reduce the risk of breast cancer. Well, researchers at the University of Southern California decided to put that to the test; 114,000 women between the ages of 22 and 35 are part of what was called the California Teacher's Study.
At the beginning of the study, they were all breast-cancer free. Six years later, nearly 2,400 of these woman had breast cancer. When they asked these women about their use of pain relievers, what they found was kind of surprising, women taking Ibuprofen every day for more than five years had a 50 percent higher risk for breast cancer, and woman taking Aspirin daily for more than five years daily had an 80 percent increased risk for a certain type of breast cancer as well.
Now researchers are being very careful here not to say that these painkillers cause breast cancer. They also want to make it clear that this particular really can't be explained. In fact, the American Cancer Society points out there have been at least 20 previous studies, and none of them have ever reported such an increased risk. So the question really for you at home is this, what are you going to do? Well, if you're taking Ibuprofen or Aspirin for pain relief or to prevent heart disease, you should continue to do so.
But if you're taking these drugs as a prevent breast cancer, doctors say the verdict is still out on that one. So, as always, if you have any concerns, ask your doctor.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: Your "Daily Dose" is always just a click away. Log on to CNN.com/health for the latest medical news. You will also find special reports and a health library.
Internet pornography may be about to go through a change, not a legal one, more of an address change. Details on that coming up next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: Well, everyone who's been surfing on the Internet and clicked on an innocent-looking site and instead you end up with some eye-popping porn page. Well, this might help. The people who overlook the Internet will let adult sites use the new suffix "xxx." And that would immediately tell you, of course, and your filtering software, the content is for adults only. Advocates says the xxx will helps protect kids as well, but keep in mind, some adult sites may hang on to that ".com" designation.
Then there's this from the San Francisco 49ers. They are tackling an image problem today. A very politically incorrect training tape features racist jokes, soft core lesbian porn and nudity. The team's public relations director -- make that the former P.R. director appears on the video in a towel, surrounded by some topless blonds. The tape was shown to players last August as part of a diversity workshop. Team owners have denounced the video as tasteless.
We -- after those stories, we need a little touch of class, so we've called in Wolf Blitzer to tell us what's coming up at the top of the hour. Hey, Wolf. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks very much, Daryn. A busy hour coming up on "NEWS FROM CNN." We're keeping close tabs, as you have, all morning on a story involving those mudslides in Laguna Beach, California. Our Chris Lawrence -- he's our correspondent is on the scene. He'll be joining us with an update.
Also, a live report coming from Beirut. The killing of a prominent Lebanese journalist. Our senior international correspondent Brent Sadler will join us with that story.
Lots more coming up at the top of the hour on "NEWS FROM CNN." Daryn, in the meantime, back to you.
KAGAN: All right. Wolf, thank you. We'll see you in just a few minutes. Let's check in on business.
(STOCK MARKET REPORT)
KAGAN: We're going to check in on weather. That's next. The very latest on conditions from Laguna Beach, coming up after this.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: The Ernest Hemingway house in Cuba is one of 11 most endangered places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation just released its list. Other sites on the list include the historic Catholic churches of Boston and the Daniel Webster Farm in New Hampshire. Hemingway lived in his Cuban home from 1939 to 1960.
(WEATHER REPORT)
KAGAN: That's going to do it for me on this Thursday morning. I'm Daryn Kagan. I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning. Wolf Blitzer takes over from Washington, D.C. Hi, Wolf.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
