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Judge Sets Bond for Zimmerman; Three More Secret Service Officers Resign Amid Prostitute Scandal; U.N. Security Council Meets About Situation in Syria; Romney Calls for Party Unity; The State of the Secret Service; Messages From Prison
Aired April 21, 2012 - 06:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR: From CNN Center in Atlanta, this is WEEKEND EARLY START.
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KAYE (voice-over): George Zimmerman speaks.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, DEFENDANT: I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son.
KAYE: His parents' plea at yesterday's bond hearing and why he might be set free as early as today. We'll have a live report.
Plus, we put the U.S. Secret Service in focus this morning as more agents are implicated in the scandal in Colombia. Is the agency forever tarnished? And what are some of the great heroes saying?
And new leads in an old mystery, why police are digging up a New York basement in the case of the 30-year-old disappearance of a now famous child.
And later, Pissarro, Picasso, and penguins? How this one is using her talents to raise money.
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KAYE: George Zimmerman could be out of jail as early as today, a judge set bond for Zimmerman at $150,000 at a hearing yesterday. His family needs to post $15,000 to get him out. While he awaits trial for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman called it self- defense. He offered this apology to the teen's family.
George Zimmerman could be out of jail as early as today. A judge has set bond for Zimmerman at $150,000 at a hearing yesterday. That means his family needs to post $15,000 to get him out while he awaits trials for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman has called it self-defense. At the hearing, he took the stand and offered this apology to the teen's family.
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ZIMMERMAN: I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son. I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit younger than I am. And I did not know if he was armed or not.
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KAYE: Zimmerman's attorney says he wants his client to be able to leave the state while he waits for the trial for security reasons. But no decision has been made on that. We'll have much more on this story just a little bit later on.
Three more Secret Service agents are out as part of the scandal involving Colombian prostitutes. The agency says three agents have chosen to resign over their part in the scandal that makes six agents so far, two of them were supervisors. All of the employees accused of bringing prostitutes to their hotel room in Cartagena before the president arrived there. He was briefed on the investigation yesterday, the agency announced a 12th employee was implicated.
The FBI is expected to continue their work today digging up a Manhattan basement. They are looking for evidence in the disappearance of a young boy, 6-year-old Etan Patz, disappeared on his way to school in 1979.
This week, police and the FBI came to the former apartment of an area handyman. Authorities say old and new evidence has led them to Othneil Miller. He was brought in for questioning earlier this week, but was not arrested. His attorney said he is cooperating.
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MICHAEL FARKAS, OTHNIEL MILLER'S ATTORNEY: Mr. Miller has been cooperating with this investigation for over 30 years. And he has continued to cooperate on multiple occasions. And I'm going to assist him in cooperating to the fullest extent possible.
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KAYE: The disappearance of Etan Patz raised awareness for missing children to a national level. He was one of the first to appear on a milk carton.
The United Nations Security Council meets later this morning to expand the monitoring mission in Syria. A peace plan supposed to start with the cease fire is not holding. Opposition forces say nearly 60 people killed across the country yesterday. The U.N. wants to up their involvement from 30 monitors to 300.
Helicopters being brought in at a plane crash site in Pakistan. Officials believe none of the 127 passengers or crew survived. Family members are helping identify the victims. All but seven bodies were recovered. Bad weather may have been a factor.
A major step forward for a possible merger between U.S. Airways and American Airlines. They have agreements in place with three major unions covering 55,000 American airlines employees. That includes pilot, flight attendants and mechanics. The parent company filed for bankruptcy last year. The new airline would keep American Airlines name. Mitt Romney pushing forward to November. He took a sort of victory lap while speaking at the Republican National Committee gathering yesterday. He split his message between a call for party unity, a word for past and present Republican rivals.
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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Let me also commend the people who had the courage to run for president on our side of the aisle this year. Some still running, some have gotten out of the race but each contributed to the process. Each of them campaigned in an aggressive and dynamic way to spread our message of conservativism, each will play a vital role in making sure we win in November.
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KAYE: On Monday, Romney will be campaigning in Philadelphia with Florida Senator Marco Rubio, mentioned as a possible running mate. Before he makes that stop you can catch him on state of the union tomorrow at 9:00 Eastern time.
Newt Gingrich's campaign may floundering, the wife of Sheldon Adelson donated five million last month. They have given more than $20 million to the PAC. Gingrich is coming under fire for Secret Service detail. He was given protection as a candidate now that he's pretty much out of the race, critics want him to give up his security blanket. His detail costs taxpayers $40,000 a day.
Well, if you are just getting up grab a first cup of coffee say good morning to Reynolds Wolf. Missed you last weekend. Glad you're back.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Back at'cha.
Don't stop getting your coffee, bring one for me, too. Man, I'm telling you. Great morning. We have an active weather pat in eastern parts of the southeast, let's go to the maps. Could see possibly flash flooding in the northeast, very pleasant day toward the west. There is the pesky low. If this had taken place in January or February, this would be a potential nor'easter, heavy rain expected. More in a few.
KAYE: Thank you, Reynolds.
WOLF: You bet.
KAYE: Here is the rundown of stories we're cooking up for you.
A rare look at the culture and his story of the Secret Service.
Then taking you to Florida where George Zimmerman could be free today.
Who should Mitt Romney pick as his running mate? Wait until you hear some of the new names being floated out there.
If you stick around long enough, the week's must-see video including yes, painting penguin. But first a very big good morning to New York City. There you have a lovely shot of Columbus Circle. It's the Big Apple, plenty to do and we'll be right back.
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KAYE: Welcome back to WEEKEND EARLY START. What a treat we have for you this morning. Check out these beautiful Texas blue bonnets. People flock to see them between March and May. They are in for a treat they bloomed earlier and many more of them because of the warm weather conditions.
Ten minutes past the hour here, Reynolds is back again.
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KAYE: A culture of pride, a scandal involving prostitutes has thrown the Secret Service in a new light.
And, is this an aberration? A school bus teeters on the edge of an embankment.
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KAYE: Good morning to Washington, D.C. Looks like folks at the white house are waking up with us this morning. I see a couple lights on. Early start there for the first family, I'm sure.
We're going in focus on the Secret Service. In light of last week's scandal in Colombia, the agency has come under question. Our Brian Todd looks at the agency and whether there is a permissiveness that may have led to the prostitution scandal.
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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the sheer number of Secret Service personnel involved in the alleged incident with prostitutes that's raising questions in Washington.
SEN. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME), HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: It's hard for me to believe it was the first and only time. There were just too many people involved.
TODD: In fact 11 total. Sources say two supervisors among them leading law enforcement experts to be concerned about potentially a larger problem within the Secret Service, a comfort level with this kind of conduct.
Is this incident part of a pattern in that agency? We spoke off camera with several former Secret Service agents and supervisors who say it's not, that they never witnessed or heard of anything like this. They did tell us of so-called "Wheels Up" parties when Secret Service officers, White House staffers, members of the media get together after the president has left the city and have drinks at a bar or a hotel room. They say those get-togethers are tame.
Jeffrey Robinson who wrote a book on the Secret Service with a former top agents says this about the parties.
JEFFREY ROBINSON, AUTHOR, "STANDING NEXT TO HISTORY": Do married guys take off their rings at these parties? They often say, "wheels up, rings off." OK, that's a problem for these married guys and their families. Do people get drunk? Gee, there's a new story.
TODD: Robinson says those are isolated incidents, not part of a broader culture at the Secret Service.
There was an incident in 2006 when a Secret Service agent was tasered, charged with public intoxication after an altercation at a boy in Waco, Texas.
In 2002, "U.S. News & World Report" published an investigative piece details incidents of agents having raucous parties, barroom brawls, sex with underage girls. Some of that information came from disgruntled former agents who had grievances with the agency.
(on camera): There is real concern that this is a cultural problem within the agency. Is it?
BARBARA RIGGS, FMR. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SECRET SERVICE: No, it is not. I can tell you unequivocally, it is not and I have lived it for 31 years.
TODD (voice-over): Serving under six presidents, Barbara Riggs was the first woman to become a supervisor in the presidential protective division, the first woman to become deputy Secret Service director. She also supervised advance teams.
RIGGS: Yes, we have had people who have been (INAUDIBLE) After duty, can you go out and have a beer? Absolutely. Can sometimes there be an incident? Yes, there has been. But is it systemic? No.
TODD: A current Secret Service official mirrored that, telling us in an agency of 7,000 people yes, there have been incidents of misconduct and criminal behavior. This official would not respond to the concerns about a broader cultural problem at the Secret Service, but did say with regard to this incident and others, they responded decisively and appropriately.
Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
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KAYE: Late yesterday the Secret Service announced a 12th employee was implicated in the scandal. Much more on the Secret Service later in the show, including some of the most memorable heroic moments. You saw Barbara Riggs, she will be my guest in our 10:00 hour as well.
We have focused on the Secret Service and their responsibilities in protecting the president. They protect the first family, vice president and family, presidential candidates and visiting heads of state. There is another part that you may not know about. Protecting the nation's financial infrastructure due to counterfeit currency, financial and electronic crimes. Since 2003 they have been involved in around 30,000 arrests for financial crimes and confiscated $300 million in counterfeit currency.
Bullying claims another life, this time this 14-year-old boy. The relentless bullying and death threats that became too much. His story, just ahead.
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KAYE: Little "Eye of the Tiger" to wake up Atlanta. Pretty foggy in Atlanta. You can see it there. Still beautiful shot of the city on this early morning.
Glad you're watching early start. Time to check out stories making news around the nation.
In Oregon, a school bus slides off a wet road teeters on the edge of an embankment. Inside nearly two dozen students returning from a week at camp.
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UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: All of a sudden I see like people screaming and some people like clinging to their seats, it was all very scary.
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KAYE: Scary I'm sure. The students cling to each other, move to the high seats to steady the bus. A deputy evacuated everyone. Amazingly, nobody was hurt.
And 30 miles west in Portland, a swarm of honey bees decided to nest not in a hive or building but the rear window of a Lexus SUV. Yikes.
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JENNA COOPER-GROSS, CAR OWNER: I went to pick up my daughter from school, didn't realize they were there. And then when I got back out, there they were.
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KAYE: Luckily, the driver plans to leave them alone until they are ready to move out on their own.
Speaking of luck, this is definitely one lucky pig in Iowa. Believe it or not, this little pig was headed for the slaughter house. On the way, bounced off the rig -- yes, sounds like something out of Dr. Seuss -- she survived the fall. A local animal rescue league they are helping her heal from a broken leg. They named her Olivia, she is getting a second shot of life thanks to a twist of fate.
How cute is that?
I spend time reporting on bullying cases and I'm still hoping that one day bullying will be no more but this morning, another wake-up call, another life taken because of bullying. A community in Iowa is reeling with grief after a gay 14-year-old committed suicide. Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. had come out to his family and classmates a month ago, but what followed were reportedly weeks of teasing, bullying, and even death threats.
Students at his high school staged a walk out to raise awareness about his death. Now advocacy groups are upping their anti-bullying efforts in Iowa.
In Cincinnati, another case of bullying. Police say a 10-year-old boy brought a BB gun to school this week to fight off bullies who teased him about his small size and for wearing ankle braces. The school's principal contacted police after at least five kids reported seeing the gun. They thought it was a real gun because the orange plastic tip had been broken. The boy is charged with inducing panic.
A New Jersey school district is paying the price of bullying. Sawyer Rosenstein who you see here was paralyzed after a bully punched him in the gut back in 2006. The Ramsey School District agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle that lawsuit. Sawyer says school officials knew about the bully's violent behavior and failed to comply with state law.
Coming up at 10:00, we'll speak with another bullying victim whose parents are suing her classmates for bullying her on a fake Facebook page. Why her case could set a legal precedent.
A criminal in a maximum security prison is a number once he walks behind the high walls, but to his family and kids at home he is still dad. CNN hero Carolyn LeCroy was honored in 2008 for helping kids stay connected to incarcerated parents through video messages. She expanded her program to five more states. Holly Robinson Peete was so moved, she decided to see her work up close.
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HOLLY ROBINSON PEETE: When I was involved with Heroes in 2008, Carolyn's Messages project touched my heart. When you think about the people in this world that need help, the last people on that list are children of incarcerated parents. That, to me, is why I'm coming out here today.
So what are the total number of messages delivered by the Messages project now?
CAROLYN LECROY, 2008 CNN HERO: We're right at 9,000.
PEETE: Wow. That's a lot of children. That have this opportunity.
So tell me about this facility.
LECROY: This is a maximum security prison. And it is the pilot for California.
Thanks. Good morning. How are you? I'm Carolyn.
Talk from your heart. We'll give you a signal.
Are we ready to roll? Here we go.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE : Hi, kids. I know that you're angry with me and you should be angry with me. The difficulties you faced over the years, that's my fault. Hold on a second. Man.
PEETE: You could see that sadness, that guilt that they had for whatever decision they made that has impacted their children their entire lives.
LECROY: When you set these fathers down in front of that camera, they're dad.
PEETE: I can't imagine with all the things going on in these children's lives, what this means to them. On behalf of all of them, thank you so much.
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KAYE: And remember, CNN heroes like Carolyn are chosen. Go to CNN heros.com.
A judge sets bond for George Zimmerman, but will Trayvon Martin's killer be released today? Our Martin Savidge standing by live in Sanford, Florida with a look at what happens next.
We know what killed Andrew Breitbart; the coroner's report coming up.
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KAYE: Welcome back, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. Bottom of the hour. Let's get you caught up on some news this morning.
The fallout from a Secret Service prostitution scandal has cost three more agents their jobs. In a statement the agency says in part: "Three additional employees have chosen to resign and that as a result of the ongoing investigation in Cartagena, a 12th employee has been implicated."
President Obama has now been briefed on the incident by Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan who sources say has ordered a comprehensive review.
Helicopters are being brought in today to try and find victims' bodies from a plane crash in Pakistan. Officials believe that none of the 127 passengers or crew survived in Islamabad. Family members are helping identify the victims. All but seven of the bodies have been recovered. Aviation officials say bad weather may have played a role.
The United Nations Security Council meets later this morning in an effort to expand the monitoring mission in Syria. A peace plan that was supposed to start with a cease-fire isn't holding. Opposition forces say nearly 60 people were killed across the country yesterday. The U.N. wants to up their involvement from 30 international monitors to 300. A California woman has been charged with first degree murder in the death of this woman, Brittany Kilgore, who was a marine's wife. Authorities have not said how Kilgore, who recently filed for divorce from her husband, died or what her relationship was with the accused woman. Jessica Lynn Lopez, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, is being held on $3 million bond.
The L.A. County coroner says heart failure led to the death of conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart, who was connected to controversy surrounding former Congressman Anthony Weiner, and Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod, had an enlarged heart as well as some heart disease. He died last month at 43.
Trayvon Martin's family attorney say they are devastated by a judge's decision to set bond for George Zimmerman, the man charged with killing the Florida teen. Here is how the judge summed up his decision.
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JUDGE KENNETH LESTER JR., SEMINOLE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: The good thing about practicing law in Florida, as a judge, as a prosecutor, and as a defense attorney, is that we have lots of experience. What I'm going to do is I'm going to find that the motion is well-taken, I'm going to grant the motion, set bond in the amount of $150,000.
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KAYE: We go now to Sanford, Florida, that's where we find our Martin Savidge.
Good morning to you, Martin. Zimmerman could be released as early as today. Are there any details yet on where he might go?
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Only a few, Randi, good morning to you. Yes, the attorney has been asked several times specifically when will George Zimmerman be getting out of the corrections facility here. And he said it would take a couple of days.
Now it's also possible that we could be getting some misinformation because the attorney really does not want the media or the general public to know exactly when George Zimmerman gets out because of safety concerns.
He has noted that it could take the family some time to raise the money for that bond. And then on top of that, it's going to take time to work out the security arrangements that are needed. Mark O'Mara would like his client to be moved out of the state of Florida. In order to make that happen there is going to have to be some telemetry worked up so that the state of Florida can continue to track George Zimmerman if, in fact, he does leave the state.
So all of that is going to take time. He also says there are a couple of spots that they have scouted out. But, of course, they aren't saying where they are -- Randi. KAYE: And, of course, understandably, Martin, the Martin family's disappointment, of course, with the ruling, but the judge didn't agree with prosecutors that Zimmerman is a threat to the community. So what else is the family saying at this point and how might this affect the prosecution's case?
SAVIDGE: I think the family was probably under the realization that George Zimmerman was going to get bond, it didn't seem unlikely he would not. It's a constitutional right. In this particular case he didn't appear to be a threat to either the community or a risk to flight.
However, they were upset, one, with the apology that George Zimmerman sort of surprised them with by getting up on the stand and taking an oath and then coming out with that statement.
And then on top of that, they were clearly unhappy with the arrangements that have been made. Because as they say, it always appears that George Zimmerman gets the breaks and it's their son and the investigation and their pursuit of justice that just does not seem to get traction.
So they were clearly upset, they did not speak, the attorney, Ben Crump, did talk and he said that the family was absolutely devastated by the decision of the judge.
KAYE: Yes. It was really something to watch him on the stand, talk yesterday at this hearing. And you say there is something that George Zimmerman actually said yesterday that contradicts what he told police on the night of the shooting.
What was it and what might it mean once the trial begins?
SAVIDGE: Well, you know, there were a couple of things that stood out, number one it appeared that the state was totally unprepared and that they did not seem to have the hard evidence that many expected to come out against George Zimmerman to justify keeping him locked up.
But then on top of that you had George Zimmerman get up there and he makes the statement that he does, and at one point he says he was sorry for the death of Trayvon Martin, and he also said that he thought that Trayvon Martin was just slightly younger in age than George Zimmerman was.
But if you go back to the 911 call on the night of the tragic shooting, you hear George Zimmerman, when he's directly asked by the dispatcher to describe the person he's reporting their age, he says he looks to be in his late teens. So that is a contradiction that is likely to come back and haunt George Zimmerman, if we ever get to a trial.
KAYE: And what did you make of George Zimmerman's father trying to paint the picture there at the hearing that his son is not a violent man?
SAVIDGE: Well, it's family and family of course is wanting to get George Zimmerman out from behind bars, they are going to clearly paint him in a very, very positive light. His mother also spoke very well of her son.
You can't blame a family for doing that and wanting to see their son get out. But on the other hand, that family is now going to be responsible for George Zimmerman. In other words, if they feel in any way, shape, or form that he's violating his parole, they are supposed to report and turn their own son.
KAYE: Martin Savidge for us this morning. Martin, thank you very much.
To politics now, and Mitt Romney has pretty much sewn up the Republican nomination. But there is still one big decision hanging over his campaign, who to pick as the number two? CNN political editor Paul Steinhauser breaks down the possible running mates.
PAUL STEINHAUSER, CNN POLITICAL EDITOR: Good morning, Randi.
It's the biggest guessing game in politics, who is on Mitt Romney's list as the all but certain Republican presidential nominee searches for a running mate.
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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Everybody is on my list, I'm not taking anybody off the list, all right? I actually don't -- I don't have a list, yet.
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STEINHAUSER: Romney has until the convention in August to decide. And since he's not giving anything away, we thought we would ask Republicans across the country who they would like to see as their party's vice presidential nominee.
We asked people to choose from eight possible candidates who Romney may be considering. And according to our CNN/ORC poll, Condoleezza Rice tops the list, with 26 percent saying they would like to see President George W. Bush's secretary of state as the Republican running mate. She says she is not interested.
Second on the list, former Senator Rick Santorum, who just last week suspended his bid for the GOP presidential nomination and who hasn't even endorsed Romney yet.
Let's be honest, this is basically a name recognition question right now. You need more proof? Senator Rob Portman from the crucial battleground state of Ohio, who many insiders think could be on any Romney short list, well, he didn't even crack 1 percent in our poll.
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SEN. ROB PORTMAN (R), OHIO: I'll help him in Ohio, as we did in the primary. I think he is going to win Ohio.
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STEINHAUSER: Popular freshman Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, and tough-talking New Jersey Governor and Chris Christie were tied for third in our poll. Rubio, like many people possibly being considered, says, no thanks.
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SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R), FLORIDA: I don't want to be the vice president right now. And what I -- or maybe ever.
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STEINHAUSER: But then a slip.
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RUBIO: Three, four, five, six, seven years from now, if I do a good job as vice president -- I'm sorry.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You guys all got that, right?
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STEINHAUSER: As for Christie, he's pushing back against the tabloid report that he fell asleep during a Bruce Springsteen concert, which would be heresy in New Jersey.
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GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R), NEW JERSEY: I put my head back, and closed my eyes, and listened to the song. You know, when I was like fist- pumping during "Badlands," nobody -- you know, no one took pictures of that.
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STEINHAUSER: And Portman, he is saying all the right things right now.
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PORTMAN: I think there are a lot of good choices this time around. Frankly people vote for the person at the top of the ticket.
JOHN KING, CNN ANCHOR: Is there a book on what people who are being considered for vice president are supposed to say?
PORTMAN: I wish there were.
KING: You wish there were.
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STEINHAUSER: Romney has named a trusted adviser to lead the search. As for what is he looking for in a running mate?
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ROMNEY: The criteria, I think, has to be, first and foremost, is this a person who could be president of the United States, if that were need?
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STEINHAUSER: Yes, I know. Kind of obvious. But that is all he's saying right now -- Randi.
KAYE: Love that, thank you, Paul, very much.
Still ahead, you've probably never have seen this before. So take a look, a painting penguin. Yes, that is what you see there. That plus some of the week's other best videos, you're watching WEEKEND EARLY START, where news doesn't take the weekend off.
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KAYE: Playing a little Britney Spears this morning. She is a favorite of yours, isn't she, Reynolds?
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I have got -- I celebrate her entire collection, absolutely, you know I do.
KAYE: Let's talk about favorite videos. We've got a bunch for this week. Some really good ones that caught our eye. So we showed you a little bit before the break of this painting penguin. Reynolds, her name is McKenna, she's an African penguin in Idaho. Apparently she enjoys a -- I know, it doesn't make much sense. She enjoys a morning swim with her fellow penguin pals, long walks through the zoo, and painting, yes.
WOLF: Everything has just been normal until you get to the painting point. And she can spell, apparently.
KAYE: Yes, look, she is making art. There she is making some art this week to raise money for the Idaho Zoological Society.
WOLF: You know, it's cool, it's beautiful, but let's be honest, I mean, I'm sure some people might not know this, but when penguins feed their young they do it by vomiting in their mouth. When you do that kind of thing it just...
KAYE: You know, why did you have to go there?
WOLF: Because it doesn't -- you don't have to go high to really punch through the ceiling. So anything you do after that is going to be somewhat better.
KAYE: Maybe McKenna is going to teach her young to paint instead of that.
WOLF: Maybe so. Maybe so. KAYE: You never know.
WOLF: One can only hope.
KAYE: All right. Let's talk about -- well, speaking of that, let's talk about what is happening in Las Vegas. Big parties, heavy drinking, of course, that's what Vegas is known for, made famous recently by films like Warner Brothers' "The Hangover."
WOLF: Unbelievable.
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ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, ACTOR: Phil, do not go in the bathroom!
BRADLEY COOPER, ACTOR: Will you put on pants?
GALIFIANAKIS: Phil, there is a tiger in the bathroom!
ED HELMS, ACTOR: What's going on?
GALIFIANAKIS: There is a jungle cat in the bathroom!
COOPER: OK, OK, I'll check it out.
GALIFIANAKIS: Be careful!
COOPER: He's not kidding, there is a tiger in there.
GALIFIANAKIS: Yes!
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KAYE: All right. One of the best scenes ever, right, in a movie, hilarious.
WOLF: Zach Galifianakis is the best.
KAYE: Isn't he the best?
WOLF: He's great.
KAYE: But the reason we show you this is because now one Las Vegas- based anesthesiologist, it turns out, says that he has a cure for the hangover of a lifetime. His company, hangoverheaven.com, they have this fleet of tour buses, can you believe this?
WOLF: This is pretty intense.
KAYE: Yes. And what do they do on those buses? They offer IV treatments that supposedly will rid your body of hangover-causing toxins. I mean, would you ever?
WOLF: Absolutely. I would definitely if it would keep me from doing things like a painting penguin, absolutely. I would be thrilled to. You know, putting more fluids back in the body to... KAYE: Would you spend $150 to feel better? I don't know, you go in there, you get it done in an hour. I mean, I don't know.
WOLF: A little bit of a grey area. If you have got short time in Vegas and you have to recover quickly, why not?
KAYE: Yes, all right. Well, this next one is actually really cool. Tupac, you remember Tupac, of course, may go on tour, believe it or not, as a hologram though. We want to show you something. First remember this, though, take a look here.
That was cool, right? That was hologram technology that CNN used live on air during the last presidential election, that was Jessica Yellin appearing out of nowhere with Wolf.
But now, Reynolds, rap legend Tupac Shakur, who died almost 16 years ago, appeared on stage, check this out, last week to perform some of his greatest hits at this music festival.
WOLF: You know what is weird, is the first time I think some of the Americans even thought about holograms was during the original "Star Wars" series when Princess Leia, you know, and R2D2, if he had said, "Obi-Wan, you're my only hope," that would have been the coolest thing of all.
But it's amazing. It is really cool to see these talents -- all these talents together.
KAYE: It's cool. It's a little creepy. But it is cool. And now everybody wants him -- you know, the fans, of course, want him to go on tour.
WOLF: Unreal.
KAYE: So, yes, kind of cool. And anybody that you would want to see digitally resurrected out there?
WOLF: You know what, I've never seen her on stage performing and rapping, but I want to see Jessica Yellin on stage with Snoop Doggy Dogg. That's what I want to see.
KAYE: Yes, don't think that's going to happen. No, no.
WOLF: Probably not. Not in our lifetime.
KAYE: All right. Well, that was fun. I hope that you had as much fun as we did, of course. So we'll see. We'll have more, of course, coming up, more "R&R" coming up later on in the show.
WOLF: You bet.
KAYE: Shaken, not stirred, that is how James Bond likes his favorite drink, a Vodka martini, but for the next Bond blockbuster, we'll tell you what 007 will be sipping on, instead.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) KAYE: Welcome back. If you're not awake already, we're going to wake you up this morning. It is 6:47 here on the East Coast, 3:47 out West. Let's get you caught up on news that may have been off your radar.
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KAYE (voice-over): Take a look at this photo of President Obama reflecting on a civil rights icon. He is sitting on the vintage bus that made Rosa Parks famous when she refused to give up her seat to a white man in 1955. The president later said he sat there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity of those who insisted on their share of the American dream.
Two men are suing the reality TV shows "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" for discrimination. The suit, filed against ABC, the show's executive producer, and production companies, claims the men were turned down simply because they are black. They pointed out that in 23 seasons, there has never been a person of color cast in a lead role on either show. ABC declined to comment on the suit while another defendant, Warner Horizon Television, called the complaint: "baseless and without merit."
You might not hear this anymore.
SEAN CONNERY, "JAMES BOND": Just a drink, a martini, shaken, not stirred.
KAYE: That's because the studio behind James Bond has cut a deal with Heineken, for at least one scene in the upcoming "Skyfall," 007 will be drinking the Dutch beer instead of his customary martin. Some fans are outraged, but not actor Daniel Craig, who plays Bond. He says it had to be done because the film "costs a lot of money to make."
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KAYE: A simple blood test, could it some day be the key to detecting depression? More on that, next.
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KAYE: Welcome back. According to a new study, a blood test may be able to detect depression in teens. That's right, parents who aren't sure if their child is experiencing normal moodiness or a more serious form of depression, could get answers through a simple prick to the finger.
Earlier I sat down with chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and asked him how all of this might work.
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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: It's this idea that, you know, are there certain markers for depression in the blood? And so you draw blood, you test the blood, and you're specifically trying to answer two questions. One is, does the person in fact have depression? And two is if they have sort of early on-set depression, can we predict that they may go on to develop what's known as a major depressive disorder?
It's the Holy Grail, really, because there is no blood test. Everyone would love that, to be able to predict and diagnose more conclusively. And it's very early stuff. I mean, what they did was they stressed animals for a couple of weeks, then drew blood from them, and created a profile.
Well, this is what depressed blood may look like, and tried to find some of those same markers in, at this point, young people, teenagers, for the most part. It seems to have some correlation, but, you know, again, this is early stuff.
KAYE: It's important, though, because it is so hard to identify depression for sure.
GUPTA: No question about it. And identifying it still is mainly a clinical -- it's a clinical diagnosis, meaning someone, a psychiatrist may interview you, may ask a bunch of questions, ask about your mood, you habits, and then come to this conclusion.
Everyone has been saying, look, can we objectify this in some way, a brain scan, a blood test? So that's why people are focusing on things like this.
KAYE: So what's next? Where do we go from here?
GUPTA: You know, one of the exciting areas, I think, and I'm fascinated by this, is this idea that you could somehow find a depression center in the brain, a place where depression lives.
And there's this doctor, Dr. Helen Mayberg, who started her work in Toronto and is now at Emory, who believes she has discovered that area. It's called Area 25, and she literally -- and these patients, Randi, who had no options, medications have not worked, electroconvulsive therapy had maybe stopped working, and she decided just to stimulate that part of the brain and got some pretty astonishing results.
I'll just show you really quickly, I mean, this is essentially what it looks like. This is a battery pack for a deep brain stimulator, it would sit under someone's collarbone underneath the skin. And then this here is actually in fact what goes into the brain.
KAYE: So she is putting that into patients?
GUPTA: She is. She is -- with the help of a neurosurgeon, she is putting these into the brains. And you can see there are several different electrodes on here, she would stimulate different amounts of electricity and different electrodes and try and get some benefit in the patients. And she saw that several times. It was pretty remarkable.
KAYE: So there is a real difference once you put that in, I mean, she can say it has been successful? GUPTA: She can. And I saw some of this myself and it was pretty profound. You know, this one woman who you can see more this weekend, but she really had been in a profound state of depression for a long time, had no connection with family, people around her, and even in the operating room.
While this stimulator was being turned on she suddenly started to smile. And people said, well, what are you smiling at? And they were rating all these things, and she said, I suddenly have a great affection for this grand niece of mine, I want to see her, I want to hold her.
She had not felt that way since this child was born. So it was very quick, and it was very profound.
KAYE: Wow, that is fascinating. Area 25.
GUPTA: Area 25.
KAYE: I'm going to keep an eye on that one.
GUPTA: There you go.
KAYE: All right. Sanjay, thanks.
GUPTA: Thank you.
KAYE: And for more of the week's most important medical stories, stick around for "SANJAY GUPTA MD," today at 7:30 a.m., Eastern.
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BILL MAHER, HOST, "REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER": Newt Gingrich, still receiving Secret Service protection, what are they protecting him from, reality?
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KAYE: Oh, boy. That was pretty funny. That is Bill Maher weighing in on the Newt Gingrich Secret Service controversy. Gingrich is refusing calls to say good-bye to his protective detail, even though his campaign is on life support. By the way, it's costing you, the taxpayer, around $40,000 a day to protect Gingrich. But Maher didn't stop there, he also weighed in on the Secret Service scandal and one of the agents who has resigned.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MAHER: One of the agents involved in this scandal was on Sarah Palin's detail in 2008 when she was running for vice president. And he posted on his Facebook, apparently he had a little crush on her, posted a picture, was standing behind her kind of smirking, and saying "I'm checking her out." He was checking her out. Which is more than you can say for the McCain campaign.
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MAHER: They did not check her out.
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KAYE: Thanks for starting your morning with us. We have got much more ahead on "CNN SATURDAY MORNING," which starts right now.
