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Partnership With Afghanistan; Puerto Rico Police Force Blasted; Kids Killed By Mystery Illness; CNN Hero Zack Hudson; U.S. Economy Creates 80,000 Jobs in June; Asian-Americans May Make a Difference on Election Day; Problems in Puerto Rico

Aired July 07, 2012 - 06:00   ET

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RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR: From CNN world headquarters in Atlanta, this is EARLY START WEEKEND.

An unannounced visit to war-torn Afghanistan and an announcement that will impact troop withdrawal. We'll have a live report.

Plus, it is like a scene from "Jaws." At least two great white's threaten the coast of Cape Code. Now the hunt is on to find them before they claim a human life.

And, blame it on the meat. At least that's what one Olympic coach is doing. Is one team's diet really behind their losses in key contests?

It is Saturday, July 7th. Good morning, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. Glad you're waking up with us.

Chances are after you turned on CNN this morning, you logged into your computer to do some surfing and maybe even check your e-mail. Well, come Monday, that may not be possible. I don't know about you, but this has a lot of folks pretty alarmed. It turns out there's a nasty virus out there and hundreds of thousands of computers are infected around the world, which means you may not have Internet access Monday morning. The FBI plans to shut down Internet servers to fix those affected by this.

Now, we're not sure how many outages we'll actually see, but the scope doesn't matter, right, if you're one of the unlucky ones. So here is my question for you this morning. What will you do without your Internet if you lose it Monday? How will you spend your time? Can you even remember what life was like without it? You can tweet me @RandiKayeCNN. I'll read your responses later in the show. And you better tweet me before your Internet connection goes down.

Now to some other news.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on her way from Afghanistan to Tokyo right now. But while in Afghanistan, she made a major announcement on future relations with that country.

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HILLARY CLINTON, SECRETARY OF STATE: I am pleased to announce today that President Obama has officially designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally to the United States. We see this as a powerful symbol of our commitment to Afghanistan's future.

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KAYE: That designation as a major non-NATO ally paves the way for the U.S. and Afghanistan to maintain a defense, an economic relationship, long after U.S. troop withdrawal. And as I said, Secretary Clinton is on her way to Tokyo. In Japan, she'll be asking international donors to pledge their support for Afghanistan.

Joining me now on the phone from Kabul, Afghanistan, is John Wendle, photographer and "Time" magazine's Afghanistan correspondent.

John, how significant is this announcement?

JOHN WENDLE, JOURNALIST (via telephone): Hi, Randi. Thanks for having me.

I think Secretary Clinton's use of the word symbol is a key word here. The enduring strategic partnership agreement was signed on May 2nd between the U.S. and Afghanistan. And the major non-NATO ally announcement was part of that.

The announcement, I think, is not so significant when it comes to the day-to-day of the war. But what I think it is doing is helping lay the fears of Afghanistan's elite that will be abandoned ahead of the 2014 withdrawal of U.S. NATO forces. And also maybe as part of an effort to push the Taliban towards the negotiating table.

But I think the main reason for the announcement right now was so that the U.S. can point to a concrete move showing its commitment ahead of the Tokyo donors conference, that you just mentioned tomorrow, as part of an effort to increase the confidence of foreign governments and thus encouraging them to pledge the billions of dollars that are needed as the U.S. and Europe draw down aid because of the financial crisis and mostly because of a true political commitment to the war in Afghanistan and the future (ph).

KAYE: Right. So what does this mean? What does this mean exactly? I mean does this mean that there could be a greater U.S. military presence there past 2014?

WENDLE: No. I don't think so. This is really less (INAUDIBLE) having U.S. troops and advisers on the ground past 2014 and really more focused on creating the mechanisms for the U.S. to be able to supply the Afghan government and military, I think. The agreement does not really sufficiently really address where the money will come from though from the Afghan side to encourage the growth of the Afghan military and help the government.

KAYE: That's "Time" magazine's John Wendle. Thank you very much, John.

And back here in the U.S. to a series of killings in Ohio. Police are investigating four deaths in Newton Falls, around 60 miles from Cleveland. They are trying to determine if three bodies found in a home and one found nearby are connected to another man who apparently committed suicide in a cemetery. Police say one child was able to escape the shootings in that home.

In Florida, George Zimmerman is a free man. One day after a judge said he was a flight risk, Zimmerman was able to post the $100,000 to get out.

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DON WEST, GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY: We are confidence and comfortable that George will be safe. We were hoping that the bail would be considerably less than what it was. And we will take the judge's comments to heart, but we certainly don't necessarily agree with them.

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KAYE: George Zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman has said it was self-defense.

Staying in Florida. The campus police chief at Florida A&M University wanted the whole band suspended three days before a drum major died in a hazing incident. Robert Champion died back in November. Newly released e-mails show the police chief made the suggestion based on previous allegations of hazing by band members. The band has since been suspended.

It will be another sweltering day across the country with temperatures hitting triple digits in many areas. But it's still worse for around 350,000 people in the eastern half of the country who don't have power. Many have been without it for a week now after being hit by some pretty strong storms.

All right, to tennis now. My favorite sport. It is the women's final at Wimbledon today. Serena Williams is taking on Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. This is the first Wimbledon final for the popular Radwanska. Meanwhile, Serena is going for her fifth Wimbledon win. We wish her luck.

The men finish it up tomorrow with Roger Federer taking on, yes, Andy Murray. Murray is the first British player to make the Wimbledon final since the 1930s. Federer has won the title six times. It's going to be a great match.

Well, if you don't follow what's going on in Puerto Rico, here is one reason why you should. According to a new report, 10 percent of the police force there are thieves and murderers. And they are the second largest police department in the United States. Nick Valencia has been looking into this and is following what is going on there.

This is incredible.

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think you said it right, these are U.S. citizens. This is a U.S. territory. A U.S. commonwealth. U.S. citizens in danger. A new report from the ACLU showing that rampant corruption and abuse in this Puerto Rico police department that should have been stamped out is still happening. You'll be a little shocked at what we found. We'll have a little more coming up later.

KAYE: So they're attacking the people there? They're just not caring for them in the right way? This is -- there's a lot of violence taking place, right?

VALENCIA: Low public trust at this point. Seventeen thousand member police force. About 4 million U.S. citizens on that island. And right now there's just no trust and confidence in the police force.

KAYE: All right, we'll look forward to your report in just about 45 minutes from now.

Nick Valencia, thank you.

Also coming up this hour, deceit, indignities and a nightmare. No, I'm not talking about a soap opera plot. That's how this Michigan congressman describes his job and now he's saying good-bye to Washington.

Plus, is life imitating art in Cape Code. Great white sharks spotted in the same area where the movie "Jaws" was filmed. We'll tell you why they are going (ph).

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KAYE: The World Health Organization is tracking a mystery illness in Cambodia that is killing children. So far, at least 56 children have died. Very few have survived the symptoms, which include respiratory problems and swelling of the brain. The majority of the cases have hit children under the age of three. CNN's Sara Sidner is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for us this morning.

Sara, good morning.

These illnesses started in April. Do we know what investigators are focusing on right now in terms of a possible cause?

SARA SIDNER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They're looking at a lot of different things, but they are really at a loss at this point in time. They are trying to figure out exactly what this is or whether it's a combination of illnesses that already exist. But they still just do not have the answers.

We spoke today with the World Health Organization representative here in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. And he talked of these 76 case that were initially reported. Started in April. The last one was just two days ago.

Of the 76 cases, the health department here, the health ministry in Cambodia, says that 57 of them, all of them children, have basically shown the very similar symptoms. Of the 57 that have gone to the hospital, 56 have died.

And so they're very, very concerned. This is some sort of illness that rapidly deteriorates the body. Children are literally dying within a day or two of going to the hospital. Let me let you hear from the World Health Organization representative when we asked him, have they come any closer to pinpointing exactly what this is and just how dangerous this is and what are the chances it might spread across seas.

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PIETER JM VAN MAAREN, WHO REPRESENTATIVE: It is very difficult to assess how dangerous and how rapidly spreading it will be if we don't know what we are dealing with. And this is the focus of our investigation at the moment.

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SIDNER: So, again, you heard that there, it's hard for them to assess. They're not sure just how dangerous this is or how it might be spread. So a lot of concern here, obviously, in Cambodia, in particular. Many of these cases came from the southern section of Cambodia. But the hospital here is Phnom Penh is a very large, well-known hospital for children, and that's why you're seeing the number of cases of children's deaths here in Phnom Penh -- Randi.

KAYE: Yes, and understandably, Sara, there is concern about it spreading overseas because a lot of people go to Cambodia, they visit there, they might bring it back on an airplane to their own city.

But let's talk about the children. Do we know anymore about the children? You mentioned where some of them are from. Are they talking about a cluster illness here possibly, or is it too soon for that?

SIDNER: I'm glad you asked that. We specifically said, is there anything or any specific area where this may have started, any area where there are a lot of these cases? And the answer was no, which is making this, again, much more difficult to pinpoint where it might have started, what might have caused it. Basically a lot of places in the southern part of the country have seen children who have presented with these symptoms. And we're talking about symptoms like fever, difficulty breathing, respiratory problems, as well as some neurological problems like drowsiness where they can't lift their heads. But they really cannot pinpoint exactly where this started, Randi.

KAYE: What a terrible situation affecting such young children. Sara Sidner, thank you for the update from Cambodia this morning.

The secrets of scientology. We're breaking through the myths and the misconceptions. What's it all about and why are so many celebrities taking part? It's our focus this morning.

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KAYE: It is the celebrity break-up heard around the world. And people are still talking about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes split. Holmes filed for divorce and wants custody of the couple's young daughter. But she hasn't really said what led to the decision to walk away from Tom Cruise. Some say it may have had to do with Cruise's religion, scientology. That has also brought more attention to the church -- more than it wants -- and it's practices. We are focusing on Scientology this morning. The beliefs, the celebrities and the money.

But first, there are many misconceptions about Scientology, so we thought we'd try and clear those up for you.

The religion was started by author L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s and has grown from there. Earlier I spoke with Dan Gilgoff, co-editor of CNN.com's Belief Blog and I asked when Scientology finally got approval from the federal government.

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DAN GILGOFF, CO-EDITOR, CNN.COM BELIEF BLOG: Scientology is a relatively new religion. The first church opened up in Los Angeles in 1954. It sort of helps explain the church's long affiliation with Hollywood and celebrities.

Now, for a long time, the church fought to get government recognition in this country so it could get tax exempt status like other religious organizations, other churches in this country enjoy. It took them a long time to do so and they filed a lot of lawsuits against the IRS to make it happen. The IRS finally granted that status in 1993.

KAYE: When you talk about the belief, I mean, what is at the core of scientology?

GILGOFF: Scientology is really meant as a kind of new approach to mental health. So a lot of it revolves around thinking about how the mind operates. Scientologists believe there is this reactive mind that we have that sort of experiences all of this trauma and distress, not only in our present life, but also in what Scientologists believe is our past lives. So a lot of the religion is aimed at working through those traumas and regaining the sense of what Scientologists call clear. And it's this access to this analytic mind, the thinking goes, that lets us experience reality sort of more truly or more clearly.

KAYE: Danny Masterson, the actor from "That '70s Show," he's a second generation Scientologist. And he actually opened a museum called Psychiatry Industry of Death. Does the church have a problem with psychiatry?

GILGOFF: It really does. You know, if you go on to the church website, it compares psychiatric drugs to elicit street drugs. And Tom Cruise has generated controversy by talking about this as well.

Now, because scientology treats itself as kind of a new approach to mental health, it's meant as a replacement for modern psychiatry and psychiatric drugs. So there's this whole process of what Scientologists call auditing, which Scientologists sit with someone else from the church and there's something called an e-meter that sends electrical waves through their body. This is meant to pick up on those sources of distress we were talking about. And all of that is really meant to replace psychiatry.

So it really does dispute and reject modern day psychiatry, and that's one of the big kind of areas of controversy surrounding the church.

KAYE: And what about all this talk about an alien or outer space somehow linked with Scientology. What is that all about?

GILGOFF: Scientologists, if you talk to them, will reject this talk of aliens. At the same time, and this is something that the Scientologists only reveal to members who are seen to be very advanced. There's this whole founding story of humanity that revolves around an ancient intergalactic civilization that comprised dozens of planets.

Now the story goes that a lot of this population was sent to Earth and extinguished and that kind of the souls of these bodies are now free floating and attach themselves to human bodies and that some of the trauma that we are experiencing today is born of those bodies as well. It's another way that Scientology says it takes aim at kind of our minds and on providing clarity in the face of all these bodies that have attached themselves to human kind.

KAYE: All right. Dan Gilgoff, thank you so much. Fascinating conversation.

GILGOFF: Randi, good to see you.

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KAYE: There are still many more aspects of this story that we want to share with you throughout the morning. So coming up next hour, the money trail. Just what does the church own? You might be surprised.

How many times have we seen this? A guy with a gun holding up a convenience store. And it's caught on tape. But this one has an ending nobody, not even the suspect, could have predicted.

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KAYE: Checking stories cross country.

California is on its way to building the nation's first dedicated high speed rail line. State lawmakers have approved billions to start building it. Eventually plans call for the bullet train to connection Los Angeles and San Francisco. Voters approved the project four years ago, but support for it has fallen along with the state's economy.

All right, take a look at this. Talk about embarrassing. Police say a man set out to rob a convenience store in Brandon, Mississippi, then his mom -- yes, his mom -- walks in, sees what's going on, snatches the fake gun out of his hand and marches him right out of the store. She even apologized. I wonder if she took away his allowance. However, that didn't stop the clerk, of course, from calling police. The suspect's now facing an attempted robbery charge.

And in case you think television reporting is a glamorous job. Well, watch this. A reporter in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was on the air live -- there you see it -- when the cat suddenly jumped on her shoulder, digging in its claws. Both, you can see -- they just look a little surprised there. The reporter later tweeted, "learned my lesson, never make eye contact with a cat before going live." That's one for the memory books.

All right, they're alone, venerable and easily victimized. That's why a Florida police officer is going beyond his normal duties to help keep his elderly neighbors from falling victim to neglect, crime and abuse. And he's calling on his community to help. Meet this week's CNN Hero, Zach Hudson.

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ZACH HUDSON: I have been a police officer now for a little over 10 years. We see people at their worst. And the one thing that I have seen over and over again is victimization of the elderly. They're the forgotten portion of our society that nobody really thinks about. They're alone and yet they don't ask for help.

Hey, buddy. You got a flat tire going there.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know, but I don't have the money to fix it.

HUDSON: That's not good.

They're that much easier to victimize. It's extremely sad.

If I can help you with that tire, why don't you give me a call.

I realized that something had to be done. I'd had enough.

I'm Officer Zach Hudson and I was raised by my grandparents, my great grandmother. Now, I'm bringing this community together to help keep seniors safe.

Hey, Mr. Anderson.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Come on in.

HUDSON: How are you?

Cops and firefighters come across seniors that have various problems, are able to call us and seniors reach out directly to us.

How's your floor looking? Not so hot? It's soft.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My floor getting mushy. I was scared to death that I'd go right down through it.

HUDSON: We contacted non-for-profits. They face (ph) organizations and businesses and we get it taken care of for free. If we can get the tile down, then that wheelchair won't take its toll on the floor like it did.

There is no job too small.

We have 25 yards to do.

It takes commitment from the community.

Nice and solid.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I love it.

HUDSON: Elderly people rescued me in a lot, a lot of ways.

So what do you think, Mr. Anderson?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't want to leave my bathroom.

HUDSON: This is simply an opportunity for me to give back to them.

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KAYE: Afghanistan is going to be part of America's future for a long time. An unannounced trip by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Kabul makes that certain. We'll tell you what this handshake is sealing.

Also, he wasn't supposed to leave Congress until January. So why is this Michigan lawmaker calling it quits now?

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KAYE: It is 29 minutes past the hour. Welcome back. I'm Randi Kaye. Thanks for starting your day with us. So glad you're with us.

The U.S. is making a new commitment to Afghanistan. During an unexpected visit to Kabul, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Afghanistan is now a major non-NATO ally. That means the U.S. will maintain strong defense and economic ties even after combat troops leave Afghanistan in 2014.

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HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Our strategic partnership agreement is not aimed at any other country. Our goal is to work with the region and the international community to strengthen Afghanistan's institutions so that the transition is successful and the Afghan people themselves can take responsibility and the future of Afghanistan will be safer and more secure.

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KAYE: Next, Secretary Clinton heads to Tokyo to ask other countries to pledge financial support for Afghanistan. Right now, Libyans are going to the polls in their first free election in decades. It's one -- the reason they overthrew Moammar Gadhafi's 40-year dictatorship, the chance at democracy. Libyans are electing the assembly, which will form a transitional government. That government, though, faces a tough job. It must reign in militias responsible for a wave of lawlessness and try to unify that country.

We now officially know how Mary Richardson Kennedy died. Medical examiners say the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hanged herself and died from asphyxiation. The toxicology report says there were no traces of alcohol in her system, but the report did find three antidepressants. Kennedy took her own life back in May.

Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter abruptly resigned his office yesterday after failing to get enough valid signatures to make the ballot for re-election. He was set to retire next January. He says "This past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed the necessary harmony between the needs of my constituency and of my family. McCotter briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination.

Turning now to the economy. U.S. employers continue to create jobs in June. That is the good news, but the bad news, it's not nearly enough jobs to reduce the nation's unemployment rolls.

Poppy Harlow is digging into the numbers for us.

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POPPY HARLOW, CNNMONEY.COM: Hi, Randi, good morning.

The June jobs report, disappointing. Eighty thousand created, as you know. Not nearly enough to bring unemployment down that remained at 8.2 percent. We need to be creating 300 to 400,000 jobs a month to significantly lower unemployment in this country right now.

A few important things. Overall unemployed in this country, 12.7 million. 5.4 million of them out of work for six months or longer. The longer they are out of work the harder is for them to find a job. That's key.

Also, key is the amount of Americans, that's 2.5 million Americans that can work, they are capable of working, but they've given up looking for a job. And therefore, they are not even counted in the unemployment rate.

So, it's actually worse than just 8.2 percent. What really stood out to me in the jobs report is what's happening to minorities in this country, OK? African-Americans have a 14.4 percent unemployment right now. That went up from the previous month when it was 13.6 percent.

Also, the African-American unemployment rate is nearly double that of whites and Hispanics have 11 percent unemployment. That's key. You have got to focus on that as well. Now, also a big picture, when we talk about the politics of it.

Let's look at what happened at the end of the Bush administration and into the Obama administration. Of course, end of the Bush administration, we are bleeding jobs, we continue that bleeding up until the end of 2010 when the recovery begins. And we have added jobs every month pretty much for the last two years.

The issue here is how many jobs are we creating? We saw this nice acceleration in the fall and into the winter. But then it has fallen off. And these are the big key months most recently. April, May and June. We have just seen anemic jobs growth, and the question is, when are we going to see a pick up, when are we going to see enough jobs created to bring down unemployment.

We have four more jobs reports to go until the election. So, this is key. And you're going to hear a lot of talk continue about this on the campaign trail -- Randi.

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KAYE: Poppy Harlow, our thanks to you this morning.

And the issue of jobs could very well decide the presidential election. As weak hiring creates a big challenge for President Obama and opens a line of attack for his Republican rival Mitt Romney.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have got to deal with what's been happening over the last decade, the last 15 years. Manufacturing leaving our shores. Incomes flat lining. All those things are what we have got to struggle and fight for.

MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is time for America to choose whether they want more of the same. Whether unemployment above eight percent month after month after month is satisfactory or not. It doesn't have to be this way. America can do better. And this kick in the gut has got to end.

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KAYE: And President Obama faces some tough historical odds in his bid to remain in the White House. No president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has won re-election with an unemployment rate higher than eight percent.

Making a difference on election day. That is the goal among some in the Asian-American community. And as our Sandra Endo reports, their influence is growing along with their numbers.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi, my name is Ben Lee. I want our community voice to be heard.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to make sure that everyone is registered to vote.

ANH PHAN, POLITICAL VOLUNTEER: My name is Anh Phan. I'm 37 years old and I live in Alexandria, Virginia.

SANDRA ENDO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ann Phan is part of the group of volunteers this election year, making sure Asian-Americans turn out to vote.

PHAN: I think the Asian-American community has been politically overlooked because maybe Asian-Americans haven't been as politically involved for as long. ENDO: A recent Pew Research Center study shows Asian-Americans have been the fastest growing racial group in the past decade. Even outpacing Latinos in the past three years. And for Asian-Americans their political power is slowly progressing.

TOBY CHAUDHURI, CHAIR, AAPI VOTE: They have actually moved from being a marginalized community to being able to be the margin of victory in very close elections.

ENDO: Asian-Americans comprise nearly six percent of the American population. And according to the Pew study, the racial group has the highest median household income for any group and is the best educated. But political volunteer Toa Do, who immigrated from Vietnam, says stereotypes have worked against Asian-Americans.

TOA DO, POLITICAL VOLUNTEER: There's a lot of myths about us as a model immigrant community. Like we do well in school, we work hard, we pay taxes. So the myth is that we don't have any problems. And because we don't have any problems, we don't have any voice.

ENDO: The latest census numbers show in 2008, 3.4 million Asian- Americans went to the polls, but the group is largely ignored by both political parties. And another challenge, unlike a Latino population, which mainly has a common bilingual identity, Asian-American communities have so many different languages, making it hard for them to coalesce that into one voting bloc.

CHAUDHURI: They haven't been reached out to or engaged. So, there's -- there's a level of engagement that can happen there. And because the community is so young and spread out across the country, you know, some engagement in the short term could really reap a lot of benefits in the long term.

ENDO: And with bilingual ballots for Asian-Americans expanding across 11 states, the communities time in the political wilderness may be coming to an end.

Sandra Endo, CNN, Washington.

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KAYE: The second largest police force in the U.S. found littered with thugs, criminals and murderers. More on that, next.

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KAYE: Have you ever Googled Puerto Rico? Go ahead and try it. Page after page of resorts and travel guides and yes, it is a beautiful island. But there's much more to the U.S. commonwealth than sun and white sand beaches.

And it is not all good. The ACLU reports that ten percent of the police force, you know those people who protect you on one of those vacations are simply thugs, involved in everything from assault to drug trafficking and even murder. Nick Valencia from our assignment desk is joining us now to talk about this. All right, so how could it be so corrupt? I mean this is what -- one of the largest police forces --

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The second largest.

KAYE: The second largest in the U.S.

VALENCIA: You would think how could it get this bad?

KAYE: Yeah.

VALENCIA: What got to this point? This is a systemic problem, a problem that's just been happening for years now. And the authorities there are well aware of it. The ACLU report follows up a U.S. Department of Justice report that was issued late last year, that found corruption up and down the ranks of the police force.

What that issue here is excessive use and unreasonable use of force as early -- as early as May. Actually, Randi, what happened in May, actually, it was April, I'm sorry. In April, there was an incident involving a traffic stop where two brothers were shot 14 times by one police officers. Witness there refuting the police officer statement that it was self-defense. That's just one example of the many that are issued in this year ACLU report.

KAYE: So, what else is the ACLU claiming? I mean is this about First Amendment rights?

VALENCIA: This is also that First Amendment rights, stamping down on peaceful protest, excessive use of force in college demonstrations in campuses. We shall spoke to the U.S. Department of Justice, because the ACLU is calling for the federal government to take over the police force. So just imagine that imagery of federal government taking over the commonwealth?

KAYE: I can't.

VALENCIA: I mean these are U.S. citizens at danger. Randi, this isn't a foreign country, this isn't a far away land. This is right off our coast. This is U.S. citizens, 4 million people at issue. What the U.S. Department of Justice had to say is that they are currently looking at the problem, and in settlement discussions with Puerto Rico concerning a durable remedy to address our findings. Discussions have been productive, they say, and we hope to resolve our concerns without the need for litigation. So they don't want to get involved.

KAYE: So has the police department. Because from what I understand, this is spilling now into some pretty well-to-do areas as well, I mean tourists could be at risk here. What are local officials saying about this?

VALENCIA: Well, the whole game changed in 2009. Drug trafficking has become a major problem. As the U.S.-Mexico border gets closed off authorities there, criminal organizations are finding trafficking reach the Caribbean. So, drug trafficking problem has led to these high homicide rates. Last year, 1,130 homicides, in the 4 million population, record homicide numbers.

What's happening now, the island authorities are acknowledging that this is a problem. And we spoke to lieutenant governor late last week. And this is what he had to say to us.

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LUIS FORTUNO (D), LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO: We are being a lot stronger in dealing with internal police discipline. And that is something that is noteworthy and should be taken account of as a result of this report.

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VALENCIA: Acknowledging the problem, but sort of skirting the issue.

KAYE: Yeah.

VALENCIA: A lot more to be done there.

KAYE: It sounds like they are not exactly helping the crime wave there, adding to it there. All right, Nick Valencia, thank you for your reporting on that.

VALENCIA: Thank you.

KAYE: Chinese athletes are banned from eating meat for fear that they will ingest a chemical that could cause them to fail doping tests of the Olympic. So, many of us wonder, what exactly is in the meat that we eat? We'll find out.

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KAYE: China women's volleyball team is on a losing streak. And the coach thinks that he knows why. The athletes have been restricted to a vegetarian diet for the last few weeks out of fears that they will ingest a steroid called Clenbuterol. It's a substance that used to breed leaner animals, but also considered a performance enhancing drug by the International Olympic Committee.

So, what about chemicals and ingredients in your meat at home? Can it have serious health effects? We invited Mark MacDonald, author of the book "Body Confidence" to join us in studio to talk about this.

So, Mark, good morning to you.

MARK MACDONALD, FITNESS AND NUTRITION EXPERT: Thanks, Randi, thanks for having me.

KAYE: You are very welcome. So, let's talk about this. I mean is the coach right? Could it have something to do with the meat or a lack of meat, I should say?

MACDONALD: Well, I think, so the protein is important, especially for athletes. Because it has nitrogen, which affects the quality of your tissue. So, if you take meat out of an athlete diet, then that could affect their overall performance and energy level. Now, is that why they lost? I wouldn't say that, but it is the piece of the equation. Nutrition is important.

KAYE: But when you hear so much about plant-based diet and green juices and the dark greens, and you're like -- is this supposed to, you know, give you better function and more energy? But you are saying with the meat, it's -- without the meat it's just not enough?

MACDONALD: Well, there's three main nutrients that you need from a point of calories, carbohydrates, protein and fat. So, when you take protein out, you are not getting enough. Then you have carbs and you have fat, but it's still -- you are not getting the nitrogen you need. So after they have a hard workout, they don't have the necessary nutrients to recover. That's why protein is so important. You need all three.

KAYE: But you don't need meat protein, right? You can get a plant-base protein.

MACDONALD: You could get it from -- you totally could get plant based protein.

KAYE: They should eat a salad.

MACDONALD: Well, they can do like a soy protein or a quinoa. Or some type of complete protein, but most likely, they might have just cut all the protein out. And who knows if there was a balance.

KAYE: Right.

MACDONALD: So if you are someone who is eating a particular way and then you eliminate something, it's a shock to the system, especially an athlete.

KAYE: Right. So, what about in the U.S.? I mean is this something, this Clenbuterol, is this something that we should be concerned about?

MACDONALD: I don't think so. Not in the U.S. I think, you know, Alberto Contador just lost this 2010 Tour de France title because during the race, he had steak from Spain that he said was tainted with Clenbuterol and made him positive on the drug test. Now, do we know that as a fact? We don't know. But in other countries, they do use Clenbuterol to get the animals leaner and more muscular. In the U.S., one thing that -- we've never had a U.S. athlete have to worry about taking in meat for Clenbuterol.

KAYE: What should we look for then when buying it? Is there anything we should be on the lookout for?

MACDONALD: I think the biggest thing is nitrates. That when you look at the preservatives in meat, it makes your body -- it affects your digestive system and it makes you hold fluid. I'd also look at hormones. I mean hormones in meat isn't great for you, but in moderation, I mean it's not -- we have to look at if you are going to have organic or if you are going to have hormone-free, you have to make sure that it works within your budget. KAYE: And that's what I was going to say. Because it can be more expensive. You know, we hear so much about eat organic. But a lot of folks just can't.

MACDONALD: I agree. And --

KAYE: Is there an alternative?

MACDONALD: To me, it's being educated about shopping in the right places. The warehouse stores are fantastic. There is some good other stores. Like Trader Joe's, where you can get good quality with not a lot of nitrates, that work within your budget. You just have to be more creative and you can get high quality protein at a good rate.

KAYE: All right. That's a pretty good advice. We'll continue to watch that -- that team and see how they do without their meat. Mark Macdonald, nice to see you.

MACDONALD: Thanks so much, Randi. They've got to stabilize their blood sugar.

KAYE: OK, we'll send them a message. You'd better tell them. Call up that coach. Thanks very much.

MACDONALD: Thanks, Randi.

KAYE: Danger at the beach. Yes, take a look. There you go. It's a shark. But not any old shark. It's a 14 foot great white looking for some meat. Looking for some lunch. And it's right near the shore. We'll tell you where and why people apparently aren't running away.

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KAYE: The perfect killing machine parked right off the coast. I'm talking about great white sharks and an increase in sightings has some just a little bit nervous. The increase is being seen off Cape Cod. But as our Brian Todd reports, the large sharks and their dangerous nature aren't chasing anyone away. In fact, it's quite the opposite.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Gorgeous weather and it's the height of summer. But they are only going in waist deep, and it's not because the water is cold.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I grew up watching "Jaws" back in the '70s. And vivid memories, and I don't want to relive that.

TODD: This is what they are worried about on Cape Cod. Not far from where "Jaws" was filmed, great white sharks are back.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tuesday were the most recent sightings by one of our spotter pilots. Two white sharks.

TODD: Each measuring at least 14 feet. Authorities have identified 20 of these predators right off the cape over the past three years and believe there are many more lurking. A group called Cape Cod Shark Hunters works with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, to track, photograph and tag the great whites. We are out off the cape looking for the sharks with John Chisholm (ph) of the Marine Fisheries Division. We spot abundant marine life here, including humpback whales.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, Jim.

TODD: It looks like a harpoon. But it's a listening station. These buoys carry acoustic receivers that track the migration and behavior of great whites that have been tagged.

What's drawing them here?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We know they are here looking for seals. That's why we place these things in strategic locations where we know they are hunting seals, where we have documented seal predations.

TODD: The population of gray and harbor seals on Cape Cod has made a huge comeback in recent years. Every expert we speak to points to that as the magnet for great whites. There's a pod of seals, this is an area where they have tagged a lot of sharks. We're told that the sharks are very stealthy, they look on the bottom, come up and grab the seals, even this close to shore. Scenes like this make people wonder just how close the sharks could be. This dead seal washed upon shore, an expert says, things to look for in a seal that's been attacked, teeth marks and possible tearing that could be what you are seeing right here.

An expert later looks at our video and says this was very likely a shark attack victim. The sharks are not scaring folks off. They are actually a top attraction this summer, and even good for business.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Some quality great white shark t-shirts being sold, it's awesome.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think folks in general love to see sharks. They love the idea of sharks. I think sharks fascinate people.

TODD: One marine biologist points out a human hasn't been attacked by a shark in this water since 1936. But with the seal population making a comeback, and the seals proximity to the swimmers, authorities here are getting increasingly concerned. Brian Todd, CNN, Chatham, Massachusetts.

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KAYE: It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. And in just hours, American Serena Williams will try to win another Wimbledon championship. We'll go to London for a live report.

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KAYE: Monday could be doomsday for many of us who use the Internet. We have told you about that nasty virus out there and how the FBI may actually have to shut down some servers to fix the bug. And that could idle your access to the net.

Earlier, I asked you what you will do without your Internet service if you do lose it come Monday.

Tina Sharrad wrote us this, "No Internet? Awesome. Day off with a great excuse. Just hope it's back by bedtime. Got to watch my Netflix."

And Aminu (ph) tweeted, "praying it's just like saying the world has got blue!!! No twitter, no Facebook, no emails, no YouTube."

And Southern Slim back in -- back to yesteryear, writing us, "Life was so beautiful and enjoyable when we didn't have or use the Internet as much as we do today."

Thank you so much for your responses. Keep them rolling in. I love to know what you think. You can tweet me at RandiKayeCNN, and I'll read your responses later on in the show.

Thanks for starting your morning with us.