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Manhunt For Hannah Anderson And Kidnapper Intesifying; Joshua Young Found Not Guilty; Flooding Across Much Of United States; Bob Filner Checks Out Of Rehab Early; Oprah Winfrey Claims To Be Victim Of Racism In Swiss Shop; "Ebony" Shows Strong Stance In Wake Of Zimmerman Verdict; The Science Behind The Linkage Of Climate Change And Violence; Press Conference About Hannah Anderson's Abduction
Aired August 10, 2013 - 15:00 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. You're in the CNN NEWSROOM. A look at the top stories right now.
A massive manhunt in Idaho wilderness for suspected kidnapper and the girl he's accused of taking. Investigators say James DiMaggio is camping out with 16-year-old Hannah Anderson.
Plus, streets look more like rivers as heavy rains washed away cars and homes and drenched parts of the U.S. now three people are missing.
And Oprah Winfrey claims she was a victim of racism. The media mogul says it all happened when she asked to see a handbag in a Swiss boutique.
Let's begin in Idaho where the search for teen Hannah Anderson and her alleged kidnapper is now intensifying. Officials say dozens of federal agents are scouring through a remote area in cascade but the wilderness is making the search very difficult. We go live right now to San Diego where the suspect is believed to have kidnapped the teenager after allegedly killing her mother and brother.
Paul, what are you learning about the ongoing search?
PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fredricka, in talking to detectives here and both in Idaho, they now say it's 150 agents, federal, state, local, most of them armed to the teeth because they consider DiMaggio to be so dangerous. And in fact, they have come upon his car. There had been a concern all week long that he may have booby trapped this car with homemade bombs. Let's listen.
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ANDREA DEARDEN, PIO VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO SHERIFF: The detectives from San Diego, they are right now moving toward the vehicle and they are going to process that Nissan that they found on Friday morning. They're going to process that car for evidence. As we talked about last night, they are going to be -- it's a meticulous process they'll go through to make sure we do not miss any information and any evidence that may be inside or around that car.
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VERCAMMEN: And San Diego detectives also telling us they want to underscore this. That they do believe this is a kidnapping. That there's no way that Hannah Anderson left with DiMaggio willingly. At least, they think that's the case at this point, the two of them seen on Wednesday by a man on horseback with his friends in this remote backcountry. So remote, Fredricka, they're going to need to use satellite phones for some of the communication and go at it on foot and possibly horseback and use helicopters to try to determine their location.
WHITFIELD: So, Paul, have officials gone as far as trying to ascertain whether Hannah went on her own free will or whether it's unwillingly?
VERCAMMEN: Well, again, just talking a short time ago to a detective off camera. He said they consider this to be - a kidnapping case. So the relatives of Hannah also are echoing that. They say they think there's no way that she would have left with DiMaggio willingly but there's a lot to this investigation.
And you know, part of this is whether or not for years and years and years perhaps DiMaggio had been grooming Hannah as is the case with many serial molesters trying to get her to come and be on his side with things. We heard from one of her friends that he openly declared that he had a crush on her. This was in a conversation. That he said that he wishes he were her age or wanted to date her or something similar to that effect, all of that being co-govern right now by detectives in this building behind me.
WHITFIELD: All right, Paul Vercammen, thanks so much.
The search for Hannah Anderson intensifies there in Idaho.
So, meantime, officials in Idaho are set to hold another news conference today 4:00 eastern time. We'll of course bring that to you live next hour.
All right, Flooding has swamped vast parts of the country. This is in Manito Spring, Colorado. And those are cars being carried downstream. The flooding has caused several deaths across the country and here in Manito Spring, three more people are now unaccounted for in Missouri. Rescuers pulled people from their flooded homes. A dozen states are now under flood watches or warnings.
Zain Asher is joining us now by hard hit Hollister, Missouri.
Describe the conditions there, Zain.
ZAIN ASHER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Fred.
Yes, you know, so much devastation here. So much unprecedented rainfall in such a short space of time and it really is all about the cleanup. Let me show you what people here have been dealing with since Thursday. I don't know if you can see it. Through the Bushes there is turkey creek. Thursday morning that creek rose about 15 feet, pretty much three times the size of me in the space of about 25 minutes sweeping away pretty much everything in its path.
Just walk with me one second. Let me show you what we're dealing with here. You can see here that all you see is soil. Believe it or not, there was actually once a mobile home here and my colleague George Howell spoke with the owners of the home who say they have absolutely no idea where their home went. They believe it was swept away by flooding. But still, people here are still trying their hardest to find reasons to be grateful. Take a listen to what one woman had to say.
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KARA KOONS, PROPERTY GENERAL MANAGER: Very thankful nobody was hurt or killed. We are very thankful that we had units to put our families in so they have a home to go to.
ASHER: You had spare ones?
KOONS: Yes. I had five empty units. I did transfer everybody that lost everything into another unit.
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ASHER: And that's not just about Hollister. All over the Midwest we're seeing similar devastation. Take a look at this video out of Colorado where one person is dead just outside of Colorado Springs.
Also in Missouri where I am, two people reported dead as well and another person in Oklahoma City also reported dead. It really is all about people just trying to piece together their lives again -- Fred?
WHITFIELD: It is powerful storm in so many ways. It swept different parts of the country.
Thank you so much, Zain Asher there in Hollister.
No break for California firefighters. Look at this massive wildfire burning across the mountains east of Los Angeles. It has forced more than 28 square miles already with hot, dry winds driving it. The governor declared a state of emergency in Riverside County.
And this is the view from banning, California, the so-called river fire. The two have actually merged into one big blaze. Firefighters and a homeowner have actually been hurt.
Last month, a big chunk of Arizona was burning but the state's request for aid was turned down by the Obama administration, 19 firefighters died fighting that fire. It is Arizona's deadliest wildfire and Governor Jan Brewer said she is quote, "deeply troubled" by FEMA's decision. Senator John McCain called the rejection of money to rebuild homes and money quote-unquote "a shame."
President Obama says more help is coming to wounded war vets to get them better educated, more jobs and faster access to medical services. He spoke to hundreds of them at the disabled American Veterans national convention and he admitted the backlog of vet's medical claims is "unacceptable."
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And today I can report that we are not where we need to be but we're making progress. We are making progress. So after years when the backlog kept growing, finally the backlog is shrinking. In the last five months alone, it's down nearly 20 percent. We're turning the tide.
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WHITFIELD: A recent report from the center for investigative reporting found that since 2009 when Obama took office, the number of veterans waiting more than a year for benefits has skyrocketed 2,000 percent from 11,000 in 2009 to 245,000 in 2012.
The U.S. state department is reopening 18 of 19 U.S. diplomatic offices tomorrow. They were closed because of a terror threat. Yemen's American embassy remains shut because of concerns over a possible attack. A week ago the U.S. closed the embassies and consulates throughout the Middle East and North Africa after learning a top al-Qaeda leader told an operative was told to quote "do something."
All right, right now, a massive search for Hannah Anderson. She is the California teen who has been missing since Sunday. Coming up, we will show you how this drama started in the first place and you will also hear what the family is saying.
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WHITFIELD: The search for Hannah Anderson which began in southern in southern California has moved to Idaho Springs Church River of no the river of no return wilderness area. For now, only one thing is certain, the Anderson family wants Hannah back and wants this drama to be over.
Brianna Keilar reports.
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BRETT ANDERSON, FATHER OF TH E MISSING CHILDREN: Just let my daughter go.
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Brent Anderson desperately wants his daughter, Hannah, back. Police believe his friend of 20 years, James DiMaggio, snatched Hannah sometimes after the 16-year-old finished cheerleading practice late Saturday afternoon.
Sunday, San Diego firefighters respond to calls of DiMaggio's house engulfed in flames only to find the body of Hannah's mother inside. They also find the remains of Hannah's 8-year-old brother, Ethan, which have now been positively identified by the San Diego crime lab.
Monday, California goes statewide with an amber alert for DiMaggio, Hannah and Ethan. For the first time California sends amber alerts to cell phones statewide. Tuesday, hundreds of tips pour into authorities. By Wednesday, potential sightings of DiMaggio's blue Nissan prompt Oregon, Washington and Nevada to issue their own amber alerts. On Thursday, a chilling comment from police, DiMaggio may have booby trapped his Nissan and abandoned it and they say the suspect may be carrying explosives.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Our investigation to date has brought to light the possibility that he has explosives on his person.
KEILAR: Police say DiMaggio may be headed to Canada or Mexico or just about anywhere really. Friday his car was found in Idaho. For Brett Anderson, an agonizing weight.
ANDERSON: I can't fathom what happened in Jim's head. What happened? Obviously he just lost it.
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WHITFIELD: And that was our Brianna Keilar reporting.
Today's CNN Hero is helping homeless mothers to be. She is helping pregnant women get health care, housing and support.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Years ago, my daughter and I were homeless. My main priority was to get high. Then I got pregnant again and I was like what am I doing? I need to change.
MARTHA RYAN, CNN HERO: I have never met a woman who wanted to hurt her unborn baby. But I met a lot of women who did not know how to do the right thing. The common denominator is poverty. And poverty is not accident of birth.
Pregnancy is a wonderful window of opportunity. A mother can turn her life around.
My name is Martha Ryan and I hope expectant pregnant mother, many who are homeless, break the cycle of poverty for good.
You know, you can't just be saved. You have to do the work yourself.
I learned very early on that prenatal care alone was not enough.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We need a place to stay as soon as possible.
RYAN: We will help you with housing as well.
These women needed help with complex issues and now we serve the entire family.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you so much.
RYAN: You're so welcome.
Given opportunities, nothing stops them.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Getting over my addiction wasn't the hardest part.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I love you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It is getting my kids stable, finding my confidence.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Smaller circles.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I work here now. I am so happy to be able to relay the things I learned to moms. This program gave me the tools and I found my self-worth.
RYAN: We are investing in people. Believe in yourself and just take one day at a time, their ability to change their lives. Now, that is inspiring.
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WHITFIELD: And we need your help to find great stories just like this one. Please go to CNNheroes.com right now and nominate someone you know who is making a difference and deserves to be recognized.
All right, time is running out for an Ohio couple. They are taking on the state to make a dying wish come true. Their story next.
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WHITFIELD: A judge dismissed a motion from Usher's ex-wife to get temporary custody of their two sons. A victory for Usher. The decision came during an emergency hearing after their 5-year-old almost drowns in the singer's swimming pool earlier this week. During her testimony yesterday, Tameka Foster Raymond broke down on the stand and then had to step down.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How many nights have you spent at the hospital with your son?
TAMEKA FORSTER RAYMOND, USHER'S EX-WIFE: I have been there since 4:00, 3:50 the day of the accident and I left this morning at 9:45. I never left the hospital ever.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And Ms. Raymond, I know this is very difficult.
RAYMOND: This is ridiculous. This is ridiculous.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, step down.
RAYMOND: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Judge, if I could ask her just one more question. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.
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WHITFIELD: So, Usher wasn't home at the time of the accident. He got there after his son had been rescued and given CPR. He explained to the judge what happened when he arrived.
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USHER RAYMOND, SINGER: When I arrived, my son was hysterical and in the back of an ambulance. I knew there had been an incident in the pool but I didn't have clarity of exactly what took place. What I got in the back of the ambulance, he was hysterical. He didn't want to go to the hospital. He was very irate. And I did my best to calm him down.
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WHITFIELD: When the hearing was over, Usher walked over, hugged his ex-wife. And in an interview outside the court as she said, she will revisit the situation. Again, Usher gets to keep custody of his two sons.
All right, in Ohio, a judge has issued a ruling in a same-sex marriage lawsuit. The ruling is temporary. It allows their marriage to stand for now in a state that bans gay marriage but their fight goes on.
Here's Alina Cho from Cincinnati.
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ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a 7.5-minute wedding ceremony in a plane in the tarmac in Baltimore, Maryland, between two people deeply in love who never even wanted to get married.
And then one morning you were watching TV.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR, SITUATION ROOM: Today the justices ruled that legally married same-sex couples are, in fact, entitled to federal benefits.
JIM OBERGEFELL, SUED FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RECOGNITION: And when the ruling came up, I just went over to John, hugged him, kissed him and said let's get married.
CHO: Only for Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, there were two problems. Same-sex marriage in Ohio where they live is banned and John has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease that eventually leads to death. Worried that every day could be their last together, the couple settled on Maryland as their destination wedding spot where they could travel by medical jet, say their vows at the airport, and return immediately to their home in Cincinnati.
OBERGEFELL: Getting married is like nothing changed but yet everything did.
CHO: Do you feel the same way?
JOHN ARTHUR, SUED FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RECOGNITION: Absolutely. It's as if a void was filled in our lives.
CHO: A few days after their wedding in July, John and Jim met with the civil rights attorney.
OBERGEFELL: He said, Jim, do you realize when John passes away on his death certificate the state of Ohio will list him as unmarried and will not enter your name as his spouse? It broke my heart and then made me really mad.
CHO: So mad the couple sued the state of Ohio and won. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order allowing the couple's marriage to be recognized in a state where gay marriage is banned. No federal or state benefits would apply. That could come later. But the decision would mean the two eventually could be buried together in John's family plot.
OBERGEFELL: I feel like it's the first chink in the armor.
CHO: But their fight is far from over. In a statement to CNN, a spokesman for Ohio's attorney general said this is a temporary ruling at a preliminary stage under sad circumstances adding that Ohio voters already decided in 2004 on a ballot initiative that gay marriage should not be recognized and are quote "entitled" to the choice they have made on this fundamental issue.
OBERGEFELL: It's ridiculous.
ARTHUR: It just makes me feel that there are many people who simply don't understand humanity. Love is love.
CHO: The temporary restraining order recognizing John and Jim's marriage in the state of Ohio expires on August 19th. What happens after that is still an open question.
Alina Cho, CNN, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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WHITFIELD: And people post a lot of things on facebook these days, right? Well, one man posted something that even shocked police and now he is facing murder charges, the details after this.
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WHITFIELD: Checking today's top stories.
Flood watches and warnings are in effect in 12 states. This shows the power of floodwaters in Manito Springs, Colorado. We now know that there are three people unaccounted for.
Missouri braced for more severe flooding today. The body of a woman swept away by floodwaters was recovered at a nearby Hollister. This is what happened at a local trailer park.
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KOONS: This house moved about a football field from that unit up there. The whole ceiling inside is cracked. The refrigerator came through the black sliding glass door. This unit has spun completely around. It used to sit the other way.
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WHITFIELD: The manhunt for teenager Hannah Anderson and her alleged kidnapper is now intensifying. Next hour officials in cascade, Idaho, will hold a news conference. We will bring that to you live as it happens.
Hannah's Friends say the teen wouldn't have voluntarily gone with DiMaggio.
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MARISSA CHAVEZ, FRIEND OF HANNAH ANDERSON: I don't think she would have gone willingly with him at all like it's not hard to tell someone to not act like they're sad or something when they see people. I don't think she would have gone with him at all. (END VIDEO CLIP)
WHITFIELD: Bob Filner checked out of his inpatient counseling sessions. That is more than a week earlier than the embattled mayor of San Diego claimed he would say. Filner is facing a long list of sexual harassment allegations and calls for his resignation. His lawyers say Filner will continue counseling as an outpatient.
An emotional reaction in a Kentucky courtroom when a jury acquitted a teenager for his stepbrother's murder.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The verdict form number one, murder. We, the jury, find the defendant Joshua Young not guilty under instruction number one. Verdict form number two, tampering with physical evidence. We, the jury, find the defendant Joshua Young not guilty under instruction number two. Madame Foreperson, are those the verdicts of the jury? Can I have the attorneys up here, please?
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WHITFIELD: Last night, a jury found 17-year-old Joshua Young not guilty in Trey Zwicker's murder. He was accused of helping his father beat the 14-year-old to death in 2011. Young's father pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
This Florida man confessed to murder on his facebook page. Derick Medina, not only admitted it but he posted his dead wife's picture. Warning the next image is graphic. There she is lying on the floor moments after he allegedly shot her. Medina said he got into a violent argument with his wife. It took facebook five hours to remove the image.
Coming up, she's one of the world's richest, most influential women but Oprah Winfrey was hardly treated that way at a retail shop in Switzerland and she says it was because of racism. We will tell you exactly what happened next.
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WHITFIELD: A crocodile skin purse by designer Tom Ford cost $38,000, but it may be costing one Swiss shop a whole lot more, not in cash but in public perception. Oprah Winfrey told "Entertainment Tonight" she was a victim of racism when a clerk at that store refused to show her the purse. CNN's Diana Magnay has the story from Switzerland.
DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Fred, plenty of discussion here about the Oprah Winfrey incident. Was it snooty salesmanship, was it racism or was it just a simple mistake? The shop owner says her Italian shop assistant hadn't quite understood what Oprah was asking for, and that she was embarrassed by this crocodile bag's $38,000 price bag.
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TRUDI GOETZ, OWNER, TROIS POMME CHAIN (through translator): This employee is very familiar with working with international customers and actually is a very good employee. It would be strange to me if she would have refused to show a bag. The employee would be more than happy to sell this bag. The sale of this bag would have been seven times that of her monthly salary, and this definitely would have been a great feeling of success for her.
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MAGNAY: And now Oprah claims racism. Many people here don't see it that way at all.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it was a misunderstanding. Because, I mean, the American way of interaction is different, and European way is more cool, you know. And so I'm sure it was a misunderstanding of cultural origin.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It sums up the Swiss approach. It's about the money, not the race.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's definitely about money and how you're dressed. Because I actually think you should be able to walk around in normal clothes and go into any store and buy anything you want, no matter how you're dressed. And it's not about color.
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MAGNAY: Still the shop said they were very sorry as did the Swiss tourism authority, who said that people should know that all visitors, Oprah included, are welcomed in Switzerland with open arms. And one other question you'll hear asked, should anyone be buying a $38,000 crocodile bag even if they can afford it? That handbag, Fred, has now incidentally been sold.
WHITFIELD: I am sure it went fast. All right, thanks so much, Diana Magnay.
Nearly a month after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin, "Ebony" magazine is taking a very strong stance. It is releasing four separate issues for the month of September, each with a striking cover. Black celebrities posing with their children in hoodies. Basketball star Duane Wade with his two young sons, director Spike Lee with his 16-year-old son. And actor Boris Cojo with his son. And the last cover, Trayvon Martin's parents and his brother, Tavaris (ph).
Editor-in-chief Amy Barnett joining me now. Good to see you, Amy.
AMY BARNETT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, EBONY: Nice to see you.
WHITFIELD: So you're considering these very iconic images. What is the conversation or the solution you want to come from this cover?
BARNETT: You know, I really want for the conversation to continue. That's the function of "Ebony" magazine. We've been the magazine of record for the African-American community for the past 68 years, and it's incumbent upon us to make sure that we reflect the concerns of our readership and also the issues that are most important to African- Americans today.
And so by putting the four celebrities or the three celebrities, really, and Trayvon Martin's parents on the cover, it's our hope that the conversation about what's going on with African-American boys will continue.
WHITFIELD: And it's more than the cover. You asked each of these celebrities, Spike, Boris and Dwayne about their reaction to the verdict. All of them say it pained them as though it was very personal. But they all had very different stories about the conversations that they will have with their sons if they haven't already.
BARNETT: Right. Well, I mean, it's a conversation that many of us who are parents of African-American boys have already had with our children, and it's incredibly unfortunate because it's not something that people of other ethnicities have to think about.
But of course, when you are parenting an African-American boy, you have to help them to understand that unfortunately, our society will view them as culpable. That's the first assumption. African-American boys are profiled on a daily basis and there is an assumption that they are up to no good. That they are involved in gang-related activity drug-related activity or what have you. And this perception is codified in our society through laws like Stand Your Ground that make it illegal and even deadly to be an African-American boy outside.
And so, what Boris and Dwayne and spike have done is to tell their sons it doesn't matter if they are affluent. They will still be viewed as dangerous and as targets in today's society and to act accordingly.
WHITFIELD: I recall in that article, Boris is the one who said his son is too young. He hasn't had that conversation. My son is eight. My husband and I have not had that conversation because, I think for the same reasons that Boris is talking about. You do want to protect a certain level of innocence, and you're hoping when you do have that conversation that they are mature enough for that.
But at the same time, when you listen to and read what Dwayne had to say about the factor of being a celebrity, while he hopes that his sons would be able to handle this kind of conversation, he also talked about kind of a bubble, so to speak, that he believes his sons are likely to be experiencing because they are that of a celebrity.
BARNETT: Well, there is a certain amount of protection that fame and wealth will afford a child. But once you exit that bubble, once you leave your parents' side and you go out into society, and you walk into a drugstore, say, there is nothing about an African-American boy that unfortunately will tell the person in the store that this is the child of a celebrity versus this is any other child that we -- person of other ethnicity views as a threat. And therefore, there's nothing to prevent that person from being followed around in that store, say, to prevent them from stealing something.
So even though will is a certain kind of protection that wealth and fame affords, being an African-American boy in today's society means that you will get profiled at some point in your life. It's an unfortunate reality.
WHITFIELD: And Amy, before I let you go, you have carried on a commitment that you will continue with this fall, even conducting a town hall meeting on this very subject and more, broadening it out. But at the same time, are you surprised that you received some criticism from some who are not seeing the four covers the way you are?
BARNETT: You know, it's unfortunate fact of social media that the people who have the most extreme opinions are the ones with the biggest megaphones. And so I think what we're hearing is a small faction of people who are reacting to the covers and unfortunately are being amplified across social media.
But I'm not entirely surprised that there are certain people who don't understand that these covers are meant to evoke a certain kind of symbolism, that by having celebrities and their sons in hoodies, we are trying to create an iconic image that represents the plight of African-American boys and continues the conversation about how we can help our readers as "Ebony" magazine ensure that all of our children have the brightest future possible and realize their potential and possibilities.
WHITFIELD: Amy Barnett, thank you so much for joining us. Appreciate it. Editor-in-chief of "Ebony" magazine.
BARNETT: Thank you.
WHITFIELD: All right. Still straight ahead, guess what? There is a science behind the weather and your mood. We'll explain after this.
A kidney transplant recipient grows up to fulfill her dream of being a transplant surgeon. Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has today's Human Factor.
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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As a transplant surgeon, Silke Niederhaus has transplanted more than 100 kidneys. It's what she's wanted to do for as long as she can remember.
SILKE NIEDERHAUS, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER: I was interested in being a doctor at age 4.
GUPTA: By the time she was 8, Niederhaus who grew up in Germany was in the fight for her life.
NIEDERHAUS: I started having blood in my urine. We couldn't figure out why. It came on so acutely all of a sudden.
GUPTA: She was diagnosed with a relatively common kidney disease that caused severe inflammation.
NIEDERHAUS: By the time I was 11, in March I had to start on dialysis.
GUPTA: Nine months later, she received a new kidney and it worked immediately at first.
NIEDERHAUS: About a week later, I had my first rejection episode.
GUPTA: And then a second, and a third, all of it within a month.
NIEDERHAUS: They said this kidney's had so many rejections, it will probably never work.
GUPTA: On average, a donor kidney lasts about ten years and doctors gave her kidney a 50/50 chance to last one. But Niederhaus was not about to give up. She became the first child to try an experimental drug, and it worked. NIEDERHAUS: I had something that I wanted to do. You know, that was to be a transplant surgeon.
GUPTA: After high school, Niederhaus and her family moved to the United States so she could go to medical school and pursue that dream. Now she shares her own story with her patients.
NIEDERHAUS: The kidney was absolutely not working at a few points in time and I walked away with 24 years later excellent kidney function.
GUPTA: That allowed her to fulfill another dream, which was to have a baby with her husband, John. Transplant patients typically have high risk pregnancies. She did develop anemia and high blood pressure, but in June, Noah was born. He was early due to complications, but he was healthy. NIEDERHAUS: If you've had a goal all your life and then something gets in your way, you know, set yourself a goal. Work towards that goal. Then you'll get there. Then you have something that doesn't let you give up because you have something to look forward to beyond that.
GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.
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WHITFIELD: Time now for another installment of our weekly series, The Science Behind. Have you ever wondered if the weather affects our behavior? Some researchers say it does affect it, and in a big way. CNN's Jennifer Delgado explores The Science Behind climate change and an increase in violence.
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JENNIFER DELGADO, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Whether it is politicians behaving badly or civil unrest halfway around the world --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're getting reports from state media that anywhere from 10 to 23 people were killed.
DELGADO: -- it's clear that violence has no borders.
But now, scientists from the University of California Berkeley have determined that the world could turn into an even more violent place with murders, assaults and even wars to rise if extreme weather occurs with greater frequency.
SOLOMON HSIANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UC-BERKELEY: We think our evidence suggests that conflict could be a critical and important impact of climate change on future societies and that they want to take it seriously and consider what the world will look like in the future and whether or not our actions today can actually be affecting the safety of people.
DELGADO: Floods, heat waves or droughts can spur conflict, and Hsiang says violence could sharply increase.
HSIANG: When we think about anthroprogenic climate change, climate change in the future, what we've done is we've calibrated our results to what we expect to observe with about two degrees warming by 2050, we would observe roughly somewhere around eight percent to 15 percent more interpersonal violence at most locations around the world, and roughly 30 to 50 percent more interggroup conflict.
DELGADO: Researchers also looked at how ancient civilizations may have been impacted by climate change by studying layers of mud in the ocean and lakes or taking information from old trees, establishing a link between past climates and the collapse of major civilizations like the Mayan empire.
HSIANG We were surprised by the strength of our results and that we were able to observe these type of relationships around the world, across different populations and throughout human history.
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WHITFIELD: CNN's Jennifer Delgado reporting on the science behind heat and violence. And of course, you can join the conversation about The Science Behind. Just go to our Twitter page. The Twitter handle is @tsbCNN.
All right, a seven-year-old girl kidnapped and murdered 56 years ago. After half a century, detectives solve her case, but do they have the right guy? Some are not convinced.
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WHITFIELD: For detectives, few things are as rewarding as cracking a cold case and putting a criminal behind bars years after a crime. But what if they get the wrong guy? Coming up in the 5:00 Eastern hour of the CNN NEWSROOM, you'll learn about a case where some people say justice was served, but not everyone is convinced. Here's a quick preview.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On December 3rd I went out to play a game called Duck the Cars with Maria. A man approaches us coming down the street and asked us if we'd like a piggyback ride. That's the last place I had seen either one of those two were on that corner.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The police were out with spotlights and the megaphones.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The police all started showing up asking the same questions over and over and over. But I never did come across a picture of Johnny. And I think everybody was disappointed, because everybody wanted that person to be found.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Prosecutor allege this 71-year-old grandfather hides a sinister secret.
JACK MCCULLOUGH, MURDER SUSPECT: You treat me like a suspect, and I don't like this.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jack McCullough was arrested in Seattle and indicted on kidnapping and murder charges in the 1957 death of 7-year- old Maria Ridulph.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There was no question in my mind that we had the individual that killed Maria Ridulph.
MCCULLOUGH: I did not kill Maria Ridulph.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The evidence that I saw tells me that Jack didn't do it. He couldn't have done it. He was up the road.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Primarily we had an eyewitness to the crime itself. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You just don't forget a face. You just do not forget a face of somebody that has snatched somebody from the street corner.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A 55-year-old identification by a girl who was then eight years old.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I would like the truth to come out, and I don't think it has.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The right man's been convicted, and he's sitting in prison where he belongs.
MCCULLOUGH: My name is Jack Daniel McCullough. I've been accused and convicted of a murder I did not commit.
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WHITFIELD: Coldest Cases in the 5:00 Eastern hour. Don Lemon will be hosting that hour, and he comes up in six minutes or so. But if you want to read more about this incredible case on our Web site, you can also log on to CNN.com/coldestcase.
All right, more rain, more flooding in parts of the country. Colorado getting hit hard. Will the people there and other flooded states get any relief? Details straight ahead.
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WHITFIELD: All right. This breaking news right now; press conference under way in Cascade, Idaho, on the ongoing search of the 16-year-old and her alleged kidnapper. Let's listen in.
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ANDREA DEARDEN, PIO, VALLEY COUNTY, IDADO SHERIFF: -- the predominant group, the largest group here, is the FBI. But we do have other federal agencies and also other local people still in town.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you put a number between local and federal?
DEARDEN: We believe we have about 150 FBI alone. and so I would say 150 FBI, another 60 maybe local and then another 50 to 60 state and other federal agencies. So, about 200, between 200 and --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you have search dogs or anything else like that up here?
DEARDEN: At this point, we don't have any dogs on the ground that I know of, but I know they'll use every single resource possible. Whatever they feel is most effective and most useful, that's what they'll use.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is the restriction on motorized vehicles a problem? They talked about getting the exemption from the Forest Service for that? DEARDEN: The terrain doesn't even lend itself to that, so at this point we haven't looked at using motorized vehicles or asking for any kind of special permission for that.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you believe you are still looking for those -- that those individuals are still alive?
DEARDEN: Absolutely. We're looking for two individuals. Looking for DiMaggio and Hannah and hoping to bring her home safely.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are there any indications right now of any loss of life?
DEARDEN: Nothing. No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's kind of hard to hear --
DEARDEN: Yep.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How many out-of-state agencies are involved right now, and how many are you looking to enlist?
DEARDEN: So, we have everybody here that is going to be here. So, we have all our resources on the ground that we expect to call in. So outside of FBI, who do we have, is that what you're asking, how many do we have?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
DEARDEN: Okay, you guys are going to have to help me here. So, we have U.S. border patrol protection -- Customs and Border Protection.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Border patrol.
DEARDEN: And then Border patrol. U.S. Marshals Office and then FBI agents from different offices from around the country are here, and then Valley County. What else? Aida County, Emmett police. I mean, all of those are hear.
We can get you a list of everybody that's here but --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you also looking for others to come in --
DEARDEN: No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: -- and help with this?
DEARDEN: Yes. No, I mean, they're here. We have people here from San Diego Sheriff's Office. All of the tactical teams and investigative teams that we expect to call in are here on the ground now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is such a different operation for Aida County being involved in. You're involved in metro searches and searches in subdivisions and that sort of thing. Who is kind of the point person that's trying to tackle the two-and-a-half million acres of territory?
