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West Nile Outbreak; Handcuffed Man Shot In Police Car; Rebels Take Aim At Military Compound; Iran Helping Syria; Deportation Reprieve Begins; Obamas Campaign Together; Michelle Obama's Role In 2012 Campaign; Steve Jobs' Home Robbed; Rower Finishes 1,500-Mile Trip Around Lake Michigan; Megaupload Boss To Launch New Music Venture; Miramonte School Reopens Amid Sex Abuse Scandal; Tempted By $320 Million; Breaking Cosmic Records; Mars Rover's First Color Image; Duke Of Edinburgh Hospitalized; Hunt For Survivors On African Mountain

Aired August 15, 2012 - 14:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Suzanne, thank you so much.

And hello to all of you. I'm Brooke Baldwin.

Several stories unfolding right now, including what could be a major breakthrough here and the mystery involving bomb threats against the University of Pittsburgh. The campus getting more than 50 threats this year. Prosecutors, they are holding a news conference at any moment to announce, quote, "a significant develop." So obviously we are monitoring that.

But I want to begin here with deadly cases of West Nile Virus on the rise here in the United States. And today there is a fear of an outbreak nationwide. Folks, this is the worst we have seen since 2004. You see the map here. Sixteen people have died in Texas alone. Ten others have died across other states from California, all the way to Louisiana. And there's no vaccine. That's the thing. No vaccine. No treatment for the disease carried by mosquitoes.

So, how can it be prevented? Health officials in several cities are trying these aerial pesticide sprays, but there are obviously worries about the safety of doing exactly that. The crisis has forced Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to issue a health emergency in his city right now. Mayor Rawlings joining me right now.

Mr. Mayor, welcome.

And let me just begin with this aerial spraying. How effective is it and is it harmful?

MAYOR MICHAEL RAWLINGS, DALLAS: Well, they tell me it's safe and it's very effective. We've been learning from other cities that have used this. Sacramento has done it for the last five years and has done it already this year. And the EPA, a very conservative organization, say it's very safe.

It's more effective to be on the ground, but Dallas is a big city and so we're going to make sure we cover the whole city with aerial spraying. You know, we're in the epicenter of this. Ten -- we've had 10 deaths in Dallas County alone. Over a third of the cases in America have happened here.

BALDWIN: Ten deaths in Dallas County. Our number is 16 dead across Texas. So hearing there those numbers hold at least for now. In terms of hospitalizations, sir, we're talking hundreds?

RAWLINGS: Well, we've got 190 cases and a lot of these are serious situations. We all in Dallas know people. I know two individuals that have been sent to the hospital. So this is a very real fear. And it's something that we hope we're on the downhill side of coming at the end of the summer. We had rain last night, though, and it will get hot again. So water and heat creates mosquitoes. And we've got to make sure that we take every precaution and do everything we can, and that's why we decided to do aerial spraying.

BALDWIN: So with the aerial spraying -- and we, of course, reached out to an epidemiologist. And let me just look down at my notes because this person told us the CDC says -- sort of corroborating with what you're saying -- it's all within EPA standards. And these particular pesticides, they are tested specifically for residential areas. But, still, and in talking to some of our crews on the ground in Texas, to quote some folks in Texas, they say they're just worried it's just gross. What do you tell them?

RAWLINGS: Well, look, nobody wants planes flying overhead spraying things. That's not a great thing. But I've got to listen to our state health officials. The CDC has recommended this as well in Atlanta. And so science needs to rule when we get in a situation like this. And science says it's healthy and it's effective.

BALDWIN: I know the only way a person can protect one's self is, you know, not to get bitten. But, let's be honest, it's summer. People are out. If I'm out walking my dog, I mean, I have a tendency to get bitten by mosquitoes. I come back with five bites easily. I mean what else can people do, sir, to protect themselves?

RAWLINGS: Well, you know, what's amazing is you don't get bitten all across town, you get bitten at home. It's right there in your front yard and your back yard. You've got to get rid of standing water. Make sure you're not overwatering. Make sure you clean up any trash and keep elderly people inside the house. And make sure that you don't have a lot of water standing around all over the place. But it's right there in your house. If you take care of that, the chances of you getting bitten and sick is very, very small.

BALDWIN: And just quickly here, when you say 10 deaths in Dallas County, are we talking predominantly older folks, folks with, you know, compromised immune systems, or are these healthy -- healthy youngsters?

RAWLINGS: The predomination is older folks. Folks that are 65 plus that have some other issue and that this has taken them down. But this can happen to healthy people as well and be sent to the hospital and it can be very painful when that happens as well.

BALDWIN: All right, so you are wearing your Deet as well. Mayor Mike Rawlings for us.

RAWLINGS: I am. I am.

BALDWIN: You are. Mayor, thank you.

RAWLINGS: I am and I'm shutting off my sprinklers in my front and back yards so we can cut down the water.

BALDWIN: Mayor, thank you so much. We'll be talking to Sanjay Gupta about this next hour as well. We appreciate it.

Also this today. Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas, trying to quell community outrage, now making this rare move. They have released this video of one of their investigators reenacting what they're calling this suicide of a 21-year-old man by the name of Chavis Carter. A suicide that seems to defy logic. Why? Because Carter had his hands handcuffed behind his back when, according to police, he shot himself in his head. This was back on July 29th.

Take a look at the police video with me and you can see, here he is, this is the handcuffed investigator. And you can see his right hand to his temple. He's able to get this barrel of this gun inches from his temple. But it's not just the fact that Carter was in cuffs that's raising doubts here of this suicide. Another question. How did Carter get the gun when officers searched him not just once but twice before then putting him in the back of this patrol car? And why would Carter kill himself? More now from CNN's Randi Kaye.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): How Carter managed to shoot himself while handcuffed using a concealed weapon police missed during not one but two searches is a mystery to many, including the FBI who is looking into it.

KAYE (on camera): In their searching, they find a small bag, $10 worth of marijuana, but they miss a gun?

CHIEF MICHAEL YATES, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, POLICE: Apparently.

KAYE: Is that disappointing to you?

YATES: Yes.

KAYE (voice-over): The chief says the two men with Carter, who were white, were released. But Carter was held back after the officers, who were also white, discovered he'd given them a fake name and there was a warrant for his arrest in Mississippi where he skipped out on a drug diversion program. The chief says his officers don't know exactly when the fatal shot was fired, even though they were just feet away. According to this incident report, one of the officers heard, quote, "a loud thump with a metallic sound," but thought it came from a vehicle that "ran over a piece of metal on the roadway."

KAYE (on camera): Don't your officers know the sound of a gun being fired? YATES: One would think. But when those guns are in a confined space, like the rear of a police car, it can be very, very different.

KAYE (voice-over): It wasn't until the officers were about to leave when police say one of them smelled something burning in his vehicle. The chief says it was likely gun smoke. That's when police say the officer found Chavis Carter bloody and slumped over in the backseat. The officers say they called an ambulance and tried to revive Carter. He died at the hospital.

Carter's mother says it just doesn't add up. She told reporter her son was shot in the right side of the head, but she points out he was left-handed. Police would only say he was shot in the head.

THERESA CARTER, VICTIM'S MOTHER: They searched him twice. I mean, I just want to know what really happened.

KAYE: Theresa Carter says her son called his girlfriend from the scene to tell her he'd phone her from jail, which to her raises the question, does that sound like someone planning to commit suicide?

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BALDWIN: Randi Kaye reporting for us there. We will be talking about the legal aspects of this case next hour with attorney Lisa Bloom (ph). Stick around for that.

Meantime, 70 wildfires raging through 14 states west of the Mississippi River today. The National Guard has been activated to help fight this fire in central Washington. It has already scorched 28,000 acres and has destroyed at least 60 homes. More than 400 firefighters battling the fire, which is only 10 percent contained. New fires also popping up reportedly in California, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho.

Britain's Prince Philip is back in hospital. A Buckingham Palace statement says the 91-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth was taken to an infirmary in Scotland today with a bladder infection. He was hospitalized during the Diamond Jubilee in June for the very same condition and is expected to be released in a couple of days.

A lot more news unfolding. Roll it.

A man accused of robbing a home apparently didn't realize who owned the house. We now know what the suspect found inside.

Plus, the search for survivors on a mountain known for its dangerous wildlife. We're talking rhinos, leopards, lions.

And, going to the movies is about to change.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seats move. Strange items touch you. And you get water blown in your face.

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BALDWIN: It has been 17 months of unrest in Syria and the death toll is as bloody as ever. One hundred and seventy-eight people were killed in the country today. This is according to one anti-government group. Today, much of the attention was focused on the bombing by rebels at this military compounds in the capital city of Damascus. But the government says the, quote, terrorists were targeting the hotel nearby where U.N. workers are staying. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has the story.

Nick.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the blast in Damascus today apparently targeting a military compound, detonating beneath a diesel truck, causing black smoke to billow out in an area which really should be the inner sanctum of the Syrian regime, and, therefore, (INAUDIBLE) rattling a hotel nearby where U.N. monitors stayed. The U.N. saying none of their staff were injured. State media saying three people were injured in that particular blast.

But again, psychologically damaging to the regime. Their inner sanctum, as I say, seemingly penetrated by the resistance who, according to opposition activists, carried out further clashes around the capital today. They claim firing rocket propelled grenades at the new Iranian embassy and even the prime minister's office.

Further violence in Aleppo, the city in the north, where rebels and the Syrian military are in a violent standoff at the moment. Suggesting as many as 90 people died there. A large number of them, and some women and children, killed in a government air strike allegedly.

But there have been concerns about this violence. So long as this conflict keeps dragging on, spinning across the border here into neighboring Lebanon. And that's been accentuated today when the Saudi government, themselves a key backer of the Syrian rebel movement, told their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately. There's a complicated back story to this, but essentially there have been a number of people accused of assisting the Syrian regime in Lebanon being picked up by Syrian rebels.

That escalated today when the clan, the relatives of one of these men who'd been kidnapped themselves, kidnapped up to 20 men who they said were Syrian rebel fighters. And also a Turkish citizen. Remember, Turkey is also a key backer of the Syrian rebel movement. That spot, massive Saudi concern and their desire to see their citizens leave her. And broader concerns amongst most people in this tiny nation that effectively it's decade of intense civil conflict, it's flammable, political situation now beginning to be infected by what's been happening across the border these last 17 plus months.

Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Beirut.

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BALDWIN: Nick, thank you.

I want to share this with you as well here because we have some latest polling numbers. This is the latest CNN/ORC Poll. And you look at this and you see that it found nearly three-fourths of Americans are concerned about what's happening in Syria, 29 percent say they are very concerned, 43 percent somewhat concerned, 26 percent not concerned about the conflict there. But that not concerned number may be shrinking. Why? Because Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said a certain something yesterday. He said Iran is now getting involved on the side of the regime. I want to go straight to the Pentagon to talk about this with Barbara Starr.

And, Barbara, this is incredibly significant. What -- what is he saying specifically? What does he think Iranians are involved in Syria?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, Brooke, the Iranian regime has been backing Bashar al Assad for years now. Syria is one of Iran's quite states, if you will. The ties between them have been very strong. But Panetta believes it has now gone to the next step. That Iran has actually sent personnel into Syria recently and is training Syrian government forces. Have a quick listen to what the secretary had to say.

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LEON PANETTA, DEFENSE SECRETARY: It is obvious to both General Dempsey and I that Iran is playing a larger role in Syria in many ways, not only in terms of the IRGC, but in terms of assistance, training. There's now an indication that they're trying to develop -- or trying to train a militia within Syria to be able to fight on behalf of the regime.

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STARR: So that ups the game, if you will, inside of Syria, Brooke. If Iran now is actively getting involved on the ground with this kind of activity, why might they be doing it? Why carry it to the next step? Well, certainly they want to preserve, the belief is, Iran wants to preserve Assad's regime, but also Assad forces, after the 17, 18 months of fighting, appear to be exhausted. Some equipment wearing out perhaps. So they need some refresher forces, some new forces, some new equipment, some new training. That appears to be what Iran is up to.

Brooke.

BALDWIN: So then what about the rebel forces, because if the Iranians are upping the game on the regime side, how is the U.S. supporting the anti-government activists in Syria?

STARR: Well, you know, right now the U.S. officially sticking to the line, no arms for the rebels. That doesn't mean other people aren't doing it. There is well-documented evidence some countries in the Middle East, perhaps including Qatar, are shipping weapons into the rebel hands. And the rebels are making progress. They have more weapons than they've had in the past, clearly. And, in fact, the Pentagon just confirming that a couple of days ago indeed a Syrian regime fighter jet was shot down by the rebels. So that's their first downing of a regime fighter jet. That's a significant development for them to be able to do that.

Brooke.

BALDWIN: Barbara Starr, thank you, at the Pentagon for us.

STARR: Sure.

BALDWIN: And while the U.S., many other countries have expressed support for the rebel effort, as Barbara was mentioning, this new U.N. report says some of the rebel acts have been just as evil as that from the Syrian regime. The U.N. Independent Commission of Inquiry found both regime and anti-government forces have committed war crimes in this conflict. That includes murder and torture. But the report also found that the rebels violations did not happen as often or on the same scale as the offenses from the regime.

Today is the day hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been waiting for. Have you seen these lines? Look at these pictures. They are lining up across the country to apply for a program that defers their deportation, but not everyone is thrilled about this initiative. We're going to take you there live.

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BALDWIN: It is not the Dream Act, but this is the day so many young, undocumented immigrants really have been waiting for. Starting today, instead of hiding who they are, where they are, they are coming out to apply for this federal program that will defer their deportation. What does that mean? That means, you see them, hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants may be able to remain in the United States and work without fear of being deported, at least for the next two years. I want to go to Miguel Marquez, who's live for us there in Los Angeles amidst this crowd here.

And, Miguel, I've been watching the pictures all day. The lines have been long. I imagine there's quite a bit of energy. What are they telling you?

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the lines are very long. And what they're telling us right now is that they are -- they're looking very forward to putting these applications in, but also a little concerned about what's going to happen once they do. They have to give up a lot of personal information, not just about themselves but about their families. They're also not sure that even if they apply today, and they get accepted, what's going to happen in two years when this program ends.

I want to show you the line, though. We're at Cirlo (ph). This is one of the largest -- the largest immigration rights organization in California. The line has not abated all day. They're letting people in 10, 50 at a time for an hour long session in there. But this line still snakes around the corner. There's about 500 to 600 people there right now. And the organization really can't handle this many people. So it's not clear how they're going to sort of end the day at this point. They can handle, they believe, 200 to 300 a day. And they believe over the next several weeks they will process applications for 10,000 people just in this one facility.

It is a massive, massive undertaking and the demand is enormous here in California. Certainly in places like Texas, New York, also in Georgia and Colorado. It is going to be a massive program across the country. All of these people trying to figure out exactly what it is they'll need to have documentation wise in order to get legal here for the next two years and earn what they will end up with in five or six months. If they are successful, they will end up with a work permit, essentially, for two years.

Brooke.

BALDWIN: So, Miguel, not to rain on the parade, an you touched on this a moment ago, I mean this is a plan that the administration mentioned some time ago, but we've already heard from Mitt Romney. He says if he is elected in November, it's done. Do these people realize that? Is that a worry for them?

MARQUEZ: It's a huge worry. I mean Romney has opposed the Dream Act. This is different than the Dream Act. This is deferred action (ph), which isn't a very sexy name, but it essentially gets them the same thing as the Dream Act, but only for a two year period. So whoever comes in, in January, would not be able to overturn this for the two years it's if play, but then they would have a very tough decision two years down the road as to whether or not they take away legal status for the thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who may apply and be granted legal status here or do they figure out some other way to do it?

What people are hoping in this line is that they will get a two year reprieve. They'll get a two year reprieve and then Congress will figure it out. They'll either extend the program permanently or for a much longer period of time, or they'll be some sort of comprehensive immigration reform and then they'll have a path to some sort of legality in the U.S.

Brooke.

BALDWIN: Yes, we see the lines. I was reading advocacy groups estimate more than 1.7 million teens and young adults may be eligible, therefore the lines, I'm sure, across the county.

Miguel Marquez, thank you so much for us in L.A.

And, Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama says she is not a fan of politics, especially partisanship, but the first lady just hit the campaign trail -- there they are -- along with her husband, the president. You will hear her words and I'll speak live with the author behind the book about the Obamas.

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BALDWIN: All right, take a look with me. Take a look at who has joined the president on the re-election trail in Iowa. We are getting a rare glimpse today of the Obama's campaigning side by side. The two of them seeing four more years in the White House. We'll hear from Mrs. Obama here in just a moment.

But I just want to listen in first to Mitt Romney. Did you hear this? Mitt Romney went off on the president. Questioned his character. Assailed his campaign. Yawza (ph). Take a listen.

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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: His campaign and his surrogates have made wild and reckless accusations that disgraced the office of the presidency. Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting America.

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BALDWIN: That was Mitt Romney last night accusing the president of disgracing the White House, dividing America, essentially being a hater. He called him angry. The Obama campaign says Romney sounded as though he'd come, quote/unquote, "unhinged." So, funny timing. We've got the president today out with his better half, his softer side. Here is Michelle Obama just moments ago.

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MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY: Your president knows what it means when a family struggles. This is not a hypothetical situation for him. He knows what it means to want something better for your kids and you grandkids. And that's why I love him. That's why I married him. And that's what I think about every night when I put Malia and Sasha to bed. Sometimes they put me to bed because I can't stay up later than them anymore.

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BALDWIN: Let's talk about Mrs. Obama and her role here in this campaign. Joining us live from New York is Jodi Kantor of "The New York Times," author of the "The Obamas." Jodi Kantor, welcome back.

First, you know, we listen to the first lady. She was introducing the president. She did not respond to Mitt Romney's harsh critique of her husband.

Do you think she's taking Romney's remarks personally or do you think at the almost four years she's been at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue she's got some pretty thick skin?

JODI KANTOR, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, "THE NEW YORK TIMES": Well, here is the paradox the first lady hood. First ladies are most politically potent when they seem very above it all. She got wrapped up in all of this partisan wrangling back and forth, she would actually be a much less effective campaigner.

That said, according to my reporting in the White House, she sees her role as having accumulated political capital so that she can be valuable to the president in the re-election campaign.

Remember because that the role of first lady is somewhat constricted, campaigning effectively is really one of the other things she can do to get back at the Republicans who have stymied her husband.

BALDWIN: So she's more politically potent as she appears to have risen above the fray, but do you think she has thicker skin after all these years?

KANTOR: It's hard. I think there's a huge difference between Michelle Obama in 2008 and in 2012. Remember that Michelle Obama was a novice on the national political stand and in a sense she was going up against Bill Clinton, the most gifted campaigner of all.

Now she's tried. She's true. She's extremely disciplined. One thing we see is that Michelle Obama really gives the same speech again and again. Every campaign appearance is remarkably like the one before it. She is not spontaneous.

Because she's very authentic and connects very well, it can almost be easy to forget that she is on message all the time in saying exactly the thing that will most appeal to the crowds about her husband.

BALDWIN: Well, speaking of connecting well, she's got some pretty nice numbers. I want to get to that here in a moment, but you know, hearing Romney call the president angry brings to mind similar things that were said about Mrs. Obama during the last campaign.

But we did this poll at the end of May and it confirmed she's pretty popular first lady. Look at the numbers here, 65 percent consider her favorable. How big of an asset, Jodi, do you think the first lady is in this whole re-election campaign?

KANTOR: Not only is she a big asset, but one of the things I discovered when I was reporting and my book is what an intentional strategy that was on the part of the White House.

Remember, when the president was inaugurated in 2009, both of the Obamas approval ratings were like this. Then the president's dropped and the White House knew that they had to preserve Michelle Obama's popularity.

They did not want to get her mixed up in health care reform. They didn't want her to get mixed up in anything politically controversial because they knew they would need her right now.

One of the stories I tell in the book is actually about a meeting in the oval office when political advisors came to the Obama's and they described almost the kind of the scene we just watched in Ohio.

And said Democrats like seeing the president alone, but they love seeing you together. This marriage has a lot of political potency.

BALDWIN: What about drawbacks though, Jodi? Are there any drawbacks to putting Michelle Obama out there from the Obama campaign perspective?

KANTOR: Well, they need her. This is clutch time. This is sort of what they have been saving her for. Politically, you know, there could be drawbacks if she withdrawn into this sort of daily back and forth.

Remember the comment about Ann Romney and whether she was too much of a stay at home mom. They want to keep Michelle Obama away from those kinds of fire fights.

BALDWIN: Jodi Kantor, your book is called, "The Obamas." Jodi, thank you.

KANTOR: Thank you.

BALDWIN: Speaking of politics, I am headed to Tampa. We'll be anchoring the show live from Tampa while Republicans are holding their national convention. It's a big week. It kicks off August 27th. See you from Tampa.

Some thieves steal because they need money. Others do it just for fun. But when one guy allegedly broke into this house, did he get a little more than he expected.

Plus, the multistate lottery called Powerball. Jackpot a cool $320 million, but it will probably be go higher before drawing tonight.

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BALDWIN: Now to a story about a confessed burglar who has got to be the dumbest or the unluckiest burglar of recent memory. His name is Curry McFarland and the San Jose newspaper says he has confessed to stealing $60,000 in computer and personal items from a home of the late Apple cofounder, Steve Jobs.

The house was being renovated so no one was living there back on July 17th when McFarland admits to breaking in and stealing a couple of items like the computer McFarland took home and you won't believe this, plugged it in and fired it up.

It started communicating with Apple servers. The Apple servers flagged police that Steve Jobs stolen computer had been plugged in and they had an address.

McFarland said he didn't know it was Jobs house when he entered, but then saw a letter addressed to Jobs and his wallet and realized whose house he was in. According to police, McFarland sent a letter apologizing to Jobs widow.

Talk about perseverance. The woman who was sexually assaulted while rowing around Lake Michigan to raise money for breast cancer charity has now finished her journey.

She is Jenn Gibbons. I spoke with her just last month and she told it was tough. After she finished her row, she explained exactly how tough. Take a listen.

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JENN GIBBONS, ROWED AROUND LAKE MICHIGAN: Ever since I was assaulted I have good days and bad days. I have days where I want to get in the boat and just plow through and I have days where I want to just sit and cry.

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BALDWIN: Gibbons' 1,500-mile trip raised more than $113,000 for R.O.W. that's Recovery On Water. It's an organization that helps breast cancer survivors. Gibbons is considering writing a book about her experience.

BALDWIN: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom isn't letting a Bin Laden style raid stop his pursuit of creating more online music services. The FBI accuses Dotcom of orchestrating the biggest copyright infringement in U.S. history.

And now he may be giving the feds another headache. Check out this tweet, quote, "Yes, Megabox is also coming this year, wink." It's a music service that will allow artists to sell their creations directly to you, the consumer. Dotcom currently awaiting trial on various criminal charges.

BALDWIN: A child sex abuse scandal nearly forced Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles to shut down early this year. But today, teachers and about 900 students are back in school. Two former instructors are accused of sexual acts on kids at Miramonte.

Police say one teacher bound, gagged and then took pictures of his young students. The fall out was huge. I know we covered it on this show. All teachers were ordered off campus. Investigations got under way, but many of them have returned saying they want to quote/unquote, "restore their reputations."

And millions of people, perhaps you're included in this, hoping that one single piece of paper might change your lives forever. You want to win, the $320 million Powerball lottery jackpot tonight.

Folks, this is the fourth largest Powerball jackpot ever. People are dreaming, of course. I would be as well about what you want to do when you win the lottery.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's so many great places to eat in New York. I would have to visit them all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd drive my gold golf cart out to get my mailbox. That's the guy who won the lottery.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'll buy a house with my kids. Maybe take a vacation. But I'd put a trust fund for all my grand children.

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BALDWIN: Yes. Vacation would be pretty high on that list. If someone wins tonight's drawing and chooses the cash option, they would get more than $213 million. If no one wins, you know the deal, the jackpot gets even bigger. Good luck.

A galaxy cluster sounds exciting, perhaps dangerous at the same time. What the heck is this? Why is this significant? Our favorite specie John Zarrella, we're going to talk about that, next.

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BALDWIN: OK, here we go, NASA unveiled a record breaking galaxy cluster in the last 90 minutes. Our John Zarrella live in Miami. Talk to me, galaxy cluster, what the heck is that?

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: All right, well, just think of it as your neighborhood and sort of a cluster of homes in your neighborhood. There's a group, a cluster of galaxies all in this one neighborhood. You got to preface this by saying, it's 5.6 billion light years away from us so --

BALDWIN: So it's kind of far away?

ZARRELLA: It's kind of far away. But here is the bottom line. In this center of this galaxy cluster, you're seeing the animation is one particular galaxy and that galaxy is manufacturing 700 new stars every year.

What you see there in that animation, those little blue things are all the hot gases. They go to the center of this galaxy, they cool and all the blue dots are the new stars that are being formed.

Now is that a lot of stars? Yes, because our Milky Way galaxy produces one to two stars a year, so 700 new stars year record breaking.

BALDWIN: So that's the reason why it's record breaking because of the sheer number of stars?

ZARRELLA: Right. There's a black hole in that galaxy. That black hole is 10,000 to 20,000 or 10 billion to 20 billion times the mass of our sun.

So in conjunction with these hot gases, cooling and the action of this black hole that they believe is what's causing this formation of all these stars.

Now remember, it happened because of how long it takes light to travel. Everything we're seeing now happened billions of years ago. So by now that action they believe that action is slowed down. But it is record breaking numbers of galaxies.

BALDWIN: OK, that's too cool. Also very cool is the "Curiosity" rover on Mars. We love getting the new pictures. We like to pour over the new pictures. Show the pictures and what's next?

ZARRELLA: OK, well what's next is next week, which is going be really cool. They are actually going to walk for the first time or the rover is going to walk. Take a little stroll not very far just to test it all out.

What you're seeing there again is the color images and the landing site where they, you know, over in the Gail Crater area. Those came from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flying overhead.

They had one really cool image where they actually pinpointed on the surface and there it is at the center there. That is the "Curiosity" lander in that blue area sitting on the surface inside the Gail Crater.

That came from the high-rise camera they call it, which is on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flying over ahead, which also gave us those real cool shots, shot of the parachute deploying with "Curiosity" on the end of it as it came down.

But next week is going to be really neat. They have given it the brain transplant. So they got rid of that software to help for entry dissent and landing.

They replaced it with all kinds of new software that will help them during the course of the next two years as they navigate on the Martian surface. They're going to take their first test stroll next week.

BALDWIN: Ten seconds or less, they're not recording audio by any chance are they?

ZARRELLA: No. No audio not yet. Maybe next time.

BALDWIN: Maybe next time. John Zarrella, thank you.

And some news here out of U.K., we're learning more about why Prince Philip back in the hospital. Taking you live to London for that next.

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BALDWIN: Britain's Prince Philip is back in the hospital or as they there, in hospital. The 91-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth was taken to an infirmary in Scotland today.

Let's go straight to Max Foster. He is covering this for us in London. Max, you and I were both in London. We were talking about this during the diamond jubilee in June and now again, he's in the hospital again. How is he doing?

MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, exactly. We were both there. It's the same situation I'm afraid, Brooke. It's a bladder infection so exactly the same problem that he had when you were here.

The beginning of June he went into hospital had a bladder infection. He was in the hospital for five days. He came out looking very well you remember. This time it's another bladder infection.

They're saying it's a recurrence. He's in Scotland. He was there on holiday, taken to the hospital. They say he is going to be there for several days. They will investigate. They are going to treat him.

But there will be a concern, Brooke, that the same thing has happened again. He hasn't fully recovered from this initial infection and they're going to have to find out if he's pushing himself to hard.

He was out and about just earlier in the week looking very spritely, but he's perhaps doing a bit too much. They are going to see how he recovers in the next few days.

BALDWIN: So he was on holiday, on vacation in Scotland when this happened. Do we know, Max, has Buckingham Palace said anything?

FOSTER: All they are saying is they were looking into it at the moment. There was a concerned I'd say this afternoon when initially I got a line from the palace saying that he's in hospital. They couldn't get any details on why he was in hospital.

So there's a huge amount of concern of all the networks rolling coverage. But then they came back with this line about a bladder infection, which of course, is treatable, but he's 91 years old.

As well as he is, a 91-year-old with an infection is a very serious concern particularly if it's recurring.

BALDWIN: We wish him well. Wish him a quick recovery. Max Foster, thank you so much for us there in London in front of the palace.

Developing now, word of a shooting at the Family Research Council there in Washington. That's the conservative group led by Tony Perkins. We're going to take you there live. See what's happening next.

Also, we are just learning the military's test flight of that new hypersonic jet, you know, that would take you from New York to Los Angeles in 40 minutes, it has ended a lot earlier than planned. We're going to take you live to the Pentagon.

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BALDWIN: Rescue mission under way right now at Africa's second highest peak. Take a look at some of these images. These are images still coming back here from the site.

Where not just one but two Ugandan military helicopters crashed and a third crash landed. At least two people, possibly three, we are hearing, are dead, but for our five are missing.

The hunt to find them is on. No easy task here. This is a mountain home to rhinos, leopards and other exotic wildlife. So that is part of this challenge.

Chad Myers has been looking at this and first things first as we look at these pictures, horrendous pictures of these downed aircraft. Do we know what caused this?

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: We think weather because the weather on that mountain changes so rapidly. I mean, you can go from fog and great visibility to you can't see the mountain in less than 10 minutes.

And so four helicopters took off on the way to a location, three didn't make it to the location, one did. So they are interviewing the pilot that did make it. The pilot and co-pilot did die in the plane that burned there.

The two other planes, the other helicopters didn't burn. They landed roughly, but they didn't burn. There are four men missing from this helicopter and most people think they are in the wreckage.

They just can't find them because it was so badly burned, but they are looking for those other four men that they haven't found yet.

BALDWIN: So these four men if they are in the wreckage, let's explore the possibility that they have somehow gotten out of the wreckage and they are trying to find safety, the wildlife.

MYERS: Sure, think about where you are. I mean, you have every part of every wildlife from leopards to -- they are saying rhinos. They are saying all kinds of other animals could be in here including elephants.

We don't know exactly the elevation that these helicopters crashed. Clearly, if it's 14,000 feet high, it didn't appear to be because we weren't seeing a lot of snow cover.

But you know what, these animals are around. They are probably chasing these guys down. They did rescue a number of the other men. All other men are rescued safe and sound.

BALDWIN: Do we know if there are villages?

MYERS: No, there's nothing. This is rugged. Think about mount hood. There's nothing there. It's just a very steep peak.

BALDWIN: OK, so they're out there searching and dealing with wildlife.

MYERS: Helicopters were out there looking for these guys. They actually got a helicopter on the ground. They had to get it out of there. The rains got so heavy they were afraid they were going to lose the rescue helicopter as it sat there on the ground. That's what this weather has been like on Mt. Kenya.

BALDWIN: Chad Myers, thank you.