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Unsealed Warrant Reveals More on DiMaggio; Doctor Accused of Chemo Scam; Chronic Sleep Disorders on Rise; Google Says No Privacy in E-Mail.

Aired August 15, 2013 - 13:30   ET

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PAMELA BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Also at this hour we are watching Beirut. Right now that's where Lebanese officials now say 14 people are dead and more than 200 are wounded. That's after a large explosion shook part of the city just about an hour and a half ago.

And this is what we've been seeing on a Lebanese TV station there affiliated with the military group Hezbollah.

The bomb went off in a part of the city known as a Hezbollah stronghold. And so far, no one is claiming responsibility. But, again, officials are saying 14 people are dead and more than 200 people are hurt. We don't know at this point if this could be connected to the ongoing conflict in nearby Syria but, of course, we will keep you updated as more details come in.

Meantime, unsealed warrants reveal disturbing details about what happened the day James DiMaggio allegedly killed his friend's wife and son and then kidnapped daughter, Hannah Anderson.

Casey Wian has the latest on this story.

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CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Grizzly new details are surfacing. According to these newly released search warrants, DiMaggio tortured and killed his best friend's wife and 8-year-old son and shot and killed the family dog. Police also say they found a crow bar and what appeared to be blood on the ground next to Christina Anderson's body. The 40-year-old DiMaggio then allegedly set his house on fire and kidnapped the couple's 16-year-old daughter Hannah. The documents say he spoke with her 13 times on the phone earlier that day. The FBI rescued Anderson on Saturday and killed DiMaggio during the confrontation. A Idaho coroner said he was shot at least five times.

BRETT ANDERSON, HANNAH'S FATHER: As for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. She has been through a tremendous horrific ordeal.

WIAN: Now home, Anderson has quickly taken to social media to cope with her pain, mostly posting these pictures to her Instagram profile, the first glimpse we're getting of her after the harrowing ordeal. She writes, "God gives his toughest tasks to the strongest soldiers." She also posted this picture of her mother and brother, writing, "My two beautiful angels." She dedicated this post, "In the clouds I'll meet you again, rest in peace."

The posts hit the social media-sphere three days after her rescue, leading some experts to question her public catharsis.

WENDI WALSH, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Listen, this is a 16-year old who is totally traumatized so she's not thinking. Sometimes in a numb state, you're doing things that you don't really -- really consider the consequences.

WIAN: But others say social media is in fact a good outlet for Anderson.

STACY KAISER, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: There is a ton of research that says that when someone has been through a traumatic experience, it's helpful to talk and share their story.

WIAN: Anderson has also shared her story on ASK.FM, answering anonymous users' questions. A user asked, "Why didn't you run"? "He would have killed me." "Are you glad he's dead"? "Absolutely."

Casey Wian, CNN, Los Angeles.

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BROWN: So obviously there are many psychological issues Anderson must be dealing with right now.

Jeff Gardere joins us now from New York to talk more about this.

Jeff, we heard conflicting opinions about whether it was a good idea for her to go online and share her thoughts. But the bottom line here, Jeff, it's obvious this is a teenager who has been traumatized. She's trying to figure out how to heal. And as a teenager, you don't necessarily have that emotional intelligence to know how to cope with something like this, right?

JEFF GARDERE, PSYCHOLOGIST: Yeah, absolutely. Look, this is a young girl who was trying to get back to her former life before this tragedy happened, trying to get her feet back on the ground, trying to get grounded. So she does what a lot of teenagers do, and that's to go on social media, reach out, have the support.

And that being said, I'm glad that it's helped her, but it's also fraught with a lot of possible land mines. We're talking about maybe people who may not be friendly, or asking her questions that may re- traumatize her or dealing with certain parts of that tragedy, that horror that she's not ready to quite discuss or even process right now.

BROWN: And, you know, in one of the posts she said this is really how a 16-year-old speaks, talking about survivor guilt. She said, "I wish I could go back in time and risk my life to save theirs. I will never forgive myself for not trying harder to save them."

It's heartbreaking to see that, Jeff. What do you think she's going through right now? GARDERE: I'm glad she's able to verbalize that. And you're absolutely correct, Pamela, she is having survivors guilt. But I think there's also a lot of other guilt there. We know that there were 13 phone calls made from DiMaggio to her, right after her mother and little brother were killed. So she may be feeling some guilt around that, having those kinds of conversations, not knowing at the time that perhaps her mother and little brother were dead, that they were tortured. So she's got to deal with a lot of that.

We need to understand that this was a dangerous pedophile, sexual aggressor, a murderer. So he not only traumatized her, perhaps physically, but also psychologically, taking advantage of a juvenile, of a young girl, and saying or doing things that perhaps may have her feeling guilty. And she shouldn't because she is 100 percent the victim here.

BROWN: Absolutely. But as you point out, there are so many different layers to this.

Jeff, how can Hannah Anderson, or anyone else who's had such a traumatic ordeal at such a young age, deal with this moving forward? Is there a way to ultimately move forward and put this behind you?

GARDERE: Well, absolutely. Look, she got onto social networking. Maybe that is a step, a dangerous step, but she does need professional help. She will experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, trust issues. She has to grieve. And she's trying to do that the best she can. But she's going to have to turn her life around, use this as a way to not just convey her pain but to help other people who are in pain and who go through such tragedies, re- creating her life and being stronger than she ever was before.

BROWN: Yeah, to help others. She's probably going to rely heavily on her father as well.

GARDERE: Absolutely.

BROWN: Thank you so much, Jeff Gardere, for sharing your perspective.

GARDERE: My pleasure.

BROWN: And Anderson Cooper will take a look at the rescue this Saturday, 6:30 p.m. eastern time, right here on CNN.

And now to this, family and friends of reality star, Gia Allemand, are reacting to her death. Allemand appears on ABC's "The Bachelor" and she modeled for "Maxim" magazine. She died yesterday after hanging herself in her New Orleans home. Her boyfriend, NBA player, Ryan Anderson, released a statement saying, "Gia was the most beautiful person I knew inside and out. She always made everyone else smile." The reason behind her suicide is not yet clear.

And up next right here on NEWSROOM, people told they have cancer and need chemo. The only thing is, they didn't. The doctor -- right here -- he's charged with fraud accused of lying to make money. This disturbing outrageous story when we return. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BROWN: More sad news out of Louisiana. Another bank worker who had been held hostage has died we've learned. A 20-year-old man took three bank employees hostage in the rural town of St. Joseph on Tuesday. He eventually released one woman. After hours of drama, a SWAT team stormed the bank, killing the gunman. They say two of the hostages were shot by the gunman. Louisiana State Police also tell CNN the suspect had items to torture the hostages.

Well, this next story is just really hard to believe. It is any patient's worst nightmare. Imagine a doctor falsely diagnosing you or your loved ones with cancer and then administering chemotherapy on purpose. Yet, the fact is you don't need them. Those are the charges against a Michigan doctor being held on a $9 million bond.

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PAMELA BROWN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 25-year-old Dustin Kalie dropped out of college after being diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.

DUSTIN KALIE, DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER: I've never been so tired. Just exhausted.

BROWN: He was referred to Dr. Fareed Fatah, a Michigan cancer specialist, who began administering aggressive treatments to Kalie.

KALIE: To me, it was a lot and hard to go through. But when your doctor tells you that's what's going to cure your cancer, you don't argue.

BROWN: He joins scores of other patients who are shocked to learn Doctor Fatah was arrested last week on charges of not only falsely telling patients they had cancer, but also giving them unnecessary chemotherapy treatments.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's very upsetting because I really liked him.

BROWN: Motive? Pure greed according to federal prosecutors. He allegedly misdiagnosed his patients so he could submit false Medicare claims, stealing $35 million over a two-year period according to this federal complaint. Authorities also say he went as far as administering chemotherapy to dying patients who would not even benefit so he could make even more money.

But his attorney says the criminal complaint does not identify any patients who claim they were mistreated, and his client has proclaimed his innocence. Several patients are also coming to his defense.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't believe a word of it. I have total faith.

BROWN: Still, more than 700 of Fatah's former patients are weighing in on this Facebook page sharing the physical and emotional pain they've endured with one patient saying, "What a monster if this all proves to be true."

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BROWN: And FBI agents raided his lavish home and medical offices seizing $7 million in assets and placing liens of $2 million against him. And now with the doctor behind bars on $9 million bond, most of the patients are in limbo, just trying to find a new oncologist. Some are just now beginning that search because they've just now had their medical files returned to them by the FBI. Obviously, a very difficult situation for those patients.

Well, maybe you can't put a price on the joy a child brings, but listen to what it costs to raise a kid. Almost $250,000. And that's before college. We're going to have that story coming up right after this break.

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BROWN: Well, we all know it's expensive to raise children, but you may be surprised to learn just how expensive.

Christine Romans explains in this week's "How to Speak Money," the cost of bringing up kids is on the rise.

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CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You probably didn't work out all the math when you had your kids, but from day one to grocery bills, the cost of raising a child climbing at a rate many families are finding hard to keep up with. Total cost right now estimated at just over $241,000 for a middle income couple to raise a child born last year for the first 18 years. That's up $6,000 from the year before. And that doesn't even count college. According to College Board, that costs $17,860 a year for a student living at an in-state school.

So why the big increase? In the past year child care, health care and clothing expenses shot up the most. But check this out. When you break down that $241,000, most of the money, 30 percent, goes to housing. That's followed by child care, education and food costs. Generally, the older a child gets, the more money he or she requires. Older kids, hey, they eat more. They get involved in extracurricular activities. And they start driving and may need a car. B

But there's some cost savings if you have multiple children because there's overlap on some of the things like cribs and clothes and housing, of course, the 30 percent cost of housing, something you don't pay for twice.

Christine Romans, CNN, New York.

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BROWN: Thank you, Christine.

Well, studies show 40 million Americans are suffering from chronic sleep disorders, an unhealthy statistic, but using sleeping pills to treat it could be even less healthy. Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains, up next.

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BROWN: Well, did you get a good night's sleep? Chances are a lot of you didn't, myself included. According to the National Sleep Foundation 40 million American adults suffer from chronic sleep disorders and 62 percent of us are dealing with sleep issues at least a few times a week.

Here's Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Pamela, let me throw another number into that mix -- 60 million -- the number of sleep prescriptions written last year alone.

It's a big issue for a lot of people. People who are taking these medications, they often ask a couple questions. How well is this going to get me to sleep? How well is this going to make me stay asleep? There's a third question, Pamela, they should be asking, which is, how well will I wake up the next morning? That's an area where the FDA is now focusing their attention. You've seen some of the actions of that attention. They looked at a new medication from Merck and rejected it. They've looked at older medications like Benadryl and said how long is this really lasting in people's systems? They made a recommendation on Ambien to cut the dose in half, particularly for women.

The way people have looked at in the past was to look at the half- life. How long does it stay in someone's system? But they also want to look at now how well you function the next morning. How well are you functioning? Are you able to do their job? Are you able to drive? The most important parameter. We know from estimates about 5 percent of drivers on the road any given morning are actually still under the influence of Ambien.

Keep in mind something else. Let's say Ambien, for example, or another medication designed for eight hours of sleep, if you only get six hours of sleep, you might still be under the influence for those first few hours, especially again when you're driving the car.

Hopefully, a lot of people out there don't need medications to stay asleep. There's been lots of tips that we've given over the years in terms of how people can stay asleep. But one thing to keep in mind as well, if you're having trouble going to sleep, just tossing and turning, most sleep experts will tell you get out of bed. Do something that's not intellectually stimulating for a while and then get back in bed. Maybe that's a good tip for you.

Pamela, back to you.

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BROWN: I could use that tip.

All right. And here's a look at what Sanjay has coming up on "The Next List."

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GUPTA: This week we talk to two remarkable innovators.

Riarcha Engels (ph) is a Danish architect, bringing his unique design to the skyline of Manhattan.

RIARCHA ENGELS (ph), ARCHITECT: This is West 57th Street Project. It sort of tilts from being horizontal to being almost vertical, opening up the entire corridor for the sun. At the bottom, the southwest corner, is 42 inches. It's really the height of a handrail. And here you are up at 430 feet. You have this sort of incredible from the human scale to the city scale in one single building.

ROBERT A.M. STERN, DEAN, YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE: The kind of idea, when you see it, you say, how come nobody's thought of it before?

GUPTA: And nobody thought a 19-year-old could come up with an anti- terror device or new technology to fight cancer. That is until Taylor Wilson came along.

TAYLOR WILSON, INVENTOR: I've always been really passionate about solving problems and really passionate about changing the human condition. I want to change lives and I want to save lives. I think my technologies can do that.

GUPTA: Join us this Saturday, 2:30, on "The Next List."

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BROWN: Have you ever thought your e-mail was being spied on? The people at Google are making it perfectly clear to G-mail users, yes, they are reading your e-mail. What they're doing with that information, up next.

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BROWN: Consumer watchdog groups say they are stunned by Google's admission that people shouldn't expect their G-mail to be private. Google's controversial comment was included in a court document seeking to dismiss a class-action privacy lawsuit against the company. It says, quote, "A person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he or she voluntarily turns over to third parties."

All right. Alison Kosik joins us to talk about this.

Break it down for us, Alison. What does this exactly mean? Who's looking at these e-mails and why?

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You know what it means, Pamela? It means that your e-mail isn't totally secure. What makes this unique is that this is from a big provider like Google. The group Consumer Watchdog calls this a stunning admission by Google. Actually, in a recent filing where Google compares itself to an assistant who opens the boss's mail. Google also says people who use e-mail today, they can't be surprised if their communications are processed by the e-mail provider and the company says it's actually an automated system that processes these e-mails. It's not a human going through them. Google says there are several courts that have held that this is widely understood -- Pamela?

BROWN: What can we do? What can G-mail users like myself do to protect ourselves?

KOSIK: You know what you can do? You can check your privacy statement. Think about it. When you sign up for e-mail, you know what you're doing? You're checking off that box, you're signing off on it. It says Google tracks most of your information. You're agreeing to that. Also, when you sign up, you go ahead and fill out your personal information. You need to be aware of that as well when you're putting that personal information -- you don't want to put everyone out there.

You know, Google is into providing services. It scans e-mails to filter out spam. It puts it in your junk box. It delivers targeted ads and detects viruses, too. But others do the same. Everybody's kind of getting up in arms over this because we're in an age where privacy is a top concern and everyone's kind of pouncing on it -- Pamela?

BROWN: Especially in the wake of the NSA controversy.

Alison Kosik, thank you.

Now to this one. There are questions you just don't ask a woman. What's your weight? What's your age? And what's your bra size? So when a commander with the Detroit Police Department accidentally sent out an e-mail listing not only the weight of 20 female officers but also their bra sizes, you can only imagine the reaction. The measurements were taken when the officers were fitted for bullet proof vests.

The assistant chief says it was an honest mistake.

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JAMES WHITE, ASSISTANT CHIEF, DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT: This was not done maliciously. It was a clerical error. It is not the practice of the police department to share sensitive information.

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BROWN: One female officer filed a grievance. Another is now looking into the possibility of a lawsuit. It probably doesn't make them feel better, but this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Two years ago, the Indianapolis Police Department sent out a similar e-mail.

All right. That's it for me. Brooke Baldwin takes it from here.

BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Hundreds are dead. There's no leader. And quickly, Egypt, a U.S. ally, is spiraling out of control.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's very clear its experiment in democracy that started about two years ago with a lot of euphoria is dead.

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BROWN: As President Obama breaks his silence, does Egypt really care what Washington thinks?

I'm Brooke Baldwin. The news is now.

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