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War Over Tax Dollars; New York Tragedy; Police Continue Search For Serial Killer On New York's Long Island; Kobe Bryant Fined for Audibly Yelling Anti-Gay Slur at Referee; Senate Issues Report on Investigation of Global Financial Crisis; Heist Targets High-Tech Computer Chips; Barry Bonds Trial Verdict is Not a Perjury Conviction; Famous Athletes Turned Politician; Czech President Pockets Pen; Missing Mom "Alive and Well"; Trump's Presidential Plans; Clooney Film Based on "Bailout Czar"

Aired April 14, 2011 - 16:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: And we will get you another political update in a half-an-hour.

Now let's roll on, hour two. Take a look at this.

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BALDWIN: Are we safe in the skies? Air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job and now the man in charge of all of them resigns, so, who's watching out for our flights now?

I'm Brooke Baldwin. The news is now.

(voice-over): The war over your tax dollars begins.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: But we do not have to sacrifice the America we believe in.

BALDWIN: President Obama vs. the Republicans.

REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: What we heard today was a political broadside from our campaigner in chief.

BALDWIN: What to cut, what to keep, now some lawmakers are raising the stakes and it involves a program some have called untouchable.

Plus, the world fears Iran may be trying to build a nuclear bomb, and now there's word the defiant nation is helping another country crack down on protesters. Hala Gorani joins me live with the explosive development.

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BALDWIN: Welcome back. I'm Brooke Baldwin.

The budget deal that averted a government shutdown headed through Congress today. The House of Representatives passed it just a short time ago. The House vote was 262-167. There is discontent over the bill on both sides of the political aisle. You had 59 Republicans voting against it, only 81 Democrats voting in favor of it.

Now the bill, of course, heads on to the U.S. Senate. It is to fund the federal government for the last six months of the 2011 fiscal year.

Also, fallout at the FAA, one day after another air traffic controller was caught sleeping on the job. Hank Krakowski, who heads the FAA's traffic control organization, has resigned. The latest napping incident occurred just yesterday at Nevada's Reno-Tahoe Airport. A medical jet was attempting to land with a sick patient.

The FAA is reviewing its policies and announced it would immediately begin adding extra controllers on that midnight shift.

And we are also learning even more about what happened when a New York mother 25 years of age popped her kids in her minivan, drove them into the Hudson River. Four children, again, inside. Meave Ryan, she picked them, including -- picked up Lashaun Armstrong, this 10-year- old who managed to escape from that sinking van, took him to get help.

Meave is joining me by phone from Windsor, New York.

And, Meave, man, you were in the right place at the right time for this little boy. I know many cars just passed him by. I just want to begin with that first moment when you saw him perhaps shivering and sopping wet on the side of the road. What did he say to you?

MEAVE RYAN, EYEWITNESS: He basically was just saying help me, please, help me. My mom drove the car into the water.

And I was just stunned. All I could do was say get in the car. And I was trying to help him as much as I possibly could.

BALDWIN: So he describes to you those moments as his mother takes these four little ones on this frantic drive, describes speeding. They get up to this boat ramp and Lashaun, this 10-year-old, says what, says, mommy, stop?

RYAN: He says, mommy, stop. What are you doing? It's crazy. Please stop. And at the last minute, she said, you know, I made a mistake, I made a mistake. And all I -- I had no idea.

I'm sorry. I'm actually -- I'm just very upset over them at the moment to be speaking about it.

BALDWIN: I can only partially understand how difficult this must be for you now so close to this story that has garnered such national attention.

And we all feel for this 10-year-old how helped tremendously, but if you can take a breath and just take me inside that minivan. According to this 10-year-old, Lashaun, what happened? What was the mother telling these children?

RYAN: The mother was saying, if I'm going to die, you're going to die with me and basically was -- had no consideration -- well, actually at the last minute, like I said, she came to -- knew it was a mistake and Lashaun was able to climb out the window to get help and said, mommy, I will get you help, I will get you help.

And it was all over a stupid argument over cheating and it was, actually, Lashaun said one of the worst arguments that he has ever seen.

BALDWIN: He witnessed this argument?

RYAN: He witnessed the argument before that day, before they went into the car.

BALDWIN: And this argument apparently was between, I believe, it's Jean Pierre, who is the youngest child's father. Were they married, do you know?

Meave, are you with me? Were they married? Do you know?

RYAN: Yes, I'm here.

No. To my knowledge, they weren't married. I think they were just boyfriend and girlfriend.

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BALDWIN: So according to this young boy, there was some sort of argument. She was frustrated over cheating. And he also describes she was on her cell phone as she was driving this car into the Hudson. Is that right? Who was she talking to?

RYAN: Yes. She was talking to her mother, and saying, please forgive me, I'm so sorry for what I'm about to do.

And at one point or another during the conversation, during the second phone call, the grandmother called 911 and said that she was on Water Street, Waterfront Street, and notified 911 that she was basically...

BALDWIN: Meave, are you with me?

Did we lose her?

Meave, are you there?

We lost her. Meave Ryan, who is the one who picked up Lashaun, the 10-year-old, the only one to escape and survive, courageous young man, according to her, courageous. Unbelievable story there.

An explosive development out of Syria. The government there reportedly getting help from Iran to take on and attack protesters. This would mean the defiant nation has suddenly become a player in the deadly uprisings overseas. Wait until you hear about the secret operation and how it all involves technology. Hala Gorani is standing by for me overseas. We will talk to Hala next.

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BALDWIN: Time to go globe trekking, and a couple of significant developments out of Syria today.

The State Department says it believes there is evidence Iran now is helping Syria suppress anti-government protests. Also today, Syria's president met with protesters.

Want to bring in CNN's Hala Gorani. She is still there live in Cairo.

And, Hala, I just want to begin with the meeting. Has anything come of that?

HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The meeting with the -- I'm having a hard time hearing you, but I believe you're asking me about the meeting between the president, Bashar al-Assad, that was reported on state media and state television and a delegation of protesters from Daraa.

BALDWIN: Yes.

GORANI: That is the city where all the protests started about a month ago in Syria.

We are getting reports that that meeting was positive, that things came out of it, and that, potentially, some of the protesters were -- quote, unquote -- "happy with what they heard" with some of the promises of reform and some of the concessions.

However, these are reports we are getting from Syria. It is not something we are able as always to independently verify. And the big test, Brooke, is going to be tomorrow. Today, of course, is Thursday. Thursday is the day before Friday. And traditionally over the last several months in the Middle East, Friday has been the day of protests.

Now, if protesters come out on the street once again in large numbers, it would mean that not only these talks, but other concessions offered by the president, Assad, forming a new government, promising to release some protesters jailed over the last few weeks, and promising also to release some dissidents, that those have fallen on deaf ears and demonstrators don't trust the regime any more today than they did several weeks ago when the protests started. So the big test is going to be tomorrow, Brooke.

BALDWIN: So we still have to wait to see if President al-Assad would soften his position whatsoever. We will wait for that.

But I do went to get on to the point about Iran here. There are reports the U.S. State Department is saying it believes there is evidence now that Iran is helping Syria put down the rebellion going back to its own rebellion, the Green Revolution in 2009. What kind of evidence are we talking about here?

GORANI: Well, the State Department is saying this. Iran, its U.N. mission has said the accusations are baseless. And we have just now received from the state news agency, SANA, in Syria reaction to that, denying claims that Iran is helping Syria. As far as proof, we are not exactly sure what kind of proof the State Department has, but we do understand that the suspicions are that Iran might be helping Syria in controlling crowds and also on controlling e-mail and Web communication and tracking down some people using Facebook, using Twitter to mobilize crowds and organize protests.

That would be something that we have seen in the past in Iran, when, after election there, the results of which were not accepted by some demonstrators, some of the protesters, according to those who have observed the developments in Iran, were identified by some of the e- mail and Web traffic that they were the originators of.

So, these accusations coming against Syria that Iran is helping it, some of the critics are saying, well, it is quite possible that Iran is simply telling Syria how to control its own crowds and how to identify some of the protest organizers.

BALDWIN: If the accusations are accurate, though, Hala, it is very significant, because, you know, at least from the U.S. perspective and other nations as well, it would be a sign that Iran perhaps is trying to capitalize on the precarious situation in Syria and maybe spread its influence.

GORANI: Well, these two countries are allies, of course. They are allies politically. They are allies diplomatically. They support some of the same groups, Hezbollah, for instance, Hamas.

So Iran is very keen on making sure that the regime in Syria stays stable. And if it sees that some of these demonstrators are threatening the regime, it is going to naturally want to help. Of course, we cannot confirm that there is assistance coming from Iran toward Syria and helping quell and clamp down on these protests, but it would make strategic sense in the region.

These countries are very close. Iran and Damascus collaborate on many issues. There are visits between the two countries. The leaders of both countries visit each other. So this would not be entirely a huge surprise, Brooke.

BALDWIN: Hala Gorani live in Cairo -- Hala, thank you.

Now this:

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, they came in here, but, as far as investigating it, no.

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BALDWIN: Did that man see this woman the night she disappeared? Coming up next, CNN talks to a witness in the case of a victim who may have been the target of a suspected serial killer on Long Island. Find out what she told him hours before she vanished, next.

Also, an outrageous story about high school girls who didn't have dates to the prom. Find out what their classmates did on Facebook. Stay right here.

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: So the search for a missing prostitute on Long Island's -- I should say New York's Long Island -- has turned up several bodies, just not hers. She is Shannon Gilbert. Her disappearance last year sparked this massive investigation that is under way right now and maybe the work of a suspected serial killer.

But this whole thing actually began back last year, May 1st. Gilbert's family says a car brought her to this area. This is Oak Beach, long island. Around 5:00 in the morning, a woman banged on door the of Gus Coletti's house. He says he is pretty sure it was, indeed, Shannon Gilbert. In fact, here is what he told our own Joe Johns.

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GUS COLETTI, OAK BEACH RESIDENT: Stood there staring at me, yelling help me, help me h

JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Do you think she was the victim of a serial killer?

COLETTI: No. I'm not even sure she was murdered.

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BALDWIN: Police say Shannon Gilbert is not among the unidentified dead. Coletti says he called the police the day the woman showed up at his door but claims they didn't show up at his place until months later. Police say they spoke with Coletti back on May 1st and several times since then. CNN is taking a much closer look at the timeline and leads in this case in a special that airs this had Saturday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern time.

And now, if it's interesting, it's happening right now, you are about to see it, rapid fire, let's go. Beginning with the woman who accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her in 2006, she is back in the news. Why? Because her boyfriend is dead from stab wounds. This is Crystal Megnum, accused of stabbing 46-year-old Reginald Day with a kitchen knife. According to search warrants Day told police that Megnum and stabbed him and took his. She remains behind bars.

Strong winds are still expected to fan flames in west Texas as well. Fires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres there. Homes, buildings, even got critically burnt firefighter. Just a couple of the situations the state's authorities having to deal now with now to put sought out some of the flames.

At Yale, a freak accident at a chemistry lab kills a female student one month before her graduation. This is senior Michelle Dufalt working on a project when her hair got caught in some kind of machine. She suffocated because of neck compression and was found by other Yale students. The astronomy and physics major was supposed to graduate this may. Yale says they have mandatory training before students use machines like these but add it is will review its safety measures.

And, look, as if prom time isn't hard enough for teenaged ladies, some students at a Massachusetts high school making even worse. Check this out. Someone actually sent this Facebook he e-mail to students at school singling out 22 girls that hadn't gotten dates yet. It didn't stop there the girls were ranked their physical appearance. And that wasn't all. A second e-mail was sent listing the girls with their sexual experience.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They're kind of mad, like they are really angry.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I looked at that time at first and I was like, oh, this is a little weird, why would I be bet getting e-mailed this? It was like harmless. It wasn't meant to be mean, I don't think.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They are rating kids, rating girls, that's not right.

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BALDWIN: Well, police agree with you, sir. They stay is not all right either. They are investigating eat mail, trying to figure out who sent it. If they do that student or students could face suspension. Come on now.

To Atlanta, where a man fell to the tracks at a train station. You see his, he gets shocked, look at this, shocked repeatedly. They are trying to pull him out of there. Some good Samaritans were able to do so, there he goes, thank goodness. The man was charged with public intoxication and reckless conduct. Cheers all around.

Bloodshot eyes, acting up and misbehaving, you would think I was describing an intoxicated cut, nope. Those are just a few words Jill Van Heese used to describe her little boy while ding at al olive garden in Lakeland, Florida. The restaurant says, oops, there was a mix up. The toddler, instead of getting O.J. was given a drink containing pineapple and orange juice with wine.

We are watching tornado watches in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Chad Meyers getting all the information right now, the severe weather center, plus Jessica Yellin standing by with new information just in from the world of politics. More to come. Stay right here.

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BALDWIN: Well, Kobe Bryant is putting had his money where his mouth is after he is caught on camera shouting, mouthing this anti-gay slur at a referee. Here's the video that landed Kobe in a bit of hot water. He had just been called for a technical foul on Tuesday night's game when he angrily storms to the bench, there he is, slammed down that towel, shouts at the ref, there he went, shouted at the ref, cameras caught him he's yelled this anti-gay slur.

Now, the NBA's punishment was swift. They fined him $100,000, calling his comments offensive, inexcusable. Kobe did later apologize, saying his actions were out of frustrations. In fact, he spoke to an L.A. radio station. Here he is.

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KOBE BRYANT, NBA PLAYER: As an individual, you have you have to be responsible for your own actions. The comment that I made, even though it was not meant as it was perceived to be, is nonetheless wrong, and so it's important to own that.

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BALDWIN: So, there it was, his mea culpa.

Jessica Yellin in Washington, Jessica, would you never say such a thing?

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I always get entertained by the nonpolitical stories because, you know, what we have to could have certificate debt limit and -- which is exciting.

BALDWIN: Yes. Go for it.

YELLIN: Today, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who was in the news so much lately because of his fight with labor unions in his own state, he testified here on Capitol Hill defending his decision to scale back collective bargaining rights in his state.

And wouldn't you know it he was met by protesters, union protesters. He told members of Congress that, quote, "while our idea may be a bold political move, I would argue it is a very modest request of our employees." The union protesters couldn't disagree more.

And talking about the debt limit, I got an opportunity to speak to the CEO of JP Morgan, one of the nation's largest banks and financial institution, Jamie Dimon and he said has previously that he believes playing economic want dealt limit could be catastrophic essentially for our economy.

He told me that beyond that, he also thinks that Congress has to do more than pay lip service to this idea of reduce our deficit, that they have to show real meaningful progress toward cutting the debt, cutting the deficit otherwise it could stifle our recovery.

That's meaningful because a lot of us think this might be political caulk talk and real action will happen after the president is reelected or a new president in the Oval Office. It is his take that that can't be the case because the financial world markets need to see us step up and be grownups.

And to that end, a member of the White House staff, Jack Lew, the head of OMB today said we could not play economic want debt limit. I think we will hear that phrase a lot in the coming weeks.

BALDWIN: Hearing lot about chicken -- chicken, nonstarter, balance.

YELLIN: Where does "playing chicken" even come from? We should look that up?

BALDWIN: Let's do some digging, Ms. Yellin do some digging on that. Thank you very much.

Now to this, millions and millions lost their jobs, businesses shut their doors, people lost their homes. So who is to blame for caution the global financial crisis in the investigation is now naming names. So will anyone go to jail? That's ahead.

Plus, oh, boy, here we go today. They are being called the world's first 3-D porn movies. And it is about to be big business for one place. Of all the people to tack this will one, bringing back Alison Kosik. You know, Alison, I don't know where we find the stuff for you, but I must say you, my friend, found this one today, not I. This one is going to take the cake this is going to be interesting. Stay right there.

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BALDWIN: Bracing for possible tornadoes, an investigation reveals who is responsible for the financial crisis, police make a bust in a massive chip heist, and it affects your smart phones and cameras. Folks, it's time to play "Reporter Roulette." I want to begin with this guy standing to my right, Chad Myers.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes.

BALDWIN: We're talking about tornado watches earlier. Where again?

MYERS: The watch is all the way from Nebraska, all of Kansas into Oklahoma and north Texas.

BALDWIN: OK.

MYERS: That's where the watch, which means -- something could spin.

BALDWIN: It is not imminent?

MYERS: Not spinning right now the warnings will be maybe within the hour, because some storms are out there and they are already putting down hail and it doesn't take long, once get a big enough storm, big enough to hail it can maybe be big enough to spin. Today is a spin day. There will be tornadoes on the ground for sure.

A quick heads up if you are in those areas, watching it before the end of the show. Mr. Meyers, thank you.

Next here on "Reporter Roulette," after a two-year investigation, a Senate panel is dirk out blame to the people accused of sparking the financial crisis. Alison Kosik live in New York. Allison, sounds like a lot of people were taking, obviously, a lot of risk with other people's money?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Oh, you said it. We get all this information in this big report out of the Senate. It examines who is to blame for the financial crisis and it really comes down hard on some of the big names on Wall Street, Brooke.

Listen to what Carl Levin said, Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the subcommittee, said "Our investigation found a financial snake pit rife with greed, conflict office interest, and wrongdoing." He blames investment banks, especially Goldman Sachs, blaming them for selling risky investment, marketing them as safe.

And at the same time, he says, Goldman bet against those investment and profited when they failed. He also blamed others, lenders, who he says pushed high-risk loans on people. He blames regulators who he says turned a blind eye.

And he blames ratings agencies, who he says those risky investments were safe. Keep in mind, though, no legal action taken on this yet. Everybody has to figure out if any illegal activity happened to turn it over to the DOJ. Brooke?

BALDWIN: Well, Hong Kong hoping not to face a crisis, hoping to do well here. To our next, I'm using air quotes, interesting topics, Alison Kosik, talk to me about 3-D porn. What's the deal?

KOSIK: You are talking about porn, and I'm not just talking about that garden-variety kind. I'm talking about 3-D porn in China. Keep in mind, porn of any kind is blocked on the mainland so filmmakers, what they are doing in Hong Kong, offering up a couple of flicks, one called "3-D Sex and Zen" promoted as the world's first 3-D porn film.

There's so much interest in this, Brooke, people are actually making pilgrimages to Hong Kong, they are taking tour groups, planning trips there just to Hong Kong and Taiwan just to see these uncensored versions. You know, the enthusiasm in China is pretty raw there, apparently. They want to see porn in I'll its glory, I guess. Of course there is the forbidden quality. I think that's why they want to see it.

BALDWIN: Of course.

KOSIK: You know how it is, human nature. You always want what you don't have.

BALDWIN: I'm going to steer clear for this the most part. My question is this does this mean you are sitting in the 3-D theater, wearing the glasses looking at the movie?

KOSIK: I think so, and you're getting it I guess, on all sides.

BALDWIN: Alison Kosik, beautiful job. Thank you.

KOSIK: And next on Reporter Roulette, how do we -- Dan Simon will have to come next up here with a record-breaking high, chips to go into your smartphones, digital cameras, Dan Simon in San Francisco. What did thieves steal?

DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Last time we heard about chips stolen was the Bellagio Hotel. This is a different kind of chip. These are memory flash chips used, as you said, commonly used in smart phones, tablets and worth a lot of money.

In this case, $37 million worth of chips were stolen from the Unigen Corporation, a company out of the San Francisco bay area. Police did an undercover operation and were able to get most of these chips back, 98 percent of these chips back. But a small portion of them were actually found in China. Most of them were found in the United States, and police just announced just yesterday they were able be to arrest five suspects. But as many as 15 people raided this corporation when this took place back in February.

BALDWIN: So a different kind of chip heist. How, Dan, did investigators crack the case?

SIMON: Investigators -- they have their cards close to their vest on this one. And we should mention that the price of chips has gone up since the -- since the earthquake in Japan. So, that's one reason why they were desperate to get the chips back.

But we should tell you they were able -- apparently able to do an undercover investigation with some buyers on this and they were able to find some of these chips for sale on the market, but the investigation continues. Right now, there are as many as ten suspects still on the loose. Brooke?

BALDWIN: Dan Simon, thank you so much. And is your Reporter Roulette for your Thursday here.

And now, be careful what you do online. A man edits a video of himself singing and that video lands him in jail. Wait until you hear why. Sunny Hostin is on that case. That is next.

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BALDWIN: The new rule of fight club, don't bring your dad to fight club. Case in point, a Tampa, Florida farther on video egging on a teenage son in a fight with a teenaged boy. Watch this with me.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good. Yes. Yes! Punch his eyes out! Put his head on the ground!

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BALDWIN: Gentlemen, come on. You see the guy in the black t-shirt, just popped his head into view? That's dad. The video ended up online, of course where it has been viewed just about 400,000 times. A neighbor saw it, tipped off authorities. Now, 41-year-old Phillip Scott Struthers has been arrested and charged with child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The judge really lit into dad in court.

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JUDGE WALTER HEINRICH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA: So your relationship with your child is over with. You cannot see, talk to live with or communicate with your minor children.

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BALDWIN: Oh, Struthers, out of jail after posting a $10,000 bond.

And now, Barry Bonds, he has a new title, convicted man. A federal jury has found baseball's home run king guilty of obstruction of justice. The jurors decided he was evasive when he appeared before a grand jury investigating the illegal distribution of steroids.

But they could not agree whether he blind knowingly using steroids or home growth hormones, so they deadlocked on these three perjury counts. Sunny Hostin is on the case. Sunny, just so we can kind of come full circumstance well this, this time yesterday when the court said, look, yes, the verdict is coming, the court retracted its statement. Did we ever figure out what that was all about?

SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN LEGAL CORRESPONDENT: The jury did tell the clerk they reached verdict what they didn't tell the clerk was that it was a partial verdict and that they were still deadlocked on three of the four charges and so when the court head made the announcement a verdict had been reached, it was true a verdict was reached on one of the count bus not a complete verdict, just a partial verdict.

BALDWIN: So you called it. You called it.

HOSTIN: I did.

BALDWIN: You said they are probably dead locked, yes, one to sunny.

HOSTIN: That's right.

BALDWIN: Was the jury close to convicting bonds on any of these three perjury counts?

HOSTIN: It is interesting. They were. I actually got from one of the jurors the counts. The final votes eight to four to acquit Bonds about lying about steroids, nine to three to acquit him on liking about human growth hormone use but eleven to one to convict him of getting an injection from someone else and one woman was a holdout. She said she slept on it, thinking about changing her vote but decided to stick with her gut. They were close on one of those counts.

BALDWIN: Will he then go to jail?

HOSTIN: You know, he is facing ten years in prison for this obstruction of justice charge. The federal guidelines provide about 15 to 21 months. I don't think he is going to jail for this, Brooke. He is certainly going to appeal. His lawyers have made that very clear. But people are probably saying house arrest, probably probation. I don't see jail time for Barry Bonds. But I could be wrong on that.

BALDWIN: Case two here, a young Michigan man named Evan Emory makes a video of himself singing in front of a class of first graders, there he is. So far, so good. But this guy goes home, he edits it to make it look like he sang an explicit song.

But then he takes it a step further, posts the edited video on YouTube as a joke. But now, Evan Emory is serving two months in jail. Sunny, the lyrics are so dirty we can't even begin to repeat them here on television, on CNN. Is two months, though, in jail harsh for what was supposed to be a joke this video that landed on YouTube, or did he get of pretty easily?

HOSTIN: You know, I think he got off pretty easily. He we have been facing 20 years in prize torn child pornography. I mean this is -- what were you thinking? How is this funny? Who is it going to make laugh? I just don't get it.

BALDWIN: Spoken like a true mother.

HOSTIN: Yes, I put my mommy hat on, I'm like, really? But thinking two months in jail, 200 hours of probation, not a - a pretty good deal for him.

BALDWIN: So has he learned his lesson? We are going to listen to this together and you tell me what you think.

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EVAN EMORY, POSTED VIDEO OF KIDS AND DIRTY LYRICS ONLINE: I can't say enough how sorry I am. It's not about learning a lesson. I really learned the lesson within five minutes of realizing that people were angry about this video. It's more about making up to the people I've hurt, and I know I have a turned this -- my small community upside down.

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BALDWIN: So, he says he has learned had his lesson but he has got a big grin on his face. Do we buy it?

HOSTIN: He really does. I don't know that I buy it, but bottom line is he can't be next to children under the age of 17. So at least I feel, as mom, safe, because it's not funny, and maybe he is just a really creepy guy. So certainly, I don't know that he's learned his lesson, but two months in prison, that teach a pretty decent lesson. Maybe that will scare him straight.

BALDWIN: No more creative editing and posting on YouTube, please. Sunny Hostin, always love it when you put on the mommy hat. Thank you very much.

And just call it the announcement about the announcement. We have heard this before. Donald Trump is now saying when he will tell America whether he will run for president. The answer, let's just say he knows a thing or two about ratings. That is coming up.

Also something you have probably seen, I should say never seen before, one country's president caught red-handed swiping a pen. We're going to show it to you and I can't wait to hear -- I can't wait to hear what Wolf Blitzer is going to say about this one. But first, have you heard which Olympic gold medalist has announced a bid for a New Jersey Senate seat? It is Carl Lewis. And that has put had him on "TIME's" list of top athletes turned politician. The number five spot, Mr. Lewis, the nine-time gold medalist will be running as a Democrat. Coming in at number four, boxing superstar turned Filipino congressman Manny Pacquiao. And number three of athletes turned politicians, you got wrestler turned governor of Minnesota, Jesse "The Body" Ventura. So, who are the top two athletes turned politicos? We are going to tell you right after the break. See if you can guess.

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: OK, Carl Lewis announced his run for New Jersey senate Monday and he joins time.com's list of athletes turned politician. You've been sitting there. You're marinating on these. Who were the top two?

Well, the once college football star turned down contracts with several NFL teams to pursue education at Yale, he went on to become vice president and later president. He was Gerald Ford.

The number one, you're smart, you figured this one out, number one athlete turned politician, the Austrian bodybuilder, turned "Terminator," turned California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, call him the "Governator" now, at least they are in a cartoon.

By the way, he is leaving office, and again, he has got sites on making movies.

So here is a question, have you ever accidentally walked off with someone's pen or maybe not so accidentally? Swiping pens, I have a habit of doing that myself. I bet you were not caught on camera or the president of the Czech Republic. You have got to see this.

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BALDWIN (voice-over): Keep your eyes on the Czech president. He's the guy on the left. There he is admiring the ceremonial pen. That's nice and shiny pen while the Chilean president sitting on the right speaks to the crowd.

Likes the pen so much, slides it underneath the table, watch the arrow, switches hands, there he goes, pops that pen right in his pocket. Call it the perfect crime, if you will, except for the dozens of cameras rolling in the audience.

The video here has gone viral, receiving millions of hits, I guess ceremonial pens are hard to come by.

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BALDWIN: Coming up next here, a missing mother of five is found alive.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BALDWIN: She is fine. She disappeared just about a week ago after she left her kids at home to run off, go rent a movie. So, what happened? The sheriff in charge of the investigation has just held a press conference this afternoon. We are going to tell you what he said. That's next.

Also, Donald Trump's big announcement and George Clooney is reportedly producing a new movie and it's about some very famous faces on Capitol Hill. Joe Johns, as always, he has got the scoop. Political pop is next.

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BALDWIN: A couple minutes away here from "THE SITUATION ROOM" with Wolf Blitzer. Wolf, let's bring you in. You know, we have seen the video of the Emir of Qatar sitting with the president in the oval office, and then he spoke with you. How did it go?

WOLF BLITZER, THE SITUATION ROOM: It's always nice when the Emir of Qatar goes to the White House, goes to the oval office, meets with the president of the United States, and then, you know, he sits down with me for an interview.

I just came from the interview we taped it. He is very outspoken. He acknowledged that Qatar is playing very dramatic role in addition to France and Italy. Qatar has now formally recognized the opposition of Gadhafi as the legitimate government of Libya.

We went through a whole thing about how he believes that the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which sets the stage for the no-fly zone also authorizes countries to provide weapons to the rebels.

And as you know, there are a lot of reports that Qatar is doing precisely that. You are going to be fascinated by what he says. He is outspoken. He is blunt. He is the Emir of Qatar. He's going to be joining us in "THE SITUATION ROOM."

I think our viewers will like that also, I was up on Capitol Hill earlier today, Brooke, and I interviewed the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He is also pretty outspoken as well on a whole bunch of issue, including Libya, Donald Trump and of course, all the long-term debt efforts to decrease the debt if at all possible.

That interview coming up at the top of the hour so it's a strong "SITUATION ROOM" show as usual.

BALDWIN: Per usual, pretty day there. Pretty - pretty busy day there for you, Wolf Blitzer.

BLITZER: Gorgeous day, by the way, in Washington. Great weather in Washington. It's a great place to be. Look at how -- how clean and gorgeous it looks in the District of Columbia.

BALDWIN: I love it. I'll be there in a couple of weekends. Thank you, Wolf Blitzer. BLITZER: See you soon.

BALDWIN: Appreciate it.

And now part of the mystery is over for a Georgia mother of five. She is fine, but she's not quite ready to come home yet.

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BALDWIN (voice-over): Here is the story, 30-year-old Razanay Suleiman, she just simply vanished last week after leaving her five children home alone when she went to out to run an errand to rent a movie.

So a search obviously ensued because there was no sign of mom. Her husband says her cell phone went unused, same for her credit cards for five days. And then her husband got grilled by police and he says his wife left him one final text message before just totally falling off the map.

ABED SULEIMAN, HUSBAND: She said, it's over. I'll throwing the phone out the window because she would never, ever, ever talk to me like that and never text me like that. She never ever has and I'm like, something's not right.

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BALDWIN: It seems like several things have not been right because the husband then said some real estate investments in Florida they went bad.

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BALDWIN (voice-over): The couple filed for bankruptcy back in August. Her family was worried enough about their daughter that they flew from Jerusalem to Georgia this week.

BASAM JABAR, WOMAN'S FATHER: We believe she is still alive and we just want to say, please, please, come back home.

SULEIMAN: If you hear me, we all love you. Your parents are here. Everybody's here. We all love you. Your family loves you, people that are so concerned and just want to see you. Come home.

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BALDWIN: Come home seems to be something this mom of five is not ready to do after days of looking for Suleiman. The Bartow County sheriff briefed the media today before saying case closed.

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SHERIFF CLARK MILLSAP, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA: Our main concern was to make sure she was safe and we have discovered that. Can't tell you where she is but at her request, anything that is going on at her residence is her business and her husband's business. I don't have any comments about that. But our case, we have done a little more interviews with her. There are no criminal charges to be filed against anyone. This case is now officially closed. Thank you, you all have a nice day.

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BALDWIN: So she is safe, she just isn't home.

And a presidential hopeful giving word of a possible run on, of all places a reality show. Donald Trump says he will give America the date that he is going to announce whether or not he is going to run for president. Did you follow me there? On the season finale of "Celebrity Apprentice."

Joe Johns here with "Political Pop." And Joe, so just to be clear this the announcement about announcement?

JOE JOHNS, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Yes. OK. Donald Trump says that he is going to talk about this on the final episode of "Celebrity Apprentice", his reality TV show. Brooke, if you are setting your TiVo that would be on May 22nd, but don't expect anything earth shattering.

Right, what you said. He is going to make an announcement about the announcement on whether he is running for president. Our colleagues here at the political unit at CNN reported that today.

Trump apparently plans to say on his show that he will be holding a news conference, which, you know, he could have just sent out a press release, but another story entirely.

BALDWIN: Well, I mean, look, he is obviously a business-savvy guy and very media savvy. Is he -- he wants ratings and he wants a big audience.

JOHNS: Well, OK. It has been suggested, of course, that he was just doing this to get viewership up on his show, but he has addressed that.

And what he told the "Wall Street Journal" is that he doesn't need to do this for ratings on the show. He says it is too important and that the country's in trouble and then he drifts of into message, all of which we will hear more of if he decides to run.

BALDWIN: Well, for the record though, Donald Trump has very much so flirted with the idea of running for president before and has yet to officially own up and say, all right, I'm throwing my hat in the ring.

JOHNS: Right. Right and there are some people around town who are certainly expressing what you might call a little bit of skepticism because of that.

Trump actually flirted with the idea of running back in 1999 to 2000, I think before that, too, talking about running at that time for the reform party nomination. Now he is talking about running, perhaps as an independent, if not, as a Republican, who knows, maybe not at all. We will see.

BALDWIN: Let's talk about another big name. We always like talking about George Clooney.

JOHNS: Right.

BALDWIN: We are hearing though that he is behind a film on the financial crisis, tell me about that?

JOHNS: Right. Right, you know, first we live the movie here in Washington then we get to watch the movie.

JOHNS: Lucky for you.

JOHNS: Right, Clooney's public relation's guy telling us today that Clooney and his Smokehouse Production Company do have a project in development. He will produce it, maybe he'll direct it and it's about the TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

And then it is, it's kind of pegged on an article in the "Washington Post" about President Bush's bail out or Neel Kashkari. This stuff was first reported by "Variety."

And you know, Clooney is one of the guys, those Hollywood guys who really know his way around Washington pretty well. He spent some time here trying to focus attention on other stuff, the problems of Darfur. Now looks like he is going a different direction.

BALDWIN: Well, you know, you mentioned the post article from December of '09.

JOHNS: Right.

BALDWIN: Some of the pretty fascinating details, this Washington, and this is Kashkari uses his Blackberry to determine the bailout, some present it to Congress. His Blackberry.

His arithmetic, we have 11 trillion residential mortgages, yada, yada, so they landed on 700 billion, he says, a nice round number. So a lot of good details for this film, I guess?

JOHNS: Yes, it was a fascinating article. I remember reading it and that is when I got to know who Neel Kashkari was. This was going to happen at some time. We don't know when exactly they will release it when they will start shooting it, no timetable, no calendar. We will see.

BALDWIN: All right, let me know if I need to make a phone call to Mr. Clooney. We got some details.

JOHNS: We'll do.

BALDWIN: All right, Joe Johns, thank you very much. Before I let you, tomorrow's news today, let's fast forward. The man the opposition in Libya has selected to be their leader will be in the United States. The interim prime minister of the National Transitional Council of Libya is scheduled to speak in Washington at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Also sentencing begins for a dad convicted of killing his 20-year-old daughter in Arizona. The Iraqi man was convicted of running her over with his car because she became allegedly too westernized, his words.

And kids from all across the country loved this game gather in Orlando for the National High School Scrabble Championship. And that will do it for me. Now to Wolf Blitzer in Washington. Wolf, to you.