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G-20 Underway In Los Cabos; Wildfires Spread In Colorado; Pro- Bailout Victory In Greece; Sandusky Defense Begins; Obama And Putin Meet At G-20 Summit

Aired June 18, 2012 - 13:00   ET

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: That is because a new ad Korea Air made a pretty offensive gaff (ph). The ad featured on their Web site described Kenyans as, quote, "full of primitive energy." Yes. It was supposed to be part of the push towards their new direct flight service to the Nairobi, well outrage lit up the social networking sites, now the airline has pulled the ad saying that they, quote, "sincerely apologize for this situation."

I'm Suzanne Malveaux, and I want to get right to it. Leaders from the world's largest industrial and emerging economies meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, they are hoping the find ways to boost the sagging global economy. President Obama is going to be meeting on the sidelines with Russian president Vladimire Putin, the two are at odds of how to end the bloodshed in Syria and the international response to Iran's nuclear program.

In Colorado, wildfires are spreading. Crews fighting this fire in the Pike National Forest are getting help now, firefighters from California heading there. The other big fire in Colorado has burned more than 58,000 acres. National Weather Service says that the fire risk in six western states today is critical.

I want to get to the big election in Greece over the weekend. It looks like crisis averted, at least for now. Everybody was holding their breath waiting to see who was going to win and how it would actually impact the finances here in the United States. On the one side, a party that wants to hang on to the financial bailout of Greece being offered by its European partners even if it means Greece going through the deep painful cuts.

On the other side was a left wing party that wanted a big renegotiation of the terms of this bailout. Some said that could have led to Greece pulling out of Europe's common currency. The party for the bailout won but barely. I want to bring in Richard Quest, he is live from Athens, Christine Romans in New York. Richard, I want to start out with you. You and I have been talking about that for weeks about this potential crisis in Greece and potentially spread to the rest of Europe. What happened?

RICHARD QUEST, HOST, CNN INTERNATIONAL'S "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS": Well, what happened is that the Greek electorate decided to go in many ways with the safer option with the party that wants to sort of renegotiate part of the agreement, but doesn't want to completely toss it over to wall. And that means that they are now involved in the most detailed horse trading, trying to build a coalition with other parties here in Greece who got less number of seats and ultimately working out who would do what and how they would go to the Europeans, and, frankly, Suzanne, say we need more relief, we need to have some more time to pay, we cannot keep to the austerity that we've had so far.

MALVEAUX: So Richard, what is next? How do they actually form the coalition government? Is that likely to happen soon?

QUEST: Yes, it's got to. The president of Greece says it has to happen within hours, if not days. The leaders of the parties have all said Greece has to have a government. So, yes, the leader of new democracy, Androns Subidas, is negotiating as we are speaking. He has already spoken to the principle opposition, they said no way, not joining in. He spoke to Pasok, another party, they're thinking about it. He's now talking to another party. I would expect in the next three to five hours that we get a very good indication of whether there is a making of the deal or does he go it alone in a minority government.

MALVEAUX: All right. Richard, thank you. I want the bring in Christine to talk a little about how this is impacting us here at home. First of all, Christine, what is the market looking like? How is the market reacting?

CHRISTINE ROMANS, BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, stocks in this country are down a little bit, and that's no surprise, really, because while the election is over, Suzanne, the uncertainty is not over, for all of the reasons that Richard Quest so eloquently laid out there. You've got to build a coalition, you've got to meet some deadlines, they've got bond payments coming up later in the summer.

So, Greece still has a lot -- a lot to prove of them. I have been saying it's sort of like Greece still standing on the edge of a cliff. They didn't step over the cliff with this election, but they are standing on the edge of the cliff. So, it's still a dangerous situation for the U.S. The big risk here is that Greece has an effect on Europe, has an effect on Spain and Italy and that is our biggest trading party, right, the Eurozone? And that could be a problem for the United States if things don't go well or at least correctly in Europe from here on out. That would be bad for us, our 401K, our jobs, our export sector, the whole bit.

MALVEAUX: Yes, how does that work, Christine? I mean, can it potentially affect our 401Ks? Shouldn't we be checking our portfolios?

ROMANS: Well, I -- you know me, I say you should check your portfolio periodically no matter what. If you are trying to figure out what your log in is for your 401K just because of a Greek election, you need to sit down to think about the priorities a little bit. But look, you know, the real worry is if the Greece crisis spreads, the credit freeze is in Europe, there could be a stock market plunge in this country, and then you've also got big movements in currencies, the Euro sinks versus the U.S. Dollar. All of this would have an effect on American businesses, American exporters, confidence in the U.S.

Ken Rogueoff, who has studied more than 3,000 financial crisis, he says the U.S. economy's recovery is pretty fragile. We are in a fragile position three and a half years after a financial crisis. We cannot stand a body blow from Europe having trouble here. In terms of Europe, you know, Greece is the weakest link in the chain. But it is still in the chain. We still have an awful lot of work to do. This is the beginning of the story, quite -- I know we've been talking about it for a year, but it's still the beginning of the story here.

MALVEAUX: All right. And Richard, I want to bring you back real quick here. What do the Greeks think about this? The weakest link in the chain here. Do they feel confident moving forward or uncertain?

QUEST: They are just exhausted. They have had enough. Unemployment here, some would say -- youth unemployment, 60 percent. Some would say it's higher. You talk to the taxi drivers, the waiters, you talk to the business people, everybody here is angry with the Eurozone, they are furious with Germany. They feel wronged by the Europeans. And they feel that they are getting a bad wrap. And the real point here to take -- to take away just from the moment is however this plays out, the Greek people have got years more austerity of one description or another, and many more years of hardship that they're going to have to face.

MALVEAUX: And Christine, in this political time here, five months before the elections, obviously, the Obama administration is trying to convince folks here that they know what is best for the economy, but a lot of it is out of their hands here when you look at what is taking place in Europe. What can they do?

ROMANS: It's interesting because you see all this sniping on the campaign trail about who created how many jobs when and who created what regulations that's holding back jobs? And quite frankly, when you look at what's happening in Europe, that's where the jobs story is coming from right now. You've got a paralyzed Congress, you got two men who are in an election year battle here. Meanwhile, this potential meteor -- as Ken Rogueoff calls it, a meteor of Europe is right there coming toward us. So, I don't know how much, quite frankly -- I don't know how much, quite frankly, this administration can do other than watch what's happening. talk to European leaders but this is -- and I'm sure that Richard will say it. Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, I mean, the people who hold the keys to this are not in Washington.

MALVEAUX: And Richard, final question for you here. What do they want President Obama to do?

ROMANS: Well, I think there's not a lot he can do is the short honest truth of it. When the president spoke just last week at a press conference on a Friday afternoon, he was basically telling the Europeans to get a finger out and get on with it. The Canadians have said the same. The Australians have said the same. And the Europeans sort of dither and dather (ph), make promises, and then really nothing much happens. From the Euro -- I can -- Christine has put her finger perfectly on it, they are simply not. They have the bully pulpit. They can exhort, they can exhale, but ultimately there's very little the Americans can do. This is a European problem with a European solution that's going to take place here in Europe.

MALVEAUX: Although, it will have some real political implications, I think, for who becomes our next president. Richard, thank you very much, as always. Christine Romans as well. Here's what we are working on for this hour.

(voice-over): Eight young men took to the stand saying they were molested by Jerry Sandusky. Today, the defense tries to save him.

A CDC lab that experiments with deadly anthrax and sars is having problems with ventilation, and it caught one group of visitors off guard.

And why a third of the most wealthy people in America say it's not important to leave an inheritance for their children.

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MALVEAUX: We're getting this word just in, President Obama now sitting down and meeting with Russia's president Vladimire Putin that is taking place. This is a sidebar discussion, a one-on-one between these two leaders, at the G-20 summit that is taking place in Mexico. It is a summit full of world leaders. They are talking about economics as well as some of the hot spots -- political hot spots throughout the world, but this is a critical meeting between these two leaders, obviously talking about Russia's role when it comes to Syria. And we are also going to be discussing disagreements over the case of Iran. And as soon as we get that tape, we'll turn it for you and we'll bring it to you, the discussions taking place between President Obama and Russia's leader.

Prosecution has rested its case in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial. The defense now has already started presenting its side. Susan Candiotti, she is covering the case for us. And Susan, this is moving rather quickly. Defense has already called three witnesses to testify for Sandusky, including former Penn State assistant football coach. Tell us about this.

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, a couple of them, as a matter of fact. Well, right out of the gate, the defense has some stunning testimony from these two retired coaches, because they took a stand to say, rather matter of factly, that they, too, have showered with young boys at Penn State showers. Well, after that happened, the prosecutors try to blunt that testimony by saying, and did you ever pick them up and hug them? They said no. Now, there was an audible gasp in the courtroom when one of the two retired coaches said that he also had been to -- a couple of them, actually, and have showered with -- in a public shower there, not private, with other children. And he also stated that he had once showered with his granddaughter at the YMCA shower. That's when there was a gasp.

MALVEAUX: Who did the gasp come from? What was the reaction in the courtroom? CANDIOTTI: That was spectators in the courtroom, because that wasn't what they were expecting to hear certainly. We're not getting any immediate reaction from the jurors, so we're left to wonder what they think about this. But clearly the defense is trying to prove, Suzanne, that it is common practice or not at all unusual in Penn State athletic shower rooms to be showering with young boys.

MALVEAUX: The -- do you have a sense of who's actually attending, who -- this has created a lot of curiosity, I imagine, among the community and a lot of outrage as well.

CANDIOTTI: Well, you know, we haven't taken -- there hasn't been a poll taken, so it is hard to gauge. But there are members -- there are seats reserved for members of the public here, and so anyone can listen. I know that during certain aspects of this case, we have heard and seen people visually reacting and turning to the people behind them, and with their eyes wide open, particularly last week during some of the riveting testimony from the alleged victims in this case. And remember, more than half the members of this jury have some direct or indirect connection to Penn State.

MALVEAUX: And Susan, I understand that it is pretty significant that the jurors also heard from one last prosecution witness this morning.

CANDIOTTI: They did. We did not know there was going to be one more prosecution witness, but she was a powerful one. This is the mother of alleged victim number nine. And what particularly stuck out about her testimony is that she stated that while her son was spending often two to three weekends a month with Jerry Sandusky, she testified that she couldn't figure out -- she wondered why he would often come home without his underwear and she wondered why Jerry Sandusky didn't replace it. And the reason this is significant is that during that boy's testimony on the stand, he testified he was asked about whether he ever bled during alleged sexual assaults, and how he handled that bleeding. And he testified that he handled it in his own way. So the implication is, did he get rid of the underwear?

MALVEAUX: Wow. That is disturbing.

Susan, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Obviously, a lot of people, a lot of testimony taking place there and we'll see how it develops.

Thank you, Susan.

Israel's president says time is running out for Iran. Here what Shimon Peres told CNN.

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MALVEAUX: Time has run out for Iran. That is the warning from Israel's president, as six world powers met today with Iranian negotiators in Moscow. This is the third round of talks called after two previous rounds of discussions yielded little results. Israel President Shimon Peres, he's weighing in through an exclusive interview with our Elise Labott. She's joining us live from Jerusalem.

Elise, first of all, it seems as if he's got some pretty strong, tough words here. What did he say? How did he weigh in?

ELISE LABOTT, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPORTER: That's right, Suzanne. The president spoke to us on the eve of his annual conference looking at the challenges facing the world and how to make a better world. And as those talks start in Moscow, on Iran, he said that he thought Iran was playing for time and that Iran just didn't think that the world was serious enough about dealing with their nuclear program. Let's take a listen to what he said.

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LABOTT: Do you think the military threat is credible enough?

PRES. SHIMON PERES, ISRAEL: I think -- I hope that the audience would understand it's credible enough (ph). If the Iranians understand (ph) seriously that this is an option, maybe you shall not need it. If they think that this is a bluff, then it may lead to a war. For that reason, the warning must be credible, and sanctions must be credible. So let's first of all use the non-military means indicating to the Iranians, gentlemen, better you agree with a non-military confrontation than look for the other options.

LABOTT: How long do they have?

PERES: How long? I think time is out because they continue to build a bomb. So it's not (INAUDIBLE). They continuing to do things which are contrary to the United Nations resolutions, to the atomic center in Geneva. They build the (INAUDIBLE). We'll just say, OK, we stop and maybe the west will have a problem. They don't. They continue to enrich the uranium. So you cannot provoke (ph) the world assuming that the world is made of (INAUDIBLE) only.

LABOTT: So time is out, you're saying? This is it.

PERES: I think time is beginning to be out, yes.

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LABOTT: And, Suzanne, I have to tell you, Shimon Peres is really one of the strongest so-called doves here in Israel. To hear him talk in very real terms about a military option was really striking. On this front he said that President Obama needs to show American leadership here. He said American needs to be the, quote, "elder statesman" on this issue and that the U.S. cannot hand Iran a nuclear Iran. The entire Middle East really looking, I think, for the U.S. to join them in making this credible threat --

MALVEAUX: Two things --

LABOTT: This military option credible.

MALVEAUX: Sure. Two things when I'm listening to this because it seems very dramatic, his language here. First of all, did you read this as some sort of threat against Iran? And, secondly, when he says time is running out, how much time is he talking about?

LABOTT: Well, he didn't say. I mean obviously he said that he didn't think that anything was going to come out of these talks right now. But I do think that the Israeli government is starting to talk in very real terms about what's going to happen, what Israel would be forced to do if these talks don't produce any progress. Originally the international community signed up to five rounds. Israeli officials tell me they don't think that Iran, if you bargain in the Middle East, you give your final offer at the last minute. But when Iran gives that final offer, it really has to be something that the international community can buy on to because Israel has said quite clearly that it is not willing to tolerate a nuclear Iran. So I do think those words are very strong and I think that they're starting to prepare the groundwork for just letting people know what is possible if Iran does not make some kind of deal, whether it be at these talks or in the next coming months.

Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: And, Elise, let's just turn the corner really quickly here, because obviously you're looking at the outcome of the presidential election in Egypt. You have someone who's part of the Muslim Brotherhood here. Potentially the one who will be in charge. Was that a concern for Peres?

LABOTT: Yes. He spoke very strongly about that. First of all, he said the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't have a plan. They've been preachers, they've been praying for a long time. He said it's time to stop praying and start to think about how you're going to feed the Egyptian people, how you're going to provide jobs, and how you're going to provide security, Suzanne.

Over the last couple of weeks and over this weekend, we saw some skirmishes on the border between Israel and Egypt. Some rockets thrown from Egypt to Israel. Today, even, there was gunfire between so-called -- what the Israelis are calling terrorists -- that made their way across the border from Egypt. And there was gunfire between Israeli military and these militants. And so since the fall of President Mubarak, this is believed to be a very lawless area and Israel is very concerned about terrorists getting a stronghold in the Sinai on the border with Israel. So really a big concern for him in this interview and here in Jerusalem.

MALVEAUX: A very tense time. Elise Labott, excellent reporting, as always. Thank you.

Fashion show in Pakistan. And we're not actually talking about burqas, we're talking about high heels, lipstick, short skirts. We're going to take you into a new, sexy subculture that is defying the stereotypes.

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: Welcome back. Here's a quick check of some of the stories we are following.

Jurors are back to deliberations in the federal perjury trial of baseball great Roger Clemens. He's charged with lying to Congress back in 2008 when he denied using steroids or human growth hormone. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a fine of $1.5 million.

Today, China became the third country ever to complete a manned space docking. A three-person crew, including the country's first woman to go into space, successfully docked their Shenzhou 9 spacecraft with a space lab. The crew will conduct scientific experiments, technical tasks, and physical exercises.

Some visitors to the Centers for Disease Control got a big scare. "USA Today" is reporting they were accidentally exposed to air from a bioterror germ lab. They were in a hallway where safety gear was not needed. There have been complaints about the ventilation system to the lab going back as far as 2010. The CDC says no one was infected. The lab can be used for experiments involving anthrax, SARS, dangerous strains of the flu as well.

All right, so when you think of fashion week, you probably think of this, right? Cities like Madrid, Paris and New York. Probably not this. This is the south Asian nation of Pakistan. The country made more famous for its drone strikes and terrorist hideouts than anything else today. Well, this is where also many women cover up in traditional wear, like burqas. Well, here, now you can find bare backs, plunging necklines, high cut hems. It's not exactly a hip model runway, but hidden away in the basements of these luxury hotels, there's a fashion screen that is starting to thrive. I want you to check out this video. It's from vice.com, an online news and cultural source.

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CHARLET DUBOC, VICE.COM CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is governed under Sharia law. Public display of flesh is a sure-fire way is get you on Allah's (ph) naughty list. What played out on the runway before me was a far cry from the Pakistan we see on the news. It would be unfair to judge the clothes by western standards. This is an industry in its infancy, catering to a tiny, progressive, wealthy elite in a country where the majority of women cover up.

Having said that, the boys looked like the your worst boy bands nightmares rolled into one. The most incongressed (ph) Steam punk max (ph) and cowboy boots. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly until --

DUBOC (on camera): What's going on? Power cut.

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MALVEAUX: Last hour I spoke with Vice correspondent Charlet Duboc. Here's what she said. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MALVEAUX: Let's bring in Vice correspondent, Charlet Duboc, who joins us from London.

First, the power outage. This is unusual and we know this is an underground movement. Do you believe that somebody was trying to sabotage the fashion show that was taking place?

DUBOC: No. I -- It would be unfounded for me to speculate about it being sabotaged. I genuinely -- Pakistan, Islamabad is plagued by power problems. While I was there, the hotel had a good backup generator, but no amount of money can buy you power all of the way through the fashion week, unfortunately --

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DUBOC: But it added to the atmosphere.

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MALVEAUX: OK. OK. No conspiracy there.

OK. I will go in a different direction there. Tell us why this is actually important and why this is catching on in Pakistan and what does it mean.

DUBOC: Well, in Pakistan, there is, you know, a very wealthy elite that make up a very small portion of society. There's no middle class as we know it. A lot of the elite, the young girls were educated abroad, and behind closed doors, they want to wear jeans and vests and, you know, they are interested in the Western fashion.

MALVEAUX: Do they think of themselves, these fashionistas, as revolutionaries in some ways, that they are changing their society in some ways through the underground culture?

DUBOC: Well, you know what, I when I spoke to the fashion students, they were so much more inspired than so many fashion students that I have spoken to in London, New York. They really -- it is a real outlet for them and it's a real way of expressing themselves in a country where individuality is suppressed and where, you know, life is tough. You can't go out -- to do what boys and girls want to do everyday, you have to find ways, you have to work ways around it. So with fashion, it is kind of the same thing.

MALVEAUX: Charlet, my last question here. I wonder if there a backlash to all of this? Do they get a pass because they are the rich and the elite, or are there folks in the Pakistani government actually coming down hard on them?

DUBOC: Well, that is the thing, you know. I think that anywhere in the world, you know, in developing countries especially, money can buy you a certain amount of privilege and you can create a Western bubble for yourself where you can live out life the way you want to. But then I think that, in an example with the edit, when we made this report, we had to cut so many things out, because no amount of money can buy you out of the complications in Pakistani society. There were things that we quoted people saying, and they called us literally crying on the phone saying that we had -- we would have their blood on our hand hands if we printed what they were saying.

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MALVEAUX: So far, Mitt Romney has refused to say if he agrees or disagrees with the president's new deportation policy for young illegal immigrants. Hear what Romney is saying about immigration.

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MALVEAUX: Mitt Romney is back on the bus today. He's on a six- day tour of key battlegrounds for Mitt Romney. Look at this. The states in green, New Hampshire, Ohio and Iowa are toss ups. They could go either way in the November election. The states in yellow, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan are leaning Obama, but could also be in play as well.

We want to bring in our political director, Mark Preston, to talk about this.

It seems like he is trying to get in touch with the folks on the bus tour in the small areas, small towns. How is he doing?

MARK PRESTON, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Pretty good, Suzanne. These are all states that President Obama won in 2008, which actually turned into, in many ways, a landslide victory for him over John McCain. But what Mitt Romney is trying to go to the states to talk about his economic plan. We have seen, along the way, he has received some hecklers. There's been some organized protests from the national Democrats here in Washington, D.C. But in many ways, that would just say that it has been a success, because he is drawing the attention of the national Democrats, who are trying to do their best to derail this bus tour.

But just a couple of hours ago, he had about 900 people in Wisconsin. And we are learning that -- this is from our own Rachel Stritfeld (ph), who is with him on the road. 900 people. A couple hundred people with Mitt Romney, Scott Walker, the governor who just survived a recall, and Paul Ryan, who oversees the budget process for the Republicans here in Washington, and also the RNC Chairman Reince Priebus -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: I want to know if he's talking specifically about President Obama's comments, the decision he made regard immigration policy. This is something following him as a candidate. Here is how he responded to it on "Face the Nation." Listen to this.

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MITT ROMNEY, (R), FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I mean, first of all, we have to secure the border. We need to have an employment verification system to make sure that those working here in the country are here legally. And then, with regards to the kids brought in by their parents through no fault of their own, there needs to be a long-term solution to know what their status is.

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MALVEAUX: Mark, how are they handling this, because obviously a lot of questions in terms of whether or not he would overturn or if he agrees or disagrees with the president's approach to allow at least some of the illegal immigrants who are young and who are aspiring to stay in the country and avoid being deported?

PRESTON: Very gingerly. You know, Suzanne, they are not addressing it head on. He did not answer the question directly when asked several times by Bob Schieffer in that interview on CBS that aired Sunday. Mitt Romney is in a quandary, at some point. If you consider back during the presidential primary, he took a hard-line on the immigration matter and tried to distinguish himself from others, such as the Texas governor, Rick Perry. However, he is now in a general election and there is some thought, at least in the Republican corner, that, you know, Mitt Romney is not going to win over the Latino vote, the Hispanic vote in the 2012 election. But if he can chip away at it, that would be part of the equation for him to beat Obama in November.

Now, he didn't say anything necessarily specific other than he would talk about a long-term solution. He certainly did not say whether he would repeal it or not -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: It will be interesting to see what he says at Galanao (ph). This is going to be a big Latino convention happening later in the week in Orlando. And we'll be there to cover it. Do you believe he is going to be forced to at least alter his position or be a little bit more forthright in terms of what he believes regarding immigration?

PRESTON: I think the latter. You're right. In some ways, what we might see from the Romney campaign is to try to tee up, perhaps putting a better point on the whole subject when they are down at this conference down in Florida this week. Not only is Mitt Romney going to be speaking at the conference, but so is President Obama, which shows you how important it is going to be when we roll into Thursday and Friday. And of course, you will be there broadcasting it. I can tell you, right now, as we are focusing on the November election, this week seems to be the week of the Hispanic voter -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: All right. Mark Preston. Thank you, Mark. Good to see you.

PRESTON: Thanks.

MALVEAUX: You might think that children from rich families have it made, but a new report says not necessarily.

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MALVEAUX: You would think that you would be living the high life if you had rich patients? Well, not necessarily.

Felicia Taylor is joining us from the New York Stock Exchange.

Felicia, I didn't have that problem.

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What do we know? Wealthy families, what they do with their inheritance?

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FELICIA TAYLOR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I didn't either, and that is OK, because I like my day job. Thank goodness.

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A new survey does find that 32 percent of the super rich in this country say it is not important to leave inheritances for the children. And we are talking about people who are worth at least $3 million or obviously more than that. And the top reason they say is because each generation should earn its own wealth. Others say they would rather give money to charity. But not everybody's motivation is altruistic. 27 percent say they work hard for their money and they are going to enjoy it themselves. I can't say I blame them.

MALVEAUX: They are keeping it.

TAYLOR: Yes.

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MALVEAUX: Give us examples of folks who are not going to leave their kids money.

TAYLOR: Well, it is the really, super, super rich in this category and we're talking about people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who have been open about it, too. Gates told a British newspaper that his three kids will only get a, quote, "minuscule portion" of the total wealth. Now he is worth some $60 million, so I don't know what his version of minuscule means. It sounds pretty good to me. The majority is going to go to a foundation he runs with his wife. Same situation with Warren Buffett. He has already donated most of his fortune to the Gates Foundation. Here's what he said when he announced that back in 2006.

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WARREN BUFFETT, CEO, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY: I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on what womb you come from.

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TAYLOR: Now, each of his children have received $1 billion to run their own charitable foundation. You can do a lot of good things with $1 billion for society. Gates and Buffett want others to do the same and have started what they call the Giving Pledge to encourage billionaires to pledge half of the wealth to charity. To date, 81 people have signed on, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg; oil tycoon, T. Boone Pickens; and New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Suzanne, I don't think you and I are eligible.

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MALVEAUX: Oh, too bad.

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Well, it is all relative, right, to give a billion or something minuscule for your inheritance.

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Start up a little start-up there.

Thank you, Felicia. Good to see you.

TAYLOR: No problem.

MALVEAUX: All right, before you pick up the phone and call your friends and family, listen to this. The head of the FCC wants to take a new look at the risks of cell phone and radiation.

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MALVEAUX: All right. Chances are you spend a lot of time on the cell phone today. Now the Federal Trade Commission has decided to take another look at cell phone and radiation as well as your safety.

Elizabeth Cohen is joining us to talk about what they found and what they're recommending.

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: They actually have not found anything. This is real baby steps. Cell phone technology has changed a lot in the last 16 years, but the FCC has not changed the rules about how much radiation can come out of these cell phones. And people, of course, are using them more and more. So what they are going to do is taking the very first step to say we are going to think about whether we should change the rules.

MALVEAUX: That is a little baby step.

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COHEN: That is a baby step. They are not changing anything or doing anything at this moment.

MALVEAUX: And what should you do to protect yourself? Is there a reason that you need to protect yourself?

COHEN: Well, one thing that we should keep in mind is when the FCC sets rules for how much radiation could come out of these, they did it on the basis of a 200-pound man. So they looked at a 200-pound man and how much radiation he could handle. And a lot of people say, wait, most people are smaller than that and what about the children with the developing brain tissue. Is that OK for them to be spending time with the cell phone right to their head? So, luckily, while we wait for the FCC to do their thing or not do their thing, a very easy step for your own health, use a headset. It can be this kind of headset. it can be a Bluetooth headset. The reason why is the radiation that comes out of your phone dissipates easily. If it's held out here, that's no doing anything to you. That's far enough away. But held here, some people think there is a possibility it could do something to you. Just wear your headsets. It's that simple.

MALVEAUX: Wear the headset.

COHEN: Wear the headset.

MALVEAUX: You had a story where people were sleeping with their cell phones because it is an alarm too. Sometimes people have it next to their heads while sleeping. Probably not a good idea.

COHEN: Night table. How hard is that? Just put it on the night table. It doesn't take much. Just put it that far away and the radiation goes out into the air. It's not going to reach your head. Holding it to your head, those rays are going into your head. Some studies say they are. Scientists have gone back and forth, are they dangerous, aren't they dangerous. Some studies say they are. The World Health Organization said -- I want to make sure I get the wording -- that cell phones are a possible carcinogen to humans, putting them in the same category as diesel fuel. The WHO has set out what they think. Scientists go back and forth.

MALVEAUX: The headsets. I've got to get a headset.

COHEN: Just remember headsets. This or a Bluetooth. Either one works.

MALVEAUX: Thank you, Elizabeth.

COHEN: Thanks.

MALVEAUX: Appreciate it.

Some struggling families here in the United States are forced to decide between buying food or diapers. We'll show you how one woman is helping moms living in poverty.

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MALVEAUX: You have a jammed packed schedule. You ever feel like your social obligations are taking up your free time? You're not a lone. A new survey by HotWire says 21 percent of U.S. adults use the majority of their vacation time and budgets on obligation trips such as weddings, holiday gatherings, reunions. You may not be able to make every event, one expert says RSVP early to let them know you can't attend.

Something many of us take for granted, buy food -- milk, food, diapers for the baby. Mothers living in poverty are often forced to pick one over the other.

Our Lisa Sylvester is reporting one woman is on a mission to help those moms in need.

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LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Just a few miles from the White House, in neighborhood called Anacostia, poverty is so rampant that many mothers have to make a choice.

CORINNE CANNON, FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, D.C. DIAPER BANK: If they have to choose between feeding their family and diapers, they will feed their family.

SYLVESTER: People here, so poor the little things we take for granted are out of reach.

Naishia Davis a single mother of three. Her youngest is 3-month- old Talia.

NAISHIA DAVIS, SINGLE MOM: She's a happy baby.

SYLVESTER: That simple act of keeping her baby dry and clean is not so simple.

DAVIS: Before I had my daughter, I didn't know how many pampers I would use in day and in a week and in a month's time. It's a lot.

SYLVESTER: An average of eight diapers a day, about 240 diapers a month at a cost of more than $100. She can't afford enough diapers for her baby. You can't get diapers through the food stamp program. It's considered a hygiene item. Often, the only alternative, reusing diapers.

CANNON: I'm the founder and executive director of the D.C. Diaper Bank.

SYLVESTER: Boxes and boxes of donated diapers --

CANNON: You got them?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

SYLVESTER: -- being delivered to Horton's Kids, a neighborhood community center.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, Sweetie.

CANNON: Diapers are a necessity for infants. They're not a luxury. You have a mom who wants to work and trying to work, doesn't have enough diapers to send her child to day care, has to stay home with that baby.

SYLVESTER: Corinne Cannon became a mom for the first time in 2009. The first months were rough. CANNON: One night I was up with him all night. I thought, how do you do this if you don't have someone you can call? After we got out that hazy first six months of having an infant, we said, what can we do to help families. What can we do to help other moms? I called the organization and said, what do you need, I can give time and money. I was blown away when they said diapers. It hadn't occurred to me.

SYLVESTER: So Corinne stated the D.C. Diaper Bank, an idea that's been catching on nationwide.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have been running out of everything.

SYLVESTER: She helped launch the nationwide Diaper Bank Network.

(on camera): Each one of these boxes contains 50 diapers. The D.C. Diaper Bank distributed 2600 boxes in the last year. That's more than 130 diapers.

(voice-over): They are donated --

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You're welcome.

SYLVESTER: -- from individuals and corporations.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, she got five.

CANNON: Parents learn this is a need. They want to help.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wipes.

CANNON: They don't have to worry about where their diapers are coming from.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There you go.

CANNON: They can have time with their baby and smile at the baby and know there's a network that can help them and support them. These are all our kids.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Say thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That will last a week.

CANNON: Whether we see that or not, we are all one large community. I want to make sure our kids are taken care of.

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MALVEAUX: Lisa Sylvester joins us from Washington.

Lisa, that's really hard to see that, to realize that some moms have to make those decisions and choices. Is it possible to use reusable diapers as an option for some of these moms.

SYLVESTER: That's great question. People think why not just cloth diapers. If nay can't afford the disposable, diapers, why not use cloth? A lot of the amenities that we take for granted like having a washing machine and drier, they don't have access. Laundromats do not allow people to wash cloth diapers. They don't have really good options. If they can't afford it or don't have access to a diaper bank that in sometimes they have to reuse it or have to leave the baby in that diaper longer. Any mom knows that's really, really difficult on baby to stay in a wet diaper -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: Really does. Stuck in a tough spot.

How can we help some of these programs?

SYLVESTER: The D.C. Diaper Banks, that exists in the Washington, D.C. area but there are other diapers banks across the country. It started in Arizona and took off in Connecticut. Now you have, in various cities, you have these different kinds of diaper banks that operate much like the way a food bank. They have all gotten together and there's a national Diaper Bank Network. There's a web site, a great web site. You can find all kinds of information at diaperbanknetwork.org. Again, diaperbanknetwork.org. You can find out how, if you want to run a diaper drive. Companies can do this, organizations, church groups. Really a wealth of information there, Suzanne, for people who want to go and try to help -- Suzanne?

MALVEAUX: Great information.

Thank you. Thank you, Lisa.

CNN NEWSROOM continues now with Brooke Baldwin.