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Drugs, Sexting Uncovering at FBI; Justice Department Sues Lance Armstrong; Kansas Buried in Snow; New Breast Cancer Drug Offers Hope; Patrick Fuels NASCAR Marketing Gains; Oscar's Music Man

Aired February 22, 2013 - 13:30   ET

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CANDICE WILL, FBI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: I think OK, I've seen it all, but I really haven't. I still get files and I think, wow, I never would have thought of that.

DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT CORRESPONDENT: But I got to tell you, I don't think I would ever bug my boss' office especially if my boss was an FBI agent.

WILL: I know, it's extraordinary, I agree. There are some that sort of do just kind of take the cake and there was one where, you know, planting a recording device and rifling through a briefcase and then lying about it, that's -- you know, why those employees -- that's why that's a former employee.

GRIFFIN (voice-over): The internal reports show a 14-day suspension for the employee who paid for a sexual favor at a massage parlor. Using a personal cell phone to send nude photographs to other employees got a 10-day suspension. But there was only a five-day suspension for the employee who repeatedly used a government-issued BlackBerry to send sexually explicit messages to another employee at work.

These actions follow misconduct we reported two years ago that included sleeping with informants and viewing pornography on bureau computers.

(On camera): Is that enough punishment for this kind of behavior?

WILL: Keep in mind if you lose a week's pay, that hurts or two weeks' pay in some of those cases. And you know we have seen a rash of sexting cases and nude photograph cases, and you know, people misusing their BlackBerry for these reasons. And we are hoping that getting the message out in the quarterlies is going to teach people you can't do this stuff.

You know, when you're given an FBI BlackBerry, it's for official use. It's not to text, you know, the woman in another office who you found attractive or to send a picture of yourself in the state of undress.

GRIFFIN (voice-over): In the last three years, the FBI disciplined 1,045 employees, 85 were fired. And Will says the internal warnings sent out by her office do deter bad behavior.

WILL: They do learned because I've had employees e-mail me, stop me in the hallway, call me and say, you know, I didn't know you couldn't do that.

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: That was Drew Griffin reporting. And CNN has reached out to the FBI Agents Association. It said that the ratio of disciplinary issues in the FBI is among the lowest in the federal government and the private sector.

And coming up next, Department of Justice now joining the whistleblower lawsuit against cyclist Lance Armstrong. We'll have more details after a very quick break.

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MALVEAUX: Things got a lot more complicated for Lance Armstrong. We just started the hour with new reports that the Justice Department plans to sue Armstrong for using performance enhancing drugs.

Joe Johns is joining us with more details on this.

So, tell us, Joe, the connection between the federal government and Armstrong.

JOE JOHNS, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's actually a lawsuit that already exists, Suzanne. It's a whistleblower lawsuit. Lance Armstrong's lawyers now confirming that they've received an e- mail indicating that the Justice Department is going to enter this whistleblower lawsuit that claims the United States Postal Service lost money as a result of his admitted doping in the cycling scandal.

The issue here has been whether the Justice Department was actually damaged. The attorneys for Armstrong put out a statement indicating that in their view, the Postal Service benefited hundreds of millions of dollars from sponsoring Armstrong while he was racing.

Now why is this important? It's important because under the rules of whistleblower lawsuits, it means the government apparently believes this lawsuit has merit, it also means that the guy claiming to be a whistleblower, Floyd Landis, could get paid some of the money the government recovers if he prevails.

So there had been so much talk, you know, after all the admissions by Lance Armstrong that there wouldn't be any litigation. Now it turns out there will be some and all indications are that the United States Justice Department is going to be a part of that existing lawsuit -- Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: So that's a big time litigation when you've got the whole force of the government and the Justice Department on you, yes?

JOHNS: Absolutely. And the question of course is just how much the Postal Service was actually damaged, if at all, or if in fact as Lance Armstrong's attorneys allege the government, the Postal Service, actually benefited. In which case there would be no damage and it'd be hard to make a case.

MALVEAUX: All right. Joe, thank you. Appreciate it.

Fierce winter storm now going to slam into New England. That is going to be happening fairly soon this weekend. Much of the Midwest feeling the plan right now, the storm dumping snow and plenty of it from Kansas to Michigan.

We'll have all that after the break.

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MALVEAUX: Fierce winter storm is going to slam into New England. That's happening this weekend. Much of the Midwest is actually feeling some of that right now. The storm dumping snow, plenty of it, from Kansas to Michigan. All across the region cars are slipping and sliding on these icy roads. You see it there. Been hundreds of accidents already. In Oklahoma one was actually deadly. A teenager reportedly killed when his truck crashed.

Conditions in Kansas are also -- Kansas, rather, treacherous. More than 14 inches of snow fell in Wichita. Only one other storm in the city's history was worse, that was more than 50 years ago.

And take a look at this, crews had to literally to dig out the United Airlines plane after the pilot took a wrong turn and got stuck on an unplowed runway.

Our Erin McPike, she's in Wichita right now.

Erin, how are you doing?

ERIN MCPIKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Very well. Look, schools and universities have closed for the most part today. Businesses were all closed yesterday around this area, but they're slowly opening back up today. The government got a delayed start to the day, but the government is back open, too.

And look, the roads are all open. The government is just urging drivers that if they're going to drive and get on the road, they want to get all the snow off the top of their cars so that it doesn't obstruct their vision.

But I've got to tell you, Suzanne, a lot of people in Kansas are really happy about all this snow because this is the third year of a really terrible drought here. And as you know, it's a big farming state, so a drought is a big problem. But it's bringing some much needed moisture.

The big concern, though, is with cattle ranchers. I spoke to a couple of them last night and their big concern is keeping calves warm. It's calving season right now. I think we've got a couple of pictures. They're from Frank Harper of Sedgwick, Kansas. And you can see there are probably some cows in the snow, but they were also bringing these calves inside under some heat lamp to warm them up, which is a pretty good picture, I think -- Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: Yes, you don't normally see that. I mean, that's really kind of a unique angle to all of it.

Have you seen any folks who are stranded out there? I know I guess there are states of emergencies in both those states?

MCPIKE: The National Guard patrolled about 800 miles of roads over the last day or so. They did find about 70 stranded cars. Helped all those. We haven't had any fatalities, though, in Kansas, which is a great sign. 106 accidents, though, and there were 40 accidents in Missouri. But for the most part people are saying very safe out here.

MALVEAUX: All right. Erin, it looks beautiful out there. So stay safe, appreciate it. Stay warm.

MCPIKE: Thanks so much.

MALVEAUX: Sure.

Move over, guys. Race car driver Danica Patrick making NASCAR history. What she's saying about winning the top spot for the Daytona 500.

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DANICA PATRICK, NASCAR DRIVER: In the moment it's about thinking about what I need to do for next Sunday and trying to make some more history.

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MALVEAUX: New hope now for women with breast cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths among women, but now there is a new way to treat a specific type of the disease. The only thing is it does not benefit everybody who has breast cancer.

Want to bring in Elizabeth Cohen to talk a little bit about this. It's a better way of targeting breast cancer? Can you explain what it is?

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Right. It's a drug called Kadcyla. And it's not -- as you said, it's not for every woman with breast cancer, but some women have a form of breast cancer where this drug would work. And so they did clinical trials, lots of studies. I've been told they were very well done. And let's take a look at how it changed these women's lives.

When woman took this drug called Kadcyla, they lived without the tumor growing for 9.6 months. When women didn't take it, the women who didn't take it they lived for 6.4 months without the tumor growing. So that's, you know, five, six months extra life and good quality of life because the tumor wasn't growing. So that -- you know, that's -- doesn't -- to some people might not sound like a whole lot, but if these are women who are at the end of the road, had tried pretty much everything else that they could for breast cancer, so those extra months meant a lot. And for some women, now that's a -- that's a median. Some women got like 10 months extra life.

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MALVEAUX: Yes, out of this drug. Every month.

COHEN: Right. Every month means something. Ten months is a pretty good chunk of time.

MALVEAUX: And how does it work?

COHEN: The way that -- let's talk about traditional chemo. Traditional chemo comes in and targets every fast growing cell. That's why women's -- you know, your hair falls out, that's why you get sick. This drug instead, what it is is you can think of it as kind of like a Trojan horse. It comes in there and it only targets the cancer cells.

MALVEAUX: That's awesome.

COHEN: And so they bring this weapon in with this Trojan horse, and then the weapon is released only to the cancer cells. Doesn't kill the tumor. You still see the tumor. But for some women, not all, it stopped it from growing.

MALVEAUX: So why doesn't it work on everybody? Why is it just some, do you know?

COHEN: You know -- well, first of all, some women only have this type of breast cancer. So you don't have this type of breast cancer, then this is not for you. Even women with this type of breast cancer, it worked quite well for some, and didn't work at all for others. And that's a huge mystery that they need to figure out. So maybe if they can figure out the women who it didn't work for, maybe there's something else that would work for them.

MALVEAUX: So still -- I mean, there's hope?

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There's a little bit of hope here, right? Yes?

COHEN: Little -- you don't -- you know, it's not that often that you hear of a drug that works for people who are at the end of the road with cancer. You know, have tried everything. Not often do you say, hey, here's a drug that actually expanded life. Not by years and years, by months and months, but still you don't hear that very often.

MALVEAUX: So this is good. This is very helpful.

COHEN: It's a good thing but -- it's hopeful but I always want to be sure that people hear me say this is not a cure. This is not going to make or doesn't appear that it's going to make anyone's cancer go away. It appears to stop the tumor from growing.

You know, I was talking to Otis Brawley, who is the chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society.

MALVEAUX: Sure.

COHEN: He said, Elizabeth, it's like you put some water on a fire. And then if the fire starts to grow a little bit, more water. And then you put some more water on. So the fire may still be there, but you're just putting water on it so the fire doesn't get out of control.

MALVEAUX: Well, thank you. Thank you, Elizabeth. It is good news.

COHEN: Thanks.

MALVEAUX: This is a strange story. I want you to stick around for this. So you -- after hearing it you might actually wonder if you heard correctly here. This is a story about 11-year-old girl, she's a hospital patient in Oregon. So accidentally she sets herself on fire by trying to create static electricity sparks in her bed. So it happened all very fast. One spark ignited. A combination of fumes from hand sanitizer, olive oil on Ireland Lane shirt.

Now the olive oil is used to remove electrodes on the scalp after an EEG exam. It was combed through Ireland's hair, the olive oil, some dripped on the shirt. Ireland needed skin grafts because of a second and third degree burns. Portland's fire marshal calls what happened extremely unusual, but possible. So he says the mixture of the alcohol-based sanitizer, the olive oil on her shirt, acted like a candle wick igniting the static electricity.

So very strange situation. We're going to have more on another story coming up right after a quick break.

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MALVEAUX: Danica Patrick out to make more NASCAR history this weekend. She is the first woman to win the pole position, which is the front spot in Sunday's Daytona 500 race. No matter how she does, Patrick getting a lot of attention.

Joe Carter is in Daytona.

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PATRICK: I think there's an opinion that I'm probably kind of hard or tough or too serious maybe. But I can tell you I'm probably like the opposite of that at home. Number one, I'm very girlie. I mean I like to do -- I like to go shopping. I lake to go get pedicures. I like to wear high heels and dresses. So I'm definitely a lot softer than I am at the racetrack where I'm doing my job.

JOE CARTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Love, as it turns out, has no caution flag. In November she announced the end of her seven-year marriage, but just weeks ago it was revealed she had a new love. Fellow rookie driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and her happiness couldn't be more apparent. PATRICK: We're enjoying it and I think that we both kind of laugh a lot when we get asked about each other. So I think that's a good thing.

RICKY STENHOUSE JR., ROOKIE NASCAR DRIVER: Yes, I'm not going to go crash somebody because they crashed her or -- you know, I mean, I'm going to go out there and drive hard every week.

CARTER: Being in the spotlight is nothing new for Danica. She's garnered worldwide fame for her provocative photo shoots and record 12 Super Bowl commercial appearances.

PATRICK: How hot is too hot?

CARTER: Danica is among NASCAR's top earners and biggest stars. But over the years she has been a lightning rod for critics who point to her failures so far to win a race or accuse her of focusing more on self-promotion. But for racing, she brings a tremendous amount of exposure and popularity to a sport that could use an attendance and TV ratings boost.

STEVE PHELPS, NASCAR CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER: It's really created significant added interest from a fan base standpoint. She's got this large and engaged fan base. Some who are NASCAR fans before and some who are not. So for us to have her bring that fan base to us and then be able to cultivate it and grow it, it's important for us.

CARTER: Patrick struggled in this spotlight last year. Her first racing with NASCAR after seven seasons with Indycar. Just two laps into her debut at the Daytona 500, she crashed and finished 38th. But now, after making history as the first woman to win pole position for this year's race, it's clear that her years of working to make it to the front row are paying off on the biggest stage.

BEV PATRICK, DANICA PATRICK'S MOTHER: I think when you have a clear mind and you're happy in your personal life, everything shows, you know. And you can do your job well.

PATRICK: I have a lot to learn, too. I understand that. I mean, I've got, you know, Jeff Gordon starting next to me and I've got, oh, my god, a herd of them behind me. So hopefully at the end of the 500 we're rolling and we have a chance.

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MALVEAUX: Thanks, Joe. Of course it's going to be CNN that will be there as the checkered flag waves Sunday at Daytona. For more on the race, visit CNN.com.

And some of the biggest movies ever made known for their music as much as their storyline. So think "Jaws," "Star Wars." The composer behind those films again nominated this year for his work in "Lincoln." This marks his 48th nomination.

Kyung Lah reports.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): "Superman", "Indiana Jones", "Harry Potter." You don't even have to see them, you know their music. Composed by John Williams, the most Oscar nominated man alive. This year for "Lincoln."

JOHN WILLIAMS, FILM COMPOSER: Forty-eight nominations is -- it's a hard thing to get one's mind around, I think. Because I think things like, how could anybody be that old?

LAH: Oscar is a very old friend to 81-year-old Williams. They've had a courtship since the 1970s.

WILLIAMS: What made it a good tool for me in the film was that the two notes could be played note, note, or note, note, note, note. Or very fast, very soft, or very loud, in your face.

LAH (on camera): Two notes in "Jaws," five notes in "Close Encounters."

WILLIAMS: Those five notes.

LAH (voice-over): It is an outer space where Williams soared. "Star Wars" is the best selling film score of all time and still celebrated in his live performances.

WILLIAMS: It's a wonderful sight at the end to turn around and see them all waving these light sabers. You couldn't plan it. You couldn't say, I'm going to write something today that 30 years from now people will be celebrating in some fashion. Impossible.

LAH: The five-time Oscar winner credits hard work and the fortune of a good friend, a 40-year partnership with Steven Spielberg that persevered even when Williams felt he couldn't match the director's work in "Shindler's List."

(On camera): You asked Spielberg to find somebody else.

WILLIAMS: I said to him, Steven, this is a great film. And you really need a better composer than I am for this film. And he sweetly said, yes, I know, but they're all dead.

LAH: How do you keep the energy, the creative juices going?

WILLIAMS: It's better not to keep your eye on the finish line so much. Better to keep your eye right from what's in front of you at the moment.

LAH (voice-over): A life philosophy that keeps him enhancing those cinematic moments. That soar into movie history.

Kyung Lah, CNN, Los Angeles.

(END VIDEOTAPE) MALVEAUX: I love this. The "Harlem Shake" number one on Billboard's Top 100 music charts. The dance craze going viral online. Jumped to number one since Billboard added YouTube video views to its formula for ranking the top 100 songs in the country. Composer Bauer released the song last year. Recently skyrocketed to viral video fame.

CNN couldn't resist getting in on the "Harlem Shake" action, doing our own little "Harlem Shake" video earlier in the week. There you go. That's what I'm talking about.

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I don't know.

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: What about you? Are you in there?

MALVEAUX: Hey, I missed that opportunity.

WHITFIELD: Darn.

MALVEAUX: You are going to have to it --

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Fredricka, joining us in here.

WHITFIELD Although I've been kind of under a rock. I didn't know about that Harlem Shake until recently so now I'm on board. I'm going to get in.

MALVEAUX: It's all right. It's pretty simple.

WHITFIELD: All right. We could do it.

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All right. Have a great day.

MALVEAUX: Yes, weekend. Thanks, Fred.