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Supertanker Aids Firefighting Efforts; Jaycee's Aunt Speaks about Reunion; European Leaders Concerned about Bankers' Bonuses

Aired September 03, 2009 - 13:00   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, Tony.

We are pushing forward. Eighteen years of captivity, one week of comfort, optimism and happiness. Jaycee Dugard's aunt can hardly find the words to talk about the kidnap ordeal that's over, but the reconnecting has just begun. Tina Dugard speaks out to reporters this hour.

Googling Garrido. Wait till you see what happens when the Google cam visited Jaycee's neighborhood in 2007. Suddenly, it all makes sense.

And if you're a man in the U.S. Labor force, step aside, studly. We're pushing forward on a historic reversal, but have we really come a long way, baby?

Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips, live at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta. You're live in the CNN NEWSROOM.

Secrets revealed, horrors exposed. A week after Jaycee Dugard was freed from her life as a kidnap victim, her new life, and that of her daughters, is intensely private, and that's not about to change. But Jaycee's aunt is about to brief reporters on an incredible family reunion. In her words, "One of the happiest moments of my life."

We're also getting a fuller view of the co-defendants in the Dugard case. Nancy Garrido, her work background helps answer one question, but raises a lot more.

Now, Tina Dugard was 13 when her niece, Jaycee, was born, and as much a big sister as an aunt. Ahead of her public statement today in Los Angeles, Tina spoke with the "Orange County Register," and I want you just to see some of the comments that she made.

On the abduction she said, "People probably want to think that it's been this horrible, scary thing for all of us, but the horrible, scary thing happened 18 years ago and continued to happen for the last 18 years. The darkness and despair has lifted."

Then she mentioned the reunion. She said, "I looked at her, and I knew right away. After 18 years, you have a sense of, could this possibly be true? She absolutely knew who I was. It was one of the happiest moments of my life. I went forward and cried and hugged her and held her as tight as I possibly could. It was surreal, and it was fabulous." And of Jaycee's daughters, Tina says, "They are educated and bright. It's clear that they've been on the Internet, and they know a lot of things. It's clear that Jaycee did a great job with the limited resources that she had and her limited education."

Well, not all the mysteries are solved, as you know. One of the biggest is Nancy Garrido, the woman who married Phillip Garrido in Leavenworth Prison in 1981. She, too, was charged in Jaycee Dugard's rape and kidnapping.

Dugard's stepfather says she's a dead-on fit for the person she (sic) saw grab Jaycee off the street in 1991.

We know now that Nancy Garrido was a certified nurse's assistant, though her certification expired in 1995. That could explain how Jaycee delivered two healthy daughters without even seeing a doctor. A neighbor says that Garrido quit her job at a nursing home just a few years back to care full time for Phillip Garrido's mother.

Now, again, we're waiting for Jaycee's aunt to come out and speak to the media in Los Angeles. We'll bring that to you live as soon as it begins.

In its ongoing effort to map every corner of the universe, Google paid a visit in 2007 to the street where Phillip and Nancy Garrido allegedly were trying to keep a secret. We're going to show you what happened later this hour.

Now, the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping ordeal is raising all sorts of questions. She was abducted as a child and held captive for 18 years. We all know that. And who hasn't wondered what went through her mind.

Well, we're now hearing from someone who knows. Shawn Hornbeck was also 11 when he was abducted in Missouri back in 2002. He was found 4 1/2 years later, living with his captor. He actually breaks his silence this Saturday for the first time in an exclusive interview on CBS "48 Hours Mystery." Take a look.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you were in captivity, your greatest fear was...

SHAWN HORNBECK, KIDNAPPING SURVIVOR: Not being able to see my family or parents again.

I'm not going to lie. There was times when it seemed like it was -- I was better off dead than living through that.

From day one, he had the gun. He had the power. I was powerless. There's nothing I could physically do.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did the days just seem to, like, blend in with each other? I mean, did they just...

HORNBECK: Yes, there was times when I thought it was, like, July and it was snowing outside. I just -- I didn't keep track of time or day. It was just another day to add to my life.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: And once again, we're waiting for that live news conference out of Los Angeles. We will hear from Jaycee Dugard's aunt, who met with the family and spent almost a week with Jaycee and her two daughters.

Now, just north of Los Angeles, day eight of a marathon battle against a massive wildfire, and finally, some good progress to report. The blaze is now 38 percent contained, but hot spots are still flaring up. New evacuation orders went out this morning for almost a dozen homes, and right now, the flames have burned nearly 145,000 acres, destroyed at least 64 homes, and killed two firefighters.

Fire crews say that it will probably take almost two weeks -- two more weeks, rather, to reach full containment.

And one thing that's really helping those fire crews in California, a jumbo jet that can carry thousands of gallons of fire retardant. CNN's Rob Marciano climbed aboard to check it out.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST (voice-over): Fighting the fire from the air: choppers, turboprops, even jets. But this is the big Kahuna.

CAPT. CLIFF HALE, EVERGREEN SUPERTANKER: We have more excess horsepower than any tanker out there.

MARCIANO: Captain Cliff Hale hit the California wildfires hard this week, flying this modified 747 supertanker right into the fire zone.

HALE: He arms it, and that gives me control up here or the other pilot, as well. We've got a drop -- drop button right here on the switch.

MARCIANO: Flying low at 300 feet, Captain Hale has to focus on his target.

(on camera): You've got to be a pilot and a bit of a marksman. How good a shot are you?

HALE: Pretty good at this point.

MARCIANO (voice-over): A touch of pilot bravado, but at his core, he's a firefighter.

HALE: To me, it's, you know, all the pilots that are doing this are just like the regular firefighters that you see anywhere. And it's just we do it in the air.

MARCIANO: But nothing compares to this jumbo jet. (on camera): If you were a passenger on a 747, this is where you'd be sitting. Instead, on this plane, they've got ten tanks, carrying 20,000 gallons of fire retardant and/or foam. Ninety tons of firefighting artillery.

(voice-over): And these cannons also have control.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They can meter it to any distance and any thickness that the firefighters on the ground want.

MARCIANO: Adjustable power and precision, which reduces wasted ammunition.

(on camera): This stuff's not cheap.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not. It will run anywhere from $2 to $3 a gallon.

MARCIANO (voice-over): All of this is unleashed in the back of the plane.

(on camera): Some fancy looking bomb bay doors.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, these are the exhaust ports for the retardant. And the flight engineer is going to choose the proper air pressure and the number of exhaust ports to vary the concentration, depending on what the firefighters on the ground need.

MARCIANO: On the ground or in the air, it's one big team.

HALE: All the guys that do this to me are -- I think, are the best. And it's an honor to be a part of that group.

MARCIANO: No doubt this massive supertanker is a welcome weapon in the war against wildfires.

Rob Marciano, CNN, Sacramento.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Well, we don't know when it will happen, but it's going to be soon. There will be more women than men on the job for the first time in American history. Why it's happening, and what it means. We want you to be part of our conversation.

And a reminder: we're waiting for the aunt of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard to come out and speak in Los Angeles. We'll take you there live as soon as it begins.

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PHILLIPS: Straight to L.A. now. Jaycee Dugard's aunt, Tina, about to share her joy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My name is Erika (ph) R-I-C, S-C-H-U-L-T-E, three words, no hyphens. I am the volunteer press relations liaison for the Dugard family. It's my pleasure this morning to introduce Tina Dugard, which is T-I-N-A, D-U-G-A-R-D. She is the sister of Terry Probyn and aunt of recovering kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard.

Tina was present for the reunion of her family and is here to make a brief statement today on their behalf. As you're aware, she is not prepared at this time to take questions. She will only be making her statement.

And there's no further comment from the family planned at this time. She does have some family photos today. These will be laid on your table. She will explain them to you, and after the press conference, you are welcome to film them. There will be plenty of time for that. I'm happy to provide copies for you of today's statement, as well as my own contact information for you all.

And now it's my pleasure to introduce Tina Dugard.

TINA DUGARD, AUNT OF JAYCEE: Hello. I would like to start by introducing three pictures.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Could you step to the microphone?

DUGARD: Certainly. They told me to do it at the table. I would like to begin by introducing three photos that I have with my darling niece, Jaycee. The first is a picture of her when she was 3 years old at my grandparents' -- her grandparents', my parents' home.

The second is a charming picture of her on the October before she was taken at Halloween. She's dressed up as her version of a punk rocker. And this is -- this is my personal photo.

And the last picture is a joyful picture. She and I went to the Rose Parade float on January 2, 1991. And the picture that many of you have seen on your -- through the magazines shows Jaycee with a smile, standing next to a car. What you haven't seen is my silly picture, where I said, "Make a face for me." And she did. So I brought that -- that picture for you, as well.

I'll begin. Good morning. My name is Tina Dugard, and I am Jaycee Dugard's aunt. Her mother, Terry, is my sister. This is a joyful time for my family, and I would like to say a few words.

To begin with, I would like to thank all of the law enforcement personnel who have assisted us, including but not limited to, the agents from the FBI, the detectives and officers from the El Dorado Sheriff's Department, the various personnel from the victim assistance program, and the El Dorado district attorney's office. Their support and professionalism have been invaluable.

Jaycee and her daughters are with her mom and younger sister in a secluded place, reconnecting. I was with them until recently. We spent time sharing memories and stories and getting to know each other again. Jaycee remembers all of us. She is especially enjoying getting to know her little sister, who was just a baby when Jaycee was taken. Not only have we laughed and cried together, but we've spent time sitting quietly, taking pleasure in each other's company. We are so very (AUDIO GAP)...

PHILLIPS: All right. We're going to...

DUGARD: ... to have her home. They are (INAUDIBLE) and curious girls who have a bright (INAUDIBLE). Although they have no formal education, they are certainly educated. Jaycee did a truly amazing job, with the limited resources and education that she herself had. And we are so proud of her.

On behalf of my sister, Terry, and the rest of our family, allow me to thank everyone for the prayers and best wishes you have offered. The smile on my sister's face is as wide as the sea. Her oldest daughter is finally home.

It has come to my family's attention that there may be unauthorized solicitation of funds to support Jaycee and the family. The Jaycee Lee Dugard trust fund has been set up for anyone inclined to donate, and details on how to go about doing that can be provided by my press representative.

We appreciate the public being respectful of our privacy. I have no further statements to make at this time. If you have further questions or would like a contact for our family, Erika (ph) Schulte is authorized to speak to you. Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'd like to thank all of you so much for coming this morning. I know that it means a lot to -- to the Dugard family to have this joyous news. Be sure that everyone (INAUDIBLE). And as promised, I do have copies of her statement today, and I have contact information for myself and the photos that are up here. So please feel free. Thanks.

PHILLIPS: All right. That was the PR person actually hired by the family for the -- for Jaycee Dugard's family.

But what was so incredible, for the first time we have actually heard from one of the relatives closest to that family, and that is Jaycee Dugard's aunt, Aunt Tina. She's basically the first relative to come forward and speak and talk about the reuniting of Jaycee and her daughters with her mother.

For her, the most powerful moment was when her sister got to see her daughter, Jaycee, for the first time and how they responded to each other, reacted to each other. She said that her sister just couldn't stop touching her hair, kissing her face, just listening to her voice. Nobody could really believe that they were looking at Jaycee and just wanted to kind of soak in that moment.

And then when she went in to actually see her niece, she said Jaycee Dugard yelled, "Auntie Tina." Instantly the two recognized each other. They went toward each other, and Jaycee just wrapped her arms around her and hugged her as tight as she could. Dan Simon was also there listening to this, and he joins us now in Antioch, actually, not far from -- from where this was being held. Obviously, Antioch is where Jaycee Dugard was finally recovered.

Dan, pretty -- I mean, she was -- we expected maybe a lot of tears, a lot of emotion, but more than anything, I think she was just really happy and couldn't wait to tell everybody about the fact that they're really getting to know each other again, and it's going well.

DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right. And, Kyra, you alluded to this, but the thing, I guess, that strikes me, watching that press conference is that this a woman she had not seen for 18 years. And yet the way she described it, there was this instant bond, and both of them knew exactly who the other one was.

And I think one of the more fascinating aspects to this case is how those little girls are faring. And I think we're getting a fuller picture in terms of another interview -- or an interview, rather, that Tina Dugard with "The Orange County Register." And one of the things she told the newspaper is that Jaycee, given her limited education and resources, was able to teach her girls how to read and write. Tina Dugard told the paper she's not sure how she was able to do that, but obviously she had some sort of access to books.

And we've seen, you know, pictures of the tents that were in the back yard behind us. And we can confirm that we did see quite a few books in those photos. Also having access to a computer and to the Internet.

Another thing that she told "The Orange County Register" is that, you know, they've been doing normal family things, as one might expect over the last few days. They've been playing video games, watching movies, and just trying to reconnect as a family. The way she put it, that they never really lost a family bond. They just needed to strengthen it. And now they're trying to take some time together as a family to renew that family bond. The way she put it, they never lost it.

So, this is a really an extraordinary moment, I think, for everybody who has been following this case, that now you have the firs firsthand account, if you will, from somebody who was with the family, as you put it, Kyra, for about a week.

And, you know, didn't get into a whole lot of detail in terms of what Jaycee, you know, went through over those last 18 years. But now just sort of giving us a fuller picture of what it's been like for them as a family, trying to get to know each other once again -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: And you mentioned "The Orange County Register" article that we have been reading, as well, and very anxious to hear what the aunt was going to say. You talk about the two girls. A lot of people were wondering about them and how they were educated and the fact that the aunt thought they were very bright and educated.

And she even went into detail, Dan, and you read this, as well, talking about one of the little girls was staring up into the sky and was able to point out all the names of the constellations. And also another one of them talking about the various plants and naming the plants in the yard, and, "Hey, that's edible. Do you want to go ahead and eat it?"

It's pretty fascinating just to get these little personal stories that a lot of us have been -- have been wondering about.

SIMON: Well, what is clear is that these two young girls -- well, 15 and 11 -- clearly had access to some resources. I think we're getting a sense that they weren't totally confined to the back yard 100 percent of the time. That's been backed up by people we have talked to, who had limited interaction with the Garrido family. That Phillip Garrido did take these girls out from time to time.

As a matter of fact, just a few weeks before they were rescued, if you will, they were seen at a birthday party for a friend. So, obviously, you know, we still need to get a lot more details. But it is remarkable, given the fact that here they were, living their entire lives in the back yard, that they appear to be pretty stable girls, who know how to read and write, and, you know, have clearly had some knowledge of the world. As you mentioned, they could identify a constellation and could identify certain plant species. Pretty remarkable, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Yes, indeed. Dan Simon, thanks so much.

Well, it's often a life-or-death situation, illegal in all but country, actually, in the world. Human organs for sale in the black market. Or as some call it, body tax on the poor.

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PHILLIPS: Issue number one, the recession. And, of course, Richard Quest has seen this one from every angle and several continents, in fact. Today he's talking to -- well, with bankers in London. He's also spoken with the city's mayor.

So, Richard, did they just spill all the beans?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the problem is, of course, the city of London here is very worried about European new regulation against banks and hedge funds.

They're also up in arms about the bonuses that have been issued by bankers to themselves. Big, bad, bonuses are back! As you will be well aware.

So, I went to see, through another (INAUDIBLE). I went to see Boris. This is a larger-than-life character. Boris Johnson, who is the mayor of London. Big, white hair, big man. And I wanted to know, did he think that the city of London, the financial district, the city itself, is back on top.

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BORIS JOHNSON, MAYOR OF LONDON: On bonuses, you know, I think it's unbelievable that a sector that has been not just bailed out in some individual cases by the taxpayer, but propped up by the government, by government intervention, with taxpayers' money, is awarding itself this kind of money.

And, you know, I don't -- you know, I've got to be honest with you, Richard, I didn't see any, very, very easy, intellectually watertight solution to this. I'm not pretending I can come up now with a -- with a solution for docking this cash.

But I do think the people who are going to receive this kind of remuneration, who are going to pay themselves these kind of benefits, when their banks have been supported by the taxpayer, they've got to have a sense of their commitment to wider society.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

QUEST: Now, Boris talking about bonuses and the banks. Why do I bring this to your table? Because today, Kyra, also a letter has come out from Gordon Brown, prime minister of the U.K.; Nicolas Sarkozy, of course, of France; and Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany. They are basically saying that the G-20, which is next weekend, as you know, that they need to do something about bankers' bonuses.

Let me read you one quote from this letter: "Our citizens are deeply shocked at the revival of reprehensible practices, despite taxpayers' money having been mobilized to support the sector."

So, you heard it here first. The big issue, I'm betting now, at the G-20 is going to be bankers' bonuses and the inability of the banks to regulate themselves.

PHILLIPS: How much you going to bet? Your bonus?

QUEST: I'll tell you -- oh, oh, oh, that was -- that was sharp! I'll tell you, talking about bets, we've got a bit of a sweepstake bet on at the moment. At about this time, half past 6 every night, Singapore Airlines, A-380 super jumbo comes overhead. It's a great sight, and we've all got different bets on what time it's going to happen. You can see it's a busy day here at CNN in London.

PHILLIPS: Oh, and as you know, you've got to have a bonus in order to afford that airlines. All right, Richard Quest, we'll be talking to at the G-20.

Well, 2007 Google takes an Internet in a neighborhood in Antioch, California, and a neighbor takes an interest in Google. So, now we may know why.

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PHILLIPS: It's a sick but all too real example of supply and demand. We're talking about the illegal sale of human organs. In part two of his three-part series, Drew Griffin investigates the shadowy black market of brokering body parts.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) DREW GRIFFIN, INVESTIGATIVE UNIT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In this Tel Aviv hospital room, you can see just how desperate some Israelis are for kidneys. Ricki Shai's mother is nearly unresponsive, blind. Her diabetes slowly killing her. She's been on a national kidney waiting list for years.

Sitting beside her, Shai's father, Yekchesno (ph), also a diabetic, who decided not to wait for a kidney of his own and took matters into his own hands.

RICKI SHAI, BOTH PARENTS NEED KIDNEY TRANSPLATS: My father, he didn't want to be there like my mother.

GRIFFIN: So, in April, Yekchesno cut a deal with a man who buys and sells kidneys. A kidney broker, who for $100,000 promised new life.

(off camera): The broker?

SHAI: Yes, the broker. He's the killer (ph). He went to him, and they suggest him that two -- for two days he become a new man. Come with me, two days, $100,000.

GRIFFIN: Come with me...

SHAI: Yes.

GRIFFIN: ... to China.

SHAI: To china.

GRIFFIN: Once in China, Shai says her father was taken to a rural hospital. A teenage girl was waiting there. The broker paying $5,000 for the kidney that would go to Yekchesno (ph). The surgery went poorly. Shai captured these images on her phone of her father in what she described as a filthy hospital. The donor, Shai says, died shortly after surgery. No one knows why.

SHAI: She was 18 years. She was -- just a child, and I understood that they give him $5,000 for your kidney. She -- she died.

GRIFFIN: The broker has yet to face any sanctions. Until just last year, the entire transaction was not only legal in Israel, but some state-sponsored health insurance actually paid. Nancy Scheper- Hughes studies the organ trade and says Israel has become sort of a ground zero for both legal and illegal transactions. Scheper-Hughes says as medicine mastered the science of kidney transplant, the numbers of procedures grew. But in Israel, so, too, did the belief the best way to treat kidney disease was to find a new one.

NANCY SCHEPER-HUGHES, FOUNDER, ORGANS WATCH: There's a belief that, of course, not only is transplant better than dialysis, but that you want a living -- a living donor because it's better than a kidney that was on ice or a kidney that was on a truck. GRIFFIN: This Israeli kidney broker insists he operates legally because he no longer finds kidneys for clients, but lets clients find their own. But he still wants his face hidden. He says Israelis have a phrase that they don't like to, quote, "weaken their own." So, when his own mother needed a kidney, she would not even consider the one her son wanted to give her.

(on camera): Your mother, you said, she wouldn't dare take a kidney from her son.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

GRIFFIN: But she would take a kidney from a person she will never know...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

GRIFFIN: ... in China.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What's so strange about that?

GRIFFIN: It says that the rich person has more of a right to their health and their life than the poor person.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is reality. This is how it happens.

GRIFFIN (voice-over): His experience, finding a kidney for his mom in China, was so easy, he went into the business himself, making $5,000 a deal. He says he has arranged for nearly 220 transplants, profiting more than $1 million.

A new Israeli law banning brokering of kidneys has made it trickier, but says if a patient arrives at his door with a donor claiming to be a relative, he can easily send them overseas, no questions asked.

(on camera): Are they really relatives?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know. I don't care. I don't deal with that.

GRIFFIN: And in Israel, relatives are relatively easy to find, especially when you have poor emigres, recently arrived, in quick need of cash, and patients willing to pay.

Brokers can have these newly acquainted family members on an operating table anywhere in the world within weeks.

(voice-over): Ricki Shai says in the search for a new kidney, her father lost $100,000 of borrowed money, his pride, and like his donor, is now losing his life. His new kidney is failing.

SHAI: My family is breaking.

GRIFFIN: The family is breaking. But Shai says she has no doubt the organ broker is still in business. (END VIDEOTAPE)

GRIFFIN: That hospital in China, we actually tracked that rural hospital down, and the officials there say they never operated on this man, even though he's seen laying in a hospital bed with the hospital's insignia. So that was their response.

PHILLIPS: So, just watching all these pieces and talking to you, bottom line, you know, really poor people want to make some money. Someone who is dying and can't get a kidney wants a kidney. Is there any type of law in any country that can prevent this?

GRIFFIN: You know, it's illegal almost everywhere, right? But they can't stop it, really, because of the desperation you have on both sides. And now even Internet is getting broker and patient together, so I don't think they can stop it.

There's a lot of talk now about some kind of an international organ brokering market, some kind of regulated spot where you could bring your organs that would you like to sell, and then the patients can come and buy them. As sick as that sounds...

PHILLIPS: Wow.

GRIFFIN: ... that may be a way that they're thinking about to make this have a little more protection for both sides here. Make sure that the donor doesn't get ripped off and gets proper medical treatment, and the same with the patient.

PHILLIPS: Part three tonight. What do you talk about? And that's coming up at 10:00 Eastern time, right?

GRIFFIN: Part three. You talk about laws to -- we actually talk about an arrest and an conviction in Israel. You'll be stunned at how this was going on, the way that they were able to lure in potential candidates to give their kidneys and the ridiculously low price that was given to these people.

PHILLIPS: All right. We'll be tuning in. Thanks, Drew.

Well, over the past week, we have come to know the horrendous story of child kidnap victim Jaycee Duguard. The unfolding details of her 18-year captivity has been disturbing, if not downright nauseating.

But today, new details that won't make you cringe. For the first time since Jaycee was freed from her alleged captor, her aunt spoke out this hour about her heartfelt reunion and reintroduction to her family.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TINA DUGARD, JAYCEE DUGARD'S AUNT: The smile on my sister's face was as wide as the sea. Her oldest daughter is finally home.

(END VIDEO CLIP) PHILLIPS: Phillip and Nancy Garrido are charged in connection with the kidnapping and raping of Jaycee Dugard, who police say gave birth to two daughters fathered by Phillip Garrido.

If you're trying to keep a secret in your backyard, the last thing you want to see is a car with a camera on the roof cruising through your neighborhood. That's what Phillip Garrido apparently saw back in 2007 when Google came to shoot footage for its street views. We'll get the picture now from CNN all-platform journalist Patrick Oppmann.

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PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN ALL-PLATFORM JOURNALIST: If you think Google is everywhere, this may prove it. I'm outside Phillip Garrido's home, where there's been intense interest in allegations that he kidnapped Jaycee Dugard 18 years agos. Behind me, there are tons of live trucks and media from around the world, and people who have just come here to find out more about this horrifying story.

You can also see the huge interest in this case by going to search engines like Google. If you type in Phillip Garrido's name, you get over a million hits, see aerial images of his neighborhood and views of the street that were created by a car with a large camera on top of it.

Google says they mapped out this neighborhood in 2007.

(voice-over): When Internet bloggers looked at the street view of Garrido's home, they found something, well, strange. As the Google car drives past his house, Garrido's van pulls out and appears to follow it. Internet chat rooms are buzzing with speculation. Two people who know Phillip Garrido told CNN that this was his van.

(on camera): And the van follows the car for about two blocks here on Bowling (ph) Lane until the car reaches Vieira Avenue. Was it Garrido in the van at the intersection or just a coincidence? In the pictures, the Google car drives off and the van fades from view.

(voice-over): Did Garrido see the camera? Was he behind the wheel? A mystery that even Google does not have the answer to.

Patrick Oppmann, CNN, Antioch, California.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: So, not getting enough face time with your doctor? How about turning to Facebook? More and more patients are friending their doctors. Should you?

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PHILLIPS: Top stories now. The FAA is ordering two airlines to change out airspeed sensors on their Airbus planes. A sensor failure is believed to have doomed an Air France flight in June near the Brazilian coast. US Airways and Northwest Airlines are the only U.S. airlines that use the A-330 plane. They have 43 of them.

And the FAA is also changing the rules that govern the busy air corridor over the Hudson River in Manhattan. Changes include new speed limits, new pilot training and better communication. This all comes after a tourist helicopter and a small plane collided last month, killing nine people.

And dueling drug cartels are blamed for yesterday's deadly mass shooting in northern Mexico. Seventeen people killed, two wounded in that attack, targeting a drug rehab center in Juarez. The mayor says that rival gangs are fighting for turf and narco trafficking routes into the United States.

Swine flu has played a part in at least 556 deaths in the U.S. so far, including more than 40 kids. But the director of the CDC says most Americans who catch the virus will not get seriously ill. He says that sick people may not have to see a doctor unless they have an underlying condition such as asthma.

Still, the federal government is advising health care workers to use special respirators, not surgical masks, to stay healthy. But even the CDC isn't immune from swine flu. Six employees at and around the agency's Atlanta headquarters have actually come down with suspected cases.

Facebook is a popular way to keep tabs on old friends or distant family members, but how about your doctor? Senior medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen weighs the pros and the cons in today's "Empowered Patient."

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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: On Facebook, you friend your high school friends, your college chums. Well, what about friending your doctor?

In this week's "Empowered Patient," we talk about whether or not you should friend your doctor on Facebook and whether or not your doctor will friend you back.

We introduce you to Dr. William Cooper, who has more than 700 friends on Facebook, and many of them his patients and other people's patients, and he says he answers their questions right there on Facebook, including questions from his patient Walter Jordan.

Jordan says he likes having the accessibility to his doctor. He doesn't have to go through secretaries and play phone tag. He gets to communicate with his doctor directly.

So, in this week's column, we talk about how you can try to Facebook with your doctor, if that's something you want to do. Not all doctors are open to it, so you may have to use a few strategies.

Plus, we talk about how to communicate in general electronically with your doctor. Not all doctors are enthusiastic about the idea.

But, for more ideas on communicating electronically with your doctor, go to CNN.com/empoweredpatient.

For "Empowered Patient," I'm Elizabeth Cohen.

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PHILLIPS: Fire, the wheel, printing press, juice in a box. Huge advances in civilization, right? Yes, whatever. They pale next to this. If you're a woman, this piece of silicone will have your bladder saying, I heart you.

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PHILLIPS: The star of a murder trial in Florida, the victim's own voice. Her frantic 911 call could not save her, but it might help seal her killer's fate. His life or death is now the jury's call.

And women about to outnumber men in the workplace. Is that good news or bad? We're going to find out if history might be repeating itself.

Well, ladies, if you have ever been jealous of a guy's ability to answer nature's call while standing, just check this out. A new product shows us that water retention is the mother of invention. Boyd Huppert from KARE says that women may now boldly go where we couldn't go before.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A little bit of garlic in there.

BOYD HUPPERT, KARE-TV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Some state fair products...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ladies and gentlemen, tomatoes.

HUPPERT: ... need little explanation.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You know, have you heard of GoGirl?

HUPPERT: Then...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right, let me show you what it is.

HUPPERT: ... there's this one.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: GoGirl is a product that's been designed for women that allows them to go to the bathroom standing up.

HUPPERT: If the very thought of it...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You can use it over and over again.

HUPPERT: ... makes you a little uncomfortable at first.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not something you would usually discuss, talk about. HUPPERT: That's just fine with Sarah Dillon...

SARAH DILLON, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, GOGIRL: We've all go to go, and we've all popped a squat many times.

HUPPERT: ... the Edina mom who in January relaunched and branded...

DILLON: Don't take life sitting down.

HUPPERT: ... a Minnetonka doctor's 20-year-old silicone design. And voila.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And then the world is your urinal.

HUPPERT: A cultural phenomenon is born.

DILLON: We're off to war, we're hunting, we're camping, we're traveling, we're climbing mountains. But we also have to go to the bathroom, and it's always been a production for us to have to do that.

The way to hold it is to hold it is from front to back with your thumb and your middle finger. If it's sealed, you will not dribble at all.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm excited. I live in the woods, I like to pee and I'm going to New York City for two weeks. And now I can pee in the alley with the best of them.

HUPPERT: Laugh if you want, but the thing's taking off.

(on camera): By next month, Dillon expects sales to top 40,000 GoGirls a week.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There goes another one.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now I can write my name in the snow.

HUPPERT (voice-over): Membership has its privileges.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, you go, girl.

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PHILLIPS: Thank you, Boyd Huppert for reporting on that for us.

Well, it's been quite a busy day here in the CNN NEWSROOM. We're just getting started, so stay with us.

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PHILLIPS: Senator Ted Kennedy does not shy away from his self- confessed sins in a posthumous memoir due out this month. Kennedy says that he felt four decades of remorse after crashing his card on Chappaquiddick Island, killing his passenger. He said he panicked, calling his actions inexcusable for leaving the scene.

"The New York Times" got a copy of "True Compass," which is due out September 14. That memoir also delves into Kennedy's family relationships and his political career. It's that career that could add the Kennedy name to a Boston landmark. There's a proposal now to change Logan International Airport to Logan-Kennedy. The Massachusetts senator died last week at 77 following a long battle with a brain tumor.

An intimate finale for the king of pop. Tonight, Michael Jackson will be laid to rest, entombed in the famous Forest Lawn Cemetery mausoleum in southern California. This time around, there will be no surging crowds of teary-eyed fans, just the entertainer's inner circle.

Randi Kaye is in L.A.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Michael Jackson is finally going to be laid to rest in a private burial service tonight at 10:00 Eastern at the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale Memorial Park. Very few details coming out, but I can tell you that Gladys Knight will be performing during that service.

The media won't be allowed inside. We'll actually be outside the main gate, which I'm told is the largest wrought-iron gate in the world. A production crew will be inside taking video of arrivals. We'll have some of that for you. We won't have any aerials because it's a no-fly zone overhead.

Regarding the mausoleum, it has 20-foot archways, lots of marble, its 11 levels, plenty of mazes inside as well. Jackson's crypt is supposed to be directly under a massive stained-glass window called the Last Supper window. There are pictures of it on Forest Lawn's Web site. And the Last Supper window is actually a recreation of Leonardo DaVinci's masterpiece. It's really something to see. And it's interesting because Michael Jackson had actually reportedly commissioned his own Last Supper painting, which he hung over his bed at Neverland Ranch.

Now, most of the mausoleum requires a pass key to get around. There's very tight security there. Visitors can see the Last Supper short film, but that's about as far as they can go. We interviewed a man who'd been inside the mausoleum, and he told me there are guards everywhere, gatekeepers. He actually called them cryptkeepers. He said those are the folks who keep people who shouldn't be going inside from going inside. He said there's plenty of security cameras around as well.

Now, overall, just a few facts here. Forest Lawn is 300 acres. A quarter of a million people are buried there, including many celebrities, including Michael Jackson's very good friend, Sammy Davis, Jr. Along with him, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Walt Disney, George Burns, Gracie Allen, just to name a few. But if you go there, don't expect to find the celebrities graves because Forest Lawn does not provide a map of celebrity graves because they don't want to encourage star-struck visitors. They probably won't be able to avoid them now that Michael Jackson will be buried there, because a lot of his fans probably are not ready to let him rest in peace.

Randy Kaye, CNN, Los Angeles.

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