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Hurricane Tomas Downgraded; Fixing the iPhone Glitch; $31,000 Part-Time Pizza Gig; Susan Boyle to Perform for Prince Charles
Aired November 06, 2010 - 08:00 ET
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T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR, SATURDAY MORNING: Well hello there. From the CNN Center, this is your CNN SATURDAY MORNING for this November 6th. Glad you could be here.
I'm T.J. Holmes. It's 8:00 a.m. here in Atlanta, Georgia where I am. It's 7:00 a.m. in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 5:00 a.m. in Seattle, Washington. Wherever you are, glad you are right here.
The president right now is on a trip trying to get jobs for the U.S. and he had to travel all the way to Asia to try to get those jobs.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mumbai is a symbol of the incredible energy and optimism that defines India in the 21st century.
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HOLMES: The president right now in Mumbai, India. But that's not the only stop on this 10-day trip. We're going to be taking a look at his mission, also some of the excitement surrounding the president's visit also, why coconuts had to be taken off the trees for the president's trip. We'll get into that.
Also, take a look at this old guy. This old guy got on a plane in Hong Kong, headed for Vancouver. But when he got there, this old guy transformed into this young guy. Who is this guy? Why did he do it? How did he do it? We're going to be getting into that for you this morning, as well.
But also just into our newsroom this morning just a short time ago, Tomas has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. That doesn't mean it's not a threat still. The rain is tapering off in Haiti right now. There is still the threat of mudslides there. Take a look at some of these pictures out of Haiti we got from yesterday. The rain flooded streets, destroyed some homes, hurricane center says Haiti and the Dominican Republic could still get additional inch or two of rain.
The threat of ongoing rain brings with it the possibility of more waterborne diseases. Of course, we know this is a country that's been hit hard, just had a horrible with a horrible earthquake at the beginning of the year and then this latest cholera outbreak that has killed some 450 people.
Reynolds Wolf keeping a close eye on the tropical weather for us as well. Also keeping a close eye on a volcano that's causing some problems right now. But we're going to go with tropical storm Tomas. I'm always hesitant to say something's been downgraded because, OK, things are getting better; everything's fine.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Exactly, you bring up a good point. Not to be grim, but you can be just as dead in a tropical storm or a tropical depression, as you can a hurricane. Seriously, all these things are very dangerous, no question about it and the biggest threat we have now, T.J., as the storm pulls away, the heaviest rainfall now leaving places like Haiti.
But the threat will remain of mudslides. The reason being is that you have a lot of hills, a lot of mountains that actually circle around Port-au-Prince. Many of the places are stripped of trees. So without the vegetation, without the extensive root systems, there really isn't a whole lot to anchor a lot of the soil. So when the ground gets saturated and gravity takes its toll, we might see some mudslides in days to come.
So the storm now pulling near the Turks and Caicos. They're bearing the brunt of it. Still a strong storm, but it is a tropical storm, winds of 70 miles per hour, gusts up to 85, movement to the northeast at 15 miles an hour.
Now, for the next 90 seconds, we're going to show you where this thing is going to be headed. Here's the forecast. From the National Hurricane Center, winds expected to still be around 70 miles per hour give or take a mile or two as you get into Saturday afternoon.
By Sunday, wind to 65 miles an hour or 70, rather, as we get into Sunday. The reason for this, pretty simple. We're going to be moving into an area where the water's going to be a little bit cooler farther to the north.
And at the same time, we're going to have some strong upper level winds. The strong winds actually will help break apart the storm and move it out of harm's way. The threat will remain for places like Haiti for quite some time. Again, we could see mudslides up to a week after the storm has passed.
Coming up, we're going to talk more about your national forecast. Very quickly, nice day for Denver, 76, 53 in New York City and 63 in New Orleans, Los Angeles a cooler day, a little bit of a hot spell with 76 the expected high.
All right, T.J., that is a snapshot of what you can expect worldwide, I know you've got some information about a volcano.
HOLMES: This is some scary stuff. This is some terrifying stuff about this volcano. We've heard about this volcanic eruption, this is in Indonesia. And folks in one village in Indonesia have been just sent running, but the temperatures from these clouds, from this volcanic eruption said to be between 800 and 1,000 degrees. We've been hearing this name Mount Merapi. It continues to rumble and spew ash into the air.
Take a look at these pictures here. What we know now is that 76 people have been killed in this eruption. This is from yesterday. It's being called the largest so far of the eruptions we've seen of the past couple of weeks. Lava balls have rained down on villages, burned houses, ask clouds, gas villages many thought were safe from this volcano, as well.
The Indonesian military right now helping thousands of people try to flee from this volcano. Bodies recovered from a village about 10 miles from the volcano were so badly burned, people couldn't be identified. About 120 have died since Mount Merapi began erupting back on October the 26th.
Another volcano, a second volcano in Indonesia to tell you about here. It also lit up the sky. Did you see this? Have you seen these pictures? Spectacular pictures. This is Anak Krakatau (ph). This is a separate volcano that's going off in Indonesia. It's blasting as you see here, rocks, ash, toxic fumes into the air.
But the thing about this one, we can just provide the pictures because nobody lives on this island for the most part. It's an isolated island. Krakatau erupted back in 1883 famously in what is believed to be the largest known explosion in human history. Always fascinating to see these pictures.
Well, the president is always -- it's always a big issue to keep the president safe any time he travels anywhere, no matter if that's domestically or internationally. But he's traveling right now, 10 day trip to Asia. He's in India right now. Part of the security for the president was to take the coconuts off the trees, seriously.
He's traveling right now half way around the world to generate jobs here at home. The first stop like I said on this trip is Mumbai, India, got there a few hours ago. He's meeting with CEOs and entrepreneurs today.
Our CNN White House correspondent Dan Lothian traveling with the president.
And Dan, yes, this is a serious story and a lot on the line for the president, but at the same time, tell our viewers why they actually to try to protect the president had to take coconuts off the trees.
DAN LOTHIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right. When I first heard that, I thought it might be a joke. But I did ask and I was told there are these large trees with coconuts in them in an area the president was to have walked through. And, I guess, there was a concern that these coconuts could fall at any time and injure anyone, whether the it's the president or someone in his party. So they made sure that they removed all of those from the tree before the president arrives.
So it sounds like a funny story, but yes, it really, really did happen here. HOLMES: Yes, but it's more important -- an important presidential noggin. You got to keep that thing protected there. But at the same time, the president as we know, yes, this is the president after the shellacking that his party took in these midterm elections, a lot of that had to do with the economy and jobs, this is a big mission for the president to try to deliver something back here at home.
LOTHIAN: It really is because the president has been trying now for the past two years to stimulate the economy in the United States to do that job creation through the stimulus, which as you know, Republicans have criticized. And voters, obviously, have spoken and said that they don't think the administration has been moving fast enough.
So what else can the administration do to create jobs in the United States? Very little except look overseas. And the president believing that if trade has increased, if the global market is consuming more of the U.S. goods, then that will create more jobs at home.
And so, that's why the president is traveling across Asia beginning here in India to really push for jobs. Announcing this preliminary deal of 10 C-17 aircraft that will be sold to the Indian Air Force.
Again, this is something that the administration says will create tens of thousands of jobs in the U.S. and only the beginning of what they hope will be a long relationship, not only with India, but other Asian countries, again, to create additional jobs overseas.
HOLMES: And one other thing you hear, Dan, we talked about some of the quirky parts of this particular story with the coconuts and what not. Also, they have really made an effort there to really roll out the red carpet and make sure everything is perfect for this visit.
LOTHIAN: They have.
You know, in fact, I have a friend who lives here in India. And for weeks now she's been talking about how they've been cleaning up the streets, even potholes have been filled in. They're really trying to put the best face on the presidential visit.
But I can tell you that not everyone is happy. There is some small business owners who because of the president's visit and the security concerns, large areas have been closed off. So customers aren't coming into their shops or they've had to close their shops.
And then also, you couple with the president's visit with the big holiday that they have here, which I guess is the equivalent of our Christmas in the United States. And so it creates a lot of pressure in this city and a lot of people can't get around the way that they normally do.
The bottom line, though, I think most people do feel good about the president coming here because it does put the spotlight on India and highlights this growing relationship between the United States and India.
HOLMES: All right. Dan Lothian, we appreciate you as always. We'll continue to check in with you and the president this morning. Thanks so much.
And the president is attending a meeting of top business executives right now in Mumbai. In about 30 minutes he's expected to speak, to address this business summit. All weekend long, CNN is going to be bringing you live coverage of the president's Asia trip.
Meanwhile, protests turning violent in the streets of Oakland. This after a former transit police officer sentenced in the shooting death of an unarmed man. The video you're seeing here is from protests and some clashes between protesters and police officers in Los Angeles. We'll explain the connection and why people are upset, literally, from L.A. to Oakland when we come back.
It's 10 minutes past the hour.
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HOLMES: Well, at 12 minutes past the hour here on this CNN SATURDAY MORNING, we need to tell you about what's happening in Oakland this morning.
The town still reeling, a lot of hard feelings, a lot of anger after a sentence was announced for a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man. That happened last year. We're just hearing the sentence now. But you're seeing last night, some of the scenes out of Oakland. It started out as peaceful protests, did turn violent, though.
The officer we're talking about, he's a former officer now, Johannes Mehserle. He is going to get credit, according to the judge, for time served. He was sentenced to two years for killing this unarmed black man.
You'll remember this particular video. He was a BART transit officer, said he tried to grab his taser, accidentally grabbed his gun and shot this unarmed man and it was caught on cell phone video. You'll remember that. But the sentence now of two years means he could actually be out of jail in seven months.
Now, the crowd there in Oakland started throwing rocks, trashing cars, in the police chief's words, tearing up the city. You're seeing video here out of Los Angeles. This is outside of the courthouse where Mehserle was actually sentenced. The trial and the sentencing were moved out of Oakland and down to L.A. for fears of just these types of things because, really, emotions had been running so high.
Oakland's top officer says protesters in his city cannot justify some of their actions.
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CHIEF ANTHONY BATTS, OAKLAND POLICE: You cannot continue to allow this to happen in the city of Oakland. We had this happen in January of 2009 for many days. We had this happen in July and now we're having it happen now.
And I'm trying to send a message that is clear, you don't get to do this in Oakland. You have a right to protest, you have a right to have freedom of speech, you have a right to voice your opinion and your discontent. You do not have a right to tear this city up.
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HOLMES: And what he was referring to - and again,, you're seeing the video here of it. Someone caught it on cell phone video and Mehserle, the officer literally reaches and he pulls and grabs, instead of his taser, he grabbed his handgun. He said he was trying to grab the taser, grabbed his handgun, fired and killed that young man.
The officer there, the police chief was referring to who had seen this several time, because people - there were protests that turned, got a bit out of hand after the incident itself.
Then after the conviction came out, some thought the conviction should have been harsher. And then you're seeing it one more time after the sentence. So that's what the officer was referring to.
We'll keep a close eye on what's happening in Oakland.
Well, 14 minutes past the hour, all of us dream of winning the lottery. But most of us when we think about what we're going to do when we win the lottery, we don't think the first thing we're going to do is give all that money away. Well, an elderly couple in Canada, they're showing some rare generosity. That story for you after the break.
Stay here with me on this CNN SATURDAY MORNING.
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HOLMES: I had to look at the screen to see what that was. I wasn't familiar with that song.
WOLF: George Strait.
HOLMES: Yes? You know that one?
WOLF: Dude, I'm from Alabama. Come on.
HOLMES: I forget.
All right. Joined here by Nadia and Reynolds as always. I want to bring you a little something, some things that we are keeping an eye on that you'll find interesting. Cleveland, do you think they're over what happened with LeBron James?
NADIA BILCHIK, CNN PRODUCER: Don't you think it was like telling your wife you were leaving her on Jerry Springer? HOLMES: You know what? That was a good analogy.
BILCHIK: That's what it was.
HOLMES: He didn't have the nerve to call and break up.
WOLF: And doing it with a smile.
BILCHIK: You can do it, but there's a way.
HOLMES: Now, folks, this takes us now. You may have seen his latest Nike commercial, LeBron James, where he looks at the camera and says, what should I do? He pokes fun at some people who have criticized him, including a dear friend of mine in that video, by the way.
But the Cleveland fans, some have now taken that commercial and turned it on its head. This is powerful stuff. I want you to take a listen -- I want to let you look at the whole thing and you be the judge.
Watch this.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What should I do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What should you do?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is it even a question?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What about family.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's selfish.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What about family.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You backed out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe I should just disappear.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Should I remind you I've done this before?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, Boston, game five. We watched.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Traitors don't leave legacies.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When things get difficult, you flight. That's your legacy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Should I have my tattoo removed?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What should I do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Throw it in our faces on national television. Thanks. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What should we do, LeBron.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What should we do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seriously what should I do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You could have told us before the last week of free agency you were leaving.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you writing this down?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Should I be who you want me to be?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We wanted you to be who you said you'd be.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've got a goal. That's a huge goal. That's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it.
(END VIDEO CLIP) HOLMES: I mean, wow. It doesn't come off necessarily as just nasty, but it comes, clearly some emotions there. And it's a powerful spot.
WOLF: Players leave teams. It does happen. But it's how he left. That's what -- you know, there's no decorum to it. We're now in a society where everything is a reality show. And the way he left on national television, it was a smack in the face.
BILCHIK: Hell hath no fury like a jilted fan.
HOLMES: That's a good point. Don't mess with the fans. They have invested in him for a long time and people just not happy. And his Heat are doing OK right now, still early in the season. But everybody wants to win the lottery. I assume you guys are like me. I don't play the lottery, but we all dream what we would do if we won the lottery.
BILCHIK: Well, if you want to win, you do have to play.
HOLMES: You win $11 million, what are you going to do with it first Nadia?
BILCHIK: I would like to think I would first take care of a few domestic needs and then I would like to be philanthropic.
HOLMES: You'd like to be. Reynolds, I don't think your answer's going to be that deep.
WOLF: My answer's not going to be that deep. It takes too long to answer and first of all, it would be psychotherapy and try to just recover from the idea of getting $11 million in my hand in the first place. It's mind-boggling.
HOLMES: An elderly couple in Canada, Nova Scotia, $11 million they won, gave it all away for the most part. They said they kept a little in savings just for an emergency. They gave the rest out -- a little bit to friends and family, just a little, But for the most part they only had 2 percent that they kept, the rest they gave away. Hospitals, churches, fire departments, Salvation Army, you name it.
WOLF: Beautiful.
HOLMES: They say it was a burden. They say they kept getting calls from people saying, hey, can we have some of it? They said it was just annoying. They say they have done this their whole lives, they don't know what it's like to have money. What's the big deal?
BILCHIK: But as you said, they did keep a certain amount. Don't forget the old elderly woman had cancer herself so she knew what it was and maybe some of that even go for a cancer cure.
HOLMES: Possibly there, as well. But the first thing I thought about her being a cancer patient. Maybe the money can pay for some treatments. Their response was, it's not going to change her condition one bit. She just finished her last round of chemo. This is unbelievable.
BILCHIK: It's interesting people who do win lotteries what they do with the money. How many really keep it and save it? They often squander it. We don't need luxury, we're used to this lifestyle. It is very noble I have to say, can't say I would do the same.
WOLF: People do say it's a burden. That's one burden I'd love to have.
HOLMES: It's a great burden.
BILCHIK: What would you do immediately?
WOLF: Oh, gosh, again -- I can't say. I can't say. I love my job, I like what I'm doing, I'd like to keep that cookie in my head.
BILCHIK: We take the (INAUDIBLE) to the mushroom exhibition in Germany wouldn't we? Remember we spoke a mushroom exhibition in a Berlin museum. We'd take our whole team or we'd go river rafting.
HOLMES: OK, Nadia's not going to be in charge of planning the trip after we win the lottery here. Stay with us folks.
Take a look at this picture. We have this up again, this grizzled senior citizen, this traveler, that guy right there. He took off looking like that guy right there. But when his plane landed, he didn't look like that at all. He looked like that. How did he do this? Josh Levs going to be along to explain. What in the world happened here, 22 minutes --
WOLF: What an amazing trip to the bathroom.
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HOLMES: We have a quiz for you here. Can I get my quiz in? WOLF: Please do.
HOLMES: We were talking about the "Forbes" list of most powerful people. That list came out. We told you who the highest-ranking woman was on the list. Now we're asking who is the second highest ranking woman on the list? Would it be Sonia Gandhi? Would it be Oprah Winfrey or maybe, maybe Sarah Palin? That's a pretty good one. Quick break. We're right back.
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HOLMES: Before the break -- we asked you before the break here, what do you think? Talking about the "Forbes" most powerful list is out. But who is the second highest ranking woman on the "Forbes" list? Earlier we told you Angela Merkel was the most powerful or the first highest ranking woman on the list.
But is it Sonia Gandhi or Oprah Winfrey or Sarah Palin as number two on that list, the second woman on that list? Well, the answer is Sonia Gandhi.
She's president of the Indian national congress. She was recently elected to her fourth term as head of India's ruling congress, actually turned the job of prime minister back in '04.
Oprah Winfrey, a lot of people wondering where's she on the list. She ranks 64th in the world. And the highest-ranking woman on the list, again like I said, Angela Merkel, who is of course the chancellor of Germany.
Imagine, this is a story had that lot of people talking this week. Can you imagine? You're sitting on a plane, the person sitting next to you gets up, goes to the restroom, and when they come back, they're a completely different person.
Well, Josh Levs, I hoped that was the case when I fly. But that's not what we're talking about here.
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You don't want this to happen to you.
HOLMES: This is a little creepy.
LEVS: I can't believe this happened in real life. Let's go straight to the video so you just see what we're talking about. So the man on the left in this video is who he really is. And the man on the right is what he looked like when he got on that plane and, let me tell you, CNN obtained this information as a confidential intelligence alert from Canada, lays out exactly what happened.
The alert is titled unbelievable case of concealment. Authorities say that this guy, this passenger was observed at the beginning of the flight to be an elderly, Caucasian male who appeared to have young-looking hands. That was a bit of a tipoff I guess.
But during the flight he went to the bathroom, came back as an Asian 20-something. This was an Air Canada flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver.
And what happened here is that Air Canada corporate security alerted the authorities at the airport who then had Asians meet him in Vancouver. And when they met him, he made a claim for refugee protection according to this alert that was obtained by our Scott Zamos (ph) with the CNN special investigations unit.
So he's on the ground now. He's making this claim for refugee protection and he tells them he only has one bag with him on the plane. Then the people who work on the plane come along and say no, you had two other pieces. They give those to authorities and here's what they say. One of his bags had normal stuff, clothes, personal items. Another one had a pair of gloves and then the third one had the disguise, which they say included a silicone head and neck and mask and cap and glasses, all that stuff, T.J.
So basically this is where things stand right now. He's in custody in Canada. And what we have to find out is what's going to be happening from here. No one knows who he is. No one knows how this guy ended up getting there. No one knows what his background is. No one knows any of these things.
So, T.J., all we have now is a ton of questions and basically no answers beyond the fact that the entire world wants to know who this man is.
HOLMES: Do we know the point? Was he trying to evade authorities? What was the point?
LEVS: Here's the problem, we know that he's asking for refugee protection. But whether he's someone who needs asylum, who had a problem back there or if he's just someone who is now saying that because he really just wanted to get out, we don't know. They're not releasing his name. They're going to have a hearing about immigration to get more information.
And in the meantime, we all have a question. If someone can get on the plane in disguise, then what kind of security threat is that? And what we're seeing now is that Air Canada and the Air Force and various airports are getting involved, taking a look at this and saying what can be done to make sure this doesn't happen again?
HOLMES: Fascinating, but the pictures are unbelievable. All right. Josh, we appreciate you as always. Thank you very much.
Coming up, a transgender athlete joining a women's college team. We're going to be going courtside to show you this and tell you about this. It's really a fascinating story and what's considered also possibly a first in college athletics. Stay tuned for that.
Also, we know daylight savings time -- we'll continue to remind you that's what you need to do this weekend. You're going to be falling back. But iPhone users may be falling out with their bosses come Monday morning because there's a problem with your alarm clock that may have you late for work. We'll explain that. You need to pull out your iPhone. We can tell you how to fix it right now. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you New York City, what a beautiful sight this morning in New York. It looks like a beautiful day, but I'm no weather man. I'll ask Reynolds how things are going.
But from that shot, it looks like a beautiful day to start your weekend up there in New York City. I'm looking at Lady Liberty this morning.
Well, also this weekend is Daylight Savings Time. You're going to have to fall back and set those clocks this weekend. A lot of people have a hard time remembering that in the first place. But at least if you don't remember, you'll still be just early to work or early to church. So you're not going to miss anything.
But if you're an iPhone user, you still got a problem that could end up having you late to work on Monday. Let me bring in our Mario Armstrong. I can't remember how -- and what digital lifestyle expert guru something or other.
MARIO ARMSTRONG, CNN DIGITAL LIFESTYLE EXPERT: Yes.
HOLMES: -- or something or the other. OK, Mario, good to see you as always, my man --
ARMSTRONG: It's good to see you, T.J.
HOLMES: -- iPhones, they just can't get good press sometimes.
ARMSTRONG: Yes I know man.
HOLMES: You know you have all this money, something this simple.
ARMSTRONG: I know.
HOLMES: All right. First just explain the glitch.
ARMSTRONG: Yes. So here's the problem. The glitch is in the -- in -- in all of our phones we have clocks inside of these phones. And many people use those phones to set alarms for appointments and schedules.
So when the Daylight Savings Time changes over, there's a glitch in the operating system of not only the iPhone, but also all of the iPod touches out that are out there as well as iPod fourth generation devices. So this isn't just a phone problem, it's many devices.
But the issue is with synchronization of recurring alarms. So if you place recurring alarms maybe weekly appointments, daily appointments, things of that nature those will end up having you late or will be ringing late because the synchronization is not working effectively because there's a bug in the actual software.
HOLMES: OK, that's the deal. But this is a very simple fix?
ARMSTRONG: It's a very simple fix. It's a -- so there's two things that are happening. One, for you to fix it because here is the first thing that people are going to do. They try to delete all of their alarms and reset them. That will not work, folks.
You have to follow these specific six steps. Open up your clock application on your device, then click on the alarm icon. This is the same way you would normally do --
HOLMES: Yes.
ARMSTRONG: -- if you were setting up your alarm, then click the plus sign icon this is going to be at the top, right corner. And then when you go to create the alarm, make sure when you set it for repeating that you set that to never. You can't do recurring alarms right now and expect to be at places on time is what boiling down and then hit save.
And then after November 7th, you will be able to do those recurring alarms like you're normally used to doing.
HOLMES: OK, so again, am I hearing this right that all you've got to do is hold on, just hold on until Monday morning and start doing everything normal again?
ARMSTRONG: Well, so well, right. I mean, so just hold on, that's one.
HOLMES: Yes.
ARMSTRONG: Two, maybe, you know what? Let's go back to maybe a day planner. Let's just grab maybe a pencil and a pen, right?
HOLMES: Yes.
ARMSTRONG: As if so, you might have to have your paper notes for that day to make sure you don't miss anything or anything important. But it is important because if people are scheduling recurring alarms that are going to be happening out and they start scheduling them now, those alarms won't work properly until after -- well, until after November 7th.
HOLMES: OK.
ARMSTRONG: But the only other thing I can say, T.J., is that Apple -- you know obviously realizes that this is a major issue, right?
HOLMES: Yes.
ARMSTRONG: It started in Australia, in Europe --
HOLMES: Yes. ARMSTRONG: -- and then came to the U.S.
So here -- they're doing an updated fix to the software, but they haven't given us a date yet, a confirmed date. They said later this month, but no confirmed date as to when this will be fixed.
HOLMES: Yes, well, it is very simple. Thanks for breaking it down, but it's something iPhone users need to be aware of. Mario, good to see you as always.
ARMSTRONG: Yes.
HOLMES: And we see you every Saturday here, as well.
ARMSTRONG: That's right.
HOLMES: Our digital lifestyle expert.
ARMSTRONG: And I'm on time. And I'm on time.
HOLMES: You're on time. We had problems last weekend. I won't even get into that. Again, he gives us the technology news you can use. You can always blog and tweet him your questions as well. Mario, good to see you young fellow.
A quick break here, folks, we're right back.
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HOLMES: Well, it's 37 minutes past the hour now.
MSNBC "Countdown" host, Keith Olbermann, has been suspended indefinitely without pay by his company. Management there suspended him for violating the company's ethics policies regarding political campaign contributions.
Olbermann admits he made financial donations to three Democratic hopefuls for Congress. NBC requires employees to get permission from management before making political donations that could be considered a conflict of interest.
Also, this coming to us out of Washington, D.C., the outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to stay in the leadership. So she's announced she will run for Minority Leader. Officially the White House says it's not getting involved in this, won't comment on leadership elections.
Pelosi says she wants the job to help protect health care reform, Wall Street reform, Social Security, and Medicare. Democratic House members for and against her are starting to line up and take sides right now.
Well, millions and millions of people turned out to vote, of course, in the midterm elections this week, but the daughter of one Sarah Palin says she was too busy to vote. We'll tell you what kept her from casting her ballot. It's 39 past the hour.
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HOLMES: Well, it's 41 minutes past the hour.
I want to get you caught up on some of the things making headlines in the entertainment world, including Bristol Palin, yes, the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Well, as involved as her mother was in this midterm elections, the daughter, Bristol, too busy dancing to vote. She didn't even vote. She tells "Inside Edition" she just didn't send in her absentee ballot to Alaska.
And one other note here. We often hear about these turf wars, these -- these battles between rappers. You know, sometimes. This is one we weren't expecting. Somebody is taking on Jay-Z, MC Hammer. He didn't take too kindly to what Jay-Z said when he was talking about MC Hammer's bankruptcy.
As we know, he did it in a new Kanye West song. Take a listen to what had Hammer so upset.
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JAY-Z, SINGER: And Hammer went broke so you know I'm more focused. I lost $30 mil so I spend another $30 because unlike Hammer $30 million can't hurt me.
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HOLMES: Well, MC Hammer, on his -- his parachute pants did not appreciate that line. And he's pretty upset. He actually released this video. This is supposed to be a diss video from MC Hammer. Now it's showing a man wearing a devil's mask chasing a Jay-Z look-a-like. And Jay-Z sold his soul to the devil.
And Jay-Z responded in an interview to that. Basically he said, he didn't understand why MC Hammer got all hot and bothered about it. Saying, "I didn't know I was the first person to say it," referring to the bankruptcy. And he's not the first person to say it.
Also you'll remember this -- speaking of rappers -- after Hurricane Katrina, you remember this uncomfortable moment?
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KANYE WEST, RAPPER: I hate the way they portray us in the media. When we see a black family, it says they're looting. George Bush doesn't care about black people.
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HOLMES: Just one of those moments, there you go. Well -- former President George Bush actually took that to heart in his upcoming memoir "Decision Points". President Bush writes that Kanye West's comment was the quote, "All-time low of his presidency". That he just hated that someone thought of him as a racist.
I want to turn now a bit of sad news from the entertainment world this morning. Actress Jill Clayburgh has died; her husband telling the "New York Times", her 21-year battle against leukemia ended last night. She may be best known for her Oscar nominee role in the 1978 movie "An Unmarried Woman." Recently she had parts in TV's "Ally McBeal", "Law and Order" as well as "Nip/Tuck". She is survived by her husband and three children. Jill Clayburgh -- 66 years old.
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HOLMES: OK. A lot of people remember this woman. Susan Boyle, she became a darling, an international star. She lost though "Britain's Got Talent", that was last year. And by losing, she missed her opportunity to perform for the future King of England and that's a childhood dream of hers. But on Monday night, her lifelong dream could finally come true.
But first, I want to tell you about this; a part-time job opening in Tokyo to tell you about. Who wouldn't want this part-time job, Nadia, $31,000 an hour? Our Nadia Bilchik joining me once again; what are we talking about?
BILCHIK: Isn't that brilliant? Domino's Pizza has had 25 years in Japan, in Tokyo so they're saying as celebration we're going to offer just one, just one very lucky person $30,000 an hour, but you have to apply.
Now, you only have to be 18 years, no job experience. Now, the actual application is about to take place this week. We don't know what the job entails for $30,000.
HOLMES: How much time? Do you just work one hour? Or you have a full day? What have you got?
BILCHIK: The idea is you just work one hour. But isn't that brilliant? Brilliant marketing. They also say if your birthday's on the 21st of September, which is the very day that Domino's opened in Tokyo, you get pizza up until 25 years old as much as you would like.
HOLMES: OK. That is good promotion.
BILCHIK: That is good promotion.
HOLMES: A lot of people are going to be interested. I will apply for that job, quite frankly, if I can get over there.
The other story, Susan Boyle, she just keeps getting -- the best thing that happened to her was to lose that show.
BILCHIK: And it isn't it a dream come true? She's going to perform for Prince Charles on Monday night. But did you know in 2009 her album, of course, was the number one selling album of the year?
HOLMES: Really?
BILCHIK: No one has heard of Susan Boyle in 2009 and suddenly -- and you know that "The Gift", which is her other album coming out, her Christmas album, already has millions and millions of pre-orders? And she's written a book called "The Woman I was Meant to Be".
HOLMES: How is she getting the opportunity now to perform on Monday?
BILCHIK: She has been invited for a special performance with Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles. And for her it's an absolute dream. And she really says her life is a complete, wonderful, dream come true and she feels like a princess. She says she feels like a princess who's going to perform in front of the prince.
HOLMES: Well, congratulations to her. Again, one of the best things to happen to her was to lose that competition. Look at her now, doing well.
Nadia, I appreciate you as always.
Got another story of interest to all -- it's going to be interesting to a lot of you out there, a man playing on a woman's college basketball team. We're going to tell you what's going on at George Washington University that allows this to happen.
Also, the horse that could make history, the Breeder's Cup (ph), Zenada is the name, putting a career, and an undefeated career at that, on the line. We're about 12 minutes to the top of the hour.
Stick around here with us.
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HOLMES: All right. Ten minutes to the top of the hour.
If you take a look at the Web site for the George Washington University women's basketball team, you're going to see something that looks a little out of place. It maybe just looks strange to you. It lists on the women's team Kye Allums as a male member of the women's basketball team. It's not a typo. Kye Allums is a female to male transgender member of that team.
Delia Goncalves of our affiliate WUSA with this story.
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DELIA GONCALVES, WUSA REPORTER (voice-over): All eyes are on George Washington University's women's basketball team, and number 50, Kye Allums, junior forward transgender male.
KYE ALLUMS, GWU TRANSGENDER BASKETBALL PLAYER: I feel as if I should have been born male with male parts, but I am -- my biological sex is female.
GONCALVES: But it was a long road before he could make that announcement. His a-ha moment came after a rather heated text message exchange with his mom when she asked, who do you think you are, young lady?
ALLUMS: Well, Mom I thank you. You just made me realize something. Just from that moment on, I was like, I know who I am. First I was excited, and then I'm like, I have to tell everybody.
GONCALVES: But after the fear came relief.
ALLUMS: It's a big thing when you're a child to say there's something different from what they were born. But now she's completely supportive.
MIKE BOZEMAN, HEAD COACH, GWU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: I just immediately felt like I needed to support Kye in any way --
GONCALVES: Kye is the first transgender athlete on an NCAA Division One team. He can continue to play on the women's team because he doesn't plan to have surgery or take any hormones until his college career is over.
ALLUMS: It got too tough. It got too tough to not be me.
GONCALVES: Kye formerly known as Kay-kay, began his transformation last year as a sophomore, but this will be his first season playing as a man.
ALLUMS: And as long as we're, you know, united and we're a team, we're a family, we'll be OK.
GONCALVES: So while number 50's announcement may have created a media frenzy, his mind is on basketball and his future. Now that he finally feels like himself.
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HOLMES: All right. And the team is going to open its season a week from today with a game in Minneapolis. A lot of interest, again, believed to be a first in the NCAA.
Well, another sports headline this morning. The NFL versus the World Series; both were on Sunday night. And one of them pummelled the other in the ratings.
Also, everybody's talking about Zenada. This horse could make history in today's Breeder's Cup. It's a nice story here from the horse racing world.
Also this morning, something we're keeping an eye on that certainly is making the stomachs turn of a lot of Auburn fans. Scandal -- the Heisman hopeful, Cam Newton, the quarterback of the number two team in the country, is he eligible, Reynolds? We'll get into that in just a second. Let's bring in business sports analyst, Rick Horrow to talk about all this stuff. Good morning to you kind sir. I've just given Reynolds a hard time. Nobody's saying this kid is not eligible. We'll get back to Cam Newton in just a second.
But first of all, do people prefer regular season football or the fall classic?
RICK HORROW, CNN BUSINESS SPORTS ANALYST: Well, they prefer regular season football, but the fall classic did OK. The giants, a big market team, but they came from the back of the pack and the Texas Rangers, way back -- ninth payroll versus 25th payroll. Bottom line, it's the 16th different world champion, the last 31 years.
The trade-off is if you have surprising teams in the legacy teams like the Dodgers and the Yankees, by definition, don't win; can't have it both ways. The commissioner's happy about redistributing dollars from the have to the have-nots. The result is that anybody can win any given year, probably net good for baseball long-term, my friend.
HOLMES: How bad did NFL beat baseball that night?
HORROW: Well, it was fairly close.
HOLMES: Fairly close. OK.
HORROW: But the fact that baseball -- yes, fairly close.
HOLMES: OK. All right.
HORROW: Don't worry about it.
HOLMES: All right. A horse -- people don't pay attention usually until the Kentucky Derby, but now we've got a story her of Zenada, 19-0. People seem to just be falling in love with this horse.
HORROW: Hey, but that's the bottom line issue. Right? If this horse wins the Breeder's Cup race she's in today, it's the 20-0 undefeated record. We all would like to retire at 20-0, friend; you included.
And the bottom line is she may be the female athlete of the year. Millions of dollars for her owner and with the 20 percent reduction in fans and horse racing, except for those one or two weeks a year around Triple Crown, this is great. Because remember, this is November, and the Triple Crown isn't for another six months.
HOLMES: All right. And Reynolds is standing by and listening for this next story again. And nobody has been found to be guilty of anything but the accusations swirling around this young man, this superstar, this is stud of a quarterback.
A lot of people saying he's going to win the Heisman at auburn. Allegations that possibly someone from his camp tried to get money, up to $200,000 to get him to agree to sign with several teams to say he would go to those schools. What are the implications of this story? HORROW: Reynolds, listen to me, be careful. Listen and watch CNN for further developments. OK. Because the bottom line is between now and the Heisman, there will be he said/she said. And unfortunately it may not be put to rest.
And let's remember the specter of Reggie Bush. I know this is different because these are just allegations and nobody knows the dimensions of it. But remember, Reggie Bush had to give his trophy back because of similar kinds of allegations.
So the facts will speak for themselves. The real question is when do the facts come out?
HOLMES: All right. And on that, let's just cue up Reynolds.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: I'm heartbroken.
HOLMES: What have you got over there?
WOLF: What do I have? About Cam Newton or about college football?
HOLMES: Whatever makes you feel good.
WOLF: The only thing I keep thinking when it comes to the whole Cam Newton situation is this was something that was supposedly was known by Auburn University, by Mississippi State University, and by the NCAA. And for Auburn University to go ahead and clear him to play, I don't know, I just tend to think that things are pretty favorable. But you never know.
The biggest question I have, Rick, why did this come out now? Why now? Why at this point? Why didn't it come out back in April?
HORROW: Well, because there are a lot of people that want stuff to come out at a certain time and especially if it's not a friend of the program. That's the possibility there. So squeaky clean? Again, we have to figure that out over the next few weeks.
Auburn fans around the country, we'll check. This is not over by a long shot, unfortunately.
HOLMES: OK.
WOLF: Well, let's talk about something we can definitely discuss with a smile on our face and that's giving you a look at today's forecast in terms of your football.
Guys check it out. For Oregon and Washington, a good game, 3:30 for an Eastern start, it's going to be in Eugene, Oregon though, 55 degrees. For Auburn and Chattanooga; Auburn's your number two team -- 52. Here's from two big games, TCU number 3 and Utah number 5 playing in Salt Lake City; very interesting match-up with 67 degrees. Another big one: Alabama and LSU playing in Baton Rouge, back in Red Stick; looking at 64 degrees. Guys, one more thing we've got to tell you about. Not looking forward, but looking back. We're falling back so make sure you set your clocks back one hour overnight and make sure you don't touch your TV.
Come right back and join us in a little bit. We'll see you right here on CNN SATURDAY.
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