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Typhoon Victims Search For Loved Ones; Tracking The Typhoon; Space Junk Expected To Fall To Earth; Macneill Found Guilty Of Murder; Jonathan Martin Left The Miami Dolphins Accusing Richie Incognito Of Harassment; Kidnap Victim Tells Her Horror Story; Woods Talks Losing In Big Tournaments; Dead Teen's Family Wants Answers

Aired November 09, 2013 - 12:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: All right, we have much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM and it all starts right now. Hello, I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Here are the top stories that we are following in the CNN NEWSROOM.

The jury renders its verdict in the case against a prominent doctor accused of murdering his wife. We will bring you that decision and the dramatic courtroom reaction coming up.

Plus, the death toll from a super typhoon skyrockets. Officials warn it could get even worse. The overwhelming aftermath of what may be the strongest storm in recorded history.

And three U.S. Navy officers, including a commander, are implicated in a major bribery scandal. Wait until you hear what prosecutors say they did in exchange for prostitutes and lavish gifts.

We begin with a staggering death count from a super typhoon that hammered the Philippines with a force three and a half times the force of Hurricane Katrina. The Red Cross there estimates that as many as 1,200 people have been killed by Super Typhoon Haiyan. A thousand of those deaths are in one coastal town, the city of Tacloban.

Homes and buildings there are levelled from the storms ferocious 195 mile-an-hour winds. Trees are blocking roads and communication lines, of course, are down. Torrential rains plus the storm surge have put entire towns underwater.

Many of the people that died are believed to have drowned. Many evacuated ahead of the storm. But the Red Cross chairman in the Philippines says the storm was simply too powerful for even the evacuation centers and some people died in some of those buildings tragically. So some families became separated from their loved ones during the chaos of that storm. Here is CNN's Paula Hancock.

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Loreta Isanan lost three of her daughters in a matter of seconds. The storm surge from Typhoon Haiyan tore them from her husband's arms, aged 15, 13 and 8, only two bodies have been found. MARVIN ISANAN,BEREAVED FATHER: Only one missing is my eldest daughter. I hope she's alive. I hope that she is alive and she was -- dumping somewhere, but she is alive.

HANCOCKS: Paz Ramos became emotional as she remembers seeing bodies float past her home. She says she was on the roof to avoid the water. They are just some of the victims congregating at the Tacloban airstrip. Many have walked for hours to get their first food since the storm. It's become the military's staging area, the first aid center is set up for cuts and bruises, but they can do little for a serious gash to the head. One of the first priorities restoring communications.

PETER GALVEZ, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: From today, hopefully within 48 hours, we are now relying on satellite phones.

HANCOCKS (on camera): As we move further inland, we come across more bodies. This is the local chapel here, which is effectively being turned into a morgue. Inside there are nine bodies, five of them are children.

(voice-over): The military planes that bring life essentials in, take the body bags out. As well as the injured that needs to keep their hope for the future. Paula Hancocks, CNN, Tacloban in the Philippines.

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WHITFIELD: Just to give an idea how big the typhoon is. This is what it looks like from space. Astronaut Karen Nieburg tweeted this picture of the typhoon from the International Space Station. Alexandra Steele is tracking the storm from the CNN Weather Center or what's left of it. Alexandra, what is the storm doing?

ALEXANDRA STEELE, AMS METEOROLOGIST: All right, let me show now, this is what a super typhoon looks like. This is the Philippines, this monster in nature, over a thousand miles wide, this definite defined center here, but it is not that any more. That's the good news. A super typhoon means maximum sustained winds are 150 miles per hour.

This thing hit the Philippines with 190 miles per hour winds, gusts to 235. And that is not the case now. Here is a look at where it is now. You can see east of Vietnam, right here in the South China Sea, heading towards Denang and Hanoi. Denang, a port city, Hanoi, of course, the capital, but this is the key, maximum sustained winds down to 115, gusts to 145. Certainly it is not what it was.

But it is moving northwest and will head to Vietnam by late tonight or early tomorrow. You can see what happens here. It kind of paralyzed the Vietnam Coast. When it gets there, it stays off the coast. Then it looks as though winds won't be the biggest factor but perhaps rain will with 6 inches to 10 inches of rain. You can see even Hanoi on Monday, maximum sustained winds there then at 40 miles per hour. Certainly a far cry from what it was.

WHITFIELD: Incredible. Still there's something else that has many people worried, talking about fragments of a European satellite expected to fall from space, people are wondering whether it will hit land, will it hit their neighborhood, their house, will it matter, or hit all of the water on earth.

STEELE: Most likely the water on earth, but it is the size of a car or Chevy Suburban. The satellite is up in space, out of fuel, so falling. The time frame of pieces falling is tomorrow afternoon into Monday afternoon. Now, the world, of course, is most water. It is most likely to fall in the ocean. This is a picture of it. Again, it is the size of a Chevy Suburban, expected to break into pieces. Just so you know, space debris never hit anybody before, so most likely into the water, and that's the way it goes.

WHITFIELD: We hope for that, hope it is not a first hitting something other than water.

STEELE: Chevy Suburban.

WHITFIELD: Thank you for that footnote. All right, Alexandra, appreciate it.

Back to the typhoon and devastation that it has created, aid agencies are mobilizing to help victims. To find out how you can help, go to cnn.com/impact.

Jurors in the Martin Macneill murder trial delivered a guilty verdict very early this morning after deliberating for hours. Macneill barely reacted as the verdict was read overnight here. Family members in the audience there were reacting. The family made up of many of the daughters feel like this is the end of a horribly emotional trial. They endured weeks of heart wrenching testimony. Yesterday, it all came down to closing arguments. Here is Jean Casarez.

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CHAD GRUNANDER, PROSECUTOR: Martin Macneill murdered his wife, Michele.

JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Prosecutor Chad Grunander did not mince words in his 80-minute closing argument.

GRUNANDER: The defendant's fingerprints, if you will, are all over Michele Macneill's death. The case is dripping with motive.

CASAREZ: That motive they say, Gypsy Willis, Macneill's wife, Michele, was on to his cheating ways and confronted him days before her death.

GRUNANDER: Martin's secret life with Gypsy Willis was beginning to intersect with his life with Michele.

CASAREZ: He wanted her out of the way so he could finally marry his mistress and true love, Gypsy.

GRUNANDER: The defendant was a married man, had a beautiful wife, a wonderful family, but things had changed because he and Gypsy were now together.

CASAREZ: As a doctor and lawyer, Macneill had the motive, means and opportunity, Grunander told the jury. It was planned all along and he left plenty of clues along the way. Prosecutors alleged Macneill plied his wife with a deadly dose of drugs after insisting she have a face lift then held her head underwater in the bathtub until she drowned.

MACNEILL: My wife's fallen in the bathtub.

UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: Who is in the bathtub?

GRUNANDER: There's about an hour and a half period of time where no one really knows where Martin is. Plenty of time, rush home, take care of your business, give Michele the drugs, fix her up a bath, get her in the tub, hold her head down for a little while and help her out.

CASAREZ: Jurors were reminded of the love letters between Macneill and Gypsy.

GRUNANDER: I love you with all my heart. I dream of you, can't handle being separated. I have loved you from the day we met. Let's get married and shut these people up once and for all.

RANDALL SPENCER, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Prosecution just want to take the pieces of the evidence that supports their case.

CASAREZ: With Macneill facing life in prison, Attorney Randy Spencer told the jury his client may be a philanderer, but he is certainly not a murderer.

SPENCER: My client, Martin Macneill was living an alternative lifestyle. Gypsy Willis wasn't his first affair.

CASAREZ: Spencer argued that Michele died of heart disease and he laid out a time line of alibi, witness inconsistencies and circumstantial evidence. Stories from Macneill's daughters that changed over time, all he says proves reasonable doubt and gives the jury permission to find him not guilty.

SPENCER: Martin Macneill did not kill his wife. It makes no sense. In relation to the drugs, he said they could potentially have had an effect. They may have had an effect. That's reasonable doubt.

CASAREZ: More than six years after Michele's death and with 14 days of testimony, the jury was left with one final piece of advice.

GRUNANDER: It is time for the truth to have its day. It's been almost seven years since Michele's death. It is time for the truth to come out. Do the right thing. Do the right thing and convict Martin Macneill of murder and obstructing justice.

CASAREZ: Jean Casarez, CNN, Provo, Utah.

(END VIDEOTAPE) WHITFIELD: We will talk more about that with Richard Herman and Avery Friedman in a moment.

But this just in, we are learning the Iran nuclear talks will likely end today without agreement, according to Reuters. Six of the world's major powers, including the U.S. are in Geneva, negotiating the future of Iran's nuclear program. However, Iran's foreign minister said a few hours ago said that if there's no deal today, talks could go on for another week or perhaps ten days.

Britain's foreign secretary has been very optimistic about this, saying there has been very good progress, but flexibility is need to broker a deal. We will have much more after this.

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WHITFIELD: A Utah jury convicts Dr. Martin Macneill of murdering his wife. Macneill stood silently as the verdict was read, but his daughters who testified against him couldn't control their emotions.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We the jury having reviewed the evidence and testimony in the case find the defendant as to count one murder guilty.

ALEXIS SOMERS, DAUGHTER: We're just so happy he can't hurt anyone else. We miss our mom. We'll never get her back, but that courtroom was full of so many people who loved her. I looked around, and it was full of everyone who loved my mom. I can't believe this has finally happened. We're so grateful.

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WHITFIELD: Wow, incredible, five daughters testifying against their dad. Time for the legal guys here to look at where this case is going and look who I have here in person, Richard Herman!

RICHARD HERMAN, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: In the house! With the great Fredricka Whitfield, live and in color!

WHITFIELD: Usually out of New York and Las Vegas, today in Atlanta, criminal defense attorney, good to see you, Richard. Avery, we have to get you down here, too.

AVERY FRIEDMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY: It looks incomplete to me.

WHITFIELD: Joining us from Cleveland, good to see you. Really, we're having fun seeing one another, but this is a heartbreaking case we're talking about the family dynamic here just crumbling as a result of what took place with the mom, Michele, her death, then to be testifying, five daughters testifying against their dad.

All of them saying their dad did it. Now we're talking -- as we examine this case, Richard, you first, talking about circumstantial evidence, you know, and how there was a lot of evidence that was absent. Motive led to an extraordinary verdict.

HERMAN: What's the link from the doctor for cause of death? These are big questions that were never answered in this case, but you have a conservative Mormon jurisdiction, you have a serial philanderer, cheater, with the mistresses coming to the courtroom, five daughters take the stand, say my father did it, that's pretty stacked. If you look at the facts of the case objectively, legally speaking, look at the facts, there's no way there should have been conviction of murder in this case.

WHITFIELD: Avery, do you agree with that? We are talking about the jury had to fill in the blanks. They listened to the argument, the emotional testimony, whether from the mistresses or from the daughters, but even the medical examiners were unable to definitively detail how this woman died.

FRIEDMAN: Yes, but in practical terms, Fredricka, I think the jury got it 100 percent right. The fact there were inconsistent autopsies only tells us that it was a superficial examination and the fact is that Alexis Somers, the daughter, medical student at the time, I think solidified this. And you couple that with someone, they must have found out of central casting, Gypsy Willis, the girlfriend, my goodness gracious, there's the motive, the opportunity, the explanation in the defense seemed to me just goofy.

I think the jury got it 100 percent right and actually the two of us talked about this, Richard felt it would be an acquittal. I never believed there would be an acquittal. I think the jury got it 100 percent right.

WHITFIELD: Richard, Avery makes an incredible point. This daughter who was also a doctor understood the meds, had a conversation with the mother. The mother said she, too, suspected that her husband was pumping her up unnecessarily with medication that the husband also talked her into plastic surgery that she didn't want to get, that was compelling testimony coming from that daughter. Credibility was on the line for everybody. Clearly the jurors thought these daughters, especially her, were very credible.

HERMAN: And they said when they interviewed the jurors afterward, Fred, they said the testimony from the daughters is probably what swayed this jury, but we don't know why she died. We don't know if it was a blood clot, we don't know if it was drug toxicity.

WHITFIELD: Is this problematic, there may be appeal on that kind of argument?

HERMAN: There's appeal in all these cases like a knee jerk, absolutely going to take an appeal. He is looking at 15 to life on the murder. He has one to 15 on obstruction charges, he is going to be in prison a long, long time. I am saying for a conviction on murder, intentional killing of this woman, the facts were not there to prove it, and the jury took a major leap here.

WHITFIELD: Avery, you do believe enough was there and this was the right call. FRIEDMAN: I think they were right on, right on, on this one. A 100 percent correct.

WHITFIELD: All right, we're going to talk about another case that really has divided an awful lot of people, whether on the athletic field or off, the alleged victim in the NFL bullying scandal telling his side of the story. Jonathan Martin detailing why he abruptly left the Miami Dolphins. Martin says he and his family were threatened.

Our legal guys, Richard and Avery are back. Is this an issue of the culture of the NFL? Is it misunderstood? Was there a crime that was committed here? All of that and more straight ahead.

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WHITFIELD: The Miami Dolphins player at the center of the bullying scandal will soon tell his side of the story. Jonathan Martin is meeting with NFL's special investigator in L.A. next week to discuss the allegations according to a person familiar with the situation. Meantime, the accused bully, Richie Incognito, was on the move Friday. He flew from Miami to Los Angeles, a reporter met him at the gate.

The lineman said he was not going to comment because it was, quote, "not the time or place," end quote. It is not known if Incognito will meet with Martin in L.A. or members of the NFL, that investigating team. Some of Incognito's team say he was blindsided by the accusations and feels betrayed. Here is Nick Valencia.

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NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Vulgar comments, racially charged language, and a physical attack. For Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin, the threats crossed a line. So last week he left the team. This according to a statement released from his attorney. Jonathan endured harassment, and it went far beyond traditional locker room hazing. His lawyer said these facts are not in dispute.

But what is in dispute is the relationship between Martin and teammate Richie Incognito, the man suspended by the Dolphins for detrimental conduct.

KYLE MILLER, MIAMI DOLPHINS TIGHT END: It gets to the point you can't differentiate between what's fact and opinions.

VALENCIA: The question, were Martin and Incognito really best friends despite what's being alleged. Some players say yes.

TYSON CLABO, MIAMI DOLPHINS OFFENSIVE TACKLE: What's perceived is that Richie is this psychopath, racist maniac, right, and the reality is that Richie was a pretty good teammate and that Richie and Jonathan Martin were friends.

VALENCIA: Some say they hung out together on the field and off. For one full season they played next to each other on Miami's offensive line, a position where both Martin and Incognito were expected to be tough. Something Martin's lawyer addressed in his statement, Jonathan Martin's toughness is not an issue, he said, the issue is Jonathan's treatment by his teammates.

In the fallout, Martin's decision to leave the team has been widely scrutinized, while Incognito's behavior sharply criticized. Each day there seems to be a new twist in the story. The latest, a woman that said Incognito touched her inappropriately with a golf club, details from a 2012 police report.

CNN affiliate WPLG reports Incognito was never charged. As for his future with the team, for now the Dolphins aren't talking.

JOE PHILBIN, MIAMI DOLPHINS HEAD COACH: Any comments we would make at this time would be a disservice to the process that's about to take place.

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VALENCIA: I have spoken to some NFL players who say while they don't condone the alleged bullying or racial slurs used by Incognito, they think the whole situation has been blown out of proportion. They say in their own locker rooms they've seen and heard much worse. Nick Valencia, CNN, Atlanta.

WHITFIELD: OK, our legal guys are back. Let's tackle this case. Richard Herman right here in Atlanta with me in person, sharing a sofa, at least the sofas are near each other. And Avery Friedman in Cleveland, I will get you here too soon hopefully.

All right, so let's talk about the liability potentially the coaches or general manager may face. Avery, you first, if it is true, that reportedly incognito was told to kind of toughen up Martin, the rookie.

FRIEDMAN: Well, Fredricka, there's no way the Miami Dolphins told Richie Incognito to employ racial terms and epithets to toughen him up. You don't toughen up a football by sticking race in the workplace. That just doesn't happen. Whatever else went on, Incognito went over the line when he started playing race. That's what this is about.

That's unlawful, violates NFL policy and let me tell you something, the Dolphins did the right thing suspending him. Ted Wells is one of the best lawyers in the country is doing the investigation, hired by the commissioner. He will interview Jonathan Martin this week. At the end of the day, I think Incognito is gone.

WHITFIELD: But what if, you know, Richard, it is beyond Incognito. We are talking about these allegations. What if it is, indeed, cultural, it is within, top to bottom, the NFL. You have so many former players saying you know what, this is nothing, or it is typical that the rookie would be asked to do things, carry the bags, would be taunted, would be roughed up, so to speak. If that's the case, if it is cultural, do you have a case?

HERMAN: Right. It depends. If the brass at the Miami Dolphins issued a code red here to go after him and it crossed the line to an assault and battery or to some criminal activity, then potentially they could be liable. But this is the NFL, OK? This is not flag football. These are tough guys. Football is a tough sport, physically and emotionally.

Now did this individual decided to stay home, not go to a voluntary practice, decided not to go to team meetings which was the case, and coaches said listen, toughen him up a bit, that's not a problem, that's football. This is an elite group. They make a lot of money.

Not many people get to this level. Race is used all the time, Avery. On the high school level, used in college, used in the pros, they're kidding around. None of them are taking that serious.

FRIEDMAN: If they're using race, that's unacceptable. It is unacceptable. You don't use race.

HERMAN: That's how football is.

FRIEDMAN: Maybe it is. It may be unlawful also.

WHITFIELD: And when we talk about the culture of football, are we talking about bullying/harassment being two different things? Does it reach a certain level of in tolerance when bullying or harassment reaches a certain level, when will upper management or when would it get involved even if as you say, Richard, it is part of the game that people are to be toughened up, whether it is race or not that's used, which is a whole another argument.

HERMAN: Emotional distress is a very complex issue, very complex. I don't know what his problem is.

FRIEDMAN: I don't think it is complex at all.

HERMAN: It is very complex. I think Dr. Drew would have a field day on this case. He walked out.

FRIEDMAN: The big difference is that, for example, you have the rookies having to underwrite a trip to Vegas for $30,000 and pick up laundry and things like that but this is poison. It is toxic. There's no way that management is going to tell a player we need to toughen a guy up, start using racial epithets. It doesn't work. There's no justification for it. That's when the NFL will find what the Miami Dolphins did was the right thing in getting rid of Incognito.

WHITFIELD: I still have tons more questions. We will have to have you come back because we know this case is the tip of the iceberg. It is going to make -- there are going to be several kind of revelations about it as it proceeds forward.

HERMAN: Both of them may never play again. Both may not play again.

FRIEDMAN: I agree with that. The only thing we agreed on during this.

HERMAN: I'm sorry I agree on that.

WHITFIELD: Richard, thanks for being here. Avery, always good to see you as well. Thanks so much, Gentlemen. Of course, you can always catch our incredible, brilliant minds of Richard and Avery every weekend in the noon Eastern hour. We can't get enough of them. I know you can't either. Thanks so much, gentlemen. And thanks so much, Richard for stopping by. Appreciate it.

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WHITFIELD: The U.S. Navy is dealing with a bizarre bribery scandal. Authorities charged three navy officials with selling classified information for prostitutes, free travel, even Lady Gaga tickets. CNN's Kyung Lah has more.

KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fredricka, it is a scandal rocking the U.S. Navy. Three officers charged with accepting bribes like prostitutes and concert tickets, in exchange for giving up classified information.

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LAH: The U.S. attorney is implicating you in a bribery scandal.

(voice-over): Dressed in civilian clothes for court.

COMMANDER MICHAEL MISIEWICZ, U.S. NAVY: I'm sorry, I can't comment.

LAH: Commander Michael Misiewicz had nothing to say about his role in a suspected multimillion dollar international bribery scheme. Prosecutors say Commander Misiewicz received thousands of dollars in gifts. In Tokyo, tickets to see "Lion King." In Thailand, more tickets, this time to Lady Gaga. Then there were prostitutes and free hotel rooms. Why?

This man, Malaysian businessman, Leonard Glenn Francis known as "Fat Leonard" for tipping the scales more than 400 pounds. Francis runs defense contracting firm, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, that port U.S. Naval ships. Prosecutors say "Fat Leonard" and Misiewicz became close friends over private e-mails, calling each other big bro and little bro.

After Misiewicz receiving some gifts, the government says a "Fat Leonard" associate eventually declared we got him. Prosecutors say the two men moved U.S. Navy ships around East Asia like chess pieces, using classified information. Ending up at ports where Francis' firm would overbill the U.S.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it would be fair to say they were seduced by Mr. Francis.

LAH: Retired Navy Captain Kevin Eyer understands it like no others. He served 30 years, was commanding officer of a ship in Asia that frequented some of the same ports where "Fat Leonard" operated. He even attended parties with the lavish businessman.

(on camera): Having looked this man in the eye, can you see how that seduction could happen?

CAPTAIN KEVIN EYER, U.S. NAVY (RETIRED): I do. He's very charming, he's very social, whereas I might go, I might be at this party and have a Budweiser. You know, Leonard is drinking (inaudible).

LAH (voice-over): Only the finest for Francis says Captain Eyer, the big man loved the big life, from fast cars, women and travel. He seemed eager to share with his military friends. In court Francis appeared next to his alleged co-conspirator, trading in his tuxedo for a jail jumpsuit and shackles.

EYER: You can see how if you fell into the mode of socializing with him, it might be possible to get swept up by that, and that's why, you know, so many military officers are a little wary of him.

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LAH: Court documents reference the wolf pack. It is not clear how many others it could implicate, how big this could get as far as other defendants, as far as the three charged so far, they've all pled not guilty -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: Thank you so much, Kyung Lah, appreciate that.

She lost ten years of her life to a madman that kidnapped and tortured her. Now one of the young women held hostage in that Cleveland house of horrors opens up to Dr. Phil.

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WHITFIELD: We can't begin to imagine what Michelle endured during her decade long kidnapping. She and two others survived the horrors at the hands of Ariel Castro. They were chained prisoners in his home in Cleveland, but as our Martin Savidge reports telling her story now to Dr. Philis helping her cope.

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MARTN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The interview so powerful it is uncomfortable. Michelle Knight's words don't just tell us, they take us in the torture rooms of a Cleveland home.

MICHELLE KNIGHT, CLEVELAND KIDNAPPING SURVIVOR: I hated him.

SAVIDGE: Knight is the first victim to talk in detail in the aftermath of a multiple kidnapping case that has horrified and spelled on a nation, speaking to TV psychologist, Dr. Phil.

KNIGHT: He already had it set up to where he could tie me to the -- I think like a clothesline.

SAVIDGE: Knight was kidnapped by Ariel Castro in August of 2002 and wouldn't go free for 11 years.

KNIGHT: He ties me up to a pole with chains wrapped around it. The chains were so big and he wraps it around my neck. He sits me down on the floor and he says this is where you're going to stay until I can trust you. Now if I do it too tight and you don't make it, that means you wasn't meant to stay here. That means god wants to take you.

SAVIDGE: She was chained, starved, left naked in a frigid, dark basement for days then came the sexual abuse. When she eventually became pregnant, Knight described how Castro beat her into a miscarriage.

KNIGHT: I was standing up and he punched me with a barbell. He took the round part and went like this and he made it go up so it could hit the lower area of my stomach. I fell to the floor.

SAVIDGE: Knight says Castro would show leniency, once giving her a puppy, a comfort that ended when the dog snapped at him and he killed it before her very eyes.

KNIGHT: Picked him up, turned his neck. All I heard was a yelp and he was gone.

SAVIDGE: The torture went on and on. Then one day knight says she realized she was no longer alone, meaning the girl who had gone missing, who she recognized from the news, Amanda Berry.

KNIGHT: Sometimes she would cry and I would tell her everything would be OK. And that one day we'll get home, we just have to, you know, wait it out.

SAVIDGE: It was just the beginning. Martin Savidge, CNN, Atlanta.

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WHITFIELD: Michelle Knight's first time on camera after her kidnapping ordeal left some with the wrong impression about her. Dr. Phil cleared up some misconceptions with Anderson Cooper on "AC 360."

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DR. PHIL MCGRAW, HOST, "DR. PHIL": Anderson, I was very surprised because I was concerned that she was going to have a difficult time because like so many others, I was able to see her do her statement in the courtroom and then a statement that was on YouTube and those really do not tell you who she is.

Everyone had said in the media she was intellectually disabled, and I wasn't at all sure what her ability to talk about it was going to be. When I sat down with her, I found that she was intelligent, she was articulate. That she just really was forthcoming and candid about the things she had to say. This is a very well spoken young woman.

ANDERSON COOPER, HOST, CNN'S "AC 360": We also in your interview learn more about just how demented this guy Ariel Castro was. I want to play a part where she talks about him throwing money at her.

MCGRAW: What did you say to him.

KNIGHT: I said please don't do this to me and he said he can't take me back and then he threw money at me.

MCGRAW: What was the significance of him throwing money at you?

KNIGHT: He was obsessed with prostitutes and also he thought I was a 13-year-old prostitute. When he found out my real age, he got mad.

COOPER: This was such a sick, demented man.

MCGRAW: He not only brutalized Michelle physically in terms of raping and beating her, but he also terrorized her emotionally. He would taunt her about no one looking for her. He would play mind games and set up seeming opportunities for her to escape, a door left unlocked, a chain not properly connected. Then he would make a show of leaving and sneak back into the house to see if he could catch her trying to escape.

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WHITFIELD: He is the world's number one golfer and the winner of 14 majors, but Tiger Woods has struggled to make it to 15. He tells our Rachel Nichols how that feels.

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WHITFIELD: The world's number one golfer Tiger Woods competing in the Turkish Airlines Open. Earlier, he shot 4 under 68, which remained him to stay in the hunt at 15 under for the tournament, but dropped him six behind the leader. Woods is a 14-time major winner, but he recently has fallen short in some of the big tournaments. Rachel Nichols caught up with him, got his reaction to that.

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RACHEL NICHOLS, CNN SPORSTS CORRESPONDENT: So you've had these great wins all over the world and yet when there are those big moments on the weekends of the biggest tournaments, you haven't been able to pull through. What's that juxtaposition like for you?

TIGER WOODS, 14-TIME MAJOR CHAMPION: It is frustrating. I had a chance in two of the major championships, so I've been there with championships to win on the weekend. I just haven't done it yet.

NICHOLS: As that stretch gets longer and longer without a major, what's that like when it builds, what's that pressure like as it builds and builds?

WOODS: For me, I look at it the fact it takes a career, you know, for Jack, it took him until he was 46. It takes a long time to win a lot of major championships and you're going to have your years where you play really well, may clip two or three out of there, then you're going to have years you just don't win anything, but you're there. Just don't happen to win and quite frankly over the last, since '08, I have been there with a chance to win about half of them, just haven't seemed to have won one.

(END VIDEOTAPE) WHITFIELD: Rachel Nichols, thanks so much. Tiger Woods there. Catch Rachel on her show "Unguarded with Rachel Nichols" Friday's, 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time only here on CNN.

Each week we're shining a spotlight on the top ten "CNN Heroes" of 2013. You can vote for the one that most inspires you at cnnheroes.com. This week's honoree is a surgeon that devotes his personal time to bringing medical care to the remote jungles of his homeland of Cameroon and he is doing it for free.

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GEORGE WELLE: For a country like mine, people like to drink and dance enjoy their life, but with poverty they cannot enjoy their life. It is a pleasure if I can help two or three people that will be great. I saw my father ill for 23 years. You see how people suffer, to see a doctor, if you're able to help people.

My name is George Welle. I bring health services. Beating the drums to say thanks to God. They can leave 60 kilometers. We are doing the fourth surgical procedure for free. We leave our address, if there's any problems, they can come back to us. I help people and they are happy. I am doing that to give the opportunity to restart.

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WHITFIELD: A family in Michigan is mourning the loss of their daughter. The 19-year-old was shot in the face last weekend, and there are more questions than answers surrounding her killing. Senior international correspondent Nic Robertson has the details.

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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENION INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A simple white coffin, so many questions unanswered. Her family came to do what no parents should ever have to do, say a final goodbye to their young daughter, their faith now in the prosecutor and police.

WALTER RAY SIMMONS, FATHER: We believe that (inaudible) will do the right thing and prosecute to the fullest extent and that Deer Born Heights police will cooperate and give all the information that's needed.

ROBERTSON: At the house where she was shot early Saturday morning in a leafy lower middle class neighborhood, police are still searching for clues. No one charged yet. Neighbors say the man who lives here is white, in his 50s, quiet, law abiding, lives alone.

(on camera): But why she was here is unclear. She crashed her car into a parked vehicle some distance away, then as much as two hours later comes here. According to her family, asking for help. That's when things go horribly wrong. A shot is fired.

RAY MURAD, NEIGHBOR: Just watching from the window, didn't see nothing out of the ordinary, but 3 or 4 minutes later, about 10:07, police cars.

ROBERTSON (voice-over): The 19-year-old high school graduate according to the alleged gunman's attorney was accidentally shot in the face as he feared she was trying to break in proving hard for her family to comprehend.

JERRY THURSWELL, ATTORNEY FOR FAMILY: Was it an accident at the gun, was it aimed at her face, is that an accident?

ROBERTSON: Anger, frustration, fueling small protests from people that feel she was shot because she was black. Police and the family's attorney say there's not enough yet to reach that conclusion.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have a suspect, he admitted that he has done this thing, but the police arrested him and the police let him go, and that's kind of a hard pill to swallow, because in the climate we live in today.

ROBERTSON: at the chapel where friends joined family to say their good-byes, there is little solace that justice must wait. All here mourning a life barely lived, in death leaving a legacy of questions. Nic Robertson, CNN, Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

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