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Arizona's Continuing Immigration Battle; President Obama Delivers Speech to U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Super Bowl Champs Welcomed Home

Aired February 07, 2011 - 15:00   ET

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: And I want to begin with this. There is a new front opening up in the immigration battle. Where else would this be happening? Arizona.

At this hour, children and their parents -- I'm talking also itty-bitty babies there being carried -- they're marching on the capitol complex building in Phoenix just as the state Senate considers another proposed crackdown. Here's what you need to know. There's this new bill that would essentially deny American citizenship to any child born on U.S. soil if their parents came here illegally.

CNN's Casey Wian has just spoken in fact to one of the see senators behind this new legislation.

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RON GOULD (R), ARIZONA STATE SENATOR: You know, you have people all across the world that would like to become American citizens, and they're waiting patiently in line to do that. But these folks have -- are essentially gaming our system to put themselves at the head of the line.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: Now, it's not just that, but the folks behind this proposed legislation say we have all been reading the Constitution incorrectly for 150 years.

Casey Wian, as I said, is there in Phoenix, joining me on the phone.

And, Casey, first, if you can just help me set up the story and explain for everyone more details about this particular legislation.

CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what it is, Brooke, actually two separate pieces of legislation, and one of them would require that at least one parent be a citizen or legal resident for a child born in Arizona to actually be considered a citizen of the state of Arizona.

The other one would create a special class of birth certificates that would be issued to non-citizens. It would be issued by the state Department of Health and it would create a two-tiered birth certificate in the state of Arizona. Now, what's interesting about this legislation and what's happening now is that the authors of the bill, they make no bones about the fact that it would have absolutely no immediate practical impact on anyone in the state of Arizona. Their entire purpose is to try to get this issue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

BALDWIN: Right.

WIAN: They say that the 14th Amendment of the Constitution was not intended to grant citizenship to people who are -- the offspring of children of people who are in the United States illegally, because there was no such thing as illegal immigration when this amendment was first drafted -- Brooke.

BALDWIN: OK. So that's what about the proponents of the bill -- or really we should say, as you pointed out, two pieces of legislation, but what about the people we see who have just shown up there on the capitol in the last 20 minutes or so? Who are the people who are marching and what's their argument against this?

WIAN: There's a small group of people here who are out in front of the state senate chambers protesting. They say that this bill is trying to reopen settled legislation, that the Supreme Court has already ruled on this issue and that anyone born in the United States, other than the children of a diplomat, are automatically U.S. citizens.

They also say that this is a very mean-spirited effort, to use their words. They say on the heels of SB-1070, which we saw last year, and several other state laws that have been enacted to try to crack down on illegal immigrants, they say that this is another black eye, in their words, for the state of Arizona. They say it's mean- spirited and they say it's going to be struck down by the courts, so why bother is essentially what they're saying.

BALDWIN: Casey Wian, thank you.

And I just want to remind everyone these pictures you're seeing that are on the right side of your screen, those are live pictures. There they are again. And by my sort of guesstimate, maybe -- maybe two dozen, maybe three dozen, so obviously not a huge crowd, but a crowd nonetheless.

And I want to bring in our senior legal analyst to help me sort through all of this in Arizona, Jeff Toobin.

And, Jeff, you heard what Casey said. It sounds to me and from what I have been reading, the supporters of these two pieces of legislation ultimately hope -- hope that this provokes a lawsuit, that it gets all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Why is that"?

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Well, because the law just is so, so clear on this issue. Sometimes, law is complicated, but sometimes it's really not.

And the language of the 14th Amendment says all persons born in the United States are citizens. It doesn't matter who your parents are. It doesn't matter if they're in the country legally or illegally. If you're born in this country, you are a citizen.

That is not something the Supreme Court I think is going to revisit. I don't know why they need to revisit it. It's not like it's been controversial for 150 years. This is what the law is.

Now, there are certainly ways to amend the Constitution, and the supporters of this law could do that. But as long as the 14th Amendment says what it says, I think this is really a frivolous legal endeavor.

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BALDWIN: Well, I'm glad, Jeff, you pointed out the language. And I want to use some of the language, though, and push a little farther because some of the supporters of this legislation point to the very phrase which is as part of the 14th Amendment here, it says, all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

And it's that final phrase that, according to these supporters, it signals that it was not intended to apply to children of undocumented immigrants. Do they have an argument whatsoever there?

TOOBIN: I -- certainly, no court, no trial court, no appeals court, no United States Supreme Court decision has ever suggested there is anything to that clause, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, that suggests people whose parents are not -- are illegal immigrants are not citizens.

I mean, it is an argument that has never been accepted by any court. I understand that they're making it, and sometimes new arguments are accepted, but it just seems to me that this group is better off trying to amend the Constitution than pursuing this law, which is obviously, in my opinion, unconstitutional.

BALDWIN: Well, I think also, though, when you think of the children, and the people who are supporting the law, they say, look, you know, they say, just because these children were born here doesn't mean they should reap the benefits of being a U.S. citizen.

But, on the flip side of things, you could argue equally that, you know, they're children. They didn't get to choose where they were born.

TOOBIN: That's true. And those are interesting policy arguments for and against this bill. There are lots of laws that -- that are constitutional, and you can argue about whether they're good or bad.

The point here is the Constitution trumps everything in our country. And this law is, by any rational understanding of current constitutional law, unconstitutional. I understand their point. I mean, they may have a legitimate point.

BALDWIN: Both sides. TOOBIN: Certainly there are a lot people are considered about -- there are a lot people concerned about illegal immigration. And that is a big problem in our country.

BALDWIN: Yes.

TOOBIN: But to address that, you have to comport with the Constitution, and this law doesn't do it.

BALDWIN: Jeff Toobin, thank you so much for lending your legal expertise, as always.

And, Casey Wian, thanks to you as well.

Now, watch this.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The fact is, the Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO don't agree on a whole lot. Tom Donohue and Richard Trumka are not Facebook friends.

(LAUGHTER)

OBAMA: Well, maybe -- I don't think you are, anyway.

(LAUGHTER)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: Did you catch any of that exchange today? If you haven't, we will get you up to speed, because after millions spent to foil the president's health care overhaul, look who shows up to hobnob at the Chamber of Commerce.

You know, if you think politics makes strange bedfellows, stick around to hear what Jessica Yellin has in store for us today.

Also, coming up next, this caught on camera. You remember this video? It shows police officers allegedly wailing on that suspect that was there just laying on the ground, may be launching now a federal investigation.

And happening now, Cheeseheads welcoming home their Super Bowl champs this hour. They're waiting. They're waiting along the streets. You have got to check out live pictures. Thank you guys very much. Check out what they did to clear the way. It's Wisconsin, a little bit of snow, clearing the way for the Packers team. More live pictures coming up.

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BALDWIN: OK, Green Bay Packers fans are losing their minds. And I guess after last night's game, can you really blame them? There they go, the Packers team getting off the plane just a short time ago, heading home, now officially home in Green Bay. And as you may have heard, by the way, the Packers beat the Steelers last night 31-25. And since we were following them by plane, we're also -- or I should say our affiliate WTMJ is following them by helicopter, of course, only fitting as they are the Super Bowl champs. And we're watching them. There goes a fire truck. We're watching them in a couple of different buses.

So maybe if this helicopter -- who knows if he will pull out or not, but I assure you that they are waiting, and, of course, despite the I'm sure bitter cold temperatures there in Green Bay, many, many faithful fans are hanging out, waiting to see their championship team.

And there's one of the buses. There's one the buses rolling all along. And there's the ground shot. A lot of people waiting, watching, they stayed up late and they're ready to see the big men from the green and yellow.

Now, check out these super fans, though, who showed up to shovel snow from Lambeau Field in Green Bay today. The pay? A mere eight bucks an hour. But it's all worth it because they get to actually see the team. The Packers are heading to the field to see the fans a little later this afternoon. And then tomorrow they are going to be hosting the official return to title town event. So, a little bit going on in Wisconsin.

And the world community could soon have a new nation. This is huge, huge news globally. Final results are in for Sudan's vote on whether to split the country in two. More than 98 percent of voters in the country's south voted to separate from north.

U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said that the U.S. will start the process of removing Sudan from the list of state prisoners -- or rather -- excuse me -- state sponsors of terror if the government accepts the results.

And WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in court today for the first day of his two-day extradition hearing in London. Assange is wanted in Sweden for questioning about sexual misconduct allegations. Assange says he did nothing wrong. His attorneys are arguing that he could eventually end up in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay if he is turned over to Swedish authorities.

And Internet giant AOL has purchased blogosphere giant -- I'm sure you check your news there, in addition to CNN.com -- I'm talking about Huffington Post -- for a whopping 315 million bucks. AOL had to part with 40 percent of its cash to pull the deal off. The blog's founder, Arianna Huffington, says it attracts 26 million visitors every month. Huffington will become editor in chief of the merged company's media group.

Some things are beginning to return to normal in Egypt. Banks are open again. So are more shops. But one thing still remains constant. The protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square and protesters who are in the square today say they will not back down.

Watch this report from CNN's Ivan Watson.

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IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Morning for the men of barricades in Tahrir Square, cold, battle- scarred and filthy, they fought and bled to protect this symbol of Egyptian defiance.

(on camera): It was raining.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Yes. It was cold here last night.

ABDUL HAMID DAOUD, PROTESTER: And all the people stand and tired and we will continue quivering until that system is removed.

WATSON (voice-over): Abdul Hamid Daoud suffered head wounds during last Wednesday's furious battle between opposition demonstrators and President Hosni Mubarak's supporters.

(on camera): How did you feel fighting other Egyptians?

DAOUD: Fighting other Egyptians?

WATSON: Yes.

DAOUD: They are not Egyptians. They are criminals.

WATSON (voice-over): Daoud says he's fighting for his country's freedom.

DAOUD: We want to make democracy systems with organizations. Not a one-man show country. Fascistic system, we want to make it a democracy.

WATSON: Daoud and thousands of his colleagues established improvised lines of security.

DAOUD: Anybody have to go inside, they have to make that check.

WATSON: And an alarm system of clangs and whistles that sounds at the first hint of a threat. The result, an enclave in the heart of the Egyptian capital that is largely out of state control. Here, Egyptians can sing, dance, give political speeches and even make street art.

DAOUD: This is art, our art.

WATSON: Anti-Mubarak messages made from the stones protesters once hurled at the president's men.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My friend is sleeping, Abdul.

WATSON: Daoud is a father of two, an engineer who worked for an American I.T. company and a devout Muslim, who admires the Muslim Brotherhood party.

DAOUD: The Muslim Brothers is one organization. We have also Christians.

WATSON: On Sunday, Egyptian Christians stood shoulder to shoulder with Muslims, holding a cross and the Koran, demanding Mubarak's resignation.

(on camera): What do you call this? Do you have a name for this? Yes, what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, revolution.

WATSON (voice-over): But a day earlier, these Egyptian revolutionaries shifted their tactics to face a new, far more dangerous threats. You have people sitting outside your barricades?

DAOUD: Yes.

WATSON: Why?

DAOUD: The fear of the tanks.

WATSON: And why do you have to face the tanks?

DAOUD: No problem. The men in the barricades fear Egyptian soldiers may use force to kill their revolution. To prevent that, they say they're ready to pay the ultimate price.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Cairo.

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BALDWIN: Well, we are now getting word that that Google executive who had been missing in Egypt for a week has now been released. He is also tweeting about it. Stay with us. We will bring you that story coming up.

Also up next, President Obama tries to make nice with a group that hasn't been so fond of him recently. We will tell you who he met with, how it went, and why he's making quite an effort now.

Also, what is Christina Aguilera saying the day after flubbing the national anthem at the Super Bowl? I know you saw it. Some of you are giving her a tough time. Some of you feel sorry for her. We will talk about that ahead.

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BALDWIN: Before we talk a little politics, let's just get to the football. Did you hear the first fan call it? Before the big game, he said the Steelers starting center was hurt, so advantage Green Bay Packers.

Let's hear the president talk a little football.

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BILL O'REILLY, HOST, "THE O'REILLY FACTOR": But are you going to watch the game? Are you going to --

OBAMA: Of course I watch the game.

O'REILLY: Are you going to sit down and you're going to watch?

OBAMA: I'm not going to --

(CROSSTALK)

O'REILLY: You know, like, football? You know, like, blitzes and coverage and all that? You know all that?

OBAMA: Oh, I know football, man.

O'REILLY: You do?

OBAMA: Absolutely.

O'REILLY: Because I know you're a basketball guy.

OBAMA: I know -- I know football.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: Oh. He knows football. So Sunday he was talking with a conservative cable host and now here he is today striding in -- there he goes -- hopping up the stairs to chat with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The president's move to the center is full-steam ahead.

I want you to take a listen to this. He even concedes he needs to do some damage control with big business.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

OBAMA: Maybe if we -- if we had brought over a fruitcake when I first moved in, we would have gotten off to a better start.

(LAUGHTER)

OBAMA: But I'm going to make up for it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: So the president is telling the Chamber of Commerce he owes them one.

Jessica Yellin, our national political correspondent.

And remind me, if you will, Jess, you know, what is the source of this bad blood between the president and the U.S. Chamber?

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, first, Brooke, let me give you two numbers -- $86 million, that's what the Chamber spent trying to defeat the health care reform bill.

And $132 million is what the Chamber spent last year lobbying against health care and Wall Street reform, among other Democratic initiatives. And then stage left, remember, the Democrats demonized the Chamber, with the White House accusing them of funneling foreign money into Republican campaigns during the midterms. There was a DNC ad.

Basically, it's been a dogfight. But now both sides need job growth and they really a political cooling down period, so we're seeing this -- this amazing re-engagement.

BALDWIN: So, reason enough for -- for perhaps mending relations in a fruitcake, in the president's words.

(LAUGHTER)

BALDWIN: So it's difficult, though, for the president to get applause from this particular group. And when you watch, you know, you can count twice -- two separate instances of applause. But, in the first time, they couldn't make up their minds if it was a full- fledged applause or not. Listen to that.

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OBAMA: We finalized the trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000 American jobs. And by the way, it's a deal that has unprecedented support from business and labor, Democrats and Republicans. And that's the kind of deal that I will be looking for as we pursue trade agreements with Panama and Colombia; as we work to bring Russia into the international trading system.

Those are going to be our top priorities because we believe Americans have the best products and the best businesses, and if we're out there selling...

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: OK. So I think maybe that's not the right bite. But, bottom line, there's a point where they are sort of hesitant, right, Jessica, in the clapping ? And as he heads toward reelection in 2012, what is the president doing to try to get these guys back in his corner?

YELLIN: Well, first of all, he got the applause when he says at some point, we have to get Americans jobs in America. So, that got some big job -- big applause.

And some of the other things he's doing that are -- would get applause in that audience, he hired Bill Daley as his chief of staff.

BALDWIN: Right.

YELLIN: That's someone who knows Wall Street and the business community trusts.

He named Jeff Immelt, the head of GE, and Steve Case, the co- founder of AOL, to run two new efforts to jump-start jobs and entrepreneurship. He's encouraging Congress to rework certain narrow parts of the health care bill, reform the corporate tax code. There's a push to reduce unnecessary regulation.

You get that there's a lot happening here.

BALDWIN: Yes.

YELLIN: But -- but the big part of the anger from the business community, to be honest, Brooke, was simply in the way the president used words to blame Wall Street and big business for the financial collapse.

And you will notice that rhetoric is gone. And just losing that rhetoric is helping to warm up relations.

BALDWIN: Helping him warm up relations. And if your mom taught you quite like my mom taught me, you can't always make everybody happy.

(CROSSTALK)

(LAUGHTER)

BALDWIN: So, while is the U.S. Chamber and he's making them happy, you have to think, OK, who is he making unhappy? Who would that group be, Jess?

YELLIN: Oh, how did you know?

(LAUGHTER)

YELLIN: Some of his own base. Yes, several progressive groups are complaining. They're saying, look, the Chamber was so aggressive with its ads during the last election. They point out some of their own chapters around the country distanced themselves from the Chamber.

Recall a number of companies including Apple and some big utilities withdrew from the Chamber of Commerce because of its aggressive opposition to the administration's climate policies. So, now one progressive group is calling the president's speech mortifying. Another one says the president is fawning over the banks.

And then on the right some are saying already, well, this is all talk. We need action. But the bottom line is, the more the left and the right are criticizing, the more the president gets seems to get credit for moving to the center. Whether or not his policies really do, in the rhetorical debate, he seems to be getting that credit.

(CROSSTALK)

BALDWIN: Can't make everybody happy, but he looks to be moving to the middle after today.

Jessica, thank you so much live in D.C.

Coming up next, police in Texas caught on camera, look at this, seen allegedly beating a teenage burglary suspect. Now the calls are growing for a federal investigation. And did you see -- or really I should say did you hear Christina Aguilera flubbing the national anthem last night live on TV during the Super Bowl? I know you're talking about it today. We are going to play that video for you. And we're going to have her response to what was, yes, an embarrassing moment.

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BALDWIN: Before we get to the video in Houston, I want to show you some live pictures that are coming in for us the Green Bay Packers now arriving. You see all their buses lined up and all the fans braving the cold to welcome them home to Lambeau Field.

You saw the video -- there they go -- fans packing inside. You saw the video of everyone having to spend the morning shoveling the snow so they could get everyone inside the bitter cold snow-covered Lambeau Field.

But it's pretty awesome to be a kid in Green Bay today, because those kids get out of school half-a-day early to go to the stadium. And just listen to the crowd welcoming home the new Super Bowl XLV champs.

And there is new fallout today from a beating video that's causing all kinds of outrage in Houston. And we showed it to you on Friday. We will take a look once again here.

And look at -- you see the car. The video shows Houston police allegedly beating and kicking this 15-year-old suspect. He's there down on the grass. It's hard to see him, I know. But he's lying on the ground in what appears to be a surrender pose.

Now, today, there are calls for a federal investigation into police brutality. In fact, one of those calls is coming from Congressman Al Green.

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REP. AL GREEN (D), TEXAS: I ask that the Justice Department not limit itself to any one incident. I ask that the Justice Department allow the evidence to lead it wherever justice requires it go. And I hope that in the final analysis justice will be served.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: Now, a lawyer for the suspect being beaten in that lawyer tells CNN the problem is systemic within the Houston police department. In fact, he goes on to say he wants tougher state laws against police brutality. Listen.

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WILVIN CARTER, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: We need to first install some type of law, we need to go down to the legislature here in Texas, we need to have a law in place to where officers will behave in acceptable conduct, not take part in excessive force. They are now going to receive a felony penalty instead of misdemeanor penalty they're under here in Houston now.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: So you saw the video. You're wonder willing what happened to those police officer. At least five have lost their jobs, five others disciplined in other ways. Here's what Houston police chief Charles McClellan Jr. says, quote, "I have already taken disciplinary action and will have no further comment until the last case is adjudicated or appealed."

And from the Houston police officers union, quote, "We have thousands of officers who do a great job every day and they're not involved in this. Police officers do the best job they can. This is a case that has to be sorted out. It's serious and it's a reflection on the department."

He goes on, "But we have to let the system work. There's four people who have been charged and we'll have no comment on that until it's resolved in the courts."

Up next, now two men are in custody after this weekend's deadly fraternity shooting in Ohio. And you may not believe what police are now saying was the motive.

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BALDWIN: Police say two men who were tossed out of a weekend party returned with automatic weapons and just started shooting. And this is one of two suspects in custody today in Youngstown, Ohio. He and the other man are accused of killing a senior from Youngstown State University and wounding 11 others in the wee hours of the morning just yesterday. This whole thing happened at this off-campus fraternity house.

Police say the two shot indiscriminately into this house not long after they were asked to leave. The victim was a 25-year-old YSU students. The suspects are 22 and 19 years of age. University officials and students are dealing with this aftermath of the sudden and deadly violence today. In fact Ohio governor John Kasich is making a visit to campus soon.

On the phone is Ron Cole, the university's communications director. From what I understand, Ron, you are meeting with Governor Kasich who is coming to campus. How are he and really the college community responding to this?

RON COLE, YSU COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, (via telephone): Well, first and foremost, I want to express our deepest sympathies to the family of Jamail Johnson, who is the young man who died in this incident.

BALDWIN: Of course.

COLE: And again we want to ask everyone to keep their thoughts and prayers to the young people injured and impacted by this senseless act of violence. On campus today our flags are flying at half-mast. We have counselors available to talk to students or staff or anyone who feels they may need to talk this thing through. We had a very moving and sad prayer service earlier today on campus, and it's obviously a very difficult time. We're just trying to do our best right now as a community to come together and to grieve.

BALDWIN: You mentioned the victim Jamail Johnson who was shot and killed. What can you tell me about him?

COLE: I'll be honest with you. I don't know a lot about him, but I know at the prayer service today I heard a lot about him. And he certainly seemed like a young man that I very much would have liked to have known. Very, very nice things said about him, and obviously a tremendous loss.

BALDWIN: Do you know, Ron, in terms -- I know you can't comment on specifics -- but what I read there were 50-plus people at this off- campus house. Do you know how many students were injured?

COLE: There were 11 individuals that were injured. Six of them were YSU students.

BALDWIN: How are they? Any update on their condition today?

COLE: I have no update.

BALDWIN: You called this yourself a senseless act of violence. I know it's tough because from a campus perspective this was off- campus. Soy don't know what kind of jurisdiction you would have over this particular incident, but what can you -- what can YSU -- do to prevent something so horrific from happening away from school?

COLE: Well, we have a very good working relationship with our city police department, and they work with us to monitor and to patrol these areas around campus. And so we will continue doing that. One of the reasons that the governor is here today, and he's here as well as our mayor, is to talk to us and to help us maybe devise some way that's we can help address these sort of situations.

BALDWIN: Ron Cole from Youngstown State University, so sad. Thank you for coming on.

COLE: Thank you.

BALDWIN: Coming up next, what Christina Aguilera has to say today about messing up the National Anthem live on television during the Super Bowl last night.

Also, speaking of the Super Bowl, this might make you a little bit hungry. Can you guess which one of these items was not on the White House Super Bowl party menu? Remember, you know the first lady. She tries to push healthy eating. So which one was not on the menu, cheeseburgers, fruit platter, deep dish pizza? The answer and the conversation is next.

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BALDWIN: Just a quick note if your travel plans involve Newark Airport. We're now getting word of some sort of power outage there, specifically at terminals a, b, and c. That's what I can tell you for now. We're trying to get in touch with the airport to let you know why this is happening and hopefully update you when it is all clear.

For now, let's talk about the Super Bowl. Early numbers indicate Super Bowl XLV may have broken or tied a record for TV viewers. A lot of eyes on the screen, but that is not necessarily what you were talking about today. Today you're talking about the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner," plus, heart-stopping White House menu items that might surprise people considering what the first lady is all about lately.

It's all trending today, and CNN.com's Lisa Respers France joins me for all the details. And I tell you what, I've been getting tweets talking about Christina Aguilera, who has a lovely voice and has performed the song many, many times.

LISA RESPERS FRANCE, WRITER/PRODUCER, CNN.COM: She performed it this past summer at game six and seven for the NBA finals and sang it perfectly, but this time she fumbled it at the Super Bowl.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

(SINGING)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BALDWIN: I watched the cutaway to see if anybody noticed.

FRANCE: She messed up the fourth line and Christina Aguilera released this statement, "I got so lost in the moment of the song that I lost my place. I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of this anthem still came through."

BALDWIN: I bet she's been inundated on twitter by all these people.

FRANCE: She's probably horrified. She probably wishes she were a genie in the bottle right now.

BALDWIN: Nice reference. Christina Aguilera, still human. She probably got nervous.

FRANCE: She probably did. She's a belter, she just belted out the wrong words.

BALDWIN: Oops!

Let's talk food.

FRANCE: This is going to make you hungry.

BALDWIN: It already has.

FRANCE: While Christina Aguilera was singing her heart out, the White House was eating their heart out. Let's talk about the menu. This is what we know, the following menu they released for the Super Bowl party -- bratwurst, kielbasa, cheeseburgers, deep dish pizza, buffalo wings, German potato salad, twice baked potatoes because once baked is not enough, chips and pretzels, chips and dips, salad, and ice cream.

BALDWIN: There's salad to negate everything else. There's obviously no fruit plate, the answer to our tease. People are eating oodles of cholesterol-full food.

FRANCE: With Michelle Obama's initiative to combat childhood obesity, it kind of made us wonder.

BALDWIN: Don't you wonder what she was saying? Honey, where's the fruit?

FRANCE: Where's the fruit? Where's the -- I don't know, the Snyder's pretzel that may not have salt? Where's the hummus?

BALDWIN: I had hummus last night with our wings.

FRANCE: Exactly.

BALDWIN: It's like going to McDonald's and getting a diet coke. Fun to talk about it. I am hungry now. Thank you.

And for days and days this picture has been accompanied by the words "Have you seen this man?" Today the highly paid Google executive back on the radar. And we're finding out now what happened to him. We're also hearing from him today in Egypt, next.

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BALDWIN: So far the uprising in Egypt has no one face. What I mean by that is, unlike revolutions in other times and other countries, there is no one individual who is out front speaking on behalf of the rallying crowds, the embodiment of the movement.

But what we have today, one man considered one the faces of the protestors. I want to bring in Dan Simon. You've been in touch with Google, today. He went missing a little bit more than week ago. What's the news today?

DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The guy we're talking about, his name is Wael Ghonim, 30 years old, Google's top marketing manager in the Middle East. He disappeared ten days ago. And today it was announced by Google that he has been found. The question becomes why Egyptian security forces took him into custody in the first place, really a mystery at this point where he's been all this time and why they arrested him. The key point here is that he is described as a political activist and someone whose social media savvy ignited the protests. But to what degree he organized the demonstrations is really unclear. We can tell you that he lives in Dubai with his wife and children. We're told he will probably be reunited with them fairly soon, Brooke.

But really this is a story that created a lot of intrigue with this whole story in Egypt, in part because of just the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance, and also because he happens to work for one of the best-known companies in the world.

BALDWIN: You mentioned, Dan, he was tweeting -- let's show the tweet. Here's his tweet. This is really what made news. He tweeted, "freedom is a bless," or a "blessing that deserves fighting for." That's what we heard from him. Quickly, Dan, we don't know if he'll return home to Dubai or stay in Egypt? We just don't know that yet?

SIMON: Yes, that's the real question, and, of course. Obviously the officials there, at least people on his side will want to debrief him and figure out exactly where he was during this time and really get a sense as to why security forces would take him into custody.

BALDWIN: And what exactly happened to him in those days that he was apprehended. Dan Simon, thank you so much out of San Francisco for us.

Coming up next, President Bush's overseas trip done, cancelled. Is it because he thought he might be arrested when he got there?

Also, have you seen this little boy behind the Darth Vader Super Bowl commercial everyone is talking about? Here he is.

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MAX PAGE, ACTOR: I knew I was going to make it to the top three so I'm in the commercial now.

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BALDWIN: Six-year-olds, got to love them. We'll hear more from max page next.

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BALDWIN: Two mega media power players teaming up in a multi- million dollar deal. AOL is buying "Huffington Post" so does this maybe mean changes for you online? Alison Kosik live at the stock exchange. Alison, before we talk about the changes for us, tell me about the deal.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Here's the deal. AOL is buying that left-leaning "Huffington Post" website that you mentioned for $350 million. Here's what web traffic marketers say. They say "Huffington Post" has pretty good readership and AOL has a bigger reach. But the fact is AOL has been really struggling. The acquisition is considered a bigger deal for AOL trying to put its name back on the map because its traditional business model is in fact dying at this point. You know, it's really been buying up small companies, small web companies to create a new niche as a leading news and content provider so it's really looking to Arianna Huffington to kind of bring it back into the fold and more as a relevant content provider. We'll see if that actually happens, Brooke.

BALDWIN: Here's how it relates to you and me and anyone watching and people are wondering with this merger, does it mean that when I click on "Huf-Po" ultimately I'll have to pay?

KOSIK: Could be, but this may not be the road that we're really going down at this point. You know, we turn to CNN.com unscientific straw poll that was done actually in 2009. It really shows that web users are really skeptical about paying for content.

Now, don't tell this to Rupert Murdoch who just launched "The Daily" on the iPad last week. He, of course, charges access to "Wall Street Journal" and "Financial Times," but the fact of the matter is it doesn't go for every publication out there. You can't necessarily put the toothpaste back into the tube. Critics say to pay for content, that kind of business model, is really hard to get used to, for many of us, right, Brooke?

BALDWIN: Absolutely, absolutely. It's hard to go -- when you're used to having something be free, being charged for it but at the same time you can understand why they want their money. People aren't buying newspapers like they used to.

KOSIK: That's what advertisers are for.

BALDWIN: Did you see the super cute kid, so adorable, the Super Bowl car ad, and it's already had, you know, more than 15 million hits on YouTube. There he is, trying to use the force. But have you seen -- have you seen the 6-year-old behind the mask? You've got to see this.

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PAGE: Well, when I got started on the commercial, I was just thrilled to have a commercial, like a mo movie of like I've never even seen and I tried my best, and when I saw the director, he said you have the right moves. I knew I was going to make it to the top three, and so I'm in the commercial now.

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BALDWIN: Oh, my gosh. Can I take him home with me? Max Page's mom says he's been acting for a couple of years now, has actually appeared on "The Young and the Restless," and you just saw him in front of the children's hospital in Los Angeles sign because he's also a patient there after being born with a congenital heart defect. He has a pacemaker and is tough and is doing well with his big acting gig with the commercial in the Super Bowl. I want to bring in Wolf Blitzer. I know we're supposed to be talking politics, but I know you sat up and watched the Super Bowl. Did you have a favorite ad?

WOLF BLITZER, HOST, "THE SITUATION ROOM": I thought the Darth Vader ad with the little kid was the best one. I really liked that one. I remember the ad where they had the young woman sitting across from the young man and what she was thinking going through her mind and he was thinking going through his mind, remember that ad?

BALDWIN: I might have been running my mouth during the commercial.

BLITZER: They were at a table and she was thinking, you know, I wonder what he's going to look like, will he go bald, does he love his mother, going to make a living, all that kind of stuff like that, does he want to get serious?

BALDWIN: Yes.

BLITZER: And he was thinking -- he was saying along the lines, and I'll paraphrase, I want to sleep with her, I want to sleep with her, I want to sleep with her. That was -- that was a very funny ad, a cute little ad. I liked the Darth Vader one, too.

BALDWIN: I liked the pug but I have a pug. Anyway, what do you have today?

BLITZER: That was a nice one, too.

BALDWIN: Let's talk politics.

BLITZER: You want to move from that to what's going on life-and- death situation in Egypt.

BALDWIN: Yes, try that for a segue.

BLITZER: What's going on in Egypt right now? Everybody wants to know does the president of the United States, does the secretary of state, do they want president Mubarak to step down right away, basically leave office and allow the vice president, Omar Suleiman, to take over until the scheduled elections in October, or do they want president Mubarak to stay in office until September so that they have a smoother transition, if you will, though the protesters at Tahrir Square and elsewhere in Egypt they want him to leave right away, and they are planning more demonstrations tomorrow.

Those are good questions. We'll speak with P.J. Crowley, the state department spokesman, and try to get some answers on some of these questions on Egypt and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs danced around so much of it, so sensitive U.S. relations in the Middle East, U.S. relations with Egypt and elsewhere, by the way, big.

As far as Gibbs is concerned, he'll be stepping down on Friday, his last day as the White House press secretary. Another story crossing the CNN Political Ticker. We have come to know over the years Congresswoman Jane Harman, she will be leaving the Congress to become the head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She apparently sees this as an attractive opportunity for her, so she would give up her congressional seat in order to take over this new responsibility. We'll see if that actually does happen, but apparently she's letting her constituents know that that's something she's been thinking about. They will have to have a special election in her district in California to get a new representative. We'll see how that works out for the Democrats or the Republicans. Brooke?

BALDWIN: I think you've left me a tad speechless, here, so I'll leave it with, thank you. And we'll get another political update in half an hour. Any time get an update any time at CNN.com/politics or go to Twitter @politicalticker.

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