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Passenger On Flight Restrained; Etan Patz Suspect Facing Charges; SpaceX Dragon Links To Space Station; Edwards Jury Reviews More Evidence; Trial for Etan Patz; The Mexican Spring; Chen's Flight from China; Invading Your Child's Privacy Online; The Best and Worst Sunscreens

Aired May 25, 2012 - 13:00   ET

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Suzanne Malveaux. I want to get right to it. A man is in federal custody in Miami after a disturbance aboard an American Airlines flight from Montego Bay in Jamaica. A source tells CNN that the man got up, charged towards the front of the plane, began banging on the door as the plane was taxiing to the gate. American Airlines described the passenger as disoriented. We're going to continue to follow the story and bring any updates as they become available.

A suspect is expected to be charged today in a 33-year-old missing child case that set off a national movement. Police in New York say Pedro Hernandez confessed to killing six-year-old Etan Patz back in 1979. Prosecutors are expected to charge Hernandez with second-degree murder. Etan disappeared on his way to school. It was his first time walking to the bus stop by himself.

Historic meeting in space happened about an hour ago when the SpaceX Dragon linked up with the International Space Station. We want you to check it out, see how it went down.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Capture is confirmed.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You've done a wonderful capture, you've made a lot of folks happy down here over in Hawthorne and right here in Houston. Great job, guys.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Houston station, looks like we got us a drag it by the tail.

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MALVEAUX: A private spacecraft is bringing clothes, supplies, experiments to the space station.

It has been exactly one week since the jury in the John Edwards corruption trial got the case. They are still deliberating. Four women, eight men have asked to see dozens of exhibits. Edwards is accused of illegally using almost $1 million in campaign cash to keep his pregnant mistress hidden from the public. CNN legal analyst Paul Callan is joining from New York to talk a little bit about it. And Paul, first of all, we're talking about a week later. There is no verdict. Does this seem, in your opinion, as a bad sign for Edwards? Can we read into this at all?

PAUL CALLAN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Well, you know, you have to -- I'd read this differently than I would read a normal case. In a normal case, you'd say, you know something? The defense may now be winning. Usually a quick verdict, it's an acquittal, middle level of time it can be a conviction or an acquittal, and then if it gets longer in time, the defense is winning. But I've gone back and looked over cases involving politicians, and what I have found through the years is that juries tend to deliberate a lot longer in cases involving politicians.

I think that it's the public scrutiny that affects them. I also think that even a weak case against a politician, and defense lawyers here say this at least on the law was a weak case, still presents problems for jurors because they have negative images of politicians, and they're willing to believe anything bad because there's this sort of idea that, you know, they're all on the take and they're all no good. So I think, you know, you defend a politician in a criminal case, it's tough. So bottom line, I'm not so sure that this is a good sign for Edwards, that they've been out so long. I think they may be coming to a conclusion that he's guilty on one count or another.

MALVEAUX: Really? And how long will they have before they declare a hung jury? I mean, could they deliberate for quite some time?

CALLAN: Yes, they could. Of course, we have the Memorial Day weekend coming up, so I really anticipated that we would have a verdict today, and I still would expect it's likely that there will be a verdict later this afternoon. If there's a real split in the jury, there's a real argument going on, it could go off into next week. Certainly the judge will not declare a mistrial based on five days of deliberations. This was a three-week trial. It's a lot of complicated testimony. So, I think we'd see a few more days of jury deliberation before a mistrial were declared if, in fact, they're hung at this point.

MALVEAUX: And Paul, what do you think the jurors are hung up on at this juncture? They've asked a lot of questions. They've gotten -- asked the judge for more information here. I mean, I know it's a complicated case, but bottom line, what do you think they're trying to deal with here?

CALLAN: Well, I think they're focusing in on this issue of whether the money that was donated was intended by Bunny Mellon, for instance, to be a campaign contribution or whether it was just a personal gift to John Edwards. Remember, it all started when she said she was going to pay for his haircuts, and she basically said she would be willing to contribute almost any amount of money to John Edwards because she liked him personally. So, they're probably debating about whether that's really a campaign contribution. And then, the second thing they're probably debating about is was it used for a purpose that would be expected in a political campaign or is it the kind of expenditure that people would use in their normal life? And in this case, it's, you know, a male would he be expected to try to hide the mistress from his wife if he wasn't a politician? And some of the jurors are probably saying, you know something? Even if he wasn't in politics, he would still spend this money, so it wasn't really a campaign contribution used to advance his candidacy.

Other jurors will be saying, you've got to be kidding me. They were moving Rielle all over the country, hiding her --

MALVEAUX: Right.

CALLAN: -- because if the public knew he had fathered this child, it would have been totally destructive of his campaign, so this was to help his campaign. I'm sure that's what is going on and that's what they're debating about in that jury room.

MALVEAUX: All right. And Paul, do we know if they're actually deliberating on Memorial Day? Do we know if they're working over the holiday?

CALLAN: I have not seen a report on that yet. I will tell you that it's not unusual in federal court, sometimes the judges say come in over the weekend and you will deliberate. A lot of times he will ask the jurors if they want to work over the weekend. So, it remains to be seen. I just haven't seen the reports on it and whether the judge has said anything one way or the other.

MALVEAUX: All right. We're going to be paying very close attention today to see if, in fact, Paul, that is true if they come back with a verdict. So, we'll be paying attention. We'll keep a close eye. Thanks, Paul, appreciate it.

CALLAN: Nice being with you.

MALVEAUX: Good to see you.

CALLAN: Have a nice holiday.

MALVEAUX: You, too.

Exactly 33 years ago, a six-year-old boy disappeared on his way to school. Well today, a suspect is expected to face charges of killing him. Police say Pedro Hernandez confessed to luring Etan Patz into a store, strangling him, and placing his body in the trash. The case helped set of a nationwide movement focused on missing children. Susan Candiotti, she is following the story for us. And first of all, Susan, tell us where Hernandez is today?

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Not in a jail cell. Today, authorities moved him from jail to Bellevue Hospital, which is a very well-known public hospital in New York City that also has a psychiatric unit. However, it also has a secure area where prisoners can be held. In this case, suspect Pedro Hernandez is being held there according to police because he's taking medications, and authorities say they prefer to administer anyone who is on medications in a hospital setting. A spokesperson for the police department tells me that he won't comment on what kind of drugs he's taking, whether they are psychiatric drugs or any other kind of medications for that matter, because he says he's citing privacy issues. But we do expect the court hearing to still happen at some point today.

MALVEAUX: Do we know how long he's going to stay in the hospital? Do we think that he might be moved to perhaps a prison or a jail cell?

CANDIOTTI: We just don't know. Maybe we will find out more if he appears in court as expected today to formally hear the charges against him, and we still don't know specifically what those are other than the possibility of second-degree murder, Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: And Susan, I know we heard from detail -- from the officials yesterday. Do we have a sense of why it is that they believe this guy, that they believe his story, that they think he is credible?

CANDIOTTI: All they're telling us, Suzanne, is that based on the detail of the three and a half hour long videotaped statement that he made to them, an alleged confession, they say that is what they're basing their belief on, that they have enough information to hold him and charge him based on probable cause. That, along with other statements that he has made, according to police, over the years allegedly confessing to doing a bad thing and killing a boy in New York City but without ever mentioning a suspect's name. There is still so many questions out about this case, because authorities, as far as we know, don't have any physical evidence at this point to link him to the scene. But evidently, they have enough confidence to move forward with charges.

MALVEAUX: And Susan, finally, any reaction from the parents at all?

CANDIOTTI: Suzanne, not publicly so far. They have been very private. All we know is what we have heard from police, that they were informed of the latest developments, that the Patz family expressed surprise when hearing about this man, a store clerk who worked in the Bodega just about a block and a half away from where the parents still live because they had never apparently heard of this man before. Police say they know of no contact between Etan and the suspect in this case, who was only 19 years old at the time, Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: All right. Susan Candiotti, excellent reporting as always. Thank you, Susan.

Here is what we're working on for this hour.

(voice-over): This young Chinese activist who escaped a life of prison and torture is telling all from the safety of his apartment in New York.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE (translator): It was very natural for me. I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop the evil and embrace the good.

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MALVEAUX: And Facebook family photos and Internet security, while some teens are telling mom and dad to stop posting their pics on line.

And getting the voters' take on the upcoming presidential election at a Texas baseball game.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We got the Republicans, we got the Democrats. They're not working together.

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MALVEAUX: Massive protests, young people with strong views, passionate to make a political change. Well, that is what the so- called Arab spring did for the Middle East. Well now, some believe a similar movement is sweeping across Mexico. It is full-speed election season in Mexico. Voters pick a president July 1st. Mexico's young voters, the social media generation, have not been very energized about the race this year, but then something very interesting thing (ph) happened. Our Senior Latin American Affairs Editor Rafael Romo is here. And first of all, tell us a little bit about what some folks are calling the Mexican spring.

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN SENIOR LATIN AMERICA AFFAIRS EDITOR: Exactly, not as violent though, let me say that first. The man that we just saw in the video is Mexican presidential candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto. He goes to the (INAUDIBLE) University in Mexico City on May 11th and then all of a sudden he gets heckled. Here, we see the images of students yelling at him, get out of here, you don't belong here, we do not believe you. What happens is that he dismisses the students and says that it's a group of infiltrated political activists and that they're not truly students. So then, a movement starts on social media with all these students who participated in the protest showing their student I.D. saying, I am a student and this is the proof, and I do not agree with what's going on. In fact, we have sound from one of the students, and let's listen to what he had to say about this.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (translator): We're fed up with the system. We're fed up with the mainstream media that lies to us, and manipulates us, and uses information to advance their own interests. We, the young people, are finally waking up.

(END VIDEO CLIP) ROMO: And they say, Suzanne, they're fed up with the way the Mexican media portrayed this incident, that they did not -- it was not covered, it was not let known to people, it was not published. And they say the media is manipulating the information in favor of one political candidate.

MALVEAUX: So, what do they want? What is the bottom line? Are they looking for radical change inside their country, or do they not feel any of these candidates are really reformists?

ROMO: Up until this point the Mexican electorate, including the students, was very apathetic. This has been the point that has transformed everything, and what they want is to tell those in power, do not take us for granted. We are here.

There are 24 million voters in Mexico younger than the age of 29, 14 million of those will be voting on July 1st for the very first time, and they say do not take us for granted because, if you do, chances are we're going to turn this election upside down.

MALVEAUX: Now you say this has not been violent. It's been largely peaceful. Has the Mexican government, have they been fighting back? Have they been pushing? Has there been any kind of pushback from these protesters?

ROMO: None whatsoever. On the contrary, the interior minister said we are glad this is happening. We are glad the young people are part of the political process. They do not want to at all mess with these kids because, as you saw in the video, they're very energetic and they're very committed.

No violence, but they have been a little bit disruptive. They had blocked some streets in Mexico City and in other cities where this has happened.

MALVEAUX: And how are they organizing? Are they actually doing it the way we saw in the Arab Spring, where they're using Twitter? Are they using Facebook? They're getting out through social media? How are they communicating?

ROMO: The key -- exactly right. The key here is social media. They're using Twitter, they're using Facebook, they're posting videos on YouTube of the protests, then another group of kids in some other city, college students see it, then they do their own protests, and again the message is the same.

MALVEAUX: And do they back one candidate or they're just about let's fix the system, let's make this a different kind of place?

ROMO: They say they're apolitical, but at the same time they're targeting this particular candidate that we've been talking about. PRI's Enrique Pena Nieto, he comes from the party that governed Mexico for 71 years, lost power in 2000 and is about to come back to power again, according to the polls.

He's ahead in the polls 20 percentage points. So by every indication he has a very good chance of becoming the next president of Mexico unless the college students decide otherwise.

MALVEAUX: Yes. Well, they're listening. It sounds like they're listening to him. They're making an impact already.

Rafael, thank you. Appreciate it.

ROMO: Thank you.

MALVEAUX: More fallout from the Facebook stock offering. Now Wall Street is dealing with thousands of angry investors as well as lawsuits.

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MALVEAUX: Let's check the markets going into the holiday weekend. Alison Kosik at the New York Stock Exchange.

Hey, Alison, obviously a big week for the stock market, but for Facebook, a crazy week. I guess it's been kind of messy. What's the latest?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: It really has been messy. What Facebook has been doing all week. It plunged, I'm talking about shares, plunged on Monday and Tuesday. Shares were up on Wednesday and Thursday and today they are down 3.5 percent trading at about $31.87. So that's clearly below that IPO price of $38 when Facebook made its public debut on Friday.

And if you look overall Facebook shares are down 15 percent from that public debut. You know what's happening today? Today investors really don't want to hold onto this stock. Many consider it risky.

We're going into a long holiday weekend. There's a lot of concern weighing on the markets about the European debt crisis, so a lot of investors are really just selling today, at least selling Facebook shares specifically, not wanting to hold onto it.

MALVEAUX: And what about the technical error that some companies say cost them some money? Can they actually get it back?

KOSIK: Yes, and that's really the next sort of layer of this IPO fiasco. These companies are the brokers that actually executed the trades for customers. They are asking Nasdaq to pay up, and I'm talking about Knight Capital, Citadel Securities, the units of the Swiss Bank UBS and Citigroup.

They are reportedly saying that they're on the hook for up to $100 million (ph) in losses that are related to the Facebook IPO fiasco. So here's how they say they lost the money.

So let's say a customer placed an order to sell the stock at $42 a share last Friday. Of course, we remember there was a delay at the Nasdaq. So the trade took longer than expected to go through. So by the time it did, shares were down to $39, but guess what? It's the brokers who are on the hook to have to cover that $3 loss, you know, so the customer can still get their $42 a share. But Suzanne, multiply that by millions of shares and you see how those losses pile up on these brokers and they're saying, Nasdaq, you're responsible for that. Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: Yes. Alison, I know you're a coffee drinker, right?

KOSIK: I am. Big time.

MALVEAUX: Good, me, too. I want you to stick around for this. This is an interesting story. A football superstar, he is pretty bummed out about this because somebody broke into his car, swiped what he said was his Starbucks gold card. I didn't even know there were such a thing.

KOSIK: Oh, yes.

MALVEAUX: Chad Ochocinco of the New England Patriots says that a thief smashed the car window, grabbed his wallet, his iPod but he was really upset over losing the Starbucks gold card, almost brought the guy to tears. And here is a Twitter video. Here is what he said.

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CHAD OCHOCINCO, NFL STAR: Took my Starbucks card. Not just any Starbucks card, I earned the gold card. Do you know how many coffees I have had to drink and lemon loaves (ph) I've had to purchase to get to that gold card?

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MALVEAUX: Alison, I have to say I have no idea. Like do you have any idea how much he had to drink to get the gold card?

KOSIK: So I got the scoop from my producer, Mike Carson (ph), who you see I'm using his gold card here. It's not mine. You apparently have to make 30 visits in 12 months to get one of these gold cards. And you get some extras, I guess. I feel like I'm doing a commercial for Starbucks.

But I don't get why this is so important as opposed to him losing his iPod and someone breaking into his Cadillac. I mean, (inaudible) breaking into his SUV. I mean, I think that would be the bigger issue, right? I mean, this, to get some extra free syrup every now and then, an extra coffee? Come on, I mean --

MALVEAUX: He must be addicted like the rest of us. He must be addicted like the rest of us. I had no idea you could actually get a gold card at Starbucks. Clearly I'm not drinking enough coffee. But, Alison, I understand that somebody found his wallet and Starbucks actually says they're going to replace the precious gold card. So he's OK.

KOSIK: That's really funny.

MALVEAUX: I don't know about the rest.

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KOSIK: You know, he's set to make $1 million from what I understand and he's worried about his gold card? I'm just saying.

MALVEAUX: You know, he could buy a gold card -- Starbucks gold cards for all of us as far as I'm concerned.

KOSIK: Exactly.

MALVEAUX: All right. Alison, have a great weekend.

KOSIK: You, too.

MALVEAUX: All right.

Chinese activist who says he was tortured by his government is now safe and sound in his New York apartment. Hear why he says he risked his life to fight for justice.

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MALVEAUX: Activist Chen Guangcheng says he will not stop fighting against human rights abuses in China. He left his homeland for New York last weekend and sat down with CNN for his first U.S. television interview.

Chen says he fears for the friends and the family that he left behind. His brother recently fled their village in Shandong province. The escape was similar to the one that Chen made in April. He spoke to Anderson Cooper about why he did what he did and his plans for the future.

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST (voice-over): On the night of April 22nd, a blind activist in China makes a daring escape. Chen Guangcheng, a self-taught lawyer and advocate for the poor, had been a prisoner in his own home for more than 18 months.

During that time he and his wife were periodically and savagely beaten by their Chinese guards. In his first television interview, Chen says he needed to find a way out.

COOPER: You were under house arrest. What was that like?

CHEN GUANGCHENG, CHINESE ACTIVIST (through translator): I want to correct one thing here. When we talk about my situation in the future, let's not use the word house arrest but instead let's use the term illegal detention. It's hard for me to describe what it was like during the time, but my suffering was beyond imagination.

COOPER: Did you feel like there was an end to it? Did it feel like it was just going to go on and on?

GUANGCHENG (through translator): I didn't see much hope. COOPER (voice-over): Chen is known as the barefoot lawyer in China, a well-known activist who became a government target after he filed a class action lawsuit in 2005 on behalf of poor women who say they were subjected to forced abortions and sterilizations as part of China's one-child policy.

Soon after filing the lawsuit Chen was arrested and failed for more than four years.

COOPER: You filed a class action suit on behalf of these women. Did you know that the state would arrest you? Did you know that you would get in trouble?

GUANGCHENG (through translator): It would be dishonest of me to say I had never thought of it, but I didn't imagine they would disregard the law so blatantly.

COOPER: Why did you begin to speak out?

GUANGCHENG (through translator): It was very natural for me. I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good. So there was really nothing special there. It was just how I reacted naturally.

COOPER: You say it's natural to want to speak out against evil, but many people remain silent.

GUANGCHENG (through translator): I only feel it's a natural reaction from my heart. My nature wouldn't allow me to sit idly by and disregard what's going on. I think everybody should act that way.

COOPER (voice-over): After his release, he was detained in his home. Activist friends and journalists tried to visit him over the years, only to be violently repelled by the guards who were always outside.

Actor Christian Bale was with a CNN crew in 2011 when he tried to go to Chen's house to talk with him.

CHRISTIAN BALE, ACTOR: Why can I not go visit this man? Why can I not go visit this man? Tell me why I cannot go to visit him? He's a free man.

COOPER: After months of planning, Chen scaled the wall around his house, slipped past his guards, and wandered through the countryside for hours falling down some 200 times, he says, injuring his foot. Finally, he was able to call a friend for help.

CHEN GUANGCHENGE, CHINESE ACTIVIST (through translation): After evading danger and obstacles, I was able to get out of Honshugu (ph) Village and then I called my friend, Goy Eshon (ph) in Beijing. He quickly led a team to find me and drove me to Beijing. While in Beijing, he found me a safe place to stay temporarily, but then we started to worry about my safety because of my experience in 2005.

COOPER: Worried for his safety, Chen's friends helped him seek refuge in the U.S. embassy.

GUANGCHENGE (through translation): When a group of people come together and accomplish something, they often fight for credit. But in my case, all those people who went to Shandong to pick me up, they were fighting for risk instead of credit. They were all trying to find responsibility to make others safe. I think this shows me hope in the growth of civil society in China.

COOPER: After negotiations between the U.S. and China, Chen was finally allowed to leave Beijing, flying to America on a one-year student visa.

(on camera): I understand that on Sunday you spent some time out in the sun and it was the first time you had been able to sit out in the sun for a long time.

GUANGCHENGE (through translation): I hadn't been able to feel nature for a long time. On that day, I had some time to soak in the sun and feel the breeze. I have missed out for too long.

COOPER (voice-over): Chen has not sought asylum. Though he's enjoying his temporary freedom, he worries for his friends and family back home.

(on camera): Your nephew has been charged with intentional homicide for defending himself against the people who broke into his house as they were searching for you. What do you think is going to happen to him? Are they trying to punish you through him?

GUANGCHENGE (through translation): You can already see what's happened to him. It's clear they want to convict him.

COOPER: Your mother is also still in China. There's a report your brother actually escaped illegal detention back in his home village. Do you worry about them as well?

GUANGCHENGE (through translation): Of course, I'm very worried. You can see their retribution against my family since my escape has continued and been intensified.

COOPER: Do you regret speaking out? I mean, given all you have been through, arrested for four years, illegally detained in your home, you and your wife. Do you regret speaking out?

GUANGCHENGE (through translation): No, I have no regrets. But I also want to thank all the friends who helped me, including my family members and supporters. I am very concerned about the safety of some of them.

COOPER (voice-over): Chen, his wife, and two children have only been in the U.S. for less than a week. Whether he'll ever be able to return to China is unclear. He vows he will continue to speak out.

GUANGCHENGE (through translation): I don't feel much pressure. It's just a matter of time. I have only been here for a short time. If the pressure in Shandong couldn't silence me, I don't think any other pressure would be able to silence me.

COOPER: Anderson Cooper, CNN, New York.

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MALVEAUX: Are parents on Facebook destroying their kids' privacy? That's what my next guest thinks.

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MALVEAUX: Facebook is now the modern-day baby book. The site has become the easiest fastest way to share all those adorable photos of your kids with your friends and family. Millions of people are going it. They're literally documenting their children's lives online. But some parenting experts say that is a big mistake.

Joining me now from Ann Arbor, Michigan, one of those critics, Aisha Sultan. She is a parenting columnist.

Aisha, you felt so strongly about this -- you're a parent yourself -- you wrote an op-ed about this. Why do you feel this could be harmful to your kids?

AISHA SULTAN, PARENTING COLUMNIST, ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH: Well, we don't really know how long this information stays online. We don't know the ways in which it's used and stored and possibly commercialized. I put pictures of my kids online, on Facebook, to share with my friends and family. It's a nice way to connect, but I think we have to really think about what some of the long-term consequences are.

MALVEAUX: So what are some of the long-term consequences because, you know, you got a lot of us talking here, those who have kids, and they post a ton of baby pictures up on Facebook and they don't think anything of it.

SULTAN: Right. Most parents think their kids are the cutest things in the world --

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-- and say hilarious things, so we love to share that, and I do, too. But we should be able to tell our own story about our own lives. And I feel like when we start, at such a young age, creating a permanent record of our children, that at this point we really don't know how long that data stays around and the ways in which it's used.

MALVEAUX: So how old do you think --

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SULTAN: They don't have a voice in telling and creating their own story. It's just something to be cognizant about.

MALVEAUX: Sure, sure. How old do you think a child should be before you turn to your child and you say, hey, is this OK? Is this OK if I post this?

SULTAN: You know, I think those conversations actually should start really, really early because, right now, as a society, we're negotiating what's public, what's private. You know, most young adults feel very comfortable sharing quite a bit about their lives. And so I would say even as young as a toddler can start to understand what it means if you want to keep certain things private and just for your parents or your friends to know, and what does it mean if you want to share with more people, and what does it mean if this stays around for a long time? And I think those are conversations that we really should be having now as our society is negotiating a rethought out norm about what privacy means.

MALVEAUX: So what do you think is acceptable and what's not acceptable? Parents, they will put that picture of you in the bathtub and it comes back to haunt you years later, or the picture of you and Santa Claus, or what do you think is acceptable and what's not?

SULTAN: See, most of these things I think usually are pretty benign, but the danger comes in stuff that, you know -- like you said, could come back and embarrass your child later. A lot of us use social media to vent or share our frustrations. And you kind of wonder how would my child feel reading about something that happened, embarrassing or upsetting about them, years later. How would their peers feel about this? You don't know the ways in which things can go viral. A video that might seem so cute and adorable when they are 3, will they feel the same way when they're 13 about that? Will they feel the same way when they apply for a job? Something stupid they have done for a teenager is part of their permanent digital records.

I have seen studies that say up to 90 percent of kids have some sort of a digital online footprint by the time they're 2 years old.

MALVEAUX: Wow.

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SULTAN: That's pretty young. And it's most kids.

MALVEAUX: Absolutely. It seems very young. So what can parents do? What can kids do to make sure that their privacy is protected and that you're having those kinds of conversations in the family?

SULTAN: Well, I think, first of all, this can seem like a challenge in itself because privacy settings are always changing on different social networks, and especially Facebook. It really is very important because most of us do value our privacy. And we do see that there is something to be said for maintaining that. So the onus is on us to keep up with what those changes are and to know how much we're sharing with how many people. Like, can friends of friends see a picture you posted or a post you've written?

Second of all, to really think about the long-term consequence consequences. How would somebody feel about this if it was brought up to be used against them in some way later on? Lastly, have frequent conversations. There's so much stuff happening in the news constantly in which people make bad choices regarding privacy or use questionable judgment and, you know, there are consequences of that. I think the sooner we have those conversations with our kids, the more often we have them, the more aware and hopefully the more it impacts the way they think about it.

MALVEAUX: If you were having a conversation with your kid, what would you say? You would simply ask them like a 4-year-old, is this OK if I put this online?

SULTAN: Well, it's funny you should say that because the whole reason that I came to Michigan to study this topic was because there was a moment which I was about to put something that I thought, you know, profound that my 5-year-old kindergartner had said on Facebook and he saw me reach for my laptop and he said, are you going to put that on Facebook? I said, yes, I was going to. He said, no, I don't want you to. And that was a really profound moment for me because I thought to myself, well, even a toddler, even a 5-year-old, even a kindergartner has intellectual property rights. As a parent, I should respect that.

And so -- I think at a very young age, 3, 4, 5 -- I talk to my 7 and 9-year-old about the Dharun Ravi case, the Rutgers student who was sentenced this week, about why he got in trouble, what he did that got him in trouble. We didn't get into the specifics of it.

MALVEAUX: Sure.

SULTAN: But we talked about, what does it mean to respect another person's privacy and what does it mean to share something about yourself and how many people can see it. There's so many opportunities and so many moments for that to start coming up. And I think we would want to have control over our own information. And I think our kids, at some point, are going to look at us and say, why did you give this all away about us, and why weren't we ever asked? You know, we've made a conscious choice to share as much as we wanted to, but our kids really haven't had a voice in making that decision yet.

MALVEAUX: Aisha, very good points there.

Obviously, you can read more. The full article, Aisha's article is online at CNN.com.

This man is showing how he restrained an out-of-control passenger on American Airlines flight in Miami today. We're going to tell you what happened.

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MALVEAUX: More now on the story about an unruly passenger on an American Airlines flight. A man is in federal custody in Miami after he allegedly caused a disturbance as the plane taxied to the gate at Miami International Airport. The FBI has identified him as 24-year- old Ryan Schneider of Canada. A source tells CNN, the man got up, charged towards the front of the plane and began banging on a door. One passenger said he helped restrain the man.

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MALIK CANN, AIRLINE PASSENGER: I extended my hand to -- like I was going to shake his hand. From that point I was able to maneuver and flip his arm up behind. As you know, if you get in this kind of position and you lock, and one arm is up, the more it goes up, the more pain and pressure, the more pain you will be in.

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MALVEAUX: The man is expected to face federal charges, which may include interference with a flight crew.

Memorial Day weekend, big beach weekend, but you have to be careful. Skin cancer, the most common cancer in the country. We'll tell you which sunscreens to use, which ones also might be toxic.

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MALVEAUX: This weekend many of you may be packing up a swimsuit, heading to the beach, but before you have too much fun if in the sun a couple things to know about sunscreen. "Consumer Reports" tested some of the popular brands.

Elizabeth Cohen has the results.

I'm going to be out in the sun, hanging, enjoying.

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: I wish I brought you some of the "Consumer Reports" best buys.

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MALVEAUX: What should we avoid and what's good for us?

COHEN: First, I want to tell you how they tested sunscreens. I find this hilarious. They took people into their lab, they divided their back into quadrants into four squares and put four different sunscreens on and then exposed them to UVA and UVB light inside from a lamp, and then saw who roasted and who didn't.

MALVEAUX: Kind of like checkered backs, right?

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COHEN: Exactly. I could see these people in a backless dress.

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That's would be really interesting.

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So they tested many, many different brands. And here's what they call their "Consumer Reports" best buys. They say No-Ad with aloe and Vitamin E, Walgreens Continuous Spray and Coppertone Oil-Free Foaming. These do the best job of covering UVA and UVB.

One of the things I thought was interesting was these are pretty cheap. You don't have to shell out all the money.

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MALVEAUX: That's heavy duty stuff.

COHEN: These numbers are kind of silly in a way because anything over 30 is fine. It doesn't matter if it's 30 or 50 or 75. Once you hit 30, it doesn't matter. You're good.

MALVEAUX: What about the spray-on? Is that OK for kids or --

COHEN: It's interesting. The spray-on products are so popular. I see parents using them all the time.

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COHEN: I know daycares that won't put on a lotion. They make you bring a spray because it's quicker when you're trying to get 20 kids all sunscreened up. What they say is, don't do it. Don't spray kids because they're inhaling these little particles. When you spray it, it goes all over the place. Even for adults, do not spray on your face, but on your hands and then rub your hands. But how hard is it just to put some cream in your hand and rub down your body? Are we that lazy?

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MALVEAUX: We might be a little lazy.

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Tell me about pregnant women. Are the rules different, the recommendations different?

COHEN: Yes. "Consumer Reports" has warnings about two ingredients. Sunscreens don't all work the same way. Sunscreens don't all work the same way. They often have different ingredients. There are two ingredients they say that pregnant women ought to avoid. The first one is oxybenzone, and the second one is retinyl palmitate. This could be a problem for pregnant women and the babies they're carrying and to avoid them.

We reached out to the group that represents sunscreen makers and to the individual sunscreen makers and we have not heard back from them to see what they have to say about all of this.

MALVEAUX: I'll be careful this weekend.

COHEN: Keep it covered often. And remember, waterproof isn't necessarily waterproof. You know, when you come out of the water, just do it again.

MALVEAUX: All right. (LAUGHTER)

I'll come back on Monday and won't be burnt.

COHEN: Yes, I'll see what color you are.

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MALVEAUX: Elizabeth, thanks. Have a great weekend.

COHEN: Thanks.

MALVEAUX: We're talking presidential politics with folks at a baseball game in Texas. So watch what happens.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's talking about gay marriage now and he's a Christian.

So tell me about bending the rules.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And I'm gay.

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MALVEAUX: When friends disagree in politics.

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MALVEAUX: Disagreements over politics are as American as baseball and apple pie, so what a better place to talk about the 2012 presidential race than at a baseball game. Our Ed Lavandera went to a minor league game at Ft. Worth and asked fans whether the candidates were hitting homeruns or striking out.

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MALVEAUX: CNN NEWSROOM continues now with Ashleigh Banfield.

Hey, Ashleigh.