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Victims Of Temple Rampage Honored; Inside The Temple's Crime Scene; Mosque Opens After Bitter Fight; Afghan Gunman Kills Three U.S. Troops; 12th Straight Jump In Gasoline Prices; $5.2 Billion Loss For Post Office; Government Won't Prosecute Goldman Sachs; More Like TSA Over Congress; NFL Uses First Female Referee; Unmanned Moon Lander Explodes; Victims Of Temple Rampage Honored; Philadelphia: 210 Murders So Far This Year; Gold Rush for U.S. Women, Team USA on the Small Screen; U.S. Plans New Sanctions for Syria; Firefighter Rescue Caught on Camera; Fact Check: Papa John's Pizza Claim

Aired August 10, 2012 - 10:01   ET

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DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A unique look at firefighters in action. This helmet cam video showing a Missouri firefighter saving a woman in an apartment fire. They're going to tell us about their dramatic rescue.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Joe Kazmarek's police scanner crackles to life just before midnight. Moments later, Kaz as his friends call him, is rushing to the scene of a robbery gone bad.

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FEYERICK: Gun violence on the streets of Philadelphia. Now two veteran photo journalists hope to stop the shootings using a camera.

And it's hard not to be amazed by the new images we're getting of Mars. It's all coming from NASA's "Curiosity" rover. We'll show you how we're able to see the red planet from 155 million miles away.

And it's the year of the women in London. Female American athletes getting two-thirds of all the gold medals won by the U.S. this year. "NEWSROOM" begins right now.

Good morning. I'm Deborah Feyerick sitting in for Carol Costello. We begin with the celebration of life at the Sikh temple that has seen so much heartbreak in recent days.

Worshipers will take the spotlight off the hate spewing gunman and focus instead on the six people he killed and the three others he critically wounded.

CNN was given exclusive access inside the temple where a lone bullet hole will be left intact as a reminder of the rampage and the acts of courage that saved lives.

Ted Rowlands is in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a memorial service is getting under way this morning -- Ted.

TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Deborah. It is a very emotional service inside the Oak Creek high school here. Hundreds of people have shown up and they're filing by very slowly in front of the six open caskets of the victims of last Sunday's shooting.

There are photographs of the victims being displayed on a large screen inside the gymnasium and there are photographs adorning each casket as well. People are going in, taking their time, walking by.

We've seen some very emotional scenes as you can imagine, people breaking down in tears. Many people from the community here who didn't know the victims have come out to pay their respects as well.

Following what is a two-hour period of viewing there will be a small ceremony, about 45 minutes in length. The governor here, Scott Walker, will address the people along with some family members.

After that, the family members will have a private ceremony at the temple, which they have been cleaning for the last day after the crime scene was released back to them.

They have it back, ready to go, except as you mentioned that one bullet hole remains at the temple and they plan to keep that there forever as a reminder of what happened.

FEYERICK: You know, Ted, you were inside. You were inside of that temple. What were your impressions because this community came back to rebuild it? Almost wipe away the signs of what happened there just this past Sunday.

ROWLANDS: Yes. We were given unique access to come in and watch as they rebuilt, covered up the bullet holes. They fixed drywall that was broken. There were some windows that were shattered by the gunfire. That was fixed.

We were also able to see the exact spot where all four of the victims that died inside the temple died. One the only woman who died, died in the prayer area. The three men that died were over in an adjacent room.

We also saw a pantry where 16 women and children hid for two hours. This was an incredibly small space for all of them to be crammed in there, fearful for their lives. A couple of the women had been shot and injured and were bleeding.

They thought there were multiple gunmen inside the temple. They stayed there for literally two hours fearing for their lives and to see that. It was very emotional.

And inside the temple, it was a very emotional experience to watch as people there as well yesterday broke down in tears because of what happened obviously. FEYERICK: Yes. All right, Ted Rowlands, thank you so much. We know that they'll be reading the prayer book cover to cover and there will be a 10n-day mourning period. Thanks so much. We'll check back in with you.

Well, some members of the Sikh temple believe they were attacked because the gunman mistakenly thought they were Muslims. Evidence of that anti-Islam bias has been on full display in another small American town.

For two years, some residents of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, have bitterly fought plans to build a mosque in their community. Opponents marched in protest, some turn to vandalism, and others filed a lawsuit. But today the mosque opens.

George Howell is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. George, why did mosque leaders really push ahead and decide to open this despite all the local resistance?

GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Deb, good morning. Well, quite to the contrary here, we've learned that members of this mosque feel that they are welcome here in Murfreesboro. They believe that a lot of that resistance is coming from groups outside of this community.

So today there is a great deal relief and really a lot of excitement that this mosque is now complete. We were actually the first visitors allowed inside.

CNN got exclusive access inside this mosque to see this big space. We're talking about 12,000 square feet, much larger than the smaller mosque that members had already outgrown.

Deb, when you think about the timeline of events we're talking two years of hostility in some cases. This mosque was the focus of vandalism, the focus of arson even the target of a bomb threat.

One member that I spoke with, Saleh Sbenaty, tells me that he believes people outside the community are trying to mischaracterize the religion. Take a listen.

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SALEH SBENATY, ISLAMIC CENTER OF MURFREESBORO: There is an issue nationwide unfortunately that they believe Islam and Muslims to be not what they are, but because of the act of a few people they are labelling the whole religion to be that way. It is unfortunate, but it is untrue and it's un-American as well.

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HOWELL: So Sbenaty tells me that at 1:10 Central Time, that is when they're supposed to have their first prayer service, though some people may come in earlier, some may come in afterward. But 1:10 Central Time, that is the moment that many people here have been waiting for some time -- Deb. FEYERICK: All right, and interesting, George, looking at the pictures inside of the mosque it really sort of opens it up and shows people exactly what it is and what is there inside of that. George Howell for us, thanks so much.

HOWELL: Thank you.

FEYERICK: Well, now disturbing new attacks on American forces in Afghanistan, the latest ambush just hours ago. A man wearing an Afghan military uniform shoots to death three Americans in the volatile Helmand Province.

According to Reuters, the Americans were killed by an Afghan police commander and several of his officers. The Afghan leader had invited the Americans to dinner to discuss security. All three Americans were members of Special Forces.

The attack follows Wednesday's suicide bombing that killed three U.S. soldiers and an American aid worker. The Taliban is claiming responsibility.

In money news you are paying more at the pump. I guess those of you who pump know that. Triple-A reports the nationwide average for a gallon of gas is now $3.67, a penny more than yesterday. Gas prices have risen almost 19 cents in the last couple weeks.

The U.S. Postal Service posted a massive $5.2 billion loss in the latest quarter almost double what it lost at the same time last year. If things continue the way they have been, it could run out of money completely in just a couple months.

Alison Kosik is at the New York Stock Exchange. And Alison, why the massive decline for the post office? When I go the lines are as long as ever.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, you think, well, this massive loss is mainly because there is this congressional mandate, Deborah, that says it has to prefund retiree health care benefits and that means billions of dollars toward these benefits each and every year.

In fact, last week, the Postal Service already missed paying a $5.5 billion bill that it owed the government. And get this, it expects to default on another payment at the end of September and could start to run out of cash as early as October.

Now there could be some help on the way to make up for some of the shortfall. The USPS is expecting that mail volume could climb because of the presidential election and the holiday season, but you know what?

Even then the Postal Service is almost $12 billion in the hole this year and if those mailing periods aren't as strong as expected, it could put the Postal Service even deeper in the hole.

Now keep in mind Congress is the only one that can step in to help because it has to approve any major structural change at the Postal Service. It's been very slow to do anything.

Guess what? It's not expected to take up the issue again until after the election. That is a common theme we're seeing play out in this country. That's for sure -- Deb.

FEYERICK: You know, Alison, we see a number of post offices closing. What does this mean for our daily mail service? Are they going to start to limit routes? What's going to happen?

KOSIK: OK, so at this point, Deborah, what the post office has been saying for a while is it would like to cut Saturday service to save money. It's already in the process of consolidating or closing 48 processing plants.

Now these are actually where your mail gets sorted. It's offering incentives for some workers to retire by the end of the year. Eight thousand people are expected to take this offer.

But you know what it means for our mail delivery? It means slower mail. It's going to be coming to your mail box, meaning it's going to take a lot longer to get there -- Deb.

FEYERICK: All right, Alison Kosik, thanks so much, at the stock exchange for us.

Well, it can be a real pain to fly sometimes especially at the airport dealing with certain TSA agents, but there is someone else Americans dislike more than the TSA.

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FEYERICK: Checking our top stories, the Justice Department says there is no basis to file charges against Goldman Sachs or its employees. The investment company was accused of profiting from subprime mortgages it sold as safe investments to its clients. It's one of two banks singled out in a congressional report released last year.

This might be hard to believe, but Americans apparently like the TSA more than members of Congress. A new Gallup poll found 54 percent of those surveyed say the Transportation Security Administration is doing a good or excellent job. At the same time Gallup found just 16 percent approve of the way Congress is doing its job.

In sports, history will remember a meaningless preseason football game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers. The NFL's first female referee took the field last night.

Shannon Easton was the line judge. She's part of a group of replacement refs. According to "USA Today" the pro football hall of fame will now put the hat she wore on display in Canton, Ohio.

OK, it went up and then it kind of went straight down. Some tests do not go exactly as planned. NASA's Morphius lander crashed after takeoff from Kennedy Space Center. The unmanned vehicle is designed to carry cargo on a future moon mission.

Right now in a suburb of Milwaukee a remarkable gathering is under way. Take a listen.

Nearly 2,000 people are in a public memorial service for the victims of a shooting rampage at a Sikh temple. It is the latest outpouring of support for the Sikh community and the latest condemnation of hatred that fuelled the killing spree.

Joining me now is Gulbarg Singh Basi, original vice president for the World Sikh Council. The Sikh community witnessed such horror at the hands of one man and yet so much support from around the world in the days since.

Is there a feeling that good will come from this tragedy? I mean, even just to see all the people who were there?

GULBARG SINGH BASI, WORLD SIKH COUNCIL: In my opinion, the good is already coming and hopefully it will continue. We have seen such a support from America, all the citizens, governmental, nongovernmental agencies.

We are continuing to see the kind of coverage we've seen with the media, especially CNN, it is totally helping that all of this will have an educational impact on everybody and everybody will come together.

FEYERICK: So really through this tragedy we get a deeper sense of understanding of what the Sikh community is, what their beliefs are. We're looking at the service now. We're looking at this -- that they're honoring and we can hear some music playing. This is really a 10-day mourning period, correct? Once the actual funerals are finished?

BASI: It could be up to 10 days, but sometimes it is only three. From what I know they are going to start reading (inaudible).

FEYERICK: Which is the holy book?

BASI: Well, holy is different. They'll start reading of it so that we can now learn more, get deeper into the philosophy and live our life more in line with the humanity.

FEYERICK: OK, when we think about this -- now people are walking past the caskets. That is not usual in the tradition, right? The bodies are ritually prepared and it's sort of a celebration of the completion of life. Is that an accurate way to describe it?

BASI: Some degree, yes. Other degree I think there is a misunderstanding. Bodies are washed. There is no ritual about it. Then cleaned and taken for cremation, normally, but the body can be disposed of in any fashion respectfully. It could be just simply taken to the waters.

FEYERICK: OK. BASI: Just disposed of there or in any fashion, respectfully. Once the body is essentially disposed of then we have a special word and then we go on and begin to read, which then essentially gives us peace, also gives us the knowledge of the creator, the virtues of the creator. Then we begin to live our life back to normal.

FEYERICK: OK, so closing the circle to move on. When we think of the mosque, and this is what is so fascinating, a lot of people felt they just wanted to get back into the mosque. They wanted to go. They wanted to pray again.

And just the effort of the community to get in there and clean everything up as if, you know what? This was just one thing that happened. We're now moving on. We're going to the next phase. I found that rather remarkable.

BASI: That is normal for the Sikh community. We accept the will of God regardless of how horrific this act is, regardless of how hurt we are by the act. We will move on.

And then definitely with the support we've had from the U.S. community, I can't thank everybody enough. And I can't thank law enforcement enough that they prevented this massacre being any worse than what it is.

FEYERICK: All right, Gulbarg Singh Basi, thank you very much. We really appreciate your coming today to explain some of the things that are going on. Thank you so much.

BASI: You're very welcome.

FEYERICK: And while many eyes have been on the recent shootings in Wisconsin and Colorado, Philadelphia and its gun violence have not gotten much attention. What's being done to stop it?

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FEYERICK: Philadelphia has already seen at least 210 murders this year and that's coming dangerously close to a level last seen in 2007, five years ago, when some called the city kill-adelphia.

Some veteran photo journalists, well, they are hoping to reverse the trend. As Sarah Hoye reports they're taking aim with their cameras.

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SARAH HOYE, CNN ALL PLATFORM JOURNALIST (voice-over): Joe Kaczmarek's police scanner crackles to life just before midnight. Moments later, Kaz, as his friends call him, is rushing to the scene of a robbery gone pad.

Along for the ride is fellow veteran, photojournalist, Jim McMillan. The 20-year-old robbery victim has already been taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the back. Police take away two men in handcuffs. Kaz and McMillan co-founded guncris.org, to help curb gun violence plaguing what is supposed to be the city of brotherly love.

JOE KACZMAREK, GUNCRISIS.ORG: I want to put the audience out there on the streets and I want them to see what I'm seeing every night in the city.

The children watching crime scene investigations, night after night, day after day, anything to disrupt this, marginally disrupt it. I would consider it a success.

HOYE: Since the shooting rampage in Aurora, Colorado, "Gun Crisis" estimates at least 55 gunshot victims in Philadelphia alone. So far this year, more than 210 murders, a rate approaching 2007, when the city saw more than a murder a day and earned its nickname, kill- adelphia.

JIM MACMILLAN, GUNCRISIS.ORG: Turning around the gun violence epidemic is a tall order. It's going to take heroic action, but our cities are full of heroes. We've done this before, we can do it again. It's not going to go on forever, and the harder we work, the sooner we'll bring an end to this violence.

HOYE: The small volunteer team at "Gun Crisis" wants to shake things by chronicling the daily gunfire, another radio call and the pair races across town.

On this residential block, a man was shot at least 12 times. Police rushed him to the hospital, where he died moments later. The crime lab is documenting the evidence. At least four people were shot in separate incidents, in just two hours.

KACZMAREK: This is a project that I believe in. The city gives us no break. There's an abundance of opportunities to report unfortunate life.

HOYE: Philadelphia had 324 homicides last year with blacks making up 85 percent of the victims.

KACZMAREK: It's costing all of us, whether it is immediately in front of your face or several miles away in another community. We are all connected and it's affecting all of us and it's costing all of us.

HOYE: While the mayor and other city officials introduced new measures cash rewards for tips and more police on the streets, the mayhem didn't slow down. Mayor Michael Nutter more than frustrated.

MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER, PHILADELPHIA: You want to act like an idiot, if you want to be a low life in this town, we will track you down like the dog that you are.

HOYE: MacMillan who works with the city officials says they are committed because lives depend on finding a solution.

MACMILLAN: What happens next? You know, we elevate the discourse and bring people together and build a movement. We stop the killing.

HOYE: A major challenge for a city where murder has become routine. Sarah Hoye, CNN, Philadelphia.

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FEYERICK: When you make a comparison, it's clear just how major this gun crisis is. At least 210 murders this year, Philadelphia can likely surpass the number of Americans killed in the Afghanistan war this year.

Well, we have new developments in the crisis in Syria. I'll explain right after this.

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FEYERICK: Soccer moms, dads and kids are still on a high after team USA's gold medal victory over Japan. But the American women are celebrating wins beyond Wembley Stadium.

Our Zain Verjee is in London and Zain, if you add up the gold the U.S. women are twice as good as the men.

ZAIN VERJEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Yes. I spent the last few minutes just counting those gold medals again just to make sure, Deb, ok. And here's what I got. Basically the U.S. women rule. Ok? You've got 26 out of 39 U.S. gold go to the women. So they have been performing absolutely incredibly. So well done to the women of the Team USA.

Also, you know, the soccer was pretty amazing to watch. You mentioned that. You know it was really all a day about revenge because the U.S. had lost to Japan during the World Cup back in 2011 and they won, 2-1. A couple of really amazing goals and really the star of the match so many people are saying also, is Hope Solo, who is the goalkeeper who had some incredible saves and just did such a fantastic job for Team USA.

So the U.S. women are really bringing it home -- Deb.

FEYERICK: It's fascinating, you talked about revenge. And yet, I have to say after the nuclear power plant melted down I was kind of happy that Japan won in 2011 the World Cup --

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VERJEE: It was a feel good thing yes.

FEYERICK: -- they needed something to get back on track.

This is the first year though of women's boxing at the Olympics. And incredibly a 17-year-old from Michigan takes the gold.

VERJEE: Yes. Clarissa Shields is the name on everyone's lips today. She is only 17, so young as you say. She actually dedicated her gold medal to Flint, Michigan. There are so many poor communities living in Flint as well. And she had to battle so many challenges and odds to get to where she was. And she just did an absolutely superb job in women's boxing. She competed in the middleweight category.

And by the way I just want to show you, also, speaking of boxing and women, you've got the "Daily Mail" here which is one of the newspapers here. And the headline is "Three More Girls, Three More Golds."

So it's kind of the same thing for the U.K. as well. They're focusing on the women athletes. And here is a woman called Nikola Adams, again she's very young, she's a teenager and she also got a boxing title. And then you also got someone who won in dressage and then also in tae kwon do.

So they are really doing a great job both here and across the pond -- Deb.

FEYERICK: Remarkable. That's just great. That's great, it's always nice to see when they work so hard that they do so well. Zain Verjee thanks so much.

VERJEE: Thank you.

FEYERICK: Well, she wowed us and won Olympic gold in London. Now Sanya Richards-Ross is looking to make her mark in a different kind of arena. We're going to tell you where.

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FEYERICK: Well, we have marvelled at their skills on the track, in the pool and yes on those uneven bars but now some members of Team USA are taking those skills to a television set near you.

We go now to entertainment correspondent Nischelle Turner in Los Angeles. And one gold medalist has already signed a deal. Who is she?

NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: Yes. It looks like that. You know, Deb, let me just say this, Olympic gold medals are great. They really are. But the reality is they don't pay the rent.

So you know the stars from these games they are aiming for endorsement deals. And some are also trying to leverage their new found fame into a career on reality TV.

Now we all heard about Lolo Jones, right, she was the track story of the Olympics. But I kind of fell in love with Sanya Richards-Ross and apparently so did the networks. The gold medal winning track star with the $1 million dollar smile has reportedly already sold a reality show pilot to the WE Network.

Now according to "Deadline Hollywood Daily" the pilot was filmed in Austin before she left for London. It's supposed to start with a look at her rigorous training regimen as well as her personal life. You know she's married to NFL player and Super Bowl champion Aaron Ross, he is now with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

And the gold medal -- gold medal winning gymnast Gabby Douglas, we all heard so much about her, she's also gotten an offer to appear in a scripted TV show. You know she's a huge fan of "The Vampire Diaries" and she has been tweeting back and forth with the executive producer of the show and he has now invited her on.

So here come the good times. I tell you they win a gold medal and now they translate into a little cash.

FEYERICK: Exactly and of course the best way to make a business deal is by Twitter. Of course you just kind of tweet each other back and forth. But ok.

So you know, swimmer Ryan Lochte, obviously -- look any one of these guys by the way.

TURNER: Yes.

FEYERICK: Anyone of these girls, and anyone of these guys could -- could ultimately dominate the scene. But Ryan Lochte --

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TURNER: Yes.

FEYERICK: -- has been on a mission to be in pictures. What is his next move post London?

TURNER: You know, he's ready to ride this fame train. He really is. And he could actually be the biggest reality star in the making of these Olympics. He's already in a "Funny or Die" video where he encourages people to pee in the pool because remember he said he peed in the Olympic pool.

His agent is telling "The Hollywood Reporter" that he's already been directly contacted by two different reality shows and they are discussing a third.

He's probably talked about joining "Dancing with the Stars" which, of course, you know has a history of Olympic athletes, past medalists like skater Apollo Anton Ono, gymnast Shawn Johnson, beach volleyball player, Misty Mae Treanor, and soccer player Hope Solo have all been on the show.

And Lochte has publicly suggested he should face off on the show against his teammate Michael Phelps which should be a lot of fun.

Now, of course, the new buzz though is that he could be the newest star of "The Bachelor." But he's publicly said that he would prefer "Dancing with the Stars" since it's a competition. But you know Deb, I don't know. The ladies love him. He might do well on "The Bachelor."

FEYERICK: Oh I think he would do incredibly well. We would see heart break of profound proportion if Ryan Lochte were to be on "The Bachelor."

TURNER: You're right.

FEYERICK: And they clearly have to think very carefully about their next move because the next move is going to define sort of what they do obviously as they move on in their career. And Nischelle thank you so much.

TURNER: Absolutely.

FEYERICK: I really appreciate it.

TURNER: All right. Thanks Deb.

FEYERICK: And of course you can see Nischelle and A.J. Hammer, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT", 11:00 Eastern on HLN.

TURNER: Thanks, guys.

FEYERICK: Well, a woman gets a second chance in life after she is rescued from a burning apartment building. We're going to show you more of the rescue from the firefighters' point of view and let you hear from the men who saved her.

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FEYERICK: Well, new information regarding Syria. A senior administration official confirms to CNN the United States is preparing to announce new sanctions targeting Syria. It comes as the Syrian opposition, the rebels say more than 90 people were killed across the country today. Shelling by regime forces in some areas has been intense.

And with the U.S. considering new sanctions against Syria we go now with more on these developments live to Elise Labott at the State Department. Elise, what are you hearing?

ELISE LABOTT, CNN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPORTER: Well Deb, the Treasury Department has just labeled Hezbollah, which as we know is a terrorist, labeled a terrorist organization, based in Lebanon, that works with Iran and Syria, basically an existing terrorist executive order that started earlier in the complex designated Hezbollah under this order.

Now really Deb, it's really just a kind of symbolic designation because I think what it really does is tries to show the links between Iran, how Iran is helping president Bashar al Assad crack down on his people in Syria through the use of its proxy Hezbollah. And this executive order we just received moments ago talks about this support, the support that Iran gives to Hezbollah, which in turn gives it to Syria, training, equipment, there have been Hezbollah operatives traveling inside of Syria.

Syrian army generals and members of the military and armed forces have gone to Syria, to Lebanon, and Iran for training. So really what it does is kind of heighten these connections between Iran, Hezbollah, and the Syrian crisis. What it's going to do and the practical effect is really kind of unclear and in my opinion negligible because Syria really has a lot of sanctions under U.S. law. Even before this conflict began Hezbollah was designated a terrorist organization by the United States many years ago.

So a lot of these assets are frozen, it's really more of a symbolic gesture at this point.

FEYERICK: So on some levels also when you're defining who is sort of in bed with the Syrians, is this showing that President Bashar al Assad -- that's he's getting more support from these various groups that he's not going to back down because you do have Iran, you do have Hezbollah, you do have sort of a base of support for him?

Is this U.S. -- is this -- are these sanctions -- this executive order, is the U.S. Treasury is going to have any effect?

LABOTT: I don't think it's really going to have an effect in terms of being able to freeze the assets of Hezbollah or Iran. I mean, if you go back not just on this conflict but many years we talked about sanctions on Iran. And in fact, if you look at the nuclear program, Iran's nuclear program the U.S. has really been tightening the squeeze against Iran.

Now this executive order talks about the Iranian Revolutionary Guard command which is one of the main security arms and let me quote from this order. It says "With actions such as today's designation, the Treasury Department will continue to expose Iran's provision of support." So it's kind of like naming and shaming Iran for the international community and how its security services working with Hezbollah are trying to aid the crackdown in Syria.

FEYERICK: All right. Well, it will be very interesting to see what comes of this.

Elise Labott for us at the State Department. Thank you so much.

Well, checking our top stories.

Later today a controversial mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee will hold its first prayers. For more than two years it has faced protests, bomb threats, vandalism, even lawsuits trying to stop it from opening. The first prayers at the mosque will take place this afternoon.

And a public health emergency is in effect for Dallas County, Texas due to the West Nile Virus. 175 people have gotten sick there with nine people dying. KXAS TV reports the county will reconsider aerial spraying for mosquitoes hoping to attack the virus they carry.

And in weather, government forecasters are calling for a more active Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA now predicts between 12 and 17 named storms before the season wraps up November 30th. The agency originally predicted between 9 and 15 named storms. "Well, they saved my life." Those are the grateful words from a woman named Jackie Hamilton who was rescued from this fiery ordeal. Watch this.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, God.

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FEYERICK: And joining me now are the men who Jackie says got there in just in time. They are Aaron Burlingame and Jeff Twyman of the St. Charles Fire Department near St. Louis. Gentlemen, welcome.

First of all, take us through what happened that day. Did you know that anyone was inside the building when you got there?

AARON BURLINGAME, FIREFIGHTER: Yes. We had indications from dispatch that there was a possibility of multiple people trapped. And as soon as we got on the scene we were given the instructions by our battalion chief that there was a possibility of multiple people and that we were going to have to be attempting a rescue at that time.

FEYERICK: Yes. And watching that is pretty amazing. Even the sound of it. You hear the energy and the fear in this woman's voice. The woman you rescued revisited the site of the fire and she talked about what happened. Let's take a quick listen to what she said.

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JACKIE HAMILTON, RESCUED BY FIREFIGHTERS: Got out in the hallway and it was filled with smoke and I couldn't see and I started coughing. And I was disoriented. And I was trying to find the stairs. They found me clear over against the wall over here. I missed the stairs completely. I feel like I'm being watched over.

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FEYERICK: Now what is so amazing is that this amazing rescue was caught on a camera in your helmet. Is that standard equipment for firefighters not just in your department but nationwide?

JEFF TWYMAN, FIREFIGHTER: I wouldn't say it's standard. Our department a couple years got these cameras. I got my helmet right here. Here's the camera here. They're relatively pretty cheap. I think they paid $50 for them. And what we use them for is just for training. And typically when we have a fire and we have it on film like that we have a post incident critique on it. And we sit around and we watch the videos and we see that we did good and also we identify with improvements we need to make. And so that's why we've got the cameras in the first place is for just a good training opportunity. We had really no idea we'd catch something like this on our camera.

FEYERICK: Pretty remarkable. When you look at the video is this -- was it standard operating procedure basically reaching out to Jackie trying to find where she was and frankly contain the fear, contain the panic?

BURLINGAME: When we got in there on the inside of the apartment fire we had used a thermal imaging camera as well. And as you can see in the video, there is zero visibility upon entering the apartment complex. Once we start sending up to the second floor I was able to use the thermal imaging camera at that time and low case where she was at. And also she was making audible requests for help at that time, too.

FEYERICK: So you basically can follow where she was and hear her voice. Now you did meet with her after the fire and clearly saved her life. She is calling you heroes. Do you see yourself as heroes or do you see yourself as firefighters just doing your job?

TWYMAN: Well, I mean it's what we get paid to do and that's what we train to do. You know, there's a lot of -- a lot of things that were going on at the same time. This was just our vantage point of what we were faced with. There's two other people that were removed from the building as well.

So I think there is a lot of credit to be shared on this. The medics that took care of the patients and, you know, even the doctors and nurses at the hospital.

FEYERICK: Right.

TWYMAN: You know, they all had a hand in this and we all had a good outcome because of it.

FEYERICK: Pretty remarkable. All right. Well, Aaron Burlingame and Jeff Twyman, job well done. Thank you so much. Appreciate your time.

BURLINGAME: Thank you.

TWYMAN: Thank you. Appreciate it.

BURLINGAME: Thanks.

FEYERICK: Well, your Papa John's pizza may cost you more and the company's CEO blames Obama care. But we did the math and something doesn't quite add up.

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FEYERICK: Well, pizza, health care, and controversy. Things that don't normally go hand in hand. But Papa John's CEO made headlines this week saying that for his company to comply with the new health care law and be profitable it would have to raise prices. CNN's Tom Foreman explains.

TOM FOREMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Like restaurant chains all over the country Papa John's does not want to pick up the extra cost of Obama care. Unlike others, Papa is putting a price tag on the extra pepperoni. Our best estimate is that Obama care will cost 11 to 14 cents per pizza -- that's what they say. How did Papa come up with that number?

Well, let's open the pizza oven and pull out the map. This is complicated. But suffice to say we ran all these numbers and if Papa John's ran up against the worst case scenario, having to pay a penalty for not providing medical coverage for all 14,000 of its restaurant employees, that could add up to $28 million.

Taking the company's own estimate that Obama care would cost at least 11 cents a pizza, Papa would have to sell about a quarter billion pizzas a year to reach that $28 million total.

Now we calculated all of this based on SEC filings and public information because Papa John's would not tell us how many pizzas they sell or explain their math or tell us how many of their employees are part-time or how much providing health care currently costs the company. So how can we tell if the original statement is true?

Oddly enough, the math in this case really does not matter. A treasury official gave us some background and pointed out that the worst case scenario is impossible for Papa John's. Employers have no obligation to provide health care to part-time workers -- those working fewer than 30 hours a week. Papa John's certainly has plenty of them even if they won't tell us how many so that would reduce their burden.

The great bulk of the operations are through franchise operators not the parent company. And many of these would be too small to be penalized. Remember those exemptions for businesses with fewer than 50 workers? And the regulations about how and when and who will pay these penalties are still being sorted out.

We received a statement from Papa John's that said in part the vast majority of Papa John's restaurants are owned by small business people each of whom will be impacted in different ways by costs associated with the protection, the patient protection and Affordable Care Act as it is officially known.

But our bottom line this estimate is really coming out of the oven a little bit before it is fully baked. And since Papa won't deliver the documents to support the claim, we're going to have to say at this point it is false.

FEYERICK: Ok. Tom Foreman, thank you.

In Oak Creek, Wisconsin right now prayers for the six people who were gunned down in a Sikh temple. Earlier when we had the guest on I clearly misspoke calling it a mosque. For that I apologize. That of course was accidental.

Well, I'm Deb Feyerick, thanks for joining us today. CNN NEWSROOM continues with Kate Bolduan right after this.

But first, today's "Daily Dose."

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DR. LISA MASTERSON, CO-HOST, "THE DOCTORS": It's a really exciting time but it can be really stressful. So what you want to do is trust your instinct. Those little cute bundles of joy, they don't come with a journal but you're going to make your own journal.

If you want to hold your baby, go ahead and hold your baby. And also again, because it can be stressful you want to treat yourself and your partner. Don't forget to be a couple. So what you may need to do is get help from other people so that you can go out to dinner. You can take a nice walk together. Make sure you're communicating with each other. So really trust your instincts and take time for you and your partner.

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