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John Edwards Indicted; Jack Kevorkian Dies; Congress to Obama: Why Libya?; Mother Pleads With Home Intruder; Casey Anthony's Jailhouse Recordings; Dugard Kidnappers Sentenced
Aired June 03, 2011 - 16:00 ET
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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Speaking of John Edwards, watch this.
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BALDWIN (voice-over): John Edwards is in serious trouble. He's now been indicted on six counts over the scandal involving his mistress. And the former presidential candidate has just appeared in court.
I'm Brooke Baldwin. The news is now.
(voice-over): Any moment, the Big Board numbers will settle in this, a terrible week for the economy. Unemployment rises, home prices fall, and many Americans are simply wondering, what's next?
A country on edge. We're told Yemen's president is hurt after an attack on his palace. Now fears grow over how he will respond.
CASEY ANTHONY, ACCUSED OF MURDER: I love you.
GEORGE ANTHONY, CASEY'S FATHER: I know you do.
BALDWIN: Casey Anthony accuses her own father of sex abuse and covering up her daughter's death. Today, we're hearing their private and emotional jailhouse conversation.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have one question that I need to ask you. And I know it's going to be a tough one.
BALDWIN: And clipping coupons online, there's a big battle for your bucks. Groupon, Scoutmob, LivingSocial, which one is best for you?
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BALDWIN: Welcome back. Let's begin hour two.
I'm Brooke Baldwin. I want to begin with our breaking news out of North Carolina. Former Senator and former presidential candidate John Edwards spoke just a short time ago. It was short. It was sweet. This was after being indicted by a grand jury just this morning. Take a look. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JOHN EDWARDS (D), FORMER U.S. SENATOR: There's no question that I have done wrong. And I take full responsibility for having done wrong.
And I will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that I have caused to others. But I did not break the law. And I never, ever thought I was breaking the law.
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BALDWIN: And Edwards is facing six separate counts here. He's accused of conspiracy, making false statements, and violating campaign finance laws. All of this stems from his extramarital affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter.
Prosecutors say Edwards used campaign donations from two wealthy political backers to make payments to his mistress. Edwards has admitted to fathering a child with Rielle Hunter while his wife battled the recurrence of cancer. That ultimately was a battle she lost last December.
Edwards' attorney says the money that was given to Hunter was a gift, not a campaign donation.
Let's go straight to Joe Johns, who has really been covering this thing for us since the very beginning. He joins me Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where Edwards spoke earlier this hour.
Joe, I know it's hot. I see you wiping the sweat off your forehead there. But I imagine it was a pretty hot scene in that courtroom. Set the scene for me, quite a circus there in Winston- Salem today.
JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Brooke, I have to tell you -- it's a little loud.
I have to tell you, the circus I saw --
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BALDWIN: Joe, we can't hear you.
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JOHNS: -- a lot of people.
BALDWIN: Now we can. Now we can.
JOHNS: Oh, you can't hear me? Oh. Is that better? I don't know what I did. I just moved it a little bit.
I thought the circus was outside -- inside, very calm, John Edwards surrounded by his lawyers, five different attorneys, including Greg Craig. We talked a little bit about him. You just saw him a minute ago, a really high-powered lawyer.
Edwards wasn't expected to talk much, and he didn't. It was Greg Craig who actually said in court that Edwards was entering a plea of not guilty. Edwards was asked a series of questions. At one point, he sounded just a little bit, like, annoyed almost with one of the questions. And he told the judge: "Your Honor, I understand. I'm an attorney."
And then he went on to be asked a number of serious questions. You also a little bit talked about Bunny Hostin, with Bunny Hostin a little while ago about -- wait a minute. Am I getting that right? I'm getting Bunny Mellon and Sunny Hostin mixed up.
BALDWIN: You got it. You got it.
JOHNS: Sorry, Bunny and Sunny.
Right. Talked about Bunny -- Bunny Mellon, who was a contributor, a 100-year-old woman from Virginia who actually gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to him. And he was also told he had to stay away from Bunny Mellon.
And that is at least in small part because he had a meeting with her just a couple of weeks ago. And don't know what they talked about. But certainly it's been of consternation, because she's one of the key witnesses -- or presumably one of the key witnesses in this case.
You saw him outside the courtroom and his demeanor. I thought that was interesting. It's very strange. And I will just wrap up here to say, very strange, but probably the last time I got a really good look at John Edwards was the South Carolina debate in 2008, not a hair out of place.
Today, he looked exactly the same. But it's so strange to see how a man who could be one of the three people with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the stage debating for president, and now end up here in a courtroom charged with criminal violations for what he did during that campaign. It is one of the strangest sagas I have seen in politics, quite frankly.
BALDWIN: Yes. Wolf and I were just talking about it, Wolf Blitzer. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
I want to go back to a point you were making when the three of us were all talking, you, me, and Sunny Hostin last hour, about the impact of the testimony from Edwards' donor, now 100 years of age, Rachel Bunny Mellon could have on this case. Let's listen to what Sunny said.
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SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: They really have to -- they have to have Bunny Mellon get on the witness stand and say that these were in fact contributions, so that his campaign, his 2008 presidential campaign, could be kept alive. If she gets on the witness stand, though, and says, well, no, John Edwards knew nothing about it and, in fact, they were just personal expenses and they were meant so that Elizabeth Edwards would not find out about it, that would be a very, very good thing for the defense.
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BALDWIN: One other point I want to make with you, Joe, and then I will let you off the hook. I know it's hot there in Winston-Salem, but let me talk to you about this. Sunny also made the point that he must be deemed somehow as a flight risk, given these other conditions that this magistrate there in Winston-Salem put forth on him.
Can you run down some of those for me, Joe?
JOHNS: Well, I think the main one was probably that they took his passport and told him he would not be allowed to leave the 48 lower continental United States.
BALDWIN: Right.
JOHNS: I have to tell you, though, the fact of the matter is that I have seen a number of cases where defendants in criminal cases, especially serious criminal cases, have had their passports confiscated.
And this obviously was one of those situations where the prosecution thought it was necessary to ask for that. But the bottom line on whether he's a flight risk or not, I would say, is the fact that he was released on his own recognizance. If you're free to leave , and they don't charge you with anything, well, that says people think this guy is a part of the community and plans to remain here and isn't planning to go running off because of these charges.
BALDWIN: Point taken.
Joe Johns in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Joe, thank you. Quite a scene as John Edwards was leaving that courtroom there in Winston-Salem.
JOHNS: Yes.
BALDWIN: Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
And other news today: The man known as Dr. Death has died. Jack Kevorkian spoke to CNN last year. You're going to hear his final television interview. That is coming up.
Also, your wallet -- bad news on the economy front, including an unexpected rise in unemployment. But the thing is, brand-new numbers don't even reflect graduates stepping out into the terrible job market. Parents, you hear me?
Alison Kosik has just spoken with a trader about what to expect in the coming weeks. It's something we all need to hear.
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BALDWIN: Hey, more news unfolding right now. You're about to see it, rapid fire. Let's go.
That deadly outbreak of E. coli in Europe continues to spread. At least 18 people have now died. And hundreds more have been infected. Three people here in the United States have also been hospitalized with this deadly strain. All three of them had recently visited Europe.
Infected cucumbers from Spain were originally thought to be the source of the outbreak, but European authorities said yesterday that they had not yet pinpointed the source.
Folks in South Dakota getting ready for some flooding, people there sandbagging all around their houses trying to finish temporary levees as waters are rising there along the Missouri. Dams along the river can't hold back the surge of water. And now the Army Corps of Engineers is releasing more water.
Heavy rains combined with a deep melting snowpack have already pushed most reservoirs in areas to record levels.
Raymond Clark III is sentenced today for the murder of grad student Annie Le. Clark received 44 years for admitting to murder and attempted sexual assault. Remember, he was the research technician at the university back in September of '09 when Le went missing. Her body was find behind the wall of a campus laboratory five days later on what would have been her wedding day.
Jack Kevorkian has died. Kevorkian earned the nickname of Dr. Death for his part in the assisted suicide of more than 100 terminally ill people starting back in 1990. His role put him in the middle of a national debate over assisted suicide. He ultimately spent eight years in prison for helping people end their lives.
And our own Dr. Sanjay Gupta actually spoke with Kevorkian last year in what ended up being his final television interview. Watch.
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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: For many people, life is a gift.
DR. JACK KEVORKIAN, "DR. DEATH": It's a gift? Who gave it to you?
GUPTA: Is life a gift?
KEVORKIAN: Who gives it to you? Who gives you life? Your parents. Right. You weren't asked to be -- you know, Schopenhauer said it nicely. What crime has this child committed that it should be born?
GUPTA: That's a profound -- that's a -- it's a deeply pessimistic thing to hear.
KEVORKIAN: But it's very sensible.
GUPTA: Is there some virtue in simply being alive?
KEVORKIAN: No. I always said all my life, if I wasn't born and they gave me the question, I'd say, I don't want to be born.
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BALDWIN: Wow. Kevorkian had been in the hospital since last month suffering from pneumonia and kidney-related problems. He was 83 years old.
And you know, there seems to be a buyer for just about everything these days, even personal items that belonged to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Yes, the U.S. Marshals Service raised more than 230,00 bucks in this two-week on-line auction. Take a look at some of the items here, Kevorkian's (SIC) items, personal items like personal journals, sweatshirt, sunglasses, typewriter -- not making this stuff up. Money raised will be used to compensate some of Kaczynski's victims.
Over to Florida now, where a centuries-old mystery may finally be solved. Archaeologists in St. Augustine have uncovered remains of what they believe to be a stone church more than 300 years old. So the church was built back in 1677.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's a real detective story when all the pieces come together.
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BALDWIN: Archaeologists estimate it was the oldest and largest church in the Spanish colonies at the time.
And do you remember this amazing airplane landing two years ago on the Hudson River? Of course you do. Who could forget this? All 155 people on board survived. Well, that U.S. Airways plane is getting a new home. Final destination will be the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Airbus has been in a New Jersey warehouse, so it'll have to travel on the back of a truck to get to North Carolina. It'll arrive in Charlotte next Friday, just in time for a June 11th reception with many of the crew and passengers.
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REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: This resolution puts the president on notice!
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BALDWIN: Could American involvement in Libya come to a sudden halt? House Speaker John Boehner and Republicans demanding answers from the president. They just voted on an operation (ph), and something strange happened there.
Also, we are just now getting some new information on the attack that has injured the president of Yemen, as the government and protesters battle in the streets. We'll get you a live report next.
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BALDWIN: Now in "Globe Trekking" here, to a developing situation out of Yemen today. The country's presidential palace comes under attack. President Saleh is injured. Several other people are killed as the country seems to be veering even closer to civil war.
I want to go straight to CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom, who has been monitoring all these developments in Yemen from Abu Dhabi. And Mohammed, talk to me specifically about who was injured. And also, how serious of a blow was this attack?
MOHAMMED JAMJOOM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Brooke, this was a shocking development today, very dramatic turn of events. Besides the president being injured -- according to government officials, he sustained a light injury to his head -- you also had even other top officials, we're told, that were injured, including the country's prime minister and deputy prime minister. We don't yet know the level of injury that they sustained. We're trying to find that out still at this hour, and people in Yemen are being tight-lipped.
But this was a very major development, and it's really increased worries in Yemen by government officials as to how vulnerable the president and his security forces are. The fact that tribesmen in that country that are warring with the president were able to get this close and breach security and launch a missile attack or an RPG attack against a presidential palace, which is essentially a fortress, that is so heavily fortified really raises the level of concern as to how vulnerable the government there is and if the country is on the verge of civil war.
Just a short while ago, there was an audio message that played on Yemeni state television purporting to be from President Ali Abdullah Saleh. All throughout the day, we'd heard he was going to make on- camera remarks. People were wondering if they were going to see what kind of injuries he had sustained. In the end, it was an audio message.
He sounded woozy. He thanked security forces for confronting this threat, but it's really adding to speculation in Yemen as to the fact that the president -- people are wondering if he's more injured than he's saying he is, people very concerned about the state of that country right now -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: I want you to explain to me why people far, far away from you here in the United States should care about the well-being of the president of Yemen. I mean, he is a good friend of the United States in terms of everything, in terms of counterterrorism measures, the money we're sending, AQAP. Help us understand that.
JAMJOOM: Well, Brooke, President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seen as a key U.S. ally in the battle against terrorism in this part of the world. Now, just to tell you a little bit about Yemen -- Yemen is the base, is the hub for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is seen as the most dangerous, the most threatening wing of al Qaeda. They have a base set up in Yemen from which they've been able to try to launch spectacular attacks against the West, against the U.S., against regional neighbors like Saudi Arabia in the past few years.
That was at a time when there wasn't political strife going on in Yemen. In the past four months, you've had anti-government demonstrations, which is part of the "Arab spring" movements that's going on. You've also had clashes going on in the streets. You've had violence. It's spreading throughout the country.
Now, because there is so much turmoil, there is no post-president Saleh plan. The U.S. is very concerned as to who is going to help them battle terror in Yemen if President Saleh falls or is forced from office. Right now, no clear answers to this.
And this week alone, we had Islamic militants, we found out, took over a town in southern Yemen. So there's concern that al Qaeda, that Islamic militants in the country taking advantage of the political turmoil and they might be able to try to launch more attacks against the West and regional neighbors if the turmoil there continues -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Which is why this story is not only significant for you in the Middle East, but for us here in the United States. Mohammed Jamjoom, thank you so much.
Former Bosnian Serb war commander Ratko Mladic made his first court appearance -- first appearance, I should say, before a war crimes tribunal at The Hague today. And Mladic was combative with the judge, refused to enter a plea on charges that he ordered the massacre of thousands, thousands of Muslims during the Bosnian war. Have a listen.
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RATKO MLADIC, GENOCIDE SUSPECT (through translator): I would like to receive what you've read out just now, these obnoxious charges leveled against me.
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BALDWIN: "Obnoxious," he says. Mladic also asked for more time to enter a plea and told the judge he was gravely ill. He is now due back in court next month. More than 200,000 Muslims and Croats died in the civil war, including nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys slaughtered back in 1995.
It is a story that broke during this newscast yesterday. We told you about this man goes on a shooting spree in Arizona, and police are now revealing what happened. It involves divorce. That is next.
Also, CNN has officially announced which Republicans will be squaring off in the New Hampshire debate, and there are a couple of surprises. That's next.
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BALDWIN: New developments in the deadly Arizona shooting spree in Arizona. It's a story we first brought you right around this time yesterday. We told you about a number of people shot and killed. It was sparked by a divorce case that apparently went very bad. Police say a 73-year-old man killed five people, four in Yuma County, one in the city of Yuma. Another person was seriously injured. And then the 73-year-old turned the gun on himself.
Among the victims, the fifth wife. She divorced him after complaining about domestic violence. Her lawyer, Gerald Shelly (ph), was also shot and killed.
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AMANDA TAYLOR, ATTORNEY/VICTIM'S FRIEND: He ordered the secretary to the floor. He did shoot Mr. Shelly, and then he left.
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BALDWIN: The shooting spree sent Yuma into a tailspin yesterday. Police had to temporarily close schools, temporarily close government buildings. Today the town still in a state of shock.
And now let's go to CNN political producer Shannon Travis with a little news from the political desk there in Washington. Shannon Travis, what a pleasure getting you on my show today.
SHANNON TRAVIS, CNN POLITICAL PRODUCER: Hey, there.
BALDWIN: Talk to me about a date we all need to be watching CNN, and that is June 13th.
TRAVIS: Brooke, whatever you're doing June 13th, Monday, June 13th, cancel it!
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TRAVIS: We have announced today that it's the first, the very first New Hampshire presidential debate. CNN, WMUR and "The New Hampshire Union-Leader are teaming up to host seven -- count them, seven! -- Republican hopefuls.
Who are they? Got them right here. Michele Bachmann's going to be on that stage, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich is going to be on that stage, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
BALDWIN: June 13th, 8:00 Eastern.
TRAVIS: That's right.
BALDWIN: And some of the people, some of the faces we just saw on the screen, they are also at a conference where you are in Washington. TRAVIS: That's right. I'll actually be going over there a little bit later. It's the place to be if you're a conservative in this town today, Brooke. It's called the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Now, it's run and put together by a man named Ralph Reed. He is a power broker in Christian evangelical circle.
But a lot of the presidential hopefuls pretty much go there to court the support from a lot of the attendees. So, as you mentioned, some of those same people who will be at our debate are actually attending this conference. Some of the names, Bachmann, as we mentioned before, is attending. Mitt Romney is attending. He'll be speaking tonight. Donald Trump, who we know is not running, will be speaking as well.
But one person who has not declared a candidacy yet but is definitely looking and thinking about one is former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. Take a listen to what he said at the conference.
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JON HUNTSMAN, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA: We're not announcing.
REPORTER: When are you going to announce?
HUNTSMAN: We hope very soon. We've discussed this over this last weekend as a family, and we hope to know more on that in the next week or two.
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TRAVIS: So, Brooke, a lot of people are wondering when Jon Huntsman actually announce -- actually formally announce a president bid, he says in the few weeks perhaps, but that will not be time for our actual debate -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Shannon Travis, thank you very much.
Hugo Chavez known for ruffling a few feathers. But his new comments are pretty stunning. You heard this? He says Iran is helping Venezuela build missile launchers and the missiles are aimed straight at Washington, New York, and Miami. That is next.
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BALDWIN: Hugo Chavez makes a pretty stunning statement, saying missiles are aimed at several cities here in the United States.
Also, Congress wants President Obama to explain what the U.S. is doing in Libya and why. So, it passed a nonbinding resolution demanding answers.
Time to play "Reporter Roulette" -- I want to begin with Kate Bolduan for me on Capitol Hill.
And, Kate, we know the House passed a resolution, like I said, demanding answers. What did it say? And who specifically is behind this?
KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: House Speaker John Boehner actually himself brought this resolution forward. And specifically what this resolution calls for, it demands that the president make the case really justify -- make the justification for a continued U.S. involvement in Libya. The resolution says that within 14 days, the president has to make the case, give information, a lot of details and information like costs and the justification and the nature of the mission in Libya. But really what's behind this is that there has been some pretty broad bipartisan support. Many lawmakers upset that the president has ignored the 60-day deadline requiring that he'd get congressional authorization for military action. That deadline passed in late May. And so, many lawmakers became very frustrated and that's where this resolution comes from -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: To be clear, you know, we're talking resolution. This isn't legislation. So, you know, in essence, it has no teeth. So, what's the point?
BOLDUAN: Right. Exactly. And it's a good question. It is not legislation. It is a resolution. It is nonbinding, as they like to call it.
But if you look at it kind of from the public standpoint, this is a very strong bipartisan rebuke of the president -- really challenging the president's war policy and really the strongest statement yet coming from Congress, speaking out of kind of his handling of U.S. involvement in Libya. So, while there isn't, shall we say, a lot of teeth behind it maybe, it's a strong statement coming from not only the president's own Democrats but also Republicans as well.
I should say that the White House has issued a response even before the vote happened for calling these resolutions unnecessary and unhelpful to their efforts.
BALDWIN: Kate Bolduan, live for me on the Hill. Kate, thank you.
BOLDUAN: Thanks, Brooke.
BALDWIN: I want to go next here on "Reporter Roulette" -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said this week that Iran is not helping that country build missile launchers and what's on Venezuela's coast is just a harmless wind farm.
Rafael Romo on the story here.
Hello, sir.
RAFAEL ROMO, CNN SENIOR LATIN AFFAIRS EDITOR: Hi.
BALDWIN: Let's begin with, we know Chavez is talking about aiming missiles at specific cities. He speaks in Spanish. We'll have you translate. Let's listen to the sound first.
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BALDWIN: So, you don't even have to speak Spanish to follow in there. But go ahead and tell me what he's saying.
ROMO: Let me remind our viewers that this is a joke. He's not being serious. Although he's talking with a very straight face and he says we have missile launchers here in Venezuela and they are pointed towards Washington, New York, and Miami. And he's very serious and then at the end, he kind of smiles a little bit and says, "By the way, this is a joke."
It's really his way of criticizing a report that is in a German newspaper saying that Venezuela is working closely with Iran to buy and build missile launchers and he says in reality what the satellite must have been looking at was a wind energy farm that exists in Venezuela, in Paraguana Peninsula. But, you know, you think about that and, yes, it is a joke but it's a very bad diplomatic joke.
BALDWIN: Why did he say this? Why did he do this?
ROMO: Well, Venezuela is going through some tough times and this is probably part of the strategy to distract attention from a huge inflation, a problem with supply of food and many other issues. And he takes every opportunity he has to speak against the United States.
BALDWIN: Some people in Washington and New York and Miami --
ROMO: It's a joke, a really bad joke, but a joke.
BALDWIN: OK. Rafael, thank you very much.
ROMO: Sure.
BALDWIN: That's your "Reporter Roulette" for this Friday.
Hey, have you heard? It's a new way of clipping coupons. I bet you have. I bet you know Groupon, Living Social (INAUDIBLE), offering American big time discounts. But all these sites are fighting now against one another, competing to bring you the best deal. Find out what you need to know before opening your wallet. That's next.
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BALDWIN: Trending today, Groupon, the online deals Web site, has filed paperwork with the federal government. It wants to raise $750 million in an initial public offering. Groupon's revenue is up but it's not yet profitable.
So, how does it make money? "Forbes" says Groupon offers deals with at least a 50 percent for the customer and Groupon keeps about 50 percent of the revenue and its retail partners keep the rest.
So, who doesn't like a bargain these days, right? You hear me? There are TV shows now. I know some of you watch this, some of you on my staff love these coupon clipping shows dedicated to the phenomenon of just that. And Groupon is not the only Web site out there offering all of us daily deals. Watch this.
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BALDWIN (voice-over): For consumers like Aimee Brittain, the battle to have the best deal, helps her save every bit of money. Groupon, Living Social, and even Facebook is getting in on the action and it's turning the Internet into a one stop shop for deals.
AIMEE BRITTAIN, ATLANTA COUPON DIVA: I'm racking in on it and I couldn't be happier.
BALDWIN: Recently laid off and on unemployment, Aimee set up a Web site where she post links that point viewers to the hottest deals of the day. But with all of the Web sites out there, which one is the best for you? And how does it work?
The first is the most common, Groupon style. You see the discount, pay for it up front, redeem it, and the deal is all yours. But beware, the deals have a time limit.
CLARK HOWARD, HLN MONEY EXPERT: They turn from something sweet to something really sour if you forget to use it before the deadline.
BALDWIN: Then there's a completely different kind of deal out there, and it's totally free. Scoutmob, a company that offers 50 percent off coupons through your smartphone to restaurant and businesses in 12 cities across the country.
MICHAEL TAVANI, COFOUNDER, SCOUTMOB: So, there was no upfront payment, they don't have to pull out the credit card the day they see the deal live. And so, basically, all of these deals are live on our app, you know, iPhone and Android app. If you have it, you download it and you literally pull up this list of just deals that are live and running, and users kind of bring that in and show it to the merchant.
BALDWIN: You're betting free will take them to the top, but it will be a long climb. Groupon and Living Social have a solid one-two grasp on online coupon sales, racking up a combined total of nearly $900 million in sales just last year.
But for Aimee, every bit of competition helps.
BRITTAIN: Now, there are Hawks tickets you can get, there's Braves tickets you can get. There's any kind of sports you could probably think of. It's beneficial for people like me who, you know, don't have the income but want to be able to, you know, take their children to places like that.
BALDWIN: The battle rages on, and with more sites jumping in, the daily deal fray, you, the consumer are the winner.
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BALDWIN: So, I just have to say, our show's newest associate producer, Craig Schultz (ph) wrote that piece. He used to be my floor director in here and we love him and we love that he's on the show. He's somewhere in the building with his family. So, hopefully, he hears this little shout-out. Craig, nice job.
By the way, you can learn more about web deals and the companies behind them. Just go to CNNMoney.com.
And coming up, the woman who grew up really in captivity, 18 years of rape and abuse, is speaking out about her nightmare experience. You're going to want to hear what Jaycee Dugard says about the day she disappeared and her emotional words to the couple who took her.
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BALDWIN: About her nightmare experience, you're going to want to hear what Jaycee Dugard says happened the day she disappeared and her emotional words to the couple who took her.
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BALDWIN: Before you talk to Wolf Blitzer about "THE SITUATION ROOM," I want you to hear something. A mother dials 911 as thieves break into her family's home. The whole conversation she has with the intruder, caught on tape.
Take a look at this man. He is 23-year-old Benjamin David Scuffle. He is accused of tearing through this home while the mother and her teenage son hunker down in a locked bedroom closet for safety.
Now meantime, the mother, her name is Teresa Middleton, she was already on the phone with 911 who then recorded this odd exchange. Listen.
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DISPATCH: Westminster 911
MIDDLETON: I can't talk right now, he's breaking into my house!
DISPATCH: Listen to me, who is it?
MIDDLETON: I don't know who it is -- he's coming in now, hurry!
DISPATCH: He's in the house and you're on the second level? Can you lock the door?
MIDDLETON: Yes, it's like he's going to come through now.
DISPATCH: Can you hear me, Teresa? OK, Teresa, don't talk, you don't know this guy, right? Stay on the phone with me, OK?
MIDDLETON: I'll give you -- do you want money?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
MIDDLETON: OK, I'll give you money, how much do you want?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All of it.
MIDDLETON: OK, what else do you want? Do you want jewelry?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
MIDDLETON: And do you want TVs? I'll give it all to you. Start taking the TVs.
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BALDWIN: Police arrived two and a half minutes after Middleton made that 911 call. They did arrest Scuffle. He is now charged with burglary, assault, and criminal mischief.
And then in just about 10 minutes here, you're going to be watching "THE SITUATION ROOM" with my pal, Wolf Blitzer who has always joins me.
Wolf, I know this is when I'm supposed to talk to you about what you have coming up on the show. But if I can, I just wanted to say excellent job to you and the crew for the quick hustle earlier in the week for pulling off "THE SITUATION ROOM" on the dot at 5:00 despite the power outage. Nice job.
WOLF BLITZER, HOST, "THE SITUATION ROOM': You were on standby, if we lost power here in this part of Washington, D.C. We had no power, the auxiliary did not work.
We ran out in the street basically in front of the building and we got on the air exactly at 5:00, but you were standing by, Brooke. You were there for me. If I wouldn't have gotten up through that satellite up on the air, you would have been in the situation.
BALDWIN: I had your back, Blitzer.
BLITZER: You certainly did and I'm deeply appreciative of that.
BALDWIN: All right, what do you have coming up?
BLITZER: Austan Goolsbee, he's the president's chief economist, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. What happened? Only 54,000 jobs created last month. The unemployment rate goes up to 9.1 percent.
It's supposed to go in the other direction. What is going on and what is the president of the United States going to try to do about this to help turn things around?
A major interview with Austan Goolsbee that's coming up on issue number one, which happens to be the economy and jobs.
BALDWIN: All right, Wolf, we look forward to it. Thank you so much.
BLITZER: Thank you.
BALDWIN: And now this --
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BALDWIN: More tapes are playing of Casey Anthony talking to her own parents from inside jailhouse while everyone was out and about searching for her little daughter.
Wait until you hear what Casey Anthony said when her parents asked about the possibility that little Caylee had drowned. Sunny Hostin is all over this case. She's going to join me next.
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BALDWIN: Back to Florida, today in the jury, in the Casey Anthony murder trial. Listen to more recorded jailhouse visits between Casey Anthony and her parents George and Cindy.
Sunny Hostin has been watching this whole thing play out. She's is on the case for me. Sunny, there's a point in the video where Casey Anthony's mother suggests that maybe Caylee accidently drowned in the pool, which oddly enough.
That as we know is the bombshell what several Mondays ago, that's part of the defense. Let's listen to the exchange and we'll talk on the other side.
I'm not doing well. None of us. Lee's been sick. Dad's blown up at the media.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I heard.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, someone just said that Caylee was dead this morning that she drowned in the pool. That's the new story out there.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Surprise, surprise.
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BALDWIN: All right, Sunny Hostin, what is your reaction to that tape, A, and B, how would that affect the defense here?
SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Well, you know, my reaction is two-fold. I think it can be read in two ways. One way could be, well, the surprise, surprise, is a secret message to her father because, in fact, Caylee did drown in the family pool. The other way it could be read is that this is when she comes up with the defense theory that she didn't kill Caylee, she didn't suffocate her duct tape. In fact, she did die by drowning in a pool. So I think it can be read in two ways by this jury that has been hearing so many lies from Casey Anthony.
I think it may be difficult for them to sort of distinguish between what is truthful and what isn't when it comes to Casey Anthony, but I'm not so sure that that video, jailhouse interview was either helpful to the prosecution or helpful to the defense.
BALDWIN: There's another exchange. Casey gets angry about what is happening to her and you're watching this. Did it all, Sunny, come across that she wasn't even really concerned for what might have happened to little Caylee?
HOSTIN: It really did. It was all about Casey and I think that is going to be very, very important for this prosecution. They really have to paint her out to be the sociopath that is only interested in self preservation.
That didn't care about Caylee Anthony because remember, Brooke, she's accused of killing a 2-1/2-year-old defenseless little girl and if that is true, they really have to make her out to be the sociopath that only cares about herself and could possibly be a monster, capable of committing this type of crime.
BALDWIN: Sunny, what is this? Some of the folks around our editorial meeting this morning were telling me about how -- there are people totally unrelated to this trial, from the public, who can actually come into the courtroom and observe and apparently this is like a highly sought after ticket?
Here are some of the people trying to get in.
HOSTIN: That's right. Isn't it unbelievable? There are 48 to 50 seats opened to the public every day. They are allowed to stand across and wait from the courthouse and when they are told that they can come in to try to get one of these seats, this is what happens, Brooke.
They run, run like they are in a race for a million dollars trying to get one of those almost golden tickets. It really has been shocking to me, the interest that this case has garnered not only here but worldwide.
HOSTIN: My Facebook page, I get just hundreds of messages from people. I get hundreds of e-mails just about the Casey Anthony case. This has really captured not only the United States, but I think the world so really, really just fascinating. People want to be part of it. They want to sit in the courtroom and they want to see Casey Anthony.
BALDWIN: I just can't get over that video of people running, running to take part and observe this trial. What about -- before we talk about Jaycee Dugard, what about the parents here, Cindy and George's reaction been like thus far in the courtroom?
HOSTIN: Well, the judge told them that they could sit in the courtroom, but warned them that they were to show no emotion. So we aren't seeing a lot of emotion from them. We are seeing them sometimes flush, red, but most often they are just sitting there.
They are listening to the testimony. Sometimes George Anthony is clutching a bible. Sometimes Cindy Anthony is furiously taking notes. But we are not seeing much reaction from them because as family of the victim, of Caylee Anthony, they are allowed, under the law, to sit there in the courtroom every single day and they have been there every single day.
BALDWIN: Case number two -- we'll keep talking about that next week. Case number two, Jaycee Dugard the young woman who was kidnapped at aged 11, held in captivity in this backyard.
You know, for 18 years, this couple, the man and woman who held Dugard were sentenced yesterday. Sunny, was Jaycee at the sentencing and what has she had to say?
HOSTIN: She was not. She was not at the sentencing. However, she did write a letter that was read to the Garridos and she said she wasn't going to waste one more minute of her life on them, but she described just how horrible and how horrific this was for her.
The 18 years of her life that were stolen from her. So it was really, really heart wrenching rendition of how she felt about the Garridos, but I think certainly justice has been done. Let's face it, Phillip Garrido sentenced 431 years in prison.
BALDWIN: His wife, Nancy --
HOSTIN: -- a little less.
BALDWIN: -- thirty six, why - why the difference there, the drastic difference?
HOSTIN: Well, of course, he is -- she was part of this abduction. He was the one that sexually assaulted her repeatedly. She says weekly, the father of her two children. I think that there was some leniency here because she was not necessarily the central player.
I've got to tell you, I think she should be in jail for 431 years as well because she was very much so a part of this, but that is not the deal that was struck. She did plead guilty, 36 years in prison is a long time for anyone. She is middle-aged and so she probably will get out, but I don't know. I think 431 years would have been pretty good for Nancy Garrido too.
BALDWIN: Sunny Hostin, thank you very much.
Have a wonderful weekend, same to you.
"THE SITUATION ROOM" with Wolf Blitzer starts right now.
