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Chinese President Visits Washington; Police Respond to Shooting Incident at California High School; Earthquake in Pakistan; Chinese Pres. Arrives In U.S.; Airline Pilot Found Dead; Rapist On The Loose; Earthquake Rocks Southwest Pakistan; 'On the Case'
Aired January 18, 2011 - 16:00 ET
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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: And here we go, top of the hour. Hello once again to you. I'm Brooke Baldwin. Lots of news happening today, and I want to begin with this. Massive earthquake hitting Pakistan, magnitude 7.4.
Apparently, some of the tremors felt as far away as New Delhi in India, which is about 600 to 700 miles away.
And Chad Myers, again, this is the middle of the night.
CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yes.
BALDWIN: People asleep.
MYERS: Right.
BALDWIN: And they got hit.
MYERS: Probably in their homes, which is the worst place to be, right? You want to be outside and let things fall in your home around you when you're not there.
But that didn't happen, and this is a population map, and -- now, it's kind coarse, it's a little bit raw. But let's just get right to it, because it tells a major, very, very big story here. As the shaking occurred, still don't know how deep that was, that makes a big deal -- the makes a big difference.
If a shake is only three miles deep that means the surface really gets blasted. Now, if a quake is 200 miles deep there's a lot of padding before that shake actually gets all the way to the surface so things rumble and move, but a 7.4 shallow or a 7.4 deep significantly different.
It was a 7.0 that shook Haiti, and that was very shallow. That really shook. So let's go through the numbers here from the Geological Survey -- 11,000 people felt extreme shaking with very heavy damage -- 10,000 people felt just a little bit less than that -- 52,000 people felt severe shaking, and then when you get down here to the V. in the 4 and the 5, this is 4 and 5. These are Roman numerals.
So you're talking about millions of people, 2.4 million people, 1.7 million felt something, felt some shaking in the night. BALDWIN: And not only that. I'm just now told that some of our folks in our Abu Dhabi bureau in the UAE actually felt it. So we're efforting them on the phone to sort of try to describe that. But that's quite a bit away. Chad, I'm going to move on.
MYERS: Go ahead.
BALDWIN: But I have a feeling we will come back to you so we can get some more information on this earthquake there in Pakistan.
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BALDWIN: But we're also watching a moment at Andrews Air Force Base.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, there's his plane arriving in Maryland on this state visit here to the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden among several others standing there to greet him. Tonight, the White House will host an informal private dinner here for Hu and then tomorrow night they will hold the big headlining state dinner. We will keep an eye on this big picture there on Andrews Air Force Base.
Next, we're also following developments out of California. And here's what we know this hour. A high school student brought a gun to school in his backpack. He apparently dropped the bag. The gun went off. Bullets hit and wounded at least two other students. The teacher then picked up the phone, called 911. That suspect we can now tell you is in custody, and coming up we will give you a live report from that scene.
Next, trial begins for a TV executive accused of beheading his wife. Muzzammil Hassan has pleaded not guilty to the February 2009 killings. Hassan's wife filed for divorce less a week before her body was found at the Bridges TV studio. The two created the station to counter negative Muslim stereotypes.
Next, a shooting at a Wal-Mart in Florida, the whole thing caught on camera. Surveillance video shows an 18-year-old is shown falling to the ground after shooters hit him in the arm and the leg. Police say they have arrested and charged two guys in connection with the shooting. We're told the victim is OK.
Next, dozens and dozens of detectives are investigating the shooting tragedy there in Tucson, and we are talking FBI, Capitol Police, U.S. Marshals Service and Pima County Sheriff's Office. They're all there trying to figure out what sparked that massacre.
And get this. We're now told authorities have already interviewed more than 300 people. One fed official saying they are talking with everyone who ever came into contact with that shooting suspect, Jared Lee Loughner.
Next, Camden, New Jersey, laying off nearly half of its police force. On top of that, dozens of firefighters are also losing their jobs. This is all over the skyrocketing budget here. The mayor says the cuts will not affect public safety, but it's worth mentioning the city has the highest crime rate in the whole country.
Next, can you believe someone got out of this vehicle alive? Look at this picture. A state trooper and a good samaritan are being hailed as heroes today after they rescued a woman from this wreck, this fiery wreck over the weekend. The driver was pinned inside that vehicle. It was crashed. You saw, it crashed into that pole, caught fire. The two men managed to get her out seconds before the van was completely engulfed in flames.
Next, Lowell, Massachusetts, where a new mom is resting after giving birth, but she had some drama beforehand. When she pulled up to the emergency room at mind you 3:00 a.m. in labor, some guy stole her car. Listen to the police chief in Lowell.
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CAPT. KELLY RICHARDSON, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, POLICE DEPARTMENT: He tells her that she can't park there, it's illegally parked, but that he's the valet and that, if she wants, he will take the keys and move the cars for her.
So, basically, she is obviously in labor. She hands the keys over. He goes over, takes the car and steals it.
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BALDWIN: He took the keys. He was a fake valet parking attendant taking advantage of a woman in labor. Come on. At least there is some resolution. The carjacker did not know he was on surveillance camera, so police did find the car. They have not found him yet. Mom and new baby, at least they are doing well.
Next, bad guys, beware, Utah introducing its own crime-fighting blimp. Yes, blimp. It is loaded with a high-tech camera that send live video of license plate numbers and faces to police. It can actually fly 40 miles an hour for several hours at a time. Police will fly it at night over they say bad crimes.
Next, want to know how to avoid a shark attack? Make sure your wet suit is light blue or white. Why? Because sharks are colorblind, according to a new study out of Australia.
Next, back to the Pakistan quake.
Now joining me on the phone is Mustafa Al-Arab, a CNN editor in Dubai.
And, Mustafa, you felt tremors where you are?
MUSTAFA AL-ARAB, CNN EDITOR: Yes, Brooke. It was let's say a weak to a moderate shaking.
We felt -- we could see things shaking on our desks and on the roofs, but nothing fell from the desk or anything like that.
I took a tour downstairs (INAUDIBLE) here in Dubai. It's a bunch of buildings that four- or five-floor high. I saw that the security have asked the people, the few people who are still working, because now it's 1:00 a.m. here in Dubai...
BALDWIN: Mm-hmm.
AL-ARAB: So, I saw some people downstairs. They left their offices, and they were asked to do that by security -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: How far away? Can you give me a geographical estimate in terms of mileage, Mustafa, how many miles away you are in Dubai from this particular location in Pakistan?
AL-ARAB: Well, it's hard to say, but I could -- I could say that maybe it would take us three or four hours in an airplane.
BALDWIN: Three or four hours in an airplane, so quite a distance.
AL-ARAB: Yes, it's quite a distance.
Actually, we don't we don't feel earthquakes unless it's on the east -- eastern -- western shores of Iran. We rarely feel anything from Pakistan because of that distance. So, let me say that two years ago, there was a similar case here, when we felt such an earthquake.
It was also a moderate to weak earthquake, but, as you know, here in this city, it's a city of high buildings and towers. So people were a lot afraid for what's happening, so many of them stayed out for the night.
I'm now away from the residential area, so I don't know what's going on from there, but I can confirm that at least here in the way I'm -- in the place where I am staying, the security have asked people to leave the office for a while.
BALDWIN: Mustafa, I appreciate you calling in. I think that speaks volumes, that you several hours away via plane felt this earthquake in Pakistan. Thank you for calling in at 1:00 a.m. your time in Dubai.
And now to Reza Sayah.
Reza, tell me where you are and what you're learning.
REZA SAYAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm in the federal capital of Islamabad, which is north of the epicenter of this earthquake.
But we just spoke to an official at Pakistan's meteorological department. And he confirms a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit Southwest Pakistan around 1:23 a.m. local time here. That's roughly 50 minutes ago.
The official says the quake's epicenter is near Haran (ph), a town in the province of Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan, the epicenter of this quake 200 -- about 150 miles, I would say, southwest of the capital city of Quetta. We're monitoring television reports. They're saying this quake was felt hundreds of miles away in cities as far as the southern port city of Karachi, Lahore, Quetta. I know we have spoken to some people all the way in Dubai who say they have felt a tremor.
I spoke to one of our producers who is in the city of Larkana, which is about 200 miles north of Karachi. He said the quake woke him up. He described it as about 30 seconds of shaking. It's not clear at this point how much damage this quake has caused, but the good news is this area where this quake was centered is sparsely populated, not a lot of people living in this region.
BALDWIN: I understand there's a lot of orchards, orchards in the area.
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SAYAH: Yes, yes.
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SAYAH: And the bad news is the buildings that are there are not often solidly built structures, so they wouldn't stand a chance in a quake this strong.
We are monitoring local television reports. We haven't seen any pictures from the epicenter of this quake, but we are seeing live pictures from some of our affiliates in Karachi. And we're seeing cracked buildings, so obviously this is a quake, Brooke, 7.3, that has the potential to cause some serious damage.
BALDWIN: Certainly.
SAYAH: It's not clear at this point how much damage it has caused.
BALDWIN: Certainly. In fact, I have been handed a piece of paper telling me it's now been downgraded to 7.2 magnitude, 52 miles deep.
And I'm also told, and here finally some pictures -- these are the first pictures we're seeing, presumably, Angie, out of Pakistan, middle of the night there, people praying to the sky, running out of buildings, incredibly confused, fearful.
And, Reza, if you can speak at all to some of the -- you mentioned how the buildings precariously built by stone, but at least it is, you know, habitation perhaps not as great as some of these other cities because of the orchards, but there are also security implications.
This is right along the Pakistan/Afghan border, and this is a very active area for insurgents.
SAYAH: Yes, indeed it is. The insurgents here in Balochistan are different from the insurgents that we hear often in Pakistan's tribal region, which is north of this area. Those are the militants that are attacking U.S. and international soldiers across the border in Afghanistan.
The insurgents that are in Balochistan are fighting for the independence of that province. They are a little bit different than the militants that we often hear about in the news, but certainly security is a concern in that area.
But this -- this particular place, it hasn't seen much militant activity. Again, it's very sparsely populated. In fact, an entire province in Southwest Pakistan, Balochistan Province, is the most sparsely populated province in Pakistan.
BALDWIN: That is one piece of encouraging information, and, Reza, I heard the phone ringing behind you. I think a lot of people trying to get in touch with you. I will let you get off the phone. If you can get some more information, and we can bring you back on live CNN.
Reza Sayah for me in Islamabad, Pakistan -- Reza, I appreciate it.
And before we go to break, I just want to show you some more live pictures, Andrews Air Force Base there in Maryland as we are watching. The door has opened. The stairs have moved as they are waiting to receive the president of China, Hu Jintao. We will watch this picture.
Do we want to stay on the picture, guys? Let's get a break in. We will be right back.
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BALDWIN: All right. Live pictures. Huge group there you can see in the center of your picture. Vice President Joe Biden and who just came down the stairs is the president of China, 67-year-old Hu Jintao, a number of folks. You can see the left side of the screen, that's your air force band, greeted them, performing the national anthem a bit ago. And, they are also being greeted by the vice president's wife, Dr. Jill Biden and the chief of protocol is there as well.
Once he finishes through this scene, the President Hu will be taken to the Blair House exactly just across the street from the White House where he will be staying, where they put a lot of dignitaries up overnight by the White House. And this evening, President Hu and President Obama will have a private working dinner. Let's listen to this for just a moment.
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BALDWIN (voice-over): U.S. Air Force band playing the Chinese national anthem. A lot of, of course, pomp and circumstance involved in Hu's first state visit here. He's been to the United States. He's also met with President Obama, but it's his first state visit there in Washington. Big state dinner tomorrow night, and they'll be having that private smaller dinner this evening. Again, live pictures at Andrews Air Force Base, president of China, Hu Jintao.
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BALDWIN: You know, interestingly, as part of one of the conditions according to the White House of this two-day state visit is that tomorrow there will be a news conference. In fact, only four reporters are involved here. There are going to be two Chinese reporters and two U.S.-based reporters who will be able to ask questions of both President Hu Jintao of China and our own President Barack Obama. And then, again, later tomorrow evening will be the formal state dinner, and then President Hu will be off to Chicago before heading home to Beijing.
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BALDWIN (on-camera): And I want to move on to a murder mystery unfolding right now. An American airlines pilot is not seen for more than a week, and then, police find his body inside his own home. Police say someone killed him. That is ahead.
Plus, the city of Detroit is on edge. Seven women have been raped since the first of this year, and police say they are looking for just one guy who the police chief is calling a monster. In fact, I'm going to be speaking with the police chief about brand new developments in this case. There he is. Good to se you, sir. We'll be talking on the other side of the break.
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BALDWIN: Police in South Florida are hoping for -- someone can help figure out what happened this to man. This is Russell Christopher Walker. This 50-year-old American airlines pilot was found dead in his home near ft. Lauderdale. Investigators say Walker appears to be the victim of a homicide. No word yet from the sheriff's office how he exactly died. Walker had not been seen or heard from more than week.
And a serial rapist on the streets of Detroit. Women are frightened. Police are on the hunt right now. They're looking for the guy they say had sexually assaulted seven women over the course of the past two weeks, and these are three of the different sketches of the suspect. All of the women were either waiting at a bus stop or walking near one when they were attacked. I should add that there was an eighth woman who managed to get away from this guy who did try to attack her.
All of the victims, African-American, ages 17 to 33, and I have police chief, Ralph Godbee, here saying, you know, he thinks one guy is the rapist because some of the similarities here in all the cases. And Chief Godbee, thank you so much for coming on here and talking me about this. Before we even begin, I know it's a very careful balancing act for you what details you can tell me because this guy could be watching. CHIEF RALPH GODBEE, DETROIT POLICE: Well, Brooke, we don't want to take it for granted that he isn't. There is information that's specific within the M.O. that only he and the victims are aware of, so we can't do anything -- we don't want to do anything to diminish our investigative capacity nor do we want to impede on potential prosecution once he's in custody.
BALDWIN: Absolutely. And we respect that. I read something you had said. You said, quote, "We are not going to let this monster cripple us." Chief, how close are you in catching him?
GODBEE: I think we're very close. There is some forensic evidence that we're waiting from our Michigan State Police crime lab. They have done their due diligence and they work over the weekend. The results are imminent, and it will help us in three ways. It will help us exclude possible suspects. We're very hopeful that's going to pinpoint who this individual is. And lastly, the information may tie all of the cases together, not only with the M.O., but what the evidence speaks to.
BALDWIN: How many tips has your department received?
GODBEE: We're approaching over 100 tips.
BALDWIN: Wow.
GODBEE: We have utilized crime stoppers, 1-800-speak-up. They have been very helpful. We have a community group called Detroit 300 where over 300 Detroit residents have gone out passing out fliers, soliciting information. So, it's been a tremendous police community effort. I think the resolve to bring this to closure, it's equal with the community and the police department. We've engaged our federal partners. We're working with the FBI. We've spoken with their profiler to help us understand the landscape of who we're dealing with, so we're -- I'm cautiously optimistic, Brooke, but we're going to be very vigilant until we bring this case to closure.
BALDWIN: We mentioned it's eight attacks in total. It's seven rapes and then one attempted in your city since January 1.
GODBEE: Yes.
BALDWIN: I know you don't -- you're hopeful that women in your city are not fearful, but I imagine it's hard for them not to be. What's your message to women in Detroit right now?
GODBEE: Well, it's difficult, but we don't want our people to be gripped with fear to the extent that he manipulates and controls us, but by the same token we don't want to be foolish. One thing we're going to do next week, we have some very talented, trained command staff that understand defensive tactics. We're going to have some seminars next week to invite our community out to understand some things from crime prevention standpoint, which the optimal situation is crime prevention.
Obviously, there's safety in numbers. I've spoken with my assistant chief. We're going to engage our police reserves and actually riding the buses in uniform. We have a police academy class that recently graduated in the past six months that haven't been given their permanent assignments yet. They're going to be an added level of security, and also our Department of Transportation has utilized our precincts as somewhat of a safe haven, and people are boarding there.
BALDWIN: Sure you've got people on those buses looking out for women, potential victims.
GODBEE: Absolutely.
BALDWIN: Chief Godbee, let us know not if but when you catch this guy. Good luck to you.
GODBEE: Brooke, we look forward to coming back to talk about that.
BALDWIN: Good deal. Thank you, sir.
A couple years ago, President Bush decided against having a state dinner for the president of China, and apparently, President Hu Jintao was pretty upset about that. So, now that he's here on U.S. soil, how will President Obama make this state dinner memorable? Joe Johns got that assignment today with his arms all crossed. You ready to roll, Joe?
JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, you bet.
BALDWIN: Just a minute. Just a minute. Let's get the break in. We'll do Political Pop coming up next.
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BALDWIN: Time now for your Political Pop of the day. Chinese president, Hu Jintao, we just saw him just get off the plane there at Andrews Air Force Base, arriving, to meet with President Obama, of course, staying at the Blair House across the street from the White House, and a big state -- there's the pictures as they were coming down that big staircase from the plane.
And that the big state dinner, big headlining dinner tomorrow night. That's all the buzz. Joe Johns with his eye on Washington, our Washington veteran, the White House, Joe, keeping a lot of the dinner details very close -- very guarded closely. Why is that?
JOHNS: Careful not to release almost any information about this state dinner, at least just yet. And they are taking the position it's common practice, they say, not to comment until the day of the dinner.
The thing is, this is not exactly hardcore policy stuff, you know. It's about the trappings of state. It's the decor, the entertainment, the menu, the guest list. What we do know is that they don't want anything to go wrong. The state visits are supposed to be very carefully scripted. And as you mentioned, the last time Hu came here during the administration of George W. Bush, Hu did not even have a state dinner. They gave him a working lunch. It didn't go over very well. You know.
BALDWIN: Yes. I know it didn't, and at least he's getting fed twice.
JOHNS: Right.
BALDWIN: I guess tonight the private dinner and tomorrow the big state dinner. But you know, you mentioned, we're just talking about details about menu and entertainment so, what could possibly a go wrong about getting those details out early?
JOHNS: Well, that's the thing. If you get the details out early, there's always that possibility that some individual that you really don't want at this event, involved in this dinner, is actually going to crash it in one form or fashion. We know about the Salahis. That happened not too long ago.
There was also an event that occurred back during the Bush dinner where a heckler appeared. We sort of called this person "Hu's heckler" as a ceremony honoring Hu during that -- there was a 21-gun salute, big flourish, and then all of a sudden it got embarrassing when this person essentially starts protesting the way China has handled the religious group known as the Falun Gong.
So, you know, stuff happens and then that becomes the headline instead of this neat, tidy little event that you thought you were having.
BALDWIN: Mm-hmm. So, we'll be watching potentially for something to happen maybe this time, but Hu hecklers and Salahis aside, Joe, I know one of the biggest gaffes during Hu's last visit is actually when there was an announcer which said Republic of China, which is actually Taiwan and meant to say the People's Republic of China. Oops.
JOHNS: Yes, exactly. That's really bad. The White House says they are very aware of all the errors from the last visit but they are not guiding themselves by the past glitches. Still, you can be absolutely certain that they are trying to make sure this dinner is as error-free as possible.
Now, Brooke, we did get one detail that is tantalizing --
BALDWIN: Ooh! What did you get?
JOHNS: But in the scheme of things (LAUGHS) doesn't mean much, all right. There's not going to be a tent on the lawn. There have been a lot --
BALDWIN: No, no! Not a tent?
JOHNS: I know, right? Here's what it means. BALDWIN: What does it mean?
JOHNS: What it means is during a lot of these dinners, you have entertainment out in the tent or something else. And so in this case, they are not going to do that, which has led to at least some speculation that it will be a smaller crowd because everything is going to be going on inside the White House.
BALDWIN: Okay, I get it. Smaller crowd. Got it. Joe Johns --
JOHNS: Maybe.
BALDWIN: I have a feeling we'll put you back on this tomorrow to get some more and see if the details will leak out as well. Joe Johns with our "Political Pop" --
JOHNS: All the news that's fit to print.
BALDWIN: Of course! Joe, thank you.
And now to "Globe Trekking," when we look at some of the news percolating overseas. Hala Gorani, of course, anchor with CNN International. And Hala, today is the day we're talking Tunisia.
HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Yes, and Tunisia is a very important story because it's a tiny country. It's wedged between Algeria and Libya, not a country we talk about every day, not even on CNN International, believe it or not.
Here's why it's important. This is an Arab autocracy --
BALDWIN: What does that mean?
GORANI: Led by a strong man for decades, and protests in the street over the last few weeks have forced this man, president Ben Ali to flee. They have forced the government to announce a unity leadership. They are still on the streets of Tunis and other big cities in Tunisia, but this in an Arab autocracy is unique. It never happens in the Arab world, so this is why this is important.
Will it have -- will the -- will it create a domino effect, for instance, in the rest of the region? what will happen? will there be --
BALDWIN: That's the big unknown.
GORANI: It's the big unknown. Will there be a true open democracy in? The current leadership, which is comprised of many of Ben Ali's friends has promised free and transparent and free elections. Why do we care? Why does the U.S. care?
BALDWIN: Right.
GORANI: Because if this creates a domino effect in the region, it means that these Arab countries led by strong men, these autocracies with limited freedoms -- with limited freedoms of expression and human rights, where multi-party democracy is not allowed to flourish, this could change the landscape.
And by the way, Tunisia is an American ally, so it's something that the U.S. is definitely looking at very closely.
BALDWIN: That's Tunisia. We see the violence percolating it seems like day after day after day, but to one other story I wanted to get on. I'm fascinated by Caligula.
GORANI: And it's something you picked up on this morning.
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BALDWIN: The old emperor of Italy.
GORANI: A.D. 47, the emperor Caligula, the sadist degenerate, killed for pleasure, slept with his sisters -
BALDWIN: Oh!
GORANI: A good guy all around.
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GORANI: Well, apparently his tomb may have been found.
BALDWIN: Okay.
GORANI: Because a statue of what police -- Italian police might have been a statue of the Roman emperor was looted, so they arrested the man. The man led them, the police, to this tomb, and they are starting excavations today. If indeed it's the statue of Caligula, it would be worth one million pounds which is $1.5 million. They think it's his because it's emblazoned with these military boots that were favored by Caligula.
BALDWIN: The sick and twisted degenerate Caligula.
GORANI: I think sick and twisted is putting it mildly if you read his quotes and accomplishments.
BALDWIN: I love it! I'm geeked out by archaeology, so I love that. Hala, thank you so much. "Globe Trekking," we will see you back here tomorrow.
And they are calling it an accidental school shooting. The bullets hit two students, though. What happened in California? Breaking developments out of a suburb of L.A. We'll get a live report from the scene. That is next.
We are also following that breaking story out of Pakistan. A quake hitting the region, downgraded now to a 7.2 magnitude. We'll get a live update on that next.
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BALDWIN: An earthquake, and ousted leader taken into custody and a high school that was once on lockdown in California. Time to play "Reporter Roulette." And I want to being at the Pentagon with Barbara Starr. Barbara, talk to me about this earthquake in Pakistan. How strong was it? And there are also security implications as well.
BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: 7.4, Brooke, in southwestern Pakistan, very close to the Afghan border. That raising the question for the Pentagon whether U.S. troops across the border in Afghanistan were affected by all of this at this hour. The national command center here in the Pentagon says they don't think so, but they are still checking to see if there was any impact on U.S. bases in Afghanistan. Brooke?
BALDWIN: Barbara Starr, thank you.
Next on "Reporter Roulette," John Zarella in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, watching all these developments and twists and turns on the bizarre "Baby Doc" Duvalier story. John, is he still in custody?
JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. You know, last hour we were told that he was on his way back here to the hotel. Well, he had to make a little bit of a detour. Not sure how long a detour.
Bottom line is, he went before one judge and now he is before an investigating judge. The Haitian government has brought charges against Duvalier, but he has not been officially, formally charged with any crimes. We don't know what those charges are the government brought. We don't know if he'll be officially charged today. They have up to 30 days to investigate, to see if there's merit.
So that's where it stands. We don't know if he'll actually come back here to the hotel tonight or if he will be held. Brooke?
BALDWIN: Thank you, John, in Port-au-Prince.
Finally we go to Casey Wian in Gardena, California, suburb of Los Angeles, in what police are calling this apparently accidental shooting at a high school. Casey, how was it accidental?
CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, just about three hours ago, Brooke, police say a student walked into this school behind me, into a class at this school, dropped his backpack down on a desk and a gun inside that backpack went off. And that bullet injured two students. One of them a female in critical condition at a local hospital. Another a 15-year-old male shot in the neck in serious condition at a local hospital.
We had parents surrounding the school for the past several hours, very worried about their students. Police tell us that the parents of both injured students have been notified and the students, the rest of the students will be getting out of school in about ten minutes.
The suspect is in custody. The investigation is continuing. You had asked us when we talked earlier, Brooke, about metal detectors at this school. They do have metal detectors, but not every student is searched. They go through a random process every morning. Every third or fourth student is wanded by a metal detector. Apparently this one was not. Brooke.
BALDWIN: This one was not. Casey Wian for me in Gardena, California. Casey, thank you.
Some sad news we are just getting in here to CNN. Sargent Shriver has died. Shriver was the first head of the Peace Corps. He's a brother-in-law to former president John F. Kennedy and the father of Maria Shriver, the wife, of course, of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shriver was 95 and suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
We'll be right back.
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BALDWIN: Want to bring you also back up to speed on our breaking news. There's been an earthquake in Pakistan. In fact, let me check my trusty Post-It. It has been downgraded to a 7.2 magnitude but quite deep, though, in terms of how deep into the earth this earthquake was. It was 52 miles deep into the earth. Thank you, Chad Myers.
I want to bring in Reza Sayah, whos live for me now -- there you are in Islamabad. Reza, talk to me about exactly where this hit and how far the tremors were actually felt.
REZA SAYAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. These tremors were felt hundreds of miles away. This was obviously a very powerful earthquake.
What's not clear at this point, Brooke, is what kind of damage is has caused, how severe the damage is, whether it's caused injuries or any fatalities. We're working to get that information, but that could be a challenge because this is a very remote area in southwestern Pakistan.
Let's briefly tell you what we do know. We spoke to an official at Pakistan's meteorological department. They still tell us that this was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake with the epicenter near the town of Haran (ph), in the southwestern province of Balujistan.
We've spoken to people hundreds of miles away, in the southern port city of Karachi and Quetta, the capital of the province of Balujistan. And they are telling us that this earthquake woke them up. One person in Larkana (ph) tells us that the earthquake was about 30 seconds of violent shaking, and he and his family woke up. There are some cracks in buildings there.
We're monitoring television reports here. They are showing live pictures from the southern port city of Karachi, which is about 200 miles west of this location, and they are seeing cracks in buildings as well.
We haven't seen pictures from the epicenter, where this earthquake happened. Obviously, we're eager to see that, because a 7.2, 7.3 magnitude earthquake, certainly a potential to do some serious damage -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Yes, we see the dark sky behind you. Pointing out that it's 2:45 in the morning there for you, so we appreciate you getting out of bed and talking to me about this.
Describe if you can, Reza, some of the buildings. I know that you pointed out that not a lot of people live in the particular area of the epicenter of this quake, but in terms of the building structures, precariously built with stone.
SAYAH: Yes. The bad news is that the buildings in this area -- you know, a lot of Balujistan province -- are not very strongly built, so when you have an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude, they are not going to stand a chance.
The good news here is that this region is very sparsely populated. In fact, Balujistan province is the most sparsely- populated province in Pakistan, and we feel a lot of earthquakes here in Pakistan, and so does Balujistan province.
A couple of years ago, there was a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near this same area. We had a similar type of concern going into it. About 200 people were killed, 100,000 -- more than 100,000 left homeless.
So, again, even in sparsely-populated areas, an earthquake of this magnitude, the potential to cause a lot of damage.
BALDWIN: Certainly.
Reza Sayah for me live in the middle of the night in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Reza, appreciate that.
Now to Washington. Want to get a quick check of the "Political Ticker" with Paul Steinhauser.
And Paul, what's hot off the Ticker?
PAUL STEINHAUSER, CNN DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Hey, this is what's hot. And this is going to be a big story tomorrow, Brooke.
All eyes are on Joe Lieberman. I think it's fair to say most Americans know who he is. Remember, he was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election. He ran for the White House on his own in 2004, not successful.
And in 2006, remember, he lost in the primaries. But then he ran as an Independent and he won re-election to the Senate in Connecticut.
Tomorrow he announces whether he will run for re-election in 2012. Will he run? Won't he run? If he runs, does he run as an Independent or not?
So many questions. We will find out tomorrow. Today, a top Democrat in the state, a former secretary of state there, she announced she will run for that seat come next year.
I'm going to ask Jim McMichael (ph), our cameraman, to zoom right in here to the CNN "Political Ticker."
Some other breaking news involving the Senate earlier today. That's Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota, a longtime Democrat up there. He announced he is not running for re-election in 2012.
Why does this matter? Because North Dakota is a state where Republicans do very, very well. And you'll remember, in 2012, the goal of the Republicans is to recapture the Senate. So Conrad's announcement today that he is not going to run for re-election, I think it's fair to say it helps the Republicans -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Paul Steinhauser with what's hot off the Ticker.
Paul, thank you.
And more money, more problems. Yes, I know it's the name of a song. It's also, apparently, the situation for the second winner of this Mega Millions jackpot.
Have you heard her story? So she and her husband are separated. So the really big question is, should she have to share that $190 million?
We're on that case. That is just ahead.
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BALDWIN: Here's a question for you parents. Would you maybe think twice about taking your kids to watch a professional lacrosse game? Well, hang on a second, because after a weekend game in Boston, a lot of parents kind of wish they had.
"You Gotta See This!"
I'm going to take you to halftime, a halftime performance during Saturday's lacrosse game. This is in Boston.
Are you seeing this with me?
There's a mascot. This is the Boston Blazers' mascot, Scorch, getting, yes, what appears to be a lap dance. And this was just one of three women in what apparently was a lap dance competition.
Really?
Obviously, a lot of fans there pretty upset about that. Don't need to look at that.
Next, Bieber fever may have swept over the world, especially if you are a girl under the age of 18, but apparently has no effect on cats. Exhibit A, this cat got some cat scratch fever when it comes to Mr. Bieber.
You're looking at it. I guess not everybody else is a "belieber."
Stephanie (ph), did you write that?
After last week's snowpocalypse, most of you can relate to having a tough time driving around in the snow. But I want to walk you through this. I want you to keep your eye on this truck that's in the middle of your frame here.
Obviously it's pretty tough. You're the driver of a snowplow, you have to clear all of the snow.
See the plow coming through? It's coming through, it's clearing the snow. Oh!
Apparently, it's full of so much, I guess, gravel, it goes all the way through the parking deck. Can you believe this? We couldn't.
The driver of the truck not injured, but talk about a bad day at work.
And now for one of my parts of the day, I get to talk to Wolf Blitzer, who is about to talk to me about what he has coming up on "THE SITUATION ROOM."
And Wolf, I just understand you wrapped on this big interview with Nancy Pelosi. Can you give me a little something? How was the interview?
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: It went really well. We were up on the Hill, on Capitol Hill, went to do the interview. Just got back to "THE SITUATION ROOM" here.
We spoke a lot about health care. As you know, the vote is going to be tomorrow. The Republicans have enough votes in the House of Representatives to repeal health care reform, the new law. We got into that in depth, why the public, at least, according to our new poll, has a 50 percent to 43 percent margin of people wanting to repeal health care reform, all of the various provisions.
We also spoke about Tucson. That's where she got emotional. It's not just the new Speaker, John Boehner, who gets emotional, starts to get weepy from time to time.
BALDWIN: Nancy Pelosi as well.
BLITZER: But Nancy Pelosi, she got emotional when we spoke about Tucson and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. You're going to see her eyes well up in the interview. That's coming up in "THE SITUATION ROOM."
Also, we're speaking to the sheriff in Tucson, Clarence Dupnik. We're going to talk about the investigation and where it stands right now, and I'll also ask him if he regrets any of the controversial things he said in the immediate aftermath of the shootings.
So lots coming up in "THE SITUATION ROOM" -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Also, we reported on some sad news, learning that Sargent Shriver has just passed.
Did you know him at all? Did you have any story about Mr. Shriver?
BLITZER: Yes. I mean, he was a great man, he did a lot for the country in terms of helping to create the Peace Corps and all of the jobs. You know, all the programs that he worked on.
You know, he was a remarkable public servant, and he did so much over the past many years, together, with his late wife Eunice, to help create and help promote the Special Olympics. All of us should be saddened.
They were great Americans, there's no doubt about that. Our deepest condolences to Maria Shriver, the entire Shriver family, her husband, the former governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I know this is a sad day for them, but they have a lot to be proud of. Sargent Shriver was indeed a great man.
BALDWIN: Absolutely. I attended one of those Best Buddies Balls that he and his wife would hold there in the D.C. area. It was lovely.
Wolf Blitzer, thank you so much. We'll see you in just a couple of minutes.
And for you, maybe you have a spouse, maybe you think about spying on him or her. If you do, stick around. Sunny Hostin is on a pretty interesting case next.
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BALDWIN: Want to bring in Sunny Hostin, who is actually joining me by phone. She's "On the Case" for us today.
And, you know, we got a lot of feedback on that story about the husband who faces jail time for snooping in his wife's e-mail. So now there's a case that actually goes way beyond that.
There's a Florida man accused of electronically tracking his estranged wife. She says he set up devices around the home to record her conversations, even downloading a tracking application on her phone so he could tell where she was.
Sunny, wow. What is the husband charged with here?
SUNNY HOSTIN, "IN SESSION," TRUTV: This is an unbelievable case, Brooke. I mean, he's been charged with felony eavesdropping.
And interestingly enough, he had been charged with felony stalking twice before, once in 1998 and once in 2000. And both of those charges were allegedly dropped because the victim did not want to cooperate. Clearly, that is not the case here. She is fired up and she's furious that she was tracked in this way.
BALDWIN: So, obviously, you know, spousal spying, if I can call it that, that's nothing new, estranged couples hassling one another. But are we hearing more about this just because there are new ways, i.e. iPhone applications, for couples to spy on one another?
HOSTIN: I think so. I mean, there are new ways, but not only that, these ways are now accessible to the everyday person.
I recently went into a spy shop and I was shocked at what was there and what is just available to so many people. When I was a federal prosecutor, Brooke, I don't even think I had access to the types of things that people have access to now, so it's a combination, I think, of accessibility and just sort of these new ways to snoop.
BALDWIN: Wait, wait, wait. In this final minute, you were in a spy shop?
HOSTIN: I was.
BALDWIN: So, A, tell me what that is. And, B, shouldn't people leave this up to professionals like private detectives?
HOSTIN: I was just curious, which is why I was in a spy shop, not to spy on my spouse. But I do think it's better to leave this kind of thing to professionals. I mean, good private detectives know the snooping rules, and if you need to snoop, you hire the professionals -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Thirty seconds, what's in a spy shop? Just curious.
HOSTIN: Oh, all sorts of really interesting things. They have sort of those spy gadget glasses. They do have tracking devices. They have listening devices, all sorts of things that you can use to snoop.
BALDWIN: To snoop. I love how you said that. Honey, I'm not spying on you, if you're husband is listening to you.
Sunny Hostin, always wonderful, "On the Case" for us. Thank you so much.
Sunny and I will be talking about that Idaho lottery winner who doesn't exactly want to split her millions of dollars in winnings to her husband, who, keep in mind, is not technically divorced from her. We'll talk about that tomorrow.
In the meantime, it is that time where I hand things over to my colleague, Wolf Blitzer, in "THE SITUATION ROOM" -- Wolf.
