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Who Tried to Kill Benazir Bhutto?; Tornado Hits Pensacola, Florida; Impotent Drugs Lead to Hearing Loss
Aired October 19, 2007 - 09:00 ET
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TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: And, good morning, everyone. You are in the CNN NEWSROOM.
I'm Tony Harris.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Hi there everybody.
I'm Heidi Collins.
Watch events coming to the NEWSROOM live on Friday morning, October 19th. Here's what's on the rundown.
A worldwide manhunt ends. A Canadian man in custody. Police say he sexually abused young boys and posted the pictures on the Internet.
HARRIS: In Pakistan, the welcome home party ends in mass murder. Who tried to kill Benazir Bhutto?
COLLINS: And a risk of tornadoes of powerful thunderstorms hanging over the east today. A severe weather watch in the NEWSROOM.
First up this morning: A developing story out of Irvington, New Jersey. A three-story home there has exploded and it has sparked fires in nearby homes. At least one person is dead and two people have been rushed to the hospital. There are fears more people could be trapped. We have a CNN affiliate rushing to the scene right now. We're going to bring you details just as soon as we get them right here in the NEWSROOM.
HARRIS: In Pakistan, assassination attempt and some experts are already blaming Al Qaeda, the targeted symbol of democracy. The crisis now unfolding in Pakistan, a key ally in the war on terror.
CNN's Dan Rivers was on the scene. We caution you, some images in his report are graphic.
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DAN RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A flash of fire explodes through the crowd and Benazir Bhutto's homecoming has been turned into a bloodbath. Witnesses say two blasts engulfed hundreds of people around her motorcade. An apparent assassination attempt caught in graphic detail by local TV crews. Her party scrambles from atop of the bus as crowds flee in panic. Benazir Bhutto herself escaped without major injury. Photos show her being hurriedly taken from the vehicle. We arrive soon afterwards to horrendous scenes. The dead and injured are still being recovered. The mangled wreckage of the car is still burning. Dazed onlookers unable to take in the sights of the falling carnage.
(on camera): The blast seemed to have been centered on this vehicle, which has also damaged one of the police pickup trucks, which was riding alongside Bhutto's convoy. The bus itself is over there and you can see on the side, it sustained quite a bit of blast damage. Luckily, Bhutto herself was on the top and seems to have escaped most of the force of this blast. But at the moment now, there's still the smell of high explosives in the air, a caustic smell in the air. And all across this floor here, horrific scenes with body parts and dead bodies still strewn all around the area.
(voice-over): At a nearby hospital, a steady stream of injured people arrive. The floor is soaked with blood and littered with mutilated survivors. There had been warnings from extremists that they would target Benazir Bhutto as soon as she arrived. Now there are questions about the wisdom of conducting a 12-hour procession at walking pace through the streets of Karachi.
It started as a celebration with mobile hopes of democracy and peace, suddenly and viciously cut short, plunging Pakistan, once again, into crisis.
Dan Rivers, CNN, Karachi.
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COLLINS: We want to go ahead and get you back to the story that we were telling you about. First here, right off the top of the show this morning.
There has been a home that exploded in New Jersey -- Irvington, New Jersey, to be exact. We're getting some new pictures in now. The first pictures, in fact, from our affiliate News 12, New Jersey. A three-story home there, boy, absolutely nothing left, it looks like it. And there are concerns about homes nearby.
We also know that at least one person has been killed, two other people have been rushed to the hospital, and as we said earlier, there are some concerns about more people possibly being trapped. You see all of the firemen and first responders on the scene there. Look at that. Just absolutely nothing but lumber left.
As we said, one person dead in all of this, two other people have been rushed to the hospital. News 12, New Jersey bringing us this brand new video, now, of the scene. We are going to get some more details just as soon as possible. Again, very early in this story, as it develops, we will let you know exactly what's going on.
Again, Irvington, New Jersey this morning.
Also in the headlines, thousands of people on edge this morning after tornadoes tore through several states. This is the scene in Missouri. Homes absolutely demolished. One mobile home was tossed in the air. Two people inside were killed.
And in Michigan, at least one and as many as four tornadoes touched down there. A man was killed when strong winds tore down his house, trapping him inside. Several other homes were damaged as well.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The house was kind of like everything just kind of shook, and the wind just came, and my husband said a tree -- a branch just fell on the house.
COLLINS: The situation on the roads really wasn't much better. A semitruck reportedly flipped over. Thousands of people are still without power. We're going to keep you updated on this story throughout the morning right here.
HARRIS: OK. Let's go right now to CNN's Sean Callebs, live in Pensacola.
And Sean, it doesn't look like the weather there right now is helping the cleanup effort at all.
Good morning.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Tony.
Not at all. It has simply been pouring in this area of the panhandle of Florida, since a tornado touched down in this area, just around noon Eastern. Behind me, you see the roof of a church. That also doubles as a day care and, really, that took the brunt of the tornado as it blew through this area.
Now, put yourself in parents' shoes. They know a tornado has hit here, they know it's done damage to the building where children were housed. I want to show you this dramatic video, as parents rush to the scene to find out if their children were OK.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My son! Just give him to me!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stay right there. Stay right there.
(SCREAMING)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Your baby's OK. Your baby's OK.
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CALLEBS: Wow. What you may have heard there at the very end, "Your baby is OK." And really, that was the news employees could give all parents. No children were injured inside this facility yesterday. Emergency officials are really crediting the quick thinking of the people working, the staff at the dare care center. They only had a very short amount of time. The county had about 15 minutes notice a tornado was on the way, so much less time for people out here on the field.
Now, this wasn't the only area hit. There was a shopping center also strewn full of debris, pieces of shingle, wood, metal from the facility, as well. And we may have some pictures of this -- dramatic pictures of a dash cam of -- the local sheriff's deputy's driving through and he actually captured the funnel cloud there in the distance.
Now, of course, Tony, people in this area are used to the occasionally hurricane blowing through and doing damage, but they have a lot of notice for that. Tornadoes -- very rare in this area. They're worried about flooding. They're worried about more power outages and the threat of foul weather. Not over yet, Tony.
Back to you.
HARRIS: Yes. And Sean, you know, a lot of these areas that we're talking about now -- we're talking about Georgia and Florida certainly need rain, but what you worry about are these complicating factors, the winds and heavy rains and flooding conditions.
Sean Callebs for us in Pensacola, Florida.
Sean, appreciate it. Thank you.
COLLINS: Quickly, we want to get over to Reynolds Wolf at the weather center for us now this morning.
Obviously, Reynolds, this is the story of the day. Kind of all over the place, most specifically Pensacola, Florida, as we just talked about.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Absolutely. Pensacola, Florida. Things are going to start (INAUDIBLE) a little bit. You can just see the position of the frontal boundary here. I'm moving through spots like Foley, Alabama. Here's Pensacola. I'd say in maybe another 20 minutes of the showers have just pushed through your region before. The front drift's way a little bit more to the east, right now, moving through spots like Andalusia, even upwards on parts of I-65, as we make our way back into spots like, say, Atlanta. This is where it gets kind of -- kind of insane in a few spots.
Heavy rainfall in South Georgia, where we need it, but where we desperately needed rainfall is in parts of North Georgia. It looks like we're not going to see a great deal of that, unfortunately.
Some scattered showers, yes, through parts of the I-25 corridor. But in terms of the desperate situation that we have, in terms of the lack of rainfall, it looks like we're not going to have much to really help the drought issues.
Last night in Michigan, it was a awful night. You had the tornadoes there. A little bit of activity, now forming up, in parts of the up as well as over Wisconsin, but just some scattered shower activity. Nothing in terms of tornadic activity expected for you today. But still, at least a third of the country is going to experience heavy rainfall, the possibility of some deadly lightning, some large hail, maybe even some tornadoes, from, at least parts of central Florida, northward up into portions of Maine.
So we're looking at a good sector of the eastern seaboard and that is certainly an area that we're going to have to watch really very carefully through the rest of the day.
That's your forecast. Let's send it right back to you at the news desk.
HARRIS: OK, Reynolds, appreciate it.
COLLINS: Wow.
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HARRIS: Thank you for that.
And again, if you see a severe weather happening in your area, first and foremost, be safe. But, beyond that, if you got a moment, send us an I-Report. Go to cnn.com and click on I-Report or type I- Report@cnn.com into your cell phone, and just share your photos or video with us.
COLLINS: Mystery surrounding an illusionist. FBI agents have searched a Las Vegas warehouse owned by David Copperfield. The building houses tricks and memorabilia from around the world. Agents are saying the search is part of a case, based in Seattle, but they're not saying much else. A lawyer for Copperfield says the illusionist has been contacted by the FBI and knows about the investigation.
HARRIS: Also unfolding this morning: a long international manhunt ends. A suspected pedophile in custody today. Christopher Paul Neil accused of abusing young boys in photos posted on the Internet.
Matthew Chance has the new developments from Thailand.
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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the police here are calling it a triumph of cooperation between law enforcement agencies, because this truly was an international manhunt that ended today, with the arrest of Christopher Paul Neil, the 32-year-old Canadian national, suspected of being a very prolific pedophile, not just here in Thailand, it goes with other Asian countries, as you mentioned, like Vietnam and Cambodia, as well.
The Thai police was so pleased with their work that the progress they'd made in just eight days, since he was photographed entering the country, that they called a press conference in the center of the Thai capital, Bangkok. They paraded Christopher Neil in front of the television cameras. He was wearing a blue T-shirt, covering his head at first. They didn't want to show his face, but then, in front of the reporters in the press conference, he took that T-shirt off. He kept on a pair of dark sunglasses throughout the whole press conference for which he was there for.
He stared in front of him. He didn't say a word, refusing to answer any questions before, finally, he was led away by the police, in handcuffs. The Thai authorities, though, said that so far all they've had from him in their questioning is confirmation of his name, Christopher Paul Neil, the 32-year-old Canadian national. They have not had any admission, as yet, of guilt from him, for the abuses that he's alleged to have carried out against the range of about a dozen under aged boys in, as I said, in those countries in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.
Their investigations are continuing. We understand that three Thai people -- Thai boys, underaged boys still, have stepped forward to the authorities and have identified Christopher Neil as a man who abused them in Thailand in the past. And so what the authorities are now doing is trying to build a case against the suspected pedophile, so they can bring charges against him, and perhaps going to face trial in a Thai court.
Christopher Paul Neil now faces days of intense police questioning to try and establish what abuses he may have carried out. It's not clear where he will eventually face trial, whether here in Thailand or in his home country of Canada, which has strict anti- pedophile laws. But for now at least, one of the world's most hunted, suspected sex offenders is no longer at large.
Matthew Chance, CNN, Bangkok.
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HARRIS: And still ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM: bail or no bail? A bond hearing this morning for Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. arrested on weapons charges.
COLLINS: Also, new warning labels, on the way, for popular impotence drugs. What me need to know, coming your way in just a moment.
HARRIS: In West Virginia, search ends in success. An autistic teen survives four days in the wood.
COLLINS: And Dads in drag. Proof a father will do just about anything for his little girl.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Willing to do anything?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are paying $5,000 for these tickets.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Precisely. That's the whole reason why I'm doing it.
(END VIDEO CLIP) COLLINS: That's doing just about anything, I guess, isn't it? Not really a pretty sight either, but a clever way to save thousands on concert tickets. Got to check this out.
You're watching CNN. You are in the NEWSROOM.
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COLLINS: Welcome back, everybody. I'm Heidi Collins. You are in the CNN NEWSROOM.
She wants to be prime minister of Pakistan again, if she can live long enough. Who tried to kill Benazir Bhutto? We'll talk about that.
And, a Scottish worker standing in the way of Donald Trump's dream.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Donald Trump says that your property is a pig sty.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes? Maybe to him. Not to me. You know? But I've always said if I had his money, it would look nice.
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COLLINS: Homestead holdout. That story coming up in a moment in the CNN NEWSROOM.
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COLLINS: Another court appearance for rapper T.I. this morning. A bond hearing is scheduled next hour, here in Atlanta. T.I.'s lawyers will try to convince a judge he should be allowed to post bond and remain out of jail, pending his trial, on weapons charges. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was arrested Saturday, in Atlanta for allegedly possessing machine guns and silencers, and of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. Next hour we're going to get some legal insight from a former prosecutor and a former U.S. attorney.
HARRIS: A family celebrates this morning. Their missing son, found. Jacob Allen disappeared, Sunday, while hiking with his parents in a West Virginia wilderness area. The teen has autism and is mostly nonverbal. That made it quite a challenge for searchers, who might not get a response to calling his name. But, yesterday, a volunteer came upon Allen, sleeping under dense brush, no food, cold nighttime temperatures but Allen's mom says he is in good shape.
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KAREN ALLEN, HIKER'S MOTHER: I just spent the night with him, of course, across the street. He's restless. He's asking for food. He uses a picture communication system and he understands receptive language, so he uses a lot of body language to let us know he wants to eat. So it's great that even I'm a little tired because I was up all night with him, but I'm happy that he was awake, and alert, and asking for food and water.
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HARRIS: Well, Allen will get more to eat. When he gets home, his family is planning an ice cream party.
COLLINS: Men taking drugs for impotence will soon see a new warning on the label. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta here, now, to tell us a little bit more about this.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: They're going to see a Viagra label about hearing loss. Sort of interesting. They've been talking about this for sometime. There've been some adverse events reported related to hearing loss and men taking these medications -- the impotence medication such as Viagra, such as Cialis, such Levitra.
Put a little bit of perspectives here for you. First of all, the class of medications that we're talking about here is known as phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors.
COLLINS: Huh?
GUPTA: You don't need to remember that. But you should know that there have been 29 adverse effects. Not that many. A small number over the last, almost 11 years now, specifically with regard to hearing loss or dizziness, as well.
I'm not exactly sure why is this is happening, what the cause of this is, but it does seem to be sudden. And about two-thirds of those people seem to have ongoing hearing loss as opposed to just temporary.
Now, we did talk to the makers of at least one of these medications, Pfizer, and they've released a statement, specifically about this issue, saying that "It is not possible to determine whether these reported events are related directly to the use of pde5 inhibitors or other factors such as the patient's underlying medical conditions, risk factors for hearing loss, or to other factors."
Why is this happening is the question a lot of people are asking. Not -- not sure. But you're going to see these new labels, though.
COLLINS: Well, I think people may obviously have never heard -- I've never heard of a hearing issue with one of these types of drugs. Is age possibly a factor here?
GUPTA: Yes, you know, it is. And as people age, hearing loss of some sort becomes, obviously, increasingly common. We know that people develop those problems. What's different, though, is the sudden nature of it.
COLLINS: Yes. GUPTA: When something suddenly happens in the body -- and you know this -- you often have to think about blood vessel. Did a blood vessel just become blocked for some reason? And interestingly, with Viagra, Viagra was actually originally designed to open up blood vessels. So the exact opposite effect here. So we're not sure what -- why these medications would cause this problem or if it's just something that would normally happen in this population -- people, anyway.
COLLINS: Yes, strange. Well, what about other drugs? I mean when something like this happens with one particular drug, I'm sure the physicians and researchers look at other drugs that might contain the same ingredients.
GUPTA: Absolutely. And, you know, we asked the same question, because we said what else falls in this class of drugs. And there's a medication known as Revatio. It's used for pulmonary hypertension, just sort of increases the blood flow through the lungs in the same mechanism and it could cause some of these same problems, as well.
But doctors, specifically, with regard to this medication say absolutely, don't just stop this medication over concerns about this because this is a potentially life-saving medication. But talk to your doctor. You may want to get monitored for something like this but that medication is something you need to stay on.
COLLINS: And certainly, if you notice some hearing loss, call the doc immediately?
GUPTA: Talk to your doctor, yes, absolutely.
COLLINS: All right. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, thank you.
GUPTA: Thanks, Heidi.
HARRIS: And still to come in the NEWSROOM this morning, after the fight for Iraq is over, will the U.S. have a permanent military base there?
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The people of Iraq, the parliament and the Council of Representatives, and the government of Iraq, they all say no big, fat no.
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HARRIS: Big, fat no. The U.S. looking for some wiggle room.
COLLINS: Well, there it goes. The East Coast home of the rat pack gone. Curtains for the Sands Casino.
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COLLINS: Well, it's Friday and it's time to name the newsmaker, who most shaped this week's news coverage. That person, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Thousands of people turned out for her return after eight years in self-imposed exile. She has vowed to fight the growing militant threat in Pakistan, then, this suicide bombing. Already, there is talk it is the work of Al Qaeda or the Taliban. Pakistan is now in crisis.
Benazir Bhutto, surviving the assassination attempt, and in the spotlight, now more than ever.
HARRIS: Heidi, we want to get you the latest information on this horrible home explosion in New Jersey. And Betty is following that story for us in the NEWSROOM.
Good to see you, Betty.
BETTY NGUYEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, it is a terrible story. One person is dead, three people injured in an explosion that just leveled two homes in Irvington, New Jersey. You're looking at some of the video that's coming in to CNN from the scene. Let's take a listen to the Irvington fire chief as he lays out exactly what happened.
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DEP. CHIEF MATT HIBBIT, IRVINGTON FIRE DEPT: This is all we had received. (INAUDIBLE) a call for a fire or possible explosion in the area. We responded to the Berkeley Terrace School. Those reports of a fire at Berkeley school is actually debris from this explosion. The explosion caused debris to fly about two or three blocks away to start another fire. The building had exploded. It was a three-story wood frame, new construction. Next to it was a vacant six-family structure.
Upon arrival, some of the citizens in the area extricated one victim that was lightly trapped. Our guys showed up. We removed an additional four victims, one of them is deceased. OK? This operation is now going into a USAR operation. OK? That's Urban Search and Rescue.
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NGUYEN: Again, one person killed, three injured. And we do know that a spokesperson there on the scene says that there was a strong gas odor. So officials believe that may have been what caused this explosion. Of course, we're going to stay on top of it, Tony, and bring you the latest.
HARRIS: Betty, that is amazing. So you get the initial explosion, and debris flies for two to three blocks?
NGUYEN: Yes, and there's just rubble everywhere.
HARRIS: Everywhere. OK, Betty, appreciate it. Thank you.
COLLINS: A close call in Pensacola, Florida. A twister rips through town and rips off roofs. A live interview with the mayor right here, in the NEWSROOM. ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: (INAUDIBLE) in the Appalachians, an autistic hiker is found after missing for four days, and he is safe and sound.
I'm Allan Chernoff in West Virginia. I'll have that story coming up straight ahead in the NEWSROOM.
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HARRIS: This is what we love! We hit it right on time! The opening bell. Get-away day Friday. New York Stock Exchange for you. The down starts today at 13,888 after pretty much a flat day yesterday as the down closed. That maybe just a couple of points. Let's just call it a flat day.
Did you see this news? Oil trading at around $90. Actually bridged over $90 at a couple of points overnight. You will see what kind of impact that has on the markets today. Susan Lisovicz following all the business news this morning for us in the CNN NEWSROOM.
Bottom of the hour. Welcome back to the CNN NEWSROOM, everyone. I'm Tony Harris.
COLLINS: Hi there, everybody, I'm Heidi Collins.
Among our top stories this hour. Several states in recovery mode this morning after a major outbreak of tornadoes. Look at the video now. Twisters and high winds ravaged parts of Missouri, homes there absolutely demolished. One mobile home was tossed in the air, killing two people that were inside.
To Michigan now, at least one and as many as four tornadoes touched down. A man was killed when strong winds tore down his house and trapped him inside. Several other homes were damaged as well.
And look at this scene now. Owensborough, Kentucky. High winds, severe thunder storms, toppled trees, and power lines there. At least nine people were hurt. They were reports of tornadoes touching down but as of yet, as usual not quite confirmed.
HARRIS: A confirmed twister in Pensacola, Florida sending shoppers and children at a day care center running for cover.
Joining us now by phone, the mayor of Pensacola, John Fogg. John, good to see you and good to talk to you this morning. Thank you.
VOICE OF JOHN FOGG, MAYOR OF PENSACOLA: Good morning. Glad to be here.
HARRIS: Talk to us about this weather event. This twister that came through your town and, boy in your ability to respond, how quickly were you able to mobilize?
FOGG: We had about 15 or 20 minutes notice from the weather service that there was a possibility of tornado. We're not used to tornadoes around here at all. As a matter of fact, nobody can remember ever having one here on this scale. We're quite used to disaster recovery when it comes to hurricane but we have so much more notice.
In this particular case, nobody could really respond if they happened to be listening to the radio, they could do something, but the day care center however, there were many kids. Fortunately, the people there did hear the warning and they moved out of that building to a church.
The building they were in was totally demolished. The church was subsequently significantly damaged, losing about 40 percent of its roof. About 45 cars in a shopping center not far away were tossed around like matchsticks. The real fortunate story about all of this is that nobody was seriously injured. I'm only aware of about four people that are actually treated at a hospital. No fatalities, so we're blessed in that regard.
HARRIS: We're going to show some of the pictures of the day care center. The parents are traumatized as you can imagine. I mean, it has to be amazing for you as you toured the damage and you're seeing what you're seeing today that you can report to us. No injuries. Boy, how do you explain that? Just good fortune?
FOGG: Well, to a great extent, I think that's true. It could have been -- there could have been much more injury and damage than what actually occurred.
HARRIS: Yeah.
FOGG: I guess, you know, from my mindset, because we've experienced so many very devastating hurricanes, that this was a very limited event and, fortunately, no body was injured. Our first responders are highly trained, I guess as most communities but we have an opportunity more often than many to exercise that capability so we did have about 8,000 people without power. I think most of that has been restored.
The issue today really has become flooding. We've received something like 12 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Much-needed rain but now, we are having to deal with that aspect.
HARRIS: Mayor Fogg, thanks for your time. Appreciate the update.
FOGG: Sure.
COLLINS: We will continue to talk about these weather stories. Obviously, as one of our top stories today. Reynolds Wolf has been working on all of it for us. It's always upsetting when we see this stuff happen.
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COLLINS: And a happy homecoming. An autistic teenager back with his family this morning. He spent four days lost in the woods.
CNN's Allan Chernoff has the story.
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SANDY GREEN, SEARCH COMMANDER: Ladies and gentlemen, we found him.
ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Relief and joy after an autistic teenager is found alive in the West Virginia wilderness but only after days of waiting, worrying and searching. An 18-year-old, Jacob Allen went missing Sunday after wandering off while hiking with his parents. Jacob didn't answer calls of his name.
By Monday, searchers honed in on ten square miles of rugged terrain. Shouting his name, along with promises of candy. Jacobs' hat was found. Dogs were brought in. Helicopters searched from the sky. But time was working against them. Jacob had no food or water and temperatures at night dipped below 40 degrees.
Worries grew, worries his sister and brother expressed Wednesday on CNN's "AMERICAN MORNING".
BRITTANY ALLEN, SISTER OF AUTISTIC HIKER: You know, that is our biggest concern. That he -- someone calls for him, he can't say, you know, I'm here, you know, help me.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, by today, I don't know if he is going to be able to do much.
CHERNOFF: The rescue was scaled back at night but by Thursday morning, the number of searchers grew to 300. Then the moment Jacob's family had been hoping for. Jacob was found sleeping in a small opening surrounded by brush by a 25-year-old volunteer.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was hungry. He was thirsty. I think he was grateful to be found, to be around people again.
CHERNOFF: Grateful. A word Jacob's family understands very well.
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COLLINS: And Allan Chernoff is joining us now from Davis, West Virginia. Boy, it's a great ending to a story we don't always get great endings. Allan, what is Jacob's mother saying about all of this?
CHERNOFF: She is just so relieved, especially because this was the family's nightmare. Jacob actually loves hiking! It's one place where he really feels free and where the family has felt that they could allow him to be free because they always worry that he would get lost in a crowd in the city.
So, at least out in the country, in the woods, they felt he could hike and freely just wander along and he just loves being there. So they were so, so distraught when this, of course, happened. And now just so pleased and they plan a big celebration.
Let's have a listen.
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KAREN ALLEN, HIKER'S MOTHER: We haven't planned anything yet. It's all just evolving. But everybody on the mountain was saying, Jay, we're going to get you some ice cream, come on! And then that is what they were doing to call him. And here we didn't have any ice cream up there, up in the rural area, West Virginia here. So, we're going to have some ice cream party and this is homecoming weekend in Morgantown at West Virginia University. It happens to be, starting today and we're going to have a great homecoming with our city.
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CHERNOFF: You might wonder will they be going hiking again with Jacob? They say absolutely. The family is very much devoted to hiking, camping. They say they'll just be out there, but they be a little more paranoid the next time.
COLLINS: Yes. Probably can't ever be too careful.
All right, CNN's Allan Chernoff, joining us from Elkin, West Virginia -- no, Davis. Sorry about that Allen. Thank you.
HARRIS: A different kind of homecoming to tell you about now. A homecoming celebrated for its promise of more democracy. Suicide bombers turning it into an absolute bloodbath. The latest toll, 136 dead, almost 400 wounded. The target, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Just hours earlier, she returned after eight years in exile. She is viewed by many as a voice change and a champion for Democracy that is also made her a bit of a target.
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BENAZIR BHUTTO, FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER: Now, as we proceed, one hour before (INAUDIBLE) to assassinate me (INAUDIBLE). The suicide bomb. We have (INAUDIBLE).
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HARRIS: I'm not sure you could make out what the Former Prime Minister was saying. We will clear that up for you the next time we tell this story. Security officials say the attack bears the hallmark of a war lord linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban. According to media reports, that militant on the Afghan border had threatened suicide attacks.
COLLINS: So why did Benazir Bhutto return to Pakistan?
CNN's terror analyst Peter Bergen takes a closer look at the Former Prime Minister and her influence in the troubled country.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) PETER BERGEN, CNN TERROR ANALYST: Back from eight years in exile. Back into the fury of Pakistani politics. Benazir Bhutto is a national icon here, loved by millions, despised by many. In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer last month, Bhutto made it clear she knew the risks of returning. And she accepted them.
BHUTTO: There's a lot of threat because other military dictatorship and anarchic situation has developed with terrorists and Osama have exploited. They don't want democracy. They don't want me back.
BERGEN: She represents everything that the most militant elements of Pakistani society hate. Pro-west. Progressive. The first woman to lead a Muslim country. In a place where many would rather woman stay silent behind the veil.
BHUTTO: And they don't believe in women governing nations so they will try to block against me, but these are risks that must be taken. I'm prepared to take them.
BERGEN: Her father was executed by a former military dictator and her husband jailed. Two brothers killed. She herself has spent years in exile or under house arrest. Educated at Oxford and Harvard, Bhutto is the natural heir to one of Pakistan's most prominent political families. But term of prime minister, however, was murdered the end by scandal. She and her husband accused of stealing money from the treasury and stashing it overseas.
Bhutto is back, thanks to her enduring popularity and a deal struck with Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf. If she wins the upcoming election, they will likely share power. Musharraf staying on as president and Bhutto as prime minister. Musharraf had little choice. Bhutto is the most popular politician in Pakistan twice as popular as he is. Bob Grenier runs the operations in Pakistan after 9/11.
BOB GRENIER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, KROLL: An agreement between General Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto would be good for Pakistan. It would be good for America and it will be good for the war on terrorism much more broadly. At this point, the secular forces in Pakistan have to be reunited and Benazir Bhutto is a critically important part of that effort.
BHUTTO: I know the part has been tragic but I'm an optimist by nature. I put my faith in the people of Pakistan. I put my faith in God.
BERGEN: Huge crowds turn out to welcome Bhutto back and also, unfortunately, so did her enemies.
Peter Bergen, CNN, New York.
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HARRIS: Still ahead this morning. He is accused of sexually abusing boys and putting the pictures on the Internet. An international manhunt leads to Thailand.
COLLINS: A noble (INAUDIBLE). The code discoverer of DNA apologizing for what he said about the black race. Well have that story for you coming up in the CNN NEWSROOM.
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COLLINS: Twenty-one stories gone in just 20 seconds. There it goes. The Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is no more. The 500- room tower came down last night in a cloud of dust. Lots of history here though. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and The Rat Pack called it their east cost home. It was the first Atlantic City casino to offer poker the site of Sinatra's final U.S. concert. The demolition will make way for a new super casino and price tag $2 billion.
HARRIS: Love this story. Scottish landowner trumps a big-time developer. CNN's Phil Black has the story.
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PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: On the shores of the North Sea along a beautiful stretch of the Scottish coast, Donald Trump wants to build what he calls the greatest golf resort in the world. Few have the courage to defy trump. Quarry worker, Mike Forbes is among the few. Forbes' property sits right in the middle of trump's proposed development.
MIKE FORBES, LAND OWNER: We are going to build a golf course on this side and another one up this side. You know?
BLACK: So you'll be an island?
FORBES: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mayor of the island, hey?
BLACK: Trump has offered to buy but Forbes isn't selling.
FORBES: Well, it's my history. All my family come from here, you know?
BLACK: It's fair to say this isn't the tidiest property in Scotland. Rusting cars and crumbling barns.
FORBES: Need a built (INAUDIBLE) but I'll do it someday.
BLACK: Forbes says it's not much but it's his castle. What does trump think?
DONALD TRUMP, ENTREPRENEUR: It's a pig sty. And I say get your house clean. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Donald Trump says that your property is a pig sty.
FORBES: Yes? Maybe to him. Not to me. You know? But I've always say if I had his money, it would look nice, yeah?
BLACK: Trump says he can build around Forbes but he believes the Scotsman's messy ways are a deliberate strategy to frustrate him and drive up the price.
FORBES: I got everything I need. I don't need any more.
BLACK: Mike Forbes isn't the only obstacle standing between Donald Trump and his Scottish dream. Other locals have formed action groups to fight for the conservation of this area and Trump must still follow a long, complicated process to receive final approval for the development. The battle for these hills still has a long way to go.
Phil Black, CNN, Valmetti (ph), Scotland.
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COLLINS: Get a load of this! Dads in drag, and for good reason, too.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are paying $5,000 for these tickets.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Precisely. That's the whole reason why I'm doing it because I can't believe a guy paid $5,000 a ticket.
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COLLINS: Holy cow. The Hanna Montana ticket controversy raising a bit of a ruckus.
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COLLINS: Ask your preteen daughter who Hannah Montana is and she is likely to squeal her little head off. The show on Disney, a run- away hit for so-called twin sets but getting tickets to her concerts worthy of a frustrating scream.
Here now, Jody Latina of affiliate WDMH.
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JODY LATINA, WDMH REPORTER: Disney's hot ticket. Hannah Montana has a sold-out concert coming to Connecticut in December. People have literally paid thousands of dollars to get the coveted seats and some are, well, willing to do anything.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.
LATINA: Gary Dalton from Naugatuck is dressed in drag for a chance to win tickets to the Hannah Montana show. He his 7 and 9- year-old daughters are counting on him. Local radio station, WPLR (INAUDIBLE) amazingly got tickets.
BILLY WINN, WPLR RADIO: As soon as we found out, how, you know, how hot they were, we just got every intern, everybody that's OK, it's time to go, 10:00, go and people went on the computer phone and we got a pair of tickets
LATINA: Dads dressing in drag carrying baby dolls, balancing an egg, race to the finish all to win two tickets. Crazy? Yes. But Connecticut attorney general says this type of hype is a result of a ticket scalping law being pulled of the books. One of (INAUDIBLE) office is investigating scalper hacking into online ticket sales and whether special access is being given to them before ticket sales go public.
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL: And then exercise monopolistic strangle-hold power on the prices of the tickets are sold.
LATINA: Parents of today's publicity stunt say something's got to give for the sake of the kids.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I mean, is it worth it? It's one concert.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't think so. I think it should stop. I think they should put it so scalpers can't do this.
LATINA: The winner is Russ Krom from Southington. His favorite Hannah Montana song is "I Got Nerve." People are paying $5000 for this ticket.
RUSS KROM, CONTEST WINNER: Precisely. That's the whole reason why I am doing it. Knowing that I couldn't pay $5000 for tickets like that.
LATINA: The attorney general tells me that parents want him to get this law back on the books more than they want the politicians to pass a bonding package for the entire state.
In New Haven, Jodi Latina, news channel 8.
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HARRIS: Rapper T.I. in court on gun charges. Legal inside from the former U.S. attorney and defense attorney coming up for you in the NEWSROOM.
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HARRIS: If at first you don't succeed try, try again could be the theme for this week's life after work. Ali Velshi brings us a story of a former prison guard who never locked up her passion for singing.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Its show time and Sharon Jones is taking center stage at the Apollo Theater in New York.
VELSHI: But it wasn't that long ago when she worked under a different set of spot lights, as a prison guard.
SHARON JONES, SINGER: I was at Ruckus. That job was really serious. Once you got inside you was locked up and those guys are criminals.
VELSHI: Jones grew up wanting to be a singer but in her 20s, the record label told her she didn't have the right look so she detoured into other jobs. Yet 10 years ago, at the age of 40, she had the right sound for a group of 20's something playing old school soul music. They're looking for a singer.
JONES: First thing came out of my mouth, what do these little young white boys know about funk? And once they started playing, it was, OK, they know about funk.
VELSHI: And so Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings was born. They released three albums, toured around the world, and provided music to other big name artists like Amy Winehouse. Those guys got the more attention in the United States. And so now, Sharon finally had a spotlight and the crowd seems to find her look just fine.
JONES: I'm not going to cry. To walk on that stage and when I heard that roar from the crowd, the hairs, every goose bump, I just got it. It was such a great feeling.
Ali Velshi, CNN.
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