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Gun Salutes to the New Baby Prince; "Changing of the Guard" to Music; Security Concerns for Pope In Brazil; Apple Stock Down Nearly 20 Percent This Year; "A Bang And A Bounce"; Coaster Death Renews Call for Oversight; Celebs Could Help Push Obamacare; Zimmerman Rescues Family in SUV; "Viewed as Sexual Objects or Idiots"

Aired July 23, 2013 - 10:00   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thanks so much for being with me this morning. So much for that legendary British reserve, from London to Liverpool, Brits celebrate the birth of a future king. Just minutes ago, cannons erupted with dozens of ceremonial shots, 62 rounds at the tower of London. In Green Park, the king's troops unleashed 41 rounds.

CNN royal correspondent Max Foster is at St. Mary's Hospital. Erin McLaughlin is at Buckingham Palace. But Max, we have to start with you because we're getting word that Kate Middleton's parents may be en route.

MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, they are. It's going to be their first official visitors. Carol and Michael Middleton due here in the next few minutes, and a black cab we think, possibly the first family visitors to this royal baby. An exciting moment for them, of course, an exciting moment for Kate and William as well, their first sort of showing of the baby to their family. They've had a good period of time on their own with the family.

Now it's time to present him to the family. So there's a great deal of excitement here. Some suggestion that a different -- we're pretty sure the parents are on their way. Earlier on we have some pomp and ceremony around London. It's a pretty exciting place to be right now -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Absolutely. Such beautiful pictures out of London this morning with the cannons saluting the birth of the baby and the horses running through Green Park, I mean, it was just unbelievably beautiful. I want to put up a picture of Princess Diana. Because after she had Prince William, she and Prince Charles popped out of hospital and you can see them, Prince Charles carrying the baby. There are even bets made here, Max, about which royal will be carrying the newborn.

FOSTER: Yes, exactly, because Charles initially held William and then handed him over to Diana. I think it is going to Kate, don't you? I have no basis for that information but I think so.

COSTELLO: At some point they're due to come out and show the baby off, right, today? FOSTER: Yes. It's going to be this evening U.K. time so a few hours from now or tomorrow morning. I think we will err on the side of today simply because I think we want to come out sooner than later. They have talked about their gratefulness to the hospital for, you know, housing them and all of their help and support. They've been under some pressure because of our presence, a huge media presence, so I think if they can get today, you can see Michael and Carole in the backseat. We don't have -- a huge moment for them, being welcomed by a hospital official. Carole Middleton coming out first, the mother of Kate middle -- they've come up from where the duke and duchess were saying just before the birth of their child.

COSTELLO: You can see them beaming before they went into the hospital. Maybe they'll make remarks when they come out though, Max, who knows.

FOSTER: Yes, they very rarely speak. I think it's pretty much their policy that they don't speak. Often there's been some bad press about Carol in particular, and she never, ever responds. They came through the front door. They could have gone through the back door. So it was a statement that actually people are being expected at the hospital now. It's the beginning of the announcement, and it would be appropriate that the royal family would come and then the couple themselves come out on the doorstep to present themselves to the world. A lovely moment for Kate in particular, to have her parents to be the first ones of both families to see their first grandchild and the next heir, you know, after William.

COSTELLO: I know. I would want to see my mom. I would have so many questions for her. Max Foster, you stay right there. Thanks so much. If Kate's parents pop out and talk, we'll take you back to St. Mary's Hospital.

But now let's head to Buckingham Palace and CNN's Erin McLaughlin. Erin, the traditional changing of the guard had a special twist today.

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Carol. There's a lot going on here at Buckingham Palace, earlier today a special edition of the changing of the guard in honor of the royal baby. They played congratulatory music as well as the royal salute. Just over that way is a pretty long line, people waiting for quite a while for a chance to see that birth notice still on display near the gates of the palace, and last night Buckingham Palace was the place to be. People were singing and dancing and toasting the royal baby.

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MCLAUGHLIN (voice-over): Hip, hip hooray for the future king of England. A crowd of well-wishers celebrated outside the gates of Buckingham Palace welcoming Will and Kate's new son. Next crane and cameras were getting the ready to see a piece of history.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I remember watching Charles and Diana getting married as a teenager. Now to see her son have a baby, it's magical.

MCLAUGHLIN: People seem to be equally pleased that the baby is a boy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Girls are too much drama. Boys are great.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're really happy. It's a boy. We love boys, don't we?

MCLAUGHLIN: All part of an impromptu birthday party outside the palace. They're popping champagne at the old pub in Buckleberry, the village where Kate's parents live.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Kate and William, great fabulous news, everyone here is so happy, and good luck to you, and have fun.

MCLAUGHLIN: London's landmark glowing blue paying tribute to the little prince. This as the great guessing game over the baby's name intensified.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now speculating boys' names action so maybe a James or an Alfred.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No because of Harry, we could have a Henry. What about Ethan?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There won't be an Ethan.

MCLAUGHLIN: As night, the full moon looked over a city celebrating the birth of a brand-new baby boy.

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MCLAUGHLIN: And of course, the party not stopping there. People are really looking forward to that royal photo op and then of course the great name debate. People have really strong opinions about what this baby should be named, should be named George or James. Well, we'll wait and see -- Carol.

COSTELLO: I kind of like Harry. Errol is good too. I know it's easy to get sucked in, isn't it? Erin McLaughlin, thanks so much. I love that story. It made me smile.

Across much of London royal watchers only needed to watch overhead. Others tourist attractions like the London eye also bathed in lights and news of the royal birth rumbled across the far reaches of the former British Empire.

And to New Zealand, troops fired ceremonial cannon shots to herald the arrival of the Prince of Cambridge. New Zealand is one of the 15 commonwealth countries that will fall under his gaze as will Canada. Tourists at Niagara Falls learned the sex of the baby when the landmark was bathed in blue.

Stay with NEWSROOM, at the bottom of the hour, we'll talk to a royal historian and author, Kate Williams.

Scary moments, potentially dangerous moments for the pope in Brazil, Pope Francis' driver took a wrong turn in Rio De Janeiro with no uniformed security in sight, throngs of people surrounded the pope's car. Pope Francis didn't blink rolling the window down to kiss a few babies, but security experts were appalled including the former L.A. Police Chief Bill Bratton.

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BILL BRATTON, FORMER LOS ANGELES POLICE CHIEF: I've never seen anything like it in over 40 years in the business. The thing you want to not allow to happen at any time in a motorcade is choke points where you are not able to move backwards, forward or sideways. The photos are extraordinarily frightening. If this is the best the Brazilian security forces can do for the pope's visit, we want to watch very carefully the next couple of days because this was an absolute mess.

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COSTELLO: To make matters worse a homemade explosive device was found near a basilica where the pope is expected to speak tomorrow. It was defused without incident. All of this is antigovernment protests go on, fire bombs and tear gas flew at the government palace right after the pope left. Several people were arrested.

CNN's Miguel Marquez is in Rio De Janeiro this morning. So what's security like today, Miguel?

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, they're making their final prep. I can tell you the dogs and the security has just swept through the Copacabana Beach here where the pope will be on Friday. There are crickets off the shore going back and forth to make sure that nothing untoward comes in from sea on this. The concerns with the car, while seemingly terrible, the pope gets mobbed by people quite often in Rome and other places he goes.

We just don't often see it. He was also surrounded by the Swiss Guard in that situation, but clearly an uncomfortable moment. That's something that they are going to try to avoid. It was a very, very chaotic scene as tens of thousands came out to see the pope. For the explosive device was in a bathroom in a parking lot near the shrine the pope will be visiting, but it wasn't -- no area where the pope was expected to go, and still not clear whether it had anything to do with the pope. But certainly security here across at the country and certainly here in Rio quite high -- Carol.

COSTELLO: One of the things that is probably makes it more difficult, the pope wants to be able to physically touch people. He wants to take the barriers down. Sometimes that makes it difficult for people to keep him safe.

MARQUEZ: Yes, this is the concern. It's not the fully enclosed pope mobile that he on which has in Rome. It's sort of half enclosed, and they're bringing babies up to him. He went in a very small sort of hatchback car from the airport to downtown. He welcomed tens of thousands of people who lined the streets downtown. He wants to get out and touch people. There are other protests planned for Friday. Yesterday were small in nature. There was a stand between several deferral even. Because he is so popular, he's taken a lot of the gasp out of those protests, but we'll see if they kick up and guess going again on Friday -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right, Miguel Marquez reporting live from Rio De Janeiro.

Tech giant Apple isn't what it used to be. Its stock is down nearly a year since apple has released a blockbuster product. So what gives? Alison Kosik is at the New York Stock Exchange. I guess Apple is coming out with the watch thing, right?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You know, that's what the rumor is, but you know what some analysts are saying, Carol? They're calling this quarter a boring quarter, no big splash of a new product to shake things up. The expectation after the closing bell today is that 28 percent decline in profit on $35 billion in revenue. Yes, that's what I said, $35 billion in revenue. That's just considered a ho-hum quarter for Apple.

Analysts are also expecting Apple sold 30 million iPhones, 16 million iPads, but no new news is expected from Tim Cook about new products so no iPhone 5S, no smart watch, believe it or not maybe, investors who are looking for a reason to get excited about the stocks probably aren't going to get one. The stock price stabilized. It's down 20 percent this year so far. That's a long way away from $700 a share where it was just in the fall.

As far as stocks go, they charged out of the starting gate. They're can kind of losing steam, though the Dow is going for another record high. That closed a record high. Those gains are kind of fizzling out. We have solid numbers from DuPont, even UPS, which had sent up warning signs last week that it would come out with a bad earnings report. Well, guess what? It managed to beat Wall Street estimates. Still quarterly earnings illusion that we like to bring you -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Alison Kosik, many thanks.

Still ahead in the NEWSROOM, a family in need of help after a car crashes and overturns. Yes, George Zimmerman came to their rescue. We'll tell you about it after a break.

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COSTELLO: Checking our top stories at 16 minutes past the hour. Passengers described it as a bang and a bounce. Their Southwest Airlines plane was landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport when the front landing gear collapsed. The Boeing 737 jet came to a stop after skidding off a runway. 150 people were aboard that plane, ten suffered minor injuries.

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BILL ROLAND, PASSENGER: It came down really fast and kind of steep and then it sort of bang and then it banged and it sort of skidded to a stop pretty quick. MARTHA BORDEAUX, PASSENGER: knew it was bad and then when it started filling up with smoke, they passed out wet napkin, paper towels to put over our nose and mouth.

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COSTELLO: Wow, the damaged jet was taken to a hangar on a flatbed truck for more investigation. The runway is back open this morning. Flight data recorders are heading to Washington for analysis.

Texas Giant roller coaster is still closed. While Six Flags over Texas investigates a woman's death. The medical examiner says Rosie Esparza died from multiple traumatic injuries after falling out of her seat. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is now calling for more safety oversight. Saying a quote, "A baby stroller is subject to tougher federal regulations than a roller coaster carrying a child in excess of 100 miles an hour.

The Massachusetts state police sergeant who released this photo of the surviving Boston bombing suspect without permission, it's expected to face a private disciplinary hearing today. Sergeant Sean Mercy faces the possibility of losing his job. He's already been suspended for a day. There's been a huge show of support for Murphy on Facebook though.

Some famous faces could lend a hand to promoting President Obama's health care law to young Americans. Jennifer Hudson, Cal Pen, all part of a meeting, rather, at the White House. The administration says at least 2.7 million young and healthy adults need to sign up for Obamacare to keep premium costs low overall. He is hoping those famous voices can help him do that.

George Zimmerman has been in hiding since a jury found him not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, but four days later, please say Zimmerman emerged from hiding and helped rescue a family after a car crash in Sanford, Florida, just a mile from where Martin was shot. Victor Blackwell is in Sanford this morning. Tell us more -- Victor.

VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol no one was sure where George Zimmerman was after the acquittal, was he in Sanford? Was he in Florida? Well, it turns out Wednesday at least yes, he was in the area. The sheriff's office is not calling him a hero, but they are saying he was in the right place at the right time.

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UNIDENTIFIED CALLER: I just witnessed an accident on the off-ramp, coming off the 417 to get on to I-4 over in Sanford.

BLACKWELL: It's 5:45 Wednesday evening, a blue SUV is driving onto the highway, but the driver loses control and rolls into this field.

UNIDENTIFIED CALLER: It looks like an Explorer. There are some people at the care right now. The vehicle was still there, on its side. BLACKWELL: There's glass, a mirror, a floor mat, still here on the scene. By the time, first responders arrived the parents and their two children were outside safely action because two people stopped to help and one of them is George Zimmerman. All of this happened less than a mile from where he shot Trayvon Martin.

(voice-over): Monday night in Sanford, the story of Zimmerman, the rescuer, was met with skepticism at an NAACP town hall meeting.

PASTOR LOWMAN OLIVER, ST. PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: That's one of the silliest stuff I have ever seen action to do anything to validate a murderer I think is wrong.

BLACKWELL: Organizers announced plans to put a repeal of stand your ground on the ballot in 2014 --

LAWANNA GELZER, NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK: If we lose what Trayvon has brought us together to do, we will lose -- we cannot wait until February and wait just for the legislators, for our governors to possibly veto this. We need to do this ourselves.

BLACKWELL: After days of protests and rallies across the country calling for several civil rights charges, the Sanford Police Department has been handed its evidence and files over to the department of justice. As for Zimmerman this was a brief moment in the spotlight. Presumably he's now back in hiding.

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BLACKWELL: Well, here's some good news, the family, their parents and two kids, are safe. No injuries after this roll over crash. The important question here, I guess, one of the questions is, why did it take so long for this to come out? No answer from the sheriff's department here, but we did reach out to Zimmerman's defense team and ask did they know about this? And they told us, no. In fact, they've met with Zimmerman since the crash, and he didn't mention a word about it -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Maybe he's tired of the spotlight. Victor, thank you.

CNN's Anderson Cooper will continue his look at race and justice in America in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict. Join Anderson tonight for a special town hall at 10:00 p.m. Eastern.

Coming up in the CNN NEWSROOM, the mayor of San Diego finds himself at the center of a sexual harassment case. He's facing calls for his resignation. You cannot believe what he's alleged to have -- anyway, you've got to hear this story. We'll be right back.

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COSTELLO: If the allegations are true, it's hard to believe anyone, let alone a mayor would be so over at his inappropriate use of language. Yes, it's tough sometimes to determine what constitute sexual harassment, but in the allegations against San Diego Mayor Bob Filner are true, his comments are flat out outrageous. An example, the mayor allegedly told a female employee, I'm infatuated with you. When are you going to get naked?

CNN's Tory Dunnan is live in San Diego. So how is the mayor defending himself?

TORY DUNNAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So Carol, the mayor says that he's saddened by these allegations and he is promising to fight on, even though there's a brand-new lawsuit.

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IRENE MCCORMACK JACKSON, PLAINTIFF: He asked me to work without my underwear on. I saw him place his hands with a did not belong on numerous women.

DUNNAN (voice-over): Irene McCormack Jackson is coming forward with graphic charges of sexual harassment against San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. She says working as the mayor's communications director was the worst six months of her entire career.

JACKSON: I was placed in the Filner headlock and moved around as a rag doll while he whispered sexual comments in my ear.

DUNNAN: McCormack Jackson is the first alleged victim to show her face in a scandal that surfaced nearly two weeks ago when a former city councilwoman said she had evidence that Filner engaged in inappropriate behavior with some women. The mayor's office declined our request for an interview, but in a news statement, Filner says, quote, "I do not believe they see claims are valid. That is why due process is so important. I intend to defend myself vigorously and I know that justice will prevail."

Just last week, the Democrat posted this video, acknowledging he needed help.

MAYOR BOB FILNER, SAN DIEGO: I'm embarrassed to admit that I have failed to fully respect the women who work for me and with me.

DUNNAN: But he hasn't admitted to claims of harassment. Filner's fight goes on amid growing calls for his resignation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is not a partisan thing, but a right and wrong thing.

DUNNAN (on camera): The bottom line, what do you want to happen?

KEVIN FAULCONER (R), SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMAN: The mayor needs to resign, immediately. We can't be America's finest city with America's worst mayor.

JACKSON: He is not fit to be mayor of our great city.

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DUNNAN: So Carol, it is definitely important to point out that although he's relatively new to the mayor's office, he's no stranger to politics. He served as a congressman for five terms. COSTELLO: He's never been accused of this before? His comments are so out there, like these women say, you would have -- I know the sheriff's department is reaching out to accusers, so tell us about that side of the story.

DUNNAN: So the sheriff's department decided to open up a hotline, it's an anonymous hotline where people can call in and basically talk about any claims they might have of sexual harassment when it comes to the mayor. So far we've heard from the sheriff's department spokeswoman that they have received calls, though they haven't given us a specific number quite yet.

COSTELLO: Tory Dunnan, reporting live from San Diego. Thank you so much.

Coming up in the NEWSROOM, Duchess Katherine and the late Princess Diana have been compared to one another on many occasions. It's no different when it comes to how Kate will race her new baby.

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