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Bobby Cutts Jr. Indicted on Murder Charges; Deadly Flooding Across Midwest; Flooding Triggers Mudslides in Hard-Hit Minnesota; Hundreds of Thousands of Toys Made in China Recalled

Aired August 23, 2007 - 11:00   ET

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TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning again, everyone. You're with CNN. You're informed.
I'm Tony Harris.

HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, everybody. I'm Heidi Collins.

Developments are coming in to the CNN NEWSROOM on Thursday, the 23rd day of August.

Here's what's on the rundown.

Misery across the Midwest. More rain and more flooding from Iowa to Ohio today.

HARRIS: Just last hour, prosecutors unseal an indictment against a former Ohio police officer. He is charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend.

COLLINS: A new U.S. report questions whether Iraq's prime minister can get the job done.

Misgivings about Mr. al-Maliki in the NEWSROOM.

HARRIS: And at the top of this hour, new developments in the murder of a pregnant woman in Ohio. Within the past hour, prosecutors announced indictments against the woman's ex-boyfriend, Bobby Lee Cutts, Jr.

Deborah Feyerick live with details.

And Deb, prosecutors indicated three counts of murder against Cutts. What have you found out about that?

DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we got some clarification.

First of all, one Ohio prosecutor tells us that it's typical to have several aggravated murder counts on one individual, and there's good reason for that. First of all, you can have an aggravated murder count stand on its own if there's evidence the murder was planned. That's one count.

According to a spokeswoman in the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, the two other aggravated murder counts apply specifically to the death of the fetus known as baby Chloe. The grand jury indicted the disgraced police officer under two different sections of Ohio law in connection with the fetus' death.

This way, when the case goes to trial, prosecutors are more likely to get a guilty plea on at least one of the murder charges. The worst thing would be for prosecutors to file a single charge, then get an acquittal.

This way, by doing the three aggravated murder counts, they basically hedge their bets and get more chances at conviction. Prosecutors at the press conference today said they are pretty confident going to trial that they are ready for this case to move forward.

Cutts has maintained his innocence. Now that there's an indictment, it is likely he will enter a formal plea -- Tony.

HARRIS: Hard to imagine an acquittal in this case at all. But I have to ask you, is it true that Bobby Lee Cutts actually led authorities to Jessie Davis' body?

FEYERICK: That is correct. That's what authorities have told us. And that's what we learned at the time of the big search.

You have to remember, there was an all-out manhunt across Ohio to search for the body, I should say. And once they found it, it was because he led them to that open field where Jessie Davis was found.

HARRIS: Deborah Feyerick for us in New York.

Deborah, appreciate it. Thank you.

COLLINS: New criticism this morning about the leadership of Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. It is in a new national intelligence estimate due out today.

Administration officials who have seen it say it expresses doubt about the Iraqi leader's ability to end violence. It concludes, he may not be able to push forward legislative reforms. Also in the report, concerns insurgents are planning a major offensive soon.

President Bush knows about the report, but he's still publicly supporting the Iraqi prime minister.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Prime Minister Maliki's a good guy, a good man with a difficult job. And I support him. And it's not up to the politicians in Washington, D.C., to say whether he will remain in his position. That is up to the Iraqi people, who now live in a democracy and not a dictatorship.

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COLLINS: The Iraqi leader has lashed out at U.S. criticism of him, warning he can find friends elsewhere. HARRIS: Ground Zero for the flooding today, the normally quiet town of Findlay, Ohio.

Reporter Melissa Andrews of CNN affiliate WTVG filed this report from the knee-deep waters.

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MELISSA ANDREWS, REPORTER, WTVG: This morning in Findlay, Ohio, we are downtown. And as you can see, the floodwaters are still above the knee.

And take a look at the downtown area. A lot of these businesses are still flooded today.

We do expect a lot of people to come down to these businesses, see if they can get inside. Also to venture into their homes, back home from shelters or friends' or families' houses that they are staying in to see if they even have a home left or have anything left.

I also want to show you this flooding also downtown. Take a look at these cars here submerged in water.

That gives you another picture of just how deep all of this flooding is. But the good news is, I just got off the phone with the emergency management department here in Hancock County, and they do tell me that the level three flood emergency has been lifted and the Blanchard River is supposed to slowly decrease. And that is very good news for people here in Findlay who just had no idea if it was going to get worse or it was going to get better.

So, we do expect people to try and make their way back in their homes today. We do know the Red Cross is still caring for about 200 people, and we're told it could be still even a few days before those people can get back into their homes.

So we're keeping a very close eye on Findlay, Ohio.

Reporting for CNN, Melissa Andrews.

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HARRIS: Fran O'Shaughnessy is the point person for the American Red Cross in flood-stricken Findlay. She joins us on the phone.

Fran, good to talk to you.

FRAN O'SHAUGHNESSY, AMERICAN RED CROSS: Thank you.

HARRIS: Hey, Fran, what are you doing to help folks? I mean, talk to us about your efforts there in Findlay.

O'SHAUGHNESSY: OK. We are assisting with the sheltering, so we're sheltering in three counties at this point.

We're also starting to get our emergency response vehicles out in the field so people can begin to get back into their homes and to their neighborhoods. We'll be going through giving food and water and cleanup kits. And then we'll also have outreach teams going around to make sure that we're meeting emergency needs.

HARRIS: Fran, how many people are in the shelters? How many people have requested some kind of help?

O'SHAUGHNESSY: OK. We have -- last night, we probably had approximately 300 people in three shelters in three different counties. And at this point, I don't have an estimation of how many people are going to be asking for help. Certainly the people in the shelters, but we know that there are a lot of people staying with friends and families that, once they can get back in, then they're going to need more assistance.

HARRIS: Yes. What kind of shape are these people in? I would imagine they are pretty amazed at what happened to them, a little bit shell-shocked.

O'SHAUGHNESSY: Well, yes. There's a -- there's a lot of shock.

I mean, they -- you know, they start thinking about things and then they realize that they don't -- they no longer have or may not have, you know, the personal things. You know, it's always the photographs and the important papers, things that you take for granted until a disaster happens.

HARRIS: Boy, what are you telling people? I mean, do they just, in many cases, just need to be heard out?

O'SHAUGHNESSY: Yes. And we have mental health workers and we also have nurses and doctors working with people, because sometimes they just -- you're right, they need to talk about it and they need to know that someone cares. And we represent the community and the country by reaching out to them.

HARRIS: Fran O'Shaughnessy. Let me read your title here -- Red Cross job director for the disaster relief operation based right now in Findlay, Ohio.

Fran, good to talk to you. Thank you.

O'SHAUGHNESSY: Thank you, sir.

COLLINS: A new worry for flood-stricken Brownsville, Minnesota.

CNN's Keith Oppenheim is joining us now from there live.

Keith, we've been watching you all morning long. It is really a devastating situation for the folks in Brownsville.

KEITH OPPENHEIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. And it's just really hard to imagine how devastating a mudslide can be. But I am getting the evidence of just that by what I am seeing behind me and next to me. As we walk down this rough hill, you can see the home of the Partingtons. In fact, I think we may see them in the background of our shot, because Lynn Partington is actually making his way across his property and actually looking at the damage.

You can take a shot of him, Bruce, over there, as he is actually looking at the debris. And it's been such a tough day for this family.

Their house rolled down the hill while his wife and his grandson were inside. And he went and rescued them.

Look, you see he's picking up a cuckoo clock and just going through the bits and pieces of what was his life.

He's not alone. There are other people in the region who are going through very similar stuff. We're going to hear now from a woman in Minnesota City, in the region. Her name is Cheryl Kirk, where there was a lot of flooding there.

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CHERYL KIRK, COULD LOSE HOME: For now, I have not yet been condemned. There are six houses from next door to me, over the six houses, that have been condemned, and they cannot rebuild. They have to come down.

I'm fortunate. My house is still here. I'm lucky.

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OPPENHEIM: We're getting a view of the river right here, the Mississippi. And actually, just for a moment, if you can just give us a quick comment, Lynn, I can see the tears on your face here.

How are you doing as you go through all this right here?

LYNN PARTINGTON, HOME DAMAGED FROM MUDSLIDE: It's just overwhelming. I just don't know what to say. I mean, you can't. There isn't anything to say.

OPPENHEIM: You're just trying to see what you can save and maybe what is just not going to be saved.

PARTINGTON: Right now we're trying to get the automobiles out of here and we're trying to pull the roof off so we can access some of the personal belongings underneath.

Everything is folded up. It's one wall on top of the other. And we'll have to pick it up a wall at a time, and then salvage what we can.

OPPENHEIM: Well, Lynn, I know you've given us a lot of time this morning, and I'm going to let you go. And I appreciate the time that you have given us.

And again, we are so sorry.

And one of the reasons why Lynn here is so distraught is because while he has insurance, Heidi, his policy does not cover mudslides. So he's not sure what he's going to do. And he and his wife have just been having a heck of a time today.

Back to you.

COLLINS: Probably very rare, too, isn't it, Keith, that anyone would have insurance like that in that part of the country?

OPPENHEIM: Yes. Mudslides is something that people often don't think about. It's very rare, apparently, that policies cover them. And they prepared.

They had a wall behind their property and thought it was pretty well secured. But obviously, not nearly as well secured as perhaps they would have wanted it to be on this day.

COLLINS: Well, it is very upsetting and certainly a dramatic shot behind you.

We appreciate the report.

Keith Oppenheim from Brownsville, Minnesota, this morning.

And if it's not flooding, we're probably looking at issues from that, the sun. The death toll now up to 50.

A grueling heat wave gripping parts of the Midwest and Deep South. Three more deaths reported in Missouri and Alabama this week.

It was a record 104 degrees in Atlanta yesterday. That's right here.

Folks in seven states are being asked to use less air- conditioning now after a fire at a substation in Kentucky.

Today, the extreme heat is moving to Ohio. Cincinnati and Dayton public school students more used to getting snow days. They have the day off now because of the heat.

HARRIS: What do you say we get to Reynolds Wolf in the severe weather center?

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HARRIS: You have been great, got to say it, about firing up the cell phones and the video cameras to send us your I-Reports.

You know, we always remind you to stay safe when severe weather rolls through your neighborhood. And please do that.

But, boy, look at these pictures of Findlay, Ohio, Findlay, northwest Ohio, west of Cleveland, near Sandusky, Carey Township. I'm thinking Toledo is in that area as well. What you do is you go to CNN.com, click on "I-Report," or type ireport@CNN.com on your cell phone. And please share your photos, your video with us.

Coming up in just a couple of minutes, a few of the shots from our I-Reporters who have been giving us these tremendous pictures of flooding in the Midwest.

COLLINS: Deadline for dogs in the Michael Vick case. Today is the last day for people to claim Pit Bulls found on Vick's Virginia property.

Fifty-three dogs were seized in April, part of the federal investigation into a dogfighting operation. Prosecutors say no one has claimed any of the dogs.

A judge will likely decide the dogs' fate. And that is expected to be euthanasia.

Vick's attorney says Vick will plead guilty to dogfighting charges in federal court. That will be on Monday.

And now a Virginia prosecutor says he will probably pursue state charges against Vick as well. The commonwealth's attorney in Surry County telling "The Washington Post" he'll likely take the case to a grand jury next month.

Still ahead in the NEWSROOM, attacked in her home by the neighbor's Pit Bulls. The woman now in the hospital tells CNN what should happen to the dogs. And wait until you hear what one of the dog owners says.

HARRIS: Also, made in China and recalled in the U.S., hundreds of toys. Boy, from SpongeBob to Thomas the Tank Engine.

COLLINS: And disaster strikes just outside your door. How do you get out alive and protect your home?

Life-saving information in the NEWSROOM.

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HARRIS: Another U.S. troop dead in Iraq in combat operations west of Baghdad. The military says a roadside bomb killed one soldier and wounded four others in Diyala province today.

Gunmen killed three people near the provincial capital of Baquba. Coalition forces report killing one insurgent and capturing three. Among them, an alleged leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

U.S. troops have been conducting raids in cities across Diyala province. They're targeting al Qaeda insurgents. The ethnically and religiously mixed region near Iran is emerging as a major battleground in the war.

New information this morning about the 14 American soldiers killed in a crash in Iraq. The military says a Black Hawk helicopter like this one was returning from a combat mission. All four crew members were based at Fort Lewis in Washington. The 10 troops they picked up were from Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.

The Associated Press reports one of the fallen soldiers was due home in less than a month. One family lost their second son to the Iraq war. The crash blamed on mechanical problems.

COLLINS: Notepads, tops, kids' jewelry -- another big recall. That's right, another recall of toys made in China.

CNN's Christine Romans reports.

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CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These products are in violation of federal lead standards. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing the recall of 250,000 SpongeBob SquarePants address books and journals. They may have excessive levels of lead paint on their metal bindings. These tin pails from Thomas and Friends and Curious George, paint on the wooden handles contains excessive levels of lead.

Also recalled, spinning tops featuring the same characters and thousands of pieces of jewelry, Divine Inspiration charm bracelets, and these TOBY & ME jewelry sets, sold at TJ Maxx and Marshalls.

JULIE VALLESE, CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION: First and foremost, just take it away from your child. A product like that may be at the bottom of the toy box. And, so, parents really should do inventory on a regular basis of the products that the CPSC recalls.

ROMANS: All of these recalled products were made in China. The Toy Industry Association says, of the $22.3 billion in toys sold in the U.S. last year, 80 percent come from China.

LORI WALLACH, GLOBAL TRADE WATCH: The idea is to make sure that, number one, wherever a product is produced, it's done safely, and, number two, if there's an unsafe product, it doesn't get into our markets A recall is a situation of the horses being out of the barn, the danger already in our homes.

ROMANS: The CPSC has recalled 86 million toys this year, toys that companies have manufactured or imported.

VALLESE: It is their obligation to consumers and to the federal government to make sure that the products they are producing, regardless of where they are being manufactured, meet U.S. safety standards.

ROMANS: According to the Centers for Disease Control, there's no acceptable level of lead exposure for children. Lead can lower a child's I.Q. and cause brain damage.

(on camera): Toy industry insiders say recalls show their system is working. But keep in mind, the 66,000 spinning tops in this latest recall were sold more than five years ago in specialty stores. And the SpongeBob books and journals, they've been on store shelves now for a year.

Christine Romans, CNN, New York.

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COLLINS: Having a baby. Well, it lots of times means having a C-section. Is it a matter of cash and convenience?

Our live report, a must see, after the break.

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HARRIS: And new developments here at CNN. Let's get you to our congressional correspondent, Jessica Yellin. And Jessica's just obtained the unclassified version of the national intelligence estimate.

And Jessica, what can you tell us about some of the key judgments in that estimate?

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the headline here, Tony, is that the NIE, the assessment of the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, finds that since January, there has been some military success in Iraq. But the government there has made no significant progress.

It starts off by saying that, "There have been measurable but uneven improvements in Iraq's security situation," but goes on to say, "Iraqi political leaders remain unable to govern effectively." They say this has slowed progress in the economic growth and the living conditions in Iraq.

This NIE says that the most progress they have seen in terms of the military advances relate to Sunni Arabs. They say that Sunni Arabs fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq represent the best prospect for improved security over the next 12 months, but go on to say they need the support of a cohesive government there in order to sustain this progress, and they don't see that government taking shape at this time.

It goes on to enumerate some of the challenges they face from neighbors -- Iran, Syria and Turkey -- and says that they are also concerned that the problems with the Iraqi government will grow worse over the next six to 12 months. They say this is because of criticism by other members of the major Shia coalition.

Now, we have just received these major -- the unclassified portion here. We'll continue to read it for you. But I can tell you, in the larger perspective, this is what we've been hearing a little bit from the Democrats recently, that they are saying they're very concerned that the surge has not led to the progress they wanted to see. It was intended to create breathing space for this government to take shape, and it's not taking shape as it should. At the same time, there are things in here to give the White House and supporters of the surge reassurance that there has been -- as they say, "The escalation in the rate of violence has been checked for now and the overall attack levels across Iraq have fallen."

So, there's something to give heartburn to each side and some reassurance to each side as well.

HARRIS: Yes, sounds like it.

Our congressional correspondent, Jessica Yellin, for us.

Jessica, we'll give you an opportunity to look through more of those key judgments.

Jessica, thanks.

YELLIN: Thanks.

COLLINS: C-section rates are up now 29 percent. New numbers due out soon are expected to be even higher. Is it because of the moms, the doctors, or the hospitals?

CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is in New York this morning for us.

Elizabeth, nice to see you.

It's a pretty high number.

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: That is a high number, Heidi. And if you think that's high, many experts tell me that they expect that pretty soon we're going to be hearing that one out of three births in the United States is a C-section.

That is a huge number. In fact, many experts believe that up to half of all C-sections are completely unnecessary.

Now, why would this be true? Well, one expert described it as the perfect storm.

Doctors and hospitals make more money off of C-sections. Also, doctors and hospitals worry about litigation.

So, if a vaginal birth isn't going completely well, do a C- section. That way you can be sure that you're not going to have any complications from the vaginal birth.

And then, certainly, doctors like to deliver their own patients. That's great. One of the reasons they want to do that, one doctor tells me, is they make more money if they deliver their own patients.

So they induce their patients so that they can deliver when they're on call. And an induction often leads to a C-section.

Now, this is in some ways a perfect storm for C-sections. And so some women say they really have had a tough time not having a C- section. They don't want them, but they find themselves in this perfect storm.

So, on CNN.com/health right now I have five tips for moms who want to avoid C-sections. We explain five things that women can do if they want to avoid a C-section -- Heidi.

COLLINS: OK. What are they?

COHEN: OK. Well, I'm going to go through three of them right now, and then you have to read it for the other -- for the other two and for some other great information.

First of all, this one sort of surprised me. Stay out of the hospital in early labor. Doctors told me, look, if you're three centimeters or less dilated, you are better off at home.

They said, once you get in the hospital, we're going to admit you, we're going to put a monitor on you. We may give you pain medication, we may give you Pitocin. All of that, they said, sends you on the route for a high risk of having a C-section.

Also, do not ask to be induced.

Heidi, you and I are both moms. When it gets to week 40, a lot of women have had it. They just want to be induced.

COLLINS: Week 40?

COHEN: Week 40, right.

COLLINS: Week 40? Go back. Way back.

COHEN: Right. For some it's great. For some, it's way back.

And some women beg to be induced. If you're induced as a first- time mom, especially, you run a very high risk of having a C-section. So don't ask to be induced. If you're induced, as a first-time mom especially, you run a very high risk of having a c-section. So don't ask to be induced. And the third tip is to ask about c-section rates. Ask your doctor, ask your hospital, what are your c-section rates? How many of your patients are delivered via c-section? Now the time to ask this actually is when you're interviewing doctors and when you're looking for a hospital. If the rate is very high, you might want to look elsewhere.

COLLINS: Or you just wait until the very last minute and you get no drugs, and you do it all natural. Not that I'm complaining. I'm trying to share a labor story on national television.

COHEN: Right, in the back seat of the car or something. There's no c-sections there, right.

COLLINS: That would be impossible. But I know that you really do talk to -- are you talking about doctors, and possibly, you know, hospitals being to blame in all of this. But what about the women? What about the moms-to-be themselves?

COHEN: Yes, the doctors I talked to said, in some small part, women are to blame also. Blame may not be a good word. But women are older than before when they're having babies. The older you are, the more likely you're going to end up with a c-section.

Also, women are heavier than before. That can also lead to complications that would lead to a c-section. And also, some doctors told me, you know what, a lot of women don't want to labor, or some women, they just want to labor, they just want that c-section. So if you ask for a c-section, very likely you're going to get it.

COLLINS: We're talking about going under the knife, so that's a little surprising to me.

All right, Elizabeth Cohen, thanks so much for that.

COHEN: Thanks.

COLLINS: Again, to see more on Elizabeth's report and to get the rest of your Daily Dose of health news online, you can logon to our Web site, where you will find the latest medical news, a health library and information on diet and fitness. The address, CNN.com/health.

Good morning, once again, everybody. 11:30 Eastern Time. You are in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Heidi Collins.

HARRIS: And good morning, everyone. I'm Tony Harris. Waters rising in the Midwest. CNN i-Reporters like Scott Courtad on the scene. Amazing pictures for you, straight ahead.

COLLINS: Disaster strikes just outside your door. How do you get out alive and protect your home? Life-saving information, in the NEWSROOM.

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HARRIS: I want to get you to Fredricka Whitfield in the CNN -- Hey, Fred, good to see you.

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, Tony, good to see you as well.

HARRIS: Do you have a -- wait a minute -- a story of another recall of toys?

WHITFIELD: Here we go again, involving children's products, yes. This time the "Priddy Trucks Shaker Teething Books," books this time that are being recalled because of potential choking because of those small pieces that can break off. "Priddy Trucks Shaker Teether Books," if you've got that product you need to go this Web site, cpsc.gov, and try to get your money back, or at least trade it for something that's safer.

And then there is the Sleepi Crib Foam Mattress. The fear here is that a gap can be created and thereby imposing an entrapment hazard for your little one. E-mail stokkeusa.com or cpsc.gov, which is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, to find out what to do with these products, how to get a refund, perhaps how to get something a bit safer. And, Tony, I know you were thinking automatically made in China.

HARRIS: Yes. No?

WHITFIELD: Well, the first item made in China. The second item actually made in Italy.

HARRIS: Oh, OK. All right, geez.

WHITFIELD: Because I heard you earlier. You were ready to dog China.

HARRIS: I was ready to go. So maybe what I should do is just make the Consumer Product Safety Commission my homepage now to keep up with this.

WHITFIELD: That would be good advice, because there's a lot of stuff to keep up with, and I think a lot of people are getting confused, yes.

HARRIS: OK, Fred, appreciate it. Thank you.

WHITFIELD: OK.

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COLLINS: As you know, no one can predict when a disaster will strike, but you should be prepared just in case. What can you really do to protect your property? CNN's Greg Hunter found out.

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GREG HUNTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Earthquakes in Hawaii and Peru; parts of Ohio under water; tornadoes ripping through the Midwest; a category five hurricane slams into Mexico.

All have one thing in common -- people needed to evacuate and shut down their homes fast.

GLENN DERENE, SENIOR EDITOR, "POPULAR MECHANICS": Storms are more unpredictable and can be stronger. And since you never know exactly what's coming to you, you just have to be prepared.

HUNTER: "Popular Mechanics'" Glenn Derene shows us how best to protect your property.

DERENE: I think we're going to start with -- with one of the ones that's the most dangerous.

HUNTER: A gas leak could be explosive. Knowing where and how to shut your gas off is key, but practicing shutting your gas line off is not advised because it can throw off your meter.

DERENE: It's a quarter turn valve. It doesn't need to -- it's not like a water valve. You don't need to keep twisting. It's just one pull down and you're done.

HUNTER (on camera): Gas is first.

What's next?

DERENE: Power.

HUNTER (voice-over): In an evacuation, Derene suggests shutting off breakers one by one so as not to damage appliances. But if you need to do it in a hurry, just flip the main breaker.

DERENE: If there's standing water in the basement when you come back, you want to make sure there's no live power going into it.

HUNTER: The last item to shut down -- your water.

DERENE: You just want to make sure that your own water supply doesn't flood your house, because, also, external contamination in the main water supply outside, if you have city water, could come in and contaminate your own house.

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COLLINS: And still to come in the NEWSROOM this morning, attacked in her home by the neighbor's pit bulls. The woman now in the hospital tells CNN what should happen to the dogs. And wait until you hear what one of the dog's owners says.

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COLLINS: We have been reporting all morning that the unclassified key findings of the National Intelligence Estimate are out today. Our correspondent, congressional correspondent, Jessica Yellin has had a look at that and is reporting to us now from Capitol Hill.

Jessica, you have some new information.

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, a little bit of new information, Heidi. In addition to the finding that there have been military successes since the surge began but political stagnation, this report also finds that Iraq's neighbors are continuing to focus on improving their leverage in Iraq in anticipation of coalition forces, U.S. forces, drawing down there. That's not going to be a good news finding for Democrats here on the Hill.

And something else that is going to cause heartburn for some of the Democrats in their position is the finding that the Iraqi troops remain reliant to the coalition for important aspects of their logistics and combat support. Here's an actual quote we have for you: "We assess that changing the mission of the coalition forces from a primarily counterinsurgency and stabilization role to a primary combat-support role would erode security gains achieved thus far. So they say while they find that there has been no progress on the political front, which we have heard from Democrats for days and days now, they also find that changing the mission will hurt the security situation in Iraq."

Heidi?

COLLINS: All right, the very latest as we continue to sift through the National Intelligence Estimate, those unclassified key findings.

Jessica Yellin, thank you.

HARRIS: A doctor in southern Arizona is giving medical care for free to street kids who have no one else to turn to. His is name Dr. Randy Christensen a CNN Hero. Now tens of thousands of you have come to his aid. Because of you he has been able to expand his important work. He is now able to travel the streets of Tempe and Phoenix full time in two health mobiles instead of one.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When I was ten years old I decided I'm going to run away from home.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I've been on the streets from 12 until 20.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's scary to live on the streets. There's so many drugs, and then there's violence.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I sleep in an abandoned house.

CHRISTENSEN: It's in a shack.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was taken away from my parents when I was, like, 10 years old.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My dad dropped me off in a dumpster. He told me don't even think about going back home.

CHRISTENSEN: There's 5,000 to 10,000 kids on the streets in Arizona. We turn their heads. We don't look at them in their eyes. Many of the kids are truly forgotten.

I'm Dr. Randy Christensen. I'm the medical director for the Cruising Health Mobile.

We take care of kids on the streets through a medical mobile van. Everything that would be in a regular doctor's office is on the van. All of the kids that are seen by us are seen free of charge.

Did you need anything? Did you need a new backpack? I've never really been about the money. I went to medical school thinking that I was going to be a surgeon. But everything that made me stop and think had to do with children and adolescents. I chose to come out on the streets.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Dr. Christensen made it to where people actually want to come back and actually want to get help.

CHRISTENSEN: We pull up to the van, and within 5 to 10 minutes, there's 20 to 30 kids coming out of every different alley or different street.

You get out and you see some of these kids and you talk to them and you give them a little bit of dignity and respect, and all of a sudden they open up. It's like a light bulb goes on and they want to talk and they want to tell you their story.

Here, let me listen to you. I think you might have pneumonia. Take a deep breath.

They still have that gleam of hope in their eyes. It's that hope that gives you hope.

And at the very end they give you a big hug and they say, thank you. And that means the most to me.

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HARRIS: So if you would like to make a contribution to the organization that supports Dr. Randy Christensen, you will find links to their Web sites on ours, CNN.com/heroes. There you can also nominate a hero of your own.

COLLINS: Fighting in the aisles of Congress. It's a beatdown in Bolivia. Video you must see, probably again and again.

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HARRIS: Still to come, gridiron gumption. He's one bad granddad, 59 years old, and ready to play college football?

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COLLINS: Some information just into us here. You see a live shot coming out of Orange County. Sheriff's deputies there say three bodies were found in a home early this morning. This is a subdivision, as you can tell, by what you're seeing now. But according to this official, they received a call from someone out of state to check on the well-being of a friend. And when police came to the home, the deputies said they found it wide open and discovered the bodies of three men, all of them in their mid 30s. We will continue to follow this story, bring you any new details just as soon as we get them. HARRIS: Bolivian beatdown. Do we have time for this or save it for the podcast? OK, fists were flying in the Bolivia's Lower House of Congress. The dispute? Control of the judicial system. Angry lawmakers throwing fists, feet, cups of water to make their point. The long,-simmering feud began last September, and now it is literally boiling over.

COLLINS: And we're about over, out of time. CNN NEWSROOM continues just one hour from now.

HARRIS: "YOUR WORLD TODAY" is next with news happening across the globe and here at home. I'm Tony Harris.

COLLINS: I'm Heidi Collins. Have a great day.

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