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Karzai Refuses to Swear in New Afghani Parliament; 4-Year-Old Boy Ripped From Grandmother's Arms in CA Kidnapping; New Year, Same Financial Turmoil; Surgeon General's Call to Action For Breastfeeding; Danny Glover Talks About Sundance Film Festival Entry

Aired January 22, 2011 - 14:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: A frantic search for a four- year-old boy reportedly ripped from his grandmother's arms. A tip leads police to a canal in California, and there have been new developments in that search as well. We'll bring you the latest this hour.

And a speaker claiming to be Osama bin Laden delivers a taped warning, and one U.S. counterterrorism official says his words will send a chill up your spine. Details at 3:00 Eastern.

Plus, new details on the condition of injured Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords all day. We'll have live reports from Houston, Texas, where she is about to begin the new phase in her treatment.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM where the news unfolds live this Saturday, January 22nd. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.

Happening right now, inauguration week in Afghanistan and the new government is having trouble getting a kick-start. President Hamid Karzai wanted to hold off swearing in the new parliament, saying some election fraud charges need more investigation. Some lawmakers said they'd swear themselves in without the president. Karzai and the parliament are trying to hammer out a compromise today.

And back here at home they're talking about domestic terrorism in Spokane, Washington. Police and lawmakers are holding a town hall meeting today and they're discussing the recent bomb that was found along the planned route of Monday's Martin Luther King Day parade. The investigation into that incident is ongoing, but so far no arrests.

And police in northern California are trying to find a four-year- old boy who was snatched from the arms of his grandmother four days ago. Relatives say Juliani Cardenas was taken by his mother's ex- boyfriend, Jose Esteban Rodriguez, and she has a message for him.

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TABITHA CARDENAS, BOY'S MOTHER: Juliani needs to come home. He doesn't need to be with you. He's not even your son, Jose. You need to get a grip on reality. You know, take off, leave him somewhere and you take off. I don't care where you go. Just give me my son back. (END VIDEO CLIP)

WHITFIELD: The police have been searching a canal near where the boy was abducted. Reporter Terisa Estacio with our affiliate KRON is there.

Terisa, have divers found anything or any clues?

TERISA ESTACIO, KRON REPORTER: Fredricka, this is certainly a developing story out here. The dive team currently has a robot in the canal behind us, and they are moving down south trying to go slowly so they can go through every inch of the canal looking for a Toyota Corolla.

We've got some video that we want to show you of the launching of the robot. As you can see for yourself, the device was lowered down into the murky water. The canal is about 18 feet deep. Earlier this morning, the state of California shut down the water, slowing the current in this section. Authorities tell us the normal pace is just too fast for the robot.

Now, all of this is in connection with the massive hunt for four- year-old Juliani. We have a picture we want to show you as well as the alleged kidnapper, Jose Rodriguez. Now, authorities say Juliani was reportedly snatched from his grandmother's arms Tuesday from his home in Patterson, California. That is about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco.

A statewide Amber Alert went out on Thursday. A farm worker allegedly saw a car matching the description of the car that they were last seen in, a Toyota Corolla, in a canal that's here in Patterson. Dive teams were called out. Listen in to what authorities hope to find with the images provided by that robot.

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CMDR. JAMES BUTTREY, MERCED COUNTY CALIFORNIA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: It's sonar technology. It's sound waves that are sent out and then received by the unit that's interpreted into a picture that we can see, a dimensional picture with shadows and shapes. And yesterday's car that we found, we could tell it was upside down. We could tell it was facing backwards. We could tell a lot about it just from the picture.

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ESTACIO: Now, the commander mentioned a car. In total since Thursday searching out here they have found four cars, but not that Toyota Corolla. Authorities tell us that they are optimistic and they are going to continue that search as long as it takes.

Reporting live here in Patterson, I'm Terisa Estacio. Back to you, Fredricka

WHITFIELD: And Terisa, no sightings, no eyewitness accounts, nothing? ESTACIO: Nothing right now. They have been receiving tips on their hotlines but the only real hard tip they're acting upon is coming out and searching that canal. But unfortunately, you know, no sign right now of Juliani.

WHITFIELD: Of course everyone is hoping for the best. Thanks so much, Terisa, appreciate that.

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WHITFIELD: Meantime, let's talk TV now. An abrupt end for Keith Olbermann. The highly rated MSNBC host unexpectedly announced during last night's "Countdown" show that it would be his last. No reason was given for the departure. The network released a statement saying its contract with the outspoken cable host has ended and that it wishes him well.

Making sure you get the most out of your money this year. Financial gurus Ken and Daria Dolan, they are back. We always love it when we see them. They're reporting for duty. They're going to tell us how to save, how to spend, what to do with your money, next.

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WHITFIELD: All right, it's a new year, but in the financial markets, there are old problems that aren't going away any time soon. That's why we're asking our financial experts Ken and Daria Dolan to walk us through what's really going on with the economy.

Good to see you all. Happy New Year.

KEN DOLAN, PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERT: Hi, Fred.

DARIA DOLAN, PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERT: Hi, Fred, happy New Year to you too.

KEN DOLAN: I have to make an announcement, Fred. We're coming to the studio two weeks from today to see only if the snow and ice has melted.

WHITFIELD: You've heard Bonnie, it's like back-to-back. Anything can happen.

KEN DOLAN: I know, I can't believe it.

WHITFIELD: Bring your parkas. You'll have to really take yourself out of that west palm, Florida, state of mind.

DARIA DOLAN: The only state in the union without snow.

KEN DOLAN: And only for you.

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WHITFIELD: OK, good. Well, let's begin with how to invest our money, how to look at 2011. Some people have felt encouraged that the stock market has made a rebound and maybe we need to start looking at that again. Others say no, stay away. What do you think?

DARIA DOLAN: All right, here's my take on the stock market.

KEN DOLAN: Now, this is a family channel.

DARIA DOLAN: No, no, no. The government refuses to acknowledge the fact that there is inflation occurring in all sorts of prices in the country. That is exactly what is happening on Wall Street. It is price inflation.

And if you look at the average investor, they're very wisely not glomming onto it this time the way they have after -- we've seen a doubling of prices pretty much since the lowest levels in 2007. But the small investor for the most part is not coming back in. And the traders are just praying, the hedge fund guys are just praying for these --

KEN DOLAN: Get the public in there, baby.

DARIA DOLAN: Because they would like to get out at this point. They have made good money.

KEN DOLAN: Here are some of the problems about the stock market, although it's been a good two years. Let's call it the way it is, Fred. But we're concerned about this year for a bunch of reasons. Number one, nobody seems to be worrying about it. The market is going, "let's rock." Number two, food and energy prices are up. Food is up nine percent year over year. Daria, you just filled up your car the other day.

DARIA DOLAN: And 14 cents difference in five weeks.

WHITFIELD: You get little bang for your buck. Go ahead.

KEN DOLAN: Yes. No, I was just going to say there's high unemployment which we'll talk about, and also the weakening dollar. And we have an $88 trillion unfunded liability in our entitlement programs, which is a disaster. So we're not ready to jump off the cliff or jump of the top of the building, but investors, please be careful this year.

DARIA DOLAN: So one way some people feel like they can squeeze a little bit more out of their paycheck or their dollar is to maybe think about the assets that they have, like their real estate, their homes. They want to refinance because maybe they can shave off a couple of bucks a month, couple hundred bucks a month and that might help.

But you say there really needs to be a formula. When you think about that, you need to keep a few things in mind. What about people with a lot of credit card debt who say maybe I should consolidate, might that save me money too. So can you tackle those two things, refinancing, consolidating credit?

KEN DOLAN: Sure.

DARIA DOLAN: Let me do the house first because although it is the perfect time. It's almost a little late, you could have gotten really good rates about three or four months ago. The lowest rates we ever had. But the rates will be going up because of this inflation which the government continues to tell us doesn't exist. Go to the grocery store and come to the gas station with me and then we'll talk about.

KEN DOLAN: We'll talk about inflation.

DARIA DOLAN: But here's the problem for people who want to refinance. Not everybody can. And it's not because of their financial situation per see except for one fact -- housing prices are still going down. A lot of people don't have enough equity in the house to permit them to get that refinance done.

WHITFIELD: So maybe you thought you had enough equity if you looked at the calendar, maybe you had enough equity two or three years ago, but because of the housing market as a whole, you may have lost a lot of that.

KEN DOLAN: And, Fred, maybe you still have it. If you still have enough equity in the home, the Dolan formula is very, very fine, very, very simple -- how much am I going to save her month if I refinance. I'll pick a number, $200. But it's going to cost me $2,000 to refinance. Then don't do it if you don't expect to be in the house at least ten months. It's cost of refinancing into the savings and finding out exactly how long you're going to be there. If you're long term and have some equity, consider refinancing now. Interest rates are going up.

DARIA DOLAN: As for the credit cards, yes, yes, yes. If you can consolidate, if you can do it, find which card has the lowest interest rate and consolidate to that one as much as you can.

KEN DOLAN: Right now.

WHITFIELD: Fascinating. Well, I know we've got one other question about consolidation coming from one of our viewers. We'll ask you that when we have you back and you can answer a lot of questions from our viewers. They have sent us e-mail questions, Facebook, we'll tackle it. People are getting free advice from the Dolans, so stick around.

In the meantime, what is going on with telemarketers who are calling your cell phones now? The Dolans are back with answers on that as well.

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WHITFIELD: All right, what to do with your money this year. Ken and Daria Dolan are back with us answering your e-mails and your tweets. Let's start with Joel now from Maine. He writes this, saying "I agree with you that America is off track economically. What can we do now to get back on track?" That's a pretty general question.

KEN DOLAN: Here's a wacky idea. Fred, see what you think. Do you spend money that you don't have? The question simply is or the comment is, Washington, please stop spending money we don't have, for starters.

DARIA DOLAN: And we've got a whole bunch of new Republicans to do just that, and now we're already starting to hear the, well, you know, maybe we need to back off this a little bit. Now we're reading into today's "Wall Street Journal" that the president is going to push for more spending on infrastructure and education again.

We have got to make the tough choices in this country, and that starts -- we're all doing it in our own daily lives. The government has to start making them, and we have to own up to the fact that the government cannot be all things to all people.

KEN DOLAN: One quick thing, Fred. Politicians, listen to your constituents. Thursday "The New York Times" released a survey saying America says our number one priority is not health care, which is what the Republicans -- we're agnostic as far as the parties go, Democrat versus Republicans. They say get us back to work number one priority, not health care. Start listening to the common sense out in America.

DARIA DOLAN: OK. And then Karen from Tulsa -- Karen from Tulsa writes in with this question and concern saying, "Hey, I just got married recently." Congrats to her. "My credit score is pretty great and I do not have much debt, but my husband's credit is not as great and he has more debt. Where do I start? Do we consolidate his many credit cards that all have balances? What is the best way to do this? Transfer one card with the lowest rate?" You already touched on that a little earlier, but maybe you can elaborate.

KEN DOLAN: Credit is still a big problem.

DARIA DOLAN: And he runs into a problem because of the fact that his credit rating is not so good. So it's going to be a lot more difficult to talk to credit card issuers about work with me here because, hey, you've been almost a deadbeat in the past. So that's going to be a problem. But it remains that he needs to keep trying to do this.

Under no circumstances, however, should she link up her good name of credit with these old bad credit card debts of his or co-sign anything.

KEN DOLAN: Not very romantic, but we don't want her credit ruined or affected while he's getting his act back together. Consolidate, yes. Look for a better rate -- not easy, but stay away from his credit till it's clean.

WHITFIELD: Keep it separate, all right. Hey, Franklin from Boston has this question about the home that they just recently bought saying that we recently learned that there's mold in it, a mold surprise. "Can a realtor really sell me a house without disclosing its negative history?" That from Franklin. KEN DOLAN: Wow, mold, yikes!

DARIA DOLAN: Well, you know, now here is the problem. Maybe the realtor didn't know.

WHITFIELD: That's what I was wondering.

DARIA DOLAN: Maybe the owner didn't disclose this. So you've got a real problem here. If the realtor didn't disclose it and knew about it --

KEN DOLAN: The seller -- if the seller had told the realtor there's a defect or a problem and the realtor didn't relate it to you, that's a legal problem. The responsibility of the realtor is to dig and dig and dig and dig and find out are relatively limited, but major responsibilities on revealing anything he or she has learned.

DARIA DOLAN: Now, if the realtor is free of any problem here because the realtor -- him or herself didn't know, then there may be recourse from the owners for not disclosing it.

KEN DOLAN: For nondisclosure.

WHITFIELD: But if they didn't know.

DARIA DOLAN: -- the owners didn't disclose it, so, you know --

KEN DOLAN: Get tough!

DARIA DOLAN: -- that could be a legal case.

WHITFIELD: Is that not something that automatically comes up in an inspection? You have to have some intricate or special inspection?

KEN DOLAN: Wouldn't you think?

DARIA DOLAN: Well, I don't want to slam the inspection industry, but let's face it, the ones that come out to do the home inspections --

KEN DOLAN: Sometimes.

DARIA DOLAN: -- know that if they don't pass a house, they're not going to get called by a real estate agent again.

KEN DOLAN: Be careful.

WHITFIELD: All right, So Mary Lou --

KEN DOLAN: Who do you trust, anyway?

WHITFIELD: Mary Lou from Dallas has this question. Is it true that cell phone numbers are now available to telemarketers? If so, how can I keep them off my back? I think I have actually received some on my cell phone.

DARIA DOLAN: It's not enough they bother you at home.

KEN DOLAN: Yes. The answer is yes. Here's the problem, if you don't stop it, Fred, you might get charged for the call. You might get charged. Now, get your pencils out, everybody. I hope I can do this right. Sounds like -- here's the number for the national do-not- call list. Tell me if I'm right or wrong -- 888-382-1222.

DARIA DOLAN: It's 888-382-1222. But, if you're going to call them to stop any unsolicited phone calls on your cell phone, you must call from the cell phone, because if you call from your house line, they'll put your house line on it and not your cell phone. So use the phone you're concerned about when you call that do-not-call list.

KEN DOLAN: Remind me next time to check the monitor so I can just read it.

DARIA DOLAN: It's good for five years, by the way. But then you have to go back and do it again.

WHITFIELD: Well, you've got to keep checking and double checking.

KEN DOLAN: Good questions.

DARIA DOLAN: Those are great questions coming from our viewers. Thank you so much everybody at home. And thanks to you, Ken and Daria.

KEN DOLAN: See you later.

DARIA DOLAN: We'll see you in two weeks.

WHITFIELD: Yes, you're here in the house in about two weeks. Of course you got free advice today. You can get more advice from the dynamic duo, that's what we like to call them, on their website. And there's some truth there about some debt relief offers. Go to www.dolans.com and then also check back in two weeks because they're going to be here, more of them. Ken and Daria, thanks so much, appreciate. Good to see you.

Time to go cross country and check stories our affiliates are covering today. In Houston, police are hoping this surveillance tape will help them track down a robbery suspect. The just-released tape shows three men holding up a jewelry store last April. One of the suspects is still on the run.

And a class action lawsuit is targeting Taco Bell. Plaintiffs claim the company uses false advertising on its menu. Among the key issues, the meat used in the taco filling. The suit says it's mostly fillers and should not be advertised as beef.

And in Augusta, Georgia, a debate over cursive writing. Computers and other technology have changed the way kids are communicating, so the school district there is considering whether to drop cursive writing altogether as a requirement. And from lactation rooms to allowing more work breaks, the Surgeon General wants American businesses to provide more opportunities for breastfeeding moms. The reason -- research shows breast-fed babies are better able to fight infection and illness.

But here's the reality now. The CDC says in the U.S., 75 percent of new moms start out breastfeeding, but by month three that number drops to 43 percent. And then at six months in, it falls sharply to just 13 percent exclusively, breastfeeding. The Surgeon General says a lot of new moms want to breastfeed, but face too many obstacles, especially at work.

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DR. REGINA BENJAMIN, U.S. SURGEON GENERAL: Well, everyone can help mothers breastfeed. And that's what we're asking, everyone to kind of chip in and help these mothers who want to breastfeed. You know, everyone can't breastfeed and don't want to, but those who want to, we should make it easier for them.

For example, today many women work. Most women work. And in the workplace, it's very hard sometimes to go back to work after delivery. And you need a place that's private, that's clean to be able to breastfeed. So we're asking employers to provide a clean and private place that a mom can breastfeed other than a bathroom.

And we want to make sure that they're giving them that support. And particularly for moms who are the low wage earners. It's really hard for them to take frequent breaks to be able to breastfeed or pump. And so if the work environment would be a little bit more conducive and a little bit more understanding, I think it would help.

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WHITFIELD: And of course you can get more information on this story. Go to CNN.com/health.

A new entry in the Sundance Film Festival is mobilizing a treasure trove of 16 millimeter film from Sweden.

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DARIA DOLAN: I remember from the time I was very small, I remember the sounds of bombs exploding across the street, our house shaking. I remember my father having to have guns at his disposal at all times because of the fact that at any moment someone -- we might expect to be attacked.

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WHITFIELD: You know who that was -- Angela Davis. We'll look at what the historic images reveal about the evolution of the Black Power movement in America.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) WHITFIELD: The feds take a bite out of the mob in New York City. We have an update. But first a look at your other top stories. In California, investigators have resumed their search of a canal for signs of a kidnapped four-year-old boy. The toddler has been missing since Tuesday.

Police say he was snatched from his grandmother's arms by this man, Jose Esteban Rodriguez. He is the former boyfriend of the boy's mother. The canal has been the focus of the investigation since a witness reported seeing a vehicle similar to Rodriguez's car going into the water.

And officials in Spokane, Washington, are holding a town hall meeting today to respond to public concerns about public safety. On Monday, a backpack containing an explosive device was found along the planned route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March. A parade for Spokane's division two football champs runs along the same route today.

And funeral services were held today for the man who founded the Peace Corps and headed the Special Olympics. Sargent Shriver died Tuesday after suffering from Alzheimer's Disease for many years. He was 95 years old. First lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former president Bill Clinton led a host of dignitaries attending today's service.

You want to talk about busy, the FBI had a huge day on Thursday swooping in and rounding up nearly 130 people believed to be involved at all levels of organized crime. The mob, the mafia, La Cosa Nostra, call it what you want, the FBI calls it one of their biggest one-day operations ever. Let's get details from Susan Candiotti in New York. Susan?

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the latest is that the 127 alleged members of La Cosa Nostra now begin a long legal road. Some will make bail, others won't. Some may plead guilty. Others will fight the charges, including murder, racketeering, drugs, prostitution, loan sharking, and much more.

Watching from the sidelines this week, Michael Franzese. As a made-man, he admits to skimming $8 million a week years ago. He did seven years in prison, and then did the unheard of. He left the mob. His own brother sold out their own father who at age 94 will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. So when you talk about this week's latest mafia round-up, Francise has seen it all before.

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CANDIOTTI: What was it like to belong to a family? What did it mean?

MICHAEL FRANZESE, FORMER ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY MEMBER: Well, you know, I was very attracted to the life because when you come In -- I remember they told me, Michael, from now on anywhere you go in the world, you'll have somebody, a brother to back you up. I've got your back, you've got mine. Nobody will ever bother your mother, your sister, your wife, you've got brothers.

I don't glorify the life. I tell you, one of the reasons that I have such a problem with it is I have not met one family of one member of that life that hasn't been totally devastated. And I don't mean hurt, I mean devastated, OK, including my own. My dad gone away 30 some-odd years, just got another eight years at 94 years old, my mother without a husband for all of these years. My brother is now in the witness protection program, testified against my dad, two sisters that died at a young age. It's devastating to the families. It's a horrible life in that regard.

CANDIOTTI: If it's such a hard life, why are people still attracted to it?

FRANZESE: You know, that's a great question. And it fascinates me myself because I speak to a lot of young people, a lot of gangbangers, so on and so forth, try to tell them the mistakes I made and have them not go down that road. And they'll talk to me about "Goodfellas" and "Casino." And they'll look at that movie and they're so fascinated with the guys.

And I say wait a second, didn't you see what happened to these guys, ho got killed, who went to jail, whose family got destroyed. They don't see that part. I'm telling you, they don't see it. They only see the money, the power, the suits, the way they carry themselves. And it's a fascination that I don't believe is going to go away.

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CANDIOTTI: Franzese is now a born-again Christian, an author, a motivational speaker and a son who still visits his mobster dad in prison. Fred?

WHITFIELD: All right, Susan Candiotti, thanks so much. I'm going to continue on and give you an idea of some of the other people who were part of that roundup. This man right here -- oh, it looks like something is going on. There we go.

This man right here called "Baby Shacks" Manocchio. He apparently is the biggest fish hooked up in this roundup, Luigi Manocchio. The other name is apparently one of the associates also arrested. So we'll get to some of the other mob nicknames, because people are very fascinated with some of the nicknames that are also named in the federal indictment in a moment.

The FBI believes that Manocchio ran nearly all the mob crime in the state of Rhode Island. And then, of course, you may see you recognize this name, the Colombo family, some of the alleged big shots from all five major New York crime families. Well, these men and dozens more from this family are charging or facing charges of murder and racketeering.

And then take a look here, another familiar name, the Gambino family. Here we go. Well, apparently their indictment describes murder and illegal gambling. And 13 of the men from the Genovese family are facing pretty serious charges -- extortion, loan sharking, fraud, in all, 127 bosses, underbosses, associates, and soldiers, as they are called in the mafia circles.

And then take a look at some of the colorful names that seem to fascinate a lot of people. Tony "Bagels," Johnny "Pizza," Vinnie "Carwash," Junior "Lollipops," "Baby Fat" Larry, just some of the names of the people who were netted in this big sting in New York.

You heard from our legal guys earlier in the day that said while you pretty may have a pretty substantial number, sometimes in big nets like this, maybe just a small fraction actually end up facing time in a trial or facing a conviction or finding a sentence for any crime.

So what some unearthed film footage from another country is revealing about America's past.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have some dedicated black Americans who will die a million deaths to save America, and this is home for us.

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WHITFIELD: We're going to introduce you to some of the film's creators at the Sundance Film Festival in a moment.

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WHITFIELD: Park City, Utah, oh, boy, what a great place. Well, this weekend you can call it Tinsel town too. Celebrities and movie makers are showing off their latest projects at the annual Sundance Film Festival.

"SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" host Brooke Anderson is there. And you've been getting a peek at the labor of love involving movie icon Danny Glover and producer Annika Rogell, right?

BROOKE ANDERSON, HOST, HLN'S "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT": That's right, Fredricka. Danny Glover known for a wide range of acting roles, "The Color Purple" the "Lethal Weapon" franchise and so many others. And now he is lending his time and talent as co-producer of a Sundance documentary called "The Black Power Mix Tape" about the Black Power movement of the late '60s, early '70s.

Danny Glover, you are no co-producer along with producer Annika Rogell. Danny, in addition to acting, you have led a life of activism. You're not afraid to speak out about issues that are important to you. What compelled you, why was it important for you to be involved in "the Black Power mix tape" production.

DANNY GLOVER, ACTOR, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR: Well, first of all, the Black Power movement represents my coming of age as well. I was a student at San Francisco State in 1967 when we began this journey with this film. Some of the people in the film I actually knew and watched the movement. And I want to frame the movement as a re-imagination of democracy in different ways, an extension of the civil rights movement. Not enough is known about the Black Power movement, you know. We often associate it with a certain level of violence, but we don't talk about the other issues or the discussion, the discourse, the mobilizing.

Remember, this is a very difficult time. We had riots in Detroit and Newark in 1967, riots in L.A. and Watts in 1965. So people had become disenchanted, young people in particular disenchanted with what the civil rights movement did not deliver on and what the government had not delivered on in terms of this great society.

So I wanted people to talk about this because we have to revisit this given the way in which we see what's happening in our inner cities now, how we see what has happened with the economy, which is not producing jobs, and people are disenchanted and all those things are important.

And so when Annika and Joran came to me and Jocelyn Barnes, my wonderful co-producer, with this, I said let's do it. Let's do it.

ANDERSON: Well, I've seen it. It is very powerful. The images are so compelling. Annika, very briefly, I want our viewers to know what it's about. A group of Swedish journalists came over to the U.S. in the late '60s, early '70s, and they were exploring, they were investigating what the Black Power movement really was. The footage that's used in the documentary is what they shot. What did they discover?

ANNIKA ROGELL, PRODUCER, "THE BLACK POWER MIX TAPE": That was a tricky question. They came from an outside perspective and saw the --

GLOVER: Saw what was happening, talked to individuals within the movement. Not only that, there were individuals like Stokley Carmichael and Angela Davis and others who had traveled to Sweden and traveled to other countries and were able to interview them.

I think it's important sometimes as Annika would say, it's important for an outsider to look at the movement. There's a different other kind of perspective that we have. Sometimes we're so close inside of it and it's happening on a daily basis. There's a different perspective. Sweden, which was a very liberal country, was able to kind of give another voice to the movement itself.

ROGELL: We saw the injustice and can't really figure it out, how it happened because I mean for us it's so off -- it's so right for us to have equal rights. And when you come to the United States, you think that you have equal rights but you don't. So it's really important.

ANDERSON: Well, a lot of big names contributed. I was watching, Harry Belafonte, Erykah Badu provided commentary. Fredricka, it is a very powerful and enlightening movie. "The Black Power Mix Tape" is the name of it.

WHITFIELD: Look forward to that. Brooke Anderson, thanks so much to everybody there at Park City.

A winter to remember indeed. Straight ahead we'll find out which parts of the country bill be getting more snow, ice, and brutally cold temperatures.

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WHITFIELD: A U.S. Supreme Court justice gets pegged for jury duty. Are they not immune? Well, it happened the other day. Details on that in a second. But first, a look at our top stories.

Her long road to recovery starts with a short flight. This is Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her mother, nurses, and staff all en route from Tucson to a Houston hospital yesterday. That's where Giffords will spend at least the next four to six months in treatment and rehab. One of her new doctors describes her as doing surprisingly well.

Arnold Schwarzenegger among those burying the casket of his late father-in-law today outside Washington. Sargent Shriver died Tuesday at the age of 95. The cardinal conducting the funeral mass cited Shriver's work with the Peace Corps and the Special Olympics. First lady Michelle Obama, former president Bill Clinton, and the Vice President Joe Biden and entertainer and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey all among those attending.

And MSNBC has parted ways with eight-year anchor Keith Olbermann. Neither the network nor Olbermann gave a specific reason for the abrupt departure, but he was briefly suspended last year for violating a policy on making political donations.

Time now for "CNN Equals Politics," an update. We're keeping an eye on the latest headlines at the CNNPolitics.com desk. Here's what's crossing right now.

Results from a presidential straw poll in New Hampshire will be out this afternoon. Members of the state's Republican committee will cast their votes at the group's annual meeting. On the ballot, a nearly anyone who has speculated about running, including Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump.

And Supreme Court Justice Scalia is raising eyebrows for an upcoming speaking engagement. Monday the conservative justice is scheduled to address the Tea Party Caucus, an informal congressional group. Critics say it's inappropriate because it suggests an alliance between conservative justices and conservative members of Congress. The caucus says all lawmakers are invited, not just conservative Republicans.

And the newest member of the high court, Justice Elena Kagan, was just citizen Kagan on Thursday. That's when she reported for jury duty at the D.C. superior court. Kagan reportedly sat with all the other prospective jurors reading through what appeared to be a legal brief. She was not selected to serve, but I'm sure people were taking double takes in that jury pool.

And for the latest political news, you know where to go, CNNPolitics.com.

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WHITFIELD: Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier shocked the world when he returned to his homeland on Sunday. He had been in self-imposed exile in France for 25 years, so what does his return mean for the impoverished nation?

Joining me now from Miami, Susan Purcell. She is the director of hemispheric policy at the University of Miami. Good to see you.

SUSAN PURCELL, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: So Duvalier says that he has returned to Haiti to help in the reconstruction, and that he also has a team of lawyers, including some recognizable American faces, including former congressman Bob Barr, to assist him. How does that position him for more than just being someone who will assist in reconstruction in your view?

PURCELL: Well, first, it's not clear that that's why he came back. There's another theory that he came back in order to be able to gain access to $4.6 million that he has in a Swiss bank. And a new law is coming into effect that if he can prove that he's not going to be charged he can get access to that money, and the deadline is February 1st. So that's one thing.

The second is that he's just thrown a monkey wrench of sorts into the efforts to resolve a kind of stand-off that came about from the first round of elections at the end of November. And the organization of American states is trying to sort out who's in the runoff, which two of the top three candidates, and suddenly he appeared.

WHITFIELD: Do you see his presence as interrupting, intimidating, interfering with that process?

PURCELL: It clearly interferes because, although it seems strange to many of us because he was a dictator who was quite abusive, there are people who didn't live under him, Haitians, who are now looking for order and an end to a certain amount of instability and chaos, and he represents that to these people.

It also encouraged former president Aristide who also did a lot of no good to decide he might want to come back too.

WHITFIELD: So Duvalier has kind of opened the door for that?

PURCELL: Yes, absolutely, for anybody else. It sort of throws opens the doors to anyone who wants to say, well, you know, I can do it too.

WHITFIELD: OK, so now how involved might the U.S. get? What would the U.S. be willing to do to try to get Duvalier to depart or to help Haiti try to prosecute him, what? To what extent can the U.S. be involved? PURCELL: Well, it actually got involved yesterday publicly. It took away the visas of a number of government people and their associates who were in some way not accepting the results of the OAS commission that said who the two final candidates seem to be according to the results they looked at from the past election.

And also the spokesperson from the State Department said that there's a chance that if this doesn't get resolved that they won't accept the OAS report, that international donors won't release billions of dollars for the reconstruction of Haiti. So those are potentially hard-hitting kinds of steps.

WHITFIELD: All right, some short term as well as some long-term potential obstacles.

PURCELL: Yes.

WHITFIELD: University of Miami, Susan Purcell, thanks so much for your time. Appreciate it.

PURCELL: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: A driver in Canada captured this shocking video on dash cam. Take a look, a big rig jumped a highway median near Toronto crashing into oncoming traffic. Miraculously, no one was hurt. But not far away, one woman was killed in a massive accident involving 40 vehicles. Officials say snow and whiteout conditions are to blame.

You're seeing a lot of snow and ice and just -- oh, my gosh, that is incredible video -- and just downright bone-chilling temperatures everywhere.

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