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Troops to Leave Iraq by December 31; Death of a Dictator; Satellite Plunging to Earth; MC Hammer Launches Search Engine; No Child Left Behind

Aired October 22, 2011 - 19:00   ET

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DEB FEYERICK, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening. I'm Deb Feyerick, in tonight for Don Lemon.

We begin with two vitally important international stories. One, the future of U.S. troops in Iraq. The other, the end of a brutal dictatorship in Libya.

Let's begin with the war in Iraq. It will officially end on December 31st. That's when President Obama says all U.S. combat troops will be home from Iraq. It's welcome news at places like Fort Bliss in Texas where our Marty Savidge joins us live.

And, Marty, how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home?

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, Deb, I've been to a lot of military bases and I've seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. And perhaps -- well, the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is: they're coming home. And that's exactly what they've heard here at Fort Bliss.

Rumors have been circulating here for some time, not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in July and August. But, of course, all that was made official yesterday with the announcement of President Obama. And that means the 3,500 or so troops that are in Iraq for the First Armor Division will all be coming home as of December 31st.

I was talking with Denise Young. She got the news with other spouses. And even though it's her husband's second deployment, she said that this goodbye was actually harder than the first.

Listen to what she had to say.

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DENISE YOUNG, WIFE OF FT. BLISS SOLDIER: It's always a worry. Any time he's gone, whether it is at a training exercise, especially when he's in Iraq because you don't know the situation they're going into. You don't know -- you know, last time we were very concerned. He was doing missions.

You know, that's their job. That's what we signed up for. We know it going in. And you just -- you know, you just have to take it one day at a time.

SAVIDGE: I know from a personal sense, it's wonderful news. From the nation's point of view, do you think it's time these soldiers come home?

YOUNG: It's hard for me to speak for the nation. I as a military spouse who has lived this life for five years, grew up in this life, my dad was a Marine for 28 years. I've seen our fair share.

You know, obviously, I have trust in our president. I think that he is there for a reason and he's going to make the decisions he's going to make. I hope it's the right one. Whether it is or not, I guess time will tell.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SAVIDGE: We've got some photographs we want to show you of her husband, John Young. He is a medic and he has been serving over in Iraq. And it was point out, the first time he went over there was 2009.

You know, as the families get ready to celebrate, Deb, it should be pointed out that they still remember this war had a very significant cost. That I believe here at Ft. Bliss alone, some 52 soldiers died in Iraq. And, of course, there are 5,000 now that are still serving in Afghanistan.

And so, for their families, for them, that war and their worries are far from over.

FEYERICK: And, Marty, it's interesting -- we can their air show going on behind you. but one interesting thing -- once these people come back, it doesn't mean they're done. They could still be redeployed to Afghanistan, for example, correct?

SAVIDGE: Exactly. If you're not getting out of the military, in other words, that they aren't retiring, then, yes, of course, they can be deployed. Now, it usually had been a practice if you are deployed for some time, you could be home for a year or two years.

Now, because this was an abbreviated deployment, no one is certain what's going to happen and, of course, there is that other war that is going on.

So, many families are anxious. But right now, they're going to stick with the happy thoughts. Their loved ones will be home in time for the holidays. That's the best gift they could ever ask for.

FEYERICK: Absolutely. All right. Marty Savidge, always good to look at the bonus. And I think a lot of families see it as just that. Thank you so much for joining us from Fort Bliss, Texas. Appreciate it.

Well, support for the war in Iraq is steadily declined among Americans. This CNN/ORC poll shows Americans' opinion of the war was highest shortly after it started. Today, the number of people who say they favor the war in Iraq is down sharply.

This Pew Research Center poll shows just over a third of respondents say the war has been worth fighting, 57 percent say, huh-uh. It has not.

And the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq has an immediate impact on Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reacting. CNN's Fareed Zakaria scored an exclusive interview with him in Tehran.

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FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST, "FAREED ZAKARIA GPS": President Obama has said that all American troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year. In light of this announcement, will your government increase its efforts to train Iraqi army since there will be a need in Iraq for training and support? Will the Iranian government be providing greater support in that area?

PRES. MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, IRAN (through translator): I think we should have done it sooner, maybe seven or eight years ago. And they could avoid killing so many Iraqi people or Americans as well. I think they should have done it much earlier.

But the people and the Iraqi government did not accept the increased presence of the Americans. The Iraqi government is independent and sovereign. They should decide how to provide training for their military personnel.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

FEYERICK: Critics of the withdrawal fear that Iraq could become weaker because of the pullout. You can hear more of Fareed's interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad tomorrow morning starting at 10:00.

And don't go away. The biggest draw in Misrata, Libya, isn't an amusement park ride or even a blockbuster movie. The biggest draw is the lifeless body of Moammar Gadhafi, the ruthless tyrant who ruled Libya for 42 years. While many Libyans are thrilled he's dead, human rights groups are worried about how he was killed.

Dan Rivers has more on the controversy.

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DAN RIVERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Deb, controversy is still swirling around the final minutes of Colonel Gadhafi's life. The NTC here is facing pressure for an independent autopsy as hundreds of people line up to see his body.

(voice-over): As Saturday outings go, this is surely one of the most bizarre and macabre -- a long line to see the body of Moammar Gadhafi being stored in a meat market on the outskirts of Misrata. Some have brought their children here. They look uneasy perhaps because of what they're about to see. Some of the children are young enough to be scared by a thunderstorm, but old enough apparently to stare at the bloodied body of a tyrant.

Masks are handed out as people record their visit for posterity and then they're let in, a few at a time. What you're about to see is not for the squeamish.

Gadhafi's body is lying next to his son Mutassim. We've decided not to show you what appears to be a bullet hole in Moammar Gadhafi's temple. It seems he may have been shot through the head.

(on camera): The NTC said they would treat Gadhafi's body with dignity. But now, he and his son have been turned into a ghoulish freak show with people peering for hours to see the former dictator of Libya.

Why have you come here today?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To see the end of the tyrant. The end of dark era that Libyan people has lived for 42 years.

RIVERS (voice-over): Said Ali Sherif is 16 years old and has just seen the body.

He says, "To tell you the truth, I've never seen Colonel Gadhafi in real life. So I just wanted to see how Misrata's rebels had captured him."

Doaa Mohammed says she wants to see Gadhafi to know him. She said, "Everyone gets to see the end of every tyrant." "After all the things he's done," she says, "there is a God and there is a judgment day."

Tahir (ph) is 8 years old, brandishing his own toy gun. He, too, looked into Gadhafi's eyes. He said, "I saw him. I saw his whole face full of blood. I didn't feel anything."

In Sirte, the remnants of Gadhafi's convoy are being cleared of bodies, 95 in this area. Ten of whom were executed, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, which is concerned Gadhafi was also deliberately shot dead.

PETER BOUCKAERT, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Well, it's very unfortunate that on the first days, the very first day of Libya's freedom, this killing took place. And it wasn't just Moammar Gadhafi who was executed. We also found some bodies of wounded fighters.

RIVERS: We may never know how Gadhafi died but his home town is now a chilling monument to his last stand and the bleak savage reality of war.

(on camera): This all on the eve of the declaration of Libya's liberation. As you can hear, they're already beginning to celebrate here. But the questions about how Colonel Gadhafi died just won't go away -- Deb.

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FEYERICK: Dan Rivers for us there in Misrata -- thank you so much. Well, in two minutes, cadaver dogs picked up the scent in the case of a missing baby in Missouri. We'll take you to Kansas City.

And right after that, the disturbing killings of dozens of animals in Ohio. Was this tragedy avoidable? A wildlife expert joins us.

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FEYERICK: The mother of a missing baby girl in Missouri admits she was drunk the night the 11-month-old disappeared -- just one of the dramatic turns in the case of Lisa Irwin, seen here in home video. Now court documents show more reason for the court to focus on the child's mother.

CNN's Sandra Endo has the latest from Kansas City.

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SANDRA ENDO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Deb, details in a court document released yesterday show that an FBI cadaver dog made a positive hit for the scent of a dead body inside the bedroom of baby Lisa's mother, Deborah Bradley. It indicated an area of the floor near her bed. That made the police get a search warrant and they came back to this house on Wednesday for an extensive 17-hour search inside the home and the surrounding area. And, of course, the investigation is ongoing.

Now, a lawyer for the parents say it's unfortunate that these details and the documents were released and say that the parents feel this will derail any type of investigation.

Now, for the last few weeks, friends, family members and neighbors have been coming to this house, holding a prayer vigil and hoping to find baby Lisa.

And, of course, the hope is still alive, according to the lawyer for the parents. The parents do believe she's out there and say they just want her back -- Deb.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

FEYERICK: Sandra Endo in Kansas City, thanks so much.

Well, many questions this week about the slaughter of dozens of exotic animals in Ohio. I've got to warn you: the images are graphic.

Police gun down nearly 50 lions, bears, tigers and other large predators let loose from a private preserve near Zanesville. The owner had release them. Then he killed himself.

But did the big animals have to be killed? Should more effort have been made to capture them alive?

Well, Mike Newman is general manager of Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain, Georgia.

And, Mike, first, you have to imagine this man, this desperate man, going from cage to cage and releasing these animals. One of them apparently mauled him because he did have a head wound.

But could any of them actually have been captured alive? Was there a window of time where that could have happened?

MIKE NEWMAN, GENERAL MGR., WILD ANIMAL SAFARI: Well, I think what police had to deal with at that point in time, they were unsure of. Obviously, when they showed up on the scene, they had no idea how many animals were actually loose at that point in time. So a decision had to be made in a prompt fashion. I think they acted appropriately. Any time you talk about a 400-plus pound cat being out -- and there again, not knowing exactly how many were out at that point in time could lead to a very desperate situation for law enforcement.

FEYERICK: Right. And one of the things I was amazed by is they did kill many of them quite quickly, actually. I guess, it wasn't even an option to catch any of them alive.

NEWMAN: Well, there again, when you're given constraints of nightfall approaching rapidly, not knowing how many exact numbers as far as the number of big cats, the number of bears, the number of other exotic animals that were displaced at that point in time -- like I said, they had to act quickly. Typically, most drugs that you use for tranquillizing have a period of time before they're effective. It could be anywhere from five minutes to 20 minutes, potentially, or the drug may not be effective. So a lethal means was your best option at that time.

FEYERICK: All right. Now, the animal in Ohio were part of a private collection, part of -- not part of zoo or safari like the one that you run. There is no oversight.

Doesn't that seem kind of reckless on these private, sort of, preserves?

NEWMAN: Well, different states have different regulations involving the care and upkeep of exotic animals. The state of Georgia is quite different than Ohio. We're governed by both the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the USDA. And we've received frequent visits from both of these organizations to make sure that we're in compliance here.

FEYERICK: OK. Well, let's talk about compliance. But also the larger, there are hundreds of these small preserves around the country. What about security? How do you keep animals in and how do you respond when they get out?

And I think we even have some video that you were kind enough to shoot for us at the Wild Animal Safari. There's your safari.

How do you do that? How is security handled?

NEWMAN: Well, we take several measures to make sure that the general public is very secure and none of our animals get out. Over our 20- year history, we have never had an inherently dangerous animal escape. We have redundant safety features. Primarily, we have at least four barriers that animals would have to cross in order to get out into the rural area that our zoo occupies and all.

What you're seeing on the video now is some of our big cats. The enclosures consist of concrete block foundations, welded steel wire. We have netting across the top of that. We have a perimeter fence around that. Redundant locks and then a perimeter fence also beyond that. So as you can tell, we take it very seriously at our Wild Animal Safari.

FEYERICK: And let's talk about finally just you. I mean, you work there. There are folks who feed these animals. You're much closer than I would be, for example.

NEWMAN: Absolutely.

FEYERICK: This man, you kind of have the feeling that he thought these were pets of his. He would feed them.

I mean, realistically, how close can you get to these cats? Even if you're comfortable around them?

NEWMAN: Well, we work with them on a daily basis. And that being said, we still keep our distance. We have a great respect for them. Fear is not an accurate term but respect, I think, is the term you're looking for on it.

Once the cats reach maturity, you'll see behavioral changes that you didn't notice when they were kittens and natural instincts tend to take over. So, we're very, very careful around those animals. No doubt.

FEYERICK: All right. Well, Mike Newman, thank you so much. We really appreciate your joining us and shedding some insight on this. A lot of people feel for these animals certainly very much. Thank you so much.

NEWMAN: Yes, ma'am.

FEYERICK: Well, we're in the midst of a time frame right now, folks, for a satellite to fall to earth. The heads up will be short notice. We're keeping an eye on this space junk which is headed now for our planet. Stay tuned.

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FEYERICK: In tonight's making their mark segment, the death of Moammar Gadhafi reminded us of our earlier coverage of some of the courageous Libyan who's stepped forward to report the fight for freedom in their country.

Here now is our tribute to journalist Mohammed Nabbous who paid the ultimate sacrifice after filing several reports with CNN on the dangerous conditions inside the country.

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MOHAMMED NABBOUS, JOURNALIST (via telephone): Hello, everybody. We are right now being attacked from everywhere. A plane has crashed right now.

Right now, I'd in the back of the truck. On top of this bridge!

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Mohammed Nabbous is one of those many people who literally risked their lives and paid the ultimate price just simply to get the news out. The real news out about what was happening in his own country. He was one of those young bright, inspiring minds. Everybody who met him grew to respect him.

DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Be in touch and be safe, OK?

NABBOUS: I'm not sure I will be there tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm going to survive tonight. But there's going to be another group tomorrow with you hopefully.

DAMON: Mohammed Nabbous, he was one of those many people who was our eyes and ears on the ground, risking his life as he did there to speak to you over the phone. And somehow he also managed to get those pictures out by bypassing whatever systems the Gadhafi regime had been trying to put into place, bypassing those fire walls just to get the message out.

He was one young man out of many who passionately believed in this cause, in this battle for a free and democratic Libya.

PERDITA NABBOUS, WIDOW (via telephone): I want to let all of you know that Mohammed has passed away for this cause. Please keep the channel going. Please keep videos, post videos and just move every -- every authority you have to do something against this.

They are still bombing. They are still shooting and more people are going to die. Don't let what Mo started go for nothing, people.

NABBOUS: When they knew that I was live on CNN, and people saw it on CNN, they all came here running. They were like, Mohammed, what do you need? We would like to help.

DAMON: He was amazing. He was special. To me and everyone that knew him. He just had this -- I mean, he loved life. And he was so full of it.

And he had so many plans. He had so many ambitions. And I just -- I'm keeping every single memory I have of him. And I will just, you know, give everything. As long as the baby is inside of me, I'm not scared. He was like, I'm doing this for and you the baby and I want the baby to be proud of his dad.

DAMON: And, Don, I just like to share one of his favorite quotes, and that is: "A candle loses nothing but lighting another candle."

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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FEYERICK: GOP presidential contenders are looking for an edge in Iowa. But two notable names are no shows at the Faith and Freedom Coalition: Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman. Both of them Mormons.

There's also been some tension between attendees and "Occupy Des Moines" protesters.

Our Shannon Travis is at the event in Des Moines.

Shannon, bring us up to speed. What is going on?

SHANNON TRAVIS, POLITICAL REPORTER: Well, what's going on right now, Deb, is in this building behind me, about 1,000 people, about 1,000 Iowans, many of them Christian evangelicals. This is a huge gathering for Iowa conservatives here right now. Many of the presidential candidates are slated to speak: Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and also the Texas Governor Rick Perry.

I caught up with him a few minutes ago as he was arriving and kind of glad handling and talking with people and greeting people. And I just asked one quick question. Take a listen at this.

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TRAVIS: Why is this an important event for you to be at today?

GOV. RICK PERRY (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Absolutely.

TRAVIS: Why is it an important event for you?

PERRY: It is Iowa, the first in the nation. You got to be here.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TRAVIS: You've got to be here.

So, let's talk about who's not here, Deb. That would be, as you mentioned earlier, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman.

Now, in terms of Mitt Romney, I questioned the campaign yesterday. Didn't get an answer about why they were here. They were just here on Thursday. They're not here for this.

The organizer of this event, his name is Steve Scheffler. He told me in a conversation, "I don't think Mitt Romney is comfortable in this environment." I pressed him, I said, "What do you mean by this environment?" He said, "I don't think he's comfortable being around social and economic conservatives."

Of course, in fairness, we know that Mitt Romney has been to many large gatherings of social conservatives. He was just at a Values Voters Summit two weeks ago in Washington, D.C.

But Steve Scheffler said, "You know what? You have to play in Iowa."

One last thing, you mentioned earlier that the "Occupy Des Moines" protesters, they were out here earlier. They're actually gone now. There were about two dozen of them. They were screaming things like down with greed and corporations are not people -- Deb.

FEYERICK: All right. And, quickly, Shannon, is it possible that Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, they simply decided to skip the event because this way you have sort of Christian conservatives dividing the vote amongst themselves, as opposed to Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman putting themselves directly in the line of fire, perhaps?

SHANNON: Yes, that's certainly possible. I mean, a lot of people are speculating about Mitt Romney's Iowa strategy. He has been here but certainly not as many times as the other candidates have been.

And part of that could be that Mitt Romney is trying to appeal to economic conservatives, maybe even disgruntled Democrats -- the Democrats who are upset about the economy. And leaving Perry, Bachmann, Cain to split the conservative vote. If they split that vote and he holds on to what looks like a solid lead or a high standing in the poll for Iowa, he could come out ahead in Iowa -- Deb.

FEYERICK: And those protesters that you mentioned who have now gone, was it part of the Occupy Wall Street? Was it similar to that movement? Were they trying to at least get to the candidates or they're just there to show that not everybody is happy about this particular event?

TRAVIS: Yes, it's a great question. I asked that and they call themselves Occupy Des Moines. They say that they are affiliated or at least supportive of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. They're certainly making chants similar to the ones that we've heard from Occupy Wall Street and they did say that they would stay out here to protest the arrivals of the candidates. But from what we could tell, none of the candidates came through the front door. And the police actually pushed the Occupy Des Moines protesters off to the side. So who knows if they were able to even spot any of the candidates that are here.

FEYERICK: OK. Shannon Travis for us live. Thanks so much for bringing us up to date. Appreciate it.

Well, just last month, we warned you about space debris falling out of the sky. Now, another warning. This one about chunks of the German satellite that could fall to earth any moment. Details on where it is expected to land coming up, next.

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FEYERICK: Don't look now but there is another satellite that could be just minutes away from crashing to earth. This time the danger is from an old German satellite. Now the odds are pretty good that any fragments will fall into the ocean. But it's not likely to be the last time we face this danger. Let's bring in Tariq Malik, managing editor at space.com. And he joins me via Skype from West Orange, New Jersey.

First of all, what do we know about this particular satellite's trajectory towards earth? TARIQ MALIK, MANAGING EDITOR, SPACE.COM: Well in the last few hours, the one thing we know is that it's not going to fall over Europe. That's a pretty good lock. And then it's going to fall sometime in the next six hours. Between now and about 1:00 a.m. Eastern time, is the strike zone, if you will, for this satellite right now. So Europe is safe. The rest of the world pretty much fair game right now.

FEYERICK: OK. Well that's narrowing that down a little bit. I think people would be amazed to know how crowded space is. Especially because we're now getting a lot of aging satellites. Are we going to start seeing this happen much more frequently?

MALIK: That's right. In fact, this isn't the last one that's going to be coming down. In about a couple of years, in 2013, a U.S. Japanese satellite is going to fall out of space. And we saw a huge NASA satellite fall last month. These satellites are old. This one that's coming down tonight, 21 years old. Similar ages for the others that are coming down now. There's a lot of stuff. Thousands of pieces of space debris. Hundreds of dead satellites over the years that are going to have to be dealt with one way or the other.

FEYERICK: When it comes back into the atmosphere, how big are the pieces expected to be? And do any of them pose sort of a radioactive danger to people?

MALIK: There's no serious contamination threat from this satellite in particular. It, basically the big pieces, the big components of its mirrors This was an x-ray satellite. It was designed to look out at the universe and you know, peer at stars and galaxies. That big mirror they think is going to survive on the way down. That's probably the biggest piece. And then more of its optic systems. The ceramic chunks hardened against the extreme environment of space. They think it will weather the fiery entry on the way down and possibly either an ocean or the ground.

If it does fall over ground, it will be a 50-mile long track that the debris could be spread across. And if it is over a populated region, it could light up like a fire ball and be visible from the ground.

FEYERICK: If it were to hit the earth, full impact, would it create some sort of a crater or a meteor like effect that we sometimes see? Or is it simply not going to be that big and that powerful?

MALIK: Well, it's certainly not as powerful as the large meteor. But these big pieces, I mean, they're fairly lefty, something like 1,600 kilograms would be the biggest piece. You wouldn't want that falling anywhere near you. It could damage a car. You know, something like that. Now it could cause a pretty good visual spectacle if you're able to see it whether or not you have your house is going to get hit by debris or have - you house get damaged. That's pretty rare and remote for this.

FEYERICK: All right. Tariq Malik, thank you so much for joining us. Bringing those insights. Of course, we now know that Europe is clear. We don't know where else it could hit. Right now we're going to go to our Alexandra Steele in the weather center for more on this falling satellite and also the weather.

ALEXANDRA STEELE, AMS METEOROLOGIST: So we have a six-hour window to give you a little perspective right. You know, the size of the satellite is about the size of a minivan. So that's the size we're talking about. So again 75 percent of the earth, to give you a little perspective, is made of water. So most likely it will hit water. But remember last month, of course we talked about that NASA satellite hitting. Now the risk of anyone being hit on the planet with that was one of 3,200. Now the risk of this one in the next six hours or so, kind of coming in is any one in 2,000. The world population, 6.85 billion, so the risk of you at home sitting, watching us at this moment is one in 13.7 trillion. So the odds aren't that great but it certainly is fascinating. You know, he was talking about, an 800- pound mirror. The mirror of the telescope and it is heat resistant. So that's kind of the biggest threat. So it will most likely as it makes re-entry stay together. So we'll monitor that. So maybe some interesting breaking news. So that's that.

To the weather we go, on other fronts. No pun intended. Here's a look at the forecast for tomorrow, very similar to today. The only real threat weather wise is right around the southern plains, had some showers even a tornado warning in Oklahoma just a little while ago. Just some rains on the whole you're going to wake up to a really crisp morning. No question about that. Actually the coolest air so far of the season here in the southeast. But with that sunshine still warming things up nicely, the temperatures is getting pretty warm tomorrow. A few degrees warmer even than they were today.

In the south, about 70. You can see 72 in Atlanta. Only in the 50s in the northeast, going to pick up a few degrees there. So certainly pretty pleasant. 72 in L.A.. One quick look, we're looking at NOAA coming out with this prognostication for meteorological winter. December, January, February. Cooler along the northern tier of the country and warmer in the south. And a little bit wetter there too in the northern tier, Deb. So wetter and cooler means we're going to see great snow conditions for the most part this coming winter especially in the northern part like Wyoming. We'll see some places like northern Colorado.

FEYERICK: Well, good and getting back to the satellite. I'm going to run out and buy a lottery ticket. Now my chances of winning the lottery are greater than being hit by a satellite.

STEELE: It'll be greater. That's right.

FEYERICK: So you always have to be looking at the positive.

STEELE: I hear you completely.

FEYERICK: All right. Alexandra, thank you so much. Appreciate it.

Well, what do you get when you Google M.C. Hammer? Competition. We'll explain after the break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) FEYERICK: '90s rapper M.C. Hammer is aiming for a new hit online. He is going up against Google with a new search engine. Tech expert Daniel Sieberg is here to explain. And Dan, boy, M.C. Hammer pushing a search engine. How does this work? Is it going to be any different?

DANIEL SIEBERG, TECH EXPERT: He's saying it is going to be a little bit different. It is called Wired Doo with D-O-O in the end. He talked about it recently at a tech gathering. What he says is it is all about deep search. So perhaps you do you a search for a particular car and not just the car comes up. But information about insurance, mileage, getting registration and tags. Sort of these tangential things. So he thinks there's room in the market for this. Now, of course, Google is number one. Bing is up there for Microsoft. And so he has got of a bit of an up-hill battle. But he is a bit of a tech guy. You know, he has given up those famous pants and tried to get into the tech world. It is coming out in December.

FEYERICK: All right. Interesting. So pretty much related in subcategories. That could save people a little bit of time. Well, let's switch gears. If you're looking for a job or you want to make a good impression, obviously the picture you put on LinkedIn or Twitter, they matter. Like it can't be that bad driver's license photograph. Explain what kind of an impact it will make on a prospective employer.

SIEBERG: Yes, it is really the first impression that people get and especially if you're looking for a site like LinkedIn. They say that first of all it is important to have a picture. That profiles that have a picture are seven times more likely to be viewed by prospective employers. We happen to have my photo. I don't want to make it -

FEYERICK: And it's a good one.

SIEBERG: It is not the best one out there but I think it's decent. But I'm a little bias. There are some points, some sort of key things to remember when you're thinking about your particular profile picture. Number one, it should be just you. Not you with, say, your spouse or a pet. You should think about minimizing the glitz and glamour. So not so much with the fancy outfits. Also, good posture counts. My mother always reminds me of this. Sit up straight. You want to look confident and poised. And then also it should be in color, not black and white and a little casual. You know, not too formal. Not something that looks like it was thought about for maybe too long.

FEYERICK: OK. So you need to be likable. It's pretty much what you're saying. Yours is very likable, by the way.

SIEBERG: Exactly.

FEYERICK: So from business we shift again to pleasure. In the singles scene. People are really dating at faster speeds because of technology. There are new time lines now for making the first contact after the first date. Guys shouldn't wait the typical three days. The rules are completely foreign. What, explain. SIEBERG: They have, this recent study looked at the amount of time between say, meeting somebody in a social setting and when you would hope to hear back from them if they're interested in you. So you mentioned, maybe it used to be three days. Maybe even five days. Well, now it is down to 1.25 to two days. So basically a day and a half. If you met somebody on a Friday and you haven't heard from them by say sometime on Monday afternoon or Tuesday, then they're saying there's a good chance they're not interested in you. The reality is you can get in touch with people very quickly through e-mail, text. You know, if you haven't received a Facebook poke or a cell phone call, then there's a good chance that they're not interested in you. Sadly, the study also says the onus is still on the men to get in touch with a woman if they're interested. So yes, the dating scene change in so many ways. Speeding up. Soon it will be 10 minutes.

FEYERICK: Exactly. If you don't hear from me in 10 minutes, it's over. No prospect to the relationship. Quickly with the business world, how long should you wait for an e-mail response if you are applying for a job?

SIEBERG: You know, maybe roughly the same. Two to three days. Give it a little bit of cooling off time. Show that you're interested. And you know, think about when you're sending that e-mail. Maybe you send it mid morning. Not first thing in the morning. Because a lot of spam goes out very early. It could get lost in that. Or maybe sort of mid-afternoon, after people had lunch, they got some time to go back and check their e-mail. And then, you know, take some time to respond. You don't always have to respond right away. It's something to think about. Yes, it's the new reality with the business world and the dating world.

FEYERICK: All right. Dan Sieberg, thank you so much. Really appreciate it. Always interesting to hear what the new world - all right. Thanks so much.

Well, under the federal no child left behind law, students are allowed to transfer out of failing schools. Well, abandoning a struggling school is not always the best option for that school. It might be the only way that students can get the education they need. CNN contributor and Connecticut school principal Steve Perry has more on this edition of Perry's principles.

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STEVE PERRY, CNN EDUCATION CONTRIBUTOR (voice-over): No child left behind is federal legislation in play everywhere.

(on camera): But what happens is when you begin to choose schools in a district that has a failed school system, you're really choosing between the bow and the stern of the Titanic.

(voice-over): No child left behind says every single child needs to perform at or above grade level.

(on camera): When a school over a certain period of time consistently perform poorly then that school should either be closed or the children should be given additional opportunities to learn. And finally, if none of that works, those kids should get to go to another school. Everywhere where school choice is an option is exercised. In fact, here in Hartford, almost 50 percent of the children participate in the school choice program, meaning they decide to not go to their neighborhood school for another school. Even if it means to go to school an hour and a half away. Parents want options now. And we're seeing that when the parents speak, the legislators will start to listen.

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FEYERICK: And recently the Obama administration said it would free states that seek a waiver from the federal no child left laws 2014 goal. But the state has to prove it has a solid system for measuring school's performance.

And world class bad guy dies. Some comedian makes a joke about it. Well, I mean think back to some of the Bin Laden and Hussein lines. Well, there is a comedian this week getting some backlash for what he said about Gadhafi's death. I'll explain.

Then whose tooth is this? And why are we even talking about it?

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FEYERICK: Well, how far is too far when it comes to comedy? Standup comedian Colin Quinn is catching heat over tweets he sent reacting to Moammar Gadhafi's death. First, let me show you what he said. First, "I know one thing, when it all boils down to it, I think we all agree he did more good than bad and that's all any of us can expect." Also, "He made people smile. And that's something most people in Libya can say." Another "To me, it's all about longevity and this man lasted like Tony Bennett."

Joining me now is CNN entertainment report Shanon Cook. And Shanon, Quinn's show long story short "History of the World in 75 Minutes" is pretty much similarly, you know, irreverent. What is it Quinn's response to all this, Shanon?

SHANON COOK, CNN ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER: Well he basically says everybody needs to lighten up and that he really was just joking around. And CNN reached out to him for a comment. And here's what he said in a statement. He said "I understand the methed-out 15-year-old kid not getting my irony but CNN should. What the hell?... Here I am trying to bring a little fun to Twitter. What do they want to do, just hear about what I eat?"

And Deb, I should point out other comedians crack jokes about Gadhafi upon hearing the news of his death but Quinn's comments just don't really come across as obvious jokes, especially to those who aren't as familiar with his type of humor.

FEYERICK: You know, irony can be very subtle when you don't have the smiley face at the end. He's got more than (INAUDIBLE) followers. Did any of them take issue with this or did they just take it in stride? That it's Colin Quinn. COOK: Well, (INAUDIBLE) enough and he's like to do this on his Twitter feed. Quinn actually retweeted a lot of the angry responses from people and he was called everything from un-American to stupid. Some people told him to move to Libya, and several did actually suggest that they were going to unfollow him because they were so appalled by the things he was saying. But if you look at his Twitter feed, he still has more than 100,000 followers at this point.

FEYERICK: OK. Nothing to sneeze at certainly. OK. Let's move to something a little bit different. Beatles fans may be chomping at the bit for a new auction. I can't believe it's on auction. Bring it up. Bring us up to speed on this.

COOK: I know. I hope that nobody's eating while they're watching CNN at the moment because it is about to get nasty. John Lennon's tooth is going up for auction in the U.K. next month, November 5th. It'll be -- you can buy it. It's expected to fetch about $16,000. Here's a picture of it. It's pretty decayed. If you look pretty closely, you can see a great big cavity inside this tooth, which is likely why he had it removed. Apparently on the day he had it taken out he gave it to his housekeeper back in the 60s and she hung on to it. It's apparently too fragile to conduct DNA tests to prove that it's really his tooth but apparently the auction house isn't questioning its authenticity. And again, you saw it. It's not surprising that it's too fragile. It looks like if you just breathed on it, the whole thing would crumble.

FEYERICK: That's the kind of thing I'm not quite sure why anyone would want to own that when you can actually get a record instead, CD, DVD or whatever. OK.

COOK: Some crazy Beatles fan.

FEYERICK: Yes, exactly. The tooth will make their life. Well, let's switch to River Phoenix, the Oscar-nominated actor who died about 20 years ago. The film he was shooting when he had a drug overdose is actually coming to theaters. How are they doing this?

COOK: Well, the film's director George Lewis claims that he kept the footage for this film. The film was called "Dark Blood." And he told the "Hollywood Reporter" and he's reedited it. He said that with a few adjustments he thinks it could be released next year. He said that he wants to ask River's brother, Joaquin Phoenix, to record some voiceovers for River's character because their voices are very similar. However, that may be difficult because according to a statement that "Entertainment Weekly" received from Joaquin's representative, the family is not too happy about this film and they've all said that they will not take any part in the completion of it. So it remains to be seen whether or not it does actually come to light.

FEYERICK: All right. Shanon Cook, always great, always interesting. Thank you so much.

Well, an NFL player under arrest accused of doing his hitting off the field. Plus a big day for former presidential candidate John Edward as his oldest daughter gets married. Your top stories coming up next.

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FEYERICK: Checking some of our top stories, the U.S. embassy in Nairobi is warning Americans in Kenya terrorists could strike areas where foreigners are known to meet. The statement specifically mentions malls and nightclubs as potential targets. The warning comes after Kenya's military sent troops across the border into Somalia to pursue suspected Islamic militants.

And for the second time this year, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Chris Cook has been arrested. He was charged early today with two counts of domestic assault. The Vikings say he will not play this weekend against the Green Bay Packers.

And the daughter of former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards married her college sweetheart today. Cate Edwards married fellow Princeton Alum Trevor Upham in North Carolina. The reception was followed at the Edwards' family home in Chapel Hill. (INAUDIBLE) today's ceremony at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Deb Feyerick at the CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. I will see you back here at 10:00 Eastern. Larry King sits down with Johnny Depp in a rare and revealing interview and that begins right now.

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