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Second Boat Accident Victim Found; Victims ID'd in Church Bus Crash; Politicians Behaving Badly; $50 Million Jewel Heist in France; American Baby Naming; Matt Ryan's Big Payday
Aired July 28, 2013 - 18:00 ET
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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for watching. Don Lemon here.
We have new developments to tell you about for two major accidents. A pre-wedding boat crash in New York that killed the bride-to-be and best man. Plus, a deadly bus crash in Indiana involving a group of teens returning from a church trip.
In New York City, police found a man's body while searching the Hudson River. They've been looking for him since after dark on Friday. That's when this boat ran into some barges in the dark near the Tappan Zee Bridge. Six people were onboard, a wedding party celebrating. The man found today is not the only fatality from this accident.
CNN's Alina Cho is on the banks of the Hudson for us -- Alina.
ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Don, this afternoon, we got word that the second body that crews had been searching for since Friday night had been recovered. The body is believed to be that of Mark Lennon, the best man in the wedding. A nightmare for all of the families involved, but especially for the families of the couple who had a lifetime ahead of them.
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CHO (voice-over): Lindsey Stewart and Brian Bond were the picture- perfect couple, the two engaged to be married were set to wed on August 10th, until they decided to take a boat ride Friday night up the Hudson River. Just minutes after leaving the marina around 10:00 p.m., the small speed boat carrying six people struck a barge. The bride-to-be and best man were ejected. The groom-to-be was among the four survivors, knocked unconscious. When he awoke he immediately called for help.
CHIEF WILLIAM BARBERA, ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. POLICE: There was a body recovered of a female who basically fit the description of the person who's missing.
CHO: Lindsey Stewart, the 30-year-old bride-to-be. Here she is on Facebook showing off her engagement ring and this one with her sister. Her mother spoke to reporters hours earlier, when there was still hope her daughter was alive.
CAROL STEWART, LINDSEY STEWART'S MOTHER: She is supposed to be married two weeks from today. It just can't end like this.
CHO: What's worse, authorities say, it appears the driver of the boat, a 35-year-old man, a friend of the couple, was intoxicated. He's been charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault, a horrific ending to what was supposed to be a great night on the eve of a wedding.
BARBERA: This is horrible. We met with the families today. It's devastating, absolutely devastating.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We used to go church together and they've been friends the whole time. They fell in love about 3 1/2 years ago. Oh, yes, she did all the plans herself. That's a nightmare I don't wish on any parent.
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CHO: One of the four people injured in this boating accident has been released, but we heard that the groom is still in the hospital with severe head injuries, recovering physically, Don, as he deals with the emotional pain of losing his bride-to-be and his best man -- Don.
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LEMON: Thank you, Alina Cho, in Piedmont, New York, this evening for us.
Now to Indianapolis and the new details in the deadly crash of a church bus. The bus had just exited off the interstate at high speed when the driver said his brakes failed.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I saw this bus going so fast. I thought, God, that guy is going fast. The light turned green for southbound traffic. And then, the bus just flew into my vision right away and flipped just in an instant.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The bus just flipped over. There were people crawling out of the bus. There were people who were severely injured, people who were dead, people were hurt.
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LEMON: Well, the bus was carrying teenage members of Colonial Hills Baptist Church who were returning home from a camping trip in Michigan. Church officials today identified the three people who died.
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JEFF LEFFEW, DEACON, COLONIAL HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH: The deceased was our youth pastor, Pastor Chad Phelps and his wife Courtney Phelps, and their unborn child due next month.
We also lost Tonya Weindorf. Tonya is the mother, a mother here in our church. Long-time member, mother of five. Tonya was at camp because she has a special needs child who wanted to go. And she wanted to make it a good week. According to her husband, it was a great week.
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LEMON: At least 19 people were hurt in the crash including one person listed in critical condition.
Anthony Weiner, still a candidate for mayor of New York City, but his campaign manager quit this weekend. That's after a week that Weiner says was embarrassing, with all the admissions and apologies to his wife and voters for continuing to pursue a sex life on the Internet.
He's not the only public figure struggling to keep his job this weekend. On the left is the mayor of San Diego. He's admitted to some inappropriate behavior toward women around him. And plenty of people in his city want him to go.
CNN's Lisa Desjardins has more on two men with big question marks over their political futures.
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LISA DESJARDINS, CNN CAPITOL HILL REPORTER: Don, neither man is done quite yet but this weekend both took serious blows that could make their political futures much harder.
OK. Let's start in New York City. Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's campaign manager has resigned. This, of course, is after news that Weiner was still sending sexual texts even after he resigned from Congress and apologized.
Fellow New Yorker but political opponent Republican Peter King was blunt on CNN's "STATE OF THE UNION."
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REP. PETER KING (R), NEW YORK: After this, I think he should do himself and everybody a favor and step to the sidelines. He is not qualified, not psychologically qualified to be mayor of the city of New York.
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DESJARDINS: Weiner was out in public today. He visited a Baptist church. And afterward he talked about losing his campaign chief, but he said nothing about dropping out himself.
ANTHONY WEINER (D), NEW YORK CIYT MAYORAL CANDIDATE: When I joined this campaign, you know, Huma and I did as a family. It was -- we knew this was going to be a tough campaign. We knew, as I said, I think the very first day of the campaign, I said there are things in my past that may come back and it might be hard for us to get our message out. But every day, we kept on doing exactly what we're going to do -- talk about issues important to the middle class and those struggling to make it.
DESJARDINS: OK. That's the East Coast. Now to the West, where San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is accused of sexual harassment. He admitted to inappropriate behavior and got treatment but he says it was not to the level of harassment.
Now, today, California senator and fellow Democrat, also former San Francisco mayor, Dianne Feinstein, was sharp in her criticism. She spoke to Candy Crowley on our "STATE OF THE UNION."
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D), CALIFORNIA: Absence of a moral compass is subject to recall. I suspect there will be recalls. And the people --
CANDY CROWLEY, HOST, "STATE OF THE UNION": You think he should make it easier and resign?
FEINSTEIN: I think he should make it easier and resign, that's right.
DESJARDINS: So, calls for resignation and removal from the right and the left in the East Coast and West Coast scandals. But, so far, the two central politicians are staying put -- Don.
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LEMON: Lisa Desjardins in Washington -- thank you, Lisa.
In Rio de Janeiro, Pope Francis about to get on the plane to return to Rome, wrapping up his first overseas trip since becoming pope.
Catholics who are observing World Youth Day helped mark the pope's final day in Brazil with a rocket celebration that included a singing and dancing flash mob. Vatican estimated about 3 million people turned out to see and hear today's papal mass. Pope Francis who was from neighboring Argentina was elected head of the Catholic Church in March and is the first pope from Latin America.
Let's get you live to the airport, at Galeao Airport in Rio de Janeiro. And there is the pope about to head to his airplane. He just wrapped up his farewell remarks. Of course, he -- you see him there meeting with dignitaries and other members of the clergy, as well as, of course, a little earlier kissing babies, what-have-you. But it's been a very successful trip for Pope Francis.
As you can see, that huge youth concert on the beach which really looked, I mean, it rivaled a lollapalooza or a rock concert with so many thousands of people, especially young people showing up and chanting and singing for the pope. Complete with JumboTrons and everything, and beach balls, there was celebrating this pope. So, there is Pope Francis about to head back to Rome. And we will update you as we get more information here.
There is a huge celebration, draws millions, as a matter of fact.
OK. How do we tackle the thorny problems facing the African-American community? I made a list of possible solutions. And I'm getting a lot of heat for it -- a lot of support and heat, just to be honest -- judge for yourself -- just head.
Plus, rescuers scramble to pull people from their homes and cars as flood waters engulf an entire town. The story is next.
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LEMON: Deadly floods left entire towns under water in North Carolina today. Look at this video -- a woman scrambles from her flooded car on to the back of an emergency rescuer. Flash floods wiping out homes and causing power outages. Rising water proved fatal for two swimmers in a rain-swollen creek. Swift currents pulled a 10-year-old girl away from her family. Her body was found an hour later.
And after just a short time ago, emergency crews found the body of a 48-year-old man in the same creek near Collettsville in North Carolina. Meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in the towns of Hickory and Newton.
Nick Valencia tracking the flooding for us.
So, Nick, tell us more about the flooding and these two deaths.
NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And just very sad for the community there, Don. These two victims, they're from separate families. We know that they were swimming in the exact same portion of the creek. It's a very popular area for local residents. They call it the bath tub. It's a pool section.
They were just caught off guard by this severe weather that swept through the air. The body of the 10-year-old girl found late Saturday and that 48-year-old man found just a short time later -- Don.
LEMON: Flooding is a big problem this year. We've seen it everywhere, Midwest, Northeast, the South, Canada, just a few weeks ago, remember all of that -- just washing homes away. This is really unusual, out of the ordinary.
VALENCIA: That's part of the problem. Especially in the Southeast, we received above-average rain totals. In North Carolina, residents have gotten hammered. Some areas receiving more than 10 inches of rain, some parts more than 12 inches of rain.
And our local affiliate caught up with residents hard hit and ask them how they are dealing with the aftermath.
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JANICE GAGNON, FLOODING VICTIM: I just started over and here I lost everything again. I scraped pennies to get to move in here. So, no insurance.
REPORTER: You've only been here a couple of months.
GAGNON: I've been here since the 1st of the June.
(END VIDEO CLIP) VALENCIA: Three counties in North Carolina and the western portion of the state, they received the brunt of the damage. They are still under states of emergency. This is the last thing this area needed, Don. It's been a very wet summer for North Carolina -- Don.
LEMON: Nick Valencia in Atlanta -- thank you, Nick.
VALENCIA: You bet.
LEMON: In the pacific, Hawaiians are bracing for big surf today. It's all due to tropical storm Flossie, which is churning toward the islands at about 20 miles an hour. Tropical storm warnings already posted for Maui and the big island. Flossie is expected to push past Hawaii tomorrow morning.
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner struggling to put a sex scandal behind him. Can voters get past his repeated indiscretions?
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LEMON: Breaking news on that horrific train crash in Spain Wednesday. Tonight in Hispanic court, the driver of the train was charged with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness. Francisco Jose Garzon was also required to surrender his passport. His license to operate a train has also been suspended.
Meantime, today, we learned a second American has died as a result of the derailment on Wednesday. Myrta Fariza, a 58-year-old Houston woman, died today. She had been in Rome to attend her daughter's wedding and was on her way to a festival with her husband. Her death brings a total to 79.
The Justice Department is making a bold move to take legal action in voting rights cases across the nation. This comes after the Supreme Court struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act that forced states with a history of discrimination to get approval from the feds before changing their voting laws.
Attorney General Eric Holder says the department will challenge state voting laws starting with Texas. He plans to intervene in a Texas redistricting case.
Who better to talk about this than our political panel right there?
CNN analyst and ESPN senior writer, L.Z. Granderson, joins us from Chicago. And CNN analyst and Republican strategist, Ana Navarro, joins us from New York.
Good to see both of you. The band is back together.
L.Z. GRANDERSON, CNN ANALYST: Good to see you.
LEMON: Most Republicans are furious, Ana, including Texas Governor Rick Perry. What's your take?
ANA NAVARRO, CNN ANALYST: I think those Republicans who agree and disagree. I think the court was very wise here. They determined that this is no longer 1965 when the Voting Rights Act was passed. Things are better in some places. The map needs to be redrawn.
But they also left certain protections for places where there is recent or current discrimination occurring. Now, if there are such cases, I think there needs to be investigations and there needs to be action brought. But they are going to have to prove that. It can't be political and it can't be just a knee-jerk reaction.
So, I think -- I think the court left room for protecting voting violations, but at the same time they recognize that great progress has been made.
LEMON: OK. L.Z., many civil rights leaders are thrilled with Holder's move but critics say the Justice Department is trying to make an end run around the Supreme Court's decision. What do you say?
GRANDERSON: I think the Department of Justice is doing a wise thing. I agree with Ana. It is not 1960s. That means that things are better, but also mean things are different. We no longer have the KKK running around and intimidating blacks. We have other things that are doing to intimidate minorities, and other things that are being done to manipulate poll results.
And so, just because we don't see burning crosses doesn't mean that the situation in the South remains the same. Remember, or does remain the same. You have to remember, Mississippi just ratified banning slavery last year. So, it's not as if they are that far away from where history was.
LEMON: All right. I want to switch gears now and move on and talk about this. Anthony Weiner, it's been the talk of the political world, all the Sunday shows. New York race for mayor after revelations that he's continued his Internet so-called discretions.
Anna, should he stay in the race?
NAVARRO: I think he should not stay in the race. And the reason I think he shouldn't stay in the race is because he's become a gigantic distraction.
There is little debate going on about the issues that New Yorkers care about because everybody is discussing the images of Anthony Weiner's penis, OK? We need to get over this.
This man is not going to get elected. New York voters are not that crazy. This was a narcissistic move by him. It's over.
He was trying to get redemption by election. That's election with an "L" not an "R." And it's not going to happen. So, now, let's move on with the issues that matter and with the election
LEMON: I'm blushing. I'm turning red (ph), L.Z. What do you think, L.Z.?
NAVARRO: I didn't know you could blush. (LAUGHTER)
GRANDERSON: Whoo! We're going there already.
I think he should stay in and this is why. It doesn't really matter what people who do not live in New York City have to say about Anthony Weiner. We forget that New York City is still a city. He's running for a local position which is mayor.
Now, granted this is the most fabulous city on the planet. I love New York very much. But it still must be decided by voters who actually live there.
So, it doesn't matter if Nancy Pelosi or some guy in Texas is upset because of Anthony Weiner's indiscretion. What matters is what New Yorkers think.
And I would bring up one more thing -- Mayor Giuliani is loved in New York. This is a man who's been in drag, slept on the couch of his two friends because he was cheating on his wife and she kicked him out, at the mayor's office. So, if he's still beloved in New York City, I think there maybe still room for Anthony Weiner's wiener.
NAVARRO: Well, L.Z., at least he was having an affair with a woman, not with an iPad. If, you know, Anthony Weiner got elected in New York --
LEMON: We got to run.
NAVARRO: -- they're going to have to disconnect every Internet connection in city hall.
LEMON: We've got to run and you guys know why we have to run because I want to talk about my no talking points segment coming up. We're going have some tough talk. Two people you would think you have --
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LEMON: OK. So, after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict, you could almost hear the roar of conversations about race relations. Obviously, we still have thorny problems facing the African-American community.
A lot issues facing not only that community, communities around the country. But this is what we are talking about specifically. I say now is the time to talk about solutions.
So, here's just two from my no talking points special. Young people pull up your pants. Saggy pants can mean saggy self-esteem. I said African-American community stop using the N-word. Entertainers and rappers, I mean that for you as well, because I think you're deluding yourself when you say you're taking that (ph).
There's Ana and there's L.Z. They're both that.
OK. So, you know, L.Z., I'm going to start with you. Your son -- obviously you're African-American, you have a son, you have a child.
Let's talk about this particular point. What -- the saggy pants.
GRANDERSON: You know, my son tried to leave the house once with saggy pants. This was years and years ago, because he's a big fan of Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne wears saggy pants. And I stopped him and I sat him down.
I did sort of what you did yesterday, which is let him know where that came from. I think context is the most important thing, understanding the historical background, even in cultural or phenomena is very important. Once I told him that was borne out of the prison system and what some of the different height of the pants meant, it was very clear to him this was not something he wanted to represent.
And instead what he does, his fashion statements now are different flashy belts. His pants stay up, I'm happy, he feels like he has self-esteem is up. More importantly, he is still allowed to express himself creatively without linking himself to the prison system.
LEMON: I don't understand -- listen, correct me if I'm wrong. You guys don't have to agree with me. I did -- when I asked both of you to talk about this, I said you don't have to agree with me. In fact, I want to know what you think.
What is wrong with telling people to dress appropriately? These are things I said yesterday, that my mom taught me in kindergarten. That parents taught their kids in kindergarten -- dress nicely, speak well, speak appropriately.
Anna, I mean, am I wrong here? What's going on?
NAVARRO: I don't think there is anything wrong with what you said yesterday. In fact, I was amazed when I retweeted it that I got so much Twitter hate. You were getting it and I got it for having retweeted it.
And I think -- look, you know, there are people who call you in to schools and call you in to speak to youth and to groups and tell them how you succeed.
We are here on this panel, three minorities, three -- you know, two African-Americans, one Latino, who have succeeded. There is advice to be given.
And it's not -- success is not going to be reached by not speaking English correctly, even though I do have an accent and I butcher it every now and then. It's not going to be reached if we don't give some tough love to our own communities. If we don't offer this constructive criticism coming from a place of love and a place from the heart and sincerity, then who is?
So, I would say, you know, take it as that. Take it as very sincere, heartfelt words coming from an African-American man who is proud of his culture, proud of his race, wears it with pride, loves it and wants to defend it, but wants to see others also succeed. LEMON: Yes. And that doesn't mean racism doesn't exist. We're not stupid here.
GRANDERSON: Right.
LEMON: We talked about -- let me just say this. And not that I'm defending -- since the beginning, since we started talking about this, week one of the Zimmerman trial, we talked about, is there a bigger conversation to be had on race in this country? You could these guys back.
Week two, we talk about the N-word. I did a special on the N-word and other racial slurs. Week three, I talked about black manhood on trial. It was shortened because we had the plane crash. Remember?
And then, week four, we had the Zimmerman verdict and reaction to that. And then week five, just last week, I talked about the generation gap and I talked about entitlement. And then I talked about profiling, as well. And I talked about privilege, as well.
Did that -- did I not have those conversations on the air about privilege and about racism and about profiling and about having been profiled? I mean --
NAVARRO: You absolutely did. I think the Trayvon Martin trial is an opportunity for us to have the deep discussions we need to have. Let's not talk about each other. Let's talk to each other and also within our own groups. Let's remember it was during the Trayvon Martin trial that the Paula Deen scandal happened.
And I can tell you, I think a lot of people were saying to themselves, well, gee, you know, how come Paula Deen can't say this word but how come it's being said a few days later in the Trayvon Martin trial by an African-American?
That's -- you know, it's a hateful word. It's a hurtful word. We should stop saying it. Not because it's politically incorrect but because it's incorrect, period.
LEMON: And, L.Z., listen, I want to talk --
GRANDERSON: Well, I mean, it's complicated.
LEMON: Well, hang on. I'm going to get to that. I'm going to let you -- I'm going to let you talk. I'm going to let you finish, L.Z. So --
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GRANDERSON: OK.
LEMON: I want to talk about this because I mentioned -- we were talking about the N word and taking it back. And I played a clip of Jay-Z, I played a clip of Chris Rock and I did the N word special and I said, should I be telling people that? And then I got off the subway and told the story yesterday about this little boy who was walking with his mom. She was crying -- he was crying and she said, stop all that crying, you act like an old ass man, stop all that crying, nigger.
And someone on Twitter, it was one of the things I read this morning, said and read my timeline until this morning, I didn't read it last night -- when I got to work this afternoon. And I said, hey, he's a child. You know what she said to me? Mind your business, N word. And I said would you like me to call DCFS? That's a child you're speaking to. She went to a deli on the street, grabbed an umbrella and threatened to hit me with it.
And so is that taking back the N word? Do entertainers really think they're taking back the N word when you have parents calling their children that name? And that's not a loving name when they're doing that. Is that taking back the word?
GRANDERSON: Well, again, everything is about context. You know, we cannot pretend as if this word exists in a vacuum and that there's no connection to history to it and there's no connection about different meanings in the black community.
I know, you know, there are gay men who call each other the F word, there are women who call each other the B word. Everything is about context. And sometimes when you're outside looking in you may necessarily interpret their context right.
But with that being said, I can only speak to what goes on in my house. And in my household we don't use that word. And I explained to my son why and why we don't, and how he should view other people who do. Not judge them like they don't know any better, necessarily, but understand that everyone has a different relationship with that word than you do.
I mean, there are people that I know who are my friends who are Puerto Rican who use the N word. And, you know, if you don't have the full context of what's going on with them, you're going to be confused as heck. And so I try not to get so caught up in the N word. I try not to get so caught up into sagging pants. I just explain to my son what the expectations are in my house.
LEMON: Yes.
GRANDERSON: But with all that being said, we cannot keep pretending as if there aren't any sort of ramifications or residual effect that happens when you walk around the streets with your pants sagging saying the N word. You're not going to get hired in a high-power position job, you likely are not going to be accepted at some prestigious university.
I severely doubt you'd be able to get a decent date with anyone worth loving if you spend your entire time dropping the N word and you can't keep your pants up.
LEMON: But you know what you sound like right now, don't you?
GRANDERSON: Like a reasonable human being? I hope. LEMON: No. You know the name -- you know the name they call you. They call you Uncle Tom. I'm taking that word back. I can call Uncle Tom --
GRANDERSON: They call me Uncle Tom --
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LEMON: I'm taking that word back.
GRANDERSON: You know what?
LEMON: I'm going to get the Uncle Tom award.
GRANDERSON: Every week, Don. Every week, Don, I go between --
NAVARRO: I thought you were going to call him a Republican.
GRANDERSON: -- racist black man and Uncle Tom.
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GRANDERSON: Oh, lord, anything but that.
LEMON: Oh no. Oh my God.
GRANDERSON: I go back and forth between being called a racist and being called an Uncle Tom. What I like to call myself is a factivist. I just like to stand up for the fact. And the fact of the matter is that there are things that we can do in the African-American community to make our situation better, to have absolutely nothing to do with white people. And there are things that happen to black people because of the residual effect of hundreds of years of slavery and the byproduct of all the subtle racism that is happening impacting our community.
NAVARRO: And you know --
GRANDERSON: We can have those conversations simultaneously. They're not exclusively mutual.
LEMON: Go ahead.
NAVARRO: We're making this a very black-centric conversation. But those five pieces of advice you gave yesterday --
LEMON: Everybody.
NAVARRO: -- can apply to everybody.
LEMON: Right.
NAVARRO: Including to my community.
LEMON: Right. NAVARRO: Including to white and to just everybody who's growing up, you know. Educate yourself, speak well, look well. Keep the place where you live clean. If anybody's got trouble with you giving that kind of advice to youth out there? I just don't know what to say to that.
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LEMON: I don't either. Listen, it's not -- it's not really necessarily always about pulling your pants up. It's really just about respecting yourself and then realizing, you know what, I can either -- and I said this. People said, you know, Don, you don't -- you don't know where we are coming from. You're wealthy, you're -- that's not true. I grew up -- I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.
Actually my mom and dad were not married. I dropped out of college at one point and I had to decide whether I was going to stay stuck or if I was going to soar, and I decided to soar in the faith. And I had been profiled many times, talked about that. But you have to make a decision at some point that you are going to be better than your surroundings or your circumstances. And that's all I was saying. And in that "No Talking Points."
And just -- and we've got to go now. But I just have to -- well, I'm wondering why Ana Navarro is wearing her Barbara Walters hair today?
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Is there something we should know?
NAVARRO: Well, I'm practicing for tomorrow.
LEMON: Yes.
NAVARRO: I am guest co-hosting "The View" tomorrow.
LEMON: Yes, I know.
NAVARRO: I'm excited to be doing it.
LEMON: And I'm excited to be your very special guest. I will be in the audience cheering you on. Thank you, Ana. Thank you, L.Z.
NAVARRO: Thank you.
LEMON: Good luck tomorrow. And I'll see you tomorrow, OK?
GRANDERSON: Thank you.
LEMON: All right.
Coming up, thieves steal more than $50 million worth of jewelry while the security guards look on and do nothing. I'll tell you why.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) LEMON: We have some breaking news here on CNN. It's coming in right now, it is a bus crash in Italy. And it's a really bad one. That's according to an Italian news agency. Thirty people are dead in this bus crash. It happened in southern Italy in the Avellino Province near Naples.
A bus reportedly went over an overpass with about 40 passengers on it. We are trying to learn more about what happened and we're trying to get some pictures or video for you on this breaking news.
Again, breaking news on CNN. Thirty people dead in a bus crash in Italy. Details as we get them here on CNN.
In France, everyone is wondering how a gunman pulled off a breathtaking jewel heist in the middle of a dazzling jewelry exhibit with lots of security. It appears the only person with a gun was the robber.
CNN's Vladimir Duthiers has the shocking details.
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VLADIMIR DUTHIERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In a brazen move, straight out of a caper movie, an armed robber walked into a jewelry exhibition in the French resort city of Cannes Sunday and walked out with millions of dollars of stolen jewels.
Now police estimate the value of the jewels at more than $50 million. It happened around 11:30 in the morning at the celebrated Carlton Hotel. Officials say the robber pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot the exhibitors and the people admiring the display.
Now security guards were on the scene during the robbery, but were unarmed. No one, fortunately, was hurt.
Now this is not the first time that the Carlton hotel has been targeted by jewel thieves. Back in May during the Cannes Film Festival, robbers made off with close to $4 million worth of jewelry meant to be worn on the red carpet by Hollywood stars.
And the hotel is not just a real-life crime scene. It was also the setting for a 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Cary Grant as a jewelry burglar. The movie, "To Catch a Thief." Something the police in Cannes so far have been unable to do.
Vladimir Duthiers, CNN, London.
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LEMON: So here's a question for you. If you stand to make a million bucks, would you walk away from it or the birth of your child? We'll tell you about everyone's new favorite professional golfer and his newborn girl next.
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LEMON: The new Prince George is of course a huge hit in the UK. But how does the name George play in the U.S.?
Our Tom Foreman did some checking in today's "American Journey."
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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The royal decision to call the new baby George is playing well in the UK where that name is popular with many parents. But on this side of the pond.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No. Not in a million years.
FOREMAN: One expectant mom after another at New York's Prenatal Yoga Center told us George would never make their list of baby names chosen with elaborate care.
LESLIE PALTI GUZMAN, EXPECTANT MOTHER: I think it's important because this is something that you carry your whole life that, you know, reflects on your personality.
FOREMAN: A hundred years ago or so, George was a hugely popular name in America but these days according to the Baby Name Wizard Web site, it is barely on the charts despite two recent presidents named George and a movie star, too.
Laura Wattenberg runs the Web site based on her book.
LAURA WATTENBERG, AUTHOR, "THE BABY NAME WIZARD": We've really seen a revolution in American baby naming that nobody wants to seem ordinary. What you hear a lot is, I don't want my daughter to be one of four Jennifers in her class. But while parents want kids to stand out, kids are still perfectly happy to fit in.
FOREMAN: So while some families may cozy up to pop culture names, like Katniss from the "Hunger Games" many others are striking a delicate balance, choosing something not too traditional but not utterly Avante Garde.
Nameberry.com says the most popular girls' names last year were Sophia, Emma and Isabella. The most popular boys' names, Jacob, Mason and Ethan.
(On camera): But here is the thing. None of these names is as popular as the most popular names once were because we are collectively choosing from a much wider pool of possibilities.
(Voice-over): Perhaps the only thing that remains constant, picking the right name is still not easy.
JAMIE PATTERSON, EXPECTANT MOTHER: If it's a boy I have Jack Henry locked and loaded. If it's a girl I have a list 18 miles long so I don't know.
FOREMAN: Tom Foreman, CNN.
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LEMON: Don is a good name.
Sports teams, well, they play -- pay players big bucks while the cities where they play pay even more to keep the teams happy. Fair or foul? We're talking about it next.
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LEMON: Despite the headlines lately, I bring you proof that not all spousal behavior is ridiculously bad. Take pro-golfer Hunter Mahan. He is the guy in the green shirt right in the middle, about to tee off while leading the Canadian Open yesterday. But that phone call you see him getting was news that his wife Candy was in labor.
So guess what? He bolted to be with her. Daughter Zoe Olivia was born this morning. Everyone is doing just fine. And by the way, he left a tournament that paid $1 million to the winner. Very nice.
At the NASCAR brick yard, 400 today. We spell redemption R-Y-A-N. Ryan Newman took the checkered flag today at Indy. The redemption, well, Newman's win comes just a couple of weeks after he found out he's being bounced from the Stuart-Haass racing team after this season.
The man who made that decision, Tony Stuart, finished fourth today. I'm guessing Tony -- I'm guessing Newman, I should say, won't have trouble finding a ride next year.
New York Yankees' captain Derek Jeter returned from his quad injury today. And it didn't take long to make an impact. Jeter homered on the first pitch he saw from Tampa lefty Matt Moore. And Jeter's heroics helped New York avoid a sweep. The Yanks edged Tampa Bay Rays 6-5.
Take a look at this. Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was so incensed over the umpire's call last night in Baltimore, he did that. At the time, Boston was leading the Orioles by five runs. Ortiz was finally restrained by his manager and a coach. No word yet on possible disciplinary action by the league. But he looked ticked off, right?
But the Tampa Bay Rays did react. They sent out this tweet. It said, "Wanted, steel alloy telephone with Kevlar cord. Will spare no expense. Must install by September 10." That's when the Red Sox play in Tampa. At least they have a good sense of humor, right?
All right. Let's bring in Terence Moore.
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That was pretty funny, right, Terence?
TERENCE MOORE, CNN.COM SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR: If you're not near the phone, it was very funny.
LEMON: Yes.
MOORE: If you're near the phone -- (LAUGHTER)
LEMON: Terence, we have to give you your qualifications here. He's columnist for mlb.com and a sports contributor to CNN.com.
Terence, Ortiz's meltdown was epic, it was bizarre and it was dangerous, I guess. Does he face a fine and suspension?
MOORE: He's got to after all that because when you see this, you know, it's -- besides the fact you had to bleep off everything that he just said right there, it just does not look good. And just by the eyeball test, you've got to say he's got to be suspended at least five games, perhaps maybe a little bit longer.
LEMON: Don't you ever have days like that when you just want to do that but you just -- you have to restrain yourself?
MOORE: Well, on days I'm not talking to you, yes. When I'm talking to you, I feel just fine.
LEMON: All right. OK. All right. We'll move on now. We want to go to Atlanta Falcons' quarter Matt Ryan. Signed a deal this week that will pay him more than $100 million over five years. But at the same time, the team asked the public to chip in $300 million for a new stadium. How can a team write paychecks like that? I mean, seriously, like Ryan's and ask for public funds for a new stadium. Come on.
MOORE: Well, but, Don, I mean, let's put this in perspective, OK? Except for Oprah and maybe Facebook, the most powerful entity on the face of the earth is the NFL. All right?
LEMON: Right.
MOORE: Just about every game is sold out. The ticket -- the TV ratings go through the roof all the time. So these municipalities are scared to death of losing an NFL team.
Now here in Atlanta you've got Arthur Blank who is worth $1.6 billion. But that's poor by NFL standards because you've got like Jerry Jones of the Cowboys worth $2.7 billion according to "Forbes." And I bring this up because he nevertheless got the city of Arlington to pay for a third of his $1.2 billion stadium. They get away with this just because they can.
LEMON: Yes. A few years ago I did a story on the Atlanta Falcons because they teach their team members how to keep their money, save their money, stay out of trouble and I did a story.
MOORE: Yes.
LEMON: And Matt Ryan signed a football for me. That's my retirement now. I'm so glad I got him to sign it.
(LAUGHTER)
Hey, listen, you went to Miami of Ohio.
MOORE: Yes, sir.
LEMON: You were a Red Hog. They got some new uniforms. Thumbs up or thumbs down? I mean should we get used to flasher threads on the field now?
MOORE: Yes, you know what, Don, it's all about recruiting and the players love these uniforms. So -- because I want Miami to win games, thumbs up.
But, Don, let me tell you this. This is not purely about the uniforms. This is about Miami of Ohio trying to separate itself from that hideous Miami down in Florida, OK? Besides the fact that Miami of Ohio was founded in 1809, more than 100 years in the other Miami down in Florida, Miami of Ohio is where the first fraternity started, it's the cradle of coaches, John Harbaugh, who is a coach to the world champion Baltimore Ravens with the Miami of Ohio along with (INAUDIBLE), and Woody Hayes, so on and so forth.
Poet Robert Frost said it's the prettiest campus ever there was. But Don, here is my favorite Miami of Ohio stat. And that is, it's one of four institutions that has produced a Super Bowl-winning quarter Ben Roethlisberger and a U.S. president. Who was the U.S. president who went to Miami of Ohio?
LEMON: I don't know. You're just showing off.
MOORE: It's Benjamin Harrison. Right? One of our great -- one of our underrated great presidents.
LEMON: My producers are like, you got to wrap him. He's just showing off now.
(LAUGHTER)
He's going on and on. Thank you, Terence. I'll see you next week. Thank you, sir.
MOORE: Thank you.
LEMON: We'll be right back.
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LEMON: Want to get you caught up on the other big stories this week. It's time for your look ahead.
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LEMON: President Obama welcomes the San Francisco Giants to the White House on Monday. The president is honoring the team for their 2012 World Series championship.
Aviation buffs will descend upon Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this week. EA Air Ventures is the country's largest annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts. More than 10,000 planes, the U.S. debut of Jet Man, the human who flies with the aid of a jet pack, and daily air shows will keep thousands of spectators' eyes glued to the skies.
They are talking peace again. Israelis and Palestinian restart stalled negotiations in Washington on Tuesday. It's been three years since both sides met face-to-face. Secretary of State John Kerry will play a role in the meetings.
With big budget showdowns looming, President Obama takes his case to the American people as he makes a speech on the economy in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He'll be focusing on manufacturing, high-wage jobs and economic growth. And we'll get a look at just how upbeat Americans are about their economy when the Consumer Confidence report is released Tuesday.
Mid week, the Fed decides how high or low interest rates will go. The Fed's Open Market Committee announces the interest rate decision at 2:00 p.m. after a two-day meeting.
The Tuskegee Airmen land in St. Louis for their annual convention. During their gathering, The Tuskegee Airmen will honor the accomplishments of African-Americans who participated in air crew, ground crew and operation support training in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Thursday, same-sex marriage laws take effect in Minnesota and Rhode Island. Raising to 13 the number of states along with the District of Columbia that now have legalized same-sex marriage.
Computer hackers unite. Def Con, one of the world's largest annual conventions of hackers gets under way in Las Vegas. On the agenda for the 15,000 members, debating security topics and demonstrating secret coding. Conference organizers have asked federal agents to stay away.
One of the biggest music festivals in the country, Lollapalooza gets under way in Chicago this Friday. Thousands are expected to crowd into Grant Park to see bands like the Cure, Mumford and Sons, the Killers and Vampire Weekend.
We wrap up the week with the release of a couple of key economic figures. The latest employment numbers from the Department of Labor and factory orders from the month of June.
And that's your look ahead.
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LEMON: Thank you, everyone, so much for joining us. But before I go, hey, Keith Boykin, I love the piece that you wrote on BET.com on me. We can disagree and still be friends. Thank you. So check it out.
I'm Don Lemon. Anthony Bourdain begins right now.
