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Global "Occupy" Protests; Strong Winds Across Great Lakes; Building The Dream; Jury Could Get Conrad Murray Trial Soon
Aired October 16, 2011 - 06:00 ET
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ALINA CHO, CNN ANCHOR: From the CNN Center, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It's October 16th. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us. I'm Alina Cho. T.J. Holmes is on assignment.
A month into the protests and thousands of people around the world are taking up the cause of Occupy Wall Street. In New York, the demonstrator are moving to Times Square.
Hurricane Irene postponed the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication. But today, the dream is realized. Among our live guests this morning, the Reverend Jesse Jackson and designer Tommy Hilfiger. Why is he involved? We'll tell you.
And the price of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is about to go through the roof. We thought times were tough already. We'll explain.
And a special welcome to the service men and women watching on the Armed Forces Network. We're so glad you're with us.
But first, this is the 30th day of the Occupy Wall Street movement and, wow, what a month. What began with a small demonstration against big banks and corporate greed has exploded across the globe. The central website for the movement, United For A Global Change, says protests are happening in hundreds of cities in 82 countries. Among them, Berlin, Rome, Hong Kong, and London. Many of the protests are peaceful, but not all of them. Dozens and dozens of arrests have been made. We are covering the demonstrations from Berlin, into London, all the way to Melbourne, Australia.
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DIANA MAGNAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Huge, peaceful demonstrations across Germany. The organizers say that they believe around 40,000 people have come to demonstrate in most of Germany's major cities. The largest gathering here in Berlin in the government headquarters in front of the parliament building, and there in front of the chancellor's office around 10,000 people. Also in Frankfurt, another 8,000 outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank. A very diverse group of people. But all of whom are protesting against what they see as the evils of the financial system.
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm outside of St. Paul's Cathedral here in London. This is the heart of the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest. The exchange is just over that way. But people have gathered here to voice their concerns about the ramifications of the global financial crisis.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like a lot of people here, I'm frustrated by the fact that the confluence (ph) we've seen big corporate capital and big conceptual (ph) politics has lead to a concentration of wealth in the hands of the small minority of our society at the expense of everyone else.
ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The call from protesters on Wall Street to rise up and unite across the world was heard loud and clear in Australia. We're seeing it staged in every major city in the country. Well, here in Melbourne, we saw one of the largest with more than 1,000 people coming to city square in the heart of Melbourne.
There was a strong police presence on standby, but the protests remained peaceful. While Australia has managed to escape the global financial crisis and continues to enjoy growth and low unemployment, that's not to say that people aren't doing it tough here. The cost of living continues to rise, and the Australian dream of owning your own home has become just that -- a dream for so many.
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CHO: Back here at home, more arrests in weekend "Occupy" demonstrations. First to Raleigh, North Carolina. Police estimate about 400 people protested at the state capital. A CNN affiliate reports that police arrested 19 people for trespassing.
Police in Denver also reporting the arrests of at least 24 "Occupy" demonstrators. And one of the nation's largest protest taking place in New York's landmark Times Square. Crossroads of the world. Dozens of people were arrested when they tried to stage a sit-in.
Our Susan Candiotti was at the "Occupy" protests in Times Square. We talked to her last night by phone.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Of course it's one of the spots that everyone thinks of when you think of New York City. And so it seemed a natural location where the Occupy Wall Street protesters would eventually wind up. And this turned out to be that day as their movement has now reached its 29th day.
And so they had thousands of people who did show up. Not only some of the regulars from the Wall Street encampment who came up here to spend some time in Times Square, but also some people who had never been this before, also some members of unions who came by to swell the ranks. And, of course, watching all of this from the sidelines and the sidewalks were thousands of tourists who were keeping an eye on thing.
For the most part, police said that the protesters were orderly. We were in the thick of it on one side street that goes off of Times Square that police decided to clear out. And at that point, 42 people were arrested. We witnessed a lot of that happening as the police were telling people to please clear the streets, using mega phones. And you had a number of people who were saying, of the protesters, we won't move and chanting that the world is watching. And eventually some of them sat down on the sidewalk. And those were the ones that were picked up by police.
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CHO: In just a few hours, the dedication of a dream. Civil rights leaders, members of the King family, and President Obama will be among those paying tribute and taking part in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication in Washington, D.C. The ceremony kicks off later this morning. The site is not without controversy. The artist behind it is Chinese, not American. And poet Maya Angelou says she isn't happy with an edited quote at the site. King's eldest son says he is impressed with the memorial.
And keep it here for the dedication live at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Tonight, 7:00 p.m. Eastern, coverage continues with a special look at King's writings in the CNN documentary "MLK Papers: Words That Changed a Nation."
Other news now.
Israel has released the names of the first group of Palestinian prisoner to be freed in exchange for the return of one Israeli soldier. The first swap is expected to take place early this week. Israel is allowing its citizen 48 hours to file petitions against the pardons. But a spokeswoman for Israel's president says the prisoner release is likely to go through.
Iran's supreme leader calls Washington's allegations it was behind a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. "meaningless" and "absurd." Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke to a crowd of thousands chanting "down with America." An Iranian official is disputing claims by Washington that a high-level U.S. diplomat met on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart about the alleged plot.
And in Thailand, just what the capital city of Bangkok does not need -- that would mean more rain. The country's already been swamped for two months now. Nearly 300 people have died in the flooding so far. Washington is sending 26 helicopters to help deliver aid to those who have been cut off by the floodwaters.
Back in this country, strong winds blowing across the Great Lakes region again today. Some 50,000 people have already lost power. Bonnie Schneider in the severe weather center with a look at that.
Hey, Bonnie, good morning.
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Alina.
We're expecting more wind to blow across this region and in the northeast. Yesterday, a big impact on travel. That may happen again. Plus, record warmth possible today in the southeast. It's all coming to an end, though, this week. I'll tell you about a big change ahead in the forecast in just a bit.
Alina.
CHO: All right, cooler temperatures maybe, Bonnie. OK. Thanks so much. We'll see you in a minute.
It's rare for the president to pick sides publicly in a boxing fight, but you don't hear a story like Dewey Bozella's every day. He stepped into the ring for the first time last night at the age of 52. And he put on a show. We'll have his inspirational story in just a few minutes.
But first, "Men's Health" magazine released its second edition of "Eat This, Not That," written, by the way, by my friend Dave Zinczenko. It's a list of what the authors call the worst foods in America. And according to the list, the worst fast food burger in America is this -- Wendy's Triple Baconator, 1,350 calories. And to give you some perspective, "Eat This, Not That" says you get the same amount of saturated fat in that one burger as you get in one medium supreme pizza from Pizza Hut. When we come back later, I'll tell you which chain got the honor of worst fries in America. Back after this.
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CHO: Welcome back. Earlier I told you the worst burger in America is Wendy's Triple Baconator. Even sounds bad. Now that's according to "Men's Health" magazine. Now for the worst fries. Five Guys large fries. Eat this by yourself and you're going to chow down on nearly 1,500 calories. Now, remember, the FDA recommends that adults eat just 2,000 calories a day.
If you love PB&Js, or your kids do, get ready to pay up for that peanut butter. A price hike is expected following one of the worst peanut harvest seasons farmers have seen in years. Prices for popular brands like Planter's will go up by 40 percent at the end of this month. Another popular brand, Peter Pan, will cost you about 20 percent more.
It is 11 minutes after the hour. Bonnie Schneider has our first check of the weather.
Bonnie, good morning. It's going to be another blustery day across parts of the country and cooler temperatures, I hear, right?
SCHNEIDER: That's right, Alina, the cooler temperatures will be coming very soon. You won't feel it today in the southeast, but you sure will feel the wind across the Great Lakes. We mentioned the power outages. Unfortunately, that may continue today because of the windy weather we're anticipating through the Great Lakes.
Low pressure slowly working its way to the north and east. And we also have a big low over Canada. So the winds will continue to work their way through this region. And it will make it feel cooler, particularly tonight, like in Chicago, where lows tonight will drop down into the 40s. But we have other change to tell you about in the forecast. First off, how will the air travel be impacted by all this wind. Well, you can see that we are anticipating some scattered showers and delays in Chicago and some gusty winds in Boston. Also fog in L.A. and San Diego. In Miami, some tropical moisture will definitely bring about the potential for some downpours. You can see that moisture right here on our outlook for Monday.
And some bigger change are in the forecast for this week as you get ready for the latter half of the month of October. A cold front. This is going to be a noticeable one that will work its way across the country. And as it does, it will pull some rain, some heavy amounts of rain possibly in areas like Cincinnati, and then we're seeing a huge change in the temperature.
So high temperatures in the 40s. That's high temperatures. That will be lows tonight in places like Green Bay, Chicago, Buffalo. And then high temperatures, as we open up the scope, you'll see it will drop down from the mid 80s today across areas in the southeast.
By the time we get to the latter part of this coming week, we'll be seeing high temperatures dropping down into the 60s. So it's going to be a big change, a radical one, for October. And that's the time of year we see these change. Now it will finally feel like fall. I think we had a slow start in the southeast to the fall season.
Alina.
CHO: All right, Bonnie, thank you very much. We'll check in with you later.
Now to the feel-good sports story of the day. Dewey Bozella put his dream on hold for more than 26 years while he spent time in jail for a crime he didn't commit. He was given a shot at that dream last night in Los Angeles and he didn't disappoint. Dewey won his first and only professional fight against a much younger man, and in convincing fashion. Did I tell you he's 52 years old? The president also called Bozella to wish him luck.
The night didn't go so well for the other older boxer making it in a young man's game. At 46, Bernard Hopkins is the oldest man to ever win a major boxing title. He lost last night, but in a bizarre, controversial fashion. He was apparently thrown on the canvas where he says he dislocated his shoulder. The referee ruled it a technical knockout. Hopkins' camp will appeal the decision.
Well, if you'd like to see what the new Martin Luther King Jr. Monument looks like, we'll tell you how to visit the memorial online. We'll take a virtual tour when we come back.
But first, are you all about job satisfaction? CNN "Money" has a list of the best jobs for saving the world. At number five, medical case manager. Number four, social worker. Number three job for saving the world, dietician. I'll tell you about the top two job for saving the world when we come back. Stay with us.
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CHO: Before the break I told you about some of the best jobs for saving the world. If you want job satisfaction, don't mind low pay and a little bit of stress, CNN "Money" says these may be the jobs for you. Now so far I told you about medical case managers, social workers, and dieticians. Now for the top two. The second best jobs for saving the world, non-profit program coordinator. And according to CNN "Money," the best job for saving is the world is public school teacher. That's right. For the rest of the list, you can go to cnnmoney.com.
In just a couple of hours, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial will be dedicated in Washington in an elaborate ceremony. The memorial is a dream come true for many, including members of King's family. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield sat down with two of Dr. King's children to get their reaction.
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The "Build the Dream" organizers said that they hope that this location between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials would really help embody the true spirit of Dr. King. Do you feel that spiritual presence there?
REV. BERNICE KING, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: Well, I mean, when I was there, I certainly felt that presence. You know, any time you're talking about our father, for me -- and I guess because I'm the one that's in the ministry -- it invokes that whole spiritual essence. If you're talking about him, if there's an encounter. And so it's hard for me to go to that memorial and not connect with who he was as a spiritual leader.
And, you know, I had an opportunity to just observe people who were coming to the monument. And I think, for many of them, some of them were pausing, some of them -- a few places that you can sit there, sit and contemplating. And I think that's what Dr. King does. He causes us to pause and really think about what we're doing. What we're engaged in and how we can better our society and our world.
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CHO: Now, most of you can't be at the dedication ceremony in Washington, so here's a way that you can feel like you're there. You can actually visit the memorial online right now in some new and surprising ways. Our Josh Levs is here.
So, Josh, this virtual tour is really, really good, isn't it?
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's fantastic. And I'll tell you, you know, it's been 15 years since there was congressional action toward the creation of this monument. Some people have been pushing for it since the '70s. And today it happens. Big day for the United States.
And take a look at this right here. This is it. At mlkmemorial.org you can see the 30-foot likeness of Dr. King. There's some real symbolism to how it's designed. But before I tell you that, this is really cool. I'm going to show you now in a matter of seconds the creation of the entire thing. I'll get my hand out of the way.
This is a time-lapse video that shows you what they did to put this whole thing together. It's 159 granite blocks that were assembled. And once they were up, that's when the artist, Lei Yixin came in and did the fine carving in order to create that likeness of Dr. King on this front part right here. And then as the time lapse video goes on, you see it get perfected, you see it get improved. And then you see the part in the background.
Now, I'm going to jump over to this page right here because I want to show you all the symbolism behind how this was designed. This is a mountain in the back part. And the likeness of him, the monument itself, looks like it came out as a stone from the mountain. And there's a reason for that. There's symbolism in the design. And that symbolism is explained on the quote, the inscription, which says, "out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." That is a quote from his "I Have a Dream" speech. And so they designed this as a stone of hope coming out of a mountain of despair. Really cool there.
All right, let's take a look at this animation now. Then I'll tell you about it. So, so the team behind this memorial put this together. We're going to keep watching it. And what they did was, they want you to get a sense of the entire landscape, how the whole thing is designed. So what you can see in this virtual tour is it's just the section I was just telling you about. There's also a wall that goes across the whole area. This is designed across four acres. And there's a lot of life to it. A lot of green. A lot of trees. One of my producers points out that the trees are white, which represents a very short bit of time when the trees are in bloom in Washington. But this is how it's designed. It's this area full of life.
What I also want you to know about is the location, which is significant. Let's jump over to Google Earth now, which has been updated to add this actual monument. And what you see here -- we're going to zoom into the Lincoln Memorial. When Dr. King was standing on those steps right there, if he had looked out to his right, boom, this is the plot of ground he would have seen where the memorial will now stand. Very significant in its location that way as well.
Everything I just showed you, I want you to be able to visit yourself, interactive that interactive tour, which is why I put it all up for you at my pages. It's all up at FaceBook and Twitter at joshlevscnn. You can take a look at it for yourself. You can visit it. And while you're there, you can also let us know what today means to you. Alina, we're having a good discussion about that online.
CHO: Yes, it's four acres. You know, two decades in the planning. And I find the address really great. 1964 Independence Avenue Southwest, of course commemorating the year of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But, you know, this was obviously a very expensive memorial. How much did it cost, Josh?
LEVS: Yes, the full price tag that they're putting on it is $120 million. Of that, $114 million has been raised. But it's important that people understand that it's almost all private donations that have been made over many years. There was a $10 million congressional match that was achieved in 2006. The rest of it is about private donations. So some people have been writing us asking, hey, is that $120 million in taxpayer funds? It is not. And they still have a little bit to go. A few million left that they're still trying to raise to hit that 120 figure.
CHO: Uh-huh. I know that the Congress provided $10 million in matching funds. But you're right, most of it were private donations. A lot of corporations involved including the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. We'll be speaking to Tommy later this morning. Why did he get involved? You may be surprised by the answer, Josh. So, stick around.
You know, we do have special coverage of the MLK Memorial dedication all morning long. My live guests, as I mentioned, includes Tommy Hilfiger and the Reverend Jackson. All tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, a special look at King's writings in the CNN documentary "MLK Papers: Words That Changed a Nation."
The involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, will resume in Los Angeles next week with the prosecution's final witness expected to take the stand. That means the case could go to the jury a lot earlier than everyone expected. We'll have full details just ahead.
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CHO: Twenty-six minutes after the hour. The Conrad Murray trial could go to the jury a lot quicker than expected. Our Ted Rowlands takes a look at the prosecution's case so far and the defense strategy.
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TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: When court resumes in the case against Dr. Conrad Murray, the prosecution's final witness will be on the stand. An expert in Propofol. They're expected, the prosecution, to wrap up their case either late Monday or early Tuesday.
And then it will be the defense's turn to put on their case, which we expect to last two to three days. They, too, have a Propofol expert on their witness list. They also are expected to bring on some character witnesses, including patients of Dr. Murray.
And they're likely going to try to shift the jury's attention it the insulated world that Michael Jackson had created for himself. And also bring up the other doctors that treated Jackson in the time during Murray's treatment and before.
We do expect that there is a chance that the jury could get this case as early as the end of next week.
Ted Rowlands, CNN, Los Angeles.
(END VIDEOTAPE) CHO: Peanut butter. It's a lunchtime staple. And it's about to cost you more money. I'm going to tell you which popular brands are going to raise its prices by 20 to 40 percent when we come back.
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CHO: Welcome back, everybody, to CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It's October 16th. I'm Alina Cho. T.J. Holmes is on assignment. And it's exactly 30 minutes after the hour.
Later this morning, the culmination of a dream for many Americans, a memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be dedicated in the nation's capital. He will join other titans of American history including Presidents Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.
You might be wondering who spearheaded this movement to build a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. Well, it turns out -- and this may surprise you -- it was actually his fraternity brothers at Alpha Phi Alpha.
Dr. King pledged the first black fraternity at Boston University back in 1958. And our T.J. Holmes recently talked to the group's national president to find out how all of this happened.
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T.J. HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Alpha Phi Alpha is the country's first black fraternity, founded by seven men on the campus of Cornell University in 1906.
SKIP MASON, NATIONAL PRESIDENT, ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY: The Alpha Phi Alpha mission is to provide advocacy and service for our communities. In developing leaders, but particularly we spend time working to develop young college men and ensuring that they receive the proper nurturing and guidance so that they can go into the world and into society and to serve and to lead.
HOLMES: Dr. Skip Mason Jr. is the national president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. They have nearly 200,000 members. Famous Alpha men include Justice Thurgood Marshall, United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, and former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. But perhaps the most influential Alpha is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
DR. MARTIN LUTHING KING JR.: The passage of the Civil Rights bill is merely a step in 1,000-mile journey.
HOLMES: Attracted to their scholastic achievement, leadership, and fight against racial inequality, Dr. King was initiated into A Phi A in 1952 as a graduate student at Boston University.
MASON: It was also the very same time that he met Correta Scott. In fact, she would comment often that when she met Martin he was on line, he was pledging Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Of course, he was called in to the movement. You know, his life changed and the fraternity was right there.
HOLMES: It's his Alpha brothers who believed King deserved to be among presidents on the National Mall.
MASON: They said that we need to do something on the mall in Washington, D.C., because there was no representation of any African- American person of any scope in Washington.
HOLMES: In 1996, Bill Clinton signed congressional legislation proposing the establishment of the memorial and the monument. The biggest project the fraternity would ever take on. Harry Johnson is the president and CEO of the Memorial Foundation and has been leading the charge.
HARRY JOHNSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO, MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: The Memorial Foundation Project was established to help bring this memorial to fruition. Dr. King championed a movement that draws from the deep well of Americans' potential for freedom, opportunity, and justice.
MASON: The first African-American president will dedicate a monument and a memorial for the first African-American on the mall in a fitting tribute presented by the African-American fraternity.
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CHO: And stay with CNN throughout the morning for special coverage of the dedication of the memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the next hour, we'll be speaking with the Reverend Jesse Jackson and a little later on, Designer Tommy Hilfiger.
Checking top stories now, you can expect to pay more for that peanut butter sandwich soon. Ouch. Prices are going up after one of the worst peanut harvest seasons farmers say they've seen in years.
Prices for popular brands like Planters will go up by 40 percent at the end of this month. And another popular brand, Peter Pan, will cost about 20 percent more.
Police are cracking down on "Occupy Wall Street" protesters. They hauled away demonstrators earlier this morning in New York as the movement entered its 30th day.
At least 14 people were arrested after police violated a midnight curfew in Washington Square Park in downtown Manhattan. That's in addition to 70 others who were arrested across Manhattan. Multiple arrests also reported in Chicago.
A U.S. combat brigade from Fort Bliss, Texas, will be coming home from Iraq a lot earlier than they were supposed to. They were deployed in August and were told they'd be there for at least 12 months and be among the last to leave the country. Iraqi leadership said that any U.S. forces in the country after December 31st would not be granted immunity from prosecution.
Keeping an eye on all the latest headlines at the cnnpolitics.com desk, here's what is crossing right now. Michele Bachmann's campaign has raised almost $4 million in the third quarter, but spent nearly $6 million. Financial reports show the Bachmann campaign with more than $500,000 in debt.
Nevada Republicans are refusing to change their January 14th caucus date. Nevada is locked in a political scheduling fight with New Hampshire, the state that for decades held the first in the nation primary. New Hampshire law requires it holds its primary at least a week before any similar events.
And Herman Cain wins big in a Tea Party straw poll in South Carolina. Cain picked up 55 percent of the vote. Newt Gingrich finished a distant second with 14.5 percent. Conservative activists from 25 Tea Party groups in South Carolina took part in the nonbinding straw poll.
A big night in Hollywood last night. Celebrities turned out for a benefit concert for former President Bill Clinton. That's right. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the William J. Clinton Foundation. It supports a number of global causes including health, economics, and the environment.
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BILL CLINTON, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: I've had the most unusual life. I was born after World War II in the second poorest state in the country into a family that never had a college graduate. And poof, lightning struck, one time after another.
And I never, ever believed I was born in a log cabin I built myself. Nobody climbs any ladder alone. And we are not ever going to build this country back by telling people they're on their own. We have got to do America and the world together.
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CHO: And he looks great. The former president turned 65 this year.
Thousands of college freshmen are getting settled into their first-year routines. So which schools have the happiest freshmen? According to the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Williams College in Massachusetts is number five on the list. Coming in at number four, Stanford University in beautiful Palo Alto.
The third happiest freshmen can be found at Princeton. Find out which two schools have the happiest freshmen of them all after the break. Be back after this.
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CHO: So which schools across the country have the happiest freshmen? Before the break, we showed three of the five, Williams College, Stanford University and Princeton.
Now for the top two, according to the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, the second happiest freshmen can be found at Swathmore College in Pennsylvania. The happiest freshmen of them all, Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. It's 40 minutes after the hour. Bonnie Schneider has a first real check of the weather. So Bonnie, we're hearing it's going to be another blustery day across the great lakes. What's going on in the northeast?
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, AMS METEOROLOGIST: More blustery winds, unfortunately, and big changes ahead. I know last weekend everyone was talking about how it was in the 80s. You know, this is October. That's when the changes happen.
We're already seeing them across Michigan. Look at these wind gusts. Wow. Tens of thousands of people are without power this morning because of winds like these. Hammond Bay, 49 miles per hour, Cleveland, 45 so really strong winds from Detroit all the way to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
And those winds are fierce. And if you look at our computer model, you'll see the wind gusts. As we open the picture, I'm going to put this into motion. Watch how the legend here shows the strongest winds kind of clip the northern Great Lakes.
Then as we go into Tuesday, we start to see the winds build in areas to the south. Now what that means is we have a new weather system that will develop. It's going to change everything. Not yet, though.
For Sunday, we're looking at a mild day. High temperatures are very warm, in the mid 80s across the southeast. Here in Atlanta, we'll get up to about 83 degrees. That's 10 degrees above what we normally see this time of year. It will also be very hot in cities like Memphis, into Dallas, that's all changing.
You see low pressure starting to develop here. Bringing some heavy rains through the Ohio Valley and then by the time we get to Wednesday, that's when you're going to take the sweaters out if you haven't done it already. This cold front will pull down the coldest air of the season so far and actually will trigger the chance for snow flurries in cities like Minneapolis Tuesday into Wednesday. So you'll see that change, as well.
Temperatures will plummet down to highs in the 60s as far south as Arkansas and Mississippi. We'll see high temperatures in the 40s with rain popping up and some snow showers across the Great Lakes.
So the big change on the way, it's coming. You won't see it today. Today we're still going to be very, very warm out there with high temperatures in the 80s for much of the east and in the 60s to the north. But it sure is fall. Changes are on the way.
CHO: Or winter in some cases, where the snow flurries are. All right, Bonnie Schneider, thank you very much.
SCHNEIDER: Sure.
CHO: Dr. King isn't just an icon here in the United States. The reverend and his message have been embraced by people in countries all over the world. He was also inspired and changed by visits he made to other countries. We're going to show you how in a moment.
And also, "Eat This, Not That." "Men's Health" magazine has released its second edition with a list of its worst foods in America. Here's what not to get for a meaty breakfast. IHOP's big steak omelet with pancakes, 2,100 calories a plate.
The magazine says you're better off eating seven, yes, seven, McDonald's egg McMuffins. After the break, we'll show you the worst Chinese food. We're back after this.
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CHO: Before the break I told you the worst breakfast in America is IHOP's steak omelet with pancakes. That's according to "Men's Health" magazine, 2,100 calories.
Now for the worst Chinese food in the country, P.F. Chang's double pan fried noodles combo. Now it's bad enough that it has 1,820 calories. But the real story here is the sodium, 7,692 milligrams of sodium. You only need 1,500 milligrams a day. More than that, you're at risk of heart disease.
The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream is immortalized in the nation's capital. That memorial at the National Mall commemorates his life's work and will remind visitors of a leader who waged a campaign for peace and equal rights during one of the most violent times for African-Americans in U.S. history.
Represented alongside this country's greatest presidents, the memorial also honors his national and international contributions to world peace without resorting to violence. Nadia Bilchik joining me this morning with our passport.
So we think of the impact we have and obviously we think immediately about there in the United States with the Civil Rights Movement.
NADIA BILCHIK, CNN EDITORIAL PRODUCER: Yes.
CHO: But obviously his footprint was felt around the world.
BILCHIK: And in London at Westminster Abbey, in 1998 they unveiled a beautiful monument to Martin Luther King. And he's there amongst the row of Christian martyrs right about the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. But in fact, he's honored as you just said all over the world. There's even an MLK center in Havana, Cuba.
CHO: Wow.
BILCHIK: That promotes Christian and social responsibility. And we know that there are over 700 streets in the U.S. -- one even in Lombardio, in Italy.
CHO: I did not know that. Where is Lombardio?
BILCHIK: Milan. CHO: Northern Italy.
BILCHIK: And his global reputation extends even to Ghana. In 1957, he was invited to Ghana by Kwamemakuma. Ghana was the first African country to gain independence. He was invited on behalf of the newly inaugurated president, which was rather extraordinary at the time.
He had no official role. But there he met Vice President Nixon and Martin Luther King said to Nixon, I want you to visit us in Alabama. We are seeking the same freedom that the gold coast, which became Ghana is celebrating. Then of course we know in 1964, he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
CHO: The youngest man ever to do so at age 35. It's incredible, yes. I mean, his list of accomplishments is endless.
BILCHIK: But one of my favorite and the most poignant is in 1994, when Mandela wins the election, there's Nelson Mandela. And he's standing, just having won the election, looks at Coretta Scott King and quotes the man that he spoke about as the great freedom fighter and went, "free, free, free at last." A beautiful moment. Certainly today an extraordinary man, an extraordinary monument and an extraordinary moment.
CHO: Yes, the memorial will be dedicated today on the 16th anniversary of the million man march. Of course, it was supposed to be dedicated last month -- no, it was last month or -- anyway, it was Hurricane Irene that caused the delay with that. It will finally happen today. Fingers crossed the weather holds up. I think everything's going to be OK.
BILCHIK: And honoring a global icon.
CHO: Yes, you're absolutely right. Thank you very much, Nadia Bilchik.
A look into a day in the life of a man named Martin Luther King Jr. from his personal driver.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do you want people to know about not the memorial but about the man? What is the single thing you want people to know about him?
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CHO: We'll have his answer next.
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CHO: In just about an hour from now, the dedication of a dream. A ceremony will get underway in the nation's capital. Civil rights leaders, members of the King family, and President Obama will pay tribute and take part in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication.
The site isn't without controversy. The artist behind it is not an American, and poet Maya Angelou isn't happy with an edited quote at the site. King's eldest son says he's impressed with the memorial.
Long before Dr. King became an icon, he was an Atlanta teenager with a menial job who became a doting dad. One of King's friends shares his fondest memories of the man with our Reynolds Wolf.
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REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: You know, perhaps one of the best ways to get a solid understanding of the kind of guy that Dr. Martin Luther King really was is to speak to some people who knew him best. That's where Tom Houck comes in.
Tom, you knew him for years as a friend and driver. How long, how many years?
TOM HOUCK, FRIEND/DRIVER FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING: I spent four years with SCLC and about a year of that I drove for him and the King family.
WOLF: OK, let's say we switch roles here a little bit. How about I drive and you answer questions.
HOUCK: You got. I'm up for it. I will show you where Dr. King used to hang in this town.
WOLF (voice-over): As Dr. King's friend and personal driver, he's in familiar territory especially on the street named for the man he knew so well.
HOUCK: We're on Martin Luther King right now. Here is the Southern Cross bedding here, that's where Martin Luther King at 14 years old for two weeks got -- daddy King got him a job. He threw mattresses.
WOLF (on camera): So when you're driving around and Dr. King and you're a young guy, was he intimidating guy?
HOUCK: No, not at all. I mean, I wouldn't have to worry, Reynolds, about driving. He was a terrible driver.
WOLF: But he had a great sense of humor?
HOUCK: Great sense of humor. He would be cracking jokes and would have a great sense of amusement about him. You would never know that he just came back from -- he one time said I'm not going to be 40, which he didn't. He was assassinated when he was 39. He never had fear in life.
WOLF (voice-over): From behind the steering wheel, Houck got an up-close view of the Civil Rights Movement, seeing history unfold at every turn. HOUCK: That's where Martin Luther King would make decisions about whether he would -- in this room. He would be talking about Selma, what kind of strategy they'll do for the Montgomery march. I think he would be sad to see this. We're seeing his office shuttered.
WOLF: But some of the fondest memories are the ones he shared with Dr. King. Not as an icon, but as a man.
HOUCK: Dr. King would get his cigarettes over there. He'd put them inside my coat because he didn't want Coretta, who was adamant against him smoking. He didn't want to have Coretta check him out when he was coming in the door.
WOLF: And that door led into this house, King's sanctuary, the place where he drew his strength.
HOUCK: This is where I would drive the cars in and the kids would jump out when they heard him -- daddy, daddy, daddy. Coretta would greet him, as well. And this is the house where Coretta heard the news that her husband had been shot in Memphis. This is where Ivan Allen, then mayor of Atlanta, came to take her to the airport when they found out that he had indeed died in Memphis.
WOLF (on camera): After a lot of tears -- laughter and tears.
HOUCK: Indeed, lots of laughter and lots of tears.
WOLF: When people go to this memorial, and they'll see the image of him chiseled in stone, it's going to be a memorial. But what do you want people to know about not the memorial, but about the man? What is the single thing you want people to know about him?
HOUCK: I don't think there's anybody in the world today that can take his place. I think he was uniquely qualified, and given a few years to make a world a better place and he did. And that voice has certainly been sorely missing in the decades since his assassination.
WOLF: Reynolds Wolf, CNN, Atlanta.
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CHO: We have special coverage of the MLK memorial dedication all morning long. Tonight at 7:00 Eastern Time, a special look at King's writings in the documentary "MLK Papers: Words That Changed A Nation." We're back after this.
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CHO: Taking a look at stories happening across the country. A Boston area grandfather gets a new lease on life, new hands. Doctors say Robert Mongeno's double hand transplant was a rounding success last week. Mongeno lost his limbs after an infection a decade ago. He says having hands again is like you can fly. It's like having wings. Good for him.
In Fayette County, West Virginia, more than 400 people take a leap, a big one. They kicked off their annual bridge day celebration with a big base jump. It is billed as the largest extreme sports event in the world. Scary.
And Texas Rangers fans jubilant. The Rangers are world series- bound for their second straight year. They beat the Detroit Tigers last night 15-5. Game five of the American league series.
From the CNN center, this is CNN Sunday morning. It's October 16th. Good morning, everybody. So glad you're with us. I'm Alino Cho. T.J. Holmes is on assignment.
Hurricane Irene postponed the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication, but today the dream is finally realized. Among our live guest, the Reverend Jesse Jackson will join me in just a few minutes, and designer Tommy Hilfiger a little later on. Why is he involved? We'll tell you.
And a month into the protests and thousands of people around the world are taking up the cause of "Occupy Wall Street." In New York City alone, the demonstrators are moving to Times Square.
We begin in Washington where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is being dedicated today. The ceremony gets started in just about an hour. And we are joined by our Athena Jones at the memorial itself. So Athena, good morning. What can we expect to see today?
ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alina.
It's going to be a big event here. Lots of people on the program from actresses to civil rights leaders and, of course, the president himself.
We'll hear from John Lewis. We'll hear from Martin Luther King III. We'll hear from Sicily Tyson, Diane Carroll. And Aretha Franklin is supposed to sing. So, it's going to be a big event.
And as you know, this was postponed from August. We thought we'd look at the sculpture itself and some of the controversy surrounding it.
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JONES (voice-over): Powerful and imposing, a 30-foot-tall statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emerging from a stone of hope. It made an immediate impression on his son.
MARTIN LUTHER KING III, SON OF THE LATE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: The very first time that I came to the site, I was almost overwhelmed. I really was impressed by this -- this artist. He was able to capture the essence of my dad.
JONES: But not everyone is pleased with how the statue turned out or with the fact that the memorial foundation chose Chinese artist Lei Yixin to carve it.
ED DWIGHT, SCULPTOR: I feel strongly that the whole thing should be made (ph) here in America.
JONES: Denver-based Ed Dwight, a 78-year-old artist who has sculpted seven statues of King, believes Lei missed the mark.
DWIGHT: This idea of having this 30-foot-tall sculpture of this man and confrontational look, he would not appreciate that because that was not him.
JONES: Dwight was involved in the project early on and is credited with sculpting small Stone of Hope donor gifts. A foundation panel chose Lei who is based in China to carve the statue, as the foundation CEO explained during in an August press conference.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We got the best man for the job.
JONES: More than two decades in the making, the $120 million memorial is not just the sculpture. Inscribed in the walls are excerpts of King's speeches, a moving display for visitors.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's beautiful.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's impressive.
DONNIE SIMONS, MLK MEMORIAL VISITOR: It's elation. I feel like I'm standing on holy ground. And I -- I'm so proud to be here right now.
JONES: As well as a source of debate.
B. THREE FEATHERS KAZEMI, MLK MEMORIAL VISITOR: It does not look exactly like Martin Luther King that I personally saw before he was of assassinated, in person many times.
JONES: A Washington pastor who met King in the early 1960s said the sculpture captures the spirit of the time.
REV. H. BEECHER HICKS, PASTOR, METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH, WASHINGTON: It's a hard piece to let you know that this -- this is not a monument to easy times.
JONES: As for the Chinese nationality of the statue's creator, the sculptor Lei said in August through a translator that King was not just an American icon.
INTERPRETER FOR LEI YIXIN, MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL SCULPTUR: Martin Luther King is not only a hero of American. He's also a hero of the world.
JONES: King's son agrees.
KING: Martin Luther King Jr. was a global citizen.
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JONES: Now, Ali, the issue or the debate over the ethnicity of the sculpture is not the only issue that's been raised. The poet and author Maya Angelou has taken issue with the editing of one of Martin Luther King's quotes that's inscribed in the Stone of Hope that you have king emerging from, the sculpture of king emerging from.
On the stone, it says, "I was a drum major for justice, peace, and righteousness." That is a much abbreviated quote. The longer quote was, "If you want to say that I'm a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice, say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness and all of the other shallow things will not matter."
Maya Angelou has said that editing that quote down makes King looked arrogant. Others have said they agree -- Alina.
CHO: All right. Athena Jones, what a beautiful day in Washington for this dedication ceremony. We thank you so much.
Jesse Jackson was there when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. He was a foot soldier for Dr. King. And, of course, he is still working tirelessly for social justice today.
Reverend Jackson joins me now from Washington.
Good morning, Reverend Jackson.
You know, you were a young aide to Dr. King. You were one of the few on that balcony at the Lorraine Motel when he was assassinated. As you look at this beautiful memorial, four acres and two decades in the making, I wonder -- do you think to yourself look how far we've come? Or boy, do we still have a long way to go?
REV. JESSE JACKSON: I don't think that way. I'm impressed with the statue. I think he would be appreciative of the statue, and it will have great historic meaning. My attention (ph) between the statue and Dr. King here physically, the pair to come to Washington for a poor people's campaign and occupy the area between -- occupy the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Memorial, poor people's campaign demanding that we shift the war in Vietnam to the war on poverty at home.
I see him as a living force and the day when I think about more wars, more concentrations of wealth, more poverty and then more rebellion, Dr. King would be in the middle of the struggle today.
CHO: You know, what I found interesting when I was looking at my mounds of research last night was that back in 1968, you have spoken about how Dr. King actually thought about quitting the civil rights movement and that he thought about becoming a full-time author, maybe taking a position at Morehouse College which he had attended. And then something changed.
What changed?
JACKSON: Well, he was under so much pressure. One he took on the Vietnam War, he was so bitterly attacked by the press, by many civil rights organizations. He came to me -- before we went to Memphis, he went, I thought about quitting. Maybe I should stop, I've done a lot in 30 years.
I remember Andy Young said, Dr. King, don't talk that way. Don't say peace, peace, when there is no peace. He said, then, I thought if I would fast to the point of death, my friend would come to my aid and we could regroup our coalition. He said, we've got to turn the mine us into a plus.
It was kind of like Jesus saying I will be done. He fast at the site and prayed and they slept. He said, not my will but thine be done.
He went through the same dramatic rhythm. He was determined to come to Washington to engage in a massive act of civil disobedience, to force the Congress to shift its priorities from killing and being killed abroad to healing and being healed at home. That's the living Dr. King. It's -- in my memory deeper than this tremendous statue.
CHO: You know, when I was again reading through all of my papers last night, one thing that really struck me is on the day of the assassination, you were scheduled to go to dinner. And I know that Dr. King looked at you and he said, "Jesse, you don't have a tie on."
What did you say to him?
JACKSON: I said, Doctor, a prerequisite for eating is an appetite, not a neck tie. He laughed because he was in many was, he was funny that way. He has had his life moments. He was fun in that way.
But we want to keep in mind today what he would be relative -- I think he would be excited by the statue. On the other hand, saddened by here we have a president who is facing a rebellious Congress. You say health care, we say Obamacare. You say job, we say no. You say education, we say no.
And there he is in the situation now where there's a -- a gridlock in which may even require the 14th Amendment to break it. But somehow he would be saddened by our willingness now to concentrate so much wealth in one direction, and be engaged in four wars and be negligent toward poverty.
I think this, in many ways, the Dr. King moment is also a Lyndon Baines Johnson moment -- Lyndon Baines Johnson moment. It was a war on poverty moment. It is a Great Society, with 44 million Americans are on food stamps, and 48 million in poverty, and 52 million Americans unsecure. Dr. King would make a case for -- we must measure our character by how we treat those on the hull of the ship, not just those on the deck of the ship.
CHO: And you're carrying that torch, still fighting for justice as you always have. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, such an honor to speak to you on a special day.
JACKSON: Let me say that -- may I say that those today who are willing to sink the ship just to wipe out the captain. We must be better than that. We cannot sink the American ship for those who are obsessed to destroy the captain, who is our president, Barack Obama.
CHO: Jesse Jackson, thank you very much.
And we have special coverage of the MLK Memorial dedication all morning long. Tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, a special look at King's writings in the CNN documentary "MLK Papers: Words that Changed a Nation."
Other news now -- 30th day of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and wow, what a month it has been. What began with a small demonstration against big banks and corporate greed has exploded across the globe. The central web site for the movement, United for Global Change, says protests are happening in hundreds of cities and 82 countries. Among them, Berlin, Rome, Hong Kong, London.
Now, many of the protests are peaceful but not all. Dozens and dozens of arrests have been made.
We are covering the demonstrations from Berlin to London, all the way to Melbourne, Australia.
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DIANA MAGNAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Huge, peaceful demonstrations across Germany. The organizers say that they believe around 40,000 people have come to demonstrate in most of Germany's major cities, the largest gathering here in Berlin, in the government headquarters, in front of the parliament building, and there in front of the chancellor's office. Around 10,000 people also in Frankfurt and another 8,000 outside the headquarters of the European central bank -- a very diverse group of people, but all of whom are protesting against what they see as the evils of the financial system.
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm outside of St. Paul's Cathedral here in London. This is the heart of the occupy Wall Street London Stock Exchange protest. The exchange is just over that way.
But people have gathered here to voice their concern about the ramifications of the global financial crisis.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like a lot of people here, I'm frustrated by the fact that the conference between big corporate capital and big conservative politics has led to a concentration of wealth in the hands of the small minority of our society at the expense of everyone else.
ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The call from protesters on Wall Street to rise up and unite across the world was heard loud and clear in Australia with city and state -- in every major city across the country. Well, here in Melbourne we saw one of the largest with more than 1,000 people coming to city square in the heart of Melbourne. There was a strong police presence on standby. But the protests remained peaceful.
While Australia has managed to escape the global financial crisis and continues to enjoy growth and low unemployment, it's not to say that people aren't doing it tough here. The cost of living continues to rise, and the Australian dream of owning your own home has become just that -- a dream for so many.
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CHO: Back here at home, dozens of weekend Occupy demonstrations going on. Police in Raleigh, North Carolina, estimate about 400 people demonstrated at the state capitol. A CNN affiliate reports police arrested 19 for trespassing.
Police in Denver, Colorado, also reporting the arrests of at least 24 Occupy Wall Street protesters.
One of the nation's largest protests taking place in New York's landmark Times Square -- the crossroads of the world. Dozens of people were arrested when they tried to stage a sit-in.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on 43 years after his death in Memphis.
T.J. Holmes traveled to the place where King was assassinated. You have to see this story, it's coming up next.
But, first, Bonnie Schneider has a look at the weather forecast for this weekend.
Hey, Bonnie. Good morning.
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Alina. We are looking at another windy day across Michigan. Tens of thousands of people are without power this morning because of those fierce winds that whipped across the region on Saturday. Expect more of that today.
Plus, get ready for a big change in the forecast this week. We're really going to be feeling the effects of fall very soon as temperature plummet 20 degrees from where they are today across much of the eastern half of the country. I'll tell you all about it coming up -- Alina.
CHO: I said cold, not that cold, Bonnie. OK. Thank you so much. We look forward to it.
You know, there are a lot of ways you can hurt your credit score, making late payments or not paying your bills are the obvious ones. But there are some everyday choices that could damage your score, as well. Did you know the way you pay for a rental car could hurt you? I'm going to tell you how that works.
Plus, some other surprising ways you can hurt your credit score, right after this.
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CHO: Before the break, I told you there are some surprising ways you can hurt your credit score. Here are a few examples from our friends at dailyfinance.com:
Don't use your debit card to rent a car. The rental company is likely to pull your credit report and that can cost you points off your credit store. That one I actually knew.
Don't say yes to a department store credit card. That one I didn't know.
Don't close a credit card account with a zero balance.
And, finally, be aware of financing a big item like furniture through the store. Now, this is score the same way as a loan of last resort and can hurt your credit.
It is 17 minutes after the hour.
Bonnie Schneider has our check of the weather.
So, Bonnie, cooler temperatures are in store for parts of the country, right? Fall is here.
SCHNEIDER: Fall is here, but you wouldn't know it in Atlanta, that's for sure. It's been so warm. We've been enjoying temperatures in the 80s. It's feeling like summertime. That's all going to change because we are anticipating some changes in the forecast.
Notice this big, warm area over the Southeast. And high temperatures today will be soaring to 85 in Atlanta. Well, that may very well shatter a record because look at these record numbers. You can see the record high for today is actually 85 set back in 1941.
Let's go outside right now and wake up to the Southeast. We can show you that we're looking at a beautiful morning as the sun comes up over the city. We are going to see some changes, as I mentioned, in the forecast not just for Atlanta but for a good portion of the Midwest and the Great Lakes -- gorgeous morning out there.
Notice the rain sliding through Chicago. Some heavy downpours anticipated all moving into the Chicagoland area right now. And that's sliding into Detroit, as well.
But, really, once again today, the wet weather, that's not really the big story. The big story is the wind. And that wind has been whipping across Michigan, for example.
Look at these numbers -- wind gusts up to almost 50 miles per hour. That's why tens of thousands of people are without power this morning across the Great Lakes. Those winds are fierce, in Detroit, in Green Bay. And we're anticipating more windy weather for the next day or so.
Here's our computer model taking us from Sundays over the next few days. So the winds stick around for Monday into Tuesday.
Then we start to see some changes. We start to see some disturbed weather develop over the South. That's because despite the warm weather today in the Southeast, the changes are on the way. A big cold front comes through. And that's going to take our temperatures down. It will be dropping by 20 degrees in the South, 20 degrees in the north. High temperatures will be in the 40s -- the 40s in a few days for much of the country -- Alina.
CHO: All right. Bonnie, thank you very much.
Martin Luther King was just one man, but his impact on the world has been profound, of course. Today's civil rights leaders reflect as T.J. Holmes travels to Memphis, to the exact spot where Dr. King was assassinated. We're back after this.
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CHO: Later this morning, the culmination of a dream for many Americans and, frankly, many around the world. A memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be dedicated in the nation's capital. The four-acre memorial on the National Mall cost about $120 million and was 14 years in the making.
Today's dedication is more than symbolic. It's a touchstone moment in the civil rights struggle and a public appreciation of the man who led it until his untimely death.
Our T.J. Holmes traveled there to the exact spot in Memphis where Dr. King was assassinated.
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BISHOP CALVIN WOODS, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER: He left Birmingham and went to Memphis to help in a garbage worker strike. That is where, my friends, Dr. King gave his life.
T.J. HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thank you, sir.
REV. SAMUEL KYLES, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER: Why was I there? All the places I could have been, all the places he could have been, why was I there at that moment in history? And then God revealed to me why I was there.
And the revelation was crucifixions have to have witnesses. So I was there to be a witness.
WOODS: Alas, a demonic assassin shot him down. Holy, holy, his blood is crying up from the ground.
HOLMES: Everybody knows the Civil Rights Museum. I know this is the old Lorraine Motel, but I think MLK automatically. But it's not just about MLK here. You see a bus here to become a story now of freedom riders. So, it's not just MLK.
He was part of a greater movement. He was, frankly, simply just one man. And if you come inside the National Civil Rights Museum, you certainly get more of the story.
MAXINE SMITH, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER: All of our kids know is "I Have a Dream." They need to know the circumstances that surrounded his life and all those martyrs that marched with him, that died for them. We come from good stuff, and Martin King is just another big evidence of that stuff. I'm so glad I knew him.
HOLMES: It is impossible to come here and not have some kind of overwhelming emotional response. This is sacred ground. This is the very place, the very spot where Martin Luther King was shot and killed.
A lot of people thought at the time this would be the very spot where an entire movement would die. But over the past 40 years, we've learned certainly that it did not die here on this balcony. It was just one more moment in a journey.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Freedom, justice, equality. With my blood, I give it to thee.
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CHO: And we have special coverage of the MLK memorial dedication all morning. In the next hour, I'm going to speak with designer Tommy Hilfiger about his surprising role. He'll be among the speakers today.
And tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, a special look at King's writings in the CNN documentary "MLK Papers: Words that Changed a Nation."
Well, at 52 years old, freed inmate-turned-professional boxer, Dewey Bozella finally got a shot in the ring. So what happened? Did he win? We'll have his inspiring story, next.
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HOLMES: One story that's certainly gotten our attention here. We've been talking about Dewey Bozella this weekend. Not many boxers had had their pro debut at the age of 52. But what a debut!
Bozella spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. And he won his match last night by a unanimous decision. Even President Obama called him last week, offering words of encouragement.
Thanks so much for joining us, more stories at the top of the hour. I'm Alina Cho.
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