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Child Sex Abuse Scandal at Penn State; Sex Abuse Case Shocks Penn State; Europe's Crisis Bogs Down Wall Street; Wall Street Faces Unsettled Day; Berlusconi Denies Rumor on Facebook; ANA: Glitch in New Dreamliner; "Occupy" Protester Accused of Assault; 105,000 Still Without Power in Connecticut; Boxing Legend has Liver Cancer; Will and Kate's New Apartment; Royal Baby Rumors; Stocks Hold Near the Flatline; Bank Dumping Days; Israeli Leaders Up Iran Rhetoric; Lohan Checks in and Out of Jail; Bieber Will Take a Paternity Test; Changing the World Online; One Year to Election Day
Aired November 07, 2011 - 10:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, this morning college sports faces one of its biggest scandals in decades. Allegations of child molestation rocking Penn State in an iconic football program built on integrity and honor.
CNN's Jason Carroll has our lead story.
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JASON CARROLL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He's a legend in the world of college football. For 23 years, Jerry Sandusky served as defensive coordinator for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Now he's out on bail and defending himself against charges he sexually abused young boys, one as young as 8 years old. Two other Penn State officials accused of covering up one of the alleged incidents resigned in the wake of the scandal. Sandusky's lawyer says his client is innocent.
JOE AMENDOLA, SANDUSKY'S ATTORNEY: Jerry's very, very depressed. He's very upset. He's very distraught about the charges, the allegations, and the knowledge that, regardless of whether he is eventually proves his guilt or innocence, people are going to think that he did this stuff.
CARROLL: Pennsylvania's attorney general calls Sandusky a, quote, "sexual predator." A 23-page grand jury report lays out in graphic detail how he allegedly targeted eight boys ranging in ages from 8 to 14.
Prosecutors say the boys were victimized between 1994 and 2009. In one case, a graduate student testified he discovered Sandusky sexually abusing a boy estimated to be 10 years old in the shower of the Penn State football building.
The student reported it to Penn State's head football coach, Joe Paterno, who in turn told his immediate supervisor, the Athletic Director Timothy Curly. It was also brought to the attention of Gary Schultz, a university senior vice president.
Prosecutors questioned why none of the men reported the incident to police, which is required under Pennsylvania law. Both Schultz and Curly are charged with perjury for allegedly lying to the grand jury.
The two men testified they were under the impression Sandusky was, quote, "horsing around" with the boy in the shower. Both men resigned late Sunday. The Board of Trustees releasing a statement saying "under no circumstances does the university tolerate behavior that would put children at risk."
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Let me just say something about it. You know, there is a big thing about the behavior of Penn State here, about their failure to act. But the legal issue is whether they lied.
CARROLL: According to the grand jury report, all of the alleged victims came into contact with Sandusky through his charity, the Second Mile.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Second Mile is a non-profit organization that reaches out to certain young people throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
CARROLL: Sandusky and his wife formed the Second Mile in 1977 to help troubled boys. He retired from coaching in 1999, but still had access to Penn State's facilities. So popular, he wrote an autobiography in 2001 entitled "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story."
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PHILLIPS: Jason Carroll joining us live from Penn State. So Jason, you know, outside of the football circle, do you think that people nationwide understand how prominent these guys were in the community?
CARROLL: Well, you certainly get a sense of how prominent they are when you're here when you think of Paterno, I mean, you even look behind me, that statue, I don't know if you can see it behind me, Kyra. That is a statue of Paterno.
He's been an institution in this community for decades. When you think of Sandusky, same thing, I mean, people have known this man not only for his record here at Penn State, but for his philanthropic efforts.
For his organization, Second Mile, taking in young boys who are troubled and trying to turn their lives around. I can even tell you just a little anecdote here on the way over to this live shot location, Kyra, this morning, took a cab over.
The cab driver has lived here for a good portion of his life. He called the attorney general's investigation a witch-hunt. So that gives you a sense of just how dedicated some people here in this community are to these men who are accused. PHILLIPS: Wow. Jason Carroll there at Penn State. Jason, thanks. Just ahead, we're going to go back to Penn State and get the pulse of the campus. I'm actually going to talk to the editor in chief of the student-run newspaper, "The Daily Collegian."
Looks like it could be another tense day on Wall Street as investors worry about the European debt crisis and the fact that it's getting worse. Today, new concerns about the civility of two of the biggest nations, Greece's prime minister about to step down and Italy's prime minister denying reports that he too is about to resign
On Wall Street, well, the uncertainty is putting investors on edge. The markets did open lower just over a half hour ago. They have been mostly flat ever since. Dow Industrial is up 29 points right now.
Christine Romans taking a look at the impact on our investments and also Matthew Chance is looking at the concerns that Italy could be the next domino to fall.
Christine, what's new on Wall Street today?
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Well, what's new on Wall Street is that, you know, Greece has been the concern for so many weeks now and now, Italy, a crisis really, financial crisis brewing in Italy.
Look, for months we've been talking about the PIGS, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Greece's problems are well known, but now, you have the Italian prime minister basically come out and say, no, I'm not going to step down.
There are people who don't have the confidence in him to be able to get over the problems of more than $2.25 trillion of debt that that country has and the kind of painful medicine the country will have to take in order to survive through it.
Also the fact that it's so big, Italy the third largest economy in the euro zone is almost to0 big to bailout. I talked to Niall Ferguson, a noted historian on financial matters and the rise and fall of civilizations earlier.
And I said put this into perspective for us. How important are these two countries, Greece and Italy, and this is what he said.
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NIALL FERGUSON, AUTHOR: Greece is to Europe what Washington State is to the United States. Italy is more like Texas or California. This is a really big economy and it's one of the -- it's thought of one of the cause of the European Union.
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ROMANS: And that's why he says it's so important here what happens next politically in Italy so that the euro zone can move forward and try to heal the sovereign debt crisis there. A couple things I want to tell you. We're talking about stocks, Kyra. It's the bond markets we're watching very carefully and how much do countries have to pay to borrow money.
Italy right now has to pay interest of 6.68 percent to borrow money. That's the highest it's been since it's been a member of the euro. That shows you that investors are demanding pretty good return for the risk of investing there.
The U.S. is only about 2 percent. That means there are lots of people around the world who are still very willing to lend the U.S. money. It shows more confidence in the U.S. being able to pay money back.
What about Greece, 26 percent. That's unbelievable. I mean, that's the kind of levels that shows you sort of the extent of the crisis around the world -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right, Christine Romans out in New York. Christine, thanks. So Italy threatens to become the next epicenter of the debt crisis. Its embattled leader is denying rumors that he too is about to resign.
CNN's Matthew Chance has the latest now on Silvio Berlusconi.
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi under renewed pressure today as his country's economic crisis sends tremors through the financial markets.
At one point, Mr. Berlusconi was forced to deny consistent rumors that he's poised to resign over his handling of the economy. Italy, of course, has enormous public debts and markets appear to have lost faith in Berlusconi's ability to push through much need austerity measures.
The problem is, the debt so high, more than Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland put together. Bailing out Italy simply isn't an option and there are fears of an Italian default that could bring down the entire euro zone.
At the weekend here in Rome, tens of thousands of protesters marched through the center of the city to demand that Berlusconi step aside and call fresh elections or allow a caretaker government to take over.
The public appear to have lost patience with a leader who also has been dogged by sex scandals and corruption charges. It's all reaching a head over the course of the next 24 hours or so as crunch budget vote in the Italian parliament on Tuesday, which will be a crucial test of Prime Minister Berlusconi's fragile coalition.
If he loses that, we could be looking at a new Italian government very, very soon -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Matthew Chance, thanks so much. Well, the new 787 Dreamliner experienced a technical glitch that happened in a Japan airport right before landing. Zain Verjee in London. So, Zain, this is supposed to be -- are you with me? Zain, are you with me?
ZAIN VERJEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. I'm hearing the euro zone crisis on Greece on CNN International. But let's talk a little bit about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that was hit by a major landing glitch in Okayama.
What this is really the first technical glitch that happened since it launched a couple weeks ago. What essentially happened was this light came on and they had to deploy landing gear using manual backup systems.
Boeing and all Nippon Airways are investigating the problem. You know, the Dreamliner, Kyra, when it first took off was such a big deal. It was three years delayed in the making, billions of dollars to get it off the ground.
But it's a very nice light weight aircraft experts say that really does save fuel. The bigger issue has also been the issue of landing because you remember there was the Boeing 767 that landed on its belly in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to deploy in Poland.
There were 230 people on the plane. They were OK fortunately, but it does raise a lot of questions. Many industry analysts, Kyra, though are saying that was a pretty rare thing to have happened. I know you just have your own private jet so you don't have too much to worry about.
PHILLIPS: You know, you're such a smart aleck. Can you hear me now or are you listening to the debt Greek debt crisis? OK. You can see by that she still can't hear me.
Just so our viewers know, Zain is monitoring so many things for us out of London. She was listening to what's happening in Greece and also doing that story for us on the 787. So there's multitasking at its best.
All right, straight ahead, we're talking about that child sex abuse scandal that's shaking up the campus of Penn State University. A former assistant football coach is arrested and it's rocking the students and alumni alike. We're going to talk to the editor of the student newspaper next.
And Britain's Will and Kate planning a big move to some new digs, but the fixer upper is not going to come cheaply. A live report on that from London right after the break.
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PHILLIPS: All right, let's take a look at stories from across the country now. An "Occupy Atlanta" protester is expected in court after being accused of assaulting a motorcycle cop. The arrest was one of 20 made over the weekend after protesters moved out of Woodruff Park and began marching down the street. In Connecticut, more than 100,000 homes and businesses still without power after last weekend's snowstorm. The governor has sent National Guard troops to help utility crews now. He's also asked the state attorney general to investigate what he calls the inadequate response by the state's largest power company.
Former heavy weight champion, Joe Frazier, fighting for his life now. The 67-year-old boxing legend has liver cancer. The champ is in hospice in Philadelphia.
Now this hour's lead story, the child molestation scandal that is rocking Penn State. The legendary football program is reeling from allegations that a former icon preyed on children and that two of his superiors actually covered up the crimes.
This happened in an Athletic Department built on the credo success with honor. Lexi Belculfine is the editor-in-chief of the student-run newspaper there, "The Daily Collegian."
She's joining me live from State College. So, Lexi, first of all, what's the mood on campus today? What have students been telling you?
LEXI BELCULFINE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, "THE DAILY COLLEGIAN": Absolutely. Good morning. Thank you for having me. You know, this whole thing has just been incredibly bizarre. I don't think that anyone was expecting it. I think overall the mood on campus right now. Everyone is just in a state of disbelief and shock.
PHILLIPS: And we talked about, you know, all of the focus on the coaches and the athletic program. Now you're telling me that there are actually calls on Facebook and other online petitions calls for the president to step down.
BELCULFINE: Absolutely. You know, I think the thing about Penn State is everyone really prides - everyone here really prides themselves on integrity of the university and everyone affiliated with the university.
And so I think that the call right now is really just for, you know, justice to be served and whatever that should happen to mean, that's kind of what people are looking for right now. At least that seems to be what, you know, we've been getting from people.
PHILLIPS: Lexi, from a student's perspective, just explain to our viewers who may not understand how big Penn State football is and how legendary, you know, these coaches and these guys are, I mean, you know, this is -- would you say it's a unique or a protected club of men? How would you describe it?
BELCULFINE: The football program arguably could be called Penn State. The terms might be interchangeable. You know, we have students that are so committed to our program that they will camp out in front of the stadium for a week before the games to actually get the best seat in the house. You know, so I really do believe that, you know, all of the alumni, all of the students here, everyone involved with Penn State, you know they really do rally around the football program.
PHILLIPS: And you've mentioned the alumni. They are actually so embarrassed. They are taking their diplomas of their walls. How are you as the editor-in-chief going to push your reporters to pursue this story? What angles are you looking at? How are you going to investigate this there on campus?
BELCULFINE: Absolutely. You know, it's really exciting because we have outlets like CNN. We have every outlet that you could imagine on campus right now. You know, but at the end of the day, it's just a matter of inspiring all of our reporters and staff members to remember that, you know, we have a newsroom.
We're here. We've been here. You know, I think it's really exciting right now. We have a lot of student contacts. We have a lot of people that are really well connected to our football program.
But, you know, for us it's about telling the story in the best, most fair, most accurate way and so you know, it's really an exciting time to be a student journalist at Penn State.
PHILLIPS: I can just imagine. Lexi, we'll be looking to your paper to see what you are able to unravel. Thank you so much for your time.
BELCULFINE: Absolutely. Thank you.
Well, Kate Middleton is already the subject of pregnancy rumors. We're going to get the latest on the royals and this moment. There's actually more to this. We'll explain after the break.
And bank fees becoming a way of life these days, but Americans aren't taking it sitting down. They are closing their accounts and taking money elsewhere. We'll tell you how successful the weekend's bank transfer day was.
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PHILLIPS: All right, so who would imagine that a palace has an apartment and not only that, but an apartment that needs a million bucks in upgrades.
Max Foster has the scoop on Will and Kate's new digs. Very much different from the apartment we used to have as we were first getting on with our lives in our 20s, Max.
MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, we didn't have 20 rooms and various gardens.
PHILLIPS: No, we did not.
FOSTER: That's what they are getting ready for. Princess Margaret, the queen's sister used to live in Kensington Palace and they are taking over that apartment, but it needs a lot of work.
There's asbestos in the walls. There needs to be new pipe work and plumbing. Apparently, last updated in the '60s so Kensington -- they already have a smaller place in Kensington Palace.
But Prince Harry is going to take that over. They're going to start doing it up over the next year. They'll be in there I think, Kyra, 2013 we're told.
PHILLIPS: Why so long? Why 2013?
FOSTER: The work apparently, it needs to be completely renovated. So it probably will be quite expensive. I'm sure Katherine will want to be involved. She's very artistic.
PHILLIPS: Yes, she is. All right, let's talk about this video. I didn't realize that that's why we're using this piece of video of Will and Kate. You actually were there.
This is when they were talking about sending food overseas to Eastern Africa. But other people read into the fact that Kate passed on the peanut butter for another reason here.
FOSTER: Well, we missed the scoop, Kyra. I mean, neither of us (inaudible) this one. We're talking about famine in Africa. Everyone else is talking about this moment.
This is peanut paste, which is given to malnourish children in Africa. One princess tried it, but the duchess didn't try it. So everyone was suggesting that she may be concerned about passing an allergy onto an unborn child.
I mean, this is the basis of the pregnancy rumors right now. But there's nothing more in it than that from what I can tell.
PHILLIPS: Maybe she just wasn't hungry, Max.
FOSTER: She doesn't like peanuts. She doesn't like paste.
PHILLIPS: Come on. I know you're on the scoop. Thanks, Max Foster.
Herman Cain lashes out at reporters yet again, but do voters want to hear Cain talk about ethics right now? We'll hear what our "Political Buzz" panel thinks after the break.
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PHILLIPS: Turmoil in Europe has been wrecking havoc on the markets and we expected a big drop today, but stocks aren't looking too bad. Alison Kosik at the New York Stock Exchange watching them for us - Alison.
ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, so what you're seeing is pretty much investors just sitting on the fence. You know, at this point, traders don't know what to make of Europe anymore. There are so many rumors to filter out.
First there's talk that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is stepping down in Italy then he denies it putting it on Facebook that it's not true.
Also others growing worried that issues in Europe could drag on the markets for a while. So what do you get? You get stocks in a holding pattern. The Dow is pretty much flat. Nasdaq and S&P 500 the same -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right, and this movement that happened over the weekend. People just fed up with bank fees and they just decided to quit and move on. How did it go?
KOSIK: That's right. They are fed up and they can't take it anymore. You know, it's kind of hard to say exactly numbers wise how the weekend did. But how this issue got started is kind of interesting.
This all came about after -- all that anger over these new fees. It led to bank transfer day, which was announced actually on the same day in September when Bank of America said it was going to charge that $5 debit fee on purchases.
What wound up happening though many of these debit card fees were canceled, but there are still other fees in place. Now one customer in San Francisco says it goes beyond that. You know what this is about? It's about changing the culture at big banks.
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PETER GABLE, BANK SWITCHER CUSTOMER: Who want the large corporate institutions to hear that and to change their policies to stop paying themselves very large bonuses and to act like small community banks that reinvest in their own local neighborhoods.
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KOSIK: And this movement has been really gaining steam because if you look at how October did, at least with 650,000 people joining credit unions in October. That's more than credit unions rang up in all of 2010.
So we'll see if this continues to grow and grow and hopefully in the next few weeks we'll get numbers from over the weekend to see how successful this movement was -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right, Alison. Thanks.
Let's check our top stories now. Former Penn State football coach, Jerry Sandusky says that he's innocent of child sexual abuse charges. Two Penn State officials accused of perjury in the case have now stepped down.
Jurors in the Conrad Murray trial begin their second day of deliberations next hour. If convicted in Michael Jackson's death, Murray faces four years in prison and losing his medical license.
We'll have live coverage of President Obama's remarks at noon today. The president plans to talk about tax credits and his jobs bills and efforts to get veterans back to work.
All right, it's time for "Political Buzz," your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. Three questions, 30 seconds on the clock.
Playing today is CNN contributor, Will Cain and CNN contributor, Maria Cardona and Sirius XM political talk show host and comedian, Pete Dominick.
First question, guys, Herman Cain this weekend lashing out once again at reporters. Take a listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Cain, the attorney for one of the women that filed sexual harassment complaint against you --
HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Don't even go there.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can I ask my question?
CAIN: No. Where's my chief of staff. Please send him the journalist code of ethics.
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PHILLIPS: All right, guys. Do voters want to hear Herman Cain talk about ethics right now? Will?
WILL CAIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, I don't know. I think that kind of presumes that Herman Cain doesn't have a position to talk about ethics. And right now with no details in any of these sexual harassment claims, I don't know.
Does he not have a position to speak about ethics or journalistic ethics? I don't see the problem. I think the one thing voters want to hear regarding this story that does not go away is details. Until we get some details, this story is just like in a cycle of inanity.
PHILLIPS: Maria?
MARIA CARDONA, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: I don't think voters want to hear him talk about ethics, Kyra, until we get the details. The problem here is that Herman Cain has the details and he could easily put this behind him.
The problem with burying your head in the sand with not just one, not just two, but now possibly three sexual harassment allegations is that there is something there.
If there wasn't then there wouldn't have been not just one, but two settlements for thousands of dollars on behalf of the National Restaurant Association.
Get the truth out there Herman Cain, get this out and then voters might want to hear what you want to say.
PHILLIPS: Pete?
PETE DOMINICK, COMEDIAN: I've got bad news everybody apparently a fourth woman has come out and accused. But as Will said we don't have details. We don't know specifics.
But Kyra no, voters don't care about Herman Cain's ethics or frankly anybody else's. People think Congress has a nine percent approval for a reason. They don't really have a lot of ethics.
But listen, Herman Cain is talking about the journalistic code of ethics there at the preamble. Nowhere does it say you we can't -- you should never ask a question that might have an uncomfortable answer. These questions are out there. He needs to answer them but frankly he's making a lot of money off this. Why would he stop now?
PHILLIPS: All right we move on the second question -- Pete Dominick just brought to light the latest here with this fourth accuser. Apparently I'll just give you a quick one liner here. California defense attorney Gloria Allred -- we all know her name -- says that this woman is actually going to come forward at some point today. Possibly hold a news conference so we're following it, guys. OK. There we go.
All right. Question number two. Here we go. In a debate over the weekend, Herman Cain suggested that Newt Gingrich might make a good vice president. Take a listen.
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HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If you were Vice President of the United States, what would you want the president to assign you to do first?
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PHILLIPS: What do you think? It looked like a winning ticket? Maria?
CARDONA: You know if it was maybe "Dancing with the Stars" or perhaps they would make a great couple that could win on the "Amazing Race", maybe. But in terms of President and VP, I don't think so. Because especially in a process where you're going to have the most religious conservative voters making the choice of who is going to be the person who is nominated. I think they are going to want at least one person without a sexual harassment allegation or four against them and somebody who is not a philanderer and a cheater and who changes wives more often than they change their minds.
PHILLIPS: Will.
WILL CAIN: I don't know if it's a winning ticket. But I tell you, it looks like a winning strategy for Newt Gingrich. I mean, it's a Herman Cain ship is listing a little bit and the Newt Gingrich ship pulls right up alongside supports it and says Herman is a great guy and wait for all of those people to jump off onto his boat.
It's pretty smart, those people have been jumping around from Michele Bachmann to Rick Perry to Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich is in a prime position to be the guy to benefit from all of this and by being Herman Cain's supporter, he could be that guy.
PHILLIPS: Pete?
DOMINICK: Kyra, I look at these two candidates running for president and I really don't believe they're actually running for president. It's my opinion but I believe both these guys are running to make money and to raise their speaking fees, to sell their books and to get more exposure. They're spending money now to make money later.
And Kyra mark my words, August 2012, August 2012 if either of these guys are still in the running, I will donate $500 to the charity of Kyra Phillips' choice. You got it.
PHILLIPS: Really?
CARDONA: We'll tape that.
PHILLIPS: All right, mark it -- August 2012.
DOMINICK: Also.
PHILLIPS: Yes.
DOMINICK: I just need to ask Will Cane if I can borrow $450.
PHILLIPS: Well, I'll tell you right now, it will be for the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children here in Atlanta. So I'm holding you to it, pal.
DOMINICK: It's done, it's done.
PHILLIPS: All right, your buzzer beater now; 20 seconds each. Bill Clinton's new book says that the U.S. looks quote, "Weak and confused". So what re-election advice should the former President be giving President Obama behind closed doors? Will?
CANE: You know Bill Clinton won re-election in an economy that was improving, prosperity that was growing and a budget deficit that being cut in half. I don't know that he has any advice for a president that pretty much is the opposite on all those things. I think that Bill Clinton is kind of would be shooting from the hip like the rest of us for President Obama here.
PHILLIPS: Maria?
CARDONA: I think what he should be telling President Obama and I think he actually has said this to him is to continue with the plan that he has put out because guess what? It's Bill Clinton's plan. Bill Clinton's plan was to cut taxes for the middle class and workers and make the rich pay their fair share. You know what? We had the greatest economic expansion that we had in a generation; 22 million new jobs. That's exactly what President Obama's plan should be doing and Republicans should help him do that.
PHILLIPS: Ok. Pete?
DOMINICK: "Weak and confused". I got to say. That cuts it personal to me. Those are two words often times used to describe me, Kyra. I don't think it can be -- possibly talking about foreign policy. President Obama has whacked more terrorist thugs than Clinton even thought of trying to do.
On economic policy maybe he'll tell him -- he shouldn't take so much money from Wall Street but he probably will. We'll watch and find out.
PHILLIPS: All right.
DOMINICK: I need more context on that "weak and confused".
PHILLIPS: More context and you know what, I just decided I might turn this into a whole charity fund-raiser segment at the end of the show. Pete has got me all excited now.
DOMINICK: You got it.
PHILLIPS: All right. You guys think about what you want to donate.
CARDONA: Not bad, not bad.
PHILLIPS: We'll talk again. All right.
CARDONA: Thank you.
PHILLIPS: Well, you bet; thanks, guys.
U.N.'s nuclear watchdog is about to issue a report on Iran with more serious accusations than ever before. Several diplomats tell CNN now that the IAEA will actually lay out charges that Iran's nuclear program is geared toward military use.
Barbara Starr is at the Pentagon. So Barbara the White House has actually downplayed speculation about any attack on Iran. Israeli leaders keep talking about it. So what are military challenges here as we talk about Israel attacking Iran?
BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, that's the thing, Kyra. You look at the map and you see Israel and you see why the Israeli military obviously so concerned about it and why all this rhetoric coming from Israel.
If Israel were to attack Iran and the U.S. hopes it doesn't, what would the challenges be and what would a military attack look like? And that pretty much tells you the picture.
The Israelis have some missiles that could reach into Iran; surface-to-surface missiles but the Israelis like that manned aircraft option. They like to put pilots in the air in fighter jets and that's a problem because of course immediately you see they have to be able to cross Arab airspace. They're not going to get permission for that so they will have to cross that airspace and hope not to be noticed.
Then once you continue to look at the map, once they cross into Iranian airspace, they have to deal with Iranian air defense, Iranian surface-to-air missiles that could shoot them down, radar systems that could detect their moves. This becomes very challenging because the pilots are going to have to get past all of that, get into Iran, find their targets, drop their bombs, and get out of Iranian airspace and back into friendly territory before anybody can attack them.
That is going to be very challenging if it were to come to this -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Barbara Starr is at the Pentagon. Barbara thanks.
And Justin Bieber says he'll take the test, but once he proves he's not the father, he's got a suit of his own he's planning to file.
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PHILLIPS: As we just told you a few minutes, defense attorney Gloria Allred says that a woman, who alleges Herman Cain sexually harassed her, plans to come forward later today. We're talking about a fourth accuser now. Allred says that she and the woman will hold a press conference in New York. We plan to cover that live so you'll be able to see it right here on CNN.
The sentence was 30 days but just hours after Lindsay Lohan reported to jail, she was released. A.J. Hammer here with all details.
So her time behind bars didn't even amount to a full day's work.
A.J. HAMMER, HLN HOST, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT": No, Kyra. And once again you kind of have to wonder if this makes her think she can get away with anything. She checked into the Century Regional Detention Center just before 9:00 last night. She was seen by the paparazzi leaving the jail around 1:30 in the morning. So yes, do the math. That's a grand total of less than five hours in the jailhouse.
She was let out as expected because of jail overcrowding in Los Angeles. Now, Lohan still does have to work at least 12 days a month at the county morgue until she completes the 53 remaining days of a court-ordered community service. She's also supposed to attend 18 psychotherapy sessions. And the judge made it perfectly clear if she violates these terms she's supposed to face 270 days in jail.
Of course it's anyone's guess as to just how long that would actually amount to. Moving now to Justin Bieber; he's trying to clean up a mess of his own today. New details are just coming out about this paternity suit that surfaced last week. From the start, Bieber and his people have denied that he fathered a baby boy with a fan and they promise to vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to prove it. So, a DNA test would be the next step in providing that proof. And the Bieb will reportedly take that test when he returns to the country in a few weeks.
Now he was just in Belfast over the weekend at the MTV European Music Award show. They were hosted by his girlfriend, Selena Gomez. The two were photographed together and that falls on the heels of rumors that she had broken things off in the wake of this story. So apparently, those rumors are unfounded.
As for the woman who says she gave birth to Bieber's baby boy; well she's been giving a few interviews of her own. She's telling Britain's "Daily Star" that her baby actually looks like the pop star and she has been promising that she does have evidence of their encounter together.
So we're going to have to see how it all plays out when Bieber returns to the country. But I'm surprised he's doing the paternity test, Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Yes. Well, it will be interesting to see how this all turns out. We'll follow it for sure, A.J. Thanks.
If you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, A.J. has it every night. "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" on HLN at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Well, people in Oklahoma still shaken up after a couple strong earthquakes over the weekend. It's a state you don't normally associate with earthquakes. We'll find out what's going on from our Rob Marciano.
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PHILLIPS: Oklahoma is known for its tornadoes, not its earthquakes but over the weekend a whole new ball game. Two big quakes struck within a 24-hour period. Rob Marciano, what's going on?
ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: How about this? You know they had smaller earthquakes last year. But that was from a different area of the state. We want to talk about all the weather extremes they've had this past year. 2011 has been quite a doozy. 12 homes damaged in Lincoln County. Most of these pictures are in Shawnee (ph) and near the town of Sparks.
Here it is on the map. Oklahoma City right in this, through this year. Most of these smaller earthquakes that have developed across Oklahoma have been around this Meers Fault. But this quake is up in here through the Wilzetta Fault. And they haven't had many earthquakes around this fault of late. And this one built about 300 million years back when the Rocky Mountains were forming. And these are all where aftershocks are happening. We've had a couple dozen of those thus far
So extremely rare event. When you get an earthquake east of the Rockies, basically in the middle of a plate, a tectonic plate, they travel for more miles. They are felt further away. This one was felt all the way from St. Louis back through Dallas and damage can exist up to 25 miles away.
I will leave you with this. This is the Norman Oklahoma radar before the earthquake. And it's so fine -- has such a high resolution it can pick up birds and bugs. This is what the birds and bugs did right before or during the earthquake. They all took off and the radar picked that up.
Interesting things out of Oklahoma and scary things. These aftershocks will probably go on for several months.
PHILLIPS: Ok. We'll track it. Thanks, Rob.
MARCIANO: There you go.
PHILLIPS: The son of civil rights leader and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young is following in his father's footsteps with his efforts to help change the world. He's just doing it a little differently.
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PHILLIPS: Andrew Young III has quite a legacy attached to his name. He's the son of civil rights leader and former congressman and U.N. ambassador Andrew Young. He's also doing his part to change the world. CNN's Soledad O'Brien shows us exactly what he's doing.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eight months ago, La Toya Reed was struggling to get by.
LA TOYA REED, GIVELOCALLY.NET RECIPIENT: I was facing addiction, my bills were severely behind. And I didn't know where the money was going to come from.
O'BRIEN: The single mother of three went online in search kindness and found it from a tech start up called GiveLocally.net, it marries social networking with charity.
BRAD NEWMAN, FOUNDER, GIVELOCALLY.NET: Technology is the way we believe to take the biggest dent out of poverty.
O'BRIEN: Which is the driving force for founder Brad Newman and CEO Andrew Young III, the son of the famed civil rights leader, former Congressman and UN ambassador of the same name.
ANDREW YOUNG III, CEO, GIVELOCALLY.NET: Here I'm able to explore my entrepreneurial dreams and at the same time live up to my family expectations of giving back.
O'BRIEN: The site posts profiles of those in need then allows donors to select a recipient and an amount.
YOUNG: We pre-screen and vouch for every single family and individual that we put on our site.
NEWMAN: We never give cash we write checks to landlords, to doctors, to utilities.
O'BRIEN (on camera): How do you make money off of it?
NEWMAN: We take 18 cents of every $1 distributed but neither Bo (ph), nor I nor any of our senior management take a single penny in salary or in other form. What we get out of this is giving back.
O'BRIEN: Do people ever give you push back on that number, that 18 percent?
NEWMAN: Almost never. We don't have government money, we don't have grant money from foundations. Our product is helping people. We are a start up and not a charity.
O'BRIEN: Does it feel like you are changing the world in this capacity?
YOUNG: You know, I feel like we are doing our small part. We think we have the opportunity to change lives across the country by the thousands or even tens of thousands, but I'm not going to be so optimistic to think that this process could just eradicate poverty.
REED: I'm here. Everybody say grace.
O'BRIEN: La Toya Reed is proof of that impact.
REED: I did not realize that there were so many giving people out there. Even $5 helps. It goes a long way.
O'BRIEN: Reporting for "In America", Soledad O'Brien, CNN, Atlanta.
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PHILLIPS: More on Soledad O'Brien's special, tune in to "Black in America Special", "THE NEW PROMISE LAND SILICON VALLEY"; that's coming up Sunday night 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.
All right. Let's check stories making news later today.
Two former Penn State university officials in court at 2:00 Eastern. They are accused of lying to a grand jury investigating sexual child abuse accusations against a former coach at the university.
And former NBA star Magic Johnson talking to the news media about AIDS at 3:00 eastern. And Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain appears on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live" airing at midnight tonight.
Well, in less than an hour, the jury in the Michael Jackson death trial begins deliberating for the second day. After that a verdict could come at any minute. We're live in Los Angeles.
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PHILLIPS: Well, we are one year away from Election Day and there's some numbers on President Obama's mind. First, unemployment, now at 9 percent; and his approval rating. A CNN poll of polls says that 45 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job, 51 percent disapprove. And as CNN's Candy Crowley reports, Republican voters are far from united on a challenger.
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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I believe in America. I'm running for president.
CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Even before his June announcement, Mitt Romney had a monicker, "weak front- runner". He still is. Technically speaking, that is, in the polls, Romney isn't always first. He has often run second to different people with one thing in common -- no staying power.
REP. MICHELE BACHMANN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You have just sent a message that Barack Obama will be a one-term president.
CROWLEY: Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was the summer rage but the day she won the Iowa straw poll in August, she began to lose her foothold.
RICK PERRY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Sometimes it kind of takes me a while to get into something like this presidential race. But let me tell you, when I'm in, I'm in all the way.
CROWLEY: Like Bachmann, Texas Governor Rick Perry is what many Republicans think Romney is not, a fiscal and social conservative. Perry was an overnight sensation and front runner. Let's just say though debates are not his forte.
PERRY: Was it before he was before the social programs from the standpoint of he was far standing up for Roe versus Wade before he was against Roe versus Wade.
CROWLEY: Perry has dropped like a stone giving way to the next not Mitt Romney.
HERMAN CAIN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Bottom line folks, 9-9- 9 means jobs, jobs, jobs.
CROWLEY: Conservative, likable, breezy, different; businessman Herman Cain caught fire with his 9-9-9 tax plan and then -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you concerned about the fact that these women do want -- they have to come forward? Are you concerned about --
CAIN: What did I say? Excuse me. Excuse me.
CROWLEY: It's yet to be shown that Cain will suffer the downward spiral syndrome of Bachmann and Perry before him but some politicos aren't waiting for absolute proof
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Candy he was flavor of the month. I think his month is up.
CROWLEY: Now some caveat. Even when his closest Republican competitor is imploding, Romney does not rocket to first but drifts up and never much more than about a quarter of the percentage. There is talk of a Romney ceiling and at this point in the 2008 presidential race, Rudy Giuliani was leading the Republican field. That's why there are still eight people running for the GOP nomination holding on for a run at Romney with some staying power.
RICK SANTORUM (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm running that field of dreams campaign, which is if you build it, they will come.
CROWLEY: Rick Santorum doggedly meeting and greeting voters in all of Iowa's 99 counties.
Ron Paul, a straw poll favorite, with arguably the most passionate face and the money to go some distance.
Former speaker Newt Gingrich gaining enough steam recently to push him into double digits and single-digit Jon Huntsman betting it all in New Hampshire.
JON HUNTSMAN (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is a state where conventional wisdom is always upended.
CROWLEY: Amidst all of the above the weak front runner has played it like a mortal lock.
ROMNEY: I think the greatest threat to my success would be President Obama. And I'm planning on beating him soon.
CROWLEY: Looking beyond the Republican primary, he is cool. Largely above the fray with polished debate performances and selected limited exposure to the media. Careful, careful, careful. Mitt Romney waits patiently for Republicans to gather around.
Candy Crowley, CNN, Washington.
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PHILLIPS: All right. That does it for us this Monday. I'll see you back here bright and early 9:00 a.m. Eastern time.
But don't go away. Don Lemon is here; he's on. DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Don't go anywhere.
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LEMON: Excuse me.
PHILLIPS: You know you have the ring tone.
LEMON: I tried to download it. I couldn't get the "Excuse me" ring tone.
