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JetBlue Flight Makes Emergency Landing; Scotland Rejects Independence; Domestic Violence not Limited to NFL

Aired September 19, 2014 - 06:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: We now have the answers to why it happened, and how it ended safely. Here's CNN's Stephanie Elam.

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STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Terrifying new video from inside the cabin of JetBlue flight 1416. The air, thick with smoke.

FLIGHT: Please keep your seat belts fastened.

ELAM: It was just shortly after takeoff when something went wrong.

DEAN DELBAUGH, PASSENGER: I heard a weird noise, the landing gear came up and then a pop.

ELAM: While en route to Austin, Texas, from Long Beach, California, the airline says there was an issue with the number two engine on the plane.

PILOT: Please stay in your seats and we'll try to clear the cabin of smoke. Thank you.

ELAM: The oxygen masks failed to deploy, according to one passenger, forcing the attendants to manually release them.

DELBAUGH: We're way over the ocean, probably a couple of miles out and then you immediately got the smell. And it's obviously something burning.

ELAM: The pilot immediately turned the plane back to Long Beach. You can hear babies crying. As the 142 passengers and five crew members brace for an emergency landing.

DELBAUGH: Once we turned around and got over land, it was very, you know, it was jarring all over the place and then people started to get really worried.

ELAM: He thought he was going to die.

DELBAUGH: I thought this was it. My wife was right next to me, we were going on vacation, she held me, she was crying and I was like well, here we go.

JARROD WEST, PASSENGER: The scariest part of the whole thing probably was when we were coming down for landing and the flight attendants were yelling, brace, brace, brace.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Brace! Brace! Brace!

WEST: And they kept repeating it and repeating it and it was at the top of their lungs.

ELAM: After landing safely, a round of applause from all onboard.

PILOT: JetBlue 1416 is on the ground. JetBlue 1416 will be evacuating.

ELAM: The control tower told the pilot smoke wasn't coming from the engine. But the passengers weren't waiting. They quickly escaped down the slides.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I figured I was going to be too hot to wear black.

ELAM: Passenger "Twilight" actor Jackson Rathbone tweeting photos of everyone crowding the tarmac, including his family, the plane in the background. Four people were injured, thankfully none seriously.

WEST: I'm just happy to be alive, you know, I don't think I'll ever be mean to anybody ever again.

ELAM: Stephanie Elam, CNN, Los Angeles.

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MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: What a fright. My goodness.

All right. Now we want to turn to weather.

Indra Petersons is keeping track of the latest forecast.

We've been watching Texas, Indra. Flooding is still a concern there?

INDRA PETERSONS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: We're talking days after Odile and yes, Michaela, the threat of flooding again, two to four inches of additional rain through Texas when they've seen so much rain over the last few days. So, yes, the flood threat remains high. Farther east, the stationary front continues to make its way offshore. But around Florida, it means another day filled with even more rain.

Temperature-wise, this is where it feels like summer, you're still talking about a lot of 80s even as you through the weekend. You're going to start to feel the cool air anywhere from the Midwest to the Northeast, as another cold front starts to make its way through. So, rain in the Midwest on Saturday, rain into the northeast by the time you get through Sunday.

But keep in mind, severe weather will be out there through Chicago on Saturday. So, keep it in mind, we have concerns with travel on that day as well.

And you're going to feel the temperatures go down behind the cold front. So, still, the first half of the weekend kind of cool today towards the Midwest. The Northeast, a little drop the farther north you are. But otherwise, by Monday is when you'll feel the big temperature drop.

But look at this, this is what we're dealing with this morning, Saranac, way Upstate New York, but we're talking about frost and freeze warnings already with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. It's not making its way south just yet. But things are a-changing, guys.

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: But it will, 22 degrees, my goodness. Thanks, Indra.

Let's turn to money time now. Chief business correspondent Christine Romans, she's here with details on today's -- I mean, this was -- talk about a number.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: This is history, folks. It's official. Alibaba, the biggest IPO ever, the stock price $68 at the top of the expected price range. That means demand was real strong, the deal raised $21.8 billion. It values the company at $168 billion. That makes it twice the size of eBay.

Now, so far, only the large investors have been able to buy in. They're getting it for $68. Keep in mind: that changes this morning when the stock starts trading on the New York stock exchange, with the ticker BABA.

So, should you invest?

Here's my advice about IPOs, you've heard it before. They're the riskiest investment an individual investor can make. A lot of hype surrounding this one. Don't feel like you have to rush in today.

BOLDUAN: Twice the size of eBay.

ROMANS: It's huge. It's the twice the size of eBay. I think there will be a lot of interest, a lot of people thinking there could be a big pop in the stock. But remember, the big guys, the smart inside money people that have got connections, they buy it at $68 a share. If you buy it, you better hope it keeps going up.

BOLDUAN: You hear it from, Christine.

ROMANS: Wait a year, everybody. Wait a year, watch how the company performs, before deciding if you want it in your 401(k).

PEREIRA: Good advice.

BOLDUAN: Thanks, Christine.

Still ahead, Scotland not going anywhere, just staying right there, Chris.

CUOMO: The head stays on the elf riding the pig.

BOLDUAN: You make up a different configuration every time. CUOMO: Take a look at it --

BOLDUAN: I won't.

A vote to break away from the United Kingdom fails. Was democracy the real winner? Christiane Amanpour is joining us to talk about it, next.

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PEREIRA: Welcome back to NEW DAY.

The United Kingdom remains united. After a fierce campaign the nos have it. Voters across Scotland choosing to stay a part of the U.K., avoiding a split that could have spawned cascading chaos worldwide.

Joining us to discuss what all of this means, CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

I see the fog is lifting behind you. But there's still a chill in the air there in Scotland. Let's talk about this remarkable turn-out first of all, 84.6 percent.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is remarkable. And you can imagine Michaela, as you cover U.S. elections. This is a dream turnout for any politician, 97 percent of the people here registered to vote, 84 percent, 90 percent turn-out in some districts. What this means is that everyone was engaged. And that really is the triumph of what happened here -- including 16-year- olds. It's historic.

PEREIRA: Well, talk about that in a second, because I think that is a really significant part of this. I also want to talk about the fact that 45 percent voted for independence.

And I have to wonder they're looking for change, obviously, what concessions are they pushing for and hoping for, despite the fact that they lost?

AMANPOUR: Well, here's the thing and this is really vital to understand -- that yes, 45 percent voted for total independence and total change, and total separation from the United Kingdom. But the real political earthquake comes, because the fact that they voted no, the majority, 55 percent, to stay in the United Kingdom is going to usher in the most wide-ranging change that this union has ever known.

Prime Minister David Cameron and the other political leaders, made the last-ditch promise called the vow, devo max as we've been calling it, untold devolution of power not just to scandal, but all around. And this is going to fundamentally change the United Kingdom.

So the United States knows and so the world knows, foreign and defense policy will remain the province of the central government. But beyond that, so much is up for grabs in each different stage, region part of the United Kingdom and that's the big change. And it's the no vote that has brought that massive change. PEREIRA: Well, as you mentioned, North Ireland, Wales, all watching

to see how this will then have ramifications for them.

I want to talk about what you were speaking about earlier, the reference to the 16-year-olds. It's interesting to note that the younger voters, as you said, 16, 17-year-olds, could vote, often some of them for the first time. They tended to vote yes. While the older voters voted no. Maybe they were more hesitant or tended to have more questions about what the future would hold. What do you think that means for the future.

If you have such a large bloc of young people that are saying yes, we want an independent Scotland, does this put this issue to rest forever?

AMANPOUR: Well, here's the thing -- you're absolutely right. Young people want to see a future ahead and they've got a much longer future than some of the older voters, obviously.

Now, David Cameron, the prime minister said, this is done. This is a once in a generation chance. The people have spoken. There is no dispute, there will be no review.

Alex Salmond himself, before the referendum said this is a once in a lifetime chance. And he said he himself would not be bringing this back to a vote again.

However, in his concession speech, he very clearly said that for now independence is dead, but not for the future. So, look, most people think this will come up again, but not next year or the year after or the year after that.

PEREIRA: Yes, there's future Salmonds out there, a younger generation to be sure in this heads versus hearts campaign. I you like the way that that's been referenced.

We also know that on a global level, a lot of other nations watching this very, very closely. Their own independence referendums on the table. Italy, Spain.

What are you getting a sense the reaction is to the vote in Scotland? Well, most, most poignantly really and practically in Spain, that is because they really do have an organized separatist movement, not just the Catalans, whose capital is the world-famous Barcelona, but also the Basques.

Now, these have been fighting for independence and freedom, some violently, like the Basques, for years and years and they want separation. Particularly the Catalans and we've had so many journalists from there over here.

The prime minister of Spain, unlike here in England, has said no. Right now, there is no, no legal referendum possible. Here, the prime minister agreed to a legal referendum. And this is the big difference between here and Spain. I tell you, the prime minister of Spain warned the Scots, don't think if you go independent can you automatically join the E.U., that could take a decade even to get you in. It will not be fast-tracked.

So, obviously, everyone now looking at this and what the ramifications will be. I think you'll hear from business people who will say separation would have cost Scotland very, very dearly indeed.

PEREIRA: Such an interesting, such historic ramifications. I really enjoyed chatting with you about this. So many of us have been watching it with a keen eye.

Christiane Amanpour, always a delight to have you with us.

AMANPOUR: Thank you, Michaela. Thanks very much.

PEREIRA: Domestic violence accusations against Arizona running back Jonathan Dwyer are now emerging. Shocking details of what police say he did to his wife that led to him being taken off the Cardinals' practice field in handcuffs. We have the latest for you, next.

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CUOMO: New details for you this morning about the abuse allegations against Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer. Let's get Andy Scholes joining us right now. What do you know, my friend?

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good morning, Chris. The Phoenix police, they let out some graphic details when describing Dwyer's alleged domestic violence.

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SCHOLES: According to police, Dwyer broke his wife's nose when he head-butted her in the face after she bit his lip to stop unwanted sexual advances. Now, this all happened during a July domestic dispute.

Dwyer was arrested Wednesday at the Cardinals practice facility, but is now out on bond. The team has placed him on the reserve nonfootball injury list. That means he's not going to play again this season. The Cardinals coach Bruce Arians, he says he was stunned by the allegations.

BRUCE ARIANS, COACH OF ARIZONA CARDINALS: Victims come first, but yes, you build relationships. Me as a coach, I've always taken the approach that these are my children, and I treat them as my children and this is very hard. If this was my son, I would have a very hard time dealing with it. Uncalled for, I think anyone who touches a woman or a child in my opinion, needs to go to jail for a long time.

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SCHOLES: Now Chris, Arians went on to say while this is a bad scar for the NFL right now, at least it's bringing more awareness to domestic violence.

CUOMO: Well that is true, and that's why the actions are so important, right, Andy? Because we want to make sure that the message is responded to the right way. Thank you for the reporting, and meanwhile the league promises to help out the overwhelmed national domestic violence hotline, which has seen call volume go up 84 percent since the Ray Rice mess.

That's something to keep in mind here, okay? Not really about just the NFL, but we are using the NFL as a focus for a discussion that we need to be having, obviously. So, as for the NFL, the Cardinals and the 49ers will meet on the gridiron this weekend. Both are dealing with domestic violence issues, probably now looming larger than the game.

Let's get perspective. Joining us now, Izell Reese, former NFL player and the co-founder of Rising Seniors. That's a charitable organization to educate and inspire kids. Good work to be sure. Also with us, CEO and co-founder of ozy.com, Carlos Watson. Very good to have both of you. Let's deal with the obvious, ugly, ugly facts in the Jonathan Dwyer situation, okay?

CARLOS WATSON, CEO, CO-FOUNDER OZY.COM: No doubt.

CUOMO: Suspending him for the rest of the year, right? The case, not to be ugly about it, good chance he does not get hooked for this case. Because there's mutual violence, these domestic violence things, they get very messy in court as well. Is it the right move to suspend him for the rest of the year when he may not go to jail for the offense?

WATSON: Definitely. I think for two reasons. I think one, for him and for his family. Clearly this isn't the only time it's happened. We're now hearing reports that this happened both in the summer and the fall. Who knows what else has happened?

So clearly he and his wife need some time and the young son to make sure they get in a different place. But secondly, clearly we know that this is a problem, not only the NFL, but throughout society. People are looking at the NFL for a better lesson, for a better model and I think Roger Goodell, clearly a lot of people are looking for more action, Chris, than you've seen so far. Even the donation of the hotline doesn't seem like it's enough.

CUOMO: True, true. That's certainly one side of it. Probably two sides of it, to be fair.

WATSON: Sure.

CUOMO: But Izell, let's say that there's a third side to the situation, which is the NFL went from doing nothing about this. Now are they going overboard? Are they punishing a player even more than the system has already? And if so, is that the right thing for the league to do?

IZELL REESE, FORMER NFL PLAYER: I think the right thing for the league to do, I think we need to put a system in place. Obviously it's fragmented, you see back and forth situations that are taking place right now. And I would like to think that is what Roger Goodell is working on now. A new system that is in place, that puts some strict laws in place to address this within the NFL. But as said before, I mean, this is a societal issue. The NFL has

taken some steps, as you're starting to see now, with putting resources towards a national domestic hotline. But that being said, the breaking news there is that you know, last year, almost 80,000 calls went unanswered. There's a bigger issue here with society. And it's great. I mean at the end of the day, the fact that we're on this national platform and dealing with it in the NFL, we know it's a society issue and something that we got to deal with from both ends.

CUOMO: Where does it stop though, Carlos? Because you have Ray McDonald. We said the Arizona Cardinals are playing against the 49ers this weekend and that's relevant because you have Jonathan Dwyer from the Cardinals, Ray McDonald is a player on the 49ers.

WATSON: Star defensive end.

CUOMO: He has an ugly case hanging over his head right now. And its not the first kind of ugly domestic violence situation that has surrounded him.

Where does it end? Do you now have to pull him off the field? Do you have to look for other guys with allegations against them or active cases and pull them off the field? Is that ex post facto, is that after the fact punishment? What do you do?

WATSON: So, two thoughts, Chris. One, clearly I think most of us feel like Roger Goodell needs to do more. So what would more look like in addition to supporting the hotline?

I think three things you would want to see. One, there's enough of a situation here, you see enough examples with players, that you want to set up a more comprehensive system throughout the league to help a lot of the guys who struggle with the violence issues, both on and off the field. Something that's proactive and also something that reaches out to retired players. Number two, what if he did something even more substantial? What if instead of just supporting the hotline, they put aside a meaningful amount of the $10 billion in revenue every year and set up a broader set of shelters across the country? We know there's a shortage in terms of domestic shelters. But a third issue, and here's something that maybe Roger Goodell doesn't do but someone else does. Maybe this is a big public teaching moment. Maybe this is a little bit like - -

CUOMO: That's what's lacking, right?

WATSON: I think you take a moment like this--

CUOMO: Too much focus on the NFL, frankly.

WATSON: No doubt about it. I think you take a moment like this, you saw the federal judge in Alabama, unfortunately.

CUOMO: Yes.

WATSON: Hit his wife, at least charged with hitting his wife.

CUOMO: Government officials.

WATSON: Government officials. Police officers, folks in the military. What if someone like Oprah broke the rules a little bit and said there needs to be the equivalent of a presidential address on this? That this is so substantial, this is such a crisis, 12 million people every year involved in some kind of domestic violence. What if she went to the networks and spoke about this, and spoke primarily to the women who are often trapped in these situations, but also to the men?

CUOMO: And what about the kid issue? 80 percent in a recent poll, it was like 1,000 people in the poll, say spanking with an open hand should be legal. We're still there culturally, the law still allows it.

The only person you can hit legally, except in self-defense, is a child. That's not the NFL's fault, right? I mean, Izell, when you hear about these issues and how much bigger they are, Carlos is eloquently laying out just how big it really is. At what point do we stop pointing the finger at the NFL and start pointing it back at the rest of society?

REESE: Well, I think that's why we're all here, I think to address this and bring it out to the forefront. And both domestic and family violence, just violence, period.

I think what we're seeing now is constant debate. It's national exposure on a daily basis because it is in the NFL. So, a number of questions are being asked inside the NFL, outside the NFL. And this is what we need to do.

We need to continue to talk about it. We need to advocate and put more systems in place. This is a national issue, a worldwide issue that we're dealing with here and it needs to be addressed. There's nothing more precious than women and children and this is something that we need to continue to talk about and put more resources towards.

WATSON: But Chris, you and Izell are raising something else, which is there's so much violence in our society, whether we talk about our movies, we talk about our video games, talk about the increasing popularity of MMA and UFC.

You have to wonder how much people are able to turn it off. You heard people like Deion Sanders, the hall of fame cornerback, his ex-wife say that it is so hard for so many players who are asked to go above and beyond.

And Izell can speak to this as well, to then kind of turn it off at home, or turn it off always at home. And so you wonder whether there's going to need to be a broader conversation that doesn't just tie to the players, doesn't just tie to domestic violence, but talks about violence across the U.S. where it's fairly significant.

CUOMO: Carlos Watson, thank you very much. Izell Reese, thank you very much for the perspective.

REESE: Thank you.

CUOMO: And the question is, thank you for listening. That's not a question, but this is the question part of it. Do you care about the broader discussion? You know it's not just about the NFL. You know only 2 percent of them, we keep telling you, get involved in any kind of criminal activity.

Do you care about the bigger problems with domestic violence and what we do with our kids? Will you watch when we talk about that? Think about it, let us know online. This is just one of the stories going on this morning you need to start your NEW DAY. A lot of news, let's get to it.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The people of Scotland have spoken.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Scotland has by majority decided not at this stage, to become an independent country.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Congress gave President Obama the green light to arm and train Syrian rebels.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The strong bipartisan support in Congress for this new training effort shows the world that Americans are united in confronting threat from ISIL.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Congress racing for the exits.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We seem to be more worried about who runs the place than how the place runs.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The government is worried about a terrorist cell in Syria, saying it's working with al Qaeda bomb makers to target U.S. flights.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It would be a way to restore its relevance when ISIS is grabbing all the headlines.

(END VIDEOCLIP)

CUOMO: Welcome to NEW DAY. We begin this hour with breaking news of a United Kingdom that is still --

BOLDUAN: United.

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CUOMO (voice-over): True. Why? That's the result of a historic vote in. Now Scotland remains a part of Britain. What would the referendum have done? It would have been huge, it would have broken up America's closest ally.

BOLDUAN (voice-over): Both sides, as you see right there, so passionate and they saw record-breaking turnout for this vote, for this referendum. What do the results mean now? (END VIDEOCLIP)

BOLDUAN (on camera): Let's get straight to chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour live in Edinburgh, Scotland, with more. So, Christiane, where do they go from here? After all of that passion, after all of that campaigning, they finally have an answer.

AMANPOUR: Indeed they do. And in fact, one of the main daily newspapers here said the vote is in, and we're staying together.

You can see it's a bit foggy behind me where Edinburgh castle is, but at least the fog of political uncertainty in Scotland has dissipated. But, it is a new day for the whole of the United Kingdom because of the promises that Prime Minister Cameron made in order to get the people to stick with the United Kingdom.

Devolution all over the place, much more autonomy, much bigger federal state than we have ever, ever, ever had in the United Kingdom. So this is going to be a complete and utter political earthquake. We don't know the ramifications. We don't know exactly where it's going to end. But already Prime Minister Cameron has put it on a fast track, saying that all sorts of issues of tax, and spending, and all of that will be decided by November. There will be legislation in January, and on and on it goes.

It's going to be a huge change. The queen herself is going to come out and make a statement about this. You know that she had told people to think very careful before they cast their vote, Kate.

BOLDUAN: They are now going to be facing a huge amount of pressure to bring about those changes, and bring about those changes very quickly as you just mentioned.