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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Dies; Overhauling Immigration; Greece at Critical Juncture; Pivotal Choice for Egypt; Chilling Testimony in Sandusky Trial

Aired June 16, 2012 - 07:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): From CNN world headquarters in Atlanta, this is CNN SATURDAY MORNING.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: They are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one.

KAYE: It's a dream come true for more than 1 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Supporters hailed the dramatic shift in immigration policy and the humanitarian moment in history. But critics call the move outrageous, even arrogant. We put the immigration overhaul in focus.

Plus, an international manhunt under way for this man, accused of shooting three people at a Canadian university. We'll bring you his mother's plea.

Bin Laden the vice president? Canada the 51st state? Yes. Let's say some high schoolers didn't pass this test. Comedian Bill Santiago gives his take on these American students and their bizarre answers to some pretty basic questions.

Oh, what's this about two tortoise's getting a divorce?

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KAYE: Good morning, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. It's 7:00 on the East Coast. Thanks for waking up with us.

We have breaking news to report this morning. Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz who is the brother of the Saudi king has died. Prince Nayef has recently traveled abroad for medical treatment and according to a government spokesman died outside the kingdom. He was 79 years old. The prince has served as interior minister for the Saudi government.

Under this brother, the ministry has become one of the most influential in the country. If something happened to King Abdullah, Prince Nayef would have taken over as ruler. We still don't know how he died. We'll bring you the latest as we get them here.

The future of Egypt is at stake this weekend. Millions of Egyptians are heading to the polls to pick a new president. Two days of voting is underway in the country's presidential runoff.

But some voters say it is no choice at all. They are picking between Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi and ousted member Hosni Mubarak's former right hand man, Ahmed Shafik.

Tensions are high after Egypt's highest court ordered the Islamist- dominated parliament dissolved. Many accuse Egypt's inter-military rulers of essentially carrying out a coup. We'll have more later this hour.

Hundreds of firefighters are coming from across the country to stop a wall of fire blazing across Colorado. Firefighters battling that raging fire are really hoping for some rain today. If they don't get it, they'll face another grueling day on the fire lines. The High Park Fire has incinerated 54,000 acres and it's still growing. Thousands had to evacuate. More than hundreds of homes burned and at least one person has died.

In case you missed last night's death defying moment. For the first time ever, a daredevil crossed over Niagara Falls on a tight rope. And we have the video for you. People anxiously watched Nik Wallenda walk 1,800 feet in the dark with mist and wind blowing around him. After 25 minutes, he pumped his fist in the air and sprinted to the end.

Wallenda said he was inspired by his great grandfather, one of the Flying Wallendas, who died while walking a tight rope between two buildings in 1978. He says his next goal is to walk across the Grand Canyon. Wow.

Around a million young immigrants who are in this country illegally are feeling more secure about their futures this morning after the Obama administration unveiled changes to its policy that it says are fairer and more efficient.

Now, the new rules affect those who came to the United States under the age of 16 and those who have continuously resided in this country for at least five years. They must currently be in school, have graduated from high school or be a U.S. military veteran. They cannot have been convicted on a crime and they cannot be older than 30.

Athena Jones is in Washington this morning.

Athena, good morning to you.

How is this news being received on Capitol Hill? I bet it has mixed results there.

ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. Good morning, Randi.

Well, Democrats are thrilled about this. They are applauding this. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin called this a historic humanitarian moment.

But Republicans are furious. They are saying this is an end of run around Congress and they are questioning President Obama's authority to make this move. I spoke with Texas Congressman Lamar Smith about this and he told us that he thought the American people were getting sick and tired as he put it of the president picking and choosing what laws to enforce. It's not the democratic way. Maybe you can do it in a dictatorship. You can't do it in this country.

This is a president who swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. So, that's just a sampling of the responses we are getting from Republicans, Randi.

KAYE: Can they do anything, the Republicans, from the talking about here? I mean, can they do anything to block the policy? Because it's not law, right? He can make this happen.

JONES: Well, you know, we asked Representative Smith about this. He could try to use the power of the purse. Withhold appropriations, funds, any money that might go to implementing this program. He also said they could bring a resolution in Congress disagreeing with the president or they could file a lawsuit and try to take President Obama to court for failing to uphold the law.

But also h acknowledged ultimately, this is all going to play out in the court of public opinion. As I just noted, he thinks the American people are tired of this kind of thing -- Randi.

KAYE: We have been hearing a lot about this. Some are arguing this short term measure will make it harder to pass a more permanent DREAM Act or sorts, or immigration legislation. We heard Senator Marco Rubio say that. We even heard Mitt Romney say that.

So, is there any truth to that?

JONES: Well, it's an interesting point. The real issue is that it's unclear. It's an open question. A lot if it's going to depend on what happens in November. Many people in Congress and poem who watch congress acknowledge there's not a lot that was likely to happen on the DREAM Act or any other kind of comprehensive immigration overhaul.

So, it really remains to be seen what happens. I should note that the Democrats, some of the Democrats said this is a great step forward. But we still need to push for a long term permanent measure -- Randi.

KAYE: All right. Athena Jones, thank you very much for your reporting this morning.

And the man who wants to replace President Obama weighed in on the decision that he says may be influenced by the White House's political hopes. Listen.

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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I can tell you that I think it's unfortunate this sort of thing comes up four and a half months before the election. The president has been in office three and a half years. He had both houses of Congress, did nothing the first two years with them. Of course this comes up at a time when -- it's a temporary measure. We need something that is long term so people can understand what the future will be for them.

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KAYE: Mitt Romney isn't the only one who opposes the new policy. I'll be talking to one expert who says the president overstepped his bounds. But I'll also ask him what he think should be done instead.

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KAYE: In a top story that we are putting in focus this morning, the Obama administration announce that it will stop deporting young illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, but only if they meet certain requirements like living in the U.S. for at least five years and not having felonies on record. This move is expected to affect more than 1 million people.

Phil Kent, executive director of American Immigration Control Foundation, is joining me now to talk about this.

Good morning to you.

PHIL KENT, AMERICAN IMMIGRATION CONTROL FOUNDATION: Hi. Randi.

KAYE: Tell me what you make of this policy change -- this enormous shift, by the way.

KENT: It is an enormous shift. In fact, I think it's a usurpation of the role of Congress. This is an area when talking amnesty of illegal immigrants, where whether you agree or not, this ought to be done by the legislative branch -- again, an overreach.

KAYE: So, do you think it's violating the Constitution?

KENT: I do think it's an unconstitutional usurpation and yes, it's lawsuit time.

KAYE: Oh, boy. Lawsuit time. Just what we need, more of those in Washington, right?

KENT: Right.

KAYE: So, but do you agree, even if you don't agree with how it's done, do you agree that changes do need to be made?

KENT: Well, I think everyone is in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. I think everyone from the right, to the left, in the middle, agrees that the immigration system has been broken and the federal government under various administrations have not secured the border. If we secured the border, none of -- we wouldn't be talking about the problem.

KAYE: Let me share what Senator Dick Durbin said. He said this, "The decision to extend temporary legal status to DREAM Act students is a historic humanitarian moment. This actually will give these young immigrants their chance to come of the shadows, and be part of the only country that they've ever called home." So, if this isn't the way to do it, what should be done with the illegal immigrants? I mean, should they be sent back to their country?

KENT: Well, we have to demagnetize the magnets that bring illegal immigrants and their families here. We have to tighten up employer sanctions, as the Obama administration is doing. We have to do E- verify as many states and the national government is trying to do.

We have to ban illegals from colleges. We have to make sure that American workers are protected first.

This order by President Obama Friday is a stab in the back to the American worker, especially at a time of high unemployment. We've got more people now in the work force.

We have to have something done for these young people, these students, especially. We sympathize with them. We cannot do this. This actually makes the problem worse, what the president did.

KAYE: Well, according to Janet Napolitano, they are not getting any benefits or any help while they're here. They're just going to be allowed to stay. They came here, you know, they didn't know they were doing anything wrong when they came over here in many cases. You still think they should go back?

KENT: What we're going to have to do is have some sort of program. I think we do agree on this where I think if they are students and most of them are students, you have to give them a student visa, but then go back to their country of origin and reapply, along with those folks who play by the rules and who legally come to America and want to be permanent residents.

We have just now willy-nilly given 800,000 to about a million people work permits and we still have broken the rules here.

KAYE: So, you think it's going to make the immigration problem worse?

KENT: It is. Here's what's going to happen and you know this. You cover this all the time. There's going to be more protests that these people don't have the rights of citizens or permanent residents. There's taxation without representation. They are going to demanding citizenship. They'll be more tensions and more protests now.

KAYE: The president is being criticized for being soft on immigration with this move. But if you look at his record, he has increased deportation of illegal immigrants. Last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs removed about 400,000, 396,000 illegal immigrants. That is the largest number ever.

So, is it fair to accuse the president of being soft on immigration?

KENT: Well, it is because that was then and this is now. Over the last year, with the --

KAYE: None of that matters? KENT: It really doesn't. There's a catch and release program on the border now. So he was doing good the first two years. And now, it's just -- it's open season. It's open borders.

KAYE: Homeland Security secretary, she says the shift is well in the framework of existing laws. Do you agree?

KENT: No, I don't agree.

KAYE: I knew the answer to that.

KENT: You knew the answer to that, and a lot of members of Congress don't agree. And as I say, that's going to be the issue. I think that's actually hurting President Barack Obama with independent voters. And, you know, with folks who have come here legally and played by the rules, I think they are most angry by this.

KAYE: Let me ask you quickly what should happen to their parents, because these kids in a way are going to be outing their parents by coming forward. And Janet Napolitano says, we are not going after their parents. That's not part of the deal.

KENT: Well, again, the undermining of the rule of law. I think the parents and I think there ought to be a huge educational campaign here, the parents need to get their paperwork in order, go back to the consulates -- their country of origin and help their children. They have done such a horrible betrayal of their children. It's terrible.

KAYE: All right. Phil Kent, appreciate your time and your opinion on that. Thank you very much.

KENT: Thank you, Randi.

KAYE: A lot of opinions to go around on this one. That's for sure.

KENT: Appreciate it.

KAYE: Thank you.

All right. Make sure that you stay with us because at 8:15, we'll hear a perspective from another side of the issue. I'll talk with the woman who "TIME" magazine named one of the world's most influential people and she also happens to be an undocumented immigrant.

It is a subject we hear about on the news. But when a fifth grader in New York tried to give a speech about same-sex marriage, the principal pulled the plug, said no way. We'll tell you how the two sides compromised.

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OBAMA: Americans may be still evolving when it comes to marriage equality, but --

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OBAMA: But, as I have indicated, Michelle and I have made up our minds on this issue.

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KAYE: That is the president at a gay pride event at the White House yesterday. Mr. Obama invited gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender guests to an East Room reception. He told them they have a friend and in his words, a fellow advocate, as long as he is president.

Obama pointed to the repeal of the military ban on gays, serving openly in uniform as one example of progress.

Taking a look at stories across country. We begin in New York where a fifth grader tried to talk about same-sex marriage at an elementary school speech contest. But the principal wouldn't let Kameron Slade do it, calling the subject inappropriate for younger children who would be listening.

Kameron was disappointed, of course. A city councilman said the school also managed to teach a lesson in hate.

Finally, a compromise. He'll be able to give the speech Monday, just to the fifth graders.

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KAMERON SLIDE, FIFTH GRADER: The original message was that no matter what orientation you are, you should be treated the same way as a straight person. I thought my speech, my original speech was really going to win. I was confident in it.

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KAYE: You go, Kameron.

All right. Look at this rescue video in Chicago. The guy in the kayak, just 17 years old, is holding a man's head out of the water. Witnesses say the man apparently suffered a seizure and fell into the Chicago River. A police boat arrived and pulled him out. He's in the hospital where he's listed in critical condition.

In Los Angeles, look at this mayhem. A preschool graduation ceremony gets more than a little out of hand. It's caught on camera.

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KAYE: The fight broke out among a group of mothers because there weren't enough caps and gowns. Kids had to take turns as parents took pictures. You can see how well it worked out.

First the yelling, then the punches thrown. Fine lesson for kids, don't you think?

No charges were filed. The economic crisis in Greeks hitting home for Americans. We'll explain how and what this weekend's election means for you at home.

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KAYE: From Greece's Eurozone vote to JPMorgan Chase's $7 billion loss, to the latest numbers on Wall Street -- there's been a lot of business news this week. But how does it all affect your bottom line and your wallet?

Hank McLarty is back with us this morning to help sort it all out.

Good morning.

HANK MCLARTY, FINANCIAL ANALYST: Good morning.

KAYE: Let's talk about this. Let's start with Greece. On Sunday, tomorrow, they could be the first country ever dropped from the Eurozone.

MCLARTY: That's right.

KAYE: Who is it good for and who is it bad for?

MCLARTY: Well, it's a stretch to try to make something good out of this. But the bottom line is Greece needs a bailout. And so, there's one good thing that could come from it. If they stay in the Eurozone and they get the bailout, then they are going to have difficult austerity measures placed on the country so.

If they are given money, and the people that loaned them the money are going to expect very tight spending controls. So, if they leave the euro, they won't have to deal with the austerity measures. That's about the only positive I can find from it.

The negative would also or the bad would also be for Greece, because they have been using the euro, the common currency amongst the E.U. And if they leave the European Union, then they'll have to go back to their former currency, the drachma. There's nobody on earth that's going to have confidence in that currency because Greece's economy is in such in shambles.

KAYE: Yes.

MCLARTY: So, that currency will drop dramatically in value and just create more chaos within the Greece economy.

KAYE: Is there any good for us at home or all bad?

MCLARTY: The negative headlines out of Greece may stop, as it relates to the banking system in Europe. So, that's really the only positive I can think of that would come from it.

KAYE: Let's turn to JPMorgan Chase. The company's chief executive Jamie Dimon testifying this week on Capitol Hill after losing billions, as we said. We've heard the term the Volcker Rule. We've hear that a lot.

But for the folks at home who aren't as familiar with it as you might be -- in simple terms, explain what it is and why it matters.

MCLARTY: OK. There's a very large legislative package that are supposed to go into effect next month called the Dodd-Frank bill. And that's to govern all the financial institutions, to hopefully avoid some of the issues that happened with financial institutions in '08 and '09. The Volcker Rule as a subset of this legislation that prevents financial institutions from trading what we call proprietary funds.

And this is depositors' deposits that are in the banks. The banks have basically had latitude to trade this money and take risk to try to increase their revenues. The Volcker Rule is going to put a stop to that.

KAYE: So, who's it good for, who's it bad for?

MCLARTY: It's good for bank customers. It's good for the consumer. It's good for the economy, because theoretically, these measures are going to protect us from a downfall like what we have in '08 which came from mishandling trades, taking too much risk with this money.

Who is it good for? Or I'm sorry, who is it bad for? It's bad for the banks because they draw a lot of revenue from this. And so, now, they have to generate revenue in other areas, which could also be bad for the bank customers if they start raising fees and other areas of the banks to make up for this lost revenue.

KAYE: We are still talking about Facebook.

MCLARTY: Yes.

KAYE: The never ending saga.

We just learned that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission really probed Facebook before they went public. What do you know about what they were looking for?

MCLARTY: Well, it's a matter of disclosure because Facebook was making a lot revenue and a lot of income prior to this IPO. But the primary place they're making these revenue is through advertising. They are able to advertise on desktop, but not mobile. So, when a user pulls up Facebook on their phone, they don't see advertising on there. And the usage of Facebook is gravitating dramatically much more towards the mobile phone.

So, was the investing public really aware that the revenue stream they've been getting is now declining because they haven't figure out a way to advertise with the mobile phones?

KAYE: So, good for, bad for on that one?

MCLARTY: OK. Good for.

KAYE: Not good for the investors.

MCLARTY: Yes. Well, this actually, it could be good for some of the investors because there's thousands of them out there that are now filing lawsuits against Facebook. Everybody that bought that stock on the IPO has lost money. So, there are literally thousands of people out there pooling together their resources to file lawsuits against them.

So, this is one more headline that they can use as fuel to the fire. The bad would be obviously for Facebook because every aspect of this IPO has been mishandled, it's gotten bad press from day one, and this is one more example of this IPO handled poorly.

KAYE: All right. Hank McLarty, thank you.

MCLARTY: Thank you for having me.

KAYE: Nice to see you.

MCLARTY: Yes.

KAYE: One Egyptian voter doesn't want Egypt to become another Iran. Egypt's first free presidential election is under way. But will the country's powerful military give up power? We've got a live report from Cairo for you, next.

And file this under "what were you thinking". A high school teacher fired for showing student's video of an alleged murder.

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KAYE: Good morning, everyone. It's half past the hour. I'm Randi Kaye. Thanks for starting your day with us.

More than a year after the Arab spring revolution Hosni Mubarak from power, Egypt's first free election is underway. Millions of voters are expected to head to the polls today and tomorrow. But tensions remain high by what many are saying was a power grab by Egypt's still fearsome military.

CNN's Ben Wedeman is joining us now from Cairo.

Ben, what are you seeing there this morning? I mean, how big of turnout has there been so far in terms of voters?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Randi, given what we have seen so far, the turnout is fairly impressive. We are in one room where men are voting. And there are lots of people outside.

One of the problems today, of course, is that it is very hot. People are becoming impatient.

But, certainly, the turnout is good. In the first round of presidential elections, turnout was about 46 percent, which was lower than the prior election. What we have seen so far is that people are coming out despite the heat and despite the wait. One woman told me she's ready to wait all day long to get her chance to vote because unlike the first round of the presidential elections, this is it. This is where people are going to decide who the next president of Egypt will be.

There are lots of uncertainties. The parliament has been dissolved. And because Egypt doesn't have a constitution, nobody knows what powers the president will have.

But nonetheless, people seem to be taking it very seriously so far -- Randi.

KAYE: They certainly are. And, Ben, these are incredible pictures as you are inside the voting room to see the men coming and casting their votes along with you standing there.

How critical would you say this election is for Egypt's democratic future? I mean, as you said, parliament has been dissolved. So, can there be real change?

WEDEMAN: Well, I think it's important to keep in mind the change that happened so far. Egypt has had one referendum, parliamentary elections. Parliament has been dissolved, now presidential elections. There's still a lot of disagreement. There's a lot of -- there are a lot of street protests.

But fundamentally, the mindset changed. I spent many years covering Egypt under Hosni Mubarak. Politics -- people just didn't care about (AUDIO BREAK) because they knew that elections didn't matter.

As you can see here from the noisy room, people take this election extremely seriously. If nothing more than that, that represents a huge change for Egypt.

The Arab Spring was not going to be over in a month or two months. This is going to take years. It will take decades. But, as we see, this man casting his ballot, he takes it quite seriously.

KAYE: And speaking of the Arab Spring -- I mean, is this what those who were so involved and so passionate about that, is this what they envisioned? Because when you look at who the candidates are, we have a former top military official for Hosni Mubarak, an Islamist Muslim brotherhood candidate as well. So, I mean, we understand that one voter says he doesn't want Egypt to become another Iran. So, is this what the Arab Spring participants really imagined?

WEDEMAN: Well, certainly the young revolutionaries who you saw for 18 days in Tahrir Square, for them, this election is some of a disappointment -- a choice between the old regime and the Muslim Brotherhood, it's what the choice has been the last 80 years in Egypt.

But what people are saying is, look, say we elect somebody. We don't like them. In four years (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE).

Anyway, sorry, just trying to help here. They say, after years, if we don't like them, we'll vote them out. And that's how the process will work. They have a clear idea, that unlike Mubarak who was president for 30 years, the next president of Egypt may simply be president for only four years whether he's from the Muslim Brotherhood or the old regime.

Four years from now, they can elect somebody different. That's what makes -- that's really the change.

KAYE: Yes. All right. Ben Wedeman, we are going to let you get out of there before they start handing their ballots to you. But thank you for bringing those amazing pictures inside as they are voting. Ben Wedeman for us -- thank you so much.

An international manhunt is under way for a triple murder suspect. Police say a 21-year-old Brandon Baumgartner killed three security guards and left another in critical condition during a robbery attempt at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

And now, the mother of the man is pleading for him to surrender. Quote, "Please Travis, I love you and I'm pleading with you to end with all my heart to end this without further bloodshed. As your mother, I promise to you now that I will be there by your side to support you."

We are following the story closely and will bring more on the hunt throughout the morning.

A high school teacher fired for -- get this -- showing students video of an alleged murder. He says he did it because his students asked him to. "The Globe and Mail" reporting a tenth grade civics class in Montreal was discussing the infamous Magnotta case you might have heard of, so called Luca Magnotta is accused of killing and dismembering Jun Lin, the man that you see here. Montreal will also hold a vigil this for the 33-year-old victim. Well, Jun was a student at Montreal's Concordia University.

A Democratic lawmaker is punished after she used the word vagina in a speech, all because some Republicans said it wasn't mature.

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KAYE: Democratic lawmakers in Michigan are being punished after using words like vagina and vasectomy on the House floor. GOP lawmakers say it wasn't mature. But not necessarily because they used those words.

Here's CNN's Mary Snow.

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MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Republicans in Michigan are calling this a temper tantrum.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The question before the House Senate on the adoption of amendment (INAUDIBLE). Members may vote at their desk. The amendment is not adopted. Are there further amendments?

SNOW: She was drowned out, but vasectomy was the last word she said. She was pushing for an amendment to regulate vasectomies as part of her opposition to a bill restricting abortions.

Lisa Brown, another Democrat, was barred from speaking after saying this.

STATE REP. LISA BROWN, (D) MICHIGAN: And finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but no means no.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Members, I do ask that you respect the decorum of the House.

SNOW: Brown also made references to her Jewish religion.

BROWN: The state of pregnancy does not matter. Wherever there is a question of the life of the mother or death of the unborn child, Jewish law rules in favor of preserving the life of the mother.

SNOW: The Democratic lawmaker says she still hasn't been told by the Republican leadership why she couldn't speak on the House floor Thursday.

BROWN: I've been making guesses. I didn't know if it was my, you know, references to my religious beliefs. I didn't know if it was using the word vagina. I just -- without telling me anything, I'm only left to guess.

SNOW: The Republican leadership says religion was not the reason, that the ban is about keeping decorum.

STATE REP. LISA POSTHUMUS LYONS, (R) MICHIGAN: This is not about women. This is not about policy. This is not about the use of two anatomically and medically correct terms. This is about acting professional in the House floor. And this is about making sure that we maintain a level of decorum.

SNOW: Republican Representative Lisa Lyons says she took offense to using the phrase no means no. And this is how she interpreted it.

LYONS: As she finished her statement, compared support of the bill to rape. And that is when she was gaveled down, and that is what our floor leader and speaker pro tem objected to.

BROWN: I think that they're looking for an excuse to punish me when I didn't do anything wrong. To me, this is a war on women. It's silencing our voices and saying we want control of our bodies.

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KAYE: That was Mary Snow reporting.

And, by the way, Lisa Brown says she's received a wave of support since the controversy started and that campaign donations are rolling in.

Call it a rap sheet for the record books. You'll never guess how many times this man has ended up in handcuffs.

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JAY LENO, "THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO": Happy Fathers Day, everybody, which is of course, this Sunday. If you haven't bought a Father's Day present yet, you run out of time. You got to have a bottle of your dad's favorite booze, thrown at them by Chris Brown and Drake. So, they'll do that for you.

Do you know about this? The NYPD is looking to a bloody bar fight between the two rappers. Several people sent to the emergency room. Brown learned an important lesson from the brawl. Men actually fight back.

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KAYE: That's Jay Leno referring to the quote brutal attack on rapper Chris Brown and his friends at a New York nightclub on Thursday. And, by the way, Drake spokesman denied the singer was involved in the attack.

A simple test of knowledge, at least it should have been easy for a group of high schoolers in Washington state. OK. So, most of them got the answers right. We should say. But the wrong answers turned into a viral video with more a million hits.

So, let's bring in "Washington Post" blogger and comedian Bill Santiago to talk about this and so much more.

Bill, good morning to you.

BILL SANTIAGO, COMEDIAN: Good morning to you.

KAYE: Let's listen to a bit of video, and then I want to ask you about it.

SANTIAGO: All right. Let's listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know the vice president of the United States?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Definitely not.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: George Bush.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: George Bush is the vice president?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The bald guy. He was going to run. Clinton, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Clinton, the vice president. Bill Clinton?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Correcto.

Sarah Palin?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't think it's right. I don't know who it is. It's somebody. Bin Laden.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Joe Biden.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joe Biden.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Joe Biden. Is that right? Joe Biden?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There you go.

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KAYE: Unbelievable. I mean, Bin laden, Joe Biden. Who is the vice president? Can you believe this?

SANTIAGO: Oh, it's amazingly sad. But I'll tell you something, I don't think that video is very representative. I deal with a lot of high school kids and college kids and they are much dumber than that actually.

I'm talking fence post with acne. It's unbelievable. We need to go into a cerebral recession or a renaissance of stupidity. It is a crisis.

I'm so glad that Obama came out yesterday and said from now on, we are not deporting students based on immigration status. I think it should be based on ignorance. Every one of those kids should be deported and shipped off to a country they can name like Europe, Utah, Utopia.

KAYE: Or the moon.

SANTIAGO: Or the moon -- yes. That actually was one of the answers.

And whoever made that video blew it with the background music on this, on the sound track. They should have used Black Eyed Peas, "let's get retarded." That should be the new national anthem, especially in our current Snooki-zetgeist.

KAYE: That was really something. That's something Jay Leno used to do. It's funny he went out and made the video.

SANTIAGO: Yes, it's very entertaining.

KAYE: I don't know who to blame, the parents, teachers or kids. Somebody is not doing their job here.

SANTIAGO: Well, it's -- let me tell you -- it's either the kids that grow up into adults we deal with on a daily basis. So, it's frightening.

KAYE: That is true.

All right. Let's move on here. We have a Texas man, now you may heard about this, arrested for exposing himself to women on a jogging trail. Nothing funny about that, of course.

But the real story is that James Kiser is 28 years old. OK, he's 28. Think about the math here -- 28 and he's been arrested 41 times.

How many times behind bars is too many? I mean, 41 times and he's on the street?

SANTIAGO: It's amazing. I don't know if you read through some of the reasons he's been arrested but this guy has amazing range. I mean, what a repertoire. Forgery, burglary, theft of a corpse. He escaped from jail.

I mean, he's not a one trick perp. This guy got an -- I love the variety. And, you know, no one ever mentioned exactly why he stole the corpse. I'm interested in that. The reporter never -- did he need an extra body for the car pool lane? Why would someone do that?

KAYE: We'll get our crack research team on that one. But isn't it ridiculous that he's on the street?

SANTIAGO: Yes. I think they let him go to see what he's going to do next. He's amazingly creative. And he loves to go back in jail. I don't know why he ever escaped. He can't wait to be back behind bars.

I have a cousin like that. He's always posting his last mug shot to Facebook as hi profile pic. So, I know this kind of stuff goes on.

KAYE: Oh, boy. I thought you had a clean background. Now --

SANTIAGO: I do. Butt, you know, the family tree is very wide.

KAYE: Yes, I know.

All right. Let's talk about this. A bitter divorce going on right now in Austria. This breaks my heart. Just really breaks my heart.

It's between Bibi and Poldi. They are giant tortoises. And guess how long they have been together? Not 10 years, 25 years, but 115 years. They were cozy until recently. The female tortoise bit off a chunk of the male shell.

What do you think went wrong, I mean, 115 years together?

SANTIAGO: Yes, it's a long time. But look, marriage itself is a form of captivity. And so, they are in a zoo and they're married. That's double trouble. I'm not surprised the 115-year itch is kicking in with a vengeance here.

You know, we are putting our stuff on them. We're projecting. We are assuming they are married. I don't see a ring.

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KAYE: They have been together.

SANTIAGO: Maybe that's why she's so mad. They have been together 115 years and he's never popped the question. How long is he going to string her along?

KAYE: That could be a good point. There's no ring, there's no question -- none of that.

SANTIAGO: The rumor is they are splitting. That it is an official divorce. It's going to be pretty nasty. She's going to get both shells.

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KAYE: Maybe some of the extra treats and greens in the cage there.

SANTIAGO: I don't know what's going to triggered it. Maybe he had a fling with a 110-year-old hottie in the text cage. I mean, this kind of thing.

You shouldn't live too long if you want to live happily ever after. I think that's the lesson here.

KAYE: There are many happy couples that have been married a long time.

SANTIAGO: A hundred and fifteen years?

KAYE: All right.

SANTIAGO: I think we should adopt a new rule. From now on, it's until death do us part or 115 years, whatever comes first.

KAYE: All right. Bill, a pleasure to see you. You always make my Saturday morning fun. Thank you.

SANTIAGO: Thank you so much. We'll see you next week.

KAYE: All right. It was an unforgettable night for a young couple at the Detroit Tigers game last night. First, the Tiger's mascot gave Shawn Anderson (ph) a baseball that read, "Will you marry, Matt?" And Matt Bortz (ph) dropped to one knee.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Will you marry me?

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KAYE: That's a couple that could be married for 115 years. Yes, she said yes. They kissed. He slipped the diamond ring on her finger.

And then, just a few minutes later, a foul ball went flying toward them. Matt grabbed it. It slipped out of his finger. A man nearby gave it to them. Bortz said he had one more wish, for the Tigers to win. Unfortunately, the Colorado Rockies beat the Tigers, 12-4. (INAUDIBLE), don't you think?

Jerry Sandusky's alleged victims wept as they took the stand of his sexual abuse trial. We'll take a close look at the disturbing testimony. Will the accused former Penn State assistant football coach takes the stand in his own defense?

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KAYE: Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky are expected to present his side when the high profile trial resumes next week. The former Penn State assistant football coach accused of sexually preying on and abusing young boy.

Some of the victims took the stand this week. They broke down as they testified about what they say they endured.

CNN's Jason Carroll reports.

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JASON CAROLL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The week began with prosecutors telling the jury, Jerry Sandusky is a serial predator, sexually abused children not over days, weeks or months but years.

An 18-year-old identified in court papers as victim number one, sobbed as he testified the former Penn State assistant football coach began sexually assaulting him when he was just 10 years old. "After rubbing and cracking my back and the blowing of the stomach he -- he put -- he put his mouth on my privates."

Victim one also testified Sandusky would expect the oral sex to be reciprocated. He sat there and looked at me and said, "It's your turn."

Prosecutors say, Sandusky followed a pattern, using the charity he founded, Second Mile, to target young boys, many of them fatherless or troubled -- giving them gifts, taking them to games, then sexually assaulting them.

TOM KLINE, ATTORNEY FOR VICTIM #5: Here he was with this relationship, with this boy after boy after boy, which by any conventional evaluation of any normal adult would say, this is just so terribly odd and wrong.

CAROLL: A key witness for the prosecution, Mike McQueary, testified when he was a grad assistant back in 2001, he saw Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a Penn State shower.

He say his heard smacking sounds, skin on skin, quote, "I looked directly into the shower and again saw Coach Sandusky standing right against the back of the young boy. Coach Sandusky's arms wrapped around the boy's midsection, just as close as I think you could be."

The defense challenging his account of what he saw and when he saw it, pointing out McQueary initially said the assault happened in 2002, a year later than he now says it occurred.

The week ended as it began, with the jury hearing graphic and disturbing testimony from an 18-year-old, identified as victim number one. He says Sandusky repeatedly forced him to perform oral sex, and he says Sandusky sodomized him, quote, "He got real aggressive, and just forced he me into it and I just went with it. It was no fighting against it."

His screams for help from Sandusky's basement, he says, went unanswered.

JUSTINE ANDRONICI, ATTORNEY FOR VICTIMS #3, #7: No one sitting in that courtroom could sit there and listen to what these victims are saying and not be convinced that they're telling the truth. That is powerful testimony about deeply personal issues and none of them wanted to be here today. The jury's going see that.

CARROLL: Throughout the entire proceedings, Sandusky stared at his accusers as they testified. The question now, will he testify in his own defense?

(on camera): The commonwealth is expected to rest its case on Monday. Then the defense will have its turn. The defense likely to highlight how many accusers have hired civil attorneys hoping to convince jurors these young men are falsely accusing Sandusky in order to sue Penn State later.

Jason Carroll, CNN, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

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KAYE: A highly emotional case that we will continue to watch for you next week. Children tied up and blindfolded in a Wal-Mart. It wasn't a kidnapping. We'll explain.

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