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O.J. Back In Court; Commuter Train Crash In Connecticut; Granbury Tornado Victims Finally Allowed Home Today; Russian Airliner Catches Fire; What Role Can Genetic Testing Play In Breast Cancer Screenings?; The Human Factor; Madoff Says He's Sorry From Prison

Aired May 18, 2013 - 15:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. A look at the top stories we're following this hour.

Two commuter trains crash sending dozens to the hospital in Connecticut. Now investigators are trying to figure out what happened. We will go live to the scene in a moment.

O.J. Simpson is back in court asking for a new trial. Coming up, we will take a look at what happened in that Las Vegas hotel room that led to his robbery and kidnapping conviction.

And the two officers who were first responded to this house in Cleveland are speaking. They relive the moments of liberation for two of the women held in captivity for more than nine years.

All right, we are getting firsthand look now inside the trains that crashed in Connecticut last night. CNN just got these images right here. You can see debris and shattered class, just about everywhere and some of the seats just all broken up and mangled. The trains collided during rush hour last night at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Dozens of people were sent to the hospital.

Susan Candiotti is live for us at the scene.

So, anything more on why the train, at least one of the trains, would derail and then crash into the other?

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Fred, we have been watching investigators hard at work all afternoon getting on and off the train, walking the tracks, taking measurements, even climbing on top of some of the train cars. All trying to pinpoint exactly what caused these two trains to collide during the height of rush hour about 6:00 on Friday night.

It was a New York to new haven train that officials say derailed and then a train going in the opposite direction slammed into it. So, they are looking at a number of possibilities. The NTSB trying to figure out which one might be involve.

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EARL WEENER, NSTB: We will be looking at the breaking performance of the train, the condition of the wheels, the condition of the car. We will be looking at the general condition of the track and the rail bed.

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CANDIOTTI: Now, these commuter trains according to authorities are relatively new, and that they say might have limited the damage. But from the look of some of these still photographs taken inside some of the cars, that's unclear.

WHITFIELD: And then, Susan, you know, we are talking about a pretty nasty array of debris there, and it looks as though these commuter trains are not going to be back on track for some time, so what are all of these people to do commuting between Connecticut and New York specifically over the next few days?

CANDIOTTI: Well, that is the question, isn't it? Of course officials here are saying they're trying to figure out alternate routes to take. And you are right, for the time being, and it could be at least days if not longer, the route from New York to Boston suspended. So, either people will have to find another way, they will have to pick it up along the route and bypass all of this. They are trying to work all of that out and hope to get that information to commuters sometime tomorrow.

WHITFIELD: All right, incredible.

Thanks so much, Susan Candiotti. Keep us posted.

All right, tornado victims in the hardest hit part of Granbury, Texas were finally allowed home today. Many found that there was nothing left, however, more than a half of 110 homes in one neighborhood alone heavily damaged or destroyed. Sixteen tornados in all touched down in north Texas. The most powerful one had winds up to 200 miles an hour. This was a deadly storm. Six people were killed in this tornado. The sheriff talked about helping those trying to get back to their neighborhoods.

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SHERIFF ROGER DEED, HOOD COUNTY, TEXAS: We have a team set up to get them in to see their residents and we have people on scene going to help them box things up and get valuables out of there that they need today. So, what we are doing here is getting them signed up and getting them those permits to get out there. We are trying to control it and coordinate it as best we can. You know, this is going to be a traumatic day for the residents, first time getting back in there and seeing it. Other than what they saw from you, the media, putting the pictures out there and the video and it will be tough for them.

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WHITFIELD: The people in Granbury also got their first chance to sign up for government aid that happened today.

All right, another frightening incident, this involving airline passengers today. A Russian air liner carrying 140 people caught fire as it landed in Moscow. Investigators believe the fire started in the Boeing 737 left landing gear. No one was injured. The plane's passengers included members of a Russian pop band.

In South Korea's defense ministry is confirming North Korea fired three short range missiles today. They were fired away from South Korean waters. But South Korea now says its army is on high alert. Tensions had been strained on the Korean peninsula rather after the U.N. imposed tougher sanctions on Pyongyang.

All right, sounds of gun fire and a jewelry heist are not unusual on the screen at the Cannes film festival. But this drama was very real. A 43-year-old man was actually arrested after firing a gun loaded with blanks during that live television interview where you see people on the set scrambling. The chaos sent Oscar winning actor Kristoff Walsh running for cover as well.

The suspect, a bit on that person. Authorities, however, won't identify him by name but did say that suspect told police that he believes in God and wants to change the world. He was examined by a psychiatrist that says he is not mentally ill. This drama comes after jewels worth more than a million dollars were stolen from a hotel room there in Cannes as well. That happened on Thursday.

All right, let's move to a little good news, shall we, right here at home? The Powerball jackpot is $600 million. Even better news, once we find out if there is a winner after tonight's drawing, if you're feeling lucky get out and get the ticket.

Lisa Desjardins is live for us right now on Falls Church, Virginia.

So Lisa, last we spoke you, you know, had two tickets in your collection. Have you collected even more now?

LISA DESJARDINS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Fredricka, I am up to three tickets and everyone else here wants to win this Powerball jackpot. Watch out. Yes.

WHITFIELD: OK. It is all you.

DESJARDINS: Well, this Tiger Mart in northern Virginia is actually a lucky one. And I am going to explain why in just a second. But, for people who are filling out these forms today, I am about to give them important information, first, what are the luckiest states for Powerball and also the luckiest numbers.

Let's look at a quick graphic here, Fredricka. The luckiest states were where the most have been won, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Minnesota. All right, which numbers have been drawn the most? Now, this is the last 11 drawings, 26, 31, 36, and 48. So, question is maybe you should not pick those numbers because they have been coming up recently or maybe hot numbers so you have to decide for yourself.

Why is this store so lucky, this Tiger Mart in Falls Church, Virginia? Well, check this out. Here is a check for $10,000. That was what this Exxon got when it sold a $1 million Powerball ticket last March. So, that was not the jackpot, maybe they still have the jackpot in them. In fact, I actually, Fredricka, had met at least three people that told me they have the winning ticket. So, clearly it is this store in northern Virginia where we will have that jackpot.

WHITFIELD: It starts with you've got to believe, right? So, everyone, of course, gets the ticket that they hope is the winning ticket and you keep telling yourself and then you hope it really comes true.

So, if there is no winner tonight, Lisa, that means you or I or anybody else can buy tickets starting tomorrow and know that the jackpot is going to be even bigger. How much bigger?

DESJARDINS: This is one of those numbers that we keep reporting today and I wonder if people even believe me. It will be more than $950 million if no one strikes the jackpot tonight. An unbelievable amount. Of course, it is only one person strike that jackpot. That draw will be Wednesday. So, we have eight hours to see if someone claims this $600 million jackpot and then if not, almost a million dollars. That's sort of crazy, for a lot of reasons.

WHITFIELD: It is crazy.

DESJARDINS: That's what this would be next week.

WHITFIELD: OK, all right. We are exactly -- we will check in later on this, the craziest of if all. In fact, we are going to have somebody a little bit later afternoon to give us an idea how we can all increase our odds and, you know, little hints, some of those numbers you gave earlier, that is, yes, one of the underlying features in trying to strike it rich.

DESJARDINS: All right, let me know before we leave because I need that information to get our ticker.

WHITFIELD: OK. I will pass it on.

All right, Lisa Desjardins. That's good. Thank you so much, in Falls Church. OK. Not so lucky this week, the president of the United States. He has been out on the stump but with three scandals rocking the White House, can he change the focus from the IRS, Benghazi, AP, all of that? We will take a closer look.

And we will also take a look at some of the high profile trials including that of O.J. Simpson, the robbery and kidnapping and conviction. He is now trying to get a new trial. We will take you back to that Las Vegas hotel room where it all started.

And today, graduation day, students at Creighton University remember the professor and his wife killed this week.

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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And I know it can seem frustrated sometimes when it seems like Washington priorities are not the same as your priorities. I know it often seems like folks down there are more concerned with your jobs than yours. Others may get distracted by chasing every fleeting issue that passes by. But, the middle class will always be my number one focus, period.

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WHITFIELD: Fleeting issues. What could you be talking about?

All right, the president there, trying to change the focus to the economy after a rather rough week of scandals and from all sides of the IRS targeting tea party groups, justice officials confiscating reporter's e-mails and phone records and congressional hearings on the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Ron Brownstein is CNN's senior political analyst joining us now.

All right, Ron, so the president, you know, used words like every little fleeting issue. You know, surely a very bad week for this administration. We are now hearing critics use words themselves like impeachment, go to jail, miss-manager in chief, are they sending a tough message or may it backfire to those launching those attacks or hurling those words?

RON BROWNSTEIN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: You know, there is risk for both sides when scandal erupts. On the one hand, the obvious risk to the president is that however deep the merits of these accusations, they have the potential to disrupt his agenda and shift the public focus from what he wants to get done, which was already facing enormous difficulty on capitol hi hill.

The risk to Republicans is partly if you over reach and you use words like impeachment, you got backlash, the bigger risk, I think, is the opportunity cost because to the extent scandal it dominates the agenda. It diminishes the odds on getting things done. Some of the things they need politically to get done to such as immigration.

WHITFIELD: And if anything, you know, when you talk about their, maybe accusations of over reach, particularly for Republicans who are critical, at the same time we are seeing a unification of the Republican Party that we haven't seen in a while because there is a very similar message here as a result of these scandals or as it relates to these scandals.

BROWNSTEIN: You know, the effect -- I have been in Washington since the early 1980s and the consistent effect of scandal is to send each party back to oppose corners. It makes it tougher for her President Obama to consider legislative deals with the Republicans on issues like the budget that may un-tag nights congressional --

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BROWNSTEIN: Well, I think it already signaled he was willing to talk about entitlements. And it make it is tougher to do that because he needs them to defend him against the accusations. And on the other side, Fred, the dynamic on the out party is very important as well because basically, what this does is scandal empowers the portions of the party that don't want to compromise with the president. The argument becomes he is drowning. Don't throw him a lifeline by giving him accomplishment and you already see that among some of the house Republicans who are dubious of making deals with him on the budget or immigration. And as I am saying that may carry a long-term cost as well.

WHITFIELD: OK. So, big picture, how does this, this string of scandals, missteps, whatever you want to call them compare to other presidential missteps scandals particularly in the second term?

BROWNSTEIN: Yes. You know, second term president -- scandals have been an incredibly common if unwelcome house guest at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue for second term presidents. Just think since World War II, at the high end we have had Richard Nixon and Watergate, Ronald Reagan and Iran contra, Bill Clinton with Monica Lewinsky and impeachment. At the low end Harry Truman had scandals at the IRS and with his military aid, Dwight Eisenhower had to let go his chief of staff. And his second term effort, he took it by (INAUDIBLE).

WHITFIELD: So, where is this stuff fall in to that high level?

BROWNSTEIN: This, I think, right now I think these tracks towards the lower end at present facts. If by far I think the IRS is the most dangerous of these three. We have adjudicated the issue of national security for civil liberties dozens of times since 9/11 and the country comes out on the side of national security so I don't think the AP is a big threat. I think Benghazi is mostly about talking points. The IRS is the one that could get the most dangerous to the president, particularly if there is any evidence on earth that political officials encourage this kind of selective enforcement.

WHITFIELD: All right, Ron Brownstein, always good to see you. Thanks so much.

BROWNSTEIN: Good to see you.

WHITFIELD: All right, high-stakes involved as well in this court case. We are going to be talking about, O.J. Simpson. He took the stand in court for the first time ever taking the stand. He wants a new trial. We will hear his version of events that led to that kidnapping and robbery conviction.

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WHITFIELD: For the first time ever O.J. Simpson took the stand in a courtroom this week. He is looking for a new trial in his robbery and kidnapping conviction. In court, he was asked what happened that night in a Las Vegas hotel room when he went to collect memorabilia he says belonged to him.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did you think you were acting legally? O.J. SIMPSON, DEFENDANT: Yes, I did.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What you were doing.

SIMPSON: Yes, I did.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And why is that?

SIMPSON: Well, it was my stuff. I followed what I thought the law. My lawyer told me you can't break in the guy's room. I didn't break into anybody's room. I didn't beat up anybody. I didn't try to muscle the guys. And the guy acknowledged it was my stuff. I made it clear I don't want anything that's not mine.

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WHITFIELD: So what really went down in the hotel room?

HLN's Mike Galanos walks us through the events.

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MIKE GALANOS, HLN CORRESPONDENT: It is astonishing to see O.J. Simpson back in court. I know, as we watch this, you are probably wondering what happened, what happened in that confrontation when O.J. Simpson and his group of accomplices show up at a hotel and confront the memorabilia dealers? O.J. Simpson wants his stuff back.

So, here we are in the hotel. I have my group of accomplices with me. And think of this. When O.J. Simpson walked through that door, it changed his life. It led to a 33 year prison sentence and conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping. So, what went legally wrong for O.J. Simpson? Let's go in.

All right, we are in. O.J. Simpson and his group of accomplices, he wants his stuff back. Time to confront the collectible dealers, but where does it go wrong?

All right, I am playing the role of O.J. Simpson with hi group of accomplices. Esther Panitch, from the defense attorney.

What everybody wants to know, why does this legally go wrong O.J. Simpson? He says Yale Galanter tells him. You're within your legal rights to do this. Just don't trespass on private property, use physical force. We come in. I come in with my group of accomplices. Are we legally wrong at that point?

ESTHER PANITCH, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, first of all, you have to remember Yale Galanter denies talking to O.J. until after the incident occurs. But, the question is when you came in, were you invited in or did I say what are you doing here? If you came in uninvited than you have already been, you can be charged with trespassing.

SIMPSON: Don't let nobody out of his room. You think you can steal my (bleep) and sell it? Don't let nobody out here. GALANOS: By the tape that we have heard, O.J. Simpson says it is his stuff, explicitly deleted and he is screaming, he is yelling, his has got his group with him. And then, he says in the midst of that no one is leaving.

PANITCH: That is a crime also. Because if he really is intimidating and he is bringing all of these other people as evidence of his intimidation, then, it is preventing people or a reasonable person from feeling like they could leave.

GALANOS: Let's talk about potential intimidation. It is O.J. Simpson and a group.

PANITCH: Yes.

GALANOS: And I believe let's see the gun. We have a gun being brandished here as well. So, I'm imagining you have intimidation at the least. An armed robbery was ended up being the conviction, Esther.

PANITCH: Correct. So, if somebody has a weapon; that changes the entire dynamic. It is already a felony for robbery if you are taking stuff by threat of force. But, when you introduce a dangerous weapon such as a firearm, even if the firearm is never shot, it is still enough to instill fear into the person, and so that is when it becomes an armed robbery.

GALANOS: O.J. Simpson said he didn't know guns were involved. Is that matter in the midst of all these?

PANITCH: Well, it matters if the victim saw or perceived a gun. That matters. Criminal defendant that is served a lot of time have very little else to think about except how to overturn the conviction. And of course the person that stood by them the entire time now becomes the natural target to be removed in this sense of vacating their trial and trying to get a new trial.

So, this is not unusual at all when a defendant that's convicted and sentenced for a long-term now turns on his lawyer. There are certain things that he says that I don't think are going to get him very far. For example, when O.J. says that he didn't have the right that Galanter told him not to testify, that is absolutely the right of the defendant. It is not ever the right of the lawyer to determine whether the defendant is testifying or not.

GALANOS: But, what about the plea deal? As you look at this, could that be an opening for O.J. Simpson that Galanter didn't tell him there was a plea on the table?

PANITCH: It could be. If there really was a plea on the table and not the prosecute are and defense attorneys just talking just to see what might happen. If there is really a plea on the table, it has to be conveyed to the defendant, always. The only thing O.J. has on his side is he says it was his memorabilia that he was taking back. But, in this case, the self help he thought he was asking Yale Galanter about was not self help. You cannot self help when you come in with other people and weapons. That takes it completely off the table and now it is moved into the criminal realm.

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WHITFIELD: All right, Mike Galanos there, bringing that perspective to us. The deaths of a university professor and his lawyer wife may be connected to a cold case back in 2008.

Coming up, we go live to Omaha where graduation day is also one of mourning.

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WHITFIELD: As a juvenile correction officer, Teresa Goines became frustrated seeing young men cycled through the criminal justice system again and again. So, in 2005 as she quit her job and started a cafe run by at risk kids, she is helping them learn really important skills and she is this week's CNN hero.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was getting into trouble. I was selling drugs.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is domestic violence in my home. I didn't see a future for myself.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Once I had a record, I felt like I wasn't going to be able to get a job. So, I just go back to do what I was doing?

TERESA GOINES, CNN HERO: You guys are the ones that know better than anybody. You are the ones that have to change.

I worked as a juvenile corrections officer. Often young people would get out ready to start a good life and we put them back in the exact same environment and they come back to jail. Witnessing that over and over I could not do something about it.

I am Teresa Goines. I started the old school cafe, a supper club run by at risk youth that gives them the skills and the opportunity to change their lives.

Everybody needs to be paying attention. We will start off serving

Our program provides four months of hands on training.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just want to get say, excuse my reach.

GOINES: Our motto here is, jump in and learn. If they complete that successfully, they get a chance to apply for an employee position.

We're excited to have you on the team and really proud of you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We do the hiring. We do the firing. We do reviews. You know what it means to have a sense of urgency. You are a team player.

GOINES: I want them to keep rising up in leadership and management. Being in s a restaurants of the 20s, 40s, the Harlem renaissance, I see my role as being support staff.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I used to just make tapa and grilled cheese and now I'm cooking everything on the menu.

It is a lot of opportunities and I know this will help me stay out of trouble.

GOINES: Get core of it is giving them hope.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to be my own boss.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to be an entrepreneur.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm going to be successful.

GOINES: Once the light goes, whatever they do, they are on their way to fly.

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WHITFIELD: All right, Teresa Goines, amazing. We want your help finding great stories just like hers. Please go to CNNheroes.com to nominate someone you know that is making a difference and deserves to be recognized.

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WHITFIELD: Somber moments among the celebration at Creighton University. At today's graduation ceremony, pausing to remember Professor Roger Brumback and his wife, Mary, a lawyer, found dead in their home. They are pictured in a photo from "The Omaha World Herald." Omaha police are not saying much about the homicides, but it is possible, police say, that these murders may be linked to the 2008 deaths of this boy and his housekeeper. The boy's father is a Creighton faculty member.

CNN's Stephanie Elam joins me live from Omaha, Nebraska. So Stephanie, what was it like at that graduation and tell us more about the direction this investigation is going.

STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: All right. Fred, it was definitely bittersweet moment for a lot of these students. We saw the end of the proceedings for the medical school as these people were coming out with their degrees. Obviously this is really exciting. The families are there, there is lots of excitement and joy.

But for the people associated with the pathology department, there is a sense of loss and so they were still dealing with all of that at the same time. So, obviously it is weighing over them, and we did speak to two med school students fresh with new degrees, and this is what they told us.

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DUSTIN SITZMANN, MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE: You could tell he just loved to teach students, booming voice, just really taught us a lot in the few classes we had with him. And you can just tell he really loved his profession and giving back to the community.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It has been pretty somber. It's kind of cast a pall over graduation almost. I mean, this is still a great event and we're all very happy, our families are happy. But at the same time, there is kind of this cloud over everything that's happening.

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ELAM: Of course, the university is saying they have stepped up security in light of the news that these two murders have occurred. At the same time, they're keeping very tight-lipped as far as the police department is concerned about sharing any details about the murders on Tuesday, Fred.

WHITFIELD: And so, Stephanie, can you tell us any more on why police are looking into a possible connection between the murdered professor and his wife and the murders of a little boy and his housekeeper a few years back?

ELAM: Right. It's interesting to take a look at. I mean, you're looking at two homicides that happened six years ago and about six miles apart. But the one thing that they have in common is the fact that both the two people who were murdered the past week, the Brumbacks -- he was a professor with a faculty member within the Creighton University pathology department. Well, in that murder in 2008 where the son was killed and also the housekeeper, the father of that son is still a professor and was then in the Creighton University pathology department.

So they're just looking to see if there is any connection. They're not seeing if they have any leads as to why they're doing this. But the pathology department at Creighton University is about 12 people, so it is a very small community that you are looking at. That's why investigators want to know if there are any connections, Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right, Stephanie Elam, thanks so much from Omaha. Very sad story.

All right. Now let's take a look at stories trending online. In Bogota, Columbia, a young man got more than he bargained for when police say he stole a woman's cell phone, like right there and tried to escape. And then, oh man! I will tell you what happened. You just saw it. He tried to jump on the platform, but then he was hit by an on coming bus. He actually survived with only light injuries, and to boot he was arrested.

Brad Joseph set up his go-pro camera in Alaska hoping to capture some grizzly bears up close and personal. Boy, did he get that. Talk about too close for comfort. Well, the photographer never expected to get this kind of image where that camera got oh so close to the grizzly. The grizzly actually put it in its mouth and trying to eat it up there. You get a good look at the tonsils and tongue and everything else. Amazingly, the camera actually survived all of that; didn't suffer any damage. The video, of course, is priceless. We're all enjoying it.

This young Florida girl's expression says it all. A big old surprise. She sent an invitation to that pro basketball player, Dwayne Wade. And he actually said yes, showed up. You know him from the Miami Heat. Nicole (INAUDIBLE) says she is going to remember this prom night forever.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You were able to move on the dance floor?

DWAYNE WADE, MIAMI HEAT PLAYER: I was able to move a little bit. I ain't got many moves. But I was able to get a dance in with her, and I'm going to go ice my knee now.

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WHITFIELD: Oh, come on, he is in shape! He could cut up the dance floor without icing that knee later. That was cute. You can imagine, of course, this video has just been topping the charts there on YouTube. It is a huge hit.

Also a huge hit, Anthony Bourdain and his new show here on CNN. Well, guess what? This time he is heading to Libya, where he eats something called Uncle Kentucky fried chicken. And he bonds with a troop of Boy Scouts.

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ANTHONY BOURDAIN, CNN HOST: Got -- kids?

This is supposed to be the biggest fanciest new hotel development in town, and like a lot of the newer structures, they have pretty much stopped when they started to pull down the government. There are a lot of cranes building nothing at the moment. A lot of just frozen as everybody figures out what happens next. Let's wait and see. You know, it's one of many moments of unexpected weirdness in Libya.

The mosque, the medina, the frozen wait-and-see hotel and a pickup truck with militia looking at us. Meanwhile, right over there, they're playing Rod Stewart, "Do You Think I'm Sexy" to an amusement park full of kids. Makes no sense at all... in a vaguely encouraging way.

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WHITFIELD: Bottom line, a place of contrast. You can see Anthony's entire trip to Libya tomorrow night right here on CNN 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Aimee Copeland. Remember her and all that she went through? She lost both her hands and legs to a flesh eating bacteria last summer. We'll show you how she is making her recovery, thanks to some amazing new bionic hands.

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WHITFIELD: Welcome back to the NEWSROOM. So you may remember Aimee Copeland. She lost both her hands and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria last summer. Now she is one of the first women in the world to get these new - I-limb hands is what they're being called. They're $100,000 a pair, and they actually mimic natural hands. She is now able to pick things up. Very tiny things, and even comb her hair and do her own hair. Copeland is also hoping to receive a prosthetic leg later on this year. All the best to her.

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed her decision this week to have a double mastectomy. She did it because tests revealed she had a high risk of developing breast cancer. Chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta looks at what role genetic testing can play in breast cancer screening.

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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Fredricka, it was a brave decision, I'd say, for Jolie to publicly reveal such a private part of her life. She did not have breast cancer but chose to undergo a preventive double mastectomy after she discovered she has the mutated BRCA-1 gene. That greatly increases her risk for breast and ovarian cancers.

Now, Jolie's story has prompted a lot of questions about genetic testing, specifically for breast cancer. There are a couple of things I think are worth pointing out for perspective. Only less than one percent of all women actually carry the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 genes. And out of the thousands of women who ar diagnosed with breast cancer every year, only about five to 10 percent of those patients have the defective gene.

For someone like Jolie with a strong family history of breast or ovarian cancer, the test can be beneficial. It is also expensive. It costs about $4,000 without insurance. Now, we did find out most insurance companies currently cover the cost of this test if you are at high risk of having the mutation. Also, under the new health care law, this test is considered preventive care for high risk patients.

For me, I think the bottom line is that Jolie's story started a national conversation that is important for all of us to have. We should all know our family health history. We should all be talking about preventive screenings. And we should all be encouraging men and women alike to be in charge of their own bodies and health.

Fred, back to you.

(END VIDEOTAPE) WHITFIELD: All right, thanks so much, Sanjay.

All right, coming up at 4:30 Eastern, Sanjay Gupta talks more about this. He takes a closer look at Angelina Jolie's procedure, genetic testing, and other celebrities who have also had that procedure.

All right, an interview you just have to hear. The first officers to respond to the call of three women held captive in Cleveland. They describe the moment when one of the woman who was saved actually jumped into the officer's arms. That's coming up.

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GUPTA: As long as twins Evan and Eric Edwards can remember, they had allergies. The official diagnosis came when they were three.

ERIC EDWARDS, HAS SEVERE ALLERGIES: We grew up allergic to all egg products, all seafood including shellfish and fish, all peanuts, all tree nuts and most antibiotics.

GUPTA: Plus seasonal allergies as well.

EVAN EDWARDS, HAS SEVERE ALLERGIES: We didn't have pets growing up because we were allergic to both dogs and cats.

GUPTA: And to top it all off, chronic asthma. For them, school was a huge challenge.

ERIC EDWARDS: We were those guys who had to be place at a special table at lunch to try to ensure there was no potential for contamination.

EVAN EDWARDS: You have an allergy, there is a stigma. You're kind of weird or-- we were these weird kids at the end of the cafeteria table.

GUPTA: With the near-constant threat of anaphylaxis, which is a severe life-threatening allergic reaction, the twins had to have epipens at all times. That is a pen like device that inject a dose of epinephrine to stop a sharp drop in blood pressure and serious breathing problems.

But they both thought their epipens were too bulky, and they often didn't carry them. Both have had three really close calls. So when they left high school, they decided to invent a smaller, more portable device.

ERIC EDWARDS: This was about us trying to take our experience and then develop another option for these millions who are at risk.

GUPTA: They tailored their college classes around the new invention they were designing. Evan took engineering courses. Eric took the pre-med route. After college, they started their company, Intelliject. And last year, the FDA approved Auvi-Q. It's an epinephrine auto injector that's about the size of a credit card. And it's the first to talk you through an injection.

Now as parents themselves of children with severe allergies, their message to others is simple.

ERIC EDWARDS: Don't give up hope. Know that more treatments are coming available, more research, the awareness is growing. People understand this more than ever.

GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.

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WHITFIELD: Now to Cleveland. That kidnapping case. Three women went from years of captivity, fear and abuse to the moments of May 6 when one of them broke free. A bystander actually captured the scene that day on this cell phone. The officers who first rushed to the scene experienced a turn of events so powerful that it brings tears to one of the officer's eyes. Listen to him as he explains what happened.

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OFFICER ANTHONY ESPADA, CLEVELAND POLICE: She called the car to (INAUDIBLE) for a code one. I responded. You know, go ahead. Then she began to state that we got a female on the line stating that she's Amanda Berry.

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911 OPERATOR: Cleveland 911, do you need --

AMANDA BERRY, KIDNAPPING VICTIM: Hello, police. Help me, I'm Amanda Berry.

911 OPERATOR: Do you need police, fire or ambulance?

BERRY: I need police.

911 OPERATOR: OK, and what's going on there?

BERRY: I have been kidnapped. I have been missing for ten years. And I'm here. I'm free now.

ESPADA: As soon as we pulled up, my partner was driving so she came to the driver's side. He looked at me and he's like, it's her. Just the emotion from that point of him confirming it was Amanda, it was overwhelming. My partner immediately asked her, you know, is there anybody else inside. She said, yes, Gina Dejesus and another girl. It was like another bombshell just with overwhelming force hitting me.

As we were going up the steps, it was so quiet. Like peaceful. Almost as if I started thinking, all we're going to do is clear this top floor. Nobody is going to be there and just leave. And then you hear this scuffling, you know, something going on in this room. And you know, I'm looking that way, just waiting to see, you know, what's going to happen. And it was Michelle. She kind of popped out into the doorway and paused there for a second. Within moments, she came charging at me. She jumped onto me. She's like, "You saved us, you saved us." And I'm holding onto her so tight.

And then within a few seconds, I see another girl come out of the bedroom. I just look at her. You can immediately tell who it is. Just thinner. And, again, I just need confirmation. I asked her, what's your name? She said, "My name is Georgina Dejesus."

Very overwhelming. I mean, it took everything to hold myself together. You know, I have Michelle in my arms, and then you've got Gina coming out. And it was like one bombshell after another. That's when I broadcasted, "(INAUDIBLE) 23, We found them. We found them."

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WHITFIELD: Wow. Thank goodness they did. Ariel Castro, the man charged with kidnapping in this case was arrested quickly after the women were discovered. His attorney has said he plans to plead not guilty.

Bernie Madoff speaks exclusively to CNN from prison. And what he says has one of his victims even more outraged. That story on the other side.

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WHITFIELD: All right. The man behind a multibillion-dollar deception that defrauded more than 2,100 investors tells CNN that he feels bad for what he did. Bernie Madoff spoke exclusively to CNN by collect call from prison in Buttner Federal Prison in North Carolina. He said, and I'm quoting now, "I live with the remorse, the pain I caused everybody, certainly my family, and the victims," end quote.

But one victim who lost his life savings wishes Madoff would just stay silent throughout his 150-year sentence. Mike De Vita is one of the authors of "The Club No One Wanted To Join: Madoff Victims In Their Own Words." He spoke to CNN earlier by phone.

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MIKE DE VITA, AUTHOR: Why would Bernie continue to call the press? Why is he at a point in his life where he just can't be quiet? And the thing that Aaron talked about that really bothered me is that he continues to blame others for what happened here.

Certainly, I guess my perspective on this is Bernie Madoff was not more than a name on a sheet of paper for me. So, I never met any of the Madoffs, never spoken to anyone. It was purely by reputation and by the material I saw about what he was doing.

My preference, I guess, at this point is that Bernie remain quiet until he is released from prison in 2139 when he's released from prison. I guess he has an ego which is so large at this point that he simply has to stay in the news. He has to continue to talk about this, and he continues to blame other people for something that frankly, from my perspective, he did this and is the only one that did.

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WHITFIELD: Of the $17.5 billion swindled, $5.4 billion has been repaid to victims.

Okay. Speaking of big money, perhaps you have purchased your Powerball ticket. Well, if you haven't, you still have a few hours to do so.

So how do you maximize your chances of winning, just in case you will head out a little bit later to pick up your ticket? My guest next hour is a mathematics professor. He'll be telling us which numbers just might be the magic digits.

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