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L.A. Braces For Weekend Traffic; U.S. Women's Soccer Time in World Cup Finals; Casey Anthony Prepares to Leave Jail; Financial Planner Gives Advice; Rupert Murdoch Apologizes for Newspaper Scandal
Aired July 16, 2011 - 14:00 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: You're in the CNN news room where the news unfolds live this Saturday, July 16th. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.
Live pictures now from Washington where it's a day off from the talks about the debt ceiling, but not because there's a done deal. President Obama and congressional leaders are still at an impasse after discussions at the White House all week long. The president maintained during his weekly address he wants to consider both tax hikes on the wealthy and spending cuts on popular entitlement programs.
We'll try to get the president's weekly address to you in a moment. The Republican response? Well, a different take on the issue. They insist that tax hikes are off the table and a balanced budget amendment is needed.
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SEN. ORRIN HATCH, (R) UTAH: The solution to a spending crisis is not tax increases. Yet Washington is consistently demonstrated that it cannot control its urge to spend. That is why the only long term solution is a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. Only by restoring constitutional restraints on the ability of Congress to spend can we constrain the growth of the federal government.
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WHITFIELD: Out of fairness, we'll try to get you the president's weekly address in a moment. Meantime, everything could be up and running again in Minnesota in a few days. The Democratic governor Mark Dayton has cut a deal with Republicans to end the two week long government shutdown. It involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes to make up the budget deficit. Lawmakers still have to vote on it in special session.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It hasn't passed yet, but hopefully it will.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's high time, and I hope a lot of people get voted out of office as a result.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If it were the public sector, this wouldn't apply. So it's not fair that it's the government that allows this to happen.
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WHITFIELD: Authorities expect an indictment next week against the man accused of kidnapping, killing and mutilating an eight-year-old Brooklyn boy. The victim is shown in this surveillance tape. Police say he was lost and asked the suspect for directions. Levi Aaron was arrested Wednesday. He has been placed on suicide watch and ordered to have psychiatric tests.
And a very public apology from Rupert Murdoch. The head of News Corp took out a full page ad today in seven British papers saying he's sorry about the phone hacking scandal that has overwhelmed his media empire.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!
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WHITFIELD: The shouts that actually greeted Murdoch yesterday as he went to meet with the parents of a murdered girl whose phone was allegedly hacked by staffers with one of Murdoch's tabloids.
On to Los Angeles now. Traffic nightmares may be the norm, but that's nothing normal about this. Today a ten mile section of the congested usually 405 has shut down for the entire weekend for a construction project. It's an event so feared in this car crazy town that residents are calling it "car-mageddon."
Let's go to CNN's Kareen Wynter who is on Mulholland Drive right near the 405 there, and that's where the construction is taking place. So Kareen, half a million people travel on the 405 on a typical weekend. They're not doing that today, but give us an idea why driving really is so engrained in the lifestyle of people there in southern California?
KAREEN WYNTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is not a typical city like New York. I grew up Boston where people got around using public transit, Biking. Here people love their cars. Motor capital of the world many people refer to it as. So WHEN you have a major artery like the 405 shut down, it can cause quite a disruption.
Let me tell you, officials, even members of the media, we've been work hard all week getting the message out, letting people know that you got to stay away from this strip. You have to use alternate routes. And it appears that it is working. We just left THIS media station a short time ago and ventured to one of those alternate routes, Sepulveda Boulevard, that official were encouraging people to take, and it was like a ghost town. In fact we saw more pedestrians than we did motorists. So they're definitely, definitely listening.
And you see all the action behind me. This is what construction crews have been working on since yesterday when they closed down this area temporarily. They plan on reopening it on Monday. But for right now, they're knocking down a portion of that bridge that you see behind me to allow for more widening here along the freeway.
And also take a look at that, that's the only real traffic jam around here. Quite a few spectators, a lot of them have disbursed. It they're making hair way up the hill to get a better snapshot of this. This is definitely a rarity seeing the 405 at a standstill, so they're wanting to take a picture, not knowing when they'll be able to see it again. And as I was mentioning, you can see people walking up the hill. Earlier they were actually taking a picture before all the activity behind me.
WHITFIELD: It is a rare sight to see no cars on an interstate in the Los Angeles area. So "car-mageddon" really does describe the possible gridlock without the gridlock, there is no "car-mageddon," right?
WYNTER: Absolutely. And so this is a good thing. It is actually a great thing that we don't see the traffic backups that her predicting. In fact our producer, Michael Carey, you have to see this. He just took a picture of the ghost town along Pacific Coast Highway, the PCH. And that's the alternate route officials were encouraging people to take if they were headed to LAX, the Los Angeles International airport, so that really sums it up.
And, again, you know, they were listening and you never know what can happen. This is the measure that officials take back in 1994 with the North Ridge earthquake where corridors were affected, also with the Olympics. They really wanted to hammer out that message that you have to use alternate routes. So this is not something ultimate off the norm. It's good that people listened and let's hope that is it stays safe until Monday morning. This is a good thing.
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WHITFIELD: That's right. All right, thanks so much. I get people were listening to Eric Estrada of "Chips" fame when he said just stay home. Let's check in now with Sandra Endo who is at another intersection where apparently, look at the road right there. Sandra, it's easy going. Some people stayed at home and just a few are out on the roads. No gridlock.
SANDRA ENDO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. You're looking at a very free flowing Ventura boulevard. This is one of the main surface streets here in the San Fernando Valley. If there was a "car- mageddon," if there was a "car-pocalypse," it would be bumper to bumper traffic here. But as you see, smooth sailing.
I'm at a bus stop here because local officials have been encouraging people to take public transit. And we actually stopped one bus driver who said he is seeing a few more riders than normal. And that's because they're free rides. Who doesn't want a free ride, right? And there are more train services over the weekend for people, as well.
But clearly this is all over-hyped it seems. The scare tactics have been working. Local officials have been preparing for this for three months, telling the public stay home, don't get in your cars, have a barbeque, go shopping in your neighborhood.
And so far we've seen a couple people getting their morning coffee, actually walking, which is a news alert in and of itself because in L.A., they don't walk, they take their cars just for up a couple of blocks to get some coffee. So clearly the warnings have worked, and so far so good. But Caltrans officials say they'll wait a while, see if traffic increases. And still we have another whole day to get through. So clearly this is just the beginning.
WHITFIELD: That's right, all day Saturday, today, all day Sunday, and then back to normal on Monday. Thanks so much, Sandra Endo. We'll check with you throughout the day to see how things are going.
Sometimes there are those days or maybe even weeks when you wish I could just have a do over. Well, that apparently is exactly what Rupert Murdoch may be feeling now. He's got a lot of explaining to do to a lot of Britons who are quite upset.
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WHITFIELD: Get away, far away from the volcano. That is priority one for thousands of people with homes near an erupting volcano in Indonesia. The mountain began rumbling this week and shot ash and lava into the air in three separate eruptions.
And then a very shaky shot right here, but that is a 1,000 foot tall radio television transmission tower in the Netherlands coming down as you see there. It was on fire, collapsing into a smoky pile. Firefighters don't know what caused the fire. One theory is lightning. The collapse knocked television and radio off the air for much of the country yesterday.
And then take a look at who made a rare public appearance yesterday at a dance performance in Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il leading a standing ovation there. Also in attendance, Kim's youngest son who analysts say is being groomed as the country's next leader.
Not a great week at all for Rupert Murdoch. In the span of just a few days he lost from his enormous media empire the widest read newspaper in the entire United Kingdom. He also dropped his $12 billion bid to fully take over British Sky Broadcasting. And then his U.K. print media boss resigned. Then the head of the Dow Jones resigned, both of whom are long time parts of Rupert Murdoch's inner circle.
And then just yesterday, a big apology. Murdoch met with the family of a murdered teenager, saying he is sorry that his journalists hacked her phone. He apologizes in print, as well, promising readers that he will make big changes in the company.
And now to this side of the pond. The U.S. attorney general orders the FBI to look into whether Rupert Murdoch's employees broke any U.S. laws. Let's get straight to Susan Candiotti right now. Susan, Rupert Murdoch appears before the parliament in just three days to testify. How hot is that seat there and here?
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, I think it's safe to say that seat will be sizzling. And by all accounts, his questioning before parliament can be spectacular. Rupert Murdoch apologizes. Will it be enough? He took out full page ads in seven U.K. papers, as you indicated, mostly his own, with big block letters saying "We are sorry."
He signed the ad. And in his words he's apologizing for wrongdoing, causing hurt, and not acting faster to sort things out. So par two top executives are taking the fall. His top editor, Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch has described her as like a daughter to him. She's been in charge of his tabloid "News of the World" during the start of the hacking scandal.
And yesterday Lance Hinton, Murdoch's chief of Dow Jones business unit that published the "Wall Street Journal" fell on his sword. Hinton oversaw News Corp international as the scandal initially broke years ago. "Wall Street Journal" reporters tweeted there was gasp in the newsroom when employees learned minute to Hinton was out.
And on Tuesday Murdoch, his son James, Brooks, all appear before parliament to face tough questioning. A short time ago we spoke with Nigel Walmsley. He's the former chair of the leading British broadcasting company, and he predicts that Murdoch could get quite a grilling, asking whether reporters may have broken laws, or independent news gathers were following his agenda.
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NIGEL WALMSLEY, FORMER CHAIRMAN, CARLTON TELEVISION: I think that is the question that media commentators and competitors and politicians have wanted to ask Mr. Murdock for 30 years. And it is the bigger wider question, is there undue influence between his newspapers and politics and government in this country, or is it a conspiracy theory.
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CANDIOTTI: And of course the FBI is in the throes of its investigation here in the U.S. looking into a report that was in the "News of the World" newspaper alleging that a private eye here in New York was asked to hack in to the phone records of 9/11 victims and their families. And they're trying to get down to the bottom of that, too. It's been quite a week.
WHITFIELD: All right, Susan Candiotti, thanks so much. We'll check back with you.
The United States and Japan facing off tomorrow in the woman's World Cup soccer finals. Fans around the globe are excited, but in one country the game of soccer is actually helping girls reach a level playing field.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (via translator): Here in Bolivia, will are more opportunities for girls than for girls to play soccer.
DAVID NICHOLSON, DIRECTOR, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INC.: Bolivia itself is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. The various development indicators will show that the gender inequality in certain areas is quite wide.
My name is David Nicholson, and I'm one of the directors of Level Playing Field.
Level Playing Field is a nonprofit social enterprise based in the U.S. And our mission is to use soccer to promote gender equality and cultural exchange across the Americas. Level Playing Field's model is to bring student-athletes down from the U.S. specifically female soccer players to run a three week program of soccer coaching and English classes for 14 to 17-year-old participants here in Bolivia.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (via translator): It's not only for boys. As girls, we can also practice and it's a very fun sport where you can demonstrate what you know, your strength and qualities.
CAT LEIBBRANDT, SOCCER PLAYER, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA: I wasn't always in the best high schools, so I've seen injustice. I've seen people getting the lucky part of the deal just because where they're from, and I want to change that.
NICHOLSON: We really hope the Bolivian girls will take the skills and values that you can learn through playing soccer, things like communication, confidence, self-esteem, leadership, and see that you can as a female play a sport and be very successful.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (via translator): Thanks to these girls over here, I've achieved my goals and have overcome my fears because I was scared to come here and fail. But they've given me a lot of support and confidence in myself.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (via translator): Not only does this program encourage girls to play soccer, but these girls may in a way that makes you enjoy soccer even more because they laugh, jump and sing and it's a sweet and beautiful way of teaching us how to play.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We love soccer!
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WHITFIELD: Again tomorrow women U.S. take on Japan. We'll let you know how that goes.
All right, the weak economy has taken a particularly heavy toll on blue collar jobs, 24/7WallStreet.com came up with a list of the ten states that have lost the most blue collar jobs since 2005, percentage. They include New Hampshire, Utah, Vermont, Arkansas, Michigan. The other five after the break.
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WHITFIELD: All right, so before the break, we listed the five states that have lost the most blue collar jobs by percentage since 2000. Here are the other states on the 10 state list -- Arizona, Georgia, Wyoming, California, and Connecticut. So it is the number one issue in American homes, getting your financial house in order. In our financial fix today, we're focusing on what you do at home and how you can save money by changing just a few habits. So you know that that means. It means we brought in Karen Lee because she's the queen of saving money.
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Saving, saving, saving. And so there are a lot of things that we do that we feel is by necessity at home, and we feel like we can't cut corners anywhere. You say there is room for that.
KAREN LEE, FINANCIAL PLANNER: There is room. And I hope that the message people get today is that all the little incremental things we do really can add up. So it's not just big items that we're going to ask you to shop on sale, but we're going to look at all the places you can cut back.
WHITFIELD: So beginning with food, everybody is experiencing higher grocery bills. It's so much more expensive to shop. So how in the world you can cut corners? And don't say just clip coupons. There has to be another way.
LEE: You have to know for 24 years, people have exposed their entire financial life to me, so I can tell you the biggest area of overspending in a typical family's budget is food. So it's the difference of eating out, takeout, or cooking at home.
So I took a look at -- if you go out for a dinner for four, and we're not talking about anything excessive, we're talking a minimum of $50 to get out of that restaurant, right? Takeout, you're probably talking $25. But to cook a meal at home you should be able to cook it for about $10 for a family of four. The difference there is between $2,600 a year and $5,200 a year. So that's substantial savings.
WHITFIELD: Here you're talk about like an every night thing?
LEE: No, that's a one night a week. Let me tell you, if you did that every night you eat out versus every night you cook home, $15,000 a year you could save.
WHITFIELD: That's incredible.
LEE: It is incredible. So we need to cook you are on own food.
I'm not against coupons, but I am in favor of looking at the grocery store ad and figuring out what can I get in this house this week that's on sale, because different things do go on sale.
WHITFIELD: I only have gasped, because I have tried, I really have tried the whole coupon thing. But then I get to the grocery store and all the stuff that I really want I don't have a coupon for. So in the end, I'm still -- anyway, I could go on.
LEE: I could, too.
WHITFIELD: But I've tried. I may have to try again in a different way.
How about shopping on clothes, et cetera, especially back to school? People will buy a lot of clothes.
LEE: And clothing is a necessity. We have to have it. So I'm going to tell you that you should never pay full price for anything. When you go into a department store, I want you going right to the back and start looking. It has to be at least 50 percent of for you to buy it. Now, my daughter told me I had to wear this outfit today. I got it at a very well-known department store here in Atlanta on the clearance rack. Guess how much I paid? Take guess.
WHITFIELD: It's so cute, too.
LEE: Thank you.
WHITFIELD: You're going to tell me it's incredible like drop dead --
LEE: I spent $12.
WHITFIELD: No, you did not.
LEE: Yes, $12. That is why I'm wearing it today.
WHITFIELD: That is an incredible deal.
LEE: The other thing is, and I'm not a huge advocate of this one because I haven't really done it much, but thrift stores and consignment stores. My sister-in-law has one in Maryland and I was just up there and they have some really cute things. And guess what you do in a thrift store? You take advantage of other people's compulsive spending. You will find things there with the tags still on that other people bought and never wore.
WHITFIELD: And then utility bills. How do you get away from that? The hottest summer, everyone's experiencing a spike in their bills.
LEE: And they're staggering. Again, incrementally you can make a difference by turning your AC up a couple degrees. You can get some fans in your house. You -- of course we talked last week about water. It does not take ten minutes to warm up a shower I have to tell my teenagers. Just get in there, get it done and get out.
When you're going out of town, turn your AC way up. And I love to tell this story, but my father used to turn the heat so low in the winter and my room was in the basement, and we used to keep a thermometer. And it would be 52 degrees. And his answer was get another blanket. But it's incremental. They'll add up.
WHITFIELD: OK. Helping to us save a whole lot of money. Karen Lee, appreciate it. Always good to see you.
LEE: You too.
WHITFIELD: All right, of course you can get more information by reading Karen's new book, "It's Just Money, so why does it cause so many Problems?" or you can reach Karen at KarenLeeandassociates.com
All right, you've heard all about this, right, they're calling it "car-mageddon." This is the gridlock that is expected as a result of shutting down the 405. Well, is it happening? We'll take you to L.A. right after this.
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WHITFIELD: Now to our top stories. It was a deal that sounded too good to be true and online shoppers jumped at it. Sears.com advertised Apple iPad 2 for just $69. The ad went viral. An untold number of iPads, which normally sell for more than $700, were ordered. Sears says the ad was a third party mistake and it's not honoring the incorrect price.
And Colorado wildlife officials think they have killed the bear that attacked a teenage camper yesterday. Thirteen year old Rick Voss was sleeping when the bear entered his tent and bit him on the leg. He was able to hold of the 200 pound animal until it was distracted by another camper. Doctors treated Voss for deep cuts. He says that he survived by keeping a level head.
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RICK VOSS, ATTACKED BY BEAR: Just trying to keep my cool. And also occasionally I had ideas that ran through my head, but I didn't want to get mad because I knew I wasn't seriously injured at that point and so I didn't want to end up serious injured.
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WHITFIELD: In Monticello, Kentucky, a woman in court on a domestic violence charge didn't like the judge's ruling, and you see what's happening right there. So she tried to climb over the bench and actually tried to reach and attack the judge. Bailiffs wrestled her to the floor as you see there. The judge gave her 120 days in jail.
All right, long lines outside theaters playing the last "Harry Potter" movie. First day ticket sales hit $92.1 million around the U.S., and midnight and early morning shows alone brought in $43.5 million. Harry potter is a Warner Brothers release. Tonight Larry King will take on you a behind the scenes tour of the making of the final movie on a special "LARRY KING TONIGHT" at 8:00 eastern on CNN.
U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton has proved that she can handle just about any situation. But she ran into something that you might call a first during a town hall type meeting today in Turkey. Take a look at what happened.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have some new guests.
HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Hi. So we have the kitty question coming up.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you like cats?
CLINTON: I do. I do. Yes.
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WHITFIELD: No one knows how the cats got in there, but you see Clinton had a pretty good sense of humor about it all.
And so far it looks like Los Angeles residents are staying off the roads to avoid what is being dubbed as "car-mageddon." A 10 mile section of the usually busy 405 interstate has been shut down for this weekend of construction there. Anticipating "car-mageddon," JetBlue, the airliner, offered flights this weekend between Long Beach and Burbank for just $4 each way. Not surprisingly it was sold out just within three hours of the airline announcing the deal.
And we decided to see which route would be faster, taking that JetBlue or some other kind of puddle jumper, or trying to deal through all the streets on your own. I don't know. We're going to find out here which is the faster route by avoiding that closed off 405. CNN's producers Paul Vercammen and Lindey Hall are finding out. Lindey is flying to Long Beach and Paul is actually driving. Let's check in first with Paul. Looks like it's smooth sailing.
PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN PRODUCER: I'm getting on the 5 freeway right now and it looks like it's going to be smooth sailing here on the 5. I believe everybody's been intimidated by all this "car-mageddon" talk and I'm going to have smooth sailing. And by the way, it is a weekend, so I don't know how fair of a test this will be. But right now as I drive, you can see all the wide open concrete. So far so good for me.
WHITFIELD: Very good. So it seems like it is smooth sailing. It's safe driving. But then is this kind of one of the alternate routes that people would typically take if they were avoiding the 405?
VERCAMMEN: No, it's not. Let's be fair. There's a fairly direct route from Burbank to Long Beach. And most L.A. drivers like myself spend a lot of time trying to dodge the 405 just like poison oak and you get used to taking it no matter what you can.
It's a mandatory evil because with often have to fly out of Los Angeles international airport, and we've all had these days where we land on a Friday and it can be an hour and a half drive from LAX to the Hollywood or Burbank area just trying to get back home.
Now, going to Long Beach, we can sort of swing around the worst part of the 405, so that's a great question.
WHITFIELD: Fantastic. Well, I'm glad that it's been an easy commute thus far. Paul, thanks so much. Let's check this with Lindey Hall and see how her flight is coming along, that flight being offered between Burbank and Long Beach. About where are you? You've checked in and everything? LINDEY HALL, CNN PRODUCER: I've checked in and I'm standing in line to go through TSA security. Things seemed pretty normal around here. There were about three other media crews checking into the same flight. So I don't know who will take advantage of the $4 flight, which is kind of funnily named flight number 405, so people having a lot of fun with it today.
But I think Paul might beat me because the streets are open and, you know, TSA and airport and all of that takes a lot of time these days.
WHITFIELD: That's right. So it's a 20 flight, but of course you have to get there early typically to check in and you've got to stand in line through security. So give me an estimation how that front end of the process is taking for you.
HALL: Well, they actually say it's 20 minutes in the air. But gate to gate, it's 45 minutes. So you add 45 minutes to the hour you have to check in ahead of time. I'm an hour 45. I mean, Paul will be there before I probably even take off.
WHITFIELD: Oh, my goodness. OK. Well, sometimes it's all about the journey and not necessary lit destination, right? So Lindey, we'll check back with you when you embark on that plane and when you get to that destination and we'll compare notes and see if it was worth it. Thanks so much. Appreciate that.
All right, Casey Anthony is about to be released from jail. Find out what major challenges she's likely to face once she's free, next.
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WHITFIELD: All right Casey Anthony is counting down the hours until her release. She's scheduled to be free from jail tomorrow. CNN's national correspondent Gary Tuchman reports the arrangements surrounding her release are anything but typical.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Prisoners are released every day from the Orange County, Florida jail, but perhaps none of them with the level of notoriety that will greet Casey Anthony when she leaves Sunday after her stunning acquittals. Her attorney Jose Baez talked to ABC News about how her notoriety could bring danger.
BARBARA WALTERS, ABC NEWS: Are you worried about her safety? There's such antagonism towards her.
JOSE BAEZ, CASEY ANTHONY DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I am. I am. And I'm afraid for her.
WALTERS: Will she have bodyguards?
BAEZ: You know, we're in the process of trying to take that next step for her. So I don't know.
TUCHMAN: So now there is an intense security plan in place. Casey Anthony will be released from this jail on Sunday as early as 12:01 a.m. We don't know how she'll be taken out. We don't know where she'll go. But the sheriff's office is allowing two news photographers to videotape and take still photos of her leaving. Once she's safely gone, we'll be allowed to televise the images of her going free.
SUNNY HOSTIN, LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, "IN SESSION": I don't think they can treat her like any other inmate in terms of the release. It would be irresponsible given the frenzy surrounding Casey Anthony, because again, while she's in their custody prior to release, they have to protect her. So that release is still part of their purview.
TUCHMAN: But where Casey Anthony go, and will she change her appearance? After all, this is a woman whose face is now known everywhere in the country.
HOSTIN: If her attorneys are doing the right thing and doing their jobs, they are going to have to explain to her that there is real hated from out there for her, that there have been death threats, that she cannot just walk amongst the population. That is not going to it happen.
TUCHMAN: Jose Baez visited her in jail on Thursday afternoon. He's not saying anything about Casey Anthony's plans. But another defense attorney, Cheney Mason, has issued some speculation.
CHENEY MASON, CASEY ANTHONY'S ATTORNEY: She's only 25 years old. A decade from now hopefully she'll have some stability in her life, and maybe a husband, and they can be somewhere in Montana and start over.
TUCHMAN: Gary Tuchman, CNN, Orlando, Florida.
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WHITFIELD: So how will Casey Anthony deal with her notoriety as she moves on with her life? Joining us live now from Los Angeles, Cheryl Arutt, a clinical and forensic psychologist. So if you could advise Anthony, what would you recommend upon her release? Everything down to the behavior, her compose sure, how does she try to return to a normal life?
CHERYL ARUTT, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST: I think -- Fredricka, I think it's very important that Casey Anthony really understand that there is as was said, there is real hatred out there, there is a subset of the population that really does mean her harm. And it's very important for her to know that in a high profile case like this, people are going to be watching very carefully the way that she behaves upon release. She needs to keep a very low profile. She needs to -- even if she wants to live it up and celebrate her freedom, that really is going to escalate the hostility that people feel. So move away, change your appearance, keep a very low profile, and don't stir things up.
WHITFIELD: So you think that she really does have to remove herself from any familiarity. Living anywhere in Florida, for example, you think should really be kind of hands off for her? ARUTT: I think that probably is the most heated point in the country, although arguably there really is not likely to be a place where her name is not a household name and her face is not recognizable. But at the same time, we need to remember that there has already been some people acting out aggressively against people they thought might be Casey Anthony even prior to her release.
WHITFIELD: So we may not see images of Casey Anthony -- it could be hours after her release because of the way in which the jail is handling the photography and those journalists who are allowed inside. Once those images are released, people will be dissecting everything from whether she acknowledges a camera, whether she smile, how she might be wearing her hair similar to what we saw in court, who is he may be with when she gets in to a vehicle, all of that.
What would you advise her to do, how would you advise her to I guess watch every step? What should she stay away from just during that tiny little window of opportunity of photography?
ARUTT: I think this is going to be a very, very challenging thing for Casey Anthony. And I'm basing this on her body language during the trial when it was arguably even more important for her to monitor her body language and her behaviors. The body language was fascinating. There were many, many instances where she seemed to be really reveling in the attention and smiling inappropriately and kind of forgetting almost that this was her murder trial.
And so I think it's probably difficult to make clear particularly to someone who has been shielded from a lot of the media coverage that everyone has been seeing, to go make her understand how crucial it is to be -- to be humble, to not be attention-seeking, to not be looking smug, because that's really bound to be dangerous to her.
WHITFIELD: Cheryl Arutt, thanks so much, a clinical and forensic psychologist joining us from L.A. Appreciate it.
ARUTT: Thank you, Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: Sarah Palin has a new movie and it's out in limited release this weekend. We'll tell you where theaters are empty and where they are simply selling out.
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WHITFIELD: I probably don't have to tell you this because it's hot and very humid where you are and where just about anybody is across the United States, almost unbearable.
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WHITFIELD: Time for a CNN = Politics update right now. We're keeping an eye on all the latest headlines at the CNNpolitics.com desk. And here's what's crossing right now.
The U.S. is one day closer to missing the deadline to pay its bills and no debt talks are scheduled for this weekend. In the president's weekly address this morning, he told listeners neither party in Washington is blameless for the stalemate.
The Sarah Palin documentary, "The Undefeated," opened in a handful of theaters nationwide Friday. Distributors put the film in just 10 theaters, mostly in conservative areas like Orange County, California, and Dallas, Texas. "Atlantic" magazine is reporting the film played to a near empty theater in southern California. It did much better in Dallas where the Dallas "Star Telegram" reports at least one show sold out.
And Michele Bachmann may have entered the GOP presidential race late in the game, but she's managing to raise more dough than most of her competitors. Bachmann is reporting contributions totaling $4.2 million for the second quarter. She still lags behind money frontrunner Mitt Romney, who is reporting more than $18 million raised. But she is light years ahead of Newt Gingrich, who reported being $1 million in debt.
And for the latest political news, you know exactly where to go, CNNpolitics.com.
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WHITFIELD: All right, two weeks in a row, something that's gone viral involves an animal. Last time it was a baby hippo kind of doing a little ballet in the water, and this time, who doesn't love a polar bear that's enjoying a nice little treat? This is the type of treat I think everyone across the country would like.
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: These polar bears managed to enjoy 18 tons of snow. Doesn't that sound nice right now?
WHITFIELD: Yes, it does. I think I would like -- well, it was brought by 90 donors who contributed to the wish list. You can see him rolling around in it loving it. I don't blame him.
SCHNEIDER: They really need it. And long for that snow.
WHITFIELD: I don't think it stayed on the ground too long.
SCHNEIDER: No, but 18 tons, that's a good chance for it to be there for a long enough time to enjoy it.
WHITFIELD: Yes, at least that put him in a good mood. Just watching them. This is why it goes viral, because you don't need to even say anything, you can sit and watch. The male and I wish I knew the name to one of them.
SCHNEIDER: One of them is named Chinook. They're enjoying themselves in the snow. But it's just funny it's so ironic -- San Diego isn't experiencing the intense heat like the rest of the country, but really, when you see snow like that, it does seem refreshing.
WHITFIELD: That's sweet. Always good to see. Love that little viral video moment. Thanks so much, Bonnie.
SCHNEIDER: You're welcome. WHITFIELD: We'll have more later. Thanks so much.
All right, getting around the road detours by using information from other drivers, we'll see how that works in the next hour of the newsroom.
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