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Strauss-Kahn Released from House Arrest; No Bail for Airplane Stowaway; Probationers Linked Up with Georgia Farmers; Royal Wedding in French Riviera
Aired July 02, 2011 - 06:00 ET
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T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning.
We have a new princess this morning, Her Serene Highness Charlene, Princess of Monaco. There she is. She married Prince Albert in a civil ceremony Friday, but the big ceremony is today.
The protests this week couldn't stop Georgia's new anti- immigration law. It went into effect last Friday and it may already be working. And some say that is a huge problem for the state's largest industry.
Also, how would you like to tell your boss, "Hey, I'm too tired to work today." And that's a legitimate excuse to get out of work for the day. That's part of new rules to keep air traffic controllers awake.
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, this is your CNN SATURDAY MORNING. I'm T.J. Holmes. Thank you so much for being here.
And take a look at this. A new video we're going to start with - a new video of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Look at him here smiling as he heads out for a night on the town with his wife. And this was happening just hours after a judge released him from house arrest. The former head of the International Monetary Fund is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. The order to end the house arrest came after prosecutors detailed problems with his accuser's testimony.
CNN's Susan Candiotti has more on the district attorney's concerns.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Prosecutors laid it out for the judge court and in a letter to the defense. They said they turned up troubling outright lies by the maid. Some they said she admitted on her own.
Among them, her story changed about where she was and what she did right after Strauss-Kahn allegedly assaulted her in his hotel suite. At first she said she waited in the hallway until her supervisor came. She later admitted she cleaned another room and came back to DSK's suite before reporting the incident.
The D.A. also says she admitted she lied about a gang rape in a political asylum application and said she admitted faking information to the IRS about her dependents and income. They also said she told other lies they did not detail.
But the maid's attorney would have none of it. Outside court he made an impassioned defense of his client's integrity. He went into painful detail about physical injuries she allegedly suffered during an alleged attack.
KENNETH THOMPSON, ATTORNEY FOR ACCUSER: The victim from day one has described a violent sexual assault that Dominique Strauss-Kahn committed against her. She has described that sexual assault many times to the prosecutors and to me. And she has never once changed a single thing about that account.
CANDIOTTI: Now, her attorney also accused the D.A. of being afraid to go forward with the case. In fact, it is possible the felony charges will be dropped down the road. The D.A. says the case is not being dismissed right now.
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HOLMES: All right. And thanks to our Susan Candiotti.
And those credibility issues with the accuser complicate this case. Here is how "IN SESSION" Legal Contributor Sunny Hostin describes the prosecution's concerns.
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SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR: The problem here is that the prosecution would have to put her on the witness stand to prove its case. And if you read the letter that they did send to the defense team, it is clear that she has made so many errors in judgment in terms of the stories that she has told that it would be very, very difficult to put her on the witness stand and she would not be able to withhold, really, cross-examination.
So I think unfortunately even if there was a sexual assault here, this case is going nowhere.
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HOLMES: Dominique Strauss-Kahn is due back in court July 18th. Meanwhile, his accuser could face legal penalties or even deportation based on the details of her story.
Also, good morning to Atlanta, Georgia. A nice look here, live picture of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Air traffic controllers there and nationwide getting new rules in an effort to keep them from falling asleep on the job. Besides new schedules, the guidelines there - scheduling guidelines, controllers are now being allowed to read or listen to the radio to keep them awake, it's comforting, but only when there is not a lot of air traffic. However, they can also take sick days if they're too tired to work. This is all in response to several incidents earlier this year where controllers fell asleep in the tower. Controllers are still not allowed to take naps while on break.
Well, a man who flew across country without a ticket remains in jail this morning. A federal judge refused to set bail during a hearing yesterday. The suspected stowaway was caught traveling from New York to Los Angeles using somebody else's boarding pass. But when he arrived in Los Angeles, police let him go. He then tried to board a plane from Los Angeles to Atlanta a few days later using the same trick. He was arrested this time.
Congressman Peter King, who's Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has asked for an investigation.
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REP. PETER KING (R-NY), CHAIRMAN, HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE: I would believe that the TSA has to implement new training programs, have regimens, have much more inspections going on. Having your people from the administration monitoring what's happening. Let's these employees know that they really are being watched.
I mean, this is - this can't be - we're talking about life and death here. We're not talking about somebody having a cup of coffee when no one's looking. We're talking about you could have a plane full of people getting killed, because a person makes such an obvious mistake.
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HOLMES: King wants to know how the man was able to get through several layers of security by using an expired college ID and a boarding pass in someone else's name.
Maria Shriver has officially filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger. The papers were filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The couple announced their separation back in May after the former California governor admitted fathering a child with a household employee. Shriver, a Kennedy Family heiress and Schwarzenegger have been married for 25 years.
Well, closing arguments in the Florida murder trial of Casey Anthony start tomorrow morning. Court is off today. The prosecution wrapped up the rebuttal phase of the trial yesterday. Casey Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. She decided not to testify.
A former police officer faces charges related to a 1957 murder case. Police arrested 71-year-old Jack McCullough at his home in Seattle. He is accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in a Chicago suburb 54 years ago. McCullough was a suspect after the girl went missing, but he dropped out of the sight after apparently changing his name and joining the military.
And a New Orleans driver is dead after ending upside down 12 feet in the air on top of a bus stop rooftop. Police believe he was traveling pretty fast when the car flipped and went airborne. They say fatigue was the likely cause for the early-morning accident.
And, it's seven minutes after the hour. It's a big holiday weekend. And let's say good morning to Reynolds Wolf. A lot of people have their eyes on the forecast.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Absolutely. I mean, you've got people traveling all over the country. You've got people doing your - you know, (INAUDIBLE) and whatnot. And then you get people heading to the beach.
Regardless, you need great weather. You want cool weather. You want it to be nice and rain free. Unfortunately, that's not going to be the case. We've got heat - heat wave across much of the nation. At the same, with chance of strong storms across the Central Plains and the Great Lakes.
We'll give you a full scoop coming up in just a few moments.
HOLMES: Reynolds, thank you kind sir. We'll see you here in just a minute.
Well, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona tough immigration laws in those states are scaring off farm workers. And one state thinks felony probationers could be the answer.
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STAN COOPER, PRESIDENT, GEORGIA PROBATION ASSOCIATION: Offenders are just like you and I. They need employment to feed their families. And I think this program is giving them an opportunity to do that.
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HOLMES: Well, you heard it right. Georgia is testing a program to send probationers to farms. The details just ahead on this CNN SATURDAY MORNING.
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HOLMES: Now, this was the demonstration in downtown Atlanta this week. And you see these demonstrators here. They are protesting Georgia's tough new immigration law. That law went into effect on Friday, so just over 24 hours ago, not even - not even a full two days it's been in effect now.
A judge has blocked a couple of key provisions of that law. But for the most part, it did go into effect already. Now, at this protest, as you see, several people were arrested. A lot of them were down there saying and proclaiming that they are here illegally, so we will see what happens to them. You heard the chant - "On a fray (ph)." "Undocumented."
Georgia lawmakers hope the law in part at least will discourage people or in the country illegally from coming to the State of Georgia. And it may be working already. And according to Georgia's Agriculture Commissioner, that may be a problem.
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GARY BLACK, GEORGIA AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER: And we had some people calling and simply say I had no workers or I had, you know, one-third of our normal crews that show up. They simply said they were, you know, they were not coming to Georgia. What I'm focused on is trying to find a solution for Georgia farmers and for American producers.
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HOLMES: Yes. Georgia is trying to help farmers make up for a shortage of workers by connecting them with unemployed people. Just one thing, these unemployed people also have criminal records.
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HOLMES (voice-over): Ten hour days in 90 degree heat in July in South Georgia. Those are the work conditions and this is the work. The kind of work farmers say Americans wouldn't do and can't do.
HOLMES (on camera): It takes skill to do this. People here, you're picking peaches. You just come out here, you just pull them off and that's the end of it.
ROBERT DICKEY, OWNER, DICKEY FARMS: And, you know, you've got to really know which ones to pick, the ones that are mature and the size and color. So it takes a lot of skill to - to pick them and know which ones to harvest.
HOLMES: For every worker you bring in from Mexico, it would take how many local workers to match the - the output of that worker?
DICKEY: It would take at least three to four.
HOLMES (voice-over): Robert Dickey is a farmer, part of a $68 billion industry in Georgia. He is worried the state's new anti- immigration law is scaring away the skilled workforce he depends on. Dickey is also a state legislator. He voted for that anti-immigration bill knowing full well it might hurt his family business.
HOLMES (on camera): Has there ever been a point you kind of second guessed that vote?
DICKEY: Oh, absolutely. I just - it hurts for me terribly to see some of our farmers not being able to harvest their crops and get timely labor. It's going to make some things more expensive here in the state with the lack of workforce.
HOLMES (voice-over): Georgia farmers report they are 11,000 workers short this season. So the state floated the idea of having felony probationers fill the jobs. Some are already working on farms.
COOPER: We're not forcing anyone to take this type of labor. We're simply offering opportunities for offenders to be employed in an agriculture community where there's a great need right now. This is encouraging even though it's small scale at this point.
When we started out, it was the first couple of days of course were rocky in the sense that, you know, you had offenders going into an extremely difficult job.
HOLMES: Like Dickey says, all peach pickers are not created equal. And even with time and training, probationers wouldn't be able to keep pace.
HOLMES (on camera): You have tried in the past to have local workers out here. It didn't go so well?
DICKEY: It didn't. They just really don't have the patience and the incentive to stay here and do the kind of job we need done.
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HOLMES: Now, the workers you saw there on Dickey's farm are here legally through a guest worker program. The probationers that we're talking about here are only so far working on two farms in Georgia. The state hopes to see that number grow for the fall harvest.
Now, a lot of people - and I'll bring in Reynolds here to talk to you about this. A lot of people ask, well, hey, if there is a legal way to do this and there's a federal guest worker program, then why would they hire illegal workers? I'm going to explain this in 30 seconds.
What it takes to get a Georgia peach to your (INAUDIBLE), the issue here folks is for that to happen, the Dickey Farm, they had to actually go to Mexico, find workers who are willing to come here. Then they come back to the U.S. They fill out a stack of paper work. They submit that to the federal government. The federal government then has 45 - 60 days to approve it. They send it in with fees as well.
Then they have to wait. If they approve it, maybe you ask for 60, maybe they only approve you for 35. Then you have to go back to Mexico, find those same workers, take them to the U.S. Consulate, get them visas. And bus them up to the border, from the border bus them up to Georgia where you have to provide housing for them for the next several months and insurance.
You ask why people hire illegal workers, because that's a lot easier than doing all of that to get this peach off a Georgia tree picked by a Mexican from Southern Mexico. And that is the issue with immigration and that is part of the problem that needs to be corrected. No matter which side of the issue you're on, and a lot of people feel different ways about it, something needs to be done with the federal government.
WOLF: Too much red tape.
HOLMES: There's a lot.
WOLF: Way too much red tape. You have a job. You've got something that needs to be - to be performed and you've got a skill set. Then you also you were talking - well, the story you mentioned. This is not something that is easy. It takes a certain skill to be able to take this kind of fruit in a tree like this.
HOLMES: I learned that being out there. You think, I just go pull a peach out. No. The peach - these guys can look at this peach in a matter of a second and let you know, no, that needs to be on the tree another two days. I'll leave that and come back and get in two days. Oh, that was not ready until next week. And you have to keep going.
Yes. And another, a local worker could do it, but the productivity they say goes so far down. You heard him say, I would need three or four local workers, Americans, to keep up with the skill and the productivity of one Mexican worker who's been doing this maybe since he was a kid. We will continue to tackle that problem.
WOLF: It shouldn't be this difficult to find a solution.
HOLMES: It shouldn't be. It shouldn't be. But, we'll continue to tackle this problem.
WOLF: Give me that peach. I'm going to give you a forecast.
HOLMES: Knock yourself out.
WOLF: All right, guys.
We're going to talk about your holiday weather. A lot of people hoping for great sunshine when you head to the barbecues and the beaches. Unfortunately, you may get absolutely neither. We'll have more on that coming up. And your forecast might be a peach where you live. We have more coming up.
Can I eat this thing?
HOLMES: Yes.
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HOLMES: Eighteen minutes past the hour now.
We are - we're showing you an iReport from one of our iReporters, Glen Wurden sent this in to us. This is out at this fire in New Mexico.
And Reynolds, you were just out here this week. You're just getting back to us here in Atlanta. But they're saying now that the - that some of the shift in fire direction and they're not able to let some 10,000 people back into their homes just yet.
WOLF: It is. It's really a nightmare scenario.
What happened, T.J. is you've had of course a fire that took place there about a decade ago. It cleared out one of the vegetations. This fire is now back and there is some areas around Los Alamos that were spared from the original fire that took place a decade ago. So you have these ravines around this community that are filled up with all kinds of a ponderous of pine, conifer, multitudes of grasses. A perfect, perfect opportunity to see this thing just erupt.
And what they're trying to do, the firefighters are trying to keep that blaze away. Very, very difficult time. The weather is not cooperating. It's dry. It's going to be breezy in the afternoon. So it's going to be a tremendous struggle for them.
HOLMES: So a rough holiday weekend. A lot of people thinking about the holiday here. I don't see anything - you know, it's going to be hot.
WOLF: Yes.
HOLMES: But, you know, people want good weather - a good weather for it.
WOLF: It - it should be OK in a few places. Boston is going up to 79 degrees. We have a live image for you in Boston right now, home of the Boston Red Sox. Let's go right to it. Not far from Fenway Park. There it is. It looks nice and beautiful. If you're going out and about in Boston today, it should be just a great day. Maybe a few more clouds in the afternoon, but a great way to get things started.
Let's go back to the weather computer and shows you now the temperature. We zip our way down the coast. Your highs in New York, mid-80s; 91 in Washington D.C.; 90 in Tampa; 94 in Atlanta; back to Memphis 97 degrees; 95 in Albuquerque; 84 in Denver; and 80 in San Francisco; 70 and eight degrees in Los Angeles; Chicago with 92 degrees. And the thing about Chicago is you may get a few storms that may pop up into the afternoon that might cool you down fairly quickly.
And speaking of storms in Chicago, boom, let's show you some of the video that we have from there. Some incredible lightning video you see hitting the top of the tallest buildings you have right in downtown, not far off from Wrigley Field. Now, you can see where my heart is talking about a whole bunch of ballparks this morning.
We are going to see the possibility of that not only in places like Chicago, but perhaps over into Cleveland, even in Detroit. It could be a very tumultuous day.
Any travel plans, we'll bring you into (INAUDIBLE) of big airports. In Chicago, maybe a bumpy ride as you approach. Same deal in Detroit. Cleveland should be OK in the afternoon. Cincinnati should see maybe a few stray showers and possibly some rainfall developing on the Gulf Coast due to that sea breeze.
And, of course, the high temperatures as we wrap things up into Southern California, nice and warm for you. In L.A., it's going up to 90 degrees. That is about eight degrees above normal. Enjoy that one out by (INAUDIBLE), home of the Dodgers, another baseball reference, T.J.
Let's pitch it back to you.
HOLMES: We always see the mood you're in this weekend.
WOLF: Here we go (ph).
HOLMES: Reynolds Wolf, we appreciate you, of course. We will talk to him plenty throughout this morning.
Well, 20 minutes past the hour now.
The Prince of Monaco has his wedding day today, after another wedding yesterday. We'll explain that. Was his new bride and princess-to-be almost a no show the way some media claimed this week? We're going there on our "Morning Passport."
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HOLMES: Well, 24 minutes past the hour now. Time for our "Morning Passport." Let's bring in and say good morning to Nadia Bilchik. Hello to you.
NADIA BILCHIK, CNN EDITORIAL PRODUCER: And good morning. Another wedding.
HOLMES: Another - not just wedding -
BILCHIK: Oh, yes.
HOLMES: -- we have a royal wedding.
BILCHIK: And very royal wedding in Monaco.
HOLMES: Now, this is - getting your attention to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, guys, but still this is a big deal.
BILCHIK: Well, this is a big deal. But what - as you said earlier, what happened this week is Charlene Wittstock, who is now the - well, she's now the Duchess.
HOLMES: Yes.
BILCHIK: Exactly. She is Her Serene Highness.
HOLMES: Now, why do they go with that title, Her Serene Highness? I love that, by the way.
BILCHIK: Her Serene Highness, isn't that beautiful? That's what they do in Monaco.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: She's the Serene Highness and so is he.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: That's our Serene Highness last week wasn't so serene. HOLMES: Now, was this true? They were calling her the runaway bride.
BILCHIK: Well, apparently, she went to the airport in Nice.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: And some even say that people from the palace had to take away her passport.
HOLMES: Wow.
BILCHIK: Yes. So we don't really know.
Her family is saying that she went to Paris to buy shoes.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: But one can't really blame her for being a little nervous, because this is not a family that has a great history of marriage.
HOLMES: Oh.
BILCHIK: So let's take a look first -
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: -- at Albert's sister Caroline, who's been married three times.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: Her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi died in a boating accident. She got divorced. The second sister, Stephanie, has had two marriages, two divorces. She was married to an acrobat and she was also married to her body guard, none of the marriages worked.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: And there's actually a belief that in the 13th century, there was some kind of curse on the Grimaldi's saying they wouldn't have long or happy marriages. Now, we know that Princess Grace Kelly had a very -
HOLMES: Yes.
BILCHIK: -- beautiful, very happy marriage, but ended prematurely in 1982 when she was killed in a car accident.
HOLMES: And more, another stroke of bad luck there.
BILCHIK: And then there's Albert's mistresses and his illegitimate children.
HOLMES: OK. BILCHIK: So there was some belief that Charlene had heard that there was in fact a third illegitimate child. We know there's two. So Albert has two illegitimate children. One is 18, one is about 8, Alexandra and Jasmine. So is there a third one? We don't know.
HOLMES: So there was speculation she got cold feet and heard about all of these.
BILCHIK: That was speculation that she may have got cold feet and heard all that.
HOLMES: But it went off yesterday without a hitch apparently.
BILCHIK: It went off, yes, without the hitch.
Now, this is no Duchess of Cambridge. She is media shy. I mean, she's not as poised or as comfortable in front of the cameras. So it's going to be very interesting. She's also apparently had quite a lot of difficulty learning French. So it will be interesting to see what transpires.
But the wedding happened yesterday, the civil ceremony. And today they're seeing the church ceremony. We'll be seeing pictures of that later. And let's hope that in her Giorgio Armani dress, Her Serene Highness -
HOLMES: There she is.
BILCHIK: -- Charlene Wittstock, formerly South African, born in Zimbabwe, will have a happier marriage than her sisters in law.
HOLMES: All right. And a former Olympian, Olympic swimmer. They have been together for quite some time, I believe. But still it might take her a little while longer to get used to that public life. As you say, she's a little camera shy.
And we have to explain it, well, there was this civil, smaller ceremony yesterday. Today is the big shebang. Everybody is kind of invited at this wedding.
BILCHIK: Today, the whole Monegasque.
HOLMES: OK.
BILCHIK: People who are citizens of Monaco have been invited to the nearly $88 million wedding.
HOLMES: My goodness gracious. All right. Nadia Bilchik, we'll check in with you again. I think we're going to talk about this more and we're expecting some live pictures from the ceremony coming up here in just a few hours. So stick around for that.
Nadia, thank you as always.
Well, we're 27 minutes past the hour now. The Casey Anthony murder trial has just about wrapped up. The case has most of the nation obsessed. We'll take you back to the day it started and look at how the prosecution and defense have handled this highly emotional trial.
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HOLMES: Welcome back to the CNN SATURDAY MORNING. Bottom of the hour now. We will give you a look at some of the stories making headlines.
Libya's leader vows to, quote, "move the battle to Europe." Friday Moammar Gadhafi vowed Libya will retaliate for NATO's bombing mission. His message was broadcast to supporters in Tripoli's Green Square and on state television.
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MOAMMAR GADHAFI, LIBYAN LEADER (through translator): People of Libya might exceed your houses and offices, your families, all of them will be fair military targets. The same way you turned our offices, our headquarters, our house, our children, you turned them into legitimate military targets. We will treat you the same, eye for eye, ear for an ear, a droop for a drop, a family for a family, a house for a house, a headquarter for a headquarter. If we decide, we are able to move to Europe like locust, like bees.
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HOLMES: In response to Gadhafi's broadcast, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Gadhafi should put the interests and well- being of his people first and should step down from power.
We turn to Michigan for a landmark decision. A ban on affirmative action has been overturned. In 2006, voters in Michigan approved an amendment to the state constitution that banned affirmative action in college admissions and hiring. But in a two-to- one decision this week, a federal appeals court struck that down. The court said the voter approved law, saying that race and gender can't be considered, is unconstitutional. Michigan's attorney general says he will appeal that court ruling.
Also in Michigan, the state government shutdown is changing the way some-changing some Fourth of July holiday weekend plans. Let me be clear here. This is Minnesota, it is not Michigan, so excuse me there. This is costing Minnesota, the state there, as much as $1 million in lost revenues from closed state parks. More than 20,000 state employees are now laid off. It is the second time in six years Minnesota state government has shutdown over stalled budget talks.
Also, 21 reported salmonella cases in five states prompting an Idaho produce company to recall alfalfa sprouts. The recall applies to four-ounce, and 16-ounce and five-pound bags of alfalfa sprouts. Plus, four-ounce and 16-ounce bags of spicy sprouts from Evergreen Fresh Sprouts. The expiration dates for all the affected products are between June 22nd and July 14th. Three people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
And final arguments will likely begin tomorrow in the Casey Anthony trial. She is accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, two years ago. The courtroom drama started about 30 days ago with what prosecutors call a lie about a nanny. And since then the public has been hooked. Here now our David Mattingly.
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DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For the Anthony family, deep, endless pain for all to see. Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy, her father, George.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You need a break Mr. Anthony.
GEORGE ANTHONY, CASEY ANTHONY'S FATHER: No, sir, I need to get through this.
MATTINGLY: Her brother, Lee.
LEE ANTHONY, CASEY ANTHONY'S BROTHER: They didn't want to include me.
MATTINGLY: And Casey, herself, at times unable to control her emotions. The case became a national obsession when little Caylee Anthony disappeared in 2008. Her mother, Casey, partied seemingly unconcerned for a month, until her own mother called police and alerted them to a smell, possibly a dead body coming from Casey's car.
Casey lied about Caylee being abducted by a nanny who did not exist, while she worked at a job she did not have.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No one else lied to their friends, to their family, to investigators. No one else benefitted from the death of Caylee Marie Anthony. Caylee's death allowed Casey Anthony to live the good life, at least, for those 31 days.
MATTINGLY: Prosecutors say Casey drugged her daughter with chloroform, suffocated her with duct tape and eventually dumped her body in a wooded swamp near her house. But it was the story the defense attorneys tell that rocked the courtroom.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Casey was raised to lie. This child, at eight years old, learned to lie immediately. She could be 13 years old, have her father's (EXPLETIVE DELETED) in her mouth, and then go to school and play with the other kids as if nothing ever happened.
MATTINGLY: The defense claims Casey was sexually abused by her father and brother and told to lie when Caylee drowned by accident in the family pool. It was a cover up, they say, orchestrated by her father. The lurid allegations caused interests to soar. The people fought for seats in the courtroom. The weeks that followed brought out investigators, experts in decomposition, insects, plants. Even a woman claiming to be George Anthony's mistress. But after more than a month and more than 100 witnesses the only one not heard from was Casey Anthony, herself. JUDGE BELVIN PERRY, ORANGE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: Have you had ample time to discuss this matter with your attorneys? That is the pros and cons of testifying and not testifying?
CASEY ANTHONY, DEFENDANT: Yes, sir.
BELVIN: Has anyone used any force or pressure in making you arrive at that decision?
C. ANTHONY: No, sir.
BELVIN: OK. And that decision is your decision freely and voluntarily?
C. ANTHONY: Yes, sir.
MATTINGLY (On camera): And there will be no more testimony in this case. No more witnesses to call to the stand to testify. Both sides are now stepping back to prepare their final arguments and begin speaking in front of the jury on Sunday morning. After that time, the jury will have the final say in the fate of Casey Anthony. David Mattingly, CNN, Orlando.
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HOLMES: A lot of odd things happening in this trial. Have you seen the video now, of a spectator in the courtroom. He was caught on camera making an obscene hand gesture during the trial. Do you see him there? He kind of did it kind of quickly, kind of the sly. We have this blurred for you. He will now go to jail. The judge sentenced him to six days. He will appeal it. He is highlighted. That is 28-year-old Matthew Bartlett, flipping the bird in the court. The presiding judge heard about it after it was on TV. Now listen to the judge bring up the offender and ask some pretty tough questions.
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PERRY: What is that symbol that you are projecting with your fingers?
MATTHEW BARTLETT, FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT: Using my middle finger. I am sorry.
PERRY: What does that mean, sir? When you extend one's middle finger?
BARTLETT: The F-word to someone.
PERRY: What does it mean to you, sir? Not to some, but to you?
BARTLETT: To use the F-word to someone.
PERRY: And who were you extending the finger to, sir?
BARTLETT: Mr. Ashton.
PERRY: And what was Mr. Ashton doing at that time, sir?
BARTLETT: I don't even know.
PERRY: Court was in session, was it not?
BARTLETT: Yes, it was.
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HOLMES: Now, listen to this, Bartlett, who he did sentence to six days in jail, he spending the holiday weekend in jail. Also his birthday in jail. He was born on the Fourth of July in 1982.
Well, coming up, we are going on the road with Reynolds Wolf.
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WOLF: This is one of the many beautiful squares in Savannah, but I am not quite sure what the name of this one happens to be. Of course. It all makes sense. Of course it does.
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HOLMES: Of course. One tank, folks. One tank, one trip. Right after the break, we will see just how far he can go.
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HOLMES: It is 40 minutes past the hour as Reynolds Wolf gets himself together there.
You have everything, cool?
WOLF: Getting myself together. That is a heck of a thing to try to do. Very difficult in this world.
HOLMES: Reynolds is doing something for you. It is summertime. A lot of people thinking about vacations. Gas prices are high. Money is low. Plane tickets cost a lot. Trying to get the family somewhere. This is a great service you are doing. Really, I like this idea.
WOLF: We have hit a very rough economic patch. There is a way you can go out with yourselves and your family. It is amazing thing. Think about it, though, when you take to the roads, many people plug into their navigational device, between two cities, and they think of it as being a drag. But the amazing thing, some of the hidden gems you will find off the beaten path on America's roadways. It is economical and it's fun. It teaches a lot about yourself and your country. Check it out.
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WOLF: We're starting a journey today going from St. Mary's, Georgia, to Savannah. I'm not going by myself. I got two other people with me. I got CNN photojournalist Ric Blackburn, he's behind the camera; we also have CNN producer Alicia Eakin. Three friends, one vehicle, one tank of gas -- let's hit the road.
And our first stop on today's trip on a tank is here at Cumberland Island, Georgia. You've got the sun. You've got the surf. You've got the island and the manatees -- check those guys out.
But it's not just the animals. We've got some incredible ruins here too. Maggie Tyler of the National Park Service is here with us.
Maggie, how long have these things have been here?
MAGGIE TYLER, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: (INAUDIBLE) was built in the 1890s and actually burned in 1959 and became part of the National Park Service in 1972.
WOLF: It's been around for a long time. Speaking of time, it's time for us to keep moving. Let's go.
Let's just keep things in perspective. As we get one step closer to Savannah, we're going to see all kinds of neat things, but it's not like we're going to see a giant submarine sticking out of the ground. Let's be serious.
I'm speechless. Take a look at that. The USS George Bancroft, unbelievable, a submarine coming out of the ground here in Saint Mary's, Georgia. Clearly, nothing, nothing on this trip on a tank can top that.
Actually, it can. We're in Woodbine, Georgia and we found this. Dead peoples' things for sale. Wow.
Alicia, is it open?
ALICIA EAKIN, CNN PRODUCER: It's shut.
WOLF: Ric, you want to stick around? Let's get back in the car.
RIC BLACKBURN, CNN PHOTOJOURNALIST: Breaker one nine. Doggy.
WOLF: The journey brings us to Saint Simons Island, Georgia, where we've seen a lot of these amazing carvings on these tree on the island. The artist put this together as a memorial to the sailors who lost their lives at sea. There are a lot of them and these things are creeping me out. And we are out of here.
We decided to take a small break at the smallest church in America. At first glimpse, shocker, it looks small. Let's go take a peek inside. Watch your head there Ric. It's going to -- hello. Inside the tiny church we've got our tiny producer. She's 5'1" we're allowed to say that she's kind of small.
Do you feel crowded?
EAKIN: Just right.
WOLF: It's right for her, but for me and for Ric, we're tall so we're going to move on to bigger stories like our big story. We finally made it to our destination in Savannah, Georgia. Now we take a look around.
Let's hop on the old town trolley. It is amazing what you'll see when you're moving through this incredible city, just beautiful stuff. Denise is our driver. What is the number one stop for people in Savannah?
EAKIN: The number one stop here in Savannah is Forsythe Park.
WOLF: Wow. Let's check it out. There it is. The incredible fountain here in Forsythe Square in Savannah. It has been an amazing trip from St. Mary's to Savannah, over 200 miles, one tank, one trip and so many sights that we were able to see.
See you next time down the road.
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WOLF: So it can be done. You can get out there and see some of the weirdest, the most interesting things that America has to offer. This is just one small sample. On our travelogue we went 200 miles, we saw six different cities and saw freaky things. It cost about $100 to fill up a Ford Expedition. You have a smaller car, guess what? You are going to save some money.
HOLMES: Sure.
WOLF: Let's show you what else we have in terms of travelogue. We have gas. You look at the whole thing. Gas is $100. Ferry, $60. The trolley is $78, so your total around $237 for the trip. That does not include, obviously, a hotel doesn't include food. You can pack a lunch with you. You can do it. There is a way to get out there and do something over the holidays and save money.
HOLMES: Did you take the truck down to the last drop of gas? Were you running on fumes?
WOLF: We got the rubber band underneath the car kind of wrung it up as fast as we could so we could coast in to Savannah. No, we made it with actually plenty of room. We could have pushed on for a few more miles, but that was the objective and we go to it.
It is truly amazing the weird, off the wall things you'll find. And our country is covered with them. The objective is to try to do this. We are going to try to go to a few more places, a few more stretches of great highway across America and show you these hidden gems. There are some weird ones. Yes, some really creepy ones. Smallest church in the world? You can go to cnn.com/travel and take a peek at some of this stuff. There is the Web page. You can send us e-mail ideas of where you would like us to take a trip. Maybe from St. Louis to Kansas City, maybe Chicago to St. Louis, wherever you think?
HOLMES: Are you taking suggestions?
WOLF: Absolutely. HOLMES: All right. Reynolds, good stuff. Trip on one tank. We will talk to Reynolds here plenty, weather wise, throughout the morning as well.
We are a quarter to the top of the hour.
You know it took years to find reputed Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, now it will cost a small fortune to bring him to justice. Taxpayers are already complaining.
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HOLMES: Alleged crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger getting the VIP treatment. Critics are already complaining as expenses pile up. Police finally caught up with Bulger in California after 16 years on the run. He is charged with 19 murders, among other things. The U.S. Marshals Service says that Coast Guard helicopter ride to the court appearance in Boston this week cost $1,500. Housing him in prison, 38,000 a year. The ad targeting his girlfriend which lead to his capture, cost the FBI $50,000. And his court-appointed lawyer will run taxpayers $125 an hour.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I can't believe that he has been called indigent, though. That is one thing I'm outraged over.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why not put him up in the Ritz, it will be cheaper?
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HOLMES: Now federal agents deny the costs are excessive. Bulger may be costing the government money, but merchandisers are cashing in. T-shirts are especially popular. This company in Lowell, Massachusetts was one of the first to get the products online, literally minutes after his capture. You can also find hats, pajamas, and Bulger has become a fixture on Facebook and Twitter.
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DAVID QUIGLEY, T-SHIRT MAKER: For the most part, people get a kick out of it. They can appreciate the humor that we are trying to bring to it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We capitalize off of everything? And we market everything. So, obviously people will take advantage of it and market it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If I was like somehow, like, related or knew a victim, I would probably be pretty upset by it. When you are so far removed, you probably don't think twice about it.
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HOLMES: We are about 10 minutes to the top of the hour now. You have been there. You have been on a plane before and you felt like you had to fight for the armrest. Maybe you were stuck with somebody who was chatty beside you, and they just didn't get the hint that you didn't want to talk. Well, coming up, we have an airplane etiquette expert to tell you how to handle such situations on airplanes.
But first, speaking of taking trips, you are going away on vacation for seven days. Sorry to ask this. I know it is a little personal. How many pairs of underwear do you need? It depends on who you ask. A British online travel agency asked more than 1,000 people a question.
The women said in a seven-day trip, they need ten pairs of underwear for that week-long vacation. You will not believe how many pairs the men actually bring along. It is embarrassing. We will tell you after the break.
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HOLMES: All right. We are about seven minutes before the top of the hour.
Before the break, we learned women pack 10 pairs of underwear for a seven-day vacation. That is according to a survey taken by an British online travel magazine.
How many pairs would you guess that men pack? Three. Seven days. Three pairs of underwear. That was the response. We should point out that almost half of the men surveyed said they would wash their three pairs of underwear or wear a swim suit most of the time. There is an argument, I guess, you could make there. We don't know what the other half actually in that survey are doing.
No matter how short the flight may be, listening to this on an airplane can be difficult.
We have all been there. The crying baby on the airplane. Anyone now flying first class on Malaysia Air's jumbo jets will not be next to a crying baby. The airline has had the policy since 2004. They are extending to the airbus fleet. The Malaysia Air CEO used twitter to explain why. Translate that shorthand for you.
It says, they "have many complaints from first class passengers that they spend money on first class and can't sleep due to crying infants."
You saw the video earlier. What do you think? Let me know on Twitter. The question is, is that a good policy, if you pay for a first class seat? Should you not have to sit next to a baby? Some people don't mind crying babies. It is rude passengers that actually drive people crazy. Watch this Virgin Airlines public service announcement.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE, SINGING: You are hogging the armrest.
CHORUS: We are all in this together.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, SINGING: Honey, that woman is getting undressed.
CHORUS: We are all in this together.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, SINGING: Hey kid kicking the seat?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, SINGING: Hey guy with the five burrito sleep.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, SINGING: A huge booger flicker?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE, SINGING: The overzealous nail clipper.
CHORUS: We have to see stars, men from Mars.
Really tall guy sleeping like a log.
Bell ringing Martini salesman.
We're all in this together. La, la, la, la, la, la, we're all in this together.
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HOLMES: Do people actually clip their fingernails on the plane? If you find yourself sitting next to anyone like that, what should you do?
Let me get some help from Nicholas Derenzo, he is the assistant editor to "Budget" magazine. He is here to help us understand what we should and shouldn't do on the airplane.
Nicholas, I appreciate you being here.
Can we start with a crying baby on the plane? Babies cry, sometimes there is nothing you can do about it. It is uncomfortable for them being on the plane sometimes. So what should you do? Just keep it to yourself. Is there a way you can actually say something to the parents of that crying child?
NICHOLAS DERENZO, ASSISTANT EDITOR, "BUDGET" MAGAZINE: Yes, ahead of time you have to go into a plane situation knowing you will have to give up a bit of comfort and a little bit of luxury. You will be surrounded by a lot of different kinds of people. You have to go into it with extra patience that you maybe would not afford to people in your regular life.
I think a good thing to do, as a parent of a crying baby is to be really pro-active. Ahead of time, before your kid has a chance to cry and disrupt everyone, kind of make friends with people around you. Apologize in advance for any noisy situation that may transpire.
HOLMES: So, Nicholas, I have this right? If you are a passenger and you hear a baby crying, there is essentially nothing you can do. But the etiquette part comes on the-the onus is on the parents? DERENZO: I think the etiquette part comes on the-yes, it comes on the part of the parent. If you are sitting around the baby, if you are going to be darting dirty looks to a baby, I think you should save the dirty looks for yourself
HOLMES: Nicholas , let's move onto another one. People always fight over the armrest. Who gets it?
DERENZO: I think people have a first come-first serve mentality for armrests. I think that is a little rude. Personally, I think, all seats are not created equal when it comes to being on the air plane. The guy in the middle seems to be in the unlucky position of sitting in the middle. I like to extend a little bit of courtesy and always give them the armrest. If you are on the window or aisle, you will have at least one armrest to yourself. So, give those armrests to the guy or gal in the middle.
HOLMES: Defer to the folks in the middle.
All right. Here is another key one. You need to use the restroom and you are sitting by the window, and the person next to you is asleep. Do you climb over them?
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Nicholas, what do you do?
DERENZO: Those are the two choices. Climbing over or waking them up. I think a quick tap on the shoulder, a quick apology is always better than having them wake up mid straddle, while you are climbing over top of them. That is never a good situation that you want to be in. Remember in that situation, also never pull on the headrests of the person in front of you. That is something a lot of people mistakenly do. They get up they want to get some leverage, so they reach for the headrest. And then inadvertently that person gets whiplash.
HOLMES: That drives me crazy.
Nicholas, last thing and then I have to let you go. We teased this, so we have to let you deliver here. What if the person next to you is chatty? They want to talk. How do you give them the clue you don't want to talk to you right now.
DERENZO: Give them some non-verbal signals. Put your ear buds back in to show them you really want to be-you'd rather be watching CNN on the in-flight. Show them that you would rather be listening to some music. Pick up your book or magazine. It shows you would rather be doing anything, but completing that conversation with the chatty neighbor.
HOLMES: Nicholas Derenzo, we appreciate you being here. Good stuff. We are going to have you back. I have plenty more here, I could get at with you, but great talking to you. We will talk to you soon.
DERENZO: Bye.
HOLMES: A quick break folks. We are getting close to the top of the hour here on CNN SATURDAY MORNING. We are going to reset this thing with the top stories. Quick break, be right back.
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