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Violent Protests Tarnish NATO Summit; Sentencing In Rutgers Webcam Death; Edwards Jury Resumes Deliberations; Facebook Shares Dropping; Robin Gibb Dead At 62; Funeral For Lockerbie Bomber Today; Guard Killed in Mississippi Prison Riot; "Ring Of Fire" Wows Crowds; Historic Launch Of Spacex Stops Short; Obama Meets With Afghan War Allies; Wiig's Goodbye on "Saturday Night Live"; Funeral for Lockerbie Bomber Today; Managing Difficult Meeting Personalities; Sentencing in Rutgers Web Scam Death
Aired May 21, 2012 - 10:00 ET
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Once in a while.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Who was President Obama throwing that ball to?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's a great question. He's got to work on the form I think just a little bit but, again, I know he has other priorities.
COSTELLO: Yes, he does. He is a good basketball player.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right.
COSTELLO: Jeff, thank you. The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.
Good morning to you. I'm Carol Costello. Stories we're watching right now in the NEWSROOM. Clashes in Chicago, police in riot gear trying to push back thousands of protesters, racing to stop domestic terrorists. Three violent plans to use guns and explosives have already been uncovered. President Obama addresses NATO. Just about now.
Time for damage control, Newark Mayor Cory Booker defends Bain Capital and calls the negative tone of President Obama's campaign nauseating. He's a Democrat. But then hours later, a YouTube video pops up with Booker explaining.
He gave us the soundtrack to the '70s. Remembering Bee Gees co-founder Robin Gibb who passed away after a long battle with cancer.
It's Blazing ring of fire. In case you couldn't see it where you live, we got the amazing pictures of the solar eclipse.
We begin this hour with President Obama because at any moment we're expecting to hear from the president. He's in Chicago at the NATO Summit. This hour, he'll lay out the U.S. exit strategy in Afghanistan and the president says he expects the military alliance to sign off on the plan.
In the meantime, the summit itself has been largely overshadowed by all of this. Demonstrators say the chaos they unleashed this weekend is only the beginning. They are vowing more today.
In fact, "Occupy" protesters are launching their next round of demonstrations right now. CNN's Ted Rowlands was in the middle of the weekend chaos. What are they doing this morning, Ted?
TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, they are going to Boeing headquarters here in Chicago a few blocks from where we are in downtown. Their strategy is to close Boeing for the day. They are surrounding the building.
Boeing, of course, knowing this was happening has told their employees to stay home. Over the weekend as you mentioned, specifically yesterday, some violent protests going on near the NATO Summit meeting spot, the McCormick Convention Center, about two and a half, three blocks away.
That's where protesters clashed with police in riot gear. Many were hurt. There are about 40 some arrests. Some of the injuries were to police officers. Four injured officers including one that was apparently stabbed in the leg.
Take a listen to the police, the top cop here in Chicago, the police superintendent as he talks about criticism after viewing that video. He says if you're going criticize anybody, criticize those protesters.
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SUPT. GARRY MCCARTHY, CHICAGO POLICE: These officers were highly trained, highly skilled and if you think it's easy to ask people -- to do what they did, it's not. Asking people to put themselves in harm's way knowing that they are going to get assaulted and be able to tanned there and take it, these guys are amazing.
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ROWLANDS: As you mentioned, the Chicago bracing for one more day of potential protests after the Boeing protests are over the question will be will these people splintered out throughout the city as they have done in days prior on Friday and Saturday and Sunday, that's what they are worried about today. A lot of businesses here in Chicago telling their employees to just stay home today -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Ted Rowlands reporting live for us from Chicago.
Also happening right now in New Jersey, emotions running high there in a courtroom where a former Rutgers University student faces sentencing in the death of his roommate. These are live pictures from inside the courtroom.
You know, this is a case that stirred a national discussion on privacy, cyber spying and bullying. Tyler Clementi killed himself after Dharun Ravi secretly used a webcam to spy on a sexual encounter with another man. This morning we could hear from the families of both men.
Right now jurors are back to work too in the corruption trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. They had the weekend off after beginning deliberations on Friday. Edwards is accused of illegally funnelling campaign money to his mistress. He could face up to 30 years in prison.
Facebook shares, they are tanking this morning. Alison Kosik is at the New York Stock Exchange. How bad is it?
ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: It's pretty darn bad. You look at shares right now. They are dropping like a rock down 12 percent. They're pretty much holding steady around $33.43.
Clearly, Facebook shares are falling below that offering price that we've been talking about, that IPO price was at $38 a share. Clearly, it is not holding up to that.
Now how is that IPO price set? It was set by a group of banks based on how much interest there was from investors and there was strong demand.
But you know what? On Friday, it didn't live up to the hype. Facebook shares rose only 23 percent. I just talked with a trader and he said what's happening right now after this whole weekend of all this negative news of Facebook that it was overhyped and overvalued.
All of that is now coming to fruition in the trade that now investors are taking another look and saying you know what? Maybe Facebook doesn't have the best business model. I'm getting out.
What you're seeing a lot of shares trading hands, 75 million shares trading hands right now and we're only in the first half hour of trading today.
COSTELLO: I know I was just going to ask you to make an educated guess on how low it could go.
KOSIK: You know that's anyone's guess. Right now, it's holding steady. It sounds bad that it is plunging 12 percent. It's not going really much -- it's not going below that $33 mark.
You know what happened on Friday you have to remember, it was kind of artificially propped up by the underwriter, by Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley went in there and propped up those shares.
It wanted to keep Facebook from going below $38. Well, guess what? Morgan Stanley is not coming to the rescue right now and that's why one of the reasons why you're seeing shares drop the way they are.
COSTELLO: OK, I'm sure you keep an eye on it for us. Alison Kosik live at the New York Stock Exchange.
Barry Gibb, you heard about him. He is now the only actually Barry Gibb is the only surviving Bee Gee. His brother, Robin, you've heard about this. He passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Coming up we'll take a look at his remarkable career that helped define, but wasn't limited to an era.
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COSTELLO: We're talking more about the death of Robin Gibb this morning. He and his brothers the Bee Gees helped define the '70s.
John Travolta might have been the star of "Saturday Night Fever," the movie, but the soundtrack made legends of the Bee Gees. I mean, they were huge.
Of course, Robin was famous long before disco and a successful singer and composer until his death. CNN's Neil Curry has more for you.
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NEIL CURRY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As recently as April 10th, an audience was listening to a concert of new music composed by Robin Gibb. "Titanic Requiem" was a collaboration between Robin and his son, Robin John.
Written to mark the centennial of the sinking, it reflected Robin Gibb's long interest in the "Titanic" disaster and produced a powerful and emotional piece of music.
Yet fans around the world know him better for his contribution to pop music as a member of the Bee Gees. With record sales of over 200 million including 60 hit singles and seven Grammies, the Bee Gees remains one of the most successful pop bands in history.
Along with elder, Barry and his twin brother, Morris, Robin Gibb first scored chart success in Australia before the family returned to their British homeland and reached for much bigger audiences.
The band made a change in direction during the 1970s with the dance music exploded. The Bee Gees music provided the soundtrack for it was then the biggest movie soundtrack in history "Saturday Night Fever".
The film made worldwide superstars of actor John Travolta and the Bee Gees. It provided iconic tracks including "Staying Alive," "Night Fever," "More Than A Woman," and "You Should Be Dancing."
ANTHONY DECURTIS, ROLLING STONE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: The Bee Gees became really, you know, the biggest group in the world at that point. Unfortunately, you know, they paid a price for that. You know, they got tagged as a disco group and suddenly, you know, once that wave had receded. You know, the white suits and the puffed up hair and the funny stage moves didn't, weren't so entertaining for people. CURRY: Although their popularity faded in the decades that followed their songs were covered by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin. Their musical contributions were recognized by induction to the Rock and Roll hall of fame alongside such enduring pop bands as Abba.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The thing is what we were doing like Abba and why our songs are still on the radio is because of melody, harmonies and human relationships and that reaches out to a lot of young people and human emotions never go out of fashion. They are always appealing.
CURRY: The band was brought to an end by the death of cancer of Robin's brother, Morris in 2013. But Robin continued his passion for music, culminating in the "Titanic" Requiem.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is not about how complicated music is. It's about how simple and relative to the human spirit.
CURRY: While the suite had a prestigious premier in central London, Robin Gibb was in a nearly hospital being treated for pneumonia following a long battle with cancer. A few days later, he slipped into a coma where family and friends gathered to maintain a bedside vigil. Neil Curry, CNN, London.
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COSTELLO: Barry Gibb is the last surviving member of the Bee Gees. Their youngest brother, Andy Gibb died of heart failure in 1988.
It's 30 minutes past the hour, checking our top stories now. Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi will be laid to rest today. He died yesterday after fighting prostate cancer.
The former Libyan intelligence officer is the only person ever convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people. Some victims' families expressed relief about his death, others anger.
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SUSAN COHEN, DAUGHTER KILLED IN PAN AM 103 BOMBING: He died in Libya comfortably with his family around him and my daughter, 20 years old with everything to live for died a brutal horrible death.
ROBERT MONETTI, SON KILLED IN PAN AM 103 BOMBING: He was involved, he put the bomb on the plane, but somebody made the bomb, somebody told him to do it, somebody paid for the whole thing.
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COSTELLO: Al Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds in 2009. Prison officials in Mississippi have taken over a riot at the Adams County Correctional Facility. They say at one point, there were 24 or 25 hostages, but they now say employees are safe. One guard was killed in the disturbance. At least 19 people including three inmates were injured.
More shaking in Northern Italy today. A strong aftershock followed yesterday's 6.0 earthquake that killed at least seven people. Workers are digging through the rubble searching for survivors. Some 11,000 people are out of their homes, many sleeping in cars or tents.
The bleeding gets worse at JPMorgan Chase. The bank first reported losses of $2 billion, but now those losses could add up to $7 billion. More on what we're learning just ahead.
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COSTELLO: A quick check on what's happening in Chicago, Illinois. The NATO summit is going on right now. You see President Obama is chatting with the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton right now.
He soon will make remarks to the NATO Summit on Afghanistan and the exit strategy supposedly NATO has signed on to the agreement between the United States and the president for getting most of our troops out of Afghanistan by the year 2014.
When the president begins speaking -- he's walking to the podium and still shaking hands. When he starts speaking, we'll head back to Chicago.
But let's talk about this right now. Captivating, dazzling, amazing, I'm talking about the so-called ring of fire, solar eclipse that wowed crowds from China to Texas. Many held viewing parties to watch as the sun appeared as a thin ring around the moon. Rob Marciano is here to explain why we all couldn't see it.
ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Just one more party that I wasn't invited to. You had to go somewhere to see it. If you lived in West Texas or anywhere in the western part of the U.S., you got at least a glimpse of it, maybe not total or annular.
But it was certainly special and the reason being is remember when we had this big super moon a couple of weeks ago because it was so big and so close. Well, the opposite occurred when it went on the other side of the earth. It was further away. So because of that not all of the sun was blocked out as during a total solar eclipse.
So you get this ring of fire where 93 percent of the sun is blocked out, but not the rest. It's really an eerie, eerie thing. The next time we'll see an annular eclipse in North America won't be for another 10, 11 years, 2023, I believe.
Now a total eclipse, Carol, where the whole thing is blocked out for several minutes is coming to North America in 2017. So that party we're invited to. You just moved back to Atlanta you have to stay here because it will be visible across the southeast in 2017.
COSTELLO: OK, I'm putting it on my calendar.
MARCIANO: Yes, stand by all year because I can't remember the particular day.
COSTELLO: OK, thank you, Rob. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Now on to a new era in the nation's space program. This is the first private spacecraft headed to the International Space Station.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two, one, zero and liftoff. We've had a cut- off.
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COSTELLO: Yes. It never got off the ground. The launch was scrubbed a half second before liftoff. CNN's aviation and regulation correspondent Lizzie O'Leary is in Washington. They will try again, right?
LIZZIE O'LEARY, CNN AVIATION AND REGULATION CORRESPONDENT: They are going to try again very early tomorrow morning. And what happened, Carol, you saw that announcer, you heard that announcer sound a little bit confused.
They got really to the end of the countdown sequence and they had a reading that showed too much pressure in one of the engines. There are nine engines. This is a very complicated thing.
And one valve essentially said we have too much pressure and the computer went into automated shutdown mode. When you think about that is a good thing. It's designed to do this.
They don't want to lift off with something going wrong with too much pressure in one of the engines or as they traced it back a faulty valve in one of the fine engines.
That's supposed to power dragon that's the name of that capsule up to the International Space Station with lot was stuff in it, cargo supplies and all sort of stuff like that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Spacex is going to go to the International Space Station, right? And that's just going to be their new business. NASA is out of that business right now.
O'LEARY: NASA is out of that business. You talked about in the intro the private space flight business. This is a big shift for NASA. We saw the end of the shuttle program and what's going on is this idea that a private company in this case, Spacex.
And it's run by Elon Mosku, CEO of Tesla Motors, very charismatic guy. They got about a big contract more than a $1.5 billion from NASA to do 12 flights, unmanned flights up to the space station with this capsule to take all sorts of things.
And bring into the International Space Station so it's a big ship, but this really underscores the trial and error nature of how this stuff works.
You got to try, try, and try again and sometimes you have very dramatic liftoff shutdowns that happen just before liftoff is supposed to commence like we saw over the weekend and they are going to try again very, very early tomorrow morning.
COSTELLO: OK, I'm a little distracted right now because I'm watching what's happening in Chicago. The president is about to speak before the NATO Summit.
Let's check back in Chicago. You see the secretary- general there preparing for Obama's remarks and you see Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan sitting beside him.
The president is expected to talk about Afghanistan and the exit strategy for U.S. troops and, of course, many other countries as well as NATO is involved in that.
So when we come back hopefully the president will be speaking about Afghanistan. If he is, we'll bring those comments to you live.
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey is back tracking big time. First, he's slammed an ad that attacked Mitt Romney's business career and he says it's fair game.
We're asking our "Political Buzz" panel what's up with that? That's coming up.
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COSTELLO: OK, back to Chicago. The president speaking at the NATO Summit in Chicago about our exit strategy from Afghanistan. Let's listen.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Hopefully no stories in the press. We come together as 50 nations. NATO allies and partners that make up the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
I want to welcome the presence of President Karzai as well as officials from Central Asia and Russia, the nations that have an important perspective and continue to provide critical transit for ISAF supplies.
The presence of so many leaders and nations illustrates once again this is truly an international mission and that's because the region and the world have a profound interest in an Afghanistan that is stable, that is secure, and that is not a source of attacks on other nations.
And today as always our thoughts are with our brave forces who are serving in this vital mission. Two years ago in Lisbon, our nations agreed on a framework for transition in Afghanistan that would allow us to responsibly wind down the war.
We agreed that this transition to Afghan lead force security would begin in 2011 and that it would conclude in 2014. At the same time, we said that we would seek a long term partnership with Afghanistan and the Afghan people.
Over the past two years, we've made important progress. Our forces broke the Taliban's momentum, more Afghans are reclaiming their communities, Afghan security forces have grown stronger, and the transition that we agreed to in Lisbon is well under way.
This past week, we saw more progress. We very much welcome President Karzai's announcement of the third group of areas to begin transition. This means that 75 percent of the Afghan people live in areas where Afghan forces will be moving into the lead.
Today, we'll decide the next phase of the transition, the next milestone. We'll set a goal for Afghan forces to take the lead for combat operations across the country in 2013, next year. So that ISAF can move to a supporting role.
This will be another step towards Afghans taking full lead for their security as agreed to by 2014 when the ISAF combat mission will end. Today is also an opportunity to ensure our hard won progress is preserved.
The strategic partnership agreement that President Karzai and I signed in Kabul ensures that as Afghans stand up, they will not standalone. Today, we can agree on NATO's long term relationship with Afghanistan beyond 2014 including our support of Afghan security forces.
So we have a lot of work to do. Again, I want to thank all of my fellow leaders and our partners for being here. Our nations and the world have a vital interest in the success of this mission.
And I am confident because of the leadership represented here as well as the leadership of our outstanding armed forces, that we can advance that goal today and responsibly bring this war to an end. Mr. Secretary-General.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you very much, Mr. President. And now I would kindly ask the media to leave the room so that we can start our meeting.
COSTELLO: OK, as you can see the secretary-general asking the media to leave the room so they can have a private conversation. You heard the president talk a little bit about the exit strategy from Afghanistan.
It sounds right on schedule at least from an American perspective that most of our troops will be out of Afghanistan by the year 2014. We'll have much more on this throughout the day on CNN.
In fact, Wolf Blitzer will sit down and interview the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. That comes your way at 4:00 Eastern Time.
"Political Buzz" is your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. Three questions, 30 seconds on the clock, playing with us today, CNN contributor, Maria Cardona, she leans to the left and CNN contributor, Will Cain, leans right.
Happy Monday to you both.
MARIA CARDONA, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Good morning Carol.
WILL CAIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Good morning.
COSTELLO: It's Monday.
First question, Newark's Mayor Cory Booker's nausea sure cleared up pretty quickly. First the Democratic mayor criticized the Obama campaign for going after Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital. He called the strategy "nauseating". Then later Booker goes on YouTube and says Bain is fair game.
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MAYOR CORY BOOKER (D), NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: I believe that Mitt Romney in many ways is not being completely honest with his role and his record or even while a business person and is shaping it to serve his political interest and not necessarily all the -- and not necessarily including all the facts of his time there.
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COSTELLO: Ok. So why did Mayor Booker back track? Maria?
CARDONA: Well, I don't think he back tracked on the criticism of negative campaigning. If you look at the video he still talks about how that is -- is a -- a deceptive part of American politics and why so people are turned off.
But I think what he did think twice about is the fact that Mitt Romney's record at Bain is absolutely fair game because Mitt Romney is using it as a number one reason why he should be elected president because he'd be a better (inaudible) of the economy when in fact his job at Bain was not to take care of the American economy, was not to create jobs. It was to make money and whether that meant shipping jobs overseas and closing factories so be it.
COSTELLO: Will.
CAIN: Come on Maria you know why he back tracked, because he said what he really felt in the morning. And then somebody called him and says Mayor Booker you got off message, what are you doing? And they got him back on message promptly.
In the morning he said he believes in capitalism and private equity and the role of efficiency in the markets. In the afternoon they told him, Cory, we're criticizing all of that. Don't you know we don't believe in any of that? So they got him back on message if he wants to have a political future in the Democratic Party.
COSTELLO: Ouch. Ok second question. The NAACP has endorsed same-sex marriage as a civil right -- a big shocker. The -- the group says marriage equality is a continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law.
But the timing is certainly interesting. So why now, Will?
CAIN: Well, I mean because they followed President Obama's lead. And I will give President Obama credit on that. This is what a leader does. He takes a position on an issue. It's certainly one that's not in the mainstream right now, it's moving in that direction. And NAACP followed.
That's -- that's -- it's how it's supposed to work, right? A leader takes a position and those that follow will follow and that's exactly what happened here. And President Obama deserves credit for bringing the NAACP on to the side of the issue that he believes is right.
COSTELLO: Maria.
CARDONA: I actually agree 100 percent with Will here. Look the NAACP is a leadership organization. So they took their -- their cue from President Obama. And now is the right time because this is clearly a difficult issue not just for African-Americans but for a lot of Americans still it is moving in the right direction in terms of -- of acceptance and for the NAACP to be coming at it now is going to show their leadership in helping to move that debate where it needs be.
COSTELLO: Ok. Here is your "Buzzer Beater". Third question, 20 seconds each. According to the "Washington Times" the census is under attack. House Republicans voted to defund a major part of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Bureau is fighting back rallying supporters to help preserve the questionnaire, so the question, should the census die? Maria?
CARDONA: No. Absolutely not, Carol. That's -- that's -- that's a ridiculous assertion by Republicans. The census actually has a very important job and that is to give us information about what this country looks like, businesses use it.
So I'm really surprised that Republicans are using this because businesses actually need this in order to make their plans, in order to understand where they need to grow. So I think it's ridiculous and this country needs that information.
COSTELLO: Will?
CAIN: The debate is not so much over the Census Bureau on whether or not it should exist but how it exists? And when you you're getting out ask questions about how many, you know, what -- what kind of flushing mechanism your toilet has or what you're average electricity bill is, you kind of wonder if that's what the Constitution of the founders meant when they said take a head count in the United States and they said take a head count in the United States.
I mean, there's a legitimate debate about what should be asked, how far it's crept. And -- and I think all that is legitimate. By the way we shouldn't worry about it. The federal government knows everything they need to know about us and not through the Census Bureau by the way.
COSTELLO: It's like I'm listening to you and I'm thinking man, people say more than that on Facebook.
CAIN: Yes they've got ready access to all of this.
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COSTELLO: Will Cain, Maria Cardona thanks.
CARDONA: Thanks Carol.
CAIN: Thank you.
COSTELLO: Mick Jagger has so many moves he brought the cast of "Saturday Night Live" to tears during a farewell serenade to Kristen Wiig.
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COSTELLO: "Saturday Night Live" season finale was emotional and it was a very funny last show for Kristen Wiig. Let's get right to "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" host A.J. Hammer. I'm going miss her. Of course I'll see her in other places but --
A.J. HAMMER, HLN HOST, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT": Yes Carol -- yes of course. But "Saturday Night Live" was her home for a long time. And I guess it was one of the sweetest send-offs I've seen in the history of the show as Kristen Wiig graduated. Let's watch this together.
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MICK JAGGER, ROLLING STONE: This one is for you.
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HAMMER: I have to believe she never in her life would have imagined ever being serenaded by Mick Jagger and as you can see she's dancing with her co-stars. She's trying not to get too emotional there. And she finished her dance moves with the show's executive producer Lorne Michaels.
And the interesting thing is "Saturday Night Live" hasn't even officially confirmed that Wiig is leaving the show. I asked her about it myself about a month ago and she didn't have anything to say.
It seems pretty obvious this was a big good-bye. Two other SNL main stays apparently leaving the show as well. You could see Jason Sudeikis is getting emotional as he and Wiig took their dance turn.
And it looks like he and Andy Samberg and are both leaving the show and hopefully moving on to greener pastures. We'll see them all somewhere, Carol. So sad ending to the show and season.
I have to say, though, Mick Jagger, wow what a great job he did as the host. He's been a musical guest before, his first time hosting but he did have a couple of great performances. He was backed up by -- first by Arcade Fire and then by the Fu Fighters and he of course gave Wiig her big send-off.
But it was pretty funny in some of the sketches. I want to show one of them right now.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You make moments crying, you make moments --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That is perfect Mick Jagger face.
JAGGER: I've never seen Mick Jagger make that face. He's falling asleep at the microphone.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That is Classic Jagger.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
JAGGER: That's not, that's not classic Jagger.
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HAMMER: So there you go. Really a great way to end the season. You know we're -- we're into summer rerun mode starting next weekend with "Saturday Night Live". But I think they wounded down as best they possibly could.
COSTELLO: Oh they did, I loved when Mick Jagger was impersonating Steven Tyler. That was really funny too.
HAMMER: Perfect.
COSTELLO: It was a great show.
Thank you A.J. for sharing.
HAMMER: You got it.
COSTELLO: Want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world. A.J.'s got it on tonight on "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" at 11:00 Eastern on HLN.
Lebron and D Wade help the Heat even their playoff series while the Spurs stay perfect in the post-season. Sports next.
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COSTELLO: 43 minutes past the hour. Checking our top stories now.
Lockerbie Bomber, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi will be laid to rest today. He died yesterday of prostate cancer. The former Libyan intelligence officer is the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people. Some victim's families expressed relief about his death; others anger.
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SUSAN COHEN, DAUGHTER KILLED IN PAN AM 103 BOMBING: He died in Libya, comfortably with his family around him. and my daughter, 20 years old with everything to live for died a brutal horrible death.
ROBERT MONETTI, SON KILLED IN PAN AM 103 BOMBING: He was involved, he put the bomb on the plane, but somebody made the bomb, somebody told him to do it so he paid for the whole thing.
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COSTELLO: Al Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds in 2009.
Prison officials in Natchez, Mississippi say they have now taken control of a riot at Adams County Correctional Facility. They say at one point there were 24 or 25 hostages but they now say employees are safe. One guard was killed in the disturbance. At least 19 people were injured including three inmates.
And more shaking in northern Italy today, a strong aftershock followed yesterday's 6.0 earthquake that killed at least seven people. Workers are digging through the rubble searching for survivors. Some 11,000 people are out of their homes. Many sleeping in cars or tents.
Let's talk sports. Lebron James, Jeff Fischel, maybe he can do it at the end of the season.
JEFF FISCHEL, HLN SPORTS: Yes, you know, the Eastern Conference playoff picture is a jumble. First Derek Rose got hurt. The Chicago Bulls playoff hopes gone.
Then Chris Bosh, Lebron James' teammate, he got hurt. It looked like the Heat could be in trouble down two games to one against the Pacers in the second round of the series, and down at halftime. Lebron James turns it on in the second half. He and his teammate Dwyane Wade completely controlled the second half.
They in fact, outscored the entire Pacers team in the second half. There they are. They combine to have a huge game, 70 points -- they win 101-93. The series is now tied two games apiece. Game five heading back to South Beach.
The San Antonio Spurs, they look unbeatable right now. That's Danny Green hitting a three to tie it against the Clippers at 92. The Spurs pull it out as if you doubted it. They beat the Clippers 102-99 sweeping the series against L.A. advancing to the Western Conference finals. The Spurs have won 18 in a row going back to the regular season. They will face either the Lakers or Thunder. Oklahoma City leads that series three games to one. Game Five for that one, tonight.
All right. When I was a kid I brought a glove with me to every game hoping to catch a foul ball. On a wet Saturday in Denver what did one Rockies fan use? An umbrella.
COSTELLO: Wow. That's some umbrella.
FISCHEL: Look at that. Snagged it. I've seen butterfly nets, not an umbrella.
COSTELLO: And the umbrella survived.
FISCHEL: He still can use it and catch himself some right. By the way, I've still never caught a foul ball. I'm still hoping one day maybe.
Josh Hamilton easily slugging his way to some incredible numbers this season, best slugger in the majors right now and the Texas Rangers are honoring him. When you say how can we honor this great player? What would be a true honor?
How about a two-foot hot dog. It's called the Great Bratbino. Comes with sauerkraut, of course. I don't know why when they thought of Josh Hamilton they thought of a two-foot hot dog. But it comes with chili, nacho cheese, green onions and jalapenos on it
COSTELLO: Oh, my head hurts after that one. I shouldn't comment, though.
Thanks, Jeff.
FISCHEL: Any time.
COSTELLO: Such levity.
We're getting some professional advice on how to handle high maintenance personalities like Jeff Fischel at company meetings. We now know who they are, we just don't know how to handle them.
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COSTELLO: Did you ever get pulled into one of those endless meetings that never seemed to get anything accomplished? Sometimes you feel like you get tricked into attending like in this Career Builders commercial.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look, doughnuts.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wait you don't want those doughnuts.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I do. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They use them as bait to trap people into pointless meetings.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's cruel. Hey ice cream cake.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Glad you could make it Todd.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll see you in about eight hours.
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COSTELLO: Once you're there you know what's next. Listening to people who can be difficult to deal with like The Rambler, The Multi- tasker, The Dominator.
Dana Brownlee is the president of Professionalism Matters and she's here to give us some techniques for managing difficult meeting personalities.
Welcome.
DANA BROWNLEE, PRESIDENT, PROFESSIONALISM MATTERS: Thank you, Carol.
COSTELLO: I can't wait to hear your solutions to these problems. But first let's talk about the types of people in these meetings that drive us all crazy. First The Rambler.
BROWNLEE: I think every meeting has The Rambler. It's that person who goes on and on. They are giving you "The War and Peace" version when you really want the Cliff Notes version.
COSTELLO: How do you make them stop?
BROWNLEE: Several things you can do. One technique I really like ask them to summarize their point for the meeting notes. It's an opportunity to compliment them but also speed them up. So you might say, "You know Jill you're make being some great points, but I'm worried we might not capture them correctly. Can you boil it down to one phrase for us." So that speeds them up.
COSTELLO: So the best advice wouldn't be "Please shut up now." I've never done that but I've always wanted to. It's a fantasy that I have.
Ok. So the next person is The Multitasker. What do they do at meetings that drive us crazy?
BROWNLEE: The Multitasker -- not only are we frustrated with them but we've all been the multitasker. That's the person that's on their PDA, they're on their iPad. So that's all of us.
One of the things we can do is try to develop a ground rule right at the beginning. Don't just ignore the problem but bring it up and say hey guys I know that we're all busy, we're trying to check our e-mail, text messages, let's develop some sort of ground rule about how we're going to handle devices in our session.
COSTELLO: So do you say the person's name like hey Joe listen --
BROWNLEE: That's another recommendation actually. Yes. You can also kind of call them out and you cans say "Hey, Bob, what are your thoughts on this point." And it not only startles them and gets them back engaged in the meeting but it also sends a signal to everybody else that they really do need to focus.
COSTELLO: Interesting. Ok. The Dominator.
BROWNLEE: Yes. A lot of times we're so afraid of The Dominator. That's the person that's sucking up all the wind in the room and they are, you know, really dominating and not letting other people get a word in edgewise. Lots of things you can do.
One technique I highly recommend I call compliment, document and then pivot. And so that's exactly what you're going to do. So you might say Carol these are some really great points you're breaking up, this inventory issue I hadn't really thought about that. Let me be sure we get that down on the flip chart and I'm also wondering Mark and Greg what are your thoughts on the inventory issue and do you have any other suggestions as well.
COSTELLO: So you interrupt that dominating person?
BROWNLEE: Yes. But I usually try to interrupt with something positive. It's a complimentary statement.
COSTELLO: You're so much nicer than I am. Ok. So meetings in general -- because I have found that most meetings are pointless. And maybe it's my imagination and I'm just like too hyperactive to actually sit down for an hour and listen to a bunch of people talk. But --
BROWNLEE: No, you're exactly right. You're exactly right. And actually it's funny. In my training class, when I'm teaching people how to prepare for their meetings I tell them to ask the who, what, why, where, and when but ask the why question first. Because if you really can't convince yourself that you really do need to have a meeting you don't need to have it.
COSTELLO: So why do people have so many meeting? I mean why do businesses require so many meetings then?
BROWNLEE: I don't know they are requiring them but honestly in some ways we've gotten a little lazy. I think people have problems and issues and instead of figuring out the best way to tackle it, I say, "Oh let's just have a meeting." And then we invite everybody to the meeting. So I think it just becomes the go to solution and we really need to question that going forward.
COSTELLO: Dana, thank you so much for coming in. It's been very interesting and enlightening.
BROWNLEE: Thank you Carol.
COSTELLO: We're back after a quick break.
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COSTELLO: Ok. We just got word -- you're actually looking at live pictures from a New Jersey courtroom. This is the brother of Tyler Clementi. Just a short time ago Tyler Clementi's father Joseph made an impact statement. As you know Tyler Clementi's roommate is about to be sentenced for hate crimes in the suicide death of Tyler Clementi. I want you to hear what his father, Tyler Clementi's father, Joseph, had to say.
JOSEPH CLEMENTI, FATHER OF TYLER CLEMENTI: Mr. Ravi never met or knew my son before arriving at Rutgers University. He had no call to do what he did. Tyler never did anything to Mr. Ravi to make him dislike him or to cause him to retaliate for some wrongdoing.
Now, Mr. Ravi did these criminal acts because he saw my son as not deserving basic human decency and respect and because my son was different than him, below him. And because he was gay.
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COSTELLO: Dharun Ravi could face ten years in prison. We should know later today what that sentence will be. He also could be deported to his native India.
In today's "Daily Dose", sobering numbers about the damaging effects of teenage obesity. Nearly one in fourteen is on the verge of having diabetes or already have it. The just released study published in the Journal Pediatrics found the number of young people with diabetes or pre-diabetes more than doubled from 9 percent to 23 percent in a span of less than ten years.
That does it for me. Thank you so much for joining me today. I'm Carol Costello.
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