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DC VS. Arizona; Soldier Accused of Leaking Video; Priest Accused of Stealing; Connecticut Priest Accused of Stealing From Church to Pay for Male Escort. Federal Government Sues Over Arizona Immigration Law; Noriega Convicted of Money Laundering in France; Rangers Baseball Fan Takes Long Fall Going After Foul Ball; Rumors of Possible Spy Swap Between Russia and US.; Trading Off to Slow Start as Stock Market Opens
Aired July 07, 2010 - 09:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning, everybody. I'm Kyra Phillips. Let's get your morning going.
Washington, D.C. versus Arizona. It's on. The Justice Department hoping to kill the state's new immigration law before it even kicks in.
A U.S. soldier now facing charges. Accused of leaking this classified video.
And why is breaking up so hard to do? Well, science might tell us. You really might be addicted to love after all.
You knew it was coming. The feds suing Arizona. Trying to stop its tough new immigration law. The law that among other things requires police to question people they think might be in the country illegally.
It is supposed to kick in three weeks from tomorrow. The Justice Department basically says hold on, Arizona. You can't make your own immigration laws because that's Washington's job.
Well, Governor Jan Brewer says that that's the problem. Washington has not done its jobs and Arizona is paying the price.
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GOV. JAN BREWER (R), ARIZONA: We need the federal government to do their job. And if they don't do it, then Arizona will.
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PHILLIPS: So Governor Brewer says that the DOJ is wasting taxpayer money fighting this law. That it should use the money to fight the violent Mexican drug cartels that have bled over the border.
The DOJ's beef with the law might be constitutional but other critics say it will encourage racial profiling.
CNN's Casey Wian takes a look at who's fighting the law and who's fighting for it.
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CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From the moment Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial law expanding local police powers to crack down on illegal immigrants and their employers, a White House legal challenge seemed inevitable.
Following 12 weeks of protests, boycotts and threats, the Justice Department is suing to block SB 1070 before it takes effect July 29th.
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement, "Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility. Seeking to address the issue through a patchwork of state laws will only create more problems that it solves."
Supporters of Arizona's law say the federal government has created the problem with its failure to solve the nation's illegal immigration crisis. One outspoken Arizona sheriff says his deputies won't stop arresting suspected illegal immigrants because previous state laws have been upheld by federal courts.
SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: Lawsuits or no lawsuits, I'm going to continue enforcing the federal and state immigration laws.
WIAN: The law compels local police during a lawful stop, detention or arrest to check the immigration status of people they reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants.
Brewer said in a statement, "The truth is the Arizona law is both reasonable and constitutional. It mirrors substantially what has been federal law in the United States for many decades."
The Obama administration's lawsuit does not address claims by Latino advocacy and civil rights groups that SB 1070 will encourage racial profiling and violations of all immigrants' civil rights. Those groups are suing Arizona as well.
REV. WARREN STEWART, 1ST INSTITUTIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH OF ARIZ.: I can guarantee you that civil rights and human rights organizations are all over the world are rejoicing with us today that the federal government is suing the state of Arizona.
Shame on our government and legislators for causing this to happen to this state.
WIAN: The ACLU said in a statement, "The federal government has sent a clear message that it will not tolerate state laws that invite racial stereotyping."
But 20 House Republicans signed a letter to Attorney General Holder saying the lawsuit, quote, "not only disregards the will of the majority of Arizonans, but also the majority of Americans."
(END VIDEOTAPE) PHILLIPS: Casey Wian is joining us now live from San Francisco.
So, Casey, you've been covering this story for months now. What do Arizona law enforcement officials say about this legal challenge?
WIAN: Well, like a lot of folks, they're split on it as well. A lot of law enforcement officers in cities like Phoenix, the police chief in Phoenix is opposed to this law because they say that it's going to make illegal immigrants and others in immigrant communities afraid to cooperate with police on other crimes.
Meanwhile, law enforcement officers in rural areas along -- those along the border where drug smugglers and illegal immigrants smugglers have wreaked so much havoc on those communities with violence. Those law enforcement officers generally support this law because they are fed up with the federal government's inability to control the border -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right. So fed up with the feds. So what are the state officials going to do now?
WIAN: They're pressing ahead with implementing this law. Governor Jan Brewer sent out a tweet yesterday saying, I will not stop fighting, I will defend Arizona, and continue to do the job that Obama refuses to do.
Just last week they released -- the state officials released a training video that law enforcement officers throughout the state are going to be required to watch to make sure that they don't violate anyone's civil rights while trying to implement this law if, in fact, the courts allow it to go into effect July 29th.
PHILLIPS: Got it. We'll continue to follow it with you, Casey. Thanks so much. Appreciate your reporting.
So how do most Americans actually feel about this law? The most recent CNN poll is from late May. It suggested 57 percent of Americans favored it, 37 percent opposed it. Other national polls since then suggest more than 50 percent in favor.
Now to that U.S. soldier accused of giving a Web site classified video. It actually shows an Apache helicopter strike that killed two journalists in Iraq. The military now going forward with charges against Private 1st Class Bradley Manning.
CNN's Barbara Starr following the story for us from the Pentagon -- Barbara.
BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, Private 1st Class Bradley Manning was serving in Iraq when he was arrested by the military earlier this year. He's been detained in Kuwait.
Now formal charges against this very junior enlisted soldier, multiple counts of mishandling classified information, and providing it to people not authorized to have it. You're going to recall this all did begin when that video surfaced on a Web site called Wikileaks. This is the video in July 2007 of an attack in Baghdad that is alleged to have killed both insurgents and several civilians including two Reuters journalists.
How did Wikileaks get this classified video? Now it is alleged it came from Private 1st Class Bradley Manning.
Multiple counts, multiple charges, Kyra. He is also charged with having possession of something like more than 50,000 classified State Department cables, all types of information that he downloaded on to a personal computer and then provided it illegally to others.
He is now facing the possibility of what is the military equivalent of a grand jury proceeding and the potential of a court-martial -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Barbara Starr, live from the Pentagon. Barbara, thanks.
AC, fans, the swimming pool. Anything to keep cool as the northeast looks for relief. It's another day of record-breaking heat.
In Philly the hot weather is blamed in the death of a 92-year-old woman whose body was found by a neighbor. She didn't have air conditioning.
Then in New Hampshire, the Red Cross urging people to stay out of the heat. Area pools extending their hours and cooling stations are now open there.
In New York, the heat is considered, quote, "a significant health emergency." As many as 400 cooling stations have been set up across the boroughs.
And yesterday, triple-digit records were set in Baltimore, 105 degrees. The New York's Central Park and 103, in Warwick, Rhode Island, actually, is about 102.
Hard to keep track of all those temperatures. Bottom line, they were brutal in all those parts. I'm seeing it now. OK, Baltimore, all the way up to 105. Atlantic City, 102. But still. That's --
ROB MARCIANO, CNN METEOROLOGIST: You've got to remember, Kyra, these temperatures are measured in the shade. And they don't include humidity. So you factor that -- if you're out working on the sun, and that humidity, it feels like 110, 115, in some cases. Yes.
Pretty dramatic stuff. These are the records that Kyra was mentioning. And some of these are over 10 years old. So we haven't seen this kind of heat on this day in quite a while.
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PHILLIPS: That and welcome back.
MARCIANO: Thank you. Good to be back.
PHILLIPS: Where have you been? Little vaca?
MARCIANO: A little of everything, yes.
PHILLIPS: Really? OK. We'll talk later.
MARCIANO: Sounds good.
PHILLIPS: Thanks, Rob.
Well, just when you thought that the Russian spy case couldn't get any more intriguing, it does. The newest twist possibly to swap a scientist for one of the suspected Russian agents. We're going to dig a little deeper on that right after the break.
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PHILLIPS: An update now on that church raid in Belgium where cameras were actually lowered into the crypts in search of evidence. You remember that? Well, police are now going after the former long-time leader of that country's Catholic Church.
This is Cardinal Gottfried Daniels heading to police in Brussels. Daniels is -- led Catholics actually in Belgium for 30 years and then stepped down in January. Belgian police grilled him for 10 hours yesterday on allegations that he failed to stop his priests from sexually abusing church members.
Police also searched Daniels' home. This intense investigation also of police raided -- also a police raided a bishop's -- the police raided a bishop's meeting apparently we're learning, too.
And by the way, no word what, if any, evidence that police did actually get from entering those crypts.
The unholy headlines continue this time in Connecticut. A priest is accused of stealing more than $1 million, dollars spent on male escorts. Police say that hotel rooms, even classes at Harvard, possibly spent with that money.
Susan Raff from CNN affiliate WFSB has the story.
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SUSAN RAFF, WFSB REPORTER: Sacred Heart Church in Waterbury now faces one of worst scandals. Its priest accused of committing an unspeakable sin. Father Kevin Gray (INAUDIBLE) to lead his parish has been arrested for stealing more than $1 million from the church.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think that $750,000 at a minimum is the appropriate bond in this matter.
RAFF: The archdiocese alerted police because they suspected Father Gray was stealing. An investigation turned up credit card statements and other documents including receipts for male escorts.
When police went to a man's apartment in New York City, he told them Gray told him he was a lawyer. And that since 2005, "Mr. Gray has been paying the rent for the apartment the whole time." He also told them, "Mr. Gray has paid the tuition," for classes he attends at Harvard University.
And while police were at the apartment, Father Gray arrived. And when confronted, police say Mr. Gray stated he would use his credit cards to purchase clothes, dinners, and hotel rooms and male escort services. He would rent hotel rooms at various hotels in New York City and have male escorts meet him there.
Mr. Gray, they say, stated he is gay and does have a problem with the church's position on homosexuality. While Gray was being arraigned, his parishioners were showing support for a man they say has been kind and caring.
KIARA CARCHI, CHURCH MEMBER: I know they are not true. He has helped everybody, and he's not what they think he is.
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PHILLIPS: The archdiocese of Hartford suspended Gray last month, and that means that Gray cannot act as a priest in Connecticut or anywhere else in the country.
Going after a foul ball is part of the fun at a baseball game, right? But it turned out to be pretty much a nightmare for one fan. You'll see the video.
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PHILLIPS: Top stories now. DC versus Arizona. It's on. The Department of Justice suing the state over its tough new immigration law. Among other things, the law requires police to question people they think might be in the country illegally. The Feds argue that states are not allowed to make up their own immigration laws.
In a controversial last-minute decision, Hawaii's governor, Linda Lingle, vetoed legislation allowing same-sex civil unions in her state. She says the issue needs to be put to a referendum and wants Hawaiians to vote on it.
And it's been five years since suicide bombers blew up four bombs in London, killing 52 people and injuring nearly 700. Four Islamic terrorists set off their bombs on three rush hour Tube trains and a bus in 2005.
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been found guilty of money laundering in France. He's been sentenced to seven years in prison. He was extradited from the United States to France in April to face charges that he'd laundered drug trafficking profit of nearly $3 million.
And oh, man, it was a pretty frightening scene last night at the Rangers/Indians game in Arlington, Texas. Watch this. Yes. The fan trying to catch a foul ball lost his balance and actually fell 30 feet from the second deck. As you can see here by the video, you don't see what actually happened, but you see the reaction of the field. The umpire put his hands over his head. That, by the way, is the fan being led out. But you actually saw the umpire with the hands on his head, the outfielders took to their knees. And it happened after everyone realized that this man had actually flipped over the railing. He was taken to the hospital. He's expected to be OK. Everybody cheered when he was taken out.
Four other fans were treated for minor injuries related to that fall.
A prisoner swap. Just the newest twist in that Russia spy case. We're going to take you live to Moscow.
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PHILLIPS: Scanning your Morning Passport, a case of espionage that gets better than fiction. Remember the band of ten suspected spies arrested late last month? After the sultry stunner you see here, well you can see a lot more of now on the internet, if you get my drift. There's talk that Russia is actually willing to swap a spy that it has for one of the alleged deep-cover agents. CNN Senior International Correspondent Matthew Chance following this latest development for us out of Moscow. Matthew, what do you know?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, it really is, as you say, like it's been ripped out of the pages of a Cold War spy thriller. Because what we're hearing now from the relatives and lawyers of a convicted spy in a Russian jail, spied for the United Kingdom, convicted back in 2004, is that he's been told that he is part of a prisoner swap which involves exchanging a number of people convicted of espionage in Russian jails for those 11 suspects. The 10 people in detention, of course, one of them not being held by the United States, that were indicted on slightly lesser charges than espionage in the United States late last month.
There's no confirmation, of course, at this point, Kyra, from either the Russian authorities or from the authorities in the United States. But what we're hearing from the relatives and lawyer and human rights activists who have been in contact with this convicted spy, his name is Igor Sutyagin. He was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing military secrets to the United Kingdom, is that he believes he will be released tomorrow. That's Thursday, the 8th, locally here. He will ultimately be sent to London via the Austrian capital Vienna.
He says that Russian security officials have shown him a list of 11 names which are going to be part of this apparent spy swap deal. The only name he recognizes is someone called Sergei Skripal, who is a former Russian military officer. A colonel, in fact, involved in military intelligence, who was, again, convicted for espionage and jailed in this country in 2004 for 13 years. That person also apparently going to be part of this prisoner swap.
But again, no confirmation at this stage, Kyra. PHILLIPS: I'm curious, Matthew. Because the way this story played out here in the States, it's been very revealing to us in a number of ways. First of all, this sultry redhead that appeared with -- I guess you could say uncovered, totally blew her cover on the front page of the New York Post. These pictures that, apparently, her ex-spouse are releasing. Her look and her whole story, Anna Chapman's story grabbed a lot of people's attention.
And the fact that it's revealed that possibly thousands of spies live among us here in the US. Has this story created the same type of talk where you are? How are people reacting to this there?
CHANCE: Well, I think the reaction has been very different, Kyra. Certainly, Anna Chapman's story has been front page news here as well. She's the glamorous one of the bunch of ten that have been arrested in the United States, of course. Obviously she's front page news.
But I think the emphasis has been very different here. In the US, our understanding is that people have been concerned about what damage these people could have done potentially to the national interest, national security in the US.
That's not situation here. People are much more focused here. The government and ordinary people in the street. Much more focused on why these arrests were made so public. Why they were exposed at this time. The suspicion here is that this is intended to in some way derail the much closer relationship growing between Washington and Moscow over the past couple of months, over the past couple of years, since President Obama came to office. It's being seen as an attempt by, perhaps, hawks and the security establishment in the United States to send a message to President Obama that Russia still can't be trusted.
PHILLIPS: We'll follow the story. Thanks so much, Matthew.
Getting oily birds ready to fly. We are going to take you to a rehab center where folks are working full time to save gulf coast wildlife.
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PHILLIPS: The Dow jumped by more than 100 points in the first minute of trading yesterday. The gains didn't hold, though. And those Blue Chips closed only 57 points higher. But these days, that's pretty good. Alison Kosik at the New York Stock Exchange with a preview of today's trading. Alison?
ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Kyra. Any time we end in the plus column, it's really a good day for Wall Street, because expectations are low. The problem that we have here is that the NASDAQ and S&P 500 are getting really close to bear market territory. We haven't gotten much good news on the economy. So stocks are set for a lower opening today. Trading could be volatile. One analyst tells us that it's an uncertain and confusing environment right now because of fears about the economy. Let me get to this story. This is an important one, Kyra. You can't take a ride in a Central Park carriage today because the horses are taking the day off. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says it is against the law for the horses to work if it is over 90 degrees. As you've been talking about, Kyra, we're in the triple digits here in New York. It is hot. So don't expect to see any horses on the street today. You may want to look poolside. They'll be the ones by the pool with the mojitos in their hooves, hanging out in the sun that way.
We've got the opening bell here. Stocks right now are off to a lower start. The Dow Industrial down about six. Kyra, back to you.
PHILLIPS: Did you mention mojitos? It's only Wednesday.
KOSIK: I did.
PHILLIPS: Thanks, Alison.
Day 79 of the Gulf oil disaster. Weather, a cause of concern for the coast guard right now. It's closely watching a system near the Yucatan Peninsula. High seas continue to hamper cleanup efforts. And this is disheartening news to say the least. Bob Dudley, Bp's chief of Gulf Coast restoration, says it's a reality that those relief wells could not work. That's possible that those relief wells could not work. He said this on PBS "Newshour" yesterday. Dudley admitted that BP along with the government is now exploring at least two other options.
Also, a new ship aimed at sucking more oil from the gushing well has been delayed, so has the arrival of the navy blimp that will be used to detect oil and direct skimming ships. Now, potentially good sign for wildlife in the Gulf, the number of oily birds rescued is down. And that's giving those working to save them a chance to catch up.
CNN's John Zarrella joins us now from Pensacola, Florida with a bit of good news.
Hi, John.
JOHN ZARELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
You know, that's the hope, but they're also saying, you know, -- look, there's also been a lot of bad weather, as you mentioned, out there which has hampered the efforts to deal with the well itself and the oil coming out of the well. And that's also hampered relief efforts. So, they're not sure whether the numbers of oily birds going down that they're seeing at the rescue facilities is related to simply the fact that they can't get out there to rescue them or if, in fact, it's good news.
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ZARELLA (voice-over): This northern gannet struggles with its caretakers. If it only knew how lucky it was to be in their hands. Cleaning is just part of the treatment.
HEIDI STOUT, TRI-STATE BIRD RESCUE AND RESEARCH: It would be provided fluids, both orally and IV. Much like would happen in a hospital setting or an ICU.
ZARELLA: This is a rehabilitation facility for oiled birds here in Pensacola. It's one of four such centers across the Gulf. Today, there are 52 birds here. Those closest to being released back into the wild, mostly loons and gannets, hang out in swimming pool. The others, not quite so far along in their rehab, sit in pens where they can be watched more closely.
ZARELLA (on-camera): They've treated about 100 birds since this facility opened in early May. Now, the past couple of days, they haven't gotten any birds and that is a good sign.
STOUT: It's wonderful for the wildlife.
ZARELLA: But it's not necessarily - doesn't necessarily mean the worst is over, does it?
STOUT: You know, the geographic magnitude of the spill makes it difficult to really predict what's going to happen a week from now.
ZARELLA (voice-over): The lull right now gives the rescuers and caretakers a chance to catch a breath to just catch up. The numbers they've been dealing with in the four-state area are overwhelming. 157 sea turtles rescued. 444 found dead. 53 of 58 mammals, including dolphins and whales, found dead. About 1,000 birds have been rescued. 410 released. Nearly 1400 found dead.
No one knows how many have died. Their remains never found. At least, this gannet will live to fly another day. Washing the oil from its feathers is a meticulous process. For him to be waterproof again, each and every one of his feathers must be cleaned.
STOUT: Kind of like shingles on a roof. If one of them is damaged, then there's going to be water that penetrates through to the skin of that bird.
ZARELLA: When our northern gannet's bath is over, the soap is rinsed from its wings and body with a little tender care. In just a couple of weeks, it should be free to fly.
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ZARELLA (on-camera): So, they were getting about five to ten birds a day at the height. So, this is the good news that right now, anyway. One of the other things that we were told is the reason why they might not be seeing as many oily birds is because the oil itself has moved away from this area and these birds, this time of year, feed close to shore. So, if the oil is further offshore, less likely that the birds are going to be oiled. So, again, as the doctor pointed out in that piece, things change so rapidly, Kyra, as you know, with this story, that by next week, they could be loaded with oil birds again -- Kyra. PHILLIPS: I know. That's what's disheartening. We wish the changes would keep being positive changes. It's great to see people out there, though, trying to help like this. John Zarrella, thanks so much.
Addicted to love and the psychology of breaking it up. We're going to break it all down in our "AM Extra."
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PHILLIPS: Crimes of passion. Blame it on love, maybe even a broken heart. That was an alleged attack with a knife to her throat. Christmas day, 2009, actor Charlie Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, makes a frantic 911 call saying she feared for her life. Police responded, and she landed in jail in Aspen, Colorado. Then there was the diaper drama with former NASA astronaut, Lisa Nowak. Remember her? Arrested after allegedly attacking the girlfriend of her lover, a fellow astronaut. Nowak confronted the woman in an Orlando airport after driving 1,000 miles from Houston.
And who can forget Lorena Bobbitt. She separated her man from his manhood. Arrested and charged for chopping off her cheating husband's you know what. Bottom line, breaking up is hard to do. But do scorn lovers really have to go that far? It's the psychology of breaking up, that's the focus of our "AM Extra" this morning. A Rutgers University professor has actually uncovered research that shows breakups affect the brain like an addiction to drugs. I know "American Morning's" John Roberts will be very balanced on this issue when it comes to love. He always keeps his cool. Right, John?
JOHN ROBERTS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I don't know. I think you've scared the heck out of me with the lead-in here of all those women, what's happened in the past, particularly, Lorena Bobbitt.
PHILLIPS: Just a little reminder of what could happen. Exactly.
ROBERTS: Swallow hard on that one. But hey, you're right. We're talking to Helen Fisher this morning. She is a researcher in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. She's been studying all aspects of love for more than three decades now. Love, marriage, romance, monogamy. And she thought that the logical extension of that would be to take a look at what happens to the brain during a breakup. And she found that it has a profound effect on a very central part of what drives us as human beings. It's our center of our brain for motivation, reward, even, as you said, addiction. Here's what she told me.
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HELEN FISHER, RESEARCH PROFESSOR, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: The most important, I think, is a long pathway associated with profound cocaine addiction, also in area associated with nicotine addiction. So, it is an addiction. A perfectly wonderful addiction when things are going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when things are going poorly.
ROBERTS: So, when Robert Palmer is saying you're addicted to love or rock star music, love is the drug, it actually is --
FISHER: Absolutely. And, in fact, not only that but -- another part of the brain becomes active that is intense romantic love. So, you're intensely in love with this person. You're really craving them. Other areas associated with pain, physical pain, and the distress of pain and deep attachment to this person. So, you know, I mean, you're really in a bind.
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PHILLIPS: So, John, what did she say you should do after a breakup?
ROBERTS: You have to treat a breakup in the same way as you would trying to cure yourself of an addiction or even with health, being care of (ph) an addiction to things like cocaine or heroin or trying to stop smoking. You have to get away from the person who was causing you so much pain. And not just physically, but in terms of memories and a little items that remind you of that person, put away all of the letters or e-mails or whatever you're communicating with, put away all of the photographs, put away all of the things that remind you of that person because it's just going to reinforce the nature of the addiction.
It's like going cold turkey, she says. You just have to get away from it all. And if you go to see a therapist about it, that therapist has to treat it like an addiction and also potentially opens up a pathway for treating a breakup you would in addiction pharmaceutically. So, that maybe at some point in the future, there'll be some sort of drug that you can take to help you get over that person. But she does caution, however, Kyra, that the serotonin reuptake inhibitors, these anti-depressants that are so popular these days are not the way to do it because they deaden those neuro pathways to the point where they might make it difficult for you to fall in love again.
PHILLIPS: You don't want to miss that opportunity, right?
ROBERTS: Not if it was so great the first time around, right? Why would -- why would you want to limit your options?
PHILLIPS: There you go. Thanks, John.
Let's check our top stories right now. The military charging U.S. soldier in Iraq with leaking classified information. Suspected of transferring a video of a military operation into his personal computer. That footage shows a 2007 helicopter attack near Baghdad that killed dozens of civilians, including two journalists from the Reuters news service. The aerial footage was posted by the website, wikileaks.
In Oklahoma, a desperate search for a 13-year-old boy resumes today. Emergency workers feared that he drowned after falling into a creek swollen by heavy rains. The rescuers were able to save another teen who fell into those waters as well. No relief in sight in the northeast. Another day of triple-digit temps. Excessive heat warnings have been issued for places like Philly, Trenton, New Jersey, and parts of Delaware.
Jay Leno is sure feeling the heat, too.
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JAY LENO, HOST, "THE TONIGHT SHOW": The east coast is suffering from just a terrible heat wave. Over 100 degrees. People are sweating like Mel Gibson at the Apollo. That's how bad -- whoo. Man. It was hot. Back on Wall Street, stock brokers are jumping out the window just for the cool breeze on the way down. It was so hot, Al Gore requested a masseuse with cold hands. That's how hot it was. In fact -- this week, Queen Elizabeth visited the New York City this week. Did you see her in Central Park? Even she was trying to cool off. Show the queen in Central Park there. Look at this. Yes.
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PHILLIPS: D.C. versus Arizona. It's on. The Department of Justice suing the state over its tough new immigration law. Among other things, the law requires police to question people they think might be in the country illegally. The feds argue that states aren't allowed to make up their own immigration laws. The law supporters say the feds are no help securing the border and have forced Arizona to act on its own. The law and the lawsuit were hot topics on "Anderson Cooper 360" last night. Dr. Sanjay Gupta filling in.
SHERIFF PAUL BABEU, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: If the federal government did what they explained in great detail in this brief about the supremacy clause and that this is our job, do your job. Secure the border and enforce our -- the laws of the land. And if we had done that, we're talking about not just 100,000 people here that are coming in illegally, we're talking the border patrol. Their numbers say in excess of a half a million just here in Arizona.
So, if we had a half a million or a million people that we say let's send them to Chicago where the president is from, how quickly would this problem be addressed? And so, this is -- has been looked at as a political issue as opposed to a national security and a public safety issue for the state of Arizona. And for us, this is not an immigration law. This is an Arizona law which is a class one misdemeanor for trespassing.
SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: And with regard to this specifically, Jeff, is there a precedent to how this ends up getting resolved? I mean, how do you see this playing out now?
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Well, I think this is going to go up the appeals chain. I mean, I think this is going to go to the District Court in Arizona first but it is likely then to be appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals and very likely to the Supreme Court. I would like to take issue a little bit with what the sheriff said. Just because the federal government has not been fully successful in immigration, that's not necessarily a legal justification for overruling the Supremacy Clause.
If, for example, Mexico was really, you know, crossing the border and doing terrible things to people in Arizona, that wouldn't be Arizona's right to declare war in Mexico. The law says there are certain areas that are just reserved for the federal government even if the federal government isn't doing the best job at it.
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PHILLIPS: Now, the law called SB 1070 is supposed to take effect three weeks from tomorrow. We are going to talk more about this next hour.
And one restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona, I had to go there. It had to create the SB 1070 sushi roll; a Mexican flag on one end and Arizona on the other and the clearly defined border. The owner says you are welcome to cross. No need to sue over the sushi. It actually looks pretty darned good.
So do you feel as sorry for sweet little Lindsay Lohan as I do? The poor thing won't able to party or get any cosmetic surgery for weeks. Whatever will she do?
Let's talk about her new starring role. Call it 90 days in the Pokie (ph).
And a reality check for baby boomers, a Beatle now 70 years old. That's right, Ringo Starr. Born 70 years ago today in Liverpool, England. He was Baby Richard Starkey back then. If you're a big Beatles fan, you already knew that. He wants you to stop what you're doing at noon. Hold up two fingers and say peace and love.
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PHILLIPS: Well, you know what, Shirley Temple didn't thumb her nose at the law and end up in jail. I'm just saying. Did you see Lindsay Lohan start bawling when the judge told her that she would have to spend 90 days in jail for violating her probation? It completely ruined her makeup.
Well, do you feel sorry for her? As much as, you know, not one bit, right? Soap box time here for a second.
With the economy and job market the way it is. Honestly, law abiding people out there losing their jobs, homes, hope, an entire region directly suffering from the Gulf oil disaster. I don't think we've got very much sympathy left for a rich and infamous starlet who didn't bother to show up for alcohol counseling.
Welcome to rock bottom, Lindsay.
Larry King asked her dad what he thinks about all this drama. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
LARRY KING, HOST, "LARRY KING LIVE": What's your reaction to the sentence?
MICHAEL LOHAN, LINDSAY LOHAN'S FATHER: Dismayed, but at the same time a little satisfaction that she's going to a rehab. But the last thing in the world I wanted was my daughter to go to jail.
KING: Do you think 90 days was harsh?
LOHAN: Mr. King --
KING: Just call me Larry.
LOHAN: Larry, any time in jail is harsh, especially for a young lady like Lindsay who doesn't need jail.
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PHILLIPS: All right, we've all heard about how hard it can be to be a child star. But do you actually think that the current crop of young stars is brattier than say, the Brat Pack? A little too addicted to shallow drama?
So talk to me, do you think little miss thing got what she deserved? Did she deserve more? Less maybe, go to CNN.com/kyra and tell me what you think about all this?
All right, we've got a lot cooking in the CNN NEWSROOM in the next hour. Let's check in with our correspondents to see what they're working on. We begin with Matthew Chance. He's in Moscow -- Matthew.
MATTHEY CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi Kyra, I'll be reporting from the Russian capital; a new twist in the U.S./Russia spy scandal at the top of the hour.
ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: I'm Rob Marciano in the CNN Severe Weather Center. Severe heat today again across the northeast, and it'll be sliding down to the south. Plus we have what could be our next tropical storm brewing or about to brew in the Gulf of Mexico; that's coming up in the next hour.
CASEY WIAN, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Casey Wian reporting from San Francisco. I'll have the latest on Arizona's controversial anti- illegal immigration law and the battle with the federal government. It's now moving to the federal courts -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Thanks guys.
A new Black Panthers in military style uniforms outside the polling place in Philadelphia, voter intimidation charges seriously scaled back. Now, an ex-Justice Department lawyer is flinging some fiery accusations about double standards when it comes to race and Civil Rights.
You'll hear from him at the bottom of the hour.
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PHILLIPS: Ok. He doesn't own a computer, but a friendly face at a local Wal-Mart is becoming a Facebook sensation.
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CLYDE SMITH, WALMART GREETER: Everybody loves somebody sometime.
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PHILLIPS: You can see how lovable 77-year-old Clyde Smith is. He's nice to every person that walks through at the Wal-Mart in Missouri. We're talking so nice that one man even tipped him.
It's those stories that have drawn the online crowds. As of this hour, Smitty has 5,970 fans on Facebook.
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MACKENZIE WESTPHAL, STARTED SMITTY'S FACEBOOK PAGE: Before this whole thing started, he didn't even know what Facebook was.
SMITH: Every day they come in the store and they say you're on Facebook. I said I am? What is that?
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PHILLIPS: All right. Well, do you need a friend? Now, you can actually rent one. That's right. No joke. At least, that's what a Web site promises. And we rented Josh Levs for this segment.
So tell us a little bit more about it. How much is it costing us? Are you expensive?
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JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Look at this, you can rent these people to be your friend.
PHILLIPS: You didn't answer my question. Are you expensive? How much are you costing us?
LEVS: We'll talk about that after the show.
PHILLIPS: Ok. Good.
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LEVS: Cool, extra cash for me.
So can you believe this? Rent a friend. I mean you would think that some things are not purchasable. But look. This is a new Web site that everyone's talking about right now. And it's legit. This is not a joke. And actually, it gets really interesting. We go on here and you can sign up. And there's a couple of different ways to do it. There is a charge for it once you sign up and I've got the rates here; $25 for 30 days or $70 for the whole year. You search for a friend, someone to hang out with and then it gives you information about them.
And, I guess, when you're choosing a friend, there are certain things you need to know like you need to know your friend's eye color and height and body type. And they have all these profiles on here depending on where you live.
Now, you might wonder why would someone do this? They have a video on the Web site in which they give you some examples of why you might want to do this.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Perhaps you're traveling to a new city and would like a local to show you around town. Maybe you would like to hire someone to accompany you to an event or social function. You can rent a friend to teach you a new skill, hobby or to go with to you a movie or restaurant.
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LEVS: I'll tell you, they do have some testimonies on the Web site of people who say I was in a new city. I wanted to check it out. It was nice to be able to reach out to this Web site and find someone.
Our affiliate went out and talked to some people and they didn't find someone who's actually used this. As you can imagine, people not really coming forward to say, yes, I've hired someone to be my friend.
But there is someone they found who said he really likes the idea of it just not the charge. Take a look.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: John (INAUDIBLE) told 22News if it weren't for the price tag attached, he'd be interested in finding a friend to keep him company every once in a while.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sit down and talk, play cards, whatever the case may be; that would be awesome in my opinion.
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LEVS: You can picture some ideas why people might want to check it out, I guess. Is this really a friend when you are actually paying a person? People can have that debate.
Let me show you a few things from the Web site. It's all at rentafriend.com. They give you all these profiles. You type in your zip code and I just went and typed in Central Park, New York because I know there's so many people there. I figured there would be a lot of profiles that come up. And here they are. Along with this, not only do you get these individual profiles but you also get these testimonials I was just mentioning. People talking about their own situation. Someone wanted a movie buddy. Someone wanted a tour guide. Someone else wanted a fellow dancer or a workout partner. So this seems to be taking off for at least some people.
We're curious what you think about it. And here's how you can weigh in today. We're having this conversation on Facebook and Twitter. I'm at JoshLevsCNN. Let us know. Is this the economy going too far? Is it unfortunate? Or you know what -- is it a great idea for people out there traveling to a new place, don't know anyone yet and want someone to play the role of a friend at least.
Oh, and by the way, I feel you're going to be interested in this. After you paid that rate to join the Web site and have access to all these people, you then pay an hourly rate to the person to be your friend. And some people out there who don't have jobs right now are signing up and making themselves available as a friend for those, you know, want to pay the friend.
PHILLIPS: Things have definitely changed back when we were kids and there was the party line. Remember that?
LEVS: No.
PHILLIPS: That's right. You're younger than I am. Sorry.
LEVS: No.
PHILLIPS: Josh, I'll talk to you later.
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PHILLIPS: All right. You'll check later. Thank you.
