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Maryland Program Tries to Keep Kids out of Prison by Putting Them in; 'Daily Dose'
Aired December 13, 2004 - 11:29 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We want to go live right now to New York City. That's Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of the city, talking about the reason he's in the news. Let's talk about it.
RUDY GIULIANI (D), FMR. NEW YORK CITY MYR.: Yes, I have confidence.
QUESTION: Mr. Giuliani, have you had clients call this morning expressing concerns?
GIULIANI: No, I haven't.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, thank you, gentlemen and ladies. Take this, or I'll drop it.
KAGAN: All right, We're going to get back to what Rudy Giuliani had to say in just a moment, basically answering questions about his relationship right now with President Bush. He had pushed Bernie Kerik to be the nominee for homeland defense, and that's a nomination that collapsed in controversy. We'll have more on that story just ahead.
Right now, a look at what's happening now in the news.
SANCHEZ: And we're going to start with jurors in the Scott Peterson murder trial. They're back in the jury room this morning for day three of deliberations. They need to decide whether to recommend life in prison or death for the convicted wife killer.
The Electoral College meets in state capitals all over the country today to formally re-elect President Bush. If the electors stick to the script, no reason to suspect they will not, the president will get 286 votes, John Kerry, 252. Ukraine opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko returned to Kiev today after receiving a diagnosis in Austria that he suffers from poisoning, dioxin poisoning. Yushchenko says the Ukrainian authorities tried to kill him, but he is not specifically naming names.
A suicide car bomb kills eight in a checkpoint outside Bagdhad's green zone today. Seven Marines die in a security operation Sunday in a province west of Baghdad.
Keeping you informed, CNN, the most trusted name in news.
This may be a bit of a startling statistic for what has been called in the past weekend warriors "USA Today" is saying in today's edition that soldiers in the Army National Guard are dying at a faster pace in Iraq than any active duty troops. In fact, these are some of the numbers. The paper found one death among active duty troops for every 402 soldiers. Some 250,000 regular army troops are there. Among 37,000 members of the National Guard, there was one death for every 264 soldiers. That's a death rate of 35 percent higher.
KAGAN: Now a story about a New York soldier who lost an arm when he was wounded this Iraq. Instead of a final paycheck from the army, he received a bill, claiming he owed the Army money.
Our Ed Lavandera has his story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Last February, Army Specialist Robert Loria was helping rescue a fellow soldier who had just been injured by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. Loria and a group of soldiers drove in, loaded the soldier's body in a Humvee, but as Loria started driving away, the second bomb detonated. Loria looked down and saw his left arm mangled and shrapnel wounds along the left side of his body.
ROBERT LORIA, WOUNDED SOLDIER: When he has got me fully out of the vehicle and laid me on the ground, the first things I said to him, I started to tell him my wife was going to be pissed at me, because I told her a long time ago I would be back all right, and I wouldn't get hurt. And I felt like I lied to her.
LAVANDERA: Specialist Loria is getting used to life without part of an arm. Nerve damage has left him without feeling in his left foot, but as Loria prepared to discharge from the military after serving five years, he was told that he owed the Army more than $6,000 for pay, the Army says, he shouldn't have received, and for travel expenses to get treatment. The bill also included $310 for equipment Loria didn't bring back from Iraq, like a sleeping bag, suspenders, and a rucksack, among other things.
LORIA: Didn't have anything to say to them. I didn't know what to say to them. I was pretty much in shock, you know, like, they're like, hey, screw you, bye.
LAVANDERA: The army even took his last paycheck and applied it to the debt. After that, he still owed almost $2,000. Loria and his wife started to worry. The 27-year-old specialist had no idea how he would afford to get back home to New York. Unsure what to do, Christine Loria started calling her local Congressman, a couple U.S. senators and their hometown newspaper.
CHRISTINE LORIA, SOLDIER'S WIFE: He signed up for this because he wanted to serve his country. He wanted to do something he could be proud of, and they're making it very hard for him to feel proud, by trying to take more from him? What more do they want? What?
LAVANDERA: Right now, the Army wants to get out of the spotlight on this one, so they're making the debt disappear. An Army spokesman says these actions clearly demonstrate once the command leadership is involved, the Army does its utmost to correct and satisfy the needs of the soldiers and their families. But the Lorias are left wondering why it was so hard.
C. LORIA: Everyone should be shaking my husband's hand, saying what can I do for you, because of all you gave for me, not the reverse.
LAVANDERA: In a couple days, Specialist Robert Loria will jump in his car and start driving home to New York. The best part of all is, he'll be home for Christmas, and have money to spend on gifts.
Ed Lavandera, CNN, Dallas.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
KAGAN: And we wish him a welcome home when he get there. Right now, I want to go back to the tape that just came in a few minutes ago. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani answering some questions on the city sidewalk. Let's listen in.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GIULIANI: Somebody's going to have to answer the things about his personal life. He's going to have to answer himself. Those are things that in the confirmation process could have been handled. There would have been answers for them.
QUESTION: You don't think any of those would have derailed him?
GIULIANI: Well, you know, it's all speculative. The fact is that those are all things for which he has answers, probably would have been a harder time in the process. I think he probably had the votes to get through. Everyone thinks he would have been superbly qualified for it. The issue of employing an illegal is like a bright line jest. You just can't get past that issue. These others, you can give explanations to.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
KAGAN: Well, we apologize for the audio on that videotape, but that's former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, answering questions about the nomination of Bernie Kerik for homeland defense secretary. That is a nomination that he pushed and supported the White House to make, and one that has fallen apart under the number of allegations about Bernie Kerik. So former Mayor Rudy Giuliani answering questions about that.
We move on to a story of a Maryland program designed to make kids stay out of prison by making a point of putting kids in prison.
Our Brian Todd takes a hard look at something called Impact.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Oswaldo Santana's mom saw it coming. At just 13, he was already hanging out with the wrong crowd, coming home late, suspended twice from his Baltimore school. She feared he'd end up in a place like this, the maximum security state prison in Jessup, Maryland. So, she sent him here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome to my hell. This is the Maryland house of corrections. This is a maximum men prison. Real inmates doing real time.
TODD: Oswaldo joined about a dozen other students on this day to take part in the Impact program, designed to give at-risk kids an uncomfortably close look at prisons raw reality. It starts with a so- called greeting from a correction sergeant.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Excuse me, do you have attention deficit? Then sit up, look at me and pay attention.
TODD: Then it's off to visit the inmates, most of whom are convicted killers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm serving a life sentence for a felony crime. To be more specific with you, I'm serving a life sentence for first degree murder and the carrying and concealing of a deadly weapon.
TODD: For about 4 hours, these kids are indoctrinated to life on the inside.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ain't no secrets in prison. Ain't no secrets here.
TODD: Inmates here. And at other Maryland state prisons have spoken to some 4,000 teenagers over the past 5 years.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stand up. Name, age, grade.
TODD (on camera): Prison officials and inmates are quick to point out, this is not like the Scared Straight program that became famous in the 1970s. The idea here, they say, is to move away from intimidation.
One inmate put it best. He said if a kid comes from a broken or abusive home and you scream at him, you're just giving him what he's used to.
(voice-over): But that doesn't mean prisoners like convicted murdered Bobby Pringle aren't in kids' faces.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anything you seen that you don't want. How you like that dorm you? Want to sleep with them 80 something people, beds that close to you, smelling their feet? That sound all good to you? How about that shower? You like that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.
BOBBY PRINGLE, CONVICTED MURDERER: For us to step out and say now we're being held accountable for the things that we done. TODD: Prison officials say there's no way to track how many kids they've saved, or how many fell through the cracks. At times, it appeared Oswaldo and others didn't get the message. Later, there was a glimmer.
OSWALDO SANTANA, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: There was a pattern that I started on right now and that I'm doing now that needs to stop.
TODD: Later, Oswaldo's mother told us he's walked a straight line since that day.
Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SANCHEZ: Also some disturbing medical news this morning. If you suffer from migraine headaches, you may be at risk for more serious medical problems.
KAGAN: And a beauty pageant where not everything is real, and apparently that's a good thing. We have a look at the Ms. Plastic Surgery contest, coming up.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: Time now to take a look at our "Daily Dose." If you're one of the 28 million Americans who suffers from migraine headaches, a new study says you probably have a higher risk, in addition to all of that, a higher risk of stroke.
Joining us now to talk about the new study, CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.
Another thing to worry about.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: That is another thing to worry about if you're a migraine sufferer. Now doctors had always suspected that there might be this link between migraines and stroke. And the reason why they suspected it, is that when you're having a migraine, part of what's happening is you're having decreased bloodflow to the brain, and a stroke, of course, which is sometimes called a brain attack, is because also, decreased bloodflow to the brain.
So let's take a look at what this study did, what researchers did was they looked at 14 different studies and pulled all that data together. They found people who suffered from migraines had two times a greater risk for having a stroke, and up to eight times more risk if it was a woman who was also taking birth control pills. So two things to learn from this. One, don't just suffer from migraines. Try to get help, not just for the immediate pain, but for what it might mean long term. And if you're a woman who's on birth control pills and has migraines, talk to your doctor about whether or not that's a good idea.
KAGAN: A bad combination potentially. What are other triggers that might bring on migraines.
COHEN: Right, there's certain things that might bring on migraines, some things that you definitely want to avoid if this is a problem for you. For example, are you getting a lack of sleep? Are you under a lot of stress? Are you eating certain things like cheese or chocolate? Are you drinking caffeine? Also, women should know that hormonal changes, such as menstruation, can bring on migraines. Here are some things that you definitely should do if you have migraines. Try to exercise often. That's a good thing to do. Also, progressive relaxation, start at one end of your body, say I'm going to relax my feet, I'm going to relax my legs, move all the way up, and deep-breathing exercise. Those are certain things that you can do to help relieve migraines.
But also, there are drugs for migraines. So again, you might want to talk to your doctor.
KAGAN: Be in touch with the medical health.
Elizabeth, thank you for that.
To get your "Daily Dose" of health news online, just logon to our Web site. You'll find the latest medical news, a health library and information on diet and fitness. The address is CNN.com/health.
Let's take a break. We'll be back after this.
SANCHEZ: Let's do that.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
SANCHEZ: We've just received information on former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. No doubt a story that will be much talked about throughout Latin America. As the story goes, CNN confirms that a judge has indicted the former dictator on human rights charges. He led Chile through a troubling time from 1973 to 1990, accused of atrocities, people who were taken from their homes and many years later were found dead, thousands by some estimates. He was arrested in London in 1998.
Here's a shot of an older Pinochet. It's certainly a story that we will continue to follow for you. But again, the headline, a judge has indicted former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges.
(WEATHER REPORT)
KAGAN: Big day in Hollywood. Awards season kicking off, Golden Globe nominations announced. We'll get to that in a second.
SANCHEZ: Good ones.
KAGAN: One of the most anticipated movies also getting some honors here, "The Aviator," about a young Howard Hughes. Let's take a look. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CATE BLANCHETT, ACTRESS: Howard, we're -- we're not like everyone else. Too many acute angles, too many eccentricities. We have to be very careful not to let people in or they'll make us into freaks.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KAGAN: That's Katharine Hepburn -- well, that's actually Cate Blanchett. She plays the legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in a new Martin Scorsese film. It's called "The Aviator," as Daryn was just telling me about. Hollywood is already buzzing about this thing. A lot of folks are talking about an Oscar. Today she picked up a Golden Globe nomination for this role. We should share with you. And she's good enough to join us now as well.
Cate, how are you, congratulations.
BLANCHETT: Thank you very much.
SANCHEZ: I know you've played so many roles, Queen Elizabeth among a few. This must have been more difficult, though, because you're playing what you are. You're playing an actress. Was there added pressure as a result?
BLANCHETT: It was probably the most difficult thing i've ever had to do. I'm not playing her on stage. Or on radio. I'm actually portraying her in the same medium in which she's so iconically known and loved. So it was absolutely terrifying. Hi a lot of work to do.
SANCHEZ: We've a picture up for our viewers. We've created this thing where we did a split screen, and on the left is Kate Hepburn. On the right is you, Cate. Do you have a TV? Do you see a resemblance?
BLANCHETT: No, I can't see it, thank goodness. I'd be like, put it away.
SANCHEZ: What is it about you Hollywood people, you don't like looking at yourself on screen?
BLANCHETT: No. I think it's just the fact that the most important thing you have to do as an actor is make the people believe you are who you say you are within that context, and so it was a balancing act. So I had to give a nod to her screen persona. I've been trying to unlock who she was as a human being, but also serve the script, and work with the character of Hepburn within a film that was actually about Howard Hughes. But it was directed by Martin Scorsese, so I mean, just embrace that challenge; you can't possibly say no.
SANCHEZ: All the people who know this stuff say you scored on this thing, you did a fabulous job. In fact, they're saying, this a great movie, that everyone should see this movie. Is this movie going to live up to the hype?
BLANCHETT: This is the problem with hype, isn't it? I mean, I like knowing nothing about a film when I go and see it.
SANCHEZ: Yes, me, too.
BLANCHETT: So we're both doing the audience a great disservice by talking about it.
But it's Martin Scorsese, and I'm always interested in what he does. And I think there's such an energy to the film. And I think the acting is extraordinary. I think Leo is amazing in it.
SANCHEZ: Let me ask you about Leonardo DiCaprio, because you know, you look at him, he's a small guy in stature. And you know, he can pull off playing these...
BLANCHETT: He's tall.
SANCHEZ: To the rest of us out here, he looks small. Does he have the gravitas to pull this off? I mean, Howard Hughes? How do you do Howard Hughes?
BLANCHETT: I think the remarkable thing that Leo does and when the script does and Scorsese really maps is the journey from boy to a man who is in the depth of an obsessive-compulsive madness at the end. And so the character that Leo plays really matures as a man as the film progresses, and I think people will be really amazed by what he's done.
SANCHEZ: Sounds like you had a good time and you even had a learning experience doing this. Enjoy it, good experience for you?
BLANCHETT: It was amazing. You're lucky as an actor if you to get to the end of your career and you've had five great experiences you can count on one hand, and this is definitely, for me, one of them. I mean, working with Scorsese, as a woman, it's rare, but it's extraordinary, and it's why you do it.
SANCHEZ: You're not going to say anything about it, but I'll ask you about a possible Oscar anyway, since everybody else seems to be talking about it.
BLANCHETT: What, I can't hear you. What did you say?
SANCHEZ: I know, you'd jinx it, wouldn't you?
Hey, Cate, you're very kind. Thanks for joining us.
BLANCHETT: Pleasure, thanks.
SANCHEZ: We certainly appreciate it.
Daryn, over to you.
KAGAN: Right, whether it's out in Hollywood or elsewhere, a lot of people they might have plastic surgery, but they don't want to admit it. Well, how about a contest where people not only boast they have it, they say they have the best plastic surgery. We're going to take a look at Ms. Plastic Surgery, coming up.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(STOCK MARKET REPORT)
SANCHEZ: I see a reality show coming up here, Singapore or something like that. Not only in the West do we crave perfection.
KAGAN: The desire to look young and flawless has other people in other parts of the world turning to plastic surgery.
SANCHEZ: There's even a beauty pageant for it now.
To explain, here's CNN's Rilisa Malsavia (ph).
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RILISA MALSAVIA (ph), CNN CORRESPONDENT: Along with the flawless make-up and glittering gowns, more than a few nips and tucks, it's not your usual beauty pageant these Chinese women are taking part in. The only requirement to enter is proof to enter is proof that they didn't come by their good looks naturally. Ms. Plastic Surgery is the latest beauty pageant to be held in China.
WANG WUAN, CONTESTANT (through translator): I hope people will not misunderstand plastic surgery. They shouldn't think, why have these people undergone surgery even though they are not sick?
MALSAVIA: Organizers hope the pageant will show plastic surgery in a good light.
WANG WEI, PAGEANT ORGANIZER (through translator): I hope this pageant can reflect women's strong desire to beautify themselves and seek after their own unique style.
MALSAVIA: Banned until last year in the communist nation, China has taken to beauty pageants. It hosted Miss World again this year, and even made a bid for Miss Universe in 2005.
Cosmetic surgery is also a rapidly growing business in the country. The winner will be crowned next Saturday from one of 20 contestants, aged 17 to 62, including this one, whose extreme makeover including a sex change, if the judges find she's a valid contestant.
Rilisa Malsavia, CNN, Atlanta.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SANCHEZ: China?
KAGAN: A man, as a woman? Take your pick.
SANCHEZ: The world is changing.
KAGAN: Somebody who does not need an ounce of anything, who is handsome and perfect just like he is, besides you... SANCHEZ: Thank you very much, Daryn.
KAGAN: Good catch. Wolf Blitzer...
SANCHEZ: The epitome of perfection.
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Aired December 13, 2004 - 11:29 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We want to go live right now to New York City. That's Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of the city, talking about the reason he's in the news. Let's talk about it.
RUDY GIULIANI (D), FMR. NEW YORK CITY MYR.: Yes, I have confidence.
QUESTION: Mr. Giuliani, have you had clients call this morning expressing concerns?
GIULIANI: No, I haven't.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, thank you, gentlemen and ladies. Take this, or I'll drop it.
KAGAN: All right, We're going to get back to what Rudy Giuliani had to say in just a moment, basically answering questions about his relationship right now with President Bush. He had pushed Bernie Kerik to be the nominee for homeland defense, and that's a nomination that collapsed in controversy. We'll have more on that story just ahead.
Right now, a look at what's happening now in the news.
SANCHEZ: And we're going to start with jurors in the Scott Peterson murder trial. They're back in the jury room this morning for day three of deliberations. They need to decide whether to recommend life in prison or death for the convicted wife killer.
The Electoral College meets in state capitals all over the country today to formally re-elect President Bush. If the electors stick to the script, no reason to suspect they will not, the president will get 286 votes, John Kerry, 252. Ukraine opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko returned to Kiev today after receiving a diagnosis in Austria that he suffers from poisoning, dioxin poisoning. Yushchenko says the Ukrainian authorities tried to kill him, but he is not specifically naming names.
A suicide car bomb kills eight in a checkpoint outside Bagdhad's green zone today. Seven Marines die in a security operation Sunday in a province west of Baghdad.
Keeping you informed, CNN, the most trusted name in news.
This may be a bit of a startling statistic for what has been called in the past weekend warriors "USA Today" is saying in today's edition that soldiers in the Army National Guard are dying at a faster pace in Iraq than any active duty troops. In fact, these are some of the numbers. The paper found one death among active duty troops for every 402 soldiers. Some 250,000 regular army troops are there. Among 37,000 members of the National Guard, there was one death for every 264 soldiers. That's a death rate of 35 percent higher.
KAGAN: Now a story about a New York soldier who lost an arm when he was wounded this Iraq. Instead of a final paycheck from the army, he received a bill, claiming he owed the Army money.
Our Ed Lavandera has his story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Last February, Army Specialist Robert Loria was helping rescue a fellow soldier who had just been injured by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. Loria and a group of soldiers drove in, loaded the soldier's body in a Humvee, but as Loria started driving away, the second bomb detonated. Loria looked down and saw his left arm mangled and shrapnel wounds along the left side of his body.
ROBERT LORIA, WOUNDED SOLDIER: When he has got me fully out of the vehicle and laid me on the ground, the first things I said to him, I started to tell him my wife was going to be pissed at me, because I told her a long time ago I would be back all right, and I wouldn't get hurt. And I felt like I lied to her.
LAVANDERA: Specialist Loria is getting used to life without part of an arm. Nerve damage has left him without feeling in his left foot, but as Loria prepared to discharge from the military after serving five years, he was told that he owed the Army more than $6,000 for pay, the Army says, he shouldn't have received, and for travel expenses to get treatment. The bill also included $310 for equipment Loria didn't bring back from Iraq, like a sleeping bag, suspenders, and a rucksack, among other things.
LORIA: Didn't have anything to say to them. I didn't know what to say to them. I was pretty much in shock, you know, like, they're like, hey, screw you, bye.
LAVANDERA: The army even took his last paycheck and applied it to the debt. After that, he still owed almost $2,000. Loria and his wife started to worry. The 27-year-old specialist had no idea how he would afford to get back home to New York. Unsure what to do, Christine Loria started calling her local Congressman, a couple U.S. senators and their hometown newspaper.
CHRISTINE LORIA, SOLDIER'S WIFE: He signed up for this because he wanted to serve his country. He wanted to do something he could be proud of, and they're making it very hard for him to feel proud, by trying to take more from him? What more do they want? What?
LAVANDERA: Right now, the Army wants to get out of the spotlight on this one, so they're making the debt disappear. An Army spokesman says these actions clearly demonstrate once the command leadership is involved, the Army does its utmost to correct and satisfy the needs of the soldiers and their families. But the Lorias are left wondering why it was so hard.
C. LORIA: Everyone should be shaking my husband's hand, saying what can I do for you, because of all you gave for me, not the reverse.
LAVANDERA: In a couple days, Specialist Robert Loria will jump in his car and start driving home to New York. The best part of all is, he'll be home for Christmas, and have money to spend on gifts.
Ed Lavandera, CNN, Dallas.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
KAGAN: And we wish him a welcome home when he get there. Right now, I want to go back to the tape that just came in a few minutes ago. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani answering some questions on the city sidewalk. Let's listen in.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GIULIANI: Somebody's going to have to answer the things about his personal life. He's going to have to answer himself. Those are things that in the confirmation process could have been handled. There would have been answers for them.
QUESTION: You don't think any of those would have derailed him?
GIULIANI: Well, you know, it's all speculative. The fact is that those are all things for which he has answers, probably would have been a harder time in the process. I think he probably had the votes to get through. Everyone thinks he would have been superbly qualified for it. The issue of employing an illegal is like a bright line jest. You just can't get past that issue. These others, you can give explanations to.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
KAGAN: Well, we apologize for the audio on that videotape, but that's former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, answering questions about the nomination of Bernie Kerik for homeland defense secretary. That is a nomination that he pushed and supported the White House to make, and one that has fallen apart under the number of allegations about Bernie Kerik. So former Mayor Rudy Giuliani answering questions about that.
We move on to a story of a Maryland program designed to make kids stay out of prison by making a point of putting kids in prison.
Our Brian Todd takes a hard look at something called Impact.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Oswaldo Santana's mom saw it coming. At just 13, he was already hanging out with the wrong crowd, coming home late, suspended twice from his Baltimore school. She feared he'd end up in a place like this, the maximum security state prison in Jessup, Maryland. So, she sent him here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome to my hell. This is the Maryland house of corrections. This is a maximum men prison. Real inmates doing real time.
TODD: Oswaldo joined about a dozen other students on this day to take part in the Impact program, designed to give at-risk kids an uncomfortably close look at prisons raw reality. It starts with a so- called greeting from a correction sergeant.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Excuse me, do you have attention deficit? Then sit up, look at me and pay attention.
TODD: Then it's off to visit the inmates, most of whom are convicted killers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm serving a life sentence for a felony crime. To be more specific with you, I'm serving a life sentence for first degree murder and the carrying and concealing of a deadly weapon.
TODD: For about 4 hours, these kids are indoctrinated to life on the inside.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ain't no secrets in prison. Ain't no secrets here.
TODD: Inmates here. And at other Maryland state prisons have spoken to some 4,000 teenagers over the past 5 years.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stand up. Name, age, grade.
TODD (on camera): Prison officials and inmates are quick to point out, this is not like the Scared Straight program that became famous in the 1970s. The idea here, they say, is to move away from intimidation.
One inmate put it best. He said if a kid comes from a broken or abusive home and you scream at him, you're just giving him what he's used to.
(voice-over): But that doesn't mean prisoners like convicted murdered Bobby Pringle aren't in kids' faces.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anything you seen that you don't want. How you like that dorm you? Want to sleep with them 80 something people, beds that close to you, smelling their feet? That sound all good to you? How about that shower? You like that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.
BOBBY PRINGLE, CONVICTED MURDERER: For us to step out and say now we're being held accountable for the things that we done. TODD: Prison officials say there's no way to track how many kids they've saved, or how many fell through the cracks. At times, it appeared Oswaldo and others didn't get the message. Later, there was a glimmer.
OSWALDO SANTANA, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: There was a pattern that I started on right now and that I'm doing now that needs to stop.
TODD: Later, Oswaldo's mother told us he's walked a straight line since that day.
Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SANCHEZ: Also some disturbing medical news this morning. If you suffer from migraine headaches, you may be at risk for more serious medical problems.
KAGAN: And a beauty pageant where not everything is real, and apparently that's a good thing. We have a look at the Ms. Plastic Surgery contest, coming up.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: Time now to take a look at our "Daily Dose." If you're one of the 28 million Americans who suffers from migraine headaches, a new study says you probably have a higher risk, in addition to all of that, a higher risk of stroke.
Joining us now to talk about the new study, CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.
Another thing to worry about.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: That is another thing to worry about if you're a migraine sufferer. Now doctors had always suspected that there might be this link between migraines and stroke. And the reason why they suspected it, is that when you're having a migraine, part of what's happening is you're having decreased bloodflow to the brain, and a stroke, of course, which is sometimes called a brain attack, is because also, decreased bloodflow to the brain.
So let's take a look at what this study did, what researchers did was they looked at 14 different studies and pulled all that data together. They found people who suffered from migraines had two times a greater risk for having a stroke, and up to eight times more risk if it was a woman who was also taking birth control pills. So two things to learn from this. One, don't just suffer from migraines. Try to get help, not just for the immediate pain, but for what it might mean long term. And if you're a woman who's on birth control pills and has migraines, talk to your doctor about whether or not that's a good idea.
KAGAN: A bad combination potentially. What are other triggers that might bring on migraines.
COHEN: Right, there's certain things that might bring on migraines, some things that you definitely want to avoid if this is a problem for you. For example, are you getting a lack of sleep? Are you under a lot of stress? Are you eating certain things like cheese or chocolate? Are you drinking caffeine? Also, women should know that hormonal changes, such as menstruation, can bring on migraines. Here are some things that you definitely should do if you have migraines. Try to exercise often. That's a good thing to do. Also, progressive relaxation, start at one end of your body, say I'm going to relax my feet, I'm going to relax my legs, move all the way up, and deep-breathing exercise. Those are certain things that you can do to help relieve migraines.
But also, there are drugs for migraines. So again, you might want to talk to your doctor.
KAGAN: Be in touch with the medical health.
Elizabeth, thank you for that.
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SANCHEZ: Let's do that.
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SANCHEZ: We've just received information on former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. No doubt a story that will be much talked about throughout Latin America. As the story goes, CNN confirms that a judge has indicted the former dictator on human rights charges. He led Chile through a troubling time from 1973 to 1990, accused of atrocities, people who were taken from their homes and many years later were found dead, thousands by some estimates. He was arrested in London in 1998.
Here's a shot of an older Pinochet. It's certainly a story that we will continue to follow for you. But again, the headline, a judge has indicted former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges.
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KAGAN: Big day in Hollywood. Awards season kicking off, Golden Globe nominations announced. We'll get to that in a second.
SANCHEZ: Good ones.
KAGAN: One of the most anticipated movies also getting some honors here, "The Aviator," about a young Howard Hughes. Let's take a look. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CATE BLANCHETT, ACTRESS: Howard, we're -- we're not like everyone else. Too many acute angles, too many eccentricities. We have to be very careful not to let people in or they'll make us into freaks.
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KAGAN: That's Katharine Hepburn -- well, that's actually Cate Blanchett. She plays the legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in a new Martin Scorsese film. It's called "The Aviator," as Daryn was just telling me about. Hollywood is already buzzing about this thing. A lot of folks are talking about an Oscar. Today she picked up a Golden Globe nomination for this role. We should share with you. And she's good enough to join us now as well.
Cate, how are you, congratulations.
BLANCHETT: Thank you very much.
SANCHEZ: I know you've played so many roles, Queen Elizabeth among a few. This must have been more difficult, though, because you're playing what you are. You're playing an actress. Was there added pressure as a result?
BLANCHETT: It was probably the most difficult thing i've ever had to do. I'm not playing her on stage. Or on radio. I'm actually portraying her in the same medium in which she's so iconically known and loved. So it was absolutely terrifying. Hi a lot of work to do.
SANCHEZ: We've a picture up for our viewers. We've created this thing where we did a split screen, and on the left is Kate Hepburn. On the right is you, Cate. Do you have a TV? Do you see a resemblance?
BLANCHETT: No, I can't see it, thank goodness. I'd be like, put it away.
SANCHEZ: What is it about you Hollywood people, you don't like looking at yourself on screen?
BLANCHETT: No. I think it's just the fact that the most important thing you have to do as an actor is make the people believe you are who you say you are within that context, and so it was a balancing act. So I had to give a nod to her screen persona. I've been trying to unlock who she was as a human being, but also serve the script, and work with the character of Hepburn within a film that was actually about Howard Hughes. But it was directed by Martin Scorsese, so I mean, just embrace that challenge; you can't possibly say no.
SANCHEZ: All the people who know this stuff say you scored on this thing, you did a fabulous job. In fact, they're saying, this a great movie, that everyone should see this movie. Is this movie going to live up to the hype?
BLANCHETT: This is the problem with hype, isn't it? I mean, I like knowing nothing about a film when I go and see it.
SANCHEZ: Yes, me, too.
BLANCHETT: So we're both doing the audience a great disservice by talking about it.
But it's Martin Scorsese, and I'm always interested in what he does. And I think there's such an energy to the film. And I think the acting is extraordinary. I think Leo is amazing in it.
SANCHEZ: Let me ask you about Leonardo DiCaprio, because you know, you look at him, he's a small guy in stature. And you know, he can pull off playing these...
BLANCHETT: He's tall.
SANCHEZ: To the rest of us out here, he looks small. Does he have the gravitas to pull this off? I mean, Howard Hughes? How do you do Howard Hughes?
BLANCHETT: I think the remarkable thing that Leo does and when the script does and Scorsese really maps is the journey from boy to a man who is in the depth of an obsessive-compulsive madness at the end. And so the character that Leo plays really matures as a man as the film progresses, and I think people will be really amazed by what he's done.
SANCHEZ: Sounds like you had a good time and you even had a learning experience doing this. Enjoy it, good experience for you?
BLANCHETT: It was amazing. You're lucky as an actor if you to get to the end of your career and you've had five great experiences you can count on one hand, and this is definitely, for me, one of them. I mean, working with Scorsese, as a woman, it's rare, but it's extraordinary, and it's why you do it.
SANCHEZ: You're not going to say anything about it, but I'll ask you about a possible Oscar anyway, since everybody else seems to be talking about it.
BLANCHETT: What, I can't hear you. What did you say?
SANCHEZ: I know, you'd jinx it, wouldn't you?
Hey, Cate, you're very kind. Thanks for joining us.
BLANCHETT: Pleasure, thanks.
SANCHEZ: We certainly appreciate it.
Daryn, over to you.
KAGAN: Right, whether it's out in Hollywood or elsewhere, a lot of people they might have plastic surgery, but they don't want to admit it. Well, how about a contest where people not only boast they have it, they say they have the best plastic surgery. We're going to take a look at Ms. Plastic Surgery, coming up.
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SANCHEZ: I see a reality show coming up here, Singapore or something like that. Not only in the West do we crave perfection.
KAGAN: The desire to look young and flawless has other people in other parts of the world turning to plastic surgery.
SANCHEZ: There's even a beauty pageant for it now.
To explain, here's CNN's Rilisa Malsavia (ph).
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RILISA MALSAVIA (ph), CNN CORRESPONDENT: Along with the flawless make-up and glittering gowns, more than a few nips and tucks, it's not your usual beauty pageant these Chinese women are taking part in. The only requirement to enter is proof to enter is proof that they didn't come by their good looks naturally. Ms. Plastic Surgery is the latest beauty pageant to be held in China.
WANG WUAN, CONTESTANT (through translator): I hope people will not misunderstand plastic surgery. They shouldn't think, why have these people undergone surgery even though they are not sick?
MALSAVIA: Organizers hope the pageant will show plastic surgery in a good light.
WANG WEI, PAGEANT ORGANIZER (through translator): I hope this pageant can reflect women's strong desire to beautify themselves and seek after their own unique style.
MALSAVIA: Banned until last year in the communist nation, China has taken to beauty pageants. It hosted Miss World again this year, and even made a bid for Miss Universe in 2005.
Cosmetic surgery is also a rapidly growing business in the country. The winner will be crowned next Saturday from one of 20 contestants, aged 17 to 62, including this one, whose extreme makeover including a sex change, if the judges find she's a valid contestant.
Rilisa Malsavia, CNN, Atlanta.
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SANCHEZ: China?
KAGAN: A man, as a woman? Take your pick.
SANCHEZ: The world is changing.
KAGAN: Somebody who does not need an ounce of anything, who is handsome and perfect just like he is, besides you... SANCHEZ: Thank you very much, Daryn.
KAGAN: Good catch. Wolf Blitzer...
SANCHEZ: The epitome of perfection.
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