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Demonstrators March in Support of Trayvon Martin; Mega Millions Numbers Picked; Supreme Court Wraps up Hearings on Health Care Reform Law; Political Analysts Look at GOP Presidential Race; Company to Produce Bacon Themed Coffin; Jane Fonda May be Tapped to Play Nancy Reagan in Film; New Disclosure Indicates Starbucks Uses Insects Extract

Aired March 31, 2012 - 10:00   ET

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RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR: From CNN Center, this is CNN Saturday Morning. It's 10:00 a.m. in the east and 7:00 a.m. in the west. Good morning, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye.

Millions lined up for a chance to win big, and it looks like at least three tickets took the record-breaking jackpot. We'll tell you where they were sold.

Also keeping up the heat in the Trayvon Martin shooting. There's a march today at the Sanford police department. We're live in Florida.

And some scary moments for firefighters in Dearborn, Michigan, when the roof they were on started to collapse. Training, quick thinking, and a whole lot of luck saved the day.

Let's get right to our big story. Three winning tickets for the mega millions, Illinois, Kansas and Baltimore County, Maryland. If you missed the drawing, no worries. We have a replace for you.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our first number tonight is 46. That's followed by 23. Up next we have 38. That's followed by four. And the final white ball for this Friday evening is two. For the gold mega ball the number is 23.

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KAYE: Those numbers again, two, four, 23, 38, 46, and the mega ball, 23.

Let's get to Athena Jones. She's has the director of communications for the Maryland lottery Carol Everett with her. A busy day in Maryland, I bet, Athena.

ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. We're right outside the city of Baltimore at this 7-Eleven as you can imagine that's seen a lot of activity. The winning ticket was sold last night at 7:15 and it was a quick pick ticket, that machine right there, the red machine picked those numbers. Just one ticket was sold. We're going to talk to Maryland lottery's Carole Everett. Tell us what advice you give to the win e of this ticket. It's exciting news, but what should they do?

CAROLE EVERETT, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARYLAND LOTTERY: It's very exciting. After you wake up from shock what you need to do is sign the back of ticket. Flip the back, sign it. Put it in a safe place. Some put it in a bible, a freezer, elsewhere. Put that ticket. Hang onto it. Come see us right away, because we want to get that processed and get you your money.

JONES: Sometimes it good to have a copy of the ticket as well.

EVERETT: That it's good to make a copy. It's important when you have a jackpot of this level. Seem sock advice, financial advice, legal advice, take a deep breath and have a lot of fun.

JONES: In the state of Maryland, people don't have to come forward. Do you have to?

EVERETT: Please come forward if you're in Maryland. We want to meet you, yes, come forward. It's not required but we like to have people come in, have their moment in their spotlight. Then they can change their number, their address, move to an island, whatever makes them happy.

JONES: We know in the U.S. Americans spent nearly $1.5 billion in the last few days. How much was spent in Maryland?

EVERETT: Overall? I don't -- I can't even get the numbers in my head. It's been nonstop, nonstop. But I know the state of Maryland will benefit by taxes because right now with the three winners we're going to get probably about $11 million in state taxes ballpark figure. So everybody's a winner here and we're really excited.

JONES: There you have it from here in this 7-Eleven in Baltimore County, Randi?

KAYE: That's where the lucky ticket was sold. Thank you very much.

Not all the money you play is going to the winners. The executive director of the Texas lottery commission tells us where the cash money is flowing out coming up.

Your credit or debit card information could be part of fraud because of a massive security breach. Global Payments, a company that processes card transactions, says that its card data may have been accessed by hackers. All the major credit card companies are on alert. Earlier I spoke with finance expert Clyde Anderson about it.

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CLYDE ANDERSON, FINANCE EXPERT: It goes to the middle man and they actually process the payments and all this data is going out there. When it happens, people can take that data, pull it down, and actually create a new card and they can go off and charge. KAYE: And is there any way to know someone's create add new card?

ANDERSON: What you need to do is check your information. That's why theft and fraud is so big because a lot of times we don't pay attention to the details. We've got go back and pay attention to the details. Go in and look at each change. Don't discard the little charges. Look at everything.

KAYE: You say 10 million?

ANDERSON: Yes, $10 million are at risk?

KAYE: Is there any way to avoid that risk?

ANDERSON: It's hard. That's why laws have been put in place to make sure you're only responsible for a small amount. So $50 generally is what you're responsible for and a lot of credit card companies will waive that. It's up to you to make sure the information on your report and your credit card statements is accurate.

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KAYE: For more on this story, be sure to check out CNN.com.

The people calling for justice in the Trayvon Martin case are returning to streets of Sanford. Focus is the Sanford police department for allowing George Zimmerman, Martin's shooter, to remain free. Let's bring in George Howell. He's just inside the Sanford police station, where today's march will end. George, what do participants hope to accomplish there today?

GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, mainly from the NAACP the message is simple, to arrest George Zimmerman. That march, people started coming together at 8:00 a.m. eastern, that march will end at the Sanford police department. People are waiting for people to show up. People were bussed in from all over the country to be part of this. Two people -- a family I spoke to just earlier has an interesting take on this. Wiley Smith, I wanted to ask you first of all. You brought your daughters here. Tell me what this means to you and why you decided to be part of it today.

WILEY SMITH, SANFORD RESIDENT: Well, today I think it's important for especially myself and my children to understand what it means to stand up for your rights and the rights of others. You know, a lot of times if there's an injustice or something like that, you don't have to resort in violence. You can stand together with your community and neighborhood and protest.

HOWELL: Wiley, again, you are a Sanford resident?

SMITH: Yes, sir.

HOWELL: And you were also an armed security office. Where was that. SMITH: Yes, sir. Down in Orlando military base.

HOWELL: So you have an interesting take on this case. Would you explain to our viewers?

SMITH: Sure. One thing is being trained in that type of environment, you have meet force with force. We can't just brandish your weapon. That would show you don't have no self-control, you don't have the ability to control your own authority.

HOWELL: Thank you for your time. There are lot of people expected to attend this rally. George Zimmerman has not been charged with anything in this case, but there is, Randi, an ongoing investigation to determine whether he'll face charges in this shooting.

KAYE: George Howell, thank you very much. Coming up this afternoon on CNN, a special town hall event. Here's a preview.

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O'BRIEN: The scuffle took place on the grass. This witness seems to be saying and also that George Zimmerman did not look hurt after the scuffle. What do you make of this?

BENJAMIN CRUMP, MARTIN FAMILY ATTORNEY: This is consistent with what we see in that videotape that was riveting for all of America to see.

O'BRIEN: Let's take a look at some of the evidence that we do know. You have talked to a young woman named Dee Dee, Trayvon Martin's girlfriend. Has Dee Dee spoken to police yet?

CRUMP: Not yet.

O'BRIEN: Why not?

CRUMP: They're setting it up now as we speak, as I understand. What is very telling, Soledad, is the records.

O'BRIEN: The phone records.

CRUMP: The phone records. At 7:12 was her last call to him. The phone call lasted for four minutes. At 7:17, according to the police records, they got to the scene and Trayvon was shot and killed on the ground. And that tells us a lot. It tells us that she heard some part of the conversation that happened between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin, and what she heard was not him coming to identify himself as any neighborhood association captain or anything like that. He said, "What are you doing around here?" as to suggest that he didn't have a right to be here.

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KAYE: That was just a clip from a special town hall event led by Soledad O'Brien about how the Trayvon Martin tragedy became a nationwide story and what it says about racial tensions in this country. You have another chance to watch it, "Race and Justice in America" 2:00 p.m. eastern time only on CNN.

If you're about to head out, wait just a second, because Reynolds Wolf is keeping an eye on the weather for us. How's it looking out there, Reynolds.

REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It's kind of a mixed bag on the eastern seaboard, Randi. We have a combination of rain, sleet, and in parts of the northeast, yes, we have snow, especially in the high elevations of Berkshires, western Massachusetts, parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, part of the Rockies. It's windy and dry. And in the west coast, again, rain, sleet, and snow. Lot to talk about plus severe weather. It's along in moments.

KAYE: Reynolds, thank you.

Tickets in Kansas, Illinois, and Maryland are set to pay out some big bucks. But not all lotto money goes to pay the winners. We're heading live to Austin, Texas next to find out who else gets a take.

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KAYE: Did you know that not all of that money that you paid for lottery tickets goes to the winners. Some of it actually goes to employees, and money is set aside for states that have scholarship programs.

Joining me now is executive director of the Texas lottery Gary Grief. Good morning, Gary. So how much of the lottery money is actually set aside for employees and store rewards and charities and stuff like that?

GARY GRIEF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION: Good morning, Randi. Well, 50 percent of the money spent goes to pay the prizes as you said. But, yes, about 12 percent goes to pay to overhead, also to compensate our retailers who sell our tickets. That leaves roughly 37 percent, 38 percent. It varies state to state. In Texas that 38 percent goes to public education.

KAYE: And how is the big payout determined? How do you get to that number? Is that about ticket sales or dollar sales?

GRIEF: It's about 32 percent of every dollar goes direct to the big jackpot prize. By the way, we upped that jackpot prize this morning. It went from $640 million to about $656 million.

KAYE: Not a bad deal.

GRIEF: Great day.

KAYE: Not that anyone would claim it, but what happens to unclaimed money?

GRIEF: That varies state to state. In Texas that goes back to our general revenue fund. Other states have various programs that that money may be dedicated to.

KAYE: We were talking yesterday about who can win, who can't win. Can a tourist who isn't a citizen, can they -- if they bought a ticket, can they win the lottery here?

GRIEF: Absolutely. The only people who can't win are people like me who work for a lottery. Everybody else, buy your tickets. You've got as good chance as anybody.

KAYE: And what's your advice. Should the winner take the year payout or the lump sum?

GRIEF: Well, like to control my own destiny. I would take the lump sum if I could pay. But to each his own.

KAYE: Yes, me too. I was hoping for that lump sum today, but it didn't happen. Who benefits, would you say, from playing the lottery more? Is it the states or is it the people?

GRIEF: Oh, we feel it's a win-win for both sides. It's not matter of whether you win or lose. It's the fun and excitement of dreaming what you might do if you won a huge prize like the one we're giving away today. The state wins because every state, whether it's public education, the environment, the elderly, it always goes to great social cause.

KAYE: All right, Gary Grief from the Texas lottery, thank you very much. Have a great Saturday.

GRIEF: Thank you very much. You too.

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KAYE: Well, if you spend more than 15 minutes booking your next vacation, you might want to call your travel agent. We'll explain next.

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KAYE: Confusion and problems in booking online is prompting the return of travel agent. Me details in this week's "On the Go."

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WOLF: The average traveler spends hours booking your own vacation, visiting about 21 sites, nine different websites for just one trip. That's one reason why travel agents are becoming popular again.

MARK ORWOLL, INTERNATIONAL EDITOR, TRAVEL AND LEISURE: Travelers are really looking for advice, somebody who can answer questions for them, somebody who has experience in traveling. And they can't always get that online.

KERRY STEGEMAN, TRAVEL AGENT: Maybe I can come up with something you haven't thought up yet. WOLF: Travel agent Carey Stegeman says beyond the convenience, agents can help if something goes wrong.

STEGEMAN: You actually have somebody you can call, whether it's weather-related, family emergency, or any type of natural disaster, we're there for you.

WOLF: But Stegeman suggests interviewing agents before they plan your trip. If you're worried about costs, most agents make their money through commissions, but complex itineraries often come with a fee.

ORWOLL: If you have to pay a fee to a travel agent, the chances are very good that the discounts and savings that they get for you are going to compensate for any money you pay them.

WOLF: Making these globetrotting experts an option the next time you're on the go.

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KAYE: Up next, more on a private meeting between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich and what it could mean to the race for the White House.

Plus, we take you to Haiti where a war vet is using his skills to help a nation rebuild.

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KAYE: Welcome back to CNN Saturday Morning. The Republican presidential candidates go head to head on Tuesday in primaries in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Wisconsin. Today the focus is Wisconsin where Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum are all courting voters at the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Let's go to CNN political reporter Shannon Travis. He's in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Good morning, Shannon. How important, Wisconsin, how important is it that Santorum wins there?

SHANNON TRAVIS, CNN POLITICAL REPORTER: Well, Randi, if you ask the former Pennsylvania senator, he says, you know what, I'm going to go ahead no matter what happens here on Tuesday in Wisconsin. But if you ask a lot of Republicans, especially in the establishment, they feel like -- some of them feel like the primary process is essentially over already, that Romney very likely will become the nominee and they feel like if Rick Santorum doesn't have a good showing on Tuesday, he should essentially get out of the race.

You saw this week, Randi, a number of big-name, heavy-weight Republicans endorsing Mitt Romney, former president George H.W. Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and an influential Congressman Paul Ryan, a chairman of the House budget committee. They all essentially said the same thing. There's no way these other candidates are going to get to the 1,144 delegates needed and that it's basically time for them to coalesce around Mitt Romney.

You mentioned a few moments ago this faith and freedom coalition. I'm here, and they're expecting about 1,000 evangelical conservatives to talk about family and faith here and all three of those candidates, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich who also says he's going to forge ahead. They're all going to address the crowd.

KAYE: Also, Shannon, we've been hearing this week about the secret meeting, so-called secret meeting between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Do you very any details for us?

TRAVIS: Basically Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich had a meeting last week in Louisiana. No one knew about it, at least the press didn't know about it. It was revealed, the news broke this week. They were calling it a secret meeting. But I asked the former House speaker about it. He said I speak with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum a lot. We have private conversations.

But he did reveal one thing. He said we have a broad agreement to get Barack Obama out of office and the speaker says all three of them agree that if one becomes the nominee, the other two will support that person. Randi?

KAYE: Well, from the campaign trail that sounds a little surprising.

TRAVIS: That's right.

KAYE: All right, Shannon Travis, thank you.

For many war veterans, coming home can be difficult. This week's CNN hero is former marine who has made it is Mission to help his brothers in arms find a new purpose by giving them a chance to continue to serve. Meet Jake Wood.

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JAKE WOOD, CNN HERO: In the military everyone is taught how to lead and how to follow and how to solve problems. We really pride ourselves on being ready and willing to go anywhere. I started in the Marine Corps deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. When I first saw the earthquake that hit Haiti, a lot of the images I felt like I had seen them before driving through the streets of Fallujah or Afghanistan. I realized I could actually help out.

So I went on Facebook. I said "I'm going to Haiti, who's in?" and 72 hours after that we were on our way to Port-au-Prince. We got to work setting up a triage clinic. We realized veterans are really useful in these types of situations.

I'm Jake Wood, and I want to help veterans transition to civilian life and help others in need. It started as a disaster relief organization and then we realized he could help the veteran community as well. We bring veterans together to be a part of a team once again. They are almost recharged.

When you get out you have that feeling of what are you really doing that's important in the world? This provided a great opportunity to help people in need.

Most of the work we do internationally is emergency medical triage clinics. We've gone to Chile, Sudan, Pakistan. Here at home we've been in Tuscaloosa, Joplin doing debris clearing operations, search and rescue. We have about 1,400 volunteers, and about 80 percent of them are military veterans. Helping other people is part of the human process.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I can't thank you all enough.

WOOD: There's really no limit on what veterans can do. We have the ability to help and want to serve. I think it's a win-win situation.

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KAYE: And, remember, all of our heroes come from your nominations. Go to CNN heroes.com to share your stories.

He can win, but can you trust him? That's a question Republicans are asking themselves about Mitt Romney. Maria Cardona and Lenny McAllister are coming up next. We'll talk about it.

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KAYE: It is just about half past the hour. Welcome back, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. Thanks for starting your day with us.

Checking some top stories, people are gathering in Sanford, Florida, right now in support of Trayvon Martin. They're headed for police headquarters. Demonstrators want the police to arrest Martin's shooter George Zimmerman. Zimmerman's has said he killed the unarmed 17-year-old in self-defense. Martin's brother says no way Trayvon would have attacked Zimmerman.

Got a credit card? Your information could be at risk. Global Payments, a company that processes transactions says hackers may have accessed confidential data. There are reports that more than 10 million card numbers could have been affected.

There are at least three winning tickets in last night's mega millions drawing. They all had these winning numbers, two, four, 23, 38, 46, and the mega ball, 23. Lottery officials have confirmed the tickets were sold in Maryland, Illinois, and Kansas. And, of course, there could be more winners out there.

Let's move to politics now. And this week wasn't just about the Republican presidential race. We'll get to that in a moment. First we want to talk health care and the Supreme Court. Joining me now, CNN contributor and Democratic strategist Maria Cardona and Republican strategist Lenny McAllister. Good morning to both of you.

MARIA CARDONA, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Good morning, Randi.

KAYE: All right, I'm sure you watched some of the coverage of the health care situation this week. We had three days of arguments, and yesterday the justices held a vote. We won't know the finally outcome until June. But Maria, what was your takeaway?

CARDONA: My takeaway was that what we heard from the Supreme Court was not really surprising. But I think we need to be very careful to draw any conclusions, because what the justices are supposed to do is ask very tough questions and play devil's advocate.

There was one piece of this that was very surprising to me, Randi. And that was the justices on the right seemed to be partying the talking points from the Tea Party when they were asked the tough questions of the solicitor general about the Supreme Court law. And I just found that just a little unappealing because clearly they had read what the Tea Party criticism was and just seemed to be parroting it.

And then Scalia basically said that he was asking sort of a rhetorical question in terms of, was he supposed to have been expected to read the law? Well, actually, yes, the Supreme Court should be expected to read the law if they're going to be ruling on it. So I found that a little bit odd.

KAYE: I've been watching Lenny shake his head a little bit there. Do you think the justice tipped their hand a lit bit?

LENNY MCALLISTER, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: But parroting what the tea party said? Maybe they read the same constitution and that the Democrats and president Obama ignored in 2009 and 2010. So it was very, very clear that those Supreme Court justices, those conservatives were going to understand the basic fundamental change that this law was going to have between government and citizens as Justice Kennedy noted. You cannot change the constitution in this way or subvert it in this type of fashion. That's why you heard these justices say that, Maria.

And I'm not surprised that a Democrat or other Democrats would be shocked that these conservative justices would dare say read the constitution the same way the Tea Party activists have read the constitution and see the problem with the law as is.

CARDONA: But, see, I really just have to respond to this, Randi, because the problem with what Lenny just said is that Justice Scalia was talking about the quote/unquote "cornhusker kickback" in the law when that was taken out. So if Lenny insists that everybody should read the constitution, which I completely agree with, guess what? They should also read the actual law that was passed, because the cornhusker kickback was not in the law. So why are you talking about something that was actually not in the law you're about to rule on?

MCALLISTER: Maria, the reason why they came up is because it talks about the context under which the law is in place right now came into being. And if there were certain conditions that were put into place that would subvert what we're supposed to be working under, the framework is what the constitution is supposed to be about, the government and the citizens --

CARDONA: No. Nice try, Lenny. KAYE: We could talk about this all the way until June when we get a ruling on it, but we're not going to. Let's talk about endorsements, shall we? Mitt Romney picked up Representative Paul Ryan, Senator Marco Rubio, and former president George H.W. Bush this week, pretty big week for him. Would you say, Maria, any of these carry more weight than the others?

KAYE: I think they were both symbolic, Randi. Two things were interesting to me. The one was from George Bush, Sr., which was not surprising at all, because the establishment has gotten behind him, and they're very nervous that Romney has not been able to seal the deal by himself.

But in the CNN poll that came out very recently where the majority of voters say they still blame George W. Bush, the son, for the economy and for wrecking the economy, I think that this endorsement by the father is going to just underscore and remind voters that it actually was the son who put in the policies that wrecked the economy, and that, interestingly enough, are the same policies that Romney will support and will implement.

KAYE: All right.

CARDONA: The Rubio endorsement was, I think, clearly a good one for Romney, but his endorsement was so lukewarm, he basically said, well, I'm going to endorse him because he's going to win and, frankly, we wanted others to run but they didn't, so I kind of had no choice but to endorse him.

KAYE: Let me show you some polling. In this CNN-ORC poll, 69 percent of the Republicans said that Mitt Romney had the best chance to beat President Obama. But take a look at this one -- 61 percent said Romney is a strong leader, stronger leader than Rick Santorum. But now check out this one -- Rick Santorum wins when it comes to being honest and trustworthy. So, Lenny, what do you think these polls say about the mindset of the voter today?

MCALLISTER: What it says about the mindset of the conservative and the Republican voter is this. We know that Mitt Romney has been across the board on several different issues. We know he's had this quote/unquote "evolution" when it's come to abortion. We know he's done some other things as a Massachusetts moderate. That may not be what the Tea Party, what that hardcore conservative really likes.

But they also know that if you're going to turn around this economy, if you're going to turn around this nation, you have to get Mitt Romney in the White House if he's going to be the Republican nominee. So they're willing to forgive, if you will, at this point in time, that's what it looks like, they're willing to forgive some of those past instances, those past evolutions in policies and positions if they can get a Republican in the White House going forward in 2013 and get control of Congress.

KAYE: Maria, I like Lenny's word of "evolution."

CARDONA: Yes. KAYE: What do you think? This is a big statement saying that Rick Santorum is winning in the trust category.

CARDONA: Absolutely. And what it does, Randi, is it completely underscores not just that conservatives dislike Romney, distrust him, and completely don't believe he'll be true to conservative principles because of that, quote/unquote, evolution and flip-flopping that he has engaged all of his political life.

But I think what should be more concerning to Republican party is what do the independent voters think? And his unfavorables with independent voters have been rising steadily, and his un-likability rating is rising steadily. And that is not a trend that you want going into the general election voters. It's one thing for your own conservative voters not to trust you, which we've known that for months in terms of Romney. But when independent voters don't trust you, that means very bad news for you in the general election.

KAYE: Thank you both. Great to see you on this Saturday morning, Lenny and Maria.

CARDONA: Thanks, Randi.

MCALLISTER: You, too. God bless.

KAYE: Pay attention to this. This is an incredible story of heroism to show you right now. This is one of the most memorable images from the tornado that ripped through Indiana earlier this month. That school bus there was actually thrown through the front of a diner. Now we can see what it looked like from inside the empty bus.

Take a look. The bus is empty. But right before it happened there were 11 children and one bus driver on board. The only way to tell you the story, really, is to listen to this whole thing as it unfolded and hear how the bus driver, Angel Perry, got all of these children to safety. Listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I see the tornado on the ground.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you've got something to put on your head, do it. There's a tonight right there. Don't block me, truck, don't block me. I'm going to go as fast as we can. Everybody stay together. All together right now -- go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, come on, come on, come on, 10, 11, go, go.

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KAYE: So incredible, such bravery. Moments after that was recorded the bus was actually thrown across the parking lot, across the street and into the diner. All 11 children are just fine thanks to that hero bus driver. Politics makes for strange bedfellows. So does Hollywood. So how is this for casting -- Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan? Do you see the resemblance there? We'll have all the details for you next.

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KAYE: That will wake you up this morning, won't it?

To entertainment news now, and a surprise parting of the ways. Current TV has given Keith Olbermann the boot, not a pretty ending either.

Let me bring in Joe Flint from the "Los Angeles Times." Good morning, Joe. Obviously there were some major tensions between Olbermann and the network's management. So let me read this stern statement from current TV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt. Quote here, "Current was also founded on the values of respect, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann, and we have ended it." No love lost here, Joe, huh?

JOE FLINT, FORMER SENIOR EDITOR, "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY": No, certainly not. That's kind of a blunt statement, and not really a surprise to a lot of us in the media industry. It was kind of a matter of how long would the relationship last given Olbermann's history with bosses.

KAYE: What do you thing, they also announced at the very same time they're replacing Olbermann with a show hosted by Eliot Spitzer. What do you think of that move?

FLINT: Well, I could ask you the same question, how Elliott worked out for you. But, you know, for current, think it was important to get a name in there, a recognizable name and try to move on from this as quickly as possible. I don't know if -- Spitzer obviously doesn't have the following that Olbermann does, but Olbermann's ratings on Current were very low, so it won't take much for Spitzer to match those either.

KAYE: Let's talk about the new movie with Jane Fonda. Her rep are telling us that Fonda is in talks to play the role of Nancy Reagan which is shaping up to be a pretty start-studded film. But you have super liberal Jane Fonda possibly playing super conservative Nancy Reagan. What do you make of it?

FLINT: A paycheck's a paycheck. Obviously it's a little unusual given the Fonda's political beliefs and the beliefs of Nancy Reagan. But that said, Jane Fonda is an actress, and I assume she believes this is a good role and a good chance to be out there and is willing to put that aside. That won't stop, of course, the media critics against her from complaining about it, I'm sure.

KAYE: Also another big movie out is "Bully," the documentary about school bullying. This was intended to be basically a public service announcement and was slapped with an R rating. How do you think it's going to be received, and how do you think it happened?

FLINT: It happened because the Weinstein company behind the movie did not want to make some cuts with regard to some swear words. So they were willing to release it unrated. An unrated movie is basically treated as an hour, an NC-17 movie. One theater chain isn't carrying it. Another one, will that kid see it with permission of the parents and the others will have to bring their parents. It's a documentary. I don't think it's going to be a huge box office success either way. It's sort of sad that a movie that has a good public message behind it will be tougher for kids to see.

KAYE: Thank you very much, Joe. Nice to see you.

And just a reminder, tomorrow morning at 8:15 I'll be speaking to the producer of the movie "Bully" and speaking with one of the families highlighted in the film. Make sure to join that conversation tomorrow morning on CNN Sunday Morning.

Rest in grease -- yes, you can now love bacon to death, literally, spending the hereafter laying like a sizzling strip of pork fat. We'll show you the bizarre pictures of this coming up.

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KAYE: Welcome back, everyone. Reynolds is back to talk about our most intriguing. We'll start with bacon. Are you a bacon lover?

WOLF: I do. I do like bacon.

KAYE: Now, not any time soon, I hope, you can rest in grease. Take a look. It's a bacon coffin. You can spend eternity wrapped in bacon.

WOLF: Imagine spending the hereafter laying like a sizzling piece of pork bacon. It's beef candy. But as your eternal resting place?

KAYE: The company that makes it, they specialize in bacon-themed products. It's painted in what they call bacon and pork shading.

WOLF: Maybe it has the nice fresh bacon smell.

KAYE: Not that you'd be able to use that if you were lying in it.

WOLF: Very true.

KAYE: From resting in grease to something else that is really just, yuck. Alicia Silverstone, in case you haven't seen this, if you haven't eaten breakfast -- this is a viral video of Alicia Silverstone, chewing the food like a mama bird and then putting it into the mouth of her then 10-month old son like a mother bird does. What do you think of that?

WOLF: I'm horrified. And it was taken a month ago when he was a little bit wobbly. Now she says he's in the habit of actually reaching up and grabbing at her. I see this and I want to Silverstone all over the floor. It's the most rancid thing.

KAYE: Apparently a lot of people do it. The centers for disease control say a lot of people do this. In medicine, they chew it up for their children.

WOLF: Before they processed baby food this was the route go.

KAYE: Now you have a blender, right? Get a blender. Two words for you -- food processor.

One more. This is very quick in case you're eating oatmeal for breakfast. Larry, the Quaker man who's been on the front of the boxes for 130 years, he's on a diet. It turns out that they found a stylist and somewhat of a time machine. I know if you can see it there. The new one is on the right. They got rid of his double chin. They give him a little haircut. He looks like he has a little glow.

WOLF: You look on the left, hey, you can check me out. I'm here to have a good time. You see him on the other side, a little svelte.

KAYE: It's part of making someone super healthy. He's cute and plump.

WOLF: Fat Larry, two thumbs up. I'm with you.

KAYE: Fat Larry. See, that was fun. We cleaned it up at the end.

WOLF: There we go. We'll get into a bacon casket in a few more minute.

KAYE: Don't take a sip of that Starbucks Frappuccino until you hear our next story. The coffee giant is using something very interesting to do one of its drinks. And stick around until 10 after the hour. We'll break down the first three things today's big lottery winner should do with their winning. Hope they're paying attention.

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KAYE: Well, if you love your Starbucks, listen up. One special ingredient may surprise you. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The grande Starbucks strawberries and cream Frappuccino tastes terrific and has a perfect hue, courtesy of crushed insects. You heard right. A barista at Starbucks who is vegan recently divulged that the strawberries and cream Frappuccino is colored using an extract, the ground up bodies of insects native to South America. The barista gave that information to a vegan news site run Daelyn Fortney, who says she's shocked.

DAELYN FORTNEY, THISDISHISVEG.COM: We were told that the any way you want it Frappuccino were completely safe for vegans.

TODD: A Starbucks spokeswoman says the company never claimed the drink was vegan friendly.

Starbucks didn't want us to put anyone on camera with us. A company spokesman did tell us they started using the extract to move away from dyes and other artificial ingredients, but the extract is FDA approved and would never do anything to harm itself customers.

As for customers we spoke with --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is still technically all natural and probably organic.

TODD: Does it gross you out that they use bug extract?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We use bugs in all sorts of things.

TODD: After all, bugs have been a staple of nutrition for years on Discovery Channel's "Man Versus Wild."

Starbucks officials also point out products like juices made by other companies have the same insect extract in them. But according to World Health Organization, there have been instances where the extract has is believed to have caused asthma attacks and allergic reactions.

Probably wonderful, right? Tastes pretty good.

KATHERINE TALLMADGE, AUTHOR, "DIET SIMPLE": It's OK. I prefer my own home made smoothies.

TODD: Renowned nutritionist Katherine Tallmadge also warns of those symptoms, but --

(on camera) If you drink one of these, is it bad for you?

TALLMADGE: Nutritionally it's fine. But any time a restaurant put answer ingredient in a food, it should be disclosed.

TODD (voice-over): Talmidge says the cups should include that the strawberry Frappuccino has insect extract in it. Right now only the boxes of liquid mixture used by the barista's behind the counters have those labels. An FDA official tells us the law does not require the cups to be label because the drink is prepared by Starbucks' staff, not sold in any packages bought directly by customers. Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.

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KAYE: Three firefighters escaped what could have been a death trap. And a TV news chopper captures the whole thing on video. The details two minutes away.

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