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Zimmerman Bond Hearing And Apology; More Work On Boy Missing 33 Years; More Secret Services Resignations; Protests In Bahrain Worsening Situation In Syria; Interview With Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings; Secret Service Reputation and Prior Misconduct; Internet Fundraising For Inventions; Secret Service Scandal; Inside Look at a Military Giant; Scouting Out a Good Deal
Aired April 21, 2012 - 08:00 ET
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GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: I wanted to say, I am sorry for the loss of your son.
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RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR: His bond hearing and why he may be set free today. We have a live report.
Plus, we put the U.S. Secret Service in the spotlight this morning. Is the agency forever tarnished? What are some of the great heroes saying?
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.
Later, have an idea for an invention but no cash to create it? Get crowd funding. Digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong explains.
It is Saturday, April 21. Good morning, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. Let's get right to the news.
The man who says he shot and killed a Florida teen in self-defense could get out of jail today. A judge set bond yesterday at $150,000 for George Zimmerman. The neighborhood watch volunteer took the stand at his hearing and apologized to Trayvon Martin's family.
Martin Savidge is in Sanford, Florida for us this morning.
Martin, everyone is focusing on Zimmerman's apology at that hearing, but there was another comment that you say could actually cause some problems for the defense. What was that?
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The apology was quite a surprise. I don't think anybody anticipated that George Zimmerman was going to be called to the stand by his attorney. But as he got up there and when he spoke to the family of Trayvon Martin - and remember, he was under oath. He said that one, he was sorry for the death of their son. He also said that he thought that Trayvon Martin was only a few years younger than he was.
That actually stuck in my mind because I went back and I replayed the 911 call from the night of the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin. In that call, George Zimmerman is asked by a dispatcher to describe the age of the then unidentified Trayvon Martin. He said he thought he was in his late teens. That is clearly not close to George Zimmerman's own age. So it's a very strong contradiction and in fact, the state maintains that there are other contradictions to George Zimmerman's story that will eventually come out if we get to trial Randi.
KAYE: And of course attorneys for Trayvon Martin's family called Zimmerman's apology disingenuous. They say that the family is quote, devastated by the judge's decision to allow Zimmerman to be released. But was that ruling really unexpected in the end?
SAVIDGE: I don't think it would have been by any measure of a legal expert's mind. They felt that bond was very likely in the case of George Zimmerman. But I think the family was shocked in a number of other ways.
Number one, they sort of felt emotionally ambushed by this apology. They didn't know it was coming. Nobody anticipated it was going to happen. They had turned down a private meeting with George Zimmerman just a couple of days before. So this really caught them off guard and as you heard from the family, they were devastated by it.
Then on top of that was the fact that it did not look good for the state's case. And of course, it is the state that has got the job of trying to seek justice for the family of Trayvon Martin. It wasn't a good day yesterday but of course, they have lost their son. There is no such thing as a good day for them.
KAYE: That's so true. But Zimmerman's attorney wants his client to be able to leave the state presumably for safety concerns. That's also going to obviously upset the Martin family. How likely is it that a judge will grant that request?
SAVIDGE: The attorney is asking, basically, he wants George Zimmerman to be able to leave the state of Florida. That's a very unusual request. Now the judge didn't say no. He actually said that it seems like a possibility here as long as the state of Florida will be able to continue to track George Zimmerman and by that, they mean electronically.
So they're going to have to work out the GPS system for him. He will have to report in at least every three days and there has to be a clear way that the state can continue to watch George Zimmerman in some way, even if he does leave the state of Florida.
KAYE: Martin Savidge for us, watching that case. Thank you Martin.
The FBI is expected to continue their work today digging up a Manhattan basement. They are looking for evidence in the 33-year-old disappearance of a young boy. Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school back in 1979. Police and the FBI are searching a former apartment of an area handyman. 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.
Three more Secret Service agents are out as part of the scandal involving Colombian prostitutes. They agency says three agents have quote, chosen to resign over their part in the scandal. That makes six agents out so far. At least two of them were supervisors. President Obama was briefed on the investigation yesterday. The agency also announced a 12th employee has been implicated.
Anti-government protests in Bahrain could disrupt a major sporting event there this weekend. Opposition activists say the government is cracking down ahead of Sunday's formula one auto race. They say police killed one activist last night. The formula one race was postponed twice last year because of the protests.
The United Nations Security Council meets in about three hours to talk about the worsening situation 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 UN wants to up their involvement from 30 international monitors to 300. Some of the first observers have now entered the city of Homs. That is the city at the epicenter of this uprising.
The LA 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 (ph), had an enlarged heart as well as some heart disease. He died last month at the age of 43.
If you are about to head out for breakfast, some of you might want to grab a raincoat or an umbrella. Yes, look out, rain may be on the way. Reynolds is back with a quick look at some weather for us. Good morning.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Good morning Randi. You are right. If you are taking a short trip out to go get a bagel or something maybe, a coffee or tea you're talking about, you might deal with some rain drops.
But if you are taking a longer trip, headed to the airport, take a look at what may be ahead of you later on today, delays in Miami and Orlando. Also, back-ups in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco due to low clouds and rain into the afternoon for New York and DC. Let's throw Philadelphia in there, also and maybe even Boston before all was said and done. Rain moving out towards much of the east coast. We'll talk about that in just a few minutes.
Plus, we'll be able to let you know how long it's going to last. It's all moments away Randi.
KAYE: Good thing there's CNN playing in all the airports. We'll keep folks company while they're enjoying those delays.
WOLF: Absolutely.
KAYE: All right, Reynolds. Thank you. A culture of pride, but a seedy hotel room scene could tarnish the reputation of the Secret Service. We'll go inside the scandal.
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KAYE: It is about 10 minutes past the hour. Get ready to get a little wet when you step outside today. Good thing Reynolds is keeping an eye on this for us, keep an eye on all the storms that might be heading your way. What can we expect?
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KAYE: All right Reynolds. I think you got us all caught up. Thank you very much.
WOLF: You bet.
KAYE: We are going in focus this morning on the Secret Service in light of last week's scandal in Colombia. The agency has come under question. Our Brian Todd takes a closer look at the agency and whether there's 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 & 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 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, FORMER 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: And we'll have much more on the Secret Service later in the show. Coming up in around 15 minutes, I'll talk with Congressman Elijah Cummings who has been working with the Secret Service's director to get answers in this scandal.
We have focused on the Secret Service and their responsibilities of protecting the president. They also protect the first family, the vice president and family, presidential candidates and visiting heads of state. But there's another part of the Secret Service that you may not know about, protecting the nation's financial infrastructure by reducing losses due to counterfeit currency, financial and electronic crime and identity theft.
Since 2003, the Secret Service has been involved in around 30,000 arrests for financial crimes and have confiscated around $300 million in counterfeit currency.
Nearly two dozen students scramble to keep their school bus from tipping over into an embankment. Look at that there. Their harrowing escape, 90 seconds away.
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KAYE: Good morning, Washington. Good morning, everybody at the White House there, a little pink to wake us all up this morning. Glad you are with us. Glad you are starting your morning with us. It is about 16 minutes past the hour.
Welcome back to CNN SATURDAY MORNING. Time to check out some of the stories making news around the nation. In Oregon, check this out, a school bus slides off a wet road and 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: The students cling to each other and move to the high seats to steady the bus. A sheriff's deputy is able to evacuate everyone from that bus. Amazingly, no students were hurt.
And just 30 miles west in Portland -- That just gives me the creeps. A swarm of honeybees decide to nest not in a hive or even a building, but on the rear window of a Lexus SUV.
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JENNA COOPER GROSS, CAR OWNER: I went to go pick up my daughter from school and didn't realize they were there. When we got back out, there they were.
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KAYE: Lucky for those bees, the driver plans to leave them alone until they are ready to move out.
Speaking of luck, this is definitely one lucky pig in Iowa. Believe it or not, this little pig was headed for the slaughter house but on the way, bounced off the truck. It's true.
Anyway, she survived the fall. A local animal rescue league is now helping her heal from a broken leg and they have named her Olivia after Olivia the feisty pig from the children's books and the Nickelodeon show. And now this Olivia is getting a second shot at life thanks to a twist of fate, too cute.
So if you've got a great idea for a very cool new product, but don't have the cash to get it going, listen up. There's some help out there. It's gotten a lot easier to use. Up next, more on crowd funding and how it could help you.
But first, when you think of nice jewelry, you may think of diamonds and gold. But one artist is going to a scrap yard, piece together her popular business. Gary Tuchman has more in this week's start small, think big.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Melissa Kolbusz loves junk. In fact, it was in a scrap yard where she pieced together a business idea.
MELISSA KOLBUSZ, WIRED RESISTANCE: It started sort of as an accident. I was working at a furniture company across the street from a salvage yard and pulled a lot of materials. It just made some of the pieces a little bit more interesting and it saved us money as well. One year for the holidays, I made everybody jewelry out of little bits and pieces. Everybody said this is so great, you should really do this.
TUCHMAN: That sparked the creation of Wired Resistance. Using her industrial design background, Melissa crafts jewelry out of alternator wires, vodka bottles or whatever hidden gems she can find.
KOLBUSZ: One of the things that I like about making jewelry out of industrial materials is that it's really not possible to do traditional things. A lot of times the designs are inspired just by the materials.
TUCHMAN: Now Melissa has added clothing to her list of inventions.
KOLBUSZ: Companies are doing recycled materials and people are starting to understand better. So now, instead of saying it's made out of what? They say you are so clever.
TODD: Sustainable style that could help the whole planet look better.
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KAYE: Good morning, to the big apple. Hello New York City. Hope you are all awake and watching CNN SATURDAY MORNING. We are bring you all the latest news, trying to update you on everything that you might have missed overnight. A little Doobie Brothers for you this morning.
If you are an entrepreneur with a great idea but cash, then crowd funding could be a dream come true and it just got a whole lot easier to do. So what is it? How does it work?
HLN's digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong joining me now from New York. Love the pink there, Mario, looking good.
MARIO ARMSTRONG, CNN DIGITAL LIFESTYLE EXPERT: Thank you. I tried something different.
KAYE: I like the look, but enough about your wardrobe. Let's talk about crowd funding.
ARMSTRONG: Yes.
KAYE: Explain to our viewers, it's not something that we hear a lot about. How can they participate?
ARMSTRONG: Right. This is -- I'm so glad you are covering this. This is a huge opportunity for so many people that have a dream, they have a vision, but they stop at the hardest point and that is raising the funds to move their dream to the next level, all about trying to help inspire people so mixing technology with this is awesome.
The bottom line is, there are websites now like Kickstarter.com and Indiegogo.com. These sites are where you place your story up on the web and if people want to donate or support your story, they can do so monetarily by doing online donations from small to large increments. We are talking as low as ten bucks or a dollar to as high as several thousand. You place the amount that you want donated and if you meet that goal, you get the cash to go and fund your idea.
KAYE: You mentioned these two websites, Kickstarter and Indiegogo. What is the difference between the two of them?
ARMSTRONG: The real difference is with Kickstarter, Kickstarter I think it's been around for a little bit longer maybe than Indiegogo just a little bit. But Kickstarter is really good for U.S., only accepts money as I understand it from the U.S. right now, takes about 5 percent of what you actually raise. It's an all or nothing. It's like you have to say, if I want to raise $30,000 and you only make it to 28, you don't get the $28,000.
Whereas, on Indiegogo site, they take about 4 percent off the top but they also have flex funding. So if you don't hit your goal and you still want to take that money, you can, but it will be a higher percentage. They get to keep 9 percent but you can also get money from international backers as well.
KAYE: Got it, so a couple of the projects, the projects on Kickstarter right now, one is an e-paper watch for iPhone and Android. What do you know about that?
ARMSTRONG: This thing has the world going nuts right now. This is a watch that will basically be able to talk to your Android device or your iPhone device. What that means, while you are wearing your watch, instead of having to pull your watch out or pull your phone out to see the time or to get the weather and get some other updated information, you can use a display from your watch to get that information. There's no need to go digging for your phone.
What if you are receiving a text message or receiving call, wouldn't it be nice to just look down at your watch to see who that is to determine whether or not you actually want to reach for the phone? So many people are excited. The company that did this Randi only wanted to raise $100,000. You know how much they raised, over $5 million. So what this means is they have so many people already ready to buy their watches. They have a customer base already there saying yes, we want this watch. We are also funding you by supporting you and that means we also get our own watches by doing so as well, brilliant, brilliant plan. It is working.
People have to do three things to really make it work well. Number one, make a very compelling story. Shoot a video of yourself telling what your passion is. You want to make a film. You want to make a music album. You want to help something in your community, do something better, make a story that's really authentic.
Number two, spread it like wildfire, Facebook, Twitter, e-mail. Tell all your friends and family. And then number three, find the audience that really cares about what you are trying to do. Those will be your the initial supporters and then it can spread from there.
KAYE: It is great. It's nice to see because a lot of people have great ideas and they can't fund them. So crowd funding could be the answer.
ARMSTRONG: So many people with skills are out of work right now but they have great ideas and great skills and this can really provide that.
KAYE: All right Mario. Thank you so much. That was really cool.
ARMSTRONG: Thank you Randi. Yes, it's awesome.
KAYE: You can join us every Saturday at this time as our digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong gives us the scoop on the latest technology.
Coming up, a cease-fire in Syria fails to end the violence and now the United Nations is set to up the pressure on the Assad regime. I'll tell you how.
Plus, we're putting Secret Service in focus. Is the agency doing enough to clean up the mess in Colombia? We'll hear from one outspoken congressman just ahead.
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KAYE: It is half past the hour. Welcome back everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. Thanks for starting your day with us.
The fallout from a Secret Service prostitution scandal has cost three more agents their jobs. In a statement the agency says in part quote, "Three additional employees 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 victim's bodies from a plane crash in Pakistan. Officials believe that none of the 127 passengers or crew survived in Islamabad. Family members are helping to identify the victims. All but seven of the bodies have been recovered. Aviation officials say bad weather may have played a role.
The United Nation's 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. Some of the first observers have now entered the city of Homs. That is the city at the epicenter of the uprising.
We are going in focus this morning on Secret Service and the scandal that erupted in Columbia. Bad judgment has ended the careers of six agents already and there could be more to come.
Joining me now is Maryland Congressman, Elijah Cummings, a ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. Congressman, good morning to you.
REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D), MARYLAND: Good morning, good morning Randi.
This is certainly getting a lot of attention; Nancy Pelosi now calling the agency a disgrace. Do you think that that Secret Service director Mark Sullivan has done enough to clean this up?
CUMMINGS: I think that he is doing enough. I think he acted decisively. He got folks out of Colombia the moment he found out about this. He stripped them of their -- their security clearance and he suspended them. And then and they've taken action. Already six have left the service one way or another.
KAYE: You've also said that you think the Secret Service is actually harder on itself than Congress would be. Do you think that hearings would be a waste of time?
CUMMINGS: No I don't necessarily think it would be a waste of time, but I do believe -- I mean, I'm briefed daily by Sullivan. And I can tell you that and I'm very familiar with the Secret Service. They are -- they are very strict on themselves. And you know, we've got -- I think basically what we had here, we had a few bad apples but, I mean, this does not speak for the thousands of Secret Servicemen and women who literally put their lives on the line every day.
And I -- but again, I think the -- I think they are doing a very good job. We're going wait and see. We're going to allow them to do -- to their job, use their investigative skills. They have been moving rapidly.
And again, I -- the main thing that I'm -- I always have been concerned about is that they -- that we -- that in the process of doing what they are doing, that nobody gets the idea that this elite force is in any way weak. And I -- and I have seen nothing to indicate that. And -- and I believe that they are at their very best right now.
As a matter of fact I think they will come out of this probably better than they were before. Not that they were not already excellent, but I don't think -- I think they are actually will be better.
KAYE: And how so? Because of the investigation?
CUMMINGS: Because of the -- I think basically what's happening with the Secret Service is that they are looking at doing a very clear and transparent look at themselves. And again, these -- this situation does concern us but again, I think that they are weeding out the bad apples. And I think that -- and I don't think that there are that many, by the way. But I also think that they know that they can perhaps do even better than what they have been doing.
In my conversations with the director, he's made it clear that he would leave no stone unturned. That he would look at this thing up and down. He looked at -- he's looking at every single person that had anything to do with this trip. That's why the most latest person and by the way, the new 12th person that they just found out about was the result of that expanded investigation.
And so I -- I have full confidence in them. And I think that, again, Chairman Issa -- my committee and I -- we are waiting for answers to ten questions that we've asked them. We should have those answers on May 1st.
And going back to your other question, if we deem it necessary after that to hold hearings, we will do that. But right now, I have confidence that they are going to address this issue.
KAYE: Of course it's hard to believe though that this was an isolated incident given that many of those who were involved in the Colombia incident were veterans of the service, right?
CUMMINGS: Yes, you know I have -- I have those concerns myself. I -- you know as a matter of fact I asked the -- the director about that. And he does not believe that there's a culture. But again, you know, we're going to have to wait and see. I mean, people are making all kinds of speculation. But I can tell -- I can tell you, the Secret Service I know is -- is an organization that would not tolerate that.
And so you know, I'm -- I want to see how it happened. We've asked the right questions. He has written us as late as last night -- Chairman Issa and I -- and told us that he will have thorough answers to us with regard to this entire episode by the end of the day on May 1st.
And once we get those answers, Randi, we'll go from there. But again we're going to hold them to a high standard, but I believe that they are holding themselves to a high standard.
KAYE: Do you think sir that there has been extra pressure on the Secret Service given who the President is?
CUMMINGS: I think that there probably has been some extra pressure. You got to -- you have to keep in mind, one of the things that we -- we've noticed early on in this president's tenure, he had people walking around him in some of these states with guns strapped to their sides. I mean, that -- that gives you concern.
And then you know the climate in our country with the kind of rhetoric that has been going back and forth, you know, that -- that does not help matters. But again, the Secret Service of course not only has addressed the President they have to guard the vice president, they have to guard Governor Romney and the various candidates and executives.
So they've got a major job. And the thing that we keep in mind on our committee is that we realize that they are guarding the leader of the free world. Their number one responsibility is making sure that he is protected and all the others are protected.
And so we want to make sure we get it right too as a congress. And so we are allowing them to go forth, we're looking over their shoulder. We're going to get answers. And I think, in the end, this will be a stronger Secret Service.
KAYE: Well Congressman, I look forward to talking with you after you get those answers on or before May 1st. We'll have you back.
CUMMINGS: All right, all right, I look forward to it.
KAYE: Thank you very much. Have a good day.
CUMMINGS: Thank you.
KAYE: And we'll talk much more about the culture of the Secret Service just a little bit later on. Next hour I'll talk with a veteran agent who was on the car when John F. Kennedy was shot.
And in our 10:00 hour the Secret Services first female supervisor Barbara Riggs.
Now it's the Hercules of aircraft. The C-5 Galaxy is one of the largest planes in the world and the largest air lifter in the U.S. Air Force. It can carry a fully equipped military unit anywhere in the world.
Our Reynolds Wolf tours this amazing jet for this week's "Travel Insider".
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WOLF: I'm coming from Robin's Air Force Base. I want to take a moment to show you something incredible. Here is the C-5; it's America's largest military aircraft.
Now right behind me you see the ladder it goes up seven steps all the way into the aircraft. The flight deck on the top, three stories off the ground. Inside, it is just amazing. I mean take a look at how big this thing is. This plane is so huge, it can actually transport another plane inside of it or tanks or Humvees. To give you more of an idea in a civilian way, it's about two-thirds the length of a football field.
Believe it or not, there's more than one floor. On this deck, you've got plenty of room. This place, this area could be outfitted with plenty of chairs to seat 75 service members.
No surprise at all that even the flight deck is tremendous. In fact you could sit six people here very comfortably including Capt. Ryan White, who happens to work on this aircraft. Can you give us a few pointers of some amazing facts of this plane?
CAPT RYAN WHITE, U.S. AIR FORCE: Well just due to the sheer size like you said it has over 100 miles of wiring throughout the aircraft. And then, also, fun fact about the aircraft is that you can fly those Wright Brother's first flyer flight within the cargo bay itself.
WOLF: Well, I hope you enjoyed that quick tour of an amazing aircraft the C-5.
Reynolds Wolf, CNN, Robin's Air Force Base.
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KAYE: Welcome back.
Time to check out some of this week's story that really caught my eye; really caught Reynold's eye -- a little R & R.
WOLF: Yes. Yes.
KAYE: A little time for R & R. So we have a few favorites. I know you like this penguin.
WOLF: It is disturbing but it is fun. Let's be honest because it's a compelling thing. You can't look away from it. It's very true.
KAYE: A painting penguin. Right, the name is McKenna.
WOLF: Yes.
KAYE: It's an African penguin in Idaho.
WOLF: Well see stop there, that's interesting enough, "an African penguin in Idaho".
KAYE: Well apparently she enjoys a morning swim, long walks through the zoo and painting. And she's pretty darn good at it. We have actually some video of her making art. She raises money for an Idaho zoological society. Should I stop?
WOLF: No, no. That doesn't look like art, it looks like a crime scene. Look at it. It looks like you ought to have CSI in there with some crime scene tape. It looks like --
KAYE: Look at -- she goes back, and she realized that oh I need more paint. She goes back steps in it and then walks back. I mean, she know what is she's doing.
WOLF: Does she ever step in it. That's for sure. She's cute, though. You have to like that.
KAYE: A little penguin Picasso.
WOLF: Penguin -- alliteration, that's very good. Absolutely. KAYE: OK, you want to take us to the next one?
WOLF: Let's go to Las Vegas. I mean after seeing the painting penguin, why not? Las Vegas is known for its big parties and of course its heavy drinking made famous recently by films like Warner Brothers "The Hangover". Yes, you remember that movie. I'm sure you do. Some of you have lived it haven't you?
KAYE: Oh yes. Well now apparently one Las Vegas based anesthesiologist says that he has a cure for the real hangover. His company HangoverHeaven.com -- yes it's really called that -- they have this fleet of tour buses, you see one right there. They roll up and down the Las Vegas Strip, they offer IV treatments that will rid your body of all those toxins, all that bad stuff that gives you the hangover.
WOLF: You know it is a good idea. I mean, you think about one of the reasons why people suffer from hangovers is because the lack of water which kind of dries you out a little bit. This brings the fluids back in. But $90 to $100, $150 a pop -- is that worth it?
KAYE: Yes, I mean, why not drink, you know, six glasses of water, right?
WOLF: Yes that's a good idea.
KAYE: I don't know maybe it's just me.
WOLF: And what is that -- what did they say that if -- if you are really in bad shape, they will actually go up to your hotel room for what $500?
KAYE: What a deal.
WOLF: Yes, I guess so. Yes.
KAYE: Maybe you shouldn't get the hangover in the first place.
WOLF: Maybe so.
KAYE: But it is Vegas, right?
WOLF: Exactly.
KAYE: OK. Here is our next one. This is a sort of a bittersweet story, of course. The retired space shuttle "Discovery" took off Tuesday morning for its final flight, but not to space, right. You want to check it out?
We have any video of that, we're not going to show any -- oh, OK well, we liked it.
WOLF: Imagine -- imagine -- yes.
KAYE: It's on CNN.com. You can go take a look. WOLF: But it has been a big topic that a lot of people have been chatting about seeing the space shuttle moving to these museums. There you go --
KAYE: Yes. There we go.
WOLF: Mixed emotions for a lot of people as you were talking about.
I don't like it. I mean I know we are not supposed to express an opinion but it's so much more fun watching these things launch.
KAYE: Yes, of course, it is.
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KAYE: It's going to be on display --
WOLF: That's true.
KAYE: So you can see it at the Smithsonian. First took off in 1984. Wow.
WOLF: Unbelievable.
KAYE: Yes.
WOLF: Beautiful, beautiful piece of technology and pioneering spirits. It's a great symbol that -- awesome to see.
KAYE: So we wanted to share that with you.
All right. That was fun.
WOLF: From penguins to going up in space to hangovers. How will we ever recover?
KAYE: I'm exhausted.
WOLF: How will we ever recover? I know, exactly.
KAYE: I can get you an IV. That might help.
WOLF: I have it set up in the other office.
KAYE: I'm sure you do.
WOLF: Yes, I do.
KAYE: All right Reynolds. I'll check back in with you in a little bit.
WOLF: You bet.
KAYE: Up next, we've got some sound financial advice and we'll clue you in on how to scout out some good deals. Financial expert Clyde Anderson will be our guide next. You are watching CNN SATURDAY MORNING where news doesn't take the weekend off.
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KAYE: We are rocking out this morning here on CNN SATURDAY MORNING trying to wake you all up if you are not already awake. Glad you are with us. It is about ten minutes or so before the hour. And welcome back to CNN SATURDAY MORNING.
These days, who doesn't want to save some money, right? So chances are you have used one of those online coupon sites popping up in recent months. One of the ones now that really stands out is called ScoutMob. Our financial analyst, Clyde Anderson takes us on tour.
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CLYDE ANDERSON, FINANCIAL ANALYST: We are here at the ScoutMob headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. And as soon as you hit the door, you can tell that this is not your average workplace.
In an ever-changing landscape of mobile technology, ScoutMob has taken the whole concept of deals online and making it accessible to you right here on your mobile phone.
MICHAEL TAVANI, SCOUTMOB CO-FOUNDER: We wanted to sway consumers at the point of decision so. You know, right when they pull out their phone and they're going to lunch, where am I going to go. We want to sway them just a little in one direction versus another.
ANDERSON: They can be restaurants, boutiques, spas, all types of local eateries. And the best thing about it all is it's free.
TAVANI: We kind of flipped this whole model on its head. And we, the consumer actually doesn't pay us anything. We charge the merchant which is the local business for driving that consumer in.
ANDERSON: This local Atlanta company started very small with just two employees. And now over the last three years they have expanded to over 50 employees in over 13 cities and seven more to come.
If you want to find out more about ScoutMob, you can go to scoutmob.com or even download it on your Smartphone and get the deals right away.
Now, back to you, Randi.
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KAYE: And many thanks, Clyde.
Well, he's not out of jail yet, but George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon Martin could be released today.
Plus, inside the Secret Service; I'll talk live with former agent Clint Hill. He was there during the Kennedy years and still carries those memories close to his heart. Find out what he thinks about the current scandal in our 9:00 Eastern hour.
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KAYE: Well, he's not out of jail, yet. But George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon Martin, could be released today. A judge granted him a $150,000 bond shortly after he took the stand and apologized to Martin's parents.
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GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, CHARGED WITH TRAYVON MARTIN'S MURDER: 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.
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KAYE: When he's released from jail, Zimmerman will have to wear a monitoring device and check in with authorities every three days.
Criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Holly Hughes, joining me now to discuss this. Good morning to you.
HOLLY HUGHES, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Good morning.
KAYE: Did the decision to grant him bond surprise you at all?
HUGHES: No. Because what we have to remember, as much as this case has hit hard at the American people, the judge isn't looking at the emotion of it. He's looking at the charge. And what we have is a second degree murder charge.
So the bail is basically set according to what the state has charged him with, not necessarily the facts and circumstances of this individual case.
KAYE: And the family only has to actually come up with about 10 percent, right, of the bond?
HUGHES: Right. But it's not quite as easy as it sounds because it's 10 percent of the bond but then there's going to be fees and surcharges. So even though we look at that number of $150,000 and we think $15,000 is going to get him out. It's really not that simple; it's probably going to be closer to 20 or 25.
And that's not to say that's any salve to the wounds that I'm sure Trayvon's parents --
KAYE: Right.
HUGHES: -- are feeling right now. I'm not saying, it's only $25,000 -- nothing like that.
But it's going to be higher than a lot of people think. They think that round number, $15,000 -- add on fines, surcharges, it will be a little bit more than that.
KAYE: And in terms of why the defense would want to take him out of jail, not only maybe because it would be more comfortable for him --
HUGHES: Right.
KAYE: -- but also would they take him to the scene and walk through what happened?
HUGHES: Eventually, they will do that, yes. I have seen this attorney in action, Mark O'Mara and he is really fantastic. And so I have no doubt he is going to put this investigation through all the paces and through the steps.
And the other thing you want to consider is when you have a client who is bondable, you might get him out so that you can have him come to your office and you can sit there and you can talk to him without having to go through, you know, you are waiting an hour at the jail for them to be able to bring him to a room where you can visit him.
KAYE: Right.
HUGHES: So it will be very, very helpful to the attorney to have access to his client whenever he needs him. And eventually yes, I have no doubt that Attorney O'Mara will get him out to the scene, walk him through it. But I expect that none of us will know about it.
This guy's very careful. It's going to be in the dark when no one is looking.
KAYE: Right. I'm sure. I want to get your reaction to Zimmerman asking to meet with Martin's family and then apologizing, of course, to them in court. Martin's family attorney, Natalie Jackson, said that it was a "self-serving apology". She called it, quote, "most disingenuous, insulting thing I've ever seen". What do you make of it?
HUGHES: Well, it's hard to know what is in another person's mind. I've never met George Zimmerman and I don't believe any of those folks had until the day that he became a news story, the day that he shot Trayvon Martin down on the street. So I can't speak to whether or not he's genuine.
But I would think that when you kill anybody, whether you truly feel you are defending yourself or not, of course that affects you. Of course, you do feel sorry. So yes, I'm sure that in his heart and in his mind he is sorry.
But the fact remains you can do something that is horribly illegal. You can, you can commit second degree murder. You can commit manslaughter and be very sorry about it after the fact. So I completely understand where the attorney for the Martin family is coming from because, you know, he's not going to go in open court and go, "I had to do it".
Of course he's going to apologize. And so can that be seen as a legal maneuver as opposed to a sincere regret?
KAYE: Right. Well, the timing of it. HUGHES: Sure. Absolutely. So I see both sides there.
KAYE: It's a difficult case really for all involved.
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HUGHES: Absolutely.
KAYE: All right Holly Hughes. Nice to see you. Thank you.
HUGHES: Thanks. You as well.
KAYE: His sudden disappearance helped launch the Missing Children's Movement in this country. 33 years later the search Etan Patz resumes. FBI investigators back on the scene this morning digging for clues.
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KAYE: "Your Bottom Line" coming up in just about 30 minutes. Christine Romans has a preview for us. Hi Christine.
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN HOST, "YOUR BOTTOM LINE": Hi Randi. Well, the numbers say we've gone from recession to recovery; just don't tell that to the people put in charge of educating our kids. We'll take a look at the politics of education reform.
And hundreds of thousands of women are dropping out of the work force. For some it's a choice to raise their children. But increasingly it's because they can't afford to work. I'm going to look at one mother's story.
And my conversation with Gloria Steinem on if there's really a war on women. That's all coming up at 9:30 a.m. Eastern -- Randi.
