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Obama In Virginia; Toronto's Mayor Won't Surrender Seat; Obama Campaigns For McAuliffe; Kenyans Win NYC Marathon; Dolphins: Bullying Of Martin "Speculation"; Memorable Moment At Red Sox Parade; Broncos Head Coach To Have Heart Surgery; Handshake With Heisman Hopeful; Man Saved After Three Months Lost In Woods; SNL Tackles Criticism On Diversity; YouTube Music Awards Tonight

Aired November 03, 2013 - 14:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: President Obama, to speak at any moment in Virginia. He is the biggest political heavy weight to hit the trail in Virginia on behalf of the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.

Toronto's mayor is sticking to his guns and said, again today, he will not resign, even though police claimed they have video reportedly showing Rob Ford (ph) smoking a crack cocaine pipes. The mayor reinforced his position a short time ago on his weekly Toronto radio show.

Nick Valencia is following today's development.

So, Nick, the mayor did offer apology, but is that as far as he was willing to go?

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Pretty much. He didn't specifically address drug abuse allegations during this radio show but he did apologize. It has been a long week for the mayor of Toronto, we should say. It has been drug abuse allegations, erratic behavior allegations and he started his radio show by apologizing for his behavior.

I believe we have some quotes here from the mayor. He said he is not perfect. He has made some mistakes and all he can do right now is apologized for those mistakes. But he is taking full responsibility. He did look visibly stressed, Fred, during his program. Local media reports saying that he arrived playing "staying alive" by the Bee Gees and that seemed to be his theme of his radio broadcast, though, it never specifically addressing exactly what happened these allegations this week.

On Thursday the police chief of Toronto came out and said that there is digital video proof that they of the mayor smoking a glass pipe is in place, drug abuse allegations. They also had a 450-page report which looked into gang and drug activity. And they say he is featured prominently in that report, Fred, saying that he is has hung out and took pictures in front of a crack house with three alleged drug gang members. Also, tying him to his former driver who since have been arrested in-charge with extortion charges related to this video. There is report that this former driver was threatening those that has this video so that it wouldn't be release. And that video is important to point out has not been made public yet.

WHITFIELD: And why is that? I mean, if the police chief is saying we have this and you are also have been able to report that there are some reporters who have seen it. Why wouldn't the city's top cop say, this is was we have?

VALENCIA: And that is a thing. We are unsure about if they saw this video and this alleged drug abuse by the mayor, why they are not formally pressing charges against the mayor. Why hasn't this video been released publicly just yet.

But three reporters have seen it, one reporter from Garker (ph) and two local Toronto reporters alleged to have seen this video, this bombshell evidence. They say that shows the mayor is addicted to crack cocaine and possibly. But you would think this would shrink his public support. But local media is reporting that it has boosted his support by five percent. Extraordinary.

WHITFIELD: All right, extraordinary. Apology admission of mistakes, however, no real detail on those mistakes.

All right, thank you so much, Nick. Keep us posted on that.

VALENCIA: You got it.

WHITFIELD: All right, now, new details about the suspected LAX gunman show that he had one target in mind. The FBI says Paul Ciancia was carrying a handwritten note indicating that he wanted to shoot multiple TSA officers.

Kyung Lah has more on his terrifying march through terminal three.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Investigators are still piecing together their timeline of what happened inside terminal three. They don't know every step of Paul Ciancia's path to the terminal.

(on-camera): But here is what they do know. A roommate dropped him off here at the airport. He entered at about 9:20 in the morning one of these entrances at terminal three. According to pictures like this one as well as surveillance video. The gun was a 223 caliber assault rifle which Ciancia concealed in a bag. He then approached TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez who was standing there where those flowers are. This is a prescreening area and he shot him point blank multiple times in the chest. He then got on this escalator

ADNRE BIROTTE JR., U.S. ATTORNEY: The defendant is then alleged to have began walking away from the wounded TSA officer, going up an escalator and then coming back down that escalator to return and shoot the wounded officer again.

LAH: At the top of the escalator is a security checkpoint. At some point he wounded two additional TSA officers and one passenger. This is the other side of the checkpoint. From here the bun gunman made his way deep into the terminal three. Cell phone video captured the chaos as he neared the passenger gates.

ALEX NEUMANN, WITNESS: People were running and getting knocked down and there was luggages everywhere and mayhem is the best way to describe it.

LAH: We are speeding up the video so he can see his path as he wound through the terminal making his way through the gate area.

Ciancia had five loaded magazines, a host of unspent ammo enough said the mayor of Los Angeles to kill everybody in the terminal. It ended right around here where Los Angeles airport police shot the gunman a handwritten note was found on him.

DAVID BOWDICH, FBI AGENT IN CHARGE: We found a statement where he made a conscious decision to kill multiple TSA employees. He addressed them at one point in the letter and stated that he wanted to quote "instill fear into their traderous (ph) minds."

LAH: As the FBI works out the details of this murderous path, the TSA is also asking how in this post 9/11 era did the gunman make it this close to an American passenger plane.

JOHN PISTOLE, TSA ADMINISTRATOR: As this gives us a great concern. And so, we will look at what our policies are but it is done in cooperation with each airport police agency and how we go about providing for the best possible security.

LAH: Because on this day in America's third busiest airport, it failed to prevent one man with a gun from doing this.

Kyung Lah, CNN Los Angeles.

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WHITFIELD: The wife from the officer killed in that attack said he was always excited to go to work and took pride in this job. 39-year- old Gerardo Hernandez was working as a travel document checker when he was shot on Friday. His wife, Ana, said that she and their two children are simply devastated.

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ANA HERNANDEZ, GERARDO HERNANDEZ'S WIFE: He was a wonderful husband, father, brother, son and friend. Gerardo would have been 40 next week. I am truly devastated. We are all heartbroken and will miss him dearly.

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WHITFIELD: Hernandez had been working for the TSA since 2010. He is the first TSA officer to be killed in the line of duty.

John Kerry is in Cairo today asking Egyptians to work towards democracy. The secretary of state met with Egypt's foreign minister and told Egyptians the U.S. didn't suspend military aide to the country as a punishment for the over throw of its first Democratically elected president, but because it is quote " policy." Kerry is the highest level official to visit since Egypt since former president Mohammad Morsi's ouster. Morsi is accused of inciting violence during anti-government protest during the summer. His trial begins tomorrow.

After NSA leaker Edward Snowden met with a German lawmaker in Moscow, he reportedly said he is willing to testify in a German inquiry about U.S. spying on Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel. Snowden will go to Germany as long as that country doesn't send him to the U.S. Snowden also said that in a manifesto of truth published today in a German newspaper that he feels justified in spilling intelligence secrets.

Our Barbara Starr has more on Snowden's reported interest in testifying before U.S. Congress.

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BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The German lawmaker who met Edward Snowden said the confessed NSA leaker isn't anti-American. He wants to testify in front of Congress.

HANS-CHRISTIAN STROEBELE, GERMAN MP: He stressed many times to my question if he is ready to come before the German parliament to testify that he would rather go before the U.S. Congress and put all the facts on the table because his message is about clarifying, possible serious offenses by the U.S.A.

STARR: Jesselyn Radack of the whistleblower advocacy group, the government accountability project recently met with Snowden in Moscow. She says he is making his own decisions and is not being manipulated by the Russians.

JESSELYN RADACK, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT: Despite the police state surveillance state we have been turning into. So, I do think he would love to come back some day if the conditions politically were different.

STARR: For NSA chief general Keith Alexander, the turmoil caused by Snowden's revelations now giving him second thoughts on whether spying on allies like German Chancellor Angela Merkel was worth it.

KEITH ALEXANDER, NSA DIRECTOR: I think those partnerships have greater value than some of the collection and we ought to look at it like that.

STARR: The intelligence community adamantly denies a collected telephone and e-mail records directly from European citizens calling reports base on leaks by Snowden completely false. But secretary of state John Kerry acknowledging the U.S. they went too far and still mopping up the diplomatic fiasco.

JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: The president, our president is determined to try and clarify that made clear (INAUDIBLE) and do the review in order that nobody will have a sense of abuse. STARR: But for director of National Intelligence James Clapper, no apologies in Snowden's direction.

REP. MICHELE BACHMANN (R), MINNESOTA: And so, let me ask you this. Was that leaker in question, Ed Snowden, was he a traitor?

JAMES CLAPPER, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR: Are you asking me?

BACHMANN: Yes.

CLAPPER: Absolutely.

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WHITFIELD: Bring in now Barbara Starr.

So, should we believe this, Barbara, that there would be any possible chance that Edward Snowden would come back to the United States, testify before Congress and not face any charges.

STARR: Very unlikely as in no way, Fredricka. You know, top administration officials have been asked about this on the Sunday talk shows and also top members of Congress, the chairs in the Senate and House intelligence committees. There is just simply no appetite for anything like leniency, clemency, any of it. If Snowden comes back, they all say, he will face charges for leaking classified information.

WHITFIELD: All right, Barbara Starr in Washington, thanks so much.

All right, meantime, President Obama is hitting the campaign trail, just really across the Potomac. He is expected to speak at any moment now in Virginia. Why he is trying to drum up support in that state's governor's race.

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WHITFIELD: All right, at any moment now, President Obama is campaigning in Virginia for the governor's race on behalf of good friends. The president, former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, have all lent a hand to Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, Terry McAuliffe, right there.

All right, in the past week, he is in a tight race now with Republican Ken Cuccinelli. And fresh off her portrayal of Michelle Obama on "Saturday Night Live," actress Kerry Washington. She is turning out on the campaign trail in support of McAuliffe.

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KERRY WASHINGTON, ACTRESS: I know that there is a lot at stake for Virginia on Tuesday. The outcome of this election will matter. And who your next governor is will matter. Virginians deserve a governor who will invest in education and ensure all Virginians have a chance to succeed.

(END VIDEO CLIP) WHITFIELD: All right, not just playing politics on the screen, but now in real life there.

Erin McPike is live for us on the campaign trail in Arlington.

So, interesting. Terry McAuliffe bringing out real political stars and now even Hollywood stars.

ERIN MCPIKE, CNN GENERAL ASSIGNMENT CORRESPONDENT: That is right. But here is the thing about this. Democrats actually feel relatively comfortable about this point. And I want to show you why there are two polls that have come out within the last week.

One of them is from Roanoke College. And that has turned McAuliffe of 15 points, 46 percent for him and 31 percent from the Republicans, Ken Cuccinelli. But there is another poll from Quinnipiac College, the Quinnipiac University rather that came out within the last few days and that shows a four point race for Terry McAuliffe of 45 to 41 over Ken Cuccinelli. And as you know, this is an off year election. So, both sides are trying to turn out their most loyal supporters and that is why we are seeing a lot of Terry McAuliffe here in Northern Virginia.

We have seen both of the Clintons up here. But President Obama, of course, is up here today too and he will be speaking in just a few minutes. And tomorrow, vice president Joe Biden will be out.

Now, we have been seeing Ken Cuccinelli go to some of the more conservative areas of the state, some rural areas and he has been bringing out people like Scott Walker who is the governor of Wisconsin, as well as Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.

But right now, the Democrats are actually more focused on the lieutenant governor's race and also the attorney general's race. And they want to do is sweep the top of the ticket because they think it would be some good momentum (INAUDIBLE) to the midterm election next year.

And we are seeing this race kind of come down on two things. The Republicans are trying to working hard against Obamacare. They are saying that the break of the referendum on Obamacare whereas the Democrats are saying that look, the Republicans are extreme. They are blaming them from the shut down and those are the lines that they are going to see coming out of the race on Wednesday morning, Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right, Erin McPike. Thanks so much. Very different style of campaigning too here in northern Virginia with Terry McAuliffe just across the Potomac river and bringing in President Obama and former president Clinton earlier in the week while you have the Republican who is going to airport to airport today. And in this last Sunday push before Election Day and he is holding rallies at those airports.

So let's get more reaction on the campaign efforts there in Virginia. I want to bring in CNN political commentator Donna Brazile and the former spokesman for Newt Gingrich Rick Tyler. Good to see both of you.

All right, so very big contrast on the campaigning and that we are seeing today on this Sunday before Election Day but let's talk about the president and customarily the kind of pull he would have on the campaign trail as sitting president for this gubernatorial race.

So Donna, you know, does this president kind of have you know the cache these days given his approval rating has dipped to 42 percent and he is pushing for Terry McAuliffe for this gubernatorial seat?

DONNA BRAZILE, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Absolutely. Look. I wouldn't mind having, you know, President Obama campaign for me. I'm sure that many of the other Democrats across the country would love to have the president. This is probably a base election. As you know and off year elections like this when right after presidential year, the name of the game, and Rick knows this, is turnout.

The last time around turnout was 40 percent. The previous election is 45 percent. So, Terry McAuliffe is trying to get his base out. He is and trying to get independence out. He is trying to get Republicans who are very interested in his candidacy as well. He is trying to get everybody out. So, President Obama will help him get his base out and help him with interests and others.

WHITFIELD: But Rick, you know, some are predicting turnout to be as low as 30 percent turnout there in Virginia. And if that is the case, who makes up the, you know, the electorate, that the voters who would come out? Are we looking at conservative Virginians? Are we talking about moderates?

RICK TYLER, FORMER GINGRICH SPOKESMAN: Well, typically, it is going to be difficult to get. This is an off year election. And it is all about, as Donna mentioned, it is a base vote. The reason President Obama is in northern Virginia today is because the coalition that he put together that allowed him to win Virginia in both 2008 and 2012, previously no Democrat had won Virginia since 1964, is because he turned out single women of young voters, African-America, minority voters. And in this case federal workers I think because they are calculating that the shutdown had a very negative effect on Republicans. And so, they are going to remind all the people who work in northern Virginia who were affected by the shutdown that Cuccinelli is more of the same.

However, I do think it is going to be about turnout and typically, those voters which I mentioned are the least likely to turn out in an off year election. So, again, it is all about turnout.

WHITFIELD: Interesting.

All right, thanks so much, Rick. Donna, we are not done with you.

We are going to take a short break. We are going to talk about the government shutdown. We are going to talk about health care, just two of the reasons that the president's approval rating has dipped. Can he turn it around before the all important 2014 midterm elections we will come right back.

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WHITFIELD: Well come back.

Problems with the president's health care roll out and possibly fallout from the government shutdown are taking a toll on the president's approval rating. The latest NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll shows it has slipped to 42 percent. That's down five points from October and 51 percent of people disapprove of Obama's performance overall.

Let's get to some of the reasons why with Donna Brazile and Rick Tyler back with us.

SO, Donna you first, you know, how does the president combat the possibility of a dismal second term?

BRAZILE: I think he has time. Look, the president is focused on job creation, helping small businesses, helping the middle class. Clearly, the health care roll out needs to be fixed. I'm talking about the Web site. People can still sign up in person. They can also sign up through the mail or they can find other ways to make a phone call. But it was a complex roll out. And there is no question that it has hurt him.

But look. The five two-term presidents over the last 50 years, President Obama is at the midpoint. Ronald Reagan was for better this time. Bill Clinton, you know, (INAUDIBLE). But you know, if you look at President, you know, George Walker Bush, 43, and President Nixon, he is pretty much right there with them.

So, he has a lot of work to do. And I think he is up for the task.

WHITFIELD: And so, Rick, I wonder, you know, we are seeing many Republicans kind of seizing on this Obamacare rollout debacle. But how do Republicans do this without looking like they are not advocating for better health care for Americans. Because It really is a double edged sword.

TYLER: That's right. And I have said that for months, is that the Republicans needed it to articulated alternative point of view. However, look, I do think that the Democrats have doubled down so hard on Obamacare. It's named Obamacare. The Republicans, in fact, I think the shutdown, actually, in the end which I would call a liability now, could actually return into an asset. And in this way, that in the future, because I believe Obamacare can't work. It is not just that the Web site doesn't. It just -- it can't work.

WHITFIELD: Why?

TYLER: Well, because of market economics, it will destroy the healthcare system. It won't allow people to get in, to get coverage at an adequate price. It will drive healthcare's providers, not only doctor's hospitals, Pas, nurses, nurses efficient have the industry. It can only lead to rationing. We can go into -- it take too long explaining for the health care will be damaged by Obamacare. And in the end, people will remember that Republicans did everything they could to stop Obamacare.

And I think for Terry McAuliffe here in Virginia, you know, it is the worst possible timing. His approval is at 42 percent. And just to remind people that Terry McAuliffe wants to attach himself to this (INAUDIBLE).

WHITFIELD: OK. You know, let's, you know, we are looking at the right of our screen. We are seeing this, you know, the stage of campaigning, Terry McAuliffe running for the Democratic, you know, tickets for governor of Virginia. We are waiting for the president to appear to campaign on his behalf.

Yet, also taking center stage is this new book, "Double Down" which kind of lifts the curtain on the campaign trail while the president was seeking his second term.

So, you know, Donna, reportedly in this book it talks about how the campaign was entertaining the idea, doing some research on what if we were to replace the vice presidential nominee, Biden with Hillary Clinton.

The White House is denying this. But it is not unusual, isn't not, Donna, that the campaign office would think about some hypothetical such as this. Seize on the popularity of Hillary Clinton at the time.

BRAZILE: No, look. There is no question that when you are in a campaign of presidential campaign, Rick has been involved as well, you poll everybody, you poll everything. You try and get a temperature, a check in reality. But look, I don't think --

WHITFIELD: Does it make the White House look bad?

BRAZILE: No. Look, there is no question that President Obama and vice president Biden enjoy very close relationship. They are friends. I know that. I don't think there was any consideration given to put in someone else on the ticket. I know there was a lot of rumors, a lot of rumors in the media that we had to deny at the time. But I didn't hear anything close-up by anybody. And I know that it sounds strange, to tell you one of my hats I wear. But you know, as somebody who is very involved in the Democratic Party, people I meet would have heard bit and there was no talk about it at all. But that being said, look, everything happens in campaigns. I can tell you stories about 2,000 that nobody heard about.

WHITFIELD: And while you are talking, perhaps, you don't have a monitor, Donna and Rick, but we are seeing the president now taking to the stage there as he stamps for Terry McAuliffe there in Virginia for this gubernatorial seat. I think we are going to listen in and hear what the president has to say.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Hello Virginia. How you doing? Are you fired up? Are you ready to vote on Tuesday? It is good to be back in Virginia with the next governor of the great commonwealth of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe. Now, let me just say before I start saying nice things about Terry, that like me he married up. Those of you who have had a chance to meet Dorothy know that Terry clearly was very persistent, but whatever he did it worked. And as a consequence, they have unbelievable children who are doing outstanding things on their own and they are also on the campaign trail. So please give it up for the family, because they make some big sacrifices and Dorothy is going to be a great first lady of the common wealth.

You know, I want to thank Terry for the introduction. Over the last few weeks, lot of people have been coming on campaigning for Terry. And I was tired to having other people have all the fun.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: -- I want to thank Terry for the introduction. Over the last few weeks a lot of people have been campaigning for Terry and I was tired of having other people have all the fun. Bill Clinton and Kerry Washington and I thought I want to get in on the action, and so did Joe Biden who I understand is going to be out here tomorrow doing some campaigning.

But we've also got some folks here who are doing outstanding work in their own right and I want to acknowledge them. They are fighting every single day for you. First of all, your wonderful senator and former governor, Mark Warner, three outstanding members of Congress who are fighting for you every single day, Gary Connelly, Jim Moran and Bobby Scott, your next lieutenant governor, Ralph Lorthem, and your next Attorney General Mark Herring in the House.

So you have an all-star team here. There are no weak links. Everybody is ready to work on behalf of Virginia. But, obviously at the top of the ticket is this man. So let me just say a few things about Terry. First of all, I think it is clear that he is not shy. This is a man who knows how to work and he knows how to push through obstacles and he cares deeply about the opportunities that this country has given him and he wanted to make sure that they are there for everybody.

He knows what it is like to struggle and get ahead. You may know that he started his own business at 14. He started 42 all together, but the first one was at 14 paving driveways to help pay for college and he has brought that same determination to everything he has done from public service to business to being a husband and a father of the extraordinary children of McAuliffe family.

So he knows what it is like to work hard. When it comes to creating good jobs, when it comes to investing in education, when it comes to giving more Virginians the opportunities that they deserve, Terry understands what folks are going through. He knows how to get things done. That is why I hope you guys are fired up on Tuesday because we cannot have people staying home when so much is at stake. I hope you are ready to fight for Terry.

WHITFIELD: All right, the president of the United States stumping for the Democratic nominee, Terry McAuliffe, formerly the chairman of the DNC. Let's bring back Donna Brazille and Rick Tyler as we look at this event unfolding there in Arlington just across the Potomac there in Northern Virginia.

And the president underscoring, Rick, that this is an important race even though it is believed that voter turnout might be very low as low at 30 percent. What do you see at stake in this race?

RICK TYLER, SVP, THE STRATEGY GROUP COMPANY: Well, for the Democrats --

DONNA BRAZILLE, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Education --

WHITFIELD: I'm sorry Rick first.

TYLER: For the Democrats, you know, obviously, the punctuation point on Virginia. They would like to do that. For the president obviously, he wants to be related if Terry were to win. I think actually the momentum if you look at the polls and the turning of the polls, it is definitely in Cuccinelli's favor. I think because of the low turnout and I think it will be a low turnout that is in Cuccinelli's favor as well.

WHITFIELD: And so, you know, Donna, might this be an embarrassment if this say were to go to the Republicans after you had these big political heavy hitters including, you know, the number one political heavy hitter, the president of the United States stumping on his behalf, on the Democrat's behalf?

BRAZILLE: Well, Terry McAuliffe is going to be a great governor for Virginia. I think turn out will be about 45 percent to 47 percent. I know the Democrats are really calling up people who perhaps voted last year and don't have a record of voting in what I call off season elections. This is going to be a tremendous race and a reminder to Republicans that they just cannot turn to their base to win elections. You have to really work independence and you got to work those voters that turned out in the 2012 presidential year.

WHITFIELD: All right, Donna Brazille, Rick Tyler, thanks so much.

In the meantime, the Republican nominee, Ken Cuccinelli has been campaigning throughout the day, going from airport to airport, but clearly not getting the kind of publicity that Terry McAuliffe is getting today with the president at his side.

All right, after one year hiatus, the New York City marathon returns in a very big way, two winners hailing from the same country and another makes history racing in a wheelchair.

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WHITFIELD: We have our winners of this year's New York City marathon after last year's race was cancelled because of Superstorm Sandy. This year, two Kenyans breezing through the finish line just a short time ago, taking first place in the men's and women's division.

Our Alexandra Field joining us with more on the runners' victories. So Alexandra, tell us about these two winners, the grand prize and the security of this year.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, for the men, Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the race with a finished time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 23 seconds. For the women it was Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo with a time of 2 hours, 25 minutes and 7 seconds, they each win $100,000 for that. They ran among 47,000 runners who set out to try and cross the finish line at New York City's marathon.

It estimated a crowd of 2.5 million people are cheering them on along the force that stands in the city's five boroughs. It took two and a half hours just to get all those runners over the starting line. Six hours into race, many of them are still out there grinding out those 26.2 miles -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: That's incredible. And then Paralympics track medallist made history as well. Tell us about that.

FIELD: Yes, just an incredible achievement. Tatyana McFadden is paralyzed from the waist down. She was born with spinabifida. She won the race in today's wheelchair division. She also won her races this year at marathons in London, Boston and Chicago. Today's victory makes her the first athlete ever to win the grand slam that's all four major marathons in a single season -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: That is incredible. And of course, we know what happened, you know, six months ago in Boston, and that means, you know, this marathon in New York, it had much tighter security, tell us to what extent.

FIELD: Sure, Boston was on everyone's mind today, Fred. It wasn't just tighter security among the crowd and the spectators. But the runners also face some tighter security measures today. They were told to check in for the race, that they could not carry backpacks and not have water packs on their back. For the first time also, they were not allowed to wear masks in the race and they couldn't wear bulky costumes, just all part of an effort to make sure that this marathon, all 26.2 miles of it, goes off smoothly for everyone.

WHITFIELD: Wow, incredible and it did. Thanks so much, Alexandra Field. Appreciate that in New York.

All right, the Miami Dolphins issued a statement today in response to an alleged bullying incident on the team. Offensive lineman, Jonathan Martin left the Dolphins last week after allegedly getting fed up with persistent bullying by his teammates. That's according to several reports that service.

But the Dolphins' organization says that those reports are speculative saying quote, "Our primary concern for Jonathan is his overall health and well being. As an organization, we take any accusations of player misconduct seriously. The notion of bullying is based on speculation and has not been presented to us as a concern from Jonathan or anyone else internally," end quote. Martin has not yet returned to the team.

All right, a remarkable moment happening during the Boston Red Sox parade this weekend, there was a special tribute at the marathon finish line. Joe Carter has that and more in today's "Bleacher Report."

JOE CARTER, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: All right, thanks, Fred. Yes, the parade stopped yesterday actually at the same sport where nearly seven months ago, of course, the scene was total chaos. Smoke, blood, death and we saw Johnny Gomes, the Red Sox outfielder lay the World Series trophy directly on the Boston Marathon finish line and then he draped the same jersey that hang in the team's dugout all season long over the trophy.

Of course, it's had Boston Strong and 617, meaning the area code for Boston. While that was a touching tribute it was what happened right before this moment that brought everybody together. Lots of emotion and of course, lots of celebration of what happened there almost seven months ago.

And you know, the weather was absolutely great yesterday, the weather smiled on the parade nearly 70 degrees in Boston in November and the police chief said that he did not have a single incident on Saturday and called the celebration quote, "amazing."

In NFL news, John Fox, the head coach of the Denver Broncos will have heart surgery this week. According to a statement from the Broncos, Fox will undergo an aortic heart valve replacement. He will take a leave of absence from coaching for at least several weeks. Fox had to seek out medical help after feeling lightheaded while playing at Charlotte. A team spokesman said that he did not have a heart attack.

In college football, Florida State against another top ten team did what most predicted they would, they dominated the Miami Hurricanes especially in the second half. The defense preventing James Winston from having a Heisman-like game, they could not stop his supporting cast especially running back Devonte Friedman who scored three touchdowns in the 41 to 14 win.

But did you see that special hand shake before the game? It blew up Twitter and it's trending on bleacherreport.com. It is quarterback, James Winston, and the head coach's son. It is cool and precious really great moment and we are glad that the cameras are able to bring that to us yesterday.

That's your "Bleacher Report" update. Fredricka, back to you.

WHITFIELD: All right, thank you so much, Joe Carter.

All right, time now for some good stuff, stories that make you feel good and a little smile on your face, how about this panda cub in China. It will be released into the wild soon. The 26-month-old female has been learning survival skills for the past two years at a reserve. Researchers say the release program is intended to protect the panda population in the wild. And police in Quebec found a lost man just in time. Marco Lavoie had been lost in the wilderness for than three months. Authorities say he probably would have died within a couple of days if he wasn't rescued. He was hypothermic, dehydrated and starving when they found him. Lavoie was on a canoe trip when his camp was attacked by a bear and his equipment destroyed.

All right, still to come in the newsroom, they caught a lot of grief over not having any black women on their cast. "Saturday Night Live" deals with the race controversy by poking fun at itself, that's coming up?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think you can too.

PAT CASH, HOST, "OPEN COURT": Well, John's great asset is his height. That height gives him the opportunity to get angles the normal players don't get.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where are we in tennis in the U.S.?

JOHN ISNER, NUMBER ONE RANKED U.S. PLAYER: I think in the '70s, '80s, '90s, I think American tennis fans were spoiled. I think you've got to look at the era that our guys are playing in. Djokovic, Federer, we were a bit spoiled in the past.

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WHITFIELD: "Saturday Night Live" poked fun at itself last night. It tackled head on all the criticism it has received lately over the show's lack of diversity. You may remember SNL veteran Keenan Thompson made headlines last month by saying that he is done playing female characters specifically black female characters in protest of the lack of black women on the SNL cast.

So he pointed out that the hit show hasn't had black women on its cast since Myra Rudolf left back in 2007. So SNL decided to respond directly to the controversy on Last night's show actress, Carry Washington was the guest host.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm so sorry to interrupt, but Oprah Winfrey has arrived for the dinner and she would like to pop in and say hello.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That is wonderful.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What a nice surprise.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't you think you should go and get changed?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So that Oprah can come in?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Because of the whole --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, exactly.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And Keenan won't?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nope.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, in that case I will leave and in a few minutes Oprah will be here. The producers at "Saturday Night Live" would like to apologize to Kerry Washington for the number of black women she will have to play. We agree this is not ideal situation and look forward to rectifying it in the near future unless of course, we fall in love with another white guy, of course.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm here!

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WHITFIELD: All right, we'll have more of "Saturday Night Live's" handling on that issue in the next hour with our entertainment correspondent, Nischelle Turner. All right, tonight is the big night for YouTube. The website is hosting it first ever music awards ceremony. We'll hear from the executive producer of that show straight ahead. Hear why he calls the event revolutionary.

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WHITFIELD: Tonight, YouTube is going to host first ever music awards ceremony and the partying has already begun. The concert in Seoul, London, Moscow and Rio are leading up to the main event in New York. Our Victor Blackwell is following that story for us -- Victor.

VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Fred. If you go online later today, you'll witness a little history that's because today marks the inaugural YouTube music awards, yes, forget that MTV thing. The massive video site is now in the music game. Eddy Moretti is the executive producer of the YouTube music awards. It's good to have you. Tell us why do this show?

EDDY MORETTI, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, YOUTUBE MUSIC AWARDS: I think one of the main reasons to do the show is to innovate in a format that has become familiar to us and kind of almost wrote. It is a kind of standard operating procedure to these award shows. You can kind of guess what is going to happen before the show starts. And our concept here was to take this, you know, this idea and really innovate them and do something that hasn't been done before, and push the bounds of music entertainment forward.

BLACKWELL: So give us a hint, I mean, why watch this show above any other. What is different?

MORETTI: So the concept behind the show is really not just the presentation of a musical performance. It really is the creation of a set of interesting different music videos throughout the night. So the room isn't even set up. Well, first of all, it's not in a theatre. We've taken over a warehouse on the East River in Lower Manhattan, and the sets, not stages, but sets are arranged around the room almost in a circular fashion.

We will be kind of taking audience millions of people from around the world from set to set to set to set as these artists collaborate with the award winning directors to actually do something live with the whole world watching and really try something totally different.

BLACKWELL: You know, it make sense because a lot of the music channels now don't show music videos anymore and a lot of the stars, they've reached their fans through YouTube with so many views and now Miley Cyrus with more than 100 million. Talk about if you would just how intricate or much of a part of the music scene YouTube is now?

MORETTI: Well, I mean this is really like a revolution for music entertainment. I mean, YouTube is the biggest platform in the world for music consumption. I mean, more people are going to YouTube to just watch and listen to music than any other platform right now. So when you've got a planetary music channel like this, you really need to do something to celebrate it and really make the point that YouTube has arrived. I mean, they are the next generation entertainment and media platform.

BLACKWELL: So very quickly, how do we find the show?

MORETTI: Go to YouTube/music and at 6:00 p.m., well, starting at 5:00, we will be rolling in a preshow of what we are going to do tonight. And at 6:00 p.m., we go live for 90 minutes and history is going to be made.

BLACKWELL: All right, Eddy Moretti, executive producer of the YouTube Music Awards, thank you very much.

MORETTI: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: All right, fun stuff, that was Victor Blackwell. We'll have more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all begins right now.

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