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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Ends; Investigation Into Long Island Serial Killings Continues; Canadian Students Wear Blackface at Rally; Congress May be Headed for Another Shutdown Crisis; Don't Ask, Don't Tell Ends; Clemency for Troy Davis Denied; Michele Bachmann Faces Tough Questions in Leno Interview; "I'm Warren Buffett's Secretary": Ad Supports Higher Taxes for Wealthy; "If He Moves, Put a Bullet in Him": Connecticut Doctor Describes Deadly Home Invasion

Aired September 20, 2011 - 16:00   ET

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: And now top of the hour. Watch this.

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BALDWIN: White students, black faces, and this is a school function. I will talk to the man who made this video.

New developments in the mysterious murders that have all the telltale signs of a serial killer.

RICHARD DORMER, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK, POLITICS COMMISSIONER: It's a slow, methodical process. This is not a television show.

BALDWIN: Today, police share new sketches.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Warren Buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett.

BALDWIN: Who is this woman who works for the Oracle of Omaha?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm Warren Buffett's secretary.

BALDWIN: Is it her?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm Warren Buffett's secretary.

BALDWIN: Is it him?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Warren Buffett's secretary.

BALDWIN: Joe Johns gets to the bottom of this much-talked-about and apparently overtaxed assistant in today's "Political Pop."

And a self-proclaimed pot head about to get rich off of Netflix? Dude.

The news starts now.

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BALDWIN: All right, here we go, hour two. Welcome back. I'm Brooke Baldwin.

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BALDWIN: Now this. This is a very unusual case of a small company with -- a big company with a small social media problem. Netflix is spinning off its DVD business, but the name they want, it is already taken on Twitter by this, if you read his tweets, foul-mouthed pothead.

Alison Kosik joins me now to explain.

Alison, I was looking at his Twitter page. It's colorful.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Pretty funny. It is pretty funny. Yes, you're talking about Qwikster, spelled Q-W-I-K-S-T-E-R. That's the account on Twitter. It's already taken.

So, where all this starts is Netflix announcing, yes, it's splitting its business into two. And Qwikster is the name of the movie-by-mail part of the business, but it seems that Netflix forgot to line up all the appropriate social networks before it picked the name.

So this Qwikster is owned by someone named Jason Castillo. And yesterday, if you looked at it, it had a picture of Elmo from "Sesame Street," and he was smoking. I won't tell you what he was smoking, he was smoking something.

And what so Castillo tweets about is drugs and sex and making tacos and working out, yes, very interesting stuff there. By the way, the picture of Elmo has been taken down. Now it has Barcelona soccer pub picture. He's had thousands of new followers now because of this Netflix announcement, but imagine the pickle that Netflix is in, right, Brooke?

BALDWIN: Hmm. What to do, what to do? Can we get this Twitter handle? And Qwikster, I guess this guy, was tweeting that he and a buddy are saying, hang on a second, don't even approach us if you want to buy this unless we hear six figures, six figures from you.

KOSIK: Yes. Yes, he wants six figures, but the reality is Twitter's terms of service, if you read them, it says you can't sell an account name, but Castillo has tweeted he's gotten some offers and the offers aren't necessarily from Netflix.

But keep in mind that I think if Netflix wants some advice, this is just some sort of quick advice here, all they have to do is open up a new account saying this is the real Qwikster account, the real Netflix account. Yes, get it verified with the old checkmark and, voila, you have got Qwikster.

I don't know. I don't think it's such a huge problem, but it is kind of a slap in the face after everything Netflix is going through, not to mention its share price down another 9.5 percent today. It's just brutal. It's just brutal for Netflix these days -- Brooke.

BALDWIN: Yes. I guess Mr. Elmo just gets a couple thousand more Twitter followers and Qwikster can just do an official Twitter account. Perfect. Alison Kosik, problem solved.

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KOSIK: A little media attention from us, too.

BALDWIN: Perfect. Alison, thank you very much.

Now to this. This is a story we have been covering for months and months here. Here's the latest, new DNA evidence helping police draw connections across miles, across years in that Long Island serial killer case.

We're going to tell you what the news is today.

Also, this. Take a listen. This is this video. Can you imagine a place in a civilized society where it's OK to dress up like this in the year 2011? College students getting schooled on P.C. behaviors today. We're going to tell you the story behind the video.

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BALDWIN: A serial killer, could be killers, on the loose. Police on Long Island, they need help in solving this case. They have just today released some new evidence and there are two items police want you to see. First, sketches of these two victims. This is what an artist thinks they look like. Take a look a good long look. One is known simply as Jane Doe number six.

She was last seen in the late summer or fall of 2000. Her remains were found in two separate places discovered more than 10 years apart. The other victim, a young Asian man, police don't know very much about him except that he was of average height, had bad teeth and was wearing women's clothes.

The other thing police want you to see today is this, jewelry. This is linked to two bodies, two killings, one victim, a female toddler, whose remains were found just 250 feet from Jane Doe number six, but through DNA, investigators were able to link the toddler to a different victim whose body was found seven miles away.

Also, police revealed today that the remains that Nassau County police found last April, they are linked to two female legs found by people just walking along the beach on Fire Island. That was though back in 1996.

With all these new details, we want to bring in former police detective Steve Kardian.

And, Steve, does it sound more and more like we have a serial killer who's been operating on Long Island for more than a decade when you look at these dates?

STEVE KARDIAN, FORMER NEW YORK STATE POLICE DETECTIVE: We do, Brooke.

And that's one of the problems with the investigation is that some of these bodies, some of the crimes may have been committed and those bodies deposited there 10 years ago. The salt air, the sun, the surf tends to destroy evidence at a rapid rate. We have got a serial killer, maybe even one more to look at and investigate here.

BALDWIN: What do you make though of the fact not only that some of them were found years apart, of these body parts being linked to these different sets of remains found multiple miles away? What does that say to you?

KARDIAN: It's indicative that this is a very smart individual that we're dealing with. And he's trying not to associate the body parts with the particular individual. So he's going out of his way. He's even going so far as to remove tattoos from some of the victims to prevent law enforcement from identifying them.

BALDWIN: I want to play some sound. This is from the Suffolk county police commissioner earlier today. Watch this, Steve. We will talk about it on the other side.

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DORMER; It's a slow, methodical process. This is not a television show where everything is solved in an hour. This takes painstaking hours of detective work, forensic work. We're doing that as we speak and we will continue that investigation and bring it to a successful conclusion.

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BALDWIN: So, Steve, and we have heard them before saying look, this isn't "CSI," but does the fact that police are now going to the links of showing pictures of what they think these victims and pictures of some bracelets and earrings, is that a sign of desperation?

KARDIAN: They're running out of leads. They're trying to keep the case from going cold.

By identifying the victims, it gives them a whole new outlook on the investigation. They can go back and retrace steps, talk to people that knew them and be able to add to the investigation. Now, the jewelry could be significant if someone identified that the person wore it on a regular basis or maybe a girlfriend used to borrow it or wear it or admire it.

So that may rekindle. But remember we're dealing with a very difficult sect here in the prostitution industry. They don't really like to deal with law enforcement. They don't like their identity revealed and they also just like many people across America think, it can't happen to me.

BALDWIN: Final question. You mentioned something earlier, that you think that this killer, maybe killers, is smart. Why do you think that?

KARDIAN: Well, his profile shows that he's an exceptionally smart man between the age of 25 and 40, I believe it was. Now, he's going to have to make a mistake. Somewhere along the line, law enforcement's going to have to identify that mistake in order to catch him, minus finding electronic footprint of having a good eyewitness to the crime.

So it's a really tough investigation. Just like the commissioner said, it's going to be a long investigation. There's many law enforcement agencies that are working on this case and it's going take a long time to bring it to conclusion.

BALDWIN: Steve Kardian, thank you so much, as always.

KARDIAN: Pleasure.

BALDWIN: And now this. The U.S. military's don't ask, don't tell policy officially in the history books.

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LEON PANETTA, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Thanks to this change, I believe we move closer to achieving the goal at the foundation of the values that America's all about.

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BALDWIN: How the repeal of don't ask, don't tell is sparking celebration across the country.

And this: offensive, thoughtless, name the adjective, why a group of kids, college students, we should say, painted themselves in blackface at a Canadian business school next.

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BALDWIN: Offensive, thoughtless, just plain racist. That is how some are describing this decision by several students to don blackface at an event last week in Canada. Take a look for yourself at this disturbing video captured by a law student visiting the campus during freshman week.

The students attend HEC Montreal, a business school affiliated with the University of Montreal. They say they were dressed as world class Jamaican athlete Hussein Bolt as part of this Olympic Games-themed event. But their dress, their behavior, did nothing to honor the gold medalist or Jamaica. These business students also chanted, "smoke more weed." Take a listen.

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CROWD: Smoke more weed!

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BALDWIN: The video here was shot by a man who's now joining me on the phone, university law student, Anthony Morgan, who we should point out is of Jamaican decent. Anthony, we saw the video, but I want you to take me there in that moment. You just so happen to be walking past this field. And what precisely was it that prompted you to pull out your camera and start recording? ANTHONY MORGAN, STUDENT IN CANADA: It was simply the thought that nobody would believe me, I felt immediately, that this was happening on a university campus. I was absolutely shocked and horrified and didn't think I would be able to adequately convey how significant these actions actually were if I didn't have a record to show other people.

BALDWIN: Was there a crowd of people with you walking by? What didn't we see on camera? And also, did you talk to any of these students chanting here? A lot of folks would say, these are just goofy college students, they didn't realize what they were doing. What did they say?

MORGAN: I was walking by myself and there were other students on campus. And nobody, it seemed to not dawn on anybody there was anything wrong with this. But as I walked, there were a few black students who were on campus at the time, and we sort of just froze and looked at each other really critically. It was sort of like a communication thing that you can't really articulate wondering what do you do.

And I ultimately decided that no, it wouldn't be a good idea to just walk up to one of these students because I didn't want to create a hostile situation and the students weren't acting out of knowledge. Just simply a lack of education and understanding about the symbol means in a historical context the denigration dehumanization of black people.

BALDWIN: I want to get to that in a minute, but I do want to read something the school says, which is we mentioned, they say this is part of spirit week. These students are trying to emulate Hussein Bolt. The HEC business school where these young men and women are students released a statement the incident doesn't reflect the values of the business school or its students.

They go on to say this, and I want to read this specifically. They say unfortunately they "unintentionally and unknowingly went about this in a way that touched upon some sensitivities." Anthony, is that good enough?

MORGAN: Well, that's certainly not good enough, which is why I'm pleased to note that as of yesterday the university administration and secretary general actually went on television and accepted that the acts were actually racist and unacceptable by the students and they have taken responsibility by committing to incorporating sensitivity awareness, racial sensitivity training, and things of that nature, and looking at a long-term policy framework that they can implement so something like this doesn't happen again.

So that's another new development that happened last night. I spoke with the secretary general and accepted his apology. But of course there is the long-term that we have to look toward and see what the details of their plans are and see if they're carried out in an effective way.

BALDWIN: So, from there, we all know the significance, the history of blackface. It's unacceptable. No matter where you are to do this. What do you hope, what can you, what can those students, what can Montreal gain from this?

MORGAN: Well, it's interesting you say everybody knows this is inappropriate. What I'm trying to do, why I'm being so public with this issue, I'm trying to create a conversation and say that while we value multiculturalism, and to a degree that's true, but there's much more work to be done. So I hope that others in Canada and Canadians themselves, will think more critically about what they know and do not know about the contribution of blacks, Jamaican, and people of African descent writ large. It's out of that lack of knowledge, interest and understanding that kind of events can happen.

BALDWIN: Anthony Morgan, thanks for sharing your video and compassion here. We appreciate it.

Do you remember those tense days earlier this year when we thought a government shutdown could be looming? You're going to hear who's using those words again and who is trying to avoid hitting the brakes on Capitol Hill. Your Political Ticker is next.

And then, who is this secretary we keep hearing so much about in Nebraska?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Warren Buffett's secretary.

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BALDWIN: It's political ad season. Pay attention to the fine print. Joe John's has today's political pop.

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BALDWIN: Time for your CNN = politics update. Let's go to Kate Bolduan live on Capitol Hill, some news just off the Political Ticker, including word of another funding shutdown? Kate?

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey there, Brooke. I know our viewers are going to be people rolling their eyes at this one when I say this that we could be headed for another government shutdown. This over a fight that's been brewing over federal disaster funding. A fight over this federal disaster funding could hold up the approval of a short-term spending bill that is needed in order to keep the government running. Listen to the top Republican and Democrat in the Senate from just a short time ago.

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MITCH MCCONNELL, (R-KY) SENATE MINORITY LEADER: There won't be a government shutdown. The Congress always responds appropriately to disasters, we're having a discussion about the appropriate way to do that and I'm confident it will be resolved.

REP. JOHN BOEHNER, (R) HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER: I'm not as certain at McConnell because we're not going to cave in on this. It's a matter of principle. Not only do they give us inadequate funding, but to rub salt in the wound, they take a program that creates jobs to pay for the first year.

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BOLDUAN: So, they can't even agree on that and here's what else they really can't agree on. The House is set to take up a measure tomorrow supported, backed by House Republicans that would keep the government funded through mid-November. This comes with funding for FEMA to take care of all the natural disasters the country's been facing fires, floods, earthquakes, and tropical storms and hurricanes. So we're taking of all of that, but at levels less than what the Senate has passed. What Senate Democrats want, they want more funding to go to FEMA. Even some 10 Republican senators have supported this, they coming from affected states.

On top of that, Brooke, House Republicans want some of this federal disaster funding paid for, to be offset. And that Senate Democrats are against. They say this is not the way things have been done in the past. So what we're seeing here is really things are at an impasse. House Republicans, Senate Democrats, calling each other and accusing each other of playing politics. Eric Cantor saying today if the government was shut down this basically would be on the Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's shoulders because each side is saying the other one is at fault.

But the bottom line is this is a deadline we're facing. This won't be a surprise to you. The government runs out of funding a week from this Saturday. So they have to work quickly to figure this out. And the problem is the house and Senate are set to go on a weeklong congressional recess starting this weekend. So they need to -- obviously need to figure this out very quickly. It's really unclear how they're going to do that.

BALDWIN: Janet Napolitano on this show not too long ago was saying there have been seems like a high number of natural disasters. They need the money, the people need the money to rebuild. But it will be a fight. Kate Bolduan, my thanks to you.

Now to a story we've been watching for a while now, a decision today of death for Troy Davis, Georgia denying him clemency. But is there any last chance his life could be spared?

Also, a bus sized satellite now defunct, falling somewhere, threatens to hit earth. Where is it expected to land, and the odds of it possibly hitting someone, next.

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BALDWIN: An end to an era, a life on the line, and space junk. This defunct satellite now hurdling toward earth. It's time to play Reporter Roulette. And let's begin at the Pentagon with our correspondent there Chris Lawrence. Chris, it's official. As of 12:01 this morning, "don't ask don't tell" gone. What kind of reaction have you been hearing today? CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Brooke, a young, gay first lieutenant in the Air Force felt like a huge weight had been lifted. A young woman stood up publicly said, "I am a United States marine and I am a lesbian." And she got choked up realizing that statement could have tossed her out not too long ago.

On the other hand, some feeling this whole process was used to drive a social change. The president of the Family Research Council, himself a former marine, said ending "don't ask, don't tell" was used to reshape social attitudes.

BALDWIN: OK --

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ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: I hope the super committee and Congress will recognize the work we are doing to shoulder our part of the load and look elsewhere for further reductions.

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LAWRENCE: So again, that was Admiral Mike Mullen talking about the end to the policy, obviously, a big change and one that will be implemented today in the military.

BALDWIN: Chris, let's talk about the 2.2 million troops who have been trained in how to operate under this new law. How were they trained? What are they prepared for?

LAWRENCE: They all had to go through classroom studies to get to learn about the new policy. You know, the military telling commanders look, you can't segregate people's living quarters or bathroom facilities because of their sexual orientation. Now, people can come to a recruiter's office and say I'm gay and the recruiter ostensibly just say, thanks for that information. Here's your paperwork, fill it out.

But there are still bigger questions to be answered. Because gay marriage is not recognized by the military or federal government, there are still some issues with partners and, you know, how health benefits or pensions, how that's going to be worked out.

BALDWIN: Chris Lawrence, thank you very much.

Next on Reporter Roulette, David Mattingly. David, you've been following Troy Davis here, convicted cop killer. He's set to be executed tomorrow night, 7:00 p.m. eastern. I know you spoke to the man who sent Davis to death row. What did the former D.A. say?

DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The former D.A, Spencer Lawden. He talked to us. He was explaining how he's been frustrated over the years not being able to talk publicly about this case.

He says the people supporting Davis he thinks are following things that aren't factually accurate. He says that he points out that in every turn in the legal system where the facts have been analyzed that his case has won. But at every turn in the court of public opinion, he's lost. He says that's because they have not be out there arguing the case in public.

So, a great deal of frustration on his part. He says he takes no joy in what's about to happen, but says the conviction was just and the sentence was just as well.

BALDWIN: David, we were looking at an e-mail from the Georgia department of corrections talking about how Troy Davis has declined his request for a final meal. But we also learned members of the media who will bear witness to the execution. Do we know of any family members?

MATTINGLY: There will be family members on MacPhail's side. We haven't received confirmation about Davis' family. But we know there's one thing they're sharing now and this has bb a very, very, difficult 20 years for both sides. The family of Davis completely believing in his innocence, the family of MacPhail completely believing the prosecution and in the conviction of Davis. So, this will all be coming to a head in the next few hours.

BALDWIN: David Mattingly, thank you very much.

Next on Reporter Roulette Chad Myers here with me to talk about this huge satellite. Chad, you were talking about this weeks ago, and now the day, Friday, when this piece of satellite is supposed to come hurdling down somewhere.

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Exactly. And some day, all of this space junk will come hurtling down. There are 4,000 dots on this map.

BALDWIN: And that's all junk?

MYERS: Well, 1,000 of the 4,000 are actively using working satellites, the other 3,000 pieces, rocket boosters and things that will lose their altitude and fall back to space. Where does it go? That's probably the best question that no one can answer. It will travel towards Europe and take another loop back into the pacific. The next time it will be farther from now. The next time, that's six hours from now.

So, it progressively goes across the world and that's how it get it is picture of the world when it was working. It's not taking any pictures now. They can't make it go left, right. It's just there. It's just coming down eventually. And even when they give us the two- hour warning, it will still be a 5,000 mile gap between where they think it will come down.

BALDWIN: I have this fraction etched in my mind, one over 3,200 being the probability.

MYERS: One to 3,200 landing on anybody. Not just any one person, but anybody. You have to multiply that by how many people in the world, six, seven billion. When you start putting zeros on that, you're into the 200 quadrillion to one that you'd get hit. You can buy a lottery ticket and be a lot safer.

BALDWIN: I was wondering, how many times would I have to be struck by lightning to equate that probably? But hopefully it will all be fine. And if you see it the government says, don't touch it. They're going to come get it. Chad Myers, thank you so much.

That is your Reporter Roulette for today.

Now to this. Who is the secretary we keep hearing so much about in Nebraska?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Warren Buffett's secretary.

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MYERS: It is political ad time. Pay attention to the small print. Joe Johns has today's political pop.

But first, Americans already hurting for jobs, need work, but according to 24/7WallStreet.com, more layoffs may be on the way for these companies. Topping its list at number five, the U.S. Postal Service stands to lose $10 billion this year and layoffs could top 200,000. Number four, Hewlett-Packard, their share down to a five- year low. Number three with 110 stores to close in the near future, you have retailer Talbots. The top two after the break.

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BALDWIN: With all this jobs crisis, the president talking jobs, Congress talking jobs, the list of U.S. businesses on the verge of bust continues to grow. According to 24/7WallStreet.com two titans topping this list with stocks dropping nearly 50 percent plans to layoff more than 10 percent of their workforce. Blackberry makers Research in motion. That's number two. Number one with net earnings falling nearly $80 million from the previous year, Best Buy at number.

Conservative congresswoman and presidential contender Michele Bachmann appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno recently. And if you didn't see it, Jay Leno, the funnyman, late night TV, didn't go so easy with the questioning here. Joe Jones has this story with the Political Pop for today. And Joe, I guess Michele Bachmann was expecting some good jokes and laughs, and that's just not what she got?

JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: You know, that's what you would expect, right. You go in these late night talk shows, but she was surprised by some of the questioning, wasn't expecting where the interview went.

She hasn't gone much further than that. You know, the late night talk shows are pretty much a requirement for anyone running a serious campaign for president. This was not all comedy. Frankly, she got a pretty good grilling with questions about some of her controversies. The HPV virus, praying the gay away, if you will. If you didn't catch any of it, let's roll some of the tape and take a look.

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JAY LENO, HOST, "THE TONIGHT SHOW": Last month, you won the Iowa straw poll, I think 16 percent.

MICHELE BACHMANN, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yes, the first woman to win the Iowa straw poll.

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LENO: But then Rick Perry coming into the race and the polls drop. You and Perry went over this HPV vaccine topic. Explain this whole deal.

BACHMANN: Well --

LENO: On "The Today Show," you said a woman came up to you and her daughter took the vaccine and suffered -- from had mental issues, mental retardation problems. Do you regret not getting this woman's name and address --

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BALDWIN: OK.

JOHNS: Serious interview, yes. One radio host on WLS said the appearance sounded more like "Meet the Press" than "The Tonight Show." But the candidate definitely is behaving like she has no complaints. I asked her press secretary Alice Stewart about it, and she said "Michele was thrilled to meet Jay and have the opportunity to meet Jay. Jay is a class act with a tremendous following. And far be it from us to second guess what questions he chooses to ask." Politically, you probably don't want to get on the wrong side of a guy like Leno. Too much power.

BALDWIN: And a big audience as well.

Second question, we heard the president talking yesterday from the road garden. He mentioned again Warren Buffett's secretary. I guess in his case to try to make his case for this deficit reduction plan, he's now getting with regard to that secretary, a little help from Moveon.org.

JOHNS: Yes. It's amazing. This Warren Buffett secretary thing has been around for a while now. You've heard it. President has asserted Warren Buffett's secretary gets taxed at a higher rate than Buffett does, and this assertion is being used by the president and his supporters to make the case that millionaires and billionaires should pay more taxes. Moveon.org sort teases this idea making the point there are a lot of people out there who get taxed at a lower rate than the very rich. Listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have three kids, make $40,000 a year and I contribute a greater percentage of my income than many billionaires and millionaires.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most Americans want Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy, but the GOP refuses to do it. Why?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Call Congress and tell them. Raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires.

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JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: OK, not really Warren Buffett's secretary, right?

BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Right, although I'd love to see Warren Buffett's secretary. I wonder what he or she thinks about all of this.

JOHNS: Right, well, that's the thing. What did she say about it? I actually reached out to the media office, of course, of Berkshire Hathaway.

BALDWIN: Yes.

JOHNS: -- which is Mr. Buffett's company, haven't heard back from them or the secretary just yet. I'm not the only one looking for her quite frankly. There are a lot of people asking what Warren Buffett's secretary has to say about all this.

"Atlantic Monthly" reports not surprisingly that Warren Buffett has a bunch of secretaries, a bunch of executive assistants, if you will. They don't seem to be making many substantive comments quite frankly, which could be interpreted I think as a smart career move.

BALDWIN: Interesting. I'm sure at some point, we will see a secretary surface. Joe Johns.

JOHNS: Love to meet her.

BALDWIN: Love to meet her, maybe we'll get her on, Joe.

JOHNS: I'm on Facebook, Twitter.

BALDWIN: Facebook, Twitter, what is it, Joe, at joejohnscnn. OK, Joe, thank you very much. We'll follow that.

And don't worry, everything will be over in a couple of minutes. Those were some of the final words Dr. William Petit heard from the men, those two men who invaded his home, attacked his daughters and wife.

One is convicted of killing them. Minutes later, the house would go up in flames, his family inside. Today, he testified against the second man to go on trial for their murders. This today's on the case.

Also, Wolf Blitzer joins me from New York once again. He has Bill Clinton in "THE SITUATION ROOM" today. We're going to talk to Wolf live from the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York. Stay right here.

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BALDWIN: Now take a look at tomorrow's news today, fast forward, how big and how powerful is Google? We will hear from Google's chairman tomorrow when he goes to Capitol Hill. Eric Schmidt will testify about his company before the Senate Anti-Trust Subcommittee.

Also, a man convicted of killing James Byrd in the dragging death in Texas will be put to death tomorrow night in Texas. Lawrence Russel Brewer is 44 years of age.

He will meet with family one final time and proceed with his last meal, a meeting with the prison chaplain before Texas puts him to death by lethal injection. Another one of James Byrd's killer is on death row and a third is serving life in prison.

And look for news from the fed, the Federal Reserve tomorrow as they wrap up two days of policy meetings. An announcement is expected sometime in the afternoon. We're going to hear what Chairman Ben Bernanke has to say about the outlook for jobs and mortgage rates. So stay tuned for that tomorrow.

But, for now, let's go to New York where Wolf Blitzer likes to go because he says he likes the hustle and bustle of New York City during the U.N. General Assembly time each and every September.

Wolf, you know what I had on my show, James Carville, who as you know wrote the piece, the CNN op-ed, what was it, last week talking about the White House and how this is the time to panic and from what I heard on your blog, you sort of post that same thought to your guest, Bill Clinton. How did he react?

WOLF BLITZER, THE SITUATION ROOM: Yes, James did used to work as you know for Bill Clinton. He was one of his chief political strategists back in '92 when he got elected president of the United States.

James has been saying now for a week it's time for the White House to panic, to start firing a bunch of staffers and to start indicting people on Wall Street for creating supposedly this economic mess.

So I spoke to President Clinton about it. I'm here in New York right now at the Clinton Global Initiative. The interview is coming up in "THE SITUATION ROOM." He disagrees with James Carville. He says point blank, you know, a president of the United States no matter what should never panic.

He's very blunt on that. As much as he appreciates James' advice, he disagrees with him on that specifically. But we go on and talk about all the political issues. Who he likes on the Republican side, the Republican potential presidential candidates?

We go through all the national security issues. This big week here at the United Nations on Palestine and Israel. He's got words of advice for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. You'll hear that. We talk also about what he and the Clinton Global Initiative are doing, not only in terms of job creation in the United States, but around the world. It's an important interview. Some of it will air in the 5:00 hour. A different chunk later in the 6:00 hour.

But I think our viewers will be appreciative of what the former president of the United States has to say. I know, Brooke, you will be watching and listening very closely. And you'll be getting ready for your trip to New York a year from now. You'll fight the gridlock and traffic and all of that, but it will fun.

BALDWIN: I can't wait. World leaders, here I come with you, Wolf Blitzer. Thank you so much. We'll hear from former President Bill Clinton next hour. Thank you. We'll see you in a few.

Meantime, a father who lost everything takes to the stand again in the second trial in the murders of his wife and two daughters. Why is the defense here trying to prove this time around asking him to relive that horrendous day they were held hostage in their home and killed. Sunny Hostin is on the case live from Connecticut, next.

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BALDWIN: A family's nightmare is relived in graphic detail inside this Connecticut courtroom today. The only survivor of the brutal home invasion testified about his idealic life, his wife, his two daughters and the break-in that brought it to a fiery end.

This is day two here in this trial. This is the second time Dr. William Petit has had to testify about the murders of these women he heartbreakingly refers to as the girls, his wife, Jennifer and his daughters, Hailey and Mikaela.

Sunny Hostin is on the case for us once again there outside the courtroom in Hartford, Connecticut. Sunny, Dr. Petit, as we know, he's having to relive the horrible day when he testified already last year in the trial of the other defendant, Steven Hayes.

Now, he's doing it all over again in the trial of Hayes accomplice, Joshua Komisarjevsky. Being inside the courtroom, did you hear anything, anything new this time around?

SUNNY HOSTIN, LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, "IN SESSION" ON TRUTV: Well, certainly the facts are the same, Brooke, but the mood and the emotion, that was different today. I think during the first trial, he was extremely stoic. Dr. Petit is a very elegant person, a very well spoken and he was very matter of fact during the Hayes trial.

Well today, we saw more emotion from Dr. Petit, especially when he was recounting the promise of his daughters, Mikaela Petit and Hailey Petit. Hailey Petit went to Ms. Porter's school, a very academically challenging school.

She was captain of the varsity team, basketball and crew. She was a senior leader at the school and she was going to attend Dartmouth in the fall, which is Dr. Petit's alma mater. So certainly when he was discussing his girls and when he was discussing the last time he heard his wife's voice, Jennifer Hawk-Petit in the kitchen of their home speaking to the intruders.

He paused, he put his hand to his mouth and sort of looked down and sort of flushed red. So today, while the facts were the same, Brooke, the mood was very different. A very emotional Dr. Petit we saw today.

BALDWIN: You know, Helen, she's a reporter for the "Hartford Current," we had her on yesterday in addition to you, you know, tweeting incrementally about the testimony inside.

And she tweeted that Dr. Petit's testimony is still chilling, intense, but different. You point out, different in the additional emotion, but also interestingly, Sunny, Dr. Petit talked to the "Current" and said it was more nerve wracking this second time around.

HOSTIN: It certainly appeared that way to me, Brooke. Again, this is a man who is just so graceful, so elegant, so stoic, but today, there were more pauses, more reflection, almost, on what he was saying, also very different as this defense team, Brooke. This is a very aggressive defense team.

Remember Walt Vancely, one of the defense attorneys, was the inspiration for the Tom Cruz character in "A Few Good Men," and so this is a team that is really defending Joshua Komisarjevsky and Dr. Petit was cross examined today.

That did not happen in the Hayes trial. They challenged his memory. They challenged his recollection of events. So not only -- the facts certainly are the same, but the mood is different and the players have changed. And I think we're seeing that played out in the courtroom.

BALDWIN: So, as you're watching of course Dr. Petit on the stand, you know, testifying being cross examined, I'm sure your eyes are also darting over to Joshua Komisarjevsky. What was he doing? What was his appearance while Dr. Petit was on the stand?

HOSTIN: He's a very engaged defendant. He is looking at the prompter. He's looking at the projector rather. He's looking at Dr. Petit as he testifies. One interesting thing to note is that his father is in the courtroom today, Joshua Komisarjevsky's father.

And it's fascinating because Steven Hayes didn't really have anyone there to support him, but Joshua Komisarjevsky has looked at his father. They've smiled at each other and our "In Session" camera man, we saw Joshua Komisarjevsky's father leaving the courtroom.

Our "In Session" camera man asked him how do you feel and in response, he said, how would you feel. So very different dynamic in the courtroom because Joshua Komisarjevsky's family is there and I think that adds a different dynamic and one quick thing.

Jennifer Hawk-Petit's father also spoke to Joshua Komisarjevsky father and there was a bit of compassion between the two men, so a very emotional day in the courtroom today. BALDWIN: We'll check back in with you tomorrow, day three there in Hartford, Connecticut. Sunny Hostin, thank you so much and thank you for watching. I'm Brooke Baldwin in Atlanta. Time to turn things over to my colleague, Wolf Blitzer. "THE SITUATION ROOM" starts right now. Wolf --