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George Zimmerman Back in Jail; A New Book Released about Walter Cronkite's Life as a Journalist; Five Bodies Found in the Arizona Desert with Possible Drug Violence Connection; Men Eating Humans' Body Parts may Caused by Bath Salts Addiction; Highlights of the Jubilee Celebration of Queen Elizabeth
Aired June 03, 2012 - 22:00 ET
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DON LEMON, CNN HOST (voice-over): Move over economy, it's unemployment stupid, we cut through the noise.
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We can create more jobs and put Americans to work. I promise you.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We will thrive again.
LEMON: Just the facts in our no talking points segment.
From disoriented and paranoid.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where are you?
LEMON: To cannibalism.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And the guy just kept eating and eating the other guy away, like ripping away the skin.
LEMON: And even super human strength. I talked to a man who OD'd on bath salts.
LEMON: Walter Cronkite and one of the most iconic moments in U.S. history.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: President Kennedy died at 1:00 central standard time. 2:00 Eastern central standard time.
LEMON: I guarantee you will learn something you did not know about the most trusted man in America.
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LEMON: Hello everyone. I'm Don Lemon.
Here are tonight's big stories and what we are working on for you tomorrow. Anyone with money in the markets and that is most Americans will want to keep an eye on Wall Street tomorrow. The Dow dropped more than two percent of Friday. It's down nearly nine percent since May 1st. George Zimmerman no longer a free man. Again, the man who says he shot teenager, Trayvon Martin, to death in self-defense, surrendered in Sanford, Florida today. The Judge revoked his bail saying Zimmerman lied about how much money he had. And we will take a close look at what is next for both Zimmerman and the investigation in just minutes.
The largest fire in New Mexico's history growing even bigger, and despite more that 100 emergency vehicles, helicopters and bulldozers, it's far from being controlled. Just 17 percent contained, and the rain they were hoping for is not coming yet. The wild fire is in the national forest, covering an area one and a half times bigger than the city of Chicago.
And this is just in, in the CNN. A strong earthquake has stuck off the coast of Panama. The 6.6 magnitude quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 230 miles south of the city of David. So far, there are no reports of injuries or damage.
Tonight, we are going to tell you about a spreading threat to our country, particularly for young people and do not take my word for it.
The justice department, the department of justice and national institutes of health single it out as a quote, "emerging domestic threat." I'm talking about a fad that is growing in popularity. Synthetic drugs, often in powder form, available either in stores or online. They have a million different street names but the general term is "Bath Salts."
They are new to the illicit drug scene. Research so far is limited, but health care and law enforcement officials agree that the addictions are real and the damage to users permanent.
Now, what are you about to hear and see is gruesome, but I caution you against changing the channel. Last night, right here on CNN, I spoke to a bath salts user named Freddie Sharp, who OD'd on bath salts and I asked him what he went through.
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LEMON: I want you to tell people what was going on in your body, in your mind, in your head, as we look at this video, what was going on to you?
FREDDIE SHARP, FORMER BATH SALTS ADDICT: Fear, darkness, just anytime like impending doom was coming down on me and like that I was possessed and kept trying to stop whatever was in me from continuing further. And I felt like I was going to bust loose and actually hurt somebody. That was why I was wrapped up the way that I was wrapped up in fatal position. So, I tried to take my hands, my heart and everything that I felt like something was been happening and I was going to bust loose and it was going to be a really bad situation.
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LEMON: My full interview with Freddie in just a moment. But his story is one of thousands about people chasing the next high.
In the last week alone, we have seen several cannibalism and self- mutilation cases that police believe could be linked to bath salts.
In Miami, just this week, police say a man eats off 75 percent of another man's face, the whole thing caught in surveillance camera.
Now to Harford County, in Maryland, that's where another man is accused of killing a friend and eating part of his heart and brain.
Next, (INAUDIBLE), New Jersey. A suspect there stabs himself repeatedly and then hurls his intestines at police.
Further north in Canada, police say another man kills his lover, tosses some of the body part in the garbage and mailed others.
And at least, two of these gruesome crimes, investigators believed the suspect were driven to cannibalism or discernment by a drug legal in almost a dozen states. I'm talking about bath salts.
And this Sunday night, in Sanford, Florida, I want to tell you that George Zimmerman is spending it in jail. He has been a free man since posting bail in April. But, the reason he was ordered back to jail involved a conditions of the bail. It is about money. It is about lying. And it is about a murder case that now takes a step backwards for George Zimmerman.
CNN's Martin Savidge is in Sanford, Florida tonight.
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Don, George Zimmerman arrived here at Seminole County jail where he was booked with about 45 minutes to spare on the deadline that have been set by the judge on Friday when he revoked Zimmerman's bond.
According to authorities, George Zimmerman's return went safely and went smoothly and that was of course, first and foremost for them. And it began actually 20 minutes earlier when George Zimmerman turned himself over to sheriff's deputies in a parking lot at the side of a highway. Here is the sheriff describing that scene.
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SHERIFF DONALD SLINGER, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA: George Zimmerman met two areas of the sheriff's office in the area of Lake Mary at i-4. He was placed into custody, transported to the correctional facility.
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SAVIDGE: George Zimmerman will now remain in isolation away from the general population, for how long remains to be seen. His attorney, Mark O'Mara, says that he will file for another bond hearing tomorrow.
In the meantime, it's still up to the judge to determine whether there will be bond. Here's O'Mara.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MARK O'MARA, GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY: He is in custody now. He is going to remain there until we get before Judge Lester, if and when he grants the bond hearing, it's something he may consider.
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SAVIDGE: And of course, the judge is still angry over what he now believes may have been some deceit on the part of the Zimmerman family, that they said they had no money when in fact they knew they had a significant sum of money that was donated from the general public through a Web site.
He knows that because apparently jail house recordings of George Zimmerman talking to his wife revealed they knew a large the sum was. But when they got into his courtroom, apparently, said that they didn't have any money. That will all be worked out at some point when there's a hearing -- Don.
LEMON: All right. Thank you, Martin.
A refresher for you, Zimmerman says he shot 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, to death February 26th. Martin was walking through Zimmerman's gated neighborhood in Sanford, Florida.
Zimmerman told police it was self defense. Early April, Zimmerman is charged with second degree murder that means a potential for life in prison. A few days later, Zimmerman posts bail and was free until today when he surrendered to police.
Zimmerman's trial is not expected to start until next year.
Martin Savidge is in Sanford, Florida tonight. In just a little while ago, I talked with Holly Hughes who is a criminal defense attorney. I tried to get inside George Zimmerman's head just a little bit to try and figure out why he would intentionally do something that would get him thrown back in jail, at a time when things were not looking so grim in his case.
This what she told me.
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HOLLY HUGHES, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Because he did not think he was going to get caught. That is the short answer, Don. He thought that if he let his wife testify, well we do not really know about the money, and if he did not disclose to his lawyer what was going on before that bond hearing, that he could have plausible deniability.
LEMON: He is facing murder charges.
HUGHES: Yes, but doesn't it tell you where his mind-set is, I can skate. I can just kind of convince them that I'm telling the truth. He shot himself in the foot because let's face it, the defense as to bring motion in this case. The motion is the "Stand Your Ground" motion. That's our view to the judge. That's not argue to a jury.
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LEMON: Also tonight, lower than expected job numbers this week and a bleak out look for the economy. We will look at how it's effecting the race for the White House.
Plus, legendary anchorman Walter Cronkite.
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WALTER CRONKITE, LEGENDARY ANCHORMAN: President Kennedy dies at 1:00 p.m. central standard time.
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LEMON: You may have known him as the most trusted man in America, but did you know President JFK got testy with him over an interview.
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LEMON: Unemployment inches higher, the stock market tumbles lower. We all know the economy is driving the race for the White House. And this week's numbers have complicated President Obama's efforts to keep his job.
I talked about it with CNN contributors Will Cain and Lz Granderson, and I asked them about the recent tumble in consumer confidence and comparisons to a previous democratic president.
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LEMON: The biggest drop in eight months and that sort of reminded me of another democratic president, sometimes he is compared to, I don't know if it is fair enough, in someone before he face voters in 1979 who confronted his own crisis of confidence. And he was talking about the energy crisis as well. Take a look.
JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis, in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.
LEMON: He was trying to sell it there, did you see, hand gestures and emotion, that was the so-called a malaise speech. Is President Obama in danger of becoming Jimmy Carter, a president who couldn't convince Americans that he can fix a bad economy, Will?
WILL CAIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Situationally, there are a lot of parallels here. Three years of a very, very boring/malaise. It is like a weak growth over three years and trying to convince us that we are heading in the right direction. You know, situationally, it does look very, very similar. I said this to you guys, a moment ago. I will - that if you cannot under state how bad that speech was by Jimmy Carter. And President Obama doesn't put out bad speeches like that. He won't go on national TV and underperform --
LEMON: I never saw President Carter that animated. But it also -- when you are looking at it in history, it looked forced, didn't it?
CAIN: Absolutely.
LEMON: Yes. Is that a fair comparison, Lz?
LZ GRANDERSON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Yes and no. It's as fair as Will said in terms of the situation. Yes, that is very fair. But, I don't think that anyone is going to look at President Obama, anyone who is fair anyway will look at President Obama and think of Jimmy Carter. Especially when you think about - the other thing is we are happy besides the economy. And that will be of course, the hostile situation.
I don't think anyone views President Obama as weak in foreign politics, the same that they did with Jimmy Carter. That also played in to it. And then, you have to look at who he is running against. Jimmy Carter was running against an actor basically, a salesman who was a very, very good getting his message across very forcefully.
LEMON: Aren't they all salesmen?
GRANDERSON: Yes, but Romney is a different beast. He is not a very, very good at getting in touch with everyday people. Reagan was.
LEMON: All right. I want to move in. I'm going to this and quickly where we want to talk about the recall election in Wisconsin. Just quickly, Will, national implications if whether or not Scott Walker wins or lose, there is a national implications and it will - we will see it in November, right, depending on what happens? It will effect.
CAIN: It is probably the death-throws of the unions, at least. You know, that's the national implications. The unions put all they had into this fight. It does not look like it's going well for them. The Democrats at the national stage knew this was not going to go well and they didn't go into it. President Obama hasn't been there and I don't he is going to go.
LEMON: I want to go out with this because I thought it was amazing, W back at the White House this week for his official portrait hanging. Take a listen.
GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You will now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what will George do?
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LEMON: You know, it was -- you know, love him or hate him or whatever, he was funny and it was just interesting to see him in that setting, yes? Lz?
GRANDERSON: Yes, absolutely, he has the luxury of being able to make fun of himself. And that's -- I guess that is nice to see him in retrospect.
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LEMON: Lz. Thanks, Will.
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Vice president Joe Biden's daughter has tied the knot. 30-year-old Ashley Biden married Dr. Howard Kreen (ph) at a private ceremony in Delaware yesterday. Vice president's daughter is a social worker in Delaware and the groom is a plastic surgeon. About 200 guests gathered for a reception at the Biden family home. Best of luck to them and congratulations.
Millions of Americans welcomed him into their living rooms each night to hear the news and his tag line "that's the way it is." I'm talking about legendary anchorman, Walter Cronkite. He defined what a journalist was throughout his 19-year hay day at CBS News. He reported on the most profound moments in the '60s and '70s.
A new book by Douglas Brinkley celebrates many of those accomplishments. But, it also reveals, he was human just like the rest of us even though he was considered the most trusted man in America.
I asked Douglas Brinkley about Cronkite title.
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DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, AUTHOR, CRONKITE: Well, it's hard to live up to being the most trusted man in America. That was what he was dubbed as by 1972 from a quail pole and the city has publicist ran with it and now Walter Cronkite was very trusted. His integrity factor was extremely high.
But I write in the book about some moments. It really was the kind of old boy's club back there. The time when politicians and journalists interacted in a much different way than they do now.
By the time Cronkite became anchorman at CBS in 1962, people were getting their news from the evening news of Walter Cronkite and it almost became a ritual. You got home from work and relaxed a bit and then you watched Cronkite and then have dinner. And so his impact is a must. And on things like civil rights, gay rights, the women's movement, the environment in the '60s and '70s. Cronkite insist that all the stories were covered in a very real time and important way.
And so, you cannot think about something like the birth of earth day or, you know, and why the imagines of bull Connor in the south and the horrors or Jim Crow were brought into everybody's living room, because Cronkite as managing editor of CBS insisted on it. CRONKITE; President Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time.
LEMON: I remember getting these glasses, right, and I never thought about it. I just liked the glasses and my colleagues sort of called them my Cronkite's and I picked up that name.
But it's interesting, when you see him with those glasses, just talking about the death of John F. Kennedy. Take me where I'm looking at the clock. That was his moment and that is probably the iconic moment in journalism and the next I think would probably be 9/11.
BRINKLEY: Everyone knows that clip. And I will tell you, he came in that day, a normal Friday, a lot of people had cut out for the weekend and others were having long lunches their New York. He brought cuddled cheese and pineapple, sitting around the newsroom and he was an old united press wire service guy, and he always would hear the hum of the machines and got a shooting in Dallas and then he ran with it.
And he did not just announce it to the nation, in that famous scene with the glasses and looking at the clock. But, he continued it all weekend long. He had a report on, you know, Lee Harvey Oswald and who he was and then of course Ruby killing them and how did Jackie Kennedy handle the death and then the funeral.
So, I call him like a Rabi or a pastor in chief. He held our hands in a communal way through that long tragedy of the Kennedy's assassination.
John F. Kennedy's relationship with Cronkite was testy because Kennedy wanted to do a do-over on a interview like we are doing now and Cronkite said no and Kennedy was myth. But he became close to Bobby Kennedy.
And I write in the book that in 1968, Don Walter Cronkite even urged Bobby Kennedy to run for president. Kennedy being the New York senator at that time and challenge Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic nomination, because Cronkite have gone in Vietnam and was sickened by what he saw about the Johnson administration lied to the American people and call the war stoutly.
But many people question, why would a Cronkite such a senior journalist urge somebody like Bobby Kennedy to run for president, is that ethical. And the answer was Vietnam tore the country apart. And Cronkite stayed in the middle from '65 to '68. But once he went in country, looked around, his sense of being a humanist transcended him being an anchor.
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LEMON: Brinkley, thank you very much.
A legal drug that is believed to be connect to several gruesome crimes. One young man says it is the devil incarnate because he overdosed on it.
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LEMON: Want to check the headlines right now.
George Zimmerman no longer a free man. Again, the man who says he shot teenager, Trayvon Martin, to death in self defense surrendered to police in Sanford, Florida today. A judge had revoke his bail saying Zimmerman lied about how much money he had. His financial situation determined his bail amount. Zimmerman's legal team says they will seek another bond hearing tomorrow.
The death toll is rising following a firing plane crash in Nigeria. A Nigerian passenger plane fell into a crowded neighborhood in Lagos today killing all 153 people on board. Search crew says they have found at least 10 victims who were killed on the ground.
Nigeria's president has declared three days of mourning in the wake of that disaster.
There were no reports of injuries or damage after a strong earthquake struck south of Panama. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck more than 215 miles south of the city of David. There are no reports, again, of injury or damage.
Canadian officials believe they have identified the gunman responsible for terrifying attack inside the Toronto shopping mall. A gunman open fire in a busy food court yesterday killing one person wounding seven others. The suspect is still on the run. Police say the shooting may have been gang related.
Job creation numbers, Romney's record versus President Obama, who has the better track record? Don't miss, on "no talking points."
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LEMON: It is time now for "no talking points."
Tonight, it's about the facts. Just the facts. A story that you are about to hear is true, not even the names have been changed to protect the innocent or the guilty. The economy is a big factor in the upcoming presidential election but employment or lack thereof will be the decider.
Who can get you a job, according to Romney's surrogates, it is him. Because he did it as governor of Massachusetts. Or did he? Let's go first to CNN's "STATE OF THE UNION."
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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: During his four years there, the state was 47th in job creation.
BOB MCDONNELL (R), VIRGINIA GOVERNOR: He went from 47th down to 30th in job creation.
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LEMON: Now to "Meet the press."
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JOHN KASICH (R), OHIO GOVERNOR: When he took over, he was 51st, we can count in D.C. When he left, he was 30th.
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LEMON: All right. So, let's have FOX News clear it up for us.
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ED GILLESPIE, ROMNEY CAMPAIGN SENIOR ADVISER: Massachusetts was ranked 50th. Dead last. Actually 51st.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Over the years it was 47th, no question about it. Over the four years I think you are wrong.
GILLESPIE: And I think you are wrong.
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LEMON: All right. So, you know who else thinks he is wrong, President Obama's surrogates.
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DAVID AXELROD, OBAMA CHIEF CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST: Massachusetts flanged to 47th in job creation.
STEPHANIE CUTTER, OBAMA DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER: If he fall to 47 out of 50 in job creation.
DEVAL PATRICK (D), MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR: We were behind 47 or 46 other states in Massachusetts in job creation.
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LEMON: All right. So, the last guy there, Governor Deval Patrick, became Massachusetts govern after Romney and like all the administration surrogates down played last week's job numbers when it comes to the president.
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PATRICK: Job gains is always good news, 27 straight months of job gains is great news.
AXELROD: We have had 27 months of private sector job growth.
DONNA BRAZILE, CNN DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Twenty seven 27 consecutive months of job growth.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D), MINORITY LEADER: This is the 27th month of increases and continued job increases.
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LEMON: And so, you can see on both sides there's a lot of fuzzy math going on here.
Here is the truth and nothing but the truth. Yes, there have been 27 straight months of job gains. That is true. But it's also true that the jobs' report was terrible news for a president who needs the economy to improve.
The unemployment rate is now at 8.2 percent and no president since the great depression has won re-election with a jobless rate higher than 7.4 percent. And it would take nothing short of a miracle to hit that number by November.
Now, here is the truth about govern Romney, using bureau of labor stats, report shows that Massachusetts's job growth ranking improved dramatically from Romney's first year in office to his last.
But it's cumulative ranking during Romney's four-year term was markedly lower than it was under his predecessor. The claim that Massachusetts under Romney ranked 47th out of 50 states in job growth is true.
And the Romney campaign has not disputed this accuracy. If the District of Columbia is included in those numbers, Massachusetts's rank was 48.
So the fact here is, both sides are spinning you. And that is tonight's "no talking points."
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LEMON: I want you to take a look at this. This is his brain on drugs. That is Freddie Sharp, and he has been tightly restrained by paramedics because he is high on bath salts.
Freddie's story is one of thousands about people chasing the next high. And the last week alone, we have seen several cannibalism and self mutilation cases that police believe could be linked to bath salts.
Freddie's story is not unique as a former user. It is unique because he is a survivor. I spoke with him this weekend.
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LEMON: How do you describe your experience? Because we see the video of you and it looks like you are having these wild hallucinations and you are mumbling and talking out of your head. What was going on in that video? What was happening to you?
SHARP: It was a very scary thing, actually. Wherever that was going on, it was my overdose and everything. And whenever that was going on, I never experienced anything like that, doing the bath salts or anything like that before. And it really scared me pretty bad, because I was hallucinating about being in mental institution and then singing a song and basically and something about Jason Voorhees and possessed by him and I felt all kinds of crazy.
LEMON: I want you to tell people, what was going on in your body, in your mind, in your head as we look at this video. What was happening to you?
SHARP: Fear. Darkness, just, anything like doom was coming down on me and like that I was possessed. And I kept trying to stop whatever was in me from continuing further. I felt like I was going to bust loose, actually, heart and mind. That is why I was wrapped up the way I was wrapped up and in fetus position, and trying to keep my hands behind me and everything. I felt like something was going to happen. I was going to bust loose and it was going to be a really bad situation.
And I never felt anything like that before, the fear like that. And it was one of the most horrible experiences of my life. I don't know why I did it. It happened. It's behind me now and I'm trying to move on from it and everything.
LEMON: You describe this as you said was it like hell on the inside or the devil? How did you describe it?
SHARP: It felt so evil. It felt like the most darkest evilest thing that is imaginable. I mean, I was going through something so severe and it was so dark and scary and everything and it was unimaginable to me. And that's why that I could not put my head around it and grasp it. And I was trying to calm myself down, trying to think about other things and try to basically keep myself under control because I felt like if I lost the control that anything could happen.
LEMON: How old are you now, 27?
SHARP: Yes, I'm 27.
LEMON: Twenty seven, and you've been using for how long?
SHARP: Bath salts?
LEMON: You said you've been using drugs.
SHARP: Yes, I have been -- I've been an addict since I was basically 13, 14 years old.
LEMON: Yes, so kids start young using these drugs. How are you doing now? Do you still use bath salts?
SHARP: No, I do not. I do not use bath salts. I do not use bath salts in months.
LEMON: Do you know people who use them and if so, what do you tell them?
SHARP: I mean, there are people, I'm sure, that are out there still using them. And the only thing that I can say to them, is if you value your life, you'll stop it and you won't do it anymore because it will destroy your family. It will destroy your life and it will destroy everything.
LEMON: When you see the things that pop up in the news, like people who are just mamboing, people's taking their body parts out, and people who are stabbing themselves, people who are eating people's flesh and faces, and doctors and investigators believe that these bath salts contributed to that.
Do you think that it can make people do that? Does it give you that sort of crazy super human strength and make you do things like that?
SHARP: Actually, the super human strength thing yes, because you feel ten foot tall and bullet proof and you actually do not feel any pain. I actually did not feel any pain personally. And for me, I really did not want to eat anybody's flesh or do anything crazy like that, I just got paranoid off of a lot of it.
LEMON: As someone who has used drugs, this particular drug, how did it feel? This overdose, was it the worst thing that happened to you?
SHARP: It was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. It was the number one thing - the worst thing that has ever happened to me. It did not amount to, you know, anything else that I have done. I mean, it was so hard coming ought of it. And I am so glad that I did it and had the power to do it.
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LEMON: There you go, kids. Now you know.
Good luck to Freddie Sharp. There's always hope for those suffering through drug abuse, numbers for users and their families to call and websites that offer a lot of information and ways to get help. Drugabuse.gov is just one of them.
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LEMON: The same city square where Egypt's revolution erupted last year is packed for a second straight night. This time, demonstrators are protesting court rulings was spared the life of toppled president Hosni Mubarak. 84-year-olf Mubarak was sentenced to life imprison for ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising. Six of his aides were acquitted. Mubarak's two sons were cleared of corruption charges. The pair are still in jail, however, prosecutors announced they are bringing money laundering charges against the two. They were already facing insider trading charges.
Syria's president took to the air ways today denying his government had anything to do with last week's massacre in the town of Houla and blaming terrorists for the deaths and included dozens of children.
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BASHAR AL-ASSAD, PRESIDENT OF SYRIA (through translator): thus, the political process is moving forwards, but terrorism is also on the rise. They use the pretext that there were no parties. Terrorism, dear gentlemen, does not care about reform. The terror will not stop unless we force it to end. The terrorists are hitting all sides without discretion.
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LEMON: Reaction was shift. This you tube video report to shows protests right after Al-Assad's speech, calling for the Syrian president 's execution.
Now, to big stories in the week ahead from the Pentagon to Hollywood. Our correspondents tell you what you need to know.
We are going to begin tonight with the secretary of defense as he travels across Asia this week.
CHRIS LAWRENCE, PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: I'm Chris Lawrence in the Pentagon., where next week, the military will mark the 68th anniversary of d-day, honoring the surviving veterans of world war II.
But the big news is defense secretary Leon Panetta traveling all week in Asia, meeting with his counter parts from Japan and South Korea, with the war now winding down in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has put a premium of moving assets in making the Asia Pacific area, a priority.
PAUL STEINHAUSER, CNN POLITICAL EDITOR: I'm Paul Steinhauser at the CNN political desk. California, New Jersey, New Mexico, Montana and South Dakota hold primaries on Tuesday.
At the end of the week, progressives gather a network's nation in Rhode Island when conservatives meet up in the Midwestern version of the conservative political action conference in Chicago.
A.J. HAMMER, HLN HOST, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT: I'M "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT's" A.J. Hammer. Here is what we are watching this week. Reality star and former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, Kender Wilkinson is back on top. We are going to catch up with Kendra about her latest reality TV show and we are going one on one with the biggest stars of daytime TV as "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" gets ready for the daytime Emmys right here on HLN.
LEMON: All right. Thanks, guys.
An attorney for one of the alleged victims for former Penn state coach Jerry Sandusky tell CNN, he expects his client to be the first witness in the case.
Jury selection is starts Tuesday in a trial of a former coach accused of abusing at least 10 boys over a 14-year period. The attorney says, he believes his client who has not been named will go first because he is the prosecution's strongest witness.
CNN's national correspondent Susan Candiotti previews the trial.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a riveting moment, ten days after Jerry Sandusky was arrested on dozens of charges that he raped, sanamized and fondled young boys, he called NBC's Bob Costas, the former Penn state assistant coach denied being a pedophile and then this.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER: Are you sexually attracted to young boys, to under age boys?
JERRY SANDUSKY, FORMER PENN STATE COACH: Am I sexually attracted to under aged boys?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER: Yes.
SANDUSKY: Sexually attracted, I enjoy young people. I love to be around them. But no I'm not sexually attracted to young boys.
PAUL CALLAN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: I think that there was an intention by his defense attorney in a bail or to humanize him, to establish that he was sort of an uncle who kind a likes boys but not in a sexual way and sort of a healthy normal way. And I think that interview backfired.
CANDIOTTI: The case sparked shock and outrage on campus. And when the university fired head coach Paterno, who essence died. It set off this rockiest clash. There are ten alleged victims who were as young as 10-years-old.
For now, none has been publicly named. Prosecutors don't know the identities of two of them. Now it's time for Sandusky's accuser to take the witness stand. The defense prepared to attack their credibility.
CALLAN: Any humiliating, embarrassing experience in their past life that has a bearing on their believability potentially may be revealed to all the world in this trial.
CANDIOTTI: Also expected to testify a key witness to one of the alleged rapes. And state assistant coach Mike McQueary then a graduate student, who says he saw Sandusky in a locker room shower one night with a young boy.
Prosecutor say Sandusky met his alleged victims through a charity for disadvantage children the second mile. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.
Will he take the stand to defend himself? And what else might be revealed at trial?
Our recent defense motion races the possibility, prosecutors may bring up other allegations of abuse to help establish the pattern.
Sandusky's lawyers have lost several attempted to delay the start of the trial. As for the alleged victims, they are anxious their lawyer say but ready to go forward.
Susan Candiotti, CNN New York.
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LEMON: Susan thanks very much. A govern facing a recall, that doesn't happen often and it has left a state, even families divided.
And we want our viewers to stay connected to CNN even on the go. Make sure you grab your mobile phone. You go to CNN.com/TV. If you are in a desktop or laptop, you can also watch CNN live.
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LEMON: Wisconsin's voters are just two days away from an historic recall election. It is fueled by anger Republican governor Scott Walker's decision to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights.
Walker came in to office and took on the state's powerful employee unions arguing it was essential to reforming the budget. Recall drive has taken more than a year and poll show the race is too close to call. His opponent is a democrat Milwaukee mayor, Tom Barrett. Outstanding opponent, Walker defeated when he was elected back in 2010.
Well, CNN's Chris Welch has been tracking this race from the campaign trail for days. He says both candidates are doing whatever it takes to get their most supporters to the polls.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This could mean trouble.
CHRIS WELCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He is not kidding.
Meet Walker supporter Oriannah Paul. A former dog groomer here in (INAUDIBLE). She is now a full time volunteer. And in this recall battle, that comes at a price.
ORIANNAH PAUL, TEA PARTY ACTIVIST: I was walking down the street, taking videos of both sides and a woman came out of the crowd and whacked me with her sign.
WELCH: She posted it on you tube.
PAUL: I never seen anything like this in my life.
WELCH: Her car has been spit on and keyed. She said it's no doubt it is because of her signs.
PAUL: Where is the civility? Why can't we be amicable, you know, how differing opinions, but there's no reason for this aggressive behavior.
WELCH: Lane Hall wonders the same thing, only he is on the other side of the battle. An English professor at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Hall takes issue with the governor's education cuts.
LANE HALL, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: That disturbs me quite a bit. WELCH: He and his wife, Lisa, came up with a constructive way to get their message out after dark. Cue the over pas light brigade, dozens who get together on, you guess it, overpasses with illuminated signs, the Halls build in their basement.
On this particular evening, the group chose a bridge near the Milwaukee Brewers baseball stadium just as the game traffic left out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My mom said I'm not allowed to say that sort of stuff.
WELCH: Hall has seen the same kind of attacks as Oriannah Paul.
HALL: I was actually personally attacked and my camera was stripped from my hand and I was knocked down.
WELCH: Neither of these activists has much hope that this broken community will be mended once Tuesday comes.
HALL: We need a lot of healing. I'm a little bit pessimistic right now because things are so ugly and so divided, regardless of who wins on Tuesday, it will still be divided.
PAUL: It's not going away any time soon.
WELCH: Chris Welch. CNN, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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LEMON: Sunday night mysteries, two stories we have for you.
First up, it will remain a mystery for another year, 62 years ago, newspapers blasted headlines about of the crash of northwest flight 2501, a dc-4 just like that that went down June 23rd 1950. There it is, just like that, 58 people were aboard, heading to Minneapolis, and crashed into Lake Michigan. No survivors. No wreckage found. Sonar operators, Ralph Wilbanks has been years searching for it. And this past week, he and his crew wrapped up this year's search and the mystery remains unsolved still.
And now, we know when the world is going to end. This past week NASA said after years of observation, it's now clear that our galaxy on the left or is it our galaxy on the left, will definitely suffer a hit on collision with our neighbor. We didn't see it. There it is with our neighbor.
You have time though to plan though, the Milky Way will crash into Andromeda galaxy in about four billion years. So, do not go sell everything on e-bay just yet.
It's a celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the thrown, and like many of key moments in the long reign, it rained like crazy.
That did not dampen the spirits of British people, highlights from the diamond jubilee next.
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LEMON: Houston, we have a shuttle. We don't have a problem, we have a shuttle, or at least a replica of one. There it is right smock in the middle of an intersection, just outside of Houston, Texas. This is a mock up of a shuttle. It is not the real deal. It used to sit outside the Kennedy space center in Florida, and now it's heading to its new permanent home, which is in Johnson space center in Houston. Is that cool to see?
Meanwhile, the shuttle enterprise made a journey down the shore of Hudson River along the shore, queens and Brooklyn. That's pretty cool too. Enterprise's new home is the intrepid sea air and space museum. Very nice.
That is our royal music by the way. Great Britain, celebrating Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign with a 4-day party. And one of the highlights of the festivities happen today is spectacular boat show on the River tent.
Here is Nick Glass.
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NICK GLASS, CHANNEL 4 CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It rained on the morning of her wedding, on the day of her coronation and surprise, surprise, it rained on her diamond jubilee flotilla.
This they promised would be the largest and most diverse assembly of boats in the river's history. And despite the drizzle, the mod was irrepressible. Let's have fun.
Prince Charles and the ditches of Cornwall hopped into a street party. She was shown the cake and introduced to a boy with direct face paint. Would it come off, asked Charles.
They stood for the national anthem, unaware that in Picadilli, they like to sing more than one verse.
The queen arrives sparkling in white for her diamond jubilee. Prince Phillip in uniform of admiral of the fleet.
Just to remind you, she is 86, and he will be 91 next Sunday.
In a sentimental gesture, they were ferrying across the river and a tender once used to take them to the royal of Britannia, long since the commissioned and much missed by the queen. She stood all the way for some two hours wrapping herself with the scarf to keep out a chill wind.
The banks of the river was packed. She was particularly pleased to see the puppet horse from the play "War Horse, Joey," their old acquaintances. And so, by way of salute, Tar Bridge opened up and so did the heavens, rain and more rain, they sang on undeterred.
You can just about hear snatches of song, Jerusalem. Then "land of hope and glory" and finally the national anthem. Queen and Prince Phillip stood stoically and happily it seems through it all.
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LEMON: The queen.
I'M Don Lemon at the CNN headquarters in Atlanta.
Thanks for watching. Have a great week. See you back here next weekend.
