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Brazilian Ofiicials Meet to Discuss Protests; Michael Jackson Trial Update; President Obama Meets with Privacy Oversight Officials
Aired June 21, 2013 - 15:30 ET
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DON LEMON, ANCHOR, "CNN NEWSROOM": Bottom of the hour, everyone, I'm Don Lemon. Thank you for joining us.
Technology, sports, business, health, science and showbiz news, we're hitting it all right now here on CNN.
First up, air travelers may soon be able to use their electronics during takeoffs and landings. The FAA has been under increasing pressure to allow wider use of iPods, Nooks, tablets, laptops and other electronic gadgets.
Right now those devices must typically be turned off during takeoffs and landings as a safety precaution. An advisory group is expected to make its recommendations about relaxing the rules come September.
OK, so this weekend, when word came that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian had had their baby, I walked through the newsroom past the entertainment department. I said, ha, ha, ha, do you have the name yet? Maybe it'll be North West. Maybe it'll be South West. Maybe it'll be Mae West.
And what do you know? Look at the birth certificate. They named the baby North West. What the ...
Really? Isn't Ka-North West. Isn't there supposed to be a "K" in there?
North has no middle name. Last we checked, though, North West is trending all over Twitter. This is the first child for both Kim and Kanye. Kim delivered North Saturday, five weeks early in Los Angeles. Mark that on your calendars, people.
The president of Brazil holding emergency meetings today as the country is seemingly on the brink of a full blown crisis.
Police say more than 300,000 people rallied in Rio de Janeiro. One death was reported at a demonstration in Sao Paolo state. Demonstrators say they are fed up with high taxes and poor services while the government spends billions on preparations for the World Cup soccer tournament next year.
Shasta Darlington, live in Sao Paolo now for us. So, Shasta, what exactly is the Brazilian government going to do in these emergency meetings?
SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's the million dollar question, Don. There's no quick fix. And that's because, even though this started as a protest of a hike in bus fares, it's just blown up into something so much bigger.
It's a massive rejection of a political system that a lot of people consider very corrupt. And so we've seen tens of thousands of people on the street, night after night.
Last night, there were more than a million people on the streets across the country, and they're not looking just for lower bus fares anymore. They want to see more schools, better schools, better education, and less money going into politicians' pockets and less money being spent on these beautiful stadiums.
But that's not something that can happen overnight. What they would like to come out of this meeting, however, is some kind of a common -- some kind of national address from the president, and so far that hasn't happened.
She's still in the meetings, but we haven't heard from her, and it's not clear whether or not we will, Don.
LEMON: All right. Shasta Darlington, thank you, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Coming up, a high school valedictorian from Oklahoma on a trip to Ecuador with his parents disappears without a trace.
Today, the search intensifies. More on the search for this young man and his mysterious disappearance, next.
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LEMON: All right. Going globe trekking now because unbelievable floods and a state of emergency in southern Alberta, Canada, about 75,000 people in Calgary forced to leave their homes and seek shelter, a storm that dumped more than six inches of rain on the area this week caused rivers to crest.
Authorities are asking people to stay away and limit cell phone use so they won't hinder emergency responders' efforts.
No new leads, no clues, and still no sign of an Oklahoma teenager missing in Ecuador, 18-year-old August Reiger was in the town of Banos when he didn't meet his family as planned on Sunday.
The trip was a graduation gift for Reiger who speaks Spanish. He is a valedictorian of the class and school of advanced studies, a high school in Oklahoma City. And he has a full ride to the University of Oklahoma this fall.
We'll update you as we get more.
Coming up now, Michael Jackson died while preparing to set a world record for the most successful concert run ever. He unknowingly may have set another record that led to his death.
We'll tell you what it was right after this break.
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LEMON: A sleep expert testifying at Michael Jackson's wrongful death trial says Jackson may be the first person ever to get no REM sleep for two whole months.
The expert says he is basing his opinion on prior testimony that Jackson was given the drug Propofol for 60 days. The drug doesn't allow a person to get real sleep.
OK, so CNN's senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins me now. Elizabeth, how did Propofol mess up Michael Jackson's sleep?
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Don, according to the expert who testified, he said Propofol would interrupt your REM sleep.
REM sleep is where you're dreaming. You're in a slightly lighter stage of sleep. You can actually see someone's eyeballs moving under their eyelids when they're having REM sleep.
REM sleep is important. Just like the other stages of sleep you need to have it. If you don't have it, that's a problem.
LEMON: OK, so the dangers, what's the problem? The dangers of going without sleep for so long or REM sleep?
COHEN: Right. The dangers of specifically missing REM sleep for a long time would be all sorts of things.
For example, you might become more clumsy. You might become paranoid, anxious. You might have difficulty learning new things.
You know, we need our sleep. We need every stage of our sleep.
LEMON: OK. So a lot of people have trouble sleeping. I mean, you know, that's -- it's common. It's very common.
What can they do to try to sleep?
COHEN: First of all, I want to make it clear, and I know this is going to be obvious to some people, but I just want to make it clear.
Propofol was never intended as a sleep aid. Propofol is to anesthetize you for procedures, for medical procedures, so absolutely, that's beyond the pale.
But what you can do is you can create a sleep sanctuary. Create your bedroom so that it is a place where you sleep and that is it.
Also, exercise to get better sleep. Not just before sleep, but exercise at some point during the day.
Another thing you want to do is take the technology out. Do not be looking at your iPad or phone or whatever just before sleep.
And also create a schedule so that you're going to bed and waking up at the same time every night.
LEMON: I've been given that advice by a sleep expert ...
COHEN: And has it worked?
LEMON: ... down in Atlanta. Yes, it did work. I don't have a TV in my bedroom anymore. So it's great.
COHEN: There you go. That's great.
LEMON: Yeah. Thank you, Elizabeth. Appreciate it.
COHEN: Thanks.
LEMON: The need for more bone marrow donors is motivating superstar Enrique Iglesias to ask his fans to help.
He shares how you can help, too, in today's "Impact Your World." Here it is.
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ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, SINGER: Hi, I'm Enrique Iglesias, and we can make an impact on people in need.
Love Hope Strength is a rock 'n' roll cancer organization.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So this is just the eligibility.
IGLESIAS: They're getting people to register for bone marrow transplant. It's extremely easy. All it takes is one of these and one person. And you just get a swab and that's it.
So that's how simple it is. And that's how you can save someone's life.
I think part of the mission on this tour was that we get different ages in our shows, and different ethnic backgrounds. And I thought a lot of people would sign up.
I think it comes a point and you reach a certain age where you feel responsible.
You ready to get crazy?
You have a certain level of power. And by power, I mean you can communicate to your fans, especially nowadays over Twitter, with Facebook.
I feel like I can do something that's positive. It's a good thing.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) LEMON: In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, NSA surveillance tactics, President Obama meeting today with what's called a privacy and civil liberty oversight board.
CNN's Jake Tapper taking a closer look on "THE LEAD" today.
JAKE TAPPER, ANCHOR, "THE LEAD": I don't know how much you've heard of the privacy and civil liberties oversight board. I hadn't heard much about it.
It turns out President Obama's first ever meeting with the organization is today, going on right now, even though it was formed back in 2004.
We'll be talking about that and a host of other issues, including the potential trade of a soldier who is in Taliban custody for five top- level Taliban operatives at Gitmo.
We'll be talking it over with a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, who served in the Bush administration.
We'll also, of course, talk about a whole host of other things, including the prevalence of movie sequels out this summer, sequels that are stinking up the multiplexes that I try to go to with my wife and my children and enjoy myself, and they are just almost to a picture atrocious. We'll talk about that as well.
LEMON: Why don't you tell us how you really feel there, Jake Tapper?
TAPPER: Are you -- if you are a fan of "Fast and Furious 6" then I apologize to you. But I daresay that was the reason why cinema was invented.
LEMON: Is everything on your show? No North West?
TAPPER: I told you this on the break. I had something to say about Kanye last week. My Twitter feed exploded.
I think I'm going to take it easy on Mr. West, let him enjoy his little baby girl. I hope she's healthy.
LEMON: yes. Just say no comment, right? That's it.
TAPPER: I'm willing to comment. Good luck. Good luck to that little baby. I hope she's good.
LEMON: We look forward to the top of the hour. Thank you, Jake Tapper. "The Lead" starts in just a few minutes here on CNN.
And coming up, this video went viral. You've probably seen it, a little boy hearing for the first time. His family talked to CNN today about his amazing recovery.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) LEMON: For decades tons of trash has been dumped along the Mississippi River, which provides drinking water for 18 million people.
This week's CNN Hero has made it his mission to clean it up and he's been joined over the years by about 70,000 volunteers. Look.
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CHAD PREGRACKE: Sixty-seven thousand tires, 951 refrigerators, 233 stoves, it's crazy what you find in the rivers.
I grew up right on the Mississippi River. Around the age of 17, I really started to focus on the problem.
Eighteen million people get their daily drinking water from the river. I'm thinking this should not be like this.
This stuff just collects here and it goes on for blocks like this. It's a bad deal.
I said, you know what? No one is going to do anything about it, I will.
I'm Chad Pregracke. With the help of over 70,000 volunteers, we've removed over 7 million pounds of garbage from America's rivers.
You guys ready? Yeah!
Our primary focus is the Mississippi River ...
You guys would be amazed in two hours how much stuff we get.
But in all we've worked on 22 rivers in 18 states.
We do everything in our power to get people excited about it because, at the end of the day, you're out there picking up garbage.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Look at this basketball. Can we have it?
PREGRACKE: It's yours. Totally yours.
Little by little, we're getting it.
But you're having fun, we'll have fun.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I knew I'd be sweating for sure, but I didn't think I'd be singing karaoke on a boat.
PREGRACKE: People want to see change and they're stepping up to make change.
That was the last bag. Come on, let's give it up. Yeah!
This is a problem that people created, but a problem that people can fix. (END VIDEOTAPE)
LEMON: Up next, a story you've got to see and hear. This little boy heard his father's voice for the first time with a special hearing implant.
CNN talked to him earlier. That's him there. The story is next. So cute. Oh, my goodness.
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LEMON: I saw the story on the evening news last night and, seriously, it made me cry.
CNN got a special inside -- might have been this morning. It was amazing.
A special angle today on a story that has captured the country. It's about a boy who just heard his father's voice for the very first time at the age of three.
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LEN CLAMP, GRAYSON'S FATHER: Daddy loves you! Daddy loves you! Daddy ...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, he heard.
L. CLAMP: Can you hear daddy?
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LEMON: Grayson, who was born deaf, is the first child to see an auditory brain stem implant, a device that until now was only for adults.
The Clamp family visited the set of our new show, "New Day," this morning and, once again Grayson stole the show as his parents talked about the thrill of seeing their son hear.
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NICOLE CLAMP, GRAYSON'S MOTHER: Just overwhelming, a huge relief for me because it was a long journey getting there, and I knew it would work but just seeing it work was just a huge -- it was just the culmination of a long journey to get there.
L. CLAMP: Yeah, I think it was just -- it was joy. It was excitement.
I think, too, for us, I mean, it was validation for what we've really seen as a plan that God set out for our lives, for Grayson's life.
And so I think in that moment we just got an overwhelming sense of God and His faithfulness to us and all we did was step out, and one step of obedience in fostering and then adopting Grayson. (END VIDEO CLIP)
LEMON: Yeah, well, in case you're wondering, Grayson's uncle was the man helping to keep him safe around all those cameras. The camera is just fine, by the way.
Congratulations to that family.
I also want to you also look at this amazing video from China. Can't get enough of this video. It's a group of delivery men. They saved this two-year-old girl. She was dangling from a fifth-floor window.
They were just out on a break. They heard her crying and the toddler fell and they caught her.
Everybody is fine. There she is. One of the heroes broke his arm. Another suffered neck injuries, but the little girl's fine. Those are heroes.
Good stories to end on, I'm Don Lemon. Thanks for watching. Have yourself a great weekend.
And now, "THE LEAD" with Jake Tapper.
