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Dramatic High Wire Circus Act Goes Horribly Wrong; Ukraine Sees More Violence Today; Eleven Suspected Militants Had Nothing to Do With Missing Plane; 223 School Girls Kidnapped in Nigeria; Houston Police Search for Gunman

Aired May 04, 2014 - 15:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hello again, everyone. I'm Fredricka Whitfield.

Here are the top stories we are following for you right now.

A terrifying moment as circus performers drop about 30 feet in a stunt called the human chandelier. What we are learning about how it may have happened.

And protesters in Ukraine stormed a police station today breaking windows and doors, another intense clash just days after dozens of deaths. What that means for the ongoing crisis coming up.

And as if controversy was hanging heavy on the L.A. Clippers, the team that is, the players, they did not show it. The team had a huge win last night. But now the front office is facing big changes as well.

ANNOUNCER: This is CNN's breaking news.

WHITEFIELD: All right, we begin with this breaking news. A dramatic high wire circus act in Providence, Rhode Island that went horribly wrong. It happened during a performance known as the human chandelier. Nearly a dozen people are injured.

Nick Valencia is joining me with more of the details -- Nick.

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. I just got off the phone with the hospital spokesman. They are in Rhode Island. She told me that at least 11 people related to this circus act have been transported to the hospital. One of them is listed in critical condition. And as we reported earlier, we know at least nine of those taken to the hospital, Fred, were performers. Eight of them as part of this human chandelier, an act where the acrobats are suspended by their hair earlier. You spoke to a spokesman of the parent company who told us what happened.

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STEPHEN PAYNE, CIRCUS SPOKESMAN: This apparatus have been used for multiple performances each week since the show launched back in January. And each and every time that we come to a new venue, all of the equipment that's used by this performer, with this group of performers as well as all the other performers is carefully inspected. We take the health and safety of our performers and our guests very seriously.

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VALENCIA: Now, there is video out there of this incident. We're working on bringing that to you. I've seen the video and it appears that these performers fell at least 20 to 30 feet. That's also what witnesses are telling us. And there was no safety net or suspension underneath them. And as we are talking earlier that really speaks to the confidence of these performers.

The circus had just gotten in town on Friday. They were expected to until Monday. This show immediately after the incident happened was canceled. No word on when the show will continue, if at all in Providence, Rhode Island.

WHITEFIELD: And you know, just in being looking at the video, these performers that were on this apparatus, it looked as though as soon as the curtain revealed them, maybe they had two moves, kind of like a split type of move and then a pike kind of move and then suddenly it all came crashing down. But really, what strikes me, too, and it's a remarkable accident but really what strikes me is your description of they were suspended by their hair?

VALENCIA: By their hair. And it is called that hair hang apparatus. Anytime you are connected to an apparatus where you really have no ability to move. You know, you are really suspended by that and if something went wrong. This is an apparatus that we were told by the circus spokesman that had been used between 12 and 14 times per week since January. They say they take the safety of the performers very high and that's the number one priority. They had tested their apparatus before the show. Clearly, Fred, something went wrong.

WHITEFIELD: All right. Thanks so much, Nick. Keep us posted on this and, of course, on the progress of all of those injured, 11 now, right?

VALENCIA: Eleven now.

WHITEFIELD: All right, thanks so much.

All right, overseas, we're also focusing on what is taking place in Ukraine. The site of the deadliest clashes in months there is now seeing even more violence today. Just two days ago, more than 40 people were killed after a riot ended after a fire in Odessa. Dozens of activists were detained after that. Well today, hundreds of pro- Russian activists stormed the police station demanding they be released. Police did end up letting dozens of people go. They were greeted with hugs and cheers as you hear right here.

And in a calmer moment in Odessa, Ukraine's acting prime minister met with local leaders. He offered his condolences for those who died this week and he said that Ukraine has to unite.

Odessa is in the southern part of the country hundreds of miles from the clashes in eastern Ukraine, closer to the border with Russia.

CNN senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has seen what has been happening in that region firsthand.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You can see the mismatch between Ukraine's military on its rebellious militants of what is left of this barricade outside (INAUDIBLE).

This tank is empty, but shredded by army fire power. Even so, the soldiers were just passing through. They came from up here, he says, that village, ten armored personnel carriers shot at the barricade and went off into that field.

Ukraine (INAUDIBLE) so they claim troops in reclaiming the town, not from these pro-Russian militants still outside the city hall, their words nor like he claimed were they the evidence at the security service building. In fact, they were nowhere to be seen.

This is really the only sign in the town we have seen of the army having been through here and get the game, the rhetoric from Kiev officials about the scope of their operations and that success is not matched by what we're seeing here inside Krematos (ph).

But still, amid the embers and surreal calm, rare voices of disdain for the pro-Russian forces. Terrorists burning buildings and buses and trams, he says, the property of our town. We won't see calm here.

At one hospital, three dead were brought in from the barricades shooting here and one from gunfire the night before, just outside Slovyansk (ph).

Most of those shot, men, who said the soldiers had tried to move into the town and began shooting. They all said no one fired on the Ukrainian troops. Well, that's not what the troops said to us off camera here on the hill to where they retreated from the position they had held down here.

Two dead, 12 injured, officials said, and you might think it would take a lot. They told us professional militants used heavy weapons, grenade, missiles, and civilians were caught in the crossfire.

Militants fled this TV (ph) town the day before. But strangely, the interior minister announced its capture of this day as one of their main victories but we all struggle to find any with us and Ukraine in the slow descent.

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WHITEFIELD: All right, thanks so much to Nick Paton Walsh for that report. And for more on this crisis, I'm joined now by Christopher Hill, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq. He is now the dean of the Joseph Corbel (ph), school of international studies at the University of Denver.

Good to see you.

All right. So this whole crisis really does highlight Ukraine's continued vulnerabilities in its 23 years of independence. And is the issue here, that Russia sees this effort as rescuing Ukraine or simply taking it back to the Russian Empire?

CHRISTOPHER HILL, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: I think from the Russian point of view, they have a great interest in continuing this kind of violence. I mean, their whole narrative as that the Ukrainian authorities, Kiev, can outrun the country. They are "pitting their army against the people," quote-unquote. So I think the Russians have a real interest in keeping this type of crisis going o, hoping it can even go to a kind of civil war and basically justify whatever it is that they want to do.

WHITEFIELD: But then what? It crumbles, it goes into the civil war, then how does Russia, if that's the psychology here, turn it into their favor?

HILL: Well, certainly, there has been an organic relationship between Ukraine and Russia. That has been a fact for hundreds of years. But the issue right now is you have a Ukraine that has been extremely split between pro-Russian and a more nationalist Ukrainian view.

Obviously Russia, to try to absorb all of Ukraine, would be a big problem for it. I mean, it would be absorbing a lot of problems at this point, absorbing a lot of burned out buildings at this point. But keeping the crisis going and therefore keeping Russian options going, I think it's what they have in mind in the short term. And as for a long term, don't assume that they really know at this point what they want to do.

WHITEFIELD: And then you talk about, you know, the western countries like the U.S., President Obama, Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel who said collectively that Russia could face more sanctions if Ukraine is not stabilized in time for its election later on in May. Sanctions don't seem to be working.

HILL: First of all, I don't think sanctions are going to work for the short-term crisis. Maybe in the long term, if you want to further impoverish the Russian economy and therefore build up antipathy for Putin, may they will work.

But for the short term they are not going to work. And moreover, the danger with sanctions is the more we push them, the more we get push back from the Europeans and the more we create the possibility that the U.S. and Europeans will have a different view on this. The one thing we have going for us throughout this crisis is that the U.S. and Europe have been very much together on it.

WHITEFIELD: Ambassador Christopher Hill, appreciate your insight. Thank you.

HILL: Thank you.

WHITEFIELD: All right, When we come back, we're going to talk about that scandal and the NBA. Donald Sterling's estrange wife now is speaking out. Hear what she has to say about upcoming changes in the Clippers' front office and the status of the team's ownership.

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WHITEFIELD: Donald Sterling's estranged wife is making one thing clear when it comes to the L.A. Clippers, that she is a co-owner of the team. Shelly Sterling made that assertion in a statement reacting to the NBA's decision to appoint a new CEO to overseas the team's operations. She said in part, quote, "as a co-owner, I am fully committed to taking the necessary steps to make the Clippers the best team in the NBA. That has been my aspiration ever since 1981," end quote. Her statement comes on the heels of a huge victory for the team. Clippers knocked off the Golden State warrior in the game 7 of the playoffs last night.

Chris Paul, the team's star guard, said his team put aside the controversy and focused on the task at hand.

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CHRIS PAUL, CLIPPERS PLAYER: This is going to sound crazy, but it was all about tonight. Everything else is in the past. And not to diminish how serious everything has been in the past week or so, you know, it was all about basketball tonight.

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WHITEFIELD: All right. A huge victory for the players, the Clippers, as they head into the semifinals. And now game reset for Clippers' co-owner Shelly Sterling.

CNN national correspondent Deborah Feyerick is covering the story for us from New York.

So Deborah, she sends the message loud and clear that she, Shelly Sterling, is part of this. You can't just deal with Donald Sterling on this.

DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's exactly right. Because it appears that the team may be owned by the family trust. We don't know what the terms of the trust are. But what that means is that Shelly Sterling is not going to let go of this property, certainly not right away. The reason for that is the assistance of property now that has increased in values so substantially that effectively, they could argue that you can take it away from us, certainly not an asset that is on the rise.

So it is so interesting to read the statement (INAUDIBLE). But Shelly Sterling makes it clear that she spoke to the NBA commissioner Adam Silver that, in fact, she supports his decision to find a new CEO and also she agrees that the league and the team have to work to find the CEO together. So she is really establishing that she is there, that she is in control and that she, herself, is taking the reins of the future of this team, very interesting move on her part. WHITEFIELD: Very true. And then now, one has to wonder if when this NBA owners meet next week or this week, I should say, and if they all vote, you know, with the right ratio to force him to sell, if that means they really have to vote on her as well or what does this mean? Does she have half the stake and only half of the team would be sold or meaning the ownership of it? I mean, what does this mean possibly for the sale?

FEYERICK: You know, this is so murky. The NBA has really never had to deal with this before. They've never levied a fine as high as $2.5 million or kicked somebody out of the elite club. That is the NBA, 30 owners all together.

WHITEFIELD: Right, 23 of whom --

FEYERICK: Exactly.

WHITEFIELD: Yes.

FEYERICK: Exactly. So, it's really unclear. But the family, if this is a family-owned team, they have a very good argument that, look, we are not the ones who made these statements. We're not the ones who did anything wrong. We shouldn't be penalized. You want to go after, you know, the patriarch, Donald Sterling, go after Donald Sterling. But why should we have to suffer for his behavior?

So, it is extremely interesting. And the question is perhaps, for example, if they got divorced, which it doesn't look like they are going to, then perhaps she they would be arguable that she would remain co-owners. Nobody knows and that's so why it makes it also interesting to watch.

WHITEFIELD: So, it's going to be interesting to see if, you know, NBA or whomever is involve in this, if they are going to change the language in that vote to no longer it is Donald Sterling, but it is going to be the ownership of the L.A. Clippers that they are trying to removed just to be all inclusive, not a lawyer but it would seem that would be the case.

FEYERICK: It does. And trust to create to protect properties.

WHITEFIELD: Right. Fascinating stuff. All right, keep us posted on this. We will check back with you on this.

Deborah Feyerick in New York. Appreciate it.

All right, coming up next, we'll go to Washington for everyone else's take on the White House Correspondents Dinner. And President Obama's routine or I should say his comedy routine.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And I'm feeling sorry, believe it or not, for the speaker of the house as well. These days, the house Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me which means orange really is the new black. (LAUGHTER)

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WHITEFIELD: All right. Last night was the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington and it's a night where the celebrities and Washington elite get together to mingle a little. It's also a night where politicians get a chance to hopefully laugh at themselves and the president is no exception.

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OBAMA: Of course, we ruled out healthcare.gov. That could have gone better. In 2008, my slogan was, yes, we can. In 2013, my slogan was control, alt, delete.

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WHITEFIELD: Our own Erin McPike was there at the dinner last night and she's with us now on the White House lawn.

So OK, besides the president, who stole the show last night?

ERIN MCPIKE, CNN GENERAL ASSIGNMENT CORRESPONDENT: Well, actually, Fred, I have to say that President Obama is a perennial cloud pleaser because of some of that self-deprecating humor, some of that you just play. We might actually have a snippet of a little bit more of that for you.

So, in addition to some of the things that you just played, he also said that things were so bad last year that the 47 percent called Mitt Romney to apologize. So quite a bit of that.

Now, he also took some shots at cable news and did not spare CNN either, Fred.

WHITEFIELD: So are we going to roll those clips? Do we have them? All right. I guess that's a big no. I'm hearing silence. OK.

So in addition to making fun of the media, CNN among them, in addition to making fun of himself, he also made fun of John Boehner, a lot, it seemed. Was John Boehner in the house? Did he smirk, did he laugh, did he have a sense of humor at all about it?

MCPIKE: We did not see John Boehner in the room last night but some of the other good jokes that the president told were actually about the next presidential election. Many of the jokes were about Hillary Clinton's inevitability. And Joe Biden, we didn't catch a glimpse of him either, but taped an introductory video with Julia Louis Dreyfus who is the star of "Veep." And in that video, they got matching 45 tattoos says 45th president of the United States.

Michelle Obama made a cameo in that one as well. Julia Louis Dreyfus and Joe Biden ended up sneaking into the White House kitchen for ice cream. Michelle Obama then caught them but then she got into the ice cream herself and they had left the kitchen, came back and she said, what, it has raisins in it. It's fruit.

WHITEFIELD: Very funny. Well, it's fun to see them making fun, poking fun at themselves and everyone having a good time because you've got to have at least one night a year to do that.

MCPIKE: Of course.

WHITEFIELD: Erin McPike, thank you so much from the White House, appreciate it.

All right, not laughing at all, taking this very seriously, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice was invited to give a commencement address at Rutgers University. Well now, she says it is too much of a destruction. There had been protests. There has been a lot of anxiety expressed over it now. She says she will not be the commencement speaker. A lot of the students were upset with her, expressing that they did not like her connection with the Iraq war. The university president says he stands by the invitation, however, but does respect Rice's decision.

Malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared nearly 60 days ago. Now the search for the plane is about to enter a whole new phase.

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WHITEFIELD: The next few hours could determine what the next phase will look like in the search for missing flight Malaysia airlines flight 370. Chinese and Malaysian officials will attend trilateral talk in Australia. Meanwhile, Malaysian police are holding some suspected terrorists right now.

CNN's Will Ripley have more on whether they could be connected to the missing plane.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fred, right now, the royal Malaysian police are denying a news report that the arrest of those 11 suspected militants has anything to do with the missing plane. In fact, they flat out called it rubbish to one of the local papers here.

This is part of ongoing terror investigation. These were arrests to try to prevent terrorists attacks for in and out of Malaysia. And officials are telling us they expect to make more arrest soon. But again, no link confirmed to the missing plane.

There's a lot happening right now. In Australia, on Monday morning, a trilateral meeting begins. There are three countries involved, China, Malaysia and Australia. Though the meeting in Canberra and they will be discussing the next phase of the search for MH 370 which is happening right now. in the southern Indian Ocean.

We know the Bluefin-21's contract has been extended until the end of the month. That piece of technology alone costs about $40,000 a day. So the next phase could cost up to $60 million and take up to a year, we are told. And this meeting on Monday where these three countries will sit down and figure out decide exactly how they are going to allocate the resources, where they are going to deploy them. They are going to bring in other technology to search for the missing plane but they need to figure out exactly what that the technology is going to be, when it will be deployed and how exactly it's going to be used.

And after the meeting is over tomorrow, on Monday we should be getting an update which we will of course be bringing to you right here.

In Kuala Lumpur, Will Ripley. Now back to you, Fred.

WHITEFIELD: Thanks so much, Will. So, let's look ahead now. What might be the next stops? I'm joined now by a panel of experts. CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo. She is an aviation attorney who sues airlines and David Gallo.

All right. So Mary, to you first. So. we heard about this earlier reports of these 11 suspected terrorist. But you heard Will say that the official said rubbish, no connection. Another distraction or might there be something to this, in your view, some important?

MARY SCHIAVO, CNN AVIATION ANALYST: It's really important to follow up with the investigation into terror because, remember, on September 11th, there was a very great concern that there was a second wave coming. And remember the terrorists studied the weaknesses. So even though if Malaysia 370 may not be a terrorist event, then the terrorists are watching. So they need to know if the terrorists had any capabilities, if anybody has done flight training, if they weapons training, bombs, et cetera.

Remember the 9/11, terrorists were trained to kill and hand-to-hand combat. And now that the terrorists know the weaknesses that has exposed in the aftermath of 370, they have to be extra capable that there are groups are capable of exposing these vulnerabilities. So, it it's very right to round them and question them. And besides, it is important to stop any terror capabilities but aviation is almost always a target.

WHITEFIELD: OK. And David, let's talk now more now about, remember, there was some suspicion that there may be debris in the Bay of Bengal and so they were resources devoted to investigate further. What may come of that this week?

DAVID GALLO, CNN ANALYST: Well, I don't know, Fredricka. But you know, the more and more people I talk to, the more skepticism that I hear about that particular claim. And you know, it's far-fetched. I don't want to say that it's impossible because a lot of stranger things -- well, I should say just have happened. But we will have to wait and see if they find something on that spot and see if it's related to the way that this company claims they found it.

WHITEFIELD: And then tomorrow will be a meeting, Australian, Malaysian, and Chinese authorities. David, do you have any hope in that?

GALLO: Sure. I mean, it the beginning to looking at the what Ocean Shield and Bluefin has done out there on that one spot. I hope they review that data. I believe Bluefin and Ocean Shield are close to being in port. They are probably trying to get in to share some of those results and then they will start looking at that map and trying to figure out what next and who goes where to do what.

WHITEFIELD: And then Mary, what could come out of it besides I guess the business aspect of their discussions? Who pays for this? Who pays for the continued search? You know, what should be the next strategy based on what all of these countries can afford?

SCHIAVO: Right. I think that's what they are going to do. They are going to have a plan and they are going to have to stick to it. And what David mentioned about the Bay of Bengal, they had to do it. It was the humanitarian thing to do to stop the families from worrying and wondering about the Bay of Bengal.

But they are going to have to have a plan and the financial budget and stick to it. And they to have two more thing in there. they have to have the ability to brief and take care of the families and they are going to have to do that with some sort of a closed-circuit television or internet briefing. And then they are going to have to find a way to fund this. And so, that is going to be two more important things coming out of that meeting.

WHITEFIELD: And David, we're talking about 60 days now. How does anyone try to look at this investigation in an optimistic way, that one day this plane really will be located.

GALLO: Well, Fredricka, you know, we faced the same challenges with Air France 447. People thought that that plane would never have been found and it was two years of calendar time, about 10 weeks of being on the water. But it is not impossible. You know, with some good thinking, some brains and the right plan in place with the right team and technology, I'm confident this plane will be found, I really am.

WHITEFIELD: Mary, are you feeling as confident?

SCHIAVO: I am. I'm going to go with David on this one because he's done it before.

WHITEFIELD: OK. Mary Schiavo, David Gallo, thank you so much.

Of course, the families of those 239 people, the want everyone onboard to feel as optimistically. Thanks so much.

All right, more than two weeks after nearly 300 school girls were abducted from their boarding school, Nigeria's president now addressing his nation. A live report from Nigeria on what is he promising to do, next.

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WHITEFIELD: Nigeria's president today is promising to do whatever it takes to find 223 school girls who were kidnapped more than two weeks ago.

CNN's Isha Sesay joins us now live from Lagos, Nigeria with more. And so, Isha, at the same time, he's kind of putting this on the parents, if I understood your live report properly last time, that in order to have a thorough investigation, he needs more cooperation from the parents who are worried sick about their kids?

ISHA SESAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. I mean, that was one of the things that really got me as I listened to the president of Nigeria speak on camera for the first time about these abductions that took place almost three weeks ago.

He seems to be inferring that despite his military security forces doing everything they can to find and secure the release of these girls, their efforts are being hampered by something of a lack of cooperation on the part of the girls' family. And he seems to be suggesting that and they weren't forthcoming with information about the girls whether in terms of the names and pictures, to support the claims that the girls have been taken. And really, I'm not sure how that's going to go over with some here in Nigeria who are really looking squarely at the government and say we don't see any apparent progress in your effort to locate these girls and you are not sharing any information with us.

I mean, I think we need to come back to the fact that this happened in the place that was supposedly under a state of emergency, a place where there were significant numbers of troops already on the ground fighting Boko Haram, yet in this circumstance, in this environment, 276 girls were still abducted and the death of nine. And the government admitted tonight, they don't know where they are, Fredricka.

WHITEFIELD: So, wait minute. So now, does this means that this helps magnify -- I mean, if there are parents who are reluctant to relieve -- reveal information about their daughters that perhaps this magnifies a trust problem that they have with the government, that they are not really sure if this Boko Haram and the Nigerian government are complicit.

SESAY: I think that you're touching on some things that, you know, a lot of people are talking about here in Nigeria. A lack of trust, a lack of uncertainly as to what is going on. You have to remember that this happened in a very remote part of Nigeria, northeastern Nigeria and where it's very difficult to act as largely because of security issues that have been plaguing that region for many years.

And yet, there is that element of people not being quite sure of who to trust. But also, to be fair, there's also a simple issue of fear on the part of the families, which we know because CNN has spoken to some of these families, they are afraid to get too much information about their children because they are worried that if indeed it is Boko Haram, which everyone suspected is, that has taken their kids, they could well be watching CNN or any other international network as well. And they could see their children identified and that they in turn could be further victimized.

So you know, there's a lot going on here, Fred. WHITEFIELD: Yes. It is troubling all the way around. We're talking about three weeks now and these 200 young girls and no one knows where they are, what could be their experience and how frightened they must be.

Isha Sesay, thank you so much.

Of course, we've got more information on this story and the growing worldwide outrage over the handling of this story at CNN.com/impact.

Isha Sesay, thanks so much from Lagos.

All right. An after party prom end in gunfire or what turns this in supposed to be a happy occasion into a very frightening moment?

But first, athletes at every level will someday face the same challenge. Coming back from an injury, ACE (ph) sports medicine expert Dr. Jordan Metzl offers a few lessons in today's "Fit Nation".

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DR. JORDAN METZL, SPORTS MEDICINE EXPERT: I'm going to show you a couple of exercises to do a couple times a week.

The first one is a simple squat. I want you to spread your feet a little wider and put your arms straight out here. Now, I want you to keep your chest up, just like me. You're going to squat down below your knees. Get down a little lower there if you can. Good man.

So with this one, watch me first. I'm going to come down. I'm going to do an easy jump and I'm going to come right back down. The benefit of this is that you're both strengthening your muscles and you are starting to strengthening your heart. Give me five more of those and you see what happens to your heart and your breathing. And you start to go here.

Number two exercise, I'm going to give you is what we call an isometric. So, we're going to introduce an exercise called a plank which is great to strengthen your core muscles, the muscles in the front and back of the spine.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK.

METZL: I want you to basically get right into a plank position just like this. What's happening is the muscles in the front and back of the spine are being worked even though they are not moving. Can you feel that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, yes.

METZL: And watch me. You are going to turn this way and you give me 30 seconds just like this. Try this and face this way and see what that looks like. There you go. Maybe a minute forward and 30 seconds on each side and you can do this every single day, all right?

And then finally, we're going to talk about exercises some of the muscles around your chest. And I think there is nothing as good as a pushup with a little bit of rotation.

So for this one, let's kind of face this way. The classic pushup down to the ground and back up, let's put a rotation. If you get better, you can put in weights. But I'm going to have you rotate left, push up, rotate right, pushup. So we're going to strengthen your whole body and again, it's not strengthening or cardio. You can do those together. And I think you need that a few times a week, we are going to g et you ready to your race.

All right. You're definitely going to be great.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you. I appreciate it.

METZL:

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WHITEFIELD: Houston police search for a gunman after a shooting sent four teenagers to the hospital. The incident happened during an after prom party. Witnesses say the person fired into the crowd after he and some friends were asked to leave.

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CYNSEAN YANCY, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: When I first heard the first set of gunshots, I ran to the car and then like the shooting kind of like never stopped. I was scared, of course. And everybody running. It was chaotic. I attempted to leave. The gunshot hit the car and then hit me on the side of the face.

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WHITEFIELD: Goodness. All of the injured are expected to recover. Very close call for that young man and others.

All right. Authorities are looking for at least one arsonist seen walking away in a surveillance video. They believe he set six fires in a neighborhood near the University of Portland. The fire happened within a half mile of each other. Police and firefighters estimate the damage at approximately $30,000.

And as we get ready for Cinco De Mayo on Monday, Anthony Bourdain looks at the two parts of Mexico in tonight's "PART UNKNOWN." Beyond the violence and crime, is the amazing story of the people, the music and of course the food.

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ANTHONY BOURDAIN, CNN HOST, PARTS UNKNOWN: Mexico, you know, you see on TV, murder, corruption. Mexico is a deeply troubled, maybe even cursed land. It is also just as deeply magical and enchanted. This amazing, amazing country, incredible food, unbelievable music, old- school colonial streets, mountains, beaches. Did I mention the food? Should pay more attention to this place, man. It is our brother. It is right down there next to us. And it's really one of the greatest places on earth.

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WHITEFIELD: I'm convinced. Take a bite out of old Mexico tonight with Anthony Bourdain "PARTS UNKNOWN," 9:00 p.m. eastern time. And then at 10:00 p.m. eastern, we want to know who's watching you or how easy it is for someone to get your personal information? Morgan Spurlock takes on big brother and your privacy.

All right, the folks at "Saturday Night Live," they just couldn't resist. They had to say something about the Clippers' owner Donald Sterling and those racist audio recordings of him that leaked last week. Well, check out how they kicked off last night's show.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have decided to sell the Los Angeles Clippers for the bargain price of $1 billion. I know that sounds like a lot of money. I'm making a lot of money but remember, the NBA has already fined me $2.5 million so I'm only clearing like, what? Like 998 mil. It's nothing.

Now, I hope to use every penny to repair my relationship with the black community especially Magic Johnson who is clearly one of the good ones.

So I have been learning about the history. Today I watched "Roots" on TV, let me tell you that quest not very talented, very talented boy. You know? I have also agreed to put up $3 million to do by own version of the million man march. So this June, Donald Sterling's million man cruise will take thousands of black men on the wondrous journey to the beautiful ivory coast of Africa to never come back.

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WHITEFIELD: All right. That was "SNL" last night.

So the woman linked to Donald Sterling didn't stay out of the public eye. You know that by now. In fact, it was pretty easy to spot her. She thought she was in disguise. Quite the opposite. Just look for the woman with the visor covering her face.

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WHITEFIELD: All right. Straight ahead, the very latest on today's terrible accident at a circus that left several performers injured. We'll have the latest breaking details at the top of the hour.

The ex-girlfriend of Donald Sterling went On the Record with Barbara Walters. I don't know if we should call her ex-girlfriend. Let's call her what she calls herself, the associate, the right wing -- the right hand man or the wingman. Well, she talked about that visor that's been made famous to Barbara Walters.

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BARBARA WALTERS, ABC NEWS ANCHOR: People have seen you walking with a visor. Why the visor?

V. STIVIANO, DONALD STERLING'S EX-GIRLFRIEND: I'm hurting. I'm in pain. It hurts to see someone that you care about hurting. It hurts to see people speculate, assume, say, throw darts at you when they don't know you.

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WHITEFIELD: Well, ironically, the visor only made her a bigger target. Here's Jeanne Moos.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's been the elephant in the room. Make that the elephant on Donald Sterling's alleged girlfriend's face.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm trying to walk my dog.

MOOS: In that? We can't see through it but we can certainly marvel at it. Stylish visor or eyesore?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What the --

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is she a beekeeper?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's the bee's knees and you know it. Am I the only one who wants this visor? It is the ultimate in privacy. Are you kidding?

MOOS: One blog called it paparazzi kryptonite. Able us to block the shot of any photographer. V. Stiviano's visor has compared to a welder's mask or what serial murdered Dexter wears to protects from blood spotter. Folks are having ball equating to space balls.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Keep firing [ bleep ] fools.

MOOS: You know what it really needs?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What?

MOOS: Windshield wipers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

MOOS: On a rainy days, not especially suited to something called a solar shield. New Yorkers did their best to pay me no mind. There was the occasional double take, the lingering stare, it's believed the solar shield was first popularized by women in China worried about sun burning fair skin.

Do you think it is good look or not a good look?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No. Not a good look. Looks weird.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is not a good look. Strange.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it is a fashion forward.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Very daft punk.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Over here.

MOOS: We were lucky enough to get the solar shield overnight from Amazon for $29 plus shipping. One size fits most. Even a CNN.com colleague was conf confused.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Is that a spit guard?

MOOS: V. Stiviano joins us other celebs that chose to cover their heads from Shila Buff (ph) and his "I'm not famous anymore" bag to the unknown comment from "the old gong show." that's Woody Harrelson hiding from the paparazzi. Lady Gaga's always covered in something. And Michael Jackson didn't just cover himself, he covered his kids.

As for V. Stiviano, we don't know if she's hiding or planning to drop her very owned visor line as the tweet suggested. Not recommended for driving. Yet, there she is in her Ferrari, at least the headband can expand when she gets a swollen head. When she gets board with the visor, we recommend this.

Jeanne Moos, CNN. New York.

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WHITEFIELD: And just in case, if you want it one, well guess what, sold out on Amazon.com in any color, black, pink, you name it, all gone.

All right. We have much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM, which begins right now.

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