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Syrian Fighters Target Tank; New Stop Smoking Ads Run By CDC; Blagojevich Arrives At Prison; Memphis To Name Street After Martin Luther King Jr.; Family Killed In Cold Blood; 11-Year-Old Buried Alive; Tracing Trayvon Martin's Final Steps; Massages: Not Just a Luxury?; CNN's March Madness Brackets; Harvard at the Big Dance; Hanky Panky: Underwear Made in U.S.A.

Aired March 15, 2012 - 13:00   ET

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: Top of the hour, this is Suzanne Malveaux. I want to get you up to speed. In northern Syria, you're about to see an army tank hit by a roadside bomb. Just watch.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE.)

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MALVEAUX: The person who up loaded the video says it happened in Idlib province. That is where the Syrian military has cranked up its assault on protesters. We don't know how badly the tank was damaged or if anybody was hurt. The voice on the video seems to know that it's about to happen. Across Syria today, at least 46 people were killed.

You're going to see very graphic TV images, ads, urging smokers to quit. That is starting today. It's the first time the CDC has run a paid national anti-tobacco advertising effort. It cost $54 million. Health officials say they need to spend the money to go up against big tobacco's multimillion dollar campaigns that get people to smoke. Here's one of the ads. We warn you, it is quite graphic.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm Mary, and I want to give you some information how I get ready in the morning. (INAUDIBLE.)

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MALVEAUX: Former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, has one more hour before he has to report to federal prison in Colorado. He's serving a 14-year sentence for corruption including trying to sell the Senate seat once held by President Obama. Here he is greeting his fans at Chicago's O'Hare airport before getting on a plain for prison last hour. I spoke to a former Chicago official who talked to spoke to Blagojevich about what to expect in prison.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JAMES LASKI: When you go to prison, you know, you're not Rod Blagojevich anymore. Like, when I went, I wasn't Jim Laski. I was 18413424 and Rod Blagojevich will get one of these in a couple hours. He will get his -- he will get his strip search, they pack up his clothes that he wore today and send them back home. And he will get his I.D. and his fingerprinting, and he will get his uniform.

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MALVEAUX: We are looking at live pictures. I want to bring you up to speed here. These are live pictures of the -- Blagojevich getting out of the vehicle -- this is a vehicle that several photographers have been following to show his final hour. You can actually see him there on the ground. Many different reporters, photographers talking to him before he ends up entering that prison facility and serving out his term there. He is -- there he is walking. It looks like he might be talking to somebody on the phone -- the telephone there. This is the final hour before he actually goes into that prison facility.

And Memphis is finally ready to give Martin Luther King Jr. his own street. This is 44 years after he was shot there on a hotel balcony. It was officially announced today that a mile-long stretch of Linden Avenue will be renamed Dr. MLK Avenue on April 4th. It's the anniversary of his murder.

About to show you some very disturbing images, this is out of Syria. It may be the most graphic video that we have seen out of the city of Homs. This is where Syrian troops have absolutely pounded protesters. We are talking about tank fire as well as artillery. This report is from Arwa Damon and it shows about a dozen family members in one house apparently killed in cold blood. This -- again, we have to warn you, this report is very graphic.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (translator): The men crouch as they move across rooftops, crawling through holes they smashed through the walls. It's taken them nearly a week to get this far to reach a house on the (INAUDIBLE) fault line that runs through Homs. We're rescuing the bodies of the mortars, the voice on the video narrates. They heard that Syrian family has been killed. What they find, shocking beyond description. The first body, that of a woman. And the room next to it, bodies crowded into a back corner as if they were trying to hide. The dead child faced a mask of fear. Blood splatters the walls. Let the world see, the voice exclaims. Look at this massacre in just one house. He curses the Shias, the Alawites and Bashar al Assad. The video is said to have been shot in the city of Habib early in February.

Oh, look, people, look, Shaka Obrahim says, overcome with emotion that he, too, curses the regime and the world. The camera cams over to show more bodies slaughtered in the bathroom. Suddenly, on another floor, a tiny whimper. The child cries out, clearly terrified. He comes into view, having to crawl over a body lying in the doorway. He must've been hiding for days. Don't be afraid, you're safe now. Don't make a sound, one of the men told the boy. It's not known who killed his family or why, but the men who found the bodies are sure this was a sectarian massacre carried out by thug allied to the regime.

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MALVEAUX: Wow, so powerful. Arwa Damon is live from Beirut. Arwa, first of all, how did you come upon this -- to find this video, this family, this story?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Actually, it was two Syrian activists who are part of a media network. They have a team that operates in Homs and in Damascus and they were the ones that got their hands on the video and then and came and approached us with it. And it's the type of story where, you know, watching the video, watching the raw footage of it and seeing those horrific imagines and then coming upon the clip where you hear that little boys whimper, I mean, it was a story that, without a doubt, absolutely had to be told.

MALVEAUX: It is so powerful. One of the things that you bring up in your report, you say that this was -- this wasn't motivated, right? By people who are political or people who are part of this fight. This is just a family just killed.

DAMON: Well, the activists who brought us the video were saying that they and then those who were involved in this so-called rescue mission do firmly believe that this was an act of sectarian nature. The family that was killed was Sunni. And in the city of Homs, this is where we're really beginning to see these sectarian undertones emerging to the surface. This is not the first such massacre.

The reason why that team of men had to go in across rooftops and blasting through walls, this really elaborate process, was because they could not go to the house's front door and that is because the house looks on to an Alawite neighborhood. And opposition activists have been warning that these types of sectarian killings on both sides are going to increase the longer this drags on. They quite simply are not going to be able to contain the cycle of hatred and the desire to carry out acts of revenge where one loses a loved one.

MALVEAUX: Arwa, can you tell us a little bit more about the boy in that story? I mean, how it was that he was able to survive when the rest of the family had been killed? And what he said when he was discovered?

DAMON: We're actually trying to track him down to get some more information. We know very little. We believe that he's around seven or eight-years-old, and it seems like he must have spent quite a few days in that room. And you'll notice that in the video there, you have to crawl over a dead body to get out.

The men, when they initially realize that there is a child who is alive, try to coax him out saying, come, come, don't be afraid and then he says, where, where? And they say, come, come, you know, we're going to protect you. We're going to take you to see your father. Of course, the tragic thing in all of this, is that we believe his father and his entire family is dead. He then stayed a fairly silent.

The men were trying to make sure that he didn't speak out in fear, too, because, again, even though they managed to pull him to relative safety, it's still fairly risky because they are surrounded by government supporters and by government forces as well, There's another clip that we didn't air, but in that clip, really, the child is just sitting complete -- in complete shock and silence.

MALVEAUX: We can only imagine. Arwa, thank you. This is just one story that illustrates what is taking place in Syria now. Really, some people believe they it's on the brink of civil war. Thanks, Arwa.

Rick Santorum defending his comment that Puerto Rico should adopt English as a condition for becoming a state. Now, Santorum is campaigning in Puerto Rico, just three days ahead of the primary on Sunday. Jim Acosta, he joins us via broadband from San Juan. Jim, good to see you there. You had a chance to actually talk to Santorum about his comments. Is he defending them? What is he saying?

JIM ACOSTA, CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. He is standing by those comments, Suzanne. We had a chance to catch up with Rick Santorum earlier this morning. He is campaigning in Puerto Rico. Why? Because every delegate counts and the Puerto Rican voters have a primary coming up here on Sunday. So, he's spending a couple of days here trying to get as many delegates as he can in this U.S. territory.

And he -- this all started yesterday when he told the Puerto Rican newspaper that Puerto Rico must adopt English as an official language, here, as a condition for statehood. That's obviously a big issue down here. And he hasn't backed away from those comments. And when we talked to him about this position that he's taken earlier this morning, he basically said he's standing by his remarks. Here's what he had to say.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The comment that you made yesterday that English should be the official language of Puerto Rico, is that what you're --

RICK SANTORUM (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I said a state -- no, what I said is English has to be learned as a language and it has to be a country where it's widely spoken and used, yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Should it be a requirement for this territory to become a state?

SANTORUM: I think English and Spanish -- obviously, Spanish is going to be spoken here in the island. But this needs to be a bilingual country, not just a Spanish speaking country. And right now, it is overwhelmingly just Spanish speaking, but it needs to have -- I think, in order to fully integrate into American society, English has to be a language that is spoken here also and is spoken universally.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE.)

SANTORUM: It is already the language of the federal government here in the islands. I mean, that's the language that is --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) overwhelming movement by the Puerto Rican people, to use or speak it, except they don't want (INAUDIBLE.)

SANTORUM: Well, I think that will -- I think that will be a -- I think that will be a condition. I think it's important -- and I think if you talk to most parents, they want their children to learn English. It's essential for children in America to be able to speak English to fully integrate and to have full opportunities. I don't think we're doing any more than, you know, people who come to America on the mainland. We're not doing them any favors by not teaching them English. They need to be taught English. That's how you integrate fully into American life. It's the -- it's the -- it's the best opportunity for you to be economically successful to speak English. One of the important things about Puerto Rico is to be able to get a bridge between the mainland and central or South America. Well, a bridge requires that you be able to speak both languages.

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ACOSTA: And so, they hear Rick Santorum basically saying he is standing by those remarks. Now, these comments may have cost him in this race for the Puerto Rican primary, Suzanne. I will tell you that the "Vocero Newspaper," Puerto Rican newspaper, is reporting that one of Santorum's delegates has withdrawn his support for the former Pennsylvania senator in light of these comments.

Now, why is all of this important? There are only 23 delegates at stake in the Puerto Rican primary, but because this is such a -- this could become a tight race between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, heading basically to the end to the finish line through all these primaries and caucuses, every delegate counts.

And so, if this could somehow cost Rick Santorum here in Puerto Rico, it could, you know, essentially be a problem for him down the road. And I will tell you, Mitt Romney is going to be here tomorrow and part of the day on Saturday. So, it just goes to show you how important the -- this U.S. territory has become in the race for the nomination -- Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: Every delegate counts. Thank you, Jim, appreciate it.

Here's a rundown on some of the stories we are covering over the next hour. First, an 11-year-old boy buried alive. His family races to dig him out.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And we grabbed the shovels, jumped in the truck, and we flew down there and we started digging. And we didn't know where he was because the sand could've pushed him down, and that's when I had my oldest run out and call 911. (END VIDEO CLIP)

MALVEAUX: If you think you've saved enough for retirement, got to think again. More than half of all workers have less than $25,000 saved. We've got some tips to help you out.

Plus, don't call it pampering. New studies say there are medical benefits to that good old massage.

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MALVEAUX: A play date turns into terror for one Michigan family. A young boy is buried alive. Sarah Barwacz of our affiliate WZZM has a story of survival.

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NICHOLAS NELSON, SURVIVED BEING BURIED ALIVE: I feel just like one of the luckiest boys.

SARAH BARWACZ, WZZM REPORTER (voice-over): At just 11 years old, Nicholas Nelson understands the value of time.

N. NELSON: When I got home last night, I was really sore.

BARWACZ: Nelson spent 20 minutes buried alive.

N. NELSON: Me and my brothers were -- had been digging tunnels for a while and we didn't know we were digging in sand. We thought we were digging in clay.

BARWACZ: Soon after the tunnel collapsed, trapping Nelson inside.

N. NELSON: I feel like I'm going -- I passed out. But I was lucky there was a gap by me. Yes, it was really scary.

BARWACZ: That small gap in the sand gave him some oxygen while his 16- year-old brother tried to dig him out. Unable to find him, he ran to his mother, Amy, for help.

AMY NELSON, MOTHER: We jumped the shovels, jumped in the truck and we flew down there and we started digging and we didn't know where he was because the sand pushed him down and that's when I had my oldest run out and call 911.

BARWACZ: First responders are credited for finding and reviving the boy.

A. NELSON: They gave him a few breaths by his mouth and then they just used the bag and he came -- he fought back on his own.

BARWACZ: With the scare behind them, both mother and son say they're walking away stronger, not only physically, but in their faith.

N. NELSON: I think someone was down there with me to create the gap and make sure I didn't go. A. NELSON: It's a miracle that he's here. It's -- I'm very happy he's home. That's -- it's a miracle.

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MALVEAUX: It is a miracle.

In just a few weeks, the Supreme Court will begin hearings on one of President Obama's signature issues. That's health care. But questions remain about how to fix what some say is simply a broken system. Fareed Zakaria, he talked to Dr. Jeffrey Brenner. He's a man who says Camden, New Jersey, may hold the clues to solving the problem.

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FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN (voice-over): Using medical billing records, Brenner found that just 1 percent of the patients accounted for 30 percent of health care costs in Camden. And that's not all he discovered about the city's three hospitals.

DR. JEFFREY BRENNER, CAMDEN COALITION OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: We learned that someone went 113 times in one year. Someone went 324 times in five years. In similar work up in Trenton, they found someone who went 450 times in one year.

ZAKARIA: These were people with complicated medical histories and chronic illnesses. One patient alone racked up $3.5 million in medical bills over a five-year period.

BRENNER: They are the difficult patients to treat and no one is being paid and incentivized to play attention to them.

ZAKARIA: What's more, Camden's problem is America's problem. Just 5 percent of Americans accounted for half of our nation's health care costs in 2009. This is perhaps the crucial statistic to understand about America's health care problem. If Brenner could crack the city's cost crisis, maybe his model could help the country.

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MALVEAUX: You can learn more about Dr. Brenner and his work this weekend as part of Fareed's special. That is "Global Lessons: The GPS Road Map To Saving Health Care." That is this Sunday night at 8:00 Eastern.

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MALVEAUX: There's still more questions than answered in the case of that unarmed teen shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain. Prosecutors are deciding whether or not to file charges. The watch captain claims that he acted in self-defense. But how exactly did it happen. David Mattingly traces the final steps of Trayvon Martin.

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DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Trayvon Martin walked out of this convenience store buying a bottle of iced tea and a pack of candy. Goodies in preparation of watching the NBA all-star game. He would have easily made it back to the condo where he was visiting in time for tip-off.

MATTINGLY (on camera): It's possibly that Trayvon entered the neighborhood here, cutting between these two buildings off of the main road here, on his way home. It should have been about a 10 minute walk, a little less than half a mile. And even though it was a little after dark, his family probably wasn't concerned at all. This was generally regarded as a safe neighborhood, a safe place to be after dark.

MATTINGLY (voice-over): One of the reasons for that safety was 28- year-old George Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watch captain. But a recent break-in had people worried.

MATTINGLY (on camera): And someone broke into this one right here during the daytime?

FRANK TAAFFE, RESIDENT: During the day. Yes. They just walked in.

MATTINGLY (voice-over): Frank Taaffe believes Zimmerman kept him from becoming a victim just a month ago, alerting police to a suspicious person outside his condo.

MATTINGLY (on camera): What was your perception of him?

TAAFFE: George seemed to be a very congenial, amiable person and we admired him for stepping up and taking over the job as a neighborhood watch captain.

MATTINGLY (voice-over): Taaffe says residents didn't know Zimmerman was armed or about a scuffle with police seven years ago that got him arrested. The case was later dropped.

Zimmerman drew a hard line for people parking in the wrong place or playing loud music. Yet on this Sunday night in February, Zimmerman had his eye on Trayvon Martin. A lone, black, 17-year-old walking in the dark. Zimmerman alerted police to a suspicious person.

MATTINGLY (on camera): It's probably about right here where Zimmerman made that call to police. You can see, we're not very far from the entry gates into this neighborhood. At the time, it was a little after dark and it was raining. So Trayvon very likely had his hood up over his head. And his family says it's very likely he was listening to music on his iPhone, not aware of what was going on around him.

MATTINGLY (voice-over): Dispatch told Zimmerman police were on the way. To not get out of his vehicle. But that's not what happened.

NATALIE JACKSON, MARTIN FAMILY ATTORNEY: He got out of his car and he -- there was some confrontation with Trayvon.

MATTINGLY: Natalie Jackson is Trayvon Martin's family attorney, who says it's clear the young man was walking away from Zimmerman, down this sidewalk, around a corner. Police won't say how the encounter turned violent.

JACKSON: There's only one person alive who knows what happened, and that's Zimmerman.

MATTINGLY: One resident tells CNN she saw fighting, heard shouting and screams for help. Then, a gunshot. Trayvon Martin was shot in the chest, pronounced dead in the scene, less than 100 yards from making it home.

David Mattingly, CNN, Sanford, Florida.

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MALVEAUX: We're going to be continuing talking about that particular case. Later today I'm going to be on Michael Baston's (ph) syndicated radio show discussing the Trayvon Martin case. He's also going to be joining us tomorrow. There are a lot of his listeners who are very much involved and have been following this story. That is tomorrow at 1:30 Eastern.

We're in a savings crisis. That is according to my next guest. We've got some tips to help you save money for retirement.

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MALVEAUX: Here's a rundown of some of the stories that we are working on.

Americans spend more than $30 billion a year on clothes. Ninety-eight percent of them made overseas. But we found Hanky Panky, a couple proudly making all of its underwear in the U.S.

Then, could my alma matter, that's right, Harvard, go all the way in the NCAA championship. We're going to find out. Yes.

And, later, the HBO series "Luck," with big name stars like Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, halting production now after three horses died.

Even though the economy is starting to look a little bit better, many Americans are still very worried about whether they will have enough money to even retire. Joining me is the author of the book, "Start Late, Finish Rich," financial writer David Bach. David, great to see you. Good to have you on the show.

DAVID BACH, FINANCIAL WRITER: It's great to be with you again! Thank you.

MALVEAUX: Likewise. A new study found that Americans are kind of pessimistic about their ability to retire. So, I want to show folks - this is a pie chart from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. And it shows 14 percent of workers feel they are confident that they have enough money to live comfortably. But here's the number to worry about. 23 percent say they are not at all confident about it. So, it's about one out of every four workers. Are you surprised by these numbers, first of all? BACH: Well, I'm not surprised. When you go back to that first slide, that you showed, one out of three have less than $100,000 in savings and half of Americans have less than $25,000 in savings. So, the fact is, if you're one of those Americans, you should be worried about not having enough retirement. It's a real problem.

Here's what's depressing to me. I've been doing CNN since 1997. These statistics are done every year. They have barely changed on the negative side. What has changed, however, on the positive side is this: 81 percent of Americans today who have a retirement account are now signed up and are using it. They may not be putting enough money away, but they are using it. And 10 percent of Americans surveyed had over a quarter of a million dollars in savings. So, we are seeing wealth in America in retirement accounts. For the wealthier they are building.

MALVEAUX: So, David, how much do you need to retire comfortably?

BACH: Well, I'll give you a simple formula. Whatever you earn an hour, you need to be saving at least one hour a day of your income. So if you make $10 a day, at least $10 a day should be going directly into a retirement account, a 401(k) plan, an IRA account. That's called paying yourself first.

The single biggest challenge we have in America today is that the average American is saving less than 30 minutes a day of their income. So, you've got to look at what do you earn an hour? If you earn $50 an hour, then at a minimum, it's $50 an hour you should be -- $50 a day you should be saving. That's where people should start.

If you look at percentagewise , I'd tell you you need to be saving a minimum of 10 percent of your gross income. But I think thinking about it from an hour standpoint is better.

MALVEAUX: And David, you mentioned this. This is a study here. Sixty percent of American workers report they have less than $25,000 in total savings and investment. You've got 30 percent have less than $1,000. This a huge number of people. You're talking about one in three people have virtually nothing saved up. So, what do you have to do to make sure you're not completely broke when you get to that point?

BACH: Well, I'll tell you, first of all, you want to model people in America who become self-made millionaires. And what have they done? When you look at the top 10 percent of over a quarter- million dollars in savings, what have they done? When you look at the top 10 percent of over a quarter-million dollars in savings, they have done three simple things. One, they have paid themselves first the moment they get a paycheck. So, again, they use that retirement account. They are putting it into a 401(k) plan. They never stop paying themselves first. They are saving that money automatically. They are not writing checks, they're not using a budget.

And they watch where that money goes. I call it the latte factor. On their little things so they can figure out, hey, have enough money to pay myself first. The number one thing young people say today is that they're not making enough money to save. Those same young people are carrying a $300 iPhone. They're spending $2,200 a year on that cell service. And have $600 iPad. And they've got less than $100,000 in savings. So, we've got to reprioritize.

MALVEAUX: All right. David Bach, thank you so much. Appreciate it.

BACH: You're welcome.

MALVEAUX: Production is stopping on the set of the HBO series "Luck" after three horses died. Dustin Hoffman stars in the series. We're going to have details up ahead.

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MALVEAUX: Bad luck and bad news for HBO. The cable network is canceling its new show about horse racing called "Luck." Right in the middle of the show's first season, three horses died during the filming. Here to talk about it is CNN correspondent Kareen Wynter.

So, Kareen, how did something like this happen?

KAREEN WYNTER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: You know, Suzanne, the most recent horse death came as they were starting to film the second season of the racetrack drama "Luck." This horse was injured while walking back to its stable and subsequently put down Tuesday after vets determined, well, the horse would not recover from its injuries.

Now as for the two previous horse stats, not a lot of information available on that and other than the fact that the horses were under medication for pain at the time of their deaths, "Luck's" producers and the network, they issued a statement very late Wednesday saying with heartbreak, they are ceasing all production adding, "while we maintain that the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happened and it's impossible to guarantee they won't in the future. Accordingly, we've reached this difficult decision." Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: There's some pretty big-named people part of this. Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte. Did they say anything about this? Dd they explain it or talk about their condolences in any way?

WYNTER: Well, this is obviously a huge blow for the entire cast, right? This was a truly talented cast, "Luck." It's also been extremely well received by critics. But it was still building its whole fan base. HBO had in fact finished production of the first season, which is airing now on the network. The season one finale is scheduled to air on March 25th.

HBO had started production on the second season, but given these tragic accidents, it appears the series will come to an end, which is really unfortunate because a lot of people would agree that animals are as important to a cast as actors are. They can be so beautifully portrayed on the big screen as well as the small screen. But it's really safety first. And we should add that HBO is owned by Time- Warner, which is also under the umbrella of CNN. Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: And Kareen, just all of these Western movies that you've seen, they use horses on the set. We've seen these films: "War Horse," "Seabiscuit." I mean, why do they suppose that things were so bad for the show?

WYNTER: Well, what's interesting here is that HBO maintains that they followed strict safety standards. And in fact, an American Humane Society vet tasked with monitoring the horses on "Luck" said these types of stable accident with horses, they're very common whether the animals are being used in production or not.

However, animal rights activists say "Luck's" producers weren't doing enough for safety and earlier this week had actually asked the L.A. County D.A and the Humane Society to investigate. Regardless, Suzanne, everyone concerned acknowledges canceling the production of this really great show is the most responsible move to just really guarantee that no more animals are hurt. Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: All right. Kareen, thank you very much.

Most of us love a good massage but it's not just for pampering anymore. We're going to hear from a doctor about how it can actually help fight off colds and asthma symptoms as well.

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MALVEAUX: Well, you might think of a massage as a luxury way to pamper yourself, right? But there's growing evidence now that massage has medical benefits. Some of the findings cited recently by the "Wall Street Journal": full-body massage boosted immune function, lowered heart rate and blood pressure in women with breast cancer undergoing radiation treatment. Massage, along with standard asthma treatments, improved lung function in children. Even helped premature babies gain weight.

Dr. Tasneem Bhatia is with the Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine. She joins us along with masseuse Oni Roberts. Thank you both of you here. This is one of our lucky team members here, Annessa (ph), who gets to appreciate the massage today. Doctor, tell us first of all, why is this beneficial medically?

DR. TASNEEM BHATIA (ph), ATLANTA CENTER FOR HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATEIVE MEDICINE: Absolutely. Massage has been touted for centuries. Dates back to 3,000 years ago where it was used in Arabic and Chinese medicine as part of your routine medical care. The massage do a couple of things. It will lower your stress hormones, decrease inflammation, so it really helps with inflammatory conditions like allergies and asthma. It helps to lower the stress response. And we even though in young, premature babies and infants, it will really help them to gain weight and soothe colic and (INAUDIBLE) and reflux.

MALVUEAX: And what is Oni doing right now that is actually beneficial? So, this is a neuromuscular massage. This is truly therapy. It's not fluff massage. What's she's getting into areas where muscle tension is held most tightly, working to release that muscle tension, and thereby reducing the inflamation and really dropping that cortisol response.

MALVEAUX: Medical insurance doesn't cover a lot of this. Why haven't they embraced this as something that is truly a part of taking care of your overall health?

BHATIA: I think we're a little bit behind in comparison with other countries. For example, massage is taught in Chinese medical schools as part of your routine care. So, as time goes forward and we have more research and we have more data to look at, more and more insurance companies are going to step up to the plate and start reimbursing this. We already have a lot of insurance companies that offer massage as a benefit -- not a completely covered benefit but at least as a benefit of some kind.

So, I think you'll see a change as more and more research comes out. But as far as I'm concerned as a part of my self-care routine, massage not a luxury. I always say it's a necessity and super-important.

MALVEUAX: Are there certain kinds of massages that are better than others for you?

BHATIA: There are different types, and it really depends on the patient. It really depends what you're going through. So Neuromuscular is wonderful for someone with a lot of trigger points and chronic muscle tension.

Swedish massage is more suited for somebody who maybe doesn't have the strength to undergo a deep neuromuscular massage and has a more weaker constitution or is a little bit more fragile. Those are the types that you will hear about most frequently. As we mentioned earlier, Oni right now is doing the neuromuscular type and she can also do the Swedish massage type, which is a little bit gentler strokes, lighter strokes throughout the body. So someone maybe older or younger would benefit from a Swedish massage.

MALVEAUX: What's the long-term impact here? A lot of us have gotten massages when on vacation and things like that, and it temporarily relaxes you, feels good. But what about long term?

BHATIA: So we can start most physically with the long term ramifications of massage. The first thing you're doing is correcting muscle memory. If you get those massages on a regular, consistent basis, you'll be less likely to tense up in certain areas over and over again.

In the bigger picture of health, frequent massage improves the immune system so you're less likely to catch a cold or have asthma or get sick the minute you're exposed to certain viruses or bacteria. It will boost the immune system in the long run and boost the overall energy levels of a particular patient. And it will help balance hormones, cause that stress hormone is kind of going down as well. So long term, lots of benefits. Short term, immediate relief and relaxation.

MALVEAUX: How is Nesta doing? She's a member of our team. Is she under stress? Pressure?

ONI ROBERTS, MASSEUSE: She's doing awesome. Yeah, a lot of pressure points are in this area right here, so this is the main area that I'm working on her here.

But combing Swedish and Neuromuscular is going to definitely help her relax and take what I'm doing.

MALVEAUX: We've got to get a little stress a off Nesta.

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Doctor, Oni thank you so much. We appreciate you coming by.

BHATIA: No problem. Thanks for having us.

ROBERTS: Thank you.

MALVEAUX: All right. Got to get your brackets out here. Get ready to rumble. What am I talking about? My alma mater is at the big dance for the first time in more than 60 years.

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MALVEAUX: I'm excited today. I'm a Harvard grad, and my school in the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time in 66 years. We are the Ivy league champs. Today, Harvard, 12th seed in the tournament is going to take on Vanderbilt University, 5th seed.

Our Mary Snow, she is in Cambridge, tracking Harvard's road to the big dance.

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MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It wasn't long ago that the most famous basketball-playing Harvard alum resided in the White House. Then Linsanity struck.

ANNOUNCER: Puts it up and backs it in.

SNOW: In February, New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin catapulted to the top of his alma mater's basketball history, making Harvard hoops cool, and now, there's this.

ANNOUNCER: Harvard are the champions of the I league with reason to celebrate.

SNOW: For the first time in 66 years, the men's basketball team is in the NCAA tournament, and Crimson pride runs deep.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Arne Duncan, my secretary of education played at Harvard. I will be rooting for Harvard but it's just too much of a stretch.

SNOW: Even Harvard's book worms are taking notice.

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD BASKETBALL PLAYER: You see students, they're giving you high fives and telling you good luck and congratulations. These are people that you've never talked to before, never seen before.

SNOW: That's what coach Tommy Amaker was hoping for when the Duke alum arrived in Cambridge in 2007 with a mission for his recruits.

TOMMY AMAKER, HARVARD BASKETBALL COACH: Why not be a game changer? That's what our school has been known for in many different ways. To change the game, to think outside the box, to be different, to literally change the world.

SNOW: Harvard has certainly done that by producing eight U.S. presidents, but the future politicians and world leaders shared this ivy-covered campus with a mediocre basketball team until now.

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD BASKETBALL PLAYER: It's really humbling that we could, you know, achieve something here that has never been done before when so many things have been done before.

SNOW: Harvard students aren't used to all this march madness stuff and they had little chance to celebrate when the team finally made the tournament last week. That's because they were in the middle of doing what they are used to, studying for midterms.

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD STUDENT: I heard because it was talked about in the dining halls and everywhere on campus.

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD STUDENT: I didn't expect to go to a school where you have big basketball and we did, and it's been fun.

SNOW: Have you heard any rumblings about the NCAA tournament?

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD STUDENT: Not really.

SNOW: Would it be fair to say before a couple weeks ago, you didn't care about basketball?

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD STUDENT: That's probably true.

SNOW: And now?

UNIDENTIFIED HARVARD STUDENT: Now, yes, let's go to March Madness.

SNOW: Sports can be as fickle as politics. Case in point, Lin's Knicks no longer have a winning record and the Crimson's fortune could be even more fleeting with just one loss sending them back to campus. But with the team on the map in Harvard yard, courting future players is may not be as hard. AMAKER: At the end of the day, what we always tell them -- if the worst thing that happens to you here, that you become a Harvard graduate. That's not too bad.

SNOW: Mary snow, CNN, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

MALVEAUX: All right, March Madness, full swing, right here at CNN. My bracket, I'm picking Harvard to pull off not one but two big upsets. The first one would be against Vanderbilt. That happens today.

I could be on target here because so far I'm off to a 4-0 start. Chad, your brackets, I'm doing some trash talking, 1-3. Is that right?

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: 1-3.

MALVEAUX: 4-0 here.

MYERS: And I have Nebraska going all the way.

MALVEAUX: You do?

MYERS: But they're not in it.

MALVEAUX: OK, Michigan state though, my dad's alma matter heading forward there, Final Four.

MYERS: I like what you've done. You stopped Harvard at Syracuse. OK. It's a good bracket. I believe Harvard -- I have Belmont going a couple games. I like what you've done.

Come on, let's go see your bracket. Get on dotcom, you can see this as well. Check this out.

She had Western Kentucky, BYU, Vermont, and South Florida. Four wins, four big green. Now, okay, okay, she was trash talking. I had Mississippi Valley, I had Lamar and I had California.

So I kind of like hockey. But isn't Harvard a hockey school?

MALVEAUX: It's a hockey school and a little academic too.

MYERS: Here's where Suzanne is taking Harvard and I like what she's done here, beating Vandy. Even though Vandy beat Kentucky, It's going to be a tough game there. Getting to Syracuse, coming all the way down to the final four and you've got the Sparties going all the way beating Kansas for the big dance.

MALVEAUX: All right. We'll do more trash talking later, we have got to go. My team, I'm telling you, all the way, baby.

MYERS: I'll watch it tonight.

MALVEAUX: All right. Going to take a break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) MALVEAUX: Are you looking to buy American? Look no further than your underwear. Yes, that's what we're talking about. Poppy Harlow goes undercover in certainly of "Hanky Panky" made in America underwear.

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POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Do you know where your underwear is made?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thailand.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's definitely not the United States.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where my underwear is made? I'm assuming china.

HARLOW: Any idea?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know. Do you know where "Hanky Panky" is made?

HARLOW (voice over): Right here in America.

And the skinny on making underwear in the United States is that it's a pretty unusual thing to do.

(on camera): 100 percent made in the USA?

LIDA ORZECK, CEO, HANKY PANKY: Let's say 99 percent.

HARLOW: 99 percent.

ORZECK: All of our labor is here. Our products don't need a passport to get into this country. They live la vita local.

HARLOW (voice over): From design to lace.

ORZECK: This is what we call our signature lace.

HARLOW: Front to, well, not exactly back.

ORZECK: We do a lot in animal prints because they are wildly popular.

HARLOW: Hanky Pankies were born and bred in Queens, New York.

(on camera): How many pairs of underwear do you make in here a day?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We do about 5,000, 6,000 pieces a day.

HARLOW: Did you ever think of outsourcing to China, to India?

ORZECK: No.

Call us old fashioned. But this is how we feel about keeping our employees employed here in this country, keeping the contractors in the New York metropolitan area busy. We're very proud of that and would like to keep that going.

HARLOW: According to the commerce department, Americans spent $350 billion on clothes and shoes alone last year. $350 billion. And get this. 98 percent of the clothes we wear are made overseas.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I found the shop, it was like wow, I actually found something that's still here. So I jumped on it.

HARLOW: Do you ever get sick of making women's underwear?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

HARLOW: Competitors like Hanes, Maidenform and Ornico (ph), maker of Calvin Klein underwear and Olga, all make underwear oversees.

LORI WACHS, RETAIL ANALYST AND PRESIDENT., CROSS LEDGE INVESTMENTS: The labor component is upwards of 40 percent of the overall cost of manufacture. The average minimum factory worker in the states will make about $1200 a month, overseas, it's about $120 a month.

HARLOW (on camera): Wow, a tenth.

WACHS: One tenth.

HARLOW (voice over): For American contractors the high cost of production can be lethal.

(on camera): How much of your business did overseas competition take away?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All of it.

HARLOW (voice over): But 15 years ago, hanky panky came calling.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's very important. Keeps me alive. Keeps like families going. It gives them a source of income. Without this, what would they have done, you know?

HARLOW: It means jobs, no doubt. But you'll pay a premium. 20 bucks a pop.

ORZECK: We've been in business 35 years, and we're growing. And we've been profitable every year that we've been in business. So I don't know, it doesn't get much better than that.

HARLOW: In New York, Poppy Harlow, CNN Money.

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MALVEAUX: All right, CNN NEWSROOM continues right now with Brooke Baldwin. Hey Brooke.

BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Hey Suzanne, thank you so much.