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Cargo Train Derails, Causes Explosion; D.A.: Plot To Outdo Columbine; Panicked Passengers Flying Home; Terrifying View Inside A Big Tornado; Newborn Rescued From Toilet Pipe; Preparing For Legal Pot Use

Aired May 28, 2013 - 14:30   ET

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Here is an update on breaking news. This is a better vantage from the -- affiliate station WBAL out of Baltimore. You see that the white and the black smoke and these crumpled cars, these cargo train cars clearly derailed. According to the "Baltimore Sun," loud explosion was heard, and what appears to be this industrial area of Baltimore.

We can tell you that hazmat crews have now arrived open the scene and according to initial reports, no one has been injured, but huge, huge mess on the hands for hazmat crews and firefighters responding there in Baltimore. We'll keep an eye on it as soon as we get any more information, we'll pass it on to you live here on CNN.

I do want to move along and talk to you about this Oregon teenager who will be in court two hours from now to face adult charges of attempted aggravated murder. The 19-year-old Grant Acord is accused of trying to pull off an attack at his high school. He was hoping it would have been worse than Columbine according to reports.

Police say they found six types of explosives hidden in his bedroom including napalm, drain cleaner bombs, and Molotov cocktails. An attorney for the family says the young man is mentally ill and has this rare form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD.

I want to bring in clinical psychologist, Jennifer O'Connor. Jennifer, before we even get to specifically this young man's case, we're talking about this rare form of OCD. This is another acronym. It's PANDAS, which from what I read is caused by strep throat. Can you explain that?

JENNIFER O'CONNOR, LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: Yes, that's correct. It is a relatively rare form of -- a very sudden and severe onset OCD occurs in children following an infection, typically a strep infection. And what happens is the body's immune system attempts to fight off the infection, but mistakenly attacks a part of the brain that is responsible for regulating certain aspects of emotions and behaviors. And so what you will see is very severe sudden onset, like overnight, of extreme fears and anxieties. You'll see repetitive ritualistic behaviors and often severe motor ticks.

BALDWIN: So now that we understand what this is, and this young man's case, the attorney for the mother says that this rare brain infection is what created his mental illness, which is perhaps, you know, what led to his actions. You say, though, that's a stretch. Why?

O'CONNOR: Well, I would say it is a stretch. You will sometimes see often see temper tantrums and irritability, outbursts of aggression in small children with PANDAS. But typically it is because they're so emotionally disregulated and they can't manage the anxiety that they're experiencing.

What we're seeing with this 17-year-old is more of a premeditated, planned out intended act of violence and it is a stretch to say that PANDAS could directly account for that. But what may have happened is, you know, sort of an escalation of more complicated mental health problems that perhaps the first stepping stone was the child had onset of PANDAS and then overtime it became far more complicated.

BALDWIN: When you talk about, you know, premeditated and reading about this particular case, what jumped out at me is it was found in this 17-year-old's bedroom floorboards, right. So in addition to the napalm and everything else, checklists, diagrams, I know, you know, you, of course, haven't treated this 17-year-old, but just hearing about that, what does that tell you about him?

O'CONNOR: Well, what that tells me is probably a couple of things. You know, one thing I suspect is possibility that, you know, while he was struggling with mental illness and PANDAS as a child, he may have been socially alienated, may have been picked on, made fun of because of some of his symptoms perhaps, but then clearly there has to be more complicated underlying mental illness, which I said PANDAS may have been the first step in the cascade of more --

BALDWIN: We just don't know.

O'CONNOR: We don't know. But I would say there is more complicated things possibly, psychosis, possibly anti-social personality issues. It is really hard to say, but I do think it is a stretch to say that PANDAS could directly account for this.

BALDWIN: OK, Jennifer O'Connor, thank you for your expertise as a clinical psychologist here. Appreciate it.

O'CONNOR: You're welcome.

BALDWIN: Coming up, the tornado hunters captured this. Look at this, incredible footage from inside an EF-4 storm. Chad Myers actually got a look at what these guys used to chase this storm and it is best described as a tank. We'll show that to you.

But first, actress Amanda Bynes claims a police officer sexually assaulted her. Yes, that's her in the wig, when she was arrested for tossing a bong out her Manhattan apartment window last week. Well, now the NYPD is responding. That's next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) BALDWIN: Now to some of the hottest stories in a flash, rapid fire. Roll it.

Question, like to ski? Forget about Colorado. How about North Korea? Yes, Kim Jong-Un and company building a world class ski resort that we're told will be open to foreign tourists. So in case you don't have plans, the area's heaviest snowfall is between November and March. File that one a way.

Chaos in the high seas, now we have exclusive new video of the scorched Royal Caribbean's "Grandeur of The Seas," look at that, after a fire forced hundreds of passengers to scramble to the deck for safety.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We got up to the deck and we see the lifeboats being lowered down. We saw a light sparking and catching on fire. We were basically shoulder to shoulder with a ton of people who were just as tare fide as we were.

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BALDWIN: So instead of sending themselves in the Bahamas, passengers are heading to rainy Baltimore on chartered flights. Cruise was canceled because of the fire.

The New York Police Department denying accusations by Amanda Bynes that an officer sexually assaulted her during the actress' arrest last week. Among other things, Bynes is accused of tossing a bong out her Manhattan window. According to the Police Department in New York, a witness says no one touched her.

A music milestone, Abbey Road intersecting with Graceland, look at this picture, former "Beatle" Paul McCartney visiting the home of Elvis Presley for the first time. McCartney tweeted some photos of his time at Graceland on Sunday and left his guitar pick at the grave so Elvis can play the guitar in heaven. According to "Rolling Stone," Sir Paul was in Memphis as part of a concert tour.

Check this out, may look like a tank, but it is actually a tornado intercept vehicle used to chase giant storms, like this one. This is video from inside an EF-4 tornado, the science behind this tornado tank up next.

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BALDWIN: A remote corner of Kansas served as a location of one of the most terrifying films ever made. This is a direct hit by a violent EF-4 tornado. This was shot Monday by professional storm chasers, Shawn Casey and Brandon Ivy. Their heavily fortified vehicle known as TIV-2 protected them, but easily, this whole thing could have gone very wrong. The sound you hear is because a hatch blew open when they were filming.

Chad Myers, first of all, I say yikes when I look at, you know, any kind of storm chasers. Like this, right, and by the way, nice to see you. It has been like two months and happy belated birthday if I may. But you used to be a meteorologist in Oklahoma City. You know all about tornadoes. Tell me about this vehicle.

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: This is crazy. This actually came to CNN a couple of years ago. They were out there trying to film an I-max film and already did that. But they're still driving around because it is so cool to get into tornadoes. Yesterday, they were in an EF-4. This was a big tornado.

BALDWIN: In this vehicle.

MYERS: In this TIV. In this tornado intercept vehicle. There is the turret on top. They put the camera up there and they shoot all 360 degrees. It is pretty awesome. It is bulletproof. It is armored. The sides go down to make sure the air can't blow under it. There are spikes that jam into the ground with hydraulics to keep this thing on the ground.

They want to put this in a tornado. They think 150, 160 will be fine. Guess what, 160, the instruments yesterday blew off the top. So they don't even know how big the winds were, but they survived it. They lost the hatch -- we talked to them an hour ago.

BALDWIN: What did they say?

MYERS: They're going to chase again to today because it is going to be another big day and tomorrow is another big tornado day. When we get into Thursday, we could get more tornadoes in Central Oklahoma where you just were, they're trying to pick up pieces. Can you imagine any kind of winds blowing those pieces around? It could get very, very dicey this week.

BALDWIN: Just the idea of being inside that thing as a tornado is hitting is truly -- it blows my mind.

MYERS: Think about this. Think about the people in Oklahoma or more that weren't inside a TIV.

BALDWIN: Exactly what I thought.

MYERS: In that exact storm or bigger because the storm that, you know, was 210 miles.

BALDWIN: Many who told me they were in their closets, bathtubs, and many, many of them saying, Brooke, I'm definitely buying a storm shelter after what happened last week.

MYERS: They can be built. They can be built inside homes. They don't have to be underground.

BALDWIN: They're costly.

MYERS: They're not cheap. They bolt them to the ground. They make sure that if the rest of the house goes, this room will still be safe, but, you know, what's the cost of a family? BALDWIN: I absolutely agree with you. Chad, thank you.

MYERS: You're welcome.

BALDWIN: And coming up next, chilling story, this newborn baby found alive in a pipe after he was flushed down a toilet. It ends happily, an incredible rescue story and what the mother is saying, yes, that's next.

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BALDWIN: What a story this is, this baby boy in China has already proven to be a fighter the world is now rooting for. He's just a couple of days old. This newborn survived being flushed down a toilet and then got stuck in a sewer pipe. Police in China sent out these images of him in the hospital so you can see at least happy ending for this little guy.

But they have found the mother, we're going to get to what may happen to her here, trust me in just a moment. But first, the rescue of her baby and CNN's Hala Gorani has the story. Let me just tell you. You will not be able to turn away.

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HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The dramatic rescue began after cries from a fourth floor apartment toilet. Alarmed neighbors saw a tiny foot and called the fire department. Unable to pull the baby out, rescuers went to the floor below and sawed away the entire section of sewer pipe.

But still, the baby remained wedged inside. So sewer section and the baby were taken to the local hospital where firefighters and surgeons working together carefully began removing the pipe piece by piece. An hour later, success, a newborn baby rescued, the after birth still attached.

Chinese media said he's a baby boy, now in stable condition. Police say they're looking for the parents, they say no one has yet come forward to claim the child.

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BALDWIN: I saw this morning and I didn't believe it. I mean, it is disgusting but it is amazing altogether. Tell me the condition of this child and where is this mother.

GORANI: Well, the mother has been found by police. Police say that they have the mother and they have spoken to her and she said she regrets it. It does imply it was done intentionally. That's all we know. They are treating this as an attempted homicide, though. So she might be in quite a bit of trouble.

As far as the baby, he doesn't have a name yet. His name is baby number 59 because that's the number of the incubator he's in. He was born -- he weighs 6 pounds, he had a low heart rate when he was found according to reports and he had a few scratches and bumps and bruises, but he's fine. It is miraculous. This kid was in a sewer pipe.

BALDWIN: Six pounds plus. He was a decent sized little guy.

GORANI: Decent sized. Not underweight when he was born. As I said, the police are treating this as an attempted homicide. People have come forward and set said let me adopt this baby. But the doctor at the hospital has reportedly said, we are going to turn him over to social services if the parents don't come forward.

BALDWIN: Hala Gorani, let's see where this baby lands and if and when the baby gets a name, I'm sure. Hala, thank you very much.

As we take you to break, more of the pictures of this cargo train derailment in the Baltimore area. We have now learned one person is trapped in this mess here in the Baltimore area. We don't know what was inside of these cargo trains. We're making phone calls. We'll have an update for you coming up.

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BALDWIN: Colorado's governor is set to sign new measures into law today to regulate the sale of recreational marijuana and CNN's Jim Spellman caught up with a guy who has already gone into business delivering the stuff.

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JIM SPELLMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's Saturday night in a suburban Denver office and Eric's workday is just getting started. His business is marijuana, delivered straight to your door, anywhere in the Denver area, usually in 45 minutes or less.

ERIC, MED-EX EXPRESS: Now it is just a matter of a small wait and we should see an order or something come in.

SPELLMAN: His company is called Med-Ex Express. They advertise on Craigslist and so far have five drivers plus employees who prepare the marijuana for delivery.

ERIC: This is on demand. They pretty much -- if you have a product, they have cash.

SPELLMAN: Within minutes of placing the ad, the first order comes in.

ERIC: How much are you looking to donate today? OK. OK.

SPELLMAN: The order completed online, his client gets an e-mail confirmation and Eric hits the road. First stop, the fulfilment center, aka, the apartment where they keep the weed. No cameras allowed, Eric says.

(on camera): What did you get?

ERIC: OK. So the packaging is all done. We actually guaranteed freshness and that's why you see this. This is 3.5 grams of L.A. confidential.

SPELLMAN: Weed in hand, Dr. Dre on the radio, and Eric is on his way.

(on camera): The first customer of the night is a businessman from out of town, staying at a hotel. He ordered an eighth of an ounce of marijuana, will pay $45 for that and a $5 delivery surcharge.

(voice-over): Last year, Colorado voters passed Amendment 64, making recreational use of marijuana legal. Retail stores won't go online until January 2014, but under state law, anyone in Colorado can possess small amounts of marijuana.

Eric says this means Colorado is in a gray area and he thinks it makes his business legal. He says the police haven't bothered him. To hedge his bets, he advertises the payment is a donation. Make of that what you will.

ERIC: We understand that it is pretty rogue as far as what's going on. But we want to be the pioneers to be able to set up a legitimate business instead of this being ran by some thugs.

SPELLMAN: In 35 minutes after the order was placed, he pulls into the hotel parking lot.

ERIC: This is Eric. I just pulled up.

SPELLMAN: They agree to meet in front of the hotel, trade cash for weed, shake hands and go their separate ways.

(on camera): Just finished the first delivery of the night and already two more orders have come into the dispatch center.

(voice-over): Eric whose last name we've agreed not to use won't say where the pot comes from. His employees and customers all declined to go on camera. Back at the fulfilment center, his team has another order ready to go.

ERIC: This looks like it is mountain gorilla.

SPELLMAN (on camera): That's an ounce of marijuana.

ERIC: That's an ounce of marijuana.

SPELLMAN (voice-over): Eric also runs a financial services company and a debt consolidation business, but thinks this will be his most successful business yet.

(on camera): Ultimately, you know, where do you want your business to be?

ERIC: I'm a big planner. I'm an entrepreneur. I'm a businessman, so I want this to be a feature and I want this to be something we can set up, that has a great operation, maybe a franchise.

SPELLMAN (voice-over): Back for another order headed to a house in an upscale Denver suburb.

ERIC: This is a quarter here. Once again, mountain gorilla, and then this is going to be also a quarter of white fire.

SPELLMAN: He'll keep going all night, delivering marijuana and staking his claim on Colorado's marijuana gold rush.

ERIC: This was crack or something like that, I wouldn't be doing this. This is something that probably should have been legalized long before. So it is not something that I'm ashamed of in any way. I think it is a great way, a great business opportunity, a great way to be able to support my family.

SPELLMAN: Jim Spellman, CNN, Parker, Colorado.

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BALDWIN: A police officer ambushed, shot to death and now as crews are hunting for his killer, his widow breaks her silence. I'm Brooke Baldwin. The news is now.

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An American mother behind bars in Mexico, accused of smuggling pot, but her husband isn't the only one who thinks she was framed.

Plus the twister, up close, brand-new video shot from inside a tornado tank.

And police say he wanted to top Columbine, very soon a teenager accused of making diagrams and checklists in a plan to bomb his school appears in court.