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Brazilian Floods Kill 549; New Loughner Video Released; JFK Photos Untouched Until Now; Apps Stealing Your Info?; Surfer Excels Despite Amputation
Aired January 15, 2011 - 19:00 ET
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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: It is your Saturday night and we've got the stories to help you enjoy your night off.
First off, it's been a half century since JFK's inauguration. And never-before-seen photos of Camelot are being released for the first time on this show. It is a CNN exclusive.
An athlete who can kite-surf like you have never seen before. But wait until you hear his personal story. You'll appreciate him even more. Trust me.
And how is your iPhone? Beware: there are new apps that enable your device to spy on you.
And haven't quite decided where to go tonight for a dinner or a drink? And we got the place for you.
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LEMON: Playground for adults.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Very much so.
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LEMON: A trend popping up all over the U.S. and you can go right after this show.
Good evening, everyone. I'm Don Lemon at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.
A lot of news right now. So, let's get you caught up on the news.
We start with an update from Arizona. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is off the ventilator and breathing on her own through a tracheotomy tube. That's according to doctors.
And Tucson supermarket where she was shot along with 18 other people was reopened. In a few moments, you'll hear from the alleged shooter Jared Loughner in his own words for the first time in a newly released video. And we'll go to Tucson for a live report. That's a little bit later on.
But next, the tense quiet in North African nation of Tunisia after days of unrest. The long-time ruler of the country has fled to Saudi Arabia. The speaker of parliament is now an interim president. Tunis TV reports new elections will be held in 60 days.
CNN's Ben Wedeman is now in Tunis, and during a nail biting taxi ride, through numerous military checkpoints from the airport to a downtown hotel, Ben reports seeing many young men kneeling while the military clamps down on looting and violence.
Up next, an intense manhunt is under way for a man suspected of killing a New Jersey police officer. Lakewood officer Christopher Matlosz was shot at point blank range Friday as he questioned a man from his patrol car. Authorities have identified the gunman as 19- year-old Jahmell Crockham.
Earlier, I spoke with the Ocean County prosecutor. She described how police believe the shooting happened.
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MARLENE LYNCH FORD, OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. PROSECUTOR (via telephone): From our investigation so far, it appears that Officer Matlosz was conducting a routine patrol stop to talk to this pedestrian. The pedestrian who we believe was the defendant, Jahmell Crockham and that for reasons that, you know, only known by the defendant now, he stepped back and opened fire.
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LEMON: Details are still coming in for the story and we're going to follow up and we'll bring you the latest developments as they happen.
Next, Michael Steel is out. Reince Priebus is in. The new Republican Party chairman attended a congressional retreat today in Baltimore where he told Republican members of Congress that he is eager to earn their trust. Priebus is a former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party.
His victory means the end of Steele sometimes stormy tenure. Priebus defeated Steele and several other candidates yesterday in the seventh round of voting.
Next, the mother of a missing teen says she is stunned to learn the circumstances leading up to her daughter's disappearance. Seventeen- year-old Phylicia Barnes, an honor student from North Carolina has been missing since December 28th while visiting a half sister in Baltimore. Her mother says she has now learned about 20 different men were in and out of the apartment where her daughter was staying and alcohol was present.
Next, a holy time turns tragic in India after a stampede kills 100 people. Pilgrims were coming from a Hindu religious ceremony when a vehicle overturned on a narrow stretch of forest triggering the chaos. It happened about file miles from a temple in southern India. Fourteen people suffered injuries. Several stampedes have occurred before in India because of larger crowds in tight areas. A fugitive on the run for 30 years now under arrest. U.S. Marshal Service says Ian Jackson McDonald faked a heart attack in prison back in 1980 and escaped from a Florida hospital. At the time, he was awaiting extradition to Canada to face marijuana smuggling charges. Investigators recently learned he was living in a mobile home in rural Florida and that's where they found him on Tuesday. He reportedly told them, quote, "I wondered when this day would come."
Up next, star followers are up in arms over a proposal that says the zodiac signs are wrong. An astronomer in Minnesota reasons because -- there's a reason because of the moon's gravity, the constellation that's the signs are based on are not actually where astrologists think they are now. So most people who think they were born under Pisces, for instance, are actually Aquarius. That would be me. The astronomer also reasons that 13th constellation is needed. It is called Ophiuchus, something like that.
Three U.S. troops were killed in Iraq today. Two were shot to death when an Iraqi soldier opened fire during a training event in the northern city of Mosul. The attacker was then killed in the firefight. That's according to the U.S. military. The third U.S. service member was killed while conducting operations in central Iraq. About 48,000 U.S. troops remain in the country as advisors and trainers.
More than 80 people in Ohio had to be rescued from a malfunctioning ski lift this afternoon. The lift at Alpine Valley near Chesterland, Ohio, stopped working at about 2:00, stranding skiers up to 30 feet off the ground for more than an hour. They had to be rescued by firefighters using ropes and ladders. Our affiliate WJW reports authorities are not aware of any injuries in that event.
Catastrophic flooding across a wide area of Australia has claimed at least 16 lives. Dozens of people are missing. It's even worse in Brazil, though. Torrential rains, flooding and mudslides are blamed for the killing -- for killing at least 549 people, most of them are in a mountainous area in the northeast of Rio de Janeiro.
CNN's Helena de Moura joins us now by phone. She is in the stricken area.
Helena, it is unbelievable what we're seeing here. Take us through it and tell us what you're seeing.
HELENA DE MOURA, CNN PRODUCER (via telephone): It really is unbelievable and sometimes it's really hard to explain what it's like to be in these areas because it's not only the scene, but what you hear from people. You hear just horrible stories, kind of like you saw in Katrina where every individual is basically a book.
I saw a woman who was telling me about seeing her 2-month-old baby just washed away in the floods. And she tried to save her baby and she couldn't.
And I saw, again, neighbors trying to help each other and, you know, seeing their loved ones die right before them. This is something out of a really science fiction film. Today is day four, of course, since the tragedy, since the -- what they call the tsunami in the skies. That was when basically mudslides and flash floods created this sort of avalanche of huge boulders that just basically catapulted from these mountains and crashed into homes, crashed into cars, killing people instantly -- Don.
LEMON: And, Helena, you saw -- you were able to see the devastation from Hurricane Katrina here in the U.S. People are comparing the flooding there. Is this -- can you even compare it? Is this much worse than that?
DE MOURA: You know, I'm still in a bit of shock from being there. It's just too hard to compare two horrific natural disasters. But what I can tell you here that it's definitely, it shocked this nation. Today, the newly elected president, Dilma Rousseff, declared a day of mourning. Actually, two days of mourning -- and as a death toll reaches more than 500.
Of course, we're hearing some other numbers from local reports. Some people reporting up to 615 dead right now. But, of course, we're going to seat numbers rise as the days go by -- Don.
LEMON: We'll be following. Helena de Moura, reporting from Brazil -- unbelievable. Thank you.
Coming up on CNN --
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ALAN DUKE, CNN PRODUCER: Oh, the kids.
KEYA MORGAN, KENNEDY COLLECTOR: There are the kids. There's Caroline.
DUKE: Wow.
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LEMON: Never-before-seen JFK photos are being released for the first time in 50 years. It is a CNN exclusive. And you're going to see them straight ahead.
And take a look at this sinking yacht caught on camera. You'll see it play out, next on CNN.
I'm online and I know you're online, too. So, check out my social media accounts. Let's connect.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, my God.
(END VIDEO CLIP) LEMON: Check out this heart-pounding video from Australia. That is a yacht going down in the flooded Brisbane River. The owner was briefly dragged underwater but was rescued with only minor injuries.
This is how it happened: after days of heavy flooding, the powerful current yanked the yacht from its moorings. Underwater debris punched a hole in the haul and it quickly sank. This is what Australians have been facing -- massive raging rivers of mud covering a large area. Australian authorities confirm at least 16 deaths in the catastrophic flooding and dozens more are missing. Receding waters have left behind thick mud that could take months to clean up.
I want you to take a look at this -- President Kennedy being handed a portrait of President Lincoln. It's part of a rare collection of photos being released for the very first time. You'll see much, much more -- straight ahead.
And the latest on the shooting terror in Arizona. You'll hear from the alleged shooter in his own words live report from Tucson, next.
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LEMON: Right now, you're going to hear the alleged Safeway shooter Jared Loughner in his own words. We're getting a new look at a video reportedly shot and narrated by him. It is a rambling rant-filled tour of a Pima County Community College campus.
Our Susan Candiotti walks us through it.
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JARED LOUGHNER, ALLEGED SHOOTER: This is my genocide school, where I'm going to be homeless because of this school.
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's creepy and it's confusing.
LOUGHNER: If the student is unable to locate the external universe, then the student is unable to locate the internal universe. Where is all my subjects?
CANDIOTTI: With a guitar occasionally strumming in the background, Jared Loughner walks through Pima Community College campus at night, shooting video as he goes. He appears to come across a professor he knows.
LOUGHNER: How's it going? Thanks for the B -- I'm pissed off.
I lost my freedom of speech to that guy. And this is what happens. And I'm in a terrible place.
CANDIOTTI: He rails against the school.
LOUGHNER: This is Pima Community College, one of the biggest scams in America.
CANDIOTTI: A glass door catches a quick reflection of Loughner.
LOUGHNER: We're examining the torture of students. We're looking at students who have been tortured.
CANDIOTTI: He approaches a campus police office.
LOUGHNER: This is the police station. This is where the whole "shaboozie" goes down with illegal activity.
GARY SCHWARTZ, PYSCHOLOGY PROFESSOR, UNIV. OF ARIZONA: We get to se both his sickness and his sadness.
CANDIOTTI: University of Arizona psychology professor Gary Schwartz looked at the video with us.
SCHWARTZ: On the one hand, he is describing physical reality in terms of what's present. He says there's a police station and that's a police station. On the other hand, the interpretations that he's making about those places is clearly certainly not mainstream thought.
LOUGHNER: All the teachers that you have are being paid illegally and have illegal authority over the Constitution of the United States under the First Amendment.
CANDIOTTI: Professor Schwartz takes a broader view of Loughner's video and people with troubled minds.
SCHWARTZ: We should have compassion for them at the same time that we need to protect ourselves and our loved ones.
CANDIOTTI (on camera): And get them help? And get them help.
SCHWARTZ: Absolutely, get them help.
LOUGHNER: This is genocide in America. Thank you. This is Jared from Pima College.
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LEMON: Wow. Susan Candiotti joins us now live from Tucson.
Susan, how did the college get hold of this tape?
CANDIOTTI: Well, it had been posted on YouTube. The college became aware of it. And then it was taken down.
Now, it's one of the reasons that the college used to suspend Jared Loughner. But you remember that he left on his own eventually. The school had told him that he couldn't come back unless he had a note from his doctor saying that he would not be someone who would be unsafe to others.
LEMON: And then we're hearing some new information, Susan. Tell us about this picture of Loughner in a G-string. What's that all about?
CANDIOTTI: Well, this one is just hard to put a finger on and hard to explain. But a law enforcement source tells us that, in fact, Loughner took a picture of himself apparently just a few hours before the shooting and that's when he had the film developed just a few hours before the shooting. And he is posing wearing only a red G- string. And he's holding a .9 millimeter weapon and he's using it to cover his private area.
LEMON: And, Susan, we're used to seeing the memorial at the hospital. But at this supermarket now, I see there's memorial behind you?
CANDIOTTI: That's right. It's been one week to the day when that shooting happened. And this is the first day that grocery store is fully been able to reopen. And people here set up a makeshift shrine. There was a moment of silence at the time that the shooting occurred this morning and very emotional. A lot of people here for that event, and a lot of people are supporting this store and the whole shopping center.
LEMON: Susan Candiotti live in Tucson -- thank you very much, Susan.
Boxes and boxes of never-before-seen photos of President Kennedy are unveiled. Our CNN exclusive is just ahead.
Plus, if you're looking for a cool place to spend a Saturday night, I'll show you one that's for adults.
And I want you to watch this.
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LEMON: Your viral videos -- next.
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LEMON: Look what's gone viral now. If you think you've had snow problems, I want you to check this out.
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LEMON: We're not experts. But this guy is doing it wrong, don't you think? Fortunately, you can see, he wasn't hurt. A word to the wise though: if you're going to clear snow off the roof, just remember what happened to this guy -- keep this picture in your head, will you? Don't do it. Don't do it.
You know everybody likes a snowy hill, right? Even this dog found she could sled down hill by just flopping down and letting gravity take over. And when she got to the bottom, she did what every kid does. She ran back to the top. And then she did it again. She is cute.
All right. So, bowling enthusiasts, eat your heart out. This guy could not miss. He nailed one strike after another. His name is Josh Scanlan. And he was trying out for the team USA bowling team. And then he makes this impossible shot in the ninth frame.
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LEMON: Wow. That's amazing. Look at that again.
As impressive as this is, knocking down the pins in another lane even a strike does not count. So, he didn't make the team. But he is a viral video star. Oh, well, he's some fame now (ph). Fifteen minutes.
You know, they spent a half century unseen. Tens of thousands of photos of President John F. Kennedy were put in boxes immediately after they were taken. And now, as the 50th anniversary of his inauguration approaches, you'll see some of them in a CNN exclusive.
Our Alan Duke joins collector Keya Morgan as boxes of these gems of presidential history see light for the first time in decades.
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ALAN DUKE, CNN PRODUCER: So, we're on our way to look at the boxes, a number of boxes holding about 15,000 photographs that many of them have never been seen except by the photographer. And that may be 50 years ago.
Oh, the kids.
KEYA MORGAN, KENNEDY COLLECTOR: There are the kids. There's Caroline.
DUKE: Wow.
MORGAN: And it's incredible. Look at that.
DUKE: The Army-Navy game.
MORGAN: Oh, there's Rose Kennedy.
DUKE: Wow.
MORGAN: That's the mother. The great matriarch, power house of the family.
DUKE: Oh, he's visiting NASA. Is this Houston?
MORGAN: Yes. NASA.
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MORGAN: That looks like Alan, is that? Not Alan Shepard --
DUKE: Yes, that's John Glenn.
MORGAN: John Glenn.
DUKE: So, there he is with Friendship 7 astronaut John Glenn at the NASA Center in Houston.
It seemed like the President Kennedy trusted the photographer, his photographer, much more than you would ever imagine. MORGAN: Exactly. Yes. I mean, Cecil was with President Kennedy, with Jack Kennedy, basically all the time and even in some, you know, fairly intimate moments.
So, it is shocking at the incredible volume of photos that he took and some of them which are highly, highly sensitive and highly private, you know? I mean, there's even photos that probably can't be seen on air, you know? So, he did -- he was there all the time.
DUKE: There he is in the White House. There's Jackie. These look like earlier ones. These are probably all of them sort of sequential at the same events.
MORGAN: Right. And he's like moving around.
DUKE: Now, turn one around and let's see what it says.
MORGAN: Yes, absolutely.
DUKE: It looks like he's at a graduation.
MORGAN: Yes.
DUKE: So this would have been in 19 --
MORGAN: 1962.
DUKE: -- 62.
MORGAN: And that's the serial number. So, he knows the exact location, time, day, month, everything. He did a very thorough job as far as documenting the times and days and everything he was doing.
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LEMON: I want you to stick around. The owner of these first seen photos joins me on the other side of the break. We'll show you more moments of Kennedy's private and public life that you have not seen before.
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LEMON: I was just reading your tweets about the Kennedy segment that we're about to do right now. And someone said, "When I was a kid, I was told to dress like Jackie O. I always wanted to be like her."
OK. Get your popcorn, because as promised, you'll meet the man who owns tens of thousands of JFK photos revealed exclusively tonight on CNN. You're going to see them right now.
Keya Morgan, collector and filmmaker, joins us live from Los Angeles.
Keya, you specialize in Abe Lincoln --
MORGAN: Hi there. LEMON: -- and Frederick Douglass collectibles. And now, you boast the largest private collection of Kennedy photos in the world. So, as a Kennedy enthusiast, was your heart about to explode out of your chest when you were pulling out these photos of Kennedy that have not been touched in decades?
MORGAN: Absolutely. It was absolutely incredible. It was like having multiple orgasms simultaneously, which was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had, to see thousands and thousands of photographs. Usually, I just buy one or two photographs. They cost like $1,000 and I tell everybody about it.
But to see 15,000 or 20,000 photographs all original from the 18 -- sorry, 1960s, I'm thinking Lincoln now, you know, that's -- it's just very, very exciting. There was also letters, negatives, and most of them have never been seen before.
LEMON: Yes.
MORGAN: You know, good quantity, 80 percent, 90 percent of them have never been seen before. And that's because they're just, you know, the quantity is too much. So --
LEMON: Well, multiple. You really enjoyed those. So, listen, I understand --
MORGAN: It was something that's incredible.
LEMON: Huh?
MORGAN: Well, I mean, it was really incredible. I mean, as a collector, it's quite something to see that many. It's overwhelming.
LEMON: OK. Well, you made me blush. I'm turning rust. So listen, you have gone through about 1,000 of these photos so far. You got some amazing moments here like Kennedy with the nuclear weapons and a machine gun.
MORGAN: Right. Yes. I mean here's a peace president who won a Pulitzer and you know, who is known for this incredible peaceful guy and he's holding a machine gun in the White House. Of course, it's only interesting. I mean, he was a very peaceful guy. But there are many incredible photos. I mean there is just so many - you know, there are private moments with the kids. There's, you know, public events. There's just so many different ones. Yes.
LEMON: Talk to me about this one. Because with, you know, the Martin Luther King holiday coming up, this one is apropos, there is a special Kennedy moment, an M.L.K. moment, I should say, among these photographs.
MORGAN: Yes. There's a really moving one that I thought was very moving. You know, I also collect African-American historical photos. And there's one with all these African-American ladies basically surrounding President Kennedy. And this right around the whole, you know, civil rights era. So it's really fascinating to see these African-American ladies handing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln to, you know, President Kennedy and the smile and expression on this lady's face when she's looking at President Kennedy and how proud she is and how happy she is, I just, you know, I think it speaks volumes. And they say a picture, you know, speaks 1,000 words. I mean it really does.
I mean, when you see the expression on this lady's face and there's multiple photos like that. Again, there's thousands of them, it will take me, you know, probably the next five years to go through them one by one and try to catalog them. And that's with a staff of like five people. And I'm definitely going to do a documentary with it and we're also putting the images on Lincoln images.com. We will license the photographs.
LEMON: Yes. You can you go to cnn.com/don and there is a link to where can you see many of these images and see our story as well. I like seeing the ladies there in their hats and their dressed to the nines. I call those, you know, some people say that the greatest generation. They are the classy generation, the civil rights - the people of the civil rights era.
MORGAN: Very classy.
LEMON: And there are lots of family photos here. I saw the one with John Jr. under the desk in the Oval Office. We've seen that. There's more.
MORGAN: Yes. You know, it's funny how I first heard about Cecil Stone and these photographs. The very first time John Kennedy Jr. called me and said there is a photo of me under the desk. He called me like maybe 10:00, 9:00 at night. He was one of my clients and I was very friendly with him.
Long story short, he said I need it by tomorrow, by noon. But he said "it's not the famous one of me under the desk, it is another one, taken by another photographer, not by the same one." That is the first time I heard about President, you know, Kennedy's photographer Cecil Stone. So then, after that, it was really, you know, a learning process about the whole thing.
But there are many incredible photos. There is one of Caroline under the desk which probably most people have not seen in the United States which is really sort of surprising. We've all seen, you know, John under the desk. But it was interesting to see Caroline also under the desk. And for me, you know, it's definitely - I think one of the - there it is. There is Caroline.
LEMON: That's both of them. Caroline and John-John. Both under the desk.
MORGAN: That's only Caroline and there's another girl. That's not John. But also what's fascinating to me is, you know, being a Lincoln historian and specializing in Lincoln, I just though it's fascinating to be able to know his photographer and get to know these people.
It's like going back in time during the time of Abraham Lincoln and meeting Matthew Brady. So that is really another thing that really fascinated me by the whole collection other than wanting to do the documentary, you know, and in the 2000s, around 2005, I contacted Cecil. Because, you know, there was a Maryland photo he had with John F. Kennedy that I'm doing for the documentary, "Murder on Fifth Helena Drive" about Marilyn Monroe's death.
LEMON: Let me ask you this. Do you know who the girl is with Caroline under the desk?
MORGAN: I'm not sure who she is. She is probably either a friend or she's probably like another Kennedy, you know, cousin or something. Definitely not, you know, John John.
LEMON: I bet some of the Kennedys are seeing these for the first time and -
MORGAN: Absolutely. Oh, absolutely. I mean I do know a few of them. And, you know, there are many photos, many that they've never seen that I've never seen and historians haven't. You know, there are just so many. The volume is incredible. There is only 100 -
LEMON: Right there.
MORGAN: Oh, yes. A private moment. And there are only 129 photos of Abraham Lincoln. When you compare that to John F. Kennedy, 100 years exactly later. It is quite staggering and shocking to see, you know, thousands and thousands. There is Haile Selassie, the incarnation of Christ who was the leader of the Ethiopians.
LEMON: Yes.
MORGAN: That's Rose Kennedy. But that was very interesting to see Haile Selassie and believe is the incarnation of Christ. And he was actually the president of Ethiopia. So that was very interesting. You know, many millions of people believe, you know, in this man in a religious sense.
LEMON: Keya, Haile Selassie, I'm looking at these pictures on a very small monitor here. You're probably looking at them on a giant screen. But they're beautiful pictures. I want to know, how did you get these photos? And what do you think they're worth?
MORGAN: Well, I mean I bought some of them while Cecil was still alive, a small percentage. 300 or 400. And then recently I bought at auction, you know, the thousands and thousands and added to my previous collection. And I mean it costs a lot. The collection in licensing and original photos is worth well over $1 million. And basically, they're a piece of history. I feel honored to be able to have them.
And I feel like I'm very, very lucky to be in a certain time where I was at the right place and the right time. And also thanks to John, god rest his soul. John Kennedy. He hated the word junior. So I won't call him junior. But John is the first person who actually told me about that one photo and that led me to explore and find out about the rest of them. LEMON: Let me ask you. There are some apparently - apparently there are some compromising photographs? Can you explain to us what they are. We probably cannot show them here on television.
MORGAN: Well, yes. I mean, that's probably for a whole other segment. But John F. Kennedy was very, you know, charming. He had a great smile. He was youthful. And he did have two different sides of him. He had the family side and he also had the fun side. And he was young. He was good looking. He was lean, mean, and he was probably a sex machine because some of these photographs I've seen are just quite shocking. But that's another segment.
LEMON: Cut to the chase. Give us - tell us what way - what you have, what you see.
MORGAN: Well, in those photos - again, I rather - that's a whole other segment. But if you read, for instance, Seymour Hirsch's "The Dark Side of Camelot," they get into extreme details. You know, he did - President Kennedy is well known to like the ladies of the night. And, you know, that was another side of him. Which probably has made him also very popular. Because he was good looking and he was sort of a playboy president. But I probably - I am doing a documentary in the future also called "Sex in the White House." And we're going to get more into that and some of the other things that happen up to Monica Lewinsky. But John F. Kennedy certainly was a quite good looking and playboy type of a president.
LEMON: All right.
Keya Morgan, thank you very much. And again, if you want a link to all these pictures, you can go to our web site here, go to our blog, cnn.com/don. Again, thanks to Keya Morgan. Very interesting stuff.
MORGAN: Thank you, Don. Thank you very much. Thanks.
LEMON: If you have a smart phone like most of us do, there you go, you probably got some really cool apps on it. But could those little programs actually be stealing your information? We're going to tell you.
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LEMON: All right. Everybody knows in the studio knows I love my iPhone, my iPad, my Blackberry. I have all of it. A lot more people are going to be carrying these around, these iPhones when they're available on Verizon starting next month.
That also means millions of dollars for companies that create apps. But could some of your favorite apps actually be spying on you? Let's ask tech whiz and CNN contributor, Katie Linendoll. Katie, hello. Is there a concern over privacy?
KATIE LINENDOLL, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Hello.
LEMON: With some of these smart apps and does it apply to all of these devices I have? LINENDOLL: I think the biggest concern is a lot of people, of course, are downloading apps and they're incredibly popular. But what people don't realize is that those application developers can actually take your data and sell it to third party companies. And I think that's the concern.
Interestingly enough in the past month, "The Wall Street Journal" really shed light on this situation doing an investigation of the top 101 most popular apps. And they found that 56 of these apps transmitted the phone's unique device ID to other companies. 47 transmitted the phone's location in some way. And five actually went ahead and sent gender, age, and other details to other outsiders.
Now in fairness, Android and Apple's marketplace are the biggest two in the market. They do have permission set up. But the problem here is and the concern is really the transparency between the consumer and the developer. It's like reading the terms and services on a credit card and when you sign up for a new software program. You're not reading through all of that and understanding what's going on. There has to be a more transparent and clear indicator of what data you're giving away.
LEMON: Yes, you just hit the thing. Do you accept because you want it. What can I do, what can any consumer, people watching do? Is there anything can you do to fight it?
LINENDOLL: It's tough. You know, with rise of cell phones and smart phones, 61.5 million Americans have smart phones. So what can we do with all of the apps? Well, sadly, there's not a lot can you do. But I think just in terms of media coverage and really shedding light on the situation is huge. And also it's interesting to note that in a lot of ways. I compared this to the Facebook privacy app situation. A lot of people didn't know it was happening until the reports started coming out. And once we have a better understanding, actually the government steps in and is actually reactive to new types of new media. I think we're going to see a lot more - a lot more transpire from this and actually Apple is under two lawsuits at the moment in terms of their breech of privacy.
And interesting, Don, mobile advertising it only accounts for about five percent of $23 billion in advertising in the industry. But this is a number significantly on the climb as we keep talking about, the number of individuals that are getting smart phones.
LEMON: I'm going through right now and I'm deleting all of my apps. It's the end of privacy as we know it, Katie Linendoll.
LINENDOLL: It was so much easier when we could just send and receive phone calls, Don. That era is gone.
LEMON: I know. It's amazing. Every time I pick up a phone that has a cord on it, like wow, this is so clear. It's amazing. You know? All right. Thank you, Katie Linendoll. Have a great Saturday night.
LINENDOLL: Good times.
LEMON: All right. Good times.
LINENDOLL: Thank you, you, too.
LEMON: Have you ever been kite surfing? I'm going to introduce you to a young man who does it extremely well. But his personal story behind the sport is setting him apart from other athletes. I think you'll find it fascinating. You're going to meet him, that straight ahead.
Plus, I'm going to show you a cool playground for adults. But first, I want to introduce you to a 14-year-old south boy in Latonia, Georgia. You're thinking high school, right? Well, Stephen Stafford is a sophomore at Morehouse College. CNN education contributor Steve Perry talks to Stephen and his family about what it was like being home schooled in tonight's "Perry's Principles."
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STEVE PERRY, CNN EDUCATION CONTRIBUTOR (voice-over): like any typical teen, Stephen Stafford loves video games. But unlike his peers, this 14-year-old is a sophomore at Atlanta's Morehouse College. Morehouse man?
STEPHEN STAFFORD, 14-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY: Teenage?
PERRY (on camera): What it is like to be a Morehouse teenager?
STAFFORD: I've been doing this for a while now. So it's normal for me. Not that big of a deal.
PERRY (voice-over): Well, Stephen and his sister, Martinique, were home schooled by their mom when they showed early promise.
STAFFORD: When I was in kindergarten, she had me reading second and third grade books. I was doing multiplication and division when I was in kindergarten.
PERRY (on camera): So what you would do is on some level accelerated your children's learning by not stopping them.
MICHELLE BROWN STAFFORD, STEPHEN'S MOTHER: Exactly. You have to be resourceful. There's just no way. I mean, because you become the teacher, the administrator. I mean you just really to pull the resources together. You have to - invest time in doing that.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you're not actively participating in their education in school, they're not going to succeed.
PERRY: What about those critics who say that you just pushing your kids too hard. Let them be a kid?
MICHELLE BROWN STAFFORD: We acknowledge that we have to develop the whole child. OK? But a lot of times parents tend to, you know, focus more on the socialization than the intellectual. There it is. We let them grow at their own pace, the emotional.
PERRY: What do you think about what you're doing in school?
STAFFORD: I think about getting the work done so I can come home and play.
PERRY (voice-over): Steve Perry, Lithonia, Georgia.
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LEMON: We have this just in to CNN. A surprising turn of events for one of the survivors of the mass shooting in Arizona. I want you to listen to this. Police say 63-year-old James Fuller has been involuntarily committed. He allegedly threatened a member of the Tucson Tea Party during a town hall meeting at a church earlier today.
Now according to the Pima County sheriff's office, he snapped a picture of the man and then said "you're dead." That's a quote. "You're dead." He's in the custody of the county mental health services right now. We'll continue to update you on that story.
Let's make a turn here on to much lighter news. If you're going out tonight, have we got a suggestion for you? All these cool spots are popping up around the country that take bar games to an entirely new level. They call them playgrounds for adults, if you will.
We hit one of our favorites. It's right here in Atlanta, we had a great time.
up around the country that take bar games to an entirely new level. They call them playgrounds for adults, if you will. We hit one of our favorites. It's called Ormsby's. It's right here in Atlanta, we had a great time.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I come here because there's a lot of energy, there's a lot of fun people and there's a lot of excitement.
LEMON: (on camera): What do you call this place? Is it a tavern? Is it a restaurant? Is it a bar? Is it an arcade for adults? What is it?
WARREN BRUNO, CO-OWNER, ORMSBY'S: I think it's an escape.
LEMON: you've got so many games here. You've got basketball, shuffle board. Why do you like this?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Because I'm good at sports. (INAUDIBLE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not electronic, it's not a lot of TVs. It's not a lot of in your face. But it's just s chance to play, talk to a friend, people, meet and mingle place.
LEMON: Everything old is new. It's like retro.
BRUNO: Absolutely.
MICHAEL GOT, CO-OWNER, ORMSBY'S: Everything we do is hand crafted, handmade, whether it's American, craft or microbrew kind of beers, I just want to drink a good beer with good people.
LEMON: Today you're 26.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm 26.
LEMON: You're having your birthday party here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm having my birthday party here.
LEMON: What do you tell people to come here on a Saturday night?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sure, yes. Absolutely.
LEMON: It's a playground for adults. (INAUDIBLE)
BRUNO: I always just want a place where I'd like to drink.
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LEMON: Still recovering from that. Lots of fun.
OK. When we come back, I'm going to introduce you to a young man who kite surfs professionally. Why is that a big deal? Wait until you meet him. You'll understand.
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LEMON: All right. Have you been surfing? You know it puts every limb to the test. That's why one Florida surfer's story is so exceptional. To look at him on land, you'd assume he can't do what you and I can but as the saying goes, looks are deceiving.
CNN's John Zarrella explains.
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JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Now and again, people like Sean Reyngoudt cross our path. In John's case, quite literally, jump across our path. John would take your breath away. Mike Walsh has seen it. He sponsors Sean on the professional kite surfing circuit.
(on camera): It's pretty remarkable, don't you think?
MIKE WALSH, SPONSOR: That's an understatement. It's discouraging for the rest of us, I don't have an excuse.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): You're probably saying so what? The kid is pretty good at kite surfing or wakeboarding but what's the big deal? Well, take a close look at the video. We'll slow it down for you. You see anything? No? OK, Sean, you explain. SEAN REYNGOUDT, AMPUTEE: It's funny when I kite surf, you know, I'll be out there doing all my tricks and everything, having a good time and when I come in the beach, people realized that I'm missing my leg and they're totally shocked by it.
ZARRELLA: In 2003, Sean was 19, in a freak forklift accident, he lost his left leg below the knee.
ESTHER REYNGOUDT, SEAN'S MOTHER: I was pretty scared. When I found out that he was going to lose his leg, I didn't think that he would ever be active the way he is now. But I'm very proud of him and what he's doing today. It's an amazing accomplishment.
ZARRELLA: Absolutely amazing. He took up kite surfing two years after his accident and today, he's the only handicapped professional kite surfer.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: I have basically all titanium components in here.
ZARRELLA: Before his accident, Sean ran track at Key West High School, loved fishing. After losing his leg, he went through the roller coaster of emotions. The day he got his prosthetic limb changed him.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: They were able to fit me the first day and I was running out of their office and it was a really unique feeling and I was super happy about it.
ZARRELLA (on camera): You probably haven't stopped running since.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: Exactly. You can't stop running.
ZARRELLA: I see that smile.
(VOICE-OVER): Sean is a humble young man, quietly inspirational.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: You know, I don't let it slow me down and that's something I think every amputee should do is just take full advantage of what you have, live life every day as you can and enjoy it.
ZARRELLA: Sean Reyngoudt is doing exactly that.
John Zarrella, CNN, Islamorada in the Florida Keys.
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LEMON: Cool, you have seen him in action, now Sean Reyngoudt is live for us from Southerland Keys, Florida. Sean, amazing. What do you want this story to tell people?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: You know, I just basically want to inspire people and get them off the couch and enjoy their life because they don't have long to live. Just push it as hard as you can and just enjoy whatever you're doing out there, and put a smile on people's faces, because it's going to make everybody else happy.
LEMON: Did you think your life was over when your leg had to be amputated?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: Yes, I did pretty much because I didn't know anything about prosthetics and I didn't know if I was ever able to ever run again or even just basic things like getting up and going to the refrigerator and getting food or anything. You take for granted what you have. So you got to appreciate everything you have and just be thankful.
LEMON: You said that when you got your leg, that you ran out of the doctor's office and never stopped running. So the first time you surfed successfully after your amputation, what did that feel like?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: Oh, it was an amazing feeling. I couldn't believe that I was still able to do some of the things that I, you know, did before and now I'm even exceeding what I did before and I don't know what to think about it. It's amazing that I have good support from my family and friends and (INAUDIBLE) I'm really happy about it, from every angle.
LEMON: Tell us about the challenges that your limitation causes while you're surfing?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: My leg is held on by suction, so if I lose suction, my leg will basically fall right off. I don't have a pin system like most other amputees do. And like I said, when I lose suction, my leg could fall off in the water and that could be a tragic thing for me.
LEMON: Does anything slow you down?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: Not really, I'm kind of always on the move. You know, stay busy with whatever work, helping people and training and whatnot and trying to stay busy.
LEMON: Do you do anything else that people wouldn't think possible?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: Recently I just started learning how to surf and I couldn't surf before I lost my leg so I'm picking up on that and I want to get into paragliding. I think that would be pretty cool, too.
LEMON: Oh, cool.
So listen, I want to show your buddy here, can we show Michael (INAUDIBLE) , he's the one who gave us the story. He's an avid surfer here. And a buddy of yours. He's very proud of you. He said he was watching the video saying "do you know how long it takes to be able to do a back flip like that?" How long did it take you?
SEAN REYNGOUDT: I don't know, I mean I did back flips a little bit before, but I didn't know that I could do them on the titan. But I would say maybe a couple of tries.
LEMON: Yes.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: The time frame I did it, I don't really remember that too much. I just kind of progress in the sport every day I go out.
LEMON: Well, listen, I grew up water skiing and I couldn't do that, what you're doing in my dreams. So you are an inspiration, sir.
Thanks, Sean Reyngoudt.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: Thank you very much.
LEMON: It's a pleasure meeting you.
SEAN REYNGOUDT: You too.
LEMON: The shooting in Tucson, Arizona has put the spotlight back on gun control. I want to tell you that coming up at 10:00 p.m. Eastern here on CNN, we're going to talk to Congresswoman Caroline McCarthy who unveiled legislation against high capacity magazines after her husband was killed in a random shooting.
I'm Don Lemon at the CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. CNN's special investigative report on the "Atlanta Child Murders" right now.
