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Wiki Leaks Founder To Appeal; 50 Years For Heinous, Brutal Acts, Trump Hammers At Birther Issue; No End To Killings In Syria; California High-Speed Rail Could Cost All U.S. Taxpayers; Best Cities for Young Professionals; FDA Warns of Fake Adderall Pills; Presidential Candidates Try to Win Latino Votes
Aired May 30, 2012 - 13:00 ET
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: I want to get right to it. Julian Assange is not giving up his fight to stay in Great Britain and out of Sweden. Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange about allegations, he sexual assaulted two women back in 2010. Well today, the British Supreme Court denied Assange's appeal against extradition. But in an extremely unusual move, the court gave him two weeks to appeal its ruling. Assange's lawyers say they're going to file that appeal.
International sentenced former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, to 50 years in prison. Taylor, he is the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II. The court found him guilty last month of backing rebels and Sierra Leone in a horrific campaign of terror. The judge, he read a list of atrocities from rape, murder, amputations, and forcing children to become soldiers.
Mitt Romney marks a milestone but Donald Trump, he's making headlines as well. Trump hosted a fund-raiser for Romney, this happened last night in Vegas. As Romney was -- racked up enough delegates to win the Republican nomination. The Trump keeps hammering away at the so-called birther issue, questioned whether or not President Obama was born in the United States. I want to show part of an interview with our own Wolf Blitzer.
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WOLF BLITZER, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Donald, have you seen the actual newspaper announcements within days of his birth in Honolulu? For example, the "Honolulu Star Bulletin," we'll put it up there. You see the birth announcement --
DONALD TRUMP, CEO AND FOUNDER, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION: Yes.
BLITZER: -- back in 1961.
TRUMP: And many people did that --
BLITZER: The Honolulu --
TRUMP: -- and they put the --
BLITZER: Listen to me, Donald. TRUMP: Excuse me, Wolf.
BLITZER: Honolulu -- can I ask --
TRUMP: -- am I allowed to talk? Am I allowed to talk
BLITZER: Can I ask a question?
TRUMP: Will you stop defending Obama?
BLITZER Donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous, I have to tell you.
TRUMP: No, I think you are, wolf. Let me tell you something, I think you sound ridiculous.
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MALVEAUX: Wolf Blitzer, he's joining us from Washington. Wolf, this is getting a lot of play, a lot of attention here. I want to talk a little bit about this, because I know we -- as journalists, we grapple with the choices of who we cover, whether certain people get a platform to air their views, other folks we ignore. So, considering Trump's birther comments, they have been debunked in the past. He's known to be a publicity seeker. Walk us through why you thought it was important, first of all, to get him on the record on this.
BLITZER: I thought it was important because yesterday was not an ordinary day in the history of this campaign. It was the day that Mitt Romney would go over the top formally after winning the Texas Republican primary, he'd have 1,144 plus votes for the Republic -- delegates for the Republican convention in Tampa. And it was also the day that he was going to be appearing with Donald Trump together in Las Vegas at that fund raiser, at that campaign event, and was being hosted by Donald Trump.
So, I thought I'll set the stage. I'll talk to Donald Trump. And it was really curious to me why all of this was unfolding, why the whole birther issue was once again coming back. I thought it had been put to rest a long time ago, especially after the state of Hawaii released the formal certificate. I thought it would have been put to rest, but Donald Trump was bringing it back, so I wanted to get him on the record and talk to him, precisely because it was a historic day in the race for the White House.
MALVEAUX: Was there anything that surprised you about that interview? Because it really raised the eyebrows of a lot of folks who noticed that he just -- he went after and he would not give up on this issue.
BLITZER: What's surprised me was that Mitt Romney, in fact, all of the other Republican presidential candidates and so many of the top Republican leaders out there, and I pointed out even Karl Rove who runs the biggest pro-Republican super pac out there, they've all accepted that the president of the United States was born in Hawaii. They accept that birth certificate. They don't question it anymore, and Mitt Romney that day had put out a statement saying he accepts the fact that the president of the United States was born in Hawaii.
So, I assumed, incorrectly, but I assumed I would raise the issue with Donald Trump and he would say something along the lines, look, you know where I stand on this, Wolf, I don't want to get into it, especially on a day like today when I have disagreements with the Republican presidential nominee. Let's move on and let's talk about the economy and jobs, the deficit, other really important substantive issues facing the American people. I assumed that's what he would do because, frankly, that's what I had heard from so many other Romney surrogates out there.
MALVEAUX: Sure.
BLITZER: But you heard as soon as I got into it with him, he didn't back down. He doubled -- and he was -- you know, he doubled down on that, and then he was al in. I hate to use the metaphors from a casino in Las Vegas, but he was all in on that.
MALVEAUX: He was.
BLITZER: And then we went on for eight or 10 minutes and talked about it. But I just assumed he'd want to walk away and not talk about it. But he was ready to talk about it and that sort of surprised me on this historic day because it was historic. And I have pointed this out, Suzanne, and I know you're sensitive to this as well. This is first time a Mormon will be the nominee of a major presidential party. Four years ago an African-American was the nominee of a major presidential party. In 1960, John F. Kennedy, a catholic was the nominee of a major presidential party.
So, history was made yesterday. The Americans should be proud of that diversity, that history. Obviously, it's something we could all -- we can all admire. And that's why it was surprising to me that this whole so-called birther issue was coming back on this -- on this specific day.
MALVEAUX: Right. And you took on Donald Trump over the supposed investigation into the birth certificate. He's been through a host of interviews where his theories basically are shown to have no backing. I want to play an exchange that we had with Trump over his claims that President Obama's grandmother weighed in on this.
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TRUMP: His grandmother in Kenya said that he was born in Kenya. Now, he could have been born -- and she said it very strongly, that he was born in Kenya, and she was there when he was born.
MALVEAUX: I have to interrupt here because I know what you're talking about, I know the report you're talking about. Within that interview itself, it has been discredited. There is an interview that was done here, and in the interview, Obama's step grandmother says that she was there then he was born. The interpreter realizes when the questioner again asks him if he was born in Kenya, that she was misinterpreted, that that was not correct --
TRUMP: Oh, I see, now it's a misinterpretation.
MALVEAUX: Well, I mean, did you --
TRUMP: You know, it's sort of amazing.
MALVEAUX: If you listen to -- if you listen to the interview and you see the transcript, it says, no, Obama was not born in Mombasa, he was born in America. The interviewer, the translator, asks again if this was the whereabouts of where he was born, he thought he was born in Kenya. And he says, no, he was born in America, not in Mombasa. So --
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MALVEAUX: So Wolf, at what point does Donald Trump lose all credibility because he fails to back any of his claims?
WOLF: Well, I asked him, I said, look, name names. You keep saying there are many people who believe this, many people who have written this. And I said, let me hear. Give me a -- give me a name names of someone in a position of authority in Hawaii that believes that this birth certificate is a forgery or whatever because the former Republican governor, now the Democratic governor, plus the people who are in charge of that department in Hawaii, including one Republican who is in charge right now, they have all authenticated. They've said, this is the birth certificate, he was born in Hawaii. So I said, give me a name of someone in a position of authority who believes this is a forgery or not accurate or whatever, and he said I don't name names.
And so, it's hard to argue with someone who is refusing to present the solid evidence that he says he has. And I also said to him, what about that investigation? He said a year ago or so he had sent his own investigators to Honolulu to take a close look at what was going on. And I said, give me the results, and he didn't want to get into what he called old news or whatever. So it's -- look, I've known Donald Trump for a long time. He's a very intelligent guy. I'm surprised that he's gone all in on this so-called birther issue, because on several other issues he makes strong points and he's obviously a smart guy, but on this particular issue, you know, obviously we disagree.
MALVEAUX: All right. Wolf Blitzer, thank you very much. Good to see you, Wolf. And clearly, we're going to see whether or not this issue goes away or whether or not they actually start talking about the economy again and whether or not Mitt Romney is going to continue to get hammered on this particular issue. Thanks again, Wolf. Appreciate it.
BLITZER: Thank you.
MALVEAUX: Sure. Here is more of what we're working on this hour.
(voice-over): So, what would you do if you were invited to have tea with the queen? I'll get a lesson in British etiquette from London. Then, it was supposed to revolutionize travel across the state of California ,but the price tag on this high-speed rail plan could break the bank.
And if you're young and looking for a job, you might want to consider packing up and moving to one of these booming cities.
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MALVEAUX: Syria, now that is where we're hearing details about a very disturbing discovery by the United Nations observers. Thirteen people, all with their hands tied, shot dead reportedly at close range. Now, this is in a village in Eastern Syria. This is not far from the Syria's border with Iraq. Thirteen people killed execution style by whom or why we don't even know. The commander of the U.N. Observer mission calls it appalling and inexcusable. Those are words that many of the world leaders are using to describe the endless cycle of violence, fighting, and death in Syria.
Ivan Watson, he is in Istanbul. And Ivan, you know, I mean, the news just keeps getting worse. More than a dozen deaths reported today in addition to the bodies found in Eastern Syria. We know that on the ground U.N. presence, you've got 300 unarmed observers. What are they doing? What can they do?
IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, these are observers. It's important to note that they're not peacekeepers. And basically, what they can do is move around Syria and collect information and share it with the rest of the world and the United Nations security council because journalists like ourselves cannot. The Syrian government will not let us in the country to do this. It's important to note that there are 30 U.N. observers in there because this is the only formulation that U.N. council member, Russia, would agree to, along with China, and the only configuration that the Syrian government themselves would agree to.
As additional horrifying revelations have come out about atrocities committed, the U.N. says bi-Syrian forces have emerged. Russia has already indicated that it does not want to expand this mission, that it doesn't necessarily want to have more meetings of the U.N. security council to discuss Syria. It does seem to continue to be trying to defend its Middle Eastern ally from any further intervention or sanctions from critics of the Assad regime -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: And Ivan, there have been reports that there are some countries that are secretly providing arms to the opposition. What do we know about that? Are they being armed? Are there folks who are trying to get weapons to them so they can do a better job of fighting the Syrian government?
WATSON: Well, definitely the rebels have been relying on smuggled weapons. I have personally seen weapons coming across the border being carried by smugglers through border fences and carried on pack mules to the opposition. Now, what's remarkable is that over the course of the past two months, the cost of an (INAUDEIBLE) assault rifle has gone from 2,000 bucks down to $1,000. Bullets have gone from $5 a single bullet down to $2. And we've gotten claims from rebels that they're getting their hands on anti-tank weapons and rockets as well.
So, they're clearly better armed than they were two months ago. They won't say where they're getting these weapons from, and no government will admit that they're running guns to the rebels, because it's basically illegal and would put neighboring countries in a very uncomfortable position with both the Syrian government and its allies like Russia and Iran.
MALVEAUX: A very precarious situation. And Ivan, do we know how those weapons -- how do they fare? How do they stack up to the Syrian government and the kinds of weapons that they have going against some of these civilians and some of these families?
WATSON: Well, clearly the Syrian government still has a monopoly on the use of force when it comes to conventional weapons.
It's got tanks and attack helicopters and artillery and have seen no qualms about opening fire with them on densely populated population centers, places like the city of Homs which is effectively a ghost town and that has driven groups that formed up to defend those cities against the security forces out.
They're moving around and now they're carrying out attacks against Syrian security forces. We've seen one remarkable video, activist video, emerge on the Internet today showing rebels that appear to have captured two tanks as well as some very terrified Syrian soldiers.
So as the Syrian government has increasingly used its military option against the Syrian opposition, which started out as a peaceful protest movement, this opposition has morphed into groups of armed rebels that are carrying out an insurgency, including in the Syrian capital itself and in other second-tier cities which has dramatically deteriorated the security situation for government officials.
They can't sit in nice Damascus restaurants anymore comfortably because they could be the target of assassination attacks by roving bands of Syrian fighters.
MALVEAUX: Sounds like what is turning into an all-out civil war there. Thank you, Ivan. Appreciate it.
They were born into royalty and all the pressures that go along with it. So what do Prince William and Prince Harry think of having kids themselves? We'll hear the answer.
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MALVEAUX: Just in case you think there is not enough British royalty in the world, we may see some more. That is if Princes William and Harry get their way. Listen to this.
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PRINCE WILLIAM, BRITISH ROYALTY: I'm just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I are looking forward to having a family in the future.
KATIE COURIC, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Is there anything you'd like to tell me about that?
PRINCE WILLIAM: You won't get anything out of me. Tight-lipped.
PRINCE HARRY, BRITISH ROYALTY: I have longed for kids since I was very, very young and so I'm waiting to find the right person, someone who is willing to take on the job.
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MALVEAUX: Richard Quest, Prince Harry saying he's looking for somebody who is going to take on the job. Sounds like a challenge to the bachelorettes out there, yes?
RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. And, look, it's not new. Harry has been known to really believe he's got to find the woman that's prepared to run the gauntlet.
Perhaps more than William he's still scarred by the way his mother was treated and what he's seen elsewhere, so he's very, very clearly always said it's got to be somebody who has got to be prepared to run the gauntlet of the press and all of that.
Because the other thing to remember is Harry's wife-to-be won't enjoy the same protection and the same court and the same privacy that Catherine does as being the wife of the heir to the throne.
As for the children question, psychologists and sociologists will have a field day saying about the way they want to have children and no doubt relate it back to their own parents and the way their marriage ran.
MALVEAUX: I wonder what they'd actually call the kids, too. That would be something a lot of folks would speculate about.
But, Richard, we're here to talk about the Diamond Jubilee because I know that's one of your favorite topics here. And, of course, here it's afternoon, it's tea time here. This is how we do it in the United States, Richard. It says on my mug, "This is my cup of tea."
I know you guys don't do it this way. Tell us what the proper way is for high-noon tea.
QUEST: Well, I'm glad you have joined me for a bit of afternoon tea because, first of all, it has to be loose leaf tea with a proper tea strainer. You don't even own a tea strainer, Suzanne, so don't try to pretend you do. I'm not fooled for a minute.
You have to make sure you have decent chalky biscuits and then comes the fundamental question, which goes in first, the milk or the tea?
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QUEST: The question that you wanted to know, which goes in first, milk or the tea?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The answer is it doesn't make too much difference. It goes back to when we had very bad crockery cups, which if you put hot tea into them, they would probably break.
So people would put the cold milk in first and then add the tea afterwards so that the tea wasn't quite so hot.
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MALVEAUX: All right. Richard, you know, I don't have your little strainer, but I do have the tea cup. I have this as well.
And I know one of those questions you asked her what comes first, the jam or the cream, can you explain that?
QUEST: Yes. Well, this is when you're having a scone.
By the way, I'm a tea-first, milk-after man because fundamentally I believe you have to see how strong the tea is before -- I mean, I can hear the purists wincing at the milk jug, but the budgets are a bit tight here these days.
Now, you see, I can see exactly. Perhaps some people would put the milk in first because it can emulsify differently. Let's do this properly.
Right. Now, where were we? To answer your next question -- you can't beat a good cup of tea.
MALVEAUX: Is that good?
QUEST: When it comes to the scones, should it be the jam or the clotted cream? It depends. If your clotted cream is like butter, then the jam goes first. Otherwise I always think it's the clotted cream and then the jam.
And fundamentally, Suzanne, a lot of nonsense is spoken about a cup of tea. The only thing you've really got to remember when having a bickie and a cup of tea is that, after you drink it -- that's a nice cup of tea.
MALVEAUX: That's wonderful. It looks good. Hopefully, we'll have high tea together another time as well. You have to tell me a little bit about that jubilee.
QUEST: Hang on. You'll be paying because decent high tea in London at the top hotel will cost about 40 pounds, provided you don't have champagne, which is roughly $56 to $60-odd. So $55, you're paying. Bring your credit cards. Cheers.
MALVEAUX: Wow. And I'll have the champagne with the tea. I don't mind that.
QUEST: Typical, typical. Barely is the sun over the yardarm and she's sopping up the booze. MALVEAUX: You know, we're Americans. What can I tell you?
Richard, I want to give you a plug here. Celebrations marking 60 years of Queen Elizabeth's reign beginning at CNN on Sunday.
You have to join Piers Morgan and Brooke Baldwin live from London for this royal extravaganza. It's CNN Sunday beginning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern.
And it's gone from the travel solution of the future to budget nightmare. We'll take a closer look at California's plan to actually build a high-speed train.
Don't forget, you can watch CNN live on your computer while you're at work. Head to CNN.com/TV.
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MALVEAUX: Right now, the judge in the John Edwards corruption trial is talking with lawyers about an issue with one of the jurors. It's unclear actually what the issue is.
There are signs, however, that the jury is not going to be reaching a verdict anytime soon. They've asked the judge about graduations they want to attend this week, as well as next week.
Today is their eighth day of deliberations. Edwards is accused of using almost a million dollars in political donations to hide his pregnant mistress and, of course, to save his presidential campaign.
Best pictures snapped by photojournalists from around the world are now being recognized by the National Press Association. I want to show you three of them.
This picture got first place for international news. It shows a 12-year-old girl screaming in horror just moments after a Taliban bombing in Afghanistan. She is surrounded by the bodies of those killed.
And who could forget this picture? The couple kissing in the street while a riot takes place around them after Vancouver lost in the Stanley Cup hockey finals. It won first place for domestic news.
And this photo got first place in a sports feature, a bullfrog precariously leaps around a soccer player's feet during a game.
Well, he was one of music's greats.
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DOC WATSON, MUSICIAN (singing): I want to ask you, boys, don't you monkey around my widow when I'm gone ...
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MALVEAUX: Doc Watson has died. He was most closely associated with melodic style of flat-picking in bluegrass and acoustic country music.
He was already a seasoned performer in the South when the folk boom of the '60s put him in front of a new set of audiences. Doc Watson was 89.
A multi-billion dollar high-speed rail line connecting L.A. to San Francisco is a dream project in California. It is now, some people think, a nightmare.
Costs have soared and you, the taxpayer, could end up picking up part of this colossal tab.
Drew Griffin is investigating.
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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It sure looks like the future, an animated version of California's high- speed rail and it sounded really cool, too -- L.A. to San Francisco at more than 200 miles an hour. No planes, no cars, no fuss. That's why Californians voted for it back in 2008, passing a $10 billion bond measure for a train that was projected to eventually cost $34 billion.
Keeping them honest, it's now four years later. Not a single track has been laid and a bombshell report was dropped on California's taxpayers last fall. Their $34 billion train would actually cost closer to three times the estimated amount.
LISA SCHWEITZER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PRICE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, USC: The new business plan puts a cost estimate to about $198 billion.
GRIFFIN: It was a shocker. Three times the estimated cost, and guess what, you, the federal taxpayer, might be on the hook for a big chunk of it. We'll get to how that's possible in just a moment. But in California, the sticker shock caused yet another change in accounting, a big turnover with California's high-speed rail authority board and yet another rethinking of just where the train will go and how fast and how much it would cost.
DAN RICHARD, CHAIRMAN, CALIFORNIA RAIL AUTHORITY: Today, we are releasing the revised plan.
GRIFFIN: A new route, a new slower speed and new cost estimate
RICHARD: First, beginning next year, we will commence construction here in the Valley.
There's no question that the costs have gone up.
GRIFFIN: Dan Richard is the new chairman of California's Rail Authority and co-author of that report that set the high-speed rail plan, well, slightly off track.
RICHARD: That report was a draft. It was intended to engender comment. It did that rather successfully. And we're looking now at how we revise the plan and strengthen the plan and go forward.
GRIFFIN: But that is also very troubling. It turns out, the latest plan could be for a much slower train, not actually the high- speed futuristic cartoon California voters approved four years ago. More of a hybrid that goes slower, makes a few more stops and doesn't quite deliver the L.A. to San Francisco promise of just a few hours.
And that's not the half of it. This is about to become really political. California's high-speed rail has one huge backer -- President Barack Obama -- and that is where you come in. The administration has pledged $3.5 billion in stimulus money, also known as federal tax dollars, and that's just so far. Now, California admits it will need even more, tens of billions of dollars more from federal taxpayers to finish it.
But first, you have to start. And that's where it really gets dicey. The foundational segment, the first stretch of track, will cost at least $6 billion alone and, under the new plan, will connect Fresno to Burbank. It won't go anywhere near San Francisco. And in the process, will dissect generations-old dairy farms, nut orchards and towns that don't want it.
JOHN TOS, ALMOND FARMER: We want them to stay off the land. It is not our intention to allow this to happen through our property. We farmed here for a reason, the tranquility of it all. This is farming country. And we want to keep it like that.
GRIFFIN: USC's Lisa Schweitzer, a skeptic, says the board is doing everything it can to rework numbers and routes to justify spending tens of billions of dollars on a train that may be a huge economic blunder that few want to ride.
SCHWEITZER: Every infrastructure project has the potential to be another Solyndra, whether it's high-speed rail or whether it's a bridge to nowhere. The construction costs can overrun like that, and that's especially true in California, where our permitting and approvals process is tough.
GRIFFIN: Does all this have California rethinking its plans? Absolutely not, says rail board chairman, Dan Richards. And for one reason -- they've already got the promised $3 billion of your tax dollars in federal stimulus. California may not get another dime from President Obama, but it has no intention of giving back the $3 billion already promised or the billions more from California voters.
RICHARD: So let's be very clear on this point, we have $6 billion to build the foundational segment.
GRIFFIN: Even if that foundational segment turns out to be a high-speed rail, well, to nowhere.
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MALVEAUX: The California High-Speed Rail Authority board is going to vote on a new plan later this week. The line is expected to take more than 10 years to finish. So what do you get when you mix a little dog, some cleaning products, and a pilot light? A recipe for disaster.
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MALVEAUX: The Corgi dog breed is a favorite of the queen. But not all Corgis are royal. CNN's Jeanne Moos shows us one corgi proving a little dog can make a huge mess.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The corgi, a big dog in a small package, they say, the breed favored by the queen. But this corgi is incorrigible when it comes to attacking cleaning products under the sink.
HALI HUDSON, OWNER OF YOGI: Out. No, that's poison. Back away.
MOOS: Hali Hudson was demonstrating Yogi's strange behavior for a camera crew from a new YouTube channel, Pet Collective, when something happened that caused a collective gasp.
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HUDSON: Oh. (EXPLETIVE DELETED). Oh, no. Are you kidding me? Oh, my gosh.
MOOS: Yogi punctured a can of spray paint.
Though Yogi's owner is an actress, this is no act as Hali took her corgi into the bathroom to clean him up.
HUDSON: This is what happens when you do that.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Whoa!
HUDSON: What was that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The house just caught on fire.
HUDSON: It did?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
HUDSON: No, no, no, no. (EXPLETIVE DELETED). Oh, my gosh. Please make it stop.
MOOS: Someone called 911 and firemen came.
(on camera): Turns out the spray paint ignited a pilot light on the stove.
HUDSON: We were, you know, a good 30 seconds lucky. If we were -- if Yogi was still standing in the kitchen when that bomb exploded, he would have gone up in flames because he was covered in that paint.
MOOS: When the paint and the pilot light exploded, so did Pet Collective.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Whoa!
MOOS: This week is its official launch. It's a channel featuring everything pet, from dogs at play --
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MOOS: -- to Lily, the scaredy cat bulldog. She only feels confident when dressed in a turtle costume.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It is an alter ego for Lily.
MOOS: The new channel isn't moving like a turtle.
TOM MAYNARD, THE PET COLLECTIVE: The channel, we've got over a million views now thanks to the Yogi video.
MOOS: And, no, Tom Maynard says, there's nothing fake about what happened.
(on camera): So why exactly is Yogi so obsessed with cleaning products?
(voice-over): A pet communicator asked Yogi himself that question for the segment they were shooting.
MICHELLE CHILDERLEY, ANIMAL COMMUNICATOR: Yogi showed me, here, a broom. It was a broom being swept along. It was coming towards Yogi.
MOOS: Yogi's owner no longer keeps cleaning supplies under the sink. Hali immediately took Yogi to the vet, who pronounced him fine and said let the paint shed with the corgi's coat. Three months later, Yogi's belly is still black.
This isn't the story of "Porgy and Bess," this is "Corgi and Mess."
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MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN --
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MOOS: -- New York.
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(END VIDEOTAPE) MALVEAUX: That's crazy.
All right, forget New York and L.A. There's a new list of U.S. cities for young professionals looking to make a mark on the word. We'll tell you which towns are heating up.
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MALVEAUX: If you're a college grad looking for the best opportunities, you might think places like New York and L.A. are the way to go. But a new survey finds the greatest chances for happy life potentially away from the big hubs.
Alison Kosik is at the New York Stock Exchange.
Alison, where should folks be looking?
ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Surprise, surprise. It's not all about those big cities anymore, Suzanne. Grads are actually happier in smaller cities, at least according to the survey out from careerbliss.com, which ranks the happiest place for young people to live. The survey takes into account how content recent grads say they are and the cost-of-living adjusted salaries.
Guess who got the top of the list? St. Louis. The average pay for two years of experience across a variety of fields hits at about $51,000. Grads there say they're happy with their co-workers and work environment, even their senior management. Salt Lake City, Jacksonville, they come next. Young people there make about $43,000 to $46,000 a year, and both cities, they say they're happy with the work they do and they're happy with their co-workers. Memphis and Indianapolis, Suzanne, round out the top five.
MALVEAUX: We didn't make the list, Atlanta or New York?
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KOSIK: No. New York is a big city.
MALVEAUX: Absolutely. So how much of this really boils down to how much disposable income young folks have?
KOSIK: That's a good point. This is a big part of it, that disposable income. People who are fresh out of college, they don't typically have a lot of cash, a lot of pocket cash. These places -- these are places where graduates can make a decent amount of money and where their dollar can really stretch. That's why these places rank very highly. Career Bliss says knowing this type of information can help young workers' budget and give them some financial flexibility. A lot of grads tend to move to the big cities, the bright lights, and they don't realize how having so little money can really wind up affecting their happiness -- Suzanne?
MALVEAUX: How are the markets looking? Will we be happy today?
KOSIK: No, you're not going to be happy today. There's a lot of red on the screen right now. The Dow down 129 points. What you're seeing is the Dow actually erasing all the gains made from yesterday. There were big worries looming over the market about how Spain's banking system is holding up in the middle of its double-dip recession. One of their biggest banks needs a bailout. That's spooking the markets because there's worries Spain's troubles will spread. That's why you see the Dow down 128 points -- Suzanne?
MALVEAUX: Not so happy news.
Alison, thank you.
KOSIK: Sure.
MALVEAUX: Some web sites are peddling a fake version of a powerful drug. What you need to know to keep your kids safe.
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MALVEAUX: The FDA is warning doctors and patients about a counterfeit drug. Fake Adderall pills are being sold online to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, or ADHD, as well as narcolepsy.
Elizabeth Cohen joins us.
Tell us how these pills are getting to folks.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: I want to say there have only been two reports of this happening. We spoke to folks at the FDA and they said they've received two reports. Both times people went online and they thought they were buying Teva Pharmaceutical's version of Adderall, but what they actually got was a counterfeit pill that had no Adderall in it.
MALVEAUX: What does it look like? How do you know the difference?
COHEN: First of all, if you're going online to buy drugs, you should always sort of be a little bit -- you know, sort of have your guard up. I think that's a good thing to remember, especially if they don't ask for a prescription, really have your guard up because, one, it's illegal, what you're doing is illegal. And, two, there's a good chance that this is not -- it's not reputable site. If they don't ask for a prescription, it's not a reputable site.
But let's look at the difference between the two.
MALVEAUX: Sure.
COHEN: Because there really is a difference. If you're looking for this particular Teva product, it's going to look like that sort of peach-colored product on the left. The counterfeit is the white pills that have no markings. White pills with no markings should be suspicious. Most of the time when you get a prescription, there's some kind of a marking or something on it. But that's what they look for. There's also several misspellings, including the word "single." I feel like every time I do one of these counterfeit drug stories, they've misspelled something very obvious.
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MALVEAUX: Why do can people do this? Is it markedly cheaper or --
COHEN: People go online because they don't have a prescription. They think, well, I want some Adderall, I don't want a prescription, I'll go online. Fortunately, there are sites where you can buy this stuff without a prescription. But just remember, there's no control whatsoever over what you're going to get in the mail. It may not be Adderall. It might be harmful to you. You can do something illegal. I know it doesn't feel illegal because you're at home ordering something up. It's illegal to get a prescription drug without a prescription. So you just never know what you're getting.
MALVEAUX: It sounds very dangerous. That's the takeaway as well.
COHEN: Yes. Right. You're not necessarily getting what you think you're getting. You could get a sugar pill, a placebo that has nothing in it, or you might be getting something that has something harmful in it. The FDA -- no one is looking and policing and making sure you all of these illegal sites are doing, you know, the right thing. How could they possibly do that? So what you're doing is illegal and no one is really watching it. You're sort of out there on your own.
MALVEAUX: Elizabeth, thank you for bringing this our attention.
COHEN: Thank you.
MALVEAUX: Thanks.
A new study out of Yale University finds that women who take anti- depressants during pregnancy are at a higher risk of giving birth prematurely. But researchers found being depressed during pregnancy does not increase the risk of premature birth. Previous studies suggested that depression was actually the culprit. But the study's authors say always consult your doctor before you make any of those decisions.
There's also a new study by some British doctors who say that people who need a lung transplant should not refuse a lung from someone who was a smoker. Researchers say transplant from smokers are used in the U.K. and in the United States all the time. The study found that patients who received smokers' lungs are more likely to survive than those who refuse the lungs and remain on the transplant waiting list.
And Latinos in Florida define the stereotypes, possibly changing the course of the next election. We take a look at the critical voting group in a powerful swing state.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) MALVEAUX: Florida has almost 1.5 million registered voters who are Hispanic and the presidential candidates are going to try to win over them over. Latino voters in the state are not as predictable as they've been in the past. But it's probably no surprise that the economy is their top concern.
John Zarrella is taking an in-depth look.
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ZARRELLA (voice-over): Patrick Manteiga enjoys a good cigar and a game of darts at his favorite hangout in Tampa, but the publisher of a small weekly newspaper, is not your traditional Cuban American. He's a Democrat, not a Republican. He says that the issue that will decide how many Hispanics in Florida will vote is not what you might think.
PATRICK MANTEIGA, PUBLISHER, LA GACETA: Immigration, at the end of the day, doesn't affect many voting Hispanics. Schools affect them, Social Security affects them, Medicaid, Medicare, all these other issues affect them. Jobs, jobs, jobs.
ZARRELLA: Experts say stereotyping Florida's nearly 1.5 million registered Hispanic voters has focused on only hot-button issues like gay marriage, Communist Cuba or immigration is just flat wrong.
Reuben Perez says there's no question about it.
REUBEN PEREZ, ENTREPRENEUR: You do it in small batches, you're going to receive a product that was roasted every week, fresh.
ZARRELLA: Perez owns a restaurant, food stands and a small coffee-roasting business in Orlando. He hears and overhears a lot.
PEREZ: Some things, it boils down to the economy, getting people to work.
ZARRELLA: And getting them out to vote. The Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa, Orlando and Daytona Beach is split nearly 50- 50, Republican and Democrat, with a large voting block of Cuban- Americans in Tampa and Puerto Ricans in Orlando.
Perez himself is 50-50, half Cuban and half Puerto Rican.
PEREZ: It's amazing. They got a strong opinions, but you ask them, oh, I'm tired of it. I don't think my district -- so whatever political party can get those particular folks out to vote probably can win or lose.
ZARRELLA: That may come down to which candidate does a better job at courtship.
SUSAN MCMANUS, POLITICAL SCIENTIST, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: The issues are clearly economic like they are for everyone else. But Hispanics really like to be appealed to. They love for candidates to come to their fiestas, to events at their churches, and to speak a few words in Spanish, but not look fake about it.
ZARRELLA: Sure, there are specific issues that will sway some. Cuban-American Wal Hernandez says one such issue was the Obama administration's granting Raul Castro's daughter permission to attend a conference in San Francisco.
WAL HERNANDEZ, CUBAN EXILE: I don't like Obama before, and now, worse.
ZARRELLA: Experts say some hot-button issue could gain enough traction between now and November to turn Florida's Hispanic vote one way or the other. Absent that, it will be, as Patrick Manteiga says, jobs, jobs, jobs.
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MALVEAUX: John Zarrella is joining us live in Miami.
Hey, John, good to see you.
Florida, one of the battleground states, which party at this point has the advantage among Hispanic voters.
ZARRELLA: More Democrats right now are -- Hispanics are registered Democrats than they are registered Republicans. And four years ago, large numbers voted for President Obama, voted for change. What we hear now is that a lot of them are going to wait until the very last minute to make up their mind and they may vote for change again, but not the same change they voted for four years ago.
Now, Suzanne, here in Little Havana, of course, heavily Cuban- American and they will certainly, as they have done traditionally, vote Republican -- Suzanne?
MALVEAUX: John, we know that President Bush, he spent a lot of time courting Hispanic voters and he seemed to make some progress. It didn't look like the Republican Party was really able to take advantage of that progress when you saw McCain go up against Obama. Does Mitt Romney -- when you talk to people, does it seem like they are more willing to listen to him and some of his ideas he has specifically about the economy?
ZARRELLA: No question about it. They're not thrilled with the way things are now. The economy is clearly the number-one issue. And a lot of them say they will wait until a month before the election and see how things are shaking out and how things are shaping up between now and then before they make the decision. But clearly, they seem to be far more willing to listen to Mitt Romney's message, no question about it.
MALVEAUX: All right, John Zarrella, good to see you. Thank you.
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