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Obama Wins South Carolina Democratic Primary; Spy Satellite Could Hit Earth
Aired January 27, 2008 - 07:00 ET
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BETTY NGUYEN, CO-HOST: Good morning, everybody. From the CNN Center right here in Atlanta, it is Sunday, January 27th, I'm Betty Nguyen.
T.J. HOLMES, CO-HOST: Hey there, everybody, I'm T.J. Holmes, I'm glad you be here with us this morning. The first southern battle of the Democrats is over and the results -
NGUYEN: They are in.
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SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you, South Carolina!
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HOLMES: He's got a lot of people to thank, hundreds and thousands of them. Reaction today from all of the candidates as they focus on Florida and Super Tuesday.
NGUYEN: Also: There's a large spy satellite falling from space and it could hit the earth. It could contain hazardous materials as well. So, should you be worried?
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ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're here in Tombstone, Arizona. I've decided I needed to suit up. I got the hat. I got a lovely hand made holster and a replica gun just so we're sure about that.
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HOLMES: How does he continue to be (INAUDIBLE)?
NGUYEN: Is he on a movie set? What is it is he doing.
HOLMES: We don't ever know what Ali Velshi is doing. He's heading west though on election express. We'll catch up with him this morning.
NGUYEN: And at CNN, we're going to show it to you right here. There you go. That's CNN HEADLINE NEWS anchor, Robin Meade with Miss America -- the new Miss America.
HOLMES: Which is which, though?
NGUYEN: The one with the crown. That's new Miss America. Robin was a beauty pageant contestant as well. She takes us behind the scenes at the pageant, all the glitz and glamour. That's ahead on this CNN SATURDAY MORNING.
Let's do this. Let's start with South Carolina and Barack Obama's decisive win. You could see the results there at the bottom of the screen.
HOLMES: And you see what she means when she says decisive. He pretty much blew out the competition. He won 55 percent of the vote. That's more than double what Hillary Clinton got and we're going to be taking a closer look at the results and the reasons throughout this morning.
NGUYEN: We've also got our Jessica Yellin in Columbia, South Carolina; Mary Snow in Tampa, Florida -- following the Republicans as they get ready for the primary there.
HOLMES: Plus: Let's stick with the Democrats and what happened last night in South Carolina. An explosive end if you will, to a contentious week on the campaign trail. Our Jessica Yellin, yes, she is in Columbia for us this morning. Good morning to you, Jessica.
JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT, COLUMBIA, SC: Good morning, T.J. You are right. It was a hard fought contest here in South Carolina but a resounding victory for Barack Obama.
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YELLIN (voice over): From Barack Obama, not just a victory but a route.
OBAMA: Thank you, South Carolina.
YELLIN: He won more than half of the votes. According to his campaign, proof that Iowa was no fluke and his message of a new kind of politics is breaking through.
OBAMA: We have the most votes, the most delegates and the most diverse coalition of Americans that we've seen in a long, long time.
YELLIN: Hillary Clinton made a show of moving on, getting to Nashville to declare -
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Now the eyes of the country turn to Tennessee and the other states that will be voting on February 5th.
YELLIN: And despite finishing third, yet again, John Edwards insists, he's staying in the competition.
JOHN EDWARDS, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're giving voice to all of those Americans whose voices are not being heard and their voices were heard today. YELLIN: The Democratic contest took a bruising turn in South Carolina.
OBAMA: While I was working on the streets watching folks see their jobs shipped overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-mart.
CLINTON: I was fighting against those ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago.
YELLIN: First, Clinton and then, Obama pulled down ads the other campaign called misleading then there was the Bill Clinton effect.
BILL CLINTON, FMR UNITED STATES PRESIDENT: They both said that Hillary was right and the people that attacked her were wrong and she did not play the race card. But they did. So, I don't have to defend myself.
YELLIN: It heightened interest in the role of Barack Obama's race would play in South Carolina, in the end, exit polls show Obama won 80 percent of the African-American vote and about a quarter of the white vote. The crowd at his victory party offered an unusual chant. Race does not matter they say. Already, the Clinton campaign is looking ahead to states in which Latino voters will weigh in. It's a constituency that has been good to the Clintons.
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YELLIN: And the Clinton campaign is insisting that the next vote - the next election that matters is not actually Super Tuesday but this Tuesday when voters go to the polls in Florida. Now, voters, Democrats had agreed not to compete in that Florida contest because of an inter-party squabble. But Hillary Clinton still thinks she'll win the popular vote there, contest, the beauty contest if you will and she's hoping even that nominal victory will break Barack Obama's momentum as we all head towards Super Tuesday. Betty, T.J.?
HOLMES: OK. But now, she's saying that Florida matters, a beauty contest, the Miss America pageant was last night in Vegas alright? But Florida matters now?
YELLIN: I missed that. Yes, bottom line, even though they're delegates won't be seated, they need something that would even give her momentum or break his momentum before the race goes nationwide on Super Tuesday. And they're hoping it will be Florida because she believes she's will there.
HOLMES: And once again, it hasn't been a -- had to be a big blow for John Edwards last night being the place where he was born, right to his home state of North Carolina, but he is saying he is fighting on?
YELLIN: You know, they see that they see a mathematical formula in which he can come out the top nominee even if he starts placing second in some races, but he does have to start placing second and you know, the money does get tight. But they insist that they're not ready to give up yet. They say they'll fight through the Democratic convention.
HOLMES: My goodness. Money and a mathematical equation, on politics it's nothing else. Jessica Yellin, we appreciate you keeping it straight, thank you so much.
NGUYEN: It's politics in America.
Well, now, let's take you to the Republican candidates and the fight for Florida. With just two days until the GOP primary there, one candidate picks up an important endorsement. Mary Snow is part of the best political team on television and she is covering the Republicans for us from Tampa. So, talk to us about this endorsement.
MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT, TAMPA FLORIDA: Good morning, Betty. Well, last night, Governor Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida endorsed Senator John McCain. This was an endorsement that all the Republicans really were seeking. And Charlie Crist had stayed on the side lines but then decided to back Senator McCain, so, he will be campaigning with him, after the primary saying that felt in his heart this was the right thing to do. As this endorsement that was announced behind the scenes, the campaign has been intensifying with some sharp exchanges between John McCain and his chief Republican rival here, Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Senator McCain had said that Mitt Romney was supporting - that is - (INAUDIBLE) timetables for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, Governor Romney says, that was absolutely false. What's at stake was an interview back in April, put on the screen just to show you what was said. Mitt Romney at that time said that there was no question that the president and Iraqi prime minister have to have series of timetables and milestones that they speak about. He says, he shouldn't be for public pronouncement. His reasoning, don't let the enemy know your game plan. But Senator McCain took really difference with that, saying that the only timetable should be for victory. Mitt Romney had asked for an apology. Here's a little bit of the exchange of what went on.
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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Governor Romney has said maybe that he thinks that I should apologize for saying what is clearly on the record is his support for timetables for withdrawal.
MITT ROMNEY, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You know, I don't know why he's being dishonest but that's dishonest to say that I have a specific date is simply wrong and is dishonest and he should apologize.
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SNOW: The intensifying words just underscore the intensity of this race. And really for Rudy Giuliani the pressure is on because he has based his campaign largely on Florida. Yesterday, his message was -- he wanted to step away from the bickering between his two rivals saying that he was the best candidate to be the Republican to beat the Democrats in a general election, saying that he has both national security experience and economic experience. Mike Huckabee took a different path. Yesterday he was in Alabama. There he courted his evangelical base speaking at the Baptist school, saying that in states like Alabama and other states in the south are really going to be needed in order to win the Republican nomination, but certainly Tuesday could be a defining day for a front-runner here, among the Republican candidates. Betty?
NGUYEN: All right, CNN's Mary Snow joining us live from Tampa today. Thank you, Mary.
And of course: CNN equals politics and we are giving you a chance to hear from the candidates talking about the issues in their own words. We call it BALLOT BOWL. So, if you want to tune in today, 1:00 p.m. eastern only on CNN.
Also: You don't want to miss the last debate before Super Tuesday when more than 20 states hold contest. Watch as a Republican and Democratic candidates face off in California. This coming Wednesday for the Republicans and Thursday for the Democrats. Both of those debates at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on CNN: Your home for politics.
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HOLMES: Indonesia declaring a national week of mourning after the death of former dictator, Suharto. Suharto died today after suffering from liver, heart and lung disease. He was 86 years old. He led a brutal regime in Indonesia for more than 30 years. He crushed the country's communist movement. Human rights groups say, hundreds of political opponent died in purges. But Suharto is credited with boosting that country's economy.
Also: We're learning more this morning about an American woman kidnapped in Afghanistan. Sid Micel (ph) and her driver were pulled from there car by masked gunman in Saturday. It happened on the edge of Kandahar. Micel (ph) is an aid worker with the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation. A friend says, Micel (ph) has a real commitment to helping folks.
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TONY RODGERS, FRIEND OF KIDNAPPED AMERICAN: She went to Afghanistan just as a real concern for the people there in the turmoil within the country and just as far as trying to reach out to women.
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HOLMES: Afghan police are tightening security in Kandahar today as they keep searching. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
NGUYEN: And back here in U.S., a flooded streets and sinkholes. Yes, Reynolds Wolf is keeping an eye on the weather out west. Hey there, Reynolds. REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hey, you're absolutely right. I mean, we've got everything going on in the Golden State. We've got the rain, sleet, snow, potential mudslides and even flash flooding. We're going to give you the whole story on what you can expect in the Golden State coming up.
Plus: And we're going to let you know what you can expect as we round out the weekend and get your workweek started. That's just moments away.
OBAMA: All right. Thank you, sir. We'll see you shortly. Also, what possibly was the new Miss America thinking when she was crowned?
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KIRSTEN HAGLUND, MISS AMERICA 2008: My grandmother was Miss Michigan in 1984, she went to Miss America -
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HOLMES: Well, our own Miss CNN -- USA
NGUYEN: Morning express.
HOLMES: Yes. There she is, looking oh, so fabulous.
NGUYEN: Robin Meade, she was in Vegas for the pageant last evening. She'll give us a peek behind the scenes.
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HOLMES: All right, folks, if you want to start a business or expand an existing one, chances are you need to get a loan. But in developing countries all over the world, that could be just about impossible.
NGUYEN: That is right. But one organization is trying to change all of that. And if you have $25 and e-mail address, you can help on this week's "Right On Your Money".
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CHRISTINE ROMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Meyanga (ph), Kenya: It's about as far as you can get from a major stock exchange but that hasn't stopped Matrin Mondera (ph) and her cereal business from attracting investors.
DAN BEEBE, KIVA LENDER: About a year ago, we lent $25 to Matrin (ph) in Kenya to expand her cereal business.
ROMAN: Dan Beebe is a project manager for a manufacturing company in Chicago. He found Mondera (ph) through KIVA, a nonprofit helping people in developing countries. Here's the way it works. Loans are offered interest free to people with a business plan and dream in the most impoverished country. Loans as small as $25 or $100 can change the course of a life.
Mondera needed just $150 to increase her profit line and increase profit. Her earnings send her children to school.
JEFFREY SACHS, DIR., EARTH INST. AT COLUMBIA UNIV.: These modest investments help people to get on the first rung of the ladder of economic development.
ROMAN: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs is a United Nations adviser and leader in the fight against poverty.
SACHS: If microfinance is combined with investments in community infrastructure such as safe water and the clinic and the school and the road, the combination is very powerful. I mean, we can help lift a whole village out of poverty.
ROMAN: May lenders share wealth again and again.
BEEBE: When a loan is repaid to us, we reinvest it and reloan it to another borrower.
ROMAN: KIVA warns lenders that they may lose their money, but very few have. The loan default rate is less than 1 percent. While lenders don't make a profit, the emotional return is impossible to quantify. Christine Roman, CNN.
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NGUYEN: That is a great program. It shows you what a little bit can do.
HOLMES: Twenty-five bucks can change somebody's life.
NGUYEN: It sure did. Well, new information that we want to tell you about. It involves that body that was found in Chicago. Well, it wasn't who some thought it might have been.
HOLMES: Yes, we get into that.
Also: Some of you waking up to extreme weather. That guy is a bit extreme himself. There he is. He's going to get you to see what's happening around the country.
NGUYEN: He's playing hide and seek. Reynolds, we need you to stick around, man.
HOLMES: All right. We'll see him in a second.
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NGUYEN: Well, people in parts of southern California are bracing for another big storm. They could get pounded and pounded hard. The national weather service says, up to eight inches of rain could fall on the hills outside of Los Angeles. And here's another big concern: mudslides and flash flooding. A voluntary evacuation is in placed for some people leaving in Orange County. HOLMES: All right. Our Reynolds Wolf done with the game of hide and seek that he was playing over there. I think we got him. There he is.
WOLF: Well, you can't hide from these cameras.
NGUYEN: It's hard, isn't it?
WOLF: We saw you everywhere.
NGUYEN: We try but you know, you see where we are.
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NGUYEN: All right. Reynolds. We'll be looking forward to that. Thank you.
WOLF: Talk to you soon.
NGUYEN: OK. So, did your favorite beauty win Miss America? Did you watch? Hopefully you did. Because we're going to find out who was crowned. Are you going to say something?
HOLMES: You know, I was pulling my home state girl and you were pulling for your home state.
NGUYEN: I thought Miss Texas was great.
HOLMES: But Miss Arkansas?
NGUYEN: But I can tell you who won though. But there were a lot of jitters behind the scene. We're going to show it all to you coming up.
HOLMES: Or just show you right there who the winner is.
All right, folks. Also -- the sky is falling folks literally. Not the sky itself, but something is falling out of it. A satellite out of power heading towards us, maybe. We'll tell you when.
NGUYEN: You should duck and cover?
HOLMES: Yes, you should duck and cover. That's we're going to tell when we come back folks.
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HOLMES: All right. Folks, time for some Quick Hits: Looking at other stories making some headlines.
First: The authorities in California say, it looks like a pilot of the helicopter crash was flying too low and hit power lines. That's what the "L.A. Times" reporting now. The chopper crashed and burned on an L.A. freeway Friday night. Pilot was killed and nobody else on the ground was hurt. NGUYEN: Murder for hire posted on Craigslist. Police say, a Michigan woman was looking for someone willing to kill her lover's wife in California. That accused woman is in custody this morning and police say the ad asked for, quote, freelance help. Craigslist CEO says, the woman explained the, quote, "A job over e-mail," the FBI says, she offered $5,000 for the hit.
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MARK STEINES, MISS AMERICA 2008, HOST: Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of Miss America 2008 is Miss Michigan: Kirsten Haglund.
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HOLMES: There you go. Oh, my God.
NGUYEN: There she is.
HOLMES: Oh, my goodness.
NGUYEN: Was she your pick?
HOLMES: She was not my pick. But she'll grow on me, I'm sure and we'll all be fans. That's our Miss America. Yes, 19 -years old, she's 19?
NGUYEN: A ringing endorsement there, T.J.
HOLMES: She has to earn my trust just like the candidates - 19- year-old Kirsten --
NGUYEN: Like the beauty bowl at 2:00 p.m. on CNN.
Her name is Kirsten Haglund, 19 years old from Michigan.
HOLMES: Yes, she is you our new Miss America, her version of over the rainbow just maybe for her over the top, helped her clinch the title. First runner up was Miss Indiana, Nicole Elizabeth Rash and Miss Washington, yes, second runner up. And we didn't put her name in the script. Sorry.
NGUYEN: She was there, nonetheless. OK. What is it like behind the scenes at the Miss America competition? I can only begin to imagine the stress.
HOLMES: Well, they never let me behind the scenes.
NGUYEN: Well, that's for good reason.
HOLMES: But they let the HEADLINE NEWS' Robin Meade. Robin Meade, Morning Express. She was a judge actually last night. She scored the backstage pass to the beauty and the mayhem and also a one- on one interview with Miss America. (INAUDIBLE) you got to pay attention here because our Robin Meade looks so fabulous.
NGUYEN: Stunning.
HOLMES: You might get her confused with some of the contestants. So, take a look.
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ROBIN MEADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): All right. Miss America just ended -- the telecast. Now you can see behind me here at Planet Hollywood in Vegas, sign that audience is clear now, everyone is kind of digesting the decision that we the judges made. We made the decision that Miss Michigan is the new Miss America. And I spoke to her directly afterward right here on stage and said, what were you thinking about when they announced you as the winner? Here's what she said.
KIRSTEN HAGLUND, MISS AMERICA: My grandma, absolutely. My grandma was Miss Michigan in 1944, she went to Miss America, Venus Ramey - Miss DC was crowned and DC was my roommate this year. But she is here in the audience and I'm so glad that she could be here. All of my friends and family. But she was the first one - it's for here.
MEADE: So, back stage now, after we watched her get in the car and go to her first press conference as Miss America, we talked to her beforehand, she said that she's going to promote her platform about eating disorders, that's something she's going to talk about (INAUDIBLE) and I asked her, what are you the most nervous about in this year? And here's what she said.
HAGLUND: I just want to be the very best Miss America I can be and uphold what the organization represents, which is class, which is dignity and character. And it has been around for 86 or 87 years. But we're bringing the modern twist in with it this year. So, I want to keep the class to organization.
MEADE: I thought I would give you a taste of the traditional press conference, her first press conference as Miss America. Not traditional but the format of the broadcast, maybe if you watch it, you notice it was more of a reality show format with the eliminated contestants remaining on stage, all in an effort to give off a hip new image. I hope that she is hip to traveling - because she starts a year of traveling tomorrow. If you're wondering why the heck is Robin Meade in a gown? Because I judged the Miss America pageant this year. I hope you're happy with our choice. I'm Robin Meade for CNN in Vegas.
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HOLMES: Why is she in a gown? Well, I'm happy with her choice of gowns. It was a nice gown.
NGUYEN: Would you like to put up a still shot?
HOLMES: If we have one because she looked fabulous in her gown.
NGUYEN: She did, she looked beautiful and the new Miss America, she won $50,000 in scholarships that will go towards her education at the University of Cincinnati. So, congratulations to you. So, if you want more information on the Miss America pageant and inside scoop from Robin, maybe want to know about her gown, and our T.J. does, watch Morning Express with Robin Meade on CNN HEADLINE NEWS, that's tomorrow starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. You can also check out her Web site including pictures of Robin when she was in a pageant herself, that's at: CNN.com/morning express.
HOLMES: Does she wear stuff like that on the morning show?
NGUYEN: I don't think so. I don't think she's in a full evening gown. Good morning, everybody. Here's the latest on a murder in Chicago.
HOLMES: Outstanding. They made a good choice and yes, it's our Miss America, (INAUDIBLE) my home state Arkansas and you were pulling for Texas.
NGUYEN: I was pulling for Texas. They were both beauties though and you know, maybe next year.
HOLMES: Let's turn to a guy, I don't know if he's been accused of being a beauty. Our Ali Velshi in street of Tombstone, Arizona. It's not safe if this guy is in town.
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ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're here in Tombstone, Arizona, I decided to suit up and got the hat. I got lovely hand made holster and a replica gun, just so we're sure about that.
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HOLMES: Replica, that's close.
NGUYEN: Thank goodness.
Is he that a person standing on a horse?
HOLMES: I don't see that. Did he have the red CNN jacket - ?
NGUYEN: I don't know.
HOLMES: He's doing his West Coast thing, talking to locales about immigration and economy and of course, presidential politics.
NGUYEN: And Joshua Levs is here crunching the political numbers for us. Josh, what do you have coming up?
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm crunching what I can. I'm going to tell you all about it. But I have a feeling T.J. would be more interested that Robin Meade was Miss Ohio, did you got know that?
NGUYEN: Yes, we did know that.
LEVS: Not bad. All right. Figures clearly, the topic of the morning. And you know what's going on? It's a delegate race now. It is a delegate race. So, after South Carolina, where do the candidates stand? We'll tell you that and also we're going to show you how race ultimately did play out in South Carolina. That's coming up right here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING
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HOLMES: Barack Obama swept through South Carolina. Won by the biggest margin in any of the primary so far. The results there at the bottom of your screen and 55% went to Obama. Who blew out Hillary Clinton for the most part. She had 27% and 18% for the native son John Edwards.
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SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Over two weeks ago, we saw the people of Iowa reclaim that our time for change has come. But there were those that doubted this country's desire for something different. Who said Iowa was a fluke. Not to be repeated again. Well, tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina.
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HOLMES: All right. A lot of numbers coming out from last night. But here are a few that we want to hit you with. Out of the exit poll last night, Obama got almost 80% of the black vote there in South Carolina. Got 54% of the women vote and also he took 67% of the vote from the 18 to 29 year olds.
NGUYEN: Well, in addition to winning South Carolina, Obama also is picking up a high profile endorsement. President John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, in an editorial in today's "New York Times". She said it is time for change just like in 1960. John McCain - he is also gaining key endorsement, getting the from Florida Governor Charlie Crist three days before the crucial Florida primary.
HOLMES: And McCain is hoping that endorsement is going to help him out on Tuesday. 57 delegates are up for grabs. Winner takes all there in Florida, for the republicans. But also could be a make or break state for some of them. They're all finding for some momentum that nobody has been able to grab so far, heading into super Tuesday, which, of course, is February 5th. Polls show McCain and Mitt Romney locked in a tight battle for the lead there.
NGUYEN: You know, it's not even February and already the presidential field is getting smaller, but still a long ways from the nomination.
HOLMES: A long way. Right now, it's all about getting delegates, we're not used, Josh Levs, to seeing this kind of race. Usually, somebody picks up momentum and we already know by this time, sometimes who's going to be the winner but now you got to count those heads.
JOSH LEVS, CNN, CORRESPONDENT: I know. And the plus side is that now American votes matter all over the country. Quick thing, Obama was just people are calling Iowa a fluke? Who was calling it a fluke? I never heard Iowa called a fluke? Have you guys? I haven't heard anyone say it was a fluke.
HOLMES: He has a different information.
LEVS: I'm just visiting the idea. I guess so. Yes. This is the idea that people all over the country are weighing in on this. In South Carolina, it does shake up the delegate race a little bit. Let's take a look. I want to show you because we're following this on cnn.com real closely for you.
Let's look at the democratic side, because of what happened yesterday. You got Clinton right now at 230 delegates, Obama at 152, Edwards at 61. Now, as you look at those numbers, I'm going to remind you the total number that you need is the little tiny numbers above the top of your screen, just more than 2,000. So this shows you how incredibly long they still have to go. In fact, it's now pretty much out of the question that February 5th will do it, which means all of the states will end up mattering. This thing is going to go on for weeks, potentially even months.
Let's switch over to the republican side now. We'll show you how things stand there. We also have a winner. Our leader so far, Romney at 73. McCain at 38. Huckabee following at 29. On the republican side, they need almost 1,200. So again, we're not even anywhere near where we need to be for anybody to actually clinch this thing, which means it also keeps going for weeks or months, probably past February 5th.
So, again, folks, you all over the country, you're going to have a chance to weigh in. Now, just one last thing I'll remind you of, we were just talking to you about the South Carolina race and how it broke down there. Leading up to this, there's been so much talk about race, "the black vote," "the white vote," as though there's such a thing. Well, what I want to do here, show you on cnn.com, we have our exit polls, and this is where all the information is coming from. Go to cnn.com. You can't miss it.
The link is on the main screen, it says exit polls. What you're going to see right there, all of the top figures in the top half of the screen show that Obama won the black vote. The bottom half shows he didn't win the white vote. A lot of it went to Edwards, a native of the south and some of it went to Clinton as well. So, there in fact, as you see those numbers right there, there actually was ultimately that clear breakdown in race within South Carolina. Whether that will play out in other states, we do not know and we'll follow it as it comes. And guys, I'm telling you, everywhere, Americans, votes are going to matter this year. It's great.
NGUYEN: Well, it's an exciting year. Yes.
LEVS: I know. This one time.
NGUYEN: Thank you, Josh.
LEVS: Thanks.
NGUYEN: Well, the CNN "Election Express" bus is rolling towards California for the last debate before super Tuesday. Ali Velshi is on board.
HOLMES: Yes. Stopping along the way to hear with you, your neighbors are thinking. The last time we checked he was in Tombstone, Arizona looking a little bit --
NGUYEN: Out of character.
HOLMES: That's the best way to put it.
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ALI VELSHI, CNN, SENIOR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: We were traveling from South Carolina to California. We got another couple of days on the trail. We're here in Tombstone, Arizona. I decided I needed to suit up. I got the hat. I got a lovely handmade holster and a replica gun just so we're sure about that. I'm here with Dan Kelly. We're on the Main Street in Tombstone. Dan was a union carpenter for a long time. I asked him. I told him we're here talking about politics and the economy and you're response to me was that you weren't too of fond of either right now.
DAN KELLY, UNION CARPENTER: No, I said the politics sucks and so does the economy.
VELSHI: Tell me about your story? You were a carpenter, now what are you doing?
KELLY: I was a union carpenter up until a couple of weeks ago before Christmas, got laid off and there was no hope for work for at least a month. So I had to take a non-union job.
VELSHI: And now, you're involved in the border fence. What's going on?
KELLY: We haul from 24 miles from here from in (Gemstone) to the border fence. It's a 13 1/2 hour roundtrip.
VELSHI: Now, Dan, one of the things about this county and Arizona, Arizona is a super Tuesday state. There are 56 delegates up for grabs for the democrats, 54 for the republicans. Dan is a registered voter but you were a republican?
KELLY: Yes, I was a lifelong republican until this year, I've changed to democrat.
VELSHI: Who are you thinking of supporting right now?
KELLY: John Edwards is the one that looks good to me right now.
VELSHI: Because?
KELLY: I like his hands on approach at Hurricane Katrina. VELSHI: A lot of people in this county, Dan, work on minimum wage, as you can see here it is a big tourist attraction, unlike the places we've gone in the south, you know, in the eastern part of the south where jobs are a big issue as we got to Texas, energy became an issue in west Texas. People were more concerned about the markets because on the income side they're doing OK because of energy. Now we're in a place where tourism really matters. This town depends on people driving to it and spending money. The downturn in the economy, Dan, has got to affect a place like Tombstone.
KELLY: By the time they've spent their money on gas to get here, they don't have money to spend in our shops or seeing our shows. And it hurts the entire town.
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HOLMES: That's a good point.
NGUYEN: Yes. Exactly. Now, you want to watch as the republican and democratic presidential candidates do a face-off in California. The republicans on Wednesday and the democrats on Thursday. Both at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Don't miss the last debate before super Tuesday on CNN, your home for politics.
HOLMES: We got new revelations in an age old story. A documentary claims that the tomb of Jesus was found in Jerusalem. Now, a new voice added to this discussion.
NGUYEN: And you go to movies for fun, right?
HOLMES: Yes, of course.
NGUYEN: Although some audiences say a new film is making them sick, literally. That's coming up at 8:00 a.m. Eastern.
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HOLMES: A nondescript tomb near Jerusalem is shaking up the Christian community. It's already been portrayed in a documentary film as the possible resting place of Jesus. Now the widow of an Israeli archaeologist says her late husband also concluded that it was the tomb of Jesus but remained silent because he knew it would upset some folks. CNN's Ben Wedeman explains.
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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN, CORRESPONDENT: The widow of soft spoken archaeologist shares an explosive revelation, her husband died believing he had discovered the tomb of Jesus Christ in the Jerusalem suburb of East Talpiot. Ruth Gat said her husband, Yosef, a holocaust survivor never spoke out for a simple reason.
He had great fears she recalls of a wave of anti-Semitism that would break out because of his discovery. The same tomb was the subject of last year's controversial documentary, "the lost tomb of Jesus." She made her stunning announcement at a conference in Jerusalem organized by the Princeton Theological Seminary. The documentary's producer Simcha Jacobovici was in the audience.
SIMCHA JACOBOVICI, DIRECTOR, "THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS": I literally fell off my chair. It was very moving.
WEDEMAN: His documentary claimed among other things that the ossuaries or stone boxes for bones found in the tomb bear the names Mary and Jesus, son of Joseph and suggest that Jesus did not die on the cross, was not resurrected but rather married Mary Magdalene and fathered a child. The "Lost Tomb of Jesus" was bitterly attacked by Christian leaders and some archaeologists. Jacobovici stood by his work.
JACOBOVICI: I am a reporter. I'm a journalist. I'm a filmmaker. My job is to report and not try to suppress the news because of what I think some people out there might react to it. I reported as best as I could, as honestly as I could - archaeology, DNA, patina, statistics. That was my job.
WEDEMAN: At the Princeton conference, some scholars dismissed the documentary,
PROFESSOR ERIC MEYERS, DUKE UNIVERSITY: My personal conclusion is that in no way can we say with the conclusion postulated by the film that the lost tomb of Jesus is one and the same with the tomb in East Talpiot.
WEDEMAN: But others say it simply couldn't be brushed aside.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In my view, the issue is possible, very much possible but we don't have yet a compelling evidence. What we have to do, I think is to try to get more evidence.
WEDEMAN: For Jacobovici, it's time to stop attacking the documentary and start doing archaeology.
JACOBOVICI: Go look at the evidence. Don't hide, you know, from the evidence and sit and talk about me. I'm not the story. That tomb that's just over here, that's the story.
WEDEMAN: The seminar concluded with a vote by participants to reinvestigate the tomb buried somewhere underneath all this rock and concrete. It seems that the controversy set off by the documentary is about to be resurrected. Ben Wedeman, CNN, Jerusalem.
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NGUYEN: Listen to this folks, a satellite is falling out of orbit and headed to earth. So, when and where can it land? Plus.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have great students here and I appreciate all the support not only from the students but around the country. I mean, the people around the country this country had been so generous. So, I'm really, really excited about it.
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NGUYEN: He's excited about it. A college basketball coach goes bare foot on the court and some of the students following his lead all for a good cause. We'll explain.
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REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN, METEOROLOGIST: I'm Reynolds Wolf with a look at today's cold and flu season report. And you know the saying that misery loves company. Well, if you happen to be in Texas or to Colorado or even into New York, any of the states that are shaded in red, you got plenty of company, we've got widespread cases of the cold and flu in those spots. However, if you're in a state that is shaded in either green or even purple, well you got sporadic or local activity like in parts of the southeast and parts of the Great Lakes, northern plains, central plains and into the Pacific northwest. That is a look at today's cold and flu season report.
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HOLMES: Chicago police say the body found near the train tracks is not that of Stacy Peterson. There had been speculation that it could be the body of Peterson because police or actually police say they have forensic evidence now that it shows it in fact is not Peterson. Of course, Stacy Peterson has been missing since October.
NGUYEN: Well, an American spy satellite out of control right now. It is expected to fall to earth sometime in the next two months. But since it is a spy satellite, exact details, well, they're classified. So here to walk us through what is happening is CNN's space correspondent extraordinaire Miles O'Brien. He joins us by phone from New York. All right, Miles, break it down. What's happening here?
VOICE OF MILES O'BRIEN, CNN, SPACE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Betty, what isn't classified are the laws of physics -- what goes up, must come down. And in this case we don't know just where. We're talking about a big spy satellite, you're looking at pictures right there of Skylab. Whenever we think of something falling from the sky in an uncontrolled fashion, we think back to 1979 when the huge 80-ton Skylab fell down through the sky and landed in parts of Western Australia, raining down some debris there.
Now, that was scary enough. The year before a Soviet spy satellite which had a plutonium power plant actually fell down and rained pieces on parts of the northwest part of Canada, the Yukon. Exposing people there to minor amounts of radiation. Now, remember back in 2001, the Mir space station, the largest controlled reentry ever of any satellite, man-made satellite. It streaked in over the South Pacific. The key here though is Russians were able to control it all the way down to the surface.
In this case, we have a spy satellite operated by the National Recognizance Office. They don't say much about their capabilities, but apparently it is not responding to ground controls and as a result it will fall down. The question is when and where. It's difficult to predict precisely. But we should say these, a couple of things -- 60,000 tons of debris, either man-made or nature's meteorites, rain down on us every year. And there is not a single documented case of a human being clonked on the head by one of these things. The good news is most of the earth is either ocean or vacant, so we'll watch this and we'll watch it closely. And hopefully, as time goes on the National Recognizance Office will keep us posted.
NGUYEN: All right. So, we don't have to duck and cover just yet from this. But let me ask you this, if there is an uncontrolled reentry, would that risk exposure of U.S. secrets?
O'BRIEN: Well, it could. But here's the thing. As you saw with the pictures of Skylab and Mir, what happens as the satellite hits the atmosphere, the thicker parts of the atmosphere, is they break up into an awful lot of tiny little pieces. Certain things that are spherical, like the containers for the fuel, the propulsion capabilities, tend to withstand that capability. But most of the stuff breaks up into tiny pieces and very small pieces are left. That said, I'm sure that folks at the National Recognizance Office are contemplating all of the possibilities. They don't want anybody to know what their satellites look like.
NGUYEN: Yes, exactly. All right, CNN's Miles O'Brien joining us live to explain all these as we prepare for this satellite somehow crashing to the earth, but in small pieces, so hopefully none of us will be injured by any of it. Thank you, Miles.
HOLMES: I need to watch out when I go to the car.
NGUYEN: No. So far so good.
HOLMES: We're good right now. All right.
Well, folks, we all watch college basketball. The coaches a lot of times clean, nice suits.
NGUYEN: Yes, they're dress up in their nice suits.
HOLMES: From head to toe.
NGUYEN: Right.
HOLMES: But we got a coach whose toes are actually exposed. The guy is coaching barefoot, no shoes on. We will tell you what this is all about, next .
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WOLF: Welcome back. I'm Reynolds Wolf and this is - well, these are people who out yesterday in Maryland, jumping into the water, enjoying themselves with the polar bear plunge. Good gosh, all mighty. What does it take to get in the water? I'm feeling so cold just watching this. Crazy stuff. Look at them getting out there, enjoying themselves, this is how they help bring in I guess the season. Some people going all the way. Some people still wearing the shirts and the shorts. And a frightening prospect, no doubt. Now, although it's cold in Maryland yesterday, as we go to the weather computer, I want to show you what's in store for parts of the northeast. Not so much for New York but into Boston, it could get interesting over the next couple of hours. We got this area of low pressure that's going to march its way to the north. When it does so, it's going to tap into that cold air coming in from the north. It's also going to ease into some of that moisture we have over the Atlantic and we could see some snow begin to pick up in places like Boston and maybe even out to Cape Cod, anywhere from say two to four, maybe as much as six inches of snowfall between now and into tomorrow afternoon, evening, maybe even into early Tuesday.
That is the quick check on your forecast. Coming up, we're going to take a look at what's happening in California. A whole lot of stuff out there in the golden state. That's only moments away. Let's send it over to the news desk.
NGUYEN: Yes, they've bear the brunt for a while now.
WOLF: Yes. Exactly.
NGUYEN: OK. Thank you, Reynolds.
WOLF: You bet.
NGUYEN: You know, we've been talking about this because it's quite a story. When a basketball coach suddenly shows up courtside in bare feet, well you can't help but notice?
HOLMES: Yes, they are usually going to see that. Ron, Rob rather, Youngblood of the affiliate WISH in Indianapolis has this inspiring story of shoeless Ron Hunter.
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ROB YOUNGBLOOD, WISH-TV, INDIANAPOLIS, REPORTER: Barefoot basketball tonight for Ron Hunter.
RON HUNTER, IUPUI, BASKETBALL COACH: I told our kids, that you know, they're already winners just being a part of this.
YOUNGBLOOD: The IUPUI coach took to the hard wood without shoes in an effort to collect shoes. At least 40,000 pairs of them.
HUNTER: We got great students here. And we appreciate all of the support, not only from our students but from around the country. I mean, the people around this country have been so generous. So, I'm really, really excited about it.
YOUNGBLOOD: The event is part of an effort to raise awareness for needy children. Fans and students were asked to bring a pair of shoes to tonight's game. Not only did they donate. They also followed in the coach's footsteps.
OSCAR SLEPPY, IUPUI STUDENT: Everybody I talked to today in all of my classes was -- they were going to support or donate and it was pretty cool.
YOUNGBLOOD: Hunter is working with a North Carolina charity called Samaritan's Feet. And all of the shoes will be sent to kids in Africa.
HUNTER: Everybody around the world deserves something on their feet and even if some of us cannot donate to it, it's a good cause to support.
YOUNGBLOOD: And it looks like the event was a slam dunk. Before the game even started Hunter had already collected more than 110,000 pairs of shoes.
MICHAEL CROWDER, SAMARITAN'S FEET: I'm hoping to see us reach 150,000 or 200,000 pairs. I mean, I'd love to see us 500% of our original goal.
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HOLMES: All right. That was nice to see.
NGUYEN: Yes. And everyone got behind him because you know why because it's a good cause.
HOLMES: It was a good cause and it was simple thing to do. Just take your shoes off.
NGUYEN: Yes. Well, donate a pair.
HOLMES: Just donate a pair. All right, we sit around with no shoes on up here all the time. But that's something that's simple. But IUPUI, for those not that familiar with the school. They are the Jaguars and that stands for Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. That's why they go by IUPUI.
NGUYEN: Yes.
HOLMES: In 20 minutes, we're going to be speaking live to the coach, Coach Hunter, about his shoe drive.
Hey, there. Good morning, everybody from the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, January 27th. I'm T.J. Holmes.
NGUYEN: Hello, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen. We want to thank you for starting your day with us. And let us start with this. Barack Obama's impressive win in South Carolina. Here are the numbers. Here's how it shakes out. Obama captured 55% of the votes. That includes nearly 80% of the African-American vote. Hillary Clinton was a distant second with just 27 percent. And John Edwards had a familiar third place finish. CNN's Jessica Yellin is live in Columbia, South Carolina this morning with more on the Democrat's first southern test and boy, people showed up.
YELLIN: They sure did. A record-high turnout for the Democratic primary here. And the newspaper says, it is overwhelming. A decisive victory here in South Carolina for Barack Obama. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
YELLIN (voice over): For Barack Obama, not just a victory but a route.
OBAMA: Thank you, South Carolina.
YELLIN: He won more than half of the votes. According to his campaign, proof that Iowa was no fluke and his message of a new kind of politics is breaking through.
OBAMA: We have the most votes, the most delegates and the most diverse coalition of Americans that we've seen in a long, long time.
YELLIN: Hillary Clinton made a show of moving on, getting to Nashville to declare -
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Now the eyes of the country turn to Tennessee and the other states that will be voting on February 5th.
YELLIN: And despite finishing third, yet again, John Edwards insists, he's staying in the competition.
JOHN EDWARDS, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're giving voice to all of those Americans whose voices are not being heard and their voices were heard today.
YELLIN: The Democratic contest took a bruising turn in South Carolina.
OBAMA: While I was working on the streets watching folks see their jobs shipped overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-mart.
CLINTON: I was fighting against those ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago.
YELLIN: First, Clinton and then, Obama pulled down ads the other campaign called misleading then there was the Bill Clinton effect.
BILL CLINTON, FMR UNITED STATES PRESIDENT: They both said that Hillary was right and the people that attacked her were wrong and she did not play the race card. But they did. So, I don't have to defend myself.
YELLIN: It heightened interest in the role of Barack Obama's race would play in South Carolina, in the end, exit polls show Obama won 80 percent of the African-American vote and about a quarter of the white vote. The crowd at his victory party offered an unusual chant. Race does not matter they say. Already, the Clinton campaign is looking ahead to states in which Latino voters will weigh in. It's a constituency that has been good to the Clintons.
YELLIN: It heightened interest in the role of Barack Obama's race would play in South Carolina, in the end, exit polls show Obama won 80 percent of the African-American vote and about a quarter of the white vote. The crowd at his victory party offered an unusual chant. Race does not matter they say. Already, the Clinton campaign is looking ahead to states in which Latino voters will weigh in. It's a constituency that has been good to the Clintons.
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YELLIN: And in fact, today, the Clinton campaign is saying the next election that matters is this Tuesday in Florida. That's a state with a large Latino population. Now, the Democratic candidates had agreed not to compete in Florida because of an inter-party squabble. But nonetheless, the voters there will go to the polls. Clinton expects to win and so, her campaign is trying to draw our attention there hoping a Clinton victory even in a beauty contest in Florida will break Barack Obama's momentum. Betty?
NGUYEN: All right. CNN's Jessica Yellin for us out there on the campaign trail, thank you, Jessica.
And the primary wasn't the only good news for Barack Obama. He also received high praise and an endorsement from a member of America's royal family, President John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline. Here's what she said in an editorial in this morning's "New York Times," quote, "I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president. Not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."
HOLMES: And we'll turn and talk about some Republicans now. A major endorsement for Republican candidate in the fight for Florida. Voters head to the polls on Tuesday for the GOP primary. CNN's Mary Snow, of course, a member of the best political team on television. She's covering for us in Tampa. Good morning to you, Mary.
MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT, TAMPA, FLORIDA: Good morning, T.J. and yes, the stakes are high, the attacks are sharpening in this race between GOP rivals. But yesterday, Senator John McCain announced that he had won the endorsement of Florida governor, Charlie Crist. This was the endorsement that the Republican candidates have been seeking, they were courting the governor. He'd been on the sidelines but then decided to jump in, he'll be campaigning with Senator McCain. This is pretty much being talked about, it is seen as a boost for John McCain in terms of also solidifying his Republican Party base credentials. There were questions about whether or not he was conservative enough. But he has been trying to court as many endorsements. He also won the endorsement of Senator Mel Martinez the other day. But the attacks are sharpening. Senator John McCain and his chief rival here, Mitt Romney really intensifying. Some heated words yesterday were exchanged. This after Senator McCain suggested that Mitt Romney supported a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. It got to the point where Mitt Romney said that he believed John McCain was dishonest. He asked for an apology. Senator McCain said the only people he would be apologizing to were the men and women of the military saying that the only withdrawal should be a victory. Mitt Romney insists this was a false statement. As that intensifies, Rudy Giuliani stepped in. He saw this as a chance to kind of set himself above the fray. He has been trailing in polls. This is a state he has really been playing a stake in. Rudy Giuliani yesterday, telling a crowd that these kinds of exchanges are not very useful. Here's what he had to say.
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RUDY GIULIANI, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator McCain is attacking Governor Romney for his lack of experience in foreign policy and in dealing with national security. And Governor Romney is accusing Senator McCain of being dishonest in describing his position on pulling out of Iraq. I said today and I'll say it again tonight, if they keep doing that, it's going to sound like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. We don't need that. We don't need that in the Republican Party.
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SNOW: And, of course, that reference being to the debate late last week. The Democratic debate where things were really intensifying. The Republican debate was very tame. But the tone quickly switched yesterday. Mike Huckabee, the other contender here in Florida was in the state yesterday, but then left for Alabama. He's really concentrating on other southern states. Here's a little bit of what we had to say yesterday.
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MIKE HUCKABEE, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, after Tuesday we'll be spending a lot of time in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, Missouri, Colorado, California, there's a whole bunch of states out there February 5th. If we won't get to all of them, we'll get to as many of them as we can.
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SNOW: But, of course, Tuesday the big fight right now and, T.J., there were 57 Republican delegates at stake in this state. T.J.?
HOLMES: All right, Mary Snow keeping an eye on things for us in Florida. Mary, we appreciate you this morning. And of course, folks, CNN equals politics. We're giving you a chance to hear from the candidates talking about the issues in their own words. We call it BALLOT BOWL. Tune in today 1:00 p.m. eastern only right here on CNN.
NGUYEN: Well, politics and the economy, one drives the other this political season. But in Washington, the nation's seat of power crushing poverty lurched in the shadows of the decision makers. And a new study reveals just how bad the problem really is. CNN's Kate Bolduan explains.
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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The harsh realty of poverty is something this single parent, Oliver Royce struggles with every day.
OLIVER ROY, FATHER: I live by month, there's no smoke screen there. So, what works this month may not work next month.
BOLDUAN: Working off as little as $600 a month, Roy and his boys live far below the poverty line.
ROY: There's always situations, you know, if there's a budget for transportation, I might have to break that budget for transportation if one of the kids gets the cold or flu. You have to get some flu medicine.
BOLDUAN: A new study shows that thousands of parents across Washington, D.C. face the same difficult decision. More than a third of children living in the nation's capital, almost 37 percent live in poverty, the highest rate in the country according to the census bureau and the worst it's been in years. Since D.C. kids count collaborative, the group tracking this troubling trend.
KINAYA SOKOYA, D.C. CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND: This is a city where you have extremes -- people living at different ends of the spectrum and the gap is very big.
BOLDUAN: D.C. officials are taking notice.
MARION BARRY, WASHINGTON CITY COUNCIL: We've got to do something about it now because it's destroying the very fabric of our community.
BOLDUAN: City council's Marion Barry represents the areas with the highest concentrations of poverty.
BARRY: When we get the children out of poverty, we get the parents out of poverty. (INAUDIBLE) sense about that.
BOLDUAN: The mayor's office can see there's a lot of work to be done.
DAN TANGHERLIN, WASHINGTON CITY ADMINISTRATOR: The mayor's put fixing the schools as his number one priority. Poor education or educational opportunities is one of the key contributors to long-term economic -- an issue of challenging economic success.
BOLDUAN: There are some bright spots. The same report on children and poverty also shows the number of kids in D.C. getting much-needed vaccinations is on the rise. And enrollment in head start programs is up 9 percent from last year. Oliver Roy and his boys only hope that kind of upward trend is in their future, as well. Kate Bolduan, CNN, Washington.
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HOLMES: We look at now a few other stories that are making headlines.
NGUYEN: Yes, Chicago police say the body of a woman found Friday is not that of Stacy Peterson. The body was found in a suburban industrial area and triggered immediate speculation that it was the missing woman. When you may remember, that case, that Illinois State Police have said Peterson's ex-husband, who is a cop - is also an ex- cop is a suspect in that case.
HOLMES: Also: new this morning, the death of a man known as the smiling general: Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than 30 years. He was a U.S. ally in the Cold War but oversaw a broad dictatorship. Human rights groups say as many as 1 million political opponents were killed during his reign like other Indonesians. Suharto just known by one name, he died earlier today at the age of 86.
NGUYEN: In the Middle East, Israeli and Palestinian leaders are meeting today and they're going to discuss -- the growing crisis at the Gaza border. You're looking at a little bit of that right now. For five days, refugees from the Hamas-run territory have just poured into Egypt. Yesterday, Egypt said dozens of its security forces were injured as they tried to restore order at the crossing.
HOLMES: Well, coming next here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING: Something we've been looking forward to. Coach Ron Hunter is going to be joining us.
NGUYEN: Yes, he is coaching a college basketball team in his bare feet and we are going to tell you why right after this.
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: And from Truckee, California to Pier 39 in San Francisco, California, as far south as San Diego, it is a mess in California. Rain, sleet, snow, potential for mud slides even some flash flooding. We're going to talk about the whole deal coming up in a few minutes.
Plus: We could see snowfall return to portions of the northeast. That's only moments away right here on CNN SUNDAY.
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NGUYEN: More storms today for rain-soaked parts of California. They really don't need it, but here's what's happening. Heavy rain yesterday, flooded streets in southern California and farms in the north. The L.A. area is expected to get several more inches of rain today. Let's take you to Washington and Oregon now. Icy roads created dangerous driving conditions; part of Interstate 84 was temporarily shut down because of the weather. Look at that, roads were closed and then later reopened as crews were able to clear them.
HOLMES: Our Reynolds Wolf, keeping an eye on things for us. And California been going through some things there lately.
WOLF: (INAUDIBLE), you know, this is the time of the year in the Golden State when they do get the rain for a good chunk of the year, I've say from March through about Christmas time. They have a big area of high pressure that sits off right of the coast and high pressure blocks a lot of this moisture. They still get the (INAUDIBLE) and maybe an occasional shower, especially Northern California but the significant rainfall is pretty much, it just doesn't happen. But this is the time of the year when the rain begins to pick up. And that is certainly the case, especially in parts of southern California where the L.A. bases as far as south to San Diego, the rain continues to pour in and as it marches its way inland, it hits those higher slopes. That's the rain begins to really pile up. Some place, you could see four to five inches of rainfall today. It should begin to taper off by mid-day tomorrow. And into Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, things should dry out big time. It should be much better. However, that moisture's not going to remain in place, it's going to continue to march inland. And once it does though and (INAUDIBLE) especially in higher elevations like the Olympic Mountain, the Cascades in Sierra Nevada, the bitter roots of Montana, and the Rocky Mountains, we're going to see some thing else, not rain, we're going to see some snow. And some of it's going to be heavy, several feet possible from Salt Lake City, (INAUDIBLE). That is only part of the story; the second part is going to be the wind coupled with that snowfall. Some gusts topping 80 miles per hour certainly going to be a possibility. So, this area here in the west is something we're going to have to watch. Besides, something else is going to happen once this marches out of the Rockies into the central plains next week, we may see severe weather set up in parts of the southeast. And a little bit closer though into the time frame, into today and into tomorrow, we're going to be watching something else. This area of low pressure is going to march its way into the north. (INAUDIBLE), it gets a lot of cold air coming in from the great lakes, it's going to come in behind it. (INAUDIBLE), could bring some snowfall to parts of New York, light snowfall in New York but Boston could see anywhere from four to six inches of snow, from Boston proper all the way on to Cape Cod. Here's a live image we have fro you in Boston complements of WHDH. It's a cloudy sky there for you in Boston. Don't think skies are going to improve all too much over the next couple of days. It's going to be certainly interesting, especially to watch later this evening and for that commute tomorrow, maybe a slippery time, indeed. OK, that's your forecast. Of course, we're going to have a lot more to share with you throughout the morning. So, sit tight, but now let's toss it back to you guys in news desk.
NGUYEN: We'll do. Thank you, Reynolds. OK. For some Super Bowl fans, it is an answer to their prayers. That's right. A catholic monastery in Phoenix is renting rooms for next Sunday's big game. Get this, though, at $250 a night, the rooms are half the price of a nearby Super 8 motel. But here, no drinking, no smoking, or no rowdiness. None of that is allowed. It's a monastery, after all.
OBAMA: It sounds like a blast.
All right. We will turn to the barefoot coach now in Indiana. Latest accomplishment, not so much on the hardwood, but a mission to help bring shoes to children in Africa. He coached a game in his bare feet Thursday night to draw attention to the campaign. And joining me now, the coach himself, Ron Hunter, head coach at IUPUI or Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis. Again, that's what say IUPUI Coach, good morning to you, sir. You got shoes on this morning?
>>Yes, sir, T.J., I sure do. How are you?
HOLMES: Doing really well. I've got shoes on here myself. But tell me, when you were first approached with this idea, did you more have reservations about, hey, is this something I really need to get involved in and support? Or did you have more reservations about do I really want to be coaching a game in bare feet?
RON HUNTER: Well, I got the phone call about midnight. And I actually end up answering the phone and I talked to a friend I hadn't talked to in two years, and so, he starts telling me about some (INAUDIBLE) feet and you're kind of half up and he says coach, we need to bring awareness to this. So, if you're going to coach a game bare foot. So, he was in New York City at the time, so I didn't know if he had a few too many cocktails or what. I woke up the next morning and kind of researched it a little bit and thought, wow, this is definitely a worthy cause.
HOLMES: So, it didn't take you long to decide? You've decided the next day really, huh?
HUNTER: Yes, I did. Especially when I saw there are 3 million children in this world today that wake up every single morning without shoes. And I had no idea that number was that high. And so, I thought, you know, what way that I could do something about that.
HOLMES: And coach, it's one thing for you to get involved yourself and you to bring awareness just by being on the sideline there in bare feet, but you've got the entire student body involved.
HUNTER: Yes, I did. You know, again, I think that I'm extremely blessed by God. He's given me an opportunity and a platform to be a head basketball coach. And I thought, I wanted to get our students involved. And I thought, you know, we're an educational institution, so, we needed to bring something to them to say, hey, listen, you've got to give something back also. I wanted them to be a part of it and they have been absolutely tremendous with this.
HOLMES: And coach, you mentioned something there about coaches and the platform you have. And of course, we know that there are coaches across the country really that get involved in charitable organizations all the time. But, doesn't it speak to really the power and influence you guys have. You can do something as simple as taking your shoes off for one game. And here we are this morning talking about it. People are writing about it, all this national exposure and you're collecting shoes like crazy.
HUNTER: I'll tell you what, we're close to almost 200,000 shoes. It's to the point we're now -- we're going to figure out how we're going to get those shoes to Africa. Because, at first, (INAUDIBLE) again, I think that when you have a platform, when God has been able to bless you, you've got to be able to say you've got to be able to give back, you've got to be able to help children somehow. That's my mission. I wanted to be able to help these children. I mean, if we get to the point where we can get 500,000 shoes, I mean, just think of what we're going to be able to do. There are children today that wake up this morning that will have absolutely no pairs of shoes. So, I do know this. We are going to personally take those to Africa myself. This isn't something where I just did to just to take my shoes off to bring awareness; I'm going to take my basketball team to Africa. We're going to make sure that every single one of these shoes that we raised that they are going to go on a child's feet. HOLMES: And last thing here, you mentioned taking your team to Africa to deliver a lot of these shoes. You, of course, you're a coach, you're a teacher, you're a basketball teacher. But also, you're guiding these young men. What kind of lesson also, are you proud you're able to teach your players in all this?
HUNTER: Well, the one thing that I talked to them about the other day, as I said guys, this isn't about giving a child a pair of shoes. What this is about is we're going to give a child some hope. And I think that's more important. You know, again, I told them, I said just imagine waking up, walking to school, walking to class, getting up and not having a pair of shoes. What that would do for your life and so, what you want to be able to do is that no matter how much we win, no matter if we go to the NCAA tournament, you will be more blessed, you will feel much better about yourself. There's nothing better than what we're doing right now. I said, you know what, we're having a great year guys but here's a deal. When we go in July and we put a pair of shoes on a child, the look on their face is going to say it all. You'll never forget it the rest of your life.
HOLMES: That's outstanding. Coach, anymore plans to coach another game barefoot?
HUNTER: You know what? If I could raise another 200,000 shoes, I would do it everyday.
HOLMES: How uncomfortable did it get? The 40-minute game, bare foot?
HUNTER: T.J., this is between you and me, my feet still hurt, man. They really do.
HOLMES: All right. Then, maybe we'll take up a donation and get you a pedicure or something. (INAUDIBLE)
HUNTER: I appreciate that, T.J.
HOLMES: All right. Coach Ron Hunter, IUPUI head coach. This is outstanding. Glad you could be here with us, coach. Good luck to you, alright.
HUNTER: Thanks, guys and God bless you.
HOLMES: Thank you so much, coach.
NGUYEN: You too. I remember watching this story as he was playing it out. He said, I'm not getting a pedicure, I'm not going to do it, I'm a manly coach, I'm going to (INAUDIBLE) he broke down -- he broke down and got a pedicure right before the game. No wonder his feet hurt, they were nice and soft.
HOLMES: That's awesome. That something that simple, taking your shoes off for a game.
(CROSSTALK) NGUYEN: I'm going to tell you about this, though. If you're headed to the movies, you want to see "Cloverfield," you know, it's a hit movie out there but some movie-goers are actually, literally getting sick while watching this movie.
HOLMES: Yes, our Josh Levs keeping an eye on this. And people, you know, horror movies can be nasty and blood and all this stuff that make people sick. This is something different here, though.
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, we actually have a health (ph) story out about this movie, "Cloverfield" because people are telling us they're getting Blairwitched by it. We'll explain about that and how you might want to be careful, some things you might do if you're planning to see the movie. It's coming up right here at CNN.com. We've got the video and maybe the (INAUDIBLE) but it will not make you sick.
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HOLMES: All right. "Cloverfield": A new movie, a big hit, tearing up the box office right now.
NGUYEN: Yes, it is. And (INAUDIBLE), the movie is sick. You know, that's good. But for some people, it's quite literal. Josh Levs joins us now on the dotcom desk to explain. People really are getting sick watching this movie.
LEVS: They're getting sick. OK. None of the three of us have actually seen it, right? But we've seen "Blairwitch." Betty hasn't seen "Blairwitch", T.J. you do. But you know the idea, it's all first person.
NGUYEN: I don't do scary movies.
LEVS: Yes, well, hey, I'm there with you. After "Blairwitch," I want to see this one. Let me show you a little clip so, you will know what the kind of thing we're talking about.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Beth, where are you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We cannot go into the middle of the city.
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LEVS: We're seeing the preview type clips there. But what happens is the entire time, it's shot as though from the perspective of the people in the movie. As opposed to being shot in the traditional way. So, you're being taken through it as though from someone's viewpoint. So, it's a ton of shaky cam, a lot of movement and people are saying, they're getting sick. Let me show you what some things people have written to us on CNN.com about this. So, we had a sound off for it during the week and people have been all over it, one of our top stories. Patrick: I would recommend taking Dramamine if you have a history of motion sickness, but the film is worth it. Lee: I saw this movie at about 8:00 at night and was sick all the next day at work. I couldn't even drive home for half an hour afterward I was so dizzy. My mistake was toughing it out to see the whole movie.
And then, Megan: When I started to feel sick, I thought it was the popcorn because I was stuffing it in my mouth. Wow. I'm glad somebody wrote this article.
So, a lot of people are saying they're glad they saw it, but they're just leaving this movie feeling ill. And I do want to warn you. Some people say, take Dramamine.
NGUYEN: Yes, that's why I don't ride roller coasters.
LEVS: I'm just not going to go.
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HOLMES: Thanks, Josh.
NGUYEN: All right. They say (ph) usually, running two miles then eating donuts, that defeats the purpose of running the two miles.
HOLMES: Well, not in this case, exactly. We'll explain to you.
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