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Impasse in Wisconsin; Cracking Down on Protesters in Libya; Tea Party Movement Celebrates The Spark That Started It Two Years Ago

Aired February 26, 2011 - 16:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: You must hear more from Iman face to face. She could have stopped after 14 years of modeling, and instead she filled a need for women of color looking for cosmetics, that she just spoke of, that match their skin tone. And from there, more enterprises.

Next hour "Face to Face" with Iman on branching out and back into fashion but in a very different, accessible way. And check out my blog on CNN.com/fredricka for more of that interview, "Face to Face" with Iman.

Governments around the world pull their citizens out of Libya as Tripoli races for more possible bloodshed, and a homeless man is reunited with his daughter after 11 years, thanks to Twitter.

And how a supermodel became an entrepreneur. More of my "Face to Face" interview with Iman.

We begin this hour with a developing story. Less than a week before a threatened federal government shutdown, there's word from Washington of a possible compromise. It's not final yet, but if it is approved, Republicans would join Democrats to continue funding government operations through the middle of next month.

CNN Radios' Lisa Desjardins is standing by now in Washington with more on this possible agreement.

LISA DESJARDINS, CNN RADIO CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT: Capitol Hill life where we are seeming to get some agreement between Republicans and Democrats. And it looks like they're going to go for a two-week extension of government spending. That's the deal Republicans threw on the table.

Let's go over some of the details of where the two sides agree. We got a graphic for you to explain all of this. First of all, one thing that they agree on, some things need to be cut immediately. Look at this. Both sides agree we should make cuts from the Obama list of budget cuts, things he wants to cut next year. They say we should do that now. And also cut earmarks now. That's the deal on the table.

And the GOP is saying let's make those cuts now and have spending extended for the next two weeks. Then they want to use those two weeks to negotiate, Fred, for a longer deal. Some folks are worried that we could get into a spin cycle where we have just two weeks of extension, another two weeks, another two weeks. Hard to say. But right now, it seems we will avoid a government shutdown at least in the next week, Fred.

WHITFIELD: OK. That's good news for a lot of federal workers who are very nervous. And I'm sure they're not feeling like they're out of the woods yet, but it is encouraging. Lisa Desjardins, thanks so much. And of course, I want to go on to CNN.com/american sauce to see Lisa's podcast, (INAUDIBLE) coverage of Capitol Hill every week, all the time.

All right. The nation's governors are gathering in Washington for their annual winter meeting this weekend. Some of the Democratic governors were at the White House yesterday. Wisconsin's battle over the budget and union rights is expected to be front and center in their talks today, as the governors compare notes on how states are dealing with budget shortfalls. But Wisconsin's governor, Scott Walker, is not expected to attend.

All right. They are expecting another massive crowd at the capitol rotunda in Madison, Wisconsin, however, for the budget battle there. People started gathering hours ago. Some of them are talking to our Ted Rowlands.

All right. There, Ted is in a very snowy Madison.

TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, lots of snow, lots of people. Tens of thousands of people are here. Last week they had an estimated crowd of about 70,000. The crowd at least as big as it was last week. Obviously the reason, because this impasse continues. Governor Walker not willing to budge on his end. And then the 14 democratic senators remain in the state of Illinois, not willing to come back to Madison so there could be a quorum established so the governor can get his bill passed.

A lot of folks with different opinions. This is one of them. Sir, tell us what - the reason you're out here, first of all. And then answer this question, because a lot of Republicans say, listen, the governor was elected fair and square and he said that he was going to make drastic changes and he's doing what he was elected to do. That's what he says.

MIKE SULLIVAN, PROTESTER: Well, first of all, I don't think he's doing what he was elected to do. Certainly, we have budget problems. But I don't think he was elected to bust unions. I think if people knew that, they probably would not have elected him. I know a lot of people that have changed their voice. The reason I'm here is because I feel strongly that you need to get issues out. And the longer people know what's in this bill and who's behind him, the more that education comes out, the less people are going to support him.

ROWLANDS: What do you think is going to happen? Will the governor budge or will one of the 14 come back?

SULLIVAN, PROTESTER: Unfortunately right now, it looks like a stalemate. But I really don't see how we can go on with him not listening to the will of the people. And I think more people are coming around to see that he's doing more than what's necessary just to balance the budget. That this is truly an affront on the Democratic process.

ROWLANDS: Do you think he hears the message?

SULLIVAN, PROTESTER: Well, I hope he does. I'm not certain he does, but I hope cooler heads are going to prevail. I hope that, you know, he's going to realize that we're all in this together and we all have to figure it out and you don't need to balance the budget on the backs of the public workers.

ROWLANDS: Mike Sullivan, thank you very much. Appreciate your sharing your opinion.

Fredricka, one of the things that seems to be growing is this divide, this line in the sand. And there is no communication, apparently, between the Democrats and the governor at all here. So the idea that this impasse could be figured out in the next few days just doesn't seem plausible. We'll see what happens next week when there's some budget restructuring that needs to be taken care of or taxpayers will lose some money.

But right at this moment with all these people out here, the governor on one side and the 14 senators in Illinois, it doesn't look like anything is going to be solved, at least in the next few days.

WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks so much, Ted Rowlands, appreciate that from Madison, Wisconsin.

All right. News now from Libya, and it's developing on both side of the world today as the United Nations Security Council members try to hammer out language for a draft resolution aimed at punishing the government of Moammar Gadhafi. And on the table is a possible arms embargo, travel plans on Gadhafi, and people close to him, and possible criminal charges.

Then there's the effort to get non-Libyans out of that country. Thousands of Americans, Europeans, Indians and Chinese have so far fled the chaos in Libya by air and sea either to their homelands or to more stable countries in the region.

So let's get straight to Tripoli now where our own Nic Robertson is among a number of western journalists who finally got the go ahead to be in that country. Give us an idea of the circumstances in which you were able to get there and what is the latest?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fredricka, as I'm standing here talking to you now fairly close to the central of Tripoli, I can hear the occasional gunshots, heavy gunshots going off perhaps a mile or so away. There was another one. Our drive in from the airport was relatively uneventful. There's certainly not as much traffic on the roads as you would expect to see. There was a chaotic situation at the airport. Thousands of people outside the terminal of the airport building living in makeshift top haul and shelters, huddled under blankets. It's quite cold at night here right now. They were waiting to get on flights.

We saw flights from Jordan, from Egypt, from Bangladesh, from Turkish military aircraft. There are French military aircraft, all trying to evacuate citizens from a very chaotic situation at the airport. We just went for a drive around downtown now and the streets are absolutely deserted of people, citizens walking around.

Normally at this time of night you can expect to se a lot of people around, cafes open. We're seeing a few cars but very, very little traffic. We just had an interview with the foreign minister here and he challenged the United Nations over their rush to judgment, as he called it, over the situation here in Libya. He said an international delegation should come here and examine the situation rather than put these sanctions on Libya at the moment and he defended the government's use of force saying the killings even one last night here of civilians in Tripoli were the result of citizens stealing guns from police stations. And that's why these people in this city, these civilians, died last night. That's what he told us. Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: And Nic, of course, you know that the U.N. Security Council is discussing a number of things, sanctions, arms embargo, travel ban, et cetera. A, is that news even filtering there in Libya? And would it matter? We know Moammar Gadhafi, of course, doesn't care to hear about that, but could it potentially really make an impact in Libya?

ROBERTSON: Well, it's certainly having a psychological impact here, because this is one of the first things the foreign minister wanted to talk to us about. He said it's unjust, this rush to judgment and this use of sanctions is a prejudgment of a situation where the international community has no proper insight into what's going on.

He called for an international delegation. He didn't specify the delegation but he called them to come here and see for themselves what's going on. That's why he said journalists like ourselves have been invited here to get our own view of the situation right now. He said what's happening in the country is a result of Al Qaeda elements in the country, he really suspects. He said he was surprised the United States hadn't come to Libya's aid fighting these Al Qaeda elements. He said part of it was hallucinogenic drugs could have been given to part of the population making them rise up.

He did say that the government was trying to get into talks with the opposition to end this fighting. But when I said to him "Can you guarantee that no civilians will continue to be killed here?" He said, "Oh, it's wrong to kill civilians." But then he said what can the government do, it has to defend itself. So there seemed to be an inconsistency there, if you will. And certainly judging by the gunfire we can hear right now, we don't know what's causing it but certainly there are weapons out there tonight in this capital and they're being used. Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: And Nic, you talked about journalists being welcomed but have there also been some restrictions while you've been on the ground there?

ROBERTSON: Gunshots going off again. Oh, several gunshots. We're being told here that there is no restriction on what we can do. We've only just arrived so it's going to be very, very difficult for me to be able to say what are the limitation on what we can do. We've been told we can go and look around, whatever we want to look at.

I've talked to some journalist, colleagues here who have been here 24 hours and they told me that indeed they have been able to drive around in the city and stop where they want to and talk to people where they want to, but they haven't been allowed to go out beyond the confines of the city. They have been stopped at checkpoints and told they don't have permission for that. (INAUDIBLE) And they do say that some of the contentious areas have been delayed and they've been put off until today. So that seems to be the environment that we're in.

While on one hand we're told that it's open, there are clearly some restrictions that have been imposed on some of our colleagues already. Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right. Nic Robertson, thanks so much from Tripoli, Libya. Thanks so much.

All right. It has been a long way from the fashion houses of New York and Paris to the home shopping network, but that's where you'll find Iman's latest fashion items.

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IMAN, CEO IMAN COSMETICS: I wanted to create some clothes, fashionable items, that really could work from size two to 3x.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Find out about Iman's fashion democracy, that's what she calls it, when we talk "Face to Face," next.

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WHITFIELD: She is everywhere these days, co-hosting Bravo Television's, "The Fashion Show," fronting her fashion designs on Home Shopping Network and being celebrated recently by the Council of Fashion Designers of America as a force in fashion and she remains title less.

Iman tells me "Face to Face" why she and her ventures are so hugely successful.

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IMAN: OK. Well, HSN, Home Shopping Network, came to me three years ago and they said we would like you to create a brand for us, whatever you want.

WHITFIELD (on camera): Were you worried is this a prank call?

IMAN: No, whatever you want. I said OK, let me think about it. So I went into my closet and I really actually wanted to see what is it that is the start of my closet. What is it that I go to?

WHITFIELD: What is that? IMAN: Accessories, shoes and bags makes the outfit. Because you can wear the same suit, if you find really a good tailored suit for business, those changes are the ones that's going to update and make you current and all that. So that's what I created, first of all, three years ago. It became a huge success. And then they asked me to put some fashion items in it. And I wanted to create - back to politics. Now it's the politics of the body. I wanted to create some clothes, fashionable items, that really could work from size two to 3x.

WHITFIELD: You call this fashion democracy.

IMAN: I call it fashion democracy. I don't want to change the whole outfit, but I want it to look good on everybody. So I was able to do that, and thank god it has worked and it has become their number two fashion brand at HSN. You do something that you really believe in it, take your hands out of it, because it now is in the hands of the public, if they're going to buy into it and like it and all that. But you never are going to say, "oh, I should not have done" -because you've given it your best, you know. And then let the universe take care of it.

WHITFIELD: So do you see an end point in these business ventures, or is the idea to keep growing?

IMAN: If it's not authentic, it's not - it doesn't become successful. That's the key, at least to me. Iman Home when I was creating - Home has always been my passion. I find a great room is a great escape from - you know, you work in the city, you run around and then you come home and it's like a cocoon of "ah, you breathe." Right? And I travel a lot. And so I'm always a collector. I call myself a very chic hoarder.

WHITFIELD: You mentioned the word "authentic." Peter Beard, the photographer, who didn't discover you but spotted you -

IMAN: Yes.

WHITFIELD: And took that picture in Kenya said that you represented an authenticity that the fashion world didn't embrace, didn't have, and you were it. So being authentic in your business ventures, being engaged, being passionate, being very excited, seems to be at the root of everything that you do. What's your advice to people who say you know what I want to branch out, I want to do my own thing, but I don't know how to get started?

IMAN: Well, first of all, you can't keep up in the Joneses, and especially now with Twitter, because there are people that have 10 million twitter. You can't keep up with people so you have to be authentic to yourself. And what really drives you. What is your bliss? I'm sure everybody has heard you really have to love what you want to get into. So that being said, and also something you want to do regardless of whether you get paid or not, but you better get paid for it.

WHITFIELD: You got to pay the rent. IMAN: You've got to pay the rent, right? So that is that. And then once you decide on what that is, stay consistent. I have done - some of my mistakes in my cosmetics is like when there was a trend into something and we said, well let's ride that and it's not you, it's that person's thing.

WHITFIELD: Do you try to stay away from trends in general?

IMAN: Yes. My motto in life or in fashion is that in a world full of trends, I remain a classic.

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WHITFIELD: She is classic and cares deeply about helping those in need, particularly those in Africa whose life experience includes being a refugee, like she once was. Later this our Iman talks "Face to Face" on being the face of a refugee and never forgetting what that means.

And of course you can always check in to see more "Face to Face" on my blog, cnn.com/fredricka.

All right. Two husbands learn the grass is not always greener when their wives grant them the unthinkable, one week off, marriage. Movie reviews, next.

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WHITFIELD: Nicolas Cage is back at a father searching for his daughter's murderer. Movie reviews, rather, coming up.

But first a look at today's top stories. All right. Governments around the world are getting their people away from the increasing violence and unrest in Libya. A British ship that ferried hundreds of evacuees from Libya to safety in Malta is making a return trip today.

And Tucson's shooting suspect Jared Loughner has been moved to another federal facility to wait for the next court date. U.S. marshals say Loughner has been moved from Phoenix to Tucson. Loughner's next hearing is set for March 9th. He's accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in a shooting rampage last month.

And a rare sighting early this morning in San Francisco. Snow flurries in the Twin Peaks' neighborhood. Elsewhere in California, people are digging out from up to two feet of snow. Thousands of people in Nevada county are without power. Emergency crews scrambled to take care of downed power lines and trees and are trying to deal with spinouts and other traffic accidents as well.

All right. Time for going to the movies, shall we? Matt Atchity is a film critic with Rotten Tomatoes.com. He's joining us right now from Los Angeles with today's reviews. Good to see you.

MATT ATCHITY, ROTTENTOMATOES, COM: Thanks.

WHITFIELD: OK. We're going to begin with "Drive Angry." Tee it up for me.

ATCHITY: "Drive Angry" stars Nicolas Cage as a man who has escaped from hell to bring justice to the man that murdered his daughter.

WHITFIELD: All right. Let's take a look. "Drive Angry," Nicolas Cage.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought you were dead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You hoped I was dead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Looking for someone, 6'1", angry with attitude.

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WHITFIELD: Oh, boy, is this quintessential Nicolas Cage?

ATCHITY: I wouldn't say it's his best work. I was really disappointed in this movie. I really, really wanted to like this. I like a good (INAUDIBLE) action movie as much as anyone else does. Unfortunately, this movie doesn't go far enough. It's got this great, crazy premise about a guy coming back from hell. You see William Fitchner, the great William Fitchner.

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WHITFIELD: Some good peeps here.

ATCHITY: Exactly. You know, Amber Heard puts in a good performance. The actors are putting in fine performances but the script just isn't insane enough. It doesn't really embrace its premise enough which is really disappointing. So you're expecting kind of crazier action pieces than you actually get and you kind of want it to go a little farther than it really does. At times, it jumps around. You feel like there's a couple of scenes in the movie where it jumps to things and I think did we just miss five minutes of this movie? Did we miss a reel?

WHITFIELD: (INAUDIBLE)

ATCHITY: It gets a little choppy in places.

WHITFIELD: I got you. Your grade then? It's not going to be good.

ATCHITY: My grade - unfortunately, my grade, unfortunately, is a "D."

WHITFIELD: A "D" as in dog? Ouch, babes.

ATCHITY: A "D" as in dog, unfortunately.

WHITFIELD: OK. That hurts.

Let's try and get a "Hall Pass," shall we?

ATCHITY: OK.

WHITFIELD: This is supposed to be a little funny. Set this one up for me.

ATCHITY This one is directed by the Fairley brothers who brought us "Something About Mary" and it stars Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as a couple of husbands whose wives have given them a week off from marriage to sow their wild oats and go back to being teenagers again.

WHITFIELD: Oh, my goodness. All right. Let's take a peek.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How the hell does your wife catch you checking out another girl.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just spotted from 15 feet away. Turn and wait for her to walk in your line of vision.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look, you can't help it if her butt walks where you're already looking.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm giving you a hall pass.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A what?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A what?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A hall pass.

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WHITFIELD: OK. Well, it seems like it might be a little funny, humorous. A little escapism. What did you think?

ATCHITY: Unfortunately, it's only a little funny and that's what was really disappointing here. You know, the Fairley Brothers have done some really, really funny movies in the past and the jokes are just really lacking here. There's a lot of gross-out humor but it doesn't really work in this one. You're expecting something that's going to be really fun like an old school or one of the movies that we've seen recently like that, kind of the bro-mances that we've seen, maybe a Paul Rudd movie and it really just kind of falls flat here which is, you know, very sad.

And then at the end it takes this really weird, sappy turn that just doesn't fit with whatever else was going into the movie. So unfortunately, I give this one kind of a bad grade too. I end up giving this one a "D."

WHITFIELD: Oh, another "D." Double "D," that's not good.

ATCHITY: Another - yes, it's a rough weekend at the movies this weekend. WHITFIELD: Oh, man. All right. Maybe next weekend we'll do better, right?

ATCHITY: Right. I hope so.

WHITFIELD: All right. Matt Atchity, thanks so much. Appreciate it.

ATCHITY: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: Wait a minute. Before I let you go, I should ask you, your opinion of best picture for tomorrow night's Oscars, since you've seen them all.

ATCHITY: You know, predicting the Academy Awards is really about predicting how the Academy is going to vote.

WHITFIELD: Well, what's your heart tell you?

ATCHITY: My heart tells me I think it's going to be "King's Speech."

WHITFIELD: A-ha. OK. Let's see if the Academy was listening to Matt Atchity. All right. Matt, thanks so much.

ATCHITY: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: All right. We're going to turn to politics soon. The Tea Party has just turned two years old. It's a toddler, but it's acting very grown up these days, isn't it? Straight ahead, meet the woman who is credited with giving the movement its name.

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WHITFIELD: Time now for a CNN = Politics update.

As we reported earlier this hour, Democrats and Republicans may be getting close to a temporary compromise on spending cuts that could delay that threatened federal government shutdown.

A "USA Today"/Gallup poll conducted earlier this week suggests that most Americans, 60 percent, favor a budget compromise. Only 32 percent are opposed. Survey participants were almost evenly divided on which side is doing a better job in the budget battle. As 39 percent said President Obama and the Democrats, 42 percent said the Republicans, and 16 percent were undecided.

The standoff over Wisconsin's budget battle shows no signs of crumbling. Opposition groups are turning up the heat today. Tens of thousands of protesters are in a snowy Madison. They're angry at Republican Governor Scott Walker's plan to virtually strip public unions of their collective bargaining powers, and his threat to lay off teachers.

Just two years ago, if I said the words "Tea Party" you probably thought of your grandmother sipping from a cup of tea with her pinky extended. The Tea Party, the political movement, was born two years ago this month. CNN's Shannon Travis met the woman credited with putting a name on this political game-changer.

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SHANNON TRAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Meet the woman who's considered by many activists to be the godmother of the Tea Party movement.

MARY RAKOVICH, TEA PARTY ACTIVIST: You should know what you believe in and stand up for it.

TRAVIS: She's an anti-abortion rights, pro-environment, vegetarian with two bad hips cared for by Medicare. She may have been the first to publicly protest the stimulus in early February, 2009. It was outside an event in Ft. Myers, Florida, where President Barack Obama was promoting his plan.

(On camera): Critics might actually blame you, say hey, this woman, Mary Rakovich, is responsible for the Tea Party Movement.

RAKOVICH: Well, I think they should look at Rick Santelli instead.

TRAVIS (voice over): He's the CNBC host who, days after Rakovich, ranted on the president's plan to help struggling homeowners.

RICK SANTELLI, CNBC HOST: How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage that has an extra bathroom, and can't pay that bills. Raise your hand. We're thinking of having a Chicago Tea Party in July.

TRAVIS: That went viral. Then Tea Party groups formed and the protests spread. The movement has seen political success like helping Republicans take back the House. And setbacks, like being accused of tolerating racism, and losing key elections. As we look toward the presidential election and the Tea Party's impact, Sarah Palin may greatly benefit from her Tea Party ties, if she runs. She's even warned Republicans.

(On camera): Governor, what if the Tea Party movement winds up splitting the Republican Party. Who will you stand with?

SARAH PALIN, FMR. ALASKA GOVERNOR: I don't think that it will because I think more of the machine within the GOP will understand that this we, the people, message is rising. Because it's just so full of common sense and time-tested truths that can put the economy on the right track, that heaven forbid that the GOP machine strays from this message. If so, the GOP is through.

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WHITFIELD: That was CNN's Shannon Travis, on its second birthday, the Tea Party continues to roll on. One of the major Tea Party groups, the Tea Party Patriots, is holding a summit in Phoenix this weekend, in fact.

Let's talk weather now. A wild night across the Delaware River Valley. Now crews are cleaning up the mess. Damaging winds toppled trees and power lines in three states. A massive tree, about up 100 feet tall came crashing down on a house in Philadelphia. The home was heavily damaged but fortunately no one was home when it happened.

The West Coast is getting another dose of winter weather and something not seen in decades actually, snow flurries. In of all places, San Francisco. Karen Maginnis with us now.

KAREN MAGINNIS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Just some novelty snowflakes for the most part, but still West Coast is very unsettled. And temperatures right around the San Francisco Bay Area about 15 degrees cooler than they should be for this time of year. They should be around 60 degrees. Right now the temperature at 46. We've got a live picture out of San Francisco. Right now partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies in some areas.

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WHITFIELD: All right, her iconic name is synonymous with beauty and fashion around the world. Now Iman is giving back. Her charity work is having a global impact.

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IMAN, FASHION ICON, SUPER MODEL: I was lucky enough in this lifetime to have been helped by non-government organizations when I was a refugee in Kenya.

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WHITFIELD: "Face To Face" we talk about Iman's charity works and her special attachment to the people of Africa. "Face To Face" next.

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WHITFIELD: More of my "Face To Face" with fashion icon Iman straight ahead. First a look at the top stories.

What to do about Libya? That's the question before the United Nations Security Council today, meeting in an urgent session. A vote on possible sanctions could come at any time now. Also President Barack Obama spoke today with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He told her he feels the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi should step down, saying he has lost the legitimacy to rule.

Gas prices surged this past week. Most places across the U.S. saw a 17-cent price hike. A big contributor, unrest in Libya. Analysts are worried the instability there could spread to other gas-producing countries like Algeria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

And travelers who visited Denver International Airport just last Tuesday may have been exposed to measles. The Colorado Department of Public Health says people in Concourse C may have been infected. A passenger with the highly contagious bug was there for several hours that night.

From fashion modeling to fashion design to philanthropy. Iconic model Iman tells me "Face To Face" how she has done so much in her continuing career, and why the Somali-born beauty cares about people and issues globally.

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IMAN: First of all, at the root of it is Islam. I'm Muslim. So we were always raised a life of service, very important. It's like hand in hand. I was taught from when I was two, three years old, a life of service. Life of service, life of service. So that's part and parcel of how I grew up.

And then I was -- I was lucky enough in this lifetime to have been helped by non-government organizations when I was a refugee in Kenya after, you know, we fled to Kenya. These non-government organizations, who are tirelessly help refugees and make sure you're going to your school, you're set up in the right places, and they keep on checking on you, who are like this, you know, heroes, unsung heroes.

WHITFIELD: So what happens when you do travel and you do happen upon an African nation when you go back to Kenya, or even Somalia-maybe not Somalia recently, because it's difficult to go there right now. But is there something that happens emotionally to you when you get on African soil?

IMAN: Yes. The joy of the people is contagious in a way that it's uplifting. You see people who don't have much, but at the same time there's joyfulness to them, so that constant hope, that feeling. And then a constant reminder as a woman when I go there is that the whole continent actually would not be functioning if it wasn't for the women. It wouldn't.

WHITFIELD: The entire continent?

IMAN: The whole entire continent.

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WHITFIELD: More "Face To Face" with Iman, tomorrow afternoon. How her cosmetic and fashion lines are expanding. You can follow the conversation any time "Face To Face" on my blog at CNN.com/Fredricka.

More people are getting Twitter accounts these days. We'll tell you about a homeless man who used Twitter to actually find his daughter.

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WHITFIELD: So if you haven't tried Twitter yet, you'll be surprised the things you can do. Like this story out of New York. A homeless man who hadn't seen his daughter in 11 years reunited with her this week after tracking her down on Twitter.

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DANIEL MORALES, FATHER: A great moment for myself. I feel rejoiced.

SARAH MORALES, DAUGHTER: Get to find my dad after 11 years. I don't even know how to feel right now. It's just I'm very, very happy. (END VIDEO CLIP)

WHITFIELD: It ended up being the first time too that Morales actually met his grandkids. The homeless man joined Twitter three weeks ago when he was given a free phone to Underheard in New York. That is a project aimed at giving a voice to homeless New Yorkers.

Now the soon-to-be released movie "The Adjustment Bureau" will get you thinking about free will versus fate. Is your destiny designed by a master plan or the choices that you make in life? The director George Nolfi and actor Anthony Mackie will both tell you it's a little bit of both. I sat down "Face To Face" with both Nolfi and Mackie, who said their successes came through some chance, and also through a lot of hard work and persistence.

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WHITFIELD: There's like a -- you know, a real kernel to the path of your success, what would you share with young people.

ANTHONY MACKIE, ACTOR, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU: Take as many classes as you can. You want to be bad in your personal time, not in your work time. I felt like a lot of people in this business think, oh, Denzel is so good, I can do that. Denzel is good because he's good. Just because he's good does not mean you're good. So take as many classes as you can and be as bad as you can to get ready to be great.

WHITFIELD: You mean bad as in good.

MACKIE: Bad as in awful.

WHITFIELD: Bad as in bad.

MACKIE: I can think of a lot of --

WHITFIELD: So make mistakes.

MACKIE: Make as many mistakes as you can in your personal time. You don't want to get on set and make mistakes, because those mistakes will live for you forever. Once it's on film, your grandkids will go back and say, grandpa, you sucked. You don't want that to happen.

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WHITFIELD: Anthony Mackie, a very fascinating guy. And Director George Nolfi, you didn't see, but he's actually sitting right next to him. You will see him next weekend, "Face To Face". And their new movie, "The Adjustment Bureau", hits theaters. And then tomorrow morning just in case you cannot wait until next weekend, on CNN at 7:00 a.m., Nolfi and Mackie talk candidly about that movie, and its meaning.

Time for me at least, it's winding down just for this hour. But that means we're going to pump it up, because my colleague, Don Lemon is here.

DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR, CNN NEWSROOM: Never, never, never, we can never get enough of Fred. You and Iman are like buds now.

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WHITFIELD: She was very gracious with her time and gave us a lot. It was nice.

LEMON: Yes. So this is kind of the opposite because we know Iman is doing great things. Not that he's not doing great things but he's really just self destruct --

WHITFIELD: Who?

LEMON: Charlie Sheen, self destructing.

WHITFIELD: Oh, OK.

LEMON: That's what we're going to talk about. Now there's a new twist to it because now he wants a big advance for his book to write his story. He wants like $30 million; tens of millions of dollars for his book.

WHITFIELD: Now that CBS will not continue on with his show.

LEMON: He's losing millions. They're losing millions in ad revenue. We'll talk to folks about it. People in the know in Hollywood to see if this is fixable. And we'll talk to our very own Jane Velez- Mitchell. As you know, she is a recovering addict. She admits to it and she offers some advice to him.

Do you remember the New York Congressman, Christopher Lee? You may have been on vacation, the one where he was caught giving the picture?

WHITFIELD: Oh, yes, yes, yes.

LEMON: We have our gawker guest who comes in, she is coming on. She broke the story. There's new information as to why he might have stepped down so quickly because there is another ad which talks about--

WHITFIELD: It was very fast. Like lightning speed. Usually it takes days or weeks. This was a matter of minutes/hours.

LEMON: This one talks about cross-dressers and transgender. So that's where that one goes, yes.

Another story out of Baltimore: This man is on leave from his job and he wants to go back from leave. In the meantime they say in order to come back we need to check your background. We need your Facebook. He is like, no. And now they are working on changing that.

Then a very serious story out of Brooklyn, New York. It sounds strange. Have you heard about this voodoo sex accident?

WHITFIELD: No.

LEMON: This woman paid a voodoo priest $300 to perform a ceremony that involves sex. An elderly woman ended up dying, 20 firefighters ended up getting hurt and three people who lived in the building, because of this so-called voodoo ceremony.

WHITFIELD: Did you say New York?

LEMON: Brooklyn.

WHITFIELD: You did, all right.

LEMON: I did.

WHITFIELD: We'll be watching. A lot on your plate.

LEMON: Always. But you look fabulous and your show looks great. And tell Iman hi the next time you see her. I'm jealous.

WHITFIELD: That's sweet. Thanks.

He meant it, he's out. But he'll be back in like nine minutes.

All right.

A boy with a severe stutter and the wild animal that actually helped him find his voice. It's a story you just don't want to miss.

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WHITFIELD: Decades ago, a young boy growing up with a stutter figured out a unique way to control his speech. He turned to the animal kingdom, in particular a jaguar at the Bronx Zoo that he would visit on a regular basis. Chief Medical Correspondent Doctor Sanjay Gupta has today's "Human Factor", stories of everyday people who have overcome major obstacles to achieve remarkable things.

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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): You're looking at the jaguar. Few people are as familiar with the animal's fate than this man, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz.

ALAN RABINOWITZ, PRESIDENT, CEO, PANTHERA: 60 percent of their habitat is gone. They still range throughout 18 countries, but they're killed on sight.

GUPTA: He launched Panthera. His mission? To save the jaguar, and its peers.

RABINOWITZ: We felt strongly that there had to be something focusing on the world's great cats 24/7.

GUPTA: But what's more (AUDIO GAP)--

RABINOWITZ: Growing up I had a very, very severe stutter. And I couldn't speak. It was so severe that I would get these very intense blocks. My mouth would freeze up, go into something called frozen mouth. GUPTA: That is until he started talking to animals.

RABINOWITZ: I could not talk to the adult world because there was too much expectation put on me, too much impatience. But when I turned to the animals, I could speak.

GUPTA: Experts say between 70 and 80 percent of children who stutter will recover spontaneously. For the minority who don't, becoming what's known as a fluent speaker takes various therapies.

(On camera): You have to focus on not stuttering. Are you consciously thinking about it as you're talking to me?

RABINOWITZ: Yes. Not as much as I used to have to do.

GUPTA: For Doctor Rabinowitz his therapy was the jaguar.

RABINOWITZ: Once I found those big cats, and found these big powerful animals locked inside of their cages, locked in their own bodies, unable to get out, I felt that was like me. So I always would go to their cage and talk to them. And I promised that if I ever got my voice I would try to be their voice.

GUPTA: Doctor Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.

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WHITFIELD: And tennis star Venus Williams was a judge in a program that gave the woman right next to her, Priscilla Elezan (ph), $50,000 for college. Come back tomorrow and find out what it's all about.

I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Join me tomorrow at 2:00 Eastern Time. For now, Don Lemon is up next.