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Gingrich Pulling Out of Race Next Week; South Korea Pulls U.S. Beef; Census Shows Interracial Marriages on the Rise; Sex, Lies, Politics and Money; Briefing on Secret Service Scandal; Afghan Double Amputee to Compete in Paralympics; Mobile Car Wash App Makes Splash; Apple Having Big Impact on Wall Street

Aired April 25, 2012 - 13:00   ET

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: Top of the hour, I'm Suzanne Malveaux. I want to get you up to speed. Newt Gingrich gets ready to pull the plug on his presidential campaign. Sources telling CNN that Gingrich is going to officially end his run for the White House next week, throw his support behind Mitt Romney. Gingrich also expected to help Republicans try to win back the Senate and hold onto the House. Here is what he said earlier today.

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NEWT GINGRICH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're going to stay very, very active. We're working out the details of our transition, and we'll have information for the press the next couple days. But I am committed to this party. I am committed to defeating Obama. We will find ways to try to be helpful. I do think it's pretty clear that governor Romney is only going to be the nominee, and we'll do everything we can to make sure he is, in fact, effective.

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MALVEAUX: A major retailer in South Korea is pulling U.S. beef from its shelves. The store is stopping sales after a single case of mad cow disease was confirmed in California. The U.S. agriculture department says that the dairy cow had a rare genetic form of the disease.

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TOM VILSACK, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: This is an atypical case which means it's not connected any way, shape or form to feed. We have a feed band so that's reassuring. A very rare circumstances situation can just sort of come up and pop up. Sometimes it's genetic.

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MALVEAUX: Some secret service agents say that what happened in Colombia is not unusual. "The Washington Post" reports today that several agents fired in the wake of a prostitution scandal may actually start telling stories about what really goes on when the president travels. So far, nine members of the secret service either resigned or were fired. Now, the newspaper talked to people close to the agents who say they may fight to keep their jobs. President Obama mentioned the scandal on a talk show last night.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A couple of knuckle heads shouldn't detract from what they do, but what these guys were thinking, I don't know. That's why they're not there anymore.

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MALVEAUX: Racially diverse marriages are on the rise now here in the United States. A Census Bureau report just released today shows that interracial and interethnic marriages grew by 28 percent between 2000 and 2010. The census also shows a big increase in the number of unmarried and multi-generational households.

It is sex, lies, politics, money all front and center of the trial of the former presidential candidate, John Edwards. Now, he is accused of campaign finance violations. It is tied to an extramarital affair that he tried to cover up. Well, so far, we have heard from Edwards' former aide, Andrew Young. He is facing cross-examination by the defense this afternoon. Our Joe Johns is reporting on the testimony that has a lot of folks talking.

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JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): With Andrew young on the stand, he's the former right-hand man, errand boy and fixer to former Senator John Edwards. The prosecution laid out an amazing story of sex, lies, politics, and money. Young spoke of the day when Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, made so many repeated frantic calls to him that when he finally got her on the phone he said, somebody better either be pregnant or dying. Rielle Hunter Young says, responded nobody's dying. When Edwards found out he was pregnant, he responded gruffly, Young quoting Edwards, he said, "she's a crazy slut and there's a one in three chance it was his child."

Also stunning was the response of Bunny Melon, the big money doner from northern Virginia who agreed to help because she thought Edwards could rescue America. Andrew Young said he secured her agreement to get hundreds of thousands of dollars for the benefit of the campaign, no questions asked, Young claimed. Checks in ever- increasing sums funneled through Mrs. Mellon's decorator and endorsed by Andrew Young's wife, according to Young. With this money in the family account, Young said, he moved Rielle Hunter to North Carolina to keep her away from the media.

She was threatening to go public, he said. He gave her a $5,000 a month allowance, a couple of times it went up to $12,000. He rented a house for her in his name. Got her a BMW. By this time, she was using an alias, Young says, going by the name of Gia James (ph). Young said Rielle also lived in his house with him and his wife and kids for about three weeks, which he called very difficult. He said Rielle could be very demanding. More than once he said Rielle said, if she didn't talk to Edwards, she was going public.

And how did his wife feel about all of this? Young said she was scared to death. We were scared to death. Edwards was a viable presidential candidate, and this was a truckload of money. They asked the trial lawyer, Edwards, if it was OK to do this. Young said Edwards told them it was completely legal. Young said he communicated in code with Edwards because there was concern that knowledge of these matters could implicate Edwards if he were to become attorney general.

(on camera): So far, it's all been about Andrew young's version of events as a star witness for the prosecution. But as early as Wednesday, he's expected to get a challenge as the Edwards' defense team gets its first opportunity to cross-examine him.

Joe Johns, CNN, Greensboro, North Carolina.

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MALVEAUX: Diane Dimond has been in court actually watching the Edwards' trial. She's joining us from Greensboro, North Carolina. So Diane, it's good to see you. First of all, I mean, you have watched the expressions of both Young and Edwards. How are they coming across to those inside the courthouse?

DIANE DIMOND, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, "NEWSWEEK", "DAILY BEAST": Well so far, Suzanne, you know, it's only the state's case -- the government's case rather. And it's not looking very good for John Edwards. We've heard about all these romantic liaisons, about the side comments he makes about his own mistress, calling her a crazy slut and what not. Andrew Young is very calm on the stand. He's quiet spoken. The judge sometimes has to tell him to speak up. And when there's some really devastating testimony, I'm sitting directly behind John Edwards, and I see him rub his eyes and blow -- you know, do one of those. He -- I think this testimony is taking its toll on him. Every defendant has their own storyline in their head, but when they hear it, put out in court for everyone else to hear it, it can be really exhausting.

MALVEAUX: Diane, I covered John Edwards back in 2008, and it was really fascinating because a lot of people -- there were two camps. One camp that was very inspired by his message of two Americas. The others who thought he was just a little too slick and it was a phony. Do you have any sense of what those people inside the courtroom feel about him now?

DIMOND: I am so glad you asked me that, Suzanne, because there has been a crush of media the first couple of days. Today, it's sort of thinned out a bit and there's a lot of public in there. An elderly gentleman, very distinguished, came and sat next to me, today, his name is Mike Haley (ph). And I said, how are you? Why are you here? He said, I'm his neighborhood at Figure Eight Island. It's a very poshy (ph) sort of place. He said, I'm here because I never liked the SOB, I think he's a phony, and I'm here to see him get his. There is a feeling of that here in North Carolina, and that's important because that's where we got the jury, from right here in North Carolina.

MALVEAUX: Wow. And describe for us a little bit more, if you would, about John Edwards and his demeanor when he walks in there. Is he trying to present himself in a way that he's not flustered by this? I mean, he always has had this kind of exterior, you know, if you will, with the slick hair and all of that, that he was not bothered by some of this criticism.

DIMOND: He walks in the courtroom every morning and there -- a hush comes over the room. He walks in like a GQ model. You know, he's got the perfect suit and he looks like a candidate. He looks like he's running for something. He does get sequestered with -- his daughter is here, Kate, who, as you know, is a lawyer. His elderly parents have been here, although I didn't see them this morning. He doesn't pay very much attention to his parents, but he's often conferring with the attorneys at his side and with his daughter, Kate. But except for these few expressions that I see, I list some of them in my "Daily Beast" piece, at one point he turned to his lawyer and said this is crazy. He's pretty staid. His chin is always up, his -- as if he knows his puck tour picture is being taken. But, of course, unfortunately, there's no cameras in the federal courtroom.

MALVEAUX: That is a very good description there. It really is -- does very much capture him. Does he have any supporters in that room? Can you tell? Are there -- is anybody coming to his defense, to his side, besides his attorney?

DIMOND: Well, I tell you, the big news right now is that the federal government is done questioning Andrew Young for now. The direct is over. After our lunch break, we're going to go back in there and Abbey Lowell, that pit bull of an attorney from Washington, D.C. is going to do --

MALVEAUX: I know him well.

DIMOND: I'm expecting there's going to be a withering cross- examination. I noticed that -- it appeared to be some family members of Mr. Lowell came in, a little girl, a mother, a son. I don't know if it's his children or grandchildren. So, there's -- today, there's just Kate and these three people there to support John Edwards.

MALVEAUX: And Diane, one final question before we let you go and you can go back into the courtroom there, do we expect to see in the course of this case Rielle Hunter and the daughter of John Edwards and Rielle Hunter, the child they had together?

DIMOND: I am 100 percent sure -- OK, 99 percent sure that we'll see Rielle Hunter. I'm sure the defense will call her to say, I didn't get any of this money. Andrew Young kept the money or some such. I'm not sure we're going to see Kate. She didn't -- she wasn't active in the campaign. She had nothing to do with the finances of the campaign. I think, if they e Kate on the stand, Suzanne, they open up the door to the federal prosecutors asking about her mother and about how her mother handled this affair, and things that her mother did that might elicit some bitterness from Kate. So, I'm not sure they're going to call Kate.

MALVEAUX: OK. Certainly. I'm told we have a little bit more time, so I want to ask you just a couple more questions here.

DIMOND: Sure. MALVEAUX: Do we know if Rielle Hunter and John Edwards are still in contact, in touch? Do they still have a relationship at all? Do they communicate? Do we know?

DIMOND: You know, "Newsweek" and "The Daily Beast" sent me in here a few days early to try to figure things like that out, and the best I can understand from people who have seen them together, they meet frequently for dinner. Always with their four-year-old daughter. Maybe they go out alone, but I couldn't find anyone who saw that. They usually go to a family-style restaurant. They were seen in church together over the Easter holiday. So, yes, they're still together in that sense for their daughter. Are they still a couple? I don't know, and nobody is saying so far.

MALVEAUX: And do we know if -- we've seen Kate, John Edwards' daughter. Do we know if any of the other children by that marriage with Elizabeth Edwards, whether or not they still support and are with their father in some way?

DIMOND: You know, these are the people I think about the most, those small children. Kate and Emma Claire are, I think, just 13 -- 10, 13 in that age range. And you know, they've lost their mother. Their sister has moved away now. Kate is now married, lives in her own home, and they're with their father. Now, they've got to have been told something about daddy being on trial and the possibility that maybe daddy is not going to get off. They must be worried sick. I'm sure that they still support their father. He, frankly, is about the only thing that they have left.

MALVEAUX: And he actually -- he's raising those kids, is he not?

DIMOND: Yes, he is raising those kids. I think during the trial -- I may have misspoken a little bit. I think during this trial, Kate is probably staying with the Senator and the children, although now that the trial is on, are they staying here locally, we just don't know. They have protection as they come and go from the court every day, and they go out with sirens blaring. You know, so I don't really know what they're doing right now. I should also tell you that Andrew Young also appears in court every day with a federal marshal at his side. She's an African-American woman, very professional looking, and, you know, it made me realize today he is a federally protected witness. He has entered into an agreement with the government that if he lies on the stand here, they can turn around and prosecute him.

MALVEAUX: Wow. All right. Diane Dimond, just so great to see you and great for all those inside details that you've got there.

DIMOND: Absolutely.

MALVEAUX: You know, after the lunch break, we'll bring you back. We can't get enough of this case.

DIMOND: Hey, I'm here, Suzanne. Nice to talk to you again.

MALVEAUX: Nice as well.

DIMOND: See you soon.

MALVEAUX: Many of you shared their thoughts with me on Twitter and Facebook about this. B.J. tweets, it's not surprising, a lot of top achievers do not anticipate failure. Unfortunately, that philosophy isn't always sufficient. Ken Wilcox tweets, we always love to see people fall in this country. Should not the take away from what he has accomplished as we all make mistakes. Bill Dixon on Facebook says, just think, if he'd been elected, would -- this would actually be babygate or mistressgate. The coverage would never end.

And Jackie on Facebook says, what a fool, shame on him for what he has done. And to his wife who was dying of cancer? You can't get much lower than that. And I'm a Democrat. Keep sending your thoughts to us on the Edwards fall from grace. Watch us here on CNN for more on this story. Tweet me so we can get your thoughts @SuzanneMalveaux. Like my page on Facebook.com, slash, SuzanneCNN. We're going to read your responses later in the hour.

Here is a rundown of some of the stories we're covering over the next hour. First, Senator John McCain, not happy with the way the investigation into the secret service is going. We're going to hear why.

And a father puts a microphone on his child to hear how his teacher treats autistic kids. His worse suspicions confirmed.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's the horror of it. It was his teacher and his aide, the people who were there to protect him. And they betrayed him.

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MALVEAUX: Then the Dalai Lama talks to Piers Morgan about politics, celibacy, and women.

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PIERS MORGAN, HOST, "PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT" : Do you ever feel temptation when you see a woman?

DALAI LAMA: Oh, yes, sometimes. You see, oh, this is very nice. But then thinking. Thinking it's a real job.

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MALVEAUX: An outraged father in Jersey says his 10-year-old autistic son was bullied and verbally abused by his teachers. He says he's got the proof all on tape. Stuart Chaifetz, he actually put a digital recorder in his son's pocket after becoming suspicious that he was being mistreated at school. This is just a portion of what the boy allegedly came home with.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I didn't get -- I started to say, let me just finish giving it. This could be -- shut up! You go to see any books in the library or you just looking at sculptures?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE).

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, Akian, you are a bastard.

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MALVEAUX: Oh. The father posted that video on YouTube to draw attention to the case and he is calling on New Jersey lawmakers to pass an anti-bullying legislation bill for teachers. Now, the Cherry Hill "Courier Post" released this statement from the school superintendent saying, quote, "I want to assure our parents that the individuals who are heard on the recording raising their voices and inappropriately addressing children no longer work in the district and have not since shortly after we received the copy of the recording."

Later, we know more and more kids are being diagnosed with autism. But what is it like watching your own child struggle with this disorder? How do you get help they need? Well, we take a look at one mother's battle.

And, Senator John McCain is not happy with how the investigation of the Secret Service scandal is going. We're going to hear why, up next.

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MALVEAUX: Millions turn to him for inspiration and spiritual guidance. Tonight on CNN, the Dalai Lama opens up on a wide range of issues, including his feelings towards women. Take a listen.

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PIERS MORGAN, CNN: Do you ever feel temptation when you see a woman?

DALAI LAMA, EXILED TIBETAN SPIRITUAL LEADER: Oh, yes, sometimes. You see, oh, this is very nice. But then thinking. Thinking it's a real job. Then feel, oh, too much problem. Too much dirty things like that.

MORGAN: Really?

LAMA: Really. Even my dream there's just some sort of dreaming some women like that. Immediately I remember, I'm a monk. I never dreamt in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama. I always remember I'm monk. This (ph) monk.

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MALVEAUX: Fascinating stuff. Watch CNN tonight for a Piers Morgan interview with Dalai Lama. The spiritual leader also discusses his support for the Arab Spring uprising and his love for President George W. Bush. Piers Morgan, CNN tonight, 9:00 Eastern.

New developments now in the ongoing Secret Service sex scandal. It's rocking the White House, the Pentagon. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have just been briefed by Defense Department officials. Want to bring in Dana Bash from The Hill to talk a little bit about what we're hearing from senators about that briefing.

What have we learned, Dana?

DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I just want to give a little bit of background. And that is that on the Secret Service side of this, we have been reporting that the Secret Service director has been on the phone constantly with members of Congress giving them information about their investigation, has been up on Capitol Hill. This private briefing that just happened this morning is the first time Pentagon officials have even been up to talk to members of the Oversight Committee here.

And the answer to your question is, they were not happy, particularly Senator John McCain who is the top Republican on that committee. He said it was just completely, in his words, worthless. Take a listen.

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: It was a waste of time because they had no information. They told us the mechanics of what's happening, but certainly no information about the issue that we and all Americans are concerned about. And that's not behavior. That is whether there was a breach of national security associated with this situation.

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BASH: In a word, he was furious about what he didn't hear from this briefing about how the investigation is going, what they know, what they don't know. And this is specifically about the 12 members of the U.S. military who were also involved in alleged misconduct.

I just want to tell you just -- that I was just talking to our Barbara Starr, who, of course, is an expert on all things Pentagon. And she said that, in terms of practical terms, you can't really send anybody up to talk about this who would be in a position of deciding or administering punishment. But, look, I mean John McCain is no stranger to the ways of the military. He was in the military. He's been a top senator on this committee for a long time. And the fact that he thought that he should be getting more information says something.

MALVEAUX: Yes. I mean he -- that was some very strong language that we're hearing from him. Between you and Barbara, your reporting here, do we know if there's some Secret Service agents who were involved in this -- this sex scandal in Colombia -- are they actually going to be talking about the culture of the Secret Service and whether or not this was really something that was tolerated among the ranks?

BASH: Boy, that's the interview that everybody wants, isn't it, especially now that they're gone.

MALVEAUX: Yes.

BASH: So far we have not, but, you know, on that note, if you take a look at this -- at a picture and that shows you what happened this morning. Now we're looking at the hotel Caribe, which is where this allegedly took place. But there was also a public hearing about the Secret Service, the 12 members of the Secret Service, who, of course, at this point they have all -- they've gone through all of the investigating of them. Some have been punished. Some of them have been forced out. Some of them not. But what a contrast between the way the Secret Service and the Homeland Security secretary, who was here in this hearing today, talked about this and what we are not learning from the military. There's some reasons for that in terms of the process that they have to go through.

MALVEAUX: Sure.

BASH: What she did say is that she doesn't think that there were other incidents beyond what happened in Colombia. But she also said she's not sure and they're starting to go through and look into that at this point.

MALVEAUX: All right, Dana, thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

He is quitting the presidential race. So now what? We're going to tell you what Newt Gingrich plans to do after he ends his run for the White House next week.

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

Next, after weeks of hanging on despite the losses, Newt Gingrich has finally decided to step down. What does it mean for Mitt Romney? We're going to find out.

Then, despite his handicap, a double amputee athlete has his eyes set on a gold. What's more amazing, he lives in Afghanistan.

And, later, the CDC says the rate of Autism in America, much higher than previously thought. Well, we spent some time with an autistic 21- year-old who has not been able to speak for years.

He said he would take his campaign all the way to the Republican convention in Tampa. Well, it looks like Newt Gingrich, he's reached the end of the road. Our political director, Mark Preston, has all of the latest details.

Mark, I understand that there's some details about a conversation that was held between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

MARK PRESTON, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Yes, and it happened just a few hours ago, Suzanne. Our own Shawna Shepherd, who spent quite an amount of time over the past year with New Gingrich confirmed that this conversation took place this morning. But I have new details on what actually was said.

Mitt Romney called Newt Gingrich, I'm told now, without Newt Gingrich knowing the call was going to come in. And apparently during that call, Mitt Romney told the former House speaker that if he had decided to stay in the race and continue with the campaign, then Mitt Romney would, in fact, be OK with that. He would understand. But if Newt Gingrich decided to then suspend his campaign, then Mitt Romney asked him to be part of his campaign team to try to help him win the White House in November.

Now, this is very, very important because it just shows you these relationships that occur between presidential candidates, between campaigns that you normally don't hear here on television or you certainly don't see printed in newspapers. It's these very personal relationships, Suzanne, that really help propel campaigns forward.

MALVEAUX: It's really a nice kind of pulling back the curtain and taking a look at the relationship between these two men.

Do we know how Gingrich responded at all when Romney actually said, hey, are you willing to join my team?

PRESTON: What I'm told by Gingrich's spokesman is that Gingrich agreed that -- that's when we reported Newt Gingrich a few hours ago that Gingrich would be suspending his campaign. He's agreed to help Mitt Romney try to win in November.

This comes at a time when Mitt Romney has already made the turn for the general election. We saw it last night in his speech in New Hampshire where he talked about this was the first day of the campaign and how he was ready to take the fight to President Obama.

What is Gingrich's role actually going to be? They haven't worked out those details. We also don't know if Mitt Romney plans to be with Newt Gingrich when he decides to formally step aside from the campaign. I would be surprised to see Mitt Romney there. It would allow Newt Gingrich to have his one last day in the sun on Tuesday -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: Why Tuesday? Why is he waiting until next week to do this officially?

PRESTON: It's a logistical challenge. Right now he's in North Carolina. He needs to get his family together, his supporters together. He will be here in Washington. He lives in the Virginia suburbs. He will be at the White House Correspondents Dinner. He's going to be a guest of CNN at that dinner on Saturday night. They see Tuesday as a very clean day for this to happen.

But, Suzanne, it won't just be the presidential campaign Gingrich plans to play a role in. He's emphatic about trying to help Republicans maintain the majority in the House and try to take back the majority in the Senate.

MALVEAUX: It's a very familiar role for Newt Gingrich. How important is that going to be, especially if they're worried that President Obama could win a second term?

PRESTON: As they try to retake control of the Senate, which the Democrats own right now, it's extremely important for a couple reasons. One is Newt Gingrich is very good raising money. Donors like to go and hear him speak. They will cut checks. Not only can Newt Gingrich help Mitt Romney on the presidential level raise money, but he can also help these House members across the country who are trying to either run for re-election or they're trying to challenge Democrats.

What's interesting about Newt Gingrich, too, as much as he's a polarizing figure -- and a lot of people get very angry at Newt Gingrich the way that he acts and talks. Back in 2009, it was Newt Gingrich who really came to the aid of the House Republicans and Senate Republicans --

MALVEAUX: Right.

PRESTON: -- when he decided to headline their dinner. If our viewers remember, Sarah Palin was supposed to do that dinner and she backed out at the very last minute. Newt Gingrich came in and saved the day.

MALVEAUX: And stepped in.

As always, Mark, great insights.

And also a shout out to Shawna Shepherd, excellent producer.

Thanks to both of you. Appreciate it.

PRESTON: Thank you.

MALVEAUX: Land mines took his legs at age 11, but now this double amputee has his eyes set on being a champion swimmer. We have his amazing story.

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MALVEAUX: An elite athlete, a world-class swimmer training to compete to be the best in the world. That's what elite athletes do, right? But this is an unlikely athlete. This is in a place where hope and optimism are rare.

Mohammed Jamjoom is in Kabul, Afghanistan, with this story.

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MOHAMMED JAMJOOM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Being a symbol is never easy. Throughout his young life, Malek has already overcome so many challenges some might be tempted to think he requires no assistance whatsoever. The 18-year-old double amputee knows better.

MALEK MOHAMMAD, DOUBLE AMPUTEE: I need support, I need help because I'm presenting Afghanistan, especially to save our people.

JAMJOOM: Land mines took his legs at age 11 when he was walking through a field near Kabul's airport. Now, Malek wants more than anything to be a world champion, to swim for his country at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London.

It's been a struggle and a lonely one at that. MOHAMMAD: If I don't have any coach or any trainer to teach me how to swim, how to prepare for the games, so I am doing it by myself because I love swimming.

JAMJOOM (on camera): Malek isn't the only athlete in Afghanistan facing these kinds of challenges. In Kabul sports facilities are generally considered lacking. Financial support is minimal.

(voice-over): Encouragement is what he gets in droves. Friends and family finding hope in Malek, something they say is missing in a country torn apart by too many years of war.

REZA JAVAD, MALEK MOHAMMED'S FRIEND (through translation): I am so happy to see someone like him who has no legs still swimming. And often even better than the rest of us.

JAMJOOM: Malek clearly loves the water but there's another place where he has just as much fun -- on the track -- running on prosthetic limbs made for him in America where he spent time recovering from his injuries. His tread is wearing thin. Malek says in Kabul replacements are impossible to come by.

Another reason he spends so much time in the water, he realizes the odds aren't exactly in his favor but remains optimistic.

MOHAMMAD: I am sure some day I will have some professional trainer, good teacher, and good support and representing Afghanistan and that will be my job, to bring some medal for my country.

JAMJOOM: Knowing that whatever happens, in a sense, he's already won.

Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN, Kabul.

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MALVEAUX: Amazing story.

There's a mobile app that brings a cleaning service to you. How a high-tech company works.

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MALVEAUX: Start up company makes a splash with a mobile phone app. Already raised millions of dollars in venture capital. The Cherry Car Wash Smartphone service in San Francisco.

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DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A typical car wash -- pull in, run the car through, it comes out clean. But add some technology to the suds, and you get an entirely different experience.

(on camera): Looks like our CNN crew car could use a little wash. I'm going to punch up the app and order the service. (voice-over): I'm using a new iPhone app called Cherry. Instead of going to the car wash, Cherry, through its app, sends the car wash to you.

(on camera): It needs my location, sees where I am.

(voice-over): After inputting my credit card, license plate number, and the make and model of the car, the app searches for the nearest car washer.

(on camera): So that's all there is to it. We'll see what happens.

(voice-over): Within 15 minutes this guy rolls up.

(on camera): How are you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good. How are you?

SIMON: And he brought all his own supplies to clean the car right on the street inside and out.

Cherry says it uses eco-friendly biodegradable products. And only one gallon of water is needed where, by comparison, somebody washing their car at home might go through 100 gallons.

(on camera): Where did this idea come from?

TRAVIS VANDERZANDEN, CEO, CHERRY: So the idea came from, one Sunday afternoon, I was looking for a car wash in san Francisco, and I pulled up Google Maps and typed in "car wash" and the first two places I went to actually were no longer in business.

SIMON (voice-over): Travis Vanderzanden is the CEO of Cherry. He left a lucrative job at another technology company to fundamentally change an industry.

VANDERZANDEN: It's this massive $19 billion-plus industry and there hasn't been innovation in decades.

SIMON: The biggest selling point he says is the convenience. No need to drive to the car wash and wait. Customers, in fact, don't need to be present but do need to keep their doors unlocked.

VANDERZANDEN: If they're not comfortable with that for whatever reason, we also send them a text message when the washer arrives to have them come down and unlock the doors. But at no point do we every need the keys.

SIMON: Location-based Smartphone services are taking off. The San Francisco company, Uber, for example, a car service that sends a car to you anywhere, has expanded to several other cities and has picked up $40 million in venture capital money.

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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I need a store that sells organic mushrooms from Arizona.

SMARTPHONE: This organic market looks pretty close to you.

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SIMON: Apple has a lot invested in location services with Siri for the iPhone.

As more people start using this kind of technology, Cherry, which has raked in more than $4 million in venture capital, is poised to take advantage.

VANDERZANDEN: Our customer service will ultimately allow us to win out over traditional car washes.

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MALVEAUX: Want to bring in Dan Simon from San Francisco.

All right, Dan, looks like you're all set up there.

(LAUGHTER)

Show us what you got.

SIMON: Well, we want to tell you about the price of this car wash. It is $29.99. That's $10 more than the typical car wash. Right now, they're just in San Francisco, but they want to expand nationwide in about three years. But the biggest selling point of using a service like Cherry -- it's actually the only service of its kind -- is you're going to use a lot less water and there's a huge convenience factor. You can save the time of doing it yourself or going to the car wash and typically that takes about 60 minutes depending on what city you're living in in terms of going there, having it dob done, and getting to the next destination -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: Dan, I see you have all those supplies there. Are you going to be washing that car or do you have somebody on site with you?

SIMON: Well, we're going to touch it up a little bit. Cherry washed it for us, but that was a few days ago. It's gotten a little dirty so we just brought everything so we could make sure it was nice for our crew. So we're going to get to work right now. How about that?

MALVEAUX: Yes, crew cars sometimes can be a little messy there.

Dan, it sounds like a great idea. Thanks again. Good to see you.

Apple's profits soaring and it's having a major ripple effect on Wall Street. We'll have a live report from the New York Stock Exchange.

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Apple's big profits are having a major impact on Wall Street today.

Alison Kosik, live at the stock exchange.

Wow, Apple nearly doubling its profits in the last quarter, is that right?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, it's right. Investors are going bananas over Apple. Yes, I know that's corny, but it is true. Apple shares up more than 9 percent. Apple is trading above $600 again. This is all about how much money that Apple made in the first three months of this year, how many products it sold?

Now, Wall Street was a bit nervous before Apple's earnings came out yesterday about how Apple did, since activations at both AT&T and Verizon had slowed down at the beginning of the year. But Apple just came out and blew away expectations again. 16,000 iPhones sold every hour. Also getting a lot of help from the new iPad which came out in March.

MALVEAUX: Wow. I like that, going bananas over Apple. I think that's pretty cool. How big a factor is it for the broader stock market?

KOSIK: That's a good question. A funny thing about Apple. It can really change the mood of the entire market and it can change the momentum of the market. Look at the NASDAQ composite right now. The NASDAQ is up over 2 percent. S&P 500 up 1 percent. Apple is in the NASDAQ and the S&P. It is not in the Dow. So those indices are outperforming the Dow. And this is really all because of Apple. It literally moves an entire index because Apple is huge. It's the world's most valuable company. We just can't get enough of our gadgets. Apple found a curious way of making us believe we need these products and make us think we need to buy new ones every few years. Look at how Apple's stock has performed over the past five years. This is including during the recession. Shares are up almost 400 percent -- Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: They figured out something, Alison. I have my iPhone with me right here all the time.

Good to see you.

KOSIK: Yes. I've got the iPad.

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MALVEAUX: Thanks, Alison.

Five guys and a goat -- I'm not I kidding about this -- trying to break a curse that's been plaguing Chicago for years. That's up next.

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MALVEAUX: You've been sending me your thoughts on the John Edwards trial. The former Senator and presidential candidate accused of misusing campaign funds, money that went to cover up his affair as well as baby.

Bnjaray tweets, "Most sad how weakness can lead into disaster, but I can't cast the first stone."

Wbourgou tweets, "John Edwards denied being the father of his own daughter. How will she feel when she learns about that"?

Charles Pratt on Facebook says, "And it's the lies and deceit that should be our focus. If he broke the campaign finance laws and/or lied under oath, he must pay a penalty. Jail time."

We're going to keep the conversation going online. Watch us here on CNN for more on the story, tweet me at Suzannemalveaux. Like my page on facebook.com/SuzanneCNN.

All right, this story, kind of funny. Five guys and a goat -- I'm not kidding -- taking on a legendary sports curse and a serious cause. They're walking across the country to help the Chicago Cubs and to raise money for life-saving medical research.

Adam Paluka of our affiliate, KOKI, reports from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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ADAM PALUKA, REPORTER, KOKI (voice-over): In the curse of the billy goat, it's one of the oldest stories in sports.

BLAKE FERRELL, WALKING CROSS COUNTRY: In 1945, a guy went to Wrigley Field and brought in a goat and was asked to leave because the goat smelled. Later, he wrote a letter to the owner of the Cubs saying, until you respect the goat you will be cursed and not win a World Series.

PALUKA: These guys are ready to take that curse on. Matt, Blake, P.J., Kyle, Phillip and Wrigley the goat. I forgot to mention, they plan to break the curse by confining this 5-month-old goat Wrigley into his namesake's confines.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He got him from Phoenix, Arizona for $60.

PALUKA: Now these faithful fans are in the middle of a 1900-mile journey on America's most famous highway, Route 66.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a great route. Lot of cool, quirky stores and places along the way.

PALUKA: The trip began in February in Mesa, Arizona. Now they're in Tulsa, on their way to Chicago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's an adventure. Not a lot of people get this opportunity.

PALUKA (on camera): If you passed the guys and Wrigley on Route 66, you might not see the goat. That's because our little buddy has a specialized carrier that keeps his legs rested on the journey.

PHILIP ALDRICK, WALKING CROSS COUNTRY: He draws people in. Gives us the opportunity to share what we're doing.

PALUKA (voice-over): What we're doing is not only about cracking curses and World Series redemption, the guys are also raising money for cancer research.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My sister had aflastic leukemia (ph), a form of leukemia.

PALUKA: Three months of 20 to 25 miles of walking a day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We definitely feel each mile.

PALUKA: No hotels.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A couple nights ago, I slept behind a Dollar General.

PALUKA: And one diva of a goat.

(on camera): Wrigley, do you think you can break the Cubs curse?

(voice-over): The guys don't know either.

P.J. FISHER, WALKING CROSS COUNTRY: If you believe it will be broken, it will be broken.

PALUKA: Because Wrigley, whether he knows it or not, could change the fate of one frustrated franchise.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Will they let Wrigley in, that's up to the Cubs (ph) family and the Cubs organization.

PALUKA: For the sake of the last-place Cubs, they have to try.

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MALVEAUX: Good for them.

CNN NEWSROOM continues right now with Don Lemon. Hi Don.

DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: The curse of the billy-goat is real. Cheeburger Cheeburger (sic). There's a billy-goat in Chicago. Alright, thanks Suzanne.