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South Korean Military Protests Response to Shelling by North; Bomb Plot Stopped in Oregon; WikiLeaks May Release Documents; President Pardons Turkeys; English Bishop Slams Royal Wedding
Aired November 27, 2010 - 06:00 ET
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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: The nation's chief executive going for the ball and taking it on the lip. We'll tell you why President Obama may not be smiling today.
Plus, a tree-lighting ceremony in Oregon's largest city. Big crowd, holiday cheer and a man determined to set off a bomb.
From CNN Center, this is CNN SATURDAY MORNING. It's November 27. Good morning to you. I'm Brianna Keilar, in today for T.J. Holmes. Thanks so much for starting your day with us.
And also coming up over the next 90 minutes, a very expensive piece of modern art. But it may not be for everyone. Check it out. It's a human skull recreated in platinum and adorned with thousands of diamonds. And if you have to ask, 'How much is it?,' you probably can't afford it.
Also, a FedEx package goes missing and the company scrambles to find it. The reason: It contained a radioactive rod. We'll tell you what happened there.
Plus, still got that bird in your fridge? Maybe you have some stuffing, some cranberry sauce as well? Well, stay right there, because we're going to take you into the kitchen of one of Washington's most popular restaurants for some creative ways to use those leftovers.
The nation's chief executive going for the ball, taking it on the lip. We're going to tell you why President Obama may not be smiling today.
Also, we have a tree-lighting ceremony in Oregon's largest ceremony. This was a big crowd - actually, you know what? Let's get to you some breaking news.
But first, we have a very serious story, that breaking news on what could have been a devastating terrorist attack in Portland, Oregon. A 19-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia is accused of attempting to blow up a van filled with explosives. The detonation site here, at last night's crowded Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. This was in Portland's Pioneer Square. The top FBI agent in Oregon says the suspect - and this is quoting here - was "absolutely committed to carrying out an attack on a very grand scale." The agent says the threat was real but the explosives were fake, and the suspect, Mohamed Osman Mohamud had been on the FBI's radar for months. His arrest came after a long undercover operation, and Mohamud is due in court on Monday.
Now, to the tense Korean peninsula now and rumblings of armed conflict. North Korea's intense artillery shelling of a South Korean island is drawing protests today in Seoul. South Korean soldiers actually are among those who want a stronger response to the shelling that killed four South Koreans.
Our Stan Grant has more on this situation.
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STAN GRANT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The protesters surged forward. They were hurling themselves at the police and the police firing tear gas and charging back into the protesters.
This is an indication of just how much tension there is on the streets of Seoul right now. As you can say - see, they're starting to move behind me, and we're going to try to keep our distance here.
Well, as you can see, the - the pushing and shoving has started again. This is what the - this is what the police have been brought in here - this is what the police have been brought in here to try to stop. Now, we're in the middle of this and we're going to try to get out of here, because this could flare again violently. So I'm going to try (INAUDIBLE) - let's - let's try to get out of here. Let's try to get out of here. This is not going to be safe for us.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
It's been quite confusing, what has actually happened here today. Now, of course, violent scenes; lots of pushing, lots of shoving, these protesters charging towards the police. The police charging back at them. Just look around here and you can see that we're talking about heavily riot squad.
Now, these people are used to this type of protest. But this gives an indication of just how much anger there is on the streets of Seoul right now. And just through in here, you can see the protesters themselves. I think you can see one of them has now taken his shirt off. The other is wearing banners around their heads.
Now, all the men have been pushed back up there against the wall and surrounded by these police. All you can see through here are the heads, the black helmets of the police riot squad.
With the United States and South Korea about to begin this new war games in the Yellow Sea, and North Korea warning that that will take the whole Korean peninsula to the brink of war, and now that tension is spilling over onto the streets. More and more people angry, and more and more people demanding that the South Korean government take a tougher line and move in harder against North Korea.
And here - over here, you can see the protesters themselves, as they're starting to disperse.
So calm has been restored right now. But as you can see, this is a situation that is fluid and could always explode again at any minute.
Stan Grant, CNN, Seoul.
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KEILAR: The biggest deals on the biggest shopping day of the year, and millions of shoppers ready to take full advantage.
It was, of course, Black Friday yesterday, and just take a look. They hit the stores early, and boy did they hit them hard. Midnight shoppers made a beeline for deals on Apple accessories like iPods and iPads. Clothing, of course, always a hot item. It was yesterday. And Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, typically marks the beginning of the holiday-gift-buying marathon. So you can bet more shoppers will out today.
And Reynolds Wolf is in the Weather Center tracking your shopping forecast.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: What's going on? Good to see you, by the way.
KEILAR: Good to see you.
WOLF: Good to have you back.
Yes. Are - are you a big shopper? Are you into the holiday season, going out there and doing all that?
KEILAR: I like shopping. I detest Black Friday.
WOLF: Yes.
KEILAR: I just don't - I don't participate. I'm generally working.
WOLF: I'm down with what you're saying. I mean, for - for me, it's - going shopping is about as much fun as contracting a tropical season. I mean, it can be kind of very - very tough for some people.
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KEILAR: A second-story loft office collapses at a Colorado Salvation Army thrift store. And just check this scene out: All of that debris, a lot of at least, fell on the people below. Rescuers thought that one person might be missing and they were searching pretty frantically. It turned out, luckily, everybody had made it out safely.
Listen here.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MIKE PAGE, GRAND JUNCTION FIRE DEPARTMENT: I'm proud of our employees, how they responded. You know, they - they helped a couple customers, you know, that - that was in that area in - they - they got - got everybody out of the building, you know, in a - in a safe and orderly manner.
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KEILAR: The initial search took several hours yesterday because there was so much rubble and crews were moving it by hand. At one point, thermal imaging and police dogs were brought in to find possible victims.
A Marine Corps reservist helping in a holiday Toys for Tots drive gets stabbed when he tries to stop a shoplifting suspect from getting away.
Twenty-four-year-old Cpl. Phillip Duggan was outside a Best Buy store in Augusta, Georgia, with a group of other Marines when they spotted the suspect running out of the store.
Listen to this.
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LARRY FRELIN, RETIRED MARINE: They jumped on top of him. They pulled him down. It took about five different people though on top of him. But unfortunately, he had a knife. And he brought the knife around and - and managed to get it in the back of the Marine.
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SHAYLA MYERS, SHOPPER: I was really surprised to hear that. I saw the soldiers here this morning, taking money for the tots and everyone. And to hear that they - one of them got stabbed is a little scary.
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KEILAR: The Marine was treated and released from the hospital. And Tracey Attaway was in custody last night and is facing a string of charges, including aggravated assault.
President Obama is recovering from some wounds this morning, but these are not political ones. He took it on the chin during a pickup basketball game and ended up needing stitches. We'll have more on his injury and the man who delivered the blow with the errant elbow.
But first, this morning's "News Quiz." Thanksgiving, of course, our topic today. So who was the first president to issue a Thanksgiving Day proclamation? Was it George Washington; Thomas Jefferson? Was it Abraham Lincoln?
We'll give you the answer after a break. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KEILAR: Before the break, we asked you who the first president was to issue a Thanksgiving Day proclamation. We said, was it George Washington; was it Thomas Jefferson; was it Abraham Lincoln?
It was George Washington, actually. I definitely would have gotten this wrong. In 1789, Washington proclaimed November 26 a day of national thanksgiving. There was no annual Thanksgiving Day until Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation in 1863. But it was not an official federal holiday until Congress passed a bill in 1941. So a bit of a trick question there, but you knew we'd probably do that to you.
WOLF: Kind of slow work by Congress on that one.
KEILAR: Yes.
WOLF: To wait till 1941 to - to ante up and make it a holiday? Go figure.
KEILAR: I cover Congress, so I'll - I'll bring this up with them.
WOLF: Absolutely. I hear you.
KEILAR: OK, this next story, this is kind of - I mean, it's a little serious but....
WOLF: Yes.
KEILAR: ....all things considered. We're talking about President Obama, 12 stitches. That's how many it took to patch up the president after he caught a flying elbow to the mouth yesterday.
He was working off some of those Thanksgiving dinner calories. He was playing a game of basketball at a military base in Washington, and aides say that the president took the hit while defending a shot. So the guy who tagged him - well, let's show you him, Ray Decerega (ph). He works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. He called the president "a tough competitor" and "a good sport."
Twelve stitches.
WOLF: Wow.
KEILAR: But you know what they said? They said they used a very - I - I thought, that's a lot. But they used...
WOLF: And he blocked the shot with his chin, right?
KEILAR: Yes.
WOLF: He's got to be getting up there. That's some serious...
KEILAR: That's a very effective move. WOLF: It is. I - I've often heard that. You know, it - it is one that many people employ. It's a great strategy to use your chin to block the shot. Whatever it takes.
KEILAR: Yes, and speaking of basketball, some amazing finishes in football.
WOLF: They really were just - just mind-numbing. Some of these were just fantastic. I mean, just some incredible games yesterday.
Let's go right to the video and show you about these games, both which went to the wire.
We're talking first about Boise State and Nevada, and of course Auburn and Alabama.
Boise State first. You see them here, Kevin Moore, Heisman candidate. He throws deep. Look at him; he's got a man not wide open, but just open enough. And you take a look at that. I mean, just one of many tremendous plays.
What was amazing is, Nevada upset Boise State 34-31 in overtime, and Boise State's kicker - I feel so bad telling you about this - missed not one but two kicks in overtime. Made it very, very simple - of course, Nevada, they won. Tough (INAUDIBLE) for Boise State.
Another huge game, of course, was the - the Alabama-Auburn game, which was just off-the-charts crazy. Auburn comes from behind. They were down by 21 points at one time. This is the first time anyone had seen a comeback of this magnitude in the Iron Bowl. This was one game - one big play here, Julio Jones with the blown coverage went some 70 yards for a touchdown for Alabama.
And it looked like it was all Bama. And then the Tigers started coming back. Wide open, you see all the way down here, No. 81, Terrell Zachary, takes it all the way to the yard, all the way in, touchdown for Auburn. It was kind of back and forth just for about a quarter, and then Auburn went away with it.
Still, Alabama had a few chances. But Auburn was just a few plays better. And that's Cameron Newtown, your Heisman - possible Heisman winner. Just an amazing game.
Well, there's another interesting story we're going to show you, and that has to do with a - a basketball player who is kind of beating a lot of the odds. He is a one-armed player. He's the person (INAUDIBLE) Division 1 basketball. His name is Kevin Loo (ph). He is a Manhattan College (INAUDIBLE).
Again, you'll notice he's playing with one arm. He played two minutes in a game this week. He won a scholarship to the Division 1 school in New York despite having just one arm. This is an amazing story; great story of perseverance, courage, just a - kind of a touching thing to see.
KEILAR: Yes, it's an - it - we told a story yesterday about a young man who had been struggling with cancer and managed to come back and - and play football. And it's just -- in the - in the fact of such adversity, these athletes, it means so much for them.
WOLF: They love the game.
KEILAR: Yes.
WOLF: It really makes a tremendous difference.
KEILAR: That's a - that's - two minutes huh? Two minutes in the game?
WOLF: There you go.
KEILAR: All right, Reynolds. Thank you very much for that.
WOLF: You bet (ph)
KEILAR: A human skull worth millions of dollars. So how does that happen? Well, just take a look. This thing is covered in diamonds. Where you can see it, how much it costs.
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KEILAR: We have some must-see video. Just take a look at this.
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WOLF: What is that?
KEILAR: That is - well, that's an otter. But that's 18-year-old William Gibbons. And he saw what he thought was just, Oh, a playful little otter in his backyard in Boca Raton Wednesday. And he went, grabbed his cell phone to shoot some video of it, and the animal went a little crazy - lunged and attacked him.
WOLF: Well, it looks like he had some cell phone, I guess, to begin with. I mean, you know, I - I know that - that - that when it comes to otters, they - they can be somewhat temperamental if you....
KEILAR: Really? I always thought they were - I would - I would think they were cute and funny.
WOLF: It is true: They are cute; they are funny. But it doesn't matter if you use Verizon or if you happen to be a - a AT&T person. If you don't use your cell minutes, if you go over your cell minutes, they go absolutely nuts.
KEILAR: They get ticked.
WOLF: They - they lose their minds.
KEILAR: OK. Well, let's see what William said about this whole ordeal.
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WILLIAM GIBBBONS, VIDEOTAPED OTTER ATTACKING HIM: I was scared, to say it simple.
It was a cute little otter. I just didn't expect it to do anything. And right when it hit me, I was just like, 'Wow, I wasn't expecting this.' And so then it just took off.
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KEILAR: All right. So as strange as this may seem, this actually is not an isolated incident, if you can believe. This is a third time that an otter has gone on the attack in southern Florida recently.
There were two people and a dog that were bitten. And animal- control officers believe the otter may be either protecting its young. Perhaps it's suffering from rabies, which is very serious.
But for William, he is nursing a sore leg from the attack. And he had - yes, he had to get some shots in case the animal is rabid.
Palm Beach County Animal Control has now put out traps in the hopes of capturing the aggressive otter.
WOLF: You know how they say, well, you know, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger? So he would be strong like - like bull, or at least strong like otter.
KEILAR: That's like one of those lessons you're probably not going to need to repeat in your life though, I would suspect.
WOLF: Exactly.
KEILAR: OK.
So Reynolds, you know, you could get something really special for your wife for the holiday. It just says, you know - just really speaks volumes. That's if you move fast enough for this, because this a platinum-plated 18th century human skull covered in diamonds.
It's going on display in Florence, Italy. This is the first time that's been out of a secure vault in two years. Its value? Eighty million dollars. Can you believe that?
WOLF: You know, there's some people that say that - that a gift can actually enhance a relationship, that - that it can make things better. You could also argue that sometimes gifts can end a relationship.
How - how do you - how do you do that? How do you - honey, I love you so much, I'm going to give you this - this skull encrusted with diamonds?
KEILAR: Yes. Maybe she can remake it into a necklace or something. I don't know.
WOLF: That's like a Halloween treat (ph). (INAUDIBLE)
KEILAR: Totally. But this is one of the most expensive works of art by any living artist. It comes from the studio of British artist Damien Hurst. Kind of known for this stuff, right?
WOLF: Mm-hmm.
KEILAR: He does that, so....
WOLF: A little freaky.
KEILAR: And we do have a little time for the video that you just have to see this morning.
Have you seen break dancing moves like this, Reynolds?
WOLF: This is the story of my life.
KEILAR: Yes, right? I mean, this is - this is a Saturday night for Reynolds. Pretty impressive stuff.
But now watch this guy getting worked by an 8-year-old pop-and- lock prodigy. What do you think?
WOLF: You know, I mean, it's - it's been....
KEILAR: Wow.
WOLF: I - I - well, I'm speechless. I really am. Fabulous Flash and the Furious Five, you know, was one of the things that really inspired me to do my dancing. I wonder what inspires him. I mean, look at him. He's like a little bit of a (INAUDIBLE); you look at that, and then he does like, the (INAUDIBLE). And then he's off to the races. There's no stopping him like that.
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WOLF: He's out of control.
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WOLF: With moves like that, you could - you could put him in, like, a pool full of water, throw in some detergent and some clothes and you've got - you've got your - your whole laundry done for the week. Look at him move around.
KEILAR: And in this economy.
WOLF: It's nuts. Zany even. Look at that guy go. Unbelievable.
KEILAR: That is an amazing move. Amazing. That's how you get it done.
WOLF: (INAUDIBLE) KEILAR: We'll have more after the break.
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KEILAR: We certainly hope that you and yours made the most of your Thanksgiving meal. And if you're like a lot of us, no matter how tasty your holiday bird was, you probably have some leftovers in your fridge, I would say.
WOLF: No question about it.
KEILAR: I actually don't have any. I went out to eat.
WOLF: Yes.
KEILAR: Yes. It was a big meal - it's a big meal, but...
WOLF: But nothing - nothing to bring home...
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KEILAR: Normally I do the turkey sandwich; you know, I throw a little cranberry - but that's it, the turkey sandwich. That's all I got.
WOLF: But when you went out, did you keep it traditional? Did you stay with the whole turkey...
KEILAR: Oh yes.
WOLF: ...kind of thing.
KEILAR: Yes.
WOLF: All right.
KEILAR: Yes.
WOLF: Good times. Good stuff.
KEILAR: It was good.
WOLF: Absolutely.
Well, guys, listen up to this - to this. You know, those of you who happen to have those Thanksgiving leftovers - and I know there are tons of you out there. They don't exactly have to be throwaways.
In fact, our Sandra Endo takes us to one of Washington, D.C.'s most popular restaurants to see just exactly how the pros do it.
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SANDRA ENDO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After a big Thanksgiving meal, there will be plenty of leftovers you don't want to throw out. But what to do with all of them? You're tired of all those turkey sandwiches.
Well, we're going to take you through these doors, inside this kitchen, for some trade secrets on what to do with those leftovers.
AL NAPPO, FOUNDING FARMERS EXECUTIVE CHEF: We're going to make something that is so easy for - to use your Thanksgiving leftovers.
And we've got some stuffing and some ham and turkey. And we're going to take those and we're going to mix them together and we're going to make some fantastic griddle cakes.
This is just a little something different. And it'll help you out because you're going to be able to use all those leftovers, and you're not going to waste anything. And it'll safe you a few bucks. Mix it up and go. Look at that.
ENDO (voice-over): The American Farm Bureau says the price for an average Thanksgiving dinner this year rose 1.3 percent, and whole- turkey prices are up 13 percent since last year, at $1.68 a pound.
The total cost for a dinner for 10 averages $43.47.
So not to put any to waste...
NAPPO: You've got guests in from out of town, and you want to wow them with a little breakfast. We're going to take some of these sweet potatoes and we're going to right them right into our pancake batter.
We've got sweet potato pancakes with the cranberry and maple syrup.
ENDO (on camera): Delicious.
NAPPO: I'm going to dig in. That's what I was looking for.
ENDO (voice-over): Ways to spice up that Thanksgiving meal that keeps on giving.
Sandra Endo, CNN, Washington.
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KEILAR: That is awesome.
WOLF: It is good. You know, anything that breaks up the redundancy.
I think that's the big problem, is that, when you have the turkey, when you have the stuffing, when you have all those things - you just want to kind of getting a little bit of - a little bit of variety in there.
KEILAR: I like that - what we were saying, it looked like a turkey crab cake. I'm going to do that with other leftovers, I think.
WOLF: Absolutely. I mean, you can eat it with virtually any kind of food. I mean, just break that (INAUDIBLE)
KEILAR: Smash it together in a ball; cook it up.
WOLF: There you go.
KEILAR: I think I'll have mixed results.
We're back with more of the day's top stories.
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KEILAR: Welcome back. I'm Brianna Keilar, in for T.J. Holmes, and thank you so much for starting your day with us.
We begin this half hour with breaking news on what could have been a devastating terrorist attack in Portland, Oregon. A 19-year- old naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia is accused of attempting to blow up a van filled with explosives. The detonation site, right there, at last night's crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland's Pioneer Square.
The top FBI agent in Oregon says the suspect, and I'm quoting here, "was absolutely committed to carrying out an attack on a very grand scale." This agent says the threat was real, but the explosives were fake.
The suspect, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, had been on the FBI's radar for months. His arrest came after a long undercover operation, and former FBI agent Tom Fuentes joining us now by phone with more on this case.
Thomas, thanks so much for being with us. And, I - I guess, first off, one of the things that I want to get to is when you read the affidavit, you can see that the suspect, according to what (ph) - Mohamed Osman Mohamud was in touch with someone, perhaps - seemingly a known terrorist overseas, and obviously authorities were able to intercept this. It seems like it came down to intelligence, right?
THOMAS FUENTES, FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FBI: Right. It appears so, Brianna. A situation like that where the - the FBI got information that he was attempting to get involved in a bomb plot, and, luckily, we were able to insert undercover investigators into the plot instead of the actual jihadist.
KEILAR: And one of the things - and this is also in the affidavit. According to it, Mohamed Osman Mohamud said, Oregon, you know, no one ever thinks about Oregon and it was kind of this idea that it was an unexpected venue.
This is something that kind of anyone in the U.S. looks at and is fearful of the fact. They see - in Oregon. This could be in my community.
How much of a fear is it that these are the kind of things that perhaps homegrown terrorists are trying to carry out? FUENTES: Well, there's a huge fear. I mean, everybody right now expects the attack to occur either in New York City or Washington, D.C. or at least a major city of the United States, and for it - to have it occur in - somewhere that's not New York is an issue because then everybody can wonder whether or not somebody in their neighborhood is plotting to do something like this in their community.
KEILAR: What would we be talking about in terms of the human death toll if this had been carried out?
FUENTES: That, I don't know. I - I didn't see what the quantity was or how crowded the square was. I mean, there's a lot of factors that would determine that, and normally the authorities will not speculate on the actual death toll of a device. They will, you know, later say what the quantity would have been or what he was attempting to do.
But, in this case, since the device was inert from the beginning, you wouldn't have that. Obviously, it seems like he would want to do - you know, any size that he could get a hold of would be fine with him.
KEILAR: What about - let's talk about perhaps the defense that he may seek. If you read the affidavit, police authorities say they did a bit of a dry run with him, that they took him out, did a test run with a smaller explosive device as sort of a rehearsal, and then they went to Pioneer Square there and had this van filled with fake explosives. But how important is it to have that trail, the - the test run?
They also they have him on the record saying - making it clear that he was fully realizing what was going to happen. How is that going to play in prosecuting him?
FUENTES: Well, the main defense would be that it was entrapment, that he really wasn't going to do what he said he was going to do. It was all talk and - and he was - you know.
But basically the FBI committed entrapment. They talked him into doing something that - that he didn't really want to do or might not have actually done at the end of the day, and I think that's why you see, you know, the special agent in charge, Art Balizan, makes it clear in the statement that he was absolutely committed to this.
So that particular step was just one more effort to show both ways, number one, that he's committed to - to using the explosive device and that to reinforce, in his mind, that the people he's with, the undercover investigators that he believes are part of the bomb plot, are capable of actually detonating an explosive device. So it's not just talk, but they've actually detonated one. They've showed him, this is what's, you know, available and this was what's going to happen.
And then, later, he says, OK, let's - you know, let's go forward with the plot to do it with people around, with victims. KEILAR: Yes. And certainly you get the sense from the affidavit that authorities were trying to cross all of their Ts as they did that and really leave a trail.
Tom Fuentes, former FBI agent, thanks so much for talking with us this morning.
FUENTES: You're welcome, Brianna.
KEILAR: Next story, South Korean civilians and members of the country's military have been demonstrating in the capital today. They tell CNN that their government has not been forceful enough in responding to North Korea's artillery shelling of a South Korean island. The shelling killed four South Koreans.
Police riot squads stood firm and they stopped protesters outside of the Defense Ministry headquarters. The U.S. and South Korea planning to start war games in the Yellow Sea tomorrow.
Confidential diplomatic communications expected to be released soon by WikiLeaks could contain some pretty sensitive information. The diplomatic cables could reveal U.S. negotiating position and secret intelligence, and that has prompted the State Department to undertake a massive review of diplomatic communications. In fact, a source tells CNN that every diplomatic document between 2006 and 2009 is under review.
Admiral Mike Mullen says that WikiLeaks, the whistle blowing site that is threatening to release these documents, is creating a dangerous situation.
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ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN: I don't think those who are in charge of WikiLeaks understands is we live in a world where a just little, bitty piece of information can be added to a - a network of information and really open up an understanding that just wasn't there before.
So, it continues to be extremely dangerous, and I would hope that those who are responsible for this would, at some point in time, think about the responsibility they have for lives, that they're exposing, and the potential that's there and stop leaking this information.
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KEILAR: The material could be released at any time and the United States has already begun alerting nations all around the world about the possible leak.
The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is, of course, going to be the event of the decade, and now, if you can believe it, broadcasters are thinking of airing the festivities in 3D. We have details ahead.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) KEILAR: Oh, Barbara, sing it.
That's right. Barbara Streisand, she's celebrating yet another accomplishment this holiday. She's a best-selling author now.
Her book has landed at number two on the "New York Times'" advice and miscellaneous list. It's called "My Passion for Design." It's also on "USA Today's" top 150 list. And, in the book, Streisand displays her talent for interior design while sharing the stories about the choices that she's made.
Also, a set of cheese knives - listen to this. Cautionary tale here. They came very close to getting pop singer Joe Jonas and his "Twilight" actress girlfriend Ashley Greene arrested in Abu Dhabi.
Greene told George Lopez on his late show - his late night show - that they were at the airport and Jonas just plumb forgot that he'd stuck them in his carryon bag, but Greene said that after explaining this was just an oversight, security let the young stars through, and she called the experience, quote, "embarrassing."
And for Britons who didn't get a personal invitation to Prince William and Kate Middleton's spring nuptials, they have another option, in fact. "The Daily Mail" reports that U.K. broadcasters are considering airing the royal wedding live in 3D, and apparently Sky TV pioneered 3D television in Europe. This is often used for sporting events, but with the BBC and Virgin in the mix, they just might be able to make some small screen history here.
A 3D television, of course, needed to take advantage of the new technology, but you can kind of imagine some pubs and cinemas, they could hold viewing parties for this April 29th royal wedding.
I mean, I would be interested in that, Reynolds Wolf, and I think, you know - am I lame that I'm kind of getting into this?
WOLF: Into the whole 3D thing?
KEILAR: No. I mean, I'm not into that.
WOLF: Or the - or the wedding?
KEILAR: The - the royal watching. The wedding.
WOLF: It's just a - it's kind of a historic thing. It is kind of cool. The question is, though, what do you get a royal couple? What - what do you get them for a wedding present?
KEILAR: You know what? I think you just get them a nice card, that's heartfelt, because you - there's nothing else you can get them.
WOLF: I was thinking Bab's new book and a set of cheese knives.
KEILAR: Oh, yes?
WOLF: You know? KEILAR: Yes.
WOLF: It's always an idea.
KEILAR: And a note that reminds them not to put it in their carryon bags.
WOLF: That's right. Yes. You don't want to do that, whatever you do. No question about it.
Hey, if you're getting ready to head out to the airport, speaking of, and keep those cheese knives out of the carryon bags, in Houston, 34 degrees, the current temperature at this time; 34 also in Dallas; 25 in Austin; back in the (INAUDIBLE) and places like marble halls, it's going to be really chilly this morning, but later on today it's going to warm up pretty nicely into the 60s for good parts of Texas.
But this morning, as it stands, we do have a lot of places shaded in this greenish color. Those are your freeze warnings there in effect, not only for Texas but also into portions of Louisiana as well. So keep that in mind.
Something else we're going to be seeing today, those temperatures I mentioned warming up in the 60s for parts of Texas; but in Denver, the high will be 53; 37 in Billings; 42 in Seattle. Out to the west, in San Francisco, 58 degrees; 61 in Los Angeles; 44 in New York; and 56 in Raleigh.
Out to the west, although it is going to be fairly warm along the coast, in the mountains it's going to be a different situation all together, freezing conditions up in places like Tahoe and in the Truckee. And, with that, we've got some winter weather to deal with. Everything you see shaded in purple or even pink are your advisories, your watches, your warnings in terms of winter weather, and it is going to be coming down in sheets.
In many places, huge rumbles of thunder east to the I-5 corridor, just northeast to Sacramento, but still, it will be kind of heavy, not only along parts of the Sierra Nevada but also into the Wasatch Range and into portions of the Cascades. And back quick to the east, we go into the Great Lakes and also parts of New York, the story is going to be lake-effect snowfall in Buffalo, perhaps even in Syracuse, some places snowing at a rate of two inches per hour.
Get those snow machines out. You're going to be cleaning up. Or snow blowers - another -
KEILAR: That's right.
WOLF: -- perfect idea to give someone for a wedding present. What do you think?
KEILAR: Yes, that - for royals, even.
WOLF: Absolutely.
KEILAR: Don't you need that? It's fun.
WOLF: Well, there's something very royal about a snow blower. It's a very elegant piece of machinery, and definitely useful on a day like today.
KEILAR: I agree.
WOLF: There you go.
KEILAR: All right, Reynolds. Thank you very much.
WOLF: You bet.
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KEILAR (voice-over): You know, one of my favorite traditions in Washington for Thanksgiving, of course this, President Obama taking part in this one. A lucky bird there, not only spared from the buffet, but living in the lap of luxury, along with - let's call it his deputy turkey.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: (INAUDIBLE) have a seat of the man (ph) -
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KEILAR: Very appropriate song there.
You know, when you're the leader of the free world, you have a lot of responsibilities and duty takes no holiday when you are the Commander in Chief. Even on Thanksgiving Wednesday. President Obama continued an annual White House tradition pardoning, not one, but two turkeys from becoming someone's dinner. Very important turkey here and also a deputy turkey, we can call it.
CNN's chief White House correspondent Ed Henry digs in to this assignment.
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OBAMA: I have my two trusty assistants here.
ED HENRY, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Commander in Chief made clear that not just any turkey gets a presidential pardon. To find this year's national turkey, a California farm started with 20,000 birds, then whittled them down to 25 who had to dance in front of a panel of judges.
OBAMA: It's kind of like a turkey version of "Dancing with the Stars." Except the - the stakes for the contestants was much higher. Only one pair would survive and win the big prize - life.
HENRY: The survivors, national turkey Apple and his feathered understudy Cider. They have some high profile advocates in People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who think that turkey's get a raw deal.
On their behalf, comedian Bill Maher wrote the president a letter declaring that in previous years, quote, "turkey's have simply been shuffled from the pardoning ceremony to displace at pseudo sanctuaries or theme parks. And many have died less than a year later. McDonald's so-called "Happy Meals" have a longer shelf life.
So I decided to hit the streets of Washington and found out that before arriving at the White House, the turkeys got to stay a block away at a Swank Hotel.
HENRY (on camera): These turkeys had their own suite. They stayed three nights - Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in a lap of luxury here at "W."
HENRY (voice-over): Apple even got to strut his stuff at the rooftop bar.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had a special room for them with woodchips on the floor and we had a special "W" munchy box for them with some turkey treats.
OBAMA: You have my blessings.
HENRY: Then after the pardon, Apple was sent by horse-drawn carriage to join Cider at George Washington's own retirement home, Mt. Vernon, for a hero's welcome.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He shall live out the rest of his natural life on this fine estate. Now, let us all raise three hearty hoorays (ph) for the bird. Hip, hip -
CROWD: Hooray!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hip, hip -
CROWD: Hooray!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you having to roast them (ph) for your Thanksgiving?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. He gets no roasting here. He's going to live all his years here.
HENRY: Apple did not wind up on a dinner table. Instead, officials say he will be on display for Christmas at Mt. Vernon, but then will join Cider for years of R&R on the grounds. In fact, the president joked it felt pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this November.
Ed Henry, CNN, the White House.
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KEILAR: Very cute story. Well, you know, they could become the next King and Queen of England. So why is a bishop from the Church of England slamming the Royal Couple? Ahead, we have CNN editorial produce, Nadia Bilchik filling us in.
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KEILAR: A bishop at the Church of England has apologized for a harsh prediction that he made about the upcoming royal wedding. He said it wouldn't last seven years. And also some polls are suggesting that more people want William to be the future King of England than his father Charles.
Joining me now, CNN editorial producer, Nadia Bilchik. I mean, why would this bishop say this?
NADIA BILCHIK, CNN EDITORIAL PRODUCER: Well, Bishop Broadbent tweeted this. He says it's not going to last more than seven years and they're only shallow celebrities. He's been severely chastised. He's asked to resign.
Now, think about it. What he did was wrong. You should never do something like that. Also shows the power of microblogging and social media once again. Remember, this is the first wedding that's taking place in the digital age, so to speak, of social media. So we'll probably find a whole lot more of this.
But if you think about the history of the Royals, Brianna, I mean, they haven't had a great track record. Look at Queen Elizabeth's family. You, first of all, have Princess Di and Charles. Wedding doesn't last - well, the marriage doesn't last more than 14 years. You've got Sarah Fergie and, of course, Edward. No, Fergie was married to?
KEILAR: That other one.
BILCHIK: (INAUDIBLE) Andrew.
KEILAR: Yes.
KEILAR: Andrew.
BILCHIK: Edward is the one that's lasted.
KEILAR: Yes.
BILCHIK: And her own daughter, Princess Anne to Mark Phillips, the wedding lasted - the marriage lasted around 19 years.
So she hasn't had a great track record. And her own sister, Princess Margaret, had a disastrous marriage and was a philanderer and all kinds of things.
So if you think about what Broadbent was saying, there hasn't been a fantastic history. But was it right? No, it wasn't right. And William seems to be conducting this differently. KEILAR: Yes.
BILCHIK: There's been an eight-year engagement.
KEILAR: Long engagement.
BILCHIK: A long engagement.
KEILAR: And there seems to be a sort of authentic connection between them that it seemed a little more contrived maybe with some of the other ones.
BILCHIK: Well, you know, Charles still blames his mother some reports say for forcing him to marry Diana.
KEILAR: Really?
BILCHIK: Yes.
KEILAR: And you can kind of imagine that.
But so, speaking of Charles, this is so interesting. This poll, talking to Britains about who they think is more popular, who they'd rather see be next in line to the throne, and they say not Charles but William.
So the question is, could that even happen?
BILCHIK: No.
KEILAR: No. OK.
BILCHIK: Absolutely not. The Queen will be Queen until she dies. And then Prince Charles will take over. And there's actually no chance. They do not - it's not something that's by popular vote. It's lineage. And people do prefer Prince William. Charles has not been popular because of the way he treated Diana, we know that, but that really doesn't matter.
But I do want to tell you, in really researching this, there is something that makes you feel quite a lot of sympathy towards Prince Charles. His father, Prince Phillip, apparently was pretty brutal to him when he was a little boy and used to beat him. And was a very strict and not particularly loving, nurturing parent, which maybe makes you understand Charles a little better.
KEILAR: And maybe that explains something.
Very interesting, Nadia Bilchik. And we will be talking to you again a little later in the show. Thank you so much. Great insight.
And we're following a breaking story now out of Oregon. A teen arrested on allegations that he tried to set up a bomb at a tree lighting ceremony in Portland.
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