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New Video Shows Panic & Chaos Moments After China Quake; Clinton Stumps in Kentucky; "A.P." Reports Possible Prison Uprising Near Oklahoma City; Firefighters Battle Blazes Roaring Across Florida

Aired May 19, 2008 - 15:00   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: The next hour of NEWSROOM starts right now.
Panic and rain as everything insight starts to quake.

DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Terrifying new images of the moments when that catastrophic earthquake struck China.

Hello, everyone. I'm Don Lemon live here at the CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta and our international desk.

KEILAR: And I'm Brianna Keilar in for Kyra Phillips.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

LEMON: Of course, we have been seeing the chaos and the confusion, the panic and the bewilderment. You sense it all through a cloud of dust as you look at all this video. It is a new video we have just gotten from China. It was shot just seconds after that first big quake that happened just a week ago today.

We want to warn you, some of the images you're about to see, they are very graphic and they are very surreal. You may have some problems with it. If you have children, they're not for the faint of heart. Here's CNN -- ITN's (sic), I should say, Bill Neely.

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BILL NEELY, ITV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is what happens when the earth quakes -- and a city collapses.

It's 20 seconds after the first huge tremor but the ground is still shaking.

"Stay down. Stay down," someone shouts.

Nothing is clear, except the terror of tens of thousands; so many are children, clinging to each other, choking, crying. But there's more to come. Another violent tremor. Everyone cowers. The camera's microphone breaks. And then behind them, buildings collapse. Everyone is covered in dust again.

But those outside are the fortunate. In a theater, children performing a play are trapped, a wall has fallen on them.

"Get over there," he says, "people need help."

They sprint out. Others stagger. Few rescues are painless. There is pain everywhere. Masonry has trapped two girls by the legs. Nearby, rescuers work to free another.

All over Beichuan people are running. It's now many minutes since the main earthquake, but there's still panic.

"My baby! Where's my baby?"

Another woman seems rooted to the spot. "Don't stand here," they say. "Get out!" But many are in a daze.

From the rubble, a child is handed down beside a woman barefoot and bruised. He is safe for now. Suddenly, yet another aftershock, and a call for calm.

"There may be another tremor within minutes," the official says. "You really must get out." But it's not that simple. Scattered on the ground are Beichuan's injured. Falling masonry hitting young and old alike. It is now around half an hour since the major earthquake. Here alone in those minutes, 20,000 have been injured.

Bill Neely, ITV News, Beichuan.

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LEMON: Unbelievable videotape taken just seconds after that quake hit. We want to tell you that our I-Reporters have been filing reports. You can get them on our Web site at CNN.com. Also, go to I- Reports.com for that.

Also, you may be wondering how you can help out. Here's what you can do it, Impact Your World. Go to CNN.com/impact. You, too, can help out and make a difference when it comes to this quake -- Brianna.

KEILAR: Let's take you now to the campaign trail. Hillary Clinton is in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Of course, Kentucky having its primary tomorrow where Clinton is favored to win.

Let's listen in to what she's talking about.

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SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D-NY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: ... Because, believe me, if we don't get serious about energy, we will not recognize our economy. You can count on not just $4-a-gallon gas, but $5-a-gallon gas. We already have nearly $5-a-gallon diesel. You can count on utility bills continuing to go up.

This is not the way a great country behaves when faced with a big challenge. So let's get serious about energy by electing a president who's serious about working with you.

And in the meantime, we've got to make some steps right now. One is, we've got to have more emphasis on mine safety. Something that I've worked on in the Senate, and something I'm committed to, and have a whole agenda to address; so that we protect those who are mining out and distributing this important resource.

We've got to do something about the high price of gas right now. Not just wait until we have a new president.

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Here's what I would do. Number one, I would go after the energy speculators. We've got to do that. They are adding to the price of oil. They are manipulating the market. We need to close what's called the Enron loophole. And we need to make it clear we're not going to let them get away with what they've done to increase the cost of oil, somewhere between $20 and $50 a barrel.

(APPLAUSE)

We need to release some oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. That will help bring down the price. And we need to go after OPEC. They're a monopoly cartel. They should not have the power to set the supply and set the price. So if I were president, I would take the countries that are members of the WTO, the World Trade Organization, to task. And I would change our laws so we can use our anti-trust laws against the OPEC countries.

They have to know that the president of the United States is not going to put up with that any longer. And that's what I will do.

(APPLAUSE)

And finally, I want to give you a gas tax holiday and to make the oil companies pay the gas tax out of their record profits.

(APPLAUSE)

Now, you know, when I'm attacked on all sides, I kind of figure I must be right. You know, my opponent Senator Obama says, well, we don't need a gas tax. That's not going to help anybody. I tell you what, by my figuring -- using the Department of Energy figures -- it will save the average driver $70 this summer. It will save you if you drive more, if you use your car or truck or farm equipment. It will save you a whole lot more. I think that's significant.

It will save truckers $2 billion this summer, which means that money won't be added to the price of groceries. So, I think it could really help a lot of people if we did it.

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Now, Senator McCain, he's all for a gas holiday, he just doesn't want to pay for it, kind of typical Republican arithmetic. So what I believe is that we should go after the oil companies. I think it's way past time we had a president to go after the oil companies. We used to have presidents who went after the oil companies. And I think it's time we had one again, who said they have to be part of the solution.

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Now, I know none of this is going to happen until we get the two oil men out of the White House. But as soon as we do, let's be ready for that declaration of energy independence. And let's also be investing in fixing our bridges, our roads, our tunnels, our sewer and water systems. We could have what we did during World War II again, where we issued bonds. People bought them and it built up our war industry. I'd like to issue build America bonds and put those to work by putting three million Americans to work, fixing up this country and making it be what it needs to be again.

There's a lot we can do if we tackle this economy in a smart way. And we've done it before and we can do it again. And you've heard me say this. It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush; it's going to take a Clinton to clean up after the second Bush.

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We're also going to finish the business of trying to get to universal health care; quality, affordable health care for every single American, something that is both morally and economically the right thing to do.

And here's how I believe we should do it. If you have health insurance and you're happy with it, nothing would change except your costs would go down. And the reason it would go down is because right now -- you go back and look at your health insurance costs for the year. You pay a hidden tax, if you have health insurance. In order to pay for people who are uninsured.

Because what happens in Floyd County, what happens in America, is people who don't have insurance end up in the emergency room. And after waiting awhile, they get some help. Well, that help is not free. The doctors, the nurses, everybody has to be paid. So hidden in your health insurance costs is about a $900 hidden tax. If everybody's insured, you won't be paying that anymore.

If you're uninsured or the insurance you have doesn't cover what you need, then you need better choices. So here's what I believe. We should open up the plan that insures members of Congress and federal employees, and give you a chance to buy in to the congressional plan for you and your families. There are over 250 options.

This is not government-run, it's not government medicine. It's what members of Congress get. And you can choose the plan that's best for you. It covers prevention, something a lot of insurance policies don't cover.

KEILAR: You're listening to Hillary Clinton. She's talking in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Even though some polls show that a lot of the Democratic Party really coalescing now around Barack Obama, she continues on the campaign trail.

We've got a couple more weeks before the last primary. And she was talking universal health care here. She was talking about energy. And even though the sharp attacks on Barack Obama have died down, as well as vice versa, she did get a little jab in there about him not supporting the gas tax holiday that she does support.

Again, she's in Kentucky where there's a primary tomorrow. She's expected to win tomorrow, if polls prove true. Oregon also having a mail-in primary. Barack Obama there favored, by polls. We'll continue to bring you the latest campaign events as they happen.

LEMON: Polygamist parents file into court to try to reclaim their children. A closer look today at the reclusive sect members suspected of forcing minors into marriage.

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KEILAR: Philadelphia police are punishing some of their own after a videotaped beating. Commissioner Charles Ramsey says he plans to fire four of the cops involved in the beating of three shooting suspects. It was broadcast across the nation this month after a TV news crew captured it. Three other officers are being suspended, while another is being demoted.

LEMON: Prim, proper and decidedly old fashioned, they don't exactly look like threats to their kids. But here they are, some of the hundreds of Texas polygamists going to court in hopes of retrieving their children from state custody. It is the latest strange twist in the case that began last month, amidst suspicions young girls were being forced into marriage. CNN's Ed Lavandera is trying to sort things out at the Tom Greene County courthouse in San Angelo, Texas.

And what's the latest on this, Ed?

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Don, well the hearings continue. They started this morning. This is a process that will take about three weeks. There's five different courtrooms, five different judges; so all these cases being heard simultaneously.

There's a great deal of contention here. Essentially just kind of a battle of wills, if you will, between parents, who remain steadfastly -- who say they're steadfastly in love with their children, but remain dedicated to the church and the beliefs they hold. And those beliefs here coming at a logger hold with officials in Texas who are presenting these families as -- one judge said, these hearings have much more to do with the parents than they do with the children.

These parents are being presented with a service plan -- that's what it's being called -- which is essentially a list of all the things, requirements and goals that they must accomplish in the months and weeks ahead to be able to regain custody of their children.

Now, inside these documents, it never says these parents must renounce any kind of affiliation with their religious beliefs, but officials here, within the church, and within this polygamous sect say that is clearly what's happening to them. One of the elders of the group spoke just a little while ago and said that he's fighting (ph) who has been sitting in on some of these hearings this morning, and described it all as sick and pathetic.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If they can openly admit that they can take away the Book of Mormon from us today, it will be the Bible tomorrow. And it's outrageous. If you guys are going to sit around and let the government of this state remove even the Book of Mormon as doctrine from our children, and then say this is not about religion, you're brain dead

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LAVANDERA: Of course, state authorities continue to say what they have done is in the best interest of the children; that, because of these allegations of abuse they need time to investigate all of this. And that is what they're in the process of doing, and they think that these service plans will be the best way to demonstrate that all of these children will be kept safe, and out of harm's way in the months ahead.

But, Don, as you can imagine, this will be a rather heated and contention three weeks in San Angelo.

LEMON: CNN's Ed Lavandera in San Angelo, Texas.

Thank you, Ed.

KEILAR: One man says it smells like burning tires. And from Florida's Panhandle to the Everglades, you can see it; just mile upon mile of smoke. It's a state on fire in the NEWSROOM.

LEMON: In the orangutan's defense, the view from the roof is much better. So how do you coax a wayward a back into its enclosure?

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KEILAR: Fireworks are, of course, a mainstay of the July Fourth celebration, but some of those celebrations might lose their sparkle this year. Why? Well, I have no idea. Susan Lisovicz may know. She's on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Why, Susan?

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, because there was a big bang in China, which may affect the exciting -- some of the products that are associated with July Fourth. There was an explosion in China three months ago. It wiped out 10 fireworks warehouses -- actually make that 20. Now some believe it could lead to a shortage of, well, some of the things like that, for instance.

Consumer fireworks shipments from China are down 35 percent. Shipments from professional displays are down 40 percent. The American Pyrotechnics Association believes professionals will not have to cancel any events, but there are concerns that bottle rockets, Lady Fingers and Roman Candles might all be in short supply.

Here on the floor of the exchange, we're seeing some of the early fireworks. There's a little bit. Blue chips hanging in there. Right now, the Dow up nearly 79 points. But the Nasdaq is under pressure. So let's go uptown to the Nasdaq market site and talk to CNNMoney.com's Poppy Harlow for an explanation.

Hey, Poppy.

POPPY HARLOW, CNNMONEY.COM: Hey, there, Susan.

The NASDAQ down just slightly, about 0.1 percent, but we could close in positive territory, like the Dow. We're watching -- what else? -- shares of Microsoft and Yahoo! Microsoft down about 1.5 percent. Yahoo down slightly.

The two companies working over the weekend, together, Microsoft releasing a press release over the weekend saying, hey, we're talking to Yahoo! yet again. They say they're not looking to fully acquire Yahoo!, but they are talking to them about a possible tie-up. This is just two weeks after Microsoft walked away from a more than $47 billion offer. And it comes right after billionaire investor Carl Icahn launched a proxy battle over at Yahoo!

So, some interesting developments there. The question is, when is this going to end, if ever? We'll see. No final word on that yet.

But we're also watching shares of Amazon.com. Look at that, up 8.5 percent, Susan, on an analyst's upgrade. I know you have some very interesting news about Amazon.com, as well.

LISOVICZ: Yes, the power of an upgrade, 8.5 percent. Not bad for a day's work.

CNNMoney.com's Poppy Harlow.

Well, Amazon.com doesn't sell cars, but we'll tell but an $11 million Spyder. It doesn't have eight legs, it has four wheels.

Brianna and Don, I'll have that for the closing bell.

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LEMON: Do you remember the Spider? What was that? Was that Fiat? Who did the Spider? Did I just give it away?

KEILAR: It's hot.

LEMON: Did I just give it away? No?

KEILAR: Don Lemon! All right, Susan, we're going to leave it at that.

LISOVICZ: Yes, yes.

LEMON: And the MG Midget, all big at the time.

LISOVICZ: Yes, yes.

LEMON: That was back in the day, right? KEILAR: We'll check in with you a in a bit, Susan. Thanks.

LEMON: All right. Shh!

You know what happens in a lot of households, keeping financial secrets from your spouse or partner can threaten your checkbook and your relationship. It's called financial infidelity. And the solution to the problem is right on your money.

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CARMEN WONG ULRICH, AUTHOR, "GENERATION DEBT": A quarter of both men and women are shopping online, mostly at work, to hide purchases from their partners.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Internet makes it easy to cheat.

ULRICH: And it's especially a problem if it gets in the way of paying off debts or your finances, or you get some credit card bill problems.

ROMANS: Don't ignore signs you or your partner has a problem. Such as keeping a secret bank account, stashing money, or hiding purchases and bills.

ULRICH: They'll be upset and angry, but use it as an opportunity to figure out why this is happening. What may have triggered it, and how to prevent it.

ROMANS: Agreeing on a plan is the best way to stay financially faithful.

ULRICH: Whether it's an annual vacation, or saving for your child's education, if you keep those things in mind, you feel that you're going towards a goal with your partner. You're more personally responsible for your money and for how it's spent.

ROMANS: Christine Romans, CNN, New York.

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KEILAR: When it comes to a tall pizza order, this one tops them all. Pies as far as the eyes can see.

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LEMON: OK, great. Just getting some information in my ear, here. This is just into the CNN NEWSROOM and it's according to the Associated Press. Let me make sure I don't have any updated information here.

OK, there is a prison disturbance in Oklahoma. It's Granite, Oklahoma, about 70 miles outside of Oklahoma City. According to the Associated Press, they're reporting a disturbance at the Oklahoma State Reformatory in nearby Granite. The warden there says the situation there is under control. Said she didn't have any information there about injuries. In this, phone calls to the prison were not immediately returned; details not immediately available.

It is a medium security prison at -- which is about 15 miles northwest of Magnum. The biggest city there that it's closest to is Oklahoma City, about 70 miles away. And there are some conflicting reports about injuries and what have you. I'm not going to report that to you yet, because we're not exactly sure if that is confirmed.

Again, according to the Associated Press, there is a prison riot and apparently a very serious situation happening in Oklahoma City. Again, according to the Associated Press. We'll update you on that as soon as we get some new information and we can confirm some of the information that is coming into the CNN NEWSROOM.

We're working on that developing story for you -- and another one as well, in fact, a couple of them.

After spending the night, in these remote Washington State woods, two young girls -- there you see them there. One of them is in the back of the truck. They have been found safe and sound. The girls, ages 7 and 10, got separated from their father and older brother during a hike yesterday. They had water, but didn't have any flashlights.

Good thing they are safe.

Court hearings have resumed in Texas in the massive child custody case stemming from last month's raid on a polygamous ranch. It takes five courtrooms to accommodate the lawyers for the hundreds of children seized and put in state custody. Their mothers are trying to get them back, of course.

New amateur video has surfaced of the terrifying first moments when that catastrophic earthquake struck Central China a week ago. It shows panicked, bloodied and dust-coated people scrambling for safety. Today, China has begun three days of mourning, as the official death toll tops 34,000.

KEILAR: Hot, humid and smoky -- those are not exactly ideal conditions for firefighters, who are trying very hard to douse nearly 90 fires across Florida.

Any relief in sight -- Chad Myers?

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: (INAUDIBLE) is a good thing. I mean, you know, better than dry air. Better than hot, dry air.

KEILAR: That's true.

MYERS: And, also now, we are getting some showers coming down in the fire areas. Most of the rain that came down earlier today was actually south of the fire, into Miami city proper and also down through South Miami-Dade. Down around Florida City you had a couple of showers, as well.

But the problem -- notice up here -- look at that -- 266 lightning strikes came with the rain. So if there are spots that didn't get enough rain and a lightning bolt hit -- and there's nothing else to hit except Everglades. I mean it's not like going to hit a telephone pole -- I guess it could. It could hit one of the lights that go across Tamiami, but other than that -- and this is -- these are lightning strikes that completely hit the ground -- completely hit dry ground in some spots and then be you get this.

They do believe, though, that the national fire -- the 40,000 acres we have now -- was somehow man made. They're not saying that it was something, you know, sinister but there was nothing out there natural to make the fire. But anything can happen. I mean you can -- like you can drop a bottle out there and at some point in time the sun hits the bottle and it can be a magnifying glass and get this so dry land. There hasn't been showers out here for a long, long time -- at least two weeks, and, in some spots, almost two months with very, very dry air still right there over the Everglades.

So now what?

The winds -- Miami, you're gusting from nine to almost 21 miles per hour, but from the south. So as the fires are here in the 'Glades, we're actually pushing this smoke to the north, not to the east anymore. So some of that smoke is leaving the Miami downtown area, leaving Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, all the way up toward West Palm and now kind of blowing back up toward Lewiston.

And Lewiston, you have your share of fires on your own -- a bunch of fires out there, as the rain doesn't get to you today at all. But we'll take any rain we can get. This is a great news event for the firefighters just to get any of those Everglades a little bit more damp than they were yesterday -- Brianna.

KEILAR: Certainly.

Chad Myers for us in the CNN Weather Center.

Thanks.

MYERS: You're welcome.

LEMON: Waiting and hoping for help from anyone. Hundreds of thousands of people who survived the killer cyclone in Myanmar are doing what they can to make it through another desperate day.

More from our correspondent on the ground.

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UNIDENTIFIED CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the crack of dawn, but we've been hiding in this boat for hours -- riding with one of the few captains willing to take a steep into the Irrawaddy River Delta. Myanmar's repressive military rulers have banned practically all foreigners from going to the areas most devastated by Cyclone Nargis.

And this is why. More than two weeks after the storm, the shores are still lined with corpses. And many of those who survived the cyclone now have to flee their homes. These people have packed a few belongings into their boat. They say they've received no help at all from their government.

"We simply couldn't survive in our village any longer," this woman says. "We would starve if we stayed there."

We give them some of our food -- the first supplies they've received in more than two weeks. And as we meet more and more people in despair, Myanmar's government television network is showing pictures of the country's military dictator, Than Shwe, visiting a government-run refugee camp.

The junta is trying to convince the world that a huge relief effort is reaching those most in need of aid. But Myanmar state TV isn't showing villages like this one. That's because there is no relief effort here.

"I've been trying to contact our government representative for more than two weeks," the village chief tells me, "but so far, I've received no reply."

A quarter of the village's population was killed by the cyclone. This man can't hold back his tears. He lost his two daughters, he says, and now he's alone. Another villager named Ko Hu (ph) shows us where his house used to stand. He also shows us the place he found the body of his 3-year-old daughter.

"I dug her out of the mud and buried her on the other side of the river," he says.

Many in the village clearly remain traumatized by what they've witnessed. And they say, if they don't get more help soon, their future will be a fight for survival.

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LEMON: And that's from our reporter on the ground in Myanmar.

The Philippine government, which has been sending relief aid to Myanmar and China, is rerouting some of to its own people. A tropical storm sliced through the northern Philippines Saturday. At least a dozen people are dead. Almost as many are injured. Several thousand homes are in ruin. Fields are swamped and power is out everywhere.

KEILAR: Osama bin Laden is trying to stir resentment against Arab moderates. In the second of two messages in just three days, a voice said to be bin Laden's declares that Arab leaders have sacrificed the Palestinians and failed to wage a single serious war to reassert their claim to Palestine. In response today, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accuses bin Laden of sullying the reputation of Palestinians, all the other Arabs and Muslims. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BRENT CASE, ATTACKED BY GRIZZLY BEAR: He's eating my brains. I can feel it. I know it's happening.

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LEMON: Oh, my goodness. Oh, attacked by a grizzly -- this man has one terrible tale to tell.

I'm surprised he's alive. Hear it right here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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LEMON: OK, breaking news into the CNN NEWSROOM. We told you about that prison riot in Oklahoma. Well, we're hearing now -- and CNN has confirmed -- that at least two inmates have died in this incident. At least 13 others were injured during a riot at the Oklahoma State Reformatory. It is a state prison there. Those fatalities were confirmed by the state medical examiner. And he said he didn't have any other additional details.

Also, they said 15 people were stabbed in this incident and one official with the Highway Patrol said three people had died. There's a discrepancy here. We know that. But this is what's being reported and we have confirmed that at least two people have died here. It could possibly be more, but we know for sure at least two have died.

This is located about 100 miles Southwest of Oklahoma City. And they're also saying that the prison, obviously, now is under -- is on lockdown. Ambulances have been dispatched to the prison. The situation lasted for about an hour, but we're told it's over. At least two inmates dead, 13 others stabbed in a prison riot near Oklahoma City.

We'll update you.

KEILAR: A Canadian man attacked by a 900-pound grizzly bear lives to tell the tale. A warning, though. The report contains some pictures of the victim's wounds.

Peter Grainger of Canada's CTV has the story.

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CASE: He was trying to grab me and get a taste of me.

PETER GRAINGER, CTV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Brent Case seems almost nonchalant about it now...

CASE: He went right into the muscle and right through the arm.

GRAINGER: ...as he shows the wounds left by a savage attack by a grizzly bear.

CASE: Come on, Stanley. OK. GRAINGER: Last week, the 53-year-old surveyor was alone in the bush east of Bella Coola. He was taking photos for an engineering job when he realized he wasn't alone.

CASE: I had a feeling somebody was watching me or something was watching me. And the hair on this side of my head started to go up. And that doesn't happen very often.

GRAINGER: The next thing he knew, he was on the ground. A 900- pound bear was stomping on his body.

CASE: And I said, oh. And I just said, this isn't happening, this isn't happening. And I just -- I put my head down like this. And I says he's coming at me. And I had my ax. And I said, oh, I can't hit him because he's too close. And he has an agenda. So I threw my ax down. And I said the best thing I can do is play dead.

GRAINGER: That's probably what saved his life -- although that didn't stop the grizzly from biting him numerous times and gnawing the scalp on the back of his head.

CASE: I said he's eating my brains. I can feel it. I know it's happening. And I says, God, I hope he gets it over with soon. And then I just says -- and then when I was down there and I was just down and I was shaking so bad. And I was bleeding and the sounds and everything were just -- just unbelievable. I just said, I'm too young to die.

GRAINGER: Case has a lot to live for. His family is number one. So his will to live took over. Being bear savvy by playing dead, the bear lost interest and lumbered away. So did Case.

CASE: And I got on a crouch and I just started running on a crouch. And I just kept on running. And I says, I've got to go, because I'm going to go into shock here pretty quick, I'm sure.

GRAINGER: Despite deep gashes and bite and being blinded by blood, Case got to his truck and drove 25 kilometers, to the nearest gas station. B.C. Ambulance came to the rescue, but...

CASE: A bumpy ride, I must say. That road needs to be fixed. And Gordon Campbell (ph) should be fixing the roads. One road he should fix is the Bella Coola Road. I thought I was going to die a few times.

GRAINGER: His recovery will take time, but the seasoned outdoorsman isn't afraid of going back to the bush. Case says he can hardly wait. He says if he's ever going to meet another grizzly, he's prepared to play dead again.

Peter Grainger, CTV News.

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LEMON: Let's hope that doesn't happen again.

OK, see that orangutan up there?

In his defense -- his or her defense, the view from the roof is much better.

So how do you coax a wayward ape back into its enclosure -- Brianna?

KEILAR: Dessert?

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LEMON: All right. Breaking news into the CNN NEWSROOM. We told you that two inmates in a prison riot were stabbed and killed near Oklahoma City. In fact, it is in Granite, Oklahoma, or Magnum, Oklahoma, which are very close to each other.

Joining us now on the phone with all the details on this is Jerry Massie.

He is from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He's a public information officer there.

We're hearing at least two people were killed in this, possibly a third. Can you update us, sir?

JERRY MASSIE, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Yes. There was a fight that broke out in the recreation yard to the housing units. It looks like, at this point, two are dead. Eight others have been taken out to hospitals and four were treated there right at the facility.

LEMON: What started this, do you know?

MASSIE: Pardon me?

LEMON: Do you know what started this?

MASSIE: No, we're not sure at this point. It seems like it was just a disagreement between some inmates.

LEMON: OK. And we were told by the chief medical examiner there that this is two confirmed. They're telling us that 18 -- I'm sorry, 13 were injured and one inmate is also in bad shape?

MASSIE: Yes, I'm not real sure on those numbers. That would add up to be about right, with eight taken to the hospital, too, and then four treated at the facilities.

LEMON: OK. This is a medium security prison.

MASSIE: Right, where it occurred, that portion of it is.

LEMON: OK. About 800 prisoners in the medium security prison, 200 in the medium -- 200 in the minimum security. Tell us about this facility and what kind of inmates are taken here.

MASSIE: Well, it's just a general medium security facility in Oklahoma. There's maximum, medium, minimum security levels. So there could be inmates with long sentences. But it's a secure facility. LEMON: OK. Jerry Massie, the public information officer for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. We appreciate you joining us and confirming this information for us.

Mr. Massie there says it is confirmed, two inmates are dead. And he said at least eight others were injured and were transported to the hospital there -- at least were treated in this facility.

Granite, Oklahoma, not far from Oklahoma City.

If we get any more details on this within the next 10 minutes, before we leave you for "THE SITUATION ROOM," we'll update you.

KEILAR: Immigrants targeted out of frustration, anger and fear -- it happens around the world in societies of every stripe. And right now, it's happening with deadly consequences in South Africa, where many foreigners had hoped to find peace and prosperity.

CNN's Robyn Curnow reports from Johannesburg. And we warn you that some of the images in her report may be disturbing.

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ROBYN CURNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As violence against non-South Africans escalates, police are using rubber bullets on their own people, as South African mobs turn on those who come here for refuge, such as Zimbabweans fleeing violence and intimidation back home and Mozambiquans making a better life for themselves. More than 20 have been killed -- one man burnt alive, others beaten -- because locals say the foreigners are stealing their positions and their jobs.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's just -- most of them, they just have to go back to their country and leave us in peace.

CURNOW (on-camera): But they can't go back. There are three million Zimbabweans here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But that's the only solution. They just have to go back to their country or (INAUDIBLE) they're going to get killed. As you can see at the moment, look at how many (INAUDIBLE) here are being gunned down.

CURNOW: As firemen try to contain a blaze in a maze of shacks, another foreigner's home is being torched by his South African neighbors.

(on-camera): We're just walking into the shack lands here. One hut is being burned, but the fire is now spreading.

(voice-over): The homes are so close together that when a foreigner's shack is set on fire, it risks spreading to the shacks of neighboring South Africans -- which it did in this case, before firemen brought the blaze under control. The original target now incinerated. It belongs to a Mozambiquan family who were chased away Sunday night by South Africans who live in the very same shanty town. (on-camera): Shack fires like this are becoming all too common around the Johannesburg area. These firemen tell me that since Thursday, they've put out more than 100 of these fires.

(voice-over): Up the road, churches are sheltering and feeding thousands of foreign nationals.

DEAN CHRISTOPHER BARENDS, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: People are angry because once unemployed, poverty affected people's struggle for basic means to live every day. This will explode into something.

CURNOW: So they hound out and hunt down the foreigners, blaming poverty, joblessness and crime on non-South Africans, like this Mozambiquan man.

PASCAOL SENDELA GULANE, MOZAMBICAN IMMIGRANT: The people broke in my house, take a lot of my stuff.

CURNOW (on-camera): So you're living now out of the car.

(voice-over): It wasn't safe to stay at home, he says. So now he's living in car on church property with his young family.

A safe haven from intolerance, hatred and xenophobia in a country once lauded as a shining beacon of reconciliation.

Robin Curnow, CNN, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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LEMON: At the closing bell and a wrap of all the action on Wall Street straight ahead.

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LEMON: What do you say we check in with CNN's Wolf Blitzer?

KEILAR: Yes. He's standing by in "THE SITUATION ROOM" to tell us what's coming up at the top of the hour -- Wolf.

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: We've got a lot coming up at the top of the hour, guys.

John McCain heads to Chicago and attacks Barack Obama on his own turf. At issue, who's is better equipped to take on Iran?

We're going to tell you what they're saying.

Also, the day before crucial primary showdowns in Oregon and Kentucky, Hillary Clinton says her campaign is alive and well. Her campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, is live right here in "THE SITUATION ROOM."

And Obama issues a threat to the GOP opposition and puts Republicans on Tennessee on notice. And he's saying let me quote him specifically, "Lay off my wife. We'll explain what's going on. All that and a lot more guys, coming up right here in "THE SITUATION ROOM."

KEILAR: All right, thanks, Wolf.

We'll be watching.

LEMON: I like that music. Luna Bella, come on down. It sounds like "The Price is Right," right?

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LEMON: The 10-year-old orangutan got out of her enclosure somehow at Busch Gardens in Tampa and decided to hang out on the roof. Staff got all the guests out of the area and the handlers finally got the hairy orange lady down with bananas and vanilla ice cream. You said it. You said dessert.

KEILAR: That's like a banana split.

LEMON: Yes. Everybody is OK.

But the question is, how did she get over that 12-foot wall?

Well, she's pretty resourceful. That's how she did it.

Also Caught on Camera, also in Florida, pies as far as the eyes can see. Yum. A pizza joint in Fort Pierce hopes this line of pizzas will break a record. The chain was more than 722 feet long and was good for 6,000 slices. The pizza party helped raise money for a firefighter who lost his home to a wildfire.

I guess this was Caught on Camera too, right?

Intrepid.

What is this?

Oregonians -- what the heck is that?

Mark the end of ski season. Oh, that's what they're doing. The object here is to gain enough speed to zip across the icy pond. Most contestants end up wet. But a Borat look-alike made it look simple and skied off with the first prize. Among the other contestants, Bob Marley (ph)...

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LEMON: ...Wonder Woman, Burger King and, of course, Elvis.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

KEILAR: Wonder Woman.

LEMON: What?

Look at that.

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LEMON: Rock on. That was pretty cool.

KEILAR: Oh, no. And then have you to climb out of the water if you get stuck in the middle. Oh, that looks freezing. I would never do that. It's too cold.

And here's...

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KEILAR: Moving on.

LEMON: OK. Moving on now.

KEILAR: Now here is what a lot of you are watching. This is on CNN.com.

LEMON: Oh, my gosh.

KEILAR: We just told you this story not too long ago -- scars of a survivor. This man played dead to trick an attacking grizzly bear.

LEMON: Ouch.

KEILAR: And then when the coast was clear, he managed to drive 15 miles to get help.

Also, an Indiana man is a backyard oil barren.

This is like -- what is that show?

LEMON: Black gold, Texas tea.

KEILAR: That's right.

LEMON: "The Beverly Hillbillies."

KEILAR: Well, his family installed a well and is making some decent money off of about three barrels siphoned out every day. That's a good way to, I guess, lower your gas price if you can.

And they call him Mr. Calculator. This 9-year-old Egyptian boy is a certified genius. He's already taking college classes and he's planning to win the Nobel Prize.

You can get more on him and a whole lot of other stories at CNN.com.

In the meantime, the closing bell is about to ring on Wall Street.

LEMON: The human calculator?

KEILAR: Yes.

LEMON: At that age.

Susan Lisovicz is standing by with a final look at the trading day.

You could use him some days in your job, Susan, I'm sure.

LISOVICZ: Yes, I could. Every day, as a matter of fact, especially when we're talking about oil. That would be nice to have in your backyard...

LEMON: Oh, yes.

LISOVICZ: ...which hit another record high, closing above $127 a barrel. But if you can afford those hefty prices, you can probably afford this sweet ride. A 1961 Ferrari California Spyder, which sold over the weekend.

Isn't that beautiful?

It was once owned by tough talking actor, James Coburn, who bought it right after he finished "The Great Escape." So it has a great story too. It sold for 11 grand, just under 11 grand.

KEILAR: Not 11 grand.

LEMON: Eleven million.

LISOVICZ: $11,000.

LEMON: That was -- really?

LISOVICZ: Oh, wait, excuse me.

LEMON: I was going to say --

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LEMON: You need that human calculator kid.

LISOVICZ: I need the human calculator -- $11 million is what that sold for. That's a record for a vintage car in Europe.

No records on Wall Street today. The Dow will close up, the NASDAQ under a little pressure.

I'll have it all together tomorrow, guys. See you then.

LEMON: Susan, it is Monday so we forgive you. Have a great evening, OK.

LISOVICZ: You too.

KEILAR: Thanks, Susan.

Let's head now to "THE SITUATION ROOM" and Wolf Blitzer.