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All Male Policy Overshadows Masters; Rescuers Search For Tornado Victims; A Hide And Seek Campaign; Shooting Suspect Due In Court; Sentencing For New Orleans Cops; Memphis Pays Tribute To Martin Luther King, Jr.; Shooting Suspect Due In Court; Tornadoes Slam North Texas; Storms Head East; Live Along MLK; Memphis Names Street After MLK; Burger King Pulling Ad Featuring R&B Star; How Kids View Race.
Aired April 04, 2012 - 13:00 ET
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BILLY PAYNE, CHAIRMAN, AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB: Whenever that question is asked, the -- all issues of membership are now and have been historically subject to the private deliberations of the members, and that statement remains accurate and remains my statement.
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SNELL: Now, her four predecessors, all male, the four previous male CEOs, Suzanne, of IBM have all been offered membership categories as well. So for now at least, no further comment on this. We were kind of given a heads up this would be the case at chairman Payne's press conference and so it would prove -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: And Patrick, how much outrage is there over this? The fact that, you know, nothing is going to change here?
SNELL: Well, we sampled a few opinions earlier in the week, and we have to say that most people out on the course are here basically to take in the spectacular surroundings and follow the top names in world golf, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. This is not an agenda on the top of every patron's lips, shall we say here, at the course, but there has been a lot of public outcry. We've been hearing on CNN through the week.
I've heard from Martha Burk, one of the protesters here back in 2003, and her protest, at the time, was vocal but it hasn't gotten the objective she wanted and this issue remains on the table. Of course, it would be very, very helpful, indeed, Suzanne, were we to hear from IBM and Mrs. Rometty herself on this, questions that need to be answered. Is she actually a golfer? We do understand that she does play the game. If so, then is she also a member of another club as well? Well, that doesn't distract from the main plot, the main issue, if you like, of female membership. It is kind of an interesting subplot, a subtext to this whole thing, but, yes, masters week is here and it is not without controversy -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: OK. Well Patrick, if you get any of those folks or those answers, we're definitely going to get back to you on that to see if they've got anything to say about it. But it looks like it is status quo. All right, thank you, Patrick. Appreciate it.
Top of the hour, I'm Suzanne Malveaux. I want to get you up to speed. Rescue crews back in force in north Texas today. They are searching for people still trapped after a series of storms swept through the area yesterday. Now, watch what happened to one family when a tornado slammed Arlington.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, my god. We better get in the house.
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MALVEAUX: The storm flattened hundreds of homes and businesses, several people were hurt, but remarkably no one was killed. One woman says she had only seconds to take cover.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, it was so scary. It was too scary. It came to fast, quick, into here (sp) until -- I couldn't move fast enough. I went to get my purse and my medicine to take in the bathroom and it hit before I could get up to get up -- before I could get it. It was just right there.
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MALVEAUX: It's a sea change in the race for the White House after sweeping three states last night, Mitt Romney now more than halfway to the total number of delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nomination. Well now, he is setting his sights on the president.
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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Nancy Pelosi famously said we would have to pass Obama care to find out what was in it. President Obama has turned that advice into a campaign strategy. He wants us to re-elect him so we can find out what he'll actually do. With all the challenges the nation faces, this is not the time for President Obama's hide and seek campaign.
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MALVEAUX: The man accused of shooting seven people execution- style in a California religious college, he's going to be arraigned today. 43-year-old One Goh is charged with murder and kidnapping. Now, last night, hundreds of people attended a memorial service for the victims. Oakland's police chief described the shooting as a calculated cold-blooded execution in the class.
Four former New Orleans police officers, they're going to find out shortly if they're going to spend the rest of their lives in prison for killing unarmed civilians. Now, this happened -- you may recall, it was on a city bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Prosecutors say that police shot six unarmed people, killing two. The sentencing hearing is underway. There is a fifth former officer who is also going to be sentenced for covering up the crime.
You're now looking at live pictures from Memphis. This is where, today, on the 44th anniversary of his assassination, the city is renaming a street for the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. King was killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel back in 1968.
Later this hour, we're going to talk to a man who spent two years traveling many of the roads that honor the civil rights leader. That is coming up at 1:30 Eastern.
Mitt Romney riding high after sweeping three primaries. It happened last night. The wins put him in a strong position to potentially nab the nomination. Means his focus now turning from the Republican rivals to President Obama.
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ROMNEY: Unlike President Obama, you don't have to wait until after the election to find out what I believe or what my plans are. I have a pro-growth agenda that will get our economy back on track and get Americans back to work. This administration thinks our economy is struggling because the stimulus was too small. The truth is we're struggling because our government has grown too big.
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MALVEAUX: All right. Here is talk about it, Political Director Mark Preston. Mark, you're back, good to see you again. First of all, last night, that was a big night for Romney. Clean sweep, all three primaries. Does this mean, essentially, this is the guy who's going to move forward, eventually, to take on Obama?
MARK PRESTON, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Well Suzanne, the Republican establishment wants it to be. The only person right now is Rick Santorum who says he wants to stay in the race and in many ways, you know, he should be afforded that opportunity to make his own decision. He did win 11 states, 11 states. He has drawn this out, but Rick Santorum has to make that decision. If you look at the math, though, it's really almost impossible for Rick Santorum to win the nomination.
MALVEAUX: Does -- why does he stay? And can he afford to stay, Rick Santorum, until the convention?
PRESTON: You know, a couple things. He can afford. He doesn't need a whole lot of money because he came out of nowhere in January with a campaign that had very little money, very little staff. For Rick Santorum keep these points in mind. He's 53 years old, OK? So, he does have a political future beyond what happens in this race. But the question is could he ever get this close to the Republican presidential nomination? Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, these are all folks that could potentially run in the future. Does Rick Santorum want to go up against any of them? This could be his only shot, and that's why he's staying in.
MALVEAUX: All right. And people are looking at the general direction as opposed to the primary, they're already kind of moving fast forward. We heard Mitt Romney earlier today before the newspaper editors, and it seemed the strategy was to go after President Obama's character. I want our viewers to listen to what he said.
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ROMNEY: Unlike President Obama, you don't have to wait until after the election to find out what I believe or what my plans are. I have a pro-growth agenda that will get our economy back on track and get Americans back to work. This administration thinks our economy is struggling because the stimulus was too small. The truth is we're struggling because our government has grown too big.
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MALVEAUX: When I covered Obama, his biggest problem was introducing himself to the American people. Who is this guy? What does he stand for? Romney is now seeming to be implying that there's more to Obama behind the facade here. Why kind of this boogeyman approach, if you will?
PRESTON: Yes, the smoke screen, I mean, in many ways, is what Mitt Romney is saying. President Obama has fooled us all by putting this big smoke screen up and giving us promises about what he's going to do to fix the economy to get people back to work, but, in fact, his promises haven't come through. And what's interesting is that he made the speech, a very serious speech, before very influential journalists. And he did a sales job. Mitt Romney was a very successful businessman. He was doing a sales job today, and trying to sell these influential journalists on the fact they need to start digging into President Obama's policies, not just taking at his word, but find out if his policies are true.
MALVEAUX: How soon are we going to see Mitt Romney having meetings, if you will, whether or not they're private or public, with some of the folks who are still hammering him. You still have Gingrich. You still have Ron Paul. I mean, they are still going after him and criticizing him, Santorum as well. How does he get them on board now?
PRESTON: Well you know, what's interesting is that back in the Louisiana Primary, Mitt Romney did meet with Newt Gingrich at 6:00 in the morning in New Orleans, if you can imagine. They didn't just meet each other on the street. That was a planned meeting. For Mitt Romney, now, he needs an intermediary to try to get to Rick Santorum and try to explain to Rick Santorum that he needs to get out of the race. In many ways, Mitt Romney is playing it right. He's going in front of the camera, he's saying it's not my call for someone to get out of the race. But quietly, these things are happening behind the scenes. For Rick Santorum, he needs to make the decision, what is his career after this run right now or does he stay where he's at because this is his only shot.
MALVEAUX: John McCain was on CNN earlier today. He didn't think he played that much of a role with Santorum. I want -- I want to listen to this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Mitt Romney has already pivoted to the general election campaign that whether Rick Santorum stays in or not, it's now basically irrelevant, and Mitt has a lot of ground to make up. It's been a very nasty primary. His unfavorables are high. I'm confident that he will do very well, but the fact is that every day that goes by without being in the general election campaign mode is a day lost. He realizes that, and I think you're going to see -- already you're seeing the opening shots in a very spirited campaign.
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MALVEAUX: So, how much work does he have to do here? What does he have to do to, like, have -- get rid of the arrows here, the bows that are still coming?
PRESTON: Well first, we should say that's the nicest thing John McCain has ever said about Rick Santorum. These two men hate each other. And of course, this goes back to their time in the Senate. Look, here's the problem right now for Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney has not been able to raise money for the general election. He's focused on the primary. Barack Obama, nobody -- no primary opponent, has been able to raise a lot of money. This will be offset, thought, by super pacs, these independent groups that will go in and weight in on the election.
But in addition to that, Suzanne, here is the big deal right now. It's also organizational strength across the country. Right now, the Republican party has done a little bit of this through the Republican national committee, but the bottom line is President Obama has set up offices around the country in key battleground states. Mitt Romney has not been able to do that, because he's so focused on winning the primary.
MALVEAUX: As we have seen in 2008, they know how to do it. They know how to set up a campaign --
PRESTON: Absolutely.
MALVEAUX: -- and from the ground up. So, it should be an epic battle, to say the least.
PRESTON: It will be. It will be a close race no matter what.
MALVEAUX: All right. Thank you, Mark. Good to see you.
Here is a rundown of some of the stories we're covering over this hour. First, it's arraignment day for the man accused of Monday's deadly campus shooting. We want to talk about the charges and what might have driven him to kill.
And then, another airline going to charge you for your carry-on bags. That's right. They say it's a sign of the times.
And then later, do you know how many streets in America are named after Martin Luther King, Jr.? He was shot to death 44 years ago today, and it might be surprising that there has never been a Martin Luther King street until now in a certain city.
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MALVEAUX: The map accuse d of killing seven people execution style at a California college, he heads to court today. He's facing murder and kidnapping charges. Our Dan Simon, he's at the courthouse in Oakland. Dan, are we learning anything new in the investigation, including whether or not the police have actually found a weapon?
DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's what investigators have been focused with over the past day or so. They believe that the suspect, 43-year-old One Goh actually ditched the weapon in an estuary. It's important to note that police say that he bought the gun legally. He actually went to a store in February, purchased that gun legally. They won't disclose what kind of weapon it was, but they believe it's a semiautomatic weapon. And again, they're not saying if it was a 45 caliber. There's been a lot of questions about what type of weapon was used.
Meanwhile, at the courthouse behind me, there will be an arraignment this afternoon. Of course, One Goh facing numerous charges of murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping. And Suzanne, we should tell you that more details are continuing to come out about what happened here. This happened about 10:30 a.m. local time on Monday. Goh allegedly goes to the school looking for a female administrator. When he realizes that she is not there, the rampage begins. He takes a receptionist hostage, goes into a classroom, lines people up and then begins shooting them one by one. The details obviously horrific.
Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Dan, they are. Do we have any sense of what we might see in the courtroom? Do we expect that any of the victims' families might show up?
SIMON: We don't know if the families are going to show up. We know that there was a memorial service last night to pay homage to the victims, to honor the victims. We're talking about six women and one man. Their ages ranging from 21 to 54 years of age. And despite the fact that they attended a Christian college, they shared many different faiths. They came from all over the world. We know that, of course, the suspect will be here today and, as I said, facing numerous charges of murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping.
MALVEAUX: I imagine they're drawing on their faith today. Thank you, Dan. Appreciate it.
Cleanup and recovery are underway in north Texas today. There is widespread damage there after a series of tornadoes swept through. We're going to have the latest, tell you where the storm system is heading next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) MALVEAUX: Massive cleanup is underway this hour in parts of north Texas. As many as 13 tornadoes slammed into the state yesterday. One storm sent tractor-trailers just swirling through the air. You can see those dramatic pictures. Several people were hurt, but remarkably no one was injured. Miguel Marquez has more from Arlington, Texas.
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MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The mayor of Dallas says his city dodged a bullet.
MAYOR MICHAEL RAWLINGS, DALLAS: I think we've counted three people taken to the hospital. I mean, we're looking at a miracle here. It really is something amazing.
MARQUEZ: Forney, Texas, Mayor Darren Rozell credit their early warning system.
MAYOR DARREN ROZELL, FORNEY: Our outdoor siren went off to let the folks know that we did have a storm coming. We also have a system set up whereby folks can be notified by text, e-mail, or phone.
MARQUEZ: As north Texas begins a massive cleanup, rescuers searched the rubble for anyone who might be trapped after Tuesday's violent tornado outbreak.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look at that. Look at that, the debris fly. Oh, my God.
MARQUEZ: Fourteen thousand pound tractor-trailers tossed like toys. Power lines snapped. Transformers flared like fireworks. Homes left in tatters.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Unbelievable. Unbelievable for it to come and do this much in such a short time.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's indescribable.
MARQUEZ: Hundreds of buildings sustained damage and tens of thousands of homes lost power. At Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, one of the world's busiest, hail pounded planes. More than 110 aircraft, damaged. Storm chaser Jason McLaughlin captured this dramatic video of a tornado touching down in Forney, Texas.
JASON MCLAUGHLIN, STORM CHASER: I'm just thinking about the homes and the lives and everything that's been -- that these people have built up until this time. It's just -- just destroyed just like that in a couple of a couple of seconds.
MARQUEZ (on camera): Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport is struggling to its feet today. They've had to cancel 200 flights and they're also checking those planes that were on the ground when that hail storm blew through to make sure that they are air worthy and didn't suffer any major damage. It is expected and hoped that by the holiday weekend things will get back to normal there and people will be able to get on with their Easter plans. Miguel Marquez, CNN, Arlington, Texas.
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MALVEAUX: Hundreds of flights were canceled at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport. More than 100 planes were damaged by hail as they sat stranded on the tarmac. CNN i-Reporters captured the sound. Listen to this.
I want to bring in Chad Myers. You were on the air yesterday when all of this happened out of Dallas. Explain to us what we can anticipate today or in the days ahead.
CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Today we're OK. And tomorrow we're OK. This storm that the upper level storm that's coming out of the Rockies kind of stalled. And when that happens, you don't get the progression. We always say, oh, if it happened in Texas yesterday, it's going to happen in, you know, Arkansas today. That's not going to happen. There may be a couple storms today, but nothing like we saw yesterday.
And, by the way, that plane that you were listening -- that video, that audio was unbelievable to hear. That's an aluminum skinned plane. They're going to have to probably take every little dent out of that plane or put new skins on that plane. That plane won't fly again for a long time.
You know, you want a very smooth surface, especially on your wings, because that's what creates the lift. And you can't have dents like that. That was just --
MALVEAUX: They need to retire that plane. Tell us a little bit more about yesterday. What are we learning that's new?
MYERS: The Forney storm, we had the reporter on -- actually it was the mayor (ph) with the pink shirt on. He experienced -- that town experienced 150-mile-per-hour EF-3. And now the storms in Lancaster and probably even down towards Arlington may have been EF-2s. But, you know, the pictures that we had on the air, a -- watch this video where tractor trailers, 14,000 pounds, these are seven tons, get picked up and thrown like an H.O. scale train.
MALVEAUX: It's just crazy to watch.
MYERS: Just (INAUDIBLE).
MALVEAUX: Just to imagine the power. When you talk about the scale, what does it mean in terms of like the speed of the wind and the power of the tornado?
MYERS: The speed and the number really relates to damage as well. An EF-0 will take some shingles off. An EF-1 will take shingles, but maybe even a board off the roof. An EF-2 may take all of the boards off the roof, but you'll still see a full house. An EF-3, now you start to see stuff like that, where part of a house is even gone. That's probably more like a 2 you're seeing there, roof gone. But when you get to the 4s, only a few walls are standing. And when you get to an EF-5, there are no walls and you can't recognize that a house ever stood there. All you'll see is either the basement or the slab it was standing on.
MALVEAUX: Yes, and it is unbelievable when you look at those pictures. The fact that you could have a roof that's just lifted up and then you're looking literally inside somebody's closet or a bedroom or something like that. That is, you said, an EF-3.
MYERS: If you just get into the lowest level on storms like this, you will be fine. Every storm yesterday was what we call survivable. There's not a storm yesterday, there was not a tornado that hit anywhere that took everything away from the house so that if you were in the right place, you would still be alive. There were no storms that were so deadly, we call them unsurvivable. Everything yesterday was survivable and everybody survived because they did the right thing. The people in Texas know what to do. This is tornado alley for a reason. We are now just finally getting into tornado peak season for them there. May and June are the peak months. And it will be a bumpy ride.
MALVEAUX: All right, Chad, thank you. I'm so glad people are all alive in there.
MYERS: I know.
MALVEAUX: It's just hard to believe when you see that kind of pictures.
MYERS: It's incredible that people didn't get picked up in their vehicles the way those vehicles were picked up. Those trailers were empty. It's amazing that there wasn't just a couple of people picked up in an SUV or in a minivan and thrown as well. It was so amazing.
MALVEAUX: Very lucky.
MYERS: Yes.
MALVEAUX: All right, thank you, Chad.
MYERS: You're welcome.
MALVEAUX: All right, so you can find them all over the United States, from Chicago, to L.A., Dallas, Milwaukee, in between. We're going to have a look at what life is like on Martin Luther King Street from the man who wrote the book on it.
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MALVEAUX: Here's a rundown of some of the stories we're working on.
The newest street named after Martin Luther King Jr. is dedicated today, the anniversary of his death. Where that street is, is important to King's legacy.
And watch out travelers. The bag, that's going to cost you. We're not even talking about checking it. We're talking about carry-on.
And later, it's either a weird looking car or a cool looking airplane. Guess what, it's actually both. Commuter's dream coming true. We're going to take a closer look.
They make up more than 900 streets in 40 states, Washington, D.C., even Puerto Rico. But they all share one name in common, that is Martin Luther King. My next guest, he spend two years traveling across the country learning the history of those streets and the people who live there. Joining me now to talk about it from Washington, D.C., is Jonathan Tilove. He is the Washington, D.C. reporter for "The New Orleans Times Picayune," and the author of the book here, "Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America's Main Street."
So, Jonathan, first of all, love the book.
JONATHAN TILOVE, AUTHOR, "ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING": Thank you.
MALVEAUX: Great pictures. Great quotes.
TILOVE: Yes. Yes, thank you.
MALVEAUX: I want our viewers to follow this quote here. You say, "map these streets and you map a nation within a nation, a place where white America seldom goes and black America can be itself. There is no other street like it." What did you find when you traveled?
TILOVE: Well, it was extraordinary because I went with this very brilliant photographer, Michael Falco, and we're both, you know, it's two white guys showing up on these streets. And the welcome we got and the kind of world that unfolded before us was amazing because, you know, these streets suffer a kind of negative reputation and that's not what we found once you got beyond the surface, what we found at all. And it really -- you enter another -- another place. And it was, you know, black America, and this maps it.
MALVEAUX: Well, let's talk a little bit about that. I know Memphis is just joining this list.
TILOVE: Yes.
MALVEAUX: And tell us the significance of that because Memphis was critical to King's life and legacy.
TILOVE: Yes. Well, it's interesting that there were -- when we wrote the book, there were a couple of places, Philadelphia at the time, though it has a street now, and Memphis that were the sort of the most notable big city that didn't have one. I think it's kind of fitting that Memphis is this many years later getting to it because it kind of brings the story full circle. You can sort of trace the stations of the cross of King's life along these streets. He lived on Sunset just off the MLK in Atlanta. He led the marches from Brown Chapel on the Martin Luther King there. He was nearly killed 10 years before his assassination on the MLK in Harlem. Now Memphis where he was assassinated is naming a street for him. I think it's what fitting to be one of the last major places to name a street for him. MALVEAUX: Let's take a look at some of the photos in your book. I want to start with this mural in Chicago. And you talked a little bit about this, the role of -- the significance of artwork on some of these streets.
TILOVE: Yes. There's a lot of street art, a lot of murals, a lot of things that artists, but also kids, do. What was interesting about the -- on the 125th Street, the MLK there, the only marker of any kind indicating that King was nearly killed on that street was a mural done by a muralist who did it on sort of the riot gates that were built after the King riots, on the fronts of buildings that they draw down during the night. And it's gone now because they've replaced some gentrification there. And it's remarkable to me that the only marker of something of such great historical importance was street art. But you find that all across these streets. New Orleans has some fantastic street murals on the MLK there.
MALVEAUX: You mention a barbershop in Portland.
TILOVE: Yes, Geneva's Shear Perfection. There are certain stereotypical things on these streets, and one of them, which is true, are barbershops. What I found was it's not uncommon for African- Americans traveling around the country, when they go to a city they haven't been to search out the Martin Luther King street, and often times it's to get a haircut or to get something to eat.
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Or just to see what the main street of the black community looks like. That was a hub of an important street, one in a fairly white city that's undergoing some gentrification. So you can foresee the day when maybe the Martin Luther King street will just be known as King.
MALVEAUX: Jonathan, I have to ask this and you brought up before because you did say that, you know, a lot of these streets, they don't have great reputations for the neighborhood.
TILOVE: Right.
MALVEAUX: And comedian, Chris Rock, he once joked, if you're lost on MLK, first thing you should do is run. And people sometimes think, yes, this is kind of ironic, right? Somebody who supports peace and some of these neighborhoods -- did you find that to be true?
TILOVE: Except I sort of -- maybe I'm defensive about the streets but I take exception to that because what's the point of naming a street. If Martin Luther King were to come back today and say, what's happened since I have been gone, you say, we have an African-American president in the White House, he'd say, great, but what's happened to the people I care about. They'd say, let's go to the streets that bear his name. He would be confronted with how much still hasn't changed. He'd still see the poverty and the unemployment and the crime. And it's remarkable to me that this grassroots movement created these streets that map this nation and that, still, remind us of the truth about what hasn't happened in America. And I think that's a much more fitting memorial than a facade of a nice street that looks nice but doesn't tell you anything about what's really going on.
MALVEAUX: That's a good point.
Thank you. Really appreciate it.
It's a fascinating book --
TILOVE: Thank you.
MALVEAUX: -- and just a look at how many places bear his name -- now Memphis as well -- and the importance of it and those communities, what you found there.
Jonathan, thank you. Appreciate it.
TILOVE: Thank you.
MALVEAUX: The controversy for Burger King now has nothing to do with food. Hear why the burger chain is pulling an ad featuring an R&B superstar.
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MALVEAUX: An about face for Burger King. The home of Whopper announcing its pulling this ad featuring Mary J. Blige.
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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: What's in those new chicken snack wraps?
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: What's in the new chicken wrap?
MARY J. BLIGE, SINGER: What's in the new chicken wraps?
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Mary?
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MALVEAUX: Nischelle Turner is joining us now.
Nischelle, we all watched this and we just laughed. We all loved it. It went viral. Generated a lot of criticism, however. Can you tell us why?
NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: There's always going to be some criticism about something, Suzanne. People were getting kind of worked up over this ad. Some fans took to the social media sites expressing their dismay. Here is what they were saying. They say they feel like Mary J. Blige was feeding into a stereotype by peddling chicken. But Mary is not the only one doing these commercials. Salma Hayek, David Beckham, Jay Leno, they're all featured. Steven Tyler is expected to do a spot, too.
The ad has been pulled. Reportedly, Burger King says this is over copyright issues. When you try to find the commercials online, it says they're gone because of copyright issues as well.
We have reached out to Burger King for more information about what happened. They haven't given us a statement yet.
We also reached out to Mary J. Blige. Here's what I'll say about this. If it was only being marketed, her commercials, in urban areas, then maybe they have a beef. But I have seen these other -- I have seen them everywhere. So I don't know what the fuss is about.
MALVEAUX: Right. I love Mary J. Blige. I love fried chicken. So I guess we've got to move on.
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TURNER: Sarah Palin, she was the morning host. And her stint is over now. But Jon Stewart, he had something to say about it. Let's take a listen.
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JON STEWART, HOST, THE DAILY SHOW: The former Alaska governor was actually quite good and likable in this setting.
My issue was not with how I viewed Governor Palin as co-host of the "Today" show. It was how the Governor Palin seemed to view it.
UNIDENTIFIED TODAY SHOW HOST: We read a tweet that said "Going to go rogue and infiltrate some turf."
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SARAH PALIN, (R), FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR & FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED TODAY SHOW HOST: What exactly does that mean?
PALIN: What do you think it means?
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STEWART: Oh, infiltrating the "Today" show. I think it means you're cynically exploiting a manufactured notion of yourself as a crusader against a monolithic, exclusionary, activist liberal media while actually enjoying a mutually symbiotic beneficial relationship with them only to the detriment to the rest of the country
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MALVEAUX: All right, Nischelle --
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TURNER: Tell us how you really feel.
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First of all, you got to love Jon Stewart because he makes his point and he makes you laugh while he's making it. But, you know, she was talking about infiltrating enemy lines, Suzanne. But you know the distance between the FOX News building and the "Today" show building in New York is only about a block. And Jon also made that point on "The Daily Show," Sarah Palin got this opportunity because she brings in an audience. That's what this is all about. Let me just say, and I'm going to be clear about this, I thought she was very, very good.
MALVEAUX: And they won. Did they not win? Did they win the ratings war?
TURNER: Yes, they did. You know, there's this crazy war going on in the mornings. We all know how the ratings game goes. GMA is really inching up on "Today." At one point, they were like 140,000 viewers short of winning. Yesterday, that discrepancy was about 300,000 or 400,000. Sarah held that audience and she billed a little bit.
MALVEAUX: I'm still plugging our own Soledad O'Brien, Carol Costello. I'm watching them.
TURNER: You and me both, baby.
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MALVEAUX: Thanks, Nischelle. Good to see you.
TURNER: Sure.
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There is new meaning to the phrase "baby on board." A baby is born on a flight from Africa to the United States. Her world debut, up next.
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MALVEAUX: Hoping to avoid airline baggage fees by carrying your bags on board? It's not going to happen if you're flying Allegiant Air starting today.
Lizzie O'Leary, she has the details.
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LIZZIE O'LEARY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Allegiant is the second airline to start charging for carry-on bags. It will cost anywhere between $10 and even $35 to put something in the overhead compartment.
I talked to the airline's CEO. He said it's most likely to be about $15.
(on camera): Doesn't it seem like you're nickel and diming customers for things they wouldn't get on an airplane without?
MAURICE GALLAGHER CEO, ALLEGIANT AIRLINES: You could certainly classify that the way you choose. We don't think that at all. When you push the button at the end and buy our service, it's substantially lower, as much as 50 percent if you go historically looking at how we've dealt with fares and total purchase price, when it's all said and done. We're lowering fares dramatically and that's still the case today.
O'LEARY (voice-over): Spirit Airlines started the practice. They charge very low base fares but announced two years ago they would try charging for carry-ons. That costs anywhere between $20 and $30. Spirit didn't give us a dollar figure of how much money it's made from the practice, but said it was well-received by their passengers and crew.
Airlines, especially low cost ones, have been making billions from something other than ticket sales or food and drinks. Look at where airlines get their revenue. Spirit, for example, made one-third of its money from extras. The major airlines make money this way, too, from reservation change fees and checked bags.
Could the big guys charge for carry-ons? Well, not yet, they say. But profitable ideas do tend to catch on.
PAULINE FROMMER, TRAVEL INDUSTRY EXPERT: Unfortunately, it seems like every time an airline adds a new fee all of the others hop on board and do so, too, because the revenues are extraordinary. In 2011, the airlines reportedly made more than $5 billion in ancillary fees.
O'LEARY: U.S. Airways, American Airlines, and Southwest said they have no plans to charge for carry-on fees. Delta said it wouldn't comment on future fares or fees.
Lizzy O'Leary, CNN, Washington.
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MALVEAUX: Flight attendant, she goes above and beyond the call of duty. Susan Carnes has been delivering food and drinks in the air for 29 years, but on a flight from Africa to Atlanta, she helped deliver a baby boy.
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SUSAN CARNES, FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Everyone is like looking at me obviously, and I just held him up and I said, it's a boy! And everybody clapped and there was laughter and it was really fun and exciting. And she was so happy and weepy, and it was great.
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MALVEAUX: That's pretty cool. Luckily, one of the passengers was not only a doctor but an obstetrician. And we're told mom and her newborn son are doing pretty good.
New study finds half of preschoolers aren't playing outside every day. The research looked at about 9,000 kids and asked parents how often they take their kids outside to play. The results, mothers take kids out more than fathers. Parents who go to work go out less, and little girls have fewer chances to play outside than boys. American Academy on Pediatrics says children should play outside at least an hour a day.
And a stunning study on how kids view race. One 6-year-old boy says his mother won't allow him to have white friends. Find out how his parents respond.
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MALVEAUX: CNN's tackling racial issues in depth. It's part of the "Anderson Cooper 360" special report, "Kids on Race, the Hidden Picture." A portion of the report looks at how children as young as 6 feel about interracial friendships. One little boy says his mother won't allow him to have white friends.
Our Soledad O'Brien sat down with the boy's parents.
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UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER: Touch your shoulder. Touch your head.
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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Davionne is a first grader at a majority African-American elementary school.
(on camera): Do you think sometimes people base their friends on the color of the skin?
(voice-over): His responses stood out because he was so overwhelmingly negative about interracial friendships. The majority of African-Americans were positive.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY: They're not the same color. And they can't play together if they're not the same color.
O'BRIEN: It sounded like his mother was a big reason behind that.
(on camera): So why can't you play together if you have different colored skin?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Because your mom might not want you to play with that friend. O'BRIEN: What if someone really wanted to be your friend but they were of a different color. What would you do?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: No.
O'BRIEN: You'd say no? And why would you say no?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Because they're not the same color.
O'BRIEN: And it's OK to tell people they can't be your friend because of the color of their skin?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Uh-huh.
O'BRIEN: Why is that OK?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Because my mom would not want them to be a different color friends.
O'BRIEN (voice-over): This is his mother, Ayisha. She's a teacher in her son's school district. She says Davionne has friends of many races and that race is not an issue she's delved into.
UNIDENTIFIED MOTHER OF DAVIONNE: I teach him you treat everyone the way you want to be treated. I never had a conversation with him specifically about race, anything like that.
O'BRIEN (on camera): Does he ask you questions about race?
UNIDENTIFIED MOTHER OF DAVIONNE: No, not really. I don't think he understands or that it matters.
O'BRIEN (voice-over): His father, David, is separated from Davionne's mother, but they have joint custody. We warned them that their son had pretty provocative things to say.
(on camera): Do you think it's better to have friends that are different than you or look the same as you?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Huh.
O'BRIEN: Or look the same as you.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Look the same as you.
O'BRIEN: So why can't you play together if you have different colored skin?
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Because your mom might not want you to play with that friend.
O'BRIEN: So what do you think is going on there? We'll start with mommy because mommy is mentioned a lot.
(LAUGHTER) UNIDENTIFIED MOTHER OF DAVIONNE: I have definitely not told him he can only have friends of one color, so I'm not sure. I'm a little bothered by it. I don't want him to think that or would expect that. I definitely don't instill that in him. Whoever is his friend is his friend. I'm not sure why he would feel that way. It just concerns me that he thinks like that.
O'BRIEN (voice-over): David was skeptical that his answers are a true reflection of his son.
UNIDENTIFIED FATHER OF DAVIONNE: I know for a fact that's not my son as far as the answers he gives. I think he answers the way he thinks people wants him to answer.
O'BRIEN (voice-over): Our study found the majority of sixth graders are optimistic about race relations. But at 13, it changes to the same pessimism as their white peers. According to our expert, the repeated message from the majority that explains the disappointing trend.
(on camera): If the theory goes, by psychologists that kids from 6 to 13 become more pessimistic, do you worry about him? He's starting really pessimistic.
UNIDENTIFIED MOTHER OF DAVIONNE: I'm a little concerned. Whenever you have something like this, you get to look at what's gong on. If to you're already approaching it at a pessimistic state, what are you going to face later?
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O'BRIEN (voice-over): The question she'll now face head on with her son.
Soledad O'Brien, CNN, New Jersey.
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MALVEAUX: Be sure to check out Anderson Cooper's special series, "Kids on Race, the Hidden Picture." That's all week long at 8:00 eastern here on CNN.
So it's 2012. We're all supposed to be having, what, flying cars by now? Some say no more. From the highway to the wild blue yonder, flying car, I think it's arrived.
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MALVEAUX: Not exactly the Jetsons, but the inventers of this car/airplane hope to put the flying contraption on the market next year. You can drive this thing down the road. The wings pop out and you're in the air? Yes? Really? CNN found one of these flying cars at a New York auto show. Check it out.
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CNN CORRESPONDENT: At this year's New York auto show, they brought in something different, an airplane, but an airplane you can drive. Call it a flying car if you want. The advantage is, for those times when you can't drive because of the weather, heck, you can drive where you're going.
We talked to the CEO about why someone might want something like this and how energy efficient it is.
CARL DIETRICH, CEO, TERRFUGIA: We're bringing a product to market where you can count on where you fleed to go no matter the weather. You can keep it at home in your garage. You fill it up in super unleaded gasoline, just like your car, which is 35 percent less expensive than aviation fuel and it gets gas mileage than mosterkoonce the road.
@ (voice-over): How is that?
DIETRICH: It's very lightweight. The empty weight is actually less than 1,000 pounds. That reduces the rolling resistance on the ground. It's really aerodynamic, even with the wings rolled up. And it has a 100-horsepower engine that's very fuel efficient.
UNIDENTIFIED CNN CORRESPONDENT: How does cost compared to buying an airplane or a car?
DIETRICH: It's comparable to buying a Cessna 182. It's comparable to other aviation airplanes.
UNIDENTIFIED CNN CORRESPONDENT: Is it safe?
DIETRICH: That's one of the biggest advantages. We're bringing automotive safety technology to the aviation market. It's advanced amazingly in the past 30 years. Safety cage, crumple zones, air bags, sat belts, all of these things that don't exist in general aviation today. On top of that, we're bringing a philanthropistic parachute system so if you get into trouble in the air, the parachute pops out and can bring the entire plane down under a parachute. So we think this vehicle is going to have the lowest fatality rate in general aviation by far.
UNIDENTIFIED CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think you said you were going to start making delivery in 2010. That didn't happen. Why didn't it happen? And where do things happen now.
DIETRICH: The target was 2011. We pushed that back because we had some challenges with some of the sup priors. This is the first rev through with the prototype production process. We had some hiccups along the way. It's real, it drives, it flies. We look toward to getting this out to our first customer than less than a year now.
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MALVEAUX: Pretty cool stuff. CNN NEWSROOM continues with Brooke Baldwin.
I like that, huh?
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Imagine pulling up at a stoplight? I'd be like, huh?
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Suzanne Malveaux, thank you so much.
