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Supreme Court to Rule on Health Care; 'Occupy Aloha': Protester Surprises Gala-Goers; NASA Opens Vehicle Assembly Building to Public; NASA Landmark Opens to Public; Obama Reacts to Penn State Scandal; CEO of Sandusky-Founded Charity Resigns; Indiana Tornado Warnings; Catholic Church Acknowledges Parallels; Judge's Ties to Sandusky's Charity; Big Ten Strips Paterno's Name Off Trophy; Sweep of Brazil's Biggest Slum; Interview with Tyrese
Aired November 14, 2011 - 14:00 ET
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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: And hello to all of you. I'm Brooke Baldwin.
Let's get you caught up on everything making news this hour, beginning, as always, with "Rapid Fire" and this --
Health care reform is officially headed to the nation's highest court, the U.S. Supreme Court. A decision could come next June, right in the thick of the presidential race. Twenty-six states have sued to block the law, and lower courts are divided over its requirement that virtually all Americans must buy health insurance or pay a penalty.
Our Jessica Yellin and Jeff Toobin both joining me in a matter of minutes to talk about that.
And just nine days left now for the so-called super committee. The group of 12 lawmakers tasked with cutting at least $1.2 trillion from the deficit over the next 10 years has until next Wednesday, November 23rd, to finally reach an agreement. If they do not do that, automatic spending cuts of more than $1 trillion will take effect in 2013.
How about this? Newt Gingrich moving up in the polls. Take a look at the numbers.
He is moving up so much so, the former House Speaker now essentially tied with Mitt Romney for the top spot in the Republican race for president. According to our new CNN/Opinion Research poll, 24 percent of Republican voters say they would choose Romney as their nominee, but you see the number right below that. Twenty-two percent say they would say yes to Newt Gingrich. The two-point differential is well within the survey's margin of error.
Some harsh advice for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Two words: step down. That suggestion today coming from Jordan's King Abdullah. He tells the BBC that Assad should resign, but not before laying the foundation for political change.
Take a listen.
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KING ABDULLAH, JORDAN: If Bashar has the interest of his country, he would step down, but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of Syrian political life.
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BALDWIN: The Arab League just voted to suspend Syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight-month-old uprising in Syria.
The head of the charity founded by former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky resigns. I'm talking about the Second Mile. The board of directors says Jack Raykovitz is stepping down after 28 years. Sandusky, as you well know by now, he's the man accused of sexually abusing young boys he allegedly met through this organization.
And before sunrise today in Oakland, California, take a look at this, police tearing down tents and arrested some Occupy protesters in a city park. City officials had warned these occupiers to be out of the park by today.
Meanwhile, rapper Jay-Z catching a little bit of heat from Occupy supporters, accused of cashing in on this movement. This T-shirt available through a clothing line Jay-Z founded and later sold sports the words "Occupy All Streets." Well, the Web site business Insider reporting proceeds will not support the Occupy cause.
And a family judge in Texas caught on tape beating his oldest daughter cannot be alone now with his younger daughter. Here's what we've learned from "The Houston Chronicle," that William Adams' ex-wife got this temporary restraining order preventing him from seeing their 10- year-old daughter without her permission.
His 23-year-old daughter recently released a video on YouTube showing him beating her with a belt seven years ago. He said he did nothing wrong and it was simply disciplining her.
Five more arrests are made in connection with the kidnapping of Washington Nationals player, catcher Wilson Ramos. Ramos was rescued unharmed over this past weekend after being taken at gunpoint from his family's home in Venezuela just last week. The five Colombian citizens now under arrest among 11 suspects being held. Venezuela says an arrest warrant is being issued for a Colombian believed to be the mastermind behind Ramos' kidnapping.
Mario Monti working to put a government together. Italy's president nominated him just yesterday to be the next prime minister. Silvio Berlusconi formally resigned over this past weekend, making good on a deal he made to step down if his austerity package passed.
Monti has never held a government position. He's an economist and a former European Commission member.
American Eagle Airlines getting a first, and for the airline, not necessarily in a good way. Here's the deal. The carrier, the first to be fined for excessive tarmac delays under those new rules that went into effect April of last year. They will pay a whopping $900,000 penalty for keeping hundreds of passengers cooped up on flights arriving at O'Hare Airport back in May. The airline blames the delays on airport congestion caused by bad weather.
And NBC just got a new correspondent. Here she is.
Chelsea Clinton, the former first daughter joined the networked today. She will contribute "Making a Difference" stories on the nightly news and on the new primetime magazine "Rock Center." She will also keep working at the Clinton Foundation and pursuing her doctorate at NYU.
We have a lot more to cover here in the next two hours on CNN, including a horrible story, very sad, of a teenager. She killed herself after years of alleged sexual abuse. And her last words were posted on Twitter. Now years of abuse, years of pain for all the world to see. We can do better.
And this --
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BALDWIN (voice-over): Can the government make you buy health insurance? The nation's highest court now getting ready to decide the fate of President Obama's controversial law.
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN CHIEF LEGAL ANALYST: It is certainly the most important case that the court has had since Bush v. Gore.
JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For current and future space geeks, this is heaven.
BALDWIN: For decades, this is where NASA built the space program. Now, for the first time ever, we are getting a behind-the-scenes look.
Plus, a couple is suing an airline after seeing cockroaches on board. Wait until you hear where the creepy crawlers apparently showed up.
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BALDWIN: It is the most far-reaching and most expensive, might I add, law passed by Congress in decades, but the health care reforms President Obama fought so hard for could be wiped away by the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices announced just a few hours ago that they will consider a challenge to the health care law early next year and issue a decision, they're saying, perhaps sometime in June.
Twenty-six states here, the ones in red -- take a look at this map with me -- so 26 states have filed suit challenging the part of the law known as the individual mandate. That's the provision that requires all Americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty, and it's designed to help insurance companies cover the costs of insuring people with pre-existing conditions. I want to go to both Jeff Toobin, our senior legal analyst. He is in New York. And also our chief White House correspondent, Jessica Yellin.
But Jeff Toobin, I want to begin with you. My question is, you know, is this precedent-setting? Is there any other private product of any kind that the federal government has mandated Americans to purchase?
TOOBIN: Not since the 18th century, when there was a law called the Militia Act which said everybody had to buy a knapsack and a gun. But that's a while ago, and I don't think it's a really direct precedent.
As you know, of course, in states, states always require us to buy car insurance from private companies. But to answer your question directly, is the federal government requiring anyone to buy a private product except in this law? Not currently.
BALDWIN: If the Supreme Court decides that this particular central provision, this mandate, is unconstitutional, what happens to the rest of the law? Is it all struck down?
TOOBIN: Well, good question. In fact, when the Supreme Court scheduled arguments today, they devoted some of the time to that very question, is the individual mandate a separate law that they could strike down?
Now, independent of the constitutional issue is the political and economic question, because as you pointed out in your introduction, the mandate to get everyone into the system is how the Obama administration wants to pay for the rest of it. So, the question is, if the individual mandate is struck down, could the Obama administration even continue to fund the rest of the health care law? So the issue of severability -- that's the legal term -- is very much at the heart of this case.
BALDWIN: Yes, I heard you earlier on TV saying really, this is the biggest case to go before the Supreme Court. What's it been 11 years --
TOOBIN: Since Bush v. Gore, absolutely. No question.
BALDWIN: -- since Bush v. Gore? Yes.
And then, finally, for you, before we get to Jessica to talk sort of politics and the Obama administration, since the high court does lean right, which way do you think this will go?
TOOBIN: Well, I think the momentum has shifted in the last few weeks because of two very important lower court opinions. Jeffrey Sutton, a very respected conservative judge who clerked for Antonin Scalia, and Laurence Silberman, one of the best-known conservative judges in the country, both wrote opinions upholding the law. And I think a lot of people feel -- and frankly, I feel -- that the more conservative justices will be influenced by that, which is, you know, maybe this law isn't a good idea, and maybe people wouldn't have voted for it, but is it unconstitutional? These two judges say no. And I think that is going to be influential.
So I would say the betting odds, if there are betting odds in Supreme Court cases, would probably favor the law being upheld at this point, but, you know, those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
BALDWIN: You never know, Jeff Toobin. Hey, thanks so much.
Let's get to Jessica Yellin.
Because, Jessica, look, we've talked a lot about this. It's really no huge surprise that the Supreme Court is now saying that they will take this up and decide on this law, this piece of legislation.
You know better than the rest of us how much the president has really staked his presidency, his legacy thus far on this health care law. What is the White House saying about this today?
JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, the White House is saying essentially they're glad the court is taking up the case so that it can be addressed and they can move on. And in a statement, the communications director at the White House, Dan Pfeiffer, said that, "We know the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and are confident the Supreme Court will agree."
Now, they're given hope for the very reason that Jeff just cited, that the lower courts did not overturn the law, and because some of those conservative jurists on the courts did uphold it. So that gives them some hope.
But, as you say, you know, you just don't know with the Supreme Court. And the expectation is essentially that it will come down to Justice Kennedy, who is often the swing vote -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Let's talk about though how the politics of this could play out, because, as we mentioned, the decision could come in June, right? That's when things are getting pretty heated when it comes to the race for president.
What does that mean for the race? I mean, I imagine that the impact really, also, whether it's deemed constitutional or not, could depend on whether or not it's, say, Mitt Romney who did something similar in Massachusetts, right, or another nominee?
YELLIN: OK. So let's take it in pieces.
The decision will likely come in the summer. For the White House, if this constitutional provision goes south, if the individual mandate is ruled unconstitutional, summer is better than fall of the election, when it's crunch time.
If the individual mandate is overturned, yes, that's a massive blow. It's the president's signature domestic policy achievement. So no question about it, it would be unbelievably difficult to overcome. But you mentioned that the GOP nominee could be Mitt Romney, and Romney supported a health care law of his own that included an individual mandate as governor of Massachusetts. So that would mitigate the political damage to the president if he's going up against someone else who supported something, if not identical, then very, very, very similar, even if he believes it's a state right.
Further, Brooke, this is really important. If the court does overturn, I wouldn't be surprised if the Obama campaign makes that in itself a campaign issue because of this -- you can see the Democrats are already gearing up to run against so-called --
BALDWIN: How?
YELLIN: Here's how. Look at the Democrats. They're already gearing up to run against so-called Republican extremism. And you could imagine that they could argue that the court, breaking with conservative lower courts, is pack of extremist, activist justices, and the president has to be reelected to change the makeup of the court and stop conservative extremism. Of course, if the law is upheld, then justice is done.
BALDWIN: Wow. Jessica Yellin, a lot of "ifs" right now, but we're going to be talking about this quite a bit come summer.
Thank you so much, Jessica Yellin and also Jeff Toobin.
The head of the charity wrapped up in the Penn State child rape scandal has now resigned, and we have now learned the judge in this case has ties to this charity, the Second Mile charity. We're going to have the latest developments for you this hour.
Plus this --
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get back! Get back!
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BALDWIN: We have all seen this video of the Occupy protests really across the country. This video coming in to us, this is Denver, Colorado. Now we have learned the president himself got a little taste of the Occupy movement, a subtle taste.
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BALDWIN: We're going to take you to Hawaii for that one.
Also, artist, philanthropist, author, actor Tyrese just hit number one on the R&B charts. He sat down with me when he was in Atlanta shooting his latest music video. He is our "Music Monday."
Stay tuned for that. We'll be right back.
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BALDWIN: In cities all across the country, Mayors, police chiefs, they are running low on patience now for the local Occupiers. Take a look at some of the protest movements you might have missed, overshadowed in larger cities.
You have Cleveland, Ohio, and Cincinnati. No street violence, but police did arrest dozens of protesters over the weekend.
And then let's look at Portland, Oakland, Philadelphia, Denver. By the way, Philadelphia's mayor says he's concerned the protesters in his city are impacting public safety and health.
Police are also locking up Occupy supporters over the weekend in Tulsa, Salt Lake City. And then this scene in California, in Oakland, just this morning. Police in riot gear, entering an Occupy camp before dawn, tore down tents, arrested more than 30 people there. Oakland's mayor called the camp a drain on public resources and a threat to public safety.
And watch what happened in Denver yesterday.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Move back! Get back! Get back! Get back! Get back!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are unarmed!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get back! Get back!
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BALDWIN: Occupy protesters and police clashed when officers demanded part of a park be cleared of tents, cleared of furniture. At least 20 people were arrested in Denver over the weekend.
And so far, the Occupy movement in the United States hasn't exactly excluded beyond the lower 48 states. There is a lower-key Occupy Alaska under way in both Anchorage and Fairbanks.
And one woman -- look at this -- with her dogs went briefly viral last month with her good-natured Occupy the Tundra image.
But in Hawaii, not so much until now. This is a Honolulu-based musician who played Saturday night at a pretty high-profile dinner attended by, you know, world leaders, including President Obama. He sang this Occupy song.
Look at his T-shirt. It actually is an Occupy T-shirt. But how many people actually stopped to take a listen, take notice to him?
Our White House correspondent Brianna Keilar, she noticed. She talked to him.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): That's Matthew Swalinkavich, or, as he calls himself, Makana, Hawaiian for "the gift."
He is a well-known musician here on Oahu recognized for his talents playing Hawaiian-style guitar. Saturday night, at the request of the White House, he played during the APEC leaders' dinner for President Obama, 18 other heads of states, and their spouses.
MAKANA, MUSICIAN (singing): We'll occupy the streets, we'll occupy the courts --
KEILAR: A song about the Occupy Wall Street movement probably wasn't what the White House had in mind. During the dinner, as Makana provided background music, he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal an "Occupy With Aloha" T-shirt underneath and played a protest tune.
MAKANA: When I started it, I was very shy about it. I didn't just start pelting it, or be like, "Everybody stop and listen to me." It was the total opposite. It was, like, very subtle.
KEILAR: But then Makana played it over and over, he says, for more than 40 minutes in all.
MAKANA: It didn't go over bad, so I kept playing. I felt like it was the only song I should be playing, and I should really play it a lot. I don't have any other means of exercising my voice to shape policy that affects my life other than singing and writing songs.
KEILAR: Cell phone video recorded by Makana's sound technician shows some leaders turning to look at him. But others appeared not to notice at all, he said.
MAKANA: So I just came from playing the world leaders' dinner at APEC.
KEILAR: Makana, who opposes the trade goals of APEC, planned his protest in conjunction with some anti-APEC organizers who edited this video together and helped him publicize what he'd done on the Web site APECsucks.com, and on a fake Twitter feed about the summit. Makana first played for the Obamas at the White House in 2009. His second performance here in Hawaii is likely his last.
MAKANA: When I thought, wow, you know, they're never going to invite me back if they find out, or hold on, I thought to myself, so what?
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BALDWIN: Brianna Keilar, live for us in Honolulu.
So, Brianna, if you say he was playing the same song for 40 minutes, some of the leaders were taking notice, did no one get in the president's ear and say, hey, this is what this guy is singing?
KEILAR: You know, it's hard to tell. The White House is declining to comment on the incident. They way Makana described it, he said there really weren't any aides even posted at this dinner. It was just all of these world leaders and their spouses and him playing, providing this background music. He said that from where he was performing, it was across the tent. The president was on the opposite side of the tent dining with his table, one of these four tables. And he said it appeared the president was pretty much engaged in conversation and it was unclear if the president even noticed the words that he was singing.
BALDWIN: So, is it surprising at all that he wasn't kicked out?
KEILAR: You know, I think a lot of people wonder, how did he get away with singing these words for 45 minutes? But I think there were a couple of things going on here.
One, he was providing ambiance, this background music. It wasn't completely in your face, although he was wearing a T-shirt, so all you had to do was kind of look at him. But also, he has this sort of experience with the White House. He's performed, he's been an entertainer before.
But bottom line, it's just unclear if anyone really noticed. Makana actually said, Brooke, and I was really surprised by this, that after he played this "Occupy" song for about 12 minutes, a staffer came in and asked him -- and he was a little fearful at the time -- but asked him if he would continue to play for even longer than initially planned to finish out the dinner.
BALDWIN: Wow.
KEILAR: Yes.
BALDWIN: How about that? And so he did for 45 minutes.
Brianna Keilar, in a lovely, might I add, live shot location. Hopefully you can brush up some of your surfing abilities in between live shots.
Thank you much. Appreciate it.
Just getting some news into us here at CNN. Don't count on salvaging a basketball season this year. Here's the deal.
The NBA players have rejected the league's latest offer and are beginning to process to disband their union. The decision likely spells doom for the rest of the NBA season, so games through November 30th had already been canceled. NBA Commissioner David Stern has pointed out the 2010 season was not profitable for owners. They lost as much as $300 million.
News for basketball fans nationwide there.
Also, big, new developments today in the Penn State child sex scandal. So, the CEO of the charity founded by former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has now resigned. He had been there for 28 years. There's now new questions about the judge in this case as well. Plus, after decades of being closed to the public, NASA is once again opening the VAB, the Vehicle Assembly Building, to the public. Take a look at this.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We absolutely have to do that part of the work (ph). That's just not optional.
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BALDWIN: We are talking about the place where the space shuttles were attached to those huge orange fuel tanks. We're going to take you on a tour inside the fourth largest building by volume in the world. That's next.
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BALDWIN: It is synonymous with the American space program. It's this massive white structure known as the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. It's instantly recognizable and, for years, it was also off limits to the public. But not anymore.
John Zarrella was at Kennedy Space Center when NASA opened the doors for the first time in decades.
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ZARRELLA (voice-over): These folks are some of the first inside. For more than 30 years, it had been closed to visitors.
(on camera): Took lots of pictures?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I did. And some of them I don't even understand, because how do you take a picture of this? How do you take a picture of this ceiling? Unbelievable.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): If you think that's unbelievable --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shuttle orbiter Endeavour.
ZARRELLA: -- for current and future space geeks, this is heaven, a "pinch me" moment. Endeavour is being housed here until its California museum home is ready.
(on camera): Do you know what you're looking at back there?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Yes.
ZARRELLA: What is it?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: A space rocket.
ZARRELLA: This is the Vehicle Assembly Building, VAB, at the Kennedy Space Center, rich in history and now reopened from public tours. From here, the Massive Saturn 5 moon rockets were assembled before rolling out to the launch pad.
CONRAD NAGEL, FORMER SHUTTLE FLOW DIRECTOR: It was just so busy in here. We had thousands of people living in this building at the time. There were probably 6,000 people in this building.
ZARRELLA: Conrad Nagel worked on both the Apollo and space shuttle programs.
NAGEL: We're probably not going to see anything like this in our lifetime.
ZARRELLA: All 135 shuttles started out from this building, too, made it to the fuel tanks and booster rockets. Because of the volatile fuels and chemicals used during the shuttle era, NASA closed the VAB's doors to outsiders in 1978. With the shuttle program over, NASA is again allowing tours from the visitor complex to stop here.
DAVE MESSETT, TOUR VISITOR: We just sort of said, well, we absolutely have to do that part of the tour. That's not optional.
ZARRELLA: To this day, the VAB remains one of the biggest buildings in the world, 525 feet high. By volume, it's the fourth largest in the world.
(on camera): So here's one of those interesting NASA factoids. That of course is the Vehicle Assembly Building behind me, and that American flag you see there? Well, it is so large that you can fit a city bus inside each of the stripes.
NAGEL: When you look at that big flag out there hanging on the side of this thing, 210 feet long, wow! What a flag.
ZARRELLA (voice-over): Within a few years, NASA hopes to start assembling its next generation rocket in here, one that will take astronauts perhaps to Mars. The space agency has not decided yet whether the welcome mat will remain out once that new rocket gets here.
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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: I love that piece, John Zarrella. I tell you what, I know you've been to Kennedy a bunch. It was my first trip this past summer. I tell you when with I saw the VAB, I mean, pictures don't do it justice.
This building is ginormous. My question to you is this though, I don't know if this is like urban myth or true, but has it rained inside the building?
ZARRELLA: You know, listen, that's what a lot of the scientists and a lot of the NASA employees -- I asked Conrad Nagel who worked in there. I said to him, I said, Conrad, has it really rained inside there, clouds formed at the top?
He said, listen, asks Bob Seek. Bob Seek was a former launch director for many, many years there, and Bob Seek, according to Nagel, swears to it, that it actually did rain and clouds formed inside there because of the enormity of the building.
Brooke, you have got to come down and see that. I was walking underneath the wing of "Endeavour." It is just a spectacular site. Now, the folks, the visitors can't get quite as close as we did because they're cordoned off, but still they're within 25, 30 feet of "Endeavour."
You know, what an opportunity. You've got to come down, see the VAB, see "Endeavour," while everything is under that one roof and open to the public. At least for the next couple of years is what the plan is right now.
BALDWIN: Here's how big of a nerd I am. I walk around CNN with my CNN badge, on the flip side, STS-135.
ZARRELLA: Last shuttle flight.
BALDWIN: I don't know if that will get me in the VAB, but --
ZARRELLA: I'll get into VAB.
BALDWIN: All right, I've got connections, John Zarrella. Thank you so much, John. I really appreciate it. Great piece.
Also this, President Obama is now weighing in on the Penn State child rape scandal all the way from Hawaii.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: I think all institutions, not just universities or sports programs have to step back and take stock and make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect people who may be vulnerable in these circumstances.
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BALDWIN: Several new developments in the scandal this afternoon. We have now learned that Joe Paterno's name will be removed from the big ten trophy.
Also, the head of the Sandusky-founded charity wrapped up in the Penn State child abuse scandal has now resigned. And we know the judge in this case has ties to this Second Mile charity.
Plus, take a look at this. Three tornado warnings in Illinois, Indiana, and parts of Ohio. Chad Myers working this story, his details after this short break.
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BALDWIN: We showed you the radar. I want to talk about three tornado warnings right now specifically in Illinois and Indiana. Chad Myers, what are you saying?
CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Anywhere from Champlain all the way up to almost Fort Wayne from Illinois across Indiana now, this big red box that's the watch box that was issued hours ago. But now we do have warnings that have been popping up here, which means tornadoes have been sighted on the ground or indicated by Doppler radar.
We had one very close to Lake of the Woods with one house damaged. That was just northwest of Champaign. That storm has continued toward the northeast, and you notice these storms are continuing in a line. We may even get some flood issues with this.
Monticello right here, that is a big tornado now, I think probably on the ground north of you. This is going to continue to slide toward Indianapolis, probably toward Fort Wayne in the next few hours, maybe as far southwest as St. Louis. It could be a busy night, almost spring like out there in some spots -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: OK, Chad Myers, thank you so of. Keep us posted there in the midsection of the country.
Now to this, the CEO of Second Mile, the charity at the center of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, has resigned. He is Jack Raykovitz. He stepped down from the organization originally founded by former defensive coach, Jerry Sandusky. He is the former Penn State coach accused of sexually abusing eight boys who he met through this Second Mile charity.
Raykovitz, in the meantime, has served as Second Mile's CEO for the last 28 years. We do have a statement from the charity, and I read part of it to you.
It says, quote, "Although the allegations against Jerry Sandusky and the alleged incidents occurred outside Second Mile programs and events, this does not change the fact that the alleged sexual abuse involved Second Mile program children nor does it lessen the terrible impact of sexual abuse on its victims."
The Second Mile board is promising an internal investigation now with findings by the end of this year. The scandal is weighing so deeply on the national conscience. Even President Barack Obama addressed this issue during the APEC Summit out in Hawaii.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: I think all institutions, not just universities or sports programs, have to step back and take stock and make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect people who may be vulnerable in these circumstances, but also just keep in mind what's important.
Keeping -- making sure that our excitement about a college sports program doesn't get in the way of our basic human response when somebody is being hurt.
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BALDWIN: Also today, it seems the parallels here between the Penn State case and the sexual abuse in the Catholic Church are not lost on church officials. Want to share a couple of tweets came down not long ago from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops today, paraphrasing the group's president, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Take a look.
Quote, "We're timid to offer advice because of our failings, but this shows the scourge of sex abuse goes beyond Catholic Church." Next tweet, "Sadly, people in positions of trust engage in sexual abuse. We've found that education and prevention help."
Those are some tweets coming down today from Archbishop Dolan. Now Jerry Sandusky, meanwhile, remains out on $100,000 unsecured bail, unsecured meaning, he doesn't have to post any money until he fails to show up for court.
We're going to talk about the judge who set that bail with HLN's Mike Galanos who's standing by for us there on campus at Penn State, but first, Mike, some news that came down not too long ago, the Big Ten Conference is stripping another honor from now fired head coach Joe Paterno, what they're removing his name from the trophy?
MIKE GALANOS, ANCHOR, HLN: Yes. This is the first year the Big Ten has had a championship game. They were one of the holdouts, but Joe Paterno's name was going to be on that trophy. No more.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney saying this trophy should be aspirational, not controversial, basically saying it's not appropriate. So Joe Paterno's name off that trophy, and it's a trophy Penn State could end p up playing for.
Joe Paterno's name not on it, just another stain in his legacy. It's going to be called the Amos Alanto Stag trophy. He was the coach of the University of Chicago, big name in football for a long, long time.
But again, this story is about a lot more than football, but this speaks to the gravity of this issue -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Absolutely. And if you can still hear me through the beeping, let me ask you about the district judge. We're learning a little bit more about this judge who set Sandusky's bail, the $100,000 bail, and her ties to this Second Mile charity. What are her ties specifically?
GALANOS: Well, there's a lot of outrage over this, Brooke. Judge Leslie Dutchcot we're finding out volunteer for the Second Mile program. Her bail -- she set bail at $100,000 for Jerry Sandusky, no monitoring device.
Prosecutors wanted $500,000 with a leg monitoring device. A lot of people, a lot of experts, are saying, what? How is a dangerous child predator, what he's accused of being, how is he just out free?
Well, that's what we have here, and our legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin weighed in on that. Let's listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: The judge certainly should have raised the issue, disclosed her connection to Second Mile, so that the parties involved in the case could decide whether they he wanted to ask her to recuse herself.
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GALANOS: So there you have it. Jeffrey Toobin weighing in and a lot of folks thinking, wait a minute, even the governor of Pennsylvania weighing in saying that bail should have been higher -- Brooke.
BALDWIN: Mike Galanos for us there, thank you.
Also, the Second Mile charity claims it has helped thousands of children throughout the state of Pennsylvania, many of whom didn't have direct contact with Jerry Sandusky like Troy Craig who considers himself one of the lucky ones. Here's what Craig told HLN's Dr. Drew.
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TROY CRAIG, KNOW JERRY SANDUSKY: There was a period of about I'm thinking two to three years where if I was in the car alone with Jerry, his hand would guaranteed be on my left thigh. It never veered into anything overtly sexual, but certainly enough to make me uncomfortable.
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BALDWIN: Craig also says he went to sleep-away camp, part of this charity. We're going to hear a lot more from Troy Craig, what he witnessed around Sandusky. He's going to join me live on tomorrow's show. Definitely we'll see you tomorrow for that.
Also, straight ahead, the woman accusing Herman Cain of an unwanted sexual advance has someone backing up her story. Sharon Bialek's former boyfriend is now stepping forward speaking out. You're going to hear what he's saying next.
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BALDWIN: We just heard from the former boyfriend of Sharon Bialek, she is the woman who publicly accused presidential candidate Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior. Now her former boyfriend is backing up those claims. Take a listen.
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DR. VICTOR ZUCKERMAN, BIALEK'S FORMER BOYFRIEND: She said that something had happened and that Mr. Cain had touched her in an inappropriate manner. She said she handled it and didn't want to talk about it any further.
I respected her request, and this issue was never brought up until recently. Sharon and I stopped dating a few months after her return from that trip to D.C. We have, however, remained friends through all these years. (END VIDEO CLIP)
BALDWIN: Let's go to - actually I was about to say Washington, but I think you may be in New York. Let's see. Wolf Blitzer, where are you? You are in New York.
WOLF BLITZER, HOST, CNN'S "THE SITUATION ROOM": I'm in New York, New York. It's a great city.
BALDWIN: It is a great city. How are you?
BLITZER: I'm good. You know, Larry King is being roasted. He's being honored I should say, at the Friars Club tonight. They invited me to come along so I'm here in New York to celebrate Larry King. Talking about an amazing amount of work for all of us over the years, I'm happy to participate.
BALDWIN: Wonderful. How exciting. What do you have on the politics update for us today?
BLITZER: Well, you know, if you take a look at our latest CNN/ORC international polls and I know you have, Brooke, you see Mitt Romney very, very steady, he's been consistent.
But take eye look at Newt Gingrich, wow, all of a sudden -- in October, he was at 8 percent. He's now at 22 percent within the statistical margin of error with Romney right now. Herman Cain is really suffering from those sexual harassment allegations, from 25 percent down to 14 percent.
Rick Perry still relatively steady at 12 percent, not very good though when you think of where he was a few weeks earlier. Ron Paul steady at 8 percent. But the big story there, two big stories, all of a sudden Gingrich in the top tier and Herman Cain sliding big-time.
I suspect because of the sexual harassment allegations. So we're going to be all over that in "THE SITUATION ROOM". Rick Santorum, by the way, is going to be joining us 4:00 p.m. Eastern.
BALDWIN: All right, we'll talk to you next hour. Also I have procured a few pictures of the event I emceed that you asked me about last week when I was in "THE SITUATION ROOM," did not have them. I have them for us today. So I'll see you next hour for that.
BLITZER: I am looking forward to it.
BALDWIN: Great, Wolf. Thank you so much.
Now I want you to look at some video, this is pretty amazing stuff out of Brazil. Thousands of law enforcement members bust Rio de Janeiro's biggest shantytown, helicopters, automatic weapons were used, even tanks. We're going to tell you why in two minutes.
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BALDWIN: Tanks, helicopters, armed forces enter the city streets, we've seen it before in uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. But this is in Brazil and the show of force isn't to put down protesters, but to crack down on drug dealers and other criminals living in Brazil's biggest slum.
CNN's Shasta Darlington has the story.
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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Armored personnel carriers roll in and helicopters fly overhead. An astonishing invasion of enemy territory in the heart of Rio De Janeiro.
In a pre-dawn raid on Sunday, hundreds of police and military took over Rosenia, Rio De Janeiro's biggest shantytown, wresting control from the city's bloody drug gangs, according to officials without a single shot being fired.
Three thousand troops including 200 Navy commandos participated in the operation, which lasted just two hours. Police hoisted their flag over the hill top and declared they were in full control of Rosenia and neighboring slums where 120,000 people lived.
We're hopeful, says one resident. We were scared that the police were coming in and there were going to be shots fired. But now we're relaxed, no more fear. The massive operation is part of Rio's efforts to eliminate crime and end the reign of drug traffickers before the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic games two years later.
It's a historic day in Brazil, says Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral, and very emotional for all of those who live in Brazil, especially for those who live in Rio. Police have already pacified dozens of Favelas, but it's an uphill battle.
About one-fifth of Rio's residents live in the city's 1,000 shantytowns perched on steep hills overlooking beachside condominiums. Last year, more than 30 people were killed during a similar invasion on another favela.
This time around, police arrested the top drug trafficker days before the operation. They found Antonio Francisco Bomfing known as Nem earlier this week in the trunk of a car. On Sunday, police captured automatic weapons, grenades and plenty of drugs.
Now the hard work begins. Police have to set up a permanent presence to keep traffickers out and convince residents that after decades of neglect, they want abandon them. Shasta Darlington, CNN, Sau Paulo.
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BALDWIN: Shasta, thank you.
It is Monday on this show. You know what that means, it's music Monday. I sit down with the artist behind the number one album on the R & B charts right now.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One of my favorites -- I knew I loved you before I met you that was one of my joys.
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BALDWIN: Yes, I got him to sing a little bit for me. That interview with Tyrese, next.
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BALDWIN: An actor, a singer, an author. His new album recently landed in the number one R & B spot on iTunes, the first for him and he does it all with a smile.
Today's "Music Monday" artist is Tyrese. Here is our interview. We were on set of his new video "Too Easy." Take a look.
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TYRESE, SINGER, ACTOR, AUTHOR, PHILANTHROPIST: Play the piano, the guitar, the drums and my voice.
BALDWIN: What's your favorite?
TYRESE: My voice. I love the piano and drums, but I love singing.
BALDWIN: In 2011, when you have auto-tune, all of these ways to sort of fabricate a sound, how do you maintain that real voice?
TYRESE: Whatever is hot right now, you know, sloop, but it's hot right now. And will these records be considered classic records because they're hot right now? No.
BALDWIN: Is that 16?
TYRESE: Yes, absolutely.
BALDWIN: Do you remember back to that moment when it really all began for you?
TYRESE: Yes, absolutely. It's been 17 years of some form of show business for me, from a 30-second Coca-Cola commercial.
BALDWIN: Who were you listening to? Who was on repeat on Tyrese's walkman?
TYRESE: I was mainly gravitating toward a lot of musicians that played multiple instruments, like Brian McKnight, Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye.
BALDWIN: Who would you love to collaborate with? Let's step outside of the R & B hip-hop box, though.
TYRESE: Savage Garden.
BALDWIN: Why?
TYRESE: They had this one song that was one of my favorites -- I knew I loved you before I met you.
BALDWIN: I remember.
TYRESE: That was one of my -- that record is controversial in a good way.
BALDWIN: You know what? I was reading like comic book, you just wrote a book, fifth album, movies, one of my -- philanthropy. What do you want your legacy to be?
TYRESE: Most of our artists aren't going to be remembered for the amount of records we sold or the amount of money we made or the materialistic things we had while we were here on this earth. So all you can do is try to pay it forward and give someone else a road map as to how to get there.
BALDWIN: Put your dad hat on. You have a little girl. She's 4, right?
TYRESE: Absolutely.
BALDWIN: So how do you explain one image of women in videos like this half-dressed? How do you explain that to your little girl in order to have a positive image of women?
TYRESE: You know, I think as a father you want to instil in your child, look, this type of stuff is out here, you know, and I'm not going to try to convince you that it's not out here. However, I'm not raising you to be that or be this way.
BALDWIN: Open invitation, who are you inviting to what?
TYRESE: It's an open invitation for everybody to embrace music, real music that is done from the heart and soul.
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TYRESE: "Open invitation" is an open invitation to everybody who really loves real music.
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BALDWIN: Tyrese, thanks for hanging out with me. His new album is out now. You can look at my other "Music Monday" interviews. Just go to the Brooke blog, as we call it, CNN.com/Brooke. Be sure to tell me what you're listening to, who you're listening to, what artists you think we should profile right here each and every "Music Monday."
