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Texas D.A., Wife Slain in Their Home; Pope's Easter Message to the World; North Korea Goes Silent
Aired March 31, 2013 - 06:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ALISON KOSIK, CNN ANCHOR: From CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta this is EARLY START WEEKEND.
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KOSIK (voice-over): A brand-new pope, a very different tone: thousands pack into St. Peter's Square this morning, as Pope Francis leads his first Easter mass.
Plus a murder mystery in Texas this morning. A district attorney and his wife both shot dead in their home just two months after an assistant D.A. was gunned down in the very same town.
And a Kennedys Kodak moment. Never-before seen images of America's most famous first family taken 50 years ago today.
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KOSIK: It's Sunday, March 31st, good morning. I'm Alison Kosik. And a Happy Easter to you. We start this morning in Rome where right now Pope Francis is celebrating his first Easter as pope.
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KOSIK (voice-over): He is giving the annual to the city and the world blessing in front of massive crowds at the Vatican. CNN's senior international correspondent Jim Bittermann is in Rome.
Jim, this day is so important to Christians and Catholics. People have high expectations for Pope Francis today, yes?
JIM BITTERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I would say it's important in a lot of different ways. Religiously, it's the most important date on a Christian calendar. But I think because of the new pope and because of the kind of expectations that have been raised by the change at the Vatican that, in fact, I think a lot of people are thinking this could be a very important day, indeed.
We're waiting to see now what the pope will see -- will say, rather, in his remarks to the crowd. And here he comes, out on the Vatican loggia, the papal balcony, as it is called.
And he is expected to deliver a blessing to the city and the world, as it were, a traditional blessing and probably a message of hope for a number of the people that are still gathered here in the square after this papal mass this morning, Alison.
KOSIK: Last Easter, Pope Benedict prayed for peace in the Mideast (sic) and for Christians in Africa. So how will Pope Francis' message be different?
BITTERMANN: Well, I'm not sure it is going to be different. I think it probably will be a message of peace and the same kind of thing that we heard last year, with perhaps some additions this year, to take into account the fact that, the fact that in fact that there are many different conflicts that have been added since last year, including in places like Mali and Nigeria and Korea.
And I wouldn't be surprised at all if he were to include a message of peace for those conflict zones as well. So I think we'll see some of the same with some additional countries added, perhaps, just to perhaps include the kind of growing conflict situation throughout the world.
KOSIK: OK. Jim Bittermann in Rome, we'll keep checking in with you throughout the morning, thank you.
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KOSIK: And here's a look at how Christians around the world are celebrating Easter. Catholics in Jerusalem prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. That site is believed by many to be the location where Jesus was crucified.
In Honduras people blocked off the streets and made elaborate carpets out of colored sawdust. They depict Biblical scenes and pay homage to the pope.
At the end of Holy Week, Catholic processions walk over the carpets and the images are erased.
In the Philippines, a realistic reenactment of the Passion of the Christ; you see here men flogging themselves. Then there is the crucifixion. These men have actual nails through their hands and through their feet. The man who plays Jesus has done this every Good Friday for 23 years.
The famous Shroud of Turin was broadcast live on TV in Italy. It was actually introduced on the program by the pope. It's considered one of the most famous religious icons in the world. Some believe it is the cloth that Jesus was buried in. Experts and investigations like the one in 1988 claim it's not authentic.
But scientists who conducted new tests say it is, at least it's from the time of Christ. Either way, the Catholic Church says it's important to the religion, regardless of authenticity.
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KOSIK: Authorities in Texas are hunting for leads in the murder of a county prosecutor and his wife.
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KOSIK (voice-over): Mike and Cynthia McLelland were shot to death inside their home near in Kaufman County near Dallas. That's the same place Assistant District Attorney Mark Cathey was gunned down in January outside the county courthouse.
Right now joining us is Ed Lavandera, who's in Kaufman.
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KOSIK: Ed, what, at this point, are police saying about whether these killings are connected?
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that is the big question at this point and it's still early. There's been very little information that has been released about this investigation and where things stand now.
But clearly two months ago after the murder of that assistant prosecutor here in Kaufman County, a lot of people were on edge because of the way that that was done, a brazen attack in the middle of the day as that assistant prosecutor was walking into work.
And now, almost exactly two months later, the district attorney here in Kaufman and his wife, gunned down in their own home. So, obviously, this raises a lot of questions as to whether or not these two attacks are related.
But Mark McLelland had been very outspoken about wanting to bring the killer of his assistant prosecutor to justice. Listen to a little bit of what he said two months ago, just shortly after he had found out about the death of one his co-workers.
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MIKE MCLELLAND, KAUFMAN COUNTY D.A.: I hope that the people that did this are watching, because we're very confident that we're going to find you; we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in and we're going to bring you back and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
Anything that you people can do to accelerate our getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated.
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LAVANDERA: So, you know, clearly, the district attorney here in Kaufman had kept up the way he was talking about the killer of his assistant prosecutor. And that was a murder that had left a lot of people in this community on edge, and it had also drawn the attention of law enforcement officials across the state, had been working very -- had been working very intently on that case.
But so far no one has been brought to justice. And now a lot of questions being raised whether or not these two cases are related, as well, Alison.
KOSIK: And, Ed, knowing about the possibility of a link here, you know, what are authorities doing to protect other people who work for the prosecutor's office, other authorities (inaudible) keeping others from speaking out the way McLelland did?
LAVANDERA: Well, it's interesting. I don't know exactly what kind of warnings have gone out to other county officials and law enforcement officials here in this county. Obviously, you can assume that many of these people are taking great deal of steps and great deal of efforts to protect themselves and it's probably the very thing at this point that they're very concerned about.
This is someone who has, you know, some sort of continued and presumed to be an ongoing beef with law enforcement here in Kaufman County. You have to assume that those kinds of conversations are taking place, not publicly, but many people are being urged to protect themselves.
KOSIK: I understand that Texas authorities had warned that a white supremacist group could be plotting to hurt law enforcement and police thought there could be a link between Hasse and Evan Ebel, who is suspected of killing the prison director in Colorado. So, I guess, what are they saying about all of this?
Well, that's one of these things that have just -- has been kind of swirling around the first case, after the Colorado prison chief was murdered. Authorities there suspect it was Evan Ebel, the man who was caught in a high-speed chase and gunned down by authorities just a couple of hours' drive from where we are here.
But then we learned that reportedly that that -- there were being -- that particular case was also being perhaps investigated, as it might have been connected to the murder of the first prosecutor here in Kaufman County.
No direct links as far as we know have been drawn between those cases. But that is still kind of swirling around all of the situation and now you add this new element and it raises all sorts of new intrigue about what exactly is going on around here.
KOSIK: It certainly does, Ed Lavandera, thank you.
And there is new information on Evan Ebel's release from a Colorado prison. CNN affiliate KUSA reports that a clerical error led to his release as many as four years too early. Ebel was serving an eight-year prison sentence starting in 2005, but then assaulted a prison guard. He got four more years that never actually got tacked on.
Police believe Ebel killed Colorado prison chief Tom Clements earlier this month. Ebel was killed in a gun battle with police in Texas two days after that murder.
North Korea's threat of war reached a fevered pitch this week, but after numerous threats, it seems as though the country has suddenly gone silent and that has some asking if their young leader, Kim Jong-un, is backing away from the threat of war.
CNN international anchor Jim Clancy is in Seoul, South Korea, this morning.
Jim, what could this silence mean?
JIM CLANCY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, it's really hard to analyze what's going on inside North Korea because so few of us really know, you know, the inside.
The country is closed off from the outside world. But one of the obvious things that people are raising right now is that perhaps the message has gotten through, not from France and New Zealand that were just the latest countries to join the long list of people telling Kim Jong-un to tone it down.
More likely it may have been the messages coming from Russia and China that are two of his strongest backers, asking him to turn down the temperature, if you will, on the Korean Peninsula because it had just reached a fevered pitch, as you noted.
At the same time, that message was directed towards the United States. And I don't think you're going to see the U.S. sending any more B-2 bombers flying on practice bomb runs over South Korea. That, too, contributed to some of the tension. I think there's an interest here for everybody in the region to try to get things tempered down just a little bit, Alison.
KOSIK: OK, Jim. So if North Korea is backing down, what happens next?
CLANCY: Well, we don't know -- I don't know if backing down is the right word to use, but just holding their own position without lashing out any more. That could be very important.
North Korea, North Korean television still blaring propaganda over the weekend and repeating some of the threats that were carried earlier in the week, including the notion that South and North Korea are in a state of war.
Of course, they were neither in state of war or a state of peace for more than 50 years after the end of the Korean War because they never signed a peace deal. They had an armistice that's been torn up by the North Koreans. So, the situation really remains in flux here, a lot of people waiting and watching closely. Alison, back to you.
KOSIK: OK. Jim Clancy in Seoul, South Korea, thank you.
Long lines outside the Tulsa health department. We're going to tell you why patients of an Oklahoma dentist waited hours to be tested for HIV and hepatitis.
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KOSIK: Patients of an oral surgeon in Oklahoma waited in line for hours yesterday for free HIV and hepatitis tests. That's after state health inspectors discovered filthy conditions at the office of Dr. Scott Harrington. They say they found rusty tools and evidence he reused needles.
They also say he had unlicensed staffers and may have given patients expired drugs. As many as 7,000 patients may be affected. Our national correspondent Susan Candiotti has more now from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's not the way Marissa Smith hoped to celebrate her 18th birthday: a trip with her dad to the Tulsa health department.
CANDIOTTI: You're about to go in to get tested. What are your emotions right now?
MARISSA SMITH, PATIENT: I'm pretty nervous. You know, I don't like needles. I don't like, really, testing. And after this whole ordeal, I just want to be clean.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Free from hepatitis B and C and HIV. Smith is one of oral surgeon Scott Harrington's 7,000 patients who might have been exposed to those viruses because of what Oklahoma investigators call risky practices by the doctor and his staff.
SMITH: It makes my skin crawl. I think it's horrifying. I --
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Marissa's mom says Dr. Harrington took out her daughter's wisdom teeth in June of 2011.
CANDIOTTI: What do you remember about getting your wisdom teeth out?
SMITH: I just thought, you know, he was a really nice guy. Like there isn't going to be any problems. You know, so, obviously now I don't really feel like that, but...
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Melissa is a nurse and understands the risk of infection is low, but she's infuriated.
MELISSA WOOD, PATIENT: I'm angry. You know, I feel like he's kind of let us down. I feel like he's let a lot of people down.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Dr. Harrington wasn't home when we visited; both he and his lawyer aren't returning repeated calls.
This woman, who would only identify herself as a friend and a patient, dropped off an Easter lily, but unlike hundreds getting tested, she won't, telling me, quote, "I trust him."
This neighbor says he's known Harrington for years.
CANDIOTTI: When you heard about these charges, the complaint against him by the Board of Dentistry, what did you make of it? FRANK DALE, NEIGHBOR: Couldn't believe it. He seems highly competent to me, just a smart guy and I was just shocked when I heard it and I feel badly for him. I feel badly for his patients and I hope, I really hope there is some other explanation.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): An explanation for State Board of Dentistry allegations of expired drugs, suspected unsanitary equipment, including rusty instruments and unlicensed dental assistants administering IV sedation, which authorities say is a felony.
SMITH: It just scared me so badly that, you know, I'm just always going to be like always thinking about that, like every time I go to the dentist.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): So far no criminal charges against Harrington, seen in this picture from the '70s, or his assistants.
WOOD: You know, how do you say you're sorry to 7,000 people that you could possibly have infected? I just don't think you can.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Marissa, petrified of needles, waited three hours to have her blood drawn.
SMITH: I will never forget my 18th birthday present being a blood test.
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CANDIOTTI: Her perfect present would be a clean bill of health. But she won't get test results for another two to three weeks. Alison?
KOSIK: Susan Candiotti, thanks.
And while many of us were sleeping, there was another big March Madness upset.
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KOSIK (voice-over): And the NBA's Kobe Bryant moved up on the all-time scoring list, but where does the Mamba rank among the great? "Bleacher Report" up next.
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KOSIK: All right. Let's talk March Madness. And you know, Florida Gulf Coast may be out of the picture, but one Cinderella story, now that continues, right, Andy Scholes? You have got more with the "Bleacher Report."
ANDY SCHOLES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that's right, Alison.
Well, everyone cheering for Florida Gulf Coast. Wichita State continues. You know, they're improbably run through the West (inaudible) yesterday the Shockers beat Ohio State to become just the 15th seeded ninth or higher to reach the Final Four.
After not winning the Missouri Valley Conference, Wichita State almost did not even make the tournament. But, hey, that's why it's called March Madness. Anyone can make a run. The Shockers are living proof of that.
They jumped on the cold shooting Buckeyes in the first half last night and then they held on to give -- held off that late Ohio State run to punch their ticket to the Final Four for the first time in 48 years.
GREGG MARSHALL, WICHITA STATE HEAD COACH: Cinderellas usually are done by this stage. If you get to this point, you can -- you can win the whole thing. So, you beat a number one seed and a number two seed, you know, I think Cinderella just found one glass slipper. I don't think she found four.
Well, in the East Regional finals Syracuse and Marquette got the chance to play in front of President Obama, and he's a fan off offense. This game certainly was not for him. The Orange and their stifling zone defense completely shut down the Golden Eagles. Marquette scores just 39 points. That's a record low for a team in a regional final. This one never really close.
Syracuse, they would cut down the nets and head to their first Final Four since they won it all back in 2003. Now the Orange will now play the winner of Michigan/Florida. That game tips off today at 2:20 Eastern. And in the final spot in the Final Four will be up for grabs as the last number one seed left in the tournament, Louisville, takes on Duke.
Well, hurt ankle and all, Kobe Bryant continues to will the Lakers to victory last night against the Kings, he finished with 19 points and 14 assists. And with this jumper in the second quarter, Kobe moved into fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, passing Wilt Chamberlain.
Kobe now trails only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan. And he should pass MJ early on next season.
For more on Kobe's rise up, the all-time scoring list, head over to beacherreport.com.
And, Alison, if you're looking for something to watch tonight on TV, the Major League Baseball season kicks off as the Texas Rangers urge the Houston Astros. Of course, the Astros are a pretty interesting story; they have lowest payroll in all of baseball. Even A-Rod by himself makes more than the entire Astros team. So it's going to be interesting to see how they end up playing (inaudible).
KOSIK: All right. Andy Scholes, thanks.
SCHOLES: (Inaudible). KOSIK: Medical claims for veterans keep soaring and the government's not keeping up. In fact, just how many men and women do you think are waiting for help?
Plus a murder mystery in Texas this morning. A district attorney and his wife both shot dead in their home, just two months after an assistant D.A. was gunned down in the very same town. We're going to talk to town's mayor, next.
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KOSIK: Mortgage rates, they're on the move. Here's a look at all those numbers.
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KOSIK: Welcome back and thanks for beginning your morning with us. And a special welcome to the troops watching on the American Forces Network. I'm Alison Kosik; it's half past the hour.
Moments ago, Pope Francis wrapped up his Easter message called, "To the City and to the World." This is his first Easter as pope. He talked about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Then he warned against greed and selfishness and the exploitation of the Earth's natural resources. He also prayed for peace in North Korea, Syria and Africa.
And today the world will miss the man nicknamed the pope of pop. Grammy-winning producer Phil Ramone passed away yesterday at a New York hospital. His first -- he first began his music career at the age of 3, studying violin. By the time he reached 10 years old, he was performing for Queen Elizabeth II.
He's collaborated with big names like Bono, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Madonna and Frank Sinatra. Phil Ramone was 79 years old.
Most of the 44 TSA agents facing termination for not following screening procedures at New York airport will be saved from dismissal. Late last year the agents were caught by surveillance video not following proper screening procedures. Only four workers were actually let go.
Kaufman County near Dallas is reeling this morning. That's after the murder of the local prosecutor and his wife inside their home. The killings come just two months after an assistant district attorney was gunned down outside the county courthouse. Joining me now on the phone is Dr. William Fortner. He is the mayor of Kaufman Texas. Good morning, Mr. Mayor.
MAYOR WILLIAM FORTNER, KAUFMAN, TEXAS: Good morning, Alison.
KOSIK: What at this point are police telling you about the search for Mike and Cynthia McLelland's killers and the link, possibly to Mark Hasse's murder? FORTNER: Well, that I can't reveal any information. There's going to be a press-conference this morning at the sheriff's department and I would just like to say we've lost some important people and we hope the killers are caught before any more people are lost.
KOSIK: How on edge are others, other prosecutors, even lawyers at this point? People who have prosecuted people, let's say, for murders or violent crimes. I mean how on edge are others and what are you telling them, maybe, about taking extra precautions, maybe security measures.
FORTNER: Well, our police are taking extra precautions and I'm very proud of our local police department. Actually, this is very low-crime area. The small town and we're very proud of our police. They've cut our crime rate by 60 percent in the last five years. But, of course, this is - we're not doing that well this year. We're proud of our local sheriff's department, also. They've done a great job.
KOSIK: So, knowing that your crime rate is low. These killings, don't they seem to be more targeted, less random, right?
FORTNER: It has to be targeted.
KOSIK: And could these be revenge killings of someone, let's say, who was prosecuted a short time ago, a long time ago, who is kind of getting back at the people who maybe perhaps put him or her behind bars.
FORTNER: Well, that's what - that's the logical conclusion. I don't have any information that directs me to think that's the case. But that's what you would assume. Under the circumstances since they've targeted two people from our prosecutors.
KOSIK: So, how is the community coping with this latest tragedy?
FORTNER: The community is coping very well. We all stick together in the small town. You know, lots and lots of people and mostly you know your neighbors. That's the real reason that I wanted to live here. Everybody is coping well and everybody is praying that these killings will come to an end and that killers will be caught. We appreciate your interest in us and we appreciate the help that we've had from the Texas rangers, the FBI, the ATF. There is a large task force of police and law enforcement officials working on this case.
KOSIK: How do law enforcement sort of start? Where is the starting point? Because it could just be a plethora of perhaps former, former criminals who could be suspects. I guess, where did the investigation really start? Obviously, with the evidence in hand, but then beyond that.
FORTNER: No, they have a lot of forensic evidence and I'm sure they have more now. If they have to, I'm sure they're going through all the files of the previous cases that district attorney and assistant district attorney have been involved in. KOSIK: OK. Dr. William Fortner, the mayor of Kaufman, Texas, thanks so much.
FORTNER: Thank you. And we need to all remember that God is in control and all of us should be praying for a resolution of this situation.
KOSIK: OK, thank you for your time this morning.
The federal government is failing to give post-9 /11 veterans timely and adequate care. That's according to the Institute of Medicine. Its new report details lingering emotional and physical problems that troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan face after they come home. The government so behind that there is a backlog of 600,000 claims. CNN's Athena Jones spoke to one of the veterans who has been left hanging.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let go!
ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ten years of fighting, a lifetime of pain for millions of veterans.
GEOFF MILLARD, IRAQ WAR VETERAN: At nighttime, I have terrible nightmare.
JONES: 32-year-old Jeff Millard suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and back pain after a 13-month tour in Iraq. He hasn't gotten a full night's rest in years.
MILLARD: I have a lot of pain that will wake me up throughout the night a bunch of times.
JONES: He has a full-time job working with homeless veterans and gets 50 percent disability benefits, but needs more government help to get the intensive treatment he needs.
MILLARD: There is programs, but they are usually pretty intense and they are often during the daytime and I work full time.
JONES: Veterans like Millard are frustrated with the government's system that wasn't ready for them. He has appealed for 100 percent disability, but his appeals is stuck in a claims backlog of more than 600,000 cases.
MILLARD: The fact is that they should have been ready for this. They should have known. They should have been putting in dollar for dollar into the V.A. what they were putting into the war.
JONES: A new study by the Institute of Medicine shows the federal government can't keep up with the needs of more than 2 million Americans who served overseas since 9/11.
GEORGE RUTHERFORD, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO: These people have volunteered for this service. There's an inherent commitment of society to take care of them. If they have been, unfortunately, wounded in action, either mentally or physically, and we're basically going to be taking care of some of these people until, you know, until the day they die.
JONES: The Pentagon plans a careful look at the study's key findings and said it will work with the Veterans Administration to provide a response to Congress by June. V.A. officials say they have a plan to fix the backlog.
ERIC SHINSEKI, VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY: Our commitment is, we're going to end the backlog in 2015. This has been decades in the making. Ten years of war.
JONES: But 2015 is a long way away for Millard.
MILLARD: To me two years of waiting is two years without treatment. I mean imagine you had a debilitating injury and had to wait two years for treatment.
JONES: Athena Jones, CNN, Washington.
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KOSIK: The new pope bringing some new traditions. We'll take a look at Pope Francis, the man who has shaken up the Catholic Church.
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KOSIK: Doctors for Nelson Mandela say the former South African president is responding well to treatment and breathing without difficulty. The 94-year-old is currently in the hospital with pneumonia. This is the second time this month that Mandela has been hospitalized. His lung problems date back to his years in prison when he contracted tuberculosis.
Now, to Venezuela where a new video by state TV appears to show the late president Hugo Chavez in heaven. Take a look at this. He is dressed in his trademark Venezuelan flag jacket and he seems surprised, then delighted to be joining other Latin American revolutionaries. There to greet him Simon Bolivar, Che Guevara, Eva Peron and his grandmother, Rosa Ines.
Now, to Rome where Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter mass. Delivering a message of peace to Catholics around the world. Today's ceremonies are first for the pope, but he's also ushering in some firsts for the church. Joining me now to discuss this is CNN editorial producer Nadia Bilchik, thanks for joining us. We saw a huge birth moment for the pope on Thursday washing feet of inmates on Maundy Thursday.
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NADIA BILCHIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Isn't it? Because usually the pope washes the feet of other priests in a Grand Basilica here he goes to a detention facility, a youth detention facility outside of Rome and he washes the feet of 12 inmates ranging between 14 and 21 years old. Two are women and two are Muslim, which was absolutely unprecedented for any pope.
KOSIK: What was he trying to accomplish with this?
BILCHIK: Well, what he was trying to say, is women are part of our congregation, and as far as the Muslims go, let us promote interfaith dialogue. But certainly, not unusual for him, by the way, because he had done this in Argentina when he was archbishop.
KOSIK: But he is making a greater statement here, isn't he?
BILCHIK: He certainly is. He is saying, and one thing he said to other priests. He says, we need to remember that as shepherds, we need to smell of our sheep. Isn't that an extraordinary statement? To make you think let us be with the congregation. However mundane their concerns or material their concerns may be.
KOSIK: This is a new precedent for the church, isn't it, Nadia?
BILCHIK: Certainly is, but in every way. You know, we know that he's not living in the grand papal apartment. He's living in the hotel residence much more modest. You know that his ring is not a grand papal ring, but a wrist (ph) silver ring. The cross he's wearing is one he's worn since 1992, that is metal. He's not wearing the papal red shoes ...
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BILCHIK: ... wearing black shoes.
KOSIK: Yes. He's certainly making a name for himself in a different way than those who have been before him.
BILCHIK: And some criticism, some criticism that there were women whose feet were washed because remember, at Maundy means service and it comes from the Thursday when Jesus washed the feet of the disciples and the disciples were men. So, some are saying why were there women there? So, there has been some criticism, but mostly even jaded Catholics are embracing the new pope.
KOSIK: Is everybody pleased with the new pope's way of preaching?
BILCHIK: Well, some think that he's not as traditional as they would like him to be. But he's being traditionally progressive. And one thing you'll appreciate, some Italian fashionistas say, why was he wearing black pants underneath his white robe? Because he's not being ...
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BILCHIK: ... as formal as the last pope. So, some criticism, but mostly a huge refreshing embracements of the new pope.
KOSIK: And it could be interesting to watch over the years. BILCHIK: Certainly, is. And I want to say to all our viewers who are celebrating today, a very happy Easter.
KOSIK: Yeah. Thank you, Nadia Bilchik.
BILCHIK: Thanks.
KOSIK: Did you know there is actually a safe way to lose ten pounds in ten days? My next guest believes it's true. He's coming up next.
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KOSIK: It's that time, getting ready for the week ahead: Here is what's going to be happening. The White House Easter egg roll, that is the 135 annual one, it's going to be happening at the White House, and it's going to be a full house. 35,000 people are expected to take part. Also happening on Monday, Tom Hanks, his Broadway play "Lucky Guy" that's going to debut. His first on-stage performance in more than 30 years.
And on Tuesday, Michael Jackson's wrongful death suit begins that happens in L.A. The family is claiming that the promoter AEG Live owed billions for their role in the pop singer's death.
Also on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton she's expected to make her first speech since stepping down as secretary of state. She's presenting a Leadership Award ceremony in Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, President Obama, he's heading to Denver to talk gun control and the safe new gun laws. And then, we're going to skip over Thursday and Friday. You can slip through those days because Saturday is the next big event. The exact hint is still a mystery, but the date is set for the final four. Kicked off here in Georgia on Saturday. So, that is your week ahead. We're going to be right back.
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KOSIK: Good morning, Atlanta. Time to wake up. Look how pretty that skyline is. Just a nice 68 degrees for the high today. Get your Sunday going. Why not, when you're getting your Sunday going, how about getting your sexy back for summer, for spring. Lose ten pounds in ten days. This isn't a commercial, because here's a way to do it safely, because we're talking to fitness and nutrition expert and author of "Body Confidence," Mark Macdonald. Mark, I mean, what are you talking about starving yourself for ten days?
MARK MACDONALD: No, no, no. Nothing like that, Alison. It's all about, you know, summertime. So we want to get spring and out, it's going to be summer. We want to get our sexy back.
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MACDONALD: So, three simple things. You've got to even three. So, stabilizing your blood sugar is not about cutting or restricting, it's all about getting the balance of protein, fat and carbohydrates. And that causes your body to be hormonally balanced and releases your stored fat. So, you've got to eat in threes. Eat every three hours, a balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat and you want to use cleaner ones like tuna, or egg whites, or avocado is your fat, or tomato or apple as your carbohydrates. So, that's the fist one.
KOSIK: OK, so you said, it's three times a day.
MACDONALD: Eat in three.
KOSIK: Eat in three.
MACDONALD: Every three hours.
KOSIK: I will be ...
MACDONALD: Eating the balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat.
KOSIK: I know, but come on, I'd be hungry after this eating. I'm still wanting more.
MACDONALD: But if you ...
KOSIK: I want to have a cupcake. What do you do about that?
MACDONALD: But if you eat five or six times a day, your body's a refill that goes machines, so it feeds consistently, so you actually are satisfied after every meal and then ready to eat. To divide your plate in three and eat in threes.
KOSIK: All right. What is the best way to get rid of just the bloat - like the bloat from the winter?
MACDONALD: We talk about ten pounds in ten days. The best way is quality of foods. You've got to - you're going to take away all the sodium processed food, you're going to eat really clean. And three simple things: if you limit soy, dairy and gluten like bread products from your diet, most people will drop ten pounds in ten days.
KOSIK: Wait a minute. So, eliminate carbs like that.
MACDONALD: Eliminate these carbs and replace them with like brown rice or fruits or veggies. So, you're not taking the carbs out, you're not taking your proteins out, you're just replacing. Soy, dairy and gluten bloat people. They make you hold fluid, so when you take this out, when you replace it with healthier foods and higher quality, you drop ten pounds in ten days.
KOSIK: So, one of the key thing is dropping bread. Bread can be evil, ha?
MACDONALD: Yes, it's got gluten in it, which is a protein really hard to digest and it makes you hold fluid. All of this make you bloat and hold fluid.
KOSIK: OK, so you talk about activating your core with dynamic movements. What movements are you talking about? MACDONALD: Well, you could from the core perspective, is you could do like push-ups and squats. Like movements activate everything. So it's just like sitting like this, when your blood sugar is stable, you burn more body fat.
KOSIK: So, just monitoring my posture.
MACDONALD: Yeah, and working out that way. And then like jumping rope, like doing dynamic movements like sports, jumping rope. If you only had ten minutes. You could do one minute of jumping rope, resting a minute and then do it again. So, that's - that's the way where you can burn that fat in your tissue.
KOSIK: Oh, so here's the thing, let's say I do this for ten days, I follow the threes, the clean eating and then I kind of fall off the wagon. I mean do I sort of lose everything I've gained? Meaning the opposite?
MACDONALD: No, it's all - a lot of it is just fluid that you're gaining like ten pounds. People usually have ten pounds to lose. So, just get right back on plan and you'll clean it up. And the last thing is water. So, just like your body's refuels (inaudible) machine, it's a rehydrate. Your body needs fluid consistently. So, you've got to drink throughout the day.
KOSIK: And how much?
MACDONALD: Typically women about two to three liters a day. Men about four liters, that's about a gallon. Like right here.
KOSIK: So, that's for men --
MACDONALD: Yes.
KOSIK: And the women is - just that?
MACDONALD: Three of these.
KOSIK: Oh, three of those. That's not too bad.
MACDONALD: And just have a water bottle, and, you know, the cool thing is, you can sweat it out. Like if you like the sauna. If you go sauna or steam, you do like sauna and you do a quick one-minute cold shower and then repeat, you do that three times. You're going to drop so much fluid.
KOSIK: But isn't that really short-term loss of weight, though? Isn't that sort of a - it's the sort of quick fix before you have to get into that dress or something like that?
MACDONALD: Well, most people are carrying an additional ten pounds of bloat. And by simply eating in threes, cleaning up their food and drinking our water, not making huge changes, they can drop that ten pounds permanently.
KOSIK: OK, Mark MacDonald. I don't know if I'm going to give it a try -but ...
MACDONALD: Come on now, you've got to give it a try.
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MACDONALD: It's spring break, it's getting ready for summer.
KOSIK: All right, possibly, thanks for all this great information. All right, don't forget to pick up a copy of Mark's new paperback version of "Body Confidence" that's coming out Tuesday.
Rain, rain threatening to wash out a lot of Easter egg hunts across the country. Alexandra Steele joins us next with what we can expect out there today.
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KOSIK: Well, it's shaping up to be a wet Easter for much of the country, but will it rain on your parade? Let's go to the CNN Weather Center meteorologist Alexandria Steele. Alexandra, what's in store for us today?
ALEXANDRA STEELE, AMS METEOROLOGIST: All right, well, first things for us I did not see any peeps on Mark's platter over there.
KOSIK: I know. I would have - he said, you know, every three hours I'll be, you know having a peep in hour.
STEELE: Right. A peep every three. All right. Hi, everyone, happy Easter to you. Weather-wise, it's quite complicated around the country. There is a lot of wet weather, even some severe weather potentially. So, I just want to show you the big picture, first off. And then we're going to kind of hop around the country. So, you can see here in Dallas, Texas. We do have a severe thunderstorm watch until noon central, hail to two inches and 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts. So, might be a little rough there. There is all the rains here. Here in the south, really quite stormy. You can see it now moving towards Raleigh, wet Washington, D.C., rain should be there by about 11:00 o'clock this morning. So, West Virginia, Virginia, the Carolinas, this batch of rain will move through. Atlanta had some rain overnight. We're going to see, again, rain move through kind of an unsettled afternoon. Here's Florida, maybe you're down there celebrating Easter or spring break. Kind of from Daytona Beach south, you're going to be in the clear, believe it or not, 70s and 80s. But this line will move in with scattered showers and storms. Here in the Northeast, Boston, beautiful conditions for you. Connecticut, as well, for the short term. Washington rain moves in by 11:00. New York by about 4:00, that bulk of rain should find you. Again, there's Dallas with the severe weather threat. Showers and storms moving through. West Coast, here's your scenario, kind of I-5, 101, northern California. That's where the heaviest rain is. But very beneficial rain, though. They desperately do need it. All right, so, the forecast, we're going to show you what this is. This is the future radar and we will see rain, again, Alison throughout much of the afternoon, especially in the south. But temperatures really won't be that bad. KOSIK: OK, Alexandra Steele, thanks.
STEELE: Sure.
KOSIK: And thanks for starting your morning with us. We've got much more ahead on "CNN Sunday Morning" which begins right now.
Good morning, everyone. And Happy Easter to you. I'm Alison Kosik. It's 7:00. We're so glad you're with us this morning. Let's begin this hour in Vatican City where Pope Francis just moments ago gave a special Easter message. It's the annual to the city and the world blessing. This is his first Easter as pope and he talked about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, then warned against greed and selfishness and the exploitation of the earth natural resources. We're going to have a live update from CNN's Jim Bittermann in Rome in just a moment.
But, first, we want to tell you about a developing story happening in Texas. Authorities there are hunting for leads in the murder of a county prosecutor and his wife. Mike and Cynthia McClelland were shot to death inside their home. It happened in Kaufman County, Texas. That's the same place that the assistant district attorney Mark Hesse was gunned down in January. That happened outside the country courthouse. Now, I spoke just a few minutes ago with the mayor of Kaufman, and he says he thinks the murders are linked.
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FORTNER: It has to be targeted. That's the logical conclusion. I don't have any information to lead me to think that's the case. But that's what you would assume under the circumstances since they targeted two people from our prosecutors.
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KOSIK: And our Ed Lavandera is in Kaufman this morning.
Ed, what are people telling you about the possible links between these latest killings and the murder of the assistant D.A. in January?
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Alison.
Well, authorities here in Kaufman County aren't saying much but it's clear from the response that we saw last night to this murder scene at the home of Mike McClelland, where he and his wife were gunned down in their own home. We saw a response from FBI, federal law enforcement, as well as the Texas rangers, the state police and as well as the local authorities here.
So, clearly, that response that you saw descend in that neighborhood where the McLellands live gives you an indication of how serious this situation is here in Kaufman County. These murders coming almost two months after Mark Hasse, the assistant prosecutor here in Kaufman County was gunned down and he was walking to work, in what many people describe as a brazen attack. No arrests have been made and it's been a great deal of speculation as to what exactly is going on with these elected officials or these officials here in Kaufman County, and whether or not they're being specifically targeted, as you heard the mayor there say, it really does appear to be that way at this point.
And after Mark Hasse, the assistant prosecutor, was killed at the end of January, Mike McLelland, the district attorney who was killed last night, had very strong words on how they said that they would go after these killers. Listen to what he said two months ago.
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MIKE MCLELLAND, KAUFMAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: I hope that the people that did this are watching because we're very confident that we're going to find you. We're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we're going to bring you back and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. Anything that you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated.
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LAVANDERA: So, you heard there the D.A. using the word scum to describe the killer of his co-worker, the assistant prosecutor two months ago -- strong words. In this latest development has a great number of people here in Kaufman County, Alison, on edge.
So, we will -- we are expecting to hear from investigators and authorities here in several hours at some point this morning on this Easter Sunday morning. This is, obviously, clearly a situation that has taken a great deal of attention from law enforcement at the federal, state and local levels here in Kaufman County -- Alison.
KOSIK: Ed, is it true that Texas authorities have warned that a white supremacist group could be plotting to hurt law enforcement officials and maybe police thought there could be a link between Hasse and Eric Ebel who is suspected of killing the prison director in Colorado? Are they telling you anything about that?
LAVANDERA: Well, this is one of those things where there is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding these cases. But having said that, there has been, initially, after Mark Hasse, the assistant prosecutor, was gunned down at the end of January, authorities say that they were suspecting that a white supremacist group was behind that attack.
And then, we saw or have heard that authorities here in Texas have been comparing notes with investigators in Colorado to see if Evan Ebel, the man that they suspect gunned down the Colorado prison chief, those cases have related and now you add this case to all of that, and then, you know, no direct links have been tied yet, but it has been clear that perhaps there have been investigators sharing notes, comparing notes between all of these cases and that will continue.
So, that's kind of a cloud that hovers over the situation as well this morning, Alison.
KOSIK: Ed, one last question for you. I mean, I know this sounds kind of grim. But there is a feeling among the people we've talked with if there's like a who's next mentality? I know that sounds grim, but, you know, you have to wonder.
LAVANDERA: I'm sorry, repeat the question. I missed it.
KOSIK: If there's a feeling of the folks that you're talking to in Texas as to whether or not there's a who's going to be next mentality, because there is this apparent link between these murders.
LAVANDERA: Yes. You know, these links just so uncertain at this point, but it's one of these things where, you know, it's clear that we've learned that investigators are comparing notes. That there is some sort of interest perhaps that they need to share information. Whether it goes beyond that is unclear. But at this point, there's just so much uncertainty, as I mentioned, and it's just kind of like this cloud hovering over these different cases.
Yes, there's a great deal of uncertainty and that causes a lot of people to be, to feel like they're on edge, especially for people who are in positions of -- in high-profile, public positions like these prosecutors.
KOSIK: OK. Ed Lavandera, thank you.
Now, we take you back to the Vatican where last hour, Pope Francis gave his first Easter blessing as pope.
CNN senior international correspondent Jim Bittermann is in Rome.
Jim, how does his message today set him apart from Pope Benedict?
JIM BITTERMANN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think one of the things he's done in this message, in this Easter mass today was shorten things quite a bit. This was probably the shortest Easter mass that I can remember, less than an hour and a half long.
The pope has made it clear in the first public outings here since he was elected that he likes to keep things short. And that, of course, sits very well, I think, with the crowd.
One of the things that he did in his blessing today was modernize his extension of blessings and wishes for peace around the world to include some of the modern conflicts, including not only the Middle East conflict in Syria, those are things that Benedict XVI pointed to last year, last Easter and conflicts haven't been solved but also adding now in Mali, Nigeria, the Korean peninsula, basically saying that these are places in the world where finding a peaceful solution is absolutely necessary.
He said they wish peace to a world that was torn apart by greed and by narco trafficking and by human trafficking. So, it was a very human message that he had today. And as he went through the crowd today, one of the things that were interesting and he, once again, in his open pope mobile, but once again, at least half dozen times he stopped to kiss babies and at one point to pick up a handicapped child and bless the handicapped child.
KOSIK: OK. Jim Bittermann, thank you very much.
The pope also said he hopes there could be reconciliation in the Korean peninsula. His call comes after a week of rising tensions and threats from North Korea. But now, the North seems to have turned down the rhetoric.
CNN's international anchor Jim Clancy is in Seoul, South Korea, this morning.
Jim, could North Korea be toning down its threats?
JIM CLANCY, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Well, it would seem that way, at least for one day. And let's be cautious here because a day does not any policy make. We know so little of what goes on inside North Korea. But it's really hard to judge here.
We do know the regime is very unpredictable. We have to keep that in mind.
Bu there's a couple of thoughts here. The first one is that perhaps Kim Jung Un is listening to those voices outside his country, voices like China's, asking him to dial it back, to tone it down. Second, there were some North Korean experts that were getting to the point that they said Kim Jung Un was painting himself into a corner with all of these threats, especially with his domestic audience.
In other words, the North Koreans themselves have been whipped into such a frenzy, of nationalist fervor, how would you turn it off? And what would happen to him? Would he lose his position? His respect in North Korea? What kind of a crisis could that provoke, if he felt he had to take action in order to keep his standing among his own people?
So, a lot of reason for people to look on today as it's been quiet and say, let's hope it stays this way -- Alison.
KOSIK: How much did the economic consequences of his actions play a part in sort of calming the situation down?
CLANCY: Well, you know, one of the latest threats and it's very important to note this, the threat was carried on the north Korean news agency Web site. North Koreans don't see that. It wasn't broadcast on North Korean television, which they would see and they would talk about.
What we're talking about here is the case on industrial complex, just north of the demilitarized zone here between North and South Korea. It's inside North Korea and employs some 50,000 North Koreans. They earn a salary of around $160 a month. The government gets some of that money. It is a source of hard currency, not just North Korean money, but hard currency it's seeing increasing trade between the two Koreas and despite all the phone lines being cut and all the rhetoric it's been flying, the case on industrial complex has remained open.
Now, when South Korean news sources find out that he's doing that to keep the flow of cash going to Pyongyang, he reacted by saying he would mercilessly shut it down if there was any more impugning of the North Korea people and the North Korean government. A little bit sensitive about that one, but Kaesong is still open. That trade is still going on.
And that, perhaps, is a good sign. It really represents a bellwether for what's happening here on the Korean peninsula -- Alison.
KOSIK: OK, Jim Clancy in Seoul, South Korea -- thanks.
Fifty years ago to the day, this is how President Kennedy and his family spent their Sunday. We're going to show you more photos and video just released from the Kennedy archive.
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KOSIK: A rare collection of letters is set to hit the auction block soon, including correspondences from an angry John Lennon to fellow Beatle Paul McCartney after the band broke up. But the letter sparking the most interest is a note from the late Marilyn Monroe to her acting coach Lee Strasberg.
In part of what she wrote was, "You once said the first time I heard you talk at the actors studio that there was only concentration between the actor and suicide. My will is weak, but I can't stand anything. I sound crazy, but I think I'm going crazy. It's just that I get before a camera and my concentration and everything I'm trying to learn leaves me. Then I feel like I'm not existing in the human race at all." Monroe penned that note shortly before her suicide.
New York's Douglas Elliman will be hosting that auction next month.
We're getting a new glimpse into the private life of one of America's most intriguing political dynasties. The Kennedy presidential library has posted a new collection of photos and videos. They show the late president along with Jackie, Caroline, John John and others taking some R&R at Camp David. The messages were captured 50 years ago today, less than eight months before JFK was assassinated.
I'm joined now on the phone by Barbara Kellerman. She's a presidential historian at Harvard University and she has a new book out called "The End of Leadership."
Barbara, good morning.
BARBARA KELLERMAN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN (via telephone): Good morning, Alison.
KOSIK: So, what is it? We just can't get enough of Camelot.
KELLERMAN: Well, first of all, these are a series -- a small series of very charming photos. We have John Kennedy, we have Jacqueline Kennedy and we have the two children when they were still very young. And it's from a time gone by, the mad men era, the Camelot era. It's a wonderful kind of Easter Sunday evocation of a moment of time that seems now forever frozen with the president assassinated so very young and it has immense personal and even still, political appeal.
KOSIK: I mean, you look at each of these photos. There's definitely such a sweetness in each of these, isn't there?
KELLERMAN: Well, there's a sweetness. There's also a kind of mad men formality. I mean, the president, which we wouldn't see today even at Camp David is dressed in a coat and a tie and Jacqueline Kennedy is looking impeccably elegant, as always. And even little, as he was called then, John John, who sits so poignantly in some of these shots in the cockpit, I think I was of a helicopter when we know how he died.
So, again, it's particularly poignant, as well as charming. But even he, this little tyke is dressed what we used to say, dressed to the nines. So, we have, you know, this sort of vestibule of possible world but it's fixed in our mind's eye in a way that also makes it seem slightly unreal in the second decade of the 21st century.
KOSIK: Yes, knowing what happened with John John, what do you make of the decision to release them, especially that picture of him sitting in the cockpit?
KELLERMAN: Yes, it's a really good question. You know, I'm not sure -- first of all, I have no inside information. But I'm not sure we should make very much of it. These pictures are exactly 50 years old, a half a century old.
They may simply have been released for that purpose. I'm not sure there was anything particularly mysterious. They could have chosen to withhold them and, obviously, we are getting some of these Kennedy materials in dribs and drabs. But I suspect it was just a half a century of remembrance and perhaps no more, really than that.
KOSIK: The 50th anniversary of the president's assassination, that's coming up in November. Do you think maybe we could expect more new photos and documents to keep coming out?
KELLERMAN: Well, I think we can expect nonstop attention to that event, unless for some other reason it's pushed off the stage and one never knows in domestic and world politics.
But, yes, clearly, the library is withholding materials. They are choosing to release them at certain moments of time, decisions that they and the family are no doubt making and, so, yes, absolutely, we will get some new materials and we will be paying that event endless amounts of media attention.
KOSIK: Oh, yes, we do. Our fascination continues.
Barbara Kellerman, thanks for your time.
KELLERMAN: Good morning and take care. Bye.
KOSIK: Oh, bye-bye.
We're going to be right back.
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KOSIK: OK, let's do this. Let's talk March Madness. In case you missed, another -- yes, another tournament upset this weekend.
Wichita State, a number nine team, knocked off Ohio State for a spot in the final four. Yes, after holding off a late Ohio State run, the Shockers held on to a 70-66 lead to stay alive in the tournament. They're just a 15 seeded, ninth or higher, to ever reach the title four, the final four.
Syracuse also punched their tickets to the final hour, after practically shutting down Marquette, 55-39. Thirty-nine points, a record low for a team in a regional final. They won the tournament back in 2003.
Derek Jeter, he's one of the most famous athletes on the planet and our very own Rachel Nichols shits down with the all-star to see if he has what it takes to win one more ring.
The conversation however started with last year's shooting tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary.
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RACHEL NICHOLS, CNN SPORTS: You called the mother of one of the teachers, the 27-year-old who was protecting her kids was killed in Sandy Hook. What made you decide to pick up the phone and make that call?
DEREK JETER, NEW YORK YANKEES: Well, first of all, I didn't do that for any intention of doing it. You know, I just understood that she was a big Yankee fan. The mother was a big Yankee fan. I just did it, I just thought to reach out and say what a hero her daughter truly was, because I think sometimes people use that term kind of loosely and they say this person is a hero, that person is hero. But, you know, you're speaking about a true hero there.
It's an unfortunate incident. I don't have children of my own. I have a younger sister, I have a nephew, and I can't sit here and tell you how it would feel. But it's just -- it's unimaginable to think what those families were going through, a horrific incident like that and not knowing, you know, going to the school and not knowing whether your kids were safe. It's something that is just mind- boggling to think about it. NICHOLS: To start opening day on the DL because of your ankle, what is that going to be like? What is going through your head?
JETER: Well, it's going to be odd. It's disappointing for me because I feel it is my job to be ready for opening day, but it just didn't happen. I just ran out of time to get ready.
NICHOLS: What is different as you're 38 years old, from when you're 22 years old?
JETER: Well, I think the thing is you spent more time getting ready to play. When you're younger, you just show up 30 minutes before. You don't have to stress. You go out there and play and you move around. Now, you get up at night and now you have to stretch before you get out of bed. So, it's a lot more difficult. You spend much more time at the stadium.
NICHOLS: And about out there, what are you better at now than you were at 22, 23 years old?
JETER: Answering questions from you. A lot of people don't realize, I have been answering your questions for years.
NICHOLS: I was going to say --
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JETER: We have been working together for a long time.
NICHOLS: Second act for you. Anything else that you want to accomplish?
JETER: I want to win, again. I hear from M.J. all the time, he won six times, we won five. So, he is always bragging he's got more.
It would be fun to have just as many as all your friends.
NICHOLS: You have played baseball or thought about baseball or have been preparing for baseball every day of your life, probably as long as you can remember in one way or the other. What's scary about the idea of not being in the game whenever down the road it does happen?
JETER: Pretty sure I'll be involved in the game in some facet. You know, I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.
NICHOLS: You think the Yankees are for sale? You could buy this team.
JETER: Too expensive, unless you give me some of your money.
NICHOLS: Would you be like George as an owner?
JETER: In some ways I would.
NICHOLS: The yelling, the firing, what are we talking --
JETER: Oh, I don't know. I still got to hire people so I don't want to tell you how bad I'm going to be before I hire anyone.
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KOSIK: Interesting guy. Rachel Nichols, thanks for that.
President Obama had sunny skies shining over his Easter egg hunt, but there's a lot of rain out there. Will yours be a washout? Meteorologist Alexandria Steele joins us next with what we can expect out there today.
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KOSIK: It's shaping up to be a wet Easter for much of the country. Will it rain on your parade?
Let's go to CNN weather center and meteorologist Alexandra Steele.
Alexandra, what's going on today?
ALEXANDRA STEELE, AMS METEOROLOGIST: A lot, a lot, especially in the Southeast.
So, I want to show what you can expect as you wake up, head out the door, Easter egg hunts or services. The Southeast is really quite stormy. Here in Dallas, we do have a severe thunderstorm watch until noon Central Time. We're going to see two-inch hail and maybe 70- mile-per-hour wind gusts. So, that's until noon.
But here's the big picture. That's where all the rain is. Forecast for today. I'm going to show the highs for the day for your area and then forecast radar.
So here's the big picture where we've got the rain. We're going to see temperatures in the 50s. This is this morning, the rain moving into Washington by about 11:00 this morning. New York City by about 4:00 this afternoon, and then it gets tonight by 10:00 in towards Boston.
Here in the Southeast, kind of a dry period in Atlanta and then the rain comes back this afternoon, 69 degrees, 81 in Jacksonville. Really south of Daytona, fine conditions today. We're fine in the Rockies, dry skies, beautiful conditions.
And then here in the West, northern California has the rain. Sacramento, Redding, that's where the rain will be this afternoon and tonight.
Alison, have a happy Easter.
KOSIK: You, too, Alexandra Steele, thanks.
I'm going to see you right back here at the top of the hour, 8:00 Eastern. Be here.
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