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U.S. Warns Americans to Be Vigilant in Europe; North Dakota Escapes Economic Downturn; 'One Nation' Rally Seeks To Energize Democrats
Aired October 03, 2010 - 06:00 ET
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T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. We are expected the U.S. State Department to issue a travel alert for Americans today. We'll tell you why we are being asking to be vigilant in Europe.
Also, a moment of silence at Rutgers University football stadium yesterday and a vigil today in memory of a student who committed suicide after his intimate encounter with another man was streamed on the Internet.
Hello to you all. From the CNN Center, this is you CNN SUNDAY MORNING. Six a.m. here in Atlanta, Georgia; 5 a.m. in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Wherever you may be, glad you're right here. I'm T.J. Holmes.
And we want to give a special welcome to our troops watching on the Armed Forces Network in Iraq and Afghanistan and all around the world. Thank you for what you do and thank you for being right here with us.
Also for you over the next 90 minutes this morning, thousands of people converged on the Lincoln Memorial yesterday. They were there for what was called the "One Nation Working Together" rally. But many were from one side of the political aisle. We'll be taking a look.
Also, about 1,200 NASA employees have turned in their badges. They're being laid off as the space-shuttle program wraps up.
Also, Germany celebrating a historic milestone this weekend. Twenty years ago, East and West came together again after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
But let's get back to that travel alert, expected travel alert to be issued by the State Department today. The advisory is specific for Americans traveling in Europe and is in response to a growing suspicion of a potential terror plot by militants there.
CNN's homeland-security correspondent Jeanne Meserve with the story.
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JEANNE MESERVE, CNN HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: T.J., the State Department is expected to issue a travel alert to Americans in Europe perhaps as early as today, urging them to be vigilant, aware especially when in public places like airports and tourist sites, according to a senior U.S. official.
A second senior U.S. official says that U.S. military installations are also taking prudent precautions. Quoting this official, "This is a serious situation."
U.S. and European officials have been saying for several days that they're concerned about the possibility of terror attacks against targets in Europe. They have said they're following several threads of intelligence, one of which concerns Mumbai-style commando attacks, possibly against multiple locations in Great Britain, France and Germany. But they've also said they do not have specific information about timing, mode or places of attack.
U.S. officials have also told CNN that Osama bin Laden has been in communication with al-Qaida affiliates within Pakistan and elsewhere, urging them to act. One official says this alert to travelers is being prompted by the volume of intelligence on terror threats rather than any new intelligence.
T.J., back to you.
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HOLMES: All right. Thank you to our Jeanne Meserve.
And the growing terror concern in Europe comes now on the heels of two audio messages purportedly released by al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Let's take a listen now to how some travelers in Miami took the news about this expected travel alert.
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DOROTHY LEVY, TRAVELER: Frankly, this is all paid for. Certainly, no one would turn back, and - you know, what can one do about it? You go, you try to be as safe as possible. Even here, there could be a bomb scare here.
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CLAIRE SCOTT, TRAVELER: To be honest, if you took it all to heart, you wouldn't ever leave the house. So - I mean, if you're travelers, I would be worried. When I first went to New York after the September the 11th, I - I was worried. But, you know, now I think everybody's learned to live with it.
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HOLMES: Now, some out there are questioning the need for a travel alert at all, including our Fran Townsend. She talked to our Brooke Baldwin last night. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND, CNN NATL. SECURITY CONTRIBUTOR: I find this very frustrating. You know, in the end - you know, we know that there's threat out there. It was reported earlier in the week. There is no absolutely nothing new, based on what we're hearing right now about the alert, that's going to be in there.
And so frankly, it has the ring of, 'Look, the government knows there's this threat; it's - it's an increasing problem.' And so what they what they really want to do is protect themselves that they warned you.
But we don't - we're not hearing that there's any specific information in there about targets, locations, timing or any - really valuable advice to Americans about what they can do. And so if it doesn't have that sort of information in there, you sort of have to ask yourself, why is the U.S. government even bothering to do this?
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HOLMES: And we are going to be taking you live to London for reaction there in just a moment. Our Atika Shubert standing by there for us. We'll check in with her.
Also, important to note here that, in fact, this is a travel alert. This is not a travel warning. People are not being told not to go to Europe. People are not being told to leave Europe. So it's a much different and a much more serious thing of a travel warning. It's a travel alert.
For more on that alert, let's turn to Atika Shubert, that I just mentioned. We do have her up now for us in London.
And Atika, if I can get you - can, pick up on that point I was making there. A travel alert not the same as a travel warning. But still, some in Europe concerned about this comes across to people who might be coming over to visit, for tourism - just the thought of a travel alert as well.
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sure.
I mean, this is a - again, people are asking - asking to be made more vigilant in crowded areas, in tourist destinations, airports and train stations. And of course, these are exactly the kinds of spots that tourists are likely to go. What I know from - from British security sources is that this is not appear to be based on any new information of a specific threat to any specific country or European target.
However, one British security source that CNN spoke to said it may be connected to France's recent decision to ban the burka. And, of course, France has been on alert for some time. There's been two bomb threats in to the Eiffel Tower. Both of those turned out to be hoaxes, but it does show that Europe, and Paris and France in particular, are on edge. HOLMES: And - Atika - Atika, tell us as well, what we have building up to this point. Just what we have been seeing over the past week, really. Remind our viewers.
We got word of these so-called - the possibility of these commando-style attacks that could be being planned there in Europe.
SHUBERT: That's right.
There was information taken from militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan - and Pakistan of a so-called Mumbai-style attack. And as you probably remember, in Mumbai, there was this attack by gunmen. They had 10 gunmen storming various locations, including hotels and a train station. So there was some fear that this may now be happening - al- Qaida may be trying to do a similar type of attack in Europe.
However, having said that, there was this new information that came out. Sources tell CNN that this was very much in the planning stages. And so various European capitals were put on alert for this new information. But it's important to note that the threat level, particularly here in Britain, has not been raised.
And this is something that they have considered, the sort of commando-style attack, for some years now. Basically, ever since those Mumbai attacks happened, security officials here and throughout Europe were put on alert, saying, you know, let's consider, if this happens in a European capital, how can we handle it?
So, again, this is not a new possibility of it coming out. But the very fact that there is all this information now coming forward, security officials are saying, you know, they want to remain vigilant and - and have people look out for anything suspicious.
HOLMES: All right. Atika Shubert for us in London. Atika, we appreciate you. We'll be checking in again with you. Thank you so much.
Well, CNN has learned just recently that three bullet-riddled bodies were found in northwest Pakistan today. Pakistani security telling CNN that there were actually letters attached to the bodies. They called them spies for the U.S. and the Pakistani military. The area we're talking about here of Pakistan is a violent tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. U.S. drone attacks have also targeted militants in that same region.
Well, here in this country, people value freedom of speech almost above any other right we have in this country. Freedom to speak, freedom to say what you want to say.
But where should that stop? Some would say protesting at the funeral of a slain soldier crosses the line of that freedom.
Now, this issue is heading up to the Supreme Court.
Want to check in this morning right now with Reynolds Wolf. Good morning to you, sir. REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, T.J.
Scattered showers and storms are possible now for parts of the Mid-Atlantic states, including portions of both North Carolina and Virginia, areas that just yesterday we were talking about in terms of flooding.
How heavy will the rain be? I'll let you know.
Plus, a big cooldown expected for at least half the nation. The full story coming in just a few moments.
You're watching CNN SUNDAY - SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY MORNING.
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HOLMES: About 10 minutes past the hour now on this CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
Parts of the East Coast still drying out this morning after that massive flooding that was triggered by Tropical Storm Nicole. Eight people died in storm-related accidents; seven of those killed were in North Carolina. Much of downtown Windsor still underwater and expected to remain so for several more days. A hundred people had to be rescued, as you can see how some of those rescues went.
Here's a look what it looked like in Whitney Point, New York. Video from one of our CNN i-Reporters. The last time they saw flooding on these levels, a few years back - back in 2006.
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HOLMES: We have been hearing all kinds of seemingly horrible economic news over the past, really, couple of years, a lot of people would say. Some say maybe in a recovery right now.
But we've certainly been in a downturn for the past couple of years. Well, would you believe there actually are some areas of the country that have been thriving?
Josh Levs with that this morning. I say some areas, Josh.
JOSH LEVS, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Yes.
HOLMES: You're talking about kind of one or two.
LEVS: Yes, I know. We were going to do this funky little thing with a quiz before the break. Clearly, some stuff going crazy. But that's exactly it.
Check this out: We have new figures from the census. Not - you know, on the weekends I try to keep a lookout for - for morsels for you all from CNN Money, especially if there's anything to make us feel a little better about this economy.
It turns out, there's one state in the whole country, and there's one city in the whole country in which incomes have actually been going up. Literally, one state and one city.
So we're going to start off with the states. In almost every part of the country, it's gone down. The one exception - the one state where incomes have got up? North Dakota. And it's a big jump. It's jumped by about 5 percent.
So why is that? What's going on in North Dakota.
Well, our John King was there last here. Here's what some folks told him.
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JOHN KING, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Because of the industry that's here, are you shielded from some of the national dynamics sometimes?
JOHN STRATMAN, WORKS IN INSURANCE: Well, certainly the economy here is more influenced by agriculture than any other single source. While there's manufacturing here, it's not to the extent of - of a Michigan or an Ohio. And agriculture continues to roll on.
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LEVS: So some of it is that agriculture has done well. Labor experts also point to this diverse range of industries in North Dakota: Oil, mining, health care, forestry, hunting and fishing.
And officials in North Dakota say they haven't been focusing on industries that have these big booms, either. They actually skipped a lot of the booms. They have stayed pretty steady for the whole last decade.
So, you know, one state keep an eye out for, doing something good in this economy. North Dakota making it through.
Now, our folks also crunched the numbers for the 52 biggest metro areas in the country. Incomes down in all of them, except one: San Antonio, Texas, where you had a little bit of a hike. A tiny little jump in incomes.
So what's San Antonio well? Well, you have a bunch of things going on there. We have reported that the city has made a lot of great strides in diversifying its economy. You've got tourism, biomedical and financial services, center of higher education. It's a major military center - 75,000 service members there.
In San Antonio, jobs have been available. They've stayed relatively low. So people have actually been moving into the city and taking advantage of that, even in this economy.
You can find out how your state, how your city are doing. We have a - a really detailed breakdown for you. I posted it at my Facebook and Twitter pages, joshlevscnn.
And there really are some lessons to learn from the one state and the one city that seem to be surviving this economy when it comes to income, better than everybody else. Maybe the rest of the country, T.J., could take some lessons there.
HOLMES: All right. Josh Levs for us this morning. Josh, we'll talk to you again here shortly.
Well, coming up, the Supreme Court is going to be back in session starting tomorrow. We'll tell you why a PlayStation 3 might play into the upcoming session. I'll explain.
It's 18 minutes past the hour. Stay with us.
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HOLMES: Well, 22 minutes past the hour here on this CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
A new term begins at the Supreme Court tomorrow, with the newly sworn-in Elena Kagan joining the other justices on the bench. One of the most high-profile cases on their dockets, whether federal laws trump state efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants.
Arizona companies are required to use a federal database to verify documentation for employees. The Chamber of Commerce argues that federal law prohibits making use of the database mandatory. The outcome could be kind of a blueprint here for dealing with future immigration issues.
Another issue before the court: Protesters' free-speech rights at military funerals, no matter how disturbing the message might be. A federal Appeals Court ruled it was protected speech. Several states have tried to put limits on where and when protests like these can happen.
Also before the court: Should states be allowed to ban selling violent video games to people under the age of 18? Video-game makers say a ban violates their free-speech rights. But the state of California says it has a legal obligation to protect children.
Let's look at some other stories that are making headlines right now.
The U.S. State Department is expected to issue a travel alert as early as this morning. It would warn Americans in Europe to be on guard, to be vigilant, when they're using public transportation and at tourist sites and other public places. Intelligence agencies have noticed a rise in that so-called chatter about possible terrorist plots. It is not expected to warn Americans against traveling to Europe. A key distinction here: Just telling people to be vigilant, issuing an alert. Not warning against traveling at all.
Police have arrested a man in connection with the quadruple murder in a Boston suburb this week. A gunman shot and killed two men, a woman and her 2-year-old son. Another man still in critical condition right now. Police have arrested Kamadi (ph) Washington in Manchester, New Hampshire. They won't say, however, whether or not they believe he is the shooter. They have not charged him with murder; detectives calling this an active investigation.
And for the first time ever, the Ryder Cup is going to have to finish up on a Monday. There has been torrential rain that has washed out today's scheduled final. This is all taking place in South Wales. The tournament also barred spectators from the waterlogged course. They're trying to prevent damage to it.
This thing's been around for some 83 years. And if you're not familiar, it puts America's best golfers against Europe's best golfers.
Well, just about a month ago, we saw thousands, thousands get together at a rally sponsored by conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck. Well, here comes the alternative. We saw it yesterday in Washington, D.C. We'll take you there, let you know what happened, what the message was.
It's 25 minutes past the hour. Stay with us.
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HOLMES: Well, good morning. Welcome back to this CNN SUNDAY MORNING. Bottom of the hour here now. I'm T.J. Holmes.
I'll tell you what we saw yesterday. A lot of people would call the anti-Glenn Beck rally. This happened at the Lincoln Memorial. Some 400 groups representing a spectrum of liberal causes organized what they called the "One Nation Working Together" rally.
So what message were they trying to get out?
CNN's Kate Bolduan was there.
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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The rally here at the Lincoln Memorial was organized by a coalition of liberal and progressive- leaning groups, including union groups and civil-rights groups among them, talking about a range of issues, but really focusing on the need for job creation, improving public education. Also touching on immigration reform.
All of this set against the backdrop of the upcoming midterm elections.
THE REV. AL SHARPTON, POLITICAL ACITVIST: We got to go home, and we've got to hit the pavement. We've got to knock on doors. We've got to ring our church bells. We've got to get ready for the midterm exam. We can't stop in '08. We got to get ready in '10. From '10 to '11 to - we going to pass the midterm exam.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) BOLDUAN: With polls showing that Democratic members of Congress are in trouble in the upcoming election, people turning out here said they wanted to present a show of force and to have their voices heard.
Why did you guys come out here today? What - what's the motivation? Why - why did you guys show up?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're in solidarity with everybody out here, I guess, and the agenda: to make America a more progressive place. We want America to be something that represents every kind of diversity in this country. We're here because we want to show that we have a presence, and that we want America to head in the right direction.
BOLDUAN: A major theme here today was, as they call it, "one nation." Organizers trying to rally their Democratic base, rally voters with a get-out-the-vote message, with an aim today, really, of trying to stir the same emotion and the same energy that they've already seen amongst conservative group, amongst conservative rallies right here at the Lincoln Memorial, like the Glenn Beck and Tea Party rallies over the summer, all with an eye toward the upcoming election one month away. Kate Bolduan, CNN, Washington.
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HOLMES: One group that helped put together yesterday's rally was the NAACP. And I spoke with the NAACP President Ben Jealous about the rally. I asked him and asked him repeatedly if he would call this a liberal rally. He repeatedly would not. He said it was not a liberal rally. And I also just asked if it was the answer to the conservative rallies we have seen by the Tea Party and by Glenn Beck. Take a listen.
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BEN JEALOUS, PRESIDENT, NAACP: We're not the answer to the Tea Party, we're not the alternative to the Tea Party, but we're very much the antidote to the Tea Party. We are a different response to the same situation. Some folks see tensions going up and prosperity going down, and they want to inflame the tensions. We're saying, let's push up on prosperity. Let's create a tide that lifts all boats.
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HOLMES: Now, I asked him, again, a follow-up about that comment about the antidote to the Tea Party. We're going to get a response to that comment coming up in our 8:00 Eastern hour. We'll have a live interview with national Tea Party Federation Spokesman David Webb. That's in our 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific hour on CNN.
Also coming up, it's going to be our mission here on CNN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING to bring you a couple of different voices as we lead up into the midterm election coming up in November. So today we're taking a look at a couple of pundits from what some would call the hip-hop generation. Author Kelli Goff from the left, commentator Lenny McAllister firmly on the right. Going to talk to both of them about the upcoming midterm elections, the mood, and what we have to look forward to down the road.
Now, Germany celebrating 20 years of reunion this weekend; 20 years ago East and West came together after the fall of the Berlin Wall. We'll revisit that moment in time coming up.
But we have another moment in time reserved for Reynolds Wolf right now.
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: What a special moment in time it's going to be, T.J.
Much of the nation has been wondering where fall has been. Fall is about to crash in on the eastern third of the country. Cooler drier air is on the way. We'll let you know when it's going to get there coming up in just a few moments. You are watching CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
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HOLMES: I want to make it out here for this one of these days. Have you been to this thing yet?
WOLF: No, but it's definitely on the to do list.
HOLMES: It's just cool. We see the pictures every year, the International Balloon Festival that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It started yesterday. It's called the world's largest hot air balloon festival. They don't have any hard figures just yet, but just by the naked eye, organizers believe this could be the largest crowd out there they've ever had.
The pictures, it seemed like every time this year we share them here on CNN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING. It's always cool to see.
WOLF: Have you ever been up in a hot air balloon?
HOLMES: I have not.
WOLF: It's a weird experience. I've done it a number of times. A lot of baskets they use underneath are actually wicker, so it's really strange.
HOLMES: Ooh.
WOLF: I know. So you're standing on it, and you kind of look down past your feet, and you can see the ground below and you only have a basket holding you.
HOLMES: Wicker?
WOLF: I know.
HOLMES: I don't feel comfortable in a wicker chair.
WOLF: That's what I'm saying. So it is a very, very surreal experience and I don't know. HOLMES: What's ideal weather for a hot air festival?
WOLF: You want dry, you want clear conditions, and the reason why they often have it in Albuquerque is because you've got, again, high altitude, beautiful desert-like conditions. And that is what they have out there. It's spectacular.
I've often heard that area and that event is really a photographer's dream because you really can't miss out on a great shot. And another thing you do often is a lot of times right before sundown they light the balloons. They have like the lighting ceremony, where you have the burners inside the balloons, and it illuminates the entire sphere of the balloon. It is kind of a neat, kind of cool thing.
HOLMES: Next year, let's do it.
WOLF: I love how you pretend you're interested because I know you're like --
HOLMES: No, I'm very interested, Reynolds. I didn't know about that. It's cool.
WOLF: Let's hop over here and talk about what's going on.
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HOLMES: Virga? What were you saying?
WOLF: Virga, V-I-R-G-A, precipitation that evaporates before it hits the earth's surface. Tiny little rain droplets.
HOLMES: I do pay attention.
WOLF: I know you do. I was just teasing you.
HOLMES: I appreciate you, buddy.
We'll take a look at stories making headlines right now. Keep an eye on this. We're expecting at any time this morning for the State Department to officially issue a travel alert for Americans in Europe. Not expected to warn against traveling to Europe. Just want to make that distinction. This would be a travel alert that would advise U.S. citizens to be extra careful, to be vigilant when visiting tourist areas. We'll have the very latest on this story coming your way in about 20 minutes.
Also, passengers on board a Saturday flight from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Denver, Colorado, filling out contact forms from the CDC. Why? A child possibly suffering from foot and mouth disease was on that plane. The child was taken to a hospital for treatment.
And this is it, today. Last day for the boys of summer. Major League Baseball wrapping up its regular season, and for whatever reason, the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays do not seem to want to win their division. They go into this last day all square. We'll see how that worked out. Still, a title on the line.
Prosecutors say a Rutgers student killed himself after two other students hacked a web cam to spy on him. Story, tragic and sad, also has people wondering if they could be vulnerable to the same kind of spying. How can you protect yourself? We've got some answers next. It's 39 minutes past the hour.
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HOLMES: Rutgers University is planning to hold a vigil today for suicide victim Tyler Clementi. The university community observed a moment of silence for the 18-year-old yesterday during a home game against Tulane.
Prosecutors say Clementi killed himself after two other students used a web cam to publish a video of him having an intimate moment with another man. Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei are facing charges of invasion of privacy.
Bullying in schools, online, why do kids do it? What can be done to put an end to it. AC 360 SPECIAL REPORT, beginning Monday night, 10:00 o'clock, Eastern, right here on CNN
Also, take a look around. Is there a computer with a web cam near you? Could it possibly be recording you? How could you even tell? Tyler Clementi's suicide reveals how these small inconspicuous devices carry big risks. There are reports that Clementi's roommate may have turned on his web cam remotely from another room to record him. He had no idea his encounter was being streamed to the Internet. You don't even have to own the web cam to use it to spy. Hackers can access other people's web cams. They can live stream and record victims without their knowledge. It can go on for days, it can go on for months. Is there a defense to this? Cyber security expert Gregory Evans explains how this works.
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GREGORY EVANS, CYBER SECURITY EXPERT: I want to make sure people understand this. Just because you have a camera on your computer doesn't mean somebody could just turn on your camera just like that. They have to know exactly what they're doing.
So what we're going to do is we're going to use a program like, let's say, Netasploit (ph), which is one, it is a hacking program. It's the most usable program out there in the world when it comes to computer hacking. You can download it on the Internet for free. We'll use that and hack into one of our test networks, and then we'll get a prompt where we can execute any command on that computer, including turning on the camera.
Once a person has access to your web camera, he gets in, he'll have all the capabilities that that camera has. So if that camera can follow you around, that person can follow you around the room. If that camera has a built-in mike, it can record you as well. It can be that easy.
This is a serious situation. And what makes it really scary, again, you never know when you are a victim.
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HOLMES: So a word of advice for the digital age, beware of lurking web cams. Those nondescript little orbs, with the watching eye.
Coming up, when the Berlin fell in 1989, the world certainly witnessed a historic moment. You'll never forget these pictures. What came 11 months later was also another defining moment for Germany, even though the pictures may not be as powerful as these. We're checking in with our Nadia Bilchik next we are breaking down the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of the East and the West.
It's 43 past the hour.
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HOLMES: Germany, as we know it today, celebrating a milestone and a major turning point in its history. So 20 years ago today, the East and the West came together, reunified, making Germany once again one country and officially ending more than 40 years of bitter division.
It's a far cry today from how it looked just 20 years ago when armed guards and snipers patrolled the Berlin Wall, ready to shoot to kill. Senior CNN Editorial Producer Nadia Bilchik joins me now.
Hello to you once again. Everybody remembers those pictures of course of the Berlin Wall coming down, but you don't really remember what was happening 11 months later.
NADIA BILCHIK, CNN EDITORIAL PRODUCER: And don't forget in 1987 you had Reagan saying to Gorbachev "Tear down this wall." So in 1989 the wall comes down, and the story behind that is an administrator announced on the radio that the wall was down, but, in fact, it wasn't yet. So you had all these people rampaging to tear down the wall. And eventually, it did come down, and then 1990 is the reunification.
Let's think 20 years ago. That's not a very long time ago, is it? It's the year Nelson Mandela was released, 1990. But up until then, you had a stark division between East and West Germany. And Ben Brumfield, who's one of the assignment editors at CNN International, on the International Desk, was saying he remembers going to East Berlin. And what it was like to live in this oppressive Communist dictatorship. He remembers somebody who wanted a washing machine. If you wanted a washing machine, you had to apply and get the washing machine through a whole process. You had the people's police, who would spy on you. Every second person was an informant. So people would-he says he remembers how quiet it was being in East Germany, oppressive Communist dictatorship of East Germany.
Then in 1990 you get the reunification, where East Germany really joins West Germany. And it's 20 years later. Now, East Germany still lags behind West Germany economically, but certainly today it's a celebration. It's a National Day of Unity. People will be saying congratulations.
HOLMES: Congratulations.
There are still amazingly some polls that even come out, there are still some people who weren't in favor necessarily of that wall coming down, and the reunification taking place. It's still small numbers, but you still have those folks.
BILCHIK: You did. The you had the people who were not in favor, and then you had people in East Berlin, who would try to flee to West Berlin. And there was a shoot to kill policy. If you were caught trying to go from one side to the other, many people died in that process.
And now what you have is you have the wall is an historic site. Somebody said yesterday who had seen it is that it's Disneyfied. You've got a model of Gorbachev and a model of Reagan, and it's become somewhat of a tourist attraction. You also have the artists who, during the time of the wall, would actually draw on the wall in opposition, who were invited back 20 years later to create real art. But only 1 percent of the wall remains today.
It's just remarkable. This is living history. This is in our time; 20 years ago, how old were you? But I remember it very well.
HOLMES: It's funny to hear - we see these historic pictures and hear it called Disneyfied. I know there is not necessarily a Ferris wheel or anything out there, but it is a big tourist attraction. And why not? 1 percent you say, as well, is still there?
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BILCHIK: Yes, 1 percent of the wall is still remains. Reagan has starkly-even though he was no longer president, he went back to the wall, very symbolic of his famous speech at the wall. And remembers saying to Gorbachev, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
But going back to what it was like to live in East Germany 20 years ago.
HOLMES: Nadia Bilchik, we absolutely appreciate you as always. Always good to give us a little something in our morning passport. Thank you so much. We'll be talking to you plenty.
BILCHIK: Thank you.
HOLMES: Coming up, we told you about this earlier, about 1,200 NASA employees not reporting to work tomorrow morning. They are the latest to be handed pink slips by that agency. We're going to be meeting a manager who was just 19 when he joined NASA, turning in his badge 30 years later. It's nine minutes to the top of the hour.
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HOLMES: About five minutes to the top of the hour. The space shuttle program officially ends next June. NASA, though, already down sizing. The agency laid off 1,200 workers on Friday. Some of them had been with NASA at least 30 years. One of those, Shuttle Manager John Bundy. And our John Couwels, has his story from the Kennedy Space Center.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Liftoff, Space Shuttle Atlantis.
JOHN BUNDY, FMR. UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE MANAGER: My wife, she can't hardly watch a launch. She gets overwhelmed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mission to build, resupply, and to do research on the International Space Station.
BUNDY: I'm very proud of what I've done and very proud of the people that I've worked with out here. I've been out here since May of '79. I was 19 when I started as a thermal protection technician. I managed to move into the mechanical shop, and I worked there until I was promoted to manager.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sounds great, Dan. A great effort all around.
JOHN COUWELS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): With shuttle is retiring and its replacement, Constellation, with problems President Obama cancelled it, leaving the United States currently without a future vehicle for the human space program.
BUNDY: We have to have an American presence in space. This is one of the only places in the world where we put men and women in space on a day-to-day basis and bring them back safe, in the same vehicle they left in.
COUWELS: Under the shuttle retirement plan, federal dollars were given through state and local employment agencies to prepare and retrain workers for new employment.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're going to create several resumes within this system.
BUNDY: I built several resumes. Funny thing about resumes, you build one, you step away from it, look at it again the next day, whole lot of holes in it. So you've got to start again.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: First and last name only on the open red template.
TERRY WHITE, UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE: The concept behind the wall was NASA and USA's idea to go and put up something for all the employees to leave their signature behind that were part of our nation's space program.
BUNDY: We signed the wall. There's tons of pictures going around. It's like a yearbook from high school. I don't know how to put 31 years of processing into a sentence. I'm very proud that I was a part of it. And there were some very challenging times, but I'm glad I was part of this team. I've got a lot of good friends, a lot of teammates. I wish them all the best. I'm going to miss them.
COUWELS: John Couwels, CNN, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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HOLMES: Hello there, everybody, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This is your CNN SUNDAY MORNING. Glad you could be right here. I'm T.J. Holmes.
Big story we're keeping an eye on. And waiting, at any moment, the State Department could issue a travel alert for Americans who are heading to Europe, or are already there. As growing concern that militants may be planning a terror attack somewhere in Europe, targeting some spot in Europe. The advisory is expected to urge Americans to be vigilant, especially in public places like airports, train stations.
The U.S. military is responding to the ramped up terror threat as well. Military installations taking appropriate security measures. One U.S. Officials saying, quote, "This is a serious situation."
Now, for clarity we'll tell you this is an alert. It's a travel alert. It isn't expected to identify specific terror targets, and Europe isn't advising Americans against traveling there. Not a travel warning, a travel alert, just telling you to be careful and to take precautions and to be vigilant and be aware of your surroundings. Now, this comes, it's expected to highlight the need for vigilance and destinations known for high tourist activity. Those locations are often the first target officials worry about in the threat of an attack.
CNN's Atika Shubert is live for us in London.
What kind of a terror alert are they under right there in London?
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN INT'L. CORRESPONDENT: Well, the threat -- terror threat level here hasn't changed. It remains the same. There are serious concerns, but it does not mean that a threat is imminent. So that's where the threat level is at here.
However, after speaking with British security sources, they say this travel alert coming out really not about any new information that's been gathered in the last few days. And as you point out, no specific threat to any particular target or European city, but it's really more about the volume of intelligence and information that's been coming in over the last few weeks, particularly information that's come from militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Also, one British security source added this may have to do with France's recent ban of the burqa. There's been a lot of debate raging about it in France. And of course France itself has had a number of bomb threats in the last few weeks that have actually shut down the Eiffel Tower. Both those bomb threats turned out to be hoaxes, but what's clear is that Paris, other European capitals are on edge. That's the kind of context this travel alert is coming into, T.J.
HOLMES: And, Atika, as well you said not in response to something specific, but we did get word not long ago, just about a week ago, that, in fact, there could be something along the lines of a Mumbai-style attack being planned somewhere in Europe.
SHUBERT: That's right. This came from a particular militant arrested in the Pakistan-Afghanistan area, disclosing that al Qaeda was behind a sort of Mumbai-style planned attack where a gunman stormed certain locations.
Now, this apparently, according to security sources, say it was very much in the planning stages. But there is a lot of concern that the group may have already been thinking about this, in particular, certain capitals. And that's why security officials here in London, but also in other capital cities, have really considered this type of attack, not just a suicide bombing attack, as they've seen in London before or Madrid before, but what would happen if a dozen gunmen stormed a particular train station, an airport, or a tourist destination.
So, these are things that they have already considered -- which may be one reason why the threat level hasn't been raised here because of this new information. For one thing, it was only in its planning stages, but also they've already gone through these possibilities, gone through the particular operations that may need to be done. They're asking citizens to remain vigilant, but that the threat level still remains the same.
HOLMES: All right. Atika Shubert for us this morning in London -- Atika, thank you so much.
And security analysts out there are cautioning against linking Osama bin Laden to these particular threats. He apparently released a message on Islamic Web sites on Saturday. That was the second of two messages we got in two days from Osama Bin Laden, purportedly from Osama bin Laden. In them, he did not talk about terrorism but rather tried to rally Muslims to help people in Pakistan, who are suffering from that devastating flooding.
CNN's Stephanie Elam is live for us in New York. She has more on air travelers' reactions to today's expected advisory from the State Department.
Stephanie, good morning to you. This has to put people a little on edge, if they're heading that direction.
STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, T.J., it's true. And, you know, we are here early at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey. So, we're just across from New York City here. Obviously, New Yorkers are pretty used to these kinds of alerts coming through. There's a lot of people who are used to it.
And, you know, in this economy, a lot of people are saying, "I've already booked a plane ticket. I'm still going to book that flight."
The other thing to keep in mind, T.J., is this isn't an alert we expect to here. Wee haven't actually heard it. We do have some people in Miami, though, are saying, you know what, sometimes you've just got to forge ahead.
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DOROTHY LEVY, TRAVELER: Frankly, this was all paid for. Certainly, no one would turn back, and, you know, what can one do about it? You go. You try to be as safe as possible. Even here, there could be a bomb scare here.
CLAIRE SCOTT, TRAVELER: To be honest, if you took it all to heart, you would never leave the house. So, I mean, for travelers, I would be worried. When I first went to New York after September the 11th, I was worried, but, you know, now, I think everybody's learned to live with it.
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ELAM: So, at this point, T.J., it's early in the morning. The airport is just starting to stretch and get moving here. There have no been -- there have not been any international flights that have landed or that have taken off at this point in the day. So, we're still waiting to see if people coming in are feeling a little bit on edge or if they see this as standard procedure.
So, we're going to see if we can catch people here on their way to catch the flight and see how they're feeling about this. But, right now, a lot of people are saying, we haven't heard the alert yet and I've just got to keep on and move ahead with my plans -- T.J.
HOLMES: Yes. And -- always an important distinction to make, Stephanie -- this is expected to be a travel alert. The State Department is not telling anybody not to go to Europe, and they're not telling them to leave Europe if you're there. They just want people to be aware of what's going on.
ELAM: And just pay attention to your surroundings -- which I think a lot of people are already doing at airports anyway. And, obviously, you're going to see more of that at these large international airports throughout the country. These are going to be the ones that they're really going to be telling people to stay focused, think about your surroundings, pay attention. But that's a lot of what people have been doing at airports anyway in the days after 2001.
HOLMES: All right. Stephanie, we appreciate you as always. Thank you so much. We'll check in with you again.
It's 30 days and counting until the midterm elections, so much at stake. The Democrats and the president, everybody is off and running right now. We're going to get reaction from the left, from the right, not from the typical left and right that you're used to hearing from.
It's five minutes past the hour. Stay with us.
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HOLMES: Well, seven minutes past the hour now.
President Obama heads to his old stomping ground to campaign for a Senate candidate.
CNN deputy political editor, Paul Steinhauser, has a look at this week ahead in politics.
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PAUL STEINHAUSER, CNN DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR: Hey, good morning, T.J.
A busy week ahead on the campaign trail. Let's start with President Barack Obama. He's going to be out there. He's, in fact, going back to Chicago. One of the things he'll be doing is helping the Democratic candidate out there who's trying to keep his old Senate seat in party hands.
And take a look this on the CNN Political Ticker: the president will also be in Maryland this week to help the governor there, Martin O'Malley, try to keep his job.
And Vice President Biden is also on the campaign trail this week, T.J. Biden is heading to Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to help Democratic candidates.
But, you know, it's not just Democratic surrogates who are out there. You've got some top Republican names as well are going to be on the campaign trail helping out fellow GOP candidates.
Among the two I'm talking about, the governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. He's really become a rock star. He's going to be in Wisconsin helping fellow Republicans.
And Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who may want to run for the White House again -- he's going to New Mexico to help a Republican gubernatorial candidate out there.
And finally, Friday, what is probably, arguably, the most important economic number in politics right now -- I'm talking about the unemployment report. On Friday, we will find out the unemployment level for the country for September. And remember, this will be the last employment report before the November 2nd election.
That's what's going on on the campaign trail. T.J., back to you.
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HOLMES: Thanks to our Paul Steinhauser as always.
And, yes, we are 30 days now until the midterm elections. And every weekend until then, right here, we're going to be bringing you a political conservation. We'll have a conservative political guest. We'll have a liberal guest this time every Sunday.
Not going to be a fight here -- hopefully not -- just going to have a conversation, an opportunity for each side to present views.
We're going to get started with what we could call possibly a hip-hop duo this morning.
From New York, Kelli Goff, regular political commentator for "The Huffington Post" and political blogger for Loop21.com. Good morning to you. She's also the author of "Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence."
And from Charlotte, North Carolina, Lenny McAllister, political commentator for several newspapers and Web sites, too many to list. And he is also the force behind Hip-Hop Republicans as a political blog.
Both friends of our show here on CNN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING.
Guys, good to have you both here.
Kelli, let me start with you. We're going to get both of your opinions on what we saw yesterday in Washington, D.C., this One Nation rally. Kelli, what was that, in your estimation?
KELLI GOFF, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, I think it was, you know, liberals and progressives coming together behind the issues that they really want to define their cause. What I think was really interesting and worth noting is you notice how this is not really about divisive issues that we've seen, social issues that we've really seen define elections and even progressives and conservatives and their differences in the past.
This is not -- you know, abortion wasn't the issue on the table, even marriage equality and gay rights. They really focused on economic issues and trying to outline why it is that progressives and the progressive agenda is better for -- is better for America and is better for the voters who are going out in midterm elections.
Now, whether or not that message is going to stick remains to be seen, but that was the goal of the march, I would say.
HOLMES: Lenny, you disagree with any of that. Sounds like she hit it on the head, that was the point of yesterday. How did you see it?
LENNY MCALLISTER, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: I disagree with all of it. If you look at the Web site, they talk about uniting conservatives and moderates, liberals and progressives, together under one nation. But if you look at Howard Dean on the splash page, you look at the people that sponsored the rally and you listen to the rhetoric that was said at the rally, this wasn't a rally to unite the nation in 2010, it was a rally to unite the Democrats in 2010 to go from indifference to making a difference in the election. It was more about Democrats than it was about uniting the nation. And I think that organizations such as the NAACP that said this was about uniting people on both sides of the aisle past politics, when you got to the rally, you saw it was anything but that. It was extremely partisan. It was very disappointing to see that yesterday.
HOLMES: Kelli, was this a uniting cause? Because it was billed as being nonpartisan. And I know, just because you see Howard Dean on the front page of the Web site doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a partisan. Sure, he's a Democrat. But, still, it doesn't necessarily have to mean.
But did you find it unifying? Did you find it all-inclusive yesterday, Kelli?
GOFF: Well, look, as I said before, I'm not really sure what Lenny disagreed with in what I said because this was a progressive rally. I mean, that's really what the goal was.
But the goal was to really define the issues and define the progressive agenda as being issues that matter to all Americans. I really think that's a distinction. I mean, we're essentially splitting hairs in terms of the semantics. Does everyone want this to be viewed as a one nation rally? I'm sure that was the goal, but ultimately this was about defining the progressive agenda and how it fits Americans of all parties.
HOLMES: And, Lenny --
GOFF: That was the goal of the rally. Whether or not that succeeded, that remains to be seen. But that was certainly the goal.
HOLMES: Lenny, she mentioned social issues. She said, didn't talk about some of those social issues, more so talking about a lot of the issues that can bring us together. Everybody wants better jobs. Everybody wants better health care.
MCALLISTER: Yes.
HOLMES: Things that we can all agree on.
So, why can't we all get together at a rally just on those things? What's keeping us all from getting together? What's keeping the NAACP from getting together with the Tea Party? Yes, there are some stark differences, but what is keeping us apart on the things that we clearly agree on?
MCALLISTER: Well, look at what Ben Jealous said about the rally yesterday. He said it wasn't the answer to the Tea Party. It was an antidote to the Tea Party. What's the definition of antidote? Antidote is a remedy to a poison or a problem. That's not unifying language.
So, I guess, yes, Kelli was correct, this was more to get progressives riled up. But when you invited under -- people under the premise of being a unifying rally, it's disingenuous and, dare I say, even devious to get these voters there saying, look, we're looking to unite America past our differences when really it was all about voter indifference --
HOLMES: Kelli, why are you laughing?
MCALLISTER: -- in 2010 when it came to the Democrats and midterm elections.
HOLMES: Kelli, why are you laughing?
MCALLISTER: And I know she's laughing, but you've got to look at what the -- the Web site says and what the rhetoric was before, and what was said yesterday.
GOFF: I'm laughing because, do you mean it's disingenuous sort of like Glenn Beck saying his rally was about, you know, freedom and equality and the legacy of Dr. King? I just think it's really funny that we're trying to really have a debate over what the media agenda is when groups do big moves like this.
I mean, I think we all know that there was a media intent, or else they wouldn't be having rallies in the first place. There would be a group of people at their house sitting around talking.
So, you know, yes, is there a media agenda at play? Absolutely. But were they talking about real issues that matter? Sure.
Now, again, I think the bigger question is whether or not this has an impact 30 days from now. That remains to be seen.
I will say this, though: that, you know, there's been recent polling that was released last week that actually shows rather decent news for Democrats. I wouldn't call it great. Every state from the Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer races in California, to Harry Reid in Nevada, to some of the races in other states, Deval Patrick in Massachusetts -- Democratic polling numbers are actually going up.
So, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a sense they can sort build on some of this momentum. I mean, these people have actually made tremendous jumps in a lot of the races that were considered leaning Republican, are actually now leaning Democratic again.
HOLMES: Kelli --
GOFF: I think they're trying to mobilize their base --
HOLMES: Both of you
GOFF: -- to go to the polls since they have some momentum.
HOLMES: Well, Kelli, both of you guys help me. And, Lenny, I'm going to come to you on this. You talked about the rhetoric -- the rhetoric and the phrase like "antidote." You know that's going to set some folks on the Tea Party off. So, that's just something else that kind of splits people up.
Whose voice needs to prevail right now? Can you all help me -- help us all understand, who can we turn to? What needs to be done to keep from splitting us up?
The Republicans and Democrats in the House and in the Senate are not going to do it clearly, but where are we going to find that unifying voice, Lenny, that's going to help us for the next 30 days in a ramped up political campaign?
MCALLISTER: Well, it's not only just about the next 30 days, T.J., it's really about the next 30 years. It's about the next generations filling the void of leadership.
We have to move past the American idol model of leadership in America, towards an American statesman model of leadership once again. And as long as we're going towards this polarization of America, and even when the president of the United States calls one network destructive to America and another network invaluable to America, and they're both polarizing networks, unlike how CNN is, you have a situation --
HOLMES: Thank you.
MCALLISTER: -- where these people are going to continue to go to one side or the other, and they're going to forget that we're all Americans.
So, we got to move away from the "American Idol" sound bite nature of politics and back to the American statesman of humble service and leadership that we used to see in politics.
HOLMES: Kelli, wrap it up for me in 15 seconds.
GOFF: Lenny, I agree, more than we disagree. I think though we really need to move to a nation that actually is inclusive of third parties, and I'd love to see that happen.
One last thing, though, T.J., you know, legislators did agree on one piece of legislation last week, and that is to stop having commercials that are too loud and to have the volume differentiation. So, I find that hysterical. They can't agree on health care, they can't agree on immigration, can't agree on gay rights. They agreed on that.
HOLMES: That was high on my list. I don't know about the rest of the voters out there, but those commercials are entirely too loud, guys.
Good to see you both, Kelli Goff, Lenny McAllister -- again, friends of our show here on the weekends. We appreciate you.
MCALLISTER: Thanks, T.J.
HOLMES: Appreciate the conversation. We know we'll be talking to you plenty down the road.
GOFF: Always a pleasure.
HOLMES: Thanks so much. And coming up in our 8:00 hour, we're going to be talking to David Webb, co-founder of the Tea Party organization about -- or one of the Tea party organizations about the weekend's liberal activist gathering in Washington, the One Nation together rally. Stick around for that.
So, when you have a party and Beyonce decides to crash that party, there is no way you're going to kick her out of that party, Josh.
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Oh, man. You've got to lighten things up a little bit. Let's go to the tape. Take a look at this.
Just one of the hot viral videos I'm going to be showing you.
We've also got a guy flying through the air in the way you've probably never seen. I'm going to give you the story behind this one. Coming up after this.
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And Max wrote in from New York, and he said this. One of his favorite quotes is from a movie, "Sister Act II." And, Max, I love that movie as well.
The quote is simply this: "If you want to be someone, if you want to go somewhere, you've got to wake up and pay attention."
Well, listen, today is your day to wake up. Now is the time to seize your opportunity and it starts like this. This week I challenge you to take every moment and seize it as if nothing else mattered. Step out on faith and move away from fear in order to pursue your dream. And finally, take your place in the universe.
Listen, please visit us at our Facebook group, Morning Motivation, and share your story. Motivate the world. Keep on giving.
Until next time, make every single day brand-tastic.
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HOLMES: All right. Twenty-two past the hour -- it is viral video time, which means it's Josh.
LEVS: All right.
HOLMES: What you got this time?
LEVS: Well, the first one, we have to keep our eyes peeled to the screen because a person, a guy, is going to go whizzing by at a speed you've never seen before. Take a look at this video and watch real close.
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REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Oh, my gosh almighty.
LEVS: Whoa, that was a person. Now we're going to see, as the video keep going, and what you see is the camera that he's wearing is this guy in Switzerland, Jokke Sommer, 23 years old. He does in Norway and Switzerland. He's done over 300 of these jumps, and it's called wing span -- wing suit proximity flying.
Skip to the next section of the video. I think this is pretty amazing. It's flying in a way that no one's ever seen before, at least I haven't seen before.
HOLMES: Where is this again?
WOLF: Switzerland.
LEVS: Switzerland. This guy lives in Norway. And he's done about 300 of these jumps. And he set this one here to some music, Ladyhawke, "My Delirium." It's just so cool. I mean, I want to do that.
You guys want to do that?
WOLF: I like airplanes personally, you know? I just feel a little safer with those.
LEVS: T.J., would you do that?
HOLMES: No.
LEVS: Seriously?
WOLF: It's neat, though. I mean, but, you know, when you think about Switzerland, you think of, you know, sound of music, that kind of thing, but getting on the special suit and jumping of the side of the cliff, not so much.
LEVS: I'm so into that.
Well, here's something we're all into this morning -- Beyonce crashing the block party.
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HOLMES: OK, here we go.
LEVS: Take a look here -- one of the hottest videos of the week. She just decided to drop into this block party in New Jersey. Apparently, they were visiting Jay-Z's mom, West Orange, New Jersey. And these kids were having a party. Beyonce joins in.
WOLF: It's a common occurrence, though. I mean, we always have the tendency to want to stop by block parties. I mean, many times -- and I know we've all, you know, on our way over to se Jay-Z's mom to hang out with the family and that kind of stuff. You have the temptation to stop by and celebrate. And we've all been there. It's perfectly understandable.
HOLMES: How cool is that? I mean, what a treat, you know --
WOLF: It is.
HOLMES: -- for her to stop by. And she has that reputation for being just, you know, a neighborhood girl, just a down home girl who would do something like that. I love it.
LEVS: And look how she stands out in the crowd, you know? I mean, you don't know who she was. It just took long and say, who's the superstar?
WOLF: She's cool. She's great. She's Gemini. You know, as Pisces, I can respect that. I mean, it's good stuff.
LEVS: All right. So, apparently, do we have time for one more?
HOLMES: We have to move away from that?
LEVS: Well, we can go back to it. We'll go back to it at the end.
But let's go to the third and we're going to go back to it.
HOLMES: All right. OK.
LEVS: Check this out. Superman water delivery service. Watch this. This guy's driving --
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HOLMES: That's good.
LEVS: He's laughing the whole time, though.
This video is wild online. I saw it in 20 different places, and it's a mystery. No one can figure out where it started. And I'm asking people, who created this?
WOLF: Well, it probably started at Jay-Z's -- at the block party. It probably where it started and then it ends up, you know, delivering water to people alongside the Jersey Turnpike.
LEVS: You know, we've been working hard. Let's make T.J. happy. Can you go back to the Beyonce video?
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WOLF: That really is cool.
LEVS: She's got moves, doesn't she?
HOLMES: Oh, yes, that's Beyonce with her moves. Oh, that's Beyonce. Yes, that's her. That's her.
LEVS: Be right back.
HOLMES: Wasn't sure before, but now, I'm sure that's her now.
LEVS: Let's go to break before this gets worse.
HOLMES: Twenty-five past the hour, folks. Be right back.
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HOLMES: Again, reminding you of the story we're keeping an eye on today. That travel alert expected to be issued from the State Department, expected at sometime this morning. This has to do with American citizens traveling in Europe -- growing concern that militants may be planning some kind of a terror attack there, targeting Europe, not necessarily Americans. This advisory is expected to urge Americans to be vigilant, especially in public places, whether that's airport, train stations.
U.S. military is also responding to the ramped up terror threat as well. Military installations are taking appropriate security measures. And one U.S. official is saying this is a very serious situation.
Again, we're expecting this to be a travel alert. That means be vigilant, and which you should already be whether you're traveling anywhere in Europe or otherwise. This is not a travel warning, not telling people not to go to Europe, not telling Americans who happen to be in Europe to leave -- just a travel alert and just want to make sure people are extra aware.
We'll have more of your top stories and more live news at the top of the hour when CNN SUNDAY MORNING continues.
But, right now, "SANJAY GUPTA, M.D." begins.
