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Will Government Shut Down?; Another Earthquake Hits Japan; Gbagbo Holds Tight in Bunker; Boy Shot in Road Rage Incident; Hours From a Government Shutdown; Emergency Budget Meeting; Impact of a Government Shutdown; Eleven Students Killed in Shooting; Air Force Inspects Its Boeing 737s; New 7.1 Quake Rattles Japan; Tsunami Debris Heads to U.S.
Aired April 07, 2011 - 16:00 ET
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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Now I want you to watch this.
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LEMON: Just one day before our government could shut down, federal workers, Americans hold their breath. Can Washington come to a deal and fast? I'm Don Lemon. The news starts now.
(voice-over): She advertised for sex on Craigslist, went to meet a client, dialed 911, and was never heard from again.
Today, her sister speaks exclusively to CNN about the search for a possible Long Island serial killer.
Dramatic moments as soldiers storm an embassy. You will see the narrow escape for the diplomat inside.
Another quake rattles Japan. And we are getting a look at how quickly the debris from last month's tsunami is headed our way.
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LEMON: Hello, everyone. I'm Don Lemon. Brooke is off today.
With every single second that ticks away on that clock behind me, it spells bad news for you, the American people. Why? A possible government shutdown less than 32 hours away.
And just within the past hour, we have gotten word of another emergency meeting at the White House, 7:00 Eastern time, 7:00 Eastern time. The top congressional leaders will shuttle over again from the Capitol to meet with President Barack Obama. They met late last night, as we reported here on CNN, and they met again then this afternoon. We reported that as well.
And the word from the House speaker, John Boehner, and from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, words, still no agreement. Reid is accusing Republicans of gumming up the works with volatile social issues, and top Republicans are firing right back.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. JIM DEMINT (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: The president needs a distraction. And this is a choreographed distraction to close the government down, to draw attention, to try to shift the blame from a president who has been AWOL from leadership and has very, very little political courage.
And that's what we need right now across America. That's what Americans are asking us to do, is to keep fighting, be bold.
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LEMON: What do you say we get right to where the action is?
We take you live now to Capitol Hill. And you see here our senior congressional correspondent, Dana Bash.
Dana, I'm hearing you're getting some fresh details about the emergency meeting over at the White House tonight involving the president, the speaker and the majority leader. What can you tell us about that?
DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is some information I'm getting about the meeting that occurred this afternoon, just a couple of hours ago at the White House.
And that is that where the discussions really were focused. And, apparently, the discussions were focused not necessarily on how much to cut, not necessarily on what to cut, but over those policy differences. Now, when we say policy differences, what are we talking about, Don?
I think we have some examples we can put up on the screen. House Republicans when they passed their spending bill, they had 40 to 50 policy riders, they are called. Some of the biggest, the most controversial are what you see there, EPA regulation of greenhouse gases, makes clear that the EPA cannot do that.
But look at the second one, abortion funding. This, we are told, is really the hottest topic and the most divisive issue. And specifically this is about the fact that the House Republicans passed in their bill a plan to completely take away all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood, of course, is an organization that does women's health, but also allows for and provides elective abortions.
Well, Republicans say that taxpayers shouldn't pay for that. Democrats say, well, whether or not that's true, this should not be in a spending bill. So that is among really the biggest divisions that they are talking about, that they talked about at the White House, that they are continuing to talk about among staff members right here on Capitol Hill as we speak, Don.
LEMON: What can you tell us about this? We are hearing that they are sending out furlough notices there in preparation for a possible shutdown, Dana. BASH: That's right. I actually have one in my hand right now. We obtained this. This is one example of what has been going on, on Capitol Hill all afternoon. This particular notice is of a furlough, and this, of course, is a just in case, if you will.
And this one says, "Because your services are not needed for the orderly suspension of operations and you are not engaged in one of the expected functions, you are placed on furlough effective Saturday, April 9."
The idea of sending these out today, even though there is 24 hours left before a potential -- emphasize potential -- shutdown of the government is for people to be prepared, for people who are nonessential, as the term is called, people who don't have to be here, that they are told that just to get ready to stay home.
And staying home means not coming to work, not using your BlackBerry, not being connected at all. But I have got to tell you the people who are getting other notices we have here, this one says that you are not furloughed, that you should come to work because you are essential. Maybe it is because you are involved in the operations of the House or the Senate or security. They are going to come to work, but they are not going to get paid right away. They will not get their paycheck if there is an extended government shutdown.
Again, this is just a precaution, but very interesting that people who -- everybody here who is going to be affected is knowing -- they are learning today whether or not they are going to come to work or not if there is a shutdown.
LEMON: We have heard over and over again Republicans say today and even before, we don't want a shutdown. We do not want a shutdown. And just watching from the sidelines here, does it appear that they feel that they are going to assume the blame for this if that does happen?
BASH: Of course. I mean, Republicans were in charge of the Congress back in the mid-'90s, the last time when there was a -- when there was a shutdown. President Clinton, a Democrat, was in the White House.
And Republicans really got hurt politically by it. And, so, they remember that. And guess who remembers it the most? The House speaker, John Boehner, because he was there, he was here, and he was a senior Republican at the time, and he remembers how badly the Republicans got hurt.
And I was told that in a meeting this week with Republicans, he made that clear. He said, I had a front-row seat. I remember.
Having said that, Democrats are also worried about the political ramifications. They might get the blame as well, because it is not the '90s anymore. It is a very different time and there is a clamoring out there for cutting spending. And Democrats are worried that, you know what, if the government shuts down because they don't want to cut spending enough, they could get the blame, too.
LEMON: Dana Bash, stand by. I'm sure we will be needing you.
We want to move over to the White House now, another emergency meeting schedule there scheduled for 7:00 Eastern time. Of course, CNN will carry it for you once they come out and tell us what happened.
I want to go now to White House correspondent Dan Lothian.
Dan, obviously, they're going to the White House this evening. The president will play a role in these talks.
DAN LOTHIAN, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: That's right.
And you look back a few days ago when the president said that he wanted to sit down with these key congressional leaders and to hash out an agreement, and if that wasn't done, that they could come back the next day and the day after that. Well, here we are with a meeting, another meeting set for this evening.
And the president has been actively involved in these meetings along with the vice president, the chief of staff and others. I'm told that sometimes, it is just the four, the president, the vice president, of course, the speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader, inside those meetings.
The president very actively involved, at least that's what the White House is telling us, wanting to see a deal. As Dana was pointing out, the Republicans and the Democrats, no one wants to get to a shutdown, but at this point, it is unclear how they will be able to hash this out over the next few hours, but certainly hopeful that in this meeting tonight, some compromise can be made and a deal can be reached so a shutdown is averted.
LEMON: Listen, Dan, we heard Senator Jim DeMint say it and we're hearing other Republicans say it. Even the House speaker said it yesterday: The president's failing to lead. Does the White House fear that that charge could stick if it comes to a shutdown?
LOTHIAN: Listen, they have their plan ready here at the White House, if indeed it came to that to show that the White House has been up front, has been -- the president has been leading.
And what they will point out is that there was agreement on a number and the talking points from not only the White House here, but also Democrats is -- is that Republicans keep moving the goal line. And that is the message that they will put out there to the American people, is that this administration has been trying very hard to reach a deal, and it's the Republicans who have not been able to reach any kind of compromise here.
But I will tell you, you know, it is kind of difficult at this point to really predict how that will sell to the American people who are simply frustrated that a deal can't get done here in Washington.
LEMON: Dan Lothian, get your rest when you can. You will be needing a lot of coffee over the next couple of days.
LOTHIAN: That's right.
LEMON: All right, thank you, sir.
More rumbles today and more rattled nerves after another massive quake shakes the ground in Japan. How eerily close this one came to the other, that's up next.
Plus, a basketball star's mom cuffed by police. You won't believe what drove LeBron James' mother to allegedly smack a valet driver in the face. Stay with us.
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LEMON: I'm Don Lemon.
If it is interesting and it's happening right now, you are about to see it rapid fire. Let's go.
All right. Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, look at that, rattled by a powerful new earthquake today. The 7.1 quake briefly triggered tsunami warnings, but experts say the danger is now over. The epicenter of the quake was near Sendai, one of the areas hardest-hit by last month's quake, and just as a precaution, workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant evacuated. There are no immediate reports of damage.
The picture you are seeing right here, there he is. That is James Foley, an American journalist captured in Libya. He and three other journalists, including one other American, have been detained by Gadhafi's forces. The journalists were taken Tuesday night when their van was involved in an indirect fire strike. Forces took the four prisoners and released the driver, their location at this time unknown.
The mom of a Miami Heat basketball star is in trouble with police. Gloria James, mother of LeBron James, was arrested today at a Miami Beach hotel. Police say she allegedly smacked the valet for taking too long to bring her car. She is also accused of being publicly intoxicated. James was not jailed after her arrest. Police say she was released on her own recognizance. She is expected to appear in court to face charges when she is summoned.
She may not technically be MIA anymore, but that Egyptian cobra who escaped from the Bronx Zoo is now officially MIA -- as in Mia, her new name. Very clever writing, huh? Thousands submitted nominations to the Bronx Zoo on its Web site. More than 60,000 voted on the final five names. Other contenders, Agnes and Cleopatra. Fans can see Mia for the first time Saturday when the zoo reopens that reptile house.
Reactions after this woman seen here on the right allegedly hits a minor -- 26-year-old Jerdene Eduardo (ph) is behind bars now following a fight at a school. Police say the woman was rooting her daughter on in a fight with a classmate. But when her daughter started losing, mom allegedly jumped in and hit the other girl twice on the back of the head. A judge has ordered her not to have any contact with her own daughter. Now we want to go to New York. Bizarre new developments in the emergency landing of a small plane on a beach in Queens. Now we are learning that the pilot, his name is Jason Maloney, may have landed his plane there on purpose. I want you to listen now to the exchange between Maloney and the air traffic controller just minutes before landing on the shore.
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PILOT: Whoa -- what if I want to hide from you?
PILOT: Roger.
PILOT: Just let us know if we're up in your grill, you know?
PILOT: Roger.
PILOT: Hey, tower, I got a question for you.
JFK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER: Go ahead.
PILOT: This might be crazy, but are we allowed to land on the beach?
JFK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER: Uh, I don't think so unless it was an emergency.
PILOT: You know, tower, my engine might me running a teensy, teensy bit rough, little teensy bit rough.
JFK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER: 2 November Delta, do you require any assistance?
PILOT: No, you know what? We should be fine, but I'm going to make a precautionary landing.
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LEMON: Roger. That is how I will refer to our director now, Roger -- Roger.
Maloney bragged he got the idea from an Alaskan reality TV show. But get this, an emergency worker says Maloney was experiencing seizures Wednesday and taken to a hospital. The FAA still is investigating that landing.
Up next, a former Congressman is in Libya pressing for a meeting with Moammar Gadhafi.
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They had no choice but to hear me and us because I'm meeting face-to- face, which is the reason I came here.
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LEMON: So, what does he plan to say and why does he think Gadhafi will actually meet with him? That is coming up.
Also, French commandos to the rescue. The dramatic video come out of the embattled Ivory Coast. Find out why this top diplomat was frightened for his life. Details of this and more video coming up.
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LEMON: A wild retreat in a major Libyan city today after air strikes kill at least three people a hoard of confused and panicked rebels and civilians are fleeing the coastal city. It is still unclear whether the strike was Libyan or from allied aircraft. NATO is investigating.
Curt Weldon in Tripoli for a second day holding onto hopes of confronting Gadhafi face-to-face. He spoke to CBS this morning.
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CURT WELDON, FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE: They have no choice but to see me face to face, that's why I'm here. You can't convey the same intensity when I'm in person. No one is paying me to be here. I have not made any money from any of my work in Libya. I'm here because it's important to avoid war to avoid Americans from being killed and to avoid innocent Libyans from being killed.
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LEMON: Weldon has traveled to Libya before in his work as a congressman. He says he will ask Gadhafi to step aside.
It was a scene straight out of the movies, French commandos staging a dramatic rescue overnight in a west African nation of Ivory Coast. It happened in Abidjan after fighters for incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo raided the home of the Japanese ambassador. Japan and the United Nations called for help, here's what happened next.
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LEMON: The frightened, the ambassador, along with his team, was safely rescued from the home, which isn't far from Gbagbo's presidential residence.
That's where the Red Cross says a fierce gun battle continued today. The defeated president still won't leave and opposition forces can't get him out of his bunker.
Several African countries are reportedly offering Gbagbo a safe retreat but there is no sign he plans to surrender. Meantime, President-Elect Alassane Ouattara insists on taking Gbagbo out alive so he can face trial.
In just a few minutes, we will go live to CNN's Richard Roth at the U.N. for the very latest on this.
Police cadets, cadaver dogs, even volunteer firefighters, they are all searching for more bodies after fears of a possible serial killer grip Long Island. We are on the case. But up next, a very busy day in D.C., if you have been watching. CNN's Gloria Borger standing by with what is crossing on the Political Ticker. That's next.
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LEMON: Gloria Borger joins us with the latest from the Political Ticker.
Hello, Gloria. What is it like -- I have to ask you, because -- what's the likelihood of a government shutdown coming into the final round?
GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, we're in the final hours. I'm kind of thinking that it's is kind of like watching an EKG, you know? Up and down, up and down.
And so the last iteration, it seems as if they might be reaching some kind of agreement. But you know, the speaker can't do anything without going back to his caucus, and so a real test of leadership for John Boehner. This is the first big moment for him with had his caucus.
And it's also, quite honestly, a test of leadership for Barack Obama. He is getting quite engaged in these negotiations and Boehner has to sort of, at some point, say to his caucus, this is the best deal we can get. We need to take it and we don't want to shut the government down.
Let's see if he does it.
LEMON: So, I was interviewing Tom Price just a while ago, Congressman Tom Price.
BORGER: Right.
LEMON: And I asked him, I said, you know, Harry Reid said that a lot of this is being influenced, a lot of the leaders in Washington, the Republicans, are being influenced by the Tea Party. And so the supporters are fiscal conservatives.
Is that necessarily true that this is sort of being pushed by the Tea Party, not all of it but some of it?
BORGER: Well, it's interesting, because I think when a lot of us were first introduced to the Tea Party candidates in the midterm elections, we thought they were just about money. But in fact, I think that the fiscal issues were really what galvanized the Tea Party movement into becoming a large movement across the country.
When you look at polls that have been done about people who consider themselves members of the Tea Party, and I think that would include many of the 87 new House freshmen, they are also social conservatives, and that is why we see the social issues now coming up on this budget as they are. Because don't forget, the budget is a political document. It sets priorities. It is not just about how much money you spend, but it's how you spend the money and what --
LEMON: Gloria.
BORGER: Yes?
LEMON: Thank you for saying that.
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LEMON: Thank you for saying that is a political -- we got. We have seen this movie before.
BORGER: Right. We have.
Look, here is the thing, the whole question now it is not really about the money anymore, because they are down to about a $5 billion to $7 billion difference I'm told, and in Washington terms, that's not a lot of money, but it is how you want to spend it.
And the question is should you be talking about abortion changes? Should you be talking about Planned Parenthood? Should you be talking about environmental issues at this particular time? The Democrats say no; the Republicans say yes.
And this is something, as you point out, a movie we have seen before in 1995 when we had the government shutdown. They were having the same argument, only the issues were a little bit different. They were about Medicare, they were about education, and they were also about the environment.
So, it's this constant argument we're having, which is what part of the budget should the social issues be in this particular case? But don't forget, as I keep saying, budgets are political. They are about your priorities as a president or as a Congress. That's what they are about.
LEMON: And we had this new thing called Contract With America and people say what is that. Now we have a new thing called the Tea Party, people saying what is their influence as well. So it is like it is 1995 all over again.
BORGER: I know. Unfortunately, I covered that one and I'm covering this one.
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LEMON: That good. It's good.
BORGER: All right. All right.
LEMON: Yes. Good to be working. You got the chops to do it.
Thank you, Gloria Borger. Appreciate it. BORGER: Thanks. Sure.
LEMON: And I want to follow up on something that Congressman Tom Price said to me last hour when I was speaking to him. When I asked him what he said -- what he would do with his paycheck if the government shut down, for instance, donate it. He told me we don't get the checks when the government shuts down.
And they must have had CNN on at Nancy Pelosi's office, because the House leader points out us now that while the Senate passed legislation to end Congressional pay during government shutdown, the House defeated that initiative twice, thus keeping their pay if the federal government closes up shop. Most members of Congress make $174,000 a year.
But I -- I did that interview and I don't think the speaker understood what he was saying. The question that I had posed to him was would he donate his salary to someone who was not getting a salary, and he said I don't know if there is a mechanism in place for that. I don't think it was about the issue that she wrote.
So, we appreciate you watching and we thank you for your response, but I don't think that is what he was responding to.
In the meantime, eight bodies discovered in just four months. Now, the search is on for a possible serial killer on Long Island. Up next, the emotional interview with family members of the one of the victims. We are on the case.
Plus, jaw-dropping news out today about your health in a hospital. Are you -- are too many surgeons, I should say, getting too sloppy? That's coming up.
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LEMON: The search for a possible serial killer, hospital mistakes on the rise and even the United Nations worried about America's budget showdown. We have got reporters on all of it for you. So, let's play "Reporter Roulette." We begin with Richard Roth at the United Nations.
RICHARD ROTH, CNN UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Don. We are watching several stories out of here, out of the United Nations. One of them is Ivory Coast, which is a -- been a place for much violence in the last four months, as one president refuses to leave office. The man who the U.N. and the international community says won't election, Alassane Ouattara, is now speaking live to the people of Ivory Coast.
This is a big stalemate. Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step aside, is holed up in a bunker we are his wife, aides, maybe 200 aides. Lots of fighting going on outside the compound, he refuses to step down. The secretary-general in Washington today says this it is the last opportunity. He has got to cede power, but he is refusing to do so.
LEMON: Richard, thank you very much. Next on "Reporter Roulette," Kaj Larsen is in Long Island, New York, on the hunt for a possible serial killer. And Kaj, I understand you had an exclusive interview today with the family of a young woman who has been missing.
KAJ LARSEN, CNN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Don, that's correct. I had the very difficult honor of spending the day with three of the Gilbert sisters. These are the three sisters of Shannen Gilbert, the woman whose gone missing. And it has really been their kind of relentless pressure on authorities that led to this latest discovery, the continued search and then latest discovery of these three bodies.
But very difficult for them, as you can imagine, to be down here and they also had to receive the very tough news that none of the women who have been discovered so far, all eight women, were their sister.
LEMON: Hey, Kaj, can you tell us a little about the investigation, where it goes next?
LARSEN: Sure. Earlier in the day, there was a press conference by law enforcement officials where they declared that this phase of the search is over, but the hunt or the search for Shannen Gilbert goes on. That is a little bit of Orwellian double-speak for they are done with searching through the brush and the bramble here, and they don't expect that portion to yield any more results.
The hope now is that somehow they can identify these bodies, that they can piece together some clues from the latest four bodies, bringing the total now to eight that have been discovered. And somehow they can triangulate some evidence and get a lead in this case because so far there isn't a lot to go on.
LEMON: Kaj Larsen, thank you very much.
Next on "Reporter Roulette," Elizabeth Cohen with some scary prospects for anyone who has to be a patient in a hospital, Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICL CORRESPONDENT: Don, these numbers are pretty disturbing. researchers looked at three hospitals in the United States and found that one out of three people will have what's call an adverse event. That's a fancy way of saying something goes wrong, and it is likely because somebody at the hospital made a mistake.
Now, what kinds of mistakes are we talking about? Take a look at this. The most common were medication errors. The medication meant for parent A went to patient B, maybe the dosage was wrong. Also, bad surgical outcomes -- something went wrong in surgery. And also, hospital infections. Someone got an infection in the hospital that could have been prevented.
Now, there are times where there's nothing you can do. Things go wrong and there is nothing you can do. But many times, there is something you can do. You can be an empowered patient and take these steps.
For example, if you've got a catheter for the hospital ask every day can this thing come out of me? Because those are great places to get infections. Also check your medications. When someone puts an IV bag, hangs it is up, look at it. Is your name on it?
And thirdly, ask doctors and nurses to wash their hands. If they walk into your room and you don't see them wash their hands, politely ask them, could I please see you wash your hands? Just little thing like that can make a big difference. Don?
LEMON: Elizabeth Cohen, thank you very much. And that is today's "Reporter Roulette."
A shock in a California court today. The man accused of kidnapping and holding Jaycee Dugard captive for 18 years turns the tables on prosecutors. We are "On the Case," next.
Plus, when the lights goes out in Washington, so, too, do a lot of services. Many of you take them for granted. We will tell you how you will be impacted if Congress doesn't get it together and get it together soon.
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LEMON: Philip Garrido pleads not guilty. He's accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl, holding her captive for 18 years and fathering children with her.
Sunny Hostin is "On The Case" right now. So Sunny, a plea deal was expected, but he pleads not guilty? What happens now?
SUNNY HOSTIN, TRUTV CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, it's set for trial for August 1. A plea was expected today, and so this was quite surprising to people. However, the district attorney says there was never a plea deal on the table, interestingly enough, because most of this information came from Nancy Garrido's attorney, not Philip Garrido's attorney.
Apparently, Philip Garrido's attorney has found allegedly some sort of flaw in the indictment. Some sort of flaw in the grand jury proceedings. And so, his attorney is attacking the indictment and if that is true, if these claims are substantiated, then certainly the indictment will be voided.
But really, that is a very commonplace motion that is typically made by defense attorneys. It won't change the government's case at all because they can proceed on a criminal complaint. So he very, very interesting turn of events today, something that no one really expected. But most of this information was coming from Nancy Garrido's defense attorney.
LEMON: Well, I have to ask you that then, because his wife clearly is part of this case. What's going on with her?
HOSTIN: Well, interestingly enough, she is part of the case. She has really admitted that she was part of this kidnapping, but she says that she was not involved at all with the sexual crimes. We know that she has been indicted on 18 counts, criminal counts, including rape, including obstruction of justice, including kidnapping. The plea deal on the table for her is 180 years to life. And so certainly, she doesn't want to take that plea. One interesting thing that was told to "In Session" today was that an original plea deal of 40 years life for Nancy evaporated because she wouldn't give information about other women that were apparently missing around the time when Philip Garrido was living in north -- northern California. So, apparently this had this government, this prosecution, believes he is responsible for more crimes, other crimes than those perpetrated on Jaycee Dugard.
LEMON; We will be watching that one, Sunny.
Another one we are watching, Barry Bonds. Closing arguments today in his perjury trial, and now in the hands of a jury. Any important nuggets in those closing arguments?
HOSTIN: Yes, we are on verdict watch. I mean, 25 witnesses, over two-and-a-half weeks. The prosecution tried come out swinging. They said all he had to do was tell the truth and he did not do that. They also said that he had a secret. He couldn't come forward with that secret because he didn't want his father to know about it. We know, Don, that his father died cancer and they were very, very close.
The defense came in and said these are all lies, this was made up. This was a witch hunt, because he was Barry. Why did they prosecute him? It was because he was Barry. So, really, really different, certainly, closing arguments from the defense, from the prosecution.
But we are on verdict watch. We will see what happens. People are saying that the jury may come back as early as tomorrow with the verdict.
LEMON: Yes, he is saying it is all about Barry, but this has been about charges of lying to a grand jury, allegations of steroid use, and we have heard personal testimony from former Bonds' girlfriends about his body changes, et cetera. So, what exactly does the jury have to consider in this case?
HOSTIN: Well, there is a lot of evidence certainly about sort of body changes. But I will say this, no one testified that they saw him getting injected with steroids or human growth hormones. There was one woman, his personal shopper, who testified that she saw him injected by Greg Anderson, his personal trainer with something. But she didn't know what it was.
So, really this government has to prove did he, in fact, take steroids. Did, in fact, take human growth hormones. Was, in fact, injected by someone other than his doctors. I don't know that they have got there, Don. So, I am really watching for this verdict because I want to know what this jury comes down to.
LEMON: Yes. You and a whole bunch of other people.
HOSTIN: Yes.
LEMON: Thank you, Sunny Hostin. We appreciate it. HOSTIN: Thanks.
LEMON: And I do have a feeling, I'm going to be talk Sunny about the next story, this scenario. Listen to how this sounds. Mom with a vanful of kids, toddlers to teenagers, distracted at a stoplight. What happened next has police searching for an angry driver. We will tell you about that.
Also, how could you be affected if the government shuts down? Here a couple of examples for you. One, if you don't file your taxes online, you won't get a refund. Two, planning a vacation to a national park? It won't be open.
And you want more? Stay through the break. We will tell you, next.
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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: We know drivers get ticked off at each other all the time, but this next case of road rage is one of the most outrageous we have heard and probably you as well.
A 4-year-old in Atlanta was shot as he rode in the back of his mom's minivan. The mother says she was slow to go through a red light when it turned green and agitated the driver behind her. He honked, right?
And when she honked back, she says that driver started tailgating her then opened fire on her van and hit her son in the back.
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TAMMITHA WILLIAMS, MOTHER: What happened yesterday was God intervened that is why he only got shot in his butt. We are truly blessed everything turned out the way it did because it could have been a whole lot worse.
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LEMON: Unbelievable, poor little fella. Police say finding the top suspect is their top priority calling him a danger to society. Detectives are reviewing surveillance video from a nearby business. We're going to follow that one for you.
While budget negotiators talk, the clock continues ticking. It is a countdown that has nerves on edge for sure. Listen to these federal workers.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's going to be difficult. I have a child, young son, and my wife is also working in commerce. So we will be without both of our incomes. So, it may be difficult. Hopefully, it won't last more than a couple of days.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If it is longer than that, I will eat ramen and do what I've to make ends meet.
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LEMON: Another emergency meeting schedule at the White House, 7 p.m. Eastern Time. We will be following that to see what goes and bring it to you on CNN.
The president and leaders of the House and the Senate take another stab at averting a full-scale government shutdown in less than 32 hours, the government shutdowns at midnight Friday if they can't agree on a budget to fund operations through the month of September.
Tom foreman has been looking into who will be affected. Tom, what did you find?
TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what I found, Don, is that there are really two different stories here, one, like the guys you just showed there. They are very concerned about it. They look at the countdown to shutdown.
Government shutdown who is affected? An estimated 800,000 federal workers could be furloughed, of course, they don't like that. U.S. troops won't be paid on time. Processing of paper tax returns and refunds will stop, not the ones you filed electronically.
Passport applications at a slower pace. National parks and museums will close. Approval of small business loans will stop at the SBA. No new FHA loans that is a quarter, 25 percent of all the home loans out there. The EPA will cease monitoring air pollution. no new clinical trials at NIH.
We're putting together a comprehensive list of all these at cnn.com. It should be up in an hour so you should take a look at that if you got a moment.
But let's look at the other part of the equation here. Government shutdown who will get paid? Well, essential services, air traffic control, airport screening, food inspection, border patrol, members of Congress. You know, this is a little bit overstating it Don, but if you're on the receiving end of this, this is a great cause for worry.
If you're not it is kind of, at least up front like Columbus Day without the parade basically, these things are going to close down that you would expect to close down with the government.
But here is something I want to show you that I find interesting, federal government employees by state, over 150,000, these are the ones that are in red over here, California, the District of Columbia, 75 to 150,000, those are ones in orange and and the yellow ones are less than 75,000.
There are other government workers out there, but in terms of big groups of them, these are the states where you're going to see most people directly affected by it. When you move into all these other states, I think you are going to have a lot more people who are more indirectly affected.
Like I said, it's like the Columbus Day effect. They're going to be saying I don't see what the fuss is because frankly, unless this goes on for a period of time, it's not really going to land on them really hard.
Nonetheless, we have been watching all the Tweeter buzz about all of this. Let's take a look at what some folks are saying over here. For example, Ms. Pangelina says if government shuts down, I'm not paying my taxes and you're wrong, you are so.
They're going to make you do that no matter what. This guy says, look if government shuts down, troop does not get paid but Congress does? Ridiculous. I'm sure a lot of people would agree with him on that.
And then we have this one, the practical side, commute times in D.C. will improve. Yes, I live here in D.C., I know commute times will improve, you put all those people off the road.
The bottom line, Don, just what I said at the beginning, it depends on what you do and where you live as to whether or not this is even a big deal. If you are one of those people directly affected, it is a very big deal.
LEMON: Yes.
FOREMAN: If not, it is going to be more of a big deal if time progresses and goes beyond a day, two days what. I will say one fascinating fact I found about this, it will actually cost us taxpayers more money for the government to stop working than it does if they keep working. So no matter how it goes, we are not coming out well on this.
LEMON: You are right about that you know that -- you were right, pay your taxes, file your taxes, don't do that what do they say, death and taxes.
But I have one, a very serious issue, I have one, a little levity here. Someone on twitter said what is the logic behind closing national parks, Don, if the government shuts down so Ranger Smith isn't there to save me from Yogi?
FOREMAN: Look, if you're planning a vacation, this is a big deal, you're very upset, need a passport, a very big deal. You're upset about it.
You know, here is one question people can ask themselves if this actually happens and goes into next week, here is an interesting sort of philosophical debate to have with yourself.
If you weren't watching this, you weren't reading the newspapers, would you know?
LEMON: Yes.
FOREMAN: And for some people, the answer will be no. For other people it will be an emphatic yes, I would.
LEMON: Tom Foreman, good stuff. Thank you, sir. FOREMAN: See you later.
LEMON: Get you caught up on some of your top stories, the first one in Brazil, a gunman opens fire in a school in Rio de Janeiro.
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LEMON (voice-over): The bloody rampage left 11 students dead and 13 others injured. The 23-year-old gunman was a former student at the school.
CNN affiliate Record TV says the man went into the school armed with two hand guns. Police entered the building and ran into the gunman on a stairwell. Officers shot him in the leg then police say he then shot himself in the head and later died of his wounds.
One of the president's best buds in Hawaii has a court date early next month. Take a look at Bobby Titcomb that is his mugshot snapped Monday night in Honolulu. He's accused of soliciting sex from an underage cop who's posing as a prostitute, sting operation.
We said they are pals, well, they are right. They are pals. The friendship dates back to childhood and here is the president greeting Titcomb for a round of golf back in June of 2008.
During his last trip to Hawaii, the president played golf with the Titcomb on four different occasions and spent family time with the Titcombs on Christmas.
The president and Mrs. Obama dined with Bobby Titcomb on December 29th and spent most of the next day at his home. Titcomb's arrest on Monday has just come to light and we have yet to see a comment from the White House.
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LEMON: More precautions from a scare with the Southwest Airlines jet. You recall a chunk of the plane's fuselage fell off mid flight. Now the U.S. Air Force is taking a closer look at its two Boeing 737s. They're similar to the Southwest jet. Both are used to transport VIP passengers, including the vice president and the first lady.
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Now, a quick check on some other stories that are made making headlines right now. Japan's Miyagi Prefecture rattled by a powerful new earthquake today. As a matter of fact, it was an aftershock. The 7.1 quake briefly triggered tsunami warning, but experts say the danger is now over.
The epicenter of the quake was near Sendai, one of the areas hardest hit by last month's quake. Just as a precaution, workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuated. There are no immediate reports of damage.
You have seen the picture, Japan tsunami, washed away homes, trucks, everything in its path. So where will all that stuff end up? We are getting a better picture of the path now, next.
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LEMON: Now tomorrow's news today, let's fast forward for you. President Obama heads to Indiana to talk energy again this time. He will be in Indianapolis touring an auto transmission facility and a leader in hybrid technology and speaking to the workers there.
Charlie Sheen takes his tour to New York City. The one-man show will debut at Radio City Music Hall.
And the world's largest trivia contest held in Wisconsin. About 12,000 people expect to compete in teams trying to answer eight questions every hour for 54 hours.
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LEMON (voice-over): OK, you have to take a look at this there is powerful evidence of the devastation of last month's earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the evidence is that it is heading to the U.S.
A massive debris field is slowly moving across the Pacific. Bear in mind the tsunami swept entire villages out to sea. More than 200,000 buildings were washed away.
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Meteorologist Chad Meyers, looking at where all that debris is headed and when it's going to arrive here, 200,000 buildings washed away, much of that debris is coming across the Pacific?
CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: There are boats out there. There are roofs out there. We found that dog, 21 days after the earthquake, they found him floating on the rooftop of a building and it's all headed to America.
LEMON: Wow.
MYERS: If you've ever been to the Oregon Coast or the California Coast, you will recognize little glass balls, they show up on the shore. Where could they possibly come from?
They are Japanese fishing floats that have broken off from the fishing vessels or from the traps out here in Japan. And that's exactly what's going to happen with this massive amount of debris that's in the water right now.
I would suspect we will probably have some stories about how boats are hitting this stuff and damaging the hulls, whatever it might be, but there it goes. I'm going to play this again, because it's so interesting, the animation.
We are also going to have to zoom out the shot here because we are going to show have to show you the day how many days, now we are 50 days into this coming off, right about now. OK, here is 265 days. Here is 300 days. Now we are up to 500 days.
Finally, a year and a half after all of that debris washes into the Pacific. It is finally going to make its way from the Washington down to the California Coast and then do a little loop, right there. That's Hawaii.
You find these Japanese floats in Hawaii as well. Okinawa, you can find them and going to flare. One more time this is one year away, this is now two years away and this debris will be floating up there.
It is going to be out there for a very long time. If you find Honduran mahogany washing up on the Florida keys all the time from Honduras this is going to be a massive problem all kinds of stuff on the shores for a long, long time to come, Don.
LEMON: And it's going to take it for a while to get here?
MYERS: Yes, two years get here, a year and a half.
LEMON: Interesting stuff. Appreciate it, Chad.
MYERS: Yes.
LEMON: Time for Chad Myers and I to get out of here, maybe Chad will make another appearance. I'm done for now. I'm going to hand it over to Wolf Blitzer in "THE SITUATION ROOM."
